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One of my favorite childhood pastimes was bringing a treasure trove of books home from the library, spreading a blanket out under a shady tree, and losing myself in a world of endless adventures and stories. Inevitably my favorites involved feisty, independent and noble female characters. I wanted to be just like them!
Imagining what these heroes would look like, I drew their faces with chalk on sidewalks and driveways in our neighborhood and on scraps of paper to share with all of my friends. Beautiful, smart and adventurous, they were everywhere, filling the pages of my notebooks, along with my poems and stories of their triumphs and tribulations.
Later on, while studying art history and literature in college, I rediscovered my love for women heroes, and their images and stories began to appear in my paintings and collages. I realize now that my love for wise women has been a continuous inspiration throughout my work and life.


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What's left? Lying down all day? I could get on board with that.
I saw a comment online from someone in their late seventies who says he ignores all the studies. He eats whatever he wants in moderation--including junk food--and gets moderate exercise. Late seventies? He seems to have done something right.
Think about it. How many studies have contradicted each other over the years? First, a fatty diet was bad. Then it was carbs. Don't eat chocolate, they said. Then we were told chocolate is good for us--dark chocolate, anyway. Don't use whole milk--skim is better (for the record, skim tastes like water). Now, whole milk is not only okay, but better, according to some researchers. Eggs were taboo for years. Now it's okay to eat eggs. Soda is bad. Drink diet soda--now, diet soda is the villain.
And then there are the medications that are supposed to help us deal with some of the health problems that can result for eating or drinking some of those things we've been consuming. Have you seen the TV ads?
Looks good, until you get the long list of side effects and warnings that come with just about every drug on the market. Makes you want to run to your doctor and ask for a prescription, doesn't it?
It makes me want to STOP taking some of the stuff I'm currently using.

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This time of year we start seeing an influx of newcomers to the hobby visiting RCGroups. Some are finding out about this great hobby for the first time and wanting to soak up as much information as they can before starting their journey. For most of us, we've been doing this for years or decades and as a community, the knowledge we all have is an outstanding resource that should be shared.
I wanted to create a series of these articles for various RC categories so no matter if you got a new airplane, heli, drone, truck or boat, you'll have easy access to some of the best tips and tricks to help you be successful and enjoy your chosen hobby. This article is for FPV tips, so please hit the reply button below and share your favorite FPV related tips and tricks.
I'll get us started with a cool resource you might not be familiar with. While it is possible to learn to fly FPV all by yourself, you are going to have a better chance with the help of an experienced pilot. Plus meeting and flying with others who share the same passion as you is way more fun than doing it alone. Use the RCGroups Places Page to locate and find clubs near you and reach out for help. You'll be glad you did.
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Slow down! The internet is full of highly skilled pilots with years of experience making very difficult things look easy. Be that the newest freestyle move, the fastest race time, or the longest distance. That all comes with time. Nobody starts driving a real car by entering a drift competition, an F1 race, or a cross country drive.
With that, don't be discouraged that after a week you aren't like the YouTube videos. Those guys spent far more than a week getting to the point they are. Enjoy the small steps you make.
Keep your wiring clean! Clean wiring jobs often have a better effect on distance and signal clarity than throwing more watts at it. Don't run power wires along side signal carrying wires, and practice component spacing when practical.
Join a good FPV Facebook group and/or prepare to spend a lot of time reading RCGroups threads on FPV gear selection. There's a ton of great info out there and lots of people willing to share their experience, saving you time, money and heartache! Start on 5.8 ghz because you can grow a lot and stretch it really far with good gear.
Antennas are everything.
Don't upgrade your video transmitter, or your camera, if you want a better signal. Get better antennas. Can't tell you how many noobies I've helped with this - they always want a 1 watt TX instead of their 200mw or something, but in reality that won't help much especially if you're not on UHF yet and looking to go multiple miles.
Antennas, antennas, antennas, it's all the antennas.
RMRC circularly polarized stuff is still the top of the line for circularly polarized antennas in my opinion, and if you're on 910 MHz or 1.3 GHz, get a 8dbi patch instead of the stock whips. Your video signal will be clear as day for MILES. No way you'll get the same performance out of simply increasing the power output on the TX.
Something that noobies also commonly miss is power filtering. If you're running your FPV camera and video transmitter off of the same battery that is connected to the motor/ESC of your aircraft, then it is common to experience lines running in the video horizontally. Most newcomers think this is something wrong with the video transmitter, or the camera, and end up spending much more money than necessary replacing cameras, TX's and such. The real problem is the interference from the other components through the wires from the battery getting into the camera.
A simple LC filter can completely cut out the lines in your video signal. Put this directly in between where the battery connects to the video transmitter/camera, and the lines will vanish in an instant.
HIGHLY underrated and underutilized, especially on newcomers' 910 MHz and 1.3 GHz systems where ImmersionRC vTX's are less common.
This one is from RMRC and a tad pricey, you can probably get the same thing on eBay for $6 and above. But make sure it's rated for 12v and up, or whatever your main battery voltage is.
Another note too (sorry for many posts... but not sorry, I used to help build FPV systems for newcomers all the time, and I've seen all their mistakes, this is important stuff)...
Turn on your airplane LAST.
Can't tell you how many newcomers' I've helped out at the field who turn on the aircraft and let it sit there for a good 10 minutes as they configure their ground station, goggles, fix their belts or something to get comfortable (?????), all the while the vTX is heating up like crazy!!!
These video transmitters are very small and get HOT fast. Some have small heatsinks, but for the most part, they are entirely AIR COOLED. Especially in summer - if you leave one turned on in the sun for more than 10 minutes (maybe 15 depending on output) or so, it's going to burn out, and you'll be scratching your head for days over why you're only getting 50 feet of range. I had this happen before with a 500mw TX, only took about 10 minutes out in the sun on a summer day.
Get your ground station set up - turn on the RX, monitor, goggles, etc etc.... THEN turn on the plane and get that vTX in the air fairly quickly so that it gets some airflow to cool it down.
This is especially important for the newer crowd because they are less certain about their gear on the first few flights and want to double check everything, so normally the time between when they get to the field and when they actually take off into the air is longer.
A few more things newcomers tend to miss which cause more frustration than necessary:
- Focusing the FPV camera lens. Small CCD/CMOS security cameras like your FPV cam have lenses which literally just turn to focus them. Most of the time there is a very small "grub" screw on the side of the lens itself which you loosen, then adjust the focus by literally turning the lens itself around. Look in the monitor while you do it (or goggles), and focus on something in the distance, and spin the lens until that object is as clear as you can get it. Easy peasy. For a few months I had no clue about this and was flying on a totally out of focus camera - a RMRC 700TVL one mind you, and I was slowly getting more and more angry about how a $110 FPV cam was so blurry! Stupid me, don't be like me and focus the thing from the get-go to avoid the headache.
- The SMA plugs on antennas don't normally thread all the way down to the transmitter - once it stops, stop twisting it. Don't torque it down. Easy way to ruin a vTX is to ruin the connector on it, and without an antenna, the vTX will burn out much easier (and you'll probably have no range).
