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- Love letters are still written by hand. OK COMPUTER?
- Lyrics are still written by hand. OK COMPUTER?
- Fashion is still designed by hand. OK COMPUTER?
- Drafts are still drawn by hand. OK COMPUTER?
- The art of writing
- The art of writing
- The art of writing
- The art of writing
- The art of writing
- The art of writing
- Can I also sign with an X?
- Why is writing by hand so exhausting?
- Let's talk shop: What is a facsimile?
- Will we still need handwriting in the future?
- Is there a dominant hand?
- How do I write secret messages?
- Why should you always carry a pen with you?
- Why do we write so seldom?
- Will the children of tomorrow still write by hand?
- Will handwriting die out some day?
- Can you earn money with handwriting?
- How do I as left-handed person avoid smearing the ink?
- What did Goethe have to do with pencil-writing?
- Why do my pencils always break?
- The Gaslight Anthem – Handwritten
Love letters are still written by hand. OK COMPUTER?
Lyrics are still written by hand. OK COMPUTER?
Fashion is still designed by hand. OK COMPUTER?
Drafts are still drawn by hand. OK COMPUTER?
Really important things are still written by hand
Nothing can replace your signature! Texts which are close to your heart, you write neither with the computer nor send them as text messages.
You rather write them with love; and by hand.
The point here is not to demonize the computer. There's no reason to do so. It has become an integral part of our time. But handwriting does have its place. Because writing by hand makes a text meaningful and tangible. The hand puts emotions and ideas down on paper. And this is to continue in the future.
Introduction into Calligraphy
The art of writing
A brief history of calligraphy
Please don't misunderstand: It is far from us to criticize your writing unseen. Perhaps you wield a magic pen or phrase like young Goethe.
Nevertheless, calligraphy – the art of beautiful writing – is in a league of its own. After this brief introduction will you understand why .
The art of writing
Pretty old
Calligraphy is as old as writing itself. And that means it is old; very, very old. Just how old exactly, nobody knows – it is estimated about 5,000 years.
In the Western world, this beautiful writing arose more or less parallel to the Holy Scripture. Copying biblical texts was considered a sacred act, which is why it was necessary to make best efforts. The ultimate objective: legibility. The transcripts were therefore decorated only with illustrations and pictures.
The art of writing
Pretty complex
Pretty much in contrast to Islam and Judaism. Here, pictorial representation was – and is – forbidden. Thus, Arab calligraphers created calligrams – shape poetries in which aesthetically drawn words come together as effigies and symbols. For Hebrew calligraphers, precision is paramount. The highly regarded sofers therefore copy each of the original's letters individually and decorate the words with "coronets".
The art of writing
Pretty unreadable
In China and Japan, calligraphy is a major art form even today, and it is one thing in particular: an end unto itself.
The actual purpose of writing – being able to read it – becomes completely unimportant. Rather, impulses and emotions are made visible.
The results are expressive scripts which often only express themselves.
The art of writing
Pretty modern
So much for history. However, this is not the end of the story. Calligraphy is still relevant today. Arab graffiti artists for example use the traditional calligraphy in their works and convey – nicely packed – political messages as well. In the Middle East, calligraphy thus forms a basis for modern street art which literally puts in an appearance.
The art of writing
Pretty versatile
You see, calligraphy is more than the art of beautiful writing: It is the art of readable, artistic, accurate, expressionistic – even sprayed – writing.
And even if you don't use ink to whip up your notes and shopping lists, your handwriting can still be beautiful. In any case, it does tell plenty about you.
Much more than a Word document or an e-mail. And that's what we like. Do you, too?
Love Letters
Not long ago, the probably oldest manual about love letters was discovered. Where? True to style in Verona – home of Romeo and Juliet. The pink tome named "modi dictaminum" was written by the medieval love expert Guido, who recommended comparing the beauty of the revered lady with gemstones. That will definitely work.
The love letter – the most intimate form of written communication – is sacred. Don't ever consider replacing it with a text message or an e-mail. Confessing one's own feelings will succeed only in handwriting.
Our guide will tell you how!
Lesson 1: Good choice
Before you get started, make sure you have got everything you need for your love letter. Take nice, thick paper – in the colour of your choice. Not too bright though; go for the lighter alternative – pale pink in place of pink, apricot in place of orange, and so on. Adding motifs in the shape of hearts or little roses is allowed, but not absolutely necessary. Here, too, less is more. Should your sweetheart fancy the full dose of romance, then go for it.
There are two things to consider in a pencil: It has to write beautifully and you have to write beautifully with it. Fine ballpoint pens are ideal, yet fineliners such as the STAEDTLER triplus fineliner are likewise well suited. They come in 30 different colours – including subtle natural and pastel shades – to match the paper. Best you choose the proper writing instrument intuitively. Beware of glitter pens and otherwise, though: Cheap run-out versions are often messy, so better invest a little more.
Lesson 2: Adventurousness
You have got your pen and paper? Very well, set it aside. We will do dry runs first. Fetch some notes and take notes. Only when the ultimate letter has been created will we write it down nice and clean.
First of all, think about why you are writing this letter. Was there a specific occasion or incident which inspired you, or do you just want to open your heart? Do you wish to thank someone for the past years or write your way into someone's heart? Think about how you feel and jot down a few notes. Also, you can gather real experiences and moments which you connect with the person. Think about what makes your loved one so unique – even more so if they are failings. Examples such as these will make your letter more vivid and thus more emotional.
Lesson 3: On to anatomy
Your notes are rough diamonds, and you are the jeweller. Once you have determined what your love letter is to be about, you can begin phrasing. Looking for the right words, can easily make you go mad. If that perfect phrase just won't quite come off, crib from the pros. But with style. That is to say: If you do quote Goethe, then stand by it.
However, ONE quote should suffice – after all, you should be the one writing, not have someone else do it for you. Try to express your emotions clearly. The art is in letting your feelings speak out clearly. It isn't easy, but don't despair and don't be too self-critical. Even if you're no Casanova, your sweetheart will appreciate your commitment nonetheless.
Lesson 4: Let's get on with it!
Metaphor á la "losing sleep over you" are always a rewarding stylistic device for love letters – although a little more individuality wouldn't hurt. As well as your feelings, your personality should also come into its own. So remain true to yourself – even if phrasing is difficult for you. There is nothing worse than a love letter which bears the handwriting of someone else. Ghost writing is definitely out of the question.
Whether you give your letter a passionate, stormy or a reserved-sensitive style depends on your situation. How long have you known the person, what is your motive? Always question whether the text conveys your message – from your point of view and your sweetheart's. If the revered is of the rational kind, ornateness may be out of place; just as ardent of love right after the first date. Less drama, more honesty.
Lesson 5: The secret ingredient
You have to decide for yourself whether to insert metaphors and quotes. You should, however, use one thing for sure as regards content: the secret weapon "uniqueness". If your sweetheart finds his or her nose awful, it should be the most beautiful in the world for you. And if your loved one is a stickler for order, you praise the perfectionism shown.
From a beauty patch on the derrière to forgetfulness, from flowing hair to lack of self-discipline – there are many things which make up your sweetheart. By naming them you show that you appreciate all this in the person – good and bad. In this way you subtly meet one of the most beautiful statements in the world: "I love you just the way you are."
Lesson 6: The end
Like the beginning, the end is also very important. This is where you sum up what is dear to you – with emotion and understanding. Push and shove, and you're out. Too much agitated melancholia won't work either. Strike a balance that suits you and the intended recipient.
It's the last words of the letter that stay in mind, so a little sweat-talking is allowed! Alternatively, you can include a linguistic wink to make your sweetheart laugh.
Be creative, open and "sweet". Say farewell by putting a smile on the face of your sweetheart. That's 100 points!
Lesson 7: Sound check
It is finished, and so are you, probably. Because the joy of completion is all too often accompanied by the nervousness of delivery. Keep calm; there are still things to do. Now read your letter out loud three times at least, like an audition, while paying attention to tone and rhythm. You may need to touch up a few parts.
You should sleep on it before doing the final copy. Then read your love letter out loud several times again. Don't be embarrassed by what you have written – unless you don't really feel it. If you think you may have overshot, it's better to slow things down a bit. But only a little! After all, you should show some courage in your affair of the heart.
Lesson 8: It's getting serious
Brains off – paper out. It's time for calligraphic writing. Before you get started with the high-grade paper, you should do some wrist stretching exercises and warm-up writing. Then begin. You want your writing to be particularly beautiful and flawless of course – and if something does go wrong, you can try to pick it up gracefully in your letter rather than to set out anew. Don't forget to date your letter so that your sweetheart can recall the event even after years when nestling in your arm with a "Do you remember. ".
