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About us
The Department for International Development (DFID) leads the UK's work to end extreme poverty. We are tackling the global challenges of our time including poverty and disease, mass migration, insecurity and conflict. Our work is building a safer, healthier, more prosperous world for people in developing countries and in the UK too.
We are responsible for:
- honouring the UK's international commitments and taking action to achieve the United Nations' Global Goals
- making British aid more effective by improving transparency, openness and value for money
- targeting British international development policy on economic growth and wealth creation
- improving the coherence and performance of British international development policy in fragile and conflict-affected countries
- improving the lives of girls and women through better education and a greater choice on family planning
- preventing violence against girls and women in the developing world
- helping to prevent climate change and encouraging adaptation and low-carbon growth in developing countries
strengthening global peace, security and governance
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Read our Single Departmental Plan to find out more about how we are performing against our objectives.
Who we are
The Department for International Development (DFID) was set up in 1997. We employ around 2,700 staff who work in our offices in London, East Kilbride and globally.
Where we work
We work in countries across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, many of which are fragile or at risk from fragile neighbours. We also have regional programmes in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean, and development relationships with 3 aid dependent Overseas Territories – St Helena, the Pitcairn Islands and Montserrat. In addition to working directly in countries, DFID also gives UK Aid through multi-country global programmes and core contributions to multilaterals.
International Development Acts
Two acts of parliament have helped to put development higher on the national agenda. The International Development Act 2002 clarified the purpose of aid spending as poverty reduction while the International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Act 2006 defined DFID's annual reporting to Parliament through its Annual Report.
Case studies
Our case studies explore the impact of DFID's work and provide real-life examples of our policies in practice.
We fund many organisations that are working to end poverty. Find out about how our funding schemes work and how to apply.
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The Internal Audit Department's Internal Audit Investigations Section is the central point for raising concerns, suspicions and/or allegations of fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse or other corrupt practices. This includes both internal and external cases where DFID funds, assets or interests (including DFID's reputation) are involved, as well as any breach of the Civil Service Code.
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- writing to the Head of Internal Audit, 22 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2EG, United Kingdom
Your information will be treated in confidence. You do not have to provide personal details, however such information will assist us in taking forward your concerns and enable us to provide you with a response on the outcome. If you ask us not to disclose your identity we will not do so without your consent, unless required by law.
If you are concerned about confidentiality you may wish to contact Public Concern At Work, an independent charity, which provides free legal advice on reporting of concerns.
Contact details 020 7404 6609 / firstname.lastname@example.com
National Fraud Initiative 2016/17
The use of DFID data to prevent or detect fraud.
DFID is participating in the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) 2016/17 data matching exercise carried out by the Cabinet Office. We are required by law to protect public funds that we administer and our participation in the NFI will assist in the prevention and detection of fraud.
We are participating on a voluntary basis and will provide the Cabinet Office with details of our trade creditors as set out in the Cabinet Office's guidance.
This form of data matching involves comparing computer records held by one public body against those held by other public bodies to establish if there are any corresponding records. Computerised data matching allows potentially fraudulent claims and payments to be identified. Where an inconsistency is found it may indicate that further investigation is necessary.
The use of data by the Cabinet Office in a data matching exercise is carried out with statutory authority under its powers in Part 2A of the Audit Commission Act, 1998. It does not require the consent of the individuals concerned under the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Data matching by the Cabinet Office is subject to a Code of Practice.
Further information on the Cabinet Office's legal powers and reasons why it matches particular information.
Our guide to how we manage our programmes (Smart Rules) and administration (Blue Book)
The Smart Rules provide the operating framework for the Department for International Development's (DFID's) programmes.
The Blue Book (admin only) has been revised and now covers all non-programme elements of DFID's operating framework (ie human resources, security and estates).
Corporate communications
The UK aid logo is designed to help publicly acknowledge that the development programmes we and our partners deliver are funded by UK taxpayers.
Staff in DFID and our partner governments and organisations can download the artwork for the UK aid logo and instructions on how and when to use it.
All organisations delivering DFID-funded programmes must use the UK aid logo in accordance with our standards for use.
No other organisation is permitted to use the logo without our permission.
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Check online for the information you need before you contact DFID.
Find out how to:
- apply for a job at DFID
- search for current funding opportunities and eligibility criteria
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- supplier / invoice payment enquiries should be submitted via the Finance Operations team, email@example.com
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- search for aid projects and find out how the UK invests in developing countries
We cannot help with asylum requests, visa applications or issues relating to entry to the United Kingdom as these are Home Office responsibilities.
Contact DFID
You can contact DFID's general enquiry team if you can't find the information you need online by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. We aim to respond within 15 working days from date of receipt and we will forward your email to another government department if they are better placed to respond to your enquiry.
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Jobs and contracts
Read about the types of information we routinely publish in our Publication scheme. Our Personal information charter explains how we treat your personal information.


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The liveliest of three debates, yet still light on economic specifics. Meg Whitman still relies on script and is not concrete enough. Jerry Brown ahead on facts and particulars.
Those are a few of the assessments by political analysts after the final debate between California gubernatorial candidates Mr. Brown (D) and Ms. Whitman (R). With three weeks until election day and Californians casting mail ballots now, this last matchup was seen as crucial to Whitman forging a comeback or to Brown cementing his fresh lead in polls.
"Voters have a clear choice, but does Whitman come off as another Arnold [Schwarzenegger] who tried but ultimately fell short? And do voters see Brown a career pol who has done the job but is he 'old news and ancient history?' "says Hal Dash of Cerrell & Associates, a Democratic strategy consulting firm. "Overall, Whitman and Brown had passion, a decent amount of specifics, but clearly both are struggling with a real economic recovery plan for California."
Brokaw hits scandals head-on
Veteran moderator Tom Brokaw confronted the scandals hanging over each candidate's head directly.
Brown apologized directly to Whitman and called a remark by a campaign aide caught on voice mail calling Whitman a "whore" "unfortunate." But he also bristled at Mr. Brokaw's suggestion that to women the word is as offensive as the "n-word" is to African Americans.
