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Every once in a while, we revisit the issue on the label "gamer", and usually, the enlightened voices (both within Christian and secular gaming circles) make the very reasonable argument that while they love games and love to talk about games, there are connotations and implications of being called a "gamer" which they reject (e.g. the implication that gaming is the most important activity in their lives). Thus, they feel the need to reject the "gamer" label, distance themselves from self-identified "gamers", or at the very least, point out how the label is unhelpful.
Most recently, my esteemed editor-in-chief Zach and Ben Kucherra (over at Polygon) wrote similar articles on this issue. I get what they are saying, and on some level, I agree with them. Yes, a healthy individual who plays games as a hobby should have many other things more important than gaming (e.g. family). Yes, many self-identified "gamers" display behavior which is disturbing (e.g. abusive fanboyism), and I can see why you might want to distance yourself from them. And from a Christian perspective, yes there is a problem with our hearts when we more closely identify with the category "gamer" than the category "follower of Jesus". I agree to all of these points. But still I think we (or Christians at least), shouldn't reject the term gamer. This is why:
1. The "Gamer" Subculture Exists.
I find it more helpful to think of "Gamers" not as a label for individuals, but as a tribe (or more accurately, a collection of loosely-related tribes). Tribes, as explained by Seth Godin, refer to a group of people with similar interests, connected by the internet, who share the same cultural language and practices. I am part of a small tribe of people from the Southeast Asian region who play Hearthstone. Our community leaders are Silfer and Babael. Our champions are zGGleoz, WaningMoon and Kero. We are also part of a larger tribe of Hearthstone Players in general. Together, we discuss over the recent Naxrramus card releases, mull over how it will affect the meta, and experiment with new deck archetypes. We follow personalities such as Trump, Kripparian and Reynad, read websites such as IHEARTHU, /r/hearthstone/ and LiquidHearth, and we all have an opinion over the controversial Dreamhack finals match between Rdu and Amaz. We are a part of a even larger tribe of players of CCGs or collectible card games. Occasionally, we have cross-tribal discussions with the Magic:The Gathering tribe to talk about the use of RNG in card games, and general strategies which crosses both games (e.g., managing your mana curve, the Beatdown vs Control dichotomy). If you are from any of these tribes, you will recognize some of the terminology I've used. If you're not from any of these tribes, you will find what I've just described very foreign. That's precisely the point I will like to make.
The "Gamer" subculture already exists as a giant collection of many overlapping tribes. We throw names like Kojima, Levine, Molyneux and Miyamoto around. We use terms like "platformers", "RPG elements", "tight mechanics", "non-linear narrative" and know what we're talking about. Sure, we have tribes which bicker against each other, e.g. the Playstation fanboys vs the XBox fanboys, but these two tribes will collectively band together as one when they feel the need to diss Electronic Arts for their DRM policies.
2. We are part of the subculture, whether or not we like all it entails
If we not only play games, but also talk about it, read about it, and write about it, we are part of the tribe, because what we do connects with other tribe members. Recently, some people have been replying to my article on Asura's Wrath, and I was initially shocked by how they failed to understand what I was trying to say. But now I realize that I've been trying to write as a member of the "gaming community" but I was only using cultural language, concepts, values and intuitions which can only be understood by a much smaller tribe, i.e. an Evangelical Christian Gaming Community with Calvinist leanings. I failed to realize that as long as I write about games, I am part of a larger tribe and I need to think about how my article would be perceived by the larger tribe (for this very reason, I have much appreciation for the folks at Gamechurch.com).
Now I am part of the tribe of people who play PS3 games. I may not agree with some of the actions and behavior of people who call themselves PS3 gamers, be it fanboys who diss XBox gamers, people who say abusive things in multiplayer games, and folks who see playing (and defending) the PS3 as the most important thing in their lives. But, as long as I care about some of the same core things they care about (what PS3 games are coming out? Is XYZ game worth playing? What's going to happen to Sony in the long run?) and I read, talk and write about it, I am part of this tribe. I may not agree with the actions of my other fellow-tribe members, I may speak very firmly against it even, but I may not disassociate myself with this tribe unless I say "enough is enough, I will never play the PS3 again".
3. Rejecting the "Gamer" label is at best a lost opportunity, at worst it is poor witness
If someone who proudly calls himself "a gamer", and he comes across an article explaining why the author of the article refuses to call himself a gamer, and the author distances himself from people who do, what is the reader likely to feel? The perceptive, mature and enlightened reader may see wisdom behind those words, and re-examine their own lives or their own personal relationship with gaming. But more than likely, the reader is just going to feel rejected or worse, condescended. After all, one of their own, a fellow tribe member, has called them out for having "no real life". By refusing to even share a label with them, we tell them that we are not interested to empathize with them, we are not interested in them as people.
And that's a tragedy, because as Christians, Christ calls us to do better. Why are "gamers" so defensive about their favorite game and favorite platform? Why do "gamers" feel like gaming is the most important thing in their lives? We need to think about these issues harder, and think about these issues more pastorally. Instead of trying to distance ourselves from them, can we think about how we can better serve them, love them and point them towards Christ? If I am to serve these people out of the love of Christ I have for them, how am I best able to do so? If ultimately I am to point them towards Christ, how am I best able to do so? I really don't think the answer is to reject the "gamer" label, which they wear so proudly, because that is tantamount to rejecting them is it not? Sure, we can (and should!) point out that there is something very unhealthy about revolving your entire life about gaming, but outright rejection is hardly the best way to do so.
Maybe one day we can build relationships and have conversations which go like this:
Do you play games because there's nothing more awesome of better in your life? I used to feel the same way too (and even sometimes I still do now)! I used to play games so much, because the rest of my life just sucked. But guess what, I was only delaying my problems, and gaming just made things worse because I delayed things further and further until I couldn't delay them anymore. Then my life truly sucked. That was when I realized I was playing games not just because the games were great (and they are!), but because I was using it as a substitute to run away from my challenges in real life….


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Kamra attackers trained in Waziristan: Malik
The terrorists who attacked a key Pakistan Air Force base had been trained in the Waziristan tribal region where plans for the raid could be traced, interior minister Rehman Malik has said.world Updated: Aug 18, 2012 15:46 IST
The terrorists who attacked a key Pakistan Air Force base had been trained in the Waziristan tribal region where plans for the raid could be traced, interior minister Rehman Malik has said.
Four of the nine terrorists involved in Thursday's attack on Kamra airbase in Punjab province had been identified, Malik said during an interaction with the media on Friday as he described the North and South Waziristan as a hotbed for criminals.
He claimed the attack had been foiled and all the terrorists were killed because of an advance warning about a possible attack on PAF installations.
The attackers had been trained in Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan and the raid "could be traced back to North and South Waziristan", he said.
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Nine terrorists and two PAF personnel were killed during the attack. A rocket-propelled grenade fired by the attackers damaged a Saab-2000 surveillance aircraft.
The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was carried out to avenge the killing of Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud and Osama bin Laden.
Answering a question from reporters, Malik said no decision had been taken as yet about launching an operation against militants in North Waziristan.
