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It features Pavegen, a Company I've looked at before. The concept is the installation of tiles that, when stepped on, deflect and thereby produce electricity via the piezoelectric effect. Does such an effect exist and can electricity be produced in this fashion? Yes and yes. Can the electricity generated thereby be useful in some circumstances? Again, yes. Is this an efficient and effective way to "Transform Tomorrow?" That would be a "no."
Amazingly, Pavegen's CEO, Laurence Kemball-Cook, actually says (and the article duly repeats) that the Pavegen tiles can "produce up to 7 watts of energy with each step." Of course, watts are not units of energy, they are a rate of doing work or converting energy. Kimball-Cook repeats that and, in this TEDx talk, even says "eventually, our vision is that this technology power our cities." This is, frankly, ridiculous and I intend to ridicule it.
The claim is that a single step generates up to "7 watts of energy" (despite the unit confusion, we can infer what they are really claiming if we make some estimates). I went to Vernier's site where student laboratory measurement, data gathering, and analysis equipment is sold and interesting experiments are described. One of the "Innovative Uses" experiments described was called "Walking Biomechanics Using a Force Plate." There, sufficient data is provided (I'll leave out the calculation details unless requested to add them) to determine that the claim of "up to 7 watts" is not ridiculous, though I'd estimate that a bit under 5 watts is more likely a good average. But we don't care about watts, we care about energy so, based on the data at the Vernier site, the approximately 700 Nt. applied through 0.005 meters over a period of about 0.74 seconds results in kinetic energy delivered to the tile of about 3.5 joules/footfall. This is somewhat confirmed by Pavegen in their graph (at left) of their own office where we can infer that a bit under 250,000 steps produced a bit under 500 watt hours. This translates to about 7.2 joules/footfall. Close enough.
Since there are 3.6 million joules per kilowatt hour, we can say that it would take right at a million steps to generate a kilowatt hour of energy, and that assumes that the piezoelectric system is 100% efficient at converting kinetic energy to electrical energy. Actual data on this efficiency is sparse at best, particularly for those, such as I, who are unwilling to spend $30 to retrieve an article from behind a paywall that may or may not have the information that I want in order to complete a blog post. Nevertheless, I was able to find this document, where it appears that a conversion efficiency of maybe 2.4% can be achieved (yes, you read that correctly).
Thus, our 3.5 joules/footfall is reduced to 0.088 joules/footfall, requiring something on the order of 41,000,000 footfalls to generate a kilowatt hour. I have to say that it seems likely that I'm missing something here. Possibly, 2.4% conversion efficiency is much lower than what these tiles achieve, though I can't find any data that indicates that significantly higher efficiencies have been demonstrated in a laboratory environment. And, in the Wikipedia article on Pavegen, it's stated that "the exact technology is a secret, but PaveGen officials have said it involves the piezoelectric effect and induction by copper coils and magnets."
So it's possible that Pavegen is using something more efficient, so I'll use an upper bound of 3.5 joules/footfall as described above. Here, in an article from Urban Times with a healthy degree of skepticism and yet also open-mindedness, figures from the City of Westminster regarding Oxford Street are cited. Looking there, it's stated that there's an estimated 4.3 million people per week using the street. Urban Times discusses 10 tiles on Oxford Street. So 4.3 million/7 is 614,000 people per day. If they each hit all 10 tiles, the upper bound would be 614,000*10*3.5=21,500,000 joules or just shy of 6 kilowatt hours.
Quoting from the Urban Times article, Pavegen states that
"the pressure of a single footstep creates 4 to 8 watts. It was also calculated that assuming 8 watts is created per step, "during peak hours, one tile produces 12kWh ideally [and] during the off hours, it produces 5kWh ideally" and that "floor tiles, during peak hours will be stepped on 926-1889 times per hour… and 0-719 times during off hours… which works out to about 56 kWh per weekday".I can't find that quote from Pavegen, but if it's an accurate quotation, it would imply about 57 million footfalls per weekday. Hmm, I doubt it.
Then, there's the fact that any energy harvested by the Pavegen system is parasitic in nature, in that it's generated by a human converting food energy to kinetic energy. Whatever energy is harvested and wasted by a Pavegen tile is energy above and beyond what the people walking on the tile would otherwise have to exert. It doesn't come from nowhere and it isn't free.
There is likely a place for human generated electricity. As Kemball-Cook points out, there's no need to have the users of gyms merely generate heat on their treadmills, stair climbers, elliptical exercisers, etc. Such folk are going there for the express purpose of burning food energy without a destination or other goal. Such energy might just as well be harvested and, in many cases, it is.
These distractions that allow politicians to have green photo ops and people to get a warm fuzzy feeling about saving the Earth from some oversold "green energy" scheme do much more harm than good. The drastic changes in how we need to live in order to achieve equilibrium with what our planet and our sun can sustainably provide are only put off when people buy into such schemes.
Let Steve Earle describe Pavegen.


text: My package arrived today for the July CCC Forum drawing. What a great package it was. There was a Case polishing cloth, a sharpening stone. A Stainless Steel Lockback, a Yellow Sod Buster, and a Seahorse Whittler Knife, last but not least, was a Rick Garcia (Rayban) original handmade knife case, designed specifically for a seahorse whittler. The generosity of the men, and women on the knife forum, never ceases to amaze me, as is shown with the package that I received from Blademon (JC) on the knife forum.

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This is on my DON"T RETURN List. We were greeted at the door by a rather cold reception that they don't seat partys of 6 and then reluctently told us we could pull two chairs to the end of the table. There was more than 6 feet between that and where the other tables started, so not sure what the issue was.
If you go there with the thought that it will be a relaxing dinner out, DON"T! I think we were told more of what we couldn't have or didn't have than what they had listed on the small menu. The menu does match the serving sizes, both very small. The prices however are high.
If you expect to be full when you leave, then plan on ordering one of their $15 salads and an appetizer, because the only thing served with the Entree's is a fist full of salad.
The bar was sad, unless you wanted one of the 3 Red Wines or 3 beers. Even a request for lime with our only choice for hard liquor was denied, they only could reluctently bring us a lemon slice.
Maybe paying alot for small portions and even less ambiance/service is what some Richmond dinners look for, but I left and went through a drive thru on the way home, just to fill my need for more than we got at DINAMO.


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FORTALEZA, Brazil (AP) Germany midfielder Sami Khedira is mystified as to why some teams, including his own, seem to run into problems in their second matches at big tournaments.
Already at this World Cup, Italy has lost to Costa Rica 1-0 after defeating England 2-1 in its opener; the Netherlands had to come from behind to edge Australia 3-2 after demolishing defending champion Spain 5-1 in its opener; and Brazil was held 0-0 by Mexico.
''I can't explain why the second match is always hard after a win. I think it's a mental thing,'' Khedira said Friday. ''We went through the same experience in 2008 and 2010. We don't want to come to the last game and worry.''
Germany has twice lost its second match in recent tournaments - 2-1 to Croatia at the 2008 European Championship and 1-0 to Serbia at the 2010 World Cup, despite beating Australia 4-0 in the opener.
In Brazil, the Germans opened in Group G by defeating Portugal 4-0 and next play Ghana on Saturday. After the loss to Serbia four years ago, Germany edged Ghana 1-0 to advance to the knockout stage.
