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Helping people with computers... one answer at a time.
With the evolution of technology, the practical reality is that a new computer is required periodically. I'll look at why and how often.
How do I get upgrade info and products for my 1983 IBM PC? I jest, but it opens a Pandora's Box of implications as to what to expect in the future via upgrades, new technology, and so on. Are we expected to buy a new computer every three years, such as with cell phones? Actually, I'm serious - sort of.
Well, you don't have to.
But, yes, the practical reality is that much like a cell phone, or better yet an automobile, you probably do want to buy a new computer every so often.
Let's look at why that's so and how frequently you'll probably want to do so.
The analogy that I like to use is that of your automobile.
Many of the issues are very, very similar, though the timeline for technology is much more compressed.
Let's say that you have a 1957 Chevrolet automobile. Chances are:
You're no longer getting recall notices for it.
You can't take it to just any service center for maintenance.
The manufacturer has stopped directly supporting it years ago.
It takes extra care and attention to keep it running well.
It doesn't have any of the safety features that are standard on current model cars and it can't be upgraded to include them.
It even needs a special fuel additive as the leaded gasoline that it requires is no longer available.
You get the idea. You can run it; as a matter of fact, you can do many things with it. But it's nowhere near current.
Sound familiar?
And every few years, you end up purchasing a replacement vehicle.
Now, let's visit an older computer - not your 1983 model yet, but something that's only 10 years old, running 10-year-old software (pre-Windows XP).
You're no longer getting updates for it.
You can't take it to just any technician for maintenance.
The manufacturer has stopped directly supporting it.
It takes extra care and attention to keep it running well.
It doesn't have any of the security and safety features that are standard on current computers and software and it can't be upgraded to include them.
New or current software typically doesn't run on it.
Once again, you get the idea. Your computer works, but it's nowhere near current. You can probably keep doing what you're doing, but not with the ability to upgrade or use the latest software.
And unlike the automobile, new security threats are arriving daily; threats that you're unable to protect yourself against to the same level that newer models and updated software would.
You might notice that I chose a 50+-year-old car and compared it against a 10-year-old computer. That's a reflection of the fact that the computer industry and its related technologies are moving at a significantly faster pace.
Let's face it - a 50-year-old computer likely wouldn't fit in your house, but a 10-year-old car is still quite serviceable.
So the question that arises is how often do you need to get a new computer?
And as always, the answer is: it depends.
I happen to be on a two- to three-year cycle, but this is what I do for a living. It's important that I have relatively current technology available. Not to mention that the machine being replaced is never discarded, but rather "trickled down" to other tasks. In fact, I discard machines here at about the 10-year mark. The computer that I most recently decommissioned was 13 years old. (A Dell Precision WorkStation 410 with two 450 megahertz processors, 256 megabytes of RAM, and a nine-gigabyte hard drive. It was impressive in its day, but seriously underpowered today.)
If your needs don't change over time, I could see the decade mark as a reasonable rule of thumb.
Perhaps what's more important is the support life cycle of the operating system that you have running on it. I don't like seeing people use operating systems that no longer receive even the most critical of security fixes; in my opinion, that means that if you're running any version of Windows prior to Windows XP, it's time to move on.
And to be clear, "moving on" may not mean a new machine - you can extend the life of your hardware by installing more current and supported software if that meets your needs. With 10-year-old hardware, that typically means a version of Linux.
The problem is that while it's exceptionally capable, Linux isn't for everyone. If you need Windows of some form, and currently supported versions won't run on your older hardware, then yes, it's time for a new machine.
While many people keep and use the same computer for many years, the more common upgrade driver is simply wanting to do more.
In the 13-year lifespan of my recently decommissioned machine, many things have changed. Even if there were supported software, that machine would have difficulty running today's applications that simply assume more powerful machines. Today's online video, both downloaded and streaming, is a great example of a technology that's risen in popularity in that timeframe. That 13-year-old machine might simply not be capable of it. Similarly, that nine-gigabyte drive, while it could be upgraded, isn't anywhere close to the data storage needs that most people need.
And those are just two examples. There are many, many things that we take for granted today that an older machine simply isn't capable of.
Typically, the most common reason to upgrade is that you've started demanding more and more of your computer, in the form of more recent and demanding versions of software, and in the form of new and novel uses for your computer that you've added over time. It's unlikely that any one of those new demands is enough to warrant newer or more capable hardware, but the accumulation over time will almost certainly reach a tipping point.
A tipping point that will have you looking for a new, more powerful machine.
A 1983 computer is a classic, much like that '57 Chevy. If it's working and usable in some form, it's noteworthy and something that I suspect hobbyists might well be interested in.
I'd seriously consider offering it to a local computer museum or computer club as an artifact of times past.
And for the record, yes - it's time to upgrade.
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Interesting article. I had my first pc 13 years ago. What i prefer to do is keep upgrading the pc part by part. Like i used my old pc for 7 years. After 7 years except the motherboard everything was changed. Then i got a new pc. Few months ago i got a new motherboard, and kept all other stuff same. What i want to say is replace the outdated part. Earlier it was crt to lcd. Now it is dual core to i5.
The question of replacing your computer is quite complex, depending on your usage, what is running on it, and where it is used. I regularly use 3 computers -- one at my small business, and 2 at home. The work computer runs Windows 2000 -- it has been updated as much as possible, and is sitting behind a router secured from the Internet. GRC (grc.com) has noted that my ports are all rated "stealth." I have anti-virus software on it. The reason that I haven't upgraded the computer is that my HARDWARE will not work properly on any newer operating systems, and this equipment is essential to my business. Hence, no updates. One home PC is running Windows XP (bought in 2007 -- and already obsolete??) My other computer I have had since September 2000 and is running Windows Me. It is NOT connected to the Internet and starts up quickly - 5 seconds - and is used for "quick and dirty" things such as running Office 2000 applications (they run fine, and meet my needs (Excel, Access, Word.) Why should I have to "relearn" to use another OS when these three different OS's work fine for me? Now, here comes Windows 8 with more changes. I dread the updates - I see more inconvenience ahead. Some of us don't need a Windows 7 when Win 2K, or Win XP will do. I have a modern browser (Firefox, which still runs fine on Win 2K) and can do everything that I need to do adequately enough.
Yeah I agree. I still got my old Antec 300 case and still does the job, and since then I had 3 motherboards upgrade, 2 PSUs, 2 Graphic cards, RAM upgrade and hard drives saving considerable amount of money instead of buying three different computers.
Also, it's a good learning process if we custom build and upgrading hardware. That way you can save cost instead of sending your computer away for repair and be charged for it plus the self-satisfaction of fixing a problem yourself if things go wrong.
Obviously if you have a very old computer, no point attempting to upgrade, so the best thing to do is to custom build instead of getting an OEM machine. Custom building is not hard as many people still thinks so.
Gary - I noticed you mentioned GRC (grc.com). Testing from them is pretty much obsolete now. It is out of date for a long while now and no antiviruses/firewalls take noticed of that any more.
Even few years back, some vendors just incorporated the leaktest to give them the impression that it's secure. I wouldn't worry too much about the "results" from GRC.
Interesting discussion. I bought my first PC, PC-AT, in 1988 and it is still with me. I have almost all the generations of PCs. How often one should change a computer system, again depends upon need and depth of your pocket. In India, for example, one can not change the hardware as often as one changes in more advanced countries. My researches have shown that most of the persons use a computer just for word processing or similar jobs. Very few use a computer system for CPU intensive tasks. Hence what I feel, one should squeeze last drop from one's hardware.
Personally, being a very senior IT man, I have to change PCs or my laptops after 2 or 3 years, yet as Leo has mentioned, I also use the decommissioned hardware for other tasks or donate it to other persons or institutions.
Again, it is upto us to decide. Good work Leo.
