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User:Famspear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This user has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.
This user remembers when telephone numbers began with exchange names, such as Lincoln.
This user has been on Wikipedia for 9 years, 1 month and 4 days.
I am an American in Texas. I have worked in the following areas: practice of law; practice as a certified public accountant (including but not limited to bank auditing); broadcast news reporter; talk show host; a gardener; a stock boy in a warehouse; and a clerk in a convenience store (among other things, and not necessarily in that order). My public performance exploits have included playing basketball against these guys, comic relief in a rodeo, and interviewing this gentleman. I was fortunate enough to be in the audience at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Friday, June 18, 1976, to see this guy during the live recording of some of this album. I've attended performances by these guys (August 1970), these guys (September 1970), these guys (November 1972), these guys (early 1970s), this guy (early 1970s) and this guy (again, early 1970s) and these guys (1984). According to unverified family tree records, this lady might be my tenth cousin. According to the family records, this guy may be my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather. Also according to my family records, this guy apparently was my "half-fifth-great-grand-uncle."
In the real world, among other things, I currently represent taxpayers in their dealings with the Internal Revenue Service.
1 Cool things I have seen
3 Cluestick for Famspear!
4 Veteran Editor (or Tutnum)
5 Barnstar from Legis
6 Wikipedia official policies, guidelines, etc.
6.2 Verifiability
6.3 No Original Research
6.4 Vandalism
6.5 Behavior
6.6 More on Verifiability
6.7 Manual of style
6.9 Notice boards
7 Wikipedia related concepts
7.1 Biographies of living persons
7.3 Criteria for deletion of articles, etc.
7.4 Neutral point of view does not mean that the source cannot be biased
7.5 Bias of a particular source compared to neutral point of view of the article
7.6 Undue weight
7.7 NPOV and notability
7.8 Minority views
7.9 A bit about fringe theories
7.10 Reliability and self-published materials
7.11 On false authority
7.12 Exceptional claims require exceptional evidence
7.13 How to determine whether a view is established
7.14 Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought
7.15 Kinds of sources
7.16 Drive-by tagging
7.17 Expertise
7.18 Vandalism: persistent insertions of non-neutral point of view material after having been warned
7.19 Links normally to be avoided
7.20 Deletion of one spam link is not an endorsement of those that remain
7.21 Systemic bias
8 Essay on bias and neutral POV, from an article talk page
8.1 Wikipedia instructions, user boxes, etc.
9 Opportunity cost theory of value
10 Semantic silly stuff
11 Ideological purity in politics
12 From the Bible
13 Tax and other law stuff too
13.1 Some key links
13.2 What is law?
13.3 The terms "democracy" and "republic", etc.
13.4 Tax provisions in the United States Constitution
13.5 Tenth Amendment and federal taxes; regulatory effect of taxes
13.6 The Seventh Amendment
13.7 Direct taxes, indirect taxes, and the Sixteenth Amendment
13.8 Pollock overruled
13.9 Certain other cases involving U.S. Federal income tax
13.10 Certain cases involving U.S. federal taxes other than the income tax
13.11 From Miranda
13.12 Fifth Amendment, self-incrimination, the right to have legal counsel, and the role of the criminal defense lawyer
13.12.1 An innocent person who makes true statements can incriminate himself or herself
13.12.2 Coercion, denying access to legal counsel during interrogation, and denying access to a hearing
13.13 Freedom of speech
13.14 Origination Clause
13.15 Key points in U.S. Supreme Court decision in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius
13.16 Examples of rights and privileges of national citizenship in the United States
13.17 Definitions
13.17.1 Definitions relating to "income"
13.17.2 Gross income other than the receipt of money
13.18 Precedent
13.19 Burden of proof
13.20 Real party in interest, capacity and standing
13.21 Usufruct
13.22 Psychology stuff
13.22.1 Tax Protesters and Transference
13.23 Evidence
13.24 Quotes about taxes
13.25 Court rulings versus Green Cheese arguments
13.26 Kruger and Dunning
13.27 The U.S. Constitution provides general descriptions of powers, not detailed, precise descriptions of subdivisions of those powers
13.28 Interpreting statutes according to their purpose or objective
13.29 Frivolous tax protester arguments as a burden on the courts
13.30 Natural rights and privileges are subject to taxation
13.31 A theme song for tax protesters
13.32 Quotes about writing, genius, etc.
13.33 From Absence of Malice
13.34 Social Security benefits
13.35 Bias and prejudice in court
13.36 Fair market value
13.37 Legal logic
13.37.1 Argumentum ad Verecundiam
13.37.2 Argumentum ad Hominem - Abusive
13.37.3 Argumentum ad Hominem - Circumstantial
13.38 Where is the law that makes me "liable" for the tax?
13.39 When does a U.S. federal income tax liability arise? (tax liability is created without assessment)
13.39.1 For bankruptcy law purposes
13.39.2 For Federal criminal tax law and other purposes
13.40 From Bull v. United States: Tax assessment has the force of a judgment
13.41 The "voluntary" U.S. federal income tax
13.42 The Beard test: A legally valid federal tax return
13.43 Material on the term "frivolous" and related terms
13.43.1 Frivolous tax returns
13.43.2 Frivolous arguments in the United States Tax Court
13.43.3 Frivolous arguments in a United States District Court
13.43.4 Frivolous arguments in a United States Bankruptcy Court
13.43.5 Frivolous appeals: in general
13.43.6 Frivolous appeals of decisions of the United States Tax Court
13.43.7 From the Coleman decision
13.43.8 From a prominent attorney
13.44 Some lessons about statutory law
13.45 Jury nullification
13.46 History of changes in status of the United States Tax Court
13.46.1 The Kuretski case
13.47 Title 18 of the United States Code
13.48 Retroactive changes in tax law; tax law is not a contract
13.49 U.S. Federal tax law complexity
13.49.1 Criminal law provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
13.50 Public Salary Tax Act of 1939 and Internal Revenue Code section 6331: IRS levy and the "federal worker" argument
13.51 More on section 6331: Administrative levy by Internal Revenue Service
13.52 Authority to execute 6020(b) returns
13.53 Interesting Quatloos forum threads
13.54 The Cheek doctrine
13.54.1 The Willie case
13.54.2 My commentary on the Cheek doctrine
13.54.3 The Arceneaux case
13.55 The Funk case: Income tax on compensation for labor
13.56 The Hendrickson Cracking the Code tax evasion scam and other cases on the frivolous "government privilege" argument
13.56.1 "Privilege" or "activity" court cases prior to Hendrickson's scam; the meaning of the term "excise"
13.56.2 Tax on inactivity
13.56.3 Illegal income is taxable
13.56.4 Hendrickson's conviction for the Cracking the Code scam
13.56.5 Followers of Hendrickson
13.56.6 Convictions of Hendrickson's followers
13.56.7 The Waltner case
13.56.8 Conclusion
13.57 Federal Reserve System
13.57.1 Basic information
13.57.2 How banks make loans
13.57.3 The Lewis case
13.57.4 Lawful money
13.57.5 A brief lecture on creation of money by the Federal Reserve System
13.57.6 The Horne case
13.57.7 The Anderson case
13.57.8 Commentary on terminology
13.57.9 The Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve notes, and tax protesters
13.58 Subject matter jurisdiction & personal jurisdiction in a federal criminal case
13.59 The role of a federal prosecutor
13.60 Retaliating against judge or law enforcement officer
13.61 Representation of a collective entity in court
13.62 Defamation
13.63 Miscellaneous reference materials
14 Some articles of interest
15 The euphemism treadmill
18 Voice acting, announcing, narration, etc.
19 Other miscellaneous links
20 Places I've Been
Cool things I have seen[edit]
Some of the most impressive things I have ever seen include: the birth of my son, the Musée d'Orsay, the Musée du Louvre, L'Arc de Triomphe, la Tour Eiffel and la Gare Montparnasse in Paris, the Palace of Versailles near Paris, the London Underground, St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Liverpool Street Station, Paddington Station, and Abbey Road Studios (just the outside of the building) in London, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, the United States Capitol, the White House, the court house of the Supreme Court of the United States, Arlington National Cemetery, the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the Golden Gate Bridge, breathtaking sunrise through the fog in the Atchafalaya swamp, Mount St. Helens, the cockpit of a Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighter plane, the Bavarian Alps, Yosemite National Park in California, and Willie Mays hitting a home run at the Astrodome in Houston when I was a boy.
