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> From: pat hayes [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 12:11 PM > To: John Black > > > > -----Original Message----- > >> From: pat hayes [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] > >> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 5:34 PM > >> To: John Black > >> > >> >I would like to propose the following solution to this > >> >issue. > >> > >> What issue, exactly? > > > >Tag issue rdfURIMeaning-39. > > > >> Im not aware of any problem that needs > >> to be solved here. > >> > >> > We create a specification for the Semantic Web > >> >Conformity Relation (SWCR), a binary relation where each > >> >tuple contains one element from the set of all URIs and one > >> >element from the set of all classes defined in any ontology. > >> > >> Well, there's a problem right there. Most classes > >> don't have definitions, and most ontologies don't > >> define anything. > >> > > > >Ok. Let's replace "defined" with "mentioned". > > But how is it possible to keep track of this? > Anyone can use a URI in any ontology. The very > word 'ontology' may be misleading here, in fact, > since we anticipate, surely, that the SW will > largely comprise SW-style markup, i.e. > machine-readable content at Web sites put there > in order to render content accessible to machine > reasoning. In this scenario, 'the ontology' could > be any of these or indeed any subset of them, so > the potential number of 'ontologies' could be of > the order of 2|n where n is the size of the Web. > That is, if, as you suggest, an 'ontology' is > defined to be some set of downloadable SW > assertions which *mention* a given URI. - It would be stored on the web by web site owners who would maintain it themselves, assuming that the value of doing so exceeds the costs. If not, then, as you say it would be ignored and forgotten. - Anyone can use a URI, but only one agent *owns* it. The social meaning of a URI includes this idea "...that the URI ownership system makes statements by owners authoritative weight" http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2003Jul/0022.html I'm suggesting a protocol that supports this notion. It lets an owner emphasize his intention. - The richness of semantic web content at a site would increase the value of this protocol by increasing the options of what can be said about a URI. - I'm not trying to define 'ontology'. I'm summarizing a number of suggestions I've read on these lists about how to create the richest possible relationship between the current hypermedia web and the semantic web. > > > >> When are people going to get this straight?? > >> Almost all the words we use in English and almost > >> all the URIs we use in RDF/OWL *do not have* and > >> *do not need* definitions. All this trying to > >> lock down unique meanings in registries is a > >> COMPLETE FANTASY, like trying to capture a bowl > >> of mist or pin a label onto a breeze. Give UP on > >> it, for goodness sake. Even if we were to set up > >> some such world-wide registry, after unbelievable > >> effort, it would be immediately ignored by > >> everyone, and quite correctly so, since it would > >> not provide any actual utility to anyone that > >> they can't get just by using the Web in the way > >> that people are already using it. We would do > >> better to spend our time doing fantasy gaming: it > >> would use up about as much time and have about as > >> much connection with the actual world, but be a > >> lot more fun. > >> > >> Pat Hayes > > > >I am not proposing any such registry, so these arguments > >are as specious as they are caustic. > > Sorry you got a blast of impatience, fueled by > frustration; and sorry if I read your message too > quickly. Fully forgivable given your vastly greater knowledge and experience in this area. > But I don't think the basic point is > specious. I don't see any reason for us to invent > protocols or really do anything other than > describe existing, or perhaps better emerging, > practice in such a way that we do not > accidentally screw anything up. To try to do more > is, at this stage, folly. The world in general > has not yet started using SW technology > seriously, so we do not yet know how it will > actually evolve. Chances are it will not in fact > go exactly how any of us envision at present. > However, what is certain is that much of the > current thinking about it is based on naive or > just plain mistaken views about semantics and > meanings, eg. that URIs must have unique ones, > and that these mistaken views are the primary > motivation for wanting to make sure that things > happen 'properly'. So even if you do not use the > M-word, the very idea of there being a need to > associate URIs with ontologies in some 1:1 manner > by ANY means is, I suggest, based ultimately on a > deeply flawed view of what constitutes the > meaning of a URI on the SW. (I do not mean to say > that you share this view, only that the design > you suggest may be inspired by it.) - One reason is to formalize and clarify Tim's notion that the RDF specification should, "...empower the writers of ontologies to write specifications for those ontologies. there needs to be a passing of the baton." http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sw-meaning/2003Sep/0041.html - This is simply some thought experiments in email, easily reversible exploration. I don't think that is folly. - Agreed SW technology will develop in ways unforeseen by all of us, but it is also driven forward by the combined vision we all have of it. I'm proposing a solution to try to reconcile some of these visions. In particular how to link the existing web to the semantic web without detracting from either, and how to connect the social, ethical ideas of URI ownership and intention with the formal languages being developed. - Interestingly, some of the ideas I summarize in this proposal are ones I got from you in prior emails to this list. I'm also trying to build on the discussion mentioned in the above email where Tim describes his hopes for progress on these issues, "One is that Pat Hayes and I had a discussion on www-tag in which we established that the idea of everyone meaning the same thing by a URI is harmonious with the concept of individual agents having sets of possible interpretations of a set of symbols." I'm counting on you to help me prevent errors "...based on naive or just plain mistaken views about semantics and meanings" while pursuing the other goals of full web consistency and URI ownership and intention. - The 1:1 linking is just a point of inflection between the web and sw-web, it's like a cutpoint in AOP terminology, a single place where links from one web to the other can pass through, allowing aspects of the social realm to be addressed. > > As I say below, > >this relation is virtual, it would have a similar status to > >"...a network-spanning information space consisting of > >resources, which are interconnected by links defined within > >that space." > > > >I can also delete any mention of the word "meaning" from the > >proposal without harm. It is simply a virtual association > >between two keys. > > OK, so let me make my point in a direct way: why > only two? What if I want to virtually associate a > URI with, say, a particular set of ontologies? Or > with a historical trail of ontologies, changing > as the world they describe changes? (Rather like > a resource as opposed to the representation-sets > it emits as a function of time, cf. the REST > architecture.) Or with all and only the SW > assertions made at any present or