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Dedicated to the elimination of Crocs and those who think that their excuses for wearing them are viable.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Our Legacy
It's a fine goal, to be sure, but there are more holes in that logic than in the shoes themselves. There's no getting around the simple fact that Crocs are ugly. It is a truth universally acknowledged. Even the most deluded Crocs lover will concede this point, though they will invariably swap the word 'ugly' for 'quirky' or 'unusual'. Regardless, the end result is the same: these people know that the footwear they don is unattractive. They are large, chunky, lurid and punctured with holes. They are to your eyes what second-hand smoke is to your lungs.
They're not even tolerably ugly like cheap flip-flops or Birkenstocks. They're blaringly, violently distasteful and while most trends of such an obviously unfashionable nature don't tend to survive for exceptionally long, Crocs have. They've spread like an infection to the furthest reaches of the globe. People, for no discernible reason whatsoever, are dying to get their hands on the most unsightly footwear imaginable. Consumers worldwide are abandoning their dignity and going out on the town in their neon orange – or pink, or blue, or yellow – Crocs.
The question remains: why does anyone wear these Crocs? It can be chalked up to mass insanity, but if one were to ask the average Crocs fan why they wear them, they will undoubtedly answer, "Because they're extremely comfortable," repeating the same argument that goaded them into trying the monstrosities on in the first place. These Crocs people truly believe that this is reason enough to wear these hideous shoes. Following this logic, they must believe that going to the market wearing only their underwear or a bathrobe and slippers is just as acceptable.
The most disturbing aspect is that the level of comfort that can be gained from a pair of Crocs is minimal at best. The rubber-like substance that the Crocs are made from sticks to the sole of your foot like hot tar and the strange friction of the shoe against the ground makes it nearly impossible to walk normally, resulting in the unflatteringly named 'Croc-walk.' It is particularly noticeable when attempted by children.
However, reminiscent of cultists, Crocs fans will defend their shoes to the bitter end, never giving in to reason and never offering an explanation that can be backed up with supporting arguments. It's as if these people do not know how to defend Crocs and cannot put into words why they are so enthusiastic about them. None of these people have anyone nearby telling them to change into respectable shoes; everyone around them is usually wearing Crocs, too. It starts with one member of a community and infiltrates the closets of neighbours, friends and children. Soon, everyone is wearing the shoes that only months ago, they all were mocking. It's quiet, it's subtle, and it sneaks up without warning, but soon entire regions become infected. The sane find themselves suddenly in the minority, standing up to such a monumental threat to good taste. They are brave, they are righteous, and they are not alone.
Click here to visit the IHATECROCS store.
Keep up the good fight.
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
branching out - i hate fashion
The cost is $26.00. The shirt is backordered. It is an incredibly popular item. If only the Snuggy/Slanket people thought to make their products 'see thru.'
A perfect companion to your yellow or brown Crocs.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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In the meantime, we have everyone's favourite thing: HATEMAIL! Now with personal attacks!
This is from our good friend Jason Patrick:
Sorry, I just can't comprehend your blog or your personal fetish regarding Crocs. I'm happy to see their economic recovery and expansion succeed, since the global economy needs all the help it can get....but do you even have any clue at all regarding your complaints? Are you even remotely aware of the fact that the company has hundreds of different styles of shoes, and all but the basic model don't look anything like the particular model you appear to detest? The company makes very good-looking shoes for many people, including some more stylish women's shoes in particular; and employs a few thousand people globally - don't you think there are better things in this world to hate? I'm just curious what particular mental defect causes someone to spend this much energy attacking what other people choose to wear - exactly why is this SO offensive and upsetting for you? I'm sure you have plenty of mommy issues (or daddy issues) or whatever else, are you really going to spend your free time getting upset about other people's footwear? Good luck with the journalism career though, I certainly hope future employers don't chance upon your poorly written and even-more-poorly researched 'blog' during your job search.Dear Jason:
1. I find it odd that you are unable to comprehend this blog. It's a fairly simple concept. It is called 'I Hate Crocs' and it is for people who hate Crocs. Simple!
2. Oh, I see. You don't understand what we mean by 'Crocs.' That's fair enough. You're correct, that company does have many types of shoes. To specify, this website is against their ugly model. The luridly coloured Swiss cheese clog-footwear.
3. Further, I am unsure which part of this website you find 'poorly researched.' Near as I can tell, there's no real research involved. Jason, if you are interested in my journalistic work, which involves research and interviews, you can go to Vincenzo Ravina Dot Com.
4. Finally, just a nitpicky thing: you put the word 'blog' in quotes, as though questioning the legitimacy of this website's claim to be a blog. I find this odd. That's all.
We thank Jason truly, for taking the time to write.
Next, we have an email from Fergus Travers:
I seriously think you have a problem. I too think crocs are ugly as shit but I wear them indoors and around my land but I don't go as far as making a fucking website and selling shirts saying "they are to your eyes like second hand smoke is to your lungs". At least think of something better than that shit. You want to retire early... the group of people who created crocs can retire or probably have retired and are living in amazing houses and driving sweet cars, you are a very sad person and I do feel sorry for you and your friend who made this lump of shit of a site, you're obviously both rejected and turn towards hating crocs and selling fucked up t-shirts for money... I'm sorry but there is something wrong with you.
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In any case, as a special treat, each of our hatemailers today (Both Fergus and Jason) will be getting $30 credits at BuyItRightHere.co.uk. Yes, they will get $30 off whatever they purchase on the website of our kindly sponsors.
BUT I know what you're saying. You're saying, 'Vincenzo, why do the hatemailers get rewarded with $30 credits at the awesome website that is sponsoring this post? We actually like your site and don't send you terrible hatemail. How dare you, Vincenzo? How dare you?'
Well, we've anticipated this reaction. We've got a $30 credit for everyone. Up to 100 of you, anyway. Just type in the following code when you order: 515IHATE
See? Easy. Also, you're probably wondering what that site sells. They sell Ugg Boots. And as far as I know, they are the only site on the internet that sells Ugg Boots.
Now, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, 'Vincenzo, are you ENDORSING Ugg Boots?'
And to that, I would respond, 'No.'
But this is what Naomi at BuyItRightHere.co.uk had to say: "Fashion in my mind brings so much more to life if it can be therapeutic and healthy. Often comfort and fashion clash and we sacrifice our sanity to fit into the size 6 dress and live with the blisters from new heels."
And here is a list of things that Ugg Boots can probably do for you:
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Friday, March 12, 2010
IHATECROCS: in the Globe and Mail
Just a quick update to let you know IHATECROCS is in the Globe today. Read it if you want.
Here's the part of the article that mentions us:
I am not a quote-machine. I am more used to being on the question-asking side of interviews rather than the question answering side. SEE: Vincenzo Ravina Dot Com.
While most people seem content to create low-maintenance Facebook groups and pages for the objects of their revulsion, that wasn't enough for Halifax student Vincenzo Ravina.
When he first noticed Crocs on a classmate's feet, he didn't like them, but didn't think much beyond that. As the shoes became more popular, however, his passing distaste blossomed into something stronger.
He registered the domain ihatecrocs.com as a test, he says. "I was just kind of looking for validation in me thinking that I'm the sane one."
