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The organisers of the iconic Diggers and Dealers mining conference say they'll move the event to Perth if Kalgoorlie's conference centre closes.
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After being refused State Government funding, the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder says it can no longer afford to operate the Goldfields Arts Centre.
Curtin University will cease managing the centre when its contract expires at the end of the year and says the centre will close if new management isn't confirmed by the end of May.
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African mango is a supplement that comes from a mango found in Central Africa – mainly in Cameroon. It is newly discovered by the Western world, but it has been used by the natives of the country as a supplement for many years. In fact, it is one of the best natural remedies of Central Africa, which is why it has become so popular in the Western world as well. The
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After researching with key industry players about strategies for drug repositioning, I noticed that there are numerous approaches in the fields of screening and docking-type technologies.
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We've known for a while now that Rag & Bone would be coming to Court St. in the former location of Downtown Bar and Grill—part of a larger, ongoing influx of upscale retail in the neighborhood—and today, a tipster told Brownstoner that they're well on their way to getting set up, and paying exorbitant rents to do so.
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Today we awoke to sunshine and fair skies. After breakfast the students had a short site lecture, and then we loaded the boat for our two dives this morning. On today's dives, the students were looking for the sponges and invertebrates on their list of species to learn. In addition to identifying as many of their list species as possible, we saw turtles (lots of turtles), black durgon, a trumpet fish or two, and a huge rainbow parrotfish. Once back at AKR, we had lunch, and then met back at the Marine Lab to put together the five coral trees Berry raised the funds to purchase. All five will be added to the Coral Restoration "Farm" later next week. Then it was off to another lecture on coral and fish monitoring, dinner and the final lecture of the day.
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07 January 2016
Christmas in Italy
We spent Christmas beneath the mountains in my father's house in Italy. The sun was out and it was amazing leaving the cold north for long, light days in the south. It was warm enough to sit outside and eat, and the birds were singing. I've been there in summer and spring and now winter, and I don't know which season it's most beautiful. Nature is just something else there. Anyways, it was so great spending time with the brothers and hanging out and being quiet and just not think about work for 10 days.
We had a pit stop along the way from Rome. In just two hours, the temperature had dropped 10 degrees, and the afternoon sun kissed the cool mountain tops.
There was hardly any snow on the Maiellas but the fog made for an impressive view from the garden.
One day, we drove up to the Gran Sasso and remembered to take lots of band photos.
I love these boys to the universe's end and back!
We grilled arrosticini, and evidently the boys did a better job than their neighbour.
Sølve is staring into the blue mountains.
Anders looked victorious on the stones.
Rocca Calascio was just as majestic as it was in August. It's so impressive to build a castle on a mountain top.
Just look at that! And the guy sitting there in front of the world.
It's my family down there, the small dots.
Sølve against light and sporting some kind of man bun.
I took a walk one of the days. Walked down the hills and back. Jesus, it's a hike!
When I came back, only Sølve was home. So we made whisky and coffee and sat outside and played games while we talked about literature and stuff. It was wonderful.
On the last day, the two youngest wanted to play football near the house, so Sølve and my father and I drove to the little town of Caramanico Terme. We landed in the middle of the siesta so the town was literally abandoned. But it was sort of nice to have a whole place to ourselves.
Oh, those small mountain towns!
Italy, my darling, I'm almost sure we'll see each other again in 2016.
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Shoppers be berry careful when buying blueberry products
HOUSTON (KTRK) — Blueberries are touted as a super health food. Manufacturers of prepared foods are looking to capitalize on it, plastering the berries all over their packaging. But Consumer Reports says just because it's blue on the outside doesn't necessarily mean it's blue on the inside.
"Studies suggest that eating berries, including blueberries, is associated with a reduction in blood pressure. Not only that, but it may help stop the growth of cancer cells and stave off memory loss," Dr. Avitzur said.
But if you think you're getting those benefits in packaged foods, think again.
"We found products that look like they're loaded with blueberries that are anything but," said Jamie Kopf with Consumer Reports.
For instance, this blueberry pancake mix from Krusteaz. There are no blueberries or fruit of any kind in a long list of ingredients.
"Keep an eye out for disclaimers like 'artificially flavored' and 'imitation blueberries,' which in this case are made of palm oil, cellulose gum, and several dyes. It's very important to check the list of ingredients," Kopf said.
And Kellogg's Blueberry Muffin Frosted Mini-Wheats? Blue on the outside, but the only blue thing in the cereal is a dye called "blue 2 lake."
A Kellogg's company spokesperson says, "The term 'Blueberry Muffin' is used to describe the flavor & and the product is labeled in compliance with laws and regulations."
"We found some products that prominently display blueberries have only blueberry juice in them, and that comes way down on the list of ingredients, behind sugar and corn syrup," Kopf said.
And Ocean Spray's Blueberry Craisins are not dried blueberries at all, but cranberries "infused" with blueberry juice.
As with most fruits and vegetables, Consumer Reports says it's best to eat blueberries before they, or their juice, end up in packaged products.
As we head into winter, and fresh fruit becomes harder to find, Consumer Reports says frozen berries can be a good substitute as they retain most of their vitamins.
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Great Guitar Tips, Issue #002 -- Information Packed Articles About Guitar
December 14, 2003
Here's your latest issue of...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Great Guitar Tips - The World's Most Useable Guitar E-Zine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A free, monthly E-Zine dedicated to providing you with useful information and tips for your guitar playing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ December 14th, 2003 Issue #002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you like this E-Zine, please do a friend a big favor and pass it on. If a friend DID forward this to you and if you like what you read, please subscribe by visiting...
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Table Of Contents
1. Avoiding Injuries
2. Composer Spotlight ~ Heitor Villa-Lobos
3. Guitar Maintenance
4. A Quick Look ~ Treble Clef & Staff
5. Performance Anxiety - Follow Up
6. Recommended Resource - Keeping Your Nerve!
7. Free Music ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Welcome to the second edition of my E-Zine/Newsletter Great Guitar Tips! I hope you find it helpful and enjoyable...
I've been having a little trouble with my e-mail
after my computer crashed 2 weeks ago. It should be
back on within the next week but if you want to
contact me before then try me at... email@example.com
Avoiding Injuries
To avoid any sort of injuries when playing guitar a common sense approach is recommended.
Just what do I mean by that?
Well, there are many simple and obvious precautions you can take that will prevent most injuries.
To start with you can adopt the proper technique, posture and hand position.
