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Itraconazole; Ketoconazole/Selected Benzodiazepines Interactions
This information is generalized and not intended as specific medical advice. Consult your healthcare professional before taking or discontinuing any drug or commencing any course of treatment.
Medical warning:
Severe. These medicines may interact and cause very harmful effects and are usually not taken together. Contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) for more information.
How the interaction occurs:
When these two medicines are taken together, your body may not process your anxiety or sleeping medicine properly.
What might happen:
You may experience unwanted drowsiness, dizziness, confusion, or slow reflexes.
What you should do about this interaction:
Contact your healthcare professionals (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) as soon as possible about taking these two medicines together. They may already be aware of this interaction and may be monitoring you for it. It may be necessary to adjust the dose of your anxiety or sleeping medicine. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.
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The entire staff here at the Lexicon has been enjoying Alex Meraz's artistic talent at conventions and we've even shared that with all of you many times. So it's no surprise to us that other sources are finally picking up on his amazing abilities and featuring his work as not just the hot tempered member of the wolf pack, but as a real artist. YRB Magazine has a supurb interview with Alex that details his beginnings with art, his inspirations, and those artists he most admires.
As Meraz finds his place in the industry, his art will never be far behind, as he continues to strive for a balance of all his creative interests at the start of a very chaotic Hollywood life. As a sort of millennial Renaissance man, he's completely devoted to all his passions and is now providing fans with prints of his work after getting numerous inquires on where they could get their hands on the wolf hottie's art. "My website has everything on it. There's a section where you can buy my art, check out some of my dance videos and just learn more about me."
Read the whole story over at the YRB website. And be sure to visit Alex Meraz's official website for more of his art and dance projects.

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"Dancing With the Stars"' Katrina Smirnoff is stepping off the dance floor and into the pages of Playboy.
The professional dancer will pose nude in the magazine, People reported. The news was announced by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner in his Tweet.
"The May issue of Playboy is unforgettable with Dancing With The Stars' Karina Smirnoff on the cover & nude inside."
U.S. & World
Answering to reports that the producers of the show were upset by Smirnoff's appearance in the magazine, a source told People: "They did know ahead of time and they still gave her one of the best pairings."
Smirnoff is paired with "Karate Kid" star Ralph Macchio in the show's current season.
Selected Sources: People, Twitter, Dancing with the Stars Web site


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Quite a few of my students play with racquets that I think are too heavy and grips that are too large. It's a sensitive issue. The player gets used to the weight of the racquet and may be reluctant to change (or maybe can't afford to change). It feels more difficult for me to help them get more racquet speed and be quicker around the net when the racquet may be affecting their technique.
I started with a wooden racquet and got good racquet speed since I had a whippy forehand and serve (and very good technique). The racquet weight may have prevented me from developing a better one handed backhand, since it's harder to rotate and keep the racquet steady (especially when you are 14 years old).
I'm open for discussion about racquet weight. What are you experiences with making changes or adjusting to different weight racquets?
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I think it's important to simplify on this topic. You state "Some players will use poor technique just so they can 'manage'." In my mind, that is not "managing with dexterity for two hours". I would define that as having to bear with a racquet that is too heavy for them.
Secondly, I would start them off with no bend with the elbow or wrist and let them understand that the simplest one hander is a low pendulum. I would not allow them to bend the elbow and wrist at whatever angle they choose at the very beginning. Then I would slowly introduce the loop and show them why it is necessary on the higher balls to not keep a strict low pendulum with a purely straight arm takeback. I might show them eventually how to think in concave and convex, and the figure eight and how to adjust the swingpath.
But let's not complicate the issue here. If a person feels the racquet is too heavy or the grip is too large, let he/she decide and interpret their strength of their forearms and shoulders. There is no one size fits all.
Tim, that is a good way to simplify what can become a complicated issue. Each person will need to interpret "manage with dexterity". Some players will use poor technique just so they can "manage", although they might be doing the best with what they have or know. A heavier racquet could make it harder to become competent in more advanced (or proper technique). I started with an adult wooden racquet when I was 11 yo. I don't ever remember the racquet being to heavy (I used a TAD Imperial, lighter and more flexible than most of the other racquets). I had to develop good technique in order to handle the racquet well. Except I used "adapted" and slice one handed backhand technique because I was not strong enough to use a top spin stroke.
Some the pros use surprisingly light racquets. They could have managed with heavier ones, but their ranking might not be as high.
Pete: I'd be careful about going up so much in weight. To me it sounds like somewhere in between would be best. Tennis elbow is not usually caused by a heavy racquet. It could be technique, poor shock absorption or stability in a racquet, or simply swinging faster than you arm or wrist can handle. I know if I play with a wooden racquet now, I feel it in my shoulders and arm right away. Too heavy for my whippy strokes and it effects timing. Poor timing is terrible for the body.
We need to trust our feelings when choosing a racquet, and know what our goals are in turns of improvement. Mistakes are made. Sometimes we need to admit that the racquet is not the right one.
Rule of thumb is to use the heaviest racquet you can manage with dexterity for two hours.
Actually, now I've put my glasses on, I see the racquets are only 260g (9.2oz) - strung weight. They are Wilson NCode, N5's. I have just broken one and they are no longer available so I need to replace the set. I am currently looking at Babolat Aero prodrive GT's to replace them which weigh 300g so am concerned because I have tennis elbow at present and wouldn't want to aggravate it any further.
Pete. That's 9.8 ounces. Is that with strings or unstrung? My racquet is 280 g unstrung. I can use about about .5 ounces (14 g) heavier in my next racquet.
My current racquets weigh 280g and while on holiday recently I had some coaching from a local pro'. He was adamant that my racquets were too light for me, but I prefer a light racquet as I feel it helps me make quick reactions when hitting the ball. I know that I would probably have a better weight of shot with a heavier racquet, but that's my preference.
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It was on TV in the US about 10 years ago, it is a mystery with some sci-fi/horror elements.
The people in a suburban city start acting weird (possessed/influenced). They would go out at night and dig, later it is discovered that they were digging out some kind of alien spaceship.
Anyone know the name?


