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(This article was first published on Adventures in Analytics and Visualization, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers)
This is the last time I will talk about visualizing the best cities of 2012 based on Bloomberg Businessweek's rankings. In an earlier post on this topic, interactive applications to plot bar graphs and histograms for different characteristics defining different cities were discussed. They used R Studio's shiny server and ggplot2. The reason I am still clinging on to this data is because of how pathetically painful (you can imagine the pain) it was to find out details about the best city in the original article. [This is not uncommon. Rankings published by many media outlets suffer from this problem. I hope someone out there is computing the trade offs between advertising dollars and frustration to customers.] With one city per page, and beginning their discussion with the 50th best city, they actually expected us to go through about 50 pages to find out more about the best city.
What I did was have this data collected and organized into a spreadsheet by a student. I stripped out the textual description of the city and looked at different ways this could be presented. But something was missing there. It, in my opinion, didn't provide a coherent story. This is my last attempt at doing so, and I try this using the shiny server and the googleVis package. Using them, I bring in interactivity in plotting these cities on a map as well as study how any two characteristics are related to cities and their rankings. (Scatter plots, again, but using googleVis.)If you went through the source code, you'd realize that the ratio of functionality to number of lines of code is incredibly high. Very powerful tools. Please click on the following image to play with the application. The source code link is provided in the application.
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Recent Headlines
Easy Ways to Give Your Brain a Break
From an original article by Neil Patel, Entrepreneur.com
Often, business owners may find it difficult to break away for a bona fide vacation. While that's understandable, that pent up stress and responsibility fatigue not only dulls your decision-making skills but can also lead to poor relationship management. But, there's good news! Taking small moments to give your brain a break is just as effective as a week of fun in the sun (and requires far less planning).
Try these top 10 mini-moments and share your tips with us!
- Play a game
- Have a family night
- Work out for 30 minutes
- Call a friend or family member
- Watch a 20-minute TED talk
- Set some short-term goals that you can check off immediately
- Plan a day trip — daydream and organize your options at the same time
- Go technology-free for one hour or even one day
- Sing in the shower
- Take a nap and wake up with a fresh perspective
Need more ideas? Read the full article to get details on 30 ways to maximize your brain power.
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August 17, 2013 was a special day in the life of ByDesign Technologies. It was our first Worldwide Hunger Hackathon. What is a Hackathon you ask? A Hackathon is a time when software developers, project managers and designers collaborate to solve a unique software problem. The problem we focused on this day was hunger. All three of our office locations participated to help end hunger in their local communities. Though it was not intended, our teams were able to actually follow the lifecycle of food as it travels from an individual donation, to sorting and then preparation and service. Using our "follow the sun" customer support theology, ByDesign Singapore started us out.
ByDesign Singapore began the event with a food drive to support The Food Bank Singapore. The Food Bank in Singapore was established on January 2012 by siblings Nichol and Nicholas Ng after realizing the need for an organization that can help arrange and distribute food for people in need. The organization accepts food donations and volunteer work. ByDesign Singapore Office started bringing items to the office and came down to the Food Bank. They donated cans of sardines, tuna, soup, luncheon meat, cup noodles, fruit juices, coffee, etc. They were able to meet Food Bank founder Nichol Ng on their visit. The Food Bank delivers the goods to their partner organization that prepares the food and brings it to beneficiaries such as disabled, children, elderly and abused maids.
ByDesign Tampa then picked up and sorted canned foods at Feeding America Tampa Bay. Feeding America is the largest domestic hunger relief organization in the country. They consist of over 200 food banks. They work with partners like grocery stores who donate large amounts of food. Volunteers are used to sort and package the food for distribution. Partner food banks are able to come and shop for their food bank needs. Feeding America Tampa Bay serves individuals across 10 counties in West Central Florida. Across the country one in six people struggles with hunger. Of the 50 million people who are unsure where their next meal will come from, Feeding America Tampa Bay provides food to over 400,000 people in West Central Florida.
In the short time the ByDesign Tampa team worked, they were able to sort enough food for 6,700 meals!
Lastly, but certainly not least our ByDesign Utah team ended our Hackathon by preparing and serving meals at The Food and Care Coalition. The mission of the Food & Care Coalition is to alleviate hunger and diminish the plights of poverty for those who go there. Their primary objectives include finding suitable housing, teaching financial accountability, facilitating an elevation in personal morals and values, and helping each person achieve their full potential. The ByDesign Utah team cooked and served 67 meals to those who were hungry!
It is a special feeling to know that can have an impact in your local community. It is even more special when you realize that you are a part of something bigger than yourself. Our ByDesign teams were able to help people worldwide by each doing our part in our local communities. We encourage other companies to consider how they can make a difference. It only takes a few phone calls and action. Make a difference today.
ByDesign Technologies is a software provider for the direct selling industry. Their software supports mlm, party plan and direct sales companies worldwide. You can find out more about ByDesign by visiting www.bydesign.com


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Fifty of the most popular websites visited by Australians will be searched by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) to see if their privacy policies can be easily understood and accessed.
OAIC has not disclosed which websites will be swept. The privacy policies will be considered to see how the 50 visited sites rate against the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) which will come into law on March 2014. APP 1 covers the open and transparent management of personal information.
Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim said that an easy to understand privacy policy is one way that organisations can assist people to exercise control over their own information.
"This is even more important in an online environment where personal information is sometimes used in ways that individuals may not expect," he said.
Pilgrim added that the OAIC will use the results of the website search to develop guidance on the APP requirements and to educate organisations about privacy policies.
"The changes include a requirement for privacy policies to include more information about how personal information is handled. In order to be compliant with the new laws, every organisation is going to have to review their privacy policies," he said.
The results of the Australian privacy sweep, with a list of the 50 websites, will be released later in 2013.
Privacy Amendment Bill passed,gives commissioner far reaching powers
Get ready for Privacy Act changes: Privacy Commissioner
Android apps found to have breached user privacy: study
Social networking site Facebook has been criticised for its privacy policies such as the introduction of facial recognition on photos in June 2011.
Sophos Asia Pacific head of technology, Paul Ducklin, told Computerworld Australia at the time that the site did not notify users when it made privacy changes.
"Do they expect you to review your privacy settings all the time? It's outrageous that they keep changing the [privacy] conditions. If you're on vacation and not using the Internet or happen to be in hospital than tough luck. For all you know that [facial recognition] option could be on the whole time," he said.
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This has been the best year ever.
By moving my class into a workshop model, my students have read more than ever. They've liked and understood what they've read.
They've not only written more than ever, but they've actually enjoyed what they've written, and their writing was the best I've ever seen.
We have a curriculum, but they've been given choices all year. When presented with a literature unit, they've picked the book. When presented with a writing assignment, they've picked their topic.
As I continue in this model, I'm contemplating changing the structure of our year with the first semester focused on our writing workshop, continuing to use poetry and smaller texts as models.
I'd like our second semester focused on literature in the form of genre studies. I'll still weave writing throughout the semester, but I'd like to see my students build more stamina in their choice reading before tackling some of the harder, assigned texts.
I taught a few stories from J.D. Salinger's Nine Stories in these final weeks of school, and I'd love to use that book as a mentor text during that first semester. Despite what my students call its "old-fashioned talking," those short stories are complex and perfect for analysis practice.
Next year, I'd also like to have my students build blogs at the beginning of the year. During this last month, my students were encouraged to publish their work to earn "Exemplary" grades (one student even took to Twitter for publication!), but we definitely needed a lesson on how to build and market a blog earlier. If we had done this at the beginning of the year, it would have sunk in…but in these final weeks, it didn't.