''We will be totally focused against Ghana. It's an African team and they are very athletic. So we have to concentrate. And I think we will prevail. We have to be tactically clever,'' the Real Madrid defensive midfielder said.
''We beat them four years ago, but it was a difficult match and we needed some luck,'' Khedira added. Germany won with a second-half goal by Mesut Ozil.
Today, both Khedira and Ozil are still seeking to reach top form. Khedira was out for six months with a knee injury and only returned shortly before the World Cup, while Ozil's form dipped, amid injury problems, after a promising start with Arsenal.
Despite confidence in Germany's strengths, Khedira expects a tough match.
''Ghana has excellent players who play in good clubs. They don't give up, they are robust and they are technically good,'' he said.
Germany coach Joachim Loew said the second match presented as great a challenge as the opening match and that it was ''a psychological problem'' for teams to keep concentrating after achieving a good start.
''You can't have any lapses. If there's a lapse, you will lose,'' Loew warned on Friday. ''Their situation is that it's a final for them.''
Ghana lost 2-1 to the United States in its opener and Germany knows it will be a long, hard game on Saturday.
''They will fight until they bleed,'' Loew said. ''They can attack very well, they are quick, ready to march on for 90 minutes. We have to defend well and be ready to attack with lightning speed once we win the ball.''


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San Juan Capistrano's water rates will stay the same, but ratepayers will not get a refund or rebate that some residents had demanded, the City Council decided Tuesday night.
Some ratepayers requested a refund because the city raised its water rates last year by 22 percent on average to finance $18 million in new bonds for groundwater and recycled-water projects but has not issued the bonds.
Longtime City Hall watchdogs Ian Smith, Clint Worthington and John Perry spoke at Tuesday's council meeting to call for refunds or rebates for the rate increase.
San Juan Capistrano operates its own groundwater recovery plant to help deliver water to residents and businesses. However, the plant has not been working at top capacity, leaving the city to purchase more water from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. The plant has had complications, including effects of decades-old spills of the gasoline additive MtBE from two Chevron stations. The chemical was discovered in San Juan groundwater in 2008. The city and Chevron reached a settlement in which the company agreed to pay $3.1 million, and the city dropped a plan to add a fee to water bills to deal with the contamination issue.
But MWD also increased the rate for imported water by 30 percent, creating higher costs the city did not anticipate, Mayor Sam Allevato said.
City Attorney Omar Sandoval recommended the city not issue a refund to ratepayers, citing a nearly $8.2 million deficit in the Utilities Department, which oversees the city's water operation.
A second opinion by Michael Colantuono, a lawyer who advises local governments on utility matters, said the city would face a larger deficit – $18 million to $40 million – if refunds were given. He told the council it had three options: refund ratepayers, manage with current rates or increase rates.
Colantuono said the council's action to raise rates but not use the funds to finance the intended bond issue is legal as long as the money is used for water-related projects in the future.
Sandoval added that the funds from the rate increase were not specifically allocated or restricted to the projects the bonds were to pay for.
Colantuono said the funds cannot be used for anything other than maintaining and improving water service for ratepayers. He added that it is smart for a city to manage a reserve for water expenses, given the unpredictability of water costs and availability.
"It is very hard to budget for a water utility," he said.
The city is currently managing the Utilities Department on reserve funds. The department is to undergo an audit to determine whether rates are appropriate and whether adjustments are needed in its operations. The city last week hired Northern California water-service veteran Keith Van Der Maaten to take over as utilities director beginning Sept. 26.
"If we're bringing in too much revenue, then as the law says in (Proposition) 218, we would need to make rebates," Allevato said.
The only way a rate increase can be defeated is if half the ratepayers object in writing to the City Council, Colantuono said.
Councilman Larry Kramer said he hopes the added revenue will help dig the Utilities Department out of its budget hole.
"We might have to raise rates again," Kramer said. "I'm really hoping we don't have to do it. I'm hoping this current rate can last for some period of time."


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Liebenzeller Metall-Kolophonium
Gold V1-H Rosin - Click on the image for a larger view.
Liebenzeller Metall-Kolophonium Gold V1-H Rosin
Hmm... Liebenzeller Rosin. I've heard of the name - but don't
know that much about it.
Yes - It would appear that relatively little is known about the
company that makes the rosin, relatively little is known about
the methods of production and relatively little is seen in terms
of advertising and marketing of the brand. In fact it seems that
the Liebenzeller range of rosins are probably the best kept secret
within the rosin market. More importantly - it seems that it is
also the best kept secret amongst the players who have heard about
it and have been lucky enough to have found some on the market
to use.
So you could say that finding it and using it is rather like striking
Yes - exactly. We do know that the rosin is made using an incredibly
pure larch (Larix Europoea) resin. During production - various
metals are added that give the rosin special properties which allow
instruments to sound warmer, brighter and livelier. The V1-H has
gold dust and honey extract added to the recipe to make this the
least-hard of the range produced and therefore - the one most suitable
for use with the double bass.
Why didn't you say that it is the softest in the range?
Well because - this being a powder rosin the range is produced
in grades of hardness with 1 and 11 being suitable for violin,
111 recommended for viola, 1V for cello, V for violone and the
V1 recommended for bass. Within the six grades of hardness are
rosins available that use seven different metal additives to make
eight different types of rosin. The types of rosin are pyrite,
meteoric iron, tin, copper, silver, lead, silver-lead and gold.
Which type the player chooses - depends not only on the instrument
- but on the quality of tone desired and the manner of playing.
Many players use several sorts - alternating them according to
the style and period of works to be played as well as to the size
of the hall and it's acoustics.
Tell me more about the Gold rosin.
The six gold rosins are probably the most versatile
of the range. They produce a full, round and warm tone that is
well balanced with clarity and brilliance. The gold elements in
the "less-hard" grade
V1 - help to soften and refine the sound.
Why is Liebenzeller rosin so much more expensive than anything
else available on the market?
Well yes - the price does rather tend to sober
one up a bit - especially when you see just how small the actual
rosin block is, you see just how basic the packaging is and you
learn that the rosin doesn't even come attached to a dust cloth
or cloth pouch. But then - you must have heard of the saying
- "Good things
come in small packages" - and by-golly this is so true when
it comes to the Liebenzeller V1-H.
The stuff is absolute dynamite on the bow.
Have you had any player feedback about the V1-H
Yes - here are a few comments;
Are there any other benefits to using the V1-H?
Yes - although the actual rosin block is probably
the smallest "full-size" block
of bass rosin on the market - it is reassuring to know that it
must only be used sparingly. This means that providing you don't
drop it or it gets stolen - the block will last a very, very long
time. Another benefit is that the rosin is highly resistant to
variations in temperature and humidity.
When was the rosin first developed?
Development of the rosin first started in 1922
in Vienna by Ludwig Kremling - a friend of the violin maker and
inventor Dr Franz Thomastic. Kremlin's influence for the "metal-rosins" were
based on the human arts findings of Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925)
- the remarkable Austrian philosopher, literary scholar, educator
and social thinker. Following the death of Kremling in 1967 -
the research continued at the Goetheanum in Dornach, near Basel,
Switzerland and then in 1972 it transferred to the Tycho Brahe
laboratory in Bad-Liebenzell. Bad Liebenzell is a small spa town
located 38km from Stuttgart amongst the pine forests of the beautiful
Nagold river valley in the Northern part of the Black Forest
reigion of Germany. For years the testing and refining of the
rosin - together with musicians - went on almost continuously.
