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Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's Epistemology of the Closet is often approached as one of the most groundbreaking discussions within the study of queer theory. Combining philosophical, legal, literary, and historical approaches towards queerness and human sexuality, Sedgwick's text is focused on the destruction of the dichotomous divides used to discuss and categorize expressions and epistemologies (states of being) pertaining to sexual identity. She goes as far as to posit that a complete and encompassing understanding of Western culture must incorporate a critical analysis of the establishment and advent of the homo/heterosexual definition (1), and posits that issues pertaining to homosexuality and the closet (such as the divides between privacy and exposure, nature and culture, man and child) are central to most of contemporary Western thought. The aim of this post is to distill some of the more challenging and noteworthy claims made by Sedgwick in her discussion.
Sedgwick's text was overall challenging due to the elusive and difficult nature of her prose and sentence structure. After reading some passages several times, however, I was offered great insights into the positioning of homosexuality within current strands of thought and philosophy. Here discussion opens up with a differentiation between minoritizing views towards homosexuality (in which homosexuality is of importance to a minority of people with specific attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs) and universalizing views (in which homosexuality and queerness are central in some way to all human beings). She also delves into a discussion of the origins of the term homosexual based mostly on Foucault's pivotal discussion titled The History of Sexuality (Volume I). Surprisingly, not only was the term homosexual coined before the term heterosexual, but the prominence of the term ultimately led people to identify themselves not only according to their gender, but also their sexual orientation (thus illustrating the convergence of language with sexual identity). The homosexual, in this Foucauldian view, thus became a distinct species. The aim of Sedgwick's discussion, however, is not to offer an explanation for the establishment of sexual categories, but rather, an exploration of their "predictably varied and acute implications and consequences" (9).
Later on in her book, Sedgwick mentions its purpose, which actually was one of the most difficult passages for me to understand and break-down. Epistemology of the Closet intends to:
demonstrate that categories presented in a culture as symmetrical binary oppositions—heterosexual/homosexual, in this case—actually subsist in a more unsettled and dynamic tacit relation according to which, first, term B is not symmetrical with but subordinated to term A; but, second, the ontologically valorized term A actually depends for its meaning on the simultaneous submission and exclusion of term B; hence, third, the question of priority between the supposed central and the supposed marginal category of each dyad is irresolvably unstable, an instability caused by the fact that term B is constituted as at once internal and external to term A." (10)
As can be seen in the passage above, this purpose is indeed loaded and slightly difficult, but I will try to deconstruct this passage in hopes of providing some illumination as to Epistemology of the Closet's purpose. In essence, Sedgwick is arguing that the binary opposition between homosexuality and heterosexuality is futile due to the instability of this divide in the first place:
1) Homosexuality and heterosexuality are not symmetrical or equal terms, and they are not equal halves of a whole. Rather, homosexuality is a secondary or inferior class of term when juxtaposed to heterosexuality. This part is quite obvious and understandable, for homosexuality (as a term or concept) does not possess the power, "prestige," authority, or valence that is loaded within heterosexuality (it is ontologically valorized).
2) The meaning attributed to heterosexuality depends on the not only taking valorization away from homosexuality, but also on the exclusion of homosexuality as part of the heterosexual. Keeping in mind that the term heterosexual was coined after the word homosexual, it comes as no wonder that the heterosexual is thus defined as he/she who does not embrace the traits or behaviors of the homosexual (i.e. I am heterosexual because I am not homosexual).
3) When it comes to the issue of whether heterosexuality came before homosexuality, or vice-versa, is a "dilemma" with no solution that is in turn very unstable, precisely because homosexuality is part of heterosexuality while at the same time being excluded from it. In this sense, homosexuality is similar to Kristeva's notion of the abject in that you recognize that it is part of the whole while at the same time being excluded from it.
Sedgwick posits that the category of the homosexual, despite its status as a subordinate classification, has in part refused to wither away because individuals who identify themselves as homosexual view the term as one of empowerment and unification. However, the prominence and permanence of the term is attributed to way more than its use as a gay-affirmative term: "Far beyond any cognitively or politically enabling effects on the people whom it claims to describe, moreover, the nominative category of 'the homosexual' has robustly failed to disintegrate under the pressure of the decade after decade, battery after battery of deconstructive exposure—evidently not in the first place because of its meaningfulness to those whom it defines but because of its indispensableness to those who define themselves against it" (83). Thus, the term homosexual thrives not because of its positive attributes, but rather, because it allows a so-called status quo to delineate attitudes and behaviors that it rejects.
On Difference and the Nature/Nurture Debate
After her discussion of the futility of the binary divide between homosexuality and heterosexuality, Sedgwick delves into a nuanced treatment of the three points that I explained above, focusing on the subordination of homosexuality within a heteronormative context, and on the development of axioms that help the reader to understand the importance of difference when it comes to the discussion of human sexuality. The subordination of homosexuality is quite obvious and easy to grasp, especially when Sedgwick discusses biases that have existed in the legal treatment of homosexuality within contemporary society, especially after the appearance and spread of AIDS. For instance, she alludes to the use of gay panic defenses within courts as a way of justifying violence done to members of the gay community, and how "The widespread acceptance of this defense really seems to show to the contrary, that hatred of homosexuals is even more public, more typical, hence harder to find any leverage against than hatred of other disadvantaged groups" (19).
Sedgwick posits a handful of axioms that are necessary not only to fully comprehend the epistemology of the closet and the nuances of sexuality, but also to deconstruct the binaries that enforce ideological views of the world. The first axiom, which at first may seem to be the most obvious, is that people are different from each other. I believe this is something that most people would agree with, but it's also a very difficult concept to come to grips with. We have plenty of identity markers used to classify, categorize, and understand the people around us, but even then, we only have a very limited understanding of the person as a whole. Sedgwick posits that the most universal markers of identification that exist today are those of gender, race, social class, sexual orientation, among others, but even then, this information only enables us to understand people in very broad ways, preventing a more nuanced or true differentiation from taking place. Sedgwick argues that people, especially those who have suffered oppression or subordination, have had to develop systematic ways of classifying and knowing people in order to determine "the possibilities, dangers, and stimulations of their human social landscape" (23). Learning more about the types of people that exist in the world is not only necessary to avoid stereotyping, but Sedgwick ultimately argues that knowledge about the different people in the world is crucial for survival:
I take the precious, devalued arts of gossip, immemorially associated in European thought with servants, with effeminate and gay men, with all women, to have to do not even so much with the transmission of necessary news as with the refinement of necessary skills for making, testing, and using unrationalized and provisional hypotheses about what kinds of people there are to be found in one's world. (23)
In axiom 4, Sedgwick aims to deviate from the nature/nature debates that hinge on discussions of homosexuality, preferring to discuss homosexuality in terms of universalizing or minoritizing views because it forces us to ask the question: "In whose lives is homo/heterosexual definition an issue of continuing centrality and difficulty?' rather than either of the questions that seem to have gotten conflated in the constructivist/essentialist debate" (40). Sedgwick seems to imply that there is perhaps the possibility of a eugenic agenda that might surface if a constructivist view on homosexuality is ever determined to be causal. She argues that gay-affirmative work complies with its aims when it steers away from discussions on the origins of sexual orientation and identity, and focuses more on activist and contemporary concerns. By engaging in a debate on the origins of sexual orientation, one risks participating in a tradition that views culture as something that is malleable and nature as a static phenomenon. If homosexuality were to be viewed as a product of culture, there is the risk of viewing it as something that can be altered or suppressed.