Once your creation has been completed, read it again (and yes, you most likely already know it by heart). Does everything fit together? It does. If appropriate, you can enrich the letter with a dash of your perfume. Now you put everything in an envelope and prepare for the hardest part. The way to the letter box.
Lesson 9: It's getting even more serious
Yes, love letters are like an emotional striptease. That's never easy. But you have a goal in mind and are therefore ready to be entirely at the mercy of your emotions.
You can deliver your letter personally – for bonus points without looking silly. The good old stamp, however, will do. Or you can slip your sweetheart the envelope secretly. In case of a new acquaintance or a first declaration of love, you should be ready to face hard times. Over the next days you will probably suffer, doubt and despair – and feel the full force of love's fiendish side. Hold out and wait for a response. Under no circumstances should you contact your sweetheart first.
Lesson 10: A strange game
Some are rewarded directly for their sweet efforts, their feelings reciprocated. For others, merely a delicate bond of love forms, accompanied by loss of sleep and butterflies in the stomach. And others yet have their hearts broken. Ouch.
No matter how your mission turns out: You did everything right. Love is worth fighting for, sometimes even taking a risk for. It didn't work out this time, but it definitely will next time. Why? Because. In our fast-paced times, you did something special for someone very special: you took time. And someone out there will definitely appreciate this fact. Look forward to it.
What F.R. David recognized so consequentially in 1982 took him to the top of the German music charts and sold more than 8 million records for him. The secret of "Words" lies perhaps in its veracity.
Because writing isn't easy, and writing songs is even less so. But don't bury our head in the sand just yet, little John Lennon.
Our tutorial will help to make it happen.
Lesson 1: The theme is the theme
A good song needs a good theme. Very rarely does this come through inspiration; more often by pondering a bit. Autobiographical experiences are just as useful as fictional stories.
And the real environment provides excellent material. Take "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple, for example. The idea for the song came in Montreux in 1972, when part of the band accommodation for a Frank Zappa concert caught fire. The smoke drifting over Lake Geneva became a musical masterpiece. Inspiration waits round every corner. So keep pen and paper ready to capture it.
Lesson 2: In search for a title
Now it gets trickier: Once you've chosen a theme, you need a catchy title. At best, it will state all that makes up your song. Whether word, sentence, question or digit – be precise yet simple.
This is how it's done: Lay out ready a dozen slips of paper and the matching pencil. A pencil supports creative processes because we associate it with artistic activities like drawing and sketching. Now scribble away happily and put down whatever comes to mind – no matter how insubstantial it may be. Because what's on paper is out of your head and thus makes room for that brilliant idea.
Lesson 3: Hooked
Ideally you will have created not only a title in Lesson 2, but also a "hook line". That would be phenomenal. If not, cerebrate until smoke rises from your cortex to come up with that catchy phrase for a catchy tune. Madonna for instance did it with "Like a Virgin", or Led Zeppelin with "Stairway to Heaven".
Now it's your turn. The hook line should necessarily be part of the chorus – better even, the song's title. Because once this line is in your head, it will stay there; it will even help you remember the melody. You know what it's like: You go to the record store, ask the shop assistant for a song "buffalo soldier something or other" while humming embarrassingly. And presto, you have the right CD in your hand. It all depends on the hook line – and you can encounter it anytime, anywhere. So make sure that you always carry your writing utensils with you.
Lesson 4: Words in disarray
The principle which you used to produce the title is also applied for creating the lyrics. Get out the blank sheets of paper and the musing pen! It's time for brain storming – or more precisely, mind mapping.
Put down your song's central theme at the middle and then associate at will. Name topics to better categorize everything that comes to mind. This lets you create a thematic medley to choose from. And the lyrics will come naturally!
Lesson 5: Chicken or egg
The lyrics are outlined – or not. No big deal, we'll move on. To the heart of the matter. You already have a melody in mind? Wonderful, then start tinkering with the lyrics.
Or the other way round. Just don't have one bend over backwards to accommodate the other. A good text forms an inseparable, symbiotic relationship with its melody. If yours doesn't, you need to work at it. Over and over again.
Lesson 6: Ego trip anyone?
Remain true to yourself. Writing lyrics always means writing a personal story in your own words. Here, individuality is the secret of success. So don't try to copy anyone; reflect instead on your own experience. The pen in your hand is the key to your soul. Use it. After much striking out, re-arranging and adding, you start again from scratch.
This, too, is part of the creation process and a salutary shock: Crumpling up a piece of paper and throwing it in the dustbin is an immensely liberating feeling.
Much more so than dragging a Word document and dropping it onto the trash icon.
Lesson 7: Being moody
Eventually, the first line will be done. And it feels pretty darn good. For the further development, focus on your cadences, choice of words, lyrical melody and go on in this way. Rhyme as you please – and only if you please. With each word, you should reveal a little of yourself and make your emotions felt. Be mild.
Lesson 8: Showing style
Once you have established your personal style after few lines, decisions must be made: What should your song be like? The classic approach of verse – chorus – verse – chorus – bridge – chorus. Or completely different? Think about it, but in the end, trust your instinct. It's usually right.
The chorus forms the heart of this opus of yours. You will devote most of your time to it because it's your song's "repeat offender" and critical to success. Try to create a melodic and lyrical unit, one that goes directly to the head – and make sure the words are singable. The verses should also be consistent in terms of length, stress and rhythm. Although harmonious by itself, the verse is set off from the chorus by the melody. The bridge does exactly that: It often appears in the last third of a song, because it clearly stands out from the rest, thus preventing the song from becoming tedious. Reach into your textual and melodic bag of tricks and try something new – this lets you lead up to the chorus at the end and liven up your song. By the way: There are songs that work great even without a chorus. Nevertheless, you should try it with a chorus first. Unless you are Freddy Mercury and your song is "Bohemian Rhapsody".
Lesson 9: Tapped
Perhaps your hand and the pen have already grown together – lay it aside for the moment (or, if necessary, tear it off). You may now, for once, take advantage of the amenities of the virtual age.
Amongst the vastness of the www, there are dozens of sites which feature lyrics. Surf around to find inspiration. Analysing existing lyrics will definitely turn up something useful. Which words do you like, which rhythm? Even poor or "schmaltzy" songs offer valuable learning experience and a chance to do a better job.
Take up the challenge.
Lesson 10: Game's up
This dreaded moment will come: writer's block. But don't despair. Set your collected works aside, and treat yourself to a creative break. As the song "Handwritten" by The Gaslight Anthem goes: "I know there's someone out there feeling just like I feel". Your famous colleagues know this problem all too well.
Don't worry, in a few days the world will look different again. Good lyrics need time to develop. Paper doesn't blush, so why should you.
Lesson 11: The final spurt
The finishing line is near. Go through your manuscript thoroughly, checking it for consistency. Take out the last small quirks. The smile just keeps getting bigger – and rightly so.
And now write everything neatly together. Yes, also by hand. There are two reasons for this: Firstly, you should conclude your work with this last sacred act. Secondly, handwritten song texts are worth a fortune – provided that they are as good as those of Bob Dylan. And they could be one day. Now that you have mastered the basic skills of writing lyrics, it's up to you to make an art of it. Have fun!
Penmanship is from yesteryear. It dates back to school, when a strict teacher drilled us in aesthetic perfectionism and rewarded pretty bows with a smiling face. Today we scribble only when we have to, when neither computer, tablet, nor smartphone are readily to hand. Therefore, we have forgotten not only calligraphy, but also the significance of handwriting itself.
It's high time to change that.
Lesson 1: Practise
Considering the fact that the average adult has not held a pen in hand in over a month, practising is the be-all and end-all. A simple trick works wonders: Always carry a pen with you – and use it.
Instead of typing a telephone number directly into the mobile phone, write it down first. The fountain pens by STAEDTLER are ideally suited for the lessons because they prohibit scribbling and encourage writing slowly.
Lesson 2: Continue to practise
That's so mean. But once you have returned to using a pencil regularly, the pace will increase. Now you will write whole sentences. Make sure that your writing remains consistent.
Regardless of the direction it slopes, as long as the overall result is elegantly proportioned. Then, the synthesis of the arts is within reach.
Lesson 3: Endurance in writing
You have perhaps already noticed how delighted your synapses are. Writing by hand is good for the brain – and it gets any mind going again which has been collecting dust because of computer use. Thus motivated, you may try your hand at a love letter or a thank-you note.
In doing so, try painting the words instead of simply writing them. Content is of secondary importance: After all, a handwritten letter appeals to the emotional part of the reader's brain somehow or other. You simply can't go wrong.
