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Among the tens of thousands of artifacts in the museum collection at Gettysburg National Military Park that document the experiences of the Civil War soldier are four of exceptional value and importance. Nowhere near the size of a shot-torn battle flag or the gold-braided uniform of a general, these small yet and powerful objects represent the highest standard of courage and self-sacrifice our nation can bestow upon an individual. Sixty-three of them were awarded to soldiers of the Army of the Potomac for individual gallantry as a result of the Battle of Gettysburg, and hundreds more during the remaining months of the American Civil War. They are the Congressional Medal of Honor.On Saturday, September 21, Gettysburg National Military Park will offer a series of free interpretive programs exploring the Medal of Honor and the battle of Gettysburg. The programs are being scheduled to coincide with the 2013 Congressional Medal of Honor Society Convention which is being held in Gettysburg, Pa., Sept 18—22.
The National Park Service at Gettysburg has the distinct honor of caring for and preserving on behalf of the American people, four Medals of Honor awarded to three individuals between 1864 and 1904. The first medal is of the pattern approved by President Abraham Lincoln for the United States Army in July of 1862. The medal is composed of a rectangular bronze bar with a federal shield at the center flanked by a cornucopia with laurel leaves along the bottom edge. Suspended below this bar is an American flag ribbon with the blue union in corduroy and the striped portion in ribbed cotton. Beneath the ribbon is a bronze spread eagle clutching a saber and perched atop crossed cannon barrels with a pyramid of eight cannonballs below. Suspended from this eagle is an inverted 5-point bronze star with a circular relief at the center of Minerva, the Roman Goddess of Wisdom and War, fending off discord. The relief is encircled by 34 tiny 5-point stars with an oak and laurel branch inside each arm of the star. The pointed end of each arms ends in a tiny trefoil. The reverse side of the star is engraved "The Congress To Corp'l. Daniel P. Reigle Co. F 87th Penna. Vet. Vols."
This medal was awarded to Corporal Reigle for his actions at the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, fought October 19, 1864. Reigle, at that time, was the color-sergeant of the 87th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, carrying the unit's national colors (the American flag with the unit's designation painted on). His citation for the medal reads "For gallantry while rushing forward to capture a Confederate flag at the stone fence where the enemy's last stand was made." For his bravery that day, Major General Philip H. Sheridan, commander of the Union Army at Cedar Creek, sent the 23 year old Adams County native to Washington with the captured flag, to present it to the War Department as a trophy of the Union victory. The medal was awarded to Reigle by President Lincoln himself, and he was also granted a 35 day furlough to return home to Adams County. Reigle survived the war and returned home to live a long, quiet life. He died on March 19, 1917, at the age of 75, and was buried in the Mount Carmel Cemetery in Littlestown, Pennsylvania.
The second medal is of the 1896 pattern, issued to Civil war veterans 31 years after the end of the conflict. The appearance of the medal remained much the same except for a change in the cloth ribbon linking the bronze bar to the inverted 5-point star. The reason given for this change is that many of the decorative elements of the first pattern Medal of Honor were copied and issued by veteran's organizations created after the end of the Civil War. The Grand Army of the Republic's (G.A.R.) medal, available to every veteran that joined, was very similar in appearance to the Army's Medal of Honor with the exception of the ribbon and features cast into the inverted bronze star. Hundreds of thousands of G.A.R. medals were made and issued over the past 30 years causing consternation among top government and military officials. Apparently, the easiest solution was to simply change the ribbon rather than redesign the entire medal. The American flag-style ribbon found on the Civil War version was replaced by a red ribbon with a narrow vertical white stripe down the center of a wider blue stripe.
This second version of this medal was awarded to 1st Lieutenant James Jackson Purman of Co. A, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry, for his heroic actions on the afternoon of July 2nd, 1863, in the vicinity of the famous "Wheatfield." His citation for the medal reads "Voluntarily assisted a wounded comrade to a place of apparent safety while the enemy were in close proximity; he received the fire of the enemy and a wound resulted in the amputation of his left leg." The enemy's bullet shattered his left ankle and forced Purman to lie in between the lines of battle during the evening of July 2nd. The next day, while adjusting his position to make himself more comfortable, another bullet passed through his right leg inflicting a second wound. He was later brought safely off the battlefield by Union soldiers. The back of Purman's medal is inscribed "This Congress/ to/ 1st Lieut. James J. Purman/ Co. A, 140th PA Vols./ for GALLANTRY at/ Gettysburg, PA./ July 2,/ 1863." The medal was awarded to Purman by Congress on October 30, 1896. The Pennsylvania native was discharged from the army in the spring of 1864 and returned to Greene County where he later studied law. By 1880, James Purman moved to Washington, DC, where he attended medical school becoming a physician. He died May 10, 1915, age 74 years. He rests forever among his comrades at Arlington National Cemetery.