The end results are a rosin which satisfies the highest demands.
When I use the rosin are there any recommendations.
Yes - when using Liebenzeller for the first time - the hairs of
the bow should be thoroughly cleaned with a cloth. Thereafter -
both hair and strings should be cleaned more frequently and thoroughly
than usual.
There is a rumour going around that Liebenzeller is no longer
being produced. Is that true?
At the moment - we are not quite sure on the
answer to that one. What we do know is that the main suppliers
of the rosin have told us that it is "no longer available".
If this amounts to the same thing - then in the very short term
Liebenzeller will become a very rare commodity indeed. As a consequence
- prices for any of the last few blocks that remain in the few
shops that sell them - could very soon cost a lot more.
Liebenzeller Gold V1-H may well be minimalistic in terms of the
actual block size, the packaging and in the way it is presented.
What is not minimalistic - is the performance that it provides.
If you really care about how you sound and you want the very, very
best - then this is definitely the rosin of choice.
Block type: Round in aluminium foil
Weight of block: 23.0gms (ave)
Diameter of block: 3.9cm (ave)
Depth: 1.8cm (ave)
Liebenzeller Metall-Kolophonium Gold V1-H
Price : Was UK£38.00 - SALE PRICE UK£28.00


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Every four years, when World Cup finals fever grips the world, the expectant viewer awaits with great anticipation, seeing some of the biggest names in World Football grace the biggest stage, in front of record viewing figures.
For many, the chance to see the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, Kaka, Wayne Rooney, Fernando Torres and the incomparable Lionel Messi in action will be worth the wait. However, it cannot be a great World Cup for all the truly outstanding players on show. Luck, injury a lack of form or defeat will no doubt rob many of these greats of the chance to showcase their true talents over the month long feast of football.
However that will present an opportunity for some players, perhaps the lesser lights of World football, to grasp their opportunity on the world's biggest stage and in this article, we take a look at a few players who may not yet be household names now, may well be on everyone's lips at the end of the tournament.
Neven Subotic (Borossia Dortmund & Serbia): Manchester United and Chelsea are already believed to be hot on the tail of this talented Serbian international defender. Dortmund have so far refused all offers and rate Subotic as arguably the best defender in Europe on his day. It is an extravagant claim, but not one without foundation. If the Serb can find his best form alongside Vidic in defence then he may well emerge as truly one of the world's very best.
Angel Di Maria (Benfica & Argentina): When teams face Argentina their primary focus will have to be Lionel Messi. The diminutive genius will draw opponents to him like wasps to a jam jar and that will leave plenty of space for other players. Di Maria is one such player who will benefit from this. Playing on the opposite flank and possessing a truly fantastic left foot, Di Maria could prove his worth, said to be around £35m currently, during these finals.
Jesus Navas (Sevilla & Spain): Chronic fear of flying meant that Navas 'retired' from international football as a youngster, but he has returned to the fold and boosted Spain's chances a great deal. His style of bustling wing play, accurate crossing and an uncanny ability to get a crucial goal or two mean he could well emerge as one of Spain's new talents in the finals this summer.
Alexis Sanchez (Udinese & Chile): One of the increasing number of talented Chilean soccer stars, Sanchez is a class act above his team mates. Clever on the ball and possessing a tactically astute football brain, Sanchez invention and goal threat will be a key element of Chilean play, if the South Americans are to reach the second phase.
Gervinho : (Lille & Ivory Coast): Ivory Coast's main attacking threat will be the pace of Aruna Dindane and the power of Didier Drogba and that may mean Lille's talented young striker Gervinho can profit. A talented striker who has a decent goalscoring rate, he is a solid all round performer and could well have a key role to play for the Ivory Coast at the World Cup finals.
So just remember, you heard them here on PR first!


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Whilst I was writing a list of my favourite music videos of all time, I realised that there was a common trend among my favourites. Most of my favourite videos didn't star the lead singer! After discovering this, I trawled through the web to find a list of these, but to no success. It seems like there isn't a top 10 list for music videos where the singer isn't the star. Therefore, I've taken the liberty to compose my own list of these music/movie gems.
Just so we're on the same page, I'm excluding lyric videos, as well as videos which include either clips, lookalikes, or animated counterparts for the singer. I am, however, including videos which briefly feature the singer, so long as they're not the stars of the show. It has to be someone or something else we all remember the videos for.
I'm judging these videos based on their creativity, innovation, craftsmanship, storytelling, and of course, how well they fit their songs.
No.10 – Rabbit in Your Headlights (1998) – UNKLE
Jonathan Glazer is probably one of the most underrated directors of our day, as he's responsible for countless commercials and music videos we all love, despite not knowing his name. In this clip, we follow a man, played by the unmistakable Denis Lavant, as he strides through the tunnel, loses his mind and gets repeatedly run over by driers. After building up the tension, we reach a pseudo-biblical ending that is nothing short of epic.
No.9 – Imitation of Life (2001) – R.E.M.
This uses a rare editing technique called 'Pan and Scan' (at least, rare for stylistic purposes), where an imaginary camera zooms into pre-recorded footage and pans the scene from various close-up angles. The clip, if played from start to end without edits, only lasts 20 seconds. However, with the pan and scan, switches between playing forwards and backwards, and smartly choreographed lip-syncing, it makes this party truly unforgettable.
No.8 – B******* of Young (1985) – The Replacements
From one that's filled with people, to one with barely anyone in it! In this black and white video, we dolly out from a booming speaker, watch someone's hand hold a lit cigarette, and… that's about it. Soooo, why is this spectacle of boredom featured on this list? Because this was, in fact, designed to be an anti-video, and be the complete opposite of videos from the likes of Eurythmics, Mick Jagger, and Madonna. Isn't it ironic that it's now on a list like this?
No.7 – One Day Like This (2008) – Elbow
To all intensive purposes, this video does everything completely wrong, by being poorly shot, aesthetically humdrum, and completely one-note. Yet, when you look deeper and watch our performer do his bit, we come to realise that the point of this video wasn't to be entirely beautiful, but to show us how we could spot beauty in the most unexpected of places. It's further complemented when you realise it's song is equally beautiful in its simplicity.
No.6 – Born Free (2010) – M.I.A.
Practically a short film in it's own right, this disturbingly uncompromising clip shows a terrifying portrayal of authorities breaking into peoples homes and taking kids to the middle of nowhere for genocide. It would have been terrifying enough with that theme alone, but when we learn the reason for these teens being victimised, it really pushes us to question our own ideas of conformity and popularity.
NOTE: Before anybody asks, no, I didn't intend for the top 5 songs to alternate between 1997 and 1999. It just kind of turned out that way.
