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By transforming face-to-face therapy to a personalised app, Quit Genius can deliver high quality, round-the-clock and scalable evidence-based behavioural support to the millions of smokers looking to quit.
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Eat a variety of proteins. Don't make it all steak. Have fish once in a while, or chicken. Try tossing some tofu into your next omelet. Or go completely vegetarian for one meal, and have a chili made of many different types of beans.
Research has also shown that the use of pesticides during the growing process and the addition of some hormones used during people process foods can adversely affect some people who suffer from anxiety. Discovering all the foods that may adversely affect you can be a tedious process, but one well worth the effort.
For one thing, one has to remember that there were no weight loss supplement plants during those times. This means that there was no such thing as processed, packaged, or frozen foods. This also means that there was no use of chemicals or preservatives in the foods that the cavemen ate. To be even more detailed, there was no such thing as grocery stores. This means that cavemen had to hunt and forage their meals. So, already a consumer can think of a host of so-called food products that would be off of their shopping list, if they were going to buy a paleo book in order to learn the diet.
But there was a second obstacle. Unsaturated fats tend to spoil more quickly producing a rancid odor and taste. Therefore they cannot be stored for long periods of time. Limited shelf-life can be a hindrance for food producers and marketers. Any product that could be widely sold must be able to stand the test of time in relation to the whole chef de partie jobs cycle.
We need fat. Fat forms lining of the cell membranes in almost every cell of our bodies. Your brain is composed primarily of fat. If you don't eat enough of the right kinds of fat, your brain will not get the proper nutrition to function. Eating too little fat can also reduce your testosterone levels (equally important for women as for men).


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In partnership with prolific curator Brian Chambers, 1xRUN is extremely excited to welcome in legendary artist Ralph Steadman who joins us with very limited quantities of his latest iconic screen print The Savage Journey America Dream Edition. With each print uniquely hand-painted and screen printed by Steadman's longtime printer Joe Petro down in Kentucky, this image is one of Steadman's most historic. Taken from Hunter S. Thompson's cult classic, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Savage Journey is one of the most iconic and widely celebrated images in the novel. The very edition of 150 have all been signed and numbered in red ink and embellished with his trademark flourish, the splat, in Ultramarine Blue. Each is a unique piece in its own right. To celebrate Steadman's 82nd birthday we are happy to offer extremely limited quantities of this historic print available for a limited time. Read on to see behind the scenes photos, and more. . .
|43 x 30 Inches
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|Uniquely Hand-Embellished Screen Print on 290gsm Coventry Rag Fine Art Paper
|4-6 weeks
|Ships worldwide
|Can you return items?
Note: Each print this is edition is uniquely hand-painted and will vary slightly from the examples shown.
They were produced by Kentucky based, Master Printer, Joe Petro III who has collaborated for decades with Ralph on his screen prints including the Hunter Memorial print, Vintage Dr Gonzo, The Sherriff and most recently, Leaving Kinshasa."
About The Artist: In 1969 Ralph Steadman received his big break when he illustrated an article written by the polarizing author Hunter S. Thompson. A 40-year collaboration between the two ensued, making Steadman one of the most widely recognized illustrators of his time. Inspired by George Grosz and John Heartfield, Steadman developed a distinctive style defined by energetic ink splatters and grotesque, flamboyant figures. His drawings have appeared alongside time-honored tales such as Alice in Wonderland, Animal Farm, and Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. He is also well known for humorous and caustic political cartoons, which depict the likes of Richard Nixon and George Bush. In 2014, For No Good Reason, a documentary detailing Steadman's life, was released.
Find out more at Ralphsteadman.com and follow Ralph @SteadmanArt on Instagram.


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A Prepper is always prepared; ready to survive in a fight for life caused by a huge climactic disaster or the after-math of a massive earthquake; ready to survive if American civilization falls apart for any reason. What should the contents of a Prepper's survival kit be? Which items are essential for grabbing from the front hall closet and diving into a bomb shelter in the backyard at a moment's notice or taking to a heavily wooded and defensible area? Read more to find out.
Criticial Prepper Gear: Ready-Made Bags
There are several ideas floating around and some wonderful acronyms. The INCH bag stands for 'I'm Never Coming Home' while GOOD is an acronym for 'Get Out Of Dodge'. BOB is a 'Bug Out Bag' and GHB is the 'Get Home Bag'. Some help you survive short-term; others for longer periods of time. Experts say your selection depends on where you live and your individual circumstances, so there is not a one-size-fits-all answer to the question "what does the essential bag contain?" Families, people in warm climates, older people in cold parts of the world, etc: their needs are specific and can be customized, but the key word here is "needs." None of these bags contains extras that do not serve a real purpose.
Certain products were designed for getting home safely when disaster happens and you are at work or on the road. Others are for taking out the door straight from home when this is no longer safe. True survivalists will own more than one.
The Bag Itself
If you make up a kit from scratch, the bag you choose is important. It has to be durable and weather proof. Items such as matches and clothing have to remain dry and a bag that handles various weather conditions will stand up to heavy use. Look for lots of pockets and zippers that do not get stuck. A lot of people are into camouflage and see survival as a military operation. That could very well be the case if the impending cataclysm relates to war, not weather. If possible, create multiple bags so that one person is not stuck carrying an injuriously heavy load the whole time. Since over-the-counter painkillers will disappear quickly, you don't want to pull a muscle.
Items for Survival
A multi-tool or at least a knife is critical. It can be used to open canned food, cut rope, prepare wood for a fire, kill an animal for food, or for defense. Water purification tablets are very important: regardless of what causes a disaster, water will become contaminated. A manual with color photos of poisonous and edible plants plus medicinal herbs would be very helpful. Matches, rope, flares, a compass, candles, duct tape, and dehydrated food are also critical Prepper gear. For long-term survival in your home, having an active aquaponics system as described in Alec Deacon's Backyard Liberty as seen here will also be valuable.


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The Diablo 3 closed beta has started. If you want to opt-in then head over to your Battle.net account, check your beta settings and upload your PC specs.
You will be able to download Battlefield 3 and participate in the open beta starting on the 29th and ending on October 10th. Get it here when the beta starts. The system requirements have been released. The recommended specs include a DirectX11 compatible card with 1GB of RAM and I expect that you will want the recommended specs. Especially if you intend on playing at 1920×1080.
Borderlands 2 will have a new UI and split screen action. It will also feature revamped weapons and AI.
Apparently Minecraft's Enderman liked to walk off with player-made structures. Now they are getting nerfed. Take that Enderman-person-thing.
EA says traditional retail outlets are here to stay for the foreseeable future.
