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When It Comes To Politics, The Internet Is Closing Our Minds
Evgeny Morozov: Opinions of Friends Matter Most Online
Clip: Evgeny Morozov, contributing editor to Foreign Policy and the author of The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom, argues that our consumption of information is shaped by the opinions of the people in our social networks.
Eli Pariser: The Internet Is Making Us Less Informed
Clip: Eli Pariser argues that the access to multiple avenues of global information on the internet is making users less informed about the world.
Debate Details
Does the internet poison politics? It's been argued that the rise of "personalization," the use of algorithms to filter what you see online, and easy access to the like-minded, have served to reinforce our pre-conceptions. Is the information bubble a myth, or is it undermining civic discourse? Is the rise of social media really broadening our world views, or narrowing them?
The Debaters
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Eli Pariser
Eli Pariser is the former executive director of MoveOn.org, which at five million members is one of the largest citizens' organizations in American... Read More
Siva Vaidhyanathan
A cultural historian and media scholar, Siva Vaidhyanathan is currently the Robertson Professor and the Chair of the Department of Media Studies at... Read More
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Evgeny Morozov
Evgeny Morozov is the author of The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom. Morozov is currently a visiting scholar in the Liberation Technology... Read More
Jacob Weisberg
Jacob Weisberg is the Editor-in-Chief of The Slate Group, a division of The Washington Post Company. A native of Chicago, he attended Yale University... Read More
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- The personalization of the internet—the use of algorithms to filter and individualize our search results—effectively insulates us from opposing points of view, reinforcing our beliefs, and making us more close-minded.
- Before the internet we relied on gatekeepers to filter the information we received, making sure we got what we should know along with what we wanted to know. But algorithms, unlike newspaper editors, do not adhere to a set of journalistic ethics or a sense of civic responsibility.
- We are being pushed in the direction of passively receiving information rather than actively seeking it out.
- The effects of personalization have been overblown. Differences in search results are minor, at most, and Google, the dominant search engine in the U.S., actively works to limit personalization in its algorithms.
- The internet has opened us up to new sources of information outside of the monopolies—three major news networks and local newspapers—we once relied on.
- Living in an echo chamber is a choice. With so many so many news sources available, literally at our fingertips, you can't blame personalization for the narrowing of minds.
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Top 10 of 2015 is hosted by the lovely Jaime from Two Chicks On Books, Rachel from Fiktshun, Mindy from Magical Urban Fantasy Reads, and NancyfromTales of a Ravenous Reader
Today is the first day of this series of posts! There will be a bit of an overlap with this post and my last two Top Ten Tuesday posts.
I feel like I spent a lot of this year reading backlist books, which I really loved. I read a lot of books based on recommendations and I read lot of books that were backlist as buddy reads. I still have some time to read some more books that might blow me away and if so there will be some raving reviews.
All of these were 5 star reads for me!
1. Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers
2. Scarlet by A.C Gaughen
3. These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Megan Spooner
4. Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson
5. I'll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios
6. Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon
7. Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
8. The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord
9. Velvet by Temple West
10. Play On by Michelle Smith
If you had to pick the ten best books that you read this year, which would they be?

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About me
We are all individuals and I am able to tailor the way I work to my clients' particular goals and needs. Based largely on the person-centered core model, I aim to create a space where it feels safe to talk about the things that are of concern without feeling judged. Central to this approach is the relationship between the counsellor and the client, establishing trust to enable the client to explore issues in their own time and in their own way.
I often draw on my 40 years experience working in the private, public and voluntary sectors to bring a down-to-earth reality into my client work. I understand the world of work and the impact it has on our day-to-day lives and can offer support to clients facing redundancy, stress at work and important career decisions.
Where appropriate, I also integrate elements of coaching and solution focused therapy into my work both short and long term.
I am experienced in helping clients with a faith background and those exploring their sexual identity.
Training, qualifications & experience
- MSc in Counselling – The University of Strathclyde
- Post-graduate Diploma in Counselling – The University of Strathclyde
- SQA in Coaching Skills
- CEng, MIET
- BSc (Hons) Engineering – The City University, London
- Practitioner Development in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy
- Running therapeutic groups
- Solution Focused Therapy
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FuyubachiFuyubachi is an old man who groups up with Zebra and Kamome on the internet and they meet up to commit suicide. They all wear Maromi backpacks so they can pick each other out in the crowd when they meet. He waits with Zebra wondering where Kamome is and is shocked to find that Kamome is a little girl.
It is hinted why Fuyubachi wants to die in the episode. On the train he is saying "Sayo" in his sleep; he is also carrying a Chitose Candy bag that is candy giving to children at seven or three years old. This is a hint that something might have happened to a child named Sayo in his life. The child could have been his grandchild and might have died recently before Fuyubachi could give him/her the candy, or it could have been his own child and he or she abandoned him.
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Well, some people go for air conditioning sans the ceiling fan, but I've always preferred the good old ceiling fan. Mostly because air conditioners makes my skin dry.
Anyways... we have to start looking for fans in our new house. And I'm digging white ceiling fans. Not those contractor-chosen white fans (that is being used in my current apartment) we see often.
But something like the one in this photo.
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Okay, too bad that we can only see like, three fourths of the fan... well, I did tell you ceiling fans rarely show up in photos of beautiful rooms. And, might I say, this room is beautiful. Loving the window seat and the collection of blue and beige pillows.
So, if you're a Malaysian, please tell me where I can find a white fan similar to the one in this photo!
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Hi lovelies! Hope you are all having a great start to your weekend. I am currently sick, but that's OK! It will be a nice and relaxing couple of days while I recuperate. I wanted to share the rest of my outfit with you that I wore for my coffee filter rose floral crown tutorial.
I love this vintage dress that I got from work a few months ago. It's just all around peachy goodness! I paired it with a vintage shawl my sister gave me a few years ago, and some really old sparkly flower sandals. I pretty much just made this outfit with things that I'll probably never let go until they are literally falling apart! Do you have anything in your closet you're not willing to ever part with? Comment below and tell me!
xxoo Jené
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Fresh bear poop … and BIG grizz tracks," Cree, my wife, announces as I bite into a juicy smoked salmon fillet.
"I bet this is 'the bear.' " Suddenly I've lost my appetite for salmon, a grizzly's favorite snack. We're canoeing the Eagle River, a scenic float mere minutes from Anchorage. Last week in this same spot, canoeists abandoned their boat after a grizzly made an abrupt social call. Later a pilot flew overhead and saw the bear jumping up and down on the canoe, enjoying his new toy.
"Let's keep paddling," I say, as I glance over my shoulder looking for the source of snapping spruce branches.
Nestled below the heavily glaciated Chugach Mountains, Anchorage serves up an incredible buffet of paddling options. The worst part about boating here is choosing which scenic river, lake, or coastline you want to paddle. The best part is the "last frontier factor"–20 hours of glorious sunlight, grizzly and wolf encounters, and millions of untouched acres of wilderness paddling. Below is a list of some favorite paddles, all two hours or less from Anchorage. So forget about your headlamp (replace it with bear mace), and head up north!
