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a message from Ken…
Now this is going to be just between you and me, but don't you sometimes get a little tired of the typical grandparent's desire to show you pictures of their grandchild all of the time? I've always said that when I become a grandparent, I will not do that to people. I won't subject friends and relatives to the labor of having to look at another picture of a "bald-headed, chubby" photo of a grandchild. I mean, here's what we're so proud of: can't talk, can't walk, and can't take care of themselves, usually physically out of proportion, can't feed themselves. Believe me, I'm sensitive of overwhelming people with pictures and talk of grandchildren, I really am! And I'm making a promise to be careful, thoughtful and not do that to people, but…. well, on May 27th Jane and I became grandparents for the first time. And, so all that stuff about not showing pictures, well, I'm going to do it just this one time, if that's OK. Here's Parker Jackson Miles.
Actually, there's something special to talk about with this grandchild. Parker's adopted. Our daughter and son-in-law were with the birth mother on his "birth-day" and Parker became a member of our family that same day. Adoption is such a blessing, in this case, a blessing for the birth mother and her family, providing a safe and loving home for him that the birth mother could not do at this time. And, our family is given a gift of a little boy that was not possible before. We get the word for adoption from the Bible text. It means setting or placing a child in a family, and it closely symbolizes the Father adopting us as "children of God". The adopter predestines adoption. It happened in our daughter and son-in-law's heart long before it manifested in the real world. God, having a "Father's heart", has predetermined to love us. It was in His heart to love us long before we were born. (We were predetermined for adoption: "Having predestined us into the adoption of children by Christ Jesus…according to the good pleasure of His Will") Parker Jackson Miles adoption was preceded with hope and happened with great joy. So was our adoption by the Father.
I don't know if you've noticed lately, but Ronald Reagan's adopted child, Michael and his birth child, Ron Jr. have been in the news frequently after their father's death. What's interesting to me is that Michael Reagan "reflects" more of his father's image and views than does his birth son, Ron. The adopted is more like the parent than the natural born is like the parent. However, that's the pattern shown to us in the Word of God. Natural birth doesn't make us "like Dad". A Spiritual adoption makes us like the Father. We are "children of God". ("And, if children then heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ…" That adoption "sets" us in a position of "first-born" referred to as the "Church of the first-born" (Hebrews 12:23) and first-born has its benefits (love, care, gifts and supply). A staggering thought to our imagination but true: each being freely taken in by the Creator of the universe as a first-born jointly with Christ!
That's what happened to Parker Jackson Miles. Accepted. Part of the family. Made just as a birth-son with all the love, care, gifts and supply as any birth child. If you were at the Mark Schultz concert you heard him talk about being adopted. Privately, Mark will tell you of a wonderful mother and father. He will tell you how they took him in and how they loved him with a love unmatched by any other relationship. (He does not know his birth mother or father) Mark wrote a song entitled "You Are A Child Of Mine"…
"And, like a father You are near, and as I listen I can hear You say: You are a child of Mine, born of My own design, And you bear the heart of life no matter where you go, Oh, you will always know you have been made free in Christ, And so I listen as You tell me who I am and who it is I'm going to be, And I hang on every word, knowing I have heard I am Yours and I am free…If I listen I can hear You say: 'I am calling, I am calling, (For) you are a child of Mine, born of my own design.' "
We are His children and we can get just a glimmer of how that must make Him feel about us. I remember looking over the crib at each of our 3 daughters and being overwhelmed by the acceptance we immediately had for each. We didn't go through a process of: "well I don't like this or not happy with that". No, they were "keepers" just because we had predetermined to love each without condition long before they manifested in our lives. The crying, sleepless nights, and dirty diapers didn't discourage us from that determination. It was just a natural response for having them as a part of our family. We've had the chance over the last 8 weeks to experience something again that I would describe as a "phenomenon". All our time is spent looking at, playing with, hoping for, and imagining the future of Parker. What makes us do that? I find myself asking, "why are we all sitting in the middle of the living room watching this "kid" do nothing but smile, coo and suck on his hand". In our human way we are "taken-in" by this life we've chosen to love. Can you imagine how God, who is the highest expression of "Father", must feel about His kids?
Jane and I love our children more than they love us. Now I don't say that to be mean to them, I just think it's a universal truth, something that we, and they, can't help. The very nature of "creation" obligates us to a new revelation and awareness of "a Father's Love". Oh, they often say they love us, and they may think they love us more than we love them, but it's simply not possible. There's an unconditional love that parent's experience that cannot be experienced any other way than being parents. I love my mother and father as much as is humanly possible, but that love is challenged by my mother and father's love for their three children. God loves us a thousand times more than we can love Him. Paul said, "In this is love; not that we loved God, but that He loved us." God has fixed His love on us, loving us with an "everlasting love" as we read in Jeremiah. A mother or father's love is such that there is nothing you would not do for you child that is for their good. However, we can only be amazed that a parent's love doesn't compare to the love God has fixed on us. God's love is unconditional, without strings.
At his adoption, Parker got a name, got a birth-right inheritance, got his father and mother's blessing, a place to live, a supply to meet his needs, a covenant with each family member, a spiritual blessing from his parents, and protection from enemies. Parker got a home and unconditional love. If as earthly creatures we do that naturally, can we imagine how easy that is for the Heavenly! God can't help Himself. He loved us first, and He loves us more!

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2:29 PM Wednesday, October 29, 2003
How do you tell someone you can't be with him anymore because you feel, he didn't preserve the best of him for you?
What if, it was you that didn't take care of yourself... your past... your choices... which offends and hurts this person that loves you now... leading him to a choice where he can't be with you anymore?
Where does one draw the line in doing something for oneself... and considering how loved ones might be affected by one's choices?
How can a trait so highly admired in you by others be abhorrent to your loved one?
How can a person tell you he loves you and still make love to another person...?
And how can you love a person and yet feel better about who you are when not with him?
Congruence... congruence...
Snow can wait
I forgot my mittens
Wipe my nose
Get my new boots on
I get a little warm in my heart
When I think of winter
I put my hand in my father's glove
I run off where the DRIFTS GET DEEPER
Sleeping beauty trips me with a frown
I hear a voice
"You must learn to stand up for yourself
Cause I can't alyways be around"
He says
When you gonna make up your mind
When you gonna love you as much as I do
When you gonna make up your mind
Cause things are gonna CHANGE so fast
All the white horses are still in bed
I tell you that I'll always want you near
You say that things change my dear
What is the right question....
Mec, when are you going to love YOU as much as So-and-So loves you?
So-and-so, when are you going to love Mec as much as she does herself?


text: The open-source and free software user group Linux Australia said personal information for attendees of two conferences it hosts may have been leaked after malware was found on one of its servers.The information may have included first and last names, postal and email addresses, phone numbers and hashed passwords, wrote Joshua Hesketh, Linux Australia's president, on a message board. Financial data was not affected, he wrote.The breach affects those who registered for the group's Linux conference over the last three years and for python programming conference Pycon Australia in 2013 and 2014, he wrote. Attendee data for those conferences was held on the compromised server.Although there aren't indications that information was removed from the server, those affected are advised to change the password they used to register, especially if the same one is used on other websites.Linux Australia discovered the breach on March 24 after it noticed conference management software it uses called Zookeepr started sending a large number of error reporting emails, Hesketh wrote. A server had been attacked two days prior."It is the assessment of Linux Australia that the individual utilized a currently unknown vulnerability to trigger a remote buffer overflow and gain root level access to the server," Hesketh wrote.The attacker installed a remote access tool and then botnet command and control software.Linux Australia has decommissioned the infected server and strengthened security on the new one. Hesketh wrote that the new server will have "a far more rigorous operating schedule applied to it." A log analysis tool has also been installed.Websites for the conferences will in the future be archived six months after a conference concludes and then kept on a separate server and deleted from Zookeepr, Hesketh wrote.Send news tips and comments to firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow me on Twitter: @jeremy_kirk


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September 2003
|Together, complementary interventions can build peace processes that are stronger than separate pieces of peacebuilding can be on their own. When interventions complement each other, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. By increasing complementarity, coordination can strengthen the impact of our work.
Close coordination of conflict resolution efforts may indeed be "as difficult as herding cats."[1] However, intervention coordination can take many forms and still be effective. Information sharing and joint analysis are powerful forms of coordination, as are shared planning processes and resource sharing. In all its forms, intervention coordination requires effort. In some contexts, intervention coordination is undesirable or impossible. But, prudent intervention coordination can strengthen peace processes.
