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Off Zanzibar, Chumbe Island champions marine conservation
At first, the island was just a blur on the horizon; a low, gray smudge on which I fixed my gaze in the hopes of keeping myself from losing my breakfast over the side of the boat. The morning mist had turned to rain, and the steely blue swells outside our wooden vessel were getting bigger as we cruised away from Zanzibar, the island from which we were venturing even further afield.
We were heading toward Chumbe, a sliver of coral reef and jungle that sits in the Indian Ocean about 20 miles off the coast of mainland Tanzania. The island has no roads, no power lines and fewer than a dozen buildings; it covers an area of 54 acres. But, small as it may be, Chumbe is breaking ground in marine conservation. The island was going to be our home for the next three days, and I (and my stomach) couldn't wait to get there.
By the time our guide turned off the boat's engine, the sun had emerged and the ocean had transformed into a peaceful lagoon that shimmered a miraculous shade of turquoise. Following the half-dozen other passengers off the boat, my husband and I jumped into knee-deep water and waded the few yards to the shore, taking care not to step on the shells that littered the sand.
And there we were: Chumbe, said to be the world's first privately managed marine protected area and still the only one in Africa. Being private, Chumbe doesn't get any government money. Its conservation work is funded by the visitors, like us, who come to the island to relax and get a close-up look at one of the most pristine coral reefs in East Africa.
All of this we learned during our first briefing with members of Chumbe's staff, just after we got off the boat. We and the other guests — some of whom were visiting for the day, others, like us, overnight — piled onto brightly colored sofas on the veranda of Chumbe's main building, a high-ceilinged structure made of local timber and coconut leaves that serves as restaurant, visitors center and head office.
In line with its status as a conservation area, Chumbe has some strict rules, we were told. A maximum of 16 guests are allowed on the island at any time. Fishing and scuba diving are both forbidden, as is shell collecting, which I admit I was slightly disappointed to hear. But we were actively encouraged to explore the reef the old fashioned way: with flippers and a snorkel.
And so we did, at least half a dozen times during our stay. On our first venture into the water, I stuck close to our guide, who introduced himself as Matata, since I figured he would know where to find everything good. But I didn't need any guidance, it turned out.
As soon as I stuck my head underwater, I was face to face with a maze of corals that were branching, ballooning, or just waving in the gentle current. It felt like I was swimming through an underwater botanical garden, with the coral flowers blooming salmon pink, mustard yellow, a deep maroon.
And then there were the fish. Schools of glimmering damselfish hung lazily in the water — so tame that I could almost swim into them. Matata pointed out sea cucumbers, angelfish, sea urchins and an octopus, and I spotted a neon-flecked stingray gliding along the seafloor. It was another world, and I was happily lost in it, the water so warm I could have spent hours exploring.
At one point, a sharp tap on my shoulder made me jump. I turned to see Matata jabbing his finger into the hazy blue distance. I squinted through my snorkel mask but saw only light and shadow.
"Did you see it?" he said, resurfacing with a splutter a moment later. "The shark! It was just over there."
It was a blacktip reef shark, Matata later explained, a species that is apparently fairly common along the East African coast. He assured me that the sharks didn't pose a threat to humans. But still, the idea of sharing the water with such a predator gave me the shivers.
It didn't scare us away, though; we were back for more later in the afternoon. There was just so much to see.
Indeed, the 74-acre protected area is home to more than 400 species of fish and 200 species of hard coral — 90 percent of the marine biodiversity that can be found in all of East Africa. The managers of Chumbe have worked hard to protect their little patch of ocean, and for good reason.
In the waters around nearby Zanzibar, overfishing and booming tourist numbers are causing long-term damage to fragile marine ecosystems. Globally, climate change — which is increasing the acidity of the oceans, as well as the temperature — is taking an enormous toll on coral reefs and the species that inhabit them.
"People don't talk about pristine reefs anymore because there are hardly any left," Ulli Kloiber, Chumbe's manager of conservation and education, told me during a chat on the veranda of the main building.
The waters around Chumbe were still relatively untouched when the protected area was established in the mid-'90s, Kloiber explained. The Tanzanian military had owned the island for a time but hadn't made much use of it. Otherwise, Chumbe had simply been a stop-off point for fishermen trolling the waters between the mainland and Zanzibar, a semiautonomous region of Tanzania; the island's lack of fresh water kept away any potential long-term inhabitants. The only buildings were a lighthouse and a small mosque that had been built by British colonizers around the turn of the 20th century.
So setting up the conservation area was relatively straightforward, Kloiber told me — the island was pretty much empty. Today, Chumbe's educational and conservation activities are managed by Chumbe Island Coral Park Ltd., a not-for-profit company known as CHICOP that's owned by a German woman named Sibylle Riedmiller. She was the one who arranged for the land and its surrounding waters to be leased from the government of Zanzibar; Riedmiller is still the owner of CHICOP, although she is no longer based on the island.
Riedmiller and her staff started off by putting rangers on the island and working with local fishing communities to educate them about the reef and its inhabitants. They soon started to reach out to local high schools, inviting students to the island at no cost to learn about the reef, and experience it firsthand. Both of those outreach programs are still active, with all of the work funded by tourists' visits.
"At the beginning, of course, it was quite tough, because the fishing communities had no idea what a marine protected area was or what the benefits [of conservation] were," said Kloiber, adding that there isn't even a word for "coral" in the local language of Swahili.
Chumbe's staff also act as watchdogs, reporting any fishing to the authorities in Zanzibar. Offenders are either fined or forced to hand over their fishing gear. They still spot poachers about four or five times each year, Kloiber tells me, but that's much less frequent than it used to be.
Indeed, after two decades of conservation work, Chumbe's reef is now one of the best protected in the region. Species like sea urchins and parrotfish have been fished out of other reefs in the area, but they're still thriving in the waters around Chumbe.
But there's more to the island than just the reef, as we were happy to discover on the second day of our visit. Swapping our flippers for sandals, we took a guided walk through the island's interior. Chumbe is covered in dense forest that sits on a layer of jagged, fossilized coral, known as "coral rag." The forest is home to 75 tree species, including the storied African baobab, one of which soars majestically above the otherwise low canopy. We learned about local fauna, including a (nonvenomous) lime-green tree snake and the 16-inch coconut crab, the world's largest land-dwelling arthropod.
In the evenings, we wandered back to our seaside bungalow to relax and shower before dinner, a generous buffet heavy on seafood and spices. Shaped like a giant, upside-down clam and constructed of the same local timber and coconut leaves as the main building, our little house was straight out of Swiss Family Robinson.
Like everything else on the island, Chumbe's bungalows — which use only solar power, have pit latrines and harvest rainwater for the showers and sink — were designed to minimize any environmental impacts. It seemed perfectly fitting that we shared our little jungle cottage with a clutch of hermit crabs that had set up house under the front steps.
It's all in keeping with what Kloiber describes as a "green line" that runs through everything that's done on Chumbe — the fundamental commitment to conservation that underlies how the project was designed and how it continues to be run. Conservation is their focus, but tourism is their lifeblood, Kloiber tells me.
"The engines of the project are really the guests," Kloiber says. "As long as the eco-tourism is working, it's a self-sustaining project."
Going to Chumbe Island
Information: www.chumbeisland.com; Zanzibar tourism information: www.zanzibar.net
Chumbe Island Coral Park, Chukwani Road, Chumbe Island, Zanzibar; 011-255-242-231-040; www.chumbeisland.com. Eco-bungalows, Afro-Indian cuisine, and snorkeling galore. Rooms from $260 per person per night, including all meals, activities, and the boat ride to and from Zanzibar.
Protea Hotel Mbweni Ruins, Plot number 143/93, Mbweni St., Kiembe Samakie, Zanzibar; 011-255-242-235-478; www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/znzmr-protea-hotel-mbweni-ruins. A quick drive from Zanzibar International Airport airport, this friendly and atmospheric hotel is where you catch the boat to Chumbe. Rooms from $140 (double occupancy), including buffet breakfast.


