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Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation
Project DescriptionThe Division of Polar Programs (POLAR) manages and initiates National Science Foundation funding for basic research and its operational support in the Arctic and the Antarctic. The funds are provided as NSF grants to institutions (mainly U.S. universities), whose scientists perform the research at the institutions or in a polar region, and as cooperative agreements or contracts to support organizations including contractors and the U.S. military.
POLAR supports individual investigators or research teams and U.S. participation in multinational projects. Projects can involve investigators from many disciplines and institutions over several years.
Organizationally, POLAR has two science sections- one for the Arctic and the Antarctic. A third section manages the logistics and support operations including field stations, camps, laboratories, ships, and airplanes. Environmental, health and safety issues are handled by the Polar Environment, Health and Safety Section.


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by Andy on Nov.11, 2013, under Uncategorized
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You may be thinking "Oh hey, the Fishbeat website is back".
Those thoughts would be correct. Sorry it was down for as long as it was – we've had our head in the sand for the last few months.
Gears are turning, timelines are converging, things are happening…
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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Command line utility??
Re: Command line utility??
From: Hamish Mackenzie <hamish_at_mackenzieoz.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 09:23:45 +1100
Hi Carl-Pieter
Whilst this would be a nice thing to have just one batch file would not be feasible. This is because there are too many variables for the differing models of ipods and for the number that the pc sees the Ipod on on any given computer. If you were referring to a batch file that would work only for me then I am happy to send you the commands that I use as I would be interested in looking at the batch file you create.
Let me know and I can send the commands to you privately.
Hi Hamish,
Do you want to make a automatic procedure to install the rockbox software onto the ipod? I'm sure that Blind perons like that. I'm blind too. It is simple to do with a batchfile. If you can give me the commands to execute. Then I'll make a example batch-file.
----- Original Message -----
Hi All
I have installed Rockbox on a few Nanos for friends of mine and will shortly be doing another batch of four or five. I was wondering if anyone knew of a command line utility that would allow me to paste text from the clipboard at the command prompt. this would greatly reduce the mucking around a blind person would have to do to make sure that each of the commands are being correctly entered at the command prompt. I will have a look around at the weekend but if anyone can save me the time I am sure all the blind Ipod users would be grateful if such a thing exists.
cheers as always
Hamish Hamish
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Kickoff begins Friday to lure 2016 RNC to Denver
The official kickoff for the effort to secure Denver as the site of the 2016 Republican National Convention begins Friday at the Brown Palace.
Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper, former U.S. Sen. Hank Brown, a Republican, and other bold-faced names from both sides of the aisle will be present, organizers said.
Former Congressman Bob Beauprez, a Republican, is chairing the effort. Ryan Call, chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, said one of the purposes of the meeting is to figure out the leadership structure.
Call has said having Denver as the site would be apropos because it will be "bookends of eight years of an Obama regime."
The law firm that filed the articles of incorporation for the Denver 2016 Convention Host Committee is none other than Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. Partner Steve Farber played a critical role in Denver landing the 2008 Democratic National Convention, hailed as a smashing success.
Heading the effort from the law firm is Melissa Kuipers, a Republican attorney who's well known at the Capitol, where she is a registered lobbyist. Kuipers, by the way, oversaw the Colorado state GOP participation in the 2012 RNC in Florida, where she was raised.
The articles of incorporation state, in part, that the purpose of the group is "promoting the City and County of Denver and the state of Colorado as a suitable site to the selection committee of the Republican Party for its national convention."


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Town Meeting Reminders
Getting Ready at the Polls
Town clerks should furnish presiding officers with one or two certified copies of the checklist, depending on whether the town has opted not to use an exit checklist. 17 V.S.A. § 2507.
Town clerks must also deliver sufficient quantities of the ballots to the presiding officer. 17 V.S.A. § 2479.
The presiding officer should assign specific duties to each election official, ensuring that the election officials work in pairs, with each pair containing members from different political parties if possible. 17 V.S.A. § 2562.
Opening/Closing Polls
In an Australian ballot election, the presiding officer declares the polls open on the day of the election between 5 a.m. and 10 a.m. (the specific time is set by the board of civil authority or by the voters), and declares the polls closed at 7 p.m. 17 V.S.A § 2581.
Town meeting begins at a time designated by the legislative body, unless the town has voted a specific time at a previous meeting. 17 V.S.A. § 2655.
Public Discussion and Politicking in the Polling Place
In towns that start their annual meeting on one of the three days preceding the first Tuesday in March, and use the Australian ballot system on Tuesday, public discussions of ballot issues and all other issues appearing in the warning, other than election of officers, is permitted at the Saturday, Sunday, or Monday meeting. 17 V.S.A. § 2640(c).
Neither the warning, the notice, nor the ballot itself shall include any opinion or comment by any town body or officer or other person on any matter to be voted on. 17 V.S.A. § 2666.
In an Australian ballot election the presiding officer should ensure that within the building containing the polling place no campaign literature, stickers, buttons, information on write-on candidates, or political materials are placed, handed out, or allowed to remain and that no candidate, election official, or other person distributes election materials, solicits voters, or otherwise campaigns. 17 V.S.A. § 2508.
Outside the building, the presiding officer must ensure that voters can enter and leave the polling place without interference from candidates or other citizens. 17 V.S.A. § 2508. The provisions of this section apply equally to election of candidates as to votes on public questions, including the budget, if done by Australian ballot vote.
Maintaining Order at Town Meeting
In traditional town meeting the moderator must follow reasonable and necessary procedures to ensure that people who are not voters of the town do not vote. 17 V.S.A. § 2656.
The moderator must preserve order in the conduct of business and debate. If a person, after notice, continues to be disorderly and refuses to withdraw from the meeting, the moderator may order him to be removed by the constable or some other person. 17 V.S.A § 2656. A person who disturbs town meeting may be fined $200 by the district court.
Remember that while Robert's Rules of Order, or some other rule of order, must be followed at town meeting, these rules have been modified by state law. For example, the assembly must not reconsider articles already voted once consideration of another article has begun; when a vote declared by the moderator is immediately questioned by one voter, the moderator shall divide the meeting, and if requested by seven voters, the moderator must take the vote by paper ballot; the assembly may take no binding action during the "other business" portion of the meeting; the moderator shall allow sufficient time for voters to cast paper ballots whenever that method of voting is to be used. 17 V.S.A. §§ 2660(d); 2661(a).
Accessibility of Town Meeting
The legislative body must take reasonable measures to ensure that elderly or disabled voters may conveniently attend town meeting. Sign language interpreters must be provided, if necessary. 17 V.S.A. § 2667 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Town meeting must be held in an accessible location.
The board of civil authority must take reasonable measures to ensure that disabled and elderly voters may conveniently and secretly cast their votes. If it is not possible to hold the election in an accessible location, election officials must be permitted to carry a ballot to an elderly or disabled person in order to permit that person to mark his or her ballot while in a motor vehicle adjacent to the polling place. 17 V.S.A. § 2502.
A voter who declares to the presiding officer that he or she needs assistance to vote may bring a person of his or her choice into the voting booth (so long as it is not the voter's employer or union representative) or the voter can ask the presiding officer to direct elections officials to assist the voter. Those rendering assistance may not divulge information about the choice of the voter or manner in which the vote was cast. 17 V.S.A. § 2569.
Election of Officers
In order to be elected as a write-in candidate in an Australian ballot election when no other candidate has received a greater number of votes, a candidate must receive 30 votes, or the votes of one percent of the registered voters of the town, whichever is less. 17 V.S.A. § 2682(c).
The offices of selectboard, lister, and auditor must be elected by paper ballot (unless it is done by Australian ballot). The offices of road commissioner and water commissioner, if elected, must also be elected by paper ballot. 17 V.S.A. § 2646.
