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Black women living with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are less likely
to die of liver disease, compared with white and Latina women coinfected
with both viruses, according to a new analysis of the federally funded
Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) published online ahead of print by the journal Hepatology.
Much
is known about the prevalence, course and treatment of chronic HCV
infection in blacks, including those coinfected with HIV. The prevalence
of HCV is greater among blacks; the virus is less likely to be
spontaneously cleared; and it is harder to treat using pegylated
interferon-based regimens. However, blacks living with HCV experience
less inflammation and fibrosis of their livers compared with whites and
Latinos.
Epidemiologists
have determined that levels of hepatitis C virus (HCV) found among
injection drug users (IDUs) were higher in individuals who are male or
African American even after differences in other factors were
considered. The study, which was funded by the National Cancer
Institute and performed with collaborators from the National Institutes
of Health Clinical Center and the University of California – San
Francisco, was the first to simultaneously examine the association of
demographic, viral and human genetic factors on HCV RNA levels.
Results of the study published in the July issue of Hepatology,
a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
(AASLD), also showed higher levels of HCV among IDUs who were
co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
A 2010 report from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) estimates that up to 3.9 million Americans have
chronic HCV—a leading cause of liver cancer, end-stage liver disease and
liver transplantation. According to the CDC 17,000 new cases and 2,800
acute cases of HCV were reported in 2010. Previous epidemiologic
studies suggest one-third of those 18 to 30 year-old IDUs and up to 90%
of older IDUs are infected with HCV.
“With such a high incidence and prevalence of
hepatitis C virus infection among IDUs, it is important to understand
the characteristics of the infection in this group,” explains lead
author Dr. Thomas O’Brien of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and
Genetics at the National Cancer Institute in Rockville, MD. “The HCV
RNA level is an important predictor of response to treatment in patients
with chronic hepatitis C. Our study is the first to examine
simultaneously the viral, demographic, and genetic factors that impact
HCV levels in ethnically diverse IDUs.”
Participants were originally recruited for the Urban
Health Study—a multi-ethnic group of IDUs in San Francisco. Researchers
used interview data and biological samples from participants to analyze
demographic, viral and host characteristics of cancer-causing viruses. A
total of 1701 participants had detectable HCV RNA and were included in
the present study. The median age at enrollment was 46 years and median
age of first illicit drug injection was 18 years. Close to 75% of
participants were men and 56% were African American, 34% European
(non-Hispanic) and 7% Latino (non-African American).
Adjusted analysis revealed that age, gender, racial
ancestry, HIV-1 infection, and IL28B rs12979860 genotype were all
independently associated with the HCV RNA level. “We know that the level
of HCV is an important predictor of treatment response and that these
levels seem to be influenced by a number of demographic, clinical, viral
and human genetic factors,” concludes Dr. O’Brien.
Millions of Americans spend years suffering from unexplained health
problems. Sometimes even the best doctors miss the mark: About 40
percent of all mistakes that doctors make are misdiagnoses, says the
National Patient Safety Foundation.
That’s because many ailments have similar symptoms or can be detected
only with tests that your physician might consider unnecessary if he’s
confident in his verdict.
During February’s observance of African American History Month, please join us in working to end the unfortunate history of viral hepatitis’ disproportionate impact on the African American community. This Administration is working hard to reduce and eliminate health disparities and achieve health equity.
Unfortunately, viral hepatitis is a health problem that is often overlooked by the public as well as healthcare providers. This, despite the fact that viral hepatitis is a leading infectious cause of death, claiming the lives of 12,000–15,000 Americans each year. As many as 5.3 million Americans are living with viral hepatitis, though most do not know that they are infected. This places them at greater risk for severe, even fatal, complications from the disease and increases the likelihood that they will spread the virus to others.
Newswise — Washington, DC, (October 31, 2011) – Studies reporting on the effectiveness of new therapies for chronic Hepatitis C virus are among the clinical science presented at the American College of Gastroenterology’s 76th Annual Scientific Meeting, where investigators also presented findings from an age-based risk assessment and screening intervention for Hepatitis C among Baby Boomers, patients aged 50-65, who saw a gastroenterologist for routine colon cancer screening.
With the recent introduction of new direct acting anti-viral therapies, physicians now have more options for treatment of chronic hepatitis, a chronic viral liver disease that infects more than 4 million Americans. Several studies of the new drug telaprevir in combination with the standard of care (pegylated interferon and ribavirin) looked at the drug’s effectiveness among populations of patients who, because of race or failure of previous treatment, are considered hard-to-treat.
Response Rates Among Blacks Double When New Drugs Are Added to Standard Therapy
Blacks have always lagged behind other patient populations in their response to the standard peginterferon and ribavirin therapy, but the treatment gap between blacks and whites may shrink with the introduction of new therapies. Results vary, but overall studies quote a response rate of 28% among blacks and about half that for white patients.
“Some of the most impressive improvements are in African American patients,” said Donald Jensen, MD, professor of medicine and director of the liver center at the University of Chicago. “[In some patients], we’re seeing response rates as high as 50% or more for the first time.”
The study is aimed at assessing the safety and immunogenicity of HCV prime-boost vaccinations ChAd3-hliNSmut and MVA-hliNSmut, administered intramuscularly in healthy volunteers and DAA treated patients. To read the entire study, click here Share This PageFollow Us … Continue reading → The post The study is aimed at assessing the safety and immunogenicity of HCV […]
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of DAA-based regimens in the clinical practice in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients. Hypothesis: The efficacy and tolerability of all DAA-based regimens in the clinical practice is different to what is … Continue reading → The post Real-life Security and Efficacy of DAA-based Therapy in 1,000 […]
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It’s impossible to read the latest news in our industry without noticing the tone of immediate concern that so many others have. Ever since the more recent Panda updates started taking a significant toll on SERPs linked with popular trending keywords, everyone has been pointing at Google and blaming the company for the increasingly poor […]
It’s impossible to read the latest news in our industry without noticing the tone of immediate concern that so many others have. Ever since the more recent Panda updates started taking a significant toll on SERPs linked with popular trending keywords, everyone has been pointing at Google and blaming the company for the increasingly poor performance of their websites. Add to this the shakeup with Penguin and company’s ongoing silence regarding its algorithm and it’s easy to see why so many well-known voices in the SEO community are up in arms.
When the Penguin update first hit a few months back, Google was quite forward with the reasons for why we saw the rankings drop. Citing duplicate content and heavy anchor text usage as prime elements of sites that were trying to game the system, the company came under fire by many webmasters who themselves were using these disingenuous tactics. It also certainly didn’t help that the initial version of the algorithm hit several well-to-do sites and messed up their rankings for a brief stint as well. Nearly everyone in our industry was up in arms and panic was rampant.
Of course, it’s not all doom and gloom. Months after the most significant updates, thousands of link-farming directories and sites fraught with black hat SEO tactics have finally been dropped from Google’s SERPs. While not every exploitative page has disappeared from the page one results, most keyword searches now return results that have achieved their position due to smart design and ethical SEM campaigning.
Although search engine users continue to see mainstay sites like Wikipedia appear in the top 5 spots of their queries, many non-brand specific search terms have now become easier to lock down as trending keywords for clients’ brand. And, surprisingly enough, it’s Google’s Panda and Penguin updates that we have to thank for these SEO opportunities. While the constant search algorithm revisions certainly have made all our lives a little more complicated, these new challenges are being made in the name of better content for users. And that’s something we can all get behind.
Saying that the internet is a big place is among the greatest understatements anyone can make. In our modern web-centric age, everyone is connected to each other and industries appear to grow overnight. Regardless of the service or product a business may offer, there’s always going to be a number of other organizations out there […]
Saying that the internet is a big place is among the greatest understatements anyone can make. In our modern web-centric age, everyone is connected to each other and industries appear to grow overnight. Regardless of the service or product a business may offer, there’s always going to be a number of other organizations out there getting in a company’s way. When Google or Bing searches for an industry term bring back page after page of results of competitors, it’s clearly time to begin reexamining your online marketing strategy.
These days, being in constant contact with your customer base is absolutely vital. Although increasingly more businesses are seeking out SEO companies and web developers to design sleeker, more Google-friendly websites, many companies fail to make enough of an impact in the social media market. Yes, nearly every organization has a Facebook page and several even have Google+ profiles as well, but there are still other venues through which a company can find and secure a loyal audience. Chief among these is Foursquare.
Checking In and Cashing Out
Smartphone users are becoming increasingly familiar with Foursquare. What once started as a rather innocuous mobile network app that logs travel activity, the Foursquare community has grown to a user base that now numbers in the tens of millions. While the level of activity seen on the network varies greatly from person to person, a large chunk of this audience is dedicated to using its mobile app daily and “checking in” wherever they go. Users can choose to share photos taken at said locations, leave reviews about the quality of the establishment, or make various recommendations on how to get the best service possible.
Although the feedback a company receives through Foursquare is generally kept within the mobile app and browser-based interfaces, the network is slowly making its debut on search result pages. According to a recent story from Marketing Land, Bing’s social sidebar now includes updates from Foursquare in addition to other social media posts. For the time being, this functionality is found exclusively in Bing, but there is a chance for this data to also appear in Google and other search engines in the future.
Even though Foursquare may not have the mass appeal and total exposure that bigger social networks have, that doesn’t mean that business owners should ignore it. Simply by putting up signs or posters in your workplace that remind people to “check in” at your business, you increase the odds of raising your company’s brand recognition among the mobile user base. Since those people who befriend one another on Foursquare are constantly notified of their friends’ activity, businesses benefit by having their company’s name be seen by an increasingly diverse crowd of would-be customers. All it takes a bit of initiative in reminding clientele and employees that you’re listed on the network.
For additional tips and advice on how to use Foursquare to improve your company profile, I can be contacted at [email protected].
For the last twenty years, numerous SEO companies and internet advertisers have depended on keywords as being a guiding light for search engine indexers and site crawlers. A tactic commonly used by ethical and unethical online marketing agencies alike, heavily emphasized keyword implementation was so pervasive throughout the web development community that almost everyone has […]
For the last twenty years, numerous SEO companies and internet advertisers have depended on keywords as being a guiding light for search engine indexers and site crawlers. A tactic commonly used by ethical and unethical online marketing agencies alike, heavily emphasized keyword implementation was so pervasive throughout the web development community that almost everyone has come to rely on it. Of course, this all started to change with the arrival of Google’s Panda updates as well as the recent release of Penguin. Now, webmasters are looking for ways to remain relevant to Google and other search engines while revising their own operations.
Smart Keyword Use: Only When Necessary
As Google made clear in its original announcement of Penguin, high-quality content is at the top of the company’s desired SERP content. The implications of this demand for engaging webpages is many, but in this case we’ll focus on the greatly reduced effect of what is known as “keyword stuffing.” This practice describes the rather unscrupulous behavior of repeatedly using key phrases and terms in order to game a search engine and artificially strengthen their relevance to the page or site in question. In the past, too many marketing agencies would repeatedly stuff their clients’ online properties with keywords, but these days search engines have become smart enough to know the difference between spam and good content.
As a result of this, everyone needs to get on the same page (pun not intended) as Google and emphasize the importance of interesting and unique content over questionable optimization methods. Although the world’s biggest search engine still uses keywords to categorize and archive pages, the repetition of a key term throughout a page means that Google’s search algorithm now regards it as having a low value. As a result, business owners and webmasters should use focused keywords only as needed.
Keyword Limitations Lead to Quality Content
While being forced to use a keyword conservatively may sound like a hassle, the fact is that it actually yields a number of benefits. For one thing, putting a limit on one’s keyword use leads to content that is fresher and also more interesting to read. Content writers should also use the situation to explore more interesting and more varied topics. For example, a keyword such as “car engines” may be the focus of a page, but that doesn’t mean that the content needs to be all about that term. Instead, users can choose to focus on the way engines work in classic automobiles versus top-of-the-line racing cars or other topics.
Even though the new obstacles set forth by the Google Penguin and Panda updates may be a thorn in some SEO developers’ sides, it’s really just another way to motivate website and blog owners to create content that users will read and maybe even share. For further advice regarding how to use keywords in this post-Penguin world, I can be contacted at [email protected].
]]>http://www.webimax.com/blog/seo/keyword-implementation-isnt-dying-its-simply-changing/feed0What SMB Owners Can Take Away from Google’s Knowledge Graphhttp://www.webimax.com/blog/seo/what-smb-owners-can-take-away-from-googles-knowledge-graph
http://www.webimax.com/blog/seo/what-smb-owners-can-take-away-from-googles-knowledge-graph#respondFri, 18 May 2012 18:34:59 +0000http://www.webimax.com/blog/?p=2179What SMB Owners Can Take Away from Google’s Knowledge Graph was originally posted on the WebiMax SEO Blog
A few days ago, Google unveiled its newest search feature, Knowledge Graph, to network users. For those readers who are unfamiliar with the announced program, Knowledge Graph is being launched as a sidebar addition to the company’s search engine results. While the company’s SERPs will stay the way they’ve always been, the new feature will […]
A few days ago, Google unveiled its newest search feature, Knowledge Graph, to network users. For those readers who are unfamiliar with the announced program, Knowledge Graph is being launched as a sidebar addition to the company’s search engine results. While the company’s SERPs will stay the way they’ve always been, the new feature will serve up interesting facts, details and relevant information for popular keywords entered in queries. Google has stated that it has plans to bring the function to mobile platforms in the future as well.
Although Knowledge Graph has yet to become available to all Google users, numerous SEO companies already have their own stance on how the feature may affect the current state of online marketing. In the recent months, Google has been responsible for some of the biggest and most impactful changes in internet advertising. As a result, everyone in the SEO community is keeping a watchful eye on the company and will be for some time to come. While marketing agencies will let their clients know about important news, business owners should still keep aware of these latest happenings in order to actively improve their web prevalence.
What Should SMB Owners Take Away from Knowledge Graph?
Aside from the supplemental nature of Knowledge Graph, Google’s newest network feature also gives us some insight into the sort of trending page elements that the company regards in high importance. Between the information-based focus of Knowledge Graph and the strength of Wikipedia in the company’s SERPs, one can see that Google wants more informative sites these days. Yet while this realization is made readily apparent through Google’s recent efforts, not everyone is taking advantage of this fact.
Creating Quality that Search Engines Want
Many of the WebiMax blog readers are small or startup business owners who are looking to get their online properties well-represented on every engine’s search results. Although Google’s ranking trends are not entirely indicative of what other search engines are looking for these days, the company does tend to set the pace for what is seen on most SERPs. If anything, it’s a safe bet that the same sort of informative content that Google’s search algorithm finds desirable will rank well on competing engines.
In order to have better traction in the SERPs, more businesses need to work on creating content for their online properties that is not only informative to readers but also interesting. While not every page of a company’s website may have space for this type of content, a business should always devote some time to creating it where it can. Often times, company blogs and user-maintained pages act as hubs for news and information that readers will find engaging. Other venues for this type of content may include employee sites that focus on related topics and are linked to the aforementioned blog.
While it’s still uncertain where Knowledge Graph will eventually lie in Google’s overall business plan, there are still several useful conclusions that can be drawn from the new network feature. Should readers have any particular questions, I can be contacted at [email protected].
]]>http://www.webimax.com/blog/seo/what-smb-owners-can-take-away-from-googles-knowledge-graph/feed0With the Launch of the Penguin, Be Cautious of the SEO Company You Hirehttp://www.webimax.com/blog/seo-companies/with-the-launch-of-the-penguin-be-cautious-of-the-seo-company-you-hire
http://www.webimax.com/blog/seo-companies/with-the-launch-of-the-penguin-be-cautious-of-the-seo-company-you-hire#respondMon, 07 May 2012 18:30:37 +0000http://www.webimax.com/blog/?p=2006With the Launch of the Penguin, Be Cautious of the SEO Company You Hire was originally posted on the WebiMax SEO Blog
While it’s important to hire an SEO company that’s committed to working for you, since the release of Google’s new algorithm, Penguin, it’s crucial more than ever that you select an SEO company that is following organic SEO practices. Since the webspam algorithm launched, businesses should be cautious that the SEO company they choose doesn’t […]
While it’s important to hire an SEO company that’s committed to working for you, since the release of Google’s new algorithm, Penguin, it’s crucial more than ever that you select an SEO company that is following organic SEO practices.
Since the webspam algorithm launched, businesses should be cautious that the SEO company they choose doesn’t perform black hat techniques as this will result in a penalty from Google. Sites that are penalized will be removed from Google’s index, thus becoming invisible to search engines.
No business wants to invest money, time and trust into an SEO company only for their business to be ruined. Receiving a penalty from Google not only results in your site being removed from Google’s index but will significantly hurt your business’s reputation.
The best way to avoid receiving a penalty from Google is to hire a quality SEO company that isn’t going to cheat the search system. Here are a few guidelines to keep in mind when searching for an SEO company that’s committed towards working for you and won’t leave your business damaged:
Company backgroundYou can start by researching the background of the company. Learn about when the company started, their mission and philosophy, how many clients they’ve worked for, the types of campaigns they perform, their achievements and awards, and the management team. You can do this by checking out the company website and researching the company on search engines. This will help you get a feel for SEO the company.
What do you want to achieve?When you turn to an SEO company to work for you, of course they will jump at the opportunity to gain a new client. But, don’t let their words alone lure you in. You should determine ahead of time what you want to achieve. Think about your objectives and what you want to gain from the SEO company. Whether you’re looking to increase traffic to your site or want your website appear higher in the SERPs, you should have an objective.
What’s their take on what you’re looking for?After you discuss your objective, let the SEO company impress you with their knowledge of SEO and what measures or tactics they believe should or shouldn’t be used to help you reach your results. A company that’s truly dedicated towards helping you won’t just give you what you want, but what you need. They will explain to you the best practices and best approach to help you achieve what you’re aiming to reach.
What strategies do they follow?While the SEO company may not be able to give you a nail on the head explanation of how they would approach your campaign, you can ask them about their common strategies and tactics. You should ask about the keyword selection process, how they measure competition, how content is created onsite and offsite, how backlinks are formed, and every strategy they’d follow in an SEO campaign.
Also, this is the perfect opportunity to discuss the Penguin update. Ask them what they know of the Penguin update and how their company avoided being affected by the new algorithm. The more knowledge they have of the Penguin update and of Google’s algorithms is clearly a good sign.
Do they know the latest in SEO and have an obsession for analytical data?The SEO company you choose should know the latest tactics in SEO and what work must be performed in order to help a site rank well. They should understand your target market, know how to reach your market, have a creative side to attract online audiences and know how to switch up an SEO strategy quickly if the current strategy isn’t yielding the results you’re looking for.
Also, the company should be literally obsessed with analytic data and measuring your campaign progress. You should be able to turn to them whenever and ask them of your progress and current rankings. Staying up-to-date with the latest in SEO should essentially be a lifestyle for an SEO company.
Do they communicate regularly?You want a company that communicates with you regularly and informs you of your campaign progress. While the company may be working to service you, this is your company’s reputation on the line. Also, don’t be hesitant to question the steps they take or ask them to explain something. SEO companies understand that business owners aren’t SEO experts.
So, while you’re on the search for an SEO company to work for you, keep these guidelines in mind and help your business succeed.
When business owners hear the term “online marketing,” many people immediately think of the more overt advertising that they see when surfing the web. Banner ads, PPC links on search results and pop-up ads are certainly all very common tools used by internet marketers. Yet many companies have been relying on more SEO-oriented techniques to […]
When business owners hear the term “online marketing,” many people immediately think of the more overt advertising that they see when surfing the web. Banner ads, PPC links on search results and pop-up ads are certainly all very common tools used by internet marketers. Yet many companies have been relying on more SEO-oriented techniques to get their brand’s name recognized by internet users. This change of pace isn’t due to lackluster results from PPC, but rather a repurposed focus on trying to elevate organic search results over paid efforts.
The popular internet advertising mindset these days is to reduce the amount of direct marketing a company does in favor of building traffic and conversion rates more naturally. SEO companies have adopted traditional paid links as supplemental components to more robust organic campaigns, and for good reason. While PPC and banner ads can certainly bring in visitors to a website, they generally tend to give SEO firms more to worry about in the long run. Some of the more common reasons for marketing firms preferring organic links over inorganic ones are as follow:
The Daily Barrage of Ads, Ads, Ads
The biggest issue with most marketing is the way it’s perceived by potential customers. Sure, an advertisement here or there can get people to notice a company, but a flood of ads simply upset people. We’ve all been in situations where seeing the same banner or video ad ends up only making us annoyed at the piece of marketing in question or the company responsible for it. This ultimately achieves the exact opposite of what the marketing was intended to do – bring a person to a company’s site.
High Cost for Short Term Payoff
While pay per click advertisements are very effective at bringing in traffic, they can be costly. More popular keywords and ad networks can quickly become financial sinkholes if a marketing firm is not careful. Even if these ads are approached correctly, sometimes the amount of resources put into the project is too demanding overall. PPC ads are an excellent investment when done right, but the resulting traffic often drops off sharply once the campaign ends. It’s because of this that many SEOs are hesitant to rely too greatly on paid links for their clients.
Organic Marketing has a Higher Retention Rate
Despite all the issues that may arise with direct marketing, it’s really the strength of organic linkbuilding that matters most to a SEO firm. Organically-focused marketing campaigns succeed by strengthening a company’s online properties so they show up high up in the SERPs and bring in traffic without unnecessary financial investment. The conversion rates obtained through organic links are less resource-intensive and also benefit from previous work done to webpages and social media listings.
All these reasons add up to one inevitable conclusion: organic SEO efforts should always be the primary focus of any company’s online marketing efforts. Should readers have any questions about organic SEO vs. paid links, I can be reached at [email protected].
]]>http://www.webimax.com/blog/seo/organic-and-fresh-why-seo-focuses-on-organic-search-results/feed0Google Glasses Will Make Page Rankings More Important than Everhttp://www.webimax.com/blog/seo/google-glasses-will-make-page-rankings-more-important-than-ever
http://www.webimax.com/blog/seo/google-glasses-will-make-page-rankings-more-important-than-ever#respondMon, 09 Apr 2012 19:30:54 +0000http://www.webimax.com/blog/?p=1536Google Glasses Will Make Page Rankings More Important than Ever was originally posted on the WebiMax SEO Blog
Tech savvy businesses have likely been following the recent news about Google Glasses that’s been making its way around the web. Until only recently, all information known about the device was the stuff of pure conjecture. While the finer details behind the glasses are still being kept locked up tight so far, Google released a […]
Tech savvy businesses have likely been following the recent news about Google Glasses that’s been making its way around the web. Until only recently, all information known about the device was the stuff of pure conjecture. While the finer details behind the glasses are still being kept locked up tight so far, Google released a promotional video last week that’s been causing quite a stir.
The company claims the glasses, currently referred to as Project Glass, will incorporate heavy search engine and social media functionality into the everyday life of its users. While the reveal video leads to big (and somewhat unlikely) promises regarding the integration of the internet into a new mobile device, there is one thing that is certain: the information that Google pulls for its Glass interface will certainly be pulled from its search engine results. For businesses of every size and shape, this means that the months leading up to the final release of Project Glass make improving page rankings and domain authority crucial.
Getting Page Rankings Ready for Project Glass
To put it simply, there has never been a more important time than now for companies to seek out the help of a top SEO company. As a leading internet marketing firm, WebiMax handles hundreds of companies in their search engine optimization efforts every day. Our clients rely on our SEO and social media optimization methods in order to climb to the top of the search engine result pages (or SERPs). For now, success means ranking well on web browser searches. Yet with devices such as Google’s Project Glass looming on the horizon, our industry will begin to focus more actively on preparing clients for the next big tech push.
In the coming months, WebiMax will continue performing landing page optimization, PPC campaigns and various other SEO practices to improve the search engine friendliness of its clients and their web content. Although Google has not been entirely forward with how Project Glass will work, it’s clear that only those sites that rank well will be shown in the device’s user display. For our clients, that means working overtime to get to those much-wanted SERP top spots. With that extra bit of dedication and hard work, Google Glasses users will no doubt see our clients come up again and again when the device is released this fall.
Are you debating as to whether to approach an SEO firm for help? There is plenty of literature available on the Web that both celebrates and condemns search engine optimization (SEO) and the companies that provide the service. The truth is, like any other business, there are good, bad, and all businesses in between. Years […]
Are you debating as to whether to approach an SEO firm for help? There is plenty of literature available on the Web that both celebrates and condemns search engine optimization (SEO) and the companies that provide the service. The truth is, like any other business, there are good, bad, and all businesses in between. Years ago, Vidal Sassoon originated the marketing message, “If you don’t look good, we don’t look good,” in reference to his hair styling products. The message makes sense; to reiterate another marketing quip, ‘the proof is in the pudding.’
If you do decide to hire an SEO firm to aid with online rankings, after some time, it will be easy for you to tell if they are doing a good job. In essence, your online rankings will improve. How do they accomplish this feat for you? There are many tactics, yet four, major components largely contribute:
Keyword ResearchHow will your intended customers or target markets find your products and services online? They will conduct an online search. The answer seems simple enough, yet what exact words and phrases will they use? Will they search for general terms, geographically-linked words, phrases, exact names of products, etc? An SEO firm will conduct research and convey insight regarding keyword research. This invaluable service has immediate and ongoing results; once you know what words and phrases inspire your target market’s search, you can concentrate on them in a perennial fashion.
Copywriting and On-page Optimization“Content is king” is a mantra often related by many online marketing, SEO, and search engine specialists. It echoes a simple sentiment: search engines love sites that host information; that is the sole purpose of the Web in the first place. Copywriting and on-page optimization concentrates on relaying information to both users and the search engines. Search engines crawl your site’s pages in order to assess how well they address a user’s search. An SEO firm’s copywriting and page optimization showcases information using your keywords. This way, search engines know what kind and how much information your site offers in order to make the decision to offer your site in regard to a user’s search query. Those found on the golden ‘first page,’ are sites with a lot of keyword-focused content.
Inbound LinksAnother way search engines decide to offer your site’s pages in regard to a user’s query is how others view your site. It works much like a popularity contest with inbound links serving as popularity votes. The more times other sites link to your site and its content, the better. This lets the search engines know that others have viewed your content, value it, and think that it would be helpful to other users on the Web. An SEO firm will leverage blogs, social networks, and other platforms to intrigue others to provide links to your site.
Continual Maintenance and MeasurementAn SEO campaign usually takes time. It relies heavily on your industry and competition, but most campaigns last for six to twelve months or longer. You are taking the time to promote your site’s rankings; it is very likely your competition is doing the same. This means that the quest to make the golden ‘first page’ never ends. An SEO firm’s services are usually intense at first and then begin to curtail while continuing to deliver maintenance and ongoing measurement of your rankings.
If you are thinking about searching for an SEO firm, but are hesitant, just remember that your site’s rankings are reflexive of the service’s efficiency. If your rankings don’t look good, then their service doesn’t look good. A reputable SEO firm understands this principle and will provide you with results; getting you results is the ‘bread and butter’ of its existence.
When having your own website, it is important to get it out to the public as best and as fast as you possibly can. You need to improve the visibility of the website or un-paid search results. This is called Search Engine Optimization (SEO). The process of SEO is crucial in advertising your site to […]
When having your own website, it is important to get it out to the public as best and as fast as you possibly can. You need to improve the visibility of the website or un-paid search results. This is called Search Engine Optimization (SEO). The process of SEO is crucial in advertising your site to the public. A site that appears more frequently than others and is high on the search result list will almost always receive more visitors from the search engine. Not only will SEO Optimization target written searches but also image, local, video and industry-specific searches.
The search engine optimization company takes into consideration how the search engines work and what is most popular that people are searching for. Depending on what is listed at the top of the search results determines how SEO edits the content and HTML. Another tactic of SEO, performed by internet marketing companies, is to promote a site well enough to increase the number of links. You don’t want your site to be too busy that it’s hard to navigate around, however, you want enough pages and links that will increase your chances of being at the top of the results page.
What a skilled organic SEO company can promise is quality service, content, and strategies that will be used to help clients obtain the highest search engine rankings possible. “Search engine friendly” is a term used to describe the web site’s layout, menus, images, shopping carts and more. When looking for a decent site to use, you want something that is going to be easy to move through, nice to look at and ranked well in the search results. SEO Optimization is a great way to make your site more appealing and more visible to the right people.
Social media has become one of the biggest outlets for people these days as well as search engine optimization companies. Almost everyone has a Twitter, Facebook, MySpace or LinkedIn account to chat with friends, update profiles and statuses or check out who is doing what, when. This social extravaganza has ballooned over the last decade […]
Social media has become one of the biggest outlets for people these days as well as search engine optimization companies. Almost everyone has a Twitter, Facebook, MySpace or LinkedIn account to chat with friends, update profiles and statuses or check out who is doing what, when. This social extravaganza has ballooned over the last decade or so and only seems to be getting bigger. Now, companies are using these outlets to talk to clients or post information that might not otherwise be seen. With this many people signing up for these accounts, it only makes sense for businesses to follow along.
This social media marketing only benefits the client’s campaigns. Given that there are over 500 million users on Facebook alone, you can only imagine how many people may come across a certain client’s site at any given time. The benefits of using such media outlets are extraordinary. Not only are you getting your companies information out there to the public, but you’re most likely relaying it to a certain demographic that wouldn’t have known about your business without such a network. The pros outweigh the cons by afar.
These social networks have been known to enrapture and preoccupy those who take an interest in it. However, that’s not always a bad thing. It’s amazing what you can learn and take a liking toward just because you saw something on someone’s page that you didn’t know existed before. Stumbling upon different business, stores or firms can strike an interest in anyone that it wants to. This powerful social media has spread like wild fire and has only emphasized the fact that we, as people, enjoy seeing how others live and work.
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Documentation for Mathematical Software
This page contains links to the documentation for several of the mathematical packages we support. If you don't see a particular application here, please let us know. If you are unable to locate the documentation for an application, contact [email protected] for help.
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You will always be…
I may not be perfect, but I certainly am real. I’ve made my mistakes, I’ve hurt people along the way, mostly have hurt myself with my choices. But all I can do is get back up, brush myself off and keep moving. All praise due to the almighty, as long as I have breath in my lungs I am blessed. With that Mi Gente, I will forgive those who have wronged me and I will forgive myself. Pa’lante!
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Came home a few days ago to heavy gas smell. Gas co came. Said it was leaky gas valve on furnace, tagged the house. Coleman 7975-856. After hi n low search for the replacement, decided to test it myself. It's not the valve. After inspection of area when unit was OFF the furnace, I discovered moisture, then spotted a tide line on ceiling at vent cut out, with slight tide lines on metal just above valve unit. So, onto the roof I went. No smoking gun there, but i did find most of the sealing material was cracking/ badly worn and a shingle was damaged just higher on the peak at pipe vent. A couple tubes of roof caulk later, and my very capable dad on phone, decided to try to light the reinstalled gas valve. Soap water to every orrifice and knob, no bubbles with gas line open. 5 minutes after line open, no smell of gas. No bubbles at inline valve. On trying to light with LOOONG match, every attempt, the match blew out before it would ignite. When reinstalling the valve unit, I did notice the entire burning/lighting assembly was seemingly one unit on the gas valve module. Also noticed the igniter head looked.... white, old. Needless to say, it never got lit while I figure my next move. Leaning toward new igniter, came to this fine site located this handy parts list on the site https://www.mobilehomerepair.com/colema ... nce-guide/ and have discovered my furnace has no igniter part #? So, nothing the entire kahuna came out attached to valve earlier, I'm stuck. Anyone got wisdom? Thank you in advance! ... mine is nat gas, not lp and it is original to the 1988 home. I've pictures of all labels and components on it.
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New Balvenie for Travel Retail
January 2nd, 2009
Balvenie seems to have a rum wood finish thing going on right now. A little while back they released a Balvenie 17 year old Rum Cask as part of their limited-edition 17 year old releases. Now, they are going to be selling a Balvenie GoldenCask 14 year old in Travel Retail beginning in February for about £40. The whisky will be bottled at 47.5% ABV.
The Balvenie Malt Master David Stewart had this to say in a recent Moodie Report:
The result of this unusual finishing period in rum casks has created an interesting new Balvenie expression with a fruity sweetness and subtle spice that I hope malt whisky enthusiasts will enjoy.
It will be interesting to see how this compares to the 17 yr old Rum Cask.
7 Responses to “New Balvenie for Travel Retail”
I’m very curious about this one too. I usually love Balvenie, but was disappointed with the Rum Cask. In general I agree with your review, that the whisky is overly sweet. To me it started off great on the nose, but the rest of it didn’t hold up. Way overpriced in my opinion (thanks for bringing a bottle to your Monks tasting, you saved me $130).
The Balvanie 17 YO Rum Cask is sweet but not unpleasant – Nice to compare to the 12 YO Springbank Rum Cask as well as the Glenfiddich Havana Reserve or there more recent Caribbean Rum bottling especially since Glenfiddich and Balvanie are “sister” distilleries. Have to find someone traveling to try the 14 YO….