- LiPo voltages: some people call a 3S LiPo 11.1v, 12.6v, some say 12v here on RCG and that confuses newbies all the time because they think that the voltage of the battery must be *EXACTLY* 12v to run the FPV system. People with limited electronics experience see "12v FPV camera", but then read "11.1v 3S battery", and get confused. As a rule of thumb, most 12v FPV cameras will easily run on 10v-13v. Don't worry about getting the exact voltage.
record your flight footage and watch/critique it. you will learn what to do, and what not to do a lot quicker.
skip angle mode. start in horizon if acro scares you too much.
avoid GPS, headless mode, alt hold and return to home features, like the plague.
So many people dismiss the value of a DVR. I flew years without OSD, or AP but always with a recording of
every flight and never lost a plane but I still see people lose/destroy planes even with all the fanciest gear on it,
simply because they didn't record the flight, so when something goes wrong, they have *no clue* what happened.
Invest in goggles with a built in DVR, or buy a separate one (little Eachine dvr works fine), and use
it on *every single flight*.
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I agree there. recording every flight = best insurance ever.
But the extra credit points come from studying the flights you record.
Very important to keep the hardware setup on board as simple and as light as possible. Simplified it as light weight as you can especially on fix wing. I always throw every screws, plastic, pins and plugs out from the plane to keep the plane float longer, improve endurance, reduce inertial impact and reduce RF noise on the overall connection. Had many successful flight on small FPV planes without technical incident.
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Over 40 million people already own the PlayStation 4 game console from Sony, but with 7 billion people on the planet, Sony is betting it can move another few million.
To that end, the Japanese hardware maker has not just one but two new versions of the PlayStation 4 in the works. And one's coming out pretty soon!
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First thing's first: Two new versions of the PlayStation 4 are in the works. They are the PlayStation 4 Slim and the PlayStation 4 "Neo."
DON'T WORRY: All your PlayStation 4 games, digital and disc, will continue to work on the Slim and the Neo. They're all part of the same "platform."
No games are available only on the new systems. PlayStation 4 Neo is "intended to sit alongside and complement the standard PS4," according to Sony's head of PlayStation, Andrew House.
Sony has publicly confirmed only one of the two new PlayStation 4 consoles: the PlayStation 4 "Neo." It's a more powerful version of the existing PlayStation 4.
The PlayStation 4 Neo is slightly different internally from the current PS4. It's not a gigantic jump in power, but it is a notable lift. Here's the full rundown, care of leaked specs:
—It's got the same main processor, but it has been tweaked to run slightly faster.
—It's got a new graphics processor that's far more capable than the current PS4's graphics processor (just over twice as powerful).
—It's got the same amount of memory, but it's also been tweaked to handle more equations.
All of which is to say: No, you don't need to replace your current PlayStation 4 with Neo.
To that end, the PlayStation 4 "Neo" is capable of powering 4K games — the next evolution in graphical fidelity after high-definition.
4K and UltraHD are the next evolution of television. Like standard definition was to high-definition, such is high definition to 4K/UltraHD. Neo can produce games and movies in 4K.
You'll want a nice 4K/UltraHD TV to really take advantage of those prettier games. If you already have one, that's fantastic! But you're in the minority — less than a quarter of American households have them.
4K/UltraHD TVs cost $500 to $1,000 (and up, of course) depending on size and options and which company you go with — Samsung's TVs cost more than Vizio's TVs, for instance. They aren't outrageously expensive, but you'll pay a lot more for a new 4K/UltraHD TV than you will for the standard HD equivalent.
BONUS: You might be wondering how we have all these images of the PlayStation 4 Slim — pretty weird considering the system hasn't even been announced yet! That's because a few have already made it into the wild.
Bizarrely, the system showed up on the eBay-owned UK classifieds website Gumtree. Someone straight up bought one, and the buyer was nice enough to share some images with us. Sony hasn't said a word, nor has it responded to repeated requests for comment.
When Eurogamer visited the console's owner and shot a video, the video was subsequently removed and an update was added to the post: "Upon taking legal advice, we have removed the video previously referenced in this article." Uh, what?
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Your bridesmaids are your go-to female team as you prepare for your big day. Sometimes your 'maids can disappoint you with bad attitudes or general rudeness, which can put a damper on this exciting time. Here are some strategies for dealing with a diva-like bridesmaid—and how to not create a maid-zilla with too many demands.
1. Don't overwhelm your 'maids with costs.
Some bridesmaids act out because they feel astounded by how much they have to spend on wedding-related duties. While they should come to you with their concerns, it is up to you to make sure you're not asking them to go broke in the process. (This will only make them resent you.)
Keep bad attitudes at bay by trying to help out your bridesmaids financially, if you can. I have always preferred when the bride picks up the entire tab, but that is not always the case. At the very least, hair and makeup should be paid for by the bride (if you have a certain look you're seeking, or simply wants everyone to look their best), as should the shipping of the dresses (to the attendant or to the event) and the bridesmaids' shoes (if you want them all to match). Also note that $100-$300 is a fair price for a bridesmaid's dress.
2. Be reasonable about your wedding-related requirements.
Another way you can keep bad attitudes in check before they begin is by being realistic about how much time you expect your 'maids to devote to your big day before the main event. Weddings can bond people for life or destroy relationships that went on for years, so be careful about being overly demanding, which will spark animosity among your friends. Attending the dress fitting, a shower, the rehearsal dinner and a one-night stay (or two maximum) in a hotel is acceptable to ask from your 'maids. If you'd like them to help you with favors and other planning duties, great, but tasks related to your wedding shouldn't become weekly requirements.
3. Speak up right away in the face of diva-dom.
If you've done everything you can to make the bridesmaid experience fun and affordable, then poor behavior from your 'maids is pretty inexcusable. So, if you get push-back from your bridal party about perfectly reasonable costs and requirements, speak up right away to address the situation. This is not something that should be relegated to your 'maid of honor or your mother—these people should not have to play mediator. Plus, the message will mean more coming from you. Besides, if you are mature enough to get married, you should be mature enough to speak your mind like a lady.
4. Don't tolerate a bridesmaid taking over the dress appointment.
I've seen 'maids throw fits during the dress shopping appointment—doing things like throwing dresses on the floor rather than placing them upon the hanger, refusing to acknowledge the presence of the stylist, and clearly ignoring the bride's requests in terms of dress style. If this happens to you, gently but firmly make it clear that this day is your day and, when it is her wedding day, you will gladly return the gesture.
5. Dismiss your bridesmaid-zilla.
This is a worst-case scenario and a drastic measure but, if one of your 'maids is making your pre-wedding life miserable, this has to be done. When a bridesmaid is being uncooperative and causing undo stress by complaining about finances (which can be understandable), she simply should bow out. But sometimes it is up to the bride—not the maid of honor!—to formally ask her to not be part of the festivities. In most cases, the 'maid will be relieved to be unburdened by your wedding—and you certainly don't want anyone in your wedding party who would consider your special day to be a burden anyway.
*Huffington Post contributor Renee Strauss is a bridal stylist who currently stars in TLC's *Brides of Beverly Hills.
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Jewish World Review June 30, 2010 / 18 Tamuz 5770
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
By Paul Greenberg
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There is something achingly sad about the way
The commanding general of American and allied forces in
But mainly the general showed a disregard for just plain common sense. There are unwritten rules that should govern the conduct of an officer and gentleman. The general may be an expert tactician, but he should have known better than to go drinking-and-dining, with the emphasis on the former, with a reporter for Rolling Stone, which proceeded to roll right over him. What was he thinking -- or was he?
