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FEMA says it expects to reach office funding deal soonFebruary 11,2013MONTPELIER The Federal Emergency Management Agency says federal and state officials hope to complete funding arrangements for the rebuilding of the Waterbury state office complex by the end of the month.
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Judge rejects request to exhume bodies at school
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A circuit judge is rejecting a request to exhume human remains on the site of a now-defunct Panhandle reform school.
Judge William Wright, who is based in Jackson County, ruled Friday against the request made by Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Bondi's office filed the petition in March. Unmarked graves are believed to be on the school site.
Wright in his ruling stated that the case did not meet the "threshold" needed to grant the order. He said the medical examiner already has authority to inspect human remains.
But Wright at the end of his order urged officials to proceed with "caution" and quoted a 1949 case that stated that the "quiet of the grave, the repose of the dead, are not lightly to be disturbed."
Man gets 10 years for fatal DUI crash
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A Tampa Bay area man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaving the scene after a drunken driving crash.
A Hillsborough County judge sentenced 29-year-old Hank Tippins on Friday after he pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident. He had faced up to 47 years in prison.
Authorities say Tippins was drunk when he ran a red light and hit several cars in December 2011. The crash left 64-year-old Linda Fessell dead.
The Tampa Bay Times reports that authorities tracked Tippins' white Hummer to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino after he fled the scene. Three hours after the crash, Tippins had a blood alcohol level of 0.25%. Florida law considers a driver impaired at 0.08%.
Fla. House speaker questions unique Citizens deal
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford says he has serious concerns about a unique deal involving the state's largest property insurer.
Weatherford on Friday questioned an arrangement where Heritage Property Insurance and Casualty will receive $52 million to absorb 60,000 policies now held by Citizens Property Insurance Corp.
The deal was narrowly approved by the Citizens board earlier this week.
In a statement Weatherford said the deal was pushed through "hastily" and said it displays a "lack of understanding" about Citizens role.
Citizens officials have defended the deal as a way to help shrink the size of the state-created insurer.
Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, isn't the only one is who questioning the deal. Rep. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, on Friday blasted Heritage deal as "corporate welfare."
Student shot in leg at South Florida school
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) - A boy was shot in the leg at a South Florida middle school.
A Miami-Dade Schools Police Department spokesman says the shooting occurred Friday afternoon at Redland Middle School in Homestead. Initial reports indicate that an 11-year-old boy brought a gun to school in his backpack, and the gun accidentally discharged inside the bag.
The wounded boy was airlifted to Miami Children's Hospital in stable condition.
Police were questioning the boy accused of bringing the gun to school, but no charges were immediately filed. Neither boy was named by police.
Man faces life sentence for rape, murder
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - A Tampa Bay area man will spend the rest of his life in prison for raping an elderly woman, who died a short time later.
A Pinellas County jury found 49-year-old Virgil DeBose guilty Friday of felony murder, sexual battery and burglary. A life sentence was the judge's only option.
Prosecutors say DeBose attacked 78-year-old Audrey Mulligan in her Paradise Shores condo in March 2007. The attack was so brutal that Mulligan broke her hip and pelvis. Mulligan contracted an infection at the hospital and died a month after the attack.
DeBose's defense attorney didn't deny his client was guilty of the attack but insisted the state hadn't proven that DeBose caused Mulligan's death. He said the woman was killed by a bacterial infection, not DeBose.
Gov. warns schools he will fight tuition hikes
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Gov. Rick Scott is strongly warning universities that he will fight against any tuition hikes this year.
Scott made the warning in a letter sent out Friday to the heads of the boards that oversee the state's 12 public universities. He urged university boards to join him in a "worthy battle" to keep tuition rates flat.
The letter could be a prelude to a legal challenge. The governor on Monday vetoed a three percent hike included in this year's budget.
But tuition could still go up. University boards have the power to raise tuition.
A separate law states tuition goes up automatically by the rate of inflation is there is no increase in the budget. That law, however, is silent on what happens if the governor vetoes the hike.
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18 Meetup Groups match "Cat Lovers" near Paramus, NJ
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fat cat fab lab is a new undertaking of the fat cat club, music, and gaming venue on 75 Christopher street. We are expanding to include a small Maker facility that will provide access to digital fabrication equipment and related hacker, maker, crafter, and hardware enthusiast tools and workshops.
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We are a pet-friendly group of Men and Women, looking to make new friends and share the common interest of loving a pet! We'll have info and stories to share, pets to love, places to go, and will reach out to make new friends in Nassau and the surrounding areas. Either you've had a pet in the past, have one now, or are planning to get one in the future. We'll attend some community events for pet lovers, as well as other outings such as: dining out, comedy clubs, hiking, bowling, fundraising, v …
I decided to start this group because I moved to the area about 10 years ago and have had difficulty meeting people with the same interests. Or most of my friends from the area are married with children and if it isnt the spouse it's the kids that deter my friends from going out. So...I would like to see varied activities so we can gather a large group and maybe diversify the interests I am about to mention. How about a sushi night or a karaoke night or a night with both if we can find a venue. …
The mission of the Karma Cat + Zen Dog Rescue Society is to provide a safe and peaceful haven for homeless, abandoned or abused animals. We will help decrease the number of cats and dogs being destroyed in kill shelters through the work of our foster, spay/neuter, trap-neuter-return, and education programs. This group is to bring together people who are involved with animal rescue or would like to be involved with animal rescue for fun events that will help to raise funds for the Karma Cat and Z …
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"Dogs have masters; cats have servants." If this sounds like your house, let's get catty! Share tips, tricks and stories about life with our cute, curious and, yes, often crazy cats. Everyone welcome, but residents of the five boroughs of New York and nearby suburbs especially encouraged to join!