It didn't take long before traffic to the site exploded. He had created a popular forum for trashing the shoes, and sold more than 1,000 "I Hate Crocs" T-shirts.
Crocs have since declined in popularity and so, in turn, has Mr. Ravina's passionate opposition to them. But he still remembers what fuelled the site at the peak of its popularity.
"With disliking things, people get more worked up than when they do like things," he says. "It's more antagonistic. People feel more encouraged to kind of fight for their opinion."
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
I Hate Other Things, Too
1. I will be part of an expedition to capture penguins and make them my friends. I believe that this will help me with my job search, as I will be able to provide niche coverage of penguin affairs.
2. Find a job.
It's going to be pretty exciting. I had toyed briefly with the idea of retiring straight out of university, but I've since taken a look at my finances and noted that I have massive debt. Four years of university worth of debt. But once I pay THAT off, I'm definitely retiring.
OK, I'm going to dip my hand into the old mail sack and try to pull out some amusing hatemail, because that is what passes for content on this site.
Hey, I found one. It's from "PR."
Look, you seriously need to get a life if your idea of living is to create an entire site to spread hatred about a pair of shoes you don't like, but I'm sure I'm not telling you anything you didn't already know. Fact is, Crocs aren't stupid. You are. They're an extremely clever design, and functionally, nothing even comes close to how good they are. Your only problem with them appears to be you don't like the way they look, and you're a fashion lemming. All that says is how shallow and immature you are. It says nothing about what's wrong with Crocs, but everything about what's wrong with you and others who hate Crocs just because of the way they look. You probably hate your mother just because she's fat. But you're certainly not smart enough to have created such a shoe 'cos if you were, you'd have been doing something more worthwhile in life.
Have a nice day. Asswipe!
The only comment I have in response to this email is that lemmings don't actually jump off cliffs en masse. That's a myth! But, did you know: in 1958, Disney was making a nature documentary and the team wanted footage of lemming suicide, so they just started herding them off the cliff themselves? True facts.
Moving on, we have another email. It's from Jeff Dunn. What a champion. Here's his email:
Whoever is is burning the Crocs I would assume is either in charge of this ridiculous website or a major supporter. Did you run to the mall and purchase the crocs that you hate so much and support the one company that is making the product that you despise. That would be hilarious. It would also make you hypocrites. I truly hate the pants that are so baggy that it looks like most of our youth did a big shit in their pants. It also looks very retarded and then to go with the pants these skinny little punks where shirts for a man who is 350-400 pounds. I am not about to set up a website claiming I want them off the face of the earth. There is probably one already. I will admit however that Crocs are not very pleasing to the eye, I thought they where stupid too until I tried on my brother's. I found them to be very comfortable. Now I use them as slippers at home. I wouldn't throw on a pair of jeans and head out the door with my Crocs on it looks lame. From want I see on this website is just another money racket. If you hate Crocs check out the store and buy my merch. If you really are serious about how much you hate this product, lets see more walk and less talk. Get yourself some explosives head to china (which is most likely where they are made) and blow that fucker up!! (the factory of course) That would really impress me. You can post the pics of that explosion on your website. Then you can shut this bad boy down. I guess everyone needs a hobby, mine is sitting in my living room with my Crocs on reading the comic books I collect.
Jeff Dunn
Jeff, you could not be more wrong about me. Anyway, if you're reading this and you hate Crocs, check out the IHATECROCS store. You can buy some sweet t-shirts. And the shoes destroyed in the videos are knockoffs that we purchased for about five dollars.
Oh, my. I just came across a series of three emails from someone named Kirkham Stewart. The first email is nearly 2000 words. I haven't actually read the whole thing, obviously. But, I've skimmed it and I will attempt to give you the gist of it. It starts out talking about religion and then turns into what might be anti-semitic hate speech (I can't really tell) and then bizarrely turns into an email addressed to "roger Cohen in the new york times" and then it is addressed to Jewish people and then he addresses whoever crashed his website.
The second email from this Kirkham reads:
i just sent you an email about your issue with crocs. i challenge you to publish it immediately. for all your little world to see. and did you know about croc's philanthropy before you began to bugger them? what on earth have you got against them? do you Really care so much about what other people are wearing? do you own a shoe company? are you just anti-capitalist? do you hate philanthropists? or is it just a certain kind of philanthropist? when's the last time you gave seventy-thousand poor people something to wear, asshole? why don't you put your money where your BIG FAT MOUTH IS?
And then the third email reads:
Kate Leth i just visited her link too. and what a great contribution SHE's making to society! i suggest she learn to speak english if she insists upon sharing her little world of making up faces with the rest of the world. i wonder if anyone really cares. i pity them. maybe SHE TOO can find something better to do than to bring down great philanthropy and apply warpaint to these people's faces. and would you please explain what this madness is all about? and who fuckin' cares?
Kate Leth is, of course, the person who started this website with me. I don't really understand his criticisms. Anyhow, clearly our friend Kirkham has a few issues and we wish him the very best with all of that.
Finally, I have gotten two bizarre emails requesting link exchanges. One from a website that sells tungsten wedding rings, and another from a site that has something to do with ceiling fans. The reason why I found this bizarre was because... well... why would we link to tungsten wedding rings or ceiling fans? Nothing ventured, nothing gained, I guess. And this time, it PAID OFF, guys. Here are your dang links: Tungsten wedding rings. Ceiling fans.
I hope that means I get a free tungsten ring.
Here are some other things I hate:
- The covers for YA novels.
- Kids today.
- People who talk during, or in any way distract from, a movie.
- Dan Brown.
- The following words and phrases: Silly, keener, guilty pleasure, alrighty, joshing, "fustrated", naughty, funky, snow bunny, wimpy, shared a chuckle.
Oh, ALSO, you can follow me on Twitter. @SavourTheSea. And if you're interested in content produced by me that has even less to do with Crocs than the content on this site does, check out Vincenzo Ravina Dot Com.
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
Mission accomplished?
Apparently we were also mentioned on Fox News, which is neat. If anyone has a link to that, I'd appreciate it.
In any case, this won't be a long post because I'm currently in Italy and the only internet access I have is at the library.
Thanks for your emails and good work, everyone. This victory is a bit bittersweet, though. The whole US economy had to tank to bring it about. Poor, poor US economy. And the job loss, of course. It is a shame.


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Date of Birth: 04/09/1957
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Date of Death: 01/16/1984
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Age: 26
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Between 9 p.m. January 15, 1984 and 10 a.m. January 16, 1984, twenty-seven year old Bruce Bennett, his twenty-six year old wife, Debra and their seven year old daughter Melissa, were brutally murdered inside their home located in the 16300 Block of East Center Drive. An autopsy found that Debra died from blunt force trauma. Additionally, autopsies determined that Bruce and Melissa died from blunt force trauma as well as sharp force injuries, consistent with a knife. Evidence at the scene indicated that Melissa had been sexually assaulted. A second child, the Bennett's three year old daughter, was found alive inside the residence suffering from blunt force trauma. The suspect(s) responsible for the deaths of the Bennett family have yet to be identified. Anyone with information regarding this case, is asked to please contact the Aurora Police Department.
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Firstly in Lets Make Cards, which has had a fab redesign...
