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The Minister for Justice was legally entitled to affirm deportation orders for a Nigerian mother and her eight-year-old Irish born son, the Supreme Court has ruled.
The Minister, "as a matter of humanity", might consider how she exercises her discretion concerning the orders, Mr Justice Peter Charleton observed.
Adjourning the matter to October, Mr Justice John MacMenamim said the court would be "interested to see what happens in the meantime".
In separate judgments, three judges agreed the mother and boy (who is not an Irish citizen) had established no legal basis for orders restraining their deportations and the High Court had correctly refused judicial review of the deportation orders. All three also noted the Minister has discretion concerning deportations.
Mr Justice MacMenamin said the court previously asked for the circumstances of this case be drawn to the attention of the Minister. The child was born here, has lived here all his life and attends school here, the judge noted.
The court was assured the Minister would "carefully review the circumstances", the judge said.
It is the court's duty "to uphold the law", but it was "difficult to avoid the observation that real issues of ministerial discretion may arise in this case", involving a child and his mother living here for almost nine years.
"As a matter of law, however, it is the court's duty to identify and apply principles necessary for the operation of the immigration process."
He must uphold a High Court decision refusing orders restraining the deportations.
Ms Justice Mary Laffoy said the Chief State Solicitors Office had, in a letter to the court, said the current legal reality was these were unchallenged deportation orders and the Minister could not say she would not enforce them. It was also stated the Minister "is always open" to receive fresh applications under procedures of the Immigration Act, where fresh circumstances, particularly any humanitarian considerations relating to the child, could be put.
While that letter was "comforting", because this child was born here, has lived all his life here and will be nine shortly, she "must agree" with Mr Justice MacMenamin's concluding observations, the judge said.
Mr Justice Charleton said the High Court was correct to refuse judicial review of the deportation orders. Neither the boy nor his parents are Irish citizens and, while the child had become habituated to Irish ways over almost nine years, he could also become habituated in another country. In this case, "no legal rights are involved".
Humanitarian considerations may, "in some extreme cases", suggest, while it is right for the State to control its borders, particular discretion is required by the implementing authorities where such children are involved, the judge said.
As "a matter of humanity, but not as a matter of law", it was for the Minister to ask herself how she feels it appropriate to exercise her discretion in the matter, he said. In terms of law, the Minister was "clearly entitled" to affirm the deportation orders.
In the judgments, the court noted there was no evidence the woman and her husband were separated. Because her husband, and his family, remain in Nigeria, that meant any family reunification would, in fact, be achieved in Nigeria.
The mother arrived here heavily pregnant and her application for asylum, made on grounds of fear of persecution, was rejected on credibility grounds. Deportation orders for mother and son were made in 2012 and affirmed by the Minister in early 2013.
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court finding no grounds were made out entitling mother and son to judicial review of the reaffirmation decisions. The court rejected arguments the appellants were denied fair procedures and said there was no evidence the Minister had not properly considered all the relevant material.
The court agreed with the High Court there was no breach of private and family life rights under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights on grounds including the child's parents are Nigerian citizens who remain in contact and the boy's father and extended family live in Nigeria. The appellants also had no legal entitlement to remain in the State after 2010.
Mr Justice MacMenamin said there was no arguable or fair grounds in law for an injunction restraining deportation. The deportation orders were valid and there was a "clear public interest in orderly operation of the asylum system.
The Minister was also entitled to costs, against the appellants solicitors, of submissions required to meet an "eleventh hour" application to the European Court of Justice which lacked merit and was later withdrawn, the court said.


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Every couple of years, Actors' Playhouse — home of the mainstream musical — mounts an edgy modern work that nourishes the creative soul of artistic director David Arisco and the theater's more adventurous patrons.
And each time, such as next to normal and Floyd Collins, it results in don't-miss theater for those who yearn for something with more red meat and more thought than revivals that the audience can already sing along with.
Add to that list this production of the off-Broadway cult rock opera Murder Ballad, which mixes love, lust and loss in a fatal triangle as old as mankind but as current as last week's tabloid.
The frisson is ramped up because the action is staged in and around the audience in an auditorium transformed into a nightclub, an experiment in "immersive theater." Actors leap atop a bar and pool table, hungrily groping, frantically coupling and swinging fists inches from some of the paying guests.
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Mercilessly insightful lyrics about a doomed search for self-validating love and excoriating driving music are delivered with courageous abandon by a quartet of musical theater actors whipped on by Arisco at his best.
Narrated by a sardonic bartender (Mariand Torres), the story follows Sara (Blythe Gruda), a downtown girl deep into a volcanically sexual affair with another bartender Tom (Chris Crawford). Their bond seems unshakeable but both are wounded creatures. Two years later, Sara breaks it off in a complex swirl of emotions and rationales.
