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The IdP is Dead!
"All Hail the Relyingpartyrati!"
I presented my ecological theory of identity to the Cloud Identity Summit last week.
The quote "The IdP is Dead! Hail the Relyingpartyrati" is from my conclusion (reflecting the running inside joke at CIS that something has to die each year). One of my ideas is that because identification is carried out by Relying Parties, it's more correct (and probably liberating) to think of identity as being created by the RP. The best option for what we call "Identity Providers" today may be to switch to providing more specific Attributes or identity assertions. In fact, the importance of attributes kept recurring throughout CIS; Andrew Nash for example said at one point that "attributes are at least as interesting if not more so than identities".[Now it has emerged during the debates that people might use the word "attribute" in slightly different ways. I said at CIS that I treat 'attributes', 'assertions' and 'claims' interchangeably; I think we should focus functionally on reliable exchange of whatever factoids a Relying Party needs to know about a Subject in order to be able to transact. I'll blog in more detail about Attributes shortly.]
To summarise my CIS talk:
Federated Identity is easier said than done. In response, we should drop down a level, and instead of trading in abstract high level identities, let's instead federate concrete component attributes. We don't really need Identity Providers as such; we need a marketplace of Attribute Providers from which Relying Parties can get exactly the right information they need to identify their users.
- identities evolve over time in response to risk factors in the natural business environment; we need to understand why authentication has got the way it is before we rush in to federate disparate methods
- identities appear to be "memetic", composed of heritable traits relating to business rules and practices, conventions, standards, regulations, technologies, algorithms, cryptographic parameters, form factors and so on
- the dreaded identity silos are actually ecological niches; taking an identity from the context in which it evolved and using it in another is like taking a salt water fish and dropping it into a fresh water tank
- if identity is memetic then we should be able to sequence digital identities into their constituent memes, and thence re-engineer them more carefully to match desired new applications
- it is an over-simplification to think of a (one dimensional) identity spectrum; instead each RP's "identification" requirements are multi-dimensional, and best visualised as a surface.
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The thing is Steve, an IdP can represent an individual. It can act as a representative of that person, allowing them to, for example, consent to send attributes back to the relying party or not (consent models are vital in an identity eco-system). It can also act as a privacy enhancement component as part of that eco-system, obfuscating or sending 'dynamic' attributes, i.e. over 18 or whatever to the RP. It can even allow, self asserted attributes, it can check the verification status of attributes and can allow users themselves to become part of the eco-system, managing and making sure those attributes, really do, represent them. The best implementation of (certainly consumer) IdP's means that, it is a proxy for yourself. An IdP is a vital component of an identity eco-system, like natural eco-systems, if you loose one part of it, the whole changes and in many cases that change is not positive. Attributes are one part of the whole, the way the attributes are managed and controlled is as important as the attributes themselves.
Steve your point about the issue being attributes not identity is well made. In my view, the fact that 'identity' systems are in fact based on presentation of attributes which have added weight if verified is the central & most enduring point being made by Kim Cameron in his 2005 Laws of Identity.
Ecoystem thinking has been very powerful in the ICT domain ever since the word 'virus' was applied to a certain form of malware which meant thinkers could see what was going on through a different lens. The dawning realisation that 'identity' systems were also part of an ecosystem began only a few years ago but I have found it very helpful in that time in changing the way those in ecological niches can be helped to understand that in fact that is their place in the ecosystem.
Of relevance here, ecosystem thinking reminds us of the subtlety of the feedback loops in any ecosystem and endless dynamism of an ecosystem both through endogenous evolution and exogenous shock which again leads to further evolution.
In this light, the place in the ecosystem of the Relying Party is contestable. Yes, they may wish to have the dominant role you suggest they might have. But that will be challenged by others in the ecosystem - individuals will seek to assert more control than simply passive RP dominance, either directly or agents for them such as IdPs offering them some control. Or climate change in the form of new technologies or new laws will come along to change who is the dominant genus in the ecosystem, for example laws might require the use of particular attributes (think Anti Money Laundering law) or limit access to others (as privacy law seeks to do with collection limitation requirements).
It will be fascinating to watch.
Susan, the problem is that the IdP you envisage comes with novel legal arrangements. Whenever we have tried to interpose new IdPs in between existing RP-Subject relationships, we've encountered trouble. The deep problem is that multilateral relationships between transacting parties are much, much more complicated than bilateral ones. The cost of switching from bilateral to multilateral is never factored into the planning of identity federations.
Furthermore, the actual cost-benefit to be gained from having new IdPs act as general purpose proxies is probably overestimated. For one thing, why should I disclose excessive PII to a new IdP only to have them reveal just my age to an RP? Why don't I carry a proof-of-age token issued by an existing Attribute Provider like the DMV? The new sorts of IdPs envisaged in the Identity Metasystem are said to be privacy enhancing but only at the cost of collecting and aggregating tons of PII where it was previously not necessary to do so. The nett privacy benefit is uncertain.
I think it depends on how you view the role of the IdP. In a user centric consumer based system (I assume that's what we are talking about as opposed to an enterprise one?) then the user account, where the PII is stored is under the control of the user. The exchange of that data with the RP is under the control of the user. The way you describe the system the same data is available just much more dispersed, the user still has to supply data, or the data has to be collated, for the RP to get at it. And also of course, an IdP does not have to store information anyway, it can act as a conduit, a central point where information can flow through it, acting within the control of the user, who can then make the consented decision to release or not, to add to data, to make changes to data to allow the data to be verified under business rules, etc, etc.
BTW who is controlling the authentication? Normally done by the IdP at the request of the RP.
I really cannot see the benefit for the user in what you are proposing, you are essentially taking away their point of control and making the whole thing RP centric.
One last thing...identity ecosystems need to have balanced trust between all parties for them to work, this is especially true in consumer systems where your user base is much less under your control and need to buy into the idea of your community. It's this delicate balance that I believe your proposed system would disrupt
Stephen: I have never yet seen a suggestion that is better than the IdP model *in practice*:
A modern IdP does not have to request "excessive PII" – users can add attributes when and as required. However, a fundamental component of an IdP is user verification, enabling the identities it supplies to have a quantifiable trust; without verification, attributes are worthless. Verification requires disclosure of personal information.
