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General Program FAQ
Must I be a freshman to take a Freshman Seminar?
Yes, Freshman Seminars are open to freshmen only. Any student who enters Harvard College as a freshman may apply to any Freshman Seminar during the first two terms of residence.
How many Freshman Seminars may I enroll in?
A student may enroll in two Freshman Seminar, on per term. Students enrolled in fall seminars can still enroll in a second seminar in the spring term.
Who teaches a Freshman Seminar?
In 2019-2020 we will offer 129 seminars taught by members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as well as the graduate schools of Design, Divinity, Education, Government, Law, Medicine, and Public Health.
Why should I take a Freshman Seminar?
A Freshman Seminar ordinarily brings together one instructor with twelve students to study a topic of keenly shared interest. It frees its participants (instructor and student) from the usual constraints of lecture courses such as letter-grades and exams. Instead, students in a seminar undertake readings, discussions, essays, and presentations toward a SAT/UNSAT grade. Seminars also feature special instructional activities such as guest speakers, concerts, exhibitions, studio or lab work, and field trips that enhance the learning experience for freshmen. Students often cite a Freshman Seminar as their best learning experience at Harvard, not only in the Freshman Survey, but in the Senior Survey as well.
Can freshmen take both CS50 and a Freshman Seminar for SAT/UNS?
Yes. Even though first years may not ordinarily enroll in both a Freshman Seminar and another non-letter-graded course in any one term, they may take both CS 50 and a Freshman Seminar for SAT/UNS.
May I shop or audit a Freshman Seminar?
No, a Freshman Seminar is a small, limited enrollment course that may not be shopped or audited. Class size is 12-15 freshmen.
What is the Harvard College Honor Code?
The Harvard College Honor Code (adopted May 6, 2014 by vote of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences):
"Members of the Harvard College community commit themselves to producing academic work of integrity – that is, work that adheres to the scholarly and intellectual standards of accurate attribution of sources, appropriate collection and use of data, and transparent acknowledgement of the contribution of others to their ideas, discoveries, interpretations, and conclusions. Cheating on exams or problem sets, plagiarizing or misrepresenting the ideas or language of someone else as one's own, falsifying data, or any other instance of academic dishonesty violates the standards of our community, as well as the standards of the wider world of learning and affairs."
What kind of credit is awarded a Freshman Seminar?
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has a credit system whereby a one-semester course is worth four credits. Freshman Seminars count as one-semester course and are taken as part of a full semester's course of study. All seminars count towards non-letter-grade credit. If you successfully petition a department to receive concentration credit for a freshman seminar (see below), then the seminar would count for letter-grade credit.
Can a Freshman Seminar count for concentration or secondary field credit?
Some departments will count a Freshman Seminar for department credit. Please consult either the information on a department in Fields of Concentration or the Head Tutor or Director of Undergraduate Studies in a given department for more information. You may need a copy of the Freshman Seminar syllabus from the course website to submit to the department for their review.
Can a seminar count for credit towards General Education?
Freshman Seminars do not count for Gen Ed credit.
How are the seminars graded?
Freshman Seminars are not letter-graded: a student's work in the seminar is evaluated as Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory. A grade of Satisfactory includes letter grades from A to C-. A grade of Unsatisfactory represents work below C- and is considered a failing grade. Students who neglect the work of the seminar or do not perform satisfactorily will be excluded from the seminar and/or denied credit.


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Can you tell us a little bit about Deceive?
Deceive is the seventh book in my YA fantasy series featuring the Estilorian world. The story centers on the third generation of Estilorians, but many of the readers' favorite characters from earlier in the series are in the book, too. The two main characters in Deceive are Eden and Connor, and they're from two classes that may surprise some Estilorian fans. Such a pleasure to write!
Do you remember the title of the first story you wrote?
The first book I ever completed with the hope of publishing it was called Enticing. It was a historical romance/pirate adventure novel. While I'd never publish it in its current form, it may eventually get polished up and published as an adult title. Only time will tell!
What is your work schedule like when you're writing?
I work full time, so my writing is done in the evenings and on weekends. When I'm heavily into a project with a deadline set, my family hardly ever sees me. That's why I tend to take a couple of months off between projects, so I can spend more time with them.
Where do you find inspiration?
As with many writers, I find inspiration everywhere. It might come from a news story I read, a snippet or quote I see on social media, an experience shared with me by one of my friends, or a random thought as I'm walking my dog in the evening.
What have you learned about publishing that you didn't know about when you first started writing?
I went into self-publishing blissfully ignorant of the massive amount of marketing and networking needed to be successful as an author. When I published the Daughters of Saraqael Trilogy in 2011, I had about 100 Twitter followers and 10 Facebook friends, most of whom were my family members and friends. I got lucky and started interacting with other indie authors right away, learning as a went along. The publishing world has only gotten bigger and more competitive since then. If you self-publish now without any network to support you, you're unlikely to sell books. It's kind of a cart before the horse situation. If I had known that before I published, I would have been active on social media for months before I published.
What do you like to do when you're not writing?
When I'm not writing, I enjoy reading, watching Netflix with the family, visiting the beach or local theme parks, swimming, and shopping (often for more books!).
Can you tell us about your future projects?
I've got a number of projects in the pipeline, including two more New Adult contemporary romances and a New Adult futuristic mystery series. I'm excited about all of them. Now I just have to get them written!
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My entry nook/locker/cubby whatever you call it, is done!! I found the perfect turquoise locker-esque baskets for the top cubbys at Hobby Lobby! I picked the last one up today and took both boys with me...by myself! This was a huge step for me and I now feel a little less imprisoned and little more like I can rule the world!! ha!! I found the top iron piece at the Hob Lob too! I just adore how it turned out!! Now everybody has a basket for their winter gloves/hats/scarves!!
|their adorbs little backpacks on their hooks!!
|The Farmer and I have to share a basket :)
|this makes me have visions of them in school...I might have to take them down!! hehe :)


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This morning my alarm was set, as usual to 99.5 All Classical, my intention being to "wake up." In honor of Bach's birthday this week, the show "In Performance" was playing the Goldberg variations.
Johann Sebastian Bach had a pupil by the name of Johann Gottlieb Goldberg who studied clavier with him from 1733-1746. Goldberg was one of the most remarkable clavier players in Germany. Bach proclaimed him to be his most clever and industrious pupil. Goldberg was able to sight read the most difficult music put before him and was extrordinary at improvisation. Goldberg was brought to Bach by the Russian ambassador, Count Kaiserling, for lessons. While just a teenager, Goldberg was employed by the Count to play clavier music. The Count suffered from insomnia. At the request of Count Kaiserling, Bach was asked to compose music that Goldberg would play to lull the Count to sleep. Bach composed thirty variations that are known as "The Goldberg Variations." The grateful Count Kaiserling paid Bach with a golden goblet and 100 louis d'or coins. ("Music for Sleepless Nights"
I'm happy to report that these worked as intended, for while it had been my intention to wake up, I fell back to sleep. It was not unpleasant.
A Belated Happy Birthday, Johann Sebastian Bach! (Some will be celebrating this thing all month.)
- Classical music: To mark J.S. Bach's 327th birthday, NPR spends a full week examining the "Goldberg" Variations from Handel to Hannibal Lecter. It is an astounding work of appreciation and analysis.
- Happy 327th Birthday Johann Sebastian Bach!
- Video – How a Bach Canon Works
- Janet Sung returns to perform the works of Bach
- Music Review: Fretwork – Bach: Goldberg Variations
- Happy Birthday, Johann Sebastian Bach!
- Dan Tepfer: Goldberg Variations / Variations (Review)


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Forget House of Cards! The good folks at the Cato Institute have begun producing a series of short videos about downsizing the ultimate (fiscal) house of cards, the federal government. Sounds like an overdue idea. We'll run a few of them here on Power Line, starting with the one below examining the Department of Agriculture (about 3 minutes long), but if you can't wait to take in the whole series, you can find the current playlist (five so far) right here.
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Nearly six months after the iPad's debut, we're finally starting to see the first Android tablets sneak out… impressive devices like the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the Sharp Galapgos.
But where are the showcase Windows 7 tablets? Sure, we've seen a few, like the TEGA 2, but these have — as a rule — been netbooks with touchscreens and their keyboards ripped off, not first-class slates. Where are they?
According to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, we should start seeing them before Christmas… although he didn't claim that they'd be for sale before Christmas.
Ballmer then followed up his comments by promising that Windows 8 would come with a full bore tablet interface, built from the ground up with multitouch in mind.
