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The Axis Alliance in Global Perspective
7. Juni 2017
International conference
This conference will focus informal and formal connections within the Axis Alliance, the nature of international competition, prescriptions for economic and military security, and the future of the global order inhering in their coalition to overturn the Western led international system in the name of a new Eurasian world order under their leadership. By internationalizing fascist studies we mean broadly to bring the methods and scope of recent international history to bear to a history that has largely been considered from national and diplomatic perspectives and from a western vantage point.
Wed–Sat, 7–10 June 2017
Kloster Hegne
Prof. Sven Reichardt sven.reichardt[at]uni-konstanz.de
Prof. Victoria de Grazia, Columbia University, New York
Prof. Federico Finchelstein, The New School for Social Research, New York
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Title:Heuristics in Argumentation: A Game-Theoretical Investigation Author(s):PRAKKEN, Henry; RIVERET, Régis; ROTOLO, Antonino; SARTOR, Giovanni Date:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI LAW; 2008/31Abstract:This paper provides a game-theoretical investigation on how to determine optimal strategies in dialogue games for argumentation. To make our ideas as widely applicable as possible, we adopt an abstract dialectical setting ...
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Proverbs 9:1-12 Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars...
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With Christmas and New Year's fast approaching, I thought it would be good to spend a few days this week looking at wisdom in Proverbs. So we're starting today with Proverbs 9. The first six verses of this chapter tell us a lot about wisdom. But what caught my attention most was that wisdom is available to everyone (vs. 3). And then in verse 12 we're told "If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit." Sounds great, right? But...not everyone is wise.
So here's the $100,000 question: What is it that holds us (you and me) back from pursuing, learning and storing up wisdom? Tami W.
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Google has revealed three brand new location APIs for developers today at I/O. Google claims that these new APIs will not only provide a faster lock on, but improve battery life as well.
The first API is called "Geofencing." This new API allows developers to draw virtual "fences" around as many as 100 different locations. This can be used to let developers know when a user within their app goes into a certain set area. This can be useful for ad targeting, and can help provide better information for the end-user.
The second and perhaps most intriguing API is "Activity Recognition." This new API allows developers to use a variety of sensors to determine information about the device user's movement. Without ever turning on the GPS, this API can determine whether you are stationary, walking, bicycling or riding in a car. This new API will allow for all kinds of new fitness apps that will have little, to no impact upon battery life.
The third and final location API revealed today is called "Fused Location Provider." Don't let the wordy name fool you. This API serves a very simple purpose, improving GPS efficiency within apps. With the new API battery consumption by GPS will be knocked down to a maximum of 1% battery drain per hour.
Location based programs like maps and fitness apps have always had immense struggles with battery life. Many of the new wearable – such as the i'm watch – Android based devices use these fitness apps as a major selling point. With these new APIs various devices may now be able to track your runs without draining your battery in only a few hours.
I'm glad Google started off their conference with these new APIs. I think that most users will find that on a day to day basis, they will benefit far more from the improved battery life when using location services then most of the other services debuted today.
Are you excited that some of the massive battery drain associated with using a mapping application will be going away? What new uses will developers use Activity Recognition for? Let us know in the comments below and stick with AH for all our I/O coverage.


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After the big money came in everybody had to start being professional.
Roadie annals are full of such stories, many of them involving unpleasant treatment of female fans. But that era has long passed, and with it the idea of roadies as folk legends. They have since osmosed into "techs" – low-key professionals who often have degrees and treat the job as a job. "Bad behaviour isn't acceptable any more, to be drunk and carrying on," says Chris McDonnell, the Charlatans' sound engineer. "A lot more is expected of you. People think it's crazy backstage, and it's girls and drugs, but it's not. It's people working and having a cup of tea."
Edit: The other thought that occurs to me is that you need to be a NERD to be on productions today. Think of the technology involved in concerts. Media servers that require knowledge of video technology, projection technology, and content creation. Overhead trussing that requires a lot of math to make sure that they're properly holding all the equipment hanging from it so that people underneath it are safe. Sound engineers that need to mix monitors and mix for a different venue night after night. These are things you need to be obsessive about, thus – nerds on the road.


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A perfect way to rise up together and start the day. Teacher Amanda Harding will lead us through flowing and opening asanas, softening down to a long and luxurious Savasana, as we move ourselves into the energy of the autumn and welcome the opening of the new season.
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The Neon District in Norfolk was a fun and unique spot for this engagement session! When brainstorming ideas with Katelyn + Matt, they were looking for something a little different. Something that fit their personalities and who they are as a couple. Matt wanted to incorporate some architecture (as I love to do, too!) and the color filled walls were the perfect match.
Their soon-t0-be marriage is not only joining the lives of Katelyn + Matt but also Matt's two boys. Since they are so special to them, they wanted a few shots with the boys at the beginning of the session. As most boys, they were not super jazzed about having to smile for the camera. They were troopers, though, and did an awesome job! So glad I got to meet them. I can't wait to have Katelyn + Matt in front of my lens again, but for now here are a few of my favs from their engagement session last week!