Sara settles down with the well-off uptown Michael (Mark Sanders), a nurturing slightly older academic. But the seemingly perfect life cannot fill the congenital hole in Sara's psyche. She takes up again with Tom, even as she agonizingly tries to maintain her marriage to Michael. It's not a spoiler to say that someone is killed – but the audience is kept guessing who will be the murderer and who will be the victim.
The muscular music by indie rock singer/songwriter Juliana Nash is its own animal, but it does echo Rent, Spring Awakening and next to normal. Julia Jordan's lyrics have a razor incisiveness about human frailty with such phrases as people being as "heartless as a hand grenade."
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What: 'Murder Ballad' by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash.
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In support of the goals of the University of Massachusetts and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, the Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies promotes the research, teaching, and dissemination of all aspects of literature and culture in the Early Modern Period (ca. 1400-ca. 1700.) To assist in this endeavor, the Center builds and maintains a research and teaching collection of manuscripts, rare books, scholarly archives, and monographs. The Center also edits and publishes the English Literary Renaissance and The Sidney Journal.
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Each academic year the Center welcomes new graduate students in English who plan to focus their studies on aspects of Renaissance life and/or literature. The Center offers a Graduate Student Commons (office space at the Center), and access to all Center resources for research, including advising and information about Renaissance scholars throughout the Five College area.
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The Arthur F. Kinney Center for Renaissance Studies occupies the grounds of the former 28-acre estate of Winthrop Saltonstall Dakin, a local attorney, and his wife, Janet Wilder Dakin, the youngest sister of the playwright Thornton Wilder. The research institute and classrooms are housed in their brick home built in the style of a Renaissance cottage in Shakespeare's Warwickshire. It is also the site for conferences, seminars, lectures, dramatic performances, and concerts.
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London – May 26, 2017 – Cohn & Wolfe, a global communications agency, was named 2017 EMEA Creative Consultancy of the Year by The Holmes Report at the 2017 EMEA SABRE Awards. During the ceremony, the agency was also awarded Global Campaign of the Year for the Swedish Tourist Association's "The Swedish Number" – a campaign collaboration with INGO and Grey PR.
Coming out of their third consecutive year of double-digit growth, Cohn & Wolfe was heralded by The Holmes Report for its immersive brand experiences, strong digital team and stand-out client campaigns. Further explaining why Cohn & Wolfe is this year's top creative agency, The Holmes Report said:
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Lindenwold is a highly developed Borough of 4.6 square miles located in central Camden County. It is easily accessible by the New Jersey Turnpike and other major highways.
Lindenwold is located at 39°49'6?N, 74°59'27?W (39.818464, -74.990746)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 10.3 km² (4.0 mi²). 10.2 km² (3.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.76%) is water.
Lindenwold borders Berlin Borough, Berlin Township, Clementon Borough, Gibbsboro, Gloucester Township, Laurel Springs, Pine Hill, Somerdale, Stratford, and Voorhees.
Local Government
Lindenwold is governed by a mayor and a six-member Borough Council. The Mayor is directly elected by the voters to a four-year term of office. The members of the Borough Council are elected to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.
The Mayor of Lindenwold Borough is Richard E.Roach Jr. Members of the Lindenwold Borough Council are, Joseph DiDomenico, Linda Hess, Justin M Jackson, Jr., Cheryle Randolph-Sharpe, Sandra Sinon and Joseph Strippoli,
Federal, State and County Representation
Lindenwold is in the First Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 4th Legislative District.
New Jersey's First Congressional District, covering portions of Burlington County, Camden County and Gloucester County, is represented by Donald Norcross. New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Cory A. Booker, and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).
The 4th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Fred H. Madden (D, Turnersville) and in the Assembly by Gabriela M. Mosquera (D) and Paul Moriarty (D, Washington Township, Gloucester County). The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Cristie (R)
Camden County is governed by a seven-member Board of Chosen Freeholders. Camden County's Freeholders are: Louis Cappelli, Jr (Freeholder Director), Edward McDonnell (Freeholder Deputy Director), Jeffrey L. Nash, Carmen Rodriguez, Susan Shin Anguto, William Monen, Jr., and Jonathan L. Young, Sr.
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The Lindenwold Board of Education has a vacancy on the Board of Education to be filled by a resident of Lindenwold Borough. The appointed term shall be from date of appointment through December 31, 2018.
Those eligible residents of Lindenwold Borough having an interest in filling the position shall send a letter providing information about themselves and summarizing their interest in the position. All letters must be received by 4:00 pm on Friday, January 12, 2018.
Interviews will be held by the Board of Education at our regularly scheduled public board meeting during public session on Monday, January 22, 2018. Interested persons will be notified as to a specific time for the interview.
Letters should be sent to: Mrs. Kathleen Huder, School Business Administrator/Board Secretary, c/o Lindenwold Board of Education, 801 Egg Harbor Road, Lindenwold, NJ 08021 or emailed to email@example.com.
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New Jersey American Water Company - 1 (800) 652-6987
Atlantic Electric Company 1 (800) 642-3780
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- Air service from Philadelphia International and Atlantic City Airport.