Whitman pounced, shaking her head and saying, "Women know exactly what's going on here," and called the word a "slur."
But Brokaw also put Whitman on the hot seat when he asked about her employing an undocumented immigrant as a housekeeper for nine years. Brokaw asked Whitman how she intended to make good on her promise to hold businesses accountable for hiring undocumented workers when she couldn't do so herself.
She defended the hiring, saying it was through an employment agency and added that "this is one reason why we need a very good e-verify system" that will hold employers accountable.
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Throughout the one-hour debate, Whitman tried to portray herself as the political outsider that would bring "a fresh approach, a different approach" to California's entrenched problems and insisted Brown was a failed, lifelong politician. Brown kept touting himself as the pragmatic veteran with the experience to navigate the state's intransigent budget process.
"I did eight budgets, I know how this is done," said Brown.
When the debate turned to cutting state taxes, Brown turned to Whitman and asked: "Ms. Whitman, I'd like to ask you, how much money would you save" if investment and business startup taxes were cut, as she has proposed.
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"If he goes to Sacramento, it will be the same old, same old," Whitman said at another point. "I've got a very detailed plan, and I think that's part of leadership."
Brown's comeback: "She doesn't have a plan. She said $14 billion in cuts, she doesn't say where; she says 40,000 layoffs, she doesn't say (where) ... and by the way, you've got to get the Legislature on board" or none of it will happen, he said.
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However, he felt the studio audience was intrusive.
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Pigging out for a cause. May 20, 2011Posted by ourfriendben in Uncategorized, wit and wisdom.
Tags: Big Texan Steak Ranch, competitive eating, eating competitions, El Wingador, Joey Chestnut
"El Wingador Says: Wing It On!"
"How many cheesesteaks can he down?"
Silence Dogood here. Apparently May marks the beginning of the competitive eating season, and our area, the Lehigh Valley in scenic PA, is keen to get in on the act. El Wingador, Philadelphia's champion wing-eater, is challenging would-be competitors to a Wing-Eating Challenge at the historic Buckeye Tavern in Macungie (a restaurant that gets the thumbs-up from yours truly and our friend Ben; check it out at www.buckeyetavern.com). Meanwhile, Dorney Park in Allentown will host a Philly Cheesesteak-Eating Competition this Saturday, May 21 at 1:30, where Pennsylvania residents will have a chance to defend their state's honor as creator of the cheesesteak against Joey Chestnut, a Californian who holds the world record after wolfing down 19 six-inch cheesesteaks in 10 minutes.
Apparently, these spectacles of conspicuous consumption bear more than a passing resemblance to the World Wrestling Federation. Competitors often bear colorful names—in addition to El Wingador, I saw Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston, Micah "Wing Kong" Collins, Sean "Flash" Gordon, Bob "Notorious B.O.B." Stoudt, and Brian "Dud Light" Dudzinski mentioned as competitors—and they apparently have catchy bylines ("Wing It On!") that would give Emeril a run for his money, not to mention appropriately flamboyant costuming.
These are by no means the only pig-out competitions going. Cramming in the most hot dogs, most jalapenos, most pies, most just-about-anything can be a highlight of any fair or festival, as well as (as in these cases) a stand-alone event. Restaurants like the iconic Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo, Texas will not only pay for your meal but enroll you in their Wall of Fame and shower you with memorabilia if you're able to consume their entire mega-meal (a 72-ounce steak, shrimp cocktail, salad, baked potato, and dinner roll) in one hour. (Er, if this sounds tempting, better check it out on their website, www.bigtexan.com. That is one big steak. And if you can't finish it before the hour is up, you'll owe them $72, if the price hasn't gone up.) Guess who holds the world's record for polishing off the entire steak dinner in less then 9 minutes? Joey "Jaws" Chestnut! No wonder he's ranked #1 by the International Federation of Competitive Eating. (Another organization, Major League Eating, ranks Chestnut #1 and Shoudt #2.)
These competitions apparently get sporting types' adrenalin, if not gastric juices, flowing just like any other test of speed, skill and endurance. One witness described accidentally witnessing Chestnut's consumption of the steak dinner as follows: "A lot of the customers stood up and crowded around the table, so it was difficult to see. After about four minutes, I realized that this was something to witness! I stood up on a chair… It was pure pandemonium… I've never seen anything like it! Everyone in the restaurant was on their feet applauding. My friends and I came for a good meal and got to witness history!"
If the Food Network doesn't have a competitive eating program, I can't imagine why not. Guy Fieri would make the perfect host, since it would be challenging to find any contestant, even El Wingador, who'd be more flamboyant than Guy himself. But I can't see Guy competing. It takes more than attitude or a Wal*Mart-sized stomach—it takes an athlete.
El Wingador spilled the wings (so to speak) in an interview he gave this February before Philadelphia's annual Wing Bowl, which draws constestants from all over the world and a crowd of 20,000. Wingador, a 5-time champion, is considered the world's foremost wing-eater. As he told the interviewer, he approaches these competitions like an athlete, which is what he was, a pro softball player before becoming a pro gobbler. To get his jaws in shape for a competition, he chews 10 pounds of Tootsie Rolls a week. (His dentist was probably able to buy a summer home and take early retirement as a result.) To stretch his stomach and get ready to consume 250-300 wings in a matter of minutes, he eats 10-15 pounds of food a day. But, he stressed, he eats salmon, veggies, yogurt and the like to make up those pounds of food, not deep-fried junk, and works out religiously to make sure those pounds don't glom onto him. And he approaches his competitions with a mental advantage: "I read a lot of books about brain fitness and mind over matter."
But El Wingador is, at heart, a modest man. He claims that a Japanese competitor, Takeru Kobayashi, is "the best eater in the world." Kobayashi, a 33-year-old of modest height and weight known as "The Tsunami," smashed every eating record previously set from his very first appearance, when he burst upon the competitive eating scene in 2001 at a Nathan's Famous hot dog-eating contest. Typically, he at least doubled the record of whatever-it-was being eaten from all previous winners. For years, he seemed unbeatable. Then came Joey Chestnut.