Coordinating conflict resolution interventions is a cutting-edge area of innovative activity. This module provides a snapshot of the state of the field now. New practical initiatives to coordinate peacebuilders will no doubt emerge as part of future peace processes. Such future initiatives should be examined to further the state of the art in coordinating conflict resolution interventions.
What is Intervention Coordination?
Intervention coordination is any effort to conduct pieces of a peace process for maximum joint impact. When conflict resolution professionals engage in a peace process, they are intervening. There are many interventions by international and local governmental and non-governmental organizations in every peace process. When these professionals seek to inform their own and others' interventions so that they build a stronger overall peace process together, that is intervention coordination. This admittedly broad definition allows for a range from the loosest to the closest forms of coordination and includes some activities that might be labeled cooperation or collaboration.
Intervention coordination between separate organizations is usually voluntary.[2] Peacemakers choose to coordinate with each other in order to support their shared goal of resolving a particular conflict. In some circumstances, coordination is mandated, such as within the UN system where the Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has an explicit mandate to coordinate international efforts to meet humanitarian needs.[3] In other circumstances, diverse groups come together to share information, share resources, jointly analyze progress, strategize next steps, and even develop and implement joint programs together. Although intervention coordination takes time and money, conflict resolution professionals may choose to coordinate because coordinated responses are most effective over the long term in progressing towards a shared goal of conflict resolution.
Interventions can relate to each other either sequentially or contemporaneously.[4] Sometimes intervention coordination involves sequential interventions. For example, after official mediators help the parties reach a formal political agreement, the official mediators may then turn to non-governmental organizations to assist with grassroots implementation of the agreement. The official mediators and the non-governmental organizations would coordinate with each other to orchestrate an effective hand off of some of the support appropriate for agreement implementation.
In other circumstances, conflict resolution professionals will coordinate contemporaneous interventions. For example, a group supporting and expanding a youth center in a conflict zone and a group supporting refugee return to that zone might find that their common goals are best served by sharing information with each other about returnees' interest in and use of the youth center. These examples illustrate that coordination of both sequential or simultaneous interventions can strengthen peace processes.
Intervention coordination can strengthen the work of the most diverse group of interveners. For example, IGOs (inter-governmental organizations), NGOs (nongovernmental organizations), and the military must know enough about each other to communicate effectively.[5] Groups that address the structural, political, and social aspects of conflict find that their work combines to build toward a shared goal.[6] Development and peacebuilding initiatives are integrally related in post-conflict zones.[7] And interveners working on rebuilding relationships may find they rely on progress with political-level substantive issues and the opening up of processes for inter-group communication before their work can have the impact they desire.[8]
In addition to aiding groups working on different aspects of a peace process, coordination can also be useful when interveners' initiatives are very closely related.[9] Thus, intervention coordination spans a range of activities that may be appropriate across the breadth of interactions surrounding peace processes.
The Development of Intervention Coordination in the Conflict Resolution Field
As conflict resolution theory and practice have developed, there has been a growing understanding that many different actors contribute to peace processes. They play different roles both sequentially and simultaneously. The complexity requires that interveners must pay attention to the interaction of their efforts with other parts of a peace process.
Many conflict resolution scholars have investigated and written about intervention coordination. Fisher and Keashly noted that different interventions can be more effective at different stages of conflicts, arguing for multiple interventions over time.[10] Mitchell analyzed the many roles played in the Sudanese peace processes.[11] Kriesberg argued for the necessity of intervention coordination in order to avoid the unintended negative effects of uncoordinated interventions and in order to maximize the positive effects of conflict resolution work.[12] Nan analyzed coordination of conflict resolution efforts in three peace processes, and developed guidelines for improved coordination.[13] Crocker, Hampson, and Aall compiled cases of multiple mediators working on single peace processes.[14] Chayes and Chayes examined coordination of humanitarian activities and developed the model of planned decentralization.[15] Ricigliano developed the model of Networks for Effective Action (NEAs).[16] All of these works contributed to our knowledge of coordination strategies. (See Additional Resources section, below.)
At present, the conflict resolution field needs to further document successful models of intervention coordination, and encourage their adoption more widely. This essay presents the current state of the art in intervention coordination, but the field must continue to develop coordination theory and practice.
Why Intervention Coordination Matters
Coordination can strengthen peace processes, and a lack of coordination can weaken peace processes. Considering the complexity of inter-group conflict today, it is clear that complex responses are needed to address the relationship, substantive, and procedural issues involved, and to address them at all levels of society.[17] No single intervener can address each of these aspects of complex conflicts. A multifaceted range of responses by a diverse set of actors is essential for successful peacebuilding. Given the necessity of many conflict resolution interveners in any major peace process, intervention coordination, too, is necessary for effective peacebuilding. Intervention coordination helps us make the most of the resources we direct at conflict resolution.
When interveners share information, the most common form of coordination, they may discover ways to improve their interventions. At the most basic level, information sharing allows interveners to learn more about the conflict and conflict resolution process, and thus to plan better. This planning might involve shifts in previous plans.
For example, two organizations planning conflict resolution workshops with overlapping participants might adjust their planned workshop dates so as not to conflict with each other. Shared analysis of the conflict and conflict resolution needs can lead to better strategies. In-depth communication about plans and needs can also lead to areas where shared resources can maximize the impacts of separate initiatives, as when one intervener carries messages or materials for another into a hard to reach conflict zone, or when UN or OSCE convoys transport NGO-based personnel. Thus, even when full-scale collaborative initiatives do not make sense, coordination can lead to more efficient and effective peacebuiliding.
Uncoordinated interventions may have unintended negative consequences. For example, a party to a conflict might go forum shopping, engaging with a series of would-be mediators in an effort to find the best deal for themselves. Since mediators will be most successful when they work long-term and with the confidence of both parties, forum shopping is counter-productive to effective peacemaking. Other unintended negative consequences of uncoordinated interventions include: overloading the adversaries' attentiveness; conveying competing expectations; intermediaries acting to undercut one another's policies; and intermediaries pursuing incompatible policies.[18]
Kinds of Intervention Coordination
There are many types of coordination. As noted above, the different initiatives involved in peace processes can complement each other through sequentially building on each other's progress, with one picking up where the other leaves off. Also, they can build on each other with simultaneous complementary efforts, such as when several separate grassroots initiatives achieve a critical mass by separately spreading reconciliatory messages throughout a society. Beyond the sequential and simultaneous distinction, there are five basic approaches to coordination:
- sharing information,
- sharing analysis,
- planning together,
- resource sharing,
- working in collaboration.
Each of these approaches to intervention coordination is briefly described below.
Sharing Information:
Even within the confines of confidentiality, interveners can find it useful to share a wide variety of information with each other. News reports are unlikely to hold much of the information that would be useful for planning appropriate conflict resolution initiatives. Instead, the parties to the conflict and one's colleagues engaged in diverse aspects of the peace process become valuable sources of information.
For example, the content of discussions at a recent unofficial dialogue would not be documented publicly, but participants might agree to a summary being shared, particularly if the summary does not attribute comments to any specific participant. Such a summary might be quietly shared with a small circle of interested conflict resolution professionals. These professionals could then better tailor their own related work to the current developments in the peace process. For example, Conciliation Resources has on occasion shared summaries of Georgian-Abkahz dialogues it has facilitated.
Sharing Analysis:
Interveners can also find it extraordinarily useful to share analysis of the conflict and the peace process with other analysts, interveners, and the parties to the conflict themselves. By building shared understandings of what has happened, what is happening, and what should happen in the peace process, interveners gain direction for their own work. For example, when Conflict Management Group (CMG) and Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) worked together on the Georgian-Ossetian Dialogue Project, NRC's staff in the conflict zone not only provided CMG (based in Cambridge, Mass.) with information on local developments related to the peace process, but also participated actively with CMG staff in analyzing the implications of those developments.[19] Or, joint analysis can involve in depth mapping of the conflict and the peace process as preparation for planning a stronger peace process.
Planning Together:
Interveners can find it useful to plan together, based on shared analyses of the needs of a peace process. For example, in 1999 the Track One interveners in the Moldovan-Transdniestrian conflict (OSCE, Russia, and Ukraine) discussed broad plans with the Track Two interveners (MICOM -- Moldovan Initiative Committee on Management). This discussion led to concrete activities that MICOM undertook (a study visit to Northern Ireland with the expert groups from both sides of the conflict and the OSCE, Russian, and Ukrainian mediators). While MICOM's activities remained separate from the official negotiation process led by the OSCE, Russia, and Ukraine, the shared planning allowed for increased complementarity of the separate processes.