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- Free bus service to local areas for Lindenwold senior citizens/handicapped.
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Citing "press and rumor mills" as his source, Kirk's September 5th letter explained his fears, "". . . The press and rumor mills ponder the 'will she or won't she' question with regard to Michelle Obama . . . and the circumstances (and denials) are reminiscent of 1999 when First Lady Hillary Clinton was the subject of whirlwind speculation about a run for the United States Senate."
Michelle Obama has repeatedly stated she doesn't plan to ever run for office. But never mind that! Just think about Hillary Clinton, who may very well run for President in 2016! Better nip any political aspirations the current First Lady may have directly in the bud – or who knows how much they could accomplish.
The fundraising plea seemed to have worked for him. As of June 30, Kirk's main political fund reported having $1,419,695 cash-on-hand, even without any inkling of a Democratic challenger in 2016.


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I was wondering if your Adkins/Beards were in Kanawha Co., WV. I am looking for my ggrandmother Minerva Bowen Beard who married or was living with an Atkins or Adkins. His name does not appear on her grave site. They had no children together. But "Old Man Adkins" owned land in Blakely, Kanawha Co.,WV
with Minerva's son William Crocket Beard and maybe Jim or Joe Beard. When he died Adkins gave the land to William. Adkins 2 sisters came either from Ky, Tenn, or Ill. to get the deed since they thought they would get it. But they didn't.This is what I know.
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Forums Discussions Announces, Releases and Discussions Voxengo Overtone GEQ 1.4 released
Aleksey Vaneev on Apr 7, 2008, 1:53pm:
Voxengo Overtone GEQ version 1.4 has been released. Overtone GEQ is a freeware 7-band equalizer plug-in in VST and AudioUnit formats for Windows, Windows 64 and Mac OS X platforms.
Version 1.4 implements the following changes:
- "Oversmp" automation parameter added.
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- Group selectors now display groups that were actually used in the Routing window.
- A possible cause of a rare occasional crash resolved.
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- "Mouse wheel sensitivity" global setting renamed to "mouse wheel precision".
Overtone GEQ was designed to be a quick EQ shape adjustment tool for mixes and sub-mixes. During its operation, Overtone GEQ applies harmonic enhancement processing that usually helps at creating "interesting" sound.
Overtone GEQ Features:
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- Contextual hint messages
Overtone GEQ and other Voxengo plug-ins can be downloaded at the Voxengo web site: https://www.voxengo.com/
FragileX on Apr 8, 2008, 9:08pm:
Thank you for a very good sounding and versatile EQ.
And btw, I really like the "feel" of your new plugins.
Aleksey Vaneev on Apr 9, 2008, 7:32am:
Thanks for your response!
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This training offers a deep dive into practical considerations for implementing Scrum in organizations, including team creation, Scrum roll-out, visioning, business feature writing, creating product backlogs, and sprint planning. Additionally, the course provides an overview of Scrum roles, activities, and artifacts and how to begin executing Scrum in your work environment. The workshop is facilitated using interactive activities and Scrum principles and practices.
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On Jun 25, 2010, at 10:36 AM, Jan Lehnardt wrote: > Chris, > > we've been bending the rules already by committing code to 0.11.x that clearly isn't just bugfixes. If we are going to to cut 1.0 from trunk, I'd ask you to identify and revert all the backports that don't fit that bill from 0.11.x. > I don't mind doing legwork to get this right. What matters is getting good code. I'm ready to pull the trigger on an all-day rebase of trunk into 0.11.x, but I want to know which patches should be excluded. If the list is short enough then I'll be happy to branch trunk and then remove the 1.1-only patches. Sorry if this means backport work done in the past was unnecessary, but that's not as important as a stable clean 1.0 > I don't care much either way about where to cut 1.0 from at this point except I wish this would have been brought up earlier so I didn't had to waste a lot of time on the backports. > I've been skeptical of the "branch 1.0 from 0.11.x plan" the entire time, because I know how stuff goes. There are lots of tiny fixes that get dropped into trunk and backported or not, and then, when it comes release time, we read the trunk code and realize that it should pretty much all go in the release. A major concern of mine is that in our attempts to be conservative in the push from 0.11 to 1.0, we don't end up with a 1.0 that is a backporty mess, which makes maintenance between 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 etc a big pain because there are lots of eg whitespace patches (or method renames) etc that are in 1.1 but not 1.0. Chris > Cheers > Jan > -- > > > > On 25 Jun 2010, at 19:23, J Chris Anderson wrote: > >> I'm a little confused. >> >> Last week I mentioned that we should cut trunk from 1.0, after reviewing the diff between 0.11.x and trunk, and seeing that every change in trunk I could be confident is release quality. >> >> Now we've done a bunch of backporting to 0.11.x, which is bringing it closer to trunk, but not close enough, imho. >> >> We could continue to backport to 0.11.x until `git diff trunk 0.11.x` is empty, but that seems like crazy lots of work to no good end. >> >> Are there any patches in trunk which do not belong in 1.0? >> >> Jan mentioned that Adam has some writer patches that he wants in 1.1. Is there anything else? >> >> I would *definitely* like to backport the couch_util:get_value patch. There's no reason to have that huge diff between 1.0 and 1.1 (that doesn't change functionality). The big diff just makes it harder to maintain 1.0 going forward. >> >> I don't care which route we get there by, but at this point, there is lot of code in trunk that belongs in 1.0 >> >> It might be simpler to branch trunk, and remove the one or two commits that shouldn't be in 1.0, than to play the rebase game even longer, trying to get 0.11.x to look like trunk. >> >> Can you help me identify the commits that should *not* be in 1.0? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Chris >> >> >> On Jun 25, 2010, at 8:35 AM, Filipe David Manana wrote: >> >>> On my GNU/Linux machine, branch 0.11.x, I have the test list_views.js with >>> an assertion failing: >>> >>> Assertion failed: expected '{"total_rows":10,"offset":0,"update_seq":11}', >>> got '{"total_rows":10,"offset":0} >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Noah Slater <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Where are we on Windows support? >>>> >>>> The last time I heard, the unofficial Windows binaries that can be built at >>>> the moment are not ready for the prime time. Is this still the case. If >>>> we're doing a windows release, who is going to prepare the release artefact? >>>> >>>> On 25 Jun 2010, at 01:20, Damien Katz wrote: >>>> >>>>> It looks like the file deletion issue may be already fixed windows. If we >>>> can get confirmation the Windows compaction and deletion problems are fixed, >>>> I think we can prepare a release artifact to vote on. >>>>> >>>>> -Damien >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jun 24, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Jan Lehnardt wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 24 Jun 2010, at 01:22, Damien Katz wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jun 23, 2010, at 4:15 PM, Paul Davis wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Damien Katz <firstname.lastname@example.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> I think we are really close to being ready for 1.0. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Are there any issues/patches that need to be handled before we make a >>>> release and vote on it? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Noah, do you have any issues, and can you make the branch and release >>>> candidate? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> One thing I can think of is windows file support, so that compaction >>>> and deletion work properly. There exists a fix for it from Mark Hammond, but >>>> we need a patched Erlang VM before the fix can work. The upcoming R14B >>>> includes the VM patch, but I think we should wait until it's actually >>>> released before we include Mark's fix. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -Damien >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If you mean the SHARED_DELETE thing for opening files, that was >>>>>>>> included in R14A which was released the other day. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I do mean the SHARED_DELETE thing, and I didn't know that. Great news! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Anyone up for merging the patch and testing on windows? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Patch is here: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-86 >>>>>> >>>>>> The patch is stale, we'd need somebody to get it applying to trunk. >>>> Anyone? >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers >>>>>> Jan >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Filipe David Manana, >>> firstname.lastname@example.com / email@example.com >>> >>> "Reasonable men adapt themselves to the world. >>> Unreasonable men adapt the world to themselves. >>> That's why all progress depends on unreasonable men." >> >
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Setting the Record Straight: What I Really Believe
I recently reposted my most popular blog post, Three Reasons Why Rick Warren is a Heretic. I get three responses to this post. One is appreciation for my satirical attempt to show that Rick Warren is acting biblically. Another is a complete misunderstanding of my post, where people are offended that I call a good man like Rick Warren a heretic. The final one is by people who dislike my satire because they really believe that Rick Warren is a heretic.
While I have only respect for Rick Warren, I don't really care what people think. People should look at the facts (which they rarely do) and make up their own minds.
This post is not about Rick Warren. This post is about me. I have had people recently question my faith and my respect for the Bible. Again, people are free to think of me what they want. But if you are going to dislike me, do it based on what I really believe.
So, for perhaps the first time, I will reveal who I am and what I believe. If any of this offends you, I will not be bothered if you cut ties.
- I am a follower of Jesus (the most offensive claim of all).
- I am an Evangelical. Evangelicals are far from perfect, but I fully agree with the need for conversion and the high view of Scripture.
- I was raised Anglican and I do not deny what God is doing in mainline churches.
- I was baptized Pentecostal, and while I do not believe tongues is the evidence of the baptism of the Spirit, I do affirm that the gifts of the Spirit are still active. I am no cessationist.
- I am a Baptist because I love the theological flexibility within my Baptist group.
- Am I a liberal? Am I a conservative? I am a moderate, which usually means I am too liberal for conservatives and too conservative for liberals.
- I am not a Calvinist. I hesitate to say that I am an Arminian as I have never read any of Jacob Arminius' writings. I absolutely love the works of John Calvin and I have tremendous respect for my Calvinist brothers and sisters but I have some different views.
- I do not hate Roman Catholics. While I disagree with some aspects of Roman Catholic doctrine, I have met very many Roman Catholics who are so obviously followers of Jesus.
- I am not a pacifist. I greatly respect pacifists, but I believe that there are times when force is needed to protect the innocent.