No.5 – Coffee & TV (1999) – Blur
I was debating whether to include this one, since the band does feature for more prolonged period of time in this video than others on this list. In the end, I decided to include it after all, because it really is little Milky who's the star of the story. The chirpy animations and innovative plot make you want to watch it all the way to it's more-than-worthwhile ending, which I recommend all of my watchers to get to. Just to say, this will bring a whole new meaning to the phrase 'crying over spilt milk'.
No.4 – Smack My B**** Up (1997) – The Prodigy
Often labeled as the most controversial music video ever created, this is a P.O.V. movie of a night in the life of our lead geting high, drunk, and violent. Very, very violent (mostly towards women)! Some hated it for victimising it's cast; others loved it for exposing how vicious all people of all genders could be. Either way, it's nauseating look and twist ending are bound to leave this video embedded in your nightmares.
No.3 – Praise You (1999) – Fatboy Slim
Whilst another classic Fatboy Slim video, 'Weapon of Choice', was a contender for this list, I decided to instead choose 'Praise You', since Spike Jonse practically invented an art-form by making this video. Long before 'T-Mobile' got their claws on the idea, this is essentially the first ever flash-mob dance put to film, complete with guerrilla-style filmmaking, and even a fictionalised dance company. And to think it only costed $800!
No.2 – Around the World (1997) – Daft Punk
With its devilishly simple idea to use a circular set to resemble a record player, and costumed dancers to resemble the songs different instruments, the video for this techno track made quite a spectacle for the MTV generation. It's quirky choreography, and even quirkier look, make for an entertaining, memorable, and practically timeless impact. The lyrics play over and over again, and we can't help but watch this over and over again!
Honourable Mentions
(Southern) California (1991) – Wax
Frightening, yet utterly breathtaking, this video may not mean much metaphorically, but it gave this one-hit wonder the fame/infamy it was after.
Drugs (2010) – Ratatat
Freaky faces, a steamy background, and a warped model of a head match both the conflicting feels of ecstasy, and rocktronica noise that crawls under your skin.
You Need Me, I Don't Need You (2011) – Ed Sheeran
Gorgeously shot and expertly cut, the video is further complemented by Matthew Morgan's 'we won't back down' stare as he sing-signs to this rap track.
Mad World (2003) – Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules
This famously depressing song isn't easy to be creative with, but Michael Gondrey (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2005)) and his crew found a way.
The Day I Died (2009) – Just Jack
Accompanying it's equally underrated song, the foreshadowing that our lead (James Nesbitt) will eventually realise he's died creates a creepy yet charming reflection of the songs lyrics.
Rockstar (2005) – Nickelback
It might be labelled as one of the worst songs in history, but I'd be damned if simply watching a few hundred people mime this song didn't make you "wanna be a rockstar" too!
No.1 – Viðrar vel til Loftárása (1999) – Sigur Rós
A controversial video for its time which has become a masterpiece today, this Icelandic band made an impact which only gets better with time. It's not the first music video to show gay affection, and it's certainly not last. Nevertheless, with it's engaging younger subjects, cinematic scope and soul-stirring music, it's by far the most beautiful. It has a poignant message and heartbreaking finale, which are bound to leave even some of the most manly men teary-eyed.
So, what do you think of my list? Are there any videos you think I've missed? Feel free to comment below and tell me of any more great music videos where the singer is only heard!


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The day I wrote this column was a red-letter day for me. I went to the County Building and sat in the audience while the five Supervisors carried on their business. I was there to support Eva Johnson, the Founder of Elder Services, on her Group's 20th Anniversary.
When it came time for Supervisor Jim Steele of District 3, and also the Host of the affair, to read the fancy Proclamation, more than a dozen souls, all members of Elder Services, rushed to the podium to help Eva accept her award and her honors.
I was sitting in the front row, watching the festivities and enjoying the show. All at once, and not at all expected, several people in the crowd insisted I had to join them on the podium.
I do not think they knew I was there for the Silver Foundation. Perhaps it was because I am an older person with wrinkles, who leans on a cane and walks slow.
The invitation to share the podium was a surprise. I was unsure of what I should do. Although I am a dedicated member of Jim Steele's Silver Foundation, and that Foundation was the Host, I hardly expected to be part of that August and Important Crew.
I even turned to Olga Steele, sitting across the aisle from me, who was also there. She is the Secretary and one of the movers and shakers of the Silver Foundation.
I said, "Olga, should I be up there with them? I am not a member of Elder Services."
Olga gave me the go ahead and a smile of encouragement. Leaving my cane behind to walk with the crowd, that's what I did.
It was a merry group, I can tell you.
I knew my place and tried to stay in the back row when pictures were taken. Besides, there was a table behind me and I was able to lean on the table and let it support me. That way, I wouldn't fall down and embarrass myself.
I certainly enjoyed being with so many Really Important People. Olga Steele was right there taking our picture. I made sure I was in the back of the crowd because everyone in the Elder Day Services Organization deserved to be there more than me.
If Olga sends me the picture, maybe you will see me grinning in the back row, when I post it in my December Newsletter, proud to be with such fine folks.
Today was also another reason why I felt important. Some of the members of that fine organization have read my Witter Springs Chronicles Columns in the Record-Bee, which appears every Wednesday, or they have read my book, History of Lake County.
Several folks in the Elder Group told me so.
So, you know right now, none of that attention gave me a swelled head, Cleo, my cat, keeps me in my place. That is because every time I go to town, and someone says nice things about what I write, instead of asking after the state of my health, well-being, if I am receiving my share of good things from heaven, instead, their very next question is always, 'How's Cleo.'
I don't mind. Cleo depends on me for a home, and having Kitty Kibbles to eat.
Cleo may be the most famous cat in Lake County, but some of the luster of her fame rubs off on me.
Gene Paleno is a book author and columnist living in Witter Springs


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A wrongful death is when a person dies because of a negligent party or person. Domestic partners, relatives and people who depend upon the victim can sue. Usually wrongful death is emotional cases that are connected with personal injury.
There is a time limit when it comes to filing a lawsuit for wrongful death in California. There is a 2 years limitation in filing an incident or accident causing a wrongful death. If after 2 years you haven't filed, you will not be able to sue.
Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP will be able to help you with cases against governmental entity. There is rule where the claim should be made within 6 months. If the claim was rejected, another 6 months is given to sue.
If you win, you can get financial support from the person who caused the Wrongful Death. Also, the gifts and benefits loss will be received. It means that the cost of the benefits or gifts that the person who lost someone should be compensated.


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My store cupboard is looking a bit sparse at the moment. I used to make a regular pilgrimage to the whole food shop to stock up on healthy baking ingredients, however it is a dangerous place when money is tight and there are far too many delicious things I like in there so we haven't been for a while. Arthur asked to do some baking this afternoon, so we had a look to see if we could be inspired by the minimal ingredients we had.
One of the best things about making up your own recipes is that you don't have the disappointment of not having the ingredients the recipe requires. Instead we take out the ingredients we have and see what we can do with them.
Today I had a hankering for a nice cup of tea and biscuit. So hobnobs it was, refined sugar free hobnobs that is. Yes they do have a fair amount of butter and honey in them but I'm not suggesting you eat them all at once….we definitely haven't eaten them all…yet. These are just my kind of biscuit as they are huge, they really expand in the oven and come out all soft and chewy and yummy.
