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For those still harboring the illusion that e-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group has uncovered a new trick that enables someone to essentially bug an e-mail message so that the spy would be privy to any comments that a recipient might add as the message is forwarded to others or sent back and forth.
The maneuver does not take advantage of any security flaw in e-mail software. It is simply one feature of a fancier and increasingly common form of e-mail known as HTML mail, which enables users to send and receive e-mail messages that look and act like a Web page.
Although HTML e-mail often includes images and animations, it can also be made to look like a plain text e-mail. To figure out whether a message is HTML or text, a user can right-click on the message body. If one of the menu choices that appears is ''view source,'' it is HTML mail. By choosing ''view source,'' a user would be able to see any JavaScript code embedded in the message. But whether the code was designed to bug a message would likely still be difficult to recognize for someone unfamiliar with the computer language.
''I looked at this and I said, 'Whoa,' because it lets you spy on people, and it's so easy,'' said Richard M. Smith, chief technology officer for the Privacy Foundation, an educational and research organization based in Denver that plans to publicize and demonstrate the technique today.Continue reading the main story
''Most of us won't release a computer virus, but this is something people would use, particularly if a service started offering it,'' Mr. Smith said. ''It's just kind of human nature.''
Invisible tags sometimes called Web bugs are widely used in HTML e-mail by marketers and others to detect whether an individual has opened an e-mail message. The Congressional Privacy Caucus has announced plans to hold hearings to investigate the use of Web bugs later this month. Mr. Smith said that it was now clear that JavaScript could be used to create a more powerful Web bug so that not only can someone find out when a message is read, but also what is being said about it.
The widely used e-mail programs that are vulnerable to the exploit include Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express and Netscape Messenger 6. America Online users and users of Web-based e-mail programs like Hotmail would not be affected.
''At this point in time, it's really a personal choice everybody has to make whether they are more concerned about a security risk or about the advanced functionality you get by having these features enabled,'' said Lisa Gurrey, product manager for Microsoft Office. ''We are just doing the best we can to give our customers different options.''
But turning off JavaScript does not necessarily mean that e-mail cannot be spied on, because a bugged message will still be returned to its original sender if it is replied to or forwarded to someone who reads the message with an e-mail program that is vulnerable.
Today, the Privacy Foundation plans to provide public demonstrations of the process, which the group calls ''e-mail wiretapping'' and believes to be illegal. The group is calling for the major vendors of e-mail programs to provide their software with JavaScript automatically turned off. The potential for such e-mail spying was first discovered by Carl Voth, an engineer in British Columbia, who brought it to the attention of Mr. Smith at the Privacy Foundation.
''What bothers me is that in this case, my vulnerability is a function of what you do,'' Mr. Voth said. ''I can be careful, I can take every precaution, I can turn off JavaScript, and it doesn't matter. If my neighbor isn't diligent and I send him an e-mail, I'm still vulnerable.''Continue reading the main story


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Post-election tech-policy forecast: Nothing
A few dozen Americans found out last night that they're losing their jobs. That's about the difference the election will make in tech policy.
As Ezra Klein wrote at greater length this morning, Republican control of the House combined with a continued Democratic majority in the Senate (I didn't write "control" because nobody controls the upper house anymore) in the current political climate is a recipe for very little getting done.
So if anything's going to happen with the technology-related political issues I've noted here--the broken patent system, net neutrality, your privacy online, or just the way the convoluted tax code has turned into a protection racket for the makers of tax-prep software--you're better off looking to regulatory agencies or the courts than to Congress.
Those other actors can do a fair amount by themselves (note to the Federal Communications Commission: Now it really is up to you all to do something about net neutrality), but the changes they can accomplish on their own tend to be smaller and more easily reversed.
(12:37 p.m. Cecilia Kang's latest post suggests that we could see bipartisan movement on Internet privacy. But I'll believe a bill increasing government regulation over a sector of the economy when I see it passed by a House now occupied by many more small-government types.)
There is one Congressional firing that I want to note by name: that of Rep. Rick Boucher (D.-Va.), defeated by Republican Morgan Griffith. Boucher has been consistently clueful about tech topics for far longer than I've been writing this column. In recent years, Boucher often failed to translate his good intentions into legislation, but he knew what he was talking about and didn't pluck talking points from the briefings of Hollywood lobbyists. That's more than I can say for a great many legislators.
The fact that you had tech-policy people who rarely agree with each other on anything agreeing that his departure is a setback should tell you something.
Have a different forecast for tech policy? The comments are yours.
Rob Pegoraro
| November 3, 2010; 10:29 AM ET
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The situation reminds me of Will Rogers' observation that "People say Calvin Coolidge is a do-nothing president. Well, nothing is what the people want done, and Coolidge can do it as well as anybody."
Posted by: 54Stratocaster | November 3, 2010 1:11 PM | Report abuse
Thanks for noting Rick Boucher's intelligent public service on tech issues Rob, which -- yes, before you started -- included proposing and co-authoring the legislation that opened up the Internet to commerce. He also, among many other things, brought fiber and municipal Wi-Fi to his own district when others were clueless. Tech people of all political persuasions were heartbroken to see him lose this election.
Posted by: rschwartz1 | November 3, 2010 3:00 PM | Report abuse
I have been working with legislators and staff for far longer than I will admit here - certainly longer than Rob's fine column. Rick Boucher is the finest example of a gentleman centrist Democrat. Coming from a rural district, Rick "got" the computer and then the Internet revolution. He worked hard not only with legislators across the aisle, but with those in his party representing interests that wanted to regulate technology Rick always worked hard to reach reasonable compromise, but ones that let innovation flourish. Rick will be sorely missed.
Posted by: jburger | November 3, 2010 3:18 PM | Report abuse
Not only has Cong. Boucher been a leader on tech issues, but he has also been a champion of libraries both in his district and across the country. From his first days in Congress, he understood the importance of ensuring access to information and services for his constituents and beyond, and how network technologies could make this happen more effectively. In addition, he has worked tirelessly to ensure that fair use and other library interests were protected and strengthened in the digital environment. We will miss him as will many others.
Posted by: padler1 | November 3, 2010 3:46 PM | Report abuse
Congressman Boucher displayed political courage rare in Washington by taking copyright policy positions opposed by the entertainment industry. Although his views were pro-consumer, copyright policy is an esoteric enough subject that his consumer-friendly stance did not win him many votes in his district -- just the enmity of Hollywood. The path of least resistance would have been to just nod in agreement with the talking points recited by the movie stars and country western singers the entertainment industry rolled out whenever they wanted to expand their copyright monopoly. Instead, Congressman Boucher studied the proposed legislation, asked hard questions at hearings, and introduced -- and secured passage of -- significant amendments. Congressman Boucher played a significant role in fashioning the legal framework that has allowed the Internet to flourish. Hopefully he will continue to participate in the development of the nation's information policy for years to come.
Posted by: jband1 | November 3, 2010 3:56 PM | Report abuse
Rep. Boucher was a breath of fresh air. He stubbornly stuck to solid principles, even in the face of heavy corporate pressure. On copyright issues, in particular, he seemed light years ahead of the copyright industry itself. Had those lobbyists worked with him rather than against him, we might have had a more progressive and productive environment for making money for authors through the Internet. Instead, his detractors managed to mostly make piracy more profitable. He will be missed.
