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Introduction: Australia then and now
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It's always a pleasure to be in Singapore and it's an honour to deliver a Fullerton lecture.
Australia's connection with Singapore is longstanding.
Almost 40 years ago, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew hosted a state dinner for Australia's Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam.
On that occasion Lee spoke approvingly of Australia's 'decisive break with the White Australia policy', of renewed engagement with Asia and Africa, and for recognition of Australia's indigenous people.
He said: 'You have waved away the aura of racial superiority of the white peoples, a belief which the passage of time has made not only untenable, but unnecessarily offensive.'
And he ventured Australia's position was 'unlikely to be altered'.
Ever astute, Lee's analysis was right.
Picture these two contrasting images of Australia then and now:
Australia pre-1970s – insular, overwhelmingly European and committed to the White Australia Policy, anxious about its neighbourhood, saddened by the decline of the old Empire and economically protectionist.
Australia now – globally engaged, focused on Asia, enmeshed in the forums of the region, self consciously multicultural, confident of its place in our neighbourhood, and a free trader.
Around one in four Australians (24.6%) was born overseas. More than 40 per cent (43.1%) have a parent or parents who were born outside Australia.
Of 23 million Australians, 1.7 million were born in Asia.
And the two largest nationalities in Australia's current migration program are Chinese and Indians.
So while our cultural heritage is that of Europe and America, and English is the dominant language, Australia's economic and social links now extend to all parts of the world.
Australia is a parliamentary democracy. We uphold the rule of law.
We are a secular nation that makes room for all religious beliefs.
Our broad-based, open investment economy is the 12th largest in the world.
We are:
Once, the remoteness of our geographic location (at the southern edge of Asia and the Pacific) and our European cultural inheritance were seen as negative, limiting factors.
But with the contemporary strengths of our multicultural population, abundant natural resources, an educated and skilled workforce, and our proximity to the vast markets of Asia, this is no longer true.
Australians are comfortable with their place in the region and confident about it.
And I think this demonstrates the point.
In October last year, the Australian Government released its blueprint for engagement with Asia - the Australia in the Asian Century White Paper.
It outlined the steps Australian government and business should take to secure advantages as global economic and strategic power shifted to Asia.
As you would expect, the release of a major statement on both foreign and domestic policy attracted wide media coverage in our country.
National debate in Australia is generally colourful, critical and robust.
But what was remarkable on this occasion was the broad, immediate acceptance by the Australian community of the policy's central thrust.
The rise of China and of other Asian economies, and the implications for Australia, were understood and welcomed.
There is wide acceptance that Australia's future economic growth and ties will come from deeper engagement in this region.
There was no sense at all that this was the wrong approach or even something to fear - as we might have seen in past decades.
And there was acceptance of it largely because Australia's engagement with Asia is already happening. Stepping it up seemed so obvious.
Much has changed in Australia in 40 years including some of our foreign policy settings.
Habits of consultation in the region have become second nature.
Picking up the phone to Jakarta, Singapore and Tokyo has become the norm, embedded in the way we do diplomacy.
As it was decades ago, and still is, with London and Washington.
Regional consultation is not a new thing in Australian foreign policy – but I do think that it is now more frequent and more reflexive than it ever has been in the past.
It's done now with greater familiarity and ease.
A habit of consultation: listening as much as talking, consulting before acting and asking rather than assuming.
These are the new habits of Australian regional diplomacy.
And they will be obvious during our two-year term on the United Nations Security Council.
Other things have changed too.
Our fundamental foreign policy settings have evolved.
We have drawn ever closer to Asia, while maintaining our strong alliance with the United States.
I said to one Chinese official on my first visit as Foreign Minister to China last year that just as we strive to understand China's re-emergence through its history, others must see Australia through our history.
Australia has always enjoyed a security relationship with the world's leading maritime power - English speaking maritime power, as it happens – first the United Kingdom (the Empire left us we didn't leave the Empire) and since the end of WWII with the US.
In fact, it was the determined position of the Australian Government from the first years after Federation - the first years of the last century - to seek such an alliance.
Our path like other nations is driven by pursuit of our national interests.
In line with this we have worked to deepen our relationships in the region.
Our relationship with Indonesia is at a high point and we continue to strengthen our strategic partnership with our close neighbour.
We have:
This year we secured a strategic partnership with China and struck a commitment to annual meetings between leaders, foreign ministers, treasurer and trade ministers and their equivalents.
We have a strategic partnership with India and we are continuing to build ties – in trade, defence, education and energy.
In 2002, for example, total Indian investment in Australia was $105 million. In 2012 it was almost $10 billion.
In a sign of the growing significance of the Australia-Korea strategic partnership, we are the first country – other than the US – to have 2+2 foreign and defence minister meetings with the Republic of Korea – a meeting I attended in Seoul last week.
We continue our long history of engagement with Singapore, one of our most important security partners in the region. And we have a vibrant trade and investment relationship, our biggest in ASEAN.
Last year, we established a strategic dialogue with Vietnam, as we have with Singapore.
Step by step, we are drawing ever closer to Asia.
The Australia in the Asian Century White Paper captured that evolving reality, so central to our foreign policy.
While Australia's engagement with all the countries in the region is strong, there are features of our relations with South East Asia that are particularly close.
Education links, for example: There have been over half a million enrolments (614,327) by students from ASEAN countries in higher education in Australia in the past decade (2002 to 2012).
What began with the vision of the Colombo Plan (offering an average of 570 tertiary scholarships a year over 35 years) has flourished under the very much bigger Australia Awards (offering 5,000 tertiary scholarships a year).
And it has resulted in Australia becoming the leading provider of overseas education to the people of South East Asia.
Our defence ties with the region are also strong – underpinned by bilateral defence partnerships and built further through personal contacts, training and joint exercises.
The Five Power Defence Arrangement goes back decades. These series of bilateral agreements between Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and the UK were signed in 1971 committing the five countries to consulting in the event of external aggression or threat of attack against Malaysia or Singapore.
Australia's Defence Department estimates our investment each year in defence cooperation activities across Southeast Asia at $17 million.
And while other parts of our economic relationships grab headlines, taken as a group ASEAN is our second largest trading partner after China.
What's more, that trade is broadly based and soundly positioned for the future.
The centrality of ASEAN
Australia now has a more sophisticated understanding of our region and our place within it.
As ASEAN's first dialogue partner (since 1974) Australia understandably appreciates and accepts the centrality of ASEAN in regional decision-making and regional planning.
Australia supports ASEAN's role at the centre of regional institutions:
We welcome the economic and social transformation of the region.
We aren't just seeing an economic transition - the growth in per capita income, the lifting of hundreds of millions of people out of poverty.
We are living through a social transformation. People around the region are finding themselves more able to make choices about how they live their lives – to be better educated, to live longer and healthier.
And we are living through political change.
Democracy, freedom and greater transparency are spreading across much of Asia.
And ASEAN has been integral to these changes.
We've seen the achievement of ASEAN centrality at work and a shift from regional cooperation to regional integration.
Australia listens and takes close note of what ASEAN and its member states think.
And I highlight alignment with ASEAN as a feature of my period as Foreign Minister.
For example, on disputed territorial claims in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, I've observed and encouraged the lead taken by ASEAN to develop a Code of Conduct and to de-escalate tensions.
And another: I've made decisions on extending Australia's engagement with and aid assistance for Myanmar, guided by the views of ASEAN nations.
ASEAN has long been in favour of Myanmar's re-engagement with the world – encouraging it to improve its performance on human rights and to open its economy.
Australia recognised the merits of this approach and aligned with ASEAN.
I announced the removal of travel and financial sanctions.
Not only that, I lobbied the European Union to lift their sanctions - a move that was appreciated by the Myanmar President Thein Sein.
Australia has doubled our aid to Myanmar, and we are on track to reach $100 million in annual assistance by 2015-16.
We are Myanmar's biggest single education donor.
Beyond these examples, we seek cooperation between ASEAN nations across the full spectrum of issues of common concern.
Australia and Indonesia are working to support Myanmar's democratic transition through support for the AusAID-funded Institute for Peace and Democracy in Bali.