Quite aside from any military manual, the general would have done well to consult the Book of Proverbs: Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
His staff came across as equally well lubricated and even more loose-lipped, which is no excuse for his conduct but a further indictment, for the commander sets the tone of any outfit.
You'd think at least one of his subordinates would have served him better -- by having the courage and grace to warn him he was asking for trouble. Mainly for himself. That's another rule the general should have remembered: A commander is responsible for everything his unit does or fails to do. But his staff failed him, which means he failed to exercise leadership.
But let us now praise famous men, specifically
As for the general, justice demands that the country he served so long remember that he did more than have a night out in
General McChrystal, during the tumultuous five years he headed the Joint Special Operations Command, made it a key factor in the ultimate American success in
For an assessment of the general's military achievements, let us turn to
"His command center -- a vast open hall resembling the floor of a trading exchange -- put long-haired civilian geeks next to wiry commandos, and together they uncovered, analyzed, pooled and acted on information that enabled soldiers to launch successful operations at a moment's notice. They did so in ways that only a few years ago would have required weeks of preparation and rehearsal. He is one of the fathers of victory in
A master of stealth warfare and remarkable coordinator of mixed talents, it was his troops who tracked down
It can be a dirty job, counterinsurgency, but
The professor who may be the country's leading student of military leadership --
For even when Gen. McChrystal was doing so much to assure an American victory in a crucial war, there were questions raised about his adherence to the rules. He was suspected of using torture to obtain needed intelligence and covering up the truth about the death of football hero
Pattons and Custers may cut corners to accomplish their mission, but it would be as unfair to forget their remarkable achievements as it would have been to let them get away with breaking the rules.
So let us wish the general well on his now less than voluntary retirement, bid him farewell more in sadness than anger, and in a final salute remember not just how he left the service but all he did in it.
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"The reality," says America's National Prayer Committee Chairman Butts,"is that the spiritual and moral issues facing this nation will not be resolved in the White House, Congress or the Supreme Court. What the United States desperately needs is another Great Awakening! The Church must experience a revival that awakens her to the life-changing power of Jesus Christ in her midst. Such a spiritual awakening within the people of God has the power to bring about true cultural transformation in this nation.
"So why pray for the elections? There are a number of compelling
reasons: The Bible commands us to pray for those who are in leadership. This includes those who are vying to become leaders."
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"Godly leaders can help slow the erosion of religious liberties in our land," notes Butts. "This can provide an increased window of opportunity for the Church to pray and evangelize.
"According to Scripture, 'Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people' (Prov. 14:34). The selection of leaders who understand and lead according to God's righteous standards can bring great blessing to a nation.
"Scripture also says in Proverbs 11:14, 'For lack of guidance a nation falls, but many advisors make victory sure.' The determination of who leads our nation will also determine who advises that leader and how we are guided."
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The website PrayerConnect also offers a downloadable prayer guide. It suggests "Seven Ways to Pray for America."
First, the guide recommends prayer for America's churches: "The church is often relegated to the sidelines, considered irrelevant and out of touch. Though we sometimes deserve that critique, God has a completely different perspective on what His people are to be and how we are to function. In Ephesians 3:10, the Apostle Paul writes, 'His [God's] intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known.'
Thousands praying at the Reliant arena in Houston
"Though seemingly powerless in the eyes of the world, the Church – through righteousness, prayer, and the power of the Holy Spirit – releases the wisdom of God into any and every culture. Pray today for the church in America, that: 'Our eyes will be opened to see the hope to which we are called' (Ephesians 1:18); We will experience in a fresh, new way the Presence of Christ in revival; Believers will be given the faith to believe that their votes will make a difference; and a spirit of repentance and humility will be poured out upon the people of God."
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"This requires an educated electorate who will examine the issues and the candidates and vote in a way that is best for the nation, not just their own well-being. Much prayer is needed for this critical process. Pray today for voters in the United States, that: 'Wisdom will be sought from God; (James 1:5); Self-interest will be laid aside for the common good; and that discernment between truth and falsehood will be clear."
Third, the PrayerConnect guide calls for prayer for the candidates: "In the early years of our nation, it was thought to be in bad taste to even be seen wanting an office, much less actually campaigning. Oh, how things have changed! Now candidates for public office, especially at higher levels, put themselves and their families through a rigorous process that brings every aspect of their lives into public view. It has become so intense that many good individuals have chosen not to endure the sort of public scrutiny that is an integral part of the campaigning process today.


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Ideas for Action (I4A) Club is a national, informal organization aiming to promote and encourage higher national and regional participation in the Ideas for Action initiative by the World Bank and Wharton University of Pennsylvania. Our main activities include organization of promotional events, team building, skills enhancement, and consultation on project management.
TheIdeas for Action Competition(I4A) competition engages young people around the world to encourage them to develop and share their ideas for financing solutions to deliver the post-2015 development agenda. It is a youth competition on financing for development jointly launched in November 2014 by the World Bank Group and the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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The Foundation Alliance of Civilizations organized the I4A Introductory Seminar which was held on 19 December at the Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology, IZIIS, University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius".
The seminar was dedicated to introducing the I4A initiative and guidelines for the second I4A competition, with a unique opportunity to discuss the competition with Prof. Djordjija Petkoski - Lecturer and Senior Fellow, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania.
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- Presentation of the post 2015 goals
- Presentation of I4A initiative and guidelines for application
- Video conference with Prof. Djordjija Petkoski, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
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About the competition: The World Bank and the Wharton School are hosting the second Ideas for Action competition to provide young leaders from around the world with a unique opportunity to shape the international development agenda.
Small groups of students and young professionals will develop new approaches to financing and implementing the UN's newly approved Sustainable Development Goals. The finalists and winners will be selected by a panel of academics and experienced development professionals from public and private sector institutions. Winners of the competition get the opportunity to present their ideas at the Spring and Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group, receive support from a project incubator at the Wharton School, and will benefit from unique networking opportunities with experts from international development, academia, and the private sector.
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Indian Robot Olympiad (IRO) 2012
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You dont need any basic knowledge on robotics for the participation. We will get You ready!!!
is one of the largest Robotics competition in India for students between the age group of 9 to 19, held since 2006.
Last year the Students who are all participated in the Indian Robot Olympiad competition through Robotix Lab Research Academy has emerged up in the runner up position in chennai last year. We are proud to share our winning team and the participated teams in IRO 2011.
This year also Robotix lab Research Academy is geared up to train the next winning Batch for Indian Robot Olympiad Competitionwhich is to be conducted in chennai on 29th and 30th of September 2012.
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Lawyer received his name from Chief Joseph. Lawyer was negotiating treaties, giving away Nez Perce land. Chief Joseph would say He talked to much and gave away land that didn't belong to him. Washington territorial governor Isaac Stevens had designated Lawyer to talk for the Nez Perce. Old Joseph and Young Joseph argued against the treaty. They lead the antitreaty Nez Perce. However he negotiated another treaty giving away even more land. However, as treaties were broken, he traveled to Washington D.C. to protest. Lawyer died before the great march.
