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Fletcher's holistic approach
By Jessica Daniels On December 8, 2016 · Leave a Comment · In Admissions Tips
Gosh, I'm sorry to have missed posting on two days during such a busy time for applicants. I'm going to try to make up for it today with a big fat application tip.
You've probably heard Fletcher or other admissions representatives talk about how we take a "holistic" approach to reviewing applications. And probably you've thought, "Blah blah blah. That's what they all say," or other such dismissive thoughts. I hear you, dear blog reader. Especially if you still bear the scars of the often crazy U.S. undergraduate process, you may believe that "holistic" is a word that admissions folks toss around to deflect eyes from our arbitrary cut-offs or nefarious deeds.
But I'm going to ask you to believe me when I say that we review all elements in an application, and that a trip through the Hall of Flags, if you were to survey the students hanging out there, would reveal very different profiles — a collection of profiles that a single set of criteria could never produce.
To demonstrate that we do, indeed, have some standards, here are two bottom line requirements. The first is that everyone, EVERYONE, who is admitted must be able to succeed academically. Not everyone is going to be at the top of the class, but the Admissions Committee cannot knowingly admit students who, it is clear, will not be able to complete their Fletcher classes successfully. The second requirement is that non-native English speakers must have sufficient skills to function in an English-language academic environment. In the case of this second requirement, we do have a cut-off of 100 on the TOEFL or 7.0 on the IELTS. (Admitted applicants at or near that cut-off will probably be asked to pursue additional English study before enrolling.)
Let's say that you believe us and our talk of holistic review. How should you approach your application? Holistically, of course. You should take the time to think about the different aspects of your background that you want us to know about, and then you should select the application component that will be best for telling us about it. The basic elements of the application are the form, essays, transcript, résumé, test scores, and recommendations.
Let's start with that academic profile. Naturally, the best way to demonstrate that you have strong academic potential is a successful undergraduate record, strong GRE/GMAT scores, and a nice recommendation from a former professor. But not everyone has such a neat package. A transcript with some blemishes will still be fine, combined with strong scores. Middling scores will be o.k. when combined with a strong record. Your recommendation can go a long way toward helping us understand anything that went wrong for you as an undergrad. All of this is to say that the easiest applications for us to decide on are those in which all the academic pieces are perfect. But most Fletcher students didn't present perfect academic profiles, so don't worry if you're not perfect, but do give us something positive to work with.
Next, the essays. Most of you will write two essays for us. I won't say much now, because we have provided all sorts of advice in the past. But I'll rehash the basics.
- Make sure you answer the questions.
- Don't view the second essay as a throw-away. It should be telling us something about you that connects, in some way, to your interest in international affairs. (That's still plenty flexible.)
- Use the "additional information" section to explain anything unusual in your application. Don't waste essay space to tell us you did poorly in one semester.
Beyond those three points, read through past blog posts for more tips.
While the essays are the heart of the material you'll prepare for us, you'll want to use your résumé to help us understand your professional experience and trajectory to date. If there's a long time gap in your work chronology, you should explain it in the "additional information" section. We ask about your work history in the application form, and we want you to complete that section carefully, but the résumé is a free-form location for you to highlight all of the skills you've gained and the locations where you have gained them. Don't simply attach any old résumé you have hanging around. Instead, create one that will help you advance your application narrative. More than one page is A-OK, but that's not permission to stretch it out beyond what's warranted.
As I've described in the past, we're looking for international and professional experience that links to your goals. If possible, your professional recommendation should be your supervisor at a relevant organization. Sometimes people can't ask for a letter from their current employer, and we understand that. Make a note in the "additional information" section.
Finally, a word on the form. Apparently I say too little about it because I can't put my finger on an archived post that addresses it directly. (Note to self — must fix that.) Yes, it's time-consuming. Yes, it might be annoying and repetitive. But you should still complete it with care. Application readers start with the form, and by the time I have paged through all the information, I already have a pretty strong impression of an applicant. Do you want that to be a positive impression? Of course you do. Answer each question carefully and make sure you're not leaving a river of typos.
To wrap up, each element of your application deserves thought and care. And each element can/should be used to cover an aspect of your objectives and background that you want to share with the Admissions Committee. For more details on our views, check out the Application Boot Camp posts from a few summers back.
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Pulling together a good application
By Jessica Daniels On December 25, 2014 · Leave a Comment · In Admissions Tips
The other day, Liz dug deep into the blog archives and found a post that is no less relevant now than it was in 2012. The post considered what a good application looks like, and I'm going to shamelessly draw from it today — not quite repeating it completely, but not writing something fresh, either. The office may be closed today, but I know that applications are still being prepared — here's a little bit of help for you.
So what does make a good application? Naturally, the best applications will reflect strong academic potential, relevant and rich international and professional experience, and a clear focus for your graduate studies and beyond. Well, from where I stand in December, there's not much someone can do to improve those credentials before applying by January 10. On the other hand, it's really important for applicants to note that even the best of you can be bumped down a couple of notches with a sloppily constructed application.
Let's talk, then, about those aspects of your application that you can still influence. What distinguishes a good application from a crummy one? Two key points. The first should be obvious, but apparently it isn't: Follow the directions! Answer every question on the form thoroughly. Never (ever ever) say "please refer to résumé." Be sure to list all your key professional experiences, even if they were unpaid. Don't assume we don't want to know about the two years you spent working in a laboratory when, by omitting this information, you make it appear you were unemployed for all that time. I could go on, but the point should be clear — complete every part of the application form with care.
And the advice is essentially the same for the essays. Follow the directions and make sure you have answered the questions. It's very frustrating for Admissions Committee readers when they reach the end of the personal statement and still don't know what the applicant wants to do at Fletcher and beyond. A frustrated application reader is bad news for the applicant. We know you want to recycle the same essay for different schools with different essay prompts. Go ahead and recycle selectively (after all, that's what I'm doing today!), but you still need to be sure to answer the question.
The second point may be slightly less obvious. Your application has many parts, all of which should work on your behalf. Make sure that each piece of the application tells a little more of your story. Beyond the form itself, make sure your résumé is very clear. Avoid acronyms. We know that you know what your organization, Xybrav, does, but we don't know, and you should tell us. Do you work for the UN agency UNRAITUSAL? Please remind us what that agency does. Remember that Fletcher is a multidisciplinary place — it's not realistic (or in your interest) to expect everyone to be equally conversant in all areas. And please, I estimate that there are fewer than five applicants each year who need a résumé longer than about three pages. Carefully consider whether you are truly one of those five. (Hint: Is your graduation year 2013 or later? You do not need more than three pages.)
Make sure your recommendations are all written in English. I know that this is a genuine challenge for many of you, but I cannot guarantee your application will be reviewed by someone who speaks your native language. A letter written in a language no one on the Admissions Committee reads is a wasted letter. And note that recommenders can also help you tell your story. Talk to them, and explain what would be helpful for them to say. Were you taking an impossibly heavy course load as an undergraduate? That's a point that your recommender can make even more effectively than you can!