Resource Sharing:
When communicating with each other about their plans and needs, interveners can identify ways to share resources. These resources may range from information (see above), to introductions to key contacts, to rides across security zones, to funding for specific initiatives. For example, one specific Georgian-Abkhaz locally-led initiative (to search for missing persons on both sides after the war) found support over time from several different international conflict resolution initiatives, each of which allocated resources from separate related projects to support the local initiative. Resource sharing requires trust in the capabilities, intentions, and goals of one's partners.
Working in Collaboration:
The most intensive form of coordination is working in collaboration on concrete joint initiatives. For example, as mentioned above, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and Conflict Management Group (CMG) collaborated on a dialogue project addressing the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict. NRC brought strong local presence in the conflict zone and a refugee assistance program to the collaboration, and CMG brought conflict resolution expertise. Together, the two organizations brought about strong improvements in the peace process that it is likely neither would have been able to facilitate on their own.
Why Coordination can be Difficult
Despite the many types of coordination available, intervention coordination of any sort is challenging. It takes time and money to overcome the physical distance between conflict resolution professionals headquartered around the world and to meet face-to-face with each other. Very rarely do funders provide support explicitly for coordination. Funding further complicates efforts to coordinate when there is insecure funding for conflict resolution initiatives. (Plans are often contingent upon receipt of funds, and coordination may seem less important when one's plans are not clear.) When conflict resolvers compete for funding from the same sources, they may be less inclined to share their developing plans with competitors.
There are also many challenges to coordination beyond financial concerns. Interveners may compete for prestige and contacts in the same way they compete for funding. Or, they may be wary of sharing information because of confidentiality concerns. Poor or simply non-existent personal relationships between conflict resolution professionals make it difficult to develop the trust necessary to coordinate with each other.
Finally, coordination supports work towards a common goal, and effective coordination is impossible when there is no common goal. Where interveners differ significantly in their approach, analysis of the conflict, and underlying theories of conflict resolution, these interveners may not share the same goal. These interventions may not directly complement each other. Resolution of the conflict may look very different to a human rights worker and a reconciliation expert. For example, a human rights appeal to highlight the atrocities of a war criminal and a reconciliation effort to forgive the followers of that individual might both have a place in a larger peace process. But, they would probably not be effectively launched at one ceremony together. The interveners behind each of these initiatives may not wish to work together at all. In sum, coordination does not always make sense.
When and Where to Coordinate
Coordination is not a goal in and of itself. Coordination should be employed as a support for conflict resolution interventions. Interveners should coordinate their interventions to the extent that intervention coordination helps them reach their shared goals more effectively. Where goals are not shared, or when progress is hindered by coordination, it does not make sense to coordinate. Coordination simply for coordination's sake does not help resolve conflicts.
When close coordination is very difficult, it may be inefficient to divert substantial resources away from other aspects of an intervention and towards coordination. However, relatively smaller efforts towards information sharing and joint analysis can significantly strengthen peace processes. In other words, if close coordination is inefficient in some situations, interveners can turn to information sharing and joint analysis as a less intensive but perhaps more efficient form of coordination.
We have identified some factors that make effective and efficient coordination more likely.[21] These factors relate to the roles interveners see themselves playing in the peace process, the relationships between interveners, and the structure of interventions.
Roles: Where interveners share visions of their mutually reinforcing activities together creating a stronger peace process, coordination is a logical support to that peace process. Where interveners play clearly defined separate complementary roles, such shared visions and resulting inclination towards coordination are more likely.
Relationships: Good personal relationships and high trust are also important, even at the basic information sharing level of coordination. Where interveners like and trust each other, they are more likely to make time to coordinate with each other. Long-term initiatives allow the time necessary for developing trusting relationships.
Structure: Long-term initiatives increase the opportunities for effective coordination because interveners get to know each other over time, developing the relationships and trust necessary for coordination. In addition, interveners who work long-term in a peace process have more reason to coordinate with others who share their commitment to that peace process. In addition, local representation by internationally based conflict resolvers contributes to the ability of interveners to maintain trusting relationships with others working on the conflict and to meet with new interveners to the peace process as they arrive on the scene.
These factors identified above also support Chayes and Chayes conclusion that planned decentralization is an effective mode of coordination.[21] In the planned decentralization model, intervention coordination takes place in the field where people can meet frequently and share the latest news, engage in analysis and strategizing together, and take joint actions where appropriate. When interveners have field-based representatives, these individuals can coordinate much more efficiently than the geographically scattered organizational leaderships of their respective organizations.
When Not to Coordinate
Coordination is not an end in and of itself. Coordination is a means to support a shared goal of conflict resolution. Thus, coordination should be avoided to the extent that it unproductively drains resources, wastes time, or compromises independence of action. In addition, coordination should not be taken to the extreme of compromising confidentiality.
There are useful separations between the different interveners in peace processes (Track One, Track Two, and different organizations within each track). NGOs and governments often have different approaches to a particular conflict, and thus will not want to compromise their independence from each other or otherwise blur their reputations with the parties to the conflict or other observers. For example, an NGO that supports one side of the conflict may turn out to play a useful role in the peace process by encouraging that side to come to the table with a credibility that no neutral group could. However, that NGO might lose its unique credibility with its favored party if it were to work too closely with more neutral groups. These useful separations between interveners and their approaches should not be blurred by inappropriate coordination.
How Interveners Can Coordinate
While acknowledging the useful separations between different parts of peace processes, conflict resolution professionals should consider coordination an explicit aspect of their work. Wherever possible, coordination should be part of the funded project work. Even where not explicitly funded, basic coordination, such as information sharing and joint analysis, can be accomplished with minimal resources and time when considered as part of a long-term conflict resolution initiative. By engaging in long-term work on one peace process, as opposed to many short-term initiatives in scattered peace processes, interveners can increase their ability to coordinate for complementary and effective peacebuilding. Interveners should consider each type of coordination when planning their work: sharing information, sharing analysis, planning together, resource sharing, and working in collaboration. In addition, interveners should consider how they build the factors conducive to effective coordination through their roles, relationships, and structure.
How Funders Can Encourage Coordination
Funders supporting conflict resolution need to also support coordination of conflict resolution efforts. This may be accomplished by providing funding explicitly for coordination, as the Hewlett Foundation provided funds to the Alliance for International Conflict Resolution as an investment in institutionalized capacity to coordinate within the U.S.-based conflict resolution community. Foundations can further support intervention coordination by adjusting grant applications procedures to decrease competition and encourage coordination. For example, foundations might require consideration of interactive effects with related on-going initiatives as part of grant application procedures in order to encourage at least the basic information sharing form of coordination.
How Parties to a Conflict Can Encourage Intervention Coordination
Interveners can learn who else is working on a conflict from the parties to the conflict. However, "the parties" is a broad term, and there may be sub-sets of the parties who are not aware of the many on-going initiatives addressing their conflict. As interveners speak with representatives of a broad spectrum of the societies in conflict, more and more of the on-going initiatives will come to light. The parties can also demand at least minimal coordination from the interveners they work with, asking the interveners to share information and resources in order to maximize the efficacy of their peacebuilding work.
Next Steps in Intervention Coordination
Coordination of conflict resolution interventions is an area ripe for exciting practical breakthroughs and for related further research. As conflict resolution professionals continue to try to coordinate their interventions, we need to develop further documentation of what works in which situations and how the challenges to coordination are overcome. Loose coordination, such as information sharing and joint analysis, is a first step. More intensive coordination can follow as appropriate.
The idea of networks for improved conflict resolution is attracting interest.[22] Ricigliano (2003) advocates Networks for Effective Action (NEAs) as a model for improving the efficacy of peacebuilding. NEAs should involve the diversity of interveners working on a peace process. Through NEAs each member of the network can find ways to collaborate as appropriate to work towards a shared purpose. NEAs should share a purpose, share principles of conduct, and be decentralized, self-organizing, and flexible in response to member needs. Establishing and tracking the functioning of an NEA would be a helpful next step in furthering our capacities for coordination.
As our conflicts today are more complex, and as our peace processes are thus more complex, we need to try new methods of coordinating our work. This area is broad, and includes many aspects ripe for cutting-edge action research. Key questions we must address now are:
- How can Track One and Track Two interveners best coordinate between the two tracks?[23]
- What methods of coordination can best be tailored for the differing situations in which initiatives are based either on very similar or on very different approaches?
- Are there different methods most appropriate for NGOs, IGOs, and militaries in intervention coordinating?
