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Deer Park, a sleepy town in Colorado, is offering a $100 bounty to anyone who shoots down unmanned drones that seem to be property of the US government, and all it requires from the hunters would be to ensure that they are licensed to hunt drones, which cost $425 fee and usually issued after a detailed background check.
Are Drones an Invasion of Privacy?
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Matt Rosendale, a Republican member of the Montana Legislature, unveiled an ad that began from the viewpoint of the drone, showing Rosendale shooting it down with a rifle and saying, "If you send a drone to spy on me, I'd take it out." This demonstrates public sentiments toward drones.
Ars was told by the owner of a drone store that two of his customers have had their drones shot in Nashville.
There was a similar incident last year in California and then Kentucky. The shooters in both cases were cleared by competent courts on local firearm charges.
The blatant disregard by drone operators for the right to privacy has enraged citizens, and now drones, privacy violations, and firearms are becoming a dangerous mix.
When Drone Invades Privacy
Bryon Brock, Owner of Vivid Aerial in Whites Creek, confirmed that he had seen the incident as it happened. He explained that a man named Gary Sammons was flying a drone-the DJI Phantom 4 above his home in Rutherford county last Saturday.
He said, "Sammons and his son were flying and they were looking at the property and they noticed an unfamiliar vehicle nearby so we flew over the front of the property. He got lower than I would have gotten, he was at 85 feet and yet still off his property. A gentleman in an 18 wheeler pulled out a shotgun and shot it three times. The drone was maimed a little, the propellers were damaged, but he was able to land it."
He lamented that the shooter who had not been publicly named was not charged with a crime.
"Another customer in nearby Hendersonville had a drone shot down when it was over a neighbor's property. That pilot made no attempt to retrieve the drone," he added.
There is growing tension from members of the public about drones and people are unsure of the legal rights they do have in cases when a drone "invades" their property. The American courts have still not made any ruling that can be used as reference. However, in 1946, the Supreme Court ruled in the United State vs. Causby case that a farmer in North Carolina could assert property rights up to 83 feet in the air.
The justices concluded that "the airspace, apart from the immediate reaches above the land, is part of the public domain. We need not determine at this time what those precise limits are. Flights over private lands are not a taking, unless they are so low and so frequent as to be a direct and immediate interference with the enjoyment and use of the land. We need not speculate on that phase of the current case."
There are regulations, however, by FAA that prohibit the shooting of any aircraft or drone, and it is classed as a misdemeanor.
FAA spokesman Ian Gregory said, "An unmanned aircraft hit by gunfire could crash, causing damage to people or property on the ground, or it could collide with other objects in the air. Shooting at an unmanned aircraft could result in a civil penalty from the FAA and/or criminal charges files by federal, state, or local law enforcement."
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Aylesbury Mosque celebrated its 25th anniversary with a family funday at its home in Havelock Street at the weekend.
Entertainment included face-painting, men on stilts and a bouncy castle while the police and fire services attended with their vehicles and provided demonstrations.
Tours of the mosque also ran throughout the day.
Mosque secretary Masood Ahmed said: "It was a tremendous occasion, we had more than 1,000 people there of all faiths, colours and backgrounds.
"It was a great opportunity to bring the community together."
Dignitaries including Aylesbury MP David Lidington, High Sheriff Milly Soames and Superintendent Olly Wright also attended.
Mr Ahmed added: "I would like to thank everyone who attended.
"It was a great occasion that we can build on and use to improve our relations with the community."

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The great advances in the kingdom of God today are taking place in poorer nations of the world or in countries where Christians are persecuted. Many reasons contribute to this phenomenon; however, one factor cannot escape our attention. Where there is revival, a deep sense of need has preceded it. Need always drives people to prayer. Jesus came to the needy, hurting, and suffering segment of humanity. And so it is today.
Many Western evangelical Christians have refused to acknowledge their need. We have great programs to win the world but little power. We have beautiful buildings but empty pews. We have gained political clout but have lost our spiritual passion. The church in the West would do well to heed the message of the churches where revival exists. It is not enough to have information about revival; we must hunger and thirst for it. There must be an extraordinary prayer movement if we are to see the glory of God. It can no longer be business as usual. We must awaken from our slumber and seek the Lord.
Righteous Father, how desperately Your Church in this nation needs a touch from You. Awaken the slumbering bride, Lord, and show us our neediness! Fill us with the kind of spiritual passion that we see in so many other nations around the world! Give us a sense of desperation and desire, of longing to experience You in all Your fullness and glory! Draw us close, and stir our hearts to seek You in Your holiness. Revive us and set us on fire for Your kingdom's sake.
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Praise God, the giver of wisdom and power (Dan. 2:20). Give thanks for opportunities to worship with others, to learn from God's wisdom, and to be touched by his presence. Confess attempts to survive through mere human wisdom and power. Commit yourself to carefully applying what God teaches you today. Ask God to empower you to live accordingly.
Pray for unsaved persons you know by name. Ask God to work through the power of his Holy Spirit to convict them of sin and lead them into his truth (Jn. 16:7-11). Ask God to use you to love them.
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My job takes me around Ireland, as I travel I try to get pictures that show a flavour of the area I am in. Click on title above to see the complete set of pictures if you have only opened one set. Please leave comments, its much appreciated to get feedback. These pictures are lower quality copies of the originals, apologies for this.
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Little river divides a country, Leitrim Fermanagh Border
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Dunkellin River, Killimordaly Co Galway
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Meehambee Dolmen, Co Roscommon.
The Meehambee Dolmen is a megalithic portal tomb dating from about 3500 BC located in Ardagawna County Roscommon, Ireland.
Originally supported on 6 upright portals, 2.3 metres high. The capstone is estimated to weigh twenty-four tonnes. The portal stone supporting the back of the capstone has collapsed, allowing the capstone to slide backwards out of position, causing the doorstone to collapse also. The capstone now rests at a 45-degree angle
It is thought that these tombs, of which over 1,200 have been identified in Ireland were either the burial place of a single important king or chieftain or perhaps the tombs of several members of a tribe who inhabited the area in the Neolithic era. A great example of a Dolmen can be found by clicking here
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Horse watches world go by, Loughrea Co Galway
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Old Bridge Waterford
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Shannon Estuary near Kilkee Co Clare
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
Carrigaholt Castle, Loop head Co Clare
The castle was built in late 1400's by the McMahons chiefs of the Peninsula who were descendents of the the King of Munster.
The castle was occupied by Teige Caech "the short sighted" McMahon in September 1588 when seven ships of the Spanish Armada anchored at Carrigaholt. Although aid was refused by the McMahons, the castle was nonetheless unsuccessfully besieged shortly afterwards by Sir Conyers Clifford (Governor of Connaught).
View from the wall
The following year the renegade fourth Earl of Thomond Donagh O'Brien captured it after a four-day siege and, in breach of the surrender terms, hanged all the defenders.
Ownership then passed to the Earl's brother Donal O'Brien, who was responsible for inserting many of the castle's windows as well as the fireplace on the fifth floor, which bears the date 1603. Donal's grandson was the celebrated third Viscount Clare who resided at Carrigaholt and raised a regiment of horses known as the "Yellow Dragoons" for the House of Stuart King James II of England's armies. After the forfeiture of his extensive 89 square mile estate by the Williamites, the castle was acquired by the Burton family.
The castle today is under the care of the Office of Public Works. All that remains is a shell of its former nobility. The Burton Family were the last inhabitants and left it in the late 19th century
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Cahir Castle, Co Tipperary
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Marriage Equality Castle Mural, Galway
Roscommon artist Joe Caslin, who previously installed a large mural which features on todays NY Times front page of two young men embracing at the corner of South Great George's Street in Dublin, has added a 50 foot second mural to his project, inspired by Frederic William Burton's painting The Meeting on the Turret Stairs.
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Old church and graveyard, Kilcolgan Co. Galway
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Prince Charles visit. Mullaghmore sligo
This picturesque spot is one of the spots where Prince Charles will visit today overlooking the spot where his great Uncle was killed by IRA. Lord Mountbatten his 14 year old twin grandson a 15 year old local boy and an 82 year old Baroness all died as a result of a bomb placed in a boat by the IRA in 1979
Monday, May 18, 2015
Kilkee Cliffs Co Clare
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Furbo, Cashla, Camus, Rosmuc & Maam, Connemara April 2015
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How To Clean And Maintain A Pellet Grill
Pellet grills can become overly crusted with carbonized grease, soot, spills, creosote and tar among other soot by products and while some people consider this good seasoning for your barbeque, it actually isn't. When the accumulated crusts start to flake off your food, then you know the grill requires some major cleaning. However, you should not wait until that stage to clean your pellet grill. Simple cleaning and maintenance between each cook can go a long way in improving hygiene and barbeque taste as well as increasing the lifespan of your grill. It is also recommendable to conduct a major cleaning after every 50 hours of cooking which translates to once every several months if you do not use your grill often enough. Here are a few tips on how to clean and maintain a pellet grill including things to watch out for:
Cleaning between each cook
A simple cleaning procedure done after using your pellet grill should not hurt as it takes only a few minutes to complete. You can also choose to do it before the next cook. Some pellet grills come with a knob that can be turned to empty the contents of the burn (ashes and residue) to the cup. This should be done before you fire up the grill. Besides emptying the burn cup, you should also perform the following;
• Wipe away any food residue or grease spots from the side shelf or lid
• Use a wire grill brush to scrape down the grates. You can use a spatula instead of a wire grill.