When you upload your transcripts, ensure they will be legible for us, or we'll need to contact you to send new ones. Remember that what we want is a scanned copy of an OFFICIAL transcript. Not a copy that is covered with warnings that the photocopy is unofficial. And way too many people ignore the requirement that they explain their education system's grading, if it's not on the 4.0 scale that is common (but not universal) in the U.S. Is your grade of "5" out of a maximum of 6? Out of 10? Out of 12? Out of 20? All these options would reflect grading systems we have seen. Is your GPA of 1.3 as awful as it looks in the U.S. context? Or is it as good as it looks in the German context? A passing grade in the U.S. is usually 65. Did your university follow the British convention, in which a 56 might be a good result? As many universities and systems as we know, it is a mistake for you to assume we know yours. If your transcript doesn't explain it, you should!
Use your essays mindfully. Make sure the second essay tells us something that promotes your candidacy. We still talk about the essay (which, to be fair, was written in response to a since-abandoned prompt) that an applicant sent about how his life's greatest challenge was getting drunk on his 30th birthday. Need I say more?
Next, DO NOT WASTE SPACE in your personal statement or second essay addressing shortcomings in your application. Use the "Additional Information" section for that. And if you need to explain your grades or test scores, do not whine.
And, finally, both before and after you have completed the application (but before you submit it), review the application instructions. Make all needed corrections before you submit the application so that you're not one of those people who asks us to ignore something they've already sent.
There you go. Make us happy with a well-constructed application that tells your story in the best possible way. It will make us respect you as an applicant, and respect is a good thing.
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Not to worry — the application's coming soon
By Jessica Daniels On July 18, 2014 · Leave a Comment · In General Admissions News
We've been hearing that people want to start applying to Fletcher, and they're asking why we don't have an application available. The answer is that we're still developing our new application system, but we're on track to make it available in August.
Most of the change that this application will bring is going to be felt by the Admissions Staff. We'll be reading applications online for the first time! But we're confident that prospective students for 2015 are going to find the new application more friendly. Among other improvements over our old system: it will be harder to submit an application that is missing information. Yep, that's right — we're creating an application that will help you avoid errors. At the same time as we fully intend to kick off the new application in August, we also believe that it will be worth waiting for.
Meanwhile, I'll point you back about a month to a post in which I provided the essay questions. Feel free to sharpen up your #2 pencil and start writing.
Apply to Fletcher…but not right now
By Jessica Daniels On June 10, 2014 · Leave a Comment · In General Admissions News
The Fletcher Admissions website currently has a page called Apply to Fletcher, but there's no application to be found. We usually keep the application up throughout the summer, but this year is different because we are in the process of transitioning to an entirely new application system. ENTIRELY new! Applicants should find the new interface to be far friendlier than the old one, and the Admissions Committee will be able to stop dragging applications around — everything will be found conveniently in the cloud. As you can imagine, this is a big change for us. I think it's fair to say that we're all excited but nervous about how the change will play out.
Meanwhile, for those who really wanted to get going on their applications, there's one big piece of info I can share. The essay questions will not be changing. The two essays that are shared by all degree programs will be:
Essay 1: Personal Statement (600-800 words)
Fletcher's Committee on Admissions seeks to ensure that there is a good match between each admitted student and the School.
Please tell us your goals for graduate study at Fletcher and for your career. Describe the elements of your personal, professional, and/or academic background that have prepared you for your chosen career path. Why is The Fletcher School the right place to pursue your academic objectives and to prepare you to meet your professional goals? Why have you selected the degree program to which you are applying? If you are planning to pursue a joint degree, please be sure to address this interest in your personal statement.
Essay 2 (500 words maximum)
Share something about yourself to help the Committee on Admissions develop a more complete picture of who you are.
That should be enough of an assignment to keep you busy until we post the link to the new application. Even if you don't want to start writing yet, you might like having a little extra time to think through your answers.
A little help on Essay #2
By Jessica Daniels On November 13, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Admissions Tips
We tinkered with our application essays this year. Our intention was to ensure applicants would provide the information we need in the personal statement (Essay 1). The unintended result is that we're hearing a lot of questions about Essay 2. For those of you who haven't started the application yet, Essay 2 asks:
Share something about yourself to help the Committee on Admissions
develop a more complete picture of who you are. (500 words, maximum)
What applicants are asking is what, exactly, we really want them to tell us in answer to Essay 2. The implication of their question is that we've left the question too structureless.
As I'm sure savvy blog readers would expect, I'm going to tell you that there's no correct or expected answer to the essay question. And I'd understand if you roll your eyes while muttering blah, blah, blah in your heads. But it's true: there's no correct or expected answer to the essay question.
Still aiming to be helpful, I'll suggest, instead, a way of approaching the essay. Think about the information you have provided in your application through all its parts. What dimension of you/your background might you still want to share? That is, don't view the essay as a throw-away, and use it to fill in some gaps left after the rest of the application is complete.
Elaborate on your international experience. Share your thoughts on leadership. Talk about your hobbies (assuming there's a link to your international affairs interests). Describe a challenge you have faced. Tell us how you needed to learn Spanish to speak to your rescue dog. Describe the importance of community to you. Tell us how your family upbringing made you the person you are. Provide more detail on the origins of your interest in international affairs. Write about your quest to cook the perfect dish from a country you love. Any of these approaches (and many, many others!) would be a nice addition to an application.
In past years, we've used essay prompts that resulted in a few interesting responses and a zillion similar ones. When we asked applicants to describe an item of particular importance to them, nearly all the responses were: passport, bookcase full of IR books, hiking boots, or backpack. We moved away from questions that draw such responses because we really want to know about you — not about what you think we want to know about you.
So, friendly applicants, choose a subject that boosts your application and go for it. There's no correct or expected answer to Essay 2, and we'll enjoy learning about what's important to you.
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Want to get started? The application is ready for you.
By Jessica Daniels On August 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In General Admissions News
For those folks who want to get an early start on their applications for January or September 2014 enrollment, please note that the new application is ready and waiting for you! And if you don't complete the application in a single sitting, you will (of course) be able to save your work.
Here's a little update for readers planning to apply to Fletcher for 2014 enrollment.
First, you'll want to note that the online application will be unavailable for most of August. To be honest, this is a good thing. There's no benefit to starting now to fill in the blanks — wait until the new application is in place.
On the other hand, eager applicants might want to outline their answers to the essay questions. As I mentioned earlier in the summer, we have (for the first time in many years) tweaked the questions. We took one option from essay two and inserted it in essay one, leaving only one option for essay two. In other words, here are the questions you'll be asked to answer on this year's application:
Essay One: Personal Statement
Please tell us your goals for graduate study at Fletcher and for your career. Describe the elements of your personal, professional, and/or academic background that have prepared you for your chosen career path. Why is The Fletcher School the right place to pursue your academic objectives and to prepare you to meet your professional goals? Why have you selected the degree program to which you are applying? (600-800 words)
Essay Two
Share something about yourself to help the Committee on Admissions develop a more complete picture of who you are. (500 words, maximum)
I'm happy to provide essay-writing tips. Tell me (in a comment below) what you'd like to know!
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When I made my annual plea for staffers to write about their reading days, Dan jumped forward to volunteer. Which is excellent, because Dan has an adorable dog, and reading days are always enhanced by the company of an adorable dog. Here's how things went last week for Dan and Murray.