Go North: North of Anchorage on the Glenn Highway, 10 miles from town, is the Eagle River. This glacial river begins high in the Chugach Mountains, winding its way through spruce and birch forests, eventually draining into silty Cook Inlet. Two sections are of interest to boaters–the upper Eagle River and the Knik River.
The upper Eagle River is accessible from Eagle River Road, offers a scenic seven-mile float during which bear, moose, and eagle encounters are the norm. Mosquitoes can get thick, so take your repellent.
This section is Class I, with a few sweepers thrown in, but a float through the bottom of this glacial valley offers a spectacular scene that includes Dall sheep roaming on nearby peaks.
If you need an adrenaline fix, continue past the Eagle River Briggs Bridge. The next three miles offer back-to-back Class II-III rapids, with Campground Rapid flipping many an unwary boater. Sweepers, frigid water, and high flows can make the Eagle River more serious than your normal class III, so play it conservatively, and scout when in doubt. The take out after Campground Rapid is right before the Glenn Highway bridge at the campground. There are more rapids below this bridge, but the river flows onto Fort Richardson Military Reservation, where special permits are required.
If your tastes lean more toward wilderness floats, the Knik River will please you. Only another 30 minutes from the Eagle River, also on the Glenn Highway, the Knik is a massive silt-moving machine. Put in at the Old Glenn Highway bridge and continue to the new Glenn Highway for an excellent Class I wilderness float; keep your eyes peeled for grizzly, moose, wolf, and fox.
After a day of paddling up north, make the mandatory pilgrimage to the Moose's Tooth Pub in Anchorage. Enjoy one of its fine microbrews, feast on gourmet pizza, and swap stories with other boaters.


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Kimberly Ross
Born Oct 8, 1959
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Kimberly Ross was an actress and photographer.
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Nickname: Kimberly Ann Ross
Profession: Actor, Photographer
Nationality: United States of America
Date of Birth: Oct 8, 1959 - Dec 19, 2006 (47 years old)
Place of Birth: Missouri
Date of Death: Dec 19, 2006
Place of Death: Raritan
Cause of Death: Breast cancer
Kimberly Ross Film Roles
Nightmare at Noon
The Last StarfighterCheerleader II


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Hi, Meee39!
Glad to hear that you've joined the forums! Yup, same with me. It seems like this is the only place you can post when you first sign-up / in.
We're a happy community, I've come to realize. Although the forums had more going on in the early 2000's, it's still safe to say that people come back to visit here and there. Actually, it's quite surprising how many active members there are.
I look forward to whatever talents you may bring us! I'm an artist / programmer. I've been making some programs to edit LBA2 such as terrain heightmaps, textures, colors, sprites, etc. I'm proud to say it's helped me learn hexadecimal notation. It won't help only for the LBA games, but for computer science in general.
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Thanks Mr Quetch. I've been an LBA fan since I was very young and only in the last few years have I rediscovered ways to play the games (I play LBA on iOS and LBA2 on Steam). I've known the MBN had existed for years and I put off joining it until I finished both games just in case of spoilers. Recently I have also been looking at things on the MBN and I just decided to join.
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Either I recorded them as 64-bit floats (double) or I did the conversion from time in seconds to samples incorrectly. The capture script I wrote is located at:
mgray, Thanks for the response. Your script looks fine to me, but I'll try running it. Perhaps you typed one second at the command prompt. I tried to read the data as 64 bit floats, but it looked strange (typical values 1e13) and I quickly gave up on that. It appears that the first 7000 samples are bad. I attached a plot of the mag of the first 10000. The remainder look like the last chunk on the plot. I still cannot acquire a signal, but I'm working on that (could be my fault). BTW, I am working with gps_4m_complex.21Apr2005.dat Thanks, Chris PS: attachment rejected by gnu.org
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One of the fascinating, if maddening, aspects of biblical interpretation is that the story embraced by one community as the greatest good news is often rejected by another as the worst bad news. Take the Exodus story, for example.
First, the good news.
For Jews, the Exodus story tells of God's compassion on the suffering Hebrews and the divine willingness to act on their behalf. Built into the story, especially in Exodus 3, is also the promise that this band of refugees will become a "people" special to God's heart; this God will be the object of their worship and will bring them into a land of milk and honey. The Exodus is commemorated yearly in the Passover, where through song, story, and symbolic foods God's act of liberation is celebrated. This video comes with a light-hearted song, but it explains the symbolic foods pretty well.
Exodus plays a major role in the African American tradition. Songs, preaching, and speeches over the decades have pointed to this narrative of slaves freed from oppression as a model for the people's own story. (A good survey can be found in Allen Dwight Callahan's, The Talking Bible.) In many spirituals, the distance between Israelites and African Americans is erased: the latter are the former. "Go Down, Moses." "Wade in the Water."
Liberation theology within the mesoamerican context also mined the Exodus story for its liberative potential. George Pixley and others interpret the biblical story as one of class struggle–of peasants resisting oppressive social structures. "Hebrew" is a marker for those in situations of material deprivation, and the story affirms God's "preferential option for the poor." (Pixley's classic book is often hard to find; but his position is well summarized in his "Exodus" entry in the Global Bible Commentary.)
The Exodus as the founding story for the Jewish people. The Exodus as proof that slavery is not God's intention for humanity. The Exodus as affirmation that what matters to God is not just the state of people's souls but also the physical conditions in which they live. What's not to like about such powerful stories?
What's not to like is what happens next in the story. Those who are freed from oppression, says the biblical narrative, claim possession of a land inhabited by others. Exodus is followed by Joshua. Exit is followed by entrance. Going out is followed by charging in.
And that's the bad news. Many in the modern world, especially those in postcolonial situations, have seen themselves not as freed Hebrews but as the Canaanites forced from their land.
In the North American context, Native Americans have been treated as Canaanites and at times explicitly called such, as in sermons preached in the colonial period. The title of Robert Warrior's article sums it up well: "Canaanites, Cowboys, and Indians."
African biblical scholars speak powerfully about how the Exodus was used to justify the white colonization of the continent and support the apartheid system in South Africa. Dora Mbywayesango's entry on "Joshua" in the Global Bible Commentary underscores just how damaging the legacy as been.
Palestinian Christians struggle to establish their own claims to the land of their ancestors in the face of such stories. Naim Ateek's classic statement of Palestinian liberation theolgy, Justice and Only Justice, understandably takes on the Joshua narrative and argues for reclaiming the Christian tradition of treating the Promised Land in spiritual and not Zionist terms. Many Christians throughout the Middle East struggle to find any meaning in an Old Testament that as been interpreted by most Jews and Western Christians as settling the question of Jewish claims to the land of Israel. I talked about the problem–inadequately–in my lecture at the Near East School of Theology in Beirut several years ago.
Exodus as the prelude to extermination. Exodus as the prelude to colonialism. Exodus as the prelude the loss of homeland. What's to like?
Exodus: Good news or bad news?
For me, as a biblical scholar interested in what difference biblical interpretation makes in the real world, this is where the conversation gets interesting.
