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Sunday, November 14, 2004
Should Google Ban Trademarks?
First off, go read John Battelle's post, then come back here, because he lays out a lot of important stuff.
Back? Okay.
So, the simple question is what should Google do about trademarked keywords? Obviously, there is a benefit to the searching consumer, since a search for, example, a Cadillac Escalade, will have an ad directing you to a site selling that exact product. Obviously, there is a problem for the searching consumer, since a search for, example, a Swiss Army Knife, will have an ad directing you to a site that makes cheap knockoffs but doesn't clearly state it is not actually the Victorinox company. Obviously, there is a problem for Google, since a search for, example, Geico, will have an ad for one of Geico's competitors. And Geico will sue you for selling their trademark. A trademark you surely do not own. And win. And cost you hundreds of millions of dollars. And make Sergey cry.
So, what to do? Forcing Google to not sell trademarks would be tantamount to saying the Sears catalog cannot mention the trademarks of SONY, who built the TV they are trying to sell. On the other hand, no one would ever say anyone could sell the word Sears to Home Depot for advertising purposes. That is about the most absurd misuse of trademark law, and no lawyer could ever argue it and win.
At some point Google will either A) realize Geico will win and settle or B) Google will be hit by more lawsuits, and change its policies, and settle with more companies. There is no way Google will be allowed to essentially sell other companies trademarks. Trademarks are property, and no one else can make profit off of them. Google's strategy, to prove it is even-handed by selling even more trademarks, is doomed to be a colossal failure. One can only hope they figure it out before more lawsuits come down the pike.
Of course, I basically said all of this back in September.
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
John S. Metcalf, continued
Pictured here are at least three generations of grain elevators in Goderich, Ontario. I say "three" because this facility possesses three marine towers (all of them stationary), which are easily identifiable by the vertical "slats" out of which their respective elevating legs can be lowered. Moving from right to left, we see:
1) a marine tower that is integrated into the mid-section of a brick or iron-clad warehouse (a common design-feature in the 1870s and '80s);
2) a tower that stands at the far-end of another brick or iron-clad warehouse, over which a horizontal gallery or "cupola" has been built (common in the '80s and '90s); and
3) a tower that is integrated into an all-steel mainhouse (common in the 1900s).
Note that, at the far left of the picture, we see a grain-storage warehouse that is made out of reinforced concrete (note the cylinders, the only ones utilized at this facility). It is my educated guess that this facility was constructed in four stages between 1875 and 1915, and that the 500,000-bushel elevator built by John S. Metcalf in 1907, using steel to construct the rectangularly shaped grain tanks, is #3 (above).
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I am taking myself and my health seriously now. I signed up for parkpeople.com again to log my calories and exercise.... I know I can do this! I need to fight through my cravings.... That is when I slip up the most. I know that I am strong. I know I need to be healthy and I know how to do this! I am doing this.
I am going to lose 50 pounds by my 31st birthday, January 9th, 2011.
I want to accomplish this by taking one day at a time, Making my health a priority. I will workout daily, drink 2 nalgene bottles of water, Eat proper portion sizes, make better snacking choices, cook healthier meals. I will avoid preservatives, caffiene and try to eat only whole foods. I want to be the healthies I am able to be in my 30s and keep my family healthy as well! I CAN do this. I AM doing this!


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Sunday, 20 July 2014
Viking knitting ...... ?
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Gracious me, the variety of workshops you attend is amazing Grimhildr ;) Lol :DReplyDelete
But this is amazing work; I have defintiely never heard of Viking Knitting before xx
Wearing my bracelet. Checking out websites for more wire!ReplyDeleteReplies
I've got everything you will need Susan. Call round for itDelete
I have never heard of Viking Knitting before either but the finished result is amazing Lynn! Hugs, Anne xxReplyDelete
That's lovely ... I've seen June make these with fresh water pearls inside too x gorgeous xReplyDelete
I can always find something new and innovative on your blog Lynn - whatever will you get up to next! I've never heard of Viking Knitting but I love that fabulous bracelet - is it a grown up version of the rubber band loom craze that everyone's into at the moment? I must have a go!!!ReplyDelete
I've never seen this or heard of it before, Lynn, but I like the result. The bracelet is beautifully delicate. Elizabeth xxReplyDelete
Fascinating - looks complicated and is certainly beautiful! ChrisxReplyDelete


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Kyung Cho is a young father burdened by a house he can't afford. For years he and his wife, Gillian, have lived beyond their means. Now their debts and bad decisions are catching up with them, and Kyung is anxious for his family's future.
A few miles away, his parents, Jin and Mae, live in the town's most exclusive neighborhood, surrounded by the material comforts that Kyung desires for his wife and son. Growing up, they gave him every possible advantage - private tutors, expensive hobbies - but they never showed him kindness. Kyung can hardly bear to see them now, much less ask for their help. Yet when an act of violence leaves Jin and Mae unable to live on their own, the dynamic suddenly changes, and he's compelled to take them in.
For the first time in years, the Chos find themselves living under the same roof. Tensions quickly mount as Kyung's proximity to his parents forces old feelings of guilt and anger to the surface, along with a terrible and persistent question: How can he ever be a good husband, father, and son when he never knew affection as a child?
As Shelter veers swiftly toward its startling conclusion, Jung Yun leads us through dark and violent territory where, unexpectedly, the Chos discover hope. Shelter is a masterfully crafted debut that asks what it means to provide for one's family and, in answer, delivers a story as riveting as it is profound.
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What begins as a crime scene develops into a story about the ripple effect that physical and emotional abuse has on the next generation. In this case the family are well off and highly educated Korean immigrants. The point of view is from the only son whose parents settled in a university town in the seventies, where the population was mainly white American. The story begins in the present day when they experience a home invasion and it deals with how this event affects the married son's already rocky relationship with his wife and son. The main character was believable and his inner dialogue plays a strong part in holding the reader's interest. I thought the pace was good, interesting characters and the ending was believable, without resolving things it presented a realistic scenario.
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The point of frugality, I've often noted, isn't to avoid spending money; it's to avoid wasting money. Some expenses, even if they're not strictly necessities, are still worth the money. I'm not at all embarrassed about indulging in the occasional Frappuccino, for instance - especially since I use survey credits to reload my Starbucks card. Nor will I apologize for indulging in hot showers and having a large—perhaps even mildly excessive—collection of books. These are luxuries that, for me, provide enough pleasure to justify their rather modest price tags.
The expenses that really bug me are the ones that eat up money and natural resources, and provide nothing of value in return. Expenses like bottled water, for instance, which in many cases is literally nothing but filtered tap water—which you could easily filter yourself at home for much less.
So my latest Money Crashers article is more or less a rant about five of these utterly unnecessary expenses and why people should stop wasting their money on them. In addition to bottled water, I cover K-Cups, microwave popcorn, dryer sheets, and cable TV —explaining why they're unnecessary, what the cheaper alternative is, and how much money you could save by switching.
Read about it at Top 5 Things That Are the Biggest Waste of Money, and feel free to join the ranting in the comments section.
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June 15, 2012
News Office: Karin Rush-Monroe (415) 502-6397
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The fundraising campaign to build the new UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay achieved a major milestone this month, surpassing the $400 million mark in philanthropic gifts. This brings the campaign more than two-thirds of the way to its $600 million goal.
Construction of the state-of-the-art hospital complex for children, women and cancer patients is well underway — on schedule and on budget. A model of innovative and sustainable design, the 289-bed medical center will open in early 2015, and be the city's first new hospital in decades.
At present, the installation of the exterior walls and glass is almost complete. Inside the buildings, the sixth floor interior walls now enclose extensive utilities as the progress rapidly moves down each floor of the buildings.
The new medical center will include:
A "hard hat" view of the latest additions to the structure, including the hospital lobby, terraced rooftop gardens, and a patient room in the children's hospital, is available on youtube.
"Our supporters' outstanding generosity and energy helped us eclipse this crucial benchmark in our fundraising efforts, and we can't begin to thank them enough," said Mark Laret, CEO of UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. "The philanthropic community's engagement in the campaign for UCSF Medical Center speaks to the significance of this project."
In addition to the charitable gifts received from individuals and foundations, the hospital project is funded through a combination of debt financing and hospital reserves. Apart from children's hospital bonds, authorized to all children's hospitals in California, none of the project's costs will be paid by state taxpayers.
This financing plan has effectively removed any financial burden from the state and minimized the amount of money coming from California taxpayers, Laret said.
The UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay is the only capital project in the history of the University of California to attract two gifts of $100 million or more. In March 2009, The Atlantic Philanthropies and its founder Charles F. Feeney made a $125 million matching gift, followed by a $100 million private donation from Lynne and Marc Benioff in June 2010 to the since-renamed UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.
"It's motivating to see the tangible, structural progress of the new hospitals," said Laret. "This medical center is being built for the state, nation and world by visionary philanthropists, and we invite others who share our goal of better, more effective care for all, to join us in these efforts."
The combination of children's, women's and cancer services in the new medical center will foster continuity of care for patients, with mothers of at-risk infants delivering immediately adjacent to the neonatal intensive care unit, and adult and pediatric oncologists working side-by-side.
In addition, the integration of the hospital complex with UCSF's 42.5-acre biomedical research campus at Mission Bay will promote interaction between the research and clinical care programs, speeding the application of laboratory discoveries to the treatment of patients in the Bay Area and beyond.
"The steel structures that have risen from the site are changing the San Francisco skyline and the future of health care, by providing a new home to deliver the most advanced, safe, high-quality care," Laret said.
Supporters of the project talk about the project on the UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay website.
About UCSF Medical Center
UCSF Medical Center consistently ranks as one of the top 10 hospitals in the United States. Recognized for innovative treatments, advanced technology, collaboration among health care professionals and scientists, and a highly compassionate patient care team, UCSF Medical Center serves as the academic medical center of the University of California, San Francisco. The medical center's nationally preeminent programs include children's health, the brain and nervous system, organ transplantation, women's health and cancer. It operates as a self-supporting enterprise within UCSF and generates its own revenues to cover the operating costs of providing patient care.
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You probably wondered why some things are slow, especially if it is SBS server. On a server you have installed Exchange, Sharepoint, IIS, Remote Admin site, AD and lot of small applications. Among other things you have installed the database for WSUS, Sharepoint Services and SBS monitoring application. Databases for Sharepoint and WSUS are on the Windows Internal Database database engine . As you know, or do not know, this database need also from time to time some administration. The first thing is to get to databases itself. These databases are accessible only via named pipes path so you enter the following in SQL Management Studio \\.\pipe\mssql$microsoft##ssee\sql\query in order to connect to the database engine. Here is an example from the SBS 2008 server. Refer to the service name of your database instance (Microsoft # # SSEE) and enter it accordingly. Usually the same name everywhere. We have also an SBS server feature/problem. We will not be able to access the database. The admin of the database is domain Administrator account. It is disabled by default on SBS. Turn it on and put a password. What to say, "Now we are in business." Start SQL Management Studio under that account, and we are there. What to look for now. I found that the log of the Sharepoint configuration database size is 2GB (If you do not know how to get this going at Report > Standard Reports> Disk usage)
It is not that big but trust me when you have a lot of this size databases on an SBS machine then each byte matter. How to reduce this. I will not go into details about why and how, do backup first in this way. First full database backup, then backup the transaction logs. Those who know something about databases explanation is not needed, and those who doesn't know just do so. (Very important do not skip backup logs). When you do this right click on the database / log that you want to reduce, and go to Tasks> Shrink> Files. You will get dialog box with database file selected, which you probably can not shrink because of lack of free space in the database. Watch AVAILABLE free space column. In my case, 8% with respect to the database size of 7 MB is irrelevant. However when you selected in File type Log instead of Data we have something much better. AVAILABLE free space is 98% or almost 2GB.
To shrink the log file, select this option as shown on picture above and enter the desired value in file size. Once again, make sure that nothing has happened. I myself was surprised the first time. But there is no surrender. Do once more backup of transaction log. Well now, do again shrinking of log file procedure and you will get what you need (see picture). Do this for the rest of the database, if they need it, and defragment the disk afterwards. I think the system will have a much faster response and hard drive led will work less often than before.