Crafts Beautiful who have a whole special feature on Steampunk this month and also featured two Scrapbook layouts using the CD made by the lovely Nat from my Design Team!
It's always exciting to have my work featured - I hope you'll pick up copies of them both and have a closer look! You can order the Steampunk CD from my shop here.
Now I must get back to those deadlines, it's super busy here at Hurley HQ but sunshine and Earl Grey are keeping me going! I'm pleased to say my face is now back to normal - yay! and the antibiotics have stopped making me feel sick, I just have one more day of them left thank goodness.
I hope you have a lovely weekend, thanks for stopping by.
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An 8-month-old baby girl in New Jersey is the latest child to die in the recalled infant recliner known as the Nap Nanny.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the Hopatcong baby was secured into the chair by a belt but was found hanging over its side, trapped between the chair and a crib bumper.
The agency is warning parents, again, not to use the chairs. Several children have died in them, the CPSC says.
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The Nap Nanny was designed to mimic the curves of a baby car seat, elevating an infant slightly to help reduce reflux, gas, stuffiness or other problems.
The commission says the chairs are not being sold in stores any longer but are still a popular product at yard sales, online auctions or as hand-me-down gifts.
"The products are hazardous and it is illegal to sell or resell them," CPSC says.
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I just attended the opening of Gov. Schwarzenegger's new think tank at USC. The think tank is oriented toward the future and figuring out ways to harness local and regional governments, along with the private sector, non-profits and the academic world -- to address big global problems, from health care to climate change to political gridlock.
But the think tank launch was much more entertaining than all of that. Indeed, Schwarzenegger convened two panels of huge names -- one from politics, one from the entertainment industry -- to talk very broadly about change, and pose questions that the think tank might address.
The first panel consisted of four former governors -- Bill Richardson of New Mexico, Charlie Crist of Florida, Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania, and Schwarzenegger -- along with former U.S. Senator Tom Daschle and current U.S. Senator John McCain.
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Their discussion could have been titled, "What the heck happened to politics?" They talked about how hard it has gotten to get things done -- and how much harder governance has become -- as a result of the media, partisanship, and the country's diversity.
The second panel consisted of big entertainment names -- Interscope Geffen A&M chairman Jimmy Iovine, movie producer Brian Grazer, Lionsgate co-chairman Rob Friedman, Universal Studios president and COO Ron Meyer, and Schwarzenegger -- talking about how much difficult it's gotten to make films and entertainments given economic pressures, and the pressures from new and social media.
Iovine lamented that people began to offer him pity and condolences on the problems of the music industry, which he hates. "I used to be in the cool business," he said. The discussion could have been titled, "What the heck happened to Hollywood?"
After a day of this, the two questions: "What the heck happened to Hollywood?" and "What the heck happened to politics?" began to sound like one:
How do we preserve institutions and the good work they do in a flatter, more democratic world?
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Freddy Krueger is raking in cash at the box office again.
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This morning I received a note announcing the release of a new FREE eBook from Luther Seminary and their Lilly Foundation funded Vibrant Congregations Project. I have not read it yet, but just by walking through the list of contributors, my guess is that everyone should be able to find SOMETHING useful.
While this combination of names may not always be seen in the same group, our common connection is that we are still part of the under-50 crowd and we see some hope and movement in the church. I doubt that any of us naive about what is going on, but merely do not want doom and gloom to define the whole story, especially for a people who claim to believe in new life even out of death.
Here is a little from Editor, David Lose, as he talks about the origin of Renew 52,
I don't know about you, but I'm tired of people complaining about the decline of the church.
Don't get me wrong, I'm as aware of the dismal statistics as you are. But I'm tired of hearing them for two reasons. First, precisely because we already know them, I'm just not sure how helpful it is to repeat them to ourselves endlessly. Second, because it's not the whole story. There is a lot of growth, a lot of potential, and a lot of hope in our congregations as well as decline. Moreover, the Spirit is moving in exciting ways and I am firmly convinced that we are on the cusp of exciting, if unpredictable, renewal.
And yes, this is a FREE eBOOK that you can read on your Kindle, Nook or iPad. Just head on over to www.luthersem.edu/renew52 to download your copy today. And if you are a contributor and want to share your contact info, please feel free to leave it in the comments section so folks can find you.
The 54 contributors to Renew 52 are as follows:
Eric D. Barreto, Kate Blanchard, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Kurt Borgmann, Dan Bredberg, Theresa Cho, Adam J. Copeland, Wayne E. Croft, Lillian Daniel, Keri Day, Nathan Dungan, David L. Everett, David Gambrell, Kenyatta R. Gilbert, Sara Hayden, Christopher A. Henry, Jodi Houge, Terrance Jacob, Rolf A. Jacobson, Sandhya Jha, Tony Jones, Verity A. Jones, Salim Kaderbhai, Karoline Lewis, David J. Lose (editor), Ronnie McBrayer, Joy L. McDonald Coltvet, Meg Peery McLaughlin, Michael D. McLaughlin, Carol Howard Merritt, Joy J. Moore, Martha Moore-Keish, Roger S. Nam, Amy E. Orstad, Anjeanette Perkins, Christian Piatt, Rozella Poston, Russell Rathbun, Nick Reed & Kathy Wolf Reed, Amy Reeder Worley, Peter Rollins, Andrew Root, Kara K. Root, Ryan Sato, Christian Scharen, Amy Thompson Sevimli, Jeffrey Small, Alan Storey, Adam Thomas, Deanna A. Thompson, Daryl Thul, Peter J. Walker, Sarah Walker Cleaveland and me.


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A girl can never have too many pairs of shoes, right?? As much as I admire them, I'm not one to wear fancy shoes. Instead you can usually find me in my comfortable flats or slip-on tennis shoes. But I decided to make a couple pairs of fancy shoes with the beautiful Lily Bee papers.
I added some lace and Prima flowers to this pair:
I attached some fun feather trim to this pair. I topped them off with two Lily Bee chipboard pieces that I adorned with rhinestones.
I think I'll make matching purses to go with them. :)
I created this shoe template myself. It took quite a bit of trial and error and several wasted paper scraps, but I finally got the soles, heels and upper part just the way I wanted them. Would you all be interested in a printable template for these shoes? If so, I can try and re-create one based on these shoes and post it here. If you're interested, leave a comment!
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DIXON – Dixon's state senator is working with a Chicago colleague to strike a compromise that would allow concealed carry of weapons in Illinois.
Sens. Tim Bivins, R-Dixon, and Kwame Raoul, D-Chicago, were selected by their respective Senate party leaders to reach an agreement.
Raoul, as with most Chicago legislators, advocates for more gun regulation, while Bivins is typically aligned with the NRA.
"The process has been very smooth," Bivins said. "There hasn't been a harsh word exchanged between the two of us. It's been very civil and solution-oriented."
One of their tentative proposals already is drawing heat from the Illinois State Rifle Association, the NRA's state affiliate.
Under the proposal, people who get concealed-carry permits from the Illinois State Police could carry anywhere in the state, except in Chicago and Cook County, where they would have to get an "endorsement" from local law enforcement.
Bivins said people would be able to apply for the permit and the endorsement at the same time. And law enforcement around the state would have input on people seeking concealed-carry permits, he said.