Lesson 4: Stick to the task
Congratulation! You have shown endurance. Don't stop just now – it would mean giving up this beautiful script for the touch system on a keyboard. We do realize that you will not be sending your tax advisor artful cards in future. That's not the idea.
Rather you should realise that you should not equate your tax advisor, co-worker or advocate with your partner, friends or family members. So to the tax office you should continue writing e-mails. And to your loved one a real letter now and then – in your personal, beautiful handwriting.
Handwriting Test
Can I also sign with an X?
This is not possible in most countries. After all, the individual signature serves to personally confirm documents; an X doesn't provide sufficient proof of identification. In past ages, people often signed with an X – sometimes even with three. This, however, revealed that the person was unable to write or – mildly put – illiterate.
Why is writing by hand so exhausting?
Because you do it so seldom. Handwriting is like a sport: Jogging just once will not turn a couch potato into a top athlete – it will result only in aching muscles. But practise makes perfect. This applies to pencil acrobats as well. So go on practising and keep at it. Your hand will once again get used to the unaccustomed strain and will eventually write "all by itself".
Let's talk shop: What is a facsimile?
Facsimile is Latin and translates roughly to "make alike". Thus, the term refers to a copy of a document which is faithful in terms of size, colour and condition. Such facsimiles are often used in museums, if the historical original is too valuable to be displayed. The sophisticated production process is done by a complex pressure-mechanical or photomechanical process rather than by hand because no handwriting can be copied 1:1.
Will we still need handwriting in the future?
Yes we will. Writing is one of the most important attributes of human beings and handwriting one of the main characteristics of the individual. Because no one else writes like you – except on the computer. With all due respect for technical progress and making work easier: Words typed are not the same as words written by hand – and never will be.
Is there a dominant hand?
For about 85-90% of the population, it is the right hand. But please don't misunderstand: The dominant hand doesn't suppress the other one. Rather, it is the one we use to perform complicated processes with. And this includes writing.
In the past, left-handers were re-educated to use the right hand instead. This is no longer the case. Today we know that the respective other cerebral hemisphere is responsible for the dominance, a circumstance which is difficult to change. Interestingly, animals also have a favourite hand or paw. And there are almost as many left-handed animals as there are right-handed ones.
How do I write secret messages?
There are many possibilities. We will present the three which are easiest: Milk, vinegar and lemon juice. Simply use one of these liquids in place of the good old ink, and you can write your messages invisibly even on normal paper. To make the message appear, all the receiver needs to do is to hold the paper over a candle or other warm light source. It's fun – not only for children!
Why should you always carry a pen with you?
Because the woman – or man – of your dreams, your dream job or your dream apartment could be just around the next corner. Armed with a pen, you can quickly jot down important details. In the age of mobile and smart phones you could, of course, do this differently; the traditional method is nonetheless much simpler.
After all, your flame's telephone number scribbled on a napkin is a much nicer memento than just another number added to your telephone's contact list.
Why do we write so seldom?
Because computers and the like relieve us of this manual work almost everywhere. Today, most workplaces are equipped with a computer while laptop computers and the like are already waiting at home. This makes us lazy. Thanks to smart phones, we have become increasingly lazy when on the road; instead of taking up pen and paper we rather pull out the electronic darling. Such devices do make life easier, a fact everybody welcomes. And rightly so. Yet using a pen once in a while hasn't harmed anyone – least of all our brain.
Will the children of tomorrow still write by hand?
It would be better if they did. Not only because it makes you smart. Writing promotes coordination skills and has a positive effect on the whole brain because it trains many important parts of it. When typing on the keyboard, the processes are less complex. Moreover, information written is better embedded in memory and thus remembered more easily than if only typed.
Will handwriting die out some day?
Let's not paint a black picture of this subject; nor simply gloss over. Instead, let's put it this way: Handwriting as such will definitely stay with us for a long time. But we like to rely on other tools – audio books or the walkie-talkie functions of mobile phones are examples for this. It is therefore all the more important to take time for old-fashioned skills every now and again – essential human skills like writing by hand – and to apply and consciously maintain them. In a fast-paced world, the motto may at times be 'slowing down one's life'.
Can you earn money with handwriting?
Under two conditions: Either as a real calligraphy talent who gets paid for writing beautiful words – or if you are dead. Harsh words but true. Bill Gates paid more than 30 million $ for a notebook of Leonardo da Vinci. Had the Italian scholar been alive, the founder of Microsoft would probably have paid much less.
How do I as left-handed person avoid smearing the ink?
Nothing easier than that! Instead of using a conventional fountain pen, better use the STAEDTLER pigment liner. This fine liner dries within seconds, ensuring that nothing becomes smudged. Nine available line widths also provide a range of applications.
What did Goethe have to do with pencil-writing?
Well, Germany's favourite all-round talent always appreciated a pencil's ease-of-use. Because writing with a quill or dip pen required some kind of inkwell – along with dunking and wiping. Hence Goethe praised the easy handling of a pencil, even lauding it in "Dichtung und Wahrheit" (Poetry and Truth): "In such a mood I liked best to get hold of a lead pencil, because I could write most readily with it ; whereas the scratching and spluttering of the pen would sometimes wake me from my somnambular poetising, confuse me, and stifle a little conception in its birth."
Why do my pencils always break?
There are two reasons: You have got either poor pencils or an old sharpener. Do the test with a STAEDTLER pencil. If its pencil tip breaks off, too, then the sharpener is to blame – and it's time to pension it off. Over time, the blade of the sharpener becomes dull and it will no longer work. Replace your sharpener regularly. Rule of thumb: Time's up after 12 fully-sharpened pencils or 24 coloured pencils.
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We asked you to email Sony CEO Howard Stringer during our last call to action and Sony responded by shutting off his email address. Many of you then sent emails to the next email address we posted, Nicole Seligman, Sony Executive VP and General Counsel. Your action was effective — it was an important part of the overall public pressure put on Sony to back off.
And back off they did. Sony ended up settling its lawsuit against George Hotz (aka geohot). Hotz has agreed to not use Sony devices in an ambiguous "unauthorized" fashion — in fact, he's boycotting Sony anyway — and the accusations brought up in the case by Sony remain unproven. While Hotz shouldn't have to endure even this, which amounts to a gag order, Sony was stopped well short of what it was hoping to get. Hotz is now free to move on, but Sony is stuck with a fresh batch of bad publicity and no money or legal precedent to show for it.
You did a great job of letting Sony know how unacceptable their behavior has been. Here are excerpts from just some of the 300+ emails you've sent so far:
"I would like to let you know that I think your company's behaviour towards free software developers is atrocious and disgusting. I will buy no further Sony products until you cease this action."
"With the removal of OtherOS and now your attacks on the hackers trying to restore the functionality I paid for. I will be selling all my Sony equipment on ebay and will no longer be recommending any of your products to my friends and family."
"You should be encouraging imaginative uses of the PS3. Each time someone in the free software community expands the PS3's capabilities, the machine becomes desirable for more people."
We're not out of the woods yet. Geohot is boycotting Sony over their behavior and we should too. Sony had alleged violations of the DMCA, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and other copyright laws against Geohot for jailbreaking the PS3. Sony was granted a number of subpoenas to access information on anyone with even a remote curiosity about the jailbreak, including server logs of geohot's personal website to the records of anyone who watched the video "Jailbroken PS3 3.55 with Homebrew".
Another PS3 hacker, Alexander Egorenkov, or graf_chokolo, had his home raided by the police and is now being sued for €1 million. Just recently, representatives of Sony went to his home again and confiscated his equipment.
It's bad enough that Sony has put restrictive measures against developers in the first place by making jailbreaking necessary. Sony should be encouraging the software development community around the PS3, instead of throwing its legal weight around.
Keep in mind that one of the goals of PS3 hackers is restoring the ability to install other operating systems, a functionality that Sony removed after it was promised to buyers. Some of these PS3 owners have joined a class-action lawsuit against Sony. Interestingly, this lawsuit alleges Sony violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by removing the OtherOS function — the same law Sony uses against hackers who enable OtherOS. The cases against these hackers are still fresh, but Sony's war on hackers has been going on for a long time.
So, let's keep the pressure on! Do you oppose Sony's actions? Are you boycotting Sony? Let them know. Email Nicole Seligman, Executive VP and General Counsel at Sony (firstname.lastname@example.com) — as always, please BCC or CC us on emails at email@example.com! Check out our anti-Sony stickers in the store while you're at it.

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Number: 112-15
Date: April 27, 2012
The Senate Passes S.1789
The 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012
On April 26, 2012, the Senate passed, as amended, S. 1789, the "21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012," by a vote of 62 - 37. The bill is intended to improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service.
Following are provisions of interest to SSA.