Danke schön! Yours, Famspear 20:12, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
This is for all of the hard work, effort, and research you have put into Ed and Elaine Brown article. Sidatio 22:05, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
Cluestick for Famspear![edit]
This editor is a Veteran Editor, and is entitled to display this Iron Editor Star
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Ribbon equivalent
Great work! Morphh (talk) 13:49, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Wow, thanks! Famspear 14:11, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Barnstar from Legis[edit]
I seem to constantly come across your hard work and diligence in editing articles; I wish we had many more professional editors like you keeping the less glamorous articles accurate and tidy. --Legis (talk - contribs) 00:29, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! Wait a minute, I edit primarily in legal articles, especially tax law articles. Isn't tax law the most glamorous topic in all of Wikipedia?
Oh, wait. Maybe I need to get out more! Yours, Famspear 00:53, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia official policies, guidelines, etc.[edit]
WP:Five pillars
WP:POL (official policy)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies (list of policies)
"Neutral Point of View": WP:Neutral point of view (official policy)
WP:Neutral_point of view/FAQ (official policy)
WP:NPOV dispute (maintenance process, including the rule prohibiting drive-by tagging)
"Verifiability": WP:Verifiability (official policy)
"No Original Research": WP:No original research (official policy)
WP:No original research#Primary.2C secondary.2C and tertiary sources (primary, secondary and tertiary sources)
WP:Attribution (summary of Verifiability and No Original Research)
WP:Consensus (official policy)
WP:ATT/FAQ (proposed policy, guideline or process)
WP:Civility (official policy)
WP:Assume good faith (official policy)
WP:No Personal Attacks (official policy)
WP:OWN Ownership of articles
WP:NLT (no legal threats)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_overlook_legal_threats (essay)
WP:Dispute resolution (official policy)
WP:Etiquette (behavioral guideline)
WP:What Wikipedia is not (official policy)
WP:Fringe theories (content guideline)
WP:Talk page guidelines (guideline)
WP:Reverting (help page)
WP:Three-revert rule (official policy)
WP:Edit war (editing guideline)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Uw-3rr (warning template)
{{subst:uw-3rr|Article}} (warning template)
WP:Administrators' noticeboard/3RR (to report edit war)
WP:Vandalism (official policy)
WP:Disruptive editing (behavioral guideline)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SPA
WP:TE (essay on tendentious editing)
WP:Conflict_of_interest (behavioral guideline)
WP:External links (guideline)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/User_conduct
More on Verifiability[edit]
WP:Reliable sources (guideline)
WP:Reliable sources#Using online and self-published sources (guideline)
WP:Citing sources (style guide)
WP:Citing sources/example style (example)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebook (Harvard Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALWD_Citation_Manual (ALWD Citation Manual)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_citation (Case citation)
WP:MOS (guideline)
WP:MOSBIO (guideline)
Wikipedia related concepts[edit]
See WP:Biographies of living persons
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_%28academics%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_%28books%29
Criteria for deletion of articles, etc.[edit]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy (official policy)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion (description of nominating process, etc.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion (policy: uncontroversial deletions)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CSD (policy: criteria for speedy deletion)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:AfD_debates (categories for AfD debates)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_process (guideline: description of the actual deletion process)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction_to_deletion_process (essay)
Neutral point of view does not mean that the source cannot be biased[edit]
From the rule on Neutral Point of View:
As the name suggests, the neutral point of view is a point of view, not the absence or elimination of viewpoints. The neutral point of view policy is often misunderstood. The acronym NPOV does not mean "no points of view". The elimination of article content cannot be justified under this policy by simply labeling it "POV". The neutral point of view is a point of view that is neutral, that is neither sympathetic nor in opposition to its subject. Debates within topics are described, represented and characterized, but not engaged in. Background is provided on who believes what and why, and which view is more popular. Detailed articles might also contain the mutual evaluations of each viewpoint, but studiously refrain from asserting which is better. One can think of unbiased writing as the fair, analytical description of all relevant sides of a debate, including the mutual perspectives and the published evidence. When editorial bias toward one particular point of view can be detected, the article needs to be fixed.
See: [1] (copied on 4 January 2008; bolding added).
If, for example, a liberal think tank supports a particular position about whether the Alternative Minimum Tax is good or bad, it is OK to document that in Wikipedia with an adequate description that it is the liberal think tank that is taking that position. You cannot delete "points of view" in Wikipedia merely because they are liberal, conservative, leftist, rightist, etc. Neutral point of view does not mean the absence of bias in the SOURCE MATERIAL. In essence, it is OK for the source material to be biased, and it is OK for the source itself to be biased, as odd as that may sound. Neutral point of view means that Wikipedia itself does not take a position that this source's viewpoint is correct, or that some other source's viewpoint is incorrect.
Bias of a particular source compared to neutral point of view of the article[edit]
"Bias" generally does relate to the Wikipedia policy on Neutral Point of View [ . . . ]. Bias of a particular source is not the same as neutral point of view (or lack of same) of the article as a whole. Although it may seem odd to a newcomer at first, there is no "neutral point of view" requirement in Wikipedia that sources used in Wikipedia be unbiased. If you think about it after a while, you may realize why this is so.
As the name suggests, the neutral point of view is a point of view, not the absence or elimination of viewpoints. The neutral point of view policy is often misunderstood. The acronym NPOV does not mean "no points of view". The elimination of article content cannot be justified under this policy by simply labeling it "POV". The neutral point of view is neither sympathetic nor in opposition to its subject: it neither endorses nor discourages viewpoints. Debates within topics are clearly described, represented and characterized, but not engaged in. Background is provided on who believes what and why, and which view is more popular. Detailed articles might also contain the mutual evaluations of each viewpoint, but must studiously refrain from asserting which is better.
-- from WP:NPOV (bolding added).
You cannot present opposing viewpoints in an article without those viewpoints being biased. By definition, the viewpoints must be biased in order for those viewpoints to be opposed to each other. "Neutral point of view" means the neutrality of the article as a whole -- not the absence of points of view (biased or unbiased) within the article.
It is not Wikipedia itself that is saying the words in the quotation. It is the source that is making the statement. And it is OK to show that quotation (or an accurate paraphrase of that statement) in the Wikipedia article, even if the statement is biased and even if the source making that statement is biased.
What would be impermissible, however, would be for Wikipedia to then say "Oh, by the way, this source is correct" or "that source is wrong".
Neutral point of view is a complicated concept in Wikipedia, and we would agree that there are certainly some ways that an article might fail the NPOV standard, even without the article expressly saying "this source is right" or "that source is wrong." Deleting an accurate, in-context quotation from a reliable, previously published third party source merely because that quotation is biased, however, is generally not appropriate -- for the simple reason that the mere use of a "biased quotation" does not, in and of itself, violate the NPOV rule.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sovereign_Citizen_Movement
(by Famspear, on 18 April 2008).