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2011 was a pretty good year for music DVDs and I made sure I picked up my fair share. Actually, this turned out to be one of my better years for DVDs, I bought straight up DVD release but I also picked up a few special CD/DVD releases that turned up in The Best Miscellaneous Releases of 2011. Bands and labels are continuing to raise the bar by putting a lot of content into these DVDs so that the fans get a lot of value for their hard earned dollar and most of them are very well done. I wanted to list pure DVDs here but I'm realizing that some of these special package releases technically qualify for this category because, well, they include a DVD! I think that I'll have to revisit my criteria for 2012 and there may be some overlap between the best DVD list and the best miscellaneous list. Here is my list of The Top 5 Music DVDs of 2011:
Lemmy (49% Motherfucker. 51% Son of a Bitch) (2011): This documentary on Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister was released in early 2011 (even though the date says 2010!) and it was the clear winner upon first view! You're not going to find a bigger icon of Heavy Metal than Lemmy and you're not going to find another band that hasn't compromised themselves or their sound over a 36 year career like Motorhead. Well, there's also AC/DC! For those who don't own this DVD, you may have caught the edited version on VH-1 Classic…..that just doesn't cut it for me! The uncut documentary if two hours long but the bonus footage on the second DVD adds over three more hours! That's over fiver hours of interviews, concert footage, current and archival footage, backstage action and basically Lemmy's every day existence. It's great to get a glimpse of a rock star's life and watching this document of Lemmy's lifestyle is eye-opening. It's not all mansions, money and sex…..it's hard work, hard drinking, candid conversation and a unique way of living. I could go on and on but those who love Metal know that Lemmy is just as much an icon, just as much a founding father of Heavy Metal, as Ozzy, Iommi, Dio, Halford and Blackmore are. Looking into his life and career in five hours probably doesn't uncover the surface. One of my favorite parts of the DVD is in the beginning when you get a look at Lemmy (with his son) in his L.A. apartment…..talk about being a prime candidate for the TV show Hoarders! Easily this was the best DVD of 2011 and one of the best of the last few years, highly recommended.
Deep Purple – Phoenix Rising (2011): Had there not been a five hour DVD on Lemmy, PHOENIX RISING would have been my top DVD of 2011. This DVD set is a special edition DVD/CD covering the Mark IV lineup of Deep Purple that included Jon Lord, Ian Paice, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes and Tommy Bolin performing live in Japan in December 1975 and an documentary on the band titled 'Gettin' Tighter'. Also included is a bonus interview from December '75 in Jakarta with Glenn Hughes & Jon Lord, an electronic press kit for the COME TASTE THE BAND record and two awesome booklets full of vintage pictures, articles and a great history. Add the audio CD that includes rare live tracks from the Mark IV lineup on tour in Japan and Long Beach, California and you've got a serious package for Purple fans. When you think of Deep Purple, you really don't think past the classic lineup of Blackmore/Paice/Lord/Gillan/Glover (Mark II) or the Mark III lineup that included Coverdale and Hughes replacing Ian Gillan and Roger Glover…..there really isn't much out there documenting the Mark IV lineup but this DVD package makes up for it. Deep Purple is one of the most consistent bands of all-time despite various (many!) lineup changes.
AC/DC – Live At River Plate (2011): AC/DC is another band that just churns out consistently good material all the time, this time around it's the excellent LIVE AT RIVER PLATE concert DVD. The DVD was shot in Buenos Aires, Argentina in December 2009 on the Black Ice World Tour and features the full 19 song setlist that was featured throughout the tour, including the concert I attended in Foxboro, MA on the U.S. run. Obviously this is like a tour souvenir for me but if you attended this tour then you know that the band was at their best and the show was excellent. It's a big stage production that looks great on my 52″ HDTV and the 32 camera HD production makes it like you're actually there. Aside from the concert is the bonus documentary and the show opening animation that started each concert. Of all the DVDs I bought this year, LIVE AT RIVER PLATE is the best pure concert DVD.
Iced Earth – Festivals Of The Wicked (2011): It was really tough to put this new Iced Earth live DVD at #4 because I really thought it was a great tour document for 2007 & 2008 for FRAMING ARMAGEDDON (2007) and THE CRUCIBLE OF MAN (SOMETHING WICKED Part 2) (2008). I've been a fan of Iced Earth since the early '90s and this double DVD set packs in 5 hours of Iced Earth with three full concerts featuring both Tim 'Ripper' Owens and Matt Barlow on lead vocals. Ripper performs on the Wacken Open Air Festival 2007 and Barlow at Rock Hard 2008 and Metal Camp Slovenia 2008, my favorite is the Wacken show because I've warmed up to the Ripper fronted Iced Earth more as the years have passed. Don't get me wrong, the Matt Barlow eras of the band are the classic periods and sound but I love seeing Ripper perform. Add in the 60 minute documentary on the 2008 tour to start the first DVD with the bonus material videos and slideshows that end the second DVD and you've got a solid package. Up above, I stated that LIVE AT RIVER PLATE was the best pure concert DVD of 2011 but FESTIVALS OF THE WICKED comes close because of the three full shows. I probably should have made this a tie between AC/DC and Iced Earth but my attendance at the AC/DC show put them ahead of Iced Earth.
Twisted Sister – Double Live: North Stage 1982 & New York Steel 2001 (2011): Twisted Sister is one of those bands that, as the years go by, I come to appreciate more and more. I've bought a few of the reissues, bought the Xmas record and DVD and I even saw the band live a few years ago but there really isn't much future for live shows or a studio album. The one thing Twisted Sister does well is release DVDs of archival concert footage and this time around one of the most important concerts in the band's career is featured – New York Steel 2001 – a concert for the New York Police & Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund, a fund set up for the families of rescue personnel involved in the terrorist attacks of 9/11. That concert is the main reason to buy this DVD, not only is it a benefit show for a serious cause but it documents the band's reunion after a 13 year breakup. For me, the North Stage show from the band's 1982 club days is a bonus compared to the importance of the NY Steel 2001 concert but it's also a great live document of the band just before they started recording their bebut album UNDER THE BLADE. Add in the fresh interviews from the band commenting on both shows and you have a solid DVD.


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27 April 2011
Doveman & friends cover "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac
From this past Saturday's Burgundy Stain Sessions at LPR.
I remember a time when that band was not just considered uncoverable, they were considered undiscussable.
I am happy those times are gone.
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Tags: Doveman, Fleetwood Mac, Glen Hansard, Hannah Cohen, Justin Bond, Le Poisson Rouge, Martha Wainwright, Norah Jones, Sara Quin, Thomas Bartlett


