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Hi friends. What a week. Let me just start by saying, I'm so happy it's over! What a relief.
Over the last month, I was so worried about what to wear. Donatella Versace reached out to me and said, "I want to do the dress." I said, "I am SO in." We started with designs; they made the dress in Italy. Her head dressmaker came over and we did two fittings to make sure we got it just absolutely perfect. It was like every fantasy of my life come true.
Getting glamorous for the ESPYs was a big process to go through, but it was amazing and so much fun. I really wanted to feel real comfortable up there (although there was a corset under that dress, so I don't know how comfortable I was!). I wanted to feel good. I wanted to feel pretty. I wanted to be myself.
I didn't watch the ESPYs live because I would start to lose it and I had to go out in front of all of those people! So I stayed backstage, got ready, and walked in on the commercial break before the award was presented. The video piece before my speech was so well done. I have to thank Rebecca Gitlitz and the team at Maggievision who produced it. She put so much time and energy and traveled all across the United States to do that. I couldn't let myself get too emotionally invested while watching it during the show because I knew I'd lose it.
Of course I was nervous about tripping as I walked up to the stage! That gown was long and tough. Abby Wambach actually helped me up to make sure I didn't trip. She did a great job with the introduction and I want to thank her for doing that. She was so excited. I told her beforehand, "Abby, we have to have this picture of the two of us up there on stage — you in a tux and me in a Versace gown. THAT is the picture of the ESPYs right there." When I came up on stage, we stood there, held hands, and took a little bow. It was fun. It kind of lightened things up a bit.
Reading my speech off of the teleprompter was a whole other story. As a dyslexic kid, my biggest fear in life was to go in front of the class and read because I just wasn't very good at it — and that stays with you through your whole life. That's why all of my speaking engagements through the years have been always off the cuff. I'm better off getting up there knowing what I'm going to say and doing it. But at the ESPYs, I really had to stick to the prompter because I only had a certain number of minutes to make it right, to get my points across. I practiced, and practiced, and practiced, and practiced to make sure I'd nail it.
There's a great line that I heard a long time ago: "Success is not measured by heights attained but by obstacles overcome." For me to go out in front of a group like that and to do the whole thing off of the teleprompter was huge.
I did improvise a couple of little pieces in there. The piece on my mom was improvised and so was the little joke I had in the beginning. I had to do that joke. They weren't sure that it was going to work, but I knew that I had to do it for me, just to get out of the mindset I would be in after that emotional video.
Everybody was there supporting me and helping me get through this, but when I got up on stage and started the presentation, I tried to separate myself from where I was and concentrate on the prompter. I never really saw anybody until the point with Diane Sawyer. That was tough because she has been so wonderful in this whole process. It wasn't just an interview that we did. It changed my life. It started this whole process on such a positive note. I owe so much to her.
The toughest part in the speech was my kids. It was hard to look over there and see all of my children. As I said in the speech, I don't want to hurt anybody. I just want to be myself. I barely got through that.
I was able to get off the stage without tripping and I went upstairs and had a party. All of my family and friends — oh, it was such a relief because it was over. I could relax at the party. It was just a wonderful moment.
I left the festivities early so that I could actually watch the ESPYs because it's three hours delayed here in California. It was a little difficult for me to watch myself. While I felt like I looked great and that the gown looked fabulous, I still have a voice issue. It's not quite right compared to my feminine appearance. That bothers me a little bit. However, I hope that people don't listen to the pitch of my voice, but listen to what I have to say. That's important to me.
There is so much misunderstanding of this community that I'm in. People don't understand trans issues or gender identity issues. Now I'm in a position to try to explain it to people, to try to get them to understand that these are serious issues that affect a lot of people. That's what my mission has been from the beginning and I hope that I achieved that at the ESPYs. What an honor.
Before I leave you this week, I'd like to thank the ESPYs and the show's executive producer, Maura Mandt. Maura was so behind this, even with the little bit of the controversies. She knew it was the right thing to do. Also, I want to thank my dear friend and publicist, Alan Nierob, who has been instrumental in everything you've seen from me this year.
Lastly, thank all of you for your support. Getting up there on stage in front of the whole world was no easy feat, but I so appreciate your encouragement and love. We're changing hearts and minds one at a time.
For more information on the transgender movement, see a list of resources here.


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Julian P has asked me to look out for a local marlin, a spearfish (Agugghia imperiale), which is caught in the Straits of Messina . No sightings so far maybe because I'm at the wrong end of the island. Palermo could be a possibility as that's starting to move towards that part of the world.
Good fish story. This fishmonger (pescetorio) at the Antico Mercato explained to me how the swordfish (pesce spada) are caught. I took it that they are line caught on single lines. a sustainable practice.
They still set their fish up on hundred year old marble tables slightly scooped to contain any ice and juices.
Bad fish story.
There is a fishing tradition in a number of fishing communities of Sicily and Sardinia, an annual ritual called the "tonno'. It's got religious and pagan origins and signals both the opening of the tuna fishing season and the blessing of the fleet. The fishermen are very superstitious (the world over) and this seems to be an offering to the gods that, if not carried out could mean a bad season for the community which is dependent of the sea for its survival.
Problem: Its bluefin tuna which I glean is endangered in these waters (correct me if I'm wrong Julian) and it's seen as a rather grotesque and cruel ritual (the practice is banned across the rest of the Mediterranean).
