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This homemade costume for girls entered our 2015 Halloween Costume Contest.
A word from Kevin, the 'Minion' costume creator:
This is my Daughter Caitlin's costume!
She has asked to be a Minion for Halloween, and after being disappointed in the choices available in the stores, I decided to try my hand at making a costume! I researched on online and found others who had already done the same, but ultimately decided to use an Egg Crate Mattress Topper ($12). I cut the top edge with a pattern to fold in the top flaps and then hot glued them into place. I then hot glued a Velcro strip down the back opening. I cut a hole on each side for her arms and we had our first fitting where I then cut the mouth to be right in front of her face so she could see out. On the top of the Minion there was a star shaped opening left. I traced a circle onto the top and then cut it our leaving an opening. I used the same circle to then trace and cut a piece out of some of the leftover foam and hotglued it into the hole, hotglueing another piece to the inside to reinforce it. For the hair, I used black zipties that I pushed through the top one by one and then hotglued them to the inside to hold them in place. The teeth were carved from left over foam and hotglued into place. Inside the mouth, I used a black shelf liner as a "screen", so she could see out, but not be easily seen from the outside. For the goggles, I used paper salad plates and a piece of posterboard cut into a strip and glued to the place. I cut the outer rim of the plate off and then snipped around the next ring and folded the tabs in to glue the posterboard strip to. I cut out the inner ring of plates and then glued them together. For the "bolts" of the goggles, I glued "googily eyes" evenly spaced and glued to the outside. The eyes are leftover foam with a piece of brown felt and small black foam for the pupils and iris. I glued another small piece of foam to the back of the eyes to help give them more of a "rounded" look once the goggles were glues to the body. I did have to shape the posterboard part of the goggles to fit the rounded body, and then the goggles got painted. For the goggles strap, I cut the bottom of a black T-shirt off and just fitted it over the body. Everything was then hotglued into place. My wife helped with overalls and cut and sewed them together and then again hotglued them into place. I constructed the buttons on the overalls from foamboard covered in Duck Tape and then punched holes in them to make them look like buttons. The "G" for Gru was just a Sharpie on the fabric of the fake pocket she sewed to the front. We also had a pair of fabric work gloves that we sewed the fingers together to give the appearance of only 3 fingers like a real Minion! After that, the rest was easy. Yellow long sleeve shirt and a pair of jeans! It was great on Halloween and we got stopped by tons of people to take pictures and to see the "Real Minion" Total cost including fabric for this costumer was under $35!
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Let's call area A the Macro level, area B the Meso level and area C the Micro level. The specific word or symbol is not important. What is important for nemetics is to understand any phenomenon it must be placed at the B | Meso level. The forces in play come from the proximate nShapes one level up and one level down.
Notice in the image there are no oscillators at the B level. The flow of forces are the result of interference patterns from A and C.
Let's call the overall rectangular boundary of Neme. In a context specific analysis the Neme would have more layers of A,B,C | Macro - Meso - Micro areas. The number of layers necessary depends on the number of dimensions that give a satisfactory answer to the question we are asking of the defined networks of complex adaptive system.
A context specific use of the tool requires more functionality. The vision is that with appropriate modifications we will be able to use a version of the software to visualize big data in a useful way for decision support.
Figure 2 below is a side view of the 3 D version of the overall field. It suggests we will be able to get a wave form for the Neme itself.
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Tuesday, May 4 with Zoe Bissell to see a complex of barns on a farm in Rosendale, Ulster County, ___/Evans (Uls-Ros-4). Owned for four years by Helmsley Evans. It is near the dead end of Burr Crossing Road. Rondout Woodworking of Saugerties is doing restoration of the barns.
This is the first Dutch barn known in the Town of Rosendale. The town was originally part of the town of Hurley until the Delaware and Hudson Canal was put through in about 1825. Rosendale is associated with the canal and with the cement industry rather than farming but wherever there was usable land a farmer would find it no matter how remote.
Many of these back woods farms were little more than subsistence, but judging by its barns and fields, this farm was modestly prosperous. There was certainly a good market for farm products in the busy canal town only a mountain-mile away down a twisted narrow road.
Sunday, May 8 with Maggie MacDowell we measured the Evans barns. It is thought that the Dutch aisle barn was moved to the site. It may have had an additional bay that would have given it a more typical floor plan, slightly wider than long. The two 2-bay 'straw mow' additions are typical in their placement, extending the side aisle and creating a sunwise barn yard. The back of the building complex faces the northeast and flanks the narrow dirt road with an 89-foot continuous wall of weather boards.
The timber frames of the Dutch barn and its additions seem contemporary. They are scribe rule with extended anchorbeam tenons in the aisle barn. My guess is circa 1780. The house is Victorian but is said to have an early cellar. The roof of the barn was raised sometime in the 19th century and the side walls were rebuilt higher. The present rafters butt at the peak indicating a date of reconstruction after 1830.
Saturday, May 15 with Alvin Sheffer we met with Bob Hallock, President of the Greene County Historical Society, his wife Anne, Scott Padeni, an archaeologist with an underwater specialty, and Harvey Durham, to examine the wreck of an eighteenth century Dutch barn that is quickly becoming a pile of rotting timbers and tin. It is one of only three Dutch barns that have survived in Greene County. It is located in the Town of Coxsackie, an area near the Hudson River that is undergoing industrial development and offers an opportunity to examine the bones of this early artifact and save some of its parts for a museum setting.
Bob Hallock believes the barn was not original to the site but probably moved from a nearby Van Bergen farm that he points to on a hill across a brook where there is a collection of farm buildings, a neighboring farm where a small stone house was demolished in the 1970's.
Alvin Sheffer felt that because it does not face north it indicates that the barn was relocated. We will call it The Mid 18th Century Van Bergen? 3-bay Scribe Rule Dutch Barn. We took what measurements we could at this time and made some speculations (1.).
Some of the barn's unusual features include the heavy short braces on the internal anchorbeams. They are somewhat like the corbels found in Dutch frame houses built before circa 1730 and like the heavy curved braces on the Garret Van Bergen barn, circa 1729, that rotted away in the 1970's and 1980's (2.). This indicates a possible early date for the H-frames of the Van Bergen? barn. There is evidence on some columns of later modifications, and a pine wall post with square-rule joining makes me think the side walls were replaced and heightened, or the aisles widened. Sections of timbers should be saved for an eventual dendro date that could establish its age.
The New World Dutch barns that have survived or been recorded, from Staten Island to the Mohawk Valley, show a building with a plan and structure that are basically the same wherever you find it, unlike in Holland where barn types and timber framing show strong regional differences. Although the regional differences of the Dutch barn in America are slight, not well studied, and the evidence is scarce, it may eventually be possible to map regional boundaries and understand the differences more clearly. They should reflect their geography and history.
An interesting comparison can be made between the columns of the Van Bergen? barn in Greene County and the Evans barn in Ulster County. Part of their differences can be attributed to their different ages, showing development away from Medieval framing traditions toward a more American style of framing. Some of their differences, like the shape of the extended tenon on the anchorbeam, may be regional.
Especially interesting is the horse manger evidence in the two barns. The 2-inch grooves in the columns of the Evans barn are frequently found in Ulster County barns such as the circa 1750 Jansen Dutch barn in Shawangunk (3.). They held a 2-inch plank that formed the bottom of the horse manger's feed box. The evidence in the Van Bergen barn indicates a similar type of manger but a different construction.
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When I received a lovely package from Marisa over at Polish Obsession, there were 2 polishes included that looked like they fit perfectly together.