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It's been awhile since I've posted anything by Julia Child. When I first started this blog, I intended on posting a lot from Mastering the Art of French Cooking, the book that has taught me the most about finding my way around the kitchen. As I've learned to be a better cook and honed my techniques, I've become more intent on creating my own recipes. Being bogged down with work, and school, and a host of other activities has also meant that I haven't had as much time to shop for and execute the dishes in my favourite cookbook, whose recipes can be quite time consuming.
In opening it up again, however, I've been reminded once more that it's totally worth it. It's not for nothing that Julia Child spent a decade of her life putting MtAoFC together. If you have read this book or this one, then you have an understanding of how exacting America's queen of French cooking was, how painstakingly she created and revised each recipe until it met her high expectations. More than half a century on, this book is still incredibly popular because the recipes work. A beginner could make a wonderful dish if he or she were to follow the recipe exactly. It's that detailed. I've read that both Ina Garten and Martha Stewart, the high priestesses of home cookery, taught themselves to cook by cooking their way through all the recipes in Mastering back in the Seventies when throwing dinner parties featuring French food was all the rage in the US. I've said it before and say it again; this is the cookbook I would have on my shelf if I could only have one.
Although I've posted Julia's recipe for plum clafouti, I'm adding this one because her variation takes a different approach. She doesn't just substitute pears for cherries (although I've done that and it has certainly worked). Clafouti can also be made with apples, cherries, blueberries and other berries; the best choice will depend on the season. I like to make and serve mine in a well greased cast iron frying pan measuring 9 inches/23 centimeters across the bottom. Be sure to serve this one warm, with a sprinkling of icing sugar.
Julia Child's Pear Clafouti
from Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I
Serves 6 to 8
3 cups cored, peeled, and sliced ripe pears
1/4 sweet white wine, kirsch, or cognac
1/3 cup sugar
for master clafouti:
1 1/4 cups milk
1/3 cup sugar x 2
3 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup flour, scooped and leveled
1) Preheat oven to 350F. Combine pears with wine, kirsch, or cognac and 1/3 cup sugar and let stand for one hour. The liquid resulting from this may be used in substitute for the milk in the master recipe; in this case, omit the 1/3 cup sugar given at the end of the recipe.
2) Place the ingredients for the master clafouti, using only 1/3 cup sugar, in a blender in the order listed. Cover and blend at top speed for one minute.
3) Pour 1/4-inch layer at the bottom of your baking pan or dish. Place over moderate heat on the stove and heat until a film of batter has sent on the bottom of the dish; this will keep the fruit from sinking in.
4) Remove from heat and spread pear slices over the batter and sprinkle on the remaining 1/3 cup sugar if you are not using the liquid from the pears and sugar; smooth the surface with the back of a spoon.
5) Place in the middle of the oven and bake for about an hour, until puffed and golden and a knife plunged into the centre comes out clean.


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Chicago has deadliest start to a year in nearly two decades
The city's 102 homicides through the end of February marks the first time Illinois' biggest city has had more than 100 homicides in the first two months of a year since 1997, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Last year, it took until April to hit the century mark.
WEEK IN REVIEW: City's deadly toll climbs: Eight more deaths bring total to over 100 for year, nearly doubling 2015. https://t.co/ooLwnHm3Nu— Chicago Homicide (@ChicagoHomicide) February 29, 2016
Meanwhile, there were 471 shooting victims in the city from January 1 through March 1, with 45 homicides in February alone, the Chicago Tribune reported. The paper's shooting map shows most gun violence occurred in the western and southern sections of the city. It includes police shooting deaths and deaths considered justifiable by law.
102 and counting: Chicago's homicides mapped https://t.co/0wyNseS9lOpic.twitter.com/nlr9Uo46Ln— Tribune Graphics (@ChiTribGraphics) March 1, 2016
The Chicago Police Department tallied 43 murders, 165 shootings and 187 shooting victims in February, according to WLS. The murder rate in 2016 marks the worst in the city in nearly two decades.
"While the Chicago Police Department is taking action to keep our communities safe, gun violence driven primarily by gang conflicts remained at an unacceptable level in February," Anthony Guglielmi, the Chicago PD's director of communications and affairs, said in a statement. "The level of violence is unacceptable and CPD continues to aggressively target those responsible, especially in neighborhoods where gang activity is most active."
51 murders in 31 days of 2016 in Chicago: Result of the additional paperwork and attention https://t.co/6bcxWHFijXpic.twitter.com/Z9NMKUVPBf— RT (@RT_com) February 2, 2016
Chicago police have confiscated at least 110 fewer illegal firearms than they did in the same period last year. Arrests for murder are up from 2015 by more than 40 percent, police said.
"We will continue to work tirelessly on ways to stop violence, and restore accountability and trust in communities throughout the city," said Interim Chicago Police Superintendent John Escalante, according to AP.
Chicago police to release officer shooting videos within 2-3 mos as mayor caves to pressure https://t.co/wy3zGXygrNpic.twitter.com/9dK6x1gVjt— RT America (@RT_America) February 17, 2016
As murders mounted in January, Chicago police blamed an "ACLU effect" on the spike in violent crime, referring to a pact made between the Chicago PD and the Illinois chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union that went into effect at the beginning of 2016. The agreement requires officers to fill out a two-page report detailing any stops involving citizens, from traffic violations to investigative searches. The previous procedure was limited to a one-page "contact card" that officers filled out.
The result of the additional paperwork and attention paid to street police stops has been a massive drop in the number of stops, the Sun Times reported.
ACLU-Illinois contested that claim.
"There is no discernible link between the rate of invasive street stops and searches by police and the level of violence… when such stops dramatically decreased in other cities, like New York City, we saw no such rise in crime. There simply is not any evidence of this so-called 'effect,'" Karen Sheley, police practices project director at the ACLU, said in a statement.
There is no discernible link btwn the rate of invasive street stops & searches by police & the level of violence: https://t.co/DqMoHyZGpg— ACLU of Illinois (@ACLUofIL) February 1, 2016
"Chicago police are under increasing scrutiny for use of force and a culture of silence," she added. "It is wrong to suggest that an effort to advance constitutional policing, transparency and oversight of police is the cause of a spike in violence over a relatively short period of time."


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This beautiful book, Manhattan in Maps: 1527 – 1995 by Robert Augustyn and Paul Cohen, is sadly out of print, a sorry fate for such a beautiful book. Used copies are available at ridiculously cheap prices. I bought mine on Amazon for about $10, probably a mere fraction of what it would have cost new.
The authors are rare book and map dealers, and they clearly know their business. The book is a superb history of Manhattan island and New York City. It's very vivid–one can almost imagine living in Nieuw Amsterdam in the 1630s, or accompanying John Randel in 1808 as he platted out New York's modern street grid against a landscape of swamps, hills, and rivers. "An elderly woman who sold vegetables discovered them at work in her kitchen one day and forced them out under a barrage of cabbages and artichokes."
Manhattan, after all, is the Indian word for place of mountains, topography that Randel scrupulously ignored. To build his city every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. He put 1,549 markers at each future intersection–twelve avenues and 155 streets.
I admire Egbert Ludovicus Viele who did a comprehensive survey of Manhattan's topography before the great leveling. And a good thing, too. " 'I know that it is generally supposed that when the city is entirely built upon all that water will disappear,' Viele lamented, 'but such is not the case.' " His 1864 map of Manhattan's rivers, still there but now forced underground, is still used today to ensure secure foundations and dry basements. "It is said that Paul Starrett, the builder of the Empire State Building and Stuyvesant Town, never prepared an estimate before consulting the Viele map."
Viele drew the detailed topographical maps of what would become Central Park, along with its initial design.
There's a lot more in this book. I shall make much use of it as I draft my own book, A Geography of New York State.


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Powering the majority of retailer eGift programs in the U.S., CashStar's digital gifting platform offers consumers an unmatched personalized digital gifting experience via email, mobile and social media channels. Retail brands currently leverage CashStar's platform to easily and securely integrate digital gifting strategies to increase sales and customer loyalty, including Best Buy, Gap, Staples, Starbucks, The Home Depot and Williams-Sonoma.