Regarding undue weight:
NPOV says that the article should fairly represent all significant viewpoints that have been published by a verifiable source, and should do so in proportion to the prominence of each. Now an important qualification: Articles that compare views need not give minority views as much or as detailed a description as more popular views, and may not include tiny-minority views at all. For example, the article on the Earth only very briefly refers to the Flat Earth theory, a view of a distinct minority.
We should not attempt to represent a dispute as if a view held by a small minority deserved as much attention as a majority view, and views that are held by a tiny minority should not be represented except in articles devoted to those views. To give undue weight to a significant-minority view, or to include a tiny-minority view, might be misleading as to the shape of the dispute. Wikipedia aims to present competing views in proportion to their representation among experts on the subject, or among the concerned parties. This applies not only to article text, but to images, external links, categories, and all other material as well.
Minority views can receive attention on pages specifically devoted to them — Wikipedia is not paper. But on such pages, though a view may be spelled out in great detail, it must make appropriate reference to the majority viewpoint, and must not reflect an attempt to rewrite majority-view content strictly from the perspective of the minority view.
If you are able to prove something that no one or few currently believe, Wikipedia is not the place to premiere such a proof. Once a proof has been presented and discussed elsewhere, however, it may be referenced.
Copied from [2] on 30 March 2007 (US central daylight time)
NPOV and notability[edit]
From the discussion of NPOV:
Notability is especially important because while NPOV encourages editors to add alternate and multiple points of view to an article, it does not claim that all views are equal. Although NPOV does not claim that some views are more truthful than others, it does acknowledge that some views are held by more people than others. Accurately representing a view therefore also means explaining who holds the view and whether it is a majority or minority view.
Soon it became evident that editors who rejected a majority view would often marshall sources to argue that a minority view was superior to a majority view - or would even add sources in order to promote the editor's own view. Therefore, the NOR policy was established in 2003 to address problematic uses of sources. The original motivation for NOR was to prevent editors from introducing fringe views in science, especially physics - or from excluding verifiable views that, in the judgement of editors, were wrong. [ . . ]
" [ . . . ] the Wikipedia neutrality policy certainly does not state, or imply, that we must "give equal validity" to minority views. It does state that we must not take a stand on them as encyclopedia writers; but that does not stop us from describing the majority views as such; from fairly explaining the strong arguments against the pseudoscientific theory; from describing the strong moral repugnance that many people feel toward some morally repugnant views; and so forth." Copied from [3] on 30 March 2007 (US Central daylight time)
On "fairness of tone":
If we are going to characterize disputes neutrally, we should present competing views with a consistently fair and sensitive tone. Many articles end up as partisan commentary even while presenting both points of view. Even when a topic is presented in terms of facts rather than opinion, an article can still radiate an implied stance through either selection of which facts to present, or more subtly their organization.
We should write articles with the tone that all positions presented are at least worthy of unbiased representation, bearing in mind that views which are in the extreme minority do not belong in Wikipedia at all. We should present all significant, competing views impartially.
(bolding added). From [4], on 7 February 2008.
A bit about fringe theories[edit]
Articles which cover hypotheses in detail should document (with reliable sources) the current level of acceptance among the relevant academic community of the hypothesis. If proper attribution cannot be found among reliable sources of a hypothesis's standing, it should be assumed that the hypothesis has not received consideration or acceptance. However, a lack of consideration or acceptance does not necessarily imply rejection; hypotheses should not be portrayed as rejected [ . . . ] unless such claims can be documented in reliable sources.
Hypotheses which have been rejected, which are widely considered to be absurd [ . . . ] should be documented as such. Copied from [5] on 8 January 2007.
Reliability and self-published materials[edit]
“Anyone can create a website or pay to have a book published, and then claim to be an expert in a certain field. For that reason, self-published books, personal websites, and blogs are largely not acceptable as sources.
“Exceptions may be when a well-known, professional researcher in a relevant field, or a well-known professional journalist has produced self-published material. In some cases, these may be acceptable as sources, so long as their work has been previously published by reliable third-party publications. However, exercise caution: if the information in question is really worth reporting, someone else is likely to have done so.” Copied from [6] on 3 October 2006
"A self-published source is a published source that has not been subject to any form of independent fact-checking, or where no one stands between the writer and the act of publication. It includes personal websites, and books published by vanity presses. Anyone can create a website or pay to have a book published, and then claim to be an expert in a certain field. For that reason, self-published books, personal websites, and blogs are largely not acceptable as sources." Copied from [7] on 5 October 2006.
On false authority[edit]
“Look out for false claims of authority. Advanced degrees give authority in the topic of the degree. Web sites that have numerous footnotes may be entirely unreliable. The first question to ask yourself is, "What are the credentials and expertise of the people taking responsibility for a website?" Anyone can post anything on the web.
“Use sources who have postgraduate degrees or demonstrable published expertise in the field they are discussing. The more reputable ones are affiliated with academic institutions. The most reputable have written textbooks in their field: these authors can be expected to have a broad, authoritative grasp of their subject. In general, higher education textbooks are frequently revised and try to be authoritative. Textbooks aimed at secondary-school students, however, do not try to be authoritative and are subject to political approval.” Copied from [8] on 3 October 2006.
"Certain red flags should prompt editors to closely and skeptically examine the sources for a given claim. [ . . . . ] Claims not supported[,] or claims that are contradicted by the prevailing view in the relevant academic community. Be particularly careful when proponents say there is a conspiracy to silence them." Copied from [9] on 5 October 2006.
How to determine whether a view is established[edit]
The inclusion of a view that is held only by a tiny minority may constitute original research because there may be a lack of sufficiently credible, third-party, published sources to back it up.
From a mailing list post by Jimbo Wales, Wikipedia's founder:
If a viewpoint is held by an extremely small (or vastly limited) minority, it doesn't belong in Wikipedia (except perhaps in some ancillary article) regardless of whether it's true or not; and regardless of whether you can prove it or not. Copied from [10] on 9 October 2006.
Wikipedia is not a place to publish your own thoughts and analyses or to publish new information not heretofore published. Please do not use Wikipedia for [ . . . ]:
Personal essays or Blogs that state your particular opinions about a topic. Wikipedia is supposed to compile human knowledge. It is not a vehicle to make personal opinions become part of human knowledge. In the unusual situation where the opinions of a single individual are important enough to discuss, it is preferable to let other people write about them. Personal essays on topics relating to Wikipedia are welcome in your user namespace or on the Meta-wiki. There is a Wikipedia fork at Wikinfo that encourages personal opinions in articles.
Copied from [11] on 6 December 2006.
Kinds of sources[edit]
Although most articles should rely predominantly on secondary sources, there are rare occasions when they may rely entirely on primary sources (for example, current events or legal cases). An article or section of an article that relies on a primary source should (1) only make descriptive claims, the accuracy of which is easily verifiable by any reasonable, educated person without specialist knowledge, and (2) make no analytic, synthetic, interpretive, explanatory, or evaluative claims. Contributors drawing on entirely primary sources should be careful to comply with both conditions.
Copied from [12] on 22 March 2007.
Drive-by tagging is not permitted. The editor who adds the tag must address the issues on the talk page, pointing to specific issues that are actionable within the content policies, namely Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:No original research and Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. Simply being of the opinion that a page is not neutral is not sufficient to justify the addition of the tag. Tags should be added as a last resort. Copied from [13] on 15 August 2007.