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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Raiding Food (the real stuff!)!
Raids can span over several hours or more, and snacks--even meals--are consumed during them. I do make an effort to keep generally healthy snacks in the house, but convenience and ease of eating the food are what makes a true "raid snack!"
Healthy Stuff
Baby Carrots
- These are a favorite of a few of those that I raid with (most notably the GM of vortex! Crazy carrot lady!). They can be purchased ready to eat, often in a resealable bag, and are just as good chilled as they are at room temperature after being left sitting on your desk for hours.
- Plain bagels don't tend to result in too many crumbs, and you can spread it with some cream cheese if you have time or the inclination.
Soft Pretzels
- These can be found in the freezer section of some groceries, and can be quickly nuked up for a warm pretzel. Bit of mustard goes well, but like most condiments, too much will make things messy and could also negate the whole health thing ;)
Apples/Pears/Seedless Grapes/Berries/Bananas
- These fruits aren't as juicy/messy as many others, and can be munched without too much trouble. Cherries may work well too if you can deal with the pits. You can pre-slice the larger fruits if you want.
Dried Fruits and nuts
- Dried cranberries, raisins, banana chips, dried apples, apricots, mango, pineapple, etc. I especially love dried mango, though it can be very expensive per ounce! Some dried fruits and nuts may come with coatings of sugar or salts (or other flavors) that will require a napkin.
- Reduce the amount of butter/salt/flavorings to reduce the amount of finger residue. This will need to be prepared during a break, however, since you'll need to monitor your popcorn as it cooks to keep it from burning.
Granola Bars
- Go druid. Of course, those drenched in chocolate and sugars will be less healthy than those not!
Fruit Snacks
- though my jaw dropped when my preferred kind, Welch's, was relocated to the candy isle, while the stuff like Gushers were left next to the granola. I don't get it. >.> FYI, the "Florida's Natural" brand fruit snacks are rated highest for nutrition on that website.
- Some may not be healthy, of course, but most brands of crackers are better than most brands of potato chips, I would think :D Some, like Cheez-Its, may still require a napkin to clean hands.
- String Cheese, or even just a brick of cheese with a knife. Take the opportunity to try out new kinds of cheeses from your grocery store... harvarti's my current favorite. Just watch the saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium contents, as this can vary between cheeses and brands.
- in a cup. Mugs work well. You won't want a very chunky soup with large pieces in it, though, unless you have time for utensils! I love canned tomato soup, though you can also mix up your own soup using canned veggies (with the liquid), broth, and small chunks of meat if you prefer.
- If you have a blender, mixing up a smoothie before raid-time is a great alternative to soda, and a way to consume those messy fruits that you may otherwise skip. You can find lots of recipes online.
- A better alternative to soda. It can be cheaper to get these as frozen concentrates. Try to choose juices with as high a juice percent as you can; the rest in those "juice cocktails" is just sugar/sweetener (corn syrup) and water.
- You can stock up on multiple varieties of tea bags. One of my favorites is White Pear. Many teas can be chilled as well, though would need advance preparation to allow cooling time.
Junk Foods
- I like to take Tostitos (restaurant-style tortilla chips) and layer them on a plate with shredded cheddar cheese, then nuke it for 30-45 seconds to make it gooey. You can usually avoid getting the cheese on your fingers, but the salt makes napkins necessary. Adding salsa/sour creme will make it much messier, however. Depending on your chips and cheese (and any other toppings), this may be more healthy than most other junk foods.
Potato Chips
- Avoid the cheese-dusted ones unless you don't mind getting your mouse/keyboard messy or have a large stash of napkins and time to clean your hands between munches and playing. Baked ones may be better for you, and likely will have less to dirty your fingers with.
- The bagged kind, they're hard and clean enough of a finger food that they're pretty good as a raid munchie. Some may come with flavored coatings, though... I do like the honey mustard kind!
Oreos (or other cookies)
- With milk. Om nom nom. Don't drop a soggy cookie on your keyboard. :3 Do note that it is usually cheaper to buy store-brand cookie dough (or even mixing your own dough) and baking your own warm cookies than it is to buy the pre-packaged varieties.
Snack Cakes
- These can be pretty expensive and usually very unhealthy, but I will admit that many taste really good and they can be so convenient.
- Gummy Bears, Skittles, M&M's, etc. Lindt Lindor Truffles are excellent, though individually wrapped.
~~ Have suggestions for the list? I'd like to keep it growing!~~
5 comments:
- Lissanna said...
Now I'm hungry. :(
- June 16, 2009 at 5:56 PM
- Kae said...
Om nom nom!
- June 16, 2009 at 8:13 PM
A lot of different types of fruit are also quite good as a snack while raiding.
Sure, you can't have a slice of watermelon (mmmmmm), but apple slices or orange slices are quite eatable during raids. Clementines are my favorite when they are in season!
Grapes are also quite good, those giant deep purple ones are the best!
I've also been known to let tanks die while ejoying strawberries ;-)
- June 17, 2009 at 10:27 AM
- Kae said...
I can't really eat oranges while at the computer... too juicy! Pickles, peaches, and nectarines too. Plums are kinda borderline: some can be relatively dry, and their thick skin helps keep your hands safe from the juice.
Honeydew/Cantaloupe melons are good if pre-cut and eaten with a fork, but I agree on the watermelon... if not for the juice, then also for the seeds! Even the "seedless" kinds tend to come with those little white shells, and I am quite picky about removing them :D
Oh, something I hadn't thought to include: dried fruits! Cranberries, dried mango, banana chips, etc... those are great!
- June 17, 2009 at 10:39 AM
- Molsan said...
Green tea and reduced fat Triscuits for me! I like the idea of dried fruit though, or even trail mix would be nice.
- June 17, 2009 at 10:48 AM


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Lawyers for migrant farm workers say the state Department of Labor isn't doing its job when it comes to keeping farm workers safe in the fields.
In a complaint filed with the federal labor department, lawyers with Legal Aid of North Carolina's farmworker unit said the state agency systematically downplays workplace safety violations in migrant work camps, reduces fines placed on businesses, and fails to inspect most of the migrant work camps where agriculture workers toil in the fields and live.
The legal organization, which provides legal representation to the impoverished in North Carolina, made an announcement about the complaint today, but filed it with federal officials on Sept. 30.
The complaint asks federal officials to intervene in North Carolina, where the state department has been headed since 2001 by elected Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry, a Republican who runs on pro-business campaign platforms.
Berry has ignored complaints from farmworker advocates about housing conditions in migrant camps, as well as safety violations for years, according to the complaint.
"The N.C. Department of Labor Occupational Health and Safety Division (OSH) has failed to provide protections to migrant and seasonal farmworkers , including poultry processing workers," wrote MaryLee Hall, the director of Legal Aid's farmworker unit. "We request that your agency investigate this complaint and facilitate corrective action by OSHANC."
Berry's office did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment. (See update below.)
Federal labor officials have already found problems in the way North Carolina handles workplace safety issues in the agriculture industries. A 2010 report by the federal labor agency found that North Carolina inspectors frequently classified serious workplace safety violations as non-serious, and allowed business to drastically reduce their fines despite significant safety violations.
The group estimates that North Carolina employs 58,000 farmworkers, many of whom live in the 4,000 migrant camps provided by the growers and farmers in the state. Advocates think only a portion of those migrant work camps, about 1,200, are properly registered with the state and that the non-registered camp are rarely, if ever, visited by state labor inspectors.
In 2009, inspectors only visited 55 migrant camps once workers arrived, according to Legal Aid of North Carolina.
More information about the complaint is available from the N.C. Farmworker Advocacy Network (www.ncfan.org).
UPDATE: Dolores Quesenberry, spokeswoman for the state labor department, said the agency had no comment other than to "wait and see what Washington has to say."


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In the first phase of her career she was known as a Roman Catholic, and she taught at Boston College for many years. Her tenure there could only be described as controversial. At the beginning her teaching career was marked by a fight over tenure. At the end she left Boston College after refusing to allow male students in some of her classes in feminist thought.
Her critique of the Roman Catholic Church as a bastion of patriarchy, expressed in her 1968 book, The Church and the Second Sex, was extended to the entire Christian tradition. She rejected Christianity's focus on a monotheistic deity and what she attacked as its intrinsic patriarchy. She asserted that Christianity's focus on Jesus Christ was just another dimension of its patriarchy -- a Savior in a male body.
As Margaret Elizabeth Kostenberger explains, Daly's "complete rejection of Scripture" on the basis of its "irremediable patriarchal bias" took her far outside the Christian faith. While other feminists called for the adoption of female or gender-neutral language for God, Daly attacked those efforts as half-measures that fail to take the phallocentricity of theism seriously.
Her famous dictum, "if the God is male, then the male is God," stood at the heart of her radical revision of religion. She accused Christianity of "gynocide" against women and suggested that all monotheistic religion -- and Christianity in particular -- is "phallocentric."
She referred to feminists as "pirates in a phallocratic society" and preached her version of feminist liberation, describing herself as a "radical lesbian feminist." She rejected the biblical notion of sin and called for a celebration of lust and the breaking of all sexual rules. She attacked heterosexuality as inherently patriarchal and championed lesbianism as a means of the liberation of women from the "phallocratic" power system of the culture.
In her later years, Mary Daly identified herself as a "post-Christian" -- a term that was, if anything, an understatement.
In the end, Mary Daly will be remembered for the radical lesbian feminist that she was. She must be given credit for her honesty in accusing theological liberals of lacking the courage of their convictions. As she saw it, they were clinging to the furniture of Christianity long after rejecting its central beliefs. She saw the entire structure as hopelessly patriarchal and called for a complete break with Christianity and theism.
In the largest sense, she was undoubtedly right in arguing that the logic of radical feminism is diametrically opposed to the truth claims of Christianity. She was, as she claimed, taking ideological feminism to its logical conclusion.
Interestingly, Mary Daly also serves as a reminder that radicals are seldom so comprehensively radical as they consider themselves. Daly was criticized by transgender and transsexual activists for her failure to see transsexuals as anything other than "death-loving Frankenstein monsters." Womanist author Audre Lorde complained that Daly, though a radical feminist, did not recognize the role of race in patriarchy. Even the most radical thinkers among us apparently have a hard time keeping up.
According to The New York Times, Mary Daly died of "declining health," not "gynocide." Her intellectual work lives on among the radical feminists, but her influence extends far beyond those who would identify themselves as "post-Christian." Many of today's liberal denominations and seminaries have absorbed and accepted her basic critique of Christianity, but lack her boldness and intellectual honesty.
In one of her later books, Daly said, "There are and will be those who think I have gone overboard. . . . Let them be assured that this assessment is correct, probably beyond their wildest imagination." The story of Mary Daly is, by any Christian measure, a tragedy. And, we must add, a tragedy with lessons we dare not miss.
Margalit Fox, "Mary Daly, a leader in Feminist Theology, Dies at 81," The New York Times, Thursday, January 7, 2010.
Recommended Resource: Margaret Elizabeth Kostenberger, Jesus and the Feminists: Who Do They Say That He Is? (Crossway Books, 2008).


