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I love the Fiat 500 Abarth. Guess I have something else in common with John Davis!
Now, I don't really have all that much to joke about on this episode of MotorWeek. I just really like the Abarth and want to spread the love around. Although the Italian pronunciations still need some work.
Oh, and the car is described as a filet for the price of a PBJ. That's actually clever.
Kudos JD!
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China off to strong start in badminton
BEIJING (AP) China got off to a strong start in the Olympic badminton tournament Sunday with top-seeded Xie Xingfang and Athens gold medalist Zhang Ning winning their opening matches in women's singles.
Xie, who was left off the Olympic team four years ago, coasted to a 21-1, 21-9 win over Taiwan's Cheng Sha-chieh at Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium. Xie combined powerful smashes with precision drop shots to send off the unseeded Cheng.
"I didn't think the match would be so easy," Xie said. "I met her several times before and remember that it always went to three sets."
Xie had a first-round bye and will next face Olga Konon of Belarus in the third round. Konon defeated Slovenia's Maja Tvrdy 21-17, 21-14.
Defending Olympic champion Zhang, who is seeded second, recovered from a shaky start to defeat Thailand's Salakjit Ponsana 21-23, 21-17, 21-7. The 33-year-old Zhang was rusty in the first set but then took control of the match with smashes that were too powerful for her 29th-ranked opponent.
"I wasn't too worried after losing the first set," said Zhang, who also had a first-round bye. "I've played her before so I knew what to expect."
Zhang is seventh in the world rankings and has struggled with injuries this year, but was picked over 2007 world champion Zhu Lin, who is third in the world rankings. Zhang will next face South Korea's Jun Jae-youn, a 21-12, 21-14 winner over Chloe Magee of Ireland.
China won three of five gold medals in badminton at the Athens Olympics in 2004 and is expected to dominate on home soil.
Sunday was the first day China's players were in action, and the capacity crowd was in full voice in support of their players, waving Chinese flags and shouting "Go China!"
China's Lu Lan, who is third-seeded, overpowered Karen Foo Kune of Mauritius 21-3, 7-1. Kune was forced to retire with a leg injury.
In other matches, fourth-seeded Wang Chen of Hong Kong coasted to a 21-7, 21-8 win over Eva Sladekova of Slovakia while eighth-seeded Wong Mew Choo of Malaysia defeated Kerry Lee Harrington of South Africa 21-4, 21-4.
Sixth-seeded Tine Rasmussen of Denmark defeated Akvile Stapusaityte of Lithuania 21-6, 21-8 and fifth-seeded Pi Hongyan of France downed Peru's Claudia Rivero 21-6, 21-9.
Seventh-seeded Xu Huaiwen of Germany posted a 21-17, 21-8 win over Finland's Anu Nieminen.
China's Lin Dan is seeded No. 1 in the men's singles and will play his first match in the second round Monday against unseeded Ng Wei of Hong Kong.
In women's doubles, defending Olympic champions Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen of China defeated Indonesian pair Liliyana Natsir and Marissa Vita 21-19, 21-15 to advance to the quarterfinals.

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Apple Tax Case Is Toxic Political Issue
A U.S. Senate hearing on Apple's international tax structure has become a toxic political issue in the U.S. and the U.K. as the company has gone to Ireland to book income at a cheaper tax rate. Even so, WSJ's Charles Forelle reports that little is being done by governments to change the law.
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At the same time, U.S. ag exports totaled $53.3 billion in 2002, up less than $1 billion from the $52.7 billion posted in 2001. For fiscal year 2003, exports are expected to rise by $3.7 billion.
Most of the growth, according to Carol Whitton, coordinator for the Economic Research Service, and Ernest Carter, coordinator for the Foreign Agricultural Service, most of the year-to-year growth in export value is expected to come from shipments of corn and soybeans, with "modest gains" in wheat and meat.
Since November, prospects for corn exports have been reduced because of increased foreign competition, particularly from Argentina and China. The stronger forecast for soybeans reflects a large increase in demand from China, particularly for beans to be crushed for oil.
The forecast U.S. agricultural surplus is $14 billion, the largest since fiscal year 1998.
The U.S. and world economies "continue to be plagued by uncertainty," the analysts note, and this country's Gross Domestic Product is expected to be unchanged in 2003. World growth, however, is projected to rise by over 2 percent, compared to 1.6 percent in 2002.
"Until some of the uncertainty can be resolved, growth in the world and the U.S. is likely to continue lackluster," they say.
Economic growth in all developing countries is expected to increase more than 4 percent this year, and in Asian developing countries by more than 5 percent. Growth rates in China and India are forecast at more than 7 percent and near 6 percent, respectively.
"Serious problems" persist in Latin America and Argentina, the latter in its fifth year of recession, with a 75 percent depreciation of its currency against the U.S. dollar since Jan. 2002.
While the dollar remains "relatively strong," it has depreciated against some currencies, chiefly the European Community's Euro and the Japanese Yen. But, "no precipitous drop in the dollar is expected; rather, a slow decline over the rest of the year and into 2004 is likely against some currencies. With some decrease in the dollar, U.S. agricultural exports are expected to become more competitive in world markets."
Looking at specific forecasts:
- Grain and feed exports are pegged at $16.1 billion, with reductions for wheat and feed grains partially offset by gains for value-added products.
- Coarse grain exports are expected to be down 4.2 million tons to 52.6 million, valued at $6.2 billion. A weaker outlook for corn is due to continued strong competition from China, better prospects for South American crops, and large global supplies of feed quality wheat. Compared to 2002, little change is expected in corn export volume, but average prices will be higher. The sharply lower sorghum crop will reduce export volume.
- Rice exports will be a record 3.8 million tons, but weaker average unit prices will leave the value virtually unchanged. The large U.S. crop and resulting lower prices support increased export volume, and global demand for rice remains strong.
- Oilseeds and products are projected to be up, but lower average unit prices will limit value to about $6 billion. Continued strong sales to China and other countries support the gains, but increased competition from South American growers is eroding the U.S. share of global trade, estimated at 35 percent for the 2002/03 marketing year. Soybean shipments are forecast to remain below last year's record, but higher average unit values will bring somewhat higher total value.
- The outlook for livestock, poultry, and dairy product exports remains unchanged at a record $12.4 billion, with beef/pork/poultry contributing most of the increase in value.
- Also unchanged is the outlook for horticultural product exports, including fresh and processed fruits, at a record $11.3 billion. Continued economic weakness in Japan, a relatively strong dollar, ongoing trade disputes with Mexico, and growing competition from China are among key factors restraining even greater export expansion for these products. The outlook for fresh and processed vegetables is for $3.1 billion, and remains positive for tree nuts.
Despite moderate economic growth in the U.S., the dollar is expected to remain strong with respect to currencies of many importing countries; "thus, the foreign purchasing power of U.S. consumers will stay high. But, prospects for oil supply disruption may result in even higher energy prices, the immediate effect of which would likely be to reduce consumers' appetite for imports, especially high value products."


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The musical roots and heritage of Huntington Beach were no doubt fortified when the Golden Bear started booking rock and roll acts in the 1960s.
The Jan and Dean classic "Surf City" certainly fed the legacy, as did the old punk club Safari Sam's and a spate of thunderous local bands from the Offspring to Avenged Sevenfold and now the Dirty Heads.
Founded in 1996 by Jared Watson and Dustin Bushnell, the Heads are a modern reggae band that caught its first true wave of success with 2008's anthemic smash single "Lay Me Down" (which has been certified gold and spent 11 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, a record for an independent release and more than any single that year by anyone, including the Black Keys, Kings of Leon and 30 Seconds to Mars).
The band tours incessantly, bringing its funky island-meets-street vibe to thousands of fans all over the world, but this is home and so this is where they recently decided to throw a special party.
To celebrate the release of their sophomore album, "Cabin by the Sea," last Saturday, the band decided to launch the collection at the new Wahoo's Fish Taco at 7891 Warner Ave. A stage was erected in the parking lot so the band could perform a rare acoustic set, and hundreds of fans filled in the space once doors opened just after 5 p.m.
I've interviewed the two band leaders numerous times, and I'm always struck by their sense of dedication and work ethic — they care about their music deeply, and so I was excited to hear the new album recently. I'd watched them in the studio last year as certain song fragments had begun to take shape, and I think the final results are stunning.
