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57 User Reviews of Sensation Cruise Ship
I have never written a review and I use my own judgment when reading them but this is totally over the top.
On the second day of our cruise my wife bit into a piece of glass and cut the inside of her mouth while eating breakfast from the Lido Deck buffet. She was treated at the medical center and a security report was taken (both are jokes). She cried for two days and wanted to leave the cruise and come home so she could be close to her doctor in case anything happened, not knowing if she had swallowed any glass fragments and what might happen if she had.
The only thing we received from Carnival was a letter slipped under our door saying if we need anything call guest services. We decided to ride it out and take our chances. The only information we received we had to ask for and Carnival does not give up information easily.
On the last day of our cruise we talked to the food service manager and was told that after his investigation it was a piece of plastic from the cups usedon Lido deck and that it did not come from the food prep area. So has anyone ever broken one of these glasses? I have seen them cracked and if dropped they bounce but never broken.
That tells me that someone done this to hurt someone, either an upset employee or a passenger. I want to think that is not the case but it is 2013 and crazier things have happened. If so putting objects in food is a criminal act in my mind. I think Carnival knows more than they are telling. I called Carnival and asked for some compensation and was told I would not receive any because my wife was treated at the medical center for free, WHAT.
I think at the least Carnival owes us a FULL REFUND and another free cruise. You can go to any restaurant in America and if you find something in your food they will compensate you. Even dog food companies will recall dog food if they find foreign objects in it. Carnival has all of these Vacation Guarantees but when something happens they are not worth the paper they are written on.
We are Platinum cruisers and have been loyal to Carnival throughout their problems, but this may have been our last cruise with them. I have not ruled out suing and contacting other authorities to further investigate. I am contacting any TV, newspaper, radio, Facebook and Tweeter, anyone that will listen. I am PISSED and I want some satisfaction. This could have turned out badly. By the way our cabin steward Jessie was THE BEST EVER.
this is not a really good cruise boat is out dated food is awful same ole slop day after day service was horrible waiting 30 35 min for drinks no selection on food pool area way over crowded elevators are so slow mainly half to take stairs up or down drinks are so expensive 1.95 for can pop 3.95 for water and 4 beer deals 23.00 crazy people are friendly on there just needs some up keep good for first timers i guess
Precruise Rosen Inn at Pointe Orlando 9000 International Drive Orlando Florida, 32819
This hotel is located convient to many Orlando attractions. Right across the street from Wonderworks and easy walking distance to shopping and restaurants. The hotel has a small convenience store with sandwiches and other easy items for lunches. Right outside there is a nice patio area that is covered for shade and protection from rain. There is also a lounge and a nice restaurant within the hotel. There is a pool also for those that wanted to swim. The day we were there it was too chilly.
The room we had was non smoking and had 2 double beds. There was also a coffee maker and the usual assortment of sugar and powdered creamers. There is small refrigerator and a microwave in the room.
The room was very clean and for me that is the main thing I look for. I booked the room through Hotels.com for $39.99 In all the room was a great value and I will consider it in the future.
Parking Parking at Port Canaveral was easy and convenient to the ships. You just pull into theluggage unloading aea and leave your luggage with the porters. Then you drive around and take a parking space. It is an easy walk to the ship. In our case we had a wheel chair to deliver so when we dropped off the luggage we also got out of the van there and the van driver left us to go back to Lakeland. I had already parked my car and boarded the van to show the driver where to drop the luggage. We loaded our luggage on to the van and took it all at once to be dropped off.
Embarkation Very orderly and organised. We were in an area for wheelchair access to board as we had one person in a wheelchair. Boarding was announced around 10:30. Early!! The VIP section was called to board first and they all went ahead on to the ship. Then we were called and we went through a door to the elevators that took us up to the entrance. We had our security pictures taken and were free to go on our away. In all we were aboard before 11:00. Again, as I punched my card in at security a voice announced that I have a message at the Customer Service desk. I went and was asked if there was anything I would need for my c-pap. They also inquired if I would need refrigeration for insulin as I am diabetic. I reponded that I was not on insulin and thanked them for their care.
Carnival Sensation The ship is older, one of Carnival's Fantasy Class of ships. The decor is reflective of Joe Farcus early designs for Carnival. Very bright and some would say gaudy. I have not seen gaudy in any of the ships designs. A bit loud but always fun and in keeping with this lines themes. Mainly it was purple but it was tempered with other colors. I found it to be oddly pretty.
Food WOW is all I can say. In every venue this ship was outstanding. My recent trip on the Liberty found the buffet areas a bit lacking. This was absolutely not the case on Sensation. Being an older ship she does not offer all of the venues that the newer, larger ships offer. I tried the pizza, deli and the main buffet on a daily basis. All very good.
The Ecstasy dining room was nice and the food was outstanding. I was a bit disappointed in the service in this area. Several times we wanted more rolls or refills on water and the wait person was not available. The staff seemed to be around to take the orders and then disappear until the meals arrived. After serving then the staff disappeared again until it was time to serve dessert and coffee.
We went to the Fantasy dining room several times for lunch or breakfast. The service in this room seemed to be a lot better.
Service As I said before service could be better in the Ecstasy dining room. The Fantasy dining room was better. Cabin Steward was outstanding. Our room was always nice when we arrived ack from our activities. The ship was clean and kept very nice as always seems to be the case on Carnival ships.
Entertainment I went to the show the first night and it was standard welcome aboard entertainment. The CD was Chris, I did not get his last name. He was funny and entertaining. The old spoon game was played with 8 people from the audience. I regret that I did not go to the production show. I did not attend the deck party but from my companions I hear it was fun.
Freeport My friend Teddy and I went on the Dolphin Encounter tour. It was fun and we got in the water with the dolphin and posed while our pictures were taken as Andros "kissed" us on the cheek. We were taken by bus to where we were put on a boat out to where the dolphins are. I suggest that if you are not already in your bathing suit to change here. The facilitie here are clean and spacious. Once out to the Dolphin area the facilities are not so comfortable. When we got back I changed to dry clothes. The pictures that were taken while we were in the water were displayed here for sale. There was a bar and a nice outdoor area with pleasant seating. There was a menu available also. All in all it was a nice tour.
Nassau We did the Jeep tour on Nassau. We were told that tour would meet us on the pier by the ship. We got off the ship and no one was there so we walked across to the island. Finding no one there to meet us we went back across to the ship. The tour arrived but then found that we had to walk to where the jeeps were kept. This was nearly a mile away. I do not recommend this tour to anyone with walking issues. There were only 4 of us on this tour and I was surprised that it was not cancelled. Since we were just four they gave us 2 jeeps. We had a guide to drive in each jeep. usually there are four peope in a jeep and it is a drive ourself tour. We felt special to have our own chauffers. The tour was long and fun. I saw a lot of Nassau and really think this island is a great stop. There is a lot more to this island than the standard tourist area.