These simple cleaning procedures will help you prevent burnt food taste from affecting your fresh cook. They will also reduce the effort spent during deeper cleaning.
Occasional cleaning
As aforementioned, you should deep clean your grill after approximately 50 hours of use. Depending on how often you use the grill, this could be anything from several days to several months. Commercial grills definitely need to be cleaned more often as they are used almost every day. Follow these steps on how to clean and maintain a pellet grill exterior and interior.
1. Make sure the grill is cold before you start cleaning. Turn the power source off and let it cool preferably for 24 hours.
2. Empty you pellet hoper so it does not get wet then fill up a wide bucket with water and dish soap.
3. Place the chimney dome and grill rack in the bucket. Remove any foil and scrape/brush off any debris from the drip pan. You can also add the drip pan if it is particularly dirty. Empty the grease bucket and add it to the bucket containing water and dish soap.
4. Use a scrub and brush to remove any debris and spots from the parts in the bucket. You can use wire brush provided the parts are not made of plastic. For best results, you should let the parts soak in for about 2minutes before you start brushing off the dirt.
5. For other exterior surfaces that cannot be detached from the grill, simply spray the cleaner and let it settle for 5 seconds to break down grease and spills. Use a rug or paper towel to wipe off any smoke stains. It is advisable to wipe with the grain or in circles to avoid smearing the dirt on other surfaces.
6. If the first attempt leaves some spots and debris, repeat the whole process for better results and then air to dry before using.
1. Keep the interior of your grill dry as the electronics inside are very delicate and the pellets may disintegrate if exposed to moisture.
2. Although the cooking grate, racks, heat diffuser plate and drip tray are components of the interior section, they can be detached and cleaned alongside the exterior in the steps mentioned above. Take keen note of how the parts are installed or arranged so you can re-install them correctly.
3. Using a shop-type wet/dry vacuum cleaner, vacuum the interior of the grill to remove any loose debris and residue. The holes appearing on the side of the firepot should remain clear after vacuuming.
4. Use a rag sprayed with cleanser to wipe the interior of the smoker and temperature probe. If you note places with grease buildup, use a flat edge tool to dislodge the grime away.
5. You can dip a rag in hot soapy water to clean the interior sides of the smoker. This should be a rag you are not attached to (it will be impossible to clean afterwards.
6. Rinse everything thoroughly and leave them outside to dry. Remember not to rinse electronic parts directly. They should only be wiped with a barely damp cloth.
7. You can cover your dip tray and diffuser plate with aluminum foil for an easy time cleaning next time.
Maintaining a pellet grill
Cleaning is one form of maintenance, but it is still important to learn how to clean and maintain your pellet grill separately. To maintain your grill, turn it on and off using the instructions provided by the manufacturer and consult these manuals whenever you forget anything. Allow the smoker to run a few more minutes (up to 10) after the last cook and then use a brass-bristled brush to remove any debris from the grill grate. Remove the grill bucket at keep it away from animal reach; rodents like raccoons are always attracted by the smell of grease. Use a damp rag to wipe the outside of the smoker after each cook and replace drip pan foils after the smoker has cooled (the next day). It is also important to regularly inspect your pellet grill for peeling paint, difficult joints and rust. When you notice such issues, fix them immediately.
Deep cleaning is only required a few times every year unless the grill is used for commercial purposes. It is the simple cleaning sessions done after each cook that contribute to maintenance and ensure your grill remain in good shape. The main cleaning procedure should restore your grill to a more desirable state without the accumulation of debris and spills. It is advisable to find the right tools used for cleaning a pellet grill so you can easily brush off any dirt before and after each cook. More importantly, you should follow your manufacturer instructions on dissembling and cleaning the pellet grill to prevent accidental damages.


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The Search for Meaning is a guided exploration with Hakim, sharing wisdom, stories and Sufi practices, sometimes in new ways. Though this time together will likely include some Zikr, and sometimes Dances of Universal Peace, there will also be room to welcome additional ways to "go deeper" in the quest to become full human beings. This […]Find out more »


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Electrical Wiring – Palo Alto – What is a junction box?
The first article in this series on electrical wiring acts as the table of contents for the series.
Simply put, a junction box is where incoming wires join to switches, outlets, and outgoing wires.
The electrical code requires all wire splices be:
- Contained within a junction box
- Accessible (which means you can not bury a box in a wall but you can put on a blank cover)
The reasons for this are both safety and maintainability – if there is going to be an issue of splices opening (which leaves a hot wire somewhere) or shorting (which means a breaker trips and won't reset), there issues are put where they are easily accessed and fixed.
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Do you favor a $3.4 million bond to support drinking water programs, to support the construction of wastewater treatment facilities, and to leverage $17 million in other funds?
Compared to such government expenditures as the $700 billion federal bank bailout, the $3.4 million the state wants to borrow for water and wastewater treatment plants seems like pocket change. But nothing short of public health, along with economic development and easing the property tax burden, are at stake with the bond. It should be approved.
The money borrowed through the Maine bond bank likely will be at a low interest rate, and will replenish two revolving loan funds that towns and cities use when water supply and delivery systems and wastewater treatment plants need upgrades. The $3.4 million will be divided evenly between the two revolving loan funds for water and wastewater treatment.
Ed Barrett, Bangor's city manager, said such loan funds are critical to municipalities. Bangor has spent as much as $50 million over the last 10 years upgrading its wastewater treatment facilities to stem stormwater overflow. The loan fund is key in making such work possible. The upgrades enable Bangor to meet regulatory standards, and the work also keeps rates down for users, the city manager said.
Though the harsh economic climate is not favorable for asking voters to support borrowing money, approval of the bond will ultimately make Maine a more business-friendly place, as it enables municipalities to keep up with essential infrastructure for healthy drinking water and clean rivers and harbors.


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It's our due date but it's 3:39pm and no baby. My BH contractions aren't even hard enough to take my breath away today though the tightening is there. He slept all morning (as did I) but right now he's tumbling like there's a trampoline in my womb. It's like Christmas and I can't wait to have my gift, but…I don't know when that will be! Haha…
So I'm still killing time…my hands hurt (but oh well), I'm swelling more (but oh well), my doctor's on vacation (but OH WELL!)…this waiting game is irritating mostly because I want to meet this little guy who's been living in me for 9 months 🙂 I'm excited and want to hold him, sniff him, kiss him, nuzzle him and just see if he has Josh's long long lashes or my short black ones? Does he really have a head full of spiky black hair (like ME as a baby) or is he bald? lol…so many questions and I'll have my answers soon!
I hang out in his room, I smell his newly washed clothes and look down at the empty crib. Josh made sure the a/c vents face the other way so that when I nurse him in the recliner he won't be blasted with cold air. I have his diapers prepared and his book case with books I'll read to him..I want the sleepless nights, just as long he is here in my world and my arms. And I can't wait to watch and see Josh fall deeply in awe and love with his son.
And weirdly enough, I was nervous about the birth before but now I want to get it on, get it started and see how well Josh coaches me…LOL…it'll be another amazing memory we create together…the birth of our child. He'll do good, I wonder if I'll listen to direction though.
So here's just a photo blog post (since I know I haven't posted in awhile) of the weeks leading up to NOW.
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The 64 Beer Tournament
By Tim Rodgers
Over the next couple of weeks, your favorite college basketball squad will be launching their 2010-2011 Midnight Madness season kickoff with hopes that they will be cutting the nets down in Houston Texas. During this time, your favorite beer will be hoping that they will also make the cut and qualify for our 64 beer March Madness tournament of champions. We will be cutting the competition from a field of 600 down to 64.
As the season goes on, bottle openers start to get dull, livers get saturated, So we must persevere and widdle down to find the greatest beer ever!