There are lots of nice things about a day at home reading applications. Sleeping in a bit on a Wednesday is a treat. I also find it easier to focus on reading closely without the intrusion of various other projects. And when the weather reports in New England break out the phrase "bitter cold," you know it's a day made for staying in. Bring it on, applicants!
Now about that "sleeping in." I live farther from Fletcher than some, so getting going at 7:30 feels almost like a weekend to me, though even our dog Murray isn't awake yet.
Without fail, my first thought upon surveying a stack of applications is "this shouldn't take too long." Doesn't look like so much, right?
A few things to keep in mind: 1. Note that my application pile is considerably larger than the ones in back, which are my wife's high school English portfolios, still to be graded. To be fair, she's been working through hers for the past several days, and each represents a semester's worth of work. But still, my pile is bigger, so I win. 2. You may have heard elsewhere that we read every part of the application. Seriously. We really do. Some files go more quickly than others; while a decision is sometimes pretty easy to determine, many times I find myself picking through an application several times, and sitting and thinking about it for a few minutes before deciding. The point is that this stuff takes a while.
Reading Fletcher applications is fascinating and humbling. In the first few hours of my day, I've "met" World Food Programme staffers, Marines with multiple overseas deployments, fair trade researchers, clean energy specialists, a couple of Peace Corps volunteers, and an engineer focusing on post-Fukushima safety regimes, and I'm sitting here in sweats and a hoodie trying to avoid paper cuts. Time for some breakfast, I think.
Reading days are all about pacing. I like to make a bit of a dent in the day's task before my first reward. On a sub-zero January day, the menu choice is a no-brainer – an egg white, veggie bacon and cheese breakfast sandwich, and a coffee refill. (Coffee isn't part of the pacing/reward paradigm, if you were wondering. It's considered a reading day staple food, and therefore is available at all times. This is cup #2). Applicants, I apologize for any errant grease stains I may or may not get on your files.
After another couple hours, it's time for another break. On these frigid days, poor Murray doesn't get to go outside as much as he'd like (which, in a perfect world, would be always), but he still needs a stretch every now and then, and so do I. It's nice to take a breather, and having me energized and alert is to your benefit as an applicant.
Remember that cold I mentioned? I wasn't kidding. Hard not to feel on your toes after a few minutes in this kind of weather – it's a cold day out when even ice cream freezes.
Back at my reading station, I'm making progress. While I read about the experiences of Supreme Court clerks, gender-based violence researchers, and youth NGO founders, Murray is hard at work on his own project: sunbathing.
I find it's easy to lose track of time on reading days. I can get into a groove and not realize that several hours have passed. I don't really notice that my pile is dwindling, until it hits me that I'm on my last application of the day. Maybe it's yours?
I feel a nice sense of accomplishment, and in serious awe of our pool of candidates. Murray, on the other hand, is harder to impress. Looks like it's time to suit up for another jaunt into the frozen outdoors.
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Deadline plus one day
By Jessica Daniels On January 11, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Fletcher's Admissions Policies, General Admissions News
It's Day One after the main application deadline: the printer is whirring and the files are forming. As an annual service to our applicants and the Admissions staffers who would otherwise answer applicants' questions, this post gives you the information you need to remain patient for a few days while we compile and process your application. Please read it, and then, at the risk of sounding harsh, do not contact us for a few days. Right now, it's a challenge to put our hands on any particular application, but hearing that over the phone about your own materials is unnecessarily alarming. Hold tight, and when you start to worry anew about whether you've done everything you need to, reread this blog post. Meanwhile, here's the rundown of what has happened since you submitted your application, whether you followed my advice and applied early or waited until 11:59 EST last night.
1. Once you hit the online "submit" button, your application was "stamped" with the date and time. The electronic application then waits within the Embark system for your registered online recommenders to do their work. If all your recommenders have already submitted their letters, or if you haven't registered any online recommenders, the application will be ready for us immediately, and we'll upload it into our internal program. (If your recommenders haven't done their part, it's your responsibility to remind them that the deadline has passed.)
2. When your application (with online recommendations) is uploaded, you'll receive an automatically generated email stating that we have received your application, and that you should wait ten business days before contacting the Admissions Office about any missing materials. The email also provides you with a username and password to access the Tufts Graduate Application Management System (GAMS). GAMS will be the best way to track your application. We'll also be posting decision letters to your GAMS account, so hang on to your username and password! Remember that we don't receive your application (and you don't receive the email) if the application is stuck in Embark, waiting for recommendations. And emailing a member of the Admissions staff will generally give you only the information you can access yourself through GAMS. (After a few weeks, there's more that we can do to help track materials down.)
3. Uploaded applications are printed in batches. Once we have the paper copy, we'll create a file folder for you, giving you a tangible presence in the Admissions Office.
4. Meanwhile, Admissions Office staffers will open the daily piles of envelopes holding test scores, transcripts, letters of recommendation from recommenders who weren't registered online, etc. We sort and file the mail. If the application hasn't yet been uploaded, the paper materials will "wait" for it to emerge from the system.
5. Once we have your application in a file folder, we dig out the mail that has already been received for you and include it. Then we manually update your record in the admissions system to show what materials have come in by mail. You should track your application through GAMS, but we'll also email you if there's a document missing. This is the ten-day process I referred to in point 2 above. If you're not patient, GAMS will alarm you by indicating we haven't received anything at all. Until we manually process your application materials, the information in GAMS is not complete. Keep on top of things, but remember that the registering of your materials won't happen immediately.
6. Your completed application is then given to Committee members to review, and you'll receive your admission decision in late March.
Though the post-submit process hasn't really changed for applicants or for the Admissions Office, we're hoping that everything will come together more quickly than in the past, because we'll be waiting for fewer transcripts. In another few weeks, we'll know what the impact of this year's tweaks to our process will be.
The bottom line: Make sure you monitor your application, but give us a little time to pull everything together. In only about two weeks, everyone who has submitted all the materials needed for an application should find accurate and reassuring information on GAMS.
Katherine's Ten Steps to a complete application
By Jessica Daniels On January 7, 2013 · 2 Comments · In Admissions Tips
Despite the looming application deadline (or, perhaps, because of it), the Admissions staff will be meeting off-site today to plan for the coming deluge and all that follows. Fortunately, Katherine thought ahead and has tips for those of you putting the finishing touches on your application.
The pace is really picking up here in the Admissions Office! Just as many of you are scrambling to pull together your applications by the big deadline — January 10 — we're already busy processing the first waves of applications we've received. By now you've all heard your share of tips from other members of the Admissions Staff: Liz offered up suggestions on how to approach the new online interview, Christine gave her seasoned advice specifically for international applicants, and there's even a blog category dedicated to Admissions Tips. As the admissions coordinator, I see every beautiful/messy/thorough/spotty application that passes through the office, so I thought I would offer up my advice on how to put all the physical pieces together to put forward your strongest possible application.
First, and you've heard this before, read the directions! It should be obvious from the application and the instructions exactly what you need to submit. The application inspector (Step 6) is a huge help. The instructions can be found in a lot of places, including here. (Read them now, even if you don't plan on applying until next fall.) Remember to plan extra time for some pieces to reach us, such as test scores that need to come directly from the testing service.