I liked the fact that the ship was overnight in Nassau. It gave some a chance at more outings than just the daytime tours around the island. A lot of passengers went to Atlantis for evening activities. We were asked to be aboard by 4:30 AM for departure at 7:00 AM. Everyone must have been aboard early as we left at 5:30AM well ahead of the published hour. I was up in the Seaview Bistro having coffee and was surprised that we were moving out.
The rest of the cruise was a sea day sailing back to Port Canaveral. The standard shipboard activities. I never did find the Serenity Area. I did find navigation around this ship to be confusing and difficult.
Disembarkation The usual confusion arond what to do and where to go was the scene as we readied for disembarkation. Those that chose to carry their own luggage were called and took themselves off the ship. Personally I like to leave the luggage handling to the crew. We went up to the promenade and sat comfortably and waited. We were off the ship by 8:30 AM and on our way to Lakeland by 9:00. I was in my home by 10:30AM
This cruise was a fun getaway and I would reccomend it for those that like shorter cruises.
This is the 2nd time I have been on this cruise in 7 months. Overall, the quality went up from "very good" to "very good-plus." A few kudos: Sensation Band and Dancers -- all first rate. Lido Deck food and service -- very good, considering the large crowds they serve. Room service -- very good. Front desk provided a wheel chair loan at no charge. A few items that need improvement -- drink prices are very high; they need some 3-for-2 beer specials, etc. Friends of Dorothy events were listed but non-existent; a more hospitable entertainment crew is needed to make GLBT guests feel welcome. How about a "Meet the Show Cast" party? Signage at the Port Canaveral parking lot is confusing; people who park in the handicapped parking lot get no assistance with luggage or the long walk -- I guess the Port assumes everyone drops luggage and frail people at curbside before proceeding to the parking lot. Overall, I would consider Carnival again, but I preferred a recent MSC cruise out of Fort Lauderdale.
We headed out on Friday the 25th, at about 3:00a.m. We got into Tampa around 5 am saturday morning, and went straight to the beach. If you are looking for somewhere to stay, Days Inn at Clearwater Beach is very nice and very very cheap! It is only about 20 miles from Tampa, and a nice safe area to stay. We finally went to bed at about 11 and woke up the next morning not so refreshed, but extremely excited! We then headed for the Cruise port of Tampa! We arrived at the Terminal at about 12:00 and went through the embarkation very quickly. We were on the ship and eating before 1:00. After a quick peek at our staterooms, which were a nice size for three people in each one, we headed straight for the Pizzeria! Everything on the Lido deck was all set up and there was a huge buffet! Beleive me, you will never be hungry on the cruise! Dinner that night was casual. We chose to wear summer dresses everynight, and two formals for the Captain's dinners.
The waiters, Banpot and Luciano, were absolutely the best! Luciano,the main waiter for our table, was very entertaining and showed us kids some tricks with a napkin. Banpot, the assistant waiter, had only started work that week! He was still learning, but was such a fun person and we didn't want to leave him or Luciano. Dinner was very good, I won't lie, there were a few times that I couldn't find a thing I liked. But I always made up for it by eating some pizza or ordering the wonderful room service! The midnight buffets slightly dissappointed me, but didn't ruin my cruise! No matter where you cruise, on what ship or line, you will always find little things that dissapoint you, but nothing can ruin a cruise! Most everything is absolutely perfect! There was tons of entertainment, comedians, jugglers, and of course the ever-popular Sensation dancers with there vegas-style productions. Everyone will enjoy the new "Hey Mambo" and the other vegas production, which are shown on the two formal nights. There is no karaoke these two nights, but there is on the other nights and I encourage everyone to at least go and participate! It is so much fun! There are also tons of shows, such as the Mr. and Mrs. show which are not to be missed! Also, make sure and go to the Audience Participation Bedtime Story. It is very very funny!!!! Our cruise director, Greg, was entertaining as well, and everyone tried their hardest to make the cruise pleasant for all passengers. About getting off at ports: It is no big deal. There is a long line, but if goes quickly. My suggestion is to NOT take the ships shore excursions. We went on our own to Stingray City in Cayman Islands. There will be tour guides begging you to let them take you on a tour when you arrive. It is pretty cheap, about $30. Also snorkelling is good at the Eden's rock which is just a small walk away from the dock. In Cozumel we just shopped but Chankanaab is also fun, and cheap. Make sure you know where you are going in New Orleans as it is easy to get lost, One lady lost her daughter and the cruise left without her. It was a very bad deal and I am not sure what happened with that. You will enjoy this cruise! I sure did! Any questions.....just write! by the way, there are plenty of things for the kids to do, but the teen activities aren't much fun. Just meet some friends and you will find plenty to do.
My first cruise was wonderful. The waterslide was too much fun.My cousin enjoyed sensations hottubs.A matter of fact the only thing she didn't do was sleep in one.she loved the upper deck bars.She learned all the bartenders names, while joking with them back-and-forth.
All the people on sensation were great.I wouldn't trade them in for any other time and place.Most of all the ship looked beautiful with its plans and arrangements. the movement and swaying of the ship when the ocean rough.One special memory, I recall, was a picture sliding side to side on the wall.
This was my 3rd Carnival Cruise experience and although the weather did not fully cooperate my overall experience was terrific.
There's nothing like a cruise, either long or short, to allow you to relax!
My wife and I took a belated (3-weeks late) wedding anniversary (#26) getaway cruise over the Memorial Day weekend on the Carnival Sensation. The cruise was just incredible despite the fact that a potential tropical storm was forecasted to form in the Florida Straits. Fortunately T.S. "Ana" did not form however the weather was far from tranquil. We experienced mostly cloudy/soggy skies with some very brief pockets of hazy sun, some drizzle, light-rain, and a couple of down pours along the way.
The first night was pretty rough, as the ship just seemed to bounce, rock, and otherwise roll towards Nassau. I saw several "accidents" on the decks throughout the ship and a few clean up crews in cabins scrubbing carpets clean. There were seasick bags ready for use layed out in the common restroom areas and a few just scattered about the ship for handy use. The first night was bad enough that all of the shows were cancelledtoo.
Embarkation at Port Canaveral was filled with speed and efficiency and we were onboard within 15 minutes from the time we entered the parking lot.
As for the Sensation, she is incredibly clean and well maintained. The ship was just recently dry-docked a few months earlier and the new waterworks area was installed which is a big hit with the kids (both young in age and at heart).
The food was pretty incredible too. As usual, Lobster was the popular choice by all on Elegant Night and I was happy to see that the dress code (no shorts) was enforced. I did notice that on Elegant Night the style of dress seems to have become more casual, less suits, some dress shirt and ties, and more open neck polo style shirts.
Our port-of-call was Nassau, which was pretty, well, um, err -- plain. We took a cab to the overrated Atlantis. I say, "overrated" as for all they hype I kept hearing about the place I expected so much more. To me, Atlantis is akin to one of the smaller casino resorts found in Biloxi, Mississippi. Nevertheless, we made the best of it and returned to the ship in short order.
