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The LG-401G green laser sight for 1911 pistols combines Crimson Trace's celebrated Lasergrips® platform with the visible advantages of green laser technology. Using the smallest laser green laser diode available, the LG-401G emits a powerful green beam yet still provides over two hours of run time on (4) #2016 batteries. The LG-401G utilizes Crimson Trace's famed Instinctive Activation™ technology - meaning that when the pistol is held in a normal firing grip, the laser sight is activated. A Master On/Off switch allows the shooter to completely power down the unit for range training without the laser. Green Lasergrips® set a new standard in 1911 green laser technology.
This product is not compatible with ambidextrous safety levers. We stock shortened ambi-safeties from Wilson Combat® in BLACK and STAINLESS. Gunsmith installation is required.
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|Product Platform
|Grip Replacement
|Activation Location
|Front Activation
|Factory Sighted at 50'
|Master On/Off Switch
|Battery Type
|Two #2032 Batteries
|Laser Battery Life
|Over Four Hours
|Laser Output
|5mW Red Laser
|Activation Mode
|Pressure Activated
|Laser Visibility
|Approx .5 Inch Diameter at 50 Feet
|Wrench Size
|User Adjustable
|Windage and Elevation
|Polymer Grip with Rubber Overmold Activation Pad
|User Installed
|Three Year Full Warranty
|Dot Size
|Approx. 0.50" at 50'
Green laser Review by Wildmanleblanc
Have had 2 of the red lasers that I bought from Natchez Shooters Supply. They were really great and helped my old eyes get on target. I like this Green laser much better, and it's much brighter. Shipping was supper fast. Would recommend this to anyone. Crimson Trace are good people to deal with. (Posted on 5/1/2020)
No stars Review by Claude
I have wanted the green laser for years for Para Ordance 1911. Turns out the 401 does not fit my dual thumb safety will not close with the grip installed, this could have been avoided with some training of CT customer service. The one gift I wanted came Christmas now I have to try and return it after hours of trying to make it fit. Frustrated beyond belief. (Posted on 12/28/2019)
Bought one and love it Review by Bob
I got mine through Amazon, it installed easily, and it wasn't long before it went to the range.
My rock is dead on at 21 feet which is conceal and carry range here, my groups are all fist size with very few fliers.
It's been several months since it was installed with something on the order of 800 rounds plus shot through it.
It remains on target reliable every time.
You would be hard pressed to get a better set up. (Posted on 9/7/2019)
Great until you need it Review by Ed
I've had this laser for just over 3 years (couple months past warranty). It is on my EDC Ruger SR1911 that I use in my house of worship. I Literally turned it on about 12 times, just to practice with my non dominant hand. To my surprise, it just quit, diode went bad. Sent it in, they had it for about 2 weeks with no response if it was repairable. I finally emailed for an update, said they would get back to me towards the end of the week. A few hours later, I received an email saying they were not repairable (funny how that email must have reminded them). I was offered a one time 1/2 off coupon to replace them. For about a $400 set of grips, that I convinced others on our safety team to purchase, save your money and just learn how to shoot without it. I will not be using the coupon.
(Posted on 6/16/2019)
Great Grip for 1911s Review by John
I bought this grip several years ago as an aid in shooting without aligning the iron sights. I am consistently able to chew up the center of a target with them. The green dot is very visible at any reasonable defense distance even in broad daylight. A wonderful addition to my Range Officer. (Posted on 1/25/2019)
Wow ! Review by Mayleneman
My green sight came preinstalled on a Kimber Custom Crimson Carry 2, which I shot last night for the first time. I had not shot a pistol in 10 years and this was my first time shooting a laser.
Awesome is all that I can say. The ability to easily place rounds where you want them is a great confidence builder.
My only request it to make the sight in green for the Kimber micro 380 as well.
(Posted on 1/4/2019)
LG-401G Review by Ming F
A great product. Easy to adjust sights from factory setting. The green laser is so much easier to see in daylight. Literally point and shoot. (Posted on 3/11/2018)
Green laser grips are fantastic Review by Riley
The LG-401G was a direct fit to my Remington r1 carry 1911, not only does it look better than the original grips the function of the green laser is incredible. It turned a decent firearm into something awesome. I have been using my Crimson Trace lg-401g for over a year now, it is very bright, very accurate, reliable and way too much fun to use. I have the red Crimson Trace on other guns but the 1911 with the green laser is still the best. I highly recommend this product. It will not disappoint. (Posted on 9/5/2016)
Red is great. Green is better! Review by Dan
I have had red CT grips on revolvers for years. When I bought my first Kimber, it was a 1911 Pro Crimson Carry II with red laser grips. A great gun but a little long for concealed carry. I kept that one but added a Kimber 1911 Ultra Crimson Carry II with green laser grips for concealed carry. The red grips are great but the green grips are even better, particularly for outdoor shooting in the New Mexico sun.
Result: For my Christmas present this year, I have asked my daughter for a set of green CT grips for replacement on my Pro Crimson Carry II. Anyone want to buy a set of red CT red grips for a full size 1911 at 50% of new MSRP? (Posted on 8/18/2016)
1911 green laser grips Review by Jerry lamb
I have nothing but good things to say after about 2 years of having them I finally have to get new batteries but I heard Crimson trace supply's free batteries for life so the grips are awsome accurate and they do the job well worth $400 (Posted on 7/14/2016)
Regarding Green over Red brightness... Review by Richard
In my review of 1/23/16, I stated that the Green laser was brighter than the Red. Turns out the batteries were dying, making the red dimmer. I changed the batteries and, lo and behold, they were equally bright. The Green is still better in daylight, though. (Posted on 4/30/2016)
Truly Awesome Review by Dave
As bad as i hate to admit it but as i have grown older it seems that the eyesite isnt what it once was, with that be said the green laser on my kimber from crimson trace makes taking aim is a breeze. I own several of these laser for different weapons and have found that i am a much better shot with them than without them truly a great addition to the old aging eyes! (Posted on 4/6/2016)
Better than red in daylight... Review by Richard
I bought the LG-401G lasergrips for my Ruger SR1911 (model 6700) full-size. Having the red CT grips on my Kimber, I wanted a green set for my Ruger. As others have said, the green is much better than the red in daylight. In low light, the green appears about twice as big as the red lasers, and much brighter. Installation took about 30 minutes and the fit was perfect on the SR. Shoots to point of aim at 50' out of the box, as advertised. Activation with the front switch is easy without affecting your grip. This is my 4th set of CT lasergrips. That, alone, should tell you how much I love CT grips. If your eyes aren't what they used to be-and even if they are-and you want to shoot better and faster, you should definitely consider getting a set for your gun. They are a bit pricey but, in my opinion, they're an upgrade that's worth it. (Posted on 1/23/2016)
Makes those dimly lit indoor ranges fun! Review by JimMetcalf
The green LG-401G on my Springfield 1911 is a pleasure to use! The green is much brighter than the red. works very well with my 74 year old eyes! (Posted on 12/12/2015)
Great for daylight use Review by wideglide_07
This is my third set of CT grips and my first in green. As usual, CT grips were easy to install and pretty much dead on right out of the box. Green should be an option on all sights. Daylight visibility is 100 times better than the red. Some people have remarked that the psychological impact of the green dot is not as strong as the red but I think that is far less important than being able to acquire my target in any lighting quickly. If a perp doesn't recognize the threat due to the color, oh well, as long as I am still around after the fight to lament his mistake. (Posted on 11/9/2015)
Superior Review by Dafearfighter
I received the grip and installed them, without any problems.