The supply/demand curve is a well known fact in the eb-and-flow of today's markets. We are constantly sold new and "better" technology and everyone just keeps chomping at the bit. Therefore technology keeps rifling forward with it's changes. I shutter at using the word "better" because that's not always the case...in fact, does anyone remember when you used to buy something and you'd actually expect it to last a decade or two? I for one have put on the brakes and plan to keep using my outdated equipment. Frankly, I can't afford it...new technology. I'm an IT professional and I still have a "flip phone" because I refuse to pay for a data package and a hi-tech smart phone. If more do what I do the businesses driving forward with all the change will be forced to comply by making their existing products/services better instead of just newer.
I upgrade as much as possible. bigger hd's, more memory and what I can, but I've reached the limit for memory for my MoBo at 4 gigs.
Comes the time when I'm spending more time futzing with the computer fixing hardware glitches than using it, I take that long hard look.
This T3656 e'machine running XP Pro is a bit over 4 years old but still fills my needs. I surf, listen to music, chat with buds and play games. I'm not using this thing in any business related sense.
I'm shopping for something better and want to have a lot of headroom for Windows 7, but I'm in no hurry and I'm picky on what I spend my money on.
As long as 'You Stupid POS' still kicks up some dust...
Well... to begin, I pride myself on being an Obsolete Person, have been for decades. Let's start with the car. "Foolish Carriage" is 46 years young. A 1964 Buick Special, she starts instantly every day, summer and winter, and that's important in Montana. She's a very simple car, open the hood and you just see the V6 engine, surrounded mostly by cavernous open space. Open the hood of any new car today, and I run away Screaming. There is not one single bit of computer/electronic anything in Foolish Carriage, except for the stereo, which has stopped working.
The automatic transmission has never needed an overhaul, doesn't leak oil, and the Transmissionologist tells me it was one of the best transmissions ever made, and you don't need to change its oil or do anything. Just leave it alone.
A while back it needed to have the starter replaced. Rebuilt starter was $18 at the auto parts, and the neighborhood teenager (who is 1/2 weightlifter and 1/2 mechanic) installed it under a tree in the backyard for $20. Less than an hour, done! And this rebuilt starter is better than the original.
I did have the engine overhauled 5 years ago, about $2K and parts were no problem, everything available. Next is going to be a complete restoration, and I'm told if I do this the car will be worth about $20,000.
In another decade from today, Foolish Carriage will still be running, whilst nearly all the new cars will have gone to the junkyard. You see, the problem now is that when all the stuff starts to break down, nobody will be able to afford the repairs. Then, there is that light "Check Engine" which comes on. What this means is, "Go Directly to Dealer and Bring $1,000 Bill !!!!" Thank you, no.
In my next post I'll talk about all the old computers still in daily use in the businesses.
-- js
Dear Leo, always a fan of yours. My system is about 10 years old now (a Compaq pc D530) and I'm perfectly happy with it. I don't need upgrades; they don't improve my machine capacities and are sometimes counterproductive. And why should I update my drivers? They work! I use Google Chrome for my internet and cloud matters, therefore am less dependant of Microsoft related software. I've always been contrary to the all-in-one computer anyway. I watch TV and movies on my TV-set, listen to my music on my radio and play games on my game console. They give me the best performances. You don't want your car to be a flying machine or a submarine either, do you. You suggest Linux as an alternative, but it has the same issues as an old OS: it's always behind and does not support everything. So I'll just keep on sticking to Windows XP as long as it won't bite me.
I've upgraded mostly as my needs expanded. After our Commodore 64 ran out of horsepower, I bought a used Zenith "luggable" (about the size of a sewing machine) with 7" amber monitor and 30 Mb hard card. It was OK on the road, but when the company provided a hand-me-down Toshiba laptop, I jumped at it. I also decided to give the Zenith to my son and buy a Pentium II Dell with 1 Gb hard drive. I upgraded to 10 Gb at Y2K, but it had to be partitioned 5X and finally failed, so I bought my present Dell 9100. It does everything pretty well, but I've almost filled its 300 Gb hard drive. I do some CAD and some video editing on it. I did an image to an external drive a couple days ago and it took 22-hours, including verification! I'd like to upgrade to SATA and USB 3.0. It's hard to justify because we're stuck with dial-up here and the fastest computer on the planet won't help that problem!
Up until about 6 or 7 years ago, I built and maintained my own PC's. I noticed the setup getting more and more complicated, with more things that "just wouldn't work right first time".
Sinse then, i've bought 2 PC's and a laptop, all when their predecessor finally bit the big one.
Software nowadays ASSUMES you continually keep up with S.O.T.A., as well as having permanent broadband (I still don't).
Of course not everyone can run out and buy a new computer every time Microsoft decides to jam a new operating system down our throats. Or Apple for that matter. I know to many people who just can't afford to keep up.
Having a PC repair business, I am occasionally running into customers who are still using older PC's. That's fine if, just like an older car, you are willing to spend a little on it from time to time. I have customers, though, that have that 8 or 10 year old desktop with Windows XP and it's original 256 mb. of ram memory (most from this era can used up to 1, 2 or sometimes even 4 gb.'s of ram). When updates, anti-virus or other software is installed, usually in the course of a 'tune up', the computer slows to a crawl. I then hear "why all of a sudden is it running so poorly?". That's simple: when XP first came out, it ran quite well with 1/4 gb. of ram but after 10 years of updates, Windows XP is roughly 4 times it's original size and requires increased memory to keep up. That newer software (even a simple video game) probably won't even try to install unless you upgrade the '.net' version, upgrade to Windows Installer 3.1, etc. All these updates need more power to run (ie: more memory). It's kind of like putting a '75 Chevette engine in a newer F150 and wondering why it doesn't have the same power anymore! Bottom line is: no, most of us don't need to buy new computers every few years, but with the hundreds of dollars you are saving please spend $30 or $40 for another gigabyte or two of memory. You won't be dissappointed!
Good comments by everyone! I especially liked the one with the Buick Special. I remember those days. Up until about 1990 or so, I used to do much of my work on my car; now, as you say, just "go to the dealer with $1000 in your pocket."
How about replacing components when you decide you need a better PC?
A 1983 Computer?
Try a Commodore-128! (I actually have one!) And I use it, too!
SPECIFICATIONS: 1Hz speed, 8bit architecture, 128K RAM, Operating system stored in ROM, No GUI, BASIC programming language built in, 1200 baud modem support, a 25-line, 80-character, 16-color text screen (with special graphics modes available), a pretty sophisticated sound synthesis system that even to this day hasn't been quite equalled anywhere else... and, oh yes, one other thing: an "on command" automatic downgrade to the Commdore-64, for backwards compatibility with that earlier system, which was even more primitive!
And I love it!!! To quote a very old television commercial: "I adore my 64!" :) :) :)
" I don't like seeing people use operating systems that no longer receive even the most critical of security fixes; in my opinion, that means that if you're running any version of Windows prior to Windows XP, it's time to move on."
Yep buddy, time to move on to Linux Ubuntu. You can run Ubuntu in old hardware and keep the latest security updates. Oh yes, and is free.
I can guarantee you, Ubuntu is for everyone and easire than Windows. So dont get rid of your old pc just yet and try it first, you will be surprised.
I don't need all this fancy windows schmindows garbage. You young punks with your newfangled CRT monitors and your mouses don't know nothing.
My IBM 360 was my first computer and it's the only one I need. It also heats my house in the winter. I store my documents on a hard drive the size of a washing machine. My software is on punch cards hanging on a clothesline.
Also, why should I upgrade my Model T Ford? Humbug! When the engine quit working in 1962 I just hitched it up to my old horse. Then I got a new horse. Then another one. My neighbors leave me alone because the horse stinks. I haven't spent a dime on gas in years!
Beat that, suckers! Now get off my lawn!
While my desktop pc is fairly up to date, less than a year old. I wonder if software manufacturers (inc microsoft) and pc manufacturers realize the realities of life, at the moment the majority of people are struggling for money and cannot affor to buy a new pc every year or so, leave things as they are for a while...
When it comes to PC hardware, gamers have it hard.