"CashStar is unmatched in its mobile eGift offering and we are grateful to have retail partners like Starbucks who are leading the way in mobile purchasing. We know from recent research that consumers want eGifts to be easily available on their smartphones, personalized and instant," said David Stone, co-founder and CEO of CashStar. "Top retailers have realized this trend and are now leveraging eGifts as digital currency to interact with their customers via their smartphones, on the web and social networks – even in the physical store."
About CashStar, Inc. CashStar is the preferred digital gifting and incentives partner for retailers nationwide. These retail brands leverage CashStar to easily and securely integrate digital gifting strategies to increase sales and customer loyalty. CashStar offers consumers an unmatched personalized eGift experience via email, mobile and social channels. It is the only company to successfully combine an on-demand B2C and B2B digital gifting and incentives platform with innovative multichannel marketing strategies. More than 250 brands are successfully partnering with CashStar to drive incremental sales, increase retention and boost profitability including Best Buy, Chili's Grill & Bar, CVS/pharmacy, Gap, Pottery Barn, QVC, Staples, Starbucks, T.G.I. Friday's, The Home Depot, and Williams-Sonoma. To learn more about how CashStar is constantly innovating the way businesses deliver personalized gifting experiences to consumers and partners in the digital world, please visit cashstar.com or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
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What follows is an outline of the content we are developing for the new website.
Troop676.net Site Index (Initials indicate Assignments / Accountability Areas)
Above Home Page Sections
- Welcome Message (MH)
- News (RJ)
About Troop 676
- Our History (Scout)
- Our Eagle Scouts (Scout)
- Our Troop Leaders (Bios) (Scout)
- Our Mission (RJ)
- Our Statement of Religious Affiliation (RJ)
- Our Outdoor Philosophy (RJ)
Troop 676 Policies and Procedures
- New Scout Handbook (CC)
- Parent Handbook (CC)
- Committee Handbook (CC)
Troop 676 Event Calendar
(to be exported from Troopmaster) — GK
- Meetings
- Outings
- Fundraising
- Service
- Special Events
Troop 676 Online Activities
- Photo Galleries (RJ needs to code & set up the Flickr Subaccount, Historian needs to provide photos)
- Scoutmaster's Blog (RJ needs to code & setup the blog subaccount, MH needs to provide content)
- Senior Patrol Leader's Blog (RJ needs to code & setup the blog subaccount, CH needs to provide content)
Troop 676 Member Resources (Password Protected)
- Phone Tree (Scout)
- Financial Reports (Treasurer)
- Roster of Scouts, Leaders, Patrol Lists, and Committee Members (Scout)
- Troopmaster Login Link (GK)
- Adult Leader Training Status (GK?)
Troop 676 Forms
- Contact/Suggestions (RJ)
- New Scout Information Collection Form (AV)
- New Scout Application Form (RJ)
- New Adult Leader Application Form (RJ)
- Vehicle Registration Form (AV)
- Troop Tour Permit Form (RJ)
- BSA Medical Form (RJ)
BSA Adult Leader Training Resources (RJ)
- Youth Protection
- Safe Swim Defense
- Safety Afloat
- Weather Smart
- Trek Safely
- High Adventure Trek Leader
- BSA Scoutmaster/Assistant Scoutmaster
- BSA Committee Chairman
- Wilderness First Aid
- Red Cross First Aid/CPR
Scouting Links (RJ)
- Mountain Valley District Website
- Montana Council Website
- Boy Scouts of America Website
- Boy's Life Website
- Scouting Magazine Website
- Montana High Adventure Website
- National Eagle Scout Association
- Order of the Arrow
- Scouter Forums
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I don't know if they have bolt on kits, but I have had very good service from Centreline Suspension on Great North Rd, worth having a chat with them
https://www.demon-tweeks.co.ukCheaper delivered than anything you will get locally.http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/performance/suspension-kits/car/audi/s3/2009/2-0-turbohttp://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/performance/suspension-kits/car/audi/s3/2009/2-0-turbo/ap-suspension-sports-suspension-kits-lowers-front-20mm-lowers-rear-20mmOr buy a set of shocks and a set of springs separately..Then you can customise further
NZ customs are getting quite tricky with private imports these days. I was stung couple of times on two different occasion past months.thanks for the recommendation!
likewise, however unless they've moved, they are no longer in business. Their old building is now hyper ride. Anyone know where Chris is now?
What would you like to know and what are you truly after?I have now installed multiple configurations in the 8P S3. Best combo to date was STX XTA coil overs + ST Swaybars.Rides about 100% smoother and nicer than stock.
When you say they are getting tricky? Do you mean that they did not believe that the brand new <insert expensive item here> was worth less than $400, so they got the real value of it and charged you GST on it?
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I-Phoneography has exploded with Instagram. It's one of those phenomena that is both cool and scary at the same time. It's cool because you can take a quasi-good photo with a handheld device that fits in your pocket, and then use an app to make that quasi-good photo look amazing. All with the touch of a button. So simple, even a monkey could do it. It's really cool to browse the Instagram photos and see all the neat and beautiful photos people and monkeys are creating with this new tool.
What's scary about it, is that as a photographer, I sometimes wonder what use will people have for me if they can make these awesome photos themselves? I'm sure this same question was asked with the advent of digital cameras in place of film cameras, which I, being of a digital generation, have grown up with. So, I am also going to embrace the iPhone and its easy apps, mainly because I enjoy the resulting images, but also because there is no sense in resisting the inevitable. And even though most photographers no longer use film as part of their core professional gear, there are a lot of photographers that still use film on a regular basis, because there really is something about film that you just can't create with a digital camera. And I'm one of them.
So, I believe that photographers are safe, and that there is a certain amount of strength in the acceptance of and curiosity about i-Phoneography. Plus it really doesn't matter how much I or any other photographer resist it. It's here to stay. And something cooler and better is most certainly soon to follow. That's just how the human race and technology work.
My hours and hours spent bent over a computer in Photoshop will not be in vain! In fact, I recently discovered some great Photoshop actions, created by Daniel Box, that you can use to make ANY photo Instagram-my. These Instagram Actions will transform your crappy photos into works of art, just like the iPhone!! See below for example of crappy photo turned cool. I used a webcam on my computer to snap this silly photo. My favorite action is Nashville. What's yours?


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#travelwithme to Berlin - day 2
Posted on Sunday, May 28, 2017
Lately I have had a lot of things to share here on the blog with you... not really so much time to do it! I am so far behind left with my posts I don't even know when I will get to post them...today is one attempt of finishing the #travelwithme series from Berlin... where we went a MONTH AGO!
ANYWAY! Back to Berlin this is the second day from our weekend spent in Germany's capital:
in our second day we visited the Berlin Cathedral , Museum Island where we saw the DDR Museum & Pergamom Museum & the Berliner TV tower.
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Berliner Dome - Berlin Cathedral
...is the largest church in the city, and it serves as a vital center for the Protestant church of Germany. With church services, concerts, tours, and many more events and offerings, the cathedral presents a wide variety of opportunities to come closer to the Christian religious tradition. The souvenir shop - Dom-Shop " and the "Domcafé " are located in the basement of the Berlin Cathedral Church.
Pergamom Museum - Museum IslandThe Pergamon Museum is filled with classical sculpture, imposing architecture, colorful tapestries and enough historical artifacts to drive a thousand Indiana Jones films. Highlights include the famous Ishtar Gate, a fragment from the Epic of Gilgamesh, and the Market Gate of Milete. The works come from Ancient Greece, Rome, Babylon and the Middle East and show how advanced these ancient societies were.
DDR Museum
The DDR Museum provides a fascinating insight into life in East Berlin. There is so much to see in this relatively small museum. There is the domestic sphere where a recreated apartment shows you what daily life was like. The interactive displays where drawers and cupboards are opened revealing historical artefacts and more. You can see more in a next vlog on my youtube channel here:
Berlin TV Tower
Everyone is supposed to remember that Berlin's Fernsehturm (TV Tower) is 365m high and the tallest building in Berlin. As urban legend has it, the tower's height was a deliberate decision taken by Walter Ulbricht, Leader of the SED, so that every child would be able to remember it, just like the days of the year. In fact the tower's summit today is 368m.