A good book like Scott Tenant's Pumping Nylon or David Braid's Play Classical Guitar can give you sound basic fundamentals in this area.
With technique keep your movements simple or, as my teacher used to say... "Employ an economy of movement."
If you have less movement you will naturally have less friction and tension and therefore less chance of injury.
Teachers of guitar vary in their interpretation of posture and hand position but in classical guitar at least, there is generally widely accepted agreement on this subject.
You do need to be aware of your posture and hand position when a beginner or intermediate as you are learning habits that will last a lifetime.
I remember my teacher constantly pushing my shoulder down as I played. As I became tense my shoulder would "ride" upwards as my body would tense up.
He was giving me vital feedback on leaning to relax as I was learning basic technique.
It pays to have a good, alert teacher who can short circuit any problems as they appear!
Another point of note is when you begin to play guitar you can often overdo it.
Indeed, Anthony Glise writing in Classical Guitar Pedagogy states...
"Virtually all guitarists injuries are from over-use (simply practicing too much) or misuse (not warming up properly), playing pieces that are too difficult, improper hand positions, overstress, etc."
These are all things that the beginner and intermediate player are prone to.
You must develop your capabilities in line with your common sense and resist the urge to go "too fast too soon."
To quote the cliché..."You gotta crawl before you walk!":)
While we're on the subject of common sense, you need to take breaks in your practice routine.
You know how time flies when you're engrossed in a new and exciting piece. We all have the tendency to play through the pain at times but you must learn to avoid this sort of practice if you want to avoid long term injury. It might be wiser to break your practice sessions into smaller blocks and spread it out over the day rather than all in one hit.
I know we're all "time-poor" these days but is it worth the risk?
Only you can answer that one.
Make sure you build strength and flexibility in your hands and indeed, your body.
You can do this via a healthy lifestyle that consists of diet, stretching (including yoga), meditation and just plain relaxing and taking a break.
If you do all of this and find your still in pain - STOP!
As they say on the advertisement for a prominent pain reliever... "Pain is nature's warning."
If you find you get long term pain, use your common sense again and seek proper medical advice. To play through pain is downright silly.
I hope this brief discussion can give you
some direction in this area. :)
Composer Spotlight
The Brazilian Heitor Villa-Lobos was born in 1887 and died at the age of 72 in 1959.
He was both a popular and important composer in the overall scheme of things in the "musical firmament."
Indeed, he was the first South American composer to become internationally famous whose fame and popularity has continued unabated to the present day.
When young, Villa-Lobos earned his living as an orchestral player. He was a multi-instrumentalist being able to play cello, guitar, clarinet and piano.
Although not a virtuoso guitarist he was quite a good one who understood the peculiar technical complexities of the guitar.
In early part of the twentieth century he toured the country to find examples of folk music and for 5 years imbibed the flavor, texture and soul of Brazilian music. It was no wonder that it influenced his compositions thereafter.
Villa Lobos received a fellowship from the Brazilian government to visit Paris in 1922 and remained there until 1926.
It was there he met Segovia which resulted in a lifelong friendship and was important from the point of view of extending and improving the repertoire of guitar.
Indeed Segovia once said... "Villa- Lobos has given to the history of guitar fruits of his talent as luxuriant and savoury as those of Scarlatti and Chopin."
Villa-Lobos' output of music was prolific at approximately two thousands works. His music is an eclectic mix of Brazilian Indian and folk music and European impressionism, especially that of Debussy.
Writing in this most individual style easily made him the most important figure in Brazilian musical life in first half of the twentieth century.
To think that Villa-Lobos was essentially self taught made his rise to prominence all the more remarkable.
Indeed, he was good enough to be made the director of the national musical academy at the relatively young age of 43.
By the age of 45 was in charge of the country's musical education!
Villa-Lobos founded the Conservatorio Nacional de Canto Orfeonic for music teachers which would provide musical life and sustenance in Brazilian schools.
He excelled in writing the "Choros", which consists of variations of wind and string instruments and even choral elements. But orchestration can be widely varied from a single guitar to the whole orchestra.
Villa-Lobos was no one-trick pony writing symphonies, symphonic poems, a cello concerto, choros, chamber music, choral works, piano solos & songs.
M personal favorite, after the 5 preludes, is "The Little Train of the Caipira." Having taught in music in many primary (elementary) schools I can attest to its popularity, especially among the younger students. They respond to the rhythmic and musical charm of Villa-Lobos' easy style.
No wonder he has remained in such an
exalted position for all these years!
Guitar Maintenance
Keeping our guitars in good working order should be uppermost in our mind.
Unfortunately I'm guilty of neglect when it comes to routine maintenance of my instrument :(
If you're at all like me you'll need a little prompting from time to time to get your "maintenance house" in order.
I decided, because it's so close to the New Year, to make a resolution to give my guitar regular and proper maintenance, instead of just thinking about it!
In my research frenzy I found many pages on the web that discuss this important topic but the one I liked the most was a short, simple and direct one by Douglas P. Somervell...
It's simple and to the point and really,
we should all be doing this for the good
of our guitars. If you're definitely NOT
like me the just keep on doing what
you've been doing :)
A Quick Look At ...
The staff and treble clef in music is really easy to understand. If you don't read music and just rely on tablature I really recommend you learn it because it can really open up a whole new "vista" for you.
The musical staff is nothing more than 5 lines and 4 spaces with smaller, "ledger" lines being written above and below the staff to indicate notes of lower or higher pitch.
That's all the staff really does i.e. indicate the pitch of a note in music.
To understand this more fully let's just backtrack a tad to go over the musical alphabet.
The musical alphabet is so simple compared to the normal alphabet. This is because there is only 7 notes (8 if you count the octave & 12 if you count sharps/flats etc) compared to the 26 of the reading alphabet.
Yes, that's right! It's only: A; B; C; D; E; F; G. After this the notes just keep repeating.
Let's relate that to our treble clef...
It just so happens that the lowest line in our 5 line staff has the note "E" situated on it. The good thing is that this N-E-V- E-R changes! That is its home and that's where it stays...
The other lines going upwards from the bottom have the notes: G; B; D; F situated on them. So now you have all the lines named with the notes: E; G; B; D; F.
The traditional way to remember these note names on the line is by an acronym sentence. That is, if you remember the sentence... "Every Good Boy Deserves Fruit", you'll remember the note names on the lines of the treble stave or staff.
