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Boris is out on the Thames Estuary in a Belgian dredger called the Brabo. There's…
KentOnline have an article on Boris and Nick's fact-finding trip with some locals giving the Mayor the benefit of their advice:
- why doesent he buld this airport in his back garden , or doesent want the plane,s flying over his home, what a prat
- What the point of pouring concrete into the sea and blighting our country side with more tunnels and bridges and by passes to the M20 and M2 from Sheppey.
- i am fed up with this toffee nosed idiot. He doesnt reply to emails regarding his proposals. Why doesnt he butt out of issues that affect an area NOT UNDER his jurisdiction.I already have enough noise from City airport.
- Boris stay in london , kent is ours not yours
However, it's not all unwelcome advice:
please build the airport, it will bring thousands of jobs to the area and make the island boom.
Given the presence of the wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery, let's hope that's not too literal a prediction…
Oh, and here's a view of Boris's "virtually non existent" visual impact. The airport would be a bit closer than the forts in the distance and a lot closer than the windfarm on the right, and much bigger than both.
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The Flame of Dissent is a quest available in The Elder Scrolls Online.
The Knights of the Flame are divided over whether to attack the army at Alcaire Castle. Sir Croix and other knights would potentially destroy the Covenant. They need to be stopped. I've agreed to rally knights to Sir Edmund's cause.
Quick walkthroughEdit
- Convince Knights to Join the Cause: (4)
- Any knights loyal to Sir Croix will duel me to the death. The Vestige must be prepared
- Talk to Sir Edmund
- Complete the quest
Dame Quirin sends the Vestige to Sir Edmund where they learn that the knights are divided after Sir Hughes return and he needs help in organizing them in his cause. When entering the Keep there will be several knights willing to fight the Vestige, and if they win the duel against the knight, that knight will join forces with Sir Edmund.
After winning over four knights they should return to Sir Edmund and talk to him. He's convinced now they can retake the Keep and he has sent them to strategic positions. Let's get on with it now.

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I actually had to go several weeks (if not months?) without buying chocolate chips because I eat them by the handful(s). Because of my IBS, this causes many problems, so I had to quit them.
Wanting to make this recipe (and a few others), I caved and brought them back into my life.
The basic oatmeal recipe does not contain fruit, which is always a downer for me. Wanting to spruce mine up, I actually layered the oatmeal with sliced banana and I really enjoyed it. That adjustment also takes the oatmeal from dessert to breakfast. :)
- 1/3 cup milk of choice
- 2 tbsp peanut butter
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup rolled oats (I use Country Choice Organic)
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- handful of chocolate chips
- coarse salt for topping
- Preheat the oven to 350 F and spray a single-serving ramekin with non-stick spray.
- In a large bowl, add milk, peanut butter, and vanilla extract. Mix until at least semi-combined. If you want, you could also add sweetener now (I didn't).
- In another bowl, combine dry ingredients: oats, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt. Once mixed, add to wet ingredients and stir until combined.
- Add chocolate chips and stir into oatmeal.
- Transfer to the ramekin, top with coarse salt, and bake for 20-25 minutes.
- For a variation with a nutritional boost, slice a banana and alternate between layers of oatmeal batter and sliced banana.


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Crooked Little Vein
By: Warren Ellis
William Morrow
280 pgs., $27.95
Crooked Little Vein begins with the best line you'll read this year: "I opened my eyes to see the rat taking a piss in my coffee mug." It's brash, aggressive and practically dares you not to keep on reading.
Crooked Little Vein is famed comic book writer Warren Ellis' long-awaited first novel and it falls in line with his comic work like Transmetropolitan, Fell and Desolation Jones. The novel begins with private detective Michael McGill waking up in his office (where he now lives) to find the president's heroin-shooting chief of staff wants to hire him to find the Secret Constitution of the United States, which Richard Nixon traded for sexual favours in the 1950s.
This case launches McGill on a cross-country search where he encounters "people who want to fuck Godzilla," men who like to inject salt water into their testicles and rich lawyers who host orgies with teenage virgins and then bet on which will end up with HIV.
Oh, this book may not be appropriate for more sensitive readers. Just so you know.
Accompanying McGill on his journey is Trix, a grad student doing her thesis on extremes of self-inflicted human experience. She is McGill's guide into this so-called sexual underground and also becomes his girlfriend, sort of.
While extreme in some parts, McGill shares the presumed sensibilities of the reader and is as freaked out by almost everything he encounters. However, Ellis is careful not to take sides himself, giving opposing views equal time and equal weight. While some may think it's weird and perverted to masturbate to giant rubber lizards that doesn't make it so.
The entire search becomes a question of what is mainstream America anymore. Are these people sick freaks or are they normal? Why is a TV show with only a few million viewers considered mainstream while internet sites, which can reach everyone in the world considered the fringe? McGill is asked this again and again without any way to answer.
The Secret Constitution raises the stakes as the White House wants to use it to restore "morality" to America, bringing it back to the sensibilities of the 1950s before gay marriage and pop stars who dress like porn stars and, well, everything the supposed mainstream hates. For someone like Trix, the concept is horrifying, but McGill is torn between finishing the job and what he possibly thinks is right.
Ellis' style is brisk and very, very funny. He creates a diverse cast of characters, all realistic in their various insanities and never seems to judge. He leaves all judgements to the characters, including McGill, our narrator. The use of first-person narration is a smart choice because it creates an easier access point for readers, especially those not used to this type of material.
One of Ellis' best techniques is using short chapters for comedic purposes, like chapter three:
"An hour later, I walked into some freak bar on Bleecker Street and yelled, 'I'm buying a hundred drinks--for me!'
"Oh, they beat the shit out of me."
That's the entire chapter, but its length adds to the humour and breaks up the action well. Ellis is smart to only do this once in a while, so it never gets overused.
Crooked Little Vein manages to take the Chandler-esque private detective and update him for the twenty-first century in this weird trip through the America you didn't know existed. It's a fantastic debut for Warren Ellis and one of the most entertaining book you'll read this year.
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Some of my professional colleagues connived and slapped a law suit on me. They did so because these officers could not act according to their whims and fancies since I opposed such misdeeds. I spoke to Gurudeva and he said: Son! Have faith in that divinity which made you a man of good character. I too am by your side.
A stage came during court proceedings when the arguments of my opponents were so shrewd and cunning that things seemed totally against my favor. And yet in the final stage my attorney gave some wonderful arguments which now totally tilted the case in my favor. Thus the court set me free from those malicious allegations. There have been many other such incidences where Divine Mother has protected me fully.
—————–Jai Narandra Gopal Namla Ram Sunder, Itawa (U.P., India)
I suffered from intense Asthma for 20 years despite taking regular medical treatment. My life became a huge burden for me and was sure that any moment death would engulf me. At that time an acquaintance introduced me to revered Gurudeva who asked me to perform Gayatri worship. I regularly meditated on Gayatri and performed weekly Gayatri Yajnas. I experienced so much bliss while meditating that I completely forgot the pain of Asthma. It was sheer grace of Gayatri that I ultimately was cured of Asthma and attained mental peace and contentment.
—————–Shivkumar Khare, Kanikot (India)
The world over human life is such that every individual faces some problem or the other. Some face hardships with calmness and smilingly and the rest with loud wails of anguish. A Gayatri devotee manifests such a strong will power that it is relatively easy for him/her to overcome trying times. In many cases such solutions come their way which can be labeled nothing short of a miracle.
I had lost my job. I had no other income to take care of my expenses. All my friends turned away from me and thus I was faced with a gloomy situation. Hence life was nothing but depression for me. Under such dire straits I came in contact with Gurudeva and he helped my boat of hardships reach the shore of peace and joy. This shore was none other than blessings of mother Gayatri. Thus my withered life was transformed into lush greenery of peace and bliss. I got back my job and thus my family life too attained joy.