These 2 are Brucci Black Cherry and Wet 'n Wild Hannah Pinktana. I already had the blue version of Hannah Pinktana - Blue Wants To Be A Millionaire, and I knew that the pink version would probably great for layering too!
So I started with a base of 2 coats of Brucci Black Cherry. It applied kinda tricky, it's a very runny polish so I had to be careful about not flooding my cuticles. After it dried for a bit I applied 1 coat of Wet 'n Wild Hannah Pinktana. Not satisfied with the result, I applied a second coat. Perfect! Purple with holographic sparkle, what more could a girl need?
Thanks Marisa for sending me these gorgeous polishes!


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Shindig is 10 years' old this weekend and, from the club's infancy at Club Afrika to last October's Best Underground Club Award, it has provided more than just one generation of the North East's youth with a place to dance and enjoy the music they love so dearly.
Co-founder Scott Bradford - who, alongside Lee Melrose, aka Scooby, holds the honour of being the UK's longest-running club residents - said: "When we started Shindig all those years ago we only did it as there was nowhere for our friends to go and dance to the music we loved. Now we're extremely proud to be a strong part of Newcastle's modern cultural heritage as well as a firm fixture in UK clubbing."
Fittingly, the lads are pushing the boat out in what will no doubt prove in years to come to be a crucial moment in Newcastle and Gateshead's bright new future.
Saturday night has the club's favourite guests, Deep Dish, who themselves rate the club as their world favourite. The night itself will no doubt be one for the regulars to get all misty-eyed about, and with the night operating on a no-advance-ticket basis, you will have to arrive early to get in.
Sunday will see Shindig in Baltic Square, Gateshead Quays, from 7pm. This outdoor event will showcase two other Shindig favourites, Roger Sanchez and Yousef.
What better way to celebrate the city and one of its best-loved modern institutions, than to hold a party with some of the world's top DJs and recording artists in the shade of some of the UK's most celebrated engineering, arts and music projects; the Millennium Bridge, Baltic, and the forthcoming Music Centre respectively?
Sunday: Baltic Square, Gateshead Quays, 7pm-1am. Both events will be broadcast on the Galaxy national network.


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Archive for March, 2017
You Might Be Putting Yourself At Risk When You Put Off Windshield Repair
If you've got a cracked windshield, you're going to want to take it to an automotive glass replacement shop to get it fixed immediately. Windshield repair shouldn't be taken lightly — your windshield is responsible for 35% of the structural integrity of your vehicle. With the windshield weakened, there could be severe consequences for not getting it repaired. Plus, the longer you wait to get it fixed, the greater your chances of having it become irreparable are, and you'll have to start looking at windshield replacement options.
Why Are Windshields So Important?
Not only is a cracked windshield unsightly, it can also pose a serious safety hazard. If you get into an accident, the windshield plays an important role in keeping you safe. In a head on collision, just under half of the cabin's structural integrity relies on the windshield. This figure goes up to 60% if you're in a rollover crash. Additionally, a large enough crack (especially if it spiderwebs out) can impair your view of the road and other vehicles, pedestrians, or bikers on the road when driving, which is also dangerous.
You also don't want to hold off on getting a rock chip removed or a crack fixed, because while the damage could hold steady for ten years, another round of damage could result in a two foot long crack in seconds. The spread of damage isn't predictable and only makes you more susceptible to accidents. Plus, if you wait on fixing a chip or a crack, you might end up having to replace your whole windshield which will be pricier in the long run.
When Should I Consider Getting My Windshield Repaired?
A windshield repair shop will often recommend getting your windshield totally replaced if there are repairs within four inches of each other. The Repair of Laminated Automotive Glass Standard also recommends replacing your windshield if the damage's diameter is over an inch in the driver's sight line. Generally, they can repair a crack or chip up to three inches long, but any longer than that and you might want to consider replacing the whole thing.
Luckily, if you're looking at windshield repair service, you can usually get a chip or crack repaired for less than $100. Replacing the windshield itself is going to be a little pricier, but check with your insurance policy to see if they'll cover any of it.
Tips for Getting Your Windshield Repaired
If you're unsure about whether you should get your windshield repaired or replaced entirely, talk to a auto glass repair professional right away. He or she will be able to make the best recommendation.
You want to make sure that you're hiring a reputable company who is going to repair your windshield correctly and effectively. Shockingly, in a report from 2007, almost 80% of glass replacements were not done properly, which is highly dangerous. You don't want your windshield falling out in an accident or for there to be the possibility of passenger ejection in a car crash.
Ask family and friends if they've gone to see an auto glass repair service and what their experience was like. Be sure to research the service online and make sure that customer reviews are excellent before approaching them. Don't be afraid to get in touch with multiple services and get quotes from them and learn about their procedures.
Make sure they have the right tools to handle your windshield replacement job and aren't cutting corners on doing the job properly. The body of the car and the glass itself should be cleaned before installation and everything should be allowed to set and cure before the car is ready to go back out on the road.
Don't skimp on your safety. If your windshield is somehow compromised, you want to get in to an auto glass repair service immediately to remedy the problem. Don't let it go and hope for the best. Your safety and the safety of your passengers might be at risk with a damaged windshield.
Why You Should Get An Ignition Interlock Device
Are you in trouble with the law? Had a few two many beers on game day and now you're paying for it with DUI court cases? Well, here's a solution to not only make the process a little bit easier, but also make life afterwards just a bit safer. Get an ignition interlock device.
These tools are great for taking back control of your life and getting to know how much you should drink in order to stay within the law. These devices are tools to help you recognize when you've drank too much and if you shouldn't drive. In that sense, think of them as like the car breathalyzers that cops use out on the road. That said, these devices are meant for your everyday life. You put them in your car and if you are over the limit the car won't start.
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5 Signs that Mean You Need to Call for Brake Repairs
If you want to have your car for a long time, it's important that you take good care of it. Beyond filling it with gas and getting oil change services, part of taking care of your car is paying attention to signs of distress.
Many people tend to just forget about their brakes until it's too late, but there are certain things you should be looking for that will tell you it's time to call in for brake repair or replacement. Your brake pads, 2 pads per rotor, will press against the rotor and wear down over time, which is why it's important to pay special attention to them. Here are a few warning signs that mean it's time to take your car in for brake repair.
Grinding Noises
First of all, any strange noises in your car should alert you to a problem. If you hear grinding noises when you brake specifically though, it's definitely an issue that has everything to do with your brakes. It could be one of multiple issues, but nonetheless it means you need to get brake repairs done.
Pulling involves your car literally "pulling" to one side or the other when you brake. Odds are that one side has brakes that are weaker than the other, and that's a huge issue, especially if the roads are slippery.
Burning Plastic Smell
When you smell burning rubber, something is definitely wrong. Bad smells in your car should never be ignored, especially if those smells are gasoline or burning plastic.
Flooring the Brakes
Brakes should be pretty touchy, which means your foot shouldn't have to move that far down to slow your vehicle. Having to floor the brake pedal to slow your vehicle down isn't normal, and it should be checked out immediately.
Your vehicle should come to a nice, smooth stop when you brake. If your car vibrates or appears to bounce when you brake, there's something wrong.
Any one of these issues should alert you to brake issues. If you notice any of these things, make sure you take your car into an auto repair shop immediately.


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Enjoying the yearly Trunk or Treat
October 18, 2017
For eight years, I have participated in Green River URA/Main Street's Trunk or Treat.
The Trunk or Treat may have moved locations a few times, but it's always been fun. It's a chance for local businesses employees and owners to dress up in Halloween costumes, decorate their vehicles or trunks and hand out candy.