BJ, I agree with you on the 17: sweet but not unpleasant. Have to be in the right mood for it, thought (e.g. after dinner).
butephoto, I guess you gotta try it and decide for yourself. Balvenie releases run the whole range of flavors, from bourbon-oak aging to sherry, port, rum, and others. Some of the older vintages aren’t sweet at all, but rather quite spicy and very complex.
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Hymns were led by George Henderson who began by reading from Psalm 25.
Hymn 1 – Praise My Soul the King of HeavenHymn 2 – Rejoice the Lord is King
Announcements were given by George Henderson
*We are all shocked at the tragic events in Paris last night. Our church services have been cancelled in France, and we have not had any report that our members were harmed. We must pray for all those involved.
*Irene, Ann and Charles are all unwell today.
*Following last week’s special service of remembrance, we have donated £170 to the British Legion.
*We have an update from Maggie Mitchell about her husband Graham. After 5 months he continues to make slow progress and can now sit in a wheelchair and leave his room for a short time. He also has more feeling and movement in his shoulders.
*John Mckenna in the U.S.A. is making progress following a stroke.
Paul Zehetmayer asks us to continue to pray for his brother-in-law Colin Haynes. His cancer has spread and his condition is deteriorating.
Hymn 3 – What a Friend We have in Jesus
Intercessory Prayer was led by Bill Wilson who began by asking After what happened in Paris last night, do we fear the future? No, because God has a future planned for all people that will never end. We are children of light. Death has been conquered by Jesus Christ.
*We live in perilous times, Heavenly Father. Our hearts are saddened today as we think of the victims in Paris. We pray for all the relatives of the dead and injured. Also we pray for the families of those killed when the Russian plane exploded. Please bring peace.
*We ask your help for Graham Mitchell and John McKenna to continue their good progress.
*Please give peace and comfort to Colin.
*We pray for your healing power for those unable to be here with us today. Irene, Ann, Charles and Jack and Rosemary. Please take away Jack’s pain and strengthen Rosemary.
*Please protect all our Ministers and David and Nancy as they travel.
*Jesus will return and peace will prevail. We should always look forward to the future.
Hymn 4 – Be Thou My VisionHymn 5 – O Give Thanks Unto Our God
The Message was given by Mr.Bergin
Do we have a favourite scripture? Moses was the greatest prophet and a friend of God. Deuteronomy 34:10. Pharaoh’s daughter gave him the best education in Egypt. We can read his story in Exodus chapters 1-2. Moses had his first encounter with God when he became a shepherd. Chapter 3:5. He was told to go and lead God’s people. He didn’t want to and asked “why choose me”? He then made lots of excuses why he couldn’t do this. Read chapters 3-4. When he led 2 million people out of Egypt and crossed the Red Sea, that is when the nation of Israel began. Chapter 14. Moses was a great man with a huge task. He did ake mistakes because he was human. God said that he would raise up a prophet like Moses. Christ would be like Moses. Deuteronomy 18:15. Moses was the only man that God buried. 34:5-6. We read in Exodus 33:11 that Joshua as a young man assisted Moses. After the death of Moses God continued with Joshua as leader as he had with Moses. Joshua 1:1-9.
Verse 9 is Mr.Bergin’s favourite scripture and one that we should always remember. During times of trials we should read these words. Do not be afraid because the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Do we sometimes feel that God has left us? Bad things do happen to good people. Do not fear. Hebrews 13:5-6. Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ. Romans 8:35.
The Final Hymn was The Church’s One Foundation after which the Closing Prayer was give by Phillip Halford.
Fellowship continued over Refreshments in the Church Hall.
During the Sermon time the Watford Young People’s Church began with the young people unwrapping sweets with scriptures printed on the wrappers and then discussing their scriptures. The Young People looked at some of the miracles of Jesus, specifically the raising of Lazarus and they then played a ‘miracles’ jigsaw game. They also discussed the Christmas Young People’s Presentation and practised one carol using whistles!
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The Bricket Wood Bible Study took place as usual at 7:30pm in the St. Stephen’s Parish Centre upstairs room. You are welcome to join us looking into the Word of God and for the refreshments afterwards.
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'Angry Birds' Directors Announced
Espoo, Finland -- Rovio Entertainment announced that Fergal Reilly and Clay Kaytis will direct Angry Birds, the upcoming 3D CG-animated film based on Rovio’s bestselling app. The film is being produced by John Cohen and Catherine Winder and executive produced by David Maisel; the screenplay is by Jon Vitti. The movie is slated for a July 1, 2016 release and will be distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures.
Reilly and Kaytis are both animation veterans, making their directorial debuts with AngryBirds. Kaytis began his career as an animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios. In his 19 years at Disney, he served as animation supervisor of Tangled and the follow-up short, Tangled Ever After. He also conceived and oversaw the end credits sequence of Wreck-ItRalph and animated on that film; in addition, he was the supervising animator of the character Rhino in Bolt. Kaytis also animated on the upcoming film Frozen and the Oscar-winning short, Paperman. Reilly joined Sony Pictures Animation in 2003 as a storyboard artist, contributing to the films Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, HotelTransylvania and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. He was a director and Head of Story on several development projects at Sony Pictures Animation. Previously, Reilly was a storyboard artist on films including Spider-Man 2 and The Iron Giant.
Commenting on the announcement, Rovio Entertainment CEO Mikael Hed said, “I’m very excited that Fergal and Clay have joined us, bringing with them their vast expertise. They are two of the brightest rising talents in animation, and I’m confident we are building the right team to tell the story of Angry Birds and deliver an amazing movie experience to our fans.”
Producer John Cohen commented: “David, Catherine and I are thrilled to welcome Fergal and Clay to the Angry Birds filmmaking team. They both have an extraordinary range of talents, and we’re looking forward to working with them to bring the birds and pigs to life on the big screen.”
Angry Birds is one of the world’s biggest entertainment franchises, starting in 2009 with the original mobile game that remains the number one paid app of all time. Angry Birds has expanded rapidly into entertainment, publishing, and licensing to become a beloved international brand.
The upcoming movie marks Rovio’s first foray into feature films, although fans have already been introduced to the Angry Birds world with the weekly Angry Birds Toons animated series. Rovio launched the series in March through its Angry Birds apps, as well as on select video-on-demand channel providers, Smart TVs, connected devices, and on select TV networks around the world. Paving the way for a full-length feature film, Angry Birds Toons has been a massive success for Rovio and has surpassed more than 1,000,000,000 views in its first seven months. In addition, Rovio successfully launched a sequel in the Angry Birds Star Wars saga in September accompanied with Hasbro’s Telepod toys. The game immediately topped app store charts in over 100 countries.
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Friday, May 23, 2008
Friday
Hello! Well another week is over.
I really have not taken any interesting photos recently so I am raiding the archives again. This pic is at the UN head quarters in New York City. It was one of my favourite places to tour. We went through not long after the movie 'The Interpretor' was made so the interior was the same then as it is in the movie. Each room is decorated by different countries and changed each year. This image really does prove to me that blogger strips the colour out of pictures. This is usually a vibrant image... oh well...
Liberty had her appointment today and I was very happy with the lady we spoke to, in my books that is a plus. It is going to be a long few months to get her bowels working right but hopefully the pain will ease quickly.
This afternoon Matt had his first 'teaching gig' at Shawn's school. He is going to do basketball with some kids as the Friday sport. I don't think they have had basketball for a few years so that will be a bit of variety for them. The group was a bit large to do much with and not enough balls to go around, but he will work something out. He is pretty good my Matt...
Tomorrow night there is a crop night in town...woo hoo!! I better go and see what I can do...
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I figure photography died somewhere around 1995. Gone. Kaput.
But wait you say, what about all these zillions of images I see floating around the web?
Well, if we define photography in the broad sense of the term as any image created through the recording of a scene onto a light sensitive material then, yes, photography can be said to be alive and well.
On the other hand if we narrow our definition just a bit from anything and everything slapped on a photo sensor to the creation of photographs that can be considered photographic art works, images that while relatively un-manipulated are somehow imbued by the photographer with a power that deeply touches the viewer’s mind and emotions, then I am sure that it has breathed its last. It passed out of existence along with the last working days of the generation of artists that many refer to as the ‘masters of photography’.
So what happened? How did such a powerful and expressive artistic medium come and go so quickly?
Photography is young. It’s barely 200 years old. Compare that to painting or music the origins of which are shrouded in the mists of pre-history. It’s also very technological in its origin and practice. Instead of being born out of humankind’s innate desire to express themselves, like a cave person scratching on the walls with a burnt stick, it began life as a science experiment.
The basic building blocks of photography have been known for centuries – chemicals that darken when exposed to light, the use of simple optics to project an image of a scene onto a flat surface, and even the concept of selectively etching areas of a metal plate with chemicals to print detailed images onto paper. Still for the longest time no one realized that they could put the chemicals on the paper and selectively expose them to light to produce a portable copy of a scene.
Finally in the early 1800s scientists, not artists, started to put two and two together and photography was born. Things just went nuts after that. The tools and techniques of oil painting have hardly changed over millennia, but the photography of today would be unrecognizable to anyone just a few generations ago.
The first rough camera image was created in 1826. It was produced in a laboratory on a metal plate using all sorts of nasty chemicals and had an exposure time of hours. Yet just 75 years later, in 1900, the Kodak company released the Brownie, an inexpensive hand-held camera that let the average consumer take snapshots of their friends and family. That’s what science and technology can do.
Before the end of the twentieth century the entire foundation of photography, the chemical process, was replaced by the release of the first digital cameras – and I mean replaced. When electric guitars came out people didn’t immediately throw away all their acousticals. When electronic keyboards came out people didn’t stop playing real pianos. How many people do you know that still use a film camera? Sure there are a few crazies out there, but to state it loosely, everybody uses digital now.
Not only does everyone use digital now, a very large proportion of the images produced every day don’t even come from a dedicated ‘camera’. They come from sensors built into mobile phones. People take photos without even thinking about it. It’s impossible to know how many images are produced per day, but estimates in the billions are not out of line. Almost every aspect of how photographs are created has changed.
Given its scientific origins, rapid technological advancement, and democratic availability to everyone, it’s no wonder that photography as an art form has a troubled past, a confusing present, and a hazy future.
Just as it took a long time for people to put together the building blocks of photography, it took decades from the time of its invention before it dawned on anyone that they could use a camera in an artistic way. After all it’s just a way to copy scenes exactly as they appear. It’s a historical reporter. It’s the poor man’s portrait painter. It’s scientifically objective not humanly subjective. One photo is the same as the next. Right? Well, not quite.
In the later part of the nineteenth century artists began to see that although all photography may seem the same, there are many different factors that can be adjusted to create unique images. Obviously one can choose the subject and how it’s framed, but they also found that they could manipulate their images during chemical processing. In fact they found that they could manipulate them so much that the results wouldn’t even be recognizable as photographs. Pictorialism was born.
Pictorialists believed that for a photograph to be considered ‘art’ the scene and the development process needed to mimic painting. Fantastical scenes were carefully staged in order to elevate the subject matter above everyday life. Soft focus became all the rage as a way to negate photography’s sharp depictions and make the images more painterly. Elaborate chemical processes were devised to alter the photos to achieve results that looked like drawings or lithographs.
These artists had the right idea. Photographs can indeed be unique. They can be artistic. They can be created by the photographer to be expressive rather than just representational. Unfortunately the pictorialists went too far. They took away everything that makes a photograph a photograph – clarity, sharpness, spontaneity, selectivity, discovery, insight – life. Photography was a unique modern form that reflected a new modernized society. It needed to find its own artistic voice.
…unless photography has its own possibilities of expression, separate from those of the other arts, it is merely a process, not an art. – Alfred Stieglitz
In the late 1920s and early 1930s the formation of Group f/64 by Ansel Adams and Willard Van Dyke on the west coast and the work of Alfred Stieglitz and Paul Strand in the east ushered in a new era in American photography. Instead of trying to hide the unique qualities of the photographic process, artists began to embrace them.
Group f/64 stated their case clearly at their 1932 exhibit.
Group f/64 limits its members and invitational names to those workers who are striving to define photography as an art form by simple and direct presentation through purely photographic methods. The Group will show no work at any time that does not conform to its standards of pure photography. Pure photography is defined as possessing no qualities of technique, composition or idea, derivative of any other art form. The production of the “Pictorialist,” on the other hand, indicates a devotion to principles of art which are directly related to painting and the graphic arts.
These artists found that a photograph could be a photograph and still be expressive. Elaborate staging and heavy handed manipulation gave way to clarity of vision and mastery of craft. They found that infinite variety and incredible power is available in this medium without the need to turn it into something it isn’t. The source of that power, as with all forms of lasting art, comes from the artist’s ability to combine the prosaic materials of their chosen medium with the ineffable qualities of heart, soul, and vision.
The qualities of the soul are subtle and nuanced. They’re unique to each artist and can’t be copied. They can’t be precisely described. They can’t be reduced to formulae. We know when they’re present and when they’re not. We might not be able to point to anything specific – we feel it. They resonate with us and transform the mundane into the sublime. It’s the same with great photography as it is with all other art forms.
There are thousands of people that can paint a night sky and then there is Van Gogh.
Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter’s soul. – Vincent Van Gogh
There are thousands of people that can proficiently play the Bach Cello Suites and then there is Pablo Casals.
The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper. – Pablo Casals
There are thousands of people that can take a properly exposed photograph of a mountain and then there is Ansel Adams.
A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed. – Ansel Adams
Because photography grew out of a laboratory and is so reliant on mechanical and electronic equipment it is incredibly difficult to figure out how to handle it in an artistic way. That’s why it took so long for anyone to realize that photographs could even be art at all and that’s why it was so easy to fall into the trap of turning it into something it’s not. The master photographers of the twentieth century made it their business to solve this conundrum. They looked at the technology, they looked at the world around them, they looked inside themselves, and they blended all three into great works of art.
At first glance a photograph can inform us. At second glance it can reach us. – Minor White
I did a wildly unscientific survey of friends and co-workers. First I asked them to name a famous photographer. Every one of them named someone from the middle of the twentieth century. Next I asked them to name a famous photographer that’s worked in the last 25 years or so – say from around 1995. Nothing. Zip. Zilch.
I spend a lot of time studying photography so I can come up with a dozen twentieth century photographers off the top of my head. I can also name a fair number from the nineteenth century. How many can I name since 1995? Only two: Jerry Uelsmann who does surreal composite images and Annie Leibovitz who does portraits of famous people. If I close my eyes I can recall several popular images, but I can’t put a name to the artist. They’re all one hit wonders and the images are famous due to media play not because they’re especially powerful.
Where did everybody go? Here we are chugging along happily – fantastic work is being produced, Ansel Adams is developing the zone system, Minor White is exploring the spiritual realms, Shomei Tomatsu is showing us how photography is like haiku and then suddenly it’s gone. All gone. Poof.
I’ve come up with four factors that taken together have effectively killed… um, I’m not sure what to call it. As we’ll see fine art photography has lost its meaning. Pure photography? Art photography? Just plain photography? I really don’t know, but anyway the four factors that have lead to my confusion are – technological commercialism, visual fatigue, the loss of meaningful language, and the conceptualization of art.
Technological Commercialism
In the 1950s there was only so much technology that a photographer could buy – mechanical cameras and lenses, enlargers, photo papers, etc. Major advancements in this type of equipment are few and far between. Darkroom work is exacting, tedious, and time consuming. While mastery of the equipment and processes is vital to producing a quality image, there are hard limits to what it can do. A photographer must be able to envision a powerful image at the time the shutter clicks. Most of the great photographers found a set of equipment and processes that fit their style and they stuck with it for years. With a familiar baseline under them they were free to concentrate on image making.
Once software and printers replaced darkrooms and cameras turned into hand-held computers, the churn of equipment began. I know people that use large format film cameras that are older than they are but nobody keeps a digital camera for 50 years. Software is on a continuous development cycle. Everything is obsolete when you take it out of the box. Of course that means that there is money to be made.
Gear companies don’t make money on artists’ souls. Photo mags and websites sell advertising surrounding articles about exotic destinations and the latest must have equipment not Zen meditation or cultivating a receptive state of mind. Image editing software isn’t hawked with claims of fewer features and simpler workflows. Cameras absolutely must have new bells and whistles with every iteration.
It’s the marketing department’s job to constantly sell photographers on new equipment so everywhere you look the message is that great photography is a formula. Carefully constructed slick presentations with eye popping colors reinforce the idea that if you have a certain camera or become a Photoshop expert or travel to a certain place then you too can be a ‘master of photography’ just like their team of ‘experts’.
This is the kind of stuff that messed me up when I was a beginning photographer. I wasted many many years trying to emulate the empty values and techniques that I saw in photo magazines. I was always frustrated. All that time I should have been concentrating on developing my personal style, learning how to capture the essence of my subjects, and honing my understanding of the craft.
Technology moves fast. We went from true masters of photography to tech kiddies in one generation. When technology rules a medium there is no heart and no human expression. Replacing Edward Weston with a Photoshop filter is like replacing a Pavoratti performance with some schmuck using Auto-Tune. It’s paint by numbers and everything looks the same.
Photographers gave up photography because they forgot that a true photograph is a creation of the human mind and heart, not a machine.
Visual Fatigue
Another consequence of the electronic revolution in photography is visual fatigue. Back when a person had to physically go to a gallery or museum or to at least open a book in order to see photographs, there was time to consider and to reflect. Photographers could strive for depth in their works because they knew that viewers would become immersed in their images. A powerful image could engage a viewer while in person and could stay with them long after they went home.
The digital revolution and rise of connectedness has changed all that. Now images come to us in a steady never ending stream. Unless you leave all your devices behind and travel to a wilderness area there is literally no escape from the deluge. On phones, on computers, on billboards, in shop windows, in print, in snail mail, on television – images fight for our attention. I can’t even go to a museum that’s showing a group of photographs without monitors on the walls running videos about the artist and downloadable apps offering to guide me through the exhibit. How can I concentrate on the works? And the images I see don’t stay with me when I leave the museum because I’m presented with a thousand new ones before I get home.
We are so tired of seeing images that we don’t even look at them anymore. Unless we can digest all the content immediately, it’s lost, because we’ve moved on to the next. Minor White never gets his ‘second glance’ – there’s no will and no time left for that. The surface is where it’s at now. Photographs don’t need craftsmanship. They don’t need to express our deepest feelings. They need to be colorful, obvious, and have a kitschy hook.
Photographers gave up photography because depth, expression, and excellence in execution are no longer valued.
The Loss of Meaningful Language
Hand in hand with the visual fatigue that comes with the immense number of photos taken each day is our loss of meaningful language to describe those photos. Let’s take the phrase ‘fine art’ for instance.
The original meaning of any ‘fine art’ medium including photography is the creation of works primarily for aesthetic reasons. A fine art photographer is supposed to be one that takes photos to create art. This is different than one that takes documentary photos for news publications or one that shoots cars for print ads or one that takes commercial portraits.
One would think that I could go to a search engine and type in ‘fine art photography blog’ and get a list of results about photographers that work in the vein of Stieglitz or Strand or Mapplethorpe. Nope. By the tenth item we are already into ‘fine art wedding photographers’ and by the fourth page that’s all we have left with over 32 million results to go. I’m sure these people are wonderful wedding photographers but to call themselves ‘fine art’ is disingenuous. Even some of those first ten result items are just links to ‘Our Top Ten Photo Blogs You Should be Reading’ which are mostly gear and travel photography sites that have stuck ‘fine art’ in their copy in order to hoodwink readers.
While searching for anyone out there that is still practicing whatever it is that those mid-century artists were doing, I’ve tried using multiple search engines, plus signs, minus signs, quotes, advanced searches, you name it. There must be photography blogs out there somewhere, but they can’t be found amid the gozillions of sites that misuse the words. Every possible term to describe some type of ‘art’ photography has been co-opted to the point that it no longer has any meaning. Without meaningful language to delineate different genres of photography, it becomes impossible to discriminate. It’s un-searchable and indecipherable.
Photographers gave up photography because no one knows what it is anymore.
The Conceptualization of Art
The Conceptual Art movement rose to prominence somewhere in the mid-1960s. At this time artists began to question the foundations of art itself much as Marcel Duchamp did with his famous urinal back in 1917. They decided that the idea or concept behind a work of art was the important part and the actual execution of the piece was, as Sol LeWitt says ‘a perfunctory affair’.
In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work. When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair.
LeWitt, ‘Paragraphs on Conceptual Art’, Artforum Vol.5, no. 10, Summer 1967, pp. 79-83
Artists no longer needed to be ‘good’ at traditional art forms. Painters don’t need to paint like Rembrandt anymore. They might not need to be able to paint at all. They can just be an idea generator whose paintings are only described with words or can be painted by a team of minions. Sculptors no longer need to sculpt – they can just use found objects that they place along a wall.
Conceptual Art is why the average person on the street thinks modern art is stupid and that their four year old could do just as well as the idiots getting paid millions of dollars for making crap. That’s exactly the point; your four year old could execute these works because the execution is perfunctory (that’s a fun word). If your four year old could conceive of the ideas, they could execute the works.
Some artists went so far as to say that the execution of a work wasn’t even needed and art could consist of just an idea. The idea could be so fantastical that it couldn’t be created even if someone wanted to or it could consist of plans that the art collector would purchase and then build for themselves.
The Tate museum says that conceptual art refers to art made from the mid-60s to the mid-70s. Although that might be the specific time period when the most pure conceptual art was made, I think the movement’s influence is still strong today certainly in photography.
Just at the time when photographic technology reaches the point that taking a photo can be completely automated, along comes an art movement that preaches that the performance of a piece is not important. Mastery of craft – forgetaboutit. Who needs the zone system? Who needs to understand histograms? Who cares about lighting? Fully expressing what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed – sorry Ansel not today.
All that’s needed is a concept and the actual photograph is a mere detail. All I need to do to be considered a photographer is to set the camera on auto and shoot out the window of my speeding car once every 2 seconds. All I need to do is travel around the country shooting cell phone towers. I can ace my college photography class by taking phone snaps of my friends and writing social commentary in the margins with a Sharpie.
This harks back to Stieglitz’s quote: “…unless photography has its own possibilities of expression, separate from those of the other arts, it is merely a process, not an art.” Photography no longer has its own possibilities of expression. It has become merely a process that conceptual artists use as a convenient way to memorialize their works.
I’m not saying conceptual photography is bad. I’m just saying that this is a big reason why photographs like O. Winston Link’s train photos aren’t done anymore. Link wanted to document the end of the romantic era of steam locomotives. To do it he developed many new techniques for night photography, spent hours setting up all the equipment and timing all the events necessary for each shot, and meticulously developed the prints. The result was a technically brilliant and poignant body of work expressing the romance of steam transportation, the sense of loss at its inevitable demise, and the societal change that accompanied it. In today’s world he would probably just go to a train bone yard, take some point and shoot photos of junked trains, and tape them up in airports when no one is looking.
Photographers gave up photography because it’s difficult and expressing oneself through the actual photograph is considered to be an old fashioned art form.
And so we come to the state of ‘photography’ today; we take billions of photos but never say anything. Why spend hours and hours preparing our minds and hearts, studying our subjects until their essence is reveled, and laboring over the minute details of a finished print? That’s all a sucker’s game. No one cares. No one has the time or the energy to care even if they wanted to. There are no words to describe it. There are no venues to display it.
I don’t even know what to call the kind of work that the past masters of photography created, but whatever it was, it’s dead and gone.
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What great analysis! This is a wonderful essay, Mark. It should be read by many, dammit!
I hope at least a little bit of your discouragement about the true art of photography is for dramatic effect. But I think I know just what you mean… we are overwhelmed by images, and beyond that by all the other many distractions and stresses of modern life. We’re all dealing with Attention Deficit Disorder and it makes art seem like a quaint idea.
Thanks fencer. I took me quite some time to pull the article together and even longer to actually figure out what in the world happened.
As you point out there was definitely some good work done in the pictorial era. I especially like Steichen’s work. And even Stieglitz started out as a pictorialist and created some fantastic images before moving away from it.
I really am convinced that we’ve seen the last of fine art (or whatever we can call it) photography. I spend a LOT of time searching for anyone doing this kind of work and I can’t find it anywhere. One would think that with the billions of people all over the world accessing the internet, there’d be a few people out there showing off this kind of work, but if it’s out there, I can’t find it.
I often think that if I ever won the lottery I’d open a museum or foundation dedicated to encouraging and providing a venue for artists working in traditional fine art. Sort of like my friend Manuel does in the area of documentary photography. http://mrofoundation.org/
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Halloween Man #10
Created and written by Drew Edwards
Edited by Russell Hillman
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WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDSDrawn by Luchito Inzunza, Colored by Harry Saxon
This 24-page story features a cameo from Chucky! Well, okay, he’s not actually referred to that by name, but it’s pretty clear whom he’s supposed to be. And that’s funny enough, but it’s just the beginning. Lucy and Solomon get word of some trouble in a neighboring town of Crawford, Texas. Lucy had a storage facility there, leaving some of her experimental equipment and it exploded, now the town’s gone quiet. So Lucy and Solomon hop into her flying saucer to get there, where they find the place overrun by…cannibal gnomes who look a little like George W. Bush.
Seriously.
And their leader is a Satyr, who also looks like George W. Bush. He’s from an alternate dimension and this is all part of some grand scheme to take over ours. Of course, Solomon and Lucy can’t let that happen…
This is another entertaining story. I love the way Drew Edwards throws out these wild and insane concepts but they’re all played straight, as if this is just another day in the life of Solomon and his companions. This is what makes Halloween Man a cut above your average “superhero” (or horror) comic-book. New artist Luchito Inzunza takes over with this story and does a very fine job.
This story is graded A
As a bonus, this issue includes an 18-page story written and drawn by Sergio Calvet, the former regular artist for Halloween Man, of his own original creator-owned title SKYJACK AND THE FORTY THIEVES, which is also pretty good.
Also included in this 52-page issue, is pin-up by Sergio Calvert of the main Halloween Man cast, and three horror movies reviews written by Drew Edwards. At $1.99, this title is always a good deal, which I highly recommend.
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Celebrity Big Brother Georgia Salpa’s sex attack terror
Celebrity Big Brother bosses have reportedly hired security to give glamour model Georgia Salpa 24/7 protection when she leaves, as she received sex attack threats just before entering the house.
The model has been telling her Celebrity Big Brother housemates how nervous she is about possibly leaving in tonight's eviction, and now we know it's more than just a booing crowd she's worried about.
Just hours before she entered the CBB house, Georgia was bombarded with threatening texts, including: "I'll be waiting for you when you get off the show. See you in Ireland" and: "One way or the other you will be sleeping with me. I've been watching you for a long time."
Georgia Salpa is nominated to be evicted from Celebrity Big Brother on Wednesday / Rex
A source told the Mirror: "She was really freaked out by the messages but whenever she rang back nobody answered.
"It seems they have bought a sim card and are untraceable. She tried to put it behind her because she literally had a couple of hours to go before she was going live on the show.
"But Big Brother bosses aren't taking any chances and will be helping to keep an eye on her when she comes out. Poor Georgia has had the whole sick episode playing on her mind the whole time she's been in the house. It must have been tough on her."
The 26-year-old didn't want to talk about the texts on the show because she didn't want housemates and viewers to think she was looking for sympathy votes.
Georgia is up against Pineapple Dance Studio's Andrew Stone in tonight's live eviction, and the model is the bookies' favourite to go even though the 39-year-old dancer has annoyed viewers with his diva ways.
In contrast, Georgia has been very quiet, and her friend thinks it's because of her ordeal: "Georgia has been distracted on the show by those horrible threats before she went in. But if she can survive the eviction vote then she could go on and show the public her true personality."
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Begin Again
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The Story: A jilted singer-songwriter and a washed-up record producer team up to produce an album on their own. The Lowdown: Amostly pleasant but deeply flawed little film that gets by on its stars and a sense of generosity.
I have gone around and around with John Carney’s Begin Again — both while watching it and while trying to come to terms with it. For a while I thought it was kind of charming but annoying. Then I thought it was kind of clever but annoying. Then I thought it was annoying but pleasant. And so on. If I go back over it, it shakes out the same — charming, clever, pleasant and annoying. It is very much trying too hard to be a bigger, slicker, more expensive Once (2007) — the film on which writer-director Carney’s reputation hangs (at least internationally). Begin Again does look better, but some freshness gets lost in this elaboration, and an extra 20 minutes don’t help matters. That the barely sketched-in and largely inarticulate characters from Once have been replaced by better sketched-in, well-spoken ones played by actual movie stars, Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo, should be a plus. But mostly it’s a wash. For everything it brings to the proceedings, it takes something else away. That pretty much describes the whole movie.
Knightley plays Greta, a songwriter (and sometime singer), whose boyfriend, Dave (Adam Levine), has let his music biz success go to his head, leaving her lost and mostly alone in New York. But her old friend, Steve (Brit TV actor James Corden), takes her in, and on the night before Greta is slated to fly back to the U.K., Steve forces her onstage at the bar where he’s playing. Much against her will — and hardly to the audience’s delight — she performs a song that catches the attention of washed-up, generally drunken record producer Dan (Ruffalo). He has a vision of what the song — if properly produced — could be. All this is fine — if on the clichéd side — and it’s presented in a clever, almost literary, fashion with the film backtracking to show how both Greta and Dan ended up at this fateful encounter. Almost as good — though veering dangerously toward the cute — is the way Dan envisions her song and singing. I’m willing to let the cutesiness slide, though, because it mostly works.
It’s tempting to say that it’s after this that the film run into trouble, and while that’s not entirely wrong, it doesn’t take into account earlier signs of trouble. First of all, the whole relationship between Greta and burgeoning pop star Dave is a nonstarter. The writing is part of the problem, but the bigger problem is Adam Levine. He has no problem pulling off being a 24-karat douche, but he’s unconvincing in every other capacity. Second, the portrait of Dan as neglectful dad and crashing record producer is a grab bag of groan-worthy clichés. It’s all painted in the broadest strokes imaginable, and the upshot of his former partner (Mos Def, who has become Yasiin Bey for some mysterious reason) firing him is an obvious conclusion. As good as Ruffalo is, the scene is embarrassing.
But the bigger problems do indeed surface with the film’s major plot — Greta and Dan’s attempts at recording an album of songs using New York City as their sound studio. Even side-stepping — and I’m willing to do this — the improbability of doing this and the even greater improbability of the studio-quality results, Carney’s big theme about the redemptive and regenerative effect of music isn’t as persuasive as it might be. I’m on his side with this theme. I believe in the basics of it, but something about it doesn’t ring true, and all of it is a little too easy. It may have something to do with the fact that the songs are all pretty pleasant, but I came away unable to remember a single one. There are nice moments, yes. I liked the seemingly uptight violinist accepting a percentage of the profits deal “as long as it’s not fucking Vivaldi.” The scene where Greta and Dan listen to each other’s playlists is charming — even if it owes much to the one in Once where Marketa Irglova listens to the song she wrote the lyrics for on a Discman. At the same time, it somewhat undermines itself when the dialogue goes off on a tangent about how the music provides a soundtrack to the city. The idea is fine, but the accompanying visuals are neither related to, nor enhanced by the music. The images and the music never meet and neither one benefits from the other’s presence. Still, there’s an overall sense of freedom to the scenes, but there are also horribly contrived moments — like when Dan’s daughter (Hailee Steinfeld) turns guitar virtuoso and Cee Lo Green’s rapper-ex-machina bit. And then there’s Greta’s song ruined by Dave’s “sell out” version that feels snatched from Music and Lyrics (2007).
It’s just so much a mish-mash of good and bad — or pleasant and annoying — that it’s impossible to quite embrace. At the same time, it’s impossible to actually dislike. Carney gives the film a likably rough-edged tone and at least avoids two looming cliché pitfalls that would have been disastrous. But a lot of what keeps the film afloat are Knightley and Ruffalo. Without them, Begin Again would be unthinkable. Rated R for language.
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The whole disaffected teen persona does not suit Miss Steinfeld (she played a similar version earlier this year in 3 Days to Kill)…nor, so far, does any non-Coen role. Perhaps a return to the frontier in Tommy Lee Jones’ The Homesman will do her some good.
By the way, I ammended this review to include a bit I cut for space. It’s about the playlist scene — “At the same time, it somewhat undermines itself when the dialogue goes off on a tangent about how the music provides a soundtrack to the city. The idea is fine, but the accompanying visuals are neither related to, nor enhanced by the music. The images and the music never meet and neither one benefits from the other’s presence.”
I guess an Oscar nomination gets you a certain number of films, regardless of the quality.
In my review, I cut a comment on the “ghost band” scene, which would have said that it’s “fun, even if the effects are right out of The Invisible Man (1933) and give off somewhat of a creepy Chuck E. Cheese animatronic band vibe.”
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String Argument and Return Values From DLL
This is a discussion on String Argument and Return Values From DLL within the Windows Programming forums, part of the Platform Specific Boards category; I'm new to C programming and have a very simple task to do. A scripting language in another application needs ...