So who is this Joey "Jaws" Chestnut? He's a 6-foot-tall, 218-pound engineering major from Vallejo, CA. Though closely shadowed by the 5'8″, 123-pound Kobayashi, Chestnut has an awesome versatility, winning eating competitions from hot dogs, wings and pizza slices to deep-fried asparagus, matzoh balls (!) and, I kid you not, the Pepto-Bismol Bratwurst Eating Championship. To shape up for his competitions, he fasts and stretches his stomach by drinking gallons of water and milk and taking protein supplements.
Why on earth would anyone want to subject themselves to this type of physical torture, to pig out in public, to gorge themselves when a huge percent of the world's population is starving, even here in the U.S. of A.? Two rather divergent reasons spring to mind.
The proceeds from El Wingador's wing-off at the Buckeye Tavern are being donated to the Macungie Fire Department, so he and his fellow competitors will at least be stuffing themselves for a worthy cause. As for Joey, the Dorney Park competition will pay $1500 to the person who eats the most cheesesteaks. College, and especially engineering school, is not cheap, and college loans are crippling, often haunting their recipients well into midlife. If Joey takes home a sufficient number of prizes like this, he might be able to pay his way through school and emerge with his advanced engineering degrees not just debt-free, but even a little ahead.
I myself can't imagine wanting to watch, much less compete in, an activity of this kind. It makes my stomach hurt just thinking about it. But in this case, perhaps the ends really do justify the means.
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On the first full day of his life as the most-decorated Olympian, Michael Phelps went back to work — those medals don't start winning themselves just because you've hit 19, after all. But first he had to attend to his correspondence.
"Thank you Mr. President!!" he wrote, re-tweeting a congratulatory message from @BarackObama. "It's an honor representing the #USA !! The best country in the world!!"
A little less formally, there was a "Thanks bro!!!" to a tweet from Lil Wayne ("High praises to my good friend Michael Phelps for becoming the greatest Olympian of all time.USA!!"). There was more gratitude to actor Josh Charles ("I'm so damn proud of my fellow Baltimore boy @MichaelPhelps"), Irish golfer Graeme McDowell, New England Patriots wide receiver and former Raven Donte Stallworth and Washington Wizards guard John Wall and fellow Olympians Kimmie Meissner, Shaun White and Apolo Ohno.
The flurry over the Baltimore swimmer's latest shattering of a record, though, had to go on mostly without Phelps' full attention. After barely sleeping in the wake of all the excitement, Phelps was back at the Aquatics Centre Wednesday morning for his fifth race, the 200-meter individual medley.
Despite the sleep deprivation and the swirl of worldwide attention, Phelps swam to the fourth-fastest finish in the morning heats, with rival Ryan Lochte coming in second going into Wednesday evening's semifinals. There, the two swam in adjacent lanes, always thrilling to watch, with Lochte winning first seed and Phelps third going into Thursday night's finals.
Phelps pronounced himself glad just to be getting back to one of the center lanes reserved for the top seeds, especially given how much was going on around him.
"I felt fine," Phelps said after his semifinal swim. "I just tried to stay focused."
Earlier in the morning, he talked about how many people he heard from — both friends and celebrities, and some who are both.
"There was like this madness. I wanted to thank all the people who sent some tweets, [President] Obama," Phelps said after his morning swim, "and [Barcelona footballer Gerard] Piquet, a bunch of different athletes from all over the world. It was pretty cool."
Obama's congratulatory tweet was followed by a phone call as Phelps was heading back to the pool for the semifinal.
Phelps said he got little sleep Tuesday night. "I must have left the dining hall at 11:30 [p.m.], got back to my room probably about 12," he said. "I do not really know what time I fell asleep."
His coach, Bob Bowman, said he doesn't think Phelps will have a problem staying motivated despite having the most medals of any Olympian. In fact, he has other milestones on the horizon.
On Wednesday, Japan's Kosuke Kitajima failed to medal in his 200-meter breaststroke event, which, had he come in first would have made him the first male swimmer to win gold in the same event in three consecutive Olympics. Phelps himself missed his first opportunity to do that, when he finished fourth in the 400 IM on Saturday.
His third chance comes Thursday night, in the 200 IM.
But to win that, Bowman said, he has to swim a stronger second half of the race than he did Wednesday night. And, he said, they had one of their discussions — voices may have been raised a bit, which is not that big a deal with these two often combative personalities — over his less-than-sharp breaststroke portion.
"I'd like to see him do a more agressive breaststroke," Bowman said, "see what happens."
This will be his last matchup against Lochte in a rivalry both say has improved each of their games.
"We love racing against each other," Phelps said. "Neither of us likes to lose. I like to say we bring the best out in each other."
They also have fun together — both are fans of Lil Wayne, for one thing, the rapper who name-drops Phelps in his songs, even dedicating "Go Getta" to him, saying, "Michael Phelps, this is for you," in the intro. After Phelps lost the 400 IM and Lochte won gold in it, the two had dinner together in the athletes village, with their coaches, Bowman and Gregg Troy, also the coach of the Olympic men's team, as other swimmers dropped by.
And before their 200 IM semifinal, they were together in the ready room where competitors wait before their races and where instead of psyching one another out, they were watching a teammate, Nathan Adrian, win gold in the 100-meter freestyle.
"Me and Phelps were in the ready room watching," Lochte said. "We just went nuts. We were screaming and everything. That was one of the greatest finishes and we are so happy for him."
Phelps agreed. "We were both cheering just crazy," he said. "We've had a great week so far. We said in the team meeting yesterday we are only halfway done and we are just starting to pick up more and more steam, so hopefully we can finish it."
Baltimore Sun staff reporter Wesley Case contributed to this article.
An earlier version of this article said tonight was Phelps' second chance to win gold in the same event during three straight Olympics. It is actually his third chance. The Baltimore Sun regrets the error. What's left for Phelps?