That said, this has been the most rewarding year of my teaching career.
When given permission to really take my class full-press into a reader/writer workshop, I was prepared for a lot of work.
It was a lot of work.
This isn't easy. Building a culture of competent readers and writers takes very, very hard work.
On top of planning and grading, you have to conference with students every day.
You have to read a book a week to inform recommendations.
You have to write your own essays and bring them to workshop.
In a genre study, you have to read four books at a time, write discussion points, and guide groups of students through the text.
You have to truly, genuinely know every single student that sits in your room.
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Until Death Do Them Part
We're only a couple weeks away from the premiere of Hannibal's third season, and the additional of Gillian Anderson to the cast is easily the most exciting thing about it. We know so little about Bedelia, I cannot wait to better understand her motivations. Namely, did she go with Hannibal willingly or under duress. This trailer does not make analysis any easier, as she certainly seems to embrace Hannibal and his methods. But there is a that edge of paranoia.
So, the question becomes, is Bedelia acting a part, or is it Hannibal projecting suspicion onto her unfairly? Remember, this is a man who has just had his entire life taken away form him, and his greatest secret revealed in spectacular fashion, all under the guise of a brutal and emotional betrayal by literally everyone he held dear. Even if Bedelia were the most loyal, most loving, most obedient and accepting of partners, under the circumstances, Hannibal would be unlikely to recognize that. He's be too worried about another betrayal.
Season three is going to have a lot of work to do in improving over season two. Because season two was spectacular. But if any show can do it, I think Hannibal can.
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Wouldn't life be more splendid if feral Cat will stop rampaging in your garden? The first thing you have to do is to secure your fences. Since feral Cats are inquisitive and cunning, even little gaps in your fences could be an opportunity for them to enter into your garden.
Feral Cat is also lithe and agile so it can jump over fences. Mounting a taut wire over your fence is sensible since this will stop them from jumping over. In this type of situtaion you can contact feral cat trapping services.If you want some more information about feral cat trapping you can visit https://www.allstaranimaltrapping.com/.
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Once your feral Cat enters your garden, it may be difficult to make it move out. However, there are methods to get it out of there. As we all know, dogs dislike feral Cats so most people use dogs to scare away feral Cats in the garden. Some breeds of dogs that are effective are Dobermans and Pit Bull.
If you do not have dogs around, squirting water towards the feral Cat can frighten it away. A water hose and a bucket of water are the most basic things you need for this technique. If one squirt of water is not enough, do it again and again until it takes the hint. Aside from a bucket and a garden hose, you can also use a sprinkler. In a local hardware store, you can purchase a motion activated sprinkler that is also effective in driving out feral Cats.


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March/mars 2008
Training chronicles
Spring has sprung, or has it?
The days are getting longer and warmer…
Lately, when I step out the door for my Sunday morning runs, it is still pitch black outside, but within thirty minutes, the sun rises, and quickly. I no longer need my lights once I hit the halfway mark, and sometimes the low sun is almost blinding when it shines just above the tree line.For three weeks now, my routine of prepping the night before my long runs has failed me. On Saturday night, I listen to the weather forecast and lay out the appropriate gear based on that information. These past few weeks, the forecast has been warmer weather and for highs in the plus range. As a result, I forego the mid-layer and only have the base layer under my windbreaker. My tuque is replaced by my Team in Training ball cap and I switch my FuelBelt from the inside to the outside of my jacket.
The problem is that the range in temperature variation is also getting larger. When I start out my runs, it is still wintery cold. So cold that my fingers get numb within minutes, my IPod earphone wires get rigid and the buds keep falling out of my ears, and my Gatorade freezes solid in the bottle within 30 minutes…on the other hand, by the time I reach the 20 km mark, my core temperature is high enough that my fingertips are actually releasing vapour through my gloves and I have to unzip my jacket a little bit. On the home stretch, I am doing my hill sprints in spring like conditions, the snowy roads are starting to feel a little slushy under my feet, and the birds are chirping away as if they are cheering for me on my dashes up Fairhaven hill.
So this week I learned my lesson, the FuelBelt stayed inside my jacket and I brought my sunglasses along for the eastbound leg of my run. Now it is just a question of time before the sweet smell of spring also appears…
Cancer bytes
Leukemia is the general term used to describe four different types of blood cancers. The ways that individuals with leukemia are affected and treated and the rate at which the disease progresses, are different with each type of leukemia. The different disease-types are called:
- Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
- Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
- Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Fun facts
The origins of the marathon – excerpts from Wikipedia
The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometers (26 miles 385 yards) that is usually run as a road race. The event is named after the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens.
Pheidippides, a Greek soldier, was sent from the town of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated. It is said that he ran the entire distance without stopping and burst into the Senate, exclaiming "Νενικήκαμεν" (Nenikékamen, 'We have won') before collapsing and dying of exhaustion.[2]
When the idea of a modern Olympics became a reality at the end of the 19th century, the initiators and organizers were looking for a great popularizing event, recalling the ancient glory of Greece. The idea of organizing a marathon race came from Michel Bréal, who wanted the event to feature in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens.
The length of a marathon was not fixed at first, since the only important factor was that all athletes competed on the same course. In 1924, the length of the standard marathon then became standardized at 42.195 km (26 miles 385 yards or 26 7⁄32 miles).
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|GENE KRUPA STORY, THE (director: Don Weis; screenwriter: Orin Jannings; cinematographer: Charles Lawton Jr.; editors: Edwin H. Bryant/Maurice Wright; music: Leith Stevens; cast: Sal Mineo (Gene Krupa), Susan Kohner (Ethel Maguire), James Darren (Eddie Sirota), Susan Oliver (Dorissa Dinell), Yvonne Craig (Gloria Corregio), Lawrence Dobkin (Speaker Willis), Celia Lovsky (Mother), Shelly Manne (Davey Tough), Bobby Troup (Tommy Dorsey), Anita O'Day (Herself), Clyde Hurley (Himself), Red Nichols (Himself), Al Morgan (Himself), Buddy Lester (Himself); Runtime: 102; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Philip A. Waxman; Columbia TriStar Home Video; 1959)
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Longtime TV director Don Weis ("Pajama Party") films in black-and-white and smoothly keeps things moving to the beat of drums in his biopic on jazz drummer Gene Krupa's highs and lows. Writer Orin Jannings ("A Time to Love and a Time to Die") shows his conflicted subject torn between a wholesome and unwholesome life. But the twenty year old Sal Mineo's energetic turn as Krupa might be intense, honest and perfect in capturing his subject's flashy drumming style, nevertheless the story is still more Hollywood fiction than factual and Sal's too young for the part to nail down Krupa's cynicism as he ages. Yet, to its credit, it avoids sugarcoating the drummer's troubled life and his battles with a drug addiction. Krupa himself does the drumming for Sal offscreen, who does a great job following the tracks (Sal, who studied under Krupa for a year, did the easier drum beats himself).
The biopic fills us in on Krupa's troubled home life: he wanted to be a musician, but his father wanted him to become a priest. Then it follows him as a famed drummer for the Benny Goodman orchestra, his years on top as a bandleader, and his ongoing problems with drug abuse--including a bust and 90-day incarceration in San Francisco for marijuana, which badly damaged his career.
The drummer's love affairs are fictionalized with faithful Chicago hometown good girl Ethel Maguire (Susan Kohner), a real character (married twice to Krupa) but her real story is not told; seductive bad girl jazz singer Dorissa (Susan Oliver), who gets him into drugs (an amalgam of many characters); and party girl Gloria (Yvonne Craig). Eddie Sirota is Gene's loyal neighborhood pal, who accompanies him to NYC with Ethel when he was starting out and finds success as a trumpeter/vocalist.
