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Jonah Hill and Brad Pitt to team up again for ‘True Story’
Jonah Hill is to work with Brad Pitt once more after collaborating on Moneyball.
The pair will meet again for True Story, a film based on the memoir of New York Times journalist Michael Finkel.
Finkel was fired from the New York Times in 2002, due to his fabricating a character in a story about child labourers in Africa. Days after the announcement, fugative murderer Christian Longo was arrested in Mexico and found to have been living as Finkel.
Longo decided that Finkel was the only journalist he would speak to, resulting in a surreal relationship between the two men. Longo saw Finkel as a means through which to prove his innocence. Finkel saw Longo as a way to regain his journalistic integrity.
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Parents turn in 13-year-old daughter over nude pics on cell, tablet
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DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. -- A Dinwiddie mother got a nasty shock when she went through her daughter's cell phone and tablet. The pictures she discovered were so disturbing that she turned the girl in to sheriff's deputies.
The parents discovered their 13-year-old daughter, who is about to enter the eighth-grade, had been sending and receiving naked pictures of other teens using her tablet.
And the deeper they dug, the worse it got. In fact, things got so bad they called in the sheriff's department to investigate.
"What scares me is, this is much bigger than we realize. How many others are doing this and you don't realize it," asked the Dinwiddie County mother of two.
CBS 6 News is not revealing her name to protect her family's identity.
The parents said that they called in the sheriff's office to protect their daughter even though she could face criminal charges.
"We did this now to protect her for now and in the future, because this could get worse. She could be taken," she said.
Commonwealth's Attorney Lisa Caruso said there are other options for the teen, not necessarily going through the court system.
"What's called diversion in the juvenile justice system. That's a 12 week program and it would be group classes. The parents would get involved [and] there would be some counseling," Caruso said.
However, the older teens could face felony charges depending on their ages.
The mother said while some may criticize their decision to go to sheriff's investigators, they did so out of fear. They did not want someone to see the pictures and try to find their daughter.
"What she's facing may be harsh, but we feel it's for her own protection," the mother said.
And the mother has important advice for other parents to keep their children from accessing dangerous apps.
"Please put parental controls on everything. I was informed that if you take it to the store... wherever store you buy it from, they can put all kinds of locks and controls in place, so that they can't access these apps," she said.
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kjh
There is nothing harsh about what they did. This is good solid parenting and others should follow their example! I would much prefer to read an article on how they’re being proactive with this situation than read an article months or even weeks from now about this child in a far worse situation. Our society has changed and not for the better. We as parents are the first line of defense in protecting our children and that’s what we should be doing at all costs! Kudos to them!!
I don’t suppose it ever occurs to parents these days to actually take the tech gadgets away from children that are far too immature to use responsibly without strict supervision… heaven help us if we actually have to parent our children instead of calling the police in when we fail to do so before it gets out of hand like this…
The first line of defense is offense. These parents failed.
John Doe
Getting the government involved in parenting your child is NEVER a good idea. What will happen to her daughter is now out of her hands and left to some government cronie interested in making headlines and getting re-elected. Her daughter may now end up with a felony conviction that will follow her for the rest of her life. Idiots!
andrea411
Good parenting can be very difficult. I pray great rewards for her parents and their children. When she grows up, she will be bragging to her friends about how strict her parents were and telling her own kids about how much they loved her.
jake
My God THis Was A Horrible Decision By The Parents! The Court System Does Not Work For You, They Will JuSt Lock Her Up As Soon As They Can Someone Explain to Me How GivingyYour Child A Felony Charge Is Good Parenting, How Could Anyone In Their Right Minds Do This!. I ThougGt Parenting Was Supposed To Teach Your Child To Do The Right Thing, Not Let The System Mess Up The Rest Of Her Life! Oh My Gosh I Feel So Sorry For This Poor Girl Because Now She Has A Felony Charge Just Waiting For hWe Because Her Parents Are ToI Lazy To Parent!
jake
John Doe
I agree. Giving their daughter a criminal record was the worst mistake of their lives. She now has a felony record and her life may be ruined for a silly childish mistake. Good going idiots. The police are not there to help you parent your kids, they are there to put people in jail.
DanL.
So dumb… laws regarding this sort of stuff are whipped up by frenzied crazies. Did the parents think about the fact that their daughter could possibly be found guilty of possessing child porn? Especially if she forwarded any of what was sent to her. Besides going after people that sent her pics… she’s an EASY target the cops. And so many states have made sexual laws like that stick on your record for life. They could have easily just stuck a few dozen kids, including her friends, and their own child with ‘sexual predator’ type records that never ever go away.
carrie
This is a 13 year old child. She is likely too young to understand the ramifications of sexting. Those 17/18 year old boys are certainly old enough to know better. It may be harsh, but at some point the children need to be made aware that these things are not acceptable.
And since we can not look over their shoulders every minute we need all the help we can get. If it requires that the police put the fear in them, so be it.
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This blog is set to do 3 things; tell you how wonderful Koh Lanta and the diving is here, introduce you to the Blue Planet team and keep you up to date with the happenings on Lanta
Sunday, 11 September 2011
September - the lull before the fun!
September on Koh Lanta is always a strange one for us who live here; the place gets quieter, there are very few guests, it is quite wet and we start to get excited about High Season.
The lovely Choksomboon 9 (our boat) has just gone for its regular service, so by the beginning of October, our boat will be shiny and new and docked on its new improved pier. Our staff are booking their flights for their return and we are having many requests for professional and recreational courses.
So if you are planning to see us, drop me a line and we can give you advice on how to get here, where to stay, what to do etc
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Friday, May 27, 2016
From the Editor's DeskSo it's Friday and here are some of the most popular stories from taggit this week. The first one is about the relationship between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, including the fact that Steve had a letter from Bill by his bedside in his last moments. Second, this list of the most stupid questions googled by people in each state in the US will bring a smile to your face. Finally, this speech by Raghuram Rajan on how India can create a billion entrepreneurs has insights on how regulation encourages informality in business and how access to finance is even more important than the cost of finance. Keep reading taggit to find fresh share-worthy stories!
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From the Editor's DeskSo what does an AI-first world look like for Google? Example 1: You might ask Google, what's playing tonight. Today, through voice recognition and natural language processing, Google understands that you're probably talking about movies. You can imagine going a step further. If I'm asking it on a Friday, to have the context that maybe I want to watch with my family, and give me three movies I might like. I might then say, "Is Jungle Book any good?" Then I might ask it to pick up tickets. Then the next day, I might pick up the phone and Google says, it's a few hours before the movies and your tickets are here. Example 2: One of the internal teams, just six or seven engineers, has applied machine learning algorithms to the detection of diabetic retinopathy, a medical condition that is treatable when caught early but can lead to blindness when it is not. Using tools based on machine learning, doctors can diagnose it much much better Example 3: Increasingly, you'll be going about your daily life and the Google assistant will pop up to help. Mother's Day is a week away? Google may suggest you get on with your shopping. Full story here
Now was in the pilot phase and was called Kirana Now for a year. Amazon tied up with neighbourhood grocers and listed the products and the shops on its platform, and delivered orders within two hours in Bangalore's neighbourhood. In March, it formally ...
Forbes India (blog)Importantly, the framework of the Indian constitution seeks to promote and protect free flow of trade across states and frowns upon any tax that disincentivises such movement. Despite this, the bandwagon of states that are choosing to tax ecommerce ...
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My college career focused on the subtle science and precise art of computer programming. As much as I enjoyed the field, I soon tired of merely instructing rectangular grids of tiny lights to turn on and off to show ever-changing images of "buttons" and "icons".
While desperately seeking gainful and fulfilling employment, I stumbled into a shop where I discovered the exciting field of CNC machining. I found I could use my years of training in computer science in wonderful ways I never thought possible. Now I spend my days equipping giant robots with razor-sharp weapons and instructing them to cut through slabs of metal in interesting patterns. When the uprising occurs, I'll probably be among the first to die.
In my spare time I study volumes of history about worlds that never existed and watch television shows about realms that will never be. Occasionally, inspiration strikes and I create art and stories based on these or my own imagined worlds.
I got some awesome news several days ago. Unfortunately, this was just as ATG started, so I've been a bit slow to pass it on. Let's fix that, shall we?
A few months ago, approached me and asked permission to translate one of my earliest popular comics, Spikes Fortune, into Polish.
I'll admit, it's been long enough since I drew it that parts of the art on that comic give me a major cringe fit, but people seem to like it well enough regardless. If a group of translators feel it's worth spending their time to inflict it on their countrymen, I'm certainly not going to tell them "no".
It took a little while, but the translation group K-Archiwa-Canterlotu (I'm told the name means "Royal Canterlot Archives") has finally completed work on the comic. You can find the results of their efforts here:
I'm honored these guys felt that my comic was worth their efforts to translate. That said, I don't read Polish so if you, dear reader, can read it and the translation is actually an elaborate ruse to make me link to a comic insulting your dear mother, feel free to give me a heads up.
I am rather fond of a great deal of British literature and television, so perhaps some of that influences my turns of phrase and spelling choices from time to time. Though, given the source and age of most of them, I expect any such influences would tend to make me sound rather like an elderly English gentleman.
Haaaaaaappy happy birthday to our good friend today!Here's a little birthday song with something I must say!On this day we celebrate having you with us!Throw a party here for you I'll make sure is a blast!I wish you only happiness, that your life's full of smiles!That you and your friends will prevail in any troubling times!Most of all, I wish for you that you'll have lots of fun!And share it with all close to you, spread happiness around!OR ELSE!So let's get down to business now, there'll be no more delays!On to the birthday party, celebrate this joyous daaaaay!
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Thermalright True Black 120 CPU Cooler Review
Features and Specifications
We somehow missed testing the Ultra 120 eXtreme CPU heatsink, which is currently ranked by most hardware review sites as being the best performing air-cooled CPU cooler on the market today. So when Thermalright asked if we would like to check out their new True Black 120, of course we said YES!
The Thermalright True Black 120 CPU heatsink is essentially the same as the Ultra 120 eXtreme. The primary difference is the black Nickel finish and the inclusion of Thermalright’s new Chill Factor 2 thermal paste and an extra set of fan wires, which allow mounting two 120mm fans in a push-pull configuration.
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Just like the Ultra 120 eXtreme, the True Black 120 heatsink features a solid copper base, six copper heat pipes, a large aluminum fin array, and universal mounting hardware that support both Intel (LGA775) and AMD (AM2) processors. The True Black 120 is designed to mount either one or two 120mm fans of your choice.
Thermalright True Black 120 Main Features:
• Multiple heat pipes and large fin area provide quiet and powerful cooling
• Proprietary bent winglet design minimizes airflow resistance
• Pure copper base for excellent heat transfer
• Six 6mm heat pipes used for high heat transfer efficiency
• Black nickel plating prevents oxidation
• Supports both Intel LGA775 and AMD AM2 platforms
• New Chill Factor 2 thermal paste included
• Includes two sets of fan wire clips for dual fan installation
Technical Specifications
• Model number: True Black 120
• Dimensions: 63.4 x 132 x 160.5mm (LxWxH)
• Weight: 790g
• Materials: Copper base, copper heat pipes, and aluminum fins
• Finish: Black Nickel electroplate
• Intel support: All Socket LGA775
• AMD support: Socket AM2
• Recommended fan: any 120mm
Heat Pipe Technology
The Thermalright True Black 120 CPU cooler uses six 6mm copper heat pipes to transport heat away from the CPU into a large array of closely spaced aluminum fins. A heat pipe is a highly efficient conductor of heat. A properly constructed heat pipe has a very low thermal resistance, which is roughly independent of its length (unlike ordinary metal rods whose thermal resistance increases with length). Heat pipes are commonly used to efficiently transport heat from one location to another.
Heat pipes work on the principle of evaporation and condensation. A working fluid (frequently distilled water) evaporates inside one end of the heat pipe (the hot-end) absorbing heat in the process. A partial vacuum inside the heat pipe allows the water to evaporate at low temperatures. Once formed, the water vapor diffuses from an area of high vapor pressure (where it is being generated) to the other end of the tube where the vapor pressure is lower. The type of working fluid and the degree of vacuum will determine the heat pipe’s temperature range.
The vaporized fluid then condenses back to liquid (at the cold-end) and the heat is dissipated into the air from the metal cooling fins. The working fluid returns to the hot end via capillary action thru an internal wicking structure (sintered metal coating, fine wire mesh, or grooves) so the heat pipe does not have to rely on gravity to recycle the working fluid. The key to a heat pipe’s high efficiency is the latent heat of vaporization.
Packaging and Parts
The True Black 120 CPU cooler comes securely packed inside a large, black Thermalright cardboard box, along with everything needed to install the cooler on most modern Intel or AMD platforms.
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Curiosity has drilled into Mars for the 10th time at a site named Lubango, on sol 1320 (April 23, 2016). Lubango is in a bright-toned halo around a crack in the Stimson sandstone unit on the western edge of the Naukluft Plateau. It will likely soon be followed by an 11th drill hole in relatively unaltered Stimson farther away from the fracture.
The bright-toned fracture runs left to right across this Navcam view of the drill placed on the rock, the completed drill hole underneath it:
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Curiosity drilling at Lubango, sol 1320 (April 23, 2016)
Curiosity took this Navcam photo of the drill poised over a fresh drill hole at Lubango, in a bright halo around a fracture within the Stimson sandstone unit on the western edge of the Naukluft plateau, on sol 1320.
They pointed MAHLI at it the next day, sol 1321. There's quite an interesting variety of dirt colors in here. It looks like the dirt that was initially moving across the top of the rock was relatively dark-colored, but once the drill bit into the rock it was very bright. I like how you can see the impressions of the two grippy fingertips of the drill contact sensors/stabilizers to the upper right and lower left of the drill hole.
NASA / JPL / MSSS
Lubango, Curiosity sol 1321 (April 24, 2016)
Curiosity drilled in a bright halo in a fracture in the Stimson unit on sol 1320 and took this photo with its MAHLI arm-mounted camera on sol 1321. The drill hole is 1.6 centimeters wide.
This drilling operation proceeded super fast. They compressed most of the drilling process into a single week of work! They decided to drill at Lubango on Monday (sol 1316) and drove over to the site, doing preparatory imaging; did a final bump to drilling position on sol 1317; brushed on sol 1318, with MAHLI imaging and APXS analysis on sols 1318 and 1319; did a drill pre-load test on sol 1319 to make sure the rock was stable for drilling; and proceeded directly from there to a full drill on sol 1320, skipping over the usual mini-drill test. Skipping the mini-drill suggests that the properties of the rock as observed in camera images, ChemCam, and APXS analyses were similar enough to previous drill locations (particularly Greenhorn and Big Sky, the previous in-halo/out-of-halo drill targets), that the team had confidence that the drilling properties of the rock would be nothing unusual, so they proceeded directly to the full drill.
Here's my compilation of all the drill sites on Mars, updated with the new addition. The current plan is to add another drill hole outside a fracture halo as soon as practical. But that won't be immediate. They can't drill again until they have completed processing the Lubango sample and delivering it to Curiosity's two laboratory instruments, Chemin and SAM -- the drill can only handle one sample at a time. They usually deliver to Chemin first to perform X-ray diffraction overnight to get a quick look at mineralogy, which will help inform them whether it's worthwhile to deliver it to SAM for the energy-intensive process of baking and gas chromatograph mass spectrometry. They could decide not to perform a SAM analysis, or they may decide to perform SAM analysis in one or more different ways on different delivered samples, but they have to make the choice now of how many SAM sample cups to commit. Once they've finished any SAM delivery, they have to dump the remaining sample, analyze the dump pile with APXS and MAHLI, and clean and inspect the interior of the CHIMRA sample handling mechanism on the rover arm before they can drill again.
NASA / JPL / MSSS / Emily Lakdawalla
Ten Curiosity drill holes on Mars
As of April 2016, Curiosity has drilled and sampled at ten locations on Mars. They are (left to right and top to bottom): John Klein, drilled on sol 182; Cumberland, on sol 279; Windjana, on sol 621; Confidence Hills, on sol 759, Mojave, on sol 882; Telegraph Peak, on sol 908; Buckskin, on sol 1060; Big Sky, on sol 1119; Greenhorn, on sol 1137; and Lubango, on sol 1320. All of these images were taken with the MAHLI camera on the end of the arm from a distance of about 5 centimeters. The drill holes are 1.6 centimeters wide.
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Rick: 2016/06/07 12:23 CDT
I've been a volcanologist for 36 years and from the very beginning that many sedimentary rocks on Mars appear to be volcaniclastic rocks. With the finding of tridymite I'm convinced. I've published a geochemical database at Los Alamos Natl Lab that shows the prevalence of tridymite in volcanic tuff. I'm astounded that volcanic rocks were not even mentioned in your article.
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Mark your calendar and have fun as you get plenty of holiday shopping done at this free one day event featuring handcrafted items made by more than 80 talented Asian and Pacific Islander artisans. [Note: Not all vendors accept credit/debit cards]
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"The album is our attempt to honor the hopes of the Arab Spring and the period of global rebellion that followed in its wake, and to chronicle its tragic aftermath. From Tahrir Square and Gezi to the shores of Lesvos and Calais, these songs paint a sincere, heartfelt, and urgent picture of the world since 2011."Fonte
Omar comes over the fence at the border,
To the relative safety of Spain
He’s come from Algeria, westbound to Ceuta,
To test his fate on the sea
The crowded boats rock in the heavy waves,
The land fades behind finally
Growing up poor, the scars from the civil war,
Omar’s seen hardship and pain
In songs and in pages, in prices and wages,
The colonial memory remains
And up north they ask what they are running from,
And somehow they still fail to see
The big money flows through the global casino
And sends people far from their homes
For shanties in Calle and stadiums in Qatar,
To warehouses, factories, and farms
To be mistreated, and cheated,
While the facts of their lives are ignored
The fascists they gather, beneath football banners,
And boast of the pride in their veins
Their perspectives distorted, their history perverted,
They cling to machismo and hate
And it looks like the past, came right back,
And started all over again
In Sweden and Italy, in Greece and in Germany,
In France and in England you’ll find
The slogans and rallies that tell the sad story
Of a right-wing again on the rise
And it looks like the past, came right back,
And started all over again
Many before us have gone to the mountains,
To gather, prepare, and to train
While others have stayed in the towns and the cities,
To organize and educate
And what about you? What will you do?
You can’t be neutral on a moving train.
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The ISIS affiliate said the attack was revenge for the death of Abu Anas al-Libi. He died earlier this month in U.S. custody, just days before his trial for the bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa in 1998.
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No Regrets: America's Dewey Bunnell On the Reunion That Never Was
While some classic rock-era bands have been able to carve out a comfortable touring niche on the strength of a couple of hits, others face an opposite dilemma in trying to cram all or most of their most popular material in a show.
In the '70s, America notched up a number of success with tracks including "A Horse With No Name," "Sister Golden Hair," "I Need You," "Ventura Highway," and "Tin Man." They scored a couple of more in the '80s with "You Can Do Magic," and "The Border."
But, as singer/guitarist and founding member Dewey Bunnell says, it's good to change things up a bit to appeal to both a "greatest hits" fan and a listener of deeper tracks.
"We actually have discussed beginning to spotlight one of our albums by playing three deeper cuts from it. And now we do songs like 'Indian Summer,' 'Wednesday Morning,' and 'Never Be Lonely.' Also things from the soundtrack to the [cult animated film] The Last Unicorn," he says. "But yes, the core of the set has to be songs that people know. That's what they come to hear."
Some of those more familiar tracks were written and sung by Dan Peek who -- along with Bunnell and Gerry Beckley -- founded the band. Peek left in 1977 to pursue his interest in Christian music. His most recognizable tunes include "Lonely People," "Don't Cross the River," "Everyone I Meet is From California," and "Woman Tonight."
Peek died in 2011 and -- aside from joining Bunnell and Beckley onstage for one song a couple of years after he left -- the original trio has never performed again onstage. And now, of course, it's too late. Still, Bunnell is surprisingly nonchalant about any missed opportunity in that area.
"The three of us were never close to having a reunion," he says. "It would be brought up -- mostly by the fans, who were passionate about it. But between [the three of] us, it would go back and forth and sputter out. It was never a serious concept."
He adds that any planned reunion -- even a one-off show -- would require a lot of rehearsal. And after Bunnell and Beckley contributed to one of Peek's solo records, they never saw him again. Producers would sometimes approach the trio about a new record, but no serious monetary offers came through.
"Gerry and I just felt...well, Dan never pursued it [a reunion] either. We were all resigned to our respective paths after he left. But, of course, the finality of his death quashed any idea," Bunnell says. "But I don't have any terrible regret about it."
In fact, he says that the years they spent together as a trio seem like "a dream" that's hard to remember, and only seeing old photos and video clips bring it back.
"But we bring Dan to life every single night we're onstage, his contributions," he sums up. "His voice is what we're reproducing in our harmonies."
When America come to the Stafford Centre, they're likely to touch base with a Houstonian and personal friend, famed lawyer Mark Lanier.
Lanier and his wife Becky are famous for throwing huge private parties on their 25-acre property for thousands of guests and hiring big name entertainers like Crosby, Stills and Nash, Diana Ross, Johnny Cash, and Faith Hill and Tim McGraw to play.
And when that last duo performed, Bunnell and Beckley -- who have also done a show for the Laniers -- got to join the party, but as guests with their wives.
"Mark's a great guy!" Bunnell says. "Can you mention him in the article?"
Bob Ruggiero has been writing about music, books, and entertainment for the Houston Press since 1997, with an emphasis on classic rock. He used to have an incredible and luxurious mullet in college as well. He is the author of the band biography Slippin’ Out of Darkness: The Story of WAR.
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Ode to a Church: First Presbyterian Church of Wetumpka
Last week James and I were looking forward to a short excursion on Saturday. We had planned to visit Old Cahaba, the first capital of the state of Alabama. The weather forecast suggested a rainy day so we decided instead to spend a few hours in nearby Wetumpka, AL, just a few miles from our home.
Photo courtesy of TheRiverRegion.com
Saturday morning we set off to visit a few familiar places and to eat a late lunch at Coaches Corner looking over the Coosa River and the iconic Bibb Graves Bridge. As we finished up lunch we debated whether to wait out the coming rain or try to get home ahead of the strong storm that was on its way. At approximately 2:35 pm we started home. As we pulled down the garage door behind us the tornado sirens sounded.
Just before 3:00 pm a tornado hit Wetumpka within sight of the restaurant where we had lunched. We were stunned to see pictures of the impassable road filled with debris where we had driven only moments before. We were very grateful no one was seriously injured and that only our hearts were left in Wetumpka.
The following is a description of an old and beautiful church whose building was torn from this earth but whose soul shines bright.
Photo courtesy of TheRiverRegion.com
The town of Wetumpka was founded in 1834. Two years later the city of 1,200 people founded the First Presbyterian Church of Wetumpka. It would take the congregation twenty years to gather funds to build a structure, but by 1856 the group had saved $2,300 and a building committee was formed.[1] Because funds for an architect were lacking, a local builder named Alley is believed to have designed the church. On the preference of the committee, the exterior of the church was primarily Gothic Revival style, while the interior blended Greek Revival with Gothic influences. The one-story board and batten rectangle block building sat on a brick foundation. The tall central steeple would become an icon of the Wetumpka skyline. The church was dedicated on Jun 14, 1857.[2] In 1920 church members purchased the lot on the east side of the building giving children a place to play. In 1948 wings were added on to each side of the original church, but care was taken to preserve the original architecture. In October 1976, 120 years after construction, the church building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The National Register nomination noted the church’s close connection to many of the prominent events of the town. Numerous civic, political and patriotic gatherings had occurred there throughout much of the 19th century. Members of the church have included notable citizens Mac Freeman (Mayor of Wetumpka), Benjamin Fitzpatrick (11th Governor of Alabama) and Capt. John H. Bankhead (Alabama Senator and grandfather of actress Tallulah Bankhead).
Historic American Buildings Survey, 1935
In 1935 pictures were taken of the church for the Historic American Buildings Survey (including two seen here) that are available at the Library of Congress. In his notes the photographer stated that the ladies of the church had been working to restore the building to its original beauty in preparation for the upcoming centennial celebration of the church founding. In doing so they had undertook to restore the interior of their building by preserving “all of the old architectural features and lighting fixtures that had been placed there by their fathers back in the late fifties” – that is the 1850s![3] Specifically noted were the lights. Mr. A.G. Campbell had purchased ornate chandeliers in New York and donated them to the church. The lights were affixed on hemp rope that could be lowered to fill the bowls with whale oil. By the mid-1930s the chandeliers were converted to electricity and the photographer noted that they would light his descendants for another generation.
Historic American Buildings Survey, 1935
On January 19, 2019 the lights went out for the last time. A December 1957 article about the centennial of the building called it a “Mighty Fortress.” The Fortress has fallen but the heart of the First Presbyterian Church of Wetumpka beats still.