It's really that last comment that is the most telling. Ballmer's tacitly admitting that the reason we're not seeing Windows 7 slates from major OEMs is because Windows 7 is totally unsuitable for them. Instead, even stalwart Microsoft allies like HP are jumping ship and buying up companies that make more suitable operating systems. The tablet market — like touchscreen smartphones before it — seems like another one Microsoft is going to be several years too late entering.
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Ten years for a repair fraud in which the victim lost $42,000? I thought, man, there're people who killed guys in Hawaii and got less than 10 years.
Kaiser's main offense, it turns out, was missing his original sentencing date, where he was expected to get probation. That apparently ticked off Circuit Judge Steven Alm, who banished the hapless handyman to a decade in the slammer.
Am I crazy or have a lot of other people committed a lot worse crimes and gotten off a hell of a lot easier? Let's check the record:
Here are a couple of people who also got sentenced to 10 years in prison:
I'm all for tough sentencing, especially against predators who rape, kill and rob innocent victims. I just don't think Henry Leo Kaiser is that kind of a threat to society. I suggest he clip out this column, get a new lawyer and plead on his knees with the judge to reconsider his sentence.


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Green oasis
The yard of Helen and Folly is a green oasis, right in the center of Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht. The main feature in the yard is the Katsura tree/caramel tree; a stunning green tree with heart-shaped leaves. Besides being nice to look at from the living room window, the tree also offers shade on hot summer days. "We have hung a lounge chair under the tree in order to enjoy the relaxing shade in the summer. It is a dream of a location!", explains Helen. "The tree also casts a shadow over our dining area, and that's fantastic if we decide to have a barbecue early on a summer afternoon. The lighting then becomes a great feature later in the evening", adds Folly.
Emphasis on the stunning Katsura tree
Lighting has been installed at various places in the yard. Naturally, greenery in the borders has been illuminated. Due to the high plants, this has been done using the LIV DARK. The Katsura tree has been illuminated using three NERO's, which cast uniform light on the treetop. The NERO's have been placed in the gravel around the deck, which means the light source is barely visible from the lounge chair.
Depth in the yard
"When inside the house, we almost always look out into the yard. The HYVE 22 in the steps and spotlights at the back have suddenly added more depth to the yard", says Helen. The lights in the steps also serve a functional purpose; they offer extra visibility and thus improve safety. That's also why the WEDGE WHITE has been placed against the wooden cladding. It improves visibility near the shed door and gate, which is great when the children come home in the evening. "The other great thing about the wall lights is their color and how they are positioned. They catch everyone's eye and help to add extra emphasis to the black/white theme in our yard", explains Helen.
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A Marxist Approach to Social Movements?
When I started reading and writing about social movements, my main motivation was to understand my own engagement in activism at that time. In addition, I also wished to figure out how to use sociological knowledge from within in order to guide strategies, campaigns and public communication. Some essential scholar books from the 1990s, the celebrated article by Claus Offe, Touraine's ambitious writings on the topic, Castells' works on urban movements, a fascinating seminar led by Chris Rootes and Dieter Rutch I attended at the University of Kent (and the readings they recommended), all kinds of political literature from collectivist anarchism and autonomist Marxism I came across with, and some more specific guidance given by my supervisors (Tomás R. Villasante but also Chris Pickvance during the short period I spent in Kent), were incredibly helpful to make sense about the field. The secrets of coordinated collective action with a capacity to threaten the established statu quo were, without doubt, some of the key drivers of my studies of sociology and political science. By then, I focused on aspects I found quite neglected by the prevailing analytical approaches –participatory action-or-activist research and the use of sociological knowledge within the movements, the issue of activists' transversal politicisation (from their anti-systemic dissent to changing their everyday life) and their contextual-historical features. My bias, as expected, was to pay more attention to progressive, leftist and autonomous-self-managed movements because I knew them better first-hand. With a critical background in social sciences and far from willing to supply a naïve justification of the movements I studied, I thought –and still think- that my aim was also to highlight movements´ contradictions, internal conflicts and splits, and their failures –while also regarding both their actual achievements and their potential development.
On those years Marxist perspectives were not precisely on the rise. On the contrary, in parallel to the decline of the former state-socialist countries and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Marxist-inspired social sciences lost a lot of their appeal. I was still struggling with the issues of class, left-libertarian "new social movements" and the context of capitalism that many scholars from the "political process" (or, later on, "contentious politics") approach did not consider at the core of their analyses, as if, portraying a caricature, movements just aspired to grow up and turn themselves into more mature lobbies and political parties ready to take office. But I was not fully convinced by the "collective identity", constructivist and "framing" approaches either. Many of these turned their backs off to some key insights of Marxism, which often made movements look like, if we drew another caricature, a sort of machines that engender cultural creativity and social networks where to have fun, make friends and use utopian claims to wash our bad remorse for being privileged middle-class folks. On their flank, Marxist intellectuals did not develop many sophisticated frameworks to deal with phenomena (for instance, feminist, environmental, peace, and urban struggles, to name a few) quite different from the traditional labour movement they intended to resuscitate once and again. Therefore, I guess that my theoretical dissatisfactions were just channelled via the invention of my own eclectic view on movements, where Marxism neither provided my preferential nor the most advanced or consistent analysis. Fortunately, some of the most inspiring and joyful publications about movements -Interface journal, for example, and more recently, ROAR- shared similar reflections and debates over the years, so I could mirror my interrogations there.
However, I experienced a major reconciliation with Marxism when I was teaching politics in Hong Kong. Previous professors of the subjects I was assigned to had totally omitted any reference to Marxism in particular and to critical approaches in general. I introduced them back into the syllabi and tested them with the local cases of mobilisation –urban movements, in particular, but, especially, the Umbrella Movement that occupied the streets over three months in 2014 and challenged the limited democratic rights enjoyed in this Chinese SAR (Special Administrative Region). (It is also worth mentioning that, some time ago, I had embraced the 15M movement in Spain from 2011 onwards, which, to me, represented a crucial example of anti-austerity mobilisation.) Many of my students read enthusiastically my suggestions from Piven and Cloward, Jessop and the recent books titled "Marxism and Social Movements" (2013, edited by Colin Barker, Laurence Cox, John Krinsky and Alf Gunvald Nilsen; published by Brill) and "We make our own history. Marxism and Social Movements in the Twilight of Neoliberalism" (2014, by Cox and Gunvald; published by Pluto). Despite the students' harsh criticisms to the Marxist-Communist doctrine supposedly advocated by the Chinese government that most rejected as a whole package, many were very eager to explore Marxist insights in order to challenge the dominant narrative that authorities and media were interested in spreading out. Not by coincidence, the Chinese regime has been the new engine of global capitalism since their economic reforms by the late 1970s and Hong Kong, in particular, has been a fundamental financial hub and haven that fuelled part of that transformation, both as an authoritarian-colonial regime under the British rule until 1997 and as a postcolonial-semi-democratic regime since then. My students at a non-top university experienced themselves the huge wealth gap of such a society and the neoliberal-for-profit strong inclination of the HKSAR government (and universities alike), so any true socialist and egalitarian view was timely convenient for them as a way to question their immediate economic and political environment. While writing about the Umbrella Movement I was also enthused over this literature.
Therefore, I would like to recall now, in particular, some of the brilliant arguments contended by Colin Barker (one of the promoters of a great conference focused on social movements for more than twenty years). He focuses on ´class struggle´ as the main avenue to bridge Marxism and social movements' analysis. In addition to the conflict between labour and capital, Barker also stresses the relational and cultural contents of a class approach, drawing upon E.P.Thompson:
" 'Class is a social and cultural formation (often finding institutional expression) which cannot be defined abstractly, or in isolation, but only in terms of relationship with other classes; and, ultimately, the definition can only be made in the medium of time – that is, action and reaction, change and conflict.' 'Class struggle' is inherently a process involving (at least) two sides. One side involves multifarious forms of resistance to exploitation and oppression; the other includes the equally varied means by which ruling groups work to maintain their positions and to contain such resistance."