future time by > any employees of Thingie Corp.? Or any site > maintained by the State of Florida? Or something > else again, such as the people I tend to agree > with? What if a virtual community wants to set up > a mutually-referring group of connected sites in > which each of them shares the burden of defining > the meanings of their URIs with all the others? I > thought of those in about 2 minutes: I'm sure the > planet as a whole will come up with a few more in > the next decade or so. My proposal would support all of these, and more, using the new machinery you and others have built. For the single class associated with that URI 1:1 could be as rich with properties as any of those you mention above. It could have properties of a set of ontologies, with an historical trail, a list of employees, the sites in Florida, even a class like SandrosDigitalCameraPicturesOfKidsArchivableIndexable, with links for human viewing, machine browsing, permanent backup, and host site trust information for 50 years properties. Once you pass through SWCR, you are in SW-land, with all its vast potential. I got this idea from some things you said, "Here we are defining a new way to describe things, so lets use it ourselves to describe what we want to describe. Dog food, right?" http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sw-meaning/2003Sep/0135.html and further, "...Now, lets suppose that as well as there being a document that you get, that the document says that it refers to something. (Eg the document at http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema says "This document describes the XML schema namespace.") Under those conditions, then, accepting the truth of the document amounts to accepting that it refers to some unique thing. It might say that more formally in some way, or it might not say it at all." http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sw-meaning/2003Sep/0140.html This is one way we could say it more formally. > >Use of this protocol would be optional, there is no suggestion > >of locking down anything or limiting anyone in any way. > > > >I believe there would be enough utility to drive its voluntary > >use. > > I guess I can hardly object to a system for > voluntary use. But is it, really? Or would it be > more like a protocol which SW tools will require > in order to function properly. After all, TAG > groups are understood to speak with an unusual > degree of authority. > > >It is simply a summary of ways for everyone to agree on > >how to link URIs up with metadata that mentions those URIs. > >But it does so in a minimalist manner, giving it maximum > >versatility. It would enable every user of URIs to personalize > >the metadata configuration on every web page they publish. > > But only in a highly restricted way, inspired by > a fundamentally flawed view of what the role of > metadata on the SW is likely to be. (For the > record, the very idea of 'metadata' seems > inappropriate in this context. Most SW content > is simply data.) > > > To > >do so lets people express themselves better. People are driven > >to be understood. That is the utility. > > > > > >> >The ontology element is specified either by the owner of the > >> >URI or by default. This binary relation may be virtual > >> >and certainly will be decentralized, a federated creation > > > >of the combined efforts of every one who participates in > >> >the optional Semantic Web Conformity Protocol (SWCP). > >> > > >> >Now some thought experiments: > >> >1) How does this relation get populated? > >> >An RDF tag specifying the ontology:type of the URI is: > >> >1.a) embedded in the document at that location. OR > >> >1.b) is in an RDF document that embeds > >> >(wraps) the document found at that location, possibly with > >> >new mime type. OR > >> >1.c) an MGET function is called on the URI which returns a > >> >document containing the tag. OR > >> >1.d) some form of redirection takes place and the document > >> >at that location contains the tag. OR > >> >1.e) some form of content negotiation takes place and > >> >locates a document containing the tag. OR > >> >1.f) other solutions are possible. OR > >> >1.g) all else fails, the URI defaults to type > >> >ontology:http-resource, which is a class in an ontology of > >> >the present hypertext web. > >> > > >> >2) But what if the URI contains a hash mark? > >> >One of the methods listed under number 1 will have to be > >> >applied to each such URI and performable from the URI with > >> >the hash mark removed. > >> > > > > >3) What about RDDL? > >> >Instead of putting the RDDL document at the endpoint of > >> >the URI, there would be an ontology:namespace tag there. The > >> >actual location of the RDDL document would then be located > >> >according to the location method defined by that namespace > >> >class. That definition could well say, look up the html > >> >document at that URI. But this would no longer be necessary > >> >due to the level of indirection afforded by the SWCR. If I > >> >want the type of the URI to be myOntology:myNamespace, then > >> >my definition may specify that the RDDL is located elsewhere. > >> > > >> >4) How about Sandro's 4 RDF programmers requirements? in > >> >http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sw-meaning/2003Sep > > > /0088.html > >> >r1) All URIs are now logical constant terms with solid grounding > >> >in the sw, including those that have not been typed. For those > >> >now constitute a large set of statements of the form "that > >> http-resource". > >> >Those URIs that have been typed by the owner have as simple > >> or complex > >> >a meaning as the owner wants. > >> >r2) have a human readable web page - The class of the URI can be > >> >defined to point to such a page, along with an access > method to it. > >> >r3) a web address for RDF/XML content - Similar to r2, the class > >> >of the URI can have a Property giving the location of an RDF dump > >> >for any URI in that class, as well as a path to it. > >> >r4) the address of a query answering service - Similar to r2,r3. > >> >In general we use the power of this new technology to > create classes > >> >of URI that will do whatever we want. > >> > > >> >5) What does using an URI require of me and my software? > as asked in > >> >http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sw-meaning/2003Sep > >> /0054.html > >> >You must look up a URI in the SWCR and make sure that > your use of the > >> >URI conforms with the type as defined by the owner. If > >> molly wants to > >> >use sally:123 and abide by the optional Semantic Web > >> Conformity Protocol > >> >(SWCP), then molly looks up X in SWCR(sally:123,X). > >> >Suppose X = domesticAnimals:cat, then molly can use > sally:123 as a > > > >domesticAnimals:cat or a domesticAnimals:mammal or as a > >> >domesticAnimals:animateBeing. But Molly will violate the > >> optional SWCP > >> >if she uses sally123 as a domesticAnimals:dog. > > Why? Because everyone just *knows* that > domesticAnimals:dog and domesticAnimals:cat are > disjoint? Or because this can be determined by > machine inference processes? The former hardly > seems sufficient for the SW, and in any case what > if Sally never actually said that > domesticAnimals:cat means the same as the English > word "cat" (which would be a very risky claim to > make, by the way, in any case.) If the latter, > is Sally obliged to say enough in her ontology to > ensure that this kind of contradiction must be > mechanically detectable? (Almost certainly > impossible, since Sally has no control over what > Molly is asserting, eg Molly might have said that > dogs