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The perfect blend of planning, executing, monitoring and controlling can aid in completion of a project on time, in budget and bring in excellence. An efficacious project manager is the one who can view in mind's eye the entire project from its inception to finale and have an expertise to accomplish this vision.
Effective project management always rests on project manager's aptitude to:
– determine the milestones
– design the plan to achieve the goal
– remain versed of the teams pace towards attainment of the goal
Thus, the project manager ought to:
a) Be prompt and pliant – Being bullheaded and bureaucratic, can work against the department. Hence, promptness should be used for soaring affairs.
b) Foster communication – Positive relationship and open communication is the key note to project management success. A good project manager will employ the entire team; encourage co-operation and voicing of opinion to arrive at best feasible solutions.
c) Be a leader not a "control freak" – Exerting oneself to take the driver's seat in every facet of the process and being unduly analytical, may instigate the team members to feel that their lead does not trust them and value their inputs. This may be a major drawback to the project's success. A project manager should always allow them to discharge their duties with minimal intervention. It is better not to micromanage or needlessly tangle in team member's work.
d) Open minded planning – The agenda should be elaborated, methodized and integrate team participation. There should be planning and re-planning, catering to the changing circumstances.
e) Work as if in an aura of urgency – Given boundless time, money and resources, working should have been so great but since projects are time bound and resources restrained, therefore, it is an imperative necessity that project process is constantly steered towards its wrap-up.
f) Analyze and Adopt appropriate tools – Way advanced software and web- based project management applications should be employed to streamline channels to avoid replication of endeavors.
g) Perceive and execute deliverables bit by bit – As the adage goes "Rome was not built in a day"; one cannot plunge in with the thought of building project deliverables in a single attempt.
h) Never overlook the Big 3 i.e., Time, Cost and Quality – However, the practices be flexible and open, the bottom line is that the success of a project occurs only when it is handed over on time, is cost effective and has client appeasing deliverables. The project manager should ensure that his entire team abides by this Big 3.
i) Improve project management practices by continuous research and training – evolving technology requires brush up and dynamic knowledge of industry best practice.
An all embracing progress in knowledge and skills are highly crucial for project management success. For the same, professional project management training, relevant to work, will add larger value to organization as well as a boost to the profile.
Hence, it is indispensable to look for project management trainings, leading to project management certifications such as PMP®/PRINCE2®, through accredited and authorized institutions. While hunting for project training options, consider the project management certification trainings offered by Registered Education Provider of PMI.