Section 212—Strategic Advisory Commission on Postal Service Solvency and Innovation
- Would establish an Advisory Commission to create a strategic blue-print for the long-term solvency of the Postal Service.
- Would require the Advisory Commission to study, and incorporate into its blue-print, the advisability of the Postal Service entering into agreements with other government entities to streamline government services and decrease government costs, while improving efficiency and maintaining customer service.1
- Would require the Advisory Commission to report to the Postal Service the findings of this study not later than 1 year after enactment.
- Would require the Postal Service to submit to Congress a plan for entering into such interagency agreements not later than 6 months after the date on which the Advisory Commission reports to the Postal Service.
- Would require any Federal department or agency to provide to the Commission, upon request, any information the Commission deems necessary to carry out its duties.
Section 312—Integrity and Compliance
- Would establish the Federal Employees Compensation Act Integrity and Compliance Task Force, comprised of the Secretary of Labor, the Postmaster General, the Attorney General, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and other appropriate Federal officials as determined by the task force.
- Would require the Commissioner to make available Social Security earnings information of living or deceased employees to the Secretary of Labor, the Postmaster General, and each Inspector General.
- Would require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the Secretary of Veterans' Affairs to make available to the Secretary of Labor, the Postmaster General, and each Inspector General information from databases they maintain with respect to Federal employees and disabled veterans.
- Would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, upon written request, to make available to the Secretary of Labor, the Postmaster General, each Inspector General, and the Comptroller General of the United States information in the National Directory of New Hires.
1 During floor consideration, Senator Bennet (D-CO), who sponsored this provision, cited Social Security Number card issuance as an example of the type of work the Postal Service could take on. The bill does not include such authorizing language.


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Sunday, July 21, 2024
- As the construction of a major transmission line to export electricity generated from one of Ethiopia's major hydropower projects gets underway, there are growing concerns that pastoralist communities living in the region are under threat.
The Gibe III dam, which will generate 1,800 megawatts (MW), is being built in southwest Ethiopia on the Omo River at a cost of 1.7 billion dollars. It is expected to earn the government over 400 million dollars annually from power exports. On completion in 2015 it will be the world's fourth-largest dam.
But the dam is expected to debilitate the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of indigenous communities in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley and those living around Kenya's Lake Turkana who depend on the Omo River.
The Bodi, Daasanach, Kara, Mursi, Kwegu and Nyangatom ethnic communities who live along the Omo River depend on its annual flooding to practice flood-retreat cultivation for their survival and livelihoods.
But the semi-nomadic Mursi ethnic community are being resettled as part of the Ethiopian government's villagisation programme to make room for a large sugar plantation, which will turn roaming pastoralists into sedentary farmers. The hundreds of kilometres of irrigation canals currently being dug to divert the Omo River's waters to feed these large plantations will make it impossible for the indigenous communities to live as they have always done.
"We are being told that our land is private property. We are very worried about our survival as we are being forced to move where there is no water, grass or crops," a Mursi community member told IPS.
The Omo Valley is set to become a powerhouse of large commercial farming irrigated by the Gibe III dam. To date 445,000 hectares have been allocated to Malaysian, Indian and other foreign companies to grow sugar, biofuels, cereals and other crops.
"The Gibe III will worsen poverty for the most vulnerable. The government already has trouble managing hunger and poverty [among] its citizenry. By taking over land and water resources in the Omo Valley, it is creating a new class of 'internal refugees' who will no longer be self-sufficient," Lori Pottinger from environmental NGO International Rivers told IPS.
Top global financiers, including the World Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB), have committed 1.2 billion dollars to a 1,070 km high-voltage line that will run from Wolayta-Sodo in Ethiopia to Suswa, 100 km northwest of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. The transmission line, powered by Ethiopia's Gibe III, will connect the country's electrical grid with Kenya and will have a capacity to carry 2,000 MW between the two countries.
According to the AfDB, it will promote renewable power generation, regional cooperation, and will ensure access to reliable and affordable energy to around 870,000 households by 2018.
Although the latest U.N. Development Programme Human Development report ranks Ethiopia 173rd out of 187 countries, Ethiopia, Africa's second-most populous country, is one of the continent's fastest-growing economies.
According to Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Ethiopia's economy is set to maintain a growth rate of 11 percent in 2014. Fully exploiting its massive water resources to generate a hydropower potential of up to 45,000 MW in order to sell surplus electricity to its neighbours is central to Ethiopia's Growth and Transformation plan, a five-year plan to develop the country's economy.
The Horn of Africa nation currently generates 2,000 MW from six hydroelectric dams and invests more of its resources in hydropower than any other country in Africa – one third of its total GNP of about 77 billion dollars.
According to a World Bank report published in 2010, only 17 percent of Ethiopia's 84.7 million people had access to electricity at the time of the report. By 2018, 100 percent of the population will have access to power, according to state power provider Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCO).
"We are helping mitigate climate risk of fossil fuel consumption and also reduce rampant deforestation rates in Ethiopia. Hydropower will benefit our development," Miheret Debebe, chief executive officer of EEPCO, told IPS.
The Ethiopian government insists that the welfare of pastoralist communities being resettled is a priority and that they will benefit from developments in the Omo Valley. "We are working hard to safeguard them and help them to adapt to the changing conditions," government spokesperson Shimeles Kemal told IPS.
However, there are concerns that ethnic groups like the Mursi are not being consulted about their changing future. "If we resist resettlement we will be arrested," a Mursi elder told IPS.
"We fear for the future. Our way of life is under threat. We are being told to stop moving with our cattle, to stop wearing our traditional dress and to sell our cattle. Cattle and movement is everything to the Mursi."
The importance of ensuring that benefits from Ethiopia's national development projects do not come at a price of endangering the lives of hundreds of thousands pastoralists is critical said Ben Braga, president of the World Water Council. Braga decried governments that failed to compensate communities like the Mursi as displacement of surrounding communities is always an inevitable consequence of major dams that need plenty of advanced planning to avoid emergencies.
"How can we compensate these people so that the majority of the country can benefit from electricity? There is a need for better compensatory mechanisms to ensure that benefits are shared and that all stakeholders are included in consultations prior to construction," he told IPS.


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11 Day NSW Outback Tibooburra Corner Country Mungo Broken Hill Darling River Bourke Sydney Return
- Продолжительность: 11 дн. (прибл.)
- Место встречи: Sydney, NSW
- Код предложения: 50DSS11
Explore the Far West of NSW with Silo Art, Corner Country, Mungo National Park, Broken Hill, Darling River Run from Wilcannia to Bourke with a visit to White Cliffs opals fields & miners stores, Bourke, Brewarrina Sydney Return 12 days
- Sydney to Broken Hill and return to Sydney
- Canowindra – Age of Fishes Fossil Museum
- Grenfell Silo Art
- Weethalle Silo Art
- Hay – Shear Outback Centre
- Wentworth – Junction of the Darling & Murray Rivers + Megafauna Museum
- Mungo National Park & China Walls sunset tour
- Menindee – Lakes & Burke & Wills Camp
- Broken Hill & Silverton - Pro Hart Gallery, mine tour, history, Mining & railway museums
- Return optional tours or meets rail to Sydney or Adelaide
- Packsaddle & Milparinka historic site
- Depot Glen & Pooles Grave
- Tibooburra granites, pastoral, art and mining history
- Dog Fence & NSW State border
- White Cliffs Opal fields (sleep underground)
- Darling River Run via Pooncarie, Menindee Lakes, Wilcannia Tilpa & Louth
- Gundabooka National Park & Aboriginal rock art
- Bourke - river cruise and history
- Brewarrinna - ancient fish traps 40,000 years old
- Macquarie Marshes - great bird spotting
- Warrmbungles ranges
- Siding Springs Observatory
- Gulgong - $10 note, Gold and pioneer history
- Mudgee wine tasting
- Blue Mountains
Our tours are small group adventures for people who love to connect with regional Australia and particularly regional and outback New South Wales. Our small group tours travel in Land Cruiser vehicles or we do have a comfortable minibus for up to 10 people
The Silo At Trail is transforming Australian regional towns. Join us on an adventure through rural Australia to witness these great masterpieces and the local hospitality.
Options include a day tour to Mutawintji National Park for exceptional rock art rich in Aboriginal history.