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Today it's pink saturday :).
Pink is one of my favourite colours together with red and orange.
It makes me feel happy.
I do love bright colours, I'm not into pastels they don't suit me, they make me look pale.
Today arrived a really cute dress from one of Tante Betsy's older collections. I scored it second hand but it still looks really well. Do you see the cute broche on the dress? So happy with this little gift :).
The dress I'm wearing today is also from an older collection of Tante Betsy and I also scored it second hand a while ago.
But this one looks not that new anymore but I don't mind, I like it anyway.
Petra is just like me fan of pink but I was quicker than her with scoring the pink one, which I received today.
She is wearing a pink dress on this picture together with daughter Marit.
Marit loves also the dresses Petra wears and would love to have the same as mommie ;).
So I also share a picture of a really happy Marit, it's not a Tante Betsy dress but it's just such a cute picture. And it's the same dress as her mom's :).
Allright girls have a great saturday!
Lots of love from Susan


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text: Everything related to trackbuilding and BTB in general, don't have to be a question. Post tips, discuss.. EDIT: Since i got top post, i'll use it.. Threads that are not stickied but almost should be, now that we got the forum update fnished (AFAIK) and link addresses won't change it's time to re-arrange all the info we got here. Send a PM and i'll add more threads. Community XPacks: http://cream.galleria.fi/BTB/XPacks/ Important threads: Race07 material names: http://www.racedepartment.com/forum/threads/race07-materials.46345/ rFactor2 track technology: http://www.racedepartment.com/forum/threads/rfactor-2-track-technology-notes-released.45530/ Objecys to BTB Terrain- zaxxon method: http://www.racedepartment.com/forum/threads/objects-to-btb-terrain-zaxxon-method.23609/ Open source and uncomplemented projects: http://www.racedepartment.com/forum/threads/open-source-uncompleted-projects.23564/


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CAI RANG, Vietnam — For centuries, as monsoon rains, typhoons and wars have swept over them and disappeared into the sunshine, the farmers and fishermen of the Mekong Delta have drawn life from the water and fertile fields where the great river ends its 2,700-mile journey to the sea.
The rhythms of life continue from season to season though, like much of the country, the delta is moving quickly into the future, and industry has begun to pollute the air and water.
But everything here, both the timeless and the new, is at risk now from a threat that could bring deeper and longer-lasting disruptions than the generations of warfare that ended more than 30 years ago.
In a worse-case projection, a Vietnamese government report released last month says that more than one-third of the delta, where 17 million people live and nearly half the country's rice is grown, could be submerged if sea levels rise by three feet in the decades to come.
In a more modest projection, it calculates that one-fifth of the delta would be flooded, said Tran Thuc, who leads Vietnam's National Institute for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Sciences and is the chief author of the report.
Storm surges could periodically raise that level, he said, and experts say an intrusion of salt water and industrial pollution could contaminate much of the remaining delta area.
The risks of climate change for Vietnam go far beyond the Mekong Delta, up into the Central Highlands, where rising temperatures could put the coffee crop at risk, and to the Red River Delta in the north, where large areas could be inundated near the capital, Hanoi.
Climate experts consider this nation of an estimated 87 million people to be among the half-dozen most threatened by the weather disruptions and rising sea levels linked to climate change that are predicted in the course of this century.
If the sea level rises by three feet, 11 percent of Vietnam's population could be displaced, according to a 2007 World Bank working paper.
If it rises by 15 feet, 35 percent of the population and 16 percent of the country's land area could be affected, the document said.
The government report emphasizes that the predictions represent the threat, based on current models, if no measures are taken in the coming decades, like building dikes.
But the potential disruptions and the tremendous cost of trying to reduce their impact could slow Vietnam's drive to emerge from its postwar poverty and impede its ambitions to become one of the region's economic leaders.
Once again, this nation, which has spent much of its history struggling to free itself from foreign domination, finds itself threatened by an overpowering outside force.
"Climate change isn't caused by a developing country like Vietnam, but it is suffering the consequences," said Koos Neefjes, a policy adviser on climate change with the United Nations Development Program in Hanoi.
In addition to rising seas in the Mekong Delta, climatologists predict more frequent, severe and southerly typhoons, heavier floods and stronger storm surges that could ultimately drive hundreds of thousands of people from their homes.
Climate refugees could swell the population of Ho Chi Minh City, on low-lying land just north of the delta, as war refugees did when it was known as Saigon.
But the city itself is also at risk, says the government study, prepared by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Up to one-fourth of the city's area would be threatened by rising floodwaters if the sea level rose by three feet.
"Ho Chi Minh City could have a double impact if sea levels rise and living conditions in the delta are not sustainable," Mr. Thuc, the lead author of the government report, said in an interview.
His report assesses only the climatological risks, he said, and a great deal more work needs to be done to try to determine their social and economic impacts and the probable effect on population displacement.
Because of the uncertainties of climate change and the variables of mitigation measures, it is impossible to rank nations precisely on a scale of risk, Mr. Neefjes said.
However, the 2007 World Bank working paper studied 84 coastal developing countries and found Vietnam to be the most threatened in terms of percentage of population affected, and second only to the Bahamas in terms of percentage of land area affected, if no mitigating measures are taken.
"Among all of the indicators used in this paper, Vietnam ranks among the top five most impacted countries," the paper says. It did not include some small island nations like the Maldives and Tuvalu that are also threatened with severe inundation.
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When Starships Collide
One more thing off the list and a full circle tour: Headed to San Francisco on November 17th to get reacquainted with a couple we met through our friend Maureen Lomasney. Alice and John have generously offered Rod their spare bedroom while I'm captive a UCSF. After a short visit we headed to Mill Valley and on a whim stopped at Grilly's Mexican Food down near Tam High School for lunch. Great choice, excellent meal. Up and over Mt. Tam to Stinson Beach for a 2 mile walk and to check on the yard and house plants at my cousin's cabin. The day was absolutely gorgeous, we got home before dark and totally refreshed.
Omne Trium Perfectum: In the last 5 days we've had friends visit from here and beyond, quite literally. One of my oldest pals, Tom Gross and his friend Suzanne, came by for a couple of hours on Saturday on their way back to New Hampshire. He's moving back home to Sebastopol in January after having been gone 7 years. Sunday and Monday, my college roommate, Maggie Rose and her husband came all the way from Cedro Woolley, WA for a two day visit. We hadn't seem them in 5 or 6 years. Last night my late friend Trisha showed up in my dreams with a hug and a smile. The clans and my spirit guides are gathering to walk with me on the journey, you may know them as you know me:
Crow: Questioner of Authority
Wolf: Stamina and Strength
Swan: Beneath my serenity lies a fighting spirit
Be thankful for family, friends and all the little things. Life is short so get off your butt and on with the journey. Thanks once again to Etsy artisans who never fail at illustrating my thoughts and musings.


