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Announcing first national gathering of sex trade survivors this weekend – Media Release
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See also: Anti sex trade conference, survivor stories book launch Melbourne April 9-10
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See also: Anti sex trade conference, survivor stories book launch Melbourne April 9-10
How come the sex industry never has anything to say about the johns and punters – the kind of men, for example, who share their ratings of women with other men in the way you might recommend a meal or place to stay? While they continue to roll out selected prostituted women as human shields* to talk about how wonderful the industry is (for example on Canberra's ABC 666 last Friday in promoting an exhibition of the sex industry at the Canberra Museum- more to come on this), excluded is any response to the men who treat women in the trade as pieces of meat.
Men who buy women and children for sex often regard them as less than human. We know this because the men themselves openly say so both in research and on customer review websites where men detail and rank the 'services' of the women they buy. These websites showcase the contempt these men have for the women they exploit.
We've collected a small sample of quotes from men who buy women. Several main themes emerge.
"Being with a prostitute is like having a cup of coffee- once you're done with it, you throw it out." Source
"I have an easier time treating them worse." Source
"For gods sake woman…I just want you to get naked and suck my cock!…If you like big tits, she is your girl. Too much like hard work for me." Source
"Some of the girls are lovely but most are just holes to f*ck." Source
"She's a sad waste of good girl flesh." Source
"If you want an attractive receptacle for your semen she will do." Source
"LOL what beautiful girls OMG! WTF are you talking about dogg??? They are all old as fuck and the only young ones are ugly junkies lol rather fuck a blow up doll lol" Source
"I don't want them to get any pleasure. I am paying for it and it is her job to give me pleasure. If she enjoys it I would feel cheated." Source
"…She said "NO!" Sorry, what do you mean NO, this is what I paid for." Source
"Well, she certainly knows what she's doing and how to please a man. And there's no damn nonsense about 'don't do this' and 'I don't want it in there' either. So, in a word, a perfect whore." Source
"She was definitely on something…her oral (covered) was mechanical to say the least…No interaction at all. I know not all the girls enjoy it, but I'm not paying them to enjoy it- just to pretend that they are." Source
"I took the lead and it was like shagging a corpse…Someone should inform her that a part of the job is to show some enjoyment and give some pleasure back to the punter." Source
"THERE ARE NO BOUNDARIES" Source
"If my fiancée won't give me anal, I know someone who will." Source
"You get to treat a ho like a ho…you can find a ho for any type of need – slapping, choking, aggressive sex beyond what your girlfriend will do – you won't do stuff to your girlfriend that will make her lose her self esteem." Source
"I guess the big thing is the control aspect of it. When you're with a prostitute you have control over what happens. You get to have control over what you do, when, how, in what order, and I like that." Source
"I would have no issue making a girl do what I want, after all that is what I pay for. 60 minutes of HER time to make ME happy doing whatever I want. If she doesn't like it she is in the wrong game. I never spit on a girl but I have raised my hand to a girl." Source
"I wish she had loosened up or pretended to be into it more. She grimaced as I came on her which was a turn off…Would recommend for those interested in ethnic girls, big boobs…just wish she'd lighten up a bit." Source
"[She] pulled away, which really put me off. She didn't seem to like her hair being touched…she just seemed really on edge for the whole, short time I was with her." Source
"She had the gagging expression on her face…again she just lay there and complained about it hurting." Source
"I got the impression she was somewhere else, and even though she looked, she wouldn't make eye contact. Total waste of cash. The management should starve girls like this to make them perform." Source
"Overall, she is quite attractive, but doesn't have a great attitude and gives the impression that she doesn't really want to be here." Source
"Onto the sex which was the best part as Hana was tight and able to take instuctions [sic] well. Her English is non existant [sic] in April but may be better now. Lucky for me i was able to converse in some Korean with her."- 'Might and Power', Punter Planet, 19 June 2011
"The thing that struck me was the absence of the usual cheerful welcoming manner I enjoy with most other Thai girls. She did flash a pretty smile once or twice but mostly made it glumly obvious that my visit was just a chore for her. So although I got my semen extracted, I couldn't call that a joyful hour." Source
"Cold and passive. I tried to talk to her to understand if there was an issue: homesickness, personal event? Unfortunately with her poor English, I could barely get a few words as an answer…She remained passive and distant." Source
"Ukrainian brunette in her teenage years…She seemed disinterested and took off her clothes as if she was merely doing a duty, alarm bells started ringing as she lay down on the bed without a word, no attempt at trying to warm up and break the ice…Her English is poor…[she] seemed nervous and fidgety." Source
"Unenthusiastic, dispassionate…she claimed afterwards that she was "just tired" but I suspect she's not cut out for being a WG [Working Girl]. I wonder if it would be stretching a thought too far to question if she had in any way been coerced?" Source
As Mary Lucille Sullivan pointed out in her book Making Sex Work, "The [sex] buyer's economic power means he determines how the sexual act will be played out. Buyers believe their purchasing power entitles them to demand any type of sex they want." It is clear that many men are more concerned with the quality of the 'sexual service' than the fact that women they pay to exploit are not there by choice.
See Also:
Customer reviews of prostituted women- The Invisible Men Project
Who are the invisible men buying women in Brisbane?
Quotes from Australian sex buyers- Johns Australia
The Guardian: Why men use prostitutes
Comparing sex buyers with men who don't buy sex
Earlier this month, ABC's Lateline dedicated a segment to exploring Sweden's solution to prostitution and trafficking. The 'Nordic model' criminalises the demand for commercial sexual exploitation, decriminalizes those exploited, and provides exit programs for individuals in prostitution who want to leave the industry.
Various human rights campaigners and organisations along with prostitution survivors advocate for the implementation of the Nordic model, with former US president Jimmy Carter calling it 'the only workable solution'. Nordic legislation has been implemented in a growing number of countries around the world, and the European Parliament overwhelmingly voted in favour of it.
Gunilla Ekberg explained the rationale behind criminalizing buyers of sex and decriminalizing the sellers:
"One of the cornerstones of Swedish policies against prostitution and trafficking in human beings is the focus on the root cause, the recognition that without men's demand for and use of women and girls for sexual exploitation, the global prostitution industry would not be able to flourish and expand."
While there are countless debates over the notion of 'choice' for women and children in the sex trade, largely missing from these discussions is the role of men who make choices to buy women and children for sexual exploitation.
As The Invisible Men Project suggests, "Let's talk about his choices."