From my own standpoint, this question is not one that can be answered by a simple quoting of biblical passages. As I've suggested, the tradition itself acknowledges that Exodus and Joshua are linked. Rather, the story's "goodness" depends on where you stand in the text, either through self-identifcation or by having been unchosen identification as the "other."
I am not willing to ignore or minimize how diverse people hear this text. I'm not willing to dismiss the suffering of ancient or modern people by saying, "if it's in the Bible it must have been God's will." But neither am I willing to dismiss the testimory of those who have found this story meaningful in times of oppression.
Maybe the first step in taking seriously the power of texts like these is to get interpreters to quit fighting about whose interpretation is right–whose side the Bible is on– and to own up how this powerful text can be used in oppressive and liberative ways. If we can acknowledge that, then maybe we can own up to our own reponsibility for our actions instead of hiding behind the biblical text.


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Hello Everyone,
Sonic Fiction is back for 2017!!! I didn't mean to leave it 8-9 months between posts but that's how things worked out. As with 2016 there are going to be changes to the blog this year. I will no longer be trying to post weekly or every other week. Sometimes I might post something here or on Twitter 2 or 3 days in a row, other times you may not get a post for weeks at a time. While I can't turn my brain off completely I think posts will be less like thought pieces and reviews, as with the posting schedule things are going to get looser. I Have been working on a couple of posts for a while now (I originally intended to post them in December 2016) and they should be ready to publish in the next week or so. Keep an eye on the site and my Twitter for new posts.
While Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith isn't a familiar name she has been playing music from a young age, at 13 she was writing rock anthems using crude sampling techniques. Three years later she was paired with a mentor who was a film composer he taught to use Pro Tools and Kurzweil samplers her first real introduction to music technology, she has said of that period "My mind was blown by just how many textures you could get and how much control you could have". However next move was to attend the prestigious Berklee Music College to study classical guitar and piano, while there she formed folk duo Ever Isles. After graduation she moved back to her childhood home of the Isle of Orcas were a neighbour lent her a Buchla modular synthesiser for a year. Initially she just used it to process her voice and guitar continuing to compose in the same way. Once she started to use as in the sales many other features she found a way to create the orchestral music she'd always wanted to compose. "EARS" (her second album after 2015's Euclid" and many collaborative efforts) finds Aurelia Smith combining all her many experiences and styles into a cohesive and organic whole.
The album's opening track 'First flight' begins with a bubbling synth arpeggios that fade in and are quickly joined by slow-moving thin synth chords. Then a short sharp riff joins in, things continue like this with the riff dropping in and out. There a saxophone rifff and third synth melody introduces themselves out of nowhere before everything drops away to heavily vocoded vocals with a synth melody and chords following them. Shortly afterwards we return to the previous synth heavy section, again that melody comes out of nowhere and gives way to the vocals. The song then stops abruptly giving way to the thin organic sounding synth chords and reverberant electronic percussion of 'Wetlands'. The track has a relaxed atmosphere and more space than in the opening track. When he first section dies away there's some borderline cheesy vocoder though it's one that works organically within the mix like Boards of Canada or Black Moth Super Rainbow. These two references don't seem to pop up a lot when Aurelia Smith's music is discussed cheese compared to a lot of female synthesists such as Laurie Spiegel and Susan Ciani , these comparisons are without merit they are somewhat limited to one aspect of the music and the person making it. The album also regularly reminds me of the brilliant 'Choral' album by Mountains near the great marriage of the synthetic and the organic.
Next up is 'Envelop' which begins with a slowly ascending synth melody and thin wispy synth chords open this track. A second counter melody weaves its way through the track giving it a sad feel where before it been contemplative but neutral. The track shifts into a new section of the see-sawing synth melody and a flute-like counter melody playing call and response parts in the form of short riffs that help the track gain momentum again. Smith again enters with her vocals that this time they are more natural sounding there may be some vocoder but it's very subtle if there is. The similar 'When I Try I'm Full' features a slowly ascending synth chord that rises before quickly turning into a chord progression that hangs in the air. The chords drop away and a light muted synth arpeggio plays, it's joined soon after by a more digital almost video game-like arpeggio. Smith sings some light vocal harmonies and almost nursery rhyme like melody across the top of the synths. The third track with an ascending opening 'Rare Things Grow' is up next, the long held synth notes ascend over the top of drip drops of electronic percussion, at first the percussion is sparse before coalescing into a loop. A saxophone solos over the top all of this before the track breaks down with the sax and Smith performing a call and response. Then the bass drum and sax player alone before a new synth arpeggio and Smith's vocals emerge.
Closer 'Existence in the Unfurling' combines a bubbling synth arpeggio and bulbous pulsing synth bassline to back Smith's vocoded vocals. Woodwind synths cut in and out of the mix. The track is relatively fast when compared to the other tracks on the album and has an urgent feel. Things breakdown around four minutes in with pulsing mesmeric pads the only thing left in the mix, now feels as if watching blazing sun go down from a car or high-speed train. Then the section changes again with what sounds like a xylophone playing a simple rhythmic riff before being overcome by bold digital synth riff and a swarming high pitched flute-like arpeggio. These elements fall away around eight minute mark and the track is led by buzzing pad, high synth arpeggio and phat digital bass riff. The flute sound returns to the mix for the final push to the end of the track.
All in all I found "EARS" to be a beguiling bucolic album that more than lives up to the many names she is frequently compared to e.g. Laurie Spiegel, Susanne Ciani (with whom Smith will be releasing a collaborative album with in the future) and Julia Holter. Much music made on modular synthesisers in contemporary music is associated with nerdy white men making music that since more interested in the process this creation than the result. There is no such problem with "EARS" which is lively and demands repeat listening, highly recommended.
'A Man Alive' is the fourth album from Thao Nguyen with her project The Get Down Stay Down (she also records as half of Thao & Mirah) and is one of the most personal to date. A large amount the lyrics deal with absence specifcally her father's absence. These lyrics are a stark contrast to the albums thrashy party music. There is a bittersweet sense throughout the album that binds it together and rewards the listener with repeated listens as their understanding deepens and the layers are peeled away.
Merrill Garbus (aka Tune-yards) is on board as producer and contributes a lot instrumentally and back with backing vocals throughout the album. There is a lot of similarities between Thao's vocal delivery and sonic and stylistic choices when compared to Tune-yards back catalogue. The use of lo-fi and distorted fuzzy production and funky, tribal rhythms that have a hint of Afro be about them I just two similarities. However, these similarities don't spoil a brilliant album and is like a more direct version of Tune-yards "Nikki Nack" that sometimes suffered from overstuffing every song with elements and thus could be a very overwhelming experience. Another useful reference point is that of Deerhoof who combine serrated indie/post-punk guitars with Afro beat rhythms and poppy vocal melodies and have a similarly lo-fi aesthetic.