#travelwithme to Berlin - day 2 julianasjournal Sunday, May 28, 2017
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It started with wine and six girls who meet up every Wednesday. We were all single and sharing our stories about dates we were going on . We were baffled at how ridiculous some of the stories were and thought that we should share them with the world so other people having terrible dates can laugh and feel a bit better about themselves.
How it got the name?
Remember ratemyteacher.ie? We thought you should also be able to rate your date.
What is our mission?
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Hello noobs and beginners throughout Terribad Duel Academy! Are you sick of being told you are stupid because you are new to the academy? Are you sick of feeling like a deer in headlights every time someone mentions a word you don't know? Well, fret not. !!Kairi and XraishionX, have teamed up specifically to meet your needs.
Who the heck are we?
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Terribad Duel Academy is an academy based on the Card Game Yu-Gi-Oh!. We are committed to giving duelists an area to converse and polish their skills. Simply put, the better you do and the happier you are, the closer we will be to our goal.
What is this TC stuff?
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TC, also known Terri Cash, is TBA's form of currency. In order to win TC, all you need to do is win duels, win tournaments, sell stuff in a shop, or do well in events. TC can be used to buy any items . For example, you can use it to buy a shop, stuff from a shop, a name change, the ability to post an article, or even the ability run an event.
Dorms?! I thought I was going to make the commute!
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As you may have noticed, your starting rank is Nabbiest Red, the equivalent of Slifer Red in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX animated TV show and the lowest of the low. This is not a mistake. Fortunately, we offer redemption. Each newly registered duelist gets a free testing pass. You can use this immediately by posting in the "Entrance Exams" area. The dorm system works as follows: Nabbiest Red is the lowest, Guud Yellow is for the average duelist, Stronk Blue is for the good duelist, and BLS Purple is the dorm where only the elite are allowed into. You may test for anything except for the BLS Purple dorm. Only high contributors and members the staff sees ad valuable are allowed into the BLS Purple dorm. For more information on the Dorm System in Terribad Duel Academy, click on the following link: http://terribadacademy.forumotion.com/t2-entrance-exam
Dueling? I thought this was Pokemon!
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Of course we duel. How do we reach our nationwide-spread (and sometimes inter-nationwide) duelists? We use dueling systems through the internet. The main dueling system for TBA members is Dueling Network, a website with a manually operated engine where you can use any cards you want. A secondary dueling system (primary automatic dueling system) is called DevPro, which requires a download. Here are the links to both:
Dueling Network – www.duelingnetwork.com
DevPro - www.devpro.org
Well, what the heck do the duels count for?
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Duels can either be Cheap Arena or Duel Arena. Cheap Arena duels will allow you to steal 20 TC from ANY TBA member after winning. Yes, this includes us staff. Duel Arena is for the cautious, for the wimps who are afraid to take a shot in the dark. In the Duel Arena, you get 20 TC for every individual duel that you win.
Tournaments? I forgot my gladiator equipment!
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Yes! We even have the traditional dueling tournaments (fortunately they are not roman gladiator tournaments)! These will be done on brackets, and usually have a set of rules to follow. Rules usually include deck restriction if it is a special tournament, a TCG or OCG restriction, an archetype restriction, and cheating being a no no. Sometimes, there's even dueling wars. Crossfire being a main one, where teams are made and anyone from either team can hunt down any member on the other team, with each member having a set of lives left.
The Social System
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Terribad Duel Academy is based around the Yu-Gi-Oh! Card game which means that if you actually came here to improve your skills, you'll find many people who share your purpose! You'll find this advantageous, for you'll be able to make great (non tranny/creeper/pedophilic) friends over the internet! Of course, there are also people who are going to be different from you; however, this also works towards your favor, as you can learn different perspectives of your hobby. Just remember to have fun and duel on!
Class? Oh dear, I don't have a textbook...
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The Off-Topic Section
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News - What's been happening lately?
Media - Any nice movies you just watched?
Anime & Manga - Otakus unite!
Gaming - Is that new game for Xbox worth it?
Forum Games - Create something to have users interact with!
Other - Random things you'd like to talk about.
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Server Maintenance on October 11th.
Aprox Duration: Maintenance will take between 2 and 3 hours.
Patch Notes:
- Fixes to Monster Hunt Solo Challenge: Aveline's goal has been corrected and the required amount downgraded to 3.
- Fixes to Performer's Battlefield Champion PvP Rewards: prizes has been corrected to our custom ones.
- Fixes to Duelist's Purgatory Fighter PvP Rewards not being sent.
- Fixes to Norway Snow Land and Black Rock Desert Hidden Treasure Maps.
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- Fixes to Freya, Alicia, Demeter and Michael's Guild Artifacts.
- Fixes to Sky Tower Classic Empty Bags.
- Fixes to Brawler's Lightning Strike effects not being proc.
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New Paragon Table: Power of Gods Edition
Available for one week, from October 11 to October 18. If you have been getting behind with your eidolons collection, this week's paragon will be the perfect opportunity to finally complete your list! The Gods of Azuria will be making a special appearance on our weekly table.
- Fragments from: Sif, Ares, Seiryuu, Aoandon, Kaiser Zeta, Hermes, Medjed, Nalani, Maja, Rhodri, Higa, Endora, and more!
- Eidolon Accessories for several Eidolons.
- 1*,2*, 3* and 4* Eidolon Buff Rerolls.
- Ring of Oath.
New AP Promotions: Moon Blessing Edition
For this week's special AP Promotions, the Sun and the Moon will inspire a special collection of items. With the release of Tsukuyomi in our store and his lovely lady sister, Amaterasu. Costumes, mounts, and accessories to complete this family gathering.
New LP Promotions: Summer Nostalgia
Summer might be already over but it doesn't mean we cannot still enjoy some time at the beach. On this week's Loyalty Store, we will see both Hot Alucard and Sultry Nidhogg making their debut together with the beautiful Undine. Plus, summer costumes and accessories. So start packing and get to Helonia!
New AP and LP Promotions: Hidden Power Edition
If everything is filling too eidolon-sided for you this week, fear not. We will also have a second promotion in both stores focused on Costume Weapons. Amazing weapons will appear in both stores, together with Golden Weapon Fusion Scrolls for a limited time.
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The CLARIN-D Resource Center of IDS-Mannheim (IDS-Repository: http://repos.ids-mannheim.de/) is part of CLARIN-D (Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure Deutschland) - a web and centers-based research infrastructure for the social sciences and humanities. The aim of CLARIN-D and its service centers is to provide linguistic data, tools and services in an integrated, interoperable and scalable infrastructure for the social sciences and humanities. The research infrastructure is rolled out in close collaboration with expert scholars in the humanities and social sciences, to ensure that it meets the needs of users in a systematic and easily accessible way. CLARIN-D is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research.
CLARIN-D is building on the achievements of the preparatory phase of the European CLARIN initiative as well as CLARIN-D's Germany-specific predecessor project D-SPIN. These previous projects have developed research standards to be met by the CLARIN services centers, technical standards and solutions for key functions, a set of requirements which participants have to provide, as well as plans for the sustainable provision of tools and data and their long-term archiving.
The IDS-Repository serves as an archive for corpora compiled for documenting the German language (spoken and written). This includes corpora compiled by the IDS as well as corpora compiled by external data providers. An overview of the currently available corpora is available at http://repos.ids-mannheim.de/corporaoverview.html. For more information on the overall mission of the IDS repository see DSA 4.
Within CLARIN-D this resource center is a certified center of type A. CLARIN distinguishes a number of different center types that have different impact for the language resources and tools infrastructure. Type B centers offer services that include the access to the resources stored by them and tools deployed at the center via specified and CLARIN compliant interfaces in a stable and persistent way.
