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Theory is another word for nothing left to lose. The Institute for Experimental Freedom is beyond masochistic with its bodies, murmurs and texts. We publish, print and distribute works foolishly against their future renditions. The typo or technical error pale in comparison to the shame we experience the moment our desire codified in digital mappings of vectors and typography brushes against the docile or eager appetite of whoever reads PDFs, blogs or printed zines. This shame, a sort of abjection, reverses onto us as it returns ten-fold in so many little confusions: a misinterpretation of a key term, a refusal to love our refusal to be governed by value in its textual form, an anxiety regarding one's own capacity to be acted on by the text, or feeling outside of the ironic horror we cannot help but know as a world we are attached to. Years ago, we might have simply turned deaf ears to these confusions which come in the way of half-critiques. We may have been mobilized as yet another faculty of the impoverished subversive text apparatus. We could—and have, in other incarnations—modify our words, and our practices of the text as a text of pleasure, in order to suffice as rational discourse. We could be resubjectivized by the grammar of ideology and its pathetic cry for attention; the "ideas matter" of the infant in an IWW shirt who just won't shut up about Noam Chomsky, or that of the internet forum poster who believes that he might not be such a lonely loser if everyone would just read The Coming Insurrection and talk to him about it. But, we'd prefer not to.
The Institute for Experimental Freedom practices a text of pleasure and text of power, both on paper and on the body. The CrimethInc jabs in Rolling Thunder are no misnomer. We are experimental material, and we're in it for us, our friends and the friends we have yet to meet. However, this is not to say we are not a part of a stupid milieu like everyone else, nor is it to say we are not trying to find the exit; we are, carefully.
We take the practice of thought, the practice or writing, the practice of power, the questions of "what is an artist?" "what is a writer?" "what is history?" "what are our conditions?" very seriously. And we think through a ruthless experimentation with our lives—by subjecting ourselves and our friends to high frequencies of cruelty, banality, joy, and sadness—we might stumble upon something which we would carefully put close to our hearts and share—with the milieu and with what survives it. Which is perhaps another way of saying, although ideas don't matter, the practices of a discourse require critique and provocation with which we will lovingly shock the face of any of our comrades or opponents. We have been hoping this would be reciprocated. Alas, still we sit on our knees, while our "insurrectionist" and anti-state communist peers merely stumble on their dirty-talk in front of the mirror.
Nonetheless, The Institute is a warm calculating assemblage. The comments between stories on anarchist websites which have nothing to do with it, the subtle jokes of our friends and hostiles, and the horror of our lovers' Fathers do a rudimentary violence to our corporeal topographies. From the tidy paper cuts, we excrete just a little red—enough to paint our lips or a small American flag. However, perhaps we underestimate the force of nagging slits on the skin—whether it be political or otherwise. Nothing itches more than a thousand paper cuts.
So we scratch; we'll give in a little bit. But, rest assured we have no illusions that scratching will make the itch go away. On the contrary, we're hoping to pull the wounds open just a bit more.
From these rips in our texture we'll offer these humble gifts: a series of elaborated descriptions of the terms we hold close to our hearts, which demand to be shared.
Still very much wanting the text inscribed against our unsurprisingly thick skin,
-Liam Sionnach | IEF | '10
A few clarifications on key concepts within many of the texts we publish and distribute in the way of a series of complex glosses to be irregularly posted online.
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World Civil War | Gloss 1.
Civil war presupposes the modern state. In some ways, civil war can be read as both what was outside of history and then, with the development of the modern state, what became included in history. A comment like "The history of societies thus far is the history of class struggle" has a secret intelligence contained within it when we read it through our magic decoder matrix: civil war.
History and society were only really unified with the development of the modern state. The modern state in Hegel became the subject of history for his philosophy. Marx, among other Young Hegelians made this their object of critique. However, lurking bellow the surface of such idealism in Hegel was Hobbes and the concept of sovereignty. The state of nature in Hobbes was a sort of permanent potential of war of all against all. Law, enforced by the state, would create a clear divide between what was inside the law and what was outside of it; generating "civil society" (or "the civil state) on the inside, and civil war on the outside. This meant that living beings would only be included in human society (and thus, history) once they became subject to the rule of law; all manner of imperial practices come with ease. However, even in Hobbes's hypothesis, there remained a permanent problem. Law, which gives human society its so-called order, can only be enforced through means which appear indistinguishable from civil war. What Marx discreetly references is not that class struggle is the history of living beings on the planet, but that class struggle is civil war inside the gates; and is the general conditions of capitalism.
The concept of a "world" may be important in some of the ways "world civil war" is used. "The evident is not merely a matter of logic or reasoning. It attaches itself to the sensible, to worlds" (p4, Call). A world is a zone of meaning, sense—"before time, absolutely, there is sense."(Ok, War it is Tiqqun 1) History is the reification of time as Man's time, and perhaps even the concealment of civil war. It locates a living being as subject to the sensuous praxis of generating and reproducing human society. Civil war is the free play of bios, of forms of life; life which acts in a world. "Civil," because worlds are not limited by the boundaries or laws of nation-states and because conflict can take place in myriad of spheres, with a multiplying array of techniques. "War," because the potential for doing violence to the most just must not be discounted, ever. On a terrain with a multiplicity of worlds, only forms of life who feel their power can act decisively.
Even in Hobbes, if there were not civil war, there would be no need for Leviathan. Leviathan wasn't a god on earth, as much as the political equivalent of someone who's afraid of the dark. The modern state therefor had as its object the warding off of an ever present civil war. It coded civil war as "evil", and put religious apparatuses to work. We could say the modern state's practices of government had the character of a war against civil war. The development of techniques of governing which corresponded (liberalism) excluded and disciplined dangerous elements. At certain times these elements were juridically coded as "the hostis" (hostile, unknown, outside), and came in the way of invading parties, but also in the way of crime, and later, sickness.