Over half are married or in a de-facto relationship
The sex industry attempts to obscure the realities of prostitution, including its gendered nature. It is primarily men buying mainly women and children. According to Detective Inspector Simon Haggstrom of the Stockholm Police Prostitution Unit, in the 15 years since buying sex has been criminalized, they have not found a single woman paying for sex. While the media narrative tends to depict lonely or even disabled men who are just looking for some companionship or someone to talk to, a major international study found that over half were married or in a de-facto relationship.
One exited woman shed some light on why men in committed intimate relationships buy women. She said, "I spent 15 years servicing men and allowing them to use me any way they saw fit. I've had clients confess that the things they paid me to do were things they would never ask their wives, whom they respected, or their "child's mother" to do.
The study describes how men who pay to sexually exploit women are aware of the harms to women they exploit:
"The sex buyers had an extensive awareness of the intimate relationship between coercion, prostitution and trafficking."
"Many (41%) of the sex buyers used women who they knew were controlled by pimps at the time they used her."
"Both sex buyers and non-sex buyers evidenced extensive knowledge of the physical and psychological harms of prostitution."
"Two thirds of both the sex buyers and the non-sex buyers observed that a majority of women are lured, tricked, or trafficked into prostitution."
"Many of them had an awareness of the economic coercion and lack of alternatives in women's entry into prostitution."
"Almost all of the sex buyers and non-sex buyers shared the opinion that minor children are almost always available for prostitution in bars, massage parlours, escort and other prostitution in Boston."
But this awareness didn't stop them:
"The knowledge that women have been exploited, coerced, pimped or trafficked failed to deter sex buyers from buying sex."
The men surveyed agreed that the most effective deterrents to buying sex would be being placed on a sex offender registry, public exposure, significant fines and jail time.
Since Sweden's legislation criminalising the buying of sex, considerable progress has been made. According to research from the Nordic Gender Institute, the number of men buying sex has decreased from 13.6% in 1996 to 7.9% in 2008. Street prostitution in Sweden has halved while in neighbouring countries such as Norway and Denmark it is estimated to be three times higher. Police have intercepted phone correspondence between pimps and traffickers who now regard Sweden as an unattractive market and suggest Denmark, Germany or Holland (where prostitution is legal) as alternatives. Reportedly, there has been a cultural shift in Sweden where it is no longer considered acceptable to purchase another person.
As proponents of the Nordic model attest, we cannot oppose sex trafficking of women and children and support the commercial sexual exploitation of women and children that is prostitution. Sex trafficking would cease to exist if men stopped buying women. There can never be gender equality while women are commodities to be bought and sold.
Lateline: Sweden's Laws protect prostitutes while dismantling their trade
The Guardian: Why men use prostitutes
Comparing Sex Buyers with men who don't buy sex
The Ban against the Purchase of Sexual Services: An evaluation 1999-2008
10 myths about prostitution, trafficking and the Nordic model
Reprinted from Collective Shout.
…the reality of prostitution is not a romantic fantasy but a tragic horror story. Sadly, in my work with Exodus Cry, my colleagues and I have encountered young women who have told us that Pretty Women lured them into the sex industry by leading them to believe that prostitution was glamorous and romantic. We interviewed one such girl for our documentary about sex trafficking. Stephanie was sexually abused as a child and entered into prostitution underage. She was dominated by an abusive, controlling pimp and trafficked for sex…. She told us, "I watched the movie, Pretty Woman, and I was like, well gosh, look at her, she's beautiful, she's making money, she's meeting guys, and she fell in love with this guy, and she's living in this nice hotel suite, and has everything she wants, and she's fallen in love, man I need to become a ho. That's what I thought, so, that's what I did. I experienced nothing like Pretty Woman, it's totally, totally different. I've been held hostage at gunpoint, raped, robbed, strangled, beaten up, everything, by customers." Read full article here.
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St. Paul, who first met the band when they made an appearance on the long-running British soap Coronation Street, directed the action film with comic elements, starring the band themselves as well as comedian Jon Lovitz and Eastenders' Craig Fairbrass at locations on Fiji last April.
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Ex-MySQL chief puts open source in its place
From disruptor to innovator
Structure 2010 What's bigger than open source? Cloud computing. Plus it's a force for positive change.
That's according to Marten Mickos, the recently recruited chief executive of Eucalyptus Systems – the startup that's partnering with Canonical on open-source computing clusters.
Mickos was CEO of MySQL and then leader of the MySQL business at Sun Microsystems after the former systems giant bought the must-have open-source database for $1bn in 2008. Mickos left Sun after a last-ditch re-org in early 2009.
In an interview with Dell's cloud-computing evangelist Barton George at Structure 2010, Mickos said he "begged" for the CEO's position at Eucalyptus, having realized cloud would become the biggest thing he'll experience in the industry.
"MySQL was a disruptor of the old, but Eucalyptus is and innovator of the new and that's a very major difference in terms of business model and go to market and strategic position," he said.
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Curt Schilling's video game company heads to bankruptcy court
(AP) Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's failed video game company heads to a federal bankruptcy court in Delaware, as work begins to sort out what can be salvaged from a company that says it owes more than $270 million.
Curt Schilling's video game company faces possible failure
The hearing for 38 Studios is scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday. His spokeswoman says he will not attend the hearing.
The company was lured to Rhode Island from Massachusetts in 2010 after the state gave it a $75 million loan guarantee. It and its Maryland-based affiliate, 38 Studios Baltimore, closed their doors last month and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection.
Schilling has said the collapse of the company has probably cost him his entire baseball fortune.


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It's a wonder we were actually able to suck any information out of this newsletter from the 2008 North American International Auto Show. Despite the gratuitous use of overlapping words, photos and colored boxes, we were able to focus on the text long enough to figure out there's some info on the unveilings we can expect in Detroit. Click through to find out what Ford, Kia, Hyundai, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Suzuki and Subaru have planned for Detroit.
Ford: Another take on the Ford Verve that showed up at the Frankfurt Auto Show, hinting at the next generation subcompact to be sold in the US. Expect this iteration to ditch the hatch for a trunk.
Kia: A 2009-model SUV based on the Mesa concept. The seven-seater will be Kia's largest SUV yet.
Hyundai: The production version of the V8-powered, rear-wheel drive Genesis large sedan. Execs are saying the price will come in well under $30K, and horsepower of the new V8 at around 380.
Mazda: It's supposed to be a toned-down concept based on the Nagare (pictured) styling. But have you ever seen a toned-down Mazda concept? Yeah, they don't exist.
