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Seventies: omg.. LOL I came into the wrong room.. uh oh.. hope my day doesn't go like this... lol
alt: what's up Seventies & Daviss?
Daviss: hi alt and seventies!!
alt: wherever you are, it is the right place Seventies
Daviss: I am only here for about 5 min or so..I have to take neighbor kid to school
alt: okay
Seventies: ok...
Daviss: I will check back to see if anyone is here if it does not take too long
alt: okay
Seventies: I'll be here... lol
alt: so what's going on in the 'world of Seventies" ??
Seventies: So what's new with everyone's genealogy?
alt: I'm just plugging & chugging along Seventies
Seventies: Or any new articles or historical things you've come across during bhm Me too alt..
Daviss: nada in my gen world
Seventies: nada... lol Working on planning out some stuff... hopefully the ancestors will walk with me and help me through this journey. :}
alt: most of what I've been seeing is geared towards beginner's.
Daviss: I spent last night going through line by line on some census pages that they had cancelled out looking for Grands Hi Selma
alt: Hello Ms Selma, good to see ya.
Selma: Good tuesday afternoon alt, daviss and seventies
Daviss: and wondering why so many pages were like that
Selma: Who had cancelled?
alt: I've been reading the 'Evidence Explaned" postings on Facebook..... seems to read like a citation & documentation 'hustle' to me.
Seventies: alt, well you know they gotta make you think that you need them... lol
Daviss: I imagine the enumerator Seventies
alt: Yep, Seventies, they make it sound as if the citations are more important than the information you're citing.
Seventies: lol yep... You know how 'they' do. lol
alt: Selma, you have any thoughts on Evidence Explained?
Selma: I haven't read it all ..but I do think folks need to cite where they found the info. When I read articles I DO READ all the ctations..
HistoryBuff: Hey all
Selma: Sometimes I think their citations are weak and don't support the conclusions that they arrive at
Seventies: Yes cite for your own references... but as alt said, they are making a hustle out of it. When in fact the analysis and the information contained in the records is what is in fact important.
alt: some of the examples they give are "extreme" to me Selma.... ex. how to cite an image of a record found on FamilySearch vs that same record found at a probate court.
Seventies: I just have to get this out... my cousin is having a baby and its going to be about 7 or so lbs... she posted she wonders how the baby is going to come out.. lol lol
alt: come back soon Daviss
Seventies: I died laughing... lol
Selma: For your own research that might not be necessary but if you are going to publish...then why shouldn't it be in a uniform way?
Seventies: good point Selma.
Selma: Look..when I started..I read Slaves Without Masters and read every dag gone footnote..I got more info for future things I went to research at the LVA in the Footnores...
alt: okay Selma. I can give you that....
Seventies: nice...
Selma: In many books and articles the footnotes and endnotes are some of the first things I look at.. LOL But that is me..
Seventies: source citations and footnotes are two different things.
alt: and I believe the 'rules' according to EE have changed greatly from the time you read Slaves Without Masters and what they are now proposing Selma.
Selma: So what are the citations..how you write your info? In the articles I sent you alt...did they use the methodology recommended
Seventies: Bottom line is if you cite something, just enter the information about where you got it from.. lol
Selma: Have you read them yet.. LOL Look this is an obsessive/compulsive activity...if you want folks in a 100 years to be able to expand or add to what you are have already done, then leave them a trail to follow No comments.. LOL
alt: Yes, I have read them Selma ... and the footnotes too. LOL Here is an example: THURSDAY'S THOUGHTS Citing Cemetery Compilations: Many cemetery compilations are created in ways that can affect the reliability of their information and our evaluation of the data. Transcriptions from a cemetery may alphabetize all entries. City-wide or county-wide databases often present entries in alphabetical order. In such cases, we need to add an explanation of the shortcomings or the limitations. Similarly, when a compilation is very thorough and preserves contextual information, it is helpful to note that fact in our identification of the source. ~Adapted from EE 5.17
HistoryBuff: Lol
alt: why can't I just say ... OakDale Cemetery, Urbana, Ohio
Selma: As you know we are transcribing a cemetery now with no records... Because someone might want to actually go the cemetery...and where would they look if they don't know
deannie: Late as always....how is everyone this afternoon
Seventies: I have a couple of cemeteries on find-a-grave. hi deannie
alt: Hello deannie
Selma: In the cemetery...I am inputing the info in the database they way WE have assigned the rows and divided up the sections..
deannie: Hi alt,historybuff, selma, seventies
HistoryBuff: Hey Deannie
Seventies: I think it would be acceptable to transcribe a cemetery with headstones. But now we got to talking about this slave cemetery thing Fordham is working on.. what do y'all think about that??
Selma: I also can sort alphabetically..but already I have someone who wants to visit...in Alpha they would have no idea where to look I think that the project is a lot more complicated than they think
Seventies: we as in Daviss and I... :}
Selma: Afternoon deannie
Seventies: Yep... and they just want people to give up their research.. not a very well thought out project... Just my honest opinion.
alt: I pretty much agree with you Seventies
Selma: There are a number of books about cemeteries in this area...included are what appear to be or known to be "slave cemeteries"..for most there are no names I mean I could send them the name of the book and the location..
Seventies: Because of the area I'm researching, I know that there are at least 4 'slave cemeteries' where my mother was raised. Including my family cemetery Will I share that information for their benefit... um no.
Selma: Then if you type the info up seventies..if they put a link to your work then why not?
Seventies: I didn't see anywhere that they were going to link to your page. They are looking to build a database, unless I was wrong about what they are doing?
Selma: Thats why I don't think they have thought it all out... A list of names? or a link to links..cause most "slave cemeteries" that I have seen don't have names I mean a link of names..
alt: she really wasn't too clear in her request.... names of cemeteries and/or links to websites ... Or graves of individuals in 'slave cemeteries".
Seventies: lol aw man.. I was 'expelled'. Guess that topic is off limits... lol go to the submit info link on the page.
Selma: Did I say Hi deannie?... LOL
alt: I did Seventies
Seventies: ok well. . . .
Selma: If I go to the link..I get thrown out of the room
alt: for "most' slave cemeteries the information they were requesting probably isn't even available.
Seventies: oh maybe that's what happened to me... lol I think it would be available for people who died after 1908 and in some states 1912... But even then, you'd have to comb through records and talk to someone familiar with these areas.
alt: would those dates be included in a 'slave cemetery"? just asking oh well, not sure I could be of help to their project.
Seventies: yes.. I would imagine so..
alt: I see where Deborah Abbott will be presenting to the Georgia State Genealogical society this weekend.
Seventies: I gotta run. talk to y'all later.
Selma: So what did you think of the articles alt?
deannie: I have to run.....boss over shoulder lol
Selma: OK deannie Gotta watch out for the boss..
HistoryBuff: K Take care good folks.
Selma: I have to run too folks..have a good day
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Gyorko's blast lone spark for sluggish Padres
SAN DIEGO -- The Padres envision a very bright future for 26-year-old right-hander Tyson Ross. But even Cy Young himself would have had trouble sustaining the pace Ross had set since rejoining the starting rotation on July 23.
After posting 36 strikeouts and a 1.32 ERA in five starts, Ross finally came down to earth on Tuesday night at Petco Park. He didn't get any help from a slumping San Diego offense either, and the Padres fell to the Pirates, 8-1.View Full Game Coverage
SAN DIEGO -- The Padres envision a very bright future for 26-year-old right-hander Tyson Ross. But even Cy Young himself would have had trouble sustaining the pace Ross had set since rejoining the starting rotation on July 23.
After posting 36 strikeouts and a 1.32 ERA in five starts, Ross finally came down to earth on Tuesday night at Petco Park. He didn't get any help from a slumping San Diego offense either, and the Padres fell to the Pirates, 8-1.View Full Game Coverage
"The expectation level with Tyson may be a little bit unfair here, early on, with where he's been," Padres manager Bud Black said. "Not his best command of the fastball, not his best slider, but he ended up getting us into the seventh inning."