The band has managed to build upon its sound without sacrificing what helped it make its mark in the first place. The songwriting has evolved, and clearly, the years of playing on the road have helped refine and define the Dirty Heads' sound into something truly unique.
The first single, "Spread Too Thin," has "summer anthem" written all over it, and the video for the song even features Wahoo's founder Wing Lam, whom I spoke with at the album party. He told me that beyond being thrilled to have a new location in Huntington Beach, he was a big Dirty Heads fan himself and had been hanging out with the band recently when they kicked around the idea of a release party at his latest establishment. Mayor Don Hansen added that he feels Wahoo's represents the heart of Surf City culture (I agree) and that he believes the location will do very well.
I also sat down with Watson before the band played, and he said he's more confident in the new album than anything he's done before. "The long period in between the first album and this one gave us a lot of time to grow as a band," he shared with me. "Everything came out even better than we had planned, and I really think that what we've gone through as a band since that first success has helped us discover more about ourselves, and we captured a lot of that. We had a lot of time to write and become more mature as a band, and 'Cabin by the Sea' reflects all of those things."
Surrounded by family and friends along with all the fans, the band was received with waves of love and affection. I watched with Dean Torrence, of Jan and Dean fame, whose presence only added to the musical importance of the event — standing just feet from each other were two generations of local musicians that each played a substantial role in shaping our city's musical presence around the globe.
Against a deep blue sky and a cool ocean breeze, the Dirty Heads' music pulsed and made the crowd move in sync with its rhythms. Lam watched, smiling and getting deep into the music while folks enjoyed fish tacos and pitchers of cold beer.
A great new album from a beloved local band coupled with a successful grand opening from a beach-friendly brand made for a very nice day in Huntington Beach — one of those afternoons you really don't want to end, and the sort of thing this city can always use more of.
CHRIS EPTING is the author of 18 books, including the new "Hello, It's Me: Dispatches from a Pop Culture Junkie." You can chat with him on Twitter @chrisepting or follow his column at http://www.facebook.com/hbindependent.


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|Etienne Bonnot de Condillac
Etienne Bonnot de Condillac
|Full name
|Etienne Bonnot de Condillac
|September 30, 1715
|August 3, 1780
|18th-century philosophy
|Western Philosophy
|Main interests
|Psychology, Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (30 September 1715 – 3 August 1780) was a French philosopher.
He was born at Grenoble of a legal family, and, like his elder brother, the well-known political writer, abbé de Mably, took holy orders (1733-1740) at Saint-Sulpice in Paris and became abbé de Mureau.
In both cases the profession was hardly more than nominal, and Condillac's whole life, with the exception of an interval as tutor at the court of Parma, was devoted to speculation. His works are Essai sur l'origine des connaissances humaines (1746), Traité des systèmes (1749), Traité des sensations (1754), Traité des animaux (1755), a comprehensive Cours d'études (1767-1773) in 13 vols., written for the young Duke Ferdinand of Parma, a grandson of Louis XV, Le Commerce et le gouvernement, considérés relativement l'un a l'autre (1776), and two posthumous works, Logique (1781) and the unfinished Langue des calculs (1798).
In Paris he came much into contact with the circle of Diderot. A friendship with Rousseau, which lasted in some measure to the end, may have been due in the first instance to the fact that Rousseau had been domestic tutor in the family of Condillac's elder brother, Jean Bonnot, known as Monsieur de Mably, at Lyon. Thanks to his natural caution and reserve, Condillac's relations with unorthodox philosophers did not injure his career; and he justified abundantly the choice of the French court in sending him to Parma to educate the orphan duke, then a child of seven years.
In 1768, on his return from Italy, he was elected to the Académie française; contrary to the popular idea that he attended only one meeting, he was a frequent attender until two years before his death. He spent his later years in retirement at Flux, a small property which he had purchased near Beaugency, and died there on August 3, 1780.
Condillac is important both as a psychologist and as having established systematically in France the principles of Locke, whom Voltaire had lately made fashionable. In setting forth his empirical sensationism, Condillac shows many of the best qualities of his age and nation, lucidity, brevity, moderation and an earnest striving after logical method.
His first book, the Essai sur l'origine des connaissances humaines, keeps close to his English master. He accepts with some indecision Locke's deduction of our knowledge from two sources, sensation and reflection, and uses as his main principle of explanation the association of ideas. His next book, the Traité des systèmes, is a vigorous criticism of those modern systems which are based upon abstract principles or upon unsound hypotheses. His polemic, which is inspired throughout by Locke, is directed against the innate ideas of the Cartesians, Malebranche's faculty-psychology, Leibniz's monadism and preestablished harmony, and, above all, against the conception of substance set forth in the first part of the Ethics of Spinoza.
By far the most important of his works is the Traité des sensations, in which he emancipates himself from the tutelage of Locke and treats psychology in his own characteristic way. He had been led, he tells us, partly by the criticism of a talented lady, Mademoiselle Ferrand, to question Locke's doctrine that the senses give us intuitive knowledge of objects, that the eye, for example, naturally judges shapes, sizes, positions and distances. His discussions with the lady had convinced him that to clear up such questions it was necessary to study our senses separately, to distinguish precisely what ideas we owe to each sense, to observe how the senses are trained, and how one sense aids another. The result, he was confident, would show that all human faculty and knowledge are transformed sensation only, to the exclusion of any other principle, such as reflection.
The plan of the book is that the author imagines a statue organized inwardly like a man, animated by a soul which has never received an idea, into which no sense-impression has ever penetrated. He then unlocks its senses one by one, beginning with smell, as the sense that contributes least to human knowledge. At its first experience of smell, the consciousness of the statue is entirely occupied by it; and this occupancy of consciousness is attention. The statue's smell-experience will produce pleasure or pain; and pleasure and pain will thenceforward be the master-principle which, determining all the operations of its mind, will raise it by degrees to all the knowledge of which it is capable. The next stage is memory, which is the lingering impression of the smell experience upon the attention: "memory is nothing more than a mode of feeling." From memory springs comparison: the statue experiences the smell, say, of a rose, while remembering that of a carnation; and "comparison is nothing more than giving one's attention to two things simultaneously." And "as soon as the statue has comparison it has judgment." Comparisons and judgments become habitual, are stored in the mind and formed into series, and thus arises the powerful principle of the association of ideas. From comparison of past and present experiences in respect of their pleasure-giving quality arises desire; it is desire that determines the operation of our faculties, stimulates the memory and imagination, and gives rise to the passions. The passions, also, are nothing but sensation transformed.
These indications will suffice to show the general course of the argument in the first section of the Traité des sensations. To show the thoroughness of the treatment it will be enough to quote the headings of the chief remaining chapters: "Of the Ideas of a Man limited to the Sense of Smell," "Of a Man limited to the Sense of Hearing," "Of Smell and Hearing combined," "Of Taste by itself, and of Taste combined with Smell and Hearing," "Of a Man limited to the Sense of Sight."
In the second section of the treatise Condillac invests his statue with the sense of touch, which first informs it of the existence of external objects. In a very careful and elaborate analysis, he distinguishes the various elements in our tactile experiences-the touching of one's own body, the touching of objects other than one's own body, the experience of movement, the exploration of surfaces by the hands: he traces the growth of the statue's perceptions of extension, distance and shape. The third section deals with the combination of touch with the other senses. The fourth section deals with the desires, activities and ideas of an isolated man who enjoys possession of all the senses; and ends with observations on a "wild boy" who was found living among bears in the forests of Lithuania.
The conclusion of the whole work is that in the natural order of things everything has its source in sensation, and yet that this source is not equally abundant in all men; men differ greatly in the degree of vividness with which they feel; and, finally, that man is nothing but what he has acquired; all innate faculties and ideas are to be swept away. The last dictum suggests the difference that has been made to this manner of psychologizing by modern theories of evolution and heredity.