I was pleased last week in Brunei to announce with Foreign Minister Shanmugam that Australia and Singapore would co-host a connectivity workshop in the first half of 2014 to support ASEAN's vision of a 2015 Economic Community.
In Afghanistan, we are working with Malaysia on teacher training.
Australian funding is supporting Malaysian expertise to lift the skills of Afghan teachers.
And in Afghanistan we worked closely with Singapore in Uruzgan province as part of the International Security Assistance Force.
Australia works in partnership with Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines to help build understanding across faiths.
We have several programs designed to foster dialogue between different religious faiths and to build cross-religious tolerance.
Southeast Asia: Australia's 'core business'
ASEAN has been and always will be in Australia's interests. Indeed, ASEAN is more important to Australia now than it has been at any time in our past.
50 years ago, as war in Vietnam intensified into a major conflict, the strategic importance to Australia of Southeast Asia was palpable.
The ideological divide of the Cold War was sharp.
Many feared that communism would sweep across Southeast Asia.
The creation of ASEAN in 1967 was in part a response to that – a desire by the leaders of Southeast Asia to find common strength and support within the region, in the face of great power meddling.
Almost 50 years on, in a post-Cold War era, old debates about communism and capitalism are gone.
The challenge confronting us now is how we peacefully reform the international order to reflect the perspectives, values and interests of the emerging and re-emerging nations: China, India and Brazil.
But for Australia, the strategic importance of Southeast Asia is just as critical as developments at either end of the Indo-Pacific arc.
In truth, Southeast Asia lies at the centre of our strategic concern.
Why? Because ideology might have become less important but competition is intense.
Now, we have competitive capitalism, nationalism and different views of state sovereignty.
We have competition for resources - minerals, oil and gas, fisheries, and so on.
And from time to time, we will see rising tensions like that over disputed territorial claims and concerns to ensure freedom of navigation.
Southeast Asia is again the arena where the interests of great powers from outside the region are in play.
Southeast Asia remains the locus of competition – with major strategic implications for a maritime country like Australia, so reliant on peace and stability in our region and on unimpeded trading routes for our own prosperity.
In this era, ASEAN will continue to play a vital role.
Through the rigours of the Cold War, Southeast Asian nations understood the importance of working together.
ASEAN as an organisation has done an outstanding job of promoting regional peace through consultation and cooperation.
Competition is inevitable and not necessarily a bad thing.
The key is to have strong institutions to regulate and manage it.
Over decades of growing prosperity – and still today – ASEAN has built links and ties between our various nations.
Australia recognises that the task of building habits of consultation is never finished.
We need to make sure we sustain our efforts.
Just last week I attended the ASEAN-Australia Ministerial meeting and the East Asian Summit Foreign Ministers meeting.
I was again struck by the potential of ASEAN-centred institutions such as the East Asia Summit and ASEAN Regional Forum to further promote regional integration and stability.
The East Asia Summit, as the only institution that brings Leaders and Foreign Ministers together in one room, has particular potential to promote and manage strategic stability and economic integration. It will be important in coming years that ASEAN countries work closely with non-ASEAN members of the EAS to strengthen the role of that institution in the interests of all.
Regional fora confirm ASEAN's capacity for region-building.
The structures may not be simple but they are effective and ASEAN's influence in them is enduring.
In the great sweep of history, ASEAN's hand in framing our regional institutions will be judged, in my view, to be pretty deft.
ASEAN centrality has gone from being an assertion to a reality - with the association at the core of the East Asia Summit, ASEAN Plus Defence Ministers Meeting and the ASEAN Regional Forum.
So Australia has greater interest than ever before in ASEAN and its cohesion and effectiveness.
And ASEAN's cohesion and effectiveness is being tested now – with member states aware of, even subject to, great power rivalry.
Australia, for its part, will seek to bring expertise on Southeast Asia (as distinct from Asia in general) to the world. The Vice Chancellor of Sydney University at the launch of Sydney's Southeast Asia Institute last year told me he had tried to recruit Southeast Asian specialists at Oxford University. He did not receive a single application.
Yet when he arrived at Sydney University, he found there were over 190 staff in various faculties and disciplines deeply emerged in studying Southeast Asia.
As a nation, our ambition is to be the most Asia-literate society in the OECD.
While Australian expertise on Asia has many strengths and the body of our scholarship on South East Asia is particularly strong, there are areas where we will need to improve.
For example, we will have to turnaround a recent decline in the number of Australian students studying Indonesian.
As we identified in the White Paper, building up our language skills will be critical to our success in the Asian Century
Australia supports the vision of a zone of prosperity from Yunnan to Assam - an economic corridor linking Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar through infrastructure and industrial zones that would cover 1.65 million square kilometres and 440 million people.
We see the enormous potential from creating an expanded zone of economic liberalisation across ASEAN, further lifting incomes and opportunities.
Some commentators suggest this could include the ASEAN Free Trade Area and the ASEAN-India and ASEAN-China Free Trade Areas - shaping the biggest free trade zone in the world.
This will boost processing, manufacturing and logistics and stimulate economic growth of large and medium-sized cities along the corridor.
ASEAN, for its part, has articulated what it needs to grow:
Governance support.
Know-how that will help its member countries avoid the middle income trap.
Support for ASEAN on regional issues: South China Sea
I'd like to speak briefly on a particular issue of concern for ASEAN members – the South China Sea.
Australia takes no position on any of the claims.
We have a legitimate interest in freedom of navigation and we look on the parties to resolve this peacefully, in line with international law including, but not restricted to, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
I acknowledge that ASEAN is working to develop a Code of Conduct to govern the parties involved.
I have suggested, as others have, that competing territorial claims could be set aside while parties move on to consider whether agreement might be struck on sharing in the joint development of resources.
Resource development might be possible even without a resolution of some of the more challenging sovereignty questions.
There are models that might be applied:
My point is this: with goodwill, there are precedents that might help us find a way through.
No one doubts the transformation that has taken place in Asia over the last few decades.
And no one questions, in terms of economic growth, that we are living in the Asian century.
I know how much my own country has changed since Gough Whitlam was welcomed in Singapore by Prime Minister Lee four decades ago.
But all the years of economic growth and modernisation:
…all come to a crashing halt if peace and stability in our region is threatened by conflict.
And that's what makes ASEAN and its habits of consultation – its collective, cooperative approach - so important to all of us in this the Asian century.
Thank you.
Bob Carr was the longest continuously serving Premier in New South Wales history. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the state from 1988 until his election as Premier in March 1995. He was re-elected in 1999 and again in March 2003 securing an historic third four-year term. In March 2012 he was designated by Prime Minister Julia Gillard as Australia's Foreign Minister. He was elected to the Australian Senate to fill a Senate vacancy and sworn in to the Senate and Cabinet on 13 March 2012.
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And I can hardly wait.
Because it's been a really long summer. And that's coming from a man – an old, white man, at that. Makes me wonder how women and people of color must be feeling.
But still, it's been grueling. It's not just the narcissism, or the rudeness, or the stupidity, or the frivolity. It's this: That constant drumbeat that we need to keep them out, suppress them, even kill them.
Them. You know, THEM.
Maybe they're rapists and criminals. Maybe they're terrorists. Maybe they're stealing our jobs. Maybe they want us to acknowledge that their lives matter. THEM.
We need to build walls against THEM. We need to deport THEM. We need to stop THEM from devaluing their currency. We can't let THEM vote.
I wish it were just Trump. But it seems almost everyone wants to make sure he's not out-Trumped by anyone else. It seems to be the easiest ticket to popularity in an American election season: Make sure everyone hates and fears the dark and sinister THEM.
But while I hear it every night on the news, during the day I've been reading Pope Francis' wonderful letter "On Care for Our Common Home," or "Laudato Si' (Be praised, my Lord)." If there are more striking polar opposites, I can't think of any more pronounced than the message peddled by Trump (and Trump wannabees), and the hopeful message of Francis.