Upcoming and Recent Releases:
The Lord of the Rings Online: The Rise of Isengard – September 27 2011
Battlefield 3 – October 25 2011
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Sometimes it is difficult to get started designing the room when some of the many styles and approaches to choose from. The bathrooms are particularly difficult to imagine, for example, if you do not have a picture in front. In that spirit, here are twelve photos of your bathroom design to start, including bathrooms, divided into four sections, ranging from rustic is a futuristic, modern and traditional, and more.
Naturally, these images show room charming rustic designs are integrated nature of modern minimalism modern inflexible when it comes to materials, surfaces and accessories. However, from the nature around that modernism is tempered by the environment
With a bright future: After all the opposite of the spectrum are at the forefront of the bathrooms of high technology of tomorrow that are more often in fantasy and reality - at least until now. Imagine the dark pools of cutting through stone floors and stunning digital screens that surround us everywhere - and not too interesting?
Perfectly picturesque Great design for some future means, but for others it means looking to the past and drawing from years of design and more conventional traditions, decorations made by hand. These images inspire feelings of peaceful childhood or delete pictures of royalty long gone.
Wonderfully modern: From the opposite-of-the-range of opportunities for a super-futuristic bathrooms and traditional charm, the designs are artistic, elegant and, finally, the simple ideas are supported primarily by modern variations of the traditional with modern design.


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Shamefully...here is the BEFORE. How do you like the neon orange felt?? Hot right??
And the glorious, almost too good to be true AFTER. Beautiful bright white with a slightly distressed finish, bubble gum pink handles and pink cupcake lined drawers. I'm soooo SMITTEN!!
Here's how I did it!!
What You'll Need
- A screwdriver
- Sandpaper
- Spraypaint (I scored mine for $5 at Walmart)
- Scissors
- Pretty patterned paper or cardstock
- Modpodge
- Foam paintbrush
1. Remove all of the hardware with a screwdriver. Tuck away in a safe place. Remove the drawers. Carefully remove all the liner and put aside (these will be a template later).
2. Lightly sand down all wood surfaces. Be sure to remove any stickers or gunky stuff that has accumulated over time.
3. Fill any holes or deep scratches with wood filler and sand down until nice and smooth.
4. Using your fave choice of spraypaint lightly spray down all wood surfaces. Repeat this process once dried. Repeat again. And again. Keep this up until a smooth consistent color is achieved. Light coats are recommended to decrease you chances of drips and streaks - not pretty. Always wear a mask when using spray paint and be sure to do this in an area with plenty of ventilation. Spraypaint fumes can be BRUTAL. If you please you can spray the drawer pulls a pretty color as well...they require much less coats.
5. Use the previously removed liner as a template for new pieces cut out of a pretty patterned paper or cardstock. I loved this pattern from DCWV Sweet Stack.
6. Apply a generous but smooth coat of modpodge to the bottom and sides of each drawer before applying your paper pattern pieces. Smooth down the paper with your fingers or the end of the brush to remove all air bubbles.
7. Once the paper is in snugly and smoothly apply a second coat of modgepodge over top. Allow to dry several hours or overnight. Apply another coat of modpodge if you please for extra durability. If you like the glossy look use glossy modpodge for your top coat.
8. If you like a distressed look like I do use sandpaper to gently rough up the edges of the drawers and jewelery box sides and top. Wipe sanded surfaces down with a damp cloth.
9. Place the drawers back in the jewelery box and reattach all of the handles and hinges.
SO PRETTY!! And functional!! I love the peek of cupcake paper inside the drawers and the brightly colored handles with just a hint of brass showing through.


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BALI, INDONESIA — (December 11, 2015) — Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay is offering an exciting list of programs to help you get to a 'New Year, New You' from surf lessons to Balinese cooking. The resort has also just released its 2016 Visiting Practitioners program featuring some of Asia's most inspiring personal trainers and international massage therapists to the stars, who will be in-residence at various intervals throughout the year to expand upon the regular daily activities available to guests at the world-class beach resort.
The Visiting Practitioners program continues the evolution of Four Seasons Jimbaran Bay as a luxury beach resort that embraces an active lifestyle, taking advantage of its stunning location and natural environment. With convenient boat access to Bali's famous surf breaks and positioned directly over a beginner's wave, the resort also recently launched its TropicSurf program. Back on land, guests can book a private lesson with the resident Jim Courier Tennis certified coach, Ling Chan. The resort is also preparing for the imminent launch of a new ocean-front yoga venue where guests can join a fun class of AntiGravity® 'flying' yoga in a traditional bale perched on the edge of the sparkling Indian Ocean.
Take to the Healing Village Spa for a treatment to ease the mind, body and soul. From underwater therapy to spiritual healing to awareness readings- the Four Seasons team will leave you feeling lighter and more balanced in every way. Whether sunrise or sunset, yoga and meditation classes take place beachside in a yoga bale overlooking Jimbaran Bay. To experience traditions specific to Jimbaran Bay, book treatments here that incorporate Balinese rituals that will cleanse, strengthen, and even slim. Expert yogis and healers also offer chakra experiences that will reconnect the body and mind to your inner peace- what better way to start off the new year?
Become a chef this new year with the Four Seasons Bali Jimbaran Bay Cooking Academy. Using local Indonesian, organic ingredients, the team of Four Season's chefs will teach you the tricks of the trade- that you can take home with you for a year of healthy living and eating. This hands-on experience teaches couples, kids, and families alike to cook fresh and delicious dishes like Java, Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi and Sumatra, and even some pastries once a week!
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Tourists avoid Kenya following attacks
Tourists have started cancelling trips to Kenya after Islamist gunmen last week killed 148 people at a university campus. As Hayley Platt reports, the tourism industry was already struggling, but now coastal resorts are going out of business.
Mombassa, Kenya's second largest city, was once a tourist hotspot. Now parts are a virtual ghost town. Visitors stopped coming following the al Shabaab shootings 2 years ago. Armed police now patrol the streets. Sixty-seven people were killed in that attack. Now another - this time at a university campus in Garissa is adding further misery. Mohamed Hersi, from Kenya's Tourism Watch says repeated travel warnings aren't helping the situation. (SOUNDBITE)(English) KENYA TOURISM WATCH CHAIRMAN, MOHAMED HERSI, SAYING: "The recent attack may not have happened in Mombasa but happened in Garrisa where we lost many young people which is very very unfortunate that equally paints the destination in a negative picture." Tourism is key to Kenya. But many resorts are now fighting for survival. More than 20 hotels along its volatile coast region have already closed. And many more reported cancellations. The future is looking bleak. (SOUNDBITE)(English) KENYA TOURISM WATCH CHAIRMAN, MOHAMED HERSI, SAYING: "For us to survive in that many hotels one have sent staff on unpaid leave, some are actually laying off people, others are retrenching and some are actually taking pay cuts." When President Uhuru Kenyatta took up office 2 years ago he pledged to triple tourist numbers to 5 million annually within five years. And get economic growth back into double figures. That may be one promise he'll find hard to keep.