—————-Hari Krishna Sharma Mau, Bhind (M.P., India)
Even after completing studies I was jobless. My family income was very meager. Other Gayatri devotees urged me to worship Gayatri. I commenced Gayatri meditation and also had holy Darshan of Gurudeva. Gurudeva heard my problem and gave me solace. As per his sage counsel I commenced Gayatri devotion and within 8 days I witnessed its positive result. I landed a job in Kathlal and my worries were dispelled. Today I worship Gayatri steadfastly and also have volunteered my services for this sacred mission. I have succeeded in inspiring many to worship Gayatri for both material and spiritual prosperity.
—————Bhanuprasad Chimanlal Dave, Kathlal kheda (Gujarat,India)
Due to some government changes both me and my son simultaneously lost our jobs. There was no income to meet our family expenses. It was Gurudeva's inspiration that made me commence Gayatri meditation and thus I started re-applying for the lost job. If Gayatri's holy grace is on us everyone one in the world too will rush to our aid. Government authorities accepted my fresh application and thus I regained my lost job.
————–Lekharam Khare, Dhangwa Hamirpur (U.P.,India)
My son Narayan sat for an exam set by the government for rural people. There were very faint chances of passing this exam yet because of Gayatri's grace my son succeeded.
————-Renudharrai, Paudainyahat (Bihar,India)
I was working for Indian Railways. I had complained to the concerned officials about harassment faced while on duty. This case was later heard in the Patna High Court. The plea of senior officials against me was dismissed by the court and thus the judgment came in my favor. Further I was also promoted. Initially I was unsure of winning the court case but who can oppose a devotee who has surrendered to Mother Gayatri? And that too a devotee who unswervingly adhered to integrity and work ethics? I have firm faith that Mother Gayatri will always protect followers of truth and honesty. There maybe delay but ultimately the darkness of falsehood definitely gets destroyed.
————–Janardansingh Begumpur (Bihar,India)
One day during Holi festival celebrations a young man erred which led to mob fighting. All villagers in rage came at my doorstep with sticks in their hands. This terror like situation instilled untold fear in my mind and I rushed blindly to my worship altar. With tears rolling down my cheeks I begged Holy Mother to help me. I heard Mother's divine voice in my conscience: Go outside fearlessly and know for sure that everyone will calm down. With faith I went outside my house. Amazingly everyone was quiet and thus the terrible situation ended. From that day my faith in mother Gayatri has grown by leaps and bound. I have volunteered to help others avail the divine light of mother Gayatri by devoting themselves to her.
——————M.P.Tiwari, Chatpara (M.P.,India)
I was traveling from Ambikapur by bus when we got involved in a terrible road accident. The bus overturned completely and it dragged for a few meters away. Thus it was almost impossible to escape alive. The entire bus was broken into pieces and many were injured very seriously and others died on the spot. Hence it was simply amazing that I was the only traveler who escaped with very minor injuries. At that time I clearly perceived a subtle powerful force as though it was carefully carrying me in its safe arms. Hence my faith is firm that it was Mother Gayatri that saved me from the jaws of imminent death.
————-Vishnudatt Gupt Adhivakta, Baikunthapur (M.P.,India)
Once when I was eating my lunch unknowingly I ate small glass pieces too along with the food. Of course when I actually realized that my meal had more tiny glass pieces I stopped eating food. All my family members were really worried at what happened. No one slept that night and instead they all meditated on Gayatri. As a result it was amazing to note that these glass pieces in my tummy did not harm me at all and thus everyone regained composure. Others who heard about this miracle too were wonderstruck.
—————–Murlidhar Chaturvedi, Jabalpur (M.P.,India)
I was totally incapable of getting my daughter Sushma married. I just could not find a groom for her and in addition I was not very wealthy. And yet one day her marriage was arranged very easily. At that time Sushma and her brother-in-law were to travel from Bijnor station. While climbing on to the train compartment the brother-in-law failed to clasp the door handle. The train left and he fell on the railway track. In this manner, 5 bogies of the train passed by while he was dangerously lying on the tracks. Suddenly someone in the train noticed his plight and thus pulled the emergency chain of the train. Initially everyone assumed that he was crushed mercilessly by the passing train. But lo behold! When they pulled him out of the tracks he was totally uninjured.
—————Vedprakash Agrawal, Bijnor (U.P.,India)
It was only after commencing Gayatri devotion that joy and peace manifested in my life. Firstly I completed an Anushthaan of .125 million Gayatri Mantra chanting. As a result I directly witnessed a miracle. I got a job as a compounder in a govt. hospital. My faith in Mother Gayatri intensified. I continued my spiritual endeavor with more vigor and deep faith. Within a year I got a major job promotion. One day a very close friend of mine became very angry despite the issue being very minor. He angrily flung a heavy brick at me which hit my head. Those nearby were sure that my brain would have been ripped apart. And yet all were astonished to see me uninjured and calm. Thus how can I even dream of leaving Mother Gayatri's protective holy feet? I have unswerving faith that no other force other than divinity is omnipotent.
————-Chedilal Sharma Vaidya, Baikuthashram Khaddi (M.P.,India)
I was returning from college. Behind and ahead of me were 2 tempos. My cycle came along side a bullock cart. Accidentally my tyre (back one) banged against the bullock cart's wheel. Since my cycle's balance got lost I fell on to the ground. The cycle was flung at a short distance and the tempo's tyre ran over my leg. Thus my vision became very blurred. I could not even shout for help. My life force within, silently prayed for Mother Gayatri's grace. I prayed fervently: Beloved Mother! If you accept that I have even an iota of faith in your divinity may my injury be very minor. The terrible nature of the accident made me unconscious. After I recovered I was told that an unknown person picked me up and took me home along with my cycle. I was immediately hospitalized. An X-ray was taken of my injured leg and thankfully the bone was not fractured. Of course there was some swelling but amazingly it was warded off in 3-4 days. This accident seems like a dream for me. If Mother Gayatri had not lovingly blessed me I would have definitely entered the jaws of death on that ill fated day.
—————-Kumari Sudha Vaishya, Ratlam (M.P.,India)
On certain technical grounds I was relieved from my job and was re-appointed later by the management. This event of re-appointment had been foreseen by me in a dream seen previously. Of course when I was fired from my job I was worried and hence prayed fervently for Gayatri's grace. Later as per my dream I regained my lost job.
—————-Prabhakar Krishna Thokay, Bhilai (M.P.,India)
This is a miraculous incident of Panduka Motor Stand. Suddenly one day a 5 year old girl came running on the road. From the opposite end a speeding car was approaching in her direction. The driver failed to apply brakes of the car so suddenly. It was sheer ill fate that the girl fell on the road while the car ran over her frail body. Only at a distance of 25 feet did the car stop finally. The driver was shaken by this accident and people around were also very agitated. For a moment it appeared as though the child was pounded to pulp. And yet, what a mind boggling sight it was! Because the child not only got up but started running again. Someone picked up the girl affectionately to check for injuries but amazingly none were found. Later it was known that this child was the daughter of a very great devotee of Gayatri. Ever since, I too have started regularly worshipping Gayatri.
————–Narayanprasad Sahu, Rajim (India)
It was only after I commenced Gayatri meditation that my life transformed for the better. Further many problems in life got solved miraculously. Due to a job promotion I left Hoshangabad. This is solely due to Mother Gayatri's blessings.
————–Virendra Parihar, Hoshangabad (M.P.,India)
From the day I came in contact with Gurudeva Shriram Sharma I started regularly performing spiritual practices. I am very blessed because my life has been positively transformed. Initially I got a job in a farm based organization (Dhanva, India) for Rupees 65 a month. I also worked hard to get a promotion. In a short time span I got a job in State Bank of Indore, as a cashier. There I earned a salary of Rupees 650 per month. It is sheer Gayatri's grace that gave me such a big promotion within 2 years. I can never repay this debt I owe to Gayatri and yet I show my gratitude by spreading Gayatri's holy precepts to others bereft of them.
