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Metal of Honor
Local businessman invents a permanent method for displaying the Stars and Stripes
Jason Jenkins
Jason Jenkins
Jason Jenkins
Most Americans remember where they were on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.
Mike Bottom is no exception. Working from his home office outside of Cuba, Mo., that fateful Tuesday, he recalls his wife, Jacque, calling him into the kitchen to listen to the first reports of a plane crashing into the World Trade Center's North Tower.
"She said, 'Hey Mike, you might want to come in here. There's something going on,'" he recalls. "I came in, and we turned on the TV and watched in disbelief like a lot of people that day."
As details about the terrorist attacks emerged in the days and months that followed, Americans stood resolute. Displays of patriotism emerged everywhere. Red, white and blue were once again the nation's favorite colors.
"Everyone was buying American flags to fly at their homes and businesses," says Mike, who operates Aluma Kraft Awning Co., a business his father began in 1946. "There was no place to buy a flag; they were all sold out. Then I had an idea."
Over the next year and a half, the idea blossomed into what today is known as the AlumaFlag, an all-aluminum American flag that Mike manufactures using the same materials and machinery with which his business produces awnings.
At first, his idea was met with skepticism. He says people couldn't picture what he was envisioning. So in the spring of 2003, he decided to put one together and mount it on his barn.
"Everybody that came by said, 'Wow! Where did you get that?'" he says. "One thing led to another, and the next thing we knew, we were in the aluminum flag business.
Mike, a member of Crawford Electric Cooperative, says an aluminum flag offers a number of advantages over traditional fabric ones. It doesn't require a flagpole, nor does it require daily attention to be raised and lowered. And, because it's made of metal, the AlumaFlag won't fade, tatter or tear and need to be replaced.
"The U.S. government statistics tell you that a nylon flag will last about 90 days if displayed in good weather and daytime only," Mike says. "We guarantee the AlumaFlag for 10 years, and I believe they can last a lot longer than that. We still have awnings we installed in the 1950s that are still in service today."
The aluminum flag requires little maintenance. Mike recommends that it be cleaned and waxed once a year to protect the baked enamel finish.
Today, Mike offers three sizes of the AlumaFlag, for which he earned a U.S. patent in 2006. The smallest model is the "Patriot." Measuring 50 inches tall by 88 inches wide, it's ideal for display on smaller storefronts and buildings.
The "Stars and Stripes," at 104 inches tall by 178 inches wide, is Mike's favorite.
"When you put our smallest flag on a really big building, it tends to disappear," he says. "But this one is big enough to stand out anywhere, and it can still be handled by just two people."
The largest AlumaFlag is the "All American," which is so large that Mike measures it in feet rather than inches — 13 feet tall by 23 feet wide.
The flags range in retail price from $450 to about $4,400, though the price fluctuates some with the price of aluminum. Mike says the recent economic downturn has lowered the cost.
While the upfront price may seem steep, it pales in comparison to the replacement costs of flying a fabric flag.
Like others after Sept. 11, Butch Tucker of St. James felt an urge to display his patriotism at his auto dealership, Hutcheson Ford Sales Inc. The dealership purchased a large nylon American flag and attached it to the building. The flag lasted about six months in continuous display before needing replaced at a cost of $500 to $600.
Tucker was considering the installation of a flagpole when Mike learned of the dealership's need. Eventually, he would build them a custom-made aluminum flag measuring 13 feet tall by 24 feet wide, the largest he's built to date. After more than five years, Tucker says he's more than satisfied with his metal flag.
"Without question, if we were to put up a nylon flag of the same size on a flag pole, the expense of the pole itself would be greater than what we paid for this aluminum one, not to mention the cost of replacement flags," says the car dealer. "It's worked out real well."
To date, Mike has sold flags from coast to coast, from Washington and Oregon in the west to Florida in the east. A vast majority of his customers are commercial and retail businesses, municipalities and other organizations; however, others have purchased them to adorn their personal property on barns and other buildings.
In addition to the American flag, Mike has tinkered with producing other flags, such as the Missouri flag and the Christian flag. He said in order to produce a flag, it would need to fit his company's current tooling.
A few years ago, the company launched the "Stars and Stripes Sponsor Program," which is a fundraising plan that allows local organizations such as scout troops, athletic boosters and alumni groups to raise funds while purchasing an AlumaFlag to display at a school, ball field or any other public venue.
"It's a great means of raising funds and creating a lasting memorial for an organization," Mike says. "After deciding what size AlumaFlag an organization wants to display, the group assigns the dollar value to sponsor each star and each stripe on the flag. It's nice because you only need 63 sponsors to have a successful fundraising campaign."
While Mike may produce aluminum flags, he's not against fabric ones. In fact, he flies a nylon flag at his home.
"I'm just a guy who really loves this country."
For more information about the AlumaFlag, call 888-296-4644 or go online to www.alumaflag.com.


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RMNB Endorses Miss Virginia In Her Quest For Trump's Crown
Sunday night, we hope that all of you will join us in watching the Miss USA pageant live on NBC at 7pm and root hard for friend of the blog & ravenous Caps supporter, Samantha Casey. (Yes, we'll be tweeting during it and yes, at times it should be hilarious, such as the confounding panel of celebrity judges which contains the likes of Paula Deen, Carmello Anthony and Johnny Weir. Well, at least my mom digs 2 of those 3.)
So which lovely lady will you be trying to pick out on the Las Vegas stage? Umm, this one:
OMG AWESOME!! Well since Sam left two weeks ago to get ready for the pageant, she's managed to take some extremely gorgeous photos, stir up some controversy, mingle with a few celebrities and grab a very favorable 16 to 1 odds of winning the whole damn thing. And since like every other Caps Blog, we're struggling for material, we'll
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If you are an engineer, designer, product manager, marketer or entrepreneur, AnyMeeting has a great opportunity for you. On January 26th, AnyMeeting will be hosting a hackathon based around the emerging technology known as WebRTC. Seeing WebRTC as a major disruptive force in the world of Real Time Communications, AnyMeeting is encouraging those interested to come together and work on building a new project, product or service involving the technology in a 12-hour hack session.
At the end of the session, competing teams of contestants will be able to present and answer questions on their projects for a chance to win a grand prize of $5,000. Small prizes will be awarded to two runners up teams as well.
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The Filibuster
John McLaren, the fiery, F-bomb dropping manager of the Mariners just
lost his job, perhaps in part because of his profanity laced tirade.
Bobby Cox set a career mark for ejections last season. And Lou Pinella
always seems to be cussing out someone, no matter if his team is in
first or last place. Does it really make a difference when a manager
hollers at, kicks dirt on or otherwise abuses the umps and who does it
— Allen
I believe it was 1985 or 1986. I was just a bright-eyed kid who would hold his breath as he walked into the chasm of old Busch stadium — overwhelmed and overjoyed by the simple lush green of artificial turf. They were known as the runnin' Redbirds back then and Vince Coleman was on the front line.
He walked to lead off the first inning and on the very next pitch he stole second. The ump called him out. Coleman went nuts. He got in the ump's face, threw down his helmet and the crowd (me included) erupted with a supporting roar. It wasn't enough to change the umpire's mind because two seconds later, he tossed him.
Immediately, Whitey Herzog stormed from the dugout and dashed towards second base.
Absolute pandemonium.
He got tossed too.
I was only six or seven years old, but I got it. I was pumped. I was charged. I would've fought to the death for Whitey.
And that sentiment rings true still today for players and fans. Why do managers argue calls, risk being fined, and make scenes in front of 30,000 people? It's part of their job. They are paid to lead, to discipline, to encourage and to fire up the troops.
Some are passive-aggressive (Bobby Cox), some are aggressive (Lou Pinella, Earl Weaver, Billy Martin) and some are just lameballs (Willie Randolph). No matter what the style, the purpose is the same. This is elementary.