I agree with the need to examine social class dimensions in collective action, the dialectics of domination and resistance in which movements are engaged, and their actual and potential connection to all workers' conditions of life and struggles. However, other social dynamics and structures are often more relevant within movements than the class features –gender and race, to name the most obvious ones, but also urban and housing conditions, cycles of general protest, struggles about liberal (civil and human) rights, post-colonial periods, etc. Barker acknowledges these and other not less significant issues (cultural domination by the ruling class' ideas, workers' adhesion to calls for nationalist and imperialist wars, combination of progressive and regressive features in the same struggle, etc.) and claims that Marx himself disclosed contradictions, complexities and different layers of generalisation in order to fully understand the movements' social agency (nowadays, this approach would resemble familiarity with the epistemology of critical realism):
"Human beings actively create their own history, though not under conditions of their own choosing. On one hand, they necessarily enter into social relations that are the product of previous activity and independent of their will. Such social relations possess their own 'emergent properties' independent of the individuals who compose them: for instance, divisions of labour, rules, patterns of rights and responsibilities. They co-exist at a whole number of levels, all the way from epochal 'modes of production' to the immediate and local relations of family, neighbourhood, or workplace. On the other hand, the people who, as active, reflective beings, compose these various systems of activity also actively remake them as they 'live' them. They regularly run up against features of these systems that impede them in the pursuit of their (self-developing) needs and goals. As they seek to resolve these engendered problems, they act in ways that are liable to disrupt existing patterns, generating conflicts that potentially reconfigure both their social relations and themselves as actors. Such a general conception underlies a Marxist approach to social movements. Only at a level more immediate than that explored in Marx's Capital can we locate definite people, speaking in particular tongues and with their own histories and traditions, struggling to understand and achieve control of their material and social conditions. It is at this more immediate level, of more 'concrete' sociocultural formations, that 'social movements' emerge, as specific forms of social and political activity. Movements are mediated expressions of class struggle."
I am still not satisfied with the final corollary of the quotation. It still denies any autonomous entity at the core of processes where social movements are at play. Class struggles can mediate social movements as well as the other way around. And there certainly are many other remarkable mediations to take into account. As Barker notes, even the analysis of labour and genuine anti-capitalist movements should be linked to other forms of oppression and exploitation within capitalism (what constitutes the core idea of the intersectional approach to social structures):
"The centrality of 'class struggle' does not make 'economic' questions somehow 'more important'. Struggles against oppression – whether based on nationality, ethnicity, religion, gender, skill, or sexuality – are not distinct from or opposed to class struggle, but are mutually interdependent parts of the social movement against capitalism as a totality."
Or, as he states somewhere else, "pure workerism was a receipt for defeat". Barker also points to a very often ignored observation: movements oppose their foes, but movements are continuously struggle with their friends too. The "inner life" of movements is thus made up of an intense and necessary internal political life, where deliberations, splits and strategies take place. Finally, what is even important to remind in places as disparate as China or the United States is that a Marxist approach does not imply any amnesty for the barbaric policies implemented by authoritarian regimes in the name of communism:
"From the early 1920s, Marxist practical and theoretical development was stunted and diminished. The immensely influential Russian Revolution of 1917 was isolated and rapidly 'degenerated'. Stalin, though claiming a Marxist heritage, in practice perverted and reversed the entire tradition. 'Communism' in Russia came to mean the opposite of everything Marx had stood for: subordination of labour to accumulation; extensive forced labour; dispossession of the peasantry; national oppression; worship of the state; oppression of women, gays and Jews; imperialist expansion into Eastern Europe; and the brutal silencing of dissent. Outside Russia, Communist Parties in advanced capitalism first reverted to an ultra-left lunacy (its worst manifestation being the division of the German workers' movement in the face of Hitler), and then proceeded to develop a second wave of organised reformism, containing militant insurgencies. In 'Third World' countries, they promoted state-led industrialisation."


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Below are some extracts from the online publication by the Certification Office.
The link is herehttps://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/561133/PH.2.16-17.pdf
"The Hearing 25. The hearing shall take place on 19-21 December 2016 at a venue to be notified to the parties. The concern expressed that the proceedings should be audible to all present was noted."
"It was provisionally agreed that the first two days would be for witness evidence with the third day for submissions and closing speeches."
"Witness Evidence
14. Mr Burgess's witnesses will be himself, Helen Davies, Claire Dixon, John Harris and Hannah O'Reilly.
15. Mr Rogers and Mr Bannister will give evidence themselves.
16. Ms Wakefield's witnesses will be herself, Glen Williams, Paula Barker, Michael
Jackson and Eddy Coulson.
17. The Union's witnesses will be Roger McKenzie, Cliff Williams, Bronwyn McKenna, Liane Venner and a witness from ERS."
The venue for the Certification Office hearings take place at the below venue (unless otherwise stated):-
Venue: Fleetbank House 2-5 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8J
Hearings are held in public (unless otherwise stated) and will commence at 10:00 am. Anyone wishing to attend a hearing should telephone or email the Certification Office (020 7210 3734 / email@example.com) so that we may arrange for a security access pass to be produced.
"First Eleven" are as follows:
1. John Burgess
2. Adam Tipple
3. Phil O Reilly
4. Patrick Hunter
5. Claire Dixon
6. Liz James
7. Alan Wylie
8. Hugh Jordan
9. Maggi Myland
10. Helen Davies
11. John Harris
Background #Unisongate complaints:
To understand some of the issues please listen and read the information and links below which have been all online in the public domain for almost 10 months.
1. Whistleblowing tape – 21 October 2015
A damning audiotape emerged in early December 2015 provided evidence that senior officials of Britain's biggest public service union, UNISON, had allegedly acted in blatant breach of the union's own rules to secure the incumbent general secretary's re-election.
The 23-minute tape appeared on an Anonymous Blog here: https://uniondemocracyblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/01/rogue-unison-regional-secretary-breaking-unison-rules-in-election-rigging-scandal/
The audio file can be downloaded online here:
The audio recording repeatedly features the voice of UNISON's London regional secretary, who can be heard repeatedly thanking paid union officials under her management for their work in securing branch nominations for the three-term incumbent UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis.
"We have done very well and I want to thank everybody and congratulate them on getting the nominations that they have got. This is a list of the Greater London branch nominations for Dave Prentis the deadline closed last Friday, I do not have a list of the other candidates, and that will appear in due course but I haven't got it. But we have done very well, we've got almost 50 nominations here so that is excellent and thanks very much, er Dave is very very pleased and he has related that to me personally er it is very important because obviously this is going to be a hard fought election."
(UNISON London Regional Secretary to UNISON London Region paid officials on 21 October 2015).
The recording includes derogatory references to Mr Prentis' three election opponents (Roger Bannister, John Burgess and Heather Wakefield) and their supporters along with a detailed discussion of what London regional officials can do to bolster the Prentis campaign in the days running up to the start of the postal ballot on 9 November. There is also an explicit warning not to get "caught out", while mention of the union's election rules provokes widespread laughter.
2. Team Dave campaign emails
The public were first made aware of the Team Dave campaign emails when an article appeared in Private Eye in early February.
You can read the Private Eye article here https://www.scribd.com/doc/312252796/Private-Eye-p-38-Feb-2016
Here are some extracts from the above Private Eye article
"Leaked emails reach the Eye providing more evidence that full-time staff of Unison mobilised to get general secretary Dave Prentis re-elected in December making the union's claim to be a "member-led" look increasingly questionable."
"The emails passed to the Eye from within the Prentis campaign indicate that Unison officials were in fact the backbone of "Team Dave". The emails were sent by assistant general secretary Cliff Williams in October and November. The bulk of the recipients were other Unison officials – a rough count shows 45 of 50 addresses are regional secretaries, head office staff and other unison staff."
"One striking "Team Dave" note says: "it may be in some circumstance you may be able to 'circumvent' hostile branches by working with sympathetic employer contacts. I acknowledge that some colleagues may feel this is ethically inappropriate but it doesn't breach campaign rules; it will have to be done with caution."
It may not break campaign rules, but it still doesn't look good. Similarly, having Unison officials lead the Prentis campaign doesn't match the spirit of the union being "member led".
The third extract above is in our view one of the most damming, especially for those grassroots reps and members who have been fighting employers who are either sacking, privatising or cutting the Terms and Conditions of our members. The idea that paid officials would go behind the backs of local branches is appalling and has no place in a trade union. To date there has been no condemnation of these remarks or any investigation.
The "Team Dave" emails provide a context to the content of the audio tape of the meeting in London on 21 October 2015.
Read Three earlier Private Eye articles here
1. Unison on tape
2. A family affair
3. A greasy poll


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May 30, 2010
Video: Athens Timelapse
Beautifully smooth imagery from Alexandros Maragos:
[Via Katrin Eismann]
It's slick and smooth indeed. Now let us see someone producing an HDR version — using say, five shots one or two stops apart per final frame. The new HDR de-ghosting in CS5 would then sure come in handy!
BTW, that de-ghosting function works splendidly, so thanks for all that effort. My only objection is that it only works when tonemapping the HDR into 8/16-bit images — we can't produce a de-ghosted 32-bit file, alas.
Some flash goodness on the oil spill at the NYT
Ken in KY
hi john!
perhaps you like this i discvovered recently from a swiss guy:
imho it's extremely beautiful.
he posted some nice tutorials how he did this in after effects, premiere elements and photoshop on his blog ( http://magictimelapse.blogspot.com ).