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Search FRONTLINE/World
Rough Cut: France: The Precarious Generation
Background Facts and LinksFollow links to campaign coverage and more about the presidential candidates.
Going to the Polls
Things have not been going well for France in recent years. The country's unemployment is among the highest in Europe; public debt is running at 66 percent of GNP; and the French people have not only lost confidence in their elected officials, but to some extent they've lost confidence in themselves. For a country that prides itself on being at the center of European political and economic life, France's new label as "the sick man of Europe" doesn't sit well. The presidential elections this month couldn't arrive at a better time for taking the pulse of a nation in a deep and disgruntled malaise.
At the heart of the disaffection is insecurity. Insecurity about jobs and an eroding welfare state; insecurity over the unresolved events of 2005 when rioting exploded onto French streets in mainly immigrant neighborhoods; and the insecurities of competing in today's free markets while still hanging on to all the good things that have made the French lifestyle the envy of the world.
While the view from the outside may look rosy, a recent Ipsos poll revealed that 54 percent of the French believe the country is in decline. Only 12 percent thought it was improving. Fixing France then, even though it's far from inextricably broken, has become the main thrust of the 2007 election campaign.
In the run-up to the first round of voting on April 22, the race has become wide open, with just a few percentage points separating the three top candidates: Nicolas Sarkozy on the right, Francois Bayrou in the center, and Segolene Royal on the left. French journalist and commentator Dominique Moisi, who has followed the campaign for The Financial Times, says the elections have been driven by frustration, uncertainty and confusion. The young have registered to vote in large numbers and conversations in French cafes have been consumed by who will emerge as the sixth president in the Fifth Republic's 49-year history.
But in Moisi's assessment, the three front runners have failed to convince their respective constituents: "In terms of "gravitas" for the Socialists' Segolene Royal; in terms of "character" for Nicolas Sarkozy of the centre-right UMP; and in terms of his ability to govern with a proper majority for Francois Bayrou of the centrist UDF." Added to this is the hard-right figure of Jean-Marie Le Pen. The last time the French went to the polls in 2002, his stunning breakthrough caused quite a stir.
Related Links
For full election coverage and more on the candidates and the country in general, follow these links.
The Financial Times online offers extensive analysis of the key election issues and profiles of the candidates. In one report, Paul Betts writes, "If you believe all you hear, this is the moment when France will finally have to decide whether to modernize itself or continue resisting reform." The report also details the indifference to the campaign by French big business.
French Elections 2007
The Guardian Unlimited provides full election coverage as well as business, cultural, and economic stories and ongoing commentary about the Fifth Republic.
French Election 2007 -- Blog
Billed as "a French election from an American perspective," this prolific blog provides an up-to-the-minute digest and political spin on the presidential campaign, including the latest polling figures, and links to the candidates own campaign Web sites -- in French of course.
France Decides 2007
This British blogger works for a multinational company in Paris, where he says, "The everyday clash of Anglo-Saxon and French cultures can be most violently witnessed." The site also links to Le Monde's coverage of the election, and other blogs providing deft political commentary.
BBC Country Profile
For an overview of the country and a historic timeline, visit the BBC News online country profile. The page also links to the latest BBC reports about France, and to key facts and figures about the country and its relationship with its European neighbors.
The New York Review of Books
France: The Children's Hour
American William Pfaff has lived in Paris for several decades, and provides thoughtful insight on the greater meaning of the CPE labor law protests. While much of the global press dismissed the protestors as naive, Pfaff argues that they may be the canary in the coal mine, signaling a need to reassess the unfettered spread of free-market capitalism.
Generation Precaire
The non-profit organization that Guillaume helped found has kept the issue of unpaid interns and unstable youth employment in the spotlight. A major voice in the CPE protests in March of 2006, the group has continued to pressure politicians and businesses to make youth employment rights a priority.
PBS NewsHour
French Youth Protest Labor Law
PBS NewsHour offers an overview of the labor protests of 2006 and links to coverage of the banlieu riots.
France: Soundtrack to a Riot
A rap of protest from the ghetto
In this FRONTLINE/World Rough Cut, reporter Marco Werman visits the Paris banlieues, or projects, in the aftermath of the 2005 riots to talk to young disenfranchised French, many of African and Arab descent, who have found new expression through rap and hip-hop.
Compiled by Jackie Bennion and Charlotte Buchen
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Elastic Block Store, EBS, is a useful extension of the AWS services offered by Amazon's cloud platforms. EBS provides a way to add storage in an EC2 instance independent mode. In other words, storage doesn't have to be tied to the instance storage, but can exist independently as an external volume. The big deal here is the persistence of your data, even if an instance happens to get killed for some reason. An additional backup security is the ability to make snapshots of an EBS volume and store on the S3 service in S3 buckets.
The cost is not a great burden:
EBS Volumes
· $0.15 per GB-month of provisioned storage
· $0.10 per 1 million I/O requests
Amazon EBS Snapshots to Amazon S3
· $0.15 per GB-month of data stored
· $0.01 per 1,000 PUT requests (when saving a snapshot)
· $0.01 per 10,000 GET requests (when loading a snapshot)
The basic approach for creating an EBS volume:
1. start an instance
2. create an EBS volume
3. attach the volume to the instance
4. partition and format the volume
5. add data and services to the instance and its attached volume
6. bundle and register the instance as an AMI stored in S3
7. create a snapshot of the EBS volume
After this is complete there is a peace of mind knowing that the instance can be reconstructed from backup services.
Restore follows this path if the EBS volume is intact:
1. start a new instance from the AMI bundled previously
2. just attach the volume to the new instance
3. repoint the DNS to this new instance server
Restore follows this path if the EBS volume is also trashed:
1. start a new instance from the AMI bundled previously
2. create a new volume from the S3 snapshot
3. attach this new volume to the new instance
4. repoint the DNS to this new instance server
I have an Open Source GIS stack loaded on a windows ec2 instance and decided it was time to make a conversion to the security of an EBS volume.
The AWS details are here:
First make sure the latest api_tools are installed – EC2 API version 2008-08-08:
Choose the availability zone that matches the zone of the instance you wish to use.
C:\EC2>ec2-create-volume –size 50 –availability-zone us-east-1b
VOLUME vol-******** 50 us-east-1b creating 2008-11-04T15:38:20+0000
Once the volume is created it will be noted as "available."
C:\EC2>ec2-describe-volumes vol-********
VOLUME vol-******** 50 us-east-1b available 2008-11-04T15:38:20+0000
Now the volume can be attached to the instance you had in mind.
C:\EC2>ec2-attach-volume vol-******** -i i-******** -d xvdf
ATTACHMENT vol-******** i-******** xvdf attaching 2008-11-04T15:41:48+0000
Once the volume is attached, it's time to 'remote desktop' to the windows instance.
Open the Disk Management tool:
Start/administrative tools/computer management /storage Disk Management
You should then see the attached EBS volume and be able to add it to the instance with appropriate partition and format.
Partition info:
Partition walk thru:
Once this is done you have an additional drive available referenced to the external EBS volume. In my example the E: drive.
Fig 1 – Example of Disk Manager on an EC2 windows instance showing an EBS volume
Once you have a useable EBS, how would you go about making it useful to the GIS stack?
In my stack I am using:
This means I would like to move all of the PostgreSQL data, tomcat webapps, and the geoserver data to the new EBS volume. Then it will be available for snapshot backup.
Postgresql data:
Changing Postgresql data to a new location involves a change to the registry. Stop postgresql service, then change registry ImagePath, move the C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\data subdirectory to its new EBS location, E:\postgresql_data, and finally restart the service.
Run regedit:
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\pgsql-some version" and on the ImagePath change the –D option to point to a location on your new EBS volume. Here is the wicki entry with details: Postgresql Wicki for changing PGDATA.
Tomcat webapps:
Open %TOMCAT_HOME%/config/server.xml with a text editor. There should be an entry similar to this:
<Host name="localhost" appBase="E://tomcat_webapp"
unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true"
xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false">
Here you can see that I've changed the appBase to point to a subdirectory on my E: drive, the EBS volume. Copy the existing webapp subdirectory to this EBS subdirectory.
Geoserver data:
Go to the geoserver webapp's WEB-INF/web.xml and make sure that the GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR points at a location on the EBS volume. Remember to make the change to the web.xml found in the tomcat webapp directory on the new EBS volume. Copy the geoserver data to its new EBS subdirectory.
Now the data for PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Apache Tomcat, and Geoserver will be accruing on an external volume, safe from sudden EC2 instance death. Of course now that EC2 is no longer beta and the SLA agreement is available this should be a rare occurrence.
Now to make things even safer lets run a snapshot:
C:\EC2>ec2-create-snapshot vol-********
SNAPSHOT snap-******** vol-******** pending 2008-11-04T22:14:30+0000
C:\EC2>ec2-describe-snapshots snap-********
SNAPSHOT snap-******** vol-******** completed 2008-11-04T22:14:30+0000
At this point a snapshot of my volume is stored to S3 where I can use it to create a new volume for use in another instance. I can use the snapshot if I'm creating multi instance clusters or if I need to restore my instance.
Of course it would also be wise to make an AMI bundle to reflect the changes made to the basic instance, directory pointers regedits etc. Here is the ami bundle guide for windows instances: AMI Bundle for windows info
You will first need to prepare a bucket on S3 to receive the AMI bundle. S3 Info
C:\EC2 >ec2-bundle-instance i-******** -b ec2-windows-bucket -p ec2-windows_image -o <Amazon EC2 Key ID> -w <private access Key>
BUNDLE bun-******** i-******** norm-ec2-windows ec2-windows_image 2008-11-05T15:28:15+0000 2008-11-05T15:28:15+0000 pending
C:\EC2 >ec2-describe-bundle-tasks
BUNDLE bun-******** i-******** ec2-windows ec2-windows_image 2008-11-05T15:28:15+0000 2008-11-05T16:07:08+0000 complete
C:\EC2 >ec2-register ec2-windows/ec2-windows_image.manifest.xml
IMAGE ami-********
Amazon cloud is now out of beta and comes with independent storage volumes and snapshot capability useful for backup and scaling functions. GIS open source stacks can make use of these options without a huge effort.


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A publicly traded company (Nasdaq: HMSY), HMS has more than 2,500 employees in 25+ offices across the country serving 40+ State Medicaid agencies, 325+ health plans, 160+ employers and the Federal government.
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Lappetit is aiming to be creative and distinguished in providing delicious salads and light meals.
Our Mission
- Work in passion and love to reach Excellency and gain Customer trust in our supplied products.
- Gain Customers Satisfaction in providing high quality Salads and Light Meals which depends on Natural, creative and distinguished Ingredients.
- Depending on Qualified Staff and Management.