Similarly for the 4 spaces that are between the lines you can remember the word "FACE" as that is what the word spells if you look at the notes in these spaces from the bottom up on the treble clef.
I often tell new students of mine, especially children, to remember the sentence... "Every Good Bozo Deserves Fruit" and then I tell them to imagine that Bozo clown eating so much fruit at once it goes all over his "FACE" rather than in his mouth.
Not only do they usually find this funny to think about but just the fact that they are imagining scene or picture helps them to retain the information.
This is because we basically think in "pictures" and this method just enhances the brain's natural method of information retention.
There's a good graphic about the treble clef on my website, if you haven't already seen it that explains what I'm talking about...
As you move vertically upwards on the staff the pitch of the note is getting higher and the musical alphabet is going in a forwards motion.
Conversely, if you're moving in a downwards motion the musical alphabet is going backwards and the pitch of the note is getting lower.
This is basic to most classical guitarists that have been playing and reading for some time but you other guitarists reading this that perhaps only read tablature at the moment can now see how easy it is to read the treble or "G" clef.
It's called the "G" clef by the way because the tail of the clef wraps around the "G" or second line from the bottom on the staff.
So there you have it! A few basics will really take you a long way.
Indeed, I often get my students to read off a couple of notes from a Bach or Tarrega book after I teach them about the staff.
This is not to say they could play the music but the look on their faces when they can realize what the note is in such difficult looking music brings a smile to their faces and new-found confidence in reading music.
It's something I firmly believe in...one
step at a time will get you a long, long
Performance Anxiety
In my last E-Zine I spoke about Performance Anxiety and how you can be better prepared to meet that challenge.
I had some good feedback on that article, thank-you for that. As I follow up on that article...
Elizabeth you can get that book of Michael Rowland's (Absolute Happiness) here...
I hope it helps you, I know I gained a lot of benefit from it.
And Steve wanted some advice on Beta Blockers and whether they are safe to take. I must admit, I've only ever taken them once and they seemed to work for me but I didn't really like the feeling.
I'd rather perform in a natural state :)
The best way is to be really informed about the topic professionally and I am not qualified to give advice on their use as it is a medical concern.
You really should ask your doctor or other medical authorities but here, at least, is an interesting article that may give you some idea about Beta Blockers...
Recommended Resource
As a further follow up to the discussion about performance anxiety my recommended resource for this month is...Keeping Your Nerve! by Kate Jones.
It's an inexpensive little booklet that will, according to the blurb on the back... "Will help you to: Prepare for performance, whether concert or exam; enjoy performing, wherever and whenever; unwind after the performance; understand why you perform and your audience turns up.
It is an easy read and I quite enjoyed it (although the print is rather small and hard to read). I
have no hesitation in recommending it.
Well worth the price (cheap) and
definitely value for money.
Free Music
Here is this months free music (including midi files) that I have prepared. I have 3 different composers this month and the music ranges from easy to intermediate. I have also included tablature versions for those of you that asked for it. Enjoy!
P.S. Look for the Christmas sheetmusic specials at the bottom of the page from Sheet Music Plus!
Have a merry Christmas & I'll see you next year in January!
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It was 1590, and Austria lived in a world of its own. I lived there, in a sleepy town in the middle of the country. Contentedly it rested, amidst the woods and hills, rarely disturbed by the goings on of the rest of the world.
Here there lived a prince too, residing in a magnificent castle.
In our town, Eseldorf, we lived together in peaceful ignorance, passing the days.
We learned from our books about God and goodness, and sought to be good Christians. In our town there were two priests. Father Adolf, a fiery man, who spoke fiercely about Satan and his wicked ways. He had once met Satan, and had his way!
The other priest, Father Peter, spoke of peace and good things. But he had his enemies, the town astrologer, who lived in a tower, where he watched the starry night's glittering lights.
The astrologer walked through town in his pointy hat and purple star-bespeckled robe, with his book of secrets. He foretold future wars and famines, though there was always another one around the corner anyway. Father Adolf was humbled by his presence.
Father Peter, however, was not impressed. He denounced the astrologer as a charlatan and fraud, with no special knowledge at all. This angered the astrologer, who soon sought to get him in trouble.
Whispering secret words around town, Father Peter was soon suspended, and so Father Adolf gained his flock.
Father Peter fell on tough times. Along with his niece Marget, they struggled to get by. Finally, the end had come, they were no longer able to meet their ends, and were faced with eviction.
Ch. 2
My friends and I spent our days playing in the woods and trees, by the lake.
And sometimes in the castle, for we had become friends with one of the men who worked there and when it rained or stormed he would sit us down and tell stories of the war, and of ghosts, and bloodsuckers and the incubus. He taught us to smoke and drink coffee like the Turks.
He said not to worry about ghosts. We stood still, showing our courage. Ghosts and angels dancing in the castle's walls.
One day, we went into the hills to lie in the grass. A young man passed by, a stranger to be sure but pleasant enough. I offered him my pipe, but then remembered I had forgotten a light.
"No worries," he exclaimed, and blowing on the pipe the herb was soon incensed, spiraling blue smoke rising in the air. He chatted amiably, we were at ease, curious about our new visitor.
He went to a nearby puddle and turned it into ice. Silly things.
"What type of fruit do you like?" he asked. "Grapes!" Sure enough our pockets were filled with them. Mysterious stranger, grape smuggler. They were delicious.
Soon, a feast lay before our eyes. This curious man then created a squirrel out of clay, which ran up a tree and danced on its branches. And a lovely bird, which flew away.
Who was this clay pigeon creating, festivity catering man? An angel, of course.
He then began to make a whole town of clay people.
"What's your name?" we asked.
"Satan" he replied.
"Ahh, the one and only?" we inquired.
"Oh, no. He's my uncle." Naturally, for he had been an angel too, before the fall. The Satans were good people, a well-respected family, sinning aside.
I was going to ask him a question, but he read my thoughts. It's easier that way.
"I am 16,000 years old, though I know I don't look a shade over 14."
"I never tasted the apple myself, so naturally, I don't know what evil is." He created two little clay men, who began fighting, crushing them in his hand, he continued with his charms.
He spoke of solar systems and the gods, as the little clay women cried over their dead husbands. He stamped them out, it is rude to sob while someone is talking.
Intoxicated, we drank in his eyes. What a thrill, preconceived concerns unaddressed.
Ch. 3
Satan had seen it all before. Nonchalance – proud peacock, Samson, Caesar it was all the same. Men came and went, women cooking and wept.