String Argument and Return Values From DLL
I'm new to C programming and have a very simple task to do. A scripting language in another application needs to convert Unicode strings to ASCII strings using the Windows API functions WideCharToMultiByte and MultiByteToWideChar. Unfortunately it doesn't support output values in function arguments like these functions use. So, I need to write a DLL to wrap those two functions and return the result string.
The other problem is that the scripting language cuts strings off at the first null character when passing them to a DLL, but unicode strings may have a null every other byte. I was thinking of converting the character codes to a hex string to avoid having nulls when passing the value, then do the opposite conversion to get the original string back. For example: "sampleŘ" would become "73616D706C6500".
Here's my test code. I couldn't find a simple example of the hex conversion so I didn't include it. I think the data type declarations/casts just need tweaked to allocate memory correctly. I just can't find the right combination. It also doesn't seem to like me declaring a variable in the middle of the function, although I copied that from some sample code on a web page.
I know I can successfully pass a CHAR* from the scripting language to the DLL and return it again successfully. However, I'm not sure if I can use a CHAR* data type for the input and output arguments of WideCharToMultiByte and MultiByteToWideChar. I've tried several different data types and either it won't compile or it crashes the calling application or the calling app just gets garbage return values.
I tried compiling this in TCC (Tiny C Compiler) or MS Visual C++ 6.0. I also have .Net compiler. I don't care which I use as long as it doesn't introduce additional dependencies for the DLL.
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Brendan Delany
Brendan was born in Neptune, New Jersey, and grew up in the Jersey Shore area. Brendan graduated from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. He moved to Erie, Pennsylvania and lived there for about a year before moving to Minneapolis, Minnesota to attend law school. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2017.
At law school, Brendan was a staff writer and note and comment editor for the Minnesota Journal of International Law. During his time with the journal, Brendan wrote an article on the Russian military intervention in Syria which was published in Volume 26, Issue 2 of that journal. He completed a study abroad program during his 3L year at Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden. During his final two years at law school Brendan was hired as a legal research assistant at the University of Minnesota’s Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice. Through his work at the Robina Institute, Brendan assisted his colleagues and supervisors with building state by state profiles of parole and post-conviction supervision systems. Brendan was listed as a contributing author on multiple published academic articles by the Robina Institute.
After graduating law school, Brendan worked for the Wisconsin State Public Defender as an Assistant State Public Defender in Baraboo, Wisconsin from October 2017 until January 2020. Brendan’s practice has focused heavily on criminal defense.
In his spare time Brendan enjoys traveling and exploring Wisconsin’s state parks, towns, and cities with his wife. He also enjoys cooking, socializing reading, playing video games, and rooting for the New York Jets.
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Moon Pong – Ping.Ping is planned to become the largest interactive game that was ever created, with the largest natural outreach delivered and accepted trails (ie. the transmitted, received and recorded radio signal) based on EME (Earth-Moon-Earth) communications. Initiated by artists Brane Zorman and Hakan Lidbo Moon Pong – Ping.Ping is set to cross international and space borders by-passing physical limits and creating an enormously vast playground field where EME radio amateur community plays a crucial role in projects realization.
For more deatiled information about the Moon Pong – Ping.Ping project please go to moonpong.space
During extensive testing and code (node.js) development by slovenian programmers Slavko Glamočanin and Gregor Žigon have finally installed and successfully launched the custom application that can track various location activities (EME members at their hash locations) and simultaneously calculate the distance and time response according to virtual time 0 to avoid wrong results and point after players press “received” button. The code was originally made by swedish programmer who is partner in team with Hakan Lidbo, but was completely rewritten as for this first initial test phase we needed an application with specific features.
On december 30, 2016 in the early afternoon we have launched a Moon Pong – Ping.Ping test game with 7 players on different locations. After some expected technical issues and solved login problems we started game at 1.25 CET+1, The test run for about 10 minutes with no difficulties whatsoever but then we had to stop and cancel further gaming and testing because of players other schedules. The whole project process was commented live and video of screen activities was recorded to be glued together with almost no editing. The video was broadcasted to a broader audience live on CONA YouTube channel same day at 22.00 (GMT+1).
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Für Elise - Basic Membership
Introduction
Für Elise by Ludwig Van Beethoven is probably the most recognisable piano piece in the world. There wouldn't be many piano players that haven't tried to play this at least once. The two tutorials here will help you to learn this piece from the beginning all the way to the end.
It isn't an easy piece so I recommend playing it slower than it would be played on piano.
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Servants of Each Other
orrologion says it’s time to open the windows of our Orthodox house and let in some fresh air:
I for one am glad that these sorts of conversations are being had. They reveal us. Our creation myths can be challenged. Our skewed views of ourselves can be corrected. Greeks can hear how they are perceived; Russians and Americans and Arabs likewise. We’re all used to the smell of our own stink; we forgive our own pet sins, but not others’. We can see how our actions (and lack of actions) hurt others, and we can change (hopefully). We can compare and contrast our strengths and weaknesses, our love, our piety, our good works, patience, kindness. We can learn from each other and grow. We can live rather than simply preserve and grasp. We can see how Orthodoxy is not only what I grew up with, what ‘my’ spiritual father told, what Prof./Fr../Geronda/Vladyka said it was – we can see Orthodoxy is bigger than my family, my clan, my tribe, my culture, my opinions, my theological clique. Our laxity, our excuses, etc. can be revealed, and our shame can change us, we can be corrected. We are all in desperate need of having the windows opened to air out the house; and converts need their new homes to be lived in, to be used and filled, to become home.
Let us all welcome the opportunity to become the servants of each other. Let us compete to serve and sacrifice more than each other. When all sides do this, then will they way be clear to us all – God’s way and not our own. Let the OCA lay down her claims of autocephaly and sole jurisdiction, let the EP lay down its demands of obedience to primacy, let us all place Christ and His Church, the Orthodox faith, ahead of all things including language, culture and our pet ecclesiologies and theologies and forms.
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A few past comments may also be relevant to my thoughts in this blog post:
Orrologion:
I agree that the comments here and elsewhere – my own included – often betray anger and bitterness that can cross the line into disrespect. For that I – and all – should be sorry.
At the same time, I think many ethnic Orthodox communities do not understand how ‘outsiders’, xenoi, ‘Americans’ and other ethnic Orthodox feel in these communities. We do often feel excluded, looked down upon, disregarded; it is often the case that a convert asks whether the line they have been fed about this being the True Church outside of which there is no salvation is true. It often seems as if an ethnic parish really is by and for that ethnic group alone – others are welcome to join in, but with the understanding that you are guests in a church that is by and for a specific people and to specific cultural (and religious, insofar as they overlap) ends. There is also just the simply cultural fact, right or wrong, in America that if people that can speak English choose to speak another language when everyone present does not speak it, that is seen as rude – especially if one’s organization claims a universal mandate and commission. I think many cradle Orthodox in other local churches do not trust that the Phanar works in Orthodoxy’s best interest but in its own, and that it does not respect other Orthodox languages and cultures and their witness (i.e., the Greeks, their language, faith and practice are the standard of Orthodoxy).
I note these things not to take a swipe but to share what many feel when they attend ethnic parishes (there are particularities in each ethnicity, and these differ parish to parish across North America). Greater interaction at the parish level needs to happen for these misunderstandings and miscues based on differing cultural mores and norms – not Orthodoxy – to be addressed and resolved. It’s like marrying into your spouse’s family – they are different, better in some ways, worse in others, always strange, but a way of being family comes about. This is difficult to do when each group walls itself off from others through language and by not deigning to allow other Orthodox practices ‘because this is a _______ parish’ rather than a parish for all Orthodox Christians.
(Personally, I think Sunday morning Liturgy and Great Feast should be primarily, but not solely, in English because this is the one common tongue for all Orthodox and all non-Orthodox in America. All languages in the parish and the language of its founders should be sprinkled throughout – primarily in those portions of the services that are highly repetitive like the litanies and exclamations. Extra services like Vespers, Matins, memorials, sacraments, etc. can be in various foreign languages, as needed pastorally. Sunday Liturgy should be about our unity of faith; serving in a language most Orthodox and non-Orthodox don’t know only serves to divide – and let’s be honest, most immigrants don’t understand Church Slavonic or the Greek of the services very well, if at all – even if they should and classes should be available to teach it. The Fathers wrote the services in a ‘high’ form of languages that were understood; they did so because what they had to say was important, because it taught the faith, out of obedience to the command to “pray with understanding” – they didn’t write for ambiance, for heritage, or as a vehicle for language immersion.)
I wonder if the various ethnic jurisdictions and parishes are interested in serving everyone? I wonder if they believe the Orthodox Church is The Church outside of which there is no salvation? I wonder if they care about whether my American mongrel of a son is saved? I wonder if they care to know what the services and prayers of the Church say and demand? Actions speak louder than words. I do not share these thoughts or questions to attack or demean, but to share the honest questions and impressions some/many people have. I hope we can address these questions, perceptions, misperceptions. I want us all to be united in faith. I don’t want to feel excluded. I don’t want my non-Orthodox wife, and family and friends to think the Orthodox Church is only for Greeks, Russians, Romanians, etc. or those in love with those culture (e.g., Hellenophiles, Russophiles) – I don’t want to feel like I should agree with them.
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Scott:
…out of curiosity, what is the difference you have in mind? It seems to me that the EP’s claim to the jurisdiction over all the areas not given to other Churches is based on Canon 28. To me, that’s the crux of the issue.
Why would Fr. Elpidophoros assert that the only canonical authority here in America is the EP? Why would he claim that the OCA is not autocephalous even though their Mother Church has granted them this status? Why would the EP interfere in the territories of other Patriarchates?
I don’t see this as a small issue. It has the potential to become as big as the differences with Rome at the end of the first millenium.
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Orrologion:
Scott,
I didn’t say they were small things, just different things.
When folks at the EP hear of people wanting an autocephalous or autonomous church, or that refuse to even consider being under the omophorion of the EP they are hurt by what they feel as derision of this venerable Church. ‘Why do you want to break from us? Why don’t you want to help us?’ is what is often heard.
Orthodox in America need to remember that we are all under a bishop and Synod, and that for much of Orthodox history the various Patriarchates were multicultural and transnational. It is only recently that monocultural local churches have become more standard. There is no canonical guarantee that each people or nation have their own local church. I fear that is something born of both the break-up of the Ottoman Empire and a Wilsonian political view of the self-determination of peoples. That is, it is not a purely Orthodox position.
At the same time, the EP needs to understand that its modern understanding of Canon 28 has engendered and is engendering a great deal of ill will and animosity against it. It is also undermining its credibility as a reliable touchstone of unbiased, objective Orthodoxy. It comes off as trading on its past glories and unquestioned Orthodoxy for the sake of its own private concerns. It makes Orthodox around the world not want to help if all they are doing is propping up a would-be tyrant who will – as an institution, not a person – do anything to survive. Such has been question in the minds of Slavs since the Council of Florence; the Ottoman years did nothing to allay that suspicion given the corruption that went on between the various Phanariote parties as they jockeyed to get their candidates named Patriarch (at great expense).
The Slavs fared little better than the Phanariotes under the Ottomans in the ‘purity’ of their hierarchs actions under the Soviet Union and its puppet states. That being true, it isn’t right and neither side should claim innocence.
Also, the EP does need our help. We should be willing to help. We should not be afraid of becoming part of its territory, especially if that would help in its bid for survival. We should also be giving to it and other local churches in the same way the Apostle Paul gathered alms from his converts to bring back to Jerusalem.
What needs to be gotten past is the idea that the Church is primarily concerned with only certain peoples and cultures, and that liturgical immersion in another language can somehow teach a language (not) or preserve a culture in a secular, multicultural Western world. (The situation under the Ottomans was different in that the Turks invaded and took over formerly Greek territory; they were preserving their indigenous culture. That is not the situation in the West where they are minority immigrants that are not segregated into special quarters.)
What needs to be realized by the hierarchs and clergy is that each and every parish needs to be focused on meeting the needs of each and every Orthodox Christian in the region (regardless of culture or language; English will come to dominate because it will be the one common language shared by all the Orthodox here – French in Quebec, perhaps, Spanish in Mexico). Each and every parish also needs to focus as much on all the Orthodox and non-Orthodox that do not attend, do not vote, do not give as they do on the favorites, the rich and the voting. Right now each parish and jurisdiction tends to focus on who it thinks is ‘their people’ – Greek, Russian, American, Evangelical, Catholic, Byzatine Catholic, counter-culture, Arab, educated, etc. The Church has to be for all people, first, and then pastorally to the specific needs of particular communities (not constituencies).
Because Americans – of whatever ethnic background, convert and cradle – do not see this being done in the GOA, they have little trust that the EP and his Metropolitans here will do this in the future. Once the GOA starts acting like the Orthodox Church, first, and not the Orthodox Church for Greeks and Greek-Americans in preservation of Greek culture then the EP will see a lot of the angst surrounding him evaporate. (And, after he stops the shenanigans regarding Canon 28 which just makes him look dishonest and legalistically untrustworthy).
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John Sheldon was a pioneering manufacturer and innovator during the early years of the explosive growth in industrial capacity in the city of Birmingham. Innovators such as Sheldon were the catalyst for the rapid expansion of what was soon to become…
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Air Units
AIR UNITS
Air units are at the top of the tech tree and are typically very powerful in large numbers. "Massing air" is a common tactic, and a very dangerous one if you are caught unprepared. Through aggressive scouting and proper unit production (ground units with anti air capabilities, or even a fleet of your own), you should be able to achieve air superiority over your opponent. Also, be aware that some players hide their air unit production buildings in remote locations of the map; be very thorough in your scouting or you won't see them coming.
Air vs. Air Units
Capital Ships
These massive units are capable of withstanding gargantuan amounts of punishment, nigh unstoppable when upgraded and in large numbers. Perfect to break through base defenses, or to add another layer of firepower to your armies.
Bombing Surprises
Each race has an air unit that is capable of destroying structures quickly, or harassing the enemy. Race up the tech tree and try to surprise the enemy before they deploy any anti air defenses. To counter this, make sure you scout properly and build a few anti air defenses.
Stay on high ground
Different units have different attack range values. When fighting ground units, where applicable, use the range advantage and move over to high ground where the ground units can't reach, then bomb them from a distance. This works best with certain air units, like banshees, brood lords, or void rays.
Brood lords hide from hydralisks by using high ground to their advantage.[1]
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Arsene Wenger's brilliant record against Tottenham revealed by statistics
It’s derby day in north London with Arsenal and Tottenham fans giddy with excitement.
After all, while the heated fixture has never been void of importance, this year’s installment could be integral in the title race. Besides, recent seasons have seen Spurs reaching lofty positions they hadn’t previously ascertained for decades.
Nevertheless, despite Tottenham’s recent successes, Arsene Wenger maintains an impeccable record against his side’s bitterest rivals. In terms of the north London derby, Gooners shouldn’t be so harsh on their boss.
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Dominance
When it comes to facing Arsenal, Spurs fans have it pretty rough.
The last time they finished higher in the league than their rivals in red came over 20 years ago. This was particularly and painfully apparent last season when Tottenham famously ‘came third in a two horse race’.
This Arsenal dominance has coincided with Wenger’s tenure at the club and the Frenchman’s record is rather impressive.
Thanks to the research of Goal.com, it has been revealed that the 67-year-old has lost just seven times to his neighbours in 48 games. In addition, the last time Spurs won at the Emirates came in 2010 when Marouane Chamakh and Rafael van der Vaart were on the scoresheet.
The early years of the noughties proved particularly dire for Tottenham. This is no better demonstrated by the fact that Thierry Henry never lost a north London derby and plied his trade in England for eight years.
Nevertheless, four of those seven Tottenham victories have come in the last five years. It serves to exemplify just how far the White Hart Lane based side have come along, despite their continued derby frustrations.
Mauricio Pochettino is yet to lose against Arsenal in the league though. Wenger has beaten 10 permanent Spurs managers during his reign, but his current opposite number isn’t one.
That being said, Pochettino has tasted defeat to the Gunners in the League Cup, virtue of a Mathieu Flamini brace.
Emirates showdown
However, that’s history and there is no reason why Tottenham can’t rack up an eighth win against Wenger at the Emirates this afternoon.
Their form coming into the clash doesn’t bode well though. If Pochettino’s men are to draw level with Arsenal in the table with a win, they’ll need to end a run of six games without a victory.
Consequently, the formbook certainly leans in favour of the Gunners who have lost just one game in seven months.
However the game plays out though, it has all the makings of a classic.
Who do you think will win the north London derby this afternoon? Have YOUR say in the comment box below
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Dragon Ball Super spoilers that have been circulating the net listed the characters, who will allegedly be the focal points for episode 51 onwards.
Japanese TV guides have leaked titles for Dragon Ball Super episode 51, 52 and 53, leading to conclusions that the next airings will focus on the characters of Future Trunks, Future Mai, Gohan and Black Goku.
The 51th episode of Dragon Ball Super will be entitled ?Feelings That Transcend Time: Trunks and Mai.? It is scheduled to air on July 10th, with its preview showing how Future Trunks will reveal everything about Mai after they fought Black Goku together in the future timeline.
Fans of the hit Japanese animated series also got even more excited with the release of Dragon Ball Super spoilers for the show?s 52nd episode. With its air date slated for July 17, the story will supposedly reveal an incident that will take place after ?Cell Saga.?
There are also rumors that the episode will feature Future Trunks motivating Gohan to become a fighter again, and that he could possibly save the Earth from a powerful nemesis the second time around.
There are also fan theories about Future Trunks and Gohan fusing, since the latter is the only Saiyan who has no fusion partner.
Even though it will take place weeks from now, many are also looking forward to Dragon Ball Super episode 53. Aleak has shown that it will be entitled ?Black?s Identity Revealed,? which could mean that viewers would finally know the mystery behind the show?s infamous new villain.?The episode will supposedly take place on their journey to the Kaioshin realm of Universe 10.
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Scheduled to air a month from now is Dragon Ball Super episode 54, titled ?Inheritors of Saiyan Blood: Trunks’ Resolve.? Some speculate that its story will revolve around the new generation of Saiyans, while others think it will focus on the story of Black Goku. The said villain has been making noise since his character was introduced last month, and Dragon Ball Super spoilers have already revealed who could possibly kill the powerful character.
Which of the 3-episode Dragon Ball Super spoilers are you most excited about? Let us know in the comments below!
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28 Dec 2011
Hello everyone and welcome back to the Paper Shelter Challenges. A big thank you to our players from last challenge. There were some lovely entries this week too, just like every other week.
We have a luck winner and that is Linda Simpson. A very lovely looking card! Thank you for playing with us. Just click the email elf to the left and he take you to the Paper Shelter to sort out your prize. You have won three digis of you choise. You have a lot of hard work to do as there is so many cuties around. Congrats from all of us!
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Timestamp: 2011-12-27 22:05:08 UTC
Ok, back to the new challenge right away. This week we have set the theme of Tie a bow. So somewhere on your card or other creation we would like to see a tied bow. How simple is that? I want to see tons and tons of entries this week. I need to get some inspiration for coming challenges. LoL
What you can win? Ahh, as usually we have the smashing $20 voucher up for grabs if you use a TPS image on your creation. We really would love to see more of using them so we can give away our vouchers. If you use another brand of image the prize will be three digis of your choice. That's nice too, even if you get so many more images for the $20 voucher. :)
My gals has been doing a lovely job with some smashing cards to inspire you all once again. Please drop by and give them some love. They do such a wonderful job to inspire you all.
And now only one thing left to say; have a wonderful new crafting year 2012! We hope that you'll keep coming back and play with us! We love it when you do!
Good Morning Everyone, I promised to let you have the list of all the blog comment winners today, now some of you have been lucky enough to win two images so Im sure that you will be thrilled about that. To claim your prize if you click on the email elf on the left hand sidebar it will give you the email address of the Store and if you like to contact the store directly they will sort out your prize or prizes for you.
Well done and congratulations I sincerely hope that you enjoyed the hop.
And while Im here I want to wish you all a Very Happy Christmas from both Teams.
With hugs Shirley and Marie co DT Leaders.
21 Dec 2011
Good Morning Everyone, I do so hope that you enjoyed our "Celebration" Blog Hop, it certainly was an outstanding success and we also had 68 entries taking part in the Challenge. But firstly I suspect you would like to know who won the Blog Hop Comment here and the Winner is:-
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Well done Toni you have won onedigi of your own choice, so if you would like to
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And for the rest of the winners of the Blog Hop I shall be making a separate post for this tomorrow once I get them altogether, and now for the winner of the "Celebration" Challenge:-
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Well done Gloriaand congratulations you have won Five digi's of your own choice, so if you would like to click on the email elf on the left handside you will be able to contact the store directly to claim your prize
And now after all the excitement of the winners we will now get back to this weeks Challenge and for this we want to see "Lace" on your card, and as always our very generous sponsers are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter.
And they are offering you the chance to win a $20. Gift Certificate to spend on their website, but as always there is a catch you need to use one of their products on your card, but even if you havent they are still going to give you 3 digi images of your own choice, who could ask for more. You really need to go and visit their website The Paper Shelter to see what stunning and beautiful images, papers and accessories they have to offer, and believe me when I say they are outstanding good value.
Before I show you what beautiful cards my very talented Design Team have for you, I have some very sad news one of my team "Gina" has decided to leave us as shes not always in good health, so we can certainly understand why as she really needs time to recover, but we are going to sorely miss her stunning cards and projects, so Thank You Gina and good luck for your future. And now here they are:-
Now that youve seen what stunning work my girls have done I do hope it will inspire you to take part in this "The Lace Look" Challenge.
And if you would like to come back tomorrow I will be posting the list of all the other individual winners on each of the Design Team Blogs.
7 Dec 2011
Good Morning Everyone, it's a year since Veronica and Pedro launched The Paper Shelter Website and to celebrate their first Birthday they have generously offered to sponser not only the Challenge which is themed "Its a Celebration" (which will last for two weeks for just this once) but also a "Blog Hop" in which both Design Teams have come together to take part in it. The main prize for this Challenge is going to be a Whopping $30 to spend on their website, but as always there is the usual rule, you need to use one of their products on your card to be eligible to win the main prize, but even if you haven't, they are still going to offer you 5 images of your own choice, two more than the usual.
And if that wasn't enough all along the Blog Hop there is a chance of winning one of their images by leaving a comment on each of your stops, then one of them from each stop will be picked at random on the 21st December, after the Challenge has finished. That's 16 chances of winning a prize and then when you've finished, you should come back here again to leave just one more comment on how you've enjoyed the hop to win one further image, so that makes 17 images on offer for just commenting on what you've seen.
But before I go any further I'm sure that you will want to know who won last week's "Anything Goes" Challenge and here is the winner:-
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Timestamp: 2011-12-06 20:01:10 UTC
Well done and congratulations Carol to receive your prize of 3 images, can you please click on the email elf on the sidebar to contact The Paper Shelter to claim your prize.
And now back to the Blog Hop, here is the list of all the blogs that you will need to visit not only to see what our very talented Design Teams have created for your pleasure and inspiration but also to stand a chance of winning one of those images. And lastly I do hope you will also make our very new Design Team member Paola very welcome.
And now to get your started here's the first blog that you need to visit Shirley's. I want to wish you all good luck with the draw's and I do hope that you enjoy yourself on the journey, we will see you back here when you've finished and do remember to leave a comment at every stage, so of you go now HOP, HOP, HOP.
If you would like just to take part in just the Challenge that will be perfectly OK.
And don't forget to take part in the "Its a Celebration" Challenge to stand a chance of being picked by random org. for that fabulous $30. main prize.
1 Dec 2011
Good Morning Everyone, weve been promising to make an announcement of a really Special Event thats taking place here next week on Wednesday the 7th December well here it is, Veronica and Pedro launched The Paper Shelter Website a year ago on this date, and as its been such a fabulous success they wanted to "Celebrate" their 1st Birthday in Style, and so to do this both Design Teams have come together to hold a "Blog Hop" but not just any old Hop, one with lots of fabulous prizes. They are offering you a chance to win one of 16 individual images by leaving comments on each stage of the hop and the best one will be chosen by that team member. The hop will start and end here at the Challenge Blog, but it doesnt finish there, if you leave just one more comment on how you enjoyed the hop you will stand a further chance to win one more here as well, so that makes 17 chances in all.
And if that wasn't enough, the Main Challenge itself, for just this once is to last two weeks and the winner when chosen by random number stands a chance of winning, (providing they've used one of The Paper Shelter products), a whopping $30 gift certificate to spend in their webshop, and even if they haven't used one of them, the prize has been increased to 5 digi stamps of their own choice. Dont you agree thats some awesome prizes?
My personal feelings are that I think to stand a better chance of winning that fabulous main prize, it might be a good idea to visit The Paper Shelter Websiteto see what stunning Images, Papers and Accessories they have to offer as they really are such very good value, and to treat yourself to a few as it would an excellent idea for this "Celebration" Challenge.
Before I sign of I want to thank not only Veronica and Pedro for their generosity in sponsering this Blog Hop and Challenge but also the Design Teams for all their hard work in making this a fabulous success. Dont forget to come back on the 7th for hopefully a very enjoyable Blog Hop and Challenge.
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The St. Olaf men’s and women’s track and field teams hosted the Ole Qualifier at Tostrud Center on Feb. 22. Individuals from around the conference competed for entry into the MIAC indoor track and field championships, which take place Feb. 28-March 2 at Tostrud Center.
The meet was the Oles’ first home meet since Jan. 25 and second of the indoor season.
“Running at home is awesome,” said Moriah Novacinski ’14, women’s team captain. “It is so nice to run on a track we are comfortable on and get to practice on every day. Plus to have Ole fans cheering for us makes everyone perform better than ever.”
Several Oles performed commendably, placing in their individual events. Reggie Woods ’13 sprinted the 60-meter dash in 6.97 seconds, earning first place by a margin of 0.18 seconds. Aaron Dunphy ’15 finished second in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.71 seconds. Ole men also dominated longer distances: Snatching places first through fourth in the mile run were Tim Lillehaugen ’13 4:20.53, Paul Escher ’16 4:21.72, Calvin Lehn ’16 4:22.48 and John Christian ’14 4:22.79. In the field, shot-putter Ethan Lunning ’16 threw 15.43 meters, earning second place.
On the women’s side, Sophie Pietrick ’13 finished first in the 3,000 meter run with a time of 10:39.68. Meanwhile, Emily Stets ’15, Shaina Rud ’14, Dani Larson ’15 and Novacinski raced to a 4:06.33, second-place finish in the 4×400-meter relay.
“Placing second in the 4×400-meter relay really lit a fire under us,” Rud said. “It definitely lets us know where we stand against other MIAC teams before Conference next weekend. Moving forward, that race will motivate us to cut even more time.”
Several Oles will compete at the MIAC indoor championships. Athletes’ performances at this meet will determine admittance to the NCAA D-III indoor championships, which take place in Naperville, Ill. on March 8-9.
“I think we proved we are ready,” Novacinski said. “We have been competing well, and if everyone performs, we will be great. I can’t wait to see how we do.”
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The Giants do not announce financial terms of their contracts, but the deal with Affeldt is reported to be worth $18 million total, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports.
While Affeldt has been an outstanding set-up man for the Giants, his age, recent injury history, past struggles with right-handed hitters, control problems and declining velocity make this contract an overpay.
If Affeldt was offered a contract similar to League's by another team, the Giants could have decided to let him walk away knowing that left-handed relievers Jose Mijares, Dan Runzler and Javier Lopez are all under contract for next season. They could have then allocated the money for Affeldt to improve other areas of the roster.
Affeldt has had a solid four-year run as a set-up man for the Giants. He's delivered a combined 2.73 ERA in that span, with an ERA under 3.00 in three of those four seasons.
His best season with the team was arguably last year when he put up a 2.70 ERA, 21.4 percent strikeout rate, 8.6 percent walk rate, 59.9 percent ground-ball rate and allowed just one home run in 63 innings. He also threw 10.1 innings of shutout ball in the postseason.
He allowed a meager .621 OPS to lefties and an equally impressive .656 OPS to righties.
If Affeldt was likely to repeat that performance for the next three seasons, the Giants would be paying market price with this contract. However, there are several reasons to believe Affeldt cannot maintain the level of performance he displayed last season.
Affeldt will turn 34 years old next year, so an age-related decline is one risk factor inherent in this contract. He has also had to go on the disabled list in each of the last two seasons due to freak injuries suffered away from the field. Those injuries are likely just flukes, but his risk for injury will continue to increase as he ages.
Affeldt had a very good season against right-handed batters last season, but he allowed a .764 OPS against them in 2011, and a .784 OPS to them in 2010.
His fastball velocity peaked at an average of 94.6 MPH in 2008 and dipped down to a career-low 91.4 MPH last season. He pitched effectively at that speed last season, but he could lose even more velocity going forward.
The age, risk of injury, past struggles with righties, loss of velocity and control problems make a three-year contract for Affeldt fraught with risk. He's been an excellent reliever for the Giants, particularly last season. However, the risk in free agency is paying for past performance rather than for the performance you are likely to receive in the future.
With that said, the Giants aren't exactly a small-market team that has to pinch pennies. This contract is more risky in terms of the length than the $6 million average annual value. A two-year contract would have been more palatable given Affeldt's age and the deal the Rays struck with Peralta.
Then again, despite having a $130 million payroll last season, they still could not find room in the budget to retain Carlos Beltran. Even with a large and growing payroll, every penny still counts for the Giants.
In the end, this is not an egregious contract. However, a three-year deal for a 34-year old reliever carries too much risk. With three left-handed relievers already under contract for next season, the money the Giants spent on Affeldt could have been put to better use this winter.
He's been a very good reliever for the Giants, but there are significant reasons to believe that he will not remain valuable throughout the life of this deal.
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Bullies appear to enjoy seeing other people in pain, Reuters reports. Researchers in Chicago took brain scans of two sample groups of teens while showing them videos of one person hurting another. When showed violence, one group of teens, who were diagnosed with aggressive-conduct disorder and had recently attacked schoolmates, had consistent activity in the brain’s reward centers.
The other group, with no history of aggression, instead has activity in the medial prefrontal cortex—an area associated with self-regulation that is conspicuously inactive in the “bully” group. “It is entirely possible their brains are lighting in the way they are because they experience seeing pain in others as exciting and fun and pleasurable,” said one researcher.
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Down hairpin mountain roads and deep in the piney woods of Northern California, there’s a campground where more than 175 young Muslims spent a recent week outdoors, discussing their place in the nation as stars twinkled in the vast sky overhead.
Even this outpost, with bear warnings and no cell phone service, wasn’t remote enough for campers to feel like they’d fully escaped the heaviness of what it means to be a Muslim in the US. One 18-year-old said she was relaxing, listening to birdsong, when it occurred to her that anti-Muslim attackers could burst onto the grounds and find easy targets.
Like virtually every US Muslim institution these days, the Muslim Youth Camp of California is in flux, with organizers fighting through a climate of fear to preserve a five-decade legacy of molding strong and unapologetic American Muslims.
Founded in 1961, the Muslim Youth Camp of California was the nation’s first sleepaway camp of its kind, an early experiment that mixed Islamic studies and rustic Americana. With a history stretching from President John F. Kennedy to President Donald Trump, the camp has helped shape the identities of thousands of Muslim children, many of whom grew up to become civic leaders.
Not long ago, Muslim campers mostly wanted guidance for dealing with tensions between their all-American sensibilities and their foreign-born parents’ rules imported from “back home,” such as no attending sleepovers or going to prom. Today, the kids ask darker questions, and even the youngest campers understand that much of the country — perhaps including the president — refuses to see them as fellow Americans.
Max Whittaker for BuzzFeed News
Campers at the Muslim Youth Camp of California.
“'Do you let your classmates know you’re Muslim?’ That’s a common one. ‘Is it better to let them know or keep it quiet?’ And I can’t give one answer to that because these kids come from a range of school environments,” said camp president Asifa Quraishi-Landes, a law professor whose parents founded the camp 55 years ago.
Security measures introduced at the camp follow the deepening of anti-Muslim sentiment over time. In the 1990s, organizers recalled, skinheads harassed the camp, leading to the formation of safety patrols that year. After the 9/11 attacks, camp leaders received an emailed threat vowing to “come after the children with knives,” so they stopped publishing the camp’s address. This year, they changed campgrounds for the first time in a decade, moving north from Southern California partly as a precaution amid a spike in anti-Muslim hate crimes. There's a relaxed atmosphere at the new site, but adults stay on alert, partially blocking the driveway and keeping an eye on the door at the main lodge.
Even the youngest campers understand that much of the country — perhaps including the president — refuses to see them as fellow Americans.
The campers are mainly first- or second-generation children of immigrants from the Middle East and South Asia who soak up a week of camaraderie with other Muslims before they go back to being “the only” among predominantly Christian and Jewish classmates. Organizers aim for a balance between protecting that happy refuge of s’mores and songs, and providing confessional space for the deep anxieties that run from the third-graders to the college students.