I am a Police Officer and Tac team leader, the Green Laser has made my Identification easier, I am the only one with a Green Laser. Other members are considering purchasing them for their pistols and rifles.
The Green Laser has given me the ability to cover greater distances and larger area. (Posted on 8/22/2015)
great product and wonderful customer service Review by druzdad1977
I am very impressed by this product. The green laser is very bright and the quality is great. I knew I would like it because it's from Crimson Trace. But what surprised me was the helpfulness and friendliness of the staff at Crimson Trace. They were pleasant to speak to and they listened and cared to my needs. Thank you so much for everything. Keep doing what you're doing and producing top of the line products. (Posted on 5/11/2015)
Great accuracy Review by Tom
Easy to use and very accurate. Installed on my Kimber Supermatch. I had to trim down the side of the safety on the side the laser is on. No big deal for a righty. It doesn't matter how far out I run the target, the bullet goes where the green dot is. At the range, first they notice the green laser, then people notice the small hole torn out of the center of the target. I'm luvin' it. (Posted on 2/26/2015)
Overall great laser for the money Review by Michael
I have been in the market for a grip and laser combo that could be seen during the day time. The red dot works great in low light but not to well in the day light that is why I decided on the Green Dot for my Springfield 1911. it was easy to install from the start. The sight was almost dead on right out of the box. the only thing I would have to say is the battery life if just left of in the box does not last to long. Other than that I would recommend this to anyone who has a 1911. (Posted on 1/18/2015)
Requires modification on my Sig Review by Mike
I installed this on my Sig Sauer 1911 Tac-Ops. Unfortunately, the Sig has an ambidextrous safety which results in the safety being blocked by the laser node on the grip on the right side. So, it looks like I will have to modify my 1911 to use the grip. (Posted on 12/26/2014)
Perfect Review by Dave
I've had my green laser for 2 years now on my Sig 45, I am waiting for them to come out with a rose wood green for my Kimber45 (Posted on 11/22/2014)
Awesome! Review by TheDocThatRocks
I installed this laser on my Kimber Stainless Gold Match II handgun that I use for everyday carry. Compared to the red CTC laser that came stock on my Kimber Ultra CDP II with Lasergrips the green laser is so much more visible at night and especially during the day! It's true what they say. Once you go green you'll never want to go back to red. I just wished they sold this grip in other colors/wood grains besides just black. (Posted on 11/10/2014)
Stock on Crimson Carry II Pro by Kimber Arms Review by Sim
What a great product, with "Kimber" written across the black rubberized pressure switch. Just makes the whole weapon more effective at 50' period, once zero'd. Possibly a little high on the MSRP @ $400 due to getting them on this "Heirloom" type pistol Is exactly what I wanted, the best production 1911's made here in USA with these top shelf Crimson laser grips made it a must have a week after holding it at local gun shop. (Posted on 5/4/2014)
Great quality. Very visible, even in daylight. Easy to adjust for accuracy. Review by Paul
I have been waiting for this green laser application for a long time. I am very pleased with the finished product. It looks good and fits prefectly on my full size Kimber. The green dot is very visable even in bright daylight. I found the laser was very easy to install on my gun and it is also very easy to adjust for shooting accuracy. I just wish I had one for my Para Ordinance P-14 also.
My duty weapon is a Sig Sauer P220 and I have had a red laser on it for years. I have always liked this red laser and have appreciated how it makes it much easier to get on target (expecially in low light situations), but I am amazed at how much easier the green laser is to see during the daylight hours.
Great job, Crimson Trace ( or should it also be Emerald Trace?) (Posted on 2/3/2014)
Great for low light and daylight Review by SWAT Team Leader
I have been using Crimson for the past 10+ years. They are great for fast moving targets and shield work. It also gives that intimidation aspect where it makes the other person know you have the bead on him. (Posted on 2/2/2014)
With Instinctive On .. Fantastic for Home Defense! Review by BigBlueDaddy
I wanted to upgrade my Kimber 1911 Custom II and maintain the tactical black with a high quality product for decent price .. Bingo .. Ha, ha! .. I found the new LG-401G with black grips online .. took only 3days to get 'em .. and they fit perfectly .. factory set (zero sighted) at 50' was right where I liked it .. and the Green tracer dot .. boy oh boy .. can't miss it .. with Instinctive On .. Fantastic for Home Defense!
R/ Big Blue Daddy (Posted on 1/24/2014)
Great Laser Grip Review by Gunner
This product is high quality in construction. The green laser is also much easier to see with the human eye.
It's very easy to adjust for any given distance. This a real must have if you want to equip your pistol for home defense at night. (Posted on 1/23/2014)
Going Green Review by Subarudoctor
I have had the red laser (LG-401) for a few years and loved it. Then I purchased the LG-401G green laser!!! All I can say is WOW!! Much brighter and easier to see. Highly Recommended!! Once you go Green you won't go back. (Posted on 12/25/2013)
Green laser Review by Noodles
This fit perfectly on my remington r1 enhanced 1911 with threaded barrel. Works awesome. Highly recommend. Looking forward to purchase the light guard and hoping to find a holster for the pistol and lightguard. (Posted on 11/26/2013)


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The latest chapter in the "Star Wars" saga won't be playing out in theaters in December. Instead, a new character and story will premiere on gaming consoles in November with the release of "Star Wars Battlefront II."
In the mythos of "Star Wars," the tale has always unfolded from the perspective of the Rebellion in the quest to get out from under the Emperor's thumb. The new video game, available worldwide on Nov. 17 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, or Origin for PC, flips the action and tells the story of what happened to the Imperial side after the second Death Star exploded in "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi."
Iden Versio, leader of the Inferno Squad, battles on the ground and in space in the single-player campaign. Players will also encounter and play as heroes and villains throughout the "Star Wars" franchise.
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The new characters and storyline were created in close partnership with Lucasfilm. According to a spokesman from Electronic Arts, the single-player story will be part of the franchise canon moving forward.
"We wanted to create a campaign that told a story we haven't seen before in 'Star Wars,'" says Mark Thompson, game director at Motive Studios. "It was important for us to tell a new authentic story, one that gives players a brand-new perspective. By putting players in the boots of an elite member of the Imperial forces, we can show them what the battle was like from the other side."
The single-player campaign fills in the blanks about what happened to the Empire after its leader was blown up above the planet of Endor. From that explosion to the rise of the First Order, players will experience the action as Iden Versio as she seeks her revenge against the Rebellion.
It will be a different perspective of the battle from the other side over a 30-year period as she and the Imperial Forces regroup after the death of the Emperor.
This isn't the first time a video game has filled in details between the "Star Wars" movies. In "Star Wars Battlefront," players could play part of a massive battle on Jakku, the planet where "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" begins.
The multiplayer action is changing as well, providing battlefields from all three trilogies with new areas in Mos Eisley, Starkiller Base, and Yavin 4. There will also be galactic-scale space combat with players inside the cockpits of iconic ships.

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As I listen to the bloggersphere and twitterverse, attend conferences, and talk to test takers, there is a consistent concern about timing on the GMAT and how much it impacts their performance on the test. Survey GMAT test-takers and I bet that 90% of them will claim their biggest challenge is finishing the test (especially the Quant section). This fear is further propagated by test prep "experts" who cite the lofty goal of answering all Quant questions in 2 minutes or less and all Verbal questions in 1:45 minutes or less. I, however, have not drunk of that particular flavor of Kool-Aid and don't recommend you do so either.To all those of the 2 minute cult, I'd point you to the wisdom of Aesop and the story of the Tortoise and the Hare.