Whiskey Goldmine's group of beer experts, sommelier's, stewards, flunkies, college and high school buddies, wives and girlfriends alike will be working tirelessly to taste and judge the champion of a 64 beer blind taste test tournament to bring home the proverbial bacon come March. So when you get ready to watch the Final Four from Houston Texas come late in March, you can also root for and drink your favorite beer as well. (We need something to ease the pain of having to listen to Billy Packer for a month)
We have narrowed down the art of beer into regions and categories and the best ones from each will have a chance to compete come March. The top 2 beers in each category that we have selected will get an automatic bid and the rest will be chosen "at large" by our esteemed committee of beer experts.
So far here are the beers that have qualified thus far:
Mexican Beer Category
Negra Modela
Begian White Ales/Whitbier
Blanche de Bruxelles
Beers in a Can
Oskar Blues Ten Fidy Imperial Stout
Phoenix Pale Ale
Prima Pils
Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout
Founders Breakfast Stout
Belgian Ales
La Fin Du Monde
Chimay Blue Grand Reserve
Ayinger Oktoberfest
Beck's Oktoberfest
Hacker Pschorr
Pale Ale
Alaskan Amber
Alesmith Anvill ESB
So harvest your hops and man up because champions rise to the occasion!
The March Madness Beer Championship Tournament Bracket!
The 2011 March Madness Championship Beer Rankings!
March Madness Beer Championship Update
Introducing Our 64 Beer March Madness Tournament!
The Top 10 Breweries in the World: Founders, Bell's, Ballast Point, Stone, Port/Lost Abbey
The Top 25 Beers in a Can: Oscar Blues, Sly Fox, Maui Brewing, Young's Double Chocolate, Caldera, 21st Amendment
Pennsylvania Crushes Germany in the Top 10 Pilsners: Pilzilla, Prima Pils, Stoudt's Pils, Pikeland Pils, Troegs Sunshine Pils
The Best Beer under $20 a Case: Yuengling Lager, Bitburger, Leinenkugels, Shiner Bock, Lionshead and more…
The Top 25 Stouts: Founders KBS, Breakfast Stout, Bell's Kalamazoo, Rogue Shakespear Oatmeal, Goose Island Black Cat Bourbon, Deschutes the Abyss
The Top 10 Oktoberfest Beers: Ayinger, Beck's, Hacker Pschorr, Flying Fish, Hofbrau, Stoudt's, Lefthand, Magic Hat, Spaten
The Top Ten Belgian White Ales from a Taste Test: Blanche de Bruxelles, Hoegaarden, Ommengangs Witte, Victory Wirlwind, St. Brnardis Blanche, Allagash White, Blue Moon and more…
The Top 10 Mexican Beers: Bohemia, Negra Modela, Dos Equis, Corona, Carta Blanca, Tecate, Sol and more…
Top 50 Pound for Pound Beer List: Chimay, Dogfish Head, Sierra Nevada, Bells', Victory, Founders, Hacker-Pschorr, Weyerbacher and more…


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They say the first million is the hardest. Well, it is. What THIS program says though, is that your first million will be pretty easy, and the millions after that will be even easier. Technically then, they're still correct.
This article is going to look at the Your First Million program and review it for you, so that you can find out if it really is going to be easy to become a millionaire.
What Is Your First Million?
It actually takes us a few minutes of watching the sales spiel before we hear anything about the product itself. In fact, we hear a lot more about what it's NOT first, so let's start there.
It's not anything to do with Internet Marketing or even websites at all. It's not anything to do with penny stocks or Forex either. In fact, as the man on the video tells us, it's not a fluke, get rich quick internet scam.
Well, at least it's not a fluke anyway. As for the internet scam, the jury is still out.
After we are told how much this is a secret, how lucky we are to find it, and how much it is going to make us our first million (we're told this over and over again), we finally learn a little bit more about what IT is.
It's "trading the stock market like it's never been done before". This usually means that we're going to be introduced to a trading robot or piece of software.
How Does It Work?
Binary Options, the trading method that Your First Million uses, are short "bets" placed on a particular trade, usually a currency. Let's say you think that over the next 20-30 seconds, the USD/GBP currency pairing is going to increase in price. You place an appropriate bet, and if you win, you win the money. If you lose, you lose it.
It's essentially a coin toss.
Simple so far.
What Binary Options software programs claim to do is automate this process, and get it right over and over again. How do they do this? Well no-one really knows, because they're always just shady programs that don't really work.
In the case of Your First Million, we aren't told how it works.
All we are told is that it has an "autopilot" setting so that we can let it work away in the background, and us millions.
Seriously? Wow.
What's more, is that we don't need any setup time. There's no experience needed, no expensive start up fees (well..), and no learning curve.
Oh and did I mention it's free?
If you've ever looked for a one-click-autopilot machine to make you millions, this is what Your first Million is claiming to be.
Don't go and sign up just yet though..
I only said it was claiming to do this, I never said it really would.
So Does It Really Work?
Of course it doesn't!
This is just one in an endless stream of Binary Options robot programs designed to get your money.
Yes, they say it's free, but they also mention you have to deposit $250 into your trading account to get started right? That's how they get you.
You'll never be able to withdraw that money (they sometimes let you withdraw a little bit initially, until you've lost the rest), and the automated program won't work. You may win one or two lucky bets, but you can kiss your $250 behind.
Once you've deposited it into the brokerage account, the people/person behind Your First Million receives a big commission from the broker, and passes some of that commission onto their own affiliates.
Everybody involved makes money, except you.
So yeah, you would have signed up for free, but you wouldn't have exactly turned $250 into $1,000,000 in 7 weeks, would you?
Still think they want people to keep it a secret? They're giving away $10,000 to whoever promotes it the best!
Learning To Spot The Scams
Internet scams are increasingly prevalent, but they're also increasingly easy to spot, since they all use the same formula. If you're watching a similar video in future, pay attention to the following:
- You'll be "sold" before you're even told what it is. Flashy dollar signs, earnings screenshots, fake bank accounts will be shown all over the place.
- You'll see a few low budget video testimonials from bad actors.
- You'll hear monetary amounts repeated over and over again (how many times did you hear "Your First Million" in this video?)
- They will be more concerned with telling you not to share the word than with telling you anything about the product.
These products are all churn and burn. They launch, they make thousands of dollars by ripping people off, they get exposed, they appear again later under a new name. This is why they all end up looking the same.
Need I write any more? This is just a simple "Get you to sign up and deposit cash" binary options trick. Stay away!


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Kurusu Serapio
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Ever have a payé spell cast on you? According to the short film Kurusu Serapio, from Paraguayan-Canadian filmmaker Marcos Codas, it's not good. It can be downright deadly, in fact. At just over six minutes, this little piece of nightmare fuel was recently declared "of cultural interest" by the Governments of Itapúa and Coronel Bogado, Paraguay. Hear that, Academy? Horror Freaks are cultured.
In an interesting touch, all the actors go by their real names. Young Chris Cuadra breaks up with his girlfriend Camila Siguad because she is a "hick from Kurusu Serapio". This is apparently the dumbest thing you could ever do. You know what they say about chicks from Kurusu Serapio. Total witchdoctors, (or curandero). A title card appears before the film to help viewers like me with the terminology. Much appreciated.
Not taking the breakup well, Camila casts a payé spell on Chris. He mysteriously disappears, so his friends Ale Amarilla and Leila Benítez journey to Kurusu Serapio to find him. Ale and Leila are themselves a bit of an item, and the witch Camila tests their relationship in ways that are both scary and unexpected. But enough about the plot. Let's talk about the fun parts.
The strongest thing about Kurusu Serapio is it's soundtrack. That includes both the music and the audio mix. You could almost enjoy it separately from the visuals, like an experimental art piece off the White Album, or an old radio show such as Inner Sanctum. Provided you speak Spanish, of course. Weird clicks, ambient insect hums, and low drones permeate throughout, creating a sense of impending doom. In contrast, the abrupt dropping of all sound, usually accompanied by a title card marking the days of the payé spell, feels like a slashing guillotine.
Another experimental element is the use of first person point-of-view. There are moments, particularly near the end, where we are put in Leila's shoes. It is a night scene, and the onboard camera light can clearly be seen at the bottom of the frame, illuminating the ground. It creates the raw immediacy of a found footage film, although the film is never established as one. I've seen this technique before, especially in Asian cinema, such as Joe Weerasethakul's Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. It's a sly breaking of the fourth wall. It adds a spectral dimension to what's onscreen. A nice touch for a modern witchcraft story.
Because of the quick pacing inherent in a short film, the relationship between the three friends is a bit hard to decipher. The confusion is sorted out by the end credits, but you yearn for a scene in the very beginning, during happier times, to establish why these three are so close. And most importantly, why we should care. There is an ironic twist at the end, which will leave you either cackling or devastated, depending on if you have a coal black soul.
Kurusu Serapio is currently making its way around the festival circuit, in particular the Guácaras Film Festival in Argentina.