I wanted to start a meet-up group for those of you who are usually embarassed to go out with your friends and start talking about what matters most in your lives... your feline companions. I know that personally whenever I am with my fellow crazy cat friends, all we end up talking about is our animals and the adorable and funny things they do - not to mention the animal welfare world in general (as well as our jobs, social lives, etc... we have not totally lost it (yet) to the animal world). I w …
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This group is for people interested in the holistic approach to animal wellness . The primary focus will be on cat and dog nutrition and health, but people with other types of animal companion are also welcomed. The goal is to establish a productive, learning-oriented group where people can share information on nutrition, alternative & complementary therapies for health mainenance & preventive care, as well as ways to address actual health problems and illnesses that may challenge our animal c …
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Calling all artists, digital media enthusiasts, design moguls, audio geeks, production gurus and cat lovers! We want YOU to come have a digital art experience with us. Each week, we'll host a "hang" where we eat, drink, and produce something "virtually" amazing. We'll feature graphic design, beat-making 101, video short creation, among many other amazing "hangs." Be sure to keep checking in and tell your friends if you see one you'd like to attend!
This group is for people interested in dog and cat events in NYC. These include breed & mix breed playdates, training seminars & classes, therapy dog & cat evaluations, Canine Good Citizen testing, and more!
New York Animal Rights Alliance America is now waging a revolution on the New York Center for Animal Care and Control. We hit the streets in large numbers with flyers and signs to give the City of NY a strong message, WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE THE SLAUGHTER OF OUR DOGS AND CATS **ANYMORE** and demand the killing ends now, that the pounds in Queens and the Bronx be built after the city just won their appeal NOT to build them, that decency and compassion and patience and MONEY is allocated to our …
SINGLES WITH PETS is a group on Long Island that consists of SINGLES who have one or more pets. It is a social group who want to meet similar devout pet owner's. This ensemble will have various subgroupings, not always related to what particular pet each pet owner has. Single dog and cat pet owner's may be the majority in this meetup; however, many other pet owner's are encouraged to use this forum. This group also hopes to be educational and enhance the community as well. SINGLES WITH PETS defi …
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PAWS is a nonprofit organization incorporated in 1962 by Westport, Connecticut resident Betty Long to rescue homeless dogs and place them in permanent homes. In the early 1980s, our rescue efforts were expanded to include cats. PAWS rescues & rehomes approximately 115 dogs and 435 cats annually. Many of the dogs faced euthanasia at local pounds and most of the cats that we help are strays and abandoned cats that roam our streets. A portion of the pets that come to PAWS have been relinquished by …
Hi Everyone! Thank you for your interest in The New Milford Animal Rights Advocacy Group! As an avid animal lover and rights advocate residing in New Milford, I decided to form this group in order to unite local individuals who, just like myself, have the willingness to become a resonating voice for those who cannot speak for themselves, thus translating their genuine compassion for animals into productive action. In that respect, the group's main objective would be to act as an informative cata …
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"Come on, Come all - looking for Animal Lovers of all kinds to assist us with raising Funds and Awareness for Animal Welfare. Need volunteers to assist with obtaining Sonsorship for our 3rd Annual Black & White Masquerade Charity Ball on November 2, 2013 at the Holiday Inn Kulpsville, Pa., from 6pm to midnight. Looking for people who are interested in being part of these events and to start meeting in a fun place. We are a 501c3 Non Profit Animal Welfare Charity that supports local, state and na …
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We started this group because we consider our pets (we have 2 cats and 1 dog) our family and just like our children. Purpose is to bring people together to discuss their pets, network and have fun. We welcome people will all types of pets or even people looking to adopt or get a new pet.
This is a group to get people together who support animal rights. We will list all types of events from animal group tricky trays to just general animal events around northern new jersey. A number of friends of mine love these kinds of events so I'm sure there are more of us out there. With Hurricane Sandy a few people I know have been taking donations for furry friends as well as the humans who need help and what better way to reach out to people to help with donations than on a meetup site.
February is Responsible Pet Owner Month... At PoochHealth.com, we thought now is the best time to start this group and educate pet owners about free services available to take responsibility for managing their loved one's health records and documents. Our goal is to bring together pet owners and share stories about our pet's health, what works, what does not, where to get help, where to find trusted services, all in our community. Our aim is to host workshops (with guest speakers) and sponsored …
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Are you interested in Integrative holistic healing for pets? This is the place for you! Our group is dedicated to fostering wellness care for pets using integrative medicine but with a focus on holistic medicine modalities such as herbal medicine, acupuncture, energy healing (such as reiki), nutritional therapies, etc. We meet once a month for learning and sharing. We have a wide range of activities planned such as lectures by Dr. Jacqueline Ruskin, DVM and/or one of her guests on Integrative ve …
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Looking ahead: assessing the revision of EU medical devices legislation
by isabelle.merillet on 26th April 2013
The keenly anticipated revision of the EU medical devices legislation is perhaps one of the most controversial, technical and topical pieces of health legislation to be discussed in Brussels in recent years.
Medical devices cover a wide range of products, from simple bandages to the most sophisticated life-supporting products. These devices play a crucial role in the diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, and treatment of diseases and in the improvement of the quality of life of people suffering from disabilities.
Innovation in this particularly dynamic sector is considered fundamental to ensuring access to quality and cost-efficient healthcare. The new regulatory framework will undoubtedly affect the ability and capacity of the medical device industry to deliver this.
It will also impact upon national public authorities, the healthcare community and patients by ensuring access to safe and high-quality devices across the EU through robust surveillance, assessment and monitoring mechanisms.
Arab youth choose UAE as model of development and preferred country of residence
by isabelle.merillet on 12th April 2013
Record 88% of Emirati youth believe their country is "heading in the right direction"
Dubai, UAE; April 9, 2013: For the second consecutive year, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the country in which most Arab youth would like to live and the country they would most like their own nation to emulate, according to the findings of the fifth annual ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey, released in Dubai today.
Kenyan Presidential Election Insight
by isabelle.merillet on 26th March 2013
The Kenyan general election, held on 4 March, saw Uhuru Kenyatta of The National Alliance (TNA – part of the Jubilee Coalition) declared winner, defeating Raila Odinga of the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD).
However, his victory may be short-lived if a petition filed with the Supreme Court to nullify his victory stands. Mr Odinga challenged the
election of Mr Kenyatta as the fourth president of the Republic of Kenya, deeming the vote to be 'tainted'. This may delay the swearing in of the President-elect.