The fish are herded through a series of nets set over kilometres of water beginning with the widest possible setting and over the long distance becomes ever narrower until the fish are corralled into the final net - the only one with a bottom. At this point it becomes a bit of a killing frenzy where the net is slowly raised and the local and regional fishermen join forces to jag the tuna with long poles and drag them onto the docks/boats where they are killed and bled.
They take about 100 tonne this way and the tuna cannery comes alive to begin the canning process. Many are exported fresh, mainly to Japan, at up to $500 a kilo for sushimi etc. I reckon my fantastic tuna meal last night may have made me complicit in this harvest but, Gesu Cristo, it was beautiful fish..


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During my solids intro, I placed a variety of 3-d shapes at each table and allowed the students to explore them and fill out this graphic organizer together. It prompted some great discussion since some of them weren't sure about the word vertices. It's simple, but fun. We checked together, discussing the solids' real names, fixed their errors, etc. It's a great little intro to solids if you need one. Click on image to grab!
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- him parroting everything we say
- getting so excited to see TT and Reynolds at his Aunt Dre's house and scrunching up his shoulders and pulling his fists to his neck when he is happy to see someone
- walking EVERYWHERE!
- creating little challenges for himself like getting up single steps without using his hands, or this week, climbing up and down our little step ladder. When he finds something that looks like a challenge, he will do it over and over again until he figures it out.
- going down slides at the playground- he one his own decided to sit and turn around and slide down on his belly- definitely a safer way to do it but I never even showed him this!
- saying "Amen" after prayers
- being pushed around in his big red car (which he says like a New Yorker) and pushing it around our patio and driveway all by himself
- He loves watching Daniel Tiger and when he's ready for a little down time in the afternoon, he'll grab the remote, bring it to me, and say, "Tie Tie"
- helping me cook and stir "tir" the food- he will say, "watch" and lift up his arms for me to pick him up :)
- visiting our next door neighbor Lizzie (Yizzie)- he will request her all all hours of the day- even before the sun is out ;)
- his favorite part of building a tall tower with his blocks is dumping all of them out at the beginning
- He loves smelling flowers (no matter how far away they are) and sniffing candles. And when he helps me blow out candles or blows on his food to cool it off, he always blows through his nose. :)
- He's gotten really good at eating with a spoon in the last week. He kept requesting one during meal time so I just started letting him go for it. It wasn't the cleanest at first, but he's gotten pretty good at it since his first couple of meals!
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what a sweet little nugget! he sounds so similar to our little 14 month old. she loves to watch me cook, she's also cutting all those teeth (she likes to get up in the middle of the night to talk to herself but is taking this opportunity to sleep in, thank the Lord), and she is also obsessed with ice. she a talker and a runner, and I am in absolute love with this age. they are so precious, between baby and kid!ReplyDelete
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What a sweet little buddy bug! So adorable and that picture of him sleeping with his spoon is definitely a keeper & may even have to make an appearance later in life to prove that yes, he did enjoy spoons so much that he preferred them at bed time over a cute cuddly toy! ;) It's cute & adorable and everyone will surely get a good laugh over it, I'm sure he will too by then. Hope the teething/sleep issues work themselves out soon!!ReplyDelete


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Three weeks ago, construction workers began cementing tall metal poles at the edge of the amphitheater, around the corner of the soccer field, by the bowl, and into the Evolution dirt parking lot. The poles serve as the skeleton for the black-lined chain-linked fence we can all see now as we walk up Scholar's Lane. The fence will be separating the active side of campus from the '2020 Project' construction site.
The construction of the fence should not affect day-to-day campus activities. 2/3rd of the bowl will remain open until being reduced to 1/3rd November 1st. Events that are usually held in the Bowl, will either be held on the Mariposa Lawn or the Soccer field if available. The Amphitheater will remain completely open for the duration of the 2020 project's construction. However the unique look the amphitheater had of Little Lake will now be obstructed by the fence. The scenic detour that many students take from the Evolution dirt parking lot behind Little Lake and up through the Bowl will unfortunately be closed off. The only path to walk up the hill will be through Scholar's Lane. The scenic path that wraps behind Little Lake will be closed off for the duration of the '2020 Project' construction.
On-campus services should go on per usual. That is to say Wi-Fi connectivity, Cat Tracks, and other service provided on campus will not be affected. Expect, however, to hear construction drills and jack hammers in the distance from time to time.
Perhaps the largest change to the campus experience will be the school's aesthetic. When walking up Scholar's Lane, the views of Little Lake and distant grazing cows will be obstructed by the tall fence. But no need to worry, Bobcats! Administration and the 2020 planners will be enacting ways to convert the fence into a work of art!
Richard Cummings, Director of Marketing & Communications for the 2020 expansion plan, is working on implementing student art-work throughout the fence! The official press release can be seen here. Imagine walking up the hill while looking at grand murals produced by fellow Bobcats. To accompany the student artwork, 2020 planners will have graphics of the future completed buildings spread along the fence.
With the fence nearing completion in the coming weeks, Richard Cummings is actively working on preparing the student art that will be implemented. If you have ideas for art work or even willing to create the art, please contact Richard Cummings at firstname.lastname@example.com with the subject line "Art Fence."