Posted by: lautaro | November 3, 2010 4:45 PM | Report abuse
Fortunately, it would be illegal for the FCC to "do something about 'network neutrality.'" It does not have the power to regulate the Internet as if it were 19th Century telephone service. Congress never authorized it to do so, and if it tries it will be slapped down by the courts.
And that is a very, very good thing, because nothing needs to be done. There's no problem to solve. And the people have clearly indicated that they do not WANT anything to be done.
All 95 members of Congress who signed the PCCC "network neutrality" pledge, listed at http://netneutralityprotectors.com/, lost their seats. Could voters possibly have sent a clearer message?
Posted by: LBrettGlass | November 3, 2010 6:05 PM | Report abuse
Interesting observation:
Every single one of the 95 FreePress/PCCC House and Senate candidates that took the www.NetNeutralityProtectors.com pledge: "I believe in protecting net neutrality -- the First Amendment of the Internet," lost in the mid-term elections Tuesday.
Posted by: Rewrite | November 3, 2010 6:16 PM | Report abuse
Maybe Rick Boucher will move up to Northern Virginia, and challenge Frank Wolf in the 10th district in 2012. The Dulles Tech Corridor needs a representative that understands tech policy!
Posted by: washpost86 | November 4, 2010 10:18 AM | Report abuse
Bob, Jim, Jon: Nice to see you all here. (It's possible I've met the rest of you in person, but I can't tell from your usernames.)
@LBrettGlass: The aforementioned people are all lawyers with years of experience in tech-policy issues. I am quite sure they'd disagree with your interpretation of the law.
Now about those 95 candidates losing: Clearly, their net-neutrality views doomed them, as the winning candidates in each race campaigned against net-neutrality regulations, repeatedly hammering the losers on this issue in ads and debates. Oh, wait, that didn't happen.
Posted by: Rob Pegoraro | November 4, 2010 11:08 AM | Report abuse
I think LBrettGlass is right. The lawyers may be right on the law, but the law may be unconstitutional.
For the next two years, gridlock is good. Don't make any more laws that hurt me or my family.
The internet isn't broke. Don't fix it.
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"Classical stations tended to have older listeners than other formats and an audience that is less appealing to advertisers but are more likely to have dedicated and passionate supporters," Joseph Plambeck reports. I'm glad that classical stations can still survive in a popular music culture, but these sorts of shifts don't bode well for classical's long-term prospects. Older listeners tend to be more conservative, which serves to alienate further the medium from new listeners. What do kids care about Mozart?
"Classical music is in crisis," the director of the Grand Street Community Band recently told me. Of course, stalwarts like The Metropolitan Opera aren't in imminent danger of going under, but smaller organizations, from that amateur Williamsburg-based group to Lincoln Center second-tier organizations like New York City Opera, do struggle for attention (and funding and survival) in a field increasingly dominated by titanic institutions. And it's the smaller groups that are more likely to shift the focus to new and radical music, the sort of things that could define classical music by its future, rather than a musty gaze backwards at its past.


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It's not just the reminders of life's finite time sheet that is making me feel propelled to do something. I've been looking at my daughter's faces and wondering what they'll see in mine as they grow up. Will they see a devoted mom who is their soft place to fall? As they mature, will they see a woman who mothers fiercely but who also loves in other arenas?
I easily feel fulfilled and fully occupied as a mother of three very young girls, these days. It takes up most of my day tending to them, keeping the house running and keeping good food coming across the table. It won't always be like this, and that's both good news and bad. I fear that one day, things will be a little more quiet around here, and then what?
I guess the question my mind's been dancing with all week is that all-encompassing, "who am I?" I hope there's never a black-and-white answer, but I'd like some more structure to the answer. I love mothering. It warms me, gives me a sense of legacy, and is my, 'no matter what' fallback plan for living a fulfilled life. I know I am more than a mother of three. Heck, five years ago I wasn't yet a wife. I was free to pursue my life's direction all on my own. There's a loneliness to that, and boy am I glad to have made a family. Like I said, though, I am reminding myself that there is more.
"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing." -Benjamin FranklinI think I am going to start writing again. This outlet is great, and is a wonderful way for me to practice putting words to my thoughts, in satisfying pairings. I want to write for me though, something with more depth and length. Something that feels like an accomplishment, that challenges me, and that lasts beyond what's timely. I realize that I miss having deadlines, writing goals, a next level.
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Then you need to answer four questions, and make sure when you answer them, everyone's actually on the same page, suggests Jack Bergstrand, the CEO of consulting firm Brand Velocity, in a recent Industry Week article.
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Nope, not safe at all…
Every few months I go through my yarn stash and misc knit/crocheted projects and make sure it is safe from bugs.
So far I have been good at not finding much traces of moth type infestations, though I did find a moth in some roving it didn't do any damage and I froze the roving and then spun it and haven't had any breakouts.
I did find carpet beetles and they weren't in my wool. In fact, they weren't really in my yarn balls at all. Instead, I found them in a knit sweater that I never pieced together. It was made of cotton-ease (50% cotton 50% acrylic.) There were just a couple of them and I killed them. I never pieced the sweater because it was a baby sweater I knit when I was learning and I did my increases and decreases wrong so I have holes along the neckline.
Since it is a baby sweater and I no longer have a baby, I see no reason to finish it. I set it aside until I knew what to do with it. No I might just trash it just in case there are eggs or something in the yarn which I can't see.
I knew a few days ago I had them because I saw a carpet beetle on the wall by my clock above my yarn desk. Going through my stash gives me the opportunity to clean up my work area, organize it, and destash what I no longer want.
So far, my wool is safe. Surprisingly, the cotton may not be. I still need to go through my cotton-ease stash. I am afraid.
I think of all of the bugs that like textiles, carpet beetles are probably the mildest. Even the sweater that had the bug on it showed no damage.
I have a feeling that the carpet beetles are in my llama fur which was given to me. They are in paper bags under the desk and while I looked in there and did not see anything, it is some big bags of fur. While tree/plant nectar is the #1 food source for the beetles, the larvae love animal fur and I have read are a common pest of museums. So, I am going to relocate my llama fur to another part of the house and store them in a rubber made container.
Sorry, Deneen, I know this post will disturb you. Had to share, though. I am finally back to blogging.
eta: I did go through all my cotton-ease and found another carpet beetle in there. I find it so odd that out of all my yarn that the carpet beetles are in the cotton/acrylic mix, not the wool, not the mohair, not any of my roving. No damage was done, either.


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Holiday in Sweden
Yesterday we went to Skansen, where they were preparing för Allsång på Skansen. They were rehearsing the full 7 hours we were there, mad!
Today i got up early and took Isabella with me for a photowalk around Hagaparken. We were there by 930, and already at 10 it was so hot! The park is fantastic, and I was thinking of how fortunate the people of Stockholm are, who are so close to water and beacher all around this beautiful city.
We walked around the castle buildings and the butterfly park. Not so impressed with the butterfly section, felt quite abandoned, but the old coppar tents from 1700 something were stunning.