Over the years, the employees and their family members at the Green River Star have been the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Scooby-Doo group, Smurfs, Willy Wanka and the Umpa Lumpas, the Super Mario Brothers, Cat in the Hat and characters from the movies "Madagascar 3"...
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Hello! I recently made myself an Android Hat. (I haven't created anything for a long time!)
And here's the very easy pattern!
What you need
4.5mm double pointed & cable knitting needles
Green yarn (TLC cotton plus solid in kiwi)
White yarn (TLC cotton plus solid in white)
stitch marker
some white felt
yarn needle
sewing needle with some white thread
CO 108 stitches on the cable knitting needles, join the round.
Ribbed rows white yarn
knit 2, purl 2 around, repeat till the ribbed rows are about 1 inch
use a stitch marker to mark start of each row.
Stockinette rows green yarn
switch to green yarn and work in stockinette stitch till the stockinette stitch rows are about 4 inches.
Reducing rows switch to double pointed needles
After the 4 inches of stockinette rows, start reducing every 12 stitches around
ie. knit 10, knit 2 stitches together, knit the next row
reduce row knit 9, knit 2 together, repeat till end of row, knit the next row
keep reducing every alternate row, ie. reduce row, k8, k2tgo, repeat till end, k next row, k7, k2tgo, repeat till end, k next row, k6, k2tgo
reduce till you are left with 9 stitches, pull yarn through the remaining 9 stitches and sew ends in.
My gauge is 5 stitches per inch. I have a large head, so the above measurements matches my head! It may be too big for you! Alternatively, you can use any other basic beanie pattern you prefer, in your preferred type of yarn and needle size to fit your head!
pick 3 stitches at 1 side of the yarn, icord for 10 rows, bind off on 11th row
repeat on other side of hat.
cut 2 round circles of white felt and sew onto the hat slightly above the ribbed rows.
Sew in all yarn ends.


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Self-driving cars aren't expected to begin hitting the road until 2020, but a new study predicts that once they're here, they will quickly become a common sight.
By 2035, nearly 54 million autonomous vehicles will be in consumers' driveways worldwide and annual sales of the vehicles will reach almost 12 million, according to the study by IHS Automotive. After 2050, the study predicts that nearly all of the vehicles in use — both personal and commercial — will be self-driving.
One of the biggest impacts from such widespread use of self-driving cars (SDCs) will be safety, according to the study's co-author, Egil Juliussen.
"Accident rates will plunge to near zero for SDCs," said Juliussen, a principal analyst for infotainment and autonomous driver-assisted systems at IHS Automotive.
Though human-driven cars will still crash into autonomous vehicles, "as the market share of SDCs on the highway grows, overall accident rates will decline steadily," Juliussen said.
Traffic and air pollution will also decline as a result of self-driving cars because their driving patterns will be programmed to minimize their impact on the environment, Juliussen said.
The IHS study projects that worldwide sales of self-driving cars will rise from around 230,000 in 2025 to 11.8 million in 2035. Seven million of those vehicles will allow both driver and autonomous control, while the other 4.8 will be autonomous control only, IHS estimates.
Globally, North America will have the largest share of SDCs in 2035, with 29%, while China and Western Europe will account for 24% and 20%, respectively, according to the study.
Yet there will be several hurdles autonomous vehicles will need to clear in the coming decades, the study predicts. >more


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New names on the winner's podium this year include Jaipur in India, which won both the global Best Airport by Size and Best Airport by Size and Region (Asia-Pacific) awards in the 2-5 million passengers per annum category.
While Sochi, Saint Petersburg–Pulkovo and Dublin triumphed in the respective 2-5mppa, 5-15mppa and 15-25mppa categories in the Best by Size and Region section for Europe.
Saint Petersburg–Pulkovo also finished equal top with Moscow Sheremetyevo and Sochi, to complete a clean sweep for Russian airports in the Best Airport in Europe category.
Others gaining top spots for the first time included Grand Rapids in the US, which came out on top in the 2-5mppa group in the Best by Size and Region category for North America while Denpasar (Asia-Pacific), Dammam (Middle East), Istanbul Atatürk (Europe), Kingston–Norman Manley (Latin America-Caribbean), Nairobi (Africa) and Saskatoon (North America) all won Most Improved Airport accolades.
Customer service king, Incheon International Airport, won the Best by Size in the Over 40mppa category and retained its Best in Asia-Pacific title for the eleventh-year running, although this time it had to share the honour with Singapore Changi as the two super hubs couldn't be separated on the score cards.
ACI also found it impossible to separate India's Mumbai–Chhatrapati Shivaji and Delhi–Indira Gandhi airports for top spot in the Best Airport by Size category for gateways handling between 25 and 40 million passengers per annum.
"Airports' increasing concentration on ensuring a stellar passenger experience is part of a larger trend," notes ACI World's director general, Angela Gittens.
"Airports have evolved into complex, customer-focused businesses in their own right that in many cases are in competition with each other for passenger traffic.
"From duty free and restaurants to ambience, cleanliness, courtesy of staff, amenities, efficiency and more, air travellers are expecting big things from the airports through which they travel.
"More than anything, ASQ is a way for participants to measure the extent to which they deliver on these expectations."
ASQ is the world's premier passenger service benchmarking programme for airports, delivered over 550,000 in-depth passenger surveys at over 300 airports across more than 80 countries worldwide last year.
The 2015 results represent the world's best in class airports where improving the customer experience is concerned – appraised by passengers while they are travelling and the experience is fresh in their minds.
Dublin Airport's managing director, Vincent Harrison, is among the first airport bosses to give his reaction to the results.
Harrison, who saw his gateway voted No.1 in the 15-25mppa category in the Best by Size and Region section for Europe, enthuses: "This is a very significant achievement for Dublin Airport.
"A few short years ago Dublin Airport was rock bottom in its peer group of airports surveyed in ACI's service quality rankings.
"Since then we were determined to improve our customers' experience of the airport and we have done that every year to get to this top spot.
"The key areas to drive passenger satisfaction at Dublin Airport are courtesy and helpfulness of staff, security, check-in, cleanliness and the Departure Gates.
"We are passionate about improving our customers' experience further and it is a key priority of our management and staff at Dublin Airport to continue to do that."
Talking about Dublin's performance, ACI's Gittens notes: "Dublin Airport's number one ranking in Europe demonstrates its professionalism, commitment and success in delivering that high level of customer service."
Dublin Airport had its busiest ever year in 2015, as a record 25 million passengers travelled through the airport.
Our picture above shows Harrison (centre) celebrating the No. 1 spot for passenger service with Dublin Airport terminal services officer, Yanina Khizhinskaya, and terminal services officer, Niall Feiritear.


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I know there's a lot of mpd users on here. So I thought I'd see if anyone has any experience with getting playback in multiple rooms in the house without having a computer in each room. Oh ya, and I'm cheap so I'm not looking to spend much And I have a laptop on a wireless network here, so I'm not real concerned with being able to control it from every room.
I know there's wireless devices for transmitting audio and/or video but they do cost a bit and I've yet to find any that don't use 2.4Ghz.
I think it was the mpd forums where I saw someone mention they had built 1/8" jack to rj45 converters to use existing network cabling running from the closet with the mpd server to distribute the sound. I thought that was pretty cool, but I have no idea how to do that :?
Anyways, not something real important. Just something I've been wondering about and thought I'd see if the creative minds around here have come up with anything to do something like this.
On my last computer I cut up my computer speaker wire, ran it to a 12V Alpine car amp running on a deep-cycle battery which was powering a 12" Alpine sub and two 6x9". It was just an experiment, mucking around with some mates stereo gear while his car was in getting painted. Story juice: maybe something like this but less drastic could work for you, just run speaker wire through the roof into a couple of decent-quality speakers in each room. To split the signal that much you'd probably need some sort of amplifier to keep good sound quality. It's an idea at any rate
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Hello readers of the blog; if you didn't hear about it, WE MADE A CONFERENCE!