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I been wanting to build a CR-32 and ran across this beautiful set of plans but they are in Italin. Any suggestions on an easy way to convert an Italian plan into good ol' English? I tried OCR recognition to no avail......
The publication date apears to be March, 2009 & all the specified hardware is current stuff.
This is the vintage model section & this thread is for pre 1960. I suggest you try the scale board.
Sure is quiet around here. Hope no-one minds me filling this thread up with PT-17 related stuff in the interim. Have just been sent a copy of the missing illegible text of 'Step 5' on sheet 3, thanks to Andy. This (apart of course from the printwood) I think now makes the 4 plan sheets complete.
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Yeah, the idiot that took on this job (me) is juggling previously committed to obligations. It will take some time for me to finish the Stearman parts. But you may keep on reminding me and I won't take offense. Of course I will expect that you won't take offense when I keep dragging my heels.
Planeman
It has taken me more than 40 years trying to obtain this plan and parts. I'm sure I can wait some more time. No hurry!!!! Aeromodelling has taught me to be patient!!!
Brooks Biplane and Woodford Special
Good morning all,
Continuing on with the November 1952 Aeromodeller I present the Brooks Biplane and the Woodford Special.
Basil Brooks was the designer and flier of the Biplane. The model had been developed over four years until the stage at which the plans were published. It looks a really interesting and practical build and was even suggested as being suitable for R/C in 1952. It is an interesting design and one that would be well worth building nowadays - especially considering that, according to the article, it meets the pre-1950 deadline. The recommended minimum power is an ED 2.46 Racer with a preference towards a 3.46cc motor. With a wingspan of 56" I think I would tend to start with a OS 40 FS and consider a OS 26 FS after initial flights. However with three channel RC it would give a sweet summer evening treat.
The Woodford Special is a 58½" lightweight contest glider designed by Ron Firth. The craft was designed to be quick to build, easy to trim and large enough to be kept in sight up to the end of the maximum. Flying from a 100 metre towline an average time in still air (which is a rarity here in UK) of three minutes plus is claimed. As a contest model it is also recommended to beginners.
As always with my drawings they are only tracings from the original articles and may be subject to faults. If you do notice any please feel free to contact me then I can correct them. I will forward .dwg files to Steve at Outerzone so he may host them. If you do build from my plans please take care and measure at least twice before applying the knife. Most of all - enjoy.
Not sure if this has been posted earlier, but a simple to blow a plan up or down is to use the existing(or create a) pdf file then use the scale setting for the scale. The Foxit pdf program is free and works well.
The Brook's biplane has been a "must build" for me for several years and I will probably make it this year. I am sure that this model, built light, covered with Monokote or similar, with standard servos (3 channel) can fly with a Chinese ASP .21 even at my altitude of 2.650 meters. I have an RCM Draggin bye, made of plywood (the fuselage) with similar wings and weighing almost 4 pounds all-up and it is overpowered with the .21 which is a little gem!!!!
I use Photoshop to enlarge or reduce plans simply with the "Image" "Image size". Then write the new size of the plan. Of course, one must know a real measurement like wheels diameter, spinner etc. in order to calculate the increase. Really easy!! It might not come out 100% accurate, but a difference of a few millimetres is no harm.
I just want to take the time to thank everyone for their work! I go through this thread from time to time and I'm always finding something thing new, and many of the plans bring back lot's of great memories!
More Stearman PT-17 printwood news, just in. Andy has emailed me some drawings. The files are over 3MB so again I have posted this up on Outerzone in the Holding bay area at http://www.outerzone.co.uk/advanced/..._bay/index.asp for anyone who wants to grab the files and have a go. Its the file called printwood_03.zip This zipfile contains 4 pdf files that's a total of 21 pages of A4 drawings and 1 page of text notes. Here is a thumbnail of what that all looks like.
These are (I think) all hand drawn from the original kit printwood, and look like they should nicely fill in all the gaps we had before.
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[QUOTE=More Stearman PT-17 printwood news, just in. Andy has emailed me some drawings. These are (I think) all hand drawn from the original kit printwood, and look like they should nicely fill in all the gaps we had before.[/QUOTE]
peregrine
I noticed (and downloaded) the Peregrine from Aeromodeller in 1954. Has anyone built one of these and if so can the builder share his experience with us and maybe even tell us about weight and rigging? Sign me Ever Hopeful.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Moldovan Priest Leads Mob in Destroying Menorah Display
Dozens of people led by an Orthodox priest smashed a menorah in Moldova's capital capital Chisinau, using hammers and iron bars to remove the candelabra during Hanukkah, officials said.
The 1.5 meter (5-foot)-tall ceremonial candelabrum was retrieved, reinstalled and is now under police guard.
Police said they were investigating but there was no official reaction from Moldova's Orthodox Church, which is part of the Russian Orthodox Church and counts 70 percent of Moldovans as members.
The national government said in a statement that "hatred, intolerance and xenophobia" are unacceptable.
Jewish leader Alexandr Bilinkis called on the Orthodox Church to take a position over the priest's actions.
The Jewish community was thriving before World War II but there are now estimated to be just 12,000 Jews in the former Soviet Republic. Twenty years ago there were 66,000 Jews. Many immigrated to Israel.
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Samsung Music Hub Premium launches with the Galaxy S III to take on iTunes with 100GB of cloud storage
Samsung just reveled that it is launching its own cloud storage music service with the first batches of the Galaxy S III that went on sale today in Europe. It builds on the Music Hub we've known for a while on Samsung smartphones, but adds Premium to the title, and a price tag.
For 9.99 Euros or pounds sterling a month, you will have unlimited streaming from 7Digital's catalog of more than 19 million songs, or you can buy them with prices comparable to iTunes, and have them available for offline listening, while the free version of the app allows you 30-second song previews.
Leveraging Samsung's mSpot buyout, the paid Music Hub Premium will also allow you to upload your own music to the cloud and then stream it from there to your PC or up to five mobile devices - storage space for your unmatched songs is the whopping 100GB, a big upgrade from the 5GB mSpot used to offer for free before the acquisition.
You can also build customized radio stations to your preferences, and your music collection is recognized by the scan-and-match method, like iTunes Match, so you probably won't have to upload every single one of your files, unless they are very rare or homemade tracks. An added bonus is that Samsung's service can actually sync with your iTunes catalog, so you can have the songs there on your Music Hub as well.
T.J. Kang, senior VP of Samsung Electronics' Media Solution Center, said in an interview for Reuters that this is the first time that the company had built its own music service from the ground up:
Samsung is not known for our content services; we make good hardware products but we haven't done much in the content space but that's changing. We are doing it to create a better experience for our users. There are things we could do better if we have complete control over all of the service.
Apps for other platforms are being developed, and the new Music Hub will be later available on other Samsung phones like the Galaxy S II or the Note. Samsung is envisioning a grand future for its cloud music service, as it will be available on its Smart TVs and even smart fridges down the road.
It surely sounds like the most complete music service so far, combining both subscription and scan-and-match, so we can't wait to see what Samsung might be prepping for its Video Hub nugget.
Samsung Launches Music Hub, Offering the Ultimate Mobile Music Service
New service integrates all your music experiences in one place: Millions of songs, your own music stored in the Cloud, a music store and radio discoveryInitially launching on the Samsung Galaxy S III in Germany, France, Spain, Italy and the UK
Open Mobile Summit, London, U.K., (May 29, 2012)- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today announced the arrival of the much anticipated new Music Hub – the first completely integrated, all-in-one mobile music service. Initially available on the Samsung Galaxy S III and hitting European markets today, Music Hub vastly simplifies and enhances the everyday experience of listening to music. Whether you're an avid collector wanting easy access to your own music collection, someone with ever-changing music tastes, someone who likes to sample a broad selection of music and genres or a passive listener who prefers radio, Music Hub provides a richer music experience for everyone.
Based on the technology services of mSpot, a leading mobile content service provider recently acquired by Samsung, the new Music Hub service will initially be available on the Samsung GALAXY S III and will soon be offered on a wider selection of devices.
"When you ask yourself, 'what do I want to listen to?' there is now one simple answer, for every mood, every place and everyone," stated TJ Kang, Senior Vice President of Samsung Electronics' Media Solution Center. "With the new Music Hub, we're bringing the joy back to music – listening, collecting and sharing."
"We believe that today's mobile market must have an open mobile music system – one that offers all kinds of services across different devices. Music Hub removes all the barriers to your music," stated Daren Tsui, CEO of mSpot.
The new Music Hub service will be offered for free and also in a Premium version:
Music Hub Store: (free)Offering a vast, 19 million song catalog provided by 7digital, Music Hub Store enables you to buy songs and albums, as well as listen to 30-second previews of all songs. Purchased music is stored in the cloud and automatically appears on all of your devices, while music can also be stored locally on devices for offline listening.
Music Hub Premium: (€/£9.99 per month)For €/£9.99 per month, you can upload and access your entire music collection anywhere, enjoy unlimited streaming from the millions of songs in the Music Hub catalog and discover new songs with radio stations based on the artists you like.
Music Hub features include:
Scan & Match Cloud Locker: Upload your music to the cloud so you can play it anywhere. Music Hub utilizes scan & match technology to decrease upload time and ensure high-quality playback. Any unmatched songs are directly uploaded from your library so you can access rare or personal recordings (100 GB of storage for all unmatched songs). When you edit playlists or purchase music, your collection stays automatically updated across all authorized devices.
Catalog of millions of songs: Enjoy full access to our entire catalog to stream or purchase, with unlimited plays and no advertisements. Search for new music, create playlists, share songs with friends, and view lyrics and album information.
Radio: Relax and listen to the music you like with personal radio and programmed stations. Create personal stations based on songs and artists you love, or browse genre stations recommended and tailor-crafted by the Music Hub team. Hear a song you like? Tag it so you can find it later and play it again whenever you want.
Recommendations: Discover great new music all the time with customized recommendations for songs, artists, albums and radio stations. The more you listen, the better recommendations you'll get.
Optimized for Mobile: Music Hub is optimized specifically for your Samsung device. Advanced streaming and downloading options let you save storage space, play music when offline, and cut down on cellular data usage. Audio settings are designed to prolong battery life and ensure smooth streaming even under spotty network coverage.
Web Player: In addition to the mobile app, users can access their music library and the Music Hub catalog/store online at www.musichub.com. The Web Player allows users the freedom to play their music easily on any PC.
N.B.: Users must initially register on a Galaxy S III phone using a Samsung account.
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Windows 7 Firewall Error Code 0x6d9
Restart the Windows Firewall service on the computer you are managing. katmcon What is being suggested you do is an "Upgrade" install. Unlike other repair tools, Total System Care is compatible with all Windows versions. I have windows 7, 64 bit.
This feature is not available right now. Reinstalling it will do no harm and will replace various system files painlessly. ...or at the very least run sfc/ scannow command. I had already uninstalled AVG with their uninstaller for my 64bit. Firewall.bat Download Windows 7 Loading...
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Its smart privacy error detector feature checks for viruses, spyware, adware and malware invasion on your system. Error Code 0x6d9 Windows 8 Timely detection of errors and repair is the best way to keep your system performing smoothly and at its optimum speed. This feature allows you to save and create backup copies of all your files. Add to Want to watch this again later?
Solution Download Available to Completely Repair Error Code 0x6d9 Recommended: Download the Automatic Repair Utility to correct this and other PC performance issues. http://speciii.com/error-code/windows-firewall-error-code-0x6d9-vista.html AVG probably disabled the firewall because they have their own. Cheers, Daniel Back to top BC AdBot (Login to Remove) BleepingComputer.com Register to remove ads #2 hamluis hamluis Moderator Moderator 50,886 posts ONLINE Gender:Male Location:Killeen, TX Local time:12:36 PM Download the exact same W7 version with Service Pack 1 as is on your computer from lighthouse's link above. Windows 10 Firewall Error Code 0x6d9
Sign in 19 Loading... I think I've missed one or two bits when windows starts up for the first time but it should be clear what you need to do. along with a slew of other problems this nasty modified/disabled MANY security services including the Firewall. http://speciii.com/error-code/windows-firewall-error-code-0x6d9.html It runs smoothly on Windows 7, 8, Vista and XP.
I have Malwarebytes installed and ran a scan recently, with no results except for one tracking cookie. Windows 10 Firewall Error 0x6d9 I tried to find out how to reinstall SP 1 and found this site: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/install-windows-7-service-pack-1 I then proceeded to the download site: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5842 After clicking on "download," Thanks.
I'm very unsure about reinstalling and it all working out OK; with my inexpertise.
But do not have discs to reinstall. Reply Subscribe View Best Answer RELATED TOPICS: Windows Firewall Service needed to share Printers and Folders? ERROR The requested URL could not be retrieved The following error was encountered while trying to retrieve the URL: http://0.0.0.1/ Connection to 0.0.0.1 failed. Windows Firewall With Advanced Security Snap-in Failed To Load. Error Code 0x6d9 About Advertising Privacy Terms Help Sitemap × Join millions of IT pros like you Log in to Spiceworks Reset community password Agree to Terms of Service Connect with Or Sign up
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Dear All,
Yesterday the German government released a draft version for an amendment to
the German Copyright Act (Urheberrechtsgesetz), s. attachment.
The amendment covers several issues, one of those is of special interest for
this list: a regulation concerning the green road to open access
The German research community and the German Länder (states) have been
advocating this “right of secondary publication” for several years.
The faith of the bill is unclear as the current legislature ends in
September already.
The draft bill has not been formally introduced in parliament (Bundestag)
yet and the governing coalition is divided on the issue.
Regards
Christoph
Paragraph to be added to section 38 of the German copyright act
(4) Der Urheber eines wissenschaftlichen Beitrags, der im Rahmen einer
mindestens zur Hälfte mit öffentlichen Mitteln finanzierten Lehr- und
Forschungstätigkeit entstanden und in einer periodisch mindestens zweimal
jährlich erscheinenden Sammlung erschienen ist, hat auch dann, wenn er dem
Verleger oder Herausgeber ein ausschließliches Nutzungsrecht eingeräumt hat,
das Recht, den Beitrag nach Ablauf von zwölf Monaten seit der
Erstveröffentlichung in der akzeptierten Manuskriptversion öffentlich
zugänglich zu machen, soweit dies keinem gewerblichen Zweck dient. Die
Quelle der Erstveröffentlichung ist anzugeben. Eine zum Nachteil des
Urhebers abweichende Vereinbarung ist unwirksam.
4) Even if copyright was transferred exclusively to the publisher, the
author of a scientific contribution, which stems from at least half publicly
funded research and teaching activities and published in a periodical which
is at least published twice yearly, has the right to make the accepted
manuscript version of the contribution publicly available (internet) after
the expiration of twelve months after the first publication, provided this
serves no commercial purpose and the source of the original publication is
indicated. A deviating agreement to the disadvantage of the author is
invalid.
Please find the full bill attached.
Regards,
Christoph
Christoph Bruch
Helmholtz Association
Helmholtz Open Access Coordination Office
M: christoph.bruch AT oa.helmholtz.de
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Gonzalez has actually come closest to living up to his price, but his power numbers are in sharp decline; his last three season's home run totals: 40, 31, 27. And 15 this season puts him on pace for about 20.
All three of these players were thought to be untradeable as recently as, again, this morning. Then a funny thing happened.
The Red Sox put Gonzalez on waivers, the Dodgers (as they did with Cliff Lee) put a claim on him, and the two teams started talking.
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The Dodgers apparently think Beckett will figure it out come October. For their sake, he'd better.
What happened next was akin to the sorts of negotiations that happen in bars between midnight and 2 a.m., when subtle cues morph into strong innuendos that eventually become full-on propositions.
And now, according to Fox Sports and ESPN Boston, which says we're waiting "for the I’s to be dotted and T’s crossed," the deal is all but done and will await league approval and the likely assents of the players involved.
Suffice it to say that the Dodgers may well wake up tomorrow morning with Beckett, Crawford and Gonzalez in their clubhouse and start looking for their wallet, their phone and their car keys—not to mention some of their better prospects, like Rubby De La Rosa and Allen Webster.
Except it will not be as easy as sneaking out before the newly acquired players wake up to get out of this one.
"But what are we going to do now?" you, the die-hard Sox fan says. "We don't have a first baseman, or a left fielder, we need starting pitching, we need a closer, we need, we need..."
Take one more deep breath. Better? Good.
OK, Red Sox Nation, pull the needle off the Neil Diamond "Sweet Caroline" 45, take off your "YOUUUUUUK!" T-shirt, put your throwback Pedro Martinez jersey back in the closet and take a deep, cleansing breath.
How happy should Red Sox fans be about this deal?
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Deliriously happy.
31.2%
Orgasmically happy.
12.7%
Day-your-first-child-is-born-happy.
4.7%
All of the above.
51.4%
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The 2012 Red Sox are 60-66 and completely out of the playoff picture. So how will they contend in 2013 and beyond?
By spending all that money they don't have to give Beckett, Crawford and Gonzalez on better players—that's how.
The following pitchers will be free agents after this season: Zack Greinke, Hiroki Kuroda, Ryan Dempster and Edwin Jackson. Any one of them would be an upgrade over Beckett, and except for Greinke, none of them figure to cost more.
The following outfielders will be free agents after this season: Michael Bourn, Josh Hamilton, Shane Victorino and B.J. Upton. Again, any of those players project as an improvement over what Crawford provided, and except for Hamilton they will all be had for a fraction of what Crawford is promised.
The first base solution is more problematic. None of the free-agent first basemen excite anyone, though Lance Berkman might make sense short-term. Actually, they are all short-termers: Adam LaRoche, Carlos Lee, Carlos Pena, etc.
Phillies fans would love to see the Sox take Ryan Howard's deal off the team's hands, but even the Sox are not that dumb. (Are they?)
There is not a building block among the first base free agent crop...and so what? Take the $20 million per year A-Gon had coming and pour it into multiple positions. Plus James Loney, reportedly in the deal, is a serviceable first baseman and could likely benefit from hitting in Fenway Park over Dodger Stadium. With Ryan Lavarnway and Jarrod Saltalamacchia both solid-hitting catchers, maybe you have one play first base, or you platoon one with David Ortiz for a while. Whatever.
The bottom line is that freeing up over $275 million in salary commitments means the Red Sox have renewed ability to sign marquee free agents and/or to trade for high-salaried players from other teams.
As if all that is not enough, this deal will give Red Sox management all the latitude they need to dump Valentine if they so choose. Sometimes, the baby does go out with the bathwater.
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With the baritone of a middle-aged nightclub bouncer and the cadence of a beat poet you took to the stage and showered the restless throngs of those on the floor in the jazz inspired chimera that is your music. As one song finished you spotted something in the crowd and muttered “Oh, fuck this” into the microphone before putting down your guitar and jumping over arms and legs on your way to the commotion. The crowd swelled, I heard you yell–your voice breaking. Then as if only off taking a drink of water you returned to the stage, donned your guitar and casually told us “This next song’s about reptiles.”
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Conquer evil men by your gentle kindness, and make zealous men wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. With the afflicted be afflicted in mind. Love all men, but keep distant from all men.—St. Isaac of Syria
Is there a first name or something to put on prayer list, or the name of who will be someone's patron saint? (There's a bunch of us who are #1Sinner, and I'd rather not refer to someone else that way )
I was touched to see an entire family received into the church on Holy Saturday 2006. When I entered the church, I saw a large tub in the middle of the church. I had never seen a baptism on Holy Saturday never mind the baptism of adults. I was moved to tears.
Question a friend, perhaps he did not do it; but if he did anything so that he may do it no more.A hasty quarrel kindles fire,and urgent strife sheds blood.If you blow on a spark, it will glow;if you spit on it, it will be put out; and both come out of your mouth
I was touched to see an entire family received into the church on Holy Saturday 2006. When I entered the church, I saw a large tub in the middle of the church. I had never seen a baptism on Holy Saturday never mind the baptism of adults. I was moved to tears.
Congratulations and enjoy the rest of Lent.
I'm guessing the practice of receiving converts isn't uniform and depends on one's background. We are coming from a traditionalist Roman Catholic background. My wife, oldest son and I are being received by confession of faith and anointing on the forehead. My younger children will all be Chrismated.
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XBRL Skeptics Abound
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Despite a relentless push by the Securities and Exchange Commission to promote its “interactive data” agenda, skepticism of XBRL won’t die. Critics have called the introduction of extensible business-reporting language, or XBRL, a boon for consultancies and regulators but a pain for practitioners.
After attending a panel last month on the SEC and accounting developments in Atlanta, Jay Starkman, who runs an accounting firm there, was so unimpressed that he penned a letter to The Financial Times complaining that XBRL is a “consulting product” in search of a market.
“If it was really that great, it wouldn’t have to be mandated,” Starkman told CFO.com. “It’s being pushed by the people who have an interest in pushing it.”
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Top audit firms and consultancies have been touting XBRL for a while. As early as 2003, PricewaterhouseCoopers deemed interactive data a “top tech trend.” Proponents hope it will make financial data easier to sort and analyze, but others see it as an expensive gimmick.
In the midst of the debate on XBRL’s merits, the SEC has moved forward with making the technology ready for prime time. Last year the commission completed the development of data tags for the entire system of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and began contemplating whether XBRL should be mandated. The regulator also recently introduced handy tools, such as a viewer for comparing executive pay and risk-return data on mutual funds. Meanwhile, many participants in the SEC’s pilot program have publicly cheered about how seamless the XBRL transition has been for them.
But not everyone is so happy with the prospect of XBRL. “It’s not going to help me make an analysis,” says Starkman, explaining that the ability to sort data will not make the information easier to interpret or give users the ability to read between the lines of a balance sheet. “I want to use the whole financial statement. It’s an art, not a science.”
Others at the same panel Starkman attended agree: “It is more than a minor annoyance to companies,” says Brink Dickerson, a securities attorney with Troutman Sanders in Atlanta.
Some of those peeves are the need to manually code data until mainstream software packages catch up with the XBRL technology, the time it will take to file statements both in XBRL and the traditional way, and the potential liabilities that could be incurred if the technology has glitches that make information less reliable. Considering those issues, “it is not clear that the benefits that can be obtained justify the costs,” says Dickerson.
To be sure, participants in the SEC’s pilot program have said the costs thus far have not been overly burdensome. Comcast, for example, spent just $5,000 and 150 hours on its first XBRL filing. However, other companies have been fearful that if mandated, XBRL might lead to more regulation. “Don’t be fooled just because XBRL has been around for a long time and nothing has happened,” says Cody Smith, a partner in PwC’s national office. “It may have to be applied in the nearer term.” He has heard of concern that XBRL could require an additional audit.
For its part, the SEC has said it will be lenient with its regulation of XBRL during the “adoption” stage. Last year Christopher Cox, the SEC chairman, said the creation of tags — the strings of computer code assigned to every line item in a financial statement prepared using XBRL — will not require an additional audit.
Observers have also noted that XBRL could represent new competition for existing firms that peddle financial information for a profit. Providers such as Bloomberg, Reuters, and Thomson Financial make a living selling financial data that cannot be redistributed. XBRL — which is intended to make data easy to access, sort, manage, and compare — could eat into such businesses.
In spite of its detractors, XBRL is forging ahead. Last week members of the Financial Accounting Standards Board traveled to SEC headquarters to discuss XBRL issues. Traffic has also been picking up at the free XBRL viewer on the SEC’s Website. According to Rivet Software, the creator of the Web-based viewer, that part of the site had nearly 18,000 visits in December, compared with only 5,000 last March. “It’s really been spiking since September,” says Christy Rohrs, an accountant and senior consultant at Rivet.
In response to Starkman’s letter, the FT received and published several others pointing out misconceptions about interactive data in its defense. One noted protectively that “you don’t have to be a geek” to appreciate XBRL. Even Starkman concedes that with more work and information dedicated to developing XBRL, “it could hold some promise.”
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ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE! I LOVE IT. I AM ALREADY ON-BOARD WITH THIS. Erm. Anyway. You can tell already I am going to be everywhere. Review time: Appropriate title for your first chapter. I anticipate more quirky titles of the sort. And Sharon being the kind of easy-going waitress while Gil is working and very experienced that he wasn't offended by Oz's lack of an answer to a greeting at the beginning seemed very in-character to me. HAHA. Break owns the place. He would. (And the diamond description for the eyes is not bad at all... you don't need to apologize for it. )
And thank you for the breaks between different perspectives. I never got confused because of those. *claps*
For some reason I liked that Ada was established as an equal to Oz and on the same level of brilliance as him... cause I personally believe that she is not a bouncy-booby dumbo... and a little genius and strong girl (and as the manga shows us... has a dark side we couldn't even imagine). I'd love to see what you do with Ada later if you bring her into the story. And I'm intrigued by Gil's background... I'm looking forward on hearing more about the Nightray family in this universe.