In heaven he could see the inferno below, late night entertainment. Further beyond, men of this world fiddled about. Interesting, late night reruns.
"Flies." he said. That wasn't nice.
"Nice!" he exclaimed, "To tell the truth is nice."
He made a castle of sand. We joined in, making our own figures – men and horses. But they were misshapen, stumbling around drunken and silly like, exploded by canons and gunpowder.
"No worries, we can always make more!" Satan explained.
Clouds gathered over the castle, walls shook, bricks flew. Explosions, perishables.
"No matter. We can make more!"
Bubbly spirit, never mind the tragedy, laughter magic takes care. We danced on their grave to the sweet music he played, music from heaven.
But he then had to leave. "Just call me Philip."
"This is our secret."
Do bricks have emotions? Do we treat them as Satan treated his clay creations?
Ephemeral spirits, aristocracy of imperishabilities.
Satan was back. We laughed. We liked him.
Father Peter came by, he had lost his wallet. There it is! Filled with gold coins! Surprise surprise, and right where Satan had stood. We tried to tell him, but you can't speak what Satan doesn't want to be heard.
"Did you do this boys?" Not us, how silly.
"Then who?"
"Not a human being."
"Fair enough. Eleven hundred ducats! Praise the lord. No, only four are mine, the rest…" Well, why not. That will pay the rent. Father Peter put the wallet in his pocket, gold lining.
Ch. 4
Things began to go well for Father Peter and sweet Marget. Old friends came back, dusting off cold shoulders. Clearly this was God's work.
Or Satan's.
How we wished for him to come back, he was so exciting!
"What is morality?" we asked Father Peter.
"It is that which allows us to tell good from evil. It is the one thing that lifts man above the beasts!"
Marget was doing well, she walked with handsome Wilhelm. That's nice.
Ch. 5
Then came the astrologer.
"How many ducats did you say? 1100. 1107. Interesting, curious indeed!
"I know who the thief is."
Father Peter was then arrested, on charges of stealing from the astrologer. For how else did his wallet get so fat?
Loose tongues then turned on us, we were implicated you know, for we knew, but were unable to speak. The cat got our tongue.
Father Peter would go to court, defended by handsome Wilhelm. Marget's happiness was short-lived. Friends no longer came about, no more parties. No matter, God will provide.
Meanwhile, the astrologer inflamed Father Peter's name throughout town.
Ursula came by the house, mom gave her some money for food. Marget wouldn't accept charity.
Ursula went outside, there was a kitten playing under a tree.
"Forget the cat, you don't need another mouth to feed." There was Satan.
He was back.
"Only the poor will care for this kitten, the poor and God" said Ursula.
"God sees the leaves fall," replied Satan. "But they still fall."
"Away with you!" cried Ursula.
Satan was not insulted, a king is not insulted by a tumble-bug.
"What are you doing here, that is what I would like to know."
The kitten was jumping about.
"Give it a name, and it will be yours. Call it Anges." It worked.
"Why don't you keep it?"
The house is lonely, thought Ursula.
"This breed of cat brings money! It is a lucky kitty. Be it yours, and you will find fresh money in your pocket every morning."
She reached into her pockets and sure enough, 4 silver groschen!
"It's true!" she exclaimed, kissing Satan, according to Austrian custom.
We then went with Satan to Marget's house. He was introduced to her as "Philip," and soon Marget was the recipient of his charming delights. He said he was an orphan, she was teary-eyed.
He told her he knew how she could sneak into the jailhouse to see her poor Uncle. "Take this note, and at night go and show it to the guards and they will let you in." She was happy!
She did not know about Ursula's cat. She didn't know.
"Supper time!" said, Satan inviting himself to the table. No worries, lucky cat will provide.
A fish in the frying pan, and another. A cornucopia of feasts: fruit, wine and game. Joyous occasion, spiced with Satanic stories. He was a perfect angel. All is divine, when entertaining human play things.
"Do you have an uncle as well?" inquired Marget.
"Yes, indeed. He is quite a Prince."
The kitten licked my hand.
That night, Marget went to the jail to see her uncle. We came too, in spirit. I was interested to see what the inside of a jail looked like. There, a man was being asked to confess to a crime he didn't commit, unagreeable splinters driven under his nails.
"What brutality!" I exclaimed.
"No, this is what humans do," Satan explained. "Do not use the word brute, for brutes do not do these things. Animals know neither wrong nor right, they do not knowingly inflict punishment on their fellow kind."


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Starting from the outside we can instantly see something different with the straps... That's right, reversible and removable. Why? So you can run the bag over either shoulder. Prefer it over the right shoulder? Swap and change. Simple!
A quick glance under the flap and you will notice that the D-lock sleeve is missing. Instead we have a side-access pocket. Perfect for wallet/keys and any of those "quick grab" items. You know, those items that you always need quickly, yet cannot seem to find in the black-hole of your bag...
Tucked away, and barely visible is something unique... Can you see it?
Not so obvious when tucked away, but pull it out and you have a dedicated pleated pocket to hold a tie. Some have to wear ties to work (not us thank goodness!), so this is a neat little addition!
And probably my favourite customisation of this bag happens to be the waterbottle holder. Yup, a dedicated waterbottle holder! Consider it a customised Beernutt, built to insulate and wrap around your drink bottle.
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Hi all...
Sorry for the absence, but the contest is back! Been a hectic couple months for me... we're about to launch a new site for the Gnomon Workshop, had to prep for an event in Melbourne, the Gnomon School is undergoing a big expansion, perhaps too many balls in the air! Excuses... But again, sorry that I disappeared from here for a bit. Oi.
April's theme: Guardian at the Gate
This month's contest is to illustrate a Guardian defending an entry way, or gate... The theme is open to any genre, be it fantasy, historical, sci-fi, modern, etc.
Note: Contest Prizes are changing from here on out... Reason being is that with the launch of the new site we will be phasing out DVDs as we switch to a streaming / subscription only library.
1st place: One Year Subscription to the Gnomon Workshop Library
2nd place: Six months
3rd place: Three months
4th place: One month
For those who already have subscriptions, we will be adding time to your account. Meaning that if you have seven months left on an annual subscription, for example, and you won third place, we would add three months so that you would have ten months left. Hope that made sense... :P
Good Luck!
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Welcome back Alex :)
Wow, great prize system! Thanks!
I am really happy the contest is back^^ Thank you!!
And great theme!