Joseph the Younger, known as Chief Joseph attempted to retain the freedom of his people. However they saw their land taken away. The treaty of Walla Walla in 1855 was the beginning of this. However the Nez Perce retained 50 percent of their land, Whites were not yet interested in the barren rugged territory.
However when significant amounts of gold were discovered this changed. At first the Nez Perce hoped to supervise. However the encroachments became more numerous. The federal government proposed a further reduction of 75 percent. Old Joseph refused. This created a split in the people. Lawyer negotiated the reduction. The split was between treaty and nontreaty bands (about a third). Old Joseph refused to leave the horse breeding, raising area of Wallowa Valley. At this time Old Joseph passed away, and Chief Joseph continued the fight. Old Joseph told him to never sell the bones of his ancestors, who were buried in the land. At first President Grant chose to divide the area between the Nez Perce and settlers. However he changed in mind a couple years later, and offered the Nez Perce land in Indian Territory in Oklahoma. Thus they would vacate their land in Washington and Idaho. Troops under General O.O. Howard were sent to remove the Indians. A council was held, and the decision was made to move to Canada (where Sitting Bull had previously fled) rather than accept the U.S. demands. Howard was determined, and thus began the Nez Perce War, which would be appropriately named, the Nez Perce Chase. This was a chase of 111 days, with the federals pursuing them with orders to deliver them to Oklahoma.
Hostilities began when a Nez Perce, Wahlitits killed for white men, avenging the death of his father. This was the first white killed by Nez Perce for a generation. The hostilities against the federals began with an engagement against cavalry. A peace truce was fired on by a volunteer militia traveling with the cavalry. This lead to a brief skirmish in which 34 cavalry were killed, and the Nez Perce gained valuable rifles and arms. As a result units from all over the United States came to assist in the maneuvers.
Ollokot served as chief strategist. He and other chiefs, Looking Glass, Toohoolhoolzote, preferred to fight. However Chief Joseph continued a retreating, fleeing strategy. They wre able to flee for 1170 miles, through Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. There were sharp engagements, but each time they managed to escape, leaving many behind. The New Perce were weakened, while the federals continued to receive reinforcements, including General Nelson Miles (later of Wounded Knee fame) with 600 calvary. Thirty miles before the Canadian border the Nex Perce stopped to recruit, thinking they had met their goal. This allow Miles' cavalry to out flank them. They held out for several days, but finally, after council Chief Joseph determined to surrender. Toohoolhoolzote, Ollokot and Looking Glass were dead. Through interpreter Joseph said to Generals Howard and Miles, "Hear me, my chiefs. I am tired; my heart is sic and sad. From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever. The Nez Perce were herded into box cars and shipped to Oklahoma. Chief Joseph and many of the warriors were first taken to a prisoner of war camp in Kansas. Many more died, not use to the climate. They were finally allowed to return to the Colville Reservation in Washington, but never to their priced territory. Joseph would also say, "You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born free should be content when penned up and denied liberty."
Looking Glass served as war leader for the fleeing Nez Perce. Looking Glass advised against war, however when hostilities came. He lead the entire operation, and went slowly and confidently at first as they encountered no resistance. However the soldiers caught them, inflicting many casualties. Looking Glass was held responsible and relieved of his position. He became the last casualty of the war.
Toohoolhoolzote was chosen to speak for the Nez Perce at the peace meeting with General Howard before the war. The federals were demanding that the Nez Perce leave their land within 30 days. Toohoolhoolzote contended this did not give them time to prepare, or to properly see to their herds. When Howard would not budge, he looked at the general and said, he had "simiakia" and would not go. In other words he had Indian pride which the general had offended, and would not concede. Toohoolhoolzote had advocated peace. However he was killed at the Battle of Bear Paw.
White Bird, along with Old Joseph had refused to sign the peace treaties offered by the federals. He fled with Chief Joseph. He was a skilled marksman which helped the fleers in many situations. He along with twenty other Nez Perce leaders and 200 total did make it to Canada where they joined Sioux Chief Sitting Bull. White Bird did not return from Canada like Sitting Bull, and was the victim of murder, when as a medicine man he could not cure two dying Indian patients.
Yellow Wolf was an important warrior in the Nez Perce conflict. He grew up in the Wallowa Valley in Oregon, and did not want to leave. His mother was Chief Joseph's cousin and he was of Chief Joseph's band. He was too young to attend the peace treaties. He fled with Chief Joseph, and was one who did not surrender. He made it to Canada, and a few years later decided to return to Wallowa. However he discovered that this was not possible. He surrendered to the Nez Perce agency, and was transported to Oklahoma. Rampant disease led to his being allowed to return to the Colville Reservation where he lived until his death in 1935.
Ollokot was the younger brother of Chief Joseph. He lead the young warriors. Remarkably, the Nez Perce only had 200 warriors in their group, about 600 total. Ollokot lead the fight at Battle of White Bird Canyon where the defeated a much larger contingent. He also aided their escape at the Battle of Big Hole as his young warriors held down a large military group while the main body fled. At the Battle of Canyon Creek his warriors again paralyzed General Howard by stealing his mules. However Ollokot was killed during the first day of fighting at Bear Paw. Chief Joseph ackowledged his brother when he surrendered. "He who lead the young men is dead."
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Native American Biography: Nez Perce Wars: Chief Joseph, Lawyer, Looking Glass, White Bird, Yellow Wolf, Ollokot, Toohoolhoolzote
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Two things I've spotted recently:
- My resting heart rate seems to be decreasing, as shown on my Fitbit Charge HR.
- I seem to be running consistently faster at parkrun.
Conventional wisdom is that a lower heart rate represents improved fitness. So to find out whether the two are linked...
The analysis was pretty simple. First I just scraped monthly average resting heart rate data from my Fitbit app and noted it in Excel (I didn't think I'd need the power or R for this analysis). This nicely smooths out day-to-day variations in heart rate and shows some decent trends. Example:
I also scraped all parkrun results from the parkrun website. I chose to use parkrun for this analysis as it's the same distance run at the same time every week in (almost) the same place. There are some variables that could affect my time (e.g. if it's muddy underfoot, the odd bit of tourism) but these things should cancel themselves out if you take enough data points and allow trends to be spotted. An example of the data:
With some Excel jiggery-pokery I managed to get resting heart rate (blue line) and park run times (orange dots) on the same chart. Here it is:
I like this chart as it tells a real story of the correlation between heart rate and fitness (or low parkrun time).
- On the left hand side you can see when I first got my Fitbit, my resting heart rate was between 65 and 70 BPM and my parkrun time was ~21 minutes.
- I then got injured in summer 2015 and there was a gap when I didn't run at all. At the end of this my resting heart rate was over 70 BPM so I was relatively unfit.
- I then made a comeback in Autumn 2015, started running regularly and by Spring 2016 had a sub 60 resting heart rate and was running sub 20 minute parkruns.
- Then the summer 2016 came and for various reasons (holidays, kids' activities, doing cycling) and my heart rate crept up to nearly 60 BPM and my parkrun time went back to the ~21 minute realm.
- Then most recently I've done a strong block of focused running training, my heart rate is at 55 BPM (lowest ever recorded) and I'm back to 20 minute and sub 20 minute parkruns.