are a subset of cats, or might have just > started talking about foozles, using her own URI, > without being precise about what phylum they are > in. ) If not, who is to say which of Sally and > Molly is really right? > > One problem is that there is no way, even in > principle, to distinguish between a disagreement > over content and a disagreement over reference. > Take the marriage example: are the devout > christian and the pragmatic atheist disagreeing > about facts, or about the meaning (referent) of > "marriage" ? There is no way really to tell; the > only way to resolve that issue is for them to get > together and agree on a mutually acceptable > terminology. Maybe Molly and Sally just use > words differently. > > Another problem is that inconsistency is labile. > Maybe M's and S's ontologies are consistent but > when both are added to > Smithsonian:DefinitiveZoology they together > produce a contradiction. Now who is wrong? > My example was unclear. I intended it to read as Sally creates sally123 and then says sally123 is-a SmithsonianDefinitiveZoology:Cat. That is, Sally wants her URI to be known as a cat *according to a widely held and accepted public ontology*. Then Molly, who also has access to the SmithsonianDefinitiveZoology ontology will break the protocol if she asserts that sally123 is-a SmithsonianDefinitiveZoology:Dog. I'm just trying to capture the idea that adherence to an agreed upon monadic predicate is a facilitator of communication. > >Lets say that Molly's > >> >reputation according to SWCP will move lower a notch, people > >> will give > >> >her a lower SWCP-trust-rating. > >> > > >> >6) How does this answer Tim's request in New Issue - Meaning > >> of URIs in > >> >RDF documents? as presented in > >> >http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2003Jul/0022.html > >> >6.1) It's a concise statement of a number of > architectural elements. > >> >By objectifying the requirements with the virtual SWCR, > many goals > >> >are simply stated. > >> >6.2 It gives guidance on some specific questions, such > as what is > >> >a SWCP compliant tool required to do when using > someone's URI - look > >> >it's meaning in the SWCR and conform to it. > >> >6.3.a It clarifies certain points. URIs have a single > > > meaning, that is, > >> >the X in SWCR(URI,X). > > That is the fundamental mistake, right there. > They don't, they won't, and we should stop trying > to find ways of maintaining this fantasy that > they should or must. To the extent that tag issue > rdfURIMeaning-39 is based on this assumption, it > needs to be corrected, not implemented. This may well be true, but perhaps if we could work out a few of the details of what it would take to make this true, then everyone who holds this view might recoil in horror, as you seem to do, at the catastrophic consequences of such draconian mangling of the architecture. > >It is the URI owner that puts the defining tag > >> >in the SWCR. > >> >6.3.b Consistent misuse of a URI results in a lowering of > >> the reputation > >> >of the misusers - not in a change of the meaning. > >> >6.3.c The use of a URI implies conformance to the SWCR > as described. > > So, as I suspected, this is not voluntary; it has > become part of the architecture. Merely using a > URI will imply a commitment to this absurd idea > that URIs have unique meanings. I may not have worked out the details correctly about how to make it a voluntary protocol. One where if you want to take advantage of it, in order to gain value from it, you need to abide by certain constraints. - It is only by agreement of interpretation, that we respect the right of an owner of a URI to assert that it has a unique, but possibly rich and complex meaning. > Any of these proposals will make the SW into a > large-scale but conventional software design, > rather than the social/semantic experiment it > could be. That would be a shame, to put it > mildly; in the medium to long run, it means that > the SW will either break, or (more likely) > blandly ignore what the TAG group has been saying. > > Pat Hayes Well, I'm confident that, under your watchful eye, that should never happen. John Black > > > >When in doubt you look it up in the SWCR as described above. > >> >6.3.d Setting the defining tag in under the control of > >> whoever controls > >> >what is located at that URI. > >> > > >> >John Black > >> >Senior Software Architect > >> >Deltek Systems, Inc. > >> >13880 Dulles Corner Lane > >> >Herndon, VA 20171 > >> >email@example.com > >> >703-885-9646 - Office (Tues,Wed,Thur) > >> >434-964-1936 - Home Office (Mon,Fri) > >> >434-825-3765 - Mobile (Anytime) > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 home > >> 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office > >> Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax > >> FL 32501 (850)291 0667 cell > >> email@example.com http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes > >> > >> > > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 home > 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office > Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax > FL 32501 (850)291 0667 cell > email@example.com http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes > >Received on Friday, 3 October 2003 10:54:24 UTC
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text: I am a relative newbie to IM and have tried to make money with traditional methods. I have been a member of the Warrior Forum and Wealthy Affiliate for about 6 months. Pretty much, it's the whole use XSitePro or Wordpress to build some sites and monetize them thing. Sure, you can make decent money like that, but I feel competent, technically inclined Blackhatters tend to do better financially. Most Wealthy Affiliate alums that are successful are guru types like Justin Brooke (I like my anonymity) or bum marketers that spend hours and hours churning out blogs and new content. Since, I've used nothing but XSitePro, I am not only a IM newbie, but a technical newbie. Rather than asking dumbass question after dumbass question, begging to get flamed, I figure I just need to buckle down and get a good technical foundation. People on BHW like to tell noobs to use the search feature and read the posts, but sometimes I can't understand some of the technical jargon. So, I've come to realize if I want to thrive in blackhatting, I need to become stronger technically. I didn't join ********** or BlackHat University because I knew the technical jargon would just fly over my head. My goal is to move into Blackhat CPA full steam ahead, by the summer. I'll just do some article marketing with niche sites and blogs, Associated Content and keep trucking along with my good ole 9-5, until I feel competent enough do dive off into the deep end of the pool. Can anyone suggest a good technical regimen or individual software programs I should learn to become a proficient Blackhatter? By the way, I'm enrolled in a HTML class and will be taking PHP, when that is done. All input would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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The talk in the Weaver's Quarter was about how the ship Moon Glider limped into port after being attacked by the pirate Mad Marcus Rishtan, its cargo of ivory and spices gone. In the taverns, the conversation turned to the savage killings that happened in the Snarl the night before. The Temple Quarter was getting ready for Togus' seasonal Fair of the summer, where every manner of craft would be on display, judged by The Smith's priests. And the Houses were discussing trade, as always.