As for who is the best? I'm not sure that any current manager could touch the combativeness of Earl Weaver or Billy Martin. Perhaps "Sweet" Lou Pinella is the closest we have as he always puts on a good show and his teams seem to respond: they win. And isn't that the most important thing?
Of course, there's always room for a loony toon or two, and I think we could all agree that minor league manager Phillip Wellman of the Mississippi Braves is the quintessential example of how sometimes one can take the whole arguing with the umpire thing a bit too far. If you live under a rock and don't know what I'm talking about, check out this footage from June 2007:
Nutjob. Yes. But at least he was committed. And confident. Confidence can go a long way, especially if you're looked up to as a leader and you have no clue what you're doing half the time. Of course, I can't relate to that. I can't relate to that at all.
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Female panda cub died of insufficient oxygen to liver
Scientists at the National Zoo say a necropsy shows that a 6-day-old female giant panda cub died last month from insufficient oxygen to its liver because of lungs that were not fully developed.
Update at 10:40 a.m. ET: Washington zoo officials say the current agreement with China regarding the two pandas, which are on loan, runs through 2015, but could provide for replacing one or both of the adult pandas over issues of breeding in the wake of the cub's death.
Discussions on the agreement will be held this fall, zoo officials say.
Update at 10:29 a.m. ET: Zoo officials also say that the cub's mother, Mei Xiang, and father, Tian Tian, are returning to their normal routines.
"We are happy to report that Mei is almost completely back to her old self! Her hormones have returned to normal levels, as has her behavior. Mei is choosing to go outside in the mornings. In the afternoons she can usually be found napping on her indoor rock work," the zoo said.
The offiicals say Mei's appetite has also returned, and that she is eating "almost all of her bamboo and all of her leaf eater biscuits and produce."
Update at 10:25 p.m. ET: The National Zoo, in a statement on its website, says that its final report confirms the results of the preliminary necropsy that found fluid in the tiny cub's abdomen and that her liver was hard in places:
There were no signs of internal or external trauma. The final necropsy determined that lung and liver damage ultimately caused the cub's death. Her lungs were poorly developed and likely caused her to have insufficient oxygen, which would be consistent with the changes in the liver. The mortality rate for pandas in their first year in captivity is estimated to be 26 percent for males and 20 percent for females. Some early mortality rates may be underestimated.
Update at 10:12 a.m. ET: National Zoo scientists say that a panda cub's death six days after it was born last month was caused by insufficient oxygen to its liver.
Suzan Murray, chief veterinarian for the National Zoo, tells reporters Thursday that the cub's lungs were not fully developed and that that complicated the delivery of oxygen to the cub's liver.
"The lungs certainly weren't able to pick up and the blood cells unable to deliver" the oxygen, says Murray.
Original post: A preliminary necropsy revealed that the tiny cub had liver abnormalities and fluid in its abdomen, the Associated Press notes.
The cub, believed to be female, was born Sept. 16. The birth was a surprise because it hadn't been clear whether mother Mei Xiang was still fertile.
The zoo will also offer provide an update on Mei Xiang. Her behavior has slowly returned to normal after the cub's death.


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Passionate diver, photographer and Suunto's own diving business line manager, Jukka Saarikorpi is hosting the @suuntodive Instagram account for a week, starting today. Make sure to follow to catch his inspiring images!
USS Vanderberg, Florida Key West. © Jukka Saarikorpi
Where are you from, Jukka?
I come from Finland. I was born in Tampere and now and live here in Helsinki. I work for Suunto as a diving business line manager.
Where do you dive regularly?
We tend to travel quite a bit for my vacations so most of my dives are in warm water. We also test diving products for Suunto in the Ojamo abandoned limestone mine, about 100 km from Helsinki in Lohja. There, and also in Baltic Sea, I occasionally do cold water diving. I enjoy warm water diving more and photographing marine animals. In Finland, you see a lot of wrecks, but wildlife is very rare to see while diving.
© Jukka Saarikorpi
What inspires you about the underwater world?
I have always enjoyed being near the sea. I used to do a lot of competitive sailing, which I still do. Diving became something that I can enjoy in nice locations. It gives me something exciting to do in my free time. Nowadays, it has turned into work as well, but I still love it!
How would you describe your photography style?
I mostly use a wide-angle lens and like shooting big animals, wrecks and divers. I try to capture the moment underwater when the light conditions are changing. It makes diving more interesting when you have more challenges to get the "perfect" picture.
Is there a story you wish to tell with your images?
I love to inspire people to start diving and to appreciate the ocean more. The ocean is something I really value and I hope I can encourage other people to appreciate it too.
Where to follow your adventures?
You can see my underwater photography on my Facebook page, on Instagram and on my photography website.
Main image: Moalboal, Philippines. © Jukka Saarikorpi


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In this modern world, most of the students are having the fake id to access it in the pubs and restaurants. First one is completely illegal to use and it's sketchy. Fake identification is one of the most profitable and largest crimes out there especially in the big state like the United States. Students are creating or purchasing fake id to buy cigarette or alcohol and get into clubs. Any person who misrepresents his tamper or identity with their identification card could be taken legal action for impersonation or forgery.
Essential tips to spot fake id
Government website from across the world warning their citizens of having their identities stole. Still, Fake ids are used by the person who does not have the original id proofs. There are many centers that are illegally design fake ids for the people in need with the compromise of huge amount. There are many centers that are doing this kind of jobs and they are not authorized by the government. One of the best strategies for verification of the identification is to validate person credential at the time which they transact with you. Basically verifying id and confirmation of the authenticity requires to be completed instantly which make careful scrutiny of the driver license or id card is necessary for each day while driving. In order to sport fake id, you must follow some effective tips such as
- Guilloche or fine line pattern
- Laser protection
- Laser engraving
- Overlay
- Overlapping data
- Transparent image
- Tactile feature
Over last decade, the United States and Canadian provinces might have made significant security upgrades to identification cards and driver license. Some of the features are visible with the help of special equipment such as magnification and UV light source and other kinds of the security features might be detected by touch, naked eye, holding it up to the light source or by tilting card. The Infographic shows that some of the easily verifiable features of the identification card and driver license. In some of the states, bouncer might legally ask the customer who has an international ID to show another form of the identification to know about their age. As everyone knows passports are one of the best forms of id because penalties are strong for any kinds of government id or passports. The person who is carrying fake passports will be punished according to the law in that country. So it is considered as the offensive way. According to the studies says that three acceptable proofs of ids are available such as photo driving license, valid passport and proof of the age standard scheme card. The Government also lists unacceptable form of the id such as birth certificates, credit or debit cards, student cards, library cards and bus or train passes in their websites.
Useful tips to figure out fake id
People can identify fake driving license by using certain features such as the photograph in the wrong place, incorrect flag image, different languages, incorrect signature or no signature and wrong words across the top.


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DURANGO, Colo.—Members of a task force are going door-to-door looking for a 13-year-old boy missing for more than a week in southwestern Colorado.
La Plata County sheriff's spokesman Dan Bender said Wednesday that investigators are no longer looking at the possibility that Dylan Redwine ran away while visiting his father for Thanksgiving break.
In a statement, Bender also said that investigators still view their operation as a search, not a recovery mission, but he didn't elaborate on why.
The boy's mother, Elaine Redwine, told ABC News she thinks her ex-husband, Mark Redwine, may be involved in her son's disappearance.
Mark Redwine says he wishes he and his ex-wife could come together at such a difficult time.