And that's because – at least in part – Francis doesn't recognize that any of us are THEM. The title of Laudato Si' gives you the first clue: "Care for Our Common Home." OUR home. Our COMMON home. It's not an American home over here, and a Mexican, Syrian or Chinese home over there. It's one home, shared by everyone, protected for everyone, or polluted for everyone. Treasured for everyone, or debased for everyone.
"We need to strengthen the conviction," says Francis, "that we are one single human family. There are no frontiers or barriers, political or social, behind which we can hide, still less is there room for the globalization of indifference."
"Whether believers or not, we are agreed today that the earth is essentially a shared inheritance, whose fruits are meant to benefit everyone. For believers, this becomes a question of fidelity to the Creator, since God created the world for everyone."
But back here in the Summer of Trump, we're treated nightly to plans to build a 2,000-mile wall to keep THEM out. "Nobody builds better walls than me, believe me," says the orange-haired fellow. Never mind that net migration across that particular border is actually ZERO.
But for Trump and the keep-THEM-out crowd, their worst fears are about to be realized. They are – in fact – coming. THEM. But in this case, THEM is a smiling, one-lunged, Argentinian priest and his collection of bishops from all over the world.
He's going to be greeted by throngs that will put to shame the pitiful little crowds that cheer and sneer for Trump. And Francis is not just going to comfort his audience with assurances that we are all common creatures of one loving Lord and Father. He's got some tough love for us: We, on THIS side of the border, owe a staggering debt to THEM, on the other side.
"A true 'ecological debt' exists," he has said, "particularly between the global north and south, connected to commercial imbalances with effects on the environment, and the disproportionate use of natural resources by certain countries (you know who he's talking about, don't you?) over long periods of time."
In effect, we've been polluting the whole world's atmosphere for so long, and gotten so rich by doing so, that we are far worse than mere equals of our poorer migrant brothers. We are, Pope Francis points out, deeply in hock to those who are suffering the global effects of our 200-year fossil-fuel binge.
So when Francis speaks publicly in Philadelphia or Washington, I'll find a way to be in the crowd. I don't expect to be entertained. I know that all quarter-million of us on the National Mall will be among the "twenty percent of the world's population" that "consumes resources at a rate that robs the poor nations and future generations of what they need to survive," according to Francis.
I expect him to tell us that we need to consume and pollute far less for the sake of our children. "The pace of consumption, waste and environmental change has so stretched the planet's capacity that our contemporary lifestyle, unsustainable as it is, can only precipitate catastrophes," he has written. "Intergenerational solidarity is not optional, but rather a basic question of justice."
I don't expect it to be all that much fun. But I plan to be there. Because maybe, just maybe, the summer of stoking fear of THEM is finally yielding to the autumn of US.
If so, I want to be part of it.
J. Elwood
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Inter captain Javier Zanetti knows the meeting with Bayern Munich will be "different from the Champions League Final, but we're in great shape."
The veteran lifted the trophy on May 22, 2010 following a 2-0 victory and faces the Germans again tomorrow evening.
"They are different from the team we played in May and it will be a different game from the Champions League Final, but we're in great shape, just as we were back then," said Zanetti.
"Bayern are a good team, but we must try to play our game and win. Play with our heads and stay tight to hit them on the break."
Diego Milito scored both goals in that Final, but is out injured for this match and Giampaolo Pazzini ineligible, so Samuel Eto'o and Goran Pandev are the only available forwards.
"It's a shame Diego isn't here, but we have to focus on our football all the same and achieve a positive result over 180 minutes.
"We must be careful not to leave Bayern too much space, but we are ready. We're aware of our strength. This is the Champions League: We want to keep going," continued Zanetti.
"I am enjoying this moment of my career. In recent years we reached important objectives and want to hit many more. I want to be useful to this side and hope to play my part tomorrow as well."
It has been a shaky second round for the Italian sides so far, as both Milan and Roma lost on home turf.
"I watched both matches. They faced teams in great shape and the same will be true of Inter's opponents, but that doesn't mean there is a difference between Italian football and what is overseas."
Inter squad: Julio Cesar, Castellazzi, Orlandoni; Cordoba, Zanetti, Lucio, Maicon, Ranocchia, Materazzi, Chivu, Nagatomo; Stankovic, Thiago Motta, Sneijder, Kharja, Mariga, Cambiasso, Obi, Coutinho; Eto'o, Pandev
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At 22:08 +0200 2/04/09, Jack Jansen wrote: >On 2 apr 2009, at 01:38, David Singer wrote: >>I'm not sure this really captures the way it works for MP4/MOV family files. >> >>After the UA gets a time-range request (or a starting seek >>request), for a new file: >> >>set section-requested-start 'F' to 0: >>loop { >> perform a byte-range request for F to F+ say 3K. >> do I have the start of the moov atom? yes -> exit >> look at the size of the last atom header we have; set F = offset >>of last atom + size of last atom >>} >>complete the moov atom, if we need to (one more get) >>now use the moov atom to work out what section of the media data is >>needed for the requested seek >>do I have it already? if not, get some amount of media at that >>point (for each track) >> >>Now, in theory, the loop may go round several times; 90%+ of the >>time it exits immediately as the moov atom fits into the initial >>request. Occasionally, the mdat is first and we loop twice. >> >>Usually, the moov atom is smaller than the initial request, so we >>don't need to do any completion >> >>Usually, the tracks are interleaved and one get gets us both the >>(initial) video and audio, and we're playing. > > >David, >this pseudocode gets us to moov atom, but how do you then proceed to >get the right location for playback? In Cannes, you mentioned that >there's some sort of an index in there, could you elaborate on this >a bit? Or alternatively, point to a location where this is explained? Sure. In each track, we how do the following (note that sample means a 'frame' or access unit of audio or video): in each track, there may be an edit list mapping movie time (from 0) to track time; find the segment that corresponds to the time you want, and compute its track time. (the default is 1:1) the time-to-sample table contains a compacted (run-length encoded) sample-duration for each sample, in track time. Sum them until you arrive at the sample that intersects the time you want. samples are stored in chunks; the chunk offset table gives the starting sample number, the number of samples, and the absolute file byte-offset of the first byte of that sample, for each chunk. find the chunk the sample we want is in, and its byte offset. (typically, for data loading, we stop here and just add that chunk start point to the data we need, find the chunk starts for the other tracks, and if they are close together, load a whole bunch-o-bytes from the earliest offset, such that we get all of them) there is also a table which gives (compacted again) the size of each sample; for the sample preceding the one we want, but in the same chunk, add their sizes to the chunk offset. this gives the absolute byte offset of the access unit want. we also have its size; we can now read exactly those bytes (we could have summed all the sample sizes in each chunk we are going to load, to get the chunk sizes, to further guide the read we are going to do, of course) All these structures are in the moov atom. For a well-interleaved file with a starting moov atom, an initial file read gets the moov atom, and this procedure gets us a section of the file containing the AUs we need. The moov atom gives us their timing, and we're off. If the media is video and has sync-points, at the beginning we have to back up to the preceding sync point (yes, there is a table of the sample numbers which are sync points), and then pre-roll decoding from there. Is this clearer now? This was designed for 68000 processors and 1x CD-ROM drives, wheer both computation and bandwidth (reading the CD, and particularly seeking, being slow), but that converts quite well to a world of cell-phones and wireless carriers and long round-trip times... :-) -- David Singer Multimedia Standards, Apple Inc.Received on Thursday, 2 April 2009 23:54:08 UTC
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For spellcaster1 I recommend googling the words rune and spells. You clearly have no idea about this topic (which would be fine if you tried looking something up first) so why bother commenting? Runes are great for divination but they can also be used for spells.
I want to thank everyone for their input and let you know that I found my answer. WhiteRav3n has an excellent rune basics guide that I really recommend. It helped a ton. Runes are unlike candles but can serve the same purpose. Instead of helping you focus your magic like a candle, they use powers that come from the gods that represent either their character or their Aett. They can be more powerful, more volatile and more dangerous to the caster than spells with candles and wands. It involves focusing in to a power not your own. And yes they can be used without the "props"
Topic closed in my opinion ^_^


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An unlicensed breeder in Douglas County won't be fined under an agreement with the state.