I love graphs like this! My view is that running is an "honest" sport, the more you put in the more you get out, and this graph underlines this point.


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Some things work. Some things do! In my drive for getting to that section of life I really want to be I am busy evaluating what works for me, and what doesn't. Things that don't work I politely but decisively remove from my thinking process (I will share some secrets with you on how to do that without endless affirmations and mishaps in a future article!). Sometimes things work partially and need some adjustment. One such principle I have adjusted to better suit me and my way of thinking is the (in)famous goal setting aide called S.M.A.R.T. This acronym is used to evaluate a goal set. It is a way to test the comprehensive development of a goal once it has been set.
Until I started putting my own twist on it, SMART did not work for me. The new SMARTY is dynamic and living. I use it not to evaluate the goal once I have defined it, I USE IT TO DEFINE THE GOAL AS I SET IT. May I share this twisted SMARTY version of goal setting with you.
SPECIAL DESTINATION: Specifically special. Drool worthy special is what I look for! Our brains cannot tell the difference between what is real and what is imagined. Our brains remembered everything about us, everything we have thought, felt or did. This special capability of the brain is what successful goal achievers utilize in order to achieve what they want.
Creating a special destination for your arrival in the future will click all the minds resources into making that happen. What does that mean? This means our goal; our future vision should be compelling!! Attractive!! Desirable!! The more desirable our future is, the easier it will be to attain.
I draw pictures of where I want to be (No, really! On paper! With colour pens! The whole deal). There is something magical in drawing out my goal. I draw it, add to it until I know it's a compelling future, somewhere I want to arrive, a SPECIAL DESTINATION. I know it is special when as I draw, I start to drool. Hahaha Yes, really. I look at that picture and I think – mmm it is delicious.
Here isa fantastic 8 min video by Patti Dobrowolski on "DRAWING YOUR FUTURE" for great tips and inspiration on this technique. Please check it out.
Whether you draw it, write it or just think it – The first step is to define a detailed, attractive future that is a desirable SPECIAL DESTINATION.
MEASUREABLE PROGRESS: As a runner Mile Markers are of great assistance. Mile Markers let you know how far you have come, and how much further is left to go. With that information, together with feedback from the body, I know how to pace myself for the remainder of the distance. When I set a desirable future, I set up a manner to measure my progress is increments of some sort.
We all need feedback! Measuring your progress lets you know where you are, what you have completed striving to your desirable future, and what is left. With constant feedback it is easy to adjust oneself / the team - to what is required to reach the special destination.
ACHIEVABLE PLANS: How does one eat an elephant? One bite at a time!! Motivation and enthusiasm is seriously challenged when the task is huge! If it appears impossible it will be! Break down the approach to your special destination in Mile Markers - One Bite at a time.
Your Special Destination vision shouldn't just be a goal. It should be a methodical plan to achieving your goal. Steps, time frames and rest pauses. Running an ultra-marathon (50km) I break the distance up into a
chievable chunks. For me the race is always divided into 3 chunks. I am comfortable running 25km. I plan my pace as if I was training for 25km. Once reached, handy water points allow me a moment to celebrate. Mile poles indicate how far I have come. Admittedly I am tired, but not that tired I can run 12.5km. Awesome. That distance is the same as my morning jog! I start my morning jog! And when I get to those handy celebration points (Water table) around that 12.5km mark, I celebrate the fact that I have covered 37.5km! I evaluate what is left – 12.5km. A morning run left and that's a piece of cake.
By breaking the distance up in such a manner, each phase/chunk is doable, possible! Even eating an elephant becomes possible, achievable! Isn't that what you want? I want achievable plans and steps that carry me to my Special Destination.
ROLE BASED: Playing the correct role in your approach to the Special Destination is a vital aspect that is almost always overlooked. We live our lives from the roles we hold as true for ourselves. I play roles such as: I'm a man, a male, a dad, a brother, a son, a friend, a runner, a writer, a manager, a strategist, an entrepreneur, a sales consultant and so on.
The role we choose to reach our special destination should be relevant during our progress, and not based on the role that we will play when I reach the destination. For example, I want to build my own house. My special destination includes me living in my modern green house with all the technology required to live off the grid in a sustainable manner, a modern home owner. That will be the role I will play when I achieve my goal. On route to that goal, I need to be a Frugal Planner, A Builder, A Money Maker, An Accountant, An Employer. These are roles that I will use to get what I want in an efficient and effective manner! Should I neglect the Accountant role, I may go over budget. If I neglect the role of Employer, I may lose the people I need in order to do the actual building of the house. I need to manage the process like an employer, not like a home owner.
TIME RELATED: Goals left to infinity don't get completed! Set deadlines. Set deadlines for each section of your progress. Work out a time line for your approach to your Special Destination. This is an important progress measurement tool that is easily overlooked. There is a mechanism in our brains that once the deadline has been set, the mind will prompt us, remind us, provoke us till we comply and complete the goal. It is built into our make-up, like reminders is part of outlook, but rarely utilized. Use time frames in your Achievable Plans to keep you driven and focused on the end result. Plan your time, and time will work for you!
YAHOO: The celebration should be equal to the size of the goal set. If it is a little goal, a pat on the back and personal congratulations to the image in the mirror is sufficient. Cupcakes and cream soda for one, up to a massive party with balloons and Champaign could be a way to celebrate reaching your Special Destination.
But, remember my ultra-marathon? I celebrated on the route too. This is a strategy to remain focused, positive and excited by use of Rest Pauses. Fatigue is a passion killer. It is a team breaker. You will be more productive and focused if you take planned and intermittent breaks. Use these opportunities to celebrate what you have already achieved. Be proud of what you did. Then, take a moment and focus on what is left to achieve. Plan it. Deadline it. Go Get It!


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"Because organic agriculture all starts with farmers, OTA will hail their importance to the rapidly growing organic sector with an Organic Farmer of the Year award. In addition, a new Rising Star award will recognize the enormous contributions of innovators and entrepreneurs to expanding the organic market," said Christine Bushway, OTA's CEO and Executive Director.
The Growing Organic award will recognize an individual who has made significant contributions to growing the organic industry via work in such areas as consumer education and marketing, new market development, public relations, standards development, advocacy, and research.
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June 16, 2011 in Seattle, WA
Repeat photography is the process of taking photos from the same vantage point many years apart. What can we learn by comparing current and historic views of the same block, building, or landmark? Join us for a discussion with Seattle's master of repeat photography, Paul Dorpat.


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Where there used to be four, now there is just one. How that happened, and who the next three might be.
By Duff McDonald, contributor
It used to be one of the favorite thought exercises in the technology realm — putting together a list of the Four Horsemen of Technology, the four most important public companies of their time.
In the 1990s, most people could agree on the same list. There was Microsoft, undisputed king. There was Intel, which had somehow transcended being a trade brand into one known by consumers. (Not that people ever understood just what Pentium meant. But that's neither here nor there.) There was Oracle, the database favorite. And there was Dell, low-cost champion in the all-important personal computer category.
The dawning of the Internet and mobile eras saw that list swept clean. While there hasn't been universal agreement on a precise list of four ever since, there were a handful of companies that made long-running appearances. Cisco took top spot for a time, before the communications equipment company's heady growth days ended. Research in Motion was the be-all, end-all for the decade of the Blackberry. Amazon showed up as the great disrupter of the Internet era. And then came Google, the new promise of all things technology. Whereas Microsoft was evil, Google was good. Google was the future.
