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More sceptical, speculative notes on Facebook's role (warning: 4,000 words. If you're really keen but don't like reading online, here is a PDF).
1 Yes, they used Facebook
I continue to think that the role of digital technologies in the Egyptian rebellion has been overplayed for the reasons I gave a few days ago, but it does look like there is an element of truth to the "Facebook Revolution" story.
Digital technologies get used for many things, but the key job they played in Egypt, at least, seems to be social media. Facebook was clearly the big story;
- Facebook owned "Fully 42% of the country's Web surfing on January 27, the day before Egypt's main ISPs abruptly severed ties to the Internet." - Threatpost.
- Facebook was explicitly singled out by leading activist Wael Ghonim:
- On 60 Minutes: "If there was no social networks, it would have never been sparked. Because the whole thing before the revolution was the most critical thing. Without Facebook, without Twitter, without Google, without YouTube, this would have never happened."
- And: "I want to meet Mark Zuckerberg one day and thank him… This revolution started on Facebook."
- Facebook was where Tunisian and Egyptian activists collaborated (New York Times article).
- Facebook was where the April 6 Movement and the We Are Khaled Said groups formed, (English language versions here and here) which both built and publicised the presence of mass dissent among the urban youth (dissent was already there in some of the labour unions – see Anand Ghopal in Foreign Policy for a survey of the many labour actions over the last few years, including the Mahalla strike that led to the April 6 Movement, and gave it its name).
(thanks to Steve Radman for many of these links)
Why Facebook? In some countries digital activists are looking for special tools to help them communicate in covert ways, but in Egypt there was enough democratic elbow room for activists in the student and labour movements to organize in public – although not without risks. Perhaps because of this slight openness, online activity seems to have crystallized around the relatively public forum of Facebook. Facebook was permitted, and the educated, urban members of the younger generation adopted it and used it to push up against the limits of acceptable dialog.
2 Facebook As Generational Space
Another reason might be that Facebook is still a generational phenomenon (60% of Egypt's Facebook users are under 25 (>>)). It is an environment where youth feel more at home than the older generation and the authorities, at least for now. And like other generational phenomena, it seems that Facebook plays into a sense of identity for students and youth. Ghonim's comments show that some, at least, feel a sense of ownership of this space: it is theirs, not the older generations.
Generational spaces can be both public and private at the same time. The schoolyard is one such space, where (as Iona and Peter Opie documented half a century ago in The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren) a separate culture can persist, out in the open, under the noses of the rest of society.
Other such generational spaces are less physical. Popular music may qualify at various times. The concerts, gatherings, dress, and attitudes built around it are passed from one teenager to another, while (for the most part) adults are clueless as to what is going on.
Like popular music and the schoolyard, Facebook is urban, social, and generational and its inhabitants have a strong sense of ownership of "their" space. Could Facebook's role be similar to that of popular music in earlier protests?
3 Not Since the Sixties…
It pains me to say it, really it does. The "reminiscent of the 1960's" cliche has been used to describe every significant protest in the last 40 years that involves more than five people and a street. But the parallels are too many to ignore, and they emphasize the fact that, despite the technology, Egypt is not a fundamentally different "Revolution 2.0".
Here are some quotations from just one short source: Sean O'Hagan's essay "Everyone to the Barricades", published two years ago in The Guardian.
1968 was "a year in which mass protest erupted across the globe, from Paris to Prague, Mexico City to Madrid, Chicago to London."
O'Hagan quotes Jon Savage on the role that popular music had in amplifying the feelings of a generation:
"Pop music is always incredibly prescient and you can hear an increasing ambition and invention in the pop music made in those years, a sense of limitless possibility, but also of immense frustration and edginess. And then, in 1968, it all exploded into something totally unforeseen. In the five years from the emergence of the Beatles in 1963 to the upheaval of 1968 the economic enfranchisement of a generation turned into mass political action, if not fantasy."
And also this:
"I was completely surprised by 1968,' recalls Francois Cerutti, an old-school Marxist and radical bookstore owner quoted in Kurlansky's book. 'I had an idea of the revolutionary process and it was nothing like this. I saw students building barricades, but these were people who knew nothing of revolution. They were not even political. There was no organisation, no planning.'"
Here is the sudden outbreak, the viral spread from country to country, the rapid politicization of a generation, the seeming spontaneity of protest, that has been so much discussed in Egypt. Here also is the spread of attitudes through a medium that is public, yet generational – popular music in this case, instead of Facebook. These phenomena have been widely credited to the network nature of the Internet and social media, but the parallels are so clear that it seems unlikely that it's the technological features of the Internet that are making the difference – it's a cultural phenomenon that, in this particular incarnation, is revealed in social media.
The same goes for the much-trumpeted leaderless character of the rebellion: in which leaders emerge from the protests, rather than the protests being incited and led by experienced politicians. Here is Paris 1968:
"In just a few weeks, (Daniel) Cohn-Bendit, who was soon to receive a deportation order from the French government for his role in the ferment, had gone from local student activist to an international figurehead for revolution. 'There I was,' he said, 'the leader of a little university, and in three weeks I was famous all over the world as Danny the Red.'"
And the similarities continue. Here is O'Hagan on the international importance of that generation's new technology, television, in spreading ideas and attitudes from country to country.
"We met through television,' Cohn-Bendit later said of his counterparts in other countries. 'We were the first television generation.' Indeed, the radicals had a much better grasp of the galvanising power of television than the politicians they were trying to overthrow. 'A modern revolutionary group headed for the television, not for the factory,' quipped the late Abbie Hoffman, one of the great political pranksters of 1968 who helped provoke a bloody battle between anti-war protesters and the Chicago police force at the Chicago Democratic convention. As the police attacked them, the protesters chanted: 'The whole world is watching!' And, for the first time, it was."
Here is Pierre Bourdieu on the importance of television to protesters:
"Successful demonstrations are not necessarily those which mobilize the greatest number of people, but those which attract the greatest interest among journalists. Exaggerating only slightly, one might say that fifty clever folk who can make a successful 'happening' get five minutes on TV, can have as much political effect as half a million demonstrators."
Egypt's rebellion, while of course it is unique, is not a new type of rebellion. There are parallels to other rebellions, including the use of cultural space where the ideas and dreams of a generation could be shared in a semi-public fashion, and the use of new media technology to spread the word to a wider public.
4 Is Egypt a Velvet Revolution?
So the Egyptian uprising is not that unique after all. (It's obvious, I hope, that this does nothing to detract from the heroism, creativity, and bravery of those involved). It's not just the student-led riots of 1968; there are similarities to other recent uprisings too, such as the series of "Velvet Revolutions" that spread through Eastern Europe in 1989. Again, let's just look at one source to see what the parallels are. How about Timothy Garton Ash in the New York Review of Books, December 3, 2009? His essay is titled Velvet Revolution: The Prospects.