When there is a single candidate, unless any voter opposes this, the town may agree to ask the clerk to cast one ballot for the candidate. 17 V.S.A. § 2660(b).
A majority of those present and voting is required to elect an officer by paper ballot (unless the vote is by Australian ballot.) This means that if there are three candidates, none of whom receive a majority of the votes by the third ballot, you must eliminate the candidate with the least votes and repeat the procedure until someone receives a majority of the votes. 17 V.S.A. § 2660(c).


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SCHENECTADY, N.Y.—For the second time in as many Friday nights, the Harvard men's hockey team rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third period to tie a nationally ranked opponent. This time, the foe was No. 14 Union. Alex Killorn and Danny Biega led Harvard with a goal and an assist each in a 3-3 draw at Messa Rink.
Much like last weekend at No. 18 North Dakota, Harvard (4-4-5, 3-3-3 ECAC Hockey) entered the final frame down a pair of goals, but turned the tide in the third.
Colin Blackwell got the rally started, blowing by the Union defense early, drawing a tripping penalty. Killorn slammed a one-timer past Grosenick on the power play that followed, scoring at the 1:04 mark and trimming the deficit to 3-2. Patrick McNally supplied the feed after getting puck from Biega.
Biega tied the game at 3-3 with a shot through traffic from the right point at 7:03. Rence Coassin found Biega from across the zone, with Dan Ford also assisting.
Steve Michalek made the biggest of his 33 saves on Kelly Zajac in the final five minutes, sliding across to stone the Union forward with his left pad. Killorn nearly gave Harvard the lead a couple minutes later, when his wrist shot from the left circle went past Union goalie Troy Grosenick but not the right post.
Michalek added three stops in overtime to help preserve the standings point for the Crimson. Alex Fallstrom also scored for the Crimson, which was 2 for 2 on the power play to improve its nation's-best efficiency to 34.4 percent. Union (9-5-6, 3-2-3) scored two power-play goals in four chances and got 23 saves from Grosenick.
Harvard found itself playing from behind after Wayne Simpson scored for the Dutchmen at 1:05 of the opening period. Michalek kept them from doubling the lead with several tough saves. He stopped Zajac's redirection of a centering pass with 9:56 left in the first and in the final four minutes gloved Nolan Julseth-White's shot from above the left circle and kicked away Simpson's wraparound bid.
Grosenick made a right-pad save on Luke Greiner's one-timer from the low slot in the second minute of the second period, and Union thought it had built on its lead on the rush the other way. The Dutchmen were called for goaltender interference, however, and Fallstrom tied the game on the ensuing power play. Marshall Everson passed out of the corner to Killorn on the right side. Killorn's shot was deflected to Fallstrom, who buried the puck from the bottom of the left circle on his first touch.


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1972 Chevy C10 - Big Al's Ol' Red Truck
Some things in life are like a two-headed coin. Either way you flip it, you win. For some people, that could be having a job that's fun and pays well. For others, it might be having a wife who's good-looking and loves your truck. For Allen Thompson, the proud owner of Big Al's Ol' Red Truck, it's having a best friend who also happens to own a hot rod shop
The best friend is named Don Waldron and the shop is Rods West in Ridgecrest, California. Allen said that he had just retired from a career in the aerospace industry when Don encouraged him to find a project "to keep me out of trouble." In fact, Don found one for him-this '72 Chevy C10. When Allen went to look at it, the shortbed Fleetside had been through some wear and tear, but wasn't in bad shape. The owner was asking for a little more money than he wanted to spend, so Allen walked away-for awhile. Six months and a second look later, he bought it.
"Restification" is the word Allen uses to describe the frame-off buildup-something in between a meticulous restoration and a full-on custom job. He started on the chassis with the goal of improving the ride and lowering the profile. C-notches in the stock 'rails and Early Classic Enterprises 2-inch dropped spindles, and front and rear lowering springs, gave the truck the perfect stance, but after bottoming out a few times he switched to heavier KYB front and rear shocks and swapped the coil springs out for an air ride setup from Air Ride Technologies. Now he can clear the end of his driveway and still drop the truck over the tires and wheels. Check out the meats on the rear axle. Allen stuffed the tubbed fenderwells with 29x18.00R18LT Sportsman S/R radials from Mickey Thompson, matched with a pair of 28x10.00R18LTs in front. Rods West opened up the wheelwells and modified the 18-inch five-spokes to make them fit the tires. Braking is handled by factory GM F-44 heavy-duty discs in front; and the rear drum brakes were replaced with Ford Explorer discs.
The decision on the powerplant was made "a long time before the current gas crunch hit." Torque and horsepower were bigger priorities than saving a buck at the gas pump, and a Chevy big-block delivers the kind of muscle he wanted. Don at Rods West came up with a 402ci core, rebuilt for the C10 by LTR Racing Engines in Onyx, California. "Nothing wild, but strong," Allen requested. That means Keith Black 9.5:1 pistons with Sealed Power rings, an Isky hydraulic roller cam, and Edelbrock cylinder heads, fired to life by an MSD 6AL ignition system. A carburetor was feeding the Rat motor until about six months after he thought he was finished with the truck. That's when Allen saw the big-block electronic fuel injection system on the Hilborn website and knew it was just what he needed for his 402. He was right; the injector stacks and dual oval air cleaners look a lot cooler-and definitely provide more horsepower-than the single four-barrel. At the exhaust end, Hooker headers feed the gases to a pair of DynoMax mufflers. A Mike's Transmission TH400 three-speed automatic with a Gear Vendors over/underdrive setup drops the rpms at highway speeds, and add a few extra speeds to the mix. The Dana 60 Truetrac limited-slip rearend was narrowed 10 inches and loaded with 3.70:1 gears.
Big Al said, "El Segundo Auto Body did a fantastic job on the body and bed." After straightening the beat-up sheetmetal, replacing all the rusted out areas, and shaving the fuel filler neck, they shot the custom candy apple red paint. Things were kept low-key in the bed-some Line-X bedliner and a Gaylord's lid to top it off. All the brightwork was done at Verne's Chrome Plating in Gardena, California.
Vintage Air A/C and a Custom Auto Sound stereo system keep the cab comfortable. Allen rides on a stock C10 bench, recovered with a CST upholstery kit from Classic Industries. The CST kit along with the rest of upholstery, and carpeting was done by Sam Head at Hermosa Auto Upholstery (owner of the '50 Chevy on CCT's March '09 cover). The stock dash is filled with Auto Meter gauges, with wideband air/fuel ratio, water temperature, and fuel pressure gauges mounted below, all powered via a Painless Wiring kit. The Grant steering wheel is mounted on a stock C10 tilt steering column.
Big Al's Ol' Red Truck is like one of those two-head coins we were talking about. It succeeded in keeping him out of trouble for three years while he built it and it turned out better than he had expected. It's powerful and it's reliable and it's magazine-quality good-looking. So it's really like a three-headed coin. Is that possible?


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DOHA (Reuters) - Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday scientific evidence showed the need for the world to act on climate change, although it stopped short of making any pledge to cut its own emissions.
Officials from the kingdom, led by the Saudi Arabian oil minister, were speaking at United Nations climate change talks in Qatar, a gas and oil power that has the world's largest per-capita greenhouse gas emissions.
"We believe that all people, and all governments, share this responsibility and each and every one of us has a role to play, taking into account the need for developed countries to take the lead in this regard, based on their historical responsibility," Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said in a speech.
Naimi said the kingdom was "striving hard to diversify its economy away from over-reliance on hydrocarbons".