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Students heading back to school after a break have always had to readjust: getting up earlier, doing homework after school, and juggling various extracurricular and family activities with online experiences. According to research from the Pew Research Center, 92% of students go online daily, and 24% feel as though they are online constantly. For many students, going online to complete work can quickly become a social check-in with friends that turns into a vortex of distractions (YouTube videos? Netflix binge watching? Online shopping? Check. Check. Check).
I've worked with students for the past 16 years on organization, time management, and wellness, and I have found that nearly all students want to do well (even if they won't readily admit it). Many feel overwhelmed and need tools to help manage the constant onslaught of digital distraction.
Here are five ways to help kids manage online distractions:
Make it all about them. When I visit schools and present to students, I often ask how many of them would want an extra 7–10 hours of free time per week (nearly all hands go up). It is no secret that many of today's students feel overscheduled and overwhelmed, and usually have activities or hobbies they want to spend more time on. Some might hang out with friends, walk the dog, or spend time shooting hoops. Or they might try a new activity, or bake a cake. The key is to help them identify how they want to spend more time, and what is most meaningful to them. An important part of building better habits is developing the intrinsic motivation to do so, and thinking critically about how to buy back minutes (or hours) of time every day by managing online distractions. (Psst. This works for adults, too!)
Look at your own attitude and approach around online distractions. Many adults become frustrated about the time kids spend online without realizing they are dealing with the very same issues every day. It takes only a few clicks to go from doing research for work to getting lost in an endless news cycle to tracking down fabric samples for the living room couch. Coming from a place of understanding and empathy rather than fear and frustration gives kids the opportunity to be open about their challenges, and makes them more likely to want to work to find solutions.
Gamify it and make it fun. There are so many ways to help kids manage their time online and promote productivity in fun ways. Instead of telling students to spend less time online, I find ways of encouraging them to be aware of how much time they are really spending online. I have students download the Moment app to track how much time they are spending online, and then reflect on whether they would want to "transfer" those minutes elsewhere (see: "Make it all about them."). Students in my office use the Forest app as a timer so that they can break their homework time into 25-minute work chunks followed by a 5-minute break, known as the Pomodoro method. A fun benefit of the Forest app? Students who stay off their phone for the designated amount build a "digital tree," which over time can build a forest, and offers visual motivation.
Help them see how they can maximize efforts. Students quickly find that navigating online distractions can be tough – especially when going on YouTube to watch an educational video to help with homework can quickly morph into watching a television clip, a funny online post, and on and on. Encouraging them to problem-solve and find ways to compartmentalize their tasks can decrease the amount of time it takes them to complete their work. Doing work in a place without other distractions and using web blocker apps like Self-Control or the Google chrome extension StayFocusd can maximize productivity.
Help kids promote digital detox opportunities offline on a regular basis. When I ask students what they would do with their 7–10 extra hours of free time per week, the number one answer I always hear is sleep. In his new book, Why We Sleep, author and UC Berkeley Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab director Matt Walker talks about the critical importance of sleep and how a lack of sleep affects our learning, memory, comprehension, emotional intelligence, and social relationships. And yet, so many kids will answer texts or check apps while simultaneously trying to go to sleep, which really doesn't work. Helping promote daily and weekly digital detox opportunities – by taking devices out of the bedroom at night (no more phone as the alarm clock!) and providing a structured break at some point each weekend – can be critical to having happier, more well-adjusted children in and outside of the classroom.


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If you have considered a ligation, then you should think it again as you might regret later on. More women today prefer to tie their tubes to avoid getting pregnant again especially for those who already have dozens of kids. But, for a young couple who still desire to conceive more children, then untying the tubes is a great option to consider. You can actually choose between in vitro fertilization or IVF and a tubal ligation since both options are reasonable enough.
If you are planning to undergo the procedure, make sure to understand the impact of this process to your life. Typically, certain benefits can help to every woman and the reason for them to consider a tubal reversal Louisiana. One of the benefits of the method is to allow you getting pregnant again in natural ways. But more than that, other beneficial things are obtained once you untie the tubes.
Reversing tubes allow you to have the chance to get pregnant again. But more than that, it is helpful in relieving regret and guilt while restoring everything in your well being. Untying the tubes can be very successful for most women. Based on a report, the chances of successful pregnancy after reversal soar high. Most importantly, the cost of the surgery is affordable.
It is actually true that every woman loves to have experience a natural pregnancy. But, it is clear enough that there is nothing normal or natural to reversal surgery. Patients, however, like to undergo a reversal than taking a high dosage of drugs required for in vitro fertilization. With tubal ligation, pregnancy happens anytime.
There are some patients who experience some abnormal signs once the ligation process is done. This is because the surgery allows certain evaluation of scar tissues or an endometriosis formation which could be the cause of these signs experienced after any surgical operation. Actually, regrets are too extreme after the sterilization process. Most patients are relieved of those regrets.
A mother can also restore her well being after untying the tubes. In fact, a lot of patients feel a real essence of being a woman once she conceives a baby in natural ways. Through the benefit of reversal procedures for women is a kind of restoration of natural fertility, but still, a lot of benefits can be obtained of taking this surgical procedure.
A sense of relief and evaluation of symptoms after the method are some of the additional benefits of this surgery that can be provided to women. As you know, every year in Morgan City, LA, a lot of tubal sterilizations are being performed. But take note that even though this is designed to be a stable form of contraceptive, sometimes couples also desire of having more kids.
Actually many reasons are considered why couples desire for another child. This might be due to a death of their child, a divorce or just a desire to have more as you wish. The good news is that there are certain options available including the reversal and adoption. As you see, conceiving a child completes a woman.
Knowing such options is also helpful in choosing the best option for you. This is necessary so you will be able to have a child in the near future. Natural pregnancy is also helpful in restoring yourself. Always remember that certain situations are taken into account and something that should be considered before making a choice.
If you are in need of information regarding a tubal reversal Louisiana locals should go to the web pages online here today. More details can be seen at http://www.tubalreversalcenter.com now.


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[ebook] Free Adobe Lightroom3 eBook (German)
Another post for our German visitors. Publisher d-punkt is offering this book for free since a new edition covering LR4 will be available by the end of the month. Although the book covers the precedent release of LR, it remains useful. Lot of things (and work-flow steps) didn't change from LR3 to LR4, hence the book is still a good introduction to LR. All aspects of the photographic work-flow are contemplated. Click here to download the book.[via nachbelichtet]


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As part of the annual Cambridge Open Studios event, I will be opening my workshop to visitors between 11am – 6pm, the first 2 weekends in July (Saturday 4th, Sunday 5th, Saturday 11th, Sunday 12th).
Please pop in. there will be work for sale in stone and wood, commissions in progress and of course tea and cake!
There will be over 270 artists opening their studios in and around Cambridge during the month of July, pick up a yellow guide or see the website for more information of those participating.


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I think cars are too expensive. I blame the greedy car companies and I want Michigan congressman John Conyers to set the price of automobiles. While Congress is at it, let's set the price of gasoline since there's no greater success story in world history than government intervention into free trade. In today's Boston Globe, Jeff Jacoby suggests that Congress has no business telling the credit card companies their business:
As card transactions have grown more popular, interchange fees have skyrocketed. They now amount to $35 billion a year, and some retailers want the government to compel Visa and MasterCard to lower them. Legislation sponsored by US Representatives John Conyers, Democrat of Michigan, and Chris Cannon, Republican of Utah, would require the credit-card associations to enter into formal negotiations with retailers; if agreement weren't reached, it would authorize a three-judge panel to unilaterally impose interchange fees.Cash? Do people still use that?
And why would retailers, who surely wouldn't want government bureaucrats telling them what to charge for coats or computers or Cracker Jack, want Visa and MasterCard to be told what to charge for credit-card services? Because, they claim, the card networks have so much power that they are immune to the market pressures that would be driving interchange fees down in a truly competitive market.
But Visa and MasterCard are hardly monopolies, and merchants are not without other options. No one is forced to accept Visa and MasterCard; retailers are free to take only American Express or Discover, which operate on a different model and don't charge interchange fees. Online vendors have even more choices, such as PayPal or Google Checkout. And, of course, there are the old standbys: cash and checks.


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This episode is a recording of the talk You and Your Racist Brain: The Neuroscience of Prejudice with Dr. Larry Sherman, a neuroscientist from OHSU. In this talk, Dr. Sherman explains how our brains have evolved to make judgments based on visual information in milliseconds, and that these preconceived opinions about other people are not based on reason or experience but on instinct. He also describes how we can we use what we know about the neuroscience of prejudice to overcome this reaction, and potentially develop methods to combat prejudice and end racism.
The Racism video produced by the students at Grant High School can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNjbBFnBnXw
Dr. Sherman's slides have been synched with this recording and uploaded as an m4a format, so depending on your media player, you may be able to see his images as the audio plays along.
Check out this episode of A Scientist Walks Into a Bar!