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RTC Live: Syracuse @ ProvidencePosted by rtmsf on February 23rd, 2010
RTC Live will be coming to you from downtown Providence Tuesday night for a battle between a top-five Syracuse powerhouse and an upset-minded Providence team. Syracuse enters play tonight fresh off their monumental victory last Thursday at Georgetown but enter the Dunkin Donuts Center hoping to avoid a letdown in their sandwich game between the emotional win over the Hoyas and this coming Saturday's hyped visit from Villanova to the Carrier Dome. The Orange are led by sensational Iowa State transfer Wesley Johnson and the pinpoint long-range shooting of Andy Rautins. Productive big men are also imperative to Jim Boeheim's success this season from the punishing Arinze Onuaku to the athleticism of Kris Joseph. Providence is hoping they can post a memorable win akin to their stunning upset over #1 Pittsburgh in 2009 at the Dunk. If the Friars win tonight, they must defend in the halfcourt and shoot well from outside, most notably Sharaud Curry and Marshon Brooks. Also, keep an eye on how sophomore Jamine Peterson handles the forwards of Syracuse down in the post. We could have a high-scoring, high-flying, up and down marathon tonight in the Big East. Hope you'll join me courtside for Syracuse vs. Providence here on RTC Live tonight at 7 PM.


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Prime Minister David Cameron has given the government's Start-Up Loans scheme a £30 million boost today, which increases the total sum available to new businesses to £110 million over the next three years.
Cameron has also said that due to high demand for the scheme and the challenges faced by those trying to secure loans to start a business, the age limit for the application will be extended from 24 to 30 years old.
Support typically comes in the order of £2,500 with a repayment period of up to five years. The interest rate will be at RPI plus 3 percent and loads will only be available in England.
Although the loans are open to any new business looking to get help, the government has turned the spotlight on the technology start-up scene in the UK, with specific focus on the Tech City initiative in London's East End.
Over 3,000 people have applied or registered an interest in a start-up loan and, in the three months that the scheme has been live, over £1.5 million worth of loans have been approved, helping 460 new businesses get off the ground.
The government expects that 100 new businesses a week will reach the approval stage in January, with 'thousands more' to follow in the coming months.
"Start-Up loans are an important part of my mission to back aspiration, and all those young people who want to work hard and get on in life, so this country competes and thrives in the global race," said Cameron.
"They are a great way to help this next generation of entrepreneurs get the financial help – and the confidence – to turn that spark of an idea, into a growing, thriving business."
He added: "It is by backing our entrepreneurs and championing small business that we can drive forward and grow the economy, and equip this country for the highly competitive era we are in."
Number 10 has also provided a regional breakdown of lending across England, as of the middle of December, with London taking the majority at 34 percent. This is followed by the South East (19 percent), West Midlands (14 percent), North West (9 percent), South West (7 percent), Yorkshire and Humber (6 percent), East midlands (5 percent), and East of England (3 percent).
The government created a new body, the Start-Up Loans Company, to provide guidance and direction in administering the lending funds, which is chaired by James Caan.
"There has been a major shift in the way business is viewed by the public, and entrepreneurs are now seen as creative and exciting role models; and I am delighted to see that more and more young people are now looking to set up their own business," said Caan.
"It is only with this renewed focus on youth entrepreneurship, that we will create more jobs and wealth and see the economy flourish once again.
He added: "Start-Up Loans enable young people to harness their skills, and gives each budding entrepreneur not just a low interest loan, but also the help and support from an experienced mentor to guide them to success. I am proud to chair the Start-Up Loans Company, responsible for delivering this excellent initiative."