Mercedes-Benz: The unveil of a production model, likely the midsized GLK crossover.
Mitsubishi: They'll show both a concept and a production car, with more details expected in December.
Suzuki: It's the North American debut of a concept unveiled at Tokyo, meaning it'll be old news.
Subaru A global debut. Speculate at will.


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Closet Organizing Systems (COS) was selected for two Top Shelf Design Awards to be announced at the 2012 Closet and Home Organizing Expo at the Austin Convention Center on February 15th in Austin, TX. COS was selected for a melamine office system design and solid/wood veneer closet system. This is the 9th time that COS has been awarded a Top Shelf Design award by Closet Magazine over the last 7 years since its inception.
In the home office category Carey Ekstrom received a Top Shelf Award for her unique office solutions for a sitting/sun room adjacent to the client's kitchen and living room. The client worked from home and required a functional, yet attractive workspace that blends with the family entertainment activities and compliments the visibility from both the kitchen and living room areas. Transforming a dated, non-functional area into an attractive, warm and inviting multi-purpose area in the home in which the family now looks forward to spending time together.
In the Wood Veneer category Bill Curran received a Top Shelf Award a cherry stained master closet system simulated leather inserts in the door panels, thicker vertical side panels, full backing, and matching top and bottom moulding throughout the room. The closet was designed with a peninsula island cabinet with his/hers hampers, jewelry drawers, viewing mirror, and granite countertop which doubled for folding and packing clothes. The space also included a window seat bench with drawer storage and an upper lighting valance which is flanked by more hanging storage.
Awards were presented by TV personality Amanda LeBlanc of The Style Networks show "The Amada's" at the 2012 Top Shelf Design Awards in Austin Texas.


text: Every year between 250 000 and 500 000 people suffer a spinal cord injury, with road traffic crashes, falls and violence as the three leading causes. People with spinal cord injury are two to five times more likely to die prematurely. They also have lower rates of school enrollment and economic participation than people without such injuries. Spinal cord injury has costly consequences for the individual and society, but it is preventable, survivable and need not preclude good health and social inclusion. Ensuring an adequate medical and rehabilitation response, followed by supportive services and accessible environments, can help minimize the disruption to people with spinal cord injury and their families. The aims of International perspectives on spinal cord injury are to: • assemble and summarize information on spinal cord injury, in particular the epidemiology, services, interventions and policies that are relevant, together with the lived experience of people with spinal cord injury;• make recommendations for actions based on this evidence that are consistent with the aspirations for people with disabilities as expressed in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.


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Fan with smartphone wrote:How many will they take?
Players I'd like to see, with the only potential lion included being Payne.
1. Kilcoyne, Buckley.
2. Scannell, Tracy, Strauss or maybe Heffernan.
3. Ryan, Bealham, Bent.
4. Treadwell, Molony.
5. Roux,
8. Conan, O'Donoghue.
9. Marmion, McGrath.
10. Jackson, Carbery.
11. Stockdale
12. Scannell, Olding.
13. Marshall
14. Byrne, probably Sweetnam.
15. Payne, Conway.
simonokeeffe wrote:Treadwell has been catching their eye apparently
Id leave Molony with his feedbag and take Holland instead, plus Dillane
Ruddock and TOD
Ringrose TOH
Fan with smartphone wrote: Is McCloskey not injured too dropkick?
Ruckedtobits wrote:Maybe this is little bit like the obvious game but surely Joe will be trying to take the players (other than those selected for the Lions) who will make the RWC 2019 in Japan?.
simonokeeffe wrote:am loving, well mildly amused by, how 99% of the coverage of the extra coaches is ROG but the 2 other home grown coaches currently coaching at European semi finalists are barely getting any mention from the lamestream meeja
bamboozle wrote:I wouldnt be surprised in JJ Hanrahan and Farrell will both be selected given they will be playing in Ireland next season.
Given the travel involved and the long season, I'd nearly like to see 25 men go to the US for that test, after which half of them are excused from the Japan leg.
then fly another 12-15 straight to Japan for the final 2 tests, but these would have the benefit of a weeks break rather than flying to the US
If it was my choice I'd only consider players who'll be in a shout for the wc in 2 years.
Dave Cahill wrote:Ruckedtobits wrote:Maybe this is little bit like the obvious game but surely Joe will be trying to take the players (other than those selected for the Lions) who will make the RWC 2019 in Japan?.
Or, he'll bring the players who will make the Autumn Internationals squad - the RWC in 2019 is probably fifth on his priority list right now
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Waypoint is a waypoint manager that allows you to save and manage waypoints. Waypoints can be plotted on a map to access information about the waypoint or viewed in Google Maps to access directions, streetviews, or topographical map data if available.
Waypoint allows you to easily organize your location data by creating categories which specify the type of location data being stored. Three types of location data are supported, Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks. The type of location data choosen for each category will determine how the data is mapped and exported using the export to GPX feature.
Categories can be used to store your favorite fishing, boating, hunting, parking, or any other kind of location data you can think of.
Categories and Waypoints are all fully manageable: Create, Rename, Move waypoints between categories, and Delete.
Waypoint can also notify you when you are within a certain distance of your waypoint by enabling the Proximity Alert feature. With the proximity alert enabled you will receive a system notification indicating your are within the set proximity of your waypoint. This feature can be set in the Edit Notifications menu item.
Want to share your location with other friends or send your friends your Waypoints? Use the Share Location and Share Waypoint feature to easily email, SMS, Facebook, Twitter, etc. your locations to your friends. This feature is only available in Waypoint Pro.
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The ICN Research Network met during the ICN Quadrennial Congress in Durban, July 2009. This is the sixth meeting of the Research Network since its establishment in 1999. About 350 participants with diverse research expertise and interests attended the meeting. The session was chaired by Linda Van Blerk, South Africa.
Highlights of the discussions
Following an overview of the ICN Research Network, its aim, scope and membership, there were brief presentations and discussions on the following areas:
- Hand hygiene to address infection rates including MRSA, Claire Kilpatrick, WHO, Geneva.
- ARSI experiences and activities in promoting research, Anne Marrie-Mottaz, France.
- Impact of Infection control practices in a major hospital, Carlo Colombo, Switzerland.
- Effectiveness of Male Circumcision in reducing HIV transmission in males, Peter Johnson, USA.