Within CLARIN-D the following requirements hold for centers of type A (https://www.clarin.eu/node/3542) and are fulfilled by this resource center:
A short overview of all requirements for centers of type B is also given in the form of a checklist (https://www.clarin.eu/content/checklist-clarin-b-centers).
The link https://www.clarin.eu/content/checklist-clarin-b-centers creates an error message. The requirements for type B are however included in the above linked documentation.
The IDS-Repository closely follows the recommendations for standards and tools for compiling language corpora [1, in German] issued by "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). The corpora compiled at the IDS are all available in digitized form, but differ widely in terms of available metadata, method of storage, and legal terms of use. Archiving these corpora typically involves further curation to complement and standardize metadata, unify dataformats, and ensure availability of legal information.
Following [1], the major requirements for accepting resources for long term archival are:
(a) Metadata: Every resource must be provided in a standardized format or an exhaustive documentation of the proprietary format. At least for the whole resource, a minimum set of Metadata in Dublin Core (DC:title, DC:description, DC:publisher and/or DC:creator, DC:legalStatus) must be provided. Moreover, comprehensive documentation describing - depending on the resource - provenance of data, procedure of curation, necessary tools, formats, and a bibliography of publications about the resource, must be provided.
If the resource consists of several parts, for example a collection of papers, provision of metadata for the individual parts in appropriate form is strongly encouraged. Ideally, these metadata are provided in CMDI, but other forms such as well documented comma separated tables, from which CMDI metadata can be generated are accepted.
(b) Quality Assurance: Only resources that comply with CLARIN guidelines or are created in peer-reviewed scientific projects (with respect to scientific and scholarly quality) are considered for deposit. The depositor is required to sign an agreement stating that these guidelines are met (see also DSA Guideline 5).
Data sharing and reuse is promoted by providing free access to the data (download, webservices) and metadata (via the OAI-PMH protocol). The CLARIN infrastructure contains software components such as the VLO (http://www.clarin.eu/vlo/) which enable users to browse and search through combined catalogs that contain metadata of all CLARIN repositories.
[1] Empfehlungen zu datentechnischen Standards und Tools bei der Erhebung von Sprachkorpora. http://www.dfg.de/download/pdf/foerderung/grundlagen_dfg_foerderung/informationen_fachwissenschaften/geisteswissenschaften/standards_sprachkorpora.pdf
The IDS Repository recommends to use formats listed in the CLARIN standard recommendations [1]. The encoding for textual sources (plain text, XML, etc.) should be Unicode. In addition, for spoken corpora, the following formats are currently accepted.
The FOLKER data format (Documentation in German[2], XML Schema[3])
The EXMARaLDA data format (Documentation [4], DTDs[5])
For other formats we offer advice for conversion. However, as a general principle we also archive digital data in their original format in order to minimize the risk of conversion loss.
[1] http://www.clarin.eu/recommendations
[2] http://agd.ids-mannheim.de/download/FOLKER-Datenmodell.pdf
[3] http://agd.ids-mannheim.de/download/Folker_Schema.xsd
[4] http://jtei.revues.org/142
While the list of Clarin standard recommendations is thorough and well laid out, it was not updated since 2009. There have probably been some changes, like support for TEI?
Following general CLARIN standards, metadata for the IDS Repository must be provided in the CMDI format with unique references to the actual resources. Comprehensive documentation on how to create CMDI compliant metadata profiles and instances is available at http://www.clarin.eu/cmdi
The creation of metadata files (instances) can be performed with any standard XML Editor, e.g. the XML Editor ARBIL (https://tla.mpi.nl/tools/tla-tools/arbil/
) that comes with CMDI support. Additionally, a set of tools is provided that allow data producers to create new or adapt existing metadata to the CMDI standard. This includes customizable transformation scripts for converting existing metadata in a variety of formats (Dublin Core, generic XML, comma separated tables) to CMDI, and extracting metadata from text data.
The granularity of CMDI metadata and objects is chosen by the (meta)data producer. The IDS Repository itself is able to handle a high granularity of metadata and objects.
Metadata elements must be compliant to the standards set in CMDI. Since CMDI is a component based approach which allows (meta)data producers to create custom tailored metadata profiles there is no limit to the usage of established standards etc. In order to be visible and useable in the CLARIN infrastructure CMDI metadata added to the IDS Repository needs to contain a minimum set of attributes (linked to data categories stored in the Clarin-EU Concept Registry (CCR: http://www.clarin.eu/ccr) which is enforced by the quality checks as part of the automated ingest and delivery procedures of the IDS Repository.
This includes:
1. Validation against CMDI Schemas before the ingest.
2. Integrity check for all referenced data.
3. Generation of an actionable URL for all CMDI records and data, and registration of the URL in a handle system (http://hdl.handle.net/).
4. Validation based on the validation procedures of the underlying Fedora-Commons backend.
5. Validation of CMDI Records delivered by the OAI Provider, using the underlying validation of the Fedora-Commons PROAI provider.
The mission of the IDS Repository is to serve as the repository of a CLARIN-D resource center. The mission of CLARIN-D is to provide "linguistic data, tools and services in an integrated, interoperable and scalable infrastructure for the social sciences and humanities" (http://de.clarin.eu/en/home-en.html). Therefore a repository in which data, tools and according metadata is archived on a long term basis has to be operated by such a resource center.
This mission is in line with the general mission of IDS-Mannheim (Satzung des Instituts für Deutsche Sprache, &2(1) [1]), which states: "The foundation pursues the purpose of scientifically researching and documenting the German language in its contemporary use and its more recent history. It cooperates with other national and international institutions with a similar goal, and also provides scientific services."
The IDS Repository is part of the CLARIN infrastructure and thus does not carry out promotional activities on its own, but is embedded into such activities on CLARIN-D and the European CLARIN level. These activities include but are not limited to:
The IDS Repository is not a legal entity on its own. It is run by IDS-Mannheim which is an institution governed by public law.
Depositors must sign an agreement stating that they respect IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) and privacy issues and that they own all necessary rights required to deposit the data. In particular, data must be anonymized when applicable. Users must confirm that they will use resources only in the intended way. The depositor can choose to make the data publicly available, restrict access to academics via AAI (Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure), or to restrict access to individual users.
Guidelines and model contracts are provided for both, depositors and users in Clarin Terms of Use [1]. The Terms of Service and Privacy Policy have been amended to clarify IDS Mannheim as the legal entity. Model contracts for Depositors are indeed tailored individually for each depositor.
Examples for the declaration of consent of interviewees in the FOLK Corpus are available:
Declaration of Consent FOLK audio recordings (in German) [2]
Declaration of Consent FOLK video recordings (in German) [3]
They restrict the terms of use of the recordings to very specific research contexts, and explicitly exclude dissemination to third parties.
[1] http://repos.ids-mannheim.de/tou.html (visited: April 30, 2015)
[2] http://repos.ids-mannheim.de/resources/EINVERSTAENDNISERKLAERUNG_FOLK.pdf
[3] http://repos.ids-mannheim.de/resources/EINVERSTAENDNISERKLAERUNG_FOLK_Zusatz_Video.pdf
The IDS-Repository runs on a 3-node visualization cluster hosted by the IDS Mannheim. The necessary storage is provided by a redundant storage system. The machines are housed in a modern data center that was completely overhauled in 2014. It provides redundant air conditioning and redundant uninterrupted power supplies. Maintenance of the systems is performed by a team of trained personnel.
Access to the virtual server is restricted by a firewall. The storage hardware and hardware for virtual machines is replaced at regular intervals to the latest state of art.
The IDS-Repository, that is data and operating system, is backed up Monday through Thursday with incremental backups. Full (4th) respectively differential (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th) backups are performed every fourth Friday. Backups have a retention period of three months and are stored
on a dedicated backup server on disks.
In the future, the IDS anticipates to keep a mirror of the most valuable data with a 3rd-party (Mannheim University), but legal, technical, and financial issues still need to be settled.
The IDS-Repository virtual machine, the backup server and other critical infrastructure is monitored with Icinga (= network and service monitoring software).