Guardian At The Gate
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Here is my interpretation of this months contest. Hope you guys enjoy and as always good luck!
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So glad this contest is back! Here is my entry and good luck to everyone XD
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https://cdn1.artstation.com/p/assets...jpg?1461722115 Its my first time submitting here, here is my interpretation of this month's topic
i hope the resolution is not ruined.:(
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Here is my work for the contest. I wish you all good luck.
Hi together,
happy to see that the contest is back. This is my entry for this month.
guardian at the gate
here's my entry for this month,
thanx !
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- Job Level
- Co-ordinator / Controller, Planner
- Sector
- Manufacturing
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Demand Planner, £25,000 - £30,000, Chemical Company, based in Cheshire
Your new company
One of the world's leading Chemicals Companies operating globally who supply raw materials to most industries and supply products to a wide range of projects globally including Chemicals, Water Treatment, pest control and crop protection.
Your new role
In this role you will be the Supply Chain support for Ireland within the Companies Crop Protection division. This will include; leading Ireland's S&OP process, demand planning against agreed forecasts, ensuring internal teams and 3rd party suppliers are meeting Business expectations, supporting delivery of KPIs and being responsible for ensuring an effective labelling process is available within an agreed time frame prior to filling dates.
This will also include; identifying any labelling that cannot be released on time and collaborating with internal departments to resolve and manage as appropriate, being responsible for the delivery of sales order processes in line with Customer and Business requirements and delivering the Business model for Ireland, being able to steer when deviations occur - please note this will include frequent travel to Ireland.
What you'll need to succeed
Ideally you will be strong-minded with a can-do attitude and not be afraid to get stuck in. However, you will definitely need demonstrable experience in Supply Chain within a commercial role, be confident in using IT systems such as Word and Excel and have a proven track record of taking ownership and problem solving. Furthermore, you will need to have strong communication skills across all levels of a business, including Customer interaction and take ownership of any issues that may arise.
What you'll get in return
You will receive a competitive salary of between £25,000 - £30,000 dependent on experience as well as additional benefits, including bonus and 25 days Holiday.
Please note, there will be frequent travel to Ireland as part of this role and Irish Bank Holidays will also apply to this role.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.
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From: Robert Gates <RGates8254.nul> Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 02:03:26 EST Archived: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 14:30:37 -0500 Subject: Re: Cosmic Top Secret >From: Jan Aldrich <project1947.nul> >To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <ufoupdates.nul> >Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 13:29:54 -0500 >Subject: Re: Cosmic Top Secret >>From: Robert Gates <RGates8254.nul> >>To: ufoupdates.nul >>Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 20:57:59 EST >>Subject: Re: Cosmic Top Secret >>>From: Jan Aldrich <project1947.nul> >>>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <ufoupdates.nul> >>>Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 22:25:34 -0500 >>>Subject: Re: Cosmic Top Secret >>>>From: Stanton Friedman <fsphys.nul> >>>>To: <ufoupdates.nul> >>>>Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 21:41:59 -0400 >>>>Subject: Re: Cosmic Top Secret >>>>>From: Anthony Cipoletta <cipey.nul> >>>>>To: <ufoupdates.nul> >>>>>Subject: Cosmic Top Secret >>>>>Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 19:04:44 -0500 >Hi Robert, >I appreciate the chance to answer your objections. Your comments >are thoughtful, but I have some objections of my own. >>>>3. The GAO, in its search for Roswell related documents, noted >>>>on page 80 of their 400+ page overview background package that >>>>they had noted documents classified TOP SECRET RESTRICTED even >>>>though they had been told (Majestic 12) that no such designation >>>>was in use at the time (1954). >>>No, this is incorrect. I believe you are talking about >>>Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data both of which refer >>>to nuclear related information. Again, I would like to see such >>>a document that can be independently obtained from an archives. >>In my research, I have actually seen documents that were marked >>with Top Secret Restricted that had absolutly nothing do with so >>called "Restricted Data." From documents that I have seen from >>the Archives, not to mention photocopys I have seen over the >>years many highly classified documents were not stamped >>properly, or created exactly as the manual said they should be >>created, marked or stamped. This didn't diminish from the fact >>that they were highly classified until they were declassified, >>just career level govt workers, White House workers and staff >>members didn't always "do it by the book." >Please note the challenge at the bottom of this page. Please >produce one such document. I have many thousands of pages of cold war related documents and may or may not have copied those documents as part of my research. I will check as I can. I have seen documents with classification markings, such as TS/Codeword dead center across the top. Others the markings are on the side of each page. Others with the TS control number on each page of the document and yet others with the control number only on the cover page. In one instance I was reviewing approx 25 or so boxes of documents at a Presidential library and saw all sorts of variations, in how a document was marked...not by the book, or by the regulations, however this did not diminish from the fact that said documents were highly classified and kept as such. >>>>I had also noted, in Archives, documents classified as SECRET >>>>RESTRICTED and CONFIDENTIAL RESTRICTED..... When I worked on >>>>classified programs relating to nuclear activities, one very >>>>frequently saw SECRET RESTRICTED DATA and CONFIDENTIAL >>>>RESTRICTED DATA on classified documents. >>>Again, I don't think you saw Secret Restrict, but rather Secret >>>Restricted Data (SRD) >>>The GOA Roswell investigators were cleared for access to nuclear >>>weapons data and could see Top Secret Restricted Data. >>>One problem in researching at archives is that documents >>>containing Restricted Data must be reviewed by the Energy >>>Department for release in addition to the originating agency. A >>>real problem when nuclear capable units of, say the Air Force, >>>are involved. >>>>In addition I required a Q clearance which was normally thought >>>>of as being somewhere between SECRET and TOP SECRET. >>>This is completely false. A Q clearance was necessary for access >>>to nuclear data. It is not between anything. >>While that may technically be true, List members will recall a >>much earlier post from me directly quoting the Congressional >>testimony of the director of Sandia Labs. He stated that a Q >>clearance was equivilant to a Top Secret and a L clearance was >>equivilant to a Secret. Bottom line is these clearences only >>apply to nuclear materials and a person with a Q clearance could >>not walk over to a DOD project and expect to be given knowledge >>about it even if it concerned nuclear materials. >And that is a mis-statement. A Q-clearance and a TS clearance >will get you access to TS nuclear information. One goes with the >other. As I stated earlier over the years its generally thought that a L is equivilant to Secret and Q can cover either Secret or Top Secret, by one DOE account, supposedly depending on if