—————-Gopal Paliwal, Bhikangav (M.P.,India)
Certain incidents in my life egged me to pursue Gayatri worship. Once it so happened that my skirt caught fire and it was almost as though I was about to die. In another accident the rickshaw in which I was traveling banged into another car. In another incident some pick pockets robbed some cash I was carrying in my purse but to my great relief some sort of fear prompted them to drop the cash on the ground while fleeing. In all these dire situations it was Mother Gayatri who affectionately saved me. My heart oozes with ecstasy at the very thought of how much the Divine Mother loves me.
——————Pramila, Lucknow (U.P., India)
Some of the villagers where I dwelt made secret plans to kill me. It was virtually impossible to escape their demonic ploy. Under such dire circumstances I latched on to Mother Gayatri's grace. Even Gurudeva assured protection to me. He sent me an amulet to wear for protection. Truly Mother's grace saw to it that these villagers' evil intention was foiled completely. I also was blessed when my wife's deadly illness was warded off and when my lost child returned home safely. How can we think of straying away from Gayatri whose divine grace protects us each moment of our life? She is my one and only idol.
————–B.D.Kukreti, Varanasi (India)
A true Gayatri devotee actually experiences Mother Gayatri's grace every moment in his/her life. Many have experienced this. Following are some experiences of true Gayatri devotees and Sadhaks:
I was unaware of even the course that contained the English questionnaire. Next day was the examination and I was in a quandary whether to study or attend the Gayatri Yajna scheduled for that day. Ultimately my heart voted in Gayatri's favor and without worrying for my exam I attended the yajna whole heartedly. After returning home at night I fell into a deep slumber.
In the first quarter of the night I actually saw the question paper in my dreams. When I woke up I remembered all the questions. Early in the morning I studied all these questions and memorized the answers. When later I reached the exam venue I was amazed because 2 of the 5 questions were the ones seen by me in my dream the previous night. Thus this dream based premonition helped me clear my exam.
—————-Shyamsunder Saini, Sakeer (India)
Before I met Gurudeva my mind never concentrated on serious studying. As per his advice I commenced Gayatri meditation and I was astonished by the fact that my intellectual capacity augmented by leaps and bounds. Thus in virtually all exams I passed with flying colors. I had just completed my M.Com exams and despite the fact that results had yet to be declared I got a call for a good job. Apart from a written test I had given a viva test too which I felt was very tough. Despite this the examiners gave me a letter of appointment and I realized that it was my Gurudeva and Gayatri that had come to my aid. My M.Com results too were very good which made doubly sure that the job was definitely mine.
—————Ashok Jani, Gondal (Gujarat, India)
On that fateful day the river Ganga was very crowded. Enthusiastically I too descended down the river steps but the moment I dived into the river I got caught in a deadly whirlpool. When I thought I was going to get drowned I felt someone catching my hand tightly. I felt I was led to the river edge where my hand caught a chain of iron. Thus I came out of the river safely. I was totally unaware about these chains and yet Mother Gayatri in her divine way led me to one and thus saved me from an otherwise imminent death.
——————Kishorekumar Motilal Parmar, Sabarmati (Gujarat,India)
Whenever I prayed to Holy Gayatri and revered Gurudeva I asked for only one thing and that is: Give me my own home instead of the rented house that I lived in. Despite my weak financial status Gayatri blessed me in such a way that I gave up my rented house and shifted into a house within 1 year which was on ownership basis in my name. This was possible only because by their grace I got financial aid without paying any interest.
—————-Dr.Sukhsagarlal Gupt, Pilibhit (India)
It all started with a bought of cough and common cold which ultimately was diagnosed as asthma. Despite adhering to Ayurvedic, Allopathy, Homeopathy and Naturopathy remedies my asthma remained uncured. Out of sheer helplessness I accepted that this was the dire fruit of my past unwholesome deeds and left it at that. One day I came in contact with revered Gurudeva and with his blessings I commenced Gayatri worship. It was mind blowing that my asthma which I thought would never leave me was cured in a relatively short time span. With Gayatri's grace I got a second lease of life and today I am happy and mentally calm.
—————-Hemraj Sharma, Village Hardua, Reeva (M.P.,India)
After I commenced Gayatri meditation steadfastly my previous addiction to alcohol was now totally destroyed due to Mother Gayatri's divine grace.
————–Shivnarayan Singh Gaap Bojh (Pilibhit,India)
Mother Gayatri helped me overcome my 10 year old habit of chain smoking just as a snake gives up its old skin hook, line and sinker.
—————Hiralal, Gram Sevak (Pilibhit,India)
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A veterinarian has the choice of offering the following stem cell treatments:-
- Off the Shelf highly concentrated 'pure' stem cells (allogeneic treatments)
- Autologous stem cell treatments – that first necessitate a surgical procedure (with anaesthetics) to obtain a sample of the treated animals tissue.
A) Off the Shelf' pure (concentrated) stem cells
The veterinarian simply needs to place an order for the appropriate product (animal/species, disease/treatment etc) with AVSC. Orders received can typically be despatched within 24-48 hours.
B) Stromal Vascular Fraction
The Stromal Vascular Fraction ('SVF') is based on the surgical removal of a sample of adipose (fat) tissue from the animal being treated, the 'digesting of the sample, and then the separation of the cells from the adipocytes etc - by 'spinning down' (centrifuge) the 'digested' fat sample. The SVF contains a mixture of cells including a small percentage of mesenchymal stem cells.
AVSC provides a quick-turnaround laboratory service that enables veterinarians to be able to administer the basic 'SVF' stem cell therapies in animals. The sample of tissue can be sent to the AVSC laboratory where the SVF can be isolated and then returned to the veterinarian. AVSC can accomplish this within 48 hours after receipt of the sample of fat tissue.
In a situation where a veterinarian uses the AVSC laboratory service to isolate the SVF, the typical chronology of events is as follows:-
Day One:
The veterinarian collects a small fat sample (about two tablespoons) from the patient. The sample is shipped priority overnight to the AVSC laboratory in Melbourne, Victoria.
Day Two:
AVSC processes the fat sample and separates the SVF. The SVF (including MSC) are shipped priority overnight in ready-to-inject syringes.
Day Three:
The veterinarian injects the SVF directly into the injured site.
Support for the efficacy of Equine Stem Cell Therapy:
- AJVR- Double Blinded Stem Cell Tendon Study
- AJVR, Vol 69, No. 7, July 2008
- Suspensory ligament injury: 76% (47/62) returned to full work at the prior level.4
- Joint disease: 56.7% (34/60) returned to full work at prior level and 26.7% (16/60) returned to full work at a reduced level.3
- Tendon Injury: 77% (51/66) returned to full work at prior level and 17% (11/66) returned to full work at a reduced level.37


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BEIJING — China has shut down an office tasked with scheduling its national holidays and given responsibility to a more senior group of officials, aiming to end controversy over the schedule.
Since Sept 15, the functions of the 14-year-old National Holiday Office (NHS) have been incorporated into a higher ministerial joint conference presided over by Vice-Premier Wang Yang.
Headed by the director of the China National Tourism Administration, the NHS was a ministerial coordinating conference. Holiday plans were typically made after meetings among 17 government ministries.
In recent years, the office has attracted criticism for awkwardly pieced-together holidays. When Chinese lunar holidays fell midweek, the NHS tended to create longer holidays around them and make people work weekends in exchange for the time off. Many complained that the system crushed their dreams of quality leisure time.
In 1999, the "Golden-week Holiday" was put into practice to tap the potential of the tourism market, placing new requirements on tourism management, and the NHS was born the following year.
The office was a success initially, but soon came in for criticism, said Liu Simin, a research fellow with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
New outrage erupted earlier this year when the NHS announced that people would have to work on the eve of Lunar New Year. The public lashed the decision, with some critics proposing to inundate the office with calls on the day to see if the staff there were working themselves.
