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You know you're in a good place when it feels like the ground beneath you feet crumble with each step you take, rain falls on your lenses and fog covers them every time you wipe it away, or when obstacles appear out of nowhere...and through all of this, you feel at peace. Ever have a day or a period of time when incident after incident happens...things that should bring you down and make you frustrated...things that takes more time than you have or cost more money that you want to spend...and somehow, you remain in good spirits? It's like, despite the dark clouds, you focus on the sunlight that peeks and pokes through, providing warm rays for you to bask in. And you do.
That's where I am today. The last couple of days, small things have happened that made me feel frustrated for a split second. It seems like it started with a blow out on my way to work, then small frustrating things at work, then my phone goes on the blink, and now, the car needs more repair work than originally thought, and this will cause a delay in my road trip for the weekend.
Normally, this would bring me down. Make me feel sad and frustrated and ruining my whole days. But no, through all of this, I feel at peace. I'm feeling an "and this too shall pass" moment. My spirits remain high and I feel relaxed. I'm feeling like these small incidences are nothing compared to trials that others have in their lives. Cars can be fixed or a new one can be purchased. Meanwhile, I have a job, plus, I can do what I love (writing). I'm living and breathing. I'm not in want of anything. I am blessed.
So, amidst the calamity all around me, I realize that it's not calamity at all, but a part of living. And my focus doesn't dwell on it, but moves beyond it to the goals I have to complete and how to get them done despite any obstacles.


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Scouting OSU vs. Neb game notes
Programming note: Next week will be pretty busy with thanksgiving break and all, so I'm gonna go ahead and put up all my OSU stuff this week. The Nebraska game wrap might be a week late too, especially if we don't win.
Old Scouting Report is Old
There are just way too many red and white teams in this league now.
I had watched this game when it happened and had written up some notes and was planning to post it after the MSU game, but then I spent the week cursing at inanimate objects and hoping MSU's random bands of roving thugs would target Gholston.
There's been a lot of personnel changes since then so I've thrown out the old notes and started from scratch.
Both teams were coming off loses, Nebraska had just been blown out by Wisconsin thanks to a handful of Martinez interceptions and OSU had been blitzed to death by sparty. You can see the effect of both those games on some of the early playcalling in this one.
OSU on offense
No Dan Herron, and Shugarts hadn't gotten hurt yet. The offense was all about Hall and Stonebrunner and Miller's legs until he got hurt.
Miller is a scrambler
Like I said in the QB comparisons, Miller is more of a natural scrambler rather than an option runner.
On this play, the left side of the Nebraska D-line is going to stunt to get pressure on third down.
There's a missed holding call, but whatever. The DT gets around and tries an outside speedrush against Shugarts
This is a mistake against Miller. You want to keep him in front of you and don't open up big lanes like this. As soon as he feels the end rushers go past him, his first instinct is to scramble upfield. If you rush under control, he'll scramble laterally and can be coralled for a sack.
MSU had a lot of success the previous week by timing the snap and sending blitzers up the A gap. Nebraska tried it early, but didn't really get there because their timing wasn't as good. After this play they didn't really blitz much until Bauserman was in the game.
This is a 6 man blitz with one of the linebackers dropping into coverage.
There's a little bit of a twist going on with the right DE, but this was a called QB lead draw all the way. The blitzer gets blocked by the RB and Miller jabs his back foot and is off into the secondary.
Without any LBs on that side and the secondary playing man coverage, this turned into a big run for MIller.
This play shows just how quickly Miller will bail on a play. It's just a flare to hall at the top of the screen, but the Nebraska rusher gets a good bull rush.
When the defender jumps, Braxton decides he's seen enough and pulls down the ball.
Instead of looking for another target, he tucks the ball and runs.
Hyde's TD
Hyde got a lot of carries in the early part of the season when both Hall and Herron were doing their NCAA penance. That's dropped off considerably since Herron came back. He's got good straight line speed, especially for being a larger back, but his vision isn't very good. He's like Stephen Hopkins but with more speed. He still gets some duty on kickoffs, but mostly as the lead blocker for Hall.
You can see OSU's commitment to zone blocking on this play. It looks like a lead play because of the FB, but Hyde's route on the handoff indicates that he's free to pick whatever hole opens up. At the snap, all the motion is to the left. The Nebraska D-Line responds by moving with the slanting linemen. Miller does a reverse pivot.
But Hyde's aiming poing is not following Boren, the FB, instead he's aiming for the center of the line and bending back against the grain. For some reason, nebraska has a DB playing backside contain, and the Will linebacker has been fooled by Boren's path.
That DB doesn't understand "run fits" so he wasn't flowing the the D-Line and there's a huge gap between him and the DE that Hyde thanks him very much for. The weakside LB has over run the play and can't get back to make an arm tackle. Once Hyde gets past those two, he's pretty much untouched all the way to the endzone.
Throwback to Stonebrunner
With Corey Brown out and no one sure what Devier Posey will do, the RB's and Stonebrunner will be the focus of the passing game. This throwback screen should look familiar to Michigan fans, with the exception of the TE getting the ball instead of Vincent Smith.
Miller is going to roll out to the right while the O-line shows pass blocking.
Stonebrunner does an excellent job of selling the block and the OLB is completely caught flatfooted.
Stonebrunner comes off of contact and opens up for the pass, it's the center that gets the OLB and the other interior linemen are heading downfield
The blocking is setup well and Stonebrunner has enough speed for an easy 30+ yard TD
Nebraska on offense
Nebraska does a lot of different things on offense. They have the spread/zone read stuff, the power running game, and also the veer option offense. Burkehead will even get back in the shotgun to run some wildcat, probably because he's better at READING on the zone read plays than Martinez.
After taking a lot heat for the interceptions against Wisconsin, you got the feeling that he started out the game a little gunshy against TSIO.
That's his passing chart with about 4 minutes to go in the first half. Nothing deep or risky, and a double digit deficit to show for his 100% completion percentage. So Nebraska gets the ball realizing they've got to pass deep to soften up the defense.
This is Martinez trying to throw a deep ball.
And this is the result. That receiver is kinda open. I mean, yes, he's got 4 guys around him, but none within a 5 yard radius. Nebraska fans understand our pain when it comes to armpunts.
Where Martinez is realy dangerous is when he gets to accelerate straight ahead. This is a midline option keeper even though it looks like an outside zone read. You can tell by the pulling guard who goes off tackle. I think the sideline tells Martinez before the play whether or not to keep the ball on most plays. That would explain a lot of his "bad reads" and it makes sense that Bo Pelini would be a control freak (see below).
Burkehead's fake holds the contain man. The pulling lineman takes out the LB and the rest of the O-line is getting a good push up the middle.
This is the kind of run that Martinez loves. He's not the kind of guy that will cut back across the entire field, but he's very good at reading the blocks in front of him and making quick cuts without losing any speed.
Inverted T series
The way you design an offense is that you have a series of plays that work together or are out of the same formation. Sometimes during the game you have to scrap a series if the first couple plays don't work. But if the first play works for a big gainer, you can expect the defense to adjust and that opens up the companion plays.
Nebraska stumbled across such an opportunity in the middle of the 3rd quarter with this Inverted T formation. Some people call this a Diamond, but with the QB in the shotgun it looks more like a "T" to me. But the stumpy part is away from the LOS so I call it inverted. Here's what the standard T form looks like.
This is just a power sweep option. The odd thing is that Burkehead has a longer ways to go to get to his block, but he's a fast guy, so it's not a problem. The neat thing about this formation is that you can envision all kinds of counters and double option plays where the person in #2's position can pitch it to Burkehead or handoff to the the other HB coming back on the counter.
OSU is overreacting the motion and the whole right side of the defense is flowing. Ironically, the backside of the defense isn't reacting enough and the result is a gaping hole down the middle of the field.
