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I was sitting at my computer, waiting to push "Send," but I couldn't bring myself to do it.
It was yet another college scholarship application I was sending in, but I knew they wouldn't see all my hard work…my sense of humor…my ambition. All they would see was this email.
IF they liked the email…they might read my application.
IF they liked the application, they might invite me in for an interview.
And IF they liked me in person…they might give me the scholarship — money I needed for college, since I came from a middle-class family.
But it all started with that email.
How many emails do we send every year? THOUSANDS?
But what do we do? We simply write what we think. That's like walking into an interview and simply "answering their questions." If that's your plan, you've already lost.
Top performers know that 80% of the work in an interview is done before you ever set foot in the room. The same is true of email: 80% of the work is done before you ever write the first sentence.
But nobody teaches us this! They give advice like "write short emails — nobody wants to read long emails." (Which, by the way, is not true. I've generated literally millions of dollars writing long emails. More on that later.)
Who would teach us anyway? Who's actually sat down and systematically studied how to reach busy people using email? How to get a group of friends to commit to doing something over a random Thursday message in their inbox?
And finally, we can blame ourselves. Email is literally one of the most powerful tools at our disposal, yet how many of us have truly mastered how to write effective emails? How many of us have tested different approaches to sending emails that work?
And honestly, how many of us just write whatever email we want, then complain when people don't respond?
What do we do instead of learning how to write world-class emails that get results?
We search for the latest productivity app! We believe that if we can somehow "manage" our inbox, everything will be OK.
Here's the truth: You can spend the rest of your life trying to wrangle your inbox under your control…and you might be EFFICIENT, but you will not be EFFECTIVE.
That means you can be at "inbox zero" and still get nothing meaningful done!
To be truly EFFECTIVE, we have to learn how to peer inside the mind of people and write emails that move them. To truly understand what makes a busy person open your email, reply to it, and keep in touch with you.
By the way, this is more important every year as we receive more and more emails. If you master these skills, you'll always be able to penetrate overflowing inboxes and sidestep the barriers that people put up to ward off time-wasters and novice salespeople.
I'm talking about emails that respect busy people…that deeply understand what they want and fear…and cut through the clutter (even a Fortune 500 CEO's clutter) to get a response.
I've been testing emails since 1998. Subject lines…copy…length…the number of questions to ask…and virtually every permutation you can imagine.
I started because (1) I'm a testing nutcase and (2) I realized we send THOUSANDS of emails every year. If I could improve my emails by even 10%, that's a savings of thousands of hours over my lifetime — time I can spend traveling, going out with friends, or doing whatever I want to live a Rich Life.
And with a large email list, I've been able to explode the number of tests I run — running sophisticated email analytics — and develop even deeper techniques of reaching people.
You know this — you read my emails!
What if you could take the years of learning I've done and apply them to your OWN emails? Not just your business emails, but your personal ones?
I was struck by how many of us write emails every day, but never take even a few hours to systematically deconstruct how to write a winning email.
These emails are important.
So, knowing I'd likely spend the rest of my life writing emails, I decided to start testing a new way of sending emails.
Here's what I did.
First, I "stress-tested" all the email advice everyone gives us. For example, "send short emails! Just the facts! Nobody reads long emails!"
It's funny, because I know a very sophisticated marketer who wrote emails that are 10-20 pages long. People scoffed at them, saying "These are ridiculous. Who reads these things?"
He smiled and said, "Only the buyers."
I quickly discovered how much of the "advice" out there is totally wrong. In fact, some of my very long emails have generated millions of dollars.
Second, I started to try to reach busier and busier people. I discovered the different way that busy people treat email from everyone else. And knowing these differences is critical if you ever want to reach them.
For example, when I was in college, I would email VERY busy people (CEO-level) and feel bad if they never replied…or if they sent a 1-line reply. I would blame them, saying, "Ugh, it would only take a minute to reply." But over time, I learned that it was MY fault — and if I had written a more engaging email, I probably would have gotten a response.
Learning how to write to VIPs — including the key phrases and psychological triggers to use — was how I secured jobs consulting at multiple venture-capital firms as a college student…and met bestselling authors…and got invited to speak in Hawaii and Japan and all over the world.
Finally, I tested these in my personal life. I didn't want to come off as a weird robotic emailer…so I tested new ways of inviting people to parties and getting flaky friends to respond.
And now I want to reveal the actual emails I've used to build relationships with CEOs…generate millions of dollars…and save thousands of hours — all from my inbox.
"Ramit, I used your networking email script and it worked! All of it felt completely natural and honest. People seem relieved that I am up front, have no angles, and understand that they are busy. And they seem to enjoy being useful, so we all benefit!"
- Andrea P.
"I used one of your Closing the Loop email scripts during the chat and had an answer with an invitation in my inbox by morning."
- Laura M.
"I wanted to thank you for the networking scripts. I used it (with some modifications) to secure an informational phone call with an employee that works at a firm I'm currently interviewing with."
- Eric S.
"Your script around asking for flexibility worked, the hiring manager totally got it and even encouraged me to apply at other accounting firms."
- Kevin S.
"I emailed three people within my network and by the course's end had THREE informational interviews set for THIS WEEK and set 6 more today… all thanks to your tactic and email scripts."
- Chris Vetrano
"Hi Ramit, your email scripts couldn't have come at a better time. In a few weeks of moving to San Francisco, I was able to secure meetings with 3 YC founders, and since then, have met a bunch of CEOs."
- Jay Patankar
"I decided to send one of my contacts (a potential employer) an email to "keep the contact warm". I tweaked your email script a little and look at the response below! (actual email script)
Man, scary….this stuff works!"
- Vidya Raman
For the first time, I'm opening up my private vault to show you the actual emails I've sent and received that have made winning impacts.
But not just the emails. I want to share my personal feedback on WHY these emails work. In fact, I'll share my actual analysis for every email, showing you where the email works and where it fails. You'll also get inside techniques I've never revealed publicly — ones I developed myself and tested with millions of emails.
There is no other way to access this material. You cannot hire me to write emails for you, even at my hourly rate of $3,000/hour (not a typo). I only write emails for myself.
But you CAN get access to the actual psychology of how I developed my emails over years and years of testing. Then you can see the word-for-word emails, including my analysis of each one.
There's no need to reinvent the wheel. Use my years of testing to copy and paste these emails — and watch the results roll in.
Don't ever feel "stuck" at not knowing what to write. You'll get actual scripts that help you build instant rapport, but also get down to business — all respectfully and ethically.
And don't worry about your emails being ignored. Since these subject lines have been tested, you'll be confident your email will be seen AND responded to.
You'll learn:
I've collected all these scripts — and more — into a new mini-course for you.
I included a detailed analysis of every script, so you understand WHY each one works.
I also went a step further for you.
Scripts are one thing. They are highly valuable, and you'll rarely find someone offering you tested scripts (because testing is hard). But I want to prepare you to write ANY email that you encounter.
So I included more than just the scripts: I included the actual private framework I've developed to know HOW to write powerful emails that get results. You'll learn the actual techniques I use to craft these scripts, and test them. Using this "framework" approach, you'll be able to go far beyond simply copying and pasting my scripts…you'll actually be able to create your own emails for any situation you encounter.
Now. A month from now. 10 years from now.
50 Proven Email Scripts comes with my 60-day guarantee. I offer this because I know these scripts work, and you'll be able to see they work by sending just one email. In fact, I continue to use these scripts myself every week!