Every pitcher has hiccups, and Ross certainly had one on Tuesday, allowing five runs (four earned) on six hits. Still, both Black and catcher Nick Hundley were quick to point out that even without his usual stuff, Ross kept his club in the game for 6 1/3 innings.
"He was behind in a lot of counts, but he didn't give in," Hundley said. "He had to work really hard. You've got to be proud of him with the way he went out and battled. You're more proud of him today than when he goes out and dominates."
Ross exited in the top of the seventh with the Padres trailing, 3-1, and runners on second and third. That's when the floodgates opened.
National League MVP-candidate Andrew McCutchen roped a two-run triple to right off right-hander Dale Thayer, who had replaced Ross. The Pirates would score three more in the frame on another three-bagger -- this time off the bat of Josh Harrison.
The way Pirates starter A.J. Burnett was pitching, that was more than enough. Burnett shut down the Friars' offense for seven solid innings, as the Padres' bats mustered just one run for the second straight night against the Bucs.
"We are scuffling swinging the bats," Black said, "but Burnett -- being the veteran pitcher that he is with an assortment of breaking balls -- the fastball was better than expected, for me."
The lone bright spot offensively for the Padres came in the bottom of the fourth when Jedd Gyorko stung a solo homer to left, cutting the Padres' deficit to two.
It was Gyorko's 14th homer of the season, and although the on-base percentage (.299) isn't where the Padres would like it to be, the rookie second baseman has certainly showed some pop, raising his slugging percentage to .436, the third highest on the team.
"He got a ball up in the strike zone and put a good swing on it," Black said. "We've seen that from Jedd. When he connects, there's some slugging percentage in there -- whether it's a double or a homer. That was good to see."
The Pirates jumped on Ross right away when Neil Walker -- the game's second batter -- crushed a 3-1 fastball over the center-field wall. They added a second run in the frame on Russell Martin's RBI double.
In the third inning, Pittsburgh cleanup man Pedro Alvarez extended that lead to 3-0 when he tripled home Walker. Ross had hit Walker in the leg with the second pitch of the inning.
"It's really just coming down to executing pitches," Ross said. "When you're missing with the fastball, it makes it tough to pitch. But I've got five days to work on it, and hopefully I'll come out better."
From there, Ross strayed a bit from his fastball, using the slider and changeup to get through the next three innings unscathed. Black gushed over Ross' ability to grind through an outing -- noting that doing so is vital for any pitcher to sustain success in the big leagues.
"He hung in there," Black said. "He pitched without his best command or his best stuff, so that's a great sign."
Burnett, on the other hand, had his best stuff, and he pounded the strike zone all night.
"First-pitch strikes put him in a good place," said Pirates manager Clint Hurdle. "The swing-and-miss breaking ball was there, his change was in play -- gave them another look tonight. Very good outing for him."
After a perfect first two innings, Burnett allowed the Padres to load the bases in the bottom of the third -- even though they didn't hit a ball out of the infield. But Yonder Alonso struck out to end the threat, and the Padres wouldn't put another runner in scoring position until the eighth.
AJ Cassavell is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @ajcassavell.

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Alfresco Named a 'Visionary' in Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management
Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute
London, UK October 29, 2012– Alfresco, the cloud-connected platform, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the "Visionaries" quadrant of the "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management" (ECM). Vendors in the Visionaries quadrant are innovators that excel with highly differentiated solutions, introducing a radical new approach to the market.
"We believe our positioning as a 'Visionary' serves as a confirmation of our mission to enable our customers, partners and community to do great work," said John Powell, CEO of Alfresco. "This means providing business users with the tools they want to create, access and share their business-critical content, while enabling IT to prevent content chaos. With the recent launch of our Alfresco One platform, we are continuing to provide precisely what enterprises need to work better, smarter and more securely."
With new devices, more types of content and an increasingly mobile workforce, organizations are struggling with enterprise content chaos. Alfresco empowers employees to collaborate freely both within the office and outside the firewall with anyone, on any content and on any device. More importantly, IT leaders regain control of all corporate content in a way that no other enterprise or cloud-only solution can deliver today.
According to Gartner, "ECM can strategically help enterprises take control of their content and, in so doing, boost effectiveness, encourage collaboration and make information easier to share. As a software toolset, ECM consists of a set of capabilities and/or applications for content lifecycle management that interoperate, but that can also be sold and used separately." (1)
Until now, organizations have needed to access internal systems externally or use disconnected cloud services to collaborate outside the firewall. Alfresco is the only solution that can connect people, content, systems and processes securely on both sides of the firewall, enabling IT departments to provide a seamless experience for casual, collaborative content and for the confidential content they can't put in the cloud.
Alfresco addresses the complete lifecycle of corporate content by extending powerful ECM capabilities from behind the firewall to the cloud — and all the way to mobile devices. Alfresco One combines Alfresco's open-source ECM platform, which has been downloaded more than three million times with Alfresco in the cloud to enable true hybrid ECM scenarios. Alfresco is also popular for enterprise developers who need to build content-centric business applications.
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(1) Gartner, Inc. "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management" by Mark R. Gilbert, et al. October 18, 2012
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Many people enjoy outdoor activities and related competitive sports, such as camping, hiking, fishing, and hunting. While these activities bring joy to many outdoor enthusiasts, other competitive sports exist that may bring just as much satisfaction. If you enjoy the outdoors, then maybe you should try orienteering. It may be the natural thing to do.
What Is Orienteering?
Orienteering belongs to a family of navigational sports that test the concentration and physical fitness of participants. Competitors use specialized equipment including a map and compass to navigate a course from one control point to the next in unfamiliar terrain. Orienteering originated as a training event for military officers; however, it has developed into a competitive sport with many variations, such as foot and car orienteering. Many people of all ages participate in orienteering events.
- What Is Orienteering? The Delaware Valley Orienteering Association defines the basics and details of orienteering here.
- Orienteering Defined: Orienteering USA explains the rules and history of orienteering.
- What Is Orienteering? This educational page describes the overall idea behind orienteering.
- Orienteering: The Boy Scouts of America share the requirements of orienteering and other important resources.
- What Is Orienteering?: The Rocky Mountain Orienteering Club briefly explains orienteering.
Orienteering Courses
Orienteering encompasses a broad spectrum of navigation courses that use a different method of travel in competitive play. Participants generally use a specific method of travel, such as a canoe, car, mountain bike, or skis, to complete a course. Some also choose to trek by foot. Rules vary at the different types of orienteering events. Many orienteering courses involve route planning and navigation between checkpoints, such as seen at "rogaining" events, which tend to cover long distances. Participants determine the navigation equipment and tactics needed based upon their method of travel. Adventure racing occurs when combining multiple athletic disciplines as part of one event. Each sport requires specific rules for competitive play and guidelines for course design.
- An Introduction to Mountain Bike Orienteering (PDF): This document briefly introduces mountain bike orienteering to novices.
- About Orienteering: The Minnesota Orienteering Club provides information about orienteering to newcomers.
- How to Use a Compass: An educational website teaches competitors how to use a compass before attending their orienteering event.
- Orienteering as a Sport: Learn all about these competitions on this page.
- Orienteering: A lesson plan for high school students teaches about orienteering.
Rules, Equipment, and Navigation Tactics
Orienteering tests the navigational skill, concentration, and physical fitness of competitors. All participants are given special orienteering maps at the start of every course. These are topographic maps with much more emphasis on terrain details than general-purpose maps. In addition, each competitor must carry an electronic or paper control card. These control cards indicate the completion of the course by each competitor. Other specialized equipment includes a thumb or protractor compass on a short wrist cord, map cases, a plastic sleeve to hold control descriptions, and map boards. GPS and other outside navigational devices are not permitted at any orienteering event. This promotes fairness among the competitors. Specific rules vary based on the event.
- New to Orienteering? A compilation of frequently asked questions (FAQs) helps those new to orienteering and discusses the needed equipment.
- Required Equipment: A list of basic equipment needed to complete an orienteering course is provided here.
- Orienteering Gear: Look here to see a photo gallery of orienteering equipment.
- Orienteering Equipment, Supplies, and Help Pages (PDF): A document explaining the different types of equipment and supplies needed to help complete an orienteering course.