In context of the GMAT, the moral of the Tortoise and the Hare fable tells us that the advice so many people give regarding timing and pacing overlooks the inherent differences in the cognitive strengths of different people. Not everyone can be or should attempt to be the Hare. Many people will perform their best by working more methodically. The key factor in your personal success on the GMAT is knowing which you are, and maximizing your strategy accordingly.
Let's consider the strengths of the GMAT Hare. The GMAT Hare generally has the following characteristics:
- is generally comfortable with the material
- tends to just "get" questions, so if he does not understand how to begin a problem immediately he likely never will
- has strong intuitive grasp on how to approach the problem
- will get started on an effective approach to a problem within 30 seconds
- is well informed about problems he can and cannot do
- does not linger on a problem trying to figure it out
These characteristics generally are associated with a perceptive, intuitive, and confident test-taker.If he has these characteristics he will be well positioned to finish the test in the allotted time, thus if he is solidly grounded in the content tested his� test result will look like this:
On the other hand the Tortoise is not strong in the above areas. The GMAT Tortoise has other strengths and characteristics, such as:
- is generally comfortable with the material but acutely aware of the areas of trouble
- tends to be patient and careful, so she makes few of the careless errors that tend to plague the Hare
- will "work" a problem, so she may not see the most efficient approach right away but will instead walk logically from point to point or approach to approach until she discovers an efficient way to access the problem
- is committed to finding the correct answer, so she tends to stick with a problem a bit longer to either double check or figure it out
- is logical, methodical, and fairly formal, and tends to shy away from test taking "tricks" and "shortcuts" in favor of more solid approaches
These characteristics generally are associated with methodical, logical, and careful test-takers. This test-taker, as long as she is solidly grounded in and knowledgeable of rules and facts tested, will often end up rushing at the end of the test but with a high level of accuracy early on and her test result will look this:
In the examples above both the Tortoise and the Hare received a score of 49!
To maximize your performance, your best strategy is to learn who you are as a test taker. If you are the Tortoise, be the Tortoise. If you are the Hare, be the Hare. Just be all you can be given your personal strengths and weaknesses. Remember that "slow and steady wins the race," but what slow and steady means is very different for the Tortoise and the Hare!
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Paris (CNN) -- It should become easier to find flight data recorders in the wake of the Air France Flight 447 disaster, an aviation industry expert says.
Recorders from the doomed plane, which plunged into the Atlantic Ocean in June 2009 on its way from Brazil to France, were found amid the wreckage last week after almost two years on the sea bed.
Experts were able to recover vital clues to the cause of the crash, which killed 228 passengers and crewmembers, despite earlier warnings that the boxes had only been designed to last about 28 days under water.
Now one of the major manufacturers of data recorders says the company will look to extend their battery life to give authorities more time to find them after a crash.
"We are very pleased that the boxes have been found, and have lasted almost two years down at 12,800 feet, which is well beyond the design life that they were established for," John Bolton, from flight data recorder manufacturer Honeywell, told CNN at the Paris Air Show.
Has the mystery of Flight 447 been solved?
"The battery and the pinging [the signal which helps searchers to trace the recorders] are designed to last around 28 days," he said.
But he said that was likely to be extended, given that the recorders from Flight 447 had survived intact for so long.
"This has really helped us understand how long under submerged pressure the recorder is able to maintain its integrity, so you don't have corrosion or sea water entering into it," he told CNN.
"At that depth and level there's not a lot we can do, because of the atmospheric pressure, in terms of communication links, to get to them.
"So what we'll be looking at is can we extend the life, from a battery perspective?"
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Bolton said experts had been surprised investigators were able to recover 100 percent of the data from the recorders, despite their lengthy immersion in sea water.
"We do lab testing and accelerated life testing, but have not gone to the extent that those recorders have survived through, so it becomes a new benchmark of our design criteria to ensure that if unfortunate events like this occur that we have the products that the airlines and the industry would prefer."
Analysis of information from the flight data recorders on Air France Flight 447 showed the Airbus A330 plummeted 38,000 feet in 3 1/2 minutes, four hours into the journey from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.
A preliminary report by France's Bureau of Investigation and Analysis (BEA) found that the pilots were given conflicting speed readings in the minutes leading up to the crash.
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What up, amigos? Glad to see you back again today, and hopefully you'll get a laugh at today's "Fat People Shouldn't"!
So, you ever had one of those days? You know the type of days that I mean…you're walking all day, and you're so tired and worn out, and suddenly, like an oasis in the middle of the desert, there is a seat? That's what happened to this lady! And you know why? It's because of those terrible shoes! She really needs to go through her closet and get rid of those things. I mean, really. Really.
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Hey guys! So, last week, I didn't post at all. Some of you may be wondering what the deal is, seeing as I was a slacker the week before that as well. Well, it's not that I've run out of steam, I've just been super busy. Last week, I decided to open up an Etsy business (A Touch Of Tallent), and I was working on getting everything set up. The store doesn't have anything in it yet, but you can visit my Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Touch-of-Tallent/273328839466212
Anyways, I've pretty much got it all worked out now, so hopefully we will get everything back on track. So, that's that! Check back for some "Fat People Problems"! Thanks, guys!
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You guys know what time it is!!! "Fat People Shouldn't" time! Yep, and I've got a good one for you today!
Now, as a fat guy myself, I feel as though you should always be careful when going out without certain articles of clothing. My skin doesn't see the direct sunlight too often, and you gotta take care of that skin! This guy…well, it's obvious he doesn't share my concern. He's out and about in his Friday night, club-hoppin' best, and look at that tan skin! Somebody get this guy some sunblock! At least he's got on some sunglasses though…gotta protect those eyes too!


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I write about the chemistry of food and cooking. I took up this odd vocation after studies at the California Institute of Technology and at Yale University, where I wrote a doctoral thesis with the prophetic title "Keats and the Progress of Taste." After several years as a literature and writing instructor at Yale, I decided to practice what I'd been teaching, and write a book: a book about the science of everyday life.
The result was the publication in 1984 of a 680-page compendium, On Food & Cooking: The Science & Lore of the Kitchen. My timing was lucky: America and Britain were awakening to the pleasures of good food and to the diversity of world cuisines, and On Food & Cooking helped satisfy the growing hunger for information about ingredients and techniques.
Six years after On Food & Cooking, in 1990, I published a shorter and more personal book, The Curious Cook: More Kitchen Science and Lore. It's currently out of print. Then in 2004, after working on it for ten years, I published the second, completely revised and significantly expanded edition of On Food & Cooking, which won several awards. And in 2010, Penguin Press published my practical kitchen handbook Keys to Good Cooking: A Guide to Making the Best of Foods and Recipes.
Along the way I've contributed reviews and original research to the scientific journal Nature, and have written articles for many publications, including The World Book Encyclopedia, The Art of Eating, Food & Wine, Fine Cooking, and Physics Today. For five years I contributed a column on science and food, "The Curious Cook," to the New York Times. I've taught two-day courses at the French Culinary Institute in New York, and talk about food chemistry at such venues as the Culinary Institute of America and other professional schools, at Madrid Fusion, at universities, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Chemical Society. Since 2010, I've been a visiting lecturer at Harvard University in their course "Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science."
I'm currently working on a book about smells and flavors.
You can contact me via email at harold at curiouscook.com.


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The formation of an Amphibian Survival Alliance (ASA), to coordinate global conservation plans for amphibians in the face of a massive extinction catastrophe has been called for by a group of the world's foremost amphibian experts, in the latest edition of the journal Science.