What we call "world civil war" develops out of the modern state's failure, and each and every elaboration of civil war. Reading its history religiously, we learn that good does not triumph over evil; moreover we learn that coding the state as the hand of god reaches a threshold because its teqinches of power continuously collapse into the terrain of evil. Law cannot be enforced without the possibility of doing violence to the most just. Civil war is then the omnipresent aporia of the modern state. It cannot prevent transgression and revolt and yet it is logically demanded to develop itself to do just that.
On the other hand, we can read "world" synonymously with "global." World civil war develops as the excess of liberal techniques of power. Capitalism generates a fracture in the being of Man's time, elaborating the fracture caused by the state. Two representations develop. On the one hand, the bourgeoisie, who managed, tuned, and attempted to master capital, and on the other hand, the proletariat, who produced all value and whose subjugated existence pulls the two into an intense conflict. Because war between nation states is governed by international law, a war between non-state actors forces both parties to develop techniques of war which are out-side the law. From the moment the first partisan disrupted the separation between solider and civilian, the development of an exceptional and irregular technique of war was set into motion. Whereas capitalism created the conditions where the state was no longer the authorizer of the political, and in fact becomes another technology for the bourgeoisie to deploy in order to neutralize intense political relationships, class struggle within capitalism returns the question of the political to forefront and cuts across national boundaries by deploying the figure of an irregular fighter in the image of the proletariat across the earth. Class struggle was the prior most intense configuration of civil war, because of its international dimensions, its ethical character which transforms any conflict into absolute enmity, and because of the proletariat's capacity to hold the threat of a self-negation: The proletariat is the class which abolish class society through its own self-abolition. However, if the proletariat who came in the way of the working class general strike, and later the diffuse irrationality of autonomous armed joy were defeated—as it was—then what would survive this condition was the representation of the bourgeoisie (at a planetary level) with a new paradigm of war without the limits of national boundaries and international law; who stood on a new terrain without a stable enemy but rather a globe of hostilities which could be intensified, if need be.
With the development of a War on Terror and permanent counter-insurgency, world civil war now returns to its initial terrifying presence. Capital, liberated from the tyranny and stupidity of bourgeois management acts as its own sovereign force and subsumes all hostile forms of life: The phase of real subsumption. The state as an appendage of capital is deployed to give meaning to the world of images by imposing the category of enemy on any one of its own excessive consequences. The ontological character of this gesture is completed once the enemy has been reintegrated into the symbolic-order, either through rehabilitation (democratization) or exclusion (a fair amount of killing).
However, perhaps the proletariat has not been defeated. Perhaps the proletariat is still the class, or vocation, which abolishes class society—and elaborates civil war. In the conditions of civil war against the bourgeoisie with the development of industrialism, the proletariat's force of negation was contingent on a strategically positioned portion of workers: the industrial working class. However with the dissolution of the both the factory and its inhabitants, and with the integration of subculture and all manner of past "revolutionary subjectivities" into the rationality of commodity production; perhaps there are different conditions and different contingencies from which a more terrible proletariat is awaiting to be revealed. In these different conditions, civil war is elaborated by an equally diffuse, almost imperceptible irregular fighter. The pure negative potential of a planetary multi-cultural petite bourgeoisie. An impure hostis humani generis. An army of sleeper cells with allegiance to no identity; with no more statist fascinations or illusions of a just society; and with no use in the economy of superfluous labor, already begins to advance civil war to its logical and redemptive conclusion: the dissolution of society, social war.


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Byndoor, Karnataka, Nov.1 : Sthitaprajna, Vegan Life Centre (An International Vegan Centre for Yoga, Meditation, Relaxation and Rejuvenation) was declared open Sunday, Nov.1 2009 (World Vegan Day) near Byndoor in a picturesque locality, on the footsteps of Western Ghats, a world hotspot of bio-diversity by Vegan Dilip Bafna, Managing Trustee, Animal Rights Fund, Bangalore. A number of dignitaries, vegans and vegan/ yoga enthusiasts from India and abroad have participated and witnessed the occasion.
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After the inauguration, there was an enthralling violin concert by the duo of Master Tejas Iyengar and Master Raghava Iyer and their troupe who came all the way from Nagpur to support the event.
Sthitaprajna, the vegan centre is a place, to study and practice all aspects of yoga and veganism (ahimsa or non-violence) as a part of yoga. It is an arm of Indian Vegan Society to practice veganism holistically. Indian Vegan Society is a member of the International Vegetarian Union (www.ivu.org)
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The half-time introduction of Michael Essien and particularly José Callejón changed Madrid after a first half in which they had been overrun. Borussia Dortmund produced another impressive performance that reinforced José Mourinho's insistence that they are genuine candidates to win the Champions League.
With two games remaining, Madrid are one point behind the German champions, three ahead of Ajax and five ahead of Manchester City. Mourinho had insisted that in a group this strong, any point is a good one. Clinched in the final minute, this was certainly a good point; against this side, all the more so. Mourinho said that, having had a goal disallowed, it did not feel like a victory to him. He also noted that the two times he has won the Champions League his team finished second in their group.
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I met your beagle the other day and I thought maybe you could help me with a few questions I have about destiny.
We met when I was having my morning coffee. It seems a friend send me a picture of your beagle and asked if I could help. While the picture wasn't the best and your beagle was merely a number it touched me all the same. I'm sure you were probably just in a hurry when you dropped Destiny of at the local animal shelter. I'm sure you merely overlooked letting the shelter know your girl had a name.
Maybe you were embarrassed by "all the questions" they asked about why you were surrendering this beautiful year old beagle girl. Might I ask what your excuse - I mean reason's were?
I'm sure you were focused on justifying your abandoning the family's pet with knowing that surely someone would adopt this beautiful creature and give it a home. Did the shelter tell you that even most young beagles never make it out of "that" shelter alive? Maybe your "blackberry" mind was busy and you just weren't listening.