Now I don't want to brag but these are really tasty, and actually very similar to hobnobs. don't just take my word for it though, make them and then decide.
*Note* I have used salted butter in this recipe because i think it gives the biscuits that signature hobnobbiness, but if this just sounds too weird to you then feel free to use unsalted butter instead.
Sugar free hobnobs
- 100g self raising flour
- 100g porridge oats
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 100g salted butter
- 1/3 cup runny honey
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
Preheat the oven to 160/gas mark 3 and line 2 baking trays with greaseproof paper.
Sift the flour and bicarbonate of soda into a large mixing bowl. Add the oats and stir to combine.
In a separate bowl mix together the butter, honey and vanilla. We used an electric mixer for this for two reasons, 1. it makes the butter and honey fluffy and creamy super fast and 2. Arthur flipping loves a machine that makes a noise.
Gradually fold in the dry ingredients until everything is combined thoroughly into a wet mixture.
Take spoonfuls of mixture and dollop them onto the baking sheet. The mixture will be quite wet but don't worry it will come together in the oven. Be sure to space out the dollops as they will expand quite a bit. We got 10 biscuits from this mixture.
Bake in the oven for 20 minutes, switching your trays around half way so each gets some time on the top shelf.
Allow to cool on the baking tray for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to continue cooling.
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Suspects in custody in fatal shooting of Brownsville 1-year-old
Police have two suspects in custody in Pennsylvania in connection with the fatal shooting of 1-year-old Antiq Hennis in Brooklyn last week.
Authorities have two suspects in custody in the fatal shooting of 1-year-old Antiq Hennis in Brownsville last weekend, an NYPD official said.
The official said Daquan Wright, 19, and Daquan Breland, 23, were tracked down in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
One of the suspects is believed to be the shooter, the official said.
The shooting occurred last Sunday in Brownsville. Police believed the shooter was aiming at Antiq's father, Anthony.
Anthony had just picked up him up from the child's mother's house and was taking him to visit his great-grandmother.He was pushing Antiq in a stroller across Livonia Avenue when a gunman fired four shots in their direction, striking Antiq once in the left side of his head.
Four bullet holes were left in the 1-year-old's stroller, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said last week.
Kelly had said last week that Anthony Hennis was refusing to cooperate with police in the investigation. Police believed the shooting may have been gang-related, and community leaders said they knew of an old "beef" between Anthony and the brother of a person they suspected to be the shooter.
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Like sprinters hearing the starter`s gun, shoppers from across Palm Beach County began the holiday gift-buying race Friday, rushing to area stores and fighting for position in the aisles.
``It`s been very busy,`` said Brian Bjorson, general manager of the Boynton Beach Mall, which is preparing for its first holiday shopping rush. ``All indications are we will top our grand opening and Santa`s arrival.``
In malls and stores from one end of the county to the other, there was no doubt that the holiday season had arrived.
Santa Claus is on hand to welcome the children, and merchants are touting Christmas sales that they hope will attract brave shoppers during the 25 remaining shopping days.
``My feet hurt, my arms hurt and my fanny hurts,`` said Pam Dunton of Delray Beach as she took a breather on a bench at the Town Center mall near Boca Raton. ``It`s pretty hectic today. You have to be patient and wait in line.``
Even elegant Worth Avenue was abuzz despite the absence of holiday bargains.
``There are no sales,`` said Stefan B. Richter, Worth Avenue Association president. ``It`s just busy because it`s the day after Thanksgiving.``
The 45,000 people Bjorson estimated passed through the newly opened Boynton Beach Mall swarmed into almost every store looking for bargains and gifts.
``It`s the start of the season, and everybody realizes there are limited gift shopping days left,`` Bjorson said.
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Observed touch
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Observed touch refers simply to the process of watching touch to an inanimate or animate object. In many situations, this is a purely visual event. For example, when watching inanimate objects or other people being touched. However, just because the stimulus is visual in nature does not mean that the brain processes it in purely visual terms. There is now convincing evidence that observed touch, at least in humans, involves cognitive and neural processes that are traditionally considered part of the somatosensory system. In other situations, observed touch may consist of both a visual and a tactile event. For example, when observing our own body being touched or when observing touch to somebody/something else whilst our own body is being touched. Studies on observed touch can therefore provide important insights into how these two senses (vision and touch) interact with each other.
Observed Touch Influences Felt Touch
Observing touch can enhance the ability to detect real tactile stimuli. For example, watching a movie of a right hand being stroked increases subsequent tactile sensitivity in the participant's own (unseen) right hand but not his/her left hand [1]. Similarly watching a mirror reflection of one's own right hand being stroked (i.e. so that it looks like the left hand is stroked) can increase subsequent tactile sensitivity in the participant's left hand, although merely looking at the left hand (without the mirror reflection of the touched right hand) does not [2]. In some cases, merely observing a body part, without observing the touch itself, can increase tactile acuity [3]. This effect can be enhanced by making the body part seem larger (using a magnifying glass) and reduced by placing an inanimate object in the same apparent location.
The studies mentioned above involve observing touch (or observing the body part to be touched) followed later in time by unseen tactile stimuli. An alternative approach is to observe touch at exactly the same time as real touch is applied to see if the two interact. In such experiments, it is important that the tactile stimulator cannot be seen otherwise it could provide trivial information about when, how and where the participant was touched. One can circumvent this problem by touching the participants hands or face (or other body part) whilst they observe touch to a different person, dummy body parts, or images of bodies or objects on a computer screen [4-8]. For example, one study applied weak tactile stimuli to the participant's left or right cheek whilst they observed touch either to an image of themselves, an image of another person, or an image of a house [9]. Their task was to report the location of the felt touch (left, right or both) whilst ignoring the location of the observed touch (also left, right, or both). Accuracy of detection was enhanced when the observed touch matched the felt touch (e.g. observed touch to both cheeks and felt touch to both cheeks) and was greatest for the self-face relative to other-face, and for other-face relative to the house images. This suggests that the interplay between observed touch and felt touch depends on self-other similarity. This extends beyond physical similarity to also include similarity in political attitudes [10]. Thus, the system linking observed touch with felt touch is sensitive to top-down biases.
In some cases, when observed touch is incongruent with felt touch it can give rise to bizarre illusions. Perhaps the most commonly studied illusion involving observed touch is the so-called 'rubber hand illusion' [10]. In this illusion, the participants own hand is hidden from view whilst a rubber hand is placed on the table near their real hand. The experimenter then strokes both the rubber hand and the real hand in the same place at the same time. As such, the participant observes touch to the rubber hand but feels touch in their own hand. Over time, participants report the following statements to be true: "I felt as if the rubber hand were my hand", and "It seemed as though the touch I felt was caused by the paintbrush touching the rubber hand" [11]. A more objective correlate of the illusion is to ask participants to report the felt location of the finger that is being touched by placing a ruler on the seen surface where the rubber hand lies. Participants in the illusion are less accurate at doing this (the position of the felt finger gravitates towards the rubber hand). The presence of the illusion, measured both subjectively and objectively, depends on a number of factors. It disappears when the observed and actual stroking are out of synchrony; if the observed hand is the 'wrong' hand, for example a left hand instead of a right hand; if the hand is replaced by a stick; and if the observed hand is in the 'wrong' orientation, for example at 90 degrees to the real hand [12]. The explanation for this illusion is that the sense of proprioception is fooled. Our proprioceptive sense conveys information about the current position of the muscles and joints. It provides information about where the hand is in space, e.g. relative to the body, at a given location in time (note: the sense of touch carries the information 'my finger is being stroked' but not where the finger is located in space). In the rubber hand illusion, there is a spatial conflict between information from proprioception and vision but the discrepancy is resolved in vision's favour (so-called visual capture) because vision tends to be spatially more accurate. This illusion has recently been extended using virtual reality to create something akin to an out-of-body experience [13, 14].