The first impression I got of Oz's sexuality was that he knew he was gay but didn't really want to express it... which... actually I think is IC if we are going the AU route. Oz knows what he knows but won't make it influence anyone else. Kudos on that. In that section, can I make a suggestion of omitting Oz's response of "I'm just a little spacy today..." only because you established it in his thoughts earlier. Just to avoid unwanted repetition. _ You don't have to take my suggestion if you don't want to only because you have Gil respond to the comment. Otherwise I love this section. Their initial interaction is not quite friendly but not unpleasant... something that feels very real between strangers...
Poor Gil. He can't have his cigarettes. Stupid policy.
And Gil's acknowledgment of his own sexuality was placed fine. I expect it more for Oz but might as well get it out there. And that father comment... *grimaces* That must have stung on Oz.
I liked how Gil just laughed off the situation with Oz falling on him. I feel as if he had been flustered, he would have been out of character for that. With how you've been setting up Gil's personality, this reaction was right.
And then the boys talked for five hours? Damn. That's AWESOME. BWAHAHA... Oz snuck out of the house... I love it.
Okay.. okay... your ending... was fantastic. You know why? You ended it with a nice afterthought for the reader. Now I'm like 'THE HELL? WHO DID GIL FALL IN LOVE WITH BEFORE?' and leaves an open potential for future conflict and many possibilities and GAHHHHHH. I WANT. Goo on you. This chapter was fun. and I very much look forward to see the future updates. Take your time.
Quick fix: "Which eh always was in his father's eyes," -I think you had another bit of a sentence attached? I'M CONCERNED IF I MISSING STORY. And was the "eh" purposeful... cause I like it but I think you need a comma somewhere. x33
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Month: January, 2014
This warped horror flick from Kevin Smith that is Porky’s meets the Westboro Church is chock full of tone and beats that worked for me completely. I think it’s fascinating that Smith, the king of the lowbrow punchline, can deliver such a moody flick that really grips you once you are in it. After watching it, I found myself with some thoughts, so enjoy, and assume there are spoilers below.
This flick is fascinating structurally because it has no protagonist that I could see. The kids all die too soon, and become too passive, to be the true lead of the flick and Michael Parks’ Abin Cooper certainly chews up some screentime but he’s gotta be the antagonist of the piece. And as for John Goodman’s government agent, he’s interesting but I never saw this as his flick. The movie floats around quickly from place to place and does it all well but doesn’t thread across a character as much as a situation and a place. Not that this is a problem, I didn’t mind not following a lead but it felt unconventional and a bit of a structural gamble.
The initial complication of the flick, the teens answering the sex ad and being accosted by religious zealots, is good but what grabbed me by the scruff was the further complication of the government handling of the case. The cold manner in which they plan to wipe the family out, the specific ways they’re going to go about that, and the toll that takes on Goodman’s character. That all fuelled really solid drama and some moments of analysis of the terrible human condition.
But seriously, who would have thought Smith could do this sombre horror flick, with some action and camera movement, so well? There’s nothing wrong with the tone of this flick.
What some will see as wrong with this flick is the ending. It’s mildly amusing that a film about religion gone wrong features a deus ex machina as it’s finale, I get the hidden gag of it, but it’s also somewhat a cop out. Before this, things are set up tightly and kind of heartbreakingly on many levels, so to just see it sort of fumble to the finish line over an almost gag was a shame because it didn’t hold the same level of density and rules as the start. I understand Smith originally wanted the Rapture to descend, and that finale would have been epic and somewhat strange, and so maybe he just never quite got a handle on a perfect ending that could be earned. This one is good, I certainly don’t hate it, but it felt a little easily triggered. Everything else, the government handling of the conclusion, is pretty spot on.
This is a short punch of visceral entertainment that held me to the screen for the entire time. It’s not perfect but it’s insanely better than I thought it would be, or was led to believe. I’d definitely back Smith doing another flick on this level.
I should also say, Smith taking this flick, making it on the super cheap, and then personally distributing it was a ballsy move and something inspiring. It didn’t work out gangbusters but seeing someone not compromise and then making the art they want on their terms is something we should all support and enjoy.
In the end, I’d put this at the higher end of the Smith catalogue. Check it out if you dig tense and terse horror with a gun streak through it.
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I am very excited to be at PonyCon in Melbourne this weekend, the 1-2 Feb. The venue is the Arrow in Swanston. We will be making with the good times all day Saturday and Sunday, doors open at 9am and close at 5pm.
You’ll be able to find me at Table 31. I will be selling a few rad wares.
MLP PONY TALES Vol 1 – $30
This trade collection features the first 6 MY LITTLE PONY MICRO SERIES issues, of which I wrote #2 featuring RAINBOW DASH, which has awesome art by Tony Fleecs. The book is relatively new to shelves and I’ll be signing them for free. And if you’re reeeaaallllly nice I might sketch a cutie mark in the book. I will only have a certain amount of copies so get in before I sell out.
MLP MICRO SERIES #2 RAINBOW DASH MINI COMIC – $10
This miniature sized version of my Dash issue is awesome and I’m only bringing 4 of these to the con so get in first and brag all weekend long.
FATHERHOOD – $4
This one-shot comic I wrote, with art from Daniel Schneider, colours by Paulina Ganucheau, and letters by Brandon DeStefano is a personal tale from me about a father estranged from his daughter who would do anything to make her smile. It’s more mature and is certainly aimed at discerning readers and possibly the parents of little Pony fans.
And that’s what I’ll have at the show. If there’s anything else of mine you want you’ll have to ask me to bring it, the Pony booms will be weighing me down. But feel free to stop by, have a chat, and make this PonyCon be the raddest weekend ever. You might even consider catching me at my panel:
Writing Panel on the Main Stage – 11:30-12:30 Saturday
Myself, two fanfic writers, and an MC will discuss writing for the Ponyverse.
I look forward to seeing you all at the show.
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His Shredder micro from the other month was this tight exploration on the mindset of war which though philosophical in tone could not have featured more fighting, and TMNT: Utrom Empire #1 starts a 3 issue intergalactic epic. Seriously, Allor can blow.
Oh, and he makes Fugitoid interesting here. Actually, kind of heartbreaking. The suicide attempt, and the flat way of Fugitoid thinking about it, kind of got to me. Man, who the hell can make Fugitoid anything but a chore?
And don’t get me started on the intergalactic war and prison island intrigue. Just don’t. I’ll start writing about the cool toys Allor is being given and the fun he’s having with them – which by proxy means all the readers get to have fun, too. Or I’ll rant about how this issue is tightly plotted. Like, Allor most likely sold his grandmother’s soul for this level of game.
Allor also annoys me by getting to work with Andy Kuhn and Bill Crabtree. I dig their style together. That is all.
Oh, and those covers. Man, those covers. Those. Covers. These three covers are some of the best things – as art but in a collective design sense – I’ve seen in a long while.
TMNT: Utrom Empire #1 is just fuel for me to burn the Allor effigies in my mind.
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Joe Mulvey, the artist/author of the miniseries from ComixTribe, has brought a fun heist series about con men with superpowers in Vegas. It’s like the X-Men meets Ocean’s Eleven.
The HC on offer here collects the entire miniseries in a HC supplemented by the entire SCAMthology of shorts by a death row of talent and rogues (Paul Allor, Jason Ciaramella, John Lees, Nick Pitarra, Joe Eisma, etc). It’s a hell of a deal and ComixTribe always put together sublime little packages so you know the product will look amazing.
Within the SCAMthology, I have a short with Adam Masterman titled THREE CAR MONTE. It’s a car chase adrenaline rush with a kick of an end.
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Over at the Weekly Crisis, I join Dan Hill on his Opening Contract column and discuss the first panel of Marvel Premiere #15 which is also the first appearance of Iron Fist. We discuss floating heads, non-diagetic splash pages, how much fu you can handle, and Pretty Slippers And Capri Pants With A Saucy Pose – My Life in Green by Danny Rand, ha.Opening Contract – Marvel Premiere #15 — read it with your eyes.
Also, for those who don’t know, Opening Contract is one of my favourite columns on the internet where Dan Hill takes an opening panel from an issue and dissects it with erudite aplomb. It’s superb reading and you should mainline all of there right here, right now.
I hope you dug the discussion, and that you dig Danny Rand, and we’ll see you next time.
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SHELTERED from Johnnie Christmas, Shari Chankhamma, and Ed Brisson is a superb Image series about prepper kids gone wild. It’s vicious, brutal, emotional, and breathtaking all in equal bursts.
The most recent issue, #6, made me realise I hate Ed Brisson because he writes this issue, the start of the next arc, the continuation of the story, with a completely new situation, location, and cast. We only see Lucas for a handful of pages, the rest of the established narrative is ignored, and yet this issue shines.
Why does changing everything up work? Because these characters are heading towards Lucas and his group and the tension is palpable as the noose slowly tightens.
Brisson does this in two seemingly easy ways:
He uses time captions to show them slowly all drawing near to what we knew must be conflict. A ticking clock in narrative rarely reveals the pretty lady jumping out of the cake, it’s usually someone’s final minutes.
Brisson, and the whole team, bring these characters to life and make us care about them very quickly. Most of this is just small talk, a middle aged jock teasing a nerd (with some hilarious lines) and a family wishing their father didn’t have to leave (which is heartwrenching because your own assumed dramatic irony tells you they should really dial it up and stop him). This is all talking heads, literal kitchen sink drama, and it’s endearing to us so in the final moments of this issue you are completely invested. You are holding your breath, you are hoping and praying, you are in Brisson’s sweaty palm.
With these devices, Brisson shows us he can mix up this tale and still keep us completely glued. He’s basically changing the rules for this issue and getting away with it. How dare he.
Oh, and Brisson gets to work with Johnnie Christmas and Shari Chankhamma – a team that bring the characters to the page in a way that connects instantly to your heart. This is one of the best looking books running today.
If you haven’t bought Sheltered yet ask for it at your LCS, I guarantee they have copies, it’s been huge, or if you’re a digital person then hit this Sheltered ComiXology portal for all the issues so far.
NOTE: I write the back matter for this book. It’s a sweet gig graciously given to me by Mr Brisson and his generosity is only fuel to all the more passionately hate the man.
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I got to thinking about professional jealousy recently. I’ll admit, it’s a stiletto slid between my ribs from time to time. Not all the time, not even often, but it blips on the radar periodically. But I had to stop and think, what am I actually jealous of?
It usually crops up when someone gets a rad opportunity, one I didn’t or couldn’t get (natch, though, because who’s getting jealous of someone landing that sweet GreenWater gig or getting knocked back, so this start should be obvious and a touch universal). But what is it that I’m jealous of?
Bigger question, what is it that I should be jealous of?
I put some thought into this and I realise that as a storyteller the only thing that should make me jealous or envious is a great story. But I honestly don’t think I’ve ever been jealous of a great story. In fact I love and respect most guys who are capable of creating great stories. I think about mates like Paul Allor/Frank Barbiere/Ryan Ferrier/etc and they crush their books but I’ve never once felt a shred of jealousy of them because I am happy for them and I dig having their work in the world to read.
Jealousy really comes up when I see people getting those huge opportunities. I wish it was me. It’s really that simple. But when I see a guy get an opportunity because they deserve it I’m truly and honestly happy. Again, list above and my usual people, and if they got called up to Marvel tomorrow I’d have no problem because they have the talent, the drive, the work ethic, and I want to see that stuff rewarded.
So I guess what I’m intimating is really I’m jealous when I see somebody get an opportunity and they didn’t deserve it. This in turn raises the question what do I mean by didn’t deserve it? This could mean a lot of things to a lot of people and is a slippery slope fraught with perilous pitfalls of arrogance. In short, I guess it means the people who haven’t worked hard for it (and to me this specifically means, what are they working hard on? Craft and building a storytellers toolkit or just breaking in by any means necessary? Some people put this value into different areas and I guess I’m fine with that in a live and let die way) or whose product is pretty clearly inferior. If I see someone put out a book that is flawed, beyond me just not digging it, but it truly is flawed on some levels but they parlay it into an Oni gig, then yeah, it’s probably going to kickstart the green eyed monster in me. And I know you might be thinking – mate, you didn’t like the comic, but obviously someone did, many someones, or just that right someone, but either way they worked hard enough to produce the comic (which is damned hard as we all know) and now they’re getting a break for it. Quit being a dick and just deal with it – and to those people I say, yep, I know. Professional jealousy is never fun, or nice, or really smart. It’s based in arrogance and fear and a fair degree of stupidity and hubris and it’s unfair because you build the jealousy based more on what you think in your head than in what’s going on in the real world. However, explain this fact to near every creator who feels it. Because they do. They do. Ask them why they feel it and see if their answer doesn’t sound as dickish as me.
So I thought long and hard on this one fact. In the end I asked myself what do I care about the opportunities they get?
Let’s say someone gets an Image book then a Marvel gig then a sixty issue Vertigo series. If I feel they didn’t deserve it and they don’t have the talent then it should stand to reason none of those books will be any good (and this usually goes hand in hand with those razor focused on breaking in instead of committing time to craft and process – it makes me wonder what they want, the fame or to tell great stories…? But that’s a whole other discussion when I kick a different hornet’s nest). So why would I be jealous of an Image book that’s garbage? And if they get better with each gig through practice and it’s good then I’m stoked to have another good book in my world (and this has happened where I’ve read stuff by someone I didn’t like and the first stuff was not my cup of tea at all and I was baffled by their further opportunities and then I read something of their’s later and it was good and I was happy about it, and could enjoy it – I might get jealous but I’m not bitter. Yet.). With time, this idea of enjoying all the good stories and ignoring the bad ones became the root of the solution to my professional jealousy.
If I like you and your stories then I’m happy every time you land again. And if I don’t think you’ve got talent I don’t care if you’ve got a top 10 selling book if it’s not very good. I have nothing to be jealous of. It is this thought that has freed my mind.
I am, at my core, a storyteller and I will never be jealous of a good story or good storyteller.
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When you finish reading a comic on ComiXology, the final swipe across reveals a panel where you can rate the comic from 1-5 stars.
It takes literally a second to do – unless you want to take 10 minutes deliberating your choice. And, hey, if you want to be judicial and thorough in your assignment of approval or disappointment then I have no problem with you or your methods. You do what needs to be done.
However, despite the ease of the process, it seems that many people don’t take this opportunity to give anonymous feedback to the creator, the publisher, and the world at large. I have to admit, I don’t know why.
There’s the internet rule of the 1% which states that only 1% of users will interact with their community. This could mean that only 1% of people are giving ratings, which would be crazy. Though, to be honest, from some chat behind closed doors, it seems more common that only 10% of ComiXology readers are giving feedback after reading a comic.
Why?
Apathy – this is always a big player in most endeavours these days. People just couldn’t be assed. They don’t want to be heard, they don’t care if anyone’s listening. They just move to the next comic to read it because that’s what they’re there to do, read.
No WiFi – at the time of reading the issue, the reader may not be in a wifi zone and so the rating cannot be assigned, and be damned if I’d go back later once I got a signal. That’s way too much commitment.
If You Don’t Have Anything Nice To Say – the reader might feel bad about giving a poor score because they were raised that if you didn’t have anything nice to say then you don’t say anything at all. And they aren’t going to drop a praise score if they don’t mean it because that’d just be disingenuous toward the money of other buyers who trust these scores.
Which raises my next point, do these review scores mean anything? Does anyone look at how many reviews an issue got and what the average score is and care or even more allow it to affect their purchasing habits? I’d be interested to know thoughts on this one.
For me, I don’t care what other people rated a comic. Well, I don’t care what they rated comics created by other people. I do, somewhat, care about what the ratings are on my books. I like to know how things are landing, if I’m anywhere near target.
I rate pretty much every single book I read on ComiXology, I think it’s only fair. I wish they had a 10 point scale to allow for greater nuance of pleasure/pain but otherwise I’m happy to take a second and drop my feedback so the creator feels that little warm glow in their special area (which is their brain, perv).
The next time you read a book on ComiXology, think about dropping that rating at the end. It’ll only take a moment.
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This is not a post of comic resolutions. This is a plan moving forward.
I wanted to write down some plans for 2014 to keep me focused, to show me I’m on the right track, and just as an open process thing to see what someone on my level (Dante puts me down on the 8th circle) is doing. Here’s what I want to achieve in 2014.
What I Hope 2014 Can Do
My Best Work Yet – I’m dropping a series in the first half of this year that is the best long form thing I’ve done yet. I want to spend the time to do this right and show growth. I have something to say and my art team are beyond compare so I’m looking forward to this happening. I also have another series and two one-shots in the works and the aim is for these to bring the thunder in new ways. There is no room to rest on your laurels, you need to be charting up constantly.
More Shorts – I’d like to add a few more shorts to my list this year. I have a few sniffs in places so we’ll see what happens. I also want to collaborate with some cool people for kooky DIY 5-10 pagers we can just throw up online. Fingers crossed.
One More Greenlight – In a dream state, I’d like to get one more mini greenlit before the year is out. The ball always needs to be rolling and it can only be greased with the carcasses of previous comics work completed. This one will be the real test of the year but I have the faith.
Yep, that’s it. Other than that, I’m not going to ‘aim’ insanely high. No Daredevil gig just yet, or Image mini, or anything like that. I want to be realistic and set a plan I can reel in and stuff an air tank in its mouth before pulling the trigger.
This is my battle plan for 2014. I want to do what’s set already as well as I can, I’ve got lead time so I’m working my ass off to make every script really pop. I also want to aim for the next stuff with precision rather than with a scatter shot approach. Hopefully I’m doing it right.
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If you dig crime fiction then you kind of have to watch this show. I am not kidding.
Staggers me that BAYWATCH NIGHTS is nearly 20 years old, first ep is 1995, and I’m just getting to it now. I thoroughly enjoyed this first episode, though don’t let that confuse you into thinking I’m saying it’s great, or even really good, but it is distractingly enjoyable.
BAYWATCH NIGHTS is clearly the Hoff’s play at diversifying his presence and trying something new. Spinning out of his mega-success on BAYWATCH, which is really just lifeguards on the beach going above and beyond into solving crimes and saving lives, the Hoff puts his iconic character of Mitch into an actual PI agency and has him solving crimes for reals.
If you are confused as to how this might come about just watch the opening minute of the show where Mitch breaks the fourth wall and tells us how his friend bought an ailing PI agency and how he can’t stop himself from helping everyone, including a friend in need. So, we get Mitch PI. Oh, and the Hoff tells us this while wearing a beach jacket with no shirt underneath so the hirsute chest segue from beach to darkness will make complete sense. Complete sense.
From there, we get an introductory episode that puts the Hoff in the middle of a model and her stalker paparazzo sleaze of a problem. Or so you’d think it all is. Where BAYWATCH NIGHTS succeeds is that it truly wants to be a crime show. The Hoff narrates like a grizzled penny dreadful lead, the night is neon soaked as he spends off hours nursing drinks in a local blues bar, there are foot chases and fist fights and salacious photos. Everything about this show is ripped from crime fiction standard tropes.
The most fascinating element is the fact the Hoff becomes the perfect crime lead because he is fallible. He gets punched, he makes poor decisions, he kisses the dame when he shouldn’t, and by the end of the episode you see he’s actually handled this case poorly. He isn’t the superheroic lifesaver decimating problems in slow motion anymore, he is human and he is new at this and he is making mistakes. There is a DNA thread of Sam Spade in this new Hoff incarnation – the genes have just been washed out a little so the quality is diluted.
It should also be noted that the PI agency is made up of the Hoff, his friend who is African-American, and some other lady (I’d know names and specifics but I was writing while this was on) and this means the diversity of the core cast is pretty good considering this is twenty years ago. Most core casts today don’t stretch this far. Though it should also be noted that the other two PIs barely get on screen as the Hoff is too busy chewing up the scenery like its sovereign German land.
For a terrible knock off sequel tv show, BAYWATCH NIGHTS brings a new spin on an old character, it borrows the right things from the right places, it’s amusing in a way you can still write with it on in the background, and it’s bookended by an opening theme and a separate closing theme both written and performed by the Hoff himself.
BAYWATCH NIGHTS is the crime fiction show you need to catch up on to truly round out your gumshoe knowledge of the world. Trust me. And enjoy.
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Russia And China Make Another Move That Threatens The Dollar – The Ruble Is Now Backed By Gold And China Continues To Make Deals With Other Countries.
Submitted by IWB, on March 31st, 2014
Spain misses deficit target in spite of tax increases. UK mortgages are showing signs of slowing. Employee index dropped, new orders dropped as the Chicago PMI reports. Graduates cannot find full time work after graduation and are now struggling to make ends meet. The US is playing up the troop build up propaganda in Russia. Russia is making economic deals in Crimea to boost the economy. Russia and China are now making another move that threatens the dollar. The Ruble is now backed by gold and China continues to make deals with other countries. The information coming out about Malaysian flight 370 does not fit and the corporate media is steering everyone from the duplicate airplane kept in storage in Israel. Be prepared for a false flag event.
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A gold backed ruble in conjunction with Russia (Putin) demanding rubles from Europe for gas would be a de facto demand for gold for gas. Add this exchange dynamic specifically to Germany for materials and commodities for its industry, and you have Putin with a cattle prod in each hand — one for the testicles and the other for the asshole of each and every leadership member of the European Union and their Rothschild paper money masters.
Antagonizing and threatening Russia (specifically Putin) is obviously suicidal. So the question begs to be answered, WHY? It is because the entire Western economy is about to finally implode of its own decades long rot and corruption. To have any prospect of holding onto the reigns of power in this event, it is crucial that responsibility be diverted from them to Russia and Putin as the cause.
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Thats what WE fear.
They(uSSa) are running out of options, and have very litle rom for other manuverings, from monetary policy to wars they have instigated and cept running for decades.
Their scams and their ilutions is been exposed and even admitted, but stil the MSM pimps, the drivel about “normality”.
The fact is, that their intire scam is resting on the shoulders of the rotten pack of prestitutes and runnerBoys.
Their only option left, is an total and an allout world war.
The uSSa gov. is increasingly becoming more and more insane and the distance to the rest of the world is becoming aparent to anyone with stil a functional brain.
But dont forgett their rabies infested and barking mad goverment of Israel, whom is lurking in the shaddows.
Capable and insane anouf to start anything, incl a WW3.
Never lett them out of sight.
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Isn’t this just grand. The Ruble backed by gold. Wasn’t the federal reserve note also backed by gold at one time ? Now its just a matter of time when the entire Amirakun financial system collapses.
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Yes And Genesis Members Form New Band…Squackett
We know “squackett” sounds like some sort of hybrid of squash and racquetball but it’s actually a band name.
Chris Squire of [mp3com-artist]YES[/mp3com-artist] and Steve Hackett, formerly of [mp3com-artist]Genesis[/mp3com-artist], are forming a new band called Squackett.
The pair have signed with Esoteric Records and plan to release a new album on May 8, 2012.
The release has been a long time coming. Squire originally told Billboard that Squackett would tour in the spring of 2009 saying, “We’re nearly 75 percent done. It’s real good. Steve Hackett is a very underrated writer and actually a very good singer. We’re doing a lot of harmonizing, and some of it is almost in the Crosby, Stills & Nash vein.”
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Portland, Ore., Becomes First Major U.S. City to End All New Investment in Corporations
“These broad, sweeping measures are strong, like waves, and lift governments above the legal battles that corporations have the money to engage in”.
We applaud Portland for their integrity and vision to protect the environment and their citizens by divesting from corporations who are supporting and investing in projects like the Dakota Pipeline, private prisons and the “wall” on the US Mexico border. Like the great success that North Dakota has had creating their own bank ($4 billion in assets), Portland is considering establishing their own bank to put more money back into their community as is California the world’s 6th largest economy.
Renato Quintero, a 50-year-old janitor in Portland, Oregon, has firsthand experience with private prison corporations. Originally from Sinaloa, Mexico, Quintero immigrated to the United States and eventually became a citizen. But his family hasn’t been as lucky. One of his cousins, who came to the United States as a child but never became a legal resident, was sent to the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, after being stopped for a traffic violation. The center provides service to Immigration Customs and Enforcement, but is privately run by a firm called GEO Group. Quintero’s cousin was eventually deported back to Mexico, which put financial and emotional strain on the entire family.
During a city council meeting last December, Quintero was one of several Portland residents who testified in favor of the city divesting from two corporations, in particular: Wells Fargo, for its financing of the for-profit prison operators CoreCivic and GEO Group; and Caterpillar, the construction equipment maker that provides bulldozers to the Israeli government. President Trump has also said that he will rely on Caterpillar to build a border wall with Mexico.
“That was something that affected me,” Quintero said. Like many other immigrants in Portland, he was frustrated with the city’s investments in corporations that he said take advantage of vulnerable communities. He felt that went against the spirit of the Portland’s official status as a “sanctuary city,” which is one with policies that limit local law enforcement’s cooperation with federal immigration officials.
The Portland City Council voted to halt all new investments in corporations.