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Marcus Annan, a tourneyer famed for his prowess on the battlefield, thought he could keep the secrets of his past buried forever. But when a mysterious crippled monk demands Annan help him find justice for the transgressions of sixteen years ago, Annan is forced to leave the tourneys and join the Third Crusade.
Wounded in battle and hunted by enemies on every side, he rescues an English noblewoman from an infidel prison camp and flees to Constantinople. But, try as he might, he cannot elude the past. Amidst the pain and grief of a war he doesn't even believe in, he is forced at last to face long-hidden secrets and sins and to bare his soul to the mercy of a God he thought he had abandoned years ago.
The sins of a bishop.
The vengeance of a monk.
The secrets of a knight.
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He ran a hand over the saddle, checking the Baptist's flat-bladed sword where it lay snug in its fastenings on the near side. "Fetch the food purse." She had kept it near her during the night, and he hadn't asked for it. What he had told her about having nothing to fear from him would sink in better if he stayed away from her.
He gave the cinch a final check and tossed another glance at the sky. With blessings from both the weather and the saints, he and the lady could be in Orleans within the month—if the horse held out that long. He patted the courser's shoulder. The horse blew through his nostrils and tossed his head. He was a far cry from the bay destrier Annan had lost outside Acre, but then the bay's stamina probably wouldn't compare with the courser's on a trek of this sort.
Without looking at him, Mairead handed him the heavy leather purse. "The horse should have a name." It was the first offhand comment she had offered since he had met her two nights ago.
"I don't name my animals."
"Why not?"
He tightened the knot that would hold the purse to the saddlebow, then turned to where she stood fondling the courser's dark head. Why indeed? The last animal he had named was the charger Lord William had gifted him with a few years before St. Dunstan's. He had called the big stallion Caird. Since then, he had owned and lost countless beasts, some through the tourneys, some to pay his debts. Marek named them all, but Annan never paid him heed.
Mairead looked at him, and he straightened. "Animals without names are easier to watch die." It was as good a reason as any.
"Oh." Her mouth set in a firm line once more. "I see."
She didn't see, but he hadn't expected her to. She had known the shelter of her father's and then Lord William's castles for too long; she couldn't realize that the pain and the death that filled a man's life were bearable only when kept at arm's length.
She didn't look at him until he had lifted her onto the pillion, and then her eyes met his only for a moment. But it was an unguarded moment. And in it, he sensed again a flash of pain—raw and burning—and he was reminded that perhaps Lady Mairead of Keaton was a woman who knew pain all too well.
He could guess at the cause. He could piece together the import of her fear and of Lord William's words and of everything left unsaid in her own statements.
But, that too, like all the horses he had seen fall beneath him in battle or forfeited for melee ransom, was something he needed to leave unnamed, lest he open himself to the realization of what had been done to her. Were he ever to allow a crack to open in the mental barrier of sixteen years, that would be all the gateway his own pain and fear and anger would ever need.
He mounted, wincing at the groan of his old hip wound. Reining the horse around, he headed for the riverbank where the going would be smooth. Mairead did not brace herself with her arms around him as she had yestermorn during their escape from the prison camp.
He urged the horse into a trot to loosen its muscles. The courser stumbled, then righted itself, ears pointed ahead, hooves crunching in the pebbles.
Annan glanced to his left. By now, the stranger on the donkey should be too far away to hear them. He rubbed the horse's rough mane with his knuckles. Let the horse hold out. It was as close to a prayer as he had come in a long time.
The lady didn't speak until the campsite had almost disappeared around the river's bend. "He deserves a name," she said.
The breeze, cool and still heavy with the damp of night, slid across the thickening stubble of his cheek, whispered secrets in his ear, then blew past him to caress the countess's long hair.
Lines knit themselves deep in his forehead. He touched the horse's belly with his heel, and the animal leaned into a canter. "Then name him."
About the Author: K.M. Weiland writes historical and speculative fiction from her home in the sandhills of western Nebraska. She is the author of A Man Called Outlaw and the recently released Behold the Dawn. She blogs at Wordplay: Helping Writers Become Authors and AuthorCulture.
Now that your fiction fancy has been tickled you may want to watch the book trailer for Behold The Dawn. I hope you have enjoyed having K.M. here at GrowUpDeep as much as I have.
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This year the winter solstice brings ill tidings to us northern folk. Canada was seen by the world as one of worst adversaries of environmental change.
At the Bali Climate Change Summit nations met to work towards a new global treaty, which would include setting carbon emissions for rich countries. Canada teamed up with the United States to block the consensus reached by all the other countries present at the global summit. Then a group of countries, all of which had signed the Kyoto treaty, tried to move forward without the USA but they were blocked by Canada.
In just a few days 110,000 Canadians joined a petition to let our political leaders know that they were not acting upon the wishes of the general public at the Bali summit. Thousands phoned, faxed, wrote, and e-mailed members of the government. At the 11th hour Canada finally backed down. All countries present at the summit booed the USA. At the last minute the USA finally reversed their negative stance.
600,000 signatures from 192 countries were presented to politicians at the summit demanding they recognize that the citizens of this planet want to work towards global climate solutions. However, as a result of Canada's negotiations, massive compromises were established at the end of the summit. Regulations for emissions and other environmental standards were lowered significantly to meet the demands of Canada and the USA.
The European nations talk big but they also, are not meeting the regulations to reduce emissions set for the world. The Bali summit has merely established that countries in attendance have agreed to the framework for a Climate Change Treaty, which will be formulated and voted upon at a later date.
At home the Harper government claimed victory at Bali and continues to talk enviro-jargon after putting up a massive fight that has compromised efforts to reduce emissions and environmental damage to the atmosphere of this planet. Meanwhile the vast majority of Canadians want to reduce the environmental footprint we are making upon this planet.
Then again, checkout the malls. How many SUVs, massive trucks, single occupancy vehicles are in the parking lots? Consumerism is the number one threat to the environment. On an individual basis we all have an obligation to reduce the amount we consume. Most products contain plastic, deprived from oil and a great deal of oil was burned to deliver most items to the consumer. How long will the individual actually use the item?
Canada chooses to extract the mostly costly source of oil on Earth, while our government blocks international efforts to reduce green house gases. Many scientists agree that this economic oil boom will become our worst nightmare by destroying the atmosphere that provides us with life.
The largest deposit of tar sands on Earth is located in the Athabasca oil sands of northeast Alberta around Fort McMurray. Tar-sand oil extraction projects do the most damage to the environment of any energy source on the planet. First massive open-pit mining is used to remove the tar, which is fused with sand. As part of the extraction process vast amounts of clean water are used in a process called Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage. The water is then discarded as polluted muck. Today in Alberta natural gas, primarily from northern British Columbia, is piped in and burned to generate electricity used to separate the oil from the sand. Plans are underway to build nuclear power plants to produce the electricity to meet the demand.
More than 80 kg of greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere for every barrel of synthetic oil produced in Alberta, each refined barrel of oil weighs 130 kg. Gasoline refined from tar sand extraction is estimated to result in five times more carbon dioxide than conventional "sweet crude" oil production. The Boreal Forest Ecosystem, recognized as a vital part of Canada's oxygen production and weather stabilization, is being destroyed by massive excavators scraping the topsoil away to dig down into the tar sand.
You can make a difference by joining the global movement which helps to bring the public's message to the attention of international decision makers, for more information about public input into climate change check out: www.avaaz.org