Here at the Prodigy, we are dedicated to keeping UC Merced students updated on the numerous amounts of 2020 Plan details that will be following in during the coming years. As UC Merced students, we have a right to be updated on the marvelous work being done to our campus, as well as a right to a voice any concerns we may have with the growth of our campus. We urge students to reach out to your ASUCM Representatives (President and Senators) if you have any comments concerning our campus expansion.
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Think Like a Recruiter while on LinkedInDecember 18th, 2009 | by Jason Alba |
In the last post I talked about how to cheat the system by joining Groups (in regards to contacting people you find on LinkedIn).
Here's another tactic, though, which I've used. When I find a target contact I will use the internal messaging if I have to. I like LinkedIn Introductions, to a point… but what might be better is just a plain old email to the target contact.
However, if you are not a first degree contact it might be really hard to find an email for the person.
Now it's time to start thinking like a recruiter. If a recruiter found the perfect candidate, and the email wasn't there, that would not stop them from moving forward.
A recruiter would look for another way to contact the person – phone (whitepages.com) or email or something else.
Recently I found someone who I wanted to contact. It was the CEO of a company. In doing some company research (first on LinkedIn, to find other employees there, then on their blog) I found the naming convention of their corporate email addresses.
How? I found two employees who had their email addresses posted online (0utside of LinkedIn). Both of their email addresses had the same naming convention… so I GUESSED on the CEO's email.
It worked – within 24 hours I had a reply to my email, from the CEO.
Just because you can't message someone through LinkedIn's mechanisms, don't stop! Find other ways to get in front of that person – when I'm stuck I think "what would a recruiter do?" Tacky, I know, but they do this stuff all day long.


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The issue most participants are missing is the intrinsic value in the payments business itself. When discussing NFC and offers, payments are often treated as a necessary evil - an almost commoditized way to move money between two accounts, based on existing rails (mostly credit card), where you optimize on cost (fees and losses). All that, to get to the real prize - users' personal data, to be leveraged for alternative revenue streams. This is the embodiment of the factory approach, and it is self perpetuating since inefficient user behavior management creates bad cost structures, and drives payments into becoming a loss leader. Is that what payments are about?
No. Consider PayPal: the company hit profitability, among other reasons, by offering instant bank payments even though the existing infrastructure (to this day) only clears after 3-5 days. Data was not used to further segment the population for better delivery of advertising content; it was data used to deliver quality decisions and decision supporting tools, and enabling capabilities that users would not have otherwise.
What are the added benefits of a payment option? The ability to move money quickly and for a reasonable price; the ability to drive commerce; responsible access to debt. Any solution that doesn't create more or cheaper commerce activity is not a change in payments - it's a new advertising platform. Extracting that value, however, requires more deep technology and data science/decision design capability than are usually invested in payments, which is probably (together with lack of domain knowledge) why only a handful of companies ever succeeded in bringing real benefits - and they grew into gorillas. Effective risk management and automated decisions can make the difference between making a payment and earning a paying customer and rejecting it; they also make the difference between approving a good customer and a fraudster or a kid using their parents' account. They also constitute the difference between your struggling gateway business and a PayPal or a Visa. Companies that invest the time and research get rewarded by a substantial revenue stream just from moving money around; companies who don't are forced to treat payments as customer acquisition cost.
The above is the reason why NFC-enabled, offers-driven "wallets" don't strike me as innovation in payments: they are not. Improved underwriting, new payment rails or enabling commerce in a new setting are, but those aren't included in the debate. This is how a huge chunk of business opportunity is being missed.


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An Irvine attorney was sentenced to one year in jail and restitution for embezzling more than $150,000 and defrauding his clients, authorities said.
Tuan Thanh Tran, 44, pleaded guilty Friday to 10 felony counts of embezzlement by a fiduciary of trust, according to the Orange County district attorney's office.
Prosecutors said that between May 2011 and February 2012, Tran represented five clients seeking compensation for damages they suffered in traffic accidents through civil lawsuits.
Representing his clients, Tran settled with the insurance companies without informing them, prosecutors said. Tran forged his clients' signatures on settlement forms and kept the money, according to the DA's office.
Because of complaints relating to this case and others, Tran lost his ability to practice law in California about a year ago, prosecutors said.
On Friday, Tran was sentenced to one year in jail, five years formal probation and ordered to pay restitution.
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11.1 What is self-regulation in relation to the media?
Self-regulation is a model of regulation which has become quite popular with the media in the past few decades. It is an alternative – occasionally, a supplement – to statutory regulation, viz. prescriptive regulation by the state. As the name suggests, self-regulation essentially means regulation of the media by the media itself. In other words, it is regulation of media practitioners by their own peers.
11.2 How does self-regulation work in practice?
Typically, self-regulation would involve a body such as a Press Council, a Broadcasting Standards Council, or a Media Council, which would be composed of members who are broadly representative of the media businesses and organisations that are sought to be regulated. These members would be either elected or nominated by the businesses or organisation and would hold office for a fixed period. They would have responsibility for overseeing the conduct of the media entities covered by the Council and to receive and adjudicate complaints received against those entities from the public.
11.3 What is the touchstone on which a self-regulatory mechanism would judge the conduct of the media?
Usually, every self-regulatory mechanism would be backed by a code of conduct which sets out the norms by which media practitioners and businesses would have to abide. These norms would cover such matters as:
· accuracy in the gathering and reporting of news;
· fairness in the treatment of news sources and other subjects of media operations;
· respect for the privacy of individuals;
· respect for the public's right to know;
· avoidance of 'cheque-book journalism', i.e. the practice of paying criminals, etc. for stories;
· protection of confidentiality of sources;
· sensitivity in reporting of certain topics, e.g. bereavement, and in the treatment of vulnerable groups, e.g. children, victims of sexual offences, etc.
