text: Tim Worstall 15 November 2008 Tax & Spending Sir Bob Geldof Tim Worstall 15 November 2008 Tax & Spending 2441 sir-bob-geldof Sir Bob Geldof, a good businessman, he's done sterling work in raising money to alleviate famine and poverty and I even liked one or two of the songs he wrote and sang. But there's still some work to be done in informing him how the world works. On the Tobin Tax: This levy, even if it is cut to 0.005 per cent would limit volatility in small economies whilst generating enormous sums for the poor. It would also cost taxpayers nothing. That's so amazing as to be fantastical. A tax which raises billions and trillions yet doesn't cost the people who pay the tax, the taxpayers, anything? I have a feeling that our gentil and parfait knight is a tad confused here, for such a thing is not possible. Second, we need to institutionalise the means by which profits from carbon trading can be channelled to development. As Germany has already shown, this is a vast market. It involves creating incentives for polluters to pollute less while generating resources for development. It is a smart, painless way to create revenues and jobs while bringing the poor into the global economy. A Europe-wide scheme is planned, but in Washington it should be seized upon as an effective mechanism for growth and development. It, like the Tobin tax, is tax neutral to the consumer while curbing overproduction of carbon dioxide and helping the world's poorest. Again, there's a desperate confusion of ideas here. Certainly cap and trade (or a carbon tax) would generate funds. It is also possible that those funds could be used to pay for development. But if you use those funds to pay for development you cannot then state that it is tax neutral to the consumer. If you take $x squiddley billion from the taxpayers of the industrialised countries to send to Africa then $x squiddely billions are being sent from the taxpayers of the industrialised countries to Africa. It matters not whether you get it from income tax, from a carbon tax, from the auction of permits, it simply isn't tax neutral for you've just taken $x squiddely billions from those taxpayers. The only way such schemes can be tax neutral is if other taxes are reduced by whatever amount is being raised: in which case there are no resources being generated to pay for development. Still, he is at least (partially) sound on trade: Third, this new round of globalisation must not be accompanied by a return to protectionism. Make Poverty History called for progress on debt, aid and trade. Trade is the area in which the least has been delivered. Quite, voluntary exchange is how wealth is created, let's get on with it, shall we?


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Everyone knows that having a new puppy in the house means a significant change in your daily schedule. This is crucial if you want to start house training your pooch and make sure that the two of you can live comfortably together for the foreseeable future. Here at Purebred Breeders, LLC, we recommend using not just conventional methods, but also store-bought tools to speed up your pet's housetraining. That being said, here's a checklist of what ideal things to have on hand when housebreaking your pup.
Purebred Pup
The best way to start is by ensuring you get a puppy from a reliable source, which is why you will never find a Purebred Breeders' puppy mill. We do not associate with puppy farms. This is crucial since housetraining a puppy starts the minute they are born. The breeder therefore has to be reliable enough to start right with socialization, cleaning after them and instructing them on the do's and don'ts.
Many Purebred Breeders reviews have commented on just how easy it is to train their dog through the use of a crate. This is because all dogs – regardless of their breed and age – operate on a basic principle of not using their bedroom as their bathroom. Knowing this fact makes it crucial for dog owners to have a crate during house training.
Collar and Leash
Puppies should be introduced to the leash and collar early on for walking purposes. The leash will also make it easier for you to keep track of the pooch while he does his business in the yard. When trained early and properly, owners will have no problem leading the pooch to where they want to go instead of the other way around.
Purebred Breeders know just how effective treats are in housetraining your dog as well as in teaching them new tricks. Always have these on hand, but make sure not to feed your dog too much as it can be unhealthy in the long run.
Barrier Gate
Install a barrier gate in the house to keep the pooch confined without putting them in a crate. This works great during playtime and lets your dog understand their "territory" within the house.
Protection Tray
For dog owners intending to toilet train their puppy inside the house, materials such as a protection tray or Piddle pad will be crucial. This could be a good starting point for puppies since they do not have control of their bladder yet.
What you need as the Owner
Material items aren't the only things you'll need for housetraining your puppy. Most of all, it's crucial to have lots of patience during training, especially since puppies have a short attention span. Understand that it might take several tries before the dog will start to learn all the tricks you've been teaching. Consistency is also another important factor. Establish a schedule and stick to it no matter what so that your dog wouldn't be confused during the training. For example, Purebred Breeders advise you to serve food at exactly the same time each day so that the pooch will know when to expect it.