The presentations were followed by open discussions that highlighted:
- How can the ICN Research Network add value to the work of nurses and nurse researchers?
- What are the research priorities in your setting/county and what should ICN be advocating at international level?
- How could we stimulate involvement of Network members in the activities of the Bulletin?
The participants stressed the importance of research capacity building, particularly in developing countries and ways of integrating research into nursing curricula.


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There is, of course, the first law for grandparents with computers: When the grandchildren come over, they will do something to your electronic gadgets that will render them forever quirky.
I am hardly a computer novice. As a sportswriter for The New York Times, I had the distinction of sending in the paper's very first article by computer, back in 1974.
But now I get bamboozled and frazzled by my grandchildren when they visit: Invariably, they have messed up my computer, my iPad, my iPhone and my iPod.
Just a few weeks ago, 15-year-old Corey asked to use my cellphone. Perhaps I should have asked where his was (lost, once again, I later found out). After he left, I was surprised that I wasn't receiving calls on it. Well, yes I was. Somehow he had turned off the volume.
I got that settled — all I had to do was push one tiny button. But then I began getting texts from what I discerned to be teenage girls, looking for that heartthrob Corey — and followed them up with Facebook postings.
Of course, we want the grandchildren to visit. In fact, we want them desperately, since two of them live in London and two of them live in Florida. But within hours of their arrival, the apartment looks like a Medusa's head of wires. They use so many outlets that I have to move the couch in the den so we can reach the one hidden behind it. Then I wind up with songs on my iPod by people named Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber, vying with Frank Sinatra and Eddie Fisher.
Of course, I'm guilty of some egregious computer mischief myself — I sailed into unfamiliar waters when I wanted to learn more about a young woman my son Mike was dating. So I Facebooked her — and then discovered I had inadvertently plastered her name all over the ether. I had misused an item called "status update," and so whenever anyone looked me up, her name was joined with mine. That brought intense laughter from a grandson and a "You did what?" from my son.
I spent the next hour chasing my name and her name all over the place, trying to untangle them, until I had erased my incriminating search. I was sure I'd be tabbed an online stalker.
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Okemos High School announced Thursday that second year head football coach Jack Wallace is being replaced effective immediately. Okemos has a 0-4 record and plays at Sexton Friday night.
Wallace, 58, compiled a 2-11 record after serving 31 years as head coach at Fowlerville High School.
Okemos High School principal Christine Sermak said in a statement released Thursday afternoon "based on a text that student-athletes received from Coach Wallace last night, Coach Wallace will no longer be coaching football at Okemos High School."
Okemos players were notified of the change at a Thursday morning meeting after school officials met. Assistant coach Mike Krumm will serve as head coach on an interim basis.
Here is the letter sent by Okemos Principal Christine Sermak:
Dear Okemos football parent/guardian,
The purpose of this email is to provide you with accurate information regarding Okemos High School's head football coach, Mr. Jack Wallace. The OHS administration spoke with the varsity football team today during the FLEX period and communicated the following information:
• Based on a text that student-athletes received from Coach Wallace last night, Coach Wallace will no longer be coaching football at Okemos High School.
• Because of this, the administration met this morning to determine a plan to ensure our student-athletes have a quality experience on and off the football field for the remainder of the season.
• In moving forward, Mr. Mike Krumm will serve as interim Head Coach, and Mr. Ethan Fahy will serve as interim Associate Head Coach.
• Administration cannot discuss personnel matters with students, staff, parents/guardians, media, etc.
If you should have further questions, please contact Mr. Ira Childress, Okemos High School Athletic Director.
Christine Sermak
Okemos High School
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Being aware of your customer's needs and handling them effectively is key to providing better customer service and building customer loyalty. An effective CRM system can create better communication channels, collect and analyze vital data on customer interactions and identify new sales and marketing opportunities.
At CompNova, we provide CRM services spanning the entire spectrum of organizational functions. From CRM consulting and business needs analysis, implementation/ rollout and integration to application management and customer service, we do it all.
CompNova's Oracle Siebel CRM expertise
Oracle Siebel CRM is one of the most widely used and comprehensive CRM solutions in the market today. Implementing Oracle Siebel CRM in your organization requires more than just technical implementation. At CompNova, our knowledge of industry business processes and best practices, combined with our ability to align our solutions with the strategic business goals of the organization, can help your business realize the fruits of investing in CRM.
CompNova's Siebel CRM portfolio covers a broad range of cross-functional business functions as well as consulting services to leverage the hosted or on-demand services of Oracle CRM,
We provide business strategies and technical know-how to handle implementation, upgrade and usage of the CRM tools for the automation of data collection, analysis, report building and database management.
The CompNova Oracle CRM edge
At CompNova, we help you build and maintain customer relationships, streamline processes, improve efficiency and reduce costs. Working with us will help you gain several benefits. We provide:
CompNova has wide-ranging expertise and technical strength. With a host of successful implementations and satisfied clients behind us, we are confident that we can provide you with Oracle Siebel CRM implementation and support services that will bring maximum value to your business. Contact us with your Oracle Siebel CRM requirements today and we will provide you with a customized solution that will help you take your business to the next level.
Why enterprise application integration (EAI) services ?
EAI is not a single out-of-the-box package solution but a continuous process to bring disparate computer applications across the organization under a common umbrella to increase functionality and improve performance across the enterprise. The EAI tool paradigm thus serves to streamline business processes across the organization and raise organization efficiency and thus productivity.
Most EAI tools and solutions in the market today seek to go beyond mere linking and sharing of data across disparate enterprise applications. They also help create new and innovative ways to leverage organizational data to improve operational efficiency and provide the competitive edge over market rivals.
WebMethods EAI technologies
The WebMethods platform from Software AG enables your business to move more quickly to address and adapt to changing market trends. WebMethods is based on the SOA (service-oriented architecture) platform which allows developers a flexible and extensible infrastructure in the form of the ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) to develop and add new applications. At CompNova, we enable your business to leverage the power of the WebMethods platform.
At CompNova, we have the qualified technical expertise with WebMethods-certified professionals and sound business knowledge to help you with your WebMethods deployments.
Our expertise in WebMethods products and tools include:
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We leverage our in-depth integration expertise to focus on your organization's enterprise goals to optimize business performance. CompNova provides consulting and advisory services on business strategies for integration, integration roadmap, BAM (Business Activity Monitoring) etc
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13 Cup Rain Chain Blue Verde Copper
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An attractive alternative to a gutter downspout. A compliment to any building. All rain chains are made of pure copper and are 8 1/2 feet or more in length. Rain Chains are easy to install and are easy to customize to the length you need. Single link extensions are available in 3 foot increments to accommodate almost any gutter height.