After reading through your productivity pack offer, I literally caught myself thinking, "how could I NOT do this for $57/month for 4-months?" – followed by, "holy shit… he just SOLD me." I don't EVER read copy and feel so compelled by it that I'm left feeling like it's describing an opportunity that's too good to pass up. I will be buying your productivity pack as soon as I finish this email, but as a small-business owner, I wanted to let you know that I learn as much from HOW you deliver your products and messages as I do from the actual product and message.
Thanks for being such a great example of "pursuing better" in all you do.
In fact…let me show you some other examples of how these emails have helped my students live a Rich Life.
I got my dream internship! It was pretty incredible, as I didn't fit into the usual criteria or requirements of the job description but was able to sell myself as the perfect candidate. Honestly, I got the most utility out of the networking scripts and questions."
- Laura Yu
"I reached out to a prior boss I haven't seen in 4 to 5 years about a position I heard about at that company. All I had asked for was if I could still use him as a reference and his up-to-date contact info. He responded in less than a half hour. By following up and offering to keep him in the loop, he then responded with an offer for a letter of recommendation and an offer to send a personal email to the hiring manager on my behalf. Holy Crap! It really works…"
- Greg H.
"Used your e-mail script to reach out to someone I consider relatively famous in his line of work because I am interested in picking his brain about what he does. Doubted myself a long time but eventually pressed the send button. He responded a few hours later saying he would love to take the time to speak with me. I'll be talking to them on Wednesday. Super excited about this opportunity. Thanks Ramit."
- Keith Graham
If you don't LOVE this mini-course, I insist that you get 100% of your money back. Let me tell you why.
I invite you to use these instant scripts and send 1 email. Send 10 emails. Send 100. All I ask is you watch the results. I'm confident you'll be impressed.
I built this course over YEARS, after studying both the academic psychology of persuasion at Stanford, then testing emails in my personal life and my own "IWT Laboratory." Nobody else has access to email testing like I do.
This course isn't just about making more money (though you can use it to do that). It's about truly understanding how to reach out to people in a way that moves them to take action. It's about behavioral change — my life's work. And if I can help you get new clients…or save time…or even get you to have a fun Friday night because your friends RSVP…I consider it a job well done.
So here's my simple offer:
If you don't LOVE this mini-course, I insist that you get 100% of your money back. It's simple: Join the program and see for yourself.
If you're not impressed by the results you get, if you don't radically change the way you think about communicating with VIPs and friends alike, I'll refund you 100%. No questions asked. Cancel with a 100% refund within 60 days. No strings, no fees, no penalties, no hidden surprises. And I'll let you keep all of the material you've received up to then as my thank you gift for joining 50 Proven Email Scripts.
If you have any questions or concerns about the course, call or email us.
We're happy to help
"Two years after taking the course I'm still using your scripts. I call them my "fun money scripts" because whenever I want something random like to go on an extra vacation or buy furniture or take a class, I can use them a get some clients right away."
- Melani W.
@ramit I tried & tested ur email transcripts to reach out to people and so far all have replied back 🙂 #way2go
- Samia Love (@samialove)
"…I wanted to show you this. This was only the fourth person I emailed on my list of leads. She just accepted my rate at $100 an hour for their event. Booyah! See how I pretty much just copied your "qualify leads" email? Worked like a charm :)"
- Julia Kelly
"[Your course] was going great until I hit the e-mail scripts. I thought they were bullshit. Dogshit. Some kind of off-smelling substance you don't want to find your foot in, nevermind send electronically to people you are hoping to meet. Then it worked. In fact, I had people responding to politely tell me they weren't a good fit and why (instant market research – narrow it down) while I lined up my first meetings. I was able to charge $80/hour to my first client, a nice jump from the $40/hour I had gotten…"
- Jonathan V.
Learning how to reach people and get them to respond to my emails was one of my biggest breakthroughs. It's not just about crafting a fancy subject line. If you can understand how your recipient thinks, you can instantly penetrate an overflowing inbox and get the answer you want.
You can build relationships with VIPs that others have to go to business school to develop.
You can become more interesting and funny over email.
And you can do this all authentically and honestly — EVEN if you're not a great writer.
You have a choice to make today. For years, you've been writing tens of thousands of emails. What if you could access 50 tested scripts — and the psychology behind them — to improve your emails even a little?
What kind of difference would that make to you in the next month? The next year? 10 years?
Imagine knowing exactly WHAT to say…HOW to say it…and being confidently backed by thousands and thousands of tests.
You've been reading my emails…now you can learn to write them.
Writing the right email can change your life.
If you have any questions or concerns about the course, call or email us.
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The informal hearing held in the appraiser's office takes about 20 minutes. You can designate someone to represent you if you wish by filing a declaration. However, owners usually represent themselves at this level.
It is important to prepare specific reasons and documentation showing why you feel your property is not appraised at fair market value.
For example, bring:
The hearing is very informal so don't be nervous or confrontational. Just consider the hearing an opportunity to make sure the appraiser's office has the correct information and understands your concerns. We promise to do our job in a friendly, efficient, and polite way.
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All property owners have the right to appeal the appraised value of their (real estate) property, but, by law, they must notify the appraiser's office within 30 days of the mailing of their valuation notice.
If you believe your property is valued fairly, but taxes are too high, an appeal probably won't help you. Instead, you should attend the public hearings held by the local governmental groups about their budgets that set tax rates. Each group invites public comment.
If you think the appraised value is more than you could reasonably get if you sold your home, you should consider an appeal. Remember, Kansas law requires the appraiser to determine "fair market value" when appraising your property. If you are uncertain of your property value, you can review real estate advertisements for properties similar to yours and real estate professionals can provide you with information about the current market.
If you believe the appraiser's office has incorrect or incomplete information about your property, you may want to appeal.
By calling the appraiser's office, you can request a list of the data of your own property and a list of comparable sales used to value your property. Remember, however, that state law only allows the appraiser's office to release sales information about property to those who are considering an appeal.
The appraiser's office will be glad to help you review and verify your property data.
If you are considering an appeal, ask to see the sales book that can help you compare your appraised value with other properties that have sold. But, as you compare the properties, remember to check for those similar in size, age and style to your property.
The Morton County Appraiser's Office tries to make the process as simple as possible. The appeal form and instructions are included with the Annual Valuation Notice or you can call the appraiser's office and request a hearing. You can even indicate if you require an evening or early morning appointment or a telephone hearing.
By law, you must appeal within 30 days of the date your valuation notice was mailed.
You are notified (by mail) of a date and time of the informal hearing which is held at the Morton County Courthouse.
"The salient characteristic of personal property is its movability without damage, either to itself or to the real estate to which it is attached." Personal property becomes real property only if it is affixed in such a way that it loses its original physical character and cannot practically be restored to its original condition.
Personal property may be leased, loaned, rented, consigned, or owned. The basic categories of personal property are generally: furniture, fixtures, plant equipment, office equipment, machinery, boats, motors, and trailers, aircraft, mobile homes and recreational vehicles.
Oil and gas wells are also considered personal property and a rendition must be turned in by the operator each year.
If item is $250 or less and can work independently of other equipment, it is exempted by law.
Automobiles and most recreational vehicles are classed and taxed at the time of registration for license plates or renewal decal.
The valuation of commercial personal property begins with the cost of the item. Items are valued according to their historic purchase price when new or the used purchase price and the appropriate economic life of the item is applied. The asset is then depreciated over its economic life to a remaining base or salvage value.
After December 31, 1995, any qualifying item of commercial personal property with original cost of $250 or less is exempt. Please continue to list the items on your rendition as usual and the appraiser's office will determine if the item qualifies for this exemption.