Garton Ash highlights the differences between the "velvet revolutions" (VR) and earlier revolutions:
an ideal type of 1989-style revolution, VR, might be contrasted with an ideal type of 1789-style revolution, as further developed in the Russian Revolution of 1917 and Mao's Chinese revolution. The 1789 ideal type is violent, utopian, professedly class-based, and characterized by a progressive radicalization, culminating in terror. A revolution is not a dinner party, Mao Zedong famously observed…
The 1989 ideal type, by contrast, is nonviolent, anti-utopian, based not on a single class but on broad social coalitions, and characterized by the application of mass social pressure—"people power"—to bring the current powerholders to negotiate. It culminates not in terror but in compromise. If the totem of 1789-type revolution is the guillotine, that of 1989 is the round table.
Egypt is clearly in the tradition of the velvet revolutions. The social coalition covers labour, student, and religious groups, and the current uneasy phase of negotiation with the armed forces (as opposed to installing a new leader) is characteristic of the type. Like all the "velvet revolutions", the Egypt uprising is more of a stand against something (Mubarak; corruption; the unfairness of widespread unemployment and high food prices) than for something. Garton Ash writes that
"François Furet, the historiographer of the French Revolution, doubted if the velvet revolutions of 1989 should properly be called 'revolutions' at all, since they produced 'not a single new idea.'"
What is happening in Egypt seems more of a rebellion than a revolution (A rebel, as Camus said, is "someone who says no" (pronoun updated), and this seems to describe the Egyptian protesters.) It has no program beyond the removal of the present system and leadership.
The ending of a protest in compromise is also in the tradition of velvet revolutions. Here is Garton Ash again:
"Exit prospects for the ruling elites are critical. Instead of losing their heads on the guillotine, or ending up hanging from lampposts, transition-ready members of an ancien régime, from a president such as F.W. de Klerk all the way down to local apparatchiks and secret policemen, see a bearable, even a rosier future for themselves under a new dispensation."
And the Eastern European uprisings were not the first of this type:
"Semantically, the Czechoslovak revolution may have been the first to be called "velvet," but Central Europe in 1989 did not spirit this model out of the ether. Relevant earlier history includes not just Central Europe's own learning process through the failed emancipation attempts of 1953 (East Germany), 1956 (Hungary), 1968 (Czechoslovakia), 1970–1971 and 1980–1981 (Poland), but also the mobilization to unseat General Pinochet in Chile, where the 1988 plebiscite preceded Central Europe's 1989; the toppling of the Marcoses in the Philippines in 1983–1986, which gave us the wonderful Filipino-English term "people power"; and the "revolution of the carnations" in Portugal in 1974–1975, arguably the first "velvet revolution" in postwar Europe; and all the way back to the seminal example of Gandhi in India."
So the nature, dynamics and course of the Egyptian uprising has clear precendents. Yes, the activists used Facebook and other tools, because that's where the people are and because that is the medium characteristic of the time and place. But the Internet has not leant a new character to the uprising.
5 Does it Matter?
Does it matter whether Facebook is a cultural event (like pop music) or a technology? Yes it does.
Popular music and youth culture has always existed in a state of tension between a mainstream, corporate, profit-oriented industry and a more independent avant garde culture. The tension, and the music, needs to be continually renewed, as each generation rejects the mainstream music of its forebears to create new sounds and events of its own.
If Facebook is a technology that delivers democracy, then we can trust it: more of it can only lead to more democracy. But if Facebook is a cultural phenomenon, then its meaning and role will change as it becomes mainstream – we need to treat it like we treat the record companies, the mainstream media, and our phone companies. Necessary, but not to be trusted.
A difference in the case of Egypt is that while major record companies may have been large commercial organizations, there were at least several of them. The tendency of information technologies to lead to monopoly (see Tim Wu's latest book) means that there's only one Facebook, so there is more confusion between Facebook (the place where people meet) and Facebook (the corporation that owns it). But Facebook The Company is a record label, not a musician. It is not surprising to see the poor response of Facebook to the needs of Egyptian protesters:
"Simon Axten, of Facebook's public policy team, said today that the 'real name culture' was an essential element of the social networking platform. However, the policy has also been blamed for making it easy for oppressive regimes to roll up networks of dissidents who use Facebook to communicate." – Joe Fay, The Register, Feb 8, 2011. (>>)
Or Alexis Madrigal, "The Inside Story of How Facebook Responded to Tunisian Hacks", Jan 24, 2011 in The Atlantic (>>):
"We get requests all the time in a few different contexts where people would like to impersonate someone else. Police wanting to go undercover or human rights activists, say," [Facebook's Chief Security Officer Joe] Sullivan said. "And we, just based on our core mission and core product, don't want to allow that. That's just not what Facebook is. Facebook is a place where people connect with real people in their lives using their real identities."
If your needs don't match Facebook's "core product", you're out of luck.
6 Social Movements: Loving and Hating the Media
The media has always been of central importance for social movements, and activists have always strived to exploit the media of their day in whatever ways they can. At the same time, social movements have never really trusted the media, particularly mainstream media. No one wants to think the mainstream media is on their side. No one trusts it; but everyone looks to it. The relationship between movements and media – particularly mainstream media – has always been fractious and dysfunctional: they need each other, but can't get along together.
Identifying with the creative artist while deploring the actions of the major record labels has been a balancing act for music fans and musicions for decades. Popular music is an exploitative, crass and commercialized industry – but it is also an authentic reflection of young people's artistry. Youth love it and are cynical about it, simultaneously.
So too television. The one-way, broadcast, non-participatory, corporate medium that digital types love to hate, and yet one that can be actively employed by savvy youth and one that is of obvious importance to social movements.
Political protests are, as Bourdieu argues, almost always symbolic acts. Some few are directly aimed at damaging infrastructure, but most often the intended damage is to the credibility of the opponent. Gandhi's Salt March, Martin Luther King's rallies, the Aldermaston marches, Buddhist monk self-immolation, Provisional IRA hunger strikes, and so on are all symbolic. Even confrontational acts such as the Paris 1968 barricades or the Sandinista raid on the Nicaraguan parliament are more aimed at provoking the public than at crippling the state. And a successful symbolic protest is designed with the medium of the day in mind. It is easy to think "without Facebook, how would they publicise their actions?" but there are many ways.
Consider Gandhi (as seen through the lens of a mainstream film, relayed by a friend to me over the phone, and written up on a blog): "A defining moment in the movie "Gandhi" was when Martin Sheen, in the role of an American journalist reports over phone the moral high ground Indians captured in a spectacular display of non-violent resistance at Dharasana Salt Works, May 21, 1930. He yells over phone "Whatever moral ascendancy the West held was lost today. India is free – for she has taken all that steel and cruelty can give, and she has neither cringed or retreated." (Link, Wikipedia article about Dharasana Satyagraha)
Skilled activists design their actions to exploit the media they have at hand, and adapt to new circumstances. A trivial or uninteresting act will attract little attention, no matter what medium conveys it. A dramatic, costly act (see Abbie Hoffmann, above) will provoke interest even through a corporate-controlled, broadcast medium. Demonstrations take place in public squares, not sidestreets. Gandhi's Salt March progressed from town to town so that word of mouth could build support, day by day.