Never give pets to toddlers
Toddlers and kittens dont mix. Or is it toddler who mixes kittens too well?
Early birds get worms...
Stupid cat woke me up at five. Prrr, prrr, prrr...
Oh well at least it got me chance to admire the view from the balcony. What a sky, what a day ahead of us...
And to reflect on the sounds of silence in a house with a sleeping husband, three kids and a teenager on visit. I think that is def the price for getting up early... Being in the stillness of everybody elses sleep...
Rebel, rebel
Tonight I read Pippi Longstocking for Milla for the first time. And she was absolutelly smitten by this unconventional redhead who sleeps with her feet on the pillow, lives on her own and can carry a whole horse. After i read the book from cover to cover to her, she spent another half hour just going over the crazy pictures again, giggling to herself...
Study study study
Finding Tramp
Dear friends,
I am writing to you to ask for your help. Yesterday, in a split second, we lost our dog. One second he was there, the next he was gone. We were walking just near our house, an area he knows very well. As we live in the middle of the country side, he is used to run around freely with his sister Trisha when we go out for hikes. But yesterday he just never came back home with us. We have no clue what could have happened to him.
PLEASE PLEASE if you live in Malta: forward this blogpost to anyone you know and maybe we might just find out what has happened to Tramp. We miss him beyond what any words can describe, and just want him to come home to us again.
Thank you
Summer is over...
Girls went back to school today. Well Maja and Linni did, I still have Milla at home for another week!
I think this was one of my best summers ever. It has just flewn by, full of fun, sun, love, relaxing. A summer that creates memories for life.
So now I am sitting here. My 4 year old is watching Peter Pan, I am browsing on the computer, wondering when to go shopping and whether it will rain today... A nice day indeed, a perfect way to spend my day...
Rain, rain, go away
The rumours had been flying the whole week. It will rain this Friday! On the day, we did see some clouds, and we did catch some precious rain drops. Nothing that stopped anyone from enjoying the beach though. The storm unfolded late at night instead, with flashes lighting up the sky for miles and miles.
We go down to the beach at 4 - 5 in the evening. The water is like a blanket, so warm... so soft... We stay late, sleep late, get up late.... Summer is at its peak....
Still in sweden...
Anyways, we are still in Sweden, yesterday we had a fantastic end-of-summer day with sunshine, clear cool air. We went to a nature reserve in the morning, where they had free pony riding. Milla went seven times... She was so happy, trying out each and every pony they had!
In the afternoon, Isabella took us to her stable and showed the girls how to take care of a horse. We also had a mini photosession in the hay!
Nowadays they pack the hey into giant plastic cubes for storage. They look like huge sugar cubes stacked on top of each other. We had fun climbing them!
On Saturday my little god daughter is turning 16. Happy birthday Isabella!
All photos above are straight out of the camera, no post editing. And all shot with Canon 50 mm lens.
A breather...
In Sweden. A real breather from the heavy Maltese heat. At my mother´s place in Västergötland. Milla and Linni are sharing a drink
Stunning. She is so beautiful. Due in only four weeks
Summer holidays... finally..
Walking, saving, discovering
Break needed from studies - out for walk with happy dogs. And happy kids too. What weather! Been absolutely fantastic! It's like a Swedish summer, fresh, cool, too cold actually for the beach. I can breath, think, function!
We got some drama too: Trisha, always the one to get into trouble, had to jump down an old, empty watering pool. She then couldn't get up. She tried and tried and nearly made every time. Must have been way over two meter deep.
We all started to get nervous. The more she jumped, the more tired she got. I just couldn't see myself getting her up on my own. And the farmers around us are not really that fond of any of us, dog, kid nor grownup, so doubt we would get any help if we asked them...
We then started a massive cheering campaign: 'Come on Trisha, you can do it, come on, come on!!!'
And you could just about see how she took a deep breath, focused on the task, aaaaaaaaand......!!!!!!
Hurraaaaah she made it! Good dog! Did you learn anything? Nah, didn't think so...
We also discovered a tree full of these berry looking thingies:
Anyone out there who has a clue what they could be? We didn't dare eating them, although they looked really yummi. A bit like bramble-berries. But i thought berries grew on bushes, not on trees?
Icecream for all!
Gnejna beach was amazing this morning. All empty, just me and Ewonne, Lucky, Trisha and Tramp
How to really get your message across to your kids
Then Linni looks up at me with her big blue eyes and says:
Ma: if i hold up the middle toe, does it mean the same as if i hold up my middle finger?
Parenting is such a joy!
Summer is here!!!!!!!
Had a wonderful, wonderful, WONDERFUL weekend! Fantastic weather, fantastic kids, fantastic husband, fantastic friends - all at once! Can it be better?
Ladies and gentleman: the terrace is open for summer:
And what better way to open it if not for an amazing Valborg bbq lunch with some great friends over. 7 adults and 10 kids - someone for all to have fun with!
Mini moke off
The mini moke is off for a total re-vamp. Boy is it needeed! Hope to get it back soon!
Stressad mamma...
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The American cybersecurity agenda has experienced an unprecedented push in 2015. Due to recent cyber attacks on major commercial and governmental networks, the Obama administration has recognised the urgency of prioritising cybersecurity on the national security agenda. This appeal indicates a larger movement to considerably increase American cyberpower, which can be understood as, 'producing preferred outcomes' both within and outside of cyberspace.
Early evidence of this emerging cyberpower campaign can be found in broader discussions of the United States' strategic interests, including the State of the Union and the 2015 National Security Strategy (NSS). The Administration's commitment to strengthening cybersecurity has since culminated in several initiatives, particularly the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection, and its subsequent creation of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Center and Executive Order 13691; 'Promoting Private Sector Cybersecurity Information Sharing.' Within each of these contexts, the Administration's message has been clear: Congress must pass legislation to strengthen American cybersecurity. Fortunately bipartisan support for strengthening cybersecurity as well as proposed legislation, including the Cyber Threat Intelligence Sharing Act and upcoming bill from the Senate Intelligence Committee, indicate encouraging prospects for the passage of cybersecurity legislation.
These recent developments represent a necessary step in preventing future cyber attacks. The role of information sharing, or 'cyber sharing', between public and private sectors could not be more central to achieving this goal. Cyber sharing represents a very critical aspect in cyberpolitics, as much of the Internet's infrastructure is owned by the private sector. Two-way cyber sharing between the public and private sectors minimises future attacks on the same firm or its competitors. Obama's Executive Order on information sharing addresses the legal barriers that have previously dissuaded companies from participating. With the growing number of attacks on significant public and private sector networks, including Anthem Healthcare, Target, Sony Pictures and the State Department, cyber sharing presents a potential tool to prevent future security breaches. Furthermore, these new initiatives emphasise that cybersecurity legislation and partnerships can no longer go ignored.
Despite the general bipartisan consensus to pass cybersecurity legislation, some rhetoric used to promote these measures continues to echo former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta of a future 'cyber Pearl Harbor' or 'cyber Armageddon.' Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson, a major proponent of aggressive cybersecurity legislation, even warned that a major cyber attack 'could put American lives, and our very way of life, at risk.' Such language evoking an existential risk not only overstates the threat, but also creates a climate of fear. This element of fear is particularly problematic, as it may pave the way for more exceptional measures to be enacted.