An April 5 vote exceeded Quintero’s expectations. Through pressure from a coalition of grassroots organizations, the Portland City Council voted to halt all new investments in corporations—not just Wells Fargo and Caterpillar. The unanimous vote made Portland the first major U.S. city that has promised to end new investments in corporate securities—debts that are repaid to the city with interest. For now, Portland will continue investing in its current corporate securities, but will not renew them when the final one matures in 2019. Instead, Portland will invest in non-corporate options like U.S. government bonds, and is in talks of creating a municipal bank. The city’s investments total over $1.7 billion, and about one-third of that is in corporations.
But ceasing investment in corporate securities will come at a price. Jen Clodius, Portland Office of Management and Finance spokeswoman, says that the city will likely lose $4.5 million in revenue a year.
“Oregon has been a sanctuary state for more than 50 years. So we’re constantly trying to be responsible neighbors and invest wisely,” Clodius said. “But by the same token, we also want to have general funds available so that the city can operate, so that we have money to put into infrastructure, fixing potholes, and supporting homeless shelters.”
The commissioners’ decision came, in part, from wanting to save time spent on analyzing individual companies’ social responsibility. But activists say the driving force was a coalition of grassroots groups representing marginalized communities and divestment campaigns. Those who testified at city council meetings said that they didn’t want tax money to go toward companies that fund the Dakota Access pipeline, private prison corporations, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The coalition originated from a comprehensive framework called the Freedom Cities movement that came out of the New York Worker Center Federation, which is a multiracial coalition of immigrants and workers that strive to build worker-led movements. Following the 2016 election, federation members met to brainstorm what cities needed to be more safe and welcoming for Muslims, black people, and immigrants. Their ideas included economic justice, workers rights, divestment from militarized policing, and investment in communities.
Enlace, an international alliance of organizations that works for racial and economic justice, and a co-convener of the New York Worker Center Federation, spearheaded a Portland Freedom Cities campaign by coalescing over 25 grassroots social, economic, and racial justice organizations. Their demands focused on divestment from companies that they said backed human rights abuses.
Throughout the years, the organizations in the coalition have won piecemeal victories, like pushing Portland to create a socially responsible investment policy. But they felt that it wasn’t enough. Following a national movement to divest from Wells Fargo, the coalition convinced the city council to temporarily stop investing in all corporations last December.
“I think with that city council was perhaps hoping that we would just go away,” said Jamie Trinkle, Enlace’s senior campaign and research coordinator. But the coalition held community forums, circulated petitions, and asked immigrants and people of color to testify against corporations that they said were destroying and exploiting their communities, like Wells Fargo and Caterpillar. “We were able to come back at the end of that temporary period and show really strong resistance and deep connection among all of our issues,” she added.
Hyung Kyu Nam, a member of the committee that ensured the city was investing in socially responsible companies, said that the vote is significant because Portland was willing to lose money. “It sends a message that despite what they’re trying do at the federal level, that people getting involved in policy at the local level … can take back control and resist.” Since the vote, Nam has become involved in creating a municipal public bank in Portland.
Quintero hopes that Portland’s vote to end new corporate investments will be the first of many policies that make life easier for immigrants. He hopes that others will be granted a pathway to citizenship like he was. If nothing else, he says, the vote sends a message to the Trump administration that if “you want our money, you have to treat us well.”
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155: Q & A: Relationships, Triggers, And Narcissists
Sep 11, 2018
Rob bares it all out as he takes your questions—about love, relationships, and all other concerns—and answers it with honesty and sincerity. Explore the difficulties of developing a crush on another person during marriage; learn how to share your own shadows with your partner; find the generosity to your partner when facing big fundamental triggers in your relationship; know how to deal with narcissists and sociopaths; and address differences in money maturity in romantic relationships. At the heart of all of this Q & A, you’ll find the value of keeping authenticity not only in your relationship but yourself as well.
155: Q & A: Relationships, Triggers, And Narcissists
This show is called Question and Answer. You could also call it something cheeky, like Office Hours or Hanging out with Rob or something to that degree. I’m very excited to be here and we’re doing a bunch of Q&A. This was inspired by one of our audience who wrote in a long question, but a great question that I’m going to answer. I solicited a few more and I’ll be answering that. If you have a question, hit me. Love, desire, communication, relationship, money, power, purpose, American history, whatever you need, I’ve got it. If I don’t know the answer, I’m going to say, “I have no idea what you’re talking about. I’m sorry about that.”
Announcements
There are a few bits of business before we start. First, I want to talk about Claire Wineland, who, for some of you or most of you may know, passed away. I was severely impacted by the loss of one of the most incredible people I’ve known. I didn’t know, I knew of and had the chance to meet once or twice the daughter of my good friend, John Wineland. She got a lung transplant and then she suffered a stroke and she never came back. I want to say if you don’t know about this amazing human being, I highly recommend you look her up and find her, Claire Wineland. She also had a foundation called Claire’s Place, which is going on and it’s going to continue, ClairesPlaceFoundation.org.
It was an amazing organization on how to treat people with illness differently. She had an illness from the day she was born and she spent 21 years of her life living rather than being limited by her illness. There are pictures of her with Bernie Sanders, there are pictures of her everywhere, there’s an incredible video. She was at the top of CNN list. If you haven’t heard this person and you want to get a taste of such an incredible person, please check her out and honor her memory by donating to her foundation, which was true and dear to her heart. Thank you, Claire, for your impact in this world.
The second thing I want to announce is that I am part of something called The Bold Man Summit with Adam Gilad. I’m very excited to be part of that. You can sign up absolutely free and you could go to my Facebook page. I also listed that on my professional page, but you can click on the link and watch me speak with Adam. We’re like two big jungle cats that’s walking around each other and sniffing big cats. I had a lot of fun interviewing him. The Bold Man Summit is happening. We’re promoting it.
There will be twenty incredible teachers with several of my friends, Gillian Pothier is on that, Ray Doktor, the Hudson’s, Jon Benson, and many incredible men’s coach that I’ve known for a long time. There are twenty great, incredible people. Robert Schwenkler is on that as well, so please check out The Bold Man Summit. You can find out about that on my Facebook page and also on RobertKandell.com. The third announcement is that I am doing my first communication course in Los Angeles on September 22nd. This is called Live unHIDDEN. If you’re suffering in any way in your life, in your relationships, at business, and things that are happening to you, this a cause of communication. I make this bold statement because I know, I’ve been doing this for a long time. Every aspect of your life can be up-leveled by an improvement and increase in your communication.
That starts with communication with yourself because we are nasty to ourselves. We are treacherous, we are the biggest critic that happens right here in our head and in our heart. If you start to learn about this power of communication, the power of the things you say to yourself, and the manifestation that can arise from it, how you relate to your partner, these little nuances that you have no idea that is blocking communication, how we withhold the truth and don’t tell our partners and don’t tell anyone our true selves, is killing you. It’s killing us and it’s killing society. I could trace communication out to the White House and the mayhem that’s happening there. It’s all coming down to communication.
If you want to learn to be a good communicator and you’re available, please come to Los Angeles. We still have some seats left. It’s on September 22nd. If you have any questions, please PM me. I’ve got a great team. We’ve got a great bunch of people coming, so I’m excited. I’m going to be interacting with my Facebook. If you have any questions, please entertain me. Entertain the people by posting a question on any topic, on any level of intensity that you desire, personal or something about yourself and I’m glad to answer it.
Finally, the last announcement is that my book launch, which was slated for November 5th, is now November 15th. I needed ten more days to get this book solid. We’re in that stage where I sent it out to nine trusted people to get their feedback. It’s to integrate those nine people, which will be a very fascinating and thrilling thing that’s happening on November 15th. I’m also going to do a twelve-hour book launch on Facebook Live. Mark your calendar, Rob’s crazy book launch on November 15th. I should go on Facebook once because I’m going to be there for twelve hours. I’m going to be there from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM PST. It’s going to be a twelve-hour experience. I’m going to bring in a whole bunch of fun people to sit with me and come and talk. I’m excited about that.
Forgetting Potential Relationships And Focusing On Current Relationships
Let’s get down and let’s answer some questions. This is from a woman who emailed me. She asked to be anonymous. I offered to have her on the show to talk live. She said, “Why don’t you answer the question and then maybe I’ll come on the show later.” After reading her question, I understood why. She wrote a long paragraph. I’m going to take some excerpts from it to get the point across. Here’s her question, “I have been with my husband for almost ten years. He is an incredible man, kind, funny, compassionate, brilliant, hardworking, dedicated, and most importantly, he is an amazing father. We’re an awesome team and we’ve been through everything together. We work well and have a comfortable and loving relationship. Over the past year, I have been lamenting as the spark and the excitement is not what it once was. Something that I know is perfectly normal. I’ve been wondering about the possibility of an open relationship.
Q & A: We are the biggest critic that happens right in our heads and hearts.
I was planning on thoroughly exploring this question, doing lots of reading, and perhaps working with a therapist before bringing it up with my husband. I met a guy who I’ve since developed a pretty serious crush on. I know I should pursue my original plan, completely forget about this guy for a number of reasons. One, I don’t want this to be about a particular person, although I am afraid that he has heavily influenced that decision to think about an open relationship. Two, he is very unavailable. He has a girlfriend and lives on the other side of the country and three, I want whatever discussions with my husband to ensue, to evolve organically. I’m afraid that adding someone to the mix will not allow this to happen.
Rationally, I know the answer to my own question. The problem is that this is much more difficult in real life and I find myself secretly hoping that I could pursue something with this other person as well. I am clear that my husband and son are the most important people in the world and I don’t want to jeopardize that, but I also don’t want to look back on my life and resent the fact that I’ve never discussed things that I’ve been thinking with him. The question is, is there any particular advice on how to forget about the potential relationship and focus on my current relationship and possibly exploring new dimensions, etc.?”
You get the point. First off, my friend, welcome to humanity and welcome to what it means to be a human being with evolving emotions. What I’m hearing is this is every hero’s journey. We’re back to Joseph Campbell where if life is out of status quo, something happens. You have what’s called the call to adventure, an opportunity to up level your life or change your life and then you have the doorway. You have the choice to say yes to the call or you have to say no to refuse the call. Both are viable, true, authentic answers. What do you do?
There are a lot of questions that I would have for your husband if I had him on the line, but we don’t have the ability to do that because this is a little secret inside your heart. First off, I want to say thank you for asking the question. Thank you for the care, love and consideration that you’ve put into being with the question rather than just acting irrationally before going. What happens is when we have these questions, either we kill that part of ourselves and shut it down and lock it into a box or like a hot potato, we have to have it now.
We’re not great at what you’re doing, which is the middle ground of the exploration of the question. The good news is that you’re being very deliberate. The bad news is you’re screwed because this fire that was out before is now lit. I don’t think anything you can do with your mind is going to quell this. If you do quell it, it’s more dangerous than if you act on it. Act on it, meaning start to bring it up and have a real conversation about it. What I mean by this is whenever we shut down a certain part of our self, whenever we close off and put that into a prison, that’s the cancer that causes a disruption in our own health and with your partner.
I had an experience with a woman where she cheated on me and didn’t tell me for a year. What happened over that year is that we got more and more separate. I was also more numb and dumb at that time, I didn’t realize it. She cheated on me and because she felt so much shame, so much baggage, and so much hurt and didn’t know how to talk about it. That caused a significant hit to our relationship. When she told me, I had feelings about the physical infidelity, but the real thing that killed me was the year that I lost, 365 days or whatever, a year of loss of not being connected to her because she was afraid. My first question to her after I got a lot of clarity was, “What did I do to not make it safe enough for you to tell me about it?”
Q & A: When you unload the truth and show who you are, what happens is that you are in deeper connection with your partner.
I saw that I was a co-conspirator, a co-creator of the silence because she didn’t feel safe enough to truly be honest with me. You talk beautiful things about your husband and described him as a compassionate, hardworking, dedicated, and an amazing father. What’s going to stop him from receiving you? What is the fear that you have of not being honest? What part of you do you feel you need to hide? You’re minimizing him and if I can use a more charged word, you’re emasculating him by not trusting that he has the ability to receive all of you. My process of what I recommend for situations like this is you have to tell him and all the people with their reasons, “He can’t handle it,” or “It might have set things,” etc.
You have to tell him because if you don’t tell him, then you’re assassinating him. You’re killing the relationship one small stab at a time, one moment at a time. You’re not going to bring fully who you are to the relationship because you’re hiding some part of yourself from him. Brilliantly, you haven’t broken any marital agreements, you’ve just been human and you’ve evoked this desire inside of you. What I recommend is that you say to him, “I need to talk to you about something,” and create a space where the son and the distractions can be limited or eliminated. You want a time and space for you to be connected and free.
Then create a container around this communication. Turn off your cell phones, there’s no music, there are no distractions, it’s just you and him. When you ask for the space, you’re going to create agitation with him. It’s going to happen. He’ll be like, “Can you tell me what it’s about?” No, let me wait until we’re talking. “I need to know.” Then let’s talk tonight or let’s set it up as soon as possible. You need to remain firm not to break the conversation until you’re in the spot where the honest and real conversation can be. The next step might be confusing, but I want you to apologize to him for you withholding this information from him.
I want you to say, “I’m going to tell you something that’s been inside of me, but first, I want to apologize for withholding this from you. My reasons for withholding this is I was afraid that you were going to leave. I was afraid you’re going to freak out. I was afraid that you would feel like I don’t love you. I was afraid this might hurt my relationship with you or my son. I want to tell you that I’m telling you this because I want to be closer to you. I’m telling you this because I want to have a rich, deep sexual, beautiful relationship with you. I’m afraid of you judging me and I’m afraid of you not seeing me.” Just lay it out. Open up that heart of yours and give him everything of who you are so he can know who you are.
Hopefully, he’ll be like, “Okay, what is it?” Then you can lay out all these thoughts about your desire to have an open relationship. You can talk about this guy and how you met him and how he evoked sensation in your body. You can talk about your crush. You don’t have to give all the details but give him enough to feel, to know that this was alive in you. Then you can say, “Nothing happened. My relationship is important, but I don’t want to live hidden from you anymore. I want to live unhidden. I want to live connected to you. I want to be in a space where I can show all of you and I have to hold this feeling.” You want to do this as few words as possible. You want to have brevity. In the entire world, brevity is beautiful. In this conversation, do it in a hundred words if you can. Don’t add paragraphs. After you delivered the communication, stop talking.
Don’t try to make it better. Don’t try to placate him. Just stop talking and then ask him for his response. He’ll respond and then you respond to his response. Then, he’ll respond to your response and all of a sudden, you’ll have a dialogue around it. I can guarantee you one thing and one thing only, your relationship will become more intimate by this truth. I’m not guaranteeing you that he’s not going to leave because that would be dishonest on my part, but I can tell you when you unload the truth and when you show who you are, then what happens is that you are in deeper connection with that person. I guarantee that you’ll have more intimacy. Give him the space to feel it out and give him the space to respond. Don’t try to manipulate him into a response that will make you feel better.
Let him and then let him share. I wonder if he has some secrets in there too. This is what happened to me. Burning Man 1998, walking around with Carol, my first wife. We were talking about our sex life, our first honest conversation about sex. I said to her, “I don’t think you’re the last woman in my life I want to kiss.” She was like, “I don’t think you’re the last guy in my life I want to kiss.” I was like, “Really?” All of a sudden, we were two kids in a playground creating a whole new world. My entire life was born of that one honest admission by me and the one honest reception by her, that rewarding reception of the truth. This is what we don’t do to each other in this life. We don’t reward each other for the truth because we feel uncomfortable and it’s killing our relationships. It’s killing who we are and it’s horrible. Be the leader in your own life by revealing these parts of yourself and save your marriage. Save, up level, and increase the possibility of who you can be. If you need help, call me. I can do this. I’ve done this before. I’ve got it.
Dealing With Shadows Trigger
Question number two. When dealing with our own shadow triggers, is it always best to share them with your partner or are there certain things you simply keep to yourself? Is everything up for sharing? My answer is I’m going to share everything I am, all my shadows, and all my triggers with Morgan because I want the most ultimate, optimal, deep, intimate relationship with that woman. I want to live free inside that relationship. In my world, in my viewpoint, you need to create need. You have the opportunity to create a methodology that each partner can fully reveal something to each other.
There’s nothing that should remain hidden between two people. Radical honesty, you might call it that. I call it honesty. I call it relationship. I call it truth. How to have the best relationship possible is to reveal all parts of yourself. My first answer is, there is nothing that I feel I need to withhold from Morgan and that’s my choice and that’s the relationship I model. There’s one important caveat about this. I also do significant work with myself, with journaling, with my therapist, on my journey work, in my thought process first before revealing this to Morgan. Here’s an example. I hung out with this woman. Morgan and I have a monogamy with a guest star relationship, which means that we will engage with other people if the situation is right, but only together.
I was hanging out with this very young attractive woman and I felt the spark of desire all over my body. It ebbs and flows, everything she did, everything she talked about sparked me and I could feel it in my body. I was driving home having a very normal conversation, feeling all this sensation in my body. I was like, “Should I tell Morgan about these feelings?” The answer was no, not at the moment. What I did is I processed them. I thought about them. I looked at what part of me got turned on. What was inspired by that? What was happening to me? I took this big blob of energy and sensation and distilled it down to the hot, rich, dense cup of coffee of what it was.
Call it like a two-gallon Arrowhead water jug going down to twelve ounces of pristine to make a blue coffee and rich. Then I told her about the coffee and I told her about the feelings around it and what happened. It went from something that had so much charge for me because I’d done the internal work to potent truth. It had a lot to do with my feeling older, which was interesting, and the loss of the circumstances of where I was in my 30s. Time is marching on. I do feel like I’m getting younger and better shape, but there are realities of being who I am. It was a fear of loss of being older, which had nothing to do with this beautiful fine other woman, but it was about me. The answer is yes, but don’t use your partner or abuse your partner to figure out what’s going on for you. Be deliberate to figure out what the steps are to deliver that fine cup of beautiful dark, rich coffee.
Facing Big Fundamental Triggers In A Relationships
Question number three. When facing big fundamental triggers in a relationship, how do I reconcile being generous towards my partner, keeping the connection open, and respecting myself when I feel that he is not? There’s a lot to that question. Let’s break that one apart because that’s such a rich question. The main thing I’m hearing is that you don’t feel respected by your partner. That’s before we’re worried about whatever channels should be open or thing that should be handled, I think that’s the thing you need to handle first. If you don’t feel respected, if you don’t feel safe in your relationship, if you don’t feel truly who you are or feel seen by your partner, then anything you do to force that connection to be open and generous, it isn’t going to work and it’s going to be inauthentic.
Before you deal with the triggers, the external stuff, the top level stuff, go down to the core level. Go down to the basic level, go down to a place where you’re like, “There is a fundamental issue in our relationship as I do not feel you respect me. I don’t understand why this is happening to you. I don’t understand what’s going on and I want you to know that I do not feel safe in this relationship.” Without safety, without your vigilance center, your amygdala, without your limbic system handled, you’re going to be tweaked no matter what.
When I left OneTaste in 2014, I was in a deep form of PTSD. I was in a very triggered state. Then I asked a woman out and I started dating a woman I had liked for six years. She was awesome and sexy, and I wanted her for six years. Finally, I had the chance because the opportunity of my life had changed. We started dating pretty much directly after I left OneTaste, but nothing was working inside of me. My physicality wasn’t working. Every time she would take a deep intake of breath that I perceived as judgmental. She was a New Yorker, she could nail me like I nail other people and every time she spoke, I got triggered and so I went to see a therapist.
She recommended that I go and see a therapist. I went to see a therapist and the therapist said, “You talk as someone with trauma and you can be in this relationship, but what’s going to happen is you’re going to be highly triggered, not because of her and who she is, but because of your mental state and your mental inability to handle all of who she is.” She laid it out to me and I went home. I broke up with this woman that I like. I was not able to be in the relationship. There was no way I was going to have presence and be able to handle her because I was deeply triggered by my experiences and I needed to do a lot of work.
I started seeing a therapist. I started doing a lot of work on myself. Ten months later, I met Morgan and I was able to be available for her. I tell you this story because if you don’t have the foundation of who you are and don’t feel respected in a relationship, I would highly recommend looking at the safety and the reason to be in that relationship. I’m often recommending to people, if you’re not in an optimal relationship and optimal means that the relationship is improving and evolving, you might want to look at your motivations for staying in the relationship. How many of us are in status quo relationships? How many of us are in relationships that are declining and decreasing intimacy and safety? How many are truly happy? A lot of you and what’s happening is that you’re replicating probably some historic hurt to stay in a relationship that’s not serving you.
In this question, my tough love is to say to your partner, “We’ve got two choices. One is we can work together at building a level of respect and connection with each other or number two, I’m out of here,” and mean it. Go out there and find a guy who can love and respect you for who you are. I know it’s rough out there in terms of dating. I know there’s a decrease of good men out there. I’m working on it. There are great men working on it. The Bold Man Summit starting next week is working on it. There are many people working on it. Don’t diminish yourself by staying in that relationship out of some fear of scarcity that you can have the relationship you truly deserve. Please do not keep men dumb by staying in relationships that don’t serve you because all you do is your anger increases, his dumbness increases, and we’re recreating the same cycle. Find a relationship where you feel truly respected and then worry about opening up a channel and being generous. Do that shit first.
On Narcissists And Sociopaths
I don’t know if I’m going to answer this one too well. How about talking about narcissistic clinical cluster B-types and the many varieties that they come in? My hallucination is that the feminist movement has been taken over by these types. I mean the third wave feminist we’re seeing currently. I didn’t know what a cluster B personality disorder type is. He says, “It covers narcissists, sociopaths, psychopaths, and borderlines.” They have all have similar traits such as being charming and manipulative. What the question I hear is, “What do we do with narcissists and sociopaths?”
As someone who’s engaged with many narcissists and sociopaths in my life, I can tell you, there are two ways to play. One is to not be engaged with them. I don’t agree with the statement that the feminist movement has been taken over by these types. I highly disagree with that. The patriarchy has been taken over by these narcissistic types, look at our President. The majority of women who are leading the feminist are contrary to that. I find them to be powerful, clear, brilliant, working against sociopaths and narcissists. There are certainly some, I’ve worked with some, I know some and I’ve made out with some. I want you to know that there is a validity to your question, but I don’t agree that the feminist movement has been taken up by them.
Back to my thoughts around them. Number one is you can avoid them. If you’re the type that gets suckered in or is a good compliment to a narcissist, I would highly recommend not to engage with a narcissist because of your systems. Insecure attachment types tend to hang out with narcissists and this is not my area of expertise. I’m not going to act like I know what I’m talking about, but if you’re a compliment to a narcissist, be careful if you find yourself engaged with one. Avoid them. Option number two is to be aware of them, to watch them, to notice them, and to learn from them. For the things that we have judgment on, we tend to push it away and try to not deal with it. We push it into our shadow. Option number two is to sit back and watch and notice the impact they have on the world and see how they’re affecting things.
Q & A: If you don’t feel safe in your relationship and feel who you are with your partner, then it isn’t going to work because it’s going to be inauthentic.
There are some powerful narcissistic women doing good work in the world with their shadow. Pay attention to the good work and don’t get affected by the shadow and if you can’t tell the difference then sit back and look in and investigate more. I’m obsessed with Donald Trump because I am amazed at what a sociopath and a narcissist he is. I’m amazed at his moves and actions he has and to continue to be who he is and it’s getting worse. It is like the car crash that’s getting worse and worse. I’m amazed that we are a country where 33% or 34% of the people still support him beside it.
What is it about our patriarchy? What is it about the masculine-feminine ratio that’s going out in the world? What is it about us that have co-created this man in charge of our country? That is fascinating to me. I am obsessed with seeing what the strings are being pulled and the dynamics that are happening. I speak out when I feel it, but I’m overall just watching. The third is to dive in and engage. If you have a strong force field against narcissism or sociopaths, I did particularly and I threw myself in and that’s where the trauma came from. I was engaged with a lot of narcissists and sociopaths and I didn’t have the internal systems to combat them. My PTSD was my inability to see and be true to myself inside that environment.
At the tail end, I am grateful that I had the experience and I went on the hero’s journey, in and out of the hell of what that was. I’ve learned much about myself because I dove in. If you want to understand it, don’t avoid, confront, go in, dive in, and engage. Go in with curiosity, go in with care, go in with an awareness and see what that narcissist sociopath wants to teach you. The three options are avoid if you don’t feel like you have the intestinal fortitude to handle it, sit and watch, or engage. That’s what I think.
Addressing Differences In Money Maturity In Romantic Relationships
The last question, and this is a great one, we’d love to hear how to address differences in money maturity in a romantic partnership and how to get on the same page for the sake of the relationship even when your values are almost opposite. What’s more charge-y, differences in sex and desire or differences in money? That’s a toss-up and that depends. People can handle sex better than money. You can handle the discrepancy of sex better than discrepancy of money. That is an intense question and intense situation to be in.