Second, double-check your uploads! It's rare that applicants submit two copies of their personal statement instead of both their personal statement and their essay, but it happens. Even more unfortunate is when an applicant uploads a draft of the personal statement, complete with comments we're never meant to see.
Third, provide clear transcripts! We prefer to see a scanned copy of your official transcript as opposed to a printout of the online version. If, for some reason, you need to submit an online printout, please make sure it clearly states the institution you attended. We won't give you credit for a transcript if it doesn't have the school's name! Remember to submit a transcript for each institution you listed on the educational institutions page (page 3 of the application form). And remember that, if we can't read your transcript, your application will be incomplete and we are going to ask you for another one. Make sure it's legible!
Fourth, use page 11! The Additional Information section is invaluable to you and to us. Use it to explain anything that may not be obvious in your submitted materials. Perhaps your study abroad semester is buried within a different school's transcript. Perhaps you took a summer language course but it didn't provide a transcript. Maybe you are currently enrolled in a class and the grade(s) will be available after our deadline. Don't make us guess about these things — use the Additional Information section to tell us.
Fifth, make it clear who your recommenders are. There are two places on the application where you have to list their information: page 1 of the application form and step 5. Make sure that these sections match. If they don't, I look like this: [imagine person sitting at a desk with a big speech bubble above her head filled with question marks].
Sixth, make sure your information is clean and clear. Capitalize your name. Spell out your street address. We know it's a lot of work to put together a complete application: make it shine!
Seventh, don't send duplicates. Feel free to upload an unofficial transcript if the official one is going to take longer to get to us. Please do not send us or email us all of the pieces that you already submitted online — if we are missing anything, we will notify you directly.
Eighth, standardized test scores are required. An application is incomplete without them. If you want your application to be complete, submit your official test scores. If you took them shortly before submitting your application, indicate your test date so that we can keep an eye out for them.
Ninth, try to get everything to us at the same time. We happily accept pieces, when appropriate, though mail and email, though in most cases you should be able to submit everything online. If we can pair everything up and complete your application at once, you're golden! Having a complete file that follows the directions is a good way to indicate right off the bat that you're prepared for the demands of a rigorous graduate program.
Finally, relax! If you've done all of these things, chances are you've submitted an excellent physical application. We look carefully at every application that comes in and we will assuredly reach out to you in the event we need anything. In this case, no news is good news.
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This weekend, Google celebrated its 10th birthday.
In September 1998, armed with $100,000 in seed money, Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Page began a journey that a decade later has seen the development of a $150bn company that employs more than 20,000 people.
Google's story is truly remarkable and is deserving of acclaim, but while the company parties and looks back on its humble origins, it's worth considering what the next 10 years hold for arguably the internet's most powerful brand.
The reality is that for all of the attention Google commands (one need look no further than the launch of its Chrome browser to see how easily Google can lure press) and for all of its other "projects" - from Google Docs to Google Earth - Google's incredible journey over the past 10 years overshadows the fact that it has failed to really grow beyond search in any meaningful way.
According to its latest 10-Q filing with the SEC, Google indicates that 97% of its revenues come from search advertising (primarily AdWords/AdSense).
Its 10-Q also includes the statement:
"Revenues realized through the Google Print Ads Program, Google Audio Ads, Google TV Ads, Google Checkout, YouTube and Postini were not material in any of the periods presented."
Given the hype around some of Google's products and acquisitions, this should be of concern.
After all, it's hard to ignore the fact that for all of Google's money, brains and efforts, it has not yet been able to leverage its dominance of online search to expand with similar success into new markets in the same way companies like Microsoft were able to expand their dominance to other markets (legally or illegally).
Google Print Ads, Audio Ads and TV Ads haven't exactly shaken up print, radio and television advertising.
Google Checkout has failed to put a dent in PayPal's market. Google's arrogance vis-à-vis media companies led to a $1bn lawsuit and has given News Corp. and NBC Universal's Hulu an opportunity to thrive while YouTube changes strategy in an effort to monetize.
Mainstream consumers and enterprises are not switching from Microsoft Office to Google's "office in the cloud" - Google Apps. Google Finance hasn't even eeked out a position on comScore's list of top business/personal finance websites.
In short, when looking at Google's "portfolio" of products and services, there are few clear winners, at least financially-speaking.
Beyond the fact that Google has been largely unsuccessful in proving that it's more than a one-trick pony or one-hit wonder, there are even more reasons to question what the future holds:
Google has not proven it has what it takes to service the enterprise market. While Google clearly covets a position in enterprise markets and this is the logical market in which to find growth, it has yet to demonstrate that it is capable of meeting the needs and providing the services that enterprises demand.
Many companies are skeptical about trusting Google with their data, and Google has not yet convinced the enterprise market that it can be relied upon for support as it often promotes a "self-service" approach that doesn't work for many corporations.
Google is trying to do too much. When looking at Google's portfolio of less-than-successful products and services, it's hard not to ask, "Is Google losing its focus?"
While some see a master plan in its hodgepodge of products and services, the reality is probably far less masterful. Such a hodgepodge is unlikely to miraculously transform overnight into a coherent suite of products and services that enable Google to dethrone other major technology companies in Google's non-core markets.
Even analysts have noted this.
Google is arrogant. From Hollywood to Madison Avenue, Google has stepped on a lot of toes. I think this is because Google believes that technological prowess trumps people prowess.
I have the perception that Google sees every problem a market or company faces as a technology problem. This is not always the case and Google's "our way or the highway" approach to those who don't agree has been less than productive.
Google has become Big Brother. Concerns over all of the data that Google is collecting about individuals and businesses is constantly rising. And rightfully so - the company's stance gives little reason to believe that it is respectful of privacy rights.
Google is already attracting scrutiny from regulators. The company's dominance in search and online advertising is recognized by almost everyone. This is increasingly drawing the attention of regulators.
Google's deal with Yahoo, for instance, is being greeted with far more scrutiny than it anticipated. Look for this type of scrutiny to become more intense as time goes on.
Many say that Google has a homogenous, elitist culture. I've spoken with quite a few people who have noticed that Google's workforce is quite homogenous (you'd think Stanford is the only university in the world) and that elitism is rampant.
I even know several people who turned down job offers at Google to work at "less desirable" companies (including Yahoo) because they were turned off by Google's corporate culture.
The bottom line is that Google is now a tween but given its prodigious childhood, it needs to grow up fast.
The window of opportunity for taking advantage of the position it's built over the past 10 years won't last forever. Google finds itself in an industry where long-term positions are established by adulthood and Google will be an adult before we know it.
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I think Google's biggest accomplishment was not search, but monetizing the search. As a result of their superior technology and their monetization strategy they are the #1 force in internet advertising. No one knows how to monetize phrases like "Long Island cruises" like Google.
I agree with most of the points, however, I think any other company with such an amazing 10 year growth spurt would come out much worse.


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President Trump's decision to formally recognize that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and to announce plans to move America's embassy to the seat of Israel's government is one of the best, most moral, and important decisions of his young administration. On this issue, he is demonstrating greater resolve than Republican and Democratic presidents before him, and he is defying some of the worst people in the world.