Condillac's work on politics and history, contained, for the most part, in his Cours d'études, offers few features of interest, except so far as it illustrates his close affinity to English thought: he had not the warmth and imagination to make a good historian. In logic, on which he wrote extensively, he is far less successful than in psychology. He enlarges with much iteration, but with few concrete examples, upon the supremacy of the analytic method; argues that reasoning consists in the substitution of one proposition for another which is identical with it; and lays it down that science is the same thing as a well-constructed language, a proposition which in his Langue des calculs he tries to prove by the example of arithmetic. His logic has in fact the good and bad points that we might expect to find in a sensationist who knows no science but mathematics. He rejects the medieval apparatus of the syllogism; but is precluded by his standpoint from understanding the active, spiritual character of thought; nor had he that interest in natural science and appreciation of inductive reasoning which form the chief merit of JS Mill. It is obvious enough that Condillac's anti-spiritual psychology, with its explanation of personality as an aggregate of sensations, leads straight to atheism and determinism. There is, however, no reason to question the sincerity with which he repudiates both these consequences. What he says upon religion is always in harmony with his profession; and he vindicated the freedom of the will in a dissertation that has very little in common with the Traité des sensations to which it is appended. The common reproach of materialism should certainly not be made against him. He always asserts the substantive reality of the soul; and in the opening words of his Essai, "Whether we rise to heaven, or descend to the abyss, we never get outside ourselves--it is always our own thoughts that we perceive," we have the subjectivist principle that forms the starting-point of Berkeley.
Condillac saw language as the vehicle by which senses and emotions were transformed into higher mental faculties. He believed that the structure of language reflects the structure of thought and compared ideas to the sounds of a harpsichord. His theories had a major impact on the development of linguistics.
Condillac promoted "sensationalism," a theory that says all knowledge comes from the senses and that there are no innate ideas. Condillac was not a naive sensationalist but put forward an expressionist theory of linguistic creation that anticipates the prime features of German theorist the thought of Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) later thoughts about language.[1]
Condillac's 'Le Commerce et le Gouvernement' (1776) attempted to place economics in a coherent logical framework. He was a friend of friend François Quesnay, leader of the Physiocrats. Much of Condillac's work reflected mainstream Physiocrats, particularly his analysis of the structure of taxation and proposals for the revival of the economy, but he also proposed another line of argument, claiming that producers work to obtain utility. Most physiocrats rejected utility and the idea was ignored until his 'rediscovery' by Stanley Jevons and Carl Menger in 1871.
In his theory of "vrai prix" [true price]. Condillac proposed a theory of human history divided into two phases: progress and decline. Progress is marked by a rational development and use of resources; decline is precipitated by bad behavior from the upper classes that then trickles down to the workers, encouraging excess, luxury, and false prices that harm the masses. Condillac saw the remedy to this as "vrai prix," a true price created by the unimpeded interaction of supply and demand, to be achieved by complete deregulation. People would be taught to work toward their best interest in an open market through a reshaping of their perceptions. By advocating of a free market economy in contrast to the prevailing contemporary policy of state control in France, Condillac influenced classical liberal economics[2]
Condillac's Histoire ancienne and Histoire moderne (1758-1767) demonstrated how the experience and observation of the past aided man. History was not a mere retelling of the past, but a source of information and inspiration as well. Reason and critical thinking can improve man's lot and destroy superstition and fanaticism. History thus served as a moral, political, and philosophical textbook which taught man to live better. Thus the two histories present the basic program of the Enlightenment in crystallized form.
As was fitting to a disciple of Locke, Condillac's ideas have had most importance in their effect upon English thought. In matters connected with the association of ideas, the supremacy of pleasure and pain, and the general explanation of all mental contents as sensations or transformed sensations, his influence can be traced upon the Mills and upon Bain and Herbert Spencer. And, apart from any definite propositions, Condillac did a notable work in the direction of making psychology a science; it is a great step from the desultory, genial observation of Locke to the rigorous analysis of Condillac, short-sighted and defective as that analysis may seem to us in the light of fuller knowledge.
His method, however, of imaginative reconstruction was by no means suited to English ways of thinking. In spite of his protests against abstraction, hypothesis and synthesis, his allegory of the statue is in the highest degree abstract, hypothetical and synthetic. James Mill, who stood more by the study of concrete realities, put Condillac into the hands of his youthful son with the warning that here was an example of what to avoid in the method of psychology. A modern historian has compared[3] Condillac with Scottish Enlightenment philosopher and pre-evolutionary thinker Lord Monboddo, who had a similar fascination with abstraction and ideas. In France Condillac's doctrine, so congenial to the tone of 18th century philosophism, reigned in the schools for over fifty years, challenged only by a few who, like Maine de Biran, saw that it gave no sufficient account of volitional experience. Early in the 19th century, the romantic awakening of Germany had spread to France, and sensationism was displaced by the eclectic spiritualism of Victor Cousin.
Condillac's collected works were published in 1798 (23 vols.) and two or three times subsequently; the last edition (1822) has an introductory dissertation by A. F. Théry. The Encyclopédie méthodique has a very long article on Condillac by Naigeon. Biographical details and criticism of the Traité des systèmes in J. P. Damiron's Mémoires pour servir a l'histoire de to philosophie au dixhuitieme siècle, tome iii.; a full criticism in V Cousin's Cours de l'histoire de la philosophie moderne, ser. i. tome iii. Consult also F Rethoré, Condillac ou l'empirisme et le rationalisme (1864); L Dewaule, Condillac et la psychologie anglaise contemporaine (1891); histories of philosophy.
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.


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2008 Earth Observation Handbook released
The Earth Observation Handbook – just released and available online – explains the vital role played by Earth observation satellites in providing the information needed by governments and policymakers to make well-informed decisions for a sustainable future.
Prepared under the auspices of ESA on behalf of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS), the report provides an overview of existing Earth observation (EO) missions, their instruments and the plans of more than 30 space agencies for upcoming missions and instruments. It is the most up-to-date and comprehensive statement of governmental EO programmes available.
The EO Handbook, researched and written by Symbios Spazio, is always keenly anticipated by the space community for its insights into future trends world-wide in remote sensing programmes.
This edition has a particular focus on climate change and on the role of data provided by EO satellites, which are emerging as the single most important contribution to global climate observations. EO satellite data potentially contributes to more than half of the Essential Climate Variables recognised by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The nature of climate change issues presents special challenges in terms of the need for global information and data on key planetary indicators which can provide the information required for governments and policymakers to make well-informed decisions.
Recognising that no single country can satisfy all of the observational requirements necessary for monitoring the Earth System, governments are taking steps to harmonise and integrate their observing networks and satellite observing systems to be able to address common problems of global concern.
The major aims of CEOS are to achieve international coordination in the planning of these EO satellite programmes and to maximise utilisation of their data, in order to effectively address the most critical requirements.
The full contents of the EO Handbook 2008 are available on-line at www.eohandbook.com and include:
- an interactive database that supports queries of particular agency plans or measurement types;
- case studies highlighting the important role of satellites in climate change applications;
- timelines indicating worldwide plans for each of 30 different key Earth system measurements;
- tables featuring information on 240 satellite missions and 385 instruments planned for the next 20 years.
Print copies of the Handbook are available for CEOS members from:
Europe & Africa:
ESA EO Helpdesk via firstname.lastname@example.com
CEOS Secretariat via email@example.com
Asia & Oceania:
CEOS Secretariat via firstname.lastname@example.com
Print copies for general distribution are available at a cost of 40 Euro per copy by submitting the order form linked on the right.