For an example of drive-by tagging by an anonymous editor -- who, without actually making a substantive change in the applicable article and without discussing in the related talk page, inserted the hurried comment "don't have time to nitpick everything in the article, the general message is biased against the film, this needs to be neturalised [sic]" -- see [14]
"Points of view held as having little credibility by experts, but with wide popular appeal (e.g.: the belief in astrology, considered as irrational and incorrect by the vast majority of scientists and astronomers), should be reported, but as such: that is, we should expose the point of view and its popular appeal, but also the opinion held by the vast majority of experts." Copied from [15] on 30 March 2007 (US central daylight time).
Vandalism: persistent insertions of non-neutral point of view material after having been warned[edit]
NPOV violations: The neutral point of view is a difficult policy for many of us to understand, and even Wikipedia veterans occasionally accidentally introduce material which is non-ideal from an NPOV perspective. Indeed, we are all affected by our beliefs to a greater or lesser extent. Though inappropriate, this is not vandalism in itself unless persisted in after being warned.
Copied from [16] on 15 February 2007 (bolding added).
Links normally to be avoided[edit]
"In addition to the restrictions on linking, and except for a link to a page that is the subject of the article or is an official page of the subject of the article, one should avoid:
Links to blogs and personal web pages, except those written by a recognized authority.
Copied on 12 December 2006 from[17]
Deletion of one spam link is not an endorsement of those that remain[edit]
To quote from a guideline:
See [18] and [19]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:BIAS (countering systemic bias)
Essay on bias and neutral POV, from an article talk page[edit]
A new user deleted a quotation from the Anti-Defamation League, objecting to the verbiage because the verbiage is biased. I reinstated the verbiage.
"Bias" generally does relate to the Wikipedia policy on Neutral Point of View -- but not in the way that the new user may have thought. Bias of a particular source is not the same as neutral point of view (or lack of same) of the article as a whole. Although it may seem odd to a newcomer at first, there is no "neutral point of view" requirement in Wikipedia that sources used in Wikipedia be unbiased. If you think about it after a while, you may realize why this is so.
--by Famspear, from talk page for Sovereign Citizen Movement
Wikipedia instructions, user boxes, etc.[edit]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_archive_a_talk_page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Single_purpose_account (essay)
"Wikipedia articles are supposed to represent all views (more at NPOV), instead of supporting one over another, even if you believe something strongly. The Talk ("discussion") pages are not a place to debate value judgments about which of those views are right or wrong or better. If you want to do that, there are venues such as Usenet, public weblogs and other wikis. Use the Talk pages to discuss the accuracy/inaccuracy, POV bias, or other problems in the article, not as a soapbox for advocacy." Copied from [20] on 20 October 2006.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment#Request_comment_on_users (information on requests for comments on users)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Law_citation_templates
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:TX_Govt_Code
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_administrator_attention
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_Adminship
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_reading_list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_how-to_guide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_requests_for_adminship
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:SOUP (essay)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Userbox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Userbox_Maker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Userboxes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:AfD_debates
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers/sysop&limit=1500
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Rollback_feature
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Rollback_policy
Opportunity cost theory of value[edit]
The opportunity cost theory of value:
The cost of any action or forebearance is the value of the best alternative in the set of mutually exclusive alternatives applicable thereto.
Semantic silly stuff[edit]
From time to time I've heard people rant about the use of the word "raise" in connection with the bringing up of children. The story I hear is that we "rear" children but we "raise" corn, and that saying that we "raise" children is somehow incorrect.
In terms of bringing up children, the terms "rear" and "raise" are properly interchangeable in American English:
raise [verb, transitive].... to bring up or rear (children).....
--from Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language, p. 1174, World Publishing Co., Inc. (2nd Coll. Ed. 1978) (parenthetical in the original).
raise [verb, transitive].... to bring up (a child).....
--from Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, p. 954, G. & C. Merriam Co. (8th ed. 1976) (parenthetical in the original).
Ideological purity in politics[edit]
"....the price of ideological purity is electoral irrelevance..."
--Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, Law Professor, Washington and Lee University (Nov. 8, 2012).
From the Bible[edit]
Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven, and you upon the earth; therefore let your words be few.
--Ecclesiastes 5:2 (Rev. Stand. Vers.) (5:1 in Hebrew)
-- Proverbs 25:2 (Rev. Stand. Vers.)
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? So every sound tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears evil fruit. [....] Not every one who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.' Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it.
--Matthew 7:15-27 (Rev. Stand. Vers.)
And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?" Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you a question; and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, whence was it? From heaven or from men?" And they argued with one another, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the multitude; for all hold that John was a prophet." So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."
--Matthew 21:23-27 (Rev. Stand. Vers.)
"There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death." --Proverbs 16:25 (Rev. Stand. Vers.)
"Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy." --Proverbs 27:6 (Rev. Stand. Vers.)
--Hebrews 11:1-3 (Rev. Stand. Vers.)
Tax and other law stuff too[edit]
Some key links[edit]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Taxation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:United_States_government_navigational_boxes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:UStaxation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:US_tax_acts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiProject_Taxation_articles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:United_States_federal_taxation_legislation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories/Noticeboard/Archive_25 (includes a discussion about the Wikipedia tax protester articles)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tax_protester/Archive_05
Talk:Income tax/Removed text (link to an old talk page on income tax)
Talk:Tax protester/Request for comment (23 January - 9 February 2008)
Talk:Tax protester/Request for comment - examples
User:BD2412/Tax protesters - the role of courts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Taxation_articles_by_quality_log
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_December_10#Category:American_tax_evaders
law (noun) -- "body of principles, standards and rules promulgated by government" - Black's Law Dictionary, p. 796 (5th ed. 1979).
Legal commentator Daniel B. Evans has stated:
[ . . . ]when the courts, the legislatures, and the voters all agree on what the law is, then that is what the law is. The fact that some people believe that the law should be different that what courts have said it is doesn’t mean that the law is different from what the courts have said, but only that they should argue their positions within the political system and attempt to change the results.
In the case of the income tax, there is no conflict. The judicial, executive, and legislative branches of our government, and a majority of the voters, have all agreed for more than 90 years that (1) an income tax is constitutional, (2) it applies to wages, and (3) every citizen and resident of every state is required to file a tax return and pay the tax [ . . . ]
--Daniel B. Evans, The Tax Protester FAQ, retrieved on 5 Sept. 2007 from [21]
Daniel B. Evans has also stated:
Most tax protesters really don't understand what goes on in courts, or court opinions. They don't understand "due process" or "jurisdiction" or "burden of proof." To them, what goes on in court is just moving words around. It's incomprehensible and nonsensical to them, which makes it the same as magic.
Their response is to try to rearrange the words to find the right incantation, the right spell, to allow them to win. What they write is meaningless gibberish to us because what we write is meaningless gibberish to them. They respond in an imitative but nonsensical way because superficial manipulations of words is all that they can understand.
And when I say they can't understand, I'm not necessarily commenting on their intelligence, because it's really a combination of ignorance and emotional blockage. They don't really want to understand anything that means they're wrong, so they don't really try to understand.
Daniel B. Evans, June 19, 2009.
More from Daniel B. Evans:
"The reason that tax protesters write gibberish is that they don’t understand basic legal concepts like jurisdiction, due process, or common law, and frequently misapply the meanings of even ordinary words like “income” and “includes.” Combine that kind of ignorance with self-righteous anger towards the entire legal system and delusions of literacy, and the result is usually an indecipherable tapestry of legal jargon woven together into an unintelligible mess."