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Hi there,
Carolina here with a quick and easy Valentine's project, I created for
I used my Distress inks along with some of my Lawn Fawn goodies, to created this
cute chocolate bar wrappers.
With this three distress inks I did the ombre effect.
Hope you got inspired with this cute and easy project today!
Thank you for visiting my blog!
Have a BLESS day.


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I have no idea what I'm to make or do for this "circus soiree" that I've signed up to attend over at Faerie Enchantment..... It would be nice if there were other people I knew that were going to be there.... if anyone would like to come along the event is being held on March the 14th. I think your suppossed to dress up in something circussy. And no, don't dress up like a clown and cuss~
Sooooooooooo while thinking "what-the-heck-am-I-to-do" I made ruffles. A lot of ruffles. There is something so calming about doing something over and over...well at least for me anyway. I better get back to my ruffles, I'm feeling overwhelmed again lol


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Ok, Blogger won't let me add a title. That's new. But, that's blogger. Any, I thought I'd be a theif today, because I swiped the following from Manic Witch:
Your Name: Miss Tonia
1. Famous Singer/Band: Metallica
2. 4 letter word: shit
3. Street: Princeton
4. Color: Red
5. Gifts/Presents: Made by hand, with love
6. Vehicle: Mini Cooper
7. Things in a Souvenir Shop: shot glasses
8. Boy Name: Nathaneil
9. Girl Name: Mahala
10. Movie Title: Practical Magic
11. Drink: Margarita
12. Occupation: customer service
13. Celebrity: Orlando Bllom
14. Magazine: Interweave Knits
15. U.S. City: Salem, Mass
16. Pro Sports Teams: Dallas Cowboys
18. Reason for Being Late for Work: a Mc Griddle
19. Something You Throw Away: (i don't really like to throw anything away, would rather recycle)
20. Things You Shout: Fucker!
21. Cartoon Character: Hong Kong Fooy
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Story Time - An Extraordinary Girl
I like this story so much that I think I'll keep it going and see where it goes from here:
1.) Only write 1 to 2 sentences
2.) Keep it clean
3.) Have fun and spread the word so the story grows
Here's the story that has formed so far:
Awesome people who have authored the story by adding lines so far: Sullivan McPig, Julie@My5monkeys, Susan Jane Bigelow, barmybex
Title: An Extraordinary Girl
Once upon a time in a time not that long ago there was a disturbance.
The cause of the disturbance was something that was well...truly disturbing. In fact it was so disturbing that at first it was quite unclear what this disturbance was, because anyone who saw it was too disturbed to talk about it.
There came a noisy unruly girl who demanded that all must obey her. She was the girl of the mayor and weird things did happen around her. Pigeons tap danced when she blinked her eyes and cockroaches would mimic her words when she spoke. Lights would go off and babies would cry when she passed.
This girl stood in the center of town, pigeons dancing, roaches waiting, lights flickering and babies crying all around. She struck her umbrella on the cobblestones. A hush fell over the town as purple sparks shot out of the tip of the umbrella and even the pigeons stopped their dancing and seemed to hold their breath.
As the astounded masses watched a massive hole slowly appeared in the middle of the street. As the dust settled it was revealed...a giant staircase leading down to complete darkness and then a faint music started to radiate from its depths.
There was such a ruckus in the town and trying to make sure that all the citizens were fine. The music coming out of the hole had a mesmerizing sound that attracted all the citizens. It was almost like children's music.
The girl grinned mischievously and whistled along with the music while she slowly descended down the hole.
The further down she went the louder the music echoed. A strange shift filled the air and a cold wind howled past causing her hair to flutter round her face, but it didn't distract her. As she confidently walked on some of the pigeons and cockroaches followed her, cautiously and trembling with fear and a sense of foreboding.