it has the word "sensitive" behind it, i.e. Q Sensitive is access to "specific Top Secret information on a need-to-know basis." On a simple basis we have: http://www.lanl.gov/security/clearances/reciprocity.shtml Reciprocal Clearances To be eligible for a reciprocal clearance, the applicant must have an active clearance from another agency (DOD, NRC, FBI, CIA, etc.) and a current investigation. DOE equivalencies are: Secret is equivalent to a DOE - L. Top Secret or SCI is equivalent to a DOE- Q. NOTE: DOE does not recognize other levels of access. End excerpt.... Note this does not discuss the Sensitive term, although it is mentioned in the DOE system. See this quote from: http://www.dss.mil/seclib/govsec/chap4.htm "The length and complexity of the background investigation varies depending on the level of clearance (or the access) needed. In most agencies individuals are vetted for Confidential, Secret, or Top Secret clearances, and possibly for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) as well. The Department of Energy (DoE) has a separate system pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act; most of its employees receive either an "L" clearance, which equates to a Confidential or Secret clearance, or a "Q" clearance, which equates to a Top Secret clearance." At:http://www.lanl.gov/security/clearances/clearance_types.shtml Types of Security Clearances "Q" allows individual access to: Top Secret Restricted Data Top Secret Formerly Restricted Data Top Secret National Security Information Secret Restricted Data Special Nuclear Material (Category I & II) Exclusion Area Access "L" allows individual access to: Confidential Restricted Data Confidential Formerly Restricted Data Special Nuclear Material (Category III) Confidential National Security Information Unescorted Access to Limited and Protected Area Secret Formerly Restricted Data Secret National Security Information End Excerpt >>A DOD person shouldn't expect to walk over to DOE HQ and be >>given access to weapons material... even though said person may >>have TS/Codeword clearances relating to the DOD side of say a >>nuclear weapons project. >>The DOD person would have to go over to DOE, demonstrate a need- >>to-know, be cleared for access and get investigated to get an L >>or Q Clarence. The DOE person would have to go over to DOD, >>demonstrate a need-to-know, be cleared for access and get >>investigated to get a clearance into the DOD project. >If you had not cut the portion of my message out that pertained >to military personnel, we could now see where I said that >military personnel are no longer (after 1955) required to have Q >or L clearance. They are in the Personnel Reliability Program >which allows them access to nuclear data/weapons. There is >another Special Access Program, Critical Nuclear Design >Information - off the top of my head CNWIDI which doesn't look >correct - is the program. >Your assertion that DOD personnel have to go to DOE to >demonstrate a "need to know" is incorrect. They have to >demonstrate such only to their superiors. If a DOD person needs access to something in the DOE chain they have to make a specific request in writing which is reviewed by particular managers in the system. The only exception to this is on an emergency type basis. The same is true going the other way. Now if the person(s) involved needed continuing access as part of a specific project or program they don't have to submit a request each and every time. Note when the project or program is done, so is their access. >>>Security manuals are readily available to researchers so >>>mis-statement like this could easily be avoided with a little >>>reading. >>Again, in my visits to the archives, I have found that many >>documents were not created by the book, nor were they stamped by >>the book and in some instances some of them did not have any >>kind of TS control number... even though that is required. >I didn't get my information from visits to archives although I >have discover nearly one hundred formerly Top Secret documents >there dealing with foo-fighters, ghost rockets and UFOs. I >lived and breathed security for over seven years. I think there >is a little difference in the experience level here. >Robert, please send me a photocopy of just one Top Secret >Restricted document from 1954 or before and the source >information. I continue to doubt that such exist, but I can be >convinced otherwise. During the last 50+ years marking and >procedures have changed and each agency has some leeway in the >marking and controlling their documents. See my earlier comment. Some leeway in fact translates to they did what they thought was right at the time, whether it was done exactly as the manual or book said it should be done is another thing entirely. It did not change the fact that the document was in fact classified or highly classified, just means people are in the system. During the Kennedy administration many so called Presidential directives were not signed by the President but by his National Security advisor. Who would reject the guidance solely on the basis that it wasn't done by the book and signed by the President? >As for document found at the Archives without everything in >order, I have answer this objection about a dozen time. In >preparing document for the public many time the declassification >personnel might remove or change marking, coversheets, and >control #s, etc. I can appreciate that, but as you well know at times when you make a copy of a document, you can see exactly what was removed, or changed and tell something was in fact there. In some documents a control # was not there. This is especially true of the National Intelligence Estimates in the CIA RG at the archives. Cheers, Robert
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A few of my buddies and I headed out to Quebec Run Natural Area for a backpacking trip this weekend. We left the house on Friday around 6pm and parked at the Miller Run Trail head. We hiked 1.30 miles to a nice campsite along Quebec Run and set up our tents. There are 3 different camp sites along the 1.1 mile Quebec Run Trail, all offer great cover, fire rings and plenty of room for 3 tents. The rain came in at about 11pm and it poured on and off all night. When I woke up Saturday morning I had to string up the fly rod and cast to some Native Brookies before we set off for the hike. I caught 2 fish and let my friends try their luck at casting in very tight conditions, they missed a few fish but didn't land any.
After lunch we packed up and started up the mountain. After crossing Quebec Run Road the trail heads up the mountain side along the creek through some pine forest. After about .5 miles you hit the junction of Hess Trail. We decided to go left and hiked it 2 miles to the junction of Brocker Trail where we split right. This section showcased the dense ferns that covered the forest floor. After climbing about 700 feet and another 1.4 miles we arrived at the top of the mountain. We connected with Tebolt Trail and headed back down the mountain. This section followed Tebolt Run which was a very small mountain stream that contained some natives in the headwaters. The trail was also very rugged and contained many loose rocks that made walking interesting. We passed by 2-3 campsites at the top end of the trail that looked very cozy.
We decided to set up camp for the second night about 1 mile from Tebolt Road along the creek. This site also had plenty of room and cover for our 3 tents. I strung my rod up once again but didn't run into any fish. This stream is smaller then Quebec Run and harder to fish, access is rough because of the thick vegetation along the stream. The thunderstorms rolled in once again so I had to cook dinner outside my vestibule. After eating some chicken and rice, we took a shot of Whiskey and decided that we didn't want to sleep through the Thunderstorms again. At 7pm we started packing up shop and were on the trail by 7:30pm. We hiked at a very high speed and did the remaining 4 miles in 1.5 hours. We hiked Tebolt Trail all the way down to Mill Run Trail and back to the parking lot. Most of the last 4 miles were downhill or followed the creek bed so it was relatively easy.