- What strategies might funders adopt to support coordination?
- How can parties to conflicts, in the midst of waging their struggles and negotiating for peace, encourage and support coordination of the interventions that involve them?
- In what ways can intervention coordination best be institutionalized? How can structures for intensive cooperation emerge and sustain improved peace processes?
We've only begun to address these questions. [24]
[1] Chester Crocker, Fen Oslar Hampson, and Pamela Aall, eds. "Herding Cats: Multiparty Mediation in a Complex World." (Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1999).
[2] Coordination within one organization is usually mandated, and differs in form depending on the organizational structure and culture. Intra-organizational coordination is not considered here, but is also an important part of building strong interventions.
[3] See http://www.unocha.org/about-us/who-we-are. Click on " What We Do"
[4] Louis Kriesberg, "Coordinating Intermediary Peace Efforts," Negotiation Journal (October 1996): 303-314.
[5] Pamela Aall, Daniel Miltenberger, and Thomas G. Weiss, Guide to IGOs NGOs and the Military in Peace and Relief Operations (Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2000).
[6] Robert Ricigliano, "Networks of Effective Action: Implementing a holistic approach to peacebuilding" (Working Paper. Peace Studies Program. University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. 2003.)
[7] Jos Havermas, "Every Conflict is Unique, and so is its Solution: Lessons Learned from Ten Years Experience in Conflict Prevention." In Anneke Galama and Paul van Tongeran, eds., Towards Better Peacebuilding Practice: On Lessons Learned, Evaluation Practices and Aid and Conflict. Utrecht, Netherlands: European Center for Conflict Prevention, 2002 (p. 138).
[8] Susan Allen Nan, "Complementarity and Coordination of Conflict Resolution Efforts in the Conflicts over Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transdniestria" (Ph.D. dissertation, George Mason University, 1999).
[9] Larry A Dunn and Louis Kriesberg. "Mediating Intermediaries: Expanding Roles of Transnational Organizations" in Jacob Bercovitch, ed. Studies in International Mediation. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002 (p. 210).
[10] Ronald J. Fisher and Loraleigh Keashly, "The Potential Complementarity of Mediation and Consultation within a Contingency Model of Third Party Consultation" Journal of Peace Research 28, no. 1 (1991): 29-42.
[11] Christopher Mitchell, "The Processes and Stages of Mediation" in Making War and Waging Peace ed. David Smock (Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1993): 139-159.
[12] Louis Kriesberg, "Coordinating Intermediary Peace Efforts," Negotiation Journal (October 1996): 303-314.
[13] Susan Allen Nan, "Complementarity and Coordination of Conflict Resolution Efforts in the Conflicts over Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transdniestria" (Ph.D. dissertation, George Mason University, 1999).
[14] Chester Crocker, Fen Oslar Hampson, and Pamela Aall, eds. "Herding Cats: Multiparty Mediation in a Complex World." (Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1999).
[15] Antonia Handler Chayes and Abram Chayes, Planning for Intervention: International Cooperation in Conflict Management (The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 1999).
[16] Robert Ricigliano, "Networks of Effective Action: Implementing a holistic approach to peacebuilding" (Working Paper. Peace Studies Program, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, 2003).
[17] Susan Allen Nan, "Complementarity and Coordination of Conflict Resolution Efforts in the Conflicts over Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transdniestria" (Ph.D. dissertation, George Mason University, 1999).
[18] Louis Kriesberg, "Coordinating Intermediary Peace Efforts," Negotiation Journal (October 1996): 303-314.
[19] Susan Allen Nan, "Partnering for Peace: Conflict Management Group and Norwegian Refugee Council Collaborating on the Georgian-South Ossetian Dialogue Project." Confidential Paper for the Reflecting on Peace Practices Project, 2000.
[20] Susan Allen Nan, "Complementarity and Coordination of Conflict Resolution Efforts in the Conflicts over Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transdniestria" (Ph.D. dissertation, George Mason University, 1999).
[21] Antonia Handler Chayes and Abram Chayes, Planning for Intervention: International Cooperation in Conflict Management (The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 1999).
[22] Jos Havermas, "Every Conflict is Unique, and so is its Solution: Lessons Learned from Ten Years Experience in Conflict Prevention." In Anneke Galama and Paul van Tongeran, eds., Towards Better Peacebuilding Practice: On Lessons Learned, Evaluation Practices and Aid and Conflict. Utrecht , Netherlands: European Center for Conflict Prevention, 2002 (p. 137).
[23] The Alliance for Conflict Transformation and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service are currently leading an initiative with the support and involvement of the Alliance for International Conflict Resolution, State Department, and United States Institute for Peace to address this question.
[24] Thank you to Antonia Handler Chayes, Andrea Strimling, and Joshua N. Weiss who offered helpful comments on an early draft of this module.
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text: Cybercriminals have built a cloud-based fraud system that targeted wealthy people and commercial accounts in bilking primarily European banks of possibly billions of dollars, security vendors say.The international ring targeted accounts with an average of $300,000 to $600,000, and attempted to transfer as much as $130,000 to bogus business accounts, Intel-owned McAfee said Tuesday. While McAfee did not know how much money was actually stolen, the vendor estimates that it ranged from $75 million to $2.5 billion.The ring targeted banks in Europe and then expanded to Latin America and more recently the United States, where it had just gotten started, Dave Marcus, director of advanced research and threat intelligence at McAfee Labs, said. McAfee, which investigated the ring's operation over the last six months with Guardian Analytics, is working with law enforcement agencies to shut down the fraudsters.What is unique about the fraud was the amount of automation used, a feat made possible through the use of cloud computing, Marcus said. The combination of remote servers and an intimate knowledge of banking transaction systems made it possible to automate the theft, rather than simply stealing user names and passwords and having someone manually transfer money from a computer."The automated nature of these attacks really require that kind of server\/cloud functionality," Marcus said. "It can't all take place on the host [computer]. All of the logic and all of the sophistication really does reside on that [cloud] server."McAfee first discovered the fraudsters operating in Italy, and later followed them to Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in Europe. In March, the ring was found operating in Colombia and one server was later traced to the United States. "It looks like it [the ring] just started making the transition to the U.S.," Marcus said.The fraud started with an email cleverly disguised to look like it came from the recipient's bank. Clicking on a link in the message downloaded the malware that would later use web-injects to steal the information needed to perform fund transfers. Web-injects are fake pages or form fields launched while a person is on an online banking site.\u00a0McAfee, which dubbed the investigation "Operation High Roller" because of the wealthy victims, found 60 servers processing thousands of attempted thefts. Most of the transfers were for less than $10,000, with the highest reaching $130,000.The fraudsters used common Zeus and SpyEye malware platforms as the base of the malicious code, which was customized for each targeted bank. Once the malware stole the needed information, transfers were performed via the control servers, which were even able to obtain the information needed to bypass smartcard readers often used in Europe for two-factor authentication. "We have not seen this level of sophistication before," Marcus said.Besides the use of the cloud, the fraudsters had an impressive knowledge of how banking transaction systems worked. McAfee wasn't able to determine how the criminals gained that level of understanding. "You can't make a fraudulent transaction look like a valid transaction, if you don't know what you're doing," Marcus said. "And these guys know what they're doing."


text: The Asprox botnet, whose malware-spamming activities have been followed for years by security researchers, appears to be gone.Since 2007, the botnet was used for effective spam campaigns that sought to trick people into downloading malware attachments in emails that purported to be court notices or notifications from services including FedEx, the U.S. Postal Service and American Airlines.But by January, the botnet seemed to be shut down, wrote Ryan Olson, intelligence director for Palo Alto Networks, in a blog post. Throughout 2014, the security company noticed the botnet was distributing Kuluoz, a malware program linked to Asprox."As weeks turned into months, we found that Kuluoz didn't return," he wrote.Olson wrote that Palo Alto thought the botnet's operators may have changed their tactics, and Palo Alto missed the shift. But they verified that Asprox's command-and-control structure shut down -- at least for now."We've not yet seen any indication that the individuals behind these attacks have been arrested or forced to stop operating, so it's likely that they've shut down this botnet to regroup and redeploy after they've found ways to evade the detections deployed by the security industry," Olson wrote. "After all, sending 80 percent of all malware puts you pretty high on everyone's list of priorities."Earlier this year, Brad Duncan, a security researcher at Rackspace, also noticed a change: spam that appeared stylistically close to that sent by Asprox had different malware.Asprox has taken a hit before. In November 2008, it was one of several botnets affected by the shutdown of McColo, a notorious California-based ISP that was providing network connectivity for cybercriminals. The shutdown of McColo dramatically cut the amount of spam, but Asprox as well as other botnets came back.The most frequently malware now seen by Palo Alto is Upatre. That malware downloads other harmful programs to a computer, and Palo Alto has seen it involved in installing a banking trojan called Dyre and the Cryptowall ransomware, which encrypts files on a computer and demands a payment for the decryption key.Upatre is "not nearly as prevalent as Kuluoz, but it's certainly making an impression," Olson wrote.Send news tips and comments to email@example.com. Follow me on Twitter: @jeremy_kirk


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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Artisan Bread in Five Minutes A Day
You must have seen this before in the blogosphere. Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. I didn't pay much attention to it until today, thinking I ought to learn proper bread-baking first, before diving into shortcuts. But thanks to Southernoise, I learnt just how easy it is to get really good bread. My first try yielded this baguette-like white bread with chewy crust and soft insides. This completely throws whatever I've learnt about bread-baking out the window!