I started writing this blog article pretty much 24 hours to the minute after the #IDLConf that was held on 21st February 2015 in London.
Firstly, on a personal note, I feel pretty awesome. Awesome and humbled. I spent several years (as I think everyone knows by now) as a standard agency recruiter; making hundreds of (normally annoying) phone calls to companies who didn't want to talk to me or to candidates who had the attitude that I was 'just another recruiter'. To run groups that developers actually want to attend is brilliant; putting on a full day 'IDinLondon conference' where over 50 people attended – amazingly only 50% of whom had been to one of our events before – is literally mind blowing. I've come from a background of 'everyone hates us so they'll hate you' to one where companies actually phone me and say 'Hi Adam we love what you're doing, can you help us hire?'. Yes, awesome is most certainly the word I would use!
So, how did the whole conference thing about? I blame Sebastian Witalec. If you attend the IDinLondon events you'll know Sebastian; he's from Poland and is a Technical Evangelist for Telerik. One day (before or after an event, I don't recall which) Sebastian said to me, "Hey, Adam, you know what would be cool? If we held our own conference!". I'm quite sure I laughed at him for a few minutes before I realised that he was serious (it was a bit awkard I'll be honest). I think we were both excited about the upcoming NDC that we were attending and, taken in by the moment, I agreed to do it.
Running meetup groups (we've got 6, check out www.idinlondon.co.uk) is one thing, few hours in the evening, beers and snacks on the side and 2 x 30 min presentations. But a conference, could we do it?
You bet'cha!
So, planning got underway. All of the group organisers were messaged about the possibility of a conference; some people, like Magdalena Marczak (Polish group) and Rodrigo Laranjo (Portuguese Speaking group) jumped straight into supporting us. Sebastian even enlisted his Spanish girlfriend, Aurora to help us out. At the first meeting we laid out a plan; what did we want to achieve? When would it be? Who would do what?
Over the next few weeks we started telling people in the groups about our idea; it was really well received. We asked people if they wanted a weekday event or weekend; weekend was a clear winner. The people had spoken! We could have taken a route like 'The Apprentice' and just ignored them, but at the end of the day they're the users, and you do what your users want at the end of the day, right?
We wanted to keep the day free, because at the end of the day our events normally are free, so why would we charge for this one if we could avoid it? I asked everyone to see if they knew of anyone that could be interested in sponsoring the event. I remembered meeting with a chap called Michael in early 2014 and he mentioned that the company he was working for, Twilio, were really keen on sponsoring events in London to promote their brand so I dropped him a mail to see if they would be interested at all. They were – great! Unfortunately a couple of months after getting in touch with Michael he left Twilio, but his successor, Marcos was keen on our idea and wanted to get involved; Sebastian and I met him for a coffee and told him about our vision for the conference. What we wanted to achieve, when we wanted to achieve it. He was on board and wanted to add value so we agreed that Twilio would build us an app whereby people could order hot drinks via text which was excellent.
We had four face to face meetings in all about the conference and a Google Hangout too (which was new ground for me!) and at each stage we had a general conversation about each part of the event to get feedback from all involved and then set out clear deliverables on things like 'checking regulations at the event location' to 'finding baristas' or 'find a first aider'. I had to be the big bad wolf who assigned tasks and deadlines to it all! Trello was a god send with this.
The people involved in the planning were brilliant, working autonomously to make us have a great day; Magda for instance sent me a list of cool gadgets that we purchased as prizes on the day – remote controlled helicopters, a smart wrist band, a drone – and Marek kindly donated a Wifi hotspot he had but never used.
Planning for a conference looks easy on the outside, but trust me it really isn't, especially when you're still trying to make placements to pay the bills too. I've been going grey since I was 18 (I'm 35 now!) and I'm quite sure this conference planning added at least a million more greys to my head!
It was all worth it on the day, however, when people started to flood through the Thoughtworks (who kindly donated us their office for the day) doors and sign up on the day and began to mingle. I can't believe I wasn't the 1st one there on the day; Sebastian beat me there with Aurora, as did Magda and Pawel; my excuse is that I don't live in London!
We had an excellent setup – in the main 'kitchen' area the Baristas had set up, people were able to order in person or over text. Rodrigo brought his 3D printer and set it up (and let me tell you developers flock around a 3D printer like bees around honey!). We had my own daughter, Macaela, signing people in with Magda, and Amaad & Vlad set up with Learning Connexions giveaways with a roulette wheel and guessing games for people to get involved with. Marek even sourced a product that was setup on a Raspberry Pi connected to a 50" screen which picked up on the #IDLConf hashtag and displayed tweets and pictures which was really cool. Click these links to view the videos and pictures.
Lunch was covered by Thoughtworks and even the Italian guys said the Pizza was really good! Telerik chipped in with sponsorship too which enabled us to have some cool t-shirts made up (all of which were claimed but I'm yet to see a picture of someone in their IDLconf shirt!) and record the talks and day through Relish.io.
Probably one of the most nervous times of my life was when I had to do the Keynote – talk about me, the groups, what I do and how it benefits people. I did a count at the end of the day and 52 people attended. I know that's not exactly Guinness World Record for conferences; but it's not bad for a recruiter attracting developers to an event where he didn't even pester them about jobs, right?
At the end of the day I sat on a train and took a giant breath. I'd actually (with an immense amount of help) put on a Dev Conference. Wow.
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On 29 June 1998, a group of impeccably dressed Black men gatecrashed the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry in Elephant and Castle, London. Tensions ran high as a gathered crowd bayed for the blood of the young white men suspected of his killing. It was a major public event and prominent mainstream journalists were in attendance. That action of the Nation of Islam amounted to a publicity coup for an erstwhile fringe organisation. For the next few days, the airwaves and the print media were agog over this enigma. It was great publicity. The Nation knew that that time - more than any other - was one where the police could not afford be heavy-handed with them. After all, were they not the victims?
In the rush to create appealing stories and viewer-friendly broadcasts, the press focused on the enigma that was the Nation of Islam and largely ignored its malevolent side. Firstly, very few stories focussed on the farcical roots of the Nation and the illogic of its link to the Black liberation movement. In 1931, one W. Fard Muhammad, described as "a salesman from the Middle East" had built up a small following in the United States during his preaching about Islam. It is not quite certain if or why he set out to target Black people whom he described as "the original members of the Tribe of Shabazz from the Lost Nation of Asia". More importantly, it is difficult to understand how so many Black people fell for this mumbo-jumbo. Tribe of Shabazz? Lost Nation of Asia? Give me a break (another absurd assertion of Fard's was that the white race was produced six thousand years ago in a failed laboratory experiment by an evil wizard named Yacub!). But then, as the Nation showed once again, the degree of respectability, legitimacy or "authenticity" which a movement achieves has nothing to do with the logic of its creation or existence but with the number of followers it is able to attract. And of course the number of followers a movement is able to attract depends not on the truth of the movement but on the availability of a strong orator and a receptive audience.
On July 4 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, Fard Mohammed met and converted one Elijah Poole, whom he later designated his "divine representative". Fard Muhammad apparently left America in 1934. Not much is known or said about his past or his life after this time. Elijah Poole, by now renamed Elijah Mohammed, took up where Fard Mohammed left off, brilliantly marketing Islam as "the true African religion".