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Letters to the Editor
'Let's do better'
The Fresno Unified School District has been implementing the Character Counts program based on six core values. I was struck that the leaders of our government score zero for six on these values, particularly in relation to the occupation of Iraq.
The first pillar is trustworthiness. Be honest. Not from a government that lied us into a war. The second is respect. Don't threaten, hit or hurt anyone. Not from a government that is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians.
The third is responsibility. Think before you act -- consider the consequences. President Bush was warned that the consequences of invading and occupying Iraq would be horrible but chose to do it anyway. The fourth is fairness. Don't take advantage of others. Not from a government that makes benchmarks requiring Iraq to turn over two-thirds of its oil to private corporations in order to receive further reconstruction aid.
Pillar five is caring. Help people in need. You can't help them by killing them. Pillar six is citizenship. Obey laws and rules. We invaded a country that was absolutely no threat to the U.S. without declaring war and without support of the United Nations.
Let's do better in the next election.
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Ross Pearson vs James Krause set for UFC Belfast
It's has been confirmed that two lightweights are set to do battle as Ross Pearson will take on James Krause at UFC Fight Night Belfast, Northern Ireland at the SSE Arena Novemeber 19th. The news was confirmed by UFC today.
Ross Pearson has a MMA record of (19-12-1) and a UFC record of (11-9-1). Pearson has won one out of his last four fights, with both his last wins being split decisions first over Chad Laprise and then Paul Felder. Pearson will be eager to get back in the win column.
James Krause has a record of (23-7) and a UFC record of (4-3). He is currently on a two fight win streak which include a decision win over Shane Campbell and a first round submission over Daron Cruickshank. Krause has won two out of his last four fights.
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Massage therapy schools are great for anyone who intends to become a professional massage therapist, but not all states require that therapists go to school and then become licensed. There are relatively few states left that don't, however, and Idaho is the latest state to sure-up the industry and provide some regulation:
BOISE – Idaho will join 43 other states and start licensing massage therapists, after Sen. Jim Hammond's bill was signed into law last week by Gov. Butch Otter.
Therapists will have 18 months to become licensed; currently, anyone can claim to be a massage therapist and charge for the service, including criminals.
"Everybody giggles about massage therapy, but really it has become a mainstream therapy for healing and for maintaining good health," said Hammond, R-Coeur d'Alene. He said people taking a relative or family member for massage therapy – which now often is prescribed for everyone from people recovering from medical procedures to the elderly or disabled – "want somebody of high moral character … who's well-trained."
The maximum annual licensing fees would be $200.
Most North Idaho lawmakers supported the new licensing law, which massage therapists have sought for years; just two in the Senate, Sens. Steve Vick, R-Dalton Gardens, and Sheryl Nuxoll, R-Cottonwood, and five in the House opposed it.
Among the House opponents was Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, who told the House, "The more restrictions we have, the less jobs we have."
Misgivings, but law
Gov. Butch Otter didn't sign HB 376, legislation designed to relieve Pennsylvania-based Crown Holdings from liability for millions in old asbestos claims, but he allowed it to become law without his signature. In a letter explaining his decision, Otter wrote, "I am concerned about the retroactive nature of this proposed solution and its public policy applicability beyond the case at hand.
"HB 376 sets the troubling precedent of reaching back to the 1970s to address liability exposure with only a tenuous connection to Idaho,"
(Read more at The Spokesman Review.)
Read more on massage therapy schools and regulatory laws:
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Hand and power tool distributor Damar International has won the SED Award for Excellence for their innovative Slide Sledge. Managing director Brian Martin reports massive interest from the construction, engineering, plant and agricultural industries following an online PR campaign by specialist Ainsworth Maguire.
"The Slide Sledge transforms many dangerous two-man operations that were usually undertaken with a traditional sledge hammer, like the removal of bolts and retaining pins on construction plant, into a safer and more efficient one-man process. The team at Ainsworth Maguire helped us to cost effectively get that message out to a broad range of traditional print and on-line business and construction media, producing many opportunities for us to demonstrate and sell the tool," commented Brian.
Ainsworth Maguire founder Kevin Ainsworth explained, "This is the fourth project that Brian has done through our PR service and we are delighted to see him getting industry recognition for an outstanding product. We work with companies like Damar all the time and it is fantastic to see them break through, particularly when so many businesses shy away from PR because of the cost of traditional agencies."
The web is transforming the way many businesses operate. Ainsworth and his business partner Adrian Maguire, both members of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, have been in business for more than 20 years. Brian Martin explained, "Many online PR web sites are just automated services. We chose to work with the online PR team at Ainsworth Maguire because they are real industry public relations specialists with writing skills, in depth knowledge of new and traditional media and provide everything you expect from a proper PR company."