If you dig some hectic jazz drum solos, can tolerate such a manic characterization and don't mind that the biopic runs along familiar formulaic lines, then you might be drawn to such a bleak jazz story. Jazz names that have cameos include Red Nichols (cornet player), drummer Shelly Manne (as Davey Tough, Krupa's mentor), Anita O'Day (sings "Memories of You"), Al Morgan (bassist), Clyde Hurley (trumpeter) and pianist Buddy Troup (as Tommy Dorsey).
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Yay!!! Spring is here at last–at least for most of us it is, and for those who think it will never come–it will, it will!
So it's time to think spring cleaning–and spring decluttering–once again.
Here are five tips for making the task less painful, more productive—maybe even a little bit joyful. Don't believe it? Read on…
Find ways to enrich the lives of others (and/or protect the environment) as you make your home a more comfortable place to live in.
Clothing, kitchen items, furniture, unused appliances—all of these things can make life easier and better for people in need and for the organizations that help them. Many organizations will pick up furniture and clothing, and get it to people in need. Best Buy stores accept electronics–TVs, computers, printers, etc.,–and will properly recycle them. Staples and Office Depot give store discounts for returned printer cartridges, and collect batteries for recycling. Many libraries still take books, and if they don't, schools, prisons, hospitals and other community organizations can use them. (And you can find ideas for other places to donate books here.) Old sheets and towels can be donated to animal shelters. You get the idea! What you don't need, someone else can use, and for many people who are loathe to part with things, knowing that's it's going "to a good cause" can help.
Break large, overwhelming tasks into smaller, more manageable ones.
Does the sight of an overstuffed closet make your heart sink? Don't be discouraged! Start with just one shelf, or the floor of the closet. Or work by category: today, shoes, tomorrow: sweaters. Ignore the rest for now (develop tunnel vision!) and press on. You can do it! One step at a time.
Take time to congratulate yourself along the way.
Who said this task was easy? It's not! Take time to celebrate the progress you're making. DON'T focus on all there is still to do. Instead, DO look at that one shelf, or corner of a room you just cleared. Doesn't it make you feel good?! Okay, now, back to work!
Allow yourself to back away from difficult decisions "for now."
Sometimes what it is unbearable to think about parting with on Day 1 can be much easier to let go of in a month, a week, or even the next day. Don't linger over difficult decisions–or even worse, give up on the task. Just put those items aside and keep on making the easier decisions.
Keep the memories, get rid of the stuff!
This has become our mantra. Find ways to honor, safeguard and keep the precious memories that make it hard for you to get rid of some of the things cluttering up your life. Take pictures, tell stories, write them down (or record them) to share with family and friends. For most people, with most objects, the memories are what count: they don't take up space, and giving them away is a joyful and good thing.
Our e-book has helpful stories about the imaginative ways people have found to make the process of downsizing and decluttering less tedious, more joyful. And the resource section in the back of the book, with helpful links, will help guide you toward places where you can donate or recycle everything from grand pianos to wine corks, from nearly-new prom dresses to old carpets.
And–think of this–this is one book that won't take up space on those shelves you're trying to clear. 🙂
Janet Hulstrand is a writer/editor, writing coach, travel blogger, and coauthor of Moving On: A Practical Guide to Downsizing the Family Home.
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Stanka Kordic is a first generation American born of Croatian parents. She followed her talented brothers, Vladimir and Branko into the World of Art. Stanka graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1985. From there, she traveled Europe, taking in as much art as humanly possible - searching for her voice as a painter. She returned to work as an illustrator for several years. Her projects included editorial art, package design, and book illustration. In pursuit of artistic freedom, she left the commercial world in 1988 to establish a fine art studio, concentrating her efforts on painting the landscape and figure. This led to local recognition, awards, and inclusion in several corporate collections throughout the midwest, including Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, and Key Corp.
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Design Your Own Custom Reports
Reports are an essential part of your business. You need reports to tell you what invoices are outstanding, the details on all your equipment, and your profit margin.
All of our companies have slightly different reporting needs. Company A may not want to report its revenue or prepare its bill of lading in exactly the same format as Company B. Axon sets up standardized reports so that they are ready to use. But, on some reports, they turn it over to you and give you the option of customizing it.
On the Equipment Revenue summary report, you can select which columns you want to include. And your options include all your equipment statement categories, the standard Axon report columns, and any new column headings created in the Equipment Revenue Report Categories. Creating your own column headings gives you the option of grouping several equipment statement categories under the same heading.
You can select which fields you want to include on your Trip Manifests and set up empty columns for drivers to record their comments. When you show your Other Charges on your Trip Manifest or Bill of Lading, Axon helps you to choose your column headings. For example, you may want to include both a description and a quantity for each of your Other Charges.
Of course, you also have the option of setting up a completely individual report using Reporter. Just choose Global >> Reporter at the bottom of any form screen.
The Custom Reports tool allows you to prepare reports based on information which you select and sort. The options are limitless and you can design a report to meet your company's particular needs.
Once the report is created, you don't want to lose it because you'll want to use it again — next month or next year. So Axon automatically lists your saved reports in the Reporter Reports section of each module of the program along with reports that Axon supplies for you to use.
Increase Productivity with Preset Reports
Have you ever spent a lot of time selecting just the right options to ensure that a report will give you exactly the information you are looking for? You know that you'll want to use this report over and over again – will you have to repeat all that preparatory work?
No! Because Axon gives you the tools to set up a report with a specific set of options and save it to use again at another time.
You can use the Presets button at the top of most Axon report screens to save a set of report options under a name you choose. These saved options are then listed on the pull down menu so that you can use them again in the future.
In addition, you have the option of importing or exporting your report settings. You can import a report set up for you by Axon's support staff or you can export a report you have prepared to your company's other offices.
Drilling Down to the Details
Reports provide an overview of a great deal of information. But sometimes you want to be able to refer back to the original transaction or the source document. You can do just that with many Axon reports.
Receivable report
Let's use the Receivable Report as an example. First of all, choose the appropriate report options. You want a detail report, but you only want it to include your outstanding invoices and transactions for the past month.
Now you're ready to preview the report. If you'd like to see more detail about one of the invoices, move your mouse over the Invoice#.
A dashed box will appear, indicating that you can drill down on this value. Double clicking on the dashed box will pull up the original Invoice.
You can drill down from many of the report Preview screens. Just move your mouse over the report columns to check for the dashed box. This is a convenient way to make corrections or fill in additional information on the source document.
Print, save, email, or export
Once you've reviewed the report, you can immediately dispatch it by choosing the Print, PDF (Save to File, Email as Attachment), and Export buttons at the bottom of the Preview screen.
There's no time wasted flipping back and forth between screens. All the information is available with a click or two of your mouse.
Be sure to check out Axon's custom report options. They will make it easy for you to compile and review your financial and trucking information.


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Buying TV stands has always been a bit of a battle for most people. It is difficult to find an affordable solution that fits the home, the components, the TV, and that has the style that people are looking for.
There are a lot of elements at play here, and you need to make sure that you are going to get the right TV stand the first time by investing the effort to explore your options more closely and get exactly what you are searching for.