The messenger who found you was a plain looking fellow, but his clothes were impeccable, his tunic embroidered with a rampant lion on a red field. He handed you an envelope, your name printed neatly but not decoratively on the outside. Without waiting for you to reply, or even to read it, he turned and left. Apparently, you had little choice in how to respond to the message.
Your Honor,
Your presence is requested at sundown, at the offices of Fortis and Nofri in the Weaver's Quarter, the corner of Barker Road and Seacrest Walkway.
Orsino Vittorini
Signed by the son of House Amadei's information broker, the message was intriguing in its simplicity.
The business was a large textile mill for turning raw wool into bolts of cloth which would later be turned into clothing or blankets. Most of the workers had gone home for the day, and an officious clerk showed you into a room with a table large enough for a dozen people to sit around, though only two others seemed to receive the same invitation. A tray of bread, cheese and fruit sat on the table and a sideboard held wine and brandy.
After assuring you the wait would be short, the clerk left you alone in the room.
The lanky dilettante entered the room, taking in the occupants and the contents at a glance, out of habit. He gave the other two people a smile and nod of the head, as he made his way over to the beverages. Piers moved with an easy grace. "Good evening, good lady and sir. It looks like we are to avail ourselves of some food and beverage. Since the note I received was rather terse, I plan to start with a little brandy. Since I am pouring, would either of you care for any? I could also pour some wine, should you prefer that. I do hope that we are to be comrades in some joint task rather than competitors." The swashbuckler thought about proposing a toast, but it wouldn't be appropriate until at least the two other in the room and something to drink.
Piers paused, waiting to see if either of them took him up on his offer, although he looked to the lady first, showing manners to grant her request first.
Magali held out her goblet for a refill. She had arrived early, and — unable to pass up the opportunity to enjoy a vintage she would otherwise be unwilling to pay for — had already had one glass at her leisure. "I was wondering whether Vittorini had invited any others."
Tomas strode into the room, and surveyed it. He was rather annoyed that he was summoned in such an informal manner. If someone wished his help, they coudl have the decency to ask him directly. His face betrayed a bit a of his irritation. At the same time, Master Vittorini, was an acquaintance of his cousin, the Duchess and a business associate to the family, so he supposed that the man deserved at least a chance to speak his mind.
Tomas waved off the offers of food or beverage and sat down. His military training was still generally a habit, so he sat straight-backed, something most folks might have seen as stiff, but for him, was rather comfortable. He looked to the others, and simply nodded in greeting, but did not say anything. The woman seemed familiar to him, but he could not place her name at the moment.
It was but a few moments later that a side door from an office opened and what appeared to be a huge block walked into the room. When it smiled politely, it was clear it was a man, a shorter, stocky man dressed comfortably but well. "I am Orsino Vittorini," he offered in a gravelly voice. "I realize an invitation from a Great House is hard to refuse, but I thank you for coming anyway.
The reason we asked you here is that each of you has shown skills and abilities in service to your Houses and House Amadei, but you are not yet well-known outside of the House." He poured himself a goblet of wine, then took a seat at the table. "Last night, one of our moneylenders discovered he had been given counterfeit nobles during the day." He paused meaningfully, letting the idea that counterfeit Darven coins could cause huge problems for the economies of every House, every Free City, and every realm they deal with sink in, then slid a piece of paper with three names on it across the table.
"These are the names of the people who paid our moneylender at least the amount of nobles that were found to be counterfeit. We'd like you to find out where the coins came from and put a stop to it, preferably without everyone finding out there actually are conterfeit coins out there."
Piers pulled the offered note over near him, and silently read the names three times, to commit them to memory. He then slid the note down to the next person at the table, so they could also have the information.
He picked up a piece of fruit, and pulled a dagger to start cutting it as he spoke. "Lord Vittorini, the good will of House Amadei is valuable commodity to be certain, one that is not lost on me. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. However, might we know if there is any further incentive to complete this mission to your satisfaction? And would it be possible to see one of these counterfeit coins, so that we might be able to more easily identify others, should we come across such during our investigation, Sir?" The dashing young man had further questions, but decided to see what his comrades had to say before he asked anything else. He popped a piece of the cut fruit into his mouth as he waited an answer, or additional questions…
Tomas looked at the page as well, making note of the names, but more to see if he recognized them. He then passed the page to the woman. He was slightly abashed that Piers was so bold as to basically ask for a commission, as though he assumed that they would be successful.
He had no idea how one would counterfeit coins, but perhaps that might be a clue to finding the culprit. "Yes seeing one might be of use. For instance, of what material are they made? No doubt the culprit must have tools and such to mint these coins. Perhaps access to a smith's forge? I would also ask…are we certain that it was this past day, that the coins were received? "
The page said simply
Marco Savelli – blacksmith, new tools. Shop: Veteran's Way and Tor Terrace. Home: Above shop.
Gemma Furlan – bookbinder, new shop. Shop: Humble Street and Laborer Way. Home: Treadmore Alley at Midnight Row.
Pero Mazzon – tailor, new house. Shop: Cloud Street at Friar Way. Home: Serpent Road and Gem Street.
Orsino smiled slightly as he produced three of the counterfeit coins. "The coins are only coated with gold. They are made of lead." There were scratches on each coin revealing the dull gray under the bright gold. "Our moneylenders recount all the payments and check them against the books every night, so we are sure they were used for a payment made yesterday. And only those three people," he gestured to the sheet, "made payments large enough to cover the number of coins that were found.