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The Trump administration has made the right move. Now let's see how the bigots respond.
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Posts Tagged 'International Revolutionary Front'
'Furor Manet' – Soli-poster in Italian for Operation Scripta Manent
Wednesday, August 15th, 2018
2016, September. Operation "Scripta Manent", carried forth by the Turinese prosecutor Sparagna, leads to the arrest of 8 comrades, the main accusation being the creation of a subversive organization with terrorist aims. Along with this, the imputation includes several other attacks, all signed FAI (informal anarchist federation) and FAI/FRI (informal anarchist federation/international revolutionary front). At the present time, six comrades are still in jail and another one is kept prisoner in her own house. In the meantime, inside the Turin bunker courtroom the trial continues at a steady pace. Scores of policemen from several different towns climb the stage of the courthouse, supposedly in order to reconstruct the history of the contemporary anarchist movement. (more…)
Tags: Flyposter, Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI), International Revolutionary Front, Italy, Operation Scripta Manent, Turin
Posted in Social Control
Operation Scripta Manent – Statement to the court by Alfredo Cospito (Italy)
Sunday, November 26th, 2017
Corrected version received from Anarhija (27/11/2017)
Benevento 14 August 1878 – Turin 16 November 2017
The Trial Against Malefactors[1]
"The Union of Egoists is your instrument, it is the sword with which you increase your natural strength; the Union exists thanks to you. Society, on the other hand, demands much from you and it exists without you; in short, society is sacred, Union is yours; society uses you, the Union–you use it " – Stirner
"Gentlemen, the time of life is short … if we live, we live to tread on kings" – Shakespeare, Henry IV
"I work for every crime I have committed in my life, I'm afraid of every desire I have not satisfied in my life" – Senna Hoy
I want to be as clear as possible, my words sound like an admission of guilt. As far as it is possible to belong to an instrument, to a technique, I claim with pride my affiliation with FAI-FRI. With pride I recognize it throughout its history. I belong in full and my contribution is signed by the "Olga Cell". If this farce was limited to me and Nicola I would be silent today. But you have involved a significant part of all those who have shown solidarity in these years, among them my dearest friends.
At this point I cannot refrain from telling my own story, by silence I would be complicit with the attempt by you to strike at an important part of the anarchist movement. Comrades dragged behind bars and tried not for what they did but for what they are: anarchists. Processed and arrested not for having claimed, like I did, an action with the acronym FAI-FRI, but for having participated in assemblies, written in newspapers and blogs even more simply giving solidarity to their comrades during a trial. I will not take shelter behind these comrades.
Tags: Alfredo Cospito, Analysis, Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI), International Revolutionary Front, Italy, Letter, Nicola Gai, Nucleo Olga FAI/FRI, Operation Scripta Manent, Roberto Adinolfi
Posted in Prison Struggle
'Insurrection Cannot Be Negotiated' – Text by Panagiotis Argyrou, imprisoned member of CCF/FAI (Greece)
Monday, November 13th, 2017
Time is the illness of reality. In prison, time seems to poison the atmosphere. The air thickens as though it is flooded with lead filings and each and every day our lungs are infested with this oxygen so toxic that it weighs on us again and again, more so with each passing day.
You feel so burdened that at some point you begin to think that every step you take, removes a day from your life; each step and a day less, each step and a day less
During these almost 6 years and a half of my imprisonment, I always felt like I was killing so many days while moving endlessly back and forth in courtrooms. I have seen the despicable ritual of trials taking place in the name of Democracy too many times repeatedly and every single time I walked away with packs of decades of sentences on my back.
However, it is not only the harsh sentences imposed on me by all this bureaucratic barbarity which has been grinding lives in the millstone of justice that bothers me the most, but also the arrogant and self-righteous style of the judges that execute our freedom while maintaining the illusion of representing something special. (more…)
Tags: Athens, Conspiracy of Cells of Fire, Greece, Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI), International Revolutionary Front, Letter, Panagiotis Argyrou
Posted in Prison Struggle
Athens: Arson of a SKAI journalist's car by Action Cell/Metropolis Fallen – FAI/IRF (Greece)
Thursday, August 3rd, 2017
Taking responsibility – The burning of a SKAI journalist's car
"As long as necessity is socially dreamed, dreaming will remain a social necessity. The spectacle is the bad dream of a modern society in chains and ultimately expresses nothing more than its wish for sleep. The spectacle is the guardian of that sleep. "
Guy Debord
We are taking responsibility for placing an incendiary device on G.Papahristos' car outside his house at agios dimitrios, at dawn on 18/4.
G.Papahristos is a piece of human garbage of the journalist circles. His career is similar to others of his ilk. A political all-rounder who, in each period, is called upon to offer his services to the relevant authoritarian interests, be they political or economic, as his professional ventures, from the 'green' DOL to the neo-liberal SKAI, demonstrate. (more…)
Tags: Action Cell/Metropolis Fallen – FAI/IRF, Arson, Athens, Car Burning, Fuck the Mainstream Media, Greece, Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI), International Revolutionary Front
Posted in Direct Action
Nemesis Project: Explosive / Incendiary Attack Against the National Confederation of Truck Owners by FAI-IRF (Chile)
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017
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On the night of July 25, we attacked the building belonging to the National Confederation of Truck Owners of Chile, located on Almirante Barroso street in the city center of Santiago, with an explosive / incendiary device.
The National Confederation of Truck Owners of Chile is a structural link in the chain of domination and exploitation, taking an active part in freight transport and environmental looting in Chilean territory and Wallmapu.
They are one of the main beneficiaries of the IIRSA project, which has as one of its objectives the 'improvement' of road infrastructure for the transport of goods in the countries of South / Latin America.
They are also the first line of entrepreneurs working side by side with the Chilean state seeking to intensify the repression and police intelligence gathering in Mapuche territory, trying to stop without success the burning of trucks that is part of the autonomous Mapuche subversion in defence of its ancestral territory. (more…)
Tags: Arson, Chile, Conspiracy of Cells of Fire, Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI), International Revolutionary Front, International Solidarity, Mapuche, Nemesis Project
Posted in Direct Action
'An answer to the call for solidarity to the ones held in custody in Hamburg' by Panagiotis Argyrou, imprisoned member of CCF/FAI-IRF (Greece)
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017
'Eine Antwort auf den Aufruf zur Solidarität mit den Gefangenen in Hamburg' von Panagiotis Argyrou, inhaftiertes Mitglied der Verschwörung der Feuerzellen /FAI-IRF [de]
A response to the call for solidarity to the ones held in custody in Hamburg
During the exile of captivity few are the things that can make you smile, offer a warm thought or a pleasant feeling. I can, however, say with some certainty that these days of July when Hamburg surrendered to the chaos of riots during the G20 summit, the clashes with the police, the burning barricades, the store looting, the vandalisms and burnings of sovereignty targets, my thoughts were boosted, a great deal of "thank you-s" as well as vivid emotions overwhelmed me, and a smile lit up my face.