Money maturity, what I mean by that or what I hear by that is that you have a different life experience than your partner and how to handle that. If you’re in a more mature situation than your partner, then you need to be a mentor to that person. You need to offer your advice. You need to offer your experience. If they don’t receive your mentorship, if they’re stuck in the arrogance of their youth and think they got it all handled, then I would seriously consider the sanity of that relationship. If you can’t have a dialogue and say, “I’m seeing a lot of pitfalls you’re going to go into, we need to talk about this,” then the relationship itself, you won’t have a good communication flow and I don’t see much happening in that communication. Both partners have to be willing to share and receive.
Q & A: Pay attention to the good work and don’t get affected by the shadow.
Even with your maturity, there might be things that you don’t see. You might have blind spots, you might have shadows, you might have things that you’re not aware of. It’s important for you to be a receptionist as well. I got involved in a business after OneTaste, a business called LA Mother. Morgan and I were just starting our relationship and she said, “Are you sure you want to do this?” I said, “Yes, I totally know what I’m doing,” but I didn’t know what I was doing. I wish I would have listened to her and at the same time what a grand epic adventure that had been to deal with my final sociopath narcissist in my business partner, not Morgan, my business partner. My point is that both people need to be able to receive and talk and hear from each other in order to have a conversation about money because as you go deeper in a relationship, your money problems can severely impact each other.
Especially as you get more legally tied, carrying someone else’s money karmic is a challenging thing. It’s like you’re getting down to your baseline security, you’re getting down to your lower levels of Maslow’s rules. Make sure that you can have conversations about it. If your values are different, then again, I don’t have a lot of faith in the relationship unless you do things like keep the money separate, which I don’t think is the healthiest thing ever. If your values are truly opposite in what you believe, you either need to do significant work to create a third possibility and this is possible. I’ve seen it many times where both parties come with their brilliance, their blind spots and their shadows about their money issues and together form a third option that works for the two of you.
Without the open dialogue, without the caring, deliberate nature of it, money can tear a relationship apart definitively. I did a show with a couple that had been together for a long time. Their differences around money tore them apart because she had one viewpoint and he had a different viewpoint. There was a lot of straight talk in the show about if your relationship is not optimal, maybe it’s time to consider it. That’s important.
That’s about all for this episode. I’m grateful. I had a good time on the show. Thank you much for all the people who posted questions and thank you to all the people who continue to support me on the show. Please check out RobertKandell.com for more shows. All my podcasts are up there. Please check out my Los Angeles Communication course, that’s available as well. If you have any questions you can find me on the various forms of social media. I am very open to emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Skype messages, and the likes so please feel free to reach out to me.
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GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A Southeast Texas man is in custody after trying to escape from police by swimming through a bayou.
The Galveston County Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/ObTcYO ) that officers tried to stop Shane Thomas Kerr at a Galveston apartment complex Thursday night. The 26-year-old Kerr allegedly got out of his car and jumped into nearby Greens Bayou. Police say he tried climbing a nearby hill and then re-entered the bayou before running in another direction.
Police eventually were able to talk Kerr into surrendering.
He's charged with evading arrest and was being held Saturday on a warrant related to a separate marijuana possession charge.
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?Reading Moms? give AWWA schools new life
ARMY WIVES? Welfare Association?s (AWWA) novel concept of ?Helping Moms? has been warmly welcomed in all its nursery schools. Wives of Person below Officer Ranks (PBOR) and officers volunteer to assist the teacher once a week as ?Reading Mom?, ?Story Telling Mom? or ?Writing Mom?.
ARMY WIVES’ Welfare Association‘s (AWWA) novel concept of ‘Helping Moms’ has been warmly welcomed in all its nursery schools. Wives of Person below Officer Ranks (PBOR) and officers volunteer to assist the teacher once a week as ‘Reading Mom’, ‘Story Telling Mom’ or ‘Writing Mom’.
Staff Officer AWWA Col AK Parsai says this concept has helped immensely in increased and better interaction of parents with schools. They now have first hand knowledge of how children need to study and are able to help other parents in the family quarters. It also inculcates the spirit of contribution and welfare towards the organisation.
This is part of AWWA’s endeavour to give priority and importance to education in its nursery schools where each child is encouraged to become ‘the best’ and develop as the future ‘creative leader’ of India. To achieve excellence and improve communication skills, each student is encouraged to learn and speak one grammatically correct sentence in English and Hindi each, per week.
This sentence is often the theme of the week and curriculum is suited to enhance it. Children enjoy the easy pace and are able to relate to it more comfortably. Besides the child, the mother too gets an opportunity to learn these languages.
The concept of ‘Helping Moms’ has also received a very encouraging response from wives of PBORs, who take pride in their new roles. Once such a mother has progressed from being a once or twice weekly help, she can think of being a full-time teacher in the AWWA Nursery School, SI Lines, Bhopal.
Power packed musical night
VIBRATIONS AT the Musical Night organised on September 23 at the Defence Services Officers’ Institute (DSOI) was an evening when music spoke with the night, rendering words trivial. Enthusiasm flowed like vintage champagne; the mood was charged with fun and excitement, the audience ravishing and upbeat, music stimulating and delicious eating arrangements.
With each and everyone finally hitting the dance floor, the revelry reached its ultimate high with everyone asking for more. The evening lived up to the reputation of DSOI socials - high energy, exuberance and excellent food.
Did you know?
Potatoes saved Prussia! Sometimes it is not mighty armies or special weapons that decide wars, but rather some humble factor that neither side counted on at the offset. In the case of Prussia in the Seven Years War, it was the potato. Potatoes reached Europe from Peru.
The plant was used as a staple for the peasants who built the fantastic monuments of the pre-Columbian empires. Frederick II of Prussia, while campaigning during the War of the Austrian Succession, saw potatoes for the first time.
He was impressed by the hardiness of the tuber, the small amount of land that was needed to grow a crop and the fact that it was hard to requisition or tax the spud. Whereas, grain was routinely seized by European armies living off the land, potatoes could be left in the ground for long periods of time without the need to harvest them and were routinely missed by foragers.
In 1744 Frederick ordered administrators to distribute free seed and planting instructions to peasants. For a variety of reasons the staple food grew in popularity and was in widespread use throughout Prussia by 1750.
In 1756 Prussia invaded Saxony, triggering what would be a long and bitter war. Prussia’s armies advanced and retreated over and over again as its fortunes surged and ebbed. Prussia itself was invaded several times.
The potato, missed by the invading armies as they requisitioned all other foodstuffs from the Prussian peasants, prevented widespread famine. And in the end, ultimate victory depended as much on the support of the Prussian peasantry for Frederick as it did his army!!
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Black stockings left hanging from trees at a SC university
COLUMBIA, S.C. – A group of artists said it left black nylon stockings resembling human figures hanging from trees outside a South Carolina university hall to protest that the building is named for a post-Civil War-era racist.
The 18 stockings filled with dirt were found Sunday morning outside Tillman Hall, with a sign reading “Tillman’s Legacy” taped over the plaque with the building’s name, according to a police report from Winthrop University in Rock Hill.
A group called the Association of Artists for Change said each stocking represented a lynching victim when “Pitchfork” Ben Tillman was governor from 1890 to 1894 and was intentionally placed after Donald Trump won the presidential election last week because of the climate of racial distrust he has created, according to a statement posted on Twitter.
“One should question, why this artwork is offensive and not the building itself?” the group said.
University officials acknowledged the statement and said the artwork was painful and a threat no matter what its intention.
“These images are clearly hurtful and threatening and are contrary to the values of Winthrop University,” president Dan Mahony said in an email sent to faculty and students.
The stockings appeared to be placed overnight because they were wet from the morning rain, and there was no security camera footage of the incident, according to the police report.
Mahony promised a full investigation and said those responsible will be held accountable by the university judicial system and state law.
Tillman Hall at Winthrop was vandalized at least twice in 2015, with graffiti on the building and paint thrown on a portrait of Tillman inside.
Tillman was a South Carolina governor and a U.S. senator. He helped lead a mob that killed four blacks in July 1876 as racist whites pushed to regain control of state government during Reconstruction.
He said blacks were cannibals, barbarians and savages in Africa and it was foolish to think they would be any different in the United States.
A major building at Clemson University is also named for Tillman, who was instrumental in the founding of the two schools. Both schools have issued statements uncomfortable with Tillman’s legacy, but point out they need a two-thirds vote from the Legislature to change the name – a law put in place to protect the Confederate flag on the State- house lawn.
The group of artists said Winthrop could go ahead and place a plaque outside the hall detailing Tillman’s violence and racism.
“The sign could remember the 18 people lynched during Tillman’s administration and address that Tillman’s name wasn’t put on the hall until 1962 in a campaign of fear,” said Samantha Valdez, a Winthrop student and spokeswoman for the artists.
A Tillman statue still stands prominently nearby where the Confederate flag flew on Statehouse grounds from 2000 to 2015. South Carolina House Speaker Jay Lucas has said his chamber won’t take up any more monument or naming questions.
The stockings at Tillman Hall were found a day after a fire at the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce. State and federal investigators are still trying to determine what caused the fire. Before the building broke ground, someone spray painted “Racist” in red letters on its sign in July 2015, the same month the Confederate flag was removed from the Statehouse.
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As one particularly smart and handsome analyst observed, it looks like Nebraska is in for some changes in 2012. But this is Nebraska, and Nebraska by its nature is conservative and likes to keep things the same. So, to reassure those Nebraska fans who might be a bit freaked out at the thought of massive changes in Lincoln, here are some constants you can rely on from NU going into the next season.
The Peso
In an attempt to defend the spread offenses of the Big 12 and in an attempt to bring more flexibility to the defense, Bo Pelini started using players that were a mix between safeties and linebackers.
After calling them “hybrids,” the defensive staff settled on the name “peso” to describe the defensive concept. While the concept took a bit of a back seat during Nebraska’s inaugural season in the B1G, it never went away.
Particularly with the skill sets of Nebraska’s defensive unit in 2012, look for the peso to be a part of the Blackshirts arsenal.
Shifting Positions
Bo Pelini isn’t afraid to ask his players to shift positions, whether he thinks a position change will better utilize a player’s talents or if there is a need for a particular position.
Braylon Heard moved from running back to defensive back, although he may be helping out as as a running back as well due to Aaron Green’s transfer. Jamal Turner moved from quarterback to wide receiver. Stanley Jean-Baptiste moved from wide receiver to defensive back. Ryne Reeves moved from center to guard.
And that’s just the most recent position shifts. Look for Pelini to continue his shuffling of the deck at NU.
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Bo Pelini is a big believer in his defensive backs “being physical” with opposing wide receivers.
Even with the departure of Prince Amukamara and Alfonzo Dennard, don’t look for this trend to slow down. Junior college transfer Mohammed Seisay is 6'2" and 200 pounds, the perfect size to implement Pelini’s vision of physical coverage against opposing receivers.
Kicker U
While he didn’t have quite the production of some of his predecessors, Brett Maher was still effective and dependable as a placekicker and a punter. With Maher’s return and with Mauro Bondi backing him up, Nebraska’s kicking duties should once again be in safe hands. Or, feet, as the case may be.
As Taylor Goes, so Goes Martinez
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Nebraska fans fret about the running backs. About the defensive line. About the pass rush. About the play-calling. There’s a lot of things that keep the Children of the Corn occupied throughout the offseason.
But one truth remains, as it has since 2010. If Taylor Martinez is successful – or at least is not doing damage – then Nebraska has a chance to win. But if Martinez is struggling, as he did against Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Michigan, and South Carolina, then Nebraska’s chances of winning are practically nil.
So, at the end of the day, Nebraska’s ability to win still revolves around the enigma that is Martinez.
If you would like to contact Patrick directly to schedule an interview, ask a question or to get his recipe for a killer peach cobbler, send an email to [email protected].(DISCLAIMER: Peach cobbler recipe might not be all that killer.)
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I grew up climbing with my dad, up several multi-pitch routes–hundreds and hundreds of feet of rock–sans protection for my developing brain. My dad was of the old Camp 4 mentality and threw caution to the wind, like many of my climbing mentors did in those days.
Fortunately, he gave me my first helmet, a Petzl Ecrin, as a teenager, when we climbed a route in the Sierra Nevada mountain range where loose rock was a common hazard. I remember the top of my backpack catching a rock the size of a baseball, and after that I was sold!
I wore the Ecrin for many years, into my first instructor certification courses, when I’m sure it had long passed its retirement date. It was highly adjustable, super durable, and had nylon bracing straps inside, which left enough space between the shell and my head to tuck in my long hair.
In a word, helmets are a MUST. In certain industries that are more controlled than rock climbing, you can actually get fined or even fired for not wearing one! Over the years, I have become wiser to lighter, more compact designs that are easier to travel with and cause less neck strain.
Lately, I’ve been wearing the Italian made KASK Plasma helmet. It has a sleek, sporty look and is one of the most comfortable helmets I’ve ever worn. The suspension system is incredibly adjustable and even fits my child-sized dome.
With an ergonomic turn-style knob, the Kask helmet is easily adjusted with one hand. There is plenty of space inside the shell, so my hair can be easily tucked up off my neck. Most importantly, it is the best combination of a lightweight and durable helmet that provides full coverage.
Just as seat belts in cars have proven to save lives, helmets are statistically championing the prevention of brain damage and death. In the words of my boss, they are simply “cheap insurance.” Even old timers (eh-hem, my father for one) are jumping on the brain bucket bandwagon. I guess if you spend enough time dodging bullets, you get wise.
By Laura Bylund
Laura Bylund is an Outdoor Education and Rope Rigging Professional from Southern California. She is a lifelong rock climber, engaging in all types of climbing around the world for more than two decades. Bylund is a certified Single Pitch Instructor with the American Mountain Guides Association, a NFPA certified Rope Rescue Technician through Peak Rescue Institute, and a Course Provider for the Climbing Wall Instructor program with the Professional Climbing Instructors’ Association. Bylund works full-time as a manager forAdventure Programs at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She’s also a lead guide/instructor and vertical stunt rigger forThe ATS Teamof Los Angeles where she has worked stunts and challenges on television shows such as The Amazing Race, The Biggest Loser, The Bachelor/Bachelorette and Big Brother, and has assisted with product research and development for several outdoor equipment companies. Bylund is also a certified Wilderness First Responder,VapurPro Team Member, Bivouac Educator and part time guide for Earthworks Climbing School of Ventura, CA.
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For years, kiss cams have been a big part of American sports culture. This year, Love Has No Labels puts a twist on the kiss cam by turning it into a symbol for unbiased love. In the stadium, fans cheered for love in all its forms - regardless of race, gender, disability, age or religion.
Love Has No Labels is a movement to open our eyes to unconscious bias. While the vast majority of Americans consider themselves unprejudiced, many of us unintentionally make snap judgments about people based on what we see - whether it’s race, age, gender, religion, sexuality, or disability. By becoming aware of our own biases, we can work to end bias in ourselves, our families, our friends, and our communities. Rethink bias at www.lovehasnolabels.com.
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Software AG positioned in the leaders Quadrant for Business Process Analysis tools
Software AG delivers a feature-rich tool set well known for its long-standing leadership in BPA, offering a toolset and diagrams to support strategists in defining and implementing their business strategy.
Software AG has announced that it has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant by Gartner, Inc., a leading industry analyst firm, in its recently released Magic Quadrant for Business Process Analysis (BPA) Tools. Gartner defines BPA as the business modeling space in which business professionals and IT analysts collaborate on business architecture, transformation and improvement, including process analysis and design to support BP improvement initiatives.
With the ARIS platform, Software AG delivers a feature-rich tool set well known for its long-standing leadership in BPA, offering a toolset and diagrams to support strategists in defining and implementing their business strategy.
In reaching the Leader status, Gartner stated: "Leaders provide mature offerings that meet market demand, as well as demonstrate the vision necessary to sustain their market position as requirements evolve. The hallmark of Leaders is that they focus on and invest in their offerings to the point that they lead the market and can affect its overall direction. As a result, Leaders can become the vendors to watch as you try to determine how new offerings might evolve."
"We take great pride in being recognized as a Leader. Once again we have proven that Software AG has the right blend of technologies and talents to manage, enhance and optimize the business processes needed to sustain the ambitious development plans of Middle East," said Marco Gerazounis, Senior VP Middle East North Africa & Turkey, Software AG.
This year, Gartner stated that "Process modeling as part of BPA is becoming a starting point for a growing number of business process management (BPM) and compliance projects, and helps avoid the rush to execution that often results in poor BPM ROI or failure. Conversely, most BPM projects start with tools that include process modeling in support of workflow, and add a BPA tool to better understand their processes and simulate possible changes."
Software AG´s BPA solution ensures that Business Process Management objectives are aligned with and implemented appropriately across the underlying IT systems and applications that support the business processes. The high quality of the combined design work of business and IT departments using business processes as their common language is the key factor for successful projects.
ARIS not only aligns business and IT but it can deliver consistent business-driven processes that reduce costs, increase process performance, transparency and agility within and beyond corporate boundaries.
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Racism Confronted in NY
‘Some people are racist, and you just have to deal with it’ is the attitude that Suffolk County police seem to have. On Jan. 31, a Riverhead school district in New York charged three Caucasian high school students with hate crimes. County and police officials lowered the charges to second-degree harassment, for which the maximum penalty is 15 days in jail. Unlike Riverhead Chief of Police David Hegermiller, who views this sentence as justified, I support Police County Executive Steve Levy, who is currently arguing for the redrafting of New York legislation. As expressed by the New York Hate Crimes Act of 2000, a second-degree harassment crime is to ‘strike, shove, kick or otherwise subject another person to physical contact, or attempt to threaten to do the same because of a belief or perception regarding such person’s race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation.’ When the subjugation of a person or group of persons results in incalculable physical and emotional damage or tears the ‘fabric of society,’ it qualifies as a hate crime.
The actions committed by the 16-year-old and two 17-year-old boys deserve far more than a mere 15-day jail sentence. They publicly taunted two of their African- American classmates as they muzzled and handcuffed the hands and feet of a black doll while they strangled its neck with a noose, hanging the rope from their hands as they imagined the object to be dead. This act is incontestably villainous. In the context of several centuries of American slavery and legalized racial segregation, their actions were entirely out of line. The excuse cannot be given that they simply ‘didn’t know’ or ‘it was a joke.’ They did know and it wasn’t funny. All American high school students are required to know American history, and as slavery played a crucial part in that history it is irrefutable that the boys learned about it at some point in their academic lives; how else did they imagine this scene in the first place? Segregation and racist white America have become synonymous with an African- American being lynched while a group of Caucasians surround him with taunts and laughs. As the New York classroom paralleled such a scene (using a doll instead of a living person) it is certain that the boys were aware of the implications of their actions, and drew on these purposefully and with pride.
To recall such injustice in a supportive manner is to cause severe emotional damage. And, as this is one of several of the same acts committed in and outside of school by Caucasian adults and children, these acts threaten to tear the very ‘fabric of society.’ As such, it is arguable that the three teenagers did commit a hate crime and should be given a much harsher punishment.
Now, I do agree with New York University Professor James Jacobson in his belief that ‘people can’t expect punishment [to lead to individual] tolerance.’ He is correct in his judgment because it is in prison that people are most intolerant and continue to be such even after they have served their sentence. The prison system acts as merely a temporary place of holding rather than a rehabilitation center. For this reason, just as illegal drug abusers are sentenced to jail and/or are solely required to receive recovery treatment, perhaps persons convicted of hate crimes should be forced to undergo a treatment for social intolerance alongside their incarceration. Understandably, all individuals have the right to their own opinions, likes and dislikes. However, some form of intolerance treatment program is needed. Nothing that preaches the basic elementary school rule ‘love your neighbor as yourself,’ but some type of program that involves community service, outreach, research and other activities that result in the increased tolerance of an individual. Next to this, jail sentence times should be increased greatly. Only after the implementation of these two can the ever-percolating tension of racism being to decrease.
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Your Money Personality™: Flyer
Your Money Personality: Flyer
Every person has a distinct way of thinking about and dealing with money, your Money Personality. Unfortunately money causes tension in almost every marriage, especially over time. Probably because a day doesn’t go by without a decision to be made about money – home-brewed coffee or a latte on-the-go, lunch out or brown bag, new shoes or money for college. Your Money Personality impacts almost every decision you make. In a relationship, differing Money Personalities can be the difference between being on the same page about money matters and having it be a constant source of conflict. There are 5 Money Personalities™: Saver, Spender, Risk Taker, Security Seeker, and Flyer, and each person has a Primary and Secondary Money Personality.
Take our Money Personality Assessment, and then hand the mouse to your spouse to find out theirs. Most of us assume our spouse thinks about money the way we do, but often in relationships opposites attract. But don’t despair, as you learn more about your Money Personalities, you will begin to see eye-to-eye on day-to-day spending.
Are you a Flyer? Are you married to one?
The Flyer is perhaps the most unusual Money Personality because they don’t think much about money – at all. They’re not anxious about it, they’re not consumed by it, they have absolutely no emotional response to money. You’re a Flyer if you are:
Basically content with your life. A Flyer might be dirt poor, living in an Airstream out by the highway but he doesn’t care. As long as a Flyer is making his own choices, he’s happy.
Big on relationships. For Flyers, relationships and connections with other people are crucial. Flyers will often put relationships above money.
Happy to let someone else take care of your money. This can be a big plus in relationships, especially if the other partner enjoys handling the money decisions.
Not motivated by money. Most Flyers end up living exactly the lives they want to live because they make choices based on what they want, not what will make them the most money.
This Money Personality has its challenges just like the others. If you’re not a Flyer, you can probably guess what they are because just reading about the Flyer has made you nervous. If you’re a Flyer you need to be aware that you can be:
Reactionary. Flyers don’t think about money, but money is a necessary part of life. So sooner or later, even Flyers have to pay attention to their bills or their looming retirement. And when they do, they often make decisions based on fear, not good advice. That lack of planning can lead them into deep debt, debt they share with to their partners.
Lacking in the skills needed to solve money issues. When money problems come up, the Flyer tries to handle it herself. But because she doesn’t care about money, she doesn’t have any idea how money works.
Disorganized. Flyers aren’t always disorganized people in the general sense, but when it comes to money, they are all over the place. We’ve asked Flyers to bring in tax returns and they have no idea where something like that might be. Some of them don’t even remember if they filed taxes or what their taxable income is.
Un-responsible. Anyone who isn’t a Flyer might think Flyer’s are irresponsible. But really, they are un-responsible. Irresponsibility suggests a deliberate lack of maturity. But Flyers aren’t trying to be lazy or inattentive. They genuinely don’t think about money issues.
Flyers can make great spouses because they are easygoing about money matters. They aren’t going to be controlling or uptight, but the challenge for Flyers is to stay involved and engaged in the family money decisions.
Make It Happen!
Scott and Bethany Palmer
The Money Couple
Money Huddle Tip:If one of you is a Spender, take some time to talk about the impact this Money Personality has on your relationship. What are the strengths the Spender brings? What are some of the challenges?
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It doesn’t matter if you’re into itty-bitty-titties, the perfect handful, jumbo fun-bags or low-swinging flapjacks, what matters most is that your kind and selfless gesture will go a long way towards helping our sisters to find a cure.
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Simply visit the landing page on Pornhub's site (link available upon request) and follow the prompts, or head to the ‘categories’ tab on Pornhub.com’s home page and choose either “Small Tits” or “Big Tits” videos, then sit back and let the good times bounce.
This is not the first time Pornhub.com has taken up the "pink" cause. In April, the adult website sponsored a "Save Our Boobs Bus," which drove around New York City offering free breast cancer screenings and education about self-examinations. It also featured porn star Bree Olson.
The PornHub.com promotion may be a stranger example of the "pinkwashing" breast cancer awareness campaigns have been accused of over the past couple of years. Critics accuse those who sell market "pink" products in October as exploitative or just plain missing the point. Lea Goldman explored the business behind these campaigns in a 2011 piece for Marie Claire. She wrote:
A popular gripe among advocates is that too much is spent on awareness campaigns -- walks, races, rallies -- at the expense of research. (And really, when Snuggies go pink, haven't we hit our awareness saturation point?) There's a case to be made for that, of course, but there's another explanation, one that exposes an ugly, even blasphemous truth of the movement: Breast cancer has made a lot of people very wealthy.
It's unlikely that the people behind Pornhub.com are getting rich off of Komen supporters watching "Tits" videos For The Cure, but is it an effective awareness campaign? Not so sure.
UPDATE: 10/4 2:29 p.m. -- Pornhub.com released a statement Thursday afternoon indicating that they will no longer be donating a portion of their October revenue to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. The press release reads:
Unfortunately, we have had to change our targeted beneficiary. As such, Pornhub.com is now calling on all breast cancer foundations to come forward and be considered as the recipient of this cash donation.
UPDATE: 10/4 3:16 p.m. -- A Komen spokesperson responded via email to The Huffington Post's request for comment, stating: "Susan G. Komen for the Cure is not a partner of pornhub.com. We will not accept donations from this organization and have asked them to stop using our name."
