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EAST VINCENT Plenty of teens love their dogs. Few devote as much time and energy to them as 17-year-old Sarah Rivkin.
The Owen J. Roberts High School senior is currently raising her second Seeing Eye guide dog, while also competing regularly in dog shows with her two standard poodles that she grooms and trains herself. And she fits it all in between school, homework and assisting with the family dog grooming business.
But then, training dogs just seems to come naturally to this East Vincent teen, who is the daughter of Saul Rivkin and Linda Fulton-Rivkin, owner of Fultons Professional Dog Grooming.
Dogs have been an important part of her life for as long as she can remember. Despite that, Rivkins path to competitive dog shows was one she traveled on her own, with the company of her poodles, of course. Training dogs wasnt part of her moms business, and while the family sometimes attended dog shows, they never considered competing in them.
But by the time Rivkin was in middle school, she was so drawn to dogs that she knew she wanted to pursue a career that kept her squarely in the company of canines. In fact, she was so certain that this was her destiny that she set about exploring different career options. That meant not only researching different fields, but testing them out.
I wanted to find my niche in the field of dogs and dog training, Rivkin recalled. I wanted to try all different fields.
In considering the possibility of training guide dogs, she quickly discovered The Seeing Eye, Inc., the oldest existing guide dog school in the world, located a short distance away in Morristown, N.J. The school relies on volunteers to raise the puppies that will eventually become Seeing Eye dogs. Rivkin was delighted to learn that they allow children as young as nine to sign on as primary puppy raisers.
I was really excited, she said, remembering the day she added her name to the long waiting list of puppy raising hopefuls. She was only 14.
The waiting was definitely the hardest part. She spent seven months preparing for her puppy, during which time she attended monthly meetings of a local Seeing Eye chapter to learn more about the training process. The wait proved worthwhile when the puppy was finally delivered to her home.
I was like a little kid on Christmas morning. The van pulled up and they pulled out this precious little puppy. It was one of the best moments, Rivkin recalled.
Her first dog, a black Labrador Retriever named Neptune, stayed with her for 15 months. During that time she took full responsibility for training him, even taking him to school periodically.
It was a bittersweet day when she parted with Neptune, but by then shed already signed up for a second dog, Archie, a golden retriever mix who shes had for nearly a year.
I love the (Seeing Eye) program and I love the dogs, said Rivkin. Ive fallen head over heels for their dogs. They are really special.
During the time she was raising Neptune, she also found time to pamper her pet standard poodle Willow. She enjoyed teaching tricks to Willow, who proved an able learner.I noticed that she had a desire to learn. She was willing to do any new trick I wanted to teach her, and she learned so quickly. I taught her how to play dead in 10 minutes, Rivkin recalled.
One day, while watching TV, Rivkin came across a show on canine agility competitions.
It got me hooked, she said.
Agility competitions involve an obstacle course that requires dogs guided by trainers to jump over hurdles, crawl through tunnels, walk up ramps and other tasks. Dogs are judged on time and accuracy.
Rivkin knew Willow could be trained for agility, and so, while still only a high school freshman, she signed up for her first competition. Both she and Willow enjoyed the experience, and for the past four years, theyve competed at a number of different shows.
Two years ago, Rivkin decided one standard poodle wasnt enough, even if she was raising a Seeing Eye guide dog. Since Willow wasnt really bred for agility, Rivkin sought a dog with better breeding. She found a well-reputed breeder in Garnet Valley who introduced her to an adorable puppy named Lacey.
The breeder suggested she would be a nice show dog, Rivkin said. I figured Im a kid, I might as well try it now and not wait.
While Willow was strictly an agility dog, Rivkin decided to enter Lacey into dog shows. She prepared for this by watching training videos and taking a few dog obedience classes.
When she felt ready, Rivkin began participating in junior showmanship competitions, where she is judged with other young participants, on how well Lacey is groomed.
She also competes with Lacey in breed conformation, in which a dog is judged based on its physical appearance and how well it conforms to its breed type.
