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I'm guessing that most of you who read that entry title uttered, "Yeah, you and me both, pal." So I know I'm not alone in this.
I feel competing urges. On the one hand, woodworking is great. It's a fun hobby, and even though I make countless mistakes and sub-par attempts at anything I do, I can see progress. And that's rewarding. On the other hand, my family is great. I love them, they love me, and at the end of the day I feel the best when I've spent some good time with my wife and kids.
My wife is very patient with me. She knows I have the pull to the shop. Right now, she's maybe a bit more patient because she knows that the primary thing I'm doing is something for her. But even if I was just doing stuff for my own benefit, she would support it. Still, when my wife spends most of the week taking care of our kids, it seems quite selfish to assume that she should do the same thing on the weekends, instead of me giving her a break for a change.
I think one of the best things I can do at this point is to do woodworking in small chunks. So after dinner, I go excuse myself and make a few cuts, or a glue-up, or some measuring and planning. Half hour or so. Then I'm back. On the weekends, I might be able to take a bit more time.
What do you guys do?
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Dragon Boating was introduced to South Africa in 1992 when two beautiful flag-catching dragon boats were presented to Cape Town by our sister city I'lan County, Taiwan. To celebrate this, a group of canoeists and lifesavers raced and won a best of three against the visiting Taiwanese Navy fleet who had delivered the boats to South Africa.
In 1995 DBSA cc was formed to run corporate regattas in the V&A Waterfront. From these a team was gathered to compete in the First World Championships in China. This was followed by the 1st Cape Town International, with seven teams in the international section (Britain's Royal Raspberries and Germany's Holstein Hamburg, the newly formed Cape Town Paddlesnappers and Pirates teams, a team of top canoeists, the Portuguese Youth League and an SA Navy team). There were also four corporate teams. All racing was done using the wooden flag-catching boats but without the flag-catching finishes.
The following year six fibreglass racing dragon boats (financed by Old Mutual) were launched at the V&A just in time for the 2nd Cape Town Dragon Boat Racing International in November 1996. Amongst our visitors this year was a team of Royal Marines.
DBSA continued to organise annual Cape Town Internationals until 2004, with the number of teams in both the International and the Corporate sections growing exponentially. Teams from Great Britain, Sweden, Italy, New Zealand, United States and Germany became regular visitors and for the 2004 CCWC in Cape Town, these countries were joined by teams from Russia, Canada, Holland, Switzerland and Australia.
Including corporates in Internationals not only helped to finance the events, but happily several of the Corporate crews decided to take it up as a regular sport and form their own clubs. The first of these was Safmarine team who in 1998 became the Safdragons (now Mujaji) while the German School (DSK) team has been a club challenge to all South African adult teams since 2003.
In 2003, the Western Cape Dragon Boat Association (WCDBA) was given custodianship of the City's two wooden flag-catchers. Regular league racing was instituted in 2006 using these flag catchers. They are not only very beautiful boats, but the final act of the flag-catchers leaping up over the dragon's head and stretching as far as they can to catch the flag introduces an extra element of drama.
A very special team in Cape Town is the amaBele Belles; Africa's first breast cancer survivor team. A promise made in Rome 2002 to Australia's Dragon's Abreast was finally realised in early May, 2006. The Belles trained stoically throughout our southern winter and competed very successfully at the first BCS World Championship in Singapore. Their trophy and medals were however just a symbol of their inner triumph over cancer and an affirmation of their joy in life. Singapore was a very special experience for all who took part.
Other places in South Africa with dragon boat racing are the Johannesburg area of Gauteng (started in 1999) and Parys in the Free State (started 2004)
Both WCDBA and GDBA focus on developing the sport at the junior level. Not only are they the paddlers of the future, but getting kids into teams gets them away from the gang-and-drug culture and is it gratifying to hear the team managers' stories of boys who "started paddling four months ago and have been off drugs since".
There is nothing like the promise of an overseas competition to get paddlers paddling throughout our southern winter. South African teams have participated in Internationals and World Championships in Hong Kong, Macau, Nottingham, Rome, Poznan, Prague, Singapore, Penang, Taipei and in numerous cities in China (including YueYuan, Beijing, Huangzhou, Xaimen, Miluo, Nanning, Zhaoqing, Zhanjiang, Shauguan and Guangzhou), and fun events such as the Venetian Vogalonga and the first crossing to Robben Island.
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Penny moves to Sydney and starts a new job. Gets up to about 50 mpw.
Penny gets a stress fracture in the incredibly random cuboid bone. Goes undiagnosed for about 2 months. Quietly goes insane doing pool running and throwing heavy metal around the weight room.
Kristen runs some major hills in the Xterra Black Mountain 16K trail race (1:17:07 (8:03 average pace)) and the La Jolla Half Marathon (1:37:21 (7:27 average pace)), which is good enough for 2nd in the female 30-34 division in a pretty big regional race!
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Penny injured. Don't talk to me.
Kristen ran the Navy's Coronado 4-Mile Coronado Bridge run in 27:07 (6:47 average pace), placing 3rd female and winning a baseball autographed by Tyson Ross (the Padres' only All-Star this year).
Penny still injured. Running, you are dead to me.
Kristen's main goal race this year was the San Diego Rock N Roll Half. Came close with 25 seconds of the goal 1:30:XX with a 1:31:24 (6:59 average pace). It's hard to be too disappointed when it is still a 2 minute PR!
Penny refriends running. She's fickle like that.
Kristen ran the Coronado Independence Day 15K and broke her January PR in the 15K by 1+ minute, finishing in 1:05:28 (7:02 average pace).
Penny injured again. This time its something weird in her ankle. Mother f**ker.
Explores some more of sydney and drinks an unreasonable amount of wine.
Kristen placed first in the San Diego Track Club's Balboa Park 8 miler in 58:25 (7:17 average pace). Kristen also ran the America's Finest City Half Marathon in 1:32:52 (7:05 average pace), missing the 1:30:XX again, and realizing that the warm SoCal weather is not so great when you are trying to race!
Penny starts running again again.
A few days after writing on the blog, "I've figured out how to run hard and stay healthy," Kristen goes to doctor and finds out she has some scar tissue covering a tear in her hamstring. Womp-womp.
Penny runs a bit. Gets excited. Does too much, too soon. Knows she will probably pay.
Kristen, still not running, takes up spinning. Spins so much that she gets runner's knee. Womp-womp.
Penny does in fact pay. Gets a small tear in her hip cartlege (labrum). Gives up and goes to Vanuatu.
Kristen's back to running - 5 minutes at a time. Womp-womp.
Penny still not running, drinks all the margaritas in Cabo to console herself.
Occurs to her that she definitely has a margarita face.
Kristen's back to long runs now. But any runs faster than 8:00 pace bother hammy. Contemplates ultras for a minute...and hopes for a healthier 2015!
After a tough year in and out of injury, Penny starts getting back into it. Runs a gorgeous but slow 6-miler for the last day of the year, spending most of it planning how to break out of the injury cycle in 2015. Declines to contemplate utras, but wishes KA all the best for that hot noise.
Happy New Year!
Kristen and Penny
After a tough year in and out of injury, Penny starts getting back into it. Runs a gorgeous but slow 6-miler for the last day of the year, spending most of it planning how to break out of the injury cycle in 2015. Declines to contemplate utras, but wishes KA all the best for that hot noise.
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Ready or not—Jack Frost is around the corner and that means it's time to prep your vehicle for those cold months ahead.
Carl Carlson, of the local AAA branch, said there's still time to winterize your car.
"Now's the time to prepare," he said.
First, make sure you can see behind the wheel.
"It's dark early now. Are all your lights working? Your turn signals, your brake lights, your back lights?" he said.
Carlson said it's also a good idea to check your wiper blades. They usually work well for about a year.
How about a brake check and a full inspection under the hood?
"Many garages will do a vehicle inspection and give you a full report back on your battery, your charging system, your belt, hoses, fluids, tires, the condition of them," Carlson said.
Next, check your wheels.
Carlson recommends checking your tire pressure often, since it fluctuates depending on the weather.
"A simple tire gauge is good to have handy. You can check your tire pressure and it's good to do that once a month, especially when temperatures are changing," Carlson said.
Then, test the tread. Tires must have sufficient tread.
One way to tell is by the "penny test," Carlson said.
To do so, take a penny and, with Lincoln's head upside down, put it between the tread blocks of the tire. If you can't see Lincoln's head, you have plenty of tread. If you can see it, then it's time to buy new tires.
"You're looking for good, safe tread for traction and ability to steer," Carlson said.
And lastly, pack an emergency kit, which should at least include water, a flashlight, a blanket and a shovel.