The loop was about 11 miles long with the hardest section from Quebec Trail to Tebolt Trail. A very doable hike for beginners wanting to see the back country of the Laurel Highlands. There is plenty of water along the way so you don't need to bring any, just a water purifier and you will be set. There are many bears in the Quebec Run area so be cautious and hang your food away from your campsite.


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Estimate Your Carbon Footprint and Your Own Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Like the quest to act sustainably with resources and to be self-sufficient, carbon dioxide emissions are a personal responsibility as well as a national one. Your individual carbon footprint showcases your personal impact.
Your total footprint is the amount of greenhouse gases you produce in units of carbon dioxide via your net activities, such as electrical, oil and gas use, travel (car, train, plane, bike), and consumption of consumer goods and food that release carbon dioxide during processing and transport.
Things such as replacing light bulbs with more efficient LED ones, and using wind and solar power for your home, solar hot water units can make a big difference. However renewable energy is complicated and expensive and there are many simpler things you can do immediately.
We are all in this together and collectively individuals can make a difference. One of the keys to understanding what you can do is the visualize where most of your carbon dioxide emissions are coming from. Is it your electricity use? Is it your daily transport? Is it you airline travel?
This article provides a simple tool for calculating your own carbon footprint and seeing what activity is contributing most carbon dioxide.
How to Calculate Your Own Carbon Footpint
There are a number of free online tools with varying degrees of complexity and accuracy:
- The EPA Tool
To make a very simple estimate of your carbon emissions simply print the table below.
Make the calculations for each of the items shown, using the multipiers and add up the results.
While not as accurate as other methods it will be a good guide in relative terms.
It will show what are the major sources of carbon dioxide for your lifestyle and situation.
This will highlight the changes that are likely to be most effective in reducing your own footprint.
Find the two or three items with the largest totals and these will be the ones you should focus on first.
Experiment with various scenarios to examine how various changes you make will affect the outcome in the results and the totals.
See what sort of changes would be required to reduce your footprint by:
- 10%
- 25%
- 50%
- 75%
Explore the range of options available to achieve these targets.
Carbon Footprint Calculation Sheet to Estimate Total Tons of Carbon Dioxide You Emit Each Year
Carbon Source
Your Value
Monthly Electricity Bill ($)
Monthly Gas Bill ($)
Monthly Oil Bill ($)
Total Annual mileage for your car (miles per year)
Number of airplane flights less that 4 hours duration
Number of airplane flights more that 4 hours duration
Add 184 if you do not recycle newspapers and other paper
add 185
Add 166 if you do not recycle tin cans and aluminum cans
add 166
(sum the results)
How Do You Compare?
There are a number of general categories for footprint size (Total score in table above):
- Below 6,000 - Very small footprint - Well Done
- Above 22,000 - Very large footprint - Urgent Action Required
- 6000 - 22,000 - Moderate Footprint - Some action required to act more responsibly
How Can I Reduce the Size of My Carbon Footprint?
How to Reduce Your Electricity and Heating/Cooling Bills
- Unplug Devices when not in use
- Install a Smart Power meter or use an Electricity Use Tracker (various apps and other tools are available)
- Power Down Devices that are not being used
- Switch Off Lights when not being used
- Replace and clean air filters in your Home to improve efficiency
- Keep Doors and Windows Closed and install extra insulation
- Replace Appliances with Energy Efficient Ones
- Change your Thermostat to more Sustainable Levels
- Replace your light bulbs with energy efficient LED models
- Invest in Carbon Offsets
Other Methods
Focus on the two or three other items that contribute most to the results in the table.
© 2013 Dr. John Anderson
The calculator was great fun. My carbon footprint is incredibly low according to your calculator. I don't keep it that way for the reasons you do, but because I was put here to give honor to the creator.
A great share on a very important topic which we cannot fail to take note. Voted up.
A good article, Jeez, you're prolific lately! I have problem with all things Green: one thing is so many ecologists, etc., are so militant and don't want to listen to any point of view apart from their own. Climate Change for example. The fact man is polluting the planet and the seas doesn't take in consideration just how many extreme changes have come about over the millenniums...like the many Ice Ages we have recorded. And unless China, India and Brazil, to name just three developing nations, can begin to control their own Carbon Footprints, it will make little difference what we do in Britain.
Too many scientists arguing this way and that way for the layman to make a positive determination over just what is happening - and likely to happen - with our tiny world.
But nice hub Bob


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Potential benefits
HSRs lead to time-saving by providing reliable and time-bound journeys for passengers. They help in alleviating congestion on existing alternative travel modes, especially road and air. The requirement of land for large traffic volumes is substantially reduced due to the high carrying capacity of HSRs. The environment externalities are also reduced due to savings in vehicular emissions when passengers shift from other modes to HSRs. The investment boosts regional development and creates employment (direct, indirect and induced). HSRs reorganise connecting cities, towns, and areas by enhancing their reach.
There are broadly four types of costs in developing an HSR infrastructure. These costs are related to land, planning, infrastructure, and superstructure. The land cost is incurred on land acquisition, administrative, and legal fee. Planning costs include costs incurred on licences, permits, statutory approvals, feasibility studies, technical design, etc. The building of platforms, stations, viaducts, bridges, and tunnels constitute the infrastructure costs, which essentially depend on the terrain characteristics.
Superstructure costs involve expenditure on catenary, communications systems, electrical equipment, safety equipment, signalling systems, tracks, rail sidings, etc. Once the HSR infrastructure is built and starts functioning, there are overhead operational costs (such as power and labour costs) and maintenance costs.
Investment in HSR Infrastructure
Investment in HSRs, though usually supported by the governments, is evaluated through an economic approach, keeping in mind the demand volumes on existing alternative modes, existing capacities in rail, road and air modes, savings in travel time and accident costs due to modal shift, source of electricity proposed to power the HSRs, and expected economic agglomeration of the areas through which the proposed infrastructure shall pass.
Economic analysis assesses whether the associated potential benefits of an HSR infrastructure compensates the costs incurred on its infrastructure and operations. The quantitative parameter for an economic analysis is the economic internal rate of return (EIRR) which discounts the associated economic benefits of the HSR against its construction and maintenance costs. EIRR is used as a benchmark by multilateral agencies and is compared with the social discount rate of the country. An EIRR, at least equal or more than the social discount rate of the country, provides an economic justification to stakeholders for funding HSR projects.