A total of 17 dogs and 14 cats were seized from the breeder, state animal health officials said Friday.
"He wasn't meeting standards," said Debra Duncan, Kansas Animal Health Department Animal Facilities Inspection Program director.
The animals were taken from Larry Tuckel, who will not be fined under a consent agreement with state officials. Duncan said the case did not involve animal cruelty.
The animals, along with 51 dogs seized from Allen County last week, were distributed to animal shelters throughout the state, including the Lawrence Humane Society, 1805 E. 19th St.
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Debian's Wheezy release will not have GNOME as its default interface, plucking for Xfce instead.
GNOME has been losing users since the 3.x series with some Linux users feeling that it is as user friendly and bloated as a great white shark which has found its way onto an Aussie surf beach. But Debian is more worried that GNOME has got too big to fit entirely on the first Debian CD.
Xfce is much lighter and it is possible to get Debian users up and running in a basic environment rather than needing multiple CDs to get going.
This is an odd excuse, as it would be hard to find anyone who sees a CD as a valid unit of measurement these days, particularly with few people even having a CD player on their machines. It would be hard to fit any desktop Linux distribution onto one CD. Ubuntu and other Linux distributions have switched to DVD ISOs by default.
Others are using tricks to fit as much as possible onto a single CD.
It all seems a bit pointless given that if you want all of the Debian Wheezy install archive it will take 73 CDs, 11 DVDs, or the right sized thumb drive.
According to Phoronix, the Debian spokesperson who announced the change said that "there may be other reasons to prefer xfce as the default as well" but did not say what they were.


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In October this year, Instagram will celebrate five years of its existence. And it looks like the app that gave us alternate meaning of words like 'filters' and 'double tap' is gearing up for world dominance. Among the avalanche of features to be added to the I-gram universe, the latest – Instagram Stories – is certain proof of this.
So, what exactly are Instagram Stories?
Remember when Snapchat made sharing pictures a time-bomb affair? If you weren't on Snapchat, you were literally missing out. Instagram, too, is leveraging the FOMO syndrome with its 'stories' which lets users post images, videos, Boomerangs and Hyperlapses in a continuous series that get deleted at the end of the day. If you are confused about how it works, check our in-depth blog on this new Instagram addition. (Editor's Note : Check out 7 Best Instagram Marketing Courses and Training for 2017 and Best Snapchat Marketing Courses and Training)
Stories, and the F&B industry
For years now, we have known that food sells amazingly well on Instagram. Something about the way those filters make melted cheese look even more yummy. Now that the stories are here to stay, it is sure to impact the way the F&B industry markets itself.
Here are five smart tips on how you and your brand too can leverage this new feature to captivate and retain your audience:
1. Run exclusive time-bound offers and discounts
Instagram stories only have a 24-hour timeline, making it a great way to market exclusive day-long offers and discounts and create a sense of urgency in your customer. Limited stock could now be your best friend, and as you count down to the last block of handmade cheese in your store, make sure it's all captured in your story feed.
2. Showcase recipes in the making / behind-the-scenes content
Instagram stories can be a great way to promote your 'Today's Special' or a completely new dish at your restaurant. Short videos of the chef prepping for cooking, or the diners loving a new recipe can work wonders towards increasing footfalls. If you struggle to create content for your brand, the stories can be a great way to show the behind-the-scenes hard work and create trust in your customer's mind. Don't worry about anyone stealing your recipe – it'll all be gone in a day anyway 😉
3. Feature loyal customers
Instagram stories can also be used to create real-time content with your loyal clientele. If you have a 'Chef For A Day' event lined up, a gala food-tasting, or a meet-and-greet with fans of your brand, then use the stories to highlight your die-hard followers and give them their moment in the (virtual) sun.
4. Showcase occasions, events and gigs
Instagram stories can be a great way to tell the world about your brand events. Instead of uploading separate pictures, you can create an instant album that captures everything from the backstage and the preparations to the main event. From a food blogger on an organic shopping haul to a brand organizing a food walk in their town, the stories are for everyone.
5. Redistribute content on other channels
Now it may seem too much effort to create a story that gets deleted at the end of the day. However, if you are wise about it you can also use your stories as content for different channels and thus create fresh ideas for videos, infographics, collages, and blogs that can be distributed on other channels.
Time alone will tell how wonderfully Instagram's stories rivals Snapchat and if users actually take to it, but as a brand it is necessary to be forearmed and prepared for changes in the digital world. If you, too, have a take on the Instagram stories feature, do let us know in the comments below!


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Many slip and fall accidents can easily be prevented if property owners had taken the steps needed to protect the public. Our goal is to ensure irresponsible property owners take responsibility for their actions – through financial compensation to victims. Our firm has helped many injured people recover financial losses incurred as a result of their injury. These accidents can happen suddenly, without warning, and can cause serious bodily harm, leaving thousands of dollars in medical bills and serious amounts of pain.
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Moms Get Credit in "Thank You Mom" Viral Video
If you forgot to get your mom a card this Mother's Day, you could always just make a viral video thanking her for all the cool stuff she does... like helping you get out of jail? Or covering for you that time you burned down a forrest? Huh?! Ok, so maybe some of the people in this video have some issues, and apparently, some super-understanding mothers. But they all just want to give a shout out to mom for being awesome.
Moms are thanked for all the little things they do-- like making us breakfast and buying us sweatshirts-- to the big things, like teaching us how to laugh and standing by us when no one else will.
The burning down the forrest one is still my favorite though...
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The Barony of Ramshaven invites one and all to come witness the Line of North be secured at Ealdormere's 21st Crown Tournament, May 23-25, 2008 at the Blue Springs Scout Reserve.
The tournament itself will be held on Saturday, May 24th (exact time to be determined by Their Majesties).
Following the Tournament, there will be a plated dinner prepared by Baron Davin de La Baliene and THL Vladislav cel Inalt. Seating is STRICTLY limited to 40! Reservations (including choice of entree) are required. The menu has been posted to the E-list earlier today by Baron Kolbjorn.
Note: A Below-the-Salt supper will be offered by the Raven Tavern coincide with this exquisite repast.
There will be archery and rapier contests over the course of the weekend, and the Barony will be sponsoring a Frugal Garb competition, organized by THL Odette du St-Remy. Details will be posted to the website as they become available.
Sunday will feature a Chivalry Gauntlet with the Chivalry of Ealdormere holding the field against all who would try their swords against them.
In addition, the Raven Tavern will return for the weekend, hosted by Master Garread Galbraith and Mistress Eleanor Fairchild, serving a full lunch and dinner menu each day and featuring a number of musical guests. Breakfast will also be available Saturday and Sunday, prepared by other members of the Barony.
The site features plenty of flat, campable land and fire pits for campfires or outdoor cooking.
For those who prefer to "camp" indoors, bunks are available by reservation at no additional cost. The number is limited, but if we receive enough reservations early enough, we may be able to secure an additional building.
Finally (and this important!), the site is very, very discretely damp – no visible alcohol containers at all (not even the trash). Those breaking this rule or displaying public drunkenness will be asked to leave.
Sorry, but no pets allowed on site.
To make a reservation for feast or for a bunk, please contact Lady Katherine Townsend at: crownxxi.gate AT gmail.com
Merchants interested in setting up a stall should contact Baroness Wencenedl at: eliskimo AT rogers.com
All other inquiries should be directed to the Autocrat, Baron Kolbjorn at: kolbjorn AT raven-glass.com
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Adults: $25 for the weekend; $10 for just Saturday (plus applicable NMS)
Children (5-12): $12 for the weekend; $5 for just Saturday (Children 4 and under free)
Feast: $15
Please refer to the website for updates: www.crown.gamv.ca
From the West: Take your best route to Hwy 401 East. Take Exit 295, Hwy 6 North (towards Guelph). Turn right at County Road 34. Turn left on Guelph Line. Turn right on 25th Sideroad/Regional Road 12. Turn left at Nassagaweya 6th Line. The entrance to Blue Springs will be approximately 3km down the road .