The State Rifle Association is unhappy with that framework.
"We don't like special exemptions for Chicago and Cook County," said Richard Pearson, the association's executive director. "I don't know if people know it, but they're part of the United States. They have civil rights like the rest of the people."
He said the endorsement may result in a system in which only the Chicago mayor's friends get concealed-carry permits.
"It's a way to discriminate against the poor," Pearson said.
Bivins said he had spoken with about 50 people from his Senate district since Friday.
"They're 100 percent comfortable with the concept, but they're not from Chicago or Cook County," he said.
The senator said the compromise bill still was being written, but he expected a draft to be released this week. He said he would have to read the wording before he decides to support it.
"We want to give everyone their Second Amendment rights," Bivins said. "We have to be reasonable about it."
In December, a federal appeals court in Chicago ruled that Illinois' ban on concealed weapons was unconstitutional. It gave the state a June 9 deadline to develop concealed carry regulations. Without such rules, anyone with a firearm owner's identification card could carry loaded weapons in public.
Bivins, a former Lee County sheriff, said that if the state ignores the June 9 deadline, that would create a lot of problems.
"All you would need is a FOID card to carry [concealed weapons]," he said. "For me personally, I followed court directions for 32 years. We have to follow the direction of the court. Whatever we come up with, not everyone will be happy."


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Stephen Harper keeps support of 'coalition' of voters: poll
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper heads into 2013 with most Canadians opposing him but still backed by a "solid" coalition of voters that delivered him a majority victory in the last election, a new poll has found.
The Ipsos Reid survey, conducted exclusively for Postmedia News and Global TV, reveals that Harper's governing Conservatives, 20 months after winning re-election, are maintaining a steady core of support among voters.
Pollsters say that at this point in a government's mandate, public opinion has often begun to turn against an incumbent prime minister.
But that isn't happening with Harper's Tories, who were elected with 39.6 of the vote in the May 2011 election.
On a range of questions — such as whether Harper is doing a good job, is representing the "values" of people, and should run again in the 2015 election, the prime minister has support levels among Canadians that exceed 40 per cent.
And although most Canadians dislike Harper and his approach to politics, their clout in the next election is diminished by the fact that their vote is split between opposition parties.
"He's solid, solid, solid." Ipsos Reid president Darrell Bricker said of the prime minister.
"Usually, governments that govern longest tend to accumulate barnacles and cuts and bruises and all sorts of other problems. They lose momentum."
But Bricker said the governing Tories have managed to maintain the support of a "loyal coalition" of Canadians.
He said the situation is similar to the political dynamics from previous decades, when conservatives in the Reform and Progressive Conservative parties were presenting a "divided opposition," allowing the Liberals under Jean Chretien to get re-elected.
Bricker said that despite the "outrage" and "contempt" that political critics in Ottawa routinely level at Harper, the only Canadians affected are those who already didn't like the prime minister.
"The truth is that he's got his coalition," said Bricker.
"And the thing about the Tory coalition is it's pretty solid. The people who like him, like him. And the people who don't, don't. Ever thus.
"People need to stop thinking about this as if he's got to win 100 per cent of the vote. He doesn't. In the last election, he won just under 40 per cent. Sounds like he's got about five points clearance."
Among the findings in the Dec. 7-12 Ipsos Reid poll:
* 44 per cent of Canadians think Harper's majority government is "working well," while 56 per cent don't think it is.
* 45 per cent like the way Harper is "handling his job as prime minister," while 55 per cent don't.
* 44 per cent share Harper's "values" on where Canada should be headed, compared to 56 per who don't.
* 48 per cent think Harper's "approach to politics" has been good for Canada, while 52 per cent don't think so.
* 44 per cent think Harper's approach to politics has been good for Parliament, while 56 per cent don't think so.
* 43 per cent think Harper should run for office again in the next election, set for 2015, while 57 per cent think he should quit.
Bricker said those are safe numbers for Harper, noting that international studies show that governments with approval ratings over 40 per cent have a strong chance of getting re-elected.
He said Canada is polarized, in part, geographically now based on whether voters like Harper.
"There's two countries right now: There's Atlantic Canada, Quebec, downtowns of major cities in university towns. Harper is like George Bush for these people.
"But for the rest of the country — suburban Toronto, rural Canada, and the West — he's their guy."
Early in his political leadership, Harper was attacked by political rivals such as the Liberals — then in power — as someone with a "hidden agenda" who did not reflect the "values" of Canadians.
Those criticisms were leveled at him in the 2004 election, which he lost. He won a minority in 2006, another minority in 2008, and a majority in 2011.
Bricker said the polling shows Harper's coalition is comfortable with him.
"He's not playing the role that they (political critics) want him to play. This is the mistake that people make who say Stephen Harper is like a Republican. He's not. He's like a northeastern Republican. He's not perceived as somebody who has strangely out-of-step values.
"And that's principally because he does not get engaged in policies that have to do with religious values arguments."
Bricker said Harper has three things "going for him": Credentials on economic management, law-and-order policies, and a focus on English-Canadian symbols.
"He is so in tune with his coalition, which is so out of tune with the traditional ruling elites of this country."
For the survey, a sample of 1,021 Canadians from Ipsos Reid's Canadian online panel was interviewed online.
The margin of error is 3.5 percentage points.
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Anyone here going other than me?
It's in Las Vegas at the Rivierra hotel.
Our scars have the power to remind us that our past was real. -- Hannibal Lecter.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. -- John Wooden
"I sat, bored to death, around dull and dim-witted people for crappy $20 t-shirts." - Your Average Con attendee.
I'll be there for the blackhat briefings and defcon.
TH13: if yer around for BH as well, stop by the nCircle booth and ask if I'm around...(that goes for anyone else that's there as well).
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PnCHd (Pronounced Pinched): Acronym - Point 'n Click Hacked. As in: "That website was pinched" or "The skiddie pinched my computer because I forgot to patch".
Black Hat is worthless to me. It's become too commercial. I will certainly be at the CON though. Where will you be? Hit me up on IM and I will pass along my cell phone #.
Spec, the DEFCON show itself is full of numbnuts, however, it's the "un-official" CON events that provide wonderful amounts of info. This is why I still go.
I'll be there, been working on my lockpicking. Not sure how I'll do in Gringo Warrior though.
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I'll be there, been working on my lockpicking. Not sure how I'll do in Gringo Warrior though.
HT and I will be out there. If you want, you can grab a beer with us. PM me for specifics.
Missing it for the first time in a while this year
There is only one constant, one universal, it is the only real truth: causality. Action. Reaction. Cause and effect...There is no escape from it, we are forever slaves to it. Our only hope, our only peace is to understand it, to understand the 'why'. 'Why' is what separates us from them, you from me. 'Why' is the only real social power, without it you are powerless.
(Merovingian - Matrix Reloaded)
Figured I'd bump this thread...
I'm flying out Tuesday night and I'm there til Sunday Afternoon.
Anyone else going? PM me (or TH13... as we'll be meeting up there) and let us know.. I've been swapping cell numbers with people so that we can text message for meetups and parties.
Hey guys, it's been a while. My first time going to DefCon, hope it's going to be good. I've been advised to stay away from text messaging at the event, don't know how true this is? See you guys there.