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Ford EVOS Concept Car
Set to make its debut next month at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Ford introduces an impressive new concept car, the EVOS. Having last wowed car enthusiasts at the 2005 Frankfurt show with their Losis concept car, Ford sets a new standard in the car technology by seamlessly blending the relationship between the car and driver via information integration. Aptly titled, the EVOS will be the first of its kind to embrace the evolution of 'personal cloud' functionality by retaining and providing information as effortlessly to the operator as one would expect from their home or office gadgets
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Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world
Kuroshio Sea has been featured on over 1,500 blogs and websites (including 6 top 100 blogs)
This was shot at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan. The main tank called the "Kuroshio Sea" holds 7,500-cubic meters (1,981,290 gallons) of water and features the world's second largest acrylic glass panel, measuring 8.2 meters by 22.5 meters with a thickness of 60 centimeters. Whale sharks and manta rays are kept amongst many other fish species in the main tank.
Youtube: Over 10.8 million views
Vimeo: Over 4.1 million views
Break: Over 780K views
Facebook: Over 397,000 Facebook shares
The music is "Please don't go" by Barcelona. Buy this song on the iTunes store: http://bit.ly/1zAVu
This was shot using a Canon 5DMarkii with a 28-135mm lens.
Kuroshio Sea PRESS:
"Another example came from, of all places, a fish tank. Granted, it was Kuroshio Sea, the second-largest fish tank in the world. Canadian filmmaker Jon Rawlinson shot the sea creatures in it going about their day and set the video to the song Please Don't Go by the band Barcelona. The result was a quiet, beautiful, Zen-like experience that has been watched more than a million times on YouTube since July 15 and nearly 600,000 times on Vimeo. The band Barcelona was so taken with the clip that they posted their own video response to it. And while they wouldn't disclose any hard numbers either, Barcelona credited the video with boosting their album sales and concert attendance"
Huffington Post - Under The Sea At The Japanese Aquarium (#1 Blog in the world - Technorati)
"If HuffPost Green had a "moment of zen" feature, this would definitely qualify. Check out these delightfully peaceful and enchanting fish at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan. Music is from the band Barcelona, and the song is "Please Don't Go.""
"Several weeks ago, a particular video went viral. The video is of an incredible tank at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium of the Kiroshio Sea, the second largest tank in the world. As the diverse life in the tank - from manta rays to whale sharks - glide past the glass, the song "Please Don't Go" by Barcelona plays, making it an intensely beautiful, relaxing scene"
"Did Canadian filmmaker Jon Rawlinson know what he was getting into when he plopped a Canon 5DMKII (with a 28mm-135mm lens) in front of the Kuroshio Sea tank at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Okinawa, Japan? Maybe not. But the end result is still magical. The world's second largest aquarium tank is home to a vast array of sea life, and for 4 minutes and 33 seconds you're given a high-res look at it swimming by.
Whale sharks and manta rays mingle with schools of smaller fish while, on the other side of the glass, human shadows stare in awe. The effect is combined with a delicate, soothing soundtrack that pulses along with the flow of motion in the tank, creating the most Zen experience you'll find outside of a Buddhist temple."
Canada.com, (best of youtube, week of july 20):
"Here's some video from the second largest aquarium in the world. It would appear that standing there is something like watching the world's largest high-definition TV."
The Guardian: (Viral Video Chart)
"This is also the week that the world's second-largest aquarium gets its nice, soothing moment in the sun. Wonder what the largest like?"
Kottke.org: (Top 100 blog)
"Get your Wednesday started off on the right foot: load this video up in HD, full-screen, let it buffer, and then just watch for awhile. You'll feel right as the mail."
"Entrancing video of the world's 2nd largest aquarium tank http://om.ly/asXC"
"Kuroshio Sea is a video of an aquarium tank that's currently taking the world by storm. Since being published on YouTube on July 15, 2009, it has been blogged about by many regular bloggers as well as celebrities such as Kanye West and 50 Cent. Within two weeks, it has been viewed almost 869,650 times on YouTube alone. It is also one of the most watched videos on Vimeo.com and Break.com."
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"I briefly mentioned Jon's ability to place the right music with the right video and the Kuroshio Sea video is a perfect example. In fact the impact that this video has had on Barcelona, the band who's music is featured in this film, is significant enough that they decided to post a very candid and complimentary video response on Youtube. Not only does there post speak very highly of Jon's work, their decision to respond in this fashion speaks very well to their "getting it" factor. Barcelona is clearly on the right social websites and has now shown that they know how to use them to thank the community and connect with the folks that matter, their fans."
Torrent Freak : (Top 100 blog)
"Not everyone in the music business agrees with this assessment though. When the indie rock bandBarcelona saw one of its latest tracks featured in a viral video with nearly a million views, they responded quite differently. They claim that the clip below actually boosted their album sales and concert visits."
"Jon Rawlinson captured this beautiful high def recording of the Kuroshio Sea tank, one of the largest in the world, located at Okinawa's Churaumi Aquarium in Japan. This impressive environment contains eighty different aquatic species including four whale shark (the largest living fish species) in a tank that is "ten metres deep, 35 metres wide and 27 metres long" and "holds 7,500 tonnes of water" (I'll let you do the metric conversion). Set to the Barcelona's "Please Don't Go," definitely watch this video in full screen for the completely mesmerizing and calming effect.
The Daily Dish - The Atlantic magazine - Andrew Sullivan - Mental Health Break (Top 100 Blog)
"The "Kuroshio Sea" video, by Vancouver video producer Jon Rawlinson, needs little explanation: It's a single, steady picture of a huge fish tank at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan, shot with a Canon 5D Mark II.
People love these fish. Since Rawlinson posted the video on YouTube and Vimeo last week, it has been played more than 730,000 times. "Kuroshio Sea" has become one of the first viral videos to truly exploit high definition video—YouTube has only been able to handle videos of this quality for a few months. Crisp details and smooth motion are essential to a clip like this, and Internet viewers can finally enjoy that experience.
The video's sudden popularity has even lifted the status of the band Barcelona, whose song "Please Don't Go" is the video's soundtrack. The members of Barcelona posted their own YouTube videoyesterday thanking Rawlinson for the publicity.
"The Canon EOS 5D Mark II is changing many things for many people and sometimes these things just reach out and grab you. Jon Rawlinson grabbed me (and many others) with this snippet he filmed at the Kuroshio Sea – the 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world. It is very fun to watch these beautiful sea creatures and it leaves me wanting more. Nature videos in full HD just seem to attract many people and this one isn't any different."
Behold the Kuroshiro Sea, the main tank at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. The whole thing holds 1,981,290 gallons of water and has the second largest arcylic glass panel in the world. Beautiful, isn't it?
The original post on Vimeo has a pretty sweet desktop wallpaper and music links.
"Stunningly beautiful (and perhaps a bit sad for Free Willy fans), Okinawa's Kuroshio Sea is the world's second largest aquarium; the video was shot using a Canon 5D Mark II."
"Smoke a fat one, sit back, enjoy the view and let the day's worries wash over you like a Pacific wave. Marvel at these beautiful creatures gliding around like tranquillity itself…until a giant shark comes to devour them! I'm kidding."
"Un shooting vidéo HD très impressionnant du 2ème plus grand aquarium au monde : Kuroshio Sea. Une captation réalisée par Jon Rawlinson avec un Canon 5D Mark II, à Okinawa Churaumi au Japon. Le tout sur la bande son : "Please don't go" de Barcelona."
Vimeo Staff Pick (Thanks Vimeo staff!)
On German TV show: Netz-Schau (go to 4 mins)
Some of the amazing comments I've received:
"i just was on break.com which you
probably already know of, I just wanted to say that today July 20th i
got home and i always check my email and go on break for new postings
and i happen to notice your underwater video of the enormous aquarium.
I have never!! in my entire life found a video so extraordinary and
peaceful. coming from a very stressful job as an officer i saw your
video and i showed my entire family and i just want to say its
people like you that make my life that much easier and peaceful seeing
footage that makes me feel calm. im not expecting you to send me a
response but i just wanted you to have some input of what i think.
thank you soo much your new biggest fan
"Thank you so much.
I have been inside sick unable to eat for a week now and your video has brought me much solitude.
So amazing - Perfect actually.
