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Handing over. 'Joint control' in Fansites /Wirtschaftsakademie.
Posted by Geert van Calster in Conflict of Laws /Private international law on 07/06/2018
Choices, choices. I will continue to follow the GDPR for jurisdictional purposes, including territorial scope. (And I have a paper coming up on conflict of laws issues in the private enforcement of same). But for much of the GDPR enforcement debate, I am handing over to others. Johannes Marosi, for instance, who reviews the CJEU judgment this week in Fansites /Wirtschaftsakademie, over at Verfassungsblog. I reviewed the AG's Opinion here.
Judgment in Grand Chamber but with small room for cheering.
As Johannes' post explains, there are many loose ends in the judgment, and little reference to the GDPR (technically correct but from a compliance point of view wanting). (As an aside: have a look at Merlin Gömann's paper, in CMLREv, on the territorial scope of the GDPR).
(Handbook of) EU Private International Law, 2nd ed. 2016, Chapter 2, Heading 126.96.36.199.5.
Bot AG in Fansites /Wirtschaftsakademie. No cheers for unified applicable data protection laws.
Posted by Geert van Calster in Conflict of Laws /Private international law on 21/12/2017
Apologies for late reporting. Bot AG opined end of October in C‑210/16 Fansites. [The official name of the case is Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein v Wirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein GmbH, in the presence of Facebook Ireland Ltd, Vertreter des Bundesinteresses beim Bundesverwaltungsgericht. It's obvious why one prefers calling it Fansites].
The Advocate-General summarises (para 2-3) the case as involving 'proceedings between the Wirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein GmbH, a company governed by private law and specialising in the field of education ('the Wirtschaftsakademie'), and the Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein, a regional data-protection authority in Schleswig-Holstein ('ULD') concerning the lawfulness of an order issued by the latter against the Wirtschaftsakademie requiring it to deactivate a 'fan page' hosted on the website of Facebook Ireland Ltd. The reason for that order was the alleged infringement of the provisions of German law transposing Directive 95/46. Specifically, visitors to the fan page were not warned that their personal data are collected by the social network Facebook ('Facebook') by means of cookies that are placed on the visitor's hard disk, the purpose of that data collection being to compile viewing statistics for the administrator of the fan page and to enable Facebook to publish targeted advertisements.'
The case ought to clarify the extent of the powers of intervention of supervisory authorities such as ULD with regard to the processing of personal data which involves the participation of several parties (at 13). I had flagged earlier that this case is relevant to the jurisdictional and applicable law issues involving datr cookies.
Whatever the outcome of the case, its precedent value will be limited by the imminent entry into force of the new General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR. The GDPR clearly introduces a 'one-stop principle' with only one lead authority (in FB's case, Ireland's data protection agency) having the authority to act (see also the AG's observation of same in para 103).
As prof Lorna Woods in excellent analysis observes, the issue comes down to the interpretation of the phrase from Art. 4(1)(a), 'in the context of the activities of an establishment'. Dan Svantesson has most superb analysis of Article 4(1)(a) here, anyone interested in the issue will find his insight most helpful.
Now, the Advocate-General leans heavily on Weltimmo however I would suggest its precedent value for the Fanpages case is constrained. Weltimmo concerned a company set up in Slovakia but with no relevant activities at all in that Member State. Indeed as the Court itself observed (at 16-18) , the company was effectively male fide (my words, not the CJEU's) moving its servers and creating fog as to its exact whereabouts. In other words a case of blatant abuse. There is no suggestion of abuse in Fanpages. Moreover according to the CJEU in C-230/14 Weltimmo the phrase 'in the context of the activities of an establishment' cannot be interpreted restrictively (AG's reference in para 87), yet that CJEU holding in Weltimmo cross-refers to Google Spain in which the crucial issue was whether EU data protection laws apply at all. That is very different in Weltimmo and in Fanpages. That EU authorities have jurisdiction and that EU privacy law applies is not at issue.
There is sufficient argument to find in the Directive, even before its transformation into the GDPR, that in cases such as these the same processing operation ought to be governed by the laws of just one Member State. It would be good for the CJEU to recognise that even before the entry into force of the GDPR.
(Handbook of) EU Private International Law, 2nd ed. 2016, Chapter 2, Heading 220.127.116.11.5.


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A weekend to celebrate!
The night was fabulous, and the laughs were plentiful. It was the beginning of a very good weekend...
I fell asleep at 2 a.m., and then the phone rang. At exactly 5:30 a.m. Nothing will shake you out a hangover faster than your mom phoning at an ungodly hour to say:
"It's mom! Your sister is in the hospital, her water broke! Get the kids and let's go let's go let's go!"
After hanging up the phone, I rolled over and fell back asleep. Chances were very good that no baby would be making an appearance before 9 a.m. Certainly not before I had my coffee!
When I woke up I went into nesting mode on behalf of my sister, and spent the morning cleaning my house from top to bottom, while at the same time playing with my children and planning all the things we had to do that day to get ready for my son's 6th birthday party the next day. That's right. Hosting a big birthday party the same weekend my sister was having her baby and also the same weekend my in-laws were leaving for Greece for a few months, one week before I leave for San Diego? I guess you could say things were a little hectic!
I was brave enough to venture to Michael's, Bulk Barn, and the party store with my children to pick up the things we needed for the next day's festivities, all the while feeling incredibly anxious for my sister and mentally checking things off my to-do list while trying to not buy 2 giant Dora balloons for my three year old, who had a melt down in the balloon aisle. Of course, I bought the balloons, which he then proceeded to let go of so he could watch them float away into the sky. Just like that, fifteen dollars escaped his little hands and floated up, up up...
I dropped the kids off at home (my husband was on stand-by!) and I went to spend some time with sister. She wasn't having her baby, so my mom and I went for lunch. As I left and headed for home, I received another frantic phone call:
"Hurry back! She's having the baby!"
I rushed home to pick up my family and made it to the hospital just in time.
Finally, a baby was born! I spent the next hour holding my new nephew and inhaling the most delicious baby smell, thinking about how it was when I was in the same room giving birth to my children, and thinking about how quickly time passes. Baby fever? Almost, I'd say!
The next day, after spending more time with the newest member of our family, I was ready to celebrate my son's 6th birthday party with extended family members and cousins. (His 'friends' party is taking place next weekend!)
We were doing a pirate/treasure hunt theme this year, complete with pool party and big backyard BBQ. The best way to celebrate a summer birthday, right?
I loved seeing his expression when he saw the cake I ordered for him - this was one amazing treasure chest birthday cake! The best part? It tasted so good!
My son officially turns 6 years old next Monday. I have a blog post ready to go about that, of course. My boys keep me laughing all day long, and now with another baby in our family to love, my heart is pretty full of happiness. The fact that my sister had her baby a week early just for me (thanks, baby J!) makes me extra happy, too. (I still can't believe it's her SECOND baby in a year!) I'm glad I don't have to stress about missing the baby's birth when I'm San Diego for BlogHer next week. Now, I can officially (almost) relax by the pool, drink in hand...
9 comments:
- Michelle said...
That is one PACKED weekend! Congrats on your new nephew!
- July 26, 2011 at 1:19 PM
i was just thinking omg i feel like i just read about your sister having the first baby ! Congrats on being an aunt ...again! And i just had to laugh about your son and the $15 escaping his hands....hahahhaa....i could just picture my 3 yr doing that too ....we had a similar incident of her throwing a brand new toy out the car window while I was on the freeway :(
- July 26, 2011 at 1:43 PM
And happy bday to you son as well!!!!!!!!!!!!
- July 26, 2011 at 1:44 PM
- CMURPHY said...
Congrats to your wonderful and beautiful Sister on the birht of her baby boy! & Congrats to Super Mom for doing all that you did in that time frame! It really goes to show that Mom's do rock it when they want to sending <3 to your whole family and the new addition
Crystal :)
- July 26, 2011 at 1:54 PM
- Elaine A. said...
I THOUGHT your sister had recently had a baby! Wow, they are close in age!
You're a great aunt, Loukia!
And that treasure chest, cake? Awesome!
You did have a crazy weekend girl!
- July 26, 2011 at 10:22 PM
- Abby said...
That IS a cool cake! And congrats on your new nephew! Two babies in a year?! Math was never my strong suit but it took me a minute to realize that's even possible. ;)
- July 27, 2011 at 1:55 PM
Congratulations on your nephew (is this your sister's 2nd baby - I seem to remember her having another quite recently?). Looks like your son had an awesome birthday. I love the pirate cake! And I really must remember to buy my son's cake next time instead of trying (and not succeeding) to make it like I usually do!
- July 28, 2011 at 8:14 PM
- crazypants said...
So exciting to have a new bambino around! It's great to see the boys growing... they seemed so much smaller when I started reading you a couple of years ago. Sigh...
- July 30, 2011 at 9:51 PM
- Momo Fali said...
It is probably wrong that it makes me feel better to know that someone else has a life as crazy as mine!
- August 9, 2011 at 5:56 PM