11.4 How are self-regulatory bodies funded?
Self-regulatory bodies are usually funded through contributions from the media organisations which sign up to them. The contributions may vary according to the size of individual businesses.
Some self-regulatory bodies are funded – or part-funded – by fees charged to those who use their services, viz. complainants, though this is rare.
11.5 Can there be a combination of statutory and self-regulation?
Yes. In quite a few countries, this model, which is sometimes referred to as 'co-regulation', is followed. Here, the regulatory body – e.g. a Press Council – is established by statute or other law made by the state, but its composition and day-to-day running is left largely to representatives of the media (the degree of autonomy given to the Council varies from country to country). The funding of this arrangement is usually the responsibility of the sponsoring government department, although it is possible for a private-public partnership model to be adopted.
11.6 Is self-regulation effective?
There is divergence of opinion on this point. Some commentators have argued that self-regulation works better than statutory regulation because it is free from interference by the state. Others have expressed the view that self-regulation lacks credibility because those being regulated are the regulators themselves. Increasingly, however, the trend around the world appears to be away from state regulation and towards self-regulation (or co-regulation), except in the area of broadcasting where there is still a continuing preference for state involvement.
One of the major drawbacks of Press Councils and similar mechanisms is their lack of enforcement powers – in most cases, all that a Press Council can do is censure a media organisation. It is not uncommon for newspapers and broadcasters to ignore the decisions of self-regulatory bodies – a practice which has reduced the credibility of such bodies.
11.7 How is broadcasting likely to be regulated in the future?
Traditionally, the shortage of radio frequencies has justified extensive state interference in the area of broadcasting. Many countries have state broadcasters exercising a monopoly in the provision of television services. Recent years have however seen an opening up of this market, with digital communication technologies allowing for an expansion in the frequency spectrum available for broadcasting. The situation has been made more complex by the advent of satellite television which allows for cross-border broadcasting. This new phenomenon has made regulation of broadcasting more difficult, especially on the content side.
11.8 What are the main challenges in this area?
Apart from the challenges posed by cross-border broadcasting (which requires extensive co-operation between national governments and their law-enforcement authorities), the issue of insulating the regulator from extraneous pressures is a pressing problem which both governments and the media are having to contend with around the world. There are no easy solutions to this problem, but a number of measures have been recommended to secure the independence of the regulator, including the following:
· a clear statement in statute (or, better still, in the national constitution) guaranteeing such independence;
· an assured funding mechanism, which does not leave too much discretionary power in the hands of the government, to allow the regulator to discharge its responsibilities efficiently and effectively;
· genuine functional autonomy for the regulator in carrying out its day-to-day functions;
· a fair, non-partisan and transparent appointment process for the regulatory body (including any oversight mechanism that may be constituted as part of the regulatory regime);
· effective protections against arbitrary removal of members of the regulatory body or its oversight mechanism;
· clear, effective and transparent accountability systems for the regulator, including periodic reporting to the national parliament and rigorous financial audits.
Ombudsman mechanism
11.9 What is an Ombudsman and how does this mechanism operate?
This is a relatively new mechanism in many parts of the world, although the institution has existed in Sweden for over two centuries now. An Ombudsman is an in-house 'referee' appointed by the media organisation to receive and consider complaints from readers, listeners or viewers of the organisation's publications or programmes. He is usually a respected figure, such as a retired judge, who would command the confidence of the public.
The mechanism works fairly simply, with the Ombudsman investigating those complaints which contain prima facie evidence of misconduct by journalists or other editorial staff belonging to the media organisation. The complaints received usually concern inaccuracy, bias or invasion of an individual's privacy. The Ombudsman gives the editor or other senior functionary within the organisation an opportunity of responding to the complaint, and if after due consideration of all the facts he comes to the conclusion that any action is called for, he makes a recommendation to that effect to the editor, who is then left to take such measures as he deems fit.
The Ombudsman cannot order any monetary or other compensation to a complainant. He does not have any enforcement powers either in relation to any conclusion that he may have come to in relation to a complaint. For that reason, and for the reason that he is appointed – and paid – by the media organisation, many people have expressed scepticism about the impartiality and usefulness of this mechanism. Even so, the institution of Ombudsman as a facet of self-regulation has been gaining ground around the world.


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Using Stata for Quantitative Analysis
- Kyle C. Longest - Furman University, USA
Using Stata for Quantitative Analysis, Second Edition offers a brief, but thorough introduction to analyzing data with Stata software. It can be used as a reference for any statistics or methods course across the social, behavioral, and health sciences since these fields share a relatively similar approach to quantitative analysis. In this book, the author teaches the language of Stata from an intuitive perspective, furthering students' overall retention and allowing a student with no experience in statistical software to work with data in a very short amount of time. The self-teaching style of this book enables novice Stata users to complete a basic quantitative research project from start to finish. The Second Edition covers the use of Stata 13 and can be used on its own or as a supplement to a research methods or statistics textbook.
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This book serves as an introduction to the basic building blocks of the Stata program, it presents a conceptual approach to learning Stata commands and explains the 'do file'.