- I believe that Christians should not just be involved in evangelism but should be involved in justice issues as well. Christians should be active in helping the poor, not just in donating a can of soup but in really making a difference.
- I believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God. I believe the Bible is inerrant as long as we properly define what the Bible is and what an error is. I do not feel the need to harmonize every seeming discrepancy. The Bible was inspired in its original historical and literary context and should not be held to our western and modern standards.
- I believe in the real incarnation of Jesus. Jesus was not just God pretending to be a man, he really was human. I believe Jesus actually had to learn to walk and talk, the way we all do. He did not come out of the womb with one eye on Mary and the other on the rings of Saturn. Nor was Jesus a man pretending to be God. None of the things that Jesus did or said make sense if Jesus was not God incarnate.
- I believe that all people should be treated with respect. There is no group, no religion, no race, no sexual orientation, that is outside the realm of respect. We do not have respect what they do, as they do not need to respect what we do. Respect is based on the image of God that is within us.
- I believe that God has a special place in his heart for those with disabilities. I can't prove it but I believe it.
- I believe in the importance of religious freedom and the freedom of expression, not just for Christians but for all religions.
- I don't believe that all religions are equal ways to God. World religions are more different than alike and while I honour their religious zeal, I believe Jesus is the only way to God.
- I would work together with people of other religions or no religion on a cause that would make a difference to my community, nation or world. Joining efforts does not require me (or them) to compromise beliefs.
There is probably more but that is enough for now. You now have some idea of who I am. I don't expect you to agree with all of my beliefs. I probably don't agree with all of yours. But we need to decide if we can respect one another and work together for the kingdom of God.


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My husband tried to bribe me. Here I was thinking the use of bribes was only used on small children and corrupt government officials but seems I can now be added to the list.
Tim and I don't have many rules at our house but one of them, and might I add that Tim established this rule before we got married, is this:
Whoever cooks doesn't have to clean up.
Well as soon as those words were out of his mouth I heartily agreed. Afterall, I could see the writing on the wall, I knew it would be me who would do the most cooking and I'll gladly admit I'm not a fan of cleaning up.
The other night I'm sitting at our dining room table (its new by the way and I love it!) minding my own business as Tim cleans up in the kitchen. Cleaning up dishes from the previous day. He casually starts a conversation and manages to put in… "If you come help me, I'll let you get whatever you like as takeout for dinner."
Hmm I considered and thought, fair enough, so I help out. But it was a bribe and wow it actually worked. Points to you babe. But now I'm scheming…what am I going to bribe him about???


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a quick take
Wired has this article, Flash: Blogging Goes Corporate. Although I won't be able to address this today, I'll tackle it on Monday. In the meantime, here's Meg Hourihan's take on it.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Robert has entered the blog.
I welcome myself to the blog (hold for applause). I have picked today to make my debut because Charlie gave me an incentive. If I blogged today, Charlie promised I could (don't be mad Sarah....) create a false lipstick "smooch" on his shiny bald head with permanent marker. sweet.
My nephew Graham remarked this weekend that "Uncle Robert seems like he is always onstage." well. How insightful. But I guess as long as my ticket holders are happy, the seats are filled and the reviews are good I should be content (not to be confused with pure content).
A shout out to the fine folks at Turbo Tax and Quicken who have changed my life. No longer will I be a slave to annual procrastination thanks to the amazingly easily, friendly and efficient service provided online for tax preparation. I don't even have to sign my name! and I was reveling in the pleasure of phoning in my extension at 11:00pm on April 15th...what's next? Pizza delivered to my home?!
Geof Hammond tells me not to listen to Dr. Laura ("1-800-D-R-L-A-U-R-A") because she raises my blood pressure. My recent rant: she admonishes a caller who is having difficulties with his second wife. She dictates that it is ridiculous for him to include romance in his life as it overshadows his responsibilities for the child, and second marriages (she says) most always end in failure so why bother? I mean first off, heaven forbid that a child have a happy parent, but that aside, on the very next broadcast she berates a caller for being alone. It's unnatural and an abnormal state to be alone, says the "doctor". I guess I should listen to one more show. She's talking out of two heads now...maybe a third is on the way and that would explain her resemblance to hellish figures like Cerbeus the dog at the gate to Hades. Oops, time for my blood pressure check.
Seriously, it does help me clarify what I am passionate about and how to articulate it when I listen to opposing opinions. And it is the only thing on when I drive 25 minutes home from choir rehearsals...it used to be Lionel, and now the pendulum has swung. Oh dear.
...and thank you for having me here. I have enjoyed it too. Drive safely, and blog to you again soon.
welcome Emma
Tracey, on Play's Activation team, just had her second baby yesterday, at 4:58 pm. Emma Harrison Leverty weighs in at 7.4 lbs. Both Tracey and Emma are great. Congrats.
who are you people?
I've been keeping track of some of the Google searches that lead people to Pure Content. But I just found two that blow my mind.