We used the "self-assist" debarkation process too and although crowded, all flowed quickly and politely too.
On a side note, we stayed the night before (pre cruise) at the Radisson Resort at the Port in Cocoa Beach. They offer a FREE shuttle ride to and from the port and more importantly FREE PARKING while you're at sea.
In conclusion, although we only took a short (3-day) cruise on the sensation, our overall experience was -- wait for it -- SENSATIONAL!!!
My experience travelling to the Bahamas on the Carnival Sensation was the worst I have ever had.
The staff was rude and unfriendly, the manager of the formal dining room called us cheap because we were surprised by a food upcharge on our dinner bill. The food was completely disgusting and inedible - except for the upcharged meals of course!
Because how could you be travelling on a Carnival cruise line without being nickel and dimed for every little thing right? They didn't let us cash out our winnings at the casino the day we returned, and now I have chips I will never use because ...
Never again Carnival will I EVER cruise with you - or recommend you to anyone I know. Enjoy robbing people blind, eventually everyone will know how inferior you are to your competitors, Norwegian and Royal will be getting all my business from now on.
This was our first cruise. June 8th 2014 to Bahamas. Chose Carnival due to dates, price and duration. Noticed on day 2 water was brownish. Washed my face in the morning and my face broke out.
Went ashore and enjoyed the day in Freeport. Came back water was clear. Day 3 noticed maintenance crew working in hallways, toilet in our room flushed on its own twice, Maintenance guy said it was because of his work. Water was brownish orange Looked pretty bad. Later that night when we went back to our room we noticed that the water was still bad.
We went to guest services where the lady told us it was unsafe to drink and that our bottled water would be comped. We inquired about overall health/safety of other passengers and were informed that any one who had noticed and complained got bottled water free otherwise nothing. No safety message was ever made/published. Afraid to shower due to sewer backed up into water. I saved a sample of the water from the ship and am sending it off to be tested.
The Carnival Sensation, Is without a doubt the worst cruise ship on the high seas. The food is like something you would throw away. The service does not have a ratting that can be given. The service would have to get better to be terrible. Please do not try to find a restroom, because you will be lost trying to find one,and if you do ,it wont work.The Casino plan ,Stinks and so does the ship of what I do not know. Stay away from this ship unless you like feeling worthless. Disney will make you feel like a King or Queen,try them you will not regret it.


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Sites around the web today are calling on users to contact their Congressional representatives to voice opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act. Under normal circumstances, there's an extra step or two between that call-to-action and the actual call — requiring the users to find their representatives' contact information and, let's face it, maybe even figure out who their representatives are.
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It's a service called Grassroutes that lets sites create a customized widget that identifies the Congressional delegation of an individual user — derived automatically from IP address or manually via ZIP code — and provides the representatives' contact information: Facebook, Twitter, email, and phone, complete with a button letting users click to call from inside the browser.
Grassroutes was created this past weekend during the two-day PennApps hackathon at the University of Pennsylvania, by University of Pennsylvania students Tess Rinearson and Nick Meyer, and Carnegie Mellon student Drew Inglis.
Rinearson and Inglis are both from the Seattle region and attended Lakeside School (where they were taught by computer science teacher Lauren Bricker, our recent Geek of the Week). Tess Rinearson, who worked last summer as an intern at video-game company Valve, is the daughter of Peter Rinearson, CEO of Seattle startup Intersect, where Inglis worked for a year.
Local connections aside, Grassroutes is already becoming a broader phenomenon.
Sites including Twitpic, Techerator, BostInno (and of course Intersect) are using the widget as part of their SOPA protests today. A SOPA-specific widget is available here, but the service can be used for any type of message on any issue, with options for sites to provide a customized message and talking points for their users.
Inglis explains the behind-the-scenes technology in a blog post: We use the Twilio API for in-browser calling, we use the Maxmind ruby gem to go from IP->zip code, and the SunLight Labs Congress dataset to go from zip code->elected officials.
The project took second place out of 42 teams at the PennApps hackathon. See this Daily Pennsylvanian article for more info on the event.
Watch them pitch the project in this video.
Updated at 9:40 a.m. with new video link and correct college affiliation for Rinearson and Meyer.


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Phil Collins is one of a select group of music stars to sell more than 100 million albums. But he is an unlikely pop star as Catherine Scott discovered as he prepares to come to Yorkshire.
Sir Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson and Phil Collins - it is an elite club that have sold more than 100 million records as a solo artist and a member of a group.
Phil Collins on the steps outside the Royal Albert Hall, London, after he announced a series of live shows at the venue in 2017. : Yui Mok/PA Wire
But talking to Collins as he prepares to play the Sheffield Fly DSA Arena next month, he still seems almost surprised by his success.
"I often get asked about my secret to success and I still don't really know," says the 66 year old. "I think it might be that I write songs that resonate with a lot of people. My songs are honest and from the heart and I think people can tell that."
Well this unlikely mega star, who looks more like someone's doddery grandad than a pop star, has definitely done something right in his career which took off at the age of 19 when he joined Genesis as their drummer. Before that he had been a child actor and attended drama school, something he says his late father would have preferred he pursued.
Collins says his first love was always music, especially jazz which he says influenced his drumming from an early age. He got his first drum kit aged three and started drumming properly when he was just five.
Genesis Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, Tony Banks - (C) Gelring Limited - Photographer: Patrick Balls
"It was something I always wanted to do, but my dad thought it wasn't a proper job." His mother started a theatrical agency which helped land him a number of acting roles including the Artful Dodger in the stage version of Oliver!
Music was his first love and after playing with a number of bands he saw an advert for a drummer with the band Genesis. It may be his father's initial disapproval which has made Collins determined to support his own children in following their dreams.
To that end his 16-year-old son Nicholas plays the drums on his dad's current Not Dead Yet Tour which resulted from forced cancellation of some Albert Hall gigs after Collins suffered an accident.
"We needed to replay the cancelled shows but I wanted to go back to the old Genesis days when we used to take the music to the people, rather than expecting the people to come to the music," says Collins. "I remember travelling hours in the back of a van to Sheffield City Hall, playing the gig and then travelling all the way back down to London in the back of the van."
He says it was a difficult decision to choose Nic as drummer rather than his older son Simon, 41.
"It is difficult to choose between your sons, but Simon who is a fantastic drummer is already successful in his own right and so I decided to give Nic a chance. I was a bit worried I might be accused of nepotism but the rest of the band have been really impressed with Nic's playing in his own right. I just want to support my kids in whatever direction they want to go."
His youngest son, Matthew is just 12 and wants to be a footballer. Collins also has two daughters, Lily, 28, and Joely, 46, who are both actresses.
Collins was 19 when he got the job as drummer and backing singer with Genesis. But when Peter Gabriel left five years later he was persuaded to take over as lead vocalist.