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If you play this DVD on your system but don't watch it, you'll find the performances and sound qualities quite excellent. But, of course, who won't be watching? Eyes, not just ears, will be wide open for any DVD, and they may open wider once the performance of this opera starts. This is an updated take on the first of the Wagner Ring operas, with characters wearing modern dress. The Gods portray 21st century businessmen (actually this production dates to 1999, though the recording was made three years later), and the set has an abstract look, an almost Theater-of-the-Absurd atmosphere, featuring a circular fountain in the center of the stage to serve as the Rhein. Not that anything here comes across as cheap or barren in appearance – no, it is simply strikingly different in effect, transporting Wagner into the 21st century, while leaving his music, fortunately, in the 19th.
That said, to those who can adjust their sensibilities a bit, they will find this an excellent Rheingold on all counts. Recorded live in September and December, 2002, at the Stuttgart Staatsoper, and presented on television in Germany and presumably throughout Europe, this issue would probably serve as a fine introduction to those just learning the Wagner operas or to those veteran listeners willing to take a new approach to their Wagner. The singing is excellent down through the cast and the orchestra performs splendidly under the incisive baton of Lothar Zagrosek. Speaking of striking visual aspects, the shapely Rhein maidens on this DVD are as attractive a threesome as you'll ever encounter on stage. As suggested above, they can sing quite beautifully, too. Recommended.
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DryEye wrote:PRK would remove top portion only vs lasik doing it internally with 63 microns of tissue for safety?
PRK removes tissue from the surface. Lasik removes tissue under a corneal flap. PRK on a Lasik flap is possible for enhancement surgery.
DryEye wrote:Can a surgeon get it down (lasik enhancement) to a certain amount of tissue to remove safely when doing an enhancement - say 30 or 40 microns in this case?
Current laser systems are able to provide information regarding the amount of tissue that would be removed prior to surgery. There are some variables, but this is normally within a few microns.
According to the Munnerlyn formul, about 12 microns of tissue are removed for each 1.00 diopter of refractive error. 30-40 microns would be in the neighborhood of 3.00 diopters of change.
DryEye wrote:With PRK they would have more to work with for removal if need be over a period of one's lifetime?
Yes. The difference in untouched cornea between PRK and Lasik would be equal to the thickness of the flap.
DryEye wrote:Do you know what the average (cornea left) is for most people after lasik?
No. The information would be academic as it has no clinical purpose except if under the 250 micron minimum or if ectasia presents.
DryEye wrote:How do the two differ in terms of corneal stability over long run?
A healthy cornea will normally remain stable so long as 250 microns of tissue remain untouched (more is always better) no matter what the procedure.
DryEye wrote:With PRK one can do more than 63 microns if need be?
PRK on the Lasik flap is limited to the thickness of the flap.
DryEye wrote:Also, I read here that once one does PRK over a flap that is the way it has to be done for additional enhancements down the road.
This question was recently asked and I brought the issue to the attention of four prominent surgeons. All agreed that attempting to do a Lasik enhancement (flap lift) after PRK was done on the Lasik flap would not be wise. There are no case histories of this having been done.
DryEye wrote:Would I have had more cornea left if I had chosen Intralase instead of microkeratome (VISX CustomVue)?
Possibly, but probably not. Mechanical microkeratomes are able to create very thin flaps too.
DryEye wrote:I think I would prefer lasik if I decide on an enhancement unless I am told that it isn't a wise choice.
If the advice of your surgeon is that you have a choice, then choose that with which you are most comfortable.


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A Sound Investment
An entirely new way of dealing with your life and work. I engaged Kevin Crenshaw as an Executive Coach, which is where he really shines. He helped me through some truly rough professional situations and I continue to engage him now. I really feel that most executives can benefit from having someone help them see from "outside" and throw some (sometimes tough) reality in there. I highly recommend Kevin as a sound investment in your career.
A Reliable System to Purposefully Guide Your Every Action
During Kevin's coaching through Priacta he clearly laid out our goals to reach together and was extremely reliable when I would begin to fade from those goals. I would recommend his organizational training not only for those individuals or businesses that are entirely chaotic, like myself, but also for those people that are organized and yet struggle to keep it all together. He'll put in place a reliable system to purposefully guide your every action.
Increases Quality of Life Personally and Professionally
Kevin Crenshaw is outstanding in the field of personal and business organization. Kevin utilizes technology to boost efficiency and productivity which ultimately lessens the overall level of stress and increases the quality of life both personally and professionally. Kevin and his team have developed simple concepts that will have a positive impact on myself and all those in my environment.
Great Experience, Catered to Me
It was a great experience working with Kevin who led me through the Priacta method. I was a bit unsure at first of the program, but quickly saw how I could make my work environment more relaxed and positive. Priacta - or more specifically Kevin's training is a is a unique experience for each client, creating a program that is catered to me.
Kevin not only went above and beyond in assisting me organizing my day-to-day tasks, but also helped me with discussions about using positive influence in the workplace. Overall, I believe the concepts and interpersonal skills that I have gained in the training will benefit my professional development for years to come.
Very Detailed, Excellent Experience
Very detailed follow up.... The structure ensured I followed through and cleared and organized all the decks rather than just enough to feel some momentary relief. Excellent experience overall!
10X More Organized
I'm 10X more organized and clear headed.... You took me through this shift in my life one step at a time and went beyond what was expected countless times. A true class act.
From "Dread" to "Nearly Stress-Free"
I love my job, but I was feeling so stressed that I felt dread about going to work. My stress was carrying over to my family, and my wife wisely intervened by contacting Priacta. I felt confident the TRO system would work because of the professional coach and the step-by-step process.... Now I am nearly stress-free.... I recommend TRO to anyone whose life seems spiraling out of control. I have tried books, instructional DVDs, and workshops, and none of these worked. TRO delivered as promised.
Enjoying the Family for the First Time in Months
Things are getting done, I'm not stressing, and I'm enjoying a fab weekend with the family for the first time in months!
A Total System You Can Depend On
... a total system you can depend on and trust.... Thanks for giving me the help and encouragement to 'get things done' in a highly organized system.
It really is empowering to end the day with all of the tasks done, and not having that "what have I missed??" feeling hanging over my head. I think I could get to like this!
Doing a Four Hour Training with Kevin was Best Investment
Pound for pound, training on Priacta and doing a four-hour session with Kevin was the best investment. I am still applying most of the concepts daily. Because of the skills I learned ... I am able to do more with less stress.
Great Coaching.... Makes a Huge Difference
Thank you again for all your great coaching.... I have about 550 tasks and I am in control of them.... This is the first time in my career that my office has been so focused and clean. I could actually work in a much smaller office now! Don't tell my boss. What you do makes a huge difference in the lives of those you help.
Eliminated My Stress
My stress level ... was quite high. TRO has eliminated that stress and given me a way to achieve my goals at work and at home.
Absolutely Fantastic!
The system is by far the best I've found! I have tried GTD on its own, I have tried Take Back Your Life, and they don't compare.... The online training, the 21-day follow-up and the help from your coaches is absolutely fantastic! I've started to delegate a lot more work out to my team, and they appreciate the follow-up and feedback.
Kevin is the Top of the Top
Since the first day I began working with Kevin, I have been thoroughly impressed by his depth of commitment and full command of his subject. Kevin has made it fun to undertake the life-changing process of fully examining and shifting my approach to organization and conceptualizing work. Kevin has made himself very available, and has shown a remarkable degree of care and focus on my success. If you are looking for a true partner to kindly hold your feet to the fire and help you fully integrate both the fundamentals and nuances of profound behavior changing practices, Kevin is the top of the top.