On the Nature of the Closet
The closet, as Sedgwick points out, is complicated because although it is presumably used to conceal a facet of one's identity, this sense of concealment is not always complete or total. The act of coming out the closet is not a one step process because there is always more than one closet in the life of the homosexual. Coming out is a process that must constantly be dealt with when encountering a new person. One may consider themselves to be out, but there is always someone out there who is not aware of one's sexuality due to its presumably unmarked nature, and there are times when remaining in the closet seems to be a more feasible, and at times safer, option:
every encounter with a new classfull of students, to say nothing of a new boss, social worker, loan officer, landlord, doctor, erects new closets whose fraught and characteristic laws of optics and physics exact from at least gay people new surveys, new calculations, new draughts and requisitions of secrecy or disclosure. Even an out gay person deals daily with interlocutors about whom she doesn't know whether they know or not. (68)
Especially today, the closet is closely tied to notions of knowledge, concealment, and truth. The term "coming out" has even been applied to notions that deviate from the disclosure of one's sexual identity, such as to "come out" as a democrat, or to "come out" as an atheist. It can be said that the notion of coming out has been broadened to such a degree that it is no longer central to notions or matters of sexuality, but Sedgwick argues that in true universalizing fashion, this broadening demonstrates how pivotal queer and homosexual matters are for Western thought, and how integral they are to everyday actions and beliefs (72).
I think that the first couple of chapters within Sedgwick's discussion really provide a solid platform that enables a discussion of homosexuality, the closet, and their pervasive influence in contemporary thought. The book is particularly useful because it demonstrates not only the futility of binaries as proper mechanisms of definition, but also the issues that surface when determining the relationship that exists between language and sexuality. Homosexuality as such was a category that was devised as a pathological classification of individuals who engaged in same-sex behavior, and the emergence of this category pretty much radicalized the way we approach knowledge and people. This is a text that I must revisit soon in order to fully comprehend all of the arguments and notions that Sedgwick presents in her attempt to reconfigure epistemological and ontological approaches to homosexuality and the closet in a postmodern world.
Primary Work
Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky. Epistemology of the Closet. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. Print.


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By establishing their own cooperatives, nearly 300 Dalit workers around Madurai will now have the chance to contract directly for jobs. For 85 construction workers, previously on casual or daily wages, this provides job security and better health and safety. Poorly paid catering workers can avoid the middle men who take a large cut of their earnings, and the jaggery (unrefined sugar) producers will firstly bargain for higher wages, then eventually establish their own jaggery production plant.
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As a result of this new change to the I-129 Form, organizations are now required, at a very early stage, to determine whether the prospective employment of a nonimmigrant worker will trigger a deemed export license requirement. Some organizations handle export control issues in-house through their legal, export or shipping departments. However, it continues to be likely that some organizations, without dedicated export control personnel, may need assistance to identify and implement controls to address the new certification requirements.
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A lot has been said about the almost ubiquitous QR ("Quick Response)" code – some of it complimentary, some of it not so much.
On the complimentary side, QR codes are still trendy, visual, scan-able, convenient and cool.
On the not-so-much side, QR codes are ugly, gobble precious real estate in graphic designs, require a mobile app to scan them, often lead to boring web pages that weren't worth the effort to scan, and sometimes simply don't work.
Love 'em or hate 'em, QR codes, like many things, can be absolutely marvelous if used properly. And the rate of smartphone users scanning them has steadily increased, making it all the more imperative that we learn how to take advantage of them. According to a recent comScore report,
• Over 20% of smartphone users scanned a QR code, with the majority scanning for product information.
• Over 55% of Americans are now smartphone users. That means nearly 35 million people scanned QR codes in the last quarter of 2011.
• 20% of scans were done in a retail store.
• 57% of scans were done in the home, versus on the go.
• One third of scans were in response to a coupon or offer.
• One quarter of scans were to get event information.
Clearly, the QR code has established itself as a standard and commonly understood way for mobile users to access content and marketing promotions.
In this post we'll give you some QR code best practices for getting great results from using QR codes, as well as the common mistakes to avoid.
Common Mistakes with using QR codes.
• QR code for QR code's sake – when QR codes burst on the scene a few years ago, marketers started slapping them on everything in an effort to appear cutting edge. Problem was, most of these QR codes linked to – a home page. Ugh. Why would people want to go the trouble of scanning a code just to view a home page on their mobile phone?
• Web pages not optimized for mobile – Imagine scanning a code and being taken to some company's home page, which is still in large monitor format. Imagine the joy of trying to read this on your 3.5-inch iPhone screen (or just slightly larger Android phone screen). Another ugh.
• Too small to scan – if a QR code is less than an inch square, many cell phone cameras and apps may have trouble scanning them, leading the mobile user – nowhere. Ugh again.
• Nowhere else to go – if the QR code doesn't work for some reason, or, the user decides he/she would rather view the code on a PC monitor, it sure would be nice if there were a web URL listed as an alternative. Many marketers forget this simple point.
• No instructions – there are still some smartphone users who may not know how to scan a QR code yet, much less why they might want to. Some marketers simply forget to have some simple instructions about why to scan the code, and where to download an app to scan the code. Yes, including these instructions can clutter up a design. But adoption rate will certainly increase by taking this simple step.
• QR codes in ridiculous places – Ever tried to scan a QR code on a billboard, on the freeway, from your car, while driving? Believe it or not, some marketers think this is a brilliant place to put a QR code. Until the 20-car pile up, that is. Or how about putting a QR code on a web page? Hmm…why would I scan the code on a page when I can just click on a link instead? Oops, no link is listed. Ugh.
The best way to use QR codes.
• Use them to make the user's life easier – Say you're running a promotion, and your users will learn about it on the go, so being able to access the promotion from a mobile phone would be ideal. That's the perfect application for a QR code. Make it obvious where the QR code will take the user. And provide an awesome benefit for scanning the code. Any way you can save users from having to type any text to gain access to this awesome benefit makes users' lives easier. They'll appreciate you for it.