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For the second year running we were delighted to sponsor the HEART Raising Aspirations Award at this year's Yorkshire & Humber Adult Learners' Week Awards.
We received an increase of around 600% in the number of nominations for the award and the quality of nominations was truly remarkable. Reading the stories of each learner, how they had taken the plunge to return to learning and some of the factors that drove them to study were truly inspiring.
There did, of course, have to be a winner and after considerable soul searching and heated debate we eventually agreed on Ray Whitaker, now studying for a degree in Sustainability and Environmental Management at the University of Leeds.
This is not however where Ray's return to learning commenced as he initially took his GCSE Maths at Deacon House community education centre operated by Leeds City College. From this he took inspiration and confidence and literally walked across the city and eventually found the Lifelong Learning Centre at the University of Leeds who offer free impartial advice and guidance.
On hearing Ray's aspirations and aims he was supported and gained a place on the 1 year Foundation Level in Earth and Environment that has subsequently allowed Ray to progress onto his dream degree course.
The award was presented to Ray by the Chair of the HEART Board, Professor Margaret A House, Vice Chancellor of Leeds Trinity University.
Margaret in making the award spoke of how privileged she felt in being able to share in celebrating the achievements of the all the winners and the nominees. Margaret went on to say:
"HEARTs focus is naturally on individuals progressing to and succeeding in higher education, whether that is at a university or a college. However, I know that the initial steps to higher education start with the drive and determination of an individual taking the first step back into learning and this can often be quite a daunting step.
It's why I am committed to HEART a partnership of competing colleges and universities. We set aside our competitive instincts when considering the support we provide to people entering higher education. It's through HEART where we work collaboratively to support people to access higher education and why we work with Involve Yorkshire & Humber, the WEA and other organisations who help people take their first steps, their next steps and the right steps toward success – all through the power of learning."
In response Ray provided a witty and heartfelt acceptance speech in which he referred to the value of learning, the need to keep learning and how he has gained encouragement and support from all the tutors he has encountered and just as importantly from his daughter who was fourteen when he first told her that he was starting at University responded with 'if you can do it, anyone can Dad'. Ray stressed that this, from a young girl, is so true as anyone can do it. He called on all those at the awards to support their friends, family and colleagues to engage in learning and to keep learning.
We thank Involve Yorkshire & Humber and WEA Yorkshire and Humber for organising and coordinating the awards ceremony and the marketing of the Adult Learners' Festival and NIACE for their national campaigning and coordination but most of all we thank all the winners, nominees and tutors who together make each Adult Learners' Week award ceremony one of celebration of amazing achievements. Here's to next year!
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VIDEO: Billericay Town's bizarre pre-game R. Kelly singalong inspires them to cup glory
Coaches around the world look for all sorts of ways to motivate their players, but few insist on a sing-song before matches, let alone a cup final.
However, that's exactly what the owner and manager of Billericay Town did before his side's Alan Turvey Trophy final clash with Tonbridge Angels... and it seems to have worked!
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In the dressing room ahead of the game, Glenn Tamplin roused his players with a collective rendition of the R. Kelly song 'The World's Greatest'.
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It's a tad unconventional and maybe even somewhat cringe-inducing, but, with the words "the greatest!" ringing in their ears, the Jamie O'Hara-led Billericay Town went out and triumphed comfortably, beating Tonbridge 8-3.
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The delicate nature of the internet means that I spend the bulk of my time attempting to distance myself emotionally from the work of folks that I both like as people and respect as artists as I thoroughly, clinically dissect their flow and lyrical content. It's not always easy, but it's the job I chose.
Eugene wrote most of YDCTTH?!? while in the throes of his first big tour with Random, MC Lars and mc chris. And at irregular intervals while on the road – which is, as I hear it, a lot like being in a war: long stretches of boredom punctuated by moments of adrenaline-soaked exhilaration – he'd holler at me and we'd talk. As a result I probably know a bit more about the sheer quantity of blood, sweat and tears poured into that particular product than the Average Joe. How the sausage is made and all that.
I won't bore you with the details, but I will say that having a front row seat as one of the most creative cats I've ever known talked himself through his second proper full-length effort was pretty amazing. Not to mention goddamn inspiring.
Between the easy thematic cohesion of his debut and the runaway success of follow-up projects like his Firefly mixtape with Mikal kHill, Adam was rather concerned about the album that would eventually become this release. But he used that anxiety. He leveraged that energy.
The idea of the sophomore album slump is generally rooted in two distinct places; on the one hand a performer does not want to disappoint his fanbase, on the other he doesn't wish to limit himself artistically. Adam added to this an as yet unheard-of third hand: the disconnect between the booth and the stage.
But I've already said too much.
I didn't review You Dare Call That Thing Human?!?, because I was too close to the source. I was there, more or less at its birth, so I will instead flash back a few months to that more relevant moment in time. It's a little interview I did with Euge right after the album's proper release, and I think it gives you a real idea of his head-space at the time.