The terms "democracy" and "republic", etc.[edit]
democracy: "a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usu. involving periodically held free elections" --Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, p. 302, G & C. Merriam Company (8th ed. 1976).
democracy: "That form of government in which the sovereign power resides in and is exercised by the whole body of free citizens directly or indirectly through a system of representation, as distinguished from a monarchy, aristocracy, or oligarchy." --Black's Law Dictionary, pp. 388-389 (5th ed. 1979).
republic: "a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usu. a president [ . . . ] a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law" --Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, p. 983, G & C. Merriam Company (8th ed. 1976).
republic: "that form of government in which the administration of affairs is open to all the citizens." --Black's Law Dictionary, p. 1171 (5th ed. 1979).
republican government: "a government by representatives chosen by the people" --Black's Law Dictionary, p. 1171 (5th ed. 1979).
Tax provisions in the United States Constitution[edit]
Selected provisions of the United States Constitution:
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.....
--from Article I, section 8, clause 1.
--from Article I, section 7, clause 1.
Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons....
--from Article I, section 2, clause 3.
--from Article I, section 9, clause 4.
--from Article I, section 9, clause 5.
--the Sixteenth Amendment.
--from Article I, section 9, clause 1.
Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed....
--From the Fourteenth Amendment, section 2.
--From the Twenty-Fourth Amendment, section 1.
Tenth Amendment and federal taxes; regulatory effect of taxes[edit]
--Ratified Dec. 15, 1791.
From the U.S. Supreme Court (a federal estate tax case):
The Tenth Amendment does not operate as a limitation upon the powers, express or implied, delegated to the national government. United States v. Darby, 312 U.S. 100, 123-4. The amendment has clearly placed no restriction upon the power delegated to the national government to lay an excise tax qua tax. Undoubtedly every tax which lays its burden on some and not others may have an incidental regulatory effect. But since that is an inseparable concomitant of the power to tax, the incidental regulatory effect of the tax is embraced within the power to lay it. It has long been settled that an Act of Congress which on its face purports to be an exercise of the taxing power, is not any the less so because the tax is burdensome or tends to restrict or suppress the thing taxed. In such a case it is not within the province of courts to inquire into the unexpressed purposes or motives which may have moved Congress to exercise a power constitutionally conferred upon it[....]
---from Fernandez v. Wiener, 326 U.S. 340, 66 S. Ct. 178, 45-2 U.S. Tax Cas. (CCH) ¶10,239 (1945) (bolding added).
From the Darby case:
Our conclusion is unaffected by the Tenth Amendment which provides: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." The amendment states but a truism that all is retained which has not been surrendered. There is nothing in the history of its adoption to suggest that it was more than declaratory of the relationship between the national and state governments as it had been established by the Constitution before the amendment or that its purpose was other than to allay fears that the new national government might seek to exercise powers not granted, and that the states might not be able to exercise fully their reserved powers.
See United States v. Darby, 312 U.S. 100 (1941), at [22] (not a tax case).
According to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, neither the Ninth Amendment nor the Tenth Amendment is "a source of any specific limitation on congressional power to tax and spend..." See Bartley v. United States, 123 F.3d 466 (7th Cir. 1997), at [23].
The Seventh Amendment[edit]
The Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution:
...We come now to inquire whether the Court of Claims erred in awarding judgment against the appellant for the amount paid to him out of the treasury of the United States upon the settlement of his accounts.
That section, referring to the trial of causes in which the government may plead against the claimant any set-off, counter-claim, claim for damages, or other demand, provides that the court shall hear and determine such claim and demand both for and against the government and claimant; and if, upon the whole case, the court finds that the claimant is indebted to the government, it "shall render judgment to that effect, and such judgment shall be final, with the right of appeal, as in other cases provided for by law." There is nothing in these provisions which violates either the letter or spirit of the Seventh Amendment. Suits against the government in the Court of Claims, whether reference be had to the claimant's demand, or to the defence, or to any set-off, or counter-claim which the government may assert, are not controlled by the Seventh Amendment. They are not suits at common law within its true meaning. The government cannot be sued, except with its own consent. It can declare in what court it may be sued, and prescribe the forms of pleading and the rules of practice to be observed in such suits. It may restrict the jurisdiction of the court to a consideration of only certain classes of claims against the United States. Congress, by the act in question, informs the claimant that if he avails himself of the privilege of suing the government in the special court organized for that purpose, he may be met with a set-off, counter-claim, or other demand of the government, upon which judgment may go against him, without the intervention of a jury, if the court, upon the whole case, is of opinion that the government is entitled to such judgment. If the claimant avails himself of the privilege thus granted, he must do so subject to the conditions annexed by the government to the exercise of the privilege. Nothing more need be said on this subject.
---from McElrath v. United States, 102 U.S. 426 (1880) (bolding added), at [24].
From the U.S. Tax Court:
Petitioner has not been wrongfully denied a jury trial. "The Seventh Amendment does not apply to suits against the United States, because there was no common law action against the sovereign....
---from Abrams v. Commissioner, 82 T.C. 403 (1984), at [25]
From the Funk case:
Finally, Taxpayers' argument that they were entitled to a jury trial because of the seventh amendment is without merit. The seventh amendment preserves the right to a jury trial "in suits at common law." Because there was no right of action at common law against a sovereign, enforceable by jury trial or otherwise, there is no constitutional right to a jury trial in a suit against the United States. [ . . . ] On the contrary, there is a right to a jury trial in actions against the United States only if a statute so provides. [ . . . ] Congress has not provided for a jury trial where the taxpayer elects to contest a deficiency asserted by the Commissioner by petitioning the Tax Court.
--Funk v. Commissioner, 687 F.2d 264 (8th Cir. 1982) (per curiam), at [26].
Direct taxes, indirect taxes, and the Sixteenth Amendment[edit]
--Ratified Feb. 3, 1913 (declared ratified Feb. 25, 1913).
Capitation tax. A poll tax (q.v.). Black's Law Dictionary, p. 191 (5th ed. 1979).
Poll-tax. A capitation tax; a tax of a specific sum levied upon each person within the jurisdiction of the taxing power and within a certain class (as, all males of a certain age, etc.) without reference to his property or lack of it. Black's Law Dictionary, p. 1043 (5th ed. 1979).
From Famspear:
1. The question of whether a particular income tax is direct or indirect is legally irrelevant to the question of whether the Congress has the power, under the U.S. Constitution as amended by the Sixteenth Amendment, to impose that tax. Congress has the power to impose any income tax, regardless of whether that tax is deemed direct or indirect.
2. The question of whether a particular income tax is direct or indirect is also legally irrelevant to the issue of whether that tax must be apportioned. After the Sixteenth Amendment, no income tax of any kind whatsoever, whether direct or indirect, is required to be apportioned.
3. Under the Constitution as amended, the only important legal relevancy to the question of whether a particular income tax is Constitutionally valid (aside from rules such as the one prohibiting taxes on exports, or rules that revenue measures must originate in the House, etc.) is probably whether that income tax is imposed with what the law refers to as geographical uniformity. That is, an income tax cannot be imposed on, say, just the incomes of people who happen to reside in New York and Montana.
--from a Famspear commentary at the talk page for the article on the Sixteenth Amendment (18 March 2007).
More from the United States Tax Court:
---from Johnson v. Commissioner, 37 T.C.M. (CCH) 189, T.C. Memo 1978-32 (1978).
And, from the United States Tax Court in another case:
From the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit:
Dickstein's argument that the sixteenth amendment does not authorize a direct, non-apportioned tax on United States citizens similarly is devoid of any arguable basis in law. Indeed, the Ninth Circuit recently noted "the patent absurdity and frivolity of such a proposition." In re Becraft, 885 F.2d 547, 548 (9th Cir.1989). For seventy-five years, the Supreme Court has recognized that the sixteenth

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video | Two Lattes and One Bean
2014, Broncos, colorado, estes park, football, photos, sweet caroline, the bean, video, winter
January 30, 2014 Stephanie	3 Comments
To start off with, I am thinking about the folks down in the Atlanta/Birmingham area and their winter woes right about now. I am pretty stunned at all the video and pictures I am seeing and I can’t stop thinking about the stories of parents trapped for hours with infants in the car and no way to feed them. Ugh, it just gives me the shivers. Pretty sure I will be packing up an emergency kit with water and extra formula in the back of my car post-haste!