The rise of the Nation came at an opportune moment because many Black people had begun to search for the identities that had been stripped from them as part of the process of slavery. They wanted to jettison their slave-master names, religions and other such impositions that came with their enslavement, but with what were they to replace these impositions? The search for knowledge of self was not complemented by the availability of this knowledge. Very few had the resources to go back to Africa. Hardly any knew where to start the search. Most of the images that came out of Africa were still denigrating inaccuracies aimed at the white audience. There was therefore a large number of dissatisfied Black people who were receptive to any ideas that would show their past in a positive light. Enter the Nation of Islam. They preached Black pride and somewhere along the way, they let it be known that Islam was "the true African religion". Right or wrong, their ideology was invariably lapped up. At that time it did not matter what was preached - if it propounded Black pride, it would get followers. And of course Islam was given more credence by the fact that the enslaved peoples from certain parts of Africa were indeed Muslims and Islam is practised in many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa.
With this meeting of need and supply - never mind the inaccuracy of this supply - the growth of the Nation of Islam was unstoppable. However, its founding fathers must have been unaware of the manner in which Islam spread into Sub-Saharan Africa and the role it has played since then. Like the 13th century Catholic crusades, Islam spread through a large part of Africa through Jihads (holy wars). Thus in 1076AD in West Africa, the Almoravids overran the Soninke and "offered" Islam or death. The Jihads of Ibrahim Musa, were launched from Futa Jallon in 1725 and that of Sulaiman Bal began in Futa Toro 50 years later. Such conflicts between the Islam and the indigenous religions continued even through the trans-Atlantic slave trade until the early 19th century when the Fulani cleric, Shehu Usman Dan Fodio, provoked a Jihad across large parts of West Africa.
The replacement of local religions by Islam was not all through violence. Like Christian missionaries after them, Muslim clerics and traders spread the faith, for many centuries, by educating the non-believers in the pillars of Islam, thereby spreading the religion insidiously through many parts of Africa. The real indigenous African religions involved the worship of dieties like like Orisa, Sango, Yemanja, Barbushe, Chineke, Osanobua etc. At its arrival, Islam like Christianity sought to undermine these religions. They were the religions of infidels and were crushed with everything from indoctrination to blackmail and violence.
Again, the founding fathers of the Nation were probably unaware of the first recorded large scale commercial enslavement of sub-Saharan Africans by "outsiders" and the role that Muslim traders played in this. At least two centuries before the onset of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the trans-Saharan trade saw the exchange of items like salt and horses from the north of Africa with slaves and gold from west and central Africa.
The Nation of Islam had created, on inaccurate foundations, an organisation which shaped its followers' worldview. The bigger the organisation grew, the more difficult it was to admit this error. If the basis of their teaching was seen to be wrong, the authenticity of the entire movement would be challenged.
Perhaps worst of all is that the Nation does not appear to understand the potentially destructive effect that religion, particularly Islam, has and will continue to have in sub-Saharan Africa. Now and again, the dangerous possibilities are revealed to them but they conveniently ignore these signs. A case in point was the first "African Liberation Day" celebrations in Trafalgar Square, London, on May 30 1992. The event was organised by a number of Black organisations, one of which was the Nation of Islam. A handful of organisations fighting (in real and metaphorical terms) for the liberation of people of African descent were invited to speak from a podium erected in the Square. Shortly before the Nation's representative rose to speak, UK spokesmen for the Sudanese Peoples Redemption Organisation (Dr Ben Akwang) and the Sudanese Democratic Forum (Dr Ahmed Abass), took the stand and spoke of the inhuman treatment of the southern Sudanese by the Islamic government - all in the name of converting the southern infidels to Islam. The war in Sudan has dragged on since 1983 and has claimed more than 1.5 million lives. Atrocities far worse than we witnessed in Kosovo were and remain the order of the day. In 1991 it was made a criminal act punishable by death for anyone to convert to any other religion but Islam, and today - on the eve of the 21st century - captured non-Muslims are sold to Muslims as slaves - an irony which should not be lost on the Nation.
North of Uganda, the government Yoweri Museveni's government faced a half-hearted - if destabilising - Sudanese sponsored Islamic rebellion. The Sudanese then shifted their support to the pseudo-Christian Lord's Resistance Army rebels who continue to carry out untold atrocities upon Ugandan civilians.
All over Africa, the conflicts in the name of Islam rage. Even in relatively stable and secular countries like Nigeria, there are large scale religious riots involving Islamic fundamentalists every few years. There is so much conflict in Africa arising not in the name of any great social ideal for the benefit of those for whom the instigators purport to fight, but simply for the instigators' belief that Islam must be enforced and spread. Like these people, the Nation fails to realise that religious convictions must be kept private.
Again, the Nation has failed to accept that Africa has never been monolithic in religious terms. Peoples of African descent have always had diverse religious practices and the one thing that unites us in the Diaspora is not our religion but our fight for equal treatment in society. The Nation has thus made the fatal error of linking religion - any religion - to the liberation Black people. Malcolm X, before his death, realised the error of this and, although still practising Islam, formed a secular organisation called the Organisation for African Unity. He was not going to turn anyone away who said: "I would like to get involved in the Liberation of my people but I do not believe in your religion."
Malcolm X was a very powerful man. He was the Nation's best chance to break away from this lie on which it was created. As such, Black people must never forgive the Nation of Islam for his death. So much evidence points at the Nation's complicity in Malcolm's death that if they did not actually fire the shots that killed him, they must blame themselves for being forever linked to the killing. The current leader of The Nation, Louis Farrakhan, gave a speech shortly before the murder, suggesting that Malcolm, deserved to die. He also admitted, in a speech in Chicago in 1994, that he "created an atmosphere in which Malcolm X was assassinated", whatever that meant.
Another major failing of the Nation is its anti-Semitism. Louis Farrakhan and one of The Nation's leader's in England, Leo Mohammed, have consistently labelled the Jews as "evil" and Judaism as "gutter religion". Farrakhan described Hitler "a very great man". In its published account of the slave trade, The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews: Volume One, The Nation of Islam heaps untold insults on Jews. The book acknowledges that "no single group of people have faced blanket expulsion in so many places around the world as have the Jews" but argues that this was the case because Jews were monopolisers and loan sharks, they engaged in "sharp practices" and sold "cheap" goods, and they filed for frequent bankruptcies.
In November 1993, Farrakhan's top aide Khallid Abdul Muhammad made a venom-soaked speech at New Jersey's Kean College. Following the outcry that resulted from this speech, Farrakhan was forced to get into the fray and caution Muhammad for his "mockery". However, he refused to rebuke Muhammad for his racism. He said he could not denounce the anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic and anti-gay speech made by Muhammad because they were true anyway.
In 1994 The Nation teamed up with middle-class white political group, The Lyndon LaRouche organisation to launch programmes and demonstrations against Jews, accusing them of fostering the AIDS epidemic and promoting drugs and violence.
At a speech in Chicago on March 19, 1995, Farrakhan praised the anti-Jewish book None Dare Call It Conspiracy written by white supremacist writer Gary Allen. He lavished praise upon the book and said "I'd like to get 10,000 copies of it, have everybody read it."
It is over this anti-Semitism, above all, that Black Perspective takes issue with the Nation. This prejudice is just too wrong. It is unpardonable; indefensible. Granted, there was some Jewish involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, but the Nation fails to understand that this in itself does not make Jews devils. Those Jews who were involved in the slave trade were involved not because they were Jews but because they were greedy. No race, no community, no peoples should be labelled, based on the actions of people who happened to be of the same race. No people have a monopoly of good or evil. This viewpoint of the Nation sadly exposes them as being as bad as those who conducted the slave trade in the first place.