From the East: Take your best route to Hwy 401 West. Take Exit 320, Hwy 25 North towards Acton. Turn left on 25th Sideroad/Regional Road 12. Turn left at Nassagaweya 6th Line. The entrance to Blue Springs will be approximately 3km down the road.
From the South: Take your best route to the QEW towards Toronto. Take exit 102, Guelph Line North. About 10 minutes north of the 401 turn right on 25th Sideroad/Regional Road 12. Turn left at Nassagaweya 6th Line. The entrance to Blue Springs will be approximately 3km down the road on the right.
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If you received a flower in your email this week, from a mysterious admirer named "Amy F," you're welcome. And I apologize.
I signed on to a website called Mamasource this week, a sort of ivillage-by-zip-code that connects moms within their communities. It was suggested to me as an effective marketing tool for Mother Load, so I checked it out.
"WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEND A FLOWER TO SOME OF YOUR MOTHER FRIENDS INVITING THEM TO JOIN?" it exhorted, in a totally cheerful and lame font.
"Noooo," I said, and clicked on what seemed like the opt-out version.
Ninety seconds later, as my computer whirred, I realized I had instead opted IN, and frantically hit "stop" and "refresh" while mamasource sent an email to every single person in my email inbox: our contractor from when we renovated our kitchen three years ago, a babysitter I had to fire last week, work associates of my husband's I have never really met… you name it.
Well, maybe I stopped it in time, I thought. Chloe O'Brian usually pulls that off on 24, and sadly, I have the same hairdo as she does here, so why shouldn't I be able to stop an impending computer disaster as well?
But yesterday morning at dropoff, I started getting weird looks. Sidelong glances. Finally, one of my son's classmates' mothers, who I emailed at some point about a playdate or something, apparently, approached me. "Um. Did you send me… a flower?" she said, hesitantly.
I heard this about eight more times before I left the school. I was mortified. Then I got home, and my email inbox was topped with the same question, from someone who is basically a complete stranger. "Dear Amy F," she wrote. "I received your flower. Thank you! Can you please tell me more about Mamasource?"
Now, anyone who knows me well knows that I would never call myself "Amy F." The "F" is my husband's name, which I take in certain situations, but I would call myself "Amy" or "Amy W" or "Amy W F," even, before I would call myself "Amy F." The problem is in the people who don't really know me.
But that's the interesting part. I'm starting to get emails from women I don't know that well, or haven't seen in a long time, or wished I knew better. "Thanks for the flower!" one wrote. "You made my day!" And so this flower business now seems like an opportunity, to respond to these fellow mothers, and get back in touch, which is undoubtedly a good thing, and the stated purpose of mamasource.com in the first place. So, see, they're evil geniuses.
If you received a flower from me, and you liked it, you're welcome. If you were annoyed by the spam, me too, and I offer my sincerest apology.
Next time I email everyone in my inbox at once, I'm going to do what this lady did, while sleepwalking, and email out some REALLY random stuff. "Come tomorrow and sort this hell hole out," she wrote a bunch of people. "Dinner and drinks, 4.pm. Bring wine and caviar only." THAT'S a surefire way to hear from some long-lost folks.


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How many outgrow nut allergies?Posted on June 23rd, 2008 by Alison Read 1 Comment - Add Your Own »
Peanut and tree nut allergies can cause severe reactions, even anaphylaxis. Parents would give anything to have their children outgrow the allergy, but how realistic is this wish? It is a possibility for some children, but not for most, according to a report put out by the Division of Allergy and Immunology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
9% of children allergic to tree nuts (almonds, pecans, walnuts, cashews, Brazil nuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, pistachios and macadamia nuts) passed an oral food challenge, meaning that they were able to eat the food without a reaction. This included children who had severe reactions in the past. 58% of children with low levels of IgE antibody to tree nuts (5 kilounits per liter or less) also passed the oral challenge. 20% of children allergic to peanuts will outgrow their allergy.
Another finding in the study was that children who are allergic to more than one type of tree nut are unlikely to outgrow their allergy.
The researchers from the study recommend that children with peanut or nut allergies should be regularly re-evaluated to see if they are still allergic, and they say that blood antibody levels (IgE) can be used as an accurate guideline in predicting the likelihood that a child has outgrown the allergy. If you would like to know if your child has outgrown a peanut or nut allergy, ask your allergist for repeat testing and discuss the possibility of an oral challenge under careful supervision.
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For nearly 20 years, the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin has been promoting healthy community food through its organic farm, tribal orchard, retail store, farmer's market, a cannery facility to help community members process food, and educational programs to help people do it themselves.
Joined by the tribal food-distribution program and a wellness program, this complex array of efforts is known as Oneida Integrated Community Food Systems. Program managers, though, stress the importance of starting small and keeping it simple.
"Until they are interacting with it, people don't change," said Bill VerVoort, the OICFS coordinator. "They have to get personally involved."
That involvement initially must be convenient, relevant and engaging. Meet people where they are, with a fun, hands-on activity. Take baby steps. The manager of the Oneida's Tsyunhehkwa organic farm has seen too many people get discouraged when they try to do too much.
"It's really easy to get frustrated if you plant too much," said Jeff Metoxen. "When summer comes and it's hot, it's hard to get motivated to be out working on a big half-acre (plot). We tell people to start with a tabletop garden, something easier. Success leads to success later."
Halfway across the world, in Hawaii, there is the same advice. At Wow Farm in Waimea, president Mike Hodson started small by planting one greenhouse. When that one greenhouse proved successful, he doubled his operation. Taking small steps and building on the success of each one, Hodson continued to double his operation – growing his farm into a 45-greenhouse operation that produces 6,000 pounds of tomatoes each week.
""When you start small, you make mistakes and you keep tweaking those mistakes to make yourself better," explains Hodson. "It's easier to tweak your mistakes on one greenhouse than 45. If you make mistakes then, you have to tweak 45 greenhouses. That's a massive effort."
Jeff Metoxen at Oneida says small victories can snowball into greater success. His colleague, VerVoort, says it's equally important for the community members to see the food program constantly model what it means to follow through and be responsive to community needs.
"The secret (of our success) is relationship-building," says VerVoort. "It really is. We help make a connection between people with needs and people who have resources….Another requirement is commitment. You can talk commitment and talk the talk all you want it…but when the community sees it, it's a totally different kind of bonding with them."
He describes a collaborative philosophy of partners filling gaps in order to meet shared goals, working side by side, not by issuing directives. That side-by-side approach fits with cultural preferences for collective progress rather than just individual gain.
It's about a different way not only of working but also of being. Be the change.


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Social music discovery is a fine idea. But what happens when your friends have bad taste in music?
That's the problem Spotify is attempting to solve with a suite of updates unveiled Thursday. At an event in Manhattan, Spotify founder Daniel Ek demonstrated two major new features: a vastly improved recommendations tool and a "follow" feature that allows users to track the playlists and activity of users they're not otherwise connected with.
"Here's what our users are telling us: Spotify is great when you know what music you want to listen to, but not so great when you don't," Ek said. "The biggest unsolved question for most users is, how can you help me figure out what I'm going to listen to? And for artists, it's, how am I going to be heard?"
Starting today, every user's experience will include much more prominent and informative recommendations based on their activity. The new recommendations, which include critics' reviews and similar artists, are intended to simulate "how a friend would approach it," said Ek. "They would know what you would like, and they would recommend just a few things, but with a lot of context."
The new "follow" feature is intended not only to help users find others whose musical tastes they can trust to guide them, but also to give artists a way to promote their new releases to their fans. Users will receive a notification, for instance, every time an artist they follow releases a new track. Ek said the update enables "an amazing new connection between artists and their fans which really wasn't possible before."
Well, sort of. Following artists directly is pretty much the basis of Myspace in its new iteration since its relaunch by Tim and Chris Vanderhook and Justin Timberlake. But it's definitely an idea worth appropriating. So is the ability to save songs to one's collection without adding them to specific playlists, another long-overdue improvement announced today.