• Provide an awesome benefit for scanning the code – scanning the code should provide an immediate, specific benefit to the user. After all, it still takes effort to launch the scanning app and scan the code. Use the code to provide a short cut to accessing specific information, an instant savings coupon, limited time special offer, price and product information (if scanning a product package in a retail store), maps and directions to get to a desired place, an event schedule, an educational or entertaining video, link to a home virtual tour on a real estate sign, contest entry, etc. Can you think of other great specific, immediate benefits you could provide?
• Test scan your QR codes before releasing them into the wild – try scanning the codes with a variety of different cell phones to ensure they work, and make sure they take the viewer to the right web page!
• Optimize linked content for mobile viewing and interaction – this one is self-explanatory. You'll want to work with a web developer with specific experience building mobile pages. Learn more about designing web pages for mobile viewing.
• Make it easy once they land – make it as simple as possible to enter that contest, get that coupon, view that video, etc. The fewer clicks (or taps actually) and keystrokes required the better. Make the mobile web page super clean and uncluttered so it's very easy to see what to do and how to do it.
• Track scanning analytics – there are QR code generator tools, which also provide analytics as the codes are scanned. Some are free, and others are reasonably priced. ROI tracking should be part of every marketing program.
Take your QR codes to the next level.
QR codes, used properly, provide a more convenient way for users to gain a benefit from you. The easier you make it for a user to interact with you, the more likely they'll do it. From this standpoint, QR codes offer huge potential for marketers. On the other hand, when used improperly, QR codes actually impede customer interaction, which can in turn reduce engagement and erode trust in your brand.
Follow the guidance in this post. Spend just a little more time learning about best practices with an easy Internet article search. Then implement QR codes to make things easier for your customers – and reap the benefits.
Check our this article on QR Codes for more insight to start your best practices survey.
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Maarten Buis <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: RE: Re: ivreg2 program code
Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:02:00 +0100
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Schaffer, Mark E wrote:
> Where you put them on your machine will depend partly on your setup, but
> perhaps others on the list can advise on the best place in your
> circumstances.
Type in Stata -sysdir- and look for the path labeled "PLUS". Within
that directory use subdirectories that correspond with the first
letter of the file. So place ivreg2.ado in the subdirectory i. If that
subdirectory does not exist than you can create it. Since this package
includes a Mata library, you'll need to restart Stata once you are
done (there are other ways, but this is the easiest).
Hope this helps,
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Living in Boston so far has included a lot of walking, listening to music, watching movies and British television, web surfing, baking and cooking and wanting these things:
|Theremin — shop for it here
For anyone unfamiliar with a Theremin it's the wonderful machine that makes that cool flying saucer noise! Used for the soundtracks of such classics as The Day the Earth Stood Still, Star Trek, Ed Wood, and Ghostbusters, I can't imagine why any film/television musical enthusiast wouldn't want one. I SURE AS HELL DO. For an added Techie bonus, you can buy a kit and build your own!
|TARDIS mug — shop for it here
Now that I'm all caught up on Doctor Who and re-obsessed with British television this is the perfect mug. Though it is not bigger on the inside, the little lid of the TARDIS makes it awesome for tea steeping, if that's your brewing style. This makes an awesome holiday gift especially if it's received in time for use during the Doctor Who Christmas Special!
|Samurai Sword Umbrella — shop for it here
Living in Michigan and always having a car has made me greatly underestimate the need for a sturdy umbrella. Now without a car in Boston, windy rains have made a fool of me and my cheap CVS umbrellas that flip inside out for, like, no reason, but NO LONGER! I will have my dry bloody revenge, Boston!
|OCD cutting board — shop for it here
Sometimes I don't care about how I'm chopping things up for dinner and other times I DO. I REALLY, REALLY DO.
|Calphalon Katana Series 18-piece Cutlery Knife Block Set — shop for it here
My WORD, but I love a good, sexy set of knives.
|An Alot
As a fan of Allie Brosh's blog Hyperbole and a Half and her imaginary creature The Alot, an adorable plush toy of the furry beast of many names would be just a spiffing gift! I love the Alot, but it's not a mass produced thing… YET. What's a girl to do? ETSY Is $30 a lot for an Alot? There's a lot to consider.
|"Butter Yo Shit" MDK Apron — shop for it here
While we're talking about blogs and silly things I love, Hannah Hart's My Drunk Kitchen store has a lovely array of what I hope is just the beginning of adorable Hart-swag.
|Shark Fin Ice Ring Mold
I saw this at Target didn't buy it because I am a fool! A FOOL, I tell you! It was the stupidest impulse resist of my life. I don't know who makes them, I don't know if Target still carries them but I wish and wish and wish I had one for the one day in my entire life that I might ever serve red punch from a large bowl.
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I'm in a hotel room sipping vino, sitting in, what I must admit is the most comfortable office chair I've felt on my tushie in a very, very long time.
Tonight it was brought to my attention that I have mentioned a 'someone special' in these posts, but not enough to call him to your attention as a character in my book.
Ah yes, I confess, there is a man on the scene.
I don't write about him because first of all, I think he reads these posts from time to time, and secondly, I'm kind of tired of explaining the ups and downs of my love life. Correction: what some people consider to be my love life.
Frankly, I'm tired of explaining darlings. T.I.R.E.D. Your idea of a love life and my idea of a love life are likely worlds apart. Men have, for the most part, been recreation for me. Curiosities of a sort to be examined, and put back without having damaged anything. Fascinating and lovely in their own unique way, there are few that I wished to have taken home. Kinda like lamps. Because really, who needs a bunch of funky lamps in the house? I would not call this my 'love life'.
Anyway, I do have a lovely man in my life, and I mostly don't write about him because I like him. I don't want to jinx anything, and I don't want anything about his being to be trivialized. I save the juicy bits for face-to-face-girl-talk. Mostly though, I don't want to jinx anything and then have to explain why he's an asshole. It's just not a pretty thing to have to do.
However, given that I was asked by a friend ( and follower of Andshelaughs) about this mysterious man o'mine, I shall give you a list of some of the reasons he is a lover, not a curiosity.
- He's cute. Yah, I know, it sounds really shallow, but I do genuinely think he's adorable. I look into his eyes and my icy heart melts just a tiny bit.
- He tries. Mostly he's emotionally oblivious, but he tries. In his own way, and in his own time, and I respect that. A lot.
- He's passed the curriculum of adequate love making and is being considered for the advanced class.
- He does the dishes. Not kidding. This is huge. Any housework gets a bonus smack on the ass or two, and if he keeps going, he'll be in for a full paddling. Perhaps I should introduce him to the vacuum and dust rag. Now that makes me hot!