Provided to students who wanted to learn STATA. This is an excellent text for practical use and for developing students comprehension of STATA as a research tool.
Excellent introduction to Stata.
I am currently using the Longest book for a tutorial on introduction to Statistical Software. The students seem to be comfortable with the level of the book and adapting well to using it. The accompaning datasets are helpful.
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Despite giving up the first goal and trailing in a game for the first time this season, the Montreal Canadiens continued their stellar play, putting pedal to the metal, and beating the Detroit Red Wings by a score of 4-1. That extends their unbeaten streak to start the season to six games.
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Welcome to News Views, CASBAA's news round-up culled from sources across the industry for the week ending Jan 23th. Curated by CASBAA, News Views keeps you in the loop. We always value your feedback, so tell us what you think!
Christopher Slaughter
|In case you missed it, the trouble started when market research firm NPD Group issued a report endorsing the common wisdom that premium TV channels are losing subscribers, while SVOD operators are gaining them. Perhaps predictably, this didn't go down too well, particularly with the channels mentioned by name in the report. After challenges from HBO, Showtime, and Starz, NPD issued a "data clarification" and pulled the report from its website. None of which stopped Netflix from indulging in the snark as it announced higher-than-expected earnings.
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|We all know that Australian pay TV platforms have ARPUs to die for… but can they get any bigger? According to research firm IBISWorld the industry has grown at an annual rate of 8.3% since 2009 due to rising subscription fees, new digital services, rising ad revenue, new subscribers and reduced churn. Despite increasing competition from online channels, the report forecasts that Australian pay-TV industry revenue will grow at an annualised 3% to $6.1 billion in 2018-19. Happy Australia Day!
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|Want your content to be bigger than Grumpy Cat? Check out The Six Things That Will Make Stories Go Viral. Turns out, not much has changed since Aristotle's time: positivity, excitement, emotion (the more the better), social currency (didn't you want to be one to discover Prancercise?), a memory inducing trigger (explains why lists are so popular)— and most importantly—the quality of the story (and the storytelling).
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|Branded content has been around for long time, but it's been picking up momentum lately. Putting branded content deals together isn't easy, though, which is why Viacom has announced a new specialist division for branded content. And in case you wondered whether embedding brands in TV shows actually works, a recent report in the Ivey Business review offers a compelling case study: Mad Men and Lucky Strike.
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|As we move into the year of the horse, the pay TV market gallops ahead according to data from ABI Research. The global pay-TV market reached 903.3 million subscribers in 2013, generating US$249.8 billion in service revenue. A major portion of that growth from IPTV operators with 18.5% YoY in 2013 to 92 million subscribers with a total of US$37.2 billion in revenue. Cable TV subscribers in Western Europe and North America declined around 1% and 1.5% respectively in 2013, however, cable TV markets in Asia-Pacific continued to contribute to global cable TV market growth, which is expected to reach a total of 634.5 million subscribers in 2019. Kung Hei Fat Choy!
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Rising home insurance rates point to climate change
(January 17, 2012)
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Insurance executives at major firms are planning to raise home insurance rates as much as 10% "in response to the record number of tornadoes, floods, fires, blizzards and other heavy weather that hit the country in 2011."
In Washington, the Interior is preparing for the worst (The Hill), establishing a "Strategic Sciences Group" to bolster the department's ability to respond to environmental crises and natural disasters.
The Year That Winter Forgot: Is It Climate Change?
(January 9, 2012)
All across the United States, and many other parts of the planet, December and the first part of January has been strangely mild. This article examines the recent warmth in relation to current climate trends and the larger-perspective picture that is climate change.
A short new video also offers a very simple explanation of the relationship between climate and weather:
Next ice age not likely before 1,500 years: study
(January 9, 2012)
Although the causes of ice ages are not fully understood, analysis suggests that the end of the current interglacial period would likely end within the next 1500 years under different atmospheric concentrations of CO2. The current levels of 390 parts per million by volume, however, would prevent an increase in the volume of ice sheets.
No Maple Syrup by 2100?
(January 5, 2012)
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This article and accompanying video follows one woman's quest to understand the decline of the sugar maple and its sap quality in NH in recent years. The trees face a multitude of climate associated risks that have led some to speculate that they will not last through the century.
Sugar maples farther north, in Canada, are also facing similar threats, with invasive pests, a climate that is becoming less conducive to their growth, and landscapes to the north not suitable for harboring northward-moving trees.
Report Challenges Ambitious Plan for U.S. Climate Research
(January 5, 2012)
The National Research Council has released a report that commends the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) for broadening its scope beyond basic climate research, but points out one major issue with the plan– the group lacks the capacity, funding, expertise and structure to support and manage such ambitions.
U.S. Better Off "Thinking Big" about Energy Efficiency Instead of Focusing First on Development of New Energy Sources
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"America is thinking too small when it comes to energy efficiency, while also making the mistake of "crowding out" economically beneficial investments in energy efficiency by focusing on riskier and more expensive bids to develop new energy sources"


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Could Mathematics Save Us From Partisan Gerrymandering?
If the Democrats have a realistic chance of gaining back control of the government, one of the first battles it will have to win is the one against gerrymandering. Though cases about redistricting tend to go either in court, one Tufts University professor thinks she may have a winning solution: math.