Revolutionized the Way I Organize Everything I Do
Kevin is truly an organizational guru. He has single-handedly revolutionized the way I organize everything I do. I wear a lot of hats and it is not easy for me to keep everything going at the same time. Kevin's training allows me to focus entirely on any single task without worrying about everything looming over my head all the time. It keeps me from becoming otherwise completely overwhelmed to the point of being ineffective. I have used Kevin myself and have other employees and colleagues who are currently training with him. Thanks Kevin!
I Recommend TRO
It was a pleasure to get the advice from Kevin. He is very oriented on customer satisfaction and he had enormous knowlege of time and task management. I can recommend TRO methodology as a concept, software tool and good implementation help.
Major Increase in Productivity, Major Decrease in Stress
Thank you for helping me re-gain control of my business/personal life.... [In the] 10 days since we started, I am seeing a major increase in productivity and a major decrease in stress! Gracias!
Accomplishing More with the Same Workload
My workload hasn't changed but my attitude and control over it has. I can delegate more effectively, step away from tasks that don't support my most important goals, and "bank" (S/M) tasks that I'd like to keep on the radar but aren't immediately important.
The largest impact is the strategic calendar—it's like a well-organized closet with 168 compartments. It's now very obvious what will get done and what won't, and therefore I can organize and re-organize my time as situations change to constantly ensure the most important tasks are accomplished (personally and professionally)!
It's a constant reminder of my promises to myself and so easy to keep those promises where before things weren't even getting done, let alone done inline with what was important. Hence... I'm accomplishing more with the same workload I had before I took the training!
Very Impressive, Extremely Practical
I want to congratulate you and whoever else developed TRO for a superb work; it's very impressive, extremely practical and all details are very well thought out! Great work!
Beyond Productivity
Kevin is a great coach. When it comes to productivity and techniques, Kevin is the expert. I have improved my personal productivity significantly since working with Kevin. He even went beyond productivity to help with some political concerns at my company. I would greatly recommend Kevin.
Never Felt So In Control
I have never felt so in control of my tasks. TRO is the best investment you could make for your business and your personal sanity.
Changed the Way I Work
TRO Online Training changed the way I work, and almost three months later, I'm still using the techniques that I learned. The course is based on Getting Things Done.... Well organized and clearly written....
Best Money You Can Spend
Kevin Crenshaw has changed my professional life. I am a busy congregational rabbi whose desk was always covered with papers, and whose stress level was always high. Kevin has taught me to be an organized person. My desk is clean and my stress level is down. He is a bargain compared to those providing similar coaching on "getting things done." Factor in the fact that you will succeed with Kevin and Priacta (how much have you spent on books or courses that did not help?) and you'll see that hiring Kevin is the best money you can spend.
Transformed a School—Results Were Miraculous
I hired Kevin Crenshaw as a professional organization, time-management, and productivity coach while working as the Director of Education for a small private school for troubled teen boys. The challenges we faced were great. The challenges of running an education program are overwhelming enough. Throw in 30 to 40 openly disrespectful teenage boys and it can seem impossible.
Immediately after each coaching session with Kevin, we implemented his suggestions. The results were miraculous.
Through the direct implementation of Kevin's advice, we were able to transform our school from a non-accredited program that used paper correspondence courses as our main curriculum to a fully networked computer and internet based school system accredited through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
I cannot express enough the impact Kevin had on our ability to achieve these lofty goals. The accreditation process took almost two years. It would have been impossible to achieve without the implementation of the techniques I learned from Kevin. He may now know the indirect impact he had on my student's lives, but impact them he did. He helped us structure the foundation upon which we build our school system. He changed the way we organized our projects, choose which tasks to complete each day, and even how we communicated with each other.
I am forever grateful to Kevin for the work he has done. I hope to continue to learn from his expertise well into the future. Thank you for all you've done Kevin. Thank you.
TRO is GTD++
Kevin is an organization and time management Tsunami. His ideas and company have allowed me to regain my sanity when everything seemed to be completely out-of-control. When I try to explain what his technique is at Priacta, I tell my information technology friends that the program is GTD++.
Highly recommended.
Benefits Far Exceeded Cost and Expectations
Kevin has made a difference to me with his deep knowledge of personal productivity and workflow. I have been working with GTD since 2002. Since being coached on Total Relaxed Organization (TRO), Kevin has taken me to a very high level of relaxed productivity in just 23 days. I REALLY Trust my system today. I trust both the process and the reliance on information technology tools. I highly recommend Kevin and TRO for the business executive who wants to succeed with the challenges of business and the opportunities in life. BTW - The benefits have by far exceeded the cost and my expectations. Thank you Kevin!
Excellent Product in TRO
Kevin and the entire Priacta team provide an excellent product in TRO. It is well thought out with extras I didn't know I needed until I used them. Kevin and his team are very pleasant to work with and provide superlative customer service. Kevin stays with you until you are comfortable with the program and continues to be available for any and all questions. He is flexible, creative and personable. I have come to trust him, his work and the system he helped me create. I would recommend Kevin, the Priacta team and Total Relaxed Organization to any busy person or company!
Feel More in Control of My Work and Personal Life
At first I was skeptical, but this course has really made me feel more in control of my work and personal life. Now I am never late for meetings and get more work done in a shorter period of time
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The training dives right in, so you feel relief immediately. Plus, you learn using your actual work, so you get a lot of work done as you train.
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Don't Waste Hours or Days Guessing
We test and experiment so you can get real work done instead. TRO Productivity Training customizes itself for your tools so you learn the best way to manage your workflow, right from the start. It steps you past the pitfalls of synchronization (see this sad tale), tool setup, customization, add-on apps, and more.
Supported TRO and GTD Productivity Tools
We currently support all reasonable combinations of the following (and even more via remote coaching). We're adding more all the time.
Supported Task Lists
- Toodledo [Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android, Smartphone; browser-based] (Free or $30/yr)
- Todoist [Windows, Mac, iPhone, Android, Smartphone; browser-based] (Paid [$28.99/yr])
- Microsoft Outlook 2007/2010+ [Windows, Mac w/Virtual PC]
- GQueues [Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android, Smartphone; browser-based] (Lite or Paid [$25/yr, recommended])
- Assembla Tickets for Teams [Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android, Smartphone; browser-based] ($24 to $159/month)
- Nozbe by ApiVision [Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android; Web] ($10/month)
- Wrike [Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android, Smartphone; browser-based] ($588 to $2,388/yr)
- Remember the Milk [Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android, Smartphone; browser/offline] (Free or $40/yr)
- ToDoList [Windows; USB drive compatible] (Free, open source)
- Paper Planners [Day Timer, Franklin Covey, David Allen GTD, others]
- Things* [Mac, iPhone]
- All Other TRO-capable task lists. Call or email us for recommendations.
Supported Smart Phones and Mobile Devices, Including Paper Planners
- iPhone
- iPad
- iPod Touch
- Android
- Windows Mobile 7+ [Including Exchange Server]
- Blackberry [OS4+; including Blackberry Enterprise Server]
- Blackberry Storm
- Paper Planners [Day Timer, Franklin Covey, David Allen GTD, others]
- Paper Printouts [Supplement your electronic task lists with mobile paper lists]
- Pocket PC
- Other/Generic Smartphone/Mobile [Any other smart phone or tablet not listed here]
- None [Instructions for TRO without a mobile solution]
Supported Calendars
- Microsoft Outlook 2007/2010+ [Windows, Mac w/Virtual PC]
- Google Calendar [Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Smartphone]
- Mozilla Lightning [Windows]
- Paper Calendar [Any portable paper calendar, including planner calendars]
- Paper Planners [Day Timer, Franklin Covey, David Allen GTD, others]
- Other/Generic [Any other electronic calendar]
Supported Email Clients
- Microsoft Outlook 2007/2010+ [Windows, Mac w/Virtual PC]
- Gmail [Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Smartphone; browser-based with offline support]
- Mozilla Thunderbird [Windows, Mac, Linux]
- Other Web Email [Web]
- Other/Generic [Any other email client]
*Training for this application is provided as a fully-tested work-in-progress or outline; click the hyperlink for details.


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Smoking hot car wash billboard removed for being 'sexist'
A RAUNCHY billboard displaying a woman's bottom in a pair of denim hotpants to promote a car wash has been removed for being "sexist".
The provocative sign was taken away after a number of complaints were made over its "offensive nature" and for its potential ability to cause a car crash.
The eye-catching design featuring a blonde woman covered in soap suds and bent over a red BMW sportscar was commissioned by Unique Hand Car Wash in Bridgend, south Wales.
Dan Wood, from Bridgend, joked on Twitter that he feared the new sign could cause a crash.
He wrote: "Pretty certain that this new sign is going to cause an accident."
A spokeswoman for Women's Equality Network Wales said the sign was sexist and that both men and women would find it distasteful.
She said: "We were not surprised by the explicit nature of this advert.
"Women are used to seeing other women being sexualised to sell a product or service.
"It's hugely disappointing that people think that such blatant sexism will sell.
"It insults the intelligence of both their male and female customers."
"Pretty certain that this new sign is going to cause an accident"Dan Wood
Bridgend council received a number of complaints about the board erected on Tremains Road near a primary school, indoor play centre and busy supermarkets.
Councillor Peter Foley said: "I condemn advertising that is anyway sexist in nature.
"It is inappropriate to have – especially in a residential area which is near a school full of young children."
A Bridgend County Borough Council spokesperson said: "Our trading standards officers spoke to the business involved to let them know that we had received complaints from local residents about this advert.
"As the complaints related to the offensive nature of the advert, they have been referred to the advertising standards authority."
Unique Hands Car Wash manager Gayan Yaddehi said the company never meant to cause offence to residents with the billboard created by Panoramik Sign.
He said: "We took the sign down because our landlord was informed by the council of complaints.
"We never thought it was sexist but it wasn't suitable for Bridgend. Different places will have different reactions. "
He added: "It was something we saw on the internet. It was one of many car wash sign templates we had to choose from."


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Laurentian Singers to Perform During Family Weekend
Fri September 27, 2013
The Laurentian Singers will perform two concerts during St. Lawrence University's Family Weekend celebration.
The singers will perform a number of works, including "The Battle of Jericho," Rheinberger's "Abendlied," and works by Brahms, among others.
The performances will take place both nights at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4 and Saturday, Oct. 5 in the Peterson-Kermani Performance Hall in the Griffiths Arts Center.
For more information, contact Julia Pomainville at 315-229-5184 or visit www.stlawu.edu/music.


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Twenty Years ago the microbe was making a great stir in the
land. The public mind ever prone to exaggerate the importance and extent of any
new scientific discovery, ascribed all known diseases to microbes. The
infinitesimal creature with the mysterious and unpleasant attributes became the
leading topic of the time. Shrewdly appreciating this golden opportunity, a
quack genius named Radam invented a drug to slay the new enemy of mankind and
gave it his name. Radam's Microbe Killer filled the public prints with blazonry
of its lethal virtues. As it consisted of a mixture of muriatic and sulphuric
acid, with red wine any microbe which took it was like to fare hard; but the
ingenious Mr. Radam's method of administering it to its intended prey via the
human stomach failed to commend itself to science, though enormously successful
in a financial sense through flamboyant advertising.
Liquozone "Cures" Thirty-seven Varieties.
In time some predaceous bacillus, having eluded the
"killer," carried off it, inventor. His nostrum soon languished. Today
it is little heard of, but from the ashes of its glories has risen a mightier
successor, Liquozone. Where twenty years ago the microbe reveled in publicity,
today we talk of germs and bacteria; consequently Liquozone exploits itself as a
germicide and bactericide, It dispenses with the red wine of the Radam
concoction and relies on a weak solution of sulphuric and sulphurous acids, with
an occasional trace of hydrochloric or hydrobromic acid. Mostly it is water, and
this is what it "cures":
"Asthma, Gallstones,
Liquozone bottle circa 1890-1910
‑all diseases that begin with fever all
inflammations all catarrh all contagious diseases‑all the results of
impure or poisoned blood. In nervous diseases Liquozone acts as a vitalizer,
accomplishing what no drugs can do." These diseases it conquers by
destroying, in the human body, the germs which cause (or are alleged to cause)
them. Such is Liquozone's claim.
Yet the Liquozone Company is not a patent medicine concern.
We have their word for it:
"We wish to state at the start that we are not patent
medicine men, and their methods will not be employed by us. . . . Liquozone is
too important a product for quackery."
The head and center of this non‑patent medicine
cure‑all is Douglas Smith. Mr. Smith is by profession a promoter. He is
credited with a, keen vision for profits. Several years ago he ran on a worthy
ex‑piano dealer, a Canadian by the name of Powley (we shall meet him
again, trailing clouds of glory in a splendid metamorphosis), who was selling
with some success a mixture known as Powley's Liquefied Ozone. This was
guaranteed to kill any disease germ known to science, Mr. Smith examined into
the possibilities of the product, bought out Powley
The Men Who
Back the Fake.
In the Equitable scandal there has been plenty of evidence
to show that directors often lend their names to enterprises of which they know
practically nothing. This seems to have been the case with the lawyers. One
point they brought up: was Liquozone harmful? Positively not, Douglas Smith
assured them. On the contrary, it was the greatest boon to the sick in the
world's history, and he produced an impressive bulk of testimonials. This
apparently satisfied them; they did not investigate the testimonials, but
accepted them at their face value. They did not look into the advertising
methods of the company; as nearly as I can find out, they never saw an
advertisement of Liquozone in the papers until long afterward. They just became
stockholders and directors, that is all. They did as hundreds of other upright
and well‑meaning men had done in lending themselves to a business of which
they knew practically nothing. While the lawyers continued to practice law,
‑Messrs. Smith and Hopkins were running the Liquozone Company. An enormous
advertising campaign was begun. Pamphlets were issued containing testimonials
and claiming, the soundest professional backing. Indeed, this matter of expert
testimony, chemical, medical, and bacteriologic, is a specialty of Liquozone.
Today, despite its reforms, it is supported by an ingenious system of
pseudoscientific charlatanry. In justice to Mr. Hopkins it is but fair to say
that he is not responsible for the basic fraud; that the general scheme was
devised and most of the bogus or distorted medical letters arranged before his
advent. But when I came to investigate the product a few months ago I found that
the principal defense against attacks consisted of scientific that would not
bear analysis and medical letters not worth the paper they were written on. In
the first place the Liquozone people have letters from chemists asseverating
that the compound is chemically scientific.
......................About ninetenths of one per cent.
..................About three tenths of one per cent.