Day 1 – NSW Silo Art Trail tours take us through some lovely country towns and regional areas, and our tour from Sydney to Broken Hill and return includes Canowindra, ballooning capital of Australia and the Museum of Fishes – viewing ancient fish fossils from this area that was once an inland sea. Then Cowra (and railway roundhouse for the keen). Onwards we travel via Weddin Mountains National Park, visiting the popular Grenfell Wheat silos completed in 2019 and then through West Wyalong to the well-known Weethalle Silos. Driving West via Rankin Springs the country spreads and the sky seems to get bigger we know the perfect place to see our first Big Sky sunset with the full spectrum of colours as the sun sets over the Hay Plains. Overnight Hay
Day 2 – SHEAR OUTBACK, OUTBACK VILLAGES, WENTWORTH
Hay was one of Australia's major wool growing areas, and a visit to the Shear Outback centre takes to you into the rich life in the wool industry in early NSW. We'll take the backroad through seemingly endless saltbush plains, that are home to over 50 farming families. Tiny villages are the social hub for many of the large outback stations, where life can often be lonely. We'll have lunch at The Homebush Hotel at Penarie, true backcountry pub, complete with kangaroos wandering by. The pub opened in 1878 and is still the mainstay of the local community. The famous bar, with its huge central open fireplace, character-filled "shearing board" mural, and local artefacts has been home to many a trapper, teamster, drover, shearer, truckie, mailman, traveller and 'local' over the past 142 years. Follow the Murray River to Trentham Estate, a family-owned winery on the banks of the Murray River. Enjoy an afternoon wine tasting by the river before we head to Wentworth. In the late 1800's Wentworth was the largest river port in Australia with over 400 boats plying the Murray and the Darling Rivers, which meet here. Overnight Wentworth Meals: BL
Day 3 – Wentworth visit the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers, Australia's biggest river system and also visit Wentworth Pioneer Museum with life-size megafauna replicas from the local area including the cuddly 2-metre high Diprotodons. Into the desert and Mungo National Park to explore this ancient lakebed environment. Here the stories of the regions from a local guide, and learn of the oldest known ritual burial in the world. Discover the Walls of China and megafauna history of the area, explore the ancient Willandra Lakes and the historic sheep station and large and impressive shearing shed that served the area for around 100 years. Overnight Mungo Lodge, Mungo National Park.
Days 4 – Travel the Darling River via Pooncarie, Menindee and Kinchega National Park. Explore the memorial to Burke & Wills camp on the lakeshore, and a haven for wetland birds. Into Broken Hill and dinner at famous & delicious Mario's Palace Hotel (full of murals from Priscilla Queen of the Desert fame) Overnight Broken Hill.
Day 5 – Explore Broken Hill highlights (your choice) including Pro Hart Gallery, The Line of Lode Lookout and Miners Memorial plus Desert Sculptures or Mutawintji National Park for exceptional rock art rich in Aboriginal history.
Options – Explore Broken Hill in the morning then travel to Adelaide via Peterborough (railway history) Burra (old Copper mine tour) and tour completion
Day 6 - Depart Broken Hill through the Barrier Range on the Silver City Highway via Packsaddle for Milparinka and Depot Glen, where explorer Charles Sturt spent 6 months in 1845 with a team of men, waiting for rain and cooler conditions. This area has been extensively mined for tin, lead and gold and operated large sheep stations. Appreciate this once thriving gold mining town at the restored Milparinka Heritage Precinct. Time to explore Tibooburra, and the Outdoor Pastoral Museum. Flat-topped mesas and fantastic views characterise the central Jump-Up country. Remnant gidgee woodland, the catchment system of the ephemeral Twelve-Mile Creek and gibber and grass-covered plains dominate the east, while 450 million-year-old granite tors surrounding Tibooburra form part of the southern boundary of the park. We check out the Tibooburra pubs and considerable town and mining history before overnight here at Family Hotel or Granites Motel BLD
Day 7 - Today we are heading into the Sturt Desert & Sturt National park, crossing the Grey Range with a stop at Fort Grey. The park protects an enormous arid landscape of space and solitude. The rolling red sand dunes of the Strzelecki desert ripple through the western section, graduating past surprising wetlands surrounded by white sands. After some great opportunities for photos, we pass through the Dog Fence and arrive at Cameron Corner on the 3 states corner (NSW, SA & QLD) for a thirst quencher and souvenirs, and check out the "Corner Store" (conditional on the border being open).
Travel to White Cliffs and explore the opal mines history, and maybe find some local opal bargains. Then to our overnight accommodation underground BLD
Day 8 - Now to the Darling River Run via Wilcannia, once a bustling port for the wool laden paddle steamers, now with its beautiful and historic sandstone public architecture. On up the Darling River Run to river towns of Louth & Tilpa - with a cuppa and tour at the famous Dunlop Station. Dunlop Station is an historic sheep station property located on the Darling River. Once a million acres it has a 45 stand shearing shed which was the first shed to have mechanical shears. with the check out the paddle boat and big wool and sheep station history of this region. Gundabooka National Park surrounds Mt Gundabooka and has unique Aboriginal Rock art to explore, including a pleasant and easy walk through this isolated National Park. Overnight Bourke BLD
Day 9 - BOURKE - The impressive 'Back O'Bourke' centre showcases the early days of Bourke and beyond. Discover the 'Outback' life of Henry Lawson, the search for an inland sea. Marvel at the stories of the 'women of the west' including Nancy Bird Walton, who flew an air ambulance here in the 1930's. Stop by the 110 year old Morrall's bakery for a pie or pastry, follow the Heritage Trail through town, or visit the grave of Fred Hollows. Cruise along the Darling on the Jandra, an historic paddle boat to recall the river boat history. In recent years Bourke has undergone a remarkable revitalisation and is now a shining light in positive indigenous opportunities. Take a cultural walk to learn about the history of Aboriginal people in Bourke and the personal connection formed with the land and it's richness. Tonight we'll join a campfire dinner under a coolabah tree, (if available) under a starlit sky, with plenty of music, poetry, and storytelling all about outback of Australia. Overnight Bourke. Meals: BLD
Day 10 - We head for Brewarrina on the Barwon River, and the 40,000-year-old Aboriginal Fish Traps - still working. The Brewarrina fish traps are one of the oldest man-made structures on earth. This elaborate network of rock weirs and pools stretches for around half a kilometre along the riverbed and was built by ancient tribes, to catch fish as they swam upstream. Heading south to Macquarie Marshes a UNESCO registered site of outstanding value as one of the most important wetland areas in the world. It is one of the most crucial breeding sites for waterbirds in Australia, with 77 species, along with over 150 other birds, as well as fish, turtles, frogs, snakes and mammals. We travel on to our final art silo in Coonamble then take the scenic road to the beautiful Warrumbungles for a delightful bush walk with wonderful views of The Breadknife. We have a tour of Siding Springs Observatory, home to Australia's largest telescope. We have a guided tour of the night sky this evening. The Warrumbungles is Australia's only Dark Sky Park, meaning it is our only Internationally recognised park with an exceptional quality of starry nights and an environment specifically protected for its scientific, natural, educational, cultural heritage, and public enjoyment. Overnight. Coonabarabran Meals: BLD
Day 11 - GULGONG, MUDGEE, SYDNEY
Drive through Dunedoo, known for its poetry, hospitality, and name, or alternatively via Coolah, one of several towns to claim bragging rights as the home of the legendary Black Stump. It was here that the colloquial saying 'Beyond the Black Stump', meaning 'beyond the limits of civilisation,' is said to have originated.
On the way to Gulgong - the town that was on the way to Gulgong - the town that was on the $10 note. This small village from the gold rush days is a delight to take in the regional history and historic buildings. We are now a short drive to Mudgee where we'll taste some local wines and have lunch in a vineyard. Travel via the Zig Zag railway and back to Sydney via spectacular Grose Valley views and Mt Tomah on Bells Line fo Road to Sydney Meals: BL
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- Genuine small group tour vehicle - usually 4WD GXL Landcruisers
- Professional Driver Guide
- All meals
- Paddleboat cruise at Bourke
- Wild wildlife!!
- National Parks entry fees.
- Tour price supports Outback Kids & Nature Care projects.
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Smart City Trust – think beyond cybersecurity and privacy
While a smart city is powered by technology and data, it is enabled and sustained by trust. Many people equate trust with privacy and cybersecurity. However, these are only two elements of many that create trust in a smart city. Trust must be embedded into the processes, policies and technology that create the city services. It must be integrated into its creators, users and beneficiaries from the very beginning.
This article introduces a holistic framework for building trust in a smart city for smart city planners and architects to consider.


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Install fonts into a default system font directory. If the installer finds older versions of these fonts in the default system font directory, it uninstalls the older versions, and saves them to a new directory. The default system font directory is:
The older fonts are saved in the new directory:
Windows:<drive>:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\SavedFonts\current
This new directory also contains a file named "Read Me.html" which lists the saved fonts, and the version numbers of the new and of the old font files.
You can reinstall the older fonts by deleting the new font files from the default system font directory, and moving the old files back into that directory.