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A fatal shooting outside a Tinley Park convenience store last week stemmed from a Craigslist website transaction to swap electronics goods that turned into an argument when the victim and assailant met to close the deal, Cook County prosecutors said Saturday.
Christopher Dyson, 18, was charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery after he and Thomas Mastro, 24, allegedly fought over an online gaming system outside a 7-Eleven convenience store, prosecutors and police said.
Dyson, of 16631 Winchester Avenue in Markham, allegedly agreed to trade his iPhone for Mastro's PlayStation gaming system after Mastro placed an ad on Craigslist, said Assistant State's Attorney Dan Calandriello.
The two met at the 7-Eleven in Tinley Park on Thursday around 3 p.m. to make the exchange, Calandriello said.
A video obtained by police shows Dyson placing a box inside a Mercedes Benz, according to Calandriello.
Mastro, of the 6900 block of Coachwood Trail in Tinley Park, retrieved the box and the two began to struggle over it before Dyson pulled out a gun and shot Mastro in the chest, Calandriello alleged.
Dyson put the box in his car and sped out of the parking lot and headed north on Oak Park Avenue.
A witness flagged down an off-duty Tinley Park police officer nearby, who started chasing after Dyson, sometimes at speeds faster than 90 mph, according to Calandriello.
Dyson abandoned his car in the parking lot of an Oak Forest restaurant and fled into a nearby forest preserve, Calandriello said. He was arrested after a 45-minute manhunt, police said.
On Saturday, Dyson was ordered held without bail.
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Antwerp, Belgium, June 25, 2014 – Befesa GRI is an international company specializing in chemical cleaning for the petrochemical industry, power plants and thermo solar plants. To clean their newly installed steam pipe network in the Algeciras power plant (south of Spain), the company needed oil-free compressed air.
June 25, 2014
Flushing of new pipe network
The steam pipe network of the Algeciras power plant had to be filled with oil-free air at 32 bar which then had to suddenly be released through two big silencers. In doing so, dirt and debris could be blown away, which is called air blowing.
10 PNS's did the job
The combination of the right equipment and know-how made Atlas Copco Rental the perfect fit for the job. 10 PNS's first filled the pipe network at 24 bar and then fed 2 boosters, in single stage operation, that supplied the 32 bar. Additionally 45 bar line filters were installed to ensure the air quality requirements regarding oil content were met (0.001ppm). To make sure the compressed air flow would not exceed the maximum capacity, and thus blow away the filters, Befesa GRI placed a calibrated orifice after the line filters to limit the flow.
Success factors
" We are impressed by the speed at which the Atlas Copco Rental compressors could fill and flush the system. The combined availability of the PNS's, the boosters and competent personnel of both Atlas Copco Rental and Befesa GRI made this project a success. "
Atlas Copco is a world-leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions. The Group serves customers with innovative compressors, vacuum solutions and air treatment systems, construction and mining equipment, power tools and assembly systems. Atlas Copco develops products and service focused on productivity, energy efficiency, safety and ergonomics. The company was founded in 1873, is based in Stockholm, Sweden, and has a global reach spanning more than 180 countries. In 2015, Atlas Copco had revenues of BSEK 102 (BEUR 11) and more than 43 000 employees.
Specialty Rental is a division within Atlas Copco's Construction Technique business area. It serves customers in the industry segments around the world with temporary air, nitrogen, steam and power rental solutions. The specialty rental services are offered under several brands. The divisional headquarters is located in Houston, USA.
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2013 Sports Illustrated Bathing Suit Models In Nothing But Body Paint.
The 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is out and as they've done in the past, they have featured the body painting of Joanne Gair on several of the models. Wearing nothing but Joanne's talent upon their skin, here's a look at many of Walter Iooss Jr.'s photographs of models Alyssa Miller, Anne V, Ariel Meredith, Chrissy Teigen, Kate Upton, and Nina Agdal.
All photos in this post were taken by sports photographer Walter Iooss Jr. with body paint and makeup by Joanne Gair using products by Reel Creations and Tinsley Make-up FX Studio.
Since this post contains images that may violate Google's Ad Sense policy, it has been moved to our Tumblr blog where you can see it uncensored.
You can see more images of each of these models (although I have featured the best ones) at SI's swimsuit edition site here.
See more of Joanne Gair's work and her previous painted on swimsuits for Sports Illustrated here.
Looking for the 2014 SI Models in Body Painted Suits? Find that here.


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Marathon Boy Trailer (2010)
Trailer for the documentary Marathon Boy.
At three, Budhia Singh had already run six 13-mile half-marathons. Born into the slums of Bhubaneswar in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Budhia's mother sold him to a peddler for 800 rupees. Not long after Biranchi Das, a judo teacher who also runs an orphanage, bought him back, and soon discovers Budhia's talent for running.. But when Biranchi has the four year old Budhia run 42 miles, the debate begins: is he providing Budhia with a rare opportunity, or is he exploiting a boy too young to know what he really wants. When the government gets involved the case becomes a political football, and rumours of vast sums of money attract gangsters eager to drive a wedge between Biranchi and Budhia. What starts out as a real Slumdog Millionaire turns into a the stuff of film noir, a tale of dreams, greed, and envy, with a child at its center.
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Davis Theatre
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Not much known about this theatre other than it was opened February 15, 1915 as a live theatre. It had a narrow Neo-Classical style facade extending back to a large auditorium in back. The area has been replaced by modern construction now.
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The Davis Theatre was built by, and named for, Charles Lindley Davis, an actor, playwright, and impresario who also built and operated the Alvin Theatre in Pittsburgh.
A 1922 book, History of Pittsburgh and environs, has this to say about Davis's theater operations:
"The Harry Davis Stock Company, another Pittsburgh enterprise, controls the Alvin Theatre, presenting first class road companies, and under this management is also the Davis Theatre, built and opened in 1915, a member of the Keith's circuit, where the highest class refined vaudeville entertainments are given. Under this management are also the Grand Opera House and the Lyric Theatre."Davis also controlled the Alvin Theatre in New York City.
I have to correct my previous comment. The Davis Theatre was built in 1915, six years after Charles Davis died. I've been unable to determine the exact relationship between Charles Davis and Harry Davis, but I know that after C.L. Davis' death, Harry Davis took control of his theatrical enterprises.