"It was the last thing I wanted," he says. "I liked being a drummer and that's what I wanted to do. But when Peter left we couldn't find another singer and so the rest of the band convinced me to do it.
"There really wasn't another option and I drew the short straw. I often wonder what life would have been like if Peter hadn't left and I had stayed playing the drums."
Once out front Collins, still in his early 20s, found being lead singer a very vulnerable position.
"It was completely different to being at the back playing the drums. There were no monitors in those days and suddenly the band were all behind me and it sounded very different then from the drum kit, where the band sounds the most powerful. I was no longer surrounded by drums and cymbals. It was a big culture shock for me."
Collins's taking over from Gabriel co-incided with a change in Genesis's direction and suddenly they developed into a popular band with hit records, rather than a cult group playing long songs. Many of the loyal Genesis fans suddenly saw their group becoming more populist and accused them of selling out, and Collins took the brunt of their anger.
"It felt very strange that I was being blamed for the band becoming a success," says a still clearly bemused Collins.
"Nothing was planned. There was never a decision within the band to change direction. I think we had always wanted to make shorter, I suppose more accessible, songs, but we ended up making longer songs and that was what Genesis became known for. But as you get older, your tastes change, you are influenced by different things and you evolve, that's what happened to us. We just got better at writing songs that were more concise. But the diehard fans seemed to blame me because they could no longer get tickets to our gigs.. They wanted to keep us as their secret passion." But popularity had other stresses. Constant touring and recording put a strain on Collins's first marriage to Andrea Bertorelli and Genesis took a hiatus while he travelled to Canada to try to save his marriage.
While he was away Genesis members Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks started work on solo albums and so when Collins returned to the UK having failed to save his marriage he wrote his own solo album, inspired by his failed relationship. The seminal Face Value was the result containing the massive hit single In The Air Tonight.
"I wrote with my heart and I think people related to it," says Collins, And people did. It reached number one in seven countries and pushed Collins even further into the spotlight. He continued to have success with Genesis and further solo albums followed until he decided to form the Phil Collins Big Band in 1996,
In 2011 he announced he was retiring. "I'd had enough of being Phil Collins," he said. "I had other things I wanted to do. I wrote the music to Tarzan and wrote a book on the Alamo , and I wanted to spend more time with my family, to be a dad." However shortly after his third marriage to Orianne Cevey failed and she moved to Miami with the couple's two children, Nicholas and Matthew.
More recently Collins has rekindled his relationship with Orianne and although he had been dogged with health problems last year he decided to once again take to the stage.
"I had a back operation a couple of years ago and that resulted in me having a dropped foot which means I need a stick and I won't ever play the drums in public again."
Named after his long-awaited Not Dead Yet autobiography, the idea was to play a limited number of sell out dates at the Royal Albert Hall. But a bad fall meant he had to call off some of the gigs. And so this year Collins, his band and his son decided to embark on a small tour which will be at the Fly DSA Arena in Sheffield on November 24
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'Although we don't have a price for the SS yet, Zero's pegged the Zero S's UK RRP at £8874'
that or a fireblade............................................
Zero Motorcycles is readying a 'leccy sports bike that may just be the two-wheeler we've all been waiting for: a lightweight electric road racer equivalent of its soon-to-ship 125cc model S sports bike. Zero_model_s_01 Zero's model S: will be sold from soon-to-open UK stores Neal Saiki, CTO of Zero, told magazine Hell for …
What use is a bike that only goes 60 miles between charges?
A 40kWh battery would charge in about 3-4 hours on a UK mains, but for commuting there isn't usually a socket near a bike parking bay, so a charge would have to last for the full commute plus lunch time/evening pootling about, i.e. 100miles min. Increase the battery to 80kWh for say 30kg extra weight and it is getting closer
31 bhp is too high for the normal 125 learner market, (15bhp max) though it fits well into the "just passed test and under 21 years old" 35bhp limited class, but not at that price.
A CB500 is about half that price, and will do 110+mph with a 200+ mile range at motorway and commuting speeds.
It is difficult to see what the market is for this bike - too powerful for learners, not enough range for commuters, too slow for scratching.
"....It's also got an electrically limited top speed of 60mph, but can hit 80mph without the limiter...." Seeing as here in the UK they have crippled the majority of 125cc machines so they struggle to hit 40mph, all in the name of protecting learners, I'm betting the anti-bike brigade will make sure elecbikes get some form of awful added restrictor to make them just as painfully slow.
Still, as a commuter it looks great, but what's the battery recharge time? And can you recharge it from a wall socket anywhere or do you need a special recharging unit which you have to leave at home in the garage? And is there a way to quickly swap out a flat battery for a charged spare without it being just as easy for Mr Lowlife to pinch it?
Forget converting petrol bikers to electric. Getting those in cars who could be on a petrol bike would be easier and have a much larger effect on pollution.
Ah yes, just what the easy-to-miss biker really wants - a silent bike to make car drivers even less aware that he's there.
Here's an idea, produce a noisy bike you can't miss in order to reduce those scary injury and death stats. That might get more people onto bikes and reduce pollution.
The people who buy this kind of thing are the same clueless idiots who put 26 inch rims & ultra-low profile tyres on their SUVs, and then wonder why it rides even more like a truck ... The same class of idiots who pay a LOT of money putting nitrogen in their tyres instead of air. In other words, people with disposable income who are susceptible to marketing. The wives are the ones who buy into the diet-of-the-day, and the husbands buy the latest "herbal viagra" scam. Probably over half of them have responded to spam email.
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Just before Amelia Levene takes over the British foreign spy service, she disappears in the south of France. No one knows where she is and British authorities scramble to locate her before word leaks to other countries or, worse, the media.
Panicked executives at MI6 summon disgraced agent Thomas Kell, a longtime friend and colleague of Amelia, to figure out what's happened and why. The personal and the political soon collide, with forays into North Africa and across Europe.
Welcome to the brainy spy world of Charles Cumming, a young British author who, with the publication of "The Trinity Six" in 2011, drew comparisons to renowned thriller masters Alan Furst, John le Carré and Olen Steinhauer, among others. He returns this month with the story of Thomas Kell in A Foreign Country.
Readers first meet Kell seven months after the spy service coerced him to retire at the ripe old age of 42. Childless and on the verge of divorce, Kell awakes in a strange bed, nursing a "hangover comparable in range and intensity to the reproduction Jackson Pollock hanging on the wall of his temporary bedroom."
Kell isn't a man of derring-do like James Bond or Jack Reacher. Instead he relies on a mixture of smarts and intuition to solve problems of international intrigue.
Cumming keeps things moving with plenty of surveillance and tricks of the trade, but retains enough plausibility to make his hero relatable. Like George Smiley and other literary spies, Thomas Kell fascinates because of the constant tension between his ideals and the pragmatic reality of his trade.