Results of a massive gene analysis, published last month in the journal Nature, shows that there are four major classes of breast cancer, the Associated Press reported.
"With this study, we're one giant step closer to understanding the genetic origins of the four major subtypes of breast cancer," study researcher Matthew Ellis, M.B., B.Chir., Ph.D., of the Washington University School of Medicine and the Siteman Cancer Center, said in a statement.
"Now, we can investigate which drugs work best for patients based on the genetic profiles of their tumors," he added in the statement. "For basal-like breast tumors, it's clear they are genetically more similar to ovarian tumors than to other breast cancers. Whether they can be treated the same way is an intriguing possibility that needs to be explored."
Men are less likely to get breast cancer than women -- but when they do, it's often deadlier, according to a study presented earlier this year at the American Society of Breast Surgeons meeting.
The Associated Press reported that men diagnosed with breast cancer live, on average, two fewer years than women who are diagnosed with breast cancer, and are also more likely to have the breast cancer spread, have larger tumors when the cancer is discovered, and be diagnosed later.
Cadmium -- a toxic metal that can be present in foods like shellfish, root vegetables, offal and cereals -- may raise risk of breast cancer, according to a March 2012 study in the journal Cancer Research.
The research included 56,000 women. Researchers were able to analyze about how much cadmium each woman was consuming based on the cadmium-rich foods in her diet. They found that those who consumed the most cadmium had a 21 percent higher breast cancer risk, compared with those who consumed the least cadmium, HuffPost's Catherine Pearson reported.
Getting six or fewer hours of sleep may raise the risk of recurrent breast cancer among post-menopausal breast cancer patients, according to a study in the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. However, this same link was not observed for pre-menopausal breast cancer patients.
The findings suggest "that lack of sufficient sleep may cause more aggressive tumors, but more research will need to be done to verify this finding and understand the causes of this association," study researcher Cheryl Thompson, Ph.D. said in the statement.
A smallpox virus seems to be promising against a hard-to-treat form of breast cancer, called triple-negative breast cancer, according to a study in mice presented at the 2012 Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.
"Based upon pathology, we could see that at least 60 percent of the tumors were completely regressed and the other 40 percent had very little areas of tumor cells present with a lot of necrosis, which is a sign that the tumor was responding to therapy," study researcher Dr. Sepideh Gholami, M.D., of Stanford University Medical Center, said in a statement.
ABC News pointed out that this kind of breast cancer is notoriously hard to treat because it doesn't respond to other hormonal or immune treatments.
Working the night shift is linked to an increased risk of breast cancer, according to two different studies that came out this year.
One of them, published in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine, showed that breast cancer risk went up among women who worked the night shift more than twice a week, with the risk being the highest among those who said that they are "morning people" instead of "night people."
The Toronto Sun reported that the results of this study confirm the findings of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, which has a list of items and habits that may cause cancer. The IARC considers shift work "possibly carcinogenic."
The other study, published in the International Journal of Cancer, showed that breast cancer risk is 30 percent higher for women who work the night shift, with the risk being especially clear among those working night-time jobs for four years, or those who worked the night shift for three or fewer nights a week.
The genes that help determine a woman's breast size may also be linked with her breast cancer risk, according to a study published earlier this year in the journal BMC Medical Genetics.
Researchers examined the genetic data of 16,000 women to find that seven DNA variations, called single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), seem to be linked with breast size -- and three of those SNPs are known to be associated with a person's risk of breast cancer, HuffPost's Catherine Pearson reported.
Just a little bit of exercise may help to reduce your risk of breast cancer, though the more you move, the better, according to a study in the journal CANCER.
Researchers at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill found that postmenopausal or reproductive-age women in their study who exercised the most -- from 10 to 19 hours each week -- had a 30 percent lower risk of breast cancer, though exercising less than that was still linked with some protective benefits.
"The observation of a reduced risk of breast cancer for women who engaged in exercise after menopause is particularly encouraging given the late age of onset for breast cancer," study researcher Lauren McCullough said in a statement.
For post-menopausal women, having Type 2 diabetes may raise the risk of breast cancer, according to a review conducted by the International Prevention Research Institute.
"On the one hand, it's thought that being overweight, often associated with Type 2 diabetes, and the effect this has on hormone activity may be partly responsible for the processes that lead to cancer growth," study researcher Peter Boyle, the president of the International Prevention Research Institute, told The Telegraph. "But it's also impossible to rule out that some factors related to diabetes may be involved in the process."
Being overweight could lead to worse outcomes from breast cancer, according to a study published August in the journal Cancer.
Specifically, the study showed that overweight women who have been treated for breast cancer have a higher risk of recurrence and death, NBC News reported.
"Obesity seemed to carry a higher risk of breast cancer recurrence and death -- even in women who were healthy at the time that they were diagnosed, and despite the fact that they received the best available chemotherapy and hormone therapy," study researcher Dr. Joseph Sparano, associate chairman of medical oncology at the Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care, told NBC News.
Marisa Weiss, MD, of breast cancer.org, explains the different breast cancer stages and what they mean.
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Joel Rosado sprinted to the scene as soon as he heard the screeches and saw a black Toyota Solara plow into the Goldenrod Road KinderCare, where a 4-year-old girl lay dying and 14 others were injured. "We could see the teachers were, like, panicking," Rosado said. One was performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a child, and other children were bleeding — "laid out, not moving." As the horror unfolded, panicked parents scrambled to the scene and authorities started an immediate manhunt for 28-year-old Robert Corchado, who they suspect was driving the Dodge Durango that rammed the Toyota toward the building. He didn't stop to see the carnage and chaos...
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After months of anticipation, Diagon Alley will open Tuesday morning at Universal Studios Florida, offering parkgoers shopping, dining and a 3D thrill ride in a setting that faithfully re-creates scenes from the blockbuster Harry Potter movies.
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Florida authorities have dropped a reckless-driving charge against Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig, the state attorney’s office announced Tuesday.Puig was arrested last month after his Mercedes-Benz was clocked traveling 110 mph in a 70-mph zone, officials...
Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig was arrested on suspicion of reckless driving Saturday morning in Florida after his Mercedes-Benz was clocked traveling 110 mph in a 70-mph zone, police said.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists Disaster Relief ministry is an outreach to people and communities that struggle with the effects of disaster. Disaster Relief volunteers provide ministries such as: Field Kitchen Services, Showers and Laundry Services, Chainsaw, Flood, and Fire Cleanup, Temporary Roof Repair, Communications Assistance, and Long Term Rebuild.
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For the first time in 20 years, the number of households in the U.S. that have TV sets has declined. Neilsen cites the decline as a symptom of poverty and young people’s consumption of content online.
The latest data from the company, which takes TV set ownership into account when it calculates ratings, shows that 96.7% of U.S. homes own a TV set. This figure is down from 98.9% from its last count. There are now 114.7 million TV homes, down from 115.9 million.
Neilsen suggests that possible reasons for the decline are that some low income houses, particularly in rural markets, can no longer afford TV sets, and that some younger Americans don’t even buy TVs when they graduate from college or start working – at least not right away. The transition to digital TV in 2009 was also listed as a potential factor, as digital cable is expensive.
“While Nielsen data demonstrates that consumers are viewing more video content across all platforms – rather than replacing one medium with another – a small subset of younger, urban consumers seem to be going without paid TV subscriptions for the time being,” the company said.
Overall, the company is, at least for now, blaming the economy for the decline in TV sets. The previous decline in the number of TV sets was in 1992 – and it was also temporary and a result of a prolonged recession.
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My prediction for the opener for the season 6 ep 1 would be we see the blackrock land on the island and introduced to hanso's grandfather, maybe even the twist of that the losties are on the ship or some madness, it doesnt make sense yet how the boat ended up in the middle of the jungle a bit mad.
But Superman knows that Batman would prefer to die than to be possessed, so he threatens Batman with exactly that; the blackrock, being somehow sentient and psychic and having a highly developed fight or flight mechanism, leaves Batman under his own control.
US money manager blackrock is near to buying Barclays Global Investors for between $12 and $13 billion to create a global asset manager twice the size of its nearest rival, sources say British bank Barclays Plc will receive cash and shares and a deal could come as early as tomorrow, although there is potential for a delay, the sources said.
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What Is Apparently the Buckeye State?
April 4, 2011
Having spent the past week in Houston, steadily losing my immunity to the Ohio cold, I woke up this morning to thunderclaps, torrents of rain misting through the open windows. It's good to be back in Oberlin, actually - but then again, I'm the one who loves walking around in the cold rain without an umbrella, so long as I don't have to sit in a lecture hall, soaking wet, for an hour afterward. Anyway, since I'm spending the summer here, I went home for the break to sleep off a post-midterms cold and some astronomical REM debt.
Much of my spring break consisted of catching up on work, reading, and laundry, but the best part was the burrito bowl from Chipotle making chocolate with my sister while her cats shrieked for more food and the caramel burned.
although it was very, very good.
This was my fault, sort of, as I was in charge of it. But really, I think the recipe specified a temperature that was way too high, because the caramel, instead of turning a nice brown color, went bitter and rather black. We threw it away and started on a second batch, which turned out pretty well before we abandoned the making of kitchen sink bars for the day. Incidentally, the name comes from the phrase "everything but the kitchen sink" and not, as I originally thought, from the sheer variety of ingredients being comparable to the contents of the kitchen drain.
Had we finished the chocolate coating, I think it would have looked something like this:
Instead we went on to make buckeyes, which are exalted forms of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, I suppose. The amount of butter and sugar that goes into the filling is best left unsaid. The chocolate was kind of fussy, though, and after it was tempered it took considerable effort to keep it at the right temperature so that it didn't harden to leave whitish streaks in the chocolate. But it was worth feeling like chocolate was oozing into my pores by the end of it, because they turned out beautifully!
just not THAT beautifully.
So - welcome back to classes, everyone! And I brought back a few buckeyes, if anyone wants to try them...
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But not immediately. They won’t be accretive on day 1. It will take a few bucks to get there.
Then I tell them this next: You’re Going to Need About $2.5-$3m to fund Your First Great Revenue Team.
I’m not saying you have to raise venture capital, or other types of capital. No, you can potentially fund it from cash-flow. But on a gross basis — your expenses are going to go up about $2.5m-$3m annually or so, over the course of the next 9-12 months.
And this team will, in turn, bring in more than this $2.5m-$3m (which is sequenced — you don’t pay bonuses and salaries all at once, and you don’t hire all the sales reps overnight). So it will be an accretive investment.
You can adjust the variables in the above spreadsheet. You can lower or increase the comp for your execs. You can change your financial targets for the next 12 and 18 months. (Note that “OTE” is on-target earnings. Base salary and bonus. I’m not saying that’s their salary. I’m just saying it’s the target if they exceed quota.)
Net net it’s going to show you that you’ll need at least $2.5m of cash to build the revenue team, maybe more.
Wow. If you’ve self-funded or angel-funded, that sounds intimidating. And it is.
But the thing is, if you’re at $1.5m-$2m or more in ARR, growing >=100%, and have a sales-driven model … and you don’t hire this team … you’re wasting time. Precious time scaling your recurring revenue business.
You may still get to $3m and $4m and $5m ARR without the hires, by hook or crook. But not only will it exhaust you and maybe even break you. But worse, you’ll end up without any of the resources you’re going to desperately need to get to $10m ARR and beyond. You’ll be in a scramble. You’ll be way behind. And, probably, you’ll decelerate. Or at least, grow materially slower than you would have otherwise. The difference in SaaS between growing say 80% YoY and 100%, or between 100% and 120% YoY, isn’t trivial. It’s epic, compounded over time.
And that would be a huge, huge shame in a recurring revenue business charging ahead to Initial Scale and beyond.
So you don’t have to figure out how to fund a World Class Revenue Team on Day 1, or even Day 365 probably. But you need to start figuring it out as you pass about $1-$1.25m in ARR.
But if you’re going more sales-y, more enterprise, and you’ve passed Initial Traction, and you don’t invest the $2.5m-$3m+ … you’ll end up with a mediocre team, hiring too slowly, and you’ll miss a key opportunity to grow faster.
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Hyatt Yachts Limited was founded in 1988 but would not begin selling their first motor yacht until 1994. Headquartered in New Albany, Indiana, Hyatt Yachts Limited imported their vessels from a boat yard in Taiwan. Between 40 and 63 foot in hull length, the Hyatt Yachts Limited vessels featured plenty of room for long vacations on the water.
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In case you're not privy to it, the "You're Invited!" series marked Mary-Kate and Ashley's golden years as respected actresses — and if you were a child of the '90s, chances are you have a few of these videos hidden around somewhere. Sure: they were, in retrospect, mostly just sponsored pieces about how great it is to ski in a Colorado resort, or visit the Mall of America. The singing was bad, the songs were worse, and the child-acting was next-level terrible. But all things considered, I have to admit, watching them all over feels like home. And you know what's weird? Within these videos, all boasting varying levels of awful, there IS a hierarchy. So I revisited them all to once and for all determine which party was the best.
So you're invited to revisit the worst and less-worse of Mary-Kate and Ashley's parties! If it's up to me, you'll RSVP.
8. Mary-Kate and Ashley's Costume Party
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This lost-in-the-crowd installment is really a low point for Mary-Kate and Ashley's party history, from the egregious plot inconsistencies to the lackluster songs. It starts out strongly strange, with the Olsen twins digging through a closet to find vintage clothes for children, but it makes none percent sense. If these are their mom's old clothing, then did their mom not age for three decades?
And as for the party itself, that title is flat-out deceitful. The twins end up throwing a "Come As You Are" party, and because children have exceeding boring lives, they show up in extra-regular clothes. I was promised costumes, and all I got mediocre ditties about ice cream parlors. Two thumbs down.
Choice Lines:
It’s okay to be different, you know. Look at our friends. Mark’s into retro these days, and Matt? Well, he’s sort of a preppy.
You're nine. Nobody's into ANYTHING yet. Settle down.
Thanks Mia. As usual, yours and Zack’s outfits are the bomb.
Mia's wearing a literal soccer outfit, don't patronize, Mary-Kate.
7. Mary-Kate and Ashley's Birthday Party
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Like most birthday parties that aren't your own, it sucks for the most part, save for the bit about the bouncy castle. Mary-Kate and Ashley can't decide if they want to throw a pool party or a piñata party, so they temporarily decide on doing both. Thing is, I have NO idea what "a piñata party is supposed to be" — wouldn't this just equate to a pool party with a piñata? But no, they do a whole song about how this is a thing, complete with racist costumes.
Ultimately they decide to forgo all this nonsense because they forgot until the last 3 minutes that Six Flags was sponsoring the video.
Choice Lines:
“After this we’re going right to Six Flags, so let’s eat fast.” “I have a better idea: let’s eat on the way.”
Yeah, Ashley, having a bunch of children guzzle cake before they go on roller coasters sounds like a crackerjack idea.
6. Mary-Kate and Ashley's Sleepover Party
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Also plays out like a real sleepover, in that it gets boring quickly and feels like it drags on forever. Nothing sensational really happens, aside from them ruining a perfectly decent pizza pie.
Choice Lines:
“I can see Cara brought her hats!” “I got enough for everybody!”
Cut to this kid wearing 11 hats on her head. Really knows how to bring the fun in.
“Brighton, did you bring your picture of Sam?” “I miss him already!”
Cut to this child holding a framed picture of her freaking dog. Oh my god, Brighton, get it it together.
5. Mary-Kate and Ashley's Christmas Party
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Did we really need an Olsen Twin remix of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas?"
Choice Lines:
Chill everybody! The moment will still be here in a moment!
What the what?
It’s still Christmas and what are friends for anyway?
This line is so phoned in it's almost hysterical.
“What about a plate of cookies for my brother and Chip?” “We ate them all.” “That’s too bad, maybe next year.”
Ah, spite, the gift that keeps on giving.
4. Mary-Kate and Ashley's Fashion Party
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Not really a party so much as it's a 30-minute long ad for the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. Not super interesting, but I guess it deserves credit for being the first attempt at weaving an actual story line into the mix versus Mary-Kate and Ashley just inviting random friends to their house to sing theme-specific songs?" So although it's not really MY Mary-Kate and Ashley, 'E' for effort.
Choice Lines:
What closet did THAT coat jump out of, Madison?
Uh, what closet are YOU stuck in, Ryan?
3. Mary-Kate and Ashley's Mall Party
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This one's pretty fun, because there was NOTHING more exciting than the mall when you were a preteen. And when it's the Mall of America? You just bumped things up to the next level. Add in the Cool Teenager we all aspire to be, and this just sounds like heaven.
Choice Lines:
I’m going on a shopping trip to the Mall of America in Minneapolis and your mom said you can go with me.
Yeah, I'm a 16-year-old who needs to travel several states to buy clothes, and my aunt trusts me to just take my cousins and their two friends with me. Logical. Logical in every way.
“Let’s go to the toy stores.” “Aren’t we a little OLD for that?”
Stoooooop.
2. Mary-Kate and Ashley's School Dance Party
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There's solid, legitimate plot here. I'm guessing what ultimately happened with this and the Fashion Party is that the twins had videos left on their contract, but a slightly older demographic, so they actually tried to put a story together — or, at least, that's how it seems. Ashley has a boyfriend, there's a baddie with braces trying to ruin the dance, and boys are just SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND.
Choice Lines:
So I’m telling you, this is a real dilemma, he acts nice to me, and we’re friendly and stuff, but the dance is just five days away and he hasn’t asked me yet.
Nice AND friendly and stuff? How are you two not engaged yet?
The King and Queen of Cyberspace. The royalty of the Internet. The Dynamic Duo of the Digital Domain, the Head Honchos of the super highway.
I get it, it’s 2000.
1. Mary-Kate and Ashlet's Hawaiian Beach Party
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Undoubtedly the most unrealistic of the videos, but maybe that's why it's so terribly great. These bad bitches are so swamped with extracurriculars that they just decide to TAKE A SUBMARINE to Hawaii for the day. What wonderful negligent parents do they have? The songs are tight, they have personalized surf boards, and they ride hovercrafts with grown men. It's like an M.I.A. music video, except not.
Choice Lines:
We still have piano lessons, dance lessons, and karate class. Then we have soccer practice, basket ball practice and ping pong practice.
How can we EVER forget ping pong practice?
That water sure is WET!
Plot twist.
Let’s just quit being kids, it’s just too tough a job.
...they said, before counting the millions of dollars made before they were out of diapers.
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Hey Hey! So Its been a very very long time since Ive posted. I've been
working on my new collection.. seems like Ive been saying that FOREVER!
Ive been a little mysterious and havent been tweeting/pinning/ect as
much as I was because I was trying to get this stuff done!! And I ordered really awesome fabric
labels.. but they got lost in the mail!! Arggg.Well, they reordered
them for me free of charge but I have to wait another month. I
also ordered little jewelry tags which just arrived in the mail! Super awesomeness , huh?!
Im
a little crazy and decided I wanted to create complementary jewelry
pieces for this collection. Especially since using gems and rocks seems
like an obvious go to. I worked with jewelry in college, mostly using woven/fiber related techniques but havent shown them in the public arena. I find it more relaxing (as dying and printing can get exhausting).
My new collection for summer/fall is called Urban Geology. Im
focusing on using textures, inspiration, patterns from rocks and
minerals for dying/printing my pieces.
Heres a lil glimpse:
This project has been a lot of fun but Ill be so relieved when its finished! Im just really stressing about the
photo shoots.. getting a little crazy about it being 'perfect'.
In other news, I partnered with the lovely Danni of Oh, Hello Friend to bring a special Good Cheer Deal to you all!!
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News Release
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Rent Scams Utilizing Craig’s List In Baldwin Village and the Hollywood Areas of Los Angeles NR11525gv
Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Southwest detectives are asking for the public's help in locating additional victims of a sophisticated rent scam using Craig’s List.
Dozens of community members responded to a Craig’s List advertisement renting apartments in the Baldwin Village and Hollywood areas of Los Angeles. The victims subsequently made deposits on apartments which the suspects had no authority to rent or lease. When the victims returned to the apartments they discovered that the suspects had left with the victim’s deposit money. At least one family of three became homeless as a result of the scam.
Southwest detectives have identified multiple victims; however, the detectives believe there are more victims that have not come forward to report the scam. Detectives are requesting the public’s assistance to identify any persons who have been the victim of this rental scam.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Southwest Detectives, Burglary Section, at 213-485-6795 or to come to Southwest Community Police Station, located at 1546 West Martin Luther King Boulevard, Los Angeles and file a report.
During non-business hours or on weekends, calls should be directed to 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (877-527-3247). Anyone wishing to remain anonymous should call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477). Tipsters may also contact Crime Stoppers by texting to phone number 274637 (C-R-I-M-E-S on most keypads) with a cell phone. All text messages should begin with the letters “LAPD.” Tipsters may also go to LAPDOnline.org, click on "webtips" and follow the prompts.
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This is a roll of Kodak BW400CN, a 35mm C41 process black and white film, and it might just save my life, photographically speaking.
When I fell into photography over four years ago, mainly due to an absence of anything better to pursue, life was fairly simple and, more to the point, much more rewarding. I put a roll of colour film in the camera. I shot the roll. I took the roll to a high street lab and, three days later, I picked up an envelope of prints and negatives. I viewed the prints and picked out the best ones to insert into an album, which then formed both a record of progress and an easy way to peruse the best of my work to date.
Then I bought a film scanner, so I started to scan the negatives for posting on forums and web galleries. But raw scans are inferior in quality to the originals unless processed first in an image editing program. So I had to learn a bit about using the GIMP to titivate my images. Nothing clever - at first. Just an auto levels adjustment and some basic unsharp masking: much better.
But then a creeping dissatisfaction sets in, mainly caused by the discovery of other techniques. From example, once I learnt about edge-sharpening, it was no longer sufficient to simply apply unsharp masking to the whole image. Too crude, too straightforward, too generic. Now I had to ensure that only those parts of the image which required sharpening were changed. Eventually, I managed to automate the process with a script but even then…the edge mask often benefitted from a little manual adjustment. And there was still the dilemma of how much sharpening to apply, to what radius, with what threshold and, oh to what desired end? From there, the amount of time and effort that went into each image increased even more rapidly than the quality of those same images was improving. Sample colourisation, tone curves, blend modes, etc. - I hoovered up these extra tips and tweaks, and tried to use them all. On everything.
By now, I’d mainly switched to chromogenic B&W film, but the scanning issue remained and besides, it was costing me a fortune in processing costs (usually an extra quid or more for B&W). Seeing an opportunity to learn some new tricks, optimise development and slash production costs, I started developing my own film. After all, I reasoned, I didn’t really need prints as I was mainly posting my shots on the web. If I wanted them, I could always print my own from the negative scans (which was the only end result I cared about), and they would be better and more personal.
They would also, of course, require considerably more of my own time to produce.
Of course, I soon discovered that my ability to shoot film vastly outstripped my ability to scan and edit the individual images (even assuming a ratio of three acceptable shots per roll), and then - with the arrival of a family - it began to surpass my capacity to develop the rolls. Sheets of unscanned negatives piled up, accompanied by a small but constant number of rewound but untouched rolls in the drawer. (One tip to maximise your resources in this situation: only ever shoot even numbers of the same type of film at the same settings; that way you ensure that you can always develop two at a time in the tank.)
And then I went digital. No, I didn’t - I added it to the load. Because hey, I wouldn’t need to develop and scan each shot now, right? And I’d delete the shots that weren’t worth the effort. Naïvety, thy name is Ade.
In the first place, although you avoid faffing with chemicals and scanners (and start with a much better quality image file to boot), you’re plunged into a whole new world of raw conversions, image manipulations and 16 bit editing paradigms (exemplified by a new generation of image editing tools such as LightZone). The amount of time spent per image isn’t going to decrease - just the opposite. Oh, you can batch-convert entire sets but no, who’s going to do that when there’s still 0.05% of quality in the pixels of each individual image to be pulled out?
Secondly, despite your best intentions, you still end up with 1GB image dumps to store and sort. Even if you do ruthlessly delete the misses, that process still requires viewing and considering each image. Frequently you have repeated sequences of a subject that are more or less the same, which makes it very hard to decide which one to keep…oh hell, keep them all! Or you’ve taken a hundred shots of your Junior Research Assistant sleeping and deleting any of them - even the blurry ones - is bound to cause you sleepless nights of regret for the rest of your life because she’s your baby.
What did I have to show for all this effort? Actually, much less than before. Most of the end results were 600x400 web-sized JPEGs. A select few were printed at home, with varying degrees of success. (I soon learnt that if the first print wasn’t right, there was very little chance that I’d manage to return to it and try again - there were always newer shots to process by then.) Very occasionally, I managed to cut a mount, frame and hang the finished work. Once the walls were full, that more or less ceased. Of course, the pictures overall were a lot better - but as my output slowed to a trickle, there was less satisfaction to be had from the process.