The theme of the camp changes each year and reflects the main concerns of American Muslims in any given era. In the 1960s, there was a preoccupation with “Islam and modernity;” after 9/11, worries over extremism and surveillance. Last year’s theme was a verse from the Qur’an that reads, “With every hardship, there is ease” — a soothing reminder during a presidential race that brought relentless attacks on Islam.
When camp leaders met just after Trump’s inauguration to pick this year’s theme, they decided they were finished with doom and gloom. Too reactionary, they said. This year, the board voted in favor of a theme emphasizing compassion and respect for humanity: “Love for your brother what you love for yourself,” a saying from the prophet that is sometimes called “Islam’s golden rule.”
“If you give them those tools on the inside, if they radiate that out in the world, that does as much as saying, ‘Here’s the tools you need when someone attacks you,'” Quraishi-Landes said.
From the first day, however, it was clear that an uplifting theme wouldn’t be enough to keep negative forces out of their sanctuary in the woods.
Max Whittaker for BuzzFeed News
An origami class (top left), a game of cards with friends (bottom left), and a junior girls group led by camp counselor Manar Soliman (right).
A day at Muslim camp begins with the dawn prayer, the campers standing shoulder to shoulder in a moonlit forest. Here, with no suspicious neighbors or overzealous cops around, the call to prayer can echo as loudly as they like. The first rays of sunshine peek through the trees by the time they finish. Then there’s typically a hike; the counselors point to the massive trees and plump blackberries as examples of God’s greatness.
Classes begin after breakfast, with the kids splitting up according to age group. On one recent day, three clusters of kids in the same clearing explored Islamic teachings on empathy through stories from their own lives. The groups — elementary, junior high, and college-age students — worked separately, but a common topic emerged: feeling unwelcome in the place where they were born.
Longtime counselor Ronald Chavez Hassan asked his group, the youngest campers, to close their eyes and think of things that made them happy, things they’d want others to enjoy too. The answers were punctuated by giggles: “Sour Patch Kids!” “Family!” “My Nintendo 3DS!”
Campers talked about classmates sneering, “Are you going to bomb us?”
Next he asked them to imagine things that made them sad, things they wouldn’t want anyone to experience. The answers started with regular kid nightmares, such as getting braces or having surgery, but quickly turned to the fears inside Muslim households these days. Two kids named discrimination; another answered “being in Syria.” Still another said, “An innocent person going to jail.”
Some replies invoked the president, starting with a boy who said he most worried about Trump coming to California.
“Donald Trump is gonna kill us all!” another boy yelled from his picnic table. The kids laughed and starting mocking the president’s name. “Donald Dump!”
Several feet away, the junior-high campers stood in a circle as their teacher, Subheen Razzaqui, asked about their experiences with anti-Muslim bullying. One boy shared that kids at his school tease him about being a terrorist: “People, say, like, ‘He’s got a bomb in his backpack, run!’ Or, ‘He has a bomb on his watch, run!’”
“How many of you deal with jokes of that sort?” Razzaqui asked. Hands shot up.
“One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven. OK, so twelve out of seventeen,” she counted. “How many of you have had that moment where you realize the joke’s gone too far and it’s uncomfortable?” The hands went up again.
Several campers talked about times when questions about their Muslim background led to bullying, with kids sneering, “Are you going to bomb us?” One girl said even Mexican classmates, themselves targets of the White House’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, joined in the Muslim bashing at her school.
“One said I’m a part of ISIS, so I said, ‘How would you like to be on the other side of Trump’s wall?’” the girl told the circle.
“And did that work as a strategy?” Razzaqui asked, a slight scolding in her voice.
“No,” the girl admitted.
Under a nearby gazebo, the college students, several of whom were also camp counselors, described similar experiences with prejudice, just in more sophisticated language. Instructor Amira Quraishi, the Muslim chaplain at Wellesley College and another daughter of the camp’s founders (and Quraishi-Landes's sister), led a discussion that explored different parts of identity: religion, race, gender.
Quraishi asked the group which parts their parents had emphasized to them as children and which parts they wish they knew more about. The students spoke wistfully of their ancestors’ cultures disappearing because families had worked so hard to “fit in” as Americans.
Next, Quraishi asked the students which identity they were most aware of in the cities where they live. “Race” and “religion” were the top answers.
The discussion hit closer to home when the question turned to which identities they felt most keenly at a mosque. Nearly all the women in the group picked “gender,” citing frustrations with the disparity they often find between men’s and women’s accommodations at Friday prayers. Another camper lamented generational tensions with mosque leaders who reject younger congregants’ “progressive ideas,” and at least two spoke about long-standing racial tensions among American Muslims.
Those are all topics that many Muslims say are long overdue introspection, but there’s little room to push for reforms when the religion itself is under attack from the highest office in the land.
Max Whittaker for BuzzFeed News
Afternoon prayers.
The weight of all these competing concerns can be overwhelming, said Razzaqui, who led the circle of preteens. She knows firsthand, from her day job. She’s a headscarf-wearing Pakistani-American high school teacher whose heart aches when students tell her they want to learn more about Islam so they can “understand the enemy.”
At the camp, pretty much everyone has felt that sting, and Razzaqui’s hope is that at least the students will take away a feeling of solidarity, and maybe some relief from unburdening themselves of painful stories. It will take years longer, she said, to erode the stereotypes students will meet the moment they leave the campground and brace for a new school year.
“It’s disheartening but it’s the reality. At camp, or even as a teacher, I’ve realized I can’t fix the problem,” Razzaqui said. “I think it’s about the droplets of water on the stone. Eventually, it’ll smooth itself out.”
Max Whittaker for BuzzFeed News
A group of girls return to their tents (left) and a camper picks up his marshmallow for s'mores (right).
As the family story goes, Marghoob Quraishi left India during Partition in 1947 and traveled to Pakistan and England before landing in Canada for university. He couldn’t stand the bitter cold, so when it was time for him to pick a business school, he took a professor’s advice and headed to balmy, palm-sprinkled California, where he lived until his death in 2005.
Quraishi was a student at Stanford University in the late 1950s when he fell for Renae Seger, an American teacher who grew up Methodist in rural Oregon but who was struggling with the concept of salvation by the time she got to college. She’d already been looking into other faiths when she met Quraishi and became fascinated with Islam, eventually converting and adopting the name “Iffat.”
"They needed to try to figure out how they were going to be Muslim in America."
Quraishi had started campus Muslim clubs wherever he’d studied, and by 1960 he and Iffat dreamed of building the same kind of support system for Muslim immigrant families who were still finding their footing on this new soil. Quraishi was bookish and learned, and wanted a place where Muslims could deepen their knowledge of Islam. Iffat was the creative type, imagining fun ways to entertain and educate young Muslims.
In 1961, six years before they had their own children, the Quraishis organized the first Muslim Youth Camp. The Quraishi sisters say the idea was their mother’s — she’d spent happy summers at church camp as a girl. Their father wasn’t exactly thrilled about roughing it in the woods, but thought the seclusion would stimulate intellectual conversations about Islam in the West.
“He saw that they were new Muslims in a new country and they needed to try to figure out how they were going to be Muslim in America,” Amira Quraishi said.
Max Whittaker for BuzzFeed News
Photo albums from past Muslim Youth Camps are displayed in the dining hall (left). Asifa Quraishi-Landes and her sister Amira Quraishi at the camp their parents founded in 1961 (right).
Camp albums from the 1960s hold black-and-white photos of bareheaded Muslim women frolicking outdoors in knee-length skirts. Later, around the time of the Iranian Revolution and the rise of conservative Islamist movements in the Middle East, camp organizers organizers grew stricter about modest clothing and introduced a headscarf requirement for girls. Only in the past couple of years has the dress code been relaxed, with headscarves now optional, knee-length shorts permitted, and “modest dress” encouraged.
Though all the activities are coed, there’s a “no-touching” rule, meaning boys and girls are discouraged from any physical contact, including handshakes and high-fives. Yet even under the close supervision of counselors and relatives, romances have blossomed, resulting in several marriages over the years. Even Amira Quraishi met her husband at camp, 24 years ago.
“We’re always criticized for being too liberal and too conservative. Every year. And that makes me feel pretty good.”
The curriculum, too, has transformed over the decades, moving from straightforward religious instruction to broader discussions on how to live by Muslim principles in a secular society. Organizers said the old way of talking about temptations — condemnation and judgment — meant that kids often led double lives: “the good Muslim” at home, and the typical American teen with their friends.
At a training session before campers arrived this month, counselors were given tips on how to deal with teens who might seek guidance about drug use or sexual activity. One counselor asked whether they should have a “consent talk” with campers. There was a role-play exercise about how to respond if a camper came out as gay — the counselors were urged to be active listeners and to refrain from preaching. Such thorny scenarios were unlikely, camp leaders said, but they wanted counselors to be prepared just in case.
Organizing camp this year was especially difficult for Quraishi-Landes, who’s also a law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and president of the National Association of Muslim Lawyers. With the Trump administration’s threats to declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization — a move that could balloon into a crackdown on Muslim advocacy groups — she’s been working overtime to help nonprofits understand their rights and guard their assets.
Max Whittaker for BuzzFeed News
The senior boys cabin holds a meeting to establish cabin rules (left). A game of basketball (top) and two friends embrace at camp (bottom).
She never truly considered giving up her camp duties, but the juggling has become increasingly difficult, Quraishi-Landes said. She recalled one stressful day where she broke down, telling her husband, “It would be so much easier not to care.”
Quraishi-Landes said she draws support from the tightly knit board; many members also grew up going to the camp and want to create the same memories for their children. The scent of pine is inextricably linked in her head with “Muslims in the forest,” she said with a laugh.
She and her sister Amira say their work to preserve the camp is about more than honoring a family tradition. In lofty terms, the camp’s mission is to support young Muslims whose community service and civic leadership expose the holes in the hateful rhetoric about Islam.
But mostly the sisters just want a fourth generation of American Muslim kids to drop their defenses, forget about bullies, and savor the simple joys of a California summer.
“The way my dad once described it is that he started walking and then, after 20 years, looked back and noticed that people were coming with him,” Amira Quraishi said. “He didn’t say that he was intentionally planting any kind of seed. He just thought it’s good for people to be together.” ●
UPDATE
Aug. 24, 2017, at 14:55 PM
A photo has been removed from this story at the request of a subject and to align with BuzzFeed's editorial standards.
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GHANAIAN academy New Hope of Africa has threatened to report Super Division side Nchanga Rangers to FIFA for allegedly flouting contractual obligations over the transfer of striker Adams Zikiru to Zesco United.
After starring for Rangers last season where he scored 13 goals, Ghanaian Zikiru joined champions Zesco for an undisclosed fee at the start of the 2018 season.
New Hope president Salam Murtala said in an interview from his base yesterday that Rangers owe the academy over US$4,000.
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I picked up this the other day, at a bookstore closing sale.
If there's interest, and comfort by site owners, I can scan and make available for posting... It covers popular changers up to 1961, including the little 45 changers. If it's something everyone already has, or is conveniently available online already, I will carry on...
I picked up this the other day, at a bookstore closing sale.
If there's interest, and comfort by site owners, I can scan and make available for posting... It covers popular changers up to 1961, including the little 45 changers. If it's something everyone already has, or is conveniently available online already, I will carry on...
Well, I'm starting to think this is a retrofit. It clearly started as a mass-produced item, due to the stamping instead of hand metalwork. I've looked thru radiomuseum.org and many other Google-able pics, and haven't seen any teardrop machines with this type of tonearm. They're all the nice bakelite versions shown above (although some are mounted backwards...) or a different, more trim version of the bakelite arm. I need to look through images of other manufacturer's products to see if there's a match.
Decojoe67, could you measure the tracking force (weight) of your original setup, to the nearest ounce or so? That would inform me as to what my target should be. Thanks in advance -- and great-looking work, too.
Well, I'm starting to think this is a retrofit. It clearly started as a mass-produced item, due to the stamping instead of hand metalwork. I've looked thru radiomuseum.org and many other Google-able pics, and haven't seen any teardrop machines with this type of tonearm. They're all the nice bakelite versions shown above (although some are mounted backwards...) or a different, more trim version of the bakelite arm. I need to look through images of other manufacturer's products to see if there's a match.
Decojoe67, could you measure the tracking force (weight) of your original setup, to the nearest ounce or so? That would inform me as to what my target should be. Thanks in advance -- and great-looking work, too.
Hi Chip - Sorry for the delay seeing your post. I don't have a way to check it accurately, but I plan to. The bakelite arm is not as heavy as it looks and is much lighter without the old heavy metal crystal cartridge. The replacement needle does not bottom out. Likely the arm has a max tracking weight for the needle, but it doesn't feel particularly heavy.
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The Birthday of Ten Thousand Pieces (or Thane Turns Six)
Thane as a gigantic, nearly grown person
At some point after Thane’s birthday, I did a mental count of the number of individual pieces he got. Two tubs of Perler Beads (one regular and one glow in the dark) – 12,000 pieces. 200 piece puzzle. Four Lego sets (~1000 pieces). Box of actual sand (gazillion pieces). In truth, it was probably the birthday of 20,000 pieces, but that’s far less poetic.
Scientist Thane investigates the shells.
It is, however, very much Thane. From the first, he would patiently try to force tiny fingers into minute actions far too finicky for toddlers. He would try persistently, over and over, until he got it to his satisfaction. He still does. He sat down and did two “6 – 12” Lego sets, back to back. He created completely symmetrical designs with his beads. He has this capacity for quiet, by himself play that still astonishes me.
He holds his own with the big brother contingent.
One of his favorite gifts from his birthday was a Science Kit. For quite a while he was going to be a Chef/Scientist/Judge. He’s sort of settled on Scientist now, so he was super excited for the Science Kit. As we walked to the Library on Monday, he told me about how his laboratory was going to be right next to the Library so he could get science books to do experiments. It was an awesome plan.
Even on a cold October day, I could not keep Thane out of the water.
I asked Thane the other day (in a fit of trying out various cameras) how Kindergarten was going. He said, “Well… it’s so-so.” He’s actually doing very well. His writing is emerging out of appalling and into almost legible. (That whole forcing your hands to do the small motor things you desperately want? He’s never really wanted to write legibly.) He writes his full name, which still looks strange to me. (He went through a phase of wanting to be called “Nathan” at home. Although I like the name Nathan very much, I was pleased that he wasn’t very adamant and I still get to call him my sweet Thane.) He does not like to color much, I think. His reading is coming well. The books he can read get longer and harder, although it still seems very tiring to him. He is making good friends at school, and has emerged with a new best friend (whom I haven’t even met yet!)
His creations are usually very innovative.
We’re currently between obsessions. He told me, disdainfully, that he doesn’t like Scooby Doo. DOESN’T LIKE SCOOBY?!?!?! He’s spent most of his life completely obsessed with Scooby. There isn’t a Scooby episode, toy, book, spinoff series or live action theater event in the last four years that we haven’t been in the throes of. No Scooby? He’s always had an area of massive interest: Scooby, puzzles, dinosaurs. Legos, of course, persist. I have to guess that he’ll discover a new passion soon. Perhaps Science?
He’s just about too big to swing.
Soccer this fall went much better than in the Spring. This year, he was a big kid who actually kind of knew what he was doing. (Attending each of his big brother’s practices was a completely unfair advantage overlooked in second sons.) He’s incredibly tough and shrugs off physical discomfort. He ran fast and strong, although he does not seem to like the sensation of physical exertion. He’s looking forward to it in the spring, which is indeed progress!
He loves games. He’s been working his way on reading all the cards in King of Tokyo.
He’s still a homebody. He’d far rather hang out in his room doing Legos than go on whatever crazy adventure you’re proposing now MOM. Once we cajole him into the adventure, though, he usually ends up enjoying it quite a bit. He’s still often very glad to return to his own bed and his own Puppy. For a long time we were putting he and Grey to bed at the same time. Now we’ve separated the boys’ bedtimes, he falls asleep much more quickly and easily. He doesn’t even protest the injustice as much as, well, I would’ve at his age.
Making the best of a beach closed due to thunder
Thane is still, to my joy, young and snuggly. He’s shy in the face of new people. He holds my hand with this fingers interlaced through mine. He never walks – he bounces, jumps, spins, hops, drags or dances whenever he moves. He likes to play the “line game” which involves jumping over lines and ignoring the fact you’re about to run into traffic. He giggles when you blow on his belly and tells wild tales about how he thinks reality should work (“I don’t think there should be other planets. It’s unfair!”). He sings to himself while he plays. He asks questions, repeatedly, to which he knows the answer without listening for your response. He thinks its hilarious to wear his underwear on his head, but is grown enough to only do that with clean underwear. He carries his heart in his smile, and my heart in his every small, unconscious act of joy.
We’re going to have a great year together, kid.
Thane and his two best preschool friends
PS – I have up pictures from the end of October! You can See them here!
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Brenda currently lives in Stoneham MA, but grew up in Mineral WA. She is surrounded by men, with two sons, one husband and two boy cats. She plays trumpet at church, cans farmshare produce and works in software.
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A Texas sheriff’s office announced the death of one of their deputies, who died Wednesday when her patrol car flipped upside down in a water-logged ditch.
The fatal incident occurred when the deputy, identified as Loren Vasquez, 23, reported to “a high priority water rescue call,” according to a news release on the Waller County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page.
“She was northbound on FM 362 near Hoover Road when her patrol unit became airborne after driving into the water covered roadway,” the news release said. “Her patrol unit landed upside down in a water filled ditch.”
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CSS Academy set to open in downtown Brookfield
Agency will provide programs for those who are and aren't disabled
Eight months after buying a distressed property at 3734 Grand Blvd. in Brookfield, Community Support Services is set to open CSS Academy on Aug. 12, providing programs for not only their own clients, who are intellectually and developmentally disabled, but for everybody.
CSS Academy is a brand new concept for the social service agency, which will continue its longtime mission of providing support to families of disabled children and helping train families to advocate for their children in public schools.
The academy was born during the agency's 2012 strategic planning process, which sought ways to heighten the organization's public profile. Community Support Services bought the building, which was in foreclosure, for $225,000 last November.
"We asked ourselves how we can be more visionary and progressive," said Diane Farina White, president/CEO of Community Support Services. "We've been around for 32 years, and people don't know who we are. Part of it is also marketing ourselves."
Community Support Services has been raising its profile in recent years in order to bolster revenues in the face of shrinking state funding for social service agencies. In 2008, the agency opened a for-profit doggy daycare/training facility in Burr Ridge called the Chicago Canine Club.
Then in 2010, they opened the Beth Lacey Center in Cicero, which provides bilingual services and emphasizes helping families with intellectually and developmentally disabled children navigate the public school system.
CSS Academy occupies 4,000 square feet of space across two storefronts, which have been united by opening the wall between them. Right now the spaces appear pretty Spartan, but that's kind of the point. Both spaces can be configured to accommodate any of the 30 classes that will be going on each week — from cooking classes to computer classes to life skills training to self-defense and exercise classes.
"The goal is to make sure the tangible things that take place here can transfer to home," said Necole Smith, the director of CSS Academy.
The opening between the two main classroom areas can be closed to separate them, or opened to provide room for larger events, such as the CSS ribbon-cutting held July 25. With the exception of kitchen appliances and a couple of built-in cabinets, everything is moveable.
Farina White said CSS Academy is also exploring partnering with the Brookfield recreation department and the other nearby recreation departments that comprise a recreation co-op to share space. Such a relationship can also help expand the agency's client base.
Some of the programs offered in CSS Academy's first course catalog indicate that the organization has already begun to make connections with the local community. A five-session floral arranging workshop, which is open to all, is being run by Chris Borzym, of Christopher Mark Flowers, located just down the block.
Farina White says the first year of the academy will likely be a learning experience, and that it will rely on a lot of word-of-mouth advertising at the outset.
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Your Thursday catlab: Kirk Ferentz, SRES
Kirk Ferentz gets the catlab treatment in a refreshing change of pace from our typical Swimsuit offerings. NSFW if your supervisor might be offended at the sight of the Iowa skipper's face grafted onto a shirtless body in a bubble bath.
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While the US was transfixed by posturing over the Trump presidency, China has been building the future. Chances are you’ll find one part of that future – social credit scoring – both appalling in principle and irresistible in practice. That at least is the lesson I draw from our interview of Mara Hvistendahl, National Fellow at New America and author of the definitive article on the allure, defects and mechanics of China’s emerging social credit system.
In the litigation outrage of the month, a company called Keeper (apparently a competitor of LastPass and other password managers) got caught distributing software with a security flaw. So they did what any security-conscious company would – they sued the website that publicized the flaw for libel. It’s a crappy suit, and we should all hope they end up assessed with costs and fees. But the real question is this: Google found and disclosed the flaw, while Microsoft distributed Keeper to its users. When will they file as amici to say that no company with a mature security model files STFU libel suits against people who point out legitimate security problems? TL;DR – Keeper: Loser.
Finally, Hal Martin pleads guilty to one of twenty-plus counts and takes a ten-year sentence. So far, so ordinary in the world of plea bargaining. But as Nick points out, this wasn’t a bargain. Martin can still be tried and sentenced on all the other counts. And it effectively stipulates the maximum sentence for the one count he’s pleading guilty to. There must be a strategy here, but we can’t say for sure what it is.
As always The Cyberlaw Podcast is open to feedback. Send your questions, suggestions for interview candidates or topics to [email protected] or leave a message at +1 202 862 5785.
In this episode, I interview Elsa Kania, author of a Center for a New American Security report on China’s plan for military uses of artificial intelligence – a plan that seems to have been accelerated by the asymmetric impact of AlphaGo on the other side of the Pacific.
I take a victory lap, as the Director of National Intelligence promises to apply the Gates procedures to unmasking of transition officials. As recommended by me (well, and the House Intelligence Committee). No need to call them the Baker procedures, though, guys.
Bleeping Computer says Germany is planning backdoors into modern devices. Maybe so, I offer, but whether that includes encryption is not at all clear.
Finally, Nick digs into the remarkable work that Citizen Lab and Bill Marczak continue to do on authoritarian government hacking. He says, with evidence, that efforts to control sales to untrustworthy governments are actually working.
As always The Cyberlaw Podcast is open to feedback. Send your questions, suggestions for interview candidates or topics to [email protected] or leave a message at +1 202 862 5785.
Episode 195 features an interview with Susan Hennessey of Lawfare and Andrew McCarthy of the National Review. They walk us through the “unmasking” of US identities in intelligence reports — one of the most divisive partisan issues likely to come up in the re-enactment of section 702 of FISA. I bask momentarily in the glow of being cast as a civil liberties extremist. And Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose offers insights into 702 reform.
Steptoe partner Stewart Baker with Susan Hennessey
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Meanwhile, Uber’s problems seem neverending. The latest disaster focuses on the company’s use of quick-to-vanish messaging services like Wickr and Telegram. Such services are popular among “Technorati” who like to fancy themselves as targets of government surveillance. Problem is, when they are under surveillance, or just a discovery obligation, the use of evanescent messaging is often seen as a sign of guilt. This messaging movement could turn out to be extremely costly – first for Uber and then for Silicon Valley in general. I’m not sure that putting employees on the honor system not to use those services for company business is going to be enough.
Steptoe’s Government Contracts Group recently issued an interesting advisory for defense contractors:
The end of the year approaches and that means Department of Defense (DoD) contractors must make changes to their own unclassified information systems to comply with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-171, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Information Systems and Organizations.
This advisory provides an overview of the clause and identifies recently released guidance from DoD and NIST to assist with implementation of the NIST standards. Click here to read more.
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In the news, we explore the massive PR disaster that is the Uber data breach and reach the surprising conclusion that the whole thing may turn out worse in the media than in the courts. Except in the EU, Maury Shenk reminds me. Europe just hates Uber viscerally. So much so that Jim Lewis suggests the company’s EU subsidiary will soon have to be renamed Unter.
I note the release of the ODNI’s report on the intelligence community’s “masking” of US identities in intel reports. We talk about the temptation to weaponized unmasking during transitions, and I ask why the “Gates procedures” that provide special protection for unmasking of Congressional identities shouldn’t also be used to protect Presidential transition teams.
I note that Sen. Wyden (D-OR) has another campaign underway to imply that the Justice Department is imposing decryption assistance requirements under FISA without judicial review. In fact, if there is such an effort, the company on the receiving end already has a judicial remedy. And Maury explains that the head of Germany’s new cybersecurity agency is joining the German government chorus arguing for “hack back,” but only by the German government.
My candidate for Dumbest Public Policy Battle of the Season: The complaint that someone faked a bunch of meaningless, content-free comments on net neutrality. The problem is really the idea that the policy debate should be influenced by counting votes in the World’s Skeeviest Online Poll, an idea that seems to have sparked a kind of bot arms race between supporters and opponents of the FCC’s policy.
And my candidate for Coolest Technology Story of the Season: Feeding graphene to spiders and discovering that it greatly strengthens their webs. Every fifteen-year-old science fair participant should take heart: It turns out that with great quantities of graphene comes great responsibility.
As always The Cyberlaw Podcast is open to feedback. Send your questions, suggestions for interview candidates or topics to [email protected] or leave a message at +1 202 862 5785.
We celebrate the holiday season by interviewing David Ignatius, Columnist and Associate Editor at The Washington Post and the author of multiple spy thrillers, including his most recent, The Quantum Spy. David and I discuss themes from the book, from quantum computing to ethnic and gender tensions at the Agency, while managing to avoid spoilers. It’s a fun and insightful work.
Steptoe partner Stewart Baker with David Ignatius.
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Markham Erickson and I treat Twitter’s wobbly stance as a symptom of the breakdown of the Magaziner Consensus, as both left and right for their own reasons come to view Big Tech with suspicion. Markham has shrewd observations about what it all means for the (questionable) future of social media’s section 230 immunity.
We dive into a surprising new analysis of China’s “50c Army.” Turns out that the Chinese government strategy for flooding the internet is 180 degrees off from Russia’s. Instead of a Trollfest, Chinese government-funded social media is saccharine sweet. Cheerleading and changing the subject are what its army does best.
With the Texas church shooting having put encryption back on the front burner, I claim that Apple is becoming the FBI’s crazy ex-girlfriend in Silicon Valley — and offer the tapes to prove it. When Nick Weaver rises to Apple’s defense, I point out that Apple responded to a Chinese government man-in-the-middle attack on iCloud users with spineless obfuscation rather than a brave defense of user privacy. Nick asks for a citation. Here it is: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203126 (Careful: don’t click without a chiropractor standing by.) Nick provides actual news to supplement the NYT’s largely news-free front page story about leak and mole fears at NSA. I gloat, briefly, over hackback’s new respectability, as the ACDC act acquires new cosponsors, including Trey Gowdy, and hacking back acquires new respectability. But not everywhere. Michael Sulmeyer finally gets a word in edgewise as the conversation shifts to the NDAA passes. He discusses the MGT Act, the growing Armed Services Committee oversight of cyberoperations, and the decision to lift — and perhaps separate — Cyber Command from NSA. I take issue with any decision that requires that a three-star NSA director argue intelligence equities with a four-star combatant commander. We end with Michael Sulmeyer and I walking through the challenges for DoD of deterring cyberattacks. We both end up expressing skepticism about the current path.
As always The Cyberlaw Podcast is open to feedback. Send your questions, suggestions for interview candidates or topics to [email protected] or leave a message at +1 202 862 5785.
191: Election security may be better than you think. Unless you live in New Jersey.
Episode 191 is our long-awaited election security podcast before a live, and lively, audience. Our panel consists of Chris Krebs, formerly of Microsoft and now the top cybersecurity official at DHS (with the longest title in the federal government as proof), and Ed Felten, formerly the deputy CTO of the federal government and currently Princeton professor focused on cybersecurity and policy. We walk through the many stages of election machinery and the many ways that digitizing those stages has introduced new insecurities into our election results.
When all is said and done, however, the entire panel ends up more or less in one place: Election security is not to be taken for granted; it will be hard to achieve, but it’s not impossible, or even unaffordable. With sufficient will and focus, and perhaps a touch of Ned Ludd, we may be able to overcome the risk of foreign hackers interfering in our elections. At least outside of New Jersey.
As always The Cyberlaw Podcast is open to feedback. Send your questions, suggestions for interview candidates or topics to [email protected] or leave a message at +1 202 862 5785.
In our 190th episode Stewart Baker has a chance to interview United States Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has a long history of engagement with technology and security issues. In this episode, we spend a remarkably detailed half-hour with him, covering the cybersecurity waterfront, from the FBI’s problems accessing the Texas church shooter’s phone, and what Silicon Valley should do about that, to Vladimir Putin’s electoral adventurism and how to combat it. Along the way, we touch (skeptically) on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and more enthusiastically on allowing private citizens to leave their networks to track the hackers who’ve attacked them. Plus: botnet cures, praise for Microsoft, a cybersecurity inspector general (or, maybe, bug bounties), DHS’s role in civilian cybersecurity, and how much bigger Rhode Island really is at low tide!
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You'll leave our kitchen with 10 piping hot treats, a step-by-step cookbook of 20 recipes detailing Liz and Karen's unique interpretations of each creation, and tips to use up leftovers and improvise to suit every taste and budget.
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24 Caprices, Op 1
Introduction
It is a nice question which composer wrote the most striking ‘opus one’. Beethoven’s three piano trios and Brahms’s C major Piano Sonata both have good claims, but Paganini’s 24 Caprices may well deserve the palm, being not merely the composer’s first published work but, in themselves, a publication that revolutionized the nature and technique of the instrument for which they were written. Although they were printed in 1820, Paganini is believed to have written them comparatively early in his career, probably between 1801 and 1807. They were his only publication for unaccompanied violin, and there is no record of his having performed them in public. Bearing a general dedication ‘To The Artists’ (A gli Artisti), they are a distillation of almost all his favourite techniques (though not his notorious harmonics) in phenomenally taxing musical contexts. Each Caprice explores different characters and personalities and extends the violinist’s technique in highly imaginative ways. In this sense they are technical studies—like the Mehrstimmige Etüden of his disciple Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (recorded on Hyperion CDA67619). Nor were they the first example of such an étude-cycle for the violin: Paganini was obviously familiar with the collection of 24 Capricci that Locatelli had written as cadenzas for the twelve concertos in L’arte del violino.
Even for present-day violinists, the challenges posed by the Caprices are daunting. These include wide-spaced notes to be played on the outer strings of the violin without sounding the strings in between, sustaining melody on one string while playing rapid harmonies or trills on another, imitations of other instruments, huge numbers of notes to be played in a single bow, not to mention rapid, highly chromatic figuration, trilled octaves and guitar-like chords—all of which may be required to be played at breakneck speed with the most elegantly stylish delivery. Despite the fact that there are twenty-four separate works, Paganini does not use them to cover the twenty-four available keys in the manner of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, nor does he apportion them systematically. The Caprices in minor keys tend to be concentrated towards the beginning of the collection, and certain tonalities are more favoured than others—there are five Caprices in E flat major, for example, and three in A minor, including the celebrated No 24. But each Caprice is complete and self-sufficient, no more requiring an accompaniment than J S Bach’s solo violin sonatas and partitas—though in fact both Schumann and Szymanowski made versions of some of them with an accompanying piano.
Caprice No 1 in E major (Andante) is sometimes nick-named ‘L’arpeggio’, for obvious reasons. It contrasts chordal writing with a display of balzato (leaping) bowing, the bow ricochetting across all four strings. A development section in the minor introduces descending scales in thirds. This Caprice is modelled on No 7 from Locatelli’s L’arte del violino and thus, in a sense, establishes the tradition within which Paganini intends his Caprices to be viewed. Caprice No 2 in B minor (Moderato) then focuses on détaché playing; it demands wide stretches crossing over the strings and extensions in left-hand technique. Next, Caprice No 3 in E minor (Sostenuto – Presto) opens with a rather grave introduction in octaves, again requiring extension of the fingers of the left hand. After a more rapid middle section the Sostenuto music returns.
Caprice No 4 in C minor (Maestoso) displays various kinds of double-stopping, while Caprice No 5 in A minor (Agitato), a popular encore showpiece, is a kind of rapid cadenza whose outer sections frame a passage of whirlwind scales that demonstrate spiccato bowing. Caprice No 6 in G minor (Adagio) presents an eloquent melody over a left-hand tremolo on the string below it, while Caprice No 7 in A minor (Posato) opens with an imposing passage in octaves, followed by an exhibition of flying staccato. Much of Caprice No 8 in E flat major (Maestoso) is concerned with passages played in thirds, some of them formidably difficult.