The remaining schedule for Baltimore's Michael Phelps. All times are local. Viewers whose cable or satellite subscriptions include MSNBC and CNBC can access live streams of every event at NBCOlympics.com through LiveExtra. Taped coverage will be shown on Ch. 11 between 8 p.m. and midnight.
100-meter butterfly, heat, 6:14 a.m.; semifinal, 3:51 p.m.
200-meter individual medley, final, 3:16 p.m.
400-meter medley relay, heat, 6:49 a.m.
100-meter butterfly, if qualify final, 2:38 p.m.
400-meter medley relay, if qualify final, 3:27 p.m.


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Comedian Marc Maron finally having his moment
Soon after taking the stage, Marc Maron decides to skip the act.
He's got a packed room at a downtown New York club, all eager to see the 49-year-old comic tape what will be a comedy special for Netflix. Normally, such tapings are carefully structured and finely calibrated. Maron promptly decides against it.
"No, let's not," he says. "Let's just work through some stuff."
Working through stuff is the modus operandi for Maron. Though he started out as a stand-up known for bitterness and anger, Maron - after a lot of struggle and a bout with drugs - began funneling all of his anxieties, frustrations and demons into his comedy. For him, working through "stuff" with a microphone is a way of life.
His new book, "Attempting Normal," is dedicated to "anyone who is successfully defying their wiring." He once concluded a speech at the Just for Laughs comedy festival with the summation: "There are few things more important than comedy, but they aren't funny."
Bitterness and anger certainly haven't left the building, but Maron's issues - those inherited from a manic-depressive father and a weight-obsessed mother, and accrued from jealousy-filled years of show business - are entirely in the open. In an entertainment world full of seemingly flawless, confident performers, Maron's naked insecurities have made him a hero for the imperfect.
"The only time I tend to get frightened is if I get away from stand-up for more than a week or two," Maron said in an interview in early April over a plate of bacon. "I realized I hadn't been on stage in two weeks and I was like: 'Oh my God! It's a lie! I'm not funny! What am I doing?' All these weird fears started coming back. And then I went up and did like an hour and a half and I was like, 'All right. I know who I am again.'"
During the taping, Maron gestured to a notebook on the floor full of illegible scribbles, explaining: "This is the system that's kept me out of the big time for 20 years."
But after more than two decades in comedy - and watching contemporaries like Louis C.K. and Jon Stewart ascend in the industry - Maron is finally having a well-deserved moment. Along with the Netflix special and book out this week from Random House, his IFC series, "Maron," premiered Friday.
And it's all because, at a moment when he was out of other options - lacking work, on his second divorce and giving suicide some thought - he decided to buy a microphone and try a new medium in its infancy: podcasting. On his show, he would comically spill his neuroses while having deeply personal, hour-long conversations with fellow comedians. After sitting for a recent episode, Hank Azaria wondered if Maron "gives out truth drugs."
"I needed to talk to people on a personal level - kind of re-engaging my ability to listen and laugh and connect with somebody else in an open-hearted way," he says. "I'd lost all that. I'd become very cynical and closed off. It was all synced up: My need to integrate myself into the community and be among peers and to literally hear how other people deal with their problems."
The podcast, "WTF With Marc Maron," has long been one of the most popular on iTunes, with about 2.5 million downloads monthly. Now past 380 episodes, he's attracted nearly everyone in comedy, from Robin Williams and Mel Brooks to Conan O'Brien and Ben Stiller. The show, famously recorded in the garage of his Los Angeles home, is a kind of twice-weekly hearth for the comedy world where the candid conversations are centered more on life's pains than on comedy. Maron can be both combative and apologetic - often at the same time.
He's arguably the best, most honest interviewer in media right now. His recordings - like an Alan Lomax collection of the comedy world - were recently added to the Library of Congress.
"No one does this anymore," says Maron. "We live in a self-involved, careerist society of people just trying to appear like they have their s--- together. I think the attitude is 'Look, I'm doing what I'm doing so I can't focus on your s--- right now. So text me.' But we're all equipped to deal with this stuff. It's really what makes human beings interested. It's what we're supposed to be doing, connecting like this."
To see Maron on stage is to witness him at his most comfortable, driven almost compulsively by a need to connect with an audience. The comic Andy Kindler once called him "an empathetic savant."
Maron, who describes himself as a "volatile, sensitive guy," grew up in Albuquerque, N.M. In his early 20s, after graduating from Boston University, he moved to Los Angeles and worked his way up as a doorman at the Comedy Store. He fell in with Sam Kinison, aping both his anger-spewing comedy and coke habit. Maron eventually fled back to Boston, and developed a career that never quite took off, including hosting stints on Comedy Central and on Air America. With no expectations and free of any creative oversight, he began the podcast in 2009.
"Maron" pulls from many of the stories he's told in the podcast openings, and features cameos from many of those he's interviewed, including Sarah Silverman and Aubrey Plaza. It's a sitcom portrait of his life: raging at ex-wives, hanging out with comics and caring for his houseful of cats.
"Attempting Normal," with stories about fights with his girlfriend over having babies and his lone encounter with "Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels (who's something of an inscrutable villain to Maron), captures Maron's voice authentically. While the TV series has a good spirit, it may be more amplified for fans accustomed to the intimacy of the podcast.
"I definitely did it the way I do things," he says. "I erred on the side of earnest over bad jokes. There were definitely conversations where it's like we don't need to do that joke because that joke will derail the emotions of it. A lot of what I learned in writing was that I never really fully realized how much jokes are about avoiding emotion."
Maron, naturally, is neurotically "girding for whatever negativity is to come" from his suddenly high profile.
"I'm pretty overwhelmed, and that seems to be having a calming effect on me," he says.
He would like to do more episodes of "Maron," having learned from the first 10. He has no plans to slow down on the podcast, which increasingly features entertainers outside of comedy: "I'd like to go into areas where I can learn something," he says.
In "Attempting Normal," he writes that he got into comedy not to be an entertainer, but "to finish the construction of myself." Regardless of success, the process seems to be working.