In the context of information-sharing legislation, both private companies in Silicon Valley and privacy advocates remain cautious of the proposals due to online data privacy concerns following the surveillance programs revealed in the Snowden leak. As many of the private corporations provide services to foreigners abroad, their clients are not covered by the same protection rights as those of Americans. Consequently, many private companies may not opt into the information sharing programs created in Obama's Executive Order until the National Security Agency's (NSA) surveillance program is reformed. Before 1 June, Congress must approve, replace, or let expire the portion of the Patriot Act under which the program is authorised.
If the atmosphere of fear surrounding cyber attacks has been used to set the stage for exceptional measures, the United States may be seeking to demonstrate cyberpower within cyberspace. In regards to cyber sharing measures, projecting cyberpower would allow the United States to produce the 'preferred outcome' of maximum protection against cyber threats. Officials continue to warn against the expiration of the NSA surveillance program, as they argue its termination would pose a significant challenge to national security. Thus by falling back on existential rhetoric, some politicians hope to promote greater access to information in cyberspace by legitimising information sharing prior to a decision on the NSA surveillance program.
The recent cybersecurity agenda can be understood as an attempt at conveying cyberpower outside of cyberspace as well. The Obama Administration's 2015 NSS stresses: 'As the birthplace of the Internet, the United States has a special responsibility to lead a networked world.' This role requires promoting international cyber norms of 'intellectual property, online freedom and respect for civilian infrastructure.' Situating the United States as a leader in Internet conduct is becoming increasingly important as the current contract of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) expires 30 September 2015. Since 1998, the United States Department of Commerce has subcontracted the authority to oversee the Internet's assigned IP addresses and domain names to ICANN. Although this responsibility will no longer be directly under the supervision of the United States, the transfer of the authority to an international body will not take place unless specific guidelines are met. Thus by confirming the United States' 'special responsibility' in the future of Internet behaviour, the Obama administration ensures the United States retains a level of informal authority in later decision making.
If rhetoric continues to promote an environment of fear surrounding the future of cyberspace, then the United States' position as a role model for Internet conduct and governance will become endangered. Not only can actions out of fear foster more aggressive behaviour between states, but they can also set a poor precedent of Internet governance for countries like China or Russia. Political leaders should then follow Obama's lead, as stated in the 2015 NSS: 'I believe America leads best when we draw upon our hopes rather than our fears. To succeed, we must draw upon the power of our example.'
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Iceland's Pirates Have a New Steering Committee
In the weekend of 29-30 August 2015 The Pirate Party of Iceland held a General Assembly in which they elected a new steering committee and passed two important motions.
As we publish the latest polls indicate PPIS is now polling at 36% and would have 26 seats – three more than both current governing parties and it would not be practicable to form a government that did not include the Pirates if elections reflected these numbers.
The new steering committee has a daunting task ahead of it. They have to consolidate and hopefully build on the remarkable results in the polls seeing them rise from 5.1% they achieved in the 2013 elections to over 30% currently. Most of that rise has been achieved since February this year which is a testament to the work done by the outgoing committee. The new committee is overwhelmingly young and has a slight female majority. In the featured image above you can see them from left to right:
Erna Ýr Öldudóttir
Þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir
Gunnar Ingiberg Guðmundsson
Friðfinnur Finnbjörnsson
Olga Margrét Cilia
In addition to the elected members two members (not in the picture) where chosen by lot:
Unnar Örn Ólafsson
Halldóra Sigrún Ásgeirsdóttir
Friðfinnur Finnbjörnsson said:
It was a good meeting, lots of new faces and the room felt charged with energy. It's a good start for the new council. We have many good people offering to help and with the growth rate we are seeing we are going to need all the good people we can get. Our goals are to solidify the foundations of the party and to make our workings even more transparent and democratic.
Despite the Pirates being the largest polling party in the country the press has soft-pedaled the meeting. This is especially notable in the mainstream press and is reminiscent of the experience of the Swedish Pirates who were ignored by the press in the run up to the latest elections. However, the role of social media and personal contact in a country of only 330,ooo people is not to be discounted and it is the hard work of PPIS that has counted towards the growth of the party and not the vagaries of the press.
The Icelandic people already know what the Pirate stand for. There are two things that will be foremost in their minds and these were confirmed at the GA by those present and remote participants from all over the island.
- To give the people a referendum to vote on whether they wish to join the EU. Current polling indicates they do not but that choice belongs to the people not the government which broke off negotiations without even informing parliament.
- To ratify the crowd sourced constitution after a few minor amendments. This would lead to the immediate dissolution of parliament and fresh elections. Something traditional parties would not do but the Pirate Party is not a traditional party.
In fact the traditional parties, including the biggest party in the governing coalition the Independence Party have not known what to make of the Pirates. The chairperson of the Independence Party, Bjarni Benediktsson, says he finds the Pirate Party to be "a blank page" and questioned the commitment of one of its founders, MP Birgitta Jónsdóttir. However he did not rule out forming a ruling coalition with the Pirate Party after the next elections. Something the Icelandic Pirates might not be so keen on.
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The Gondola, which climbs and descends the front face of the ski resort, is free. No money changes hands when boarding with a bike, skis, even a dog, for the 13-minute trip between the towns of Telluride and Mountain Village (although if riding to ski or snowboard, a lift ticket is required). Locals use the Gondola to get to work, children use it to get to school and skiers use it to access the slopes. The Gondola, completed by the ski company in November 1996 in order to diminish traffic and vehicular pollution, is a one-of-a-kind transportation link owned and operated by the Mountain Village Metropolitan District. Traveling from Station Telluride, at the south end of Oak Street, the Gondola makes three stops: the first is Station St. Sophia, the ridgeline atop the ski area; next is the Mountain Village Center; and last is the multi-level parking structure in Mountain Village, also the location of the grocery store, post office and Mountain Village government offices. The Gondola has pet and handicap-accessible cabins.
The Galloping Goose is Telluride's bus transit service. Named for Telluride's ingenious gasoline-engine "rail bus" system used between the 1930s and 1950s, the Goose offers a free town loop as well as shuttles to Lawson Hill, Down Valley and Norwood. In Mountain Village, a free shuttle makes a loop between the Mountain Village Center and the Meadows businesses/residential neighborhood.
Dial-A-Ride is another free service that provides transportation for residents and guests in and around Mountain Village. Passengers simply call from their home or cell phone to arrange a ride anywhere in Mountain Village.


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Well-known songwriter Aly Ryan steps from behind the pen and into the limelight with the release of her brand new song, "No Parachute".
On "No Parachute", the German-born songstress spreads a message of empowerment. For people to do as they choose with their lives, to find a place to belong, without carrying to be judged. Showcasing an impressive six-octave vocal range and genius level songwriting abilities. This catchy new tune is the start of Aly creating a world of her own through her original music.