Saudi Arabia has been working to boost the share of renewables, particularly solar, in its energy mix, as part of a broader effort to diversify its oil-focused economy.
Saudi Arabia has repeatedly said the world will depend on fossil fuels for decades to come, but says technological advances can help to manage the consequences.
It is implementing carbon capture storage in the world's biggest oilfield, Ghawar, where injecting carbon dioxide back into the field helps to raise pressure and increase oil output, as well as trapping planet-warming gas.
Speaking earlier on Wednesday, a senior Saudi official, who asked not to be named, told reporters Saudi Arabia was taking the climate change issue "seriously.
"Based on scientific evidence on climate change, the world needs to take action," he said.
But asked if Saudi Arabia was willing to pledge to cut its emissions within a specific period of time, the official declined to provide a figure.
The U.N. climate change talks that continue all week in the Qatari capital, Doha, aim for an agreement on how to build on the Kyoto pact on tackling climate change, which runs out at the end of this year. Without that treaty, there is no binding international pact to curb climate emissions.
Negotiators are seeking ways to bridge several gaps, including on financing to help poor nations manage the consequences of climate change and on emissions pledges.
So far, too few countries are making the kind of commitments to cut emissions that scientists say are needed to keep global warming below the 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) limit that should ward off the most devastating effects of climate change.
Additional reporting by Barbara Lewis; Editing by Nick Zieminski


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Harry Temple: All right, pop quiz. Airport, gunman with one hostage. He's using her for cover; he's almost to a plane. You're a hundred feet away... Jack?
Jack: Shoot the hostage.
Howard Payne: Pop quiz, hotshot. There's a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do? What do you do?
Howard Payne: [Payne wrestles with Jack for a deadman-switch detonator on top of a runaway subway train] I'm smarter than you, Jack! I'm smarter! I'm smarter!
[Jack sees a hanging light approaching and forces Payne into its path. Payne looks up and screams before the light decapitates him]
Jack: [grabbing the detonator before Payne's body falls away] Yeah? Well, I'm TALLER!
Jack: STOP! L.A.P.D! Get out of the car!
Maurice the Tune Man: Hey man, this is MY car, I OWN this car, it's NOT stolen.
Jack: [pulls gun out and points it at him] It is now. Move over.
Howard Payne: See, I'm in charge here! I drop this stick, and they pick your friend here up with a sponge! Are you ready to die, friend?
Harry: Fuck you!
Howard Payne: Oh! In two hundred years we've gone from "I regret but I have one life to give for my country" to "Fuck you!"?
[repeated phrase]
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon: Don't get dead.
Jack: Tell me again Harry, why did I take this job?
Harry Temple: Oh come on, thirty more years of this, you get a tiny pension and a cheap gold watch.
Jack: Cool.
Harry Temple: You shot me, I can't believe it. They're giving you a medal for shooting me, you little prick!
Jack: Harry... you TOLD me to.
Jack: You're crazy! You're fuckin' crazy!
Howard Payne: NO! Poor people are crazy, Jack. I'm eccentric.
Howard Payne: This day has been rather disappointing, I don't mind saying.
Jack: Why, because you didn't get to kill everyone?
Howard Payne: There's gonna come a time, boy, when you will wish you never met me.
Jack: Mister, I'm already there!
Jack: Harry! Tell me good news, man.
Howard Payne: Oh, I'm sorry, Jack. He didn't make it.
Jack: You FUCK!
Howard Payne: It was the watch that led him to me, wasn't it? Huh? It seemed a little hammy to me to build a bomb out of my precious retirement gift, but, you know, I figured a sign that said "Howard Payne" would be pushing it.
Jack: I'm gonna rip your fucking spine out, I swear to God.
Harry: Guts'll get you so far, then they'll get you killed.
[after the elevator falls]
Young Executive: Jesus. Bob, what button did you push?
Howard Payne: You think I wouldn't have been prepared? Two years I spent setting up that elevator job, two years I invested in it. You couldn't understand the kind of commitment that I have. You ruined a man's life's work and you think you can walk away? You got blinders on to the world! But I got your attention now, didn't I Jack?
Jack: [distressed] Why didn't you just come after me?
Howard Payne: No this is about ME! This is about my money, this is about money DUE ME! Which I WILL collect! 3.7 Million dollars! It's my nest egg, Jack, at my age you have to think ahead.
Jack: [angry] When I find you...
Howard Payne: [cuts him off] Pop quiz, hotshot. There's a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do? What do you do?
Jack: I'd want to know what bus it was...
Howard Payne: You think I'm going to tell you that?
Jack: Yes.
Howard Payne: Aha, very good. There are rules, Jack, and I want you to get this right. NO ONE goes off the bus. If you try to take any passengers off the bus, I will detonate it. I want my money by 11AM.
Jack: We can't pull that kind of money in time!
Howard Payne: [shouting] FOCUS, JACK! Your concern is the bus. And don't try to call. The radio's down. Now, the number of the bus is 2525, it's running downtown from Venice. It's at the corner of Ocean Park & Main.
[Jack takes off for his car as sirens from approaching fire engines can be heard]
Jack: Yeah?
Howard Payne: I think we have trust, but it looks on TV like you're trying to get those passengers off the bus.
Jack: Look, you've got to let me have one.
Howard Payne: We went over the rules.
Jack: As an act of faith. We have an injured man here. The driver's been shot.
Howard Payne: Jack, tell me that you haven't been shooting the passengers. I thought it was customary for a police officer to shoot the bad guys.
Jack: This man has no time.
Howard Payne: No one gets off!
Jack: It'll grease the wheels with the money men if you show some charity. There's still gonna be plenty of us to kill.
Howard Payne: OK, son, you can try and unload the driver. You tell that wildcat behind the wheel not to slow down, though, or he won't even get a chance to bleed to death. And, Jack, don't slip.
Harry Temple: What do you think?
Jack: You're the expert, I just work here.
Harry Temple: Looks pretty solid.
Jack: Anyone we know?
Harry Temple: I don't recognize the work, but he's pro.
[checks watch]
Harry Temple: Oh, he's cutting it close.
Jack: I don't like it.
Harry Temple: What's to like? Mac said we hold, so we hold.
[Jack begins looking around; Harry thinks]
Harry Temple: Alright, pop quiz. Airport, gunman with a hostage. He's using her for cover. He's almost to a plane. You're one hundred feet away.
[Jack doesn't respond]
Harry Temple: Jack?
Jack: Shoot the hostage.
Harry Temple: What?
Jack: Take her out of the equation. Go for the good wound and he can't get to the plane with her. Clear shot.
Harry Temple: You're deeply nuts, you know that? "Shoot the hostage."
Jack: Harry, this is wrong. He's gonna blow it anyway.
Harry Temple: Why?
Jack: I don't know, gut feeling.
Harry Temple: Yeah, well, right now Mac outranks your gut. So we sit.
Jack: How much you think that elevator weights?
Harry Temple: Jack, come on!
Jack: Maybe we can do something about those hostages.
Harry Temple: We're not gonna shoot em right?
Jack: Was it good for you?
Harry Temple: It was great for me.
Jack: Elevator dropped.
Harry Temple: Oh, that's good to know.
[both sit down]
Jack: Is your watch slow?
Harry Temple: No, no, he jumped the gun. We had three minutes left.
Jack: Why's he do that? He's losing his three million.
Harry Temple: I don't know maybe he couldn't hold his wad long enough. It's a common problem among middle-aged men. So I'm told.
Jack: [gets up; realizing] He's here.
Harry Temple: He could have blown that thing from Pacoima!
Jack: No, he knew we were up to something. He's close by.
Harry Temple: He's not gonna corner himself in a building. We evacuated anyways.