I'll be honest, however. Although from an early stage a large part of insurrectionary anarchism aspired at setting a high target, something that had become clear already since the call for a militant campaign of informal organization months before the summit; and although there was a large number of public texts and claims of responsibility responding to this call (some comrades were kind enough to even mention the heritage of Black December), I wasn't that sure that the days in question would indeed involve such great momentum. And this due to the fact that the difficulties entailed weren't unknown to me—the adversities and the challenges that would have to be confronted by the people who would want to organize and accomplish such an ambitious riot plan. (more…)
Tags: Black December, Conspiracy of Cells of Fire, G20, Germany, Greece, Hamburg, Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI), International Revolutionary Front, Letter, Panagiotis Argyrou
Posted in Prison Struggle
Bomb attack against a bank in solidarity with imprisoned comrades in Germany (Mexico)
Monday, April 24th, 2017
Responding to the international call for actions in solidarity with the compañerxs accused of robbery in Aachen, Germany, we placed an explosive device with a little more than one kilo of black powder at a Citibanamex branch located on Eje 10 [in Mexico City] at 2:30am on April 20.
We repeated the action carried out a couple months ago by compañerxs from the Night Cats and Evil Sorcerers Incendiary Cell. Upon seeing they'd rebuilt the branch after the compas' attack, we decided to help them redecorate it. (more…)
Tags: Aachen, CitiBanamex, Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI), International Revolutionary Front, International Solidarity, Mexico, Mexico City, Sabotage
Posted in Direct Action
PDF: Three new publications on the anarchist armed struggle against power (Untorelli Press)
Thursday, April 20th, 2017
Untorelli Press presents three new publications on the anarchist armed struggle against power.
– A Few Words of "Freedom": An Interview with Alfredo Cospito by Conspiracy of Cells of Fire – Imprisoned Members Cell
– Beyond Right & Wrong by Conspiracy of Cells of Fire
– Let's Become Dangerous: For the Diffusion of the Black International by Conspiracy of Cells of Fire
These publications are a continuation of our Anarchist Guerrilla Series, dedicated to Darko Mathers, nihilist-anarchist of Dark Matter Publications, who passed away in 2014. For more texts against civil anarchism and for combative anarchy, visit darkmatter.noblogs.org.
Tags: 'Anarchy - Civil or Subversive?' : A Collection of Texts Against Civil Anarchism, Alfredo Cospito, Black International, Black International of Anarchists of Praxis, Conspiracy of Cells of Fire, Darko Mathers, Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI), International Revolutionary Front, PDF, Zine
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Athens: Explosive attack against the bookstore of Adonis Georgiades, Politician of New Democracy by CCF – FAI/IRF (Greece)
Wednesday, April 5th, 2017
Responsibility claim for the attack on Adonis Georgiades's bookstore.
On 3/15 we placed and detonated a clockwork explosive device at Adonis Georgiades's bookstore at 263 Kifissias Av.
Adonis Georgiadis is a well known to all … picturesque, saturated and at the same time, a ridiculous political figure, who over the years moves within the (far)-right milieu according to his interests. Now an MP of New Democracy (the main right wing party) he does not miss any opportunity to propagate the neoliberal ideas whether in the parliament or in some television broadcast, being addicted to television as a TV persona. When not selling his nationalist noonsense (such as the books of Kostas Plevris – national-socialist figure) he makes "gifts" of 65 million euros to pharmaceutical companies who trade in human life. Specifically, Georgiades, as health minister in 2014, changed the pricing of drugs in favor of the pharmaceutical industries particularly favoring the Novartis company. Combined with the fact that his wife's name featured in the Lagarde list, it's proven that the TV booksalesman does not limit himself to book sales. (more…)
Tags: Adonis Georgiades, Athens, Conspiracy of Cells of Fire, Enrique Guzmán, Greece, Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI), International Revolutionary Front, International Solidarity, Juan Flores Riquelme, Nataly Casanova
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Athens: 'Packs of Fire – FAI/IRF' take responsibility for arson attacks in Dafni (Greece)
Wednesday, April 5th, 2017
Cut your strings puppet
We are taking responsibility for the arson attacks at dawn on March 10 at the Mayor's house and at the Post office in Dafni.
In that area, that same evening seven years before, anarchist Lambros Foundas fell from cop bullets. Seven years on, we don't forget our dead comrade who gave his life for freedom and dignity.
In times of repression we slip through the ruptured fence that the state rigs up and fills with the debris of fear and repression against any form of action that lurks the streets. At the targets our devices played the symphony of destruction before exploding few meters from the station patrol, the state police pigs at Dafni metro station that oversee the law-abiding life of the city's marionettes: job, house, cafe, nightlife. Every day the city routine under full control, divided into small occupations.
However, history is written when the silent crowd is abandoned and the refusers of silence act. There where we turn our rage into fire and feed our fire with gasoline. We are the ones that don't fit into your world. Let your sweat pour to protect it with a smile until comes its destruction.
We don't forget, we don't forgive LONG LIVE LAMBROS FOUNDAS
10th MARCH GIVES BIRTH TO GUERRILLAS
Solidarity to the evicted squats and occupied spaces and to the comrades arrested during the state's last repressive operation. 10, 100, 1000s of squats against a world of organized rot.
Attack with all means the regime whether it is left or right
For ANARCHY
Packs of Fire – FAI/IRF
via actforfree
Tags: Arson, Athens, Greece, Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI), International Revolutionary Front, Lambros Foundas, Packs of Fire – FAI/IRF
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Nemesis Project: CCF/FAI take responsibility for a letter-bomb attack against the German Minister of Finance (Germany, Greece)
Thursday, March 16th, 2017
Conspiracy of Cells of Fire – Nemesis Project – Act 2
Nine Years after the first appearance of the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire in January 2008.
After more than 300 attacks against targets of domination that resulted in tens of millions of euros in damage and the transferring of fear to the camp of power.
After more than 60 arrests of comrades and other individuals over the years who have been accused of being our members and the thousands of years of imprisonment imposed upon them.
After so many times that Ministers and Police Chiefs have declared in the media that they have managed to 'dismantle' us and that "the CCF is finished."
After the inclusion of the CCF in lists of 'terrorist' organizations by the State Department in the US and by Europol in the EU.
… we continue even louder.
With the creation of an international conspiratorial network of FAI and CCF cells in dozens of countries that have carried out and continue to carry out guerrilla attacks.
With even greater passion and tenacity to not only attack the infrastructure of the system but also the people in power.
Always against social apathy.
Always against the oppressors of our lives.
Still they cannot understand that the CCF is an idea and that the idea cannot be imprisoned because it is like the Hydra. For each comrade that is imprisoned, new comrades are ready to take their place and continue on the path of attack.
We still have the rage…
We sent a booby-trapped parcel bomb to the German Minister of Finance within the context of the campaign of the second act of Project Nemesis.
A communique will follow in the coming months.
Comradely greetings to the FAI direct action groups in Chile and Greece for their contributions to Project Nemesis.
Rebellious greetings to the FAI comrades in Italy and the imprisoned members of CCF in Greece who remain unrepentant.
Forward for the Black International of Anarchists of Praxis.
Nothing has ended, everything continues.