You say "why should I disclose excessive PII to a new IdP only to have them reveal just my age to an RP?". Can you explain then how you are going to identify yourself to an attribute provider without first having to supply to it all of the personal data required to verify your identity to it?
And repeat that for every attribute provider that you need to use. That's, potentially, a lot of effort to ask of a user. And that's assuming attribute providers have the desire / ability / relationships to verify individuals, for online attribute requests, which, in my experience, they often don't.
Also, how do you address the issuance of the token from each attribute provider? Is this a long-term token that the user will have the responsibility for storing, ensuring availability on each device, etc? (Users aren't good at this.) How will the user get another token from the attribute provider? (Presumably, the user will be required to identify themselves in some way?)
Overall, I cannot see that a direct relationship between RPs and attribute providers does anything but shift around the issues, rather than improving anything.
Finally, I think a problem with your thesis is that it's predicated on the idea that RPs perform identification of a user. I think it's better to say that they assume identity, based on whatever information is supplied to them.
Steve Hitchen: what IdP model is there in *in practice*? Are there any general purpose IdPs actually doing what you and Susan envisage? Or are they still on the drawing board? These things are easier said than done. Getting RPs' lawyers to accept Ts&Cs for novel IdPs is what stopped the Internet Industry Association's 2FA pilot, and it's actually what stopped Big PKI. Watch out for the fine print in any new IdP contract!
Maybe we're on a different wavelength as to "attributes". I am talking about the stock and trade of business authentication: things like age, address, legal name, professional qualification, registration numbers, employment status, company position, bank account number, credit card number, student number, health identifier, insurance policy number etc etc. These factoids are today issued by respective recognised authorities under all sorts of rules and processes, the details of which are available if we want to investigate, but very rarely actually examined. We take it for granted that various Institutes of Chartered Accountants issue credentials to accountants, health authorities issue practicing licenses to doctors, the Arkansas DMV issues driver licenses to people in that state, and so on.
Now the question of identification at the AP ... it's a red herring. Consider that if someone presents me with an Arkansas driver license, I can rely on that as an assertion of the holder's age. But I don't know how the Arkansas DMV identifies its license holders before issuing the license. In fact I don't even know how the New South Wales license body identified *me* for my own license, it was so long ago.
The process of identifying the subject of an attribute is a matter for the AP. We can (and must) treat the identification process of an AP as just one element of the overall attribute issuing process; we don't really care how identification is done at professional bodies, universities, employers etc etc; we trust it is fit for purpose.
So my vision is that we equip today's recognised APs with the means to simply issue robust digital versions of their existing credentials. And that end users carry those digital credentials in digital wallets (or leather wallets in the case of chip cards). In many cases the existing supply chain for issuing cards can continue unchanged; in other cases, some minor changes will allow standard attributes to be issued to users' smart phones. I am not proposing that people run around looking for umpteen new APs, nor that RPs have to understand any new APs. All the important attributes in routine business are already provided by extant bodies. No new arrangements are needed.
Nice post Steve, there are likely some basic categories or dimensions here besides traditional assurance and confidence, e.g. timeliness, fit for use. Attribute Rex..
Hi Stephen
I've designed and seen implemented consumer facing (as opposed to enterprise) IdPs of exactly the type that Susan describes; one of these was designed to be used by those with a reading age of 9, so I can say with some confidence that this model is available and does work in practice.
The idea of direct RP to AP is not new; at initial stage design sessions that I've attended this model has frequently been proposed and rejected by people far more erudite than me.
Rejection has been due partly to the issues that arise when such a scheme is examined in detail from an implementation perspective; the following are *some* of the issues raised:
Difficulties in establishing one to many relationships between RP to APs.
APS that are currently 'online' tend to supply their data via SOAP interfaces that are relatively easy to secure and control access to; if an AP was to expose their interfaces to a range of RPs, this becomes a much bigger problem for them. For an end user to authorise the release of attribute data or obtain a token implies some sort of OAuth type access, or user sign into the AP. This has significant security implications for an AP, as the AP now has a web UI to secure, which is orders of magnitude more complex than securing a SOAP service.
There is no standardisation across APs, in terms of access, data formats, etc.
Usability – The RP-AP system was considered to be confusing to users, especially those with little IT experience. Also, can such users be expected to manage tokens - conceptually difficult?
AP data security: In some cases APs are not willing to supply data directly to RPs where there isn't a strong trust relationship. However, supplying data to a limited number of IdPs where a strong trust relationship can be developed and managed is more acceptable. The IdP can then be trusted to use the attribute data and then release it to an RP in a masked, or otherwise modified form, so that the original data isn't exposed. One simple example of this is a dynamic CML rating.
AP availability: Some AP data isn't in a form that can be readily used by RPs. A well-known example in Europe is the SuisseID system. This is based on the electronic identities issued to Swiss citizens in the form of PKI-based hardware tokens. The difficulty in using client certificate authentication to an average RP is also well-known, so the Swiss government exposed the user's data, stored at the CA, through ha standard SAML 2.0 IdP. This had the advantage of making it relatively easy to access by RPs and assuring users of data privacy, through controlled release of attributes – something not possible if the token was used for client certificate authentication to a website.
Bringing privacy into the front (for Malcolm's benefit), an IdP acts as an isolation point between the RP and AP data, and can control the release of user data in a very granular manner, so enhancing privacy. For example, an IdP can be configured to only release date of birth information in forms such as 'under 18' or 'over 65' etc. Having a single point (IdP) for a user to control this is highly effective in addressing privacy issues.
I could go on, but I think you get my point that RP-AP is not something that people haven't considered before, at length, with the consensus that RP-IdP may not be perfect but is the better choice, at least for the present, unless there is an overwhelming case for the former based on real evidence.
Thanks Steve.
- Do you have a reference please for the IdP system designed for low reading age users?
- What services does it support?
- Is it LOA 3 or 4?
- Who was it that "considered" RP-AP systems "confusing"?
- If users have little IT experience, how is dealing with a new IdP less confusing than say dealing with your employer, university, DMV or government agency (the actual APs I've been talking about)?