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Adobe's single user license allows installation of a single product license on two machines (such as one work machine and one home machine) provided the software is used by the same individual and not concurrently on both machines.
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The History of the Game
Golf's Early History
What do you think makes the game of golf unique? It involves striking a ball with a club, cross country, into a hole. No other early club and ball game had these three essential elements of golf.
Many countries have claimed the origins of golf. The Chinese and the Dutch have both claimed to have created the game of golf. The Dutch had a courtyard club and ball game and another game played on ice where the ball was propelled towards a post. Meanwhile, centuries ago, the Chinese played a game using equipment remarkably similar to golf clubs, apparently to hit a ball into a hole in courtyards. However, it is only in Scotland that the three essential elements of golf were met.
The game of golf can be traced to Scotland. In 1457, parliament banned the game so that more time would be spent on archery practice, which was necessary for Scotland's defence at the time. Following the 1501 repeal of the ban, the game prospered. The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers was the world's first golf club, organized in 1744.
The Playing Field
The first golf courses were on links, which was a term commonly used for public land close to the sea. This land would be used by locals to graze their sheep, play games and other activities. Golfer wore a red coat to warn others that a golf ball might be coming their way.
The caddie was an essential part of early golf, not only carrying the player's clubs under his arm, but also marking out the course and spotting the flight of the ball. Caddies survived the introduction of the first golf bags in the 1880s, but the popular use of pull carts and motorized golf cars has all but brought an end to this colourful aspect of the game.
In fact, the traditional 18-hole rounds we have today can be credited to the old course at St. Andrews. Their original layout was 22 holes – eleven holes out and the same eleven back – but eventually they decided that two of the holes were too short. They combined two holes, which made the course 9 out and 9 back and the standard 18 holes of golf was born.
Golf is one of the only games which is played on an ever varying playing field. The rules are set to address the vastly different circumstances this can bring about, and establish equality between players. The original 13 rules have been vastly expanded. In addition, there is a Decision on the Rules of Golf book that explains and interprets the Rules under actual playing conditions.
Golfers are equal under the Rules, but are not necessarily equal in skill levels. Golf's unique system of handicapping has allowed the sport to be enjoyed by men and women of all ages and abilities and has helped the sport grow to its present day popularity. One hundred years ago, golfers were measured against the best player in the club, who became known as the scratch player. But the scratch player in one club may not possess the same skill level as the scratch player at a more difficult golf course. To level the playing field and get a true rating of each player's ability, a system of handicapping was developed that took into account the relative difficulty of every course.
Expansion of the Game
The Scots carried golf to other lands, including Ireland, England, India, France, Australia, New Zealand and, of course, Canada and the United States.
Interest in golf remained limited until the 1890s, when the game experienced its first boom throughout the world. Industrial advances brought about great changes to everyday life. The result was reduced working hours, greater access to public and private transportation and a general increase in leisure time. Most importantly, women were being freed from the social restrictions of the Victorian era and started playing golf, making it a family game.
The game grew rapidly from six clubs in 1889 to fifty clubs across the country by 1902. This growth led to national competitions and the formation for governing bodies including the Royal Canadian Golf Association (now Golf Canada) in 1895, Canadian Professional Golfer's Association (now PGA of Canada) in 1911, and the Canadian Ladies' Golf Association (now amalgamated with Golf Canada) in 1913.
Golf Equipment
Can you imagine a golf ball costing as much as a suit of clothes? Improvements in the manufacture of golf balls contributed, as much as anything, to the growth of the game everywhere. Until the 1850s, the golf ball was hand-made, expensive and extremely fragile. Far from round, the feathery was made by stitching sections of leather into a sphere, then stuffing it with the equivalent of a top hat full of feathers. An experienced ball-maker could produce only four balls a day.
A new material called gutta percha was introduced in the mid-nineteenth century for making balls. Balls became less expensive and therefore more available. The first gutty balls had a smooth surface, but they were found to fly further and straighter when they became cuffed. This led to the discovery that dimples improve the flight of a golf ball. Gutties were soon "hand-hammered†with patterns and molded to a variety of designs, leading to the modern style dimple we see on today's golf ball.
Introduced in 1901, the rubber core ball surpassed the gutty in durability, reliability and accuracy. The fore-runner of the ball we use today, it was made by winding elastic thread tightly around a rubber core, then encasing it all in gutta percha. Since the 1920s, many materials have been introduced as golf ball cores, including glass, water and cork, each with varying results. The modern ball is usually a two or three-piece construction which allows for greater compression against the club head. The one piece is still used on many driving ranges.
As with early golf balls, golf clubs were individually hand crafted by Scottish club-makers. As the game became more popular this was no longer practical, so the club head was shortened to aid mass production. Early iron clubs, made by blacksmiths, were used only for digging the ball out of heavy rough and deep ruts. The introduction of the sturdy gutty ball increased the use of iron clubs. Cleekmakers began making drop-forged iron heads which could be mass produced.
To tee the ball, early golfers scooped up a handful or earth or sand into a mound and placed the ball on top. Later, they used a sand tee mold. The first commercial wooden tee was introduced in 1921, and, soon after, golfers were overwhelmed with advertisements for tees of all shapes and sizes. Today, the standard wooden tee is a staple of the game.
The club professional has been a central figure of golf since the mid-19th century when people the likes of Tom Morris became a fixture of St. Andrew's the home of golf. Teacher, equipment manufacturer/supplier, tournament organizer, caddy master the roles have changes throughout the century, but the club professional maintains their place as many players primary contact with the game.
The first golf courses in Canada, as everywhere, were made mostly by nature. Our first golf professionals improved them, but not until a year prior to the First World War did Canada recruit one of the new breed of Golf Course Architects to design the first of many courses that have withstood the test of time.
With the development of golf professionals, came a need to test these leaders of the game for skill. The Canadian Open Championship was initiated for just this purpose in 1904 and is the third oldest National Open championship in the world.
The introduction of a Canadian Tour (now PGA TOUR Canada) as a testing ground for young golfers has expanded the number of Canadians competing around the world, as well as the quality of professional golf in Canada.
Golf served as one of the first sports that encouraged the participation of women. The resulting popularity brought about the first Ladies' open Championship, held in Britain, in 1893. Canada followed suit holding the first Canadian Ladies' Amateur Championship in 1901.
Amateur Golf
The history of competitive golf in Canada truly begins with the 1st Canadian Amateur in 1895. Since then, golfers have sought to demonstrate their prowess. Improvements in transportation and the changing demands of work and life, have enhanced competitive opportunities.
A new world emerged at the close of World War I, the widespread introduction of the radio and other communications, the better transportation in services and a new commitment to the enjoyment of life was reflected in the world of golf. Amateur golf was at its peak of public interest, especially the Canadian Amateur. Professional golf was just beginning to draw attention and more significant purses. Canadians competed successfully internationally and were the subject of nation pride.


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Charles Q. Choi, LiveScience Contributor, livescience.com – Wed Apr 20, 7:54 am ET
The largest fossil spider uncovered to date once ensnared prey back in the age of dinosaurs, scientists find.
The spider, named Nephila jurassica, was discovered buried in ancient volcanic ash in Inner Mongolia, China. Tufts of hairlike fibers seen on its legs showed this 165-million-year-old arachnid to be the oldest known species of the largest web-weaving spiders alive today — the golden orb-weavers, or Nephila, which are big enough to catch birds and bats, and use silk that shines like gold in the sunlight.
The fossil was about as large as its modern relatives, with a body one inch (2.5 centimeters) wide and legs that reach up to 2.5 inches (6.3 cm) long. Golden orb-weavers nowadays are mainly tropical creatures, so the ancient environment of Nephila jurassica probably was similarly lush.
"It would have lived, like today's Nephila, in its orb web of golden silk in a clearing in a forest, or more likely at the edge of a forest close to the lake," researcher Paul Selden, director of the Paleontological Institute at the University of Kansas, told LiveScience. "There would have been volcanoes nearby producing the ash that forms the lake sediment it is entombed within."
Spiders are the most numerous predators on land today, and help keep insect numbers in check. So these findings help us "understand the evolution of the insect-spider predator-prey relationship," Selden said, suggesting that golden orb-weavers have been ensnaring insects and influencing their evolution since the Jurassic Period.
"There were many large or medium-sized flying insects around at that time on which it would have fed indiscriminately," Selden said.
In modern golden orb-weaver species, females are typically much larger than males. This new fossil was a female, suggesting this trend stretches back at least as far as the Middle Jurassic, Selden said — that is, back before the first known bird, Archaeopteryx, or giant dinosaurs such as Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus.
Although this is the largest fossil spider known to date, it is not the oldest. Two species from Coseley, England, Eocteniza silvicola and Protocteniza britannica, both come from about 310 million years ago.