I used to go to shows with my family for fun. I loved watching them. When I started getting into it, it was just so amazing to be part of it, she said.
These days, Rivkins not simply experimenting with competitions any more. She aims to win them.
In order to keep Lacey and Willow primed for competition, Rivkin must dedicate much of her spare time to grooming and training the dogs. She spends about two hours a week grooming each dog, and, before a show, she must devote about five hours to washing, whitening, conditioning, drying and hand brushing her dog
My goal is to have Lacey a champion by the end of the year, she said. Standard poodles are one of the most competitive breeds you can show. But I think it will make the achievement (of winning) sweeter because I worked so much harder for it.


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While suburban sprawl may have subsided thanks to the faltering economy, noise created by racetracks continues to be a political hot potato in many areas of the country. On one side are local residents who have no interest in racing; on the other side are the racetrack operators and racers whose livelihood, in many cases, relies on the track. The battle between the two is played out in front of county commissioners throughout the land.
The battle is not new as current ASA President Dennis Huth recalls. "Years ago I was on an environmental quality commission board in Oregon. The board represented all aspects of motorsports in dealing with the local and state governments. During those years, we had the CART races taking place at Portland International Raceway and right next door we had a huge home development (North Portland). Residents complained about the noise, not only of the CART show, but the dragstrip and the weekly (oval track) shows."
Huth and other representatives of the racing industry in Oregon collected data of what lumber mill whistles, jet airplanes at the airport, and other loud "disturbances" would register. "The whistles and the jets were both around 120 decibels, but when we presented the data the government's response was that those things were necessary, and they considered motorsports as non-necessary."
That put the burden on the racing community to show that it was a viable industry. They collected more data showing the number of people that made their living not only off of racing, but building engines, building and maintaining the tracks, and so on. Eventually, the state government decided that it was going to have three community meetings, one in Portland, one in Eugene, and one in Medford. As the first meeting date neared, Huth and his fellow motorsports professionals decided to hold a silent vigil at Portland international Raceway.
"The press showed up and at one point early in the evening, there was a guy pulling a drag race car. Behind the drag car was a rope that was pulling a cart and on the back of this cart was a young kid who was crying. The camera zooms in and the reporter began to ask the boy and his parent's questions."
What happened next, Huth said, was completely unscripted but the timing couldn't have been better. The boy said, "Daddy told me that they wanted me to stop racing and that's the only time I really get to see my Daddy."
The boy was literally saying that the government's desire to legislate racing noise levels to a point so low that the only solution would be to stop racing essentially takes away his time with his father," says Huth. "After that night, they cancelled every meeting and left us alone for however many years it's been."
What's a Decibel? To really understand the noise argument, you first have to understand how decibels work, their relation to loudness, and the fundamental property of sound: intensity. Sound intensity is the rate at which energy is being carried by a sound wave through a given area. Sound intensity decreases inversely as the square of the distance from the sounds origin. For example, when the distance from the source is doubled, the energy is spread out spherically, over four times the area. Keep that in mind for a second.
Now the basic sound level scale is called the Bel, but because the values obtained are too large in the normal range of sound levels, the Decibel is commonly used (1dB = 0.1 Bel). A high sound level of 120 dB is generally regarded as the threshold of pain for the average human.


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The Medical Education Unit, Father Muller Medical College in association with the Department of Medical Education, St. John's Medical College conducted a workshop on Problem Based Learning (PBL) on 17th and 18th May 2012 at the Knowledge Centre Hall, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore.
PBL is a small group teaching learning method that is centred on the discussion and learning that emanates from a clinically-based problem. It is a method that encourages independent learning and gives students practice in tackling puzzling situations and defining their own gaps in understanding in the context of relevant clinical problems, making it more likely that they will be able to recall the material later in the clinical setting. It is a way of learning which encourages a deeper understanding of the material rather than superficial coverage.
The workshop began with a short inaugural function where the Dean, Dr. J P Alva, the Director, Father Patrick Rodrigues, the chief guest Dr. Sanjiv Lewin and the convener MEU , Dr. Smitha Bhat spoke briefly.