You didn't realize that many of your neighbors in the community must have been thinking the same thing because the shelters are being overrun with beautiful beagles like yours.
Did you know that sweet little beagles are in the top ten breeds who die in our nations shelters do to a problem called "animal overpopulation"?
I told my friend that I was really at about my limit with beagles that other owners like yourself no longer wanted. There's a whole bunch of "just visiting" beagles staying and running around here already, but still I would see what could be done.
It took a few minutes to write a plea about your beagle's fate and include a wonderfully sad picture of your beagles eyes. Did you ever notice what beautiful eyes your beagle has? Those eyes must still have been eating at your conscience as you walked away. Did "Destiny" cry out begging you not to go - did she wonder what she did?
I posted your beagles story just about everywhere hoping someone would see the beauty in her eyes as I have. Hopefully, they will see those eyes before it's too late.
It seems the shelter you left your girl at is out of space. They have decided maybe your beagle should be simply "put to sleep" to make room for more dogs your community doesn't "need" anymore.
Did the shelter bother to tell you that there was not a real good chance that anyone would adopt your "problem" and she very well could be "put to sleep"?
Did you know that "put to sleep" means forever?
Put to sleep really means they are planning to KILL your beautiful beagle girl. What a shame that would be.....to put out the love in those eyes.
Did you ever wonder what it would feel like to get shoved in a gas box and have to struggle for your last breathe?
Anyway, I have heard a few reply's about your girl but most have come from other Internet neighbors who only want to hear "funny" beagle stories - they really don't want to be bothered (like yourself) with the fate of your sweet girl. I'd gladly write some funny stories about your beagle but somehow my mind goes blank and all I remember is the look in her eyes as she stares coldly out pleading for anyone to help.
Was that the "look" your beagle gives just begging for one more chance? Did she have that same look when she was living with you? She must have done something horribly wrong for you want to punish her so.
Did she have an accident in your house? Demand more time than your "blackberry" would allow? Insist on licking your face or sleeping in your bed? Beagles do that, you know?
I tell you though - the memory of that "stare" slowly started working on me.
That look started to haunt me while I went about "my" daily activities.
Funny don't you think, that look started to bother me and she isn't even my dog? It didn't bother you? Well, it's working real hard on my conscience.
Today is her last day - still no one stepped forward to help your "Destiny" out. No angels out there, no knights riding into town on a white horse - the sands of time were rapidly disappearing for your girl and still - nothing. Is this where destiny takes over?
As I awoke the morning of your beagle's last day, I was not in the best of moods. It was a beautiful sunny day but I hadn't slept well the night before. Dinner went half eaten. I tried to enjoy my favorite shows but my mind kept drifting back to a picture of your girl with that innocent stare. What was her last night like? Was she frightened - sensing the pending danger that would cost her a life she had never had to enjoy? Was she thinking about you in her last hour's of fear?
Do you think she even knew what awful thing she had done to be punished this way? I'll bet she still was expecting you to come charging in and tell her everything was going to be all right.
I decided to drive to the shelter to see if by chance destiny had arrived to whisk your girl to safety. That though some miracle someone was smiling and holding and hugging your beautiful girl and letting her know what a truly great beagle girl she was. Maybe I would see some proud new owner march your girl out with her beautiful beagle head poppin high.
To my surprise as I walked into the shelter there she was. Still sitting there with those saddened eyes with time running out. Eyes even more piercing in person. They cut right through your chest like a knife. A cut so deep it reached the inner reaches of your soul.
I reached down to comfort your beagle girl. Reactively she immediately started to lick my hand with only the passion a beagle knows. A tear started to form in my eyes - knowing her time was drawing short.
This is where common sense loses out to reality. You are faced with reacting with only what compassion that was left in your soul. Does mankind really murder innocent sweet dogs? Surely society only putsd to death those dogs deemed un adoptable?
My sense of sadness was replaced with a flash of anger. Destiny was not going to pay for your irresponsible ignorance with HER life.
I should have turned and walked away as you did. I shouldn't have ever allowed myself to touch her head and stroke her coat. My thoughts should not have focused on her fate "to be put to sleep - to be unavailable - her last chance....."
I adopted your girl and took her home. Her name would be Destiny. Do you like the name?
What was surprising was that despite her probably sensing that she was in danger - Destiny became frozen in fear when I tried to coax her out of her cage? Do you think she witnessed all the other dogs being killed before her? Was she next?
Why was she so afraid of her pending release? Aren't beagles happy go lucky hounds who make us laugh? What did you do to this girl to cause her so much fear? What did society do to cause her so much fear?
As we drove home Destiny chose to ride in my lap. I was relieved knowing she was safe after all, surely someone would want this beautiful beagle girl. At least we had dodged the destiny of the grim reaper. She was given a reprieve long enough to search for that perfect destiny. Surely destiny would have Destiny find someone who would give her the love she deserved.
I thought you would be pleased to know that Destiny is safe - if you care. She seems to enjoy resting on one of our couches in her new home. But I had a bunch of questions of concern.
Apparently you never got around to house training your girl? She seems to not have a clue about where to go and where not to go. She also seems petrified after making a mistake - cowering in fear as if each mistake brings about pending danger. Did she do that around your house too? Were you patient enough to teach her what she was supposed to do?
Not that it matters, together we are working on her house training - she's a smart girl and I think with lot's of patience she will soon figure that out. I guess you were probably just a bit too busy with the love affair with your "blackberry" to be bothered with that detail.
After all, whoever sold you the beagle puppy probably told you house training a beagle would be a snap. It's not YOUR fault. Fortunately cleaning up your beagle's mess isn't the end of my world.
But I still have a few questions. Your beagle girl really enjoyed the first few times I showed her affection. Now she doesn't want to get off my lap. She still cowers when I approach her - somewhat not sure of how my reaction will be - but once I start stroking her coat she starts wagging that cute beagle tail and becomes very submissive. Was she always that affectionate around your home? What's with all the fear issues? Surely you didn't strike such a small creature?