The establishment of the new conference, which involves 28 ministries under the State Council, has made people raise the question: how will the revamp solve the holiday arrangement quandary?
Liu said that under Wang Yang's leadership, the new institution will be more efficient as it will see coordination among more ministries, something that is essential for an industry like tourism that involves lots of disparate aspects.
She said that the conference will also play a positive role in realizing paid vacations, which will help meet people's travel needs and relieve pressure during Golden Week.
Eighty percent of people surveyed by travel site Ctrip.com said they prefer to travel during paid vacations instead of national holidays.
Cai Jiming, a professor with Tsinghua University, said that the new conference will take people's opinions into account to tackle the problems regarding the tourism industry, including paid vacations.
"Pieced-together vacations might still be in existence for a while, but paid vacations are definitely the way to go," he said.


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SATURDAY 24th AUGUST 2019
Patterdale Dog Day is held on King George V Playing Field, Patterdale.
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Does Social Media Require a Non-Monetarian Economic Theory?: Barter, Reputation, and Common Good Economics.
Posted by: Ken Fischer on: March 27, 2009
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Economics, according to wikipedia, is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
Notice money is not mentioned. But the current theories of economics socio-economic (Kondratieff (Kondratiev), Schumpeter, Kuznets) , fiscal-economic (Keynesian / Monetarist) and political-economic (Libertarian/Austrian) theories are all based on monetary markets.
Well that makes sense because MOST of the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services in society has used money as a means to relate them to another for at least 200 hundred years. Money was a great leap forward in human history because it allows independent transactions of goods and services. You can sell to one person and buy from any other, instead of having to set up a complex barter network with multiple prosumers or grow/hunt/forage everything on your own.
In modern times, you can also manipulate the market by artificially altering the money supply like a throttle on an engine.
Even so non-monetary based transactions have always been with us and seem to take 3 forms:
1. Bartering. Exchange between 2 people or a chain of prosumers.
2. Reputation. People will do things so that others think of them differently (usually in a more positive light).
3. Common good. Sometimes hard to distinguish from reputation. A good example are for-profit companies which contribute to common open source code based so they all share an updated platform to build their products on.
These have not been considered when discussing economics this century, because these types of economies were usually limited to family and local neighborhoods for most people. A couple of examples:
1. Entering a local pie contest. (production driven by reputation)
2. Helping family members to do home improvements. (service driven by reputation)
3. Taking of your lawn so it looks as good as the neighbors' and keeps the value of the neighborhood high. (service driven by common good).
These are not significant to a modern economic structure. And while wealthier people have donated to causes driven by reputation, it is usually lumped into the other economic theories because it involved money instead of services.
Most people have been limited in terms of the amount of goods and services they can produce for these non-monetary motivations because raw materials bought with money were usually required and then it essentially becomes a donation with a small value add. (Purchase the ingredients for brownies and donate them to the bake sale.)
Services can more easily be offered for non-monetary motivations, but their significance has also been limited in modern times. Usually these involve some basic labor such as fixing the neighbor's flat tire. When they get more complicated they start to compete with opportunities to earn income which tend to limit the amount of skilled service people are willing to donate.
The impact of services offered for non-monetary motivations have in the past have also been limited in there impact to the larger economy for three major reasons:
1. Monetary costs of distribution and replication.
2. Limited distribution limits the potential impact and thus motivation for common good, reputation driven services and good.
3. Modern demands for complex goods and services limits the impact of the individual.
Social media removes these all barriers in the case of information products and services. (see more detailed explanation below)
In social media, two types of phenomena have started to change the impact of non-monetary activity to the larger economy:
1. Crowdsourcing/Collaboration (distributed production/ distributed problem solving). The best example is in software: linux, drupal, and other significant software programs which other companies charge license fees for.
2. Information distribution and analysis. Blogging in short. Reporting on events, spreading the reports of others and analysis of news events.
3. Social Networks. These have made it possible to impact large numbers of people if you create or collect highly relevant services or information.
Social media is technology amplified social interaction and allows for broad free distribution of information products and services. Linux now is starting to threaten Microsoft's dominance in the server and device markets. Blogging has now replaced a significant amount of the magazine and newspaper industry. (Actually newspapers seem to be hanging on by getting story leads from the blogosphere. Don't believe this? Check the thickness of your favorite magazine and compare it with what it was 5 years ago.)
So the big question… What does is the impact on people of a non-monetary social gain? How do you compare it against monetary based gains?
Do we need to now combine non-monetary and monetary economics into a more comprehensive understanding of the well being of society?
Broadcast media. Monetary loss?
Broadcast media is irrevocably changing now that anyone has the power of mass information distribution. And it is being replaced in part by largely non compensated product. The more organized the blogosphere gets, the more crowdsource news sites will popup and probably dominate. The power of news analysis will be with in the hands of the most trusted analysts (bloggers) rather than media distributors which many would view as a more just world.
The most significant loss related to media would seem to be the loss of an advertising based which we have relied on to drive consumer demand in the western world for the past 50 years. If people listened to their friends, they might buy what they need, rather than be convinced to buy what they should want. Will sidebar advertising on facebook, google and the like replace this as a consumption driver.
The power of social networks to set behavior standards and norms should not be underestimated. The July 07 New England Journal of Medicine had a 30 year longitudinal study which showed that obesity can be spread through social networks. The messages sent through social networks are powerful. Broadcast media for the last 50 years has supplemented social messaging with profound effects on society. From the newness of the car you drive to the size of the house you 'need' to live in and has greatly affected consumer demand and is largely responsible for the 'need' now to have 2 earner households in the US. (IMHO.. havent had time to do the research yet).
Software and the long tail. Monetary gain?
Linux is growing rapidly as both a server and desktop operating system (though desktop adoption is still small). IBM one of its biggest supporters though sees an advantage in linux as well as a significant number of its own patents being freely available for anyone to use and innovate on.
The advantage lies in the power of the long tail when it comes to technological innovation. It turns out inviting people who should know very little about the core of a complex project, often know something very significant about an aspect of the project which is critical or at least important to its overall success. The one guy who contributes one thing which turns out to be a critical patch against a hacker attack adds tremendous value to the project. The more complex technology becomes, the more important the long tail is. And on the opposite end, the less successful closed door efforts are in creating complex solutions.
Skeptics will say that Linux was paid for with money, that it is just a service based model. And for the most frequent contributors that was true to some extent. But the majority of the long tail contributions do not seem to have been paid for and while some programmers may have done the work on company time, it seems clear others worked on their own time. In either case a contribution to something accumulative and distributable to people who were not their clients is clearly a non-monetary contribution, even if services were paid for one time. The net result is a paid short term service plus a freely distributable enhanced product.
Overall win or loose?
The death of mass media while significant in the short term, means that people will more in touch with the reality of others in the world, rather than having vision created for the purpose of selling product. I argue that mass media is in some ways a result of technological limitations because natural human communication is 2 way with all parties having the ability to choose to broadcast or listen. Hopefully this more tightly knit online world community can help prevent the potential damage which could occur as we go through the current deflationary cycle.
According to socio-economics, we need a significant technological innovation in order to bring about the next economic boom. While some have assumed this would come from nanotechnology or robotics, I think it may come from the development of a knowledge or semantic web. A semantic web could be brought about more quickly by using crowdsourced techniques to create the necessary underlying ontologies or definitions in a 'Linked Open Data' model.
So if social media can be utilized to bring out the next economic boom based upon a crowdsourced knowledge web platform, it would definitely result in an overall economic gain.
Look for more soon on why a knowledge web would lead to the next economic boom.
Why social media removes barriers to impact of non-monetary goods and services.
In business when you offer a skill, you create mechanisms to make it repeatable or widely distributed to multiply it's economic effect. Repeatability and distribution mechanisms have normally been costly in time, labor or infrastructure, so were not used normally utilized in non-monetarian economic transactions. And because they have lacked these features, non-monetarian economic productivity contributions have normally been considered insignificant. Also the limitation of distribution and replication have also limited the motivation to produce these goods and services. Social media has removed the cost of distribution and replication for information based products and services.