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Saturday, August 18, 2007
Michael Vick: Pride Goeth Before the Fall
"On Friday morning, the last two of Michael Vick's co-defendants in a federal dogfighting case--Quanis Phillips and Purnell Peace--pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to travel in interstate commerce in aid of unlawful activities and to sponsor a dog in an animal fighting venture," begins Lester Munson's latest ESPN.com article about Vick's case; it should be titled, "Requiem for a Fallen Superstar." Their voices are now added to those of four cooperating witnesses plus Tony Taylor, a co-defendant who had already agreed to testify against Vick. Munson writes, "The seven witnesses can describe the alleged dogfighting scheme from its inception in 2001, less than eight weeks after Vick signed his first NFL contract, to its demise three months ago when police raided Vick's compound in rural Surry County. The seven witnesses allegedly can describe Vick building the dogfighting facility, buying dogs, breeding dogs, training dogs, betting on dogs, paying for everything and participating in gruesome executions of losing dogs."
Once you get past the sickening brutality--which is admittedly not easy to do--think about the fact that Vick started engaging in these activities almost immediately after he began a pro football career that could have earned him well over $100 million in salary and endorsements. Whether or not playing football should be considered heroic, with that kind of money and the status that goes with it, Vick could have had a heroic impact on the lives of many people, starting with his own family and radiating outward to his local community and beyond; he could have used that money and influence to lend support to any number of worthy causes, in addition to building a life of luxury for himself and those close to him. Instead, he decided to indulge his appetite for what can only be described as blood lust and brutality.
What does "pride" have to do with any of this? Vick surely felt proud that he could singlehandedly fund this entire operation; he felt proud when dogs that he trained won; he felt proud of being tough enough (in his own twisted perception) to kill dogs that did not win; he felt proud that he was so rich and powerful that he thought he could be above the law and do whatever he wanted without repercussions. The problem, of course, is that his pride was not the authentic, positive pride that comes from a good job well done but the foolish pride that comes from having an inflated perception of one's importance and a distorted view of what really matters.
This foolish pride seems to have extended to the disastrous way that Vick and his attorneys are handling his legal defense. Vick initially denied involvement in the dogfighting ring but he has provided no explanation for how all of these activities could have taken place at his property without his knowledge. Meanwhile, all of his co-defendants have already taken deals and lined up to testify against him. Even if Vick wants to make a deal, what can he offer to the government that it does not already have? Everyone else who is involved has already "rolled" and Vick is the biggest guy--there is nobody for him to "roll" on. Maybe at the last hour Vick and his attorneys will unveil some magic escape plan--like one of Vick's scrambling runs--but at this point it looks like he should have done one of two things a long time ago: either back up his claims of innocence with a detailed explanation of how these things happened without his knowledge or admit to making horrible lapses in judgment and pledge to fully cooperate with the government and animal rights groups to attempt to atone for his misdeeds.
Now Vick seems to be trapped. It is very hard to believe that he and his attorneys can arrange a deal that will not result in him serving at least a year in prison. Plus, since he lied to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell about his actions, Vick can expect to receive a lengthy suspension from the game--possibly for life; while the dogfighting charges are horrendous, Vick's alleged involvement in illegal gambling could prove to be the most damaging infraction from the NFL's perspective. In 1963, stars Paul Hornung and Alex Karras were suspended for a year by NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle because they had bet on NFL games. It is hard to believe that Vick would be suspended for less than a year if he admits to or is convicted of illegally gambling while organizing illegal dogfights and it is not at all difficult to foresee a scenario in which Goodell would impose a lifetime ban on Vick.
Calling this a tragic situation in no way diminishes the fact that Michael Vick should be held entirely responsible for the way that his own actions have brought about his downfall. The tragedy consists of the gulf between what he could have accomplished--on the field and off--and the horrible legacy that is now attached to his name. Sometimes, athletes are praised for "keeping it real" or for staying true to their backgrounds but there is nothing to be proud of when it comes to engaging in cruel and felonious activities. As Emmitt Smith has put it on several occasions, star athletes must deliver a straightforward message to their childhood friends who engage in criminal behavior: I can't go where you are going and if you persist in what you are doing then you can't go where I am going, either. That is not being soft or "selling out"; that is being smart. The sad irony for Vick is that so many members of his lowlife entourage have repaid his "loyalty" by turning on Vick as quickly as possible.
3 comments:
- Whitney said...
The whole thing is so pathetic. How does someone grow into the kind of person who takes pleasure in treating other living beings with that kind of cruelty?
We had a 7 year-old-boy die here in Mpls., yesterday due to a dog attack. Full grown, not-neutered male pit bull CHAINED in a basement. Boy goes down to play with puppies and is attacked. There is a lot of questioning and speculation as to why the dog was chained up in the freaking basement.
Anyway, if any good can come out of the Michael Vick story, I hope it's that kids and adults who think dog-fighting is okay have had their eyes opened to how fast you can trash your life by behaving like a monster.
- Saturday, August 18, 2007 10:18:00 AM
- Mystery Lady said...
Don't get me wrong, I grew up with pets. I adore dogs. But c'mon folks stop the haterage over Vick and dogs when you have scum like the poor little housewife of a preacher walking free after committing murder against another HUMAN BEING - I just don't get it. (Google Mary Winkler in McMinnville, TN.) The media and the public have all but put Vick in the gas chamber and certainly banned him from the NFL and for what? I would think that killing your husband (as opposed to divorcing or leaving him) would warrant more outcry and outrage than Mike Vick and dogs. I find the allegations against Vick disgusting, but it pales in comparison. I'd immediately cross the street in fear upon seeing Mary Winkler before I'd run from Vick.
Sidenote: Mary Winkler, preacher's wife, shot her husband while he slept, point-blank in the back with a shotgun. Found guilty. She served some 60 days (mostly in a psych facility for observation)and now she walks free and even could regain custody of her small children who were there at the time of the shooting.
- Sunday, August 19, 2007 10:27:00 PM
- David Friedman said...
The cliche says, "Two wrongs don't make a right." The reason something becomes a cliche in the first place is that it has been repeated frequently and the reason that something gets repeated frequently is that there is usually at least a grain of truth to it.
I don't know the particulars of the case that you mentioned but even if an injustice has been committed in that instance this would not justify a committing an injustice regarding Vick (i.e., letting him off the hook because someone who killed someone got a light punishment).
Also, if you read closely what I wrote, I focused more on the aspect of the self-inflicted tragedy that Vick has perpetrated on himself than the issue of what punishment he should receive from the government and the NFL. My discussion of punishment largely dealt with the realities of what is likely to happen given the seemingly overwhelming case that is stacked up against Vick.
- Sunday, August 19, 2007 10:59:00 PM


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"Men In Black 3" opens this weekend, and so I thought we'd turn our discussion this week to one Mr Will Smith.
"MIB:3" is his first movie in four years, so it's only natural to wonder if he still has the kind of box office power that he's demonstrated in the past. Smith has shown a knack for turning box office straw into gold, making massive moneymakers out of occasionally suspect films.
He began his career as a rapper and quickly earned a sitcom for himself ("The Fresh Prince of Bel Air"), which catapulted him to fame. He transitioned to the big screen with roles in such films as "Six Degrees of Separation", "Bad Boys", "Independence Day", and of course, the original "Men in Black". Smith continued to maintain his musical career throughout, and his crossover appeal helped fuel the box office success that his films enjoyed. In addition to summer blockbusters, though, Smith occasionally makes bids at "serious" roles, and in fact has earned two Oscar nominations – one for "Ali" and one for "The Pursuit of Happyness".
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text: Christmas this year is proving to be difficult. While Christmas pasts have held some level of mental fatigue in both the years before MS and the years since, I have never been denied any of my Christmas physically…until now. The weekend after Thanksgiving is when we decorate. There are three Christmas decorations that are a part of Christmas that really matter to me and are traditions that I don't want my family to be without – the tree, the Nativity and the mantle. I know these things are not the important parts of Christmas but, as a mother and a homemaker, they feel important to me. They are my contributions to my family's Christmas. Unfortunately, my body is having no part of Christmas this year and decided to take it out on the tree first. Whether it was trying to balance on the ladder, keeping a breakable ornament in my hand and off of the tile floor or being able to use my arms and legs long enough to get things done without going numb I failed. After a few days, I naturally began to stress and feel guilty that it wasn't done which only makes it worse. While it isn't certain if stress can cause a relapse, it does worsen symptoms and can do so rather extremely. This made for a rather pathetic cycle. It took me almost two weeks to finish our tree! I still have to get the mantle done which isn't anywhere close to the job the tree is and the Nativity is really just a matter of finding the right storage box but I know that it isn't going to get done today and most likely tomorrow. As I was feeling pathetic getting the tree completed I kept seeing the Charlie Brown Christmas tree and every time my body failed in someway I saw Lucy pulling the football away just as Charlie Brown was going to kick it.


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Snapchat photos can be undeleted as well as captured: When it matters
by Larry Magid
I recently wrote about Snapchat, the popular photo sharing app that allows users to share photos that will self-destruct from between 1 and 10 seconds after they're viewed. As I said in that story, there are many reasons people use Android and Apple iOS app and that, despite worries about sexting, most kids are using the app in ways that parents would probably approve of.
But, it's also important for kids and adults to realize that there's no such thing content that absolutely disappears forever. Anything that can be digitized can be copied and stored and, as a forensics expert recently demonstrated, with the right tools, Snapchat photos, like PC files, can be undeleted.
After transfering data to a PC, forensics examiner Richard Hickman can access deleted photos from a "received image" folder (screen shot from KSL TV)
Richard Hickman, from Utah-based Decipher Forensics, showed a KSL TV reporter how how his firm can restore deleted Snapchat photos from Android devices. He said he is working on a way to do the same with iOS phones and tablets. In a blog post, he described how he is able to transfer Snapchat data from an Android phone to a PC and recover deleted images.
Snapchat responded with its own blog post admitting "if you've ever tried to recover lost data after accidentally deleting a drive or maybe watched an episode of CSI, you might know that with the right forensic tools, it's sometimes possible to retrieve data after it has been deleted."
Lessons learned
I'm sure you've heard this before but it doesn't hurt to remind kids that, on the Internet, there there is no such thing as an eraser button. Even if you think something is gone, you never know for sure. The safest way to avoid problems is not to post or send anything that could get you into serious trouble if it were ever revealed.That's not to say you shouldn't do things that are a wacky or potentially even a bit embarrassing but you should avoid posting something that could get you into serious trouble or cause you severe mental distress were it later to surface.
When it matters: Calculating risks
It's all a matter of calculating risks and benefits. Unless you're sending your photos to mean or devious people, the odds of someone capturing the screen and sending around your pictures are probably quite low and — at least based on current technology — the process of undeleting is complicated and expensive and requires physical possession of the phone. It can't be done remotely. The company that discovered it will charge parents and law enforcement between $300 and $500 per image recovered). What that means to me is that it's OK to send wacky photos to your friends but not OK to send photos that could be illegal (such as sexually explicit or nude pictures of people under 18 — including self-portraits) or that could get you into serious trouble at school or with current or future friends or love interests. For more on the risk issues, see "Why I'm Not Worried That It's Possible to Undelete Snapchat Photos."
Advice for parents
The takeaway for parents is, once again, to talk with your kids about how they are using this and all other apps, but not to panic or prevent them from using the app. There are lots of fun and appropriate ways to use Snapchat and other photo-sharing apps and its "disappearing" feature, however imperfect, can add to its fun because kids know that in most cases the images won't stick around forever. Does that equate no risk? Of course not, but it also doesn't mean that there aren't good — and appropriate– ways to use the app.