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4 New Features for Brands: Product Update
In our efforts to make Grapevine the best and most comprehensive influencer marketing platform, we've taken in a lot of brand feedback over the past couple of months. We've enjoyed getting to know our partners better and understanding what tools they need to maximize influencer marketing efforts and results. These conversations weren't always easy, and we thank everyone who has shared their feedback with us for being candid and working with us. As a result, we have an endless list of amazing suggestions and requests from our not only our brand partners, but also our team of pros, who spend each and every day learning the influencer marketing space and how to improve it.
Today, we're excited to announce 4 new features geared toward making influencer marketing easier and better for brands. Some of these you may have already noticed, some may be new to you. Let's walk through these features now – how many did you notice?
Instagram is Now Available on Grapevine!
This may not be new for all of our brand partners, but for anyone who hasn't started up a campaign in awhile, surprise! Grapevine now offers brands the opportunity to sponsor both YouTube and Instagram content. Select YouTube only, Instagram only, or make it a combo and select YouTube AND Instagram for your next campaign. It's the perfect way to amplify your brand message and expand your reach to a new audience.
With over 500 Million users now on Instagram, it's also a great place to test your Q3 budget in preparation for the busy holiday season (especially since the busiest time for Back to School shopping is about to start!). What's even better – we are now allowing Instagram only creators on the Grapevine platform, which means even more creators for brands to choose from. Here's a running count of how many creators there are on Grapevine, and their respective YouTube & Instagram reach:
We expect this number to grow dramatically over the rest of 2016, so strike while the iron is hot and develop lasting relationships now! Start up a new Instagram campaign and remember, it's absolutely free to get started on Grapevine, we'll only charge you once you find the right creator to work with (shouldn't be too hard!).
New Creator Profile
One of the most powerful tools in Grapevine is our Browse Creators Tool – this gives brand access to our Community of thousands of the world's best content creators. If you've spent any time perusing recently, you've probably noticed our creator profiles have a new look.
Now brands can easily view a creator's YouTube and Instagram profiles, with all the stats they need to decide whether a creator is the right fit. To make it even easier to understand what a creator's sponsored content looks like, we've added the "Sponsored Posts" tab to this page, which shows the creator's recent sponsored content.
Creators are highly visual people, as are the marketers who hire them. We wanted to make sure Creator profiles in Grapevine bring to life the hours of time Creators spend in developing their content. Get a true glimpse into each Creator in the Grapevine Community through this new look.
Rescind Offers
We know it can be a little bit scary to send out a bunch of offers to creators at once… it can feel like a bit of a free for all. But now with the Rescind Offers feature, you no longer need to wait for 7 days for creators to approve/deny your proposals.
This feature allows brands to rescind an offer made to a creator at any time. Filled your campaign budget, but still have offers out there? No problem! Make a mistake and send an incorrect offer? Rescind it! Accidentally send an offer for both Instagram and YouTube and only looking for one? You can rescind one of them!
This feature is available for any unapproved offer and is open to brands before an offer expires after 7 days. We hope Rescind Offers makes our brand partners feel more comfortable sending out offers to their dream Creator team. With that said, we do suggest brands exercise caution with this tool – as rescinding too many offers from Creators can have a detrimental affect on the future relationship (kind of the same way brands feel when creators don't respond to their offers!).
Rescind Offers can be found in the Message Center on the right side of the page, under sponsorship details. Feel confident you can explore the Creator relationships you want, without breaking the bank.
Minimum Subscriber Count & Estimated Cost Per Video
Regardless of a brand's influencer marketing experience, it's hard to know how Creators will respond to a new campaign in the marketplace. Not seeing the types of proposal's you're looking for, or having trouble understanding how much you should be paying per video? Use the new Minimum Subscriber Count and Estimated Cost/Video tool.
Under Campaigns, click the icon in the Manage column, next to the campaign you're looking to edit. From this view, you can set the minimum number of subscribers a creator must have to apply to your campaign, and we'll generate an estimate of how much each video will cost at this subscriber level.
While the minimum subscriber count will definitely hide a campaign from any creator whose audience doesn't meet the subscriber minimum, the estimated video payout isn't exact. This data is based off of historical data in the Grapevine platform that's aggregated for creators at the selected subscriber count. Payment can be higher or lower dependent on the creator.
If you're unsure of the type of creator's you're looking for, we suggest leaving new campaigns open to our entire Community of approved Creators. Once your first proposals start rolling in (likely within 24 hours), you can gauge whether they fit your campaign or not. If you are looking for a higher subscriber count/willing to pay more per video, we recommend using this tool to tailor a Creator's audience to your brand's needs.
We're excited with what's coming up for the rest of 2016 – in fact, we may not be able to keep our secrets in, so check back often, you never know when one of us will be loose lipped (especially Brendan Lattrell). Interested in sharing some feedback with us? We'd love to hear from you – click the icon in the bottom right corner of your Grapevine profile to connect with a member of the team and schedule some time to chat. We'd love to hear from you and work to make Grapevine your dream influencer marketing platform.
Sign into your account and check out these 4 new brand features here. Don't have a campaign live in the marketplace right now? You have 4 new reasons to get started!


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2013 Grades
1. Kansas City Chiefs - Eric Fisher, T, Central Michigan
Yes, the Chiefs improved by nine wins from the first pick in the draft to a Wild Card berth, but Fisher largely struggled in his rookie campaign. Fisher started at right tackle for much of 2013 but he appeared to be largely lost for much of the year save for late in the season. However, he also fought through a number of injuries as well. Fisher is going to have to improve his play not only to justify his draft position but also as he becomes the new blindside protector of Alex Smith as he switches back to the left side.
Grade: C-
2. Jacksonville Jaguars - Luke Joeckel, T, Texas A&M
Joeckel only played in five games in his rookie season due to suffering a season-ending ankle injury against the Rams in October but when he was on the field, he played relatively well. Joeckel had played left tackle during his college days but was at right tackle for Jacksonville until Eugene Monroe was traded the week before Joeckel suffering the aforementioned injury. He is expected to be the left tackle for the Jags going forward.
Grade: B-
3. Miami Dolphins (from Oakland) - Dion Jordan, DE/OLB, Oregon
The Dolphins made a bold move to trade up nine spots from the 12th selection to the third to select Jordan but as I saw it, Jordan appeared to be a poor fit for Miami's 4-3 defensive scheme. And ultimately, I appeared to be proven correct. Jordan played much of the end at defensive end and he failed to make much of a difference all year. He did not start any games and only had 26 tackles and two sacks. Perhaps the team will either want to experiment more with 3-4 looks or try Jordan at outside linebacker in order to maximize his abilities.
Grade: D
4. Philadelphia Eagles - Lane Johnson, T, Oklahoma
I felt that Johnson was pretty raw coming out of Norman but still quite talented and he showed numerous flashes of his talent during a relatively productive rookie season. Johnson started every game for the Eagles at right tackle last year and he held up pretty well while looking like a good fit for Chip Kelly's offensive scheme. He especially excelled blocking for a strong rushing attack and he should only improve with experience.
Grade: B+
5. Detroit Lions - Ezekiel Ansah, DE, BYU
Everybody and their uncles knew that Ansah was quite raw coming out of school but while he certainly can grow as a player, he should a lot of skill and a lot of talent during his rookie year. He was a solid pass rusher, totaling eight sacks which led all rookies, but he surprisingly played the run very well. Ansah should become a double-digit sack force going forward and he complements Nick Fairley and Ndamukong Suh very well on the Detroit defensive line.
Grade: A-
6. Cleveland Browns - Barkevious Mingo, DE/OLB, LSU
I was not a fan of Mingo coming out of Baton Rouge but he got off to a fast start, totaling three sacks in three games. However, he only had two more sacks the rest of 2013 and more often than not disappeared in Cleveland's 3-4 scheme. It will be key for new coach Mike Pettine to get the most out of the raw Mingo in order for his aggressive scheme to maximize the potential of the roster.
Grade: C-
7. Arizona Cardinals - Jonathan Cooper, G, North Carolina
One cannot place a grade upon Cooper's rookie season because he broke his left fibula in Arizona's third preseason game and was promptly placed on injured reserve a week later. The Cardinals were a little better at protecting the passer in 2013 but they still could have used the talent of Cooper to solidify their interior offensive line. The team will need him to contribute well this upcoming year.
Grade: Incomplete
8. St. Louis Rams (from Buffalo) - Tavon Austin, WR, West Virginia
The St. Louis brass targeted the speedster from West Virginia and traded up from 16 to select him before somebody else (likely the next pick) could. However, Austin showed little more than flashes in a relatively disappointing rookie season as he only totaled 40 catches and 418 receiving yards. He will have to step up his game as Sam Bradford enters what is likely a make or break season for the former top overall selection.