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Premier building services is a family run business with over 30 years experience . Most of my trades men have worked as a team for 15 years together. We carry out all aspects of Building works including extensions ,loft conversion , roofing Bathrooms , kitchens and... read more
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Sebastian's Builders7 Feedback reviews, 100% positive
My business comprises of general building works, including extensions, loft conversions and house refurbishments. I also undertake smaller works including bathrooms, kitchens garden patios and fencing. I have been in the building trade for 12 years starting as a dry lining... read more
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Hello! My name is Mick. I have many years experience in all areas of construction. I enjoy what I do & love creating new spaces for people, so it has to be of high quality or else there would be no satisfaction in it for me! I have done extensions, sunrooms, renovations,... read more
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Everol Ltd12 Feedback reviews, 83% positive
Everol ltd has been running successfully since 2002. A team of 15 highly experienced team including; roofer, decorators, plumber, electrician, tiler, brick layers and plasterers bringing you the quality space in your home. We specialise in loft conversions, extensions... read more
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Top Finish Ltd9 Feedback reviews, 89% positive
We are a property refurbishment specialists with a wealth of experience in house extensions,basements,loft conversions,bathrooms kitchens and much more. We have built a reputation on the basis of providing clients with a quality service that is combined with excellent value... read more
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We specialise in extensions and all structural building work, although most of our projects are domestic we do cater for commercial as well. Ground work, footing and drainage are also areas that we specialise in. read more
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Croham Builders5 Feedback reviews, 100% positive
You can rely on Croham Builders to guide you through every step of your project. We take pride in providing our customers with expert advice throughout all construction phases. And although we think modern, our team is traditionally trained and is dedicated to high-quality... read more
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LMG Building Services Ltd4 Feedback reviews, 100% positive
We are a family run business offering you a personal touch. Work is always completed to a high standard. We are members of the Federation of Master Builders & Our previous customers will be happy to confirm the level of Service, Quality & attention to detail that we... read more
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Q&A: Nicole Kidman keeping it real in latest roles
This photo released by The Weinstein Company shows Nicole Kidman as Patti in the film, "The Railway Man." The film releases in theaters Friday, April 11, 2014. (AP / The Weinstein Company, Jaap Buitendijk)
Derrik J. Lang, The Associated Press
Published Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:53AM EDT
LOS ANGELES -- With several films set to debut this year, including such disparate turns as a taxidermist villainess, mysterious amnesiac and an actress-turned-princess, Nicole Kidman will again become a familiar face in theaters.
While maintaining a steady presence in Hollywood for more than two decades, the 46-year-old Academy Award winner has been focusing more in recent years on raising her two daughters with husband and country star Keith Urban - away from the spotlight in Nashville, Tenn.
For her latest role in "The Railway Man," out April 11, the "Moulin Rouge" and "The Hours" star plays a supportive wife to World War II veteran Eric Lomax (Colin Firth). In the autobiographical adaptation, Patti and Eric Lomax confront his past as a prisoner of war in Thailand, where he worked on the "death railway," a 258-mile stretch of treacherous train track running into Burma.
Upcoming this year, Kidman will also play a villainess in "Paddington," amnesiac in "Before I Go to Sleep," leading lady Grace Kelly in "Grace of Monaco" and Middle East pioneer Gertrude Bell in "Queen of the Desert."
In an interview with The Associated Press, Kidman discussed tackling portrayals of realer-than-real women like former nurse Patti Lomax, Gertrude Bell and her highly anticipated role in "Grace of Monaco," which is opening this year's Cannes Film Festival. ("Grace" was delayed from release last year following creative differences between the film's director and distributor.)
AP: You've played so many characters over the years, but how do you approach the ones based on actual people, like Virginia Woolf, Grace Kelly and Patti Lomax?
Kidman: Patti is different because she's still alive and was able to give me information about herself. I didn't meet her until I started filming. Everyone kept saying, "Do you want to meet her?" I was like, "No, I'd really like to be able to watch her in an interview." Actually, the producer sat with her for hours - he's a very good friend of hers - and taped her and sent me the tapes. I basically had access to her whole life, stories about her, her mannerisms and behavior, like I was a fly on the wall.
AP: You have three films coming out with Colin Firth ("The Railway Man," "Before I Go to Sleep," "Paddington"). What is it about him that compels you to continue to work with him?
Kidman: I just enjoy him. I really enjoy his brain and his talent, but he has a really great sense of humor. Me and millions of other women in the world go, "Wow! Colin Firth!" My mom adores him. My sister adores him. I've just got so many friends who go, "Oh my gosh. Colin Firth." I now know him in a different way, but I have such respect for him as an actor.
AP: Tell me what it was like to play Grace Kelly. Have you seen the film yet?
Kidman: I have not seen the version that's showing at Cannes, but obviously I will. I may be seeing it opening night at Cannes. It was the chance of a lifetime to play her. I really admire her, and I think she has such otherworldly qualities. I think she has an aura about her. I don't know if I'm able to capture that, but I was honored to have the chance to. We'll see. It's only a six-month period of her life that we depict. It's a fairytale. It's not a heavy drama. It's got beautiful costumes. It's sumptuous.
AP: You've had the chance to work with some incredible filmmakers throughout your career. What was it like teaming up recently with director Werner Herzog for "Queen of the Desert"?
Kidman: I call it Werner World. Werner World is just a different realm. It's glorious. I said to him, "Werner, I feel like I've been in a dream with you for the past two-and-a-half months, and now I've got my feet back on earth." I'm at a place where I'm so interested in exploring things and going places that I haven't been. I want my life to be full, so that means all of us - my family - up and moving to Morocco and doing this so we can have the experience.
AP: Between your schedule and Keith's schedule, how do you balance everything?
Kidman: Every time when we're not working, we spend together. That's it. It's that simple. We're not off. We have a very simple life but an extraordinary creative life, if that makes sense. I'm lucky that I've got a partner that's totally committed to making it work. We have two little girls that we adore, and we're very blessed, in the sense of having a family. We certainly talk about everything. We make the decisions together.
AP: Where are you most happy these days? Is it in Nashville or on a set somewhere or back in Australia?
Kidman: Happiness, that's obviously different for everybody, but what I call my joy, the thing that makes me feel incredibly satiated, is my family, and then I get to go and play out all of my ideas and feelings through all these different characters. Then, I come back to just being mama.


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Probably the best match-up we could have expected
Go Wings, Rangers and Tampa !
Probably the best match-up we could have expected
Go Wings, Rangers and Tampa !
I live in Columbus and these people around here act like the CBJ is going to smoke us.
Pens win game 1 - without Sid having to do all the scoring
they looked like poop last night...Matty Niskanen was the unsung hero of the game
A win is a win.
Beau knows hockey, it's good to have to him back...and Gibbons looked pretty good too.
onward and upward
at least we didn't lose in 3 OT like the Flyers
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True...gibbons has really proved himself...he's quick and I love how he is everywhere, intercepting passes and going hard nonstop
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the B's get goose-egged.....go Wings!
I say it's time for Sid to take over a game....need to brush off these cheap suit guys as soon as possible
Lol I saw that yesterday...gibbons with 2 goals in the first...that kid impresses me more and more
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Do you like our chances of making the playoffs?
If yes, what is going to be the key for the Seahawks making a playoff run this season?
If no, what will be our downfall?
On a percentage scale, what would you give the Hawks likeliness of making the wildcard round? IMO, it's 60%. Although we have two relatively weak teams (actually the Bears haven't been playing well lately), so three soft teams in our remaining road games. The Seahawks just aren't the same team when they're on the road. We should have beaten the Cards and Rams earlier this season. But, at least we were still in every one of those games until the very end. We will destroy both the Rams and Cardinals at home. The only home game I'm worried about is against the 49ers.
So.. If we win at least two of our three road games. Then beat St. Louis and Arizona at home, we will be 10-6. Which should be good for a Wildcard game. Am I right? I would really like to win every game, but six straight wins (actually 8 in a row) just isn't realistic. I could handle 5-1 .. What do you think our record for the last six games will be?
If the Hawks make it, we're looking at a wildcard game. I haven't figured out the chances of getting a bye. Even if we win every game from here on out..? I know there are some teams with really good records. Falcons top the NFC at 9-1, last time I checked, SF was in second place. Correct me if i'm wrong.
[Side Note: Aaron Curry was waived by the Raiders. Anyone think his NFL career is over? Or will someone grab him? I know we won't. He is a definite bust. However, I wish the guy the best.


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geedubya15 precisava de um novo design de logo e criou um concurso na 99designs.
Um vencedor foi selecionado entre 105 designs enviados por 27 designers freelancers.
We need a logo for our start up development company that will be specializing in CMS modules/extensions & mobile apps. In particular we will be concentrating on Magento Ecommerce solution. We will be providing module & custom projects to clients or customers. We will also be developing iPhone and Android mobile apps.
Our CMS modules are targeted toward online retailers that have created or will create online web stores. The age range is most likely from 25 - 45 yrs old. The individuals will most likely be tech savvy.
Android / iPhone apps will be targeted most likely toward a younger audience ranging from 16 - 35.