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My father died in '85 and my mother in '09. To this day I share more with him than her, but then, just today….
"Dad," are you busy?"
"I'm sitting here with Max Mitchell and Cousin Norm. You ok?"
"Yeah," I assured him. "Just wanted to tell you something."
"It's my mother calling. What should I do?"
"Conference her in if it's something she can hear."
"C'mon, Dad. They have hearing aids in heaven!"
"Not how I meant it, funny boy. But actually I'm surprised you know how to get us all on one line."
"Your grandson showed me," I assured him.
"Not Dickie Lomaz?", he asked.
"You forget. I lost him in the divorce."
"Right," he signed. "You know I never told Ralph."
"OK, hold on …"
"Wait a minute," she shouted, apparently juggling something, "I didn't think you were going to pick up. Sam, could you get me a pillow?"
"Mom I've got my father on the phone with us. OK?"
"Al?" she posed quizzically
"Elaine." he responded politely.
"HEY! I have a good story for you guys. Can I speak?"
Moments of silence
ME: "Dad, remember when you went to the World Gin Rummy Championship years ago?"
MOM: "Do I need to hear this?"
DAD: " In Vegas. I took Harriet."
MOM: "Do I need to hear this?"
ME: "Well guess what I'm doing?"
DAD: "Please don't tell me you're playing head-to-head against Walter again. Haven't you learned your lesson?"
MOM: "Should I let the two of you talk? (To the side: "Sam get me a valium").
ME: "No, Dad. But guess where Carrie and I are going?"
DAD: (To the side, in a hushed tone: "Deal me out").
MOM: "What about me? I carried you for nine months."
ME: "I'm playing in the World Series Of Poker this summer — the Seniors Event."
DAD: "In Vegas?"
MOM: "Sam!"
ME: "Yeah."
DAD: "I'm so proud."
MOM: "I could brecht"
Continuing on, I told how my wondrous wife had encouraged my resolve to knock down this Bucket List dream … how indeed we were flying 'cross country … how first I'd toyed with the idea of selling shares in the project but that Stace said "No" in December and Michael said "Of course not" in January … and that Kanter said yes (Go figure)… but that we'd ultimately deduced the journey was ours to embrace.
— And that we were "all in".
MOM: "When will this blessed event occur?"
ME: "We're flying out June 16. It's a Thursday."
DAD: "What a wonderful present! That Sunday is Father's Day."
MOM: "That's also our 67th anniversary, Albert. Or did you forget?"
ME: "I could brecht".
More moments of silence. The backdrop featured sounds of chips riffling and dulcet tones of my kind, dutiful stepfather urging my mother to "calm down". Finally, the silence was broken…
DAD: "Anything else, Sonny Boy? I'm holding up traffic here."
MOM: "What's new with the children?"
ME: "They're fine. Mom, can I ask you something really important?"
MOM: "Anytime."
In the background —somewhat muffled — I heard "You owe two blinds, Al".
DAD: "Gotta run."
MOM: "Nice talking to you, Al".
ME: "He's gone, Mom."
MOM: "Well, then —what was the important thing you wanted to ask me?"
ME: "Be honest with me, Mom. Do you want me to go to Ed Turner's stone setting?"
Five more seconds of silence until finally:
"When are you going to grow up Bruce?
"I love you too, Mom."
We would hang up in unison. By then my father, Camel perched deftly 'tween his lips, was calling out of position. My mother (chances were) was watching "Dr. Phil."
And me? I remembered once again that the hero my father was to me was the hero my mother gave to me. In all the years — from their divorce "before it was fashionable" through her near half-century that followed — not once did she badmouth her ex. My mother so often … perhaps too often … would fold with a smile —
Leaving me the big winner.


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I have been designing some more Christmas cards for my card classes at Create on Garden. Got my hands on some of the gorgeous new Hero Arts stamps, and here is the cards I will teach.
For this first card I used the HA Wooden stamp K5260 - Three Penguins, and cute the penguins out. Then I coloured in with Copic Markers and cut the card stock to look like 2 snow covered hills, to create 2 flaps that open up. I used the snow flake stamps from HA CL357 - Holiday Dolls. I stamped with a glue pad and then sprinked over glitter.
For this next card I used my old faithful HA Holly Flourish background stamp, and stamped it with Green ink onto white cardstock. Then I used red pearls from Kaisercraft for the holly berries. The ribbon is also from Kaisercraft. The red button I think is from Basic Grey. For the sentiment I used the Hero Arts set CL354 Let the Angels Sing. I cut the sentiment in half so that it is easier to play around with.
For my third card I wanted it to be all about the stamped images and used the super cute HA Cl354 let the Angles Sing set. I glittered the wings (of course) and colour in with watercolour pencils. The images are so cute and really do not need much added to them.


text: Illinois-based tape label Structures Without Purpose have announced a new tape from Sunk Cost. It's entitled Denver Concrete Vibrator and is limited to 24 copies. You can listen to the first sixty seconds from Side A above. You can purchase the record by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com or sending a message to the label on Facebook here. Cassettes are $6 shipped within in the US. Inquire for international rates. In March, Structures Without Purpose released Clotting's Alone Under Settlement. You can listen to that release here. You can find other past releases from the label on their Bandcamp page here.