The attitude of many activists to the Internet seems to be different. Some not only work with what they have, but also see the medium itself as an inherently progressive tool. Many identify as much with the medium as with the cause, describing themselves as "digital activists" rather than activists with a particular end in mind. But the Internet is mainstream now, and Facebook is part owned by Goldman Sachs and has an estimated market value twice as big as Monsanto. It is mainstream. It is commercial. It is not on anyone's side but its own, and activists need to remember that. It is time to recover the dysfunctional relationship that activists had always have with the media, including social media.
7 Reinstating the Dysfunctional Relationship with Media
Fortunately, the sound of discontent is becoming more widespread among digital citizens. Here are a few examples that typify the kind of relationship we need to re-establish.
Adrian Chen, Gawker, "Why Facebook Should Do More to Help Egypt's Protesters", Feb 5, 2011 (>>):
Everybody's talking about the massive Facebook groups that helped spark the uprising, but few remember the headaches Facebook has given these groups. Just four months ago, for example, one of the most popular Egyptian Facebook protest groups, We Are All Khaled Said, was deactivated abruptly because its administrators had registered their accounts under pseudonyms to protect themselves from the Mubarak regime. After much (virtual) protest, the 300,000-member group was reinstated, and its young members helped form the vanguard of the current uprising.
In many ways, Facebook has made itself actively hostile to those who would organize against a repressive regime or advance an unpopular idea. Most problematic is the policy that bans pseudonyms. Facebook defends the policy by saying their service is about "real people making real-world connections." But what if the real world is full of secret police looking to crack down on dissent, or snooping bosses who might be supportive of a regime? Harvard Internet freedom expert Jillian C York calls the real identity policy "ludicrously out of touch."
And Facebook's notoriously wonky account deactivation system means that activists can find themselves deleted from the site at crucial moments, with little recourse. In 2007, Facebook permanently deactivated the account of the administrator of another important protest group, The April 6 Youth Movement, because its automatic filter thought he was a spammer; he was actually just furiously organizing protests with other members. Many other activists have been muzzled by Facebook's deactivation system, simply for voicing controversial opinions.
Jillian York, "Facebook and Identification: Caught in a Lie?", Blog Post Jan 19, 2011. >>
Jillian York, "Policing Content in the Quasi-Public Sphere", >>
Jillian York, "Facebook for Activists". >>
Zeynep Tufecki, "Facebook: The Privatization of our Privates and Life in the Company Town", May 14, 2010, Technosociology blog. >>
The correct analogy to the current situation would be if tenants had no rights to privacy in their homes because they happen to be renting the walls and doors. This week, you are allowed to close the door but, oops, we changed the terms-of-service. No more closed doors! You had locks last week but we don't allow them as of this week. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Every society has "commons" – shared infrastructure that makes it possible for the society as a whole to function. Internet is now a part of that commons in general and many social applications such as Facebook are part of the "social commons." That is why Facebook, the corporation, is so valuable and people who own it are very rich. It would not be wise of them to ignore that fact.
danah boyd, "Facebook is a Utility; Utilities Get Regulated":
Yesterday, I ranted about Facebook and "radical transparency." Lots of people wrote to thank me for saying what I said. And so I looked many of them up. Most were on Facebook. I wrote back to some, asking why they were still on Facebook if they disagreed with where the company was going. The narrative was consistent: they felt as though the needed to be there. For work, for personal reasons, because they got to connect with someone there that they couldn't connect with elsewhere. Nancy Baym did a phenomenal job of explaining this dynamic in her post on Thursday: "Why, despite myself, I am not leaving Facebook. Yet."
Tunisian activist Sami Ben Gharbia: samibengharbia.com blog post, Sept 17, 2010
"This piece stems thus from a major assumption that the U.S. official and corporate involvement in the Internet Freedom movement is harmful for that same freedom."
These are healthy attitudes to have. Activists have always needed to be both in and against the media. Artists have always had a dysfunctional relationship with the industry that manages them. It's time digital activists took on the same dysfunctional relationship with commercial social media companies, and it's good to see that some of them are.
8 In Conclusion
Facebook, the social networking site, has clearly played an important part in Egypt's protests. But it's played a role as a cultural space for a generation, not as a distinctive technology. If Facebook wasn't there, some other medium may well have played the same cultural role, as has happened in the past (the global rash of student protests in 1968, the velvet revolutions).
In the same way that protesters of previous generations used whatever media they had at hand to carry their message, acting both alongside and against the media in many cases, so today's social movements need to both use their advantage with new media, while retaining a healthy scepticism about the commercial nature of the medium itself.
It's fine for a generation to feel ownership of their cultural space, in the same way that other generations have felt ownership of popular music. But they need to keep a clear distinction between what it is they like and the corporation that provides it. Just as youth culture has always had a love-hate role with the music industry, so today's youth need to develop a healthy scepticism – make that cynicism – about the owners of their generational space.
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The German government has deported a new batch of Nigerian migrants less than 48 hours after the attack on former Deputy President of the Senate Ike Ekweremadu by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
According to reports, the migrants have already left Frankfurt Airport at 8 a.m., and were expected to land in Nigeria's Murtala Mohammed International Airport between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.
The number of migrants deported was not ascertained as at the time of this report, it was however, gathered that they were picked randomly from different accommodation centres.
It would be recalled Last month two batches of Nigerians were sent back home from the European country.
"The flight will be from Frankfurt on Monday. For those who have been given the information, the plane will take off by 8 a.m. and arrive in Nigeria between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.
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How to Protect Your Business from Theft
January 24th, 2024
Whether you are opening the doors on a brand new startup or shepherding a business that has been around for decades in , , you need to take the physical and data security of the operation seriously. The threats have never been greater, and the stakes have never been higher. A single data breach could destroy the reputation of your business, while even a small-scale theft of intellectual property could leave your firm vulnerable for years to come.
The physical security of your business is just as important. A stolen laptop could reveal all kinds of insider data and customer information, while the theft of inventory could cost your company tens of thousands of dollars.
No matter what type of business you own or how long you have been operating in , , the time to address your security risks is right now. Here are some key things you need to look at to keep your business, your workers and your intellectual and physical property protected.
Secure all Entrances
Physical security is an essential first step to keeping your business safe. Having secure locks on all entrance doors and making sure everything is property locked down is arguably the best way to keep your company safe from thieves.
Many businesses are taking the physical security of their businesses one step further and installing key card systems. These key card systems are designed to read pass cards and only admit individuals with the proper access. Whether used on their own or in conjunction with traditional door locks and timed entry systems, these key card solutions can be very effective security measures.
Lock Down Your Network
Not all theft happens through physical access to the building. An unsecured network is like an open door - one that thieves will be happy to walk through.
If you have not yet secured your network, it is important to do so without delay. That means assigning unique and hard to guess passwords on your wireless router, firewall, company servers and individual computers.
You can further secure the company network by setting a strict password policy and requiring workers to change their passwords frequently. Setting a minimum password length of 10-12 alphanumeric and special characters and making employees change their passcodes every 30-45 days is one of the best ways to keep your network safe from hackers and other intruders.