- At high LOA, I've never understood how users are envisaged to make a decision between IdPs.
- Why are tokens conceptually difficult?
To me there are two overarching points Stephen makes that I think show why the concept of identity providers is flawed:
Identity is in the eyes of the RP:
Trying to represent "identity" via an "identity provider" assumes that the subject is simply a collection of attributes. However to one RP I'm simply "verified as over 18," to another I'm a resident of a particular state and to another I say I'm a 3rd level warrior elf. Which leads me to my second point.
The RP needs to do identity verification in some cases:
For example who can verify that I really am a 3rd level warrior elf except the RP that bestowed the honor? Also try telling a financial institution to trust an "identity provider" to assert that the attributes it provides really do represent the person using the device.
An individual should be able to collect and store her attributes. She should be able to validate some of them through and agent/authority and an RP should be able to ask me for them and choose to validate them or not. That requires cryptography not a system that stores all my personal data and encourages me to define myself in terms of it.
Hi Stephen
I'm afraid that, due to contractual and political restrictions, I can only be sketchy about that system.
The services (I'm assuming we're talking about RPs -I may have picked that up wrongly) are related to applications for educational courses, grants, storing of CVs, and related.
The IdP provides is a single, familiar point of access, which with SSO, does make use (relatively) easy.
The question about users selecting an IdP is an interesting one (although it doesn't yet apply to the above, as there isn't a choice), and usability testing has revealed some unexpected reactions from the public about who they trust, implied cost, etc. Most people go seem to prefer either an IdP associated with something they already have a close relationship with (e.g. their own bank, a supermarket or telecoms provider) or a familiar and trusted national institution that isn't directly connected with the government, such as a postal service.
The reason why tokens are conceptually problematic (and this applies to Adam's comment) is that, unlike bank cards, identity cards, etc., they aren't real and this totally confuses a surprising number of people.
I have to say, I did find this surprising, but when you realise that most people (even if they use computers for work or eBay, etc.) go blank when they are told (on-screen, and without the aid of someone patiently explaining it to them) that they may have to store and manage some token (a term that means nothing to them), potentially across several devices. You then realise that it's probably not going to work for mass market use, where lowest common denominator is the common requirement.
Adam re: RP verification. If a financial institution can't trust the IdP then it certainly can't trust an attribute provider - the same trust relationships apply to both: the bank can either trust the IdP to assure the identity of the person using the device (and it can have a say in the level of this assurance when it requests the authentication) or it can trust that the user really is authorised to use the AP's token. No real difference?
Adam's final statement, regarding storing attributes, is certainly an interesting one, that's increasingly being examined from a wide range of perspectives. One, that some are exploring, is the concept of a personal IdP / data store. Again, however, these concerns are often way beyond most people - just look at the amount of personal data entrusted to Facebook, etc...
Steven, it's a shame isn't it that your best examples of IdPs cannot be described in detail? As set out in my CIS Napa paper, time after time, classical IdPs (and before them Big CAs) have failed because of the fine print attached to the "identities" they provide. The value proposition is killed by either the additional policy mapping and legal investigation required by RPs, or the extra effort required to 'top up' the IdP's "identity" with extra attributes germane to the RP. If we cannot see the Ts&Cs of the allegedly successful IdPs, then it's not a real counterargument.
I don't think we're even getting warm. If the IdP you're referring to is actually compulsory, it's not quite the sort of IdP envisaged by open identity ecosystems like NSTIC.
I disagree that "the IdP is dead", but I may have a different view of an IdP. I agree with Andrew that "attributes are at least as interesting" but we still need something that acts on behalf of the subject.
Because of the inter-sector complexities you describe, APs may operate primarily within specific sectors. But something as generic as authentication should be able to operate cross sector; we are hoping to avoid the need to have different authentication tokens for healthcare, financial services, employment, etc. An IdP also needs to manage multiple tokens that a user may possess, allowing them to be enrolled when needed and revoked when lost or stolen. Absent an IdP, a user would need to manually perform these operations at each RP where they're used, which is burden on the RP but especially on the user in the event of loss or theft.
Another function for an IdP might be to help an RP locate trustable assertions about the user. I described this role in a presentation I put together a few years ago ( http://www.slideshare.net/jim_fenton/identity-systems-8537393 slide 21-23) where the IdP helped an RP find an attribute source with the appropriate trust characteristics. The IdP can (and does in this example) also provide some isolation between the attribute source and the RP, which may have some privacy benefits.
I have seen several of these "bare token" authentication schemes emerge recently, but they don't seem to be considering the real-world problems of revocation and the like. If there's a problem that needs to be solved regarding IdPs, it is that they mustn't try to do too much in the attributes area lest they become too sector-specific.
Thanks Jim. I do agree with your assessment of the pain points. You hint that we might have slightly different angles on "IdPs". I wonder if the important functions you describe for an "IdP" is more about being an 'authentication helper' than a provider of identity/ies?
However I don't agree that authentication is "generic". If you mean we have a common generalised identity across multiple contexts, then I suggest that may be something of a false intuition. I have the same handle "Stephen Wilson" at various banks, government services, businesses and so on, but they all these SPs/RPs know me in different ways. To take a specific example, the "Stephen Wilson" who operates a personal bank account is not legally the same "Stephen Wilson" who operates a business bank account (even at the same institution).
My identity means different things to different RPs. Especially at higher LOAs, we are probably stuck with a floor number of disparate identities.
So what to do about usability? I suspect our hunger to federate would not be so urgent if authenticators were simply easier to use. If we moved to digital wallets on smart phones, and if we carried more online-accessible smartcards in our leather wallets, then I think we'd be quite comfortable continuing to operate 10-15 or more separate identities.
Great post ... I wish I had seen it earlier but ... better late than never
IMO no one party dominates the ecosystem pre se. However, that being said, the RP is the party that is the most "front line" as they are the party that initially suffers the consequences of making a wrong decision when the make an identification error. In some case, due to contractual T&Cs, they may be able to spread some of the consequences to others but, ultimately, they "wear it."
In today's environment (electronic or manual) the RP has policies (good practices or legal obligations) in place to decide how they will best identify someone before they transact with them - what factoids they need to gather. That is, what factoids they need to reduce (not eliminate) the risk of making an incorrect decision. By the way, I am defining factoid to be a single or group of attributes that have been verified/validated by an authoritative source.