The album opens with 'Astonished Man' with a down tempo beat and vocals opening the track, then heavy buzzing synth bass joins in and push the track forward. In the chorus there's a cool hook played by what sounds like a badly tuned guitar. Everything is very raw and lo-fi in a good way and reminds me of Deerhoof. Though Thao can create a more complex melody. Continuing in a similar vein is 'Departure' with its opening minimal sound set just a drum machine some percussion and vocals but then we get stabs of guitar and a deep thick synth bass joining in. At points in the chorus vocals to become a little grating and recall that of Garbus' wI personally I don't have a problem with Garbus' vocals but I understand how they can annoy some people. 'Departure' is also the track where the lyrical theme begins With the shouted line "Half of all my blood in vain," standing out. 'Guts' with its down tempo sparse beats and organ the only things accompanying the vocals, continues the lyrical theme with Thao stridently declaring "I've got the guts/ I don't need my blood.".
Next up is 'Fool forever' which opens with a tightly wound guitar playing across fast skittering drums while the vocal moves steadily over the top. This then breaks down temporarily before the riff returns to be joined by another riff played on very distorted organ, the jittery feel of the track is amplified by these elements combining. The Ballard-like 'Millionaire' Recalls 'Maps' by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs with Thao playing the part of Karen O. That this time the word is not directed at a lover but her father, "Oh daddy, I broke in a million pieces/ That makes you a millionaire." The song opens with a sparse guitar melody and held organ delayed chords backing an almost bare Thao. A bass drum keeps time far in the background. Around 20 seconds in with the guitar and organ making a musical change to play soaraway chords for Thao to sing a long reverberant melody over. This structure is repeated throughout.
'Meticulous bird' puts us back on the upbeat tip with driving drums kick in the track off. Screeching synths play, counter point to the vocals weaving in in and out of the verse and chorus. The track is little difficult to listen to at first but once you get used to it actually works very well. It also another example of contrasts of sweet and serrated views on this album.The album closes as it began with a down tempo track and also brings back the main lyrical theme on The album closes as it began with a down tempo track and also brings back the main lyrical theme on 'Endless Love' where Thao sings a simple melody (sample lyrics include "I've got an endless love/ no one can starve," and the chorus'"I don't want it/ I don't want it/ Carve it on out of me.") over a sparse bass line and beat its Garbus on backing vocals again. The track provides very mellow end to the album though this is offset by nasty fuzzy guitar solo wind its wonky way through the middle of the track.
Let me know what you think of 'A Man Alive' in the comments or via Twitter.


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Monday, April 6, 2009
paper hat brigade
I thought I'd change it up before a posting the last bit of monster drawings,
this drawing has been sitting on my desktop for a bit, I'm proud of the fact that there's no cell phones, digital cameras, mp3 players, and severely lacking in hip,edgy, cyber "awesome-ness" (anybody who's worked in development will know what I'm taking about),
bye for now
30 comments:
- lorelay bove said...
that is sure something to be proud of!
Is adorable! cute storytelling!
- April 6, 2009 at 9:25 AM
- RAWLS said...
Nice work my friend! I love their hats!! Great textures and characters!
- April 6, 2009 at 11:12 AM
- Wayne B. Medina said...
i love this one! makes me wanna relive my child hood days and use my imagination.
- April 6, 2009 at 12:38 PM
- Marco Bucci said...
awesome dude. And yes, I'm of the opinion that pushing all the tech stuff on kids probably kills the spirit of imagination. You captured the sense of childhood adventure here. Sorry, phone's ringing...let me get this.
- April 6, 2009 at 8:21 PM
- buddy bradley said...
I love your characters and your imagination.
- April 7, 2009 at 5:54 AM
- Tel Coelho said...
Relly AMAZING!!!!!!!
- April 7, 2009 at 6:05 AM
- Honkbarn said...
Thanks for dropping by Colin. Your work is amazing!
- April 7, 2009 at 8:07 AM
- Owen Flanagan said...
Absolutely amazing designs Colin, I love how much life you get into your characters.
- April 7, 2009 at 8:07 AM
- pascal said...
ahahahha the image is great, and reading your post made me laugh inside....!
VERY nice one !
- April 7, 2009 at 8:39 AM
- Myke Bakich said...
Sweet! Fantastic Design's Colin.
- April 7, 2009 at 8:51 AM
- Brooke Bowland said...
you are amazingly talented colin! love your work.
- April 7, 2009 at 9:48 AM
- Eduardo Medeiros said...
Hi Colin!
Thanks a lot for your coment in my blog!
Jesus, you have a amazing style!
- April 7, 2009 at 4:56 PM
- Jason Curtis said...
Colin, I absolutely LOVE this piece. Your storytelling ability is off the charts. Your images consume me, and although this is not animation, it's easy for me to imagine the movement and sound of these wonderful characters, in these richly detailed scenes.
- April 7, 2009 at 4:59 PM
- adam de Vries said...
nice work.....
very cool,
love seeing the rough drawings.
it keeps it alive.
keep it up,
- April 8, 2009 at 12:42 PM
- Tooninator said...
these are so clever. Love it, dude.
- April 8, 2009 at 2:38 PM
- Ty Carter said...
KILLER design.
- April 8, 2009 at 10:07 PM
- Jeremy said...
Lots of fun with cute characters and I too enjoy the distinct lack of 'edge' in your picture.
- April 10, 2009 at 12:55 PM
- Alina Chau said...
This is too cute!! Love it!
- April 13, 2009 at 9:14 AM
- tinylittlesandra said...
So much fun! this is fantasic...
- April 17, 2009 at 5:39 PM
- Dam Ferreira said...
very beautiful
- April 19, 2009 at 2:58 PM
- Mukpuddy said...
Nice work dude!!
- April 19, 2009 at 11:46 PM
- kelly said...
radio flyer ftw!
Awesome stuff dood!
- April 20, 2009 at 6:01 PM
- tunaf1sh said...
so cute! i wanna join them :D
- April 24, 2009 at 9:46 PM
- R.Dress said...
very funny!
- April 25, 2009 at 3:40 PM
- jacks said...
Thanks everyone!
- April 27, 2009 at 2:10 PM
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Along the coast at Rockingham, less than 45 minutes drive south from Perth, you can kayak to the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park just offshore, which harbours a host of wildlife. There are Australian sea-lions on Seal Island, and little penguins on Penguin Island (including some being cared for in the Penguin Discovery Centre – they are fed three times a day). The eco-accredited company Rockingham Wild Encounters will hire gear and advise you on great places to paddle to, or you can join one of their wildlife tours, including one in which you will hopefully get to swim with dolphins.
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Nearby Eco Activities
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The show goes on!
Despite the smoke caused by the High Park Fire, many people were about Old Town this weekend to enjoy many Streetmosphere performances. Chris Bates, a local artist, set up just outside of Austin's on Saturday evening and mesmerized many community members with his unique artwork.
Bates specializes in pen and ink portraits, acrylic paint, mixed media, and murals.
Chris spoke with me about the process he goes through to create his pen and ink portraits. He begins his work by working with a given picture, sometimes several, and plays with them so that the images will work with a grayscale. He will project his image onto a piece of paper and outline the shadows and edges of his image to create a sketch. After identifying the darker and lighter sections, Bates will plan out his background images so that they work with this grayscale effect.