Burson-Marsteller Brussels supports Rare Disease Day
by isabelle.merillet on 14th February 2013
Burson-Marsteller Brussels supports Rare Disease Day
Since 2012, Burson-Marsteller Brussels has provided pro bono support to EURORDIS, the European Organisation for Rare Diseases, in particular regarding the organisation and promotion of awareness raising campaigns to mark the annual international Rare Disease Day.
Ghanaian General Election insght
by isabelle.merillet on 18th December 2012
Ghana's 'caretaker' president John Dramani Mahama has won his first full four-year term in an closely-contested vote. The leader of the centre-left National Democratic Congress (NDC), who became President in July following the death of John Atta Mills, won 50.7 per cent of the vote in the election on 7 December.
The NDC also increased its representation in parliament, and is projected to win an absolute majority in the 275-seat assembly.
The Observer Mission from Ecowas (the Economic Community of West African States), led by a former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, described the electoral process as generally free, fair and peaceful. Ghana was described as being 'the vanguard of democracy'. However, the centre-right opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) alleged that the election was fraudulent and indicated that it will contest the polls in court.
Global Public Affairs: Hot Issues
by isabelle.merillet on 17th December 2012
"Hot Issues" from Burson-Marsteller's Global Public Affairs Practice will focus on new forthcoming legislative or policy issues that will impact business from around our global network of 130+ offices in Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa and North America.
The public policy dynamics in each country, let alone a particular region can be very different, demonstrated by the different experts we utilize in the countries where we operate. Conversely, there are similarities and you can see this in some of the issues we have picked out: labour/union policy in the US and China; gambling legislation for the EU and Japan; and environmental law in Brazil and China.
Hot Issues are designed to give you a flavor of our global perspective and should any of the items raise particular interest with you please contact the designated person listed with that issue.
Romanian parliamentary elections
by isabelle.merillet on 17th December 2012
The Social-Liberal Union (USL), a broad coalition headed by the Prime Minister, Victor Ponta (right), has won a landslide victory in Romania's parliamentary election. The USL, a centrist grouping that includes social democratic, liberal and conservative parties, won 395 of the 577 seats available in Romania's parliament, giving it a strong majority in both the lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, and the upper house, the Senate. The main opposition, the centre-right Just Romania Alliance (ARD), won only 80 seats in Parliament. Mr Ponta, the leader of the Social Democrats and co-leader of the USL, is almost certain to be re-appointed as Prime Minister, although the President of Romania, Traian Bascescu is likely to wait the maximum 20 days before reappointing his political rival.
Slovenian presidential election
by isabelle.merillet on 17th December 2012
Borut Pahor, the left-wing former Prime Minister of Slovenia, has won the country's presidential election. Mr Pahor took more than double the number of votes of his rival, the outgoing independent President, Danilo Türk, in the run-off on Sunday 2 December. The campaign had been marked by demonstrations and increasing public dissatisfaction with the current right-wing government and politics in general.
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Adding outdoor living space not only makes sense for small homes, it's a project you can do yourself. A couple of years ago, my friend and Del Ray resident Chris built a floating deck in his family's backyard as a birthday present for his wife Mary. Their duplex already had a small deck off the kitchen, but it wasn't big enough for a table and chairs.
A floating deck just sits above ground, supported by concrete footers. This means you don't have to dig deep holes or worry about mixing concrete. However, that does mean the ground has to be level. The footers actually rest in shallow holes, and getting those holes even is not an easy task. In fact, Chris says this was the hardest and longest part of the project.
After the footers were level, the joists went into place.
And then it all started to come together.
Chris works full-time and has two kids, so all the construction had to be done on the weekends. In all, he says it took about a month, with a good chunk of the time spent on planning and preparation. And of course, he had the "assistance" of those two little kids as well.
Chris and Mary opted for a floating deck for a couple of reasons. One, they already had a rectangular garden bed in the yard and a small deck off their back door. Their plan was to eventually replace the higher deck and have it seamlessly flow into the floating deck and then to the garden. They also wanted something more pronounced and higher than a paved patio.
As an unplanned bonus, when their son had his birthday party a year later, the edge of the deck also doubled as seating for a rowdy group of young party-goers.
Mary recently did some landscaping to more fully incorporate the deck into the yard. With flagstone pavers, she created a walkway from the high deck, to the low deck, and then to the far end of the yard.
Mary also mulched and removed several large hostas, which are known to attract mosquitos. A few hostas remain on the opposite side of the yard. After trimming the hostas and adding mosquito-repelling plants to the deck (mint and citrosa geranium), she's noticed a decrease in the mosquito population.
Chris's carpentry skills shine — and what a great gift for Mary (and the family) too! From this viewpoint, you can see how the deck looks like it's floating on air.
Keep walking along the flagstone pathway and you'll find a nice shady spot next to the hydrangea to relax.
Or if you are a little more adventurous, continue to the back of the yard to the neighborhood kid hangout, the trampoline.
The deck not only created an outdoor living and dining space for family and friends to gather, it helped to completely transform a simple rectangular lot into a visually stunning family friendly retreat. Bravo!


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There have been a few changes to the team this year, both with the rider line-up and in the crew. We announced this week that Cameron Donald will no longer be a part of the EWC team. It's a great shame as Cameron has done an excellent job over the past two years, but we completely understand...Read more>>


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Scars update.
Few anon and not asking for progress photos of the healing on this piece in my inbox. So here you all go.
Tbh I think that's it for it all now :-) its totally white and the scars haven't changed in a while. So think I'm now fully healed :-) very happy with the result and I will get more work done soon I hope.
If anyone UK based wants work like this done I can't recommend Iestyn highly enough for doing the work for you.


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Kodachrome Mirage: The Vanishing Films of the Utah Cine Arts Club
The Friends of the Marriott Library are pleased to feature this lecture in their film series by film historian Molly Creel. Molly's talk will provide a glimpse of Utah's forgotten independent film community through the lens of local 16mm virtuoso O.L. "Brig" Tapp and a screening of his award winning 1950 film, "I Walked a Crooked Trail."
Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Time: 5 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Contact: Judy Jarrow
Location: Gould Auditorium, Marriott Library – (view map)
Parking: Visitor parking is available on the west side of the Marriott Library
Cost: Free and open to the public


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Houston rapper Killa Kyleon is on track to release his new mixtape, T.R.I.L.L. To prepare us for the January 22 release date, the former Boss Hogg Outlawz member drops the first single "Ese" produced by Chink P. In attempts to make his mark in hip-hop, he does so with a song that is a product of the streets. Check it out below.
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Often I find it very difficult to time my jump exactly right, often jumping too late and then missing the shot entirely. What can I use / practice to ensure I time my jump correctly?
As Rory mentioned, practice will help - this technique is considered to be fairly advanced. Repetition is needed to perfect your technique. If you want some additional training tips, one site suggests: There is also a mention of Peter Rasmussen's badminton coaching video, if you don't mind paying to learn from a championship level player. |
This might sound very unhelpful, but really the only solution is lots of practice. Ideally, get a coach, who can help you improve more quickly, but either way, just be prepared to put in the hours. It will come. Get a good partner to send you shuttles at consistent heights and positions, and plan for specific targets (eg back left corner, or opponent's head :-) and keep on smashing them. Watch where you make the errors (this is easiest with an observer, or ideally a coach) but you can do it yourself. |
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A Typical Call...
Fred* calls one Friday night. The counselor knows from previous calls that Fred is seriously mentally ill, unable to work and lives alone. The drop-in center where he spends most of his time is closed for the weekend, and he is so lonely and scared at the prospect of getting through the weekend alone that he is "having suicidal thoughts." The counselor listens with empathy, assesses that he is not seriously suicidal, and then asks if he has any ideas of activities that might help him get through the weekend. Together they discover that he actually does have lots of plans. A list of activities is outlined, and Fred seems to feels reassured when the call ends. * Name and other identifying details changed
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In addition to our volunteer phone counselors, we appreciate the help of many volunteers who help with special projects, day-to-day administrative services and special events. Periodically we could use additional volunteers to work in the following areas.
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2013 Volunteer Training Schedule
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer with HSI Crisis Connection, you will need to complete the 40 hour volunteer training session. The trainings sessions are in 4 week blocks and are on both Mondays and Thursdays from 6 to 9 pm. Trainees may only miss one meeting per session. Upon completion of the training program, volunteers have the opportunity to become ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) certified. This certification is over two full days and will follow every volunteer training session. We ask that you plan to complete the ASIST training within 2 months of graduation.
Crisis Connection does have an application and interview process so please contact the volunteer coordinator at least 1 month before the session that you are planning on attending in order to allow enough time for this process to be completed.
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Students for Medicare presents our 4th Annual Conference
Medicare in the Age of Austerity: Solutions for Sustainability
March 31, 2012, 9:30 AM- 2:30 PM
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St. (near College and Spadina)
Lunch included! Limited free parking behind building
Cost: Free ($5-10 donation appreciated). Register here
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Background: Last December, the Harper government made far-reaching announcements to limit future growth of the Canada Health Transfers to provincial governments. This month, in Ontario, Premier McGuinty commissioned banker Don Drummond to recommend spending cuts to reduce the $16 billion deficit. Within this budget-cutting climate, how will health care be affected? Most importantly, what are the solutions to make universal healthcare sustainable? Please join Students for Medicare as we explore these questions and look to solutions, not only to sustain, but to improve, the health and well-being of all people residing in Canada.
Preliminary Agenda:
9:30 – 10:00 Registration and Coffee
10:00 – 11:15 Opening Speaker: Dr. Gordon Guyatt
- "The Public Private Debate 101 – and what it means in today's economic climate."
11:30 – 12:30 Small Group Sessions
- Participants take part in facilitated roundtable discussions on emerging issues in Canada's healthcare.
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 2:15 Keynote Speaker: Armine Yalnizyan, Senior Economist
- An economist's perspective on cuts and how health care will be affected.
2:15 – 2:30 Closing Remarks
About Students for Medicare: Students for Medicare advocates for maintaining and strengthening a publicly-funded, not-for-profit health care system. We focus on educating our colleagues and the general public on the issues Canada's health care system faces. We affirm that the solutions lie within the publicly-funded system envisioned by Tommy Douglas and his eventual plan for a second stage of Medicare. We have a strong commitment to equity and addressing the social determinants of health. We are students and practitioners of nursing, midwifery, medicine, public policy, other disciplines, and allies.


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As many award-winning music apps have shown, iOS, the cutting-edge mobile operating system that powers iPhones, iPods, and iPads, has great potential for making creative apps. This course will go through introductory concepts and techniques involved in the design and building of creative music apps for iOS.
The course will guide you through the initial design stages of an audio processing app, and will then introduce you to a powerful music-making toolkit for iOS. The course will then guide you through the steps required to make an iPhone play beautiful mandolin sounds, and then show you how to implement Gesture Recognizers to easily control the instrument. By the end you will have a fully-working handheld mandolin, as well as the knowledge and the code needed to start building a beta version of the app.
Date: Sunday the 4th of November, 2012, 11am-5pm at SPACE, Hackney, London.
Price: £60 (£48 conc.)
Course Prerequisites
It is necessary for participants to bring a laptop with Xcode 4.3 installed (available for free from the Mac App Store) and a pair of headphones.
Basic programming experience is encouraged, but it can be with any programming language. Familiarity with an object-oriented language like Java (or Processing) or C/C++ will make the workshop much easier to follow. If you have done any programming with Processing, Arduino, or openFramworks, then this can be a good introduction to working in Xcode.
Prior to attending the course, participants should analyse the design features of their favourite music apps for iOS, as this will form the basis of one of the session's discussions. The following blogs are recommended:
Course Contents
- What are the features of a playable music app?
- Gain basic familiarity with the workflow of the Synthesis Toolkit for iOS.
- Making a mandolin sound with the STK.
- Introducing sine waves.
- Applying tremolo to our mandolin.
- Using Gesture Recognizers to control the mandolin.
All sessions will be at SPACE, 129-131 Mare Street, London, E8 3RH.
Cancellation Policy
Full refund if registration is cancelled over a week before the course start, 50% if within a week of the course start, and no refund if within 24 hours of the course start.