Then the tech and credit bubbles burst, and people stopped making their lists.
When I called Pip Coburn, CEO of Coburn Ventures, a technology advisory company, to talk about the four horsemen of today, his answer caught me off guard. "There's only one horseman," he said. "It's Apple. There's nobody else."
On the face of it, he's right. Apple is the most valuable technology company in existence with a market capitalization of $233 billion. It is also the only company that technology investors can agree on. "You have no idea how many conversations about investing I have that start in general and end up on Apple," says Coburn. "And then they just stay there."
Coburn points out the reason why the original four have had a tough time of late. We're in our tenth year of doing more with less in the enterprise, and what power IT buyers used to have is now in the hands of CEOs and CFOs who are concerned with margins above all. If your sweet spot was the enterprise, it's now a sour one. As a result, Microsoft, Intel, and Oracle—while all still large and meaningful—no longer dictate the routes of change in technology. Dell is another story. The low-cost competitor has turned into a high-frequency disaster story of late.
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The news is not so good for the later members either. Cisco is still a huge and well-run company, but they've lost their mojo. Witness the company's effort to get everyone on videophones. Do you have one yet? And the biggest result of this week's news that the iPhone might be available on Verizon next year was that Research in Motion's stock fell 6.1%.
But what of Google? Could the search giant not be the Tonto to Apple's Lone Ranger? It might have been, but when Eric Schmidt got himself kicked off Apple's board last summer when Google started messing around in mobile phones, that partnership was obviously over. Not that Steve Jobs needs a partner, but he was clearly considering bringing Google along for the ride. No longer.
Of course, the point of a list of four, you might say, is to make a list of four, no matter what the allure of putting just one company on. Who would Coburn consider adding to the list if he had a gun to his head?
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Which is a description of 'Post-Modernity'.
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Name of the Technology : Motorized Wheelchair
Disability Sector : Locomotor Disability
Function : Mobility/ Holding aids, Travelling aids
Category of research : Making existing technology/product cost effective
Brief description of the product/ technology:
This will provide an independent mobility to the persons with disability who are not able to propel manual wheelchair. The majority users will be like Spinal Cord Injured (Quadriplegics) and other in similar conditions
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LIMA, PERU--(Marketwired - July 30, 2014) - Minera IRL Limited ("Minera IRL" or the "Company") (AIM:MIRL)(BVLAC:MIRL)(TSX:IRL), the Latin America gold mining company, announces that it has entered into an agreement pursuant to which Compañía Inversora en Minas ("CIMINAS") will acquire the Company's remaining shareholding of Minera IRL Patagonia S.A. ("Minera IRL Patagonia") for a total net cash consideration of US$11.5 million (the "Agreement"). Following the Agreement, Minera IRL has no interest in or has any outstanding obligations or liabilities relating to Minera IRL Patagonia. Minera IRL Patagonia is the joint venture company that owns the Don Nicolás Project in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.
Mr. Courtney Chamberlain, Executive Chairman of Minera IRL, commented, "We enjoyed working in Argentina over the past four-and-half years and had considerable success defining reserves and resources at the Don Nicolás Project. We were delighted to have attracted CIMINAS as a joint venture last year, who is funding the construction of the Don Nicolás Mine. However, having recently received the Construction Permit to build the Ollachea Gold Mine in Peru, the Company believes that, with great regret, that divesting our interest in Don Nicolás and reallocating the proceeds towards our flagship project is in the best interest of Minera IRL."
Dr. Diego Benavides, President of Minera IRL Patagonia, added, "We thank CIMINAS, our joint venture partner, for their contribution and support since the Agreement was signed in August 2013 and wish them well with the ongoing development of Don Nicolás. We also thank the Argentina and Santa Cruz Provincial authorities for their outstanding support and assistance since 2010. Finally, we wish to pay special tribute to our team in Argentina for their professional discipline, loyalty, support and dedication in making Minera IRL Patagonia a success."
For the year ended 31 December 2013, the assets subject to the transaction incurred a loss before tax of US$15.7 million (US$3.2 million adjusting for loss on deconsolidation of subsidiary). As at 31 December 2013 the carrying value of the assets subject to the transaction was US$43.7 million.
Terms of the Agreement
Under the Agreement, CIMINAS paid US$9.8 million (85%) upon closing of the transaction and will pay US$0.85 million (7.5%) after 90 days and the remaining US$0.85 million (7.5%) after 12 months. The payment of the second and third tranches is conditional upon the satisfaction of certain customary representation and warranties pertaining to the Don Nicolás Project.
Buenos Aires Advisors acted as the Company's financial advisor in connection with the Agreement.
Minera IRL Limited is a AIM, TSX and BVL listed precious metals mining, development and exploration company with operations in Latin America. Minera IRL is led by a management team with extensive operating experience in South America. In Peru, the Company operates the Corihuarmi Gold Mine and the advanced Ollachea Gold Project. For more information, please visit www.minera-irl.com.
No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained in this news release.
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information
Certain information in this news release, including information about the Company's financial or operating performance and other statements expressing management's expectations or estimates of future events, performance and exploration and development programs or plans constitute "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking statements often, but not always, are identified by words such as "seek", "believe", "expect", "do not expect", "will", "will not", "intend", "estimate", "anticipate", "plan", "schedule" and similar expressions of a conditional or future oriented nature identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are, necessarily, based upon a number of estimates and assumptions. While considered, by management, to be reasonable in the context in which they are made forward-looking statements are inherently subject to political, legal, regulatory, business and economic risks and competitive uncertainties and contingencies.
The Company cautions readers that forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Minera IRL's actual financial results, future performance and results of exploration and development programs and plans to be materially different than those expected or estimated future results, performance or achievements and that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, results or achievements.
Forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release and Minera IRL assumes no obligation, except as may be required by law, to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances. Risks, uncertainties and contingencies and other factors that might cause actual performance to differ from forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, changes in the price of precious metals and commodities, changes in the relative exchange rates of the US dollar against the Peruvian nuevo sol and the Argentinean peso, interest rates, legislative, political, social or economic developments both within the countries in which the Company operates and in general, contests over title to property, the speculative nature of mineral exploration and development, operating or technical difficulties in connection with the Company's development or exploration programs, increasing costs as a result of inflation or scarcity of human resources and input materials or equipment. Known and unknown risks inherent in the mining business include potential uncertainties related to the title of mineral claims, the accuracy of mineral reserve and resource estimates, metallurgical recoveries, capital and operating costs and the future demand for minerals. For additional information, please consult the Company's most recently filed MD&A and Annual Information Form.
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I can't explain how important it is to check the ingredients on ALL your products. Last week I really had an eye opening experience. We ran out of face wash and so the first move I made was to check underneath the sink to see what we had hiding. Well, I found a Neutrogena face wash and thought, "PERFECT!" I started using this face wash and didn't think much about it. That week I had terrible blemishes. In fact, I hadn't seen my face break out like that since high school, or even middle school!