Observed Touch Activates the Somatosensory System
Several functional imaging studies, using fMRI, have measured brain responses to watching humans being touched. These studies show activation of the primary and/or secondary somatosensory cortex either when touch is compared to no touch or when touch to a human is compared to touch to an object [15]. As such a purely visual stimulus can, under some situations, reliably activate the somatosensory system. These same regions respond when the real touch to the appropriate body part is felt, which suggests that there is a mirror system for touch (i.e. a system that responds both to our own touch and that of other people and possibly objects). This is perhaps remarkable given the general belief that our tactile sensory experiences are private rather than shared.
The question of why somatosensory activity when observing touch is not accompanied by a conscious experience of touch is interesting. It may reflect sub-threshold activity and/or the absence of activity in other parts of the brain outside of the primary and secondary somatosensory cortex. Nonetheless, this modulation of somatosensory processing by observed touch may be sufficient to alter behaviour (e.g. improve acuity) or lead to certain illusions. There is evidence that activity in the somatosensory cortex is reduced during the rubber hand illusion presumably as a result of the mismatch between the location of real touch and the illusion that one is feeling touch to the rubber hand [16].
It is unlikely that these behavioural and neurophysiological effects are mediated by direct connections between early visual areas and primary/secondary somatosensory regions. The effect of observed touch depends on far more than vision per se. It depends, to some degree, on whether the touch is to humans or objects, and the perspective and location of the observed body part relative to the observer's own body. There are neurons within the primate parietal lobe and frontal lobe (premotor region) that respond to both touch and vision [17, 18]. Observed touch may affect the somatosensory regions via feedback from these multi-sensory regions. The visual and tactile receptive fields of these neurons tend to be aligned such that the visual receptive field will respond to visual events on or near the arm, irrespective of where the arm is. In some situations the visual receptive fields can extend beyond the body. For example, when using tools[19] or watching one's own body projected onto a computer screen[20]. There is a class of neurons termed 'body matching neurons' discovered in the macaque parietal lobe that responds to both felt touch and observed touch on the same body part of another person [21].
Observed Touch in Atypical Populations
After loss of a limb, the majority of patients experience (at some point in time) a vivid sense that the missing limb is still present. It may itch, gesticulate, or be painful. Several studies report that these phantom limb experiences can be modified by visual feedback, for example, by placing a mirror down the midline so that the intact limb is seen to be reflected into the space where the phantom is felt[22, 23]. Touching the normal hand whilst watching its mirror reflection in the space where the phantom is felt can create a sensation of touch in the phantom hand as well as the real hand[23]. It has subsequently been found that some amputees experience touch when observing touch, particularly painful touch, on another person [24].
Brain-Damaged Patients
Some brain damaged patients with impaired ability to detect touch (whilst blindfolded) nevertheless report tactile sensations when observing the touch applied to their arm or a live/recorded movie of touch to their arm[25, 26]. Vision of an appropriate body part (e.g. watching an arm whilst an arm is touched) can enhance tactile acuity in brain damaged patients with poor somatosensation even if the act of touching is blacked out[27]. The same is not found if an inanimate object or the wrong body part (e.g. a foot) is observed.
Mirror-Touch Synaesthesia
Synaesthesia (also spelled synesthesia) is the involuntary experience of a perceptual quality that is triggered by a stimulus that does not normally evoke such a quality (for examples, letters evoking colours, sounds evoking tastes). Observed touch can sometimes trigger involuntary experiences of felt touch and this constitutes a form of synaesthesia. This can be acquired after amputation or brain damage[24, 25], or it could be developmental in origin with no known external cause[28, 29]. In an experimental study involving congruent or incongruent observed and felt touch, synaesthetic touch (induced by observed touch) tended to be confused with real touch[28]. There were other intriguing aspects of this study. There appears to be two spatial mechanisms for linking observed touch with ones own body. In most synaesthetes, observed touch on the left of someone's face triggers a tactile experience on the synaesthete's right cheek (i.e. like a reflection) but in others it is felt on their left cheek (i.e. like a rotation). A functional imaging study using fMRI of developmental mirror-touch synaesthesia showed hyper-activity within certain regions of the same network that responds when non-synaesthetic people observe touch[29]. This included the primary and secondary somatosensory cortex. The same study found, using structural MRI, increased grey matter density in a region of secondary somatosensory cortex (amongst other regions). Activity beyond some threshold may be linked to conscious experiences of touch (in synaesthetes) but below the threshold may have unconscious behavioural correlates (in controls) such as those documented previously. This was assumed to reflect a difficulty in a self-other gating mechanism that enables ones own body to be processed as separate from other bodies.
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Louis Tomlinson: Larry Stylinson Shippers "Aren't Our Real Fans"
We've seen the intense video montages and imaginative fan art, but Louis Tomlinson is telling all One Direction fanatics that he is not okay with the Larry Stylinson comments. In case you're unfamiliar, Larry Stylinson refers to the fan-concocted relationship between 1D's Louis and Harry Styles. And while it might seem innocent to poke fun at the two, it's also, according to Louis, hurtful and untrue.
Louis says to Now, "I think it's pretty obvious when you see me and Eleanor [Calder] together that it's real. Think of the amount of time I spend with her. It's crazy that I even have to say it's genuine. The truth is, these people aren't our real fans. That's the way I like to look at it."
Considering how Louis met his girlfriend, that should be even more of a Larry Stylinson deterrent. He tells Seventeen, "Eleanor was a friend of Harry's. He worked with her friend at a local bakery. One day, Harry met up with his friend, Eleanor came, and we met."
But it's not all tense news in the world of One Direction, as all the boys are set to perform on The X Factor (USA) come tomorrow night's live results show. In a statement, Zayn Malik says that "[h]aving come from the UK X Factor, we can't wait to perform on the U.S. stage – it's going to be a great night!"
What do you think of the Larry Stylinson comments? Leave your opinions below or on our new One Direction message board!


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Chennai woman dies after stalker sets her, kin on fire
CHENNAI: A woman in Chennai died of burns after she, her mother and her sister were allegedly set on fire by a man who police said was stalking her.
The suspect, Akash, who police said had been pursuing Induja against her wishes for nearly a year, escaped after the attack on Monday night.
He was arrested on Tuesday by the Kodambakkam police.
The incident took place at 9pm on Monday when 23-year-old Akash went to Induja's house in south Chennai's Velachery. He had taken along a yellow plastic canister, police said, and first threatened to commit suicide by setting himself ablaze.
When the three women came out, he reportedly threw petrol on them and ignited it with a cigarette lighter, a police inspector investigating the case told HT.