Again, the Nation of Islam fails to understand that while Africans may have been the greatest losers from slavery there can be no innocents in the entire sordid matter. A visit to many of the relics and sites of the slave trade in Africa will reveal that this trade could never have been carried out on such a scale and for so very long without the complicity of the African states. In many cases, it was a joint venture between the local rulers/communities and the slaver traders. So much infrastructure went into facilitating the slave trade. Olaudah Equiano, like many others, was kidnapped and passed on through a network of Black slavers before he was sold off to the white slave buyers. Why conveniently lay the blame on Jews when a good chunk of this crime was carried out by the Africans themselves?
But then, no matter how wrong or dangerous an organisation is, all it falsehoods become irrelevant once it has mass support and this is where the complicity of a number of mainstream Black organisations come in. With the spectacular success of the Million Man March in the United States other Black groups - many with flagging fortunes - sought to associate themselves with the Nation of Islam. Suddenly it was cool to hang out with Farrakhan. It did not matter what the Nation's policies were - they held the balance of power and that is what counted. This prostitution shows that public life is equally murky in the White and Black communities. Principles are jettisoned for the vote. Hitler was very popular in Germany and those organisations which pandered to him, gave him further legitimacy just like Benjamin Chavis et al gave Farrakhan further legitimacy. Then of course the success of the of the Nation in America had Black groups and politicians in England pandering to the Nation here. Luckily the standing of the Nation in England remains little more than a joke.
The views of organisations like Nation of Islam are hardly different from those of White supremacists. When both sets of organisations argue their cases, one cannot but wonder at the concurrence of their opinions. For instance the Nation will argue against interracial marriages, just like the white supremacist groups argue against the "mongrelisation" of their race. They preach segregation just like Hitlerite groups.
One clear illustration of this similarity of opinions is revealed in the case brought against one Nick Griffin - the publisher of British National Party magazine, The Rune - in April 1998. At the trial - at Harrow Crown Court in London - Mr Griffin called, as one of his witnesses, the separatist "Chief" Osiris Akkebala of the Pan Afrikan International Movement. Akkebala argued in favour of racial separatists because they "are motivated solely by love of their own kind, not by hostility to anyone else." Nick Griffin was also able to provide the court with a copy of an interview in which Osiris Akkebala discussed "the dangers of integration" and how Black and White separatists could co-operate against forced multi-racialism. Nick Griffin got off with a slap on the wrist.
Both Black and white supremacist groups start out on the fringes of society but they understand that irrespective of their opinions, if they acquire a large following, they would become mainstream and respectable. They have certain ways of achieving this: the Nation has seized upon the disquiet of the Black youth still experiencing racism, while being surrounded by ineffective Black organisations. Again, both groups thrive on racial incidents because any event that sharply divides the racial groups or exposes the "differences" between them, generates fear on both sides. This is why membership of extreme groups always increase during times of such incidents.
Another tool used by these groups is that of oratory. The world is made up of many more followers than leaders and an orator will make even the most illogical standpoint appear sensible to the receptive listeners. Louis Farrakhan is such a good orator that no matter what he says, he will always have followers. In the same vein the fortunes of the British far right has always fluctuated with the arrival or departure of a charismatic leader.
Another potent tool is the fulfilment of positive projects in their communities. One cannot deny that the Nation of Islam has done a lot to improve parts of inner city America which the government has ignored. Their security organisation, fruit of Islam, have run drug dealers out of black estates and they conduct counselling programs for prisoners, drug addicts, alcoholics and street-gang members. As such , they are seen by many as true community leaders. The failure of Black groups like the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People) to effect positive change to the lives of the generality of the black people has led to the rise of such extreme Black groups as the Nation. Sadly, every positive project that organisations like the Nation carries out is a further blow for racial prejudice. These acts will legitimise a bad organisation. No matter what an organisation achieves, if it is racist, it should be totally repudiated.
The above-mentioned flaws and falsehoods of the Nation does not include the important point that race-type prejudice - or ethnocentricity - is not a simply matter of Black versus White people. Having lived in Africa, this writer has been exposed to such hatred between local African communities as to render the Black/White racism child's play. The Rwanda case is nothing but a blown up version of what occurs in rural Africa EVERYDAY. It is only this threat of a common enemy (ie racism) that creates a semblance of unity for most Black groups in the Diaspora.
Although this article has focussed on Islam, It is important to reiterate that the use of any religion in struggles like that facing Black communities all over the world is most counter-productive. Religious conflict will ultimately assume a higher significance than the original racial war. While racism can be defeated by logic; while the folly of racial prejudice can be exposed with sound arguments, religious conflicts are intractable because religion is based on faith rather than conventional logic.
Finally, this writer has to confess of, many years ago, having feelings towards white people that were not dissimilar to Farrakhan's feelings towards Jews. It is very easy for one to fall into that trap, but let no true anti-racist Black person lose sight of what our real struggle is about - equality of races and not Black supremacy. No community has a monopoly of good and bad and while we are eternally watchful against those who seek to steal our freedom, we must not forget to watch within our own ranks lest this evil which we try to keep out festers within ourselves.
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Jim Belushi ("According to Jim," "Saturday Night Live") has been cast in CBS' hour-long drama pilot, "Defenders."
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Pacific Lutheran University's Campus Action Project Grant: Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School
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After conducting two focus groups on sexual harassment, the Pacific Luther University CAP worked with a graphic designer to create informational posters and tri-folds.
The Pacific Lutheran University CAP team members conducted two focus groups with students about sexual harassment. One focus group was conducted at a conference for female students of color on the PLU campus, and the other focus group was held with a Boys & Girls Club. Once the CAP team facilitator told them what sexual harassment is, the groups readily spoke about the issues they experience. At the end, each focus group was able to come up with tools of empowerment to stop harassment as well as proactive phrases to say back to their harassers.
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Using information from the focus groups, the CAP team worked with a graphic designer to create three different posters and an informational trifold about sexual harassment. The posters include some of the exact (and anonymous) sexual harassment experiences shared in the focus groups and they all say at the bottom, "Sexual Harassment Stops Here!" The trifold contains more statistical and factual information about the issue as well as ideas for action and who to contact if a student is harassed.
The CAP team used the materials on campus and distributed them to the Boys & Girls Club. They also plan to send them to the Girls Scouts, Planned Parenthood, YWCA and other interested groups. Because of the relationship developed during the grant, the CAP team plans to establish a mentorship program with the Boys & Girls Club that would include discussions about sexual harassment using the new materials.


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I have worn it daily since I got it and I can't seem to part myself from it. It's gotten so bad I feel like I'm letting my blog name and reputation down with the obsession formed over this MAC lippie.
However with that said, I've found a dupe for Creme Cup if its not exactly in your price range. Enter, stage left, Soap and Glory Fabu-Lipstick in "The Missing Pink". This is a satin finish pink nude.
|Left: Soap and Glory "The Missing Pink"
Right: MAC Creme Cup
The Missing Pink smells the same, and has the same lasting power but has a slightly duskier tone compared to Creme Cup. The finish is the same, that satin-feeling, super moisturising texture. On the whole, MAC comes off slightly pinker on the lips whereas Soap and Glory is a slightly more muted nude.
|Top: MAC Creme Cup
Right: S&G The Missing Pink
Soap and Glory The Missing Pink is 11.50 in Boots
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The 19 Travel Apps You'll Want to Download for the Summer
If you're daydreaming about basking in the summer sun, now's the time to find a deal on a summer vacation. The right apps can help you find great deals on flights and hotels, and give you ideas for what to do.
Here are the travel apps that will make your summer better, whether you're hitting the trails, taking a road trip, or heading to the beach.