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We didn't think this was actually even possible, but it's true - Kanye West has just out Kanye'd himself.
During the "Bound 2" singer's concert in Australia on Friday night, 'Ye demanded that two concert-goers stand up and dance, because apparently you are not properly worshipping Yeezus until you are on your feet.
Only problem is that one had a prosthetic leg and the other was wheelchair-bound. Kanye wasn't giving up that easy, though. He actually seemed to need confirmation that they were, in fact, physically unable to get on their feet.
The whole thing is utterly cringe-worthy and while most of us would profusely apologize if we'd made a mistake like that, Kanye West is not most of us.
After the fan with the prosthetic leg actually waved it in the air as proof, he got a pass, but the guy in the wheelchair needed to provide his own evidence. Kanye actually sent one of his peeps to go over and check to make sure the guy was actually in a wheelchair before he would proceed with the concert.
We can't even imagine how that made the poor fans feel. Maybe he was just trying to be cool about the whole thing and play it off, but we still feel really bad for those two concert-goers after being put on the spot like that.
What do you guys think? Did he totally cross the line or was he just being thorough?


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Finally, after a month we have the girls' room finished! I'm not even really sure why it took so long. We got most of it done in a week, but the little details dragged us down. There are still a few things we want to do, but at this pace it will be a year before we are totally done so I'm just showing it to you. As is. No refunds.
This is what it looked like before:
That was before we moved Hope down into her own room. Then we started painting. And it looked like this:
While the girls painted, the boys and I built shelves.
And now…..this is what it looks like:
The biggest difference is, obviously, the back wall. After we painted it black, the girls spent 2 days painting the words. Their older sister Hope helped too. It seemed to take forever, but we all just LOVE it. They chose the words and I arranged them. The dramatic wall is exactly what this tiny room needed.
But it also desperately needed book storage. Before the makeover, books were stacked all along the walls. Now they're all tucked onto shelves with room for more!
The little shelf that I built for Faith's desk holds all of her craft supplies. It amazing what a difference it makes in storage.
She's so adorable with all of her recycled containers and vintage boxes.
Look what she did to her chair…..this girl is full of style.
Patience has her own study/workspace on the other side of the room. We took a bunch of mismatched shelves and painted them all white and put them in the corner. She's got it all organized.
We spent several months searching for bedding. We couldn't find anything that would work with the colors we wanted that was in our price range (which was close to $0). Then one day I spotted a king sized quilt in the clearance section of Walmart. So I bought it and we cut it into 2 tops and added a skirt to each piece. That not only worked with our low budget, but it hides everything under their beds to they can use that space for storage also.
We all agreed that we would use a reddish-pinkish-teeny-bit-orangish as our one pop of color. After several trips to the hardware store for paint swatches we settled on a color. These are the old IKEA bedside tables that were up there already and we just painted them. Believe it or not, I found the headboards in someone's trash! We cleaned them up, painted them with the same black paint we used on the back wall and they make such a big difference! Sing it with me, "FREE!"
The "peace" and "joy" pillows are new products in our shop. Cute, cute, cute.
We turned the dormers into closets, so each girl has a dresser & clothes rack in her "closet". The curtain just covers half of the closet to give it a little privacy. I had 2 curtains, still in packages, in the storage building. I have no idea how old these curtains are or where I got them. But they were free so we made them work!
Patience used her empty closet wall to display her photographs and artwork.
These 2 girls worked really hard on making over their room. And I know they are loving having a fresh, clean space to live.
Thanks for keeping me on my toes and checking in with me about this room. I am so glad to have it finished!
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Tampa Bay, Florida – Our Tampa Bay Auto Insurance group was going over economy cars from what was innovative in 2008. The cutting edge car for many Florida Car Buyers was this 2008 Volkswagen Jetta. This new and improved Volkswagen (VW) will easily compete with the Mazda 3 and the Honda Civic.
German Car Company Products and Cheaper Florida Car Insurance
Even though the 2008 Jetta saw minimal improvements, this German Car Company was sure the four door sedan received a boost on much needed horsepower. Our Tampa Bay highways can be loaded at certain hours of the day and added horsepower will help a great deal. The horsepower is no that excessive in which it would increase car insurance rates.
New and Improved Engine For Volkswagen Jetta
The Tampa Bay Auto insurance group was most notably happy with the new and beefed up 2.5-liter standard engine. This power plant was making 170 horsepower and 177 pound-feet of torque. Since not all Motorists want the same interior, the Volkswagen Car Company offered various Trim levels. Variety is the spice of life for many Florida Bay area drivers.
Limited Edition Wolfsburg Volkswagen in Tampa Bay Bay Area
The 2008 Models had new lingo to describe its models such as the S model, SE and SEL. The 2.0T engine can only have been acquired on the newly revised limited edition Wolfsburg Edition model and the Volkswagen GLI. (Volkswagen has dropped the "Jetta" name in what is a move to make the GLI very similar to the GTI.
Luxury and Economy Can Mix in Automobiles in the Modern Era
Florida was excited to see the launch of what some call the "Upscale economy car". Tampa Bay Autos Insurance Group was well ahead of the mix and jumped into 2008 Volkswagen Jetta to prove that the high quality can combine with economics that won't break the bank. This also will help achieve more affordable Florida Car Insurance quotes for many drivers across the state.
A Economy Car Fit for Men and Women in Tampa Bay
Florida normally has plenty of driving weather so a vehicle such as the 2008 Jetta 2.5 SE was well worth the wait to drive. The car does not feel or drive like a typical "boring" automobile. It has perks and the engine sounds like a stronger German motor, not a weak one. Some of the Tampa Bay Auto Insurance Group drivers may have been hesitant at first to approve. With that being said once they sat in the driver's seat, the thumbs were definitely up.
Tampa Bay Car Buyers Experience German Quality with Low Prices
We all saw the advantages of German industrial power combined with European elegance with used car prices similar to a Japanese automobile. The 2008 Volkswagen Jetta may look humble but don't be fooled; it can get up and go when needed. Of course we always recommend that you keep it around the posted speed limit so there are no driving infractions for you. The cleaner drivers record will help lock in the cheaper Tampa Auto Insurance quotes.
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|Why the World Only Has Two Words For Tea
|Wednesday August 23, 2017 @08:49AM
|How a Tax Inspector Used Google Search To Locate the Founder of SilkRoad
|Thursday July 20, 2017 @03:30PM
|Alleged Dark Web Kingpin Doxed Himself With His Personal Hotmail Address
|Saturday August 13, 2016 @10:06AM
|Irish Court Orders Alleged Silk Road Admin To Be Extradited To US
|Thursday May 05, 2016 @04:14PM
|Meet The Company That Poached The FBI's Entire Silk Road Investigation Team
|Tuesday March 29, 2016 @03:20PM
|Global Majority Backs a Ban On 'Dark Net,' Poll Says
|Sunday December 27, 2015 @08:36AM
|How a Young IRS Agent Identified the Man Behind Silk Road
|Thursday June 11, 2015 @08:42AM
|OpenBazaar, Born of an Effort To Build the Next Silk Road, Raises $1 Million
|Friday May 29, 2015 @06:24AM
|Murder Accusations Hang Over Silk Road Boss Ulbricht's Sentencing
|Sunday February 08, 2015 @05:55PM
|Silk Road Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty After Federal Sting
|Thursday January 22, 2015 @09:20AM
|Silk Road 2.0 Deputy Arrested
|Friday January 16, 2015 @02:21PM
|Who's Responsible When Your Semi-Autonomous Shopping Bot Purchases Drugs Online?