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Hello Friends,
So how is your month of December going, CRAZY I bet! I know mine has been a little loony with shopping, kitting, sick kids, hubby and myself. Having the ick during the month of december is just not fair. NOT FAIR I TELL YOU! I do feel really behind on everything though,there is just not enough time in the day. So besides all that we at PDW have a brand new year right around the corner, are we ready for it. I sure am. {more about that in the newsletter} So instead of all the chit chatting {save that for the newsletter} I want to share with all of you something fun i made with the packaging from the KI MEMORIES insert {the glitter sticker december main kit}. i LOVE the way it turned out...and I hope this helps you look at your packaging a little different...ha ha ha..ENJOY...xo xo
gather package insert and papers
cover insert both sides and the tab
cover tab..once covered fold 1/2 of the insert up to the tab, then fold the tab over to create like a match pocket {like old matches}
trim 3 pieces of cardstock {or how ever many you want} and place them together i also placed a tag in the page
and then stitch the cardstock pages together {you do not have to do this,just place them in the book}
place the pages in the book and wrap with twine {this secures the pages to the cover}
i then used my epiphany crafts buttons to create the clasp, and also decorated it with a title
see already for christmas morning photos....i hope you like it ..
xo xo Michelle
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Hi fellow crafters - this is my first post here at the Polkadot Whimsy blog andI hope you like my lil Christmas-post. :D
I love all those Christmas papers and embellishments and I usually by way more than I will ever need for all those layouts and cards. So why not use your own stash to create your own tags, that way we get to spend more money on more scrapbook supplies. ;o) I created these two different tags using what I already had in my scrap-room ~ Bazzill cardstock, Ek punch, My Minds Eye stamps, embossing Powder (AC & Ranger), VersaMark ink, bakers twine and Tim Holtz Distress ink.
And when we are finished making all those tags why not get a cup of hot chocolate and cookies - here is one of my fave recipes, I sure hope you will give this one a try. It's delish.
150-200 gr. chocolate drops
125 gr. butter (room temperature)
200 gr. brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
250 gr. flour
1 tbsp.cinnamon
Put butter and sugar in a bowl and mix well.
Add the egg and mix well. Then add all the dry ingredients and mix gently together. And lastly add the chocolate drops.
Use your hands or a small spoon and put onto a baking tray and bake at 180°C for about 10-12 min.
Have fun creating ~ Anna Sigga :D
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well this isn't exactly what I wanted to post...i have some fun crafts to share with all of you, this week is shipping week so it's been a little loony but I promise to share some stuff I have made for my house..plus some awesome finds.....but for now..LOOK!! a SALE..PDW'S 1st EVER!!! please let me know if you have any questions....
xo xo
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Ok before I get into that..I just want to say HI...Sorry we have been off for a few weeks....Here at PDW we kind of needed it. I can say it has been great, got so much done, had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving and birthday..got tons of product ordered, but most of all I got caught up on EVERYTHING!! It feels good to be so ahead of the game/rat race...so I wanted to post this yesterday on the 1st of december but my day got the better of me. So I will start today as my dec 1st..lol. This month we are going to be posting yummy stuff on here...from creations to recipes to whatever brings on the holiday spirit. I will tell you what brings on my spirit...THRIFT STORES!!! I go at least once a week to a few local ones. I always start in the back where all the records are, i LOVE old records. Well while I was searching I came across these beauties. Old Christmas record sets..You know what my brain said..ALBUM, it was screaming at me..ALBUM...ALBUM...ALBUM..and not the record kind. So I bought all of them. they cost me 1.50 each SO CHEAP..so I will share with you what I have done to the cover so far...cannot wait to dive into the inside...
Here are a couple that i bought..
see I am going to make JUMBO tags to go into those inserts...
I took the large piece of fabric for BAKERS DELIGHT {dec add on} and covered it using mod podge
i let it dry...
i also took one of the fabric strips from the kit and ruffled it...to go down the side...{love it}..and then decorated it a little bit more..
i covered up the printed tag on the cover with a pop dotted tag and used stickles to outline the ribbon on the cover...there are SO many jacket covers, you just have to find one you LOVE....
So this is not the last you have seen of this album..I will post more of it as I finish it up..so this month our NEW design team and our current team is also going to be adding fun blog posts...so be sure to check back...also our DECEMBER kits are now up...be sure to check them out... :) :) if you have re-purposed something ...link it ..i would LOVE to see it...
xo xo
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Hiker rescued after falling down embankment in El Dorado County
A Pollock Pines man who fell down an embankment while hiking in the area, then became stranded on a rock in the American River, was rescued and flown to safety by a California Highway Patrol helicopter Wednesday morning.
Robert Douglas, 47, was suffering from minor hypothermia, scrapes and bruises to both legs, and an injury to his ankle when he was rescued about 11:30 a.m., said Deputy James Morgan of the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office search and rescue division.
Morgan said Douglas told rescuers that he had started hiking about noon Tuesday near the Forebay Road pike area. During the hike, he slipped and fell down a steep embankment. Unable to climb back up the embankment, he spent the night in a makeshift dirt cave.
At daybreak, he spotted power lines leading to a Sacramento Municipal Utility District power plant and began following them. He saw a power plant on the other side the river and decided to swim across, but he became tired and cold, and took refuge on a rock in the middle of the river. He then spotted employees of the El Dorado Irrigation District, which also has a power plant in the area, and began yelling for help.
Mary Lynn Carlton, EID spokeswoman, said the employees saw Douglas about 500 yards from the EID powerhouse, on the south side of the river. She said they waded into the river but determined the water between the shore and the rock was too deep for them to reach him. They called 911 and continued to communicate with Douglas until rescue crews arrived.
Morgan said about 20 rescue personnel responded, including members of the sheriff's dive team and swift water rescue team, which were prepared to attempt a water rescue if the CHP helicopter had been unable to reach Douglas. Morgan said the air rescue was deemed the safest option.
Douglas was taken to Marshall Hospital in Placerville and was reported in stable condition, according to sheriff's officials.
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Mid Ulster MLA Sandra Overend has called on the Executive to develop a local strategy on web safety, in support of the NSPCC's new Share Aware campaign.
As UUP spokesperson for children and young people, Mrs Overend has welcomed the campaign which aims to advise parents with children between eight and 12-years-old, on the dangers of the net.
And said she will be calling on her colleagues on the hill to take action to protect children online.
"The launch of the NSPCC Share Aware campaign is both welcome and timely," Mrs Overend said.
"I'm sure many of our children and young people will have received a tablet, smartphone or games console this Christmas, and whilst technology can help to entertain us, threats online continue to be a worry for parents."
Speaking about the NSPCC's campaign, which features two animations ['I Saw Your Willy' and 'Lucy And The Boy'] that outline the possible, and somewhat horrific, consequences of sharing too much online, she said: "This campaign is designed to encourage parents to feel confident in talking to their children about online safety and what they share.
"Research conducted by the National Children's Bureau in Northern Ireland shows that four out of five young people go online every day, many of them spending hours doing so. It is so important they have the protection they need, and empowering parents is vital in doing that," she added.
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The course is an introduction to the key supranational and intergovernmental organizations that regulate international economic activity, with particular emphasis on the historical background, structure and function of the WTO and the EU. Special attention is devoted to the sustainability challenge and regimes of relevance to marketing and consumer issues, as well as how the international civil society is strengthened as a key player in forming public opinion.