I imagine you've told this tale countless times, Euge, but never to me. So, uh, how does one go from being a lawyer to being a professional hip-hopper? What was your journey?
I think what it boils down to is that a lot of people with a creative background or urge try to convince themselves that they can relegate their creative impulses to hobbies, or side projects, and work a dayjob in the meantime. And somewhere along the way, you get a mortgage, you get kids, you settle down and your job becomes your life, because that's your responsibility. The creative stuff fizzles away. I was lucky (if that's even the word) to not have any of those things to contend with, and I was pretty miserable trying to push back my creative urges, and my creative urge happened to be making hip hop. So I quit. There's a long list of lawyers, PhD holders, engineers, etc., who have become comedians (Greg Giraldo), or TV writers (anyone on the Simpsons/Futurama), people who turned their back on a more sure thing, and did something wonderful and creative with their lives. There's a long list of success stories, more than you'd think there were. You just have to find them, and take inspiration from them, hope that it will give you the strength to believe that something good can happen.
The short story is that my boss sucked, and I was never really a very good lawyer either.
Your proper introduction to the nerdier side of the underground rap scene was 2010's The War for Infinity. Since that time you've repped every series from Chew to the West Coast Avengers. How long have you been into comics, and at what point did this interest begin to inspire you artistically?
It's funny, I still own the first comic I ever had, and remember very clearly what year it was. I was 9, I bought an Avengers annual at the grocery store, and I became addicted to comics. I had been a baseball card collector up until then, and when I found comics, I realized, "Wow! You mean there's something I can collect AND emotionally invest in?" And from there, it was off to the races.
I guess comics always sort of inspired me, I used to sketch and ink as a kid. There was a time when I took art classes and wanted to be an artist. But rapping about comics was never a conscious thing. I just wanted things to rap about when I started doing music again, and I was really into comics, so I did that. No grand plan. It just sort of worked out that way.
In addition to comics you've also begun to mine television properties like Firefly and Parks & Recreation. How important is pop culture in your creative process?
Pop culture is everything in my creative process. Everything I do, from watching TV, to reading comics, to seeing movies, I see through the lens of something that can give me inspiration, even if it's just for one stupid throwaway line. One of the great things about the era we live in, and maybe it started with guys like Chuck Klosterman or other writers like that, there's no stigma about low brow culture. Music has always been "low brow," or at least lowest common denominator. TV has always been that. Most movies are. They were seen as low brow culture, and yet, could still elicit these wonderful emotional reactions, these great binding experiences, and yet they still got stigmatized as something less important that purported "high brow" things. What a crock. If sharing an experience in popular culture brings you closer with other people, it's important. If you are moved by a Justin Bieber song, it's important. You can't point and say one form of art or expression is more important or worth more than the other, it's a subjective discussion. I don't care about Sartre or Monet, does that make them less important in history? No. But does it make it automatically important to ME because they are deemed high achievements in their field? No. I'd rather read comics and watch TV.
You've become quite the tour horse over the past several months. Has this transition from recording musician to touring musician been difficult?
It's not really more or less difficult. There is a certain amount of existential pain in sitting in an apartment and just waiting for the world to come to you, sitting in a cafe and trying to break a song. You trade that for the pain of lifting boxes of merch, getting through these long drives, but at the end, you're rewarded with great fan interaction and really satisfying live shows.
The only thing that I can't seem to get used to is how to figure out when to do laundry. I can never figure out how much clothes to bring on the road.
You hit the road last year with mc chris, MC Lars and Random as part of a national tour before teaming with Illbotz, The ThoughtCriminals, Dual Core and Tribe One for a smaller regional affair. And now you're playing a series of West Coast dates with fellow comic book geeks Kirby Krackle. Have you noticed any underlying commonalities between these contrasting settings and lineups? Are there any recurring motifs that you always encounter on the road, or is each experience vastly different?
The one unifying characteristic is the underlying current of positivity. People are so open to experiencing new music, and while you may not always win over new fans, they are at least going to give you the opportunity to appeal to them. That's a really new thing, something you don't see in a lot of traditional music shows, where most people (myself included) just wait through the opening act, or don't care about the bands they don't know. Again, it goes back to speaking on pop culture and common things that everyone can relate to, you have the chance to give people a new perspective on important things to them, and they most often respond really well.
Of course, every time we play The Milestone in Charlotte, that show always sort of stands out as way more… what's the word, insane? Punk? Hardcore? I don't have shows like that in many places, and I think my punk/hardcore roots come out when we're there. It almost makes it worth having to use those bathrooms…
You Dare Call That Thing Human?!? seems to harness a lot of your stage energy. Was it hard to reproduce that sort of performance in-studio?
I don't know if it was hard, I just don't think I ever even thought of that before. When I did The War For Infinity, I hadn't performed live in YEARS, so it wasn't on my mind. When I did Human?!?, I had just come off a 3 months of live shows, so it was still on my mind when I went to record a lot of songs.