"As to 'further incentive', we are offering the sum of five hundred nobles for each of you."
"Not these, I assume," Magali commented before she could stop herself as she lifted one of the counterfeits and weighed it in her hand. She didn't recognize any of the names immediately, but that was no matter. For five hundred nobles, she would make their acquaintance soon enough. It then occurred to her that it might be helpful to make the acquaintance of the two men Vittorini had also thought to hire.
Tomas inspected the coins, looking at the workmanship. He was convinced that the blacksmith was the most likely suspect, as he would have the means and the skill, but that by no means made it a certainty.
"Well, it would seem logical to check with the blacksmith first."
The coins seemed to be the correct weight, and they had the image of what was purported to be Darven himself on one side and a ship on the other. Other than the deep scratch showing the lead underneath a gold plating, there was nothing out of place to normal senses.
"The weight is also a little off, but it takes a good scale to find that out," Vittorini offered, swirling his goblet, then drinking some wine. He stood up and added, "You can reach me here when you have news."
Piers displayed a smirk, with the lady's remark. He was not certain he agreed with the man that the blacksmith was the logical one, other than he was first on the list. Still, it was as good a place to start as any. The swashbuckler still had a few questions for House Amadei. "I am happy to accept your offer, Sir. I do not mean to pry, but it also might be helpful to know the number of counterfeit coins received. While it may not be likely, it is possible that one of the three received the coin via a sale or windfall from another party, and passed them on unknowingly. If we can find out if such was the case, we would need to look past this individual to the person they got their coin from. Also, could we get perhaps a tenth of the reward up front, in case there are palms that need to be greased? I do have a few coins of my own, but…" He let the question trail off. Piers wasn't concerned if they didn't get the advance, but it might be useful.
He turned to his comrades, giving a quick aside before Orsino could respond. "I have no objection to checking out the blacksmith first, good sir, but I hope we can discuss our specific plans on how we hope to approach these three here, prior to heading out. We should get to know a little about each other, so we can make the best use of our assets as a trio. Should we not? Do either of you have much experience in garnering information without being too blunt? I do have some talent in that area, but I do not know if either of you are better suited. In case you don't know me by reputation, I am Piers 'Silverblade' Chavaz. I have been called many things, but I prefer dilettante to most, unless it is from the lips of a lovely lady such as the one here… " Piers smiled mischievously at the young woman, not truly flirting, but definitely giving that impression.
Tomas grimaced, He had met men like this Piers fellow before. They talked a lot, and swaggered about. Some were fair with a blade, some even rather dangerous, but most were predominantly bluster, and braggarts. He was not sure yet on this one, as he had shown some intelligence in his suggestions. He decided that he would reserve his judgment, as it was only fair to give the man a chance to prove
"I only suggested the blacksmith, because he would have the means to smelt metals and possibly mint coins. However, your point is well taken, as none of these men may be the originator. That will certainly make the task, a bit more complex, as this means that we can no longer rely on the timeline presented. Perhaps, our first call should actually be to the moneylenders. I am sure that Master Orsini has given us all the information he has, but that does not mean that it was all given to him."
He looked to the woman to see her reaction, as she had said little and was perhaps being demure. He hoped that if that was the case, she would get over it quickly, for he suspected all their efforts would be needed to solve this conundrum.
Magali ignored Chavaz's flirtation. She had heard of him, and his quick way with words and his charming smile lived up to his reputation, but she had little patience for such games regardless of how entertaining the more flighty-minded women might find him. "I can sometimes threaten people into telling me what I want to know, but I'm hardly the one to chat them up and win them over with flattery." She said it flatly, leaving it to Chavaz to figure out that she herself was unlikely to be won over by such methods.
Then she frowned slightly and considered the other man. And then felt like smacking herself in the forehead for failing to recognize him sooner. Not that she had all the Duchess' cousins memorized on sight, but Tomas Amadei had been at that debacle the previous year, when yet another cousin, Fernao, had gotten just a little too friendly with Lady Sanravelle's third daughter. Magali had thought she was going to have to run the drunken lech through with her sword — and wouldn't that have made a fine mess? — until Tomas Amadei had intervened.
"I can have an excuse to visit either the bookbinder or the blacksmith, if that's necessary," she continued. She raised one eyebrow at Chavaz. "Maybe you can find a reason to see the tailor about some fancy bit of frippery?"
Tomas shrugged as he considered the options. "I am not opposed to splitting up the work, but I do not think we should do the…ah interviews alone. If by chance, one of these folks are the counterfeiter, then they may have some mischief on hand. It is less likely that two will be overcome, and the third should always know who the other two were speaking to. It may take a bit longer, but it would seem prudent."
He sat back resting his arms on the chair. "For myself, I imagine I can speak with the moneylenders, whether in being direct or under other pretenses." He did not like being deceptive, well at least in dealing with people in this fashion. Combat, battle, both had aspects that required deception. In fact, most times victory necessitated these tactics. Perhaps it was just a subtle difference, but it was different in his mind.
Piers gave a small sigh of disappointment. He had hoped that the lady would at least play along a little. He did not allow it to phase him very long. He was surprised that neither had bother to introduce themselves after he had done so. He would need to remedy that. He thought the man had family traits of the House Amadei, and definitely thought of himself highly.
"I know enough on each of the merchants wares to make knowledgeable inquiries of any of the three. I tend to agree with the gentleman that it would be wise to begin working together in this endeavor, in case our interest is discovered despite our best attempts. If Master Vittorini does not have the answer to my earlier inquiry, I think the gentleman would be safe in getting information from the House moneylenders. Are you willing, mademoiselle, to accompany me to interview the blacksmith? And if each of you would be willing to share your names, I would greatly appreciate it."
He glanced over at Master Vittorini, to see if the man intended to answer his question. Unlike the other swordsman, Piers believed the House representative had not shared the information he had, mostly due to not seeing it as important to the investigation. Piers hoped he had made the point about why it might be.