I took your beagle to the vet's for a checkup and I have a few questions about that too? Did you ever give her any of her shots? She seems to be in fairly good health although she's extremely thin for her age. I thought you might like to know that she tested positive for heart worms. I also thought you might like to know that she's expecting a litter of puppies.
That's unusual for a slightly less than one year old beagle girl. Apparently, you didn't think about spaying your puppy. I guess the expense of heartworm medication would have put a serious dent in your budget. Why did you buy a beagle puppy anyway? Was it a "gift" that didn't quite work out? Did you stumble on her while she was still a small puppy in a local pet store?
Your beagle only weighs about 12 pounds and is very underweight for a beagle her age and with her bone structure. My vet explained that the heartworm was probably causing her frequent bouts of coughing as the infestation has probably advanced to her lungs. Instead of proceeding with starting her on heartworm preventative we ran blood work and x-rays. That was done to determine the extent or stage of her heartworm problem. I almost feinted when I was presented with your beagle's bill.
Probably more than you paid for your "blackberry".
I thought you might want to know that your beagle will undergo treatment early next week. She'll go in to be spayed - no more puppies for this girl. It's early enough where there shouldn't be any complications but really....
Even though heart worms can usually be treated quite successfully my vet was concerned enough to mention that your beagle's overall health doesn't guarantee a complete recovery. I hope you won't blame me is she doesn't survive the procedure. I do know she won't survive long without being treated. Since I can't consult with you, I will decide what's best for Destiny.
I'm hoping that Destiny will have a long and happy future. She certainly is a lovable girl and deserves more than what you were prepared to provide her. Destiny has a strong will to survive and a heart full of love.
She also seems to have forgiven YOU for not being there for her. You let her down and still she doesn't hold any malice. Too bad humans weren't given the same qualities - I'm certainly not as forgiving. Maybe that's why dogs are easier to understand.
Destiny seems to want to suck up all the attention she can get - maybe to make up for what was missing in her life. She seems to have so much love in her that "if" she survives we should be able to find her a family who will love her forever.
She deserves having someone who will protect her and provide for all her needs. Someone who will know she needs proper nutrition, a safe place to sleep and to be protected against canine illnesses. Someone who will praise her for all the right things she does and not punish her for her mistakes.
Someone who will love her as if she is part of there family. Someone not like you.
If she survives that will be her destiny - to get all the things in life a loving beagle deserves. For with that love and protection Destiny will return an unconditional love that only a lover of beagles can appreciate.
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Baton Rouge, LA was the next stop for American Idol auditions on tonight's episode. The people of the bayou showed up in the thousands for their chance to be crowned the next American Idol.
First up was Megan Miller. Just three days before her audition she was in an accident. Fortunately for the crutch and leg cast rocking 22 year old, that did not stop her from giving a fantastic first impression. Singing Etta James, Megan gave a great audition adding a little humor by using her crutch as a microphone. The four judges loved her and she was the first contestant from Louisiana to go to Hollywood.
The second contestant of the night was socially awkward Charlie Askew. His parents said that music has been the center of his life, but one may not have thought so based on his odd interview. Singing Queen, the 17 year old was quite surprisingly a good singer. He received four yes's and I cannot wait to see him grow as the season goes on. As Mariah Carey said, he has the ability to shake things up in the competition.
There was a long streak of no's, tears and cursing. Then came 22 year old Paul Jolley. His last name was a good indicator that his voice was indeed very jolly. He sang I won't Let Go by Rascal Flatts. His country voice was enough to impress the judges and send him to Hollywood.
Things turned more south that the location of Louisiana when Christopher Barthel stepped into the audition room. He came equipped with a fierce alter ego "Mushroom" was was named by Nicki. He sang If I had You by Adam Lambert. Let's just say that his "Mushroom" won't be making an appearance in Hollywood.
PhysicIan Calvin Peters,27, was there to redeem Baton Rouge and that he did. Singing Maxwell's Wherever Whenever Whatever Calvin possessed a soft but strong voice. There was no doubt that he got a ticket to Hollywood.
Then started another streak; this time with the female contestants who received unanimous yes's.
Then there was firefighter Dustin Watts who immediately caught the eye of Nicki. Singing a song by Garth Brooks he had the typical male country voice but one can't help liking the 27 year old. With four yes's we will be seeing more of Dustin in Hollywood.
The night concluded with New Orleans born BurNell Taylor who has been singing all his life but was inspired to take it seriously after Hurricane Katrina. He sang Im Here from "The Color Purple." With a pure and smooth tone and a great personality to add, Bernell received a standing ovation from the judges. He was my favorite contestant of the night. Nicki agreed saying that they travel the country to find people like him.
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Wherever we work, there has to be sufficient clean potable water, sufficient reasonably-clean food preparation and storage areas, sufficiently-clean operating theatres, semi-functioning sanitation and a reliable electricity supply. The number of African countries with reliable electricity is declining and there are often no viable backup systems if there was to be a power cut during a prolonged procedure. Additionally, much equipment that surgeons would prefer to use, requires electricity and a few First World surgeons seem to have lost the dexterity to use a Humby Knife when e.g. the Dermatome is broken or has no power. If equipment breaks, there have to not only be enough spares on site with which to repair it, but someone with that technical expertise because if flights only take place to a city twice a week and the whole mission is only one-week-long, then certain planned procedures simply cannot happen. And those procedures are planned and scheduled after the initial screening of hundreds of desperate people, who will never in their lives get a chance for an injury to be repaired, if you don't manage to keep faith with the promise that they understand you to have given. Beware broken promises in unfamiliar territory. Beware unrealistic expectations from patients. Beware something small like a blown light bulb on a microscope because you never thought they had no spare light bulbs in xyz land.