- He gets me moving. When I feel worn right out, I like his company enough that I make the effort to go for a walk, or do whatever it is he thinks he needs to be doing.
- He's not a romantic (which entirely sucks for a head-in-the-clouds-wish-I-may-wish-I-might kind of gal), but he consistently communicates. I'll take that any day over an MIA flower sender.
- He eats my cooking and doesn't complain. Ever. Need I say more?
- He's touchy-feely and snuggly. Sometimes he needs some coaching, but he's coming along quite nicely. Don't tell his buddies, but I think he may be headed for national-cuddle champion recognition.
- Although he watches CNN, he is capable of a conversation about current events and philosophy without sounding like a Warner Brothers stuttering pig. Politics however, now that's another story…
- He drives all over hell's-half-urban-acre of traffic to see me all the time…and he hates driving.
So my darlings, there you have a small snapshot of why I may not write about someone who is pretty special to me. You are also likely thinking that he's one hell of a lucky guy to be keeping the company of a stunning, free-thinking bucket of devoted lust like me.
Simply put; He is.


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When I saw Rogue One with a group of my Star Wars-loving friends, we left the theater with many thoughts. Mostly positive, some negative. One of the biggest complaints of all, one I'd see repeated online, was that Darth Vader told a corny joke in his first Rogue One scene. I was more shocked by my friends' reactions. Didn't they know Darth Vader is one of the funniest characters in Star Wars?
Rogue One spoilers follow: Darth Vader, once again voiced by James Earl Jones, has a dramatic back-and-forth with Ben Mendelsohn's Krennic, and the former Anakin Skywalker closes the scene by Force choking the Imperial Director. Vader then says, sarcastically, "Be careful not to choke on your aspirations, Director." That may be a silly turn of phrase, but it's entirely faithful to Vader's character. I once underestimated the power of Darth Vader's sense of humor too. My perception recently shifted after 2015's comic book adaptations made me see the Sith Lord in a new light.
One Sassy Sith
Growing up and into adulthood, I must've watched the Original Trilogy dozens of times, on top of collecting Star Wars toys, video games, and books. In my mind, Darth Vader was the ultimate evildoer. A terrifying, unstoppable figure that could mow down dozens of Rebels without showing a single emotion on his ghastly mask. Darth Vader was someone to take seriously.
But in my memories, I glossed over all the character-building moments that revealed Vader's sarcasm again and again. So many classic quotes show Vader's dark sense of humor. Like, "We would be honored if you would join us." Or, "The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am." Or, "I find your lack of faith disturbing."
Those scenes and more are all iconic moments that every Star Wars fan remembers, even if those same diehards wouldn't immediately label Darth Vader as "funny." Of course, it didn't help that Vader's sense of humor seemed completely lost when he was Anakin in the prequels. This interpretation was much more petulant than sarcastic. Like many others, I either recalled scary Vader or annoying Anakin. It wasn't until I saw Darth Vader speak in word balloons that I realized how funny he could be.
Vader on the Comics Page
In January of 2015, Marvel Comics became the official home to Star Wars graphic novels. The first books take place in the three years between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back. That meant that Darth Vader makes regular appearances. And when scripted by Jason Aaron and Kieron Gillen in Star Wars and Darth Vader (respectively), the Sith Lord was as funny as ever on the comic panel.
In Aaron's Star Wars, Vader's jokes and mockery of the Rebels shows how little he respects their efforts. As the only living Jedi (so he thinks) Vader outclasses everyone else on the battlefield. He's quick to remind people of his skill with pointed barbs right before he decapitates them. Meanwhile, as the lead in Gillen's Darth Vader, his dark wit is even sharper.
Gillen and artist Salvador Larocca make Vader the antihero of his book. He's continually working to his own ends, often outwitting and outmaneuvering Imperial officers. It makes for intense stories where the only comic relief is Vader's overt disdain for the Empire and even the Emperor himself. Despite all the deaths and atrocities Darth Vader commits in his comics, it's lightened just enough by a brash sense of humor that comes out at the most exciting moments. It's a sublime way of humanizing such an inhuman enemy.
Impressive, Most Impressive
You'll find more examples of Vader's sense of humor if you read those excellent comics from the last two years. And if you doubt this reading of Vader's sense of humor, you'll see it just as present in 1977's first appearance as it is in 2016's Rogue One. Search your feelings; you know it to be true!
So, don't groan when you hear Darth Vader make a goofy pun in his next appearance either. Darth Vader is pop culture's ultimate father, so of course, he has a deep commitment to dad jokes.


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Matango (マタンゴ?), also known as Matango, Fungus of Terror and Attack of the Mushroom People, is a 1963 Japanese tokusatsu movie. It was directed by Ishirō Honda, written by Takeshi Kimura based on the story "The Voice in the Night" by William Hope Hodgson (an adaptation credit is given to Masami Fukushima and Shinichi Hoshi, but Kimura threw out most of their contributions), and had special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.
The movie has developed something of a cult audience over the years; partly due to its bleakness and unusual themes, particularly when compared to other Japanese fantasy and science fiction films of the same period (with the exception of Honda's 1960 film The Human Vapor).
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To keep or not to keep: Christmas Cards.
Photo Cards, Christmas cards and newsletters are a wonderful way to share a glimpse of the season from inside your life. You might be one of the ones that dreaded those newsletters…. maybe it's just me getting older, but suddenly I'm interested in 'what's happening with the brood' that Christmas Newsletters highlight. But what to do with all the pile you receive yearly? Here are several great ideas:
Each year, the photo cards we receive go into our Christmas albums. It's wonderful to look through the albums year after year and watch everyone grow up and change. I have a page for every family, and I just keep adding a page where needed, which is the nice part about expandable albums where pages can be put anywhere.
I wait until all the cards are here – I might just pile them into the book on 'their' page, then later – like half way into January, I MAKE time to put in this year's cards. It takes about 20 minutes. The cards are already decorated, so although you will see decorations on these pages, no decoration is needed. Keep it simple and easy!
This also works: On our Everyday Display Magnetic board, (or decorate your own board) I post the cards that come in. It's fun to see the display getting full and overflowing with cards! Check out the different colors of Display boards here:
If you make sending a photo card a part of your family's holiday traditions but hate the process of getting everyone dressed up and 'perfect' – consider the 'not perfect' ones. They are much more fun anyway! and perhaps, so are the memories of 'getting' those photos taken. Remember, the more you keep the fun, laughter and joy during this season, the better it will be for all of your family, and your funny photo will spread joy to all the recipients of your cards this year.
Which picture would you choose?