The workshop was facilitated by Dr. Sanjiv Lewin, professor of paediatrics, Dr. John Stephen, professor of dermatology and Dr. Nachiket Shankar , associate professor of anatomy. After a brief introduction to the concept of problem based learning, group activities commenced under the supervision of the resource persons. Activities included writing a trigger, writing a tutor guide and approaching a PBL trigger from the students' point of view. The participants were motivated and engaged and the resource persons were happy with the response, as also the arrangements.
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PubMed Abstract | Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) has been implicated in the regulation of neuronal excitability in many systems. Recent studies suggest that local regulation of membrane potential can have important computational consequences for neuronal function. In Drosophila, CaMKII regulates the eag potassium channel, but if and how this regulation was spatially restricted was unknown. Using coimmunoprecipitation from head extracts and in vitro binding assays, we show that CaMKII and Eag form a stable complex and that association with Eag activates CaMKII independently of CaM and autophosphorylation. Ca(2+)/CaM is necessary to initiate binding of CaMKII to Eag but not to sustain association because binding persists when CaM is removed. The Eag CaMKII-binding domain has homology to the CaMKII autoregulatory region, and the constitutively active CaMKII mutant, T287D, binds Eag Ca(2+)-independently in vitro and in vivo. These results favor a model in which the CaMKII-binding domain of Eag displaces the CaMKII autoinhibitory region. Displacement results in autophosphorylation-independent activation of CaMKII which persists even when Ca(2+) levels have gone down. Activity-dependent binding to this potassium channel substrate allows CaMKII to remain locally active even when Ca(2+) levels have dropped, providing a novel mechanism by which CaMKII can regulate excitability locally over long time scales. | ||
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1:57pm Thursday 4th October 2012 in News By Chris Adams
A YOUNG Clarets player is set to undergo heart surgery after doctors detected a potentially deadly condition.
Central defender Jack Errington, 17, was diagnosed with an enlarged aorta during a routine check up.
He will not play again this season as he faces an operation to compress the aorta which takes blood from the heart to all parts of the body.
Experts said the condition was 'very rare' for a person his age and could prove fatal if undetected.
Lancashire Telegraph columnist Dr Tom Smith said: "The condition is mostly detected in men aged between 45 and 50. It is very rare for someone of his age.
"In the past he wouldn't have been able to continue playing professional sport.
"If the aneurysm was allowed to develop and the wall of the aorta continued to thin then there is every chance of a rupture which results in life-threatening bleeding."
Jack was found to have the condition during the a routine heart screening by doctors at Burnley's training base at Gawthorpe.
Further tests confirmed that the defender required an operation to safeguard his future well-being.
He will have a sleeve or tube fitted around the problem area during the operation in Tyneside before recuperating at home. It is hoped he will resume his playing career next season.
Dr Smith said the procedure is likely to require a huge amount of surgical expertise.
He said: "The operation should see a sleeve fitted around the problem area, and although this can sometimes prove tricky, it cuts out the risk of blood loss.
"The sleeve or tube must be elastic but firm, normally made of something like Teflon, allowing the normal tissues and attached veins to operate as normal but compressing the aorta so that it doesn't expand unreasonably.
"It could take anything up to six hours to complete and the tube will remain for the rest of his life.
"It's fantastic that they have diagnosed this so early, it gives the young lad every chance of resuming his football."
First team boss Eddie Howe said the club were backing the teenager to make a full recovery.
He said: "We wish Jack and his family all the best and will make sure he continues to get the possible care.
"This shows the value of heart screening for all young footballers and while it's a blow for Jack in the short term, the good news is that he can still hopefully have a successful career ahead of him."
Jack joined the Clarets at the start of last season from the famous Wallsend Boys Club in Newcastle which has nurtured the talents of Michael Carrick, Alan Shearer, ex-Burnley winger Philip Cavener, ex-Claret Derek Scott and ex-boss Brian Laws.
Jack was handed a professional contract at Turf Moor during the summer after impressing in Terry Pashley's youth team last season.