Measures are taken to enhance the chance of future interpretability of the data. The number of accepted file formats is detailed in DSA Guideline 2, to make future conversions to other formats more feasible. As much as possible open (non-proprietary) file formats are used. For textual resources, XML formats are used whenever possible, to make future interpretation of the files possible even if the tool that was used to create them no longer exists. Text is encoded in Unicode to ensure future interpretability.
When a particular file format is in danger of becoming obsolete, appropriate curation steps take place.
All resources in the IDS Repository (metadata and actual data) are equipped with a checksum, which is checked on a regular basis in coordination with the backup schedule described in DSA Guideline 6.
Technical Workflows: The IDS Repository uses Fedora Commons as an underlying repository system. The ingest workflows of the IDS Repository are built on top of the batch ingest utilities provided by Fedora Commons. As detailed in DSA 3, extensive technical validation and automated curation takes place for ingesting CMDI metadata and the underlying data.
Overall Workflows: The general goal of the IDS Repository is to sustainably archive linguistic resources (corpora and tools) compiled and developed at IDS-Mannheim together with their metadata. In addition, IDS-Mannheim aims at providing archival services to academic researchers and institutions according to its basic mission (Satzung des Instituts für Deutsche Sprache, &2(1)) [1]. Selection of resources, and decision about archival is governed by institutional best practices, balancing provenance, utility, and funding.
The data provider retains all intellectual property rights to their data. The depositor must grant distribution rights to the IDS Repository and choose an access model (public, academic, individuals). Access models are provided by the repository and distribution rights are specified in the data provision contract. Enforcing licenses by data users in the case of misuse is conducted by the property rights owner.
Crisis management is based on the technical solutions described in DSA Guideline 6. In addition, the IDS Repository archives all metadata and data in such a way that they can be easily migrated to and mirrored at other CLARIN resource centers. All metadata and data have a persistent identifier (PID), and are stored as self contained XML files. Legal aspects of the process of relocating data to another institution is addressed by templates of license agreements provided in CLARIN.
Harvesting of metadata is possible via OAI-PMH. Local search facilities are provided on the basis of the search interface of Fedora Commons (http://repos.ids-mannheim.de/fedora/objects). In addition, all CMDI metadata are harvested by the OAI-PMH of the virtual language observatory (VLO: http://www.clarin.eu/vlo/), which provide a central starting point when searching for resources in the CLARIN infrastructure. For some resources "deep search" is supported by the means of the CLARIN Federated Content Search (http://www.clarin.eu/fcs) interface.
The IDS has acquired a Handle prefix and runs an own Handle server for persistent identifiers. The IDS anticipates to have their prefix mirrored by EPIC and is currently negotiating this issue with EPIC. The IDS Repository itself does not offer a persistent identifier service on its own but relies on the IDS Handle server. The usage of PIDs is mandatory for resources and their CMDI metadata in CLARIN thus all resources added to the repository can be referenced using PIDs.
The negotiations refered to here and in DSA Guideline 6 were already ongoing at the time of your first DSA application - was there no progress?
The integrity of the data is ensured by the version control in the Fedora-Commons backend. Metadata is a data stream within the digital object, and as such is version controlled like object data. CLARIN propagates the idea of reproducible research. Thus updates/new versions of resources typically are equipped with a new PID. Only marginal changes to CMDI metadata are versioned without registering a new PID.
Part of the archiving workflow is the integrity check of the data and the metadata by the archive manager. This is done both manually and automatically. The metadata is parsed for syntactic correctness and manually evaluated for completeness and soundness. The object data is tested for syntactic correctness if possible. All datastreams and versions are equipped with a MD5 checksum, which is checked in coordination with the backups as described in DSA Guideline 6.
The repository in principle makes the original deposited objects available in an unmodified way, if the objects are in one of the accepted file types and encodings. In case of changes by the data producer, the repository creates a new digital object with a new PID. In the case that the repository has to change the data, e.g., because a file format becomes obsolete and superceded, the original data are kept.
The repository only accepts works from the original data producers, who are acknowledged as such by means of elements in Dublin Core, or equivalent elements with according CCR categories in CMDI. We use CMDI relations (depending on the profile) to link between objects within a collection, and providing links from objects to additional information. An example CMDI record for the "Mannheimer Korpus historischer Zeitungen und Zeitschriften" is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10932/00-017B-E0F5-4DD7-4D01-F.
External deposits are only accepted after a due dilligence process involving a check of the identity of depositors and clarification of all legall issues along the lines described in DSA Guideline 5.
The repository complies with the OAIS reference model's tasks and functions[1]. Moreover, the repository uses the Fedora Commons software, which is compliant with the Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS) due to its ability to ingest and disseminate Submission Information Packages (SIPS) and Dissemination Information Packages (DIPS) in standard container formats.
The data consumer has direct access to the archived objects via the web, provided that access requirements have been met.
A more detailed description of the IDS Repository Functional Architecture along the OAIS reference model and Ingest Pipelines is available in [2].
[1] Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS), Recommended Practice, CCSDS 650.0-M-2 (Magenta Book) Issue 2, June 2012 http://public.ccsds.org/publications/archive/650x0m2.pdf
[2] Functional Architecture and Ingest Pipelines. http://repos.ids-mannheim.de/reposdescription.html
All CMDI metadata are provided without access restrictions according to CLARIN-D policies.
Part of the actual data is also provided without access restrictions, but a significant part is protected. For some data, a shibboleth account is necessary, for some data a personal account is necessary to get access to the data. For some data sets, explicit permission from the depositor is needed. For a large part of the data, the data consumer needs to agree with a code of conduct, which also contains licensing terms.
An example of a protected resource is DeReKo . Access to a large part of the actual data of DeReKo is only possible via COSMAS II (http://cosmas2.ids-mannheim.de/). In order to access DeReKo via COSMAS II an end user license agreement has to be signed (http://www.ids-mannheim.de/cosmas2/projekt/registrierung/). For some sub-corpora of DeReKo the access is further restricted to IDS-internal use only (see http://www.ids-mannheim.de/kl/projekte/korpora/archiv.html for a list).
Some smaller parts of DeReKo are also available for download. These are licensed under Creative Commons (CC-BY-SA), namely the Wikipedia corpora (wpd, wpd11, wdd11) and the corpus "Reden und Interviews" (rei) (see http://www.ids-mannheim.de/kl/projekte/korpora/verfuegbarkeit.html#Download). Further corpora that are available for download (mk1, mk2, bzk) are under a special license that allows for non-commericial scientific use only and prohibits their re-distribution.
Data depositors need to make sure that IPR and personality rights are respected in their deposited data. They specify an appropriate licence that data consumer need to accept. Data are protected by an AAI and only available when accepting the licence.
In addition, the IDS Repository requires data consumers to comply with the DFG code of conduct for good scientific practice [1].
[1] http://www.dfg.de/foerderung/grundlagen_rahmenbedingungen/gwp/
The system does not allow ingest of data into the repository without the specification of access criteria and without providing an appropriate licence. These license conditions are displayed to users in the CMDI metadata and must be accepted before obtaining access to the data.


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Family Guy Pilot In 1995 Shows What Could Have Been
Believe it or not Seth Mcfarlane had been trying to bring Family Guy to networks since the mid 90's! This pilot done in 1995 titled The Life of Larry has a lot of the same jokes, character styles, and antics of the Mcfarlane series we've come to know and love, and the opening by Seth had me laughing at my computer. Pretty funny, but I'm glad Peter Griffin made the final cut and not Larry...if only because the world loves a fat guy.


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When Someone You Love Spirals Out of Control, When Do You Stay and When Do You Go?