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Blogmas Bonus – Cranberry Scones
Hello and Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it and Happy Holidays to everyone.
Back in November when I was meticulously planning each and every Blogmas post, I asked my sister to do a guest post on something sweet and easy to make. I told her what daybI was thinking of putting it up and told her to get back to me.
Well she did. Yesterday. But I digress. Better late than never.
This recipe is taken from our favourite online baker Stephanie fron Joy of Baking (I have referenced her more than a few times)
Since this is Kristine's post I will present it the way she did.
2 cups of flour
1/3 cup of white sugar
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup of unsalted butter
2/3 cup of fresh cranberries
2/3 cup of milk
She left out the candied fruit and the almonds listed in the original recipe.
Preheat oven to 400F (200C) and butter or line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Whisk dry ingredients then cut butter in. Use a pastey blender of you have one if not use forks or knives creating course crumbs.
Add the cranberries and gently mix
Add milk and stir careful not to overmix
On a floured surface knead dough four times then form a circle about 7 inches (18 cm) in diameter.
Cut it into 8 triangles and brush top with milk.
Bake for 20 minutes or until crust is brown.
My sister gave these to some of her cowokers for Christmas. They make great gifts or a light dessert to have with coffee after all the heavy Christmas dinner.
Enjoy and have an awesome day!


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This homemade costume for men entered our 2015 Halloween Costume Contest.
A word from Mario, the 'Mario Kart' costume creator:
I'm dressed as Super Mario from Mario Kart on the nintendo wii. I use gloves a red shirt overalls boots and bought a hat. As for the scooter I hand painted it and printed out the decals. I did the wiring for the lights and horn but there is no motor. I used pvc pipe for the exhaust pipe. I got the idea to dress as Mario because I bee teased as a kid with "wheres Luigi?" and so because my name is Mario I now embrace it. As for the scooter I saw the wii version of mario kart and saw they had cool motorcycles and decided to make a type of racing scooter. I also have a working scooter in white I use to get around in the colors are inversedmariooria.com
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In collaboration with Proving Ground, I am finally able to bring you the finished article of the animation i've been working on for some time now The Defiant One. It's a music video- the first full length one I've produced, and it's the first for Proving Ground as well. The second single from Proving Ground's Album Through the Red Door, this video is a dark and violent look at a war between angels and demons, and the effects of betrayal. It's avaialble in lovely shiny HD on Youtube, or you can watch it in it's original flash form here on this very site. Finally, it is avaialble to download as a podcast episode. However you prefer to watch it, make sure you check it out!
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
The Defiant One
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Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner stepped out in Paris ensemble last night, wearing similar red dresses and toting their wine, a la Rihanna. But that twinning display for the paparazzi was just a warmup for today.
The two models just opened Off-White's Paris runway show by walking in the first two white looks together. Fashion houses rarely have two models open a show at once.
Kaia Gerber, Cindy Crawford's daughter and rising It model, followed behind them in the show's second look.


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One of the most critical early achievements for a successful search marketing project is to gain company-wide support on the client side. Without buy-in from the team members that live and breathe the client's industry, a successful campaign will be difficult.
In our experience, it's the client staff that interact with customers that have the best idea of what those customers want. They know the pains and issues faced; they understand the solution that the customer is looking for.
A successful search marketing program taps into the needs of the customer. This is how to grab their attention. Without understanding those needs, engaging them can be problematic.
A lack of support from the client side team can cause issues such as the constant need to "sell your services" and missing out on important content that can be leveraged for efforts such as blogging, viral link building campaigns and press release optimization.
Factors Impeding Buy-In:
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- Undefined Strategy & Objectives – It is one thing to not communicate the end objective to your team members, but another thing altogether if a formal strategy and end objective are not defined at all. It seems obvious, but many companies do enter into an search marketing program without really identifying what they hope to achieve.
- Measurement of Success – Part of defining a strategy and end objective is also determining how success will be measured.
Agencies often achieve the desired results but if the results are not communicated to the client team in a language they understand, support for the agency will still remain low.
Once the entire client team is on the same page, it is much easier to elicit ideas, trends and concepts. When the client team understands the kind of content that is needed, how it will be used and how it will help their online marketing efforts, there will be more active involvement and less risk of an important concept being left undiscovered.
As for the value of an agency's efforts, nothing speaks louder than results. Once objectives, expectations and measurement of success are outlined it will be a much simpler task to clearly demonstrate value and keep the client engaged.


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My husband Scott is great in the kitchen. Not only can he follow a recipe, but he can also create some amazing things on his own. He served a two year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and while there, he and his companion cooked pasta dinners with sauces almost daily for dinner, so he can make some great sauces and he's amazing at knowing which spices go well together :). Now, I'm not sharing any of his sauce recipes today, but I am going to share a Challah Bread recipe that he has made his own and which we LOVE and have asked him to double so that we can make one loaf into French Toast and snack on the other loaf :). We have breakfast for dinner, once a week, on Sundays, and he will make this recipe one Sunday a month and it's something we look forward to.
Since we double this recipe to make two loaves, after the dough has risen, we split the dough in half, braid one, then braid the other.
Sometimes Scott will take 2 of the 6 ropes (or 1 of the 3), and rub it with butter and roll it in cinnamon before he braids it. Yum!
Nora brushing the bread with our egg white wash. And normally we'll fit both loaves on this large cookie sheet.
The Recipe:
Challah Bread
*makes 1 loaf
2 tsp active dry or instant yeast
1 c (8 oz) lukewarm water
1 1/2 c all-purpose flour (we use an umbromated white flour)
2 1/2 c whole white wheat or spelt flour
1/8 c granulated sugar
2 tsp sea salt
2 large eggs
1 large egg yolk (reserve the white for the egg wash)
1/4 c softened butter (or oil)
Sprinkle the yeast over the water in a small bowl and add a pinch of sugar. Stir to dissolve the yeast and let stand until there's a frothy layer across the top. Set aside. In a standing mixer with dough hook attachments (we use our Bosch), combine 4 cups of flour, sugar and salt. Add the eggs, yolk and softened butter and mix. Pour the yeast over top. Knead with dough hook for 6 minutes(or knead by hand for 10 if you don't have a stand mixer). If dough is very sticky, add flour, a teaspoon at a time until it feels tacky. The dough is finished kneading when it is soft, smooth and holds a ball shape. Place the dough in an oiled bowl, cover with a clean kitchen towel in a warm area (we wrap a towel under and over and set it on our counter). Let rise until doubled about 1 1/2 hours.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Separate the dough into 3 to 6 equal pieces for braiding. Roll each piece of dough into a long rope, about 1-inch thick and 16 inches long. Gather the ropes and squeeze them together at the very top. Braid the ropes together. Line a baking sheet with parchment and lift the loaf on top. (If you have the time, you can certainly allow this to rise a second time, which you would do right now. But it's not necessary, we almost never have time to do a second rise and it turns out beautifully, just as pictured). Whisk the egg white with a tablespoon of water and brush it all over the challah. Be sure to get in the cracks and down the sides of the loaf. Put in oven and bake for 30-35 minutes, challah will be browned. Cool on a cooling rack until just barely warm, slice and eat.
*We like to double this recipe and snack on one and cut the other into thick slices for French Toast.