Game writers don't write stuff for current hardware, they write stuff for hardware that hasn't been invented yet.
I bought a state-of-the-art laptop a while back (XPS) and even before the warranty had run out, it had become the 'minimum' required for the latest wave. My current desktop is four times as powerful as my laptop was, and still struggles to keep up.
Often the problem with games is that they require an advanced graphics card. Games rely very heavily on the graphics card, and often a game will run better on a slower computer with a good graphic card than a faster computer with a less advanced graphic card.
@Mark J
The laptop was a dual-core 1Gb processor, with a 256mb NVidia graphics card.
The desktop is a quad-core 2.4Gb processor with a 1Gb ATI Crossfire-capable graphics card. My "4x" was an approximation, but did apply to both processor and graphics.
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CYPRUS has a high standing on the press freedom index, compiled every year by the Reporters Without Borders (RWB) group. In 2018 it climbed five places to 25th above more developed democracies like France, Italy, Britain, Spain and the US. Press freedom is respected in Cyprus, government and politicians do not bully or intimidate media and journalists are free to do their job any way they please. There is much more intimidation and intolerance of free speech on social media, but that is another matter.
In Cyprus it is not the politicians that restrict press freedom, but the judiciary which issues restrictive orders and injunctions against media and takes a long time to issue rulings. In mitigation, judges could argue they were obliged to enforce antiquated laws that date back to colonial times and have never been updated. As regards the delays in issuing rulings the clogged-up court system is no justification for taking a year to examine an appeal against an injunction placing restrictions on what the press can report.
RWB highlighted the gagging order imposed on Politis newspaper by the court, preventing it from publishing hacked emails between state attorney Eleni Loizidou and the Russian Federation's prosecutor-general's office, as an example of the how the judiciary affects press freedom. The order was imposed at the end of 2017, an appeal was filed by the paper in January 2018 and it is scheduled to be heard 13 months later, this February.
The court decision not only suppressed press freedom – publication of the emails was in the public interest as they exposed the subservience of Cyprus authorities to Moscow – but also delayed appeal against the illiberal court order. As the RWB noted in its report, "the gagging order is still in effect despite an international campaign against this press freedom violation."
This is not the only way the judiciary undermines press freedom. Libel laws are antiquated and weighted against press freedom. For years, the authorities have been saying the libel law will be modernised, but this has never happened and it still works as a tool for restricting press freedom. Even the way damages are calculated penalises a media company, because a judge charges interest on the amount decided from the day the suit was filed. This could have been five or six years earlier, but the delays were the exclusive responsibility of the court.
There is no denying we have a high level of press freedom in Cyprus, but there is still room for improvement, especially in the way the law and, by extension, the judiciary deals with the matter.

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LXC : Debian reported issue still not fixed
Hi everyone ! As you know I recently started to play with LXC :-)
At the beginning of my tests, I unfortunately found an annoying bug which avoid performing correct Debian installation over LVM.
I tried to resolve it by myself but didn't had enough time to finish my investigation. After quick searches, I found that other people found the bug on github : https://github.com/simonvanderveldt/lxc-debian-wheezy-template/issues/1#issuecomment-21303483
As a rule, I searched it on Debian bugs list but nothing was reported. I opened a new bug to report this one and gived my investigation on it with the reproducing method. You can check how fast my problem was closed without any constructive reasons : http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=716839
More than that, the fix was given by Robert Brockway but the bug was closed and set as fixed by Daniel Baumann (core maintainer of LXC package) without being applyed and resolved !
I still don't understand how it is possible to have such maintainers in a so big project (Debian). My question is : how do we do to make those kind of guys understand that they need to talk more with community and stop being so narrow.
This is a tiny fix that correct an LXC deployment method available in Debian Wheezy (current stable). We give the fix to correct a problem of an already existing functionality and it is refused because the maintainer said : "choose another method". WTF ?
I'll try to talk to other Debian's members to get a help on resolution of that ticket. But what a wasting time !
Other related informations : https://github.com/simonvanderveldt/lxc-debian-wheezy-template


text: Social Pro Daily The Clemson Tigers Roared on Twitter During Monday Night's National Championship Game The top moment was Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts getting tackled for a loss on fourth downBy David Cohen|January 8, 2019 Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., in a quieter momentWolterk/iStockShare By David Cohen|January 8, 2019 Share Clemson University blew out the University of Alabama 44-16 in the College Football Playoff National Championship game Monday night, and Twitter shared the top moments, players and tweets from Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.The social network said Clemson fans can continue to use the #AllIn hashtag to add the Tigers hashtag-triggered emoji to their tweets until a new national champion is crowned next year.The top five moments from Monday night's game, measured in tweets per minute: Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts gets tackled for a loss on fourth down to end the third quarter (13,000 tweets per minute) Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence throws a five-yard touchdown to wide receiver Tee Higgins, giving Clemson a 44-16 lead (13,000) The end of the game (12,000) Lawrence throws a 74-yard touchdown to WR Justyn Ross to give Clemson a 37-16 lead in the third quarter (10,000) Alabama fails to convert a fake field goal attempt (8,000) The most mentioned Clemson Tigers players: Lawrence Ross WR Hunter Renfroe The most mentioned Alabama Crimson Tide players: QB Tua Tagovailoa Hurts WR Jerry Jeudy The night's most retweeted tweets: The real reason 'Bama's down 21…#NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/AdOeKY1u43 — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 8, 2019 Is 'Bama gonna make a comeback? pic.twitter.com/EJ9z7QpGg7— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 8, 2019 ROSSED.#NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/qXrs3BCDJg— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 8, 2019 Gameday! National Championship.????:Santa Clara,CA⏰:7pm CST ????: ESPN#OutworkYesterday#NationalChampionship#CFBPlayoff#RollTide pic.twitter.com/bajyPRu4Fb — Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) January 7, 2019 Trevor Lawrence is BALLIN'#NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/0GP0tnlEGt— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) January 8, 2019 interesting fit for Lil Wayne at the #NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/x69IIdQRzQ— Complex Music (@ComplexMusic) January 8, 2019 This is absolutely unreal. I cannot believe what I'm witnessing @ClemsonFB do to @AlabamaFTBL. I have never seen a Nick Saban team get beat like this. This is pure domination. — Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) January 8, 2019 The first major college football team to go 15-0 since 1897!The Clemson Tigers are national champions! pic.twitter.com/xJMyWw2roj— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 8, 2019 "Remember Jalen last year? Keep throwing picks and that's about to be you."#NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/5b4mqls5a6— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 8, 2019 Finally, some exclusive behind-the-scenes content from Levi's Stadium, including players who participated in the #LockedIn video series: #ALLIN for the champions. #CFBPlayoff pic.twitter.com/VkzT95cpDz— Twitter Sports (@TwitterSports) January 8, 2019 #ALLIN or #RollTide?Rep your squad tonight and make your Tweets #NationalChampionship caliber with reaction GIFs. When composing a Tweet just search in the GIF button: "@Twitter" and "National Championship" then pick your favorite. pic.twitter.com/1m8aZ1L62k— Twitter Sports (@TwitterSports) January 8, 2019 The ???? are #LockedIn. #CFBPlayoff | #NationalChampionship | #ALLIN pic.twitter.com/Ri6sOIGSye— Clemson Football (@ClemsonFB) January 7, 2019 We're #LockedIn for the #NationalChampionship #OutworkYesterday#RollTide pic.twitter.com/V5ujdILVEX— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) January 7, 2019 The #NationalChampionship is TOMORROW!!!I'm #LockedIn ... are you?! pic.twitter.com/7tP3sdvObh— Maria Taylor (@MariaTaylor) January 7, 2019 One half away from a #CFBPlayoff champion. pic.twitter.com/U4gTlp6tai— Twitter Sports (@TwitterSports) January 8, 2019 Another one. #NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/IpeQNDjq2F— Twitter Sports (@TwitterSports) January 8, 2019 Clemson up big heading into the 4th. Will Bama come back? #NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/WKmKIS0JHr— Twitter Sports (@TwitterSports) January 8, 2019 Trevor Lawrence is going to be the highest coveted athlete for shampoo and conditioner brands since Troy Polamalu pic.twitter.com/1bxgMIvG66— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 8, 2019 Share https://adweek.it/2sh95cm copy David Cohen David Cohen is editor of Adweek's Social Pro Daily. Adweek Adweek


text: BUSINESS Weinsteins wild about 'Mad Ones' 5:00 AM PDT 7/17/2007 by Gregg Goldstein , AP FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Empty NEW YORK -- The Weinstein Co. has optioned film rights to develop and produce Tom Folsom's nonfiction Mafia book, "The Mad Ones: Crazy Joe and the Revolution at the Edge of the Underworld," with its Weinstein Books division nabbing North American publication rights."Mad Ones," set to hit U.S. bookshelves in 2009, chronicles the lives of the Gallo brothers, three infamous 1960s-era Brooklyn gangsters: Joey "Crazy Joe" Gallo, Albert "Kid Blast" Gallo and Larry Gallo. It traces their attempt to overthrow the local Mafia and Crazy Joe's travels in the Greenwich Village counterculture scene.The Weinstein Co. also acquired TV and home video rights to the project in the pre-emptive deal from Zoe Pagnamenta at PFD New York.Folsom's credits include writing and directing docus for A&E and Showtime. He co-authored Nicky Barnes' autobiographical mob book, "Mr. Untouchable: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Heroin's Teflon Don," and was an editor at Rugged Land Books. Weinstein Co. executive vp business and legal affairs Eric Roth and CAA negotiated to obtain film rights for the studio. Senior vps production Renee Witt and Kelly Carmichael and vp production and development Eric Robinson will oversee the project. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Gregg Goldstein email@example.com @thr AP firstname.lastname@example.com @thr


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More lies from the BBC...