He played a key role in the second half of last season as he helped the youth team reach the last four of the FA Youth Cup with an outstanding performance at Fulham in the last eight.
This good form led to him signing professional terms and earn a promotion to the Development Squad under Jason Blake.
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eject all your disks at once
Here's a simple AppleScript one-liner that can be useful if, like me, you have several disks connected to your laptop at home or the office and you need to get up and go quickly.
1. Open the AppleScript Editor.app by typing Apples
in the Spotlight search bar and hitting 'return'.
2. Copy the following code into the editor window:
3. Hit 'Command-K' to compile and ensure you didn't make any mistakes. Fix any typos if it doesn't compile and try again. Save the script to your Desktop as 'EjectAll.scpt'
4. If you don't already have the Scripts menubar icon visible in your menu bar, hit 'command ,' (that's the Command key and the comma key) and check the 'Show Script menu in menu bar' item in the General pane of AppleScript's Preferences window.
5. From the Scripts menu, choose 'Open Scripts Folder > Open Computer Scripts Folder' and drag 'EjectAll.scpt' from the Desktop to the Computer Scripts Folder. You'll need to authenticate with an Admin password to complete the move.
And that's it. Now whenever you want to eject every disk with one simple operation, just hit the Script menu icon and click on 'EjectAll'.
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One of the features I really love in OS X is the ability to preview anything by selecting the file in finder and pressing the spacebar – formally called 'Quick Look' – without actually having to open the full app. This is great for both music and movies.
However, if you uninstalled Perian or Flip4Mac or haven't updated them recently, you will find that a lot of movie files – like .avi, for example – which are not fully supported in QuickTime won't preview. The answer is to get the latest versions of these two plug-ins:
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(hit the green download button (free), ignore the one trying to sell you a paid version).
You should then be able to see any movie using Quick Look.
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With FileVault 2 having a number of drawbacks, a common question I'm seeing is how best to secure data on Lion and Mountain Lion without using FV2.
There's a number of tricks on offer, from making transparent folders, excluding folders from Spotlight, or using Terminal to make them invisible or hidden.
However, all of these methods suffer from one inevitable drawback: anyone who knows their way around Terminal can open, read, copy or delete your folders as if you had never employed any of the above tricks at all. Well, not many people know their way around Terminal you say? But everyone knows their way around Google, and learning how to find files via the Terminal is information easily found, even on Applehelpwriter! In short, all those methods listed above are really a waste of time if it's security that you're after.
Fortunately, there is a simple answer to securing localised files or folders, and that's to make a local encrypted disk image with Disk Utility and then move your data into it. To do so, follow this procedure:
1. Open Disk Utility (Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app)
2. Click near the bottom of the sidebar in empty space to make sure none of the disks in the sidebar are selected.
3. Click the New Image icon in the task bar.
4. Give the image a name and choose a location to store it. Storing it in the User Library is not a bad idea. Give it a boring name like 'old system', 'old data' or something like that, but don't hit 'Create' just yet.
5. At the bottom of the dialogue box is a field for encryption. Click on the option button and choose either 128-bit or 256-bit (the second choice is the strongest but also slower. 128-bit is still so strong that almost no-one save the CIA will be able to crack it!)
6. Create a password that you're not going to forget. Do NOT use the same password that you use for your Admin account or for anything else for maximum security. Uncheck the 'save in my keychain' option.
if you forget the password don't waste time seeking help trying to break it. The system is designed to be uncrackable. If you forget the password, your data is lost for good.
PRO TIP: For that reason, you might like to use a password manager like '1Password' for this and all your other passwords. The main reason people forget passwords is infrequency of use. With 1Password you use a single password to unlock all your other passwords and to have them entered automatically into web pages and other fields.
7. Set up the rest of the options as in the screenshot below.
8. When you're ready, press 'Create' to make the disk image.
9. Once the image has been created, copy the files you want to protect into the disk image window, just like you would a hard disk or other connected device. Now, whenever you want to access your protected data, just click on the disk image and enter the password and your data is ready to be used.