Thank you again.
If you have the time could you please email me the artist and song.
Thanks, Mark
Mate you're one talented fella! I live in Tokyo and just happened upon that aquarium video. one angle and a gentle track and it blows my mind! If ever I feel bummed out, angry, tired or sad it sorts me right out. life changing man. Quality!
Hey Jon,
Not sure if you would remember my name, I sent you a few posts when your Japan aquarium video hit Vimeo. Just wanted to let you know that I live in Sao Paulo (native New Yorker) and saw your video playing at a local corner bar! I could not believe the randomness and knowing the story behind the video made it great. It was one of those visually pleasing loops you see on sports bar TV's. To think a Canadian guy filmed a fish tank in Japan and was being viewed at a bar in Sao Paulo, Brazil…crazy fuckin' world! Pardon the French.
my name is Jindra, I'm from Czech republic and we have 3.09am now : ) I cannot sleep for some reason..that's life, shits happen… well, anyways : ) I've just found your video from the Okinawa ChuraumiAquarium in Japan…OMG !!…have to play it again and again…and again..
it's simply AWESOME !!!! not just the fact - the aquarium - but also your script, camera, music… simply perfect..
I must say: thank-you ! you made me calm, you delighted my soul, you gave me forgot for a while for all my pain and sadness which defeated me sometimes in the night…you reminded me that there is still BEAUTY in the world. and I'll fall asleep soon : ) with rays in my dreams..
I sent the link to all of my friends - and we simply can't stop watching it again and again and again.
Best regards from Cologne,
Greetings from Tunisia Mr Jon i'm a great fan of your masterpieces, you're really an artist for me, u're doing great job… Keep on good work
AND The best title of a post: "the coolest fucking thing in the world" from The World's Best Ever.


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There are a few times when we realize that a certain technology is going to change everything about our lives: the first time we used a cell phone, received an email, searched the Internet or downloaded a song. This past Black Friday was the day we realized that mobile shopping would have just that sort of impact.
On Black Friday 2012, one out of every four dollars spent online at retail websites came from a mobile device. This amounts to more than $300 million dollars in one day alone. For those retailers who've already embraced mobile, it was a day of celebration, a culmination of their hard work and foresight. For retailers who didn't get their share of this new mobile world, it's a wake-up call: Get with the mobile program, or have consumers leave you behind.
Mobile has matured
Over the past 30 years there has been significant changes in not only the technology available to us, but how we use mobile devices.
30 years ago
The mobile shopping records set this Black Friday were a long time in the making. The first modern-day mobile phone, Motorola's DynaTAC™, was released in 1983. Weighing in at just undertwo pounds, it lasted for a half hour of talk time and cost $3,995 (almost $9,000 in today's dollars). After the DynaTAC introduction, it took 20 years of technology innovations before we got enough speed into the phone to use it as anything other than a two-way communication device.
10 years ago
AT&T® unveiled 3G technology and promised us an "mLife," launching a multi-million dollar ad campaign with a mysterious Super Bowl spot.
The corporate strategy as described by Andre Dahan, president of the company's mobile multimedia services unit at the time, was to "reinforce what the vast majority of people do not yet know — that they can use wireless technologies other than voice to connect with people and information." Even some five years after AT&T's promise, we still used mobile phones primarily as a communication device (voice, email and text).
Five years ago
The first moment when most Americans realized that their mobile phone offered more than just a way to contact friends, family and business associates came in 2007 with the launch of the Apple iPhone®. From the moment we put our hands on this device, we knew our lives had been altered forever. We quickly embraced the mobile phone as a constant communication device, music player, news resource and gaming console.
Two years ago
Android™ and iPhone devices are now part of our daily existence. What's more, millions of us got iPads® under our Christmas trees in 2010 and 2011 — a device that many of us didn't know we needed at the time, but one that 69 million consumers can no longer live without according to an Emarketer 2012 report. The invention of the tablet device has dramatically expanded our use of mobile browsing. The share of website visits from tablets grew 10 times faster than the rate of smartphones within two years of market introduction.
Black Friday 2012
Black Friday 2012 marked the culmination of years of mobile evolution. All the pieces are now in place, and consumers put them together to make a powerful statement. They want to shop and buy through mobile devices from wherever they happen to be. For retailers, the message is clear: offer consumers compelling ways to do this, or lose them forever.
Anything to save a buck
Armed with smartphones and tablets featuring easily readable touch screens, we now use them to shop and purchase in earnest. Consumers shopping on a tablet spend an average of $10 more per order than consumers who shop from their PC.
Price-check apps from Amazon and others had consumers step up a practice increasingly worrisome to brick-and-click retailers —"showrooming." With free shipping, no sales tax and a price discount, consumers could save hundreds of dollars per transaction.
For most Americans there's nothing as compelling as a "deal." We love to save a few bucks wherever we can. What began as people surreptitiously pulling their smartphones out in the aisle has evolved to consumers openly price checking and challenging sales associates about their prices, selection and product availability. Showrooming has spread like a virus through the retail industry. This year IDC estimates that 50 million people in the U.S. will engage in showrooming.
Retailers' first response is best summarized in the TIME article, "Browse at a Bookstore, Buy at Amazon: The Evil of Showrooming". The article jokingly suggested that retailers ask customers to check their phones at the door. Conversation amongst brick-and-click retailers revolved around the negative aspects of in-store mobile shopping and discussed methods to prevent mobile shopping. Some examples included creating retailer-specific QR codes or developing retailer-specific products to make it harder to perform mobile product searches.
One article suggested that manufacturers were at fault because they needed to do more to police pricing and penalize online retailers who undercut the suggested retail price. During the first half of 2012, retailers equated the mobile shopping phenomenon with lost business and pricing pressure and concluded that mobile shopping brought no merit to their business or value to the retailing experience.
Is mobile shopping synonymous with showrooming?
The media played up this drama by focusing the vast majority of articles on the ways that mobile shopping was hurting in-store sales over the Thanksgiving 2012 holiday weekend. They also missed the bigger picture. To their credit, many brick-and-click retailers turned the conversation upside down and began to embrace the ways they could create a competitive advantage through mobile shopping. Those that prepared to serve mobile shoppers through accessible and user-friendly online experiences were rewarded with record-shattering online sales.
Adobe® Digital Index data show a 4x improvement in sales on Black Friday and a 6x improvement on Cyber Monday for brick-and-click retailers who optimized for mobile retail experiences. A comparison to online-only retailers, who saw much smaller sales bumps, suggests that online-only retailers did not cannibalize brick-and-click.
Furthermore, the most advanced brick-and-click retailers were able to capture 30 percent of their sales from mobile devices (tablets and smartphones).
Winning mobile dollars
Brick-and-click retailers that have embraced mobile as a channel for driving consumer engagement and sales have a lot to be proud of. Their transformation has involved rethinking major aspects of their technology and promotion policies. Much can be learned from some of the steps they have taken, such as:
- Rip apart their entire website and install a modern content management system that can identify in-bound requests and automatically scale, rearrange and otherwise dynamically alter itself for different screens, browsers and operating systems.
- Consolidate all siloed information into a centralized merchandising nerve center from where they can drive pricing, recommendations and availability automatically and on the fly.
- Initiate testing and measurement programs specifically for their mobile channel to optimize this channel regularly and incorporate mobile revenue tracking into their analytics dashboards.
- Make internet access available on the floor in thousands of stores through kiosks or tablet devices, as well as empower tens of thousands of sales associates to capitalize on mobile shopper opportunities.
- Develop a mobile-specific promotional strategy, including mobile search and advertising. This requires big investments in location-based interactions such as geo-fencing, in-store alerts and specials, etc.
- Create innovative new ways for customers to use their mobile phones to improve their in-store experiences without relying exclusively on irrelevant or inadequate "apps."