As if that wasn’t enough, I even started employing the full panoply of techniques on my Unpopped posts, a photoblog that was originally intended to be a “low-maintenance” way of exploring new topics and ideas. I was obsessed, and not a little stupid, with the possibilities of it all.
So, to summarise: Then: Colour film, processed by a third party, resulting in one “finished” print per shot. Time spent per shot = time to shoot. Now: Digital and B/W film, individually processed at home, resulting in web JPEGs and the odd finished print. Time spent per shot = several hours.
…Which brings me neatly to my current predicament. At current count, I have two rolls of undeveloped film, four partially shot rolls, half a dozen scanned but unedited rolls and several directories full of digital images, including shoots of my friends child and my father’s dog from which I promised to produce mounted prints. And no actual photos to show for it. I can’t press the shutter button anymore, despite those unfinished rolls - I simply daren’t. Each click adds another one to the pile of good intentions unfulfilled.
And that’s where this roll of BW400CN comes in. I can put it in the camera, shoot it and then hand the rest of the process over to someone else, until I receive 36 finished monochrome prints that I can sit and pore over. Maybe even a CD, so that if any of them are really good, I can quickly post it to a gallery. They won’t be dodged and burnt, toned, cloned and cropped in the way I might choose, but they will at least represent “what I saw”. And, more to the point, I’ll have shot some pictures. The expense is a minor inconvenience, but I doubt I’ll be shooting more than one a week, if that.
I’ve considered an equivalent digital workflow, which could involve batch-converting a set of image files using Bibble with the B/W and toning plugins, then burning those to CD and taking it to a lab. But the slippery slope of ultra-manipulation beckons - it would be too easy to start tweaking the output for one or two shots, just to optimise the result a little, only it’s still not quite right so I’ll just fire up LightZone… The limited latitude of digital capture makes this even more likely, since there are always shadows to be opened up and highlights to compress. No, stick with fillum.
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Now that the queen has done so, Prime Minister Theresa May is free to begin the actual process whenever she feels it’s best, according to NewsTalk. The process of leaving the EU is a lengthy one, and will reportedly take two years to complete.
Brexit Secretary David Davis told the BBC that the process would begin before April.
“By the end of the month, we will invoke Article 50, allowing us to start our negotiations to build a positive new partnership with our friends and neighbors in the European Union, as well as taking a step out into the world as a truly Global Britain,” he said.
May called the vote to pass the Brexit bill the beginning of a new era for the United Kingdom.
“This will be a defining moment for our whole country as we begin to forge a new relationship with Europe but also a new role for ourselves in the world,” she said earlier this week, after the Brexit bill passed the House of Commons, according to The Economic Times. “We will be a strong, self-governing, global Britain with control once again over our borders and our laws.”
In what might seem like a historical irony, the Brexit bill’s passage, and Elizabeth’s approval, came virtually on the eve of an informal summit marking the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the European Economic Community in the Treaties of Rome, according to the BBC. The European Economic Community entered the history books when it became the European Union.
Now, Brexit is making its own place in the history books, and hopefully it will be successful enough to be used by conservatives for years to come as one of the great efforts made to prevent global government eroding the sovereignty of independent nations.
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NEW! Made with BAC strawberries, this jelly packs a strawberry punch in every bite! New in the winter of 2019, we are excited to be able to offer this jelly to our customers!
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Currant Jelly
*Currently out of stock*This jelly is truly unique! Made from our hand-picked red currants, this jelly is the perfect combination of sweet and tart.
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Raspberry Jelly
Just juice from our tart raspberries, pectin and sugar...makes a sweet combination!
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Apple Jelly
Just the juice from our orchard's reddest apples and sugar. The apples provide fructose and all of the pectin needed. Kudos from our customers: "The best apple jelly ever."
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Crab Apple Jelly
A mix of juice from our orchard's tart and sweet crab apples that not only provides a special flavor, but also fructose and the necessary pectin needed to gel when sugar is added. A tart & sweet treat!
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Apple Mustard
This mustard was originally developed to compliment our delicious Apple Brats that are served at Bayfield Applefest. The mustard has quickly become a year-round favorite. This is a flavorful, mild mustard that is a great dip and glaze for meats. The main ingredient in this mustard is apple!
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Red Currant Mustard
A tangy and unique mustard, made with our red currants and a special selection of spices. You've never tried a mustard that tastes quite like this!
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Raw Honey
From our friends at Milk-N-Honey Acres in Almena, Wisconsin, this Raw Honey is exceptional. To preserve the healthful enzymes, this honey has never been heated past 95 degrees and is cloudy in appearance. It has the consistency of whipped honey, with wonderful flavor.This is the most popular honey that we sell! 16oz.
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Large Orchard Gift Box
A gift box that holds up to six jars of your favorite BAC products and packed with recycled packing materials. Topped with a decorative apple lid. (Jars sold separately).
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Looking for more of our products? Come visit us at our store for a selection of ciders, hard ciders, fruit and veggies, pies, and meat!
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The Global Identity on Blockchain
Last weekend Team Blockwise in cooperation with Eugene Pavlenko took the third place at London Blockchain Hackathon, organized by Larson Digital and Future World Financial Holdings. We have
decided to publish the award-winning white paper.
Blokwise Global ID
Abstract
Any person’s identity data today is scattered across many different organisations and data silos. Regulators require businesses to perform extensive KYC checks thus complicating the life of
people. Moreover, 39% of the world’s population doesn’t have a bank account because they can’t prove their identity.
Any person can be reliably identified by a combination of his unique characteristics (e.g. biometry) and unique knowledge (e.g. passwords).
The difficulty with the knowledge is that no one can be sure who else knows the same things.
The Blockwise Global ID system is designed to address the following requirements:
- The person owns their identity (self-sovereign identity)
- The person is able to share any part of the data with any entity which requires the identity check in an easy and secured way (secured selective disclosure)
- The person can revoke the access to their data
- The person is guaranteed that no part of their identity, including biometric data, is used for any identification purposes without their consent
- The system can be used as a platform for storing and sharing any personal data, such as health records, educational records, credit scores, etc.
Biometrics
With all challenges of the biometric identification, biometry is the only way to reliably identify the person today. The biometric data cannot be stored in a blockchain smart contract because all
the data in contracts is public. Encryption is not a solution either as the biometric data has to be decrypted before use, which means it can be compromised at the moment of decryption. Biometric
data is fuzzy, the samples are always slightly different and therefore is it not possible to use traditional hash functions as the results will be dispersed and not comparable.
Blockwise proposed to use so-called Fuzzy Hash functions which, for similar arguments, produce hashes of the same degree of similarity in terms of Hamming weight.
3) The resulting hash is compared to the hash generated from the other sample
There are alternatives schemes available. Our research shows that the technology is mature enough to achieve reasonable accuracy.
Multi-factor Identity Check
We propose to create a ‘Hash Silo’ in the form of smart contract in Ethereum. This smart contract will store the hashes of the factual data (names, addresses, etc) and fuzzy hashes of the
biometric data (photos, fingerprints, etc). As all the data is hashed we are able to maintain anonymity and prevent any possible data misuse as all the hashes, including fuzzy hashes are
irreversible and therefore, it is not possible to recover the original data from the hashes. The hashes array is linked to the address of the smart contract containing the real ID data which is
encrypted to ID owner’s public key (Global ID contract).
Every time someone wants to check the identity by using any data, including biometric, the Hash Silo contract will inform the ID owner’s contract. Before the identity check is confirmed to the
requestor, Global ID contract will require the owner to digitally sign the consent.
The identity is therefore checked against the biometric data, the knowledge (password) and the ownership of the blockchain private key at the same time.
Governance
Governance is very important part of any globally distributed system. The blockchain is a perfect rule enforcement machine, but it has to be transparent who creates the rules to be enforced via
blockchain.
Identity data normally cannot be changed by the owner, for example, to change the name the person has to apply to the relevant authority. Some of the data, such as address, must be confirmed by a
reputable organisation, such as bank or utility provider. If the biometric data is collected, someone has to confirm that this particular biometric sample belongs to the particular person.
Personal data creation has to be regulated as well. For example, the health record can only be updated by the qualified healthcare provider. On the other hand, the person should have full
ownership over their personal data, including the ability to change healthcare provider or share the health records with another one or with an insurance company.
Our Governance smart contract defines the list of the organisations which have the rights to create or change identity data. Every organisation is entitled to update only the data it creates
throughout the life of a person. For example, DVLA can update the driving license data, while the City Hall can update the name or the date of birth, police can collect the fingerprints, etc. Any
operation they perform is authorised through multi-factor identity check on the blockchain.
The organisations entitled to create or change the identity data form so-called ‘Governance Circle’.
Same principles work for the personal data. For example, health records can only be updated by a healthcare provider, educational records by an education provider etc.
There should be a Steering Committee which decides what organizations are to be added to the Governance Circle, define the types of organizations able to work with the personal data and certify
that the particular entity belongs to the particular type.
ID scoring
Through the course of life, any person communicates with the organizations from the Governance Circle. Every time the interaction happens, the identity data is being added to the Global ID. For
example, the name and date of birth can be added by the City Hall at birth, the photo can be updated by a passport issuing authority from time to time, the biometric data can be collected by the
police, etc.
Every such operation has associated score recorded in the Governance smart contract. The total score of an ID is the sum of the scores of all the data collection operations performed.
The scoring provides a convenient mechanism for the enterprises accepting Global IDs. For example, a bank can set up a threshold of ID score, so that the IDs having lower score are not accepted
while people having Global IDs of higher score can be served by the organization.
Another example: The Steering Committee may allow self-identification when the person adds the name and the selfie as their only identity data. Such a Global ID will have lower score which will
not be enough for some institutions. However, this type of IDs can be accepted by a financial inclusion start-up, like Humaniq, which can limit the transaction volume.
Selective Disclosure
Blockwise Global ID has several ways of secure sharing the identity and personal data and protecting the ownership of it.
Selective ID disclosure. Any part of the ID data can be sent over blockchain to any recipient via the message encrypted to the recipient public key. The recipient is able to confirm the
correctness of the received data by running multi-factor identity check through the Hash Silo.
Know your Customer. Some organizations are required to have a copy of the identity data for the purposes of KYC compliance. For this purpose we suggest creating the copy of the Global ID smart
contract where all the data is encrypted to the recipient public key. The data can be repossessed by deleting the copy.
Personal data disclosure. We use additional off-blockchain layer of symmetric cryptography to protect the personal data. Any part of the data can be encrypted with the key which is stored in the
wallet on the client side. Whenever the owner wants to grant the access to someone, they send the message via blockchain containing the symmetric key encrypted to the recipient public key. The
access is revoked by re-encrypting the data to the different symmetric key.
As an additional security measure, we have created the Smart Access List contract which stores the permissions granted to any party. Every individual ID or personal data contract, when called by
any party, sub-calls the Smart Access List before returning any data to the caller. Smart Access List returns the confirmation of the caller’s rights. This mechanism helps to quickly revoke the
access to the data without re-encrypting it.
Key Reconnection
As mentioned above, the only reliable way to identify the person is the biometry. Therefore, only those Global IDs having the biometric data attached can be reconnected in case of loss or theft
of the cryptographic keys.
The reconnection procedure works as follows: the person gets the new blockchain key pair and visits a Governance Circle organization. The organization re-collects the biometry sample and creates
new Global ID. After that the person sends the message to the special Mayday contract which matches the new ID with the old one by searching the Hash Silo and reconnects the personal data smart
contracts to the new Global ID.
The Mayday contract can also trigger the re-issuance of ERC-20 tokens or re-sending the native pre-mined tokens to the new address.
Use Cases
Human interactions and transactions are moving online and rapidly growing. Social media, shopping, personal finance, wealth management, insurance are just few examples.
More and more customers adopt digital payments through all type of channels, such as phones, contactless cards and even watches. We believe that the trend will continue and the penetration rate
of new payment media will increase.
Customers want to get value for their money and expect personalised experience and highly tailored solutions. This personalisation based on the personal data and behavioural preferences means one
needs to share this data.
It is hard to decide whom to trust and whom to provide your data with when you are not sure how the data will be used. If the data is protected and it is you who ultimately owns it, you feel more
confident sharing it.
The Global ID platform is based on private Ethereum blockchain with POA (proof of authority) consensus algorithm. Ethereum is a mature code base which is ready to be used in production
environments. The main advantage of POA is its high transaction throughput and stability. Currently, there are Ethereum SDK libraries available for most of the programming languages, including
Java, Golang, Python, C++, Rust, Javascript.
Ethereum allows integration of various private solutions between each other. This means the easiness of platform customization and adaptation for any business and regulatory needs.
The solution uses open source libraries and SDKs. The core of the system is based on Solidity smart contracts. Genesis block should be configured with pre-mined native Token (~10^12 ETH) or
ERC-20 specification contract Token.
I don't agree with the proposed idea of an Hash Silo linked to a smart contract. Generally it seems very smart but at the end you have to gather all your data (even biometric data) on a single place,
owned by someone you MUST trust (just like we trusted facebook...). I simply don't trust centralized systems as the Silo.
I still prefer to have my ID data (with my biometric verification) placed in a device (as simple as a smartcard) that I own myself. If verification is needed the smartcard will internally (no data
leaking) verify myself and generate an OTP (as long as you want) as ID confirmation and signature.
More, in the proposed tech you want to use biometry. It seems to me that you want to collect and store biometric data from the users. Ok, I know... it's just a mathematical template, it's scrambled
and everything but I still do not trust ANYONE to have my biometric data. Privacy and biometry are very close and biometric data MUST be owned only by the owner, not stored on server.
There is enough technology to have a personal biometric verification system which is completely anonymous, without the need to store personal data somewhere.
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Our Campus: We will never know the meaning of life — and that’s OK, says Steven Taubeneck
Steven Taubeneck picked up his first copy of Nietzsche when he was 12 years old.
Enthralled by the text, he gave his 15-year-old girlfriend a copy. The relationship, as he put it, quickly ended. But philosophy stuck with him.
At UBC, Taubeneck teaches existentialism in the department of philosophy. Difficult to define, existentialism is a branch of philosophy that focuses on the individual finding meaning in a meaningless world. According to Taubeneck, being happy is not the goal of life. Searching for so-called “happiness” only leads to disappointment and — no disrespect to those with inspirational quotes on their wall — we as a human race will never know the meaning of life.
If existentialists don’t advocate searching for happiness, would Taubeneck call himself happy?
Taubeneck’s academic career is as unconventional as his philosophical views. After pursuing multiple majors at multiple universities over the span of 11 years, he finally earned his bachelor of arts at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1981. He chose to take only two or three courses a term and refused to stay in courses or universities he didn’t like.
Taubeneck is concerned about our “culture of compulsory happiness.” Any perspective or idea that questions the “don’t worry, be happy” motto is considered suspicious in society. “Happiness itself,” he said, “is a big part of the problem.”
Talking about how to live life makes for a lively class. In a regular lecture of 80 people, more than a third will engage in discussion during class. Reactions from students tend to be strong and disagreement is encouraged.
The class isn’t just for Arts students, either. “I get many [students] from the natural sciences,” said Taubeneck. “Right now, I have a student from computer science and I think she’s happy to talk about some of these issues in a [more] open way than she would otherwise.”
So given the gloomy semblance of existentialism, why is this particular type of philosophy appealing to college students?
“People [of college age] often find themselves torn,” Taubeneck said. “Torn into the outside world, into a future they can barely see…. There’s a great deal of anxiety, of despair.”
Taubeneck knows a thing or two about using the teachings of dead philosophers to make sense of life. As a child, he started reading Nietzsche when he was trying to make sense of his family life. Through Kant and Nietzsche, he realized there were alternatives to the conventional views of family as presented on television and in church.
“Existentialism tells you that you are not alone,” he said. “You not only can cope with it, but [you] have to … as part of being in this world.”
PHIL 385A: “Existentialism” will be offered again in the Fall term of 2014. Taubeneck is also supervising several student-directed seminars that he highly recommends.
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There are a limited number of tickets for each game and seats are first-come, first-serve so please order early!If you are going as a group of families or for a team event and want to sit together, please place a group order on one order form.
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Attach check or money order for the total amount of tickets (no cash please).
Put the order form/payment into a sealed envelope and bring to the Snack Shack at Freedom Field before the ordering deadline. (Orders need to be placed in the Team
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Studio Sherpas Podcast
The journey of improving and refining your business may seem vast and daunting. If you’re trying to do it all at once, you’ll likely end up frustrated and not much further along than you are already. But if you can move that needle forward just a little bit every day, then you’re going to see significant improvement before too long. And, today's guest, Travis Hull, knows all about how the small steps can make for major positive changes!
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Perhaps the biggest difference between an entrepreneur that makes it and one who doesn’t is their mindset. Being intentional on how you overcome your internal conflicts makes all the difference. Few know this better than my guest today.
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How do you charge your clients more with confidence? I know many creatives like us have trouble asking for more money because they’re afraid that it will somehow pollute their craft or drive away customers. Don’t fall into this trap! I’m really excited to have a guest today, Blair Enns, who knows all about offering great value to your clients and successfully charging more without feeling bad about it.
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Koo Koo Kitchen
Koo Koo Kitchen is a Norwegian quartet based in Oslo that makes tight and catchy indie-pop. Is “Deerhunter” named after that one band we all know and love? If anything, they sound more like Deerhoof, the other great indie band named after Deer.
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Wow. My post on ASP.Net and standards seems to have touched a nerve. I received a pile of feedback via email on that one, and with a currently crazed work schedule it’s taken me until now to sort through all the good info provided.
The upshot: yep, ASP.Net’s built-in functions are tone-deaf when it comes to standards. And yep, there are irritating restrictions on <form>s in ASP.Net. But the latter aren’t so bad as they seem, and the former are slated to be addressed in ASP.Net 2.0, which should be along Real Soon Now.
The Form Thang
Phil Baines notes that while there is no requirement to put the entire page in a <form> tag, there is an irksome ASP.Net limitation regarding <form>s: only one per page can use ASP.Net’s custom validation and the like.
According to Rick Mason, Web Technical Officer for East Essex County, this is due to the way Microsoft has chosen to maintain state across form submissions. When a user submits a <form> with an error, ASP.Net automagically returns the <form> to the user with the user’s input still in place.
That’s a very good thing for <form> usability. What maybe isn’t so good is that Microsoft implemented this functionality by adding a hidden <input> called _VIEWSTATE. The way that is implemented precludes using more than one <form> per page, thereby making it necessary to wrap every element whose state is to be maintained in a single <form> tag.
While this requirement doesn’t do anything good for document semantics, it’s really not the end of the world, and in any event is to be addressed in ASP.Net 2.0.
Invalid Validators
Milan Negovan of ASP.Net Resources, a site dedicated to using ASP.Net and web standards (bookmark!), does a great job demonstrating the problems ASP.Net’s built-in controls create when trying to create valid XHTML (real XHTML, with an application/xhtml+xml MIME type and everything) or even just HTML (BTW, be sure to read to the end for his thoughts on the suitabilty of XHTML for web applications).
It gets worse, though. According to Milan, ASP.Net has a notion called ‘adaptive rendering.’ The idea is that ASP.Net will automagically write markup tailored to the specific user agent requesting the page. Setting aside for a moment the fundamental stupidity of UA-based markup switching, there’s still a problem with the implementation: it considers every browser but IE/Win to be ‘downlevel’ (‘old and crippled’, in the parlance of our time) and serves them up crufty ol’ HTML 3.2. Ironic, no?
To be completely fair, ASP.Net was under development right around the turn of the century. Back then, the main ‘alternative’ browser was Netscape 4.x, which was most definitely ‘downlevel’ in anyone’s book. But that’s cold comfort to those of us developing web pages today.
For this reason, Rick echoes Nick Vrillo’s sentiments that creating custom controls is the way to go, and notes that ASP.Net’s HtmlGenericControl is mighty helpful in this respect.
What HtmlGenericControl does is allow you to manipulate the contents of an elment via ASP.Net. All you do is insert an id and the ASP.Net attribute runat="server" (don’t get your panties in a wad — it’s removed before the page is sent to the browser) and away you go.
Useful, but it seems as though it’d be more useful if it didn’t rely on an id and could therefore use more than one such control per page.
Other Odds & Sods
Phil has also posted a mini-rant about the difficulties of developing to web standards in Visual Studio 2003. Phil is particularly frustrated by Visual Studio’s insistence on changing the formatting of his source code, a glitch whose source is explained by Mikhail Arkhipov in a blog post.
Peter Ankelein also wrote in to express his frustration with ASP.Net’s postback. Postback is Microsoft’s term for when an ASP.Net <form> assigns its action attribute to itself, so the <form> gets submitted to itself. This is common practice in PHP as well, and in most instances it’s a pretty useful trick. However, ASP.Net apparently forces this behavior unless you jump through hoops to avoid it. That makes things like posting <form> input both to a local database and to a remote handler more difficult than it ought to be.
What does that have to do with standards? Not much, except that it’s a great example of why it’s a Bad Idea to subvert standard attibutes and elements. By appropriating the action attribute of the <form> tag, Microsoft has altered its functionality and made things that should be easy less so.
While you’re in a reading mood, be sure to read to the bottom of Milan Negovan’s post for some interesting thoughts on the suitabilty of XHTML for web applications.
Summing Up
While ASP.Net is a powerful, and in many ways convenient, server-side scripting language, its fundamental philosophy can make life unnecessarily difficult for standards-aware web developers.
For starters, Microsoft has ‘integrated’ markup with the language by appropriating attributes like id and the <form> tag’s action. While it’s certainly a far cry from the mishmash of server-side code and markup that characterized old-skool ASP or much of the PHP out there, there are times when this integration turns around and bites the very developers it’s supposed to help.
More fundamentally, ASP.Net still views markup as primarily a presentation tool. Even when generating markup for ‘uplevel’ browsers, it just substitutes <span> for <font> and <div> for <table>. That might have made sense back in the bad old tag soup days, but today there’s a better way. Keeping document structure separate from style pays big dividends in page weight, flexibility and maintainability. By working against this separation, ASP.Net again complicates the lives of the very developers at whom it is aimed.
Likewise, ASP.Net attempts to work around browser incompatibilities via the discredited technique of browser-sniffing. Browser sniffing is attractive in some cases, and in fact most CSS hacks are just a sophisticated form of browser sniffing. However, the fact remains that when you go down that road you’re practically begging for your code to break when a new browser arrives. More, you dramatically increase the complexity of your code as you try to keep straight all the browsers, versions and micro-versions around.
A more flexible and robust approach is to sniff for browser capabilities, and then write to those. That’s easier to do on the client side than on the server, of course. But good defensive coding practices like WaSP project leader Steven Champeon’sprogressive enhancement can minimize the frustration.
The Future
Virtually every person responding to my post made a point to say Microsoft has seen the error of their ways — at least as far as ASP.Net’s standards-unfriendly behavior is concerned. They’ve promised to rectify all of the frustrations listed above, and then some.
While we won’t know what actually gets addressed and how until Microsoft actually releases the final ASP.Net 2.0 engine, I’m optimistic that ASP.Net will soon be as strong a platform as there is for developing standards-compliant web sites.
Update: Paul Watson of the Bluegrass Group has written in to tell me my newbie is showing.
Apparently, the id attribute on an ASP.Net custom tag (AKA ‘custom control’) is just an instance name. That is, it’s a handle to identify a unique (as in one and only one) occurence of the control in an ASP.Net page — rather like an id attribute on an HTML tag identifies a unique occurance, or ‘instance’, of that tag on a page. So Microsoft looks to be doing the Right Thing there (some folks may wish to debate whether server-side code should pay any attention at all to attributes that are meaningful on the client side; I’m not one of ‘em).
What identifies which code defines the behavior of a custom control, then? Well…thereby hangs the tail of a cat, it would seem.
The short answer is that custom controls are defined by the tag name + prefix, which looks something like: <chris:MySuperControl>, which looks an awful lot like an XMLnamespace. But it isn’t. At all. Let’s put a stop that rumor, right now.
What it is, is a tag prefix (in the example above, chris) and a tag name (in the example above, MySuperControl). From there, things get a mite hairy. I’ll let Paul explain:
When you want to include a custom control in your ASPX page you have to tell ASP.NET to expect custom control tags in your HTML. You do this using <%@ Register TagPrefix="chris" TagName="MySuperControl"
Src="SuperControl.ascx" %> right at the top of your ASPX file.
May be blindingly obvious, but; SuperControl.ascx is your custom control code file. It is the only bit which has to map through to something, in this case a physical file. The TagPrefix is the bit before the : and the TagName is the bit after the :. The latter two don’t have to have any correlation to what is inSuperControl.ascx though it makes sense to use the same name.
If you have two different custom controls then you would have that declaration twice. The TagPrefix could stay the same but the TagName and the src will have to be unique. If you have three custom controls then you need three declarations, and so on.
It gets even more confusing when you consider there are two levels of custom control. The ASCX type I mentioned above and then a more abstracted type which comes straight from a C#/VB.NET class file. E.g.