Freeserve, a British search engine and content provider, has Pure Content as the #1 search for "poland horses ownership brands." What?
And on Google, we're number two for "Article featured in the news paper on indian tea industry." Maybe after this post, we'll have a Google lock on that one.
who else is tired of of-the-moment design?
A couple of days ago, the Eureopean Union announced that Rem Koolhaas had designed a new flag. I've been looking for a picture of it (although I haven't been looking that hard) to share with you, and SvN provided the conduit. Here's a picture of the new flag, which combines the colors of every flag in the EU.
Whatever happened to timeless design? I know that aesthetics are subjective, but there are some styles that are appreciated by a far greater majority than other styles. Bach vs. Philip Glass. The Beatles vs. G.G. Allen. Obviously, Glass and Allen had different agendas than Bach or the Beatles. But there's a way to combine the function of the new EU flag with the form of classical design elements (and by "classical" I'm not necessarily saying "Greco-Roman").
What do you think about the new flag? Does it do the job? Could it be more attractive? Any concerns about the bar-code overtones?
Update: It's not really the new flag. Sweet.
How about this Pupli? No, Mom, everyone in school picks on the Pupli kids, even I do. I just hate them so much.
I just lost the coolest post I had ever made to Pure Content. Just as I was thinking, "Gosh. I really like Blogger. It's a shame that it seems to be the "starter" blogging program. People like Ed Murray are jumping over to Movable Type. Oh well. I'm happy with Blogger." And then it lost my post. Yargh.
I'll try again. And I'm sticking with Blogger. I have faith in Pyra.
That quote's from the Simpsons. No reason except Melissa (my little sister) will get a kick out of it.
update: after 20 more minutes of writing up the post, it deleted it AGAIN. Yargh².
reinvent yourself
So ... two big changes to my appearance. Three if you count the bow tie I'm wearing today.
One. I shaved my goatee off. (To which, those of you who *haven't* seen me since January are saying "I didn't know you had a goatee." And to which those of you who *have* seen me since January are saying "I didn't know you had a goatee.") It wasn't really working, so I got rid of it.
Two. I shaved my head. Bald. Number One attachment to face razor to straight razor. It's all gone. Why? A couple of reasons.
One. Faster swim times. Not really.
One. I needed a haircut.
Two. The next big event I have is my brother-in-law's wedding, in a month, and that's enough time to grow back some peach fuzz.
Three. I've always been curious about what it would look like. Although I cut my hair close and bleached it in college, I never shaved it to the skin. So I was curious.
Four. We talk about "not taking yourself too seriously" at Play, and it's hard to take yourself seriously when you have an empty, pale white scalp.
Five. There are a couple of things I'm bad at. Routine, every day things that I should be better about. One of them is maintaining my database of billed hours. Another is getting up early to work on my book. Another is getting up (even earlier) for prayer / reading / reflection time in the morning. All of those are things that I want to be better at. And so I decided that, with a shaved head and a bow tie, I would reinvent myself. I'm all caught up on that billing database. I'll let you know tomorrow about the early morning bit. Wish me luck.
but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need
So I'm trying to add a search function, per your requests, but I'm having trouble with it. It just loads up the main Pure Content page. Anybody know how to have Atomz locate specific posts? Otherwise, there's not much use in having a search form.
Thanks, if you can help. Go ahead and comment below, or e-mail me (charlie AT lookatmorestuff DOT com).
Also, if anyone knows any good Palm / PDA emulators, please let me know. I'm trying to make Pure Content m-friendly. Thanks.
the value of content
Yesterday I promised that, if I had time, I'd address David Weinberger's "Why I Hate Content" post from Monday. I have about ten minutes. Let's see what I can get done.
Here's the entirety of his post, so you know what I'm addressing.
"It's taken me this long to figure out why I usually get uncomfortable when people talk about the Web in terms of 'content.' I start out am uncomfortable for the same reasons as Doc Searls. The Web is more about conversation than content. And with content comes a whole template of metaphors about ownership, delivery and distribution, and consumption."
"But there's another reason my hackles go up when the Web is hailed as a treasure trove of content. Content sits there all pleased with itself for being valuable. It's smug because it's an asset. Yeah, well it'd be content-in-itself if it weren't for the fact that someone cares enough about it to link to. And it's merely content unless it can get over itself enough to point us to some other places worth going."
"Links not only literally make the Web a web, but the nature of those links determines almost everything that is interesting and important about it. Content is to the Web as zombies are to human culture."
On one level, I agree with DW. Ultimately, the value of the Internet really is the networks that it allows to form. It is the conversations (or the "markets," if you prefer Cluetrain terminology) that occur — the links, the posts, the comments, etc. — and the speed at which those conversations occur that makes the Web such a revolutionary step forward. But let's look at some other revolutionary steps forward. The move from a hunter-gatherer society to an agrarian society is always hailed as a big paradigm-shifting-time. Same with the shift from an agrarian society to an industrial society. Now that we're moving to an information-based society, we're seeing the exact same models carried out.