The third Medal of Honor in the Gettysburg museum collection is also of the 1896 pattern and was awarded to Sergeant Wallace W. Johnson of Co. G of the 6th Pennsylvania Reserves (35th Regiment of Infantry) for his gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2nd, 1863. His citation for the medal reads "With five other volunteers gallantly charged on a number of the enemy's sharpshooters concealed in a log house, captured them, and brought them into the Union lines". While under an intense fire from the enemy, Sergeant Johnson and his five comrades, Chester S. Furman, John W. Hart, George C. Mears, Levi J. Roush, and Thaddeus S. Smith, stormed a log cabin near the Wheatfield and captured a dozen Confederate soldiers complete with weapons and accoutrements. All six men were later awarded the Medal of Honor for the same courageous action. The back of Johnson's medal is inscribed "The Congress/ to/ Sergt. Wallace W. Johnson/ Co. G. 6th Pa. Res. Vols./ for/ gallantry at Gettysburg, Pa./ July 2,/ 1863." The medal was awarded to Johnson by Congress on August 8, 1900.
Four years after Wallace W. Johnson received his medal, and Medal of Honor changed again. This time the entire medal was redesigned due to the efforts of General George L. Gillespie of the United States Army. Gillespie was also a recipient of the Medal of Honor, and felt that the minor change in 1896 did not provide enough "distinction" for the medal. With the support of the Secretary of War and brother army officers, Gillespie petitioned for a redesign of the medal. On April 23, 1904, Congress authorized the change. Gillespie went even further to protect the new design from being copied by obtaining a patent for the medal in November of 1904.
The new design dramatically changed the appearance of the medal from its predecessors. The medal was now composed of a rectangular gold bar with a sky-blue silk ribbon gathered into a gold ring at the bottom. Thirteen small white 5-pt. stars are embroidered on the front of the ribbon and arranged in three chevrons of 5-5-3. Suspended from a hook on the ring is a gold spread eagle clutching arrows and an olive branch while perched atop a narrow rectangular cartouche proclaiming "VALOR." Suspended from the cartouche by two rings is an inverted 5-point star. At the center of the star is a sculpted profile of Minerva, the Roman Goddess of Wisdom and War. This circular relief is surrounded by "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" with a tiny federal shield at the bottom. Each arm of the star has a single green enameled oak leaf inside, and the tips of all five arms end in a tiny trefoil. The star is surrounded by a green enameled laurel wreath that is smaller than the star. Engraved on the back of the "VALOR" cartouche is "THE CONGRESS/ TO" while on the back of the star is "Sergeant/ Wallace W./ Johnson,/ Co. G. 6th Pa. Res. Inf. Vols./ Gettysburg,/ July 2,/ 1863."
The new 1904 Medal of Honor was authorized by the Congress specifically to replace the earlier 1896 medal. Veterans were required to surrender their medal in order to receive one of the new design. The Congress soon discovered that many of the veterans refused to part with the 1896 medal for sentimental reasons, it being the first acknowledgement of their extraordinary services to the Nation. Several years passed with few 1904 medals being issued. On February 27, 1907, Congress authorized the 1904 medal to be sent to all recipients of the 1896 medal who requested it, without having to surrender their original medal. The only stipulation Congress placed on the veteran was that both medals could not be worn at the same time. Thus sometime in or after 1907, Sergeant Wallace W. Johnson received his second Medal of Honor.
Sergeant Johnson was mustered out of service at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on June 11, 1864. In the years that followed, he married, raised a daughter, and was active in railroading and veterans organizations. He died December 30, 1911, on his 69th birthday. This quiet, humble hero was laid to rest in the West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, under a simple granite headstone that reads "Wallace W. Johnson, 1842-1911."
Of the 1,522 Medals of Honor awarded to the greatest generation of the 19th century, four now reside permanently at Gettysburg National Military Park. Daniel P. Reigle, James J. Purman, and Wallace W. Johnson, never set out to achieve immortality when they joined the army. Instead, immortality found them in a moment of crisis when the fate of their comrades, and a Nation, hung in the balance. They all stepped forward selflessly and answered that call, and a grateful nation responded.
By Paul Shevchuk, September 11, 2013
Paul M. Shevchuk has been with the National Park Service at Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site since 1978. He served as a Ranger Historian/ Interpreter at both sites for 12 years. Since 1990 he has been a member of the Museum Services Staff curating the park's vast collection of Civil War artifacts.


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First, put an FAQ somewhere on your site with some details about how you're securing our data--what types of encryption you're using in transit and while stored, how you're avoiding sending extremely personal information (like bank account numbers, SSNs, etc.), and so on. Obviously, some of that might interfere with the accountability mechanisms, but it'd be nice to see as much information as possible in order to get some idea of how secure this is.
Second, it should be standard operating procedures for an app with this level of access to get an outside security audit of the client software and server code. This helps make sure that it's as safe as it can be, given the constraints. I understand that this may have already happened and not been publicized, but still...