Grade: C
9. New York Jets - DeMarcus Milliner, CB, Alabama
Milliner was expected to try to replace the shoes of Darrelle Revis, who was traded before the draft to Tampa Bay, but the season was largely a struggle for the Alabama product. Cornerback is traditionally a tough position for rookies, though, and Milliner showed some flashes in December as looking worthy of the high draft pick. The Jets have nothing else at corner so they will need Milliner to take some big steps in 2014.
Grade: C+
10. Tennessee Titans - Chance Warmack, G, Alabama
Warmack started the entire season for the Titans at right guard but he struggled for much of the year. He faced a slight learning curve considering he played left guard in college and while he had the reputation of being dominant in the running game, he was a relative disappointment in that regard for a club that struggled to run the football. He also had room to grow in pass protection as well, but he is a talented player so one should see improvement in year two.
Grade: C
11. San Diego Chargers - D.J. Fluker, T, Alabama
I was not a big fan of this selection last year because I thought this was a reach for a guy that could not play the left side. While I was right that Fluker was not a good fit to be a blindside protector as he really struggled the few weeks he was tried at left tackle, he was excellent when he was on his more natural position of right tackle. He proved himself to be a powerful run blocker and he should grow only better in that regard.
Grade: A-
12. Oakland Raiders (from Miami) - D.J. Hayden, CB, Houston
As I mentioned earlier, cornerback is traditionally a tough position for rookies but Hayden really struggled for much of his rookie campaign. Hayden, who hadn't played since nearly dying midway through his senior year at Houston and missed much of OTAs due to surgery needed to remove some scar tissue, was burned rather often, particularly against the Eagles when he was scorched three times for three long touchdowns. It will be key what he does this year with a full offseason under his belt, but he has some work to do.
Grade: D+
13. New York Jets (from Tampa Bay) - Sheldon Richardson, DT, Missouri
The Jets really did not have a huge need for another defensive linemen but anytime you can land the Defensive Rookie of the Year, that is a job well done. Richardson was sensational for the Jets last year and was a core reason why the team was very good defensively against the run as well. He also made a bit of a living in opposing teams' backfields and even scored a couple of touchdowns offensively as a fullback. For a team that historically doesn't draft well, they nabbed a good one here.
Grade: A
14. Carolina Panthers - Star Lotulelei, DT, Utah
Lotulelei was the top player on my big board for last year's draft and after the rookie season he had, I was not left looking like an idiot. Lotulelei, along with fellow rookie Kawann Short, was an important part of a strengthened Carolina front seven that helped to power it to a bye in the NFC Playoffs. He did a solid job applying some interior pass rush but he was tremendous against the run.
Pick: A
15. New Orleans Saints - Kenny Vaccaro, S, Texas
Vaccaro was a bit of a jack of all trades for the Saints in 2013, who were very good against the pass, and he played well seemingly everywhere and anywhere. He unfortunately missed the playoffs thanks to fracturing his ankle late in the year but he was a big-hitter and an immediate impact player. The future is bright for this Texas product, especially as he plays next to free agent signed Jairus Byrd going forward.
Grade: A
16. Buffalo Bills (from St. Louis) - E.J. Manuel, QB, Florida State
I hated the Bills taking Manuel here, I was far from the biggest Manuel fan and I thought there were at least a few quarterbacks better than him (I listed Geno Smith (!), Ryan Nassib and Matt Barkley (!!)). Manuel was pretty inconsistent as a rookie and also struggled to stay healthy and analytic sites like Pro Football Focus were not very kind to him. However, he did make some plays and improved down the stretch, which could give Buffalo some hope under center for the first time in a while.
Pick: C+
17. Pittsburgh Steelers - Jarvis Jones, DE/OLB, Georgia
I had really high hopes for the Jones selection as he fell further than he should have in my opinion and he seemed like such a great fit for a team that needed a pass rusher. However, Jones was not able to see all that much player time and when he was on the field, he was largely ineffective. He only totaled 40 tackles and just a single sack. He is going to have to improve big-time this year if he wants to be a contributor going forward.
Grade: D+
18. San Francisco 49ers (from Dallas) - Eric Reid, S, LSU
The Niners have a big hole to fill at the safety position after Dashon Goldson signed with Tampa Bay and they addressed it by boldly trading up from 31 to take Reid. I didn't love the move at the time because I thought they could have taken Reid had they stayed at their original pick but the move paid off as Reid had an excellent rookie campaign. He was a playmaker and was a smart player as well. Reid could develop into a Pro Bowler in time.
Grade: A
19. New York Giants - Justin Pugh, T, Syracuse
Another pick I thought was a reach was New York taking this Cuse product with the 19th selection. Pugh started the entire season at right tackle and he did struggle in the first half of the year. But in the second half, he really improved his play and he played well down the stretch. In fact by the end of the year, you could have made the case that he was the best Giants linemen. He was better against the run and pass and he looks like he can grow into a pretty solid lineman.
Grade: B
20. Chicago Bears - Kyle Long, G, Oregon
Yet another pick that I thought was a reach turns out into a pretty fine pick. Long even turned into an alternate Pro Bowler, how about that? Long still has some work to do in the passing game but he did improve down the stretch in that regard. He also was solid in the run game as well. Long is still a little raw and has some work to do to reach his potential but he certainly has a nice start.
Grade: B
21. Cincinnati Bengals - Tyler Eifert, TE, Notre Dame
Eifert did not come right in and overtake Jermaine Gresham as the top tight end in Cincinnati but he still had a solid rookie year, totaling 445 receiving yards on 39 catches with a pair of touchdowns. He showed that he can be a ideal complement to Gresham and looks like a good fit in the Cincinnati offense going forward as a fine weapon for Andy Dalton.
Grade: B
22. Atlanta Falcons (from Washington via St. Louis) - Desmond Trufant, CB, Washington
The Falcons were obviously a disappointment last year, falling from 13 wins to a mere four. However, one of the few bright spots in the ATL was the rookie corner from U-Dub. He finished tenth in the league with 17 passes defensed and quarterbacks that threw at him only completed 53% with only a 75.2 quarterback rating. Pro Football Focus had him as their seventh-rated cornerback in all of the league.
Grade: A
23. Minnesota Vikings - Sharif Floyd, DT, Florida
I was pretty surprised when Floyd dropped all the way to the 23rd pick and the Vikings but based on how he played in 2013, maybe some teams knew a thing or two that I did not. Floyd largely was a non-factor during his rookie season as he totaled 19 tackles and 2.5 sacks. He is a talented player but he has to improve his play going forward. However as he will be playing next to Linval Joseph instead of the declining Kevin Williams so he will have a shot.
Grade: D+
24. Indianapolis Colts - Bjoern Werner, DE/OLB, Florida
Werner was a guy that saw his stock slide during the pre-draft process despite his strong player at Florida State as many teams did not think that he would be a good fit for a 3-4 defense. And even opposite Robert Mathis who totaled a whopping 19.5 sacks, Werner was a non-presence all season long in Indianapolis as he struggled to see playing time. He only totaled 2.5 sacks and only had 13 pressures all together. Werner has some work to do to be a key contributor for a Colts defense that needs it.
Grade: D
25. Minnesota Vikings (from Seattle) - Xavier Rhodes, CB, Florida State
Rhodes did not total an interception during his rookie campaign and his season ended a few weeks early thanks to an ankle injury but when he was on the field, he looked good, particularly down the stretch. He made good decisions in coverage and showed some solid technique as well. We know that corners can struggle as rookies but it was a fine first season for the FSU product.
Grade: B
26. Green Bay Packers - Datone Jones, DE, UCLA
When your playing time gets gradually decreased over the course of the year, and you are healthy, that is not a great sign and in the case of Jones, it showed that he was not all that impactful over the course of his rookie campaign. He provided some quarterback pressures particularly early in the year, but in the end he simply did not make a big impact for a Packers defensive line that could have used it.
Grade: D+
27. Houston Texans - DeAndre Hopkins, WR, Clemson
There were not a whole lot of positives in the disastrous 2-14 season for the Texans, but at the very least, they got a productive rookie campaign from the Clemson wideout. Hopkins had nice numbers of 52 receptions and 802 yards at a 15.4 average with mediocre at best quarterback play. Perhaps most impressively, Hopkins he only had one drop on the year. When Houston gets a quarterback again, look out for the Andre Johnson-Hopkins combo.
Grade: B+
28. Denver Broncos - Sylvester Williams, DT, North Carolina
Williams did not see that much playing time for the AFC West champs until late in the year when Kevin Vickerson got hurt, and when he did see the field he was solid. However on the whole, he had 19 tackles and only a pair of sacks. He will have to fight again to get some playing time but he did show some flashes down the stretch to where the team may be inclined to play him more.