Will will be displaying information and promoting both sides of our business through this site. So we will need a design that is Professional but somewhat Youthful, and at the same time gives a feel that we are a tech company
The company name is 'Favored Minds'.
The logo must include or be focused on the company name. Doesn't matter if you make the logo with 'FavoredMinds', 'Favored Minds', or 'favoredminds'.
Do whatever you think looks best.
Because we are starting up, we do not have any previous requirements such as color, logos, icons, or fonts that you must stick to. We are open to almost anything. We will leave immediate feedback if we want to alter you idea more to our liking.
We are not sure what our site design will look like. It will most likely be run through Magento. But we have not yet chosen color for the design or the Logo. The design will be followed by the logo that is chosen
Not a requirement, but think about the word 'Mind' in FavoredMinds. We are not sure if we want this or not, but if you can find a nice/clever/positive way to implement that then do so.
Remember this is a logo that we will be moving around & putting the image on other ads, images, etc. So do not make it too complicated.
Things to think about:
All the following will be done from the one site:
- We are a software/web development startup
- Will be doing custom work (web applications, web design, etc)
- Will be selling content management applications (Magento, Joomla, etc)
- Will be selling iPhone & Android applications
If you need more ideas for colors, take a look at http://colorschemedesigner.com/
Take a look at the attached .zip file of photos for ideas
Saiba como um concurso de design funciona ou leia mais sobre nossos serviços de design de logo.


text: PRINTF(3) Linux Programmer's Manual PRINTF(3) NAME printf, fprintf, sprintf, snprintf, vprintf, vfprintf, vsprintf, vsnprintf - formatted output conversion SYNOPSIS #include <stdio.h> int printf(const char *format, ...); int fprintf(FILE *stream, const char *format, ...); int sprintf(char *str, const char *format, ...); int snprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...); #include <stdarg.h> int vprintf(const char *format, va_list ap); int vfprintf(FILE *stream, const char *format, va_list ap); int vsprintf(char *str, const char *format, va_list ap); int vsnprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, va_list ap); DESCRIPTION The printf family of functions produces output according to a format as described below. The functions printf and vprintf write output to stdout, the standard output stream; fprintf and vfprintf write output to the given output stream; sprintf, snprintf, vsprintf and vsnprintf write to the character string str. These functions write the output under the control of a format string that specifies how subsequent arguments (or arguments accessed via the variable-length argument facil- ities of stdarg(3)) are converted for output. These functions return the number of characters printed (not including the trailing `\0' used to end output to strings). snprintf does not write more than size bytes (including the trailing '\0'), and returns -1 if the out- put was truncated due to this limit. vsnprintf works sim- ilarly to snprintf, but returns the number of characters which would have been in the final string if enough space had been available (excluding the trailing '\0'). The format string is composed of zero or more directives: ordinary characters (not %), which are copied unchanged to the output stream; and conversion specifications, each of which results in fetching zero or more subsequent argu- ments. Each conversion specification is introduced by the character %. The arguments must correspond properly (after type promotion) with the conversion specifier. After the %, the following appear in sequence: +o Zero or more of the following flags: # specifying that the value should be con- verted to an ``alternate form''. For c, d, i, n, p, s, and u conversions, this option has no effect. For o conversions, the pre- cision of the number is increased to force the first character of the output string to a zero (except if a zero value is printed with an explicit precision of zero). For x and X conversions, a non-zero result has the string `0x' (or `0X' for X conversions) prepended to it. For e, E, f, g, and G con- versions, the result will always contain a decimal point, even if no digits follow it (normally, a decimal point appears in the results of those conversions only if a digit follows). For g and G conversions, trailing zeros are not removed from the result as they would otherwise be. 0 specifying zero padding. For all conver- sions except n, the converted value is padded on the left with zeros rather than blanks. If a precision is given with a numeric conversion (d, i, o, u, i, x, and X), the 0 flag is ignored. - (a negative field width flag) indicates the converted value is to be left adjusted on the field boundary. Except for n conver- sions, the converted value is padded on the right with blanks, rather than on the left with blanks or zeros. A - overrides a 0 if both are given. ' ' (a space) specifying that a blank should be left before a positive number produced by a signed conversion (d, e, E, f, g, G, or i). + specifying that a sign always be placed before a number produced by a signed conver- sion. A + overrides a space if both are used. ' specifying that in a numerical argument the output is to be grouped if the locale infor- mation indicates any. Note that many ver- sions of gcc cannot parse this option and will issue a warning. +o An optional decimal digit string specifying a mini- mum field width. If the converted value has fewer characters than the field width, it will be padded with spaces on the left (or right, if the left- adjustment flag has been given) to fill out the field width. +o An optional precision, in the form of a period (`.') followed by an optional digit string. If the digit string is omitted, the precision is taken as zero. This gives the minimum number of digits to appear for d, i, o, u, x, and X conversions, the number of digits to appear after the decimal-point for e, E, and f conversions, the maximum number of significant digits for g and G conversions, or the maximum number of characters to be printed from a string for s conversions. +o The optional character h, specifying that a follow- ing d, i, o, u, x, or X conversion corresponds to a short int or unsigned short int argument, or that a following n conversion corresponds to a pointer to a short int argument. +o The optional character l (ell) specifying that a following d, i, o, u, x, or X conversion applies to a pointer to a long int or unsigned long int argu- ment, or that a following n conversion corresponds to a pointer to a long int argument. Linux pro- vides a non ANSI compliant use of two l flags as a synonym to q or L. Thus ll can be used in combina- tion with float conversions. This usage is, how- ever, strongly discouraged. +o The character L specifying that a following e, E, f, g, or G conversion corresponds to a long double argument, or a following d, i, o, u, x, or X con- version corresponds to a long long argument. Note that long long is not specified in ANSI C and therefore not portable to all architectures. +o The optional character q. This is equivalent to L. See the STANDARDS and BUGS sections for comments on the use of ll, L, and q. +o A Z character specifying that the following integer (d, i, o, u, x, or X) conversion corresponds to a size_t argument. +o A character that specifies the type of conversion to be applied. A field width or precision, or both, may be indicated by an asterisk `*' instead of a digit string. In this case, an int argument supplies the field width or precision. A negative field width is treated as a left adjustment flag followed by a positive field width; a negative precision is treated as though it were missing. The conversion specifiers and their meanings are: diouxX The int (or appropriate variant) argument is con- verted to signed decimal (d and i), unsigned octal (o), unsigned decimal (u), or unsigned hexadecimal (x and X) notation. The letters abcdef are used for x conversions; the letters ABCDEF are used for X conversions. The precision, if any, gives the minimum number of digits that must appear; if the converted value requires fewer digits, it is padded on the left with zeros. eE The double argument is rounded and converted in the style [-]d.dddedd where there is one digit before the decimal-point character and the number of dig- its after it is equal to the precision; if the pre- cision is missing, it is taken as 6; if the preci- sion is zero, no decimal-point character appears. An E conversion uses the letter E (rather than e) to introduce the exponent. The exponent always contains at least two digits; if the value is zero, the exponent is 00. f The double argument is rounded and converted to decimal notation in the style [-]ddd.ddd, where the number of digits after the decimal-point character is equal to the precision specification. If the precision is missing, it is taken as 6; if the pre- cision is explicitly zero, no decimal-point charac- ter appears. If a decimal point appears, at least one digit appears before it. g The double argument is converted in style f or e (or E for G conversions). The precision specifies the number of significant digits. If the precision is missing, 6 digits are given; if the precision is zero, it is treated as 1. Style e is used if the exponent from its conversion is less than -4 or greater than or equal to the precision. Trailing zeros are removed from the fractional part of the result; a decimal point appears only if it is fol- lowed by at least one digit. c The int argument is converted to an unsigned char, and the resulting character is written. s The ``char *'' argument is expected to be a pointer to an array of character type (pointer to a string). Characters from the array are written up to (but not including) a terminating NUL character; if a precision is specified, no more than the num- ber specified are written. If a precision is given, no null character need be present; if the precision is not specified, or is greater than the size of the array, the array must contain a termi- nating NUL character. p The ``void *'' pointer argument is printed in hex- adecimal (as if by %#x or %#lx). n The number of characters written so far is stored into the integer indicated by the ``int *'' (or variant) pointer argument. No argument is con- verted. % A `%' is written. No argument is converted. The complete conversion specification is `%%'. In no case does a non-existent or small field width cause truncation of a field; if the result of a conversion is wider than the field width, the field is expanded to con- tain the conversion result. EXAMPLES To print a date and time in the form `Sunday, July 3, 10:02', where weekday and month are pointers to strings: #include <stdio.h> fprintf(stdout, "%s, %s %d, %.2d:%.2d\n", weekday, month, day, hour, min); To print to five decimal places: #include <math.h> #include <stdio.h> fprintf(stdout, "pi = %.5f\n", 4 * atan(1.0)); To allocate a 128 byte string and print into it: #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdarg.h> char *newfmt(const char *fmt, ...) { char *p; va_list ap; if ((p = malloc(128)) == NULL) return (NULL); va_start(ap, fmt); (void) vsnprintf(p, 128, fmt, ap); va_end(ap); return (p); } SEE ALSO printf(1), scanf(3) STANDARDS The fprintf, printf, sprintf, vprintf, vfprintf, and vsprintf functions conform to ANSI C3.159-1989 (``ANSI C''). The q flag is the BSD 4.4 notation for long long, while ll or the usage of L in integer conversions is the GNU nota- tion. The Linux version of these functions is based on the GNU libio library. Take a look at the info documentation of GNU libc (glibc-1.08) for a more concise description. BUGS Some floating point conversions under Linux cause memory leaks. All functions are fully ANSI C3.159-1989 conformant, but provide the additional flags q, Z and ' as well as an additional behaviour of the L and l flags. The latter may be considered to be a bug, as it changes the behaviour of flags defined in ANSI C3.159-1989. The effect of padding the %p format with zeros (either by the 0 flag or by specifying a precision), and the benign effect (i.e., none) of the # flag on %n and %p conver- sions, as well as nonsensical combinations such as are not standard; such combinations should be avoided. Some combinations of flags defined by ANSI C are not mak- ing sense (e.g. %Ld). While they may have a well-defined behaviour on Linux, this need not to be so on other archi- tectures. Therefore it usually is better not to use flags that are not defined by ANSI C at all, i.e. use q instead of L in combination with diouxX conversions or ll. The usage of q is not the same as on BSD 4.4, as it may be used in float conversions equivalently to L. Because sprintf and vsprintf assume an infinitely long string, callers must be careful not to overflow the actual space; this is often impossible to assure. Linux Manpage 28 January 1996 1


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Zoellick: End of the Third World?