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text: The papers Dominic refers to were announced on our mailing list, not the erlang-questions one. As it might be of interest to more, here is the original email: For those of you who missed the presentations last week, we have finally managed to add two interesting thesis projects online at http://www.erlang-consulting.com/erlangarticles_fs.html Remote Controlling Devices Using Instant Messaging -- Building an Intelligent Gateway In Erlang/OTP Abstract: This paper shows how instant messaging technology can be used for remote controlling of devices, and outlines some of the issues involved, of which the most important is security. The concept of controlling and monitoring devices using instant messaging dialogue, presence and buddy list features is applied to a home automation context, and the idea and implementation of a prototype system is described. The paper describes how the excellent robustness and prototyping qualities of Erlang/OTP were exploited to quickly build a prototype system. It also shows how a gateway capable of speaking multiple device protocols can provide a single access point to different kinds of devices and services, and how the concept of agents can be used to add a layer of intelligence to the set of devices being controlled or monitored. PDF file is available at http://www.erlang-consulting.com/thesis/remote_controlling_instant_messaging.pdf Test Driven Development In Erlang Abstract: Test Driven Development has been around for quite some time, but it has recently re-emerged through the introduction of Agile methods such as Extreme Programming and Internet Speed Programming. Test Driven Development has been proven to reduce faults in software written in Java and C++, but there are no reasons to believe these results are language specific. A case study was conducted during the development of an Erlang/OTP prototype comparing Test Last and Test Driven Development. It was concluded that Erlang/OTP based Test Driven Development improved the quality of the code by reducing faults and increasing overall productivity. http://www.erlang-consulting.com/thesis/test_driven_erlang.pdf Enjoy! Martin, Simon and everyone else at Erlang Training & Consulting


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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Kill your Darlings
Some of my visual inspiration for the current book.
The 'Shallow Sea', a fantasy set in tropical paradise, full of hidden danger.
Okay, my blurb needs work.
Feedback from my felow RORees was frank but supportive. It took me all of half an hour to see that I had to 'kill some of my darlings' to improve the book. So far I've written a new beginning for the book and because of this I've had to restructure it.
I'm also shifting from three first person VPs to one first person and two third person. Sooo much work, but I'm loving it because I can see the book evolving into the vision I have in my head.
The only thing holding me back is cooking food, washing clothes and driving kids to the train station. But even as I do these things, the characters and visuals revolve in my head.
Back to work!
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Photos taken on my phone, so they are a little grainy.
All we've done is rave about the food at ROR. So here is proof that people do some work. Here is Tansy writing book 2 of Creature Court.
More naked youths falling from the sky, I say!
And here we are preparing food while Dirk tells us what to do.
I'm 40 pages into a rewrite of the beginning of my book, thanks to the power of critiquing. Maxine did an 'invented noun' word search of the first 10 pages of everyone's manuscript and discovered I was the worst offender for overloading the reader with invented words. Sigh. I am trying to redress this.
It is good to be back home, mind you, the food was better at ROR!
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Missing ROR already
Back from ROR, and just back from work, with a few minutes till I crash into bed. ROR was, as it always is, fun, daunting, fun, and just the most incredible time you can have with a bunch of writers on the top of a mountain. I had the most amazing time reconnecting with some of my favourite people in the world.
Something that I am always delighted and humbled by is the sheer generosity of my fellow ROR folk. We're all friends now, but it doesn't blunt our critiques. There's something truly delightful and daunting about five minds focused utterly on your story. Each of us has a different idea of how a story works, but everyone of us is equally passionate about story, and story structure; about the words and the characters and the worlds. And that excitement, generosity, and passion is carried into every critique.
Which is wonderful, and exhausting, because you only want to give your best back.
We worked hard on that mountain, my friends. Very hard. And I can say that my novel will be much better for it: a stronger, more balanced piece of writing. For me that's priceless.
The critiquing was only the start of it. Six people (six writers no less) in one small house, and not a single argument. When something needed doing we pitched in and did it. Six writers, people, in one small house ten minutes drive out of Montville – and we left with all our limbs intact, remarkable.
And then there was Dirk's cooking – which has been addressed before, but hey, should be again. So much food and so good. Not to mention the Daiquiris! How is it that I'd never had one of those before?
I'd not been to a ROR with Dirk before – I stupidly missed the last one – and I have to say it was
a pleasure having him there. And not only for the food, his critiques were precise, concise and on the money – I've already got a new scene planned out for my book thanks to him, and one that closes a couple of serious plot holes. He added a whole new dynamic to the crits, and I can't imagine how we ever did without him.
Yes, it was an amazing four days, and a reminder to me of just how nice, and generous, my ROR family is.
I'm missing them madly, wishing all their manuscripts the grandest of outcomes, and wondering just what to expect in our next ROR in 2011.
Bring it on.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
ROR: Why You Shouldn't Let Writers Near Your Guestbook...
Future visitors to the Montville Holiday House will find the following disturbing entries in the guest book, detailing what happened to the writers who were housed there last weekend...
Writer's Retreat
Day One
12 March 2009
Dirk F:
Curious. The house is lovely, it is true. And the mist-shrouded hills, ancient and gloried in their dark, brooding forests are indeed majestic. nevertheless, I cannot help but feel - anxious. Perhaps it is merely the great storm offshore. And yet, what is it that shadows Richard's eyes when he hears the lonely call of the cerlew by night? Why does Maxine's hand tremble as the forg closes in like a clammy shroud? More importantly, where is Margo? What has become of Marianne?
There are mysteries here. This green and pleasant landscape - it is the smile on the face of the serial killer, think. The bones of this earth are old, and they have seen much; too much, I fear.
I am anxious, yes. I believe I shall have to watch Trent carefully tonight. I did not like the sounds he made under his breath as the sun sank below the mountains, and a moonless darkness swallowed the world.
Writer's Retreat
Day Two
13 March 2009
Friday morning
After a sumptuous dinner of wanton chicken soup and Thai beef salad, followed by melon and ginger fruit cocktail and sweet lemon tarts, we rose in expectation of our breakfast to discover that Dirk has abandoned us in the night.
Where can he have gone? Did the strange sounds in the night affright him away? Is one of us responsible?
More importantly, who will cook my pancakes?
Oh, the rain drums hard on the roof as if it, too, has secrets to hide.
Open the door, open the door, open the door
Friday noon
They've left me. They've gone into Maleny for lunch. I told them I wasn't feeling well, which is true. But...
What is it about this place? Isolated, beautiful, but with an underlying sense of menace. The rain has stopped and I just caught a glimpse of sun. All I can hear is the steady drip drip drip of the verandah. Footsteps? i just went out and checked, thinking the others had come back, but no one was there. Was that a snatch of conversation? I swear...
I'm going out to see if someone's there.