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Green Beans Vinaigrette with Pine Nuts
Green beans are an ever-present side dish on the holiday table, even though their peak season winds down in October. This can create problems for the home chef who doesn't have access to specialty produce vendors, as the out-of-season supermarket green beans can be tough and flavorless.
My mother-in-law serves an old fashioned recipe for green beans during the holidays that everyone enjoys, which I've updated. Blanched green beans get a flavorful sauté before serving. Shallots, garlic and oregano give the beans a wonderful aroma, and then white balsamic vinegar is added to form a hot vinaigrette. The beans are heated in the vinaigrette to infuse them with flavor, and then are sprinkled with toasted pine nuts before serving. Leftover beans are tasty served as a chilled salad, and asparagus, broccoli and Brussels sprouts are all delicious prepared in this method.
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over medium-high heat. When boiling, add the green beans and blanch for 2 to 3 minutes. Drain the beans and rinse with cold water. Drain well and set aside until ready to serve.
Before serving, heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shallots and sauté until translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and oregano and sauté 1 minute. Stir in the white balsamic vinegar and green beans and cook, stirring, until the beans are heated through. Season with salt and pepper and pour out onto a serving platter. Sprinkle with the pine nuts.
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Guillermo Del Toro is a busy man.
His new vampire horror series, "The Strain," will soon premiere on FX, he's currently in postproduction on the upcoming Gothic horror film "Crimson Peak," and he starts design work on the recently announced "Pacific Rim" sequel in mere weeks.
But that's not all. The prolific director, producer and writer talked to Speakeasy in a wide-ranging, exclusive telephone interview, touching on what to expect from his plans for the "Pacific Rim" universe, how he thinks "Pacific Rim" compares to that other giant monster movie produced by Legendary Pictures, and whether he hopes that his dream project, a long-gestating adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness," will make it to the big screen.
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Some days you just need a little something bright and cheery to top off your day (or, in our case, start your day)!
Angel food cake (make your own or shortcut with a boxed mix or store bought cake)
2 cups raspberries
1 tbsp sugar for raspberries
1/4 c sugar for whipped cream
1 tsp lime zest
A sprinkle more lime zest for the topping
1 c heavy or whipping cream
1/4 c sour cream
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I made the angel food cake in loaf pans. To serve 12 took 1 loaf. For the photo I used a martini glass but we served the trifle in 6 oz dessert cups.
Cut angel food cake into bite-size chunks. (MUCH easier to do this if the angel food cake is frozen.)
Side note - have you ever tried to cut angel food cake? It's like cutting marshmallows. Yikes! That's why I found it easier the second time to cut the cake while it was frozen. Try not to hold on too tightly while cutting, the cake compresses very easily! Use a gentle, sawing motion with a serrated bread knife.
Mash the raspberries with a fork and toss with 1 tbsp sugar and lime zest. Let sit. (You can also hit the mash with some lime juice.)
Using a cold, metal mixing bowl whip the heavy cream, sour cream, 1/4 c of sugar until soft peaks form. Keep the bowl in the fridge until you are ready to do the mixing.
Distribute the cake among the dessert cups, top with mashed raspberries, add whipped cream and sprinkle lightly with lime zest. (I added blueberries because it's Maine!)
Let your guests know it's not a bowl of white bread but angel food cake. We got a few odd looks until I mentioned it was cake. ;-)
Use the juice from the lime for a margarita!
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Redding teen masters amazing card tricks
There are magicians like David Copperfield, an illusionist whose tricks baffle audiences.
Once, there was Harry Houdini, who's long gone but still remembered for getting out of tight situations.
And now, growing up in Redding may be one of tomorrow's mystifying performers. His name is Lee Winters but he's also known as MagicLee, a conjurer known for his sleight of hand mastery of card tricks.
Lee, 13, the son of Susan Winters and Bruce Winters, is a student at John Read Middle School in Redding.
If you watch him on YouTube or in person, you'll see why he considers himself a showman and comedian, but more than that, you'll quickly understand why the nickname MagicLee is appropriate.
Q: Why did you become interested in magic, specifically card tricks?
A: I have no clue. It's just something I started to do, got the hang of and love doing. I became interested when I was about 6, but got into it by the time I was 8.
Q: Why cards? Why not pull a rabbit out of a hat?
A: Cards are special because I love the idea of being able to work closely with an audience, to get up close and personal and hear people say, "How did you do that? Do that again."
Q: Who was your inspiration?
A: The Society of Young Magicians really helped me get started. In my chapter, Bill Anders of Stamford inspired me. He was my mentor. He died last summer.
Q: People can see your work on YouTube. Who films you doing tricks?
A: I usually film myself with my phone. When I'm being professional, either my friends or my parents will record for me -- but that's not too often.
Q: Who selects the music that accompanies your act? Why is music important in it?
A: I pick the music. Music is part of my act. It corresponds or mimics what I'm performing. For example, I'll use a song with numbers in it to accompany a trick using numbers.
Q: Who taught you card tricks?
A: I'm self-taught. I read tons and tons of books and watch tons and tons of videos. I have a collection of books that could fill up a room. Some of the books date back to the 1940s.
Q: How often do you practice?
A: Every day. It starts when I get home from school. I read books, look at videos and practice magic.
Q: What's your favorite card trick?
A: That's a hard question. I suppose my favorite is not my own. It's called "Shape of My Heart" and was developed by Shaun Farquhar. Every time I see it, it almost brings me to tears, it's that amazing.
Q: Where have you performed?
A: A lot of local charities and at the Society of Young Magicians. I've entertained at eight or nine different nursing homes, senior centers, charity events and local organizations.
I also perform once or twice a month at Meadow Ridge Retirement Community in Redding.
Q: How many card decks do you own?
A: Hundreds and hundreds. People bring me decks from around the world. Russia, Finland, China, Australia, France. The back designs are different depending on the country they're from. My oldest deck is American, from the 1920s.
The collection keeps growing, too, because I need cards bought in quantity for my act.
Q: Anything else you enjoy besides magic tricks?
A: Yes. I like music. Music is my other big hobby. I play piano, guitar and ukulele. And I'm really into video production. Most of my school projects turn into them.
Q: Is there magic in your future? Maybe Las Vegas?
A: Las Vegas would be quite an achievement. But, really, I don't know yet what I want to be once I finish school. It's a long way off.
Contact Lee Winters at magicleemagician.com or call 203-438-1652. Type in "Lee Winters" to catch him on YouTube.
Sybil Blau is a freelance writer in Connecticut; firstname.lastname@example.com