Caprice No 9 in E major (Allegretto) has earned the nickname of ‘La chasse’ (‘The hunt’). At the start of the piece the violin’s A and E strings are played sul tastiera (on the fingerboard) in order to imitate the sound of a flute (Paganini’s marking is imitando il Flauto), while the G and D strings are meant to imitate that of a horn (imitando il Corno). Musically it is essentially a study in double-stopping, with passages of ricochet (bouncing staccato) in the middle section. A different kind of staccato, played martellato (hammered) is the principal focus for Caprice No 10 in G minor (Vivace), while in contrast the expressive Caprice No 11 in C major opens with solemn chords (Andante) enclosing a Presto middle section. Caprice No 12 in A flat major (Allegro) features passages of rapid tenths, played across the strings; a chromatic descent in thirds prefaces and follows a rapid central section played at the point of the bow.
Caprice No 13 in B flat major (Allegro) has gained the popular epithet ‘The Devil’s Laughter’. It begins with passages of scale-like double-stopping at a moderate speed, but a central section of very rapid runs exercises left-hand flexibility and shifting of position as well as détaché bowing in the right hand. Caprice No 14 in E flat major (Moderato) is a robust study in march-time, requiring its chordal writing to be attacked evenly but with panache; while Caprice No 15 in E minor (Posato) begins with expressive playing in octaves that leads to flamboyant arpeggios in the high register and passages of flying staccato. The rapid semiquaver patterns of Caprice No 16 in G minor (Presto) are contrasted across high and low registers.
Caprice No 17 in E flat major (Sostenuto – Andante) juxtaposes a simple tune in double-stopped sixths on the G and D strings with florid demisemiquaver runs and figuration on the A and E strings. There is an extended, famously difficult central section in octaves. Caprice No 18 in C major (Corrente: Allegro) has a fanfare-like introductory figure on the G string played in numerous different positions, and a central section built upon rapid scales in thirds. Considerable bowing control is called for in Caprice No 19 in E flat major (Lento – Allegro assai), while Caprice No 20 in D major (Allegretto), in its central section, resourcefully employs the D string as a bagpipe-like drone, which forms the underpinning to a sweetly lyrical melody played on the A and E strings. The beautiful opening and closing sections exploit wide-spaced double- and triple-stopped chordal writing.
Caprice No 21 in A major (Amoroso) opens with an almost operatic melody (the marking Amoroso perhaps suggests we should imagine a love scene) played in double-stopped sixths, which is followed by another scintillating display of up-bow staccato. Caprice No 22 in F major (Marcato) has outer sections of grandiose chordal writing, with martellato bowing in the central episode. Caprice No 23 in E flat major (Posato) is a more episodic display piece, demonstrating a variety of techniques, preparing the way for the twenty-fourth and last Caprice.
The climax of the whole cycle is the famous Caprice No 24 in A minor (Quasi presto). In contrast to the simple ternary or binary forms of the other Caprices, No 24 is elaborately structured as a theme, eleven variations and finale. The theme is Paganini’s most famous, and has been subjected to countless variation-works by, among others, Liszt, Schumann, Brahms, Rachmaninov, Blacher, Lutoslawski and Andrew Lloyd Webber. This is because it is essentially a brilliantly conceived harmonic skeleton, which exerts an irresistible appeal to be clothed in flesh of musical substance, as Paganini himself does throughout. This splendid work not only sums up the technical challenges of the previous Caprices but adds two new ones—a scintillating section played only with downward bow-strokes and another that alternates fast bowed notes with plucked ones in the left hand, at astonishing speed.
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Paganini’s Caprices were considered simply unplayable by most contemporary violinists, but the composer himself bestrode their difficulties with ease. Paganini was the archetype of the virtuoso performer. His technique was so phenomenal that he wa ...» More
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Monday, March 30, 2009
5/6C Video Conference with Westdale.
Over the past few weeks we have been communicating with Westdale PS using the Wiki we established, emails and today we had a video conference with our partner class. We are creating this Blog with 6B from Westdale while we are having the conference. We were able to introduce ourselves to our email buddies and get to see what they looked like. We're learning about Living Lands and Westdale are learning about Antarctica. We learnt we do similar things between the schools. Our house names are named after prominent people. 6B told us about their fundraising efforts with FM 92.9 and Westpac Rescue helicopter.
"I learnt a lot more about the Video Conferencing and using computers to communicate." Zac 6B
"I enjoyed doing the Video Conference and learning about students from another school." Connor 5/6C
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He described Grigsby as a hard-working man who takes care of his mother.
Gill said he remains shocked that Grigsby was one of those shot.
“He was just doing his job,” said Gill. “You’d think he would be safe at his job.”
Meanwhile, Calabasas High School teacher Brian Ludmer — who was shot in the leg — remains in fair condition at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Ludmer posed for a photo from his hospital bed with Las Virgenes School Superintendent Dr. Daniel Stepenosky.
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Taiwanese firms target changing auto industry
20-Jan-2010 03:24 EST
MSI Funtoro’s video server displays different video in front- and rear-seat displays, providing up to 54 video streams for buses.
Taiwan’s automotive suppliers are forging mergers and building new facilities to position themselves for growth in emerging markets such as electrified vehicles, LED lighting, and versatile infotainment. Manufacturers in various industries see the chance to expand their shipments to OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers as the industry makes dramatic changes, opening the doors for new suppliers.
Although the island nation is known primarily for manufacturing about half the world’s PCs and motherboards, Taiwanese manufacturers already have a solid presence in autos. The auto parts sector industry is around $4 billion annually, according to the government-backed Industrial Economics & Knowledge Center.
One of Taiwan’s largest companies, PC and board supplier Micro-Star International, entered the automotive field two years ago by merging with Funtoro, which produced a range of electronic systems for cars, trucks, and buses. PCs and server technologies will form the basis of its automotive thrust.
“We see automotive electronics and PCs moving together,” said Vincent Lai, Vice President of Marketing Development at MSI. Automotive sales should grow to 10% of the PC maker’s revenues this year, up from only 2% in 2009, he added.
Much of that revenue will come from the bus and coach industry. MSI is producing a media-on-demand server that supports up to 54 monitors that can display video from sources such as DVDs and satellite TV. MSI linked the 54 monitors together using ethernet, which makes it easy to add or remove monitors while also leveraging the low cost of ethernet connections. A scaled-down version targeted at cars provides separate streams for rear seats, drivers, and front-seat passengers.
Infotainment is also the focus for E-Lead Electronics, which produces a number of radio head units that are sold mainly to OEMs. Many of them are sold for Asian versions of vehicles that are upgraded with E-Lead radios when they are imported.
The radios employ Bluetooth, iPod, and USB connectivity and have large 6.5-in displays. However, they aren’t currently attached to networks. “Adding CAN is a big challenge,” said Mark Su, Marketing Vice President. “There are a lot of differences in CAN systems and a lot of developers hold back the technology so it’s difficult to get the necessary software.”
As the auto industry moves toward electrified powertrains, several Taiwanese manufacturers are also aiming to get in on the ground floor. Fukuta Electric and Machine Co. built a new facility capable of making 1000 electric motors per day when it moves into full production late this year.
Sports car maker Tesla Motors is one of the companies that uses its motors, which have outputs of up to 180 kW. “Our motors are very light, around 55 kg, but they can run at up to 14,000 rpm,” said General Manager Gordon Chang.
Semiconductor maker Panjit Group moved into the lithium battery market late last year by acquiring battery developer LifeTech Energy Inc. In addition to making batteries that are used in Toyota’s Prius and other hybrids, LifeTech has developed a system that lets fleet owners check the status of each vehicle’s batteries.
The company also makes power-management systems that balance loads that manage temperatures and extend battery lifetimes. “Our second-generation management system has been approved by Chrysler and General Motors,” said Jimmy Lin, Executive Assistant to the President at LifeTech.
Hota Gear, which makes transmission gears, also recently expanded its facilities as it gears up for global electric-vehicle markets. “We’re beginning to make transmission parts for hybrid vehicles, and we’re also working on a lot of parts for electric vehicles,” said Sales Supervisor Scottie Tien. “North America currently accounts for about 65% of our business, but we feel Europe can be bigger than the U.S.”
In the lighting field, Giantlight Traffic Supplies Instrument Co. is making a rapid transition to LEDs, beginning by producing daytime running lights. Its first offering uses four Osram LEDs in a projection lamp.
“We picked projection LEDs instead of reflective because projection provides more brightness and longer lifetimes,” said Vera Parn, Business Chief at Giantlight. She noted that about a third of the company’s lamps are sold to OEMs.
Another emerging market, tire-pressure monitoring, is the new focus for Mobiletron Electronics Co. Its 433-MHz radio-frequency system is being used in cars, but it may play a bigger role in trucks and buses going forward. That is because its transmission is strong enough to send signals the full distance of a 30-wheel container flatbed.
Taiwan’s automotive suppliers will demonstrate their capabilities in Taipei during April at AutoTronics Taipei. The trade show will have more than 1000 exhibitors, with an expected crowd of 56,000.
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Thermal imaging data obtained from a FLIR high-performance camera shows that the expected turbine output temperature is approximately 285°C when the helicopter is in forward flight. However, during hover operations a steady state temperature of about 343°C will be reached.
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Get your daily dose of truth to power: download Drezus’ “The Sequel”.
Following the release of his acclaimed album Indian Summer last year, Plains Cree hip-hop artist Drezus has been dropping singles on SoundCloud that provide deeper context on the album’s inspiration.
Recently, he posted “The Sequel”, a heartfelt and personal account of his parents’ experiences with residential schools—and his own attempts to reckon with the intergenerational legacy of colonialism. Drezus explains:
I decided to put this up for download after I reunited with my Dad recently and we spoke about his experiences with Residential School. His parents were forced to go as well, creating problems for all generations ahead, including mine. I didn’t know my Dad growing up but recently made peace with the man and felt this tells an important story of just one of many families affected by the system.
The Rezofficial alumnus uses his time on the mic wisely, not just to account for the loss of his father’s presence, but to call out the collective confusion of “the new world order” and call on his people “to take back all that we own”.
Impassioned and honest, without being corny, “The Sequel” reminds us that we’re all still trying to recuperate, and that “instead of killing our own / we should focus on our fam and protecting our home”.
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PeopleOpti-flor pursues its social responsibility in various ways. We have a partnership with Haegheflor, which helps us give people who are at a disadvantage on the job market a chance to work at Opti-flor. We also work with REAKT in the field of participation and reintegration. Our MPS-SQ certification gives purchasers the assurance that Opti-flor meets the strictest criteria with respect to social standards and working conditions.
PlanetGeothermal energy was introduced in 2017. Since May of that year, all Opti-flor locations are connected to geothermal heating. This project saves around 13.5 million cubic metres of natural gas, representing 25 kilotons of CO2 emissions per year. This is equal to the annual consumption of some 9000 households. As a result, Opti-flor’s Phalaenopsis is cultivated in a sustainable manner, which contributes significantly to a cleaner and healthier future.In 2018 we became member of Benefits of Nature, a network of progressive parties in the horticulture sector. Players from every link in the supply chain are represented in this network, with the goal of making the world a bit greener every day. Benefits of Nature computes and improves the footprint of companies and their products in the international agriculture and horticulture sectors. They can subsequently help these businesses for instance with selecting sustainable suppliers and carriers.
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ISO 11357-1:2009 specifies a number of general aspects of differential scanning calorimetry, such as the principle and the apparatus, sampling, calibration and general aspects of the procedure and test report common to all following parts.
Details on performing specific methods are given in subsequent parts of ISO 11357.
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Friday, 26 December 2008
Look what i got for Xmas!
I couldn't resist the chance of a Xmas fish from the Dee. I got out of bed early today; boxing day with a delicate head from the excesses of yesterday. The Pike haven't really been on over the last week but i had so much confidence at first light when i saw the river was in perfect condition. The level was right with a nice flow with just a tinge of colour. The regular faces appeared before light and we all discussed the prospects for the day. Tony promised to catch some livebait for me and duly did especially after he was given some extra tuition from Dee 'legend' Reg. To be fair to Tony he wasn't doing alot wrong and was catching regularly before Reg imparted his expertise regarding his world famous 'Molehill Groundbait'.
My livebaits went out at first light and as the bungs danced in the flow of this majestic river on a stunning crisp winters day my heart beat a little faster. But sadly the morning went by without the hint of Pike activity. My old mate and Piking Ace Paul Gratton made a late appearence and whilst the Pike weren't biting we caught up; sharing stories of past triumphs and other fishing anecdotes the way only fanatic Pikers would understand. Everytime i talk to this guy i learn lots.
Although i had no runs there appeared to be Pike about; The livebaits at regular intervals went crazy in a way that usually indicates the presence of those beautiful speckled green underwater monsters. But nothing came of these eratic bung bouncing episodes til mid afternoon when Paul and myself were talking Pike tactics etc and the left hand bung bounced and began to move off. the result was a plump jack of around 7-8lb. Well after that nothing much happened for the next hour and then as before the livebait started moving excitedly and as Paul and i watched the left hand bung it bounced and then went flat upon the surface indicating something had picked up the bait. As i picked up the rod the fished moved off and i hit it immediately. At first i thought it was a small fish but it hadn't woke up yet, but as i applied pressure it resisted and made a number of powerful runs. As it came towards the net we could see it was lip-hooked with one treble and as it resisted the landing net i feared i would lose her but after a few missed heartbeats it was in. Paul dutifully weighed and photographed the fish (pictured above) and it weighed 17lb 10oz. A stunning river fish and a lovely Xmas present.
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I am completely obsessed with Esox Lucius and have run this small predator group for 9 years now with the help of Steve 'Gulper' Lewis. I fish with like minded Pike fanatics and between us we have landed some superb fish; many over 30lbs but we have enjoyed lots of fun along the way.
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A report on the day’s events has already been posted on Melbourne Indymedia, supplemented by updates on the Occupy Melbourne Facebook page.[Update: Occupation re-established … ] This post is essentially a gallery of photos taken at the initial assembly at the State Library, the march down Swanston Street, along Flinders Street and up Spring Street to the meeting point in the Treasury Gardens, followed by the relocation to Bowen Street at RMIT. (At time of writing the Occupation has moved to the State Library and settled in for the night.) Most of the photos should be self-explanatory, though unfortunately out of order. A few call perhaps for comment:
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A small group of West Papuan refugees joined the Occupation at the State Library and could be seen at each stage of proceedings.
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There was only a small and unobtrusive police presence at the State Library – though this increased markedly once the march set off – but a quite extraordinary deployment at the stated destination, the Treasury Gardens, including horses, riot police, several divisional vans, and these dogs.
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The Aboriginal flag led the march for much of the way, accompanied here by a group of ‘tranny cops’ who had joined the march in Swanston Street, and are elsewhere seen providing a little theatre in the Gardens.
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This was resorted to when the PA system failed for a time…
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These miniature animals provided decoration for a window sill at RMIT.
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See video links at end of post, added later… (23 October – added a few frame captures to the slideshow from the video)(24 October – converted slideshow into gallery. Click on thumbnails for larger images.)
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As mentioned in the previous post, we were not able to get down to the City Square by the 9am deadline, but we were in time (about 11.30am) to see the final stages of the dismantling of the tent city, and the deployment of riot police against the remaining occupiers by this time ‘kettled’ in the centre. This was followed by the use of horses and threat of dogs to clear the rest of the square and subsequently the entire intersection and stretches of Swanston Street northwards beyond the Town Hall and south to some distance that was not clear from where we were.
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With memory cards full we left about 2.15pm, with a standoff continuing in Swanston Street just north of the Town Hall: an announcement on the tram seemed to suggest that this had turned into a march up Bourke Street…
(It would be advisable to visit the Occupy Melbourne website and related media for the current situation, which is unclear at time of writing …)
Added 8.25am Friday 21 October: according to an Occupy Melbourne media release, notice to leave was served this morning at 6.58am with a deadline of 9am. Melbourne Protests will not be able to get there in time, but no doubt others will…
Inspector Bernie Jackson of the Melbourne East police station this afternoon met with Occupy Melbourne protestors today to discuss a potential eviction scenario.
Jackson stressed that Victoria Police does not have the authority on its own to prosecute the eviction, and instead will wait for Melbourne City Council’s instructions on how to proceed.
Inspector Jackson said that once an eviction notice had been served, a “reasonable time” would be given for protestors to voluntarily vacate City Square. “Reasonable time will be given in hours, as in a number of hours,” said Jackson. He qualified: “it’s not going to be in the middle of the night.”
Inspector Jackson further discussed Victoria Police’s likely course of action should an eviction order be issued. When the police arrive on site, protestors will be again asked to leave voluntarily. Anyone who refuses to leave will be forcibly removed from City Square by police officers.
Inspector Jackson told the crowd that he was satisfied with the current state of relations between police and the Occupy Melbourne protestors.
Inspector Jackson’s statement will be discussed at the nightly General Assembly, to be held at 6pm this evening on the north side of City Square.
Jackson was challenged by a number of vocal members of the crowd, including Indigenous activist Robbie Thorpe.
Mr Thorpe asked Jackson: “If the by-laws [relating to the Summary Offences Act’s powers for eviction] relate to the Aboriginal people and if so, how?”
Inspector Jackson responded that the police force was required to follow the directions of the Melbourne City Council with regard to the eviction of protestors.
Mr Thorpe later told Occupy Melbourne’s media liaison team that any eviction notice served on the protestors is likely to be immediately challenged in the courts.
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One protester made a valiant attempt to engage some of the police in a hug, but with no takers:
Otherwise, life appeared to be carrying on normally, with some taking a rather late breakfast (or early lunch):
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The march to BHP set off at a quick march, escorted by about ten police, to chants of ‘BHP BP Shell/ You can all/Go to hell’ and ‘System Change not Climate Change’ amongst others:
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There were even more police waiting at the BHP Billiton offices:
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The protest was organised by Friends of the Earth ACE collective, who had managed to prevail upon Dr Death to attend, standing in for BHP CEO Marius Kloppers:
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Madeline Hudson of FoE ACE read a message sent by Arabunna elder Uncle Kevin Buzzacott to the BHP shareholders at the AGM in London, calling on them to reverse the decision to expand the Olympic Dam mine and instead spend their money on something better, and later wrapped up the protest with a rendering of ‘Eat the Rich’ in her character of No-Nukes Calamity Jane:
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Jim Green from Friends of the Earth and Dave Sweeney of the Australian Conservation Foundation also spoke, the latter quoting from a letter sent by Yvonne Margarula of the Mirrar people to UN secretary-general Ban ki-Moon after the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant – fuelled with uranium from Mirrar traditional lands (the text of this letter can be read here). There were also brief addresses from Ben Courtice, Friends of the Earth Renewable Energy Campaigner, Lucho from LASNET, regarding the activities of mining companies in Colombia and Chile, and Susannah, on the proposed gas hub in the Kimberley (see earlier posts on this site, eg here):
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There was yellow-cake on offer, and leaflets for passers-by:
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The remaining photos are probably self-explanatory. BHP Billiton will be holding its Australian AGM in Melbourne on 17 November, and it will be surprising if there are not protests in Melbourne to mark that occasion also…
The accompanying photos were taken over the space of a few hours from about 4pm on Wednesday 19 October: Occupy Melbourne at the City Square is obviously working, which is perhaps why some elements in society are making noises about it being time to close it down. There are accounts of the day’s news on Melbourne Indymedia and Occupy Melbourne websites, with the latter requesting circulation of the following media release:
City of Melbourne resident and Mayor Award winner donates here $2000 prise money to Occupy Melbourne in opposition to Robert Doyles proposal to forcefully evict the peaceful movement Occupy Melbourne.
Melisa Hughes, the winner of the Melbourne Lord Mayor’s Writing Award has announced her intention to donate her prize money to the Occupy Melbourne movement and to the struggle for social equality.
Hughes, is a respected poet and social justice campaigner, she was notified yesterday (18th October) of her winning this highly respected award of $2000. She notified the leaders of the movement of her intention to donate the money as a result of the Mayor’s response to the occupation at City Square.
Hughes: ‘After reading an article in which the Mayor called for the authorities to use their eviction powers, I decided I did not want to accept an award from someone who is in favour of using violence to break up what is a peaceful, lawful protest.’
Much of the assembly was taken up with discussion of what to do in the case of an eventual eviction, with loud applause for the proposal that Occupy Melbourne should do all in its power to remain in the City Square, and a unanimous resolve to maintain the non-violent character of the occupation. A representative of the Indigenous owners of the land, which was never ceded, issued a formal invitation to the occupation to remain, and there was some discussion of the question of support for any individuals who might be arrested or issued with infringement notices. It was considered important to resist any moves by the media, for instance, to draw a distinction between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ protesters, and this led to debate over whether legal support should be extended to any who might depart from the declared policy of non-violence. In the end the proposal of support was passed by overwhelming majority – only two dissenting – with the addition of a preamble ‘bearing in mind the commitment to non-violence’, but undertaking unconditional support. There was also total support for a proposal that in the event of eviction, people would return the next day.
The assembly was still in session at 7pm, when the last of these photos were taken.
Tomorrow, Thursday 20 October, is the date of BHP Billiton’s AGM in London, and a day of action against the company in Australia. A march is planned from the City Square to the head office in Lonsdale Street.
On Friday there is to be a corporate scumbags tour. Details of these events on Melbourne Indymedia here and here.
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(It was interesting to see that the planes and bombs in the tree north of the square were still where they were left after the anti-war vigil on October 7 – see report on this site. Also impressed by the food stall: the food was very appetising, and free to all comers…)
Yile Yale from West Papua were among a rich program of musicians and other performers at the 2011 RISE festival at Federation Square on Saturday 15 October. The event was a bit overshadowed by Occupy Melbourne, and the audience, which to start with looked like being quite large, shrank drastically when a prolonged heavy shower hit the square just as things were really getting into a swing. And this was a pity, because there was a lot on offer, from traditional music of West Papua and Bali, through hip hop (including a guest appearance by US duo The Narcicyst and Omar Offendum, here for the Melbourne Festival) and spoken word, even a fashion show, the whole produced by RISE and compered by Fear of a Brown Planet’s Aamer Rahman and Nazeem Hussain.
The accompanying footage (being processed), along with the photos below, represents only part of the first half or so of the event, which is also pity, but hopefully is better than nothing, which seems to be what the mainstream media have provided…
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Just a note: coverage of this ongoing action is being co-ordinated by Melbourne Indymedia with a live feed from the City Square… Please click here.
Update 16 October:
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The note above remains valid, but here are a few photos taken during the early stages of the Occupation, plus a few more, including the one above, taken just before 2pm on the way down to Federation Square for the RISE festival (which will be reported in due course). Some of these photos have already appeared as part of the Indymedia pool. The slideshow includes some shots of the preparations at the Queen Victoria shopping centre for the planned march on Max Brenner, and one rather mysterious view of a window in the Hotel Westin at the City Square: just visible is a tripod supporting a camcorder being used by police to video the occupiers in the square below… The banner supporting Chilean students was part of a separate protest being held in Swanston Street a little north of the City Square.
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Under the banner of “March for the Babies“, anti-abortionists massed at Parliament House as part of a ramped-up campaign to force the repeal of laws in Victoria decriminalising abortion. (See for example The Age, 17 April 2010.) As in previous years they were met on the steps of Parliament House by a much smaller but equally determined number of pro-choice campaigners, including members of Radical Women, the Sex Party and representatives of Albury Choice, as well as unionists and members of the Freedom Socialist Party (FSP) and Australia Asia Worker Links, the counter-rally being organised as before by the Campaign for Women’s Reproductive Rights (CWRR).
Police had divided the front steps of Parliament House into two sections separated by a chain in preparation for the opposing events, and were there in substantial numbers, including initially with horses. The pro-choice rally began at midday, with the “March for the Babies” not expected to arrive until about three, and filled the time with speeches, chants, and a mini-march around the block. MCs were Anthea Stutter and Peter Murray of FSP:
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and the speakers included Marisa Sposaro of Radical Women, who discussed the issue of reproductive rights for women with disability (see also video from the ‘clinic defence’ on 23 July 2011):
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Kieran Bennett from Albury Choice (also represented on the July 23 video):
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As expected, the anti-abortionists had mobilised far greater numbers for the occasion than the pro-choice – this being the reverse of the position in the community at large, as one speaker pointed out. The two rallies were mostly kept apart by a line of police and marshals on both sides, with only a few though persistent attempts by marchers to push into the pro-choice area:
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To some extent the confrontation became a battle of PA power, and the din – which continued for the best part of two hours – was obviously painful for those police who hadn’t thought to provide themselves with ear plugs. In the event, both sides were probably able to hear their own speakers, but the “March for the Babies” were certainly forced to hear rather more of their opponents’ chants than they would have wished, and their own speakers were almost never audible on the pro-choice side of the divide.
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The above photos are a selection from the slideshow below. There is also footage of the event on EngageMedia, see link below.
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Chieftec BL-01B Case Review
Introduction:
Are you in the market for a new chassis for your computer? Do you miss your old IBM case that would let the monitor sit atop of it on your desk? Well if you answered 'yes' to either of those questions, Chieftec may just have the perfect case for you. The BL-01B chassis uses the old IBM style case and has an added a new feature that allows you to not only have a smaller form factor case sitting on top of your desk with your monitor included in the tight space, but allows you to put your high performance components inside. The L shape of the Chieftec BL-01B case is going to allow you to save more of your desktop's space by combining both your case and your monitor into a small space allowing for more work to be done on your desk, which has always been a problem for me. I am really looking forward to taking a look at what this case looks like and to see if it is going to be able to keep the temperatures within a safe range with its compact size, so let's get to it.
Closer Look:
The packaging that the Chieftec BL-01B Case came in is your very plain and simplistic brown box, however they have spiced it up a bit by adding the Chieftec logo on the front side of it. Chieftec has also printed the main selling feature of the case, the fact that it is a "Patented L-shape computer chassis can be integrated with a 48-61cm (or 19" - 24") LCD monitor to form an LCD PC." There is a line drawing of the front side of the case printed under the top bar with the company information/case description that shows you exactly how the front of the case has been designed. There is a second black bar under the image that lets the shipper know that it is fragile, cannot be dropped, needs to stay dry, etc. The side of the package is going to display the manufacutring number, the package number, and how many pieces are packed into the package, which most all of it was written in by hand. The other two sides of the package look exactly the same as the one across from it. The packaging is not very impressive or extravagant, but it does not need to be, all it needs to do is hold the product and keep it safe; in this case, it happens to be the Chieftec BL-01B Case.
When you open up the packaging, you are going to find out how well Chieftec has packed the case, taking into account that accidents during the shipping process do happen. The first line of defence is the styrofoam molding to ensure that if it does get dropped or poked with another box, the case would not take the damage - the styrofoam would. After you get the styrofoam off, you are able to see that Chieftec has taken the time to wrap the entire case in a plastic bag, to make sure that when it is being shipped it should not get any scratches on the paint job that the chassis has undergone. I am anxious to see what the Chieftec BL-01B looks like standing up all on its own.
Now that we know exactly how the Chieftec BL-01B case has been packed for a safe ship, it's time to see what all of the features the case has look like first hand, so let's get to it.
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1973: Bette Midler
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Team Build Construction is dedicated to developing young people. During national apprentice week we undertook awareness activities in schools to improve pupils understanding of staying safe near a building site as well as the different job roles involved in the construction industry. Pupils were encouraged to ask as many questions as possible and we showed [...]
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2016-03-24T15:31:40+00:00 March 24th, 2016|Uncategorized|Comments Off on National Apprentice Week
The office team were delighted to meet the newest addition to the team today when Tommy McIlwraith (Site Supervisor) his wife Gillian and their son Thomas visited to show us all, one week old baby Grace. Congratulations from all the Team at Team Build Construction to Tommy McIlwraith and his family.
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Brad, Dan, Alex, John and Nicola thoroughly enjoyed their school lunch at Swansfield Park Primary School. The children had an opportunity to ask the team questions on what it’s really like to work in the construction industry. There were one or two budding engineers keen to hear about the equipment that is being used on [...]
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Access Webpages Links Opened Tabs In Google Chrome On Other Computer
Yes, you can now access the tabs opened in google chrome on a remote computer which could be at your home or office and you can open these links in google chrome easily on some other computer which does not need to be on the same network, the only thing required here is that both the computer should be running google chrome and should be connected to internet.
This feature is called sync tabs which was earlier missing in google chrome, but there were extensions like Sync Tabs , Tabs Sync and Sesh but now there is no need to any addon for this purpose all you need is update google chrome to the latest version and you will see this feature right in the browser itself.
The google chrome browser version in which we see this feature active is Google Chrome 20.x however you can get this feature in some what older version of google chrome as well.
In order to access this feature you just need to launch google chrome on the pc where you want to access the other computer google chrome session tabs and press Ctrl+T and at the bottom right you see the link named Other Devices and you will see the links of the webpages which are opened shown in the image below.
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UN Sets First Week of February as “World Interfaith Harmony Week”
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 21 (KUNA) — The UN General Assembly late Wednesday adopted a consensus resolution, proposed by Jordan, proclaiming the first week of February of every year “World Interfaith Harmony Week” among all faiths and beliefs.
Introduced by Prince Ghazi Bin Mohammad, the Personal Envoy and Special Advisor to the King of Jordan, the resolution recognized the urgent need for dialogue among different faiths and religions in enhancing mutual understanding, harmony and cooperation among peoples. The Prince said the Assembly was well aware the world was rife with religious tension, mistrust, and hatred, which facilitated war and violence. The remedy for such problems could only come from the world’s religions themselves, and although much good work had already been done towards that end, religious tensions were on the rise. The resolution, he explained, would seek to turn the tide against that negative movement by coordinating and uniting efforts among all interfaith groups doing positive work through one focused annual theme. At the same time, it would harness the collective might of places of worship for peace and harmony and regularly encourage the “silent majority” of preachers to commit themselves on the record for peace and harmony.
He said the proposal was purely voluntary and no place of worship should be forced to observe “World Interfaith Harmony Week”. The resolution, he added, also “excludes no individual, compromises no one, commits no one, forces no one, harms no one, costs nothing, and – on the contrary – includes everyone, celebrates everyone, benefits everyone, unites everyone and has the potential to bring much needed peace and harmony to the entire world, InshaAllah.” (end) sj.mt KUNA 210912 Oct 10NNNN
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Heat System Called Door to Target for Hackers
SAN FRANCISCO — Investigators say they believe they have identified the entry point through which hackers got into Target’s systems, zeroing in on the remote access granted through the retailer’s computerized heating and cooling software, according to two people briefed on the inquiry.
The latest revelation highlights the reality that a large company is actually a sprawling network of interconnected vendors, and that weak security at any one vendor can lead to a breach that costs hundreds of millions of dollars.
Target, Neiman Marcus and the Michaels chain of arts and crafts stores are among the major retailers whose systems have been hacked with what investigators suspect is similar malware that invades the computerized register system and snatches consumer data, according to people with knowledge of the investigations. But it has not been disclosed whether other companies were possibly invaded through outside vendors with remotely controlled access.
Target had already confirmed that hackers used a vendor’s stolen credentials to get inside its corporate network and crawl into a server containing 70 million customers’ names, mailing addresses and email addresses and into the company’s crown jewels: the in-store cash register systems that authorized 40 million customer’s credit and debit cards over the course of a few weeks during the holiday shopping season last year.
Using the vendor’s access, hackers were able to burrow into Target’s systems so thoroughly that even three days after Target thought it had expelled them, the retailer found malware on 25 registers, John J. Mulligan, Target’s chief financial officer, testified at a Senate hearing on Tuesday.
Molly Snyder, a Target spokeswoman, said the company would not comment on its vendors or specific details of the investigation.
Brian Krebs, a security blogger who first reported the Target breach, was also the first on Wednesday to identify the vendor whose remote access had been compromised. But investigators would not confirm the vendor’s identity. Security experts say that it is common for heating, ventilation and air-conditioning companies — so-called HVAC companies — to be granted network access to clients so that they can monitor retail stores and diagnose problems remotely.
“Remote access to these systems is really common and integrators are almost always on the corporate network,” said Billy Rios, director of threat intelligence at Qualys, a cloud security firm. Mr. Rios said that the security at such companies tended to be poor and that vendors often used the same password across multiple customers.
Over the last two years, Mr. Rios and Terry McCorkle, also of Qualys, said that they found 55,000 HVAC systems connected to the Internet. In most cases, they said, the systems contained basic security flaws that would allow hackers a way into companies’ corporate networks, or the companies installing and monitoring these systems reused the same remote access passwords across multiple clients.
The payment card industry’s data security requirements dictate how employees, administrators and vendors can remotely connect to systems. They require that merchants like Target employ two-factor authentication — which adds a second, temporary password during the login process — for employees, administrators and vendors trying to gain entry to their systems remotely.
Security specialists confirmed Wednesday that Target’s heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems were connected to the Internet. But Target would not say whether its vendors were required to use two-factor authentication or to use virtual private network, or VPN, technology, which creates a private tunnel between employees and vendors working remotely and the company’s private corporate network. The company has said, however, that it passed a security audit before its breach last November.