Alright Brain, you don\'t like me, and I don\'t like you. But let\'s just do this, and I can get back to killing you with beer.
-- Homer S.
Good luck to all you guys.............. sure, I am as jealous as hell.
Don't forget to get me a beanie hat and a ballpoint pen
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So, these are the uniforms that the United States Athletes will be sporting during the London Olympics opening ceremony (happening today!). What do you think, folks? I'm not entirely sold on this pseudo-military beret we have going on, and the Polo logo seems totally out of place. But hey, at least when the games are over we can just ship these things off faux-Navy uniforms. The military could really use a touch of style, eh?
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Ruiz swinging hot bat for Phillies
PHOENIX -- Carlos Ruiz arrived in Los Angeles with a .204 batting average, no home runs and no runs batted in this season. The Phillies catcher had an on-base percentage of .328.
But after going 7-for-14 at Dodger Stadium in the four-game series, Ruiz arrived at Chase Field on Friday batting .270 with six RBIs, a home run and a .395 OBP.
"Things can change fast at any moment," Ruiz said in Spanish. "We were just looking to win the series and I hope it continues for me."
Being at Chase Field bodes well for Ruiz to continue his hitting success. He entered Friday's game with a .363 average against the Diamondbacks, batting .309 with a home run and six RBIs in 20 career games at Chase Field.
"That's the goal of the team and the individual player," Ruiz said, "to continue to play with the same intensity and put forth as much effort as possible. That's how teams win day to day and I hope to continue doing that."
Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said it was just a matter of time before Ruiz would produce. Ruiz has batted second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh this season and hit seventh for Philadelphia on Friday night.
"He can handle the bat, he uses the whole field. In a lot of ways he's a situational type of hitter," Sandberg said. "He goes to right field very well and hits behind runners. He can drive in runs. He's a versatile hitter and it's nice to have him."


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Product: Make Magazine
Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates
Price: US$15 (Newsstands)
4 issues for US$35 (quarterly)
Special offer for Ars readers: 5 issues for US$34.95 (or use discount code G5ARTEB on the Make website.)
If you are like most computer techs, chances are you have a whole bookshelf or three allocated to holding all your technical manuals. No doubt, you also have a whole stack of those great technical books from publishing house O'Reilly and Associates, like the book Knoppix Hacks by Ars Technica's own Kyle "greenfly" Rankin. So when O'Reilly announced that they were going to be publishing a magazine about Do-It-Yourself (DIY) technology projects for the hacker/hobbyist, there was naturally a huge buzz in the tech community about this. In case you missed out on the hype, let us first start with a little background on this new publication.
Make magazine has been touted as a sort of cross between a magazine and a book. Some people would call this a "mook", but it is really just a quarterly mag with lots of content and some advertising (sparsely strewn between the content pages). Physically, Make is a full-color publication made with thick, high-quality paper designed to hold up far better than your average magazine. The "Premiere Issue" weighs in at 181 pages and promises enough DIY goodness to make any hacker or hobbyist drool.
The first 40 or so pages of the magazine were about various topics such as time-life management for tech geeks, making a miniature "rail gun," backyard monorails, and a myriad of other things that technology hobbyists and hackers were cobbling together using their own ingenuity, passion, and free time (the last of which, most of us never seem to have enough of...) The next 50 or so pages were dedicated to the four featured projects in the issue. Each project is carefully described and illustrated to facilitate easy assimilation of the objective. Some projects are relatively cheap, easy, and quick, while others are naturally harder and require a greater dedication of time and skill to complete. In this issue, the projects consisted of:
- Building your own video stabilizer (steadicam)
- Creating a magnetic stripe reader
- Making a 5-in-1 network cable
And the grand-daddy of them all:
- Taking aerial photographs... With kites!
(Crazy! What will these kids think of next?)
After the project pages, the magazine wraps up with another 80 or so pages of other smaller DIY ideas and hacks, a primer on soldering and de-soldering, and reviews of nifty tools for your toolbox. The last page seems to be dedicated to readers' stories of homebrew projects. This particular issue talked about building an Apple II computer (in 1979) from scratch. (While I have never personally wire-wrapped a project, the talk about the Apple II was pretty nostalgia inducing, to say the least.)
It's what's inside that counts
So you want more details? Well, we can't show you the entire magazine, but a few peeks of what the first issue contains are definitely in order.
People all over this world are making things. (Imagine that!) Shown here is a Lego machine that can solve a Rubik's Cube, a guy who built a keg-cooler based on the Peltier effect, and a computer that calculates via a mechanical route ? gears!
If you are going to be messing around with electronic parts, you are going to need to know how to solder (and de-solder) electronic components to your breadboard. Make magazine shows even the greenest neophyte what to get and how to properly solder joints.
Tired of Detroit not making cars to your design? Here is one man's proposal to create an Open Source automobile. Pipe dream or not, it may spark some ideas or push you into making something of your own.


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Remember them?
Much like NKOTBSB, the early-2000s boy band O-Town is reportedly reuniting -- sans one bleach-blonde California dude. Ashley Parker-Angel said in a statement to TMZ that other plans for his career will force the group to go on tour without him.
"O-Town was one of the greatest chapters of my life, so when the idea of a reunion was brought to me, of course I was intrigued," said the former band-mate. "However I have made the decision not to be a part of an O-Town reunion. It was a difficult decision, but ultimately necessary to move on with the next chapter of my career."
The five-member pop group was the product of 2000 ABC reality show "Making the Band" probably best known for top Billboard hits "All or Nothing" and "Liquid Dreams." O-Town disbanded in 2003, but last Friday former O-Townie Jacob Underwood hinted a get-together on Twitter last Thursday.
"Did someone say O-town reunion?!? [sic]" Underwood teased.
O-Town is reportedly planning concert dates, according to MTV. The blast-from-the-past tour starring Underwood, Erik-Michael Estrada, Trevor Penick and Dan Miller comes after another recent reunion between the Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block. NKOTBSB performed live in Times Square for "Dick Clark's Rockin' New Years Eve" with Ryan Seacrest.
And Parker-Angel's plans? The actor and pop singer just finished a gig in Hairspray and his rep told TMZ he has a feature film coming out later this year. For him, it must be "all, or nothing at all."
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(Pocket-lint) - Fujifilm has announced the Fujifilm FinePix F770EXR and F750EXR superzoom cameras, which are clearly compacts in name only.
Inside their little chassis are professional cameras waiting to burst out - with a raft of heavy hitting features making the F770EXR and F750EXR much more than fun snappers. The only difference that we can see between the two models is that the F770EXR packs enhanced GPS capabilities with a new high sensitivity antenna, an iOS-like Route Log mapping function and a landmark locator.
Both cameras pack 20x optical zooms, which their makers claim is a first for snappers this small and improved 16-megapixel EXR-CMOS sensors with EXR Auto tech on board for 103 different shooting patterns. They have an ISO range of 100 - 12800, can shoot RAW files, have an 11fps continuous shooting mode option and Intelligent Digital Zoom tech for an effective maximum telephoto setting of 1000 mm.
Throw in 1080p video recording at 30fps with stereo sound and a 3-inch, 460k dot display, and you can see why these aren't the fun cameras that you should be buying for your mum to chuck into her handbag.