As it happens, we are also in the middle of wintry weather here, but thankfully we are used to this kind of stuff and are prepared! Unfortunately, the traction control system seems to have gone out on Cameron’s car this morning while we were pushing it out of the driveway (stupid ice!), so for the time being we are a one-car family. I’m hoping the problem is related to ice or rocks stuck up in the wheel shaft, but I guess we’ll have to see what happens when the snow melts down enough to get some traction on bare pavement. Unfortunately I don’t think that will be happening any time soon, since we are apparently in for another round of snow starting tonight that some reports are saying could bring us 16 inches or more. I’m never one to complain about the snow because we really need the moisture, but I would be lying if I said I wasn’t ready for spring so I can get the baby out of the house once in a while. (Also ready for spring so that we can get out of wind season! Yesterday we had 50+mph gusts and it was just wretched. When I was trying to put groceries in my car last night the wind grabbed the car door and pulled it right out of my hand and now I have a horrible pulled muscle in my back. No thank you!)
Anyway, the other day we got about 7 inches (we were only predicted 2-4, murr) and the next day it was warm enough (relatively speaking of course) to bundle up the Bean and take her out for her first time in the snow! As you can see, she was a little less than thrilled.
It was a little too close to nap time I think so she wasn’t really having it. We put her down for a nap and tried again a little later that afternoon. She tolerated it a bit better and she even got to go on her first sled ride!
As you can see, she was so excited. I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt of only being 3 months old and hope that next winter she might be a little more interested.
In any case, we are just waiting for this next round of snow to hit. I have a chicken in the slow cooker and don’t have to be at rehearsal for the rest of the week so I am happy to sit tight and watch the snow from the inside. I am crossing my fingers that the roads will be okay by Sunday so that we can get to my mom’s for Superbowl Sunday (WOO BRONCOS!!!), otherwise I will be one slightly unhappy camper.
By the way, this little girl is 3 months old next week! When did this happen??

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Room 25 mins from city of Stockholm - Apartments for Rent in Huddinge, Stockholms län, Sweden
Room 25 mins from city of Stockholm
My place is near the train station (Stuvsta) and the train takes only 13 min to the city. It's also close to a lake and a forrest. You'll love the terrace and that it's quiet, cosy and clean.
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Excellent host with warmest hospitality and caring attitude. The house is lovely, especially the kitchen and the marvellous view after the heavy snowfall. Highly recommended to all.
John is a very helpful and attentive host who took care to pick up and drop me at the station. He also provides all necessary information a guest may need to navigate in the area. John also let me use the common gym and his kitchen. His house is very comfortable and I felt very w…
John is very nice to pick us up at the station and he gave us all the information. Happy to meet with his son and dog! And he gave us much space. Very great room for one or two people! I recommend it!
I really enjoyed staying at John's apartment. He was really kind and a accommodating host. He was very hospitable and gave us a lot of information about Stockholm. The only issue was that we were expecting the apartment to be 20 minutes from the city center, but it is not possibl…
John is already a veteran at this. He takes hosting seriously, and will go above and beyond the call of duty to help things run smoothly. But not so far out of his way as to make a guest feel uncomfortable about it. In addition to Stockholm center, the place has convenient bus…
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The Beloved Criminal Jeremy Meeks Signs $30,000 Modelling Contract!
Published on July 3, 2014 by Elie ChahineLeave a comment
Jeremy Meeks, the man pictured in the hot mugshot that went viral in June, has reportedly locked in a modelling contract.
TMZ is reporting Meeks has signed a $US30,000 deal with LA-based Blaze Modelz.
He has also signed with talent agent Gina Rodriguez, who represents Nadya Suleman, also known as octo-mum, after she gave birth to eight children in January 2009.
Ms Rodriguez has told American news sites she’s looking at reality TV show options for when Meeks is released for jail.
Meeks’ appearance may also become a key factor in his trial. American celebrity gossip site Perez Hilton has reported Meeks’s lawyer, Tai Bogan, asked that he be allowed to wear civilian clothes in court rather than a prison jumpsuit.
“We are talking to designers to provide clothing for him during this case. We want him to look as good as possible in the court. We are worried that current pictures of him in prison garb will mean he will not get a fair trial,” Mr Bogan said, adding he wants to take Meeks’ measurements so he can be sure clothes fit his physique.
The modelling contract may come as a welcome relief to his wife and young son. Meeks’ mother, Katherine Angiers, has been trying to raise money to help meet the bail costs.
“Please help. My son was taken into custody on his way to work,” she wrote. “He is a working man with a son. He is being stereotyped due to old tattoos … please help him to get a fair trial or else he’ll be railroaded.”
She has raised just over $US5000 of her $US25,000 target.
But Meeks will need another $US870,000 if he wants to get out and start posing for photos, as his bail is set at $900,000.
Meeks is awaiting trial on weapons charges. He has previously been convicted for grand theft and spent two years in prison.
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Love My Art Jewelry: Simple Sampler
At Sand Fibers, I have always tried to "Keep it simple, Silly!" Give me a choice between using ten colors in a design and using two, I will almost always (remember: never say never!) go with using two. Life is complicated and challenging; I don't need my beading to be either to enjoy it.
When I was planning my book (which I have since unplanned, so don't go asking for a publication date), one of the points I wanted to illustrate was that one pattern could result in many different outcomes. To that end, I designed my "Blackwork Sampler," inspired by some of the simpler motifs in blackwork embroidery.
This is simple, basic stuff, mind you...but look what happens when you bead up the same pattern in different-sized beads. The original was done in size 10 Delica beads. The one on the left was executed in size 11 Delica beads (which is my "default" bead type and size) and the one on the right was beaded with size 8 Delica beads. I would have beaded this up in size 15 Delica beads to further illustrate my point, but I can't locate my rather small stash of these super small beads. sigh.
With the sampler pattern as my guide, I was then able to bead up some soft bangles, using 8/o round Japanese seed beads. (And yes, I have worn the whole bunch together.)
The possibilities for this sampler pattern are endless, limited only by the imagination and bead stash. Think of gold and jewel tones. Matte black with neon accents. Do you see the possible flower pattern in the bangle on the right? My book was going to be titled Pattern, Palette, Possibilities. I think I will just make that my motto now. ;)
It's amazing how much scale and color change things! I love the blue and white ones, especially - they look so fresh and cool.
Scale and color are SO amazing! Thanks for giving us some great basic visuals to help with starting a project. I think reminders like this serve as a great mental door opener for better designs and possibilities! :)
As always, thanks for the inspiration. I am currently working on a 2-drop odd count peyote bracelet that has a pattern that I designed myself. Hubby doesn't understand the excitement! ;-)
Thanks for this post! Indeed, there are so many ways to work up a pattern!And I hope you start planning that book again, I bet it will be priceless!
Absolutely gorgeous - love the textured effect of the patterns!
These are so pretty. It is amazing how color and bead size creates such varied results.I'm not a seed beader, but each time I see something like this I'm tempted to find my needles and play with the seed beads.


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Josef's blog: Quarter Finals
The quarter finals are under way in the snooker world championship in Sheffield. All the players that are left are all good candidates for the trophy. Well, there's at least one match that seems decided, Murphy has a really long way to go if he wants to beat Matthew Stevens. But still, there's a lot of good players in very good shape.