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Azerbaijan announces major oil production adjustments
Vienna, Austria, 1 May 2020--Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR announces major oil production adjustment plans for 2020, 2021 and 2022 as part of Azerbaijan’s commitments to the voluntary production adjustment agreement reached at the 9th and 10th (Extraordinary) OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meetings held on the 9th and 12th of April respectively via videoconference.
The daily oil production is expected to be adjusted by 96,000 b/d in May-June 2020, by 63,000 b/d in July-December 2020 and by 30,000 b/d from January 2021 to April 2022, as compared to the initial national production plan for 2020, said a statement issued by SOCAR.
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AboutWhy are we all pedalling on this manic treadmill toward oblivion?!It's not exactly making us happy....causing climate chaoswe're all drowning in debtwe're running a dangerous climate experimentthe rich are getting richerWhy?How did we get here?What is driving this?Why can't we stop it?BasicsThe economy is modelled on and dominated by "neo-liberal economics"Neo-liberals model large scale economics from a single "steady state" example: a household working in and buying from a company.
A gross over simplification which ignores "emergent properties" and the dynamics in an economyNeo-liberal Model Ignores the role of banks in money creation and debt – core features of our economy and central to the mess we are inNeo - liberal models diminish key issues like inequality and damage to the environment
but they are very lucrative for the rich and big companiesNeo-liberal Models did not and cannot predict the spectacular economic crashes that have happened – no scientific theory would be seen as suitable if it was unable to predict reality!Such a flawed theory should be binned!See Steve Keen "Debunking Economics" for more details - book or youtubeWas used to establish neo-liberal dominance and corruption keeps it in placeCorruptionExplains the force, coercion and tactics used to establish neo-liberal economic systems globallyTax HavensCore feature of current system.Organise corruption services:*Low Tax*Little or no regulation*Secrecy on offer
=undermining of democracy:if you have money, go here for a different set of rulesTax Haven scale*Tax evasion and avoidance Taxes pay for public services£123bn tax lost each year in the UKDeveloping countries lose revenue to end poverty
*Bribes and kickbacks*market rigging, insider trading*financial crisis by hiding problems*drug and human trafficking*dictators, criminials, mafia*illicit political donationsUp to $32 trillion in "offshore" accounts -if the dollar bills were flat stacked they would go to the moon and back FOUR times!Half of world trade goes through themTax Havens Facilitate:*Politicians use them
*They facilitate illicit political donations*City of London, one of largest tax havens, donated 50% of Convervatives' money*They fund lobbyists*Advisory, standards and ethics bodies are run by those who benefit from tax havens: accountants, lawyers, financiars, coporate Heads of Tax "the Pin-stripe Mafia"Tax Havens survive because:It is possible to end tax haven abuse but political will is lackingOur Captive StateNye Bevan:“Poverty, great wealth and democracy are ultimately incompatible elements in any society”
John Christensen (Tax Justice Network):“Remember the Golden Rule: those with the gold make the rules”•4000 people work in the UK’s £2billion lobbying industry.•For every $1 spent on lobbying a company can expect $100 return•Wealthy donors shape think-tanks /academic institutions•The media is dominated by vested interests.
•Former MP’s are given paid Directorships in companies •23 of the 29 members of the UK Cabinet are millionaires
•Banks are serial offenders in corrupt practices (libor fixing and money laundering are recent news). •Banks have been caught doing the same illegal things dozens of times. They "apologise" and pay the fine: costing only 1% of their profits – paying to break the rules is just seen as a cost of doing business.A neo-liberal economy is based on the proliferationof DebtDebtWe are addicted to unsustainable lifestyles & energy, which is running outDepletionPeak oil, peak everythingOur economy is based and hugely dependent on cheap energy (oil, coal and gas) as well as many other resources (water, minerals, soil).
As supplies diminish, the energy required to extract resources increases; cheap resources cease to be cheap.
We are in a time of increasing demand and decreasing supply. Basic economics tells us this leads to price hikes.Exponential growthClimate changeFollowing years of denial supported by vested interests and kicking this issue into the future, we find heading towards 6 degrees of warming.
Fossil records show a similar rapid temperature rise in a previous age that led to 95% species extinction.
Climate change now is increasing food prices and damaging infrastructure.
5% of the wealthy are responsible for most of the emissions. More equal societies are more likely to work on solutions.Inequality is huge, costly and feeds corruptionDistributionDivide, distract and ruleCurrent messages: Blame "benefits scroungers and fraudsters" for social and economic problems. Celebrate greed and extreme wealth as driving enterprise and progress.
Social problems increase for everyone in an unequal society
Only 3.4% of the super wealthy are entrepreneurs
A wealty elite, who's ancestors stole our land, do not have to pay inheritance tax on their key asset.
Small businesses find it hard to compete in the unequal playing field created for multinationals
Money buys power....Why so much Debt?
Money is created into existence as a debt when banks agree a loan. 97% of money is debt!
Debt is a neo-liberal policy which serves the vested interests of finance, big business and the rich
Debt gives the appearance of economic growth, but most debt has a negative consequenceDebt comes with interest payments - your future labour is "owed" to someone wealthier
Debt slavery arises when the majority owe money to an elite which becomes increasingly difficult to pay backDebt and DistributionDebt and Depletion
You can't keep growing an economy on a finite planetDebt driven economics is wrecking the planetTo cover debts companies are forced to expand and stretch marginsThis affects quality and leads to importing of what can be made locally-is happening in water use, species extinction, polution etc 9 billion people will live on the planet by 2050 In developed countries younger people have to support increasing numbers of older people.We can't sustain these pressures with our current economy in a finite planet.Take back your power, our power!Make changes in your own life and in your community
Join a union or campaign, eg Tax Justice UK. Boycott tax dodging companies. get active, fight back!Promote boycotts and share information.There is a myth that says we have a choice of two forms of economies:State controlled socialism (which has been tried and didn't work and Capitalism (with a big preference for the neo-liberal version)
This is just not true...Check out economic democracy, PROUT, Green Economics & others.We can have a mixed, locally focussed economy with small private enterprises, larger cooperatives and public ownership of things best run as monopolies.
What is an economy for? What are our values? What about maximising happiness and minimising harm to people and planet. What about choosing our economy on this basis?
Solutions!Policy:
Individuals:
Communities:Undertake a "great transition" as outlined by NEF.Localise food production through cooperative, permaculture farms.Use Green taxes, regulations, tariffs to reduce pollution. Invest in energy efficiency and support renewable energy and community ownership. Capture carbon by working with nature. Create a law against Ecocide.Reduce your need for energy for heating and transport. Grow food. Shop local; who supplies your energy?Develop or use a local community supported agriculture, farmers market and online shop (eg Stroudco). Increase community owned energy. Transition the local economy.Solutions!Policy:
Individuals:
Communities:Promote cooperatives and employee owned businesses. Limit pay differentials to 20:1. Introduce land value charges and for other commons). Remove interest charges for loans.Join campaigns supporting equality and social justice. Share the information from the Equality Trust.Build inclusive communities and fight all attempts to scapegoat! Build your local community, have fun together!
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Cristiano Ronaldo watched from the bench as Real Madrid lost to Roma in their latest pre-season friendly on Tuesday night.
Francesco Totti's strike after the break proved to be the difference in Texas as Carlo Ancelotti's side struggled without their talisman, even though they had world-record signing Gareth Bale on the pitch.
The match was interrupted towards the end by a pitch invasion as fans tried to meet their heroes and take 'selfies' with them.
VIDEO Scroll down to watch Gareth Bale looks on as 20 fans invade pitch for selfies
No substitute for class: Cristiano Ronaldo was left out of the Real Madrid team to take on Roma
Wing wizard: But Gareth Bale (left) was unable to prevent his side losing to the Italians
Waiting game: Ronaldo has yet to fully recover from the injury that hampered his World Cup
Bale started for the Spanish giants but struggled to make an impact as Ancelotti awaits the return of World Cup stars James Rodriguez and Karim Benzema.
Stop right there: Police officers approach a fan that ran on to the field with a Palestine flag
Snap happy: A fan that made it on to the field takes a selfie with Real Madrid's Isco
Give us a hug: Mehdi Benatia of Roma greets a supporter
Game over: A fan is detained by a police officer after running on the field during Roma's win
VIDEO Ancelotti positive despite loss
He had one of Madrid's best chances
midway through the first half when he scuffed his shot wide from close
range. Just before the break, Pepe blazed an effort over the bar as the
Champions League winners pressed.
Ashley
Cole, meanwhile, lined up for Roma and believed he had reason to
complain early in the second half when he alleged Raul de Tomas had
stamped on him.
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igotplans2•October 26, 2014 12:30
This is not convincing 'evidence' to me. I don't know why the nanny thing is even considered a 'sign' of anything, nor the New Year's photo. My family takes pics like that ahead of time on a regular basis. I expect a celeb couple would be even more likely to do so. But, beyond all that, I don't think Tori is a good enough actress to pull off her extreme reactions to the infidelity. Her ugly sobbing and clear humiliation was palpable. My voyeuristic tendency crumbled, and I wanted to to turn off the TV and go cry with the girl and beat Dean's a** myself, and I'm not even a fan.
John Donaldson•July 10, 2014 01:58
Papparazi is so angry that Tori got one over on them for reporting her own struggles on True Tori, that they are exagerating and making things up. The 2014 is clearly photoshopped in on the pic.
bernadette jones•June 01, 2014 07:59
whether or not it is real, if it is, then Tori agreed to immediately publicly shame Dean, and have the whole thing documented for the world to see, cuz she set him up to get fired by 'chopped canada', cuz she was positive the chopped wouldn't want him back. one way or another she figures, she WILL get him in a subservient position, with no ties to the world, and being the perfect nanny-houseboy, she set him up
kathy•May 31, 2014 19:58
I think she she get rid iPod him he was only with her cuz of daddy. Hoping to make it bug with his help now daddy is gone and I think daddy seen right threw him.That's why no money was left to her
It'sakennedythingyouwouldn'tun•May 30, 2014 16:28
WTF???First of all, WHERE DID MOST OF YOU OTHER POSTERS GO TO SCHOOL???? You don't even know proper english. As for Tori, whether the show was fake or not (I mean really, who gives a sh*t??) she does-in my opinion-need to drop Dean like a heavy rock-or maybe just drop a big rock ON him.She deserves so much better. I believe that he's been using her from the start, to boost his career more than likely. And Candy is a selfish B$TCH.I'm sure she hates Tori because she was so close to her dad. & I'm sure she was jealous. SAD SAD SAD. At any rate, I wish Tori all the best.
Ginger•May 29, 2014 10:08
This is fake. They both can't act. Every scene with crying in it, there are no tears. They need to think about their kids. Why would you do this and bring your kids a long for the ride? If it's real then they will watch how their dad cheated. They don't need to see that at any age. If it's fake, and I am sure it is, then their mom and dad are lyres and will do anything for money and fame. Just what we want to teach our kids.They both are cheaters. They cheated on their first spouses with each other. So how can they have a good foundation with that beginning. As far as money is concerned, tori needs to get a handle on her spending. She wants to live well above her means. Dean doesn't have the money her daddy did. And it's not her moms job to support her. She is a grown woman with her own career. And how can they not have money. With all the books she has done, the clothing line, her decorating line, and her shows. So the "we have no money " is bogus too.Grow up Tori and Dean. Start being parents to the kids and put all this money hungry crap away. You are embarrassing your selfs .
christine•May 25, 2014 12:49
Tori has been on TV for a very long time unfortunately she should have known that he was going to cheat since he did it once before to wife NO. 1 some women never learn. As for her mother she is a selfish witch who hates thew fact that she was not No. 1 in her husbands life and her daughter was. Tori my advise to you would be to just let him go your beautiful and smart and you have a great deal of friends to help you through this. Rehab did not work for him he fakes his feelings with more lies, and please those panic attacks he claims to have come on I get those and can tell you the ones he is having are FAKE!!!! he just does not want to pay a huge child support payment or anything to you be a smart woman and leave his dumb-ass because he is playing you like a fiddle and you really deserve better than that. I know you have 4 babies but you can do it your smart and to hell what other people say about you they have issues and would not tell you the truth if it bit them in the butt. Stay away from your mother she is trouble and for whatever reason is a lousy one and needs help herself. You worry about you and your kids and stay out of the press for a bit and move on. That is the best advise I can give someone like you. TV reality is the biggest reason most TV couples get divorced, look at the statistics don't be one. P.S. if he puts his hands on you don't run fight back I know your tiny but for real your not weak!!!!!!!!!!! People are saying he manipulates you do it back you were and are strong before you met him be that girl again but now a WOMAN not a GIRL anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ginger@ christine•May 29, 2014 09:53
She is no better! She is a money hungry selfish me first bitch. I totally think this is made up. Their bedroom fight were she cried and told him to do something was the worst acting I have ever seen. She couldn't even cry! There were NO tears. At all. He was a much better actor than she is. And as far as cheating goes, she was married when to husband number 1 when she cheated with Dean! So she gets what she deserves.
helen•May 24, 2014 05:33
on the talk they asked candy if tori leaves dean can tori and the kids live with you, she said no, oh no not with 4 kids. I might buy her an apartment but not with me. cold lady.
JuJu•May 22, 2014 02:23
why is Candy so against Tori what did Tori do to her parents to getbooted out of the family
helen@ JuJu•May 24, 2014 05:35
maybe she was a daddys girl and candy was jealous. who knows with these rich people she has enough money and room in that penthouse its huge, but no I guess its never enough.
hawkeye•May 20, 2014 01:36
Seemed sincere to me. He made a mistake and needs to make things right. It will take years of therapy to help tori with her insecurities and he needs a job close to home. The kids need their dad and he and tori need to talk and go to therapy together. What a selfish jerk.
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Without resorting to driving, getting around when you have children can be a bit of a hustle. But sometimes you just want to be out with your kids as you take in the fair weather and enjoy the fresh outdoor air. Luckily, you can overcome this problem with a cargo…
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The Monaco Mystery: Why does such a big club have so few fans?
In recent months, you’d be forgiven for putting the lack of fans in the stands at the Stade Louis II down to the dismal performances on the pitch. Leonardo Jardim started the 2018/19 season with a win away at Nantes, but since then, things could barely have gone worse. AS Monaco suffered their worst ever defeat in European competition, have picked up just one win in 13 matches, and find themselves in the relegation zone of Ligue 1. Thierry Henry was recruited to the post of manager in mid October.
Nevertheless, it’s not Monaco’s poor form that has kept the fans away. This is an issue which has plagued the club for decades. Since 1990, the highest average league attendance over a season was 11,061 out of a capacity of 18,523, in 2006/07. Last year, Monaco finished in second place domestically whilst averaging just 49.9% attendance for their home games. By comparison, Metz, who finished dead last, mustered 55.6% turnout in a bigger stadium, despite regular humiliations at the Stade Saint-Symphorien.
Monaco is a microstate of fewer than 40,000 inhabitants and at first glance this looks to be a good reason for their lack of support. Normally, however, there is no strong correlation between local population and attendance figures. EA Guingamp is based in a village of 7,000 people, yet sold 5,000 more tickets per home match than the Monégasques last season.
In the case of Guingamp, and most other Ligue 1 clubs, their nearest opposition team is at a safe geographical distance, leaving football enthusiasts in the region that are desperate for live action little choice but to follow their closest team. French Riviera neighbours Nice boast almost ten times the population of Monaco, along with a top flight football team to boot, providing stiff competition for supporters.
And think about the word “Monaco”, what comes to mind? Is it the marina? Is it the F1 Grand Prix? Or is it Monte Carlo Casino? Whatever it is, it will be something expensive. A bottle of water costs double across the open border and a post match trip to McDonald’s will take a few extra euros out of your pocket.
Combine the cost factor along with the geographical proximity of Nice and Monaco, and you have a natural gravitational pull of fans in surrounding villages who will pledge their allegiance to the former. It makes sense to travel an extra few kilometres to save a significant amount of money on a weekly basis.
On the other hand, you would expect a club of Monaco’s recent success to at least be able to attract younger fans en masse. In this world of social media and football celebrities, a marquee signing can bolster fan bases massively. Upon signing Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid, Juventus saw their social media gain hundreds of thousands of followers across the board, with their Instagram account alone gaining over 1.4 million users within a week. This does not translate directly to filling a stadium, but among Europe’s elite it certainly brings much welcomed exposure and several fans make the pilgrimage to see their favourite player.
At Monaco, their transfer policy is one of the most unique in Europe. The club has a rich tradition of bringing young players through their academy and sending them off to pastures new following first team exposure. Even their current manager joined the side at the age of 15 and left after five years for Italian giants Juventus. Nowadays, this ethos has become even more aggressive, as the board seem happy to sanction sales of players after just 12 months.
Keita Balde joined from Lazio for €30 million but found himself back in Serie A with Inter Milan this summer at an eventual cost of €36 million, once the Italian side complete their obligatory purchase in 2019. The Senegalese had a mixed season in Ligue 1, but as soon as an opportunity arose for profit to be made, the board were happy to cash in.
Few players are able to integrate themselves into the team long term, and consequently fans struggle to become invested emotionally the side. Six Monaco players were voted in to the UNFP (PFA equivalent in France) Team of the Year in the 2016/17 campaign, when Leonardo Jardim’s side won a shock league title. By the start of the following season, three of these players, alongside others, had been sold to European rivals.
While this benefits their coffers, money is rarely reinvested in large amounts these days, with the owners preferring to keep a net profit on transfers. Most of the money which goes back into the first team is typically spent on footballers who have made their name at smaller clubs but see Monaco as the stepping stone to a larger team. These players are not marquee signings, nor are they intended to be. Once again, the priority is on churning an eventual profit from the squad and not with providing fans with a big name signing.
Players like Aleksandr Golovin, who chose to join Monaco despite links with Chelsea after a successful World Cup, is the biggest name the side have signed in years, even though he was barely heard of prior to Russia 2018. He chose Monaco as it should act as a springboard to establish himself in a top five European league, with hopes to advance later in his career.
This high player turnover also doesn’t allow fan favourites to establish themselves. Even Falcao, who joined the side in 2013, has spent two years on loan and only has 86 league appearances to his name with Monaco.
Moral ground has rarely been a motivator for fans to leave a club. Look at Manchester City, owned, in effect, by the state of the United Arab Emirates who have many misgivings, but they are as popular a club as they have ever been in their history. The ownership of the club is seldom cited as a reason to avoid supporting the side. Monaco need not be worried about losing support due to the recent allegations against Rybolovlev, but this should act as a wake up call. If the money is correctly invested in both players and the brand of the club, PSG's model is one that could be mirrored.
Monaco certainly have several factors out of their control for attracting fans; the club can’t relocate from the principality, and will always have their neighbours Nice next door. Nor can they change the cost of living in the state. Indeed, this acts as a major plus for players who are looking to live in the tax haven and live a luxurious lifestyle.
Nevertheless, a club with as much history and recent success as the Mediterranean side should be far more popular both at home and internationally. It is time for the owners to prioritise the club ahead of themselves or make way for others who will. Their domestic rivals are discovering that a heavy short term investment can work wonders for a club in the long term, as PSG become one of the most recognisable clubs globally. Monaco need to end their time as the selling club of Europe and hold onto some of their most prized possessions. This, combined with more ambitious international marketing should turn the tide, and give the club the support it deserves
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Leicester 1-2 Crystal Palace- Report
Two first-half goals from Damien Delaney and Peter Ramage sent managerless Crystal Palace up to fourth in the npower Championship with a 2-1 win and ended Leicester's impressive unbeaten home record.
Defending a 100 per cent sequence at the King Power Stadium, Nigel Pearson's side were second best against a slick Palace side under the stewardship of caretaker boss Lennie Lawrence following the departure of Dougie Freedman this week.
The visitors could have been ahead in the first minute but Yannick Bolasie spurned a chance from just a few yards out.
It was a rocky start for Pearson's Championship leaders but Julian Speroni - making his 250th league start in goal for the Eagles - had to be alert to save a Dave Nugent effort as the Foxes briefly threatened at the other end.
A header from Andy King cleared the bar as the hosts rallied, but Kaspar Schmeichel did well to hold on to a Wilfried Zaha cross as Palace - nine games unbeaten in the Championship - displayed all their attacking intent in the opening stages.
And Lawrence's men took the lead after 23 minutes. Schmeichel failed to deal with a Mile Jedinak corner, feeling he was impeded as he went to claim the ball, and Delaney rattled home from 12 yards out.
Zaha tried his luck from 30 yards out, but Palace did not have long to wait for their second as Ramage headed home from six yards out after 28 minutes, latching onto Bolasie's assist.
It had been a poor start from the hosts, who went into the game boasting six successive home wins, but it got worse 13 minutes from the break when an injured Lloyd Dyer was replaced by Matty James.
Pearson would have hoped for a decent start to the second half but much as his team huffed and puffed, Palace were always a threat at the other end of the field, and a third for the visitors would have ended the Foxes' hopes.
Jamie Vardy would have hoped for a better connection with a header that sailed harmlessly over the bar from close range 10 minutes after the break, and Leicester were forced into a tactical change after 63 minutes when Danny Drinkwater was replaced by Ben Marshall.
Time was running out for the hosts and a speculative shot from all of 35 yards from James showed how well Palace had snuffed out the Foxes' threat.
With 14 minutes left Anthony Knockaert was replaced by Jeff Schlupp, and Leicester finally registered in added time when King headed home.
But the Foxes were second best on a day when Palace showed true promotion potential and the legacy left them by former boss Freedman.
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James Bond's latest Nemesis in 'Spectre' is Oberhauser, and will be played by Oscar winner Christoph Waltz, who we know can do bad very well with his Oscar-winning turn in 'Inglourious Basterds'.
For many, Donald Pleasence as Blofeld is the ultimate Bond villain
Bond's most recent villain, Raoul Silva, was played by Javier Bardem, gloriously camp in a blonde wig that did little to hid the menace on his rubbery face.
What was his beef? Purely his quest for revenge on Bond's boss M, after being humiliated during his years of MI6 service, when - you guessed it - he was (nearly) as an able an agent as 007 himself.
Bardem defended Silva's actions, calling him "a broken man", but all Bond's villains have had their reasons.
Le Chiffre (my favourite, 'Casino Royale') had simply got himself in a spot of financial bother with some evil henchmen, and needed to get a bit more cash back in the briefcase before he gave him back to him. That's his story, anyway, for tying James Bond to a chair and finding fresh use for a whip.
Similarly, Goldfinger didn't really want to hurt anyone - he just wanted to get rid of all the gold in Fort Knox so that his own pile of coins would be worth that little bit more, so just playing the laws of supply and demand, really.
Back at the beginning, Dr No simply wanted to sabotage American missile tests. Unfortunately, he sabotaged himself, ending up boiling in the pot of his own reactor. Whoops.
And Blofeld... well, some people are just a little bit strange (hence the need for the character to be played by five different actors, if you include voiceovers, two of whom are featured here).
So... who's the best of Bond's arch-foes? Check out our pick of the bunch in these pictures and have your vote below...
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Got up before dawn this morning to the sound of rain. Kind of unusual for Las Vegas. After studying for tomorrow’s Sunday School lesson, I was in the mood to paint. So while listening to a quilting podcast and downing a few Girl Scout cookies ( the lemon ones are surprisingly good!), I got to work. Life is good.
This little drawing is based on antique needlework patterns. I added a fabric texture in Ipiccy–don’t know if you can tell. Though my brushwork is a little messy, I like how it turned out. And it was much faster than needle-turn applique!
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Incredible Video Shows West Explosion
Incredible video from NBC 5 DFW viewer Erick Perez shows the explosion at the West Fertilizer Company in West, Texas. The video plays once at regular speed, then it is slowed down half speed, then frame by frame. (Published Thursday, April 18, 2013)
A massive explosion at a fertilizer plant ripped through a small Texas town, creating a powerful shock wave that flattened homes, smashed windows and could be felt as far as 80 miles away.
The explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. in the town of West exploded Wednesday night after the plant caught fire.
In a phone interview with NBC News on Thursday, West Mayor Tommy Muska said there are "30 to 40 missing people," including five firefighters. Muska said one fatality had been confirmed, but he could not say if it was a firefighter.
Muska told NBC News it's possible some of the missing "could be in a hospital, but the death toll "figure will be in that area" of 30 to 40.
Volunteer firemen from the West Fire Department initially responded to a fire at 7:30 p.m. at West Fertilizer Company. Six volunteer firemen responded to the fire, recognized the potential for an explosion and began evacuating nearby homes and businesses, Waco police Sgt. William Patrick Swanton said.
Through the night, firefighters struggled to contain the blaze because of toxic fumes. Officials were worried about an unexploded tank that continued to vent gas but said by Thursday morning that they were no longer worried about another explosion while the fire continued to smolder.
Mayor of West Updates Explosion
Mayor Tommy Muska updates the situation in West where an explosion at a fertilizer plant rocked the town.
(Published Wednesday, May 1, 2013)
Watch video from Chopper 5 over West in the video player above.
Injured transported to hospitals in DFW, Waco, Temple
Late Wednesday, Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Trooper D.L. Wilson said more than 100 people were injured. According to hospital counts by early Thursday morning, at least 167 people were treated at hospitals in Waco, Temple, Dallas and Fort Worth.
The explosion occurred at about 7:50 p.m. while firefighters were at West Fertilizer Co. in the town of West in McLennan County. Firefighters responded to the plant after the fire was reported at the plant in the 1400 block of Jerry Mashek Drive at about 7 p.m.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the explosion at the fertilizer plant registered as a 2.1-magnitude earthquake.
The magnitude is "substantially less than the true size of the event" because the magnitude only measures the ground motion, not the air wave, the USGS said on its website.
West Mayor Tommy Muska, himself a firefighter, said the "very powerful explosion" occurred after he and other firefighters arrived at the scene. The plant was fully engulfed in fire before the explosion, he said.
Swanton said the West Fire Department responded to the fire, realized the volatility of the situation and began to evacuate nearby homes and businesses. About 50 minutes after firefighters arrived, the "massive explosion" occurred, he said.
West is about 70 miles south of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but people as far north as south Arlington reported feeling the explosion. Numerous NBC 5 viewers in places such as Cleburne, Waxahachie and Midlothian contacted NBC 5, saying they believed they felt an earthquake.
Muska said he did not know how many homes were affected by the blast's five-block radius. His own home's windows and doors were blown off, he said.
Wilson said 50 to 75 homes were damaged, in addition to 50 units at an apartment complex that were just "a skeleton."
Swanton described the damage as "quite a bit of devastation" in the downtown area.
Viewers told NBC 5 that a nearby nursing home and an apartment complex sustained serious damage in the blast. Chopper 5 could see that the entire second floor of a two-story apartment building had collapsed.
Muska said 133 patients in a nearby nursing home were evacuated, most by wheelchair. The facility was in the process of being evacuated when the explosion hit, Swanton said.
The plant was still burning at 10 p.m., but Muska said at a news conference at 11 p.m. that the fire appeared to be under control.
At midnight, Wilson said that the fire was still smoldering. Fire crews could not get close to the facility because of toxic fumes, and the plant still had active ingredients, he said.
DPS said shortly after 1 a.m. that there was concern about an unexploded tank in the plant that was venting gas.
DPS, mayor: Town does not need more first responders at this time
The town of West has plenty of law enforcement and search-and-rescue crews on the scene, Muska said.
When asked what the town needs, he said, "We need your prayers. There's a lot of people that got hurt. There's a lot of people I'm sure will not be here tomorrow."
Wilson reiterated the mayor's request that no one come to West to help.
"We are overflowing with help, and we don't need any more help as far as that goes," Wilson said.
People can call the following emergency number for information on family and loved ones: 254-286-1100.
Door-to-door search for survivors
"About half" of the town had been evacuated, Wilson said early Thursday morning. Crews had cleared about an eight-to-10-block area and moved people back even further, he said.
Emergency responders went door-to-door to search for survivors, Muska said.
"We're going to search for everybody," he said. "We're going to make sure everyone's accounted for -- that's the most important thing right now."
Wilson said another house-by-house search was expected to continue all night long.
"We're worried about people right now, not property," he said. "We want people to be safe -- that's our main goal right now, is getting the people safe and getting them out of there."
People north of the plant are being asked to stay indoors because of concerns about the air quality.
Further evacuations could be ordered if the weather changes expected early Thursday morning change wind patterns, he said.
Winds in West would shift from the south to the northwest between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. because of an approaching cold front, said NBC 5 meteorologist Samantha Davies.
Law enforcement said gas and power companies were turning off service in the area.
Police in West told NBC 5's Ray Villeda that looters were near the impact zone very soon after the blast. Security in the area was very tight early Thursday morning, he reported.
A triage scene at a nearby West High School was moved because of continued danger from the blast site. Dozens of firetrucks and ambulances moved blocks away from where they were staged at the football field.
All news helicopters were asked to leave the area at about 10:40 p.m.
The Federal Aviation Administration put a no-fly zone into effect three miles around West and below 3,000 feet. Only emergency aircraft will be allowed into the area.
Interstate 35 is closed in McLennan County because of the situation, creating major traffic backups along the highway.
The roads around the blast site are blocked off for emergency vehicles.
All West school district campuses will be closed Thursday and Friday. The district is asking that everyone stay away from school property in that time.
Future plans will be announced this weekend.
Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday night that his office was monitoring the fire and gathering information.
"We have also mobilized state resources to help local authorities," he said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of West and the first responders on the scene."
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said it was deploying a large investigation team to West.
Swanton said he had no details on the number of people who work at the plant, which was cited by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in 2006 for failing to obtain or to qualify for a permit. The agency acted after receiving a complaint in June of that year of a strong ammonia smell.
How to help
As the tragedy unfolds, many have asked how they can help.
Officials said the following items are the ones most in need by victims: Diapers/wipes, new underwear, blankets, water bottles, gift cards for grocery stores or home supply stores, toiletries, sports drinks or powdered sports drinks, toilet paper, hand sanitizer, nonperishable food items, clothing of all sizes, bedding, dog and cat food.
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Port aux Basques fisher Melvin Bateman caught this rare blue lobster in the waters off Grand Bay on June 1. It is now on display at Colemans-at-the-Gardens in Corner Brook, and will eventually be donated to the Bonne Bay Marine Station.
Actually, he’s bound for the aquarium at the Bonne Bay Marine Station in Norris Point. But his journey started on June 1 just off Port aux Basques, in one of Melvin Bateman’s lobster traps.
It wasn’t the first blue lobster Bateman ever caught. But he said it was the bluest.
The Port aux Basques fisher said he has caught at least a couple of the strange animals before. He’s also had yellowish ones.
While it looks fairly large in the photo, Bateman said the crustacean was only about two pounds.
He said past blue ones he caught were much darker, while this one was a bright sky-blue.
A University of Maine study suggests only one in two million lobsters will have the mutation causing a blue shell.
Despite its rarity, Bateman said he didn’t give much thought to trying to sell the lobster at a premium.
“We’re practically giving them away as it is,” he joked, noting the current price for lobster is around $3.25 per pound.
He sold it with the rest of his catch that day to Codroy Seafoods.
The blue lobster has now made its way to Coleman’s Grocery in Corner Book.
Colemans’ seafood manager Danny Thomas said the lobster, which he has named Charlie, is drawing quite the crowd at the Colemans-at-the-Gardens location.
“It’s the first one we’ve had in the store,” said Thomas. “Not a lot of people have seen one before.”
Charlie is in the tank with all the other lobsters. Thomas figures he can live for at least a month in the store’s tank.
His unusual colour has not made him the target of any bullying by the other lobsters, according to Thomas.
“He gets along perfect,” he said. “He fits right in.”
Colemans did not pay a premium for the rare creature. He was purchased at market price from Codroy Seafoods, but he won’t be sold again.
“You can’t sell him,” said Thomas. “It would be a sin to sell him and cook him.”
After a few weeks, Colemans will be donating Charlie to Memorial University’s Bonne Bay Marine Centre in Norris Point. Thomas hopes Charlie can live a long and happy life in the saltwater aquarium.
Port aux Basques fisher Melvin Bateman caught this rare blue lobster in the waters off Grand Bay on June 1. It is now on display at Colemans-at-the-Gardens in Corner Brook, and will eventually be donated to the Bonne Bay Marine Station.
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Construction of 35,600
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cost of $150 per foot. Additional capacity
needed to accommodate flows from Southern
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Meaty Remnants from author Timothy Baker
depression
I have a mental illness you may know as clinical depression. There. I said it. To the world. Well, at least my small part of it. Now all tens of you know.
It’s not a pretty thing, oh no, my friends. When I’m in dark deep end of it, I’m a walking cliché of symptoms: deep sadness, death of motivation, repetitive thoughts, sleeplessness, sleepiness, severe introversion, irritability, fear, guilt, feelings of worthlessness, etc, etc, etc (holy crap, just writing those makes me feel ill!) I’m really not here writing this to list the symptoms, that’s what Google is for. Despite being in therapy off and on for the past fifteen years, I still Googled the symptoms and it was quite strange to tick off every one of them, I must say. What I am here for, is to simply get it off my chest. I am also reaching out to other similarly afflicted writers, because I think there are a lot of us out there, more than we know, and that, like me, keep it under wraps. I don’t know if this is going to do anyone any good, or even if it will do me any good. I’m going to put it out there, and go whew. Be prepared for rambling diversions.