Though thе two аrе subdue legally married, Khloe Kardashian left thе basketball star аftеr five years together іn 2013, reportedly over hіѕ struggle wіth substance abuse аnԁ, primarily, hіѕ addiction tο cocaine. Odom remains іn critical condition, subdue unconscious, wіth Kardashian bу hіѕ side аftеr ѕhе rυѕhеԁ tο Las Vegas upon hearing thе news. Earlier thіѕ week, University οf Southern California football coach Steve Sarkisian wаѕ fired, allegedly аѕ a upshot οf hіѕ οwn struggle wіth alcoholism аnԁ hіѕ violation οf thе school's zero-tolerance policy a propos alcohol υѕе. Thе 41-year-ancient hаѕ three children wіth hіѕ estranged wife. AƖѕο thіѕ week, reality TV star Scott Disick, thе former boyfriend οf Kourtney Kardashian аnԁ father οf hеr children, checked іntο rehab tο ɡеt hеƖр fοr hіѕ addiction problems.
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Tuesday, October 04, 2011
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Interesting post. On one of the law professor's blogs, Prawfsblawg, a related discussion is going on in the context of a case addressing the question of whether a catholic school teacher falls under the "ministerial exception" to the application of secular employment statutes. The teacher was allegedly fired for unlawful reasons. If a minister had been fired for the same reason the law would not reach the action because of the exception. The question - is a teacher like a minister?
By Michael Duff, at 10/04/2011
Very interesting post. The more I think about it the more concerned I am. I can't imagine the lawsuit being successful. If it is, what about the 50+ women colleges in the U.S.? Or for that matter men's colleges. The same logic of sexual discrimination could apply.
As for the health care issue,I don't even want to comment on that mess forced upon us.
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Thank you for your article "Moral Challenges in Catholic Higher Education" in the Religion Today Column. I found the article to be interesting and clearly written, but I also found a big error. In explaining the required services to be offered with the legislation you comment about the "so-called "morning-after pills" that induce abortions", but this is factually incorrect. The pill does not induce abortion. It prevents pregnancy from occurring from the time taken on. It doesn't terminate an existing pregnancy. It has been labeled as a contraceptive, and some argue a contragestive. In contrast mifespristone is known to induce abortion. This may not have been the focus of the article, but it is still inaccurate.
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I see your point. I guess I did not make it clear that I was trying to present the perspective of the Catholic Church. I am making a change for clarification now.
By Paul Flesher, at 10/05/2011
No simple solution to the health care issue here (or anywhere else it would seem). Fascinating collision between individual rights and religious tradition, akin to headscarves and female genital mutilation -- easy to judge when it's some other culture but almost unbearable when it's right there in our own mirror.
By 10/19/2011, at
The difficulty with the article is the dilemna proposed is not the only one. Since when can the federal government tell a religious institution what it can or cannot offer in health insurance coverage. Also, employees certainly have the freedom to seek other employment opportunities if they disagree with any institutions health care plan. For more information go to: http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/conscience-protection/index.cfm
By 10/20/2011, at
There is a difference between teaching people what a religion perceives to be right and compelling adherence to those beliefs. God could have made us automatons, but He gave us freedom of choice. In other words, He allows us to sin.
The university has the right to make its dormitories single-sex (although I suppose if they do so they will have to make some hard decisions concerning trans-sexuals).
However, it does not have the right or the obligation to compel personal medical choices that are legal under Constitutional law.
Freedom of religion in America does not give a group the right to trample on the civil rights of its members. We don't support that for Warren Jeffs, so why support it for Catholic University?
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Come and meet the Keith Haynes in the Salcombe gallery on Tuesday 25th October. For one week only a full solo collection of new and existing works can be seen in the gallery. Cleverly using original music vinyl and ephemera and neon light from popular music culture, Haynes presents such a vivid and collectable portfolio of works.
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Transforming Hollywood 8: The Work of Art in the Age of Algorithmic Culture
UCLA TFT Department of Film, Television and Digital Media
Friday, May 5, 2017 from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM (PDT)
Event Details
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
USC Annenberg School of Communication &
USC School of Cinematic Arts
Transforming Hollywood 8:
The Work of Art in the Age of Algorithmic Culture
Presented by The Andrew J. Kuehn, Jr. Foundation
Friday, May 5, 2017
James Bridges Theater, UCLA
9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Tickets will be sold until midnight on Thursday, May 4th, after which they will be purchasable on site on the day of the conference.
Transforming Hollywood 8: "The Work of Art in the Age of Algorithmic Culture," reframes Walter Benjamin's oft-quoted essay about technology's double-edged sword: mechanical reproduction fundamentally alters the original artwork's unique auratic properties but makes it accessible to the masses. According to Ted Striphas, "…the growing prevalence of recommendation features such as those you find on Amazon.com [signals the] displacement of human judgment into algorithmic form [which] raises all sorts of questions about taste aggregation — questions with which scholars in the humanities …have only begun to grapple." Streaming on-demand services grant consumers greater choice and democratic access to media content (letting us choose what to watch and when to watch it); however, the terms of this exchange is unfettered access to our consumer impulses via sophisticated surveillance tactics that track our online activities 24-7. Ted Hope, the newly appointed head of Amazon Studios' film division, lays out the implicit pact we've forged with the major tech platforms: "Amazon Studios' flood of investment in the movie business is designed to revive a market for independent films…." However, at the same time, he observes wryly: "At Amazon, to quote Jeff Bezos, we make movies to sell shoes. The movies are essentially advertising for the (e-commerce) platform." Welcome to the future of art (as advertising) in the age of algorithmic culture.
While Netflix has received the lions' share of press and notoriety for disrupting traditional Hollywood given its $6 billion investment in original content and its global expansion to 190 territories, the "big four" tech platforms—Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon (GAFA)—have infinitely more capital (and data) to spare when it comes to the risky business of growing a media and entertainment industry. Each has its own core business to fall back on: Google has search and advertising; Apple has its hardware-software business; Facebook has social and advertising; and Amazon has its ecommerce business. Media, it turns out, is the ideal lure to keep users inside of their powerful digital ecosystems as long as consumers accept datavaillance as the price of admission.
As Hollywood and Silicon Valley battle for supremacy, the current crisis in media stems from an unmanageable sea of online content made available by competing subscription-based (SVOD) and advertising-supported (AVOD) streaming services, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, YouTube Red, Vimeo, Seeso, Crackle, CBS Everywhere, HBO Go, CW Seed, Verizon Go90, and so forth. The streaming music services, such as Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music, and Tidal, have also joined the original content derby, with Apple's repurposing of James Cordon's Carpool Karaoke and Tidal's exclusive streaming of Beyonce's Lemonade being prime examples. Compounding the existing churn of data-driven content is what's being generated by millennial-facing online news formats such as Vice, BuzzFeed and Mic; each is disrupting legacy news organizations, such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal, once revered for their veteran editors who curate the news and seasoned reporters who research all sides of complex issues. The backlash that followed the recent election cycle prompted Wired to report:"There's a very dark mood in Silicon Valley right now…. Google and Facebook also seem to be feeling a need to grapple with the role they have played. Both have undertaken highly visible initiatives to curb fake news…." While the platforms were able to scale rapidly by giving unfettered access to all forms of third-party-generated content, in their new role as original content producers, the tech founders are starting to reflect on their social responsibility to curate culture. This year's conference examines the legacy of Netflix and YouTube as influencers, creator-entrepreneurs, and engineers all contribute to the seemingly endless flood of scripted series and short-form, snackable content that vies for our attention. One question looms large: Will flesh and blood experts or data-driven algorithms ultimately control the production, delivery, and reception of our shared cultural knowledge going forward?
Schedule Overview
9:00-9:15 a.m. - The Work of Art in the Age of Algorithmic Culture. Welcome by Transforming Hollywood by co-directors Denise Mann (UCLA) and Henry Jenkins (USC).
9:15-10:20 a.m. - Keynote Presentation," by Ted Striphas, "Algorithmic Culture."
10:30-12:00 p.m. - Panel One: Playing with Snackable Content in Virtual Marketplaces, moderated by Denise Mann, Professor, School of Theater, Film, Television, UCLA.