"Drive safe out there and be prepared now, so you won't get stuck later," added Carlson.
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Congratulations Bill – almost home!
On Monday 1st September, Bill Budd completed 6,056.8 km (3,763.54 miles) thereby passing his 6000km target!
Bill is on his way home and due to arrive this coming Saturday, 6th September. We hope you will all join us in congratulating Bill on his amazing success. This has been an incredible journey which included two of Switzerland's toughest mountain passes in just one day! (Above: Bill after climbing the Furka Pass, Switzerland. Below: James Bond at the Furka Pass).
He has also surpassed his £6,666 target for donations having reached £6,743.09. If you'd like to help please visit Bill's Just Giving page.
Bill, we can't thank you enough (who needs James Bond – you are our hero)!
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I was talking about the possibility of a U.S. attack on Iran in the very near future with my dad the other day. Now my dad doesn't follow politics or current affairs as avidly as I do, i.e. he watches the TV news if it happens to be on, but his exact words were, "yeah, it's bubbling away nicely innit." For those not from Yorkshire in England innit means isn't it. "Bubbling away nicely" said it all for me; it put into words my own feelings on the matter. Small steps, none too significant but all in succession are threatening to lead us into another war, and I don't think anything can stop it.
Like everybody else, I believed the Afghanistan invasion was purely a response to 9/11. Then the blame for the attack was shifted to Iraq, followed by rapidly intensified pressure over Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction and immediate threat to the Western world, leading very quickly to another invasion. This made me suspicious. So when Iran became the focus shortly after, I immediately started thinking Iran is the next target. Of course, by that time I was a fully paid up subscriber to the theory that the two invasions were part of a massive imperialistic drive by the neoconservatives. I waned on that when Iraq became such a massive failure and its cost spiraled.
I waned further still when I read an article, the gist of which was that the massive amount of U.S. money being spent on funding wars was threatening the very future of America. If Iran is attacked, the threat will be multiplied. The U.S. war budget is running higher than America's gross domestic product, meaning America is spiraling deeper into debt. It went on to explain that much of America's debt is owned by banks in countries on the opposite side of the Iran debate, in the main, China.
The author feared that China could wait until America was at a critically weak point, i.e. another few years of such massive defense spending, and pull the rug out from under Washington. I disbelieved America would put its overstretched economy at risk by again putting its overstretched military into another -- suicidally -- difficult mission.
Tensions between the U.S. and Russia are currently at an all time high. China and Russia are strong allies. U.S. money is important to the Chinese economy, in capitalist investments, exports and interest payments, but I have no doubt that China would favor Russia over the U.S if the chips were down. So, the rug probably won't be removed until the Chinese economy can, not only survive, but also continue to grow without U.S. money, which will probably never happen, or until the chips are down, which should make me even surer that the U.S. won't attack Iran.
However, in the last two weeks or so, major changes have happened. Firstly, when U.S. plans for an Iran attack were released it was stated what would be needed to warrant such an attack and for the first time two things were mentioned, not only proof of a working nuclear weapon, but also proof of Iranian involvement in U.S. deaths in Iraq. I saw this as laying the groundwork in preparation for U.S. plans being good to go. Next, all of sudden we'll see a "smoking gun" and all hell will break loose.
This was followed just days later by a positive buzz in the mainstream media, from U.S. officials claiming to have "compelling evidence" that components for a new type of roadside bomb, explosively formed projectiles (EFP), which are capable of piercing armored vehicles at 100 yards, were manufactured in Iran.
There has been a lot of hype also about the EFP being an advanced weapon, to strengthen the case for Iranian involvement in their manufacture. From what I can gather they aren't all that advanced. A six- to nine-inch steel pipe sealed at one end with a projectile of shaped steel or copper inside the pipe or fitted to the end. Anyone with explosives, metal and a lump of pipe can make an EFP. As most of the attacks on U.S. forces come from Sunnis who are also busy killing Iran's Shia brethren, obviously there are many bomb makers in Iraq quite capable of making an EFP who have nothing to do with Iran.
U.S. generals in Iraq, who likely see the Bush administration attempting similar propaganda as led to the carnage their troops are struggling to survive in Iraq, have since came out denying the proof of Iranian involvement in U.S. deaths.
The question is why has the future of such a dominant country been placed in the hands of China, at best a reluctant ally? And why does war with Iran and an increased risk to America's future hegemony seem so likely?
The answer is the neocons' thirst for oil, allegiance to Israel and control of Bush administration foreign policy.
In the case of Afghanistan, a massively profitable Unocal pipeline was being hindered by the uncooperative Taliban regime. When Sept. 11 provided justification for an invasion, and it was rapidly successful in removing the Taliban from power, Hamid Karzai, previously on Unocal's payroll, was installed as prime minister. Neocon Zalmay Khalizad, also on Unocal's payroll, was installed as U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan. That part of the plan was complete, and the blame for Sept. 11 was then put on Saddam Hussein, along with other fabrications, to justify another invasion of an oil-rich country. The neocons' Unocal operative Khalizad was moved to Iraq in his U.S. ambassador role to smooth their taking control of Iraq's oil profits.
Now the case is being made for a third invasion of an oil-rich country. Iran is in the middle of Iraq and Afghanistan meaning an invasion can easily force Iran to fight a war on two fronts, suggesting that indeed, this may well have been the plan from the start. Many people will believe the line that any attack will be from the air only, but the U.S. attack plans released recently suggest otherwise. When the guns start smoking the plan is to attack not only Iran's fledgling nuclear sites, but to take out their entire military-industrial complex in a series of devastating airstrikes. "Shock and awe" all over again.
Of course, it has been written many times that Iran's military will be a lot harder to take out than Iraq's was. So the bombing will probably be intensified, prolonged, and will definitely involve bunker busting bombs and possibly even tactical nuclear weapons. Once Iran's military-industrial complex has been decimated, its rich oil reserves will be easy pickings for the U.S. forces currently occupying the countries on either side. The neocons who have taken up such prominent positions in the Bush administration will make sure they go in and finish the job.
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"Our State, Our Story: Celebrating 100 Years of Arizona" enters its third week of activities at the Florence Community Library, showcasing Arizona's rich culture and history.
The library is hosting Summer Reading events for the week of June 18. On Monday, the third set of trivia handouts is available for children and young adults. On Tuesday at 2:00pm, the library hosts video games for teens, ages 13 and up. On Wednesday at 10:00am, there is Family Storytime, Mona Hodgson's "Bedtime in the Southwest" – everyone is encouraged to wear your favorite pajamas! On Thursday at 2:00pm, families design their own southwestern wrist bands. On Friday, the library shows a family movie at 1:00pm, with free popcorn and drink.
The adult summer reading also continues with an event on Thursday, June 21, at 5:30pm. Author Cathy Hufault visits the library to discuss her book, "Death Clouds on Mt. Baldy: Tucson's Lost Tragedy." The book chronicles the November 1958 search for six boy scouts after a sudden blizzard struck while they attempted to climb Mt. Wrightson (also known as Mt. Baldy). Copies of the book are available to buy, courtesy of the Friends of the Florence Community Library.
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There simply isn't any room for mistakes when it comes to keeping a network safe. However, so many IT security officers and network managers still fall into the trap of being far too relaxed when it comes to keeping hackers out. Both old and new companies are getting trapped by common pitfalls when it comes to cyber security. People were surprised to learn in the wake of the Yahoo! hacking scandal that many employees felt that the company didn't prioritize security strongly enough. The underlying problem is that most people in the IT world fail to recognize that cyber security isn't just one thing. Keeping data secure actually takes a multi-pronged approach that mixes education, technology and action. Security shouldn't be looked at as a static, one-time event. It actually requires an ongoing, ever-evolving effort to protect a network's valuable information from the savvy threats that are so abundant today.
The People Factor
The biggest mistake that so many companies make across the board is allowing a lack of knowledge to remain. The reality of the digital world we live in is that IT staff members aren't the only ones in an organization in need of education regarding security threats. Threats enter networks from every level. This means that even low-level employees need to be educated about the best practices for preventing, recognizing and stopping cyber threats. It should definitely be a priority to make employee training and education part of a digital safety plan at any organization. Here are the essentials that employees need to know:
- Phishing emails masquerading as personal emails from friends, charity appeals or contests often contain links to harmful viruses that can compromise entire networks when opened.
- Malware hidden in emails are common as well. Similar to phishing, emails requesting sensitive information "known sources" can be dangerous as well. Whether it be through a response or some other action like downloading or opening an attachments, malware, viruses, ransomware, and etc. can invisibly run in the background causing harm or collecting information.