Instead, you could perhaps get her the Fujifilm FinePix F660EXR - which drops down to a 15x optical zoom but keeps the majority of the big boy's features packed inside a robust exterior.
If you're in the market for a more socially acceptable compact then you could consider the Fujifilm FinePix Z1000EXR - which adds interaction with your iPhone, iPad or Android device using a free app and instant uploading to social networks using its built-in wireless features. Again, a 16-megapixel CMOS camera; this time packing a 3.5-inch display.
Further down on the scale, Fujifilm has also announced the Fujifilm FinePix Z110 with a 14.1 mega-pixel CCD sensor, 5x optical Fujinon zoom lens and 720p video recording; the Fujifilm FinePix T350 and FinePix T400 "value" (read: cheap) compacts with their 16 and 14-megapixel CCD sensors and 10x optical zooms; the Fujifilm FinePix JX700, JX580, JX550, JX520 and JX500 "simple, but stylish" cams with sunlight protection (not for your skin) and the Fujifilm FinePix JZ250 and FinePix JZ100 compact zoomers with built in stabilisation technology.
Yep, that's right - Fujifilm has decided to announce 14 new compacts in one day. As well as a plethora of other ranges. CES-crazy season, it seems, is well under-way.
There's no word on pricing as of yet, or release dates; but we have had word from Fujifilm that at least 17 or the 27 cameras announced in total will be hitting the UK.


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IMF Survey, Volume 37, Issue 05
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IMF Survey: Vol. 37, No. 5.
- IMF Works with Vulnerable States on Food Price Policies
- Resilient Europe Faces Further Tests: Europe Seen as Resilient, but Still Held Back by Structural Issues
- Fiscal Policy in Small States: Study Shows Many Small States Need Smaller Governments
- IMF Survey interview: Africa Seeing Rewards of Better Policies
- Annual Assessment: Germany: Policy Lessons from Financial Market Turbulence
- Tax Reform: Czech Fiscal Reforms Need Further Steps to Consolidate Gains
- Growth Duration: What Makes Growth Sustained?
- Emerging Markets See Sharp Decline in Corporate Funding
- New PRGF Loan: In Signal of Progress to Donors, IMF to Lend Togo $108 million
- Credit Growth: Vietnam's New Challenges amid Overheating


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Harper set to come off DL, boost lineup Monday
NEW YORK -- Nationals infielder Chad Tracy said it best. Getting outfielder Bryce Harper off the 15-day disabled list is like acquiring a power hitter before the non-waiver Trade Deadline.
Harper, who missed the entire month of June because of a left knee injury, is expected to be activated from the disabled list on Monday and hit third against the Brewers at Nationals Park. Before he injured his knee slamming into the wall at Dodger Stadium on May 13, Harper, 20, was clearly the best player on the Nationals. At the time of the injury, he was leading the team in almost every offensive category. Harper didn't go on the disabled list until June 1.
"Bryce is a big part of this team," right-hander Jordan Zimmermann said. "Our lineup hasn't been 100 percent all year. He is a great hitter, great defender. It's definitely good to get him back. He's definitely young and has a lot of learning to do. He is a an energetic player and he is going to give it his all every time out. That's all you can ask for."
Right-hander Dan Haren said the lineup will be a lot deeper with Harper in it. Haren said Harper brings energy not only to the team, but to the home crowd as well.
"He is almost a villain on the road. It's fun having him back," Haren said. "I think the team will feed off that energy and be dying to get back."
Haren has the distinction of playing with Harper and Angels outfielder Mike Trout. Haren is not surprised that both players have had an impact on their teams at such a young age.
"That's kind of the way baseball is going nowadays. There are so many young superstars -- Trout, [Manny] Machado, a lot of guys throwing 100 miles per hour," Haren said. "It's really an exciting time for baseball. It really says a lot for the way they were brought up. They are mature and they are able to handle the big league life, media, all the things that come along, because it's not easy."
Adam LaRoche jokingly said he and his teammates need to keep Harper out of trouble. There is a good reason for it.
"We have to keep away from anything dangerous, and he is going to be all right," LaRoche said.
One person who can't wait to see Harper back in the lineup is manager Davey Johnson.
"It's good to get Harper back. He is going to be aggressive [at the plate], and we just need to keep that momentum going," Johnson said. "He carried us for a couple of months. [The pitchers] had to pitch him tough. … It's going to be good to get him back. I have to figure how to put him back in. I'm leaning toward the original way I had [the lineup]."


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Is Islam a violent religion?
I am neither a theology expert nor a historian. I would like to address this from a different angle. There are many articles, analysis, blogs written on this topic where the so-called experts dig into Mohammed's personality, Koran, and Islamic history to find selected examples and instances to justify their accusation that indeed this religion is mired in violence.
Let's compare the founders of some of the religions. These days Mohammed is considered a violent man by other religions. I want to understand if his personality has any bearing on how Islam has transformed itself into fifteen hundred years later. Agreed, this religion came into existence in violent and oppressive conditions prevailing at that time. Does that mean this religion is destined to be violent forever? Even if we were to assume Mohammed was a violent man (for the sake of the discussion) does that mean being violent is a second nature to the people of this religion?
If this explanation is so true, then people of each faith should act accordingly with the character of their founder, their holy book and their history. Let's look at Christianity- their founder (Jesus) is supposedly a mild and loving character, but just look at its history- it's written in blood from the time of its inception- they put to stake everyone they didn't like or agree with. They blamed Jews for the punishment induced to Jesus and that stigma legitimized persecution of this people for two thousand years which culminated in Holocaust- the greatest crime humanity has ever committed. The Bible, which itself has undergone many changes, is considered milder, benevolent and all-loving compared to Koran (by the same so-called experts). Why then did we have Crusades which upheld massacre of other religions to uphold a god who preached love? Why then did we have Inquisition where the choice was to convert or die? How does one explain the completely opposite nature of if followers and its history founded by someone who is considered a pious man? Let's take another case. Buddha is supposedly a very gentle person and is known for his pacifism, but just look at what Japanese have done in WWII, look at what Khmer Rouge did to its people, look at what Mao did to intellectuals, and now look at what Sinhalese do to Hindu Tamilians? As suggested by these experts, if the followers were to take on the nature of its founders, I should expect
Another favorite accusation that is thrown at the present-day Islam is that Muslims intend to convert everyone into Islam- "they propose to convert every kafir to make this whole world one large Ummah". If I look at our history, I see many occasions when Muslim rulers could have put this into action and by now we should have seen a much higher population of Muslims than what we actually see.
Coming to religious texts, Yes, I do agree that Koran has aggressive tones when it comes to dealing with people of other faiths- but again they have been interpreted differently in different times. For every aggressive sentence in Koran, there is an equivalent sentence which instills responsibility and equanimity on its followers to other kinds of people. Idolatry as pagan practice was definitely abolished initially but over a period of time, Islam co-existed with other major religions in peace. While the Christian world was plunging itself into Dark Ages, it was the Muslim world which kept the torch of enlightenment lighting, which it later handed over to Western Europe to pave the way for Renaissance, Age of Reason and Age of Enlightenment, and to eventually Modern Science.