I don't the think DE ever actually saw the ball because he keeps running with #2 even after Martinez zooms past him.
Against a normal QB, the safety and LB should have been able to stop this for a large gainer, but because they reacted slowly and because Martinez is already up to full speed, he blows by them like they're standing still.
From the endzone shot you can see just how wide open that running lane was.
A little later, they come back to the same formation, but this time the give is called. It doesn't work as well because the ball is on the hash and they're running into the sideline. But the point is to see how the defense has adjusted. The weakside linebacker is way closer to the play this time and #7 Howard is up in bump and run to take on the blocking in case there's a counter or reverse coming.
The DE is completely befuddled by this play. He's nowhere near the mesh point so he can't help on a Martinez keep. He's pointing out Burkehead to .....uh.... And he's not quick enough to get #2.
Again the backside has been completely sealed off, and Martinez woulda had plenty of room for a big gain if not enough for a TD like before. But I'm getting more convinced that he's not actually allowed to "read" the play. As it is, this play gets about 10 yards which coulda been a lot more if they hadn't run into the sideline.
A little later comes the payoff. They've got bump and run on the short side and they give them the same backfield motion.
But if the LB's and Safeties had been reading the O-line better, they'd have seen this was a pass.
Martinez drops a couple steps to give his receiver time to get open.
And the safeties are both dead. It's interesting that they run the same route with both WR, this shows a kind of lack of sophistication in the passing game. And it's only a 2 man route. But both WR had gotten a step on the DB's and this play get's Nebraska back within one TD.
He's not the fastest guy, but he's a solid football player. Martinez is probably more dangerous, but you've got to stop Burkehead first to slow down this offense.
This is an inside zone that should look pretty familiar to michigan fans. the H-back is coming across to either block the DE or go out in a pass route. There's also some bubblesceen motion with the slot receiver.
The DE is crashing hard and the H-back completely misses him. Martinez either missed the read, or it was a give all the way called by the sideline. .
If Martinez had kept it, there was a lot of open space once he cleared the DE. The lead blocker would have taken out the safety, 54 is taking to strong of an angle, and the other DB is too concerned with the bubble to have stopped Taylor. Instead #94 gets the TFL on Burkehead since #93 had gotten good penetration and Burkehead had to stop his feet.
On the game tying TD, Burkehead showed a nice jumpcut. (If you're not sure what a jumpcut is, here's a nice example of Miller doing one.) He gets the ball on the flare after Martinez scrambles around a bit to avoid the pressure.
The DB had him lined up for a big hit, except he jumps out of the way.
And with the big blitz called, the rest of the secondary is in tight man coverage and Burkehead has no one between him and the endzone.
So it was raining off and on during that game, which led to some amusing moments and a lot of slipping.
Martinez's throwing motion is even uglier when he's falling down.
Both sides were having trouble with it.
And Miller turned his ankle as he slipped on a cut.
Then Bauserman came in and promptly did this.
At least on that previous picture he was under pressure. On this one he's got no one to blame but himself.
That ball is JUUUUUSSST a bit overthrown.
Ok, maybe a bit more. But if you're wondering about the genesis of the the Bauserman Passing Chart, it was probably this play.
- Bo Pelini has anger issues.


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Anonymous Coward, 6 Dec 2010 @ 3:34am
Somehow related articlesRelated to this PayPal news, an interesting article' about Sen. Lieberman's office response to Amazon cut-off:
http://www.fastcompany.com/1707262/why-lieberman-had-nothing-to-do-with-amazon-dropping-wikileak s
In the same site, an apparently more accurate description of Assange's alleged 'rape' accusations:
http://www.fastcompany.com/1707146/wikileaks-assange-wanted-for-sex-by-surprise-but-the-internet -thinks-hes-a-rapist
Josef Anvil (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 4:15am
Re: Somehow related articlesIt is annoying the way the US is overreacting to Wikileaks. I hate to bash Obama, because he was left a huge mess by the incompetent that had the job before him, but he ran on a platform of "transparency" in the government.
The same way Bush used executive orders to bypass the Constitution, Obama can do the same and end things like this Wikileaks witch hunt.
As for the rape charges. I think most people with a brain could figure out there was a lot more to this story. It seemed that every law enforcement agency around the globe was doing a very poor job of finding and arresting one of the most high profile rapists in the world. Why? Because if they arrest him, he'll be fined for sex without a condom and then the story goes away and the media has to accept he's not a rapist.
The whole thing is just a circus, and the Streisand Effect is full on. When will the media figure out that all publicity is good publicity when you are trying to squash information?
Richard (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 4:51am
Re: Re: Somehow related articlesHeard an interview with his lawyer on the radio.
Apparently his defence team are pursuing the prosecutor and the prosecutor is running away!
Anonymous Coward, 6 Dec 2010 @ 9:45am
Re: Re: Somehow related articlesThis of course is bread and circuses right now. The real question is what else is going on right now while we are so focused on Wikileaks.
Just like the mass coverage of the O.J trial while the US was bombing another country I suspect something else major is going on right now.
Richard Kulawiec, 6 Dec 2010 @ 4:48am
Re: Somehow related articlesIn re the rape accusation, see also: http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/when-it-comes-to-assange-r-pe-case-the-swedes-are-making- it-up-as-they-go-along/ which reads in part:
The phenomena of social networking through the internet and mobile phones constrains Swedish authorities from augmenting the evidence against Assange because it would look even less credible in the face of tweets by Anna Ardin and SMS texts by Sofia Wil�n boasting of their respective conquests after the �crimes�.
In the case of Ardin it is clear that she has thrown a party in Assange�s honour at her flat after the �crime� and tweeted to her followers that she is with the �the world�s coolest smartest people, it�s amazing!�. Go on the internet and see for yourself. That Ardin has sought unsuccessfully to delete these exculpatory tweets from the public record should be a matter of grave concern. That she has published on the internet a guide on how to get revenge on cheating boyfriends ever graver. The exact content of Wil�n�s mobile phone texts is not yet known but their bragging and exculpatory character has been confirmed by Swedish prosecutors. Niether Wil�n�s nor Ardin�s texts complain of rape.
There's more at the link.
cc (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 5:36am
Re: Re: Somehow related articlesIn case anyone has missed it, Assange is not accused of rape. He's accused of some obscure Swedish thing called "sex by surprise" (unprotected sex is illegal, apparently) which carries a paltry �750 fine. Really, they are just making something up to make everyone think he's a rapist, and to have him arrested so they can have him deported to the US for "further processing".
http://www.fastcompany.com/1707146/wikileaks-assange-wanted-for-sex-by-surprise-but-the-internet -thinks-hes-a-rapist
Marcel de Jong (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 3:58amExcept Paypal didn't shut down Wikileaks' account, as they didn't have their own account, but the funding via Paypal went through the Wau Holland Stiftung.
A not-for-profit foundation founded in name of Chaos Computer Club co-founder Wau Holland.
As a personal remark: I hate the way the US is behaving at the moment. It's a very scary idea to see a world power act as a petulant 2 year old child, screaming and kicking just to get their way.
Lisae Boucher (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 4:35am
No, there's a drawback!There's a huge drawback, though! While Wikileaks might get more attention this way, they might still have to shut down their operations, simply because they need the money! The Wikileaks sites eat up a lot of bandwidth because of the amount of data plus the huge amount of visitors. Wikileaks needs to pay it's bills and those bills are high. And there aren't many providers willing to host the Wikileaks site for free, for a long time.
Once they can't pay the bill, they will be unable to keep the site up in a normal way. They would need to rely upon many mirror sites, which makes updates to the site a bit more difficult, since all mirrors need to be updated too. It might not stop Wikileaks, but it makes it harder for the leaks to go around...