- Orienteering Basics (PDF): Learn how to use a compass to navigate an orienteering course in this document.
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Orienteering may come as one of nine different types of competitive play, including classic, middle, relay, score, sprint, ultra-sprint, night, string, and precision. In classic orienteering, participants race between control points in a predetermined order. The winner completes this cross-country course in the shortest time, usually between 75 and 90 minutes. A middle-distance orienteering event emphasizes fine navigation rather than distance and usually takes about 30 minutes to complete. A relay race employs a pair of control points called "legs," and a single team member must run the course before completing their part of the race. The other team members must then complete their part of the race using the same navigation tactics and equipment as the first member.
In a score orienteering event, competitors encounter multiple control points within a set time limit. Controls may have different point values based on difficulty. The participant who completes the course with the most points wins the event. Sprint and ultrasprint races employ a very short time limit to complete the course. These events usually take place in city parks and other urban settings. Some orienteering events take place at night, which requires participants to use headlamps to follow reflective markers on control point flags. This helps them to complete the course with a heavy emphasis on navigation tactics. At string events, competitors follow a string around a short course and take note of things that they find along the way. Precision orienteering tests competitors based on their ability to precisely navigate through a terrain using special orienteering maps.
- Types of Orienteering Events: The Quantico Orienteering Club briefly explains the different types of orienteering events, including cross-country, score, line, route, relay, night, sprint, bike, and canoe orienteering.
- Varieties of Orienteering: The Vulcan Orienteering Club explains the variations of orienteering found at many events.
- Competition Types: Read an overview of different types of orienteering competitions on this page.
- Your First Orienteering Event: This page has a novice guide to orienteering events, including the different variations.
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158-Year-Old Methodist Church Closing In Altoona
ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) – Attendance and offerings have dwindled, but the church's maintenance bills have not. And that's why the 158-year- old First United Methodist Church in Altoona is holding its final services on Sunday.
The church's congregation once numbered 1,700, but about three dozen people typically attend services in recent years. Annual offerings are about $36,000, nowhere near enough to cover the church's yearly budget of $100,000. Monthly gas bills in the winter ran as much as $5,000 alone.
The Rev. Towanda Acey has pastored the church in recent years and also heads Jaggard United Methodist Church, also in Altoona. The pastor tells the Altoona Mirror that the congregations will merge and worship together at the smaller church.
In the meantime, the combined congregation will try to sell the huge, 158-year-old brownstone church that housed the city's first Methodist congregation.


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Do you ever have those days when you wake up and automatically tell yourself, "I'm not making it to the gym today."? You seem to easily come up with a list of reasons why it's not going to happen.
"I have too much to do today."
"I'm too tired."
"I worked out yesterday. I can skip today."
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I have found myself using the same excuses a time or two in the past. I know it can be hard to stay motivated when you are trying to deal with the daily challenges of life, but you have to remember how important a healthy, active lifestyle is for you. It really hit me after I had my first child. I wanted to lead by example and introduce my kids to a healthy lifestyle. The longer I continue to stay active and healthy, the longer I am able to enjoy all of the physical activities with them as they grow. I have put together a list of things that keep me motivated to stay active every day.
Set a REALISTIC goal.
There is no better feeling than setting a goal and being able to say "I did it!" Really think about what kind of fitness goal you want to achieve for yourself. Having a booty like Kim Kardashian or losing 25 lbs. in 4 weeks is not a realistic goal. A realistic goal should also fit into your schedule. If you work 10 hour shifts throughout the week, then getting in a 2 hour workout is not going to work for you. Start with short term goals then work your way up to long term goals as you begin to reach those short term ones. I like to keep my goal written down in my planner as a reminder each day!
Share your goal with supportive people.
Surrounding yourself with positive people who praise you for your accomplishments will definitely keep you motivated. My fiance is my biggest support. Just the words "great job" from him keeps me going each day! Share your fitness goal with people who will lift you higher, not bring you down.
Get a trainer.
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Doing the same thing every day or even every week gets boring. What typically happens when we get bored of doing the same thing over again? We take a break from it or just stop doing it all together. Switching up your fitness routine will help you beat workout boredom.
Rise to the Occasion.
Set your alarm to get an early workout in. I have a two year son and a two month old daughter, so I think it's safe to say I understand the meaning of the word TIRED. I have found that in order for me to reach my fitness goals, my workouts need to be completed early in the morning. Would I much rather sleep in? Definitely. However, I wouldn't get a workout in if I did, AND I wouldn't be any closer to reaching my goal. So, whether you need to set your alarm to wake up early or write a note to remind yourself to go to the gym after work, you will never regret it afterwards!
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As you begin your fitness journey, you will find other ways to help you stay motivated. So, start by setting a goal, finding a fun workout routine, and telling yourself you CAN! You will be setting yourself up for a lifetime of health and happiness.
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Re: eeffinjay and Responsiblefreeagent debate thread - Femin
Thank you for setting this up, Gnug!
I've recently adopted the feminist label. I think it is reasonable to believe that that men and women should have equal rights and oppourtinies regardless of their gender. I've often found that when people try criticise feminism, they actually criticise vocal, radical feminists rather than feminism.
We're going to use the following definition of feminism:
The belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.
What are your criticisms of feminism, Responsiblefreeagent?
|Mon Oct 06, 2014 11:22 am
Re: eeffinjay and Responsiblefreeagent debate thread - Femin
I can't argue at all using that definition of feminism. If that were feminism, there would be nothing to argue about. We live in the privileged west. No one here is against any kind of equality for women, certainly not anti-feminists.
Definition of FEMinism (not egalitarianism): Men and women belong to different classes. ALL women as a class are oppressed by ALL men as a class. (See Shulamith Firestone for clearest elaboration of this.)
eeffinjay wrote:Thank you for setting this up, Gnug!
|Mon Oct 06, 2014 11:43 am
Re: eeffinjay and Responsiblefreeagent debate thread - Femin
I don't accept this definition of FEMinism. We live in the west, where EVERYONE believes in equality for everyone (EGALitarianism), including female (and male) anti-feminists.
Feminism is the belief that men and women are different classes, and that the class of women is systemically and systematically oppressed by the class of men. You can find the best elaboration of this theory in Shulamith Firestone's Dialectic of Sex, but you will find the premise as the basis of every feminist book ever written.
|Mon Oct 06, 2014 12:52 pm
Re: eeffinjay and Responsiblefreeagent debate thread - Femin
Okay sorry for the double post, still learning my way around. Mods could delete one if you want.
|Mon Oct 06, 2014 1:12 pm
eeffinjayPosts: 2Joined: Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:19 am Gender: Male
Re: eeffinjay and Responsiblefreeagent debate thread - Femin
Responsiblefreeagent wrote:Definition of FEMinism (not egalitarianism): Men and women belong to different classes. ALL women as a class are oppressed by ALL men as a class. (See Shulamith Firestone for clearest elaboration of this.)
I wouldn't go as far as to say they are different classes, but yes, women have been institutionally oppressed by a patriarchal social system throughout history with exceptions, of course. Recently, what used to be the exception has become more mainstream. A lot has changed since that book came out thanks to the men and women who fought for social reforms. People usually call those who fought for women's rights "feminists". http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html
Google wrote:Feminism: the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men.
WomensHistory wrote:In other words, feminism describes a culture in which women, because they are women, are treated differently than men, and that, in that difference of treatment, women are at a disadvantage; feminism assumes that such treatment is cultural and thus possible to change and not simply "the way the world is and must be"; feminism looks to a different culture as possible, and values moving towards that culture; and feminism consists of activism, individually and in groups, to make personal and social change towards that more desirable culture.
Emma Watson wrote:For the record, feminism, by definition, is the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes.
There are plenty of other examples where this is the accepted definition of feminism today. It seems you don't wanna argue against feminism using a definition that most feminists today would agree upon.
Responsiblefreeagent wrote:We live in the privileged west. No one here is against any kind of equality for women, certainly not anti-feminists.