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They say that they have free porn from adult amateurs. We say that this is good, because maybe we will find real women from our streets or some public intercourse done by hot teens like the ones that live in our neighbourhood.
Yuvutu.com opens it's door with something i have never seen on other porn tubes: amateur videos near you. This means that, based on your ip, this website will show on its homepage videos uploaded by people from your country. Underneath, you will notice a drop down that allows you to choose between most recent, hottest and most viewed videos.
It is more like a community of porn fans and enthusiasts, because you will notice an adult forum platform where you can get access by joining in with a free account. If you will get a bit bored from all that browsing, you can take a look at the adult blogs page.
Even if the website design is not the best and the only great thing about it is the color, Yuvutu is a destination that needs a closer look. The content is filled with amateur homemade videos and the advertising is kept to a very low stage.


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Develop and facilitate the implementation of policy recommendations to reduce losses from seismic events.
1.1. Develop policy recommendations for adoption by WSSPC members.
1.1.1. Maintain a standard and fast-track policy recommendation development procedure and review and update it at least once every three years.
1.1.2. Maintain the current policy development procedures on the WSSPC website.
1.2. Standard policy recommendation procedure: Every year review and update adopted policy recommendations that are three years old.
1.2.1. Survey WSSPC members every three years to determine which current policy recommendations have or have not been adopted.
1.2.2. Maintain a current list of policy recommendations on the WSSPC website.
1.3. Distribute adopted policy recommendations to relevant entities to encourage implementation.
1.3.1. Review every three years whether WSSPC members have undertaken the recommended implementation actions.
1.3.2. Analyze why policy implementation by WSSPC members has or has not occurred.
Provide opportunities for both the public and private sectors to exchange information and expertise in the earthquake sciences and emergency management fields.
2.1. Host, singly or jointly, an annual WSSPC conference or meeting, and host or assist a national earthquake conference every 4 years, of WSSPC members and others, to share new approaches and information, and agree on new actions and policies to be developed and implemented.
2.1.1. Conduct a survey to evaluate the satisfaction of attendees and to rate the effectiveness of the conference.
2.1.2. Track conference attendance by sector.
2.2. Sponsor and support regional and sub-regional workshops and activities on topics consistent with the mission, and summarize results in articles prepared for publications and/or for the WSSPC website.
2.2.1. Survey workshop attendees as to the effectiveness of the activities undertaken.
2.3. Effectively promote WSSPC and provide outreach to target audiences through a website, printed materials, newsletter, Bulletins, PowerPoint presentation, and a traveling display.
2.3.1. Produce an Annual Report that includes an analysis of website use, financial reports, and activities.
2.3.2. Produce a quarterly newsletter and monthly Bulletins in intervening months.
2.3.3. Produce and keep current "white paper" handouts.
2.3.4. Maintain a current PowerPoint presentation.
2.3.5. Maintain a traveling display for use at meetings.
2.4. Recognize achievement in different areas of earthquake mitigation, preparedness and response through WSSPC Awards in Excellence. Bring greater visibility to exemplary state, county and local programs and policies, and facilitate the transfer of these successful experiences to other states.
2.4.1. Maintain a compilation of Awards in Excellence winners.
2.5 Prepare guidelines for what constitutes a successful state seismic safety program.
2.5.1. Survey state earthquake program managers for elements of a successful program in their state.
Partner with appropriate public and private organizations to enhance mutual support for advancing earthquake programs and developing and implementing seismic policies.
3.1. Consult regularly with Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium, Northeast States Emergency Consortium, Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup, and other groups as appropriate, for example: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute; University of Colorado, Boulder, Natural Hazards Center; National Emergency Management Association; the Association of American State Geologists, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program.
3.1.1. The Executive Director will review annually the nature of and number of partnerships and report to the Board in an Annual Report.
3.2. Collaborate with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in developing earthquake mitigation initiatives, and when appropriate, support other National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program agencies (U.S. Geological Survey, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and National Science Foundation) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program.
3.2.1. The Executive Director will report opportunities to the Board as they arise.
3.3. Identify and pursue opportunities to enhance working relationships with WSSPC member agencies (e.g. state seismic safety commissions/councils) and with other federal, state, local, and international organizations whose mandates include earthquake programs and policies (e.g. emergency management councils, HAZUS Users Groups, and similar organizations).
3.3.1. The Executive Director will report opportunities to the Board as they arise.
Maintain a business plan that will assure sustainable funding.
4.1. Develop an annual budget that accounts for the funding stream.
4.1.1. Maintain a budget and report income and expenses to the WSSPC Board of Directors at each Board meeting.
4.2. Maintain funds that are sufficient for WSSPC to function.
4.2.1. Maintain a six-month operating reserve.
4.3. Identify and leverage all potential funding sources to assure sustainability.
4.3.1. Seek increased Affiliate membership in WSSPC.
4.3.2. Sustain and, if possible, augment current FEMA funding with other funding opportunities as they arise.


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TCM Integration to QUASTe Documentation
From Apache OpenOffice Wiki
This documentation is a DRAFT which purpose is to
help alpha and beta testers understanding
the current implementation of the TCM@QUASTE project.
Current release: Alpha.
To understand the integration of TCM to the TCS Tool @ QUASTe please get first familiar with the TCS Tool by reading this tutorial.
Create and Edit a localized Test Case Specification
Case: We decide to localize and adapt an existing TCS (English (USA)) into German.
Choose the TCS to be localised
- On QUASTe, choose "View test case specifications".
- Query for the TCS you want to localize (Fig. 1).
- Click on it's Name (1) to get the preview (Fig. 2) of the whole TCS
or edit the TCS directly (2).
- Notice in the TCS Properties (Fig. 3) that the default language is English (USA) (3)
- Click on the [Test Cases] tab page to get an overview of the existing TCs (Fig. 4).
- On Fig. 5 we have a look at the content of a test case in English.
- Now, back to the [Properties] tab page...
Clone the original TCS
- At the bottom of the [Properties] tab page click on the [Create locali[z]ed TCS] (Fig. 6).
- The language list (Fig 7) shows the languages in which the current TCS has not be localized yet.
- Choose your language and click [Create localized TCS] (5)
- The TCS is cloned and shows now the current localization language (6)
- The TCS properties now shows other available language versions (7),
in this case, the language of the original TCS.
- Now click on the [Test Cases] tab page...
- The TCs of the original TCS have been cloned (Fig. 9).
- Note that the TCs have by the status "not finished" (8)
which shows that no localization work has been done yet.
As a consequence, those TCs don't appear in the TCS Preview as long as they are not flagged as "Finished".
- We need now to edit the cloned TCs...
- We can now translate the content of the TCs and adapt them to the language we are working on (Fig. 9).
- After the TCs have been localized and adapted, they appear in the TCS preview.