The SSC Amphibian Specialist Group of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) would head the new ASA and have an initial five-year budget of $400 million. The paper in Science, "Confronting Amphibian Declines and Extinctions," calls for the implementation of the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan (ACAP) which was created at the Amphibian Conservation Summit (ACS) in 2005. The ACS included global leaders in amphibian research, conservation, and policy and ended with a declaration of action – including the formation of a group much like the ASA.
"Amphibians are facing a dire global extinction crisis that crystallizes the impact that humans are having on the entire natural world," said Claude Gascon, Co-chair of the IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group and senior Vice-President at Conservation International (CI), "The strategy we outlined in this article lays a clear path towards addressing this catastrophe. If we are not successful in this battle, we will end up losing more than just amphibians", noted Gascon, who is also one of the co-authors of the Science paper.
The extinction threat to amphibians is clear:
* Nearly one-third of the world's 5,743 amphibian species are classified as threatened with extinction
* At least nine, and possible as many as 130 species of amphibian have become extinct since 1980, maybe more
* The amphibian fungal disease chytridiomycosis is the worst infectious disease ever recorded among vertebrates in terms of number of species impacted and threat of extinction
"The catastrophic decline and extinction of amphibians is on a scale quite unlike anything we have ever witnessed before," said Simon Stuart, senior director of the IUCN/Conservation International Biodiversity Assessment Unit and co-author of the paper. "More amphibian species are declining more rapidly, over a wider geographic scale than is the case for any other group of species. With amphibians, the extinction crisis is no longer theoretical. It's happening right before our eyes."
The ASA model builds on programs such as the Global Environment Facility and the Turtle Survival Alliance. It would coordinate and support local conservation efforts, handle databases of information, and stimulate the development oft regional amphibian conservation centres (which would include expertise on captive breeding and disease research). Those centres would exist within universities, government agencies, and zoos.
For further information:
Science paper "Confronting Amphibian Declines and Extinctions"
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group
Amphibian Conservation Summit Declaration
Global Amphibian Assessment
Conservation International ASA press release
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When I first entered the United States as a German exchange student in 1976, I found a nation in a deep funk. Coming from a squeaky-clean country that was socially at peace and economically successful, I discovered graffiti, learned about the widespread use of drugs in high schools, and was surprised to hear that hitchhiking in urban areas was unsafe. And any day, the US economy was going to be overtaken by Japan and, later, by Germany.
When I returned to America in the late 1990s, Germany had slumped and was called the "sick man of Europe" – burdened with high labor costs and stiff regulations and unable to unlock its potential.
The US, on the other hand, had evolved into the country of high growth rates and boundless optimism. It built the coolest gadgets, produced the coolest TV shows, and fielded the coolest sports teams. I learned about manicured lawns, the advantages of portfolio diversification, and the difference between a home, a mansion, and a McMansion.
Another 15 years on, I find the US (now my country of residence) in yet another funk, while Germany has suddenly morphed into Europe's economic "powerhouse." Nowhere in the industrialized world did gross domestic product increase as much per capita over the past decade as it did in Germany.
Yes, German economic growth has slowed in recent months. A huge debt crisis is shaking Europe – and Germany, too. But no Western country weathered the storm of the Great Recession as well. Unemployment is at a 20-year low. And if not for that big, competitive economy in its middle, Europe would be deeper in the doldrums than it already is. Little wonder that analysts and politicians are examining the secrets of Germany's success.
Having crisscrossed the Atlantic for 35 years, I have learned one thing: that tables can turn – and can be made to turn. There is neither an exceptionalist destiny in the globalized world nor an inevitable tailspin.
Transatlantic learning is valuable when a country is looking for techniques and tools for reform. But it can be a tricky exercise as well. Simple copying rarely works, and a pointer can be misunderstood to be a lecture.
When Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner went to Europe in September to suggest a stimulus package to his eurozone colleagues – a proposal to "do-as-we-did-in-the-US," he was nearly sent packing. When former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, writing recently in this publication and others, suggested the US adopt a government-subsidized program to keep workers on the job during economic downturns, the idea did not resonate.
Mr. Schröder had simply overlooked differences in political culture. Welfare-state solutions for problems of a stalwart, free-market economy are recipes that a minority loves and a majority loves to hate.
So, can the US really learn from Germany? I'd say: Yes, please, but American style! When Germany tanked in the '90s, it slept through a whole phase of modernization. When Apple and Microsoft, Oracle and Google grew to become global powerhouses, Germany stood by. Except for the software company SAP, there simply are no German equivalents. There is no German Bill Gates or Steve Jobs.
Germans barely do IT innovation. Why, then, would a country be seen as a global role model for industrial modernization after it has just about skipped a full cycle of innovation?
Well, Germans may not be good at transformative innovation, but they are great at incremental innovation. Germans, the saying goes, make things that go inside the thing that goes inside the thing. They produce niche products, and do that well. By the end of, say, 10 improvement cycles, German tinkering has produced a completely new product.
Tinkering doesn't earn you Nobel Prizes, but it does help to build successful businesses. Today, the ascent of the emerging economies is powered by German high-tech machine tools, though they may be controlled by hardware and software that Americans invented. The same goes for medical equipment and all sorts of other high-tech gear.
And the lesson in all of this? America is sleeping through the green- and energy-economy boom, mostly because it chooses not to believe in it; it is thus missing out on an efficiency revolution that is transforming the globe while making countries and businesses rich. The German example shows that no Western country is doomed to fail permanently just because it takes an innovation and modernization pause. But a country needs to get back into the game – and on its own terms, building on its own strengths.
There is no use in copying German incrementalism when America is in the transformation business. The "Swabian Tinkerer" is not the role model when your guy is the "Silicon Valley Creator."
Just when America fell into disrepair at the turn of the millennium, Germany engineered its comeback.
The country took advantage of the newly introduced euro, thus avoiding appreciation and improving its competitive position. It streamlined the welfare state and bargained with trade unions to achieve long-term wage restraint while offering job security in return. It outsourced part of its industrial production to low-cost countries in Central and Eastern Europe, and as an exporter, it then took advantage of these countries' growing middle classes. Germany also aggressively embraced globalization and emerging markets.
Most of these recipes are not available to Americans. They cannot use a new currency; after two decades of flat incomes, wage restraint is hardly an option; and Eastern Europe is not in America's backyard.
That leaves globalization for Americans to embrace. They have done so with a half-hearted hug. They import, but do not export nearly enough to avoid a trade deficit. Yes, Apple and Microsoft, Oracle and Google are great exporters. But America's small- and medium-sized businesses do not play in the same league. Barely 3 percent of such businesses export. Overall, exports make up only 13 percent of America's economy.
For Germany, exports generate far more than a third of the country's income. In the past few years, Germany has increased exports by about 50 percent while reducing the number of unemployed by 40 percent. Most of the exporters are small- and medium-sized businesses. These entrepreneurs are overwhelmingly small-town business leaders with a small-town mind-set. Discovering the secret of their affinity for globalization should be worth multiple study tours and trade missions.
I am confident that Americans will accept the challenge of global competition because they must. And I fear that Germans will grow complacent because that is what success breeds. Therefore, the pendulum will swing yet again. At that point, it will be my pleasure to warn an American audience against writing off Germany too soon.
Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff is a senior transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the US


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The tiny Proteus motor, at only 2.5 times the width of a human hair, is small enough to enter the bloodstream and perform duties previously requiring some surgical slice-and-dice.
Researchers at Australia's Monash University developed the tiny motor to minimalise the risk of certain, more invasive surgeries. After being injected into the bloodstream, it can carry a camera and other sensors to monitor a patient without the danger that cutting and sewing presents. To move, it uses a spinning tail that spirals at 1295 RPM, and uses piezoelectricity (which uses mechanical stress to create electrical potential) for energy.