Friday evening
Am I going mad? What's happening to those of us who are left? We came back after lunch and there was no sign of our dear Rowena. Only a cup of coffee on the kitchen counter, still warm. We went outside, we called and called - no answer.
We talked about it over a mysterious afternoon tea and rum - strangely left for us by our departed Dirk. Should we flee? But then, what if Rowena and Dirk returned?? And what about Tansy? She is still with us, but more in body than mind. Distracted, vague - as if she's in some other dimension, living some other life. Her words to us are empty, curiously devoid of meaning and emotion.
I made a terrifying discovery this evening. I haven't told the others, they'll think I'm crazy. We were finishing dinner - chinese soup with shallots - and one small piece of shallot fell off my spoon and onto the floor under the table. i dived down to pick it up - and there was a small, neat, round hole in the floorboard, perfectly, perfectly round. I swear it hadn't been there when we arrived!
Am I going mad? I came here to relax and recover - surely the illusions can't have come back to me now.
Friday night
Having a delightful time. The evenings in particular possess a certain calm, a soft, relaxing quiet that even the odd scream or two cannot shatter - besides, that is why I bought the ear plugs.
I wish everyone would just chill. Writers are so high strung. Hey, with Dirk and Rowena gone there is more than enough room for the rest of us.
I wish Richard would stop staring at the kitchen floor. If he wants it swept he can do it himself. I'm relaxing, damn it.
At least I can look forward to a good night's sleep, have been having the most peculiar dreams. Spoke to Dirk last night, in my dream, of course. He was cooking dinner, a rather nice soup, although I swear it had writerly fingers in it, a good twenty or so. I asked him about it, and he turned to answer. No eyes, he had no eyes! The soup was nice though: the fingers chewy. My other dream was even more peculiar. I sat watching House, my fellow writings clawing at the windows. Horrible, I never watch House!
Damn it, Richard, I must sweep that floor.
They think I'm gone THEY THINK I'M GONE THEY THINK I'M GONE, OPEN THE DOOR OPEN THE DOOR OPEN THE DOOR OPEN THE DOOR OPEN
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Day Three
Saturday morning, 6am
I slept last night on the sofa. When I lay in the bottom bunk (because Rowena has not yet returned) it felt strangely crowded. As though someone else was in the bed too.
I didn't sleep well - I kept hearing breathing outside the window, and when I finally got to sleep, Richard woke me by switching on the kitchen light. He was under the table, muttering, and trying to see through the hole in the floor. I could hear humming from Trent's room.
Nobody is awake yet. I shall go for an early morning walk, sharing the dawn-fresh world with the sweet-chirping birds and rainbows.
I shall also check out the garden shed. There may be implements. Sharp ones.
Saturday morning, 8am
Where is everyone? I heard Richard and Trent fighting in the kitchen, chouting about sweeping and holes... couldn't they leave the housework until a decent hour?
Now the kitchen is empty; no sign of them. Maxine is nowhere to be found. Someone has thoughtfully left a stack of pancakes on the table - can't think who, Dirk is the only one who could cook, and he went missing days ago.
As I bite into the first mouthful of pancake, bacon and maple syrup, I hear a cry, and then a knock at the door.
Has one of my companions returned? I can head voices not, gathering around me. I could swear they were coming from under the kitchen table, but that can't be right.
Another knock. I should get that.
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Monday, March 16, 2009
ROR: The Menu
Ha! I'm home, and evidently I'm first to turn to The Internet, so I get to report on the ROR meeting. However -- there was so much sheet goin' down theah, I'm gonna let the other homies talk about all sorts of stuff. Things we talked about. Stuff we read. Stuff we wrote (you are soooo gonna love what we did to the guest-book!)
I'm just gonna post the menu, and that's my prerogative because I wuz the cook.
Actually, my role as cook started at the last ROR. In part, I did it because I live in the north of Tassie, which is where the last ROR happened, so I knew the local ingredients. And in part I did it because I figured if I did the cooking well enough, they might not throw me out on the basis of my manuscript about alien boogers. And I also figured I might not have to wash up. Also, I thought if we ate in a lot, it would save time and money... and most of all, I didn't really trust any of the others to cook, because I'm an egotistical bastard with an overweening regard for his own culinary efforts.
The menu at the last ROR went over very well, thanks, and I recall that overall, the cost-per-head was stupidly low. Well -- prices have climbed a lot since then, but I'll lay out the four-day menu for y'all, and you can judge for yourself whether we got value for money.
Thursday night: I got there late, due to all kinds of disaster. Dinner was Yum Nua -- spicy Thai beef salad, followed by a salad of watermelon, rockmelon, mint leaves and ginger syrup. The melon salad is another Thai recipe I've stolen, and I think it compliments the spicy-as-hell beef salad with its flavours of chili, lemon-grass, basil, onion, lime juice and fish sauce quite well. The concensus was pretty positive, anyhow, and there was nothing left of either dish. (Actually... that was a bit of a repeating theme.
Friday: Breakfast was simple -- crusty rolls with avocado, tomato and crispy prosciutto. However, I'd made a chicken stock the previous night, and being unable to get chicken bones and frames, I'd used lots of wings and drumsticks... so once I pulled them out of the stock, I coated them in a crunchy, spicy polenta mixture and baked them. As a result, we had super-tasty crunchy twice-cooked chicken for snacks and lunch and more snacks... Dinner was won-ton soup, with pork-and-ginger won-tons in a fine Chinese-style stock, plenty of fresh vegetables, shallots to garnish. And of course, by Marianne's request, there were Lemon Tarts for dessert. I'd never made them before, but they came up well, I felt.
Saturday: Breakfast was... umm... well, imagine a light quiche with feta cheese and herbs. Only instead of a crust, imagine it's been baked in a shell of thin-sliced smoky ham that goes all crispy-delicious. And then, when the quiche is mostly done, put slices of vine-ripened tomato all over the top and crank up the grill until the tomato is all soft and tasty. There was argument, but in the end, Richard christened it the "He-uiche", pronounced 'heesh'. Apparently, real men do eat it.
Lunch was catch-as-can: bread rolls, ham, tomato, fine cheeses, etc. But for dinner, I took the rest of the chicken stock and ran up a risotto with chorizo and mushroom. If you don't know the delights of spicy Spanish chorizo sausage -- I'm sorry for you. Suffice it to say that the risotto vanished completely, along with the accompanying salad. Oh -- and for dessert, I made profiteroles filled with whipped cream flavoured with a little sugar and just a little bit of orange oil, all covered with a rich chocolate ganache. Again, modesty forbids I should quote the response of the audience... but I must say that Richard's mild panic attack the next day when he thought the others were eyeing off his last profiterole (I made four each) was pretty gratifying.