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The Century Of The Self – Part 1 of 4 – By Adam Curtis.
Freud, Eddie Bernays and the beginning of advertising, manipulations, crowd dynamics, and more. This video is something else.
"He thought he might make money by manipulating the subconscious.
Mans desires must overshadow his needs.
You can tap into their deepest desires or deepest fears and use those to your advantage…"
A nice interview with a former KGB officer about propaganda.
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BBC NEWS | Americas | US fortune 'not solely for dogs'.
The fortune left by late real estate tycoon Leona Helmsley can go to charities other than those solely related to dogs, a US court has ruled.
She left a $12m (£6m) inheritance to her pet dog, Trouble, explicitly leaving out two of her grandchildren.
But in April a Manhattan judge reduced the trust fund for the nine-year-old Maltese to $2m and the grandchildren received $6m each.
How does this make you feel? Do you think about the rights of the dogs? Or the rights of people? Or the fact that this woman was somehow holder of $8bn of wealth? And what about the fact that such a thing is not surprising to us?
They called her the queen of mean. I don't really doubt she was a pain in the ass. It makes sense. Pain in the ass, doesn't like people, leaves more money to dogs than relatives.
She had $8bn. Was she saving up for something? How on earth do people accumulate that much money?
This modern world.
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Don't forget, you have these perfectly good phrases available for use.
Photos are free too.
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We like big stories. We like big ideas. We like leaps. But do things really work that way? Is true lasting change ever the result of a leap? Or is it really the result of lots of small steps? Lots of noisy increments. Do things really leap? Or are we just missing the information that shows all the small steps that got there? When something tips, we all suddenly turn to look and voila! A big step. But it wasn't a big step. We just weren't paying attention before.
What has big done for us lately? What has consolidation of information and power done for us lately? It's given us George Bush miserable presidency, failing banks, failing car companies, DRM on our media, etc.
Is "think globally, act locally" really a good motto? Maybe it should be "think locally, act locally" instead. When we think big, 2 things tend to happen: anxiety and lottery dreams. In some cases these are beneficial but in general, they require you to believe you have more control that you actually do. This is fine for the few who succeed, but when that success is largely random and a bit like weather prediction, this is a dangerous game.
So how do we get the most out of the little? Continued sharing of all those little things is a good first step.
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do you ever get that feeling that you NEED to log on to check your email, or to check the news, or to check your facebook status updates?
on the internet, doesn't everything last forever?
isn't it impossible to totally delete anything?
so why does it always seem so important to check it?
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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Slumdog children to be rehoused.
"Two child actors from the film Slumdog Millionaire will be moved from slums to new houses by Indian authorities.
Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, who played young versions of two main characters, were discovered by casting agents in Mumbai's Garib Nagar slum.
There was an outcry when it was found they were still living there after the success of the Oscar-winning film. …"
I haven't seen the movie but this is an interesting story. 2 actors in oscar winning movie were still living in slums at the time of oscars. Amazing. Do you know how much it costs to mount a successful campaign for a movie to win an oscar?
Not sure of slumdog's specs (usually it's 5-25 mil) but last year they spent $15 million advertising for "No Country for Old Men". It's getting tougher to win things without an advertising firm. (Obama spent ~$280 mil on advertising)
So you are a political or business or cultural entity and you need to make decisions about your future. How much to advertise? How much to pay your employees? Are you obligated to do more for the ones who need more? Or should they just be glad they got it?
Should you be slightly rewarding their whole communities rather than greatly awarding the two of them?
Should you be advertising in order to go really big or should you focus on slow growth?
In all our pursuits, how can we push the focus from lottery style jackpots to wider community building?
In case you missed it, "Slumdog Millionaire" won 8 oscars.
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I'll be in manhattan on Saturday, Feb 21 for a panel discussion. 3-4pm.
Rossum's Universal Robots is the play from the czech author wher the word 'robot' was used for the first time.
Manhattan Theatre Source
177 MacDougal Street
New York, NY 10011
(bet. 8th St & Waverly Pl.)


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Many people don't know that the San José International Airport is actually about 20 kilometers northwest of San José proper. When you exit the air-conditioned terminal and get blasted by the tropical heat, you also get blasted by offers for taxi rides into town. These can set you back from $20-30 USD and is a big pain if you're traveling on a budget.
The public bus that runs from the airport to downtown San José is cheap, only 550 colones (~$1 USD) and comes by every 5-10 minutes during the day. Unfortunately, most travelers are unaware of this convenient service and have to pony up for the cab ride. The following instructions will explain to you how to hop the bus from the airport to San José, so you don't have to deal with cab drivers.
After getting through immigration, get some local currency out of an ATM in the baggage claim. Be sure to get some small bills for the bus, 5000 colones or less, if you can. IGNORE THE MONEY EXCHANGE!!! They have the worst exchange rates of all currency exchangers.
After getting picking up bags and going through customs, all passengers exit the lower level of the airport and are immediately bombarded with offers for rides into town by the "taxistas." Lucky for you, you can just say, "No, gracias," to all of them and be on your way. Cross the street in front of the terminal and make your way to the left up towards the main entrance to the airport. Once you get to the main street outside the airport, turn right and you should see the bus stop up on the right side of the road.
Once you're at the bus stop you'll be looking for a bus marked "Alajuela," the city located just a bit to the north of the airport. Many Alajuela buses stop there, so before getting on ask the driver, "San José?" to make sure that's where he's headed. If you have a lot of luggage, you might want to wait for a bus that is mostly empty, so you can keep a better eye on your belongings. When getting on the bus, be cautious of the scanner bars (vertical bars that count passengers getting on and off the bus either mounted on the steps or right behind the driver in the aisle), because if you stand between them for too long you could be charged for more than one fare. Have your money ready, hug your luggage so you're not scanned twice, and pass between the bars. It's recommended to sit in the back so you can make a quicker exit when it's your stop. The trip usually takes about 20 minutes with light traffic.
When coming into town the highway goes uphill and curves to the right. Next, there will be a couple of stop lights. At the second stop light, the bus will turn left to get on Paseo Colón, the main street on the west side of downtown. As soon as the bus makes the turn, pull the cord or push the button to stop the bus and get off at the next stop.
When you get off the bus, you're only one block north and 2 or 3 blocks to the east of the hostel. Backtrack down Paseo Colón until you're one block from the park. There is a bar on the corner called Central Pub. Take a left and the hostel is on the next corner. Ring the bell and we'll be there to welcome you!


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Smart energy is about efficiency and conservation. It's about the intelligent use of new, clean and sustainable energy sources. Much has been said about the need for us to become smarter with the use of energy in our economic activity and in our daily lives. There are environmental and economic benefits to being more careful and deliberate about our energy choices and energy uses. Global Energy Force's Energy Management System (EMS) is a patent-pending prototype developed to give the user the power and insight to positively change their energy consumption profile.
Energy Management Systems installed in homes can display data about the fluctuating price of electricity throughout the day, enabling consumers that have this tool to shift energy consumption to the time of day when power is least expensive. The system, currently in the final stages of its development process, will channel any unused or superfluous energy back to the PowerQB. The "smart" system is able to identify power needs for various applications and ensure that only the required power allotment is provided. Using its proprietary technology, the EMS tracks energy usage in order to facilitate fast and simple carbon credit reimbursement information in locations where such programs have been made available to the public. As specified in the user's terms of agreement, GEF will receive 25% of all household credit reimbursement. In the event of an anomalous influx in energy consumption or usage, the EMS sends and stores digital usage profiles which can be remotely viewed by the consumer.