You've got a number of really impressive guest stars this time around: Tribe One and kHill, Beefy and int 80, Lars and Doc Awk. Was there anyone that you desperately wanted to spit on a track that just didn't work out this time around? Any guests you're already eyeing for your next project?
Ha. This is one of those Z. trick questions, where you try to get me to reveal secret plans I'm working on. I will say this, I was really bummed that the schedule didn't work out to get any of the Fake Four guys on it, as I've gotten to know guys like Ceschi and Louis Logic recently, who I was already huge fans of. But I never even asked anyone, so it's not really a disappointment. I also am definitely going to do a track with YTCracker sooner rather than later, we've been talking a lot, and I think it would be fun.
As for people I'm eyeing for my next project, well, let's just say I have some surprises in line, and I'll let you know as soon as I can talk about them.
I think that Human?!? is just an overall more personal record than WFI by the nature of it not being a narrative concept album. I'm always comfortable talking about myself in a personal fashion, whether in conversation or music. I'm a pretty open book. I've always put it into my music, but I just kinda felt like coming out with a debut talking about myself, with no context, doesn't make a lot of sense. It's ironic, because Human?!? is much more of a "debut" than the last one was, but it never would've made sense to make it as my debut.
You tend to play around a bit with established hip-hop tropes. On this album, for example, you begin with a variation on the classic-style intro track, you include a vague skit or two and you even riff on the "no homo" thing. You also entertain a number of additional rap aliases (compliments of Baron Vaughn) at the conclusion of the song "Civil War," but I notice you missed a few. Most specifically Ahn Like Donkey Kong, Eugenics and Alan Moore-Rock. I realize that's not a proper interview question, but, y'know, I just kinda had to say it.
I find it so hilarious how many people think that's ME on the introduction. Yeah, that's Baron Vaughn, who is not only an incredible actor and stand-up comedian, but is also a fellow nerd, an amazing beatboxer and hip hop fan, and also just a great guy to talk to. He has a podcast called Deep Shit, which everyone should check out, it's amazing.
I just wanted this to be a regular ass album. It's my version of the regular album. There's some thematic things in it if you want to dig for it, but it's as regular an album as I'll ever make. Enjoy it. The next one will probably be weird and out there, in comparison.
Speaking of "Civil War," issues of race and culture seem to crop up regularly on the new record, both via the mutant allegory and through some pretty candid personal statements. Do you actually still encounter those who can't fathom why an Asian-American is involved in hip-hop culture, or was this experience more confined to your formative years?
Honestly, I have never encountered someone who has a problem that I'm Asian, and that I rap. It seems like a lot of people WANT me to have those experiences, want any success I achieve to be a big "fuck you" to those people, but I don't find that happening. The only thing I've ever experienced is: "just be good." Nothing to do with anyone's race. Fat, skinny, tall, short, Asian, black, white, whatever, just be a good rapper.
One of the many standout tracks on the new release is "Sensitive Side." What was the most recent movie that made you cry, and is 2012 the year of the sensitive rapper?
Oh shit. Probably The Grey. But I can't imagine any guy seeing that movie and not being kind of devastated by the end of it. It's just a movie about men coming to grips with death and their lives. I mean, what the hell.
I don't know, are there other sensitive rappers out there? I just know I am a huge pussy, and that's the reality of it. I think that came out of me writing some really aggressive raps, and laughing because I was like, "Man this is not what I am like at ALL." So I wrote "Sensitive Side," and put it all out there. I do love rom coms.
"I Kill Giants" also manages to make quite the impression, thanks in no small part to Vince Vandal's delicate backing beat that contrasts strongly against joints like "MLF." Was there any discussion about musical eclecticism during the creation of the project, or did the disparate nature of the production simply occur organically?
It's funny you say that, because I think Vince thinks the album is too cohesive in tone and sound. Honestly, the album started out as an EP, and we had so many beats lying around, it became an LP. So there wasn't a lot of conscious thought behind the beats and the nature of them. We just sequenced it as best we could when it was all done. I will say this much, "Beast I.Z." was the last song we did, literally a week before we sent it to masters, after we nixed a song off of the final album. And I think that's a beat that really stands out, because it's so different from the rest of it, probably beccause it was so late in the process after we'd listened to the rest of the album a million times.
There are a lot of obvious musical triumphs on YDCTTH?! – the interplay between opener and closer, the raw power of "The Kids Table," the fact that our eternally stone-faced buddy kHill actually sounds happy for a brief and shining moment there at the end of "Booster Gold." (Just playin', Mikal! :P) If you could distill the entire work into a single moment, just one brief line or passage that explains where Adam WarRock is right now and where he's going, what would it be?