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The founding members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand), have all experienced remarkable economic growth since the organization was founded, in 1967. Singapore alone went from a gross domestic product (GDP) of $1.3 billion to $239.7 billion in 2011. It now has the highest per capita income of any country on the planet.
And while the other original ASEAN countries may not be as prosperous as Singapore, they are enjoying growth rates unheard of in the rest of the world. Malaysia's GDP grew 5.6 percent in 2012, and Indonesia's grew 6.4 percent, compared with the United States' 2.2 percent.
However, wages in Southeast Asia (except Singapore) are among the lowest globally.
A worker in Indonesia makes an average of $113 a month, about one-half of what a worker now makes in China. Low wages are leading to increased union mobilization across Southeast Asia, and strikes are increasingly common. Some politicians have responded by establishing higher minimum wages and better worker protections. Indonesia and Thailand increased the minimum wage in 2012, while Malaysia set a minimum wage for the first time in May of that year.
As wages rise, so does the purchasing power of young workers. Apart from Singapore and Thailand, Southeast Asian countries are not yet plagued by the "graying" workforce that has emerged in Japan, Korea and even China. The average age of Philippines workers is 25; in China it's 37. A young, wealthy workforce is more willing to spend wages on consumption, further boosting economic growth.
But what can an American or European HR manager expect when looking to hire in these countries? A lack of skilled labor is the first pitfall. For example, in Indonesia less than 9 percent of workers have a formal university education, and less than one-third have completed primary school. Even Southeast Asian employees with sufficient education often lack so-called soft skills—e.g., the abilities to communicate well, to solve problems and to show initiative. Rarely will a Thai employee question a superior, for example, even if the superior is clearly using an ineffective approach to solve a problem.
As a result, local workers with the right combination of education and skills are highly sought after, and the competition for them is fierce.
Labor Unrest in Indonesia
Indonesia's 118 million workers participated in strikes in November and December 2012, protesting low wages and poor benefits. In response, Jakarta's governor approved a 44 percent increase in the monthly minimum wage, bringing Jakarta's to $225 a month. More than 25 provinces, regencies and cities across Indonesia followed suit, raising regional minimum wages by an average of 30 percent.
But delays in implementing the wage increases have led to fresh rounds of worker protests and strikes. In February 2013 workers in Jakarta marched for higher wages, access to pension systems and health insurance.
Most Indonesian employers are loath to increase benefits and wages—but not for the usual reasons. Indonesia is among the most expensive places in the world to terminate employees. After being dismissed, regular employees are eligible for severance pay of one month's wages plus one month for every year worked. Employees who have spent more than three years with one company are eligible for even more. The highest possible severance payment under the 2003 Manpower Act is 32 months' worth of wages.
Further, each time the minimum wage jumps, so do these severance payments. It is estimated that a 10 percent increase in Indonesia's minimum wage causes formal employment to drop by 1 percent. As the cost of firing regular workers goes up, more employers hire temporary and informal workers. As much as two-thirds of the active labor force belongs to the informal sector economy, according to the World Bank.
Philippines Mandates New Labor Protections
In March 2013, Philippines President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino signed two new labor laws that give workers more say in how they are treated.
One, the Act Strengthening Tripartism, requires that employers, employees and the government be involved when setting national labor policies. The new law is similar to one that has been in place in Singapore for nearly a decade.
The act also establishes a National Tripartite Industrial Peace Council under the country's Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). The council, which will be composed of representatives from the government, employers and employees, will monitor labor conventions and codes of conduct and will advise DOLE on legislation affecting employment.
The second law calls for mandatory conciliation in all labor disputes. Conciliation involves 30-day mediation and arbitration sessions, during which employers and employees must make every effort to settle disputes. DOLE representatives hope that mandatory conciliation will cut down on litigation costs in labor suits.
Thailand Raises Minimum Wage
In January 2013, Thailand raised its daily national minimum wage by 40 percent—meaning an increase from about $7 a day to $10 a day in Bangkok and its six surrounding provinces.
The move was an effort to relieve the inflationary pressures on Thai workers. Inflation hovered around 3 percent throughout 2012, with the price of basic foods rising by as much as 20 percent.
Employers fought unsuccessfully against the measure, which they say will reduce competitiveness and possibly lead to even higher inflation. To reduce the burden of higher labor costs, the Thai government plans to allocate $340 million to programs aimed at improving worker productivity. The government also intends to implement a series of tax cuts for corporations.
Malaysian Employment Act and Minimum Wage
In April 2012 several amendments to Malaysia's Employment Act went into effect. They include:
Employment Act coverage: Nonmanual workers must now make $650 a month to be covered under the act. Previously, the wage threshold was $490 a month.
Maternity leave: All female pregnant employees now receive maternity leave, regardless of their salary. In addition, pregnant employees can no longer be fired while on maternity leave.
Sexual harassment: A new process for reporting and punishing workplace sexual harassment has been introduced. Liability for sexual harassment is now extended to the individual officers of a corporate entity.
In May 2012, Malaysia's first-ever minimum wage went into effect. The national minimum wage was set at $265-$300 a month, based on location. The new wages were slightly higher than the 2012 national average of $250 a month.
While the minimum wage was meant to counter Malaysia's widening income gap, most employers have been unsupportive. Malaysia's Employers Federation forecast the loss of more than 4 million jobs due to the new law. Employers argue that higher labor costs will decrease Malaysia's competitiveness, especially in the electronics industry.
Ames Gross is president and founder of Pacific Bridge Recruiting, a Bethesda, Md.-based headhunting firm that helps companies with recruitment in the Asian market (www.pacificbridge.com). Catherine Matacic is a senior associate at Pacific Bridge Recruiting.
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For the last few years, the world of Imec Senior Scientist and R&D Team Leader Firat Yazicioglu has revolved around IC design of mixed-signal and analog devices, specifically those used for bio-medical health monitoring, and not just the technical challenges, but the economic and ergonomic aspects as well.
When we spoke recently, Firat said, "At Imec [in Leuven, Belgium] we are looking at all pieces of the puzzle with regards to bio-medical devices. How can you curb the costs, what are the details of the electronics, and how can a wearable sensor offer a solution to the problem of home monitoring for patients with chronic disease? Things like arrhythmia or predicting a seizure before it happens.
"These questions are definitely More than Moore issues that involve both digital and analog content on-chip, signal processing problems, and the need for such devices to run on very, very low power.


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Andy Narrel & Relator - University of Calypso (Usa-Trinidad, 2009)
It almost seems required in many cases, that jazz artists incorporate other styles into their music, whether it is blues, R&B, pop, classical or Latin. Half a century ago, jazz and calypso were fused together for the first time, and now Andy Narell and modern-day calypso legend Relator revisit that relationship with University of Calypso.
Narell is perhaps the world's foremost steel pan artist, making a career of working this instrument into the realm of jazz. His studio and stage associations include a diverse range of artists, including Dave Samuels and the Caribbean Jazz Project, Spyro Gyra, Michael Brecker and Hugh Masekela. Guitarist/vocalist Relator, born as Willard Harris, is one of Trinidad's best known calypso artists.
"Gavaskar" opens the set. This festive piece features a delightful, storytelling lyric sung by Relator, with Narell's subtle underscore. The steel pan master also solos. The rest of the band is engaging, but except for Dario Eskenazi's piano solo, no member stands out.
"Food Prices" is the blues set to calypso. Rather than lamenting the loss of a job or a bad relationship turned worse, Relator chants about the high cost of groceries. In places, he quotes comments he's actually heard in supermarkets. And he does it all while the band marches along. Of particular note is how drummer Mark Walker and percussionist Pedro Martinez stand out in their roles. Narell leads during the instrumental breaks and also in the middle of the song.
Paquito D'Rivera adds clarinet to "Pan in Harmony," an instruments-only track. He and Narell trade leads early before blending into a dialogue in which the two also enjoy extended solos.
Narell, Relator and their supporting cast revisit some classic calypso songs, particularly those created by Aldwyn Roberts—also known as Kitchener—as well as some Relator originals. The result is 15 songs that are amusing, sometimes humorous and always fun.
01. Gavaskar02. Love in the Cemetery03. Food Prices04. Pan in Harmony05. Eating Competition06. Steel Band Musi07. My Pussin08. Sugar for Pan09. Hold Onto Your Man10. Peddlars11. Bottle and Spoon12. Take Yuh Meat Out Meh Rice13. Pan on Sesame Street14. Ugly Woman15. My Brother Your Sister.
Personnel: Andy Narell: steel pan
Relator: vocals, guitar
Darlo Eskenazl: piano
Dario Eskenazi: piano
Gregory Jones: bass instrument, bass guitar
Mark Walker: drums; Marco Araya-Correa: cuatro
Paquito D'Rivera: clarinet, alto saxophone
Pedro Martinez: congas, bongos, timbales
Inor Sotolongo: percussion


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Four Charged After South Anchorage Fight Escalates to Gunfire
Anchorage police say one teenager was shot and another was beaten in a fight outside a South Anchorage store Wednesday night, with four people facing various charges afterward.
In a Thursday statement on the case, APD spokesperson Anita Shell says police responded at about 11 p.m. to the parking lot outside the Sports Authority store at 8931 Old Seward Hwy., just east of the Dimond Center mall. Witnesses told police about two dozen people had gathered there to see a fight between two males who were participating in "an ongoing dispute," which eventually grew to include three males beating up a 16-year-old involved in the original altercation.
"At some point, a member of the audience produced a gun and began firing into the air," Shell wrote. "This action prompted others to begin shooting. Shots rang out from several different guns before the crowd dispersed."
Medics took both a 16-year-old girl and the 16-year-old beating victim to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
So why do I carry a weapon?
a. This is less than two miles from our house.
b. This is the second shooting in that parking lot since we've been here.
c. You just never know.
But Reverend Paul, you may ask, what are you going to do if a shooting happens while you're there?
That's easy, friend; as a last resort, if we're pinned down in the parking lot and can't get away, I might have to use the pistol to protect myself and my loved ones.
It's not what I want to happen ... but sometimes bad things happen. Life is about choices, and I choose to be as prepared as possible.