Thank you for your post and your questions! One of our managers was able to put together a response for you! It's quite lengthy but hopefully it answers all of the questions you have!
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Does Covenant Eyes monitor secure (HTTPS) sites?
http://www.covenanteyes.com/support-articles/does-covenant-eyes-monitor-secure-https-sites/Information we collect and how we use it http://www.covenanteyes.com/legal/privacy-policy/
- Information you provide prior to signup—When you fill out a form on the Covenant Eyes website, you are considered to have opted in to receiving e-mail communications from Covenant Eyes. You may modify your e-mail subscription preferences or unsubscribe at any time by clicking the "Unsubscribe" link in your e-mail.
- Information you provide upon signup—When you sign up for or modify a Covenant Eyes account, you provide us with personal information about yourself and the people that you list on your account. This information includes names, contact information, usernames, and passwords created for Covenant Eyes, settings for our services, and billing information. We use this information to maintain your account and deliver services to people listed on the account.
- Information passively gathered while visiting our websites—When you visit Covenant Eyes websites, we may send cookies to your device and we may record server logs of your web requests on our websites. We use this information to deliver the functionality of the website and to learn how people use our websites so that we can improve them. These cookies may also be used to show you advertisements for Covenant Eyes on other websites using Google AdWords or other ad vendors. You may update your advertising preferences at any time using Google Ad Preferences.
- Information passively provided by other vendors—We may use other vendors, including Google AdWords, which collect information about your use of other websites and allow us to better target advertisements to you based on your needs and interests. We only see this information in aggregate, and never directly connect it to an individual's browsing. You may update your advertising preferences at any time using Google Ad Preferences.
- One-on-one communications—We may keep records of our communications with you that involve customer support and sales. We use this information to follow up on issues with customers, determine the frequency and severity of technical issues, improve our sales, and for training employees. Unless you specifically request to be added to a mailing list, you will not be added to any marketing communications as a result of these personal requests.
- Internet activity—One of our core services is our accountability service, which requires that we log our Accountability Users' Internet activity. For subscribers to that service (who have also agreed to our User Agreement), we gather activity per user, rate that activity, and use it to generate Reports that are then delivered to people that each Accountability User has identified.
In addition, we may internally use the information we collect to maintain and improve our products and services and to develop new products and services.
When do we share information? http://www.covenanteyes.com/legal/privacy-policy/
We share information with others only when we must in order to deliver our services to you or when legally compelled to do so. These are the scenarios in which we share private information.
- Covenant Eyes Accountability Users specify other people who will serve as their Accountability Partners. Each Partner is thus granted permission to receive Reports of a user's Internet activity. We provide these Reports via e-mail and each partner can access Reports through our secure website.
- Filter Guardians may view portions of a user's Internet activity in the fulfillment of their role as Filter Guardian.
- We may share information with strategic partners that work with Covenant Eyes only to improve your experience with our products, services, and advertising. This information may include limited contact information only for the sake of personal inquiries, but will not be shared with third parties for their marketing purposes.
- We will disclose information when required to by the order of a court with proper authority.
What information is transferred from a users device to the Covenant Eyes servers?
Covenant Eyes software focuses on the the elements which make up the static portion of the site.
We don't see private information on web pages, e.g., password, usernames, SSN, account numbers or balances, health records, etc. In these cases, we only see and report the name of the Domain that was visited. For example, if I log in to my bank site, Covenant Eyes software will record only the domain, no personal information. However, since this is appropriate internet activity, this would not appear on an accountability report. If your accountability partner wanted to, they could see the Domain (nothing more) in the detailed browsing log.
Our developers take meticulous steps to avoid capturing information which could lead to any form of identity theft.
Covenant Eyes is installed on computers that are used in doctor's offices, hospitals and other offices which must comply with HIPAA regulations.
CE has two reports available to your Accountability Partner (AP); a summary report that is emailed to your AP and a detailed report which is only available on the CE web site.
Below are 3 examples of internet browsing, the information captured by Covenant Eyes, and how it is reported: Google search on the word "bikini", log into a personal bank account, and log into and navigate a health insurance site.
Accountability Report (set to report on sites rated at Teen and above)
After browsing to a Bank web site, a Health Insurance site, and doing a Google Search on a keyword rated at Mature, this is what the Accountability report looks like.
Detailed Browsing Log - Bank, Health Insurance, Google Search
After browsing to a Bank web site, a Health Insurance site, and doing a Google Search on a keyword rated at Mature, this is what the Accountability report looks like.
How does Covenant Eyes work, including all of the data that your software analyzes and how the analysis is done?
Covenant Eyes monitors the URLs that are accessed on the computers/devices where it is installed. The Covenant Eyes software can see the user's Internet traffic, but this does not not include encrypted information such as passwords or other sensitive data. Also, Covenant Eyes is not a "keylogger", so we do not monitor this information when it is typed in on the computer. After collecting the Internet traffic, the URL data is encrypted and sent to our servers where our system analyzes them looking for entries which would indicate the presence of pornographic content. The system then assigns a rating to the URLs based on what it finds on the page.