Sunday: breakfast was all about the fluffy pancakes with maple syrup and bacon, at Tansy's request. (Hey. Richard got his profiteroles. Marianne got lemon tart, even if she didn't make it. So Tansy got pancakes and maple syrup.) I even ran up a pancake with apple and cinnamon for Rowena. (And may I say that I was delighted to see Rowena's appetite recover about halfway into the meeting... she arrived terribly afflicted by flu, and I was very pleased when she started getting some decent nutrition!)
Lunchtime was fun. Most everyone went out to a local restaurant, and I had reports of a rather nice squid salad... at $17.00 per plate. Heh. I just had a bread roll with ham and avocado and tomato. But I figure it did 'em good to be out and about, and comparing prices and menus!
Dinner was baked salmon with a coating of crunchy polenta and Morrocan seasonings, accompanied by barbecued vegetables with balsamic vinegar. I rather enjoyed watching a bunch of grown adults snarfing up their vegies like that... Oh -- and there was chocolate mousse, with a chocolate ganache shell, over a base of roughly chopped brandy-sprinkled sponge-cake (okay, lamington!) for dessert.
So. That's what you get at the ROR restaurant for roundabout $90 a head.
Sometimes, the isolated life of a writer isn't so difficult to take...
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Kate Forsyth's Three Ts of Writing
Later this year, Kate will be headed off for a wonderful week in Fiji where she will be teaching a
Writing Masterclass
When I'm teaching or talking about what a writer needs, I describe what I call 'The Three Ts of Writing'.
The first of these is TALENT – and I believe this is something you are born with. It manifests itself in a love of books and words and language, a strong and vivid imagination, a desire to transcribe the fleeting moment.
The second is TECHNIQUE. Writing is a craft, and like sculpture or music or carpentry, it can be taught. A writer's toolbox includes spelling, grammar, syntax, story structure, knowledge of genre, an understanding of the balance of the three narrative functions. A writer can be taught how to craft strong and supple sentences, how to build tension, and how to create characters that will never be forgotten. Lots and lots of writers have an abundance of raw talent, but unlike sculptors or musicians or carpenters, they think that's enough. It's not. Writers must learn their craft if they wish to stand out in a crowded and competitive market-place.
Luckily there are lots of books on writing, and lots of writing courses that can help you hone your craft. The other advantage of writing courses or workshops is that you can meet other people who share your obsession with what can be a very lonely occupation. No many people I know – apart from other writers – can have a passionate discussion about Plot Holes and how to fill them, or argue about the necessity of the Midpoint Reversal. And of course, it's always wonderful to have somebody else look at your work with a clear and compassionate eye, and put their finger on exactly what is wrong with your manuscript when you've been bothered about it for months.
The third is TENACITY. It takes a certain kind of stubbornness to labour over the writing of a novel for a year, or two, or five, and send it through rejection after rejection, and never lose faith in yourself. In fact, the whole process is enough to break your heart. However, if you can just hang in there, and put the work into the novel, and hone your craft as a writer, and suffer the bitter disappointments that will inevitably come your way, I do believe you'll get there in the end. A surprisingly number of writers get by with only a small amount of TALENT, an average level of TECHNIQUE, and lots of TENACITY. If you have all three, you'll be unstoppable!
Tips for Improving Your Writing Technique
• read as much and as widely as you can. The more you read, the more finely you will hone your instinctive understanding of what works and what doesn't and why. You will also be feeding your mind!
• write every day if you can (it is like a pianist playing scales - the more you write, the more fluidly you write and the easier it seems). Also, writing begets writing. The more you write, the more you want to write – ideas will start coming all the time and inspiration will spark.
• read books about the craft of writing. Some suggestions:
Steering the Craft, Ursula le Guin
On Writing, Stephen King
Take Joy: A Writer's Guide to Loving the Craft, Jane Yolen
Making Stories, Sue Woolfe and Kate Grenville
Aspects of the Novel, E.M. Forster
Writing Tools – 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer, Roy Peter Clark
• Join or form a writing group. They can be great motivators, because you need to prepare something for presentation every week. They also brings you in contact with other people who can support you and critique your work.
• Subscribe to writing magazines and literary journals, especially in your main area of interest (i.e. if wanting to write fantasy, subscribe to fantasy magazines such as Aurealis) These magazines accept unsolicited stories for publication so once you have an idea of what style and structure they are looking for (i.e. length of story), then submit some of your stories for possible publication. This will give you a chance to practice your tenacity!
• Enrol in a writing course or writers retreat – I am running one on Fantasy Writing in Fiji in July this year. For a tax deductible $2,380 you get daily morning workshops, afternoons free to write and dream and chat with other participants, plus all accommodation, domestic flights, and meals.
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
Setting the Goal Posts
I'm definitely swept up in reading manuscripts for ROR, having left it ridiculously late. Also it's a nice distraction from the painful slowness of Book 2, which stands as of yesterday at 5,000 words.
My original plan was to spend the first 3 months of this year, when I had so many other commitments, keeping this book 2 ticking along with 500 words a day. I can write 500 words a day without thinking (too much). It's a third of what I did daily during Nanowrimo. I could totally do that while editing French Vanilla, reading RoR manuscripts, preparing my daughter for her first year of school, getting my driving license, and gestating a baby. Totally.
Well, um yes. Except I didn't start any of this year's projects until halfway through January, and it turned out Little Kick demanded three hour naps a day until the iron tablets kicked in, and it's actually kind of HARD to write 500 words a day on a book that doesn't have any momentum yet. Yes, even pro writers have to relearn their limitations with every single book...
So I didn't manage it for January or February, but March is a new month. And really ALL I have to do this month is prepare for ROR, write some reviews, (do the mum thing, gestate the baby) and get a good chunk of this book written. As of April I'm really going to have to kick into gear, upping my monthly wordcount to at least 20,000 words if not more.
I can totally take 15K.
So my plan is to write 500 words a day in March. Rain or shine. Like a mini Nanowrimo. I need to get this sucker momented. [Yes, momented is a word.] Now.
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Shakey went to a psychiatrist. "Doc," he said, "I've got trouble. Every time I get into bed, I think there's somebody under it. I get under the bed, I think there's somebody on top of it. Top, under, top, under. "you gotta help me, I'm going crazy!"
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One night, Tim was walking home when, all of a sudden, a thief jumped on him. Tim and the thief were began to wrestle. They rolled about on the ground and Tim put up a tremendous fight. However, the thief managed to get the better of him and pinned him to the ground. The thief then went through Tim's pockets and searched him. All the thief could find on Tim was 25 cents. The thief was so surprised at this that he asked Tim why he had bothered to fight so hard for a 25 cents. "Was that all you wanted?" Tim replied, "I thought you were after the five hundred dollars I've got in my shoe!"
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Still don't really know why you have to take this tact with the communty.
ANyone remember Leah ?
There was also Jane here in the blue dress. The Leah images were shot with the first build camera, the first time that sensor was in the shipping body.