Selden and his colleagues are now investigating other fossil spiders from China, "as well as those from elsewhere in the world — currently Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Italy and Korea," he said.
The scientists detail their findings online April 20 in the journal Biology Letters.


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Map your Customer Journey and Create Winning Customer Experiences The customer journey is the path your customer(s) take when engaging with your company from initial awareness to purchase and beyond. The journey you lead them on defines their experience. However, not every customer takes the same path, which is why you must use both data and behavior to guide each lead/customer down one path or another. GreenRope's Journeys is an easy tool to help marketers and sales teams create and implement effective customer journeys. To help you get setup, here are a few descriptions, best practices, and simple customer journeys to reference. How Journeys work:Drag the objects into your Journey Builder and then connect them by clicking the triangles and following the dotted line to the next step. There are four kinds of objects you can use: 1. Use the Delay object to wait for time to pass before doing something. This is useful for giving someone time to do something like read an email, click a link, or visit a webpage. 2. Use the Decision object to create logic that customizes the contact's experience in your campaign. Decisions are helpful if you want to send someone a different message depending on whether or not they took an action, or whether or not they have something defined in a CRM data field. 3. Use the Action object to send an email or activate a Workflow (which can then take another action). You can also add and remove a contact to/from a Group. If you use a Journey to send an email, you can use the Decision object to see if that email was read or clicked and take different actions accordingly. 4. Use the Stop object to identify when someone has completed a Journey. If you end a Journey without a Stop, we will automatically put the contact into the End Journey object. This is not ideal, and will make for better tracking if you have all of your Journey paths end with a Stop. Click on any journey step (any box in the builder) to edit that Journey and see who has reached that step in the Journey. How to start a Journey:Start any customer or customers on a journey in the following ways. 1. Manually start a contact on a journey. This is the most basic way of initiating a contact on one of your journeys. Simply go to the Journeys feature under the Automation tab and hit the "Start Contact on Journey" button in the Action Bar. The contact will then start at the beginning of the journey. Click on each stage to view whether that contact has hit that stage. 2. Trigger a journey with Workflows. If you want to automatically trigger journeys, simply attach them to a workflow. This means that once a specific workflow is triggered, the action that triggered the workflow will send that contact on their way through your journey. To set this up, simply go into your Workflow Manager, hit the Trigger Actions tab and use the drop down at the bottom to specify the journey. 3. Use Drip Campaigns to trigger a journey. If you have a drip campaign setup as part of your lead nurturing strategy, you can easily add these contacts to a journey as well. First, you will need to customize the workflow to trigger a journey, next add a workflow to the specific email in your drip campaign. As soon as that drip is sent out, the contacts receiving that drip will embark on their journey. 4. Start an entire group on a journey. If you want to start an entire contact list on a journey, you can do that from the Journey dashboard. Simple journeys you can set up today! Read/Clicked Email Journey:You send an email to your prospects. Some open up the email, others do not; therefore they experience a different journey. See below. As you can see, the path each lead takes depends on their actions. If they read the email, a follow up workflow triggers and that is where this journey ends. For those that didn't read the email, they get a follow up reminder email. A simple journey like this is great for garnering initial interest in your company and weeding out the hot from the cold contacts. Campaign Journey:The campaign journey is a great one for marketers. They can specify the journey a lead takes depending on the campaign from which they came. This means that you can send contacts down very targeted journeys based on what initially drew them to your business. Take a look at the journey below. This might look complex, but really it simply takes the contact down a path that is relevant to their specific needs. For this journey, if a lead starts the journey a specific CampaignID, they are directed down one path with follow up emails and workflows that are relevant to that campaign. If they do not, then they receive emails and workflows that will lead them down the funnel with more general information, not specific to a campaign. Best Practices:
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President Vladimir Putin warned the West against taking one-sided action in Syria but also said Russia "doesn't exclude" supporting a UN resolution on punitive military strikes if it is proved that Damascus used poison gas on its own people.
In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press and Russia's state Channel 1 television, Putin said Moscow has provided some components of the S-300 air defense missile system to Syria but has frozen further shipments. He suggested that Russia may sell the potent missile systems elsewhere if Western nations attack Syria without UN Security Council backing.
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The interview Tuesday night at Putin's country residence outside the Russian capital was the only one he granted prior to the summit of G-20 nations in St. Petersburg, which opens Thursday. The summit was supposed to concentrate on the global economy but now looks likely to be dominated by the international crisis over allegations that the Syrian government used chemical weapons in the country's civil war.
Russia's Putin (Photo: AP)
Putin said he felt sorry that President Barack Obama canceled a one-on-one meeting in Moscow that was supposed to have happened before the summit. But he expressed hope the two would have serious discussions about Syria and other issues in St. Petersburg.
"President Obama hasn't been elected by the American people in order to be pleasant to Russia. And your humble servant hasn't been elected by the people of Russia to be pleasant to someone either," he said of their relationship.
"We work, we argue about some issues. We are human. Sometimes one of us gets vexed. But I would like to repeat once again that global mutual interests form a good basis for finding a joint solution to our problems," Putin said.
He also denied that Russia has anti-gay policies -- an issue that has threatened to embarrass the country as it prepares to host the Winter Olympics in February.
Chemical attack 'ludicrous'
The Russian leader, a year into his third term as president, appeared to go out of his way to be conciliatory amid a growing chill in US-Russian relations. The two countries have sparred over Syria, the
Edward Snowden affair, Russia's treatment of its opposition and the diminishing scope in Russia for civil society groups that receive funding from the West.
Putin said it was "ludicrous" that the government of President Bashar Assad - a staunch ally of Russia - would use chemical weapons at a time when it was holding sway against the rebels.
"From our viewpoint, it seems absolutely absurd that the armed forces, the regular armed forces, which are on the offensive today and in some areas have encircled the so-called rebels and are finishing them off, that in these conditions they would start using forbidden chemical weapons while realizing quite well that it could serve as a pretext for applying sanctions against them, including the use of force," he said.
The Obama administration says 1,429 people died in the Aug. 21 attack in a Damascus suburb. Casualty estimates by other groups are far lower, and Assad's government blames the episode on rebels trying to overthrow him. A UN inspection team is awaiting lab results on tissue and soil samples it collected while in Syria before completing a report.
"If there are data that the chemical weapons have been used, and used specifically by the regular army, this evidence should be submitted to the UN Security Council," added Putin, a former officer in the Soviet KGB. "And it ought to be convincing. It shouldn't be based on some rumors and information obtained by special services through some kind of eavesdropping, some conversations and things like that."
He noted that even in the US, "there are experts who believe that the evidence presented by the administration doesn't look convincing, and they don't exclude the possibility that the opposition conducted a premeditated provocative action trying to give their sponsors a pretext for military intervention."
He compared the evidence presented by Washington to false data used by the Bush administration about weapons of mass destruction to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
"All these arguments turned out to be untenable, but they were used to launch a military action, which many in the US called a mistake. Did we forget about that?" Putin said.
UN approval
He said he "doesn't exclude" backing the use of force against Syria at the United Nations if there is objective evidence proving that Assad's regime used chemical weapons against its people. But he strongly warned Washington against launching military action without UN approval, saying it would represent an aggression.
Putin reinforced his demand that before taking action, Obama needed approval from the UN Security Council. Russia can veto resolutions in the council and has protected Syria from punitive actions there before.
Asked what kind of evidence on chemical weapons use would convince Russia, Putin said "it should be a deep and specific probe containing evidence that would be obvious and prove beyond doubt who did it and what means were used."
Putin said it was "too early" to talk about what Russia would do if the US attacked Syria.
"We have our ideas about what we will do and how we will do it in case the situation develops toward the use of force or otherwise," he said. "We have our plans."
Putin called the S-300 air defense missile system "a very efficient weapon" and said that Russia had a contract for its delivery of the S-300s to Syria. "We have supplied some of the components, but the delivery hasn't been completed. We have suspended it for now," he said.
"But if we see that steps are taken that violate the existing international norms, we shall think how we should act in the future, in particular regarding supplies of such sensitive weapons to certain regions of the world," he said.
The statement could be a veiled threat to revive a contract for the delivery of the S-300s to Iran, which Russia canceled a few years ago under strong US and Israeli pressure.
Snowden affair
Putin praised Obama as a frank and constructive negotiating partner and denied reports that he had taken personal offense at remarks by Obama comparing Putin's body language to that of a slouching, bored student. Putin said appearances can be deceiving.
Putin also accused US intelligence agencies of bungling efforts to apprehend Snowden, the National Security Agency leader, who is wanted in the US on espionage charges. He said the United States could have allowed Snowden to go to a country where his security would not be guaranteed or intercepted him along the way, but instead pressured other countries not to accept him or even to allow a plane carrying him to cross their airspace. Russia has granted him temporary asylum.