The need to complex services for greater impact has also limited the economic impact of these non-monetary distributions. Traditionally it has been difficult to collaborate on voluntary efforts because the small amount of time people have had to put into non-monetary efforts.


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I sit on the edge of the bed, combing through my hair and wonder what it used to feel like to be able to reach the back of my head with ease. Being able to stretch my arms that far without the ache and intense pain I'm currently feeling.
After listening to the fireworks display from my bed whilst reading Caitlin Moran's Moranthology - a current new obsession since receiving my Kindle for Christmas - I wondered if I'd ever bring in the new year with a smile on my face. I made a list of each year since I was able to celebrate without my family and each year told a tale of misery and despair.
Most have been haunted by loss but most have been spent either in hospital or vomiting - and not always induced by copious amounts of gin.
This is my way of saying, FUCK IT! I hate New Year.
I will not be kissing the love of my life at the stroke of midnight or raising a glass of fizz to a prosperous year ahead. I will never adorn myself in sequins and pay over priced cab fares. I will always be the scrooge of New Year.
After a sleepless night due to pain and a baby that seems to think it's fun to Riverdance on my bladder; I woke up in a new year feeling no different. I was still miserable. I still had a belly full of stretch marks and nothing urged me to jump out of bed and seize the day. My life has really always been that boring.
The most inspiring thing I've read so far this year is an article in The Times where the art critics listed their resolutions and must reads for the year ahead - all arts based of course. This is the only thing that's got me excited in the slightest. After making myself a hot chocolate - fuck the herbal teas and good intentions, I'm pregnant and if I want a full-fat milk hot chocolate for breakfast I'll damn well have one - I realise that my body is already giving up and decide I want a mid morning nap. Yes I realise it's only 11am but chronic fatigue is a bitch and has decided to ruin my plans to eating my body weight in popcorn at the cinema this afternoon.
I run my fingers through my pointlessly combed hair and think, 'Oh dear, what happened to you last night?' Not gin that's for sure and I rest my head on my mountain of over priced pregnancy pillows and start the New Year as I mean to go on. With my eyes wide shut.


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Costa Mesans are so easy. As a politician in the city, all you have to do to draw attention away from a massive budget deficit is wave your illegal immigration saber.
The deficit news is bad. On May 12, the Daily Pilot reported that, "The city has heavily dipped into its reserves, using $35 million the past three years, and will for the first time experience a $2-million decrease in property tax revenues."
The next round of budget cuts could include 30 full- and part-time police positions.
So what is the big, bad City Council doing about the problem? On May 18, it decided to flex its muscles by approving, with Councilwoman Katrina Foley absent, a resolution declaring Costa Mesa a "Rule of Law" city.


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Michael Tymn has a new post on his blog: Paid Debunkers: How the Public Is Misinformed by the Media and Academia About Psychic Phenomena. It is well worth reading. Here are a couple of excerpts to excite your curiosity:
Schwartz, who had done some significant research with clairvoyant type mediums at his University of Arizona laboratory, stressed that there are two sides to each story – the medium's and the skeptic's. However, when the researcher, such as himself, found evidence favoring the medium's side, the TV producers and other media people found it necessary to call in a paid "skeptic" or debunker to "balance" the issue. In effect, the TV producers saw Schwartz as having joined sides with the medium, as if he had become the medium's advocate, and therefore insisted that "balance" be restored with a paid debunker, who, in all likelihood, had done no research of his own but based his arguments on debunking theory, such as cold reading, chance guesses, etc. The contestants in the debate then became the medium and Schwartz on one side versus the debunker on the other side, when it should have been the medium vs. the debunker with Schwartz as the judge. Instead of the viewing audience appreciating the strong evidence supporting mediumship, the desired result was a draw or a standoff. And so it seems that this was also the desired result of this academic anthology.
Crawford brought in a scale large enough to hold the medium while she was sitting in her chair. He discovered that when a table was being levitated, the weight of the table, usually around 16 pounds, was transferred to the medium through the psychic (ectoplasmic) rods extending from the medium. Most of the time, the transfer of weight would be a few ounces short of the weight of the table. Further experimentation revealed that the extra weight was being transferred to the sitters in the room, who apparently furnished small amounts of the "psychic force."
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554: Not Enough Work
|Not Enough Work
Title text: It's even harder if you're an asshole who pronounces <> brackets.
In some companies, programmers often find themselves with not much work to do. This is because these companies have little programming work that needs doing until something breaks or needs upgrading. As a result, coders need to make themselves available to perform these emergency fixes, but also have nothing to do in the meantime. This requires finding constructive ways to entertain themselves.
Dvorak is a keyboard layout that was proposed as an alternative to the more common QWERTY layout. The QWERTY keyboard became the standard in the US due to mechanical typewriters; to avoid jamming, the most common letters had to be placed far away from each other on the keyboard. (International variants like the AZERTY and QWERTZ layout were designed with similar goals in mind, but for other languages.) As a result, certain words are incredibly awkward to type on a QWERTY keyboard; for example, if you're a US touch-typist, look at your keyboard and think about how you would type "minimum" - your fingers have to constantly straddle the "j" key and awkwardly avoid each other. The Dvorak keyboard, by contrast, is designed to make words much easier to type, placing all of the most common letters (including all five vowels) on the home row and maximizing hand alternation (which makes typing faster). Of course, most people learned to type with a Qwerty keyboard, and switching is quite difficult, especially for longtime touch-typists (like, say, programmers). Seriously considering the switch is a sign that you really having nothing better to do.
Gopher is a defunct internet protocol, which has been completely superseded by HTTP. It's a perfect example of the kind of thing a programmer might implement in the absence of other, more useful work. (As an aside, the protocol is named for the mascot of the University of Minnesota, where it was developed.)HTML and XHTML are markup languages used to describe web documents. XHTML-strict is a more restricted version of XHTML that excludes certain redundant tags like
- Div class equals Main
- Span ID equals Marquee
- Blog! end span end div
Which meets the syllable requirements. Restricting yourself to writing markup in this form would be extremely challenging and time-consuming, so it, too, is a good sign your coders need more work. (As the title text notes, it would be even more challenging if you pronounce the angle brackets that all HTML tags have. Doing so is pointless and time-consuming, since anyone who knows HTML will also know what's meant to be a tag and what isn't, so Randall calls anyone who does this an asshole.)
Finally, the last panel mentions the biggest timesink of them all: webcomics. (Or, say, wikis devoted to explaining the jokes in webcomics.)
- Narration: Signs your coders don't have enough work to do:
- [Cueball sitting at his workstation, with Ponytail standing behind him.]
- Cueball: I'm almost up to my old typing speed in Dvorak
- [Two men standing by a server rack.]
- Cueball: Our servers now support gopher.
- Cueball: Just in case.
- [Megan standing near her workstation speaking to Cueball.]
- Megan: Our pages are now HTML, XHTML-STRICT, and haiku-compliant.
- Cueball: Haiku?
- Megan:
- Megan:
- Megan: Blog!
[Ponytail sitting at her workstation.] Ponytail: Hey! Have you guys seen this webcomic?