Lisae Boucher (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 4:36am
Re: No, there's a drawback!Also, how would Wikileak like to pay it's bills, when it can't have an account?
Shaun Wilson (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 4:47am
Re: No, there's a drawback!You can still donate by credit card and I would encourage everyone who is able to do so, this will be a protest of paypal folding under pressure and wikileaks itself could certainly do with the money as you have pointed out.
Berenerd (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 6:19am
Re: Re: No, there's a drawback!In the US you have American express...visa....discover...mastercard...all american companies/banks that would then get pressure from the US to stop.
Anonymous Coward, 6 Dec 2010 @ 8:00am
Re: Re: Re: No, there's a drawback!And they will gladly share your transactions with the CIA and FBI for a paltry sum of money.
The definition of a fascist state is the amalgamation of corporatism and governance.
Richard Kulawiec, 6 Dec 2010 @ 4:57am
Re: No, there's a drawback!Updating many mirror sites is a trivially easy problem for anyone who knows how to use rsync; I've used it to keep over a thousand copies of certain data synchronized. It's not the only way of course, but rsync+cron is a free, scalable, simple solution that anyone equipped with basic Unix/Linux system administration skills should be able to deploy.
And there ARE many mirror sites: one tally I saw this morning says that there are now 70. I'm sure that's only the beginning. Soon there will be hundreds, then thousands -- and I presume that not all of them will be public, that is, I presume that some will be held in reserve as insurance.
As to size, well, nobody (out here) knows how much data Wikileaks actually has, but certainly the entire diplomatic cable database will fit comfortably on a modest USB stick, and I'll bet that their entire holdings will fit on a single (large) USB disk. A terabyte just isn't as big as it used to be. ;-)
cc (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 5:42am
Re: Re: No, there's a drawback!355 and counting, according to their twitter.
tracker1, 6 Dec 2010 @ 9:16am
Re: Re: No, there's a drawback!I keep thinking it would be cool to have a torrent/dht + browser... when you pull up a resource, it will check against a dht, and pull that down into your cache/seed pile... when the cache size (minimum 1GB to join) on your HDD starts to get full, there's a weighted algorithm that will kill the more well seeded files from your system.. this would ensure that the information is out there, and that it's easily browsable... If some people wanted to put a 1-2TB HDD into their dynamic-wikileaks cache, they'd have the entire archive.. a few thousand do this, it's simply preserved for good.
Michael Lockyear, 6 Dec 2010 @ 11:12amOver 500 mirrors now.
The actual process appears very easy:
Richard Kulawiec, 6 Dec 2010 @ 11:55am
Re:It find it interesting that (so far) none of those mirrors are being operated by The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Miami Herald, the Denver Post, the Chicago Tribune, etc.
Michael Lockyear, 6 Dec 2010 @ 5:03amIt may have the exact opposite effect - people who would not have otherwise donated (or paid attention) to Wikileaks might do so just to give their censoring overlords the proverbial finger.
It also highlights the need for alternatives to American providers.
tracker1, 6 Dec 2010 @ 9:26amI have to agree.. this is my first thought... I've been considering donating, the more I hear about the BS being pushed onto wikileaks... As to money oriented decisions.. if Wikileaks is paying for the per-unit charges that Amazon charges all customers, then it isn't a money decision.. if the U.S. Gov't is threatening these companies, it isn't a money decision.
Yeah Right, 6 Dec 2010 @ 4:38am
Not the first timeMike, why didn't you link to your article from January, discussing the then second cutoff by Paypal?
Apparently, the problem was resolved back then, so it would be interesting to hear how. Also, if Wikileaks were respecting Paypal's terms of use enough to restore service, what made Paypal reconsider now?
cc (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 5:45am
Re: Not the first timeNo, this time they said the account has been suspended "permanently".
Incidentally, after the news came out, Paypal was hit by a DDoS attack!
cc (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 5:57am
Re: Re: Not the first timeMy suspicions are confirmed: according to their website, Operation Payback is standing up to defend Wikileaks (in the way they know how).
another anonymous, 6 Dec 2010 @ 11:17am
Re: Re: Re: Not the first timeThis one is called Operation Avenge Assange and is a direct response to PayPal's censorship.
Call me Al, 6 Dec 2010 @ 5:15amI think it is only a matter of time before the US authorities have Wikipedia blocked because they appear to be sufficiently foolish.
Richard (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 6:28am
Re:The BBC's "Have I got News for you" programme last Thursday contained the line:
"Having identified the source or the problem as Wikileaks the US will now be invading Wikipedia..."
Michael, 6 Dec 2010 @ 5:29am
Ok then.Boycott time for Paypal. Their service is not that great anyway.
Comboman (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 5:47am
PayPal Sucks!I would threaten to cancel my PayPal account in protest but I already did that years ago for unrelated reasons. In short, PayPal Sucks!
Re: PayPal Sucks!Let me join the chorus singing PayPal sucks.
Anonymous Coward, 6 Dec 2010 @ 6:09amYo'all better follow the rules or Papa Amazon or Mama PayPal will smack your ass. These are the dangerous ones. You watch out for Amazon now. Too much power for idiots.
Anonymous Coward, 6 Dec 2010 @ 6:19amThat's just the funniest thing I had ever heard, imagine being indicted in Sweden (snicker) for a sex crime. Don't they have public sex places and stuff. I mean it's Sweden man. I've never been there but I would love to go. What a blast.
Let me get this right. It is a crime to have unprotected sex or sex by surprise in Sweden. Hell at my age any sex is a surprise and I sure as hell won't turn you in to the cops for it.
Black Patriot (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 6:59am
Re:Careful what you wish for...
Lance (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 6:20am
Perhaps unrelated...It is interesting to read the various remarks to this story. It seems that the majority here is quite willing to jump on the "bash the US/bash the government bandwagon", but I see very little in terms of reasonable statements. It is true that WikiLeaks has done some good, with respects to opening up the flow of information about government secrets. But it is also true that governments sometimes have good reasons for not parading all of the information before the general public. Julian Assange seems to have decided that he is the ultimate arbiter of the those decisions.
Now, as to whether PayPal, Amazon, or any other corporation, should respond to the pressure of governments or boycotts; the answer is not as easy as it might sound. For profit corporations (such as PayPal and Amazon) are created with specific purpose, and it isn't to be watchdogs over the rights of a group that decides it wants to take on the governments of the world. When Amazon and PayPal point to their terms of service, and then point out that some of what WikiLeaks is doing is prohibited by the laws where those companies are operating, what do you expect them to do? Do you expect them to tell their shareholders, "Tough luck gang. We're going to expose you to the risk of massive potential losses so that we can support this group that is acting criminally"? If they do that then they become liable for lawsuits coming from the other direction.
Finally, let's start applying a label to Julian Assange that fits, the new 007 super-villan. Whether he is guilty of rape or sexual misconduct in Sweden, or elsewhere, you have to admit his latest statements make him sound like Ernst Blofeld of SPECTRE. His threats regarding the "insurance file" and how he will release the password for it, should anything happen to him or WikiLeaks, are only just shy of outright attempted extortion. I can easily picture him sitting in a London flat, cat on his lap, giving out that wonderfully evil laugh as he typed up that missive.
Marcel de Jong (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 6:46am
Re: Perhaps unrelated...Assange a James Bond supervillain? For what? Rape? No, that would make him the weakest Bond villain ever.
For publishing these leaks? He's no more guilty than the New York Times and the Washington Post were (the Pentagon Papers and the Watergate Scandal respectively)
Secondly, Wikileaks has yet to do anything that's illegal according to US laws.
So, stating that as your reason to deny or worse close someone's account with your service is weaksauce.
Thirdly, the Paypal account didn't belong to Wikileaks, but to a German not-for-profit foundation, that sympathized with Wikileaks and helped them out with the funding.