[Jack looks disappointed]
Harry Temple: Alright. He'd wanna be here but he'd wanna stay mobile. Right?
[Jack nods]
Harry Temple: The elevators.
Jack: The passenger cars were stopped. They checked em out.
Harry Temple: What about the freight elevators?
Howard Payne: Jack, nothing tricky now. You know I'm on top of you! DO NOT attempt to grow a brain!
[after remotely killing a hostage, then promptly hearing about it on the TV news]
Howard Payne: Interactive TV, Jack! Wave of the future - ha ha ha, huh?
[the bus has just entered LAX]
SWAT Driver: He's just entered the airport.
SWAT Officer: The airport? There's thousands of people there.
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon: All right! That's my boy Jack! We should be able to circle the runways and buy us some time. The choppers can't fly in there; it's restricted air space.
SWAT Driver: He's headed for the end of the field.
SWAT Officer: That must be Bravo Tango, an emergency runway.
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon: Yeah, let's hope it's built. Let's move!
[Jack is trying to get Sam's attention]
Jack: Hey!
[honks horn repeatingly]
Jack: I'm a cop! LAPD! There's a bomb on your bus! There is a bomb on your bus!
Sam: What?
Maurice the Tune Man: There's a -WHAT? FUCK!
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon: And here... is to Harry. For his quick thinking... for his grace under pressure, and for his brave and selfless act.
[everyone cheers]
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon: And to Jack for shooting Harry. Something we've all wanted to do for a very long time.
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon: Alright gentlemen, what we have here is 13 passengers in a express elevator. Below floor 30. Bomber's already taken out cables, bomber wants $3 million or he blows the emergency brakes.
Harry Temple: What's our clock?
Norwood: He gave one hour. That leaves us twenty-three minutes exactly.
Swat Cop: Anything else that will keep this elevator from falling?
Jack: Yeah, the basement.
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon: The city would like to avoid that event, Officer Traven.
Harry Temple: We can't just unload the passengers?
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon: This is an express elevator gentlemen. The only way in or out is through access panels. Bomber's also wired the hatch to trigger the bomb, which seats him in the crazy-but-not-stupid section.
Jack: Sir, Harry volunteers to examine the device.
Harry Temple: Yeah, right.
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon: Fine. The two of you check it out.
Norwood: The nearest access panel is on the thirty-second floor in the lobby.
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon: I want reports only, we're in a holding patern. Worthy, Briggs, I want you to secure base area, no one in or out. Everyone else, I want you to confirm building evac. Move!
Jack: [to Harry] Looks like we're walking.
Howard Payne: A bomb is made to explode. That's its meaning. Its purpose. Your life is empty because you spend it trying to stop the bomb from becoming. And for who? For what? You know what a bomb is, Jack, that doesn't explode? It's a cheap gold watch, buddy.
Jack: [answering phone] Harry! Tell me good news man.
Howard Payne: Oh, I'm sorry Jack. He didn't make it.
Jack: [realizes; slight pause] Fuck!
Howard Payne: It was the watch that lead him to me, wasn't it? It seemed a little hammy to me, to build a bomb out of my precious retirement gift. But you know, I figured a sign that said "Howard Payne" would be pushing it.
Jack: I'm gonna rip your fucking spine out, I swear to God.
Howard Payne: You're gonna do exactly as you're told! Jack, we both know he was the brains of your particular operation. You can't beat me, you're gonna pay me every dollar. Otherwise, you, the wildcat, and every innocent person on that bus, are gonna end up just like your friend. You paying attention? Jack, you listening to me? Jack? Jack!
Jack: Yeah...
Howard Payne: Good! Now you tell them that the drop point is Pershing Square. You drop the bags and leave. I don't show until all your people are gone. It's getting on to 11 AM, Jack, and I think it's gonna be a very pretty day.
[laughs nefariously]
Howard Payne: [hangs up; Jack flips out]
Annie: Jack stop it! We're really scared and we need you right now. I can't do this by myself! Jack, please?
Jack: [chuckles] We're gonna die.
Annie: No we're not. We got this far alright?
[Jack looks at Annie's jacket]
Jack: I'll be damned. You go to the University of Arizona?
Annie: Yeah, so?
Jack: Good football team.
Annie: Yeah? I guess so, I wouldn't know.
Jack: Arizona Wildcats.
Annie: Right...
Jack: He can see you.
Annie: What?
Jack: He can see you. Just keep looking straight ahead.
Jack: [Jack looks around; finds the camera] He called you a Wildcat before. I didn't even pick up on it. Bastard's got a camera right in your face. He can see the whole bus. He's been playing me from minute one.
Annie: Well, he can see me but can he hear me?
Jack: Doesn't look like it he's just watching you.
Howard Payne: Be prepared! This is the Boy Scout marching song.
Jack: [after taking Maurice's car and breaking off the door] Sir I'm gonna need to take your phone.
Maurice the Tune Man: Take the phone!
Jack: Harry, there's enough C-4 on this thing to put a hole in the world!
Stephens: First time in LA.
Annie: Oh no, I live here.
Stephens: No, mine. Oh that's just funny, you heard me wrong. Nah, I'm sight-seeing.
Annie: Oh, really?
Stephens: Yeah. I hate to use the word 'tourist,' but it's not like I can hide it...
Annie: Not really.
Stephens: [sigh] Did you know it took me three hours to get here from the airport? I got so lost. LA's one big place, but I guess you don't notice, seeing as you live here. I'm such a yokel. There, I said it!
Annie: Oh jeez. You know what? I got gum on my seat, GUM!
[sits on a different bus seat nearer the front]
Annie: There's gum on my seat... GUM!
[Payne points a shotgun at Jack's face]
Howard Payne: I don't suppose anybody'll give me three million just for you?
Jack: Will the mystery guest please sign in?
Howard Payne: [repeating what a news reporter just said] "The whim of a madman" - I like that!
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon: You're fired! Everybody's fuckin' fired!
Howard Payne: What do you think, Jack? You think you pick up all the bus driver's teeth they'll give you another medal?
Jack: Jeez...
Howard Payne: You think I wouldn't have been prepared? Two years I spent, setting up that elevator job. Two years I invested myself in it. You couldn't understand the kind of commitment I have. You ruined a man's life's work and you think you can walk away? You got blinders on to the world! But I got your attention now, didn't I Jack?
Jack: Why didn't you just come after me?
Howard Payne: Now this is about my money. This is about money due me. Which I collect. $3.7 million. It's my nest egg, Jack - at my age you gotta think ahead.
Jack: When I find you...
Howard Payne: Oh, quiz hot shot. There's a bomb on a bus, once the bus goes 50mp/h, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do? What do you do?
Jack: I'd wanna know what bus it was...
Howard Payne: You think I'm gonna tell you that?
Jack: Yes.
Howard Payne: Aha, very good. There are rules, Jack, and I want you to get this right. No one goes off the bus. You try to take any passengers off the bus, I will detonate it. I want my money by 11 A.M.
Jack: We can't pull that kind of money in time!
Howard Payne: Focus, Jack! Your concern is the bus. And don't try to call. The radio's down. Now, the number of the bus is 2525, it's running downtown from Venice. It's at the corner of Ocean Park & Main.
[Jack jumps from Maurice's car onto the bus]
Maurice the Tune Man: [repeatedly] Whoa, shit!
Maurice the Tune Man: [crashes into the barrels of water] Whoa, SHIIIITT!
Howard Payne: Do not fuck with daddy!
[after five minutes worth of screaming from the armed elevator]
Norwood: Usually they fall down now.
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon: Ok, Jack, this is it. Don't get dead.
Annie: Hey! Get your ass behind the yellow line.
Stephens: It's okay. If you need to, you go right ahead and vomit.