The obituary of C. L. Davis (Charles Lindley; born Alvin Joslin, which where the Alvin name comes from) is available online at the New York times, and according to that he had no living relatives.
It is known Harry Davis was the brother-in-law of John P. Harris; those two co-founded either the first Nickelodeon or certainly one of the first in Pittsburgh in 1905.
That's what happens when I read a source too quickly and I'm not fully awake yet. I forgot that I'd already noted on the Alvin (Gateway) Theatre page that Charles Davis had sold that house to B.F. Keith's circuit in 1900 (I've been unable to discover what became of his Alvin in New York.)
The Davis Theatre obviously must have been named for Harry Davis. Over the years a number of his theaters, including the Davis, were operated in a pooling deal with the Kieth circuit. It was apparently through the deal with Keith that the Pittsburgh Alvin came under the Harry Davis company's management.
The current Neil Simon Theatre in New York was known as the Alvin from its opening in 1927 until it was renamed for the playwright in 1983. However, according to the theater's information at the IBDB, this Alvin was named for Alex A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley. I am wondering if thee was an earlier Alvin in New York.
At Google Books a few days ago I came across a reference to Davis having an Alvin Theatre in New York in the late 19th century, but now I can't find it. I'm wondering if it was another of those things I read too quickly and misunderstood. The earlier Alvin in New York might be a figment.
I've come across another interesting book, published in 1909, which has a few brief paragraphs about both Davises and B.F. Keith. The passage about Charles Davis is quite derogatory about his play, calling it "…perhaps the poorest vehicle in the way of a play that was ever inflicted on an audience." A later paragraph makes reference to a conflict between Harry Davis and Keith in which Keith apparently attempted to take over Davis's operations, but no details are given. It sounds like an interesting story, but I've been unable to find any source that tells it all.
Open 1915-~1945? Can anyone verify the exact dates?
More info and photos are always welcome.
The Davis Theatre opened February 15, 1915 with the Famous Davis Players in "Baby Mine"
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Carl's Jr. Scoops Fast-Food Competitors with Better Milkshakes
Nov 16, 2005
New Shakes and Malts Feature Real Milk and Ice Cream, Blended to Order
CARPINTERIA, Calif. - November 16 - Carl's Jr.® is introducing Hand-Scooped Ice Cream Shakes & Malts™, individually blended to order using real ice cream and real milk. The new, top-of-the-line milkshakes and malts were developed as the ideal complement to the chain's premium charbroiled hamburgers. The strategy is part of Carl's Jr. continuing effort to develop and offer sit-down-restaurant-quality menu items with the convenience of fast food.
"The quality and taste of our new ice cream milkshakes and malts are head-and-shoulders above anything being served by any major fast-food chain today," said Brad Haley, executive vice president of marketing for Carl's Jr. "In fact, most fast-food chains have never made real milkshakes, preferring instead to make the faster and cheaper shakes that are machine-made using a liquid shake mix — and most of those can't even legally be referred to as ice cream."
"Now Carl's Jr. has brought back the great taste of classic diner milkshakes and malts. Each shake is prepared with real ice cream that is hand-scooped and individually blended with milk and a choice of vanilla, chocolate or strawberry syrup. We'll even mix in real malted milk powder for those guests who want to go retro and order a malt."
Hand-Scooped Ice Cream Shakes & Malts are currently available in most Carl's Jr. restaurants for a suggested retail price of $2.89, although prices may vary. The 16-oz. milkshakes and malts are served in clear plastic cups with clear plastic domed lids filled with whipped topping, similar to the frozen beverages served at high-end coffeehouses. The chain announced that it will offer vanilla, chocolate and strawberry flavors, and plans to introduce periodic seasonal flavors in the future.
"One of our chief goals with the introduction of our line of 100-percent Angus beef Six Dollar Burgers™ more than four years ago was to deliver the quality of sit-down restaurant burgers at a fast-food place," added Haley. "Now, we've done the same thing with our Hand-Scooped Ice Cream Shakes & Malts. Together with one of our famous charbroiled burgers, they make a perfect combination."
Carl's Jr. is launching the product with a new commercial titled "Cow Shake," featuring a large Holstein cow being "shaken" in rhythm to the music of "Get Busy," the hit song by Jamaican reggae star Sean Paul. As Paul sings "shake that thing," a young man attempts to move the rigid black-and-white bovine, whose udder vibrates back and forth with the music. The pay-off line is "Milk ... Shakes." The ad is currently airing in local markets and will also be viewable on www.carlsjr.com.
Carl's Jr. is a wholly owned subsidiary of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) of Carpinteria, Calif. As of the second fiscal quarter ended August 15, 2005, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,159 franchised or company-owned restaurants in 43 states and in 13 countries, including 1,032 Carl's Jr. restaurants, 2,011 Hardee's® restaurants and 100 La Salsa Fresh Mexican Grill® restaurants. For more information, or to find a Carl's Jr. near you, go to www.ckr.com or www.carlsjr.com.


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May 2000 - Newsletter 64
Folk 'N' Brass CD & Cassette
Hip, hip, hip, hooray! We now have copies of this recording after much gnashing of teeth etc. etc. The cassettes were not a problem I have to say but it took three attempts to get the CDs. Just imagine my delight when I put a sample of the 2nd batch on the player. I got as far as track 12 and was beginning to breath a great sigh of relief when it seemed as if death watch beetles were having a meal at our expense and the nearer to the end of the CD I got the louder they chewed. A telephone call to the factory with a gentle hint they should check their computers for death watch beetle dung sorted it out. I now have hundreds of duff CDs in my loft and it is a puzzle to know what to do with them. I mentioned this at the music club a while ago and I very quickly received a few suggestions. Polite ones, of course. Nicky Spooner (the clever young lady who did the drawings for my poetry book) sent me an e-mail with no less than 50 ideas. I haven't room for all of them but here's a few to be getting on with:
Add a piece of ribbon to each and sell them as Christmas decorations.
Give your pet parrot a new mirror.
Use them as templates for making top hats for people with very small heads.
Use around candles to stop the wax dripping on your hand when you are carol singing.
Stop your pet worms from scratching their ears by securing a CD around their necks.
Glue along a central pole leaving a 5cm gap between each CD and use to display your thimble collection.
Place CDs over your glass in summer to prevent flies getting into your drink. Hole for straw provided.