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New Rapid Ride stops (eastbound and westbound) will open at Central and Edith NE on Saturday, June 2, 2012. They will be served by two routes, the #766 Rapid Ride/Red Line and the #777 Rapid Ride/Green Line.
ABQ RIDE's analysis of the neighborhood showed the Central and Edith location had enough population and employment for placing Rapid Ride stops, with area plans providing for additional growth in the future.
The Central and Edith Rapid Ride stops will be open on a trial basis to make sure that sufficient ridership develops.


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Pat Cosquer '97 named head men's and women's squash coach
Newly appointed Bates head men's and women's squash coach Pat Cosquer '97 was a four-year letterwinner in both squash and baseball. |
Cosquer, a 1997 Bates graduate, most recently served as director of squash programs at StreetSquash in Harlem, N.Y., an after-school enrichment program which combines academic tutoring, community service, mentoring and college preparation with squash instruction.
"I am very excited that Pat will be joining our Department," said Bates Director of Athletics Kevin McHugh. "Aside from providing exceptional leadership for the Bates squash program, I know that Pat will also be a wonderful addition to an already outstanding staff."
Over his four years with StreetSquash, Cosquer coached the four-time Girls Under 17/19 National Urban Team Champions, the three-time Boys Under 17/19 National Urban Individual Champion, the 2008 Boys Under 17/19 National Urban Team Champion and several nationally ranked juniors while helping to increase his teams' academic average by nearly 10 points.
During that time, Cosquer also worked as an assistant squash professional at The Chatham Club in Chatham, N.J., where he first began playing squash, and administered junior clinics at the Montclair YMCA and the Wayne YWHA.
Prior to returning to New Jersey in 2004, Cosquer coached squash at Portsmouth Abbey School in Portsmouth, R.I., and acted as assistant squash professional at the famed Newport Squash Club.
In 1998, Cosquer led the Northwestern University men's squash team to the Chaffee Division Trophy, and he has taught squash at various summer camps including Bowdoin College, Brown University and the World Scholar-Athlete Games.
Cosquer, a native of Westfield, N.J., was a four-year letterwinner on the Bobcat men's squash and baseball teams. During his squash career under Hall of Fame coach George Wigton, Cosquer amassed a 60-22 individual record and was team captain and team MVP his senior year.
"It is a dream come true to have the opportunity to return to Bates to guide the squash program that has meant so much to me," said Cosquer. "I am excited to continue the tradition of developing strong scholar-athletes and future leaders at Bates."
Cosquer assumes leadership of a pair of programs that are among the nation's best. Both the men's and women's teams perennially are ranked among the top 12 in the nation, as rated by the College Squash Association. The Bates men's team finished with a No. 9 ranking in 2008, the best in program history. The women's team finished ranked No. 12 in 2008, following a four-year stretch in which the Bobcats won three straight Kurtz Cups (going to the best team in the B Division (teams ranked 9 through 16) at CSA Team Nationals) and won a program-record 19 matches in 2007.
Cosquer has remained close to the Bates squash program since graduating, assisting with both of the teams' training trips to Jamaica in 2004 and Barbados in 2008.


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Vuky, Pancho and JP all seemed like nice guys in addition to being good (if not great) drivers. Tony Bettenhausen, too. Al Jr. has real problems despite seeming to me to have the right attitute (I think the tequila in Mom Unser's famous chili suggests where that issue originates). Michael seems like a pretty sensible and decent guy, despite having a giant stick up his a$$. From all reports I gather Arie Jr. is an okay guy (although I have heard (I think) that his mother can be a real stage-mom b*tch, though no one will name names to let me know if I accuse her wrongfully or not).
All of the above seem relatively humble and nice compared to the current crop.
I know I'm forgetting a ton, but I am in a '60s mood at the moment and can't think of anyone else besides Ludwig Heimrath Jr. (saw his father race in my first-ever pavement Champ Car race) Oh yeah, Johnny Unser, Robby, and Alfred, A J Foyt IV, Anthony Foyt. I think there are issues there with a few of them, but I am not really very familiar with any of them.
But Graham and Marco? They both strike me as having a sense of entitlement and lack of humility that really rubs me the wrong way. Is it just me? Marco turned me off when he had real trouble admitting how stupid his move was that took out both TK and Sarah at Indy in 2008 (and if I'm not mistaken proeceeded to made a similar mistake at Milwaukee the next week that took out several cars), and Graham rarely seems to think he has ever done anything wrong since the day he was born, including the most blatant block of the 21st Century last week. Stand these prima donnas next to Hinch or Newgarden, and you will have three guys telling you how great Graham is and three guys telling you how great Marco is. JMO.
I haven't really thought this on through, but it is a subject that has bubbled around my consciousness since they both came on the scene about six years ago. So I'll ask now. Is it me? Do you see any noticeable pattern in second- and third-generation IndyCar drivers today, and are today's crop different from those that have come before?


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The Iloilo City Government is now searching for The Outstanding Women of Iloilo City (TOWIL) 2013 with nominations open until February 28.
The event, in time for the celebration of Women's Month in March, aims to give due recognition to women who have manifested exemplary performance in their professions that significantly contributed to city's development.
The nominations shall be based on their achievements in their respective fields of expertise namely: judiciary; protective and security services; religion; professional services; academe and education; sports; arts and culture; math, science and technology; business, corporation and entrepreneurship; media, public information and journalism; NGO and civic organizations; social services and volunteerism; persons with disability; government service; and philanthropic works.
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- Visitors to Ireland from the United Kingdom and other EU countries are not required to make a declaration to customs at their place of entry. However, certain goods are prohibited or restricted to protect health and the environment; restricted goods include meat and poultry.
- Customs operate green and red channels at most ports and airports. If you need to declare goods over the duty and tax-free allowances for non-EU visitors you must use the red channel. Pass through the green channel if you have nothing to declare.
For goods obtained within the EU
Although there are now no limits imposed on importing tobacco and alcohol products from one EU country to another, travellers should note that they may be required to prove at customs that the goods purchased are for personal use only.
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The following goods may be imported by persons over the age of 17 without incurring customs duty:
- 200 cigarettes or 100 cigarillos or 50 cigars or 250 grammes of tobacco;
- 1 litre of spirits (more than 22%) or 2 litres of intermediate products (eg port, sherry, some liqueurs) or
- 2l of intermediate alcoholic products not exceeding 22% vol.