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Hello Monday - Finding content in the cold
The light has turned pallid and cold, our weekend spent seeking warmth and comfort. An oven running constantly baking beautiful things and staving off some of the many drafts this house has. A kitchen now coated in traces of sticky residue from an overload of citrus experiments, with a mountain more waiting while I source jars. New cakes have been created and eaten, and the temptation to burn through more mandarins by using them in place of clementines for my beautiful Clementine Chia Cake is likely to be given in to sooner rather than later.
The weekend passed too quickly, time spent in the car seeking inspiration and an escape, from a house that is often colder inside than it is outside. Like an ice-box in winter and an oven in summer, each year I get a little further with insulating and it gets a little more bareable, but we're not there yet. This tiny creaky weatherboard with peeling paint may never quite be there, it wasn't built for the comfort we expect today.
But the solstice has passed and the days will slowly begin to stretch out again before us, inspiration will eventually be reborn as the sun warms my bones. While waiting comfort is found curling up under blankets, watching too many shows, drinking too many coffees and enjoying the cocoon that we can make from the dullness of winter, even in an old cottage with flaking paint and too much to get done to ever be finished.


text: Under the banners of Old Temple, a new oldschool opus is rising from the nether dimensions. Born from the ashes of Amarok, Polish hell beast Occultum has risen up in the menacing skies and spread its worn out demonic wings over the world; a day that will be remembered as the beginning of a life "Towards Eternal Chaos." This dirty, raw and primitive sounding record introduces 7 tracks in the vein of blasphemous black metal that I am quite sure will appeal to fans of the early classics. So far, you can stream one track from it until its release date set for 20 Ferbruary. No more information is present, so you are advised to follow Old Temple on Facebook for further updates.


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The Jones Pottery is owned and operated by Matt and Christine Jones in the beautiful Big Sandy Mush valley of Leicester, North Carolina (just west of Asheville in Buncombe county).
Our objective is to make a full range of pots for the garden and home, and offer them for sale at twice yearly 'Kiln Openings' and regional pottery shows. Our home gallery is also open to the general public throughout the year by appointment.
The apprentices help Matt with all aspects of making and firing the work. We throw and decorate every piece of pottery by hand and fire them in a large wood-burning kiln.
Christine keeps up with the books, tends beautiful flower beds, and conducts the Kiln Sales. Without her help, The Jones Pottery never would have made it this far.
Matt enjoys making pots, and he take the task seriously, but he tries to not take himself too seriously.


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Contemporary Views
Before there was a home on this 2.7-acre lot overlooking Colorado Springs, there was an observation deck—a makeshift meeting space where architect Todd Brokaw, builder Gary Gregoire and interior designers Mickey Ackerman and Yoki Imai gathered to take it all in and plan a home that would make the most of the site.
"360-degree views are a blessing and a curse," says Ackerman, of Denver-based Amirob & Associates. "We absolutely had to capture the essence of the lot, but couldn't be just about the views. This house was about creating a livable space for a family with kids–teenagers, no less—that feels warm and sophisticated. It was a puzzle.
Brokaw, principal of Brokaw Architectura in the Springs, began putting the pieces together in his design for a two-level, 8,400-square-foot home. On the main level, he divided the public and private spaces along an 11-foot-tall stone wall in the great room. From there, a dramatic dining room, a small powder room and a to-die-for kitchen flow easily from one space to the next. On the other side of the wall lie a second powder room, the inviting master suite and his-and-her studies. The spaces are "kind of like pie pieces," Ackerman says, divided so that each opens to patios outside.
The lower level belongs mostly to the children. The central hub—dubbed "the command center"—is part rec room and part study space, equipped with four desks topped by computers. An exercise room, a small but marvelous wine cellar, the guest suite, and three kids' bedrooms, each with its own bath, round out the space.
The home gets high marks not just for smart space planning but also for eco-friendly features. Geothermal pumps support heating and cooling and photovoltaic panels provide energy. Brokaw used passive solar design strategies as well. "The shed roof lets in southern light in the winter, but in the summer, the deep overhangs prevent the harsh sun from entering the house," the architect explains.
He and Ackerman chose a palette of sleek materials that fit the home's contemporary design while warming up the space. Telluride Gold stone on select walls and warm-tone exotic woods balance steel elements, such as trusses and columns exposed on the home's interior. Ackerman describes the palette as a mix of
"coppers, paprikas, burnt orange, browns and a little influence of golds and grays." These color choices help root the home in its environment.
A few simple tricks boost the home's wow factor. The design team raised the entry by about 15 inches to give guests unobstructed views through the windows across the room. The tongue-and-groove cedar on the main level's ceiling extends outside to emphasize the indoor-outdoor harmony. And in the dining room, where the ceiling height threatened to overpower the furnishings, Ackerman designed a glamorous hand-blown glass chandelier that measures 7 1/2 by 5 1/2 feet. Then he suggested cutting an opening in the stone wall to hold some pieces from the homeowners' art collection and help scale down the big, bold wall.
The home's magic is in such details. Sure, the views are spectacular, but as the long-gone observation deck proved, views don't make a home; that's the job of good design.
Architecture: Todd Brokaw, Brokaw Architectura, Colorado Springs, (719) 535-9291
Interior Designer: Mickey Ackerman and Yoko Imai, Amirob & Associates, Denver, (303) 296-7388, amirob.com
KITCHEN DESIGN Terri Rose, CKD, William Ohs Showrooms, Denver, (303) 321-3232, wmohs.com BUILDER Gary Gregoire, Gregoire Homes Inc., Colorado Springs, (719) 491-7444, gregoirehomesinc.com LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Jon Walsh, Fredell Enterprises, Colorado Springs, (719) 630-1355, coloradolandscapedesign.com GREAT ROOM SOFA Custom sectional couch, JJ Custom, Inc., (310) 276-4126, West Hollywood, CA, jjcustominc.com COFFEE TABLE Holly Hunt, hollyhunt.com DINING ROOM CHANDELIER Custom design by Mickey Ackerman, Amirob & Associates, amirob.com; blown by White Elk's Visions in Glass, whiteelks.com DINING CHAIRS The Mirak Collection, mirakfurniture.com DINING TABLE Axis Furniture, axisfurnitureinc.com MASTER BATHROOM SHOWER TILE La Leaf Collection by Artistic Tile, artistictile.com