BBC One has commissioned a seventh series of Would I Lie To You?
Host Rob Brydon and team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell will all return for the new run of the panel show, which is due to air in a primetime Friday-night slot later in the spring.
Peter Holmes, executive producer for programme-makers Zeppotron says: 'I would be lying if I said I wasn't delighted to be making a seventh series of Would I Lie To You? I would be telling the truth if I said that I gave this quote wearing only my underpants.'
The series will be recorded at Pinewood Studios from next month, and will air later in the spring.
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Ask Eartha: Create your own zero-waste event
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Dear Eartha,
I always volunteer to be a Zero Waste Warrior at the Frisco BBQ. I'm proud to help keep so much waste out of the landfill! Lately I've been wondering how I can bring the zero-waste mentality to events at work. Do you have any suggestions for getting started?
— Molly, Frisco
Molly, thanks for your question and for being a Zero Waste Warrior — we appreciate you! The town of Frisco and High Country Conservation Center are dedicated to creating as little landfill waste as possible during the BBQ, but we couldn't do it without all our volunteers. Last year, we composted and recycled 75 percent of the waste generated at the event — that's a lot of bones and corn cobs.
The BBQ regularly sees between 30,000-40,000 people strolling Frisco's Main Street, but the basic guidelines for creating a zero-waste event are similar no matter how small (or large) your shindig is. Here are some things to keep in mind for your next office birthday party, company picnic, festival — you name it.
Be a Champion
Zero-waste events don't happen on their own. You need a champion involved in the planning process so that everyone involved in putting the event together understands and buys-into the zero-waste goal. That champion could be you.
Make a Plan
While it's an admirable goal, a zero-waste event doesn't have to generate absolutely zero garbage — although it's doable. What's most important is to begin thinking about how to create less landfill waste overall. You'll need to consider all the logistics so that your zero-waste plans complement the type of event you're having. For example, you might be able to use durable dishware and utensils at a small office party if you have access to a dishwasher, but maybe not at a companywide picnic.
Regardless of event type, your goal should be to recycle and compost everything accepted in our local programs. Understand what materials are collected for recycling and composting before you purchase anything. If you're unsure about local recycling rules, the High Country Conservation Center is a great resource for figuring out what's accepted in our community.
If you are going to use disposable dishware, look for eco-friendly options made of bamboo or recycled content. And do you really need season- or holiday-specific decorative napkins? Could you get by with cloth or recycled content napkins instead? As for food service, can you serve in bulk rather than individually wrapped items? Trash might be inevitable, but thinking about how to minimize the environmental impact of that trash is key.
Create a User-Friendly System
The best systems make it easy to comply with zero-waste goals. Place recycling and compost containers next to every trash can, and — equally important — make sure these containers are well labeled and monitored whenever possible. You might create signs with pictures of what goes into each container, or you could even tape items to the containers themselves. Whatever you do, make it obvious what goes where, keeping in mind that you'll be most successful if you can recruit volunteers to help folks sort their waste.
Make it Fun
Zero-waste doesn't have to be a chore — it can be fun! Use the opportunity to inspire your guests to get in the zero-waste mentality, too, by creating table decorations out of natural materials or posting trash trivia by your waste stations. You could even make a game out of correct sorting, while simultaneously calling attention to the importance of what you're doing.
Zero-waste isn't just a fad. Many cities across the U.S. have set zero-waste goals, including Minneapolis, Oakland and Austin. Businesses are setting zero-waste goals, too, with Subaru, New Belgium, Unilever, Ikea all on board. Zero waste isn't difficult to achieve; it simply requires a change in thinking.
For Summit County businesses interested in decreasing their environmental footprints — whether by reducing waste, tackling energy inefficiency or educating staff — consider joining HC3's Resource Wise sustainable business program. Free for businesses, Resource Wise provides free sustainability and energy assessments, recommendations for improvement, and coaching. Businesses that earn enough points to become certified in the program receive free local marketing from HC3. For more information, check out HighCountryConservation.org/Resource-Wise or call 970-668-5703.
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George Pell sentenced: Wodonga sexual abuse survivor Rhonda Janetzki outside Melbourne court
"Children, from the moment they are sexually abused, have a life sentence," says child sexual abuse survivor Rhonda Janetzki, of Wodonga.
And that's what she believes George Pell should have received.
Mrs Janetzki, who suffered sexual abuse as a child in a Border Catholic institution run by the Sisters of Mercy, travelled to Melbourne on Wednesday to watch Pell sentenced to a non-parole period of three years and eight months in jail.
But a couple of years - or six years if Pell serves the maximum term imposed - is nothing compared to the lifetime of suffering his victims have lived with, she said.
"A lot of people who these [institutional sexual abuse] crimes were committed against couldn't live with the shame, the pain and heartache - they're not here," she said.
"He lived such a privileged life and because of his privilege he was confident he could get away with abusing children and helping other people cover it up.
"Six years, or three years and eight months, compared to a lifetime of trauma, sickness…I would have liked to have seen him get more time."
Outside the courtroom, many survivors relived their own childhood traumas, Mrs Janetzki said.
"It brought back a lot of feelings," she said. "There was a fear he would get off with a slap on the wrist.
"I'm glad he has jail time and will be on the public record as a paedophile."
Mrs Janetzki hopes the jailing of a cardinal will help change laws to keep children safe and show that no one was above the law.
She said the verdict showed victims were finally being believed, something which often did not occur when they first spoke up.
"The Catholic nuns brainwashed us into thinking everything happened to us was our fault,she said.
"If it was women who tempted a man to sin then it must be your fault, it's your shame, it's your crime and you have to live with it."
Mrs Janetzki said for many the National Redress Scheme an 'excruciating' experience and she was still waiting to hear about her claim.
"You have to go back into those dark caves you never wanted to go back in again," she said.
"You spend a lifetime trying to lock them up and forget but you could never forget. It's in your nightmares and dreams and in every aspect of your life, all the time.
"Your darkest memories were... handed over to those who perpetrated those crimes against you and you had to go into every aspect of your life and tell the scheme how it affected you in everything you did.
"Then someone you never met will dictate how severe these crimes were - sexual assault on child is a life-altering and life-destroying crime."