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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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In this thesis, we focus on some of the NP-hard problems in control theory. Thanks to the converse Lyapunov theory, these problems can often be modeled as optimization over polynomials. To avoid the problem of intractability, we establish a trade off between accuracy and complexity. In particular, we develop a sequence of tractable optimization problems - in the form of Linear Programs (LPs) and/or Semi-Definite Programs (SDPs) - whose solutions converge to the exact solution of the NP-hard problem. However, the computational and memory complexity of these LPs and SDPs grow exponentially with the progress of the sequence - meaning …
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Thousands of investors who put their cash into the private rented sector over the past 20 years have seen spectacular returns from a combination of growing demand, rising house prices, widely available mortgages and, for the past eight years, rock-bottom interest rates.
However, the private rented sector has become a very different place in the past couple of years. The Treasury is coming after landlords with a multi-pronged attack on profits, while regulatory changes mean tighter lending criteria for buy-to-let mortgages.
At the same time resentment is growing from tenants who are campaigning for rent controls, longer tenancies and the scrapping of 'no fault' evictions. New legislation working its way through parliament will ban letting agents from charging tenants fees for setting up a tenancy – landlords alone will bear agents' costs in the future.
Is the party over for small fry?
All of these factors combined have led to speculation that the party could be over for amateur landlords. That's supported by evidence: figures from Connells Survey & Valuation show a fall in investment by small-scale landlords. Buy-to-let valuations dipped to 7 per cent of market activity in April, 6 percentage points below the five-year average for April. The estate agency says the decline in buy-to-let valuations has likely been driven by the stamp duty surcharge and the cut to buy-to-let mortgage tax relief.
Since April 2016, anyone buying a second home, including landlords expanding their portfolios, has been charged a 3 per cent stamp duty surcharge. Then April 2017 saw the amount of mortgage interest tax relief landlords can claim starting to be scaled back; by 2020, landlords will only be able to claim tax relief at the basic rate of 20 per cent. As a rough estimate, if you are a higher-rate taxpayer, increased taxation will wipe out your returns if your mortgage interest is 75 per cent or more of your rental income.
-Tougher times ahead for buy-to-let investors
John Bagshaw, corporate services director of Connells, says the government's 'anti-landlord' policies have been hitting smaller players. 'Buy-to-let used to be seen as a viable way to gain additional income or to fund retirements, but the gradual removal of buy-to-let mortgage tax relief will make it much harder for the average person to invest,' he says.
His view is supported by figures from LendInvest's Buy to Let Index for June 2017. It shows that although the top 10 buy-to-let areas are all reporting yields of more than 4 per cent, transaction volumes are down in every area.
Rob Bence, co-founder of The Property Hub, agrees that smaller landlords are most affected by the tax hikes and says the big players will be unaffected. 'It doesn't mean those landlords who are being hit by the changes should sell up and get out of the market, however; there are steps that can be taken to reduce the impact – such as making use of a spouse's tax allowance or selling one property and using the funds to reduce the mortgage on remaining properties,' he says. 'I think what the government hasn't realised, though, is that it's targeting the small landlords with relatively small portfolios, while the super-rich landlords will be able to carry on as they were.'
Several organisations, including the Residential Landlords Association (RLA), predict the tax hikes will drive up rents. However, there is little evidence of this so far. According to HomeLet, which tracks rents across the country, rents in London fell by 3 per cent in May 2017 compared to May 2016 – the most substantial fall for eight years. Across the UK, average rents were 0.3 per cent lower in May 2017 than May 2016.
-Bank of England given new powers to curb buy-to-let lending
It's vital to take independent financial and tax advice before investing in your first, or additional, properties. Whether you invest as an individual, a couple, a partnership or via a limited company will impact the way your rental income is taxed. It's also vital landlords do their homework before buying a property. Is there sufficient rental demand in the area?
'Consider the other properties in the area, the type of tenants the property is likely to attract, and any issues with the area that might put people off,' says Bence. 'All too often amateur landlords will snap up a dirt-cheap, rundown property, give it a half-hearted makeover and think they can charge a high rent for it. Knowing who you're catering for is key.'
The quality of private rented homes is becoming more important than ever, not just because councils are clamping down on rogue landlords, but because private landlords now face increased competition from professional build-to-rent providers. Corporate-style landlords such as Get Living, Essential Living and Fizzy Living are building apartment blocks with on-site amenities such as gyms, swimming pools and meeting areas. Longer tenancies are offered as standard, often with no set-up or renewal fees.
Looking at the bigger picture, UK rental demand is expected to grow. LSL Property Services estimates that by 2025 more than a quarter of all households will rent privately, and that renter numbers will increase by one million in the next five years.
Landlords selling up
However, despite a predicted increase in demand, an increasing number of landlords are considering selling up. A survey by Axa found that 21 per cent of landlords are planning to sell all their rental properties, 10 per cent will reduce their portfolio, and 7 per cent will switch to commercial property ownership.
But currently it remains to be seen whether the great buy-to-let sell-off will actually happen. If it does, some experts are questioning who will buy the homes: first-time buyers or other, larger landlords? Kate Faulkner of Propertychecklists.co.uk says many would-be first-time buyers will still have affordability issues. 'Take a two-bed semi in Oxford. It lets for £1,250 a month and is worth £400,000.
A first-time buyer would need £50,000 for a 10 per cent deposit plus buying costs, and then would have to pay nearly £1,800 a month plus maintenance costs, buildings insurance etc. If they are renting because they can't afford this now, how will they "magically" be able to buy?' she asks.
Meanwhile, mid-scale landlords who choose to stay in the market may soon find refinancing isn't easy, after new regulations come into effect. From 30 September 2017, borrowers with four or more mortgaged buy-to-let properties will be classified as 'portfolio landlords' and subject to specialist underwriting standards. Lenders will be obliged to stress-test affordability on the whole portfolio, not just the subject property.
Landlords in the sector for the long term have several options to reduce their tax liability or increase their profit. An increasing number are choosing to buy and hold properties as limited companies (see below). Other alternatives include exploring niche, high-yielding sectors of the market such as houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) or serviced accommodation (for Airbnb style lettings).
An obvious solution for all landlords is to increase rents, passing on a proportion of the extra costs to tenants. Those married to or in a civil partnership with a basic rate taxpayer also have the option of transferring ownership of one or more properties to their spouse.
Incorporation could be a suitable alternative
Landlords looking to build a bigger portfolio could potentially set up a limited company to run their property business. Incorporated landlords are exempt from the tax hike as, instead of income tax, they pay corporation tax (currently 20 per cent). Limited companies can also deduct all their costs, including finance, from rental income for tax purposes.
Setting up a limited company is fairly straightforward and can be done cheaply online at Companies House. 'Most landlords opt to set up a new company (or Special Purpose Vehicle) rather than using an existing trading limited company because there are more buy-to-let mortgage products available to SPVs than to trading businesses, which require infinitely more expertise to underwrite,' says David Whittaker, chief executive of Mortgages for Business. 'At the moment, there are more than 260 buy-to-let mortgages available to SPVs – that's nearly a quarter of all products, so choice is good.'