Use Surveillance Cameras
Installing surveillance cameras can help you in a number of ways. For one thing, having a security camera at every entrance can deter thieves and make identification easier in the event of an attempted break-in in , .
In addition to securing the building from outside intruders, a robust surveillance system can deter employee theft and keep workers honest. Some business owners choose to install surveillance cameras at strategic points inside the building to deter insider theft and provide an extra layer of protection for their physical and intellectual property.
Create a Timed Entry System
If you choose to adopt a key card system instead of traditional locks, you can further secure your business and your intellectual property by developing a timed entry system from employees. This simple step will help secure your business from insider theft and make tracking down the perpetrators easier should an after-hours robbery occur.
Developing a timed entry system is easy, especially with modern key card systems. All you need to do is divide the staff into job categories and assign each job category its own access hours. For instance, the senior staff and IT personnel could be given 24-hour access, since they may have to respond to emergencies or perform system upgrades on the weekend. At the same time, customer service personnel could be given more restricted hours, perhaps an hour before to an hour after their normal working hours.
Protecting your business in , from common threats like data breaches, break-ins and employee theft has never been more important. Taking the steps outlined above can help you protect your investment and make sure you do not fall victim to any of these crimes.


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There are lots of reasons why colonizing space seems compelling. The popular astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson argues that it would stimulate the economy and inspire the next generation of scientists. Elon Musk, who founded SpaceX, argues that "there is a strong humanitarian argument for making life multiplanetary…to safeguard the existence of humanity in the event that something catastrophic were to happen." The former administrator of NASA, Michael Griffin, frames it as a matter of the "survival of the species." And the late astrophysicist Stephen Hawking has conjectured that if humanity fails to colonize space within 100 years, we could face extinction.
To be sure, humanity will eventually need to escape Earth to survive, since the sun will make the planet uninhabitable in about 1 billion years. But for many "space expansionists," escaping Earth is about much more than dodging the bullet of extinction: it's about realizing astronomical amounts of value by exploiting the universe's vast resources to create something resembling utopia. For example, the astrobiologist Milan Cirkovic calculates that some 1046 people per century could come into existence if we were to colonize our Local Supercluster, Virgo. This leads Nick Bostrom to argue that failing to colonize space would be tragic because it would mean that these potential "worthwhile lives" would never exist, and this would be morally bad.
But would these trillions of lives actually be worthwhile? Or would colonization of space lead to a dystopia?
In a recent article in Futures, which was inspired by political scientist Daniel Deudney's forthcoming book Dark Skies, I decided to take a closer look at this question. My conclusion is that in a colonized universe the probability of the annihilation of the human race could actually rise rather than fall.
The argument is based on ideas from evolutionary biology and international relations theory, and it assumes that there aren't any other technologically advanced lifeforms capable of colonizing the universe (as a recent study suggests is the case).
Consider what is likely to happen as humanity hops from Earth to Mars, and from Mars to relatively nearby, potentially habitable exoplanets like Epsilon Eridani b, Gliese 674 b, and Gliese 581 d. Each of these planets has its own unique environments that will drive Darwinian evolution, resulting in the emergence of novel species over time, just as species that migrate to a new island will evolve different traits than their parent species. The same applies to the artificial environments of spacecraft like "O'Neill Cylinders," which are large cylindrical structures that rotate to produce artificial gravity. Insofar as future beings satisfy the basic conditions of evolution by natural selection—such as differential reproduction, heritability, and variation of traits across the population—then evolutionary pressures will yield new forms of life.
But the process of "cyborgization"—that is, of using technology to modify and enhance our bodies and brains—is much more likely to influence the evolutionary trajectories of future populations living on exoplanets or in spacecraft. The result could be beings with completely novel cognitive architectures (or mental abilities), emotional repertoires, physical capabilities, lifespans, and so on.
In other words, natural selection and cyborgization as humanity spreads throughout the cosmos will result in species diversification. At the same time, expanding across space will also result in ideological diversification. Space-hopping populations will create their own cultures, languages, governments, political institutions, religions, technologies, rituals, norms, worldviews, and so on. As a result, different species will find it increasingly difficult over time to understand each other's motivations, intentions, behaviors, decisions, and so on. It could even make communication between species with alien languages almost impossible. Furthermore, some species might begin to wonder whether the proverbial "Other" is conscious. This matters because if a species Y cannot consciously experience pain, then another species X might not feel morally obligated to care about Y. After all, we don't worry about kicking stones down the street because we don't believe that rocks can feel pain. Thus, as I write in the paper, phylogenetic and ideological diversification will engender a situation in which many species will be "not merely aliens to each other but, more significantly, alienated from each other."
But this yields some problems. First, extreme differences like those just listed will undercut trust between species. If you don't trust that your neighbor isn't going to steal from, harm, or kill you, then you're going to be suspicious of your neighbor. And if you're suspicious of your neighbor, you might want an effective defense strategy to stop an attack—just in case one were to happen. But your neighbor might reason the same way: she's not entirely sure that you won't kill her, so she establishes a defense as well. The problem is that, since you don't fully trust her, you wonder whether her defense is actually part of an attack plan. So you start carrying a knife around with you, which she interprets as a threat to her, thus leading her to buy a gun, and so on. Within the field of international relations, this is called the "security dilemma," and it results in a spiral of militarization that can significantly increase the probability of conflict, even in cases where all actors have genuinely peaceful intentions.
So, how can actors extricate themselves from the security dilemma if they can't fully trust each other? On the level of individuals, one solution has involved what Thomas Hobbes' calls the "Leviathan." The key idea is that people get together and say, "Look, since we can't fully trust each other, let's establish an independent governing system—a referee of sorts—that has a monopoly on the legitimate use of force. By replacing anarchy with hierarchy, we can also replace the constant threat of harm with law and order." Hobbes didn't believe that this happened historically, only that this predicament is what justifies the existence of the state. According to Steven Pinker, the Leviathan is a major reason that violence has declined in recent centuries.
The point is that if individuals—you and I—can overcome the constant threat of harm posed by our neighbors by establishing a governing system, then maybe future species could get together and create some sort of cosmic governing system that could similarly guarantee peace by replacing anarchy with hierarchy. Unfortunately, this looks unpromising within the "cosmopolitical" realm. One reason is that for states to maintain law and order among their citizens, their various appendages—e.g., law enforcement, courts—need to be properly coordinated. If you call the police about a robbery and they don't show up for three weeks, then what's the point of living in that society? You'd be just as well off on your own! The question is, then, whether the appendages of a cosmic governing system could be sufficiently well-coordinated to respond to conflicts and make top-down decisions about how to respond to particular situations. To put it differently: If conflict were to break out in some region of the universe, could the relevant governing authorities respond soon enough for it to matter, for it to make a difference?