Magali felt like slapping herself in the forehead again. Right. People expected to have a name — it was the polite thing to do. She wasn't very practiced at polite. "Magali Salvado," she offered, abashed.
"Yes, sorry, that is something I should have said earlier," Vittorini said. "There were a total of seven hundred counterfeit nobles paid. The three names paid at least that much. The bookbinder paid that exact amount, the smith one thousand and the tailor twelve hundred."
He reached into his clothes and pulled out three pouches, placing them on the table. "Seventy five nobles advance each." He shrugged. "We weren't sure you were going to need it."
Piers shrugged, as he hefted one of the bags. "With luck, we will not need it. But Lady Luck is sometimes fickle, and so better to be prepared." He glanced over at the group swordsman, who still had not given his name. "Sir, is there still questions you have for the money lenders, or do you now intend to accompany Magali and myself?" The swashbuckler didn't object to either plan, but they would need to discuss a rendezvous point if they were splitting up.
Tomas had assumed they knew who he was, it was rare that he had to formally introduce himself. He realized that perhaps the assumption was incorrect. "My apologies, I am Tomas Amadei." He gave a slight inclination of his head, with his greeting. "I would like to accompany you. However, before we start, since discretion is a significant concern, I am interested in discussing how we intend to broach this topic. It is not exactly something that would come up in polite conversation, and if as you mentioned someone pass the coin unwittingly, then it would be relevant to discuss recent interactions of say a peculiar nature." It then occurred to Tomas, why they were being asked to perform this task. This was a matter for the local magistrate and those with the authority to question people with the weight of the law behind them. The use of such forces did not necessarily obviate the potential for discretion. He turned a hard questioning gaze to Master Vittorini, but said nothing.
Piers gave a nod, glad that at least the swordsman was at least concerned about a plan. The swashbuckler didn't consider this a particularly difficult line of questioning for the blacksmith. But it didn't hurt to go over his plans, in case part of it could be improved upon.
"Very well, Tomas. Here is what I had in mind, although I am willing to adapt it, or go with another plan if someone suggests one. I had planned on stopping in a tavern nearby the blacksmith's and say I was looking for one to do some work. By that method, we'd find out if our first prospect had any specialties: weaponsmith, armor, or some other. Then, when we spoke to him, we would have an idea of what item to say we wanted made, and ask him if he did any such work. We could then ask him if he had any referrals, recent ones would be best. Hopefully, this would give us both the name of the person who may have paid for a large commission, as well as an idea of the amount." The dilettante shrugged his shoulders, comfortable he could deal with any slight wrinkles in the plan that might develop.
He looked back and forth between his two partners, seeing if they had any suggestions or comments to his general plan.
Somehow Tomas was not surprised that the roguish fellow would suggest a tavern, but he was thinking about more than filling his belly with wine. He scratched his chin thoughtfully, "Perhaps but we might find the information you seek by speaking with the moneylenders. No doubt, they have a wealth of information about all three of our suspects. At the very least it would save us a trip, or two. They might even know the client's they service…although I am guessing only the prominent ones." He held back his concern that the coins may come from multiple sources. They could be all about the city, and only the moneylenders would scrutinize the coin closely enough to know the difference.
"I like the general idea though. It allows us to delve a bit into each vendor's business and hopefully find either a common element or some new clues to run down." He nodded toward Piers approvingly, but not in a patronizing way.
"I'll leave you to it, then," Orsino said. He turned and headed back to the office he came from.
Piers looked confused for a moment, before shrugging. "I do not know what additional information the moneylenders can give us that will aid us. I have no additional questions that I think it likely they will be able to answer. However, if you do, perhaps we can split up tonight, with and regroup tomorrow before visiting the blacksmith. I would suggest we meet at the Dew Drop Inn at whatever time you'd suggest, and continue our investigation. Perhaps we could use that as our regroup location should things go awry and we need to regroup…"
The young rake turned to the quieter partner and asked a simple question. "Mistress Magali, do you have a preference for what you'd like to do this evening? I would appreciate someone watching my back, but will understand if you choose to go with Tomas or on your own." He resisted the temptation to throw a innuendo onto the end of the statement, despite his nature.
Visit a tavern, or visit moneylenders. Magali pondered the two options, and wondered whether there was some other avenue of investigation she could take. Dealing with bankers, a sometimes suspicious and tight-lipped bunch, would likely take a bit more diplomacy than she would be able to handle, and Amadei might do better without her glowering in the background. "I can go with you," she told Chavaz. Taverns she could handle.
"Thank you. Let's be on our way and see what we could find out tonight. I do hope Tomas joins us before tomorrow evening. I hope to talk to the blacksmith during business hours." He held the door for Magali out of habit, as manners were part of his character.
Magali nodded and pushed her chair back to precede Chavaz out the door. "Did you have a particular tavern in mind?"
The rogue shook his head. "I was planning on just going into the area of the smithy, and find a nearby tavern that seemed talkative. If you have any specific suggestions, we can go to any tavern you know."
Tomas could see that his point was lost on the man, and the woman had yet to assert anything. He decided that there was no point in trying to explain it. He stood and inclined his head to each of them. "In that case, I guess we can each go about our tasks and meet at the Dew Drop Inn tomorrow evening?"
He then walked over to office that Master Vittorini had entered and knocked, hoping to talk with the man briefly.
it took a few moments for the office door to open, and when it did, Tomas could see that there was another door standing open to the outside across the room. Vittorini had a bag slung over his shoulder and a curious expression on his face. "Something else you'd like to know?"
Tomas walked across the room to Orsino, so he did not have raise his voice. "Yes, I wish to interview the money lenders that you spoke with. Can you provide their names?"
He also wanted to ask where the man was off to, and what was in the bag, but that would not have been polite. So he just gave the bag a passing glance.
"There was just one moneylender, Signore Amadei," Vittorini answered. "Her name is Isabel Vittorini, a cousin of mine. Her bank is over on Moonstone Way at Fern Lane."