Here's a video of the authors Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë Francois giving a demo on Showcase Minnesota.
And here's the recipe for the master bread given by the station's website. They use a pizza peel but you can use a baking tray, Silpat or other suitable baking container. I used an ordinary loaf pan. And I didn't use any water, although had two other moist items baking simultaneously as well.
You can create a whole variety of breads. The book will tell you how. Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: the Discovery that Revolutionizes Home Baking (Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press, Nov 2007)
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I suddenly think of curry.. Lots and lots of curry.. :-pReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 13, 2008 at 5:57 PM
artisan bread in 5 mins? Amazing! I've always hesitate to make bread cos of the proofing time. Perhaps I should give this a try soon.ReplyDelete
whoa this is interesting!ReplyDelete
thanks for sharing.
Artisan bread in 5, teh ultimate bread book for hassle free baking!ReplyDelete
Your loaf looks wonderful! Thank you so much for trying the recipe and sharing it with your readers.ReplyDelete
Please come visit us at www.artisanbreadinfive.com. This week we are giving away 2 books because it is the anniversary of the book coming out!
Thanks, Zoë François (co-author)
- AnonymousNovember 14, 2008 at 5:38 PM
wow! gorgeous looking bread camemberu :)ReplyDelete
I have been working through this book for months now, and I love it! We have made a good number of things and have had very good and delicous luck.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing.
I LOVE this book and use it all the time. It makes the best bread ever and it is so easy! I know how to make bread the slow way but I hardly ever do it anymore because we like this bread so much better.ReplyDelete
Wow! I definately have to try it. SO EASY!ReplyDelete
K-man: yes, I did eat it with curry!ReplyDelete
Didally: some proofing time is still needed to let bread rise before baking but at least there's no kneading involved!
Southernoise: ha, many thanks to you! I wish I tried this earlier!
Zoe! Thanks for dropping by. I linked to artisanbreadinfive but I will check out your own Zoebakes site.
独孤求胜, diva, K8, Mrs Mordecai, Manuela: thank you all for your encouraging comments! Yeah, now I don't know what to do with my regular bread-baking books!
I can't wait to try this bread out as its pretty similar to the no knead bread. I like the idea where you can let the dough sit in the fridge for a long time. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete


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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Gertie In Print
Readers, I have two articles out right now that I'm really excited about!
First, an article on Alfred Shaheen in the summer 2012 Stitch Magazine (of which I'm now a contributing editor--never thought I'd see my name on a masthead!).
This article was a dream come true to work on. Shaheen's work was the inspiration for my bombshell course, and he's one of my favorite designers of all time. To write a profile on him, I ended up getting in touch with his daughter and having several enlightening phone conversations about her father's work, their family history, and the surprising way Alfred was influenced by his mother's work as a seamstress. I also learned one of the sewing secrets behind the icornic "Shaheen Sheath" (see below)--clever elastic stays in the bodice! You can find this issue of Stitch in bookstores or you can order it online here.
You'll also find some of my design work in SewStylish magazine!
Cal Patch and Christine Haynes, to design our own take on a new Simplicity pattern, number 1920.
I used the blouse and skirt patterns to come up with a glam 50s-inspired ensemble.
here and here!). I sewed crystals onto lace appliques to get the scattered floral effect on the shoulder.
Then there's a full skirt and a matching cummerbund belt. The tutorial for the belt is online here!
Here's the whole look in my (old) apartment before I sent it off to SewStylish.
I had envisioned lime green pumps, but they went with truly fabulous purple suede ones.
SewStylish is now in stores, or available online here. I hope you will read and enjoy!
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Wow. That is an AMAZING interpretation of that pattern. You clever, clever woman. So pretty.ReplyDelete
Congratulations on being in TWO magazine articles! Yay, what a wonderful day in the neighborhood for you! :)ReplyDelete
So stylish with the illusion neckline!ReplyDelete
Hello Gertie,ReplyDelete
I'm excited, great style.
But what a pity, I live in Germany so I don't have probably the chance to get the magazine. Nevertheless, with your post I found sew daily, thank you for that.
And I love your blog. How's the new house and the floor in your sewing room?
Happy Easter
So, last week I was flipping through Stitch at Barnes & Nobles and saw the Alfred Shaheen article. I was like, "Wow, that totally looks like something Gertie would loooove, I bet she will post about it."ReplyDelete
I "haha"-ed to myself when I saw you had actually wrote it! Great article, BTW. I really liked your look for SewStylish too! It made me sad that illusion necklines look so bad on me. I need to find someone who will let me make something for them with one so I can get the urge out of my system.
Wow, leave it to you to take an apparently blah pattern (no offense Simplicity) and turn it into something beautiful and unique. Any chance we'll get to see more photos of that blouse?ReplyDelete
Congrats on your articles!
Wow, you are just spectacularly talented! The blouse is gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Well done Gertie! Have to agree with Claire, on how you took a ho-hum pattern to another level!!! Loving the neckline. After agonizing so much, have to ask what technique did you use?ReplyDelete
Its absolutely Fabulous Darling!!!! Just fabulous.ReplyDelete
Since I have that pattern, I will definitely buy the magazine... I have no clue how you can go from a straight skirt to the one you made!!!ReplyDelete
I can't wait to read your Shaheen article! I worked with Camille to bring the exhibit to my museum (AANM) in 2010. It was a spectacular show. Congrats!ReplyDelete
You, my dear are a Superstar! Well done.ReplyDelete
Wow!! Great re-do of that pattern! Really, really nice. I love that hawaiian bombshell dress : )ReplyDelete
I really like what you made, will you be showing us just how you did that..would love to make one too.ReplyDelete
I would love to know if you will be teaching just how you made such a cute outfit.ReplyDelete
Congratulations! Such a lovely pattern, as well :)ReplyDelete
Very cool. I already have the one magazine and will now look for the other!ReplyDelete
Thanks for letting us know!
I like that that you say {as|like} my friend thanks andReplyDelete
WONDERFUL Post.thanks for share..