However, incorporation is a big step and won't be suitable for everyone. If an individual landlord sells a property to their own limited company or SPV, they'll need to do so at the market rate and pay stamp duty and capital gains tax as appropriate. These costs will eat into the savings achieved by incorporating, making it vital to take professional financial and tax advice before going ahead.
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The Breed History..Records of this breed in art can be found on the Isle of Malta dated thousands of years ago. Roman, Greek and Egyptian records trace the breed back to very early times. The AKC registered this Bichon-type breed in 1888. They are somewhat spaniel in type though they were sometimes called Maltese Terriers historically...Breeding for Function..In early history, the Maltese dogs may have served for vermin control. A companion dog exclusively for a very long time, Maltese dogs were particularly sought after by women of high social standing in the past...Physical Characteristics..Height at Withers: 10" (25 cm)...Weight: 4-6 lb (2-3 kg)...Coat: The single haircoat hangs flat, is white, and the hairs are long, straight and silky. The coat often reaches the floor or longer at maturity and the topknot is usually tied up. The thick, luxurious coat needs regular grooming. Due to the long white coat, this is essentially an indoor dog and is suitable for apartment life...Longevity: 14-15 years..Points of Conformation: This is a toy dog with naturally high head carriage, moderate stop, the skull slightly rounded, and the muzzle is tapered and of medium length; the nose is black. Eyes are moderately set apart, dark, large, and palpebral margins are black. Ears are well feathered and hanging from a low set position. Neck is moderately short, body is square in conformation, the topline level, thorax moderate in depth, and ribs are well sprung. The abdomen is only slightly tucked up. Limbs are fine and straight boned, feet are small and round in shape, pads thick and black. The tail is high set and sits over the back; is well plumed with hair. The gait is straight, energetic, quick and smoothly flowing..
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Human brokenness makes humility feel totally alien. Who wants to look small and weak, less than everyone else? The problem is we don't understand it in the big picture of God's kingdom. It's the very thing about Jesus that attracts us to Him.
God With Us: What Humility Really Looks Like
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1. The aim of this procedure is to regulate the application process of an employer for a permit to employ a foreign expert and extending such employment permit, and the process of submitting an application for a visa and a license to stay and work in Israel for a foreign expert and extending such visa and license, as well as the process of handling such applications by both the Permits Department of the Employer and Foreign Workers Services Administration (hereinafter, "Permits Department") and the Local Authorities Bureaus (hereinafter, "the Bureaus") of the Population and Immigration Authority (hereinafter, "the Authority").
2. This procedure does not apply to foreign experts invited to work in Israel temporarily for a period of up to 45 days per year, who hold a valid passport of a country whose citizens are exempt from an advance tourist visa in accordance with the Entry into Israel Order (Visa Exemption), 1974. In case of such experts, procedure no. 5.3.0040, "Pilot procedure for the expedited handling of applications to employ a foreign expert who is a citizen of a country whose citizens are exempt from obtaining a tourist visa prior to entering Israel, who is invited to Israel for a period of up to 45 days per year", shall apply.
3. If any specific procedure exists among the procedures of the Authority regarding particular types of experts, this procedure shall apply together with the specific procedure.


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Auto accidents have become quite common due to reckless driving, failure to observe traffic rules for both pedestrians and the drivers, drunken driving and poor conditions of the road among other issues. Luckily, when one sustains injuries from motor accidents, the insurance companies come in and help in recovering from the loss. However, it is important to know that the main aim of the insurance companies is to collect as much premium as possible and settle the least of claims. Hence, when you fall victim of an accident, you had better not rely on the insurance company for advice. It is important to seek the help of a good lawyer whose aim is to make you receive what is rightfully yours. You could consider engaging the lawyers from Cummings Manookian PLC and stand a better chance of winning in your case.
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- The next thing is to prove that the driver breached that duty of care by acting negligently.
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- You should also get some people present at the scene to serve as witnesses for your case.
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This residence nearby The Hague has been thoroughly renovated for a family with two children. The appearance of the house has been changed by adding more dormer windows and replacing the former roof for one with a different angle. All windows and door openings on the ground and first floor were restored to the original proportions. At the backside of the house, later additions were removed to create the view and relationship with the beautiful garden. Original elements and detailing were combined with slick and minimalistic design. The design is a well balanced combination with a serene look. For the bathroom the same concept was applied. The eye catching bisazza mosaic wall contrast beautifully with the white and beige colour scheme. The floor plan has been changed in order to create a more balanced result, where all functions are logically placed and have good proportions. The impressive staircase and entrance were placed in a prominent place and give this house its spacious feeling.
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Formal notice to vacate your property must be submitted to our office in writing. The form can be downloaded below. There are certain standards regarding the condition the property is to be left in when you vacate. It is expected that you will leave the property in equal condition to when you first moved in. If you are unsure, refer to your condition report for a detailed description of each room or contact us for advice. You can download our Cleaning Checklist below. Also depending on your circumstances you may be required to give up to 21 days notice or pay additional fees. Read on for more information.
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ELLE Italy and Le Comptoir de l'Innovation announce Orange Fiber, as the winner of the ELLE Impact2 Award* in Italy.
Most of us wouldn't look twice at a piece of orange peel left to waste. Enlarge the scale and think of all the industrial waste from citrus fruits in the world and you might reconsider what happens to that piece of peel. 700,000 tons of citrus products, go to waste each year in Italy alone. Orange Fiber wants to transform this waste into a wearable, sustainable and biodegradeable textile, which also endorses the Italian tradition of high quality materials in fashion.
The idea behind Orange Fiber was first proposed by Adriana Santanocito as the subject of her thesis in 2012. The theory was then put into motion with the help of co-founder, Enrica Arena and after patenting the company together in 2013, the first protypes of the fabric were made. Thanks to extenstive research and entrepenerial support, the optimized samples were released in 2015 and this year sees the official launch of Orange Fiber fabric ; a silk like material which can be coloured and printed just like traditional fabrics. The material will be showcased in collaboration with a high-end fashion brand who puts the same emphasis on sustainable products, made in Italy.
It may be just the beginning for Orange Fiber but the brand certainly has a strong vision for the future, thanks to it's replicable production method. By 2020, Orange Fiber predicts to produce 400,000 metres of fabric from citrus fruits, by using an environmentally friendly process, which could be used the world over. Meaning that the cost of the product could eventually be lowered, putting the material in competition with more polluting fabrics, such as polyester or cotton. The Orange Fiber brand will above all, be recognised for being based on sustainibility and well-being.