I continued using the face wash because I really thought it was helping me. It wasn't until Friday afternoon when my fiancé said "wow that face wash really isn't working for you" and I thought to myself… what in the world does he mean? Just because I have pimples doesn't mean anything. Then I had an aha moment and went to read the ingredients on the back of the Neutrogena bottle. 3.5% Benzoyl Peroxide. There it was – the culprit. I couldn't believe I had missed this important step. I am always so careful about reading the labels on every other product and this time I didn't think twice about it since we already had it in the cabinet – I assumed it was fine!
Well, my face really suffered from that wrongdoing and this week I am working on correcting the terrible effects.
This is a perfect example of why it's so important to be aware of what goes into your body AND onto your body. We usually use Desert Essence Thoroughly Clean Face Wash and I think I'll stick with that! Next time we run out, I will use regular soap and water – that can't do any harm… at least I hope not!


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The tone argument is a really common thing discussed in Internet social justice. For those who don't know what "the tone argument" is, this is a fairly typical definition:
The tone argument is where you object to someone else's argument based on its tone: it is too angry, too hateful, not calm enough, not nice enough, etc. It is a logical fallacy because none of those things has anything to do with whether the truth was spoken. It is used to derail and silence.
Here's the thing: I agree with the mainstream social-justice position on the tone argument, as far as it goes. You should try to listen to the logic of people's position, regardless of what tone they say it in. It is deeply unpleasant to be called a racist, misogynistic asshole! However, that doesn't mean that they don't have a point about you doing something racist or misogynistic. Also, if someone is being all "you're a racist misogynistic asshole!" and you respond with "I have considered your points and you're right. I'm sorry and I will not do it again. Thank you for educating me," you look like a real class act.
However, that only covers half the etiquette problem here: the listeners. What about the speakers?
See, it's the listener's job to listen to the argument regardless of what form it's presented in. And it's the speaker's job (remembering, always, that it is not a requirement to educate people and if you're too angry or busy or tired to do it properly you don't have to do it) to present it in a form that listeners will find convincing.
It is a rare person who responds well to being insulted and yelled at. Hell, I've been inculcated in social justice etiquette for years, I know how to take a callout, and I still feel my back arching and my teeth gritting when someone calls me an asshole. Even if they have a point, my first reaction is "fuck you and the horse you rode in on!" I can, often, take a deep breath and actually listen, but there are lots of times I just respond with a mental "fuck you," even if the person might be right. There are lots of people who never get beyond the fuck-you stage. It's hard enough to admit that you're wrong (there are, in fact, scientific studies that prove this), there is no sense in making it even more difficult.
This is not about 'civility.' Fuck civility. I reserve the right to call Romney a femmephobic queerphobic doucheface as much as I like, because:
1) He's not reading my blog.
2) Even if he were reading my blog I'm pretty damn sure he's not going to change his mind based on it.
Similarly, if I'm pretty sure my most airtight, logical, rationally presented argument will not change your mind, I'm going to call you an shit-for-brains asshat. At that point we're not in a rational discussion and my goal is simply to illustrate for the peanut gallery that being an asshole who refuses to change their mind is unacceptable, as well as to show off my swearing repertoire. Civility is overrated.
It is not about civility. It is about effective argumentation. And effective argumentation is well-cited, logical, and clear– and very rarely involves calling the people you are trying to convince assholes.
It's fairly common for social justice types to say, as a response to someone making the tone argument, "if you're stepping on someone's foot, you should stop stepping on their foot, not say 'I'll stop stepping on your foot if you ask nicely.'" This is true! However, that metaphor can also be reasonably extended:
1) If someone is stepping on your foot, and they don't have a history of stepping on your foot and refusing to stop stepping on it, it is reasonable to respond with "hey, dude, get off my foot." It is not reasonable to respond with "FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE GET OFF MY FUCKING FOOT I BET YOUR MOTHER WAS A HAMSTER AND YOUR FATHER SMELT OF ELDERBERRIES."
2) It is particularly not reasonable to respond with "FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE," as the people will probably have no idea that they are even stepping on your foot, and thus not know to stop stepping on it.
3) If someone is stepping on your foot and you say "FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE GET OFF MY FUCKING FOOT I BET YOUR MOTHER WAS A HAMSTER AND YOUR FATHER SMELT OF ELDERBERRIES," they are well within their rights to stop stepping on your foot and then say "hey, would you mind asking nicely next time?"


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Can you hear the Tui sing? German born Kiwi; wife, mother, Lead Learner, certified Google for Education Trainer, Microsoft Innovative Educator. All views expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer.
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HAVANA (AFP) – Cuba has launched its own version of the open-source software Linux, dubbed Nova, steering clear of licensing spending required by giants like Microsoft, a state media outlet said Thursday.
"Now Cuba has its own tool to move various institutions along toward open-source software," said the newspaper Juventud Rebelde (Rebel Youth), noting that Nova is a "Cuban distribution of Gnu/Linux."
The Cuban software, developed with staff and students at the University of Havana, was unveiled at the International Computers and Software Convention underway here through Sunday.
Cubans earn an average 17-20 dollars a month, and most use a computer only at their workplace or school. Access to the Internet is expensive and in the Americas' only communist state, restricted.
Open-source software allows people to reproduce it as many times as they like, unlike other popular software such as Microsoft's Windows.


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If it happened in a John Grisham legal thriller, readers might shake their heads.
How likely is that, they might wonder: A big federal investigation of political corruption in Memphis and Tennessee. The FBI and federal prosecutors hot on the trail of some of the most powerful and well-known politicos in town. In guarded secrecy, federal grand jurors meet with prosecutors to hear their case and make the fateful decision to indict or not indict. And the foreman of the grand jury is the crusty, battle-hardened, retired editor of the daily newspaper that investigated many of the same politicians.
Well, it's not fiction.
When indictments by federal grand juries are returned to the clerk's office, it's usually the names of those indicted that attract attention. But in the paperwork for the recent indictment of Shelby County commissioner Michael Hooks, the signature of the grand jury foreman was also notable: Angus McEachran, former editor of The Commercial Appeal.
Grand jury members are chosen from the randomly selected pool of people called for jury duty in the federal system. As anyone who has ever been on jury duty knows, the odds of being called are long but not all that long. Once called, many people are rejected or passed over for one reason or another and do not serve. The odds of being on a federal grand jury are longer, and the odds of being foreman of a federal grand jury investigating the Tennessee Waltz are longer still, given that there are four active federal grand juries. Moreover, both McEachran and Tennessee Waltz prosecutor Tim DiScenza are Harbor Town residents.
Federal court officials say this turn of events is simply a coincidence. McEachran declined to comment.
If grand jurors for political-corruption investigations were selected by committee instead of being chosen randomly, McEachran would be on anyone's short list. He was editor of The Commercial Appeal for 10 years and held other editing jobs at the newspaper earlier in his career. While he was editor of The Pittsburgh Press before coming back to Memphis, that newspaper won two Pulitzer Prizes for investigative reporting. The Commercial Appeal broke several stories about state senator John Ford, who has been indicted in the Tennessee Waltz sting. McEachran had a reputation as a demanding editor with a taste for hard-hitting, well-sourced stories.