I'm tempted to make some guesses as to how this is going to end. But given that the candidates that I flagged for earlier are both out I probably shouldn't. Although it gives me some comfort that I did a little better that the Swedish commentator on Eurosport: he guessed Marco Fu and Ding Junhui in one of the semifinals, both of which were eliminated in the first round. Sure, I hope for Ronnie O'Sullivan, but Higgins is looking mighty good right now and may just prove to be too difficult. I'm also very impressed by Selby and Stevens. In the end, this is going to be a very tough championship to win.
I've had a bit of an insight about snooker while watching it during the last week. I'm really impressed by the mental strength of the players on the tour. They just never give up. Even when they need several fouls to beat their opponent in a frame they keep going. Likewise many players keep playing very well and fight hard even when their chances to win a match is pretty much zero. You don't see this kind of morale in many other sports.
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This entry was posted on 09/30/2011 by ravenhaired. It was filed under Comic books, Female Characters / Creators, Reviews, What I'm Reading / Wednesday New Comics and was tagged with Aquaman, Batwoman, Birds of Prey, Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang, DC, DC Reboot, Duane Swierczynski, Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, J.H. Williams, Jesus Saiz, New 52, Wonder Woman.
I am a bit late on this one sorry, but I finally just got to BoP and I loved it, absolutely loved it. Now I will also say I never read much more than 3 previous issues when I tried to learn a bit to watch the tv series, so I don’t have your expectations in mind reading the relaunch. So coming from an untainted pallet, I really enjoyed it.
I 105.3% agree on Batwoman, it was visually stunning, but the book itself was confusing.
I guess I am going to have to try Aquaman because I keep hearing good things about it.
I’m sad that I’m not enjoying BoP because I really love the previous incarnation, I love the hell out of Black Canary, and the artwork on the issue was right up my alley. And I’m glad there’s an audience that is enjoying it, but I’m not sure I’m going to be one of them.
I’ll stick out Batwoman for a while longer. I feel like I could get into it with a few more issues.
Definitely pick up Aquaman, it was a lot of fun and I’m excited to see where it goes. Let me know what you think if you get a chance to read it.
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UNICEF Myanmar: Partnerships in early recovery work with WASH
People in Ayeyarwaddy were glad to see us and asked us for assistance so they could return to their homes. Speaking with families and children affected by the flooding we were able to gather information that is essential in planning the most effective responses, based on the needs of the local communities. UNICEF is working closely with the Myanmar government to coordinate immediate relief work.
I was impressed by the large number of local well wishers offering their assistance to flood-affected families. It revealed to me a strong community spirit, with people
showing kindness and concern by donating property. They seemed to be saying, “ We are together with you. You are not alone.”
Local authorities say even greater challenges will be faced during the next phase of early recovery work. A massive clean up job is required to get things back to normal.
Cleaning out wells is a top priority, with around 20,000 wells and boreholes currently immersed under filthy water. Thick muddy sediment, in some places over one foot deep, needs to be scraped out of schools and health centres and houses.
Reconstructing latrines is another huge task. Health awareness teams are working to disseminate messages to prevent water-related diseases. Lime to disinfect latrines, bleaching powder to clean out wells and water purification tablets are on the way to the people of Ayeyarwaddy delta.


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Leaderless Revolution – Blisters, Bunions & Blarney
Published on July 25, 2016 September 7, 2016 by Safar Fiertze
Representative democracy is failing. Capitalism is suffering a crisis of legitimacy. The 99% will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%. It is time for new politics and a new politics is emerging.
Carne Ross, who I introduced you to in the last post, has named it as a Leaderless Revolution of participatory democracy and his analysis proposes 9 principles that would not only bring this change about, but would also ensure that it works.
In an interview with Bill Moyers, he summarises these principles as follows:
Excavate your convictions: Know what it is that you care about as this will give you the momentum to undertake the long journey needed in order to address it.
Who has the money and who’s got the gun? This principle is an analytic one. Who has the power over the issue that concerns you?
Act as if the means are the end: The ends do not justify the means. The ends decide the means. Violence to create a political end only promotes violence for the future. The goal you want should be reflected in your political process. If you want an inclusive society, then you need to have inclusive democratic processes.
Refer to the cosmopolitan criteria: In any political movement, it should never be assumed that you know what others want. They need to be asked. They will tell you.
Address those suffering the most: No-one can know what makes people happy, but suffering is much more measurable. Addressing suffering is easier than trying to make people happier and actually takes very little.
Consult and negotiate: If you exclude people from the table with a vested interest in the interest, the resulting agreements won’t work. I remember how Northern Ireland talks failed until Sinn Fein was invited to the table.
Big picture, little deeds: We face overwhelming problems and have overwhelming goals for change, but if you do one small thing everyday and every one does that, change will happen.
Use non-violence: This isn’t pacificism, nor is about doing nothing. There are very powerful non-violent means for changing society. History provides many examples.
Kill the king: It is hard to change things and it takes more than signing an online petition. Instead, he uses the analogy of chess. To win the game, you need to keep your focus on taking the opponent’s king. The focus on the goal is vital for success.
“Now is the time to move from words and protest to action to actually build new systems that embody these values. That is the most powerful form of political change.” (Carne Ross)
Several years ago, I lived on a rather notorious social housing estate, with high rates of unemployment, crime and drug and alcohol abuse. As part of the European funding to regenerate poorer regions in the UK, the estate received a sum of money to revive it. There was some consultation about how the money would be spent.
The residents received modernised homes. They were given a restricted choice of decor as a form of compensation for the stress of still occupying the building site that your home became. The estate was divided into four parts and each given an name. The areas were delineated by the colours of the fences that bordered everyone’s home. This would provide the residents with a sense of identity. Some of the green space was dedicated to an ecological education centre. It was built on top of an old mine and soon had to be closed due to toxic gases in the building. Artists worked with local school children to create murals so that they’d be disincentivised from defacing buildings with graffiti later in their lives.
However, during consultation, the residents asked for one thing, something that would change the quality of their children’s lives: a public swimming pool.
Unsurprisingly, the project did little to address the issues experienced by the residents. New jobs created were occupied by the educated middle class from outside the city. It only served to increase disaffection. Imagine if they’d been given the chance to engage in some participatory budgeting, how different a world they might occupy now?
Porto Alegre, Brazil, has a population of 1.5 million. In 1989, the newly elected Workers’ party changed the way that the city would be governed. They shifted power from politicians to citizens, giving them control over the allocation of the city’s budget. The impact has been immense. The citizens operated from the basis of the fifth of the principles and address the concerns of those who were most suffering. Access to sewers doubled from 46 – 95%. Tax evasion fells, as people witnessed how their money was being spent (Guardian, 2012).
The system, Orçamento Participativo (OP) has three hierarchical elements.
Regional and thematic assemblies, known as rodadas take place in each of the 16 regions of the city. Prior to the rodada, preparatory meetings are organised by the community. These and the rodadas are open to any citizen. The purpose of a rodada is to define the region’s priorities and demands, the election of delegates and councillors and the public scrutiny of municipal government. Discussions at the rodadas focus on setting a consensual rank of priorities for each region and a hierarchical list of demands.
Fora of Delegates. Made up of approximately 1000 delegates from 16 regions, these act as intermediaries between the Council and citizens.
Council of the OP is responsible for the design and submission to the city government a detailed proposal based on the priorities determined at the regional assemblies and monitors the implementation of the plan.