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- The global environmental challenge
Learning outcome knowledge
Students will gain a basic understanding of the global economy, and understand how organizations, in particular the WTO and the EU, contribute to regulation of international economic activity. They will learn how different theoretical perspectives lead to different conclusions regarding current major issues such as free trade, economic development, the global financial system and environmental change. Furthermore, they will learn how national political economy connects with international politics.
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In recent years there has been much talk of "whistleblowers." The most high-profile stories refer to government employees or military personnel who leak secrets to reporters about various government programs. There is significant public disagreement about the value of these political revelations.
It is important not to forget, however, all of the whistleblowers who are not engaged in political matters at all, but who step forward to demand fairness for vulnerable populations like medical patients and nursing home residents.
As elder care advocates know, one of the most important ways that the worst nursing home caregiving practices are fixed are when actual employees say "enough!" and come forward. These whistleblowing employees are able to provide direct evidence of the negligent, and often illegal, practices of individual nursing home or entire nursing home chains. In so doing, these individuals can enact massive changes, literally saving the lives of an untold number of residents.
Of course, it is easy to be an armchair advocate. No matter what the setting, it is not easy to take the plunge and come forward with complaints about one's own employer. There is a very real fear of retaliation. It is understandable for potential whistleblowers to fear discrimination and harassment at work or outright termination of employment by voicing any complaints.
Illinois Whistleblower Retaliation Case
In fact, just this month a lawsuit was filed in Cook County Circuit Court where two former nursing home employees claim that they were fired because they spoke up about illegal practices at the facility. The complaint names S.I.R. Management, Inc, Greenwood Care Management, Inc., Greencare Inc., Greenwood Care, LLC as defendants.
The court documents allege that that owners of the facility hired a new Administrator and Director of Nursing in 2012. Those new hires enacted various changes, including cutting the number of certified nursing assistants (CNA). At times this led to a single CNA overseeing two entire floors of residents. The short-staffing allegedly led to many problems, including the unlawful falsification of patient records. Residents suffered severe physical injury as a result of the staff reductions.
The two plaintiffs in the case refused to sit idly by while residents were being hurt. They spoke to their superiors about the problem but received no response. The employees also spoke with managers at the defendant-company to no avail. Eventually they called the Office of the Executive Inspector General. Less than a week after the call to state officials, both employees had been fired.
It is incredibly sad that, if the allegations in this complaint are true, nursing home officials would not only prioritize profits over residents but fire an employee who sought to protect those in their care. Fortunately, as this very lawsuit demonstrates, all employees in this situation have a large body of legal protections.
There are built-in legal incentives for employees to come forward with claims of negligent or illegal conduct by a company. On top of that, it is unlawful for an entity to retaliate against whistleblowers. For legal help with any of these issues, please contact the attorneys at our firm. We are proud to work on behalf of all of those–including nursing home employees–who are fighting for better care for seniors.
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Nyoraku-sensei holds two Shi-Han (Master) certificates, and one Dai-Shi-Han (Grand Master) certificate, and is well respected as a teacher in both the U.S. and Japan. He has been passing on shakuhachi tradition for nearly thirty years and devotes many hours each week to teaching. Nyoraku-sensei's dojo is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Students of all levels, from beginners to professional musicians, are welcome to come to the dojo, which offers weekly lessons, workshops and student recitals. Instruments are available and sheet music is provided. Lessons are only taught in person, and one-on-one.
Students learn in the Japanese style, facing the teacher and first singing then playing the music together. Historically, traditional music was taught entirely by rote, with the student copying everything the teacher played by ear. At Kyo-Shin-An, the spirit of this method is maintained but with contemporary modifications, such as using notation, and with comments and suggestions to improve playing.
In the course of study, students learn to play 41 pieces of honkyoku (Zen Buddhist traditional music), 45 sankyoku pieces (chamber music played with koto and shamisen), and numerous folk songs. Upon completing this curriculum, a licensing course (which involves playing the music upside down and "teaching" it to the teacher), and a public performance, students will earn a Jun-Shi-Han Associate certificate and receive a Japanese name.
Nyoraku Sensei is a Grand Master of the Jin Nyodo lineage, having learned from Kurahashi Yoshio, Mitsuhashi Kifu, Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin, and Keisuke Zenyoji, all of whose teachers learned from Jin Nyodo. Jin Sensei's honkyoku repertoire draws from several traditional lines; Kinko-ryu, Kinpu ryu, and Fuke Meian.
Shakuhachi study is challenging. It is at once humbling and inspiring. The rigor of shakuhachi practice is matched only by the satisfaction of being with a great sound.
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It takes a lifetime to learn the shakuhachi. So the sooner you start, the longer it takes. —proverb


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The results for the call ERC advanced grants 2016 have been published recently. Among these, seven projects are related to magnetism in condensed matter.
ANDO Yoichi
University of Cologne (Germany)
MajoranaTopIn : Majorana Fermions in Topological Insulator Platforms PE3
ESSLINGER Tilman
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
TransQ : Mass, heat and spin transport in interlinked quantum gases
FELSER Claudia
Max Planck Society (Germany)
TOPMAT : Topological Materials: New Fermions, Realization of Single Crystals and their Physical Properties
GUTFLEISCH Oliver
Technical University of Darmstadt (Germany)
Cool Innov : Turning the concept of magnetocaloric cooling on its head
MEIER Beat
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
FASTER : Faster magic-angle spinning leads to a resolution revolution in biological solidstate NMR
ROOS Christian
Austrian Academy of Sciences (AAS) (Austria)
SPICY : Simulating 2d Spin Lattices with Ion Crystals
WERNSDORFER Wolfgang
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany)
MoQuOS : Molecular Quantum Opto-Spintronics
See also: all ERC advanced grants 2016 in Physical Sciences and Engineering


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Among the many rarities collected on Soundgarden's just-released Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path is a new tune called "Storm." With the collection now sitting in stores, the band have given an overcast video treatment to the gloomy, tempestuous tune.The track crack's into action with a steady beat, Kim Thayil's melding of post-punk guitar hooks and callus-building metal soloing, and a grim, monastic vocal melody from Chris Cornell. Following the theme of Echo of Miles' cover art, the video focuses on a series of greyed-out though psyche-challenging industrial landscapes. Above, you'll find a panoply of inky Rorschach tests streaming over factories and fields.-- Exclaim!
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When the early morning fog lingers over the Spree River, a lonely beam of light from the old factory on Franklinstraße 12 falls, and the unmistakable scent of freshly roasted coffee drifts from the brick house over the water, everyone knows: our master roaster is back on his feet, lovingly perfecting our unique Arabica beans.
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After seeing user growth decline at the end of last year, Twitter put a lot of resources over the past few months toward improving usability for newcomers. But even as Twitter struggles to boost engagement, there are still certain very specific features of Twitter that make it compelling to marketers.
In a recent report from BI Intelligence, we looked at the demographic breakdowns of the major social networks, as well as each one's unique characteristics. Twitter, in particular, has a young user base and special popularity among news junkies and TV aficionados.
Here are some of the top statistics on Twitter's users:
- Twitter has among the youngest user bases of the major social media platforms; 31% of U.S. Internet users ages 18-29 were on Twitter last year.