Chris will spend much time with the commissioners, learning about their main life events, hobbies, habits, and even taking note of things displayed in their home environments. These small details make up the background of his pen and ink works. The finished product not only displays a main central image, but also displays many images, almost like doodles, in the background to create a truly unique work of art specialized to the commissioner.
The work of art in the lower left hand corner of the photograph is Bates' "Let the Ink Drip" finished in 2005. The piece Chris is currently working on displays fire, his inspiration coming from the High Park fire.
Chris also paints murals around the Fort Collins area. He just finished painting a mural in the alley just East of Enzio's with local Poudre School District high school students.
To learn more about Chris Bates and his artwork, click here.
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Spring- trip in the Danube Delta - birdwatching - photo nature
Day 1:20 june- Transfer from the airport Bucharest to Tulcea(190 miles)..Meals will be served according on your arrival.Accomodation in Tulcea in a guest house (3 stars) .Dinner together , preparing the nexts days tour.
DAY 2:21 june- Tulcea-THE DANUBE DELTA-Sfantu Gheorghe villagge. Starting now, the trip will be by water way, with one of our boats.Accommodation in Sfantu Gheorghe village,in a very nice guest house situated near the Black Sea coast. Is the day when plenty of birds could be seen all over and very close.Birds You can see: the pelicans, herons or woodpeckers... Breakfast will be served in the guest house ,the lunch on boat, dinner and accomodation in 3 star guest house in Sfantu Gheorghe villagge.
DAY 3: 22 june-After the breakfast we will start the tour visiting the Meleaua Sfantu Gheorghe, a beautifull and important area for birds. Here is the first place where they stop after crossing Black Sea.Lunch on board in the middle of the nature, also a very good time for birdwatching. Birds we could see: night herons, hobbyes, red footed falcons, dalmatian pelicans .In the afternoon we will walk from the villagge up to the beach, where we can see a lot of species.Dinner and accomodation in the same place.
DAY 4:23 june. In the morning we will walk around the village, to see terns colony, white tailed eagle, purple heron, bittern,etc..Before lunch we will leave the place by boat for Sulina, a very old Romanian town, known as pirates port in the past centuries. The town is very interesting for its international cemetery and the old light tower. Here the Danube flows into the Black Sea... Birds lovers will have a very interesting day, due to the species found here:shrikes, hoopoes, bee-eaters and more others...All meals will be served in Sulina,on board or in cosy restaurants.
DAY 5:24 june. Sulina-Mila 23 village. A very interesting day,during which we will be crossing lakes, channels, the Danube, floating islands. Accommodation in Mila 23 village, which is a fishermen village, situated in the wildest place of the Danube Delta. You must "feel" the sunset here. Breakfast in Sulina,lunch on board,dinner and accomodation in Mila 23 village,in a traditional guest house.
DAY 6:25 june. Mila 23 village-Lopatna channel-Heracle channel-Batag monastery-Babina lake-Mila 23 village.As in all the days spent in this nature Paradise, this will offer us an amazing mixture of water ways, channels, reed,birds, fishermen,water lilies,sunrise and sunset.The Batag monastery is situated in the heart of the Danube Delta, in a very isolated place,in a perfect harmony with the nature..Breakfast on guest house,lunch and dinner on board.
DAY 7:26 june. Mila 23 village-Olgutza channel-Sontea channel-Sireasa channel-Fortuna lake-Baclanesti lake-Nebunu lake-Tulcea.This is a very long bird watching day,probable the richest in bird species which can be seen. The landscapes will be also delightfull and being the last day spent in the Danube Delta, for sure You'll never forget it. Breakfast in Mila 23 guest house,lunch on board, dinner and accomodation in Tulcea.
Day 8:27 june. After breakfast,we will leave Tulcea by bus for one day ,to visit the oldest mountains from Europe- Macin mountains.Fantastic place, where rare birds could be our companions. The long legged buzzard, levant sparrowhawk, rock thrush, woodchat shrikes and a dense population of isabelline wheatear....
The smooth climb on mountains will take around 3-4 h. The landscapes of mountains are awesome.
Lunch as picnic or in a restaurant, dinner and accomodation in Tulcea.
Day9.28 june. Transfer to Bucharest airport , depending of the scheduled airplane.
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-all trip accomodation in guest houses and hotels
-all trip transport by boat and cars(van)
-professional birdwatching guide
-Danube Delta reserve taxes
-mineral water, cafeee, tea for free


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Former Oasis man also walked onstage to the sounds of The Stone Roses
Noel Gallagher brought his NME Godlike Genius award onstage with him during his set at Coachella this weekend.
The High Flying Birds man, who played his second set at California festival on Saturday (April 21), performed his set with the award perched on top of his guitar amplifier, reports Yahoo.
Gallagher, who picked up the award at the NME Awards in February of this year, walked onstage to The Stone Roses' 'Fools Gold' before playing a hour-long set that included a number of Oasis songs, including 'Talk Tonight' and 'Don't Back In Anger'. You can watch Gallagher receive the Godlike Genius award by scrolling down to the bottom of the page and clicking.
The guitarist recently extended his run of UK arena shows for this September. He will play five shows across the UK, with a newly added date at London's Wembley Arena set to take place on September 7.
For more action from Coachella, including photo galleries and video interviews, head to NME.COM/Coachella
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My sister Jane, who is elegant and sophisticated, took me to lunch yesterday for my birthday and gave me these, the FINEST gardening boots I've ever seen. Not her style...but she knew I'd love them.
And she was right.
She gifted matching earrings too, perfect shade of University of Texas burnt orange.
I wore my new togs today to mulch and felt so fabulous I was tempted to add the tiara.
Sisters are the best.
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We sat down with industry experts Dennis Baxter (Emmy Award Winning Sports & Olympic Sound Designer), Michael Abbott (TV Audio Mixer & Producer), Maureen Droney (Senior Executive Director, Producers & Engineers Wing The Recording Academy), Lenise Bent (Audio Mixer, Engineer & Producer for Music and Film), Larry Estrin (Audio Technology Expert, Founder of BEST Audio) and Robert Bigelow (CAS Audio Mixer/Sound Editor for Film & TV). The recorded Q&A sessions and mic presentations will be available to view shortly. Please check back!
Dennis Baxter Emmy Award Winning Sports & Olympic Sound Designer
A renowned audio engineer, Dennis Baxter specializes in bringing sporting and other large-scale broadcast events to life for millions of viewers all over the world.
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Maureen Droney Senior Executive Director, Producers & Engineers Wing The Recording Academy
Maureen Droney began her career in the music recording industry as an assistant engineer at the legendary Automatt Studios in San Francisco, where she trained with such seminal producers and engineers as Fred Catero, Jim Gaines, Leslie Ann Jones, David Kahne, Mitchell Froom and Ron Nevison. From there, she went on to become a freelance engineer on projects for George Benson, Whitney Houston, John Hiatt, Tower of Power and Santana, among many others (including Santanas Grammy Award-winning album Blues For Salvador).