Because feminists have actively fought for the rights of women for centuries in the west, it is true that they have more rights in the west compared to the east. It is true that in the modern world most reasonable people would agree with the notion of equality for all, but it would be naive to believe that there's no sexism left in the west and everyone believes in equality.
There is still a culture of blaming rape victims for being raped.
A female parent is penalised for being a parent, while a male is not.
Getting a Job: Is There a Motherhood Penalty? AJOS wrote:The authors employed a laboratory experiment to evaluate the hypothesis that status‐based discrimination plays an important role and an audit study of actual employers to assess its real‐world implications. In both studies, participants evaluated application materials for a pair of same‐gender equally qualified job candidates who differed on parental status. The laboratory experiment found that mothers were penalized on a host of measures, including perceived competence and recommended starting salary. Men were not penalized for, and sometimes benefited from, being a parent. The audit study showed that actual employers discriminate against mothers, but not against fathers.
A state passes a law that makes it illegal for insurance companies to provide coverage for abortion, even in cases of rape or incest.
Men are more likely to get hired than women even if they have the same qualifications.
The Impact of Gender on the Review of the Curricula Vitae of Job Applicants and Tenure Candidates: A National Empirical Study wrote:Both men and women were more likely to vote to hire a male job applicant than a female job applicant with an identical record. Similarly, both sexes reported that the male job applicant had done adequate teaching, research, and service experience compared to the female job applicant with an identical record.
It won't let me add the link to the quote, so here's the source for the quoted study.
These are just a few examples of discrimination against women within the United States. Given what was observed indicates that we haven't achieved equality yet. We're still short of it. We still have to get rid of our old sexist notions that are ingrained within our cultures and societies. It's going to take a while before it happens, but feminists have accomplished a lot over the past few centuries and will continue to fight sexism wherever it may be.
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By Jeffrey Deutsch [1] Aug 29, 2012 0 [2]
Parental Paranoia
What can I say? August has been one heckuva month.
When it began, I was still childless. (Meanwhile, one of my high school classmates was preparing to drop her daughter off at college!) And now, I'm a somewhat experienced daddy!
There's nothing like kissing your newborn baby on the cheek. Or feeding her. Or carrying her around.
There's also nothing like starting to worry about what the neighbors think. For better or worse, here in 21st century America, people stay alert for any signs of child abuse or neglect, and even in ambiguous situations they tend to call Child Protective Services on the principle of "better safe than sorry."
When you put this on top of the anxiety many of us Aspies go through every day—"Am I offending or even harassing someone or making a royal fool of myself and not even knowing it?"—you get a heaping mound of extra stress and even paranoia about how you're being perceived.
Oh yes, and we have to make judgment calls in a sleep-deprived state. Babies need to be fed—and changed—every few hours around the clock. And of course they may wake up and cry at any time, for any reason or no reason. (I'm really fortunate to have Emily to help—I have much more appreciation for what single parents go through!)
You see, our little K.D. (Kid Deutsch), like many babies, spits up quite a bit sometimes. And our lactation consultant has advised us to keep K.D. upright for at least 30 minutes after each feeding. So each time, we sit K.D. up in her car seat.
One fine evening, right after feeding, K.D. soiled her diaper big time … it even showed on her onesie. And our house has lots of windows.
I made the tough choice to let K.D. sit up as usual ... while (metaphorically) biting my nails:
What if someone looks through the window and sees our baby sitting in her own filth?
Will they just think I'm a rotten parent? Will they talk about us everywhere and so whenever we go out people will glare at us?
Will they take pictures and post them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Flickr, etc., so everyone else will figure "Hey, at least we're better parents than the Deutsches!"?
What do I say if the cops or sheriff's deputies or Child Protective Services come to the door?
Will I have to ask the lactation consultant to testify in court that that's what she advised us to do? And what if she says, "But I didn't mean to let her sit in a dirty diaper—everyone knows that!"? (If I had a dime for every time someone has said something just like that to me, I could hire a team of nannies for K.D. and not have to worry at all!)
Not to mention ...
Will the Washington Post or Washington Times, or maybe some other major paper or famous blogger, run a story: "Child Raising: Is It For Everyone? Should Autistic People Reproduce?"
On the other hand, if Emily and I do a good job with K.D., people might figure there are things Aspies can do as well as anyone else!
Epilogue: Nothing happened. I changed K.D.'s diaper and onesie about half an hour later without incident.


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IPv6 Addressing
In the previous installment of our series of IPv6 posts, we covered some of the ways ICMP has changed in IPv6 compared to IPv4. In this post, we'll talk about how addressing has changed in IPv6 compared to IPv4.
While IPv4 addresses are 32 bits log, the IPv6 address space has been extended to 128 bits, which will make it virtually impossible to remember the numeric representation of the address for a given host. This will definitely lead to more reliance on DNS. It will be difficult to operate even very simple test networks without relying on DNS to resolve host names to IPv6 addresses. Because of this, more attacks will be targeted against your DNS servers. Making sure your DNS configuration and servers are secure will be very more important in IPv6. DNS will also be targeted by attackers to attempt to locate systems on the network by trying to resolve "common host names," since scanning a remote IPv6 network is essentially impossible due to the size of the IPv6 address space.
Visual Representation
Even though it will be difficult to use the actual IPv6 addresses in normal day-to-day operations because of the size, it is important to understand the conventions of how the address can be displayed and entered. Unlike IPv4, which uses a dotted-decimal (such as 172.21.1.20) notation, IPv6 uses a colon-separated notation. The full IPv6 address consists of 8 16-bit fields similar to the following:
To simplify things, leading zeros in a field are optional so the above address can be written as:
Finally, you can also compress one or more groups of 0's using a "::" symbol. In order to avoid ambiguity, zero compression can only happen once in an address. So applying this rule, our address becomes:
Address Structure
The IPv6 address can split into two 64-bit pieces. The first 64-bit segment represents the Global Routing Prefix (also known as the Network Prefix). The Global Routing Prefix is the portion of the address that determines the destination network to which the packet will be routed. Logically it will be subdivided by various components which allow IPv6 addresses to be more effectively aggregated, thus reducing the size of routing tables. The typical components of the Network Prefix include:
- Registry Prefix
- ISP Prefix
- Site Prefix
- Subnet Prefix
The second half of the IPv6 address is the Interface Identifier. Per RFC 4291 -IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture, the Interface Identifier is built by dividing the 48-bit MAC address for the interface into two pieces and inserting "FFFE" in between these pieces (24-bits MAC + FFFE + 24-bits MAC). This is known as an EUI-64 prefix address. The universal/local flag can also be toggled (7th bit in first octet of MAC address) to produce a "modified" EUI-64 address. Let's look at an example to clarify this. Suppose that the Network Prefix for your network is 2001:DB8:1:2::/64 and your MAC address for the interface is 02:03:e8:00:65:10, then the modified EUI-64 IPv6 address would be:
Notice how the first half of the MAC address changes from 02:03:e8 to 00:03:e8 because of the change in the universal/local bit. EUI-64 addresses provides a very simple formula, but it creates information leakage and privacy concerns. In IPv4, when you connect your computer at different locations (such as work, home, or on a Wifi hotspot), you receive a different IPv4 address at each location. Since each location provides a different IPv4 address, it is difficult for someone to determine that traffic from all of the different addresses is the same system/user. With IPv6, you also technically receive a different IPv6 address at each location as well. With IPv6, however, only the Network Prefix is changing. The Interface Identifier portion of the address stays the same. Therefore, by simply looking at the IPv6 address information, you can easily see that the traffic from multiple locations is actually the same system (and probably the same user). To overcome this, RFC 4941 outlined a mechanism to generate a random value for the Interface Identifier that changes over time to make it difficult to identify traffic from multiple locations as coming from the same system. Many systems, such as Windows 7 and Windows 2008, have this privacy protection enabled by default. While this solves the privacy issue to a large degree, it introduces other issues, such as the continually changing link-local address. An attacker could potentially even use the changing Interface Identifier to bypass the detection of Intrusion Detection Systems by making multiple actions appear to come from different IPv6 addresses.