text: There's so much ad clutter out there that it's rare to see an ad that really hits the nail on the head. Here's one that jumped out at me: an ad for CapitalOne's Card Lab. CapitalOne lets you customize many features of your card, including the interest rate and promotions. It even lets you upload your own image for the front of the card. A perfect fit for flickr users.


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Wars are fought at a distance; battles between families are often fought at a distance. In fact, in my experience distance is always a factor when relationships breakdown between individuals and organisations.
Of course, there is a time for respecting someone's space and nothing can be gained by aggressive confrontation. However, while our nature is to separate ourselves, for companies and corporate entities that often just makes things worse.
Distance isn't just about physical separation. It can be the perception of mental distance, a sense that you simply are not prepared to come into my mental space and see or feel things from my perspective.
The mining company executive who sits down in the dirt with a group of tribal elders is far more likely to succeed than one who stays in his city office tower and sends out letters via his legal team.
Bridging distance, reaching out, shows respect. You may never agree, you may never be able to reconcile your views of an issue or the world in general. But reaching out shows respect and is likely to significantly lower the risk of your separation turning into a damaging conflict
How often have you based your opinions on someone from hearsay? You build up this image of a cold, disinterested, hard-hearted individual. Then you meet. The warmth of the handshake, the look in the eye, the nervous first meeting, realising you both have hopes and fears. There aren't always fairy-tale endings, but stepping towards rather than away means far less chance of a nightmare conclusion.


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The upgrading of SSH Tectia software is done the same way as installing, described in Installing SSH Tectia Remotely via SSH Tectia Manager.
The configuration specific to the upgraded version is created dynamically. The last deployed configuration is deployed automatically to the host. Any changes to configuration assignments always have to be manually deployed.


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In 2011, a feisty white British/American woman in her sixties sets out for Africa to reinvent herself after the death of her husband.
Five years later, she is still living there with an African partner, 25 years her junior.
This is Africa: From Racism to Love vividly portrays life in Uganda and Benin, West Africa, showing readers a more nuanced and accurate view of Africans and the reality of their daily lives.
Not everyone is starving and living in poverty; a growing middle class is starting to make its voice heard; violence is less widespread than in the United States...we have much to learn from these gentle and welcoming people.
At a time when many Americans are newly awakened to persistent racism and searching for solutions to heal our society, This Is Africa provides a unique viewpoint, encouraging readers to question their own white privilege. This memoir raises important issues about racism, the efficacy of foreign aid and how we can learn to live together in harmony.