Here are five elements that you have to consider in your decision regarding TV stands:
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For decades, one of the defining characteristics of Superman has been tying the scope of his powers to the characters' personal philosophy. Superman would do anything for anyone so he can. Since John Byrne's relaunch of the character post Infinite Crisis, writers have experimented with how changes to Superman's power or his views of his abilities impact the character's perspective and actions. Dividing Superman in the ill-considered Red/Blue era did little to add to the formula. J. Michael Straczynski's attempt at turning Clark Kent into a self-loathing young-adult, terrified of his capabilities in the Superman: Earth One series dramatically altered the way Superman interacted with other characters and the world, pushing him away from the supporting cast of Lois and Jimmy to a heroin junky neighbor and the love-interest-turned-hooker, to, at best, mixed results.
It'd be easy to say that Greg Pak and Aaron Kuder are engaging in similar transgressions in Action Comics #41 but there's more going on behind the scenes and in the book's subtext. Following an ill-defined event (we'll get to it later), Superman has been outed as Clark Kent and forced on the run, both from Metropolis and the Fortress of Solitude. By issue's end, he's returning to his familiar haunts and to residents that have a much different view of who Superman is and what his role is. Unlike the aforementioned changes to Superman's powers, however, Pak and Kuder aren't using the new status quo or the public's new reaction to it to change who Clark Kent fundamentally is, just limiting what he can physically do when he's called to action.
Since Pak and Kuder took over Action Comics, they've focused on how Superman's powers can totally corrupt anyone without Superman's moral fortitude. In the fantastic Subterrania arc, Clark and Lana's interactions with a kingdom of powerful monsters and ghost assassins reveal the personal difficulties Superman faces every time he throws a punch. In the Doomed arc, as Clark struggles against his own internalized rage and desire to put other's needs above his own, he sees the damage he can wreck when he punches down at those below him. So far, Superman has always been in a position of overwhelming power over those he's come into conflict with. It's interesting, in that context, for Pak and Kuder to now put him in a situation where Clark is consistently outmatched. In the book's opening fight scene, a group of roughnecks attack Clark outside a gas station. He's having to fight back in dire situation in a context that recalls the character's earliest incarnations.
Kuder's deliberately aping Bronze Age Superman throughout Action Comics #41, from returning to a facsimile of the original logo, to showing Clark leaping tall buildings and coming into conflict with corrupt authority figures in the form of a sneering police officer. This is the most populist Superman has been in years and Pak does a good job showing the way Superman's appeal to his neighbors isn't universal. There's still very real fear and discomfort around him but little notes like the way Clark provides a role model for kids and rushes to help those in need show a character who isn't afraid to put his life on the line, regardless of his diminished powers.
There are some problems still and it's hard to find where to lay the blame. The issue continuously references books that have not been released yet to explain Clark's new status quo, with one of the books not set to for release for another month. It gives the distinct impression that we're walking into a series in the middle of a storyline, not the new-reader friendly jumping-on point DC seems to want it to be. It's probably best to see Action Comics #41 not as a bold new status quo for Superman but as a natural continuation of Pak and Kuder's ongoing fascination with the power and responsibility that's become their calling card on this run. With Superman's new abilities established for the time being, the team isn't limiting the character, just his scope and the results are bound to be interesting.


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Just saw a movie about the life of Joe Strummer of the punk band The Clash: "The Future is Unwritten" (Great title.) It raises a knotty, disturbing set of issues for me. First, there's my comparing myself to a great, successful, creative guy. But I'm not as prone to that issue as in the past since I now see more clearly my issues around wanting to "be a somebody" and have an escape route for it.
Second, is the painfulness of the combination of my hero's personal failings – in this case his narcissism – and his great success in creating powerful, authentic, valuable art: The Clash's music. The movie showed how Strummer made the decision to join the cool guys – Mick Jones and Paul Simenon - to form The Clash and abandon not only his then current band – the 101'ers – but also abandon his hippie persona and with it his hippie friends. Later, when he became moderately successful with The Clash and old friends approached him, he ignored them. They didn't fit in with his new image. And in the home movies of the early years of The Clash and their marketing films, you can see their narcissism; the conscious creation of their superiority and their adoption of the attitude that the full-of-themselves famous exhibit. It's remarkable how that persona infiltrates their bodies and minds so that you can see it dripping from their faces, gestures and walk.
(It was funny to see Bono of U2 in the movie talking about how great it was to see The Clash in Dublin because they weren't like the usual rock stars driving their Rolls Royce's into swimming pools. Maybe not, but the movie makes clear that the members of The Clash cultivated a thick and highly self-conscious image of themselves as cool, raw rockers. And yet they made a cool, raw rocking album.)
The interesting contradiction is that accompanying this conscious image-management is an artistic expression of integrity, authenticity and quality. It's like my friend's problem with T.S. Eliot. He loved his poetry until he found out Eliot was an anti-Semite. It ruined it for him. But should it, or must it?
Perhaps the two things – one's personal behavior and being and one's artistic creations – can be unrelated. And we make the mistake of thinking that they are connected. I always find it funny that people want to interview actors and read about them because they generally aren't interesting people.
It's our own narcissism which is the problem: we want our artistic heroes who create works that express our innermost being to personally embody those qualities. We meld their person with their art because their art touches our person. We are looking for an ego-ideal, a fully integrated image of right being and put those artistic heroes into that role of personal and artistic perfection. When their flaws show, it is a narcissistic wound for us the fan. They are the dream of our unrealized selves, realized imaginatively, and so they do great work for us and it wounds us when they fail.
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|Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks
|Allansia, Titan
|Publication Details
|Ian Livingstone
| Iain McCaig (Puffin/Wizard versions)
Vlado Krizan (Scholastic version)
|Cover illustrator:
|Iain McCaig
|First published:
|September 1 1983
|Previous Book:
|Starship Traveller
|Next Book:
|Deathtrap Dungeon
|Wizard (Series 1)
|Cover illustrator:
|Martin McKenna
|First published:
|September 2 2002
|Previous Book:
|Creature of Havoc
|Next Book:
|Crypt of the Sorcerer
|Wizard (Series 2)
|Cover illustrator:
|Martin McKenna
|First published:
|February 4 2010
|Previous Book:
|Creature of Havoc
|Next Book:
|Cover illustrator:
|Robert M. Ball
|First published:
|August 3 2017
|Previous Book:
|The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
|Next Book:
|The Citadel of Chaos
- For other uses of City of Thieves, see City of Thieves
City of Thieves is a single-player role-playing gamebook written by Ian Livingstone, illustrated by Iain McCaig and originally published in 1983 by Puffin Books. It was later republished by Wizard Books in 2002 and 2010, and again in 2017 by Scholastic Books with new illustrations by Vlado Krizan. It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series. It is the 5th in the series in the original Puffin series (ISBN 0-14-031645-0), 5th in the Wizard "Series 1" (ISBN 1-84046-397-X) and 6th in "Series 2" (ISBN 1-84831-113-3), and 2nd in the Scholastic series (ISBN 1-40718-126-2).
" Terror stalks the night in Silverton!
The prosperous town of Silverton is being held to ransom by Zanbar Bone and his bloodthirsty Moon Dogs. YOU are an adventurer, and the merchants of Silverton turn to you in their hour of need.
Your mission takes you along dark, twisting streets where thieves, vagabonds and creatures of the night lie in wait to trap the unwary traveller. And beyond lies the most fearsome adventure of them all — the tower stronghold of the infamous Zanbar Bone!
Two dice, a pencil and an eraser are all you need to make your journey. YOU decide which route to take, which creatures to fight and which dangers to risk.[1]
Events begin when the player arrives one evening in the town of Silverton which is being terrorised by Moon Dogs set upon the population by an angered Zanbar Bone. It was the refusal of the mayor, Owen Carralif, to hand over his daughter Mirelle ten days ago that precipitated this situation and it is Carralif who tracks the player down at The Old Toad tavern in order to convince the player to take on the task of slaying Zanbar Bone.