Congrats Gertie! You are amazing!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 4, 2012 at 6:44 PM
Such a creative and cute take on the Simplicity pattern! Love it.ReplyDelete
Congratulations, Gertie! Can't wait to read your articles - you're the bees knees!ReplyDelete
Congratulations!!! You go grrrl!! So talented, beautiful work!!ReplyDelete
Congratulations! I saw the Stitch article, but I haven't received my copy of SewStylish yet. Brava and well done!!!ReplyDelete
Lieta, the article tells you how to make the outfit. :)ReplyDelete
O Gertie I just picked up SewStylish and saw your article. That dress is so gorgeous! I'm new to sewing and I have found you to be so inspirational. Keep up the good work!ReplyDelete
Congratulations! Great work!ReplyDelete
I love what you came up with! Congratulations on these super articles, you'll be taking over the world before you know it! XxxX http://thesecondhandrose.blogspot.co.uk/ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 8, 2012 at 9:21 PM
Gertie, do you sell your dresses? I would love to buy the last one featured in this post. Please let me know.ReplyDelete
Really enjoyed the article in 'Stitch'. Great job, interestingly informative and made me long for one of his dresses!ReplyDelete


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algae [1] and cwm [2] now both have the ability to query a relational database with an application-specific schema. An example OrderTracking database is queryable via MySQL at swada.w3.org with the username rdftest and no password. The n3 (see example [3]) :o Orders:customer :c . :o Orders:product :p . :o Orders:orderDate :d . :p Products:name :productName . :c Customers:familyName :first . :c Customers:givenName :last . :c Customers:billingAddress :billAddr . :billAddr Addresses:street :billStreet . :billAddr Addresses:city :billCity . :billAddr Addresses:state :billState . is translated into an SQL query SELECT Products_0.id AS p_id, Products_0.name AS productName_name, Addresses_0.id AS billAddr_id, Addresses_0.city AS billCity_city, Addresses_0.state AS billState_state, Addresses_0.street AS billStreet_street, Customers_0.id AS c_id, Customers_0.familyName AS first_familyName, Customers_0.givenName AS last_givenName, Orders_0.id AS o_id, Orders_0.orderDate AS d_orderDate FROM Products AS Products_0, Addresses AS Addresses_0, Customers AS Customers_0, Orders AS Orders_0 WHERE Customers_0.billingAddress=Addresses_0.id AND Orders_0.customer=Customers_0.id AND Orders_0.product=Products_0.id and executed. The results are mapped back into RDF statements, available for report or furthur inferencing. The algae equivilent (see example [4]) is (OT::Orders.customer ?o ?c) (OT::Orders.product ?o ?p) (OT::Orders.orderDate ?o ?d) (OT::Products.name ?p ?productName) (OT::Customers.givenName ?c ?first) (OT::Customers.familyName ?c ?last) (OT::Customers.billingAddress ?c ?billAddr) (OT::Addresses.street ?billAddr ?billStreet) (OT::Addresses.city ?billAddr ?billCity) (OT::Addresses.state ?billAddr ?billState) One implications of this is that an awful lot of rdb data could be easily made available to RDF tools. Another is that mapping such data to RDF can be a way to join disparate rdbs. And a third is that RDF data can be made to scale on the same order as rdbs, which is generally acknowledged as very well. Anyways, it would be fun to get some feedback if folks want to try out either the cwm or algae implementations. If you experiment with cwm, you will need to install mysql drivers for python (debian package python2.2-mysqldb) and for algae you will need mysql drivers for perl (debian package libdbd-mysql-perl). The perl version has the ability to do ORs [5] NOTs, [5] and outer joins [6]. I haven't worked out the notation for that in n3 but it should be feasible to port to cwm as well. As an example, the algae query (OT::Orders.customer ?o ?c) (OT::Orders.product ?o ?p) (OT::Orders.orderDate ?o ?d) (OT::Products.name ?p ?productName) (OT::Customers.givenName ?c ?first) (OT::Customers.familyName ?c ?last) (OT::Customers.billingAddress ?c ?billAddr) (OT::Addresses.contact ?billAddr ?biller) (OT::Customers.givenName ?biller ?bFirst) (OT::Customers.familyName ?biller ?bLast) ~(OT::Orders.shippingAddress ?o ?shipAddr) ~(OT::Addresses.contact ?shipAddr ?signer) (OT::Customers.givenName ?signer ?sFirst) (OT::Customers.familyName ?signer ?sLast) results in the SQL query SELECT Orders_0.id AS o_id, Orders_0.orderDate AS d_orderDate, Products_0.id AS p_id, Products_0.name AS productName_name, Customers_0.id AS c_id, Customers_0.givenName AS first_givenName, Customers_0.familyName AS last_familyName, Addresses_0.id AS billAddr_id, Addresses_0.street AS billStreet_street, Addresses_0.city AS billCity_city, Addresses_0.state AS billState_state, Addresses_1.id AS shipAddr_id, Addresses_1.street AS shipStreet_street, Addresses_1.city AS shipCity_city, Addresses_1.state AS shipState_state FROM Orders AS Orders_0 INNER JOIN Customers AS Customers_0 ON Orders_0.customer=Customers_0.id INNER JOIN Products AS Products_0 ON Orders_0.product=Products_0.id INNER JOIN Addresses AS Addresses_0 ON Customers_0.billingAddress=Addresses_0.id LEFT OUTER JOIN Addresses AS Addresses_1 ON (Orders_0.shippingAddress=Addresses_1.id) and the data +------+----------+------------+------+----------+--------+--------+ | first| last| productName|bFirst| bLast| sFirst| sLast| |------|----------|------------|------|----------|--------|--------| |"Chip"|"Thompson"| "nose ring"|"Biff"|"Thompson"| NULL| NULL| |"Chip"|"Thompson"|"other ring"|"Biff"|"Thompson"|"Eustis"|"Walker"| |"Biff"|"Thompson"| "pool"|"Biff"|"Thompson"| NULL| NULL| |"Chip"|"Thompson"|"skateboard"|"Biff"|"Thompson"| NULL| NULL| +------+----------+------------+------+----------+--------+--------+ Another interesting feature is that both can trap under-constrained queries and throw an exception before executing such potentially expensive (and likely useless) queries. They can also do an overconstraint check and warn the certain tables are linked to others in more than one way, even if it is via some number of intermediate tables. Clearly the largest contribution this technology has to offer, however, is the cool formatting of the SQL queries. Next on the plate are some compelling example queries joining data from the OrderTracking database with some other database. I considered a product review database, but such services are more likely to be available over HTTP and SQL. (cwm and algae can join against data obtained from HTTP, but that was not so much the point of this exercise.) I would be interested in suggestion, particularly ones that would be interesting to the web services crowd. Let me know what you think of this. Thanks. [1] http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/doc/cwm.html [2] http://www.w3.org/1999/02/26-modules/ [3] http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/2000/10/swap/test/dbork/OrderTracking1.n3 [4] http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/perl/modules/W3C/Rdf/test/OrderTracking1-alg.sh [5] http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/perl/modules/W3C/Rdf/test/SqlDBtest7-alg.sh [6] http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/perl/modules/W3C/Rdf/test/OrderTracking5-alg.sh -- -eric office: +1.617.258.5741 NE43-344, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02144 USA cell: +1.857.222.5741 (email@example.com) Feel free to forward this message to any list for any purpose other than email address distribution.
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With riveting characters, cascading revelations and momentous breakthroughs, Epstein and Friedman's work paved the way for contemporary documentary practice.
Susan Gerhard talks copy, critics and the 'there' we have here.
Since its first event in 1998, Midnight Mass has become an SF institution, and Peaches Christ, well, she's its peerless warden and cult leader.
Universally warm sentiment is attached to the Bay Area's hardest working indie/art film publicist.
Filmmaker and programmer Moore talks process, offers perspective on his debut feature and Cinema by the Bay opener, 'I Think It's Raining.'
The National Film Preservation Foundation delivers another gem with the fascinating three-disc box set 'The West 1898-1938.'
For 50 years, Canyon Cinema has provided crucial support for a fertile avant-garde film scene.
Love permeates SFFS's francophone film series.
Director Mina T. Son talks about the creation of 'Making Noise in Silence,' screening the United Nations Association Film Festival this week.
Accompanied by a program of solar system shorts, Travis Wilkerson's 2003 look at ruthless union-busting and the rise and fall of Butte, Montana, offers eerie resonance.
Without marketing tie-ins, plastic toys or corn-syrup confections, a children's film festival brings energy to the screen.
Saraf and Light's work is marked by an unwavering appreciation for underdogs and outsiders.
Can three film school grads from San Francisco break out without the help of Hollywood or New York connections?
The best is yet come for Mexican wunderkind Nicolás Pereda, whose elliptical narratives allow room meditation and imagination on the part of a viewer.
Nonfiction films offer view to revolutions.
Expectations defied in Taiwan Film Days.
A film on Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller bucks biopic formula and concentrates on a pivotal moment in the leader's life.
San Rafael's Indigo Films makes fascinating crime fare for cable on a DIY-sized budget.
Arab Film Festival Executive Director Michel Shehadeh speaks to building an all-encompassing international space.
Goldman Prize-winning environmentalists' work highlighted in short-form pieces by Parrinello, Antonelli and Dusenbery.
Mill Valley amps up the star wattage in its annual mix of local, international titles.
In the illusory world of what we call 'real life', our beloved friend Graham pursued his practice of keeping his attention fixed firmly on 'the screen.'
The path to authentic storytelling lies in research.
An East Bay filmmaker takes another look at U.S. financial woes with 'Heist,' which world premieres at the Mill Valley Film Festival.
Up-and-comer Joseph Gordon-Levitt is so good he compensates for the cancer comedy's shortcomings, even if he can't erase them.
John Turturro shares his passion for the Neapolitan songbook.
Artistic integrity is always in short supply, which makes Broughton an inspiration for every successive generation of poets and filmmakers.
Though it's legal to film illegal acts, crime can certainly complicate your filmmaking process.