As winners of the Award, Adriana and Enrica will attend the ELLE Impact2 Award's, final in Paris on the 7th April 2016.
Find out pictures of the event on ELLE Italy's website: http://www.elle.it/Magazine/Elle-Impact2-for-Women-foto-premiazione
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Our Global Information Systems Team is responsible for designing, deploying, and supporting Bloomberg's the internal IT systems including our global corporate network, and the hardware/software to support nearly 19,000 employees in more than 170 offices around the world.
Our employees rely on the technology solutions and support that we provide to do their jobs in a fast-paced, highly-demanding, technology-focused environment.
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As a Server & Storage Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, provisioning and automating compute virtualization platforms and solutions. You will also be responsible for designing the storage SAN & NAS infrastructure supporting these hypervisor server platforms.
You will drive globally the physical and virtual compute, converged, hyper-converged, and storage technologies for all corporate Bloomberg businesses spanning our datacenters, corporate locations, and edge remote offices. Our team of engineers deploys infrastructure systems based on best of breed technology and practices around high availability, disaster recovery, monitoring and security.
You will be proficient in designing and deploying multi-site compute farms utilizing Windows Server (2012 & 2016) and virtualization offerings from Vmware (vSphere & ESXi) but not limited to. Subsequently, managing these x86 hardware offerings from HP, Cisco UCS, Dell and Supermicro that they run on. In addition, you will possess working knowledge in managing the storage platforms supporting these virtualization platforms compromised of different solutions from EMC (VNX, XtremIO &Isilon), NetApp (AFF & FAS), and Pure (Flasharray) and the SAN fabric concentration of these through Cisco MDS and Brocade switches.
Apart from the design and deployment aspect of these systems, you will also manage the monitoring and lifecycle of these assets while being mindful of KPI's, SLA's, and OLA's throughout all Bloomberg businesses. Some of the tools we will look from you to have knowledge in but not limited to will be in vCenter, vRealize Operations, HP Oneview, Microsoft SCOM, Solarwinds ORION, Grafana, NetApp OnCommand, Insight IQ, Splunk, Nagios and any element manager pertinent to the specific technology.
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- Implementing best practices, strategies and methodologies, to our compute and storage blocks
- Developing standards and implementation processes to ensure interoperability between systems
- Documenting, deploying, and improving new and existing server & storage infrastructure and continue to improve Bloomberg's internal user experience
- Staying abreast and informed on the latest industry trends, and internal business needs
- Collaborating across other internal teams (including Security, Risk, and CTO) to deploy, improve, and secure, server and storage technologies under management
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- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Information Technology
- Proficient knowledge in VMware vSphere and its recent versions (5.x & 6.x), vRealize operations, VMware VSAN, Vmware NSX, VMware Site Recovery Manager, and VMware vCloud Suite
- A minimum of 7 years of experience in deploying server virtualization solutions in an enterprise environment with one of the following offerings: VMware, Citrix, or HyperV
- Deep understanding of Windows OS and its various versions
- Deep understanding of TCP/IP and Unix networking, Linux kernel, SAN and NAS
- Knowledge of Shell Scripting, Python/Perl Programming, PowerShell and/or similar
- Ability and experience in troubleshooting complex and distributed systems
- Showcase a multitasking and multidisciplinary work ethic
- Exceptional interpersonal and collaborative skills
- Good communication and listening skills
- Ability to absorb and retain information quickly
- Proven complex troubleshooting solving abilities
- Ability to learn, adapt and apply new technologies
- Showcase a multitasking and multidisciplinary work ethic
- Application of Project Management skills through Microsoft Project or Jira
We would love to see:
- Experience in creating and improving documentation procedures and/or playbooks
- An understanding of Container OS' like Kubernetes or Docker
- Working knowledge of automation platforms like Chef, Puppet, Ansible, or Salt
- Familiarity with open source configuration and orchestration tools
- Familiarity with large-scale x86 infrastructure
- Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Splunk, Elk, Grafana, Nagios
- Experience in supporting Windows Clustering, Microsoft SQL and Microsoft Exchange
If This Sounds Like You:
Apply if you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch to let you know what the next steps are, and in the meantime feel free to have a look at this:
Bloomberg is an equal opportunities employer, and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.


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How to spot a fake feminist 101by Kristina Livingston - Managing Editor
It's your first day of college and you breathe a sigh of relief as you see everyone's backpacks sporting bright pink buttons proclaiming, "This is what a feminist looks like!" Here, allyship is exactly as you have learned it to be: minimal effort and being one of the cool liberal kids who is "down with whatever" but can't respect someone's identity when they're not present, as if it is their job. Sit back and relax as you occupy spaces you do not belong in.
According to The Harvard Crimson columnist Nian Hu's article, "Scared to Be a Feminist", bad allyship and fear dedicated to a cause hurts the people you initially set out to protect.
"Watered-down feminism that does not address structural power dynamics and intersectionality fails to have any real revolutionary potential," Hu said.
We all know the type to practice this feminism - it's the girl in your friend group who isn't aware gender equality goes deeper than the gendering of toys when she was young and it's the "woke" white boy you know who's still waiting for his certificate for not perpetuating violence against women yet fouls the air with misogynistic language against women he doesn't respect. The issue is, we all tout ourselves as untouchable saints, the one with the most genuine beliefs - but my purpose here is to argue that nearly all the men you know who will scoff and say, "of course men and women are equal" are just misogynists in feminists' clothing, as Kate S. of Everyday Feminism would say.
According to her article, "The Dangers of Dating Faux Feminist Men," we as women, even those of us who do not pursue relationships with men have such trouble surrounding ourselves with men who practice a feminist lifestyle rather than being satisfied with pretending they are, what can truly be said about the lack of understanding in the heterosexual world?
My issues with men who carry the feminist label and do not practice what they preach are as follows: for starters, they know misogyny isn't "cool" but it sure is when the woman in question is someone they don't respect; some just want to fit in and don't want potential hookups to distrust them as a person. In the end, are you parroting back what you learned in Sociology 101 because you believe it and want to change your behavior or do you just want girls to like you?
A feminist person, wherever they identify on the gender spectrum, or if they have a gender at all, should place women's and women-aligned individuals' voices above those of men, as they are valued to a lesser extent in most spaces. It is not too shocking, I suppose, that when the only cisgender man in my Feminist Theory class said he does not identify as a feminist because when he walks into a feminist space, he feels hated, that the mumbles throughout the room deemed him valid for such a stance.
It disgusts me to my very core that so often we are concerned with men's feelings in feminist spaces. I know there are many who will not agree with me but I cannot provide the emotional energy to care, as I am too worried about the girls and women I know whose primary sources of emotional, romantic and perhaps sexual support are statistically likely to murder them.