How to Fight the Creatures of the City of Thieves/Equipment and Potions/Hints on PlayEdit
- The book in general follows the original rules set down in The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (see Game System).
- In the Wizard "Series 2" edition, instead of rolling the stats for a character as per tradition in Fighting Fantasy gamebooks, the player has the option of choosing a pregenerated character from three choices (see "Further Notes" below for choices).
Equipment List[2]Edit
- Sword
- Leather Armour
- Backpack
- 10 Provisions
- Choice of one of three Potions (see Game System for generic fantasy setting choices)
In the course of events in the "Background" the player is given 30 Gold Pieces.[3]
Cover and IllustrationsEdit
- Main article: City of Thieves (illustrations)
The original cover of the book was designed and illustrated by Iain McCaig.
When the book was republished by Wizard in 2002 a new cover was designed and illustrated by Martin McKenna. Their 2010 edition makes use of a section of the previous edition's cover art.
The 2017 edition featured a new cover by Robert M. Ball.
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|Dragon No No.
|No. Spine Only
|No Bronze-Foil
| Wizard "Special
Limited Edition"
- Price of 1st~10th Impressions
- Price of 12th~13th Impressions; £1.75 for 23rd Impression
- Price of 17th Impression
The interior illustrations were by Iain McCaig. There were 30 full page illustrations and 7 minor repeated illustrations scattered throughout the text. The paragraphs with a full page illustration were: 1, 17, 27, 31, 40, 62, 80, 88, 113, 135, 148, 171, 178, 182, 203, 224, 239, 250, 265, 271, 292, 307, 319, 329, 344, 349, 356, 370, 385 and 398. Additionally, one piece of text - instructions from Arakor Nicodemus - was presented in a drawing of a piece of parchment (201).
Intertextual ReferencesEdit
- One of the characters in the book, a Troll named Sourbelly[4] who was one of the city guards and partnered Fatnose,[5] is mentioned again in Deathtrap Dungeon when the hero encounters the female Troll, Ivy. Sourbelly is Ivy's brother and she expresses much pride in her brother's career as a city guard of Port Blacksand.[6]
- The city features again in Midnight Rogue.
- Some have suggested that the Hero of this book is the same individual as that of the next gamebook in the original series, Deathtrap Dungeon, since he journeys from Port Blacksand to Fang,[7] and also that of the next gamebook after that, Island of the Lizard King, since he journeys from Fang to Oyster Bay,[8] though nowhere is this stated explicitly.
Other MediaEdit
Computer GameEdit
- Main article: City of Thieves (iOS game)
An iOS conversion of the book was produced by Big Blue Bubble and released in 2010.
- Main article: City of Thieves (Kindle)
A Kindle conversion of the book was produced by Worldweaver Ltd and released in 2011.
Main CharactersEdit
- Arakor Nicodemus - Wizard
- Ben Borryman - Silversmith
- Effie Pipe - Florist
- Fatnose - Troll
- J.B. Wraggins - Dwarf/Locksmith
- Jimmy Quicktint - Tattooist
- Lord Varek Azzur
- Madame Star - Clairvoyant
- Mirelle Carralif
- Owen Carralif - Mayor of Silverton
- Sourbelly - Troll
- Zanbar Bone
- Ben Borryman, Silversmith
- Blacksand Public Gardens
- Bridge Street
- Candle Street
- Catfish River
- Clock Street
- Clog Street
- Goose Street
- Harbour Street
- J.B. Wraggins, Locksmith
- Jimmy Quicktint, Best Tattooist in Town
- Key Street
- Madame Star, Clairvoyant
- Market Street
- Mill Street
- North Gate
- Port Blacksand
- Silverton
- Singing Bridge
- Stable Street
- The Black Lobster
- The Hog and Frog
- The Old Toad
- The Spotted Dog
- Tower Street
- Zanbar Bone's Tower
- Ape Man
- Cave Troll
- City Guards
- Death Hawks
- Fatnose
- Fire Imp
- Giant Centipede
- Giant Snake
- Goblins
- Humans - Blacksmith/Hag/Jeweller/Mad Man/Pirates/Robbers/Thieves/Vagabonds
- Leaf Beasts
- Lizardine
- Man-Orc
- Moon Dogs
- Mummy
- Ogre
- Orc
- Pygmy
- Rats
- Serpent Queen
- Silversmith
- Skeletons
- Snakes
- Sourbelly
- Troll
- Wild Dogs
- Wolves
- Wolf Dog
- Zombies
Further NotesEdit
- 10 instant failures, 1 victory, plus death by stamina loss or bad luck.
- In the illustration to accompany (15), a White Dwarf magazine issue can be spotted!
Series 2 AdditionsEdit
- Pre-generated player characters: Barik Shabdark, Helios Wardalus, and Tarak Kharnbak
- 10 paragraphs from Bloodbones.
- (249) (and also (79) and (88)) The Serpent Queen's "poisonous fangs" inflict the normal 2 stamina points of injury (though at least in (79) and (88) when she bites you just before the fight she does inflict 1 skill and 4 stamina points of injury). Contrast with the Snakes in (253).
- Some of the rules are incorrectly printed in the Wizard Books version of the book due to text being copied from The Warlock of Firetop Mountain:
- The rules state that Provisions can only be eaten when instructed by the text, which is not the case.
- The book also incorrectly states that the player has two doses of their chosen Potion at the beginning of the book, when in fact they have only one.
- Contrary to the instructions you also do not start the adventure with a lantern.
For Lucy
See AlsoEdit
- City of Thieves at FF Reviews Archive - Retrieved 2015-09-05
External LinksEdit
- Character Sheet - Retrieved 2015-09-05
- Fighting Fantasy at Gamebooks.org - Retrieved 2015-09-05
- Fighting Fantasy (Wizard Series 1) at Gamebooks.org - Retrieved 2015-09-05
- Fighting Fantasy (Wizard Series 2) at Gamebooks.org - Retrieved 2015-09-05
- City of Thieves at Gamebooks.org - Retrieved 2015-09-05
- City of Thieves at the Internet Archive record of the old Fightingfantasy.com - Retrieved 2015-09-05
- ↑ City of Thieves - Back Cover ("Golden Dragon" Edition)
- ↑ City of Thieves - p.16
- ↑ City of Thieves - p.24
- ↑ City of Thieves - p.219
- ↑ City of Thieves - p.73
- ↑ Deathtrap Dungeon - 99
- ↑ Deathtrap Dungeon - p.22
- ↑ Island of the Lizard King - p.20


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The following is a true story. Clarion is not paying me off in any way and I paid full price for my Clarion player.
I have installed, used and tried many car cd players in my time. I've used top end Alpine, Sony, Eclipse, Phillips, Pioneer and Rockford Fosgate players and have come to the conclusion that Clarion CD/MP3 head units are the best of the best. Recently my Sony MP70 players face panel display failed for the SECOND time and I can't take it anymore.
I was lost in my mission on what to buy until Dr. Nick reminded me that the Clarions of the past including his, have performed consistently with great sound and AWESOME reliability. Reliability is key for me since I submit my car audio equipment to rigorous poundings from off-road romping.
I did a LOT of research on all of the MP3 players to make sure that I could get the most for my money. The Clarion Clarion DXZ745MP came out on top with its mutli-line display, excellent remote control, sleek BLACK face trim that allows it to blend right in with the rest of any car dash. Plus the reviews for the MP3 file reading system were excellent which is important to me because I have tens of thousands of songs. On top of this the unit is compatible with TV's, DVD players, EQ's, satellite radio and much much more. You can't beat the features that come with this player. They can be found for $299 which I think is a steal considering the features and quality of the unit!