Fourthly, the timeline is very suspicious, and it looks as if governmental pressure was used to get EveryDNS, Amazon and Paypal to close anything related to Wikileaks.
Which sounds suspiciously like Stateside censorship to me.
But if the US thinks that they can put this genie back inside the bottle, they've got another thing coming.
More than 300 mirrors and counting, this is like the ending in V for Vendetta, where everyone who didn't side with the government wore a Guy Fawkes' mask.
That insurance file is just that, insurance. Because I'm quite sure that Assange's life isn't safe anymore. By doing this, he makes sure that any opposing factor will not kill him outright. Especially with US public figures demanding his death, that's a handy thing to have, that insurance.
Call me Al, 6 Dec 2010 @ 7:03am
Re: Re: Perhaps unrelated...Very true about the insurance file. When you consider that prominent politicians are calling for him to be hunted down and killed I think its sensible that he takes his own safety into account and takes steps to ensure it as far as possible.
Lance (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 8:00am
Re: Re: Perhaps unrelated...The reference to the James Bond super villain was only in reference to the way he put out the news of his insurance file. To me, it came across in the same way the threats that Blofeld's did in the Bond flicks. Perhaps it would have been more appropriate to associate his remarks with Mike Meyers' Dr. Evil character.
As for whether WikiLeaks did anything illegal, if they end up being charged with something then that would be for an actual judge/jury to determine. As yet, they haven't been formally charged with anything. That does not mean that they will not be charged at some time in the future.
If you are doing something that aids or abets a party in an what you believe may be an ongoing crime, it is usually a good idea to separate yourself from the party as soon as possible. It is better to do so before charges are filed, otherwise you might find yourself amongst those that are being charged.
Your description of the German not-for-profit foundation borders on a good description for a money-laundering organization. Again, the tie may not be direct, but why open yourself up for the possible risk?
The part about the time line being suspicious is almost too funny for words. Of course the government is applying pressure. That is what governments do before they actually do something totally draconian. It is a bit like telling your children that they shouldn't do something, as the result of doing it might be unpleasant. You do that as a warning, in the hopes that you won't be called upon to actually do something unpleasant (such as file criminal charges).
No, the genie won't go back inside the bottle. That's why I'm for doing something fairly drastic, in order to get the insurance file opened up. After all, if you don't just go ahead and blow the lid off of it, Blofeld (err...Assange) is just going to carry on using it as his blackmail threat. I don't care what they do, including the non-discretionary elimination him and all of his minions. We won't be any better or worse off.
Marcel de Jong (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 3:08pm
Re: Re: Re: Perhaps unrelated...Would you have condemned the Washington Post for the Watergate stories? Or the New York Times for publishing the Pentagon Papers? After all those were leaked from a classified source as well. And the publishing of those was not deemed a criminal act, the leaking is probably illegal.
But Wikileaks itself did not leak the cables, they only published it.
If Wikileaks were to ever become indicted and convicted of a crime relating these and/or other cables, you might want to take a moment to remember the First Amendement and the freedom of the press, before the judges put those in a shredder.
Hephaestus (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 6:59am
Re: Perhaps unrelated......
Definition of Extortion outwresting, and/or exaction is a criminal offense which occurs when a person unlawfully obtains either money, property or services from a person(s), entity, or institution, through coercion.
"I can easily picture him sitting in a London flat, cat on his lap, giving out that wonderfully evil laugh as he typed up that missive."
That I really can't see. Him sitting in the back of a limo eatting sushi while naked and singing show tunes, that I can see ...
Richard Kulawiec, 6 Dec 2010 @ 7:11am
Re: Perhaps unrelated...But it is also true that governments sometimes have good reasons for not parading all of the information before the general public.
1. It is also true that governments frequently cover up waste, stupidity, corruption, deceit, and malfeasance by not parading this information before the public. As we see in this case, and as we have seen in many others. 2. Governments will need to adjust to a world where this reality has changed. They can kick and scream like petulant two-year-olds (to borrow a phrase from elsewhere in this thread) but it won't matter. The world has moved on, and now they have to play catch-up.
Julian Assange seems to have decided that he is the ultimate arbiter of the those decisions.
This statement reflects a failure to grasp The Big Picture. Let me spell it out for you:
-- if not Assange, then someone else at Wikileaks
-- if not Wikileaks, then someone else at another site
-- if not another site, then via P2P networking
-- if not via P2P networking, then via portable devices
It was inevitable that this would happen; it was only a matter of when, and how, and who. It cannot be stopped, although many fools will certainly try. We just happen to be living at the point in time where it's happening.
"Tough luck gang. We're going to expose you to the risk of massive potential losses so that we can support this group that is acting criminally"?
1. Please cite the specific criminal statutes that Wikileaks has violated -- keeping in mind, of course, that statutes vary by jurisdiction. If you can't cite any, then you must retract this statement, because you can't show that any criminal conduct is involved. 2. Odd, isn't it, that Amazon and Paypal support activity that actually IS illegal (e.g., spam, spyware, phishing, etc.) to some extent in some jurisdictions, but getting them to take remedial action about those turns out to be much more difficult.
Finally, let's start applying a label to Julian Assange that fits, the new 007 super-villan.
Please. Spare us from the movie plots and other worthless tripe. This is the real world. Also: you need to look up the definition of extortion. It does not mean what you think it means.
Lance (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 8:17am
Re: Re: Perhaps unrelated...I don't have a problem with there being oversight for the things you listed. In fact, I wish there was better oversight for many of the issues within the government. I do have an issue with Julian Assange setting himself up as the watchdog over governments and what secrets they have.
His actions are taken without any accountability or responsibility. Who is he helping to protect? Who is he acting to benefit? So far, the only person that I see him actually trying to help is himself.
I don't know the criminal statutes that may apply here. It isn't my business to know those statutes. However, I would bet that the attorneys for PayPal, Amazon and anyone else that has had "pressure from the government" applied to them can tell you what statutes might apply here.
I'm glad that you find my reference to Bond films "worthless tripe." Your sincere contempt for my analogy gives me reason to smile, as I rarely get to see such an elitist attitude anymore.
Richard Kulawiec, 6 Dec 2010 @ 8:42am
Re: Re: Re: Perhaps unrelated...So far, the only person that I see him actually trying to help is himself.
Let's review briefly what he's done for himself: he's been reduced to a nomadic lifestyle. Politicians in multiple countries are calling for all sorts of Bad Things to be done to him. He's on Interpol's red list thanks to political pressure and prosecutorial misconduct in Sweden. And so on.
Yeah, he's really done a lot for himself. Obviously he's sitting pretty and can just do whatever he wants for the rest of his life. Yep. No worries at all.
Michial Thompson, 6 Dec 2010 @ 8:25am
Re: Re: Perhaps unrelated...Richard; In regards to retracing the statement because of the lack of statute. You need to retract as well, it does not require a specific statute to file a lawsuite. The statement of "Tough luck gang. We're going to expose you to the risk of massive potential losses so that we can support this group that is acting criminally"? does still hold weight. We do not live in an idealistic world, and to stand on principals is costly in our society. While in an idealistic world we would be able to stand on our principals because it is the right thing to do, in our world it's not that way. Companies are formed to make money for their investors. Amazon, Paypal and all the others are no exception. Hell not even Google is exempt from this rule... Decissions are made based on what is best for the purpose of making money for the investors. While none of these companies are liable for the actions of WikiLeaks, that does not change the cost of hosting WikiLeaks WikiLeaks is a hot potato right now, and very few corporations want to be associated with it because it's costly for them. It's costly on just about every level, companies are being hit with DoS attacks, threatened with lawsuites, threatened by loss of business, and thats the negative side. Wikileaks is getting so much press that it's popularity is going up at unpredictable speeds which makes it impossible to project bandwidth needs for planning. Even if a host was able to stay ahead of the bandwidth needs curve, its costly to commit to the bandwidth levels knowing full well that this is a short term increase and when the press moves onto Obama's next wag the dog campain the popularity of wikileaks will die off and the hosts will be stuck with the commitments. It's easy to be an armchair quarterback and talk about how you would do everything differently when it's not your checkbook footing the bills. It's easy to talk about how these companies are wrong for dropping wikileaks when its only your opinion at stake and not your buisness, your livelyhood or the jobs of thousands under you. I actually own and run a business. I worked my way up from the bottom of the chain of other businesses. Every day I am given the opportunity to put my money where my mouth is, and I look back every day at the number of times I thought I could do my boss' job better and I now see all the things that was affecting those boss' decissiosn that I didn't see back then.