A thumbnail sketch in "A Foreign Country" illustrates Kell's quandary. "It occurred to him, as it often did in the depths of the night, that he knew only one way of being – a path that was separate to all others. Sometimes it felt as though his entire personality had grown out of a talent for the clandestine; he could not remember who he had been before the tap on the shoulder at twenty."
Kell broods, to be sure, but he also proves nimble at switching aliases, popping hotel safes, and sizing up unexpected threats. During a recent interview from England, Cumming discussed the future of Kell, the differences between American and British spies, and whether the notion of a happy spy is an oxymoron. Following are excerpts:
On the inspiration for the book: There's been a scandal over here involving Witness B, an MI5 officer – MI5 being domestic security, MI6 being foreign intelligence. Witness B was accused of being present at an aggressive interrogation of a man called Binyam Mohamed. [Mohamed, a UK resident originally from Ethiopia, in 2010 agreed to a settlement worth a reported 1 million pounds from the British government after a lengthy legal fight over whether intelligence services conspired with Americans and allowed torture during rendition.] Mohamed was taken by the CIA and rendered through North Africa and then sent to Guantanamo Bay because the Americans believed that he was a potential terrorist because he'd been in Pakistan and Afghanistan immediately after 9/11.
Mohamed said it wasn't true. So this MI5 officer was accused of being complicit [with the US]. I thought that was a quite interesting idea. We have a very close relationship with the Americans; the British are entirely reliant on the Americans for a lot of their intelligence and so forth. The last thing they want to do is break that relationship. I was trying to explore that.
On having a female MI6 chief as a major character: The reason to have a female chief was there is a sexism, a male chauvinism in MI6 over here. It's still very much of a male-dominated, English public school-dominated service. It's actually highly unlikely that Judi Dench [who plays James Bond's boss in recent movies] or Amelia Levene [who runs MI6 in "A Foreign Country"] would actually make it to the top of the service. When I said to my friends in MI6 that I'd created this character, they all puffed out their cheeks. They couldn't believe it. We've had two female heads at MI5.
On the benefits of having a woman lead MI6: I'm fascinated by the journey that an intelligent and an ambitious woman makes in the professional world in contrast to the journey that a man of similar ambition, of similar intelligence makes. What sort of concessions does a woman have to make? Does she have to work 20 percent harder than a man? How does her sexuality come into it? It's just more interesting than having a standard male chief of the service. Also, the dynamic between Kell, the main character, and Amelia. They've sort of come up through the service together, there's a great tension there that's a possible romantic tension, as well. It just gave the book more layers.
On why spy work remains a male province: It doesn't matter so much at the domestic level or the European level or in North America. But if you're a woman operating in certain parts of Africa or Italy or elsewhere, the top people expect to deal with a man. There's a sense of a loss of face or status if they are negotiating with a woman, that's one element of it. Added to that, there's the problem of being a woman in quite aggressive environments, which again counts against them. Female MI6 officers would probably tell me that that isn't the case. But that's how it's been explained to me why would it prevent a woman from getting to the top.
On well-adjusted spies: [laughs] In my experience, there are people – in all walks of life, whether it's politics or the Olympics or merchants – there are people who are at peace with what that they do. And there are others who are not. Maybe in that world, particularly in spies, this is more the tradition of spy literature. The idea of the conflicted protagonist, the man who is on the one hand a patriot, a guy who has joined to protect and serve, and then finds himself compromised, lying, deceiving and making accommodations they wouldn't necessarily have made in their idealistic youth. It's kind of a metaphor for all our lives, not just spies. As we get older, life becomes very complicated in terms of concessions we have to make.
On differences in spy literature: I find a difference in British spy fiction and American spy fiction. In the American version, it's more militaristic, partly because the CIA has more of the military makeup. Whereas MI6 is more of a cerebral, intelligence-based, relationship-based service, i.e., all they do is recruit people to get information out of them. It's always been far more interesting to me to study character and behavior than it has to have car bombs or nuclear devices going off.
People feel closer to the personality. I can imagine having a cup of coffee with [le Carré's] George Smiley, I can imagine sitting down to dinner with [Philip Kerr's World War II-era German detective] Bernie Gunther. They're not Jack Bauer, they're not James Bond, they're not cartoon superheroes. The trick is to then to make those people remarkable in some way, to show that they do have resourcefulness or quick-wittedness to work people out.
On how he became a thriller writer: Well, I was approached for a job by MI6 when I was about 25, so, 15 years ago. I didn't get the job. But I had a short recruitment experience that gave me enough material to write my first book, which was called "A Spy by Nature," which was a semi-autobiographical account of what happened to me in my youth. And then I just stuck with it. Writing's always been a thing I was good at. I enjoy writing. And I was hopeless with numbers [laughs].
On researching his books: I try to do less and less because I think you can get a bit research-heavy. I did a book called "Typhoon" that was set in China. It was incredibly hard to write because I didn't know China well. It was very complicated and culturally complex. It took a lot of readings and a lot of journeys to China and talking to people and then if you've done all that work, you want to put it all into the novel. The narrative can suffer as a result. I'm trying with the Kell books – there is another one coming – to really just concentrate on character and story. And then if people learn something about the Arab Spring or Witness B, that's a bonus.
On what's next: I like Kell a lot. I feel comfortable around him. He's an interesting man. I'm going to write at least three books about him. The reaction over here and the advance reaction in the States has been amazing and people seem to enjoy "A Foreign Country." They haven't necessarily been taken with previous characters who have been more like anti-heroes. There's that fine line between creating a realistic person, but also somebody who is a hero, somebody who people want to get behind and support.
Check out a clip of the audio book here:
Erik Spanberg is a Monitor contributor.


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It was once possible to keep public figures' outrageous behavior a secret. This is 2013, however, and those days are long gone.
Thanks to the digital revolution, it now takes just seconds for an ill-chosen word or indiscreet photograph to reach millions of people worldwide and cause damage that can be almost impossible to undo (even for those with top-tier public relations teams).
One of the primary vehicles for modern scandal dissemination is Twitter. Launched in 2006, the service has more than 200 million active users, and according to data the company released in March, those users create over 400 million messages, or tweets, a day.
With that kind of platform and that kind of reach, it's an understatement to say that what happens on Twitter doesn't stay on Twitter. It's more accurate to say that the world is quite literally watching, and many public figures have had to find that out the hard way.
What follows is a list of 10 cases in which a single tweet took over an entire news cycle, almost always to the chagrin of the person who sent it. Some of these tweets brought their senders notoriety and free publicity, but in some cases they ended what seemed to be promising careers.
Read ahead for the 10 greatest scandals ever tweeted.
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I must say I was somewhat surprised by the reaction from the advisory community in regard to my recent articles about index and guaranteed annuities. I received some expected feedback from those who strongly disagreed with my views, while also getting many positive comments from fiduciary advisors who see the same factual logic I illustrated in these past articles relative to annuities. The discussion has obviously touched a nerve.