For example. The real benefit of the industrial revolution wasn't the machines that made work efficient. Yes, they were a huge advancement. But what really characterized the industrial revolution was the gathering of workers and skilled craftsmen in one, central location. Rather than a wool trader who wandered from village to village, the industrial revolution centralized those tradesmen and craftsmen in one, large, city, where imports and exports were delivered to factories and distribution points. It was the gathering of people, not the development of machines, that changed the way work happened. In other words, it was the conversation.
Similarly, the move to an agrarian culture (from hunter-gatherers) had similar effects.
In the end, what's my point? Are the conversations and links on the Web important? They're critical. But the advancements made by things like the wheel, mechanical looms, steam engines, and bulk shipping wouldn't have been important either, if it weren't for the conversations that took place around them. And nobody's denigrating the wheel. Nobody takes issue with the steam engine. Don't undervalue the content, because when it comes down to it, the content is what the conversations are all about.
less is more
Back in college, I was going to create a zine or a website or something called rest/less. You can hopefully figure out the cutesy postmodern word wrangling I was applying. Sort of like Re:generation Quarterly.
Anyway, I thought back to that when I saw Less, Bruce Kasanoff's new blog about simplifying business. "Too much of business is needlessly complicated. Too many people are overwhelmed with data, responsibilities and complications. For some time, I've been collecting stories about companies succeeding by delivering less, and have discovered the power of this simple idea. Stay tuned..."
It looks promising. Let's see how it goes.
here be losers
This morning Armistead e-mailed me with a response to David Weinberger's post "Why I Hate Content." I guess it behooves me to respond to that post with my own thoughts and whatnot, but I haven't so far. The main reason? I haven't had time. He argues that the value of content isn't the content itself, but the links and the conversations that revolve around said content. Hi. That's not "new thought." I'll write more tomorrow, but my wife is here, and I'd rather spend time with her. Expect more tomorrow. If I have time.
purely for the upper crust
Sara Lee (the people behind L'eggs, Hanes, Ballpark Franks, Jimmy Dean and Hillshire Farms sausages) has released the next big trend in baked goods: crustless bread. According to this article at CNN.com, the bread industry is a $5.6 billion-per-year segment, and the fastest-growing section of that industry is what they call "super premium breads," which includes flavors (roasted garlic, olive oil), and styles (French, Italian), and I'm sure it includes other iterations of bread as well. Anyway, for those of you who are in a rush to get your cucumber sandwiches on the table, Sara Lee has your salvation.
please cheese to change the world as you like
There is a man I know in Western Virginia who used his team of draft horses for logging projects on the Appalacian Trail. In the sensitive and pristine portions of the Appalacian Trail, his team of draft horses would drag felled trees from National Forest Service parklands. Draft horses caused minimal damage to the forest floor compared to the treads of a tractor. Draft horses transporting trees is old school. Using draft horses instead of tractors is new school. Applying old school ideas to today's problems is one smoothe approach toward creating a social invention.
Anyone using their creative smarts to solve social problems is a social inventor. Think Alcoholics Anonymous or the Public Library or a ticker tape parade.
The April issue of the Utne Reader has a cover story on the power of ideas for changing the world. The article tells the story of the Institute for Social Inventions which has been gathering and promoting bulges of thought aimed at community building, sustainability, and small-scale endeavors. The Institute has recently published The World's Greatest Ideas: An Encyclopedia of Social Inventions. The book is a collection of the inspired suggestions gathered from around the world. It chronicles people empowered to change the world: non-scientists dropping science.
The Utne Reader is even offering a $500 prize to improve life on planet Earth. Winning ideas will be published in a future issue.
shout out
Frank McPherson, who runs Notes From the Cave, wrote a quick post about the conference we were at last week.
I'm hoping that we will have time to write up some comments from it, because it was a truly spectacular two days. And Geof even got to ride on a Segway (although he didn't fall off of it). Despite the teasing he's been giving me, he still hasn't written about it for Pure Content. Sean, however, will be posting his first piece later on today. Thank goodness.
Anyway, I'm getting away from myself. Frank McPherson has some good links regarding the conference and some of the speakers that were there. Go check it out.
TCM's "Essentials" Favorites
We have some friends (clients, but they're really more like friends) in Atlanta who run the show at Turner Classic Movies. Recently, they sent us a list of some of their favorite movies. Culled from TCM's list, "The Essentials," these are the creme de la creme. Enjoy.