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Larry Estrin Audio Technology Expert, Founder of BEST Audio
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Contributing to the first live, multi-satellite global broadcast of Elvis Aloha to the World from Hawaii concert in 1973 and the first live event stereo broadcast of an Olympic Opening Ceremony from LA in 1984
Conceiving and designing the NFL referees wireless microphone system in 1974
Creating the audio speaker cart solution in 1976 for the pre-game Rose Bowl performance of God Bless America and the National Anthem as of 2011 the solution was still in use for half-time shows at the SuperBowl, World Cup Soccer championships and other global sporting events
Engineering and implementing the first stereo broadcast of the Academy Awards and Grammys (simulcast)
Conceiving and implementing the multi-dimensional sound environment concept for Disneys Main Street Electrical Parade
Developing the first multi-venue, city-wide production communications system for President Reagans 1981 Inaugural Ball TV event
Serving as Technical Director for President Obamas 2009 Inauguration, in addition to numerous other White House events and Presidential debates
Estrin is a member of the Audio Engineering Society, and has chaired several audio workshops, as well as being a Co-Chairman of the Audio Engineering Society Convention in Los Angeles. He is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Oscars®, Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers, the National Association of Broadcasters, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and a past president of the Hollywood & Vine Toastmasters International Club.
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Robert Bigelow, CAS Audio Mixer/Sound Editor for Film & TV
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Bigelow also heads a mentoring program in audio recording for film/TV at the University of New Orleans, helping the school further develop its production program.
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|Wednesday, April 9
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Rigging Lavalier Microphones for Film/Video Production
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Selection and Use of Boom Microphones
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Microphone Techniques for Digital SLR Cameras
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Mid-Side/Stereo Miking Demystified
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Recording Live Music for Broadcast
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Let's see if you're in a similar situation like i was...
I always wanted to build like one million stuff, but never found somebody to do it for a reasonable price.
Sometimes I draw them... sometimes just "build" them in my mind.
And then it happened.
I decided to renovate my apartment, but a normal Ikea kitchen didn't made me happy. I wanted something custom. And then this led to the custom sliding door with "Portal 2" theme.
I spent a couple of weeks drawing the door then send it to a cutter and asked for the price... and then nearly got a heart attack so I said as a joke: "for that money I can build myself a CNC".
And so I planted a seed in the back of my mind and it started to grow on me until I realized it's something I always wanted to have.
If you reached this point and you are thinking to ask your friends for an opinion about it here is what it will happen: some will have no clue what a CNC is, and will ask a lot of questions about it. Some will support you (listen to this group) and some will tell you in all the possible ways that you are crazy (and maybe you are... but don't listen to them)
Things you should think about before starting to design and build your CNC: think what do you want to do with it. How big the parts you want to "create" will be? How much precision do you want to have with it? All this will add up to the final question: how much are you willing to spend on it? (and for those not single any more the question is "how much you were allowed to spend?")
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- leave some "space" for later upgrades
- try not to be cheap with the mechanical parts; any defects here will show in the precision
- it doesn't matter how much you calculated your budget... you will go over, so be prepared with 20...30% extra.
- once you decided to do this just go on with it; you will have second thoughts like 200 times per day; forget them and just do it!
- if you want to make your own design (not just use some drawings made by somebody else) you should take your time. I know you want to start building it immediately, but if you take your time now it will save you a lot of troubles during building and after.
- if you are "stuck" and have no clue on how to "fix" a problem just take some time off the project. Do something else and let your inspiration find it's way. Do not rush this step!
- take your time after each version you made. Ask somebody else about opinions (you don't have to listen to them but sometimes they might see everything from another point of view)
- make as many versions as you can (I did 3 major versions on my design. Only the Z axis was done in 5 or 6 different versions). Adjust your design with the mechanical components you can buy (sometimes what you draw is different from what you can buy)
- put a dead-line on your project. A few month... one year. But work on it like you work for a "client". Otherwise it will take forever or you will never finish it.


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Cool and Meaningful Tattoo Ideas Men
You are men who looking for an example of a cool tattoo ideas men? What if the tattoo imitate world celebrity? Cool will definitely stick in your body. Who are the artists that have a cool and meaningful tattoo on her body?
1. David Beckham
The most expensive footballer feel very proud and confident with his tattoo. Almost all over his arms filled with tattoos. What are the tattoo ideas men on his arms? One of them is Victoria Beckham topless tattoo.
2. Justin Bieber
This teenager artist has quite a lot of tattoos. Angel tattoos, owls, Greek symbols, praying hands, believe, crown, roman numerals, Indian, gulls, Yeshua, Jesus, the eye and tiger.
3. Harry Syles
Handsome artist who joined the famed boy band One Direction is very hobby tattooing his body with cool tattoos. I was so cool in there stomach butterfly tattoo. Are you confident to coloring stocky body with images of butterfly. If not confident. Do not try!
4. Chris Brown
This world -class rapper has a cool tattoo on the chest, around the arm and neck. Rihanna, melodious voice and beautiful artist is supposed to be the object of a tattoo on the Chris Brown body.
5. Travis Barker
Who does not know a world class band Blink 182. Drummer Travis Barker is renowned tattoo addict. Two of the former wife's beautiful face tattooed on his body. Wow. What if later he married again and tattooing his next wife face?
6. Lil Wayne
These dreadlocked rapper has tattoos all over his body. Besides piercing hobby, he is also a tattoo addict. His tattoo character is not tattoos concept. Whatever she likes, becomes the object of his body trimmer.
7. Jamie Foxx
Academy Award-winning is more like an alien tribal- tattoo adorning his body.
You are confused determine the choice of a cool tattoo ideas men that suits you? Don't be confused. Make sure the tattoo you like and have meaning to you. A tattoo that you think is cool but not meaningfully be in vain tattooed on your body.


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Congratulations to corruption fighter Fane Lozman from the Palm Beach Sun and its readers for this momentous achievement! The United States Supreme Court agrees to hear about 90 out of 10,000 cases that come before it each year. To fight your way through the federal district and appellate courts is an overwhelming experience for many Americans who are willing to stand by their ideals. To then have your case accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court is a once in a many lifetimes occurrence. Out of the 1.2 million lawyers in the United States, perhaps 150 will end up arguing before the Supreme Court each year! Fane is represented by the renown Supreme Court practitioner, Jeffrey L. Fisher, who heads up the Supreme Court program at Stanford Law School. Mr. Fisher shocked the legal establishment when he won two historic cases before the Supreme Court in 2003, at the unheard of age of 33. Mr. Fisher has gone on to argue many more cases, his most recent of which before the U.S. Supreme Court was just last month!
After failing to get relief at the Federal District Court and United States Court of Appeals for the 11th District, Fane filed a "Writ of Certiorari" with the U.S. Supreme Court. Fane's path to the U.S. Supreme Court has been protracted and expensive, costing more than $100,000 in assorted fees and expenses. The odds were stacked heavily against the Court even hearing Fane's case. On Tuesday, February 21, 2012, however, Fane bucked the odds when the highest court in the nation announced its desire to consider case No. 11-626, Fane Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach. Fane's case is now in the briefing stage along with preparations for oral argument before the most famous court on the planet.