Richard Kulawiec, 6 Dec 2010 @ 9:09am
Re: Re: Re: Perhaps unrelated...
I'm not able to follow your line of reasoning here. At least in the US, which is the only legal system I'm even partially familiar with, there's a difference between criminal law and civil law.
The former enumerates a list of offenses, like "arson" and "embezzlement" and so on, for which someone can be charged with a crime, prosecuted for it, perhaps convicted, and if so, sentenced. The latter deals with disagreements between parties that aren't criminal, e.g., contract disputes, patent arguments, and so on. And as far as I can tell, just about anybody can file a lawsuit against just about anyone at any time for just about anything. (Of course this doesn't mean that it's a good idea or that they'll be successful...but they can file.)
So while sometimes the two are intertwined (e.g., someone who has been the victim of a crime may choose to sue the perpetrator, in a legal action separate from the government's prosecution of that same perpetrator) my best understanding is that they're different areas of law.
Which means that (for example) I could file suit against Wikileaks today because I don't like their logo. Nothing stops me -- well, except common sense. But I'm not aware of any criminal charges pending against the organization at this time. It's not clear to me (and I'm not an attorney, this is not legal advice) that they've actually broken any (US) laws.
If you can cite a US law, or for that matter, a law in any other country, that they've broken, I'd like to see that citation and the reasoning behind it.
ignorant_ (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 10:03am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Perhaps unrelated...Here's a cool lawsuit. Not criminal, but very funny....
http://i.cdn.turner.com/dr/teg/tsg/release/sites/default/files/assets/richesvassange.pd f
As far as pending" criminal charges (none I am aware of in the US so far but....)
From an interview NOV. 28 2010 with the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Franco Frattini....
He claims, that �Wikileaks has committed crimes against our national interests�.
When asked..., "Do you mean that Italy too should be opening criminal proceedings against Assange and Wikileaks?"
�I think the judiciary should be seriously weighing up that possibility. As a lawyer myself, I can tell you that a crime has been committed. But there�s another consideration as regards Wikileaks: the secret services have got nothing to do with this. Here we�re talking about Embassy cables that American diplomats throughout the world send back to Washington. It�s what embassies do. I get tens of reports from Italian ambassadors every day. You see, one of the pillars of diplomacy is that confidentiality must be guaranteed. Otherwise, it could no longer act as an instrument to address and resolve disputes, engage in dialogue with adversaries or express criticisms, even on the work of our friends. Transparency doesn�t come into it�.
(He also claims that "The director of Wikileaks is under trial in at least 10 countries and is on the �wanted� list.") Just FYI...
Richard Kulawiec, 6 Dec 2010 @ 10:22am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Perhaps unrelated...He claims, that �Wikileaks has committed crimes against our national interests�.
and "[...]As a lawyer myself, I can tell you that a crime has been committed. [...]"
I note that he fails to name those alleged crimes. One would think that a lawyer publicly making such statements would take the time to enumerate the offenses.
ignorant_s (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 10:29am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Perhaps unrelated...Yes. I note that as well. Give them some time to make up something....
cc (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 7:18am
Re: Perhaps unrelated..."Julian Assange seems to have decided that he is the ultimate arbiter of the those decisions."
He would be powerless without the support of the public! Cablegate is happening not because Assange decided to do it, but because people want it to happen -- if it weren't Assange doing it, someone else would have stepped up to the mark sooner or later.
"Now, as to whether PayPal, Amazon, or any other corporation, should respond to the pressure of governments or boycotts; the answer is not as easy as it might sound."
Perhaps, but that's part of what all this is about: this is to show that the government has no qualms about crapping all over the first amendment. It does that not by direct censorship (which is unconstitutional), but by pressuring private infrastructure providers to refuse service (no problemo).
"let's start applying a label to Julian Assange that fits, the new 007 super-villan."
Ah, gotta love the propaganda. Negative connotations FTW.
Instead of resorting to childish labels like "pirates" and "supervillains", how about we be reasonable instead? He's taking on the government of a superpower, who wouldn't think twice about calling him a terrurhist and putting a bullet through his head. If I were in his position, I wouldn't hesitate to do the exact same thing. Plus, he's not threatening to blow anyone up, so the supervillain label is undeserved -- Bush and Osama were definitely 007 supervillains, though!
ignorant_slut (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 8:22am
Re: Perhaps unrelated...I agree. Wikileaks is supposedly an organization "dedicated to bringing important news and information to the public", dedicated to increasing transparency. Now Mr. Assange says he has the equivalent of a dirty bomb that he will release if anything happens to him or Wikileaks. Hmmm.
It is not quite extortion, which is "the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right." 18 U.S.C. S 1951(b)(2).
Now, I am sure that governments have tried to extort Assange, but I would argue in this case, Mr. Assange is simply trying to protect himself and Wikileaks, but frankly, its not a very strong negotiating position.
Its simply hypocritical of Mr. Assange to take such a position. And he really has no choice now but to release the "insurance file" eventually. Say nothing happens to him or Wikileaks.... Is he going to withhold the "insurance file" from the public forever? Well then...that's not right. The cat's out of the bag. People know Assange has something damming, and people won't forget it.
It makes Assange look just as bad as the corporations and governments he is exposing. He is keeping secrets for the best interest of .... (In this case, himself.)
Regarding Paypal, who cares? I hate PayPal. This is probably just another money-driven business decision, and may have nothing to do with them "responding to the pressure of the government". I bet PayPal received some memo from some government lawyer, citing all sorts of legalese as to why Paypal cannot engage in business with Wikileaks. Paypal probably simply decided the $ wasn't worth it compared to the cost. They probably don't really give a crap about Assange, and who knows? Perhaps Assange has some info to expose about Paypal?
Chris Rhodes (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 9:01am
Re: Perhaps unrelated...Julian Assange seems to have decided that he is the ultimate arbiter of the those decisions.
Alright, so who do you want to replace him with?
Johnny, 6 Dec 2010 @ 6:34am
Does paypal keep the money?What I always wonder when I hear about Paypal blocking an account is if they hold the money in the account? Or do they return it to the people who sent it?
I have a feeling they'll keep it. Which amounts to STEALING in my book. And that is stealing according to the proper definition of the word, i.e. someone has lost something and Paypal has enriched itself at the expense of others.
There needs to be a non-US alternative to Paypal, clearly this company can not be trusted with your money.