Oh, and here's my required Fantastic Voyage reference: This bloodstream sperm motor is named for that movie I never saw! [GizMag]


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Posted by Editoress on 03/22/12
After announcing that the Colavita/Forno d'Asolo team would disband at the end of 2011 due to lack of sponsorship, Colavita has announced that it will continue in 2012 with the signing of American sports broadcaster ESPN's women's division - espnW. The team will race as Colavita-espnW.
The team will be led by long time members Tina Pic and Iona Wynter Parks as Co-Directors, and includes three Canadians on the roster: Moriah MacGregor, Leah Guloien and Joanie Caron. Other riders include Kathryn Bertine, Jamie Bookwalter and Mary Zider.
"I knew a new business that focuses on supporting female athletes would be a perfect fit for this unique opportunity," said John A. Profaci, Vice President of Marketing for Colavita, who acknowledged espnW's coverage of women's cycling competitions and ongoing support of female athletes everywhere. He added, "Assembling a team will be challenging, but there is always new talent and seasoned veterans hungry to compete. I'm confident we'll have strong leadership, terrific racers, and a team of champion quality on and off the bike."
Added Laura Gentile, Vice President of espnW, "Working closely with Colavita, a company committed to supporting female athletes in such a tangible way, is important to espnW. It's a great opportunity to support the development of women's cycling while expanding espnW's reach in a creative way."
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I know it is not an ideal solution, but I use an Apache setup pattern for my XHTML+RDFa documents: http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/05/using_rdfa_to_add_information.html It was done as an answer to Tim's tabulator issues... Ivan Richard Cyganiak wrote: > > Michael, > > On 11 Jun 2008, at 09:25, Hausenblas, Michael wrote: >>> (I'm ignoring the availability of RDFa in my argument -- >>> unfortunately there is no way for a client to indicate that it supports >> RDFa AFAIK, >>> so it cannot really be factored into the content negotiation equation.) >> >> As you may guess I have a comment regarding this one ;) >> >> I'm note sure if I understand this correctly ('no way for a client to >> indicate that it supports RDFa') but, though RDFa uses >> 'application/xhtml+xml' MIME type, there are several ways to >> declare/detect RDFa content. > > Yes, I know. The problem I was getting at is a different one: There is > no way for a *client* to *announce* that it supports RDFa. > > When doing content negotiation, a server has to look at the Accept > header sent by the client, and make a decision about which variant to > send. Unfortunately, there is no way for the server to distinguish a > plain old Web browser from an RDFa-capable client. > > What is a server to do if it has some really nice RDF data, but also a > simple XHTML rendering of the RDF with embedded RDFa? If the client is > RDFa-aware, then sending the XHTML page is probably best, because it > gives the client the best of two worlds. The client can decide wether to > display the syled XHTML or wether to treat it as data and e.g. show it > in a tabular/faceted fashion. > > But if the client is a Tabulator-style browser without RDFa support, > then the server should send the RDF/XML to let the client get all the > data goodness. > > Tabulator sends this in its Accept header: > application/xhtml+xml;q=1.0, application/rdf+xml;q=0.8 > > That's reasonable. It's a Web browser, so it can deal perfectly with > XHTML. It also includes a data browser which is not quite as > sophisticated, so a preference of 0.8 for RDF/XML is fine. So our > hypothetical server should send RDF/XML in this case. > > How would a client announce that it is a Web browser (perfect XHTML > support), that it also can deal reasonably well with RDF/XML, but that > it would really prefer to get the best of both worlds if the server has > RDFa? Which Accept header should make our server respond with RDFa? > > I don't know, because there is no way to announce RDFa support in Accept > headers. > > Hence, RDFa-capable browsers will probably often get served RDF/XML, > because they don't tell the server that they would prefer an > RDFa-enabled styled HTML page over an unstyled RDF/XML page. > > I might propose something like > > application/xhtml+xml;profile=rdfa;q=1.0 > > in the Accept header, but am not sure about unintended side effects. > > Best, > Richard > > > >> All my statements are based on the latest >> RDFa syntax CR document at [1]. >> >> First (not preferred by some people ;) you could/should use the type >> declaration (<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML+RDFa 1.0//EN" >> "http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml-rdfa-1.dtd">). Further, people are >> encouraged to use the according @profile (<head >> profile="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml/vocab">) and/or the version >> attribute (<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >> version="XHTML+RDFa 1.0" ... />). >> >> Finally, the W3C TAG also addresses this issue, see [2]. >> >> Please feel free to discuss this issues also at our RDFa community Wiki >> (e.g. at [3]). >> >> Cheers, >> Michael >> >> [1] http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/2008/CR-rdfa-syntax-20080612/#s_conformance >> [2] >> http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/selfDescribingDocuments.html#UsingRDFa >> [3] http://rdfa.info/wiki/Tutorials#Good_practice >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> Michael Hausenblas, MSc. >> Institute of Information Systems & Information Management >> JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH >> >> http://www.joanneum.at/iis/ >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: email@example.com >>> [mailto:email@example.com] On Behalf Of Richard Cyganiak >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 1:18 AM >>> To: Ed Summers >>> Cc: SWD Working SWD; firstname.lastname@example.com >>> Subject: Re: Library of Congress Subject Headings as SKOS Linked Data >>> >>> >>> Ed, >>> >>> A very cool service, and exemplary attention to detail! >>> >>> Of course, I still have a few suggestions! I haven't read through the >>> entire thread, so apologies if some of this was mentioned already. >>> >>> (I saw 303s being mentioned in the thread -- you are doing things the >>> right way, there's no need to do 303s at <sh95000541>. It is an >>> information resource and therefore 200 is fine. The concept is >>> <sh95000541#concept>, a URI that cannot be directly dereferenced via >>> HTTP, so you are consistent with httpRange-14, as explained in the >>> Cool URIs document. This is one of the nice things about hash URIs.) >>> >>> 1. The content-negotiated URI should send a "Vary: Accept" header. >>> This helps caches to deal correctly with content-negotiated resources. >>> >>> 2. The correct MIME type for N3 is "text/rdf+n3;charset=utf-8", not >>> "text/n3". (I think the spec used to recommend text/n3, but has been >>> changed some time ago.) >>> >>> 3. I would suggest adding a few triples to the RDF/XML and N3 >>> versions, to link the generic document to its variants, and the >>> generic document to the concept. Example (choose your own favourite >>> properties): >>> >>> <sh95000541> foaf:primaryTopic <sh95000541#concept> . >>> <sh95000541> dcterms:format <sh95000541.rdf> . >>> <sh95000541> dcterms:format <sh95000541.n3> . >>> <sh95000541> dcterms:format <sh95000541.json> . >>> <sh95000541> dcterms:format <sh95000541.html> . >>> >>> This helps RDF browsers to relate all those resources. >>> >>> 4. The content negotiation could benefit from a little bit of >>> tweaking. You correctly handle q values, which is great. It would be >>> even better if there was a slight bias towards the non-HTML >>> formats. I >>> would argue that the data variants are quite a bit more useful than >>> the HTML variant, as RDF-aware clients can do all sorts of cool stuff >>> with the RDF that are not possible . Therefore, a client that >>> indicates identical preference for HTML and RDF/XML should be served >>> RDF/XML. FWIW, Tabulator has a preference of 1.0 for XHTML and >>> 0.8 for >>> RDF/XML. It would be great if your algorithm would return RDF/XML in >>> this case. >>> >>> (I'm ignoring the availability of RDFa in my argument -- >>> unfortunately there is no way for a client to indicate that it supports >> RDFa AFAIK, >>> so it cannot really be factored into the content negotiation equation.) >>> >>> 5. Ideally, you would add the skos:prefLabels of all related concepts >>> to the RDF output. This