What do Partners see on the Report? http://www.covenanteyes.com/support-articles/what-do-partners-see-on-the-report/
Accountability Reports contain an overview of the websites you visited, including a general rating for each site along with the dates and times the sites were accessed. Sites with more mature subject matter will typically be rated higher than other sites.
Every Report has its own sensitivity level. Your Partner can choose how sensitive the Reports are. For example, if your Partner wants to see all the searches and websites rated "Teen" and above, then he or she can set the report sensitivity to T (Teen). If your Partner wants to see only material rated "Highly Mature," he or she can set the sensitivity level to HM (Highly Mature). Learn more about the Report settings.
You can adjust Accountability Reports to four different age-based sensitivity levels.
Some features your Partner will see on the report:
- Searches – Any web searches you do that are at or above the report sensitivity setting will show up on your Report.
- Activity for Review – Any web domains you visit with high rated sites will be listed.
- Average Hourly Usage – A graph will show the hours of day you use the Internet the most.
Report Settings - Reports can show a lot of different content, such as pages visited, search terms used, or average hourly usage. As you get used to examining the Report, you may find that certain sections aren't helpful. You may turn these sections on or off by selecting or deselecting them from the list. You can change any Report settings through My Account.
What will partners NOT see on the report? http://www.covenanteyes.com/support-articles/what-will-pa rtners-not-see-on-the-report/
Accountability Reports contain an overview of the websites you visited, including a general rating for each site along with the dates and times the sites were accessed. However, there is a short list of what partners will not see on the Report.
- Accountability Reports do not show the sites you visited before Covenant Eyes was installed—Covenant Eyes does not go back into your computer's history. It only reports your web browsing from the time you install it.
- Accountability Reports never show Internet activity older than 30 days—Covenant Eyes does not save Internet activity older than 30 days. Partners can save old Accountability Reports in their inboxes, but they cannot open any links on Reports older than 30 days. Accountability Reports do not show private messages—Reports do not include e-mail messages, instant messages, chat conversations, Facebook statuses, or any information you enter into a text field.
- Accountability Reports do not show financial information—Covenant Eyes is not a "keylogger": it does not record your keystrokes. This means any sensitive financial information, such as a credit card number, will never appear on your Reports.
User Privacy Agreement - http://www.covenanteyes.com/legal/user-privacy-agreement/
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2604 Palm Boulevard
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Unparalleled oceanfront setting, with views of the Atlantic set within palm trees & dunes. Expansive lowcountry porch & new salt water pool surrounded by grove of topiaries & coral stone pavers. This is a scene to lounge Oceanside for days. Just as enchanting outside as it is in - Designed as a classic beachfront cottage, with 7 bedrooms & 6.5 baths, the property graciously spreads out to offer privacy & enjoyment for all. 3 oceanfront BR suites, all with walk out porch access, & 4 additional BR's with private en suites. Chef's kitchen & bar perfectly suited for entertaining. Open flow to the main living area, grounded by fireplace. The layout offers plentiful gathering space & sprawling views of the sea. Also offered for sale as a compound, with neighboring adjacent property 2606 Palm.
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Halfbaths: 1
Fullbaths: 6
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Year Built: 2000
Foundation: Elv. Construction
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Exterior: Wood Siding
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Virginia NORML Considered Instrumental in Passage of Medical Marijuana Expansion Legislation
Virginia NORML has been focused on securing access and protection from prosecution for all patients since 2016. This session, our efforts paid off with unanimous passage of our Let Doctors Decide legislation, supported by the Joint Commission on Healthcare, in both the House and Senate.
Patients like Nikki Narduzzi, who is now our coalition director at Cannabis Commonwealth, will now have the same rights that were initially granted in 2015 to only intractable epilepsy patients. I have spent hundreds of hours with Nikki in the halls of the General Assembly, in Committee rooms, in district offices, in coffee shops talking to Virginia legislators about this groundbreaking expansion legislation.
"Little did I know, in 2015 when I attended my first local Virginia NORML chapter meeting, that patient advocacy would become such a large part of my life," said Nikki. "For the past three years, I have been supported and mentored by courageous advocates like Virginia NORML's Executive Director, Jenn Michelle Pedini who has worked tirelessly in the trenches to bring medical cannabis access to ALL Virginia patients."
Virginia will be the first state to expand a hyper-restrictive single qualifying disorder program to include any diagnosed condition. This didn't happen because of industry dollars or high powered lobbyists, it happened because two moms wouldn't take "no" for an answer. We were pushed aside by other organizations interested in working for only small patient groups. We were railroaded by partisan antics more than once. We stood our ground, we pushed forward, and we prevailed.