- Loss of a personal mobile device that has been used to access an organization's network or email account can put a network in danger.
- Email requests for transfers of large sums of money should be confirmed in person or by telephone.
The Technology Factor
Many companies mistakenly think that having the best technology is the way to keep hackers at bay. While innovative security certainly plays a big role in protecting networks from the serious threats that exist today, it's not enough. Stopping at technology can actually be dangerous because it gives an IT security team a false sense of being covered. The reality is that hackers are using sophisticated methods to bypass automated security measures and break into networks. There simply has to be a human element to detection. This is why it's so important to direct some resources towards human-driven security measures like penetration testing and advanced analysis. In addition, many enterprises get so caught up in trying to prevent attacks that they don't prioritize the task of putting together a strategy for preserving and recovering data in the event that an attack does occur. It is so essential to have a breach response plan. A response should be rehearsed routinely as part of a defense strategy. This will ensure that staff members know what to do in the event that evidence suggests an attack has occurred.


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The REDD+ Benefit Sharing project aims to provide policy options and guidance for the design, development and implementation of REDD+ benefit-sharing mechanisms.
As REDD+ is based on conditional rewards for reducing carbon emissions, it requires a system to designate who gets rewarded, why, under what conditions, in what proportions and for how long. Such systems are known as benefit-sharing mechanisms, a broad term that encompasses all institutional means, structures and instruments for distributing finance and other net benefits from REDD+ programs.
Benefit sharing is important for creating the necessary incentives to change deforestation and forest degradation behaviors and thus reduce carbon emissions. However, if stakeholders do not see the system as fair, it will threaten the legitimacy of, and support for, REDD+. A well-designed benefit-sharing mechanism can also support the effectiveness of forest management and increase the efficiency of REDD+ programs.
The duration of project covers four years, from 2012 to 2016. The project targets policy and decision makers in developing countries (particularly in the six focal countries: Brazil, Cameroon, Indonesia, Peru, Tanzania and Vietnam), including non-governmental organizations and private actors, across multiple scales.
Our work in the project "Opportunities and challenges to developing REDD+ benefit sharing mechanisms in developing countries" builds on findings from the first phase of CIFOR's Global Comparative Study on REDD+. It examines the opportunity, transaction and implementation costs of REDD+ at national and subnational levels, multilevel governance and rights, and assesses perspectives of equity at different levels.
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For the last 4 years, the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has been learning about what works, what doesn't work and what is crucial to consider when designing policies…
In Vietnam, plans to develop REDD+ must go beyond the country's Payments for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) program.
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The economist Robin Marris, who has died aged 88, saw good theory as the key to solving real problems. In the 1950s and 60s he worked closely with the Labour party – in 1956 Hugh Gaitskell came to seek his views on Suez (rejecting with disgust an accidentally offered mixture of sherry and water, rather than Scotch) – and when in 1964 Harold Wilson's incoming government established a Ministry of Overseas Development, Robin was recruited to advise its first two ministers, Barbara Castle and Anthony Greenwood.
Dismay in the 1970s at what he saw as abuse of trade union power led him to become disillusioned with socialism. However, in the 1990s he became a Labour supporter again, dedicating his last book to Clare Short, the international development secretary.
In How to Save the Underclass (1996), Robin argued that in Britain and other rich countries, universal access to education and Thatcherite liberalisation (of which he approved) had created a "severe meritocracy" in which the least able were left unacceptably far behind. The best solution lay in policies to accelerate growth which would boost demand for unskilled labour. Failing that, a generous welfare state, financed by higher taxes on the more able, would be necessary, though it might have difficulty in attracting electoral support.
Ending Poverty (1999) covered the whole world and presciently stressed the importance of good macroeconomic policies in developed countries and good management of the international financial system, as well as the need for increased aid to promote education and industrialisation in developing countries.
Robin was best known to economists for his major contribution to our understanding of corporations. His book The Economic Theory of Managerial Capitalism (1964) helped fill a gap in economics in that textbooks assumed that markets were usually supplied by a multiplicity of small firms, even though in reality most output was produced by large firms. It focused on the separation of ownership from management in large firms and on the weakness of shareholder control, which allowed managers considerable discretion.
In Robin's view, managers used their discretion primarily to make their firms grow faster than shareholders would prefer, since in larger firms managers get higher salaries and status. He also argued that this was socially desirable: growth-seeking firms make countries grow faster. His work attracted much academic attention, and JK Galbraith's use of it in his 1966 Reith lectures and subsequent book, The New Industrial State, made it known to a wider audience.
Since then, economics and the world have moved on, as Robin recognised in a 1998 revision of The Economic Theory of Managerial Capitalism. The existence of large firms is now explained theoretically by their ability to reduce what would otherwise be prohibitive costs of transactions among many small firms. The behaviour of managers is theorised as one of many examples of the problems that arise when principals have to act through agents. The share of managerial remuneration in the form of stock options and bonuses has also been increased, with the aim of aligning the interests of managers more closely with those of shareholders. Stock options have certainly altered managerial behaviour, though not necessarily for the better.
Before and after he worked on large firms, Robin's research interests were in macroeconomics and the labour market. In the 1950s he undertook an innovative study of shiftwork. And in 1991 he published a remarkable book, Reconstructing Keynesian Economics with Imperfect Competition, in which he showed how Keynesian macroeconomic theory, of which he was a lifelong advocate, made sense only when combined with the theory of imperfect competition.
Both strands of theory were invented in Cambridge in the 1930s, but, as the book intriguingly argues, sexual rivalries among the theorists kept them apart. This book was among the first to include a disk with a simulation model to run on personal computers, of which Robin was an early user.
Robin was born in London, where his father was a senior civil servant, and educated at Bedales school, Hampshire, and King's College, Cambridge. His undergraduate studies were interrupted by three years of second world war service as an RAF pilot (achieved by pretending to be older than he was), but he eventually graduated in 1947. After two years in the Treasury and two years with the UN in Geneva, he returned to Cambridge in 1951 as a fellow of King's and a lecturer (later a reader) in the economics faculty, posts he held for the next 25 years. A long series of students, including me, benefited from his lively mind and warm personality – though his Carnaby Street suits and Mini Cooper S misled some of us into thinking that dons in general were sexy.
In 1976, for a mixture of personal and professional reasons, he moved to a chair at the University of Maryland, where for three years he was head of department, and in 1981 to Birkbeck College, University of London, where again he served as head of department and from which he retired in 1987. At Maryland, he succeeded in raising academic standards, but in both places his headships were stormy and at Birkbeck aggravated by his intolerance of Marxists.
Management was not one of Robin's strengths. Nor, alas, was marriage. Attractive to, and attracted by, women, he broke up with three wives in succession, though he is survived by his four children, Veronica, Sarah, Toby and Caroline. He was, however, one of the cleverest economists of his time and wonderful company – in seminars, at home, at restaurants, parties or on his little boat on the Solent – full of ideas and information, witty, charming and generous.
• Robin Lapthorn Marris, economist, born 31 March 1924; died 25 September 2012


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- tatjana said...
how did you do it?
I like the look of your blog, it's inspiring me to work a little harder on mine and make it less cheesy :)
i like your work too, of course
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well, its a little complicated - when your writing your post and you upload your images, all the html code comes up for each image...in the code you can see where it says width and height...you need to change these to your desired size. Its a little confusing - my boyfriend figured it out for me! hope this helps :)
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1 October 2012
Series: Yes, Moth #1
UK Publisher: Corgi
UK Release date: 27th September 2012
Genre: YA Paranormal
Read via NetGalley
Kindly given by the publisher for an honest review
Trapped between two very different worlds, newly made vampire Moth is struggling to find her place in either. Not only does she have to answer to her strict Irish-Catholic Dad, but her over-protective maker, Theo, is intent on making her the star attraction in his powerful Boston vampire clan. Moth will have to pull off the double-act of the century to please both of them...
Adding to her problems is the dangerously attractive Jason Murdoch, a trainee vampire hunter who loves to play cat and mouse in his spare time (Jace = cat; Moth = mouse). But when the teenagers of Boston's wealthiest families start to disappear, it forces Moth and Jace into an uneasy truce. Will they be able to solve the mystery behind the disappearances—before someone winds up undead? (Goodreads)
I have to admit, I'm a bit fed up with vampire stories. But Falling to Ash didn't bore me at all. For starters, Moth is a little rough around the edges as a vampire. She wears a leather jacket, steel toe capped biker boots and is extraordinarily witty. It kind of made me feel good though that even as a vampire, Moth wasn't unnaturally perfect all the time. The fact that Moth could still feel pain and had to overcome that to get things done made her character tougher and somehow more humane. Having been turned against her will, Moth is undergoing the emotional turmoil of trying to reconcile her new vampire life with with old life and family. Her protectiveness of her younger sister was really sweet. Moth may be a kickass heroine, but she will capture your heart.