Probably not, because of the immense vastness of space. For example, consider again Epsilon Eridani b, Gliese 674 b, and Gliese 581 d. These are, respectively, 10.5, 14.8, and 20.4 light-years from Earth. This means that a signal sent as of this writing, in 2018, wouldn't reach Gliese 581 d until 2038. A spaceship traveling at one-quarter the cosmic speed limit wouldn't arrive until 2098, and a message to simply affirm that it had arrived safely wouldn't return to Earth until 2118. And Gliese 581 is relatively close as far as exoplanets go. Just consider that he Andromeda Galaxy is some 2.5 million light-years from Earth and the Triangulum Galaxy about 3 million light-years away. What's more, there are some 54 galaxies in our Local Group, which is about 10 million light-years wide, within a universe that stretches some 93 billion light-years across.
These facts make it look hopeless for a governing system to effectively coordinate law enforcement activities, judicial decisions, and so on, across cosmic distances. The universe is simply too big for a government to establish law and order in a top-down fashion.
But there is another strategy for achieving peace: Future civilizations could use a policy of deterrence to prevent other civilizations from launching first strikes. A policy of this sort, which must be credible to work, says: "I won't attack you first, but if you attack me first, I have the capabilities to destroy you in retaliation." This was the predicament of the US and Soviet Union during the Cold War, known as "mutually-assured destruction" (MAD).
But could this work in the cosmopolitical realm of space? It seems unlikely. First, consider how many future species there could be: upwards of many billions. While some of these species would be too far away to pose a threat to each other—although see the qualification below—there will nonetheless exist a huge number within one's galactic backyard. The point is that the sheer number would make it incredibly hard to determine who initiated a first strike, if one is attacked. And without a method for identifying instigators with high reliability, one's policy of deterrence won't be credible. And if one's policy of deterrence isn't credible, then one has no such policy!
Second, ponder the sorts of weapons that could become available to future spacefaring civilizations. Redirected asteroids (a.k.a., "planetoid bombs"), "rods from God," sun guns, laser weapons, and no doubt an array of exceptionally powerful super-weapons that we can't currently imagine. It has even been speculated that the universe might exist in a "metastable" state and that a high-powered particle accelerator could tip the universe into a more stable state. This would create a bubble of total annihilation that spreads in all directions at the speed of light—which opens up the possibility that a suicidal cult, or whatever, weaponizes a particle accelerator to destroy the universe.
The question, then, is whether defensive technologies could effectively neutralize such risks. There's a lot to say here, but for the present purposes just note that, historically speaking, defensive measures have very often lagged behind offensive measures, thus resulting in periods of heightened vulnerability. This is an important point because when it comes to existentially dangerous super-weapons, one only needs to be vulnerable for a short period to risk annihilation.
So far as I can tell, this seriously undercuts the credibility of policies of deterrence. Again, if species A cannot convince species B that if B strikes it, A will launch an effective and devastating counter strike, then B may take a chance at attacking A. In fact, B does not need to be malicious to do this: it only needs to worry that A might, at some point in the near- or long-term future, attack B, thus making it rational for B to launch a preemptive strike (to eliminate the potential danger). Thinking about this predicament in the radically multi-polar conditions of space, it seems fairly obvious that conflict will be extremely difficult to avoid.
The lesson of this argument is not to uncritically assume that venturing into the heavens will necessarily make us safer or more existentially secure. This is a point that organizations hoping to colonize Mars, such as SpaceX, NASA, and Mars One should seriously contemplate. How can humanity migrate to another planet without bringing our problems with us? And how can different species that spread throughout the cosmos maintain peace when sufficient mutual trust is unattainable and advanced weaponry could destroy entire civilizations?
Human beings have made many catastrophically bad decisions in the past. Some of these outcomes could have been avoided if only the decision-makers had deliberated a bit more about what could go wrong—i.e., had done a "premortem" analysis. We are in that privileged position right now with respect to space colonization. Let's not dive head-first into waters that turn out to be shallow.
Phil Torres is the director of the Project for Human Flourishing and the author of Morality, Foresight, and Human Flourishing: An Introduction to Existential Risks.
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I've just finished the final level for the first time, and enjoyed the game epilogue. Steam dutifully informs me:
Achievement progress:
Storytime! (5/6)
Uh... six? I've got my five sixths through level endings... what's the sixth piece? Do I need Farce to get it? I'm still 23k short of that :/


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Platelet Rich Plasma
What is Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy ?
Our blood consists of a liquid component known as plasma. It also consists of three main solid components which include red blood cells (RBCs), white blood cells (WBCs), and platelets. Platelets play an important role in forming blood clots. They also consist of special proteins, known as growth factors, which help with our body's healing process. Platelet-rich plasma or PRP is a high concentration of platelets and plasma. A normal blood specimen contains only 6% platelets, while platelet-rich plasma contains 94% platelets and 5 to 10 times the concentration of growth factors found in normal blood, thus providing greater healing properties.
What are the Indications for PRP?
PRP is a relatively new treatment method for several orthopaedic conditions such as muscle, ligament, and tendon injuries, arthritis and fractures. PRP injections can help alleviate painful symptoms, promote faster healing and delay joint replacement surgeries.
How is Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy Performed?
Your doctor will first draw about 10 ccs of blood from the large vein in your elbow. The blood is then spun in a centrifuge machine for about 10 to 15 minutes to separate the platelets from the remaining blood components.
The injured part of your body is then anesthetised with a local anaesthetic. The platelet-rich portion of your blood is then injected into the affected area. In some cases, your doctor may use ultrasound guidance for proper needle placement.
What is the Post-Procedural Care for PRP?
- It is normal to feel some discomfort at the injection site for a few days after your procedure.
- You will be prescribed pain medications as needed by your doctor.
- You may use cold compresses to alleviate your symptoms.
- You will be instructed to stop any anti-inflammatory medications.
- You may resume your normal activities but should avoid any strenuous activities such as heavy lifting or exercises.
What are the Risks and complications of PRP?
There are minimal risks associated with PRP injections. Some of the potential risks include
- Increased pain at the injection site
- Infection
- Damage to adjacent nerves or tissues
- Formation of scar tissue
- Calcification at the injection site


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The quality of our lives is directly related to the quality of our social, emotional, and physical health, and the healthful practices we learn as children are often the ones we maintain into adulthood. Our Health and Physical Education classes center on teaching children to become productive, healthful citizens by supplying them with the tools, knowledge, and support needed in order to establish positive, lifelong health and wellness habits. Our curriculum is designed to be inclusive of all children and connects and demonstrates the interconnected relationship between physical activity, good nutrition and health. These classes play an important role in developing important social-emotional skills in students, including self-management skills, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making skills.
Physical Education classes provide a learning environment where students develop the knowledge, skills, physical fitness, social qualities and attitudes that enhance their quality of life and sense of well-being. Students engage in developmentally appropriate and inclusive games and activities that emphasize cooperation, sportsmanship, skills, and strategies.
Health classes provide a safe environment for students to engage in learning about topics related to nutrition, health, and wellness.
Health classes provide a safe environment for students to engage in learning about topics related to nutrition, health, and wellness.
The mission of the Health and Physical Education Department is to prepare students to lead healthy active lifestyles that promote physical, social, and emotional wellness.