Hearing the women's screams, the neighbours called police and an ambulance. Induja died before she could be taken to a hospital.
Induja's uncle said, "Akash had been stalking my niece for a month. Knowing that my brother works abroad, the accused came to Induja's residence. Initially, they did not open the door but Akash insisted that he would only talk to Induja. When they opened the door, he poured petrol on Induja, set them on fire and fled the spot."
Investigating office, inspector S Murali, told HT that the motive of the crime was "very clear".
"He was pursing the girl even though she rejected him," he said.
Murali said Akash was unemployed and the woman was doing a specialised course after completing her engineering.
A neighbour, S Ramkumar, said the ambulance arrived too late, at least 40 minutes after a call was made. The trio was rushed to the Kilpauk Medical College hospital. The mother, Renuka, has 49% burns and the sister, Niveda, 23% burns, the dean of the hospital said.
Dr D Vasantha, attending to the two, said, "Both are critical as they suffered petrol burns and inhaled a lot of fumes. Their lungs are also injured."
Induja's father, software engineer D Shanmugam, 48, works in Canada and is rushing back to Chennai.
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Federal Health Care Will Travel Backwards Through Time And Kill Us All
The Government should stay out of personal decisions like health care and stick to telling us who we can marry. For a long time, I made the decision to be too poor to afford health care. Man it felt good to not have The Government getting involved in that decision. I want the freedom to break a leg and set the fracture with bailing wire and part of my Rock'em Sock'em Robot set.
First we let The Government run national defense and look where that's gotten us? We've lost eleven world wars and been overrun by the French, Portuguese and Dutchmen. Now the Canadians are right at our border and I saw a Mexican in the parking lot with some sort of whirring blade weapon destroying American weeds.
Good job, U.S. Government.
Next we let them handle public utilities and there is not a single road, the trash has never been picked up and I have to travel over 1500 miles to get a cup of water. The Government can't do anything as well as all of those benevolent multinational corporations who run our banks, our car companies, and our ponzi schemes.
Just the other day I was waiting in line for my new phone at the Verizon Store and thinking, there is no way The Government could pull off this kind of efficiancy. Have you ever picked a health plan from your job? Man, if The Government was involved, it would be so complicated. I don't want some heartless Government running my healthcare. I want a company that is going to be responsive to my needs, that doesn't look to cut corners, that won't interfere with my schedule and will do whatever they can to be there for me, like Delta Airlines for instance.
Most of Western Europe let their governments get involved in health care and look what happened? They are all now dead. Have you ever met a Luxembourger, Lichtensteinian or German? I rest my case.
Do you know what "Dr." "President" Obama's favorite movie is? Logan's Run. Just sayin.
When Orly Taitz and I used her Way Back Machine to visit Obama's manger in the back yard of Bin Laden's Kenyan estate, I heard his first words, "When I grow up to be president, I am going to provide national health care as a means to destroy the fabric of our society and cause grand scale live action reenactments of my favorite movies Logan's Run, Soylint Green, Desperately Seeking Susan and The Rescuers Downunder (he WAS only 45 minutes old). Then I am going to harvest stem cells for school lunch marmalade. Viva La Islam, Comrades!" Next he wrote the first e-mail asking you to send him your bank information and another with a picture of a kitten praying and said if you didn't forward it to 100 of your closest friends, confused coworkers and distant cousins, he would legalize gay marriage.
Have you read this damned plan? Line 4373? We all have to share ONE TOUNGUE DEPRESSER! Think about THAT when you are filthy 44 millionth to say "ah."


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I think these would be huge changes to the combine and they just make sense. Players should be wearing what they play in when they run their 40 times and go through their drills. I'd extend it to Pro Days as well. I was watching Tim Tebow throw and it's completely different throwing with a helmet and shoulder pads on than without. Let's see if he's still accurate with that throwing motion.
I know that agents and current college players would be against this for the most part because all the 40 times would decrease but the NFL runs the thing so they can set the rules. Why should the NFL care? The closer they can get to simulating real game situations the better their scouting and evaluation should be and that means theoretically the owners will save money by drafting more efficiently. That should be enough to both motivate and convince the owners and the NFL to make these changes.
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Hope springs from stony soil in Turkey. It does not bloom easily among the hundreds of writers and human rights advocates who have been sent to prison for their words over the last two decades. However, at the moment - perhaps for the next few months - some people are daring to hope.
"I believe that one wing wants Turkey to enter the millennium more democratized and with human rights and with membership in the European Union, though another wing wants to leave Turkey out of the system and in an authoritarian system," says Akin Birdal, former chairman of the Human Rights Association of Turkey, on temporary medical leave from prison. "I believe there is a significant opportunity for peace, and this is an important time."
The time is shaped by several factors. First, Turkey's bid to join the European Union is requiring the government to improve its human rights record and legal systems. In the past, the EU denied Turkey membership in part because of its human rights history. As Turkey hosts the 54-member Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) summit today and tomorrow, it will also host working meetings of various organs of the EU considering its candidacy status in Helsinki in December.
Another factor favoring this moment is the easing of tensions in southeast Turkey. Abdullah Ocalan, head of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), has urged his followers to lay down their arms. From prison, Mr. Ocalan has called the uprising "a mistake" and renounced his demand for Kurdish independence. The prospect of peace hovers for the first time in 15 years. And following the recent earthquakes, an outpouring of aid came from many countries including Greece, where relations have been improving since.
This confluence of events may allow political space to accomplish reform, according to Mr. Birdal and others, who emphasize that the window is small and the consequences of failure are large. Steps that could capitalize on this moment include cessation of hostilities in the southeast, reform of the penal code, and a broad and unconditional amnesty for nonviolent political dissidents.
Some in government want these reforms, but not everyone. The reforms could end up being cosmetic rather than systemic, with only technical adjustments in the law, restricted amnesties, and punishment by the army of former insurgents rather than clemency from the courts. Turkey must now undertake bold legal and peace initiatives, or it could lose not only its coveted place in Europe, but also the chance for peace within its borders.
At a recent press conference in Istanbul, Turkey's renowned novelist Yasar Kemal and four other noted Turkish writers declared, "At present, Turkey is seen as betraying the vital injunctions of human rights and democracy. Even Turkish government officials admit to this fact." The writers called on the government to end the bloodshed in the southeast and to embrace "her Kurdish citizens" and allow them "to preserve their language, their cultural identity and to live within the unity of the Turkish Republic as free citizens."
The justice minister is revising the penal code. The majority of writers imprisoned in Turkey fell foul of the hundreds of laws that effectively prohibit discussion of the Kurdish situation as "disseminating separatist propaganda" and "inciting racial hatred."
Until a recent amnesty that conditionally released many journalists and writers from prison for their writing, Turkey had more than 100 writers entangled in the judicial processes - more than any other country, reports International PEN.
One of the indexes as to whether Turkey makes real progress and turns this moment into a future of fuller democracy and human rights will be the fate of its writers. One in particular casts a shadow over Turkey's claims of reform. The blind poet Esber Yagmurdereli remains in jail because his most recent offense was spoken, not written. Originally imprisoned in 1978, he remained there for 13 years before being conditionally released in 1991. Upon his release, he spoke out at a meeting in defense of Kurdish rights. This speech eventually sent him back to prison, where he is serving a 10-month sentence and the remainder of his original term. Because his case did not fall under the amnesty, he is not scheduled for release until around 2015.