Although the murder mystery was easy to predict, there was plenty of action and twists to the story. Surprising things happened after the murders, which I won't tell you about but were a little gruesome and made some interesting links.
I loved the relationship between Moth and Jace and the fact that they already had a backstory that affected how they interacted at the start of the book. Jace, following in the footsteps of his fathers, was a monster-hunter. And Moth was considered the monster. Despite the fact that Jace had been brought up to kill vampires, Moth and Jace were perfectly balanced. Both in strength and charisma. When they both start investigating the murders of local teenagers they form a tentative alliance. And as Moth is so down to earth, Jace slowly started coming around to seeing her as a person and not just a human blood-sucking killing machine. The fact that he could overcome all the believes his father had instilled in him was impressive and endearing.
This may sound patronising, but it isn't meant to be in the slightest. As Karen is a British author, I was really impressed by how authentic the writing was to the American setting. OK so I haven't ever been to Boston, where the book is set, but the locations described felt so real. And the language and style really did make me believe Moth was a born and bred American. With Irish roots ;)
Dark, witty and with a dash of romance, Falling to Ash is a refreshing addition to the vampire genre.
Rating: 4*
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I loved the humour in this book. It really made me laugh.
- 1 October 2012 at 13:36
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The Left finally found their champion to stand up against the Right's Fox News host Tucker Carlson, or so they thought.
Robert Hockett is a Cornell University Law School professor and top advisor to Democrat Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and recently challenged Carlson, as many people from the Left do, to an open debate on the congresswoman's Green New Deal.
Kickstarting the debate, Carlson asked Hockett about a line from the proposal's summary and FAQ page about providing "economic security for all who are unable or unwilling to work."
The line seems brazen and foolish to Carlson, who asked why the congresswoman would support it.
Hockett sharply replied that the line was taken from parody FAQs being pushed by the right online and that the congresswoman never would support it, Fox News reports.
Check it out:
The FAQ stated that the program will provide "Economic security for all who are unable or unwilling to work," and also noted, "We set a goal to get to net-zero, rather than zero emissions, in 10 years because we aren't sure that we'll be able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast."
The FAQ, which Ocasio-Cortez's office removed from her website amid online backlash (although it is still available on NPR's website) additionally stated, "This is a massive transformation of our society with clear goals and a timeline" at a "scale not seen since World War 2." In another section, the FAQ stated that it had set a goal of net-zero, rather than zero, national emissions in 10 years "because we aren't sure that we'll be able to get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast."
Carlson asked Hockett at the outset of the interview: "Why would we ever pay people who are 'unwilling to work'?"
In a head-turning moment heard around the Internet, Hockett replied flatly, "Uh, we never would, right? And AOC has never said anything like that, right? I think you're referring to some sort of document — I think some doctored document that somebody other than us has been circulating. … She's actually tweeted it out to laugh at it, if you look at her latest tweets. It seems apparently, some Republicans have put it out there. I don't know the details."
Hockett was seemingly referencing a tweet from Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday which reads: "When your #GreenNewDeal legislation is so strong that the GOP has to resort to circulating false versions, but the real one nets 70 House cosponsors on Day 1 and all Dem presidential candidates sign on anyway."
The tweet (seen below) shared a picture of one of the fake parody FAQs.
"The parody versions cited by Ocasio-Cortez in the tweet did not contain any reference to providing economic security for those 'unwilling to work,'" Fox News reports, as Carlson referenced during the interview.
Carlson and Hockett clashed over the question before the Fox News host admitted the info he had could be erroneous and moved on from the question.
Here's more, from Fox News:
Later in the interview, Hockett doubled down that Ocasio-Cortez's official FAQ did not include a reference to a guarantee of universal economic stability even for those "unwilling" to work: "Definitely not. That's erroneous. It's the wrong document. That's not us."
The exchange prompted a flurry of support for Hockett on social media among liberal audiences. The left-wing activist group Media Matters for America wrote, "Watch what happens when Tucker Carlson steps outside the conservative media bubble and gets fact-checked on Green New Deal falsehoods."
The Left's celebration was short-lived, however, when Ocasio-Cortez's chief-of-staff Saikat Chakrabarti seemingly admitted posting the FAQ, but said it was done so in error.
"But on Saturday morning, chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti tweeted that the FAQ page was indeed posted by the Ocasio-Cortez staff but was done so in error. He called the page 'an early draft of an FAQ that was clearly unfinished' and that doesn't represent the GND resolution got published to the website by mistake (idea was to wait for launch, monitor q's, and rewrite that FAQ before publishing)," the Washington Examiner reports.
"An early draft of a FAQ that was clearly unfinished and that doesn't represent the GND [Green New Deal] resolution got published to the website by mistake," Chakrabarti tweeted. "But what's in the resolution is the GND."
So, the FAQ Carlson was citing was true.
And, as a result, Hockett walked back everything he said during the Carlson debate.
"It appears there was more than one document being discussed yesterday, only one of which I had heard about with any definiteness by last evening after a long day of media appearances – namely, the one referred to by the Congresswoman in her tweet," Hockett said in an email to the Daily Caller, as Fox News reports. "I regret that we seem unknowingly to have ended up speaking about different documents for a minute during our longer and otherwise 'on-the-same-page' conversation last night."
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■ Pakistan
Musharraf slams clerics
The Muslim world must correct Western misperceptions created by "semiliterate clerics" about Islam as a religion that fosters militant extremism, Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf said yesterday. "We need to inform the world of the reality of Islam," Musharraf told a meeting of the World Islamic Economic Forum. "Semiliterate clerics who hold sway over the masses [have contributed] to the rise of extremism in the Muslim world as opposed to moderation," he said. "This is the unfortunate reality because this is the critical malaise which spawns terrorism."
■ Malaysia
Leaders slam sex article
Government leaders have rebuked a local newspaper for publishing a frank expose of sexual attitudes among the country's youth. The Weekend Mail gave detailed descriptions of favorite sex positions from its survey -- including "spooning, galloping and tea bag positions" -- in a three-page feature that delivered on its front-page promise: "You'll be shocked." "I received endless calls and SMS over the articles," Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak told a ruling-party meeting on Sunday. "The media going overboard in exploiting sex will only worsen our social problems," he was quoted by the New Straits Times.
■ China
Mine blast kills 17
At least 17 miners were killed and another 30 were trapped after a gas explosion in a coal mine in Xinzhou, Shanxi Province, on Sunday, the Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. Initial indications showed that the gas accumulated and exploded after exhaust fans stopped working due to a power failure.
■ Indonesia
Narco-producers sentenced
Courts sentenced Dutch, French and Chinese nationals from 20 years in prison to life yesterday for ties to an ecstasy factory capable of producing millions of illegal pills a year. Presiding judge Mulyanto told the Tangerang District Court that Frenchman Serge Areski Atloui and Nicolaas Garnick Josephus of Holland were given life behind bars for helping produce ingredients used to make the drug. Five Chinese men each received 20 years for producing methamphe-tamines, known locally as shabu-shabu, another judge said.
■ India
Police cadets arrested
Twenty-eight aspiring policemen have been arrested after around 18,000 of them went on a rampage following the police admission exam, an official said yesterday. "Cars were stopped, roads were blocked, vendors were looted and some of them abused and hooted the women," a police official in the northern city of Ghaziabad said. "We are investigating the reason why so many people went wild," he said. Newspaper reports said the mobs commandeered cars, buses and three-wheeler auto-rickshaws, sometimes forcing out the original passengers and smashing car windows. Several women were also molested.
■ Thailand
Frenchman stabs girlfriend
A Frenchman was arrested in Thailand after he confessed to stabbing his Thai girlfriend to death in their Bangkok apartment during a drunken brawl, police said yesterday. Arthur Bordoni, 26, was detained on Sunday. Bordoni told police that he and his girlfriend, Rosarin Aswapanuwat, 21, got into an argument over her alleged affair with another man, prompting a fight that resulted in his stabbing her to death. After killing the woman, Bordoni telephoned his mother in France and asked her to contact the French embassy in Bangkok. He waited in his apartment, which he and his girlfriend had shared for several months, until police arrived.


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Last week I made Pomegranate Beef. It was amazing. It was super super easy in that the only thing you needed to cut was onion and garlic! I found this recipe on one of my very favorite blogs, A Year of Slow Cooking.