Unparalleled mobile innovation
Retailers have gotten very creative in improving the in-store shopping experience through mobile devices, allowing consumers to double up on their shopping time by continuing to search and purchase while waiting in line or browsing the aisles. Examples of the ways in which mobile can improve the in-store shopping experience are outlined in a recent New York Times article:
- Walmart provided a map showing shoppers exactly where the top Black Friday specials were located in the store.
- Macy's sends special deals every five minutes to the mobile phone of a shopper who is in the store and keeps the Macy's app open.
- Westfield Mall's app enables shoppers to search by product to see the stores that carry the item, and their prices. It even provides turn-by-turn walking directions.
- The Mall of America app helps you find open parking spots and suggests gift ideas.
Many of the retailers who were successful on Black Friday and Cyber Monday have been working all year to activate the mobile channel and their hard work paid off. Their effort should earn them a new title. Instead of referring to them as brick-and-click, it might now be more fitting to call them click-in-brick retailers.
Mobile laggards will see total sales drop
Now that the upper echelon of brick-and-click retailers has figured out how to harness mobile shopping, and a large contingent of consumers has become comfortable with mobile shopping, the game is afoot.
According to an Aberdeen study, fewer than 60 percent of retailers are able to serve mobile devices seamlessly with their website. Almost half are planning to develop a mobile storefront, install a mobile content management system, or activate mobile data mining and analytics. These figures align with anecdotal conversations I've had with retailers. Many still view the mobile channel as a pet project and base budgets and resources on the percentage of sales they generate through mobile today.
It appears inevitable that many retailers may fail to recognize that the mobile train has left the station until it is too late. If a retailer's own mobile sales were below 30 percent of revenue on Black Friday, it means they are already behind the industry leaders and should be alarmed. Retailers who have not undergone the necessary transformation will have, at best, until next Black Friday to figure it out.
Customers who are quickly becoming mobile-shopping savvy will not wait long before abandoning a retail site who doesn't meet their increasing appetite for the ultimate mobile shopping experience.


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The last couple of weeks the Cooperative Catalyst has experienced a growth spurt in the tune of 10+ new members, some blogged this week, and some will blog in the coming weeks.
Lets welcome, Tomaz, Paul, Sara, Zuleika, Shawn, Ammerah, Kristan, Ba, Ian, and Alan along with guest bloggers like Pat, April and Jason!
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First Days…
The first day of school always leaves me breathless, heart pounding, with palms just a bit dampened. After more than a few first days, I've learned that each year speaks with a unique voice. You can't duplicate a school year. Weather changes. The learners change. Life changes. The narrative we write each year emerges from … Continue reading »
Whilst Wandering Lonely as a Cloud and Filling Out a Survey to Win an iPad2…
After RSCON3 I noticed an inducement to fill out a survey. I never win these things, but the questions being asked were quite good ones and allowed me to be a bit provocative in my response. I mean, really, who was ever going to see this. Besides, the drawing was already over. As an intrinsic … Continue reading »
The Peer Matching Network
A good educational system should have three purposes: it should provide all who want to learn with access to available resources at any time in their lives; empower all who want to share what they know to find those who want to learn it from them; and, finally, furnish all who want to present an … Continue reading »
Back to their future – together!
This was part of my speech on August 7 at Portland, Oregon during the 8th Annual AERO Conference — Transforming Education & Our World and was originally posted at the TEDxKids@BC website. I hope you will enjoy the video I made for the occasion – bear in mind that this was my first attempt at video editing! I am … Continue reading »
Transforming Education and Our World (Guest Post by Jason Lacoste)
Our world and its education still have a long way to go, but I, for one, feel transformed. After an extended weekend in Portland for this year's AERO conference with some of the most amazing people on the globe, I have seen the potential of an impassioned, informed, and caring group of individuals working for … Continue reading »
Peace One Day – What can we do?
This is cross-posted from my blog because it is just that important a message. I just watched this amazing TED talk by Jeremy Gilley. I thought to myself, what I can do on this day to support peace? I've decided that one thing I will do is blog about peace, and share Jeremy's message … Continue reading »
Let's make school Facebook worthy
via Lost In Recursion. Last year my favorite course was my hardest to teach. I felt very strongly about the material, thinking almost constantly about it and how we could spend our time experiencing it. And yet, most days I felt class was stale and that the students felt and thought little during the experience. … Continue reading »
An Introduction
I am a blogger for IDEA, and through Melia Dicker and Adam Burk, I was invited to post here at the Coop. I just thought that I should give an introduction before I begin contributions. I became aware of democratic education through an offbeat series of events (but who doesn't find out about it that … Continue reading »
Paradoxes of Our Work
The ability to hold two conflicting truths simultaneously isn't easy. And that's exactly what our work in education calls us to do at this moment. I am just returning from the AERO and Holistic Education conferences, where I saw COOPsters David Loitz, Casey Caronna, Paul Freedman and Jen Groves. (Oh yeah!) One evening at AERO, … Continue reading »
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What I'm doing to change schooling in my classroom – and how it's worked
Lesson plan. Lecture. Notes. Test. Rinse. Repeat. We've all seen classrooms that operate like this. In fact, I'm sure that we've all been in classrooms that have operated like this. Mine wasn't so different when I started teaching. I still vividly recall my first year: part of our drama 9 curriculum was to teach the … Continue reading »
Making Our Children More Humane
For my blog post today, I'm sharing a recent post I wrote for Care2.com, an online community for people passionate about creating a better world. Here's an excerpt from Making Our Children More Humane: In his book, Teacher and Child, Haim Ginott shares a letter provided to all the teachers in a school on the … Continue reading »


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Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller is listed as probable for Saturday's game against Florida A&M, but Kenny Guiton played so well in Miller's absence that Urban Meyer may have plans to play both moving forward.
Miller missed most of the last two games with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee. Guiton, a senior, took his place and performed more than ably, completing 40 of 60 passes for 448 yards and six touchdowns to lead the Buckeyes to wins over San Diego State and California.
It's Meyer's policy that a starter can't lose his job and he confirmed that Miller will retain his starting title, but he is clearly intrigued by the possibility of using Guiton, too, maybe even in conjunction with Miller.
"We're in conversation about that right now," Meyer said. "If (Guiton's) one of the best 11, you have an obligation to get him on the field a little bit."
One element that Guiton brings to the table is his ability to run the option. The option, Meyer said, is not Miller's forte.
"Kenny is a natural option quarterback, Braxton is not quite as natural pitching the ball. I would say that's probably the one area that Kenny excels at," Meyer said. "In the last two games, we've ran more option than we've run in a long time."
However he is used, Meyer said Guiton has 'earned some time'. Meyer has a history of finding unique ways to use hybrid-type players — see what he did with Percy Harvin and Aaron Hernandez while at Florida. One of the side benefits of Miller's injury is that Guiton's performance in his stead might've opened the door for a new wrinkle to emerge in the Ohio State offense. Meyer seems dead-set on using him in some capacity.
"If you can buy stock, buy stock in Kenny Guiton," Meyer said.
Having two guys who can run and pass in the same backfield would not be fun to defend. The rest of the Big Ten is keeping a close eye on this development, I'm sure.