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8 Ways to Make Riding a Bike More Comfortable
Biking isn't only a great way to stay in shape, it can also be a lot of fun. And thanks to hundreds of bike lanes and more than 50 bike shares in cities around the country, it's easier than ever to hit the road. However, even short rides can cause aches and pains in the neck, back or below the belt—especially for new riders. "While some believe discomfort is inevitable, there are some simple adjustments that can make riding much more comfortable," says Seattle-based physical therapist Erik Moen, founder of BikePT.com. These eight tips will help you have a more comfortable ride on the roads and trails.
1. Check Your Saddle
Sit on your bike while it's secured in place to check the tilt of your seat. You should be able to pedal backward (hands-free) without feeling like you're sliding forward or backward.
"If you're not centered [on the saddle], you have to push or pull more on the handlebars, which affects [the placement of] your whole upper body," Moen says. This can lead to more stress in those areas.
Saddle height matters, too. For the best fit, your legs should be almost-but-not-quite straight at the bottom of your pedal strokes.
2. Work Your Triceps
"Your triceps hold your position and support your weight against the bike. They also act as shock absorbers," Moen says. "If you don't have solid tricep strength, you'll end up putting excess stress and strain on the shoulders and neck."
Try adding some tricep-toning moves to your regular workout routine to help alleviate any upper-body discomfort. And while you're at it, check your handlebar height and positioning: You should be able to reach the grips, breaks and gear shifters without straining or stretching. (If you aren't sure if your bike is set up correctly, consider getting a professional fitting.)
3. Shift Your Weight
If you're going to be carrying things with you on your bike ride (like the clothes you'll wear to work), avoid wearing a cross-body messenger bag, which can put uneven strain on your shoulders. Instead, try a backpack, which evenly distributes weight. But any daily commuters with neck pain or anyone carrying heavy loads should consider moving their gear to pannier bags (shop 'em here) alongside the bike's rear tire, or a basket in the front.
4. Stretch It Out
"Your head is heavy like a bowling ball," Moen says, so holding it out and up in front of you (as you do on a road bike) can overextend and stiffen neck and back muscles. And the longer any given ride is, the more your bod's bound to hurt afterward. "You wouldn't expect to go for a two-hour run and not be sore the next day," he adds, "but people always seem surprised when it happens to them on a bike."
To loosen up post-ride, bring your hands to meet behind your low back and clasp them together. Stretch for 30 seconds, alternating chin-to-chest, ears-to-shoulders, and looking left and right. Keep in mind these types of aches and pains are more common in newbies, so as with any sport, your muscles will adapt and hurt less as your body gets used to longer rides.
5. Ditch the Visor
Buying a helmet? Skip the ones with attached sun visors: you'll have to lift your head higher, and thus strain your neck even further, to see out in front of you.
6. Use the Proper Gear
The first few times you take a long bike ride—especially if you're on a road bike, which tend to have narrower seats—you're bound to be sore in your sit bones and the surrounding area. Wearing bike shorts with a padded chamois (sometimes called a "shammy") can make a huge difference. You can also buy creams, like Chamois Butt'r or Petal Power Joy Ride Creme, that can reduce friction and chafing as you ride.
As for the rest of your clothes, you can probably get away with wearing normal clothes or office attire for casual riding or short bike commutes. But if you're logging longer distances or upping the intensity of your ride, opt for a moisture-wicking cycling jersey (with back pockets to stash snacks), shorts or tights that won't get in the way of your gears, and a top layer (or a pair of arm warmers) to shield you from gusting winds.
7. Ride the Right Bike
Don't get us wrong: Any bike is a great bike—and if you want to ride to work on a high-performance road bike or do your first triathlon with a beach cruiser, we're all for it. But if you do happen to be in the market for a new set of wheels, try to choose a bike that's going to best fit your riding style.
If your main plans for your bike are to ride it to and from work, to visit friends or to run errands, look for a cruiser or city style with a wider, lower seat (so you can reach your feet to the ground when you're stopped in traffic), plus an upright position and the option to add a basket or a pannier bag. For a bike you can ride for further distances or greater speeds, you'll want a road bike that leans you forward in a more aerodynamic position. Looking for a little bit of both? Ask about hybrid styles.
8. Stand Up Straight
One of the biggest things you can do to improve your comfort level on your bike is sit less, and stand more, during all those hours that you spend off it: "The biggest cause of neck pain often comes from what we're doing the rest of the day, in terms of sitting too much and poor posture," says Moen. "Being on a bike just tends to exasperate those existing problems, so if you can improve those habits you'll feel better during and after those your rides."
Now that you know how to ride more comfortably, it's time to celebrate National Bike to Work Week (happening right now!) the right way: on two wheels, of course.
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On October 23, 2014, Judge J. Paul Oetken heard oral arguments on the question of UN immunity and whether service of process was effective in the ongoing case against the UN on behalf of Haiti cholera victims.. The following article summarizes the oral arguments made by IJDH Staff Attorney Beatrice Lindstrom, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ellen Blain, and one of the three amici who argued in support of Plaintiffs, Kertch Conze. Conze, representing the Haitian Women of Miami and the Haitian Lawyers Association, gave a passionate argument on behalf of the Haitian community, explaining that the UN could not assert immunity after breaching its legal obligations to provide victims access to a remedy.
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Court Asked to Intervene in Haiti Cholera Suit
Adam Klasfeld, Courthouse News Service
October 23, 2014
MANHATTAN (CN) – Blaming the United Nations for the "worst cholera epidemic in modern times," a lawyer for the Haitian victims told a federal judge Thursday that diplomatic immunity has prevented her clients from delivering a lawsuit some 4 miles uptown to the organization's headquarters overlooking the East River.
While Secretary General Ban Ki-moon acknowledged the UN's "moral responsibility" earlier this year for the outbreak that killed 8,000 and infected 700,000 Haitians, he has insisted that the institution should not face legal liability.
The United Nations has dodged a class action lawsuit from the victims for more than a year.
Lawyers for Delama Georges, whose father died during the outbreak, and other Haitians have been unable to serve the federal complaint because UN premises is considered "inviolable." They asked a federal judge to acknowledge service, or allow for the unprecedented step of mailing, faxing, or emailing their lawsuit to the United Nations.
Hoping to avoid a diplomatic headache, the United States dispatched attorneys from the Justice Department and State Department to prevent that fate.
This first hearing in the high-profile case Thursday drew dozens of spectators to the grand courtroom of New York's Thurgood Marshall Courthouse, but arguments largely focused on arcane details of international law.
Beatrice Lindstrom, representing the plaintiffs for the Institute of Justice & Democracy in Haiti, said the fundamental facts of the case are "not disputed."
Kertch Conze, of the Haitian Lawyers Association, became particularly passionate and indignant as he emphasized the thousands of innocent victims claimed by the UN's alleged negligence.
"These people who have been infected, they did nothing wrong," he said.
Conze echoed the plaintiffs' arguments that the UN's alleged violation of one section of the treaty waived whatever immunity the other portion provided.
"If you breach the contract and you come to court and tell the judge, 'I have immunity,' then you come to court with unclean hands," Conze said.
Such a position also would be "patently unfair," he added.
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The Youth Council (ages 10-13) and Teen Peer Leaders (ages 14-17) develop skills in a biweekly support group to advocate for themselves and peers to respond to bullying effectively and prevent further incidences.
Advocates attend school appointments and facilitate the youth (ages 6-17) in navigating the system, making referrals to therapeutic services and informing them of legal rights.
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The Family Resource Center South Atlantic Teens Against Bullying (TAB), will host the 2018 Youth Summit, "Expand the Circle, Reach All Victims" at Pullen Memorial Church at 1801 Hillsborough St., Raleigh, NC. TAB is a teen-led, volunteer driven approach to victimization through bullying and cyberbullying. We operate on the belief that bullying is the foundation for other youth crime. The mission statement of TAB is "Victimized but not a Victim". Youth Victims are not only provided with resources and support, but are provided with guidance and encouragement to become advocates against bullying. The purpose of this summit is to raise awareness about youth victimization, and to create easy access and resources for potential youth victims. Join us on April 14, 2018, to learn various ways to advocate for and identify youth victims of bullying and cyberbullying.
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In one of today's French Open semifinals, some might say that Chaos ruled. Indeed, Jelena Jankovic delivered some vintage JJ--on a bagel, no less--to Maria Sharapova in the first set. JJ looked so much like her old self that it wouldn't have been a surprise if a ball machine had been set off on the other side of the court, and the 18th seed had returned all of those balls successfully, too. She was moving expertly, she was waiting for just the right moment, and she was firing winners.