Chargone (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 12:39pm
Re: Does paypal keep the money?actually, the one time i was going to pay for something using paypal, i actually read their ToS.
they're quite sneaky.
what it actually says is 'you give us money. we give you ownership of 'paypal dollars'. that is the product. transaction over'
there is Nothing in it stopping them from taking your money and running. the ONLY thing that stops them is that then Other people would hear about it and not give them money.
they've been known to freeze the accounts of religious organizations because the documentation the system produces for the sale includes the word 'jesus', which counts as proselytizing(i have no idea if that's the right spelling of the right word or not...) wonderful. too bad if it's simply the fact that the word was in the title of a book you sold someone and thus shows up on the receipt, or your organization has the word in the name... they freeze the account and are under no obligation to give you back ANYTHING.
you could sue them, but you DID sign the contract agreeing to those terms. it's quite ridiculous.
which is why i never did end up using paypal to buy things (well, except in instances where they were being used as a credit card processor... and even then i think the people using their service are silly)
Anonymous Coward, 6 Dec 2010 @ 7:17am
Valerie Plame anyone?It's funny how you guys all bash governments for wanting to stop secret info from getting out, but you were probably all the first to bash the Bush administration when Valerie Plame was "Outed" as a CIA agent. You all don't seem to worry too much about how Wikileaks may actually hurt real people mentioned in any of these documents good or bad. Better hope your name doesn't come up in one.
Richard Kulawiec, 6 Dec 2010 @ 7:42am
Re: Valerie Plame anyone?1. As I pointed out elsewhere, people die for lies EVERY DAMN DAY. Sometimes they die in large numbers. (How many have died in Iraq over the past 7 years for a lie? Half a million? More?) That's not a hypothetical conjecture about a future event: it's history. It's already happened today. So I think prattling on about how it's possible that someone might die in the future because of the truth is ridiculous given the appallingly large number of those who have already died for lies. Where is your concern for them, and where is your outrage for the liars who got them killed?
2. But let's run with that hypothetical: suppose somebody, somewhere, dies because the truth came out. Should we then make every effort to conceal every possible fact, ever possible fact, because somewhere somehow somebody might suffer adverse consequences? Should we deliberately blind ourselves to what governments and corporations are doing because someone might get hurt? (Note: they have absolutely no intention of doing so; they're knocking themselves out to do precisely the opposite.)
3. Again, let's run with that hypothetical: suppose someone dies because the truth is exposed. Whose fault is that? Think carefully before you answer because there's plenty of responsibility to go around in such a case, starting with "the people who chose to kill them".
4. Governments and corporations have grown content that they can practice institutionalized deception and concealment -- and they're quite willing to risk the lives of their employees on it. That's coming to an end: dangling someone out there by the thread called 'secrecy' is fast becoming an extremely stupid practice.
Anonymous Coward, 6 Dec 2010 @ 8:01am
Re: Valerie Plame anyone?Show us where Wikileaks has actually hurt people thus far. People may get hurt driving a car too, but you don't see the government trying to shut down GM.
Hephaestus (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 7:23am
Just a minor annoyance in the scheme of thingsTruthfully it doesn't matter. WikiLeaks is being moved to or has moved to pirate party based servers, and the donation - support piece is also being taken care of. So in the end the political influence being used to shut down these services to WikiLeaks end up being nothing but an minor annoyance.
Anonymous Coward, 6 Dec 2010 @ 7:59amI'd love to see what happened if the government effectively tried to shutdown CNN or the NY Times...
Anonymous Coward, 6 Dec 2010 @ 8:31amI am curious if anyone here sees any downside to some of what WikiLeaks has been doing?
The eejit (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 8:40amA quick update - Assange has had an arrest warrant and extradition request for the US handed to Scotland Yard by the EU.
In addition, the Swiss Post Office has frozen Assange's personal account 'pending criminal investigation'. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11929034
Hephaestus (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 9:18am
Does anyone remember this?"A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather."
Oy, 6 Dec 2010 @ 10:48am
Funny?Funny is the LAST way I'd describe the erosion of our free speech guarantees. I don't think the powers that be would be reacting very differently if the publisher were American vs. Australian. If anything, their reaction may have been far more severe if Assange were American. Soon the phrase 'Home of the free' may make me retch.
ignonrant_, 6 Dec 2010 @ 11:25am
Re: Funny?Yes. That is not funny at all.
If you were referring to my "funny", I was referring to the lawsuit, not the "erosion of our free speech guarantees". Clearly, the lawsuit is frivolous.
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Bought 2 Pullman pans the other day (20x 11x 10 cm) but can't figure out what size of a loaf that would make.
I'm working from the following French recipe:
10g unsalted butter
20g fresh yeast
500g strong white bread flour
10g salt
50g full fat milk
300ml water (the book I'm following opts for high hydration bread)
a little butter for greasing
According to the recipe that should be sufficent for 2 x 500g (20-22cm long) but the loaves don't reach anywhere near the top of the tin.
I don't know how to do the calculations so can anyone tell me what quantities I would need for these 2 loaf pans, or indeed for a single pan.
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Build feature-rich online stores with Joomla! 1.0/1.5 and VirtueMart 1.1.x
* Build your own e-commerce web site from scratch by adding features step-by-step to an example e-commerce web site
* Configure the shop, build product catalogues, configure user registration settings for VirtueMart to take orders from around the world
* Manage customers, orders, and a variety of currencies to provide the best customer service
* Handle shipping in all situations and deal with sales tax rules
*Covers customization of site look and feel and localization of VirtueMart
Language English
Paperback 456 pages [191mm x 235mm]
Release date March 2009
Author(s) Suhreed Sarkar
VirtueMart is a widely used component for adding e-commerce to a Joomla! site. VirtueMart covers all the aspects of e-commerce in an easy-to-use fashion and allows administrators to configure the various factors such as those of the shop, selling workflow, payment, products, and more. It also has many other features, which include managing customers and orders, so that every aspect of the shop is handled on-line for your comfort.
This book demonstrates the setting up of an on-line Joomla! e-commerce site from scratch using VirtueMart. It focuses specifically on e-commerce and VirtueMart. It teaches all the aspects of quickly setting up a feature-packed, easy-to-build e-commerce site—from basic installation and configuration of Joomla and VirtueMart through adding features step-by-step to an example web site to deployment.
The book begins with an introduction to VirtueMart with an explanation of its capabilities and how you can use it to earn money from your Joomla! site. This is followed by the necessary installation and configuration of Joomla! and VirtueMart to enable you to lay the foundation of your web site. Then it explains configuration of the VirtueMart store, which includes payment and shipping methods, configuring zones, and currencies.
The book then looks at managing products, customers, and orders, and customizing the web site appearance, all through demonstration so that you can build your own store with minimum effort, investment, and time. It also illustrates the promotion and public-relations factors such as banner ads, featured products, coupons, and more, so that you can build a wide customer base. It follows this up with examples of more advanced features such as localization and using extensions for bulk import/export of products to your VirtueMart shop, to suit your individual store needs. Maintenance, troubleshooting, and security, which are essential for running your site, are also explained. There is also an Appendix provided for configuring shipping and payment modules.
What you will learn from this book
- Install/Uninstall Joomla! components, plug-ins, and modules; install the VirtueMart component and its modules, to start building your store.
- Configure the shop, create and use the appropriate zones and currencies, configure payment methods, shipping methods, and taxes, which form part of the most essential shop functionalities.
- Manage manufacturers and vendors, products and product categories, and watch your VirtueMart shop take real shape with the products you want to sell.
- Configure user registration settings for VirtueMart, manage users and user groups, create and use order status types, view order statistics and order details, update orders, and manage inventory, which will ease your apprehensions about customer service.
- Install and configure new themes, customize the Joomla! template, customize VirtueMart themes and layouts, and use search engine friendly (SEF) URLs to attract more customers to your shop.
- Use VirtueMart's promotional tools such as banner ads, specials, featured products, newsletters, product notifications, and more, which are important factors in determining the success of your business.
- Add further value to your shop by using different regions and region-specific taxes, multiple currencies, installing new languages, and translating the language of the site.
- Learn to add third-party extensions to further broaden VirtueMart functions for bulk import/export of products to your shop catalogue, update multiple product information at the same time using AJAX, and display slideshows with product images to spice up your shop further.
- Finally, learn to move the shop to your server, to back up and restore files and databases, and also about security, maintenance, and troubleshooting as a final step to complete your brand-new VirtueMart shop!