Putin also gave the first official confirmation that Snowden had been in touch with Russian officials in Hong Kong before flying to Moscow on June 23, but said he only learned that Snowden was on the flight two hours before it arrived. Putin once again denied that Russia's security services are working with Snowden, whose stay in Russia has been shrouded in secrecy.
Gay 'propaganda'
On another topic, he denied at length charges that Russia has anti-gay policies, indicating that Obama was welcome to meet with gay and lesbian activists in Russia during his visit. He even said he might meet with a similar group himself if there is interest from the gay community in Russia.
Putin rejected the criticism of a Russian law banning gay propaganda that prompted some activists to call for the boycott of the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, arguing that it wouldn't infringe on the rights of gays.
He also said that athletes and activists would not be punished if they raise rainbow flags or paint their fingernails in rainbow colors at the Feb. 7-23 Olympics.
But he clearly has no intention of allowing a gay pride parade or other such actions: Last month, Putin
signed a decree banning all demonstrations and rallies in Sochi throughout the Winter Games.
As for the body language between Putin and Obama that some have said suggested a difficult working
relationship, the Russian president urged everyone to avoid jumping to conclusions.
"There are some gestures, of course, that you can only interpret one way, but no one has ever seen those kinds of gestures directed by Obama at me or by me at Obama, and I hope that never happens," he said.
"Everything else is fantasy."
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'Alvin and the Chipmunks' Owner Wants to Sell Them For $300 Million
One of the longest-running franchises in music and animation history is reportedly up for sale. Bagdasarian Productions, who control the rights to Alvin and the Chipmunks, are looking for someone to buy the property. And the concept is not exactly priced to move.
According to CNBC, "Bagdasarian Productions is working with a financial advisor and has been looking for a price of about $300 million" to buy the rights to the world's premiere singing rodents. While that might sound like an astronomical fee — $100 per chipmunk! — they point out that the price is not that out of line with what some libraries of characters have sold for in recent years...
Streaming services such as ViacomCBS' Paramount+, WarnerMedia's HBO Max, and Netflix have been on the hunt for intellectual property to bulk up their subscription offerings. Netflix said in September it acquired the catalog of Roald Dahl, author of children's books including "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "James and the Giant Peach" and "Matilda." Bloomberg reported the deal cost more than $700 million.
The Chipmunks were created by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. back in 1958. They started out as a novelty record gimmick; Bagdasarian performed the voices of the three singing chipmunks at normal speed then sped up the voices to give the characters their distinctive high pitch. The characters got their first television show in 1962, called The Alvin Show; their 1980s animated series, Alvin and the Chipmunks, lasted for eight seasons and became a staple of Saturday mornings, syndication, and cable for decades. By that point, Bagdasarian had passed away and his son, Ross Bagdasarian Jr., had taken over the vocal duties for the Chipmunks. (Bagdasrian Jr. now runs the production company that controls Alvin and company.)
More recently, the characters starred in a series of four movies where the human characters were portrayed by live-action actors (including Jason Lee as the chipmunks' adoptive dad, Dave) while Alvin, Simon, and Theodore themselves were CGI. Though the films were not critically acclaimed — and the title of the second movie, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, has become a punchline — the franchise was mostly a big financial success. Even the last film, 2015's Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, still grossed over $200 million worldwide. So maybe that $300 million asking price isn't that far-fetched...


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Guest Panelist on FIR #15: The Open Web vs. Content Silos
Late last year Shel Holtz actually tapped me and asked me to be a guest on his For Immediate Release podcast. FIR was on my bucket list and it was a really enjoyable experience. I hope to do it again. Let me know what you think.
A couple Sundays ago I met up with Joseph Thornley, Lynette Young, and Shel Holtz on video Skype to record episode 15 of Shel's industry-trusted and industry-respected PR podcast, For Immediate Release, AKA the FIR Podcast. Out of thin air, and fulfilling a dream, Shel asked me if I might be willing to join a hand-picked panel of PR professionals and I jumped on it. Here's FIR #15: THE OPEN WEB VS. CONTENT SILOS:
As you may know by now, I am more of a technologist than a communicator. While earned media influencer outreach may well be as close to traditional PR as you can get online these days, short of calling journalists, my strategies and tactics care as much about spiders and bots as they do column inches and names spelled properly. So, it was an honor to be included. During our hour and thirty-seven minutes together, face-to-face via video Skype, we covered a lot of ground:
- The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has issued explicit new guidance on native advertising. Will this help or hinder the growth of the category?
- Edelman is closing in on a $1 billion year as it wraps ups its more than year-long restructuring. Does the new structure make sense? Should other agencies follow suit?
- In 2013, Congress passed legislation that effectively ended the ban on Radio Free Europe and Voice of America broadcasting within the U.S., a prohibition that went back to the 1940s. Have PR practitioners benefitted?
- Most organizations don't recognize the downsides to workplace collaboration. How can communicators help prevent or overcome these issues?
- Share buttons are routine website acourtements, but they can cause significant problems. Do we fix them or ditch them?
- Dan York's Technology Report covers the malware attack on Hyatt, the introduction of adblocking to ASUS' default browser, and the war of words between Medium founder Ev Williams and blogging pioneer Dave Winer (including a discussion by the panel)
You can connect to all the panelists on Twitter at @shelholtz, @thornley, @lynetteradio, and me, @chrisabraham. Links to the source material for this episode are on Delicious. Here's a list of all the panelists:
Shel Holtz, ABC (Accredited Business Communicator), is principal of Holtz Communication + Technology. His clients have included Intel, Sears, PepsiCo, Petrobras, Aetna, John Deere, Manulife Financial, Hewitt Associates, General Mills, USAA, Applied Materials, Symantec, Raytheon, The World Bank, Petrobras, Amdocs, Disney, FedEx, Freescale Semiconductor, The International Monetary Fund, National Geographic, The American Red Cross and Monsanto.
Joseph Thornley is CEO of Thornley Fallis Communications, which comprises several well-known brands:
- Thornley Fallis Communications, a digital engagement and communications consultancy,
- 76design, a digital design and software development studio
- 76engage, an online public participation platform,
- 76insights, an analytics tool focusing on the resonance of social objects and gestures, and
- 76BrandFilms, a video studio.
Joe recognized early the power of social media to change extend and transform our relationships to one another and the institutions in our society. He actively uses social media to explore the evolution of those relationships. Since 2005, he has blogged atProPr.ca, and is co-host with Gini Dietrich and Martin Waxman of the Inside PR podcast, which, since its launch in March 2006, is now the second longest continuously running public relations podcast. (Shel Holtz's FIR For Immediate Release podcast is the longest continuously running PR podcast.). He is @thornley on Twitter, thornley10 on YouTube and Joseph Thornley on Google+ and Facebook.
Lynette Young is co-founder and Director of Marketing ClaimWizard, a software-as-a-service workflow management system for the public adjuster industry. She is a marketing technology strategist and published author with focus on digital marketing and implementation services. With over 25 years in technology, 17 of those years in digital marketing, she is well positioned as a "full-stack marketer" giving her a distinct advantage in today's fast paced business and environment.
Over her professional career, Lynette has worked with clients of all sizes ranging from Google, Twitter, Harlequin Publishing, and American Airlines to HVAC installers, an email marketing service provider, local appliance retailers, other agencies, corporate franchises, and public adjusting firms. Lynette heads up the ClaimWizard digital marketing products and team. She maintains her speaking, mind-mapping, and podcasting activities at Purple Stripe Productions.
Chris Abraham, digital strategist and technologist, is a leading expert in digital: search engine optimization (SEO), online relationship management (ORM), Internet privacy, and online public relations with a focus on blogger outreach, blogger engagement, and Internet crisis response. He operates his consultancy at Gerris Corp.
A pioneer in online social networks and publishing, with a natural facility for anticipating the next big thing, Chris is an Internet analyst, web strategy consultant and adviser to the industries' leading firms. He specializes in Web 2.0 technologies, including content syndication, online collaboration, blogging, and consumer generated media.
It was fun and I really hope to be included again in the future, both on FIR and on podcasts and broadcasts in general in 2016. Now, it's your turn, Tiger! Go git 'em!
Originally on Biznology.


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The test is also used to screen patients with ASC-US (atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance) Pap test results to determine the need for referral to colposcopy. In women with low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) or high-grade squamous intraepithelial (HSIL) Pap test results, prior to colposcopy, the digene HC2 HPV DNA Test result will assist in patient management risk assessment to determine the absence of high-grade disease.


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