10. Test mounting and ejecting the disk image a few time. Open a few files and save your changes. After you're sure everything is working as expected, delete the files from the original location that you copied them from. Also, don't forget to eject the disk image in Finder's sidebar each time when you're done using it to prevent anyone else accessing your protected files.
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With Lion came the welcome ability to have individual background wallpapers for each Desktop. However, what Apple forgot to add was an option to easily make all the Desktops have the same background image when you want it that way.
There are a few workarounds, but probably the simplest – once it is setup – is to use this little script I wrote for some ASC members. It should take you about 5 to 10 minutes to set this up if you follow the procedure carefully.
1. Open TextEdit, and choose TextEdit > Preferences.
Change the settings from 'Rich Text' to 'Plain text' for New Documents. Close the Preference pane and chose File > New.
2. Copy everything in the box below and paste it into the TextEdit file you just opened:
#! /bin/bash
#script to change all desktop backgroundsecho -n "Drag and drop an image file here then press 'return' or
press 'control-c' to cancel…"
read -e WLPR;function change_wallpaper
defaults write com.apple.desktop Background "{default = {ImageFilePath='$WLPR'; };}"; killall Dock
3. Save the file to
/Library/Desktop Pictures
with the name 'ChangeAllDesktops'.
IMPORTANT: Make sure you remove the '.txt' file extension in the name field AND uncheck the option at the bottom of the Save box that says 'If no extension is provided, use .txt'.
Note that you will need to press the 'authenticate' button when prompted in order to save anything into the 'Desktop Pictures' folder. Type your password in the dialogue that pops up.
4. Open Terminal.app.
Make the 'ChangesAllDesktops' file executable by copy/pasting this into the Terminal window:
sudo chmod a+x /Library/Desktop\ Pictures/ChangeAllDesktops
Press 'return' and type in your password. The password won't echo to the screen, so type carefully.
5. Make Terminal the default app for the file
Open a Finder window. Click on your hard disk icon in the sidebar (if you can't see it, go to Finder > Preferences > Sidebar and check Hard disks under the 'Devices' section). Navigate to the Library/Desktop Pictures folder and right-click on the 'ChangeAllDesktops' file.
Select Open with and then Other…. In the window, navigate to Terminal.app in /Applications/Utilities. It will be greyed out, so change "Recommended Applications" to "All Applications" in the menu at the bottom of the window. Do not check "Always Open With". Choose 'Terminal.app' and 'OK'.
6. Make a shortcut for Desktop Pictures
Drag the folder 'Desktop Pictures' to the Finder sidebar to make a convenient shortcut. Now when you want to change all Desktop backgrounds at the same time, click in 'Desktop Pictures' in the Finder sidebar, run the 'ChangeAllDesktops' file, and drag an image from the (already) open Finder window into the Terminal window that appears.
Press 'return' and your desktops are all changed!
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Could a Spin-Off be in RIM's Future?
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The famous Canadian phone and tech producer Research In Motion (NASDAQ: BBRY) is having trouble finding traction in an incredibly competitive market. And that's putting it lightly. The company is preparing for yet another subpar year and, barring an acquisition or sell-off, is positioned for a quick exit from the market. While I recommend selling RIM, there are interesting implications for a buy-out or split.
The company reported earnings per share of $6.30 for 2011, but the Street's earnings per share estimates for 2012 are at around $2.30. Earnings will continue to fall next year. The company's price/tangible book is coming in at 0.80, which, given the present state of the business, indicates that RIM is not looking for investors. It's looking for liquidators.
Given reports on June 25, it might be looking for potential buyers. Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) might be making bids to buy the handset division - interesting strategic moves for either company. For Facebook, this would signal its entry into the hardware wars; the social utility mogul has the intellectual and social capital that Research In Motion presently lacks. The messaging and email business might also split off, with prospective buyers such as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (GOOG). This would help either business as it looks to build state-of-the-art tablets that receive data dynamically and continuously.