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I can wear in heat and cold, sun and rain, with wedges, sandals or Dr. Martenes, even barefoot ... at the beach, then, is the maximum.
In the evening, just slip your favorite dress, a veil of gloss, a few accessories that hit; I have picked out a rather important ring found in Camden Town, London, an ear cuff from H&M and a greek bracelet that I love so much, handmade and given to me by my mother who purchased it from a craftsman of Karpathos.
Today I leave for the French Riviera, I think that Milan will not fail me at all.


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Together with artist Sandra Ratkovic, the online magazine kwerfeldein and you instagrammers we will explore Russian Berlin.
Since World War II, Russia incluenced Berlin's architecture, and there is still a lively community existing. Whether Russian War memorials, parks, supermarkets, book stores or theatres — Russia belongs to Berlin like the Russendisko to Kaffee Burger.
At the latest since she documented Russian life in Moscow, Sandra Ratkovic has developed an eye for the old and new signs of Russian lifestyle. Inspired by her photobook "Moskau Moscow Mockba", in collaboration with kwerfeldein we are initiating an instawalk. Together with Sandra Ratkovic and photographer and kwerfeldein editor Tabea Borchardt, we invite instagrammers to stroll through Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg and capture traces of Russian life in the cityscape. The most beautiful pictures will be published afterwards on kwerfeldein as well as our fotoblog.
When: May 18, 5:30 pm until approx. 8 pm
Registration: Due to limited number of participants, please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com if you're interested. We will confirm your registration via email.
Hashtags: #moskauberlin #instakwer #hatjecantzwalks
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As the Director of the United Nations Foundation's Global Entrepreneurs Council, Devon Kuehne manages a strategic advisory council of public and private sector leaders committed to helping the United Nations reach new audiences and foster innovative ideas in support of the Sustainable Development Goals. Ms. Kuehne is the primary relationship manager for 26 current and Emeritus GEC members, working with them to bring new ideas, innovation, perspective and strategy to the UN Foundation's work.
In her previous role at the Foundation, Ms. Kuehne planned, managed and executed all UN Foundation international program visits to strengthen public-private partnerships, mobilize resources and to build long-term relations with UN agencies. She represented the UN Foundation internationally and enhanced relations with a number of partners including other NGOs, UN agencies, local governments and international agencies of the U.S. government.
Prior to joining the UN Foundation, Ms. Kuehne spent seven years with the U.S. Department of Defense working at both the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). She conducted in-depth analysis on national intelligence priorities, developed policy and engagement strategies and cultivated relations with representatives of the diplomatic community to enhance the agency's ability to defend the country's national security interests.
Ms. Kuehne has an M.A. in Public Communication from American University and a B.A. in International Relations and a B.A. in Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs from Miami University of Ohio. She currently lives in Virginia with her husband and daughter and loves to explore, cook, run and travel.