The appropriate economic lives that are assigned to commercial items come from guidelines issued by the State of Kansas, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) publications and Marshall and Swift Valuation Services.
Businesses are also required to report any leased equipment they use. Listing the name and address of the leasing company is very helpful to the county appraiser so the item gets filed under the correct name.
Many personal property items belong to individuals are valued from market data. *Guidelines are provided by the State of Kansas to help establish market value as well as market data that is collected from our region. This market data is then used to establish the current value of a particular item along with it's age and condition. Oil and gas are also valued with the use of a guide published by the State of Kansas.
*Automobiles, light trucks and motorcycles are classed separately by the State of Kansas.
K.S.A. 79-303: "Every person, association, company or corporation who shall own or hold, subject to his or her control, any tangible personal property shall list said property for assessment."
K.S.A. 79-301: "All tangible personal property subject to taxation shall be listed and assessed as of the first day of January of each year in the name of the owner thereof."
Remember: It is your responsibility to file this information with the county appraiser's office. If you own any tangible personal property with the intent to establish and/or operate a business (including a home based business), or if you own any recreational property or vehicles not taxed at the time of registration, or mobile homes not on a permanent foundation, you must file a rendition with the county appraiser's office. The rendition form is available from the Morton County Appraiser's Office located in the County Courthouse in Elkhart.
To receive a rendition, you may write to:P.O. Box 1430Elkhart, KS 67950-1430
You can also call 620-697-2106, where Willena Boaldin, Morton County Personal Property Clerk will be glad to assist you.
If you fail to meet the 30-day deadline for filing an appeal, state law gives you another option. You may file your taxes under protest by requesting a protest application when paying the first half of your taxes. For information, please contact either the office of the treasurer or the appraiser. State law states that you can only have one appeal annually. However, if you have an informal appeal, you cannot file your taxes under protest in the same year.
If you appealed and are still dissatisfied with the results of the informal hearing, you may appeal to the next level, the State Board of Tax Appeals. For more information see the Understanding Appeal Hearing page.

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In pictures: Sub Pop co-founder Bruce Pavitt talks Experiencing Nirvana
Sub Pop's Bruce Pavitt talks Experiencing Nirvana
In his upcoming book, Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge In Europe, 1989, Bruce Pavitt, who co-founded Sub Pop Records with Jonathan Poneman, recounts the groundbreaking and, at times, tumultuous eight days that he and Poneman spent on the road with Nirvana, Mudhoney and Tad in Europe just before grunge exploded upon the world.
In a week's time, Poneman saw Nirvana almost break up following a difficult show at the Piper Club in Rome, Italy, just days before the band would win over the British press at the LameFestUK show held at the 2,000-capacity Astoria Theater in London, a gig that helped set the stage for their impending worldwide popularity.
Below is a first chapter excerpt from Experiencing Nirvana, and on the following pages MusicRadar speaks to Pavitt. (You can order Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge In Europe, 1989 here.)
Monday, November 27
Piper Club, Rome
Jon and I arrived in Rome to connect with two of the new Seattle groups we were working with: Nirvana and Tad. Our mission was to assist in any way possible prior to their big Sub Pop showcase in London (LameFest UK), where they were to perform with their headlining labelmates Mudhoney. The British media was notorious for launching music careers, and we hoped that this event would be a defining moment for the artists.
In particular, we were concerned about Kurt Cobain, singer for Nirvana, as we had heard that he was feeling resigned and homesick and was suffering from exhaustion. Jon and I were hoping to help raise his spirits with a show of support. Everyone knew that it was crucial for the bands to arrive in London in good shape, as the three-band LameFest UK was by far the biggest show of the tour, with the potential to have a huge impact via the influential British press…
The Tad band got onstage and started their aggressive, lumbering set, showcasing tracks from their debut album,God's Balls. Taunting the crowd, bass player Kurt Danielson fell into the audience, yelling, "Fuck the Pope!" while drummer Steve Wied kept the beat. After 40 minutes of provoking the Rome citizenry, the world's heaviest band then retired upstairs to recuperate.
Nirvana's turn was next… Ten songs into their set, Kurt, frustrated with his guitar, smashed it completely and climbed a tall stack of speakers. The crowd looked on, with many drunk spectators yelling "Jump!" It was a dramatic moment, potentially harmful. I witnessed the event from the club floor, stunned, while Jon and Tad looked down from the artists' area on the second floor. Everyone was holding their breath, not sure if Kurt would actually jump. We were panicked, and extremely concerned for Kurt's well-being.
Reprinted from the book EXPERIENCING NIRVANA: Grunge in Europe, 1989, by Bruce Pavitt, with permission by Bazillion Points Publishing.
Sub Pop's Bruce Pavitt talks Experiencing Nirvana
The pictures in the book are remarkably intimate and capture a real innocence about the bands and the period. Had you looked at the shots a lot over the years?
"You know, I kind of stepped away from it all, particularly after Kurt's passing. It took me a while to revisit that period and look at those pictures, longer than I thought it would, actually. I was aware of the collection, but they pretty much stayed in the attic for a long time. It was only in the past few years that I decided to flip through the images. I was particularly taken with the cover photo of Kurt at the Coliseum. It's such an iconic, powerful image. I started to look through the other photos, and I thought, 'There's a story here.'
"It was a special time, that tour. Seeing the bands play in a different country ever night, pretty much, was thrilling. To see the consistently positive response from the different cultures was really empowering."
Sub Pop's Bruce Pavitt talks Experiencing Nirvana
I listened to the Astoria '89 show last night –
"Ahhh. Yeah, I've only heard a couple of tracks from the live Nirvana Muddy Banks CD. I've never actually tracked down the full show. What I heard on that CD, especially Polly, were ripping."
Absolutely. Were you at the show they did two years later?
"No, I wasn't."
Quite a difference. I watched that video to compare the shows. The second time there, it seemed as if the band were already conquering heroes; the first time, they came on like a band with everything to prove.
"Yeah, well, they were that, the band with everything to prove. But I have to say, before that, in the six weeks of touring Europe, they had really nailed some of those tunes. Kurt was really coming into his own as a songwriter at this time, too. Some of the post-Bleach tracks were pretty great. I like the song Been A Son, which they released right before they went on tour. I love that one. Polly is awesome, of course. You could see that Kurt's songwriting was getting a little more stripped down, a bit more hypnotic."
Sub Pop's Bruce Pavitt talks Experiencing Nirvana
Breaking the band in England was a real mission for Sup Pop.
"Well, yes. At the time, the most influential music media was in England, and it was also more accessible. You had three competing music weeklies that were always looking for new material. If you were an American band that could get to the UK, there was a good chance you'd get some ink. In the States, there were the regional weeklies, but everything was spread out so much.
"Trying to get covered in Rolling Stone was next to impossible. But trying to get something in New Music Express? Doable. That was our strategy. We had a UK publicist, Anton, who helped set a lot of that up, and we really felt that getting three of our best live acts together would really do the trick. We had done that previously, in June of '89, at the Seattle LameFest, and that went over extremely well, so we decided to bring it over to London and try to convince the critics that Seattle had a happening scene."
You wrote about Nirvana almost breaking up after the show at the Piper Club in Rome. How serious did it actually get?
"We really thought Nirvana were going to break up. The reason why we took a last-minute detour to Rome was because we heard that Kurt was suffering from nervous exhaustion. He was fried; he had just reached the end of his rope. If you see pictures of the van in the book, now imagine nine people with instruments in there, plus merch. That's tight. One of those guys weight 300 pounds, and another guy was six foot four. Squeeze all of those guys in a van and crisscross Europe for six weeks – that's enough to break up any band.
"In really thinking it through, I'm amazed the bands did as well as they did. But when we witnessed the Rome show, Kurt had reached the breaking point, so there was a big question mark. We knew that the length of the show was the biggest opportunity the band ever had, so we just did everything we could to get 'em out there."
Sub Pop's Bruce Pavitt talks Experiencing Nirvana
You write about the first time you met Kurt – at his apartment, when you didn't even know he was in a band. You mention that there was a Queen poster on one of the walls. That would surprise a lot of people.
"Yeah, there was the Queen poster and a Rolling Stones poster, too. His girlfriend at the time, Tracey, was wearing a Melvins T-shirt. They were both part of the Northwest indie-punk-underground scene, so the Queen and Rolling Stones posters opened my eyes a little bit, like, 'Huh, that's interesting.'"
But they weren't up there ironically.
"They weren't there ironically, no. I think he really represented an amalgamation of underground and pop sensibilities."
Did Kurt or the other guys Nirvana ever mention anything about hair metal bands? In '91, they would go a long way to putting those groups out of business.
"I don't remember that directly, but I would assume they would have talked about those bands because they came from a punk culture. I do remember, however, and I think this is worth noting, in '88, when we first started working with the band, I went over to Novoselic's and he had a Jane's Addiction record in his collection. I really saw that band as being a missing link between the LA Strip bands and the alternative scene. It was the one LA band that did tend to get played at house parties and stuff in the region at that time. Other than that, there was certainly a general disdain for corporate hair rock."
Sub Pop's Bruce Pavitt talks Experiencing Nirvana
I do recall an interview with Kim Thayil at the time. He was calling into question bands that wore cowboy boots and went to strip clubs.
[Laughs] "Yeah, exactly. And as an aside here, I would say that when Soundgarden came on the scene here, Chris Cornell had such a pitch-perfect voice and was such a classic rock star out of the box, so some people in the underground culture felt a little uncomfortable with the band. They were almost too polished. But I think Thayil's guitar playing, which was influenced more by bands like Scratch Acid and Butthole Surfers, provided a nice balance."
You and Jonathan signed Nirvana for 600 bucks and a promise. What was the general plan? Was there one?
[Laughs] "I would have to say, personally, my whole attitude was 'Let's put out some cool records by our friends.' My background was as an indie music advocate – I had a radio show, a Sub Pop fanzine and column. I was all about supporting local scenes. We would occasionally joke about world domination because it was such a ridiculous concept. I think that Jon had grander business designs, and that's one of the reasons why Sub Pop flourished, because he and I saw things differently. We tended to complement each other.
"With Nirvana, we put out a single that came out well, so we said, 'Let's put out an album.' Then it was 'Geez, this is really moving.' As an indie label, you're riding by the seat of your pants. You want to put out cool records, but you're also getting a feel for what people are interested in. As the feedback comes in, you're certainly motivated to raise the capital for the next record. By the time that Bleach had been out for a few months, we were dead set on putting out as much Nirvana material as possible. We did put out a couple more singles, and we were slated to put out what became Nevermind, but that was not to happen, probably best for the band and, in some ways, probably best for us, too."
Sub Pop's Bruce Pavitt talks Experiencing Nirvana
Going back to the tour, which city was the toughest crowd?
"That's hard to say. I only saw five shows, but I would say maybe Rome. I know that they had issues with the crowd, and that was one of the reasons why Kurt went into meltdown mode, too. He very famously stated after the show that he looked out into the crowd and he saw the faces of the kinds of people who used to beat him up in school, or wanted to beat him up. I think there might have been a little more testosterone in the room than in the UK, for example."
Our hindsight view of Kurt grows each year. We now tend to regard him as being akin to John Lennon in many ways: the conflicted, contradictory artist, wanting fame and hating it at the same time. What did you think of him at that time, back in '89?
"It is exaggerated with hindsight, due to his popularity and mythic status. But he tended to keep to himself pretty much. He wasn't nearly as social as the other musicians we were working with. I know that he was passionate about championing outsider artists; you'd later see him wearing Daniel Johnston T-shirts, which would be a perfect example.
"At the same time, he did have those Queen and Rolling Stones posters in his apartment. I think, on some level, he was trying to find the middle ground between pop and punk. He wrestled with that, I would say, since I first met him."


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Here's an odd prediction for the coming year: 2013 will be a watershed for financial reform. True, while the global financial crisis erupted more than four years ago, and the Dodd-Frank financial reforms were adopted in the United States back in 2010, not much has changed about how Wall Street operates – except that the large firms have become bigger and more powerful. Yet there are reasons to expect real progress in the new year.
The US Federal Reserve is finally shifting its thinking. In a series of major speeches this fall, Governor Dan Tarullo made the case that the problem of "too big to fail" financial institutions remains with us. We need to take additional measures to reduce the level of systemic risk – including limiting the size of our largest banks. News reports indicate that the Fed has already started saying no to some bank mergers.
At the same time, the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has become a bastion of sensible thinking on financial-sector issues. In part, this is because the FDIC is responsible for cleaning up the mess when financial-sector firms fail, so its senior officials have a strong incentive to protect its insurance fund by preventing risks from getting out of control. The FDIC is showing intellectual leadership as well as organizational capabilities – Vice Chairman Tom Hoenig's speeches are a must-read.
Wall Street is pushing back, of course. But the rolling series of scandals surrounding global megabanks makes it difficult for anyone to keep a straight face when executives insist that our largest banks must maintain their current scale and scope. Do we need HSBC to facilitate global money laundering? Do we need Barclays and UBS to manipulate Libor (a key benchmark for interest rates around the world)? Do we need still more losses at poorly run trading operations for JP Morgan Chase?
The pro-bank lobby groups are positioning themselves to argue that the new resolution powers under Dodd-Frank have ended the too-big-to-fail problem, and we can expect a public-relations drive in this direction early in the new year. But the consensus view at the most recent meeting of the FDIC's Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee (of which I am a member) was that this claim should not be taken seriously. Under Dodd-Frank, it is arguably easier for the FDIC to handle the failure of a single large financial institution than it was in pre-Dodd-Frank days. But what if two or three or seven firms are all in trouble at the same time?
The answer, as former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker implied at the meeting, is that we would be right back where we started – in the panic and frozen credit markets that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008. Indeed, the idea that substantial shocks could soon hit the US financial system is not far-fetched. The European debt crisis, for example, remains far from being resolved. A significant sovereign-debt restructuring there would bring down European banks and potentially damage US banks – as well as financial institutions around the world.
Meanwhile, the continuing problems at European banks are a stark reminder that operating highly leveraged, thinly capitalized firms is incredibly risky. And the regulatory failures in Europe – consider the German Landesbanks, for example – will become only more obvious in the coming months. Creating a common supervisory authority will mean nothing unless it can clean up the mess created by the existing supervisors. And that cleanup will expose more of the rot in banks' current operations.
The need for banks to finance themselves with more equity and relatively less debt will be the focus of one of the main publishing events in economics in 2013. Anat Admati and Martin Hellwig's The Bankers' New Clothes: What's Wrong with Banking and What to Do About it? will appear officially in March, but advance copies are already being closely read in leading central banks. Bankers everywhere will rush to read it before their regulators do.
The road to the ongoing financial and economic crisis was built on a foundation of intellectual capture: not only regulators, but academics, too, became captivated by modern finance and its methods. Admati and Hellwig are at the vanguard of the counterrevolution, challenging the great myths of banking head-on.
Do we need financial institutions to be so highly leveraged (that is, carrying so much debt relative to equity)? No, they argue. If banks of all kinds were financed with more equity, they would have stronger buffers to absorb losses. Both the equity and the debt issued by well-capitalized banks would be safer – and therefore cheaper.
Bankers want to be so highly leveraged for a simple reason: implicit government guarantees mean that they get the upside when things go well, while the downside is someone else's problem. Contrary to bankers' claims, this is not a good arrangement for society. Admati and Hellwig are confronting the bankers and their allies in no uncertain terms, grounding their argument in deep financial thinking, yet writing for a broad audience. Whatever else happens in 2013, we can be sure that they will not win the Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year award.
Simon Johnson, a former chief economist of the IMF, is a professor at MIT Sloan, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and co-founder of a leading economics blog, The Baseline Scenario. He is the co-author, with James Kwak, of White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You.


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First, human beings were put on alert over potential zombie attacks, and now man's best friend is no longer safe. A Waco, Texas man was arrested Monday (June 25) for killing and eating his roommate's dog.
Michael Terron Daniel, blamed his actions on a "bad trip." According to police, Daniel took the synthetic drug K-2 (a mixture of herbs and spices similar to THC, which is the main component in marijuana) and began attacking his roommate—before he set his sights on the dog. He beat and choked the Spaniel mix, until it died, then began to devour the lifeless animal.
When a neighbor tried to stop him, Daniel got down on all fours and started "barking and growling like a dog." Police arrived on the scene to find the suspect sitting on the porch with the dog's carcass on his lap. He "took a bite out of the fog, ripping pieces of flesh away and eating them," revealed Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton, and had "blood and fur in his mouth."
This latest dog feast is the second story of its kind in the last couple of weeks. As previously reported, a North Carolina man bit the ear off a police K-9 , then denied the act.
Although his roommate declined to press charges, Daniel has been slapped with a felony cruelty to a non-livestock animal charge. He is being held at the McLennan County Jail on $5,000 bond.
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I have found a little bit of Internet access and decided to see if I could post from our apartment in Rhodes. This is the magical view from our balcony.
And here is the beach where we have been relaxing.
We are having a wonderful time and as I did when we went to Sicily earlier this year I took a few crafting bits away with me.
I am very limited with what supplies I take but that's always part of the fun. I never plan what to make. I sat on the beach on Saturday and inspired by my sea view from my sun lounger and my friend Joanne Fink I doodled and zentangled the word waves and the date.
On the plane journey I also doodled and came up with this Zenspiration piece.
My table flap on the plane became my crafting table.
I always collect holiday ephemera. .tickets, restaurant cards where we eat etc so I decided to try to make a Moment using one of my doodles as the focal.The problem was I didn't have a large piece of backing card with me. Hmmmm the shops yielded nothing but that was not going to stop me. I had a light bulb moment. .use part of a cardboard box. The local shop looked at me a little sideways but gave me an empty bottled water box. Perfect. I cut off a side piece and used the rest of my box as my holiday crafting centre..lol.
I only own 3 mini distress inks which I had with me so it was Hobson's choice with my colours. I distressed the box side by ripping off some pieces , added the inks with my blending tool and some stamping with the one small set of Tim stamps I had with me. I added some water circles using bottle tops from our milk and water .
It was great fun..even my Hb picked up pieces for me I could add. I only had a Pritt stick with me so everything had to be paper based. I had brought a couple of sea themed die cuts with me so I made use of them. I even fussy cut out the sea images from a piece of paper that wrapped up a bookmark I bought. I saw its potential and said to the shop owner not to worry about using sellotape. ..but he proudly used lots to make it perfect for me! I quickly peeled it off when I got back to our room.
Nothing like fussy cutting from your sun lounger. .I am sure a lady who walked by gave me a knowing nod.
I decided to use my waves piece as the focal. I added the business cards from the 4 wonderful restaurants we ate at. I had a play with the layout trying to add some texture and depth.
So here it is.....my Rhodes holiday Moment, which I will put up on my studio when I get home and whenever I look at it I will be transported back to our little patch of paradise.
Here are some close ups. The butterfly and date was cut out from our tickets for the butterfly valley. The leaf I stuck it to was from the bag containing bakery produce we bought. The little piece of raffia was tied around our welcome gift in our room. I also added some remnant rub words.
I would like to enter my holiday Moment into the following challenges
Pixie's snippets playground 196
A vintage journey home sweet home this is my home sweet home for now, we have been here so many times it certainly feels like our second home. I used lots of Tim techniques to make my background.
Rubber Dance celebration my colours are from the June 2015 board
Allsorts numbers I have the date on my focal and clock faces
Crafty friends name that tune name that tune mine has to be summer breeze by the Isley Brother's
That Craft Place anything goes mixed media mixed media anything goes
Country View numbers I have used the date of my focal and there are numbers on my clock faces.
The Craft Barn the sea but no beach....I have used shells anchors etc.
Artistic inspiration anything goes
Crafting from the heart anything goes
We love to create anything mixed media goes
Thanks for popping by....and sharing my holiday.
This is my Moment, in its place looking out to sea.
Waving to you all from Rhodes.
Back soon,
Bye for now,
Jane x


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Phase One of the Expo Line will soon put transit riding Angelenos within walking distance of a slew of destinations previously not served by Metro Rail: USC, Exposition Park, Mid City and Culver City, among others.
But many transit trips don't begin and end by walking to and from the same line; we often depend on making connections to other modes of travel — buses, bikes or a ride from a friend.
The Expo Line is rich in those connections too. This post will highlight some of connecting bus lines, many of which you already know, and hopefully some that are new to you.
Before we start, it's worth noting that Metro's Trip Planner, Google's Transit Directions and Metro's smartphone app are easy and reliable tools for planning your next transit trip — use them!
First we're going to break it down by transit agency and the lines they offer, with an eye to describing how to get to a couple major destinations that are reachable via one transfer from the Expo Line.
Metro Los Angeles Rapid and Local
When the Expo Line opens to the public this Saturday, all Metro Rapid and Local lines that cross the Expo Line at a station will now have stops at those Expo Line stations. That's pretty straightforward. So if you're traveling along the Expo Line and you need to head further south or north along, say, Vermont Boulevard, you can just hop off the Expo Line at the Expo/Vermont Station and transfer to either the 204 Local or the 754 Rapid. The Vermont buses and those listed below all run every 15 minutes during daytime hours – and often more frequently.
The same goes for the following Expo Phase One stations (listed East to West, excluding stations already served by the Blue Line):
- Expo/Vermont Station: the 204 Local and the 754 Rapid
- Expo/Western Station: the 207 Local and the 757 Rapid
- Expo/Crenshaw Station: the 210 Local and 710 Rapid
- Expo/La Brea Station: the 212 Local and the 312 Limited
- Expo/La Cienega Station: the 105 Local and the 705 Rapid
- Culver City Station (opening later this year): the 33 Local and the 733 Rapid
For additional Metro Bus connections, check out the new Expo Line page on Metro.net and click on the "Connections" tab. The recently released Expo Line time table [PDF] details further information on Metro connections.
And stay tuned for some more changes that will go into effect starting in June. Those will ensure that Metro's buses in the area better serve Expo stations. We'll have more details on The Source when they become available.
Santa Monica Big Blue Bus
When the Expo Line opens to Culver City Station this summer, you can look forward to two frequent, all-day transit connections via the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus.
First, to connect the Expo Line to Century City — a major Westside jobs and entertainment center — Big Blue Bus is rerouting Route 5.
Instead of having an eastern terminus at Pico and Rimpau, Route 5 will start at the Culver City Expo Station and travel northward along Robertson Boulevard to Pico Boulevard, then jog northwest to the heart of Century City at Constellation Boulevard and Avenue of the Stars. From there, Route 5 will continue west to downtown Santa Monica via Olympic Boulevard and Colorado Avenue.
Second, to connect the Expo Line to Westwood and UCLA, Big Blue Bus will change the terminus of its popular Route 12 to Culver City Station. Furthermore, the current "Super 12" service — which has a streamlined route to campus and fewer stops — will be converted to a Rapid 12. Both the "regular" 12 and the Rapid 12 lines will travel from the Culver City station, through Palms and up Westwood Boulevard to the Westwood Village and UCLA campus.
Additionally, Route 6 makes a handful of runs between the future Culver City Station and Santa Monica College on weekdays.
Linda Gamberg, Public Information Coordinator at the city of Santa Monica, added that the city, which operates Big Blue Bus, will monitor how the Expo Phase One changes ridership patterns and will consider increasing service frequency on Lines 5 and 12, if the demand warrants it and if the city's resources allow for it.
Furthermore, because the Expo Line will reach Culver City before class at UCLA starts up again, Big Blue Bus wants to see how that may affect travel patters on the Westside. Any further service changes in response would not likely happen until February 2013.
Culver City Bus
For now, your only opportunity to connect directly to a Culver City Bus route is at La Cienega station. There you can pick up Line 4 and take it to West L.A. Community College and the Culver City Transit Center.
Due to recent funding cuts, Culver City Bus will not be able to add any permanent additional service — i.e. more frequent buses — to Expo Line stations. Rather, Culver City transportation planner Diana Chang informed me that the agency intends to take a "wait and see" approach to determine if the arrival of the Expo Line increases the number of travelers on Culver City's buses.
If Culver City Bus sees an uptick in ridership, it's prepared to provide additional service on a trial basis, and then consider permanent changes down the road.
That's all great, but how do I get to the beach?!
Good question! When Expo Phase One is open all the way to Culver City, your best bet is probably going to be taking the Expo Line to Culver City Station — that's Phase One's western terminus at Venice Boulevard and Robertson Boulevard — and then transferring to the 733 Rapid bus or the 33 Local bus, which runs westbound on Venice Boulevard to Venice — just two blocks from the boardwalk — and then up to downtown Santa Monica and the pier.
Another option: Bring a bike and exit the train at La Cienega/Jefferson station. Take the bike path on the south side of the station west for a block, cross the bike and pedestrian bridge over Ballona Creek and then veer right to pick up the Ballona Creek bike path that will take you to Marina del Rey and connections north and south to the Marvin Braude bike path.
Final Thoughts
As always, I'll add the caveat that it's good to check Metro's Trip Planner or Google Maps to find the fastest route. Depending on where you live and the time of day, it might be fastest just to take one bus all the way to your destination, instead of making the connection to the Expo Line.
Lastly, if you have any specific questions about routing and Expo Line connections, I'll do my best to field them in the comments section below.
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Policy Component information last updated July 02 2021
Traditional purchases of solar systems require large up-front expenditures. Any incentives for such purchases are frequently tax credits, an incentive that is not captured until taxes are submitted – and then only if the customer has sufficient tax liability. Third party ownership attempts to address affordability by allowing a system to be purchased by a third party with the generation sold over time to the customer – offsetting the power purchased from a utility. By doing this, the third party can monetize the tax credits, capitalize on commercial benefits like depreciation, and take advantage of large scale financing at low rates to procure systems at a very low cost – passing on the savings to the consumer in the form of low price per kilowatt hour (kWh) rates that are comparable, and often lower, than established utility rates.Third party financing has proven very popular with customers in the states that have implemented these policies. For more information, see the full policy brief.
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How to reset the DNS cache in OS X
When troubleshooting network and Web connectivity, in addition to tackling browser caches and configurations, you might also consider refreshing your DNS cache.
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical network that resolves text-based URLs such as "www.cnet.com" to the servers' IP addresses that your computer uses for communication. While loading a single Web page or other Web-based resource, your computer may contact numerous URLs to load different components (a Web page, images on it, an application hosted on it, scripts, etc.), so a robust DNS service is a vital part of having a smooth Internet connection.
Even though a fast DNS service will optimize a connection, redundant queries to it will take time to complete. Therefore, based on your DNS server's configuration OS X will cache its DNS query results for a predetermined amount of time to allow quicker access to the results of recent DNS lookups. This time is usually relatively short -- between a few minutes to a few hours -- but this time depends on the DNS server being used; some may be configured to update the cache at far greater intervals such as a day or longer.
While for the most part the cache should optimize connections and keep your Internet connections running smoothly, there are times when it becomes corrupted or contains out-of-date information and doesn't properly resolve a needed Web resource. Problems with the cache can also lead to a slower browsing experience.
Therefore, if you are experiencing browsing problems, then along with other routines like clearing your browser's cache and troubleshooting network connections, your router settings, and browser plug-ins, you might also consider clearing the cache. Apple has recently outlined how to do this in a small knowledge base article, since the methods for doing this have changed in recent releases of OS X.
The classic method of clearing the DNS cache is to run the following command in the Terminal:
sudo dscacheutil -flushcache
However, in OS X Lion and Mountain Lion, Apple has changed the method for caching DNS queries, which unlinks it from the "dscacheutil" command, so if you run this in newer versions of OS X, you may get an error that states, "Unable to get details from the cache node." In these versions of OS X, Apple has changed the caching routines done by the mDNSResponder process (the core process responsible for DNS resolution) so they are kept in memory by the process as long as it maintains a connection to the DNS network. Therefore, to clear the cache, you just need to send the mDNSResponder process a hang-up command to have it reinitialize its configuration without being fully shut down and restarted. To do this, you can run the following command in the Terminal:
sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
In addition to the killall command in the Terminal, you can also do this in Activity Monitor by the following process:
- Open Activity Monitor (in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder).
- In the main Activity Monitor window is not present, press Command-1 to show it.
- Locate and select the mDNSResponder process (you can search for it to make this easier).
- Choose Send Signal To Process from the View menu.
- Select Hangup from the menu that appears (it should be the first option that is already selected).
- Click the Send button.
When you do this, you may see another mDNSResponder process appear for a few seconds in Activity Monitor as the system reinitializes the process, and once this disappears, the DNS cache should be cleared.
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A Biomechanical Approach
So frequently are behavioral and developmental disorders addressed through a variety of behavioral and chemical approaches that the significance of the biomechanical aspects of these conditions can be underestimated. This article introduces the importance of the nervous system with its biomechanical relationships to the spine and cranium, and the noninvasive approaches of chiropractic and craniosacral therapy for the benefit of sensory, motor, and neurological function in individuals with ASD, PDD, and SPD.
As a parent of a toddler with ASD, PDD, and SPD diagnoses, I sympathize with other parents' drive to identify a cause and a solution. As a chiropractor with 14 years of experience and a fellowship in chiropractic pediatrics, and in pursuit of my certification in craniosacral therapy, I am additionally driven to identify a course of action that improves the structure and function of individuals with sensory, motor, and neurological dysfunction with these diagnoses. In individuals with these special needs, an approach that naturally improves the bodies' structure or biomechanics is an essential component to their functional, educational, behavioral, and emotional development, as well as to their quality of life.
I have become aware of the many nuances and joys of viewing life through the eyes of a special-needs child. This experience has challenged me to further study and appreciate the significance of the body's most important organ system, the central nervous system.
According to Sharon Rosenbloom, SLP, author of Souls, Beneath and Beyond Autism and mother of a son on the autistic spectrum, even the DMSR (the manual for diagnosis of individuals with ASD) acknowledges mainly language, social, and behavioral variations, yet it minimizes sensory involvement. Recognizing the significance of sensory involvement with individuals with ASD, PDD, and SPD diagnoses is the essence of realizing the significance of the nervous system.
The central nervous system is comprised of the brain and brain stem, the spinal cord, and the nerve attachments, which communicate with the body's cells, tissues, muscles, and organs. Within just 18 days of conception, it is the first body system to develop. It evolves to encompass a communication network of more than 45 miles of nerves, which sends vital messages between the brain and body at rate of 325 mph. Within a 24-hour time frame, the communication of this system is responsible for more than 103,000 heart beats, 2,100 gallons of blood pumped, and more than 23,000 breaths, thus exercising about 7 million brain cells.
The nervous system's importance to the body is highlighted by the fact that it is incased in protective bone—the brain by the skull and the spinal cord by the spinal column.
Furthermore, fluid flow, affected by the relationship between the sutures of the boney skull and the sacrum, as well as receptor input at the joints of the boney spinal column influence nervous system input. Therefore, improper biomechanics or body/boney mechanics can negatively impact the body's nervous system reception affecting the body sense of position (proprioception); motion, balance, muscle tone, coordination, motor planning, and auditory-language processing (vestibular sense); and touch perception (tactile sense) essential for academic learning, emotional security, and social skills. Even further-reaching are the effects of poor mechanics on pain perception (nociception), as well as on many other body functions through the specialized communication of the autonomic portion of the nervous system. The 12 cranial nerves located at the brain stem are additionally significant to the body's effective and appropriate sense of smell, sight, taste, and hearing. This central nervous system and its intimately related boney protection system are a profound link between a person's external and internal environments, especially one with special needs. This link is critical in enabling a person to interact with his or her surroundings and with others.
Healthcare practitioners are challenged to quantify variations of this vital communication with individuals diagnosed with ASD, PDD, and SPD. In fact, conventional testing of neurology, such as an MRI, EEG, and varied genetic blood markers, may commonly appear unremarkable. However, in an effort to see the forest beyond the trees, or to identify improvements to be made in the function of the nervous system beyond a diagnosis, noninvasive analysis for nerve system stress (subluxations) performed by a doctor of chiropractic can yield productive information relevant to the care of these children. This author utilizes Infrared Thermography (IT) and/or Surface Electromyography (sEMG), as well as Digital Foot Scans as adjunct and illustrative tools for such analysis following a history, consultation, and examination.


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Concluded WG IPv6 Site Renumbering (6renum)
Note: The data for concluded WGs is occasionally incorrect.
WG | Name | IPv6 Site Renumbering | |
Acronym | 6renum | ||
Area | Operations and Management Area (ops) | ||
State | Concluded | ||
Charter | charter-ietf-6renum-01 Approved | ||
Document dependencies | |||
Additional resources | Issue tracker, Wiki | ||
Personnel | Chairs | Lee Howard, Tim Chown | |
Area Director | Joel Jaeggli | ||
Secretary | Sheng Jiang | ||
Mailing list | Address | firstname.lastname@example.com | |
To subscribe | https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/renum | ||
Archive | https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/renum |
Final Charter for Working Group
As outlined in RFC 5887, renumbering, especially for medium to large
sites and networks, is currently viewed as an expensive, painful, and
error-prone process, avoided by network managers as much as possible.
As that RFC describes, there are triggers that mean some cases of
renumbering are unavoidable, so it should be considered a given that a
site may need partial or complete renumbering at some stage. It is thus
important to implement and deploy techniques that facilitate simpler
IPv6 site renumbering, so that as IPv6 becomes universally deployed,
renumbering can be viewed as a more routine event. This includes
consideration of how the initial assignment and subsequent management of
address information is performed, as this will affect future renumbering
If IPv6 site renumbering continues to be considered difficult, network
managers will turn to PI addressing for IPv6 to attempt to minimise the
need for future renumbering. However, widespread use of PI may create
very serious BGP4 scaling problems. It is thus desirable to develop
tools and practices that may make renumbering a simpler process to
reduce demand for IPv6 PI space.
Renumbering, or partial renumbering, can be complicated in an enterprise
site where a short prefix is divided into subnets with longer prefixes.
Aggregation, synchronisation, coordination, etc., need to be carefully
managed, and the use of manually inserted address literals minimised.
Other factors such as applications binding long-term to low level IP
addresses may add constraints to what can be realistically achieved, but
identifying and documenting such factors is a useful objective. In some
scenarios, consideration may also need to be made for 'flag day'
renumbering (in contrast to the procedure described in RFC4192).
The task of the 6RENUM working group is to document existing renumbering
practices for enterprise site networks and to identify specific
renumbering problems or 'gaps' in the context of partial or site-wide
renumbering. Completion of these tasks should provide a basis for
future work to identify and develop point solutions or system solutions
to address those problems or to stimulate such development in other
working groups as appropriate.
6RENUM is chartered to perform an analysis of IPv6 site renumbering. If
the analysis leads to conclusions that are also applicable to IPv4 that
will be an advantage, but it is not an objective of the WG to make its
outputs more widely available than IPv6. Similarly the WG is targeting
enterprise networks, but the analysis may also be applicable to SOHO or
other (e.g. ad-hoc) scenarios.
It may be that for site renumbering to become more routine, a systematic
address management approach will be required. By documenting current
practices and undertaking a gap analysis, we should become better
informed of the requirements of such an approach. Post-analysis
rechartering may lead to further work in this area. RFC 4192, RFC 5887,
and draft-jiang-ipv6-site-renum-guideline are starting points for this
The goals of the 6RENUM working group are:
To undertake scenario descriptions, including documentation of
current capability inventories and existing BCPs, for enterprise
networks, including managed and unmanaged elements. These texts should
contribute towards a gap analysis and provide an agreed basis for
subsequent WG rechartering towards development of solutions (which may
be more appropriate for other WGs to undertake) and improved practices.
Operator input will be of high value for this text. -
To perform a gap analysis for renumbering practices, to identify
generic issues for network design, network management, address
management and renumbering operations. The methodology for the WG will
be to begin building the enterprise scenario description while in
parallel constructing an initial gap analysis drawing on existing work
in (at least) RFC4192 and RFC5887. As the scenario text hardens, its
contributions will be incorporated into the more detailed gap analysis,
which can be published once the scenario text is completed. The
deliverables are thus the scenario and gap analysis texts.
The following topics are out of scope for the working group:
Renumbering avoidance; this can perhaps be considered by appropriate
IRTF groups. As documented in RFC5887, renumbering cannot be completely
avoided. The WG is limited to dealing with how to renumber when it is
unavoidable. -
IPv4 renumbering. While many sites are likely to run dual-stack, IPv6
is the future and, especially given concerns over extensive use of IPv6
PI, the most appropriate place to focus effort. -
ISP renumbering; this is potentially the most complex renumbering
case. However, more benefit can be achieved by focusing effort on site
renumbering. The enterprise site analysis should include the ISP's role
in the site's renumbering events. -
Neither SOHO nor manet networks are targeted by the WG. However, if
outputs from the WG are applicable to those scenarios, that would be an
A recharter of the WG will be possible once the gap analysis and
scenario description are completed and published. Such rechartering
would identify more specific work items within the 6RENUM WG or
appropriate protocol WGs, and may include a proposal for work on a
systematic address management approach.
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Transportation Minister Todd Stone said it's been more than a decade since speed limits were reviewed, and in that time the ministry has invested $14 billion in highway improvements. The review is to make changes based on citizen and expert input about long stretches of highway between communities, Stone said.
The review will also look at requiring snow tires with the snowflake or "M&S" ("mud and snow") tires with sufficient tread on 80 sections of B.C. highways with winter conditions. Tire requirements were last reviewed in 1986.
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I can't tell you how many wands we have in our house because I have honestly lost count. We have princess wands, fairy wands, fairy-princess wands…. so despite the fact that we have a ton my daughter wanted to make one for Valentine's day and this is what I can up with. I have been wanting to work on her fine motor skills and patience all at once and beading is a great way to do that. Now that she is 3.5 I am using smaller beads that force her to work harder threading them on. Challenging your children is tricky because there is a tiny sweet spot where they are facing that challenge but not getting overwhelmed by it. Pay close attention and try to learn their signals – are they feeling challenged or frustrated? This Valentine's day craft is great because you can make a big heart if they are into beading or a smaller one if they are done after a few challenging minutes.
Gather your materials. You will need a wood dowel, pipe cleaner , and tri-beads in your choice of color. My daughter's choice was pink. Not a shock if you know her. We also used red glitter glue. Also when I am doing a beading activity with little beads I like to use a cookie tray to contain everything.
Start by threading the beads on the pipe cleaner.
Look at that concentration!
One of the things that seems to motivate a lot of young kids when they are doing something challenging is to have a support person ( adult or older sibling even) doing it along side them. I didn't tell my daughter what to do but she could look to me as a guide without having to ask for help. So I made one too!
If you get bored of the colors you have get some new ones. I was surprised to see she threaded on a bunch of orange ones. Perhaps the pink monopoly in our house is nearing it's end?
When all the beads are on bend it into a heart and twist the ends together snuggly.
Hand your child the glitter glue and let them decorate the dowel. Prepare them for the dribbles. They don't know it but this careful application is working on their eye hand coordination!
Wrap the ends of the pipe cleaner around the dowel when it's dry. I tucked one end along the dowel and wrapped the other around it then tied them and wrapped until all the pipe cleaner was wrapped tightly around it. Give it a shake test before passing it back to your little Valentine.
Play. This was the best picture I could get because that girl moves fast.


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A Garden Full of Fancy Foliage
7 comments:
I love looking at all the layers and textures. It is all so well-designed and beautiful.
- March 17, 2009 at 10:23 PM
- Chandramouli S said...
As usual, your foliage posts are awesome. I love the containers - a lively blue...
- March 17, 2009 at 10:27 PM
- Steve Silk said...
Jill-O-It really is a tapestry, carefully woven from all kinds of bits and pieces.
- March 17, 2009 at 11:00 PM
- Steve Silk said...
Chandramouli--Thanks, I always figure you cannot go wrong with blue, It is the one color-other than white, which I'm not fond of-that compliments, and complements, all others.
- March 17, 2009 at 11:02 PM
A feast for the eyes. When winter holds on and you know spring is coming, it's wonderful to look at a garden that's so beautiful coming out of winter. Truly beautiful. You Northern folks can enjoy this type of beauty during the winter, where as me in the mid-Atlantic enjoy our beautiful springs. Thank you.
- March 18, 2009 at 10:11 AM
- Steve Silk said...
Anon--Well we can really only enjoy it through photography. Though this garden is LOADED with winter interest, it's not the same.
- March 20, 2009 at 11:04 AM
- mindy said...
such a thrill to see the latest of the Anthony garden- one of my all-time favs. What a talented duo!!
- September 9, 2014 at 12:55 AM


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Still referring to the Details section above, the scores listed under the Threat profile, Phishing profile, Malware and Spam are exactly what they refer to. These scores are determined by the risk levels and elements that are detected inside the website, in the HTML code. Maybe the website contains malware and the owners don't know (or do) and the virus could be transmitted - subject of the Malware score; or the email address used for this business has been reported as spammy - hence the Spam score.
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In what should be front page news blasted out nationwide as a breaking news alert, the DHS has openly established extensive 'Constitution free zones' in which your Fourth Amendment does not exist.
It's not 'conspiracy' and it's not fraud, the DHS has literally created an imaginary 'border' within the United States that engulfs 100 miles from every single end of the nation. Within this fabricated 'border', the DHS can search your electronic belongings for no reason. We're talking about no suspicion, no reasonable cause, nothing. No reason whatsoever is required under their own regulations. The DHS is now above the Constitution under their own rules, and even Wired magazine authors were amazed at the level of pure tyranny going on here.
This 'border' even includes where the US land meets oceans in addition to legitimate borders with Mexico and Canada. As a result, you have over 197 million citizens suffocated in these 100 mile 'border zones' that include major cities like New York City, Houston, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. Checkout the graphic below for a visual representation, with the orange area representing the Constitution free zone as designated by the DHS:
What's even more amazing, is that this has been going on since 2008. That's about 5 years of absolute unconstitutional abuse of power by the Department of Homeland Security that the media fails to even document. That's 197 million citizens living without a Constitution as far as the DHS is concerned, and apparently the Department of Justice (DOJ) must be pretty content too. Amazingly, no one has challenged this besides the ACLU, which was contacted following the case of a man who was actually detained within the 100 mile 'border' area.
Not only was this man's laptop searched for no reason, as is 'allowed' under DHS code now, but they ended up finding pictures designated to be linked up with 'terrorist' groups. In response, the man was thrown in a cell while DHS agents went through every piece of data on his entire laptop. The ACLU is now suing over this event, but there's no telling how the case will go with such limited media exposure. The DHS is literally gutting the Constitution and declaring itself higher than the law of the land by doing this, and it spells out major trouble for the entire Bill of Rights at large.
DHS Dismisses Constitution, Bill of Rights
Because if the DHS can simply 'overrule' the Fourth Amendment for 197 million citizens, it can also 'overrule' the First and Second Amendments as well. What's stopping them? It's highly illegal under the Constitution, but it appears they truly don't care. And to demonstrate just how little they truly care, they have even gone and 'reviewed' themselves for their own actions following outcry from some legal experts.
To break it down: back in 2008 there was outrage from those who actually value the Constitution and understand how the bloated DHS entity works, so the DHS promised to prove within 120 days that what they were doing was constitutional and legal. Years later, the report came out to reveal that the DHS actually reviewed itself and determined that it was acting 100% properly. It also founds that everything it was doing was 'constitutional' because it was not actually removing the Constitution from United States soil, only the 'border'.
The 'border' that expands 100 miles and includes 197 million people.
This news should be on the front page of every single news organization in the world, but the sad reality is that it's not. It's up to the alternative news, the real news, to report on this. It's up to me to make videos about this, it's up to the alternative news to syndicate it out, and it's up to you to share this. It's time to reclaim our Constitution and tell the DHS we won't live in Constitution free zones any longer.
About the Author
Anthony Gucciardi is the creator of Storyleak, accomplished writer, producer, and seeker of truth. His articles have been read by millions worldwide and are routinely featured on major alternative news websites like Drudge Report, Infowars, NaturalNews, G Edward Griffin's Reality Zone, and many others. He is also a founding member of the third largest alternative health site in the world, NaturalSociety.com.
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