Setting the scene for next week's Spring Meetings, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said today the world has changed since the financial crisis, the third world is gone and we now live in a multipolar economy.
At Washington, D.C.'s Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Zoellick told an audience of diplomats, economists and international development specialists, "We are now in a new, fast-evolving, multipolar world economy, in which some developing countries are emerging as economic powers; others are moving towards becoming additional poles of growth, and some are struggling to attain their potential within this new system."
"It is time we put old concepts of First and Third Worlds, leader and led, donor and supplicant behind us," he said.
The speech drew several questions on the Bank's response to the financial crisis and how it is helping developing countries adapt to the new global economy Zoellick described.


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As Auld Lang Syne plays tonight, it is time to think about our basic beliefs and goals for the coming year. One twist on the haggard new year's resolution essay is This I Believe curriculum provided to accompany National Public Radio's essay series.
The project began in the 1950s as a radio program with famous journalist Edward R. Murrow. Murrow described the show's purpose: "to point to the common meeting grounds of beliefs, which is the essence of brotherhood and the floor of our civilization."
In the midst of war and economic strife, you and your students can enjoy the challenge to consider "the common meeting grounds of beliefs." You can share popular This I Believe essays with your students by reading from the books This I Believe and This I Believe II
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Patch O' Pits wrote:Can't really type much now as my heart is broken because my baby girl Sock-M has cancer
Patch O' Pits wrote:They want to do chemo.
I have not talked to the vet as I can't bring myself to do so yet.
My BF relayed the info to me.
Having watched family members die of cancer and seeing it daily on therapy dog visits to the hospital; I'm having a very hard time with this
I am pretty much a big mess at this point crybaby
Thanks everyone for caring about Sock-M
Any advice is appreciated
Sorry for the short response
concreterose wrote:Therese,
What kind of cancer does Sock-M have? I did chemo with Pookie for about three months, and it did help, but I decided to stop it because of her age. Many people have have success with it, but you have to decide what you want to do.
Thanks that means a lotI am sooooooo sorry!!! You are both in my prayers. I have a special pet prayer candle I will burn for her.
Patch O' Pits wrote:How often did Pookie have to have treatments? What type was the cancer. Did it seem to make a difference ? did it make it worse?
Thank you all so much
mnp13 wrote:CR - didn't I read on another thread that you found that the raw diet made a difference for Pookie?
I am so sorry to hear this news, I hope things go well for her.
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Why does a sex-positive sexuality site like this one talk about rape and abuse so often?
We should all know by now that rape and sex are not the same thing, after all. And yet, over the years at Scarleteen, we've answered a lot of questions about rape and abuse, supported a lot of abuse and rape victims and survivors, and we've got content about both housed on a site which is primarily about sexuality, sexual health and relationships.
One big reason is that an awful lot of us in the world -- and at this site -- are rape and abuse survivors, or people trying to get free of abuse. While our rapes or assaults certainly are or were not sex for us, they often impact our sexuality and our sex lives a whole lot. Sexuality doesn't exist in a vacuum: it's made up of all of who we are, and greatly influenced by the whole of our life experiences. In so many ways, rape and sexual assault can really hijack our sexuality, due to body memories -- the places we were assaulted tend to trigger painful or uncomfortable responses, emotionally and/or physically -- and other post-traumatic effects, and for those of us who are or have been abused or raped in our younger years, before or around the same time our sexuality was forming, untangling our sexuality from our abuse is work we have to do. For survivors, a rape can also feed into ideas and concerns about virginity (a huge issue for many young people), genital normalcy and integrity and other body image issues, trust in relationships, masturbation, sexual orientation, sexual fantasy and more.
Our particular readership is of an age and a gender which is the most victimized by rape. The majority of our readership is 14-22 year old women of all orientations. According to RAINN, around 9 out of every 10 victims of rape are female. College women are 4 times as likely to be assaulted, and girls ages 16-19 are 4 times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault, and the highest risk group to be victimized are young women under the age of 30, with 73% of rape victims between the ages of 12 and 18. As well, more rapes and abuses happen with people known to a victim, and many of our users -- of all genders -- are new to relationships without many sound ideas about what is really healthy or safe. Rates of dating violence have been on an incline for teens for some time now. So, it's unsurprising that we see an awful lot of sexual abuse and assault survivors or survivors of attempted rapes and assaults in this environment and population. The way we have always done Scarleteen is by providing what information we do based on what information our users are expressly asking for, and almost right from the start, we've had queries about rape and other abuses. Over the years, we've helped provide support for those dealing with and healing from rape and other forms of abuse so that they can move forward into a healthy, whole sexuality and a life of quality, and we're one of the rare sexuality education resources which does that. Our approach is a holistic and inclusive one, and however unfortunate it is, for a great many people, rape and other abuses are or have been a part of our lives, and are thus, not something we can just erase or omit from our sexuality.
Given the statistics and the reality, we also always want to do everything we can to help our readership protect themselves from rape and other abuses. Knowing what consent is and is not in advance, knowing what healthy relationships do and do not look like, knowing how to assert boundaries and avoid or get out of situations and scenarios where rape and sexual abuse are more likely -- as well as knowing how not to rape someone or how not to enable rape -- are all ways we can help our users to prevent rape and to protect themselves against rape. Most of us form ideas about sex, sexuality and healthy relationships pretty early, so talking about all of these issues with young people not only gives everyone the opportunity for a life either more free of rape and abuse, or where healing from either is less difficult, it also presents the opportunity for youth today to earnestly change the world by coming to their sexuality and partnerships with a clear view of what is and is not healthy and compassionate.