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Q: What is this?
A: It is a iPhone case with an built-in Leica camera named Leica i9
Q: incredible, how does it work?
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Score: 3/5 (economy) and 5/5 (business)
We flew on the morning flight in economy class to the UK and were lucky enough to use our miles for an upgrade to business class on our way home (afternoon flight). It goes without saying that the food in the 2 classes can't be compared, but I remember always having 2 meals on flights from Dubai to the UK. The outward flight served breakfast and then a cold, stale sandwich and the homeward flight served only one meal – although it was spread out so it felt like 3 small meals!
Luckily for us we had eaten breakfast at Paul's before we boarded…the mushroom omelette sounded nice but was actually a plain omelette with congealed mushroom sauce on top and the croissant was edible but very greasy. Later on there was a choice of chicken tikka sandwich or… chicken tikka sandwich and all the sandwiches were made with white rolls accompanied by a chocolate chip muffin. It would be so easy for airlines to offer healthier food in economy class rather than a constant stream of over-refined flour products. Everything was acceptable, but nothing to blow you away.
Coming back we had great food but there was no snack before landing, which I thought was strange. The duck salad was fresh and really delicious – we also had a choice of white or brown rolls! For my main I had grilled salmon with a tomato sauce and fresh vegetables and potatoes. How is it that they manage to retain the flavour of just-cooked food in business class but not economy? Simon and I shared both of the desserts – a praline & chocolate delice and a cranberry tart – yum. The perfect ending to the dinner was the Patchi chocolates offered round at the end. It can't compare to an actual restaurant since you're strapped into a seat and have limited choice, but for food in the air it definitely deserves 5 stars.
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Dirt Bike Test attended the 2015 Beta US Dealer's Meeting to learn about the Italian brand's new models and to swing a leg over a few of them for a quick impression. There was even the surprise announcement of the 300 Xtrainer, a bike–in Beta's words–to attract new riders to the world of enduro.
We also see the Xtrainer as a way for well-seasoned riders to keep riding. Based off the company's 300cc two stroke engine with a special shorter delta-box steel frame the considerations were ease of use and a low seat height while still having a quality build. With a claimed weight of under 220-pounds, electric starting and using a 43mm front fork and a dedicated shorter rear shock, the bike is noticeably smaller than the standard dirt bike while still riding on 21-inch front and 18-inch rear wheels. The Xtrainer on display at the dealer meeting was still an early prototype with some plastic-printed parts, like the gas tank, so it was not to be ridden.
The engine is electric-start only and mated to an electronically controlled oil-injection system that is housed under the seat for simplicity. The power it tuned for smooth torque and the shape of the expansion chamber gives that away clearly. The bike should be available in the spring of 2015 and though a price has not been set we suspect it will be in the $7000 range. The Xtrainer should be a welcome addition to the emerging market of serious playbikes with the likes of the KTM Freeride also coming stateside.
The bike of the day was the 350 RR EFI, Beta's first attempt away from a carburetor. Always conservative, the company usually waits till a newer concept is well established before introducing it onto their bikes and for 2015 the 350 is the only model to go this direction. There was a long line all day to ride the 350 so we didn't get a chance to throw a leg over it, but we do have the bike in our possession now for a full test. The word from the dealers who sampled the 350 was all positive.
If there was a bike riders were buzzing about it had to be the 390 RR. One of the mid-sized four-strokes and replacing the 400 RR in name and by way of a slight reduction in stroke, it had an incredibly light feel yet acted very stable in the sandy and loamy conditions while still running like a tractor. A very diverse set of characteristics usually not combined into a single bike. All of the four-strokes have a lot of redesign built into the engines for less weight and a more tuned performance, hence the change of displacements.
And Beta is bringing it with the two-strokes as well. Improvements learned from the 2014 300RR Racing Model have trickled down to all of the 250 and 300cc version this year. Mostly centered around the exhaust port and powervalve control (now with two springs). We found the Racing versions a blast on track or trail with their stiffer suspension settings and really got a kick out of the power delivery on both 250 and 300 versions. Typically the 250cc revs faster and feels a little lighter, but the Beta 300cc bikes feel a lot stronger when the revs start rising.
Another addition to the lineup is the 125 RS. A full-sized playbike with a very tame air-cooled 125cc four-stroke engine powering it, you can barely hear it running and it hardly uses any gas. Power was definitely not the selling point on this unit but for a putt-putt play bike it could fit the bill.
As a smaller brand and with a enthusiastic dealer network, Beta does not want you to forget about their Build Your Own Beta program where you can essentially have a bike custom built for you without having to turn a wrench nor having a set of leftover parts you'll never use. You can learn about that at: http://www.betausa.com/node/744#
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Cody Webb Crowned 2014 EnduroCross Champion!
Heading into the final round of EnduroCross in Ontario, California, Cody Webb held a 13 point lead in the overall points standings. Max Gerston headed into the round in fifth overall in points, just a mere four points ahead of Mike Brown. In Ontario, a course mixed with large rocks, logs, water, tractor tires, and some more technical jumps challenged the racers.
Webb finished second and took the Championship!
In Ontario, Webb stayed consistent like he did all year to finish second and claimed his first Geico EnduroCross Championship aboard his Beta 300 RR. Webb comments, "In the main I started behind Taddy and Colton and didn't want to battle with them and possibly crash. I was patient and held back the whole race and with a few laps to go, Colton went down handing me second. It was an amazing accomplishment and I can't thank everyone enough for their support this year. It's been an incredible four years with Beta USA."
"Coming into this race I only had a four point lead over Brown for fifth in the series." says Max Gerston. "It was my goal to maintain fifth in the series and have a strong run for the final race. I qualified straight into the main out of my heat race. I got stuck a couple times in the rocks and ended up 8th which was more than enough to secure my spot for 5th in the series. My 350 RR ran great all year and I am stoked to be with Beta again next year."
Max Gerston added his Beta to fifth overall in the series!
Alan Stillwell, Team Manager for Beta USA, comments on the season saying, "The season was fantastic, and to end it with a championship and a Top 5 overall is more than a team manager can ask for! I want to thank Beta USA, Cody and Max for an incredible three years together. I will be providing suspension, testing and technical advice to the team next year and I'm excited to be able to watch from the stands at some of these!"
Webb secures the #1 plate!
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There's a scene from the movie The Hammer that I love. You've probably never seen the movie. I don't think many people did. It's a solid low-budget comedy. Adam Carrolla wrote the film and stars in it. He plays a down-on-his-luck boxer trying to qualify for the Olympics. His primary competition is a younger black boxer. They start out enemies and later become friends. You know how these types of plots go.
Before the climax, though, there's a scene where the younger black boxer asks the Olympic coach why Carrolla's character, who's over the hill and out of shape, is being granted this opportunity.
"I bet you wouldn't give this shot to a 40-year-old black man," he says to the coach.
"Yeah, coach, when is the black man finally gonna get a fair shake in the fight game," Carrolla's character responds.
Last night, as I watched the voting results come in, I couldn't help but think about this line.
Finally, the voice of oppressed white man has been heard.
* * *
I haven't spoken to my dad yet, who's in Europe for work. We talked early Tuesday before the election, but not since Donald Trump was declared the victor.
My dad has spent his entire adult life fighting anti-Semitism, and all forms of racism and xenophobia too, both in the United States and abroad. That's been his area of expertise, and his profession; he works for a Jewish human rights group. His life mission has been to make the world a better place. His tool has been history. He wrote a book about the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and laid out the reasons why that centuries-old myth about Jews secretly wanting to run the world, a myth that has led to the deaths and percussion of a countless numbers of Jewish men and women and children throughout history, is false. He's currently fighting the desire of European white nationalists to erase and distort the history of the Holocaust.
His life's goal has been to keep the world, and Jews in particular, from succumbing to the cliché about what happens to those who don't know history.
This morning I asked both my mom and brother if they'd heard from my dad. My mom said yes, she said he was distraught.
"He told me that he always thought he'd leave his kids a world that was better than the one he came up in," my brother told me. "He doesn't feel that way anymore."
A few hours later my brother sent me an instant message. It was a link to Philadelphia website. I clicked.
"Police Investigating Two Swastikas Painted on South Philly Building," the headline read. The word "Sieg Heil"—Hail Victory—was spray painted in black onto a glass window.
* * *
The first tears came last night. Actually, I think it was officially the morning by the time it became clear that Trump would win. I cried then, and I cried during his spine-chilling acceptance speech and I cried this morning while watching President Obama address the nation. I cried as I tried to get on with my life and write about the Knicks' defense.
I cried some more when, for the first time in my life, this thing I'd devoted so much energy to—sports—seemed futile.
* * *
I'll leave the in depth political breakdowns to others. I'm not a political scientist. There is one piece of voter information I'd like to share though, courtesy of Bread Heath of USA Today:
Trump won a two-to-one victory in counties where the unemployment rate has improved the most since 2010. pic.twitter.com/PoTFlKxcaH
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) November 9, 2016
Ignore all the talk about the White Working Class and Frustrated Rust Belt. That's cable news horse race talk, futile bullshit deployed as a warm blanket to avoid confronting what really happened last night.
A white nationalist running a xenophobic campaign—one in which he regularly insulted Mexicans and black people and Muslims and women and people with disabilities and Jews (more on this in a bit)—was elected President of the United States.
That didn't happen because a large group of people felt disenfranchised. That's what Beltway pundits and soulless Republican leaders said. But it's not what the voters themselves claimed.
DRAIN THE SWAMP, they chanted. DRAIN THE SWAMP!
This had nothing to do with the economy.
This had everything to do with race.
* * *
Show me a time throughout the history of the world that xenophobic rage STOPPED before reaching the Jews?
This is a question I've been posing to Jewish Trump supporters I meet or anyone else attempting to peddle a softer image of this day. Find me a moment in history when a nationalist rage directed at minorities didn't endanger the freedom and safety of the Jewish people.
And so, to the large swath of Orthodox Jews out there (of which I am one and so I will focus on here, though you we are not alone in being targets of the Trump clan) who supported this demagogue throughout the campaign because of #EMAILS and #CROOKED and #BENGHAZI I say this to you:
What the fuck is wrong with you people?
Forget, for a moment, the idea that Trump is a morally repugnant human being who's mere mention should cause every decent human being to vomit. And let's also move past the notion that it's utterly insane for any person of Jewish faith—a faith which for thousands of years has been attacked for the sin of being different—to side the a leader preaching hate and not pro-inclusion.
Forget all that for a second, as hard as it is.
Instead I ask you this less humane question: where are your self-survival instincts? What do you believe separates Jews from other minorities? Your white skin compared to their brown and black complexion? Have you checked Twitter recently? Have you seen the millions of Neo-Nazis who have been energized by Trump and come out of hiding? Have you seen the attacks being lobbed at Jewish journalists? Have you heard that David Duke is once again relevant?
Have you heard radio host Alex Jones, a trump buddy and ally, reference the "Jewish Mafia in the United States"?
You know I was thinking, they're always trying to claim that if I talk about world government and corruption I'm anti-Semitic, there's mafias of all different stripes and groups but since you want to talk about it, the Emanuels are Jewish mafia. So there you go. But, I mean it's not that Jews are bad, it's just they are the head of the Jewish mafia in the United States. They run Uber, they run the health care, they're going to scam you, they're going to hurt you.
These are the people that catapulted Trump to the White House. These are the people he owes his position.
Trump knows this, too. His campaign was proof. There were all the Nazi tweets and memes, most of which we've forgotten about. The pile of cash with the Star of David on it. The Benito Mussolini quote. His son's love of Nazi twitter accounts. The refusal to denounce David Duke.
Then there was his latest commercial, ripped from the pages of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
Here's the Washington Post (liberal MAINSTREEM MEDIA rag, I know) on the ad:
Well, Trump just gave his reply. On Friday, he released a closing ad for his campaign repeating offending lines from that speech, this time illustrated with images of prominent Jews: financier George Soros (accompanying the words "those who control the levers of power"), Fed Chair Janet Yellen (with the words "global special interests") and Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein (following the "global power structure" quote). The ad shows Hillary Clinton and says she partners "with these people who don't have your good in mind."
This is usually the point where I hear about Ivanka (you know, the daughter he wants to fuck) being Jewish and how her husband, Jared Kushner (a good Jewish boy who comes from an upstanding Jewish family that stands for everything good in the religi…) and how his lawyer is Jewish and they all say he likes Jews and therefore all these claims are just the CROOKED media distorting the truth.
To which I answer: pick up a history book. Go speak with a Holocaust survivor. Learn what anti-Semitism truly looks like, how it actually manifest itself.
"Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day," Trump is quoted as saying.
"I know why you're not going to support me. You're not going to support me because I don't want your money …Look, I'm a negotiator like you folks, we're negotiators," he told the Republican Jewish convention this year.
Anti-Semitism, like racism, isn't just the use of derogatory epithets. You don't need to toss around words like nigger or kike to be a racist, to believe that people who are different are inherently lesser beings.
Donald Trump and the majority of his voters who made this a reality view minorities the same way: black people, brown people, Jewish people, they believe these large swaths of people are all inferior beings, that white Europeans are the stronger race.
That's racism. That's anti-Semitism. That's xenophobia. And it doesn't disappear because a campaign is complete.
* * *
People will suffer. We don't yet know how, we don't yet know. But the suffering will come. It could come in the form of deportations. It could be revoked health coverage. It could be an attack on a woman's right to choose. Perhaps black people will continue to have their voting rights attacked. Gay freedoms. It could be more subtle. There's going to be an Alt-Right leaning executive branch and House and Supreme Court.
What do you think is going to happen? I've been asked. It's not so bad.
We now know we live in a country in which millions of people believe a demagogue should hold the most important position in the world. Millions of people were okay with handing a career con man.
But Clinton was crooked and nasty and a crook
Trump's personal charity foundation has been proven to be a front, one used to enrich himself. There are numerous documentations of him refusing to pay his end of a contract simply because he felt he could get away with it and out spend smaller people in court. He hasn't released his tax returns. An ex-wife of his claimed he raped her. We have a fucking videotape of him admitting to being a sexual predator.
The tape led to the firing of Billy Bush. The standards for hosting the Today Show are higher than those for being President.
The press, the backbone of a free and vibrant democracy—my opinion, but also one belonging to those old white men that Republicans masturbate to at night—is no longer valued. We now have proof that citizens can no longer differentiate between reported journalism and the moronic dribble that populates outlets like Breitbart. On Facebook everything looks the same. If there's one thing we learned this election—one in which almost every single reputable newspaper and magazine endorsed Clinton and sounded the alarm about Trump—the media no longer has the ability to influence. It's (and I hate the tossing of all of The Media under one umbrella) is not trusted. It's viewed as a problem.
Not of this is an accident either. Trump is the culmination of decades of dog whistles and conspiracy talk coming from the right wing. The difference is he's the first to realize that he could take off the mask, skip right over the Wall Street Journal editorial types and speak directly to the so-called Alt-Right, a group that no longer exists.
Chomsky. (h/t @travon) pic.twitter.com/6x38IgPlKa
— deray mckesson (@deray) November 9, 2016
The Alt Right is The Right. They won.
So, please, spare me the cable news-like narrative that clearly Americans just wanted a change. Spare me the bunkum that Demagogue Trump was just a pawn for campaign season and that now everyone is going to come together and sing Kumbaya. Spare me any thing that attempts to normalize Trump's past behavior and actions, or paint a picture of a man who's spent the past 60-plus years lying, cheating and stealing suddenly changing his ways after becoming MORE powerful.
Spare me the canned anti-Hillary lines, and anything that attempts to portray the behavior of these two in the same light.
Trump is a different beast, and a beast is exactly what he is. I know my writing this doesn't change anything. That doesn't mean we shouldn't speak up.