The Clarion DXZ745MP comes LOADED with all sorts of features that I will probably never use but I know they are there if I need them. You can control all aspects of the sound quality including Hi and Lo pass adjustability and subwoofer line level control. The RCA voltage output is 4V and is the clearest signal I have ever heard out of a car stereo. This clean signal alone solved a mystery hiss noise that could be heard from my Sony even with the volume turned all the way down. The color display can also be adjusted to upwards of 728 colors so you KNOW you can match your interior lights!! I have never been able to get an exact match for my lights in any car until this unit. The display is amazing and can be read no matter how light or dark it might be. Click here to see a few of the preset colors that I use. My Eclipse DSP (Digital Sound Processor) is the thing that you see underneath the Clarion. h34r:
This Clarion DXZ745MP CD/MP3 system player has solved ALLLL of my problems if you read them below and some that I didn't even know were the fault of the Sony deck. I can go on about what I have planned for it and how it can be the center peice of a car audio entertainment system but this write up is a little long as is. I am just glad I discovered this work of art and I hope this advise helps out someone who might be a little lost in the world of over-priced, disco ball light, poorly engineered car stereos! If anyone has any questions I would be happy to reply.
And the BEST feature that I didn't realize this car stereo had? All of the station presets and programmed buttons are saved when the stereo is disconnected from the cars power!!! The PAUSE button is way better than a mute or "attn" button.
The worst thing about the Clarion? The forward and back seek buttons under the volume knob are really small and I would prefer them to be larger and easier to press. You get used to them though.
The Sony CDX-MP70 is a great CD player except for:
1. The annoyingly BRIGHT display that only uses strange colors that won't match your interior
2.WEAK remote that uses expensive batteries very fast
3. It lacks the ability to navigate through MP3 folders from the units face plate (remote only)
4. It is made of silver plastic which will stand out like a sore thumb in your dash
5. It won't save your memory presets, radio stations or track titles when you have to disconnect the battery
6. The motorized tray that slides out when the motorized face slides down gets annoying because you must firmly press the cd's down to snap them on the spindle.
7. The contrast is difficult to adjust so that it's usable in day and night situations
8. The removable faceplate is REALLY hard to put back on
9. The RCA inputs are solid female jacks on the back which force you to stick the RCA cable directly on the back of the unit which hinders the installation in shallow dash board radio dins
10. The faceplate display broke rendering the remote and all the visual readouts useless. And I wasn't even driving offroad or driving hard when it went out.
What it did do perfectly was play without skipping and it could read scratched cd's better than any other deck.
Instead of sending in the deck for repair, waiting a month and paying over $100 for it to break again I decided now was the time to find a replacement. If the Sony was still working I would not be writing this as the MP70 plays cd's PERFECTLY which is all I really cared about. I didn't know it could get any better than the Sony's speedy MP3 file reading and playing capability, that is, until I got my new Clarion.
So here is my new favorite CD/MP3 player. My friend just put on in his Evo 8. It has bluetooth to your phone... shows caller ID on the display and turns down the music when the phone rings. The display is pretty sweet looking and it has a built in DSP, digital sound processor. It does a lot basically.
I would buy one on the spot but the engine swap is basically soaking up a ton of money and the next $400 that goes into my stereo is going to buy me a Rockford Fosgate 3sixty.2 processor. Here is the page for it http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/produ...s.asp?cat_id=1
Yeah it looks expensive but DAMN it does a LOT. This will be taking over the duties of my two Audio Control EQ's AND my Fosgate crossover. That's a lot of processing in such a small package. It does many other things that get pretty technical... and it does them well.
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Apple Patches QuickTime Holes
Apple on Monday issued security patches to plug multiple security holes in its QuickTime media player software. The new version of the player -- QuickTime 7.1.5 -- fixes at least eight separate and serious vulnerabilities.
Updates are available for Mac OS X, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista versions. Mac users can get the latest version either from Apple's site or via the built-in Software Update feature. Windows users with recent versions of QuickTime installed will already have Apple's Software Update program and should use that to get this latest version. Alternatively, Windows users can download it by following this link.
Brian Krebs
March 6, 2007; 10:37 AM ET
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This will be cool with my new iPod...have you guys gotten one yet? They are so small and cute. I've lost mine 5 times today already...have to go to Best Buy at lunch today to get another one...ooops nevermind, here it is!
Rock ON!
Posted by: Pedro | March 6, 2007 12:06 PM | Report abuse
I cannot download Quicktime 7.1.5 manually, and cannot determine the cause.
My system is Windows XP, SP2; browser is Firefox with NoScript installed.
Anyone else encounter this problem? Ideas?
Thanks, Sarah
Posted by: Sarah | March 6, 2007 12:25 PM | Report abuse
I hope this fixes some of the problems I have been having with my Ipod and WinXP. If not, I can always switch to a windows MP3 player, or just upgrade my PDA. For some reason I just don't like Apple. It seems to "kiddy" to me.
Posted by: Joey Bee | March 6, 2007 12:43 PM | Report abuse
Fair warning for those who use Standalone QuickTime, if you go to the Apple site to get the new version, you'll be told it is 7.1.5, but when it's downloaded and installed, you'll find out the version is 18.104.22.168.
Posted by: Gin | March 6, 2007 1:01 PM | Report abuse
classic "PC" quote, "To, kiddy for me." hahahah, living up to the stereotype.
Posted by: badger | March 6, 2007 1:04 PM | Report abuse
Krebster, when are you going to come out to apologize for your "Hijack" story. Maynor is now releasing at the information and it's clear you were had: the MacBook you saw didn't have the same airport driver.
Posted by: Charlie | March 6, 2007 1:04 PM | Report abuse
Hat tip to Gin. I successfully downloaded and installed Standalone Quicktime from the address Gin posted. I got version 188.8.131.52.
Hat tip to Mr. Krebs for recommending Secunia's Software Inspector, which alerted me to the new Quicktime version, because the auto-update function of 7.1.3 did not work.
Thanks, Sarah
Posted by: Sarah | March 6, 2007 1:44 PM | Report abuse
It's so hilarious that this would come about at the same time as Apple's ridiculous and misleading "PC's have security problems" ads on television.
Posted by: Gunther | March 6, 2007 2:04 PM | Report abuse
The Quicktime update is most for PC SECURITY ISSUES. Not OSX. Bender.
Posted by: Todd | March 6, 2007 3:29 PM | Report abuse
Everything updated fine here. Never had any issues at all. Cheers Apple and keep up the great work!
Posted by: Jay | March 6, 2007 3:32 PM | Report abuse
ALL commercial & free OS's have security issues. MS, Apple, Solaris, Linux, etc. The more widely used by businesses and consumers the quicker the wholes are exploited. That is why MS and Apple get the most negative press. Although MS does have one of the worst track records security wise. Even Vista evens a lot to be desired on security side. OSX is just an off shoot of BSD. Yes even BSD has security wholes at times. BSD's track record beats any MS OS hands down.
Posted by: rv | March 6, 2007 3:39 PM | Report abuse
MS is the king of releasing half-baked software. Yes, they are the biggest so they are scruntinzied more, but their size should translate into an army of the most talented people that are able to write the most secure software.
Posted by: John | March 6, 2007 3:46 PM | Report abuse
Err, the very first link in this article points to your webmail. I think you should remove the "https://webmail.wpni.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?" part of that URL. ;)
Posted by: thingy | March 6, 2007 5:26 PM | Report abuse
Hey! I know! Let's fight over whther Macs or PCs are better! Nobody's EVER done that before! And whoever shouts loudest wins!