The issue, IMO, for a RP is where to obtain the factoids they require. That is, who can the RP trust to give them the factoids they need. For instance, the RP needs to decide if the identity an IdP asserts is adequate for their needs (IMO, this raises the question: "what is the IdP asserting"). Or if the attribute bundle asserted by an AP is adequate. Or if they require an identity assertion by an IdP as well as attribute bundles asserted by three different APs. While a federation might be created to "standardize" RP requirements so that groups of organizations (or a single organization) can be established to satisfy those requirements I am not sure that it can be done on a global basis at this point in time.
All of the above, of course, is tempered by privacy requirements: does the subject consent (whether implicitly or explicitly) to the IdP or AP being able to make the assertions about PII that the RP wants them to make.
Agreed Ken. Thanks for the contribution.
The federations that work right now are tightly closed. Closure is achieved either by belonging in a special vertical (like government, or pharma, or aviation -- where the business of all RPs is close enough that they can agree to identification standards) or through legislation as in Scandinavia. I don't think we will EVER get general purpose identity federated on a global basis, because we will never standardise how businesses manage their own risk for non-trivial transactions. The risk management standards actually say that every business's risk is different. The federated identity movement I think needs to be a lot more modest in its objectives, because the utopian vision of re-usable identities across diverse business contexts is tacitly barred by modern risk management standards!


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The funeral services of Miss Hannah Neff, whose death was mentioned in last week's Democrat, occurred Saturday morning at the family residence, 2 ˝ miles east of the city, and were conducted by Revs. Gerritt Snyder, of Springfield, and W.E. Williamson, of this city. The attendance was very large and the services solemn and impressive. Rev. Snyder opened with a brief prayer and the choir of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, of which the deceased had been an honored member, sang sweetly "Asleep in Jesus." Rev. Dr. Williamson followed with Scripture reading and brief remarks bearing on the life and character, faith and resignation of the deceased. A son, "Waiting and Watching," followed, after which Rev. Snyder spoke from Rev. 22: 1-4, a passage which the departed had requested for the occasion. Mr. Snyder portrayed the future heavenly life as a continuation, development, purification and perfection of the believer's present spiritual life. He spoke of its freedom in the other world from all earthly ills, pain, sickness, sorrow and death, and therefore blessed beyond conception. "This life," concluded the speaker "is now her possession and every true believer's prospect." Another prayer and song closed the services at the house and the earthly remains of Miss Neff were tenderly conveyed to Rose Hill cemetery. Before the open grave were quoted: "The souls of believers are at their death made perfect in holiness and do immediately pass into glory; their bodies being still united to Christ rest in their graves till the resurrection." "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth on me though he were dead, yet shall he life; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die." These comforting words, with the benediction, closed the solemn service and sympathizing neighbors and acquaintances departed cherishing the memory of a kind associate and tender friend.
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Well, well - Happy New Year! Did you make a New Year's resolution? No, neither did I. I only get disappointed when after a few days I abandon the resolution, so it's easiest not to even make one! I have embarked on a new photographic project though - and I can't tell you how pleased the family is about this! I've told them that it won't be as tough as Project365; this one only requires 52 photos - that's easy, right?
So with one day to go before the first deadline, I set about completing the task for week 1. Of course week 1 would be "self-portrait" but I decided to combine an idea for another challenge and create one photo. Some might say that's being lazy, I prefer to think of it as creative! The other challenge's brief was two-fold - "A new beginning" plus "texture". So with those criteria in mind, I set about capturing the image. Setting up the lights and umbrellas, positioning the camera, taking test shots, then hair and make-up and then at the last minute I decided to change the lens. I swapped the nifty-fifty to the Lensbaby Composer which meant I had to grab a prop to sit where I would be sitting and find the focus spot. After quite a few attempts and some fine tuning of the lens, I managed to get my eyes tack sharp, which was my aim. I then scoured through my 50's magazines to find an appropriate kitchen shot, in colour - it's wasn't common for magazines to be in full colour then; scanned the image into PS and incorporated that into my photo. I played with the individual curve layers to create a discoloured and retro look, before then scanning in some old and textured paper. I find that scanning rather than photographing the paper yields better results, as you can really bump up the dpi quite a bit. I used 3 of my old papers and applied them in soft light, overlay and multiply at varying opacities. I then added a couple of text layers and added the text, using retro fonts in keeping with the retro theme. Lastly, I felt it still needed a little something so I drew the retro starbursts and created some vignetting. From start to finish it probably took about 4 hours and I probably would have kept fiddling with it, but when you're working to a deadline, there comes a point where you need to stop.
I'll keep you up to date with each week, posting the image and blurb here, as well as posting the image over on Flickr. If you've started a Project52, link to it here, I'd love to follow your progress - and maybe I can link you in the side bar. The best part about the Project52 I'm following is the fact the weekly theme is spelled out for us - yeh! So, here's to 2012 - may you enjoy many creative moments and may you be surrounded by those you love.


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Antonio Pappano conducts the Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra in a live performance of Wagner's work. The title character is portrayed by New Zealand tenor Simon O'Neill. The other main roles are played by Angela Denoke, René Pape, Gerald Finley, Willard White and Robert Lloyd.


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this is my AP build for kayle. use reckoning when they wanna escape, and then use righteous fury. this combo can get you kills and assists like its nothing. supporting is never a bad thing, since the you can heal, slow the enemy, give invulnerability, and also, righteous fury to help with the damage output. overall, kayle is an amazing character, and i hope you like this build. GL and HF!


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Hello Framers, Does anyone have a FrameMaker 8 document that contains Attribute Expressions? I need to see how to access and set these via FrameScript. If you can zip and send me a sample document (graphics not necessary), please let me know before you send it. Thank you very much in advance.
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Now you must...MAKE SLIDES. You may need to make MANY SLIDES.
Here's where you really have to start thinking about the mechanics of your presentation: how much time you'll have, what points you MUST cover, your own comfort level with the information, how much time to spend on each piece of information...all of this goes into the slides you're about to create.