If religious text is the core reason why Islam is violent, then every Buddhist state should be extremely pacifist (like
The reasons why some of the Muslims of the present-day are violent are found elsewhere. Looking for answers in the nature of its founder, its religious text and nature of its history is futile and completely useless. The Rest of the World, instead of waking up to recognize its posture and stance, rectify its mistakes, admit its wrongs, is unnecessarily trying to find faults, flaws and explanations in the origins and practices of Islam. Rest of the World has to realize that 'problem with Islam' is rooted in certain historic mishaps, prolonged mistakes, and continued alienation that it has imposed onto Islam in the last hundred years. Only when this Rest of the World wakes up to admit it and take measures to correct itself shall we see Islamic world take a step back and be at peace with itself and the Rest of the World.
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spiring soccer star, Orlin Petersen from Southfield, is excited to be heading to Sweden to participate in the Gothia Cup in July.
For Petersen, this is the fruit of his love for soccer that he has carried in his heart for years."I am blessed with very good support, with my family encouraging me at all times. I can say it all took hard work, discipline, focus and determination to get here."
He is currently training hard and is even taking advantage of the Argus Cycling Tour taking place next month to stay fit and ready for the overseas game.
Petersen also praised his team, Tramway FC, which has made it possible for him to fulfil his passion and share "love to win."
His love for soccer was inspired by his father who used to play and at a later stage became a coach and chairperson of a team.
"It started at an early age. I used to attend all sessions and training with the soccer team my father used to coach."
However, Petersen said, another reason to stay committed in soccer is to keep away from social ills and he is hoping to be a good example in his community. He has even taken it upon himself to help his family raise the R25 000 needed for the overseas trip. For the past few months, they have been hosting a series of events to this end. The next event coming up is a disco that will take place on Friday 8 March at Square Hill Hall in Retreat from 19:00.
"Due to crimes in our community, I want to encourage other youngsters to see that anything is possible, but I can only achieve this with the support of the community. And I thank all those that have come out to support me so far."
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Sweden to double wind energy production in next four years
The contribution of wind energy is scheduled to grow from 17TWh in 2018 to 35 TWh in 2022, taking wind's share from 12 percent to 25 percent of total power produced.
Charlotte Unger, chief executive of the Swedish Wind Energy Association trade body said the pro-renewable policy decisions had been driving growth.
"Sweden has the best regulatory regime for wind power projects from a European perspective, and therefore production costs the least here," she told Swedish state broadcaster SVT. "Investors have confidence in wind power in Sweden, and that's because of the policies that exist."
The largest new wind farm is the giant Markbyygden project outside Piteå, which is expected to supply 10TWh per year as it comes online in stages from this year, making it one of Europe's largest wind farms.
Other major projects are the Överturingen wind farm in Västernorrland, Åskälen in Jämtland, and Valhalla in Gävleborg.
The new farms will make up for the shutdown of two reactors at the Ringhals nuclear power station in 2019 and 2020.
Because the majority of the new wind power projects are in the northern counties of Norrland, Västerbotten and Jämtland, the shift will require Sweden's state-owned grid operator Svenska Kraftnät to rapidly improve capacity, especially in central Sweden.
But Niclas Damsgaard, the grid company's senior market strategist, said he believed the company would be able to keep pace with the growth.
Explosive Rise in Teens Seeking Sex Change Rocks Sweden
The number of teenage girls seeking sex reassignment treatment has increased by an avalanche-like 1,900 percent. Many of the patients suffer from additional diagnoses, such as self-harm, autism, or anorexia. Despite the lack of research and negative feedback from "regretters", the patients still get prescribed their treatment.
In recent years, Sweden has seen spike in gender dysphoria, a diagnosis that occurs when the biological sex and the assigned gender don't match, national broadcaster SVT reported.
While people with this diagnosis were few and far between only a decade ago, a new patient group emerged in recent years — teenage girls who feel they are boys and seek sex correction. Rapid-onset gender dysphoria is often accompanied by other issues, such as self-harm, autism, or anorexia.
In 2008, only 28 girls aged 10-19 received care for gender dysphoria, according to the National Board of Health and Welfare. In 2017, 536 girls in the same age bracket sought treatment, a staggering 1,900 percent increase.
"So far, we have about 650 cases. This is interesting, because at the beginning we had maybe five, ten cases a year. In recent years, though, there's been a huge spike in referrals, almost 200 a year", said Anders Rydelius, senior physician and professor of children and adolescent psychiatry on the Kid team at the Karolinska University Hospital, the largest children's reception for "gender-confirming" treatment in Sweden.
At the same time, many youngsters who have undergone gender reassignment have rued their decision only to discover that the transition is irreversible. SVT described instances of the Karolinska University Hospital surgically removing the breasts of girls as young as 14. The so-called "regretters" are subsequently offered trauma treatment at the Lundström reception in Västra Götaland. In the past two years, the clinic has seen patients even under 16 years of age.
According to Lennart Fällberg, the head of unit at the Lundström reception, accepting gender reassignment with surgery and hormone treatment is difficult for everyone. For a 16-year-old, who is still developing, such a crucial decision is all the harder, he suggested. Fällberg cited the lack of research on this topic, stressing the impossibility to predict how the situation will play out in the future and calling the situation "ethical stress".
"This group of young people who only started coming in 2013, and there is not much research how you will feel in the longer term. Many of them have only been in treatment for a few years and there is no one who can say anything about it now", Lennart Fällberg told SVT.
Anne Waehre, a senior physician at the children's gender clinic at Norway's Rikshospitalet, which has witnessed the same increase as in Sweden, called the treatment of teenage girls "experimental".
"You do not know how they will feel in the long run, there is no research on how it goes", Waehre told SVT.
"Mika", one of the many "regretters", came to have second thoughts about her gender correction after testosterone treatment. While it "felt good at first", she admitted, it didn't solve the problems. In retrospect, she called it "sick" and described her generation as "guinea pigs" for a lack of science.
At the same time, bitterness is also rising among parents, who feel their children are being offered subpar treatment.
"We don't believe they have anything else to offer beyond hormone treatment and planned surgery", "Sofie", a mother of a teenage girl, told SVT.
Swedish teenagers who believe they suffer from gender dysphoria are free to seek treatment. The so-called investigation time takes about half a year. Then they receive hormones and puberty blockers, the same medication that is used for chemical castration of adult men. They are then scheduled for an operation.
From the 1970s to 2010, only 15 people or 2.2 percent of the patients regretted their gender correction. However, there is no data on "regretters" in the recent avalanche-like increase.
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Sweden: Gap opens between men, women on sustainable fund choices
Swedish fund investors are increasingly opting to put their money into sustainable funds, particularly female investors, according to data published by the Swedish Investment Fund Association.
And according to the investors surveyed, the key reason for investing in sustainable funds is to avoid certain types of companies or industries
he results were obtained from Swedes selecting funds either within the country's pension system, or for their private savings.
The gender skew is apparent: some 42% of women surveyed said they had invested in a sustainable fund, versus 25% of men – however, there has been an increase in both customer segments, as last year the respective figures were 29% for women and 20% for men. This year some 33% overall said they were invested in a sustainable fund.
Men are far more likely to know that they are not invested in such a fund, the data further suggests: some 62% said they did not. More women were uncertain: some 29% said they 'do not know' if they are invested in such a fund.