Sharapova, for her part, didn't really seem to fully comprehend what was going on, and gave Jankovic all the help she needed by making repeated unforced errors, in addition to the errors being brought on her by her opponent's skill.
JJ with a 6-0 set against Sharapova? It could go only one way then, and it did, but not until there were a few more twists and turns.
Jankovic was broken in the first game of the next set, the break seemed "unnecessary," that is, Jankovic's mood had already turned from confident to a bit cranky, and it would get worse. The JJ Show, including muttering, yelling and especially yelling at her coach, ensued. Sharapova got better, to be sure--who didn't think that was going to happen?--but Jankovic got emotional and shaky.
When Sharapova served at 5-2 and Jankovic broke her, it looked like things might change. When Jankovic held for 4-5, it got tense. But Sharapova won that set 6-4, and that was pretty much that. Almost. JJ was broken, and looked like she was going to break back, but her momentum was gone, and Sharapova won the final set 6-3.
In the other semifinal, Maria Kirilenko (who sustained a hip injury today) and Victoria Azarenka broke each other a half dozen times in their first--very long--set, but then Azarenka won the tiebreak 7-3, and after that, as one might expect, she gained momentum and won the second set 6-2.
In doubles, defending champions Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci moved to the semifinals, as did 2011 champions Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka. Also advancing was the team of Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik, who beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Safarova, and Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina, who put an end to the run of Kristina Mladenovic and Galina Voskoboeva. This means that the four top-seeded teams have made it to the semifinals.
Hradecka and partner Frantisek Cermak have reached the mixed doubles final. Their opponents will be Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor.
Top junior seed Ana Konjuh won her third round match today. The match lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes; Konjuh defeated Petra Uberalova 6-7. 6-4, 6-4.
The first of tomorrow's singles semifinals will feature Sharapova and Azarenka. A final between either of them and Serena Williams will be a much-heralded event. Azarenka has never before reached the semifinals at Roland Garros. She leads Sharaapova 7-5 in career matches; Sharapova leads Azarenka 2-1 on clay (however, in one of those matches, Azarenka retired).
The second semifinal will be played between world number 1 Serena Williams and 2012 runner-up Sara Errani.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
3 comments:
- Todd.Spiker said...
Seriously, that was about as "JJ" as JJ could get. She's up 6-0 and she's already starting to get frustrated and "self-destructy" in the FIRST game of the 2nd set.
Jankovic and her "other side" might never fully learn to coexist successfully, but the prospect of once again being able to watch them try in big matches IS fascinating and entertaining. ;)
- June 5, 2013 at 11:44 PM
- Diane said...
Silly me. I thought she might have learned something after Charleston.
- June 6, 2013 at 8:22 AM
- Todd.Spiker said...
Jelena may have, but QC didn't. Of course, telling the difference between them is hard sometimes. :)
- June 6, 2013 at 3:04 PM
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We're not far from all this being possible (although legal or advisable is a whole other matter):
Gofor provides drones on demand. Using our mobile app, you can task a drone to complete a variety of helpful tasks. "Uber, for drones".
Drones are summoned much like taxis in other popular service apps. Your desired task is either noted at the outset using presets, or customized using voice commands. Once the drone arrives, your phone's flashlight is used to pair your device with the drone. From there, it depends on the task, the object-based UI is very easy to understand.
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Battery technology is still a major hurdle. A copter could not fly from SF to where he is standing in Marin Headlands and have enough juice to do it's task and then return.
Excellent concept presentation !
Um, hello lack of obstacle avoidance? Power lines, trees, poles, buildings?
I'm usually the last person to be cynical about the future of UAVs, but this just sounds like another example of people looking to make money from the technology without really thinking through whether it's practical, safe, feasible or even sensible. Drones flying freely in controlled airspaces being tasked by civilians. Mmm.
I could swear that was Sen. Feinstien's window...
This has got to be the new Huvr vid right?
Finally!! A drone service that will help me stalk my ex wife


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A tropical plant, a bromeliad is a colorful and exotic addition to your houseplant collection or your backyard garden. These plants enjoy warm, humid conditions, but they don't need much watering. Watch for signs from your plant that it's thirsty to help prevent overwatering, which is more dangerous to bromeliads than underwatering.
Brown Tips
Bromeliad leaves are different than typical houseplants. They are long, stiff and pointed rather than soft and supple. When the pointed tips of the leaves begin to turn brown, your plant needs some water. The plant tends to concentrate its moisture supply on the center of the plant where the growing takes place, leaving the outer edges of the leaves, particularly the bottom leaves, short on water.
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Most bromeliads grow up and out from the center, where the leaves start out as a color such as red or yellow, and turn green as they become larger and new leaves form. The colored center forms a cup, or tank. This is where the bromeliads get the majority of their water. The tank should never be dry. If there is no or little water in the tank, less than one-half cup of water is often enough to fill it.
Dry Soil
Although bromeliads drink from the tank, their roots like to stay moist. If the soil around the plant is dry, just enough water is needed to keep the soil moist without saturating it. If the soil becomes too wet, the plant can develop root rot quickly. If your bromeliad is an air plant, or one that is grown on a log, rock or in a tree without soil, misting the roots with water daily will keep them moist.
Curling Leaves
Leaves that begin to curl under and become paper-like indicate that your bromeliad is thirsty. The leaves begin to lose integrity when the plant doesn't have enough water, becoming thin and flaky around the edges instead of stiff. As they wilt, the leaves curl inward, starting at the point and working toward the center of the plant. This is usually first visible on the lower leaves.
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The first Ubuntu-powered device will finally be available in early 2015, even though we expected to see it unveiled by the end of this year. Either the hardware "isn't there yet"; or it's not as easy to make everything run smoothly on a mobile phone, and then move it to the big screen experience where "regular" Ubuntu apps should run properly.In any case, the first Ubuntu-powered Meizu phone will be officially announced in the first quarter of 2015, as the two CEOs have met to share the big news with the world.
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Presentations from the Cresset User Group Meeting 2019
Thank you to all attendees who contributed to the success of the Cresset User Group Meeting 2019. As I'm sure ...
Following on from the successful Field Based Chemistry North America last month, the scientific program of Field Based Chemistry Europe took place at Madingley Hall, Cambridge on 20th June 2013. A mixed program of speakers from academia and industrial organizations presented on a range of topics related to field based computational chemistry.
This blog gives a short overview of each speaker's talk. Links will be added to the presentations as they become available.
In 'Field points and structure based drug design', Dr Gianni Chessari, Director at Astex Pharmaceuticals, presented the Astex approach to field points.
Dr Chessari described a case study of an X-linked inhibitor of an apoptosis protein in which field points were used to understand SAR and the ligand-protein interaction.
He concluded that a good understanding of the electrostatic interactions between ligands and proteins leads to efficient fragment optimisation and he noted that small molecule Cresset field points compare well with field points derived from ab initio methods.
Dr Mark Mackey, Cresset's CSO, described 'Upcoming features and future horizons' for Cresset. He described the following new features:
He also described the work that Cresset is doing on:
Dr Mackay also touched on topics that Cresset are looking at for the future:
In 'Application of Forge and Spark to develop new drug candidates from lead compounds derived from network pharmacology models' Dr Ben Allen of e-Therapeutics described how network pharmacology can help to identify drugs when nothing is known about their binding. His presentation described how they use networks to identify the protein footprint of compounds. They use the Cresset tools Spark and Forge for structural ligand-based bioisostere identification.
Dr Tim Cheeseright presented Cresset's new Activity Miner module, which will soon be available as a plug-in for Torch or Forge. Activity Miner measures 2D and 3D similarity and compares it to activity to create a disparity score. The results can be displayed using four different views:
'New drugs from old compounds' described Re-Pharm, a new offshoot of Cresset. Re-Pharm uses Cresset software to find candidate compounds for reprofiling in order to find a new clinical use for an existing treatment.
After lunch, Dr Daniel Kuhn, of Global Computational Chemistry, Merck Serono presented, 'How to convince your medicinal chemist – from 3D QSAR to scaffold hopping'. He described a 3D QSAR project using Forge and a scaffold hopping project using Spark.
Spark provided solutions intuitive to medicinal chemists which have been picked up for synthesis. He pointed out that good communication is essential to successful work with medicinal chemists. In particular, one of the strengths of Spark is being able to copy and paste solutions straight into chemical drawing tools such as ISIS Draw.
Dr Ian Wall from GlaxoSmithKline presented 'Computational Approaches in fragment based drug discovery' in which he described several in-house computational tools they have developed to help medicinal chemists get access to the maximum amount of data to inform their compound selection.
He outlined their approach to fragment based drug design and emphasised the importance of optimising fragments to maximise their activity before growing them.