Before that though I shot Jane in the blue dress here with a science project version of the camera. It was a PCB with a sensor on it and a lens mount. The mount wasn't collimated and there was a 5 second delay on the frame and the image was a B&W un mosaic'd linear image ! Almost impossible to frame with and focus with. Those were the days !
This was the first shoot that wasn't on the bench in the lab.
You'll see a lot of imaging problems in those frames, their hadn't been any FPN or dead pixel work done.
Then a few other interesting builds of cameras here too. Including the shot that lead to the infamous and controversial "Baby Alexa" phrase.
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Is that a Panavision adapter with the Optimo?
I got mine from Rodney Charters
Looks like we had almost the same setup back than.
I agree with all being said .. I own Two EF BMCC's and the image quality still is Unique for me among all other Blackmagic cameras , very similar to the BMPCC , I would say even better , with more resolution and a very beautiful organic look ..
I had to remove the battery in one of them , it did not work anymore , but not a problem , I have other powering solutions ..
You'll find here a picture I extracted from a BMCC film I made in Center France in Fall 2014 , I used an ISCO Scoptimax 816 AV in front of a Zeiss 50 ( if I remember well ) , as an Anamorphic Adapter , and graded it to get that Old Vintage look I like ..
an Old Bridge in an authentic area with authentic People .. Of course this 3.55/1 format is not a " Standard of the Industry " ( maybe it should .. ) but for Still Pictures ... not a problem .. The image is soft but it's partly what I wanted , and there is Optical Compression on the sides , on still pictures not a big problem either ..
My Best Regards from France , continue to enjoy that beautiful passion ..
My Two Cents ... / Michel
IMO they have done an AMAZING job and have hands down created the best bang for the buck cinema camera available on the market.
Cinematographers, industry experts, post people and many more will of course be able to tell the difference and that's all good.
But what matters most to me is the average viewer who will not be able to see any difference whatsoever. As a matter of fact, a talented DP can fool ME any day of the week with BMCC footage telling me it's shot on the Alexa.
And this is really the point I want to make : gear is no longer an excuse for not shooting beautiful stories. 99,99% of all viewers will never tell the difference if you know your craft well. BM has accomplished something truly special and they deserve our gratitude.
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Under the terms of the agreement, Baldwin's Hartford Hockey LLC will be responsible for the day-to-day business operations of the Wolf Pack, including marketing, community relations, sponsorship and ticket sales, while Madison Square Garden and the Rangers will retain ownership of the Wolf Pack and continue to be responsible for all hockey related decisions, including coaching and player movement.
AEG continues to manage the XL Center and will partner with Baldwin's group on a number of mutual marketing initiatives.
"We are proud to be associated with two great partners like MSG and AEG," said Baldwin.
"The Hartford Wolf Pack produced the AHL's top cumulative record over the past 13 years and with Glen Sather, Jim Schoenfeld and Ken Gernander at the helm we look forward to another strong season in 2010-2011 and a great relationship for years to come."
"Hartford hockey fans have been treated to a winning brand of entertaining hockey in a first class facility over the past 13 seasons, by a Wolf Pack team that produced numerous future NHL players."
"It is also a great privilege to be partnered with Chuck Steedman, Bob Newman and the entire AEG team," Baldwin said. "I know they are as committed to the city of Hartford as much as we are and we look forward to working closely with them to make this partnership a success."
Steedman commented:
"AEG and the XL Center are excited to work closely with Howard and his staff in starting a new era for Hartford's AHL franchise, and we are committed to doing everything possible to facilitate all the exciting things that he has planned. We are proud of the Wolf Pack's success, and appreciative of the Rangers' and MSG's excellent partnership, and as operators of the XL Center, we will continue to take great pride in helping to maintain the franchise's status as one of the premier operations in the AHL."
Baldwin's group will retain the Wolf Pack name until the team is re-named the "Connecticut Whale" at a yet-to-be-determined time during the 2010-2011 season.
Baldwin explained the process of naming the team, the "Whale."
"We wanted a name that reflected a fresh start and new look for this new era of Hartford hockey while still commemorating our rich hockey tradition," he explained. "The Hartford Whalers have always been affectionately referred to as 'The Whale', so it's a very familiar reference for Hartford hockey fans.
"With the name 'Whale' we will begin our own new tradition."
Baldwin also explained why the team is referred to as the "Connecticut" Whale.
"While we are proud to call Hartford our home", he said, "we have chosen 'Connecticut' for our team name as it symbolizes our commitment to broaden our fan base beyond Hartford County."
Baldwin noted that many of his marketing plans will be announced in the days ahead
He continued his remarks with a "call to action" for Hartford's hockey fans.
"I'd like to sincerely thank the Hartford Wolf Pack and their loyal fans for supporting hockey these past 13 years," he said. "We will always commemorate the significant accomplishments of the Wolf Pack franchise. I also want to express my enormous gratitude to the Whaler fans and their booster club for keeping the Whaler name and the passion for them alive during these 13 years.
"Now is the time for both groups to come together and do what is best for hockey in Hartford. A Wolf Pack fan is a hockey fan – and a Whaler fan is a hockey fan. It is my fervent hope that everyone becomes a fan of THE WHALE."
Baldwin concluded with a look toward Hartford's future:
"This is not just about selling tickets to hockey games", he stated. "This is about bringing downtown Hartford 'back' to the vibrant and exciting place that it was in the 70's, 80's and early 90's when the XL Center (then Civic Center) was the entertainment hub of Hartford.
"I know that TOGETHER WE CAN DO IT– and have a lot of fun in the process."
The Wolf Pack season opens on October 9 with a game vs. new AHL members the Charlotte Checkers at the XL Center, followed by an October 10 match vs. the visiting Worcester Sharks.
Ticket Information can be found at www.hartfordwolfpack.com or www.whalersssports.com.
About Howard Baldwin:
Baldwin became one of the youngest executives in professional sports when he became a founder and partner of the World Hockey Association's (WHA) Boston-based Whalers in 1971 at the age of 28. Five years later he was president of the league. The Whalers first season in the WHA was a success both on and off the ice with coach Jack Kelley's team winning the 1973 AVCO World Cup Championship. In 1974, Baldwin determined that the team needed its own building. He moved the Whalers from Boston to Hartford's new Civic Center Coliseum, a vehicle for the revitalization of downtown Hartford. In 1979 Baldwin guided the WHA into a historic merger with the National Hockey League. Baldwin served as the managing general partner of the Whalers until the team was sold to local ownership in 1988.
In 1991 he became the owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Under his direction the Penguins won the Stanley Cup, two Patrick Division regular season titles and the President's Trophy. In addition to the NHL team, Baldwin and his partners created the American Hockey League expansion franchise in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1998 as the minor league affiliate of the NHL Penguins.