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I always pronounce tags like < / span > as "slash span." 126.96.36.199 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
I thought the keys jamming thing was a myth... 126.96.36.199 04:27, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
- You're thinking of the "slow typers down" qualification to that. QWERTY was designed to speed them up by stopping jams. Anonymous 06:14, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
An interesting note; Haiku is also the name of a free and open source operating system! The Alpha release was 6 months after this comic was written though, so this is likely a coincidence.184.108.40.206 21:11, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
"Gopher" is also a pun on "go for". For this reason it's used to mean a general unqualified helper person, sent to fetch various items for the more senior people. For example, "He started on the racing team as a gopher". 188.8.131.52 21:33, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
There is no explanation on the title text... 188.8.131.52 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- There is now, though not by me. It is written together with the explanation of the third panel before the last panel, since it refers to that panel --Kynde (talk) 11:51, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
There is a community portal discussion of what to call Cueball and what to do in case with more than one Cueball. I have added this comic to the new Category:Multiple Cueballs. Since only one of the two Cueballs in panel two speaks in this comic, he is still listed as Cueball. Just made a note that the other guy also looks like Cueball. --Kynde (talk) 11:53, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
Couldn't haiku refer to the alternative OS Randall has mentioned several times before? That seems more likely than putting the web tags into an actual haiku... 126.96.36.199 03:39, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
- See above:
- > An interesting note; Haiku is also the name of a free and open source operating system! The Alpha release was 6 months after this comic was written though, so this is likely a coincidence.220.127.116.11 21:11, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
- 184.108.40.206 04:55, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
Hey, guys ,have you seen that webcomic? I think XKCD is referring to itself. 126.96.36.199 15:42, 29 August 2016 (UTC)


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Before we get into the meat of the paper, a bit of an introduction is called for. The single, most basic lesson that is taught about the way that genes work in the cell is known as the Central Dogma: DNA is transcribed to produce RNA, and RNA is translated to produce protein. It's a nice, clearly stated concept, and it has the added virtue of often being true. DNA is transcribed into RNA, and the RNA is "read" in the cell's ribosomes to produce the various proteins that carry out most of the cell's functions. The Central Dogma is simple and relatively easy to understand.
Like most statements that are simple and easy to understand, the Central Dogma is not entirely true. There are some cases where the RNA is the final product, and does something else besides code for a protein. The RNA sometimes gets edited before it is used to make a protein. Some of the DNA has functions other than directly making protein. Genes work in more complex ways than those specified in the Dogma, and the Dogma doesn't cover all of the important parts of what goes on in the cell.
One of the things not covered by the Central Dogma is the matter of gene regulation. This is an important process in all living things, and is particularly important in complex multicellular organisms. Every cell has all of the DNA needed to do everything that the organism does, but not every cell actually does everything. In fact, after the early stages of development, no cell does everything. Different types of cells develop in different tissues and organs, and need different amounts of different proteins at different times.
I'm not going to get into the fine details of gene regulation here. For the purposes of understanding this one paper, it is enough to know that different cell types are going to need to make different amounts of various proteins at various times. Since these proteins are made from RNA, we can find out active a given gene is in a cell by looking to see how many copies of the RNA transcript for that gene are floating around in the cell.
Microarray analysis provides us with a method for comparing the amount of DNA expression for various genes in the same types of cell in two different species. The details are fairly complex, and you don't really need to understand them to get the basic gist of what was done in this paper, but if you want to know more, you can look here.
In the experiment reported in the Science article, the researchers used microarrays to examine the relative expression of different genes in humans and chimps in a number of different tissues - heart, kidney, liver, testis, and brain.
On the left, I have reproduced figure 1 from the Science article. This figure shows the differences in gene expression observed in the various individuals sampled. The samples that begin with "C" are chimps, and those that begin with "H" are human. The lines indicate the size of the difference, with short lines indicating little difference, and long lines indicating a great deal of difference. These results are quite interesting.
One of the things that they show is that in the sampled tissues, the greatest similarity in gene expression levels between humans and chimps is actually in the brain, while the greatest differences are in the liver. This probably isn't what you might have expected to see. After all, the differences in thought and behavior are generally considered to be enormous between humans and chimps. So what do these results actually indicate.
In the opinion of the paper's authors, these results demonstrate the importance of neutral changes in evolution. In such a model, most genetic change accumulates in places where it does not positively or negatively affect survival. The heart, the kidneys, and the liver function more or less the same in humans and chimps, and the figure shows that the differences in gene expression within humans and within chimps are similar to the difference between the two groups. Such a result indicates that selection has not been a large factor driving the divergence in expression in those tissues. Selection does appear to have been a factor in the differences in the testis, and it may have been in the brain.
So what might all this mean? The authors of the paper sum it up well:
we find that the patterns of evolutionary change in gene expression are largely compatible with a neutral model, in which different levels of constraints acting in different tissues add up for single genes. These evolutionary constraints act in a similar manner on the coding regions of DNA sequences and thus lead to parallel patterns in expression and sequence evolution. In contrast to the overall picture of selective neutrality, two examples of putative positive selection stand out. First, testis shows an excess of expression differences between species and an enrichment of both expression and amino acid sequence differences on the X chromosome. Second, the brain, although under more constraints than the other tissues, has an excess of gene expression and amino acid changes on the human lineage compared to other tissues. This suggests that evolutionary changes at both the level of gene regulation and the level of protein sequence have played crucial roles in the evolution of certain organ systems, such as those involved in cognition or male reproduction. Consequently, the modest number of sequence differences in genes between humans and chimpanzees cannot be taken as evidence that regulatory changes would necessarily be more important than structural protein changes during human evolution. Rather, both types of changes are likely to have acted in concert.
It's going to be interesting to see what the response to this paper is. In some ways, the findings back up some of the things that we've long suspected about the divergence of chimps and humans - in particular, that the differences might be mainly due to selection acting on a fairly small number of traits. In other ways, such as the suggestion that changes in proteins might be as important as changes in gene regulation, this paper may challenge the traditional model of human/chimp divergence. This kind of mixed result is kind of nice to see. It hints that we haven't been entirely wrong in the past, but that there is still plenty more to learn about what drove the speciation process that split us from the chimps.
Parallel Patterns of Evolution in the Genomes and Transcriptomes of Humans and Chimpanzees
Philipp Khaitovich, Ines Hellmann, Wolfgang Enard, Katja Nowick, Marcus Leinweber, Henriette Franz, Gunter Weiss, Michael Lachmann, and Svante Pääbo
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The Ingredients:
- Pumpkin seeds, washed
- 1/2 to 1 tsp olive oil
- Salt (sea salt is delicious but not necessary)
- Optional: cumin for a spicy snack or cinnamon & brown sugar for a sweet snack.
The Directions:Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Wash pumpkin seeds thoroughly. Put seeds in medium pot, cover with water, add 1 tsp of salt & bring to a boil. Once water is boiling, turn heat down to low-medium. Allow water to simmer, uncovered, for approximately 10 minutes.
Drain seeds & dry with towel. Put in medium bowl & add olive oil. Toss until all seeds are coated with oil. Spread seeds in single layer on baking sheet. Sprinkle with salt & any other desired spices.
Roast in oven for 10 minutes & stir. Roast for 10 more minutes & stir. Repeat for approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until seeds are done**
**Note: the inner seeds bake faster than the outer shells! To make sure your inner seeds aren't burning, you should break open a seed every 10 minutes toward the end of the hour to monitor the "doneness" of the inner seed. When your pumpkin seeds are done, the outer shells will be crispy while the inner seeds will be very light golden brown.


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2011 Legislative Recap
Dramatic changes occurred at the state Capitol on November 2, 2010. Entering the 2010 election season, Democrats were in firm control of the House and Senate. Most political observers expected the DFL to lose seats, but hardly anyone anticipated the extent of the GOP's gains as a red wave rolled over Minnesota, washing away massive DFL majorities in the Legislature and leaving Republicans in control of both chambers—a startling result, particularly in the Senate where shell-shocked Democrats ceded power for the first time in 38 years.
Republican candidates won by campaigning on a consistent theme of fiscal conservatism and opposition to tax increases, a message that clearly resonated with voters. But on the same day they flipped the legislative power switch from D to R, Minnesotans decided that the departing Republican governor, Tim Pawlenty, should keep his chair warm for Democrat Mark Dayton. In contrast to the "No new taxes" mantra that appealed to voters in legislative races, Dayton's radically different "Tax the rich" message delivered the governor's office to the DFL for the first time in two decades.