Address Types
IPv6 utilizes Unicast, Multicast, and Anycast addresses, but unlike IPv4, IPv6 does not have a broadcast address. Also, whereas multicast was an optional addition in IPv4, in IPv6 multicast takes on a more required role. Even basic operations such as ICMP traffic routinely rely on multicast addresses to operate efficiently. Like IPv4, IPv6 also has a loopback address. Instead of 127.0.0.1, however, the loopback address in IPv6 is now 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 (::1 in simplified form). IPv6 also has an address called an unspecified address. This address is composed of all 0's (0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 or ::) and is used as the source address in situations when a host does not currently have a valid IPv6 address.
Multiple Addresses Per interface
With IPv4, you usually only had a single address configured for a specific interface. With IPv6, an interface is expected to have multiple addresses. Some of the types of addresses that an interface can have in IPv6 are:
- Link Local address (FE80::/10)
- Unique Local Unicast (FC00::/7)
- Global Unicast (2000::/3)
Besides these addresses, an IPv6 interface also listens to various multicast addresses, such as one or more solicited-node multicast addresses and the all-nodes multicast address. These multicast addresses will make it easy for an attacker on the local segment to quickly identify other hosts and routers on that same local segment. Furthermore, it will be difficult for Intrusion Detection Systems to identify this traffic as malicious since it is normal traffic in an IPv6 network. This explosion of addresses for an interface will also make filtering traffic on the network an interesting challenge. Even the hosts themselves need to have defined policies as to which address to use as the source address for IPv6 traffic, since in many cases more than one address can be used successfully.
Address Lifetimes
Besides the number of addresses, addresses in IPv6 can have a lifetime associated with them. This is very similar to DHCP lease times in IPv4, but now these lifetimes apply to addresses learned from DHCP, as well as addresses learned from routers via Router Advertisement messages.
Well that's all for this installment. Although this was only a high-level overview of addressing in IPv6, hopefully it has provided you with a good introduction into the way addressing has changed, and has provided you with a starting point. In fact, some of the topics, such as multicast address usage and address selection, scope, and address lifetime could definitely use further explanation. We may have to develop a second, more detailed post on some of the addressing topics. Nevertheless, keep an eye out for the next post in this series where we'll be talking about ways to secure your IPv6 network.
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Hi, I would like to ask a question regarding the modified EUI-64 address. If you have a look at the MAC address it is 02:03:e8:00:65:10, i.e. the u-bit is set to "1". As far as I know IEEE registration authority mentioned that if u bit is set to 0 it is a universally (globally) administered, i.e. it is globally unique address. If u bit==1 the address is locally administered and it is not guaranteed that this address is unique. Isn't that true? There must be a difference because IEEE 802 addresses have different meaning due to the value of u, don't you agree? Thanks, abcd


text: Saint Michael's Playhouse opens June 18 with Fiddler on the Roof News Home 06.11.13 By: Buff Lindau Tevye and his family, played by L to R, Gabrrielle Stravelli, Lisa Raggio, Ted Koch, Lia Menaker, and Elana Valastro. "I've wanted to produce Fiddler on the Roof for as long as I can remember and feel that now is the perfect time for this rich, beautiful story to be told again," said Chuck Tobin, producing artistic director of the Saint Michael's Playhouse. Fiddler, playing Saint Michael's Playhouse June 18-29, is based on "Tevye and his Daughters" by Sholem Aleichem with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joseph Stein. Set in Czarist Russia in 1905, Fiddler is the heartwarming story of Tevya, a Jewish milkman trying to maintain the simplicities of his traditional life while his daughters are growing up and Russia is heading toward the Revolution. "People who've seen Fiddler before want to see it again; people who've never seen it want to see it for the first time, and it's a great way to introduce children to the magic of American musical theater," Tobin said. "No other music weaves dance, poignancy and laughter into such an electrifying and unforgettable experience." Director Kathryn Markey said, "This is a tremendous opportunity to direct a huge cast (31 total) in a show that has some of the greatest musical numbers and most memorable characters ever written for the musical theater. "Fiddler"'s enduring appeal comes from the fact that despite being set in a Jewish community in pre-revolutionary Russia, it tells a truly universal story of families trying to stay together in a radically changing world." Playhouse accolades: Saint Michael's Playhouse, now in its 66th season, is an award-winning professional theater recognized by NYC Drama League as "one of the best regional theater companies in America," and named "Best of New England" by Yankee Magazine. Cast and crew: Tobin announced the cast of Fiddler--led by Broadway veterans Ted Koch as Tevye; Lisa Raggio as Golde, and Suzanne Toren as Yente. Additional cast members are Gabrielle Stravelli as Tzeitel; Lia Menaker as Hodel; Elly Valastra as Chava, Andrew Boza as Motel; Cooper Grodin as Perchik; Adam Petherbridge as Fyedke; and Mark Alan Gordon as Lazar Wolf. Other members of the cast are Bill Carmichael as Avram; John Jensen as the Rabbi; Christian Kohn as the Constable; and Charlotte Munson as Fruma Sarah. The company will also feature Josh Bardier, Christophe Caballero, Gina Fearn, Xavier Markey-Smith, Katie Owens, Matt Pardo, Paul Sabala, and Nate Venet. And, Peter Bowley, Max Chlumecky, Victoria Fearn, Pearl Guerriere, Stella Pappas, Caitlin Walsh, and Oscar Williams. The band is comprised of area musicians Rich Magnuson, Tony Pietricola, Justin Rose, Emma Sky, Nate Venet, led by music director Scott Nicholas. Director Markey is joined by choreographer Brian Swasey, and music director Scott Nicholas. Other members of the creative team include scenic designer Tim Case, costume designer Jessica Risser-Milne, and lighting designer John Paul Devlin. Leading roles: Ted Koch (Fiddler, Tevye) Broadway credits include The Pillowman, Death of a Salesman (50th Anniversary Production), Elling, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. National tours include Frost/Nixon and Death of a Salesman. Off-Broadway/Regional credits include: Strange Interlude (Shakespeare Theatre Company) Donnybrook! (Irish Rep.) Born Yesterday, (Pittsburgh Public) In This, Our Time (59E59) Snow Falling on Cedars (Hartford Stage) Meshugah (Naked Angels), The Front Page (Williamstown Theatre Festival), True West, (Arena Stage, Helen Hayes nomination for Best Actor), A Streetcar Named Desire (Buffalo Studio Arena), Whisper House, (The Old Globe Theatre) Death of a Salesman (The Goodman Theatre) TV credits include: Person of Interest, The Good Wife, Pan Am, Gossip Girl, The Sopranos, The West Wing, Law & Order, Ed. Films include: Cold Souls, Hannibal, Love to Leenya, Dinner Rush. Ted dedicates this performance to his big sister Peg who always manages to keep our family connected, and our Traditions going strong. Lisa Raggio (Fiddler, Golde) began her career performing in some of New York's finest nightclubs. On Broadway: The Magic Show, Grease, and Got Tu Go Disco. She has toured Canada & the US in Grease, Annie, Suds, and Lunch. In Los Angeles: Women Behind Bars, The Joni Mitchell Project, and her one-woman show, Back 2 my Roots. Lisa was a series regular on "Private Benjamin" and has also appeared on numerous TV shows. Last year she had the pleasure of performing in the show, Bingo, in Sacramento, CA. She just appeared in Nunsense at Northern Stage. At St. Michael's, she has appeared in Something's Afoot and Steel Magnolias and is thrilled to be returning to the Playhouse. She holds an MA in Psychology & Counseling and can be reached at practicalwisdomtherapy.com Lisa and her husband, Ken Kimmins, live in the Champlain Islands with their two boys: Tony Soprano and McJagger. Suzanne Toren (Fiddler, Yente) On Broadway: created a role in Goodbye, Fidel, starring Jane Alexander. Off-Broadway: created many roles, from Queen of Aragon (The Disputation) to Mama (From Door to Door),to impassioned lawyer (star of Denial), to Grandma Royze in Sin , by I.B. Singer. National tours: with such luminaries as Sir Ralph Richardson (Early