Moon Duchin, a mathematics instructor with an expertise in geometry, spoke to the Chronicle of Higher Education about a summer class she devised specifically to prepare mathematicians to testify as experts in redistricting court cases.
Originally, Duchin thought she could be most useful collaborating with state redistricting committees to work out fair district lines. Then she realized that the powers that be often intentionally don't want to create fair district lines, so her input would easily go ignored in the states that needed it the most.
Hence, she changed her focus to host a class to train mathematicians instead. The class isn't so much about drilling students with her particular point of view on this subject, but assembling astounding mathematical minds to discuss this issue and work out potential math-backed solutions to the gerrymandering problem.
"When I started thinking about this, I was surprised to see that even though there were different mathematical attempts at a definition, you don't ever see mathematicians testifying in court about it," said Duchin.
After all, partisan powers are already using plenty of math to rig the system. Since each congressional district in the state has to be roughly equivalent in population size, politicians will find a way to draw the lines so that one particular party affiliation has the majority of voters in the majority of districts. It's a complicated mathematical formula to ensure that one party gets the maximum number of representatives with the fewest number of votes.
When districts look like the examples above, it's pretty obvious that legislators were trying to cram a particular demographic of people into a single district. However, courts have had trouble legally determining what a "compact" district should look like. That's where geometry can enter the picture to demonstrate how compactness works from a mathematical perspective.
By Duchin's own admission, one of the biggest challenges will be for geometry specialists to communicate the mathematical principles to those without degrees in mathematics. A professor could present a highly technical theory well amongst her peers, but that wouldn't necessarily make it a winning argument for a jury or judge that can't follow the logic.
To see which ideas people more easily grasp and which need further explanation, Duchin has been practicing discussing these concepts with various audiences (high school students, politicians, a public open forum, etc.) Developing the language to discuss the mathematics to a mixed crowd will be one of the class' key focuses, and then the students can take that language to court.
"I don't have any illusions that we're going to settle that debate forever, but I think we can make a contribution to the debate," said Duchin.
Duchin has good reason to think so, too. Last year's federal court case Whitford v. Gill, set precedent by determining that the district lines in Wisconsin had been intentionally devised to benefit the Republican Party, and that legislators had no good reason for drawing their boundaries in that manner other than to manipulate that outcome. The plaintiff used a mathematical equation to demonstrate that this unfairness had occurred.
With any luck, the courts will continue to agree that mathematic principles are an unbiased way to judge the compactness of districts, thereby rejecting some of the inherent partisanship of allowing legislators to draw their own district lines.
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This is an illusion. You can't really ever have perfume flowing along your veins but there is a quality certain perfumes share which makes them a great deal easier to adopt and to wear, and that is this phenomenon of "melting" into the skin.
So many perfumes have passed through my hands, and so few have stayed with me over time that I have developed a sense of those perfumes which might actually make a home with me based on a very simple criterion: surface or subcutaneous? If I don't feel that I've absorbed a perfume and am now radiating it, then I seldom get to the point of finishing a bottle. Continue reading


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This Channel RIR-24S 24 pan end load sheet / bun pan rack makes it easy to cool or freeze sheet pans full of product at your commercial facility! Designed to stay stationary in your reach-in refrigerator or freezer, this sturdy, stainless steel rack maximizes your storage space by holding up to 24 full size sheet pans with 2" of space between each extruded aluminum pan slide. Incorporating this rack into your reach-in helps to provide ample room and support for your signature food items, making it the perfect space-saving solution for your busy establishment.
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Tips to Avoid Conflict During Holidays with Family
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - While the holidays are a happy time for many, the stress associated with family obligations and dynamics can be the "lump of coal" in some people's Christmas stockings. According to the American Psychological Association, fatigue and stress are the top sources of negative feelings during this time of year. Clinical social worker and psychotherapist Lisa Ferentz says sometimes the best thing to do is simply not participate in a potentially stressful situation.
"Sometimes you have to give yourself permission to avoid family interactions that you know are going to be too painful," says Ferentz. "Or that will set you up to be 'triggered' in some way."
Ferentz says if you feel compelled to see family or friends who can be a source of conflict, limit time you spend, bring a friend to act as a buffer, and use your cell phone as an excuse for a break.
Sometimes, according to Ferentz, the best relief is to break away from habits from the past by beginning a new tradition, or do something for others.
"I encourage people to volunteer during this time of year," she says. "When you do things that kind of help you step outside of yourself and your own emotional upset, it gives you perspective about life. It also helps you to kind of reclaim a feeling of gratitude."
Ferentz says it's also important to avoid self-destructive behaviors like over eating or drinking too much and replace them instead with exercise or meditation.


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|3 red lights were seen on halloween on late sunday night as we were coming home VERY FREAKY this has happend before ealier in august.
As we were driving home from trick or treating i looked up in the sky and saw 3 red in the eastern sky lights it looked as if it were not moving and in triangular shape. Many people were looking at it i looked at it for a good 15 miutes 2 were staionary and 1 was moving around at first it was a triangle, second it was like a L and third it was like a backwards l. It was weird because a few weeks back I read a newpaper article about red lights in the sky it was just crazy because it was on halloween.


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COLUMBIA CITY – A man died after crashing his snowmobile in Whitley County in northeastern Indiana.