Read more here: http://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2018/02/06/advocates-cheer-bills-passage/
To get involved or to stay up-to-date on the latest marijuana-related news in Virginia, make sure to visit our website at http://www.vanorml.org/ and follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
Posted in : Advocacy, Citizen Lobbyists, Community Organizing, Medical Marijuana, NORML Chapters
9 responses to "Virginia NORML Considered Instrumental in Passage of Medical Marijuana Expansion Legislation"
February 8, 2018
waiting for legalization as CBD oil doesn't work for me. I've been without pain meds for 1.5 yrs an hoping for relief as no doctor will take me.
Sorry to hear aboutyour your pain meds its the same in N.C. opiods or nothing else cheers
I'm with you, Peggy. Until cannabis is removed from the CSA, patients like us are forced to either suffer or go to the streets. Hope it gets better soon…
Keep on fighting Virginia NORML!!!
Be brave! Be polite! Be NORML!
Would be a landmark state. Despite the stalled bills, great job, Virginia NORML!
This is great news! Your work will greatly benefit my wife and me. We are seniors who suffer from issues including Crohn's and Parkinson's diseases. Thank you very much Jenn and Nikki!
Lol… "Joint Resolution" on Healthcare lets doctors (and patient patient$…) decide.
This is excellent news for Texas!
todays unfolding understandings of human brains endo-cannabinoid system is fundamental to all questions as to therapeutric uses of cannabis and its many cbd's including thc..
even layperson reading of wikipedia page on endo-cannabinoid system and how it uses cbd's will demonstrate how long claimed therapeutic effects [pain, nausea, epilepsy etc] are influenced by this god given natural herb..
decisionmakers today cannot make ration decisions on cannabis use without at least fundamental understanding of their and our brains' endo-cannabinoid system..
"what is your brains endo-cannabinoid system?" should be a question for any decisionmaker..
[ex-temporal lobe grand mal epileptic cured by
cannabis, based on own research 30yrs ago]
I'm a 64y/o totally disabled Veteran living in Va. I have been on some form of morphine since returning from Desert Storm in 1991, where I piloted UH60 Blackhawks. My spinal injuries prevent me from maintaining any sort of gainful employment. 1 1/2 yrs ago a childhood friend introduced me to marijuana. Yep, has helped immensely. I was taking 60mg morphine sulfate 2X a day. Since having regular access to the marijuana I have been able to cut it to 30mg, am & 15mg pm and not one PTSD night! I was arrested in Texas last Sunday as I drove home to Va.. I exist totally on my Veterans Compensation and Social Security disability. Of course this means the end of the marijuana help and increase of morphine. That is if I don't get incarcerated. Then they will completely eliminate my pain management. I don't know what to do. The haunting thing is the 3 police officers involved laughed at me when I mentioned this and said I oughta think about moving to Colorado. Does anyone know where I can get some assistance? I can't afford the attorney I need here. There was no reason to stop my car (74-75), no smoke in the car (I do not smoke), he said he smelled marijuana smoke. I apologize for running away there. Help?


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Sedalia 200 School Board Declares Jennie Jaynes Stadium and Property as Surplus [INTERVIEW]
The Sedalia 200 school Board met in the Media Center at Smith-Cotton High School for a special public session on Wednesday evening (Aug. 7). The agenda for the meeting was the declaration of surplus property. The property is identified as all the lots that are part of the Jennie Jaynes Stadium Complex
The vote was unanimous by the board, and according to statements made by Sedalia School's Superintendent Brad Pollitt, the next step depends on the Sedalia City Council.
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There were some interesting posts the last couple of weeks; all indicating that there is something fundamentally wrong with how organisations measure people's performance.
Petervan artwork – detail of 2016 painting on performing Acryl on Canvas
Some examples:
- Leda Glyptis' post on the annual appraisal process
- And her subsequent post about the fake nature of innovation processes,
- Céline Schillinger shared Influencers are not influencers anymore, highlighting that the number of followers is not an adequate measure for influence anymore (has never been),
- And of course Thinkers50 Future Thinker Award winner Nilofer Merchant on why the metric matters.
I could add numerous examples of other organisations I met where the people are merely serving the system, not the company or its customers anymore.
Whether it is lean, daily standups, filling the boxes of an archaic ERP system, personal improvement programs, re-orientation processes, competencies management, performance appraisals, or innovation ideations, acceleration and incubation programs.
Niels Pflaeging used to have a slide he called "the bullshit slide":
Niels Pflaeging "bullshit" slide from 2014
In his recent blog post "Change is like adding milk to coffee", Niels continues:
Take a step back and you will see that people act consciously and intelligently (overall), to other things than the change itself. They may resist loss of status and power – which is quite intelligent. They may resist injustice, stupidity and being changed. Which is also intelligent. The change may also cause need for learning that is not properly addressed. And these are the things that we have to deal with in change: power structures, status, injustice, consequence, our own stupidity, top-down command-and-control, and learning.
In other words, people don't resist change, they resist bullshit.
As Niels' slide shows, the bullshit is omni-present and something structural that needs to be fixed. Only structural change will change the behaviour and culture in your company, all the rest is tactical and innovation theater.