I took some photos (but they do not look at all appetizing), so I am not sharing. This photo from A Year of Slow Cooking is much much much more appealing. So, photo credit goes to that blog! I followed the recipe as is with the exception of the canned tomatoes. My grocery store did not carry fire roasted crushed tomatoes, so I substituted Hunts crushed tomatoes with onion and garlic. The first day I served this over yummy mashed potatoes. When I served as leftovers, I served it over pasta that I had leftover in the fridge. It would be super yummy over egg noodles too.
Here is the recipe:
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 yellow onion, sliced
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon herbes de Provence
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
3 pounds beef roast
4 garlic cloves (whole is fine, or you can chop them)
1 (14-ounce) can fire-roasted crushed tomatoes
1 cup unsweetened pomegranate juice
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1/2 cup golden raisins
The Directions:Use at least a 6-quart slow cooker. Swirl the olive oil into the bottom of the stoneware. Add the onion. Rub the spices on all sides of meat and add to the stoneware with the garlic, the whole can of tomatoes, pomegranate juice, vinegar, and syrup. Sprinkle the raisins on top.
Cover and cook on low fir 8 hours, or on high for about 5. The meat is done when it has reached desired tenderness. Serve with mashed potatoes and drizzle with the sauce.
What did the husband rate this recipe? He gave it an 8....quite good in husband standards. He said he would have rated it higher but that my presentation was lacking! Gotta love him. He suggested placing meat in "hole" in center of potatoes and drizzle the sauce around the outside of the potatoes.
Have I mentioned how much I love my crockpot? Until next time....xoxo


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Hello Everyone, Happy Monday!I'm back with another outfit, I can't believe Thanksgiving is this Thursday! And I am so grateful for all of you.I will have more gratefulness on Thursday. Anyway, it has been absolutely freezing, unbearable especially when the wind blows. It has been moving the branches, fallen leaves and trees back and forth so aggressively. This is the outfit I decided on today purely based on warmth and a shield from this freeze front they call wintery weather mix, umm yeah right! Its funny how the weather almost always dictates first your outfit options and secondly your decisions you make in life especially when a task is needed to get done. As my sister and I finished up our morning errands after church service, we quickly decided to take these photos on the balcony, so that we could run back anytime the weather got unbearable. In the end I am also glad that we still got sunlight and a nice background and mostly the great photos you see here. Enjoy!
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Wednesday, May 24, 2017
"Valkyries: Badasses on Bikes" Is One Sweet Ride
The play, a new one written by Camille Smith, concerns a group of lesbian friends (and the trans lover of the group's leader), who have decided to start a biker gang in order to accomplish some altruistic purpose they have not yet decided upon. In a series of short scenes, we learn about these people, the joy they find in their togetherness, their shared and individual histories, and some of the pain in their lives. We also discover that, most of the time, first impressions are only skin deep (though, yes, there are always exceptions), and family is, or anyway ought to be, family, whether you're born into it or you've chosen it as your own.
Katy Johnson holds the story together with a bittersweet performance as Deena, the leader of the group, who is trying both to establish this new biker gang and to navigate the deepening chasm growing between her and her pregnant sister Kelly, a dour Kate Souza, pouring unspoken—and spoken—pain into their relationship over Deena's love for her transgender boyfriend, Quinn (North Rory Homeward) and the loss of their parents. The struggle between the sisters, as well as its effects on the relationship between Deena and Quinn, form the ongoing pathos of the piece, and all three central players here shine. Homeward, a transgender actor in his first onstage transgender role, easily captures the frustration of someone caught between two impossible choices: Quinn cannot make a strong stand either way despite Kelly's apparently transphobic attitude for fear of driving a stake between the sisters and having his lover come to blame him later. There are many small, subtle acting choices all three make that add much to the unfolding drama.
But the play is a true ensemble play, and its other players are every bit as important. The bar at which the bikers meet is run by Marie, (a dynamic, feisty Marie Treadway). Marie is basically a "take no crap" lesbian, and her huge character, to which Treadway gives her heart, her soul, and at one point pretty much all of her breath, often dominates the stage, and creates a large amount of the comedy of the piece. Another comic focal point is the character of Bella (Cat McKay), a free spirit, devil-may-care young woman whose attitude might best be summarized as "life is meant for me to have fun." And right now her fun involves a woman she has her eyes on, Evie (Elodie Sinetra), whom she is sure must at least be bisexual and who is in a completely self-destructive relationship with prototypical frat-boy, self-involved goon Jake (played to the hilt by Nate Curlott, having a great time being a total jerk). The secondary plot of the story is Evie's coming out, and one scene in particular between her and Jake somehow manages to be hilarious, frightening, and full of pathos all at the same time.
By the time the gang discovers its raison d'etre and the light and sound crew have tons of fun with a motorcycle ride through Chicago, the play has done more than its share to inspire and entertain. This may not be a play with a huge name, but it deserves to be seen. It plays on Wednesdays at 8 PM at Gorilla Tango Theatre, 1919 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60647 until June 28. Do yourself a favor: instead of seeing a movie some night, see this play. You won't be disappointed.
4 comments:
- Neil said...
Thank you, Karen, for this thoughtful review!
(I think the playwright went to Columbia, though. The director and several others involved in the production--including cast members Marie Tredway and Elodie Senetra--went to Carthage.)
- May 31, 2017 at 4:05 PM
- Karen Topham said...
Thanks for that, Neil. I got the info from one of the cast members (North Homeward) but he may have been incorrect. I'm double-checking right now and, if you prove correct, I will absolutely revise the review. :-)
- May 31, 2017 at 5:05 PM
Hi Karen,
Hope you see this as this blog entry is old
This is off topic for sure ... just wanted to say Hi
Years ago we were on some mailing lists together... I was looking at some old posts and when I saw yours, and I wondered how things worked out for you so I googled you under your maiden name... Looks like you did pretty well!
Take care
- Karen A ( Hopefully that rings a bell!)
- August 28, 2017 at 7:59 PM
- Karen Topham said...
Karen A:
A VERY long time ago, if my memory is serving me correctly! If you're on facebook, friend me there!
- August 28, 2017 at 8:22 PM
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On June 17, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) arrested a man after receiving a complaint that he had posted illegal photos on Facebook.
The complaint stated that 21 year old Kyle Edwards illegally killed a deer and alligator and that the suspected hunter posted photos on his Facebook profile.
Investigators said Edwards and a friend were headed out to camp and shoot a new AK-47 they just purchased at a Tampa gun show.
On the way to camp, the boys saw an alligator near the road, so they stopped and killed it. Edwards explained that he cleaned it and ate some of the meat and gave the rest of it to his friends before leaving the carcass on a dump pile near the camp.
The next day, Edwards said, he shot and killed a deer. He then took photos of the animal, cleaned it and gave some of the meat to his friends before disposing the carcass on a dump pile near the camp.
Edwards was issued a citation for illegally taking the deer out of season and for illegally taking of an American alligator, both second-degree misdemeanors.
By Florida law, a first-degree misdemeanor can result in a fine of up to $1,000 and six months in jail, while a second-degree misdemeanor can lead to a fine of up to $500 and three months behind bars.


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Accessibility at Uber
Our technology has transformed mobility for many people with disabilities, and we're committed to continuing to develop solutions that support everyone's ability to easily move around their communities.
Riders with disabilities
Uber's technology is helping increase the mobility and independence of transportation for riders with disabilities, with features and capabilities like:
- Cashless payments. Uber's cashless payment option simplifies the payment process, reducing the need for riders to worry about counting out cash payments or exchanging bills with a driver.
- On-Demand transportation. The Uber app makes it easier for riders with disabilities to get from A to B at the push of a button. With the Uber app, riders no longer have to prearrange rides through a dispatcher or resort to other, less convenient, means of hailing a ride.
- Upfront pricing. Uber uses upfront pricing to let riders know the cost of their trip before they request a ride. This gives riders peace-of-mind and helps eliminate the risk of fraud.
- Uber anti-discrimination policies. Every trip request you make is automatically matched to a nearby driver by the Uber app, reducing opportunities for unlawful discrimination to interfere with the process of securing reliable, affordable transportation. For riders who are blind or low-vision and may be traveling with service animals, Uber's Code of Conduct and Service Animal Policy clearly requires driver-partners to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transportation of service animals.
- Share your ETA and location. Riders can easily share their ride details, including the specific route and estimated time of arrival, with friends or family for extra peace of mind. Friends or family members will receive a link where they can find out in real time the name and photo of the driver, the vehicle, and track where you are on the map until you arrive at your destination — all without downloading the Uber app.