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Asleep At The Wheel
Asleep at the Wheel是来自美国德州奥斯汀的一支老牌西部摇摆乐队Since the early 70s, Asleep at the Wheel has been the most important force in keeping the sound of Western swing alive. In reviving the freewheeling, eclectic sensibility of Western swing godfather Bob Wills, the Wheel earned enthusiastic critical praise throughout their lengthy career; they not only preserved classic sounds that had all but disappeared from country music, but were also able to update the music, keeping it a living, breathing art form. Typically featuring 8-11 musicians, the group has gone through myriad personnel changes (at last count, over 80 members had passed through their ranks), but 67 frontman Ray Benson has held it together for over three decades, keeping Asleep at the Wheel a viable recording and touring concern and maintaining their devotion to classic-style Western swing.Singer/guitarist Benson was born Ray Benson Seifert and grew up listening to a variety of music in Philadelphia, especially jazz. He formed Asleep at the Wheel in Paw Paw, WV, in 1970, along with longtime friend Lucky Oceans (born Reuben Gosfield; steel guitar) and Leroy Preston (rhythm guitar). They soon added a female singer in Chris OConnell, who was fresh out of high school. Initially, the group played straight-ahead country in local venues, but quickly switched to Western swing when they discovered the music through Merle Haggard (specifically his Bob Wills tribute album) and eclectic country-rockers Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen. In fact, Commander Cody helped the group sign with his own manager, Joe Kerr, who convinced them to move to San Francisco in late 1971. They subsequently added keyboardist Floyd Domino, and secured a residency at Berkeleys Longbranch Saloon. Praise from Van Morrison in a Rolling Stone article helped them land a record deal with United Artists, which released their debut album, Comin Right at Ya, in 1973.In 1974, Asleep at the Wheel relocated to the roots music haven of Austin, TX, and also switched labels to Epic. Their self-titled label debut appeared that same year, and their cover of Louis Jordans Choo Choo ChBoogie became their first single to hit the country charts. Afterwards, they added fiddler Lisa Silver and trumpeter Bobby Womack, and hopped labels again to Capitol. 1975s Texas Gold was their breakthrough album, climbing into the country Top Ten and producing their only Top Ten hit on the country singles charts, The Letter That Johnny Walker Read. That year they performed on the first non-pilot episode of Austin City Limits, and although they continued to experience personnel shifts, they turned out a string of excellent albums over the rest of the decade: Wheelin and Dealin (1976), The Wheel (1977), and Collision Course (1978), the latter of which featured their first Grammy winner in the instrumental cover of Count Basies One OClock Jump.Asleep at the Wheel moved to MCA for 1980s Framed, but all was not well: founding member Lucky Oceans left the group that year, and Chris OConnell took a leave of absence to start a family not long after. Plus, the group was heavily in debt, forcing them to work on commercials and movie soundtracks. The financial problems conspired to keep them off record for the next few years, and when they returned on Dot/MCA with a self-titled album in 1985, they were virtually ignored. Following the small-label release Pasture Prime later that year, Benson did some moonlighting as a producer, and soon managed to get a second shot with Epic. By now, OConnell had returned, and the new lineup featured fiddler Larry Franklin, steel guitarist John Ely, pianist/accordionist Tim Alexander, saxophonist Mike Francis, bassist Jon Mitchell, and drummer David Sanger. This unit recorded the major comeback effort, Asleep at the Wheel 10, in 1987, which brought them back to the Top 20 of the country album and singles charts (the latter via House of Blue Lights) for the first time in over a decade. Additionally, the albums String of Pars won them their second Grammy for Best Country Instrumental, and featured contributions from fiddle legend and onetime Texas Playboy Johnny Gimble. The 1988 follow-up, Western Standard Time, continued their momentum, winning another Best Country Instrumental Grammy for Sugarfoot Rag.In 1990, Asleep at the Wheel moved to Arista and recorded Keepin Me Up Nights, which flopped in comparison to its two predecessors. Major personnel turnover ensued, with OConnell leaving a second time, and Benson regrouped with Francis, Sanger, fiddler Ricky Turpin, bassist David Miller, and steel guitarist/dobroist Cyndi Cashdollar. They issued two albums on Liberty/Capitol, the acclaimed, guest-laden A Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys (1993; featuring the Grammy-winning instrumental Red Wing) and The Wheel Keeps on Rollin (1995). Their next major studio project, Ride With Bob, was released by DreamWorks in 1999 and featured fiddler Jason Roberts (a young relative of Johnny Gimble) and pianist/second fiddler Chris Booher. It was the groups second explicit tribute to Bob Wills, and it attracted even more positive attention than the first, winning multiple Grammys and drawing non-country collaborators like the Manhattan Transfer and Squirrel Nut Zippers.


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The woods are rumored to have had a strange cult like group of people that would spend nights in the woods chanting and doing rituals, according to locals and witnesses the group stopped visiting the area some time in 2007.
Since this time strange incidents have been reported, people have reported blacking out randomly, and entering cold spots that soon go away.
Two different police reports have been filled out claiming that the person was suddenly scratched across the back, but both people claimed that when they turned to face their attacker no one was there. The most common thing people have reported in the woods is screaming from a long distance away, and loud talking that quickly stops.
The last strange thing reported about the woods is a certain area in the woods named "Elliotts pass", supposedly this location is where the cult held their gatherings, animal sacrifices, and initiations which came in the form of rape for women and for men, and draining a pint of blood by cutting off the tip of the left ring finger.
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World Science Day for Peace and Development is celebrated each year on 10 November. UNESCO announced that the theme of this year's Day would focus on:
The role of science, 'Towards green societies: equity, inclusiveness, participation'.
The rationale of celebrating a World Science Day for Peace and Development has its roots in the importance of the role of science and scientists for sustainable societies and in the need to inform and involve citizens in science. In this sense, World Science Day for Peace and Development offers an opportunity to show the general public the relevance of science in their lives and to engage them in discussions. Such a venture also brings a unique perspective to the global search for peace and development.
The 2011 Celebration is organized within the context of the Rio+20* Summit and is a tangible example of UNESCO's efforts in encouraging the agenda of Rio+20 and its commitment to the promotion of 'Green Societies'. The objective of this year's celebration is to engage people, including the scientific community, on the role of science towards Green Societies.
The first World Science Day for Peace and Development was celebrated worldwide on 10 November 2002 under UNESCO auspices. The Day is observed during the International Week of Science and Peace first observed during 1986 as part of the observance of the International Year of Peace. The Week encourages greater academic exchanges on the subject, including the study of links between progress in science and technology and maintenance of peace and security.
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George Royal earned a B.S. degree in Biology from Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, AL in 1943 prior serving in the Army in World War II. Later, he attended the University of Wisconsin where he received an M.S. in Microbiology in 1947. Royal then worked as Bacteriology instructor at Tuskegee in 1947-48 and a research assistant at Ohio State University and Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station from 1948 to 1952. He then became an assistant professor of Bacteriology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro, NC from 1952 to 1955.
Royal attended the University of Pennsylvania, and received his Ph.D. in Microbiology in 1957. Royal went back to at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College to serve as an Associate and subsequently Full Professor of Bacteriology. He also did a summer research fellowship for the United States Atomic Energy Commission, Biology Division, at Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies in 1959. Royal served as Dean of the Graduate School at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College from 1961 to 1965 and then accepted an assistant professorship in Microbiology at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia from 1965 to 1966 following completion of his postdoctoral studies. He then joined the faculty of Howard University in 1966 and became Professor Emeritus in 1993.


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As much as I love Wonder Woman, that last act pulls it down. Aquaman sticks the landing, and is therefore a better film throughout, although I would argue the best parts of Wonder Woman are greater than Aquaman overall.
I agree with all this, and of course Gadot's performance outshines Momoa's.
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What's your favorite vintage Mego Packaging?
For me, it's the Mad Monster boxes--I love the colors, logos, the beautiful Gray Morrow art. Everything comes together perfectly and complements the figures.
(My runner-up would be the Bullmark apes boxes. If those could be combined with the fantastic Palitoy apes art, it would be stunning.)
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Looking to sell this Mego Elastic / Stretch Hulk ..Ive learned that it was a mail order issue from a JC Penney or Montgomery Ward catalog...Stretch Hulk is undamaged, never been repaired, comes with original coffin, original plastic coffin lid & original shipping box
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Here is my custom Mego style Devilman based on the cartoon series from 1972. He's got a custom backing card too. I posted this on Instagram recently and had a lot of interest so I decided to do a Pre-Order if anyone here is interested. I'm going to leave the page up until 4/1/18 after that I'm cutting it off and not making anymore of them. I'm also working on a green version and a purple version but those might just end up being one offs.