People have good antennas for this; they all feel deeply that they have become self-made self-imposed inmates of the golden cage, forced more than half of their working time doing the wrong thing: filling the forms, the quarterly updates, pushing up and watering down information and ideas upwards the hierarchy and doing nothing else but complying with the organisations' processes. We are getting audited you know! It's the process, stupid!
They all share that disjoint between one's personal expectations of success and impact and corporate or even individual metrics.
I recently had a catch-up call with a friend in the Bay Area, and she was worried she'd become too conservative, she was staying too long with one company (18 months now, 2 years in a job seems to be a career in Silicon Valley…), and worrying all the time whether she was making the most significant impact.
We seem to have been brainwashed that our happiness, fulfilment or whatever you want to call this nirvana state is all about "realising your full potential", some decades ago the mantra of one of the big tech companies.
I think this is exhausting. You will never reach your full potential and you will always be out for the next big thing. It will never stop. You will never be satisfied.
IMO, maximum impact is the wrong metric. We have to get rid of (comparative) scores in general: they are not real anyway – always ready to trick or comply with the system – and they are always about ticking the boxes about past performance. They don't add value, at best the measure past value.
We need something that measures our individual progress – individual as opposed to comparing with others. Measuring our progress in building new, future capabilities. Measuring future value potential. Am I better at this than last month? Have I learned something new this week? Etc.
Scores are after the fact. They are confabulating. They are past-performance indicators.
Petervan artwork – Left overs of tape cutting – Feb 2017
We need some future capabilities indicators, showing our own individual continuous learning and cultivation of new skills. Our capacity to making-the-right-cut for the future.
Haydn Shaughnessy once coined the term KCI – Key Capability Indicators. I liked that a lot. At that time, the term was in the context of organisational innovation indicators. I wonder what individual learning indicators would look like.


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text: Reports say live ammuntion is being used against protesters marching on the compound of Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader. The Libyan News Centre (LNC) based in Geneva, Switzerland, announced on Monday afternoon that Libyan security forces were killing protesters in Tripoli. Ahmed Elgazir, a human rights researcher, said the LNC received a call for help from a woman "witnessing the massacre in progress who called on a satellite phone". Phone lines in the country have been blocked, making it impossible to verify the information. SOURCE: Al Jazeera Politics Africa


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Pupil View
In July 2014, the pupils at Slip End took part in a pupil survey. The results have helped us to see what we do well and how we can make the school even better in the future.
This is what some of our pupils have to say about their school.
"I like playing on the bikes and the climbing frame" - Daniel W
"I like playing on the scooter and cars" - Ruby
"I like learning to write" - Charlie
"My favourite thing is playing in the big playground" - Ruby
"I enjoy learning languages because we get to sing different songs" – Ife
"I like going to the ICT suite. I go with Addison because he is my talking partner" - Maya
"I like Literacy because you get to write and read"
Daisy E
"Design & Technology is my favourite subject because it's fun" - Olivia
"I like History because I enjoy learning about people in other times" - Blake
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An end to Turing Instability
September 13, 2009 8 Comments
Alan Turing was a superhero. Admittedly he got a bit distracted messing around with mathematical logic, artificial intelligence and inventing the digital computer, but in-between he also developed some of the first ever theoretical ideas in artificial life, specifically his work on nonlinear dynamical systems in the chemical basis of morphogenesis, and his posthumously published and little-known explorations of "unorganised machines", which we would nowadays recognise as neural networks. Unlike the digital computer, neither of these alternative paradigms for computation has yet been fully developed.
But Turing was also wrapped up in the highly secretive world of code-breaking, through which he helped to shorten the Second World War substantially and save thousands of lives. Wartime Britain took its secrets very seriously and this "walls have ears" attitude became so ingrained in the culture that much of Turing's work was hidden from view for too long to become part of established history. As a consequence, few members of the general public had even heard of him, let alone realised his role in creating the 21st Century, at least until Andrew Hodges' biography of Turing came out in the early 1980's. Bletchley Park, the headquarters of the code-breaking effort, still unaccountably struggles to preserve what's left of its gently rotting history in the absence of government support.
Turing was also gay, and hence became considered a security threat. He was sentenced to be chemically castrated and came under harassing scrutiny. In 1954 he apparently committed suicide. At the very least he was effectively hounded to an early death by the British government, and it is even possible that he was secretly assassinated. This is not the way to treat heroes.
But last week, thanks to a petition started by John Graham-Cumming, Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued the following official apology. It's far too late for Alan Turing, but I'm sure it will go some way towards correcting the insult to his name. I'm sure the gay community will appreciate the sentiment too, although I imagine this is just one of a thousand hoped-for apologies as far as they're concerned. Apologies are pretty empty things when given by someone other than those who carried out the offence, but I do think they represent a statement of intent for the future and can be held against people when they act hypocritically, so I think it is still A Good Thing and a valued correction to history. I hope it will now be followed by some positive government action to preserve our heritage at Bletchley Park, where I've twice had the honour to tread in Alan's footsteps and give talks on AI.