Riders who are blind or low-vision
With VoiceOver iOS, Android TalkBack, and wireless braille display compatibility, the Uber app makes it easier for riders who are blind to get from A to B at the push of a button.
- Here's how to request a ride in the Uber app's iOS Accessibility Features
- Here's how to request a ride in the Uber app's Android Accessibility Features
- Listen to this podcast for tips on using the Uber rider app's VoiceOver iOS Feature
- Listen to this podcast for tips on using the Uber rider app with a service animal
Accessibility Certification
The Uber Rider and Uber Eats apps are monitored and tested regularly by internal resources and by AudioEye, Inc., a 3rd-Party provider of Accessibility testing and monitoring. The AudioEye certification process involves automatic and manual testing with the goal of meeting Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level AA Standards. Read more here.
Riders with Service Animals
In the United States and Canada, we have taken various steps to provide Uber driver-partners with information regarding their obligations to transport riders with service animals. These steps include:
- In-app notifications for new and existing drivers: All new and existing driver-partners will receive an in-app notification that requires them to acknowledge their contractual and legal obligations related to accepting service animals on trips.
- Updated quarterly communications: All driver-partners will receive an email once every three months with information related to transporting riders with service animals.
- Process for reporting a service animal denial: Our specialized support team handles all service animal-related complaints to ensure that incidents are appropriately investigated, documented, and resolved. These reports can be filed in our Accessibility Help Center from within the Uber app or from a computer using this form.
- An updated service animal policy: Uber has updated its service animal policy, which highlights driver-partners' contractual and legal obligations to riders traveling with service animals, as well as the company's continuing commitment to addressing rider complaints.
To learn more about our U.S. service animal policy and the process for reporting service animal denial complaints, check out this guide. Our Canada Service Animal Policy can be found in English here and in French here.
Thousands of people rely on service animals / assistance dogs to help them get around their cities and complete everyday tasks. All driver-partners have an important role to play in helping people with service animals / assistance dogs get around their cities. Find out more by watching this movie with Emily Davison and her guide Dog Unity.
"I believe Uber is the most significant advancement in independence for me and other blind people so far this century."
— Mike May, Executive Director – BVI Workforce Innovation Center, Envision, Inc.
Riders who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Audio is not needed for full functionality of the Uber app. Assistive technology such as visible and vibrating alerts can help riders who are deaf or hard of hearing use the Uber app easily, and in-app features, such as the ability to enter destination, can facilitate non-verbal communication between the rider and driver-partner.
Riders with mobility disabilities
We're using technology to make transportation more accessible and reliable for riders with mobility disabilities, including through WAV (wheelchair accessible vehicles).
- UberWAV lets riders who use non-folding, motorized wheelchairs to connect with drivers in wheelchair accessible vehicles that are equipped with ramps or lifts.
- We're using several uberWAV models in cities around the world (e.g. in New York, London, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Boston, Chicago, Bangalore, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Toronto) to determine which wheelchair accessible vehicle options best meet the needs of our riders and driver-partners. More information on those models in some cities can be found here.
"By launching [uberWAV], Uber is offering people requiring wheelchair accessible vehicles the opportunity to request an on-demand ride with the touch of a button. As an organization that works to improve the quality of life for individuals with disabilities, I applaud Uber for expanding options for those of us desiring wheelchair accessible vehicles."
—Eric Lipp, Executive Director of Open Doors Organization
"UberX has been a game changer for millions of people moving all around the world, and I'm thrilled to see Uber applying the same creative ingenuity to provide more consumer choices and opportunities…UberWAV will empower people requiring wheelchair accessible vehicles to get a ride when they need one by simply pressing a button."
–Tony Coelho, Co-author of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Riders with assistance needs
At Uber, we strive to increase access to transportation for everyone, everywhere. UberASSIST is designed to provide people who would like a helping hand with additional assistance. With UberASSIST, top-rated driver-partners may obtain independent training from third-party organizations to assist riders into vehicles. UberASSIST is currently available in more than 40 cities around the world.
Eats customers with disabilities
Customers who are blind or low-vision
With VoiceOver iOS and Android TalkBack, the Uber Eats app makes it easier for customers who are blind or low-vision to order food from restaurants at the push of a button.
- Here's how to use Uber Eats app with VoiceOver Accessibility Features
- Here's how to use Uber Eats app with TalkBack Accessibility Features
Customers who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Audio is not needed for full functionality of the Uber Eats app. Assistive technology such as visible and vibrating alerts can help eaters who are deaf or hard of hearing use the Uber Eats app easily, and in-app features, such as the ability to enter delivery destination, can facilitate non-verbal communication between the customer and delivery-partner.
Driver-partners with disabilities
Driver-partners who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Uber is opening up flexible economic opportunities for driver-partners who are deaf or hard of hearing. There are now thousands of deaf and hard of hearing driver-partners on the Uber platform in the U.S. who are providing more rides per month on average than hearing driver-partners. Driver-partners who are deaf across the U.S. have collectively earned more than $10 million — all by helping people get around their communities.
In September 2016, Uber was recognized by the Ruderman Family Foundation as one of 18 companies leading the way in supporting people with disabilities. More information here.
Additionally, we recently partnered with the Communication Service for the Deaf, the largest Deaf-led nonprofit in the United States, to expand opportunities for deaf men and women. We've also worked with members of the deaf community including the National Association of the Deaf and Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (TDI) to design and implement a series of fully optional product capabilities to improve the driver-partner experience.
These product capabilities include:
- Enabling these features in app. We recently added the ability for partners to self-identify as deaf or hard of hearing in the partner app, which unlocks the following features for drivers and their riders.
- Flashing trip request. The Uber Partner app signals a new trip request with a flashing light in addition to the existing audio notification. This makes it easier for driver-partners to notice when there's a new opportunity to give a ride and make some money.
- Turns off calling and uses text-only messaging. The ability to call a deaf or hard of hearing driver-partner is turned off for the rider — instead, riders are directed to text their driver if they need to communicate with them. Driver-partners who use this setting are less likely to have rides canceled after a failed phone call.
- Adds a prompt for the rider's destination. The app will add an extra prompt for riders to enter their destination and lets them know their driver is deaf or hard of hearing. Once a partner with this setting turned on accepts a ride, the rider will see a prominent screen asking for their destination. Uber can then provide turn-by-turn directions once the ride begins.
- Shows a message to let riders know their driver-partner is deaf or hard of hearing. Along with the prompt for destination, a message appears letting the rider know that their driver is deaf or hard of hearing.
To enable these features, go here or watch this video.
"Uber has incorporated accessible technology for Deaf and hard of hearing people directly into their app, providing unprecedented access for the Deaf community to make money by driving with Uber. This partnership with CSD will provide more than a simple opportunity for Deaf driver-partners to give rides to people on the road — it's an opportunity to build bridges between people and influence a new perception of the abilities and humanity of Deaf people."
— Chris Soukup, CEO of the Communication Service for the Deaf
Driver-partners with mobility disabilities
Uber provides economic opportunities for people with mobility disabilities. Uber welcomes driver-partners who use modified vehicles and hand controls on the Uber platform. Anyone who is legally able to drive can apply to partner with Uber.
Our Policies
Accessibility Compliance Notification
- Driver-partners must comply with all applicable state, federal and local laws governing the transportation of riders with disabilities. A partner's violation of the laws governing the accommodation of riders with disabilities constitutes a breach of the parties' Technology Services Agreement.
- Accordingly, driver-partners are expected to accommodate riders using walkers, canes, folding wheelchairs or other assistive devices to the maximum extent feasible.
- Any report of unlawful discrimination will result in the temporary deactivation of a partner's account while Uber reviews the incident. Confirmed violations of the law with respect to riders with disabilities may result in permanent loss of a partner's access to the Uber platform.
Service Animal Policy
State and federal law prohibit driver-partners using the Uber Driver App from denying service to riders with service animals because of the service animals, and from otherwise discriminating against riders with service animals. As explained in Uber's Non-Discrimination Policy, driver-partners who engage in discriminatory conduct in violation of this legal obligation will lose their ability to use the Driver App. More information about Uber's Service Animal Policy can be found here.
We're here to help.
- For more information about Uber account, browse through frequently asked questions, or leave feedback on a recent trip, visit Help & Support.
- If you're interested in learning more about transporting riders with disabilities, check out these resources for driver-partners.
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So as much as I bitched about Crabby....clearly I cared for the damn cat because I have been a mess over putting her down all day. I didn't really think that the vet was going to tell to me that it was time to put her down. I was fully prepared for them to tell me that we could up her meds or something else outrageously expensive. In turn I would cave in spite of the shocking price tag and we would get at least another month of Crabby's presence. I immediately started to cry when the vet told me that nothing could save my evil bitch of a cat.
As evil as she was...she had her moments. I have fond memories of her trying to be nice and maybe that is what I will miss the most. Those rare moments when it wasn't blatantly obvious that she was the spawn of Satan...rare though they were made all of the other evil stuff worth it.
As the vet left the room to let me say goodbye, I couldn't help but smile through my tears as I picked her up and in true Crabby fashion she bitched slapped me. So I held her paws so she couldn't repeat the attack and held my poor skinny cat and cried. Then Elizabeth told me that it was time for Crabby to go into the light. The fact that Elizabeth saw that made me see that it was in fact time.
So tonight I say my goodbyes to the cat that I swore at on a daily basis. Evil as she was...I loved her.


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I bought a car back in December. Well some things came about that no one would think would happen with a car. Especially after having it for two weeks. Angela and her husband felt so bad but worked with us to make it right. And still fixed a few more things for us after the major fix. They are even going to work on my husbands car. These folks are honest, down to earth, hard working folks. And make sure that you're taken care of. By law after they sell you a car they don't have to do anything else for you. But they went above and beyond for me to make sure i got to keep the car i liked. Thank you very much. And I appreciate all that y'all have already done for us.
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Almost a year after leaving Fifth Harmony, Camila Cabello has finally announced the release date of her self-titled debut album, and it looks like Camilizers everywhere will start their New Year off with new music on January 12, 2018.
Taking to Instagram earlier today to announce the news, Cabello explained the new title of her album, which was originally going to be titled The Healing, The Hurting, The Loving.
"I decided to call it by my name, because this is where this chapter in my life ended. it started with somebody else's story, it ended with me finding my way back to myself."
to my Camilizers…. my debut album is finally finished. now i'm trying to steady my heartbeat!!!!!!! thank you for being so patient with me this year, i can't wait for you to hear what has been the soundtrack to the past year of my life… all of these songs have special memories behind them, and i'm not gonna lie, it feels emotional letting them go, feels like the end of a chapter… i decided to call it by my name, because this is where this chapter in my life ended. it started with somebody else's story, it ended with me finding my way back to myself. my album is gonna be available for pre order this Thursday, and i'm putting out two instant grat tracks with it…. one is called never be the same, and one is called real friends. it's in your hands January 12 love you guys so much, Camila
Earlier this year, Cabello dropped her debut singles "Crying In The Club" and "I Have Questions" and performed the tracks at the 2017 iHeartRadio MMVAs. "Crying in the Club" achieved moderate chart success, peaking at #47 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Cabello achieved massive success just last month when "Havana," the lead single to her self-titled album, hit #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. She credited Toronto producer Frank Dukes for "taking a classic part of Latin culture and combining it with something new and modern."
The song was accompanied by a sultry, telenovela style music video and a Spanish-language version featuring Daddy Yankee.
Fans won't have to wait too long until they hear some new music, as Cabello also announced that she'll drop two tracks titled "Never Be The Same" and "Real Friends" when the album is available for preorder on Thursday.
Camila drops on January 12.


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An Epiphany
For the past eight years, my idea of exercise has consisted primarily of lifting the TV remote, occasionally dragging my cat around on a leash, and carrying groceries from car to fridge. In the two weeks after the election, I ran forty miles. Well, jogged, really. Stumbled. Forced my temporarily-abled body over hill and dale.
Don't congratulate me. I didn't enjoy it; I don't plan to continue. But I needed an outlet and I hoped I could outrun my feelings. Turns out, my legs are forty miles sorer and I'm still just as disgusted by the election outcome.
On the upside, the little oxygen that my former-smoker's lungs managed to send to my brain as I panted my way around town led me to realize that 1) I can't be the only piece of gendertrash looking for an outlet, and 2) sometimes I write stuff. Okay, so maybe I'm playing fast and loose with the word "epiphany," but the point is I realized that writing is a hell of a lot more fun than running.
Enter The Gendertrash Café
The idea for a Gendertrash Café started in a classroom of millenials who had never heard the word "gendertrash" before. As I attempted to give a definition, the conversation devolved into a brief history lesson about the spelling of the word transexual, the longstanding debates over the usage of the word "tranny," and the asterisk saga.
We talked about the inherent power in the reclamation of language, and the rejection of respectability politics. We discussed the empowerment of not taking oneself too seriously. As a trans feminine friend of mine lovingly responds when told that "tranny" is not an acceptable word for trans women to reclaim: "So, I guess 'gendertrash' is out, then?"
The students marveled at the frankness of the term and the history and humor it represented. They thought it would make a lovely name for a queer bar or café. We quite agreed.
But, given our lack of business experience, deficit of property, and inability to find investors who want to back a real live Gendertrash Café where we give coffee and muffins away to teens, freaks, and other outlaws (because apparently giving café vittles away for free is "bad business practice" or something), we're making this a virtual venture.
But Here's the Deal
I have a twisted sense of humor. And I don't mean a look-at-me-I'm-so-edgy sense of humor.
I mean
– that I use humor to disarm,
– that laughing at too-soon jokes got me past suicidal ideation,
– that gallows humor is responsible for my continuing presence on this earth.
I value writing that can make me laugh. The deeply profound slogans used on flashing traffic signs are at the top of that list. (Current favorite: Safety starts with "S", begins with "You." Someone actually got paid to come up that gold. I'm telling you, these sign writers are just one step away from making it to the big time and titling porn. If anyone else collects these terrible slogans, send them to me. Bonus points if they rhyme.)
But now, more than ever, I have to laugh. Not to normalize a situation that isn't and will never be normal, but to keep my spirits up on the way to the political guillotine. As we stare into the frightening obscurity of the next few years, we'll have to find things to laugh about. So, we'll need to laugh at the absurdity and we'll need to laugh at the irony. Some days, we'll need to laugh to keep from crying. Frequently, we'll need to laugh at ourselves.
The Gendertrash Café therefore seeks to be a blog imbued with humor. We'll write about the serious businesses of transphobia, racism, poverty, discrimination, and every –ism under the sun, but we'll do it with a quirky literary smile. We'll tell self-deprecating stories that remind us how valuable we are. You won't have to search far to find the inherent self-care on these pages.
Calling All Revolutionaries
If you think you can help us in our mission, then we need you! Here at the Gendertrash Café we have room for all sorts. We're calling all revolutionaries. All the SJWs. All the gendertrash and the perverts. The freaks, geeks, dykes, fags, and trannies. The dreg queens and kings of the earth. (See what I did there? #PunsOfSteel)
We're gearing up for the apocalypse and we want your company when it arrives. So if your pen is mightier than your sword (or if you were assigned swordless at birth) make your way over to our submissions page and send us your essays, poetry, and prose.


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Western Force
British Lions
Force kick-off with their weakened team, which was disappointing. "We wanted to play the strongest team possible. But we can't worry about them too much - we've got to concentrate on ourselves," says Gatland. Lions exit their 22 smoothly through the boot of scrum-half Murray.
The first break comes from Lions' Ireland wing Tommy Bowe. Force scramble back but they're offside, penalty Lions. Full-back Leigh Halfpenny is handed the goal kicking duties and makes no mistake.
Lions force a couple of turnovers, but a promising attack comes to a halt as Sexton finds George North with a precise chip, but the Wales wing holds on in the tackle. This gets the Lions front foot. A fine long pass from Sexton to Sean O'Brien sets up the Welshman's second run, and a couple of phases later it is the Ireland fly-half, Sexton, who makes a well-deserved try. Halfpenny converts it beautifully to set a 0-10 lead at just 11 minutes in. A purposeful start from the Lions.
Bowe is on fire and the Lions are looking promising. Drawing the defenders in and making good pace across the phases. Force's defence is all over the place and poor in realignment.
22 minutes in and Force kick the pen to the corner, win the line-out and hammer away. The Lions hold firm but O'Driscoll is pinged for off-side. Back into the corner we go for another Force throw. But James Hilterbrand over-throws and Lions clear. Good ambition from the hosts.
Terrible pass to O'Brien, he is hammered back by home captain Hodgson and holds on. Sheehan to go for goal and the stocky, shaven-headed scrum-half makes no mistake.
Western Force 3 – 10 Lions
After great play from North. The winger off-loads out of the tackle and O'Driscoll looks up before deciding he may as well floor it. A fantastic try from the captain. And that's a superb conversion from Halfpenny from the touchline. Will he start at 15 in the Tests and do the kicking, with Sexton running things from 10?
Western Force 3 – 17 Lions
After a tackle from Force six Angus Cottrell, Cian Healy looks in a lot of pain and appears to have injured his leg. The medics are quickly on and there is a pause whilst he is taken off on a stretcher. Could this be the end of his tour?