Grand jury sessions are secret, but McEachran might be either a barrier or a boon to prosecutors. The decision to indict is not unlike the decision to publish an unflattering story. Because of his 45 years of professional training, McEachran could be more skeptical and have a higher standard of probable cause than other jurors. At the same time, he is more knowledgeable about Memphis politics and the Ford and Hooks families than the average person. As an editor who supposedly once tied a reporter to a chair to get him to finish a story, he is unlikely to be a rubber stamp for the government.
According to U.S. District Court clerk Tom Gould, this is how the process of picking a grand jury foreman works. Every January and July, federal jurors are chosen at random from the pool of eligible voters in Shelby County. It is "purely random" whether they move to trial jury or grand jury duty. Grand jurors serve for 18 to 24 months. At any given time, there are four active grand juries in session, each with 23 members and 12 alternates.
Gould said he recommends two or three people for foremen of each grand jury, based on their work experience, education, and who he thinks would be a good person to head up an organization that could have to operate for as long as two years.
"It is not a volunteer situation," he said. "They are designated by federal court."
Gould, who took over the job earlier this year, said it was actually his predecessor, Robert DiTrolio, who recommended McEachran and the other foremen named prior to July.
As far as where the Tennessee Waltz investigation is headed -- and our sources assuredly do not include McEachran -- speculation among local officials is that the focus has turned from state lawmakers to members of the Memphis City Council and Shelby County Commission and possibly local developers. DiScenza has said in court that more charges are forthcoming against former state senator Roscoe Dixon, who resigned to become a top aide to Shelby County mayor A C Wharton and was indicted in the Tennessee Waltz sting six months later.


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State of the Cyber Union: Policy Directive + Executive Order = Expansive Regulatory Efforts
In President Obama's 2013 State of the Union Address, the president included announcement of a long-expected Executive Order as well as a Presidential Policy Directive focusing on the need for better cybersecurity coordination and defense. This comes on the heels of a classified National Intelligence Estimate reported first by The Washington Post which "identifies China as the country most aggressively seeking to penetrate the computer systems of American businesses and institutions to gain access to data that could be used for economic gain." The report ties directly into the focus of the Executive Order, emphasizing the risk both to critical infrastructure and to industry.
At the heart of the Executive Order are voluntary efforts on the part of industry and the role of the Federal Government in increasing coordination. "The Cybersecurity Framework shall incorporate voluntary consensus standards and industry best practices to the fullest extent possible." NIST is authorized to create a preliminary Cybersecurity Framework within 240 days. Compliance incentives will be developed to encourage voluntary compliance. As these standards gain adoption, they will set a new reasonableness standard, pulling the more reluctant companies up because of the risk of negligence and loss.
But the real action of the Executive Order is Section 10 which provides that each regulatory agency must report if the agency has the regulatory scope to implement the Cybersecurity Framework. If it does, presumably it will use those regulatory powers to transform the voluntary program into a regulatory one; if it does not, the agency will be expected to engage in the necessary rulemaking to do so.
The Executive Order defines critical infrastructure very broadly to mean "systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters." The Policy Directive provides specific guidance to the Office of Homeland Security and to the other federal agencies targeted with enforcing protections of critical infrastructure and regulatory compliance.
Neither order is overwhelming on its face, but the message is clear. The Federal Government will take an aggressive approach to cybersecurity and will use the broader regulatory authority at its disposal to do so. Though it has been invited to pass legislation, Congress does not need to act because every industry sector has some regulatory oversight and cybersecurity will soon be layered on top of the existing regulations. An excerpt from the Policy Directive highlights the expansionist approach:
Additional roles and responsibilities for the Secretary of Homeland Security include:
Identify and prioritize critical infrastructure, considering physical and cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences, in coordination with SSAs and other Federal departments and agencies;
Maintain national critical infrastructure centers that shall provide a situational awareness capability that includes integrated, actionable information about emerging trends, imminent threats, and the status of incidents that may impact critical infrastructure;
In coordination with SSAs and other Federal departments and agencies, provide analysis, expertise, and other technical assistance to critical infrastructure owners and operators and facilitate access to and exchange of information and intelligence necessary to strengthen the security and resilience of critical infrastructure;
Conduct comprehensive assessments of the vulnerabilities of the Nation's critical infrastructure in coordination with the SSAs and in collaboration with SLTT entities and critical infrastructure owners and operators;
Coordinate Federal Government responses to significant cyber or physical incidents affecting critical infrastructure consistent with statutory authorities;
Support the Attorney General and law enforcement agencies with their responsibilities to investigate and prosecute threats to and attacks against critical infrastructure;
Coordinate with and utilize the expertise of SSAs and other appropriate Federal departments and agencies to map geospatially, image, analyze, and sort critical infrastructure by employing commercial satellite and airborne systems, as well as existing capabilities within other departments and agencies; and
Report annually on the status of national critical infrastructure efforts as required by statute.
When combined with the additional power of regulation across the spectrum of energy, finance, communications, health, agriculture, information technology and other sectors, the reach is broad enough to rewrite the regulatory landscape much as the USA Patriot Act did in the wake of 9/11.
Privacy may well be another of the casualties of this war. The Executive Order adds that "[a]gencies shall consider the assessments and recommendations of the report in implementing privacy and civil liberties protections for agency activities," but asks for little more than an annual report. In contrast, corporate reporting is singled out. "Information submitted voluntarily in accordance with 6 U.S.C. 133 by private entities under this order shall be protected from disclosure to the fullest extent permitted by law." This has been the case with the Patriot Act and the President's policies give little comfort.
Confidentiality, rather than privacy, is part of the new regime. Paul Rosenzweig, writing the Lawfare blog from Brookings highlights the importance of the short-list: a subset of critical infrastructure organizations within the identified industry which make up the heart of each industry and will be singled out for heightened cybersecurity engagement.
Confidential Identification – The EO has one true innovation in it – a confidential naming program that will identify the critical cyber infrastructure "where a cybersecurity incident could reasonably result in catastrophic regional or national effects on public health or safety, economic security, or national security." This is a subset, of course, of the earlier broader definition.
Being an identified company may bring greater security obligations or improved resources or no change at all. Only time will tell. The impact will vary tremendously depending of the existing preparedness of each company.
The National Intelligence Estimate on cybersecurity risk makes clear that the threat must be addressed.
The report, which represents the consensus view of the U.S. intelligence community, describes a wide range of sectors that have been the focus of hacking over the past five years, including energy, finance, information technology, aerospace and automotives, according to the individuals familiar with the report, who spoke on the condition of anonymity about the classified document.
The only question is the cost of the response. China, Russia, Iran, Israel, North Korea and other countries are known for releasing global cyber-attacks, some focused on military and political topics, while others highlight corporate espionage. Moreover, as I mentioned in an earlier post, the intruders use directed attacks on employees and independent contractors who open links, photos or already infected USB devices. Already behind firewalls, these tools install malignant code to glean passwords, open files and glean information which is sent back to the intruder. Some of these attacks are directly at U.S. infrastructure, others at economic targets, while many others affect U.S. interests only as collateral damage to regional conflicts which do not involve U.S. participants.
Nonetheless, the risks are increasing. After the President's speech one thing is clear. Using the State of the Union as the basis for the announcement of the Cybersecurity Executive Order and Policy Directive has placed this topic near the top of the national agenda.
- President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Feb. 12, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)