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How is the Canadian economy's health? One measurement is to examine the number of mergers and acquisitions being sealed across the country. As usual, finance guru, Barry Critchley, Financial Post gives details in a great article in the Financial Post. It sounds as if it is a good time to sell your business:
Crosbie & Co. has crunched the numbers and the sluggish tone of the Canadian mergers and acquisitions continued in the recently completed third quarter.
"According to Colin W. Walker, Crosbie, Strong value in the face of weak activity partly reflects the fact that that many transactions are getting done at good valuations. Not only are there generally more buyers than sellers right now, but buyers are paying up for good quality companies, added Walker noting that valuations are being stretched because of the exceptionally attractive financing terms currently available".


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Ordeal: Mulling the Meaning of Rio+20
Leaving Rio de Janeiro, site of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, we mulled the meaning of what we had witnessed, but could hardly put it any better than Charles Eisenstein in his excellent summary, Why Rio+20 Failed:
You know folks, I'm a bit worried about my 16-year-old son, Jimi. When he was 13, he grew three inches. When he was 14, he grew five inches. When he was 15 his growth slowed to three inches, and no matter how much I feed him, now he isn't growing at all past his current six-one. Could someone please tell me how to achieve sustainable growth for my son, so that he can keep getting bigger forever?
Eisenstein concluded,
Our consciousness has shifted from the early-20th century ideal of conquering nature. However, our institutions, whether money or politics, are not yet in accordance with our changed consciousness. They trap us into behavior that no one really chooses and render us helpless to avert our collision course with catastrophe. That is why it is so important to question the blind ideological assumptions — particularly that of sustainable growth — that underlie those institutions.
If there was hope from the conference, it was perhaps best expressed by Uruguay's President José Pepe Mujia at the Plenary session. Mujia grasped the global problem and put his finger on what really holds us back.
All afternoon we have been talking about sustainable development and we've been talking about bringing huge amounts of people out of poverty. So what are we thinking about in all of this? The patterns of production and consumption that we aspire to at the moment are those of the rich societies. Now, what would happen to this planet, I ask myself, if the Hindus were to have the same numbers of cars per family as the Germans do? How much oxygen would be left to breathe? The world has today the material elements that it needs for people to live in adequate comfort. Does it have the resources to be able to spend as much as the rich societies spend and use or not? We need to have a discussion about this.
Our civilization has to do with competition and the market. Natural resources are an expressive process, but the market has produced mercantile societies that demand that growth be explosive. And it's led to our globalized view of the world, and a globalized market. But are we governing globalization or is it governing us? Can we speak of solidarity and say that we are all pulling in the same direction when we have economies that are based on unfair and unsustainable competition?
… The process we have before us is so huge that it encloses colossal. This great process is not political. Man does not govern this. Man does not govern the forces that man has released. It is the other way around. Those forces are governing man and life because we didn't come to this planet to develop ourselves in a material way. We came to find happiness, because life is transitory, it is very short. And life is what is fundamental. But if life is going to run away from me, if all I'm doing is working to buy things to consume more, if the society of consumption is the energy driving everything, where does this go? If consumption is stopped or reduced then the economy slows down, and if the economy slows down then there's stagnation. But consumption is the very thing that is consuming the planet. And people want to sell more and more. So we enter the vicious circle of the throwaway society….
We need to fight for another kind of culture. … Seneca said that a poor person is not someone who doesn't have very much but the person who continues to need more and more and to desire more and more. So it's a cultural issue.
So I salute the efforts that have been made here and the agreements that have been concluded. … [but,] the water crisis and the degradation of the environment — these aren't causes. The cause is our model of civilization that we ourselves have set up. What we have to revise is our own way of living. My country has 3 million inhabitants, a little more, 3.2 million. But we have some of the best cattle herds in the world and the best sheep herds in the world. My country exports meat and milk products. Almost 80% of the land of Uruguay is suitable for farming. My brother workers were formerly working 8 hours but now they work only 6 hours. But they have to have two jobs so they end up working more because they have to pay for the all of the things that they've bought, the cars and other things. It's like rheumatism that is eating away at the body and taking away life. Is this the destiny of human life?
Development cannot fly in the face of happiness. It should promote human happiness, love, human relations, relationships between parents and children and friends. Life is the most important. When we fight for the environment, the first element of our environment is human. Our human environment is human happiness.
This sounds remarkably similar to our central thesis in the book that launched my blog, The Post-Petroleum Survival Guide. Economists like Herman Daly and Robert Costanza have been harping on this notion for decades. Nate Hagens recently waxed eloquent on the theme while in Vienna for the ASPO meeting:
Our society — Europe and US and increasingly China and elsewhere — is habituated to high stimulation and high consumption. The key point I've learned from studying neuroscience and evolutionary biology is that it's the 'wanting' that drives our behavior, not the 'having'. And in our fast paced, gadget saturated world, our neural high water marks keep getting reset higher and higher. Every day we wake up expecting/needing a certain amount of dopamine/neural stimulation — and our culture has set us up to get these brain chemicals by consuming and competing for status using resource intensive ways. On a world with finite resources this is a problem as everyday people who already have everything they need, strive to get 'more'. This 'more' ends up being taken from other people, other species, and other generations. We have to find ways to get our evolutionary derived brain 'cocktails' in more benign ways.
Leaving Rio in pursuit of novel brain cocktails, we were borne aloft by the great steel condor who took a northwesterly course that allowed us to gaze down upon Lake Titicaca and the Nazca Lines before descending into the upper Amazon and alighting at Iquitos, a sprawling shantytown of Honda moto-rickshaws and crumbling buildings. The contrast could hardly be starker — between the shiny high-rise hotels, haute cuisine restaurants, and high-end hookers parading their wares off the Copacabana to the mud, stink, and sweat of an overgrown logging town struggling to cope with constant in-migration of rural indigenous peoples losing their ways as the jungle gets divided up and sold off in commodities of land, oil, timber, ore, fish and produce.
From Iquitos we moto'd the muddy track of Calle las Flores to Santa Clara and passed up the snaking bends of the Rio Nanay by wooden dory to a nondescript river bank that marked the start of a trail to the village of Tres Unidos. If you omit the lost luggage in Lima or having to drink airplane water from plastic bottles, this was our first real ordeal of the journey, a sweltering hour mud-slog along a river trail that had itself been river a few weeks before (with the Andes glaciers melting, the Nanay reaches higher in the rainy season than it has in the memory of village elders), to finally emerge, as if entering Rivendell, in a cluster of trails between grass-roofed buildings known as the Temple of the Way of Light (3.44.309 S, 73.21.458 W).
There we joined the company of a skilled permaculture team from Terra Phoenix Design, Dave Boehnlien, Doug Bullock and Paul Kearsley, who had been on the ground for many months and had produced a preliminary master plan for a model in Amazonian permacultural sustainability. The plan encompassed the various elements of the owners' vision — the Temple, a healing center employing traditional Shipibo medicines and rituals, including ayahuasca; the Chaikuni Permaculture Institute; and a budding residential community, nee ecovillage. The entire site is nested within a local community of mestizo people, Tres Unidos, who are neighbors, employees and partners in business with the Temple community.
Living in the so-called First World, many of us would find the spare accommodations of these jungle lodges difficult, but we are used to this sort of thing, and our hearts went out to the stout porteros who daily trek in and out with heavy loads of rice, beans, water, toiletries, and all of the construction material — wooden planks, bricks, mortar, cement — from which the temple continues to grow.