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Collecting, Threading and Parading
Eleven creatives from all corners of the world simultaneously converge in on Nürnberg. At the foci is the fiercely enthusiastic Verena Hennig. She momentarily pauses to talk inspiration and future of her Idea Parade.
The various creatives take to the stage: the striking Johanna Meyer-Grohbrügge of June14 to discuss the details of an inflatable fish bridge; from London is fellow architect Pernilla Ohrstedt, a recent notoriety for her designs of The (Coca-Cola) Beatbox for 2012 Olympic Park; though suffering the absence of their translator, Japanese duo Daisy Balloon demonstrate the tensile strengths and creative possibilities of balloons. Everyone holds their breathe when the mysterious Sigurdur Gudmundsson gives a performance. He later shares his bottle of red with me and connives: "I say Yes to everything in life unless I have an overwhelming reason to say No. But the Yes needs to withstand all the the No's, otherwise suffer death."
What made him concur to leaving his current place of residency in China and fly 5500km not to a cultural hotspot (London, Tokyo, or Copenhagen as you or I might have guessed) but to the medieval city of Nürnberg? What connects him to the ten other creatives from around the world assembled here?
The common denominator is Verena Hennig, a charismatic twenty-five year old brunette who created "Idea Parade" as a festival presentation to her thesis in Graphic Design at the esteemed Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg. In participation, these men and women have come together to inspire and to be inspired. After two days of presentations, I sit with this ambitious young woman to get her perspective.
Verena peels off her satin-lapeled dinner jacket and pulls up her heather-grey sleeves. A sigh of relief escapes her lips. In an empty hall that was buzzing with Idea Parade conversation a mere half hour ago, our voices echo perversely through the vast space of the hosting AEG Factories. The cleaning crew makes quick work of the setup and metal chair legs scrape violently against the concrete floor, resisting to be taken away. We sit across from each other on remaining chairs to chat about Verena's thought process and how she proposes to structure her work in the future.
Gabriel : I find Idea Parade an extremely personal reflection of you. How did you choose the artists involved?
To answer, Verena insists on backtracking three years : I started my own graphic design studio two years right after I had an internship at Sagmeister&Walsh. It changed my life, work-wise. Not so much because of Sagmeister's work but because of his personality and how he organized his studio. After one and a half months, I decided "OK, when I go back to Germany, I need something that challenges me." So I started my own business. I was 22.
Gabriel : It's amazing to have that realization so young.
Verena : Well I get bored really fast! Sagmeister was at the top of my list, and I had already accomplished that so, I asked myself "What's next?" I started to do some personal and client work and won some awards so I realized people were interested in my concepts. But I was really young and focusing too much on the market. I wanted to explore my own path and my interest in materials. When I come across something new – artists testing the limits – I asked myself "how can I combine it with my work?"
Gabriel : And Idea Parade was born.
Verena : I opened it this year to the fields of architecture, art, graphic, and product design. Next year, there'll be a fashion section in the festival. Today I think it's so essential to look beyond your own field. I'm from the Graphic Design fields; I don't know how an Architect works or how a Product Designer works. So I thought with the festival, I could look behind the surface by meeting all these people and collaborate. I think I will do this two or three more times. I don't see myself as an Event Designer, but what is behind Idea Parade is that I get the stories and advice from these people.
Gabriel : You want the hidden details…
Verena : Especially with people like Pernilla! She's working mainly in architecture but she has such a diversity of work. That's what I want to do! Be openminded and not focus only on graphic design.
"I had already accomplished that. So I asked myself:
'What's next?'"
Gabriel : Her work is tactile. Structural and aesthetically pleasing but simultaneously interactive. Not many architects succeed in that endeavour.
Verena : I was stunned by her work and I thought "OK, I HAVE to meet the person behind THAT." There's people here at Idea Parade that I stumbled across by accident, and there's others that I've had in mind for a while. Like Sigurdur. I saw his work last year, and I bought his book right away!
Gabriel : What about your own personal work? Earlier you showed me designs for a chair made of pencils.
Verena : For the future, I'm currently developing a system of presenting my work. I started with the idea of creating a collection per year. Like a fashion collection, let's say. Of course that doesn't mean there are clothes in it. This year, the chair will be a part of it. I'm working on a book made out of porcelain, also a poster made of glass folded like paper.
Gabriel : How do you see yourself presenting this collection? In Fashion you've a runway, meaning you need a method with which you present.
Verena : That's a tricky question! I'm currently researching how to draw a red line line through them all – putting numbers on objects isn't enough. I think I need to create an intense experience like at a fashion show. You know, I stumbled across one of Henrik Vibskov's runways where the models were walking on drum pedals! This was so cool and I was also researching Jennifer Rubell, who's a food artist. She creates wonderful moments with food where the people come and eat the food being presented. I find it's important to create a Feeling.
Gabriel : Not only necessitates the person being physically present, but engaging them with your work.
Verena's response is resounding : Absolutely!
While I look forward to seeing how she'll create this connective system, I leave Verena with a final question on how she feels regarding the conclusion of Idea Parade. Her eyes sparkle up and her laugh rings bright. Though expecting things to turn sour, she's pleased with everything running smoothly as planned which sheds light on her earlier signs of relief. She's clearly a woman not in search of a direction, but with a hungry curiosity for narratives.
Walking out of the AEG exhibition space, Verena's worn-in wooden platform heels clack against the floor. I make note of their uniqueness and she admits to their time on the cobblestones: "new shoes have no souls, I prefer pairs with stories to tell!"