At this stage of the game, one's slides often take on the 'personality' of the speaker. This is, I think, as it should be. The goal of #SpeakerU is not that everyone who reads these articles churns out presentations of identical style--that would result in really boring conferences, if you ask me--but rather that your slides balance your speaking style with the material you need to cover. Remember, those folks are coming to hear YOU; if they only wanted the raw information, they could have stayed at home and read a book. Find that comfort level that lets you feature the content.
I'll also recommend a visit to Slideshare, where folks from around the world have posted presentations on a wide variety of topics. There's nothing wrong with looking at the different formats and styles on display to find your way, but resist the temptation to copy slides wholesale. (You WILL be caught eventually; remember that the attendees can check out Slideshare, too...)
Instead of going through the mechanics of building slides or talking about point sizes and the like, I'll leave you with some general guidelines I use when laying out the slides for a presentation. Feel free to use or adapt them as you see fit; your deck is about your style and your information, not mine.
So, then, in no particular order:
- Assume that your audience can read. Reading your slides is THE fastest way to lose your audience.
- Make a noticeable transition, either vocally or by changing slides, every 90 seconds or so - or you'll start losing people.
- Resist the urge to use copyrighted material of any sort. Imitiation is the sincerest form of flattery, but it's also the fastest path to a conversation with lawyers.
- If you can't cover a one-topic slide in less than 2 minutes' time, split the information across multiple slides.
- Only use effects/animations when they deliver a necessary accent or transition to the content - in other words, forget the eye candy.
- Don't be afraid to use a (well-designed) graphic instead of words, but remember to give enough written information to spark the listener's memory when they read your slides a month or two later.
- Don't "get fancy" with language. You'll be seen as a show-off, especially where words/phrases from other languages are concerned.
- Remember that you will be "talking AROUND your slides," adding perspective/depth to what your audience is reading.
- Don't let your slides "skip around" - don't take your audience to Point C if you need to talk them through Points A and B first.
- If you use graphics, remember that they need to be clear to the folks in the last row - avoid clutter.
- Be VERY careful with humor, especially when delivering to an international audience.
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Sixty-Two Percent of Respondents Expect Pension Scheme Members Will Keep Monies Invested via Flexible Drawdown Post Retirement; 25 Percent Believe Members Will Purchase an Annuity
Sixty-Two Percent of Respondents Expect Pension Scheme Members Will Keep Monies Invested via Flexible Drawdown Post Retirement; 25 Percent Believe Members Will Purchase an Annuity
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - Aug 26, 2014) - The results of a survey published today by SEI (NASDAQ: SEIC) revealed U.K. pension schemes continue to undergo critical changes following the pension reforms announced in the U.K. 2014 budget, with nearly 66 percent of trustees looking to change their default strategy within the next 18 months.
The poll surveyed trustees and employers on their current approach to defined contribution (DC) pension scheme governance, in addition to their reaction to the changes announced in the U.K. 2014 budget.
Sixty-two percent of respondents said they expect pension scheme members to use flexible drawdown, while only 25 percent said they believe members will purchase an annuity. Additionally, 55 percent of respondents consider it feasible that members may withdraw a tax-free cash sum, while keeping the remainder invested until future needs arise. Forty percent of respondents believe members will choose to receive the entire pot as a cash lump sum.
Commenting on the results of the poll, Ashish Kapur, Head of Solutions for SEI's Institutional Group in the EMEA region, said:
"People are living longer and working more flexibly. A default investment strategy that targets an annuity purchase at retirement ignores the fact that the majority of DC scheme members may not suddenly stop working or require access to their pension money immediately. Therefore, it is important to review a member's DC scheme default to make sure there is an appropriate strategy leading up to and after retirement.
"Additionally, there will be a growing demand for alternatives to annuities, as many individuals regard pension accounts as another savings vehicle from which to withdraw monies as and when needed. The DC landscape is transforming inexorably and, following the successful launch of auto-enrolment, employers, trustees, and master trusts now need to evaluate how their schemes can accommodate greater flexibility. Effectively communicating these changes to scheme members will be key."
Other findings revealed by the survey:
The Defined Contribution Pensions Survey, conducted by SEI in June 2014, was completed by 61 pension professionals in the U.K. overseeing pension assets ranging from £10 million to £100 million. None of the participating organisations are clients of SEI's Institutional business. Please note that totals are rounded and may not always equal 100 percent.
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SEI (NASDAQ: SEIC) is a leading global provider of investment processing, investment management, and investment operations solutions that help corporations, financial institutions, financial advisors, and ultra-high-net-worth families create and manage wealth. As of June 30, 2014, through its subsidiaries and partnerships in which the company has a significant interest, SEI manages or administers $602 billion in mutual fund and pooled or separately managed assets, including $249 billion in assets under management and $353 billion in client assets under administration. For more information, visit http://www.seic.com/enUK/index.htm.
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Echoes From The Kitchen
I have been listening to the old songs of Patsy Cline on my kitchen radio while I work. The sound is not as crisp as modern recordings. It adds a sort of nostalgic gentleness to my chores.
While I wash dishes, polish the stove, and sweep, the echoes of Mother's work goes throughout the house. The sounds of the old music tells the family that Mama is busy in the kitchen. It makes them happy to know that, very soon, there will be something special to eat, and the kitchen will be clean and polished.
The Echoes from my Kitchen will become a memory for my growing children. They will remember all the work I did in there with love and creativity.
I was talking to Mr. White yesterday about baking pies. He wants a chocolate cream one. I told him I would try my very best to have a different homemade pie, or a special cake, for the family each Sunday afternoon. It will be a new tradition. Thinking of lovely things to do during kitchen time keeps things exciting!
There are many things we can do to make our kitchens homemade and special. We need to enjoy being in there. It should be our favorite place in the house. Perhaps some lace curtains or a vintage flower vase would add special homestyle touches. Or maybe a pretty basket for apples or oranges near the breadbox. Whatever pretty things you can find to make your kitchen unique will help you enjoy the work so much more. . . And the Echoes of your Kitchen work will touch the hearts of all who enter.
Mrs. White
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Labels: Baking, Chores, Cleaning, Domestic Life, Family, Home, Homemaking, Motherhood
5 comments:
- Laura Lane said...