I think "Retcon" is a pretty good slide of where I'm at right now. That was the first song I wrote and finished for the new album, and I have a feeling that it's going to be a recurring experience of starting over at new levels, of looking back on why you do the things you do. You can have a plan, and if you're lucky, the plan works. And then you get to this point where you stop and say, "Uh oh… what's next?" and just kind of look around, and hope that you can figure out some direction to go in. You can't plan out 10 steps ahead, you can only really see a few ahead of you and then get ready to have your whole world turned upside down again when you get to that next stopping point. "Retcon" definitely represents that constant metamorphosis to me, especially that third verse. It's that sense of triumph, without getting to enjoy it, because you're immediately back to wondering, "What the hell am I doing!?"
Lastly, Euge, when I think about Adam WarRock I think about both quality and quantity. How do you explain your inexhaustible productivity? What's the secret, man?!
I drink a lot of coffee. I eat a lot of high-sugar breakfast cereals. I also am convinced that this won't last much longer, so I'm trying to get as much done while this ride goes on, for as short or long as it goes.
I'll sleep when I'm dead.
I'm not sure if you've been fortunate enough to catch Adam live, but, as composed and well-tempered as WarRock typically is on wax, he is a goddamn monster on-stage. A monster!
If anything, You Dare Call That Thing Human?!? captures that. It leverages not only that energy, that dynamism, but also Euge's unique swagger. It's a rare bird like that.
From its poignant spoken-word introduction to the electric refrain of "Retcon" – merely the latest in WarRock's continued collection of personal anthems – to the gorgeous key-heavy hook of "I Kill Giants," it's every bit as eclectic as the lyricist at its heart. With stellar production by Vince Vandal, the requisite bevy of top-shelf guests and a strength drawn from a shared cause of quality, it set the bar for 2012's new releases unimaginably high early on.
But Eugene hasn't exactly been wiling away the hours since. He's continued to drop regular freebie singles via his site. He's played another SXSW and rocked that tour with fellow comic nerds Kirby Krackle. And he's released an incalculable number of EPs.
And now, as we stand mere days away from his proper foray into yet another proper flavor of pop culture music, I remain ever awed.
Because Adam WarRock is a genuine musical superhero.


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However, it also acts as an interface with other international partners associated to the Bank under the TerrAfrica partnership and who support the Great Green Wall Initiative. These are the African Union Commission (AU), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Global Mechanism of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (GM – UNCCD).


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This report details the progress made in engaging e-learning as an essential component of teaching and learning at the Westminster Institute of Education, and in so doing, describes the role of the Institute's learning technologist, emphasising the need for University-wide knowledge and experience-sharing. It highlights particular initiatives made by and for specific courses, the challenges that these have posed, and how they are being overcome.
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Some Essential Groundwork
The Requirement for a Learning Technologist
In September 2003, the Westminster Institute became the first school at Brookes to employ a dedicated learning technologist. The value of various learning technologies – especially Brookes Virtual (i.e. WebCT) – to existing courses was definitively demonstrated by the successful engagement of Brookes Virtual with the Institute's most populous course, the Primary Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE), although the institute has been involved with e-learning initiatives since 1998.
From early 2003, Primary PGCE students have accessed core learning and administrative material via Brookes Virtual. Students learn of key dates and organise social schedules through an online calendar and maintain contact (especially when on placement) via an online discussion board.
'The project has been to some extent experimental this year. For example, development of course materials is a continuing process, while we are learning all the time about how to guide effective online discussions. However, we have been struck by the enthusiasm with which students have engaged with Brookes Virtual – to the extent that they are now agitating for continued involvement once they have completed the course. Tutors too are excited about the community of learners that is developing through both the Discussions and the sharing of resources,'
says Jonathan Allen, Primary PGCE Course Leader and Senior Tutor for e-learning.
These benefits led Jonathan and colleagues to plan a phased engagement of each of WIE's courses with Brookes Virtual. The resulting e-learning strategy addresses each department within WIE and sets specific goals related to Learning and Teaching objectives. Its implementation required the services of a dedicated Learning Technologist, and the author was appointed to this position in September 2003, in accordance with the University's e-Learning Strategy that recommends the appointment of a learning technologist in each School.
The Technologist as Team Player
At the Institute, the technologist is a member of the E-learning Steering Committee that resolves funding issues and determines strategy; this group forms the core of the larger and less formal Web Writers Group, a rostrum for the sharing of ideas in learning technology across the Institute. At University-level, the author is part of the Learning Technologists Forum, headed by the Media Workshop, which emphasises teamwork and knowledge-sharing between the technologists from faculties throughout the University.
The Forum meets monthly and it is the principle conduit by which the latest learning technologies and initiatives become known by different departments, via their respective technologists. It achieves this through enabling the pooling of the latest in learning technology from each department, and its consequent propagation to the other departments.
The Forum has recently compiled an Intranet site, accessible by any member of staff, of courses across the university that make exemplary use of Brookes Virtual (see http://mw.brookes.ac.uk/open/ ). This enables technologists and staff alike to draw from a wealth of positive experience in using Brookes Virtual.
Facilitating a Cultural Change
Managing Tutors and E-learning
At the Institute, there are now 61 live Brookes Virtual courses. The separate subject areas of the Primary PGCE have continued to grow and course material has been developed in a variety of media, including video clips. Jonathan and colleagues maintain a lively discussion forum through regular e-moderation.