After he detours into what he often calls "a pocket of weirdness," during the taping, Maron smiles: "That kind of went a different direction than I expected."


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I live near there Tyler and am a 3.5-4.0 player and prefer evenings as well. Let me know if you want to play in the next week or so....
Which club are you closer to, Libertyville? I am free to play tonight or tomorrow night, what time works best for your schedule? You aren't a member there are you, if not I can call to see how much it is for a walk on rate later in the evening...
Im closer to lincolnshire to be honest, as I live in Riverwoods, but let me know. I can possibly play tonight but would have to be starting at 730 or later. Tomorrow would have to be at 8....open next week
It is all a straightshot for me since both clubs are about the same distance. I called the club and it is $10 for a guest fee plus have of a court fee of about $15. I dont know if that sounds appealing to you anymore since I thought it was only about $10....either way I would reserve walk on so I call about 1/2 hour before I want the court and weekday evenings after 8pm isnt too busy
No worries on the fee- where in Lincolnshire? That club on half -day?
Yea the fee is minimal and worth it. There are no courts available in Lincolnshire tonight but there are in Libertyville: 2x @ 9pm-10pm or 1x @ 8:30-10. Yay or nay?
Sorry- cant tonight in Libertyville. Need more heads up (family, kids and stuff). Let me know other weekday nights u can in Lincolnshire and Im game
Message is sent and you have my cell, so we will be in touch and get some sets in soon enough!
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I had a customer come in (regular) and brought me a mac his son screwed up by deleting partitions and installing windows. Somehow in the bootcamp process he screwed it all up.
So now there's a fresh windows 8 installation on it, but I cannot for the life of me find proper drivers for his wireless card and other items.
I have tried installing a driver for a different system (Acer system. Same chipset, same wireless card) but it failed in the setup (setup.rul 343)
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Cambodia Wants Mandatory Surveillance Cameras In Internet Cafes
from the don't-give-them-ideas dept
Large-scale surveillance of private communications is becoming depressingly routine, even in supposedly enlightened democracies. In less freedom-loving locations, Internet cafes are viewed with particular suspicion, and subject to tight controls. But it looks like Cambodia is taking surveillance of Internet cafes in particular, and communications in general, to new heights/depths:
All telecommunications operators, sales outlets and distributors are obliged to register their business at local authorities. Meanwhile, all locations serving telephone services and Internet shall be equipped with closed circuit television camera and shall store footage data of users for at least 03 months. Telephone service corporation owners along public roads shall record National Identity Cards of any subscriber.
Alarmingly, the Global Voices story quoted above suggests that there's more to come:
The circular could be a model for a more comprehensive cyber legislation which the government plans to enact this year.
In the good old days, the West might have criticized such moves as disproportionate and oppressive. But as has happened with censorship, it long ago lost what moral authority it had in the area of surveillance. Probably the most we can hope to do is to stop our own governments following suit.
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Effect Classification
Effect classification is the process of assigning individual magic routines to systematic groups or categories, in order to establish a better overview. Numerous classification methods have been established over the years. The usefulness of each category depends on the performer's individual goal in examining the effects in question.
Regardless of the objective desired and the system used, individual effects sometimes cross the boundaries between classifications. Also, any classification system should remain flexible, and not used to limit options.
- 1 Venue Classification
- 2 Show Position Classification
- 3 Occurence Classification
Venue Classification
Venue classification is the organization of effects by their intended venue. This system of classification is the main one used to organize MagicPedia.
Venue classifications include:
Show Position Classification
When organizing a show, it's often helpful to know where a particular effect works most effectively. For example, a longer routine might work well in the middle of the show, but be very ineffective as the very first routine.
Many performers have worked out their own particular categories over the years. Some examples are included below.
Dan Harlan
Dan Harlan, on his Pack Small Play Big videos, used the following system for Stand Up Magic routines. It involves three major sections, each divided into three subsections.
Dan Harlan's show position classification is:
- Warm up and learn about the audience
- First impression
- Get acquainted, involve the audience
- Wrap up the first section and get to the point
- Display your versatility and skill
- Unique and different routine
- Visual and quick routines
- Dexterity, skill or classic
- Create some positive memories
- Relaxed routine, or a lead-in to the showstopper
- Showstopper, blockbuster
- Lasting Impression
Ray Pierce
In the October 1988 issue of Genii Magazine, Ray Pierce authored the first of an 11-issue series called Pansophical Production. In this first article, he describes his 5-part structure for a 15-17 minute act. Each section is intended to average 3 minutes, and to be self-contained for ease of introducing new material, as well as eliminating old material.
Ray Pierce's show position classification is
- Opener - Acquaint the audience with you as a performer
- Personality - Acquaint the audience with you as a real person
- Ballad - Display emotion, and let your audience know you care about your craft
- Rouser - Wake up your audience as you begin to close the show
- Closer - Encapsulate your style, personality and talent in one punch
Occurence Classification
Occurence classifications are organization of effects by the main magical occurence in the effect. As with show position classification, numerous performers have devised their own categories for occurence classification.
Harry Blackstone, Jr.
In The Blackstone Book of Magic & Illusion, author Charles Reynolds listed 13 different effects. It is simpler in nature than many of the other occurence classifications.
Harry Blackstone, Jr.'s occurence classification is:
- Production
- Vanish
- Transposition
- Transformation
- Restoration
- Animation
- Penetration
- Anti-gravity
- Sympathetic Reaction
- Time Control
- Escapes
- Mentalism
- Invulnerability to Physical Laws
Dariel Fitzkee
Dariel Fitzkee published his list of 19 basic effects in his classic book, The Trick Brain.