- Larry Fitzgibbon, CEO and Co-Founder, Tastemade
- Thomas Jorion, Head of Strategy and Innovation, Havas 18
- Rob Kramer, CEO and Founder, PurposeLab
- Kym Nelson, Senior VP of Sales, Twitch
- Ted Striphas, Professor, Colorado University
12:15-1:45 p.m. - Panel Two: Fake News and Struggles Over Circulation, Moderated by Henry Jenkins, Provost Professor, Annenberg Communication and School of Cinematic Arts, USC.
- Mark Andrejevic, Professor of Media Studies, Pomona College
- Brooke Borel, journalist and Author of The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking
- Hannah Cranston, host and executive producer of ThinkTank and guest host of The Young Turks.
- Jon Passantino, deputy news director for BuzzFeed News, Los Angeles.
- Ramesh Srinivasan, Associate Professor, Department of Information Studies and Design/Media Arts, UCLA.
- Laura Sydell, Correspondent, Arts Desk, NPR.
1:45-2:45 p.m. - Lunch Break
2:45-4:15 p.m. - Panel Three: Music Streaming & The Splinternets: The New, Competing Cultural Curators, moderated by Gigi Johnson, Founding Director, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
- Matthew Adell, CEO and Founder, MetaPop
- Shanna Jade, Director of Community, Stem
- Alex White, Head of Next Big Sound at Pandora
4:30-6:00 p.m. - Panel Four: Creating Binge-worthy "Streaming Web TV," Moderated by Neil Landau, author of TV Outside the Box and The Showrunner's Roadmap.
- Jessie Kahnweiler, creator, The Skinny (Hulu)
- Zander Lehmann, creator, Casual (Hulu)
- Dawn Prestwich, co-executive producer, Z: The Beginning of Everything (Amazon)
- Nicole Yorkin, co-executive producer, Z: The Beginning of Everything (Amazon)
6:00-8:00 p.m. - Reception
When & Where
James Bridges Theater
235 Charles E Young Dr
Los Angeles,
California 90095
Friday, May 5, 2017 from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM (PDT)
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Have any of you taken a screen printing class or know how to? I am very interested in the process and may go check out a class. I have an idea or two on a t-shirt design, but I need to know how to make that happen ;) Any suggestions? Have any of you made a shirt before? Appreciate ya!
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Showcase Sunday is a weekly meme hosted by Vicki at Books, Biscuits, and Tea, where we showcase what books we've gotten over the course of the week, whether it be from a book store, bought for your eReader, received from the library, or from the publishers for review.
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Thanks to Random House, Delacorte, and Egmont for the review copies!
I'm really looking forward to reading the books I got this week, especially Level 2, because it sounds really original, and I am just dying to see what this amazing twist is, and Warm Bodies, because the movies looks really funny. Notes from Ghost Town also sounds interesting, but I'm afraid it'll be a bit cheesy and cliche in the sense that "love never dies", and blah blah zzzzz, but we'll see. And I still have my ARC of Lies Beneath that needs to be read, but once I do read it at least I have an ARC of Deep Betrayal waiting to be read!


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Welcome! I'm so glad you found me...:) If you have a love of DIY, crafting, thrift shopping, or vintage, then you will most likely enjoy your visit here! If you are a fellow mobile home dweller who is looking looking to update your tired, old mobile home, then be sure to check in often as my hubby and I update ours on a budget. I look forward to your visits and hope you will stay a while and browse through some older posts...:) Grab a drink, get comfy and sit a spell! Blessings....Vicky
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Fall is Finally In the Air
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You have been busy but the house looks great and ready for the Fall holidays. Love the new coffee table...big score! Your banners are so cute. I keep thinking I'm going to make one but haven't...yet?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 27, 2014 at 6:48 AM
Love all of your fall touches. I can't wait to see what you do with the squirrel plates. Great thrifty finds, as usual!ReplyDelete
Hey there pretty lady! Your home is so beautiful and warm and really embraces Fall - I love it :) The squirrel plate it adorable!ReplyDelete
Love and hugs to you, friend!
Welcome back!! Love the black coffee table, I wouldn't change a thing on this, and such a bargain!! Take care xxReplyDelete
I love how you've decorated the shelf for fall... I feel like I need a banner on mine, now!ReplyDelete
I have skipped fall except for a few pumpkins - too busy to pull out the fall stuff and hope I will be through with my secret project in time to decorate for Christmas! Love that table you found (or really stole!) The magic words - Christmas Exchange!!!!ReplyDelete
Hi Vicky, I love all of your fall decorations! Both of your banners are so nice. The coffee table is pretty and what a steal! So glad you enjoyed your time off from blogging too. Take care.ReplyDelete
Hello Vicky, I loved the Banner idea! Fall is a fun season to decorate for!ReplyDelete
Life has been busy for all of us! And I think it is just ramping up for the next couple months! No worries, we all know other things have to come first!!
Always, Roxy
What a great idea to make a two sided banner, it's so festive. Such a deal you got on that coffee table, and I can feel the warmth from your new heater. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
How you've found time to put out any fall decor is beyond me. Good for you! I haven't done a thing. That banner is a fabulous idea. Great score on that coffee table.ReplyDelete
Lots of good stuff here Vicky! We got one of those little fireplace heaters and just love it. Your shelf with the white pitchers is so pretty. What a nice collection. Wow, deal on that coffee table. Thanks for sharing your pretty decor. Sweet banners.ReplyDelete
You're going to really appreciate that heater Vicky! Smart idea.ReplyDelete
Your house looks so cozy and ready for Fall. I'm so behind, but since you seem to have enough energy for 10 people, perhaps you would consider coming over and whipping my place into shape?
Can't believe that table! Deal of the decade!!
Thank you so very much for taking time to leave such kind words for me. Your sweet comments make my heart smile!
I always reply to comments by e-mail, so please make sure you are not a no-reply commenter! Blessings!


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The big news among publishers and authors last month was the closing of Borders bookstores. It will be missed. But the truth is, this has little if anything to do with the economy. It has to do with innovation, the cycling of an industry—in this case the publishing industry—into something new. It also has to do with the tendency for most bookstores not to adapt. In fact, the tendency of much of the industry not to adapt...or at least not recognize opportunity when it comes up and stares us in the face, nose to nose.
I bring something unique to the publishing industry. Well, if not unique then rare. I am a writer with retail experience. Three decades of it. And this is how successful small and large retailers adapt to changing times.
- They get local. In the case of bookstores, they could featuring local writers to increase their profitability. I worked with Borders a couple times. It wasn't easy going!
- They partner. In the case of bookstores, they can partner with local authors, combine contact lists and promotion power to get more customers in for special events and to increase loyalty.
- They listen to their customers. That might mean narrowing their focus to reach niche markets. Unfortunately large chains either refuse to do this pleading expense, but the successful large ones do. As an example, Walmarts buys different kinds of merchandise for stores in areas that have different interests and different needs.
The question for authors is how they can somehow make those bookstores that remain (big ones or little ones) see that partnering with the "new" publishing world—meaning authors (regardless of how their book may be printed)--can help their bottom line.
See my comment on this article put out by Wharton's school of business.http://knowledgetoday.wharton.upenn.edu/2011/07/bad-news-for-borders-and-for-publishing/. I've written about how authors and retailers of all kinds can benefit one another before.
It's sad. It seems no one is listening.
PS: Among the HowToDoItFrugally series of books for retailers I've written is A Retailer's Guide To Frugal In-Store Promotions: How-To Increase Profits And Spit In The Eyes Of Economic Downturns Using Thrifty Events And Sales Techniques. In it is a chapter on how retailers can benefit from partnering with authors for events. Authors, too, could learn something from it. The more we know about retailing, the easier it is for us to help retailers see the benefits of working with us.-----
Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of This Is the Place; Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered; Tracings, a chapbook of poetry; and how to books for writers including, The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't; The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success; and Great Little Last Minute Editing Tips for Writers . The Great First Impression Book Proposal is her newest booklet for writers. She has three FRUGAL books for retailers including A Retailer's Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques. Some of her other blogs are TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog where authors can recycle their favorite reviews. She also blogs at all things editing, grammar, formatting and more at The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor . If your followers at Twitter would benefit from this blog post, please use the little Green widget to let them know about this blog: