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In a somewhat breathless report in the Financial Times on February 14th, Moshe Vardi, computer science professor at Rice University in Texas, is quoted as saying that "We are approaching the time when machines will be able to outperform humans at almost any task. Society needs to confront this question before it is upon us: if machines are capable of doing almost any work humans can do, what will humans do?"
may be a dash of panic emerging about the emergence of robotics and AI - after all, scientists and engineers have form when it comes to doing the 'chicken licken'
thing as they move into the public sphere. It is as if these professions have a deep psychological problem in understanding social and system complexity,
adaptability and unpredictability. We have certainly seen this with
climate change much as we once saw it with scientific panic about racial
Nevertheless, AI and robotics are set to make an
impact similar to that of the introduction of machinery in the early
agricultural phase of the industrial revolution. This pushed masses of
peasants out of traditional jobs into the cities as cheap labour. This lead to the next round of applications of machinery to industrial
processes as urban labour started to become more expensive. Administrative, clerical and skilled labour are now expensive enough to drive the next set of applications of machine intelligence.
Robotics probably will eliminate many skilled
manufacturing jobs. AI will certainly eliminate many clerical and even professional
jobs. Robotics plus AI will eliminate many unskilled jobs. On past form,
new jobs of a different nature to meet new needs eventually get created. Human existence and experience, after a painful disruption, then improves
significantly yet the disruption could be politically and socially dangerous.
In the earlier cycles, there was no democracy so
we had riots, then revolutions and then the formation of new political
parties constructing the democracy and other radical forms of governance that allowed society to engage in the internal Darwinian struggle that led to the triumph of a rather
weak form of welfarist liberal democracy. This may have frustrated Nietzsche who saw the 'weak' collectivising to become strong and it is true that this collectivisation could de-humanise as much as the machines did but the outcomes were, on balance, more beneficial than not in terms of creating the conditions for at least the possibility of personal empowerment and individuation.
The next cycle looks
as if it will be expressed through populist upsurges. We are now
into new territory, so we may as well enjoy the ride ... but the one thing we can be sure
of is that this new system like the old will be managed by
self-reinforcing elites periodically replaced by more suitable
self-reinforcing elites.
This is the nature of power - it cannot
be held by everyone at the same time although the powerful are just as
controlled by those over whom they exercise formal power, in subtle and
devious ways, as they control those who have no formal power. Foucault was good on the complexity of all this, If so, the
first 'new' elite will only be the cleverer elements of the old elite seeking to manage the new
populism. It is when that fails that the fun and games begin ...
But before we get over-excited here is an example of hype that needs
treating with care, The FT again: "Prof Vardi said it would be hard to think of any
jobs that would not be vulnerable to robotics and AI — even sex workers.
"Are you going to bet against sex robots?" he asked. "I'm not."" As
usual in our rather sexually anxious culture, the Professor uses sexuality to
heighten the air of tension. We really do need to grow up about sex but that is not why I raise it.
If you think about Vardi's comment, it begs the question of what sort of sex
worker - we are speaking of the oldest profession, one that deserves being taken
seriously and respected in our otherwise sex-negative society. There is
the aspect of 'relief' and of 'fetish' whose demands might be relieved by autonomous
robots with no personality (the problem of robots with personality and
consciousness is one for science fiction and very far into the future
but still one eventually to be taken seriously).
But there is the
very separate aspect of human need for contact with other humans, as opposed to the autistic but perfectly reasonable human need to have no contact with other human beings, where the
elimination of the exhaustion of work and our daily scrabbling for 'time-resource'
(an overhang from the industrial era) might actually create a positive
need for a huge range of erotic services for all sorts for very different
people in safe and psychologically healthy ways.
Perhaps the
female interest in the performance art of burlesque or the turning of
pole-dancing into a form of athletic prowess are just the beginning of
this vast range of human-to-human interactions which will involve
'trade' and extend to all other forms of experience - ambience,
performance, fashion, play, aesthetics, humour, dance and movement,
fragrance, seduction, ritualised safe violence (which is what much sport
is at heart), magical belief and the invention of cults,
psychotherapies and philosophies, new ways of constructing family and
community, new politics (against the reactionary politics of Iron Age
religiosity and industrial age bureaucracy), safe altered states and new
forms of economic organisation.
All that will then be needed is a
limited framework for protecting the person (and the animal and
eventually the conscious robot) from unwarranted unequal exploitation
and physical and (within reason because all conscious creatures create
themselves out of risk and struggle) mental harm. The State should,
ideally, as Marx expected, 'wither away' except that there will long be a
need for something to construct and set the limits for the massive
infrastructural investments that will help create that limited
framework's potentialities.
Professor Vardi chooses sex workers
as a trope because our culture is still hung up on sexuality. A
socially conservative puritanism is re-emerging in this context as the last reactionaries
hope to use the coming crisis to reintroduce their worn out values -
hence the explosion of Islamism, Papal energy, Super-Federalism,
Neo-Cold War idiocies, counter-terrorism strategies, surveillance,
prohibitionisms and engineered anxieties and panics.
The choice
of sexuality as the primary point of excitement itself suggests the problem - a
deep cultural issue with the normality of sexual response and the ancient
fear of it in a context of limited resources, the need by elites to control humans as property (which still carries on in those states that conscript their young) and the danger to order of emotions in closed
The new technology opens up spaces, no longer permits humans to be
treated as property (which is very scary to people who find security in
being slaves) and increases resources - suddenly, there is no excuse at
the educated and intelligent end of society for savage authoritarian
mores other than the existence of the disturbed personality type of the authoritarian.
We have often noted that the struggle between freedom and authority or power, often generational, is far more central to the human condition even than class or gender or ethnic conflict. The problem then becomes one of the fear of ancient ways dissolving and
releasing the mob into chaos (which is the current terror that permits
social conservatism to be tolerated).
The AI/robotics revolution may be
scary for the disruption in employment and community (but what positive
change in society is not) but it is also scary for another reason - it
will terrify Authority faced with the loss of their elite control
over the distribution of resources, over cultural space and over the
disposition of labour value.
The most frightened will be the 'educated'
(education not being the same as usefulness or intelligence) who have
believed that they rule by divine right because they have ruled, at
least culturally, for over half a millennium in some form or another,
whether liberal-bureaucratic, pseudo-socialist, progressive, corporatist
or fascist.
So, for the rest of us who embrace the future while
thinking it reasonable for new elites to arise who will mitigate bad
effects on humans and who will prepare for the day when the descendants of the
AI/robots will be our conscious equals (and one hopes our friends), it
is a case of watchfulness against the claw-back of power by the losing
classes, the exploitation of fear and anxiety to impose restrictions on
our freedom and the crass over-claims of excitable scientists and
engineers. Avanti!


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IN THE FIELD: American WoodcockMore Info
There are certainly lots of birds to look for now, as spring takes hold. There are the first spring arrivals, like the Eastern Phoebes that stake out a perch and fly-catch, and the sometimes massive flocks of Tree Swallows that wheel and dip through the air as they feed on insects. The finally thawed ponds bring in the last of the ducks heading north to breeding grounds. I saw a flock of probably a hundred Ring-necked Ducks gathered on a pond off Route 41 today.
Yesterday I saw a large white wading bird, looking somewhat out of place as it picked its way across a pastoral hillside above the Housatonic floodplain. It was some distance away, and naturally, I didn't have my binoculars (big no-no), but it was perhaps a Great Egret, migrating through towards its coastal summer range. You might even find a few Sandhill Cranes migrating through, as I did last month (more about those next time).
But one bird that is not to be missed this time of year is the American Woodcock. A large, somewhat bizarre-looking inland shorebird, it may be easily overlooked. But it is one of the first true harbingers of spring, unlike, say, the robin, which is actually around all winter. There's a short window of time to see it, though. You can catch their courtship displays for a few more weeks in April, and that's it. They don't go anywhere, but you'll be hard-pressed to see one later in the spring.
"See" is perhaps not the right word, though, as one never sees a woodcock very well. They begin their displays at dusk, usually right around the time it turns dark enough to not see things very well. The show is mostly auditory, but impressive nonetheless.
After hiding out all day in shrubby fields and young woods, camouflaged against the leaf litter, where they use their long bills to probe for earthworms and such, they come out into the open. From the ground, the male gives a quick, nasal call usually referred to as peent. It has a rather kazoo-like quality that cuts through the twilight quite well. He utters it a handful of times, pausing in between.
Then he bursts into the air, climbing spirals, his wings creating a steady twittering hum. If you are able to locate him, his stocky awkward shape suggests perhaps a large insect or some kind of loose wind-up toy. The display reaches a pitch as he ascends as high as 300 feet, while emitting a mess of chirps and squeaks that sounds exactly like the Audubon bird call gadget that I once received as a child. Then he plummets back to earth and falls silent, briefly. Within a few seconds, the peents resume from the damp spring ground.
This is by no means a rare occurrence. Woodcock are plentiful enough that they are still hunted as gamebirds, as were all shorebirds before the conservation movement put a stop to the slaughter. Though the woodcock population has steadily declined, hunting isn't likely a huge factor. More to blame is development and natural forest succession taking away the young, open forests they require. Also, their ground-feeding makes them susceptible to pesticide and heavy metal accumulation from aerial forest spraying, according to Cornell Lab.
But wherever there are grassy, boggy, open areas, woodcock display throughout the eastern half of the U.S. and southern Canada. The female, duly impressed, will eventually scrape together a nest right on the forest floor, while the male will keep on displaying, taking no part in parental duties. Although, as with most shorebirds, the young are precocious and don't require much parenting. By early May, they will be inconspicuous.
If you walk down a road with many open meadow areas, you may hear several courtship displays going on in close proximity. I remember one warm evening in March last year when they were out in droves. Each stakes out a field, and sometimes they seem to return to the exact same patch of ground as the year before.
They likely began arriving here in late February, short-distance migrants from wintering grounds in the southern U.S. I failed to observe any at first, and then the late March blizzard no doubt kept their displaying under wraps. On the last day of March, I was taking a walk late in the day in the sleet that was accumulating. It was getting dark. It was, admittedly, a miserable time to be taking a walk. But then I heard, over the sleet falling on my hood, that peent emanating clearly from the fields — despite the weather, they were here, ready to get on with the spring.

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Kym Marsh understands soap confusion
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'Coronation Street' actress Kym Marsh admits a lot of soap fans often get confused between TV shows and real life
Kym Marsh thinks 'Coronation Street' fans get "confused" by actors who play villains.
The brunette actress - who plays barmaid Michelle Connor in the hit ITV1 soap - believes that while she and boyfriend, former 'Hollyoaks' star Jamie Lomas, have never had negative reactions from fans, it is easy for people to become confused between the show and real life.
She said: "I personally haven1t experienced any negative reactions, but my character Michelle is pretty normal.
"I think people more often get confused with actors who play villains. But, having said that, Jamie played the ultimate villain, Warren Fox, in 'Hollyoaks' and people loved him."
The former Hearsay singer - who won Most Popular Newcomer at the National Television Awards in 2007 - revealed the 'Coronation Street' cast don't even know what's going to happen in the soap's upcoming 50th anniversary episodes.
She added: "A lot was made last week of the cast of 'Corrie' being asked not to tweet or use mobiles while on set to stop storylines from leaking. However, we1ve never been allowed to use mobiles because it interrupts filming and none of us know what is going to happen during the 50th anniversary plot anyway."


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The following couples appear in this week's Hometown Sunday: Lindsay Tomko and Kyle Archer, Meghan Cooper and Brian Beaupre, Heather Eaton and James Gray, Amanda Shastany and Gregg Rockwell, Kelly Carlson and Daniel Alexander II, and Barbara Whitney and William Walak
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Beaupre
WORCESTER - Meghan Pettit Cooper and Brian Louis Beaupre were married Saturday, July 10, 2010, at St. Joseph's Memorial Chapel, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester. A reception followed at Charter Oak Country Club in Hudson.
The bride grew up in Sudbury, attended Sudbury schools, and graduated from Portsmouth Abbey School, an English Benedictine boarding school, in Portsmouth, R.I. She is also a 2001 graduate of Colgate University, earning a bachelor of arts degree in sociology. At Colgate, the bride was an officer of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and president of The Swinging Gates, the women's a cappella singing group. She is employed as the director of marketing and communications at Longfellow Benefits, a financial services and employee benefits consulting firm in Boston. Ms. Cooper is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Jones of Marlborough, formerly of Sudbury, and Charles H. Cooper of St. Louis, Mo. {The bride's mother is the compliance officer at National Quality Review Inc., a Boston firm which provides benchmarking and consulting services to the financial services industry. Mr. Jones is an English teacher at Newton North High School.}
The groom is a graduate of St. John's High School, Shrewsbury, and a 2004 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, earning a bachelor of science degree in economics. He is employed as the senior financial analyst in the Boston office of OpenAir Inc., a firm based in San Mateo, Calif., which provides professional services automation software for project and resource management. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce R. Beaupre of Brookline. {His father, an engineer, is the lead analyst, strategic business opportunities, at FLEXcon, Inc. in Spencer.}
The bride was escorted by her stepfather. The Rev. Michael Bova Conti, pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Sudbury, celebrated the nuptial Mass and read the Papal Blessing.
Matron of honor was Dana Hammack, of New York City, sorority sister of the bride. Bridesmaids were Katherine Brown, sorority sister of the bride, Katherine DiPierro, Tara Beaupre, sister of the groom, and Molly Donahue, cousin of the bride.
Best men were Mark DiPierro of Boston and Ryan Middlesworth of Shrewsbury. Groomsmen were Michael Avis, Scott Creed, Benjamin Darsney, and Ryan Galvin, cousin of the groom. Honorary groomsman was Courtney Cooper, brother of the bride, who is deployed overseas with the U.S. Army.
Following a honeymoon in Virgin Gorda and St. Thomas, British Virgin Islands, the couple live in South Boston.
Lindsay Tomko and Kyle Archer
MANCHESTER, Conn. - Thomas and Deborah Tomko, of Manchester, Conn., announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsay Ann Tomko, to Kyle Robert Archer, son of Alex Archer and Denise Archer, of Milford.
The future bride attended Manchester High School, Conn., and is a 2007 graduate of the University of Connecticut. She is employed as a sales trainer at CR Bard in Warwick, R.I.
The future groom attended Milford High School and is also a 2007 graduate of the University of Connecticut. He is a football coach at Brown University in Providence, R.I.
The couple live in Providence, R.I. A May 2011 wedding is planned.
Heather Eaton and James Gray
GLASTONBURY, Conn. - Nancy Hemstreet Eaton of Glastonbury, Conn., and R. Stanley Eaton of Falmouth, Maine, announce the engagement of their daughter, Heather Jean Eaton, of Vernon, Conn., to James Philip Gray of Framingham, son of David and Karen Gray of Stow. Heather is the step-daughter of Linda Naas Eaton of Falmouth, Maine.
The future bride is a 1991 graduate of Glastonbury High School and earned bachelor's and master's degrees in 1995 and 1996, in early childhood education at Wheelock College in Boston. She is employed as the director of Christian education at Wapping Community Church (UCC) in South Windsor, Conn.
The future groom is a 1996 graduate of Crefeld High School in Philadelphia, Pa. He graduated from Daniel Webster College in Nashua, N.H., in 2000, with a bachelor of science degree in computer science and is a computer programmer at Meditech in Framingham.
A December 2010 wedding is planned.
Amanda Shastany and Gregg Rockwell
ASHLAND - Paul and Ann Marie Shastany, of Ashland, announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Shastany, to Gregg Rockwell, son of Leonard and Jean Rockwell, of West Roxbury.
The future bride is a 2000 graduate of Ashland High School and a graduate of Wheaton College. She is employed by Home State Mortgage, as a senior loan originator.
The future groom is a 1998 graduate of Boston Latin High School, and a graduate of Framingham State College. He is employed by Tech Target, as a revenue accountant.
An October 2010 wedding is planned at St. Linus Church, Natick.
Kelly Carlson and Daniel Alexander II
NATICK - Kathleen Carlson, of Natick, and Robert Carlson, of Barrington, R.I., announce the engagement of their daughter, Kelly Nancy Carlson, to Daniel Joseph Alexander II, son of Daniel and Jeninne Alexander of Wareham.
The future bride is a 2000 graduate of Natick High School and a 2004 graduate of Stonehill College, earning a degree in business management. She is employed as a training specialist at Up-To-Date in Waltham.
The future groom is a 2001 graduate of Wareham High School, a 2005 graduate of Stonehill College and a 2009 graduate of Southern New England School of Law. He is employed as an assistant district attorney for Plymouth County.
The couple plan a September 2010 wedding at Stonehill College, followed by a reception at Sapphire Estate in Sharon.
Barbara Whitney and William Walak
ASHLAND - Leslee and Bruce Whitney, of Ashland, announce the engagement of their daughter, Barbara R. Whitney, to William J. Walak, son of Bettyann Walak, of Peru, and Peter Walsh, of Cheshire.
The future bride is a 2002 graduate of Ashland High School, and a 2006 graduate of Salva Regina University, Newport, R.I. She completed studies at Ross University Veterinary School of Medicine, St. Kitts, West Indies, and is employed by Oklahoma State University in clinical rounds. Graduation is in January 2011, from Ross University, when she earns a doctorate in veterinary medicine.
The future groom is a 2003 graduate of Mt. Greylock Regional High School and a 2007 graduate of the University of Rhode Island. He completed studies at Ross Veterinary Medicine and is at Oklahoma State University in clinical rounds. Graduation is in January 2011, when he'll have earned a doctorate in veterinary medicine from Ross University.
A September 2010 wedding is planned at Martha Mary Chapel in Sudbury.


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Please don't talk about me when I'm gone
Writers sidney clare, sam H. Stept
Please don't talk about me when I'm gone,
Oh, honey though our friendship ceases, from now on;
And, listen, if you can't say anything real nice,
It's better not to talk at all, is my advice.
We're parting, you go your way I'll go mine, it's best that we do;
Here's a kiss!
I hope that this brings lots of luck to you.
Makes no difference how I carry on,
Remember, please don't talk about me when I'm gone.
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Thousands of words were expended Sunday night in the lone debate between Senator Charles E. Schumer and the Republican businessman trying against all odds to defeat him, Jay Townsend. In all the verbiage, neither man found room for two words that you'd think would loom large in a serious discussion of national policy.
One was Afghanistan. The other was Iraq.
America is in its 10th year of war, the longest such stretch in its history. But amazingly — some would say deplorably — Afghanistan and Iraq were missing in action on Sunday. In the course of nearly an hour, neither was mentioned even in passing.
In part, responsibility lay with the nature of the debate, which was sponsored by NY1, as most New York political stare-downs are these days. The candidates had to deal with whatever question a panel of journalists chose to ask. There was no shortage of important topics: education, New York's economic distress, immigration, same-sex marriage and trade relations with China, to mention a few. But Afghanistan and Iraq? Nothing.
Still, the candidates had opportunities to talk about war if they wished. They were not so inclined.
Mr. Schumer, for example, was asked to assess President Obama's performance. Not surprisingly, he gave his fellow Democrat high marks, given how Mr. Obama entered office having been dealt "the worst hand that could have been." He cited the financial meltdown and other woes.
It was a perfect moment for him to note that Mr. Obama also inherited two unpopular wars. Instead, Mr. Schumer said nothing — on a weekend when newly leaked military documents put Iraq and Afghanistan front and center once again. Mr. Townsend, too, took a pass on wars that have killed nearly 5,800 Americans, a toll that includes 417 from New York, according to the State Division of Military and Naval Affairs. The agency counts both New York residents and those who were assigned to military bases in the state.Continue reading the main story
A senator could have a great deal to say about how wars are conducted and financed. Check out Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. Check out the critical role that an outspoken senator like J. William Fulbright played during the Vietnam War.
At least Afghanistan and Iraq got attention in two debates between Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand, a Democrat, and her Republican opponent, Joseph J. DioGuardi. Not much attention, maybe, but some.
It took until the 46th minute but the subject finally arose in an hourlong debate broadcast by WABC-TV on Oct. 17. Ms. Gillibrand supported the Obama administration up and down the line. Mr. DioGuardi responded that "knowing what we know now, we made a bad mistake in Iraq," and he criticized Mr. Obama for "repeating the same thing in Afghanistan." The candidates elaborated on these points in a second go-round on Thursday on NY1.
Across 180 minutes of combined debate for New York's two Senate seats, the wars consumed all of 7 minutes and 20 seconds — 4 percent of the available time devoted to the country's longest period of sustained combat.
(At that, it was an eternity compared with the eight seconds spent on a question about whether military commissions were preferable to civilian courts for terrorism trials. That complex matter was handled with a simple yes or no. Mr. DioGuardi said yes to military tribunals. Ms. Gillibrand said no.)
The near-invisibility of Afghanistan and Iraq reflected the remoteness of the wars for most people. In the absence of a draft, the burden of fighting falls on a tiny segment of the population. The rest of America has a license to dwell unencumbered on foreclosures, Wall Street megabonuses and urgent concerns like Lindsay Lohan's latest struggle with drugs.
To some degree, the politicians' reticence is understandable, said Leslie Cagan, a founder of the antiwar group United for Peace and Justice. "They just don't know where people are at with these wars," she said, "and they don't want to step on a land mine and have it blow up in their faces." Ms. Cagan doesn't let her own movement off the hook. It hasn't done enough, she said, to show people how the wars "aggravate the economic crisis."
One strength of the political system is that it always provides for new elections and thus new opportunities. Since Afghanistan and Iraq aren't going away, candidates can feel secure in the knowledge that they will be given many more chances to ignore the wars.Continue reading the main story


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Henri Yandell has just informed me that he has imported the xml-batik and xml-fop CVS modules into the test repository so we can check that everything looks ok before the final import is done. Please verify that everything is as expected by checking out your project from SVN. Don't forget to check important branches like FOP's maintenance branch just to be on the safe side. I'll do the same.
I'd like to get back to Henri within one day so the ball isn't dropped. So I'd appreciate very quick feedback. Once we've confirmed that everything looks good, I will notify Henri and he will lock the xml-batik and xml-fop CVS modules (making them read-only!!!) and do the final migration to the main SVN repository. -------------------------- FOP is loaded into the Test repo: http://svn.apache.org/repos/test/xmlgraphics/fop/ svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/test/xmlgraphics/fop/trunk/ Batik too: http://svn.apache.org/repos/test/xmlgraphics/batik/ svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/test/xmlgraphics/batik/trunk/ -------------------------- More infos on Subversion and links to clients under: http://www.apache.org/dev/version-control.html The command-line client (multi-platform): http://subversion.tigris.org/ For those working on Windows, TortoiseSVN is the first choice besides the command-line client: http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ On Eclipse, Subclipse 0.9.31 works pretty well. It can be retrieved through the Update Site: http://subclipse.tigris.org/update More info: http://subclipse.tigris.org/ -------------------------- The JIRA issue that tracks the whole migration task: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-357 Thanks, Jeremias Maerki


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As the Senior Manager, Government Affairs (State and Local), you will help to develop and achieve Cisco's political, policy, and procurement goals in a way that reflects Cisco's values.
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With everything going on at the moment, I've been neglecting to post on the Irish rugby team's performance in the Six Nations Championship. On the 7th they lost to France (26-21) and today they beat Scotland, 34-13. So that is two wins and a loss so far, enough to put them in second place (albeit because of a better point differential than France or England) behind Wales, whom they play next.
Somehow I hadn't noticed that Neil Young released two live albums last year, Live at Massey Hall 1971 and Live at the Fillmore East. I picked them up last week and both – particularly the first one – are excellent both in content and sound quality.
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This dessert looks like it came from a fancy restaurant when it is served in wine glasses with a cherry on the top! It will definately create conversation at your next party when your guests see the 3 layers through the glass - for example with the cherry Jell-O you will see white on top (whipped cream), light pink in the middle (Jell-O and Cool Whip), and bright red on the bottom (Jell-O).
Kids also love this JellO-ey treat and they love making it as well since it is so easy!
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Discussion in 'Ebay' started by maine101, Aug 3, 2010.
Thnx for ur answers
I have 3 active accounts, and have never had any problems having multiple accounts, although none are selling replicas. Keep your head down (especially with the replicas) and you should be ok... Don't buy and sell between the accounts though, they will catch that.
thnx forrr ur help
Lol. Of course its not ok. I guarantee when one gets banned, all of them will.
P M Sent, have a question for you.
I run 7 accounts.
3 are connected, 4 are not. The three that are connected are connected by PayPal only. If one were suspended, there is a high chance that all of them will. The remaining 4 run all of their own information, own IP, own name, own bank accounts, different geo locations, etc. Not traceable by eBay/PayPal. All are legal and legit.
I can easily switch any of them into my main. All have feedback of over 400, and each one sells at least 20 items a week in different categories.
Are you running 3 accounts per 1 paypal? I'm in the process of opening multiple paypal accounts to stay under the radar.
also create a new windoew user per account and change your ip everytime you log into different accounts by restarting your modem/router or use dial up which is the safest bet but it's just slow.
I would be really careful having more than one ebay account
It's ok even to have 1000 ebay accounts...but they have to be stealth accounts and not connected in any way.
As long as the ebay and paypal detail information are same .. its ok ... 3 ebay for one paypal...but if one have problem.. all will close down...
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Saturday 20 October, BAR
Coming up
Now on viewExhibition, 28 September – 9 December 2018
Opening Friday 3rd August, 18.00 - 23.00
Exhibition, Opening Friday July the 6th, 18.00 – 23.00TRIPPING AUTONOMY isthe2018PietZwart Institute Master Fine Art graduate exhibition and performance program, and a collaboration between MAMA, PZI MFA artists, and staff. This year we are hosted by De Kroon, in a former elec- trical engineering factory on the Maas river.
Exhibition, Opening; Friday 11 May, 18.00 – 20.00A host to the social life of the book since 2009. Publication Studio started in Portland, Oregon, in 2009 as a small-scale publisher that saw 'the book' and its realization as a social act. By including conversations, socializing and labor into the idea of what it means to publish, the studio created a structure where everyone could have access to a means of production if they wanted it.
Opening Saturday March 3, during Museumnacht010
Exhibition, Opening Friday 17 November
Exhibition, 8 september - 29 oktober 2017, Showroom MAMA
Special one-off performance in the public space, Crossing William Boothlaan and Witte de Withstraat
Exhibition, Opening 7 juli, 6 – 9 pm – 11pm (Kunstavond XL)
, Showroom MAMA, Galerie de Kromme Elleboog, WORM_UBIK
, Showroom MAMA, Galerie de Kromme Elleboog, WORM_UBIK
Expert meeting, 15 June 19:30 – 22:00Imagine this. You wake up one morning, and Lena Dunham has reposted an image you put online, with 3000 likes and counting. I've made it, you think, I'll be a well-known artist earning $€$ via social media in no time. Then you upload your next pic and anxiously wait for the likes to stream in, but nothing happens. As the endorphins fade, you realise that an exposure sandwich has no nutritional value.
Want to know how to ride the social media wave? Looking for ways to earn $$$ online? Wondering whether your work is instantly likeable? If so, then we are here 4 you.
Opening 21 april 20:00With the invention of Tumblr's reblog button and Instagram's likes, sharing artwork online has become easier than ever, allowing young artists to accumulate followers with the click of a button. But how do you move past the ephemerality of social media and claim a space in the IRL art world? MAMA and Art Baby Gallery organize the open-call project WALLPAPER, claiming physical space for young artists living online.
Event, Awardshow: Friday 16 June 2017 18.00-20.30
Exhibition: 17 June - 18 June 2017
, Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam Heerbokelweg 225, 3032 AD Rotterdam
Exhibition: 17 June - 18 June 2017
, Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam Heerbokelweg 225, 3032 AD Rotterdam
Event, 1 June 2017, 13:30
Event, 26 May 2017, 18:00 - 21:00Sign up for this one-time workshop event and meet four of the artists showing in Wallpaper. During MAMA.JPEG, it doesn't matter what you make as long it ends with .jpeg!
27 May 2017 19:00 - 2:00All female festival that focusses on the Queens of the Industry. Boys allowed, of course. Queens of the Industry aims to bring together makers and admirers of music and art in the Avantgardistic State.
Exhibition, Opening 7 April 18:00 - 21:00MAMA presents, in association with CHOK, the first solo exhibition of Rotterdam illustrator Younes Chokry. CHOK is an initiative, established by his friends, celebrating the work of Younes Chokry, who unexpectedly ended his life last summer. Younes left behind thirteen sketchbooks, providing insight into an incredibly rich inner world inhabited by monsters, skeletons, and bizarre characters. Visit MAMA's showroom and discover the strange universe of this extraordinary young illustrator.
Exhibition, Opening 28 January, 20.00MAMA presents Is There Any World to Come?, Caetano's (BR) first solo exhibition in the Netherlands. As scientists predict the end of the planet, Beyoncé's celebrates black feminism during prime time. Are we really facing the apocalypse, or are we experiencing the last gasps of the patriarchal world, as we know it? In a video and sound installation created especially for MAMA's showroom, Caetano evokes such a sense of impending obliteration.
Event, ****In GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER Eight young artists will show their view on the banality of the Water closet. The goal: Getting the implicit, explicit! It is an experience on and around the Witte de Withstraat, before, during or after your visit to the loo.
Event, 12 march 2017Sunday 12th of March the Vesper service of the Laurenskerk will, for one night only have a very special completion.
From 19.00 – 21.00 hr Sabina Ahn and Hayo Boerena will create an escape from the busy city by combining projected visuals and echoing organ music.
Event, 4 March 2017 Perfomance: 21:00 hrs & 00:00 hrs, both 45 minutes in durationDuring Museumnight010 MAMA invites you to a Butoh dance and musical performance evening that provokes the end of the world as we know it.
ExhibitionAt Intersections, MAMA presents Oneiric Gardens, a new interactive game installation by artist Lilith Zone (US). Critically acclaimed in the underground gaming scene, Oneiric Gardens is shown for the first time outside of the USA. In the game, you wander through a series of chambers drawn from half-remembered spaces and feelings. Portrayed as houses from the outside, the chambers form labyrinths and worlds on the inside.
Opening: Sunday 4 December, 4 - 7 PMMAMA presents the solo exhibition "Lonely Planet" by Susan Kooi. This presentation is the first part of a triptych in which Susan travels to Italy, Portugal, and Japan. Part one originates in the Italian region of Campania. Within a typical Italian museum setting, Susan's ceramic objects reflect on her residency in southern Italy, where she researched the region's history and ancient crafts.
Exhibition, Opening: Friday 4 November, 5-9 pm. Live tour by Michiel Cox at 6 pm.Take a guided tour back and forth through the streets of BoTu. BoTu: Back & Forth sees MAMA depart from its home on Witte de Withstraat and nestles in the historic Zakkendragershuisje, which serves as a base for an 'exhibition route' in Rotterdam's Bospolder-Tussendijken district. Five artists visited the BoTu neighbourhood in July to create new works based on their excursion. They respond to the environment, revealing the gaze of an outsider who visits and leaves again. Rich in contrast, BoTu is culturally diverse and shaped by an abundance of residents' initiatives and numerous shops next to each other. These energetic surroundings inform this project
Exhibition, Opening: Friday 9 September, 6-11pmMAMA presents CONDITION, a group exhibition examining the relation between art, fitness, and the limits of physical ability. MAMA shows new works by artists who reveal different perspectives on the fit physique. Alongside the exhibition, CONDITION offers space for performance, training, and physical well-being.
Project, Opening 3 August 2016, 5-8 PMFrom 3 to 14 August, MAMA presents a series of happenings set against a campsite-meets-festival-ground-meets-urban-beach backdrop.
Exhibition, Opening 1 July 2016, 8-10pmFourteen international artists cordially invite you to Assemble Relatives, a temporary assembly across three contemporary art spaces in Rotterdam.
Exhibition, 25 May 2016 - 19 June 2016Do you want to show a film on the big screen of a luxury screening
room? This is now possible for the coming weeks at MAMA on the Witte
de With street.
Exhibition, 23 April - 19 June////MAMA regrets to announce that the collaboration with Dean Blunt has prematurely ended and would like to invite the public to send in films for the daily film programme. Read te Press Release for more information.////
Opening hours: Wed - Sun 16:00-21:00
Screenings start at 16:30 and 19:30
Opening hours: Wed - Sun 16:00-21:00
Screenings start at 16:30 and 19:30
MAMA has been converted into a lounge and screening room by UK artist Dean Blunt.
Exhibition, Opening 22 januari 2016, 19:00-22:00 uurRotterdam 1995: the seas are rising. A reclusive engineer has come to town, promising to invent a new system of dikes and dams, using a computer that harnesses the power of dreams. A pair of twins are selected for the study - gabber kids, from the local hardcore scene. But as they get sucked deeper into a digital dream world, they realize the inventor's true goal isn't to protect Rotterdam at all.
Event, 5 March 2016, 8pm-1amMuseumnacht010 takes place on Saturday 5 March 2016 at more than thirty locations all over Rotterdam. All the museums and cultural institutions taking part are open from 8.00 p. m. until 1.00 a. m., offering a programme full of entertaining extras that provide a slightly different view of Rotterdam. A unique opportunity to take a nocturnal ramble through all the art and culture Rotterdam has to offer!
Presentation, Opening 24 December 2015, 4 PMThe winter days are here. Shivering we pull our collars up, summer scarves are exchanged for knitwear and each and every one has already at least once been soaked to the bone from the icy rain. Just one more month and it's Christmas. And we like to celebrate the holiday season in a appropiate way with you.
Exhibition, 14 November - 23 December 2015MAMA is proud to present the first solo exhibition by Mike Moonen, for which he has created a very personal biotope: Welcome to Planet Quirk.
Exhibition, 12 September - 25 October 2015For two months, from September 2015, Showroom MAMA transforms itself into 'Laff Box': a comedy club for contemporary visual- and performance artists whose work explores the boundaries between comedy and contemporary art. With Laff Box, MAMA looks at the comedy club as a setting for performance and humour as a means of expression and cultural product.
Presentation, 11 July - 23 August 2015MAMA proudly presents Challenge Accepted!, a project presentation by the Animated Youngsters. The Animated Youngsters are a Rookies Junior collective that originated from the talent development program of the same name. Led by MAMA, Challenge Accepted! is the result of a process in which this group of young people quickly developed into the new generation of gaming connoisseurs.
Exhibition, 16 May - 28 June 2015On May 15, the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands of Amalia Ulman (1989 AR) opens at Showroom MAMA. Her 'International House of Cozy' exhibition includes a film especially produced for MAMA in which she takes her research into the boundaries of authenticity and consumerism to its extreme. The title also refers to a feeling of coziness and 'home' as marketed through lifestyle blogs and websites such as Airbnb or pinterest.
Exhibition, 7 March - 26 April 2015MAMA proudly presents Infinite Monkey Theorem, Riley Harmon's (1987, US) first solo exhibition. Harmon, currently in residence at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam, showcases two new film installations at Showroom MAMA. The exhibition opens on Friday 6 March and runs until 26 April.
Saturday 20 October, Twist & Shout (Willemsplein 77, at the foot of Erasmusbrug)
From October 17 - 27
Friday 2 November, 19.00 - 23.30
Friday 2 November 2018, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Zaterdag 29 september, 14.00 - 17.00
Friday July 20th, 19.00 – 22.30, V2_
Book launch, Wednesday May 30th, 17.00 – 19.00
Thursday May 17, 2018, 3-5 pm, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art
Presentation, 19 april - 22 april 2018, Poppositions Off-Fair
Tuesday March 27th, 19.00 - 23.00, WORM
Film program, Sunday 4 February, WORM
MAMA is looking for a designer or designers for a new visual identity, website, and sustainable partnership.
21 December, 19.00 - 22.00, Proefpark de Punt, Puntstraat/Hudsonstraat, Rotterdam.
Performance, This Friday we await a thrilling Krampus at our Showroom.
Every Wednesday between 13.00 and 14.00, showroom MAMA
Aja Monet (VS) - Workshop & Poetry Reading, 29 October, 13:00 - 17:30
Reading Group, 14 October, 13:00 - 18:30, Showroom MAMA and Printroom
Coming up
Open CallFor the (street) theater piece 'CROSXXXSING' by Geo Wyeth in collaboration with Showroom MAMA, we are on the outlook for enthusiastic creative youngsters between 13 and 17 year who love to sing and dance this summer.
You can participate from the 16th of March til the 11th of June.WE FEEL U
Are you an artist living and working online? Looking for a place to show your (printable) pics, drawings, collages, fan art? Send us your work inspired by your online habitation. We are here 4 you. We place everything*.
Open Call, until 4 JuneAre your dm's poetic? Does your visual work rhyme? Are you a visual poet? We are here 4 you.
Event, Thursday 20 april 2017 18:00 - 23:00Art Baby Gallery, Bar Plus, Chips and MAMA joined forces for this one-day-only TransAtlantic Artist Merch Market at BAR. Always wanted to own merchandise from your fav artists? We made a careful selection of the weirdest, shiniest and craziest merch we could find for you to take home. We bring you the best from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean and our own beloved Rotterdam.
Event, 28 January - 2 AprilPoder Soundsystem is available for every (trans)human-earthling that enjoys sound or music. It is an bluetooth operated sound system, as part of Caetano's solo exhibition Is There Any World To Come?
Event, 9 february until 26 februaryLotte Reimann (Bielefeld, 1982) is the seventh recipient of the annual C.o.C.A. Commission for young promising artists. In recent months Reimann created a new body of work that will be displayed in the cellar of the bathhouse of the Justus van Effen Complex.
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20.00 hr - 22.30 hrOpen Source Government and MAMA invite you to participate in the first dynamic discussion held at MAMA's Showroom.
11-01 until 25-01-2017The necessity for toilets is universal, however their accessibility is not. Using a public toilet is a social ritual with its own social expectations and power relations. What happens when people become or are made aware? Get Your Shit Together asks six artists to play with the limits of the small toilet cubicle in the shape of six public interventions between 24-26 March 2017.
Event, From 28 January until 2 April, MAMA's Showroom Witte de Withstraat 29 - 31
Performance, Thursday 5 January, 8-10 pmOn 5 January, La Befana visits Showroom MAMA, giving gifts to visitors. Before La Befana shares her gifts, Giulia Tofana will endow us with her illustrious concoctions, with which, according to tradition, she killed six hundred men.
Performance, Wednesday 21 December, 11.44 amMAMA invites you to join us and celebrate the winter solstice on 21 December 2016 at exactly 11:44. Live from Helsinki via Facebook Live, the Dutch-Finnish performance duo echo + seashell (Susan Kooi and Henna Hyvärinen) shall usher in the return of the light and the lengthening of the days by performing a new text, especially for MAMA.
Sunday 4 December, 4 - 7 PMOn Sunday 4 December from 4 pm, Susan Kooi's solo exhibition "Lonely Planet" opens at Showroom MAMA. This presentation is the first part of a triptych, for which Susan travelled to Campania, a region in Southern Italy which is known by the Romans as "Campania Felix" or "fertile countryside". At the opening we will celebrate a mysterious festival in honour of Bona Dea, the Roman goddess of fertility.
Performance, Sunday 30 October, 8:30 pm - 9 pmMAMA invites you to the dreamy performance InstaBallet by Florentina Holzinger. Dancer Lenneke Vos will perform a ballet based on Instagram images and videos while reciting a mantra of hashtags and comments.
Workshop, Saturday 22 October 2016Artist Vanessa Brazeau always works from her background as an athlete and wrote her thesis while running. This project explores the influence of movement on knowledge production.
Therefore she argues for an integration of the body in education. In this workshop you learn how to write and run at the same time.
Presentation, Friday 30 September 2016, premiere Anthology Film ArchivesPremiering in New York on September 30 is the international co-production CULTURESPORT: Rotterdam 1995 – the first episode of an American science-fiction animation series produced under the inspiring leadership of artist John Michael Boling.
6-9 October: presentation New York Comic Con
6-9 October: presentation New York Comic Con
Project, 3 August - 14 August 2016Below are the activities that will be taking place during I <3 CAMP! You can also find them next to each other in the timetable, to download on the right side of the page.
Masterclass, 1 August 2016In the framework of the Open Set Summer School 2016 and its theme Memories of the Future, designer Caetano Carvalho (BR) will lead a one-day long workshop 'Petit Beaucoup Croatan'. The workshop will be hosted by MAMA on 1 August 2016.
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Event, 18 and 19 May 2016In the framework of the yearlong Futurosity program, set-up by a roster of Rotterdam arts institutions, this two-day summit explores our relationship with the notion of 'the future'. This is the program organized by MAMA.
Event, 18 and 19 May 2016What are the forces that pull us out of the present and propel us towards the future? What kind of obstacles do we encounter when thinking about the future? Is there a valid alternative to the concept of "future" altogether?
Event, 2 April 2016In recent weeks at MAMA, the public got a chance to see the decor, in virtual reality, for CULTURESPORT: Rotterdam 1995. After an intense period of animating, research, and recording in Rotterdam, and Athens, Georgia, USA, the first episode of this new science fiction anime series premieres on Saturday 2 April 2016.
Presentation, Opening 1 April 2016, 5-7pmDuring the first weekend of April at TENT Rotterdam, the results of Frame The Artist – a photographic and video project by students from the Audiovisual and Photography Department at the Graphic Lyceum Rotterdam – are on show.
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Event, Sunday 22 November, 3-7 pmOn Sunday, 22 November, the main theme of Planet Quirk is the series of zines that Mike Moonen has produced in collaboration with various artists.e.
Project, 5 November - 8 November, 2015MAMA is proud to collaborate with Susan Kooi for The Others: staygold! Susan Kooi is a remarkable young Dutch artist, whose practice is as versatile as it is diverse. Her work transcends all disciplines and includes, sound, music, video, sculpture, fashion, and much more. She is half of the performance duo echo+seashell and also part of artist collective Samet Yilmaz (formerly known as kunstenaarsinitiatief Beyoncé). For The Others, Susan has developed Lutra Lutra Lutra, the Renaissance of the Italian Otter, a project in response to the environment of Turin.
Event, Saturday 17 October 2015, 20:00-23:00 hours, doors open: 19:30A blissful night called Doored, full of comedic performances streamed live from Toronto, Canada, hosted by Life of a Craphead.
Event, 10 October 2015, 20:00-23:00 hours"Mixer" is a special performance event in Laff Box, the pop-up comedy club that is housed in MAMA until October 25.
On October 10 Laff Box presents four performances by international artists whose work explores the relationship between comedy and art: David Bernstein, Casey Jane Ellison, Philip Ewe and Kasia Fudakowski.
Performance, 31 May 2015, 19:00-20:00On Sunday 31 May, in cooperation with the Laurenskerk Rotterdam and the label All Together Now, MAMA proudly presents "Playing With A Big Organ", a unique performance by the Dogs Of $hame [DO$]. At the heart of this major happening are a temporary choir and the Netherlands' largest church organ.
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Event, 22 and 23 May 2015, 10:00-18:00Showroom MAMA proudly presents The Internetional, a two-day symposium focusing on one of the most important areas of visual culture today: the Internet. Curators, artists, and theorists will discuss this topic with each other and the public in a diverse program of panel discussions, dialogues, lectures, and workshops. The impact of the Internet and social media on visual culture in general has been substantial. A young generation of contemporary artists, defined as Post Internet, have surfaced on social media and in exhibition spaces.
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Something to Eat
by ALI CHENAR in Tehran
17 Jul 2009 20:58Comments
Walking toward the University of Tehran, I passed several groups of people sitting in the shade of trees on Keshavarz Boulevard. The shops are closed except for small supermarkets selling cold drinks and bottles of water. I reached Palestine Square on Taleghani Street, which connects to the University of Tehran's main campus from the east, where more people stand listening to the sermon over loudspeakers.
The heat was unbearable, so I entered a small restaurant to get a cold soda. It was a medium-sized place, serving kababs with bread or rice -- clean but not very modern, a small operation of the kind that does well close to downtown or schools, were people want clean, cheap food.
A couple of ladies entered ahead of me.
"How much is beef?"
"1000 tomans per skewer."
"Give us two."
The cashier had set up a drinking station, a row of plastic cups and jars of cold water. More people came in.
"Can we have some water?" they ask.
He fills the cups for them, no charge. I approached and asked for a soda.
"Which color?"
In Iran, soda is not Pepsi or Coke or any other brand name; it is either black or orange.
"A black one, please"
I sat down, sipping my black soda and looking around. At a table, a young couple ate their meal heartily. Next to them, two ladies were about to start eating. A family of three entered. The father ordered kabab; he, his wife and his daughter have green ribbons and scarves.
Their meals were served and they started to eat. At the table next to them, three riot police officers were gulping down their lunch. Their colleagues were outside keeping an eye on the gathering crowd.
Outside, some people stopped to ask a question from officers or just to look at them. Inside though, they were just three other hungry guys eating their food.
The young girl at the table glanced at them; her green scarf boldly announcing her affiliation, as their uniforms did theirs.
She then jumped from her table to greet another family who had entered the restaurant to get some cold drinks. The family finished their meal and left with their friends; the riot police cleaned their plates off and stood up to leave. One of them turned around to the cashier.
"Thank you," he said. "Thank you very much, Agha."
I was leaving, too. Outside, the crowd was getting denser, and the family was walking towards the university with their friends. The officers joined their comrades. The first sermon was finished; the second one was starting. People listened over the loudspeakers.
More police units arrived. The restaurant remained open for business.
There is no fear from each other, not for now anyway.
Ali Chenar is a pen name.
Copyright (c) 2009 Tehran Bureau


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It is Christ child, or Christkind (Christkindl), who opens the annual Christmas markets in Nuremberg with "its", or rather "her" prologue.
The people of Nuremberg vote for the Christchild every two years. Girls from Nuremberg who are between 16 and 19 years and are not smaller than 1m 60cm and who have absolutely no fear of heights can apply. The young ladies do not necessarily have to have been born in Nuremberg, but should have been living here for a long time. The applications are published in the daily Nuremberg papers and readers choose their favorites. The final choice is made by a jury, which comprises the heads of the press, tourist and market offices, the director of drama, the previous Christchild and media representatives. The candidates then have to read the Christ child's prologue and recite a poem of their own choice to the jury. They also have to answer questions on Nuremberg, so not only knowledge is judged.
Here is an extract from the Christkind's prologue:
…"In every year, four weeks before the time
When Christmas trees we decorate, and everyone awaits the feast,
Here on this square, just as of yore, this market does appear,
Which up and down the country they call Christmas Markt.
This little town is built from wood and canvas
Its splendor's short, will soon be gone,
But yet it is eternal. My market is forever young,
As long as Nuremberg does exist, as long as you remember it"…
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OK, I promised some insights in to advanced tracking elements in AdWords in "Become A Success Tracker: Advanced Conversion Analytics." So let's see what can be done in AdWords, plus we'll look at a few other tracking tricks for social media.
AdWords Tracking
It may seem like the biggest part of tracking success in AdWords is adding the conversion tracking on your confirmation or thank you pages. While this is a must do for all marketers, segments and advanced reporting provide much deeper insight into your marketing.
Inside your Campaigns page, you have the option to choose filters to get deeper in to the data and choose specific areas to get more granular results. You can choose network, click type, device, experiment (another great resource I'll report on in detail on another occasion), and calendar specific views.
This will generate reports with the selected info added to your other columns — note that you can also delete some of those columns so your view looks at what you specifically want to compare.
Some of these can also be done in the report tab when you click the download button — the downward arrow you can see under the keyword tab at the top of the image below.
These are great for really tracking where your conversions are coming from in the content network and quickly allows you to stop sites that aren't converting — or even terms for them. The best approach with this is to include performance monitoring and conversion tracking. These labels will help clarify the types of conversions each effort gets for you.
Using the advanced report elements in AdWords really gets deep in to your data. Check out the options you can use inside Reports. I captured a few below but get inside and play and see what really can be done.
Social Media Tracking
Social media — Twitter and Facebook, in particular — are new, important ways of getting more conversions. How do you measure them? URL shorteners can help somewhat, but a few handy tools can help you be more aware of where your traffic is coming from.
Topsy is a great tool for tracking who is retweeting your tweets. Here's a look at how they break them out:
Knowing where you get support is important to help build good relations with those people. Engage them, retweet some of their stuff, and you will find they will keep sending you traffic.
Trackur is a great tool for aggregating a bunch of social media and helping you improve communications and hopefully if you take advantage you'll improve conversions. Hootsuite is another good tool, as is Sysomos.
Facebook itself does a good job helping advertisers improve their conversion information. Apart from the standard code for the conversion page, Facebook also has "view-through" tracking. You can now know what ads loaded but a person didn't click on that a converted visitor saw on Facbook. Facebook has a good guide to conversion tracking too.
Hopefully that has given you a few more tricks to use and if you have some to add to the conversation post comments below — I will check out any tools others recommend as well.
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This book is not a get-out-of-jail-free-card! It is a resource to help get the veteran the humane treatment needed.Max ClelandSen.- GeorgiaAdmin. - VAU.S. Military Monument Commission
Orlando, FL (PRWEB) December 11, 2013
Every day the headlines tell the story: more veterans are entering the criminal justice system. The rates are record breaking. The losses are significant. With every veteran that falls prey to the effects of PTSD or TBI or any of the other combat and non-combat related issues, these men and women lose another battle.
The time is ripe and the need is great for on-target data and materials that defense attorneys can put to immediate use. The Veterans Defense Project (headquartered in Milwaukee, MN) will be releasing the most important publication for those, who seek justice for men and women who have legitimate and quantifiable issues related to their service.
"The Attorney's Guide to Defending Veterans in Criminal Court" is the result of a three-plus-year project, in which some 27 leading experts from a variety of fields present the latest, most up-to-date coverage of subjects needed to provide an adequate defense. Among these experts are Marko Sario (the first attorney to successfully make use of a PTSD-based insanity defense), Judge Robert T. Russell (godfather of the 'Veteran's Treatment Courts'), Brigadier General (Ret.) Stephen N. Xenakis, M.D. (considered the Pentagon's go-to-guy, when it came to psychological injuries, such as PTSD, in war), Trista Matascastillo (who, along with her colleagues, provides a greater understanding of the woman veteran's experience and how the difficulty of re-entering the civilian workforce, reconnecting with families, and dealing with unreconciled psychological and physical trauma can lead to contact with the criminal justice system), and Major Evan Seamone (U.S. Army and member of the Bars of the District of Columbia, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and Court of Appeals for Veteran's Claims) provides insight and guidance for attorneys preparing to defend combat veterans against themselves in criminal cases. The Table of Contents illustrates the depth of coverage and level of expertise on the part of contributors.
The data speaks for itself. The National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine, in a recent study, reported that 2.6 million Americans have now served in Iraq or Afghanistan and up to 20%, more than a half-million, are suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). That's a staggering number. Untreated, many of these psychologically injured veterans are acting out in reckless, self-destructive and, sometimes, violent ways that bring them into contact with the criminal justice system.
Technically, the war in Iraq has ended. The Afghan situation has not come to a conclusion. With all of this "winding down," large numbers of troubled vets are flooding into criminal courts. As Shad Meshad, of the National Veterans Foundation, has pointed out, time and time again, the "Tsunami is coming" – a time when the numbers become overwhelming and the courts and prisons and institutions can't handle the challenge. Emerging research reveals a pattern of traumatized combat veterans surfacing in the criminal justice system following every major American conflict. Unfortunately, veterans of past conflicts were often treated quite harshly when their psychological injuries led them into criminal behavior, destroying lives and families, and missing opportunities for rehabilitation and redemption.
The Veterans Defense Project believes that we can do better this time around. The American criminal justice system has already begun preparing for the aftermath of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Veterans Treatment Courts are cropping up in nearly every state, veteran sentencing mitigation statutes are being enacted, and post-traumatic stress is increasingly being recognized as a basis for the insanity defense in certain, more extreme, cases. Much more needs to be done, however, to educate the justice system and make the changes necessary to be ready when the wave of troubled veterans hits.
"The Attorney's Guide" is intended to be the first tool of its kind to instruct attorneys in all aspects of representing veterans facing criminal charges. From establishing an effective attorney-client relationship, accessing treatment and documenting military service, to pretrial negotiation, trial and sentencing, this publication will be the very first of its kind publication to fully address the criminal justice needs of our veterans. Judges and expert witnesses will find the publication an invaluable guide in understanding the critical nature of their role.
"The Guide" also goes beyond purely legal topics, to cover a wide range of relevant subjects, including the historical context of combat stress, sociological trends following wars, the current science and treatment of disorders common in troubled veterans, and understanding the military's unique culture. Therefore, it is also a perfect publication for law libraries, as well as legal course reading and research.
Martin Sheen, a longtime veteran supporter and motion picture actor, says, "'The Attorneys Guide to Defending Veterans in Criminal Court'" is a vital resource to serve the growing number of returning veterans who face charges stemming from service-related substance abuse to mental health issues. By using the criminal justice system as an intervention tool, we can connect our veterans to the treatment they earned through military service and ensure they do not fall through the cracks into chronic incarceration and homelessness."
Ed Finkel, of the "American Bar Association Journal," interviewed lead editor, Brock Hunter (a defense attorney practicing in Minneapolis, MN). "'The Guide' explains the mental health aspects of PTSD and traumatic brain injury so attorneys can understand the experts, and it contains a section on "cultural competency" to help them understand their clients. The book includes an extensive legal section covering how PTSD can be used as an insanity defense, to prove diminished capacity, in plea negotiations and in sentence mitigation," Hunter was quoted as saying. Hunter recruited "all [his] heroes in the area of mental health, the law and veterans" to write sections of the book.
Currently, anyone who purchases "The Guide" will receive both an electronic form of the book, as well as the print version, once it comes off the presses in January 2014. The publisher, DC Press, (Orlando, FL) has been working with subscribers to get the chapters in fully searchable PDF format. The price of the publication provides both formats.
Editor, Brock Hunter and other contributors stand ready to conduct interviews on the substance of the publication. Please use the contact information in this release to arrange an interview.


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Media Start to "Get" Global Warming(Finally)
I had to do a double-take this morning when I saw that Parade magazine, normally a quasi-tabloid that comes with the Sunday Philadelphia Inquirer, actually did a thoughtful piece on global warming. Between the numerous media stories covering the oil crisis and global warming, not to mention Al Gore's new film, it seems the public is finally waking up to what environmentalists and others on the Left have been warning us about for years.
Why is this? I would say largely due to Katrina, the current high oil prices, the Iraq war, and the latest floods that have hit the east coasts. People are starting to make the connections here. It isn't just chance that we have continuously had years with average temperatures that are in the top 10 in history. It isn't just chance that we have had huge floods and hurricanes. HUMANS ARE CAUSING THESE EVENTS!
Yesterday I went to a Move-On.org rally. Called "The Campaign For an Oil-Free Congress," it was a pretty good idea. Basically, people stood outside 300 gas stations outside the country and held signs and passed out fliers. Our fliers encouraged Philadelphians and residents of Lower Merion Township(where I live) to call their Congressman, who took OVER $10,000 in contributions from oil companies. It's worth noting that over 80% of oil company campaign dollars go the Republicans. Remember that when you will up next time! This is why I largely bike and use public transit.
Only time will tell if we actually come up with solutions to get out of this mess. Lord knows this administration won't do it on its own. But the public outcry is finally starting to get loud enough to affect poll numbers. It's about time.


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P.O. Box 2727
Pensacola, FL 32513-2727
District Superintendent:
The Pensacola District of The United Methodist Church
Monday, October 15, 2018
Lay Servant Ministries
Quick Links:
Lay Servant Training 2018
(AWFC-UMC 12/02/2017) - There will be no Conference Blue Lake Training in 2018. We will hold a large training event at First United Methodist Church, Montgomery from Thursday, July 12, 2018, through Saturday, July 14, 2018, as we host the Southeastern Jurisdiction Annual Conference and District Directors meeting. There will be four or five Advanced Courses available as well as the Basic Course. Registration will be available in the spring of 2018. You may attend courses in any district. You are never limited to courses in your own particular district. For questions about Lay Servant Ministries in the Alabama-West Florida Conference, contact David Bowen at email@example.com.
A Word about the Forms for 2017
from David Bowen, AWFC Director, Lay Servant Ministries
July 30, 2017
For this year's Charge Conference Packages, there will only be 3 forms that deal with Lay Servant Ministries (LSM). Those are:
The previously used report "Application to Begin As a Lay Servant in The United Methodist Church" is no longer a valid form. Those who are contemplating getting into the LSM program will begin by taking the basic course and the application to take the course will be approved by their Senior Minister. No charge conference reporting is needed for someone just thinking about getting into the program.
The Certified Lay Servant Report [click here] will be used by those who have completed the basic course and one advanced course.
The Certified Lay Speaker Report [click here] will be used by those who have completed all the requirements and have become a Certified Lay Speaker.
The Certified Lay Minister Report [click here] will be used by those who are in the CLM program.
The Lay Servant and Lay Speaker reports are signed by the Pastor, Layperson, and DS. The charge conference keeps the original and makes 3 copies. One copy goes to the District Superintendent, one copy goes to the District Director of Lay Servant Ministries, and one copy goes to the Layperson.
David Bowen
Letter Explaining Changes to Lay Servant Ministry
from Bruce Knecht, Pensacola District Director, Lay Servant Ministries
August 18, 2014
Dear Fellow Lay Servants and Lay Speakers,
I will keep this as short and simple as possible. I apologize if this letter becomes too wordy. All the information below comes directly from the 2012 Book of Discipline, Section XI. Lay Servant Ministries, paragraph 266, pages 210 and 211. I encourage you to read this for yourselves for clarification and to get a better understanding should any confusion still exist after reading this letter.
Our ministry program has undergone some recent changes that I would like to bring to your attention. In March of 2013 the Alabama-West Florida Conference Board of Lay Speaking Ministries, of which I am a member, met and discussed this very topic. Helen Edwards, our Conference Director, stated that the name change was approved at the 2012 General Conference to LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES. Lay Servant ministries have two separate tracks: Lay Servant/Certified Lay Servant and Certified Lay Speaker.
When you complete the Basic Course you become a Lay Servant. You still must have your pastor's approval to begin. That has not changed. You can lead Bible studies, teach church school, assist your pastor and visit nursing homes but cannot preach.
When you complete the Basic Course and one Advanced Course you can request an interview with the district board of Lay Servant Ministries to become a Certified Lay Servant. Duties are the same as a Lay Servant with one difference. You can conduct, or assist in conducting, a worship service and present a sermon when requested by your pastor. You can only deliver a message in your church, not the district.
A Certified Lay Speaker will complete a Basic Course and the following Advanced Courses: Leading in Worship, Leading in Prayer, Discovering Spiritual Gifts, Preaching, United Methodist Polity (new course) and a United Methodist Heritage course and then request an interview with the district board of Lay Servant Ministries. You can deliver a message in your church and the district.
What has not changed is that everyone must take an Advance Course every three years to keep certification/status current. Also, an Annual Report must be completed each year and turned into your church's charge conference for approval to continue in this ministry.
Now, for those of you that have been a Certified Lay Speaker for awhile, we, the Conference Committee on Lay Servant Ministries, have decided to grandfather you in for a period of three (3) years beginning 2013. You must have taken a Basic Course and at least three of the six Advanced Courses mentioned previously with one being a "Preach" course. The other Advanced Courses must be taken over the next three years to complete all six required courses; otherwise, you will be moved to a status of Certified Lay Servant.
Peace & Blessings,
Bruce Knecht
Pensacola District Director
Lay Servant Ministries
850-463-2826 or firstname.lastname@example.com (Updated 11/24/2014)
For updates please see the
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Events & Programs
Poets in the Galleries at WAM
Poetry - Performance
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Poetry returns to the Museum. Join two esteemed Worcester poets, Heather Treseler, Assistant professor of English at Worcester State University and Jim Cocola, Assistant Professor of Literature, Film, and Media in the Department of Humanities and Arts at WPI as they read ekphrastic poetry inspired by the Orantes: Ancient Statues from South Italy currently on display in the Jeppson Idea Lab. Mark G. Wagner, PhD from WSU and WAM Objects conservator Paula Artal-Isbrand will introduce the evening program.
Poets in the Galleries: The Worcester Art Museum has in its collection two Greek statues of the Orante type from Canosa, Magna Graecia, dating to the 3rd BCE. After a recent multi-year conservation, restoration and technical study campaign these half-life-sized statues, which have never been shown together before, will be featured in the Jeppson Idea Lab from June through December 1, 2013. In the summer of 2013, two esteemed Worcester poets -- Heather Treseler and Jim Cocola were invited to reflect on and write poetry inspired by the Orante type sculptures.
Ekphrasis is an ancient Greek method of relating one medium of art to another by describing its essence and form through prose, poetry, photography, or film. In [remastered], the Museum's recent rehanging of its Old Master collection, visitors are encouraged to create their own wall labels for some of the works on display. The Museum's presentation of ekphrastic poetry fits in this continuum of engagement as visitors define works for themselves through their words and experience.
Heather Treseler is assistant professor of English at Worcester State University. Her poems and memoir essays have appeared in more than a dozen nationally distributed journals including Harvard Review, Iowa Review, Pleiades, Southern Poetry Review, Margie, and Notre Dame Review, and her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize (2011) and for the Best New Poets anthology (2013). Her chapbook, Salt, was recently a finalist for the Midwest Chapbook Prize, and she has received fellowship support from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the Vermont Studio Center. In 2010-11, Treseler was a Visiting Scholar at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her essays about American poetry appear in three books: Elizabeth Bishop in the 21st Century, The Salt Companion to John Matthias, and Dunstan Thompson: On the Life and Work of a Lost American Master. She is a Contributing Editor at Boulevard.
Jim Cocola works as an Assistant Professor of Literature, Film, and Media in the Department of Humanities and Arts at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and has also served on the faculty of the Language and Thinking Program at Bard College. He earned his A.B. from the Committee on Degrees in History and Literature at Harvard College and his Ph.D. from the Department of English at the University of Virginia, and has received fellowships from The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico and The MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
This event is a joint venture of WAM, Worcester State University, and the Worcester County Poetry Association.
Cost: free with admission (1/2 price admission on Third Thursday between 5 - 8 pm)
Sponsored by: Worcester State University's Center for Service Learning and Civic Engagement and WCPA
Suggested Audiences:Elders, Adult, College, High School
Website: http://www.worcesterart.org/Exhibitions/jeppson-idealab-orantes/
Last Modified: November 8, 2013 at 3:10 PM
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