Then the host country has to be helpful. Grateful is not a given, but surely they'll be helpful with the bureaucracy and not make you run from Ministry to Ministry for a stamp, a seal, a signature? No, don't count on that either. You can give with a full heart, with an overflowing heart, and still some countries will think that there is spare cash for a bribe, a "service charge," or a tax that you've never heard of. The temptation to make a false Ministry of xyz stamp is significant when you realise it could save a full week of someone's time. But just imagine a patient dies on the operating table and the paperwork is not complete? So, one can take no chances.
The biggest danger is political instability. Within South Africa we know places not to go at month-end when incomes and tempers can briefly rise in tandem. In less-familiar countries we look at election dates and plan to keep well-away. Burns are certainly a political issue because it is the expenditure or not, of governments on health care and on other staffing and infrastructure, that determines whether burned children live or die. But in highly-unstable countries we'll never venture a political opinion of any kind, because we need to keep the team of volunteers safe. Similarly, regardless of the negative press that security companies get in different places, when we are in uncertain terrain, if we can link with an organisation that will pledge to keep personnel safe, then we accept that help without pomposity or judgement. The world has been diverted by shock, turmoil, greed and cruelty in 2016, 2017, 2018 and some of that anger has spilled over into there being even more burns injuries. We want to turn this negative tide. Help us to stop children from being needlessly disabled and disfigured.
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Generating, accessing and protecting public/private records can accurately be described as some of the most potent issues of our age. It is a topic loaded with such significance that smart educators will begin training students about it as early as grade school it is that essential to successful life.
An ongoing news story in Pacific County, Wash., illustrates some of the uses, possible misuses and threats to the legal foundations of American public records laws. Like agencies throughout the nation, some county offices have recently been bowing underneath the weight of records requests from citizens concerned about various aspects of governance.
This is the classic reason for laws that saw their origins in the troubled 1960s and 70s. They let us peel back government actions and decisions to see if they appear proper and provide equal protection under the law. The lawmakers and activists who first enshrined public-records access in the U.S. realized that transparency is one of the best protections against government corruption and abuse.
On a local level, making sure agency actions arent driven by anything other than valid laws and regulations is of paramount importance to citizens. This transparency is a powerful deterrent to official shenanigans.
The ability to seek detailed behind-the-scenes information from government also is prone to accidental and deliberate overuse. Complying with a demand that an agency cough up every record that mentions some common word, for example, can chew up many hours of staff time. Nationwide, deliberate abuse of public records laws to consume agency resources is a weapon in the hands of anti-government factions. This expense is borne by all taxpayers.
Proliferation of government records, the ability to search them, and the ease with which citizens can request them are all driven by the vast growth in digital archiving. We swim through a world in which our actions all the big ones and even many of the small ones leave electronic traces. The ability to search government records also grants private individuals considerable ability to look into the lives of others, stirring legitimate concerns about invasion of privacy. The need to ensure that protected personal information isnt accidentally lumped in with legitimately public documents is a big reason information requests can take so much time.
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In a tilt-up construction project, the building's walls are poured directly at the jobsite in large slabs of concrete called "tilt-up panels" or "tiltwall panels". These panels are then raised into position around the building's perimeter forming the exterior walls. The video below shows a tilt-up panel being stood into place.
Tilt-up construction allows general contractors to build a wide range of commercial buildings more quickly and with lower construction costs than what is typical for traditional masonry construction projects. Texas, California and Florida are currently the most popular states for tilt-up concrete construction. In northern states with more severe winter climates, Precast concrete buildings are more popular.
Precast concrete buildings are buildings constructed using precast or prefabricated concrete wall panels. Precast construction is similar to tilt-up construction, except that the concrete wall panels are formed at a manufacturing facility and transported to the job site by trailer, rather than fabricated directly at the site. This prefabricated panel process, provides a more controlled environment for consistent quality, insulated panels and weather protected scheduling. An offset is required close proximity from jobsite to manufacturing site and higher final in-place costs.
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Germophobes rejoice (but don't high-five, that would be unsanitary). Corning has unveiled an antimicrobial version of its Gorilla Glass line.
The company said that its glass display covers will sport an ionic silver coating which will kill off any potential build-up of harmful bacteria and fungi. Corning said that the coating has been registered with the US Environmental Protection Agency.
"Corning's Antimicrobial Gorilla Glass inhibits the growth of algae, mold, mildew, fungi, and bacteria because of its built-in antimicrobial property, which is intrinsic to the glass and effective for the lifetime of a device," boasted Corning Specialty Materials general manager James Steiner.
"This innovation combines best-in-class antimicrobial function without compromising Gorilla Glass properties."
The company said that the coating is able to resist contamination over far longer periods of time than conventional cleaning sprays or wipes and will help to prevent the spread of germs across shared devices. The release should be welcome news to germ-weary users who are weary of sharing devices, such as touchscreen kiosks and consoles, which are used by strangers.
The presence of germs on touchscreen devices has been noted before by researchers. A 2012 study by the University of Arizona found that on average, a mobile phone touchscreen houses more germs than a public toilet seat and when shared, devices can serve as means of transmitting illnesses.
Beyond placating the germ-obsessed fondleslab owner and cleaning up public kiosks, the antimicrobial glass could have very practical applications in areas such as healthcare, where touchscreen devices such as tablets are increasingly seeing use by practitioners as a means for transporting and managing patient records.
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Have you ever hiked in the Steamboat Springs area? While it may seem far to drive to Steamboat, it's just three hours from the Denver metro area. The Chamber of Commerce calls Gilpin Lake a "blue alpine lake of magnificent beauty." I agree. Not only was the lake beautiful, so was the hike there.
The hike starts at the Slavonia Trailhead, about 29 miles from town (directions below). The dirt parking lot has a bathroom and sign boards. There's one trail from the parking lot, but there are more trails along the path.
Just 0.2 miles from the parking lot, hikers come to their first trail split. A sign has an arrow pointing right for Gold Creek Lake (Trail No. 1150) and left for our destination, Gilpin Lake (Trail No. 1161).