The 2010 elections shook the Capitol to its core, but when the dust settled a familiar scene was unveiled: divided government. The contrasting philosophies of the Executive and Legislative branches set the stage for a heated battle over the state budget, the issue that would define the 2011 session.
Budget Battle
The November 2010 state economic forecast estimated an enormous budget deficit of $6.2 billion—nearly 20 percent of projected state spending. An improved economic picture emerged in the crystal ball in February, when an updated forecast showed a deficit of $5 billion. While this was welcome news, it was cold comfort to policymakers who still faced a seemingly insurmountable problem.
Sticking to his campaign theme, Gov. Dayton proposed to balance the budget with a heavy income tax increase on higher-earning Minnesotans. Conversely, the GOP's "live within our means" philosophy produced a budget plan with no tax increases. Complex political equations created the competing proposals, but they yielded a simple sum, $3.6 billion, the amount of new revenue that separated the governor's position from the legislative majority. Gov. Dayton subsequently halved his revenue demands to $1.8 billion, but he and legislative leaders could not reach a budget agreement before the clock ran out on the 2011 session at midnight on May 23rd. At the time this issue of Bench & Bar went to press, the lingering budget impasse threatened to shut down the state government July 1.
Profession-Wide Issues
During the 2011 session lawmakers from both sides of the aisle suggested that a budget solution might be found in eliminating "tax expenditures" (referred to variously as exemptions, incentives, or loopholes), an idea that received ongoing discussion in the media. This suggestion put in play an expansion of the state sales tax to legal services. The MSBA took action before the session even started and remained engaged in the months that followed to inform policymakers that a sales tax on legal services would create a barrier to justice and would put Minnesota businesses and attorneys at a competitive disadvantage. No concrete proposals emerged that would expand the sales tax to legal services, but the issue remained in play as budget negotiations continued into the summer.
The other high priority issue for the MSBA during the 2011 session was funding for the three major components of the justice system: courts, public defenders, and civil legal services. Advocacy from the Bar and its justice system coalition partners was critical during a year in which interest groups at the Capitol scratched and clawed for vanishing dollars. Fortunately, Gov. Dayton made the justice system a priority, as did the Legislature, led by the House and Senate Judiciary Committee chairmen, lawyer-legislator Rep. Steve Smith (R-Mound) and Sen. Warren Limmer (R-Maple Grove). The governor's budget proposal maintained funding levels for courts and civil legal services, and provided a 5 percent funding increase for public defenders. The House and Senate responded with SF958, a public safety and judiciary budget bill that maintained funding for courts and proposed a 1.2 percent funding increase for public defenders, but called for a 17 percent cut to civil legal services. Gov. Dayton promptly vetoed SF958, citing, among other concerns, the cut to civil legal services. In June, GOP leaders offered to match the governor's public safety and judiciary funding targets, but the governor said he wanted to reach a global agreement on the entire state budget. At press time, justice system funding was still an unresolved issue.
Stay current with the MSBA's Legislative Committee at: www.mnbar.org/committees/legislative
The MSBA was also involved in a third issue of profession-wide importance: judicial selection reform. As part of the Coalition for Impartial Justice, the MSBA supports reforms that include amending the state constitution to require retention elections for judges. A bill in support of these reforms, HF1666/SF1465, was introduced late in the session and received an informational hearing in the House Government Operations and Elections Committee. The Coalition for Impartial Justice plans to make a strong push for the bill during the 2012 session.
New Laws of Interest
In addition to issues of profession-wide importance, a large number of proposals were introduced from various sections of the Bar. Nine MSBA proposals were signed into law by Gov. Dayton, a significant number during a year in which the governor's signature was affixed to only 93 bills out of more than 3,000 that were introduced. Four other MSBA proposals passed the House and just need Senate passage in 2012. The Bar also opposed numerous bills, and provided drafting assistance and technical feedback on many others. Much of that activity is detailed below in the summary of new laws of interest to attorneys from the 2011 session. (Note: Chapters of the 2011 Session Laws are available at www.revisor.mn.gov/laws)
Business Law
Chapter 31 provides modest revisions to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (Minn. Ch. 336). The Uniform Laws Commissioners, with the support of the MSBA's Business Law Section, brought forth Chapter 31 to address some issues that have arisen since Article 9 underwent substantial revisions in Minnesota in 2001. Most importantly, in response to a considerable amount of litigation, Chapter 31 provides greater guidance regarding the names of debtors to be provided on financing statements.
Chapter 106 contains several business law clarifications and modifications from the Office of the Secretary of State. It also contains a suggestion from the Business Law Section to correct a drafting error in Minn. Stat. §317A.255 subd. 1(b)(3) (regarding nonprofit directors' conflicts of interest).
Criminal Law
Chapter 9 modifies Minn. Stat. §609.596 so that causing great bodily harm to a public safety dog is a two-year felony; causing demonstrable bodily harm is a gross misdemeanor; and assault where the dog does not suffer demonstrable bodily harm is a misdemeanor.
Chapter 28 makes assault of a vulnerable adult a 4th degree assault crime, and requires anyone convicted of criminal abuse of a vulnerable adult to register as a predatory offender.
Chapter 32 extends the reach of Minn. Stat. §609.487 subd. 4 (fleeing a peace officer) to situations where a suspect flees in a vehicle but abandons the vehicle and continues to flee, resulting in death or bodily injury.
Chapter 53 makes a handful of changes to drug possession laws, including creating a gross misdemeanor for unlawfully selling synthetic marijuana, and a misdemeanor for unlawfully possessing it. In addition, Chapter 53 adds to Minn. Stat. §152.01 a definition of "analog" based on federal law. Chapter 53 also provides that the weight of fluid in a water pipe cannot be used to determine the level of a possession offense as long as the fluid is less than four ounces. This change was supported by the Criminal Law Section.
Chapter 72 allows courts to bar juveniles age 15 and over who are adjudicated delinquent of 1st-5th degree criminal sexual conduct from residing within 1,000 feet or three blocks of the victim, although there is an exception if the offender and the victim live in the same home. Chapter 72 also allows children certified as adults to be detained in juvenile facilities pending the outcome of their criminal proceedings.
Chapter 79 clarifies that a violation of a domestic abuse no-contact order is a targeted misdemeanor requiring police fingerprinting.
Chapter 81 modifies Minn. Stat. §609.902 subd. 4 (racketeering) by adding felony theft to the definition of "criminal act."
Chapter 85 adds reserve officers' horses to Minn. Stat. §609.597, which criminalizes assaulting police horses. Chapter 85 also creates a gross misdemeanor for assaulting a reserve police officer, or an employee or contractor of a utility or the United States Postal Service, while they are performing official duties.
Chapter 91 allows e-charging for juvenile adjudications and petty misdemeanors, as well as administrative license revocation.
Chapter 116 provides that if a participant in the address confidentiality Safe at Home program is a party or witness in a legal proceeding, the court may issue a protective order to prevent disclosure of participant's location.
Probate & Trust Law
Chapter 66 clarifies that for wills and trusts of Minnesotans who died in 2010, references to terms defined in the federal estate tax code are deemed to refer to the provisions that were effective on December 31, 2009, unless a contrary intent is manifest. This clarification, which was drafted and supported by the Probate & Trust Law Section, is in response to the optional and retroactive nature of the new federal estate tax scheme that was enacted in December 2010.
Chapter 112 provides that Minnesota estate tax returns are not due before September 19, 2011 for decedents who died between Jan. 1, 2010 and Dec. 16, 2010. Chapter 112 also provides a qualified terminable interest trust (QTIP) election for estates of 2010 decedents that opt out of the federal estate tax. The election may not reduce the estate below $3.5 million.
Chapter 116 allows courts to destroy original probate documents and archive them digitally or electronically.
Real Property
Chapter 4 provides that environmental review decisions are subject to review by the Minnesota Court of Appeals rather than the district court.
Chapter 10 requires associations to provide common interest community unit owners with copies of association records. Chapter 10 was amended in committee with language suggested by the Real Property Section to protect information that was the basis for closing a board meeting.