........................................ Nearly ninety‑nine per cent.
Faked and Garbled Indorsements.
Messrs. Dickman, Mackenzie & Potter, of Chicago,
furnish a statement to this effect that
the product is made up on scientific
principles, contains no substance deleterious to health and is an
antiseptic and germicide of the highest order." As chemists the Dickman
firm stands high, but if Sulphuric acid is oil of vitriol. Sulphurous acid is
also a corrosive poison. Liquozone is the combination of these two heavily
diluted and sulphurous acids are not deleterious to their health there must be
something peculiar about them as human beings. Mr. Deavitt of Chicago makes
affidavit that the preparation is not made by compounding drugs. A St. Louis
bacteriologist testifies that it will kill germs (in culture tubes), and that it
has apparently brought favorable results in diarrhea, rheumatism, and a finger
which a guinea‑pig had gnawed. These and other technical endorsements are
set forth with great pomp and circumstance, but when analyzed they fail to bear
out the claims of Liquozone as a medicine. Any past investigation into the
nature of Liquozone has brought a flood of "indorsements" down on the
investigator, many of them medical My inquiries have been largely along medical
lines, because the makers of the drug the private support of many physicians and
medical institutions, an,, such testimony is the most convincing.
"Liquozone has the indorsement of an overwhelming number of medical
authorities," says one of the pamphlets.
One of the enclosures sent to me was a letter from a, young
physician on the staff of the Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, who was paid $25
to make bacteriologic tests in pure cultures. He reported: "This is to
certify that the fluid Liquozone handed to me for bacteriologic examination has
shown bacteriologic and germicidal properties." At the same time lie
informed the Liquozone agent that the mixture would be worthless medicinally. He
writes me a‑, follows: "I have never used or indorsed Liquozone;
furthermore, its action would be harmful when taken internally. Can report a
case of gastric ulcer due probably to its use."
Later in my investigations I came ‑on this
certificate again. It was quoted, in a report on Liquozone, made by the bead of
a prominent Chicago laboratory for a medical journal, and it was designated,
"Report made by the Michael Reese Hospital," without comment or
investigation. This surprising garbling of the facts may have been due to
carelessness, or it may have some connection with the fact that the laboratory
investigator was about that time employed to do work for Mr. Douglas Smith,
Liquozone's president.
Another document is an enthusiastic "puff" of
Liquozone, quoted as being contributed by Dr, H. W. Myers in The New York
Journal of Health There is not nor ever has been any such magazine as The New
York Journal of Health Dr. H.W.. Myers, or ,some person masquerading under that
name got out a bogus "dummy" (fix publication only, and not as a
guarantee of good faith). at a small charge to the Liquozone people.
For convenience. I list several letters quoted or
seat to me, with the result of investigations.
The Suffolk Hospital and Dispensary of Boston,
through its president, Albert C. Smith, writes: "Our test show., it
(Liquozone) to possess great remedial value." The letter I have found to be
genuine. But the hospital medical authorities say they know nothing of Liquozone
and never prescribe it, If President Smith is prescribing it be is liable to
arrest, as lie is not an M.D.
A favoring letter, from "Dr." Fred W.
Porter of Tampa, Fla., is quoted. The Liquozone recipients of the letter forgot
to mention that "Dr." Porter is not an M.D., but a veterinary surgeon,
as is shown by his letter head,
Dr George E. Bliss of Maple Rapids, Mich., has used
Liquozone for cancer patients. Dr. Bliss writes me, under the flaming headline
of his "cancer cure," that his letter is genuine, and "not
Dr. A. A. Bell of Madison, Ga., is quoted as saving:
"I found Liquozone to invigorate digestion." He is not quoted
(although he wrote it) as saying that his own personal experience with it bad
shown it to be ineffective. I have seen the original letter, and the unfavorable
part of it was blue penciled.
For a local indorsement of any medicine, perhaps as strong
a name as could be secured in Chicago is that of Dr. Frank Billings. In the
offices of Collier's and elsewhere Dr. Billings has been cited by the Liquozone
people as one of those medical men who were prevented, only by ethical
considerations from publicly indorsing their nostrum, but who nevertheless,
privately avowed confidence in it. Here is what Dr. Billings has to say of this:
CHICAGO, ILL., July 31, 1905.
To the Editor of Collier's Weekly:
Dear Sir.I have never recommended Liquozone in any way to
any one, nor
have I expressed to any representative of the Liquozone
Company, or to any
other person, an opinion favorable to Liquozone.
Under the heading, "Some Chicago Institutions which
Constantly Employ Liquozone," are cited Hull House, the Chicago Orphan
Asylum, the Home for Incurables, the Evanston Hospital, and the Old People's
Letters to the institutions elicited the information that
Hull House had never used the nostrum. and had protested against the statement;
that the Orphan Asylum had experimented with it only for external applications,
and with such dubious results that it was soon dropped; that it had been shut
out of the Home for Incurables that a few private patients in the Old People's
Home had purchased it, but on no recommendation from the physicians; and that
the Evanston Hospital knew nothing of a Liquozone and hadnever used it.
Having a professional interest in the "overwhelming
number of medical indorsements" claimed by Liquozone, a Chicago physician.
Dr. W. If. Felton. went to the company's offices and asked to see the medical
evidence. None was forthcoming; the lists, lie was informed were ill the press
and could not be shown. He then asked for the official book for physicians
advertised by the firm containing "a great deal of evidence from
authorities whom all physicians respect."' This also, they said, was
"in the press." As a matter of fact, it has never come out of the
press and never will; the special book project has been dropped.
One more claim and I am done with the "scientific
evidence" In a. pamphlet issued by the company and since withdrawn, occurs
this sprightly sketch:
"Liquozone is the discovery of Professor Pauli, the
great German chemist, who worked for twenty years to learn bow to liquefy
oxygen. When Pauli first mentioned his purpose me laughed at him The idea of
liquefying gas ‑ of circulating a liquid oxygen in the blood‑seemed
impossible. Ili‑it Pauli was one of those men who set their whole hearts
on a problem and follow it out either to success or to the grave. So Pauli
followed out this problem though it took twenty years. lie clung to it through
discouragements which would have led any lesser man to abandon it. He worked on
it despite poverty and ridicule," etc.
Liquozone Kills
a Great German Scientist.
Alas for romance! The scathing blight of the legal mind
descended on this touching story. The lawyer‑di rectors would have none of
"Professor Pauli, the great German chemist," and Liquozone destroyed
him, as it had created him. Not totally destroyed, however, for from those
rainbow wrapping,;, now dissipated, emerges the humble but genuine figure of our
old acquaintance, Mr: Rowley, the ex‑piano man of Toronto. He is the
prototype of the Teutonic ‑,Event. So much the Liquozone people now admit,
with the defense that the change, of Rowley to Pauli was, at most a harmless
flight of fancy, "so long as we were not attempting to use it name famous
in medicine or bacteriology in order to add prestige to the product." A
plea which commends itself by its ingeniousness it least.
Gone is '*Professor Pauli," and with him much of his
kingdom lies. lit fact, I believe there is no single definite intentional
misstatement in the
All Ills Look
Alike to, Liquozone.