- 4 litres of wine
- 16 litres of beer;
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Quick facts
Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
Order: Monotremata
Family: Tachyglossidae
Genus and species:
Tachyglossus aculeatus (short-beaked echidna)
Zaglossus bruijni (long-beaked echidna)
Length: 14 to 30 inches (35 to 77 centimeters), depending
on species
Weight: 5.5 to 22 pounds (2.5 to 10 kilograms)
Life span: unknown in the wild, up to 50 years in zoos
Gestation: 3 to 4 weeks
Number of young at birth: usually 1, rarely 2 or 3
Size at hatching: 0.47 inches (12 millimeters), 0.02 ounces (0.56 grams)
Age of maturity: unknown
Conservation status: long-beaked echidna is endangered
Fun facts
An echidna does not have ear flaps
like we do. Its ears are large, vertical slits just
behind its eyes. It has an amazing sense of hearing.
is difficult to tell a male and female echidna apart just
by looking at them. Both sexes have a pouch on the belly.
The San Diego Zoo's echidna was thought
to be female for many years until a veterinary exam was performed. "Erma" was renamed "Victor"!
The taxonomic family name for echidnas, Tachyglossidae, means "fast
Egg-laying mammals are called monotremes. There are only three
kinds of monotremes in the world: the long-beaked echidna, short-beaked
echidna, and duck-billed platypus.
See them
Blog post: Victor Lives On
Mammals: Echidna
Range: Australia, Tasmania, and New
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An illogical mammal?
"It's a porcupine!" "It's a hedgehog!" "It's an echidna?" Zoos with echidnas hear these comments all the time. The echidna (ih-KID-na), or spiny anteater, is an unusual mammal. It is so different from any other that it still puzzles researchers and scientists. It has remained unchanged since prehistoric times but has found ways to survive while other species became extinct. But what really sets the echidna apart from other mammals? Female echidnas lay eggs! The only other egg-laying mammal is the duck-billed platypus, another animal native to Australia.
Rough habitat
The natural environment of the echidna is rough scrubland. An echidna is a solitary creature and minds its own business. It may be active during the day, evening, or both, depending on the season and food sources. The short-beaked echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus has dark fur that is almost completely hidden by a covering of hollow, barbless quills, called spines, on its back and sides. The long-beaked echidna Zaglossus bruijini has little fur and much more visible spines. The beige-and-black spines on both species help camouflage the echidna in the brush. An echidna has a tiny face with small eyes and a long nose, sometimes called a beak.
Got ants?
An echidna's typical day begins by finding something to eat. Like anteaters, the echidna has no teeth. So how does it eat? The echidna has a long, sticky tongue to catch and chew its food: ants, termites, or earthworms. The nostrils at the tip of the beak help the echidna sniff out its next meal. Then the 6-inch (15-centimeter) tongue laps up the bugs or worms while hard pads at the base of the tongue and on the roof of the mouth grind the food into a paste for swallowing. The echidna at the San Diego Zoo is fed a "milkshake" made of ground-up leaf eater biscuits and dog kibble, with water added to form a thick paste to lick up.
Handy feet
The echidna's short legs aren't made for running but for digging. The hind legs point backwards, with an extra-long claw on the second toe that can be used to "comb" or scratch out dirt and bugs that get in between the echidna's spines. Its powerful front feet can dig straight down into the earth until only the spines of its back can be seen. The claws on its front legs are also useful for tearing open termite mounds. This digging ability comes in handy if the echidna needs to escape from danger. Some say an echidna can dig a hole just as fast as a human can using a shovel! Another way the echidna can protect itself is to curl up into a tight, spiky ball, hiding its face and feet. Surprisingly, echidnas are also excellent swimmers.
Hatching a mammal
An adult female echidna usually lays a single egg once a year. The leathery egg is about the size of a grape. The female rolls the newly laid egg into a deep pocket, or pouch, on her belly to keep it safe. Ten days later the baby echidna, called a puggle, hatches. It is smaller than a jelly bean! The puggle uses its tiny, see-through claws to grip the special hairs within the mother's pouch. The mother does not have nipples the way other mammals do. Instead, the little puggle laps up milk that the mother's body secretes from special glands in her pouch.
Fortunately for the mother, the puggle is not born with its spines sticking out! It remains in the pouch until its spines begin to break through, at about 53 days. Then the mother puts the puggle into a burrow, where she will return to feed it every 5 to 10 days until it is big enough to go out on its own, at about 7 months old.
Endangered echidnas
The long-beaked echidna, found only in New Guinea, is hunted for food by people using trained dogs. A loss of forest habitat to farming activity has also had an effect on the echidna's population, making this unique animal currently endangered. It is estimated that there are less than 300,000 long-beaked echidnas left in the world.
More to learn
The echidna is one of the Earth's oldest surviving species. Yet there are many questions scientists still have about this elusive animal. What is its life span in the wild? When is an echidna old enough to start a family? What is the mother/puggle relationship like? What are its daily habits? It's fun to realize that there is still so much to learn about animals. The echidna has many surprises yet to reveal!


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Research is a key component in effective citizen advocacy. Being prepared to speak to the facts when you meet with policy makers will make you more confident. In turn, policy makers will recognize the legitimacy of your point of view.
However impressive a list of facts, figures, and statistics may be, policy makers are most interested in how these numbers impact or will affect their community or state. The website below offer statistical data for each state and offer some analysis on what the numbers mean for children.
For more studies on children, visit our Resources page.
The Every Child Matters Education Fund is a national nonprofit organization devoted to improving the lives of children and families by advocating for better public policy during federal and state campaigns. On this website youâll find simple to use data about the needs of children in every state, the results of our many polls, links to numerous specialized resources, pending federal legislation and much other information.
Visit Northwest Bulletin - Family and Child Health for information specific to northwest children's health issues.
The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behind and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.
CDF provides a strong, effective voice for all the children of America who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves. CDF pays particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. CDF educates the nation about the needs of children and encourages preventive investment before they get sick or into trouble, drop out of school, or suffer family breakdown. CDF began in 1973 and is a private, nonprofit organization supported by foundation and corporate grants and individual donations. The Childrenâs Defense Fund has never taken government funds.