Gustav Sjöholm, savings economist at the Association, said: "The interest in investing in sustainable funds has increased, more for women than for men. Of note is that the gender differences are increasing and that this year there are more men answering 'no' compared to last year."
Reasons why
On the question as to what is the primary reason why investors select a sustainable fund, about half, 49% of respondents said it was because they wish to avoid investing in a certain type of company or industry. This has gained some 5% since last year.
More men than women said the primary reason for such investments were because they believed they would have a positive effect and provide higher return. However, across both men and women the share of those who believe a sustainable fund can give higher return has fallen by some 6% to 10%.
|What is the primary reason you selected a sustainable fund? (2018)
|I believe it will give higher return
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|15% (23%)
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|I believe my investment will have a positive impact on the environment, working conditions, human rights, etc
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|43% (38%)
|35% (33%)
|I don't want to invest money into a certain type of copmany/sector/industry that I feel is 'unethical'
|49% (44%)
|40% (33%)
|55% (53%)
|1% (1%)
|2% (2%)
|1% (-)
|Don't know
|2% (4%)
|1% (5%)
|2% (3%)
Sjöholm added: "This year there are more selecting a sustainable fund either to avoid or to actively choose certain companies and industries. There are however fewer who believe that sustainability effects return positively. If that is right or not is too early to tell, but in line with society developing increasingly toward sustainability it is not unreasonable to believe that sustainability and good return can go hand in hand."
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Stocks just had their worst week of the new year.
The Standard & Poor's 500 ended a shortened trading week down 0.7 percent. Though modest compared to the scary drops last year, it's the worst since the week ended Dec. 16, 2011.
Stock trading will be closed for the Good Friday holiday.
Investors sold stocks Thursday on fears that Spain may have trouble paying back its debt after a key interest rate on Spanish government bonds rose to the highest point since November.
"The firewall that Europe has established is in no way adequate to handle a Spanish default," said Jim Russell, chief equity strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management. "We're hopeful that (its debt) will be manageable, but we're not sure."
The S&P 500 fell 0.88 point Thursday to close at 1,398.08. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 14.61 points to 13,060.14. The Nasdaq composite rose 12.41 points to 3,080.50.
The Dow and S&P fell right after the opening bell, then turned up briefly before dropping again.
The selling appeared to be tempered by a Labor Department report early Thursday that the number of people seeking jobless benefits fell to a four-year low.
The selling came after the Dow had dropped nearly 125 points a day earlier, its worst decline in a month. That was triggered by minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting suggesting that the central bank didn't plan any more steps to push interest rates lower.
"The sell-off yesterday was a little overdone, a reaction to how far we came for the quarter, and how fast," said Brian Lazorishak, a portfolio manager at Chase Investment Counsel. For the first three months of the year, the three major indexes were up 8 percent or more, the best start to a year since the great bull market of the 1990s.
Spain has become the latest point of concern in Europe's debt crisis. Investors are concerned over the ability of the country's government to push through cost-cutting programs at a time when its economy appears to be heading for another recession.
Yields on 10-year Spanish bonds rose 0.08 percentage point to 5.74 percent, the highest level since November and a sign that investors are less confident in the country's finances.
The fear among investors is that if Spain's borrowing costs climb too high, the country will have to follow Greece, Portugal and Ireland and seek outside help to pay its bills. Those three countries got bailouts after their borrowing rates rose above 7 percent.
Worries over Europe drove the dollar to a three-week high against the euro. The euro is trading at $1.31. It was worth $1.33 on March 30.
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More stocks fell than rose on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume was light at 3.3 billion shares.
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All Review 2014 Toyota Highlander : Will The All Review 2014 Toyota Highlander Have All Wheel Drive
The 2014 Highlander is totally up to date. Highlights incorporate enhanced inside high quality, accessible eight-traveler seating, a tallness-versatile drive liftgate and a six-velocity programmed transmission for V6 fashions. With all of the household-accommodating hybrids out there these days, its a full-time work merely preserving them straight. So allow us to make your occupation a bit easier. The 2014 Toyota Highlander is the granddaddy of this part, and its again not lengthy from now with a whole new finest stuff. 10 years and a half again, the primary Camry-primarily based Highlander changed into the primary automobile to combine the flexibleness of a good measurement SUV with the trip and remedy of a automotive. Presently, confronting a military of intense adversaries, the all-new, third-period 2014 Highlander is out to recapture its edge.
To be fully frank, the second-period Highlander was nonetheless a stud when Toyota put it out to pasture a 12 months in the past. We even known as it a "excellent determination" in a couple of regards, which is excessive acclaim no doubt for a household hauler on its goodbye tour. Anyhow that does not imply there wasn't alternative to get higher. Specifically, the onerous plastic dashboard uncared for to awe at this worth level, as did the unremarkable innovation traits it housed. Additionally, the Highlander's again housing had began to really feel a bit confined by common dimension hybrid measures, significantly within the third line. A reinvention wasn't strictly very important, nevertheless indications of maturing have been progressively evident.
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The 2014 Toyota Highlander is a 3-column medium measurement hybrid supplied in LE, LE Plus, XLE and Limited trim ranges. Eight-traveler seating is customary on the LE, LE Plus and XLE, whereas seven-traveler seating (emphasizing second-line commander's seats quite than a 3-man seat) is nonobligatory on the XLE and commonplace on the Limited. Note that the associated Highlander Hybrid is inspected independently.
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DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – A South Florida man denied listing an ad on Craigslist that said his urine was for sale to anyone wanting to pass a drug test despite selling some to a WPLG Local 10 producer as part of a hidden camera investigation.
The ad said it was $20 for an ounce of clean urine.
"I guarantee I'm 100% drug free," read the ad. "Available anytime."
A Local 10 producer arranged to buy $20 worth of urine from Dustin, who met the producer at his apartment at the Hamptons Sober House, a halfway house in Delray Beach. During the sale, Dustin also told the producer how to pass a drug test.
"I wouldn't steer you wrong," he said.
Dustin said he was recovering and moved to South Florida because he was getting into too much trouble while living on the state's west coast.
A few days later, when asked by Local 10, Dustin denied selling his urine out of his apartment.
"I'm kind of in awe. I'm not speechless normally. That's kind of why I'm a little bit -- I just don't know what to do," said Mitchell Brown, manager of the Hamptons Sober House. "Thank you for showing me that this has happened."
Unlike some states, Florida doesn't have laws making it illegal to knowingly sell urine that will be used to pass a drug screening.
"Somebody who is doing this is not in recovery, is not honest, and that is what we teach here -- is honesty," said Ryan Johnston with Cornerstone Recovery.
"He knows the system, he plays the system. He doesn't care," added Barbara Hernandez, a therapist. "I think the consequences of that person's actions should definitely be severe.
John Giordano with G&G Holistic Treatment said if a client at his facility was caught selling urine for drug screenings, that person would be thrown out.
"It could hurt people seriously. If we're not able to intervene on somebody when we catch them with drugs in their system, we can intervene and help them, but if we don't know, then they could die," said Giordano.
The ad was removed from Craigslist after WPLG Local 10's investigation. Dustin was also asked to leave the Hamptons Sober House.


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