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It provides the basis for next generation public relations.
It is a form of PR predicated on the perspective of a person or (online) community perspective.
Its basic building block, values, are evident in the semantic web at all its intersections and it forms the basis for all public relations subject to digitally networked communication.
This is the background to it and its application.
For a very long time, I have been struggling with a concept of PR that would bring PR theory into line with what I know of the internet. For publications about online PR such as Share This Too there is a need for a theoretical framework to hold so much apparently new practice together. It needs a coherent structure because it seems to challenge everything that PR stood for in the 20th century.
In three books, I too have challenged the orthodoxy of academia and PR teaching. Some has stuck (Transparency, Porosity, Agency, Richness and Reach is now commonly taught) but much has not.
About three weeks ago I had one of those moments when a lot of thinking came together.
It goes back to some work I did on tokens and values in which we identify people and organisation as the nexus of values; the work of Bruno Amaral who showed that people cluster round commonly held values (an empirical study); Thoughts about wealth being based on relationships; my contribution to the Global Alliance Melbourne Mandate to help define organisational character and much more.
In each case, I have been looking at the values that people subscribe to at a moment in time. For the most part, we are looking at values that are established from the perspective of the individual.
In an era of mass-media dilution, communication has a higher and growing dependency on network communication as a mechanism to introduce individuals to the story of the hour. It is this development that is the evolving and critical element that PR theory has to address most urgently. We need to see why and how values (some of them being no more than a hyperlink) spread in networks and how this is different to mass media 'communication'.
Mass media messages go in one direction. Network media is all over the place. We need to be able to track where the messages are coming from and going to.
From this need for perspectives drawn from individuals we can sum up the new form of PR practice more precisely.
PR Practitioners
- Observe events from the value perspective of many constituencies, organisations and cultures
- Undertake activity that compliment the value perspectives of constituencies, organisations and cultures
- Identify future, present or past extent of effects of activity on value perspectives of constituencies, organisations and cultures
- Measure objectives or objects from value perspectives of constituencies, organisations and cultures
- This is how they establish change or variance in the significance of values.
We could reduce this to an explanation as simple as:
"From the perspective (v) of an entity (n) to what extent (e) is this object (o) significant (s).
In application, one might evaluate PR activities thus
- From the perspective of the citizen, to what extent is democracy valuable?
- From the perspective of the organisation, to what extent is the threat of new competition significant to its future?
- From the perspective of the marketing director, to what extent is public relations a contributor to sales?
Now, I guess, its time to test the theory and especially look for that secret ingredient the values of the constituency.
We need a method for identifying the perspective of constituents. Fortunately one is ready to hand. It is the application of semantics as practiced by Google.
Perspective are a nexus of values. To find the nexus of values, it is possible to use a practice that will also reveal a lot more that is useful to PR practitioners.
Perhaps its time to do a simple thing. The sort of thing any practitioner might need to do.
Identify the platforms and channels one might seek for a client who makes designer handbags!
Well, someone does.
Yes, people will look for images of handbags.
Pinterest (and this is where it is possible to get basic 'reach' data from Alexa) and Google Images are both going to be key media.
Both have a presence before more readers than one might expect from a double page spread in a popular magazine. In addition, they provide a service for the consumer at the time most relevant to the consumer interest. Against this competition, the press is not going to do well unless, of course, it gets its content and its pictures online and circulating.
In fact, a quick scan of the media landscape shows that there is a huge readership seeking more information and interaction concerning designer handbags.
Not much in traditional media but we can easily see one Facebook commentator has a following of 36,000.
Perhaps that is the place to go to share our enthusiasm for designer handbags.
But what we really need to do is to find out where there is an on-line 'Community Perspective'
We can do this by looking for the values people associate with 'Handbags'.
People tell us what values are important to them by using such words when they search using Google, Bing or Yahoo and in the pages they look at online where we can extract the semantic concepts most evident on the page.
One way of doing this is to use the latent semantic indexing which forms the core of Google's Adwords.
Here are the results of an experiment I did last week:
I went to Google Adwords and searched for the term 'designer handbag'.
Associated with the word 'handbag' Google found just what we were looking for. The keyword concept values most important to UK citizens in November 2012.
At the time I did this experiment a number of handbag retailers came up as concept words and, of course the word handbag. I eliminated them and was left with the following words:
"organiser, hooks, designer, black, patent, charms and navy".
One would not expect any such words to be much help in finding designer handbag web sites. What in the world would 'navy, add to the search.
Well, it is what some people associate with handbags. In fact, if you were to try the experiment now sometime after the initial experiment, you will find that Google will take you to handbag sites as if it was reading your mind (gradually this ability will decay as people favour other values associated with handbags). The key words evident in the search terms used by people take them to the semantic construct which means 'handbag'. We have tapped into the values that people associate with handbags.
Using this idea, we can use it to do what a lot of people in PR find really hard to do.
We can make online lists of the web sites that are most relevant to the interests of our key constituents.
We can explore top social media sites such as Wordpress, Blogger, Twitter and even Facebook to find key opinion formers and enthusiasts.
(Try using the search syntax organiser hooks designer black patent charms navy site:facebook.com and you will get to the media you really want to get to - you can dilute it a but by adding 'handbag' in your search)
What is evident is that the technologies we are deploying (based on semantics) provides us with this new type of constituency segment: 'community perspective' segment.
It is sensitive to the values of the people who are engaging at the time and it is sensitive to the values in on-line and offline conversations of the minute.
Not publics, not stakeholders, not socio-economic and cultural demographics but people with a community perspective expressed in some words they have in common.
This constituency does not have to be very engaged but does have similar values:
• The big issue is often remote from the values common between the individual and audience
• There is no segmentation in messaging 'everyone can see everything'
• 'Publics' of one, and in this instant only, is now common.• A 'public' of millions is meaningless. It is no longer an realistic PR, advertising, or marketing promotion option.
Now for another experiment.
The practitioner needs to be able to find the semantic concepts in corporate content. The tools are available and more keep coming.
In this experiment, I parsed the content of a Stuart Bruce posting on his blog to see what proper noun semantic concepts emerged. The post was about Share This Too. Semantically, four people figured strongly.
The result was and entity map for this web page
(as an aside and for Philip Sheldrake and similar enthusiasts for semantic data analysis, this form of semantic analysis - which I built last year and is available here - gives you RDF triples)
Delving into what people contribute online (and because there is so much of it, it is called Big Data) means we can get very helpful insights into the intentions of constituents. Indeed, this is what GCHQ does and so too can PR practitioners.
From the foregoing, it is possible to claim that a theory based on perspectives in Public Relations are key.
As we will see in my next post, the days described by Will McInnes in Culture Shock and brought to us by Stephen Waddington, are not just being pushed aside, the very nature of PR under severe threat.
For the big consultancies it is not business as usual but with 'digital attached'. It is now possible to discover what is really motivating people even when your organisation is tiny and in a very niche market. The most humble PR agency can now compete with the biggest and brashest.
Practitioners now have keys that take them to the big time. It is driven by social media and understood with semantics and most people call that 'Google'.
All those years of work proving the validity of opinion research are being swept to one side.
For example, one can ask communities questions as part of research into values and views.
Online polling has been a great success and now can claim to be among the best available. Google Surveys, came out top during the US Presidential election.
What is really significant here is that the average practitioner has mass polling available at a cost that would have been the preserve of the big research organisations only two years ago.
Now we need to look at the other part of the communication story.
The Platforms.
Mass media thinking and theories are now challenged. The range of media is considerable. Content is distributed by databases and algorithms aided in a big way by people recommending content to friends, family and colleagues. This means that the 'network effect', the multi path route to your Twitter account, Facebook or G+ page and into the email inbox now reigns over the printing press and even the TV station.
Mass-media theory now has to content with this growing dependency on network communication.
Throwing away newspapers as a channel is not (yet) sensible but it is important to examine the new platforms.
For a number of years the internet has been trying to escape from the PD and laptop. It's done it!
From Newspapers to running shoes, data is being used to create messages which is distributed on and offline with nothing in between.
Games consoles, TV sets used to play YouTube videos and touch screens that we all take to bed and call 'phones'!
Dresses that display Tweets and glasses that provide virtual reality not so novel any-more. In fact Monmouthpedia is just a PR application of the Internet of Things.
In the next post we will look at what the future really looks like but here and now I have shown that the old models and old theories of PR practice are under pressure.
I posit that all the historical theoretical concepts that affect PR have been shaken if not stirred in the last few yeas.
A new theory is emerging based on the idea that the perspectives of people evident in their values. These are evident in what they are interested in and look for and are made available to the practitioner by application of Big Data semantic applications.
Historic segmentation theories such as Grunig and Hunt's publics, Freedman's stakeholders and the marketing approach of social and economic demographic segmentation models need to be re-cast to accommodate the new reality.
This new theory based round the 'perspectives of people' has been through a mincer of thinking and research at Escola Superior de Comunicaçã
It is very new and had to be developed because so much of the 20th century theorising was showing signs of stress.
Most notably, we now have considerable evidence of people commenting about organisations and brands with little of no reference to the organisation or brand (often no experience at all). They are part of an eco system of brand values that are not much influenced by organisations but are (often if only by sheer numbers) influential.
Organisations, in many instances have lost control of the brand. It is owned by what can be regarded as the community perspective.
The Lisbon Theory also gives us a really clear view into how PR will have to develop in the coming months.
David Phillips, (2006) "Towards relationship management: Public relations at the core of organisational development", Journal of Communication Management, Vol. 10 Iss: 2, pp.211 - 226
Amaral, B. (2009) "A proof of concept for automated discourse analysis in support of identification of relationship building in blogs." Bledcom http://www.bledcom.com/about_bledcom/research/2009.