Howard Payne: What do you think, Jack? You think if you pick up all the bus driver's teeth, they'll give you another medal?
[first lines]
Workman: Hey, this area's restricted.
Howard Payne: Oh, hi. Yeah, I know. They called me down here. Some of this wiring got screwed up.
Workman: Nobody called it down to me. I'm going to have to see a work order.
Howard Payne: Yeah, just a second. There you are.
[stabs workman in the ear with a screwdriver]
Howard Payne: Nothing personal.
Young Executive: [Bob pushes elevator button that has already been pushed] Thanks for pushing that, Bob. The light's on but you never know, it really might be broken.
Young Executive's Friend: Shut up.
Jack: You've gotta let me off.
Howard Payne: Oh, no! That's not good!
[after five minutes worth of screaming from the armed elevator]
Mr. Bagwell: Usually they fall down now.
Howard Payne: I hate talking to negotiators, Jack. They talk to you like they're your best friend and they don't even know you.
Howard Payne: [to Annie, who is crying and hysterical with fear] Hey, buckaroo! It's not because you're a woman.


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The home theater paradox is a relatively new fad when compared to the impressive lifespan of the cinema theater, or drive-in theater. As VHS broke down the barriers of where you view your films, quality of both picture and sound were still lagging far behind. With the advent of DVD's we saw a significant boom within the Audio/Video section of our local electronics peddler. Folks could now have paralleled film quality, and sound– yet their setups were reluctant to change as the built-in TV speakers of yesteryear hung on for dear life.
Enter the hazardous world of speakers, amplifiers, subwoofers, and assorted paraphernalia. Seemingly impossible to differentiate to the layman who simply wants to feel like they're at the theater. The ZVOX Z-Base 550 has provided this simplistic, quality option to those less inclined to obsess over minor faults of tweeters and the like.
The 550 can replicate the sounds of a 5.1 set up with apparent ease, flooding the room with a pure, tonal sound that is impressive for a bar sitting under the television display. This sound bar is the perfect entry into a developing home theater, the inputs are all designed for direct connection to a television and lack HDMI input.
The cabinet contains five 2-inch full range speakers along with a high-output 5&1/4 inch subwoofer. The use of ZVOX's own PhaseCue virtual surround system to craft a broad soundstage that mimics true surround so well is applaudable.
The Z-Base 550 is a valid alternative. The perfect choice for a small apartment, and an option that won't get snickers from your audio-inclined pals. Enjoy as they stand 90 degrees from the 550 and continue to look behind themselves. No, really dude, there's nothing behind you.


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So this month's blog party is being held by non-other than Steve Jones (blog|@Way0utwest) of SQL Server Central fame. This month's topic is all about the business, your customers, clients etc asking for something but not really knowing what they are asking for. Or in my interpretation the business, client, customer, telling you the technology or methodology or tool to use instead of what really they should be telling you…what the business wants. Steve's example of in his post sums in it up perfectly.
I have many examples to draw on here, I guess the one that springs to mind the most was a client that told me they wanted to 'Shrink the Database' as part of their maintenance routines. When I asked why? that's self defeating. I was told that the databases were growing uncontrollably and this needed to be included in order to keep the systems up and running and to avoid eating up all available disk space. Smelling a rat I decided to do a little investigation of my own and I found that they had several databases that were in full recovery mode BUT they were not taking regular transaction log backups. When I mentioned this to my clients and explained the difference between simple and full recovery mode and what it meant in terms of point in time recovery we decided that maybe some regular transaction log backup were in fact needed. we then re-sized the log and freed up a lot of space and my client was very happy.
Anyway that's my post for the last TSQL Tuesday of 2010, It is a very interesting, if not possibly controversial topic for someand I'm sure that many of the community will have examples of their own and I look forward to reading them and how others have overcome these issues.


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56 HASKINS & SELLS July Use of Spare Time NOTHING is more tiring than sitting about without a definite thing to occupy one's mind. Idle time is deadening. It is demoralizing. It is wasteful. Reading is interesting to most persons. Many crave the opportunity and time for it. Study is attractive to a certain type of mind. But reading becomes tiresome after a certain length of time. Study brings drowsiness if the day happens to be warm. With a view to utilizing the time of the men between engagements, while holding the staff together during the least busy season of the year, the firm, through the Department for Professional Training, has instituted a series of staff conferences. These are being held at the Executive Offices, 469 Fifth Avenue. The work is built around a graded and logical collection of material dealing with the theory and practice of accounting, together with such subjects as law, finance, economics, organization and management in their relation to accounting, and the theory, practice, and technique of accountancy, with special reference to the technique of the firm. Lectures by Mr. Wildman and Mr. C. M. Clark are followed by the work of solving and discussing problems correlated with the theory. It is hoped that these conferences will serve not only to occupy to advantage what would otherwise be spare time, but be instrumental in producing a better trained and more effective staff for service during the busy season. Additions to the Library, June, 1919 Guaranty Trust Company of New York. Canada: economic position and plans for development. New York, Guaranty Trust Company, (c1919). 30 p. Federal Capital Stock Tax under the Revenue Act of 1918; regulations of the Treasury Department No. 50. New York, Guaranty Trust Company, (1919). 44 p. National City Company. United States Government financing from 1791 to 1918. New York, National City Company, (1918). 38 p. National Foreign Trade Council. Final declaration of the sixth National Foreign Trade Convention; report presented by the General Convention Committee at the closing session, April 26, 1919. 11 p. Thompson, John S. Bankers Trust Company's tables of Liberty bond and note values. New York, Bankers Trust Company, 1919. 46 p. Union Bank of Canada. Canada: its potentialities in tabloid form. New York, Union Bank of Canada, 1918. 22 p. United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Statistical abstract of the United States, 1918. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1919. 881 p. United States. Department of the Interior. Manual of United States Reclamation Service; volume 2, Accounting. n. p., 1918. 467 p. United States. Bureau of Mines. Cost keeping for small metal mines, by J. C. Pickering. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1919. 46 p. United States. Railroad Administration. Circulars, Nos. 1-84, issued by the Division of Accounting. Washington Government Printing Office, 1919. 88 p. United States. Tariff Commission. Japan: trade during the war; a study of the trade of Japan, particularly during the years 1913 to 1917 and with special reference to the trade with the United States. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1919. 147 p. United States. Treasury Department. Regulations No. 56, relating to the collection of tax on motion picture films; Title 9, Section 906, of the Revenue Act of 1918. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1919. 16 p. Schedules for cost, valuation, additions to invested capital, proof of discovery, depletion, depreciation, proof of bona fide sale, profit or loss from sale of capital assets, and proof that principal value has been demonstrated by discovery of taxpayer; for the year 1918 or subsequent thereto. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1919. 24 p. (Mines and Minerals Section, Form A, revised.) Index Page Accountants, Some Facts about 44 Attributes of a Semi-Senior 42 Audit Reports, The Preparation of 10, 18 Audit Working Papers 53 Characteristics of the In-charge Accountant.. 50 Depreciation Problem 5 Efficiency Rating 23 Foreign Exchange 20 Goodwill 49 Instructions . 2 Interest Collected but Not Earned 37 Mechanical Devices 12 "Moving Forward" 25 New Orleans Office 14 Pittsburgh Dinner Meeting 22 "Profesional Ideals" 1, 33 Qualities Essential in an Assistant 27 Reminiscenses . 41 "Sensing the Needs of the Client" 9 Syndicate Problem 30, 34 "Team Work" 17 Trust Company Auditing 6, 14
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Experts at simple fun and meaningful relationships, Camp Huawni utilizes seasoned counselors (averaging 7.4 years of experience at Huawni) with storied tradition to create an over-the-top overnight Texas summer camp experience.