In addition to his interest in professional hockey, Baldwin has also enjoyed a successful career in film as a producer with his wife and producing partner, Karen. Baldwin produced MYSTERY ALASKA and the Oscar-nominated RAY among many other films.
About Hartford Hockey LLC:
Founded by Howard Baldwin in 2009, Hartford Hockey LLC is a Hartford-based sports marketing and event firm. In addition to managing the business operations of the AHL's Hartford Wolf Pack, the company is producing the Whalers outdoor Hockey Fest at Rentschler Field in February 2011. The company also produced the 2010 Whalers Fan Fest and Reunion.
About the Madison Square Garden, LP:
The AHL's Hartford Wolf Pack hockey club is owned by Madison Square Garden LP. Cablevision Systems Corporation owns MSG LP, which also includes the New York Knicks (NBA); the New York Rangers (NHL); and the New York Liberty (WNBA); MSG Entertainment, which includes concerts and events at Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden, The WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden, and the Beacon Theatre; MSG Media, which is comprised of MSG and FSN New York; fuse, the music television network, and the Madison Square Garden arena complex, located in the heart of the New York metropolitan area.
About the Hartford Wolf Pack:
The Wolf Pack brought Hartford its only pro sports championship in 2000 when the team captured the AHL's Calder Cup. The team has also compiled the most regular season wins and standings points of any team in the league during its 13-year history. The Pack made the playoffs in 12 of the 13 seasons of its tenure, and won at least 40 games in all but three of its 13 years. In addition to the Calder Cup, Eastern Conference Playoff, New England Division and AHL Regular Season championships that the Pack won during the 1999-2000 season, the Wolf Pack also earned Atlantic Division crowns in 2003-04 and 2008-09.
Several dozen young Wolf Pack players have gone on to enjoy solid NHL careers; recent contributors to the Rangers include Fedor Tyutin, Jed Ortmeyer, Thomas Pöck, Ryan Callahan, Dan Girardi, Ryan Hollweg, Brandon Dubinsky, Artem Anisimov and Steve Valiquette. Off the ice, the Wolf Pack Community Foundation has been committed to the Hartford community, raising more than $1.2 million for numerous community organizations.
About AEG Facilities:
AEG Facilities provides management, booking and other services for similar sized stadiums and arenas including the XL Center. The company, considered the industry leader in venue operations and management, is known for innovation, operational excellence, established management & control and training & delivery of best-in-class service for more than 90 owned or operated venues worldwide.
Parent company AEG is one of the leading sports and entertainment presenters in the world. AEG, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Anschutz Company, owns or controls a collection of companies including facilities such as STAPLES Center (Los Angeles, CA), Prudential Center (Newark, NJ), Sprint Center (Kansas City, MO), Citizen's Business Bank Arena (Ontario, CA), The Rose Garden (Portland, OR), WaMu Theatre (Seattle, WA), American Airlines Arena (Miami), Verizon Theatre (Grand Prairie, TX), Colosseum at Caesars Palace (Las Vegas, NV), Target Center (Minneapolis, MN), NOKIA Theatre Times Square, Acer Arena (Sydney, AU), Wukesong Arena (Beijing), Ahoy Arena (Rotterdam), Globe Arenas (Stockholm), Qatar National Convention Centre (Doha), O2 Hamburg arena (Hamburg), O2 World arena (Berlin) and The O2, a 28-acre development located in the eastern part of London along the Thames River which includes a 20,000-seat arena and over 650,000 sf of leisure and entertainment use; sports franchises including the Los Angeles Kings (NHL), Manchester Monarchs (AHL), Reading Royals (ECHL), Houston Dynamo & Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS), two hockey franchises in Europe, the Hammarby (Sweden) Futbol Club and management of privately held shares of the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Editor's Note: Marc Young is an American journalist based in Berlin. He is covering President Barack Obama's visit to Germany for Yahoo News.
BERLIN—While NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden recently went underground in Hong Kong, he could have chosen from countless of locations in Germany, including my own home, that simply don't exist—at least not online.
Germans take their data protection extremely seriously—making their country perhaps the worst possible place for President Barack Obama to visit this week in the aftermath of Snowden's exposure of the National Security Agency's massive surveillance program.
The NSA affair threatens to overshadow what was meant to be a pleasant visit for both Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel following the G8 summit in Northern Ireland. Obama plans to mark the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's historic "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, while Merkel is looking for a presidential photo-op just three months before an election.
My missing home is just one example of how strongly Germans feel about protecting their online identities.
One of my Berlin neighbors forced Google to pixelate the façade of my apartment building on its popular Street View service a few years ago in the name of Teutonic privacy. Whether I liked it or not, my home was pixel bombed into oblivion.
In fact, so many people have opted to blot out their houses that web guru Jeff Jarvis said at the time Germany had "digitally desecrated" its online landscape.
"Data protection is a basic right in Germany, unlike in the USA," Peter Schaar, the German government's data protection commissioner, told Yahoo News. "It's not really surprising what the NSA was doing—but the scope is astonishing."
Keenly aware of how sensitive Germans are about their privacy, Merkel has made clear she would ask Obama directly about the NSA's snooping during his trip to Berlin this week.
One of Merkel's fellow conservative politicians, Markus Ferber, even accused the U.S. intelligence agency of behaving like East Germany's infamous secret police, the Stasi, which had an unquenchable thirst for surveillance of its own oppressed citizens.
Through coercion and fear, the Stasi managed to turn communist East Germany into nation of informants, where not even friends and family could be trusted. It cataloged everything, including the scent samples of unreliable citizens, just in case they eventually needed to be hunted down by the secret police's attack dogs.
"The excessive American need for control clearly goes too far if the privacy of internet users around the world is so deeply infringed upon," Ferber, a member of the European Parliament, told the Reuters news agency, adding the NSA was guilty of using "American-style Stasi methods."
Schaar called Ferber's claim "nonsense."
"We Germans should be particularly carefully about making such comparisons, especially since the United States has a longer democratic tradition than Germany," Schaar said.
But Schaar did admit Germans' troubled history with both Communist dictatorship and the Nazis had certainly helped shaped their cautious attitudes towards data protection.
Florian Resatsch, managing director of mobile media for advertizing firm Ströer, said Germans are half as likely to allow location-targeted services on their smartphones as British users.
"It feels like the Germans are more afraid to reveal where they are," he told Yahoo News.
Not that he's any different. The tech entrepreneur, who started a Foursquare-style mobile check-in platform called Friendticker, doesn't have Berlin listed as his hometown on his own Facebook page.
"Nobody is forced to hand over information to Facebook," Resatsch said. "And if I send an email to the USA, I'm aware the NSA might pick it up. It's not paranoia, it's a logical assumption."
In his interview with Yahoo News, data protection commissioner Schaar expressed particular concern that the NSA had even been given access to the computer servers of U.S. Internet companies on European soil.