Dariel Fitzkee's occurence classification is:
- Production (appearance, creation, multiplication)
- Vanish (disappearance, obliteration)
- Transposition (change in location)
- Transformation (change in appearance, character or identity)
- Penetration (one solid through another)
- Restoration (making the destroyed whole)
- Animation (movement imparted to the inanimate)
- Anti-gravity (levitation and change in weight)
- Attraction (mysterious adhesion)
- Sympathetic Reaction (sympathetic response)
- Invulnerability (injury-proof)
- Physical Anomaly (contradictions, abnormalities, freaks)
- Spectator Failure (magician's challenge)
- Control (mind over the inanimate)
- Identification (specific discovery)
- Thought Reading (mental perception, mind reading)
- Thought Transmission (thought projection and transference)
- Prediction (foretelling the future)
- Extrasensory Perception (unusual perception, other than mind)
Winston Freer
Winston Freer first published his occurence classification in an issue of The Linking Ring.
Winston Freer's occurence classification is:
- Production
- Vanish
- Change in position
- Change in material
- Change in form
- Change in color
- Change in size
- Change in temperature
- Change in weight
- Magnetism
- Levitation
- Penetration
- Restoration
- Remote control
- Sympathy
- Divination (all feats of mentalism and/or mental magic)
- Prediction
Roberto Giobbi
Roberto Giobbi, in his Genii Magazine column The Genii Session, published a list of basic effects in the July 2006 issue. This list focused exclusively on card magic.
In the September and November 2006 issues, he also published a 2-part list classifying the great themes, effects and tricks in card magic, based on a previous list by Juan Tamariz. The purpose of this list is to clarify the terminology used when discussing card routines.
Basic Effects of Card Magic
Robert Giobbi's card magic occurence classification is:
- Animations
- Coincidences
- Discoveries
- Distant Magic (tricks done over the phone, radio, TV, internet, etc.)
- Divination, Mental
- Divination, by Super-Powers
- Flourishes
- Gags with Cards
- Gatherings
- Hypnosis & Hallucinations
- Intelligent Deck
- Magnetism and Equilibrium
- Mathe-Magical Curiosities
- Multiplications
- Penetration, Solid Through Solid
- Predictions
- Productions
- Spelling
- Stories with Cards
- Superpowers
- Topological
- Torn and Restored
- Transformation
- Transposition
- Traveling cards
- Turnovers
- Vanishes
Great Themes, Effects and Tricks in Card Magic
Robert Giobbi's thematic card magic occurence classification is:
- Aces & Kings Transposition
- Aces to Order (Spectator names the suits in a specific order, and the aces are cut to in that same order)
- Acrobatic Jacks (Elevator Trick)
- All Backs
- Ambitious Card
- Backfire Assembly (After assembling to fourth ace, 3 aces travel back to their original packets)
- Between Your Palms
- Brainwave
- Call to the Colors
- Calculating Deck
- Card at Number (often called "Any Card at Any Number")
- Card in Anything
- Card Through Handkerchief
- Card on Ceiling or Wall
- Card to Wallet
- Cards and Cases (routines involving the card case as part of the effect)
- Cards and Coins
- Cards and Dice
- Card(s) Through Table
- Cards Across
- Cards to Pocket or Up The Sleeve
- Cardtoon
- Clock Trick
- Coincidencia Total (Multiple coincidences)
- Collectors
- Color Changing Card
- Color Changing Deck
- Color Divination
- Cutting the Aces
- Diminishing Cards
- Do As I Do
- Dr. Daley's Last Trick (Two red aces switch places with two black aces)
- Dunbury Delusion (Magician finds selected card, even though he apparently passed it)
- Elongated Lady
- Esoteric (also known as "Haunted Pack")
- Everywhere and Nowhere
- Fingerprint Card Trick
- Folded Card to Box or other place
- Follow the Leader
- Four Ace Assemblies
- Four Ace Productions
- Gags With Cards
- Gambling Demonstrations
- Gambling Exposés
- General Card/Universal Card
- Haunted Deck
- Homing Card, to pocket (A card repeatedly and magically travels to the performer's pocket)
- Homing Card, Braue/Kaps (A card is repeatedly removed from a packet, yet keeps returning)
- Hotel Trick
- Invisible Deck
- Lie Detector
- Lifting/Cutting Any Number of Cards
- Linking Cards
- Magnetized Cards
- Matching the Cards/Magician Makes Good (3 cards cut to, but the values don't match selected card. Magician transforms then into the 3 matching values.)
- Memory with Cards
- Mental Poker Divination
- Multiple Card Discoveries
- Mutus Nomen Dedit Cocis (mentally selected pairs of cards are divined by the performer)
- Mystery Card (card set aside at the beginning of the routine turns out to be the selected & signed card)
- Naming the Cards from Pocket
- Nap Hand Deal (From the audience, the performer divines 3 poker hands held by spectators on the stage. He also makes the performer with the worst hand win.)
- Nudist Deck (A deck that is blank on both sides magically prints faces and backs)
- Oil and Water/Color Separation
- Open Prediction
- Orders, Miraculous (Mixed cards order themselves)
- Out of This World (Spectator sorts cards by color without looking at their faces)
- Princess Card Trick (One of a group of cards is thought of, and divined by the performer)
- Protean Deck (3 cards are selected, and the rest of the packet or deck changes into copies of each of those cards one at a time)
- Rapid Transit/Two Card Transposition
- Reading the Cards of Any Deck
- Remember and Forget (3 spectator each choose a pair of cards, remembering one and forgetting the other. Performer locates the 3 remembered cards, then transforms them into the forgotten cards)
- Reverse Location (reversed card found in deck)
- Reverse Card Routine (packets of cards are repeatedly mixed face-up into face down, straightening themselves out each time)
- Rising Cards
- Roll-Over Aces (Cards shuffled face-up into face-down. First aces are located, then a Royal Flush)
- Sandwich Tricks
- Six Card Repeat
- Soldier's Prayer Book (story tricks with an apparently shuffled deck)
- Solid Deck
- Spectator Does Magic
- Spectator Cuts to the Aces
- Spellers
- Stabbing, Card
- Stop Trick (selected card is found in deck at the point spectator says "Stop")
- Sympathetic Cards (Four cards assemble under one cover)
- Sympathetic Cards, Milton (Two packets of cards, each consisting of a single suit, are used. When one packet is shuffled, the other packet magically winds up shuffled)
- Tearing the Deck
- Telephone Card Magic
- Ten Card Poker Deal
- The 21 Card Trick
- The Trick That Cannot Be Explained
- Think of a Card
- Three-Card Monte
- Topological Card Magic
- Torn and Restored Card
- Travelers (Four selected cards to four different pockets)
- Triumph (Deck is shuffled face-up into face-down after selected card is returned. Deck magically rights itself, except for the selected card)
- Twisting the Aces
- Unshuffled (Name of selected card appears on the side of the deck, as the performer shuffles)
- Vanishing Card
- Vanishing Deck
- Visitor (Signed card travels from between 2 black kings to between 2 red kings)
- Weighing the Cards (Spectator cuts off a packet of cards, performer weighs them with his hand, and announces how many are in the cut-off packet)
- Wild Card (Multiple duplicates of a card change into duplicates of another card)
Robert Neale and Dariel Fitzkee (combined)
Using the Dariel Fitzkee occurence classification as a starting point, Robert Neale created an interesting list, and published it in The Magic Mirror, which he authored with David Parr.