Preparing the Fire Pit
Research In Motion is presently cutting jobs - around 3,000 - in order to help it eliminate over $1 billion in operating expenses. The total share price for Research In Motion has fallen 26% since the beginning of the year. The company has relied, in large part, on its email push delivery system and its Blackberry phone hardware/software bundled device for entries into the consumer and business electronics market. Blackberry phones did recover a fair amount of market share over the past 5 years: Its total market share went from 1% in 2007 to 3% in 2011. However, this number is likely to fall to below 2%, as described below.
The push email service presently is the company's greatest driver of margins. The email service operates at around an 80% margin, whereas Blackberry phones sell at a 35% margin. Ever increasing competition for this subscriber service, coupled with a decrease in sales of the hardware that supports it, will soon trivialize these attractive margins.
Selling the Ashes
The release of the new Blackberry 10 later this year is (correctly) thought to be RIM's last shot at maintaining any market share. The phone uses, for the first time in the company's product history, third-party and licensed software and hardware to power the user interface. This "patchwork" phone is the result of many mini-acquisitions the company has made, including its acquisition of QNX Software in 2010. Additionally, it will have no keyboard - a clear tendency toward the smart phone arena. But this first release of this phone, in my estimation, cannot reasonably be thought to cure the company's ailment; in any case, the release date for later this year might be too late. And if the Blackberry 10 release is anything like the Blackberry 7 release, Research In Motion will be simply laughed out of the auditorium, and the market.
The company also recently put forth its second attempt at the Playbook tablet, running its own operating system to compete with Android and iOS. This is still not a tablet worth buying when compared with its competitors as it offers nothing really "new" from Android and iOS. The system sells at around $200 and is expected to sell at neither a higher price nor at greater volume (unless, of course, the company invests to overhaul the tablet yet again). The enterprise market has (anomalously?) continued to be dominated by Blackberry. Research In Motion has a 52% market share in enterprise business, presumably due to the email push features and personal data organization integration. Data services from the company are experiencing ongoing price competition from ever improving apps that also offer push notifications. Enterprise business will likely be eroded if RIM does not augment its app store. Dell and other enterprise-minded manufacturers have also released tablets, and the number of entrants into this market will only increase competition and lower sale prices.
Wait, a Spin-off?
In the wake of these uninspiring product releases, the company is looking to sell its handset and email businesses by either spinning off those operations or selling them to a competitor, according to information from Dow Jones. The divestiture would likely involve a spinoff of the messaging company into one business and the handset company into another - options that JPMorgan and RBC Capital are presently helping the company explore.
Research In Motion's assets might have value, but only in the right hands. The company likely has billions of dollars in patents. Intellectual property has value only when it is implemented in an appropriate hardware scheme, and there is good reason to think that a buyer like Google, Facebook, or Apple might be in the market for such patents.
In all, Research In Motion seems like a company whose assets would look better in more able hands. Without a viable app infrastructure, an integrated operating system, and competitive consumer goods, the company's set of patents and attractive stand-alone holdings could be reconfigured to suit a platform that is part of a more cohesive universe. Apple's iCloud and Google's Drive model are making data readily available from multiple devices, and partitioning phone data from tablet data from computer data is becoming less and less acceptable as a tech model. Apple earns about $8 in revenue for each iCloud subscription, which in turn integrates all of its user's Apple devices together. Maybe some of these devices could use an RIM patent or two…
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The Day The Internet Struck Back
When your 14-year-old son and the checkout guy at the supermarket are thoroughly conversant with the latest attempt at Internet-controlling legislation, you know someone, somewhere, succeeded with their communications.
And so it was yesterday, with the forces unleashed through the most powerful Internet companies in the world -- which, in a movement that built up to one big day of protest, effectively killed SOPA and PIPA (aka the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act). But, of course, this wasn't just about the power of Internet companies; it was about all of us, using the technologies they created, pointing out the ludicrousness of both bills.
I'm probably not as well-versed in either as I should be, but I know enough about them to know this: that yesterday, in the U.S., we crossed the Rubicon. It was the day where we proved the online world's power as a social medium in a way that no amount of wildly popular cat videos ever could. As Wikipedia went black for the day, and other sites obscured their logos (Google), or became points of distribution for protest (Twitter), the Internet showed the true reach and force of its intensely interconnected world.