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The end of the cruelest month then.
1 Primal Scream – Chaosmosis
The received wisdom is that Primal Scream follow a great album with a so-so one. That's not quite true (remember the run of Vanishing Point, EXTRMNTR and Evil Heat?), but after More Light, Chaosmosis feels like a bit of a step back. Not that the record is terrible, it just feels a little lighter than previous Scream records. The Sky Ferreira guesting on "Where the Light Gets it" was fun and ""Where the Blackout meets the Fallout" is suitably punky, but my guess is this won't be your favourite Scream record (but since no two sound alike anyway, who knows?)
2 David Bowie – Lazarus
Even though Bowie's final album was released months ago, I didn't get a chance to listen to it fully until a few weeks back. It's a fitting end to an outstanding career, and it's one that I like a lot more that his previous, which seem to fade in the second half. Lazarus feels like a much more fully realized final vision of a man who never stopped moving, and even when he was not at the top of his game, was always worth listening to.
3 Gwenno – Y Dydd Olaf
No, I don't know how to pronounce it either, but this electro-beat Welsh language album by former Pipettes member is really quite stunning. Seek it out.
4 Portishead – "SOS"
Huh. I read about this ABBA cover for the new Tom Hiddleston movie Hi-Rise a few days back, but I was already too slow. It was up on the web and very quickly removed. Apparently it will be in the movie, but not on the soundtrack and will not have an actual release. Well well. The reviews were good.
5 PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project
And then there's Polly Jean Harvey who never seems to have a problem knocking the ball out of the park every time. A brilliant album surveying the horrors of capitalism in places as diverse as Washington DC (from which the album takes its title), Kosovo and Afghanistan. But at the same time, like Harvey's other work, it is an intensely personal album. Amazing. Here's a review by the World Socialist Web Site
6 The Kills – "Heart of a Dog"
The new Kills album Ash and Ice isn't out until June, but the band has released a couple of tracks. I wasn't thrilled by "Doing it to Death" although I did like the video. "Heart of a Dog" is stronger, and both can be seen on the Kills' site. The Kills play the Danforth Music Hall on May 21, 2016.
7 Le Tigre – "Deceptacon"
OK, so it's now being used in a commercial for lipstick of something, it's still a great song. The video not so much. 🙂
8 The Geraldine Fibbers – Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home
The Geraldine Fibbers were an alt-country punk band from the 1990's, and this one, their major label debut is well worth a listen for its ability to mine the past and create something fresh. Also check out the demos and rarities record What Part of Get Thee Gone Don't you Understand?
9 The Waco Brothers – Going Down in History
The first new Waco Brothers record in a decade (excluding collaborations, live sets and comps) is certainly cause for celebration. My two favourite Waco lines voiced by fans: "The best country record the Clash never made"and "If the Rolling Stones still made good records, they would sound like these." Nuff said?
10 Prince
I remember working at CFMU-FM, McMaster's student radio station, and a friend arguing about how great Prince was. I wasn't impressed. I was still into post-punk noise and getting into the burgeoning Paisley underground sound. Flash forward a few years and I'm in the car trying to find something on the radio. Hmm. Good song. Good beat. "That was 'Housequake' by Prince" says the announcer. OK. I can admit when I'm wrong. Later, the Prince concert movie Sign o' the Times was the first movie I went to with my wife (by the end of the show, we were the only ones in the theatre). I won't say I was a huge Prince fan, but his influence and ability make him a towering figure who leaves a significant presence.
My Life as a Video Game
Oh no, not one of those eighty dollar PS 4 or X-Box games. No, more like one of those free downloadable one you play on your phone or tablet. Yeah, like Temple Run.
If you've never played Temple Run, Sonic, Subway Surf or any of the innumerable variants, the principle is simple. You run. There's no end. You just run. You pick up prizes (often coins) or protection which enables you to gain other treasure, run faster etc., but no matter how good you are, you eventually run into something solid, fall over a cliff or something, and die. A lot like life.
Well, gotta go and try to beat the high score…or do I?
Like a Phoenix: The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair Lives!
A few weeks back, I wrote asking about the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair which was Missing in Action. Usually the bookfair is super-organized, sending out notices months in advance. This year nothing. Emails were unanswered and no one seemed to know anything. And then two days ago, I got a notice. The Bookfair lives! No idea what happened, but I'm glad it's going ahead. I've already filled out my tabling request.
Tabling requests by May 6
Workshop proposals by May 11
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Thao and the Get Down Stay Down – A Long Overdue Review
Ah, two things.
One, the last fortnight has been busy for me. No, seriously. Really busy. There have been a couple of major projects that needed to be finished, and another one is due this weekend. But if I don't get some of these reviews done, I'll never finish them.
Two, I really like the Adelaide Hall. I've been twice now to this little club off of Adelaide Street on the east side of the entertainment district. The place holds maybe 250, but the sight lines are great and the sound is good too. The only trouble is that it's underground. Literally. Two small flights of stairs mean that in the event of a fire or something, we're unlikely to make it out – yes, I know there are fire exits listed downstairs, but since I've never used them, I can't be certain they lead anywhere. Fingers crossed.
So, with that in mind, to Thao. I almost missed the show. I had it in my note book that the show was the following weekend, but fortunately noticed the night before that it was the 9th not the 16th. And it was an early show although as I got there the line was just starting to move half an hour past the advertised opening time.
Opening band was Little Scream, the project of Iowa-born, Montreal- based musician Laurel Sprengelmeyer. The crowd certainly liked her, but her 70s pop-rock style left me kind of cold. I may have been distracted by the sparkly shirt she was wearing, but while the band seemed into what they were doing, it lacked that symbiosis that makes for an unforgettable show.
Thao and her band, on the other hand, had none of that difficulty. I'd seen her play at Lee's a couple of years back on the recommendation of a friend and wasn't disappointed. At the tie of the show I hadn't listened to her new album and initially was planning to go to the show this time. but the enormously positive review convinced me. And it was worth it, Thao's brand of funky-folk is instantly appealing. You're not always sure if you want to just bop your head along with the beat or full out burst into dancing, but it's impossible not to be drawn into the music.
Not bad for an early show.
MIA: Montreal Anarchist Bookfair
Hey! Anyone know what's happening with the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair? The bookfair has run annually every May since 2000. I've tabled at every one. Usually, calls go out as early as December or January.
This year nothing. The webpage and social media feeds are from last year; emails have gone unanswered; friends tell me they have "heard" it's happening, but with a little over a month as to when the bookfair usually occurs, I wonder what's going on. I imagine at this point I'm not going.
Curious. Anyone know anything?
I should mention though that the Toronto Bookfair will take place on July 23/24 at the Steelworkers Hall.
There were Savages in Toronto this Week
OK, the Danforth Music Hall is one of the great venues in the city. Sure, if I have a choice, my preference would be the Horseshoe or Lee's Palace, but the Music Hall has great sound and it's always possible to find a good spot to see.
A few nights back, I went down to see post-punk band Savages at the Music Hall. I'd bought both of their albums, but was wondering if I wanted to spend $30 to see them. The appearance on Colbert made me put down cash for the show. Good call.
I got to the venue half way through Brooklyn-based Angus Tarnawsky's set. Imagine a guy DJ-ing, but creating an experimental electronic wall of sound and beats. Not the kind of thing I want to listen to every day, but it had a hypnotic effect. Quite compelling. Hey, maybe I should listen everyday.
Savages came on about 9:15. Four women. Dressed in black. A light show that projected shadows onto the walls. Post-punk. Intense. Three members of the band barely moved, but singer Jehnny Beth never stopped. I had read that Savages live show was much more intense that their studio recordings, and it was true. There was a passion, a raw emotion that thus far has escaped the recordings (although it comes closer on Adore Life than Silence Yourself). I was a little disappointed that the band didn't play their cover of Suicide's "Dream Baby Dream," but I still left pretty pleased with the experience.
I Am Here
Sad Person
City's Full
Slowing Down the World
Shut Up
She Will
When In Love
I Need Something New
The Answer
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Guns and Roses in Cleveland and Beyond
Er, OK, I see the confusion. No not that Guns and Roses. I was referring to the Republican National Conventi0on scheduled to be held in Cleveland in July, 2016.
Recently, I'd heard about a petition that called for open-carry advocates to be allowed to, well, openly carry their weapons at the convention. Given how much of a nasty shit-storm the convention is posed to become, it would almost certainly have meant gun play. After all, how likely is it that the whirlwind of violence that has been growing at Trump's events will somehow pass by the convention? Trump has more or less threatened riots if he doesn't get the nomination, so it doesn't seem too far fetched some of his followers (or Cruz's for that matter) might succumb to the temptation to deal with matters in a rather direct way. Maybe Trump will pay their legal bills.
It turned out that the petition was the creation of liberal blogger James P Ryan. I don't know whether to be disappointed or relived. Still 52,000 people signed petition before the Secret Service announced it wasn't going to happen. Could have had a re-enactment of the Beer Hall Putsch or maybe the burning of the Reich stag.
The other gun story which came to my attention was the one Trevor Noah mentioned on The Daily Show about a gun designer who has designed a gun that looks like a smart phone. Noah joked about expecting people to shoot themselves by accident while mistakenly using the gun. C'mon, how long would it be before people are shot by the police (and when I saw 'people" you know who I mean) claiming the "suspect" (target?) was using a gun which turned out to be … a phone? Oh, I'm sure it's happened already. What I wonder is why isn't there someone arguing for a gun which has a phone in it. OK, luckily, the few readers of this blog mean I might still have a chance to copyright the idea.
Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and you're probably looking at the world falling apart. 🙂
Merle Haggard: 1937-2016
Merle Haggard was one of those names that I knew, had never a song by, by somehow I knew I didn't like him. I mean, it was country music, right? Sure I'd dipped my toe into the waters before when I had brought home records by Hank Williams, the Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo and Dylan's Nashville Skyline, but Merle Haggard. Nah.
And then.
I was living in Nova Scotia in the mid-1990s, and at the end of a party, I'm in a basement and listening to a record someone has put on. "Man, this is good. Who is it?" I asked. "Merle Haggard." OK, I thought, I can admit when I'm wrong. I need to look into this.
The only Haggard record I won is Okie from Muskogee, and whether or not Haggard was serious about the title track, it's a great album. Sure, I prefer Tom Jones version of "Green Green Grass of Home," but "Sing me back home" is unbeatable.
Go listen now. 1937-2016