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If you love english muffins,
then you will want to make this bread.
When toasted, it has a great crunch on the outside. And who doesn't love all those nooks & cranny's that butter and honey can melt into.
English Toasting Bread
3/4 c milk (I warm the milk 1 min. in the microwave)
1/2 c boiling water
2 t sugar
1 t salt
3 c all purpose flour
1/4 t baking soda
Make a small well in the top of your flour and add
2 t instant dry yeast (I have really good luck with Fleischmann's Brand)
2. Set the Bread Machine on the ExpressBake 80 min. setting and press Start.
Check after 5 min., scrape the sides if needed. Your dough should be smooth, soft pliable ball that is slightly tacky to the touch.
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Seconds after the buzzer sounded in game that secured their status as New York State Class C Basketball Champions, the players on the Lake George High School Boys Basketball Team rush the floor of the Glens Falls Civic Center to celebrate.
The Lake George Boys Basketball team combined a clever game plan, frenetic defense, a stellar performance by state tournament MVP Joel Wincowski — and a determined, focused and collaborative effort by each one of his teammates — to win the New York State Class C Basketball Championship Saturday March 16.
The Warriors won the finals by defeating the far taller, top-ranked Pine Plains 35-45 in a come-from-behind victory.
It was not only the first state championship for a boys sport at Lake George High, but also the first time since the late 1970s that any Section II school north of Schuylerville had won a state championship.
Sophomore Joel Wincowski tallied 33 points accompanied by six steals and four rebounds.
He scored seven three-pointers, several of them at critical times that changed the game's momentum, foiling the imposing and talented Pine Plains team.
Lake George forced an astounding number of turnovers with agile moves, overcoming a considerable height deficit. Pine Plains' inside players were 6'9", 6'8, and 6'6, while Lake George's lineup was 6'2" or less.
Lake George's defensive attack was fierce. Despite Pine Plains players' towering height, long reach and jumping ability, Lake George held their own on rebounds, nearly matching their opponents' tally for the night.
They also darted underneath their opponents, stealing the ball repeatedly, several times heaving the ball downcourt to an open teammate for a layup. Their up-tempo defense disrupted Pine Plains' rhythm, particularly in the second half, as well as creating offensive opportunities.
The infamous "Blue Zoo" — the Lake George cheering section — was there in force, energizing the standing-room-only crowd in the Glens Falls Civic Center.
As the last seconds of the game ticked away, the Glens Falls Civic Center was filled with a deafening roar from the crowd —prompted by the Blue Zoo — including thousands of local basketball fans in the region who showed up to support Lake George and Argyle — which won the Class D State Championship earlier in the night.
As the last buzzer sounded, tears of joy formed in the Lake George coaches' eyes — as sweat prompted by the physical game trickled down the players' cheeks.
Section II volunteer and North Warren Basketball Coach Jason Humiston watched the crowd go wild. Earlier this season, his team had put up a valiant fight against Lake George, but they lost.
"Lake George's defense was phenomenal," he said. "All the players boxed out — all their moves were fundamentally sound."
Assistant Coach Tim Kissane seemed overcome with joy as he shared hugs with players, school officials and fans near the bench.
"Our athletes were outsized, but they played huge tonight," he said. "They're resiliency was incredible."
Connor McCoy, who played a critical role in several of the tournament games, was honored with the tournament Sportsmanship Award. Joel's brother Ethan Wincowski, who has played basketball with his younger brother since Joel's pre-school days, was named to the all-tournament team. Ethan and Joel later recalled how Joel had practiced his shots for four to six hours a day through his youth, and it paid off in the 2012-13 season — big time.
Lake George Coach Dave Jones held the State Championship plaque aloft, and his players rushed him, nearly lifting him off the game floor in the process.. The athletes then held it up to the roar of the crowd,yelling in joy. They then ran with it over to the Blue Zoo cheering section, and their loyal fans went wild.
Minutes later, Warrior Ethan Wincowski talked about the final game in their remarkable 2012-13 campaign.
"Coach Jones had a good game plan," he said, "Our defense was tough, and Joel keeps coming up big."
Ethan, who'd sunk several key shots that were critical to the win, continued his observations as television cameras focused on the players outside their locker room.
"It was a matter of doing the small things coach told us to do, all year long," he said. "box out," play tough defense all 32 minutes — and however the game is going, never give up the fight."
He added that all the players were unselfish on offense, and that they all contributed to achieve success.
"Nobody cares who scores the big shot," he said, adding that Pine Plains' height, although impressive, didn't scare them. "We said, 'We don't care, we're gonna do our thing anyway,' and we gave it our all. This is unbelievable — it's the best feeling I've ever had in my life."
Connor McCoy, whose last-second shot a week earlier had propelled the Warriors into the state Final Four, seconded the point.
"This is amazing — it's surreal. No one had us for Sectional champions, but we came out on top," he said. "It shows the determination and heart of every member of the team."
Nearby, Coach Jones was all smiles.
"Not in anybody's wildest dreams was this imagined early in the year," he said. "The biggest surprise is the fact we were able to keep nearly even on the boards. Also, we got a great job tonight from our interior guys. Pine Plains players were so lanky, it was difficult for us to run our sets. But our guys were dedicated, energetic, and they had the will to win."
Joel Wincowski, who in the final minutes hit some vital outside shots as well as charging into the basket to score, deferred credit to others.
"We just out-hustled them and focused on what we knew we had to do — it was the mindset of the team."
Lake George Coach Blake White, who had several of the basketball players on his team, echoed the point.
"They made the plays, they refused to lose," he said.
Warrensburg Supervisor Kevin Geraghty, an Adirondack League basketball scorekeeper for decades, said the team had an unstoppable momentum this year, and he sensed it particularly after McCoy's last-second shot that avoided a loss in the regional win.
"The way the kids were playing at the end of the season, you could feel they were going to go all the way, that nothing could stop them," he said. "It was a matter of destiny."


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Well, that's it! I'm 50.
I can hardly believe it.
The day was filled with great energy, good food, good wine, streamers (in my office!!) and cupcakes. How could that not be anything but good? 🙂
I'm headed off to Niagara-On-The-Lake for a long weekend with Best Friend and Cottage Girl.
Have a nice weekend.


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In an article featured in a new anthology, then re-printed in the New Statesman, Suzanne Moore told her readers that "the desired body for women is that of "a Brazilian transsexual"." What then came after was a bucket load of abuse, telling Moore that she was transphobic and not a real feminist.
This desire to denote what is and is not a feminist is something that often comes up in order to throw the argument of a person with whom one disagrees into disarray. But is it always called for?
Moore's argument, after the abuse she received for her "throwaway" line, as she described it, is that "Everything I wanted for my daughters and yours is being denied them: housing, free education, employment." In this sense, why are we tearing blows out of each other when in fact there is something significantly more important going on in the real world?
On Twitter she noted: "Not one trans activist has engaged with economic argument or attack on welfare. Why not?"
While many are happy to sit and have very academicised debates about language and "privilege-checking", the government is tearing down the markers of civil society. Identity is important, for sure, and Moore doesn't care whether "you were born a woman or became one", the difficulty that the coalition are making for women at the moment is worth an infinite amount more time than semantics.
Let us, for example, take this popular notion, championed by many today, that "my feminism will be intersectional [meaning: understanding oppression within society, such as racism, sexism, homophobia, and religion-based bigotry, as not acting independently of one another] or it will be bullshit!" I'm certain that the most committed feminists who prioritise combatting prejudice of all stripes accept that intersectionality is, at best, a bolt-on extra to feminism proper.
Feminism itself is the ability for women to resist the expectations of them in a society that is unequal. Intersectionality crowds in many other social ills that need fighting against generally speaking, but in theory runs the risk of confusing people as to what it means. If by intersectionality one means being an active participant in several fights to achieve harmony for everyone (what, say Caitlin Moran calls "Thumbs up for the six billion") then let's just say this.
But ultimately calling people out on their disregard for intersectionality, then advancing the argument that they are therefore not a feminist, is a peculiar exercise.
The same argument occurs when we look at "privilege-checking", and particularly where it has been used to shun the work of Moore and Moran (calling them transphobic and then levelling the accusation at them that they are not checking their cisgender privilege – which is the privilege one has of identifying as the gender that societal norms has classified them as, for example the simultaneity of having a penis and identifying as male also).
At the heart of "privilege-checking" however is a kind of narcissism and desire to exercise guilt, which arouses a great many problems of itself. First of all "privilege-checking" assumes that we can only understand things we have direct experience of, as Tom Midlane recently put it. This just needlessly problematises solidarity and divides those who are fighting the good fight against societal injustice into blocks of oppressed and non-oppressed. The protest space is necessarily subjective, sure, but it is also a space for fighting the greater good in union.
Looking deep into one's soul and seeking self-privilege is peculiarly individualistic and contrary to the spirit of protest.
Secondly, I suspect it only serves to underline a guilt which, stripped down, is ultimately hubristic. I'm reminded of how Pascal Bruckner defined guilt in his book on the subject, as a substitute for power for the middle class European individual in a post-empire age, or a way to appear to reverse the co-ordinates of power relations in society, when in fact the presence of guilt firmly keeps those relations in place.
In this sense guilt only divides people from the guilty (non-oppressed) to the non-guilty (oppressed).
In her defence of "privilege-checking", Zoe Stavri claims that: "It is utterly urgent that we listen to those who we claim to be fighting for and avoid contributing to any continuing oppression." In itself of course those fighting the good fight should listen to the voices of those who are affected most by a particular oppression, but what has this to do with the ultimately pointless self-flagellation of checking one's self for privilege – surely it is clear to see how this exercise stems steadfastly in to an exercise of needless privileged self-pity.
Of course if you are, for example, Caitlin Moran, and neglect to privilege-check when addressing particular subjects, you can expect to be told that your feminism is not real. This is what the Vagenda editors Rhiannon and Holly were criticising when they spoke out for Moran's popular feminism. They pointed out that:
"Achieving "intersectionality" is impossible unless you can communicate clearly, with everyone. Moran at least speaks a language that we all understand. And how many other feminists can you credit with that?"
Moran, in her book How to be a Woman, shows precisely how to make a simple feminist argument that doesn't drift off into postmodern obscurity. In calling for women to be true to themselves she says:
"If what you read in magazines and papers makes you feel uneasy or shitty – don't buy them! If you're vexed by corporate entertaining taking place in titty-bars – shame your colleagues! If you feel oppressed by the idea of an expensive wedding – ignore your mother-in-law, and run away to a registry office!"
I myself am more inclined to say if reading magazines and papers makes you feel uneasy then it is time to challenge those institutions much like one would be challenging male colleagues who frequent strip clubs. But the point Moran is simply making, in her inimitably punchy and accessible way, is that in the fight for dignity and equality we must all ensure that societal expectations, based on outdated and outmoded dictation, are quashed.
Moran, in How to be a Woman, makes this essential point in another way too. While working as a music journalist for Melody Maker she came in to contact with the Riot Grrrl movement in America – a post-punk, female-dominated genre that had a message to spread about inequality and female dignity.
The problem was in how it expressed itself. The movement chose not to talk to mainstream press outlets and to distribute their literature at obscure punk shows. But Moran felt this was not reaching the right audience, such as those girls and women "in council blocks, listening to Radio 1, fantasising about New Kids on the Block."
In this sense the postmodern feminist left does a similar thing, casing its protest in a language most are unfamiliar with, thereby ensuring it remains necessarily hierarchical.
Caitlin Moran is not only an essential feminist, to be read by experts and non-experts alike, she provides a corrective to other strands of feminist thought. Reading How to be a Woman, I realised that it wasn't simply a popularising of Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch, but a correction of its flaws.
She does this by rejecting the opinion that everything has to be viewed through the grand totality of patriarchal dominance. In the same way that the cigar in a dream can often just be a cigar, not a penis, so a heel worn by a woman does not have to be symptomatic of her being at the beck and call of men – instead she may want to wear them, as Moran notes, because "they think they make their legs look thinner".
Perhaps, one might argue, this is a consequence of the totalising effect of the patriarchal order, but the important thing to note is that this is not often how it would be experienced. What Moran is saying is that the intention and the act of wearing a heel has very often been called out erroneously by feminists such as Greer, and it is a critique that is not necessarily useful looking at it today.
Inherent to dismissing Moran and Suzanne Moore as un-feminist is snobbery, followed by a desire to academicise the real lives of women living in an unequal society, and to maintain the differentiation between oppressed and non-oppressed via the vehicle of narcissistic guilt. My own feminism does not share this desire, and my feminism will be egalitarian or it will be bullshit!Like this article? Sign up to Left Foot Forward's weekday email for the latest progressive news and comment - and support campaigning journalism by making a donation today.