Grade: C-
29. Minnesota Vikings (from New England) - Cordarelle Patterson, WR, Tennessee
Patterson may have been pretty raw out of Tennessee but boy he was electric when he had the football in his hands. Most of the year he was utilized as a kick returner and he averaged an excellent 32.4 yards per clip and had a pair of scores. He was second overall in all-purpose yards with 2,020 and he when he saw more playing time offensively, he looked very good. You think they miss Percy Harvin? Me neither.
Grade: A-
30. St. Louis Rams (from Atlanta) - Alec Ogletree, LB, Georgia
Ogletree's rookie season was relatively mixed as Pro Football Focus graded him positively and negatively in eight games each. However, he was always on the field and was a key defensive contributor for Jeff Fisher and the Rams. He forced six fumbles, had 12.5 tackles for loss and defensed 10 passes but he does have to improve his tackling as he missed too many.
Grade: B
31. Dallas Cowboys (from San Francisco) - Travis Frederick, C, Wisconsin
A lot of folks criticized the Cowboys for reaching for this Badger but in the end, it actually turned out to be a good decision as Frederick had a very positive rookie year at a key position on the offensive line. He was tremendous in the run game even as Dallas struggled in that capacity. However, it will be important for him to improve in pass protection but all in all, a solid pick for Jerry Jones.
Grade: B+
32. Baltimore Ravens - Matt Elam, S, Florida
Elam's strengths coming out of Gainesville were in run support and playing near the line of scrimmage. He was thought to be able to develop as a fine cover safety but he really struggled in that regard as Baltimore had him play more as a center field type. He did have a solid rookie year but look for Baltimore to play more towards his strengths in the box.
Grade: C+


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Preparing for Unison '67, the annual Commonwealth defence study which is now in progress at Sandhurst, these two 801 Sqn Buccaneer S.2s from RNAS Lossiemouth hooked up to a RAF Victor tanker from RAF Marham during rehearsal. The observer in a third Buccaneer took the picture use up to 1975 or so, when there is likely to be an off-the-shelf purchase of the then current Lockheed Orion or its derivative in USN service. The biggest plum and package, how- ever, will be the CF-5 replacement, with an introduction into service envisaged for the mid-to-laite '70s. The Defence Depart- ment is having talks with Northrop over the possibilities of joining in the develop- ment of an entirely new fighter bomber, the proposed Northrop 530. An un- publicised quid pro quo in the revision of the Canadair CF-5 licence-production agreement which permitted the Canadians to build for the Netherlands order, and actively canvass a Belgian order, was that Canada would help to finance the R&D of Project 530. But Canadian officials are not anxious to commit themselves, as the R&D cost is likely to be enormous, as a result of the very wide specification: a lightweight STOL Mach 2-plus aircraft, with good operational and ferry ranges, and low first cost. The aircraft would be called upon to provide air superiority, close air support, reconnaissance and interdiction—a fairly tall order. Another proposal, made by Britain, is that Canada comes in on the Warton VG project afteT the departing French, but more information on costs are wanted before serious talking begins. Rumours in Ottawa go so far as to say that Britain and Canada, if they ran a joint VG pro- gramme (which might also include Germany), would licence Northrop to produce the aircraft in the USA, thus increasing the production run and spreading the R&D costs. This would, of course, pre-suppose that Northrop's own Project 530 dies a fairly early death for lack of support. The CF-5 programme for Mobile Com- mand is running on schedule, with the roll-out of the first two or three aircraft at Montreal due any moment (if it has not already occurred by the time this appears). The Defence Department is adamant about keeping the programme cost within the original package figure, S215 million (£73 million), but a complex recce and navigation package subse- quently specified has increased unit cost. A cut in the number to be acquired, therefore, to keep within the financial ceiling, appears to be a strong possibility, AGVG Talks in Bonn A "HEAVYWEIGHT" TWO-MAN TEAM from Whitehall travelled to Bonn last week for two days' discussions of the Warton VG project—the unilateral project study in the wake of AFVG which the MoD hopes will soon become AGVG. The two British representatives were AVM W. D. Hodgkinson, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements), and Mr Handel Davies, Deputy Controller of Aircraft R&D at Mintech. Heartened by the virtual certainty that Germany will enter the Jaguar programme in October, when her decision is due, Whitehall is confident of attracting serious German interest in an Anglo-German VG pro- gramme. The German-US AVS project can be considered dead; there must be future work for the German industry; Germany fears US technical domination; Germany is as keen as Britain to find international partners in a major aircraft programme. These four factors, it is thought in the MoD, make the manifest German interest in the Warton study likely to grow. Rapier Service Evaluation Beginning SERVICE EVALUATION of the BAC ET-316 Rapier low-level battlefield SAM is due to begin "soon" at Woomera, it was stated in Canberra by the Australian Supply Minister, Sen Denham Henty, on August 14. The main body of the advance elements of the evaluation unit were already in Australia, he said. About half of the trial's unit strength will be pro- vided from the Australian Army. Drone on Test SERVICE PERFORMANCE TRIALS of the Canadair CL-89 reconnaissance drone system have begun at Camp Shilo, Man, and will continue until December. They follow a long series of development trials at the US Army's Yuma, Ariz, test range. Development of the CL-89, to be known as the AN/USD-501 system, is being paid for jointly by Canada, Britain and West Germany. The trials unit at Camp Shilo is made up of soldiers of all three partners—66 Canadians, 23 Britons and 18 West Germans. Weighing 2001b, the rocket-launched, jet-sustained drone is 8ft long and flies at a high subsonic speed Senate Attack on F-111B A SWINGEING ATTACK on the F-111B naval fleet-defence fiighter was launched fr the floor of the US Senate by Sen J McClellan recently, when the debate opened on the DoD appropriations f<" FY 1968. Sen McClellan, a long-term opponent of the project, called the F-111B "unfit for Service use." 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This could have been you California: HP Cuts Headcount 8%
(Looks like Meg found what I predicted when she got a look at the dog that was Autonomy.)
-- Dennis Byron
This could have been you California: HP Cuts Headcount 8%
(Looks like Meg found what I predicted when she got a look at the dog that was Autonomy.)
-- Dennis Byron
Posted at 07:37 AM in Infrastructure software, IT Top 12 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
The marketing communications business is a lot tougher than when I last practiced it 25 years ago.
HP (HPQ) has had a bad week in the market because it admitted it wasted a ton of money on Palm, is planning to make another foolish acquisition, and has announced it is getting out of the consumer business. So HP canned its Marcom guy according to Bloomberg. Huh?
In a sense HP has a bad year with its then new CEO having to avoid going to headquarters, or apparently anywhere in the United States, for a while after he took the job. In fact, let's face it, HP is having a bad century.
But back in the day, those were not the kinds of decisions that Bill Smith and Dick Brown made. Really, those are the real names of two of the greatest information-technology marketing-communications/PR professionals of all time and they worked back to back to back to back at Data General. That is, Smith was replaced by Brown who was replaced by Smith who was replaced by Brown between 1973 and 1983 as the company went from $20 million in annual sales to over a $1.2 billion (remember that's in 1970s/1980s dollars). And PR guys certainly didn't get blamed, as some others have speculated, because some breaking news hit the wire 20 minutes before it should have on August 18.
The fact that Wohl is being replaced by another ex-SAP guy actually tells the story. I'm pretty sure this is another Brown replaces Smith replaces Brown sort of thing.
But at least someone remembered enough PR 101 that the news was released on a Friday afternoon(eastern U.S.)/nite (in Europe) in August in the northern hemisphere during a hurricane. Smith and Brown would be proud.
-- Dennis Byron
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Boy, you take a few months off and the world goes crazy.
Congratulations to the guys at Autonomy (LSE: AUTN) for unloading that hodgepodge of old enterprise applications businesses for top dollar to HP.
Maybe it's something to do with Euro to dollar exchange rate... or a way to save on U.S. corporate taxes by not repatriating profits... or something else not immediately obvious... Whatever, HP (HPQ) is
Supposedly this deal has driven up the share prices of MicroFocus and Sage a few pence (Is a pence what I think it is?) and put SAP and Software Ag (SOW) in play.
It would be interesting to know if Oracle had bid and if this price was just the result of some kind of male-urination contest.
-- Dennis Byron
Posted at 03:34 PM in Infrastructure software, IT Top 12 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
There has been a considerable debate over the years about whether Google (GOOG) is a technology company or a media company or consumer company or a new age company or a... As a result its future potential was analyzed and priced by some investment gurus one way and by others another, meaning they all used a separate set of assumptions against the same set of facts.