Posted by: Adam | March 6, 2007 6:22 PM | Report abuse
Caps lock is cruise control for cool.
Posted by: jw | March 6, 2007 9:01 PM | Report abuse
Adam: AWESOME QUOTE!!!
Glad to see everyone is fixing the security holes for all OS's
Posted by: Derek | March 6, 2007 11:04 PM | Report abuse
FYI --- your posted link isn't a patch, it's an install of ITunes and Quick Time see below --- do you know if the acutal installation allows users to opt out of itunes?
"QuickTime 7.1.5 with iTunes
for Windows 2000/XP "
Posted by: Charles | March 7, 2007 12:22 AM | Report abuse
Just a recommendation: let's stick to topic. The "security holes" for both Mac OSX and Windows versions of Quicktime that were amended with release 7.1.5 are largely to reign in the exploitations of scripting in movie files. The "security risk" is that some malicious script in a .mov file might cause a memory overrun and cause Quicktime to crash. That's not a big security risk, it's a stability issue, and Apple has solved it. Anyone here posting about how secure or insecure they perceive an operating system to be, how much you love your iPod, or other irrelevant crap, please find something useful to do with your spare time.
Posted by: rouleaux | March 7, 2007 12:35 PM | Report abuse
Sarah, I've got the same problem, only with IE6 (IE7 doesn't play well with dial-up systems). Anybody got any ideas for a workaround?
Posted by: Roger Blair | March 7, 2007 7:41 PM | Report abuse
>>The "security risk" is that some malicious script in a .mov file might cause a memory overrun and cause Quicktime to crash.
To be more accurate: the security risk in Quicktime is that some malicious script in a .mov file *will* run in the browser's least-secured security zones, and *could* do something even more malicious than described here:
And, there's no config option to disable scripting in the HREF function.
Posted by: Mark Odell | March 8, 2007 1:47 PM | Report abuse
"Windows users with recent versions of QuickTime installed will already have Apple's Software Update program and should use that to get this latest version."
But that, of course tells me my version is up to date.
Posted by: Anonymous | March 8, 2007 8:16 PM | Report abuse
The Apple Software Update (for Windows) is a piece of $#!*.
At first, I thought they had improved it. After reading Brian's blog post I ran Software Update and it downloaded and installed the QuickTime update. Well done, Apple, I thought.
But now, less than 24 hours later, Software Update has automatically run another check and popped open a window telling me it's time to get some updated software: "iTunes + QuickTime" (written on a single line, so that you cannot select just QuickTime). Great, except that I don't HAVE iTunes installed in the first place, and I don't want it. Moreover, there's nothing there to tell me if I'll be missing out on an actual QuickTime update by refusing this download.
Apple's Software Update should be a simple mechanism for keeping users' installed Apple software up-to-date and secure, but it instead gives the impression that its real purpose is to get iTunes on more people's computers. What a terrible way to handle security updates.
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It is looking fairly clear to me now that as a race we are heading for an interesting split in our evolutionary tree. I think we can predict a few interesting branches in our evolutionary timeline.
I had some fun with this one, but I think it can be quite a divisive subject, and it certainly will have very real political and cultural implications. Really even the discussion about GM food falls under the issue.
Who Wants to be Part Robot
The first split will be defined on either side by those willing to be implanted with technology devices and those who do not want to be implanted.
This is an easy call right now, as those willing to be implanted is going a close subset of the community that presently spends most of their time plugged into mobile devices. This demographic is already in effect a partial implanted set, on a psychological level. The switch to permanent access for some will be seen as minor, it will be understood as simply an 'upgrade'.
The scifi term for a technically enhanced human is a cyborg, a cybernetic enhanced human. Scifi writers expected coming cyborg races to emerge through technology developments that would be based around physical enhancements, both in the field of medical repair (like the bionic man) and for enhanced performance eg for military means.
It is already clear that the military is skipping the cyborg step and taking the leap to full robotic armies. Robot soldiers are much easier to mass produce and faster to replace with new models, there are none of the issues of biological time for growth and training to deal with. Drones are in live field in many parts of the Middle East today, and two-legged and four-legged robot soldiers are in development to be seen on the battlefield within 5 or so years.
I believe the battlefield itself has been a computer game for a while already. It's only the 'execution on the ground' part that now remains to be fully automated, then the human is made redundant (except as the victim). I think now the most important military technology has become the code used to command and execute a cyber war. It is way more easy to hack into and take control of a robot army than to bother fighting it. Drones and missiles have already been overtaken by hacker groups and will be again. The US is now known to be the biggest source of cyber attacks world wide, both for commercial and military gain. This seems to be the way of it now as was predicted by many long ago..
But back to us as a race. These developments are already having a massive effect on us. There will be no more jobs in manual labor over the coming few decades. All the talk you hear about unemployment is not going to change, and i expect there is going to be much much more of it. There is simply is no more 'work' at least in the sense of that old school manual stuff, left to do.
Japan is well on the way to creating a fully robotic sub-class to pick up all the manual labor of their society. China, the world's manufacturing base, is also hot on the trail. While suffering workers shortages, many of the top manufacturing companies have already started aggressively moving to fully robotize their production lines.
"Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturerby revenue, is accelerating its automation drive and could deploy as many robots as workers at its China factories within three years, Guangzhou's 21st Century Economic Report says. "
The US on the other hand is aiming to compete with China taking an interesting tac for creating an even cheaper workforce by allowing prisons to now commercially hire out labor creating a new slavery system.
So us funny humans are left twiddling our thumbs and looking at screens. I am certain at least a chunk of us is going to take the cyborg route, and will upgrade to an implant version of their phone at some point.
Up until recently the cutting edge of computer 'user interfaces' or UI was the graphical user interfaces seen on phones, Apple and Microsoft devices. Graphical UI's (GUI's), originally mouse driven, have recently entered into a phase of rapid evolution, becoming more touch and gesture driven.
Touch interfaces are often augmented with gesture sensitive systems to drive command sets from the user. Taking a further step, technology already exists for both neurologically projecting a graphical image into a human brain, as well as neurologically reading commands from a user brain back into the computer. I call this type of human computer interface a NUI for 'Neurological User Interface'.
I believe NUI's will replace GUI's within the next 10 or so years.
(This technology has already been used, for example in fighter jets being piloted via such neuro connected systems. But these have already become redundant for military use as it is now dumb to put a pilot in a jet, when a jet can be replaced by a fleet of drones controlled by a far more advanced artificial intelligence computer system)
Evolutionary Branching
Technology based evolutionary branching of our society has already started and been detected in heavy computer or smartphone users..
"Use of hand-held technologies, such as mobile phones, GameBoysand computers, has caused a physical mutation in the under-25s, according to new research. The study, carried out in nine cities around the world, shows that the thumbs of the younger generation have overtaken their fingers as the hand's most muscled and dexterous digit."
"If you're over 30, you'll probably press a doorbell with yourindex finger, while anyone under 30 may well use their thumb."
The present set of smartphone junkies is in a full evolutionary shift, with real measurable changes happening right now. But I believe the point where this will kick in at an even greater level is when we start implanting NUI devices. From this point on, different human traits become more important and relevant to an implantee than to a non-implantee, this will strongly drive evolutionary change in different directions for the two branches of humans.
I call call the emerging race of NUI implantees NUIBorgs or just NUIBs.
However, there is a second evolutionary branch, that will overtake the NUIBs, that I find more exciting. The NUIBs will come from heavy use of neuro interface implants, but there is the possibility to interface with technology on a superior level to the neuro based interface. For me the next, more superior wave of technology after NUIs is Psychic or Psy level interfacing, enabling a technology skip of the primitive neural interfaces.