Just as to Peruna .111 ills are catarrh, so to Liquozone
every disease is a germ disease. Every statement in the new prospectus of cure
"has Advertisements of a "remedy" which has been fighting
Liquozone as an "Imitator," and which here makes a claim as extreme as
any ever put forth by the Chicago sulphuric‑acid mixture.
been submitted to competent authorities, and is exactly
true and correct," declares the recently issued pamphlet, "Liquozone
and Tonic Germicide;" and the pamphlet goes on to ascribe, among other
ills, asthma, gout, neuralgia dyspepsia, goiter. and "most forms of kidney,
liver and heart troubles" to germs. I don't know just which of the eminent
authorities who have been working for the Liqnozone Company fathers this
remarkable and epoch making discovery. It might be Professor Pauli, or perhaps
the sulphuric acid‑proof firm of Dickman & Mackenzie. Whoever it is
ought to make the definite facts public, in the interests of humanity as well as
their own. Monuments of discarded pill boxes will celebrate the Liquozone savant
who has determined that dyspepsia is a germ trouble. The discovery that gout is
caused by the bite of a bacillus and not by uric acid is almost as important an
addition to the sum of human knowledge as the determination of a definite
organism that produces the twinges of neuralgia, while the germ of heart disease
will be acclaimed with whoops of welcome from the entire medical profession.
Unfortunately, the writer of the Liquozone pamphlet and the
experts who edited it, got a little mixed on their ger in file matter of
malaria. "Liquozone is deadly to vegetable matter, lint helpful to
animals," declares the pamphlet . . . . .. Germs are
vegetables"‑and that is the reason that Liquozone kills them. But
malaria, which Liquozone is supposed to cure, is positively known to be due to
animal organisms in the blood, not vegetable. Therefore, if the claims are
genuine, Liquozone, being "helpful to animals," will aid and abet the
malaria organism in his nefarious work, and the Liquozone Company, as
well‑intentioned men, working in the interests of health, ought to warn
all sufferers of this class from use of their animal ‑stimulator.
The old claim is repeated that nothing enters into the
production of Liquozone but gases, water and a little harmless coloring matter,
and that the process requires large apparatus and from eight to fourteen days'
time. I have seen the apparatus, consisting of huge wooden vats, and call
testify to their impressive size. And I have the assurance of several gentlemen
whose word (except in print) I am willing to take, that fourteen days' time is
employed in impregnating every output of liquid with a.,;. The result, so far as
can be determined chemically or medicinally is precisely the same as could be
achieved in fourteen seconds by mixing the acids with the water. The product is
still sulphurous and sulphuric acid heavily diluted, that is all.
Will the compound destroy germs in the body? This is, after
all, the one overwhelmingly important point for determination; for if it will,
all the petty fakers and forgery, the liquid oxygen and Professor Pauli and the
mythical medical journalism may be forgiven. For more than four months now
Collier's has been patiently awaiting some proof of the internal germicidal
qualities of Liquozone. None has been forthcoming except specious generalities
from scientific employees of the company‑and testimonials The value of
testimonials as evidence is considered in a later article. Liquozone's are not
more convincing than others. Of the chemists and bacteriologists employed by the
Liquozone Company there is not one who will risk his professional reputation oil
the simple and essential statement that Liquozone taken internally kills germs
in the human system. One experiment has been made by Mr. Schoen of Chicago,
which I am asked to regard as indicating in some degree a deterrent action of
Liquozone on the disease of the anthrax. Of two guinea‑pigs inoculated
with anthrax oil', which was dosed with Liquozone survived the other, not thus
treated, by several hours. Bacteriologists employed by us to make a similar test
failed because of the surprising fact that the dose as prescribed by Mr. Schoen
promptly killed the first guinea‑pig to which it was administered. A
series of guinea‑pig tests was then arranged (the guinea‑pig is the
animal which responds to germ infection most nearly as the human organism
responds), at which Dr. Gradwohl representing the Liquozone Company, was
present, and in which he took part. The report follows;
Chemical and Bacteriologic Investigations.
October 21,
Anthrax Test, Twenty‑four guinea‑pigs
were inoculated with anthrax bacilli, tinder the same conditions, the same
amount being given to each. The representative of the Liquozone people selected
the twelve pigs for treatment. These animals were given Liquozone in 5 c.c.
doses for three hours. In twenty‑four hours all Pigs were dead‑the
treated and the untreated ones.
Second Anthrax Test. Eight guinea‑pigs were
inoculated under the same conditions with a culture of anthrax sent by the
Liquozone people. Four of these animals were treated for three hours with
Liquozone as in the last experiments. These died also In from thirty‑six
to forty‑eight hours, as did the remaining four.
Diphtheria Test. Six guinea‑pigs were
inoculate(] with diphtheria bacilli and treated with Liquozone. The ' y all died
in from forty‑eight to seventy‑two hours, Two out of three controls
(I. e., untreated guinea‑pigs) remained alive after receiving the same
amount of culture.
Tuberculosis Test. Eight guinea‑pigs were
inoculated with tubercle bacilli. Four of these animals were treated for eight
hours with 5 c.c. of a 20 per cent solution of Liquozone Four received Do
Liquozone. At the end of twentyfour days all the animals were killed.
Fairly developed tuberculosis was present in all.
To summarize, we would say that the Liquozone had
absolute],%‑ no curative effect, but did. when given in pure form, lower
the resistance of the animals, so that they died a little earlier than those not
By Ernst J.
Dr. Gradwohl
representing the Liquozone Company, stated that lie was satisfied of the
fairness of the tests. He further declared That in his opinion the tests had
proved satisfactorily the total ineffectiveness of Liquozone as an internal
germicide, but these experiments show more than that. They show that in so far
as Liquozone has any effect.. it tends to lower the resistance of the body to an
invading disease. That is, in the very germ diseases for which it is advocated,
Liquozone may decrease the chances of the patient's
recovery ‑c'y
is I ,with
every dose that is swallowed, but certainly would not increase them.
III its own field Liquozone is sui generis. On the ethical
side, however, there are a few "internal germicides," and one of these
comes in for mention here, not that it is the least like Liquozone in its
composition, but because by it‑, monstrous claim‑, it challenges
Since the all announcement lice] of this article, and before, Collier*8 has. been in receipt
of much virtuous indignation from a manufacturer of remedies which, lie claims,
Liquozone copies. Charles Marchand has been the most active enemy of the Douglas
Smith product, He has attacked the makers in print, organized a society, and
established a publication mainly devoted to their destruction, and circulated
far and wide injurious literature (most of it true) about their product. Of the
relative merits of Hydrozone, Glycozone Marchand's products), and Liquozone, I
know nothing; but I know that the Liquozone Company has never in its history put
forth so shameful an advertisement as the one produced on page 28, signed by
Marchand, and printed in the New Orleans States when the vellow fever scare was
at its height.
And Hydrozone is an "ethical" remedy; its
advertisements are to be found in reputable medical journals.
The Same Old
Partly by reason of Marchand's energy, no nostrum in the
country has been so widely attacked as the Chicago product, Occasional deaths,
attributed (in some cases unjustly) to its use, have been made the most of, and
scores of analyses have been printed, so that in all parts of the country the
true nature of the nostrum is beginning to be understood. The prominence of its
advertising and the reckless breadth of its claims have made it a shining mark.