This classification is unique. In this method, the effects are first broken down by symbolic concerns, and then into the various categories of their main magical occurence. The intention of this method is to make it easier to connect the ideal the performer wishes to portray with a particular effect. Some of the same basic effects show up under more than one concern, demonstrating that even a single effect can be radically altered by shifting the concern.
This system uses three basic symbolic concerns, each of which has three sub-concerns. Each of these sub-concerns is then broken down into one or more of Fitzkee's 19 basic effects.
The combined Neale/Fitzkee occurence classification is:
- Being
- existing or not existing:
- production (appearance, creation, multiplication)
- vanish (disappearance, obliteration)
- control (mind over the inanimate)
- characteristics changing or not changing:
- transformation (change in appearance, character or identity)
- penetration (one solid through another)
- physical anomaly (contradictions, abnormalities, freaks)
- control (mind over the inanimate)
- holding together or falling apart:
- restoration (making the destroyed whole)
- invulnerability (injury-proof)
- control (mind over the inanimate)
- existing or not existing:
- Doing
- moving or not moving in space:
- transposition (change in location)
- identification (specific discovery)
- animation (movement imparted to the inanimate)
- anti-gravity (levitation and change in weight)
- extrasensory perception (unusual perception, other than mind)
- thought reading (mental perception, mind reading)
- moving or not moving in time:
- prediction (foretelling the future)
- extrasensory perception (unusual perception, other than mind)
- functioning or not functioning according to one's nature:
- animation (movement imparted to the inanimate)
- anti-gravity (levitation and change in weight)
- control (mind over the inanimate)
- extrasensory perception (unusual perception, other than mind)
- moving or not moving in space:
- Relating
- attracting or repelling:
- attraction (mysterious adhesion)
- thought transmission (thought projection and transference)
- spectator failure (magician's challenge)
- agreeing or disagreeing:
- sympathetic reaction (sympathetic response)
- union or disunion:
- penetration (one solid through another)
- attracting or repelling:
S. H. Sharpe
In his 1932 book Neo Magic, S. H. Sharpe created a list he called his Analysis of Conjuring Feats.
S. H. Sharpe's occurence classification is:
- Productions
- Disappearances
- Transformations
- ...to a totally different object
- ...of color
- ...of size
- ...of shape
- ...of design
- ...of substance
- ...of weight
- ...of state
- Transpositions
- Natural Science Laws Defied
- anti-gravity
- magical animation
- magical control
- matter through matter
- multi-position
- restoration
- invulnerability
- rapid germination
- Mental Phenomena
- prediction
- divination
- clairvoyance
- telepathy or though transference
- hypnotism
- memorization
- lightning calculations


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Game 80 – Just when you thought we couldn't sink any lower…
We suck at basketball, but we rock at digging deep to find new and improved ways to lose.
"There's something about sports, when your back is against the wall, you tend to play better and guys come together. We've had a lot of adversity with a lot of injuries, but we have done a good job of coming together and fighting. We shared the ball, we had each other's backs, we played with a lot of passion, and that is contagious."
–Rob Kurz describing the opposite of the Jazz
The Jazz were at home against a depleted GS team that has been playing with a 7-man roster for weeks and arrived in SLC at 2:30 a.m., and Don Nelson had handed the coaching reins over to his assistant coach.
With 2:51 to go in the first half, the Jazz had taken 9 more shots and 10 more FTs than the Dubs. They had a 4-10 advantage on turnovers and a 3-11 advantage on fouls, and the Warriors were in the penalty. And the Jazz were down by 7. They sorta-kinda staged somewhat of a run in the second half, but whatever.
Once again, DWill got outplayed by a nobody PG. CJ Watson, who got only his 15th start of the year, went off for a career-high 38 on 10-16 and 16-16 FTs, to go along with 7 rebounds and 9 assists. I wanted to die of shame when Watson was interviewed after the game and he said their scouting reports told them that they could take it to the Jazz's big men because they [Jazz's big men] wouldn't do anything to stop them.
The worst thing was that DWill looked like he was beyond caring. Ronnie B managed to play 26 minutes without doing a damn thing, Sap looked like a scrub, KK went 0-7 on threes, and AK once again couldn't hit a shot if his life depended on it.
Boozer played like his main goal was padding his stat line, without any thought to the game. I guarantee that in the 3rd, the only thing on the minds of Boozer and his publicist/Fan Club President, David Locke, were what they were going to say post-game about how wonderfully he played, how he's back, how he can shoot from anywhere on the floor, etc. And indeed, in the post-game, Locke raved about how many great plays Carlos made, how he was the bright spot in the game, and how the Jazz don't have a chance in the Playoffs without him.
Carlos had a great game. Big freaking deal. Let's see him have a great game when the Jazz play like a team and get a win. Said the guys at 1280: "Worst loss of the season…most pathetic performance of the season…I don't care that Carlos Boozer scored 25 in a game that doesn't matter, congratulations Carlos for being the king of nothing." My thoughts exactly.