The February 21st announcement has created a firestorm of media activity. While Fane has been writing about his case in the Palm Beach Sun since 2009, it has been covered by multiple media sources including the Palm Beach Post and New Times locally, as well as many other media outlets nationally. Today when you Google the name Fane Lozman Supreme Court, it generates an astounding 21,600 results!
Here are some quotes from previous articles about this case:
Broward & Palm Beach New Times
Feds Seize Man's Home, Tow It Away
By Bob Norman
Tuesday, Apr. 21 2009 @ 8:38AM
Marshals Seize Man's Home
Federal marshals stole city activist Fane Lozman's home yesterday. In a true jack-booted thug moment, four armed marshals in black raided Lozman's houseboat at the Riviera Beach Municipal Marina and towed it down to Miami , leaving Lozman homeless and without all his possessions. They also seized the former U.S. Marine pilot's three
guns, which he owns legally.
Lozman's only crime: fighting city hall.
"I don't even have any clothes to wear, man," said Lozman, who has been paying rent to live at the city marina for three years. "All my clothes are on my homesteaded floating home. I'm just glad my dog wasn't on there."
The marshals seized the floating home just hours after the City of Riviera Beach filed a federal complaint against Lozman claiming his boat didn't legally belong at the marina. Before Lozman had any chance to answer the complaint – in fact, before he was even served with the papers – U.S. District Judge William Dimitrouleas signed an order to seize it. The same afternoon, the federal agents raided the home and took it away.
Retribution by City Officials for stopping use of Eminent Domain seizures.
Lozman filed suit against the city and found a powerful ally in his fight, then-Gov. Jeb Bush. In the end, Lozman almost single-handedly killed the $2.4 billion plan (which likely would have been a disaster considering today's economy). And that apparently earned him the undying enmity of city officials. In what can only be described as pure political retribution, city police began harassing Lozman and the city sued him for eviction. The city trumped up some ludicrous reasons to try to kick Lozman out of the marina (including the absurd allegation that his little dachsund, Lady, was a menace to society). It would have been funny if it wasn't such a raw abuse of public power.
Lozman represented himself in court on that case and, for the first time in my career, I voluntarily took the witness stand. I saw the harassment first-hand and, in fact, came under brief threat of arrest myself simply for standing near the dock. It was pure vengeance on the part of the city.
Palm Beach Sun
The $270,515.91 (And Counting) Cover-Up by the Riviera Beach City Council
By Fane Lozman
May 4, 2010
(Publishers note – by May of 2010 the City of Riviera Beach's City Attorney Pam Ryan had spent $270,515.91 of taxpayer money on this case. It took months of informational request and arguments with numerous Riviera Beach city officials by Palm Beach Sun staff to obtain this information, which was published in the Palm Beach Sun)
$270,515.91. Twenty thousand dollars more than a quarter million dollars. What did this taxpayer money buy? It didn't
buy 10 new police cars. It didn't pay the salaries for five firemen for a year. It didn't give fifty-four $5000 scholarships to deserving Riviera Beach students. Instead, it was spent on legal fees and storage costs to remove Fane Lozman's floating home from the City of Riviera Beach municipal marina. A closer look at the numbers shows that only $86,083.88 was even spent in Palm Beach County. An astounding $137,298.59 was spent with a Tampa admiralty law firm. To make sure that Lozman's floating home was as far away from Riviera Beach as feasibly possible, the City towed it 80 miles to Miami, at an unfathomable cost of $47,133.44 for towing and storage. This money clock is still
ticking, as storage charges of $2845 a month continue to be incurred after the City went to a U. S. Marshal auction in February to buy the floating home that it said had no value.
Palm Beach Sun
PB Commish "CryBaby" Koons Now a Convicted Felon
By Fane Lozman
August 5, 2010
(Publishers note: In what now looks like the words of a Prophet, Fane Lozman predicted the outcome of this case
two years ago. In an article titled "PB Commish "CryBaby" Koons Now a Convicted Felon" he briefly lamented the failure of the City Attorney Pam Ryan & the City Council to safeguard and wisely spend taxpayers money)
The City is now funding the defense of my appeal before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, a case that could wind up at the Supreme Court one day, along with defending a minimal counterclaim to the State eviction action.


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The contactless payment system developed for London's buses and underground will be used all over the world as part of a £15m deal that will allow Transport for London (TfL) to freeze fares.
Sydney, Vancouver and Chicago are some of the cities set to benefit from the award-winning system that allows passengers to use their credit and debit cards instead of conventional tickets or topped-up travel cards to pay for their journeys.
The technology export will be possible thanks to an agreement between TfL and Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), who together developed the first of its kind system. CTS has bought a licence for £15m to use the know-how to create tailor-made systems for other cities, for which it has been developing smart ticketing solutions. TfL said it will use the money to fund engineering work without having to raise fares in the next years.
"I made a firm commitment to sell Transport for London's expertise around the globe," said the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. "We will use the income from those deals for further investment in new infrastructure and to freeze TfL fares."
The technology was first introduced on London's buses in December 2012 and in September 2014 was extended to the Underground network. Since then 500 million journeys have been paid for using it. According to TfL 12 million unique credit and debit cards from 90 countries have been used with the contactless payment system, which also accepts payments by contactless-enabled mobile device. TfL estimates that one in ten contactless payment transactions made in the UK comes through the TfL transport network, which makes it one of the largest contactless merchants in the world.
"Contactless payments have completely transformed the way people pay for travel in London and this deal will allow other world cities to benefit from the hard work we put into making the system work for our customers," said Shashi Verma, TfL's chief technology officer.
CTS previously cooperated with TfL on the Oyster card system, launched in 2003.
"The challenges of mobility in 21st century cities - including access for all, inclusion, environmental concerns and the pressure of ever-growing populations - can only be met through cooperation and partnership," said CTS president Matthew Cole. "No single entity has all the answers and this agreement between Cubic and TfL sets a new standard in public/private partnerships for addressing these issues, and acknowledges the success of account-based payment for transit for which there is clear interest from many cities across the world."


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People in work wanting more hours increases by 1 million since 2008
Published: 28/11/2012
In 2012 there were 3 million underemployed workers in the UK
Public sector pay gap biggest at bottom end of scale
Published: 22/11/2012
Differences in the public-private sector pay tend to be in favour of the public sector for low paid workers and in favour of the private sector for high paid workers
Employees earn 62% more in real terms than in 1986
Published: 07/11/2012
Pay of the highest paid employees more than doubled in real terms since 1986
Latest on the labour market - October 2012
Published: 17/10/2012
Employment up 212,000 on the previous three months.
Latest on the labour market - September 2012
Published: 12/09/2012
Average full-time hours been falling since 1992 while average part-time hours have been increasing.