Flight and Airport Apps
Free. Available on iOS and Android.
Search for flights, hotels, car rentals and vacation packages. Hipmunk offers tools to find deals and to know exactly what you're getting, whether you want to book "basic economy" to save a few bucks or if you're willing to splurge on comfort.
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Already a popular app for airfare searches and price alerts, Hopper recently launched a new "secret fares" feature that offers deals on flights that are up to 35% cheaper than anywhere else. In select cities, Hopper will also alert you when hotel prices are at their lowest.
Free. Available on iOS.
LoungeBuddy offers access to premium airport lounges for $25. You can book a lounge the day of or up to two months in advance. The app will also tell you what lounges you can access for free based on your credit cards or status.
Free. Available on iOS and Android.
Tunity can help you at the airport by scanning the muted TVs around you, and then streaming audio to your phone.
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Have a flight that's canceled or delayed? Service will automatically pursue compensation from the airline. The app will also monitor your hotel books and help you rebook if the price on your room drops.
Road Trip Apps
Free. Available on iOS and Android.
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Saturday, March 24, 2007
Here come the nearly French!
Based in Lyon, Seamus Kearney is a writer, poet, painter, photographer and pianist (yeh, one of those talenty people). He blogs HERE and today he is pinky purple!
1) Why did you start blogging?
I started blogging to connect with other creative writers living a similar isolated existence. It's also a little bit of self-promotion I suppose; one never knows who might be reading (hence the name Shameless) but that is so way down the list now. (heh - you came out!)
2) When will you stop?
When I receive more than three death threats in one day or when I am too busy doing book signing tours around the world, darling! :) (of course)
3) What is you favourite kind of post to write?
I love writing something that is surprising and funny, but once you've fired them all off they are in short supply! (yours don't seem to be)
4) Give some examples of the diverse range of links on your blogs (lit, arty, funny, stupid etc) – what do you mean they're not diverse?
Most of my links are connected to writing, but they are diverse in terms of age, published/unpublished, race, location, gender, eccentric/straight-laced, experimental/traditional. (straight-laced, that would be me then!)
5) You can have five bloggers over for tea and cakes – who would you choose?
You Minxy, Debi Alper, L.M. Noonan, Kay (As It Happens) and Cate Sweeney.
6) You have the power to blow up one blog – who?
Miss Snark, the literary agent. (whoo hoo, I'll get me balaclava)
7) What colour underwear are you wearing?
Green for St Patrick's Day! ( I asked him last week, okay.)
This foxy chick is Verilion - she wanders about a bit in Paris and blogs HERE about writing and her mad life in various parts of the globe!
1.Why did you start blogging?
Eh I was going to write collaboratively with a friend, so I decided to set up a blog so that we could do that but it never got off the ground and there was this empty blog... so I eventually I just shoved things up there.
2.When will you stop?
Eh ... why do you want me to? ( ;
3.What is your favourite kind of post to write?
Yikes. The ones that just seem to pour out and get the most comments (it's not to massage my own ego honestly!)
4.Give some examples of the diverse range of links on your blogs (lit, arty, funny, stupid etc) – what do you mean they're not diverse?
Well there are loads of writery blogs of some sort. There are some funny ones like The DailyNooz, Confusious Trevakis, Angriest Man etc. There's the couple who have set up the book shop and recently I discovered Apprentice the photographer (and bloody good writer), I sland Monkey isn't so regular but he's quite artsy and thoughtful.
5.You can have five bloggers over for tea and cakes – who would you choose?
ONLY FIVE! You of course Minx, Shameless, Nikki and Mark (they only count as one because they both blog on Mostly Books) so I could pick their brains about setting up a book shop, ah... Apprentice (at My Gap Year) and Atyllah so she can show me how to teleport! But if we wore big skirts (even though that is a rare occurance in my neck of the woods) maybe we could sneak in quite a few more.
6.You have the power to blow up one blog – who?
Now I'm not being all saintly or anything, but if I don't like the blog I don't read it, so I don't know. But as I have the power I would look for someone who was hateful and using the internet to spread xenophobic evil messages and blow them up so that we couldn't even happen upon that blog by accident. Do you think Dubya has a blog? (very apt answer considering yesterdays post)
7.What colour underwear are you wearing?
Lilac (french of course?)
(This first bank of 'interviews' are with bloggers who I first connected with last year - I will be stalking the rest as time goes on!)
15 comments:
- Debi said...
V's gorgeous! Like - er - wow!
As for Shameless, I still haven't recovered from finding out he's not covered with fur ...
- 24/3/07 11:36
- Unknown said...
She's rare (a Cornish expression for outstandingly fit)....and you too Seamus, of course.
- 24/3/07 12:02
- S. Kearney said...
Gosh, my photo all blown up, Minx!
It's an honour to have my profile alongside Miss V's, as the nearly French! :) Also, I'm glad you think that we are BOTH rare! :) Am I the only one (along with V, kind of) who named a blog to blow up? I feel bad now. Can I say smudge, instead of blow up? And for those who like Miss Snark, and who are about to send me vicious mail, can I just say this: she is annoying in that she is often right, and she is often right when she is being annoying! I agree with the blogger who said that she comes across as someone who enjoys being mean and snarky in a position of power (apparently). But hey, some people seem to go for that ... so, I say: live and let live! :) That's me making a bad attempt at back peddling.
I've enjoyed reading the other profiles, Minx, and look forward to reading some more! :)
- 24/3/07 12:49
- Unknown said...
Don't be such a chickenshit, Shameless, just blow her up and be done with it!
It is not so much her blog that I would blow up, but the endless stream of numpties that comment there.
And don't worry there are a queue of blog terrorists coming along behind you!
- 24/3/07 13:18
- Unknown said...
Oh god now I'm all embarrassed, but I still want to know why you thought Shameless was covered in fur Debi. Or am I being dense? And Shameless I agree with Minx, just blow up and be done with it. I'm desperately trying not to do some work that I know I should be doing, so I'm looking for any distraction possible. Blowing up blogs seems like good fun at the mo!
- 25/3/07 12:53
- Unknown said...
Me too V, just got to a chapter that doesn't know what it wants to do yet. I lost patience with it and will leave it to stew in its own juices until it decides to be more co-operative!
Who shall we hit first?
- 25/3/07 13:25
- Debi said...
V - I was convinced that Shameless and his cat Muffin were one and the same. Didn't you see that pic of him (which one?) sitting at the computer a while back?
- 25/3/07 15:13
- Unknown said...
I am more than a little worried now, Debi.
Forgot to tell you that the house is full in the summer. No visitors from London - so sorry. Yes, booked up I'm afraid until 2050. I had to give preference to people who can tell the difference between a cat and a pink Kiwi!
Nevermind - try Scotland.
- 25/3/07 15:55
- S. Kearney said...
Can I just say ... oh, never mind, I'm going off to get defleaed! And pink? I do protest. It is red verging on cherry! :)
- 25/3/07 21:13
- S. Kearney said...
Oh, yeah, push the detonator button ... yipppppeeeeee!
My conscience is CLEANNNNNNNNNNNNNN now that you have resolved me, Minx. And anyway, what a waste of time blaming a cat for anything? Unless it's Dorcas's cat! :)
- 25/3/07 21:17
- Unknown said...
" The Shameful one might benefit from a hex, or two, Dorcas Fleming." said Zebulonus "He fails to understand who is actually in control in a human/cat relationship."
"I would not waste my time with such a triviality" Dorcas said, adding wormwood to the brew of absinthe "Muffin knows, and that is all that matters."
- 25/3/07 22:11
- Unknown said...