"Thank you Signore Vittorini. Have a good evening."
Tomas inclined his head to the man, then left the room. Given the hour, it would not be appropriate to call on the Mistress Vittorini, but that was okay. he wanted to think about what he would say anyways.
Given that he took a stroll toward Moonstone and Fern to see the bank. It was not too out of his way, to get a bite to eat.


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Accepted and presented at the Design of Medical Devices Conference (DMD2014), Minneapolis, MN, April 7–10, 2014.DOI: 10.1115/1.4027047
Manuscript received February 21, 2014; final manuscript received March 3, 2014; published online July 21, 2014. Editor: Arthur G. Erdman.
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- 1 teaspoon coconut oil
- 1 medium onion
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- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
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- Salt, to taste
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2. Add the coconut milk, cumin seeds, red chilies and ginger to a blender. Blend into a smooth paste. If using grated coconut, add some water to make the paste.
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More than 6,500 refrigerators and freezers have been recycled because of an American Electric Power incentive program, part of the utility's attempt to reduce the use of inefficient appliances.
More than 6,500 refrigerators and freezers have been recycled because of an American Electric Power incentive program, part of the utility�s attempt to reduce the use of inefficient appliances.
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AEP began the program a year ago, offering rebates and free pickup for old refrigerators and freezers.
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Interest in the rebates reached a peak last August, with 1,170 old appliances recycled.
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AEP is doing this as part of its slate of programs that encourage energy efficiency. The goal is to remove old, inefficient refrigerators and freezers from service. Often, these old appliances are stored in basements and used as backup storage.
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Forced to put up with daily ordeal, Mewat girls drop out
Lack of toilets is seen as a major reason for the high dropout rate among girls. Based on the union human resource development ministry's report on toilet facilities in government schools, HT runs a check in Haryana's worst district of Mewat.chandigarh Updated: Aug 23, 2014 13:07 IST
Eleven-year-old Monika Rani is one of the eight children of a couple working on daily wages. She is fortunate that her parents, Vijay Pal and Shakuntala, send her to the Government Girls Middle School at Salaheri village in Nuh town of Haryana's Mewat district, 20km from Delhi's international airport. Like many of her friends in Class 7, Monika also wants to become a school teacher but isn't sure if she will be able to become one. In fact, most girls in her school don't make it to Class 10. They drop out not due to academic reasons but because there is no toilet facility in their school.
When the Hindustan Times team visited her school, a confident Monika, who was joined by classmates Sadika (12), Mufida (11), Salarya (11), Shahista (11), Manaj (11) and Asma (12), shared how girls like her on the verge of attaining puberty face the daily challenge of answering nature's call during school hours. They are either forced to skip classes and go out in the open or rush to a home nearby to use the toilet. They say girls senior to them missed school during their menstrual cycle.
The HT team did not encounter any girls studying in the school's Classes 9 and 10. Incidentally, the school is a stone's throw away from the Nuh mini-secretariat, where the offices of the deputy commissioner and district education officer offices are located.
Pointing to a decrepit structure at a distance, Monika says, "Those rooms are filled with garbage and so dirty that they are beyond use. They are kept locked yet the stench is unbearable." The school is surrounded by wild growth and the girls venture out in groups to ease themselves, while their friends stand guard.
Monika says there are two clean toilets for teachers, one for the male and the other for female staff, but no student is allowed to venture near them.
Asked if she had raised the issue with her parents, she says: "They know and our village sarpanch also knows but no one listens to them. Recently, villagers even stole the doors of some toilets in our school." She says the children have taken up the issue with the education authorities who visit the school once in a year but in vain.
Besides toilets, the school does not have a drinking water facility either. "We bring our own water bottles. There are no fans in our school. Children keep falling sick and many avoid coming to school," she adds.
Despite beating other Haryana districts, including neighbouring Gurgaon (854) in the child sex ratio with 903 for 1,000 boys as per the 2011 census, Muslim-dominated Mewat stands nowhere to the Millennium City in terms of education due to its conservative society and government apathy.
It is common perception that if a government teacher gets transferred to Mewat, he/she either goes on leave or tries hard to seek a transfer as early as possible. Those who do join duty prefer to commute to Mewat from Gurgaon district. The district is infamous for crime and is known to lack basic amenities even at the district headquarter level.
A girl is frowned upon if she remains unmarried till Class 10 as most girls are married off early and seldom pursue education.
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The fact that the $350 million donation from the Morningside Foundation to Harvard's School of Public Health is unrestricted will allow the university to direct the fund to where they are most need. The university has already stated that is will be used to support increased financial aid for students, loan forgiveness for graduates who working in under served areas, new classrooms and new cutting edge research, not supported by traditional grant funding.
Harvard produces some of the most successful people in the country. It only accepts the best and the brightest into it's school. It is used to getting generous donations so they know how to best use this large sum of money. Will they put some of it towards their sporting program, probably but they will also use it for other good educational things.
Harvard will do good deeds with this massive endowment because they have a record of doing great things with their funds throughout history. The money is going to medical research. This will help find cures and provides jobs for researchers at the school and by extension, outside of the school as well.
The $350 million that Harvard just received will do what donations always do at big institutions; it will go into the Harvard endowment fund to generate interest. The capital itself will go nowhere and be invested for 'future use'. This basically means that the money won't be used at all. Ever.


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It is a by-product of being the biggest football club in the world that every bump in the road looks like a disaster under the microscope of constant media attention. And Real Madrid have found that to their cost this season as, the likes of which we haven't seen for… well, five or six years maybe.
At the planet's second-biggest club (talk to Forbes, not me) things aren't too different.are contributing to a toxic mood about Manchester United which belies their current league position.
And the similarities don't end there.
For two clubs who pride themselves on their magnificent history and financial might, they are being run in the way a lower-league side would be embarrassed by. Granted, Dagenham and Rebridge would probably be happy to have a South Korean tyre and noodle partner, something Manchester United do well, but the power vacuum at the world's richest clubs is astonishing.