The Night of the Hunter — Robert Mitchum in Charles Laughton's gothic Americana horror
To Be or Not to Be — Jack Benny in Ernst Lubitsch's parody of the Nazis in Poland
Sweet Smell of Success — Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis in the seedy underworld of NY showbiz
Sullivan's Travels — Preston Sturges' comic tale of a Hollywood director seeking deeper meaning
Paths of Glory — Kirk Douglas in stirring early Stanley Kubrick anti-war film
To Kill a Mockingbird — Gregory Peck in classic adaptation of Harper Lee's novel
Annie Hall — Definitive Woody Allen with Diane Keaton as "Annie"
The Lost Weekend — Billy Wilder's horror film on alcoholism starring Ray Milland
North by Northwest — Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint in tremendous Hitchcock dramatic/comedy caper
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre — John Huston directs his dad Walter and Bogart and they "don't need no stinkin' badges"
beer + bait + bites = bucks
Busch beer has launched a promotion that targets their demographic with a brilliant campaign. In conjunction with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Anheuser-Busch has tagged 40 fish around the country with special markers. If you catch one of those fish between now and June 4th, you could win either $1,000 (39 of the fish) or $1,000,000 (if you catch "Big Jake"). Here's an article about it, and the official website.
Via Fark.
validation / what's in a name?
In the past, people have been confused by what Play is, and by what Play does. We are constantly evolving and changing, and we are intentionally off-the-curve. I just received a pre-book version of "Don't Panic," and it has a section about their 10 Commandments ("the concrete consequences of the paradigm shift," intended to give some guidance, some pleasure and some additional thoughts). I'll copy one of them here for you, and you can go to their website for the others, as well as some other info about the book.
Thou Shalt Not Do Things That Already Have a Name
A widely spread and pretty stupid notion is that a new business idea can be explained to a possible investor during the time it takes to ride an elevator, i.e., an "elevator pitch."
This is probably both realistic and wise for the person who does not want to do anything remotely close to anything that one could classify as novel. The thought that Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, or Richard Branson not only could describe their concepts in 50 seconds, but also convince an investor is not just unrealistic, it's absurd.
On the other hand, investors who don't perceive that they can spend ore than 50 seconds listening before they make up their mind, will probably never understand anything new. They have probably learned everything there is to learn ...
The rest of us, yho either have a genuinely new idea or would like to hear about a truly revolutionary concept, must probably show some humility.
If it is new, it does not have a name. If it is new, we can't describe it with a few simple sentences. If it is new, we can't understand it without a lot of work and flexible frames of reference.
want some ads with your trendiness?
Abercrombie & Fitch, which has come under attack for questionable shirts (and before that, for questionable taste), has some good news to post.
The NY Times Business section notes that, beginning with the summer issue of their magalog, the A&F Quarterly, the retailer wil lbegin to include ads from other companies. SoBe, Sony/Playstation, Trek bicycles, and the WB TV network will all have double-page spreads. The estimated cost per spread is in the low five figures, and will reach a readership of around 200,000.
This is pretty new, I think. To feature other companies' ads in your catalog, principally because they reach out to the exact same demographic as you do, and because you can capitalize on the synergies (if you'll excuse the consultant-speak).
In more Abercrombie news, Douglas Rushkoff has an excellent post about the racist t-shirt. (It's about more than that, but that's where the discussion begins.) "AF's campaign is intended to make people celebrate their own closet racism, and to identify the brand with a simpler time, when Chinese-Americans were Chinks, and white kids were "normal." The techniques of disruptive, viral media are now in use by a counter-culture of anti-intellectualism and racism."
In another side note, the Washington Post article said that on April 18th, the day after they pulled those shirts from their stores, their stock hit a 52-week high, $33.30. Not because people were happy that the shirts were gone, but because people knew that, with the added publicity, foot traffic would increase, and people would buy more. A&F, adopting the "any publicity is good publicity" philosophy.
Via Heath Row's Media Diet.
community rooftop gardens
Former Play intern Liz Pisciotta sent us this article, and we wanted to share it with you. In the vein of the hydrogen traps, cleaner coal plants, and the farming projects from previous weeks, this is a rooftop garden experiment that's almost ten years old, taking place at the Chicago offices of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Using 38 children's wading pools, they allow poor, local residents to grow their own vegetables, using less water and resources than they would otherwise need.
"The urban agriculture project of the ELCA demonstrates how fresh, healthy vegetables can be grown inexpensively in containers virtually anywhere — at the edges of parking lots; along railroad tracks; on back porches; on rooftops; in patios; in driveways; in vacant lots between buildings; in brown fields or areas where there is a concern about soil pollutants; in areas where soil nutrition is lacking — just about anywhere there is a bit of space, sun and access to water."
The result was phenomenal. With an average of nearly 26 pounds of vegetables per pool, they grew the equivalent of 26,800 pounds per acre, which exceeds the national average for crop yields. I've been trying to figure out a way to get the local grocery stores (Ukrop's, Kroger, and Community Pride) to develop some community gardens in downtown Richmond. Maybe this will be the slight tweak needed. Maybe by the end of the year there'll be wading pool gardens on the roofs of buildings and in sunny nooks and crannies all over Richmond.
If you missed the link above, here's the article. Thanks to Liz for sending it to us.
As an aside, there's a tomato breed called "Park's Whopper." I've got one in my backyard, and I'll keep you posted on its development.
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