(My previous articles on this topic were 3 Logical Insights Into the Notion of 'Guaranteed' Annuities and What I Wish Every Prospect Had Considered Before Asking 'Can I Retire?')
What concerns me is the anger behind the disapproving emails since, as advisors, I believe we should be open to criticism and differing opinions in what we do every day for our clients. Aren't we supposed to focus on the end client's needs first and foremost, regardless of our own financial benefit?
However, what was not surprising about the negative emails was that after further research on my part, it was evident that the individuals sending these messages make a living selling these canned products, rather than from fiduciary advisors. It does tell me that their personal compensation is likely tied to their sales-based advice, which I believe drastically blurs their objectivity.
I often wonder if these insurance brokers objectively and logically read the annuity prospectuses and assess them in the same way fiduciary advisors do, while actually mapping out a strategy with the client's comprehensive financial situation in mind. Do they plan for issues such as cash flow, income and estate taxes, wealth transfer, wealth creation, investment flexibility/control and generational legacy family planning? Do they practice risk/return optimization planning, which includes the consideration of total cost?
I'm one of those advisors who actually read all the annuity prospectuses and contracts that a new client brings to me after losing a decade of investment life in a so-called "guaranteed" canned product, because it took 10 years for their surrender charge period to finally expire.
So what does logic teach us about insurance brokers who sell financial products?
The Broker Business Model
Who wouldn't like a business model where a large company creates all the products and pays for an annual luxury conference to teach you how to sell their products as effectively as possible, then offers more free luxury vacation incentives if you become a top sales person?
Additionally, the insurance company even manages the daily, monthly and annual operational administration for its sales force: from investment selection and strategies, portfolio rebalancing and contract uptick lock-in riders to income floor calculation riders, actuarial risk management, death benefit rider updates and so on. All the brokers have to do is sell the products, based on understanding the marketing materials rather than the full explanation that accompanies them—often a 100-page prospectus which neither the salesperson nor the investor will likely ever read.
Most insurance brokers are paid a 3% to 5% upfront commission (if not more), based on the initial contract value, with perhaps an annual 0.25% to 0.50% trail fee. They literally have no liability, and the validity of the transaction is based only on whether it was a suitable investment at the time of sale. The plain logic is that they work in an industry that allows them to legally advertise themselves as financial advisors, rather than salesmen.
It's understandable why many advisors might flock to this business model, given all the upside income potential that carries no liability and no work to be done after the initial paperwork processing; all while getting to call themselves financial advisors and keeping investors confused as to the true difference. Personally, I believe that being a true financial advisor is to always do what's in the client's best interest, even when you risk losing business by telling the truth.
Are They Providing Advice?
Is selling canned products the same as providing financial advice? Can any product created be the best, most efficient income tax planning option for an investor over the next 10 or 20 years of income tax law changes? Furthermore, does that same product have everyone's ultimate retirement planning, wealth creation planning or estate tax/wealth transfer planning benefits contained within?
For a moment, let's assume all canned products ever created do address these goals for every investor. If so, how would the broker know what the product actually can or can't do objectively for a client's comprehensive needs, if he or she hasn't obtained industry credentials or education such as CPA, CFP, CFA or a law degree specializing in estate planning? Personally, I believe at least one of those education credentials should be required to qualify an advisor to make any product-based financial recommendations to investors.
Furthermore, what about providing ongoing advice in the best interest of the client's true financial needs? Why would an insurance broker be interested in helping a client further, in a pro bono manner, after getting paid their sales commission, without the urge to sell them something else, to generate additional compensation?
That's the way this model works; their advice is always tied to their compensation. It's similar to a Coke or Pepsi product salesperson with various flavors to offer their clients; the only difference is in America we call our financial product salespeople financial advisors, rather than salesmen.
As a fee-only fiduciary advisor, I believe investors deserve to know the difference. The investment world should focus on teaching clients about the truth and the logical investment management returns hierarchy. When given the right information, people are smart enough to decide what's best for their own situation. Honesty, integrity and logic are what real financial advice is all about.
If you're an insurance broker, break the mold and explain to your clients, "I'm not a financial advisor; I'm a salesman who sells financial products." I promise you those clients will become some of your best clients, because what they're really looking for is an advisor who's willing to tell them the truth, rather than sell them something.
"Trust" will always be what motivates the purchase of a product or fee-only advice, and telling the truth—regardless of whether or not you win the business—is what earns the trust that actually does win business and then helps you keep it.


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PRAGUE, Czech Republic, May 2 (UPI) -- Poland has joined a group of potential bidders interested in buying the Czech Republic's natural gas transit operator, a Prague report indicated this week.
The Polish state-owned gas utility Gaz-System, which is working with the Czech firm Net4Gas on a cross-border interconnector, could submit a bid to purchase the pipeline system from German energy conglomerate RWE, the Prague Internet daily E15 reported.
The publication said Gaz-System has joined the bidding for the profitable Net4Gas system, which is also reported to have attracted offers from a company headed by Czech billionaire Petr Kellner, gas production company KKCG and eight others.
RWE has said it will sell the Czech asset by the end of the year.
Gaz-System is seeking to incorporate Net4Gas into a broader scheme to establish an EU-backed north-south Eastern European transit corridor that would link a new liquefied natural gas hub on Poland's Baltic Sea coast to the proposed Adria LNG terminal in Croatia, E15 said.
RWE, whose earnings have been hit by the German government's decision to phase out all nuclear power by 2022, indicated in February it would put the profitable Czech pipeline and other assets on the sales block in an effort to raise $14.5 billion.
Net4Gas revenues rose to $9.21 billion last year, up from 2010's $7.8 billion and it posted a 2011 after-tax profit of $748 million compared with $486 million the previous year.
But the Czech system is dependent on Russian supplies transited via Ukraine, leaving it vulnerable to disputes, such as the "gas wars" of 2006 and 2009, between its two eastern neighbors.
Its potential to serve as part of a new, EU-backed natural gas route that avoids both Russia and Ukraine, however, has piqued the interest of Poland, which last week opened a 19-mile interconnector into the Czech Republic, Platt's business news service reported.
Its launch was attended by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who cited the new pipeline's strategic importance.
"This Polish-Czech interconnector is a symbol of hope that our countries will never again have problems with gas supplies. At least not on the same scale as a few years ago," Tusk said.
Gaz-System and Net4Gas were already laying plans for a major gas pipeline stretching from Poland's new LNG hub at Swinoujscie to the northern Moravian city of Ostrava, which would have the ability to transport 8 billion-to-10 billion cubic meters of gas per year.
That effort is being backed by the European Union as part of its efforts to reduce dependence on Russian gas supplies by establishing north-south energy corridors through the continent.
Warsaw is aiming for a 2014 opening for its new LNG terminal.
Meanwhile, the development of the Nord Stream and South Stream gas routes to Europe by Russia's Gazprom -- which bypass Ukraine -- has been seen by analysts as hurting the Czech system's potential value.