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Our membership is drawn from a wide discipline of sustainability managers, planning and design professionals, infrastructure, natural resources, transport, mining, government, academics, environmental management, town planning, chemistry, engineering, developers, owners and operators of private and public infrastructure of a built and natural form.
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If you would like to share relevant information with over 53 000 members of our community, you can submit an article for our blog which will be actively promoted. Follow the link to find out how to submit articles for publication.
The Association provides the membership with a library of previous years' conference podcasts. A vast array of information and discussion is available. Current year conference delegates are provided additional access to their specific conference podcasts with a link, username and password emailed proceeding the conference.
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In the past, I haven't been a huge fan of Swedish meatballs. The only rendition I'd had of them was from a frozen microwavable meal, and certainly left something to be desired. A couple of years ago, while we were on travel with my husband in DC, Andrew and I were looking for something to do. We'd been to the museums, the National Zoo, and all the upscale grocery stores in the "big city" to stock up on provisions to take home with us. I'd noticed that there was an Ikea about 5 minutes from the hotel, and thought that could be a fun activity to spend some time waiting for "Dad" to get out of work.
Andrew was confined to the stroller at the time, but was a trooper as I investigated ever nook and cranny of the store. I loved the bright colors and patterns of all the textiles, the organization options- a place for everything, the clean simple lines of the furniture. Oh yeah, and the Swedish Meatballs! Halfway through our journey Andrew and I stopped at the cafeteria for a bite to eat. We shared an order of the meatballs, with a side of mashed red potatoes and lingonberry jelly. A far, far cry from the dreaded microwave meals! I knew this dish had to be even better made at home as well. Their meatballs are okay, but they're still frozen, mass-produced, and chock full of fillers.
I Googled recipes and bookmarked a few, but finally decided on Elise's version after a recommendation from my best friend. They were absolutely delicious. The rich, beefy, creamy sauce en robes the tender bites of the beef/pork mixture. I was always of the school of the beef meatball, but I think this recipe has made me a convert. They literally melt in your mouth, a different texture completely from a beef meatball. The recipe makes a lot of meatballs. I think they'd be delightful for a party as an appetizer instead of the traditional red sauce meatballs. The meatballs and sauce would be fine in a Crock-Pot on low for a few hours. I did change the spice combination in them, as I diddn't have cardamom, and had no problems. I stock up on Lingonberry jelly (and the drink concentrate too!) when I'm at Ikea, but if you can't find it then I think boysenberry jam or cranberry jelly would be a good alternative.
Swedish Meatballs
For the meatballs:
1 large yellow or white onion, peeled, grated (through a cheese grater)
2 tablespoons butter
2/3 cup milk
4-5 slices of bread, crusts removed, bread cut into pieces
2 eggs
1 pound ground pork
1 1/2 pounds ground beef (80/20)
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon allspice
2 teaspoons black pepper
For the sauce:
6 tablespoons butter
1/3 cup flour
1 quart beef stock
3/4 cup sour cream
2 to 4 Tbsp of Lingonberry, cranberry, or boysenberry jelly, more or less to taste (optional)
Sauté the grated onion in the butter over medium-high heat until the onions soften and turn translucent, about 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
In a medium bowl, mix the bread pieces with the milk. Set aside for 15-20 minutes, or until the bread soaks up all the milk. When it does, pulverize the bread in a food processor and pour it into a large bowl.
Add the cooled onions to the bowl of milk and bread. Add the rest of the meatball ingredients—eggs, ground pork, ground beef, salt, nutmeg, allspice, pepper. Using your (clean) hands, mix well for about 2 minutes until the ingredients are well combined. Use a tablespoon to measure out the meat for the meatballs. As you form the meatballs, set each one aside on a sheet pan or plate. You should get 40 to 50 meatballs.
Heat 6 tablespoons of butter for the sauce in a large sauté pan over medium heat. When the butter has melted, reduce the heat to medium and add some of the meatballs. Do not crowd the pan. Work in batches, browning them slowly on all sides. Be gentle when you turn them so they don't break apart. Do not cook the meatballs all the way through, only brown them at this stage. Once browned, use a slotted spoon to remove them from the pan, setting them aside so you can make the sauce with the remaining pan butter.
Start the sauce. (Check the pan butter to see if it has burned. If the butter tastes burnt, discard the butter and replace with new 6 tablespoons.) Heat the pan butter on medium until hot. Slowly whisk in the flour. Stirring often, let the flour cook until it is the color of coffee-with-cream; this is a classic roux.
As the roux is cooking, heat the beef stock in another pot until it simmers. When the roux has cooked until the color of coffee-with-cream, slowly add the hot beef stock a little at a time. Everything will sputter at first, and the sauce will seize up and solidify. Keep stirring and adding stock slowly, and it will loosen up and become silky.
To finish, remove the meatballs from the sauce. Add the sour cream and mix well. Either add the lingonberry jelly to the sauce or serve it on the side if you like. Add the meatballs to the sauce and turn the heat down to low. Cover the pot and cook on low heat for 15 minutes. Remove to serving dish and serve immediately.
Source: adapted from Simply Recipes


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21 Avril 2010
Enfant de deux membres des Black Panthers, Tupac Amaru Shakur voit le jour à New York. De son vrai nom Lesane Parish Crooks, Il meurt assassiné le 13 septembre 1996 à Las Vegas, peu de temps après avoir assisté au combat de boxe gagné par Mike Tyson contre Bruce Seldon au MGM Grand Hotel...
Il fût pendant des années un des plus grands rappeurs US.
Il est en prison quand son troisième album, « Me Against the World », paraît en mars 1995. Le disque entre directement au numéro un, faisant de 2Pac le premier artiste à décrocher une première position alors qu'il sert une peine d'emprisonnement.
Dans son album "me against the world", on retrouve une chanson dédicacée à sa Maman...intitulée...
"Dear Mama"
You are appreciated
[Verse One: 2Pac]
When I was young me and my mama had beef
Seventeen years old kicked out on the streets
Though back at the time, I never thought I'd see her face
Ain't a woman alive that could take my mama's place
Suspended from school; and scared to go home, I was a fool
with the big boys, breakin all the rules
I shed tears with my baby sister
Over the years we was poorer than the other little kids
And even though we had different daddy's, the same drama
When things went wrong we'd blame mama
I reminice on the stress I caused, it was hell
Huggin on my mama from a jail cell
And who'd think in elementary?
Heeey! I see the penitentiary, one day
And runnin from the police, that's right
Mama catch me, put a whoopin to my backside
And even as a crack fiend, mama
You always was a black queen, mama
I finally understand
for a woman it ain't easy tryin to raise a man
You always was committed
A poor single mother on welfare, tell me how ya did it
There's no way I can pay you back
But the plan is to show you that I understand
You are appreciated
[Chorus: Reggie Green & "Sweet Franklin" w/ 2Pac]
Don't cha know we love ya? Sweet lady
Dear mama
Place no one above ya, sweet lady
You are appreciated
Don't cha know we love ya?