Days); Richard Kiley (Cervantes); Tammy Grimes, Louis Jourdan (Private Lives).Regional credits include: Paper Mill Playhouse (Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities) ; Philadelphia Drama Guild (A View from the Bridge); Pennsylvania Stage Company (Brighton Beach Memoirs); Syracuse Stage (The Seagull); Meadowbrook Theatre (The Crucible, Heartbreak House, Tartuffe).T.V.: Law and Order. Suzanne is also a multi-award-winning narrator of hundreds of audio books— receiving her third Audie award nomination just last month. Kathryn Markey (Fiddler, Director) Playhouse appearances include Nunsense, The Drowsy Chaperone, the Brighton Beach trilogy, Perfect…Change, Pirates of Penzance and Suds, as well as directing Over The Pub, Boeing, Boeing and Around the World in 80 Days. Other credits: Holidays with The Chalks, (Alliance Theatre), Over The Tavern (Penguin Rep), Parallel Lives, Dancing at Lughnasa (Northern Stage), Selected Shorts: Eudora Welty (NPR), Jumping Blind (Gayfest – world premiere), Separation (English Theatre of Stockholm.) Kathryn appeared on Broadway in 3 From Brooklyn and is a fixture at both the Broadway Playhouse series at Merkin Concert Hall and The Thalia Follies at Symphony Space. On-screen: SVU, Law and Order, All My Children, College Humor & Amateur Hour. Directing: Boeing Boeing (Mason Street Warehouse), Fiddler on the Roof, & Carousel (New London Barn), Ragtime (White Plains PAC), David & Goliath (Merkin Hall.) Kathryn is one-third of the satirical country band "The Chalks," appearing regularly in bars, on TV and the internet. Tickets and Information: Saint Michael's Playhouse has been producing professional theater since 1947 and is located in Colchester, Vermont minutes from downtown Burlington and Lake Champlain. For more information and tickets, visit saintmichaelsplayhouse.org or call 802-654-2281. Ticket prices $31.50 – $42.50: Subscription packages are on sale throughout the run of Fiddler on the Roof and are offered at a discount of 20% off the single ticket prices. Rest of the 2013 Season: Based on the best-selling novel, Tuesdays with Morrie, July 3 - 13, 2013, By Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom, directed by Broadway veteran Kenneth Kimmins, Evenings: 8:00 p.m. July 3–6, 9–13, Matinees: 2:00 p.m. July 6 &13 "Tuesdays with Morrie is a powerful, humorous and deeply moving story about learning to appreciate life while you are living it. When his former Brandeis professor is diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease, a career-obsessed sportswriter plans a brief visit to reconnect and say goodbye. That meeting becomes a weekly event, as teacher coaches student on matters of life, death and the nature of love." Neil Simon's hilarious comedy, Rumors, July 17 - 27, 2013, directed by Thomas Ouellette, Evenings: 8:00 p.m. July 17–20, 23–27, Matinees: 2:00 p.m. July 20, 27 "Four well-to-do couples gather in a tastefully appointed residence for a dinner party celebrating their hosts' anniversary. But when they arrive, they discover there is no dinner prepared, the hostess is missing, and the host, who is also the deputy mayor of New York City, has been shot. When the guests decide they need to do everything possible to conceal the evening's events from the local police and the media, the evening spins off into classic farcical hilarity." The sensational new blockbuster, Shout! the mod musical, July 31 - August 10, 2013, directed by Playhouse favorite Keith Andrews, Evenings: 8:00 p.m. July 31 - August 3, 6–10, Matinees: 2:00 p.m. August 3, 10 "Shout! is the mod musical that brings back the smashing sounds that made England swing in the 60's. From cover to cover, Shout! travels in time from 1960 to 1970 chronicling the dawning of a new era. Everything in the period is recreated, from the fashions and dances to the music and hair. With an irresistible blend of foot-stomping songs, eye-popping fashions and psychedelic dances, this delightful musical will make you want to stand up and Shout!" Playhouse background: The Saint Michael's Playhouse is housed in the Saint Michael's College McCarthy Arts Center, one of the finest theater facilities in the state; the Playhouse attracts approximately 16,000 theatergoers each season. Saint Michael's Playhouse is a professional company operating as an auxiliary enterprise of Saint Michael's College. The Playhouse is Greater Burlington's only Actors' Equity resident theater company and as such operates under contract with Actors' Equity Association in New York City. At the same time, Saint Michael's College students have the opportunity to learn from the pros through internships in technical theater, costuming, lighting, set construction, and publicity.


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Something momentous happened yesterday.
I became the first food blogger ever* to nearly mess up boiling noodles.
I whipped up this awesome sesame noodle salad for dinner last night, and after I finished boiling the edamame, I looked at the medium-sized saucepan and thought to myself, "That entire package of noodles will totally fit. Spatial relations skills and common sense are for losers," as I stuffed the noodles into the undersized pot.
Please consider this a cautionary tale. Use a large pot when cooking soba noodles.
Do as I say, not as I do. Because I do dumb things.
(*at least I hope...)
Here's what you'll need:
For the salad:
1 red pepper, diced
1/4 cup chopped green onions
1/2 cup finely minced cilantro
1 1/2 cup frozen edamame, cooked according to package directions and cooled for a few minutes
1 8.8-ounce package of soba noodles
Sesame seeds, for garnish
For the dressing:
3 tablespoons sesame oil
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1 tablespoon tahini
2 teaspoons honey
Salt, to taste
Bring a large pot of water to boil.
In a large bowl, combine the red pepper, green onions, cilantro, and cooked edamame.
When the water is boiling, add the soba noodles, and cook until they're done. These cook much more quickly than traditional pasta, so make a note of the cooking time indicated on the package, and start checking for doneness about a minute before time is up.
While the noodles are cooking, whisk all of the ingredients together for your salad dressing.
When the noodles are done, drain in a colander and immediately rinse with cold water. Add the noodles to your bowl with the vegetables and toss with the dressing. Check to see if you need more salt, sprinkle with sesame seeds, and enjoy!
Source: Daily Garnish (If you're not already a reader of Emily's site, do yourself a favor and check it out. She pretty much has the cutest baby ever. And she went to culinary school, so I'm doubly jealous!)


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10 teams of various nationalities and varied cultural backgrounds from Asian nations including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Japan, have beat out over 2500 applicants (and even past participants of the original US series) to gain a spot in the race, for an adventure of their lifetime. The contestants are pairs of: dancing mummies who travel together without their children for the first time since their birth; couples who have known each other from 2 to 13 years; reunited siblings; childhood friends; TV hosts; and the very first hearing-impaired contestant in The Amazing Race history, with his gym buddy who he has known for barely nine months.
In Rex's blog/album there is mention of TV host named Marc Nelson (an Aussie based in the Philippines).
Cast Spoilers! BJ is the only one I can think of who has ties to Asia--any one else??
Yeah--I didn't think they matched either...Okay--so WHO is Reema Chanco?
Our very own TV personalities Rovilson Fernandez and Marc Nelson form one of the two teams from the Philippines. They call themselves Team Rovilson and Marc, or Team Marc and Rovilson, depending on who youre asking.
On the show, we were the clowns whilst being very competitive. Wed like to think that we had a great time. Yes, it was about winning; but at the end of the day, you wanna have a great time. Its an opportunity of a lifetime. Youre traveling around the world with one of your best friends. Sometimes it was really just about kicking back and enjoying it. Sure we play it up sometimes but when they watch the show, theyll see Rovilson and I being Rovilson and I. Its who we are in real life. We are idiots.
The Singapore Team, which made up of Adrian Yap and Collin Low, was spotted on The Straits Times Friday, September 28, 2007, page 6 of the Life! section. They were wearing our signature party tanks, showing off their lean and chiseled muscles, all ready for The Amazing Race Asia.
I was actually tipped off on my blog on this racer.. not sure if this is legit or not... I guess we'll see in time.