Chapter 1, Introduction to Joomla! and E-Commerce, introduces Joomla! and VirtueMart along with some other components similar to VirtueMart. This chapter describes Joomla!, its main features, and the e-commerce options in Joomla!. It also elaborates on VirtueMart and its features and lists alternatives to VirtueMart and the other shopping carts that can be used with Joomla!
Chapter 2, Installation and Basic Configuration of Joomla! and VirtueMart, explains installation of Joomla! and Virtuemart. It also teaches basic configuration of the VirtueMart component. This chapter describes the prerequisites for Joomla! and VirtueMart installation, installing and uninstalling Joomla! components, plug-ins, and modules. It also explains setting up basic configurations for a Joomla! site, installing the VirtueMart component and modules, and configuring basic options for a VirtueMart shop. At the end of this chapter, we will get a Joomla! site with the VirtueMart shopping cart installed.
Chapter 3, Configuring the VirtueMart Store, explains how to configure a VirtueMart shop. This chapter explains configuring the shop, creating and using appropriate zones, currencies, and locales, installing/uninstalling appropriate modules and configuring those followed by configuring payment methods, shipping methods, and taxes for the shop.
Chapter 4, Managing Product Catalogue, explains details about building a product catalogue and managing the catalogue for a VirtueMart store. This chapter teaches managing manufacturers and vendors, managing the product categories and products, creating and using product attributes, and creating and using product types. In this chapter, we are going to add and edit a lot of information about manufacturers, vendors, product categories, and products. In this chapter, the VirtueMart shop will take on a real shape with the products we want to sell.
Chapter 5, Managing Customers and Orders, discusses managing customers and orders. Specifically, it teaches configuring the user registration settings for VirtueMart, managing users for the VirtueMart shop, creating and managing fields for the customer registration form, creating and managing user groups, and creating and using order status types followed by viewing order statistics, viewing details of an order, updating an order, and managing inventory.
Chapter 6, Customizing Look and Feel, discusses customizing the look and feel of the shop. This chapter teaches installing and configuring new themes for the site, and also explains VirtueMart theming and layouts. It also deals with customizing VirtueMart themes and layouts, and using search engine friendly (SEF) URLs for your shop.
Chapter 7, Promotion and Public Relations, describes the promotion and public relations tools available for VirtueMart. This chapter teaches you to use VirtueMart's promotional tools like banner ads, specials, and featured products, and also to use coupons to attract more customers. This chapter also explains how to use newsletters and product notifications to keep continuous communication with your customers and to use VirtueMart's product review feature to express customer experiences.
Chapter 8, Localization of VirtueMart, deals with the localization of VirtueMart. This chapter enables you to understand the need for and importance of localization, to use different regions and region-specific taxes, to use multiple currencies for the shop, and to install new languages for the Joomla! site and the VirtueMart shop. This chapter also teaches you how to translate the language of the site as you require.
Chapter 9, Extending VirtueMart's Functionalities, deals with third-party extensions to extend VirtueMart's functionalities and tweaking some extensions to suit your need. This chapter teaches you to use the appropriate extension for bulk import/export of products to your VirtueMart shop catalogue and to use product tag clouds. This is followed by using testimonials and commenting to improve product review and using wholesaling. You also learn to use social networks and bookmarking sites to spread the news about your site. You learn to update multiple product information at the same time using AJAX. You can also spice up your shop by using the new visual cart module, display slideshows with product images, and include modules in the content items, after reading this chapter.
Chapter 10, Maintenance and Troubleshooting, teaches you the necessary maintenance tasks and common problems that can occur. You learn to move the shop to your server after building it on your local computer, back up and restore files and databases, and handle the security of your site. This is followed by identifying common problems, troubleshooting them, and finding solutions from the online forum.
Appendix A, Configuration Options and Resources, lists configuration options for shipping and payment modules for VirtueMart.
This is a step-by-step tutorial-style guide, which teaches you to build an e-commerce site through a complete practical example.
Who this book is written for
Are you a Joomla! user who wants to build an e-commerce store? Do you have a Joomla! site and want to add e-commerce to it to sell products? Then this book is for you! The pre-requisites are simple. You should already know how to build a site with Joomla!, have a smattering of CSS/HTML and perhaps some PHP.


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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners approaching the market in Europe face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying embroidery to Europe? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of embroidery vary from one country to another in Europe? Do exporters serving the market in Europe have similar market shares across the importing countries? On the supply side, Europe also sells to the international market of embroidery. Which countries in Europe supply the most exports of embroidery? Which countries are buying their exports? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?
This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for embroidery in Europe. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for embroidery for those countries serving Europe via exports or supplying from Europe via imports. We do so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models.
In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where Europe fits into the world market for imported and exported embroidery. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Europe in particular, is based on a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world market. This market is served from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across each country market destination. These shares lead to a volume of import and export values for each country and are aggregated to regional and world totals. In doing so, we are able to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of both the value of each market and the shares that countries in Europe are likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize markets within Europe. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be combined with internal information for strategic planning purposes.
After the worldwide summary in Chapter 2 of both imports and exports for Europe, Chapter 3 details the exports of embroidery, but for each individual country in Europe. Chapter 4 does the same, but for imports of embroidery for all countries in Europe. In all cases, the total dollar volume and percentage share values by major trading partner are provided. Combined, Chapters 3 and 4 present the complete picture for imports and exports of embroidery to and from Europe to and from all other countries in the world. Of the 150 countries considered, if a country is not reported here it is therefore estimated to have only a negligible level of trade in embroidery (i.e. their market shares are close or equal to zero percent). "Embroidery" as a category is defined in this report following the definition given by the United Nations Statistics Division Classification Registry using the Standard International Trade Classification, Revision 3 (SITC, Rev. 3). The SITC code that defined "embroidery" is 6565 .
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text: Page Content 1It's Easy Being Green Babson athletes don't just wear green. They are green, too. By Chris Buck, Sports Information Director As part of the College's continuing sustainability efforts, the Athletics Department recently announced a new partnership with the Boston-based Kenai Sports. The company, which was founded by Phil Tepfer '08 and Charles Bogoian '08 during their senior year at Babson, specializes in converting recycled plastics into apparel. Under the partnership, Kenai donated 800 T-shirts to the Athletics Department as part of a sponsorship agreement for the 2012 President's Cup Golf Tournament. Those T-shirts, each made of approximately five to six recycled bottles, were given to Babson athletes and also distributed during various promotions. Josh MacArthur, director of athletics, first discovered Kenai when Bogoian and Tepfer made Bloomberg Businessweek's list of the best entrepreneurs age 25 and under. "When you combine our athletic apparel needs with everything the College is doing to encourage sustainability," MacArthur says, "I felt like Kenai would be a perfect fit for us." Starting with basic T-shirts in 2008, Kenai has expanded its apparel offerings to include fleeces, jackets, vests, polo shirts, uniforms, and weather-proof gear such as raincoats. The company collects bottles, cell phones, keyboards, and other plastics from landfills across the U.S. and Canada. Its efforts improve the environment by not only removing waste, but also by reducing carbon emissions. Both Kenai Sports and Babson hope their partnership will continue for years to come. "When Josh approached us about getting involved with Babson athletics, we were honored," says Tepfer. "We will always do as much as we can at Babson because the College has been so supportive of us through the years."


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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Voters who once lived in Idaho but now reside overseas could soon be barred from casting ballots in local elections. The House State Affairs committee introduced legislation today that keeps former Idahoans who live abroad indefinitely from voting in city council or other municipal elections. Coeur d'Alene Republican Rep. Kathleen Sims says the goal is to prevent voter fraud.


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Real Estate is ultimately a customer service profession.