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National security is one of the exceptions under all access to information (ATI) laws. However, few of the laws, or their implementing regulations, define national security for purposes of withholding information. Nor do they set froth clear standards or procedures for classifying or otherwise withholding information on security grounds.
National security and the public's right to know are often viewed as pulling in opposite directions. While there is at times a tension between a government's desire to keep information secret on national security grounds and the public's right to information held by public authorities, a clear-eyed review of recent history suggests that legitimate national security interests are, in practice, best protected when the public is well informed about the state's activities, including those undertaken to protect national security.
In order to protect the full exercise of human rights, in certain circumstances it may be necessary to keep information secret to protect legitimate national security interests. Striking the right balance is made all the more challenging by the fact that courts in many countries demonstrate the least independence and greatest deference to the claims of government when national security is invoked. This deference is reinforced by provisions in the security laws of many countries that trigger exceptions to the right to information as well as to ordinary rules of evidence and rights of the accused upon a minimal showing, or even the mere assertion by the government, of a national security risk. A government's over-invocation of national security concerns can seriously undermine the main institutional safeguards against government abuse: independence of the courts, the rule of law, legislative oversight, media freedom, and open government.
In recent years, a significant number of states around the world have embarked on adopting or revising classification regimes and related laws. This trend in turn has been sparked by several developments. Perhaps most significant has been the rapid adoption of access to information laws since the fall of the Berlin Wall, with the result that, as of June 2013, more than 5.2 billion people in 95 countries around the world are entitled to exercise the right of access to information—at least in law, if not in practice. People in these countries are—often for the first time—grappling with the question of whether and under what circumstances information may be kept secret. Other developments contributing to an increase in proposed secrecy legislation include government responses to terrorism or the threat of terrorism, and an interest in having secrecy regulated by law in the context of democratic transitions.
Global Principles on National Security and the Right to Information (the Tshwane Principles)
On 12 June 2013, 17 organizations and five academic centres, working in all parts of the world, issued a set of Principles on National Security and the Right to Information.
These Principles were developed in order to provide guidance to those engaged in drafting, revising or implementing laws or provisions relating to the state's authority to withhold information on national security grounds or to punish the disclosure of such information.
They are based on international and regional law and standards, evolving state practice, the general principles of law recognized by the community of nations, and the writings of experts.
For more detail, see a full page dedicated to the Global Principles on National Security and the Right to Information (the Tshwane Principles), including international and regional law and standards and writings of experts.
Country Information
In 2013 Japan passed a new State Secrecy Law that, according to the UN Rapporteurs on Freedom of Expression and the Right to Health, "includes serious threats to whistleblowers and even journalists reporting on secrets." The following documents provide additional information about the law, and how it compares on an international level.
- Official (tentative) translation of Japan's Act No. 108 of 2013 on the Protection of Specially Designated Secrets.
- "Abe's report on state secrets gives Diet the cold shoulder," Editorial, The Asahi Shimbun, 28 April 2016.
- "Japan documents classified as state secrets up over a third in 2015, top 272,000," Japan Times, 27 April 2016.
- "Watchdogs of state secrets designations fail in first reports," Editorial, The Asahi Shimbun, 31 March 2016.
- Coliver, Sandra, Japan's State Secrecy Law Faulted in Human Rights Review, 13 August 2014.
- Fujita, Sanae, Japanese secrecy act a serious step backwards for transparency, human rights and democracy. (also available in Japanese)
- Halperin, Morton, Secrecy Bill Dodges Public Debate, The Japan Times, 23 November 2013. (The Japan Times is the country's only independent English-language newspaper.)
- Halperin, Morton H. and Molly Hofsommer, Japanese Secrecy Law and International Standards, September 2014.
- Open Society Justice Initiative, Submission on Japan's Secrecy Act to the UN Human Rights Committee, submitted 14 June 2014.
- Repeta, Lawrence, A New State Secrecy Law for Japan? 新たな秘密保護法?,11 The Asia-Pacific Journal, 42, October 2013.
- Repeta, Lawrence, Japan's 2013 State Secrecy Act—The Abe Administration's Threat to News Reporting "Japan Focus," 12 The Asia-Pacific Journal 10, March 2014.
- Repeta, Lawrence, Raising the Wall of Secrecy in Japan-the State Secrecy Law of 2013, 21 Meiji Law Journal 13, 22, 2014. (discussing deliberations in the diet, and citing numbers from official government report on comments received)
- Repeta, Lawrence, How Serious Were Japan's Information Leaks?, 20 August 2014.
- Halperin, Morton, Japan's State Secrecy Law Doesn't Meet International Standards, 9 May, 2014, Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan. [54:47]
- Repeta, Lawrence, Japan's New Secrecy Law, interview by Shingetsu News Agency, 3 September, 2014. Professor Lawrence Repeta of Meiji University gives a lucid account of the Japanese government's war against transparency and political accountability. He notes that Japan's new Secrecy Law, adopted Dec 6, 2013, provides up to ten years in prison for leakers and up to five years for "soliciting" leaks, and offers no protection for whistleblowers. He notes differences between Japanese and US law, and instances in which criminal penalties have been used to suppress Japanese government misinformation on significant public policy issues, as well as other information of high public interest. [17:13]
South Africa
Information related to South Africa's Secrecy Law will be added shortly.


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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has teamed up with Kazakhstan's railway authorities with an accord to promote energy efficiency activities across the country's railways network.
A Memorandum of Understanding with railway group JSC National Company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, KTZ, was signed on the eve of the EBRD's 20th Annual Meeting in Kazakh capital Astana committing both parties to increase their cooperation to make the railways more energy efficient.
By the end of this year, a joint working group will come up with an investment programme to implement energy efficiency priorities, cutting the national railways' carbon footprint by reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions.
"Energy efficiency is potentially the most effective way to reduce carbon emissions in short to medium term. We are proud to support Kazakh Railways in making improvements in energy efficiency which will strengthen the company's economic competitiveness and energy security. It will also help the national railways to become the country's leader in promoting energy efficiency," EBRD President Thomas Mirow said during the signing of the Memorandum.
KTZ is among the largest users of energy in the country. The EBRD confirmed its willingness to support the modernisation of the railways infrastructure by providing relevant financing and technical cooperation assistance. The Bank will consider providing long term financing later this year in the range of US$ 100-200 million to support the energy efficiency investment programme.
Kazakh Railways operates one of the world's largest railway networks. With Kazakhstan's vast territory and no significant water transport alternative, it also plays a key role in the national transport sector, accounting for some 59 per cent of all freight movements and 11 per cent of passenger traffic.
The EBRD is committed to addressing the twin challenges of energy efficiency and climate change in the Bank's region – which covers some of the world's most energy intensive economies, including Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan as well as Kazkahstan itself.
Since the Bank launched its Sustainable Energy Initiative (SEI) in 2006, it has already invested €6.6 billion through 369 SEI projects covering 29 transition countries. It is estimated that expected CO2 emission reductions from the EBRD's completed SEI projects will reach 39.6 million tonnes.
The MOU signed today enhances the bilateral cooperation between the EBRD and Kazakh Railways. Over the past few years, the EBRD has signed three transactions with KTZ for over US$ 350 million to modernise its fleet and improve the country's overall transit potential. This complements a US$ 180 million loan to the government to rehabilitate the Western China-Western Europe corridor.
In line with its current investment strategy for Kazakhstan, the EBRD focuses on strengthening the country's financial sector, promoting economic diversification and innovation, developing infrastructure, addressing energy imbalances and improving energy efficiency.
Since the beginning of its operations in Kazakhstan, the EBRD has invested over €2.8 billion in over 130 projects in various sectors of the Kazakh economy, mobilising additional investments in excess of about €6 billion, with about 70 per cent of the projects' being investments into the development of the country's private sector.