would support navigation in RDF browsers. >>> >>> Again, great work! >>> >>> Best, >>> Richard >>> >>> >>> On 9 Jun 2008, at 14:54, Ed Summers wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I'd like to announce an experimental linked-data, SKOS representation >>>> of the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) [1] ... and also >>>> ask for some help. >>>> >>>> The Library of Congress has been participating in the W3C >>> Semantic Web >>>> Deployment Working Group, and has converted LCSH from the MARC21 data >>>> format [2] to SKOS. LCSH is a controlled vocabulary used to index >>>> materials that have been added to the collections at the Library of >>>> Congress. It has been in active development since 1898, and was first >>>> published in 1914 so that other libraries and bibliographic utilities >>>> could use and adapt it. The lcsh.info service makes 266,857 subject >>>> headings available as SKOS concepts, which amounts to 2,441,494 >>>> triples that are separately downloadable [3] (since there isn't a >>>> SPARQL endpoint just yet). >>>> >>>> At the last SWDWG telecon some questions came up about the way >>>> concepts are identified, and made available via HTTP. Since we're >>>> hoping lcsh.info can serve as an implementation of SKOS for the W3C >>>> recommendation process we want to make sure we do this >>> right. So I was >>>> hoping interested members of the linked-data and SKOS communities >>>> could take a look and make sure the implementation looks correct. >>>> >>>> Each concept is identified with a URI like: >>>> >>>> http://lcsh.info/sh95000541#concept >>>> >>>> When responding to requests for concept URIs, the server content >>>> negotiates to determine which representation of the concept >>> to return: >>>> >>>> - application/xhtml+xml >>>> - application/json >>>> - text/n3 >>>> - application/rdf+xml >>>> >>>> This is basically the pattern that Cool URIs for the Semantic Web >>>> discusses as the Hash URI with Content Negotiation [4]. An additional >>>> point that is worth mentioning is that the XHTML representation >>>> includes RDFa, that also describes the concept. >>>> >>>> At the moment the LCSH/SKOS data is only linked to itself, through >>>> assertions that involve skos:broader, skos:narrower, and >>> skos:related. >>>> But the hope is that minting URIs for LCSH will allow it to be mapped >>>> and/or linked to concepts in other vocabularies: dbpedia, geonames, >>>> etc. >>>> >>>> Any feedback, criticisms, ideas are welcome either on either the >>>> public-lod [5] or public-swd-wg [6] discussion lists. >>>> >>>> Thanks for reading this far! >>>> //Ed >>>> >>>> [1] http://lcsh.info >>>> [2] http://www.loc.gov/marc/ >>>> [3] http://lcsh.info/static/lcsh.nt >>>> [4] http://www.w3.org/TR/cooluris/#hashuri >>>> [5] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-lod/ >>>> [6] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swd-wg/ >>>> >>> >>> >>> > > -- Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ PGP Key: http://www.ivan-herman.net/pgpkey.html FOAF: http://www.ivan-herman.net/foaf.rdfReceived on Wednesday, 18 June 2008 04:54:53 UTC
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"He has the delegates, but he doesn't have the hearts and the minds of the people"
Steve Watson
June 20, 2012
Congressman Ron Paul has appeared on two major news networks and declared that there is "no way" he will endorse Mitt Romney for president.
On last night's Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Paul said that despite his own son's endorsement for Romney, he would not be throwing his hat in with the former Massachusetts governor.
"Well, it looks like he has the delegates, yes," Paul told Blitzer. "But he doesn't have the control of the hearts and the minds of the people. And right now a lot of people — a lot of delegates who are pledged to vote for Romney are actually very strong supporters of ours and will be strongly supporting us when we want to put things into the platform that say, hey, we don't need another war. Yes, we do need to audit the Federal Reserve. Yes, we ought to really cut spending."
Despite assurances from Rand Paul last week that he had discussed the Romney endorsement with his father, the senior Paul said he was not ready to fade away and vowed to fight on with his campaign all the way to the convention, even though victory is now impossible.
"I think it's legitimate for us to continue to debate," Paul said. "I know they don't want the debate at the convention. Everything has to be smooth and proper."
"But, you know, I helped pay for the convention because the taxpayers pay Republicans $18 million-plus. And Obama gets $18 million plus to have these grand parties. I think we should be serious and discuss differences."
The Congressman also declined to oppose a lawsuit that has been brought against the RNC by his supporters. The suit, challenges the GOP's "binding delegate" rule that enforces delegates in certain states to vote for the candidate who won the state primary. It argues that delegates have the "Constitutional right to vote their conscience" at the national convention.
"If they have a legitimate argument that they can make and that's what they want to do, I'm not going to say 'Don't do it'," Paul said.
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Appearing on MSNBC's Morning Joe today, Paul repeated that he would not endorse Romney.
"I would say he has core convictions, but I just disagree with them," the Congressman said.
Paul also outlined his desires for the national convention, noting that although he will not have enough delegates to "take over the convention", he would relish a speech on the floor or failing that an on site "meeting" to influence the party platform.
"All I want to do, if I don't get a speech on the floor in the convention, all I want to do is have a meeting and say, 'Look, we have numbers, we have people, we have enthusiasm, we believe in something. Why don't you pay a little attention?' And actually I think they are. They don't know quite how to handle it." Paul urged.
"I think [the GOP] has lost its way. I think a long time ago. I can't see the difference" between Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, Paul argued. "They're both very militaristic, interventionist, pro-war… do Republicans really stop welfare expansion? No. Do they really cut back and balance the budget? No, they usually introduce bigger budgets."
"When it comes to the philosophy of government, there's not enough difference for me," Paul concluded. "I would like to change those convictions of the Republican Party because there were times when they had much better positions. And there's no reason why we can't restore those and improve upon them."
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I've kind of wondered, since I'm always getting called one — and while not really thinking hard about it, I'm aware of the homologies in male and female genitalia and mentally pictured something discrete and reasonably placed. I guess I must have low self-esteem or something, because science fiction authors imagine something grand and huge and dangerous, instead.
John Scalzi has a sketch of the Kaiju Mangina, and it is awesome and terrifying and silly. And then Howard Tayler drew the Brobot reaction, and it is perfect.
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"Lee Daniels' The Butler" is on its way to a repeat victory at the weekend box office, as it easily outperformed three new wide releases Friday.
The Oprah Winfrey-Forest Whitaker civil rights saga brought in $4.8 million, and should finish with about $16 million for the three days. It's good news for the Weinstein Company. A solid second-week hold — it was off just 43 percent from last Friday — would indicate its mature-skewing Oscar hopeful has a good shot at playing through the awards season.
The debuting teen fantasy "Mortal Instruments: City of Bones" and horror movie "You're Next" failed to connect, and were bunched with the other wide opener, the Simon Pegg-Edgar Wright comedy "The World's End," after Friday. All three are looking at $8 million or $9 million for the weekend.
Also read: What's the Deal? Fans Should Give Ben Affleck a Chance as Batman (Video)
Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine," which Sony Pictures Classics expanded from 229 theaters to 1,283, isn't breaking out. After a $1.1 million Friday it's looking at a $4 million weekend total, just cracking the top ten.
The summer will be the biggest ever in terms of domestic grosses, but with the blockbusters in the rear view mirror, things have slowed significantly. This will be the first week since February with a winner under $20 million, according to Box Office Mojo.