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As residents of Vancouver, B.C., that's what James MacKinnon and Alisa Smith should have called their "100-mile diet." But who's complaining, when their one-year experiment in eating only products grown or gathered close to home has helped spur a national phenomenon? Their book, "Plenty", helped spark people in countless other communities to find their own eat-local paths. Entire neighborhoods and cities are taking on the quest after residents looked down at their plates and found, as MacKinnon did one day, that they had no connection to what they were eating and no idea where it was from.
Just three years after starting their lonely personal experiment, an "adventure in developing a sense of place," the couple is in a world where "locavore" was Word of the Year, and where Wal-Mart announced its commitment to locally grown foods. The Food Network is filming a show on the town of Mission, B.C., where Smith and MacKinnon challenged 100 residents to take up the diet for 100 days. (Check out the latest here).
We caught up with Smith and MacKinnon in Lake Forest Park, where "Plenty" is the choice of its citywide reading program. The couple did a cooking demonstration, read at Third Place Books, and chatted with us afterwards about life during and after the 100-mile diet. Here are some of their experiences and their advice:
On what it was like to shop after starting the diet: "Nine out of ten aisles in the supermarket were invisible to us." Long lists of items were crossed off their shopping lists, from packaged cereal to Tabasco sauce to chipotle peppers. But over the year, plenty of items were added to their diet as well, such as spot prawns, Pacific sardines, miners lettuce, sorrel, hedgehog mushrooms and wing beans. Supermarkets are seen as places of maximum abundance, MacKinnon said, but they're actually an "enormous simplification of the food system," a place of limited choices. Smith, for instance, always thought she didn't like carrots. It turned out she just didn't like the kind of carrots that supermarkets carry.
On how the couple eats now that the year-long challenge is over: Right now, they're back on the challenge 100 percent for the Mission project. Before that, though, they found themselves eating a diet that was still 85 to 90 percent locally produced. With the experiment over, they would buy staples like olive oil and rice and (for Smith) the occasional chocolate, but still didn't find themselves eating, say, imported tropical fruits. They won't knowingly eat items that have been flown in, but "we don't like people to think of this as, oh, it's the hardship game," Smith said. Eating locally is what tastes best to them now, and it's become easier now that they know how to make it through the year.
On whether they spent more money on food by eating locally: No, but "we spent our money in different ways," and in different patterns, MacKinnon said. Summer months became more expensive, because they bought large amounts in bulk when produce was at its peak, to preserve for later months. But they use fewer ingredients than they once did, crediting it to the stronger flavors of the locally grown foods. They waste less, and they've found that they eat smaller portions.
On what they grow in their own small garden: Items that are easy to grow but expensive to buy, such as basil. Items that are still tough to find locally grown, including beans for drying. And, they experiment with a few things they come across, such as the Hopi corn from seeds they got in Colorado.
On when to start a 100-mile diet: NOT on the first day of spring, as Smith and MacKinnon did. That's the lean time of year, when there's little to eat but potatoes and kale, when even the most tedious winter vegetables are petering out and the first spring harvests haven't arrived. Their Mission project began on June 1 and runs through the abundant summer months, but MacKinnon's favorites now are the winter vegetables — distinctive, nourishing comfort foods like squash that are "the perfect foods for the season."
On seeing other people adopt their goals: It's surprising, "but exciting," to see how it caught on, said Smith, but they had always hoped other people could learn from what they did. When entire communities take on the challenge, they're able to support each other and share information in a way that the couple couldn't manage on their own. And many people have been more hardcore about the idea than Smith and MacKinnon ever were. (There are even "100-yard" challenges.)
On sorting through studies arguing about the fossil fuel efficiencies of eating local: "You can play out the math in different ways" for different items, MacKinnon said, but no study has suggested that it isn't best to eat mostly local, seasonal, organic foods. Fossil fuels are what got MacKinnon into the diet – "this ugly statistic that's out there" that food travels an average of 1,500 miles to our plates – but he now sees carbon calculators as only one item in "a whole basket" of reasons to eat local. The biggest reason? "The food is way better."
On the idea that the diet is elitist, a luxury: For most of human history, they said, eating locally was the most frugal way to live. It's only recently that buying from megacorporations is considered the cheapest way to go. And the book has not taken off just in the areas of "the usual suspects," some of its biggest support has come from small towns in the Midwest. The first city to choose the book for its citywide reading program was Alliance, Ohio, midway between the Rust Belt and the Corn Belt. And for the diet to succeed, they needed to develop the thrifty skills our grandparents and great-grandparents possessed, such as baking and canning.
MacKinnon recently posted detailed thoughts on how to save money by eating locally; including arriving at markets either early (for the best deals) or late (when farmers might sell cheaper in bulk). His last suggestion in the list:
"Ask yourself – and your local politicians – why bad food is so often cheap and good food is so often expensive. Why does our system subsidize the producers who use tons of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, ship food huge distances, pay farmworkers the bare minimum, and treat animals as if they were machines rather than living creatures? Why not invest instead in a food system that is first and foremost local, organic, humane, and a decent place to work? Remember: If the food's too cheap, it's because someone else is paying."
On the idea that real people can't make the diet work: Smith and MacKinnon had most of the logistical problems people raise as issues. "We have to live on a budget. We're writers … we have full-time jobs. We live in a, now, we have a 2-bedroom apartment, in the middle of the city," MacKinnon said. "Anyone who owns a house has a kitchen four times bigger than we do," Smith said
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Dozens of the colorful birds have been building nests on opposite corners of the intersection for more than a year. Native to South America, the parrots have been showing up on the South Shore of Long Island since 2013, they were spotted in Amityville in Suffolk County.