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text: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), shown in a June 29 file photo, says he will vote for President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP Political Junkie Sen. Graham Votes Yes On Kagan, Risks Wrath On Right July 20, 2010 The Senate Judiciary Committee vote on Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court fell on strict party lines ... except for Sen. Lindsey Graham. The South Carolina Republican voted in her favor.


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#1 OWS Tax plan backed by--uh--WALL STREET
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And it will devastate the middle class-not the really wealthy. Oblahblah just LOVES this plan.
Dumb asses....
Occupy Wall Street Tax Proposal Is Backed By Wall Street Itself
Theres no better way of deciding an outcome than owning both sides of the debate. Thats why the Wall Street-owned Obama administration must be licking its lips at the fact that Occupy Wall Street protesters have been conned into advocating new tax policies backed by billionaires like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates that will do nothing to touch Wall Street, but everything to sink whats left of the American middle class.
The Occupy Wall Street protesters are campaigning for the Obama administration to Pass the Buffett Rule on fair taxation, so the rich pay their fair share. This demand is posted on their own website. The campaigners are demanding that the US Congress pass a bill backed by the Obama administration, which is comprised of Wall Street operatives and is a creature of Wall Street.
Do you see the dichotomy here?
The protesters are pushing for a new tax rule which is supported by the Wall Street-owned Obama administration, therefore the demonstrators are unwittingly doing the bidding of Wall Street itself.
The Buffett tax rule will do virtually nothing to make the filthy rich pay their share it will only raise taxes for middle class Americans and middle class businesses.
As the Wall Street Journal reports, Roughly 90% of the tax filers who would pay more under Mr. Obamas plan arent millionaires, and 99.99% arent billionaires. It is the middle class not Warren Buffett or Wall Street corporations who will be most hurt by the very policies the Occupy Wall Street crowd are calling for.
Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway still owes taxes from 10 years ago. Buffet is the ultimate Wall Street insider he is the third wealthiest person on the planet. Buffet avoids billions in taxes because most of his interests are based offshore...
Buffett, aided by the Occupy Wall Street protesters who amplify his message, is volunteering the middle class, not himself, for a tax increase, thats why the Wall Street-owned Obama administration is fully on board with the idea.
No differences exist between the Obama administration and billionaire investor Warren Buffett on the principles of a White House tax proposal that bears his name, Jay Carney, President Barack Obamas spokesman, told Bloomberg...
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In a corner office at the Museum of Contemporary Art, a big white board is a tangle of names, dates and ideas scrawled in brightly colored markers. At the center is a chart for the video network MOCAtv, plotting new programs on the artist Urs Fischer and leading architects, on the raw symbolism of punk rock and on something called "CRIME: The Animated Series."
It represents an ambitious range of art-based programming, only some of it directly tied to a MOCA exhibition.
"The contemporary art world has so many tangents that we are still reaching out to," says John Toba, MOCAtv's head of production, looking up at the board.
With 150,000 subscribers to its YouTube channel, MOCAtv has drawn big numbers for programs that cross over to a wide audience. But it remains committed to complementing the museum's focus, including "things that were avant-garde or hard to take and were going to have a few hundred views," adds Toba, who leads the channel with creative director Emma Reeves. "That's an important part of what we do."
The idea for MOCAtv began with a visit to YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., by museum director Jeffrey Deitch (who last week announced that he is leaving the museum), and was launched in November 2012 with funding from Google and YouTube. It became YouTube's first original channel dedicated to fine art.
Among the nearly 300 films of video art, documentaries and interviews already online at MOCAtv are forward-looking music videos from Bjork and Io Echo, and short films of street artist Shepard Fairey talking about graphic designer Saul Bass, and curator Susan Bright on the videos of William Wegman and Roger Ballen.
There is a film of Fischer's installation of "YES," which involved 1,500 volunteers coming to the Geffen Contemporary to build a room full of clay sculptures.
Director Matthew Shattuck is working on an upcoming documentary series on the work of the late artist and filmmaker Bruce Conner, and there are more commissioned music video collaborations, the continuing series called "The Artist's Studio" and "Art in the Streets," plus art education under "MOCA U" and vintage films that document important moments in art history.
The channel is guided by two British expats who arrived at the Los Angeles museum in April 2012. Reeves comes with a background in documentaries, advertising and magazines, including seven years at Dazed and Confused magazine in London. Toba came to the U.S. after making historical documentaries for British television on the bubonic plague and public executions.
"We share a level of levity in our work — plague, death, crime," jokes artist Alix Lambert, sitting in the MOCAtv office on a recent visit from New York City for the premiere screening of three episodes from "CRIME" in MOCA's theater.
The series of vivid animated shorts co-created with Sam Chou of Toronto's Style5 is based on her 2008 book of the same name, which collected interviews with victims, witnesses, cops and perpetrators in a documentary and art context. The films use animation in noir shades of red, black and white to illustrate audio recordings from the interviews.
"Those real voices have a different kind of resonance and animation is a way for those stories to be accessible that they aren't necessarily otherwise," says Lambert, whose background is in conceptual art and as a script writer for HBO's "Deadwood" and "John From Cincinnati."
The audience for MOCAtv is international, says Reeves; only 50% of the channel's traffic comes from the U.S.
"We're attached to an august, 30-year-old institution," she says. "The reputation of that institution is global. We're very lucky to have that built-in brand DNA."
One of the channel's largest traffic-generating series has been "The Art of Punk," which examines the visuals and symbolism of punk rock, including the Black Flag logo created by artist Raymond Pettibon. Originally conceived as short films of about five minutes, the initial trio of films by Bo Bushnell and Bryan Ray Turcotte stretched to 22 minutes.
"There is a rawness to 'The Art of Punk,'" says Reeves. "It's authentic. It's about finding the right people for the mission and being really organic about it. If I'm approaching an artist, what does that artist want to do? I want them to collaborate on the film — I don't want them to feel subjected to anything."
MOCAtv's connection to an internationally known art institution opens doors that might be closed to others. Aside from providing collaborators with use of the YouTube studios in Playa Vista, the MOCA name represents an alliance preferable to a more traditional corporate sponsor.
"It's not like we have the power that the other sites have, but [artists] like the fact that it's under the aegis of a museum," says Reeves, who commissioned a music video collaboration with Bjork and director Andrew Thomas Huang called "Mutual Core" as part of MOCA's "ART + MUSIC" series. It premiered on the channel in November and was nominated this year for a Webby Award.
In recent years, Pettibon, as one example, has shown little interest in speaking at length about his work with Black Flag, now a quarter-century behind him. But he has a long association with MOCA, dating to 1992's "Helter Skelter: L.A. Art in the 1990s." For "The Art of Punk," he not only explains that history but paints the distinctive four-bar logo for the first time in more than two decades.
"I think he understands that the museum system can support artists like himself without being overly corporatized and commercialized," says director Turcotte, who also explored the logos of Crass and the Dead Kennedys in separate short films. "So it was much easier for me to say 'MOCA' than if anyone else had given me money [to make the film]. That was very helpful."
With his producing partner, Turcotte was recruited into the project based on his history as a collector of punk artifacts and the author of a book on genre fliers (with a title unprintable here) subtitled "Instant Art of the Punk Rock Movement." He grew up in the San Francisco punk scene and played in bands before working at Slash Records and starting his own music supervision and branding company, the seven-year-old Beta Petrol.
As a filmmaker, he began humbly with the filming of events and studio sessions on Flip cameras and Go Pros before moving up to Canon digital SLR cameras, used for "The Art of Punk," conducting an interview with Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers in a bathroom decorated with original Pettibon art, or for an hour with the artist himself in his Venice Beach studio.
MOCAtv has now ordered three more films, including a look at the Screamers, a band acclaimed on the original Los Angeles punk scene of the late 1970s that broke apart before ever recording an album.
MOCAtv will remain on YouTube indefinitely, though the video host's initial investment in creating the channel is ending. "The experiment for them is over," Reeves said of YouTube. The museum is exploring new funding possibilities.
Reeves says a new series called "ART + COMEDY" is planned for October, pointing to an Andy Kaufman gallery exhibition earlier this year in New York as evidence of a connection between comedy and the art world.