In 'The trend to outsource computational chemistry' Dr Martin Slater, Cresset's Director of Consulting, outlined the increasing fragmentation of the pharmaceutical industry and the decrease in R&D spend that have contributed to the increase in outsourcing of all aspects of drug discovery, including computational chemistry. He described a recent consulting project for Mission Therapeutics to produce a small compound library. Further reading: The trend to outsource computational chemistry; Cresset services.
María José Ojeda Montes of Universitat Rovira i Virgili presented 'Conformational sampling tools'. She described a methodology they have been developing to explore the conformational space around leads. They found that the acceptable reliability for finding the bioactive pose decreased as the number of rotatable bonds increased above seven.
They hope in future to generate a database of pre-generated conformations of small molecules with less than seven rotatable bonds, which includes 70% of the small molecules of the Zinc database.
Dr Peter Hunt, Senior Research Investigator at Novartis, presented 'Crystals, Co-formers and Cresset – adventures on the high C's'. Co-crystals are a crystalline material consisting of 2 or more electrically neutral molecular species which are solids at ambient temperature. He gave the example of carbamazepine, which is very prone to forming co-crystals. However, the solvate furfural is toxic. The challenge is to take the toxic solute and to replace it with an acceptable co-former.
He noted that Cresset software generates ideas as to what might work and what might work better. They believe that co-crystal screening will grow in importance and the ability to rank acceptable co-formers will become a need.
The final presentation of the day was by Dr Andy Vinter, the founder and Chairman of Cresset. His talk, entitled 'Kinetics versus thermodynamics – insight into protein function' described the difference between the active β2AR/"G" vs the inactive β2AR. He described how studying the difference between the very similar active agonist and the inactive antagonist will reveal a lot of information and will be a useful test of the XED force field.
Dr Tim Cheeseright of Cresset closed the meeting by thanking the speakers.


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One of the leaders in the field is the Wolf Brewery, whose brewers are driven by a passion to make distinctive East Anglia beers known to a wider audience. Its founder, Wolfe Witham, was the driving force behind the hugely popular Reindeer brewpub in Norwich during its heyday in the 1980s.
The Wolf Brewery opened in 1995 on the old Gaymers Cider site in Attleborough but after 10 years of steady growth the business outgrew the premises. In 2006, a major investment was made in a new brewplant at a new premises, a couple of miles away in the village of Besthorpe.
More recently, Wolf has installed a state of the art bottling plant so that ale aficionados further afield can enjoy more of the prize winning ales.
As always quality comes first and a genuine quality product, crafted with care and packed with goodness, is something we are very proud to offer. The Wolf brewery is also part of the East Anglian Brewers Co-operative. This organisation is, among other things, taking steps to work with local farmers aiming for full traceability so that eventually the beer can be traced right through from the grain to the glass.
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Victim-centric workflow
Project VIC has developed new standards for law enforcement data by creating the Video Image Classification Standard, or VICS. VICS leverages the use of large and high-quality hash sets to identify and eliminate previously identified images. These hash sets carry all of the original metadata of the image and designations from high profile organizations, as well as variations of the image hash, including MD5, Sha1, Microsoft PhotoDNA, and others
By using these hash sets, investigators are able to pre-categorize or identify images as part of an initial sweep against seized evidence. This pre-identifies up to 85% of the seized images, allowing investigators to concentrate their victim identification efforts on the remaining 15% of images. By emphasizing a "victim-centric" approach to investigations through training and practices with tools that have strong video and image technologies, Project VIC's tools and technology has helped identify and rescue thousands of victims globally.


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I love comically pervy animes which are fanfare laden, especially when they're self aware of such and mock their own perviness. (None of the hentaii nonsense- I draw the line there. I'll always take my fanfare with a side of humor.)
Example: Sacred Blacksmith has plenty of quips between the protagonist and her counterpart- usually he's caught in a situation that isn't his fault and blamed on her. (Skip to 5:20 if it doesnt). It has a pretty solid story, lots of humor, action and few wtf moments.
Then you have Sekirei - a bunch of massively breasted combat "warriors" that are part of an experimental game of sorts. A half dozen flock to the main character, a whiny self doubting guy with 0 confidence or ability to talk to women (in typical anime fashion) and follow him around to "win the game" It's a bit pervier since the girls sound like they're reaching climax when they "awaken" but all in all it's an advancement of your Dead or Alive style fighting, clothes torn, boobs EVERYWHERE. 2 Season,s pretty standard stuff but a good watch regardless.
There's also Heaven's Lost Property (loves to poke fun at the protagonist for being a perv. Exploding Panties Episode. Just saying), Queen's Blade (gets really weird.. the first 10 minutes has a woman made of jello/pudding shooting acid from her boobs.. but it gets better), and Highschool of the Dead all have plenty of fanfare with solid stories.
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Jesus Took The Wheel: 10-Year-Old Boy Set Free After Annoying His Kidnapper By Singing Gospel Songs
Boy Abducted Set Free After Annoying His Kidnapper By Singing Gospel Songs
10-year-old Willie Myrick's three hour ordeal ended when the driver of the car he had been forced into allowed him to go because he wouldn't stop singing Every Praise.
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Youngster Willie Myrick was snatched outside his house in Atlanta, Georgia and bundled into a car for three hours. He had apparently been enticed to the vehicle with the promise of cash, before being taken by a man who is now the subject of police investigations.
But his ordeal was cut short because he refused to stop singing a popular gospel song.
Willie sang Every Praise over and over, annoying the driver of the car to such a degree he was forced to let him go.
Lyrics to the song include "Sing hallelujah to our God, Glory hallelujah is due our God, every praise every praise is to our God."
The 10-year-old told WXIA-TV: "He opened the door and threw me out – he told me not to tell anyone."
Jesus took the wheel and put Kirk Franklin's holy ghost in that boy!
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Measure Y, proposed by a citizen's initiative petition, seeks to change the approval process for General Plan amendments and rezones involving land designated for agricultural use or open space in Oceanside. Under current law, an application to amend the land use element of the General Plan or rezone property is received by City staff who conducts environmental review of the application and makes a recommendation to the Planning Commission at a public hearing. The Planning Commission recommends whether the City Council should approve or deny the application. The City Council then conducts a public hearing and votes to approve or deny the application.
Measure Y changes the current process by adding a requirement for majority voter approval for any application to change the General Plan land use designation or zoning of land designated or zoned for agricultural use or open space.
Measure Y includes two exceptions to the voter approval requirement.
The first exception applies if the land use change is necessary for the City to meet its "legal fair share housing requirement" and there is no other residential land in the City that can accommodate this requirement. Measure Y does not define the term "legal fair share housing requirement." It appears to refer to the requirement in the California Government Code for cities to prepare a Housing Element to its General Plan to make adequate provision for the housing needs of very low, low, moderate, and above moderate income households. Oceanside's current Housing Element does not identify agricultural or open space for the City to meet its housing needs between 2013 and 2020.
The second exception to the voter approval requirement applies when an applicant for a development project has a "vested right" to develop under state law before the effective date of this initiative. The measure does not define when vested rights apply. California courts have ruled that vested rights arise when a property owner has performed substantial work and incurred substantial liabilities in good faith reliance upon a permit issues by the government. In addition, a project can also be considered vested under state and local law if it is the subject of a development agreement between the City and the property owner or where the City has approved a vesting tentative map.
Measure Y also proposes to amend the Land Use Element of the General Plan to allow "agritourism" and residential uses in areas designated for agricultural use without voter approval provided there is no interference with agricultural operations and the open space character of the area is preserved. The initiative does not define the term "agritourism." Permissible uses would have to be defined in the Oceanside Zoning Ordinance as may be amended from time to time. According to Measure Y, minimum lot sizes for residential uses in the agricultural zone shall be no less than two and one half acres. This minimum lot size is consistent with existing agricultural zoning.
If adopted, Measure Y will remain in effect until December 31, 2028.
Dated: August 13, 2018
John P. Mullen, City Attorney


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The Walmart Black Friday Ad has LEAKED!
You can check out all the deals over here and read through the full 36 page ad scan.