So many memories center around my grandmas and my momma in the kitchen. I hope my children have those sweet memories, too.
Blessings from Harvest Lane Cottage
- May 8, 2013 at 10:31 AM
- Jackie said...
Thank you, Mrs. White, you warmed my heart this morning with your pretty words. I want my family to look back lovingly on my service to them, too.
What a neat idea you and your husband have hit upon! Men do love their pie, don't they? :-)
- May 8, 2013 at 12:08 PM
Absolutely.....the kitchen is the heart of our home!!!!
- May 14, 2013 at 1:19 AM
- Tricia said...
Thank you for the reminder of what my kitchen really needs to be like. Truly, I need to slow down.
- May 14, 2013 at 11:48 PM
Your kitchen sounds very comfortable and homelike. I would enjoy spending time there.
- May 16, 2013 at 11:36 PM
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Like many of my clients, I spent years feeling stuck in different areas of my life.
I seemed to be in a cycle of pleasing others, pretending just to feel like I belonged, and trying to be perfect so as to avoid judgment, criticism and disconnection. All very tiring indeed. Deep down, I kept thinking, "I just want to be myself, feel a sense of worthiness and ease in the world, and do things in my life that have meaning, serve others and make me feel truly alive."
I started, in earnest, a journey of personal and professional development several years ago when I found myself fed up with my work life. I had moved from job to job, trying to find where I fit in the world of work, always ending up feeling empty, stuck and out of place. I made my mind up that loving my job was just as important to me as loving other areas of my life.
I decided to pursue work in a field that had always held interest for me – adult education – and realized that I loved serving others in the context of their learning and personal development. I eventually earned a Masters Certificate in Adult Training and Development from York University's Schulich School of Business.
Through my work in adult learning and development, I was introduced to the field of coaching. It was around this same time that I first heard about Dr. Brené Brown and her groundbreaking research on shame, fear, vulnerability and wholehearted living.
After working with a coach myself, I realized how much I loved working one-on-one with individuals who are equally passionate about self-discovery and personal development. I decided to become a coach myself, and trained and certified with the Coaches Training Institute. In February 2014, I was part of the second cohort trained and certified in Brené Brown's new curriculum, The Daring Way™ and experienced first-hand the life-shifting power of this work. I am now a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator and am passionate about bringing this work to people who are fed up with pleasing, pretending and perfecting and want to choose vulnerability, authenticity and wholehearted living instead.
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On behalf of the Metropolitan Community Church
of Manchester I am writing to indicate our broad support for this
bill. This reform is long overdue and will be warmly welcomed
by our members.
The Metropolitan Community Church is a Christian
Church rooted in and reaching beyond the lesbian, gay, bisexual
and transgendered communities. Many of our members are transgendered
and we know how difficult the current legal situation is for people
with gender dysphoria. The introduction of this bill by the Government
helps to rectify injustice and is very good news and long overdue.
I hope you are aware that many Christians will
be supportive of this bill. Some Christian organisations, like
the Evangelical Alliance and the Christian Institure, are very
good at promulgating their views but they only represent one stream
of Christian opinion. There are many churches and groups of Christians
who are supportive of any and all moves towards justice and greater
social inclusion and cohesion.
We welcome the bill, we wish it to succeed.
The requirements are reasonable and the process sensible and not
over demanding. We give it our whole-hearted support, though we
have concerns over one area of the bill.
The Bill, as it stands, insists that if a transgendered
person is married they can only get a provisional certificate
of gender until such time as they are divorced. We would ask that
a clause could be inserted into the Bill to allow married couples,
where both consent and one holds an interim gender recognition
certificate, to re-register their marriage as a same-sex partnership
with existing rights and duties continuing as if there had been
no change to the marriage. We understand that the Government does
not wish to create a situation where, by default, there is a same
sex marriage (though we would also warmly welcome same sex marriage!).
In order to reduce hardship and the considerable financial costs
of divorce we would ask that a fast track legal way of converting
a marriage into a registered civil partnership is introduced.
As the rights and responsibilities of marriage seem to be identical
to the rights and responsibilities of civil partnership we do
not think this would be unduly difficult. It would, however, save
transgendered people, and their spouses, much money. We are sure
the Government would not want to put asunder those who are and
wish to stay joined together. There are also has huge implications
for such couples in matters of property; pension rights, tax and
inheritance tax with potential hardship.
We also think it would be very helpful to have
a transsexual person on the Gender Recognition Panel, either as
a full member or as an assessor. This will help the panel to be
aware of their unconscious attitudes and prejudices.
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DescriptionHergé's famous cartoon character is brought to life in this multi-stage action game, specifically based around the episode of the same name. In many details the story was similar to the real moon landings, then many years off.
A more accurate title for the game would be 'Tintin Gets to the Moon', as reaching it is your challenge. The game is split into two distinct types of sections; the first of these involves guiding the rocket through space. Steer it to avoid contact with asteroids, and to collect eight red spheres. Yellow spheres boost energy, and so should be collected.
This is followed by a platform-based battle, as the evil Captain Jurgen has tied up several crew members, planted time bombs, and started several fires. Use your extinguisher on Jurgen and the fires, and touch the bombs and crew members to solve those problems. Turn gravity off to reach the more troublesome bombs.
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TriviaLoosely based on the Tintin comic books - "Destination Moon" and "Explorers on the Moon" created by Hergé (Georges Remi). The comics first appeared in "Tintin magazine", newspapers from 1950 to 1952 and was quite advanced, in fact, 17 years before the actual Moon landing in 1969 by astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins! For the comic (later used in the game), Hergé had a scaled model of the rocket made including detailed interior and approved by a scientific expert.