Thus far, there is no pressure for massive numbers of hits and ratings for its programming from sponsors or museum leadership. "Then you go the way of TV and you end up making the same crap reality show over and over again," Toba says. "There is no need for the Museum of Contemporary Art to go down that way."
Instead, MOCAtv works on building its audience through active engagement with various social networking sites and organic excitement about its programming.
"The numbers are so divergent. In some cases, we're filming things which ultimately in 10, 20, 30 years will be important because the artist is really important and no one is really filming them," Reeves says. "It's a celebration of a broader creative mind set. I like to think that everyone does respect the institution and the name MOCA. It's a bit like keeping a hold on here and seeing how far you can reach."


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Mind Maps, Migration and Meetings...
Now you can have meetings that are good, but once you walk away from them, that's it. No actions, no plans, no ownership and that's worse than not having a meeting at all!
The product team I met with are the Migration Technology Group and they are building the Migration Workbench as an extension to SQL Developer.
You'll hear more about that team and the technology over the next few months. In short, the current Oracle Migration Workbench technology helps users migrate to Oracle from databases provided by companies like Microsoft, Sybase, and Informix. The Migration Technology Center on OTN offers information on the existing product.
Back to Meetings
Don't you just love 'em? hmmm. I've worked in teams where I think some folk rate their importance factor by how many meetings they attend. So for meetings do you picture some attendees arriving late and dashing off early, meetings running over, there is no agenda, there are no actions and the result? Well, there are no results!
Good meetings are fab, specially if you are a distributed team. They can be stimulating and productive. I think a good meeting has an agenda, a good leader (who ensure everyone is involved and no-one dominates) and ends with a set of actions (with owners). Minutes are useful too. It means we all know the actions and have a note of what was said and decided, so that we don't have to have THAT meeting content again. (To redecide an action previously decided). I'm not a stickler for minutes, but a list of actions and owners is a good thing.
Take the meetings in Dublin this week, I used a mapping tool to note the discussions. They're my notes and are not verbose, but they're not on bits of paper, instead I have them in a mind mapping tool. The great thing is, I can share the results with the team at a click.
Let me go back a pace. Just before I joined the SQL Developer team, I started drawing 'mind maps' - you might also think of them as spider diagrams. Basically, just listing the variety of tasks I might get involved in if and when I joined the team. Conferences, customers, writing collateral, bug reviews, forums, web sites etc. Each time I thought of something new I'd add it. A friend told me about Mindjet's MindManager and so tried their 30 day trial version. When my manager saw how useful this was to me, he said "order it". There are mapping tools in the open source world too, so take a look at what's available, if you're not able to purchase this. (They don't have a Mac copy just yet - you gotta go open source for that)
I've written a white paper, a few magazine articles (to come out in the next few months), "Getting Started with SQL Developer" and some presentations and I used Mind Manager for all of these. You start with a spider diagram of ideas, flesh them out and 'generate' a power point presentation, word doc, html or even Microsoft Project. Then you have a great starting point. Doing the articles this way helped me with the flow. I am not managing any multi- people projects, but I've heard it works a treat for tasks and dependencies in Project. How often do you go back to your notes and look for something ( or never go back...worse) With software to help, you can search. With this tool, I can search across maps (meetings). I can also hook into google searches and news feeds!
So back to my meetings this week. All my notes ended up as maps, and at the end of it all, I added a power point template and created a presentation for the team, to keep as a record of the meetings and the decisions.
I did not write this blog using Mind Manager, so if it's rambly and all over the place. That would explain it.
hey - take a look at OTN - of you've never used SQL Developer, perhaps you don't have access to your own database, then try Oracle Express Edition (FREE) and check out SQL Developer. There's a Getting Started with SQL Developer guide.
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- Scott Schwab said...
I agree with you on using mind mapping. I have been using it off and on for presentations and requirement gathering. It really helps me. I have also found it great for sharing information. One of my bosses saw it, started to use it, and now if you want his attention, a mind map really helps. He easily walks the map and seems to get the point much faster.
I have been using the open source, FreeMind, found at source forge, due to price (free) and you don't need to have administor privilages to install it. If anyone saw it before version 0.8, it deserves a second look.
BTW, I have been using SQLDeveloper as my main line SQL and PL/SQL environment for months, it rocks and keeps getting better. Thanks for the product.
- Fri Mar 31, 05:50:00 pm GMT
- Sue said...
Thanks for the feedback on SQl Developer.
I'm considering using a Map for my next talk...we'll how that goes.
- Fri Mar 31, 05:57:00 pm GMT
- Paul Holbrook said...
MindJet has been solicating people to help test a Mac version of MindManager, so it's apparently coming.
- Sun Apr 02, 04:43:00 pm GMT
- Rich said...
Sue, welcome to blogger!
I've been using MindManager for a while now. On Conference calls I no longer jot notes down on paper, I create a map which actually works great. I also use them to document the signature of PL/SQL stored procedures and functions.
An example of a map I've created (I know it's MSAccess, but I think you'll get the picture).
Best regards...Rich
- Mon Apr 03, 12:27:00 pm GMT
- Rich said...
Sue, welcome to blogger!
I've been using MindManager for a while now. On Conference calls I no longer jot notes down on paper, I create a map which actually works great. I also use them to document the signature of PL/SQL stored procedures and functions.
An example of a map I've created (I know it's MSAccess, but I think you'll get the picture).
Best regards...Rich
- Mon Apr 03, 12:28:00 pm GMT
- Sue said...
Thanks for the map example. It seems there is no limit to the subject matter or maps. and as your example shows, you can quickly get the point across.
- Mon Apr 03, 01:57:00 pm GMT
- Beth said...
Okay, you're converting me too. The last time I played with software in this arena was over 5 years ago (don't remember the vendor's name) and the technology wasn't nearly up-to-snuff compared to what seems to be out there now.
I downloaded MindManager yesterday and FreeMind today. Very cool software, and I like their flexibility. I'll probably sitck with FreeMind, mostly because it'll play with my Thunderbird mail client and Firefox browser, and MindManager doesn't. (There are some other features in MindManagers that I _really_ like, but integration with Firefox/Thunderbird is a big deal for university employees like myself.)
Still, THANKS for bringing mind maps back to my attention.
- Sun Apr 16, 12:53:00 am GMT
- David Tebbutt said...
I started using mind maps in the 70's when I first read Tony Buzan's book "use your head". They were, of course, on paper.
I was a project manager at the time and used to inherit large-scale computer projects, often at a few days' notice. The quickest way to get up to speed was to draw a mind-map of everything. They could grow to four or five foot square.
Two things really irritated me about them: 1) I couldn't move stuff around and 2) I often found myself adding information that was already on the map - eg a person's name and job details. If only the mind map would tell me it already knew something.
I vowed to 'computerise' mindmaps at the first opportunity. The problem when the PC came along, a few years later in the UK, was that I couldn't do graphics and, even if I could, the sort of mind maps I did could not be represented easily on the screen.
Add points 1) and 2) above and this led to a development stream that's been going, on and off, for the past 25 years. It's called BrainStorm.
It pre-dated both outliners and mind-mappers and still sells today. A lot of people use it in conjunction with mind-mappers. The forums, blogs and website are a useful source of information on how people use BrainStorm.
As you may have guessed, BrainStorm is textual. What you may not have guessed is that it's fast, it doesn't care about structure - you can be structured or unstructured. The amount of each piece of information is effectively unlimited. It can all be shuffled and reorganised in a variety of ways. It doesn't try to cram itself into a limited amount of screen real-estate, so it is not a presentation tool, like a mind-mapper, although it can be web published. And, lastly, if you put in something that's already there, it hyperlinks (can be switched off) to it and shares all the lower level information.
It's about horses for courses. Both mind maps and BrainStorm (and outliners) have their uses. And they can be used in collaboration. If I'm allowed to add an address, it's http://www.brainstormsw.com.
Thanks for reading. I thought people might find this useful. And, it's only £20 (around $35) with a free, anonymous, 30-day trial. It runs on Any version of Windows from 95 onwards.
- Wed Apr 26, 02:29:00 am GMT