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Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Sunni - Shi'i cooperation in Michigan
The above picture is of a meeting organized by the Council of Islamic Organizations of Michigan (CIOM) regarding increasing cooperation and brotherhood between the Sunni and Shi'i schools of thought. Can you tell who are the Sunnis and who are the Shi'is in this picture?
Historically in Michigan going back to the 1930's, there has never been a major issue between Sunni and Shi'i relating to a void in cooperation and dialogue. In fact among the Syrians, whose families have been in Metro Detroit for approximately a centurty, there has always been intermarriages between Sunnis and Shi'is. Many Syrians and Lebanese have families that are half and half.
Furthermore, there has been interchanging of ideas and joint programs taking place between Sunni and Shi'i leaders going back to the Islamic Center of America's founding Imam and the founding Imam of the Albanian Islamic Center. We're talking about the 1960's here, not yesterday.
Sunni leaders have given lectures and led prayers in Shi'i majority centers and Shi'is have done similiar. In fact, I'm not a Shi'i, yet I've led prayers and have lectured in 6 Shi'i majority mosques in Metro Detroit.
Cut & paste to listen to a lecture that I gave about Sunni-Shi'i relations in November 2003:
After a rash of vandalism, which took place after the execution of Saddam Hussein, conspiracy theories flew around that perhaps Sunnis vandalized Shi'i centers like what's going on in Iraq.
That extrapolation, however, is only conjecture, not fact.
One theory is that so-called Yemeni Wahhabis aka Salafis were behind the vandalisms because of their love for Saddam. The fact of the matter is that Salafis are anti-nationalism and did not support Saddam's Ba'athist/Socialist government, which was far from a theocracy. Those outside of Iraq, such as some in Yemen, who were Pro-Saddam, are the same people who were or would have been Pro-Gamal Abdel Nasser, the deceased Arab Nationalist, who repressed Islamic movements in Egypt. Ironically, Abdel Nasser did give seed money, which helped the Islamic Center of America (Shi'i majority mosque) to get built.
Anyway, hardcore Ba'athists were and are primarily secular minded, not religious - the Ba'ath party was started by an Arab Christian by the way. Many of the top Ba'athists were also Shi'i such as the 1st Iraqi Prime Minister after the invasion, Ayad Al-Allawi. Tariq Aziz, Iraqi's Deputy Prime Minister under Saddam, is Christian.
Domestically speaking, the Iraqi Sunni population in Metro Detroit is miniscule. The portion of the Iraqi American population that benefitted the most from Saddam were Chaldeans, Iraqi Catholics. Saddam donated approximately half of a million dollars for the construction of a Chaldean Church and the Chaldean Community Center off of E. 7 Mile in Detroit.
In fact due to his generous donations to the Chaldeans, Saddam received the Key to the City of Detroit while Mayor Coleman Young was in office.
This is not an assertion that a Chaldean or Arab Christian was behind the vandalisms. This is simply providing information to broaden the horizons of those who read about one belligerent call to an Iraqi-American restaurant in Arabic, which was vandalized or vandalism to the Karabala Islamic Educational Center in Dearborn that was stenciled grafitti in Arabic not to jump to conclusions. The FBI, Dearborn Police and Detroit Police have caught no one, and the acts of vandalism that increased in January 2007 appear to be unrelated.
There is no major Sunni - Shi'i split here.
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2 bananas, peeled
3 egg whites
2 tablespoons oil
1 box (18.25 ounces) white cake mix
Filling and Fruit:
2 boxes (3 ounces each) cook-and-serve vanilla or banana pudding mix {I used instant!}
3-1/2 cups milk
2 bananas, peeled and sliced
2 cups sliced strawberries, plus more for garnish
1 cup heavy cream, whipped with
1 tablespoon sugar
Heat oven to 350 degree F. Line a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan with nonstick foil. Set aside.
Cake: In a mixer, combine 1-1/3 cups water, the bananas, egg whites and oil. Mix until mostly smooth, about 2 minutes. Add cake mix. Beat on low speed for 30 seconds, then increase speed to high and beat 2 minutes. Pour into prepared pan and bake at 350 degree F for 33 to 35 minutes.
Cool cake in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then, using foil, lift cake from pan and cool completely.
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Friday, November 24, 2006
Friends and Prayers
Well, my plan for yesterday was sidetracked by a visit to Narumi-san. That should be expected. We always talk a lot longer than I expect to. With Kamiyama-san there too of course the chatting time is tripled! I went to pray with them but ended up spending two hours chatting. Not necessarily bad... We discuss the problems of the world, our faith, Narumi-san's illness, friends and family that we want to come to know Jesus, etc. but as I say, it makes for a long time of fellowship. Narumi-san is expecting more tests, but her cancer has returned in her lymph glands. Some question about her ovaries too so our prayers were focused and emotional again.
I had given up on getting anything done on my projects, but decided I could put in at least 15 minutes (Yeah Flylady thinking!) Actually I must have sewed for nearly an hour and got the borders on Caleb's name quilt. I had quite a problem with deciding and making a fish for his block and I don't know if anyone else but me can see the fish, but it is there. None of these things are finished of course. I still have to figure out how they are going to be quilted. By hand? On machine? Anyway, today's goal is to "finish" Noah's and then I'll worry about quilting.
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Edit: tea cup is now closed.
I'm quite excited about running The Romero Tea Cup again.
This would be a casual tournament running until the end of April, and then monthly if people are having fun:)
You win an actual physical prize https://thecoffeehopper.com/
My initial thoughts on rules:
You'll need to have access to Discord at least for scoring - there's a web interface, it's very nice:)
Live classic chaos for now
VP off
The idea is, you pop up on Discord, see if you can find a Tea Cup participant to murder, murder them, and report your score on Discord via the bot-wizard's magic bot.
There's no need to register, you can begin at any time (although waiting until the last day of the month is unlikely to work out for you:), and you can play anyone who is available at any time, any number of times. You're under no compulsion to play, however. From memory, this is how Ped's monthly tournaments worked?
Any thoughts on scoring?
I think the scoring should be fairly transparent, exactly like the current league scoring isn't;
I don't think I want to directly reward players who can get a huge number of games in vs good players who can't play as often (e.g., just counting wins is no good?);
+1 win, -1 lose, 0 draw? << Will this work?
Anything else? I'm just talking about this right now, the wizard-bot isn't ready yet.