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Charged to reveal a first solo art print 'Ghosts of Growth'. Release within the VACVVM & available at this years MondoCon event in Austin, Texas -Booth #88, Annie Hall.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015
With The Utmost Sincerity, We Ask...
steves sez this:
I'm not a big fan of hip-hop, but I'll often find something to appreciate in the genre. That said, I just do not get Kanye. The guy is like a bad joke that never ends. I'm guessing I'm either too old to hear it, or I've awoken in the Bizarro world.
In any case, can someone please explain to me why in the world this guy still has a career?
I, like steves, often think the same thing and though this seems like a fantastic opportunity for anti-Westies to spew their sarcasm, I am more interested in what exactly I am missing with this boob. (And I believe steves is, too.)
So please...lead us all in the right direction. What are we missing?
17 comments:
- buzzbabyjesus said...
He's managed to avoid a walk on part in the war in favor of a lead role in a cage. He's not an artist, but has parlayed slim talent into notoriety and celebrity. He's a brand. If he was Andy Kaufman, his antics would be comedy, but he seems to live in an irony-free zone, which renders him entirely tone deaf. There's a reality TV Kool-Aid you need to drink in order to appreciate the emperors new clothes.
- July 14, 2015 at 5:57 AM
I don't think that you're missing anything but the great music that was so abundant in the late 1960's to mid 1970's. There was so much happening, musically, in that time frame that it was impossible to keep up with it all and, in fact, I'm still discovering bands from that era today that I had neither the time or the money to explore then. Today's music for the most part bores me to tears. It's unadventurous, unexciting and not the least bit catchy. Like you I spent years selling pre-recorded music to the masses and lament the passing of music as an art form. I can count the bands of today that I like on one hand (Decembrists, Gaslight Anthem and to some extent the Black Keys) and still have a few fingers left over.
- July 14, 2015 at 6:14 AM
- Gene Oberto said...
For my part, I never got him and, luckily, have sat blissfully on the sidelines wondering what the deal is. John Oliver calls items like this..."Why is this still a thing?"
I have made it a point to label anything connected to the Kardashians as...toxic. Whether its a "rap star" or a former Olympic decathlon gold medal winner in a new suit, I avoid it all like a Adam Sandler -ahem- comedy. I find my life a lot easier to enjoy.
- July 14, 2015 at 7:09 AM
- William Repsher said...
The same thing you're missing with any artist you don't get: nothing. There's nothing to be gained by forcing yourself to listen to, like or understand music you just don't want to hear! That goes for a lot more than Kanye West - he's a grain of sand on a very large beach of music I don't like and don't have time for.
A true fan of his could sit down and point you in the direction of his "best" tracks, type out lyrics he considers life altering and pontificate for a few minutes, at least, about his cultural significance.
It don't mean shit to me. Nor you, apparently! It's OK not to get everything. I don't have time to waste on music I don't get. I don't have time enough for the music I want to hear. Generally speaking, if someone has to explain to why a certain artist or kind of music is good, you're just pissing in the wind. Words aren't going to convince you of anything.
- July 14, 2015 at 8:00 AM
- Sal Nunziato said...
William Repsher, this is rare, but I have to disagree with you. There have been many artists that I never had time for, but thanks to some patience, some people with some terrific suggestions and some willingness, I've changed my tune.
I hated the Grateful Dead for years because all I ever knew was what I was force-fed on rock radio. Truckin', Casey Jones, their horrible cover of Dancing In The Street. But a friend played an acoustic show from 1970 and I was blown away by Jerry's guitar playing. I went back into their music with a different head and understanding. Now I'm a fan. Not a fanatic, but I really like them.
Never had time for Kraftwerk or Can or Neu, but after I read the 33 1/3 book on David Bowie's Low, an all time fave of mine, I grew to appreciate the sounds and textures.
I've been turned around plenty.
I don't see myself about facing on Kanye. But I am willing to listen to someone, if he has something serious to say.
- July 14, 2015 at 8:12 AM
- Sal Nunziato said...
"But I am willing to listen to someone, if he has something serious to say."
I'm referring to the person trying to sell me on Kanye.
- July 14, 2015 at 8:14 AM
- Shriner said...
Hey, McCartney thinks he is talented enough to work with him -- so he's got that going for him...
- July 14, 2015 at 9:01 AM
- buzzbabyjesus said...
I think they shamelessly exploited each other in a way I rather not think about. I don't know who looked dumber on that one. Besides, I'm having too much fun with Sticky Fingers Live (2015).
- July 14, 2015 at 9:22 AM
the basic story is he supplied a lot of beats to a lot of artists, got producer credits, then traded on the fame of those artists as guest stars on his own mix-tapes. I don't understand how coming up with a rhythm track and a few tacked on effects/choruses is a currency now, unless you analogize it to the distinctiveness of Ringo's or Charlie's drumming. But it's enough. Anyway, the reviews of his first album, The College Dropout, which canonized him also make it clear that, lyrically, there's not much there other than some clever turns on old clichés. Check out Pitchfork's review for an example. But once the hype became fact, and the guest stars kept rolling in, it was over. like bbj says, it's the emperor's new clothes because so many people are invested at this point.
- July 14, 2015 at 9:39 AM
In response to Shriner...eh, Pauly Mac worked with Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson too and, to be honest, those were two of his crappier tracks. When Macca decides to work with another artist it rarely results in a good song.
- July 14, 2015 at 4:18 PM
- Jeff Matthews said...
OK - I admit it - I'm a fan. I totally understand (and agree) that it's hard to separate Yeezy's assholatry from what he actually lays down on a record. I can't blame anybody who finds his celebrity and Kardashianagins intolerable, and who on principle won't listen to his music. I also find him to be an incredible jerk. But:
1) he's not a singer - he's a rapper, so everybody who is ragging on him for inability to sing Bohemian Rhapsody is sorta missing the point
2) his "beats" and source material for sampling are clever and, to my ears, there are fabulous hooks in his songs - even if I can't tell what anybody is actually playing, autotuning, or sampling. For those who criticize that he can't sing or play an instrument, I guess I would respond that his musicianship is in what he assembles, and while that is at odds with everything else I listen to, and what I personally "value" in a true musician, I find the sounds and the performance compelling. There are many other rap artists I like, and many I like better than Kanye, but at some level I find Kanye's bravado and arrogance not fundamentally different than, say, the Stones declaring themselves the greatest rock and roll band in the world, or Elvis is King, or James Brown, etc.
3) there is some startling honesty and self-criticism in his lyrics, and no small amount of humor. The whole College Dropout album, and especially the tracks Last Call and Jesus Walks are good examples.
4) living in Chicago as I do, Kanye is inescapable, and not in a bad way. Like when he headlines Lolla, or comes out to rap at a halftime, or when the Bulls enter the court to" Power" from Dark Twisted Fantasy. It's, umm, cool.
Again, he is a major dickwad. But I find him sonically interesting and lyrically compelling.
- July 14, 2015 at 5:16 PM
I mostly stopped keeping up with rap around the time of De La Soul Is Dead, but Kanye is one of the few contemporary hiphop artists I'll listen to, albeit casually. Agree with most of what Jeff said above. I hear more musicality in his tracks than with most rappers. Try Late Registration and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Also, give him credit for being ambitious and taking risks--Yeezus is like hiphop's Metal Machine Music. Not a perfect analogy, but maybe the way to think of what he and a lot of hiphop producers do is as something akin to a great arranger. So what if Nelson Riddle wasn't Irving Berlin?
Bruce H.
- July 14, 2015 at 7:12 PM
- Sal Nunziato said...
"1) he's not a singer - he's a rapper, so everybody who is ragging on him for inability to sing Bohemian Rhapsody is sorta missing the point"
But it doesn't work on either a rap or rock level. He's not rapping. He's not singing. It's poorly executed karaoke being overshadowed by an ego that for my money, doesn't quite have the depth of material, like Jagger or JB, to back it up. I don't feel like I missed the point. Not this time, anyway.
Jeff and Bruce H. both make good arguments and have certainly piqued my interest a bit. I've made similar remarks in my defense of the Beastie Boys and have gotten laughed right off of Blogger. But I do love those guys and those records, and think "Paul's Boutique" specifically, hits new heights in genius, the same way both Jeff and Bruce hear Kanye.
- July 15, 2015 at 4:05 AM
- Jeff Matthews said...
I sent a reply to the above through my iPhone but I don't think it registered - will try again.
About Bohemian Rhapsody, specifically, you are correct. It didn't work. He can't sing. It didn't lend itself to rap. It was simply awful. A huge miscalculation on his part - whether to curry favor with the British audience at Glastonbury, an ironic answer to the petitions to have him removed as headliner; whatever. I don't know what he was thinking. Kanye can't sing BR. He couldn't sing London Bridge is Falling Down, but then again neither could Joe Strummer, or Stiv Bators, or Iggy and I don't hold it against them. Difference is, they didn't try.
His ego and braggadocio are massive, and clearly out of proportion to his accomplishments. No disagreement. But the quality of the material is actually quite strong, and deep. And the performance is, at times, breathtaking and even brave (look at other clips from Glastonbury). Part of the - dare I say it - charm of Kanye is the larger than life myth building (bullshit though it is).
Kanye is not gansta - in fact one of his major contributions is bringing a more soulful, introspective "voice" to rap music. He's not as clever or humorous as the Beastie Boys (who I also like) or Eminem (who I often like). I'm not trying to open anybody's mind here - just saying that I like 99% of what we discuss here on BW, and I happen to also have found a lot of interesting, compelling work by 'Ye. I also like Nas and D'Angelo and Frank Ocean and, historically, NWA and PE and a handful of others.
Re: Anonymous "...the reviews of his first album, The College Dropout, which canonized him also make it clear that, lyrically, there's not much there other than some clever turns on old clichés. Check out Pitchfork's review for an example." Check out Pitchfork's 10/10 review of My Dark Twisted Fantasy which captures much of the controversy and contradictions about Kanye the celebrity vs Kanye the artist. An interesting read.
- July 15, 2015 at 6:54 AM
- Michael Giltz said...
What Jeff Matthews says, but less so. I thought "Jesus Walks" was a great single but was underwhelmed by the rest of The College Dropout. (Did I peer pressure myself into naming it one of the best of that year? I'll have to check.) Ever since then I found his albums flat and uninvolving; like Drake, whatever was interesting (mildly so in Kanye's case) got subsumed by the boring rap trappings of talking hard about ho's and the like. Why someone initially embraced for speaking about education and religion should not be called out for reinforcing the stupidest stereotypes of "urban" life (ie. glorifying the gangsta aesthetic rather than documenting it or taking it down a peg) was beyond me. UNTIL the album Dark Twisted Fantasy. Finally, he let his freak flag fly and came out as the paranoid, nutty bizarro personality one always suspected. I thought it was strange and funny and WEIRD in a really good way and far distant from ghetto rap. I really liked that album though I certainly don't play it a lot. After that, he dropped the ball again. I didn't care for Yeezus lyrically BUT I thought it was extremely interesting melodically in both his samples and use of music in the context of rap. Really thought it was sonically fascinating, making it all the more annoying that his lyrics were so banal. To make myself feel really old, my nephews saw him in concert and said it was the best show they'd ever seen (and they've seen Mumford & Son, their previous favorite! to put it in context). I did hear repeatedly that the show was really innovative in its staging which almost made me want to see him. So you're right: for me, not much there there, but he's hardly Milli Vanilli, just a commercial smash with moments of wit and style. Like 95% of all acts, if they're lucky.
- July 15, 2015 at 8:41 AM
I like Kanye. i think he is very clever, very smart, very playful, though his public persona long ago grew absurd. He cannot sing at all, and I don't listen when he tries to. His rapping is idiosyncratic; he doesn't have a great flow by conventional standards, but i find he uses his limitations to impart more nuance. in this, the apt comparison might be dylan. yes, yes, dylan cannot "sing" he's just a better vocalist than almost everyone. kayne is kind of like that; he may not fit the template, but he's much more interesting than just about any rapper.
If you want to give it a try again, Sal. i think there are two ways to do it. start at the beginning or start at the artistic top.
i'd recommended the beginning. the college dropout and late registration, both have many good tracks (as almost always on CDs, the albums are too long, and, like eminem's these two have stupid talking parts that will annoy). this early on, kayne can be quite sly and funny. work from there, but maybe skip 808s, too much "singing."
the other way is to try my beautiful dark twisted fantasy. there is a lot going on allover that record. it ain't easy, and it ain't always satisfying but it's impressive.
if you still don't like him you've tried and you should not worry it anymore.
- July 15, 2015 at 10:27 AM
- Robin said...
@Bruce H "who cares if Nelson Riddle is not Irving Berlin?"...I imagine you mean West's mainly an arranger and that's where his talent lies. I agree but someone needs to tell KW that because he thinks he's Irving Berlin. Nelson never thought he was Berlin, Gershwin or Sinatra (as far as I know)!
"I'm the greatest rock star!!!" Yep. Okay. How old is Kanye??? Anyway this thinking he is "Irving Berlin" or the greatest rock star (or rapper, certainly he's neither) is what causes the misunderstandings about his work to an extent.
Sal- Paul's Boutique is considered a masterpiece by most anyone with knowledge of the genre. I don't know who the heathens were who laughed you off Blogger! ;) :) Ha!
Knocking the Beasties is like knocking Run DMC or Dre, or A Tribe Called Quest or yes, Eminem, at least for me! I don't think anything Kanye has done is on the level with these other artists though mileage varies there and yours might too even vs Paul's Boutique, but I don't think so. I don't think he's hit heights of genius. Having said that there is more to Kanye than his attitude and trappings and behavior would lead one to believe as Jeff and Bruce and others have said. He is clever and has some heart, has great ears, but gets in his own way.
- July 15, 2015 at 11:08 AM