HSRs in India
Indian Railways (IR) Vision 2020 document emphasises the need for increasing the speed of trains on its network. The document envisages the planning or implementation of at least four HSR projects.
Based on reports, we understand that a feasibility study for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR Project, undertaken recently, is being reviewed by the authorities . Among other projects, a pre-feasibility study of the Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar corridor is reportedly in progress, while a detailed project report (DPR) is in progress for the Delhi-Chennai corridor; we understand that a feasibility study for the Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysore corridor is in progress as well.
A few requirements for the successful implementation of HSRs in India include the development of a specific policy framework appropriate to HSR, appropriate funding mechanisms, funding sources, land acquisitions, socio-economic viability and technology selection. Besides these, there is an existing shelf of railway projects, including new line projects, gauge-conversion, and track doubling, many of which will improve the average speed of trains, but require significant funds for implementation.
In light of the above constraints, it may appear that there is a trade off in investment decisions related to increasing the speed of the existing trains or implementation of HSRs. However, while the development of a conventional network and the completion of stalled projects is undoubtedly a priority on one hand, looking forward to new technological advancements in HSRs, we believe, is equally important. Hence, a thorough yet conscious analysis can be crucial in setting the rationale for implementing big ticket projects like HSRs in India.
This article has been authored by Biswanath Bhattacharya, Partner, KPMG in India. The information contained herein is of a general nature and is not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual or entity. The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of KPMG in India.


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my girlfriend likes to play boardgames. last night we were playing cluedo. the glasgow edition. the board is much smaller due to poor quality glasgow housing. there are only two murder locations. the combined kitchen/bedroom/living room and the outside toilet. however there are seven times as many murder weapons including a sword, a shoe and a block of cheese the size of a car battery. i seen my girlfriend getting ready to guess so i thought i better have a go before her.
i guessed wrong with miss burberry tartan
in the outside toilet
with the bicycle chain
my girlfriend won with mr paisley pattern
in the combined kitchen/bedroom/living room
with the snooker ball in a sock
which led to me taking a huff, kicking the board through the window and killing my girlfriend
so that would be paul
in the living room
with the chair leg
her doberman took umbrage at me killing the girlfriend and killed me.
so that would be buttercup
in the living room
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A collection of high-profile experts and former government officials are urging the Senate to pass a bipartisan bill that would significantly boost federal aid to states and localities to secure their election systems.
A Feb. 21 letter signed by 21 former intelligence officials, members of Congress, secretaries of state and cybersecurity experts calls on Congress to pass the Secure Elections Act. The bill, introduced in December 2017, would authorize block grants to states to buy upgraded voting machines, direct the Department of Homeland Security to "promptly" share election cybersecurity threat information and boost the number of state and local election officials with security clearances.
The signers highlight the bill's measures to replace paperless voting machines, institute mandatory post-election audits and open up the financial and intelligence resources of the federal government to underfunded state and local governments, saying the framework strikes "a careful balance" between state and federal government in administering free and fair elections.
"States and municipalities cannot be left on their own to defend against sophisticated cyberattacks from foreign powers," the letter reads. "Just as the federal government provides state and local governments with grants to support security personnel and first-responders on the front lines of addressing terrorism and other national security threats, this legislation will enable prudent federal and state cost-sharing to deal with pressing cybersecurity issues."
Some sponsors of the Secure Elections Act have used Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Feb. 16 indictment of 13 Russian nationals and three organizations on charges of conspiracy and fraud to influence the 2016 election to stump for the bill, which has not passed the committee referral stage.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) released a statement shortly after the indictments were announced promoting the bill and arguing there are "clear bipartisan solutions" on the table for securing election infrastructure.
"It's clear Special Counsel Mueller is moving forward with his investigation of Russia's interference in our elections," said Klobuchar. "[W]hat's not clear is what Congress is going to do to prevent it from ever happening again."
However, another lead sponsor, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), told Meet the Press on Feb. 18 that he disagrees that the executive branch is doing nothing around election security, citing the work DHS is doing coordinating with states and localities. While he said he still hopes Congress will pass the Secure Elections Act, Lankford implied that the administration was already implementing many of its core recommendations.
"Much of what we have in that piece of legislation…this administration has started doing already," said Lankford. "That is security clearances for individuals and states, getting information to them much faster and trying to be able to make sure that information is auditable."
However, Lankford did not mention one of the bill's most high-profile provisions: dedicated federal funding for states to purchase upgraded voting machines. Members of Congress and cybersecurity experts have expressed concern that many states and localities are not investing in new voting machines or security measures, and many election officials in turn cite a lack of funding as the primary culprit.
The Election Assistance Commission and the National Institute for Standards and Technology are looking to address some of the larger holes in voting machine security through updated voluntary standards that it expects to formally roll out in May or June 2018.
EAC Chair Matthew Masterson told FCW that the commission purposely designed the deliberative process around the new standards to be as open and transparent as possible so that election officials can follow along and get an early head start on procurement and security decisions.
"Election officials have participated, voting system manufacturers have participated, advocates and academics have participated and so the entire community engaging in these discussions has a feel and a recognition for where [the standards] are going," said Masterson.
However, he acknowledged that it would likely take at least two to four years after the standards are published for them to work their way through the state and local budgeting and purchasing processes so that new machines could be deployed. That means that, absent a sudden infusion of new funding, many states will be relying on the same outdated machines for the 2018 and 2020 elections.


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"The cost of the US nuclear arsenal over the next 30 years will be
over $1.2tn, even before any new weapons ordered by the Trump
administration, and is unlikely to be affordable without cuts elsewhere
in the defence budget, according to a independent congressional report.
The total price tag marks nearly a 25% increase from previous
estimate, taking in the modernisation programme established under the
Obama administration, which account for $400bn, the Congressional Budget
Office (CBO) found. The costs would peak in the 2020s and the 2030s."
"American taxpayers have spent $1.46 trillion on wars abroad since September 11, 2001.
Department of Defense periodically releases a 'cost of war' report. The
newly released version, obtained by the Federation of American
Scientists Secrecy News blog, covers the time from the September 11th terrorist attacks through mid-2017."
NOW we're talking real money! How come this isn't talked about much? I'm going to guess that we don't really need our military in 150 countries... http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/04/us/table.military.troops/
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
some places where the US could save a load of money
Posted by Jeff Jacobsen at 7:13 AM
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