I'm thinking some of the top deals in this ad are the laptop and gaming console deals – but also we've got great deals on the following:
- Kids Bikes
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"The International Criminal Court acts when the national system cannot do it," Moreno-Ocampo said. "That's why we are here, to understand what they are doing." In a statement before his arrival, Moreno-Ocampo called the arrest of Saif al-Islam and al-Senoussi "a crucial step in bringing to justice those most responsible for crimes committed in Libya." Libya's new leaders have not yet established a functioning court system, and have been struggling to put together a new transitional government since Qaddafi's fall. Later Tuesday, interim Prime Minister Abdurrahim el-Keib was expected to announce the members of his new Cabinet. Saif al-Islam, who was once the face of reform in Libya and who led his father's drive to emerge from pariah status over the last decade, was captured Saturday by fighters from the small western mountain town of Zintan who had tracked him to the desert in the south of the country. He was then flown to Zintan, 85 miles (150 kilometers) southwest of Tripoli, where he remains in a secret location. In new video footage taken the day of his capture and obtained by The Associated Press, Saif al-Islam warns his captors that Libya's regions that united to oust Qaddafi will turn against each other "in a couple of months or maximum one year," suggesting the country will descend into infighting. There have been signs in recent months of growing tensions among Libya's powerful regions, and even after Qaddafi's fall in August and after his capture and killing in October, the country's numerous and sometime competing revolutionary factions have refused to disarm, raising fears of new violence and instability. The regions, backed by bands of armed fighters, are able to act autonomously, even on issues of the highest national interest. In the video, revolutionary fighters stand around Saif al-Islam, who is seated in a green chair. Three of his fingers are heavily bandaged, and he occasionally winces from the pain.
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The University of Michigan regularly surveys about 500 consumers which asks them to rate the relative level of current and future economic conditions. In plain English, that means they're essentially asking them how they feel about the economy.
Why does it matter? Simply put, if you feel good about the economy, you're likely to be freer with your spending and if you feel bad about the economy (presently or in the not-so-distant future, then you're likely to spend less. This matters a lot here in America in particular because roughly about 70% of the economy is influenced by consumer spending.
So this "consumer confidence" or "consumer sentiment" survey is important because it acts as a leading indicator for what's most likely to come for the economy.
Generally speaking, when the overall trend in consumer confidence is rising, the outlook for the economy tends to be good because the spending spigot is still turned on. However, there comes a time when the rise in this trend actually becomes a contrarian indicator and really flashes a warning sign for the economy's future. These "bullish readings" become contrarian when they reach roughly the 100 level on the index or higher.
For instance, if you look at the graph below, when consumers were "the most confident" about the future of the economy back around early-2007 (left red circle), we had a massive stock market crash mere months later and a recession too.
Well, here we are once again with several readings that have now breached the 100 level on the consumer confidence index and what's more concerning is now the "trend" in confidence is heading lower. In fact, not only has it broken its green uptrend line, but its reading that came out today gapped far below it and far below expectations (which is the yellow dot above the latest reading).
This is no fluke. In times past, when these confidence readings got this high, it was "the beginning of the end" for that prosperous period. It was a sign of an economic peak and a downtrend in consumer spending which spurred slower corporate earnings, then job layoffs (rising unemployment), which spurs even less consumer spending...and the vicious cycle continues. And as you can see from the chart below, after these peaks, there can be a "crisis of confidence" for quite some time to come.
Another thing that's concerning for the economy is not only the readings of 100 or higher but also when the trend line breaks, the confidence can unravel quite quickly and quite steadily. And I'm writing this to you now because today's consumer confidence reading as broken well below that multi-year uptrend line. That's not a good sign for the economy, corporate earnings and thus your stock portfolio the prices of stocks within them.
But is it likely to turn around and get better anytime soon? There can be spikes higher, even in the downtrend on any one month, however, the University of Michigan also does forecasts on this data and here's where they see it going in the future. So they see consumer confidence/sentiment continuing to erode. So they're confirming that they believe this downtrend in confidence will be the new trend for a good while as well.
In light of all of this, my advice is never to go crawl under a rock and stock up on Spam and food rations. Instead, I admonish you to become empowered and learn how to prepare for what's likely coming for the economy and the stock market.
To prepare your personal finances, I've written a book that will give you a roadmap in to how to be better prepared for the times in which we're like to enter soon. You can find it, here:
And to be better prepared for what's coming in the overall stock market (which can greatly impact 401k's and IRA's), I'd urge you to come join my community of subscribers and get my monthly stock market newsletter (that comes with weekly videos too). It can be found, here:
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Even before Thursday night's terrible showing by Chris Tillman against Detroit, the Orioles starter had an ERA of 7.65 in 14 games. Bad starts have become the Achilles heel for the 29 year old pitcher, the struggle a difficult pill to swallow as it has become consistent for the man who has been considered the ace of the staff. With his record sitting at a dismal 1-6 (with a 3.53 run support per game), Tillman has struggled finding the strike zone and has a real knack for giving up the long ball.
This hasn't always been the case, as Orioles' fans are well aware. Just last year, Tillman had a 3.77 ERA in 30 games and struck out 140 in a 172 innings pitched (0.81 K's an inning). Last year he gave up only 19 home runs all season, less than one for every nine innings. Compare that to this year where he has given up 14 homeruns in 64 innings, an average of one in every 4 1/2 innings. The numbers are straight forward but not pretty.
That's a lot of statistics, which, in baseball, tell the tale but don't necessarily get you the full story. How do you explain the sudden drop off in success? In Spring Training, Tillman quickly found himself on the DL after hurting his shoulder. The injury led to him missing more time than first expected and he didn't start a game in 2017 until May 7th against the White Sox. After his struggles began, many speculated that he wasn't ready to come off the DL but he had convinced the team that he was ready to go. Could it be that he is still pitching injured? One would like to think that, given the Orioles reputation around the league for being sticklers on physicals, and the fact that they are a professional major league sports team that employs some of the industry's best sports medicine doctors, Tillman didn't finagle his way back and risk endangering his health by pitching while not at 100%.
More realistically, his injury has had an indirect relation to the failures that he has faced this season. According to Fangraphs, Tillman's strike zone stats are dismal. Of his pitches that he throws in the strike zone, opposing hitters are swinging 71% of the time. Of his pitches not in the strike zone, he is getting hitters to swing only 24% of the time. Considering those stats when you are also aware that batters are hitting .352 off of you and not biting at anything you throw out of the zone, all of a sudden you have a recipe for disaster.
(Here is a link directly to the FanGraph article breaking these numbers down.)
Needless to say, Tillman's injury has set him back, even if it's not necessarily the conspiracy theory that he's signing his parents name on his permission slip. It was a concern even before he got hurt when scouts noticed a drop in the velocity of his fastball, which peculiarly only got worse as he worked his way back from shoulder problems. That lack of confidence, combined with the utmost failure to find the dominance he displayed in years past has got to be a gargantuan weight on his mentality.
The Orioles organization, who made the trade for Jeremy Hellickson before the trade deadline, would be well off to look into options that would allow them to remove Tillman from the rotation and shut him down for the season. Buck Showalter stated that the team will move forward with a six man rotation to give the rotation more rest time between starts. However, if Tillman continues to give up the offensive numbers we have seen him dole out over the last three months, the coaching staff needs to come to the realization that he is hurting both himself and the team whose front office was confident could be real contenders as they drive towards the push for the playoffs.


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On It Burgers
It was once a KFC and then turned into an Indian restaurant, but now, sitting almost lonesome on the side of Burwood Hwy is On It Burgers. All the tell tale signs from the Finger Lickin' Good days are still there. So it's even cooler that inside is a pretty cool, craft beer loving, burger slinging restaurant. They opened in late 2014 to much local fanfare but the buzz has has worn off a bit and now you won't be left elbowing people away for a table. They pride themselves on their premium Grass Fed beef burgers, with 9 on offer there's more than enough to keep you wanting to come back again. Same goes for the fries and shakes. Pick anything from Truffle & Parmesan fries to a Toasted Marshmallow milk shake. But there's a dozen more options. I was tempted by The Luke burger that comes with bacon jam and a black bun (maybe next time) but went for their names sake, the On It Burger. On an Artisan Bun it comes with a Grass Fed Beef Patty, American cheese, Smokey On It Sauce, lettuce, red onion, tomato and pickles.


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The World's Largest Vaping Competition Is Coming To The Bomb Factory.
Already in its short history, The Bomb Factory has played host to several killer concerts and other events, even coming to the rescue when this year's Homegrown Festival was threatened by storms. Needless to say, the venue's fast become a huge player in Deep Ellum — a cornerstone of the neighborhood, if you will.
But can any of those early affairs be considered the venue's quote-unquote signature event? Have any of them truly fulfilled the venue's purpose? Have the joint's owners looked at each other at the end of the night, exchanging a knowing nod that this is the reason they dumped so much money into this place, that this made it all worthwhile?
Tough to say. But we do know this: That moment will almost certainly come to pass on Saturday, July 25, when The Bomb Factory plays host to Suicide Bunny's Vape Party Dallas. According to organizers, it's celebration and joint creation of "vape clouds as big and vast as the universe, with a competition so epic that only The Bomb Factory could contain it."