Because of that as well as security concerns, Gazprom likely won't be in the running to buy the 2,200-mile Net4Gas network, The Prague Post reported.
"Everybody knows Gazprom wouldn't be an optimal buyer," Prague energy consultant Jiri Gavor told the newspaper. "Dependence on Russian energy imports is a long-term sensitive point in this country, since the Czech Republic is practically 70 percent dependent on Russian gas.
"I don't think it is a real danger but many politicians think it could threaten energy security if Gazprom also owns the transmission route."


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Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the nationally known duo has toured the Midwest, the East Coast and the South. In 2017, Fox and Branch toured overseas for the first time, playing to audiences in Ireland, England and Scotland. They are the winners of five Parent's Choice recommended awards.
Fox and Branch have appeared at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Symphony Space in New York City; Cafe Lena in Saratoga Springs, NY; Club Passim in Boston, MA; and the Overture Center in Madison, WI. They have been featured at many Midwest festivals and community events. The duo has brought their show to libraries in Brooklyn, NY; St. Louis, MO; Boston, MA; southern Louisiana; northern Illinois and across Wisconsin.
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If you haven't really considered online employment as a viable option, it's time to change your mind. While growth in the traditional job market is still sluggish, it moved much faster for virtual positions.
In fact, employment growth for online workers (defined as independent workers, freelancers, and contractors who work remotely) doubled in the first quarter of 2012, according to a recent Elance report.
Here's a bit more about why these jobs are increasing so rapidly, and how you can capitalize on the trend:
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With recessions happening around the world, there's no good place to work these days. But working online can remove the stress a job-seeker has when looking for work locally in bad economic times. Because companies looking for contractors and freelancers are located worldwide, you could essentially work on projects for companies scattered around the globe.
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Still not sold on the idea of working from your kitchen, a Starbucks, or a beach? Employers are, it seems. The cost benefits of hiring virtually (which includes lower overhead, as there's no office to finance, and because employers can pay per project rather than for a full-time employee's salary) are getting the attention of more companies in an effort to make smarter operating decisions.
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[https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge]
[https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge]
Note-taker: [[User:Malaclyps Danny]]
Note-taker: [[User:MalaclypsDanny]]
Moderator: [[User:Zephry Zephyr]]
Moderator: [[User:ZephryZephyr]]
== Introduction and Names ==
== Introduction and Names ==
Revision as of 06:33, 1 August 2012
The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge
Note-taker: Danny and the hoardes on the etherpad.
Moderator: Zephyr
Introduction and Names
- Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to explain what Noisebridge is about:
Noisebridge is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides a space for creation, collaboration, and learning about technology and creative projects. Noisebridge provides space, power tools, and infrastructure to help the public learn new skills and create cool things. Noisebridge continues to exist through and depends entirely on membership fees and donations. Our code of conduct is 'Be excellent to each other'."
- Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to give a brief primer on consensus process: We agree and so should you! Only paid-up members can block consensus.
- Introduce any new or unusual moderation techniques that you may be using during the meeting like: direct responses, limited speaking time, orderless stack, &c.
- Round of introductions (remember, announcements come later):
- What's your name,
- are you a member,
- what do you do, and
- if you are new: how did you hear about Noisebridge?
- Zephyr
- Eric -- makes 16mm films! Maybe teach a 16mm film collective! Workshops!
- Justin -- moved here about 5 months ago. I live in the mission!
- Carlos -- I'm working on libnotify
- Isis -- I'm still battling with the Great Firewall of China. Great firewalL WILL MAKE TOTAL DESTROY
- (The Man They Call) Za -- I'm interested in authority (the least amounts of it)
- Nick -- I'm using a javascript database.
- Liz -- I just made cute mintyboost charging kit. Helping Malaclyps with killer robot.
- Steffen (spook)-- I iOS program, and getting interested in Node.js. In and out of Noisebridge, I was curious about the radiation detector project. Everyone agrees that email@example.com would know.
- Eric -- He is the guy who edits wikipedia. Also interested in non-English language Dr Seuss
- Snail -- I don't remember what I do. Always starting projects, sometimes going back to them.
- Steve -- BRAINZZZ computer interface. Rebuilding brain interface for MC Hawking.
- Alex -- makes Code Hero.
- Danny -- I'm a retired trial lawyer. Heard there was an electron microscope. Interested in joining a
- Danny -- I'm writing this sentence.
- Leif -- I'm interested in counterantidisintermediation.
- Andrew -- UI designer.
- Mike -- work with leif on deep hack, digital spelunking for the 21st century, getting down and dirty with the insides of computers. Also technowander, not a quartermaster, or ombudsman.
- Elyane -- a filmaker. Interested to do a workshop in film.
- Bruno -- from Vienna, doing startup with seven other people. Wants to talking about delegated voting.
- Evan -- says don't use ArchLinux, whatever you do. A CONTENTIOUS POINT OF DISCUSSION.
Short Announcements
Toorcamp! Toorcamp! Toorcamp! We are still collecting people for Toorcamp. There is a bus going to Toorcamp! It's a hacker thing in the woods. Some discussion ensues about the Magic Seatless Occubus that is going to Toorcamp. There will be ham radio.
New or Stale Events
Membership Binder
- Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to describe membership, and the application process.
Being a member of Noisebridge is not like being a member of a gym or your local chess club. Anyone can come to Noisebridge to hack and learn: you don't need to be a member for that. At Noisebridge, membership is something different: it means taking responsibility and committing to help to maintain, improve, and govern Noisebridge. As a member of Noisebridge, you don't just come here to hack and learn, you actively work to improve what you see around you, help to deal with problems, and make this community better than it is today.
If you want to show your commitment to Noisebridge and the community here without becoming a capital-M-Member, consider being a Noisebridge associate. Associates pay their dues to the treasurer just like members, use the space just like members, and are valued participants in the community just like members. The difference is that associate membership doesn't involve consensus: there's no need to go through consensus to become an associate, but associates don't get to block consensus either.
Financial Report
- Funds in bank: I think we're doing okay.
- Noisetor (See the bulletpoints at the bottom of http://noisetor.net/finances/#summary):
- There are $1974.25 earmarked NoiseTor funds
- Colo service has been paid through Jul 7, 2012
- There are enough funds to pay for an additional 2 months of colo
- This information was updated at Tue Jul 31 20:30:03 2012
Consensus items
You may wish to invite a knowledgeable volunteer to repeat a brief primer on the consensus process.
Proposals from last week
(Add any items which pass or are blocked to the Consensus Items History page.)
Malaclyps: I would be worried if we spent 10K on party + sent someone to singapore (like last time), I would feel guilty because I works w/ foundation. So I believe this 10 grand will go to our prudent reserve. So wouldn't want to spend it on specific projects, just two months' rent. The other objection that had been cited was that the Thiel foundation connected to Peter Thiel, and Peter Thiel connected to Palantir, which datamines for the state.