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The email to Clinton today from her longtime adviser Ann Lewis says the Clinton team will be "well on our way to the White House" and will have a "wildly successful" campaign if it can stick to "the recipe from tried and true campaign plans" to meet a $1 billion fundraising goal.
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Chinese incubators growing in Bay Area
Hanhai zPark is an 80,000-square-foot incubator for tech startups that opened in June in San Jose. It's backed by investors from China, including the largest state-owned developer of business parks in Beijing.
The group plans to open a biotech incubator twice the size in South San Francisco, near Genentech's campus, by the middle of 2013. They're searching for a third Bay Area property to turn into a 200,000-square-foot space for clean-tech companies next year.
By the time they're done, the combined incubators will hold space, for startups, greater than seven football fields, or enough to occupy about one-fifth of the Empire State Building. All these offices and labs are meant to house young companies eager to do business in China, and Chinese startups expanding to the U.S.
Hanhai zPark is scouting spaces in Boston and other cities, as well. "There's a huge demand from cities all over the U.S. that they need investors from China to grow their industries and jobs," says Victor Wang, president of Hanhai zPark.
The money flowing from China to buy U.S. properties and companies reached a record $6.5 billion last year, up 17 percent from a year earlier, according to Rhodium Group, a research and advisory firm.
Hanhai zPark isn't the first China-focused incubator to open in Silicon Valley last year: InnoSpring, a Santa Clara space whose backers include Chinese real estate developers, opened a few months earlier.
Why park big new incubators in an area already packed with them? Existing ties between China and the Bay Area make Silicon Valley a natural home to ventures like Hanhai zPark. Many Chinese-born entrepreneurs go to Stanford or work at U.S. tech companies in the valley.
Stanford connection
Wang, himself a native of Harbin, in northern China, went to Stanford business school before starting his own health IT venture. About a year and a half ago, leaders from Hanhai, a privately held operator of five big business incubators in China, and zPark, a state-owned developer of the largest science and tech park in China, approached him about running a space for startups in the U.S. Xi Jinping, China's incoming president, and Vice President Joe Biden touted the deal during meetings in Los Angeles and Washington last year.
The space available may be growing faster than demand. Hanhai zPark has about 40 tenants so far, but it has room for 100 or 200, depending on the space they need. About a quarter of the tenants are American companies, many founded by Chinese immigrants or Americans of Chinese heritage, Wang says. The rest are Chinese companies exploring the U.S. market.
On top of offering the usual incubator services, such as legal and accounting help, Hanhai zPark will invest directly in some of its tenant companies through a $5 million angel fund. It will also make introductions to people in business and government on the mainland. "We'll connect (startups') needs to the Chinese partners in different cities," Wang says.
Seeking investors
Those connections, along with ample capital, are the main attraction for American companies considering seeking investors from China. "That differentiates them from other venture investors, particularly in sectors where there's a high political risk, like digital services," says Thilo Hanemann, research director at Rhodium Group, who tracks Chinese investment flows.
That can help startups crack a market where even multinationals such as Google have stumbled. Still, companies face risks doing business on the mainland, where the legal protections taken for granted in the U.S. and Europe don't exist. In China, "there's no rule of law that protects individuals and companies against the government," Hanemann says.
Expect the pace of Chinese investment in the U.S. to accelerate. Hanemann notes that while the growth in cross-border investment gets a lot of attention, China is really playing catch up. "If you think about China as the world's second-largest economy, the right question to ask is why have they not been more active?" he says.
Part of the reason is that the government has only recently made it easier for wealth to move beyond China's borders. "There's a lot of channels through which Chinese corporations and funds can shovel money into the U.S. now," Hanemann says.
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Taking Cat here for the first time -- she was in Davao when BBB opened -- we got the One Third Pounder, a side of Potato Wedges, and the Chicken Parmigiana rice meal. We loved the potato wedges, nice thick slices of potato, skin on, crisp outside and perfectly cooked through inside. Cat says if she can't have mashed potato, her fave potato dish, she'll gladly settle for this any time. Me, I think my next order of burger will have to include this. There goes the calorie count! We also liked the Chicken Parmigiana, the sauce was nice and savory, and there's a generous topping of melted cheese on top. I'm a sucker for melted cheese on rice, so again this dish is a winner for me.
Big Better Burger is an up-and-coming chain with 10 branches already throughout Metro Manila, the Pergola Mall branch being their 8th. The chain is owned and operated by the Teotico family, and interestingly enough is totally home-grown--it's not a US franchise at all. Eric Teotico, who loves to cook, came up with the idea of opening a burger chain based on his own recipes. Learning this story, I'm motivated to patronize BBB even more -- I like it when my peso goes to a local entrepreneur instead of a foreign corporation, and my palate tells me I'm getting value for my money.