Sentimental French film is no top-shelf vehicle, but Depardieu savors it as if it were the rarest vintage Bordeaux.
Guy Maddin talks about movies, writing, himself—and the allure of the Osmonds, re-published on the occasion of Fandor's Maddin blogathon.
Audience-engaging stories in a variety of genres highlight SFFS's inaugural Hong Kong Cinema weekend.
"Bodega, a New York-based content creation/production company, has extended its reach Westward with the opening of a San Francisco shop headed by executive producer/partner Clint Goldman." More at shootonline.com.
"After whetting local appetites through a successful soft launch last year, 91 films are now listed in the 2011 Napa Valley Film Festival program guide. Those films—many of them short—will be played on 12 screens throughout the Napa Valley, including screenings in Calistoga, Yountville, St. Helena and the city of Napa." More at napavalleyregister.com.
"John Lasseter, the chief creative officer of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, will receive the 2,453rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today," reports Daily News Wire Services. More at dailynews.com.
Press release: The San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation announced today that it is partnering with Gary Meyer to keep the City's historic Balboa Theatre (1926) open and to develop a sustainable long-term plan for the theater. The Theater Foundation also announced it has reached an agreement to lease the theater through 2024—securing the future of one of San Francisco's oldest operating cinemas. More at sfntf.org.
Press release: The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival announced its new Executive Director: Lexi Leban, who begins working with the festival November 7, 2011. A longtime member of the Bay Area film community, Lexi has worked in all aspects of film, from production to distribution. She's also worked with numerous film festivals, including the Mill Valley Film Festival, the San Francisco International Film Festival, and the Global Social Change Film Festival in Bali. Lexi is currently Academic Director of the Digital Filmmaking & Video Production Program at the Art Institute of California, where she built the department from its inception. Her most recent feature documentary, Girl Trouble, which follows young girls in San Francisco's juvenile justice system, aired on PBS's acclaimed series Independent Lens in January of 2006, and won Best Bay Area Documentary at the San Francisco International Film Festival. More at sfjff.org.


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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Packers' Hall of Fame in Lambeau Field will be closed for over a year as part of the atrium renovation project.
According to the team, workers are dismantling and removing exhibits in preparation for the construction of the new Packers Pro Shop in that area.
The Hall of Fame will close starting on Monday. The new one will open in April 2015 in sections of the first and second floors of the atrium. Construction is set to begin in July 2014.
The nonprofit that operates the hall is expected to loan some memorabilia to the Neville Public Museum. The details and timing of a display haven't been released yet.
The Packers Pro Shop will remain open through the renovations. Curly's Pub will close briefly beginning in February 2015.


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Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini told CNBC on Wednesday that Obamacare has failed to attract the uninsured, and he offered a scenario in which the insurance company could be forced to pull out of program.
The company will be submitting Obamacare rates for 2015 on May 15.
"Are they going to be double-digit [increases] or are we going to get beat up because they're double-digit or are we just going to have to pull out of the program?" Bertolini asked in a "Squawk Box" interview from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "Those questions can't be answered until we see the population we have today. And we really don't have a good view on that."
(Read more: Obamacare first-person series: From a cancer patient to retirees, their stories in their own words)
He said that so far, Obamacare has just shifted people who were insured in the individual market to the public exchanges where they could get a better deal on a subsidy for coverage. "We see only 11 percent of the population is actually people that were firmly uninsured that are now insured. So [it] didn't really eat into the uninsured population."
For Obamacare to work better, it needs more flexibility and choice of insurance programs, Bertolini said. "We need to make it a lot more simpler for people. There needs to be more choice. When you get more choice, you make it more of a market and you get more people in the program."
As for Aetna, Obamacare plans make up 3 percent of its revenue, he said. "Whether or not there's a government bailout because we lose some money on members is irrelevant to us from our standpoint of our earnings."
By 2020, Bertolini said he sees 75 million people buying health-care insurance from exchanges. "Some portion of that will be public exchanges—probably 20 million to 25 million will be public exchanges—the rest will be private exchanges."
"We're going to have individuals buying health care with a subsidy from their government or a subsidy from their employer," he said.
—By CNBC's Matthew J. Belvedere. Follow him on Twitter @Matt_SquawkCNBC.


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We announced our lineup of eleven Philly Beer Week 2014 events today, including an All-Star Road Show event on Sunday, June 1, from 4-11pm at World Cafe Live. "All-Star" refers to both the draft lineup and the FBC All-Stars, the official brewery band, who will be playing a live show that evening.
The All-Star draft lineup for the Road Show will include some of our specialty and Backstage Series releases, a few taproom one-offs never before on draft outside of our taproom in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and some surprises. There will be 18 beers on tap.
Workout will open the night followed by the FBC All-Stars—a super group made up of the brewery's finest musicians (including brewers, the production planning manager, warehouse manager, deli manager, taproom manager, two bartenders, and a cook)—for an entertaining evening of music and beer.
Tickets are $10/ea with a portion of the proceeds being donated to Live Connections. They can be purchased here beginning on Friday, April 18, at 10am EDT right here: http://bit.ly/1m317tb.
The All-Star Road Show official after party will start at 11pm at BRU Craft & Wurst.
Other Founders Philly Beer Week events include an annual beer dinner at the South Philly Taproom on Monday, June 2, and tap takeovers at spots including the Prohibition Taproom, Lucky's Last Chance and Varga Bar. All events can be found on our site right here. Or on this poster:
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I don't know if it's the same-y hardware, the absurd expectations, or general inconsistencies, but something about the Google Phone just feels...off. And depending on how credulous you're feeling today, I can explain: We've been tricked! By Apple! Or something.
These doubtful little seeds come from Eldar Murtazin of Mobile-Review, a guy you may not have heard of, but who's known for being well-connected i the mobile industry—though his beat tends more toward the Nokias and Sony Ericssons of the world, with occasional reaches for Apple scoops. Anyway, he's been on a Twitter rampage, as captured by Phandroid, and he has a theeeoorryyy:
First, English isn't his first language, so ignore the weird phrasing. Second, what the hell does that mean? It's actually pretty simple.
You know, given how similar the Nexus One concept is to prior Android development phones like the Ion or the Dev Phone One—hardware by HTC, software experience controlled by Google, unlocked, handed out to Google employees—I could easily believe that this phone is just the next Dev phone, designed to give developers something roughly comparable to the next generation of Snapdragon-powered Android phones to develop on. And I'd even believe that they're going to sell it to the public unlocked, and put a little marketing muscle behind it. That actually makes more sense than rumors of a Google plan to either revolutionize, rape, pillage or save the wireless industry. (Pick one!) And it'd explain many people's general unease about assuming this phone revolutionary before we know anything about it. So, Eldar, I'll bite: This is a mass delusion. What else?
Intrigue! But who? TELL US WHO!
This is just a ploy to get the internet to talk about you, isn't it? Dammit, Eldar! You got me. You can judge his theorizing on your own—I don't buy it, because I don't really see what Apple would have to gain here—but either way: we all need to calm the hell down about this phone. The rumors about it are fascinating, sure, but the with every actual fact we uncover, this thing gets a little more boring. [Phandroid]


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Precious and Semi Precious Gemstones: Myth and Reality
The idea that some gemstones are precious and others are only semi-precious is familiar to every buyer of colored stones. Precious stones – diamond, ruby, sapphire and emerald – traditionally command high prices due to their extraordinary color or brilliance and extreme rarity.
While the precious stones are deservedly famous, the conventional distinction between precious and semi-precious gems is laden with myth and misconceptions. Let's try to sort out some of the myths from the reality.
One common misconception is that the distinction between precious and semi-precious gemstones is traditional, going back many centuries. In fact it is a recent innovation, dating only to the nineteenth century. The first use of "semi-precious" to mean "of less commercial value than a precious stone" can be traced back to only 1858.
Tsavorite Garnet
Another misconception is that the list of four precious gems has a long history. In fact the traditional list of precious gemstones is rather longer and includes some surprising members. Pearl was considered to be precious; so was opal. One of the most traditional precious stones with a history going back to ancient Greece is amethyst. Amethyst was reclassified as semi-precious after large deposits were found in Brazil and Uruguay in the first half of the nineteenth century. The introduction of the term semi-precious into the English lexicon corresponds with the new amethyst discoveries.