Mrs Janetzki said Albury and Wodonga was filled with care leavers who "went to the country to hide from what happened to them".
She said the government needed to put its foot down and make it clear to the Catholic church that everyone is answerable to the country's law and that church law is not above Australian law.
"It is every persons responsibility to make sure every child in Australia is safe and someone who knows this is happening to a child and doesn't speak up and doesn't defend a child is as guilty as the person who committed that crime," she said.
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ORANGE – Stopping Strathmore running back Joseph Garcia was difficult enough for the Orange High football team in the CIF State Division 6-AA championship game Saturday night at El Modena High.
The Panthers also committed an inordinate amount of penalties.
Garcia carried 43 times for 212 yards and four touchdowns, the Panthers were penalized 14 times for 123 yards as they fell to the Spartans 31-29.
The Panthers, who won the CIF SS Division 13 title and the Division 6-AA Southern California championship, finished the season 13-3. Strathmore finished 16-0.
"Obviously, you don't want to end a season losing a football game," Panthers coach Robert Pedrozza said. "You get to the 16th (game) and its hard to be mad. Our young guys got a taste of it tonight and we're going to build on it for next year."
On a 74-yard touchdown drive by Strathmore in the second half, the Panthers defense committed five penalties for 52 yards. The TD gave the Spartans a 23-16 lead.
The list of penalties included a facemask penalty, a pass interference penalty and two personal fouls.
"We made too many penalties and it hadn't caught up to us all year," Pedrozza said. "The kids knew it would catch up to us eventually and it caught up to us tonight."
Orange also gave up too many big plays, especially on third and fourth downs.
One critical series came in the third quarter after the Panthers quarterback Jason Wilkinson connected with Jordan Schmidt for a 70-yard touchdown pass, making the score 23-22
On the ensuing drive, the Spartans faced a third-and 19 from their 8 and the Panthers had a chance to get the ball back with good field position if they could make Strathmore punt.
Instead, Garcia ran for 22 yards, converting the first down.
Strathmore then converted a fourth-and-5 from the Orange 13, which led to a touchdown and gave the Spartans a 31-22 lead late in the fourth.
Orange drove down the field quickly on the ensuing possession and scored on a 6-yard run by Joseph Martinez, which made the score 31-29.
The Panthers couldn't recover the onside kick and Strathmore ran out the clock.
"We just couldn't make plays that we've made all year," Pedrozza said. "They were better than us tonight."
Strathmore was playing in a state championship game for the second year in a row.
The Spartans went into the 2016 Division 6-AA state championship game undefeated, but lost to St. Patrick-St. Vincent of Vallejo 29-28.
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Strathmore 31, Orange 29
Strathmore 7 8 8 8 — 31
Orange 8 8 6 7 — 29
PASSING – Salas (Str) 0-5-0, Wilkinson (Orange) 11-18-225, 2TDs
RUSHING – (Str) Garcia 43-212, Acevedo 6-14, (Orange) Martinez 16-70
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Thursday, June 15, 2017
June Recommendations
CLAYTON BYRD GOES UNDERGROUND, by Rita Williams-Garcia, features young, harmonica-playing Clayton, who loves the blues as much as Cool Papa, his electric guitar-playing grandfather, does. When Cool Papa dies and Clayton's mom gives away all of Cool Papa's instruments, Clayton runs off to join the blues band that he and Cool Papa used to jam with. Clayton has adventures and learns a thing or two, but so does his mom. It's an appealing story about loss and forgiveness. (MG)
In THE LOTTERYS PLUS ONE, by Emma Donoghue, nine-year-old Sumac Lottery is a member of a very large, very boisterous, uber-diverse family consisting of two pairs of same-sex parents, seven homeschooled kids with unique interests, and plenty of pets, all living in an old brick mansion in Canada. Enter one grumpy, conservative grandpa who needs to stay with them, after accidentally setting his own house on fire. Sumac finds her familiar world shaken to its core, in this wonderfully zany, clever, heartfelt story. (MG)
Right now I'm finishing up the third book in S. E. Grove's Mapmaker's Trilogy, which began with THE GLASS SENTENCE, was followed by THE GOLDEN SPECIFIC, and concludes with THE CRIMSON SKEW. In the Great Disruption of 1799, continents were flung into different time periods and stranded there. Thirteen-year-old Sophia, her cartographer uncle Shadrack, and refugee Theo embark on a series of globe-and-time-trotting adventures to save each other, find Sophia's parents, and put an end to a terrible war that threatens the stability of New Occident and other civilizations, past, present, and future. This incredible trilogy features rich, layered plots and intricate world building that should satisfy anyone who loves Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials. (10-14)
A TORCH AGAINST THE NIGHT is the sequel to Sabaa Tahir's best-selling debut, AN EMBER IN THE ASHES. It's likewise full of twists and turns, action, adventure, and just enough romance to keep things interesting. In this volume, Laia and Elias are fleeing the city of Serra, trailed by elite soldiers of the Martial Empire, as they make for the notorious Kauf prison to free Laia's brother Darin. I was relieved to find this installment was less crazy-violent than the first one, but it's certainly just as thrilling. (YA)
And, finally, I'm on a Jon Agee kick right now. His MY RHINOCEROS is another charming, tongue-in-cheek farce from a picture book master. Having a rhinoceros for a pet is not like having a dog at all. No, instead of chasing balls, or sticks, or frisbees, a rhinoceros will pop balloons and poke holes in kites. It's more useful than it sounds! Pair this with SPARKY! by Jenny Offil and Chris Appelhans, for some offbeat, new-pet fun. (PB)
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Alliance Operation City (former Alliance for Independent Culture and Youth Center) is a collaboration platform of NGOs, art organizations, informal groups and individuals. Formally, Alliance is association with 32 member organizations. Its mission is to foster development of independent culture and self-organizing of youth actors through various activities: art and cultural programs such as Operation:City, international conferences, and regular public discussions. Alliance initiated and found together with the City of Zagreb a public institution that provides basic services and manage infrastructure for programs of civil society organizations – Zagreb Center for Independent Culture and Youth.
Alliance started as informal platform in 2005 when it initiated advocacy campaign for improvement of the position of both sectors. Alliance founders are two national networks (Clubture, network of independent culture, and Croatian Youth Network), organizations gathered around local collaborative platform Zagreb – Kapital of Culture 3000, and three non-profit clubs (MaMa, Mochvara, Attack!). The Alliance was registered in 2006.


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FeminaJazz, is a Festival that takes the challenge and demonstrates the virtuosity, talent and undoubtable passion of Women in Jazz.
Only between 15% and 20% Jazz festival programming are women leading their projects.
FeminaJazz aims to create a dialogue and exchange for professionals and artists promoting women in Jazz.
FeminaJazz take place in different cities and each year with a different focused country. In its firts edition 2019, took place in Olot, Cádiz and Madrid and the focus country was Portugal.
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Setting Up A Blog Part 1: The DIY Self-Hosting Method
There are an abundance of quality free "sign-up" blogging services scattered across the Web, with big names like Tumblr, WordPress.com and Blogger becoming increasingly popular as their numbers grow. It wasn't always this way, and a few years ago the go-to platform for bloggers was the humble standalone WordPress blog.
The open source blogging engine is still massively popular, even MakeUseOf uses a heavily modified WordPress install to bring you articles like this. For individuals, casual bloggers and newcomers to the art of expressing yourself online the question remains – what's better: a self-hosted WordPress blog or membership to one of the free "sign-up" services? It's time to work out which blogging option is right for you.
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The answer to this conundrum is going to be entirely subjective and differ based on your personal requirements. One thing you should do is make a decision and stick to it – if you intend on starting a blog to further your career, cause or simply because you've got something to say then the longer you spend considering the inner workings the more time you could spend actually writing. As someone who writes regularly for a living, that comes from the heart.