Thanks to Ann for telling me about the petition.
[Update: September 30: Bletchley Park have just announced a grant of half a million pounds from the Heritage Lottery Fund and are applying for another 4 million. English Heritage and Milton Keynes Council have also provided almost a million for repairs. Jolly good show chaps!]
2009 has been a year of deep reflection – a chance for Britain, as a nation, to commemorate the profound debts we owe to those who came before. A unique combination of anniversaries and events have stirred in us that sense of pride and gratitude which characterise the British experience. Earlier this year I stood with Presidents Sarkozy and Obama to honour the service and the sacrifice of the heroes who stormed the beaches of Normandy 65 years ago. And just last week, we marked the 70 years which have passed since the British government declared its willingness to take up arms against Fascism and declared the outbreak of World War Two. So I am both pleased and proud that, thanks to a coalition of computer scientists, historians and LGBT activists, we have this year a chance to mark and celebrate another contribution to Britain's fight against the darkness of dictatorship; that of code-breaker Alan Turing.
Turing was a quite brilliant mathematician, most famous for his work on breaking the German Enigma codes. It is no exaggeration to say that, without his outstanding contribution, the history of World War Two could well have been very different. He truly was one of those individuals we can point to whose unique contribution helped to turn the tide of war. The debt of gratitude he is owed makes it all the more horrifying, therefore, that he was treated so inhumanely. In 1952, he was convicted of 'gross indecency' – in effect, tried for being gay. His sentence – and he was faced with the miserable choice of this or prison – was chemical castration by a series of injections of female hormones. He took his own life just two years later.
Thousands of people have come together to demand justice for Alan Turing and recognition of the appalling way he was treated. While Turing was dealt with under the law of the time and we can't put the clock back, his treatment was of course utterly unfair and I am pleased to have the chance to say how deeply sorry I and we all are for what happened to him. Alan and the many thousands of other gay men who were convicted as he was convicted under homophobic laws were treated terribly. Over the years millions more lived in fear of conviction.
I am proud that those days are gone and that in the last 12 years this government has done so much to make life fairer and more equal for our LGBT community. This recognition of Alan's status as one of Britain's most famous victims of homophobia is another step towards equality and long overdue.
But even more than that, Alan deserves recognition for his contribution to humankind. For those of us born after 1945, into a Europe which is united, democratic and at peace, it is hard to imagine that our continent was once the theatre of mankind's darkest hour. It is difficult to believe that in living memory, people could become so consumed by hate – by anti-Semitism, by homophobia, by xenophobia and other murderous prejudices – that the gas chambers and crematoria became a piece of the European landscape as surely as the galleries and universities and concert halls which had marked out the European civilisation for hundreds of years. It is thanks to men and women who were totally committed to fighting fascism, people like Alan Turing, that the horrors of the Holocaust and of total war are part of Europe's history and not Europe's present.
So on behalf of the British government, and all those who live freely thanks to Alan's work I am very proud to say: we're sorry, you deserved so much better.
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Yusuke , Grade 7
I think this is open minded because I am sharing how I think DISK is. In DISK we get to learn about the world and different cultures.
A Open-minded Boy
I am Sae in grade 5, and this book in the left is the book I think has a Open-minded charactor. The main charactor is a boy called Brian. He was Open-minded because he was arguing with a thin man called Derek. But at last, Brian agreed with Derek. I think Brian thought the matter out and then agreed. I think that is called Open-minded.
I am R.T in Grade 5.
Open-Minded is important in DISK because you have to be thinking about the outside the world every time.
What is open-minded to me?
I'm Jun and I'm in grade5. In DISK open-minded is
important because we are all different and have different ideas.
important because we are all different and have different ideas.
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Sparky's never been swimming before.
Mark (my brother, and the dad of my nephews) held Sparky over the water. Sparky's feet started swimming before even touching the water.
But once in the water, the verdict was: Sparky can swim, but Sparky DOES NOT LIKE.
He made a beeline to Nathan, then another beeline to the side to climb right out.
Then he avoided the entire pool area for the rest of the evening.
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Play the Past is a student-directed field trip experience in which students use iPods to explore the Minnesota's Greatest Generation (6th graders) and Then Now Wow (4th-6th graders) galleries. Through critical thinking and collaboration, they earn badges and collect digital items for later use.
- How does Play the Past Work?
- What is a Digital Backpack
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Field Trip Quests
Students pursue areas of activity, or quests, within Play the Past.
Minnesota's Greatest Generation
- The Great Depression
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- The Boom
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One question that has come to me is
What can a new church plant do to increase it's membership?
For the last 15 years, I've been involved in planting two churches.
Both churches were designed for immigrants.
One of our core values was to "gather the nations to worship Christ."