We talk about rape, sexual abuse and assault so often here in part because we do still very much live in a rape culture (especially when you bear in mind that Scarleteen serves an international readership, and not just a western one): a culture which enables, permits and sometimes even celebrates rape, and which also often conflates or confuses rape with sex. An awful lot of young people who come here are unclear on what consent is, what it really looks and feels like, and with how you can be sure both parties in a sexual scenario are truly willing and enthusiastic about sex. It might seem obvious to some -- and of course, once you know what enthusiastic consent looks and feels like, it becomes even more obvious -- but again, when you remember that so much of what we hear and see out and about both presents consent and rape at best, imperfectly, and at worst, very (and often knowingly) inaccurately, it's no wonder so many folks are so confused. Think about what you see and hear in media, even from the people around you: women giving passive "consent," for example, looms large, as does the idea that men are always ready for sex, with anyone at any time. Ideas that a person not fighting sex wanted from one partner, but not strongly wanted for themselves, is still acceptable as far as pursuing sex with that person who isn't really into it (or who might be so shocked they don't know how to respond) are pervasive. Sex between men and women in pornography and popular media is still often presented as having elements of dominance and control, as being about some sort of battle, or illustrates that consent doesn't need to be present or all that important. Even first-time sex -- something young people are often all about -- is commonly presented as an experience which, for the female partner, is, must or should be painful, bloody and, in some senses, violent and passive. In all kinds of media, we still often see women presented as enjoying sexual scenarios which are exploitive or abusive; we often see men if not encouraged, then given passive permission, to sexually objectify women or view sex with women as a conquest or as a means of control, self-validation, competition and dominance. We also still -- though you'd think by now we'd be long past this -- see a whole awful lot of she-asked-for-its, she-deserved-its, or she-should-have-known-betters.
In order to try and heal our culture -- or at the very least, to help people see it critically and be able to learn to work outside those pervasive messages and beliefs -- we need to talk about these things and stop tiptoeing around them or pretending rape does not remain a very pervasive, big problem. It's going to be very hard for all of us to have a wonderful, healthy sex life if sex and rape are mushed together or overlap -- and if you don't think that happens a lot, look at how often rape is still referred to as sex in articles and court cases -- or if we and our partners don't know or can't see the difference between rape and sex. Doing this is vital when it comes to preventing rape, vital when it comes to helping survivors reclaim a sexuality and sex life, vital to helping everyone be sure to enable healthy sexuality and consent rather than abuse and assault. Part of what we do here is to provide interventions, and we've a powerful opportunity to reach a group who we can help to learn, almost right from the start, what consent looks like and how any dismissal or diminishing of consent is a very serious violation which is not sex.
By virtue of being around for as long as we have, due to having such high traffic, and because the conversations we have at Scarleteen are all public, we've often found that we're discovered as a safe place for victims and survivors to come. No one has to dig to find discussions where survivors are visible, have broken their silence and are supported. At this point, it's likely also widely enough known that I am, myself, a rape and abuse survivor, as are a couple of our volunteers. Our tenure, our reputation when it comes to sensitivity around rape and abuse, and the fact that other survivors can see and talk with those like themselves has a lot to do with why so many users will talk about rape here, as well as the fact that we also know and understand that rape survivors are not made asexual by rape, and still want a healthy sex life as much as anyone else. There aren't a whole lot of places where a survivor can go, be vocal, talk in depth about rape and feel confident we will be supported, as well as be sure we won't be marginalized or patronized. A big part of the reason why so many survivors remain silent is because it is still all too easy for us to be met with verbal or emotional abuse, blame, shaming, pity or even jokes. Too, there are an awful lot of good people in the world, and rape is something that is very hard for compassionate, empathetic people to look at. To think about rape hurts. To know people are being raped, have been raped -- especially people we care about -- is painful. To know any of us are at risk of rape is scary and it is not something we often want to be reminded of, but it's something we need to be reminded of, all of us, survivors or not.
All of this is also why, hard as it is -- and it is hard -- I will wear this t-shirt, not just around the house, nor only because I very much want to help support Jennifer Baumgardner's upcoming project and to help benefit Scarleteen.
Given, I've been public about surviving rape already in a broader way than many survivors will be, simply because what I do gives me that opportunity, and also because it has been many years since my rapes. I was not somehow immediately and miraculously able to break my silence: even telling one person took me years, and it took years after that for me to start to tell more. But the way I have gone public has also had some benefits: when I am public online, people often have a history of me to draw from: it's tougher for people to make rash or quick assumptions about me, or about rape survivors based on me because that's rarely the only thing anyone will know about me. When I am public online or in print, I don't have eye contact with anyone reading my words, nor do I often have to deal with or even hear their responses.
When I wear this t-shirt on a public bus, in my neighborhood, when I go out to give a talk to people who know nothing about me, or even in promoting this via a photo, I won't have those luxuries. I suspect I'll be faced with something I'm not often faced with much anymore: with people resenting that it's something I'm making them look at or know about, with shock, with guilt or embarrassment projected unto me, with pity, with mockery, with scorn. I may even have people close to me who aren't too thrilled that it's what I choose to wear some afternoon we go out for lunch, even though they love and support me.
But I also have a feeling that it might accomplish what both my being public about surviving, and with all of what we've done with rape here at Scarleteen -- both in providing information and in providing and nurturing frank and shameless discussion. I suspect that there will be days I wear that t-shirt on the bus where a person next to me, who I have never met before, says "I was, too." Where someone walking past me on the street thinks for a moment that breaking his silence is possible and could be okay. Where someone sitting across from me at the table might later start asking the women in their lives if they were ever raped, and might open up avenues for those women to have someone safe to disclose to. Where someone who might have thought that people like me should be ashamed or silent is challenged with my idea that we should be no such thing. Where, if nothing else, someone might see me and know that I'm one person who would never blame or shame them for being victimized, and someone who would have a vast admiration for their survival. Where another survivor having a hard time healing might see that shirt at the same time I'm smiling, talking to a friend, and be reminded that being raped does not make rape our whole lives, nor does being victimized once mean we are forever victims: where that person can get the clear sense that healing from rape, surviving and thriving are absolutely possible.
On top of how it might benefit others, even decades after my first assaults, it remains empowering for me to be able to find ways to give voice to what happened to me, to stay vocal, to stay visible. Even if I am met with reactions or responses which I find to be insensitive, uninformed or unfair, I can be provided with another opportunity to address those, and to be able to address them with that person being allowed no denial in that they are speaking with a survivor, and an expert authority on her own experience and survival. It is always powerful to acknowledge that while I did not choose nor want what was done to me, my refusal to have my life and my self usurped by others, my choice to take something awful and find strength and compassion for myself through it is part of who I am and who I have chosen to become. I wish that for every survivor.
April 3rd is A Day to End Sexual Violence, to kickstart Sexual Assault Awareness Month. So, for the next few weeks, we're featuring our content and resources on rape and abuse on the front page, and we are also selling these t-shirts to help support Jennifer's important project, to help raise funds to keep Scarleteen afloat, and to do what we can to help survivors break their silence and find their strength. If you'd like a t-shirt for yourself or a friend, have a click here. If you'd like to support other organizations which help survivors as well as work hard to increase awareness about rape and abuse, I'd suggest considering donations to RAINN, Amnesty International, TEAR or a DV or rape advocacy group or shelter local to you, like DAWN here in Seattle.
Above and beyond all else, my primary goal with Scarleteen has always been to do everything I can to help young people develop and nurture a sexuality and relationships which are healthy for them and free of any abuses, and to also make an effort to heal our culture's toxic ideas and behaviors with all areas of sex and sexuality, and help a new generation usher in a kind of sexual revolution I don't think we have yet seen in history. While sex and rape are different things, I feel strongly that talking about rape, providing support and education around rape and abuse issues, and doing what we can to participate in awareness projects like this is a critical part of how we can all get to a place where rape and abuse becomes a great rarity, and where everyone is far more likely to have a happy, healthy sexuality right from the start and throughout our whole lives.
A Day To End Sexual Violence
Heather, as a fellow rape survivor I want to thank you for integrating discussions of sexual violence with discussions of sex. Too many discussions of sex and sexuality seem to assume that sexual violence is a completely unrelated topic and therefore not up for discussion.
If I had known that rape was something done by non-strangers before I started dating I might have recognized disrespect for my sexual boundaries as something serious and dangerous before my boyfriend raped me.