Timpson, TX (November 5, 2012) Camp Huawni, an established East Texas overnight summer camp, today announces the launch of CampHuawni.com, a unique online experience for kids grades K-12 and their parents who are looking for a life-changing summer camp experience. The new site shares a fresh perspective on the value of summer camp for children through videos and story-telling photos. The site also displays a fun, interactive session-planning tool, a special section for parents, a special section for preparing for camp, and an all-encompassing news page that keeps you up to date with all things that embody Camp Huawni. There's also an alumni section with video interviews from Camp Huawni alumni.
Interesting Facts About Camp Huawni:
Campers rated their counselors a 4.7 out of a 5 point scale in 2012.
3 to 1 camper to counselor ratio.
50+ activities and events for kids.
8 out of 10 counselors were on staff the previous summer.
Huawni counselors have been a part of Huawni an average of 7.4 years.
90% of two-week campers return to experience Huawni summer after summer.
One key ingredient that makes Camp Huawni unique is the quality of the counseling staff. Founder Mr. Earl Adams often said, "Hire counselors you want your kids to grow up to be like." That wisdom is carried on today in Camp Huawni's hiring process, as only 7.7% of new staff applicants are hired to be on the Huawni Staff.
The Need:
Why is a wholesome summer camp experience so important? Simply put, kids need role models. Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice found that when youth had role models, such as in their Big Brother/Big Sister program, their chances of initiating drug use dropped by 45.8%, and their tendency to lie to their parents dropped by 36.6%.
How It Works:
Camp Huawni's mission is to love the kids. It's a simple but robust calling, and they reach it in part by matching outstanding, college-aged role models with younger kids and putting them in a simple, non-busy environment. Even though there's a structured schedule behind the scenes, Huawni's daily goal is to create a seamless and free-flowing environment for the kids so that they feel comfortable, spontaneous, and at home. The result is a lifetime of memories, life-long friendships, and a sense of, as one parent recently put it, "belonging."
Request Info Link
CampHuawni.com makes it easy to request more information; just click the big blue "request info" button, and Camp Huawni will send you information about their upcoming summer and camp family.
Length Kids Can Stay:
Children grades K-12 can stay at Camp Huawni from 1 to 6 weeks, with most children staying a minimum of 2 weeks. Camp Huawni is an overnight summer camp for girls and boys, with girls camp located on the south side of campus and boys camp located on the north side of campus.
The Story:
In 1965, Earl Adams, or "Daddy Earl" as he is known at Camp Huawni, strolled down a school hallway in Henderson, Texas, and said to himself, "Hmmm…I wish my students could experience something where they weren't so tied down - a place where they truly could be themselves." So, he cut some logs, built a few cabins, dug a huge hole for a swimming pool…and his kids camp, Camp Huawni, was born. Mr. Adams, along with his wife Retha, was a lifelong educator in the Henderson school district, serving as a high school teacher, principal, head varsity football coach, and eventually superintendent. Mr. and Mrs. Adams' legacy continues today as Camp Huawni strives to be what campers call their "second home."
About Camp Huawni:
Camp Huawni is a throwback to a simpler time and place. Sure - Camp Huawni has 50+ crazy fun activities, but what makes Camp Huawni one of the most sought- after kids summer camp is that it has Super Heroes (a.k.a. Huawni Counselors). No wonder there's a 3:1 camper to counselor ratio- it allows our super heroes to live out our mission…"LTK" or love the kids. At Camp Huawni, best friends are a plenty, and it's cool to be yourself. We've also learned that simple fun is the most fun", which is why mud fights, water balloon wars, and watermelon in your face are pretty much the norm. So come join our family this summer where time stops and worries disappear. You'll soon enough find your Second Home.
Video footage is available for viewing at http://camphuawni.com/ - summer camp video


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"Congratulate me, Joe! I just sold the business to the Resor boys. They don't know it, but the advertising agency business has seen its best days!"
I want you to let this sink in for a second. The quote above came from J Walter Thompson. In 1916.
Since the dawn of advertising, many people have scrambled up the top of the heap, King- Of-The-Hill-style, in an effort to be the first to proclaim their own industry dead.
Why? For one thing, it's because we're like crows. We're distracted by shiny objects. New media. New technology. And if it isn't new, we rename it so it sounds new. TV spots become "films," even though they're nothing more than TV spots on youtube. Copywriting is now "content writing," whatever that means.
Anything old therefore must be outdated, dumb and irrelevant. The irony is most of those people on top of the mountain this week, have a complete and utter lack of historical understanding. Their microwave mentality is akin to having tunnel vision, with no rearview mirror. They think they're the first to make declarations like this, and as J. Walter Thompson proves above, they're far from it.
Again and again, some new marketing guru/ninja/pirate/assassin/psychic comes along trying in earnest to erase a century's worth of advertising and the creative minds who made them. Again and again, we're told our profession is dead as if this is some new thought. It isn't. And what's more-- it's wrong.
Of course we need to learn new media. Of course, our society has evolved. Of course the nature of the business has changed in that we have more bells and whistles and forms of communication lines we never had before. But to sit there and try to wriggle out of the fact that whatever we want to call it this month, we are still selling shit for a living, is to lie to yourself.
More importantly, to discount the first thinkers in the business who laid the infrastructure through their creativity, strategic thinking and psychological understanding of the consumer should be cause for shame. And what's worse, there are some in the industry who don't even know who these are to begin with. It's ridiculous. Those who don't know history are doomed to parrot it back.
Case in point:
Every advertisement should be thought of as a contribution to the complex symbol which is brand image.
Sounds like something you might have retweeted recently, right? Except it was David Ogilvy who said it. A man who arguably had his heyday during the 60's. I'm pointing this out not to insult your intelligence, but to help the guru/ninja/pirate/assassin/psychics out there who don't know who he is.
So back to the point. Advertising is dead. Right? If that's the case, how many advertising agencies have closed this year? I ask this rhetorically, not knowing the answer, and yet knowing the answer is "not enough to justify the doom and gloom scenario."
The problem with this particular form of microwave mentality is that this particular outlook has a tendency to backfire.
Take this CNN blog post form 2011, entitled "Advertising is dead and so is the customer." This was posted during the Cannes festival and comes with a video as well.
In the article by anchor and correspondent Max Foster, there are the usual generalizations declaring advertising dead with quotes from unnamed sources backing up this notion.
As a piece of journalism, it's a joke. As a blog post, it's still a joke. Take this quote:
There are brands who have achieved the holy grail of building long-lasting, deep relationships with "people," and they are the celebrity brands. That's why a Jonas Brother, will.i.am and Pharrell Williams are all here and the centre of attention. These are pop stars who have customers/fans/people so loyal they do not feel like they are buying anything. They have bought into the brand, but aren't buying it.
Oh really? Then where are will.i.am's, Pharrell Williams and the Jonas Brothers' royalty checks coming from? Surely people are buying their music, right? And going to their concerts and seeing their shows and buying their t-shirts and other merchandise which comes affixed with a price?
Now let's watch the video from Cannes that accompanies the article. You'll have to it through the pre-roll commercial of course, since, you know, advertising is dead and all.
Here, we are treated to advertising executives opining on the same advertising is dead territory. Keep in mind this is in Cannes, during the Cannes award show in which the very same people who spit on advertising's grave gladly accept lions for creating work in a so-called dead field of industry.
One particular segment highlights the way this idea backfires. We hear Ali Ali, co-founder of Elephant Cairo, who did those fantastic Panda cheese ads, say that big agency dinosaurs and small agency dinosaurs alike are threatened.