"There's been an immense loss of trust in U.S. firms," he said, explaining that millions of European customers might now think twice about using the services of Google and Facebook if they're unable to ensure the integrity of users' personal information.
Schaar also said Germany's robust approach to data protection could gain currency in other countries in the wake of the NSA leak. "People should have informational self-determination," he said.
That's a very German sentiment, but not everyone here agrees data protection concerns are always paramount.
"Anyone with real authority for the safety of citizens in Germany in Europe knows that it's the U.S. intelligence services that have repeatedly given us correct information," German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich told the Sunday edition of newspaper Die Welt. "They've helped us hinder several attacks and save lives."
And a recent YouGov survey showed 40 percent of Germans were willing to accept blanket government surveillance if it protected them from terrorism.
Perhaps opening the Bavarian chapter of the Edward Snowden fan club in a pixelated building in Munich would be premature after all.


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After sending out hundreds of copies of my résumé to dozens of companies over the last year, I realized that I was getting nowhere because my approach was wrong.
I did everything I was taught to do: I created a list of the top 20 companies I wanted to work for, I customized my résumé for each opening, I networked online and offline. I met some fantastic people throughout the process, but nothing got me closer to a securing a role, or even a chance to interview.
What I had failed to do was ask myself some of the tough and honest questions early on.
My story began in May 2014 when after 10 years of building a successful career in the Middle East, I decided to move to Silicon Valley to look for opportunities with tech companies. I wanted to learn, and to be part of something big. I knew it would be a challenge to restart my career in a new market, especially one that is densely populated with talent, so I expected the process to take a few months.
As a few months turned into a year and I saw no signs of progress, I reached a point of panic. Something felt wrong. Something was wrong. How was no one interested in learning more about my background? How could a career that ranged from working with royalty to Fortune 500 brands and startups not pique the curiosity of any hiring managers?
As a marketer, I decided to re-frame the challenge. Instead of thinking as a job applicant, I had to think of myself as a product and identify ways to create demand around hiring me. I applied everything I knew about marketing and storytelling to build a campaign that would show Silicon Valley companies the kind of value I would bring to their teams.
The experiment was a report that I created for Airbnb that highlighted the promise and potential of expanding to the Middle East, a market that I am extremely familiar with and until recently they had not focused on. I spent a couple of days gathering data about the tourism industry and the company's current footprint in the market, and identified strategic opportunities for them there.
I released the report on Twitter and copied Airbnb's founders and leadership team. Behind the scenes, I also shared it by email with many personal and professional contacts and encouraged them to share it if they thought it was interesting — most did, as did some of the top VCs, entrepreneurs and many peers around the world.
Within hours of releasing the report, a recruiter from Airbnb reached out to me to schedule an interview. Within a few days, I had interviews with many of the area's top tech companies. And within a few weeks, I had identified an exciting role and have since joined Upwork, an online platform that connects businesses with freelancers.
I was fortunate that the novelty of my approach — along with a little bit of luck and a lot of social media strategy — got me on everyone's radar. It opened all the doors that I had dreamed of.
I figured that if I created something that inspired people and got a wide audience talking about it, that would force talent scouters to take notice. That happened to the tune of millions of social media impressions and global media coverage, but the lessons I took away from it went beyond the power of a good marketing campaign.
What I realize in hindsight is probably one of the most important lessons of my career so far. The project highlighted the qualities I wanted to show to recruiters; more importantly, it also addressed one of the main weaknesses they saw in me.
What I had failed to see was that from most recruiters' perspectives, the market I was coming from was irrelevant.
What the report helped me do was show, not tell, my value beyond their doubts. It refocused my perceived weakness into a strength: an international perspective with the promise of understanding and entering new markets. And though none of the roles that I interviewed for in the last two months focused on expansion, by addressing and challenging the weakness, I was able to re-frame the conversation around my strengths.
In almost all interviews candidates go through, there is the cliched question that is asked: "What is your main weakness?" Most people are trained to answer that question by thinking of a strength and packaging it as a weakness. As job-seekers, we tend to think of what the person across the table wants to hear. If I've learned anything from this experience, it's that asking yourself a different version of that question is going to make you better prepared for any conversation with a recruiter, a potential client, or even a potential investor.
The question I should have been asking myself wasn't "What is my weakness?" but rather "What do they perceive as a weakness in my background?"
Had I asked myself that question and been honest with the answer earlier, I would have realized the reason I wasn't making any progress was not necessarily because of errors in how I was applying, but in what I was communicating. Rather than focus on why I'd fit into a top organization, I should have been telling them how I'd stand out.


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Rutgers players and coaches voiced their support of suspended head coach Mike Rice yesterday.
The clearest sign of how Rutgers felt, however, was the rope — which symbolizes team unity and togetherness — that resided on the team's bench for the first time after being previously used during practice or film sessions during the Scarlet Knights' 88-79 victory over Alabama-Birmingham at the RAC.
"That rope was Mike Rice's rope, that was his idea," said interim coach David Cox, who was credited with his first career victory. "He brought that in the beginning of the year and made every player and every coach and every manager hold on to that rope, and he explained the importance of holding on to that rope, especially in difficult times. We wanted to hold on to that rope for Mike Rice today and for this program."
Rice's suspension, for allegedly throwing basketballs at players' heads, using vulgar language and displaying inappropriate behavior during games and practices, came as a surprise to the Rutgers players. He is scheduled to return to the team Dec. 29 and his first game back will be Jan. 2, against Syracuse.
Sophomore guard Myles Mack, who scored a game-high 23 points in the victory, said he never felt Rice went over the line during practice. Whether the anger-management classes he is taking leads the intense Rice to tone it down is unclear, though Mack doesn't think his coach needs to change.
"I'm fine with whatever he does, if he takes it a notch back or keeps it the same," Mack said.
Rutgers (7-2) handled its first game without Rice as well as possible, leading wire-to-wire after an absurdly hot shooting start. Eli Carter scored 20 points and Dane Miller followed with 10.
"We were playing for each other, playing for our fans, playing for Rutgers," Mack said. "We wanted to win for Coach Rice and us."
The Scarlet Knights made their first 10 shots and 15 of 16, shot 60 percent from the field and made 29 of 33 free-throw attempts.
"I probably would call that divine intervention, because I certainly didn't teach them how to shoot that well the last two days," Cox joked.
Forward Wally Judge, one of the few Scarlet Knights who has dealt with controversy before, said the victory was proof what Rutgers is capable of when focused. He also thinks Rice's suspension could galvanize the program.
"I've seen teams come together through controversy," the Kansas State transfer said. "Now you have to find a way to take the next step instead of letting it linger on and become a problem.
"We started making 15 of [our first] 16 shots," he added. "That just shows when we're ready to play the type of force we can come with."


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