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3 Daily Fantasy Baseball Hitters to Avoid on 9/20/16
As is the case in most daily fantasy sports, finding information on players you might want to roster is a lot easier than finding players to avoid.
While you can get away with a zero from a hitter in daily fantasy, you certainly don't want to target guys whose matchups aren't enticing.
Here are three hitters you may want to lessen your exposure to or even fade altogether on Tuesday.
Joey Votto, 1B, Cincinnati Reds
FanDuel Price: $3,900
Joey Votto's second half has been amazing, and he has continued it recently, going 6-for-7 in the Cincinnati Reds' last two games. However, even though Votto has been destroying pitchers of both handedness, his prospects of a big fantasy night diminish tonight against Chicago Cubs' southpaw Jon Lester.
Lester has been great against lefties this season, holding them to a .240 wOBA with a 28.1% strikeout rate. For his career, Lester has a 3.18 xFIP against left-handers.
Even though Votto has an impressive .308 average and .361 wOBA against southpaws this season, his power numbers drop significantly. Only 4 of his 25 homers have come off lefties, and his ISO drops from .244 against righties to just .126 against left-handers. He also has a 24.1% strikeout rate against southpaws.
Yasmani Grandal, C, Los Angeles Dodgers
FanDuel Price: $2,400
Switch hitter Yasmani Grandal missed a few games recently with an elbow issue, but he returned to the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup last night. However, even if he is back in the lineup tonight, it may be best to avoid Grandal as the San Francisco Giants are starting Johnny Cueto.
Cueto has been devastating to right-handed hitters this season, but he's also been very good against lefties. The Giants' starter has limited left-handed batters to a .281 wOBA while racking up a 22.8% strikeout rate.
Combine that with Grandal's 27.0% strikeout rate against righties this year, and it's probably best to avoid the Dodgers' catcher in this one.
Ryan Zimmerman, 1B, Washington Nationals
FanDuel Price: $2,400
Ryan Zimmerman is having the worst season of his career, and he is facing off against Jose Fernandez in brutal matchup.
Zimmerman has just a .271 wOBA with a 24.1% strikeout rate against righties this season. Fernandez, meanwhile, has dominated righties in 2016, holding them to a .245 wOBA with an incredible 42.2% strikeout rate.
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Melissa Rycroft: I Can't Wait for Ava to See My DWTS Costumes
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Melissa Rycroft returned to the ballroom Monday evening with a new fan in the audience — daughter Ava Grace.
"I had such a great time the first time on Dancing with the Stars, and coming back now, I have a husband [Tye Strickland] and a little girl," the reality star, who's back for the all-star season, tells PEOPLE.
"Once we cleared out the logistics that everybody was going to come to L.A. and stay together, [being back on the show] seemed like a no-brainer."
Rycroft, 29, is especially looking forward to sharing the experience with her 19-month-old.
"It's really cool to have a little girl, specifically, watch what I'm doing," she says. "One day she's going to see the costumes, and see all the glitz and the glamour and the old videos, and see, 'Oh, mommy used to be cool!'"
Although Rycroft has her pint-sized cheerleader on hand, she's still dealing with nerves going into the season.
"I have so many emotions," she says. "On one hand, I'm crazy excited. It really is just so much fun — the hair, the makeup, the dancing and the camaraderie that you have. On the other hand, I'm extremely terrified!"
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OMG, where have you all been?? Oh wait... what do you mean you've been here? Without me!? The nerve! That's okay tho, all is forgiven (ahem). No time for recriminations when there is peeking to do!
*Looks at Bud... wanders off whistling to get her peeking gear*
First up... gasp. Deano. The art crit. I think he has decided that we are all a bunch of heathens who cannot appreciate good art (or even know what we are looking at... okay, so that's just me, but still), and so he's decided not to... to... hang up his red pen! Thanks for all the intros to the new artists and ways of looking at art, deano! Hopefully you'll be back and critiquing again one day.
All righty then... I'll just say that if you have a dentist phobia, wave at Family Man from afar! Not that he's a dentist, mind you, but he's been having an awful lot of contact with them lately and while I am sure they are very nice people at home or at the pool... just remember, in their own offices they reign! In happier news, Cat still lives (amazingly).
Original James had much the same reaction to the new "Save Darfur" music and cd effort that I did. I think heart's are in the right place, but still. Also - taking off from a post of Arthur Silber's, he explores some facets of white heterosexual privilege and victim blaming - should make for an interesting discussion! And Katrina victims might be considering negotiating with France to buy back Louisiana in order to get some help down there. There is much more there, scroll down! Jazzy James may be still in Vegas, but in case you missed all the Miles Davis stuff to download... go look!
[UPDATE!] Wow, did you know we were painting a most excellent building? Well, by "we" I mean boran, but anyway... I quite like that building! Mind you, if I saw it in person it might make me seasick, but I love the curves in the painting. I can't wait to see how we finish it! Also, while boran may lean left his logo, I'm sad to say, leans right in my foxy browser! What say you? And contemptuous familiarity - don't we know it well!
ILJ highlights and talks about a Foreign Policy article, and details the interlocking fortunes of a trio of major players, whose causes feed each other, in the Middle East region. Also, is is possible for the US military to win the hearts and minds of Iraqis after all this time? A Marine captain gives his opinion and ILJ brings it to us.
Have I got some moos for you! It's about Olivia, of course. See, it's like this - Olivia didn't have any clouds, but she did have this cow-- don't ask me why Olivia has a cow--so anyway, no clouds but there is a cow with a cloud nose just sitting there, and so... I mean, what would you do? But, that's not all! Then this Friday there's this frog (yes, a frog! and not a flowery one, either) up there that obviously doesn't believe a word I, or anyone else, just said! And, then, in between skeptical frogs and cloudy nosed cows, she has lovely flowers and bees! Go look!
[UPDATE AGAIN!] It took me a long time to figure out who Jessica Alba was... but it looks like it's taking even a longer time for her to figure it out! Sad. Nezua has compassion and advice. Oh man, superheroes I can identify with! Aren't they great? Also, don't you think it's about time that casting directors sort of, you know, choose people who already look the part? Well, unless the part is Chewbacca or something - (nothing against any Chewbacca lookalikes, by the way). There is more there, but not as much as usual cuz the chronicles of Nezua have taken an unexpected turn this month. Oh wait! I almost forgot... haunting, fascinating and well worth it... this time, it's go listen!
katiebird is continuing on her quest to educate people on healthcare and get the politicians moving! They don't know that they are dealing with someone who is firmed daily, so they'd better watch out! Oh hey, she's on two weeks vacation now - but is not going on a cruise or anything! Not even to the vibrating tanning beds, that I can see. Also, this is an older post, from the eat4today lounge, but one that is definitely still timely... What will the 'homeless' do when our libraries go virtual?
Manny has bunches of good stuff here, too! Old buses, water woes and more (what was a double decker bus doing in Az anyway?) Also, he wants to know if there are any old buses (or news!) in your part of the world... so tell him! And making fun of Ahnold, as everyone should do. We should have a rally and, in a coordinated way, shout phrases in Spanish at him. See if he melts. There is more there, scroll down, scroll down!
All done! If I've forgotten anyone, let me know.