North Dakota has forbidden its sale. San Francisco has decreed against it; so
has Lexington, Ky., and there are signs that it will have a fight for its life
soon in other cities. It is this looming danger that impelled Liquozone to an
attempted reform last summer. Yet, in spite of the censorship of its legal
lights, in spite of the revision of its literature by its scientific experts, in
spite of its ingenious avoidance of specifically false claims in the advertising
which is being scattered broadcast today,, Liquozone is now what it was before
its rehabilitation. a fraud which owes its continued existence to the laxity of
our public health methods and tile cynical tolerance of the national conscience.


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Tacos, a traditional Mexican dish, are becoming a favorite American sandwich.
Tacos, a traditional Mexican dish, are becoming a favorite American sandwich.
I tasted a delicious fish taco recently at a Miami food truck, Que Pinche Taco, and asked the owner, Octavio Miller, how he made them. He told me he only uses the freshest fish and delicately seasons the fillets. He also makes everything fresh to order. I've adapted his recipe for home use.
Octavio uses sazon, a type of seasoned salt used in Latin dishes. A simple homemade
recipe is to mix 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1 teaspoon ground cumin, 1 teaspoon ground coriander and 1 teaspoon annatto (or paprika).
He serves the tacos open. You can eat them as an open-face sandwich or fold them over taco style. Either way they make a simple, delicious dinner.
To save preparation time, use already-diced fresh tomatoes and onions from the produce department.
Old Bay seasoning may be substituted for sazon.
Any type of white fish can be used — the fresher the better.
If you like your salad spicy, add several drops hot pepper sauce to the avocado slices.
Prepare avocado and set aside.
Prepare fish taco.
Finish avocado salad.
This meal 548 contains calories per serving with 35 percent of calories from fat.
Shopping list:
Here are the ingredients you'll need for tonight's Dinner in Minutes:
To buy:
1 pound white fish fillet, 1 package sazon or Old Bay seasoning, 1 package diced tomatoes, 1 package diced onion, 2 limes, 1 package shredded lettuce, 1 small package 6-inch flour tortillas, 1 small, ripe avocado.
Staples: Olive oil spray, paprika, reduced-fat oil and vinegar dressing, reduced-fat mayonnaise, salt, black peppercorns.
1 pound white fish fillet (tilapia, sole, flounder)
1 tablespoon sazon or Old Bay seasoning
1 teaspoon paprika
2 teaspoons lime juice, plus 1 lime as garnish
Olive oil spray
1 cup diced tomatoes
1 cup diced onion
Salt and freshly ground pepper
4 (6-inch) flour tortillas
2 tablespoons reduced-fat mayonnaise
1 cup shredded lettuce
Sprinkle both sides of the fillet with seasoning and paprika. Squeeze 2 teaspoons lime juice over the fish. Heat a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and spray with olive oil. Saute fish 3 minutes.
Turn fish over and add the
tomatoes and onion to the skillet. Saute 4 minutes. Fish should be opaque, not translucent. Add salt and pepper to taste.
While fish cooks, wrap tortillas in paper towel and microwave 30 seconds. (Or wrap them in foil and place in
a toaster oven or under a broiler for a minute to warm through.)
Spread mayonnaise over one side of the 4 tortillas. Place shredded lettuce over the mayonnaise, and top with fish. Spoon tomatoes and onion on top and fold tacos in half. Cut whole lime into quarters and place 2 on each plate. Makes 2 servings. Per serving: 464 calories (29 percent from fat), 14.8 g fat (3.5 g saturated, 6.1 g monounsaturated), 84 mg cholesterol, 41.0 g protein, 42.5 g carbohydrates, 4.5 g fiber, 590 mg sodium.
1 small, ripe avocado
2 tablespoons reduced-fat oil and vinegar dressing
4 cups shredded lettuce
Peel avocado and cut it in half around the stone. Remove the stone and slice the avocado. Place in a bowl and drizzle with dressing. When tacos are ready, divide lettuce leaves between 2 dinner plates and place avocado slices and dressing on lettuce. Makes 2 servings. Per serving: 84 calories
(70 percent from fat), 6.5 g
fat (0.8 g saturated, 3.7 g monounsaturated), 1 mg cholesterol, 1.9 g protein, 6.7 g carbohydrates, 4.3 g fiber, 15 mg sodium.
Linda Gassenheimer's latest book is "The Flavors of the Florida Keys." Her website is dinnerinminutes.com. Follow her on Twitter lgassenheimer.


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Every good carpenter has a box of tools he carries from job to job: a hammer of just the right weight, a selection of drill bits, and so on. As he gains experience, his toolbox gets heavier with new, and sometimes specialized, equipment. Similarly, programmers accumulate their own tools as they move from job to job, but these tools are digital and often include snippets of code written over the years.
And that can create a problem, says Vishwanath Venugopalan, an enterprise software analyst with the 451 Group. These snippets are often reused unintentionally in a simple cut-and-paste operation without full knowledge of their former or current company's intellectual property (IP) policies. What's more, "the ubiquitous availability of code snippets in blogs and online tutorials poses a bigger risk to intellectual-property hygiene in a company," Venugopalan says.
Although the problem of IP pollution is probably greater in the open source world, the growing popularity of modular, reusable code (think about Salesforce.com's AppExchange) creates headaches for users and developers of commercial software as well. And that, in turn, is creating a business opportunity for a handful of specialized software companies, including Black Duck Software, Palamida, and most recently Protecode, a startup based in Ottawa, Canada.
Interestingly, none of the three major players in this niche are open source.
Protecode is a plug-in to the Eclipse IDE that detects and logs the content entering a software project, and then checks it against an online database called the Global Intellectual Property Server, or GIPS. That's much easier and more accurate than relying on memory and manual record keeping. Companies can set policies to restrict the code that can be brought into the project based on the license type (such as to restrict GPL code usage). If a programmer uses code that isn't yet licensed by the employer, Protecode will create a bill of materials needed to comply with licensing provisions.
Because Java, C, and C++ code can be developed in Eclipse, the product's integration into Eclipse lends its support for these programming languages. Protecode has indicated that Visual Basic support might be in the cards as well, says Venugopalan.


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10 Things to Know About Nervo
Miriam (Mim) and Olivia (Liv) Nervo were only 18 when they were signed with Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Since then, they've been all over the electronic-dance music (EDM) scene and performing shows in clubs around the world. They even wrote the Grammy award-winning song, "When Love Takes Over," performed by David Guetta and Kelly Rowland. Now, with their own newest song, "You're Gonna Love Again," the Australian twins are about to be all over the music scene this year.
1. Mim and Liv both started their careers as models in Melbourne, but have been writing music together since they were 10 years old. They said that they still get approached for modeling jobs a lot, but they want to stick to music.
2. They opened for Britney Spears and Nicki Minaj on the Femme Fatale tour last year.
3. Mim's special talent is sleeping. "I can sleep standing up. On airplanes, busses. Get me into anything moving and I will sleep."
4. The girls recently signed a deal with COVERGIRL and did an adorable nail polish ad with them!
5. They both said that if they could take any type of college class, they would want to take a mediation class so they could sleep and still be in class at the same time. Clever girls!
6. The twins have been on tours that travel all over the world. They've been to Germany, Barcelona, Brazil and South Africa, just to name a few. We only wish we got to travel around the work and get paid for it!
7. Their New Year's resolution is to learn Spanish! Brilliant idea for a resolution!
8. They have the most adorable puppy in the world! They rescued Molly from a shelter in Melbourne. Aww!
9. The girls have admitted to having a huge crush on the Perks of Being a Wallflower star, Logan Lerman.
10. The girls absolutely can't live without their laptops; face wipes and eye masks while they travel around the world on tours!