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|Henry Needham Bake & Sarah Mathias
Henry Bake was born to John and Elizabeth Needham Bake, 7 Mar 1826 at Bollington, Cheshire, England. He came to America in 1849 when he was 23 years old. According to grandma Hazel, he was a stowaway and used the name of Needham which was his middle name. They discovered him too late to send him back. He settled in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania and worked in the Bethlehem steel mills.
Sarah was the widow of David Evans when Henry met her. They were married about 1851 in Pennsylvania. He gained three stepchildren with this union; Ann Josephine, Daniel Mathias, and Sarah Cornelia.
Around 1856 Henry and family had converted to the LDS church. Henry and Sarah took the children and headed west with Captain Ira Eldridge's Company leaving the 1st of July 1861. Among the travelling youngsters were the three Evans children and their four; Elizabeth Needham, John Alfred, Rebecca Hannah, and Oliver Cowdery.
By 1864 they were in Bloomington, Idaho. The story is told in her daughter's history that while living in Bloomington, Henry left his family for a load of flour in Hyde Park. On his way back he became stuck and had to leave his load of flour in Emigration Canyon and came home without any. The family was forced to eat boiled wheat all winter. Sarah was in poor health and their home consisted only of some willows put up to form a shelter. It was here with a three inch cover of snow on her bed that she gave birth to David Dillie who lived less than 2 weeks.
Family tradition says Brigham Young gave Henry Bake an assignment to go to Southern Utah and settle. At this time his wife Sarah was bedfast and unable to be moved. She died at this time and Henry became bitter and parted ways with the church.
He then joined the Reorganized Latter-Day Saint Church. He was baptized Nov 1869 in Malad, Idaho and became a presiding elder. Henry was expelled from the RLDS Church Jan 1889.
Henry married Rosina Bigler about 1868 or 1869 and settled in St. John, Idaho. They had two children Rose, and David Henry. Their marriage ended in divorce.
- History of Bear Lake Pioneers, p. 293-4
- Hand written story by, Hazel Rebecca Madsen
- Ancestry.com
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I tried Qimo and Doudou. Unfortunately, despite their beauty and functionality, they are not what I was looking for. I wanted a OS that supports Spanish flawlessly.
Anyway, I saw a video about KidBox, a full-screen Urugayan browser that supposedly takes children to a safe environment online, where they can play and learn. The idea sounded interesting, so I visited their website only to be slapped on the face with this discouraging message:
Well, so much for KidBox...
Then, my brother Megatotoro called me in a frenzy, urging me to watch a video in YouTube about a Linux distro that he desperately wanted and could not download, so he wanted me to get it for him. Without understandig his sense of urgency, I looked for the video.
That's when my jaw dropped.
It was PicarOS 2012, a spin of GALPon MiniNo especially tweaked to produce a child-friendly OS. As I saw the video, I got more and more impressed by the interface and the software collection. This is the video about PicarOS, uploaded by Introlinux:
However, I could not download the .ISO, either. Apparently, the torrent and the magnet were not working. But Introlinux was very kind and provided a direct link. When the download finished, I burned the DVD and, literally drooling, tried PicarOS.
Everything I saw in the video was there but, more than that, absolutely everything was working out of the box!
The following day, I gave a copy of the DVD to my brother (read his review here) and my mother called me, asking me for another one.
"My daughter will appreciate this OS," I thought. Therefore, I decided to install it to her desktop computer, which runs Mageia 2.
Installation of Picaros as a dual-boot with Mageia 2
Introlinux also gave me the installation instructions, so the process was not difficult. What was painful was the discovery that Mageia could see PicarOS at boot.
So, it took me a day of trial-and-error frustration to configure the Mageia grub correctly, but I eventually achieved it. Basically, one has to go to /boot/grub with Dolphin and, once there, open a Konsole. Then you have to type
SU (and your superuser password when the system requires it)
export $(dbus-launch)
When the GUI of Kwrite appears, you use its menu to open the file menu.lst and add the following:
title PicarOS (GALPon MiniNo)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-686-pae root=/dev/sda1 ro splash quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-3-686-pae
That's because I had PicarOS installed on the first partition (sda1). You must edit the GRUB entry depending on the partition that you installed the system to. For example, I installed it in a partition sda13 on my laptop. The entry was like this:
title PicarOS (GALPon MiniNo)
root (hd0,12)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-686-pae root=/dev/sda13 ro splash quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-3-686-pae
Then you save it and close everything. When you reboot, you see that the new entry is in GRUB.
I booted PicarOS and, sure enough, got everything in place.
|Default desktop in PicarOS 2012 (GALPon MiniNo)
|Firefox running the Scribblies Brite 6 theme
These days, in which companies see our children as marketing targets for consumerism, it is refreshing to see how Linux gives us options for our children to learn in a free environment. And PicarOS is certainly a great choice for people in Spanish speaking countries.
I just want to see Eimi using her new computers...
The name of the OS is a pun (The Spanish word "pícaros" means, in a positive sense, "rogues").
Despite being targeted to children, as Introlinux accurately asserts, "because of its packages, PicarOS can perfectly be the desktop of choice of any home user". To illustrate, I was surprised to see the GIMP and LibreOffice in the software collection...and then I saw Blender. I hope my daughter can teach me how to use that program one day ;-)
The desktop environment of Picaros is LXDE, which makes the OS lighter than other distros for children.
Finally, I posted this from PicarOS and, while I worked, I did not experience any crash or performance problem. It can actually be the desktop of choice of a home user!


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