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Is Uncle Sam Smarter than a 5-year-old?
Talk about irony.
More than 60 organizations dedicated to teaching kids basic financial management skills descended on Washington, D.C. last Friday for "Financial Literacy Day." The event, hosted by several U.S. legislators, operated in the shadow of a just-struck federal budget deal that narrowly avoided a government shut down, but was so negative to the nation's financial outlook that debt rating agencies are now considering a downgrade of U.S. debt.
The first lesson of most financial literacy programs is about saving and budgeting -- a lesson that five-year-old Isaac Chaffee has mastered, according to his dad's delightful blog at Enemy of Debt.
Here's how I imagine a hypothetical conversation between Isaac (who knows how to budget) and Congress (which doesn't) would have gone on Financial Literacy Day. Just to be clear, the following conversation is fabricated but the numbers are real. If you want to get seriously queasy about the U.S. government's financial status, follow the links.
Congress: It's good you're learning about financial literacy, Isaac, because it's really important to learn to live within your means and save for big expenses that you might have in the future, like college.
Isaac: Yes I know it's important. My daddy has been teaching me all about budgetting. But he said you were arguing about yours. Is that because it's hard to get everybody to agree to live within their means?
Congress: Heh, heh. Just between us, Isaac, we're not even talking about living within our means. The budget deal that we worked out has us spending $3.70 for every $2.20 we earn. (To see the data from the Congressional Budget office, click on "Budget projections in xls" which provides a neat 10 year chart of what the U.S. government expects to collect and spend.)
Isaac: But I thought you were arguing because you had to cut expenses.
Congress: We were, but we're only cutting $38 billion -- that's about one penny out of every dollar we spend.
Isaac: You weren't talking about living within your means, like you're telling me to?
Congress: Not even on the table. We're talking about how much more than our income we can spend.
Isaac: Won't you run out of money?
Congress: Not until people stop lending us money. Then, we could have some serious problems. But, right now, lots of nice people like your dad buy U.S. Treasury bills and bonds, which are essentially I.O.U.s from my house to yours.
Isaac: Didn't anybody say that you ought to spend less than you make? My parents taught me that you've got to tighten your belt when times are tough and learn to live on less.
Congress: Yeah, right. Some goofball Congresswoman tried to talk us all into taking a tiny pay cut as a symbolic gesture to show that we could personally live within our means. We buried that bill so deep, it can't even come up for air....Look, kid, you don't know how hard it is to live within your means. If you only spend the amount you make, you can't buy all sorts of cool stuff that you want and that's no fun at all.
Isaac: I do too know what that's like! On the way here, my mom took me to FAO Schwartz and I wanted to buy everything in the store. But my mom said that would be irresponsible and I couldn't even spend my whole allowance.
Congress: Yeah, well, good for your mom. But this ain't toys, buddy. We're talking about important stuff. And difficult times. We're giving people money when they're out of work and we're fixing roads and providing money for education. This is spending on our future.
Isaac: Oh. So, you've got to spend more than you make for a little while -- like my parents might when they're paying for my college. But then you're going to get back on track and start paying down those loans, right?
Congress: Start paying off our debts? ...Uh, well, who knows? We only project out 10 years. But our 10-year projections show red ink for as far as the eye can see.
Isaac: Wow. My parents have told me they plan to pay off all their debts. They've even got a long-term plan to pay off their mortgage.
Congress: Ha! Good luck with that!...Oh wait, kid. Don't cry...Your parents probably will pay off their mortgage. They just don't realize that I'm building up debt faster than they can pay it off. And my debt is their debt.
Right now, according to the federal debt clock, I've built up a long-term debt that amounts to about $128,000 per taxpayer. That's like a second mortgage that your parents probably don't even realize that they have. And where the balance on your parent's home loan is going down, I'm still spending way more than I get, so the amount of my debt that you and your parents will need to pay off some day is rising pretty much every second. In fact, if you watch the debt clock for more than a few minutes, it'll probably make you sick to your stomach.
Isaac (crying): Well, are you at least being careful with my parent's money?
Congress: Careful? Look kid, we spend much too fast to be careful. Just last week, we found out that we'd given $513 million of your parents' money to people who were cheating on just one tax break for home buyers. We sometimes accidentally give money to prisoners too. And that's a drop in the bucket. Heck, the Department of Defense, which accounts for about 23% of our spending if you include the cost of ongoing wars, keeps telling us that we're buying jets and equipment that they don't want or need. But we buy them anyway, because the manufacturers of those unneeded jets are in some nice Congressman's district. And if we stop buying them, he might not get elected again.
That might not be bad for you, but that would be bad for him. So we give him the money to buy jets so he'll be friends with us and give us money when we need it to stay in office. We don't even think about whether we really need this stuff. We just buy it because it makes people happy.
Isaac: So you're buying people off to get votes?
Congress: Duh! Haven't you ever read "The Great American Tax Dodge," by Donald Barlett & James Steele? ...Oh, I guess you're a little young for that... Well, anyway, it's all about the back room deals that allow us to create loopholes for rich people while country-bumpkins like your parents pay their taxes and think they're going to get ahead by paying off their debts. These tax breaks are a type of federal spending that get us campaign contributions and allow us to stay in power, even when we do really stupid and dishonest things.
Look, kid, if you want to have friends that will go along with the bad things you do, you should do it too.
Isaac: You're saying I should give kids at school money, so that they'd like me and let me get away with bad stuff, like cheating?
Congress: Well, I don't know that 5-year-olds would really appreciate money. Give 'em candy. That's the ticket. You give people what they want, no matter what they need.
Isaac: That's wrong.
Congress: Maybe so, but we've been doing it a long time, and now all of our friends are hooked on candy. And when we stop giving it to them, they get mad. So we need to give them stuff. And we need your parents' money to do it.
Isaac: You're a jerk
Congress: Yeah, well, the jokes on you. You pay me, and pay me plenty, to do this job. So if you want a better answer, you better tell your parents to get out and vote and send all of us jerks home. Otherwise, we're going to catapult this country into bankruptcy. By the time you're old enough to vote, it'll be way too late.
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In this paper I plan on describing education and how it has shaped me. How education effects everyone depending on their situation, whether they are rich, poor, white, black, healthy , or disable . There is a type of education for everybody. In all three essays the authors taught us through the characters they used, the hardships and discrimination that they insured trying to seek an education if they were not considered in the right classification in society.
They have taught us that nothing can stop us and we can reach to the stars for anything we want to do as long as we have the will power.
As you read my essay you will see some of my own mothers hardships that she went through for us so we could get a good education. The essay tells you how you should go about to choose your education too. It proved in the essay "Finishing School" by Maya Angelou, how hard it was to be poor and black and get an education or be recognized in society.
Even though her Mistress tried to dishonor her by changing her name and disgracing her in front of her friends Angelou had no intention on standing still for it. She might be black but she was not to be put down .
She was just as smart or smarter as her mistress as far as she was concerned and no one had any right black or white , rich or poor to discriminate or change anything about her. This was a lesson Angelou taught us to do standing up for ourselves no matter how hard it may be Our education is well worth it and so are we. In the essay "Indian Education" by Sherman Alexie, he had it hard on the reservation. First he was picked on in school by his peers,,which is something a lot of us go through. As he got older he turned the tables and went through many hardships in his education.