For the casual investor, to depend on such analyses is like depending on S&P to rate your mortgage-backed securities. When I last looked at this issue in February 2010, I wrote:
"Google begins its 10-K with the statement:
"Google is a global technology leader..."
"As such Google doesn't compare itself against Amazon or eBay, Disney or McGraw Hill. If you think of Google in that way instead of as an enteprise (sic) software market leader along with IBM, Microsoft (MSFT), Oracle (ORCL) and SAP, you do so at odds with the founders and other insiders that control 70% of the votes. If Eric, Larry and Sergey think they own a technology company, Google is a technology company.
So 18 months later, Google's pending (but likely to be adjudicated) acquisition of Motorola Mobility just puts the exclamation point on that way of looking at the company. (Except that Eric is gone and you can take SAP from the list.)
I concluded at the time:
"So instead, think of Google this way: Primarily Google indexes information and web sites on its extremely large worldwide server farms in order to facilitate free Internet searches that help Google "sell" marketing enterprise applications. Brilliantly these enterprise software sales are monetized by over $20 billion in advertising revenue annually instead of boring old license and maintenance contracts. But Google is still an enterprise software company."
Eighteen months later the pending Motorola Mobility acquisition just adds "from the palm of your hands to" to the phrase "worldwide server farms." And "over $20 billion" has become "over $25 billion." (And note that elsewhere -- thanks to Oracle -- I had changed the definition of "enterprise software company.")
When you invest in a company, take the owners' word for it -- not some investment guru's -- when they tell you what they do. It's their baby.
-- Dennis Byron
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There was an interesting Congressional hearing on May 11 "investigating" the proposed merger of T-Mobile into AT&T (T). T-Mobile is a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom although the Senators made it sound like it was a little local operating company maybe owned by the pretty lady in its ads. The hearing kind of summarized a lot of things that are off kilter in America today:
That's the bigger issue. I for one still want to make that drive where you don't see anything but wheat in May for four hours knowing my cell phone won't ring. Or be able to head east out of Baker, Oregon into Hell Canyon, up through Bear, idaho and not get my messages until I reach Helena. Or ride the old Union-Pacific/Central-Pacific railbed from Promontory to eastern Nevada (actualy my phone did ring in a ghost town somewhere around Kelton).
I really don't care if Romania has more cell volume or whatever per capita. Take those rides away and this will no longer be America.
-- Dennis Byron
Posted at 06:50 AM in Infrastructure software | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
IDC is out with a new report that explains the almost absolute dominance of Microsoft (MSFT) in the both the consumer and business information technology (IT) sector: Drag and drop. That term has nothing to do with moving a mouse or finger around a screen but refers to the aftermarket that Microsoft $60-billion-plus annual sales revenues drag with them and the drop in meaningful competitors with which Microsoft has to deal because of the drag.
It's truer of the business sector of course because -- despite PR, including even some of Microsoft's PR -- the business sector is Microsoft's sweet spot and heritage. But it also applies to the consumer sector where Microsoft's ability to play both sides works perfectly with the way both sides -- consumer and business use of IT -- are melding as people work at home and 'facebook' at work.
The IDC hard numbers are here. But the quick take is that Microsoft partners account for 30-to-40-something percent of the entire annual worldwide IT spend of a trillion and a half dollars: systems, software, services and telecom in IDCspeak (or at least in ancien IDCspeak). There is probably some double-counting with HP (HPQ), IBM and Oracle (ORCL) partners but there is also a lot of revenue flow among pure Microsoft partners to balance that out.
You look at these numbers and you see why IBM and HP exited the systems market (except for their decreasing proprietary cash cows) and sought status as an implicit or explicit Microsoft services partner. (Ironically, these numbers also illustrate why Oracle entered the systems business--because it didn't believe it could do what HP and IBM did.) You see why SAP tentatively choreographs its kabuki dance with Redmond. And why Intuit, unlike SAP, doesn't even pretend to chase another partner. You see why Agile, Borland, Cognos, Digital Insight, Frictionless... (I could run the table but you get the picture) are long gone. You see why Lawson (LAWS) and Epicor (EPIC) or being taken over and taken private despite Microsoft's weak ERP offering.
Despite all the lamentations of the open source zealots and Apple (APPL) bigots and the Googlers, the market has spoken. The open source zealots are anti-market (exaggeration for effect). Apple wants to keep all the money for itself. And Google (GOOG) doesn't know what it wants to be when it grows up: an open source zealot, like Apple or like Microsoft.
(Truth in advertising: the IDC report was sponsored by Microsoft and I used to work for and still occasionally consult to IDC.)
-- Dennis Byron
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They say great inventions are 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration. The corollary to that is that great information technology (IT) marketing is 99% hard work and 1% "s**t luck."
I remember in the 1980s working at Data General with great PR and ad people to try to promote a new IT concept called "integrated office automation (OA)." It was more than just word processing (WP), a concept that Wang "then owned." Because of Wang's prominence in that market, we didn't want to promote our product as just some super word processor. Integrated OA was better than that. It combined WP with this new thing called email as well as with calendaring (which no one then or now uses) and a few other bells and whistles. Shortly after launch, DG's particular OA product was interfaced with some bizarre little program called CompuCalc (whose co-author -- a former DG programmer -- then decided that these bizarre little programs called "spreadsheets" would probably run better on PCs).
We were somewhat successful in our efforts between 1982 and 1985 in terms of sales but it was a slog. Then in 1986 an obscure Marine Lieutenant Colonel named Oliver North got called before the U.S. Congress for doing some no-longer-remembered thing wrong and said "I know nothing." Unfortunately, everything he knew nothing about was preserved forever on the Reagan White House PROFS (the PRoffessional OFfice System from IBM) minicomputer and a battery of Congressmen mentioned PROFS about a zillion times that winter on TV. After that, all our great PR and ads meant nothing. All we had to say was our OA product was like PROFS, only better.
Those good old days came flashing back to me this week when some poor lawyers from the U.S. Homeland Security bureaucracy got hauled before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee because the lawyers weren't processing freedom-of-information open-government requests through the bureaucracy fast enough. The lawyers' excuse was that they couldn't get the approvals of the bosses fast enough...
Wow. I can just visualize the marketing meeting at Microsoft (MSFT) the next morning.
Marketing people just live for the one or two mornings per career that go like that. Of course, the sales guys take the credit anyways.
-- Dennis Byron
(Sidenote: Apparently Homeland Security didn't get the Obama administration memo that you can only do "open government" on open source. They chose SharePoint over Drupal!!)
Posted at 04:01 PM in Infrastructure software, IT Top 12 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
It's time to look at the Oracle (ORCL) trailing 12 months revenue flow. Based on Oracle's off-quarter and off-calendar fiscal reporting, the 12 months ending February 28 of any given year are the "Oracle months" that most look like a calendar year. And therefore mimic the calendar-year dynamics -- be it SAP's and IBM's December hockey stick or Microsoft's (MSFT) holiday-season sales.
These four companies make up 75% of the software market so that's all you need right. Well yes and no. There is nothing simple when it comes to Oracle comps. Oracle's off-calendar and off-calendar nature is the least complicated thing to deal with.
First, it's all those acquisitions that really screw things up. Some investors want to see Oracle backcast (look in the Oracle 10-K proforma section but that's done only once a year), because that's most indicative of overall market dynamics. Others want to see Oracle GAAP because that's most indicative of whether the financials are working out the way Safra said they would (they always do!). And now an increasing number of investors want to see the big picture because -- hey -- maybe there is something to this "attack IBM" thing.
Second, in other words it doesn't matter anymore that Oracle is number two or number three in the software market. Oracle itself even mixes up its software revenue, counting some of its software in the two heritage "software" line items on its income statement (new, and updates/support), counting some of it in the "OnDemand" line item on its income statement (as has been true at least since the acquisition of Siebel), and now counting some software in the new (since March 2010) Hardware Systems Products line item. The exact wording is:
"Our hardware systems products consist primarily of computer server(s) and storage product offerings and hardware-related software, including our (Sun Microsystems') Solaris operating system."
And of course there are a few of you who still want to see how what's left of BEA middleware is doing against IBM Websphere, and what's left of PeopleSoft ERP is doing against SAP R/3.
I hate to tell you this but if you're in the latter group, you're dinosaurs like me.
-- Dennis Byron
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Red Hat (RHAT) CEO James Whitehurst led off the March 23, 2011 conference call announcing the operating system and middleware provider's annual results with the low key:
"Red Hat's growth indicates that we are continuing to gain market share."
Talk about understatement. I would guess so given that I doubt if any comptetitor of any size had more than Red Hat's 20% revenue growth (more to come as we begin to review the Gartner and IDC share tables that will be coming out in the next month).