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The Perfect BLT – Pickle's Deli St. Louis
Some may say there is really no way to go wrong with a BLT. Bacon. Lettuce. Tomato. Bread. What could be bad. However, the perfect BLT takes precise quantity and quality, and I found that today at Pickles Deli in St. Louis. Pickle's is generally known for a great sandy, and a great variety of … More The Perfect BLT – Pickle's Deli St. Louis


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KABUL (Reuters) - Three Georgian military personnel serving with the NATO-led Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan were lightly wounded when their vehicle was attacked near an airbase north of the capital Kabul, officials said.
None of their injuries was considered life-threatening, Resolute Support spokesman Capt. Tom Gresback said in an emailed statement on Thursday.
"During a recent patrol south of Bagram Airfield yesterday afternoon, three Georgian service members suffered minor injuries when a motorcycle-borne IED (improvised explosive device) was detonated next to their patrol," he said.
The attack came as NATO prepares to send more troops to Afghanistan to support a new U.S. strategy aimed at breaking the stalemate with the Taliban.
Georgia, one of the largest contributing nations to the 13,500-strong Resolute Support mission, has around 870 troops in Afghanistan, behind only Germany, Italy and the United States.
In August, a Georgian soldier was killed and six other coalition personnel were wounded in an attack on a convoy in Qarabagh district, the area in which Wednesday's attack occurred.
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Kayaking in Elkhorn SloughAugust 29th, 2009 by joey
C, Nick and I went kayaking down near Monterey one foggy Sunday. There was a large fire near Santa Cruz at the time, so the air was hazy and smelled of smoke. Besides that it was a lot of fun and we saw lots of sea otters, sea lions and seals. The way the trip works is that you start in the harbor and then head inland for about 5 miles before turning around. Low tide occurred about halfway through our trip, we had to fight the current on way back towards the harbor. We were on the water for about 4 hours and although I wouldn't do the same area again, it was a lot of fun. I would definitely bring a camera with a longer zoom next time though to get better photos.
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Here are a few photos. The sun came out for a few minutes here and there but it was smokey and grey for the most part.