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By Edward Bunker
St. Martin's Minotaur, $23.95
'Stark" is an intriguing release for literary and celluloid pulp noir aficionados alike. The never-published first novel by legendary criminal-turned-novelist-and-actor Edward Bunker (among his roles was Mr. Blue in the 1992 Quentin Tarantino film "Reservoir Dogs") was written in the 1960s while he was behind bars. A habitual criminal when he was young, Bunker met Death Row inmate and best-selling author Caryl Chessman while they were incarcerated in California's San Quentin State Prison. The encounter profoundly affected Bunker and inspired him to try his hand at writing. Bunker died in 2005, and according to his widow, Jennifer Steele, in the novel's afterword, Bunker went so far as to sell his blood in prison to pay the postage needed to send the manuscript of "Stark" to potential publishers.
The story is pure pulp, set in 1962 California and revolving around Ernie Stark, a "two-bit hustler" and heroin junkie who runs afoul of the law and reluctantly becomes a rat for the police. Faced with going back to prison or setting up a fellow lowlife to take a fall, Stark instead strings along ill-tempered narcotics officer Patrick Crowley while he scams heroin dealer Momo Mendoza into revealing who his mysterious supplier is.
But with his growing addiction and a passionate affair with Mendoza's seductive girlfriend, Dorie, clouding his judgment, Stark finds himself on the run from the irate California police, cold-blooded Mexican drug dealers, a mute ex-con and what's left of his own conscience.
Although this short novel (barely 200 pages) shows its age with an abundance of outdated lingo ("he wasn't jiving about the stuff"), the pure poetry of Bunker's tormented narrative voice makes this a pulp noir gem. His seemingly simple description of a busy barroom, for example, is laden with dark imagery and fatalistic overtones: "The broken-souled people laughed to tears, the music throbbed, the smoke was thick."
"Stark" is a fitting title for this bleak and blunt chronicle of an unsuccessful con man who has been outsmarted by life.
Death Was the Other Woman
By Linda L. Richards
St. Martin's Minotaur, $23.95
Imagine Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade in high heels and a sensible skirt and you have a pretty good sense of the protagonist in Linda L. Richards' latest mystery, "Death Was the Other Woman."
Katherine "Kitty" Pangborn is a survivor. After losing her father -- and her affluent lifestyle -- in the stock market crash of 1929, Pangborn is forced to reinvent herself in a lawless, Prohibition-era Los Angeles. Finding work as a receptionist for Dexter J. Theroux, a Canadian World War I veteran turned private investigator, Pangborn soon finds herself in the role of makeshift gumshoe. With Theroux more often than not battling his inner demons with booze, she helps him with his only case: tailing sleazy real-estate developer Harrison Dempsey, who is suspected of cheating on his mistress. But when Pangborn finds a corpse in Dempsey's bathroom, the job suddenly becomes deadly for all involved.
Reminiscent of Sandra Scoppettone's Faye Quick stories ("This Dame for Hire" and "Too Darn Hot") and Clare Langley-Hawthorne's "Consequences of Sin" -- all of which feature gutsy female protagonists in early to mid-20th Century settings -- "Death Was the Other Woman" will appeal to fans of historical whodunits as well as devotees of pulp-style fiction a la works by Megan Abbott. Richards' spot-on portrayal of 1930s California -- the tumultuous social and political atmosphere, the fashions, the vernacular -- make this a must read for palookas, mooks and twists with enough spondulix to spare for some rip-roaring, hard-boiled literary escapism.
The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps
Edited by Otto Penzler
Vintage/Black Lizard, $25 paper
Including more than 50 classic stories and two novels from the pulps' golden age (in the decades between the two World Wars), the latest shelf-bending collection from Vintage Books is nothing short of the pulp bible of crime fiction.
Containing more than 1,100 pages of stories featuring tough private detectives, hatchet-faced villains and sultry femme fatales, this mammoth compilation includes works from such crime-fiction icons as Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Cornell Woolrich, Erle Stanley Gardner and James M. Cain that first appeared in popular pulp magazines like Black Mask, Detective Fiction Weekly and Dime Detective.
Noteworthy selections include Chandler's "Killer in the Rain," originally published in 1935, a precursor of sorts to "The Big Sleep" about a sexually uninhibited young woman and the murderous chaos her actions trigger; and Gardner's "Honest Money," which pits crusading young attorney Kenneth D. Corning against a city of officials on the take. William Rollins Jr.'s "Chicago Confetti" (a reference to machine-gun bullets) exemplifies just how brutally cynical and unsentimental pulp can be. (For example, when private eye Percy Warren watches a bystander being inadvertently gunned down with bullets meant for him, he calls the murdered man a "poor innocent bozo.")
With the neopulp resurgence in full swing with authors like Ken Bruen, Jason Starr, Charlie Huston and Megan Abbott, fans of the aforementioned writers -- and crime fiction in general -- will find this collection not only wildly entertaining but also an invaluable historical resource. Editor extraordinaire Otto Penzler sums it up perfectly: "[H]ere is the real stuff: stories written at breakneck speed and designed to be read the same way."
By Douglas Preston
Forge, $25.95
Douglas Preston has never strayed from writing ambitious, thought-provoking and frequently over-the-top thrillers. "Blasphemy," his newest solo (Preston is co-author, with Lincoln Child, of the Pendergast thrillers), about the consequences of a group of scientists' probing the secrets of the Big Bang via the world's most powerful particle accelerator, may be his most provocative and outrageous work to date.
A supporting character from "Tyrannosaur Canyon," Preston's previous solo novel, takes center stage in "Blasphemy." Private investigator Wyman Ford, a former CIA cryptologist and ex-monk, is hired by the president's science adviser to infiltrate the Isabella project, located on and inside an uninhabited, 500-square-mile mesa on the Navajo reservation in Arizona. The supercollider, which cost $40 billon, is weeks behind schedule and, this being an election year, the president is starting to worry that his troubled pet project may turn into a political nightmare.
When Ford arrives at Red Mesa posing as an archeologist and community liaison, he finds himself at the doorstep of Armageddon. A wily televangelist has denounced the Isabella project as part of a "government-sponsored, secular humanist war on Christianity," and his followers have proclaimed project leader and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Gregory North Hazelius the Antichrist. With one scientist already dead from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and a growing army of bloodthirsty fundamentalist Christians preparing to destroy the particle accelerator and everyone associated with it, Ford has a much bigger problem: Hazelius and the scientists inside the bunker believe they've contacted God.
At this point Preston puts his foot to the narrative accelerator and floors it. With the end of the world -- and the ascension of humankind -- looming, Preston adds even more thematic intricacies to his espionage thriller/science-fiction-adventure/social-cautionary tale by throwing in plot threads involving the irrelevance of historical religion, the existence of parallel universes, even L. Ron Hubbard. Preston's message is clear:
"Science and faith cannot coexist. One will destroy the other. You must make sure science is the surviving party, or your little blue speck will be lost."
Fans of thrillers by the likes of Michael Crichton and James Rollins will find Preston's latest novel either gloriously entertaining or, well, blasphemous.
Paul Goat Allen has reviewed mysteries and thrillers for BarnesandNoble.com, BookPage magazine and Publishers Weekly.