New Accordion/New Recording
Pete's old box was beginning to wheeze a bit (I know, like the group) so he has purchased a new one. He's spending a lot of time running it in at home and recording a musical CD/cassette with Mac and others. We don't have a title for it yet but I can tell you without prejudice that it's going to be a real cracker. The choice and variety of material is excellent and we look forward to launching it around Yetminster Fair time, assuming the afore-mentioned death watch beetles are having a day off.
It's A Fine Thing To Sing Video
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, while Mac and Pete have been rehearsing the music album, I have been in the studio helping to edit the video of the 'Wild Mountain Thyme' recording which we did in the Digby Hall, Sherborne last March. The studio is now all computerised so in theory the process is much quicker. The snag is, of course, with the new-fangled equipment you can do much more. I have been trying to understand what goes on but I fear I am fighting a losing battle. There was a thought at one time that computers would do away with books but the basic instruction book for the video set up is about 2 inches (sorry, I mean 5cm) thick. However Phil seems to know what he's doing (I'll have to find him a few bicycle miles as a bonus) so once again we are aiming for a Yetminster Fair launch date. Earlier if we can make it.
The Yetties Discussion List
Troy Southgate has also established a discussion list for you all. You can find it at: http://www.onelist.com/community/yetties
He says: 'The forum is dedicated to our intrepid heroes Bonny Sartin, Pete Shutler and Mac McCulloch collectively known as The Yetties. Topics may relate to the group's musical development and discography, the social history of Dorset and the writer Thomas Hardy. We particularly welcome your own experiences of having seen or met The Yetties in the flesh, including gig, tape and CD reviews. Come and share with us the warmth and humour of England's most outstanding Folk outfit.' I must confess to a blush or two when I typed the above for Troy but it does seem to be an excellent way of keeping in touch and perhaps doing deals for those deleted LPs and CDs which some of you pick up here and there.


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Bob Cowser, Jr.'s most recent book GREEN FIELDS: CRIME, PUNISHMENT AND A BOYHOOD BETWEEN won "Best Memoir 2010" from the Adirondack Center for Writers, and an excerpt was cited in the Best American Essays 2012. His first book, DREAM SEASON, was a New York Times Book Review "Editor's Choice" and "Paperback Row" selection and was listed among the Chronicle of Higher Education's best-ever college sports books. Cowser is also the author of SCOREKEEPING, a collection of coming-of-age essays, and editor of WHY WE'RE HERE: NEW YORK ESSAYISTS ON LIVING UPSTATE, and his work has appeared widely in American literary magazines, including River Teeth, Fourth Genre, The Pinch, the Missouri Review, Prairie Schooner, Brevity, and Creative Nonfiction. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Cowser grew up in rural west Tennessee. He graduated summa cum laude from Loyola-New Orleans in 1992 with majors in English and Print Journalism, then earned a Master's in English at Marquette University in 1994 and a PhD in creative writing from the University of Nebraska in 1998. He is now Professor of English at St. Lawrence University, where he teaches courses in nonfiction writing and American literature and was named the 2012 Owen D. Young Outstanding Faculty Member. He has taught abroad in France, England, and Denmark.


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One year after the fall of Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian author and activist Ahdaf Soueif is full of hope for the revolution to achieve its final aims of human rights and social justice. In this interview with Christoph Dreyer, she talks about changed Western perceptions of the Arab world, her relation to the Tahrir youth, and the balance between explaining the revolution and taking part in it
As early as September 2010 – before the revolution even in Tunisia had started – you wrote in an opinion piece about the need for Egyptians to mobilize against the regime. Could you have imagined what would happen in your country a few months later?
Ahdaf Soueif: We had known for a long time that something had to happen. But what it would look like, how long it would take, whether it would succeed – these were all very big questions. The prevalent view was to be skeptical that people power could effect great political change. On 24th January 2011, I still said in a TV interview that we all felt change would come, but what shape it would take we didn't know. The next day the revolution kicked off.
One of the recurrent themes of your work has been the attempt to put straight the skewed Western views of the Arab world. Do you think the Arab Spring has brought any progress in this regard?
Soueif: It probably has, although when one deals with the Western media – especially the traditional, established media – very often they only want to talk about the rise of the Islamists to power or the situation of women in the Arab world. It's the same tired old stories that there seem to be no escape from. But events have made this irrelevant. The revolutions in the Arab world are by Arabs and for Arabs, and the rest of the world needs to catch up.
The people who do matter are the people who are actually in contact with the revolution and the people that are conducting it. There is a network of mostly young people all over the world now, who are talking to each other and helping each other and are benefitting from each other's experiences. They don't have these old hang-ups about who is white and who is Muslim. I find that tremendously encouraging and hopeful.
When did you realize that, through your comments and interviews, your role had become that of a chronicler of the revolution for a Western audience?
Soueif: This part of what I've done for a long time because the accident of my geographic and linguistic positioning has put me into this interpretative role. Previously this had happened very much with regard to my writing in the Guardian about Palestine in a new and different way. Once the revolution in Egypt happened, I guess it was unavoidable that all these phone calls started coming from Western media.
Does this kind of confirmation of what you've been doing for so long make you happy in a way?
Soueif: I don't have a problem with this role. It just poses more and more of a problem on a practical level – with my time. The revolution is the sum of every small thing that each one of us does. Therefore everything you can do matters, no matter how small. So that's what I want to be doing all the time, rather than writing or interpreting or explaining. I try to find the balance.
Your involvement in events is also a very personal one: Apart from yourself, many others of your family are involved in the movement, most notably your nephew Alaa Abd El Fattah, the well-known blogger who has become one of the icons of the Egyptian revolution. Has this helped you get more direct access to the feelings of the youth of Tahrir Square?
Soueif: I suppose the fact that all the young people in my family are involved in the revolution, especially Alaa, means that I have kind of a front seat at the events. I know what the young people are thinking, I know what they're planning.
To an extent they also use me. Sometimes there are things for which they need someone older and more established than they are – which doesn't mean that being "established" is a good thing, it's just sometimes useful. For example, they might ask me to mediate between figures from different backgrounds, and I am very happy do these things.
Are there any differences in your own political outlook and that of the youth?
Soueif: Not really, because at the level of ideas, of the great aims of the revolution we are at one: human rights, social justice, freedom. In terms of the mechanics I am very happy to follow their plans and projects. If I have a suggestion I will make it. But it is they who got us to where we are now.
They had the vision and the courage. And the world that we are all trying to fashion is very much their world. So I see the role of people like me is to simply say: Anything you want to use me for, I'm here.