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Shrub, tree, generally dioecious (rarely monoecious)
Stem: trunk < 40 m; wood soft; bark smooth, bitter; buds scaly
Leaves simple, alternate, deciduous; stipules generally deciduous, often large
Inflorescence: catkin, generally appearing before leaves; each flower subtended by disk or 12 nectary glands and 1 bract
Flower: perianth 0
Staminate flower: stamens 1many
Pistillate flower: pistil 1, ovary superior, chamber 1, stigma lobes 24
Seeds many; hairs fine, white, cottony
Fruit: capsule; valves 24
Genera in family: 2 genera, 340 species: generally temp (except Australia, Malay Archipelago) moist places; many cultivated. Hybridization common; identification often difficult. Family description, key to genera by John O. Sawyer, Jr.
Shrub, tree, dioecious; bud scale 1, not sticky, margins generally fused (or free, overlapping)
Stem: twigs generally flexible and not glaucous
Leaf: blade linear to widely obovate, entire to toothed, generally ± hairy
Inflorescence: dense catkin emerging before, with, or after leaves, sessile or on a short leafy shoot; bract subtending each flower
Flower: perianth 0
Staminate flower: stamens 18
Pistillate flower: ovary stalked or sessile, style 1 or 0, stigmas 2, each sometimes 2-lobed; nectaries 1several, generally rod-like, generally between inflorescence axis and flower
Fruit: valves 2
Species in genus: ± 400 species: ± worldwide, especially n temp, arctic
Etymology: (Latin: ancient name)
Reference: [Argus 1986 Syst Bot Monog 9:1170; Dorn 1976 Canad J Bot 54:27692789]
Difficult, highly variable. Not all specimens will key easily; sprout shoots and other extreme forms are not included in keys, may require field comparison for identification. Studies of variation, hybridization needed.
Shrub < 0.1 m, trailing, rooting
Stem: twigs brownish, sparsely soft-shaggy-hairy
Leaves: stipules vestigial; young leaves long-soft-hairy; mature blade 2040 mm, ± elliptic, acuminate (base acute to rounded), entire, sparsely soft-shaggy-hairy, becoming glabrous, lower surface glaucous
Inflorescence appearing with leaves, 955 mm, on leafy shoot 555 mm; flower bract tawny or dark brown
Staminate flower: stamens 2
Pistillate flower: ovary silky, style 0.41.6 mm, stalk 0.30.8 mm
Chromosomes: 2n=76,114
Ecology: Alpine tundra
Elevation: 23004000 m.
Bioregional distribution: High Cascade Range (Lassen Peak), c&s High Sierra Nevada
Distribution outside California: to n Canada, Nevada
Synonyms: S. anglorum Cham. vars. antiplasta C.K. Schneid. and petraea Andersson
Plants with narrow, sharp-pointed leaves approach S. cascadensis Cockerell of WA and n; need study
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Toledo, OH, November 16 – In September, a West Toledo family of 13 received a brand new home through ABC's hit TV show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition". The makeover was a huge community event, and Toledo cookware company CALPHALON, got involved to donate cookware, bakeware and kitchen tools for the whole family.
With three biological children and eight adopted children, this big-hearted family of 13 was living in a small one-story ranch home without air conditioning. Jackie Frisch, an ordained minister, and Aaron Frisch, a firefighter and paramedic for Toledo's Fire and Rescue Department were in need of some help.
Hundreds of local volunteers came out to help save the Frisch family from their cramped and deteriorating home. With CALPHALON's donation, the new house wasn't the only thing built by hard-working Toledians – many of the kitchen products were as well!
Viewers can watch the amazing story of the Frisch family on"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" this Sunday, November 16, at 8pm – plus keep an eye out for some gorgeous Calphalon cookware.
About Calphalon
Based in Toledo, OH Calphalon (www.calphalon.com) is a leading manufacturer of professional quality cookware, cutlery, bakeware, and kitchen accessories for the home chef. Calphalon is a Newell Rubbermaid company.
About "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," which has won back-to-back Emmy Awards as Best Reality Program (non-competitive), is entering its 6th season on ABC. The program is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding. Anthony Dominici is the executive producer; and David Goldberg is the president of Endemol USA.
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text: Nov 6 (Reuters) - Gold edged lower early Monday as the dollar firmed after upbeat U.S. economic data strengthened the prospect of further interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold was down 0.2 percent at $1,267.01 per ounce at 0107 GMT. On Friday, it fell 0.5 percent and touched a one-week low of $1,265.16. * U.S. gold futures for December delivery dipped 0.1 percent to $1,267.70. * Asian shares hovered near decade highs, while the U.S. dollar was close to a three-and-half month high against a basket of currencies on Monday. * U.S. President Donald Trump ramped up his tough rhetoric against North Korea when he arrived in Japan on Sunday, saying the United States and its allies are prepared to defend freedom and "no dictator" should underestimate U.S. resolve. * U.S. job growth accelerated in October after hurricane-related disruptions in the prior month, but wages grew at their slowest annual pace in more than 1-1/2 years in a sign that inflation probably will remain benign. * JPMorgan Chase & Co on Friday raised its forecast on the number of U.S. interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve next year to four from three as the October payrolls data reinforced the view of a tightening domestic labor market. * U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said on Sunday that Republican lawmakers are weighing a "host of ideas" as the House tax-writing committee begins revising a tax bill this week, though he expects the broad outlines to remain the same. * Demand for physical gold was lacklustre in top consumers India and China last week. The lure of the metal remained stable in Singapore, but India's peak wedding season is expected to usher in renewed interest for bullion in coming weeks. * Embattled London and Johannesburg-listed platinum producer Lonmin , will unveil new health and road projects in South Africa on Monday in a ceremony that will be overshadowed by its latest share price collapse. * Holdings in SPDR Gold Trust , the world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, fell 0.03 percent to 845.75 tonnes on Friday. * Hedge funds and money managers reduced their net long position in COMEX gold contracts for the seventh straight week, in the week to Oct. 31, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data showed on Friday. DATA/EVENT AHEAD (GMT) 0900 Euro Zone Markit Serv Final PMI Oct (Reporting by Vijaykumar Vedala in Bengaluru; Editing by Richard Pullin)