- Twitter users tend to be from urban or suburban areas. A birds-eye view of where 3 billion tweets came from shows major clusters of active Twitter users in major metropolitan areas.
- People tend to use Twitter for news consumption. In 2012, 83% of users reported seeing news on Twitter, according to Poynter.
- More than a quarter of the U.S. Hispanic and African-American populations who use the Internet are on Twitter.
- For brands, the best time to post on Twitter is Monday through Thursday between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. The worst time is after 3 p.m. on a Friday, as that is when Twitter experiences its lowest level of activity.
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American Admirals Club at Charlotte (CLT) | Video
Where: Concourse B near gate B3
Seating: US Airways never came at us with high-fashion lounges so this re-dubbed American Airlines Admirals Club at Charlotte Douglas International (CLT) offers a pretty bland but comfortable sit-down. The largest collection of seats are cubeish leather loungers found throughout the lounge in a few different sections.
Cafe seating is limited but offers a spot for more intense snacking. You can also pull up to the bar for a friendly, perhaps drunken exchange with travel mates.
Food/Drink: Our mid-afternoon visit meant limited snacks. Bagged tortilla chips with salsa packets, apples, oranges, Biscoff wannabe cookies and the by-the-ton snack mix you find in just about every US Domestic lounge. A more robust food offering is typically offered around meal times (eg. bagels/oatmeal in the morning).
Wi-fi/Connectivity: Wi-fi was speedy enough for our normal social networking (twitter, Facebook, YouTube) and email. Power ports were convenient to most seats.
Service: There was an unusually large staff of attendants at the front desk. This might have been for reservations help on both US Airways and American Airlines as this visit was mid-merger. Our check-in using a Citi AAdvantage Executive Platinum card was simple, quick and friendly.
Showers: No showers.
Summary: With nicely sectioned seating areas and good dedicated workspaces, it can be a good lounge for a pre-flight drink or getting work done over a long connection. Snacks don't exceed par though, so don't bring an appetite. If the terminal is extra crowded and you can't nab a center-terminal rocking chair, this Admirals Club might be a good solution. At busy times we'd probably skip shelling out for a paid, single-visit pass and go find a spot at a random terminal bar or restaurant.
Rating: 3 hops of 5. (Rated as a domestic US Lounge.)
How to get in: Admirals Club members and Citi AAdvantage Executive Platinum card holders have access to both Admirals Clubs at CLT Airport. Single visit passes are available for $50*.
*At time of post 19 January, 2015
This was an US Airways lounge right?
Yep. Both US Clubs at CLT (and everwhere) are now Admirals Clubs.
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Stephen Mpofu Correspondent
Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Cain Mathema might not have been off the mark when he suggested earlier this week that state employees planning a demonstration over what they called "deteriorating conditions of service" could surreptitiously have been intent on regime change in Zimbabwe above all else.
An even more frightening prospect is that those teachers and nurses agitating for strike action may have done so under the spell of Machiavellian political hot heads driven by insatiable hunger for political power and that power at any cost; otherwise why thumb their congested noses at the round-table, the legitimate and civilised route to finding lasting solutions to both teething and old challenges that bedevil any society, including our own?
It was all very well for Minister Mathema to say that the police and other security agencies kept an eagle's eye to ensure law and order was maintained.
But must the security agents now forget the strike action threats as inconsequential bygones and leave it at that?
This pen and no doubt other concerned citizens will say a big NO to that and instead urge the State security protectors to go beyond the strike threats and ferret out its agitators to discover their true political colour so the culprits may receive their just deserts for trying to cause mayhem in the country.
Teachers and nurses are not the only people affected by difficult economic conditions, marked at present by commodity prices that have gone haywire, making life difficult for virtually everybody but in particular the worker, not to mention the majority of Zimbabweans in rural areas.
Now imagine what would happen were the strike by the nurses and teachers to go on with all other workers in the country following suite under the hysterical belief that work stoppages would bring solutions to current problems?
The obvious answer is that the country would grind to a halt with the Government rendered helpless to do anything about it and so technically and effectively out of power.
Does any Zimbabwean today wish to experience dog-eat-dog conditions that existed in colonial Rhodesia or do freedom and independence not mean maturity and civilised methods in the way we grapple with challenges that are bound to occur time and time again in the carnal world in which we live?
It should be remembered that the genesis of Zimbabwe's economic woes was the foreign response through illegal economic sanctions against this country's land reform programme in the early years of this country's independence and meant to restore to the legitimate black owners land seized by those without knees during the colonial era.
Since that landmark decision things have really never been quite rosy, with the sanctions making the economy grow by fits and starts and so to no really blossoming point, especially with the West which imposed the financial and economic sanctions refusing to remove them to give Zimbabwe an economic renaissance it so deserves.
What is even crazier in our economic difficulties is that some Government employees demand payment of their salaries in United States dollars, which makes the black market in Zimbabwe blossom so that for business that currency has become a sine qua non for successful life for those with access to the currency but a dog's life for those who cannot put their fingers on it.
But Zimbabwe is not a colony of the United States of America for it to continue to use the dollar as the chief currency in the same way that Rhodesians as the colonised people of Great Britain used the Pound Sterling as their currency.
At any rate, because we do not produce the dollar here smugglers can freely clean out the money and take it to whatever destination they wish leaving the country virtually bankrupt because we do not mill the US dollar here in Zimbabwe.
And, anyway, what legitimate reasons are there for allowing the parallel market, pejoratively called the black market to exist side by side with the legal money market?
In fact would it be wrong to suggest that the parallel market is the one that has inspired some power hungry politicians to want to set up a parallel government to the existing one under the belief that such an administration will be just as popular as the parallel market even though the constitution of the country has no room for that form of government?
The solution is to have our own currency and support it by all means possible at our disposal, rather than have it play second fiddle to currencies of other nations.
Today Zambians may be justified in saying to us "laugh at disability when dead."
Those Zimbabweans who lived in exile in our northern neighbour, while the freedom struggle went on in this country, will remember how foreigners including some of our own people mocked Zambians, saying they collected their salaries in wheelbarrows and by that suggesting that the Kwacha was valueless.
But what happened to our own Zim dollar after independence when we failed to keep it strong and it became valueless to run into trillions and now we have bonds which play second fiddle to foreign currencies, making life extremely difficult for people.
Something must really be done to improve our economy and with that our currency and Zimbabwe will be on the run and not be open to contemporary imperialism through whatever means possible.
When their economy went through difficult patches, the Zambians clung tenaciously to their currency, the Kwacha, a walking stick and today that country enjoys a buoyant economy with their strong currency executing the Kwacha dance and with no black market or parallel market causing any threat to it.
Other countries that have not tolerated the black market as we in Zimbabwe have done still have their economies galloping like race horses, supported by their strong local currencies.
Zimbabweans must make a choice between allowing the black market to completely ruin our currency and with that the economy.
We have to keep a robust local currency to spearhead economic transformation into a brave new future for all.
Unity, peace and stability and a resolute political will form the ingredients for such a durable social economic and political dispensation.


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RGW Dynamic Bucket Index Resharding¶
New in version Luminous.
A large bucket index can lead to performance problems. In order to address this problem we introduced bucket index sharding. Until Luminous, changing the number of bucket shards (resharding) needed to be done offline, from Luminous we support online bucket resharding.