Another penalty, another fine kick from Halfpenny.
Western Force 3 – 20 Lions
Mako Vunipola is on for the injured Healy, the Saracen bullocking his way through the Force defence to get the Lions on the front foot.The Lions go wide and although O'Driscoll and Heaslip are both held just short, when the Lions switch it to the left Croft barely has to get out of second gear to score near the touch line.
Halfpenny converts once again - he is kicking quite beautifully.
Western Force 3 – 27 Lions
Half time sees Less force, more like gentle persuasion from the hosts at the moment. 'I say, would you mind if we had an attack now?' Not very Australian is it fellas.
O'Brien, Vunipola and Heaslip take a sledgehammer to the home defence. The Lions are held up in the left corner, but spin it right and Sexton's 30m pass sends Heaslip cantering over. Halfpenny converts from the touchline - this time on his wrong side - once again.
Western Force 3 – 34 Lions
The home team appear to be getting lively and Brown, who's been with Western Force since they started, batters over from close range to give the home fans something to cheer about.
Western Force 10 – 34 Lions
Not for long though as Vunipola only has five metres to go and one man in his way, he beats down the Force man and scores a convincing try.
Halfpenny converts once more from supposedly his wrong side, the ball gliding through the sticks like a knife through butter. Truly impressive.
Western Force 10 – 41 Lions
The Lions mess up a pass which gives Force a chance to clear their lines and they concede a penalty. Stubbs is binned for npt rolling away as the Lions battered the line. Lions take a five-metre srcum. Bowe beats Corey Brown to score in the corner. You know the rest… beautiful conversion by Halfpenny. Unbelievable from the Welshman.
Western Force 10 – 48 Lions
Replacement forward Lachlan McCaffrey goes over through Sexton's tackle and scores a try.
Western Force 17 – 48 Lions
Lions straight on the attack while O'Driscoll and Tuilagi demonstrate their partnership. Tuilagi knocks them down like skittles and feeds to the captain. Try!
Western Force 17 – 55 Lions
Owen Farrell dummies and then shows pace to go over from some distance. Halfpenny converts.
Western Force 17 – 62 Lions
Force on the attack but ferocious defence sees more big carries from the likes of North, Heaslip and Vunipola. O'Brien sends Parling over on the inside ball. He scores. Halfpenny converts once more.
One final attack from the hosts but it's too late. The Lions have roared to tremendous victory.
Western Force 17 – 69 Lions
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Under threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay.
wow! winner of the grand prix at Cannes 2010, this is a really unique film. Not everyone's cup of tea however. The film concerns a group of French, Christian monks in Algiers during the 90's and their confrontation with Islamic militants who try to force them out. Heavy in parts, sparse in others, deeply religious yet completely human. At times it almost feels like an old western from the 50's yet managed to keep me riveted throughout.
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Friday, December 10, 2010
Last Train Home - Lixin Fan (2009 Canada)
A family embarks on an annual tormenting journey along with 200 other million peasant workers to reunite with their distant family, and to revive their love and dignity as China soars as the world's next super power.
Excellent new documentary following the annual Chinese new year journey embarked on by millions of migrant workers as they leave the mega-cities to visit their families. Using this as a framework the doco paints a vivid canvas of wealth, poverty, west/east and forces us to take a hard look at what we value as quality of life.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
The Time That Remains - Elia Suleiman (2009 UK)
The final instalment in a trilogy that includes CHRONICLE OF A DISAPPEARANCE and DIVINE INTERVENTION, this is set among the Israeli Arab community and shot largely in homes and places in which Suleiman's family once lived. Inspired by his father's diaries, letters his mother sent to family members who had fled the Israeli occupation, and the director's own recollections, the film spans from 1948 until the present, recounting the saga of Suleiman's family in elegantly stylised episodes. Inserting himself as a silent observer reminiscent of Buster Keaton, Suleiman trains a keen eye on the absurdities of life in Nazareth.
Wonderful film making here. A colour palette to die for. An absurdist meditation on life, interconnectedness, loss and meaning. I will admit to having to pause and visit wikipedia a couple of times during this to fully understand the context and time-frame for the setting. That said I think there is more than enough universal appeal to make this enjoyable for anyone. Solid, theatrical performances. Subtle Coen-esque humour.
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They say all good things must come to an end, and so it is
with Annual Day Zero Pacific Crest Trail Kick Off. This year, as
we have for the past 17 years, the ADZPCTKO organizers will
gather at Lake Morena County Park to greet hikers passing
through, offer them a cold (or hot, depending on the weather)
beverage, and some advice from those who have been there before.
But we won't have the trappings that have come to define kick
off in recent years: hot meals served to hundreds, a vendor fair
of items uniquely suited to long-distance hiking, a full
schedule of informative seminars, nightly film presentations,
and reunions of previous PCT thru-hiker classes. Also missing:
overcrowded campsites, overflowing septic tanks, long lines for
registration and meals, and loud late-night parties.
So why end this tradition that is loved by many and reviled
by a few?
From the beginning, our sole purpose has been to help
current-year aspiring thru hikers. Calming the butterflies.
Educating about effective equipment, techniques, leave no trace
ethics, and how to be an ambassador for the Pacific Crest Trail.
Providing information about current trail, snow, and water
conditions. Showing the geology, flora, and fauna to be
encountered along the way. Even supporting and maintaining water
caches. We've never wavered from that core mission; as the event
grew larger and new features were added, we tried to ensure that
they served that core mission.
But a lot has changed since the first ADZPCTKO in 1999.
Information resources for PCT hikers were sparse then. PCTA
had only a basic (and mostly static) website hosted on gorp.com.
PCT-L was in its infancy. Facebook didn't even exist until five
years later. There were no Halfmile maps and no Yogi's PCT
Handbook. No map apps existed, which isn't surprising because no
smartphones existed. Hikers who wanted ultralight gear had to
make their own; a few became so good at it that they turned
their efforts into small businesses that later displayed their
wares at ADZPCTKO. With only analog film equipment and limited
web tools, it was much easier to share your experience with
other hikers by gathering in small groups.
Small groups? When ADZPCTKO began, a few hundred hikers would
attempt a thru hike each year, and a sizable portion of them
started in the several days before or after KO, as that was
generally considered to be the optimal start date. The number
grew slowly but steadily, and KO grew with it. And then there
was Wild. Trail popularity skyrocketed, so that now PCTA issues
several thousand permits for hikers starting throughout the
spring. We have always been cognizant of the bump in daily trail
use coinciding with KO, but the biggest herd ever out of KO's
early days was no match for the size of current daily quotas. We
don't want to create a bigger wave than the one that already
exists. An event held on a single weekend can do one of two
things: reach only a small fraction of this year's hikers, or
skew the starting dates in a way that creates a huge herd
(assuming we had the ability to accommodate an ever larger
crowd, which we don't).
The explosion of alternative information resources and the
explosion in the number of hikers have simultaneously reduced
the need for an event like ours and made it less effective --
leaving us to wonder how ADZPCTKO 2017 can fulfill that core
mission of assisting current-year thru hikers.
So that's where we are. Lots of good memories, lots of
enduring friendships. And the realization that an event that was
an essential trail stop a few years ago is not right for the PCT
of 2017.
As our founder and dear friend Greg "Strider" Hummel said: "No regrets! No fears! No worries! No tears!" We hope to see you all out on the trail. Have a great hike!
Check out the ADZPCTKO online store
Did you pick up a T-shirt at KO? No? Well it's not too late...because we just opened our online store! You'll not only find our latest T-shirt, featuring words of wisdom from PCT legend Billy Goat, but also T-shirts from previous years, in men's and women's styles. Oh yeah: insulated travel mugs and travel wallets too. Remember our motto: All shirts guaranteed to be as wrinkled as shown in the photos.
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The Factory is looking to recruit new judges!
If you are interested in joining the Factory team as a Judge, please feel free to read below and apply.
To be a successful applicant you must:
- Be prepared to work with members to get their submissions approved.
- Be able to work in a team and take instructions.
- Be polite and balanced in your rulings.
- Have experience with the Factory before hand with submissions.
- Discord Chat accessibility. This is mandatory for all Factory Judges.
Please read everything before submitting your application in a single pm to Factory staff Jamie Pyne, Lily Kuhn, and Zef Halo.
In the PM state:
- The profile you would want to judge in.
- Examples of your best Factory submissions / Previous experience.
- Why you want to become a factory judge?
- How you would help make the factory better? Ideas?
- Your discord name.
If you do not follow these instructions, your application will be ignored.