In a world where power has usually meant money and connections, yesterday was a breakout in terms of permanently altering those concepts. In fact, on one cable news show last night, the hostess mused whether -- despite all the coverage the issue had gotten yesterday in traditional media -- it was actually needed to spread the word about what was going on at all. She rightly guessed "no." Ditto to all those who went to K Street thinking money and connections would get these bills passed. What's money and connections when pitted against hundreds of millions of people with the ability to express themselves?
Just how powerful is the online world? Well, I went to the supermarket right after I noticed that Mark Zuckerberg's status update on Facebook on the topic had received almost 300,000 "Likes" in three hours (he has slightly over 10 million Facebook followers). That's when, as I was loading frosting and cupcake mix into my bag, I heard the college-aged guy at the checkout counter next to me going to great lengths to explain the evils of SOPA and PIPA to a customer, who, in case you were wondering, was listening quite intently. Surely this was a first for DeCicco Family Markets.
So maybe I shouldn't have been surprised that when I got home, I discovered on nytimes.com that as the Washington elite was closing down for the day, it was also effectively caving on its proposed legislation. The updated headline on the same story late in the evening put it best: "In Fight Over Piracy Bills, New Economy Rises Against Old."Wow, that was fast! While at the same time being very, very slow.A search on Wikipedia about SOPA (that page was not blacked out) led to sources confirming what was already clear: that the legislators who drafted these bills had little appreciation for, or understanding of, technology, and -- no coincidence – also little appreciation for the new-world economy and all of the jobs, innovation and passion it has brought to our country for the last 16 or 17 years. This was apparent in the drafting of the bills, but made ever more so in how people and companies online mobilized against the bills using the very technology that Congress doesn't get.
While no reputable Internet company is for online piracy, the devil is in the details. Imagine if Facebook had to police everything posted by its hundreds of millions of U.S. users. Well, it couldn't, of course, but that's essentially what such legislation would do. It's astonishing that in 2012, none of the above was apparent to anyone involved with these bills. One can only assume that the old-world power of old-world media had blinded legislators from seeing the world as it really is. How else to explain that no one with the technical expertise to understand the ramifications of these bills was involved?
I don't have a great closer here, except to state what readers of this column have thought all along: Power to the people -- and the almost-entirely U.S.-based Internet companies who enable them.
9 comments on "The Day The Internet Struck Back".
The biggest problem in Washington isn't a issue or "left or right", but the issue of who is really writing the legislation. It seems like for the last 20 or 30 years, it's not the folks who are supposed to represent the people, but the folks who represent the corporate interest.
It truly was stunning to watch the power unleashed in one directed laser-focused strike. There's no going back now. We ARE our own lobby and we ARE powerful. We can move mountains. Or at least poorly written bills backed by lazy uninformed politicians. We are the Free Internet Denizens hear us roar!
Hear, Hear! Return on Relationship™
Not all representatives in WDC are corrupt, not all hedge fund/wall street money movers are either. Sometimes "the system" is set-up to favor those with the largest donation or investment or both. We need to pay closer attention to the 50,000 page laws and what is written into them - anyone have an app for that, yet? "We have met the enemy and he is us". Pogo
Hi all, Thanks for commenting. Jon Stewart had a hilarious take on this last night. He had clips of all these Congress people saying that maybe they ought to have a few of these "nerds" into Congress to explain how the Internet works...Stewart's retort was something to the effect of "I think by 'nerds' you mean 'experts.'" Cathy
There was a great op-ed piece in the Times by Jaron Lanie, researcher at Microsoft. File under "Be Careful of What You Wish For": http://twurl.nl/d8ej22 "We in Silicon Valley undermined copyright to make commerce become more about services instead of content — more about our code instead of their files. The inevitable endgame was always that we would lose control of our own personal content, our own files. We haven't just weakened Hollywood and old-fashioned publishers. We've weakened ourselves."