Finally to succeed and going to public school. He had to change his ways and get a proper education in order to become something in life. Alexie learned from discrimination and peer pressure. He learned what he had to do to make his life better and how to improve it . All the hardships Alexie, Angelou and Smith-Yackel went through did not stop any of them, they kept going and that is what is I think what makes our education the same Teachers have a way with teaching as told in the essay The Banking "Concept of Education "by Paulo Concept of Education (Home School vs. Public School 3 Friere.
As told in the essay Friere points out how "Four times Four is Sixteen" can just be words unless put to use by the student . It is not just up to the teacher to teach us but up to us to take in what the teacher is trying to teach us. However, at the same time it goes without saying if a teacher knows only one way of teaching which may be memorization then that may be the only way a student can learn . So as student I think it is up to us to learn as much as we can. The teacher can only do so much, we have to do the rest . I think that is what Friere is also trying to point out to us.
It is not only up to the teacher but up to us as the student too. The essay written by Bonnie Smith-Yackel "My Mother Never Worked", is the one that really touched my heart the most. This is my favorite one. My mother was like Martha in many ways. Although my mother had epilepsy all of her life she volunteered to do everything for everyone. My mom was on disability but did not let that keep her down. It was society that tried to keep her, down but she refused to let them hold her back. She was a stay at home mom and did everything for us . She babysat for neighbors, friends and family.
She was there at a moment's notice if anyone had a sick child and needed her. She was a wonderful mother and wife. She went to college for child development and got her associates degree. When we started school she went to school with us every day and volunteered from eight in the morning till we got out of school each day. My moms dream was to be a teacher but because of epilepsy and disability she could not. She could still volunteer though but not get paid for her services. This did not bother my mom. To her she was still fulfilling her job as a teacher. \ When I was a child I went to public school.
I learned a lot while in elementary school and some of middle school. As I got older I cared less about my education and more about fitting in. I grew up in Michigan and went to school there until the middle of the eighth grade. Starting in about the seventh grade school started being more about who was more popular and who likes who, or look at those cheap shoes that girl is wearing. For me I was more concerned about being cool and Concept of Education (Home School vs. Public School) 4 fitting in, than caring about my education. In the middle of eighth grade my family moved to Arkansas.
This was very hard on me. I missed my friends very much and didn't want to start a new school. My grades did improve for a while, but that was only because I didn't have any friends to focus my attention on. I focused more on my school work. However this did not last long. I didn't fit in because it was a very small town and I was a shy kid. I then started skipping school. When my mom found out she decided to put me in home school. Education was important to her and my dad. She always wanted to make sure I succeeded in life She got me up every morning just like as if I was going to school.
I had the same hours as any other student in public school. My vacations were based around the public school. If the public school had a snow day or holiday I was allowed to have that day off. Home school was good for me because I had one on one teaching which I did not have in the public school. I needed that because of me being so shy and at times I would not raise my hand if I had questions. In home school I had my mom and dad to help me. I could focus better on my school work because I was not distracted or afraid of not getting anything done .
I had hands on learning with my mom, and my dad incorporated projects to go with her lessons. I remember my dad and making a computer out of sugar cubes and Styrofoam , volcano, castles out of toilet paper rolls and a lot of other projects. I was never really good in English although believe it or not my mom was very good . My mom taught me the basics of school work, while my dad taught me about cars , how to plant a garden, and taking care of animals such as pigs, chickens, cows. We had a garden with fruits and vegetables, I learned to cook for large family. I was in FFA and I won the BBQ chicken semi- finals.
I learned how to live in society. I worked and had a job too. My mom taught me much more then what you can learn in a book . She taught me lives lessons just like Martha taught her children in My Mother Never Worked. She gave me the skills I needed. I learned to use those skills and so here I am today working at Lakeland Hospital now for 10 years Concept of Education (Home School vs. Public School) 5 and finally going to college and studying for a nursing Career. Audience Analysis With education comes how we the parent, teacher and student will educate or be educated.
One of the toughest decisions that you're going to face as a parent is that you're going to have to decide where to send your kids to school. However, most parents at least consider the choice to choose either private school, home school or public school. You as a parent can weigh the options of what you think would be better for you and your child's education. To do this you and your child might want to weight the factors that play a part in the pros and cons of public school and home school and what is best for you and your child. As a parent you may feel that public schools have too many peer problems.
Kids may argue with peers or pick up bad habits in public schools. There are so many children to one teacher it is hard to give one on one to the child that is quiet and needs help but won't ask and they get lost in the school system. Your child may have health issues, like diabetes or other disabilities therefore when lunchtime comes it is hard for your child if he or she has diabetes or foods he or she can not have and is forced to eat what there or just take a sandwich from home and be the outsider. As a parent or student you need to weigh what is best for the both of you.
Home schooling may be the answer in this case. Home schooling is a great way to bring a family closer together, but you have to make sure your kids (and you) are getting the social interaction they need. You can set a school schedule that suits your family, travel together when it's best for all of you and enjoy more family and life together. You also need to make sure you have the type of relationship with your child to listen to instruction from you as a teacher instead to a parent, You as a parent have the option to teach your child anything from bible (which most public schools do not allow) to the basics school book skills to life skills. As a working parent public school is probably better .
Transportation is provided, so there is no need Concept of Education (Home School vs. Public School) 6 to worry about having a car. School buses will pick up your child to and from school. For some parents the choice is easy because of the funds and the availability of the parent's time. Public schools provide the kids with an opportunity to great activities , this is important to many of you as parents and as students . Many of you want your children in activities and think this is important.
Public school gives you this option , so this you might want to take into consideration also. All around development is easier in public schools. If you are worried about feeding your child at school and you are low income, they have low cost or free breakfast and lunches for your child too. So basically it is up to you on the education of your children. There are pros and cons. In Conclusion: Some kids do best when they are able to combine different options to complete their education. In order to choose the right type of school, you need to weigh all of the options open to you.
My sister Amy went and graduated from public school with honors. My sister Christal received a GED. , she choose to work. School was hard for her. I have an adopted sister Janice who was in special ed , she went to public school but was in special classes and received a special diploma . Now days you can do both of two worlds my sister (Chasity) has PCOS and Diabetes which made her miss a lot of school so she is doing through Coloma High School , a Coloma Virtual Academy which is a home school but works with the public school too. .
She goes to school to pick classes, participates if she wishes, can graduate with her class, but her Doctors appointment's and her health problems will no longer prevent her from her education. So my mom is home schooling her in a different way than she did me. They made a different choice of education for her. They both were good choices but for different reasons. That is why you should look into the situation before deciding what to do. As a parent your child is not the same as anyone else so they may require a different type of education just like my sisters and I did. It is you and your child's choice.


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