Over the next 3 miles, hikers wind their way through a forest of aspens making this the perfect fall hike. When the trees open up, you'll enjoy beautiful meadows with views of the peaks in the distance. Gilpin Lake sits at the top of this valley on the right side. As you hike, you may get your feet wet. The trail crosses over several streams. Sometimes there are rocks and logs to help you cross, sometimes there are not. As you can hike, you'll likely hear a loud river nearby, don't worry, there are closeup views of the cascades occasionally as you hike toward Gilpin Lake.
The trail has lots of ups and downs as it gains about 1,000 feet over that first three miles. Take it easy, because the trail is about to get a lot harder. There are three sets of closely set switchbacks to the lakeshore. Hikers gain about 850 feet over that final mile or so.
When you come over the ridge to the lake, it will be all be worth it. An open field leads right to the shoreline of Gilpin Lake. The lake sits in a bowl below treeline. The lake's rocky shoreline is surrounded by trees and peaks. Find a spot in the open field for lunch or find a secluded spot on a rock in the trees.
During lunch, you'll have a decision to make. Hike back 4.5 miles to the trailhead on the Gilpin Lake Trail or continue on the so-called Zirkel Circle loop trail to Gold Creek Lake and back to the trailhead. The loop hike is 11.2 miles. Even if you decide not to do the loop, consider hiking up the trail a short distance to get a better view of Gilpin Lake.
Details: 9 miles RT to the lake with an elevation gain of about 1,850 feet.
Directions: From U.S. 40 in Steamboat Springs, drive west through town to Elk River Road (County Road 129) and turn right. Follow CR 129 about 18 miles to Seedhouse Road (also known as NFSR 400/CR 64) and turn right. This is a dirt road that can be rough, but manageable for passenger cars. (Check with the Forest Service for the latest conditions.) Drive 11 miles to the end of the road at the Slavonia trailhead.
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I'm not normally a fan of Funko's Pop! figures, being as they're just another take on older, existing styles like Munnys, but that was a view formulated before they got the rights to make some Game of Thrones pieces.
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Phil Hardberger served as executive secretary of the Peace Corps (1962-1966)
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Local car enthusiast and UTSA supporter joins Gulf-to-Pacific race
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(Feb. 12, 2004)--UTSA President Ricardo Romo was on hand Sunday, Feb. 8 to send off San Antonio participants in the Carrera del Golfo al Pacifico Copa Jaguar (Race from the Gulf to the Pacific Jaguar Cup).
Sponsored by the Jaguar Club of Mexico, the Feb. 11-14 event includes 60 Jaguar cars, modern and collectible, in a cross-country race from Veracruz to Acapulco.
Phil Hardberger, former chief justice of the Texas 4th Circuit Court of Appeals and UTSA supporter, is a San Antonio participant in the race. He was a consultant in establishing in 2001 the UTSA Institute for Law and Public Affairs, a program to help UTSA students perform well on the law school admissions test and in completing law school curricula.
The U.S. registration coordinator for the Jaguar Cup is Victor D'Souza, president of Victor's Service Center, Inc., which specializes in Jaguars and Ferraris.
Before joining the bench in 1994, Hardberger was senior partner with the Hardberger and Rodriguez law firm. Before law practice, he served as executive secretary of the Peace Corps (1962-1966) and as special assistant to Director Sargent Shriver at the Office of Economic Opportunity in Washington, D.C., (1967-1968).
Hardberger, an Air Force pilot from 1955 to 1958, flew his single-engine airplane from San Antonio to Paris in 1977, from San Antonio to Madrid in 1981 and from San Antonio to Brazil in 1983. He climbed Mount Kilimanjaro (1990), Mount Rainier (1991), Mount Popocatepetl (1992) and hiked 120 miles across the Swiss Alps from Switzerland to Italy (1992). He sailed across the Gulf of Mexico from Galveston to Veracruz in his 42-foot sailboat, Aimless, taking first place honors in the Regata de Amigos Race in 1996.
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Teen Identity Network partners Jules Bianchi and Kubota Image Tools have some great news for all you network members…
Jules Cafe is a great resource of inspiration and education from some of the top photographers in the nation. Jules also has a full set of training products and presets for sale. But if you're a Teen Identity Network member, for the next few months you'll have access to her presets for FREE. Jules is offering her set of Presets and Textures as June, July and August's free digital goodies. For June, Network members will get her set of Practical Presets. That's an $89 value! (The yearly membership alone is only $99.) Subsequent month's will offer her Creative Collection as well as her collection of textures. See samples of her presets in action by clicking here.
Kubota Image Tools is a leading provider of Adobe and Lightroom resources. They are practically synonymous with "Actions" (thus their Action Hero mascot/logo). Now Teen Identity Network members can get some serious KIT "action":
- A 15% discount on all KIT products (we're working with them to finish up the discount product page)
- KIT presets and actions offered as digital goodies in the coming months
- KIT's full creative pack as part of the grand prize for the Teen Identity True Beauty Media & Model Competition (an $899 value)
- Plus another surprise or two
Membership Has Its Benefits
If you are already a Network member, you should have received an email with a link to download June's digital goodie. If you're not a member, what are you waiting for? In addition to these great gifts, you'll get all the future digital goodies, other partner discounts, listing on the Teen Identity Mag photographers directory, plus access to coaching at discounted rates. Join today and start improving your craft, building your business, and making a difference.


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Barcelona International Convention Centre
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As CEO, Karamat leads the vision, mission and promise for PCMA's global family of brands. Karamat serves the greater business events industry as a prominent business architect, enabling our community to become a catalyst for economic and social progress, organizational success, and personal and professional development.
In his previous role as Chief Operating Officer, Karamat led the development and implementation of PCMA's new vision: driving global economic and social transformation through business events. In addition to his responsibilities at executive level, Karamat also directed streamlining of PCMA's content creation and delivery channels into one organization. He oversaw partnership, business services, membership, business development and technology teams.