The Temple ceremonies themselves follow a pattern established by the Shipibo healers, wherein at an appointed hour up to 21 "patients" arrive to one of the large malokas — thatch-roofed round auditoriums enclosed with mosquito netting — in which are arrayed an equal number of freshly sheeted mattresses, arranged in a circle. Beside each bed is an ashtray and a vomit bucket, and just outside one door is a bathroom in case the purge comes at the bottom end of the intestinal tract. Medicine is carefully administered in participant-specific doses, lights are doused, and the evening begins. After about 45 minutes, when everyone is experiencing the rush of DMT into the bloodstream, the healers begin to chant their ikaros. Each, and there may be as many as 7 "unis" (those with knowledge), will move around the circle from bed to bed, singing to each patient while they diagnose their needs and call forth spirits to aid in fashioning remedies.
Subjectively, the process for the patient invariably begins with an ordeal. The drink itself is somewhat unpleasant tasting. Within the first hour it produces physical reactions such as agitation, alternating hot and cold sweats, nausea, dizziness and vomiting. There may be quite wild and vivid hallucinations. It can be acutely uncomfortable and unsettling, even for experienced voyagers, but one passes through these stages and gains insights, heals from within, and usually emerges with a deep appreciation for what has happened.
We have a friend who is a veteran of the Sun Dance ceremony in the Lakota tradition of the plains Sioux. Although he is Mohawk, he married into a Lakota teospaye and adopted his wife's traditions. The Sun Dance is a very grueling ritual and he is not a young man any more. His hair is gray like ours. He has much scar tissue on his chest where, after days of dancing, the eagle claws suspending him on leather thongs from a pole — the tree of life — tore loose and ripped through his skin. We can only imagine what it must have been like with the foreknowledge of that ripping open of his chest in a prior year to sit and have his chest pierced again, deeply, and the thongs lovingly attached once more.
There are rituals in both the Catholic and Islamic traditions involving atonement by self-flagellation. On the Day of Ashura some Shi'a whip themselves with metal chains and spikes in the Zanjeer Zani ritual of mourning for Hussein. In the Hindu pilgrimage of Sabari Malai, a journey of 40 miles over blazing hot ground must be made barefoot and the majority of those walking get blisters and cuts on their feet and knee and ankle sprains. The same for many of the Guadalupeños who walk, run or crawl long distances across Mexico each December to show their devotion to the Virgin of Guadalupe.
In an interesting essay on the SubBondage Net, author Chris M. links these sado-erotic rituals to our human psycho-physiology. "Over the eons," he writes, "our nervous systems evolved, at least in part, to rescue us from bad situations. Upon injury, the nervous system jabs the brain with a message guaranteed to grab attention. Pain. It jolts the human beast into immediate action — a roaring scream, sudden spasmodic motion, fight or flight — all good things if, lets say, a saber tooth tiger takes an experimental bite of your posterior. Here's why it matters to us: To keep pain from crushing your ability to react, the brain floods the body with pain fighting natural opiates, hormones, enzymes, and adrenaline. And as any well-seasoned bottom knows, this response produces all sorts of fun. Feelings of excitement, arousal, clarity, even out of body or dream states. In short, the body's natural response to injury can be harnessed to create intense and mysterious sensations. When framed and emphasized by rites and rituals these natural responses would naturally be ascribed to supernatural powers."
Brown rice diets, giving up pleasures for Lent, asceticism, hermitage, celibacy, hair shirts, fasting, and vows of silence and/or poverty have much in common with marathons, extreme sports, martial arts, the Whirling Dervishes, the Aboriginal walkabout, hard labor, boot camp, fraternal pledge hazing and body building. The common theme is ordeal. You can sometimes reach a mountain summit by auto-road, chair-lift, gondola or cog railway, but even with the great views of distant peaks and valleys, it is not the same experience and exhilaration, or the sense of self-reward that follows a long, exhausting hike or rope-work over difficult terrain.
So each time we resolve to "never again" punish ourselves with such sacrifice, pain, fatigue and sweat, we wipe all that resolution away in the instant that we reach our goal, when we have our moment of light and love and ecstatic remembrance that this is what life is all about. This is what we are here for. As José Pepe Mujia reminded us, whatever we do should promote human happiness, love, human relations, relationships between parents and children and friends.
Perhaps the pain and disappointment of Rio+20 and all the other conferences that promised so much and delivered so little are mere ordeal, the prelude to the ultimate awakening. We can only hope so, because from within the moment of the ordeal, all we ever have to go on is faith and perseverance.


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The year was 1966. I was in the third grade. The Democratic party candidate for Congress was a Carmel Valley attorney named Gerald Barron.
I sent him 16 cents for his campaign. Not sure why 16 -- I assume it was all I could muster.
He was kind enough to stop by my school before the election and give me a campaign hat, sort of like those old-timey convention straw hats. I was thrilled.
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And on election night I remember going to my room in tears. He lost by over 100,000 votes.
Losing for Democrats in my hometown was a common thing.
My father had sought state office when I was even younger and also was unsuccessful (but not by the margin of that Congressional candidate). Republicans ruled the day in San Luis Obispo county. The Farm Bureau was big.
But despite the fact my candidates normally lost, I still enjoyed walking precincts, licking envelopes and organizing rallies for the losers. . Elections were important.
I stopped being a partisan Democrat a little while after my first Secret Service press credential (1976 for a Reagan campaign event in Paso Robles).
It was a gradual process. Over time I discovered some of the candidates I thought would be great, weren't so good once in office.
Some of those I thought would be awful turned out to be admirable public servants. Policies I thought wise corkscrewed from the law of unintended consequences while many of those I thought absurd solved problems I didn't appreciate in ways i never thought possible.
My batting average was never that good. It was all kind of humiliating.
So years later I find myself amazed at how many people, particularly those in my industry, seem to be so convinced in their private political righteousness.
I also find it amusing how many people can't understand why everyone doesn't agree with them.
Facebook this time of year is sort of toxic for those of use who understand our democracy depends on us not agreeing.
It's called the "competition of ideas". The administration of justice would not exist if there wasn't an adversarial procedure in court. Democracy requires the same engagement.
It is a system that is noisy and contentious. This year particularly.
So here's a thought for an election that millions will celebrate and millions more will find bitter: Be prepared for the guy who won to be not to be as good a leader as his supporters hoped -- or as bad as his opponents feared.
And remember what Jerry Brown properly predicted when he was first elected Governor in 1974.
"Keep in mind" he said, "there will be just as many problems when I leave office as there are when I arrive. They may be different problems...but they'll be there. That's life."
Candor from a former Jesuit seminarian... and easily worth a 16 cent political contribution.


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I had to wake up early for an appointment and was feeling tired all day. I wasn't in the mood to go to the game but had to go to pick up another Fernando Valenzuela bobblehead. I mostly got positive reaction from yesterdays post on my comment wishing this should be the last Valenzuela bobblehead. I did get two or three comments hoping I'll jump off a bridge. Geez, sensitive people.
I thought the Dodgers did a fantastic job in honoring Valenzuela before the game. I enjoyed the pre-game show.
I caught up with world famous Deuce before the game. He gave a ball to my son and I wish I could have recorded this moment. My son gave him a big smile and got excited over a ball. It made my night. Thank you Deuce. And to his dad William of course.
Deuce and my son -
Happy baby
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Deuce gives a ball to my son
Posted by Roberto Baly at 10:30 AM
5 comments:
- Twinkybot said...
How cool is that. Great memories to have.
- August 22, 2012 at 10:48 AM
- baseballgirlnj said...
He is so darned cute!l
- August 22, 2012 at 11:10 AM
- Pete C. said...
I was just saying last night that I don't like the jukebox and how much I miss Duece..thanks for the pictures
- August 22, 2012 at 1:10 PM
- Dusty Baker's Toothpick said...
You gotta work with your boy on concealing his spit ball. Otherwise, the umps will call him on that every time.
- August 22, 2012 at 5:02 PM
- JBJ-1138 said...
these pictures just made my day. Hope all is well with you and your family Roberto!
- August 22, 2012 at 5:18 PM
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