[second and third chorus, "And dear mama" instead of "Dear mama"]
[Verse Two: 2Pac]
Now ain't nobody tell us it was fair
No love from my daddy cause the coward wasn't there
He passed away and I didn't cry, cause my anger
wouldn't let me feel for a stranger
They say I'm wrong and I'm heartless, but all along
I was lookin for a father he was gone
I hung around with the Thugs, and even though they sold drugs
They showed a young brother love
I moved out and started really hangin
I needed money of my own so I started slangin
I ain't guilty cause, even though I sell rocks
It feels good puttin money in your mailbox
I love payin rent when the rent's due
I hope ya got the diamond necklace that I sent to you
Cause when I was low you was there for me
And never left me alone because you cared for me
And I could see you comin home after work late
You're in the kitchen tryin to fix us a hot plate
Ya just workin with the scraps you was given
And mama made miracles every Thanksgivin
But now the road got rough, you're alone
You're tryin to raise two bad kids on your own
And there's no way I can pay you back
But my plan is to show you that I understand
You are appreciated
[Verse Three: 2Pac]
Pour out some liquor and I reminsce, cause through the drama
I can always depend on my mama
And when it seems that I'm hopeless
You say the words that can get me back in focus
When I was sick as a little kid
To keep me happy there's no limit to the things you did
And all my childhood memories
Are full of all the sweet things you did for me
And even though I act craaazy
I gotta thank the Lord that you made me
There are no words that can express how I feel
You never kept a secret, always stayed real
And I appreciate, how you raised me
And all the extra love that you gave me
I wish I could take the pain away
If you can make it through the night there's a brighter day
Everything will be alright if ya hold on
It's a struggle everyday, gotta roll on
And there's no way I can pay you back
But my plan is to show you that I understand
You are appreciated
Sweet lady


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The American Primitive guitar record is the soundtrack to the open road. It breathes in dust and exhales smoke. Blues, country, rock, psych, drone, folk, ragtime, bluegrass — it encompasses all of them and none at all. But ultimately, it's evocative of a landscape that doesn't know its boundaries. That's why, in particular, 2013 has felt like a 6- and 12-string renaissance that both celebrates and extends this music, especially since the passing of the beloved Jack Rose four years ago.
It's hard to narrow down just five recently released records that exemplify what American Primitive means in 2013. We're barely scraping the dirt floor, especially since the idea has changed over the years. But John Fahey, self-deprecating in the face of founding this music, said it best in some archival footage featured in the lovely new documentary In Search of Blind Joe Death: "I wouldn't worry about calling it anything."
For an extensive list of American Primitive guitar records and reissues released in 2013, click here.
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2014-08-23 "Workhorse" Becomes First F-35 to Achieve 1,000 Flight Hours
by Kenji Thuloweit
412th Test Wing Public Affairs
Edwards Air Force Base
AF-2, the second production F-35 Lightning II for the U.S. Air Force, became the first F-35 to reach 1,000 flight hours.
Paul Hattendorf, Lockheed Martin test pilot, was flying an Airframe Loads Envelope Expansion mission June 11 when the fighter reached the milestone.
"AF-2′s nickname is 'Workhorse,' said Randy Thompson, F-35 Integrated Test Force, Government Air Vehicle lead. "It continues to carry the Flight Sciences testing load executing its primary mission of loads envelope expansion. Every AF-2 flight-test hour moves the JSF enterprise closer to providing our warriors with the Air Force Initial Operational Capability (IOC) and final System Development and Demonstration maneuvering envelopes.
Thompson added that data collected from all Flight Sciences aircraft help refine the airframe usage spectrum, which in turn allows for a more accurate fleet life determination.
The 412th Test Wing is home to 15 Lightning IIs.
The Edwards F-35 ITF has nine F-35s assigned for developmental testing – representing all three variants of the fifth-generation fighter: six F-35As, two F-35Bs and one F-35C.
Additionally, Edwards AFB's Operational Test units have six F-35As assigned.
"AF-2 is the 'Pull G's jet.'
It was the first aircraft to hit plus-nine-G and negative-three-G and to roll at design-load factor.
In addition, AF-2 is the first F-35A to intentionally fly in significant airframe buffet at all angles of attack," said Thompson.
Both AF-2 and AF-1 ferried to Edwards from the Lockheed Martin plant in Fort Worth, Texas, May 17, 2010.
Thompson said AF-2 has specific instrumentation and was calibrated for in-flight loads measurements prior to ferrying to Edwards.
In addition, it is instrumented to execute airframe buffet testing; landing, braking and arresting hook testing; and ground and in-flight gun testing.
The Lightning II software has 24 million lines of code, which is continually being updated and improved.
The ITF team, AF-2 and the rest of the Edwards F-35 test fleet, continues to get closer in getting the world's most advanced fighter into the hands of the warfighter.
"The entire F-35 Edwards ITF team and the 412th TW are pressing hard to complete testing required for the 2B fleet release (Marine Corp IOC mission systems software release and AF IOC maneuvering envelope release). As aircraft compete their slated 2B testing, the team moves ahead with testing required for the final SDD clearances. Post 2B testing milestones include putting the final SDD talons on the Lightning II with the first flight of the Small Diameter Bomb, first gun fire and continued external GBU-12 envelope expansion, as well as beginning to test the final SDD mission systems suite," concluded Thompson.
The planned date for Air Force Initial Operational Capability of its F-35As is August 2016.
The Marines will go operational one year before that.
Credit Video: Lockheed Martin
For an update on the USMC roll out of the F-35 at Yuma see the following:


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Universal Music To Sell Coldplay Label To Warner
It's the largest chunk of assets that European regulators demanded be sold when Universal purchased Britain's EMI last year for 1.2 billion pounds ($1.9 billion).
Universal, a unit of Vivendi SA, sold EMI's Mute Records, the home of Depeche Mode, to BMG for about 10 million pounds ($16 million) in December, and it still must sell other smaller labels to complete its obligations to antitrust authorities. The sales are expected to take place in the next few months.
But the world's largest recording company is keeping key acts from the EMI roster, including The Beatles, Katy Perry and Swedish House Mafia.
The unwinding of the smaller labels will culminate in the music business being dominated by three major recording groups: Universal, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music.
When subtracting proceeds from the sales, Universal will have spent around 600 million pounds ($942 million) to acquire EMI's recording operations in the world's three largest markets, the U.S., Japan and Germany. The company has said it will save 100 million pounds ($157 million) a year through cost cuts enabled by the acquisition.
But the Parlophone sale gouges a significant U.K.-based hole in the roster, especially given the iconic music company's British roots.
Universal's chief executive, Lucian Grainge, has said that the divestments were larger than the company had hoped when it first announced the acquisition in November 2011.
"Following this transaction, we will continue with our global reinvestment program that is rebuilding EMI and ensuring that the company is able to reach its full potential," Grainge said in a statement Thursday.
Warner Music's acquisition of Parlophone represents a partial consummation of a years-long courtship of EMI, since it comes without The Beatles.
Stephen Cooper, Warner Music's chief executive, said the acquisition represents a "unique opportunity," and the Parlophone brand is "highly complementary" to its current roster of artists and territories. Major Warner Music artists include Bruno Mars, Jason Mraz and Wiz Khalifa.