Conspiracy of Cells of Fire / FAI
via Athens IMC, translated by Insurrection News
Tags: Athens, Black International of Anarchists of Praxis, Chile, Conspiracy of Cells of Fire, Germany, Greece, Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI), International Revolutionary Front, International Solidarity, Letter Bomb, Nemesis Project, Wolfgang Schäuble
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Mexico City: Explosive-incendiary attack in solidarity with the prisoners in Aachen, Germany (Mexico)
Friday, February 10th, 2017
Mexico City: Explosive-incendiary attack in solidarity with the prisoners in Aachen
Reasons to fight, we have plenty. We have taken into account the need to act directly against Capital, every time we find more reasons to continue fighting. A few weeks ago for example some comrades were accused of armed robbery in Aachen, Germany; and understanding the bureaucratic process of the 'legitimate justice' of the bourgeoisie, they were deprived of freedom. We must not forget, as has already been mentioned in these spaces of diffusion, that expropriation is a just, direct action and part of the history of every revolutionary movement. Emphasizing the slogan: "What crime is it to expropriate or set fire to a bank compared to founding it?" (more…)
Tags: Aachen, Arson, CitiBanamex, Fernando Barcenas Castillo, Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI), International Revolutionary Front, International Solidarity, Luis Fernando Sotelo, Mexico, Mexico City, Night Cats & Evil Sorcerers Incendiary Cell FAI-FRI, Sabotage
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Athens: Responsibility claim for 6 coordinated incendiary attacks by CCF – Incendiary Destabilization Outbreaks / FAI-IRF (Greece)
Sunday, February 5th, 2017
We claim responsibility for the 6 following arson attacks.
– A bank at Petralona a few streetss next to the consumer neighborhood of Gazi.
– The security agency FALCON at the main and busy Kifisias Avenue, which is being advertised by the journalistic trash of the television.
– A post office Savings Bank at the seemingly police state Aleksandra's Avenue.
– 3 diplomatic corps vehicles
Cities are history's theatre. They are the places where life performs disciplined social roles, played by law abiding citizens or happy slaves in the reflection of digital communication displays' and storefronts of consumption, while walking predetermined paths from wage-slavery to paid entertainment. Each move we make is controlled by the vigilant eyes of thousands of cameras on the streets, roadblocks by uniformed police and cops' motor patrols.
In the current conditions of economic crisis, the only currency with a constant value is the currency of fear in the hands of authority. The fear that nothing can change, that we are few and that prison is lurking for those who dare to question authority's orders. However life is running fast and cannot wait for those who are afraid to live. LOOK FEAR IN THE FACE AND FEAR WILL FLINCH AND LEAVE.
We must turn the cities into battlefields and the nights into our allies in urban guerilla surprise attacks. We must lay mines of fire in all the symbols of this world that keeps us imprisoned. We know that burning a bank or setting an official state car on fire is not sufficient; however the real power of illegal anarchist actions is that they are like spare keys. Spare keys that release people's strength of rebellion, the strength to strike authority and live dangerously free. This is why we create small militant groups ready for action, here and now. We can't wait for the soulless crowd; we can't seek after proletarians that are asking only for a better salary. We are not shepherds for the masses of people to follow, nor are we gravediggers for those who have buried their lives into silence.
Through self-organization and informal coordination, we create a legacy of deeds in this fight against this authority of entrapment, breaking the pace of the legal order. These difficult times cannot break our beliefs in any way; on the contrary they become more acute, they reignite. We blend our hatred with conscience and dignity and when this mixture binds, it will poison and destroy the body of every prosecutor, every journalist, every cop, every security guard, every snitch, all kinds of henchmen and peaceful citizens and in general all the garbage that forms this sterilized society of security. The settled will never abandon their commodities and choose the road to rebellion; of that we are well aware. Fear of social rejection leads to inaction and conservative anarchist practices which are confined within the "internal" movement. Our means are purely illegal and we are not willing to make them more "social" and therefore acceptable, as much as the left or right wing stewards of power and the sympathizers-supporters of the movement are trying to convince us.
We became what we dreamt since we were children, ANARCHISTS OF THE DEED that don't sleep at night and all we care for is to set your nights on fire and ruin your party by destabilizing on a regular basis the metropolitan normality. We are the ones that dare to risk where punishment and incarceration is lurking, deconstructing fear in all its aspects. Because in the end anarchy is in our hearts, in our minds, in every drop of blood that runs through our veins, in our illegal actions far away from your bourgeois morals and cleanness. Maybe you can sometimes imprison our bodies but you can never imprison our anarchist beliefs that will always find fertile ground against every form of authority. Besides, our continuous attacks are the most undisputed evidence.
We live in time of war and we know that well. Real solidarity to our imprisoned comrades is one of the most powerful weapons in this social war that is unfortunately being deprived of its meaning. We must make it clear that the anarchist action and assault can only be realized through solidarity. Our solidarity is not a result of mercy or philanthropic, leftist sentimentality. In the eyes of our comrades we can see ourselves, since we chose to be on the field of illegality and the urban guerilla anarchist action.
And if we have losses and imprisoned comrades in this battle, the anarchist cells are like Hydra. For every arrest, new comrades will throw themselves in the battlefield, for every arrest an incendiary device will shimmer right before the ignition. And this fire will last forever… creating anarchy inside anarchy.
Because as we said at the beginning, life is giving a sick performance while the director is setting the scene, lining up everyone to his own interest; with the actors playing their part literally and the passive audience that is either watching absorbed or whistling indifferently and watching silently when bored. However in this theatre, some of us didn't accept the predetermined parts that have been given to us, we are the ones that will sabotage the show and give to your play our own ending. Don't say that we are few; don't say that we don't matter, because in the end we will win. WE ARE THE ONES WHO WILL BRING THE CURTAIN DOWN!
P.S. Snitches, journalists, prosecutors don't ever think that we have forgotten you.
Conspiracy of Cells of Fire/FAI-IRF
Incendiary Destabilization Outbreaks/FAI-IRF
Tags: Arson, Athens, Conspiracy of Cells of Fire, Greece, Incendiary Destabilization Outbreaks / FAI-IRF, Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI), International Revolutionary Front, Sabotage
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Conspiracy of Cells of Fire : For Sebastian – 'From the refusal of work… To the rebuff of authority' (Greece)
Wednesday, December 21st, 2016
[Text for a gathering in memory of Sebastian Oversluij that took place in an anarchist squat in Chile]
The real death is forgetfulness.
On the 11th of December 2013 a robbery took place on a bank at the district of Pudahuel. When the anarchist Sebastian Oversluij walked in the bank announcing the robbery, he received the bullets from the armed guard-keeper of the bank-defender of the wealthy and authoritarian. Sebastian fell down dead after he emptied his machine gun…
But every day there are deaths without dying. Deaths that are repeated every day… because of the mornings alarm clock so you won't be late at work, because of the sad routes between the lonely crowd that goes to offices, factories, stores, because of the boss's yells who wants more from you and faster, because of the mechanical movements during the work that kills creativity, because of the feigned politeness, because of the debasing salary as recompense for the life that they have stolen from you.
A life that is measured based on money.
When we rob a bank, we don't steal the money, we take back the life that they have stolen from us.