But in the same segment, Mr Ali says "I think TV is still the most effective medium we have…after the revolution 25 million Egyptians are now online so that will change quickly I think, but still, all our clients depend predominately on TV, which is why we as an agency focus on TV very much…"
Understand, I am not a Luddite here. But to declare advertising as we know it 'dead,' is simply not accurate. People still have TV's and we still make TV commercials. We also put them online and congratulate ourselves because they aren't on TV and somehow this is less of a "sell," and more about fostering a life-long relationship between fan boys and super fans and the Brand evangelicals and…"
Tell me, can a brand spend a lifelong relationship? Can a Facebook Like increase the bottom line? I'm sorry to be so ugly truth here, but clients kinda want to sell products. It's nice they're all BFF's with their engagement super fans who are tweeting the virtues of the content and whatnot but unless they're getting around to buying the product it's just one more big wank in a series of wanks.
I'll put it simply, in a grow the fuck up and eat your peas kind of way:
You can't spend engagement.
Beyond this sadistic notion of our tendency to want to be the first to throw the baby out with the bathwater, what really bothers me about this collective distancing is that we are now letting facts and figures and statistics, rather than intuition, heart and gut feeling motivate our thinking. How can you call yourself a creative and turn a blind eye to what makes you create?
This article from the Harvard Business Review falls into the same gobbledygook trap. On one hand they say traditional advertising is dead. They say buyers aren't paying much attention. Guess what: buyers never paid attention. They never liked advertising. No matter what we do to attract their attention they aren't about to start. That's why the job is so fun. It's not just makin' ads. It's problem solving, starting with the biggest problem: how to make people give a crap. And this is age old stuff here.
Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece North By Northwest came out in 1959. Even then a piece of dialogue from Eva Marie Saint describes Advertising Executive Cary Grant as being in a business of "selling people things they don't need."
And yet the Harvard Business Review hammers on, citing study after study we're supposed to swallow at face value. To which I ask: Since when did creatives like focus groups?
The article goes on to say "traditional marketing isn't really working anywhere." It does however, believe the answer lies in community marketing. They advocate this:
Companies should position their social media efforts to replicate as much as possible this community-oriented buying experience. In turn, social media firms, such as Facebook, should become expert at enabling this. They can do this by expanding the buyer's network of peers who can provide trustworthy information and advice based on their own experience with the product or service.
Sounds good doesn't it? It's good old, "if I have a great experience I'll tell my friends and then they'll tell their friends," etc. Highly effective, right? It must be. Otherwise, companies wouldn't be making up for this lack of effectiveness by buying fake reviews on Yelp. Oh wait. It certainly never happens on Amazon either.
Seems the more things are declared dead, the more the new big thing starts to stink. And it doesn't matter how many statistic you gin up to try and prove effectiveness. Because you can't prove it.
Quoth Ogilvy once again:
I notice increasing reluctance on the part of marketing executives to use judgment; they are coming to rely too much on research, and they use it as a drunkard uses a lamp post for support, rather than for illumination.
In the end, we can spend years arguing about what makes an effective ad or a good ad, or a creative ad, or if an ad can ever motivate someone to buy a product until kingdom come. And we should. Because those are interesting things to debate.
To suggest that the industry itself is six feet under? That's the same old snake oil sales pitch, coming from the same self-loathing wizards who want to sell you the same shit sandwich, but with a different wrapper.
The media has changed. Yes. We now have more ways to reach people. Yes. But the fundamentals have not changed. You still need to entertain. You still need to touch someone emotionally. Make 'em laugh, make 'em cry, etc. And finally, you still need them to maybe think about opening their wallets. Much as we have disdain for that last bit-- that's what advertising is, was and will always be about.
And may it live forever.
Previous posts --
Microwave mentality part one.
Microwave mentality part two: All the news fit to gank
We don't have "relationships" with brands on facebook. We have flings. We like something for the moment and all other times we're like "get off my feed". Just click it and forget it. Or set it and forget it with lots of hysterical fake audience participation.


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Extolled in innumerable songs and much traveled, no river in the world flows through so many countries on its way to the sea as does the Danube. This mighty river covers an astounding 1795 miles from its source in Germany to the Black Sea. The Danube's course from west to east takes it through ten countries (Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria and Ukraine), and as Europe's lifeline it unites a wide variety of peoples, religions and cultures into a harmonious whole. The diverse, sometimes idyllic, sometimes nearly mystical landscapes that line its banks are shrouded in myth and legend.
The entire history of Central Europe was written on its banks, and the centuries-long exchange between peoples and cultures left behind traces that can still be experienced today. The Danube is lined with witnesses to the past: imposing monasteries and magnificent castles and palaces.
But not only the centuries-long encounters among the peoples of the Danube region are worth a closer look. Over the course of history, a wealth of cultural treasures was left behind by the legendary rulers of Europe as well, from Marcus Aurelius and Frederick Barbarossa to the Habsburgs. Thanks to an international cooperation among tourism organizations and shipping companies, visitors can embark on an enchanting journey along this historic travel route with all its splendid buildings and artistic treasures on the "Road of Emperors and Kings", which leads from medieval Regensburg via Passau and Vienna to Budapest, the Hungarian capital. Pristine river landscapes such as the picturesque Danube wetlands and spectacularly beautiful pastoral spots like the Wachau Valley, as well as the countless opportunities for excursions to cities and towns both ancient and modern, make this journey an unforgettable experience.
With its diverse, innovative cultural offerings the Upper Austrian capital Linz on the Danube demonstrates particularly well how fascinating it can be when various cultures, art genres and media engage with each other. Whether it is the Ars Electronica Festival, the city's University of Art and Design, or perhaps the state-of-the-art exhibitions in the Lentos Museum, Linz has long advanced from an insiders' tip to a "must" for art fans. This blending together of various historical periods and cultures is evidenced even in the region's culinary traditions. The cookery brochure "Linz kocht Donau" presents dishes from southern Germany, specialties from the southern part of the Czech Republic and from the Austrian Mostviertel and Waldviertel areas, as well as historic recipes from Linz.
Mention must also be made of Linz's sublime musical contributions, which left their mark on world culture, from Anton Bruckner's immortal works to groundbreaking innovations in the area of electronic music, whose cradle was Linz's Stadtwerkstatt cultural initiative. It is particularly interesting that many of the classical works that were composed here were a reflection of the cultural and political desires, yearnings, and deficits of the respective period. The city's newest musical highlight is the recently opened Linz Music Theater, Europe's most modern opera house. And where else could this architectural marvel be located if not in a city on the very river that for centuries was the most important axis for artistic and cultural development in Central Europe?
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As babies, we wait on them hand and foot, doing everything for them, and then one day, they surprise us by rolling over, sitting up, crawling, standing, walking, talking, those special milestones!
And then...one day, we realize, that all that hard work of raising our children pays off and they really are growing up! The emotions associated with these milestones are so contrasting!
My son, who just turned 6 now wants to go to the bathroom at restaurants on his own, make his own breakfast, build his own lego, and now dresses and undresses himself at hockey. While I am so happy for him, there is a very large, not small part of me that is very sad. Sad with the realization that every day my little ones are growing, becoming more independent, not needing Mommy or Daddy to help them.
|Aiden unlacing skates himself for the first time.
These little milestones are a stark reminder for me, that one day, a lot sooner than I would like, my babies will require less and less of my help, and will venture out on their own :(
Maybe I'll enjoy those rare occasions where they ask me to zipper their coats or help them get dressed (even though I know they are more than capable on their own), because very soon, I know those days too will come to an end.


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Microsoft picks over Google's Windows exit strategy
Irony? We've heard of it
Microsoft responded to yesterday's report that Google was internally ditching the company's operating system in favour of
Linux, Mac OS X Chrome OS by telling anyone that would listen that the Mountain View Chocolate Factory wasn't exactly immune to occasional security gaffes.