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Cartier Martin Gets His Own Post, As Should Anyone Who Blocks Dwight Howard Like That
My DVR knew what was happening. At some point very late in the game, it decided to stop recording the Wizards-Magic in favor of a show it's programmed to record, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. In the process, the game as captured up to that point got lost in the DVR stratosphere, putting a halt to my ability to go back and further analyze the game visually.
Probably for the best though, re-watching the low-lights of a 112-83 blowout loss isn't exactly the most productive thing in the world. In most senses, it's a game that Flip Saunders and his team (and Wizards fans) should just forget and move on (but not without an intense film session, one would hope — after all, Washington has to face Orlando three more times this season).
But in other senses, there were some very concerning displays last night. The season's debut of several players who have been with the team the longest represented nothing more than the status quo, which either means little progress was made by them over the summer to more closely connect to the game cerebrally, or that they just have a low capability/potential to do so in the first place. Observations on those players and their situations will surely come (and you can read some thoughts from Rashad already).
No, this post is dedicated to the only player who really played worth a damn Thursday night. When your average Joe looks at the box score, he might assume that Cartier Martin got all of his points in garbage time. No sir. One only needs to look at a huge block Martin had against Dwight Howard to know that's not true:
But it was about more than the block. Cartier led the Wizards with 17 points, scored on 5-9 FGs and 6-6 from the free-throw line, in 24 minutes off the bench. He also had two rebounds, two steals, that HUGE, 'Sam Cassell Big Balls Dance'-worthy block and zero turnovers. Oh, and you could often see Martin seeking out first contact when blocking out, hustling for loose balls, double-teaming with purpose, communicating by pointing on defense … you know, that good stuff too.
There were others who looked okay at some points of the game (Trevor Booker got a couple garbage-time dunks), and I will further observe the few good but mostly bad instances to come, but Cartier is the only one who played with any sort of moxie. He played within himself and made sound decisions, representing the exact "role player plus" a coach could hope for.
"I like what I've seen out of Martin, though. He's basically just kept the game simple. When he's open, he's shot, when not, he's just moved the ball on." -Steve Kerr on TNT
At this point, it's probably good to go back and read the excellent, interesting piece that John Townsend wrote on Martin this past summer.
A Cartier Affair in 2010-11 might involve Martin finding himself in the top eight of the rotation. And that's the one thing about last night I'm most comfortable saying without the disclaimer of "It's just one game and the season is early."
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Martin was able to bait West Virginia Bubs, aka Jason Williams, into being the first player ejected on the season, due to the new, stringent technical rules. Cartier drew the charge and J-Will did the rest. Let's watch:
Maybe the new tech rules are too much, I don't think they are — I mean, really … if you were the ref, would you really want Bubs chirping in your ear? Bet not. Thank you Cartier, this post's for you.


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What's the title mean? Well it some ways it means change. My personal life received a major shot of energy when I was hired at a local Taco Bell (Fast Food, Really?) with a chance to become a manager sometime in the future. Work isn't easy to come by so I can't turn it down. I'm very happy for this opportunity. I once worked at a Taco Bell Express back in 2004, so it's not going to be that hard. Other changes include my blogs. The Cardiac Cards blog became too much to keep up with. It's still around and I probably won't delete it. The posts from there are also on this blog. I do realize I haven't wrote on here for a bit and I'm hoping that'll change. I posted some Bertha Gifford material a week or so ago and I do have more that I'll eventually post.. My other blog is my tumblr and it's located here. I enjoy that blog a lot and it's somewhat like twitter and facebook combined, though it isn't as good as twitter , it's a lot better than facebook. (I really don't much care for facebook and I'm not on it much.)
A little about the Cardinals. I'll try to keep up with them here. They slaughtered Cincinnati tonight 13-3 and have scored 26 runs the last two games. The seven game losing streak they endured was horrible but it seems that they've put it behind them. They have a new rallying point that the Cardinal broadcasters have started. With Star Wars night at Busch coming up, someone mashed up some Star Wars characters and Cardinal Players. One of them was called "Yodi," a cross between Yadier Molina and Yoda. It's kind of stuck with some of the fans (including me) and I'm hoping at catches on.
Where does Kuruko Dark(Wolf) come from? Kuruko is my wolf name that was given to me by an old friend of mine several years ago. I used it as the name of a wolf in one of my stories, Kuruko and Orcha. Orcha was the wolf name of my friend. Unfortunately, I lost touch with her as she lives very far away. Darkwolf is an Indian name that was given to me by another old friend of mine, due to my Indian heritage (Mohawk) and my affinity for wolves. I mention on Tumblr that Kuruko Darkwolf is not my real name but it is who I am, if that makes any sense. So that's where my name comes from, for those who were curious about it.
To those that I follow and/or follow me on twitter and tumblr that are Cardinal fans. It's all about the Cardinal Nation. It's why I follow you. To have friends that are as crazy about the Cardinals as I am is a blessing to me. I just wish that some of the people that I follow on twitter would follow me. (I'm struggling to get to 100 followers.) I'm all in on the Cardinals and I can't wait for the postseason to begin because that's when it's going to be crazy and fun.
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