SuperControl.ascx would normally have an associated SuperControl.ascx.cs file; that is the code-behind file which contains the logic of the control. But with the second type of custom control you wouldn’t have the .ascx file at all, you just have a SuperControl.cs file. With the latter type you use a different declaration to tell ASP.NET to expect custom control tags and in this case the TagName will map to the class name so it can’t be anything you like. The TagPrefix can still be whatever you like though.
asp:TextBox and other built-in ASP.NET controls are treated slightly differently in that you don’t need to tell ASP.NET what tags/prefixes to expect in the ASPX file. Strangely asp: is not reserved to built-in controls. I just did a custom control and used asp: as the prefix and it worked fine. I wouldn’t normally do that though so as to distinguish custom controls from built-in.
So there you have it.
Now, if you’ll excuse me I’m going to go grab some pepto to quell that queasy feeling I got from reading that Microsoft is employing a syntax that looks just like a significant part of the XML standard (albeit a controversial one), but is actually completely different. I’m sure there’s a reasonable explanation, and I’m not at all sure what they’ve done actually hurts anything, but it makes me uneasy nonetheless.
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COACHELLA FESTIVAL MAKEUP TUTORIALBy: Taylor ThompsonJuly 9th, 2018
Coachella may only be a few NINE MONTHS away (BLAHHH), but who says we can’t have some fun being inspired while we wait? After all, it’s hot as hell and we’re LOVING these summer nights! Watch as beauty and special effects makeup artist Stacey Alfano creates an original and vibrant Coachella-inspired-summer look. Check out the video below!
Be sure to try this out at your summer concerts, parties, and music festivals! You’ll be the talk of instagram. Speaking of, don’t forget to hit us up on social media to let us know your thoughts at: @GasMaskMagazine.
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Veteran actor Kamal Haasan on Wednesday launched his political party and the party Flag at Othakadai in Madurai among a sea of supporters. Haasan’s party is named Makkal Needhi Maiam which in Tamil means ‘Centre for People’s justice’.
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The Viral Fever (TVF) has released an original mockumentary series titled 'Not Fit'. The series is created by Dice Media, trailer and first episode was aired on 16 December, 2015 on TVF Play.
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Government sets the level of radiation exposure at 20mS/year to people who live in the area where they should evacuate according to the standard. However infants and small children are four times more sensitive to radiation than adults. (elementary schoolchildren are twice more sensitive) We strongly request that government should immediately revise it and offer them much better conditions to evacuate.
There are people who have evacuated in order to protect children from the ongoing threat of radiation though their houses are located outside a radius of 30km. We demand the government to give them further support.
We demand that government should dismiss advisors such as Mr.Shunichi Ymashiata so that for example people can get information that there is a certain risk of being exposed to radioactivity for example. And in order to provide necessary information to people , the government needs to choose another advisor with extensive knowledge.
We demand that Health care inquiries which the government is planning to conduct on people in Fukushima should be done only for protecting people's health. To find at an early stage the symptoms of thyroid cancer which is said that many children would suffer from in the future, all people need to have echo-inspection , urinalysis, and blood tests. And we request that the government should set up an outside institution to constantly conduct these test.
We request the government to establish another institution besides existing ministries and offices so that the government can fix an appropriate criterion very soon , which adopts not only Japanese standards but also international ones , and release information.
After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants , which belong to TEPCO, exploded, we had an extraordinary enormous fallout throughout Japan, which also seriously affected the world. In Fukushima prefecture people like farmers, stockbreeders, fishermen had such big damages in life and businesses from it as well, so the government should compensate them for everything immediately.
Considering the past example of the incident in Chernobyl , we are not at the present planning to let people go back to the evacuation area. There is no space for children to play due to heavy contamination of radioactivity. We demand that the government should decontaminate the area by replacing the soil there with clean soil.
We request that the government and TEPCO should buy the lands which are in a radius of 30km , build facilities there for interim storage, and make it a restricted area.The government should not only release all information about it to people in Fukushima, but also establish outside institution in order to appropriately inform disabled-people.
We demand that the government should simulate nuclear power plant functions and try very hard not to let the same incident happen again so that the government should not drag people to work of decontamination .
The governor of Fukushima prefecture hasn't been properly informing people including disabled-people about the explosion of the nuclear power plants, which resulted in the fact that people were heavily exposed to radiation. Still now he is neglecting his job and doing nothing for the voluntarily evacuated people. We demand the Fukushima government should compensate them for all the money that they spent for their evacuation.
We demand the admission and apology of the Governor of Fukushima prefecture for the reason that firstly he received the information of Speedy from the Japanese government as early as the 11th March, and secondly before that information he had already had an instruction of iodine preparation, however he did nothing . Many local people were making lines to get water from water supply cars or to fill up cars at gas stations while they were being exposed to heavy radiation. Mr.Yuhei Sato should apologize to all local people in newspapers and on TV as well.
The governor of Fukushima prefecture made safety declarations of products such as rice. Actually many Japanese bought contaminated rice or other products from Fukushima. On the other hand farmers in Fukushima had no choice but to cultivate rice or go on as usual. Consequently radiation beyond the safety standard was detected in the products of Fukushima, which led farmers to get into severe troubles. We demand that TEPCO, the Japanese government and Fukushima prefectural government should buy all those products and compensate them by taking into consideration of last year's proceeds.
Many animals still remain in the caution area without being rescued. We demand to let some volunteer groups go into the area and rescue the animals.We think that they also have the right to live ,eat, and to be happy. We don't agree to the idea to stop rescuing them on 27th of December 2011, because if the government says they can't rescue the animals since they are in the caution area , it might be a breach of the constitution.The only person who can permit to rescue them might be the governor , we request him to do this right now.
Government should utilize its political power to work on the area that needs to be evacuated. You have to broaden and ensure the evacuation route, and also find new places where those people can live. Thank you
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Union sounds off over governor’s Gestapo comment
The leader of a large federal union on Tuesday demanded a full apology from the governor of Maine who compared the Internal Revenue Service to Nazi Germany’s murderous secret police.
Republican Gov. Paul LePage referred to the IRS as the “new Gestapo” during a July 7 radio address in which he denounced the Affordable Care Act, in particular the part of the law known as the individual mandate which requires those without health insurance to purchase it or pay a penalty at tax time. The IRS is responsible for enforcing that mandate and collecting taxes. The Supreme Court upheld most of the law, including the individual mandate, in late June.
“This decision has made America less free,” LePage said in the radio address. “We the people have been told there is no choice. You must buy health insurance or pay the new Gestapo -- the IRS.”
The remark drew criticism from Jewish groups and Colleen Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, the organization that represents IRS workers. In a July 10 letter to LePage, Kelley said she was “greatly offended” by his “scurrilous and absurd comparison” of federal employees to the Nazi’s secret police, who were responsible for the imprisonment and deaths of millions of people during World War II.
“This is exactly the type of over-the-top political rhetoric that is not only a disservice to our national discourse, but to the long history of noble public service,” Kelley wrote. “I hear from federal employees each and every day, from Maine and from every state of our union, and they are tired of being belittled and demonized in the name of political gamesmanship. Irresponsible rhetoric and mischaracterizations of federal employees can also lead to violent attacks on these workers.”
LePage issued a statement on Monday backing off his comments. “It was not my intent to insult anyone, especially the Jewish community, or minimize the fact that millions of people were murdered,” he said. “Clearly, what has happened is that the use of the word Gestapo has clouded my message. Obamacare is forcing the American people to buy health insurance or else pay a tax. Our health care system is moving toward one that rations care and negatively impacts millions of Americans. We no longer are a free people. With every step that Obamacare moves forward, our individual freedoms are being stripped away by the federal government. This should anger all Americans.”
According to a report in Maine’s Morning Sentinel, LePage inserted the Gestapo comment into his address after his staff had edited his remarks. It remained in the final prepared remarks and was not an off-the-cuff comment.
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Heat seek bounce-back effort at Houston
(Sports Network) - The Miami Heat, fresh off their second loss of the season
Sunday at Memphis, head to Houston to clash with the Rockets on Monday night.
The Heat got walloped by the Grizzlies, 104-86, Sunday night and the
difference in the game came from behind the 3-point line. The Grizz shot 14-
for-24 for 58.3 percent, while the Heat went 4-for-15 for 26.7 percent.
Wayne Ellington keyed Memphis' great shooting. He shot a staggering 7-for-11
from the 3-point line and scored a game-high 25 points off the bench.
"Wayne got hot and they were just too much for us from outside tonight," said
Miami forward Shane Battier.
Sunday night's tilt against the Grizzlies was the second stop in a six-game
road trip. The Heat, who had a four-game winning streak stopped, are the
hunted, no doubt, after winning the NBA title last season.
"This is probably somewhat of an indication of what this road trip will be
like," said Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra. "You have to fight for wins on the
road. They never come easy."
LeBron James had 20 points on Sunday and matched Dwyane Wade's team record
with double-digit scoring in 148 straight games. Wade needs to get on track
some. After he missed Friday's game against the Hawks with a cold, Wade only
managed eight points Sunday night.
The Rockets play host on Monday with a little bit of momentum. They clobbered
the winless Detroit Pistons on Saturday in Houston, 96-82, for their first
home win of the season.
That represented the Rockets' first game without head coach Kevin McHale, who
took a leave of absence from the team to attend to a personal family matter.
There is no timetable for McHale's return to the bench.
Kelvin Sampson took over for McHale and the Rockets surrendered the fewest
points all season by 11 points.
"I thought our defense was really good both halves," said Sampson. "We never
let down defensively. I kept tonight in perspective. I kept thinking of Kevin
and his family and what he's going through. That's something far more
important than me coaching a game for the first time in five years."
James Harden, now second in the NBA in scoring, led the way for Houston, but
four Rockets scored in double-figures. The Rockets only shot 40 percent from
the field and 34.6 percent from the 3-point line against the Pistons, but it
was enough to get the Rockets to .500.
The Heat have won five in a row in this series and the last two in Houston.
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Q: When I Read About Wimbledon, I Keep Seeing References To The Signature `Clotted Cream' With Strawberries. Clotted Cream Sounds Like Something You'd Find In The Back Of A Cat Lady's Fridge. Is It, Or Does It Just Have A Terrible Name?
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June 27, 2002|By KYRIE O'CONNOR
A: It probably helps to be a Brit to get misty-eyed over Devonshire or Cornish clotted cream. (Or it helps you get a black eye claiming Cornish or Devonshire is the more authentic.) The condiment itself is a thickened, sweetish, high-butterfat dairy product that is supposed to be a terrific counterpoint to sweet, tart berries.
Clotted cream can be used the way Americans use whipped cream, but it is thicker and richer than whipped cream. It is also used on scones or English muffins (jam first, cream on top, the Cornish say -- the reverse in Devonshire) and other such delights.
You can get commercial clotted cream through various Internet sources such as www.britishdelights.com, or you can chance your local imported-foods emporium, but perhaps you're obsessive or experimental enough to try to make it yourself.
First, find a cow. Preferably a Jersey. This is not exactly a joke; most of the classic references telling how to create clotted cream advise using very high butterfat, unpasteurized milk, and the more recently it has been in the cow, the better. If you're low on lowing cattle in your 'hood, some non-purists suggest that you can experiment with mixing cream and whole milk to get the key 55 percent butterfat content. (More cheater recipes to follow.)
But first, the real way: Allow the unpasteurized milk to rest for about 12 hours until the cream separates from the milk. Skim off the cream. In a pan over very, very low heat -- no, really, the lower the better -- let the cream heat ultra-slowly until the surface begins to wrinkle. This should take about an hour, but the longer the better. Under no circumstances let it boil. Remove from heat, and leave in a cool spot overnight. Spoon off the top layer, the clotted cream, in the morning.
Alternatively, try one quart of unhomogenized milk with one pint of cream, not the ultra-pasteurized kind. (Look for both at a natural-foods store.) Pour both, without mixing, into a big frying pan. Heat super-slowly at about 140 degrees for two or three hours, until a slight yellowish crust forms. Carefully move the pan into the fridge for overnight. In the morning, skim off the clotted cream with a spatula.
Here are a couple of quicker, less-authentic substitutes:
Some sources suggest you can whip one cup of heavy cream into soft peaks. Then whisk in 1/3 cup sour cream and 1 tbsp. sugar. Voila, sort of.
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Last week, November 19th, Hico, Texas said farewell to hometown hero lance corporal Shawn P. Hefner. He died Nov. 13 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He scheduled to return to his home base at Camp Lejeune, N.C., within a week. Hefner who was a 2006 graduate of Hico High School enlisted in the Marines in 2008.
Heffener’s flagged draped coffin was returned to Waco, TX on Thursday November 19th, The Patriot Guard Riders of North and Central Texas led the procession Waco to Hico. As the procession wound its way along Texas 6 through Valley Mills, Clifton, Meridian and Iredell citizens lined the highway many waving American flags as a sign of respect. The entire town of Hico, all 1300, lined the streets to welcome home their hero. According to the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram Hico School Superintendent Rod Townsend even had all of the students from 3rd through 12th grades bused downtown.
“I wanted the children to see how important he was for this nation,” Townsend said. “I wanted them to have a lump in their throat, just like I did. Some things you can’t teach without seeing it. And you know what? You could have heard a pin drop in this town when those police lights came over that hill.”
This video tribute by USFallen.org shows the return of a fallen hero LCpl Shawn P. Hefner. It is about 10 minutes long but worth the time to watch.
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Where Are They Now: University of Maryland’s Joshua Goldman
Joshua Goldman, a University of Maryland (UMD) alumnus, began his journey with Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions (AVTCs) in 1997 on UMD’s FutureCar Challenge team as a controls engineer. He transitioned into the team leader role the following year, and went on to become an advisor for UMD’s FutureTruck’s 1st Place team in 2000.
Joshua studied mechanical engineering with a focus in automotive hybrid systems at UMD. He discovered AVTCs during a public outreach program the school provided for mechanical engineering students. One look and he was hooked. “I wanted to be involved with AVTCs because I’m both a gearhead and an eco-geek. This was a perfect marriage between these two passions of mine,” he said.
After college, Joshua became a mechanical integration engineer, working on the first prototype of General Motors’ Allison Transmission hybrid buses. Joshua thanks the AVTCs for his career path, due to the people he met throughout the competition. He is currently a Sustainable Transportation Technologist.
“I work with transit agencies around the country and the world to apply different sustainable technologies, like electric buses, to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and operational costs,” he said.
Joshua’s connection to AVTCs has come full circle – he volunteered when EcoCAR 2 came to his backyard in San Diego, CA during the Year Two Competition. He helped EcoCAR 2 in many ways, including sharing his electric charging station to help teams charge their vehicles for a ride and drive event. “At EcoCAR 2, all of these cars have the capacity to plug in and use our nice, green, electricity in San Diego,” he said.
Joshua urges university students to look into extracurricular activities and projects. “AVTCs gave me the hands-on project I was looking for as a student to apply the theoretical and fundamental aspects of engineering I had learned in class,” he said.
He also suggests that other AVTC alumni network with the organizers of today’s competitions. “Find those old classmates of yours and rehash old times,” he said. “Five of my team members from Maryland live within 100 miles of San Diego, and we get together often.”
Watch Joshua talk about his AVTC experience during last year’s EcoCAR 2 competition:
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A new Virtual Reality experience may be opening on Fiesta Texas' drop tower, Scream!, Planet SIX has learned.
Last year, Six Flags introduced virtual reality experiences on coasters at many of its parks including Fiesta Texas. The addition of this technology became immensely popular with park goers and is expected to return. Scream! would be the first flat ride attraction in the chain in the chain to feature a virtual reality experience.
A similar experience has been introduced in South Korea's Lotte World on their drop ride this. "Riders of Gyro Drop, an attraction that drops people from the top of a tower that’s about 70 meters (230 feet) high, will wear VR goggles, which create the feeling that they are falling from a much higher point. What they see on screen is an image of a futuristic city, and they will be rescued from what seems to be an endless fall by a robot popping out from one corner of their point of view," stated in an article by Korea JoongAng Daily. CLICK TO READ MORE
Please stay tuned to Planet SIX for more on this and other stories emerging from Fiesta Texas. Let us know you thoughts about this!
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NICOLE CRONE enjoys writing encouragement for moms in which God is glorified at her blog, Children are a Blessing. She is wife to Rusty, and mom to eight sweet children. Nicole has been a homeschool mom for thirteen years, and is currently a member of The Old Schoolhouse Review Crew. When Nicole isn’t homeschooling, you can find her writing, reading, sewing, or blogging at www.childrenareablessing.org. She is active on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
About Nicole
NICOLE CRONE enjoys writing encouragement for moms in which God is glorified at her blog, Children are a Blessing. She is wife to Rusty, and mom to eight sweet children. Nicole has been a homeschool mom for thirteen years, and is currently a member of The Old Schoolhouse Review Crew. When Nicole isn’t homeschooling, you can find her writing, reading, sewing, or blogging at www.childrenareablessing.org. She is active on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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Ryan: Romney can win Wisconsin
JANESVILLE, Wis. -- Campaigning for the GOP nominee in his home state with just 100 days before the presidential election, Congressman Paul Ryan said he is confident Mitt Romney can win here in the Badger State this November.
"We haven't gone Republican on top of the ticket since 1984 but we think this time is different. We think it’s different because people in Wisconsin are tired of the direction Washington is going. They don't the president's policies have worked," Ryan told NBC News in an interview Sunday evening. They think, “this is not the uniter. This is not the hope and change. This is a man who is dividing us, who is giving us terrible economic policies, who is growing government, who is growing the debt, and that just doesn't rub right with Wisconsinites."
And the Republican National Committee Chairman predicted victory as well:
"If we win Wisconsin, I think it is lights out for Barack Obama," Chairman Reince Preibus told reporters in Waukesha.
Addressing crowds at Victory Centers throughout Wisconsin this weekend, Rep. Ryan was joined at points by Sen. Ron Johnson and the RNC Chairman, who is originally from Wisconsin. These events – complete with an official Romney bus -- were part of a big surrogate push throughout the country while Romney is overseas.
"This is a national campaign. All these battleground states, what we want to do is get the message out, President Obama's policies aren't working, we need to go a different direction and we also want to thank all our volunteers," Ryan said -- avoiding the question if this surrogate blitz is really a tryout to be Romney's vice presidential pick.
Sen. Johnson weighed in briefly on the VP speculation.
"I think Paul would do a phenomenal job as vice president. Nice thing that Gov. Romney has a lot of great choices. So I've got faith that he'll choose a good one," the senator said.
But Rep. Ryan, who earlier in the day attended the Dousman Derby Days parade and fair where he participated in the 2012 Wisconsin State Frog Jump contest, continued to avoid any talk of being on Romney's ticket.
"I don't think it does the Romney campaign any help or favors to speculate or feed the speculation on this stuff so that's why I just don't make comments about it," he said when asked if he was a 'dark horse' for Romney to select.
The Wisconsin Congressman heads to the 19th District of Florida Monday to campaign for Chauncey Goss who is running for Congress before heading back to Washington, DC for the week.
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Blogging
I’ve been blogging for over six years. When I began, I think the main purpose of my writing was to exorcise my musical demons, of which I have many. I flung advice around left and right to anyone lying in my path.
It couldn’t be helped. I feel reading these entries only slightly embarrassed. The worst was my repeated cracks about Susan Graham’s French. I learn things every day as a result of this new musical obsession, and one result of this learning is that I can no longer hear what I was worrying about with Susan. So I was a jerk. As I said, it can’t be helped.
I really do try to give only good advice. I feel the appearance of the opera Anna Nicole was a direct result of my advice that opera is a chick flick.
Blogging appears to be working. Insecurities and resentments are replaced by a passion to consume everything musical. I passionately try to find the next big thing, for instance. My track record is pretty good in that regard.
My demons are at least at bay. As I become more familiar with the lives of professional singers, I realize more than just my physical inadequacies as a singer. I see more vividly every day how little I could have stood such a life. For one thing you have to stand quietly while everyone tells you what to do. If there is one single thing I could never do, this has to be it. I was far better suited to an environment where I threw tantrums until I got what I wanted. And no, I don't know why I wasn't fired. I attribute this to the fact that I made decisions when no one else wanted to.
I’m doing better at sticking to things I actually know about instead of giving advice to composers. I only got off onto that track because there seems to be no one else doing it. I’ll use this opportunity to summarize: opera should be fun. Write an opera that’s fun. That’s why people like Nixon. It’s a lot of fun.
I argue a lot for phrasing the music. That was my problem with the recent Bach concert. It was plainly obvious that far more time was spent in rehearsal making sure the singers used proper German pronunciation of Latin--in a piece that was probably never performed in Bach's lifetime and therefore included no pronouncing of Latin whatsoever--than was spent finding the musical phrasing of the pieces. In fact to all appearances no time was spent on phrasing at all.
But I'm not going to decide for you how to do it. You won't get from me that this way is right and this other one is not. Find it in your own heart and soul, but find it.
So the demons are conquered through the knowledge that writing about music is probably where I fit best in the scheme of things, and in particular writing about music in a context where no editor comes along to fix me up, round off my rough edges and make me like everyone else. I remember when I was a freshman in college, an English teacher advised me to become a writer about music. And so I have.
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The Healing Power of ECT
by Joshua Bess, M.D.
There are myriad words used by patients and providers when discussing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): “complicated,”
“effective,” “drastic,” “antiquated,” “hopeful,” “lifesaving,” and
“scary” are just a few. As someone who has studied and practiced
ECT for many years, I can attest that there is at least some truth
to all of them. ECT has been around for a very long time – much
longer than antidepressants, mood stabilizers, and antipsychotics.
These medications and several other “brain stimulation”
modalities have been developed and refined since ECT was
invented. But for an important subset of patients – especially the
most severely ill – ECT remains the most effective treatment
option available.
For centuries, physicians had wondered about a link between
seizures and improvement in the condition of patients suffering
from what was then called “lunacy.” Chemically-induced
convulsions were administered to patients in the latter 19th and
early 20th centuries, but the agents used were quite unpleasant.
Scientists in Switzerland worked out how to induce seizures in
animals using electrical current, and Italian scientists Cerletti and
Bini translated that research to the first human patient in 1938.
A young man who was found delusional in a train station received
11 treatments and made a full recovery.
In the 1940s ECT took its place alongside several other “somatic”
(i.e. physical, as opposed to psychological) treatments employed
by psychiatrists. Through the 1950s and 1960s the first effective
medications for psychiatric illness were developed. By the late
1960s and into the 1970s, ECT use was declining, in part due to
increase in stigma and negative media portrayals, despite the fact
that through that same period modern anesthesia techniques
and other advances markedly reduced patient discomfort and
increased safety of the procedure. Through the 1980s, recognition
of the limited efficacy of medication in some patients as well
as a general increase in acceptance of the need to treat mental
illness allowed ECT to make a comeback of sorts, again taking a
place amongst legitimate, effective treatments for patients who
otherwise would suffer severely.
ECT is performed either in the pre-operative/post-anesthesia
(PACU) area of the hospital or in a separate ECT suite. The
patient is under the care of an anesthesiologist or nurse
anesthetist and an attending psychiatrist throughout the entire
procedure. Monitors are attached to the patient to assess vital
signs and brain function (EEG) during the procedure. Intravenous
sedative is administered at a dose that causes the patient to be
completely asleep. A muscle relaxant is then administered to
prevent the patient from having physical convulsions during the
seizure. Once everything is ready, a small electrical current is run
through one part of the patient’s brain to another, depending
on the specific type of ECT being performed. This current – the
“stimulus” – results in a generalized, whole brain seizure. The
seizure is monitored via the EEG and usually lasts between
30 and 60 seconds. The whole procedure from administration of
anesthetic until the patient begins to awaken takes about
5 minutes.
The most common indication for ECT is “treatment-resistant
depression.” Such an episode can be part of bipolar disorder or
major depressive disorder. Usually ECT is only recommended
after a patient has tried several, even many, medications – hence
the term “treatment-resistant.” However, there are situations in
which ECT is recommended as a first-line treatment. These are
cases in which either medications are potentially more dangerous
than ECT (pregnant or elderly patients) or when the symptoms
are so severe that the quickest response possible is desired
(extreme malnutrition or strong suicidal urges). ECT can also
be helpful in patients suffering from the manic phase of bipolar disorder or an acute psychotic episode in schizophrenia.
Against the forces of stigma, less drastic treatment interventions,
and regulatory obstacles, ECT continues to offer hope for
thousands of patients suffering from mood disorders and their
disabling symptoms. The safety and tolerability of the treatment
have improved markedly over the years. I hope that the availability
of this important treatment modality continues to improve and
that more individuals will be able to gain relief from lives of
intense suffering. While I also hope for further advances in other
therapies, and eventually for treatments that are as effective as
ECT without the complexity and historical “baggage,” for now
I will continue to encourage my patients and their families to
proceed with
ECT in cases
where all else
has failed or
where ECT is
the safest or
most effective
treatment
regardless of
alternatives.
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