"For feminist women, dating men can feel like a lose-lose proposition," Katie S. writes in her article. "Either you settle for someone who invalidates your politics and therefore your personhood, or you gamble on a man who claims to support your cause, but may or may not actually give a sh*t."
College-aged men, I should not have to beg of you but the fact that women are afraid should be a wake-up call that you might need to change. We shouldn't have to ask to be listened to but please listen to us. Believe us. Look out for us. Don't underestimate us. Mold your feminist politics and then actually use them. Do not settle for a disguise.
If your girlfriend or any woman you know has expressed to you that she is passionate about the fact that she is unhappy with the fact that the government, as well as any person she may pass on the street, does not value her as a human being, lend your ear and learn something.
Girls: why are you so afraid to dedicate yourselves? Haven't you heard? Feminists aren't just fat, hairy lesbians anymore; you can be good-natured, skinny, practicing, hairless, heterosexual. It would take me much longer to touch on the exclusionary language every other feminist I know uses but I don't have time.
You shouldn't have to care about a feminist to be one.


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Why the US Lags the World in Mobile Payments
By Jacob Davidson via Time
Many American consumers are beyond excited by the prospect of Apple Pay, but overseas the iPhone's latest feature is old news.
When Apple announced its new payment service, Apple Pay, earlier this month, many in the tech world were blown away. The system allows iPhone users to pay at the checkout counter simply by holding their phone to a receiver for a few seconds. Dieter Bohn, writing for The Verge, called Apple Pay "this week's most revolutionary product," and eloquently summarized how most Americans already feel about the status quo: "mobile payments have sucked so far, and it's high time somebody fixed it."
Apple a Decade Behind Japan's Mobile Payment Curve
via Japan Times
Apple Inc.'s proud announcement that its new iPhone could be used to buy goods in a single swipe left customers nonplussed in Japan, where mobile payments have been normal fare for a decade.
A type of Near Field Communication chip, known in Japan as FeliCa, was introduced to the Japanese mobile market in June 2004 and has been implanted in almost all phones sold here since.
The iPhone has been one of the few chipless exceptions, something that will change when the latest models hit Japanese shelves on Friday.
Ten years ago, the charismatic Takeshi Natsuno, who was then multimedia services director of mobile phone operator NTT Docomo, extolled the benefits of swapping cash for cellphones."When I leave my house in the morning all I take with me is my phone, which lets me do everything — pay, take public transport — simply by swiping a special reader in shops, stations or airports," he said at the time.
This App May Let You Retire on Spare Change
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The new Acorns app rounds up card purchases and invests the difference for growth, with no minimums and low fees.
Americans spend $11 trillion a year while saving very little. So it makes sense to link the two, as a number of financial companies have tried to do over the past decade. The latest is the startup Acorns, which hopes to hook millennials on the merits of mobile micro investing over many decades.
Visa Looks to Monetize its Stake in British Mobile Payments Company Monetize
by Mark Calvey via San Francisco Business Times
Visa said it may sell its stake in Monitize, sending shares in the British mobile payments company plunging.
Monitise saw the value of its shares fall more than 25 percent Thursday, after Visa said it was "considering its options," regarding its 5.5 percent stake in the company, the New York Times reported.
Visa, led by CEO Charlie Scharf, hired J.P. Morgan Chase to help the payments giant evaluate its options.
SAP buying Concur for $8.3 Billion
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SAP is buying Bellevue-based Concur Technologies in deal valued at $8.3 billion, a 20 percent premium over the Sept. 17th closing price.
Founded in 1993, Concur successfully transformed itself into a software-as-a-service company, building a powerhouse in the travel and entertainment expense management category. The company's online tools are now used by 23,000 customers worldwide, with 4,200 employees globally. Its revenue run rate now stands at $700 million.
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A bizarre outcome when previous court orders are so random, guess for a medieval justice system they acidendtely get one right once in a while.
They keep stating there have been no deaths due to the meltdowns, but shouldn't all these suicides be counted? There have been literally hundreds of people who have killed term selves as a result of the relocation.
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"We send our sincere condolences over Mr Okubo's death and will sincerely deal with the matter after closely examining the content of the ruling," TEPCO said in a statement.
sincerely deal with the matter after closely examining the content of the ruling??
What's THAT supposed to mean? If they really want to offer condolences to the family just be quiet and pay up. twats
They'll appeal. This was just a District Court Ruling. It will go to the Supreme Court, who after suitable mutterings of regrettable, unavoidable, etc., will overrule it. The SC is just another part of the nuclear village, and has generally sided with TEPCO and the government on issues concerning nuclear power.
Cannot see any rational basis for such a large damage award. Hope however that this provides precedent for other younger plaintiffs.
Tepco has been hand in glove with the LDP from day one. That will not change, and Judicial ruling is just lip service for a local family imo. The 150 odd American sailors suing Tepco for 545 billion yen in compensation in a Californian federal court I'm sure will do much better. The mere mention of Tepco makes my skin crawl, that wont change either.
A Japanese court awarded 15.2 million yen in damages on Tuesday to the family of a 102-year-old man who killed himself in the face of an order to flee from his home amid the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.
Wow....for some reason I am baffled at the apparently disproportionate size of the award in comparison to others given here in Japan for people much, much, younger.
sorry, but the man was 102 years old! how much pain and suffering could he have been in? while i feel for the family, this judgement just doesn't make sense.
that is about how much it cost in total for the death of my mother-in-law. Then there was the emotional cost. It's nothing for a selfish company that builds a NPP by the sea against advice to save money, puts backup generators in the basement to save money, builds a design smaller than recommended to save money.
i guess it doesn't matter to them, they split the company so the taxpayer will pay the comp.
He was very subborn, plain simple!
This is a very strange story of a 102 year commits suicide and his family is awarded ¥15 million. He must have been fairly healthy to hang himself.
In 2017 TEPCO made about ¥400 billion profit.
sorry, but the man was 102 years old! how much pain and suffering could he have been in? while i feel for the family, this judgement just doesn't make sense.


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In the frame of Open Spaces!
A body that does not see itself as subject makes hidden spaces visible.
People use language everywhere every single day. Depending on when and where something is said, speaking constitutes concrete spaces and specific places in them. Tonträger deals with the possibilities of translating texts into movement, sound and corporeality and plays with ever-new configurations of body, space and object. This makes otherwise hidden places visible to the viewer. Listening, distributing and arranging, two bodies explore their possible actions in the empty spaces between text, object and stage.
Choreography, Performance: Darko Dragičević, Martin Sonderkamp | Artistic collaboration: Zeina Hanna | Light: Catalina Fernandez | Sound: Vera Pulido | A production of Darko Dragičević und Martin Sonderkamp | Coproduction: Tanzfabrik Berlin.
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