His son Ugur, now 21, has seen his father only six years out of prison. "I try to visit him now on Sundays, but the prison is far away from Istanbul. He has a typewriter and can write, but he isn't doing that well," his son told me recently.
When Yagmurdereli had to return to prison in 1997, he declared, "There is nothing further I can do. I am ready to go to jail and wait for a political decision, for political change, for constitutional change, that will allow me to be freed."
As long as Yagmurdereli remains in prison, as long as Nadire Mater, a Turkish journalist facing charges for her book of interviews with soldiers serving in the southeast, faces the the prospect of prison, as long as Akin Birdal, released for only six months, faces the prospect of returning to prison, Turkey remains doggedly on this side of a new age. As we reach the end of this century, there are some people in Turkey who are hoping.
*Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, a vice president of International PEN and a board member of Human Rights Watch, recently returned from Turkey, where she met with government officials and writers on behalf of International PEN.
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"billclausen," to answer your question, this story was published once, July 24, 2012.
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Personalization: Authenticity & Execution
By Marti Tedesco in Events, Featured on February 7, 2014
If you had the good fortune to hear Bert Jacobs the CEO of Life is Good deliver his keynote at NRF, you have a good sense of what authenticity means. Here is a guy (and his brother) who have taken their values and extended them throughout their company, their brand and their relationships with their customers.
Reflections on NRF2014 Opening Weekend – Super Saturday, Millennial Shopping and More…
By Dan Darnell in Events, Featured, Mobile Commerce, Retail on January 13, 2014
This weekend I attended the Retail Orphan Initiative Super Saturday event (#ROISS on Twitter) was a great mix of context, content and community. Speakers talked about the mission of ROI to help build and support orphans around the world from Honduras to Liberia.
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By Jen Burns in Events, Featured, Machine Learning on October 10, 2013
At the SHOP.org in the "Future of Technologies" session, I heard about advancements like wearable technologies and robotics with even more changes and technologies to come.
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By Marti Tedesco in Events, Featured on June 19, 2013
In addition to being ahead of the curve on social marketing, JackThreads and its parent company Thrillist, have figured out how to create a virtuous cycle of content, engagement and conversion. When Jason Ross sold his company in 2010 to Ben Lerer and the Thrillist organization, it's doubtful that they realized the scale of the alliance they had made ... Read More »
Best Practices in Social Commerce
By Jen Burns in Events, Featured on June 14, 2013
PetFlow, a 3yr old company set to hit $65MM in online sales in 2013, covered "how social marketing became the rocket fuel for a small startup." The co-founder and IRCE speaker, Alex Zhardanovsky, claimed he was nervous, but the results he shared on his company's success were both humorous and engaging. Customers engage with Facebook's rich demographic focusing capabilities PetFlow shared their frustrations with ... Read More »
The Pulse of Online Shopping at IRCE 2013
By Jen Burns in Events, Featured on June 12, 2013
At IRCE last week, Gian Fulgoni, Chairman of ComScore covered the results of their recent report: The UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper. The report which surveyed over 3,000 participants, gave great insight in to the pre- and post-purchase expectations of online shopping. Here are the report's major insights: Tablets and Mobile devices Today, stores are displaying more and more "tablet" ... Read More »
To Deliver a Great Customer Experience, Know Thy Customer
By Marti Tedesco in Events, Featured, Retail on March 13, 2013
The mottos of top performing teams- sports or otherwise, tend to be really simple. For example, Nordstrom, the beloved retail powerhouse says this on their website: "Since 1901, we've been committed to providing our customers with thebest possible service—and to improving it every day." When Jamie Nordstrom thinks about the customer experience they deliver, he knows that their ecommerce experience ... Read More »
Tips and Trends for Incorporating Social Channels into the Web Experience
By Jen Burns in Events, Social Network on March 12, 2013
In a panel discussion on the future of social media and its integration with the web, several questions were asked to panel participants from Urban Outfitters, Jetblue, Under Armour and start-up company Reevo. Panelists described their objective for social media as bringing humanity back, customer support and showing personality of the brand and even personality of the store ... Read More »
Tracking Attribution for Customer Engagement and Conversion
By Marti Tedesco in Events on March 11, 2013
Attending speaking sessions at eTail West one starts to realize that not all online retailers are as sophisticated as the rest. In the session I attended yesterday, the talk was all about attribution. While most retailers can talk knowledgeably about the buyers journey or the "path to purchase", not all have the same level of sophistication when it comes to tracking customers ... Read More »
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By Marti Tedesco in eCommerce, Events on March 7, 2013
Personally, I love David Brooks. His op-ed articles and book The Social Animal display a thoughtfulness and intellect that goes beyond most editorialists these days. His recent New York Times article What Data Can't Do (February 18, 2013) seems like it could have been written by a Baynote data scientist. In particular, Brooks mentions the fact that "Data obscures values… data is ... Read More »


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Majestic hills and dramatic cliffs, vibrant flowers and quiet fields, quaint little houses, neat gardens, and the night I spent in a cozy cottage.
Unlike the stifling city life of Guwahati, Shillong is a sleepy town where night descends early. You can lie in the warm embrace of your love or you can cozy up in bed with a book or, if you are a bit of a dreamer, you can spend the night at the porch steps, watching the lights go off in the distance and soak in the tranquility of solitude. It is a perfect weekend getaway for rejuvenating oneself.
The night of my stay was windy, with a hint of chill in the air, not much for warm clothes but enough to give you the goose bumps. I could see the stars twinkling, the moon spilling its light over the grey clouds. The distant hills stood vigil against the sky. A hollow sound echoed as the wind drifted past the trees. The swaying leaves made different shapes and shadows by the tiny yellow light, above the porch.
I stayed at the Royal Heritage Tripura Castle which had suites with gabled roof, bay windows and tiered backyard garden. There was a white wall, to my right, flanking the garden, with vines snaking through it. On my left, a green picket fence ran the length of the lawn, broken at places by big and crooked trees. Lights dotted the carpet grass at intervals and two chairs sat just in the centre, beneath a large tree. The picture looked straight out of a Nora Roberts story.
I felt a pang of envy. How good it would be to come home to such surroundings, everyday. To sit at the porch and enjoy the sights, all the day's tiredness melting away, inch by inch. I remember lying on the steps, beneath the stars. At one point, I thought I saw a wishing star and my heart skipped a beat. Oh, the legend of wishes coming true, wished upon a wishing star still manages to thrill me. Normally, wishing stars just zoom away even before you could conjure up a wish. But, this one was passing by, in its own leisure. I lay there for some time watching its progress, my mind giving the verdict that it was an aircraft but my heart making a wish anyway. There was some magic in the air that night, a subtle intoxication that played with my senses.
I don't know for how long I sat there, just gazing. But it was one of those times when you feel connected to your own self, when the world seems to blur away, when you get a new perspective on everything that has gone by, everything that is and everything that will be. Such moments are what keep us sane, don't you think? With the hope of many more such instances, I went back into my room and to the life I had kept aside for a few days.


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