A small bit of history: I first recognized something was wrong, and sought help, about a year before my first wife died. I wasn’t a surprise. It was coming. We both could see it getting nearer, though we didn’t talk about it. We fought her illness and complications barely keeping hope alive. I was her caretaker, but despite the love and support we gave each other, it was wearing my emotions and strength thin. I knew I had a problem, when one day, sitting in another waiting room of one of countless visits to an endless list of medical specialists, my vision closed down to a turning red tunnel as I became detached from the world. Ihad to use every fiber of mind and muscle to keep from running, screaming out the door, through the clinic, across the parking lot, running to Thor-knows-where, and never to return. I was on the verge of a full-blown massive panic attack. I knew at that moment that I needed help. I found a therapist and within ten minutes of our first visit, she said, “Okay. You need medication.” I’ve been on medication of different varieties ever since, going into therapy when things were at their worst. It’s been fifteen years when I was first diagnosed and I’m still living with this deep-sea, mental monster.
But let me sooth any fears you may have for me at this point. I’m doing better, really. I’ve got a good doctor and therapist and I’m learning new skills to deal with my dark ever-friend. It ain’t easy and some days, or weeks, are better than others. And this past nine months has been an emotional hole for me that now I’m only starting to crawl out of. My therapist says I’m doing well, and I’m taking her word for it.
(Ya know the movie, “As Good As It Gets”, where Jack Nicholson lays his face in his hands and says, “It’s exhausting talking like this.” That’s how I’m feeling right now as I type.)
Okay. That’s the confession part of it. I can say no more. Next comes what my depression has to do with writing, or more importantly, the non-writing, in–
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Is Their Number Up?
Those Directory Assistance Folks Keep One Eye on Their Computer and One Looking Over Their Shoulder
Sullivan became an operator because of the pay--now $7.70 an hour to start, $16.60 an hour in four years, plus benefits. And she liked the tiny conversations she had with hundreds of people every day.
But these days there is no letup. In three high-tech offices in Anaheim, San Diego and Culver City, 1,800 operators search the company's vast, ever-changing databases for numbers in six area codes stretching from the Mexico border to Simi Valley.
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While private directory assistance services have encroached on Pacific Bell's former monopoly, the phone company giant still provides information to about 14 million of the 17 million telephone customers in Southern California.
In the beige buildings where information operators work, their locations kept secret because of frequent bomb threats, employees flash a light when they need to go to the bathroom so supervisors can ask someone else to take their calls. Wearing Walkmans to ease the boredom is not allowed. Note-taking is frowned on. Computer games are allowed.
Supervisors on raised platforms around the room choreograph who works where and when. It's an intricate dance meant to ensure that just enough operators are working at any one time to handle the calls. There are operators working around the clock in shifts that begin and end every 15 minutes.
Since last spring, technology has made it possible for supervisors to know exactly how many calls each operator is taking every minute of the day.
Operators have 21 seconds to answer calls. Last year, handling the average call took more than 30 seconds. The allotted time is expected to drop to 18 seconds soon. Five years ago, there were 2,500 people doing this job and an operator handled fewer than half the calls that each does today.
With the speed come mistakes. Zach Terflinger, 25, a six-year veteran, said it's hard to avoid giving the occasional wrong number when you have only a few seconds to type abbreviated names into a database.
"I've had customers call and scream at the top of their lungs because they got the wrong number," he said. "The fact is, sometimes I do give out wrong numbers."
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Not all the changes have been bad for operators. Last spring they got adjustable desks and chairs and keyboards with a lighter touch. If operators get tired of repeating the same greeting over and over again, they can record it and play it for callers, then jump in a few seconds later to listen to the reply.
Gone are the dress codes that once required women to work in skirts and pumps. Back then, the force was all women. Today 20% of the 411 operators are men. Men and women dress as they like, slouching in sweats, hunching over their keyboards in jeans or sitting cross-legged, baseball caps low over their eyes.
On a recent rainy day, signs posted on pillars and bulletin boards in one office reminded operators to give people looking for sandbags the number of their local fire station. Twelve people called asking about ski conditions in the Sierra. A child wanted to know the capital of Afghanistan, and another asked an operator in a tiny voice how to spell "terrible." Operators answer these questions when they can do so quickly.
As the clocks above them tick off the hours and minutes and seconds of their days, operators say they spend a lot of time worrying about what will happen to the jobs they once thought would always be there.
"Oh, it's coming," said Mark Leslie, who started with Pacific Bell 26 years ago as a directory assistance operator fresh out of high school--the second man to do so--and rose to be vice president of external affairs in the company's Orange County operation.
"Sometimes I sit here and think: What will it be like when they're not here anymore?"
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History
Ælfwine son of Éadwine, son of Óswine was born around 869 AD. An Anglo-Saxon, living in Britain during the 10th century. When Ælfwine was nine years old, his father sailed off with his ship Éarendel and never returned.
Because of the attacks of the Danes, his mother fled with him from Somerset, where they lived, to the West Wales, where she had her kindred.
He was a long way descendant of Eärendil, and had, like all of Eärendil's descendants, sea-longing in his blood.[2] He was a sailor and a minstrel.
Having grown up to full manhood and learned the Welsh language and much sea-craft he returned to Somerset to serve the King Eadweard's thegnOdda in the wars. In the service of Odda he sailed and visited both Wales and Ireland many times. On his journeys he always sought tales of the sea, and thus came to hear the Irish legends of Maelduin and Saint Brendan, who both set out to sea, and came to "many islands in succession, where they encountered marvel upon marvel".[3] He heard also of a great land in the west which had been cast down. The survivors of the disaster had settled on Ireland and dwindled there; and the successors of these men all had the sea-longing in their blood, so that many sailed off west and never returned. Ælfwine thought he might be one of these descendants.
Around the year 915, in autumn, the Danes attacked Porlock. They were at first driven off and Ælfwine's company managed to capture a Danish "cnearr" at night. At dawn Ælfwine told to his closest friend, Tréowine, he intended to sail off westward, perhaps to the country of the legendary king Sheaf. Tréowine agreed to accompany him at least as far as to Ireland. They got two other companions: Ceola of Somerset and Geraint of West Wales.
Many days after they passed Ireland the voyagers were exhausted. A "dreamlike death" seemed to come over them, and soon they passed out. The last that is known of the journey is that Tréowine saw the world plunge down under them, while sailing the Straight Road.
Ælfwine learned much of this lore. When he returned to England, he translated the Silmarillion, the Annals and the Narn into Old English, giving explanations on the many names.
Descendants of Ælfwine of the present time experienced memories or visions of their ancestors around the fall of Atlantis (cf. Númenor: Inspiration).
Other versions of the Legendarium
Eriol has been a background figure in Tolkien's legendarium, being a frame character to whom many texts are fictionally attributed. Ælfwine is a later version of a figure Tolkien first named as Ottor Wǽfre in The Book of Lost Tales. Ælfwine/Eriol acquired lore from the Elves of Eressea, or translated existing Elvish works into Old English (a minor discrepancy is that whereas Ælfwine is described as hailing from the north-west of England, his texts are in the Mercian dialect, which was Tolkien's favourite).
Still, in some of the later writings of Tolkien written after The Lord of the Rings, Ælfwine is still referred and it is hinted that he didn't fully abandon the idea of Ælfwine's translations, since the two frameworks (Red Book and Ælfwine) are not mutually exclusive.
Christopher Tolkien decided to remove all references of Ælfwine while compiling The Silmarillion since it could make the work too complex. However traces of Ælfwine's 'translations' remain, such as the archaic English 'translations' "Mickleburg" and "Hollowbold". The latest version of the Akallabêth also contained references to Ælfwine, and C. Tolkien had to edit it somewhat in order to fit it in The Silmarillion.
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An Afghan young woman was abused by her father since she was four. She had 1 child, 2 miscarriages and is pregnant with her 4th child when she goes to the law to seek justice. Her family and community blame her. Khatera lives in hiding, moving from house to house when she fears her identity is at risk.
But what if it was more the norm that the stories of Afghan women were heard? What if they succeeded in fighting the cultural, familial and legal forces that strive to keep them silent? And what if the words they spoke were a demand for justice?
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To Die For
Honour is vital in our everyday lives; we should be those who honour one another, our authorities, our leaders and most importantly our God. When we submit to God and His plans for us, we grow in strength. Historically people were willing to die to protect their honour and the honour of those they served. How important is honour to you?
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C3 Social Studies Framework
The College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework For Social Studies State Standards is a document developed by twenty states and fifteen national social studies content organizations in a voluntary effort to provide a powerful document to help states and teachers as they develop and implement their state-developed standards. The National Geographic Society was a partner in the development process. The C3 Framework is not a standards document, but rather a framework that “does not include all that can or should be included in a set of robust social studies standards, and intentionally preserves the critical choices around the selection of curricular content taught at each grade level as a decision best made by each state.” (NCSS, page 6) The document further states “The Framework aims to support states in creating standards that prepare young people for effective and successful participation in college, careers, and civic life.”
What are the Guiding Principles of the C3 Framework?
The C3 Framework is driven by the following shared principles about high quality social studies education:
The social studies prepare the nation’s young people for success in college and career; as well as informed, engaged participation in civic life.
Inquiry is at the heart of social studies instruction.
The social studies involve interdisciplinary instruction and benefit from interaction with and integration of the arts and humanities.
The social studies is composed of deep and enduring understandings, concepts, and skills from the disciplines. Social studies emphasize skills and practices that prepare students for informed and engaged participation in civic life.
Social studies education has direct and explicit connections to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies.
The C3 Framework informs the process by which states and school districts develop social studies standards.
(C3 Fact Sheet, p.1)
Geography and the C3 Framework
The authors of the C3 Framework document recognize that, while Social Studies is often taught as an integrated subject, each discipline within the Social Studies has a unique perspective and approach to analyzing the world. For that reason, the individual disciplines developed a section to illustrate how the disciplinary concepts and tools connect to the Arc of Inquiry outlined in Dimension 2 of the document.
The Geographic Lens
“Geographic inquiry helps people understand and appreciate their own place in the world, and fosters curiosity about Earth’s wide diversity of environments and cultures.
Geographic reasoning rests on deep knowledge of Earth’s physical and human features, including the locations of places and regions, the distribution of landforms and water bodies, and historic changes in political boundaries, economic activities, and cultures. Geographic reasoning requires using spatial and environmental perspectives, skills in asking and answering questions, and being able to apply geographic representations including maps, imagery, and geospatial technologies. A spatial perspective is about whereness. Where are people and things located? Why there? What are the consequences? An environmental perspective views people as living in interdependent relationships within diverse environments. Thinking geographically requires knowing that the world is a set of complex ecosystems interacting at multiple scales that structure the spatial patterns and processes that influence our daily lives. Geographic reasoning brings societies and nature under the lens of spatial analysis, and aids in personal and societal decision making and problem solving.” (NCSS, p.40)
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), The College, Career, and Civic Life (C3)Framework for Social Studies State Standards: Guidance for Enhancing the Rigor of K-12 Civics, Economics, Geography, and History (Silver Spring, MD: NCSS, 2013).
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Where 17 or more multifamily dwelling units are constructed on a building site, 3 percent of the total number of parking spaces provided for all types of parking facilities, but in no case less than one, shall be electric vehicle charging spaces (EV spaces) capable of supporting future EVSE. Calculations for the required number of EV spaces shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number.
Note: Construction documents are intended to demonstrate the project’s capability and capacity for facilitating future EV charging. There is no requirement for EV spaces to be constructed or available until EV chargers are installed for use.
Construction documents shall indicate the location of proposed EV spaces. At least one EV space shall be located in common use areas and available for use by all residents.
When EV chargers are installed, EV spaces required by Section 4.106.4.2.2, Item 3, shall comply with at least one of the following options:
The EV space shall be located adjacent to an accessible parking space meeting the requirements of the California Building Code, Chapter 11A, to allow use of the EV charger from the accessible parking space.
One in every 25 EV spaces, but not less than one, shall also have an 8-foot (2438 mm) wide minimum aisle. A 5-foot (1524 mm) wide minimum aisle shall be permitted provided the minimum width of the EV space is 12 feet (3658 mm).
Surface slope for this EV space and the aisle shall not exceed 1 unit vertical in 48 units horizontal (2.083 percent slope) in any direction.
Install a listed
raceway capable of accommodating a 208/240-volt
dedicated branch circuit. The raceway shall not be less
than trade size 1 (nominal 1-inch inside diameter). The
raceway shall originate at the main service or subpanel
and shall terminate into a listed cabinet, box or enclosure
in close proximity to the proposed location of the
EV space. Construction documents shall identify the
raceway termination point. The service panel and/or
subpanel shall provide capacity to install a 40-ampere
minimum dedicated branch circuit and space(s)
reserved to permit installation of a branch circuit overcurrent
protective device.
Construction documents shall indicate the raceway termination point and proposed location of future EV spaces and EV chargers. Construction documents shall also provide information on amperage of future EVSE, raceway method(s), wiring schematics and electrical load calculations to verify that the electrical panel service capacity and electrical system, including any on-site distribution transformer(s), have sufficient capacity to simultaneously charge all EVs at all required EV spaces at the full rated amperage of the EVSE. Plan design shall be based upon a 40-ampere minimum branch circuit. Required raceways and related components that are planned to be installed underground, enclosed, inaccessible or in concealed areas and spaces shall be installed at the time of original construction.
The service panel or subpanel circuit directory shall identify the overcurrent protective device space(s) reserved for future EV charging purposes as “EV CAPABLE” in accordance with the California Electrical Code
Notes:
The California Department of Transportation adopts and publishes the “California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (California MUTCD)” to provide uniform standards and specifications for all official traffic control devices in California. Zero Emission Vehicle Signs and Pavement Markings can be found in the New Policies & Directives Number 13-01. Website: http://www.dot.ca.gov/trafficops/policy/13-01.pdf
See Vehicle Code Section 22511 for EV charging space signage in off-street parking facilities and for use of EV charging spaces.
The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) published a “Zero-Emission Vehicle Community Readiness Guidebook” which provides helpful information for local governments, residents and businesses. Website: http://opr.ca.gov/docs/ZEV_Guidebook.pdf.
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Stansbury High School homecoming queen Erika Alvey poses for a photo before SHS’s homecoming dance. A controversy involving the length of dresses at the dance in September led to a change in the school’s dance dress code. photo courtesy of Angie Alvey
Tooele County schools found themselves in the national spotlight this year for a pair of controversies involving dress code violations.
Tooele Junior High was the first to turn heads. In May, Steve Parker received a phone call from his daughter, Ema, who told him she needed a change of clothes before she would be allowed to return to class. TJHS Principal Larry Abraham had detained her in the school office for donning a skirt that, according to Abraham, violated a dress code that required dress material to come within two inches of the top of the knee. Ema changed and returned to class, and Parker returned home — but not before taking a picture of the offending outfit and posting it on his blog.
That blog, Adult Onset Atheist, gained 30,000 views in one week, and commenters rallied to support Parker, defending his assertion that his daughter’s outfit, which consisted of a white t-shirt and a knee-length brown skirt, was not inappropriate. Other blogs, such as Jezebel and Gossip Girl, picked up the post, and before long outlets such as the San Francisco Chronicle and the Huffington Post were following a viral dress code story out of Tooele County.
The reaction took Parker by surprise.
“It wasn’t like it was a major story about people being abused, tortured or some other horrible treatment,” Parker told the Transcript-Bulletin. “It was about reasonable people being treated unreasonably.”
What the incident did bring to light, according to Superintendent Terry Linares, was the need for the district to review dress codes over the summer, with an eye to written procedures to be followed when enforcing the dress code. Nonetheless, by the end of the 2011-2012 school year, no changes were in place. Come fall, Stansbury High School found itself under fire when dozens of girls were turned away from the school’s homecoming dance because faculty acting as chaperones deemed their dresses too short. Even homecoming queen Erika Alvey was not allowed in.
“I was told if I wanted to come in I would have to go home and put on leggings because my dress was short,” she said.
Dress code standards for formal wear required dresses to be at or near knee length. However, rules posted around the school in the days before the dance depicted a dress below the knees. The vague policy, and inconsistent enforcement, were both cited as reasons why the dance went awry.
“It was ridiculous,” Becca Boren, a SHS junior who was asked to leave the dance, said the following week. “I thought my dress me the standards. It was maybe an inch above the knee. I was surprised when I was told to leave because my dress was too short.”
Frustrated students started a “Stansbury High Homecoming Spirit Massacre” Facebook page that night, showing pictures of girls in the dresses that had caused them to be turned away alongside angry comments from students and parents. By the following Tuesday, the page had 3,430 likes. Again, widespread national media attention ensued, with the story posted or published by more than 150 outlets.
The Monday following the dance, word had already spread across the nation, and the school’s parking lot was filled with media trucks waiting for Stansbury High School principal Kendall Topham. That morning, he held multiple assemblies apologizing to students and promising to hold a second homecoming dance with a revised dress code.
Despite Topham’s apology, assistant principal Keith Davis sent out an e-mail to district employees in which he said the girls who had been turned away had deliberately chosen to ignore the dress code.
“What is sadder is that the school and the administration are being made out to be the villains in the drama caused by poor choices made by a few girls (15-20) out of a potential 750,” the e-mail read. “What were they thinking? That the school would not enforce the school standard that had been approved by the school community council, reviewed by the district and the board of education? What was even sadder than that was the attitude of a few parents to try and defend the choices their daughters made.”
As the debate continued, Topham scheduled a new dance, “Homecoming: Take 2,” for Oct. 12, and planned talks with the SHS community council to review the dress code.
A new policy defining appropriate skirt length as two inches above the knee is now in effect for SHS.
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Psychology Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Psychology is the study of mind, thought, and behaviour. It is largely concerned with humans, although the behaviour and thought of other animals is also studied; either as a subject in its own right (see animal cognition), or more controversially, as a way of gaining an insight into human psychology by means of comparison (see comparative psychology).
Psychology is conducted both scientifically and non-scientifically. Mainstream psychology is based largely on positivism, using quantitative studies and the scientific method to test and disprove hypotheses, often in an experimental context. Psychology tends to be eclectic, drawing on scientific knowledge from other fields to help explain and understand behaviour. However, not all psychological research methods are scientific, and some may involve qualitative or interpretive techniques more allied to the humanities. Some psychologists, particularly adherents to humanistic psychology, may go as far as completely rejecting a scientific approach. However, mainstream psychology has a bias towards the scientific method, which is reflected in the dominance of cognitivism as the guiding theoretical framework used by most psychologists to understand thought and behaviour.
Psychology differs from sociology, anthropology, economics, and political science, in part, by studying the behaviour of individuals (alone or in groups) rather than the behaviour of the groups or aggregates themselves. Although psychological questions were asked in antiquity (c.f., Aristotle's De Memoria et Reminiscentia or "On Memory and Recollection"), psychology emerged as a separate discipline only recently. The first person to call himself a "psychologist", Wilhelm Wundt, opened the first psychological laboratory in 1879.
The root of the word psychology (psyche) means "soul" or "spirit" in Greek, and psychology was sometimes considered a study of the soul (in a religious sense of this term), though its emergence as a medical discipline can be seen in Thomas Willis' reference to psychology (the "Doctrine of the Soul") in terms of brain function, as part of his 1672 anatomical treatise "De Anima Brutorum" ("Two Discourses on the Souls of Brutes").
Until about the end of the 19th century, psychology was regarded as a branch of philosophy.
In 1879Wilhelm Wundt founded a laboratory at the University in Germany in Leipzig specifically to focus on general and basic questions concerning behaviour and mental states. William James later published his 1890 book, Principles of Psychology which laid many of the foundations for the sorts of questions that psychologists would focus on for years to come. Crucially, the approach of Wundt and James did not involve metaphysics or religious explanations of human thought and behaviour, freeing it from the realms of philosophy and theology, and in many people's eyes, founding the modern science of psychology.
Meanwhile, Sigmund Freud had invented and applied a method of psychotherapy known as psychoanalysis. Freud's understanding of the mind was largely based on interpretive methods and introspection (a technique also championed by Wundt), but was particularly focused on resolving mental distress and psychopathology. Freud's theories were wildly successful, not least because they aimed to be of practical benefit to individual patients, but also because they tackled subjects such as sexuality and repression as general aspects of psychological development. These were largely considered taboo subjects at the time, and Freud provided a catalyst for them to be openly discussed in polite society. Although it has become fashionable to discredit many of Freud's more outlandish theories, his application of psychology to clinical work and his more mainstream work have been massively influential.
Partly as a reaction to the subjective and introspective nature of psychology at the time, behaviourism began to become popular as a guiding psychological theory. Championed by psychologists such as John B. Watson, Edward Thorndike and B. F. Skinner it argued that psychology should be a science of behaviour, not the mind, and rejected the idea of internal mental states such as beliefs, desires or goals, believing all behaviour and learning to be a reaction to the environment. In his classic 1913 paper Psychology as the behaviourist views it Watson argued that psychology "is a purely objective experimental branch of natural science", "introspection forms no essential part of its methods..." and "The behaviourist... recognizes no dividing line between man and brute".
Behaviourism was the dominant model in psychology for much of the early 20th century, largely due to the creation and successful application (not least of which in advertising) of conditioning theories as scientific models of human behaviour.
However, it became increasingly clear that although behaviourism had made some important discoveries, it was deficient as a guiding theory of human behaviour. Noam Chomsky's review of Skinner's book Verbal Behaviour (that aimed to explain language acquisition in a behaviourist framework) is considered one of the major factors in the ending of behaviourism's reign. Chomsky demonstrated that language could not purely be learnt from conditioning, as people could produce sentences unique in structure and meaning that couldn't possibly be generated solely through experience of natural language, implying that there must be internal states of mind that behaviourism rejected as illusory. Similarly, work by Albert Bandura showed that children could learn by social observation, without any change in overt behaviour, and so must be accounted for by internal representations.
The rise of computer technology also promoted the metaphor of mental function as information processing. This, combined with a scientific approach to studying the mind, as well as a belief in internal mental states, led to the rise of cognitivism as the dominant model of the mind.
However, not all psychologists have been happy with what they perceive as mechanical models of the mind and human nature.
Carl Jung, a one-time follower and contemporary of Freud, was instrumental in introducing notions of spirituality into Freudian psychoanalysis (Freud had rejected religion as a mass delusion).
Alfred Adler, after a brief association with Freud's discussion circle, left to forum his own discipline, called Individual (indivisible) Psychology. His influence on contemporary psychology has been considerable, with many approaches borrowing fragments of his theory. A recent rebirth of his legacy, Classical Adlerian Psychology, combines Adler's original theory of personality, style of psychotherapy, and philosophy of living, with Abraham Maslow's vision of optimal functioning.
Humanistic psychology emerged in the 1950s and has continued as a reaction to positivist and scientific approaches to the mind. It stresses a phenomenological view of human experience and seeks to understand human beings and their behaviour by conducting qualitative research. The humanistic approach has its roots in existentialist and phenomenological philosophy and many humanist psychologists completely reject a scientific approach, arguing that trying to turn human experience into measurements strips it of all meaning and relevance to lived existence.
A psychologist will often attempt to measure or test different aspects of psychological function, using psychometric and statistical methods, including well known standardised tests as well as those created as the situation requires.
Academic psychologists may focus purely on research, aiming to further psychological understanding in a particular area, while other psychologists may work in applied psychology to deploy such knowledge for immediate and practical benefit. However, these approaches are not mutually exclusive and most psychologists will be involved in both researching and applying psychology at some point during their work.
Contemporary psychology is broad-based and consists of a diverse set of approaches, subject areas, and applications. A comprehensive list is given in the Topics and Divisions sections below. Where an area of interest is considered to need specific training and specialist knowledge (especially in applied areas), psychological societies will typically set up a governing body to manage training requirements. Similarly, requirements may be laid down for university degrees in psychology, so that students acquire an adequate knowledge in a number of areas. While the exact divisions may vary from country to country, the following areas are usually considered as core subjects or approaches by psychology societies and universities.
Clinical psychology is the application of psychology to the understanding, treatment, and assessment of psychopathology, behavioural or mental health issues. It has traditionally been associated with counselling and psychotherapy, although modern clinical psychology may take an eclectic approach, including a number of therapeutic approaches. Typically, although working with many of the same clients as psychiatrists, clinical psychologists do not prescribe psychiatric drugs. Clinical psychologists largely work within the scientist-practictioner model where clinical problems are formulated as hypotheses to be tested as information is gathered about the patient and his or her mental state. Some clinical psychologists may focus on the clinical management of patients with brain injury. This is known as clinical neuropsychology and typically involves additional training in brain function.
In recent years and particularly in the United States, a major split has been developing between academic research psychologists in universities and some branches of clinical psychology. Many academic psychologists believe that these clinicians use therapies based on discredited theories and unsupported by empirical evidence of their effectiveness. From the other side, these clinicians believe that the academics are ignoring their experience in dealing with actual patients. The disagreement has resulted in the formation of the American Psychological Society by the research psychologists as a new body distinct from the American Psychological Association.
Forensic psychology is concerned with the psychology of crime, criminals, and law enforcement. A forensic psychologist may be involved in assessment of offenders or interventions to prevent offending behaviour, usually with people who have already come in contact with the legal or penal system. Often this involves working with offenders with mental health problems, or with people who act dangerously or in an antisocial manner (for example, psychopaths). Criminal profiling is another important role fulfilled by forensic psychologists and typically involves building psychological profiles of unknown or at-large offenders from the known evidence.
Neuropsychology is a branch of psychology that aims to understand how the structure and function of the brain relates to specific psychological processes. Often neuropsychologists are employed as scientists to advance scientific or medical knowledge. Cognitive neuropsychology is particularly concerned with the understanding of brain injury in an attempt to work out normal psychological function. Clinical neuropsychology is the application of neuropsychology for the clinical management of patients with neurocognitive deficits.
Social psychology aims to understand how we make sense of social situations. For example, this could involve the influence of others on an individual's behaviour (e.g., conformity or persuasion), the perception and understanding of social cues, or the formation of attitudes or stereotypes about other people. Social cognition is a common approach and involves a mostly cognitive and scientific approach to understanding social behaviour.
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Men at a Cambridge college allowed to wear skirts at formal dinners
Arguments over whether women should be allowed to wear trousers are supposed to be a relic of the 20th century, but even in 2015, the battle for sexual equality rages on, notably at the University of Cambridge, where ladies must still wear skirts if they are to eat in college dining halls.
Now, a mere century and a half since women were first admitted to Cambridge, they will finally be allowed to cover their legs at formal dinners, at one college at least.
St Catharine’s College, established in 1473, has always insisted on male students to wear a jacket and tie and smart trousers with an academic gown, while women, who were first admitted to the college in 1979, have had to wear a skirt or a dress.
Centuries of tradition has now been changed due to a campaign launched by a transgender student, who has managed to persuade the college that women should be allowed to wear trousers and men should be allowed to wear skirts.
St Catharine’s is believed to be the first college at the 800-year-old university to change its formal dress code, though others are now expected to follow suit.
The campaign was led by a 25-year-old American Charlie Northrop studying for a PhD in Classics, who began transitioning from male to female earlier this year.
“I’m over the moon, it’s absolutely wonderful that it’s now been passed,” she said. “It wasn’t that there was much resistance, it’s just the new wording had to be sound and there was a lot of conversations between the college and the committee.”
“We had to come up with a way of proposing a new dress code that would omit gender specification but would still keep formality.”
“For instance the college wanted to ensure those wearing suits would still wear ties but female suits don’t have ties so we’ve worded it so that if you have buttons down the left side you don’t have to wear a tie but down the right side you do,” said Northrop.
She added: “Everyone has been so helpful and it’s been great to make a new change.”
“I’ve been speaking to students from other colleges now who hope to make the change across the varsity.”
The new dress code in a notice from the Dean states: “Formal Hall is an occasion on which all members of St Catharine’s should wear gowns.”
“Members and their guests must be dressed in suitably smart dress. ‘Smart dress’ is defined without reference to considerations of gender identity or expression,” read the notice. “This means a suit (or trousers and jacket), a shirt with a collar, a tie, and shoes (not trainers or sandals), or equivalently formal dress.
The staff were instructed to refuse admission to anyone coming to Formal Hall improperly dressed.
St Catharine’s College, Cambridge University (Alamy)
Formal Hall is the name given by colleges to the evening meal in a dining hall where students and dons eat together, with their food served by college servants.
Ms Northrop, from Richmond, Indiana, studied classics at John Cabot University in Rome for five years before moving to Cambridge for post-graduate study.
The campaigner said that she felt wrong with the sex she was but it was hard to explain in words.
“It was when I was 18 that I began the real process of realising I wanted to transition,” she adds. “It was when I got to Cambridge that it really became possible. The university is inspiring and full of such supportive people.”
“When I was an undergraduate I didn’t do much campaigning, it’s something I started while I’m here. My friends and family have been so supportive throughout it all.”
Two years ago, the rules on graduation dress were rewritten to include no reference to gender – but this did not extend to formal dinners at the colleges.
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The biodiversity extinction numbers game
Not an easy task, measuring extinction. For the most part, we must use techniques to estimate extinction rates because, well, it’s just bloody difficult to observe when (and where) the last few individuals in a population finally kark it. Even Fagan & Holmes’ exhaustive search of extinction time series only came up with 12 populations – not really a lot to go on. It’s also nearly impossible to observe species going extinct if they haven’t even been identified yet (and yes, probably still the majority of the world’s species – mainly small, microscopic or subsurface species – have yet to be identified).
Stork writes that the ‘average’ estimate of losing about 100 species per day has hardly any empirical support (not surprising); only about 1200 extinctions have been recorded in the last 400 years. So why is this the case?
As mentioned above, it’s difficult to observe true extinction because of the sampling issue (the rarer the individuals, the more difficult it is to find them). He does cite some other problems too – the ‘living dead‘ concept where species linger on for decades, perhaps longer, even though their essential habitat has been destroyed, forest regrowth buffering some species that would have otherwise been predicted to go extinct under SAR models, and differing extinction proneness among species (I’ve blogged on this before).
Of course, we could just all be just a pack of doomsday wankers vainly predicting the end of the world ;-)
Well, I think not – if anything, Stork concludes that it’s all probably worse than we currently predict because of extinction synergies (see previous post about this concept) and the mounting impact of rapid global climate change. If anything, the “100 species/day” estimate could look like a utopian ideal in a few hundred years. I do disagree with Stork on one issue though – he claims that deforestation isn’t probably as bad as we make it out. I’d say the opposite (see here, here & here) – we know so little of how tropical forests in particular function that I dare say we’ve only just started measuring the tip of the iceberg.
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Call me crazy, desperate, or overly optimistic, but the GFS has been showing a major cold snap during the early part of April for several runs now. The Euro is also now showing showing the same cold snap. I will remain skeptical as we are more than a week out and this would be a storm in early April. However, the cold depicted on both models is serious and seems to coincide with a system tracking up from the Gulf Coast. Crazy early, but for the die hard winter lovers out there, this is something to digest and inspect six ways to Sunday. Enjoy!
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Do I need to announce emergency exits at live events?
The short answer is “yes.” If you sell tickets to the event, then you need to “announce” the availability of the emergency events.
During the 2005-2006 legislative session, AB 1194 added 13113.6 to California Safety and Health Code which required the announcement of exits if the facility’s occupant load could hold less that 1,000 but more than 50. See the code below.
13113.6. (a) Any person, or public or private firm, organization,
or corporation, that owns, rents, leases, or manages a facility that
hosts a ticketed event for live entertainment shall make an
announcement of the availability of emergency exits prior to the
beginning of the live entertainment.
(b) As used in this section, “facility” means a building or
portion of a building having an assembly room with an occupancy load
of less than 1,000 persons and a legitimate stage for the gathering
together of 50 or more persons as defined pursuant to Division 2 of
Section 303.1.1 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations
(California Building Code of 2001).
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Frank commentary from an unretired call girl
Born, Not Made
Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense. – Joseph Addison
The human character is the product of both heredity and environment, but much of the 20th century was spent arguing about which was the stronger. By the middle of the century most liberal thinkers outside of psychology (and many inside it) insisted that Nurture was stronger than Nature; to believe the opposite required an uncomfortable admission of our animal natures that many humans a century after Darwin still preferred to deny, and the Nurture-over-Nature folk failed to recognize that in denying humans have an innate nature which transcends socialization they were in fact espousing something far more demeaning to the human spirit. To recognize the pre-eminence of Nature over Nurture is to recognize that humans are animals, but to place Nurture over Nature is to believe we are machines to be programmed as society sees fit.