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this most recent shut-down is reported to be the result of an audit of 1.8 million internet caf�s in a search for places that allow children to play violent video games. in addition to the 1,600 shut down cafes, 18,000 were ordered to close until they got into compliance with government rules. the government also announced that it has shut down 1,125 pornographic websites and arrested over 400 people since july.
for more info, check out the associated press article.
joshua's opinion
china has this eternal goal of enforcing specific moral standards on its public, which inevitably means that people get arrested and businesses get closed. the increase in technology has not decreased this goal at all, appearing, actually, to make the goal of perfect moral character even more important.
while i do not think that pornography and violence are the best things in the world, i take a much more hands-off approach on the subject. the legislation of morality by governments is not an easy thing to do, nor, in my mind, is it the best thing to do. i would much prefer that people choose on their own to stay away from morally questionable behavior.
of course, the fact of the matter is that one man's vice is another man's virtue. it is easy for me to state my opinion on the chinese government's actions, but the chinese government has its own populace's popular support, not to mention the support of myriad bureaucrats who enforce its laws and standards.
it's the chinese people's country; i'll let them make those choices.
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|first (8:18am est wed nov 03 2004)
first first first ha
china bad! internet good – by first post woo hoo
|ha (8:32am est wed nov 03 2004)
morality is what is decreed to be moral by the society you live in. the morals of the us or any western society are also forced upon the populous but in a more subtle way. there are exceptions to this i.e. pat robertson and the 700 club has a very successful evangelical moral highguard group of lobiests senators and a president.
– by buggerall
|rights (9:32am est wed nov 03 2004)
saw this quote from the east – " human rights are overrated." sums up their feelings (communist, chinese government etc.). – by nunhgrader
|legislate morality??? (11:21am est wed nov 03 2004)
um, just to be clear here, there's no legislation that goes on in china. it's not a free country with elections and a congress and free expression of opinions such as we saw in the u.s. yesterday. it's just a bunch of thugs who rule with an iron fist.
the chinese government doesn't have the popular support of the people. if the people don't claim to support the government, they get shot in the back of the head!!!
let's grow up here, people. this is not a matter of a debate over legislating morality. it's just a brutal, evil dictatorship exercising its absolute control over the oppressed populace. thank god we have someone in the white house for the next 4 years who will stand up to these thugs instead of flip-flopping all over the place. – by michael moore is fat
|the chinese government (11:39am est wed nov 03 2004)
will loose this battle. the young generation will find a way to get out on the net and realize that there is a real world out there filled with opportunity. the government is living in the stone age. – by freedom!!
|prics (11:40am est wed nov 03 2004)
i've stated my opinons on the communist chinese government many, many times here (and gotten into some lengthy disagreements about it), so i apologize for not getting into details this time.
joshua, mm is fat, i couldn't agree more. gir, the difference here is that in the us, you have the *right* to disagree (and express that disagreement) with pres. bush's opinons and policies. in the prc, you'd likely be thrown in prison, beaten or executed for comments like that. – by jrink
|what are you talking about? (2:16pm est wed nov 03 2004)
i thought the subject was hot spots in china, not a moral arguement over values, opinion & conjecture. i value everyone's opinion, not necessarily agreeing with it. jeez, people…focus! sooner or later, there's going to be a billion or so really pissed off chinese people kicking ass & taking names if something isn't done about fascist dictatorships. any idea of how many a billion people are? team usa my ass! – by that's all, folks!
|american geek (4:38pm est wed nov 03 2004)
when did you actually visit china?
i have… and things are not as bad as people imagine. sure there is the occasional false imprisonment because you pissed off someone in government, but of a country of a billion people you would expect that as that exists in the usa too. try to preach an overthrow of government in the usa, especially now with the patriot act in place, and we'll just see how far you get.
however, the country itself is surprisingly stable and while there are lots of poor people things are really starting to improve. nuf said! – by really pro-life.
|re: jrink (5:02pm est wed nov 03 2004)
"that's because you'd be breaking the law, not for any moral tresspasses. try living in a country governed by muslim law, like saudi arabia. there moral tresspasses are against the law. i think our system is much better."
so, you are saying that in a country governed by muslim law, she'd also be breaking the law.
"our system is much better" implies that our laws are not set based on our morals. how then, pray tell, do you figure they are set? – by circular logic
|fetus is right…. (5:04pm est wed nov 03 2004)
cut some slack… the article is about chinese internet cafes, not abortion.
although, everyone should be able to have one :-| it is like telling someone that they can't own a chevy. – by i approve this ad
|re: circular logic (5:32pm est wed nov 03 2004)
in countries goverened solely by muslim law, there is no (or little) room for change. all laws were essentially set over 1000 years ago in the koran. changing those laws would imply that the koran is wrong, therefore is heresy. my point was that in this country there is no *direct* correllation between offical religious beliefs and the law (since there are no *official* religious beliefs).
laws in the us and most western nations are broadly based on 'traditional' judeo-christian beliefs, but obviously are subject to change. examples include roe v. wade, the 13th amendment (outlawing slavery… why was it legal before then?), prohibition and it's subsequent repeal, alchohol is ok, but pot is bad (except in amsterdam), etc., etc. the ability to change our laws and accomodate people of varying moral and cultural backgrounds is one of this country's strengths. – by jrink
|addendum (5:36pm est wed nov 03 2004)
actually, i should add that my above post would apply to *any* country ruled by religious law, not just some muslim countries. i just can't think of any other current examples… – by jrink
|geeks are funny… (5:46pm est wed nov 03 2004)
when they talk politics. – by fetus
|re josh (6:10pm est wed nov 03 2004)
"it's the chinese people's country i'll let them make those choices."
whether or not is someones country doesnt rule out what is right in human morality.
in keeping your logic, you would also have to hold this to be true.
"it's the german people's country i'll let them make those choices,"
in responce to wwii concentration camps and murders.
or are you a bigist? its ok to ignore a countries violation of morals in one case but not all in all cases? – by something2thinkabout
|re: jrink 2 (6:51pm est wed nov 03 2004)
"laws in the us and most western nations are broadly based on 'traditional' judeo-christian beliefs, but obviously are subject to change. examples include roe v. wade, the 13th amendment (outlawing slavery… why was it legal before then?), prohibition and it's subsequent repeal, alchohol is ok, but pot is bad (except in amsterdam), etc., etc. the ability to change our laws and accomodate people of varying moral and cultural backgrounds is one of this country's strengths."
exactly… our laws are based on our morals at the time. all the examples you gave are moral based laws.
so the "breaking the law, not for any moral tresspasses" line is still a cirular argument, since the laws are based on the morals… in either situation it is a moral trespass. (why is that illegal? because it is wrong. why is that wrong? because it is illegal.)
just the laws change as the morals change, doesn't mean the law isn't moral based.
so the difference is that their morals aren't flexible?
|typo (6:52pm est wed nov 03 2004)
just because the laws change as the morals change, doesn't mean the law isn't moral based.