But a robbery can be an addictive job also. A job like everyone else's, with the only difference that the "salary" isn't sure and in case of industrial accident, jail or death awaits you. Often the robbers are not different from the salaried workers, they only work less in conditions of high risk. But they share the same cast of mind. The one of a consumer who deifies money, who admires the power of riches and his car, his clothes, his watch, which are the prolongation of himself.
Sebastian Oversluij was not a robber. He was an anarchist. He refused to be a slave on the boss's blocks. He was a disclaimer of work because he refused the morality of working, the morality of a slave who thinks like a consumer. A robbery by itself isn't a revolutionary action. But it is one of the methods of the anarchist war, so that we take back from the bosses the stolen time and organise it aggressively against them, planning anarchist actions, helping comrades in captivity, strengthening publishing ventures and creating armed infrastructure of attack against dominion.
We belong to the generation that Sebastian belonged to. A generation that has no age, no nationality. The generation of the impatient, the uncompromising and the dreamers.
We don't need heroes, we want comrades who set fires with their ideas.
When we keep alive in our memory Sebastian and all the comrades who fell on the battlefield, we keep the struggle alive. A fight against dominion and we know that jail or death are often the cost. But as one said: "Five free birds started the journey to the South. Only one arrived, but what their journey for certain wanted to say, that it was worth it for trying to fly…"
Conspiracy of Cells of Fire – Urban Guerrilla Cell
Giorgios Polidoros,
Christos Tsakalos,
Gerasimos Tsakalos,
Olga Economidou
Tags: Christos Tsakalos, Conspiracy of Cells of Fire, Conspiracy of Cells of Fire - Urban Guerilla Cell, Gerasimos Tsakalos, Giorgios Polidoros, Greece, Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI), International Revolutionary Front, Olga Economidou, Sebastián Oversluij Seguel
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Conspiracy of Cells of Fire : 'Anarchy has reminiscence' (Greece)
Wednesday, December 21st, 2016
[Text for a gathering in memory of Sebastian Oversluij that took place in an anarchist squat in Chile]
One can never be really lost unless oblivion wraps one in her arms.
It's been three years now that comrade Sebastian Oversluij does not walk anymore through the paths of searching for the wild beauty of anarchist action. It's been three years now that some of our brothers and sisters there in Chile feel his absence stretching their hearts. It is three years since the bullets of a sneak-security guard of the "Banco Estado" took his life, extinguishing the flame of the anarchist spirit that used to burn inside him.
But we, in our turn, as well as many others, we are not willing to let our comrade disappear in the fog of oblivion. We honor our brother just like we honor his choice of passing into action, attacking a bank-a temple of money, emptying the enemy's wallet, expropriating the minimum that we should get comparing to what authority expropriates from our own lives. The bank robbery carried out by an anarchist always carries inside the seed of refusal. The refusal to submit to a world where you're restricted to sell your soul to the cruel laws of free market, so that you can live to work and work to consume and consume to fill in your existential gaps with a pile of useless objects.
We know that we are very far away and that our words have to cross an entire ocean to reach you. But we hope you'll be able to feel the affinity we all feel with all those who discover the ways to keep our brothers close to us at the events, in discussions, in our imagination, but above all in the continuing of spreading the constant anarchist revolt itself.
The members of Conspiracy of Cells of Fire- FAI/IRF
Mihalis Nikolopoulos
Giorgos Nikolopoulos
Haris Hatzimihelakis
Theofilos Mavropoulos
Panagiotis Argirou
Damiano Bolano
Tags: Chile, Conspiracy of Cells of Fire, Damiano Bolano, Giorgos Nikolopoulos, Haris Hatzimichelakis, Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI), International Revolutionary Front, Mihalis Nikolopoulos, Panagiotis Argirou, Sebastián Oversluij Seguel, Theofilos Mavropoulos
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BAY BRIDGE --Officials are planning to shutdown westbound traffic across the Bay Bridge on President's Day weekend in February, if the weather cooperates.
The closure would last two to three days so construction crews can reconfigure the roadway taking traffic onto a new westbound detour.
The work requires dry pavement, so any rain could postpone or lengthen the closure.
The project is part of a complicated reshuffle to allow both directions of the new eastern span to open to traffic in 2013.


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Google Play refund window growing to a logical amount of time?
Buying applications on digital stores has always been a mixed bag whenever we accidentally hit the "buy" button on the wrong App. Windows Phone is nice enough to give users a trial in most cases, and Apple is the complete opposite, where Cupertino's policies even mention that "App Store purchases are final," and reserving its right to not give you your money back. Google on the other hand gave you at least a meager 15 minutes to change your mind, though it seems that just changed in a good way.
Google hasn't officially changed its policy of only giving you 15 minutes to claim a refund, but it seems the company has changed these rules silently. Reports claim that the company has extended the window to two hours, with different people testing this on different devices. Each test confirms that the users were given an exact 2 hours to claim their refund, with the option disappearing after that exact amount of time.
We're hoping this is not a glitch, and let's also hope things don't change as these news continue to spread. Two hours is definitely a logical time for anyone to try a service out and decide if it's a keeper or not. With software not being a tangible product, it's not like if anyone is affected by a return.
Source: Android Police
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In case you were scarce on photos of Obama bowing and looking like an imbecile, the Daily Mail has a generous supply today.
Just moments earlier, President Obama had been in 'tense' talks with the Cambodian leader over his poor democratic leadership model and the country's worsening human rights abuses.
Yet, a costume change later and with a wine glass in hand, the president was all smiles with Prime Minister Hun Sen as they settled down to dinner together at the East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh.
President Obama donned a traditional silk shirt as he posed with other world leaders during his final stop of his historic East Asia tour.
He has made history twice within hours this morning, becoming the first U.S. president to set foot in Myanmar – known more commonly as Burma – and Cambodia.


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It's official. I've been invited to give this year's Blackwelder Lecture at Marquette University. The date will be Thursday, October 4th, starting at four o'clock in the new Library building. The evening before (W. Oct. 3rd) I will probably be doing a presentation and signing at one of the area bookstores, but the details for that are not yet finalized; more as it develops. I'm certainly following in good footsteps: the first speaker in the series was Tom Shippey (2001), then Doug Anderson (2002) and most recently Eduardo Segura (2006).
My tentative title is "A Kind of Elvish Craft: Tolkien as Literary Craftsman"; my topic is looking at HOW he wrote rather than what or why (areas that have already received a lot of attention). The key quote I'd like to use as a springboard comes from "On Fairy-Stories":
"To make a Secondary World . . . commanding Secondary Belief, will probably require labour and thought, and will certainly demand a special skill, a kind of elvish craft. Few attempt such difficult tasks. But when they are attempted and in any degree accomplished then we have a rare achievement . . . indeed narrative art, story-making in its primary and most potent mode"
Using the wonderful resources at the Marquette Archives, and the riches of the History of Middle-earth series, we can now get a very good idea of Tolkien's writing habits, and how they shaped his works, clearing up a lot of misconceptions along the way.
If you're in the area, drop by and say hello. The lectures are open to the public, although you might have to show an i.d. to get in the library building. See you there . . .
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