As part of PCMA's growth strategy, Karamat has led a major data intelligence program and played a key role in the 2017 acquisition of Incentive Conference & Event Society Asia Pacific (ICESAP).
A leader in the business events industry, Karamat previously served as Vice President of Business Sales and Services for Toronto Convention & Visitors (Tourism Toronto). He has served on various boards and is currently a director on the Destination International Board of Trustees.
Karamat is a life-long learner. In addition to completing his bachelor's degree and Masters of Business Administration from York University in Toronto, Canada, he has completed postgraduate certificate programs at Wharton School of Business at University of Pennsylvania, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago. At Harvard Business and Law School, he completed a program on strategic negotiations for senior executives and a program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), one on data intelligence and big data.
Haas has more than 15 years of database marketing, product development and consulting experience from working in business-to-business and business-to-consumer industries. He understands how innovation, research and technology intersect and evaluates what is leading edge versus cutting edge.
Haas will leverage data to determine best practices in business events and how the industry can drive global economic and social transformation.
He previously served as PCMA's Chief Innovation Officer. He joined PCMA as Vice President of Business Development and Data Intelligence. His previous roles include Senior Vice President of Strategic Product Development and Marketing at Scranton Gillette Communications Inc. and in direct response marketing for Tribune Direct.
He has a bachelor's degree in international business from St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin.
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Cotton, a PCMA leader for more than 15 years, takes a strategic approach to transforming PCMA's client relationships and business opportunities. Her role at PCMA is to facilitate connections between business-to-business organizations and business-to-consumer operations, identifying opportunities to fuel economic and social progress and success for PCMA and its members, customers and clients.
While she has watched as business events shifted from logistics to engagement, Cotton said the value of relationships remains steadfast in the industry.
Prior to PCMA, Cotton led and supported various sales efforts at the National Association of REALTORS, Airborne Express (now DHL) and Fox Associates, a Chicago-based magazine representative firm. She received a bachelor's degree in marketing and advertising from Indiana University.
She leads PCMA's global growth strategy by evaluating and identifying how the organization can deliver value to its members through new and existing business models, education programs and new products.
Crowley began her career at PCMA and continues to work with global travel brands, build strategic relationships and partnerships with key markets, and design year-round engagement campaigns. She has held various positions at PCMA including Vice President for Global Growth and Business Transformation.
Crowley is 2019 MBA graduate of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She received her bachelor's degree from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The team delivers programs and services that strengthen the connections between PCMA members, facilitate knowledge sharing and advance the network of professionals in the global business events industry. Her key areas of responsibility include community and chapter engagement, research, social impact and volunteerism. She remains Executive Director of the PCMA Foundation.
Rollins joined PCMA in 2007 and held roles in project management, global development and account management with the PCMA partnership program. She was Director of Strategic Development for the Association for Corporate Growth, a global community for middle-market M&A business leaders from 2012 to 2015. Rollins became Executive Director of the PCMA Foundation in 2015.
Rollins received a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.
A veteran journalist, media executive and civic leader, Winnecke formerly was President of Tribune Content Agency where she spearheaded a financial turnaround of the legacy content syndication and licensing business. Prior to that role, she was Vice President and Associate Editor of the Chicago Tribune where she helped engineer the digital transformation and led the creation of several successful audience and revenue initiatives including Blue Sky Innovation and Trib Nation, staging as many as 100 live events each year. As a journalist, she reported and led coverage of politics, lifestyle and culture.
Winnecke was Managing Editor of the Chicago Sun-Times and City Editor at the Indianapolis Star before joining the Chicago Tribune. She worked as a Washington correspondent in the Scripps Howard News Service bureau and for 10 years also wrote a weekly column on food and cooking for Scripps Howard.
Her leadership has been recognized by many, including Crain's Chicago Business "40 Under 40'' and the Today's Chicago Woman list of "Most Influential Women in Chicago.'' She serves as President of the YWCA board of directors and on the President's Advisory Board for Governors State University. She is a member of The Chicago Network, the Economic Club of Chicago and the International Women's Forum.
Winnecke earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern Indiana in her hometown of Evansville and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Her responsibilities including professional development, culture, talent development, employee integration and employee engagement.
Meier began her human resources career in 1999 as human resources manager for Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide LLC, now a subsidiary of Marriott International Inc. She previously worked as director and manager in Starwood's housekeeping division.
Meier received a bachelor's degree in hotel/motel administration and management from Eastern Illinois University.
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MacMillan has more than 30 years of experience in the global business events and tourism industry and has worked with business enterprises on every continent. His past leadership roles include CEO of VisitDFW, a regional consumer content marketing venture, CEO of Meeting Professionals International and CEO of Tourism Toronto.
He developed and led Vancouver, B.C.'s successful national bid for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. MacMillan also runs BANDWIDTH consultancy, advising destinations on event sales and marketing strategies and served as consortium consulting partner in the Destinations International DestinationNEXT global initiative.
MacMillan has received numerous awards including twice being named one of the Top Twenty most influential people in the global MICE industry.


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One last thought about the holidays. It's December, and that means we're in the full throes of the holiday season. In the summer when it's hotter than heck outside, I long for December's cold weather when I can curl up by the fire, cozy up in a fuzzy sweater and jeans, and just watch it snow. My summertime nostalgia for winter makes me think my only worry at this time of year is whether I'll burn my tongue on my made-from-scratch hot cocoa. Oh, I long for this time. In fact, I crave it year-round.
Unfortunately, this winter wonderland bliss rarely exists. If you've ever seen the movie, "A Christmas Story," you know exactly what I mean. Each year, I plan for the Normal Rockwell version of the holidays, and each year, I end up reenacting the scene where Ralphie mutters "fudge," which we all know is really the "f-dash-dash-dash" word because I've burnt the turkey, forgotten Aunt Alma's gift or I'm running late to one of a dozen holiday parties because my car door is frozen shut due to the subarctic temperatures of a typical Midwestern winter.