Real Madrid are, to all intents and purposes, run by a civil engineer. On the sporting side of the club there is nothing but an enormous, ever-more-obvious black hole between him and the latest head coach, Zinedine Zidane. In Manchester (well, Mayfair actually) an investment banker rules the empire from a London office while Louis van Gaal is the next rung down. When you get to the stage we are now, where trust in Van Gaal is on the wane, it means that Ed Woodward is the guy whose hands you're putting the club's sporting policy in. Some would say it already is, judging by their transfer pursuits of the last year or so.
Chasing Cristiano Ronaldo , who holds far more value to the brand than he does on the pitch given his physical decline in the last 18 months, is the exact opposite of what his manager would like. Van Gaal likes working with - and has had most success in his career with - talented young footballers that he can mould. You, by now, will have heard the multitude of stories about him falling out with big stars and he isn't likely to change anytime soon. When egos collide money gets wasted, but at least with Sir Alex Ferguson it was always clear who would come out on top. Van Gaal's football is soporific and off the field he's making questionable decisions almost daily.
Real Madrid's caricature dictator Florentino Perez is a different prospect but with similar faults. Again, a 68-year-old former civil engineer and politician wouldn't appear to be the best man to direct the sporting policy of an elite football club but, as the elected president, that remains his choice.
The Real Madrid board, of which the average age cannot be defined as a number but simply by fossil markings, obviously approve Perez's measures, which has rather helpfully included a couple of crucial changes that make it difficult for anyone to run against the billionaire for president.
So he's here to stay, and with virtually nobody in between him and the head coach, things are bound to fall between the cracks., an administrative error on their part that they took with the usual good grace - appealing to every possible court and insinuating a conspiracy against them.
As one senior football executive told MirrorFootball, "keeping track of basic numbers is not rocket science, it is the symptom of wider malfunction."
Between them these clubs have 52 league titles, 63 domestic cups and 13 European cups.
They are not only, historically, the two biggest clubs in the sport of football but they are also currently two of the richest and most valuable in the game.
It's simply impossible for one man to take charge of everything - academy, scouting, recruitment, medical, logistics, media - and one of the qualities of a top manager is the understanding of his own limitations,
Van Gaal has always been a strong man, but were Ryan Giggs to take over, as a young manager you need support and at a club like Manchester United you can't expect to be thrown in at the deep end learning and getting results - it's impossible.
Gary Neville, a young manager who has found himself in the same situation, has immediately remedied the shocking infrastructure at Valencia by working with the cluband to install a
Vicente's return to the Mestalla is reminiscent of the German model, where clubs tend to go down the route of ex-players who have a certain connection to the instituion but they also do their apprenticeship first, either as an incumbent or from different roles, working in an academy and moving up as a natural progression. Indeed, Neville mentioned it at his presentation and you feel, should he ever move to an Old Trafford role, he'd do the same again.
Clubs like Real Madrid and Manchester United would argue that they have advisors, board members or people close to them, who are from football. Particularly in Madrid you have ex-players like Emilio Butragueño (in Manchester, directors like Sir Bobby Charlton) but these don't carry the same accountability nor day-to-day involvement. There's no way they can put their stamp on the club on a daily basis nor be held responsible for bad decisions.
And when things go wrong there needs to be some form of accountability otherwise things will continue along the same path.
The Madrid press did let out a whimper of discontentbut the 68-year-old has la décima in the credit column still. The anger in Manchester will be much more audible should things not turn themselves around soon.


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Review: Abandoned in Place
by Jeff Foust
|"Nature has a way of reminding us of her relentless capability to reclaim these launch pads," he writes.
A major focus of the book is the decay of launch sites at the Cape after NASA or the Air Force decommissioned them. Particularly powerful is a pair of photos taken of the erector at Launch Complex 19, used by the Titan II during the Gemini program. The first, taken in 1991, shows the erector resting on its side, showing some rust and fading paint but otherwise looking mostly intact. The second photo, taken in 2005 from the same angle, shows much greater degradation, with pieces falling apart. (The "white room" at the end of the erector, used by astronauts to access the Gemini capsule, was removed between the two photos for restoration and display in a local museum.) The erector has since been demolished.
Such decline, he notes, is inevitable in an environment like the Cape. "Nature has a way of reminding us of her relentless capability to reclaim these launch pads," he writes in an earlier chapter about a visit to another decommissioned launch site there. "Cape Canaveral's abandoned sites require a consistent effort of landscape maintenance to hold back the relentless growth of Florida's flora."
The procession of images of decaying launch pads and equipment can be depressing, but there are some bright spots. A chapter on Launch Complexes 40 and 41, developed in the 1960s, notes that these facilities have found new life as sites for SpaceX's Falcon 9 and United Launch Alliance's Atlas V, respectively. Miller also recalls visiting test stands and making sure, when asking his escort for access to a higher level of the facility, to do so in earshot of NASA employees. "The inevitably interrupt and say, 'Oh sure, you folks can go up to that level, but you should really see the very top level,'" he said. "I know that the workers will intervene, because I have never met a NASA employee who did not relish his or her job and the amazing facilities and fantastic technology with which the employees work."
The collection of photos have only basic captions indicating the location and date, which at times can be a little disappointing when you want to learn more about what is being shown and how it got into that condition. Some of that information is provided in the book's chapters, which also include guest contributions by several other people. Veteran space journalist Craig Covault writes about Complexes 40 and 41, former astronaut Pam Melroy recalls her visits to Complex 34, and space archaeologist Beth Laura O'Leary discusses preserving artifacts left from the Apollo missions to the Moon.
Plenty of space artifacts here on Earth are preserved for future generations in museums around the world. Preserving those artifacts left outside, like launch sites, is harder: that "consistent effort of landscape maintenance" needed at the Cape comes at a price that can be hard to pay for when budgets are tight and current programs and facilities are a higher priority. For those that can't be physically preserved, the photos in Abandoned in Place help preserve their memories as nature reclaims their materials.