Of all the precious stones, diamond is the most subject to myth. It is interesting that the myths are of modern rather than ancient origin. Historically, colored gemstones such as ruby and sapphire were more highly valued than diamond, mainly because diamond was not particularly rare. But the twentieth century saw a major change. The first thing that happened is that very large finds in South Africa created an even more abundant supply of gem-quality diamond. At the same time, the perceived value of diamond has risen to the point where it's fair to say that diamond is at the top of the list of the precious stones in the mind of the buying public. What happened? Aren't precious gems valued particularly for their rarity?
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In the 19th century, the collective worldwide production of diamond only amounted to a few pounds per year. After the discovery of the huge South African diamond mines in 1870, diamonds were being dug out of the ground literally by the ton. There was such a glut of supply and so little demand that the British financiers of the South African mines were in danger of losing their investment. Their solution was to create the powerful De Beers cartel that to this day controls worldwide diamond production and supply. Quality diamonds are actually not scarce at all. But De Beers controls how much supply comes on the market and that keeps prices high.
The De Beers consortium also mounted a concerted advertising campaign that spanned decades, in order to create an association of diamonds with love, courtship and marriage, under the now familiar slogan "Diamonds are Forever". The diamond engagement ring, once unknown in most parts of the world (including Europe), is now considered an essential part of the ritual of marriage. It is hard to avoid the conclusion that diamond's special position as a precious stone is largely due to monopoly economics and social engineering.
Natural African Tourmaline
These days a number of rare semi-precious stones such as alexandrite, demantoid garnet, tsavorite garnet and tanzanite can be just as expensive as ruby and sapphire. Very fine tourmaline, spinel and large aquamarine gems also command very high prices. It is fair to say that we have now reached the point where the distinction between precious and semi-precious gemstones has become meaningless. The US Federal Trade Commission periodically considers banning the use of the terms altogether to reduce consumer confusion. Indeed, the American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) has already added the following text to their Code of Ethics; "Members should avoid the use of the term 'semi-precious' in describing gemstones".


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IMTS exceeds expectations, attendance goals
Conference tops 100,000 visitors as new manufacturing concepts take center stage
The 2012 International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago in September broke records and exceeded expectations, and it did by putting the technology on center stage.
When John Adamczyk, global manager of engineering services, at Chicago-based Littelfuse registered onsite on Saturday at IMTS, he became the event's 100,000th attendee. That made the 2012 IMTS the most successful manufacturing show in the U.S. in more than a decade. Attendance at the 2012 show topped 2010 figures by almost 20%.
The 2012 event brought manufacturers from all over the world to Chicago's McCormick Place for the biannual event. The four halls were filled with manufacturers looking for innovations in machine tools, electrical systems, robotics and new concepts such as collaborative manufacturing and additive manufacturing.
Attendees roamed the more than 1.2 million sq. ft. of exhibit space at IMTS, reviewing innovations in machine tools, CNC machines and laser cutters that have formed the core of IMTS for decades. With the Association for Manufacturing Technology's expansion of IMTS to a more broad-based manufacturing show, the event also featured its first pavilion focused exclusively on automation.
The first Industrial Automation North America show, a collaborative effort between AMT and Hannover Messe, was a huge success. IANA expanded by 30% from the original plan due to huge demand, and AMT and Hannover Messe USA already have signed a deal to extend IANA through to the 2014 show, and likely beyond.
"Deutsche Messe as the organizer of Hannover Messe and AMT as the owner of IMTS combined have become a powerhouse in showcasing products and solutions for production automation in the manufacturing technology industry," said Peter Eelman, IMTS vice president for exhibitions and communications. "The Industrial Automation North America component of IMTS has been fully embraced by the North American manufacturing community and we are pleased to move forward as partners."
"We are very pleased to continue this successful partnership with AMT and IMTS. Our inaugural event this year sold out of exhibitor space," said Larry Turner, Hannover Fairs USA CEO.
Summit delivers high-level knowledge
A major component of the IANA event was the Global Automation and Manufacturing Summit, presented by CFE Media and sponsored by Beckhoff, Molex, SAP and Infor. It featured two days of content around the key issues in automation and manufacturing, including mobility, energy management, data security, integrating operator knowledge, technology improvements and workforce development.
The Summit also featured three keynotes from three distinct views of the manufacturing sector:
- Billy Taylor, director of commercial manufacturing for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
- Karen Kurek, national manufacturing and distribution practice leader, McGladrey LLC
- Doug Woods, president and CEO of the Association for Manufacturing Technology
Taylor opened the conference with a dynamic story of how he changed the culture at a Goodyear plant in Fayetteville, N.C. and delivered a dramatic improvement in tire production without an increase in staff or plant costs.
"I was not going to do it by myself," Taylor said. "I was going to entitle and engage people to everyone in this plant will be a CEO. I work for you; you do not work for me.
"Entitlement," he added, "is 'I tell you.' Engagement is 'you tell me'."
To do that, he had to change both the mindset of the team as well as their expectations of what the company was going to do for them. "We were looking for money instead of looking for innovation to drive our team," said Taylor. "We kept wanting capital, but we weren't even getting a return on our investment at the rate we should."
By engaging at every level of the organization, measuring individual shift lines rather than total output, and by not just holding employees accountable for their performance but also celebrating their success when it was achieved, Taylor was able to reverse the fortunes in Fayetteville and achieve a dramatic increase in production. "We did not spend one extra dollar; in fact, we spent less. We gave our whole company 1 million more tires with no additional costs," he said. "It's about measuring what matters."
Kurek presented McGladrey's Manufacturing Economic Update, which had just been released by McGladrey at the show. Their study of manufacturing leaders found that tax, regulation and export issues were dominant concerns of manufacturing leaders, but that the costs of worker investment and training, health care costs and energy prices, as well as the continuing economic issues in Europe also were factors.
Kurek, who sits on the board of the National Association of Manufacturers, said that organization also is working on maintaining and improving the manufacturing environment." It's very important we make sure we have a strong manufacturing base," she said. "There was start of renaissance in manufacturing. I believe we're at a pivotal point right now where we have to keep the environment in the United States healthy enough to have our manufacturers continue to thrive."
In fact, the study showed that almost 40% of manufacturers said they were thriving in the current conditions, although Kurek noted that manufacturing activity has softened in recent months. Still, one-quarter of survey respondents said they were looking to expand facilities and 18% wanted to make an acquisition, while just 4% were looking to close facilities.
Woods touched on many of the same themes in his presentation, emphasizing the need for greater emphasis on what AMT calls "smartforce development" to attract new workers to the industry, and to refine and streamline regulatory and tax issues. But he also focused on two of the more innovative areas at the show – collaborative manufacturing, which decentralizes the design and development of products, and additive manufacturing, which is essentially the use of laser printers and 3D drawings to produce finished products.
Pointing to his remote control device, Woods said, "If you would've been here 10-15 years ago and said 'I'm going to make this part out of plastic and it's going to look just like this, you'd have laughed at the person saying this. You can make this part now out of any 3D system.
"Come back in 10 years, I'm telling you that a metal part—a transmission component, a metal foil for a plane—is going to come out of an additive machine, with no machining, ready to go," he said. "And the neat thing about it is you're going to have multiple different components. You can have aluminum, titanium, magnesium fused together in an additive process."
Woods touched on the global nature, and the innovative nature, of manufacturing when he called collaborative manufacturing, "leveraging the power that's out there, without building a huge infrastructure with the power of lots of different the brains that are out there."
Students, innovation gets attention
In an effort to attracts and inspire young workers, the National Institute for Metalworking Skills opened its Student Skills Center at IMTS. It attracted more than 9,000 students from as far away as Texas, California and Florida and attracted some of the top manufacturers at the show, including Lincoln Electric, DMG/Mori Seki, Fanuc Robots, Sandvik Coromant, Mazak and Seco Tools.
The event featured demonstrations of additive manufacturing, welding simulators and interaction with young manufacturers from the sponsoring companies.
On the main floor, the connection between control systems and robots were on display in a few areas. Siemens and Kuka Robotics collaborated to integrate robotic workpiece handling with CNC machine. The CNC is programmed to allow the operator to jog the robot, command the gripper and simulate integrated actions with a machine tool. In operation, the KRC4 integrator and mxAutomation convert the robot language into the same commands used for multi-axis machine tool functions. One Profinet cable runs between the robot and the CNC.
Integration allows the machine tool's automation sequence to run more efficiently, and perform changes on-the-fly to minimize machine downtime, without special knowledge of robot programming language. During the operation, all changes made can be visualized on the CNC screen, minimizing operator actions.
Press releases from IMTS, AMT, Hannover Messe and NIMS and reports from Mark T. Hoske, content manager, Control Engineering were used in this article.
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