Tutor enthusiasm for online learning is very important in the timely and successful engagement of any course with Brookes Virtual. It comes about when the system is perceived as a tool that both facilitates the delivery of existing material, whilst enabling students to access relevant information that they would not otherwise be able to do. This amounts to a genuine 'enrichment of students' learning experiences' and 'broadening of students' horizons' (to borrow familiar phrases).
Part of the technologist's role is the active marketing of Brookes Virtual as a tool that enables students to realise their learning objectives more effectively and efficiently than if conventional methods of teaching were all that was available to them. Regular workshops, open to all staff, are instrumental in raising awareness of the potential benefits of Brookes Virtual.
Managing a Cultural Change in Learning
Clearly facilitating such 'cultural change' is a challenging agenda, but until technologists tackle it (but do so sensitively), many staff will continue to regard Brookes Virtual as a time-consuming chore.
As with any cultural change, this is led by minority: technologists and perhaps 10 – 20% of tutors who are readily able to perceive the immediate benefits – and more importantly the 'broadening of horizons' – that e-learning can and will eventually bring.
Students' demands are likely to initiate change faster than any change imposed by technologists or strategies. If some modules of a student's course have a strong and effective presence online, then students are likely to see no reason why other modules should not do so, and respond by demanding the more effective online presence of course components, and more e-moderation. This is necessarily at the expense of time spent on other forms of teaching.
Technologists can make students aware of what online learning can offer them through the intense development of specific course components. This is the strategy behind the development of Brookes Virtual courses that act as a 'foyer' or 'portal' through which all course participants should pass in order to access other subject-specific Brookes Virtual courses. The development of the 'portal' course is down to the technologist and e-learning enthusiasts involved in the course. It may not be possible to develop a subject-specific Brookes Virtual course that is linked to from the portal, but it is possible to show students what can be achieved with Brookes Virtual by developing the portal itself.
The Centre for Advanced Professional Practice (CAPP), aimed at the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of professionals in education, and the Secondary PGCE both adopt this approach: a generic CAPP Brookes Virtual course has been created, known as the CAPP 'Foyer'. This contains links to all the CAPP Brookes Virtual courses. Those CAPP modules that are not represented by their own Brookes Virtual courses are represented in the CAPP Foyer by private discussion groups and shared folder areas.
The Foyer also contains all information that is common to all modules, and an overview of each of the modules.
The Secondary PGCE 'portal' has the same function: it allows some tutors to develop their own Brookes Virtual courses, whilst giving all Secondary PGCE students some online material, and the opportunity to participate in discussion groups. The Religious Education group are currently offered course material online, and participate in discussions. Online materials for Music and Science are now under development, and from September all students will be able to access core material online.
Some Immediate Benefits of E-learning
Where the benefits of Brookes Virtual can be clearly seen, headway is rapid in developing Brookes Virtual courses. CAPP programmes are delivered outside working hours all over the country. Brookes Virtual is reducing time spent on travel, allowing its re-investment in the further development of online materials and in effective on-line moderation, resulting in a net increase in tutor-student contact time.
By September 2004, all CAPP programmes will have a presence on Brookes Virtual – the 'foyer' approach allows tutors of some modules to rapidly develop their own Brookes Virtual courses, whilst participants of other modules are guaranteed access to private discussion groups, and to the online learning and administrative material that is common to all modules.
In one online CAPP module, 'Literacy Difficulties' (Georgina Glenny), participants take turns in moderating discussions, and the moderators submit a resume of the discussion that is assessed. A set of references for each discussion is provided.
In addition to postgraduates, a programme of small-group hands-on induction sessions to Brookes Virtual ensures that BA students also now have active discussion groups, and it is hoped to extend this programme to all students at the Institute.
Managing Students and E-learning
Students also need frequent encouragement that can be offered by the technologist through regular, short workshops where students can air their concerns, and aspects of their initial induction to Brookes Virtual reiterated, an approach adopted for the Foundation Degrees where students are each loaned a laptop.
We also intend to host our undergraduate modules online – and currently learning materials of the Sports Psychology, and Communication, Media and Culture modules are being developed for presentation through Brookes Virtual.
Students should have confidence to access Brookes Virtual. This may be addressed through a Brookes Virtual session being incorporated into their general induction, as is planned for all students joining the Institute this September. The technologist also needs to ensure that all students may access at least one course. This involves contacting course tutors and course administrators, so that the course creation forms are signed and students are subscribed to the course. Administrators can also be encouraged to add administrative materials, such as the course handbook, and enter course dates onto the virtual calendar.