Customer service has many descriptions (no, there is not one single definition, and no, "the customer is always right" is not the definition). Like a weird Supreme Court decision, "you know it when you see it."
- Customer Service is repeatable.
- Customer Service is Durable (there's that word again).
- Customer Service is meant to deepen a connection and increase loyalty. This is very different from "brand-awareness".
- Customer Service succeeds when it makes the recipient feel 1.) heard 2.) understood 3.) worth attending to 4.) worth keeping 5.) kinda remarkable (or better).
What does this have to do with real estate not being fair?
I got two pieces of snail mail today. Two. That's about as many pieces as I've received all year (amazing how big companies like ERA Shields get spammed with print mail, and little boutiques like Selley Group get nothing generalized. More on that later). Both were from peers in the real estate industry.
One was a recruitment letter. It was on cheap paper. It didn't have the company indicated on the return address. The business card was ugly. All it spoke about was the stats of the real estate company. It addressed me as "Dear Benjamin" (no one calls me "Benjamin" unless they don't know me. I use "Benjamin Day" on my business cards because Ben Day Consulting in Boston dominates SEO and the Re/Max Properties Front Desk always – ALWAYS – thinks Ben Gay is setting up a showing when I leave off my "jamin") so instantly I knew this was circular-file material. Except I kept reading. Not only was it not concerned at all with me, it was obsessed with them. It was NOT oriented around any of the rules of how customer service succeeds, not one. The only thing "remarkable" was that it made me feel like my special purpose in life was to have a pulse and a NRDS (our REALTOR ID #) to occupy one of their cubes. As long as I had a pulse and a NRDS, that's all they needed. Who cares what I need?
Worse, I knew Hannah received one last week. So if I got mine this week, I knew I was a tier 2 candidate. I mean, who wouldn't want Hannah Parsons over Benjamin Day (I'm totally serious, the former is much easier to broker!)? But I used to recruit agents, I did this stuff (I have the scrapbooking paper to prove it!), and when one company goes out on patrol for agents, EVERYONE you could want knows about it within a day. So you better hit all the good ones at once. While this letter was far from flattering, I already knew they had a first wave of "choice" agents that they thought were most recruitable, and I was not in that group. Save the best for later? No. It does not work that way.
The second piece of mail I received today was a handwritten thank you note. From Lee Bolin. Lee owns Saddletree and Symphony Homes. He has for 15 years. My clients said of Lee "I want him to be my Daddy, I love that guy."
Lee is like a friendlier version of Jack Palance's Curly.
Lee wrote me a handwritten note. And mailed it to me. The dude has no email address. But he has the power of the pen.
Now you tell me: when one of these companies is involved in future real estate transactions, which one has my attention? Which one has the greater opportunity for success? Which one is more durable? You tell me. I think the answer is pretty obvious.


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DOVER -- Saint Mary AcademyWinter Clothing Drive, November 1 – December 1. Collection sites: Front Office at SMA, PreK/Kindergarten Building at SMA. Winter clothing items will be donated to area Thrift Shops including: Find it at the First Parish Church Thrift Shop, Dover; Wonderland Thrift Shop, Exeter; Full Circle Thrift, Eliot, Maine; Fair Tide Thrift Shop, Kittery, Maine. Items will also be donated to area shelters and places of need.
DOVER -- Benefit for End 68 Hours of Hunger. In memory of Christine Skidds. At The Loft at Strafford Farms, Saturday, Nov. 3, 7pm-9pm. Appetizer Buffet for a donation of $10. Raffles and Giveaways. All donations go directly to End 68 Hours of Hunger. Food and Monetary Donation will be collected thru Sat. Nov 3rd
Before the event they can be handed in to the hostess.
Food Items for Back Packs: Peanut Butter (18 oz plastic jars) Jelly (16 oz plastic bottles) Fruit Cups (any kind) Crackers (Ritz, Saltines, anything that would be good with peanut butter and jelly:) Cereal (no giant boxes please, they don't fit in the backpacks) Canned soup (10-16 oz cans) Canned pasta Canned pork and beans (10 oz cans).
ROCHESTER -- Rochester Youth Hockey's Annual Penny Sale, Sunday, Nov. 4, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Rochester Community Center, Wakefield St., Rochester; Penny Sale complete with Raffle items and 50/50 Raffle with 100% of the proceeds to benefit RYH. Free. Shana Ellis, firstname.lastname@example.com.
PORTSMOUTH -- Flatbread Pizza on Congress Street in Portsmouth is
hosting a fundraiser on Tuesday, November 6, to benefit Friends of the
Earth, Sea and Space Center, the nonprofit organization working to develop a
museum of earth, sea and space on the New Hampshire Seacoast.
A percentage of all pizza sales from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. will go toward the
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PORTSMOUTH — The 2nd Annual Saving Lives – Creating Futures! Awards Event to benefit A Safe Place will be held on Wednesday, November 7, from 6:00pm-8:00pm at the People's United Bank branch located at 325 State St. in Portsmouth. Proceeds will provide funding for programs and direct services as well as emergency shelter. This year's award recipients include April Aucoin, the Honorable Sharon DeVries, and Team Home Depot.
Tickets to the event are $35. Hors d'oeuvres will be provided and there will be a cash bar. You can reserve tickets in advance by contacting Thea Shaw at 436-4619 x 4 and pay at the door.
BRENTWOOD — Grace Ministries International is sponsoring their 16th Annual Christmas Tea on Friday, Dec. 7, from 7 pm. -9 p.m, to benefit orphans. This evening begins with beautifully decorated tables, each individually put together by a Hostess who will, in partnership with her Butler, serve you for the evening. Live entertainment will be part of the evening as well as an ongoing 'Toy Raffle' all in an effort to raise funds for orphans in both Africa and India. And of course, goodies and tea, time with friends and family, and oh so much more. As part of the Local Toy Drive, they have invited guests to bring an Unwrapped Toy and in exchange you will receive one 'free' raffle ticket for the above mentioned Toy Raffle. Tickets are on sale now, and do sell out quickly, so please contact the church directly at 603-642-7848 or your tickets may be purchased online at their website, www.gracemi.org. Tickets are $20.00 per lady. Doors open at 6:30pm.
DOVER -- Strafford Lodge Benefit Harvest Supper, Saturday, Nov. 10, from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Strafford Lodge/Grange Hall, 610 Sixth St., Dover; Benefit Harvest Supper. $8/$7 Tickets at the door. Mike Steward, email@example.com.
PORTSMOUTH — The Seacoast Rotary Club announced that registration for their 4th annual 5K Turkey Trot is open at www.seacoastrotary.org. Held each year on Thanksgiving morning, the Turkey Trot provides a fun and relaxed race for individuals, families and walkers. Part of the Portsmouth Community Road Race Series, the 3.1 mile race starts at Peirce Island and finishes at Strawbery Banke. This year's race will be capped at 3,000 registrants and registration will close on November 18th. Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 finishers in each division as well as for the best costume.
Online registration is available for adults at $27; youth 12 and under at $15; family (limit of 4) at $70 and the Benjamin Club at $100. Mail in registrations are accepted at a slightly higher rate. The Seacoast Rotary Club offers Turkey Trot sponsorship packages to area businesses. To become an event sponsor or volunteer or for more information about the Turkey Trot or Seacoast Rotary, email email@example.com.
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The antichristIn Holy Scripture the term antichrist has a twofold meaning. In a broad and general sense this word indicates every person hostile to Christ's teaching (the Greek prefix anti- signifies against). This is the meaning St. John the Theologian used to speak of many antichrists in his epistles. In a particular sense the name Antichrist signifies a definite person — the leading adversary of Christ who is to appear before the end of the world. The appearance of this definite Antichrist on the world scene constitutes the final and decisive sign that the Second Coming of Christ is at hand.
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