Aragonès & Sánchez-Pagés, in their study of the initiative, suggested that there are three key benefits of the system. Firstly, Porto Alegre is an example of improved behaviour of elected representatives. Politicians face a far more informed electorate, a rise in grass-roots activity and experience a greater accountability. This has reduced corruption and patronage in the city. Secondly, citizens are highly engaged. Participation is high and increasing, even among the city’s poor and less educated. Thirdly, there is a high level of income redistribution. Similar benefits have been reported elsewhere.
Of course, participatory democracy isn’t without its problems. Wood and Murray (2007) reported that resistance in the form of hostile media and from the economic elite plagued both the participatory budgeting of Porto Alegre and Belo Horizonte. The cities also occupy the broader political context of Brazil, and municipal authorities are prohibited from developing land that is occupied illegally. Land tenure is important for success in the process. This means that the very poorest sector of the city is neglected. The bureaucracy of implementation has also meant that building projects are often very slow. Finally, not everyone participates. Middle class and the lowest socio-economic areas are underrepresented in the process.
The system is most successful where there has been a local history of grass-roots activism. The existing civic culture is one of many variables identified that affects the success of participatory budgeting. System change requires narratives, or a mythos that is very different to that which is ingrained within us. But we have the capacity to do so. How far we have come since the British media were reporting on the brainless beauties making their way from the swimming pool to the voting booth shortly after women’s emancipation was achieved! How long will it be before our narratives shift from party politics to participatory politics?
This post is a response to the challenge presented in Love Under Will. Feel free to join in!
*The featured image represents Thomas D. Seeley’s thesis that bee colonies are democratic organisations, the queen being little more than an egg laying machine.
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Bright Cape Gamer: The rust, it is real
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Vienneau October 9, 2017 at 1:03 PM
I think you should give a seminar to Magic players right after they've lost. It's always bad luck when they lose.
Sky Roy October 9, 2017 at 5:14 PM
I view it as really important to acknowledge when you lose due to bad play, and when you lose to bad luck. I had a bit of bad luck in my game, but I think if I played correctly I would have won. I think setting out to say that lets you improve because you are more willing to see the mistakes you made.


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Weekly Roundup – August 10-16 – Mynt Marsellus
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MyntMarsellus	in Film	August 17, 2014August 18, 2014
WordPress.com	This week was a little everywhere for me so there wasn’t as much writing as I would have liked. I did have one piece after the unfortunate death of Robin Williams looking at the five performances of his that stick with me the most. I also performed my first sermon yesterday which was terrifying. But through preparing for that I hit a milestone in my film watching. At the end of this post you’ll see that the last five films are numbered and that is because those are the numbers that I have hit on my total films watched list. Hitting 1500 was remarkable and I’m pretty happy with it and the films that got me there. The Contenders
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) dir. Michael Curtiz
Happy Together (1997) dir. Wong Kar-Wai
City of God (2002) dir. Fernando Meirelles
An incredible shot from Michael Mann’s first film – Thief (1981)
Not as fun as Some Like it Hot or Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, but a wholly enjoyable comedy with some spectacular lines from Lauren Bacall.
A spectacular film with an incredible performance from Henry Fonda. If you want a cinematic representation of Everymen from pre-WW2 America, watch this followed by Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
If you want one of the single greatest performances in the history of acting, watch this. James Cagney is electric and more than that, he gives the film heart that you likely wouldn’t expect from a propagandistic piece such as this. A great, great film.
It had its moments, but the film as a whole doesn’t mesh as well as I’d like it too and it’s definitely about 20 minutes too long.
The better Rocky 2 and Drive before it was Drive. The more Michael Mann I watch the more I love. This is going to be a fun day of Mann films.
The Keep (1983) dir. Michael Mann
The first Mann film I’ve legitimately hated. It’s exactly what people didn’t like about the 80s and the horror is horribly mundane.
The Last of the Mohicans (1992) dir. Michael Mann
When dealing with inherently problematic material, you have two options. Silently and satirically undermine your protagonist or humanize EVERYONE. Mann took the second route here and it is mostly effective. Day-Lewis gives a great performance and the film is expertly made. Mann trades in his neon blues and pinks for natural greens and reds. It’s a beautiful looking film and it works on more levels than it should given the material.
One of the most visually stunning shots in Michael Mann’s Last of the Mohicans (1991)
This is a brilliant film (which oddly enough I had seen before on television but forgotten about). Michael Mann took the standard biographical tale, and through his beautiful cinematic style, made it excellent with the help of a great cast. Russel Crowe and Al Pacino deserved Oscar nods for Best Actor in ’99 for their roles and Christopher Plummer deserved one for supporting actor. In trying to pick a best scene I simply couldn’t pick one. Those actors made the big scenes great and the expository scenes engrossing.
Ali (2001) dir. Michael Mann
While I wouldn’t be opposed to watching this film a second time, there are numerous issues with it. First, I wish that someone had collaborated with him on the direction of the film. I use Spike Lee as an example because of the incredible Malcolm X film, but really the film just needed a director to tighten the conflict and give emotional weight to the context. Also, Will Smith is not nearly an good an actor as was needed for this role. It always feels like it’s Will Smith playing Ali, rather than Ali being Ali. It’s not a bad performance, but it wasn’t as good as it needed to be to carry the movie.
Miami Vice (2006) dir. Michael Mann
The first 20 minutes of this movie feel like an hour. But once they are done we get a really effective crime thriller with a bunch of great performances.
Public Enemies (2009) dir. Michael Mann
Michael Mann was totally the wrong guy to direct this. He directs it with the same style that he did Miami Vice and Heat and the aesthetic just feels off. That doesn’t make it a bad film, just one that thematically doesn’t mesh with the era its trying to portray. Acting is great all around and the movie is good; just not great.
Heaven Can Wait (1978) dir. Warren Beatty
WHY WOULD YOU END A MOVIE LIKE THAT! ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE ME FEEL PAIN?
This is a remarkably weird film. And it goes a little farther than it probably should with Beatty’s performance (his rapping and attempts to emulate black culture that is). The message is still great and it is an entertaining and thought provoking film.
Deliverance (1952) dir. Jon Boorman
The reputation this film has is unfortunate because while I’m sure there is a good movie here somewhere, so much of this just doesn’t work. The entire second act (after the infamous scene) doesn’t work at all and while the ending is incredible (and brings it up to the rating it has) the film as a whole has a lot of problems.
This is probably the saddest Superhero movie ever made. It’s also probably the best found footage film ever done.
1496 – This film is fantastic. There are too many things that I comment on but I think the most important aspect is that it chronicles a childhood and adolescence. For the first 100 minutes the film is a pure ensemble. Mason is not the star or the focus just like as a child you don’t become the focus of your own story until adolescence. And the transition is equally interesting. As Mason discovers himself we discover Mason and it goes from the ensemble piece to a focused story. That focus reveals how the impacts of the ensemble reveal themselves as a fully-fledged adult wanting to go and do something.
A few other notes; I have a second nominee for best supporting actress for this year in Patricia Arquette. Her role as the (sometimes) single mother is akin to few performances in film history. The way she creates empathy for imperfect people reminds me of Jeanne Dielman and for those of you who have made that trek you know it is no easy feat.
Boyhood is a great film and it is one of the best in Richard Linklater’s now long career. I doubt it makes the top five (he has a stacked top five) but that says less about this film than it does Linklater himself.
1497 – What makes this film really interesting is how it deals with monstrosity. Del Toro is almost Lynchian in how he conflates monstrosity in the abstract with monstrosity in the flesh.
1498 – The Latin music makes this film. The performances and style are great, but like it always should, the music ties the piece together beautifully. This is definitely going on the contenders list.
1499 – This is a great film. Not sure what more there is to say but that I want to watch it again soon.
1500 – Well that was a dark movie. When I get to 2000 I’m going to make sure that is a happy film
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