Setting up a blog requires a few components: web-hosting, a domain name and some software. While there are cheap web-hosts available, a small personal blog should not be expensive to host and is almost always worth the money. If you're looking for good web-hosting beware of quantity over quality – 10GB of hosting might be enough space to host 100 websites but poor uptime and unreliable support will spell disaster. It's always best to buy within your means and upgrade at a later time if you find you need more space, transfer or features.
If you do choose to go the self-hosted route then you'll enjoy the amount of control you have over your website. You can literally change the bricks and mortar that is your website – your code, images, plugins and of course the blogging engine that will power everything. WordPress seems like a good starting choice with its abundance of themes and massive library of free plugins The Best WordPress Plugins Read More , though alternatives like Joomla The Beginners Guide To Joomla This guide will walk you through everything from why to choose Joomla and how to install it on your webserver to how to design and customise your site to your liking. Read More exist.
WordPress is famously easy to get up and running, though you will need to make sure your webhost supports the necessary versions of Apache, PHP and SQL. These terms shouldn't put beginners off, though be aware setting up your own self-hosted blog requires some basic knowledge of FTP and SQL (databases) but it isn't hard to learn. Of course if you've purchased web space and have all the tools and features you need then there's nothing stopping you hosting other content management systems, galleries or other web apps of your choosing.
Self-hosting also allows you to take care of your own SEO and analytics, though services like Tumblr take care of a lot of this for the end user. If you're optimising product reviews then this is more important than say sharing a story about your recent travels abroad. I'll say it again: subjective, personal requirements.
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Hosting your own blog can also be a lot of work, something you won't have to worry about too much if you opt for a sign-up service like WordPress.com or Blogger. While you've got all that control over your website, you are also your own tech support. That means you're responsible for setting up, maintaining and updating the software.
WordPress takes care of much of this for you, with simple one-click updates for plugins and the core application, though if you're not the most up-to-date of individuals you might want to think twice. New versions of WordPress come out every few months, most of the time focusing on bugfixes and the odd revamp of an old feature. Security is another angle that needs to be carefully considered – an out-of-date WordPress blog might just be the open door an intruder needs to deface or run malware using your domain, hosting and bandwidth.
This can be potentially more damaging than you might think. While web hosts often keep backups and can be contacted should you lose the keys to your webspace, a domain that has been used to distribute malware will quickly make it onto blacklists such as Web of Trust Browse Safely With Your Own Internet Bodyguard Called WOT Read More and even buried in search results. Often in this scenario the only resolve is to wait a long time until your domain is no longer linked to such activity.
This isn't to say WordPress.com, Tumblr and so on are infallible – we'll take a look at that side of things in the next article – but it's within every webmaster's interest to protect their patch to the best of their abilities, and that's why many refugees would rather not worry about the technical side of things when it comes to setting up a blog and get on with writing.
Finally the cost of a blog is, in my opinion always worth it, but for some people the expense might not be justified, and so hosting costs as well as domain renewal (or outright purchase) must be taken into account. Such a setup requires you have your own domain much of the time, though you can use it for all sorts once you've acquired it.
Pros to hosting your own WordPress blog:
- Complete control over your website – from the theme to the plugins as well as content.
- Huge range of themes, plugins and other web apps to install.
- Domain name and web host required, both of which can be used for email and other projects.
- You'll probably learn a thing or two about setting up blogs!
- Time, effort and expense in the setup process.
- Ongoing maintenance might put some off.
- Security concerns should core blog or plugins not be kept up to date.
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In the next article I will take a look at the flipside – hosting your blog for free, using a service like Tumblr or Blogger. These services are a lot quicker to setup and require virtually no maintenance, but they're not without drawbacks or restrictions.
Despite the drawbacks in this article a self-hosted blog comes with tons of benefits – customisation, control over the core aspects of your website as well as the ability to do more than just blog with your webspace. If you enjoy a "project" or would like to learn a bit about how the Internet ticks then it's a great primer and can be very rewarding. Don't forget to check out tomorrow's article before making up your own mind.
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Dear People Who Still Read my Blog,
I'm not sure you're out there, but eh, I haven't been either. This week my children have been sick, which has forced me to stay home, which has helped me clean and get my house back to order. There are still things to do, when is there not, but I'm happy to say if you came over right now, my bathrooms are clean. Yay!
I've also made peanut butter, ground wheat, and indulged in two episodes of a show I can't watch because Nova is on at the same time. (All in the same day, as in today when I also cleaned my bathrooms.) I want to just say, I love my Vitamix.
I used a pumice stone on my toilet today. A friend mentioned it for those pesky rings that stay because you don't clean your toilet often enough, or really I'm convinced there is something in little kid pee, because ours gets cleaned at the same time and they have never developed in our toilet. I'm happy to report it worked, so now my toilet looks clean, rather then continuing to look icky because of those pesky ring stains.
I've even showered today. So that's telling you I've done a lot.
So I'm actually getting ready for this weekend in a way. I have a couple meetings about homeschooling to attend, a fund raiser, choir, and a hot date with Jon. Not to mention baking five pies and rolls for an early Thanksgiving meal with Jon's family on Saturday.
I think I will now put our flannel sheets on the bed. I put the girl's on last week, and Jon has been patient with me. I washed them and they're just waiting in the dryer to be put on, but for some reason I haven't found the time in two days, but neither has he. I think the day has come, but that might be because I'll be doing some laundry tonight.
Man, it's nice to get stuff done.
Lacey- Who has been a really lame blogger, housekeeper, and homeschooling mother.


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Canava is a Dubai based womenswear label founded by Damascus born designer Nisreen Krimed. Inspired by her Palestinian roots, Nisreen chose the name 'canava' which was traditionally used by Palestinian women throughout the years referring to the fabric or canvas used as a base for their beautiful embroideries.
Canava today aims to create pieces for the young and discerning woman. Every item is handmade from start to finish, a collage of memories and material put together to create timeless, original and one of a kind contemporary items that every woman today would love to hold on to.


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Petrol Price Must Be Revised Fast
I just have to take a screenshot of our Dato' Shahrir Abdul Samad's blog on his caption about the decrease of petrol price.
The following paragraph was extracted from his blog in which he did give a press statement about the same issue too:-
"There is a possibility that the price of petrol would revert to the old price of RM1.92 a litre which motorists had enjoyed before the price hike in June. Domestic Trade and Consumers Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad said this would be possible if world crude oil price continued to dip to below US$72 (RM252) a barrel."
Please tell me what's the world crude oil price now. Yesterday, the world crude oil price dropped to a low of US$69.85 per barrel. Looks like the government has to announce a revised petrol price that has to be effected tonight itself ............ without any further delay. Or will the government wait for another three weeks before they revise the petrol price? In USA, every US$0.10 decline of gas price will save consumers approximately US$100,000,000.
But this has put the petrol station owners in a fix. The Malaysian government kept changing the petrol price in large percentages which will erode the petrol station owners' income. I'm not surprised if we find petrol stations without petrol again as the petrol station owners will order less to safeguard their revenue.
Imagine they have ordered 50,000 litres of petrol @ RM2.20 per litre (at current petrol price of RM2.30) and suddenly the government announces a new petrol price of RM2.05 to be effected tomorrow. Effectively, the new purchase price for petrol will be at RM1.95 for petrol station owners now. Potentially, they have lost out on the additional revenue of RM12,500 per petrol tanker with the sudden price announcement.
They are still business owners who operate the petrol stations at a profit and not as charity organisations. True that there are risks in business but these are risks (government changing prices) that they can't foresee at all.
Reading: Gas Prices Dropping: The Good News and Bad News - Time
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5 S.F. cops face internal charges / 'Intrusive' searches of 2 Hunters Point girls among the allegations
San Francisco police officers improperly searched two girls last year and violated the rights of a 14-year-old boy they arrested, according to departmental charges that could cost five officers their jobs.
The internal charges -- signed this month by Acting Chief Alex Fagan -- stem from a confrontation between police and three youths in Hunters Point that outraged the city's African American community.