But remember. Red Hat's stated goal isn't simply the mundane gaining "market share." It wants a 50% share (as measured by instances I think but it's been a while since I dug down on this) of both the operating system and middleware-stack markets by 2015. I didn't see any mention of how Red Hat was doing against that benchmark in the conference call. But I didn't see Red Hat backing off that goal either.
Looking at both sides of that ambition:
But the good news. I don't think Red Hat lost any ground against its ambitious goal in 2010.
-- Dennis Byron
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On March 10, in commenting on why it would be a good idea for some industry-centric enterprise software supplier such as Cerner (CERN) or JDA (JDAS) to take a look at Lawson (LAWS), I said:
I can't dismiss the hint... that privately held Infor might acquire Lawson but that would mean it's a fire sale...
Well get on your asbestos gloves.
But this does allow me to run my annual post that tries to remember and list all the enterprise-software companies that used to be independent but that are now a part of Infor. Here goes:
Agilisys (out of SC&T), Aperum, Arzoon, Baan, Boniva, Brain, Daly Commerce, Comshare, Dun & Bradstreet, Elevon, e.piphany, EXE Technologies, Extensity, Formation Systems, Foundation, Future Three, Infinium (nee Software 2000), Ironside, JBA Software, Lilly Software, Marcam, MAPICS, Mercia, McCormick and Dodge (M&D), Ohio Community Library Consortium (OCLC), NxTrend, Octane, Pegasus (not Pegasystems), Provia, Softbrands, StarBuilder, SunSystems (not to be confused with the server manufacturer acquired by Oracle), Symix, System Software Associates (SSA), Varial, and Vision.
And if the Infor buy-out offer is accepted by Lawson management and Carl Ichan, add BCM, CareScience, Confer, Enwisen, Healthcare.com, Healthvision, HCI, HIE, Hublink, Integrated Media, Intentia, Mobis, Movex, MPower, Noblenet, Outlaw, Pixel, PM Sims, Riley Dike Dosher, Rouge Wave, Scase, Xcare.net and Lawson itself -- which grew pretty much organically -- to the list.
-- Dennis Byron
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Bay Area broadcasting legend Dave "Mac" McElhatton died this morning from a stroke related illness. He was 81.
McElhatton retired from the CBS 5 (KPIX) anchor desk in November of 2000 after nearly 50 years on the airwaves, half at KCBS radio, half at KPIX television.
He moved to Rancho Mirage and was living there. He is survived by his wife, Karen.
McElhatton was an Oakland native who was in one of the first classes from then San Francisco State College and now San Francisco State University. He graduated in 1951 with a B.A. in liberal arts.
After graduation he worked for KCBS radio for 25 years in a variety of capacities, including as host of the Bay Area's first telephone talk show, "Viewpoint." He eventually became news director and moved the station to its current all news format.
From KCBS radio he joined KPIX-TV where he retired after 25 years. He co-anchored for 10 years with Wendy Tokuda and also with Kate Kelly, both of whom are still at the station.
In 2006 McElhatton was an inaugural inductee to the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame. Among his other honors: The Associated Press Television Radio Association's Lifetime Achievement Award (2003); Governor's Award from Northern California Emmy (1999); Alumni Hall of Fame from San Francisco State University (1996); and Excellence in Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists in Northern California (1988).
A KPIX spokesperson said a public memorial will be held in San Francisco in the coming weeks.


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CREMATED bones thought to date from around 3,500BC to 2,000BC have been unearthed by archaeologists during a dig near Lough Fea.
A team of four archaeologists came across a mound of stones, known as a cairn which often points to a burial site, at the Creagh Concrete plant near Blackwater Bridge.
The find was unearthed when workers from Creagh Concrete were extracting gravel earlier this week. An archaeologist is always present on site when work of this nature is being carried out.
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… because both involve the imagination, give free reign to our thoughts and let us pursue our very own ideas.
Turning into a space cadet, letting our thoughts loose may give the impression of us doing nothing, however, our brains are hard at work.
These 'interfering' daydreams widen our scope of available resources and actually help to do complex tasks and find solutions easier.
I get my best ideas for stories or storytelling methods when going off on a tangent.
My graphic art ideas simply flow in when I am working on a piece and not focusing on any potentially worrying issues.
Developmental psychologist Howard Gardner describes seven different intelligences and an eighth has now found its way into this recognition: that of our intuition and insights, which only come when we let the mind ramble.
Daydreaming and imagination go hand in hand.
Complex visualisation that we experience when listening to a story trains our brains to think symbolically, which in turn is helpful to academic learning with numbers and complicated cognitive constructs.
Creating a story in a group inspires our imagination, increases listening skills and boosts the social interaction. Every contribution is of the same value and helps develop the story; there is no competition involved.
When we create a story or daydream we invent scenes in which we have total control – even monsters that make a scary story are overcome with our imaginative counter action. This eliminates fear in children who often feel as if they have no control over their lives. In their stories they do and that increases their self-esteem as well.
So go ahead, indulge into imaginative scenes, drop any result oriented thinking and relax into your creations.


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The Azzura Concept is the first of its kind in Asia. A multi-level entertainment, dining and hydrosports complex, Azzura is built to portray a modern Asian outlook. Innovatively designed and structured to maximize experiences, Azzura creates a unique lifestyle appeal to its guests.
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When I go all the way to Sentosa for a night out, my expectations are always high. I always pray that I won't spend half my money for the night on cabs to and from a dead venue, so the promise of free flow at Azzura was what tempted me to take a risk on a night at Sentosa. The night wasn't a complete failure, the music was quite fun and going in the pool always increases the odds of me having a good time, but overall it was just sadly average.
When we turned up, luckily entrance was free and the venue looked nice and modern, but as soon as I stepped inside I realised why the entrance was free. The place was almost completely empty. If you've ever been to Azzura too, you'll know that it's a really big space, so the fact there were so little people just made it horrendously awkward. Despite it being so empty, it turned out that 99% of the people that were there were by the drinks stand, making the most of the free flow. The issue with this, was the fact that it made the alcohol run out within an hour, when they then had to ration drinks to one per person and fill ⅔ of the cup with ice. On the plus side, from the DJ booth they were throwing out free animal hats, and I do love my free stuff.
The music was good and I ended up having a good time due to all my friends being there, but if you're planning to go with just you and a friend, I'd make sure that you pick a night when you know that there's a big event going on. My night was only average due to the poor organisation with drinks and the small amount of people that turned up. Oh, and also because of the super funny person at the end of the night who decided to bury my shoes under the sand when I was in the pool. Thanks.
From the outside, this place is all hyped up when there's a party. I still remember the long queue that was snaking outside of the place whilst queuing to enter for one of this beach club's events.
I still remember this night as one night of a lifetime. As it was my first time stepping into a beach club, or any club rather, I was rather nervous. As I entered, however, I was met by a blast of shining lights with the music rocking the scene as the people surged to the music. Although there were a lot of people, the place seemed fairly big and left enough room to allow people mobility - in my opinion, just enough breathing space unlike the traditional clubs where everyone is moshed up against one another.
The facilities are just great, with the ambience being spectacular in the night. Not forgetting the presence of a VIP room that also allows for private parties and for the DJs to continue spinning as the night goes on. This place is party crazy! I love it! The addition of the swimming pool and the sand gives it an even more authentic "beachy" feel.
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Many parties are held at Azzura Beach Club, especially at the end of the year. My first time there was to a pool party. This beach club is very similar to Cafe Del Mar except the number of beach chairs are limited. For parties, Azzura Beach Club would have a foam pool where they pour tons and tons of foam into the pool for the party-goers. It is definitely something different from the other beach club.
Drinks cost about the same for all the beach clubs in Sentosa. Expensive, overpriced you might say, once in a blue moon to splurge is alright.
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Azzura is a club along Siloso Beach, playing mostly trance music. It's quite a cozy place to be. They have ample beach beds and sofas available, making it a very comfortable place to simply just chill out with a drink, taking in the beautiful sight at Sentosa. Similar to it's neighbour, Cafe Del Mar, they also feature a pool for people to dip in.
Not only is it a bar, serving alcoholic drinks and cocktails, they also have a menu for those who are not just there for the party itself. You can have finger food and dine in the alfresco, while the beats are dropped in the background. It is definitely not a place for a quiet dinner, but in a way, it is enjoyable to kick-back and relax in the bar while chilling to the music.
One thing I like about this place is not only the ambience, but also the low level of crowd. It makes it more enjoyable as the place is never stuffed with people, making it easy for you to maneuver your way to the bar for a drink, or simply wave to attract the attention of the friendly crew.
I definitely find it a joy to simply chill at one of the beds and enjoy a cocktail there as the sun goes down.