Also read: 5 Reasons Hollywood Isn't Celebrating Its Record Summer Box Office
Warner Bros.' Jennifer Aniston-Jason Sudeikis comedy "We're the Millers" was on course to repeat as runner-up with a $13 million third weekend after a $3.9 million Friday. Its domestic total should cross $90 million by Sunday.
Lionsgate's R-rated "You're Next" had a chance to follow "The Purge" and "The Conjuring" as the third low-budget horror film to win a weekend this summer, but that's not going to happen. It opened in 2,437 theaters to just $2.9 million Friday, when fans of the genre typically turn out, and its "B-" CinemaScore won't help.
Focus Features' R-rated sci-fi comedy "The World's End" had the best per-screen average of any movie Friday, taking in $3.4 million from 1,548 theaters. That was well under the count for "The Butler" (3,110) and "We're the Millers' (a market-high 3,445) and the other debuting movies.
Also read: Simon Pegg Trashes 'Man of Steel,' 'Transformers' Following His 'F— You' to 'Star Trek' Critics
"The World's End," in which pals on an epic pub crawl try to save the world, is on pace to top the debut of the last effort from the filmmakers, "Hot Fuzz." That one topped $23 million domestically in 2007 after its opened to $5.8 million, but it was in just 845 theaters. First-night audiences gave it a "B+" CinemaScore.
Sony's PG-13 rated "Mortal Instruments" brought in $3.1 million Friday from 2,835 locations. That puts it on track for a soft $13 million since its Wednesday opening and means it will be the third film this year to target the "Twilight" crowd and come up short. "Beautiful Creatures" and "The Host" misfired earlier.
Also read: Catherine Hardwicke, Julie Taymor Back Kickstarter Project to Close Hollywood's Gender Gap
Disney's animated "Planes" was in the $8 million same range as the newcomers after its $2.3 million Friday, and should get a bump from families on Saturday
Sony's "Elysium" is on pace for a $7 million third week and was running seventh, ahead of Fox's "Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters" and Universal's "Kick-Ass 2," which plunged nearly 80 percent in its second week.


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Lots of praise has been given to the commercials of the Super Bowl, as they stayed nice and clean and stepped away from the risqué and sexy ads of the past.
Keeping it clean seemed to be the theme for many of the commercials aired Sunday night during the Super Bowl. There was a Hyundai ad that gave dads across America a bit of credit, showing how fathers save the day. And then there was the GoldieBlox commercial that showed young girls gathering their pink toys and building a rocket. And who can forget Budweiser's commercial called "Puppy Love" that showed a friendship between a dog and a horse. It tugged at the heartstrings, without any beer in sight. Radio Shack's "The Phone Call" commercial was a fan favorite, and Cheerios promoted family values in their commercial called "Gracie." And Coke became the first advertiser to feature a same-sex couple, according to NBC News. The couple's "snippet appeared as one of many vignettes in a sweeping ad that celebrated America's collection of diverse creeds, codes and individuals. In the five-second clip, two male partners and their daughter go roller-skating while a chorus of children sings 'America the Beautiful.'" The ad received a heavy amount of criticism for featuring eight different languages, according to The Detroit Free Press. In previous years, Super Bowl ads were often "sexist" or "too snarky," according to The New York Times. For Super Bowl XLVIII, many of the commercials were "more rainbows or roses than dog bites or bee stings," NY Times reported. "Most of the commercials that Fox broadcast nationally during Super Bowl XLVIII on Sunday sought to invoke fuzzy feelings that would warm the cockles of consumer hearts, if not MetLife Stadium," wrote The NY Times. "The television and social media audiences were exhorted repeatedly to forget their troubles and put on a smiley face." Some ads stuck to the old trend of being a little risqué, like the Oikos ad featuring John Stamos and some of the "Full Hose" cast members, Scarlett Johannson's SodaStream ad and the Butterfinger Cups commercial where a woman wearing the word "chocolate" and a man sporting "peanut butter" are given advice on how to improve their relationship. But those were only minor hiccups in family friendly Super Bowl ad campaign. Often criticized for their sexist ads, GoDaddy.com stayed rather clean with its spot. The commercial featured Danica Patrick, who is usually featured in GoDaddy's ads, wearing a muscle suit and running along with oiled body builders on their way to a tanning business. These commercials sparked social media buzz after they aired on television. The most popular of these was the Esurance ad, which announced a $1.5 million giveaway through Twitter. With the hashtag #EsuranceSave30, Twitter users made their case for why they deserved the millions, according to the Seattle Post Intelligencer. And social media, The NY Times reported, helped make these commercials more appropriate for all ages. "The ability of social media to make it easier and faster for consumers to make and share complaints is apparently influencing the content of commercials on the biggest day of the year for advertising: Few want to risk running spots perceived to be on the bleeding edge of taste or acceptability when they can be demonized in a day."%3Cimg%20src%3D%22http%3A//beacon.deseretconnect.com/beacon.gif%3Fcid%3D142418%26pid%3D46%22%20/%3E


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ACTA On Hold, But The Protests Continue In Serbia
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One reason the European Commission decided to refer ACTA to the European Court of Justice may have been in the hope that people would simply get bored and move on. It's certainly true that the cities of Europe aren't full of protesters as they were a couple of months ago, but that doesn't mean that everything has died down completely. Here, for example, is one country whose population still has strong feelings on the matter:
A movement in Serbia against the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is gaining a groundswell of support, although the government denies that the treaty is being considered for adoption.
Well, that last part may be true, but only in the sense that Serbia will have no choice. The country is currently applying to become a member of the European Union, and if it is accepted, it will be forced to sign up to ACTA, whether it wants to or not:
Assuming the EU and its member states ultimately ratify the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement [], Serbia will have to follow suit as it will have become a full part of EU law, said Branka Totić, director of the Serbian Intellectual Property Office.
That might make protests against ACTA seem pointless -- after all, if Serbia is admitted to the EU, it won't even be asked on the matter. But it seems that ACTA has become a political issue in Serbia:
Online group Pirate Party founder Aleksandar Blagojevic said the mainstream media and politicians are manipulating the public.
In many ways, Serbia may be the perfect country for the Pirates. The founder of the movement, Rick Falkvinge, visited the country last year, and wrote about what happened during the 1990-95 international embargo against Yugoslavia, of which Serbia was a part:
"They want to put us in the position of the boy who cried wolf ... when there is no wolf. But once it arrives, it will be too late," he said.
The group leads the anti-ACTA charge in Serbia and is in the process of registering as a political party.
Yugoslavia was allowed to import food, medicine, all the basic necessities of life, but not luxury items. Copies of digitized works counted as luxury items that weren't allowed. Importing copies of bitpatterns was not permitted, stupidly enough. It turns out, therefore, that this was not a problem. The people living there could make do themselves, copying themselves. It showed on a country-wide scale just how unnecessary the copyright monopoly is -- not just to academics studying the situation, but to the very people, too.
Against that historical background of large-scale sharing, ACTA's attempt to enforce copyright strictly could well be even more problematic for Serbia than for other EU countries. No wonder people are protesting.
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Every religious tradition stands in some tension with its society, legitimizing some things in terms of a larger eternal context, but in the process challenging others, sometimes deeply. As NeoPagan religions increase in America this same pattern is developing. This essay explores how the logic of Pagan religion leads us to question the legitimacy of some important contemporary institutions, particularly the joint stock corporation, and with this questioning, the way our society views the world.
More deeply than most religions, NeoPagans legitimize and honor the goodness of this world, the sacred immanence that shines through all things. Consequently, from a Pagan perspective living well in our world requires observing appropriate ethical and moral relationships. This insight cannot help but lead us to criticize attitudes treating this world as noting but a means for human ends.