|Thursday January 15, 2015 @04:40PM
|Silk Road Trial Defense: Mt. Gox CEO Was the Real Dread Pirate Roberts
|Thursday January 15, 2015 @10:08AM
|There's a Problem In the Silk Road Trial: the Jury Doesn't Get the Internet
|Monday January 12, 2015 @09:18AM
|'Silk Road Reloaded' Launches On a Network More Secret Than Tor
|Friday December 19, 2014 @06:20PM
|All the Evidence the Government Will Present In the Silk Road Trial Is Online
|Thursday November 13, 2014 @12:21PM
|After Silk Road 2.0 Shutdown, Rival Dark Net Markets Grow Quickly
|Thursday November 06, 2014 @07:35PM
|Silk Road 2.0 Seized By FBI, Alleged Founder Arrested In San Francisco
|Monday August 25, 2014 @12:46PM
|Ross Ulbricht Faces New Drug Charges
|Tuesday February 18, 2014 @10:16AM
|Silk Road 2.0 Pledges To Compensate Users For Stolen Bitcoins
|Friday February 07, 2014 @07:55PM
|Silk Road's Ross Ulbricht's Next Court Date Set For November
|Sunday November 24, 2013 @04:20PM
|Study Suggests Link Between Dread Pirate Roberts and Satoshi Nakamoto
|Thursday November 07, 2013 @09:24AM
|The Silk Road Is Back
|Thursday October 03, 2013 @07:27AM
|Maryland Indictment Says Silk Road Founder Tried To Arrange Murder of Employee
|Friday February 01, 2013 @07:25PM
|Online Narcotics Store 'Silk Road' Is Showing Cracks
|Tuesday June 12, 2012 @07:45AM
|FBI Hunt For Child Porn Thwarted By Tor
|Tuesday July 20, 2010 @10:37PM
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In this week's eSkeptic:
An Interview with People Francis
In this video — the sixth in our witty and satirical "Skeptic Presents" series, Michael Shermer interviews Pope Francis.
CREDITS: Special thanks to David Cowan, Daniel Mendez, and Jim Robinson for their support in launching this series of Skeptic videos.
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Race and Religious Rebels
In this episode of Skepticality, Derek tracked down Sikivu Hutchinson, a passionate skeptic and rights activist. Sikivu is the senior intergroup specialist for the Los Angles County Human Relations Commission, and the author of several books centering around race, gender, politics, and atheism in minority society within the United States. Her most recent book, Godless Americana: Race and Religious Rebels, attempts to shed light on the issues around minorities which often get overlooked by many in atheist communities and skeptic circles.
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The Mind of the Science Denier
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The great weapon of the leftist intellectual – derision and disrespect. This crap is why i quit being a Skeptic. It's boring.
I am frightened to think about life in a world where Skeptics were required
to submit to the Attitude Police.
Unfortunately, "Standard Rhetoric" gets debate points, but effective Rhetoric depends on some emotional jolt.
Hmmm. So you stopped being a skeptic – IOW: stopped scrutinizing ideas before accepting them – because 'leftist intellectuals' behave in a manner that displeases you? How odd.
The behavior of many groups of skeptics rubs me the wrong way but I remain skeptical of things …. in fact, I just added skeptics groups to my list of things to carefully scrutinize before accepting.
Climate change deniers dispute the links between human activity and any disagreeable effects, and philosophical scientists try to reason with them by demonstrating that those links are proven, or highly probable, based on the data. Unfortunately this focuses all the attention on that data, which the deniers find any reason to criticise.
However, it is indisputable that mankind's activities are now so far-reaching and the impact on the natural environment so substantial that it is no longer necessary to prove those links to the deniers. Those energies would be better employed examining specific activities that are clearly damaging the planet, either by gross over-exploitation of precious resources or by the failure to manage the resulting waste products.
If businesses, and governments, are obliged to ensure that the environment is left in the same condition after their activities that it was in before, or, if this is not feasible, any potential negative impact is eliminated, then the costs will have to be borne by those organisations. Ultimately, of course, rightly, by us as consumers.
Re: Interview with the pope. This came over to me as childish, un-funny, and it is this sort of poor effort that harms your case. I feel ashamed to be associated with Sceptic
Freudian slip, clearly!
The interview with the pope was funny, clever and insightful. Parody is a first-rate method for highlighting ridiculous ideas and institutions.
I am a newcomer to Skeptic, but I'm delighted I discovered you. There can never be too much informed apostasy in North American life, your critics and naysayers be damned!
The interview examines valid issues.
The Catholic Church represents an important population of Latin American
who would be offended and are not reached by Mike's style in this case
It comes across as a project for religion class in an Episcopal Junior High
Most of Latin Americas catholics would nt even know this site exists . let alone would look at it . Websites such as this appeal to those who are better educated than the average devout Christian . Im catholic , and thought the parody interview hilarious . Whats more offensive , this video or sexual abuse by priests …just ask a victim ? or women who end up with aids which is transmitted to their unborn child because the vatican has told catholics not to use condoms and the husband sleeps with say prostitutes or any woman who is carrying the HIV virus ?
The Pope is a Latin American.
He can't or will not declare radical doctrine changes .
This doesn't justify Mike's shotgun of moronic stereotypes which are
better fit for the pulpit of a hillbilly parson
running hysterical naked through the OZark Hills at night, looking for a lonely cracker!
What a biased and unsubstantiated bunk laden lecture by Prothero at the TAM2014 conference. I have been a skeptic for my entire life, have read Skeptic magazine for years and nearly every book written by Dawkins and Shermer. For the last 3 years, I have read almost every shred of science related to both climate change and creationism. But according to Prothero, I must be a climate change denier, just like a creationist, essentially just above an idiot. The real skeptic would be the one questioning the extremely weak Global Warming evidence since its based on such minimal science. Little or no warming, a long pause in warming since 1998, no logic of why CO2 would have any effect any where close to that of water vapor, and the greatest leap of logic, that a slightly warmer world containing more natural fertilizer would not be more conducive to the human condition. I have no economics driving my decision, but I agree that economics might drive other's opinions. I would think that if there was actually some significant warming at all, something more than the ridiculously small 0.4 C that has occurred, and if there was a grain of truth to the logic that a colder earth is better, than the people who shift their beliefs because of economics would easily shift their beliefs to the new reality. Comparing Global warming skeptics to creationist is truly despicable behavior and certainly inconsistent to Carl Sagan's legacy
I have to agree with MacHauer largely. In the case of global warming the burden of proof is on the theorists since apart from statistical analysis and air sample analysis there is no demonstrable evidence of an impending doom. In addition I believe because of the way it is associated, that is not correcting for any external factors models will naturally tend to overestimate the effects if they are not exactly correct. There definately seems to be some kind of effect and it is highly probably it is caused by humans. But exactly the scope and scale of the effect and what it will mean to the future is still in doubt and in fact may not result in any type of doom scenario at all. Though if I was a climatologist… even seeing the evidence the way I do… I think I would say exactly what they say… because the worst case scenario is truely something you want to avoid… but I call it that… a worse case scenario which on the balance I do not believe is particularly likely.


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A report released Monday detailing the handling of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation case faults police and prosecutors for long delays in bringing charges but found no evidence that politics affected the investigation.
The report, commissioned by Attorney General Kathleen Kane and written by former federal prosecutor Geoff Moulton, blamed a three-year lapse in filing charges on communication problems, an expungement of a 1998 complaint about the former Penn State coach and a failure to take certain investigative steps early on.
"The facts show an inexcusable lack of urgency in charging and stopping a serial sexual predator," said Kane, a Democrat who had vowed to conduct a review of the investigation while running for office. "The report documents that more investigative work took place in just one month in 2011 than in all of either 2009 or 2010." (AP)
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Please can u help my seatbelt does not retract correctly, it is very slow, I have cleaned it and it is a little better but still fails, If I pull seatbelt from unit itselt it retacts quicly, seems to be the section that goes up and over, where u seem to pull it from.
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Do you remember the song "You Were Made for Me" by Freddie and The Dreamers.
I remember the silly little movement 5′ 3″ tall Freddy Garrity would do as he sang.
He and the band kicked back their legs like they were skipping in place. Quite the signature movement added to their performance. If you don't remember, you might get a kick out of watching this video.
These two know they were made for each other.
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Adobe has just released final versions of Lightroom 3.6 and Camera RAW 6.6 that have been in "release candidate" state for over a month (download link for Windows and Macintosh). As shown on Adobe's blog, the update fixes a number of serious bugs, in addition to providing full support for the new Nikon 1 V1 / Nikon 1 J1 cameras and a bunch of new lenses from various manufacturers.