The incident occurred on Jan. 21, 2002 -- the national holiday set aside to honor slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. -- and led to an investigation by the Office of Citizen Complaints, resulting in the charges.
Charged are Officers Marcial Marquez and Adam Choy and Sgts. Sherman Lee and Walter Cuddy. A fifth officer has also been charged but remains unnamed and has not yet been served with the complaint.
The five officers will face hearings before the San Francisco Police Commission, which must determine what action to take against them.
According to the internal complaint, police were summoned by a report of a woman screaming as well as word that two African American men were seen taking guns out of a burgundy-colored car near the Boys and Girls Club in Hunters Point.
The complaint alleges that Marquez and Choy, after arriving at the scene, improperly searched two girls for weapons after ordering them out of the car at gunpoint.
Marquez searched a 12-year-old girl, who offered no resistance but wondered why she was being searched, according to the charges. During the search, Marquez allegedly groped her with his open hands.
Marquez's search violated the department policy that specifies that such searches of girls be done by female officers and was "unnecessarily intrusive, " according to the charges.
Choy was also charged with being "unnecessarily intrusive" in his search of a 14-year-old girl.
According to the complaint, Jerome King-Brown, a 14-year-old boy, started to protest the treatment of his 12-year-old cousin. King-Brown, who is 6 feet tall, afterward needed 11 stitches to close a wound received when an officer kneed him into the concrete, the complaint alleges.
"Several officers descended on the juvenile," the charges state, "forcing him face-first onto the asphalt pavement, and handcuffed him."
The officers left the boy with a lacerated lip that was bleeding heavily, the complaint states.
No excessive-force charges were lodged against any officer in the handling of King-Brown.
The acting lieutenant at the Bayview station that day, Sgt. Lee, is charged with six counts of misconduct related to the follow-up to the confrontation.
Lee allegedly allowed an unjustified criminal check on the youths involved. He is also accused of abandoning the investigation of the initial report of armed men, of failing to properly advise King-Brown of his rights under questioning at the station and of failing to see that King-Brown got proper medical attention.
Lee also allegedly did not respond to efforts by the boy's father to lodge a brutality complaint and did not conduct the mandated use-of-force investigation after he complained that his son had been brutalized.
Sgt. Cuddy is accused in the complaint of neglect of duty for allegedly failing to follow the department's rules governing juvenile suspects.
Witnesses have said -- and one police official has confirmed -- that someone at the scene asked the fifth unnamed officer why guns were pointed at kids. The officer allegedly replied: "As long as you people are here, we will act like this."
The specifics of the allegations against the fifth officer were not available.
A representative of the officers suggested that she would challenge the charges based on a failure to file them in time to meet a one-year of statute of limitations, which normally would have lapsed last January.
"We'll be looking at all aspects, including whether they are in compliance with the statute of limitations," said Katherine Mahoney, attorney for the Police Officers Association. "The law does provide exceptions, including cases involving multiple officers as well as for when civil lawsuits have been filed. "
Mahoney declined to comment on the specifics of the case, saying she had not seen all the allegations against the five officers.
Police have said officers were compelled to restrain King-Brown because he was shouting and cursing and displaying a "violent demeanor" and ignoring repeated commands to "get back."
Police had cited King-Brown for delaying arrests, but juvenile authorities said the case had been investigated and the citation dropped.
Susie McAllister, the mother of the 14-year-old girl, whose family has sued the department, says her child still fears and distrusts police in San Francisco.
"My child was violated," she said.
Witnesses have said that during the searches of the girls, their screaming, crying mothers were ordered by police to stay back.
McAllister said the whole department needed to change.
"The San Francisco Police Department has a bad reputation," McAllister said.
"It is not going to stop with those officers -- they need to redo the whole structure of the Police Department and the training."
She said the "few bad apples" reflected negatively on the entire department.
"It makes it hard on the community," she said. "Who can we trust and turn to in the time of need?"
She criticized the lack of excessive-force charges involving the handling of King-Brown.
"That's child abuse. . . . You don't need to use that much force on anybody's child," McAllister said. "You can't go around grabbing, pulling on them, not giving them their rights, ignoring their parents."
She said officers would not respond to the angry parents at the scene. "The officers refused to communicate with us -- we wanted to know, 'What in the hell is going on here? Why are you treating our kids like this?'
"In turn, we got guns pointed to our face; we were told if we moved, we were going to be shot," she said. "In the meantime, our kids are screaming. They didn't know what they had done -- they were treated like animals."
Ishmael Tarikh, director of Bay Area PoliceWatch, lamented that officers were not charged with excessive force against King-Brown.
"I thought that allegation should have been sustained," Tarikh said. "The underlying cause for them to ever interact with those people was bogus -- they had no right to get involved with those people that night, let alone taking a 14-year-old and body-slamming him to the pavement.
"They acted like thugs."


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AT&T and the Yang ComplexJanuary 10, 2013
Have you noticed the recent AT&T commercials that feature an adult asking leading questions to children, questions that have "obvious" correct answers? Which is better, big or small? Which is better, fast or slow? These questions serve the purpose of the ad but also reveal a disturbing aspect of our culture. The immediacy of the children's answers and the "no kidding, duh" tenor of the commercial reveal a pretty unreflective public, at least in the view of the advertisement's creators. If we pause for a second to apply the same questions to other subjects such as cancer or melting glaciers, we get some different answers. Which cancer is better, big or small? What rate of glacial melt is preferable, fast or slow?
Besides revealing a dim view of the public, the ad's popularity confirms the "truthiness" of that perception. In other words, the knee-jerk response critical for its effectiveness bespeaks our real world perception, our socially constructed reality. This is what I refer to as our "yang complex," our western preference for the yang elements in the yin/yang dichotomy of Taoism. Yang roughly translates as "the sunny side," and I am reminded of the American standard Keep on the Sunny Side. Yang qualities include fast, hard, solid, focused, hot, dry, and aggressive. It is associated with the male gender, the sun, sky, fire, and daytime. Yin roughly translates as "the shadow side." Yin qualities include slow, soft, yielding, diffuse, cold, wet, and passive. It is associated with the female gender, the moon, earth, water, and nighttime.
The yang complex AT&T plays off of reminds me of the critique that Ernest Becker offers of Norman O. Brown's unrepressed man, the archetype for many similar New Age visions. AT&T's approach puts us on the threshold of a very Beckerian question: "Which is better, repression or unrepression?" Rejecting this false dichotomy, Becker maintains that repression is necessary and it is the way in which the repression is managed that is crucial. As it stands, repression is a dirty word in our popular culture. Indeed, unrestraint is the premise of modern consumer culture. The yin qualities we need for balance are present but muted. I maintain that our cultural yang complex puts us in a dangerous position. Bigger, faster, and more more more have become the watchwords for a growth curve that is clearly unsustainable.
Yet, the lack of a yin perspective in our political discourse reveals the depth of the culture of yang. We appear unable to envision anything new, still opting for the obvious answers, just like the kids in the AT&T commercial. We need a new mythology, a new story that admits the insights of Becker, Rank, and Kierkegaard where the answers are not so obvious.