– by circular logic
|circular logic (7:25pm est wed nov 03 2004)
you are a loose cannon, man. your office better be well versed in the art of duck and cover.
cool your jets big daddy – by just logic
|behind the story (9:14pm est wed nov 03 2004)
–the announcement came amid a campaign launched in march to reduce or eliminate sex and violence in web sites, video games and other material that communist leaders consider harmful to public morality. —
ture that.. no wonder the manhunt make kids kill another kids for fun.
–investigators have inspected 1.8 million internet cafes looking for unlicensed operations or those that let children play violent games meant for adults, the ministry of culture said. —
this action protections your hard working software for businese. is a good move for the market.
–china encourages internet use for education and business but bans sexually oriented content on chinese web sites and tries to block access to foreign sites deemed pornographic or subversive–
when i and my kids try to search something in english yahoo.com or google. casion and porn popup freeze my computer. is good to block your kids from visiting nasty website.
–"porn, gambling, violence and similar problems have adversely affected the healthy development of the internet in china," the official xinhua news agency quoted zhang xinjian, a culture ministry official, as saying.–
atlanta oct. 29 a rare sexually transmitted disease that is spreading among g@y and bisexual men in europe could be poised to surface in the united states, the centers for disease control and prevention has said. warning– no more porn website for teens in america.
– by hehe
|more on (9:18pm est wed nov 03 2004)
"i'll let them make those choices"…that's really kind of you to let the chinese government administer their own laws…jack ass. what are you, god?
at any rate, that's such a small fraction of the total internet cafes in china that this news is entirely trivial. and i commend china for enforcing what is clearly reasonable morals on inherently unethical people.
you can have a democracy in which the majority of the country doesn't i) know how to run a country or ii) who to elect who also doesn't know how to run a country, or you can actually have one or several people running the country who actually know how to. – by eetin
|hello geeks.. geezee… (9:40pm est wed nov 03 2004)
and.. hmm….. why do you think is a bad ideas for the chinese government to shut down unlicense internet cafe? because geeks can not live without internet? right? hehehe….am just kidding. okok. let's get back on the topic. be serious right now. stupid geeks stop talk about my government that hunts my feeling.. am serious about it. the chinese government eliminate sex and violence in web sites and you americans still could keep growing your fuxking website without the chinese customer. your children still can continual learning form the games gta how to hunt you down next summer or how to jerk off in the pizzapie, cool..? yea….. – by good?..oh well
|circlelogic (10:41pm est wed nov 03 2004)
"just because the laws change as the morals change, doesn't mean the law isn't moral based."
is speeding immoral? arson? tax evasion? building code violations? – by squarethought
|queston? (10:43pm est wed nov 03 2004)
americans is the world power. is above every living humans on earth, americans iraq policy is to free the iraqi by killing all living iraqi. when president bush said korean is?? i mean president cheney said north korea is?? it doesn�t matter at all. i mean most of americans don�t know who really the president of the united stated today? dick cheney runs the brain or george w bush is just the body? – by wonderland
|internet censorship (1:11am est thu nov 04 2004)
i don't understand. internet censorship limits the growth of china's own electronics market. the internet is the main driver of electronics. – by free internet
|sooner or later… (3:21am est thu nov 04 2004)
… the same thing will come to us here in the us. it's called the patriot act. we're having our freedoms chiseled away bit by bit until one day we'll wake up and find that we're no better than china. freedom of speech is a joke. like the old saying goes: the only ones with freedom of speech are those that own the presses. you don't think uncle sam is monitoring peoples' surfing habits? wake up, sheep of america. – by pornfreek
|re all (8:43am est thu nov 04 2004)
i agree with pornfreek and others. law is dictated and interpreted by whoever is in power. you now have a right wing conservative government. congrats on that election. the patriot act plus is coming be prepared to show your dissention but don�t be surprised if you are punished for it. in four years if the evangelical sheep dont load your balot boxes you can begin to reverse the oppresion..
it would be no small task to govern a billion people.. consider this they(china) has a population almost four times that of the us yet there crime rate is significantly less. perhapse it is there oppresive laws concerning firearms or is it there morality police??? not!. it is there cooprative culture, 4000+ years of it. they just get along better than most of us.they have to, there are a billion of them!
– by freeke
|when dns is blocked (10:43am est thu nov 04 2004)
the internet stops.
welcome to china and a censored dns system.
lesson – get ip addresses before you visit for your corporate systems. – by visitor
|re: squarethought (1:39pm est thu nov 04 2004)
"is speeding immoral? arson? tax evasion? building code violations?"
well, as morals can be a rather personal thing, that is partly up to you, but personally i would say yes.
but it is all shades of grey. speeding at 130 mph is endangerment, but a speeding ticket for 10 mph over the limit is pretty much a form of taxation. i think arson can safely be called immoral, etc…
but in the context of jrink's original post that i was initially commenting on (that has now been deleted… i guess there is censorship here, too…), he made it sound like other countries' laws (specifically saudi arabia) were strictly moral based, while ours were not at all… i was merely trying to point out that both sides were a little more grey than that. so, if it were all black and white, and the examples you gave aren't immoral, then assumably speeding, arson, tax evasion, and building code violations aren't illegal there?
i was merely trying to illustrate that it just isn't that clear cut.
|wtf (5:09pm est thu nov 04 2004)
wtf happened to my comments from yesterday??? talk about internet censorship – go f yourselves, when you realize it it will be too late. – by too late
|josh (2:29pm est sat nov 06 2004)
in china, the people are subjects to their government, not the other way around.
perhaps a break from all that coding would do you some good. there's a big world out there, understand it before you give your two-cents. – by whatever
|china e-commerce (12:00am est sun nov 07 2004)
internet restrictions limit ability to move on to online transactions and gaming. but these are bourgeois activities anyway. – by communist


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