Leif: Not the problem that Palantir datamines for the state, but that it was mentioned in the Bank of America-connected attack on journalists reporting on Wikileaks. He is aalso not a fan of the source of Thiel's wealth: Paypal + Facebook. He agreed long ago at last meetings to stand aside but thinks we really, really shouldn't do this. It's not as no-straightforward as it's being made to sound. I understand we can pay a rent, but if they wanted to sue, which he doesn't think they do, they sue us over the contract. It's important to understand that we are entering into a contract that says this 10K is only for operating expenses. We can give them a receipt, but that doesn't make me feel any better about this.
Ben: Don't see a problem. That's that they *want* us to spend it on.
Leif: But we're ALREADY paying our rent.
Malaclyps: I've worked w/ Thiel fund a lot in past couple of years. I'm not sure he can speak to all the connections, but i can really say they would be totally happy spending this on operating expenses only, and, i'm totally happy being the person saying we spent it on just that. I have a continuing relationship with them so i would lose a lot more than just getting sued as a board member, so willing to put a lot more than that on the line for this.
Alex: Have had dealings with "Paypal mafia". Also had an incident at hackmeet a while ago. A friend of his "hazed" him for wearing "hack the future" shirt, which has a Palantir logo on it. Feels bad being associated with tear on the face of it, but the shirt is for an org called hack the furture and a bunch of ppl work at Palantir help with that, just hackers like us who happen to work for a shady company. Met the CEO of Palantir, asked him straight up, "How do you explain your won actions?" said they wanted to make this software to make sure no one would abuse software like it But there's also the thing this is about, which is the 20 under 20... speaking tomorrow at Hackademic camp. unschooling folks...was originally asked by Danielle about coming to Noisebridge. Hasn't seen contract till tonight but only has obligation of 1 501c3 to another. Thiel fellowship is just a bunch of smart kids under 20, and we should welcome them. I hope when someone says, "I heard about this from the Thiel fellowship," they we don't attack the n00bs. There's the utiopian positive arm of Thiel's work, and then there's the commercial arm, but utopians are awesome.
Lizzard: That touches on the other thing mentioned previously, as you mention your tshirt as example, people felt that the fact that you're wearing it "excuses them" because they are using alex' social capital to deflect from negative image.
Malaclyps: Just to be explicit, Thiel F is different from Palantir. And I also really don't think TF is particularly interested in riding off Noisebridge's social capital. They have plenty from other eccentric hacker projects.
Alex: When there's a drecte "this is going into bed with this group" but here it's enough places removed it shouldn't be an issue.
Mala: proposes putting up for consensus. Carlos asks what Leif would do if it passed consensus.
Leif: Would not block, but would stops paying nb dues for 1 yr. Will probably spend his personal surplus on nb projects
Md: proposals for next week...
Malaclyps: No, no, no! Consensus! You need to do the magic words.
Stand aside? Block?
As such, it is the consensus of Noisebridge that we are taking this money.
Malac: Yuck! Does everyone *really* feel okay with this? Is that consensus? I don't think it is.
Is anybody entusiastic about taking this money?
(Murmurs of assent)
Malac: We should formally noted what it is spent for in consensus.
Snail: So we don't have long discussions on what it's spent on
malc: Proposed new wording. Worried Leif + Carlos aren't happy. Carlos: Agrees with Lief.
Alex: Missed last discussion, doesn't want to rehash, but what in particular abt him?
Carlos: feels like it's another individual whos washing their money w/ a nonprofit. happens a lot in the bay. i cannot assure to you that peter does that, but don¿'t have time nor tinfo for that, but as individual wantys to defend himself w/ facts, what is really going on?
Malac: heard last meeting that it was a sort of $$ laundering tax dodge; this isn't how tax dodges work, he doesn't pay any less tax.
Leif: Foundations are very much a tax shelter. Not satying it's illegal. He's a wealthey libertarian. All billionaries have nonprofits + it's not because they're all really nice ppl. rul is they have to spent 5% of total vlalue + don't pay taxes on profit from investments so he can give away + invest in for-profit enterprisees.
Eric: Doesn't actually work that way. for instandce if i'm 501ce + you decide y0ou're going to invest in stuff, there's a lot of process.On a multi-generational level, on multigen level what leif says has merit but in single gen doesn't work that way.
Moderator: have we arrived at any new conclusions abt stance? Carlos: nothing against ... but Noisebridge really should believe it can survive independently.
alac: i do to.. iv'e been wavering on this too, and i think the thing that conveinced me is to push this more was that we get a fair bit of our money that we use on a regular basis from cheques of this size, maybe not quite this large, but 1 months aog we got one for 1000 bux from silicon valley charity, so it's my feeling that his money, aside from this contract that we have to sign is pretty much part of the ebb and flow of money that we get, and how we get moneys is to get donations like this. aArees we need to maintain independence, but our independence depends on the sporadic charity of individuals like this + doesn't really change how we work.
Alex: It's not a great outcome if everyone feels like this is dirty money and these are bad people. I don't think they're evil + I think if a bunch of ppl from 20 u 20 show up, it's a good source of new awesome hackers, and there's a bunch of people from Palantir who show up to Noisebridge, we should welcome them.
Lief: They are as welcome as anyone else -- and as welcome to pay dues.
Mala: Like to try to retry the consesnsus, reworded to say that we will spend it on rent (later operating expenses)
Leif: shoul write doewn how many ppl are standing aside: at least 2 + maybe more...
malac: Yes, because if there were 4 stand asides we should talk about it some more, as I did last time we had that many standasides. I'm only doing it this week because there was a strong consensus that he should do it one more wk but I'm not going to bring this up again. I should say TF is totally happy either way.
Standing aside: Leif, Carlos, El Presidente.
Wording of the consensus: It is consensus of Noisebridge that the grant be accepted, and the money be used exclusively for paying operating expenses.
Standing aside: Leif, Carlos, Snail.
Proposals for next week
(Add any new items for consensus to the Current Consensus Items page.) God forbid Does anyone think a fundraiser with a goal? Alex's roommates think a big giant cartoon thermometer is the way to go mo
Discussion Items
If an item of discussion drags on too long, further discussion may be postponed until after the meeting ends. During discussion, it is not necessary to write down exact what each person says. Record the topics of discussion, and any items of consensus or controversy here. Detailed descriptions of the conversation should go on the discuss page for this meeting.
Praveen proposed that Noisebridge fiscally sponsor the new Oakland hackerspace's fundraising activities. We deferred until Kelly the Treasurer had a chance to chip in with her opinion.
End of Meeting
- PGP Key Signing could happen now, check the list to see who wants in on the action.
- Return the membership binder to it's rightful location.
- Clean and tidy the meeting notes, then save them to the wiki.
- Send a summary of the meeting notes to the discussion list.
- Enjoy the company of your fellow hacker or robot.