When would you consider the Egyptian revolution to be complete?
Soueif: The revolution is a living and ongoing process, but it will be in a good place, alive and breathing and functioning on its own when a government minister has to join a queue to put his child into a state school because that school is so good.
What about the military?
Soueif: Of course the military has to go. That's a precondition of even starting on the road towards the goals of the revolution.
Are you afraid at all that the Islamists might take over? After all, these are people whose views are pretty much the opposite of the cosmopolitan spirit that you grew up with in the 1960s and that you've been trying to defend.
Soueif: But Islam itself isn't. There is no point of me being afraid or not afraid. The Islamists are there and we need to work with them. I believe that being in power, being visible and having responsibility will form them, change them, in some way. We work together. If they do things we don't like we'll fight them. It's a process, I don't have a problem with that. We'll work through it, just get the military out of the way.
What will Egypt, politically, look like five years from now?
Soueif: I hope in five years we would have held our second round of elections and would have a balanced parliament, and would have already moved a long way towards freedom and social justice. I hope we would have a completely reconstructed security system with a small and decent police force. I hope we would have a strong army which acknowledges its job as being to defend our borders and the sovereignty of our country.
I hope we would have a lot of decentralization, that things that belong to local government are being looked after a lot better than they are now, and that we are a long way into restoring our friendships in the region, in Africa, in parts of Asia, and restoring a more healthy and respectful, balanced and equal relationship with our friends in Europe and America.
Do you think you will one day be able to fictionalize the Arab Spring – and if so, how much time would have to pass until then?
Soueif: I've been working on and off, very slowly, on a novel for the last four or five years. I've done all the research for it, the concept was there and the characters are alive, and my third thought when the revolution happened was: Is this novel obsolete now? But I think it's not. I'm hoping to carve a bit of time out of the day now to come back to the novel, to see what it looks like from where we are and how relevant it is. I want to find out whether it still has enough of a grip on my imagination to make something out of it and bring it out. It'll be very interesting to see if I can do that.
Interview: Christoph Dreyer
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Egyptian-born Ahdaf Soueif is the author of the best-selling novels The Map of Love and In the Eye of the Sun. Living in Cairo and London, she writes both in English and Arabic and is also a political and cultural commentator, appearing regularly in The Guardian in London and Al-Shorouk daily in Cairo. In her latest book, Cairo. My City, Our Revolution (published in January), she describes her personal journey through the Egyptian revolution.
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Following in the footsteps of their California brothersSublime, Huntington Beach's Dirty Heads mix hip-hop, reggae, and rock along with that laid-back, South Cali attitude. The group formed in 2003 when punk rocker Dustin Bushnell (aka Duddy B) asked his friend, rapper Jared Watson (aka Dirty J) to collaborate on a project that would focus on positive vibes and infectious grooves. Watsonadded singing to his vocal skills, and with percussionist Jon Olazabal joining, an acoustic-trio-version of Dirty Headsbegan playing shows and building an audience. They soon hooked up with producer Rob Cavallo and headed into the studio to record their debut album for Warner Bros, but differences with the label had them looking for other opportunities. Still, the band was able to retain most of its work, including sessions with drummerJosh Freese, along with the late-Beatles collaborator Billy Preston in one of the keyboardist's last recordings. The finished album, Any Port in a Storm, would arrive in 2008 with a deluxe edition following in 2010. The deluxe version featured the track "Lay Me Down" with special guest Rome Ramirez of Sublime with Rome. The song would top Billboard's Alternative Songs chart just before the summer of 2010
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On hearing of Kodak's bankruptcy recently, I'm nostalgic, as I'm sure many of us are. I easily remember the excitement of discovering photography for the first time as a child and seeing the Kodak logo everywhere, from film, to cameras, to the envelopes my prints were mailed back to me in (remember "sending off" or "dropping off" your film?). This is best summarized for me now by remembering Kodak's Disc camera.
What's a Kodak Disc?
For their time, the Kodak Disc cameras were very innovative. It could easily slide in your pocket, came with a built-in flash, and even the film was compact. Sure the picture quality wasn't great, but for the ease of use and relative affordability, it was a decent experience. Snapshots of life as a kid for me came through the lens of this camera, and I'm intrigued by the parallels of our gadget-obsessed consumer society. I still have prints from my Disc camera, and as I record HD video with my phone today, I wonder what 20 years from now will make us regard even this activity as primitive.
Says Capt. Kodak:
Manufactured from 1982 to 1989 by Eastman Kodak Co. When introduced, they made a big splash—in less than 10 years, they were gone. They featured a 15 exposure flat "disc" of film using new film technology to get acceptable images from it 8x10mm negative size. Some of this film technology was later introduced into the 35mm line of films making them even sharper and producing better images on a bigger negative. Ironically, that improvement and Kodak's own introduction of inexpensive 35mm cameras may have led to the Disc camera's demise.
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Back when I rocked the iPhone 4 bumper, my swag was enhanced by this awesome Kodak Disc iPhone skin. The symbolic convergence of technology and art through photography on so many levels with this simple decal is so poignant to me. Though no longer available from this manufacturer (another similarity with the actual camera), I truly appreciate how this is a tribute to digital ancestry in consumer electronics and photography. Like the gadget that inspired it, this decal goes along with you in your pocket, attached to your camera that also makes phone calls, sends SMS messages, surfs the Internet, is your GPS, Yellow Pages, day planner, entertainment hub… um, while fun, the Disc didn't do all that.
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Sure, I love my iPhone and applications like Hipstamatic for their high-quality and instant gratification. Yet it's so interesting to me how nostalgia in the form of apps like Hipstamatic or digital photo booths is enjoying popularity now. And the Disc's portability and ease of use can't help but come to mind these days when I'm whipping out the iPhone for some snapshots with a retro-camera app.
I also love the ease and fun of social networks like Instagram and management tools like Flickr for making sharing our snapshots so easy and ubiquitous. In fact, I fully credit Instagram for reigniting my own interest in photography these days — which happen to be directly traceable to the days when I was posing my Star Wars action figures for some action shots with my trusty Kodak Disc.
What do you think? Are you sad to see Kodak's demise? Did you or anyone you know ever work for Kodak? Do you use any Kodak products today (paper, digital, etc.) What lessons are there to be gained by the fall of a once-great innovating company? Let us hear from you in the comments!
Photo Credit: Kodak 4000 Disc Camera, by Capt. Kodak
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