Here is the full list of newly supported cameras:
- Canon PowerShot S100
- Fuji FinePix X10
- Leica V-LUX 3
- Nikon 1 V1
- Nikon 1 J1
- Panasonic DMC-GX1
- Ricoh GR Digital IV
- Samsung NX5
- Samsung NX200
- Sony NEX-7
A bunch of new lens profiles have also been added. Here are the lens profiles for the Nikon mounts:
- Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 DG HSM II
- Sigma 150mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM APO Macro
- Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro
- Nikon 1 NIKKOR 10mm f/2.8
- Nikon 1 NIKKOR VR 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6
- Nikon AF-S DX Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8G
Note that two of the lenses in the above list are the brand new Nikon 1 Nikkor lenses. I will be publishing reviews of these lenses within the next couple of days. Nikon 1 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6 will be the first to be reviewed and compared.


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Undefeated Welshman Lewis Rees (9-0-1, 5 KOs) suffered the first blemish of his short career, being held to a draw by an unheralded but very spirited Frenchman Renald Garrido (11-7-1, 2 KOs). Garrido,...Read More
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I Am a Chronic Pain Sufferer
I Suffer From Chronic Pain--I have had fibromyalgia for years plus I have degenerative disc disease in my back & arthritis in my feet & ankles. In December, I had a spinal fusion & it's helped a lot but I knew from the beginning that the surgery wouldn't completely solve it, just help it. I'm going to be having my 3rd surgery on my right foot later this year. I had a doctor that doesn't believe in artificial joints for the foot so I had 2 useless surgeries before finding someone else. So, I have 3 sources of pain I deal with & an idiot for a doctor. At first, she was as sweet as can be & then all of a sudden, she turned into a witch & doesn't like narcotic pain meds & thinks since I had back surgery I shouldn't have pain & she tries to tell me when to have my foot operated on & just thinks surgery wipes everything away & I should just be treated for Fibro. But, I keep plugging away & I try & find my own solutions.
can u tell me a little detail of ur problem,
might i can suggest something that can relieve ur pain
I am so sorry to hear that anyone has chronic pain. I myself have osteo Arthtitis right through my body. I am however fortunate to be able to keep the pain down with pain killers. At the present time i have chronic pain in my back and the tablets are not working. This pain has been caused by a fall i had last week. I know that it will ease.I live in the UK and our doctor's know full well that there is help out there for all types of chronic illnesses. I sure do hope that you are able to push and see a specialist where you live. I do not know what Fibromyalgia is. I hope that you get pain relief soon.


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A's to announce Giambi's return today
Giambi expected to sign one year, $4 million deal
Published 4:00 am, Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Eight years ago, the A's were so close to announcing they'd re-signed first baseman Jason Giambi, they had a news release ready to go, but the deal fell apart at the last moment over a no-trade clause.
Today, the A's will be able to use that news release at last, with a few changes. Giambi doesn't have a $91 million offer on the table, as he did in spring 2001. Instead, he signed for one year at $4 million, with an option year at $5.5 million, according to a team source. The buyout for the option is $1.25 million and both years include a $250,000 incentives package.
Giambi, who returned to the U.S. from a vacation in Mexico on Tuesday, had a physical in the East Bay this morning and appeared at a news conference later in the day. The following day is Giambi's 38th birthday.
One question needing to be answered: Will Giambi keep the '70s style mustache he sported at times with the Yankees last year?
"I think he should bag it," said third baseman Eric Chavez, the only remaining member of the Giambi-era A's team. "I want to see the long-haired Jason back, and a full beard."
Giambi primarily will be a designated hitter for the A's, at least initially, with Daric Barton remaining at first base and Jack Cust playing in the outfield. Neither Cust nor Giambi is a premier defensive player, but the fact that Cust consistently has hit better when playing the field versus appearing as DH tips the scales in that direction. Following his career trend, Cust hit .207 as the designated hitter last year and .252 while playing the outfield.
"The situation with Daric and Jack, obviously we'll have to figure something out, but the good thing is that we'll have some pretty good left-handed hitters in there to go along with the big right-handed bat," Chavez said, referring to offseason acquisition Matt Holliday. "Jason will be great for this offense."
The A's appear to have gotten a good deal on the terms, considering that Giambi hit 32 homers and drove in 96 runs for the Yankees last year. He has topped the 30-homer mark and 95 RBIs eight times each in his career and averaged 32 homers and 112 RBIs per 162-game season over the life of his career. Giambi has a lifetime on-base percentage of .408.
Though A's fans booed Giambi when he returned with the Yankees after signing a $120 million deal with New York after the 2001 season, Giambi often has proclaimed his fondness for the Bay Area and for time with the A's. His longtime friend and former trainer Bob Alejo was rehired by the A's this winter to be the director of strength and conditioning, increasing speculation that Giambi was pointed toward a return to green and gold.


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Shah Rukh tops Forbes' list of Indian leaders in Arab World
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
Shah Rukh Khan, who recently launched the special Middle-East edition of Forbes magazine in Dubai, has been rated first in the list of 'Top Indian Icons' in Arab World for his contribution to the entertainment industry.
The 48-year-old actor shared a picture of him from the launch and tweeted: 'So many pictures r taken of me....I don't really need a mirror. Hmmm maybe a beard trim.....but not a mirror.'
'Forbes Middle-East made me feel spl with their spl edition cover story on my work in entertainment,' he added.
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Image: Shah Rukh Khan
Photographs: Abhijit Mhamunkar
Kamal Haasan to lead the Indian delegation to Cannes
Veteran actor Kamal Haasan, who is chairman of FICCI Media and Entertainment Committee-South, will lead the Indian delegation to the 67th Cannes International Film Festival.
Actor Prakash Raj welcomed the news and wrote: 'Our pride kamal hassan to lead Indian delegation at Cannes film Festivel. We are proud. Cheerssssss.'
Sudhir Mishra added: 'Cannes is huge but underneath D glitz dere r some brilliant films n some damn good cinema ppl looking to partner with similar minds!'
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B) is going to release an India Film Guide at the film festival which is aimed at positioning India as a filming destination.
Image: Kamal Haasan
Anushka Sharma wraps up NH10
Anushka Sharma has wrapped up the shooting for her maiden home production NH10 in Rajasthan.
The 26-year-old actress tweeted: 'Film wrap for NH10 !!! Another awesome team ! Will miss everyone . . :)'
Directed by Navdeep Singh, the film is based on a couple's road trip gone awry and also stars Neil Bhoopalam.
Image: Anushka Sharma
Photographs: Abhijit Mhamunkar
Subhash Ghai set to direct Salman Khan, again
After box-office dud Kaanchi, filmmaker Subhash Ghai is gearing up to team up with Salman Khan after six years. The two last worked together in 2008 film Yuvvraaj.
Confirming the news, Subhash Ghai tweeted: 'Script of my next film with Salman Khan is under development with full swing bt i hv not finalised any other actor fr my film as rumuor go.'
Image: Salman Khan
Photographs: Pradeep Bandekar
Jacqueline Fernandez practices her culinary skills
Actress Jacqueline Fernandez is all set to host a cooking class with Sri Lankan chef Darshan Munidasa in Colombo.
The 28-year-old actress shared a picture of them together and tweeted: 'The art of Sri Lankan food! Coming soon! #kaemasutra #colombo.'
Jacqueline will be next seen opposite Salman Khan in action film Kick.
Image: Jacqueline Fernandez and chef Darshan Munidasa
Photographs: Jacqueline Fernandez/instagram
How Sunny Leone celebrated her 33rd birthday
Sunny Leone celebrated her 33rd birthday with her husband Daniel Weber on May 13.
Daniel shared a picture from the celebrations and tweeted: 'Bday party in the vanity for @sunnyleone cake, flowers and back to shooting Mika Singh video.'
Sunny Leone added: 'I can't even explain to you all how much love I've gotten today. Never in my life have I gotten so many flowers, cakes, and presents.'
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