Each bucket index shard can handle its entries efficiently up until reaching a certain threshold of entries. If this threshold is exceeded the system could encounter performance issues. The dynamic resharding feature detects this situation and increases automatically the number of shards used by the bucket index, resulting in the reduction of the number of entries in each bucket index shard. This process is transparent to the user.
The detection process runs:
1. When new objects are added to the bucket
2. In a background process that periodically scans all the buckets
This is needed in order to deal with existng buckets in the system that are not being updated.
A bucket that requires resharding is added to the
reshard_log queue and will be
scheduled to be resharded later.
The reshard threads run in the background and execute the scheduled resharding, one at a time.
Dynamic resharding is not supported in multisite environment.
Enable/Disable Dynamic bucket index resharding:
rgw_dynamic_resharding: true/false, default: true.
Parameters to control the resahrding process in Ceph configuration fie:
rgw_reshard_num_logs: number of shards for the resharding log, default: 16
rgw_reshard_bucket_lock_duration: duration of lock on bucket obj during resharding, default: 120 seconds.
rgw_max_objs_per_shard: maximum number of objects per bucket index shard, default: 100000 objects.
rgw_reshard_thread_interval: maximum time between rounds of reshard thread processing, default: 600 seconds
Admin commands¶
Add a bucket to the resharding queue¶
# radosgw-admin reshard add --bucket <bucket_name> --num-shards <new number of shards>
List resharding queue¶
# radosgw-admin reshard list
Process/Schedule a bucket resharding¶
# radosgw-admin reshard process
Bucket resharding status¶
# radosgw-admin reshard status --bucket <bucket_name>
Cancel pending bucket resharding¶
Ongoing bucket resharding operations cannot be cancelled.
# radosgw-admin reshard cancel --bucket <bucket_name>
Manual bucket resharding¶
# radosgw-admin bucket reshard --bucket <bucket_name> --num-shards <new number of shards>


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Following a kitchen remodel a few years prior, these clients asked us to work the same magic on their master bath.
The room felt cramped with a very large portion of the floor space consumed by the jetted tub. A free standing tub added a touch of elegant class while providing more open floor space. We chose similar cabinetry to what we provided in the kitchen surrounded by beautiful onyx counters, heated marble floor and a door-less walk-in shower. Colors in the onyx complimented the existing stained glass window centered above the tub.
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"We were extremely impressed with the integrity and hard work ethic of the Berry Built Team"Gary and Debbie
Naccarado Onyx counters; heated marble floor; pebble shower floor; free-standing soaking tub; door-less walk-in shower


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- Year : September 2016
Probably the smartest eejit in the glen, she'll happily sit and watch all the other eejits make fools of themselves just to try and impress her. She always sits there with a wry smile on her face, watching idiots all day long .
It's either that or she's trying to hold in a flowery smelling fart in….. (because everyone knows girl's farts smell of roses)!


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Grampian provisional events calendar is posted for 2014, a good varied selection of events so far, other events not in the calendar which we hope will happen are;
Alignment Day - A chance to get your alignment checked and adjusted at a reasonable price.
Barbecue - Maybe a summer evening event, possibly at Potarch.
Chip Runs - These will feature with a few days notice, keep an eye on the Events board.
Autumn Tech Day - If the demand is there we'll run a second one of these.
Pub Meets - we'll look to visit the West and South of the Area too this year, please keep an eye on the events list in case it's a different venue from usual.
Club members from all areas are welcome to attend, please sign up in the usual place.
Non members who are thinking of joining the Club are welcome to attend an event to see what it's all about, please send me a Personal Message (PM) if you'd like to come along to something.


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1,600 people in 24 cities living 4 values for 1 goal:
To use design to help our clients succeed.
We create exceptional environments that meet our clients' most complex design challenges.
We inspire people through our work by expressing timeless cultural, organizational and personal values.
We connect people and place with ideas that come from many minds and imaginations.
We care about serving our clients, enriching lives, improving communities and protecting our natural environment through design.
We are a global architecture, design, engineering and planning firm.
The design contrasts with the solidity and sweeping contours of the HOK-designed InterCcontinental Mixed-Use Tower several blocks away.
Composed of sloped glass and metal panel curtain wall, the tower features elegant, slender proportions and a compact floor plate.
The building includes 45 stories of office space, with a multi-level stone and glass podium at the ground level housing a three-story entrance atrium, retail spaces, building services and two levels of underground parking.
A striking open-air sky atrium at mid-tower height relates to the surrounding context of mid-rise buildings while providing sweeping, panoramic views. A 20-meter-tall steel truss spire atop the tower emphasizes the building's dynamic asymmetrical composition.
452,000 sq. ft. / 42,000 sq.m.
Height: 787 feet / 240 meters
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To protect the fragile habitat of Grandfather Mountain, Parkway planners designed the Linn Cove Viaduct. This award-winning complex concrete bridge is a symbol of pride to landscape architects and engineers for its marriage of beauty with utility and habitat protection. Visitors here will gain an appreciation for the care that was taken in construction of the entire Parkway. Learn more about the history and construction of the Linn Cove Viaduct.
At a Glance:
Points of Interest:Linn Cove Viaduct Visitor Center: Talk to a ranger for information and to grab a map. Open seasonally; check the opening schedule for specific dates.
Linn Cove Viaduct: Drive across the last section of the Parkway to be completed, a true engineering feat. Although visitors are not allowed to walk along the viaduct, several overlooks and trails provide excellent views.
Sleeping and Eating:The Linn Cove Viaduct has no sleeping or eating options. See nearby towns for accommodations. On the Parkway, Linville Falls is nearby for camping.
Things to Do:Hike a Trail: The Tanawha Trail, a Cherokee word meaning fabulous hawk or eagle, is a 13.5-mile hike that connects Julian Price Park to Beacon Heights hiking area. Hike a portion or the whole trail to get excellent views of the Linn Cove Viaduct, Grandfather Mountain, and surrounding area. See the Tanawha trail page for more information.
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An intimate, friendly and light filled gallery in the middle of Leura Village.
With an abundance of natural light flooding in and surrounded by gorgeous greenery it is an ideal location for showcasing art.
The Gallery has three exhibition rooms. The main downstairs gallery has a permanent display of the iconic photography of Max Dupain AC OBE (1911-1992), Australia's most influential photographer. Dupain was a pioneer and exponent of the Modernist and Documentary styles of photography in Australia and was regarded as Australia's best architectural photographer.
The upstairs galleries are dedicated to local artists and photographers who have mastered the art of narrative composition, imaginative perspective and light and shadow. No pretty landscapes here, just artwork that inspires and challenges the viewer.
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- In the Namibia Desert, Herman Zemel provided water to irrigate tamarisk trees. The water was drawn from drilled wells and fed through 18 kilometers of piping, to anchor the trees and halt the progress of desertification.
- In the 2016 Lubango project in Africa, Herman Zemel expanded water sources beyond those of the nearby river by executing backup and alternative drilled sources.
- For the pumping station along the riverbank of the settlements project, Herman Zemel established pumps which draw water to the nearest city 20 kilometers away.