This idea of course appeals to social engineers because it feeds into their sick belief that society can and should be remade along whatever lines their “elite” leadership demands. The neofeminists are a perfect example; by pretending that all gender differences are “socially constructed”, they deny that most gendered behavior is innate and thereby clear the way for their plan to masculinize girls and feminize boys so as to artificially create a mechanistic eunuch-culture which can be ruled by one law. Luckily, these claims have in the past two decades fallen into disrepute; neurological discoveries, an increased understanding of endocrinology and cross-cultural and cross-species studies all show that when it comes to gender Nature is vastly stronger than Nurture. Except in the ghettos of “women’s studies” and “queer theory” it would be difficult to find any educated person with any knowledge of the subject who still believes that the majority of male or female behaviors derive from social learning rather than hormones and brain architecture.
This does not, of course, disprove that some behaviors we associate with one sex or the other result from socialization rather than birth. In fact, few educated people would be so dogmatic as to make the claim that ALL gendered behaviors derive from nature. I predict that the struggle over the next few decades will be to determine which are which; those with a unisex agenda will of course try to prove that as many behaviors as possible are learned, and social conservatives will try to prove the opposite, while serious researchers attempt to remain as scientifically detached as possible so as to learn the truth. Generally speaking, if a given behavior is linked to known hormonal, neurological or somatic mechanisms and is consistent across many cultures and primate species, it almost certainly derives from Nature, and if it has no known biological mechanism and appears inconsistently across cultures and species it very likely derives from Nurture.
Well, considering that a certain female behavior discussed frequently in this blog appears in every known human culture throughout history and also in chimpanzees, is it possible that it derives from Nature? In other words, could it be that whores are born rather than made? In her column of January 14th, Amanda Brooks suggests that this might indeed be the case:
Not every sex worker in the world enters the work because she has always felt a pull towards it. Many have. I know a number of women who have felt the interest from a young age, including myself (and this was before I even had a clear idea of what sex was). Conversations with these women reveal that we all say the same things about our early interest, we all became interested right before entering puberty and common myths about prostitution were not enough to dissuade us from desiring that life-path. This is a very small sampling and it’s highly unscientific. Given what we know about genes and hard-wired behaviors — it seems more than plausible. Just as homosexual people are born, I am convinced prostitutes are born too.
My inspiration came last year after reading a US-based survey about attitudes toward gay people. The discovery of “gay genes” seems to have really turned the tide in popular thinking and acceptance of homosexuality. It sounds like an argument of convenience for prostitution. But if the range of human sexual orientation is, in fact, genetic; then how come prostitution — an extremely common sexual behavior — supposedly isn’t? What if prostitution isn’t merely a sexual behavior but is actually a sexual orientation? Why has prostitution always been viewed as a deviant behavior? How come people aren’t willing to examine the idea that a prostitute is a perfectly natural occurrence and that it’s society which has formed the deviant behavior around the prostitute?
If being a prostitute is a natural tendency for a percentage of women, then how can laws be made against who they are?
It’s quite an interesting idea, and her column is well worth reading. The theory is of course the exact opposite of that espoused by neofeminists, who claim that all prostitutes are sexually and psychologically damaged victims who are warped into pursuing prostitution by sexual abuse. And just as they deny evidence of biological origin of sex-based behaviors, so they deny the possibility that most women choose prostitution freely. Those who deny any history of sexual abuse are claimed to be “in denial” or suffering from “repressed memories”; the neofeminist “theory” flies in the face of reality and so requires that reality be denied if it is to be believed. But Amanda’s theory requires no such denial; in fact it is supported by the case-histories of many working girls I have known, who feel no sense of shame or discomfort in our profession whatsoever and indeed were fascinated by the subject from a young age – often before we even knew what sex was. The theory certainly fits my story, which I related in my columns of July 28th, 29th and 30th. Could there really be a “hooker gene”? Only time and research will tell.
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To recognize the pre-eminence of Nature over Nurture is to recognize that humans are animals, but to place Nurture over Nature is to believe we are machines to be programmed as society sees fit.
There is of course a middle ground: to recognize that we are animals who evolved the highest level of social adaptability in the animal realm. There are other species with cultural differences between groups (chimps and gorillas as examples), but humans certainly score higher than any other species in terms of social plasticity and adaptability. As far as I know, no other species has so many cultural (non-genetic) differences between groups as ours.
You are equating “social adaptability/plasticity” with “programmability.” There is a sense in which this is true (see D. Dennett, T. Deacon, D. Hofstadter), but you make it more ‘threatening’ than it is. (The idea of “education” is based on a certain level of “programmability” of humans; so is the idea of “culture”. “Programmability” is not necessarily bad.)
I predict that the struggle over the next few decades will be to determine which are which; those with a unisex agenda will of course try to prove that as many behaviors as possible are learned, and social conservatives will try to prove the opposite, while serious researchers attempt to remain as scientifically detached as possible so as to learn the truth.
That is probably true. It is a sad aspect of the human sciences that their study tends to be used to support this or that kind of social activism; this generates a series of accusations about biases and social agendas, some true and some false, kept burning by the passions of those involved. The ‘detached researchers’, of which there are indeed always some, end up getting a bad reputation with both groups… People trying to decide who is who and what is going on without knowing the field and its research methodologies will have a difficult time.
Personally, I am fascinated both by what is universal and by what is specific in culture and personality. Both the similarities and the differences say important and equally deep things about what it means to be human.
Conversations with these women reveal that we all say the same things about our early interest, we all became interested right before entering puberty and common myths about prostitution were not enough to dissuade us from desiring that life-path.
If the defining element of prostitution is sex for money, it is difficult to see how this could be an innate element — since there is nothing money-related that is innate in people. We’d have to enlarge a little bit the definition of prostitution here; perhaps some “sensitivity to male attraction” (plus the numinous elements that you mention in several posts, linking your interest to sacred and temple prostitution, old goddesses of sex and love, etc.).
After talking to you and reading many of your posts, I wondered about the kinds of personalities that might lead females to feel spontaneously attracted towards prostitution (i.e., leaving aside poverty, need, etc.), an idea that corresponds to Amanda’s concept of attraction-to-prostitution as a kind of sexual orientation (a ‘kink’ if you will). I find the possibility quite interesting.
One idea I had, from your descriptions of your sexuality, is that women who are more-than-average attracted by the “giving” part of sexuality (and in fact of all interpersonal behavior), rather than to the “taking” part, and who feel the satisfaction/power/connection that comes from “giving” (= connection to god(desses), religiosity, etc.), might find prositution more attractive than those who are more-than-average attracted by the “taking” part. That beautiful painting of the angel of consolation in your Madonna-and-Whore post, that image that actually touched and moved me so deeply; I think that image represents something important to this kind of personality.
(A very beautiful picture that is, by the way. Who painted it? I would love to find a higher-definition version that I could print out and hang somewhere in my office. I’m sure my wife would love it, too.)
If the defining element of prostitution is sex for money, it is difficult to see how this could be an innate element — since there is nothing money-related that is innate in people.
I disagree; you’re confusing money with currency. They’re not the same thing. Money in its most basic meaning is any limited resource used as a medium of exchange, which includes food and sex. It’s currency which is an artificial symbol for money and therefore not innate.
A very beautiful picture that is, by the way. Who painted it?
I’m not sure; I found it on the internet somewhere. But I completely agree, it’s a lovely picture. 🙂
Money is a good that has greater exchangeability than all others. Money gets offered for goods other than money. The only use of money is to enable us to get what we want. Money is a means to an end.
Currency is money (notes and coins) and all credit that has bearer negotiability. Currency is that which has the power of purchasing and resembles money, sometimes called money substitutes. In short, currency consists of money and revolving credit. Whatever represents transferable debt can become currency.
Money passes from one to another by reason of its bearer negotiability and so does some kinds of revolving credit and together, both amount to currency.
Bearer negotiability means the property (right of possession) in the economic quantity of sale and purchase (money or credit) gets passed along in every honest exchange, that is, no need exists to inquire as to the title of ownership in money and credit from anyone offering money or credit to buy a thing. Said another way, the property and thing are inseparable.
Thanks from me too, Mr MacDougal. I understand a bit better now the claims about prostitution in the animal realm that Amanda made in her original post. I suppose associating money with its latest incarnation is an easy logical jump, but a jump it is nonetheless. 🙂
“Amanda’s theory requires no such denial; in fact it is supported by the case-histories of many working girls I have known, who feel no sense of shame or discomfort in our profession whatsoever and indeed were fascinated by the subject from a young age- often before we even knew what sex was.”
A very interesting notion. Yes, it requires an expanded definition of prostitution, since money really hasn’t been around long enough to have much evolved around it. But a predisposition to engage in “hooker-like behavior?” I don’t know if it’s true, but I can’t think of any reason it couldn’t be.
From a rights point of view of course it’s utterly irrelevant whether whores are made or born. Just as it is interesting but (again, from the point of view of human rights) irrelevant whether people are born gay or choose to be gay. Even if it could be proven that homosexuality is a choice it would still be wrong to persecute them, just as it’s wrong to persecute Green Party members or Presbyterians or any number of other things that people choose to be.
I remember learning that all over the world, from the rain forest to the desert to the city to the farm, little girls play hand-clapping games. Bo Bo Se Otten Totten may not be universal, but the basic activity is. I was to taken with this that I even worked out a Thark version. (Tharks, for those who don’t know, are green Martians with four arms, which makes a hand-clapping game very interesting.)
From a rights point of view of course it’s utterly irrelevant whether whores are made or born.
Indeed, since there are things that are clearly made (e.g. religious orientation) and that we have always admitted are rights. But I think the point is that a lot of rhetorics is spent on how “no man or woman would ever want to be a prostitute in his/her right mind — if any does, s/he must have been brainwashed by patriarchy (‘self-identification with the oppressor’, ‘Stockholm syndrome’, etc.).’ Showing that there are other possibilities weakens such claims.
I’m not really convinced by this Theory, but I certainly agree that many prostitutes were fascinated by this occupation from early on. That was also the case with me. In discussions, often the “argument” is brought up that “no girl wishes to be a prostitute when she grows up”. Bollocks!
Sina, and how would you describe your fascination with this profession from early on? As something very internal, instinctive, fascinating, etc., or more like thinking it might be interesting, as when you decide which movie you’d rather watch? In other words, was your fascination very deeply felt, or more like a rational interest, like somone who likes to play chess?
I think some are born predisposed to it personally. Some people are born with an aversion to blood, others are not. In these cases there is no way the first would work in an ER yet the second one would. Perhaps the same could be said about sexual tendencies. We may not be born with a ‘hooker gene’ but on the other hand maybe there is something in the DNA makeup that gives us less inhibition, more sexually active, etc. Making this occupation less attractive to some and more attractive to others.
In steps the ‘nurture’ aspect… people who may be born ‘gay’ (whether that is scientifically proven or not) get nurtured into feeling that ‘gay is bad’ in which case we have extreme conflicting confusion. Same could be said for ladies with less bad feelings toward sex and then told that ‘sex is bad’.
Don’t know for sure, just what I believe personally. I do know that some women are natural for this and some are absolutely disgusted by it.
One idea I’ve heard in these discussions is that some women like being “objectified” (or “worshipped” — word choice does carry a worldview with it, doesn’t it?) whereas others don’t. There’s a part of enjoying sex in it, but there’s also a part of enjoying the effect one has on others. Some people (like e.g. Maggie here) make me think these two could be indepedent tendencies.
“Objectified” is one of the most asinine terms ever invented by feminists. It is based on the ridiculous pretense that the word “object” in the phrase “sex object” has the same meaning as in the phrase “inanimate object”, when in actuality its meaning is the same as in the phrase “object of my affection”. Sexual desire is transitive; it requires an object, so the only people who are never “sex objects” are those so repellent nobody ever wants them. 😦
Indeed, Maggie; which is why the use of this term in feminist discourse has always been confusing to me. In many situations it seemed as if they were talking in bad terms about a good thing.
I think they thought of “objectification” as a more ‘scientific’ word for what used to be called “disrespect”. It is possible to disrespect someone (say, a woman) with a stare, a look, a contemptuous smile. But it is possible to show respect with similar means. The bad thing is not in the means, it’s in the message, something so obvious I never understood how feminists managed to make a mess of it.
Or perhaps I do. It’s the old sex-is-bad, sex-is-wolf-killing-sheep-unless-it-is-redeemed-by-true-love perception. 😦
Oh, good grief, what modern American women need as a group is LESS respect, not more. Unearned respect results in nothing but becoming spoiled. If American women had to work for respect like everyone else in the world does this country would not be embroiled in this idiotic “gender war”.
As long as you GET what respect you have earned. A situation in which you have to work twice as hard to get half as much respect means that many won’t bother, and probably shouldn’t.
Actually, respect is my default position. I give a person a basic level of respect until that person proves that he deserves more, in which case he gets it, or that he doesn’t deserve it at all, in case I quit giving the basic level. I might continue to show basic courtesy if there is a reason to, as in the case of a man who is married to an aunt I love.
I’m not a raver, really, but PLUR is one of the best ideas I’ve heard in a long time.
I don’t mean exaggerated respect, or undeserved respect (like chivalry), Maggie. I agree with Sailor Barsoom on that: everybody, even women, deserves some modicum of respect. The point I was making is that I know “salacious, lewd stares” can be used disrespectfully, i.e. a man can do this precisely because he knows it bothers the woman in question (it’s the effect he wants to achieve). To think, however, that this is the situation every time a man lusts after a woman is, I think, a big mistake — it’s the same as confusing means and message. (It’s like thinking that laughs always mean contempt just because laughs can mean contempt — thereby excluding all situations in which someone laughs with us rather than at us.)
My point was also that the ‘wrongness’ that the concept of “objectification” was created to encapsulate can be conveyed more easily with the traditional term “disrespect.” The term “objectification” — in addition to, as you point out, being based on a misunderstanding of the meaning of the term “object” — is also, I think, simply unnecessary.
Ah, but what people deserve and what they need are two very different concepts. People don’t grow by getting only what they “deserve”; they grow by adapting to adversity. Being raped taught me more about the world than 500,000 guys pretending not to lust after me ever did. Does that mean I think everyone should be subjected to regular trauma? Of course not. But if the feminists got their way and magically produced a sanitized society in which nearly all men gave women the Candyland, sweetness-and-light fake “respect” they demand, most women would remain in a perpetual state of adolescence and never learn to deal with men as they are rather than as feminists would like them to be. I’d rather see men as they are, good and bad, and learn to live with that than to live in the fool’s paradise the feminists want to create; it’s the difference between growing up and remaining locked in a nursery forever.
I don’t see a contradiction here. The world is indeed not a paradise, and there are bad people out there who’ll make you suffer if they have a chance, and we all should learn to live in such a world because there really is no other. This doesn’t mean that believing other people deserve respect, or human rights, is wrong.
Feminists are indeed wrong for believing in the myth of a sweetness-and-light Candyland (a myth they didn’t invent — you can see its beginnings in 14th-century Minnesänger and troubadours — but which they did accept wholeheartedly, as did a number of other social activisms). But I think that’s not what I, or Sailor Barsoom, are talking about. Believing that others deserve respect from us (and ‘others’ include men, too, who often could use a little more respect) isn’t about Candyland, but rather about human dignity, human rights, and treating others as one would wish to be treated.
Indeed, I agree entirely with that. My original point was simply that “objectification,” as a means of capturing disrespect, is not a necessary word. It seems to me that everything “bad” about the “male gaze” that may exist is much more aptly captured by the ages-old concept of disrespect than by “objectification.” (It was meant to make disrespect something more “systemic”, i.e. as a decriptor for part of a system that leads inexorably to female oppression; but as such it begs the question.)
The very concept of the “male gaze” being bad or destructive or whatever is arrant nonsense. As the proverb says, “a cat may look at a king.” The whole “male gaze” idiocy is just the ancient concept of the “evil eye” dressed up in neofeminist clothes. 😦
If you entertain that
–gendered behavior is innate, and
–prostitutes are born,
then do you also entertain that
–East Africans are genetically faster sprinters, and
–west Africans are genetically faster marathoners
–Africans are genetically less intelligent than whites, and that
–Jews are genetically more intelligent than all the rest of us?
Recognizing that SOME behavior is innate, and that some other behavior may be innate, does not require believing that ALL psychological, physical and mental characteristics are innate, and certainly not those like intelligence which have been proven not to be. An open mind isn’t the same thing as a hole in one’s head.
Because fact isn’t a matter of belief; it it were neofeminists could make “social construction of gender” true just by believing in it. All the evidence of rigorous studies conducted over the past century demonstrate that there is no statistical correlation between distribution of intelligence and ethnic background. Functional differences (such as the well-known academic superiority of Asian students) are due to cultural emphasis on education rather than differences in native intelligence.
In some cases cultural construct is more powerful than biology. The secret to telling the difference is cross-cultural and cross-species studies. Does a behavior tend to be consistent across many cultures and even primate species? It’s probably biological. Does it vary widely between cultures and even regions? It’s probably cultural.
They lag academically, not intellectually; the two are not at all the same thing. The evidence indicates that Jewish and Asian children excel because their cultures strongly encourage academic achievement; children from other racial groups raised in Jewish or Asian families show the same achievements, and Asian children raised in white American families show no such achievement. The same goes in reverse for black children. It’s not an issue of genetics, but rather one of the child being encouraged to excel (as in Asian families), discouraged from doing so (as in poor black communities), or receiving mixed messages (as in modern white American culture).
A simple example: in America and Western Europe, we tend to think of women wearing more jewelry than men. A man wearing a lot of jewelry is seen as a bit effeminate, unless he’s very macho in other obvious ways (like Mr. T).
So is there a genetic predisposition, attached to the X chromosome, to wear a lot of jewelry? Men wear some but women, with two Xs, wear more? Well no. In some cultures, men wear a lot more jewelry than women do, often as a display of wealth or social rank (the two often go together).
We also tend to think of men as having penises and women as having vaginae. Even a neofeminist would hesitate to argue that this is due to culture.
OK, so I’ve used extreme and obvious examples, but there you go. I’m going to be out of state for several days, and so might not be able to follow until I get back.
Indeed. In India, only nose-rings and toe-rings were essentially feminine ornaments but westernization took care of that & now I can’t even wear two chains around my neck without people staring.
But incidentally, male & female jewellery have been different across all cultures, just like clothes. All the intricately made, jingly-jjingly-jangly stuff has always been ladies jewellery and men have had plainer ornaments, but they were in no way qualitatively inferior or quantitatively lesser. The basic difference being that women use ornaments as beauty enhancers of sorts while they are merely status symbols for the average man with the added bonus of making him look good. Women are just more into these things because they have different perspectives regarding them, and these perspectives are innate to their gender.
I don’t think Jews excelled in all cultures and times. I know of no evidence that they were any more intellectual than their neighbours in Ancient times– definitely not pre-Babylonian. If anything, they ranked well behind the Phoenicians and Egyptians early on. And even in Hellenistic times, I doubt they excelled any more than the Greeks.
In more modern times, yes, they have tended to perform near the top in most countries (not so sure about Indian Jews, though), but considering the fact that Jews are DEFINED as a distinct cultural group, moreso than a genetic one, especially when you include both Ashkenazim and Sephardim (as well as other distinct populations), one really must conclude that cultural factors are much more likely for their successes.
As for Africans, one must keep in mind that they tend to be oppressed to one degree or another in EVERY non-African country in which they live in significant numbers. But even so, in many countries they do better academically than American Indians (also horribly oppressed), and often better than some immigrant groups. Black Americans often perform better academically than White and Mestizo immigrants from countries in which the Whites and Mestizos outperform the Blacks found there. Which strongly indicates that such rankings are not due to genetic causes.
Africans achieved iron before Jews did. African kingdoms like Mali were organizing military actions of over a hundred thousand men before William the Bastard became William the Conqueror because of his “enormous army” (sixty thousand). Cities of the Swahili Coast were conducting overseas trade with China (the emperor of China was given a giraffe) before Europe’s Age of Exploration. At different times, the most extensive libraries in the world were located in Alexandria and Timbuktu.
Today, none of the nations of the African continent are considered world military powers, centers of sophistication, or economic powerhouses. But they were all those things in the past. It is unlikely that that Africans have changed genetically in that time.
You’re right on Alexandria. I have to think that some Africans had to be involved, but it’s easy to forget (and sometimes I do) that even Cleopatra (there was more than one, but I mean the one Elizabeth Taylor played) hadn’t a drop of Egyptian blood in her.
Here’s an interesting alternate history: after taking Egypt, Alexander doesn’t head for India but instead decides to expand deeper into Africa.
While I don’t disagree with anything you said here, but I do think it’s important, whenever discussing biological differences between the sexes, to keep in mind the importance of variation within the two sexes, as well as possible overlaps. I know that this point should be obvious, but there are far too many people who take any evidence of biological differences to mean that males and females must be treated as completely different, with no allowance for individual variance.
It should be clear to anyone that some sexual differences are much more distinct than others. Ladies with full beards are quite rare, for one obvious example. But other differences, such as height, have a much greater range of overlap.
It is my own belief that whatever behavioural differences between the sexes exist are nearly always going to be of the sort that vary considerably among individuals, and with a huge degree of overlap. You probably agree (at least partially), and you may think this is too obvious to mention, but I’ve noticed that people tend to miscontrue and heavily distort evidence of any biological differences, so I think these caveats always need to be emphasized.
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Superficially know to PCs from Devill's Kettle, Hubbert is a pleasent person, a merchant and a sailor that makes sure you get the right stuff from the land, at acceptable prices. 11, 12
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Polls a big part of West’s political problems
Trump won the US election when everyone said he would not. This has given rise to a surfeit of theorizing on the whys and wherefores. I think many have missed the point that polling and polsters are a large part to blame for the widespread misjudgment.
Politics before polling was much more aligned to principle. Politicians campaigned on ideas they owned. They pushed them on the public, and they argued passionately for those ideas. The public heard these ideas, and considered the arguments, and voted according to their agreement or disagreement.
The rise of polling as a political tool, in combination with the phenomenon of “advocacy journalism” has turned this around. Now politicians don’t bring any ideas or argue for them, apart from those most mild, for the ideas have already been put out there by the MSM and pollsters.
This reversal of traditional campaigning means potential politicians must agree with and be propelled by public perceptions that are largely driven by a fake phony politically partisan progressive media. (A fake progressive media that evolved from an education system itself perverted by politically active Frankfurt school Marxists posturing as professors, lecturers and teachers).
So instead of politicians, we have the fake media as the main source of political ideas, and this drives another factor that damages the accuracy of polling. Media bullying and petty tyranny in the field of ideas pushes citizens into concealing their real thoughts and preferences. For example, an army of left wing pro-Clinton journalists screeching anti-Trump rhetoric causes those who might support Trump to hesitate at expressing this support, in public or to pollsters.
Voters also deeply resent this intimidation, and will vote against the media as a means of some small display of defiance, or vengeance. Polling doesn’t pick this resentment up either.
Final election results by county. Maybe US pollsters should have rung a few more country people
Then we have the pollsters. Mostly inner city liberal/ progressives themselves, they subconsciously interfere with polls by means of their unfamiliarity with other political viewpoints. Very few of them have the slightest understanding of Conservatism for example. They may strive for objectivity, but their narrow political state means they cannot supply it. Questions and expected answers are all predicated on liberal progressive ideas.
Here’s pollster Mark Textor for example writing furiously to push Conservatism into a frame that suits his own progressive politics. Quote- “a shouting match is going on between a very few. Like many fights, most decent people are silently walking away to avoid it…. A modern alternative affirmation of conservatism is needed… We will ensure our Constitution; our “book of rules” is kept strong and just, but also relevant to contemporary values“. Contemporary values?? Pffft.. Mere left wing tosh.
Textor has been busy helping the left white ant the West for decades. His strategy, driven by his progressive political mindset, has always been to surrender, not fight like Trump did. These surrender strategies have converted Conservative parties into left wing parties and its this conversion that has driven the slow burning anger Textor and other pollsters failed to discern.
Popular NZ pollster David Farrar, who was credited by John Key as being a big help in the National Party’s 2014 election win, stated his preference for Hillary Clinton over Trump in the US election, and nominated pain in the arse liberal/ progressive Gary Johnson as his first preference.
Also in New Zealand, same sex marriage provided an excellent example of a debate manipulated by the MSM and pollsters. The true title of the act was the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013. The MSM conveniently shortened this to the “Marriage Equality Act”. Poll questions were framed in progressive speak like “Do you believe in Marriage Equality” or the like, a question that by its premises shames anyone who might want to answer “No” into answering “Yes”. What reasonable person would wish inequality on anyone?
A conservative pollster, if one could be found, might have framed the question this way- “Should the traditional definition of marriage as between one man and one woman be retained?”.
(BTW, if any preferred outcome is required, its common knowledge among pollsters that a “yes” answer to a question is always the better option.)
Using celebrities to push causes is a similar tactic and the same sex marriage faction excelled at this, in reality just another form of bullying, and shaming of people into accepting the proposition. You’re just not “cool” if you don’t agree with the stars of whatever current hit TV show or movie.
(Even so, the NZ public was not fully swayed by this intimidation, so the pro-same sex marriage faction was happy to see MPs decide the issue on the floor of parliament and not the people of NZ through a referendum. An event which is still a source of anger for many Conservatives.)
Same sex marriage is a stark example used to illustrate the point, but the same principle applied in the matter of Brexit and the US election. The MSM pilloried Trump and his ideas, but he prevailed not only for the reasons outlined above but because he had the courage to pursue his own convictions, and fight bravely for those convictions. This willingness to be brave and fight brought him even more votes.
The success of the Brexit movement owes a lot too to the courage and conviction of Nigel Farage, who also defied the media and the pollsters and trail blazed the way to the UK’s exit from the EU.
Again, celebrities were used in an attempt to discourage (bully, shame) Trump or Brexit voters,
On the other side of the coin we have the Australian Liberal party, who believed polls that told them Malcolm Turnbull was their key to victory. In fact Turnbull has become one of the most unpopular PMs in a while and has now fallen to the same level as his predecessor Tony Abbot. Instead of winning the next election in a landslide as was expected, Turnbull only just scraped home. The polls were wrong again, and I believe, made wrong by the same forces. (They’re still wrong. Turnbull is in my view far more unpopular than pollsters believe).
New Zealand PM John Key’s faith in polling has seen the country suffer from a dearth of good ideas. Politics here is largely defined by a far left progressive media framing the debate, and the lame obeisant Key only shows token resistance. The National Party has become the far left Labour Party, and the Labour Party has in turn become the far far left which thankfully the public, as badgered and bullied as they are, still see as too extreme to support.
New politicians need to divorce themselves from pollsters. They’ve not only been proven completely unreliable, they’re largely a destructive left wing political force working hand in hand with a partisan media. Upcoming politicians should seek out the people’s true inner voice, and not be fooled by the voice the brow beaten public use to gain relief from the bullying edicts of the progressive MSM.
Trump is not any kind of perfect example, but he largely by-passed the media, showed scant regard for the pollsters, was not frightened to speak out, and took his message directly to the people. He actually did it the old fashioned way. Other politicians should learn from Trump’s success. Stand strong, speak your mind, sell what it is that you believe in, and most importantly, stop caving in to the left in the form of the MSM and pollsters.
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Ironic but future history may well judge the term ‘progressive’ as being synonymous with ‘deplorable’ or intolerant’. George Orwell in his novel 1984 presaged the twisting of the language so that the meaning of words was reversed. Now we are observing this happen in our lives. This is what happens when intolerant extremists (in this case left wing zealots) try to control events by force of will, because they lack the intellect to win arguments by means of reasonable debate.
Yes, “Progressive” is just another attempt to disguise Marxist radicals and communists, to fool us into thinking they are a benign well intentioned force. I wrote this article on the issue some time ago
We are only one fearless anti scum media political leader away from dragging National around by the nose. The current Nat MP lineup will never have the balls to actively embrace on the reform required in NZ. They have to be pushed by a strong third party on the right.
Labour is yesterday and have nothing of substance to offer voters but “free shit” and slogans.
We have to stop using the name they WANT to be known by. Every time we use “progressives” we validate their claim to the gullible.
These people want to take us back to one (1) World Govt based on the 1950s Communist style Govt.
That is regression and therefore they should be known as REGRESSIVES.
Their policies of Open Borders has led to absolute mayhem in Europe. Murdoch and Soros, through their PNAE Lobby group have been funding Senators in the USA to pass Bills that allow for the free flow of refugees world wide.
The polling probably back fired really in that the leading questions saw the inevitable answers that were desired but did not reveal the truth. The polls were therefore a waste of time and money. You need truth – lies may be comforting in the short term but if you are wrong and on a path to ruin its not short term comfort you need.
The MSN, you could say got it wrong,but did they. I think rather than report the news they were trying to influence the results. 99% were anti trump.
They must be wondering what happened. Why the great unwashed tuned out. The response in both cases was that it was “uneducated” people that voted for Brexit and Trump.
The credit rating agencies got it wrong, perhaps. One day an investment or company was rated AAA the next it was junk. When questioned on how a AAA investment can turn to junk overnight and where is the accountability.
The answer, for a very very large fee, we gave an opinion, it was just their opinions and as such they cannot be held accountable.
Interest rates are manipulated, exchange rates are manipulated, something called the Libor rate are manipulated, precious metal prices are being manipulated. As a result markets are manipulated.
Viva the free market.
Waiting for UN exit, the UN is a closed shop run by 5 permanent members, with veto rights, nobody else really counts. As a result it has achieved nothing of any note.
I have lived in regional Australia for over 7 years already and have never been asked anything by any pollster in any field of industry! We don’t matter!
It’s all about what cityfolk think and want first and foremost it seems… no wonder Trump won the next presidency of US. I feel for those folks in their “fly over” country. I know their anger!
I just found your website and wanted to say that after reading your posts I agree with a lot of what you have said. The one issue I have an problem with is your stance on libertarians.
Please don’t put all libertarians in to one basket, I don’t agree with open borders as it is an attack on the property rights. Lew Rockwell does a good job of explaining this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5wZjdEl9F8
There is definitely a lot of anger in Australia, thus the rise (re-birth?) of Pauline Hansen’s One Nation party. I think Palmer’s party was premature and he could have fashioned himself as a home-grown Trump, however was a bit early to the party and his party fractured pretty early on.
The Labour party here has been on shaky ground both Federally and in State elections and I remember hearing that they haven’t had a majority win in any of the States in Australia in their respective last state elections except Victoria.
I myself was out of work for six months and ended up in a lower paid job at a time when the government had my profession listed on the professional critical shortages list, meaning a company could easily employ a foreign worker over me. I asked a few people about getting it pulled from the critical shortages list and was told “it’s just a temporary slump, by the time it could be pulled from the list things will have picked up”.
So it’s perfectly fine for fully qualified Australians to be unemployed whilst companies are flying in foreign professionals because reasons?
There were few obvious benefits for the majority of the population; unemployment was high, and there was considerable pressure to restructure the economy away from labour intensive manufacturing for the domestic market to capital intensive export industries. Given this, and given concerns about the diseconomies of growth so clearly indicated in the Whitlam years, and, most especially, given the lack of any widespread popular support for immigration, how was it that the Fraser [Liberal] Government was able to pursue its growth policy?http://www.thesocialcontract.com/artman2/publish/tsc0104/article_56.shtml
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Jaimie Mantzel takes self-reliance very, very seriously. The reclusive inventor constructed a workshop from scratch in the rugged backwoods of Vermont, cutting logs into road boards with a homemade band saw. The purpose of that workshop? To build—on his own—a 12-foot-high spiderlike walking robot capable of carrying a human pilot. It’s a monstrosity Mantzel is creating out of equal parts metal and passion: Every runner, joint, and gear will be shaped by hand. Mantzel has documented his project on YouTube, garnering more than 2 million views. The first video showed a toy-size prototype scurrying across the floor. The latest shows a towering monster. Since the hexapod design is basically a round body bristling with appendages, turning is a breeze: The control platform in the center will simply rotate above the legs—wherever it is facing is the new forward.
After more than three years of toil, Mantzel is still trying to get the bot up and walking. “Honestly, there’s no way in hell I’m getting on that thing till it’s well tested; it’s kinda scary,” he admits. At first it will be six-legged baby steps, directed by remote control. If it looks stable, he’ll climb aboard. Mantzel envisions the contraption eventually pulling lumber up the muddy track to his house—a handmade dome structure, natch. Whether or not he turns it into a cargo transporter, Mantzel’s dreambot is making waves. A British toy manufacturer that saw his videos is now planning to put bite-size versions on store shelves. When the Giant Robot Project is complete, he says, he’ll go lie on his trampoline and dream up another ambitious endeavor. He has no specific plan yet, but he does have a working title: “Project Bite Off More Than I Can Chew.”
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Even though the Oilers are my home town team, and I used to be a huge NHL fan... I'm not anymore. Since I'm 99% sure the Oilers have no hope in hell of getting into the playoffs, I'm not gonna waste my time.
Besides, 82 regular season games is a major DRRRAAAAGGG. Best of 13 in the playoffs and between 40 and 50 season games would be awesome!
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