The Child Welfare League of America is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization. It is committed to engaging people everywhere in promoting the well-being of children, youth, and their families, and protecting every child from harm. The CWLA sponsors the National Center for Research and Data, available on their website.
Child Trends is the one-stop-shop for the latest national trends and research on over 90 key indicators of child and youth well-being, with new indicators added each month! Provided by Child Trends, a national leader in the field for over 20 years. Learn more... They offer:
Child Trends Databank Continuously updated trend data with the latest national estimates for all indicators
Plain language reporting on trends and population subgroup differences informed by existing research
Color graphics and tables that can be downloaded directly into reports and presentations
PDF files for each indicator containing text, graphics, and tables in a concise and attractive format
Links that provide organized access to additional information available for each indicator including:
JGC envisions communities committed to the development and nurturing of all young people so that they are actively learning, connected and contributing to community renewal.
This site offers a detailed guide to quality pre-Kindergarden program development.


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Welcome to the Early Childhood Art Gallery!
Today we celebrate children and their creativity. The children from the CECE have created these two- and three-dimensional artworks over the past year The project was initiated by Carol L. Russell, Professor of Early Childhood/ Elementary Teacher Education and Fletcher L. Russell, Adjunct Professor of Art, in collaboration with the children and the staff at CECE. Partial funding came from the Katherine K. White Faculty Incentive Grant Program. Thanks to CECE Director Keely Persinger, the CECE faculty, and particularly Rachel Kottwitz, GTA for EC for their collaboration. We also thank Patty Kahn, Art Education Instructor and her art education students who volunteered to assist with the project. However, at the heart of the project are the children of the CECE, who were willing to share their time, talents, and creativity to make the project possible.
Children benefit developmentally from authentic creative art experiences. Even lovely scribbles of toddlers demonstrate pre-writing skills and art elements of shape, line, texture, color, and value.
Benefits include:
- Sensory experiences (cognitive, physical, emotional)
- Opportunities to experiment (e.g. science, physics, cause/ effect, invent, discover, cognitive)
- Spatial relations (physical, cognitive)
- Planning, sequencing (math, cognitive)
- Problem solving (cognitive)
- Motor skills (physical)
- Eye-hand coordination, perceptual motor skills (physical)
- Pride, sense of accomplishment (emotional/ social)
How do we best respond to children's artistic creativity?
Children learn the value of scribbling from adults. Children also learn to please teacher and parents. Many parents tend to prefer product-oriented, recognizable artwork that they can easily relate to as an object, rather than process-oriented scribbles or paintings and sculptures that are unrecognizable as objects. Comments like "what is it" or "that looks like a ____" suggest that the project is not good enough for you to recognize it, or it forces the child to label when there was no intention in that direction. Children do not attempt to render real objects until about age 4. "Very pretty" or "nice picture" are vague comments and become hollow. Rather, be a mirror for your child's efforts; reflect verbally what your child is doing. Doing is the key word here, as, especially for the preschool child, process is more important than the product. Describing this process provides vocabulary and includes praise on an individual basis. We can use the elements of art as a framework for our verbal response, commenting on color, line, mass or volume, pattern, shape or form, space, and texture. Commenting on these elements offers both information and concept formation in addition to inviting a discussion. Encourage discovery and process when talking with a child about his or her work:
- "Can you tell me about your painting/ sculpture?"
- "What part did you like best?"
- "You've used many colors."
- "Did you enjoy making this?"
- "How did the paint feel?"
- "The yellow looks so bright next to the purple!"
- "How did you make such a big design?"
We can also say "I like the way you are…
- working so hard."
- coming up with your very own ideas."
- trying new ways."
We can invite children to tell us about their work. Rather than asking "what is it?", "would you tell me about your picture?" offers, without pushing, the opportunity to share if they wish. The choice should be theirs. In addition, it may not be "something"- it may just be a design. Again, forcing children to label their products may convey that it is not good enough to tell what it is, or it may not be something specific.
Watch nonverbal interaction (yours and theirs). Keep the dialogue going if the child wishes, yet respect the children's need to work without disruptions. Remember "mirrored feedback" about the child's work. Take a look at the first drawings you did with your mouth or toes. Formulate feedback statements using the elements and suggestions above.
Taken from:
Russell, C.L. (2008). Art for all children. The International Journal of the Arts in Society, 2(5), 89-98.
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Recruiters consistently complain about the lack of great analytic talent. In this post, we explore causes and remedies.
There is a fourth remedy: Fire the recruiters.
I was recently looking for work after leaving an employer that dissolved its centralized database analytics team, preferring to use traditional market research for corporate-wide KPIs, with the various lines of business outsourcing their analytics to the agencies providing the strategies being measured (think conflict of interest).
With some notable exceptions, the recruiters were incompetent, rude, or unethical. Most didn't know understand the role descriptions, lied about the roles (e.g., one role maxed out at $60k, not the $120k he claimed), were non-responsive, copied my LinkedIn profile and put me up for roles without ever talking to me, or claimed I was unqualified because I was allegedly paid less than my male co-workers.
And of course there are the recruiters who want nothing to do with unemployed analytics professionals.
I don't respond to recruiters who call or e-mail anymore, unless they are one of the few who genuinely maintained a relationship with me over the years and did try to help me my find an appropriate role when I needed one. Now I help them, forwarding opportunities to the appropriate people qualified for those opportunities. The stark reality is that most of us now hear about opportunities through our professional networks, which rarely include the recruiters famously spamming every job board and open LinkedIn group.
If companies want talent then the hiring managers will have to get out of their corner offices and start networking with the talent where the talent is - conferences, certain LinkedIn groups, AnalyticBridge, and Twitter.
I'm in a similar position. I'm at uni doing a (somewhat) quantitative degree and seeking experience in some sort of analytics role to see if I want to move further in that direction. However when I applied for an incredibly basic and simple statistics focussed role, I was told that I didn't have enough experience.