The Jazz didn't just lose today. They were embarrassed, humiliated, and stomped into the ground by four undrafted players and three rookies. You can't just ignore a cancerous tumor and hope that it goes away. I'm not saying that Carlos is a cancer (but I'm not ignoring that possibility either), because before he came back, the Jazz were playing as a team, on a roll, and everyone was happy. Now we have locker room issues, everyone hates each other, and players are only concerned about themselves. Whether it's his return or his person that's the cause, it's related to Boozer and when he says stuff like "I'm a starter, PERIOD," it shows that he places himself above the team, and that he could care less about alienating his teammates when things are already tense.
The '03-'04 and '04-'05 Jazz teams didn't play this badly. They competed, they hustled, and they were a lot more fun to watch than the Jazz of the last few weeks. When you see players playing their hearts out and giving it their all, fans can't begrudge losses. Bottom line: even if we had won this one, it wouldn't have changed anything. There are major issues that need addressing.
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U.S. stocks climbed on Tuesday, putting the S&P 500 on track for its best two-day run in a month, as investors gained confidence that "fiscal cliff" talks were progressing, even as significant differences separate Democrats and Republicans in Washington.
The gains followed a rally on Monday that lifted the S&P 500 to its highest point in nearly two months. Investors remain confident that Washington will come to an agreement to avoid a series of spending cuts and tax hikes before the end of the year that could hurt economic growth.
President Barack Obama's most recent offer makes concessions to the Republicans in taxes and entitlement spending, but House Speaker John Boehner said the offer is "not there yet," though he remains hopeful about an agreement. Senate Democrats, however, have expressed concern about entitlement cuts, particularly to Social Security.
"As you get more and more clarity and dialogue that there will be a compromise to avoid a fiscal cliff, I think the markets are going to rally," said Weston Boone, vice president of listed trading at Stifel Nicolaus Capital Markets, in Baltimore.
"What's holding this market back - the S&P 500 - from continuing to reach higher highs is the macro headwinds, and a lot of that emanates from (Washington) D.C."
For a second day, banks led the rally. Goldman Sachs Group shares shot up 3.1 percent to $127.30 and Morgan Stanley gained 3.2 percent to $19.13 after Jefferies Group reported a higher-than-expected adjusted quarterly profit.
Jefferies rose 2.9 percent to $18.77. The S&P 500 Financial Index climbed 1.2 percent.
"I think it's an expectation that if the fiscal cliff is resolved, it's going to be a better environment in 2013 for the financial names," said Michael James, senior trader at Wedbush Morgan in Los Angeles.
Shares of firearm makers sank on Tuesday as investors sold after the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., on Friday that killed 20 children and six adults.
Smith and Wesson fell 9.8 percent to $7.81, as the stock stayed on track for its busiest day in history. Sturm Ruger and Co. slid 8.3 percent to $40.35.
The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 104.46 points, or 0.79 percent, to 13,339.85. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 13.77 points, or 0.96 percent, to 1,444.13. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 39.29 points, or 1.31 percent, to 3,049.89.
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Why would someone make a new book out of an old one? Why would someone take it apart, cut it up, add some found objects and present it as something new?
That's a subject that will be explored next week at Stair Public Library when retired Eastern Michigan University instructor Janet Kauffman presents a program called "Recycled/Reseen Books."
"With Tyree Guyton coming next month, we'll have a conversation about using material at hand—the stuff we've got but don't use, the things we trash such as broken china, broken toys, stones, bones, all kinds of scraps—to re-envision our immediate world," Kauffman said.
Since she'll be talking at the library, she's going to focus on books—altering, deforming and reshaping books.
"We'll see how different artists and writers have done it, and talk about why," Kauffman said. "Why would they do that? What new books come out of the old? What books would you pick to alter or deform? What junk or debris would you add to them?"
Books can be recycled and reseen, she said, and transformed into our own statements or stories.
Stair Public Library assistant director Colleen Leddy hopes Kauffman's talk at 7 p.m. March 20 will serve as a springboard to the creation of altered books by area residents.
"After we learned Tyree Guyton would be visiting the library as part of the Michigan Notable Books project, we were brainstorming ideas," she said, "trying to come up with art projects the library could organize and have on display to welcome him and show we 'get' what he's about."
Since Guyton is coming to the library, someone suggested that books should be used in projects and that led to the discovery of altered books. An internet search took her to the Portland (Maine) Public Library where a massive altered books project was collected and catalogued and made ready for interloan.
"I borrowed three to give people an idea what they are like," Leddy said. "They'll be on display during Janet's talk."
Leddy wants to see community members take part in the project by making their own altered books or creating some other piece of art that exemplifies Guyton's spirit of creating art out of found objects.
"It's art that also has some kind of message, art that makes people think," she said. "It's not always pretty, but it's pretty dang interesting."
Anybody can participate, she said.
"People don't necessarily have to be an artist or even artistic. They just need an idea and a way of expressing it using objects that would otherwise get thrown away or recycled."
She thinks if people attend Kauffman's conversation March 20, they will leave inspired to create.
After that, they'll have about a month to complete a project for a display in late April. Guyton's visit is scheduled May 1.


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text: Awesome! It seems that during World War II, French Chef Julia Child was a spy - one can only assume the least inconspicuous spy in the history of the world. It has just been revealed that Child was part of an international anti-Nazi spy ring managed by the Office of Strategic Services, an early version of the CIA. The previously classified files will identify the "nearly 24,000 spies who formed the first centralized intelligence effort by the United States." The OSS, which included civilians from all walks of life, "studied military plans, created propaganda, infiltrated enemy ranks and stirred resistance among foreign troops." Post-war, the agency was absorbed into the nascent CIA, and the many spies in the network never spoke about their covert activities. "I was told to keep my mouth shut," says 93-year-old Walter Mess. Or, in the case of Julia, to fill it with foie gras. [AP]