Liverpool has highest rate of workless households for the fourth year in a row
Published: 06/09/2012
South Teeside, Central Valleys (Wales), Glasgow City and Sunderland were also in the top five.
Working and Workless Households in the UK
Published: 29/08/2012
Workless households down by 153,000 to 3.7 million.
Latest on the labour market - August 2012
Published: 15/08/2012
The majority of the annual increase in employment was for UK-born people and UK nationals.
Latest on the labour market - July 2012
Published: 18/07/2012
Video showing changes in the UK labour market over the past 40 years
Latest on the labour market - June 2012
Published: 20/06/2012
Public sector employment falls and private sector employment increases
Older workers in the labour market 2012
Published: 13/06/2012
Number working beyond State Pension Age almost doubles over past two decades.
Latest on the labour market - May 2012
Published: 16/05/2012
The % of people working part-time but would like a full-time job is now at a high of 18.0 per cent
Sickness absence in the labour market
Published: 15/05/2012
131 million days lost due to sickness absences in UK in 2011, down from 178 million in 1993. Covers no. of days lost, sickness absence rates from 1993 to 2011, days lost by sickness type in 2011, absence rates by gender, workplace size, employment status and sector, regional sickness absence rates.
Latest on the labour market - April 2012
Published: 18/04/2012
Unemployment down 35,000 on the quarter but up 172,000 on the year.
Public and private sector pay - 2012
Published: 27/03/2012
Public and private sector pay gap around 8 per cent in 2011
Latest on the labour market - March 2012
Published: 14/03/2012
Public sector employment down 4.3 per cent between Dec 2010 and Dec 2011.
Graduates in the labour market - 2012
Published: 06/03/2012
This story on young people covers the following: employment rates since the 1992 for those in and out of education compared to older people, the types of jobs that young people in or out of educations are doing and the pay differences between young and older workers.
Young people in work 2012
Published: 29/02/2012
This story on young people covers the following: employment rates since the 1992 for those in and out of education compared to older people, the types of jobs that young people in or out of educations are doing and the pay differences between young and older workers.
Youth unemployment highest since the 1980s
Published: 22/02/2012
This short story on young people covers: Number and percentage unemployed since the 1980s; The impact of qualifications on unemployment; Comparisons across the UK and Europe; The types of jobs sought by young people claiming Jobseeker�s Allowance.
Latest on the labour market - February 2012
Published: 15/02/2012
Employment for UK-nationals rises 166,000 while over the same period employment for non-UK nationals was down 166,000
Latest on the labour market - January 2012
Published: 18/01/2012
Male unemployment was 1.56 million in September to November 2011, the highest since 1995. Female unemployment was 1.13 million and the highest since 1987.
Latest on the labour market - December 2011
Published: 14/12/2011
Public sector employment down 366 thousand since its peak in August to October 2009. It stood at 5.99 million in August to October 2011.
Hours worked in the labour market
Published: 08/12/2011
In the second quarter of 2011 the average number of usual hours worked in the UK stood at around 36.3 per week, down 4.7 per cent from 38.1 hours per week in 1992.
People with disabilities in the labour market
Published: 02/12/2011
A short story on disabled people across the UK, their health problems and labour market characteristics, using the latest 2011 statistics from the Labour Force Survey.
Latest on the labour market November 2011
Published: 16/11/2011
Youth unemployment reaches over one million - the highest level since 1986.
Reasons for leaving last job
Published: 10/11/2011
Over the past 15 years, the number of people leaving their main job has been in decline, suggesting that the UK labour market is less dynamic now than it has been in the past.
Labour Market Oct 2011
Published: 10/09/2011
Latest on the labour market October 2011 Around 5.6 people unemployed for every vacancy in the UK, around 2.5 people pre-recession.
Workless Households
Published: 10/09/2011
Three out of ten households workless in some areas.
Working and workless households
Published: 01/09/2011
Rise in households in which every member aged 16 and over is unemployed
Earnings by qualification
Published: 25/08/2011
One in five graduates earn less than the average for someone educated to A-level standard.
Latest on the labour market
Published: 17/08/2011
Between April to June 2010 and April to June 2011 there was an increase in non-UK born workers of 289,000 while over the same period there was an increase of 166,000 in non-UK national employment.
Young People in the Labour Market
Published: 22/07/2011
Explaining the relationship between unemployment rates and inactivity in young people
Unemployment across the UK
Published: 20/07/2011
While the South and East avoided the worst unemployment increases the West Midlands and Yorkshire & The Humber had the largest trough to peak increases over the past 6 years.
Part-time workers
Published: 13/07/2011
Around 16.1 per cent of people who work part-time say their reason is because they cannot find a full-time job. This is the largest estimate since records began.
Public / private sector pay
Published: 01/07/2011
The difference in average earnings between employees in the public and private sector has increased since April 2007, the year before the start of the recent recession.
Commuting to work
Published: 02/06/2011
Looking at the UK as a whole, around 3 in 4, or 75% of workers take less than half an hour to travel to work. However, commuting patterns are vastly different between workers in London and the rest of the UK.
Non-UK born workers
Published: 26/05/2011
In the first quarter of 2011, around 1 in 5 workers, or 20.6%, in low-skill occupations were born outside the UK. This figure has increased from around 1 in 11 workers, or 9.0%, in the first quarter of 2002.
Graduate earnings
Published: 06/04/2011
Degree holders earned an average of �12,000 a year more than non- graduates over the past decade. After adjusting for increases over the period, the data show that graduates had median salaries of �29,900 compared with �17,800 for non-degree holders.
Mothers in the labour market
Published: 31/03/2011
The gap in employment rates for women with and without children has narrowed over the last fifteen years, from 5.8 percentage points in 1996 to just 0.8 percentage points in the final quarter of 2010.
Older people in the labour market
Published: 01/03/2011
Over the past decade, an increasing number of older people (those aged 65 and over) are in work. This increase is seen in both full-time and part- time employment.
Sickness Absence in the Labour Market
Published: 23/02/2011
Instances of sickness absence in the UK fell during the recent recession. In the first quarter of 2009, 2.1% of employees had a spell of sickness absence, down from 2.5% before the start of the recession.
Graduates in the Labour Market
Published: 26/01/2011
Since the onset of the most recent recession, the unemployment rate for new graduates was 20% in the third quarter of 2010. This was the highest unemployment rate for new graduates in over a decade.


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Unreal… Islamist Wears Tattered & Torn US Flag As Scarf at DNC Jumah
Nice prayer service, Democrats.
A Muslim leader wears a tattered and torn US flag as a scarf at the Jumah at the DNC event today in Charlotte.
Via Macsmind:
Muslims gather for outdoor "Jumah" prayers at Marshall Park in Charlotte, N.C., on Friday, the first of several events planned by the Bureau of Indigenous Muslim Affairs in the run up to the Democratic National Convention in the city. (MSNBC)
Of course, the women were lined up behind the men.
It's the DNC's very own War on Women.
The Obama Campaign listed an "Islamic Jumah at the DNC" as an "official function" at the DNC convention in Charlotte.
The event is still listed at MuslimBureau.com.
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