For some people this separation comes from unresolved trauma. The subject of sexual violence is simply too painful for them to discuss. That's why awareness campaigns like Sexual Assualt Awareness Month are so important. Thanks for being part of this effort.
Rape vs. Abuse
I know, I'm a member of a rather small minority, but I'm going to speak up anyway. I realize that there is a great need to educate girls and women on what rape is, and also men and boys. I realize too, that you want to focus on the rape aspect of the fairer sex. However, sexual abuse is a myth, or perhaps it is when a female taunts and teases a a male to the point of extreme sexual stimulation with no intent to have sex, or vice versa. Or perhaps there are other possible scenarios for using the term abuse. Sexual abuse is aterm often applied to young victims, such as 7 year old boys. Whereas, if it involved a 12 year old girl it would be called rape. Let me tell you, there is no such gender separation. Rape is rape whether it is against a male or a female. Now, before you judge my comments, know this, from the time I was 7 until I was 11, I was repeatedly raped on a weekly basis. As a teenager I was twice abducted and raped. I am a male. Sure my story is rare, but I was not abused. I was raped, you can't know the horror that I live with, unless you have lived it. It's a very different thing, to be raped as a teenager or an adult. My sexuality is completed screwed up, there isn't a day I don't wake up and contemplate suicide. Only three things have prevented me from doing so. First, I won't let him win, second a loving understanding wife, and a beautiful warm healthy and happy child are my reasons for living. I could go on, but hopefully you get the point; sexual abuse is a fantasy to alleviate our own embarrassment or prudishness - call it was it is, rape.
You have my sympathies. If
You have my sympathies.
If the creep stole your camera, pocketbook, or your i-pod, maybe some judge would tell him to return it, or give you the money for it. The judge would empathize.
This society frowns upon theft.
Of course if YOU stole the creep's i-pod, the judge would send YOU to jail. The criminal justice system is riddled with sexist bigots.
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Hi, I'm a volunteer for Bay Area Women against Rape in Oakland, CA. I wanted to shout out to Jack that those of us that are familiar with Rape understand that unfortunately his story is not as rare as most people might think. The statistics are rising and at this point it's 1 in every 5 young men will have experience some form of rape before they are 18 years old.
Jack your anger is real and very normal and I hope that you are getting some form of counseling. Our hotline volunteers are trained to talk with male survivors as well as female survivors. We are a 24 hour seven day a week hotline and we have a variety of other services. You can reach us (510) 845-7273.
Good Luck on your continued healing.
The sentencing hearing was 3
The sentencing hearing was 3 years ago today. He's serving 45 years. There are some great people in the criminal justice system.
Saw your t-shirt on CNN. Had to come to the site and really extend my heartfelt gratitude for the bravery and intelligence behind it.
A fellow survivor is definitely proud of you.
Thank you. It helps.
I have been following the news about the shirts since I first heard about them. I am a survivor. I am very happy to support this cause. I think that the violence against women and children will continue to increase and this is but one way to make people aware of the escalating problems this society is entrenched in. Knowledge is power. Thank-you for this opportunity to make a difference. Now, how long do I have to wait from the time I ordered before I get my new tee? I can't wait to see what might happen!
Thank you.
I was not raped, however I have family that was raped. I know that they are extremely ashamed of it and don't want anyone to know about it, and I think that if they saw people with shirts like this it would make me feel better. Thank you for everything you do scarleteen, you really are making a difference.
Oh and to Jack, my boyfriend was molested/raped/abused whatever you want to call it, when he was little by his older brother...your definitely not alone in that.
Only those who have been there....
Can truly understand why this is necessary. Why is this necessary? People when they hear about rape are uncomfortable, to say the least. It's not a nice thing. Sorry, but bad things happen to nice people. I was a victim of marital rape. It was done in an out of control, physically binding and forceful way...being screamed at the entire time. Yes, he was my legal husband, but absolutely this all was done against my will. It's been 15 years since it happened. He did it on my son's birthday...nice way for me to recall my only son's birthday. But such as it is, I am not with him anymore. Ive fought and scratched my way to be free of him legally. Life is good these day, but dont think for a minute that the experience didnt change me. That the experience is gone and doesn't affect me to this day. It's shirts like that that brings it back, but victims need to speak. In this case victims need to advertise. Not a nice thing, but happens quite often. Stand up and stay strong, women and men. You are not alone.
We talk about rape, sexual abuse and assault so often,Most of us form ideas about sex, sexuality and healthy relationships pretty early, so talking about all of these issues with young people not only gives everyone the opportunity for a life either more free of rape and abuse, or where healing from either is less difficult, it also presents the opportunity for youth today to earnestly change the world by coming to their sexuality and partnerships with a clear view of what is and is not healthy and compassionate.


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By Ken Horner
The idea of "firsts" is bound to permeate through the Third Annual Chestnut Hill Book Festival as it kicks of this weekend.
For starters, "firsts" happens to be the theme of this year's opening event: a First Person Story Slam to be held at 7:30 p.m., Friday, July 8 at the Venetian Club, 8030 Germantown Ave.
A past "Best in Philly" winner, First Person Story Slams are competitions held monthly around Philadelphia that engage the city's own storytellers to relate stories from their own life experiences.
Sponsored by a Philadelphia nonprofit organization called First Person Arts, the Book Festival Story Slam encourages everyone with a story and a drive for competition to participate.
Tickets will be sold for $10 to the general public, $8 for members, and will only be available at the door.
In addition to the opening story slam session and other events offered over the weekend, the book festival may also provide some people with their first exposure to various authors and genres.
One such author, Philadelphia native Lorene Cary, has been heralded for her honest descriptions of class, race and sex in American life.
Cary has written a nationally acclaimed memoir, 1991's "Black Ice," and published three novels, the most recent of which, "If Sons, Then Heirs," has been praised as "an absorbing and moving tale" exploring the complexities and tragedies of racial history by Publisher's Weekly. Her other novels include "The Price of a Child" and "Pride."
Cary will be appearing at Stagecrafters Theater, 8130 Germantown Ave., at 4:30 p.m., Sunday, July 10.
Dr. James J. Zogby, author of "Arab Voices," may provide festival-goers with a new perspective into Middle Eastern issues.
Zogby is the founder and president of the Arab American Institute, an organization that serves as the political and policy research arm of the Arab-American community.
Zogby has also written a weekly column on American politics for major Arab newspapers called "Washington Watch" and has also hosted a weekly discussion program called "Viewpoint with James Zogby" on Abu Dhabi Television, LinkTV, Dish Network, and DirecTV.
You can see Zogby at Stagecrafters Theater, 8130 Germantown Ave., at 2 p.m., Saturday, July 9
Although you may have never considered learning about medical injustices in America's prison system, Philadelphia native Allen M. Hornblum could enlighten you this weekend.
Hornblum, a former prison worker and political organizer, wrote "Acres of Skin," an investigation of the complicity of America's penal system in allowing medical experiments and abuses to take place.
The book has been featured on many national news shows including Good Morning America, the CBS Evening News, CNN and the BBC.
Hornblum has taught at both Drexel and Temple University and has authored other books detailing aspects of Philadelphia's history.
Hornblum can be found at Stagecrafters Theater, on Saturday, July 9 at 3:15 p.m., 8130 Germantown Ave.,
Dr. Andy Waskie will offer Hillers a chance to brush up on their Civil War history.
Waskie is a Civil War historian, published author and active Civil War researcher and preservationist specializing in the life and career of Gen. George Meade.
Waskie has recently completed a new book on the Washington Brigade of Philadelphia, "First Volunteers to the Front," and has collaborated on a guidebook for Civil War sites in Philadelphia with his colleague, Dr. Rick Sauers.
Waskie will be appearing at Stagecrafters Theater, 8130 Germatown Ave., at 1 p.m., Sunday, July 10
Regardless of whether or not this will be your first year at the Chestnut Hill Book Festival, you will be guaranteed one thing: a first-rate chance at seeing some locally and nationally recognized authors and experiencing all that Chestnut Hill has to offer.
Note: Author George Anastasia, who was set to appear at Stagecrafters Theater on Saturday, July 9 at 7:30 p.m., unfortunately had to cancel his appearance at the Book Festival due to an opportunity to appear on AMC in conjunction with the release of his new book this September.