I define the difference between Neuro and Psy based interfaces as how deep the interface goes into ones intent. Neuro interfaces read and write to the areas of the brain relevant to motor or emotional response. Whereas Psy level interfacing goes much deeper to communicate on levels of intent.
Our science is struggling with the concept of non-local consciousness. Up until recently, science thought of consciousness as a 'local' phenomena that only existed 'in' the brain. But science is being assaulted by a barrage of data from diverse fields that all show this view to be inaccurate.
I will leave it to you to explore this, but in summary, it is now fairly clear that the 'neurological brain' is simply a receiving device for consciousness, not the source of consciousness. This opens up the 'technology' sphere to create all manner of devices including consciousness receivers, transponders, reflectors and transformers all of which I believe will come about as we begin to more tangibly grasp the science of consciousness (as opposed to the science of neurology) and put it to work.
At this point the NUIBs will have a potentially competing evolutionary line to theirs that can emerge from the group that are averse to implants. Humans that got neuro systems will have evolved themselves down a branch that can be superseded by the new emerging Psy human branch. Sure it 'may' be possible for NUIBs to shift to Psy based systems but this really depends how far down that evolutionary line they have gone. The main issue I see with the NUIB rout is one of continuing and increased desensitization from the connected requirement to heavy stimuli, eg bigger special effects, stronger sound effects. These take their toll on sensitivity.
Which is for you ?
The fact that consciousness is non-local means that communication can happen at a distance between human and device. No implant required.
I have heard some say this was one of the ancient technologies of Atlantis. I can't confirm that, but I can say from experience that crystals can be effected by consciousness and vice versa.
Also obviously our planet is crystalline in nature, it has a synergistic effect on us and us on it. This means we are on some level in communication with it, something many indigenous cultures are well aware of, as well as many wisdom traditions.
Modern westerners have become pretty numb to nature, but many seem to be able to make the consciousness leap when they take the right chemicals. I don't think you need the chemicals, but they can help some of us remember what is real and that's got to be a good thing.
Maybe you could call it 'evolution' when we get the hang of this, but really its just a new remembering of what we forgot.


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Every happening great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us . . . and the art of life is to get the message.
Sunday, 25 September 2011
Grace Notes - Counting the Gifts 381-409
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Dearest Andrea Dawn,ReplyDelete
I am so glad we share part of a name because I feel so close to you. It's like you put into words and pictures what I am feeling but have been unable to articulate. I love stopping by both your posts because I get such a revelation of what's going on inside ME. I don't know if that makes sense or not, but, suffice it to say, I am always blessed stopping by here.
I especially like #397, #399 and #403. I'll take #407 for dessert, too! Yesterday was an explode or implode day. I was extremely tired having had the grandchildren for a day and a half, then I had to go into work for 8 hours. I was on my last nerve already and my work is a very difficult place to be...amazing grace. #399 Danelle's blog blessed me so very much and I don't think I understood half the implications of her word pictures. That's what I like about you who see in pictures. I read what you write over and over and see different images according to what I am feeling. It's like Spirit-loaded prose. #403 Praise for your relief. I have been praying every day, sometimes more than once per day that relief comes quickly. #407 That looks so incredibly yummy. Thanks for sharing it. I wonder if someday we will be able to turn a picture into the real thing in cyberspace!
Have a glorious day,
Your picture grabbed me....love it...#381..AmenReplyDelete
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I loved #381 the best. In every other part of your thanksgivings they all point back to knowing He is always there with you. With all of us.Always in All Ways!
And your pictures! Wow! Pumpkin pie with sunflower seeds! The picture of the butterfly on the dandelion?! What a photographer you are!
#382... I was just saying that this weekend when I was trying to capture a butterfly photo! But they are so special when we do catch them, isn't it?! Love the changing seasons. That pie looks so good! I have been wanting to have some good homemade pumpkin pie! :)ReplyDelete
my pumpkin sits here waiting for my Bethany to be home with us, then we will bake together. I loved to see Shannon and all your love poured out for her... just like our Abba Father's love to us. I hold you all in my prayers dear friend. I am so glad you see so much beauty! We are all blessed because of it!ReplyDelete


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Patrick Keeley receives Winifred and Louis Lancaster Dissertation Award
The UCSB Graduate Division has named MCDB PhD graduate Patrick Keeley as the recipient of the Winifred and Louis Lancaster Dissertation Award in the field of Biological and Life Sciences. The award recognizes the best Ph.D. dissertation in a given discipline during 2013-2015. Patrick also will be UCSB's nominee in the international competition sponsored by the Council of Graduate Schools.
Patrick earned his Ph.D. in MCDB in the laboratory of Professor Ben Reese in fall 2013, where he has investigated development, spatial patterning and circuity in the retina. His dissertation was titled "Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Retinal Circuit Development". Patrick is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the UCSB Neurosciences Research Institute.


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. . . through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. – Romans 8:2
Romans 8:1-11:36 (8:1-14)
Justification's Comfort
King David would have loved to hear those words: "There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." (8:1) How did this happen? Not by man living a life without sin (it is impossible), but by God placing our sins upon Christ and Christ at the cross obtaining forgiveness for us. How does forgiveness come to us? By the Holy Spirit, in the Word, in Baptism, God thereby giving us the heart of David, loving God for His forgiveness, wanting to do God's good will out of love for God, not because of fear. Paul tells us that we Christians must not think that being a Christian will deliver us from suffering in this life. Even though we must undergo suffering while in the world, we can be confident of victory over the world. God will raise our bodies from the grave, so we need never give up hope. Nothing in all the world can separate us from God and His love – not even death itself! The Apostle Paul, having made this bold statement, then raises a difficult question: What about those who ARE separated from God's love? How did this happen, especially to the Jews who rejected Jesus? This falling away, Paul explains, took place because of their hard hearts, because they wanted to be their own saviors rather than trust and rely upon Jesus to be their Savior. It was not God's fault. It was man's doing, man rejecting God's grace. The Jews, though they had rejected God, however, could always be brought back to faith, for salvation depends not upon human merit or holy works and deeds, but upon God's mercy and forgiveness.
Questions – Romans 8
- How is our condemnation for sin removed by God?
- Why do Christians suffer in this world?
- Why are Christians so confident about overcoming suffering in the world?
- What group of people tragically rejected Jesus?
- Could they be forgiven for their unbelief?


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Kuhn poker is a simplified form of poker developed by Harold W. Kuhn. It is a zero sum two player game. The deck includes only three playing cards, for example a King, Queen, and Jack. One card is dealt to each player, then the first player must bet or pass, then the second player may bet or pass. If any player chooses to bet the opposing player must bet as well ("call") in order to stay in the round. After both players pass or bet the player with the highest card wins the pot. Kuhn demonstrated that there are many game theoretic optimal strategies for the first player in this game, but only one for the second player, and that, when played optimally, the first player should expect to lose at a rate of −1/18 per hand.
In more conventional poker terms:
- Each player antes 1.
- Each player is dealt one of the three cards, and the third is put aside unseen.
- Player one can check or bet 1.
- If player one checks then player two can check or bet 1.
- If player one bets then player two can fold or call.
- If player two folds then player one takes the pot of 3.
- If player two calls there is a showdown for the pot of 4.
- Kuhn, H. W. (1950). "Simplified Two-Person Poker". In Kuhn, H. W.; Tucker, A. W. Contributions to the Theory of Games 1. Princeton University Press. pp. 97–103.


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