The technologist can also actively help tutors in developing and hosting learning materials on Brookes Virtual, in setting up discussion groups and shared file areas, in creating quizzes and so on. Tutors also need to be made aware that discussion groups will not succeed unless they are prepared to visit them at least once every couple of days and reply to student postings. Once staff are prepared to invest time in their discussion groups, ideas and opinions are shared, commented upon, and developed; the postings themselves become valuable resources after a while. Within Brookes, the Oxford Centre for Staff Learning and Development provides expertise in pedagogical issues related to e-learning, and run regular courses which tutors are encouraged to attend.
Keeping up to Date
There are great challenges ahead for all HE institutions in developing and applying the new methods of learning that ICT offers, and within Brookes we are very fortunate in having a network of support and development that comprises a vibrant e-learning community within the University. This must be maintained and built upon, for all of us in HE are embarking upon a new phase in learning and teaching that will bring about changes that may be difficult to foresee, but that if tackled with sensitivity, foresight and collaboration, will lay solid foundations upon which future generations can continue to build, and from which they will benefit considerably.
Jim Hyndman has been involved with e-learning since working as a Web-based course designer for Oxford University's Technology Assisted Lifelong Learning group, from 1998. Jim went on to co-lead the e-learning programme at University College Northampton, and as Learning Technologist at the Westminster Institute of Education, He is dedicated to ensuring the Institute's realisation of an ambitious and progressive e-learning agenda that recognises e-learning as a core process of effective education.
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Gov. Eric Holcomb on Friday extended the moratorium on seizures of CBD oil from retailers' shelves — as well Indiana State Excise Police's education period on products derived from cannabis — while lawmakers consider bills regulating those products.
"I said back in November that I was open to extending the education period on CBD oil products to give legislators the time they need to add clarity to Indiana law," Holcomb said. "Lawmakers have indicated they would like more time to consider proposed legislation. For that reason, I am extending the education period for CBD oil products and the moratorium on issuing citations or removing products from retailers until the legislative session concludes."
CBD oil, or cannabidiol, is derived from the cannabis plant and contains very little to no tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana. Proponents argue CBD oil is effective as a treatment for many ailments, including neuropsychiatric disorders.
Attorney General Cutis Hill released an official opinion Nov. 21 advising Indiana residents that unless they are registered on the Indiana State Department of Health Cannabidiol Registry, use of CBD oil can still result in prosecution.
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When I first saw the harbour of Pago Pago I was immediately fascinated by a fleet of eight grounded tuna boats, rusty remnants of a powerful cyclone that struck a few years earlier. During my week-long stay I returned many times to this spectacular site but was unable to produce an image that conveyed the right feeling. I tried to line up as many boats as possible, compressed with a long lens, in different light situations, but it did not work.
One afternoon as I was driving past again, I saw children playing in the harbour. Immediately I knew that this was the right moment. The playful movement of the children provided a visual contrast to the grounded shipwrecks that stood eerily rigid in the background.
By not including the whole fleet, the story was told in a more powerful way. A good reminder that when composing an image, most times "less is more."


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If you follow science headlines at all, you have doubtless heard about Ida, the diminutive 40 million year old primate who was unveiled to the world this week with nearly unprecedented publicity. Google even got into the excitement with an Ida-themed Google header.
So, what's so special about this find? Is it the "missing link" in human evolutionary history as many mainstream news headlines have suggested?
Well, to the extent that "the missing link" is coloqually used to refer to the most recent common ancestor of humans and chimps, not even close. Ida is more than four times older. Any most paleontologists still aren't sure that the species she belongs to is in our line of ancestry at all. This graphic from the New Scientist shows visually what's being argued about here. What is very much news here is that Ida may help answer some questions about the very, very early history of primates, when the ancestors of modern apes, monkeys and humans were diverging from those of modern lorises and lemurs. However, that's not as exciting a story, so the media seems to be blunding about in the fashion they often do in reporting any specialized field.
The other thing that's incredibly exciting about Ida is that she is an unusually well-preserved fossil, which among early primates is especially rare. (Given that good fossilization requires being quickly covered in fine sediment somewhere like a gentle river, you can see why tree dwelling creatures wouldn't get the treatment very often.) Ida was covered, immediately after her untimely demise, by solf volcanic ash which left a fossil which is 95% complete, fully articulated, and includes prints of her fur and organs.
The precise composition of the volcanic deposits in which Ida was found even allowed preservation of her soft tissue. "You can see the fur, the ears, all of the gut contents [leaves and a fruit], all the fingertips and toes," Smith says.This has allowed us to get an unusually accurate view of what this early primate looked like. She's rather fetching, really.
Smith and her colleagues were able to guess Ida's age based on the fossil's teeth. "She was just turning over and replacing her baby teeth in the front of her face, and the molars were coming in the back," Smith says. Because Ida had many teeth forming at the same time, Smith thinks the primate must have grown up fast, developing much quicker than a human would. Ida died before she was 1 year old, Smith and her colleagues suggest. Comparisons with a similar animal, the squirrel monkey, led the researchers to guess that Ida might have lived for 15 or 20 years had she not met an early demise.
The full paper on her (from which that sketch comes) can be found here.