Warner Music will finance a substantial portion of the purchase price through a new loan. The deal is expected to close by the middle of the year.
Edgar Bronfman Jr., who had unsuccessfully tried to buy EMI as Warner Music's CEO, stepped down in 2011, months after selling the company to billionaire Len Blavatnik's Access Industries for about $1.3 billion that July. While he remains on the Warner Music board, he did not take part in the Parlophone deal.
The publishing division of EMI, which handles royalties from songwriting copyrights, was sold for $2.2 billion to a consortium led by Sony/ATV, a joint venture between Sony Corp. and the Michael Jackson estate, last June.


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DARIEN, IL – Researchers who studied 100 twin pairs have identified a gene mutation that may allow the carrier to function normally on less than six hours of sleep per night. The genetic variant also appears to provide greater resistance to the effects of sleep deprivation.
Results show that a participant with p.Tyr362His – a variant of the BHLHE41 gene – had an average nightly sleep duration of only five hours, which was more than one hour shorter than the non-carrier twin, who slept for about six hours and five minutes per night. The twin with the gene mutation also had 40 percent fewer average lapses of performance during 38 hours without sleep and required less recovery sleep afterward – sleeping only eight hours after the period of extended sleep deprivation compared with his twin brother, who slept for 9.5 hours.
According to the authors, this is only the second study to link a mutation of the BHLHE41 gene – also known as DEC2 – to short sleep duration. The study provides new insights into the genetic basis of short sleep in humans and the molecular mechanisms involved in setting the duration of sleep that individuals need.
"This work provides an important second gene variant associated with sleep deprivation and for the first time shows the role of BHLHE41 in resistance to sleep deprivation in humans," said lead author Renata Pellegrino, PhD, senior research associate in the Center for Applied Genomics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "The mutation was associated with resistance to the neurobehavioral effects of sleep deprivation."
Study results are published in the Aug. 1 issue of the journal Sleep.
Pellegrino, along with co-author Ibrahim Halil Kavakli, from Koc University in Istanbul, Turkey, studied 100 twin pairs – 59 monozygotic pairs and 41 dizygotic pairs – who were recruited at the University of Pennsylvania. All twin pairs were the same sex and were healthy with no chronic conditions. Nightly sleep duration was measured at home by actigraphy for seven to eight nights. Response to 38 hours of sleep deprivation and length of recovery sleep were assessed in a sleep lab. During sleep deprivation, cognitive performance was measured every two hours using the Psychomotor Vigilance Test.
Although individual sleep needs vary, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends that adults get about seven to nine hours of nightly sleep. However, a small percentage of adults are normal short sleepers who routinely obtain less than six hours of sleep per night without any complaints of sleep difficulties and no obvious daytime dysfunction.
"This study emphasizes that our need for sleep is a biological requirement, not a personal preference," said American Academy of Sleep Medicine President Dr. Timothy Morgenthaler. "Most adults appear to need at least seven hours of quality sleep each night for optimal health, productivity and daytime alertness."
According to the AASM, most people who regularly get six hours of sleep or less are restricting their sleep and suffer from insufficient sleep syndrome, which occurs when an individual persistently fails to obtain the amount of sleep required to maintain normal levels of alertness and wakefulness. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that 28 percent of U.S. adults report sleeping six hours or less in a 24-hour period. Insufficient sleep results in increased daytime sleepiness, concentration problems and lowered energy level, and it increases the risk of depression, drowsy driving, and workplace accidents.
The study involved a collaboration between researchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) in São Paulo, Brazil; Koc University in Istanbul, Turkey; the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center; and Washington State University. The research was supported in part by grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Institutional Development Fund from the Center for Applied Genomics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
To request a copy of the study, "A Novel BHLHE41Variant is Associated with Short Sleep and Resistance to Sleep Deprivation in Humans," or to arrange an interview with the study author or an AASM spokesperson, please contact Communications Coordinator Lynn Celmer at 630-737-9700, ext. 9364, or email@example.com.
The monthly, peer-reviewed, scientific journal Sleep is published online by the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC, a joint venture of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society. The AASM is a professional membership society that improves sleep health and promotes high quality patient centered care through advocacy, education, strategic research, and practice standards (www.aasm.org). A searchable directory of AASM accredited sleep centers is available at www.sleepeducation.org.


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Last week, Lisa Dobson remarked on the essential skill of knowing when to call Oracle Support.
A question on StackOverflow here prompts me to say, there is equally a time when you should talk to the people you work with FIRST.
Look, there is a time to call support. There are times to post something to a forum site. But to say "Our application is running slow. Have the DBAs flipped the GO SLOWER switch on us ?" suggests that either some places have some seriously scary DBAs, or some serious barriers between the DBAs and developers.
It is Friday (here, at least). If you are developer, go buy a DBA a beer. If you are a DBA, buy a developer a beer. In England, this is called buying a round. In Australia, it is called a Shout. And in Sydney, I can recommend the beers at the Harts Pub.
Oh, and if you a developer or DBA in Sydney, come to the Sydney Oracle Meetup and we can all share a beer.
PS. There may be DBAs who haven't yet been driven to drink, or at least don't like beer. I can also recommend the Chocolate Room (cnr sussex & bathurst streets) as a treat.


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This New One World Religion Will Pay Homage To…
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 21:31
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 21:31
My dearly beloved daughter, many souls are watchful at this time, as they witness the rapid changes in My Catholic Church, now starting to manifest.
The signs are beginning to show all that I prophesised through you. The lack of available Masses can be seen. The Holy Eucharist is no longer easily accessible. The Sacrament of Confession is limited in many of My Churches.
Many of My churches have no priests to manage them. There are so many deserting My churches, at this time of tribulation, that soon, these churches will be given over to commercial owners.
As the faith of Christians is being tested, it is important, therefore, to continue to pray My Crusade Prayers. Soon, new servants will be introduced into the Catholic and other Christian Churches.
Religious differences will be blurred around the edges at first. Then, within a short time, you will not recognise My Teachings, for they will have subtly disappeared. In their place will be a series of vague, but poetic, utterances, which promote the tolerance of sin.
The lies, presented to unsuspecting churchgoers, will not be noticed in the beginning. Then, a deep unsettling sense that something is not right will haunt My followers.
The final deceit will be when the Holy Sacraments have been replaced by pagan substitutes.
All will be presided over by the false prophet, who will claim to be the high priest over all religions, combined into one. This new, one world religion will pay homage to the beast.
All those who follow blindly will be devoured by the beast and be lost to Me forever.
The speed at which this will happen will astonish My followers. The plan is being carefully managed. The campaign, to convert the hostility of Christians into the acceptance of secular laws, is being professionally masterminded.
It is being planned among many nations, by one group, who use personalities, celebrities and figureheads, all of whom are respected by the majority, to endorse their evil lies. Be warned. Do not accept lies. Do not become involved with the plan to desecrate My Holy Name.
Your Jesus
King and Redeemer of all of mankind
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