Our society's institutional and legal core views the world as without value beyond its use to us. A mountain or forest has no more intrinsic value than a crumpled wad of paper. Our economic system in particular is only able to relate to the world on these terms. Its signature institution, the joint stock corporation, is created so treat everything it encounters as either a resource for attaining its goal of making money, a threat to that goal, or irrelevant. By understanding what is defective about a corporation we can better appreciate what Pagan insights add to our world.
A corporation selects its leaders through voting based on how many shares an owner owns. The more money a person invests, the more votes they control, guaranteeing as much as any human institution can that values inhibiting making money will be ignored. If a CEO sacrifices share value to anything else, he or she will likely be ousted. Consequently, CEOs who care only for making money will have a competitive edge over men and women with a wider and deeper sense of what it is to be a decent human being. Corporations select for sociopathic leadership, and often they succeed.
The problem gets worse. Most share holders are normal human beings with a normal range of values. Doing well is one of them, but other values also matter. Many are too busy to spend a great deal of their lives pouring over comparative performance and forecast reports to determine what shares to buy or sell. So they hire others to do it for them. These "others" are usually mutual funds. Most investors will not even know what corporations they "own" a part of. They own shares in the funds.
Fund managers are legally required to seek the maximum income for their clients. Unless they are "green funds" mutual funds remove human values one additional step from influencing economic decision-making.
As decisions about investments are increasingly removed from the complex values motivating human beings to the one dimensional world of seeking money over everything else a strange transformation takes place. In my terms it is the transition from a market economy based on private ownership to capitalism and the abolition of what we usually describe as private ownership of the means of production.
The end of ownership
To own something is to control it and to be responsible for it. But most shareholders do not control the corporation of which they 'own' a part. Nor are they responsible for its actions. If a corporation commits a crime, shareholders are not responsible. But the problem is deeper than that.
Suppose I discover a corporation in which I have invested is doing something morally objectionable. I protest. They respond their policies are "good business." I sell my shares in protest. They are then bought by someone who is either not aware of why I sold, or does not care.
What happened? The shares are now owned by someone without my moral objections. If bad actions increase the corporation's profits, they benefit. If I break off my involvement with wrong behavior, those who approve it will benefit. Whatever this is, it is not ownership. It has no resemblance to the small business created and owned by an entrepreneur and reflecting his or her values.
In reality capitalism 'owns' the companies and share 'owners' receive a dividend depending on how well they invest their resources to serve capitalism in making as much money as it can. Share 'owners' are only rewarded when they serve capitalist values. When they do not serve capitalism's values their shares dwindle in value or are sold, and they are excluded from influence. In a sense they are laid off.
Share holders work for capitalism rather than capitalism working for them. If they are good at it they do well, but it is a mistake to think of them as anything but subordinates. At this level they are akin to state socialism where the state owns the industries and pays managers to run them, giving bonuses to those who run them well. Capitalism is more efficient than state socialism, but the role of human values and freedom in both cases is subordinated to power.
There is a great irony in conservatives worrying about government taking over private property but having no objection to corporate capitalism. To the extent it is corporate the business world has already expropriated private property. It happened not through laws taking rights away but by capitalism fundamentally changing the context in which those rights exist, so that the most important of them disappeared from practical economic impact. 'Owners' remain, but they receive income depending on how well they serve capitalism. If they object and leave, their oversight in service to capitalism is transferred to someone more willing to do the job.
A personal example
A concrete example might help nail down an abstract argument. For many years I made my living as an artist, and the stationery and cards I designed and sold paid for my Ph.D. and sometimes supported me for years afterwards. I wholesaled over much of the US and met a pay roll. Ultimately email began reducing demand, and I closed it down. (How many letters do you write every year?)
Suppose that had not happened and my business grew and grew. At some point I might have chosen what many business people do when they are successful, and tried to take it public, becoming a joint stock corporation in order to raise capital and grow more. Had I done so control would have shifted from me to shareholders. I would have become an employee, a hired manager. If I had made decisions that negatively affected total money profit the shareholders would have been justified in firing me and hiring someone more money driven. And as I explained, share holding tends to go towards those motivated only by money in these decisions.
When I ran my business I made many decisions that limited my profits over what they otherwise would have been, such as using recycled paper even though it cost more, providing "Pagan discounts," and giving products away for charitable purposes even though I received no recognition (and so free advertising) for doing so. I often over paid employees compared to what I likely would have needed to if only money mattered.
None of these practices would have been justified under the new regime unless they resulted in greater profits.
Capitalism and Nature
The deathly logic of capitalism extends to living beings.
Bernard Rollins described the following event in his ethics column in the Canadian Veterinary Journal: (reported in The Land report, no. 74, summer, 2004.)
You [as a veterinarian] are called to a 500-sow farrow-to-finish swine operation . . . As you examine several sows in the crated gestation unit, you notice one with a hind leg at an unusual angle and inquire about her status. You are told "She broke her leg yesterday and she's due to farrow next week. We'll let her farrow in here, and then we'll shoot her and foster off her pigs." Is it ethically correct to leave the sow with a broken leg for a week while you await her farrowing?
When the visiting vet offered to splint the sow's leg for free, he was told profit margins were so tight they could not afford the time to care for her.
This was not a unique event. When one of Rollins' colleagues' son-in-law was working in an industrial hog "farm" he noticed some of the pigs were sick and, being familiar with the disease, offered to treat it. "'We don't treat sick animals' he was told, 'We kill them by knocking them over the head with a crowbar.'" The man treated them anyway and was fired for his efforts, until he told management he had done so with his own money. He was re-hired "with a reprimand and warning."
A Pagan connection
For years the family-held Pacific Lumber Company had logged profitably in Northern California while being popular with environmentalists due to their wise practices. They decided to go public to raise more money. When they did corporate raiders from Texas decided their shares were "under valued" because if they were more ruthless in their logging they would be able to make more money. They took it over using borrowed cash, or junk bonds, greatly increased the rate of cutting, inflicted untold environmental damage on land they owned as well as land and people living downstream from the landslides they caused, and triggered the timber wars that tore apart Northern California's social fabric for years. Essentially Wall Street was waging war against the people, land, and waters of northern California's redwood forests. No clearer example of the conflict between capitalism and human values could be described (although there are many others as clear).
People protested this destruction. The protests were dramatically and firmly supported by Reclaiming, one of the largest Pagan organizations in the country. Witches helped raise money and offered other support for Earth First! in its efforts to defeat the capitalists. Ultimately they succeeded, as California adopted regulations requiring wiser logging practices, and when they became law the Texas vandals could not make money and the company went bankrupt.
The issue here was not people making use of the land. The issue was people using the land as if it had no value other than its service to some, and as that logic worked itself out, no value other than its service to capitalism. Kiowa writer Scott Momaday's observation captures a Pagan point of view: "You say I use the land, and I reply, yes it is true; but it is not the first truth. The first truth is that I love the land; I see that it is beautiful. I delight in it; I am alive in it."
From a Pagan perspective what is happening is a moral failing in many ways as complete and catastrophic as the millennial old acceptance of slavery. Despite its horrors slavery was accepted by Pagans, Christians and others alike. It only became vulnerable to abolition when some people developed sufficient moral awareness to see its wrongness while recognizing alternatives to it on a more 'practical' level.
Do we have practical alternatives available that can free us from capitalism and enable people to be able to act in a morally and ethically deeper way towards the rest of the world?
The answer is yes. My next post will describe the most inspiring alternative about which I know.


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