Not just a run-of-the-mill vape competition, Bunny's Vape Party also purports to be the largest ever held in the world, with a $15,000 cash prize going to the smoking-cessation enthusiast that blows the most obnoxiously huge, longest-lasting column of fake smoke.
Yes, really. And just think of all the flavor juice you could buy with that much cash!
To be fair, none of this should come as a surprise to anyone at this point. It's been known for a while now, anyway, that North Texas has long been the competitive vaping capital of the world.
Doesn't that, in and of itself, make us all winners already?


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"Suppose a nation in some distant Region should take the Bible or their only law Book, and every member should regulate his conduct by the precepts there exhibited! Every member would be obliged in conscience, to temperance, frugality, and industry; to justice, kindness, and charity towards his fellow men; and to piety, love, and reverence toward Almighty God … What a Eutopia, what a Paradise would this region be."
– Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, Vol. III, p. 9
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text: Living, learning and laughing while navigating the journey of parenting one child with mental illness and one without. Mental illness knocks you down, and kicks you while your there. Its a silent illness that carries a large stigma and its high time that stigma was put to rest. Especially for our children. So join me for a glimpse into the journey we're on. Full of hard tough and rough but also joy hope love and compassion. Hoping to bring some comfort and support to those who feel they're alone in this battle to keep our children (or ourselves) alive. Here's to the journey!


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Whether you're setting out on your road trip tomorrow or you aren't going until July, it's never too early or too late to implement some helpful hacks into your agenda to reduce your stress levels. Here are some of our favorite road trip tips.
First of all, you want to keep yourself and your passengers entertained on the drive, especially if you're traveling with kids. Pre-load your mobile devices with apps, games, and videos—unless your car has a mobile hotspot, in which case you don't have to worry about it.
Check out books for the kids and audiobooks for you to listen to on the drive from your local library. Another way to keep kids occupied is to get a map that will span your whole trip, laminate it, and have your kids follow along with marker so they can see your progress.
Keep your car clean and organized with easy food storage tricks, like keeping celery or pretzels in a half-empty jar of peanut butter, putting dry snacks in old coffee creamer bottles, and using a plastic cereal container as a small trashcan.
You should also download apps that will make your trip easier, like the SitOrSquat app that helps you find clean places to use the restroom and GasBuddy, which compares area gas prices and helps you find the cheapest ones.
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Last week I discussed the Opec 'World Oil Outlook' report and prospects for supply and demand up to the year 2035. Here, I want to discuss what it takes to bring this oil and turn it into marketable products. The global refinery distillation capacity stood at almost 92.5 million barrels a day (mbd) in 2012 while crude oil throughput was only 72.3mbd, according to BP Statistical Review. Therefore, we already have surplus capacity as evidenced by refinery closures, especially in Europe. However, Opec estimates total addition to distillation capacity up to 2035 at just over 20mbd, which is inclusive of the 8.6mbd of existing projects through to 2018. Therefore, distillation capacity is almost tracing the rise in oil demand in general, although utilisation factor in 2012 was only 81 per cent and expected to be 83 per cent by 2035. This suggests that even if we have additional refinery closures, the estimated distillation capacity in 2035 is quite adequate and even in surplus. But the adequacy of the refining industry cannot be judged by the distillation capacity alone but by the product demand slate and specification.
Oil demand in 2012 of 88.9mbd is 79.4 per cent light (gasoline, naphtha and LPG) and middle distillate (diesel and kerosene and jet fuel), and this ratio is expected to rise to 84.4 per cent by 2035. These products are the main drivers of the transportation sector, where oil still enjoys a prominent position compared to any alternative.
Diesel demand
It is true that gasoline demand is falling and may continue to do so in the US and Europe, but growth will come from other regions especially in Asia and the Middle East. At the same time diesel demand is rising much faster than gasoline in all regions, expect for a slight fall in the US and Europe. In contrast, fuel oil demand continues to fall as it has been doing for many decades now. Fuel oil demand in 2012 was 8.2mbd and 6mbd by 2035.
This kind of demand slate calls for further conversion of fuel oil and refiners are expected to add 12.8mbd of conversion capacity (coking, cracking and hydrocracking) in order to meet demand and to optimise the need for crude oil feed. At the same time gasoline related production units (reforming and isomerisation and alkylation) are expected to increase by 5.1mbd to cater to additional gasoline and octane requirements.
But the more dramatic forecast is that related to sulphur level in fuels. It is known that sulphur is the nemeses of fuels because of its corrosive and has an environmental impact, where sulphur oxides are guaranteed to damage health, agriculture and equipment. For these reasons sulphur levels in gasoline and diesel were progressively reduced in industrial countries first and then in developing countries, though at slower rates.
Sulphur content in gasoline in 2013 ranges between 30 parts per million (ppm) in the US and 875ppm in Africa. In 2035 or earlier, the range will shrink to 10 to 55ppm. In our region the reduction is expected from 500 to 10ppm.
Sulphur content in diesel ranges between 15ppm in the US and 3,350ppm in Africa; again the range is expected to shrink to 10 and 85ppm by 2035 or earlier. In the Middle East the level will shrink from 1,130 to 10ppm. Even fuel oil sulphur would undergo reductions to a maximum of 1 per cent.
Such reductions in sulphur level will require a great expansion of hydro-treating capacity and Opec forecasts an increase of 26.9mbd to 2035.
In the Middle East, while distillation capacity is expected to increase by 3mbd, conversion capacity could be up by 1.8mbd and hydro-treating by 4.6mbd, through 2035. I find this forecast conservative and there are others with much higher numbers based on projects which already announced.
Total investment up to 2035 in the refining industry is forecast at $1.5 trillion, of which about $175 billion is estimated for the Middle East. About $600 billion would be spent in Asia, the highest growth region for oil demand, and where product specifications are changing fast.
The time to 2035 is a long one and in the Middle East we may see further increases in refinery capacity as replacement for old refining units if major exporters countries aspire to maintain their standings.
Refineries last many decades and therefore to achieve the objectives in capacity and changes in products specifications, our region should aspire to optimise oil requirements to suit domestic and export markets with proven technology and good management.
Via SyndiGate.info
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I can't believe the first week of May has gone?! Where does time go? I do wonder if it's true that time flies by the older you get?
Anyway, I digress. For the past two months, I've proposed a theme for the month, for yoga practice on the mat, as well as off the mat. In March, we were brave and in April, we were strong. This month, it's be playful.
With the longer days and the warmer weather, there is a spring in our step and a lightness in our hearts. Isn't it interesting how the sunshine can bring a smile to our hearts? That the shadows that we carry in our souls dissipate when we start to cast some light on ourselves? Whilst for some, the darkness and heaviness still prevails, by being brave and strong, we can draw on those two qualities and bring some lighthearted playfulness to our days.
Young children fall and hurt themselves. They cry when they're hurt and soon enough, they seem to easily move on and the next thing you know, they're giggling infectiously at something insignificant. Why is it they seem to move on so quickly? Is it because they're quick to forget, or perhaps it's because they're more adept at living in the present than adults are? You may not agree with me but I reckon misery is self-inflicted. We decide to hold on to the past or we create visions of the future that may or may not come true. Surely if we can learn to live in the present, then we are able to find peace of heart and contentment? If we can be playful in the present moment, then we can experience a lightness of heart and happiness.
With my yoga class this week, we "played" with certain poses by working with a partner. We wobbled doing balances with our eyes closed. We rocked and we rolled; we smiled and we laughed. If we can do that in an hour's yoga class, then perhaps we can do that somewhere in the rest of our day too. So I encourage you to do something different today, to seize the moment and do something silly, to be a child and to be playful. It will change your state and hence change how your feel.
Let me know how you get on!
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Jennifer Lehr, author of ParentSpeak: What's Wrong with How We Talk to Our Children–and What to Say Instead is the featured guest this week. In our conversation, Jennifer will explain what "parentspeak" is and why we should change some of the common phrases we use with our kids.
Many of the common phrases Jennifer says not to use are phrases I say to my kids all the time, including "You're so cute," "Be careful," and "Can you say thank you?" These are phrases I'll probably continue to use, for better or worse, but I do think Jennifer makes some good points about how they have the potential to send a different message than what was intended.
Listen to the episode and you be the judge of whether "parentspeak" is a problem, too politically correct or somewhere in between.
Links Mentioned in this Episode:
- Jennifer Lehr's Website
- ParentSpeak: What's Wrong with How We Talk to Our Children–and What to Say Instead
- Jennifer's essay in the Wall Street Journal about The Wrong Way to Speak to Children
- The ParentNormal Crash Course: Everything Traditional Parenting Books Are Afraid to Tell You About Close Encounters of the Baby Toddler and Third-Year Kind (my book)
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