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Visa uses Orangutan and Catherine Zeta Jones
Visa is the card of choice in the jungle for Catherine Zeta Jones as she faces a buffoonery of wily orangutans in Malaysia. The TV advertisement shows the female explorer flummoxed when an orangutan steals her luggage. Fortunately she still has access to her Visa card to order a truckload of bananas for bartering.
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Credits for Visa Monkeys
Visa Monkeys was developed at Clemenger BBDO Sydney by creative director Danny Searle and senior art director Scott Walker.
Director was Matt Murphy of Goodoil Films, with cinematographer David Burr. The ad was shot in the reserve forest in Shah Alam near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Goodoil team was supported by local production company, Applebox.
Post production was done at Fin Design.
Music was composed by Bruce Heald at SongZu, Sydney.
Animal Rights
This is the kind of advert that gets up the noses of animal rights organisations like PETA. On the PETA web site is the following appeal to activists:
Several large corporations must have been sharing notes recently, as they've all begun using captive great apes like chimpanzees and orangutans in their advertising campaigns to promote everything from soft drinks to credit cards. In doing so, they are also promoting a cruel industry that rips baby animals away from their mothers and trains them to perform, using tactics such as electric shocks and beatings with steel bars wrapped in electrical tape. Chimpanzees and orangutans who are too old to perform are not given sanctuary, as the industry would like consumers to believe, but are sold to biomedical research facilities or to tawdry roadside attractions—ensuring continued suffering.
The guide driving the vehicle is played by Thai comedian Vichai Jongprasitporn who had earlier appeared as the tuk tuk driver who beats the traffic to deliver Pierce Brosnan's visa card. See the story at "chlim01 is bored", the blog of Cambodian Alvin Lim.
Los Tigris Malaysia, provider of the orangutans in the advertisement, give a behind the scenes look at the making of the commercial, with some excellent photos. One photo shows Zeta Jones and an orangutan in the same shot, something that is not actually seen in the commercial. Apparently the ad is called "Visa Monkeys" because Visa had originally intended to use regular monkeys but found that orangutans were better suited for the script.
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Getting Involved & Volunteering
The spirit of giving back and service are embedded in the hearts of our alumni. Here are a few ways you can get involved.
Job Shadowing
Host a student in your place of work for a day during winter or spring break.
Unlike internships, this program allows students a rare opportunity early on in their career exploration to observe and hear about career options directly from the professionals doing the work that interests them. Sponsors provide critical information, advice, recommendations, and contacts for further career path research, and are under no obligation to offer students future internships or employment.
Let us know if you're interested!
Attend a Student-Alumni Networking Event
Throughout the year, the college and specific departments within the college will organize student-alumni networking events. The format for these events range from roundtable discussions on careers over lunch to one-on-one "office hours" where alumni can give students advice on a number of topics.
If you're interested in participating or learning about these opportunities, please contact Christine Wais, Assistant Dean for Alumni Relations and Development, UMass Amherst College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 413-577-1204.


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t has never been the same,
but still we have fallen into
our comforts, taken to the belief
that things get better, that
there is a sheen on the horizon,
which is always, deliciously, ahead,
and if we stopped here, maybe,
in the playground of our versed hopes
and our deepest wisdom,
our steps would graze the ground
lighter, a golden future we'd make
from the firm beingness of now.
But what of the other side,
the way we turn to the past,
not with our bare feet on holy ground,
but with our eyes turned inward,
fixed on an object that never, really, is?
The happy-laced, the moments receding,
buried so in a fortress of our love and
desire, that it changes colours, hardens
and turns without our ever knowing,
and we intuit that we must leave
them where they are, but
we build altars and shrines
around them, with our tenderness
but also our fear, for we know
that in their unveiling, there would
be a disappearance, and a shudder
would pass through us, like lightning,
as though nothing remained, as
though we were not here, blood
and bone and hope on sacred
ground, still moving toward
the beckoning hues of tomorrow.


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Do you worry about the future or is of those who do not think much about tomorrow? There is no right way to live life, after all, it is not a cake recipe that everyone should follow. Living without thinking about the future can be a way, but what if there are people who depend on you? Or if you do not have any other income except his salary, what would you do if he was unable to work? Maybe it's a good idea to begin to understand how it works and what it is for a life insurance!
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Qomarudin, Ahmad (2010) Penyesuaian Diri Pada Lansia Yang Tinggal Di Panti Wreda. Other thesis, University of Muhammadiyah Malang.
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The decision to locate parents or elderly relatives in institution are often done to address the increasing needs of physically and emotionally in the family and it is also possible to cause stress on the elderly, because the elderly who live in institution will be faced by different situations with the live in their own home. Henceforth, it will encourage them to make adjustments toward their lives in harmony and work well as they expect. But in reality, not all elderly who live in institution succeeded, for there are changes and social transitions that they face make it difficult for them to do as they expected before. The purpose of this research is to find out this information The study involved 3 elderly subjects having difficulty to adjust their lives. In order to provide a big picture of elderly living in institution of these subjects, then the researcher is using qualitative descriptive research, and data collection in the form of semi-structured interview techniques and non-participant observation. The Validity Of the data verified using the method of triangulation of sources. The results of this study indicate that the three subjects of this study who live in institution have difficulties to accept the condition a present, feeling unappreciated and overlooked by his friends and have a negative assessment toward his fellow residents. Subjects rarely communicate with their peers, often avoid friends who approached them, never express opinions or ideas, reluctant listening to give their attention to others, difficult to accept criticism and suggestions and feel pride over their peers. During their stay in the institution, subjects rarely join existing activities and felt the rules binding and entrapping.
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Nuvali's Magical Field of Lights Opens This Weekend
There will be thousands of tulip bud lights!
(SPOT.ph) After a successful display in 2016, Nuvali in Laguna makes its green spaces brighter once again through the Magical Field of Lights. It opens with a spectacular lights and sound show on November 11, 6 p.m. The best thing about it? You can see it for free!
From the team behind Ayala Triangle Gardens' Festival of Lights with Voltaire de Jesus at the helm, Nuvali's Magical Field of Lights features a 3,600-square-meter space filled with 5,000 pieces of tulip bud lights that change color. There are also 1,000 tube lights scattered around, colored laser lights that crawl in from different directions, and a man-made fog that creates a curtain of colors above the lighted field.
On the outskirts of the field, there are other light installations that are very Instagram-worthy. You can walk through the 50-meter tunnel surrounded by Christmas lights or run around the Christmas trees of various colors.
The Magical Field of Lights show runs from November 11, 2017 to January 7, 2018, every 30 minutes from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at The Fields, Nuvali, Santa Rosa, Laguna. For updates, follow Nuvali on Facebook.


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text: Missing Newborn of Mom Shot to Death Found Alive Cops find baby Sophia Abarca-Nogueda in Dallas days after mom killed in Kansas By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Nov 20, 2016 6:07 AM CST 3 comments This photo shows Sophia Victoria Gonzalez Abarca, a missing week-old baby in Wichita, Kan. Police in Kansas say the week-old newborn girl who went missing after her mother was shot to death has been... (Wichita Police) (Newser) – Authorities have found a week-old baby who was reported missing Thursday after her mother was shot to death in Kansas, police said Saturday. Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay said baby Sophia Abarca-Nogueda was found alive after authorities executed a search warrant before dawn at a Dallas home, the Wichita Eagle reports. He said the baby is in protective custody and is doing well. "This is the best possible outcome to a very sad case," Ramsay said at a news conference. Two adults were in custody and being interviewed Saturday, Ramsay said. He also said more suspects could be identified, but provided few details, saying "it is still an active investigation." No one has been charged, reports the AP. "It's a complicated case and we want to make sure we get it right," Ramsay said. Police said investigators established late Friday that someone who knew the mother had fled to Dallas with the baby. The baby was reported missing, the same day her mother, 27-year-old Laura Abarca-Nogueda, was shot to death in her west Wichita apartment. The FBI had joined the search for the baby, and investigators worked around the clock since Sophia went missing, he said. "Hard work and the collaboration with the FBI is really what made this (closure) come about," he said. Sophia will be reunited with relatives "as soon as possible," he said. Dallas police "dropped everything" to assist in the case once investigators learned Sophia was there, Ramsay said. (Read more missing child stories.) My Take on This Story Report a story error Show results | 2% Hilarious 13% Intriguing 41% Depressing 21% Brilliant 19% Scary 5% Ridiculous