Redmond blogger Brandon LeBlanc felt obliged to, in his words, "set the record straight" about Microsoft's Windows operating system.
"There is some irony here that is hard to overlook," he opined, before pointing to an example of an organisation - in this case Yale University - reportedly turning its back on a planned shift to Gmail and Google Apps due to security concerns.
But the very fact that Microsoft felt the need to wheel out its top Windows flack in an effort to bat away some of the bad press the software vendor received suggests that the Redmond high command felt a little wounded by the level of ink the Google story scored yesterday.
LeBlanc grumbled that the assertion of the Financial Times (which wrote the report) that "Windows is known for being vulnerable to attacks by hackers and more susceptible to computer viruses than other operating system" could not be supported by the facts.
"When it comes to security, even hackers admit we're doing a better job making our products more secure than anyone else. And it's not just the hackers; third party influentials [sic] and industry leaders like Cisco tell us regularly that our focus and investment continues to surpass others," he argued.
LeBlanc went on to point out all the stuff Microsoft is working on to keep hackers at bay, including security updates, BitLocker for disc encryption, Windows 7 parental controls (presumably to stop the kids breaking into the virtual drinks cabinet) and Internet Explorer 8, which the company has repeatedly stated is tip-top secure.
But doth the lady protest too much? Probably. After all, Google was always going to "go Google" - a fact wryly acknowledged by MS chief flack Frank X Shaw just yesterday.
Look across the techplex: Would HP wonks happily let its workforce run the ink empire on Dell servers? Is Oracle dead keen to run Microsoft's SQL server database in-house? Nope. That type of self-defeating behaviour isn't really a reality any business would want to endorse, except to eye up the competition, of course.
Why would Microsoft - or indeed anyone else - expect anything less from Mountain View, which just so happens to be planning to unleash Chrome OS later this year? ®
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Decision Considerations Disease Protocols - Neurocognitive Impairment
The information shown on this page is also available in this Neurocognitive Impairment (PDF) document.
Why is a neuropsychological evaluation required? Head trauma, stroke, encephalitis, multiple sclerosis, other suspected acquired or developmental conditions, and medications used for treatment, may produce cognitive deficits that would make an airman unsafe to perform pilot duties. This guideline outlines the requirements for a neuropsychological evaluation.
Who may perform a neuropsychological evaluation? Neuropsychological evaluations should be conducted by a qualified neuropsychologist with additional training in aviation-specific topics. The following link contains a list of neuropsychologists who meet all FAA quality criteria. See FAA Neuropsychologist List (PDF).
Will I need to provide any of my medical records? You should make records available to the neuropsychologist prior to the evaluation, to include:
- Copies of all records regarding prior psychiatric/substance-related hospitalizations, observations or treatment not previously submitted to the FAA.
- A complete copy of your agency medical records. You should request a copy of your agency records be sent directly to the psychiatrist and psychologist by submitting a Request for Airman Records (FAA Form 8065-2) (PDF)
What must the neuropsychological evaluation report include? At a minimum:
- A review of all available records, including academic records, records of prior psychiatric hospitalizations, and records of periods of observation or treatment (e.g., psychiatrist, psychologist, or pediatric neuropsychiatrist treatment notes). Records must be in sufficient detail to permit a clear evaluation of the nature and extent of any previous mental disorders.
- A thorough clinical interview to include a detailed history regarding: psychosocial or developmental problems; academic and employment performance; legal issues; substance use/abuse (including treatment and quality of recovery); aviation background and experience; medical conditions, and all medication use; and behavioral observations during the interview and testing.
- A mental status examination.
- Interpretation of a full battery of neuropsychological and psychological tests including but not limited to the core test battery (specified below).
- An integrated summary of findings with an explicit diagnostic statement, and the neuropsychologist's opinion(s) and recommendation(s) regarding clinically or aeromedically significant findings and the potential impact on aviation safety consistent with the Federal Aviation Regulations.
What is required in the core test battery? The core test battery listed below provides a standardized basis for the FAA's review of cases, and must include:
- CogScreen-Aeromedical Edition (CogScreen-AE)
- The complete Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales (Processing Speed and Working Memory Indexes must be scored)
- Trail Making Test, Parts A and B (Reitan Trails A & B should be used since aviation norms are available for the original Reitan Trails A & B, but not for similar tests [e.g., Color Trails; Trails from Kaplan-Delis Executive Function, etc.])
- Executive function tests to include:
- Category Test or Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, and
- Stroop Color-Word Test
- Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT).
- A continuous performance test (i.e., Test of Variables of Attention [TOVA], or Conners' Continuous Performance Test [CPT-II], or Integrated Visual and Auditory Continuous Performance Test [IVA+]), or Gordon Diagnostic System [GDS].
- Test of verbal memory (WMS-IV subtests, Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, or California Verbal Learning Test-II)
- Test of visual memory (WMS-IV subtests, Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised, or Rey Complex Figure Test)
- Tests of Language including Boston Naming Test and Verbal Fluency (COWAT and a semantic fluency task)
- Psychomotor testing including Finger Tapping and Grooved Pegboard or Purdue Pegboard
- Personality testing, to include the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2). (The MMPI-2-RF is not an approved substitute. All scales, subscales, content, and supplementary scales must be scored and provided. Computer scoring is required. Abbreviated administrations are not acceptable.)
NOTES: (1) All tests administered must be the most current edition of the test unless specified otherwise; (2) At the discretion of the examiner, additional tests may be clinically necessary to assure a complete assessment.
What must be submitted? The neuropsychologist's report as noted above, plus the supporting documentation below:
- Copies of all computer score reports (e.g., CogScreen-AE score report, Pearson MMPI-2 Extended Score Report, TOVA, CPT-II or IVA+ Report).
- An appended score summary sheet that includes all scores for all tests administered. When available, pilot norms must be used. If pilot norms are not available for a particular test, then the normative comparison group (e.g., general population, age/education-corrected) must be specified. Also, when available, percentile scores must be included.
Recommendations should be strictly limited to the psychologist's area of expertise. Psychologists with questions are encouraged to call Chris Front, Psy.D, FAA Psychologist, at (202) 267-3767.
What else does the neuropsychologist need to know?
- The FAA will not proceed with a review of the test findings without the above data.
- The data and clinical findings will be carefully safeguarded in accordance with the APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (2002) as well as applicable federal law.
- The raw neurocognitive testing data may be required at a future date for expert review by one of the FAA's consulting clinical neuropsychologists. In that event, authorization for release of the data by the airman to the expert reviewer will need to be provided.
Additional Helpful Information
- Will additional testing be required in the future? If eligible for unrestricted medical certification, no additional testing would be required. However, pilots found eligible for Special Issuance will be required to undergo periodic re-evaluations. The letter authorizing special issuance will outline required testing, which may be limited to specific tests or expanded to include a comprehensive test battery.
- Useful references for the neuropsychologist:
- MOST COMPREHENSIVE SINGLE REFERENCE: Aeromedical Psychology (2013). C.H. Kennedy & G.G. Kay (Editors). Ashgate.
- Pilot norms on neurocognitive tests: Kay, G.G. (2002). Guidelines for the Psychological Evaluation of Aircrew Personnel. Occupational Medicine, 17 (2), 227-245.
- Aviation-related psychological evaluations: Jones, D. R. (2008). Aerospace Psychiatry. In J. R. Davis, R. Johnson, J. Stepanek & J. A. Fogarty (Eds.), Fundamentals of Aerospace Medicine (4th Ed.), (pp. 406-424). Philadelphia: Lippencott Williams & Wilkins.


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