Chapter 14, the omnibus agriculture bill, contains a provision that allows burial of concrete and rebar on farmland as long as it is recorded. This provision was amended in committee with language suggested by the Real Property Section to ensure that correct terms of art were used.
Chapter 19 is a response to Krummenacher v. City of Minnetonka, 783 N.W.2d 721 (2010) (interpreting "undue hardship" for municipal variances). Chapter 19 permits variances if they are in harmony with the ordinance and there are "practical difficulties," meaning: the owner wants to use the property in reasonable manner; the plight of the owner is not created by the owner; and the variance would not alter the essential character of the area. Chapter 19 also provides that conditions imposed in granting a variance must be directly related and bear rough proportionality to the impact of the variance.
Chapter 58 clarifies the application of foreclosure provisions in Minn. Stat. §504B.285 for residential tenants. This chapter was amended in committee with technical language suggestions from the Real Property Section.
Chapter 66 contains five technical proposals that were drafted and supported by the Real Property Section, including:
- Simplifying corrections of title defects caused by scrivener's errors, and removing unnecessary requirements on county attorneys.
- Eliminating the list of entities in Minn. Stat. §358.50 for which an acknowledgment is prima facie evidence of corporate authority, and incorporating by reference the list in §358.41, so there is only one uniform list of entities in Minn. Ch. 358.
- Clarifying methods of service of process and who may be served in a Cancellation of Residential Purchase Agreement, and allowing service on the attorney representing the initial canceller with a Responsive Notice of Cancellation in a counter-cancellation situation.
- Specifying a 12-month redemption period for reverse mortgage foreclosures.
- Delaying the effective date of Laws 2010, Chapter 238, Section 7 (20-year enforceability of child support judgments) until Jan. 1, 2013.
Chapter 116 contains amendments to Minn. Ch. 515B (the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act) that were drafted and supported by the Real Property Section. Chapter 116 recodifies portions of Ch. 515B that were prospectively repealed by 2010 legislation but still apply to common-interest communities created before August 1, 2010. Chapter 116 also contains a handful of minor technical changes suggested by practitioners and industry groups.
Chapter 8 contains income tax and corporate tax changes to conform to federal changes for tax year 2010.
Chapter 112 contains numerous technical and policy tax provisions. Notably, it amends Minn. Stat. §278.05 subd. 6 ("the 60-Day Rule") to clarify the information that must be provided to county assessors when challenging the valuation of income-producing properties. These changes, which are effective for petitions contesting the 2010 assessments, were drafted and supported by the Tax Law Section, the Minnesota County Attorneys Association, and the Minnesota Association of Assessing Officers.
Tort Reform
Chapter 57 provides immunity from claims of loss or injury for school districts that make their facilities available for public recreational use.
Chapter 75 provides tort immunity for municipalities that donate public safety equipment for use by other municipalities.


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I finally finished the "other mitten" to go with my Lovers mittens. I had to frog these at least 3 times having to work the thumb. I'm sure its due to my own inexperience with making mittens (my first pair) and not the designer's instructions. Not to mention I had to use a different number of stitches to begin with, then adjust my gauge since it was off, etc...all because I wanted it to match perfectly with the Lovers mittens...who's going to notice? NO ONE! But I will :)
I also finally finished Jan 2008 KAL from Rachel's Knitting Room, which was Lattice Hearts. Now this is funny...I did this cloth using size 3 needles hoping I'd have enough (I wasn't sure what I knit with this yarn before so I wasn't sure how much was left, but it looked like enough to do a cloth and its pretty and appropriate for these hearts. This picture is where I ran out of yarn. As you can see, it almost made it. Rachel did say in the pattern using smaller needles helps make the design pop out--which has been a problem of mine--so since this worked out (look how lovely) I will use size 3 for my next cloth. But I had this dilemma...do I bind off an unfinished cloth? Or do I dare attempt to knit with 2 colors, my first time ever? And would this make my cloth look ugly? Maybe I should frog a few rows before adding color? What to do?? This is why this project sat unfinished for so long. In the end, I made the decision: learn 2 colors. And since Monthly KAL's March project called for white, I decided to use white. And look! It's a beautiful cloth design, but the white at the top really does bother me. I'll make this one again.
So my best friend from my childhood is getting married. I'm going to knit them a kitchen set (towel, dishcloth, and tribble) designed by my friend Cathy. She is one of those super-knitters. I would love to just sit and watch her knit. Maybe some day.
I've also made progress--no going to the yarn store to buy supplies...I have too many already. All these beautiful colors and material and specific patterns in mind and I just don't have the time. But I had to keep telling myself not to go to the yarn store, at least until I finish some of these current projects.
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Our route has been following the Danube river, often right along the river banks. We'd been puzzling over why this ideal waterfront property hadn't been developed. Even when we passed through towns, the buildings are set back from the river bank with a wide promenade.
This type of boat seems to be the answer. A long time ago, it was the main cargo ship along the river, able to carry up to 20 tons. Downstream was (relatively) easy, but going upstream the ship was towed by horses. It took up to 60 horses to get a speed of 10 km per day!
Our riverside bike path is the old horse trail.


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|Guess were we are?
(Warner's and Franci H ssss don't tell :) )
We are now more than halfway through our time here. Time is certainly going very fast, as it always does.
I have been busy preaching and visiting. Pastor Kuiken was away on holiday for the last two weeks (back last Saturday), and so there has been plenty to do.
On Sunday the 30th I had my first full Sunday of preaching two new sermons, preaching the same sermon twice in the morning, and then another new sermon in the evening. I have taken both am and pm services previously, but using old sermons. It was a long, but enjoyable day. One of the things that I was surprised by was how tiring preaching is! I didn't realize that it would take so much out of me.
I am very much enjoying the time that I am able to spend pastorally with people. Someone once said that spending time out of the study will help you spend time in the study. I am finding that very much to be true. As I am writing my sermons I am able to see how they can apply to the life of the congregation here. It does make writing sermons easier, when you can see and think of those in the congregation who are going through life's various trials.
As far as Sermon writing goes, I am enjoying the experience. It is a privilege to be able to spend time in God's Word, and then also to be able to deliver that to the congregation.
I feel that my delivery is improving, and I have been learning to slow down a lot more. (I also think that the congregation is getting use to my accent!) While I am still nervous, especially before going up to the pulpit, I am certainly feeling more comfortable preaching, and that helps me as I deliver.
I am also managing to confine myself to a one page outline. This has made a big difference in my delivery. It gives me more freedom as I speak, I don't feel tied to having to say 'exactly what is on the page'. Hanneke and the girls have also noted that it has made a big improvement in my facial and bodily expressions.
At the moment I am going through the Psalms of Ascents. This Sunday I am preaching on Psalm 134 (DV). Preaching through a series makes preparation easier, as it helps you to see the common themes that tie things together. I have also been using some of the Sermons that I wrote in class. Last week, and yesterday I preached on Judges 3:12-30, the story of Ehud and Eglon. That was a lot of fun to put together.
This Sunday I am preaching twice in the morning, and then in Hudson Valley URC in New York State. I am looking forward to it. It is about an hour's drive from where we are staying, so we get to see a bit more of the countryside/ freeway.
So far it has been a big learning curve, but a very enjoyable one. We are very much encouraged by the support of the congregation, and their willingness to be my 'guinea pigs'.
A reminder that all my sermons that I preach here in Pompton Plains are on Sermon Audio: www.sermonaudio.com . You just need to search on my name in the Speaker section. I would love to have some constructive criticism.
We are constantly asked if we are going to stay in the US. Our reply to them is always, NZ is where our heart is. It is there that we have a desire to serve, and be used in His service in the RCNZ, if that his will.
Well, we have been invited out for dinner tonight, and I must get myself ready.
Thank you for your prayers and support. We can't do this without you!
Till next time,
Every Blessing,