Great story Cathy and great post as well. It was a powerful day and great to see the results. I had to chuckle at the sour grapes quote from former Senator Dodd and SOPA supporter saying that people were "being used as pawns of internet corporations" in the protest. Sorry Mr. Dodd but it was checkmate over you in a failed attempt to make pawns of our representatives. Game over.
Cathy, that was an outstanding piece of writing. Love all that irony. Thanks for the potent insights.
I loved seeing this. It was also interesting to me seeing the commentary from people (and friends) who are knowledgeable in the online space bash the efforts of those of us who worked to spread awareness and/or the sites who went dark. This kind of activism DOES work. It spreads awareness where otherwise there be none. Educates and, hopefully, compels people to not only conversation, but to action. Loved your post, Cathy!
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Beyoncé spoke on joining the cause, "I have always felt strongly about equal opportunity for women. Girls have to be taught from early on that they are strong and capable of being anything they want to be. It's up to us to change the statistics for women around the world. I'm honored to be in the company of women who live fearlessly and set an example for the next generation of young ladies." Also on the Chime For Change advisory board, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Francois-Henri Pinault. Mrs.Knowles-Carter is definitely in good company. (Vogue UK)
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But Robert A. Denike, CEO of Santa Cruz Skateboards, released a statement saying the use of these graphics were certainly not approved by the company, or the Phillips'. "This is not a collaboration or under license, nor did we or the Phillips family approve the use of this artwork on his apparel designs in any way," he wrote. "It's obvious to us, the Phillips family, the fans of Jim Phillips Sr. and Jimbo Phillips, and fans of the brand Santa Cruz Skateboards, as well as many in the global skateboard and skate art community that there is clear and obvious infringement by Mr. Scott. We are discussing this with our legal team to determine our next steps." It's strange that Scott would remain silent on the issue– almost seems like an admission of guilt. What do you think? (Refinery 29)
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State Rep. Keith Farnham was successfully sued for $92,000 by a former business associate in 2008, but the Elgin Democrat still has not paid up more than four years after the judgment, The Courier-News has learned.
Farnham's former business associate, Dan Elvart of River Forest, says he has stopped pursuing the money because of the legal costs involved, but adds, "I think the public should be aware of this."
For his part, Farnham, who is running unopposed in the November election, acknowledges the judgment and says it was a business issue.
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Elvart claims that with interest, Farnham should now owe him about $150,000. Despite that, Elvart has made no further legal moves to collect the money.
"I stopped spending money on lawyers," Elvart said. "His company was broke. Collection was highly unlikely. And I wasn't going to spend more chasing money that I wasn't going to get."
Elvart had worked for about three years as an estimator and salesman for a company Farnham owned, K & R Christopher, Inc., a painting and decorating business which Farnham dissolved in late 2007.
Farnham told The Courier-News that at the time he ended the company, he owed between $600,000 and $800,000 on a line of credit his company had established with First Midwest Bank.
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Then, with the recession hitting hard, "things got worse and worse," Farnham said.
Farnham said he decided to get out of the business, which he had operated for about 25 years. Elvart used assets obtained from K & R Christopher to start his own firm with business partner Mike Kosac, K & E Decorating and Painting, which is now located in Wood Dale, and which used Farnham's former location in Elgin for its first five weeks or so of operation.
According to court documents from November 2007, Elvart said he had extended a loan of $150,000 to Farnham in 2003, and that on Oct. 1, 2005, Farnham signed a promissory note to repay the loan in full at a rate of 7.5 percent annual interest within a year.
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Make no mistake, it's only because of the success of my students that people have sought me out and asked to be trained in class, online and privately.
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If you hired me to privately cover all the points on all of these videos it would run you in the neighborhood of 30 hours. And at a rate of $100 per hour that would set you back $3000 — and that doesn't even count travel expenses. These individual videos cover practically the same thing you would get in a private training session for a mere fraction of the investment.
In fact, if you traveled and attended my weekly classes you would be paying $1200 a year and even at that price it would still be a tremendous value. However, you can get everything for just a small portion of even that modest amount.
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