It's no wonder health club usage is down this time of year. When it's 20 degrees and a wintry mix is falling from the sky, even I, a self-proclaimed gym worshipper, don't want to go to the club. I know, I know. The holidays are a time to relax, enjoy your family and spend time with those you love. Blah, blah, blah. The reality is that the holidays are a lot of work. They require planning, spending money, preparing not-so-healthy dishes and having little time to yourself — including time to work out. And I'm a fitness professional. Imagine what your non-addicted-to-fitness members are going through. Is it really a surprise that your cardio room has as much energy as Ralphie does when he tries on the pink bunny suit his aunt makes him for Christmas?
Don't be afraid to let your members know they aren't alone. Most of them have probably blown off their healthy eating habits in exchange for fudge, holiday cookies and the other countless treats we all consume in the name of "the holidays." While this may mean more business for you come the New Year when all the newbies flock to your facility hoping to drop that holiday weight gain, it's not really in the best interest of those you aim to serve.
My advice for surviving the holiday season is to send a newsletter or e-mail message to members that getting any sort of activity (at the gym or not) is a big stress reliever, that moderation is key (and their family probably won't be able to tell the difference if they make their mashed potatoes with skim milk or chicken broth instead of heavy cream), and that you'll be right there waiting for them to rededicate themselves to fitness and health on New Year's Day (or anytime for that matter) if they slip up and fall off the fitness wagon.
Be sure to make good use of the time, too. Use the lull at your club to reassess your business, your offerings and your club's décor. Plan for 2007 by setting your club's goals and thinking of ways to reach them.
Oh, and one more quick thing; don't shoot your eye out, kid.


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When you're an actress, producer, director, and a wife; a new mom to baby Olive with another girl on the way; and the CEO of your own beauty brand, sometimes all you want to do is skip makeup and stay in sweats. Drew Barrymore sat down with Cosmopolitan.com to discuss her latest Flower launches and what makes her feel sexy — even when she's totally dressed down.
Do you see yourself as sexy?
No, I don't. [Laughs] I've gotta get out of my sweatpants... I mean, my husband is so sweet about it, and I'm pregnant. I think I need some lingerie or something sexy! Would that help? That's so cliché. [Laughs] I'm wearing the most utilitarian bra right now, it's so hideous, but it's supportive. [Laughs] No, I actually feel the sexiest when I make my husband laugh, because when he laughs really hard; he has this Prince Charles laugh and he doesn't look like he would laugh like that at all. But sometimes I'll do [silly] dances for him and he laughs really hard, and that's when I feel good about myself and sexy.
Speaking of being pregnant, you already have a baby girl and another on the way. How do you plan on defining beauty to them both?
Ugh, I will literally kill myself to rake them through the lessons I've learned about how insecurity is not an option. It just isn't. When I was a late teenager, I had a boyfriend who cheated on me and I remember feeling so bad about myself — I felt shame. And I remember blaming myself, like why am I not enough? She must be so great and I'm just not enough. And then I thought, what if I decided to never think this way again? And what if I decided that I am what I am and for someone that will be enough for them? I don't want to have to morph myself into this phantom standard, so instead of being jealous and suspicious that every guy would do that same thing to me, I decided that nope, who I am will be enough for someone someday! It was a real script flip and it changed the rest of my life in such a positive way.
What a bastard though, right? But he did me the biggest favor. And he knows who he is.
Are you excited that you're having another girl, especially now that you own a beauty company?
With my luck, they'll want to be veternarians or racecar drivers and I'll support them with whatever they want to be. But you can't hand down a film to someone, so I'm hoping that this company is a multi-generational one that continues to be for women, about women.
How has your beauty routine changed since you've been pregnant?
I've never had dark circles like this in my life. I've always had purple under my eyes, but between having a toddler and being pregnant, I tell my husband that I look like I got punched… under both eyes! I also have these wonderful pregnancy melanoma patches that are on the side of my mouth that looks like I got into pudding or something. So, I use my Flower Skincognito Stick Foundation to conceal everything.
This also isn't all pregnancy glow, sure I'm glowing and I'm happy, but it's really my new highlighter chubby sticks that you see. [Laughs]
I'm also so tired in life now that I hit the pillow and sleep. I've always been that insomniac that felt like sleep was never going to happen, but now I hit the bed and I'm out. But when I'm 60 it's going to be like Stella Got Her Groove Back. The kids will be out of the house, they'll be 18, and I'll dance around and have some wine.
Any crazy pregnancy cravings?
I mean, other than everything? [Laughs] I'm really into pan-friend noodles, they're so good. They're crispy and then they get soft. And that sauce! I don't know what it is, but it's a weird gelatinous consistency, and then you swell up. It's wonderful, you feel like a puffer fish.
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In response to the nine House and Senate panels holding hearings on Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, FEMA has recently reopened the $100 million contracts for the engineering of temporary, fast-track emergency housing awarded to the Shaw Group, Bechtel Corp., CH2M Hill Inc., and Fluor Corp., according to a recent report in the Washington Post. Displaced Hurricane Katrina survivors will be offered a mobile home in trailer communities consisting of 5,000 to 25,000 people for three to five years as their homes are rebuilt. Coordinating the temporary housing effort is FEMA's new Housing Area Command department. Just less than half of the $51.8 billion in federal hurricane relief aid is budgeted for temporary housing.
A spokesperson for Fluor Corp. says the company supports FEMA Chief David Paulison's decision to re-compete the Hurricane Katrina contracts. Fluor will participate in the open bidding. "Our long-standing relationship with FEMA has been based on competitively bid and won contracts," reads Fluor's official statement.
FEMA has no plans to open for bidding other contracts for hurricane recovery work signed with little or no competition. In addition, the agency has already committed large sums of money to the four firms working on the housing site projects — $49.2 million for Bechtel alone. There is no timeline for how quickly the contracts will be rebid.