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Genetic counselors work with physicians and other health care professionals to help patients understand inherited conditions, genetic disorders and birth defects affecting themselves or their families. They're also available to objectively discuss sensitive, emotional information. For example, if genetic testing shows that you have the breast cancer gene, should you have a double mastectomy like Angelina Jolie or wait a few years and see if anything happens? Which genetic tests, if any, should you perform on your unborn child? Genetic counselors can help you sort these issues out.
Although genetic counselors have been around for a while -- the National Society of Genetic Counselors was founded in 1979 -- relatively few people used their services initially, as genetic testing was in its infancy. Now it's not. Much more refined and complex tests are out there, with many more in development that will help predict innumerable markers and conditions. As the tests grow in number, so will the number of genetic counselors. You need a master's degree in genetic counseling to get into the field [sources: Get Degrees, The American Society of Human Genetics].


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Penn State Volleyball Strength and Conditioning Coach Cameron Davidson opens his training manual and shares everything he uses at Penn State for strength and conditioning. This informationpacked DVD includes 150 exercises and variations.
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[Press release from Harvard Medical School discussing online prepublication in Science] Press Release | Abstract | Graphical Abstract PUBLICATIONS (Ranked by impact factor of the journal) Immune Dysregulation in Human Subjects with Heterozygous Germline Mutations in CTLA4 Researchers identified germline heterozygous mutations in cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) in subjects from four unrelated families suffering from severe immune dysregulation. While Ctla4 heterozygous mice have no obvious phenotype, human CTLA4 haploinsufficiency caused dysregulation of FoxP3+ regulatory T cells, hyperactivation of effector T cells and lymphocytic infiltration of target organs. 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[Cancer Cell] Abstract | Graphical Abstract Exhaustion of Bacteria-Specific CD4 T Cells and Microbial Translocation in Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorders Researchers demonstrate that the CD4 T cell exhaustion and functional impairment observed in common variable immunodeficiency patients is associated with bacterial translocation and that intravenous immunoglobulin G treatment resolves bacterial translocation and restores CD4 T cell functions. [J Exp Med] Abstract | Press Release Activation-Induced Necroptosis Contributes to B-Cell Lymphopenia in Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus The authors demonstrate that co-activation of toll-like receptor 7 and B-cell receptor pathways is a core event for the survival/dead states of B cells in systemic lupus erythematosus. 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I've talked about men in the club throwing up signs and crap. Now it's time for me to address the retardness of women whenever a camera is near. In every got dayum pic, a bytch got her azz twisted up in the air. I'm tired and own even feel like it today… I am always on the grind.
She doing all that contorting and shyt. You ain't got no ass. Please sit down. I say concentrate on getting them edges to grow…I'm sure that will be more successful.
She would've done better posing regula cuz all I see is horse and fluid. Fluid under yo skin will kill you. Sometimes you should just know better. I'm just saying…
Her nose spread like she pregnant and if you all head (her face big as hell) and no neck I'mma need you to not stand with ya hand on ya hips like you constantly shrugging.
Now why couldn't they have turned the opposite way? Woo I hate women. Seriously. I.Hate.You… But look at the one in the yellow…she swear she giving off flames. Her back/shoulders look right squishy like she got thyroid.
[scratch n sniff]. All i see is Summer's Eve vinegar and water. *p-u* And these prolly the two main chicks in the club talking shyt when men ask "how much?" You get what you give dumb bitches. I do not have time.


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Such a nice weekend.
"Whatever else anything is, it ought to begin by being personal."
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the restaurant that time forgot...
go for breakfast...
i see myself in this picture.
and i also see my mom.
i don't know why...
Marcus: Suddenly I realized - two people isn't enough. You need backup. If you're only two people, and someone drops off the edge, then you're on your own. Two isn't a large enough number. You need three at least.
~about a boy
Emma and I talk about how important relationships are to people.
I always think about how I need to open the door and my heart more than I do.
It makes me think about the movie About a Boy.
(two minor swears in this clip. Shall we discuss minor swears and major swears?)
Feeling so full of love and gratefulness after a sweet weekend!
A favorite scene from Dan in Real Life.
Encourage one another,


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