Hey have you been blowing things up and celebrating too much while I've been doing boring things? Debi I remember Muffin very well, but mmm... well never mind. Oh and to answer your question Minx, Marks & Spencer's finest, contrary to popular belief French underwear is over priced and bloody uncomfortable. See I've spent too much time in front of a computer today and am fixating again.
- 25/3/07 22:12
- Unknown said...
Thank you for putting us right about the damn frenchies and their uncomfortable underthings. I also purchase me drawers from M&S.
- 26/3/07 00:17
- Debi said...
I object! He wasn't a pink kiwi at that point. He was a tantalising anonymeme. (Good word, huh? Should I copyright it?)
- 26/3/07 10:12
- S. Kearney said...
Ah, to go back to the tantalising anonymous one. Oh well, pink Kiwi is probably more fun! :)
And I say hear hear to V about French underwear. The stitching always seems to be hard with fish wire that cuts into me thighs!
And that Dorcas, she is my kind of witch!
- 26/3/07 10:43


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Moral relativism (assuming there's no such thing as "right" and "wrong" or they're kind of the same) is a big problem in this country, and the Pope's visit highlights one of my favorite examples of it.
As everyone knows, I'm no fan of religion, and that includes Catholicism. (Though I do enjoy reading The Anchoress.) But not being a relativist, it also includes Buddhism - and it's own spiritually-atheistic emissary, the Dali Lama. President Bush likes both men. But most Leftists treat the Dali Lama like there's something unique about what he's selling, while the Pope is just a hypocrite who shuttles around in a bullet-proof funny car, spouting a bunch of Thou Shalt Nots. It just isn't so. Long ago, I posted a quote from Patrick French's essay, "Dali Lama Lite", about what Lama-lovers either don't know or refuse to accept - here it is again:
"Tibetan Buddhism is not a values-free system oriented around smiles and a warm heart. It is a religion with tough ethical underpinnings that sometimes get lost in translation. For example, the Dalai Lama explicitly condemns homosexuality, as well as all oral and anal sex. His stand is close to that of Pope John Paul II, something his Western followers find embarrassing and prefer to ignore. His American publisher even asked him to remove the injunctions against homosexuality from his book, ''Ethics for the New Millennium,'' for fear they would offend American readers, and the Dalai Lama acquiesced."That would seem to make the Dali Lama the exact same type of man as the Popes. But, actually, that makes the Dali Lama even less of a figure because the Popes haven't lied, or tried hide their shit, merely for the sake of good propaganda. They've been up-front about what they think, and if you don't like it, tough. The Dali Lama, on the other hand, is playing his followers for the incense burning suckers they are. It's just one big morally relativist spiritual party with him: I won't show you my hypocrisy if you won't show me yours.
I'm mentioning all this because my friend (and regular reader) Elizabeth Mika, just sent me two articles (from the Chicago Tribune) that highlight how moral relativism is being applied, regarding the presidential election battle between Barack Obama and John McCain.
In the first article, Steve Chapman takes John McCain to task for criticizing Barack Obama, regarding his friendship with the Weatherman Bill Ayers, when McCain is also friends with the convicted former Watergate conspirator - and now radio host - G. Gordon Liddy. McCain once told Liddy it was "always a pleasure for me to come on your program, Gordon, and congratulations on your continued success and adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great." Chapman then says:
"Which principles would those be? The ones that told Liddy it was fine to break into the office of the Democratic National Committee to plant bugs and photograph documents? The ones that made him propose to kidnap anti-war activists so they couldn't disrupt the 1972 Republican National Convention? The ones that inspired him to plan the murder (never carried out) of an unfriendly newspaper columnist?O.K., you got all that? And I can tell you (as an old hand at this political game) it's all true: G. Gordon Liddy is a true-blue American nut case. How he ever got into politics, or inside the White House for that matter, is still a mystery to me after all these years and I know the guy's story pretty-fucking-well. My favorite Liddy tale, behavior-wise, regards an incident where he held his hand over an open flame for an extended period of time to prove he was "harder" than everyone else in the room.
Liddy was in the thick of the biggest political scandal in American history—and one of the greatest threats to the rule of law. He has said he has no regrets about what he did, insisting that he went to jail as 'a prisoner of war.'"
I can hear some of you now (we've got him!) thinking because McCain associates with Liddy - and I support McCain - this is practically some kind of political double-play, that might have the capacity to shut me up, turn the election leftward, and gain some kind of advantage for Obama, the Democrats, and/or the Left. Well, I hate to bust your bubble, but no such luck. Let's finish dealing with Giddy Liddy, first, and you'll see why:
G. Gordon Liddy, despite all his faults (and, boy, are we talking about a guy with a lot of 'em) is an American patriot in the Ollie North mode. The kind of guy who, if his president (it was Richard Nixon at the time) asked him to crawl through broken glass to do something - he'd do it. Even crazier, if Liddy got an assignment that didn't require crawling through broken glass, he'd request that broken glass be added just so A) he could really show his loyalty to the president and the country B) he could show his courage was off-the-fucking-charts (compared to the rest of us "wimps") and C) so he could brag about it, for the rest of his fucking days, on that goofy little radio show of his.
Now keep in mind, to their credit, career Democrats in government (as opposed to anti-war protesting civilian weenies) are no slouches when it comes to the "crazy patriot" routine either. (I like patriots, y'all:) Richard Armitage (the guy who admitted he revealed Valarie Plame's CIA identity - not Scooter Libby - though I don't hear anybody screaming about that little fuck up,...) is pretty crazy too. My favorite Armitage story is from right after 9/11, when the government wanted to go into Afghanistan. Ol' Rich called up President Mussharaf and gave him an ultimatum - in the form of The Macho Response:
Join with the United States in the War On Terror or we'll bomb Pakistan "back to the Stone Age".
Mussharaf, a military general - who no one on earth would call a coward - got Armitage's message, loud and clear, and the rest is history.
My point is, we've got these guys - Democrats, and Republicans, who don't take crap and are batshit crazy - on our side. Totally insane or not, they are patriots, and G. Gordon Liddy, for all his crimes, never killed anyone (though he has proposed doing so, probably, every day) and he proudly went to prison with his head held high (mostly because he's so nutty he isn't capable of lowering it.). That's why he - and Ollie North - have got radio shows, speaking engagements, and millions of fans, despite doing time.
One of which is, apparently, John McCain.
On the other hand, Barack Obama's friend, Bill Ayers, was fighting against our government in an organization that got many Americans killed and (when you add in children, etc.) devastated more lives than I can calculate. When the Weathermen's (accidental) Greenwich Village townhouse explosion occured, they were building bombs to set off at a dance - at a dance! - for noncommissioned officers at the Fort Dix, New Jersey Army base. Three Weathermen (actually Weather-women) were killed in that "gory" blast alone. The rest went underground to continue their vicious nonsense and, when it was all over, Bill Ayers only escaped punishment on a technicality.
You can read the other Chicago Tribune article Elizabeth sent me for more on Ayers' illustrious "career".
My point, here, is to say that for anyone to suggest - in trying to assess the associates of Barack Obama and John McCain - that there's anything alike, between a terrorist like Bill Ayers and a patriot like G. Gordon Liddy, is just taking moral relativism to it's extreme. This example is an even much more outrageous use of moral relativism than when Obama compared his grandmother's comment (she, a white woman, once voiced her fear of a single black male to him, in private, family member to family member) to Jeremiah Wright's weekly paranoid ravings in front of a congregation of thousands, as well as on TV, radio, and on CDs. There's just no comparison, but, somehow - with Democrats using moral relativism - Barack Obama got away with it, and the Left agreed he did a marvelous job doing so.
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