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[…] AT&T and the Yang Complex […]by Robert JR Graham » The Measure of a Man January 10, 2013 at 4:17 pm
Thanks Bill. I agree that we are in desperate need of a new mythology… but I think you would concur that it will not be full of personal insight… insight was not intended for the masses, but for the few. I think that the new story, if it will be one of our survival, will involve myths that denounce almost everything we currently cherish. It will necessarily be some form of nature-worship, while casting a suspicious eye on future definitions of human 'progress.'by Brad Peters January 10, 2013 at 9:52 pm
Disagree on what is intended for the masses. Every sentient being is free to pursue a meaningfull life, the only insight into human destiny there is.by Smashy January 15, 2013 at 12:00 am
Of course every sentient being is free to pursue a meaningful life… but they won't, because at the end of that inquiry into meaning, if they are to remain true to reason, is the realization that life is ultimately absurd and meaningless. Dostoyevsky, Freud, Camus, and some of the most intelligent people to have ever lived, more-or-less conclude that the masses will not be persuaded to see reality for what it is… it is too painful. So as for this 'insight'… it only reveals that we are destined to be food for worms. Intellectually, many people will come to know this, but a life seemingly consists of hiding that fact from conscious awareness and from feeling it in one's belly … instead we engage in a flight into either drunken despair or ecstatic rejoice in name of some symbolic illusion or utopian future that only serves to obscure the truth from view while fortifying some psychological defense. In short, my statement is not meant to be proscriptive, it is I think a realistic assessment of the capabilities of the masses (though I admittedly wish it were not true).by Brad Peters January 22, 2013 at 6:11 pm
Great example of a commercial! Man, I feel so blown away by tv! I haven't owned one since I started living on my own 6 yrs ago. It is such a turn off to be yelled at and expected to be entertained by the cheap, quick, goofy shit that is aired!by allactsofkindnessarelightsinthewarforjustice January 10, 2013 at 10:36 pm
The daily paper in my city has each Friday a page, the front page of the second section, devoted to "The Kills of the Week." Not long ago the page had six photos of hunters sitting or standing by the deer they had killed. Four of the pictures had children as the killers of the deer.
Several readers, including me, have written letters to the editor objecting to what we consider barbaric exhibitionism, a celebration of killing. Not one letter has attacked hunting per se, but we who object think nobody needs to have his or her nose rubbed in the blood of the spectacle of hunting.
Frankly, I just find it obscene that a daily newspaper would publish pictures of hunters posing with their dead game, do so weekly, show pictures of children standing by bloodied dead deer.
In keeping with your 'yin-yang' analogy, one reader, obviously a fan of hunting and weekly pictures of the slaughter, wrote a letter to the editor in which he said that hunting kept the young off the streets, as if the choice is between that of hunting and killing animals or that off hunting and killing people.
And animals die, all wrapt in ritual, the rite of the hunt, so that human beings can feel powerful, immortal . . . . . .by Bruce Floyd January 22, 2013 at 5:33 pm
Even beyond your critique of Yin and Yang, those ads don't tell the consumer anything about the quality of the product advertised. So what if AT&T has more towers–what does this mean? None of these questions are asked or even prompted by the ad.
I wholeheartedly agree with your observation that the ad reveals one of the dominant mythi of our age–"more is better."by willis668 February 14, 2013 at 5:56 am


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I LOVED the movie Grease as a kid, and I've probably watched the Beauty School Dropout Scene 50 times over! I thought the costumes were hilarious, and the Teen Angel was basically the best. Anyway, in that scene they have women dancing around wearing head covers that are supposed to look like the ones you wear when you're getting your hair done in a salon. They inflate and basically look like the world's strangest shower caps.
The Andis Professional Bonnet Dryer has that same look. Not only can I get my hair dried while I wear it, but I can also sing Beauty School Dropout and make all my childhood dreams come true.
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This bonnet does more or less the same thing as the fixed ones that come on poles, but it's more portable. This means you get the drying power from it you also get from the fixed models, but you can sit on the couch and use it as opposed to being stuck at the table or in the bathroom. I like the idea of my hair drying without a lot of effort for me, but I like that I can be super comfortable while it's working even more.
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Like hard bonnets you can wear this one with rollers on so your hair dries with waves already in it. You get hair with full body, but you don't have to work so hard to get there.
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Such students not only demand more time and attention; they also benefit from instruction that is designed specifically for their success. Ariana, Paul, Belinda, and Trent are examples of the students my team of master teachers and I wanted to reach as we developed our math program for struggling learners. Here are some strategies to help teachers reach students in four foundational skill areas.
Ariana's class was learning about subtraction.
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Paul's class was studying multiplication.
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Belinda's class was studying division.
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British student arrested at Heathrow 'had £16,000 hidden in her knickers for Syrian fighters'
- Nawal Msaad, 26, was arrested as she prepared to fly to Istanbul
- Undergraduate had 20,000 euros wrapped in clingfilm in her underwear
- She and alleged co-conspirator Amal Elwahabi are the first British women to be charged with terror offences over the conflict in Syria
- Britosn attempted to send notes to a suspected jihadist
- Neither entered pleas as they appeared in front of court in Westminster
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Charged: British student Nawal Msaad, 26, is accused of trying to smuggle £16,500 in her underwear to terrorists fighting in Syria
A student accused of trying to smuggle £16,500 in her underwear to terrorists fighting in Syria appeared in court yesterday.
Nawal Msaad, 26, and her alleged co-conspirator Amal Elwahabi, 27, are the first British women charged with terror offences over the conflict.
Msaad, an undergraduate from Holloway, North London, was arrested at Heathrow last Thursday as she prepared to board a flight to Istanbul with 20,000 euros wrapped in cling film in her knickers.
Hours later, police swooped on Elwahabi, who stands jointly accused of being part of an arrangement in which money was made available for the purposes of terrorism.
Yesterday the two women wept and hugged as they appeared at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court.
The court heard that the two Britons attempted to send the bundle of rolled-up notes to a suspected British jihadist fighting in Syria's civil war.
Officers from Scotland Yard's Counter Terrorism Command arrested Msaad at Heathrow's Terminal 5 at 9.20am last Thursday. Elwahabi was arrested at 2.26pm at her home in Willesden, North-West London, where she lives with her two sons, aged five and seven months old. Yesterday both women spoke only to confirm their names, addresses and dates of birth.
Neither indicated a plea to the charge.
District Judge Howard Riddle remanded the women, who are both of Moroccan descent, in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on January 31.
The charges became public as police revealed that schoolgirls as young as 17 have been arrested at UK airports over suspected terrorist offences linked to Syria.
The head of the Counter Terrorism Command, Richard Walton, said several teenagers had been enticed to join jihadists fighting in the war-torn country, as he warned that the conflict posed a growing threat to national security.
Earlier this month, two 17-year-old girls from London and West Yorkshire were held at Heathrow as they were boarding a flight to Istanbul. Officers spent five days quizzing the girls before releasing them without charge. But Mr Walton said yesterday that other 'boys and girls' were being lured to join rebel forces fighting in Syria.
He said the numbers of Syria-related terror arrests had soared, with 14 in the first three weeks of this year – more than half the total for the whole of 2013.
He said: 'We've had a number of teenagers both from London and nationally who've been attempting to go to Syria. That's boys and girls, unfortunately.
'It's not just the odd one. It's shocking that they are such young people.'
He told the London Evening Standard it was 'almost inevitable' fighters would try to mount attacks in the UK on their return.
Security officials say hundreds of UK nationals have travelled to the war-torn country over the past two years.
Hearing: A high security prison van arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court today, believed to be carrying Amal Elwahabi, 27, and Nawal Msaad, 26
Many suspected Islamic extremists have posted messages on social media networks about their experiences in a bid to encourage other Britons to join them.
One man who boasted that fighting in Syria was '5-star Jihad' because of its 'relaxing' nature, and posted photos glorifying the violence, died in a battlefield clash 2,000 miles from his Hampshire home.
Ifthekar Jaman, 23, urged fellow Britons to join him, using his Twitter account to criticise parents who tried to stop their children travelling to Syria.
In many cases, the fanatics head there with the express intention of fighting alongside Al Qaeda.
Others leave the country intending to carry out humanitarian or medical work, but are quickly radicalised and decide to take part in 'jihad'.
Court date: Both women spoke only to confirm their names, addresses and dates of birth. Neither indicated a plea to the charge
While it is not a crime to travel to the war-torn country, police are concerned that many who have joined the rebel forces seeking to topple President Bashar Assad have made contact with terrorist groups linked to Al Qaeda before heading back to the UK, where it is feared they could now be plotting terrorist attacks.
When radicals return, security officials have to decide if they pose an on-going threat to the UK public.
Options include placing them under intensive surveillance or applying for a terrorism prevention order.
Mr Walton said several police operations were under way to target British 'facilitators' organising terrorist missions to Syria.
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