It only would have taken me about one day to learn their processes inside and out, but they weren't prepared to take on someone who didn't know exactly what to do from the start in that role. If companies won't be prepared to take a chance with someone who has related but not identical skills, then no one's ever going to get the experience they need to become good analytics professionals.
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The complaint about lack of talent is ridiculous. Dozens of experienced candidates with proven success stories and lower salary requirements [than MIT or Stanford graduates] compete for each opening. You can check these stats yourself when you apply for such jobs via LinkedIn. Time permitting, I'll produce stats to prove my point. Indeed, we also get dozens of great candidates ourselves when we advertise an internal position. Some data science positions have 100+ applicants.
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Online identity management and single sign-on still doesn't work. Not well enough, anyway. OpenID is a good step forward. So are a bunch of other less familiar approaches. But we still haven't arrived.
For example, I've been a member of Blogger for the duration. That is, since long before Google bought the company. In the old days, making a comment on a Blogger blog was fairly easy. Now it's a lot more complicated. I'm sure that's mostly because comment spam is a gigantic problem, especially for a gigantic company like Google.
But still, from the human visitor's perspective, it's a mess. Here's a screen shot I took after failing for the Nth time to successfully post a comment on a Blogger blog:
For what it's (not) worth, I have a Blogger ID, a Google ID, several OpenIDs, some number of i-names, maybe some information cards (I'm not sure I actually have any yet, but I do think they're good to have), plus cookies from countless sites in my browser's jar, none of which seems to help with this.
I shouldn't complain, because I've been involved in the user-centric identity development community for many years, and have played an active role in helping various efforts (both competing and complementary) to move forward and get along with each other in the process.
But still, we ain't there. And I don't believe we'll get there until each of is known and/or trusted automatically by those with which (or whom) we have relationships. You know, like in the Real World.
For that to happen, we need to hack a way for the individual to drive the interaction. It isn't enough for identity to be "user-centric". In fact, it isn't enough to focus just on identity. After all, I don't need to identify myself when I walk into a grocery store and pay cash to buy stuff. In fact, the stores' "loyalty cards" are terrible systems that not only fail as identity cards, but require dual pricing for every item they "discount", while also slowing down the checkout line. It's as if some kind of digital identity disease has infected ordinary brick & mortar stores as well.
Real engagement needs to be user-driven. That means the individual should be fully empowered to engage with any person or service in the digital world on his or her own terms, in easy, consistent and well-understood ways that may or may not require identifying one's self.
We each need to be independent variables, not dependent ones. What makes me trustworthy to a service like Blogger shouldn't be code that lives entirely on Blogger's side, while all I've got is one among a zillion ID/password combinations, most of which I don't remember. I need to be trusted when I show up. Automatically.
Maybe the means for making this happen will live out in the cloud somewhere. Or in many places. (I can see a lot of potential business here, actually.) But none of it will work unless it starts with the individual. Each of us operating in the digital world needs tools for engagement that belong to us, are operated by us, and give us autonomy, capability and control.
If we get that, we can say goodbye to ugly stuff like the interface above — plus the massive market friction that comes from every vendor having its own silo'd ways of dealing with customers, including CRM (customer relationship management) systems that are controlling and inhuman beyond endurance.
Can we do that? Can we build tools that make individuals both independent of vendor control yet better able to engage with vendors? Can we fix the silo'd authentication problems that have plagued online markets from the beginning? I think we can. That's one reason why I started ProjectVRM at Harvard's Berkman Center.
But I don't know the answer yet, because we don't have the code. Some of us are working on it. You might see evidence by peeking through windows here, here, here, here, here and here — as well as in various corners of the identity community and via links in the blogroll here.
But it's still early. The challenge is still out there.
Is this an itch any of you programming folks feel like scratching — for your own good as well as the rest of the world's? If so, say so below. Or follow what we're doing at the VRM Workshop on Monday and Tuesday.
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There is no (reasonably
There is no (reasonably permanent) software solution to raising lousy human beings - i.e. the kind that make necessary the likes of passwords, spy/mal-ware detectors, encryption, spam-guards, etc., etc., etc. (not to mention locks, walls, barbed-wired, prisons, weapons, police, armies....)
Human interaction
Even in human interaction an automatic recgoniation doesn't occur. At the very least I must look at a person to identify who that person is. You always have to have a sort of sign-in or verification process to know who someone is or isn't. I just don't see that going away.
Why do I need anything more than a complex passphrase? Or perhaps I could have an application that I sign into on my computer that provides recognition services to websites that need to know about me?
Say I sign into this hypothetical program and I go to buy something from an e-commerce site that I don't have an account with. When I go to this site, it requests my name and basic demographic information from the program that resides on my computer and I can choose to allow or deny this. Then I spend some time choosing some things that I'd like to buy, and proceed to the checkout. When I click some button that finalizes my order (yes, I'm really sure I want that frobbitz) the site requests my billing and shipping information, again I can allow or deny this request.
Alternatively, some sites just want to make sure you're you so they know how to store the information you give them. For example, del.icio.us might just want a cookie loaded into your browser session. Del.icio.us could make a request to this program that it present certain information when visiting the site, minimizing the amount of pain they'd have to undergo to support this sort of program.
This really wouldn't be prohibitively difficult to build.
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Ravi Patel is almost 30 and still single — a cataclysm in his culture. After breaking up with Audrey, his secret white girlfriend of two years, Ravi goes to India for his annual family trip. As usual, the pressure to get married is heavy, only this time Ravi succumbs; he agrees to try things their way: the semi-arranged marriage system. He comes back to America having no idea what he just agreed to.
He works out the odds: India has a population of more than a billion people. Easy, right? But he lives in America, where Indians only make up one percent of the general population. His odds of finding an Indian person here are roughly one in 100. But, clearly, he wants this person to be a woman; that reduces the odds to one in 200. Further conditions (she should be unmarried and over the age of 17) reduce his odds to one in 400. Now, taking into consideration the traditions that dictate that this woman be Hindu and that her family has to originate from a specific 50-square mile radius in the State of Gujarat, India, as Ravi's family does, brings the odds down to one in 2,000. All he has to do is find an Indian woman meeting all these criteria, whom he also likes and who likes him. What are the chances? He puts them at one in a billion.
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