We felt that our church planting call was to reach out to different nationalities and grow a multi-cultural congregation of new believers. [Read more…] about 5 Growth Lessons from Church Planting


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I was first introduced to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie earlier this year when I was assigned to watch her TED talk, "The Danger of A Single Story" for one of my graduate courses. We've been talking about disrupting the binary ways of thinking that are so prevalent (something is good or bad, right or wrong), and this talk was an excellent way into entering that conversation. In it, she discusses what happens when we associate a group of people with one singular representation that we've seen, be it in a storybook, novel, or a movie: "show a people as one thing and only one thing over and over again and that is what they become…one story becomes the only story." As a reader and an English teacher, I value the way that books give me new perspectives and help me to explore different experiences through someone else's eyes. Something we've been teaching our students this year about nonfiction reading and research is that if you read one article about a topic, you barely know anything. To truly learn, you must experience multiple texts, multiple viewpoints, compare, contrast, analyze. The same is true for fiction.
Afterward I watched the video, I made the connection that she is the same woman whose novel Americanah I had seen displayed in every New York City bookstore, and the book I had chosen for the first meeting of my new book club. It is the story of Ifemelu and Obinze, a young Nigerian couple in love who make plans for the future as Ifemelu leaves Nigeria for the United States to finish college, but their plans to stay connected crumble. The reader hears from Ifemelu's experiences in the United States as well as Obinze's in Nigeria and London, and is left wondering if they will be able to make their paths cross once again. Inside of this love story, though, is one of race, identity, navigating space, and a novel in which Adichie challenges the reader to beyond the single story.
Ifemelu writes a blog that becomes immensely popular that studies race relations in the United States, from the perspective of someone who wasn't raised in the culture, and therefore whose perspective is fresh and provocative for the readers. In it, we are able to hear Ngozi Adichie asking the reader to consider what s/he is reading and to sit in it, and be challenged. She gives voice to many different perspectives and approaches race in a way that feels at once challenging and refreshing, depending on the time one has spent really thinking about race, and reflecting on the degree of privilege one has experienced. (This book overlapped with so many aspects of my class, including referencing this article by Peggy McIntosh that explores white privilege, which is also worth reading and considering.)
In addition, as a friend of mine pointed out, this is a story about people constantly struggling with where they think they should be, what other people think of where they are, and their in/ability to find contentment. What is fascinating is that this struggle feels relatable and deeply human, no matter where one is situated in life.
In sum, this is a book that needs to be read and discussed. There is no way in a blog post to go into the nuance and complexity that Ngozi Adichie accomplishes, so you might as well head to your local bookstore now.


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PREVIEW: Batman: White Knight #8
Written by: Sean Murphy
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Release Date: May 9, 2018
In the extra-sized finale of Sean Murphy's top-selling miniseries, Jack Napier's suspicious seduction of Gotham City comes to its twisted conclusion! With the city on the verge of becoming an icy tomb for the GTO, Batgirl makes a crucial assist and Gordon is forced to reevaluate his judgment of Batman to secure the greater good. As the true Joker's return becomes imminent, Harley seeks vengeance and reckons with the bleak future that looms for her loved ones.
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Celebrate special occasions in style with this green beads necklace. These Mardi Gras beads make excellent party favors, and packs of 10 making ordering for groups simple and convenient.
Enjoy how the light reflects off each 6-millimeter bead for vibrant metallic sparkle. This round green beads necklace comes in 33-inch strands, making them pretty party wear.


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Feel Better and Live to 100+
"What to Do Now to Feel Better at 100"
written by Jane E. Brody for the New York Times | Published on October 25, 2010
Many changes take place in physical abilities as we age. Try as I may, I simply can't swim as fast at 69 as I did at 39, 49 or even 59. Nor am I as steady on my feet. I can only assume my strength has waned as well — I'm finding bottles and jars harder to open and heavy packages harder to lift and carry.
But in August, I hiked in the Grand Canyon, prompting my 10-year-old grandson Stefan to ask, "Grandma, how many 69-year-olds do you think could do this?"
The answer, of course, is "a lot." And the reason is that we work at it. For my part, I exercise daily, walking three miles or biking 10, then swimming three-quarters of a mile. In spring and summer, heavy-duty gardening strengthens my entire body.
But now that my physically stronger spouse is gone, I see that I need to make some improvements. With no one handy to open those jars or lift those heavy objects, I've begun strength training so I can remain as independent as possible as long as possible.
In a newly published book, "Treat Me, Not My Age"(Viking), Dr. Mark Lachs, director of geriatrics at the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System, discusses two major influences (among others) on how well older people are able to function.
Delaying Bodily Decline
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Essex Class Aircraft Carrier CV-16 USS Lexington 3D model
This model is excellent for video animation work!
The Essex class was a class of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, which constituted the 20th century's most numerous class of capital ships with 24 vessels built in both short-hull (Essex Class) and long-hull (Ticonderoga Class) versions.
This model is built generally in approximate dimension and includes a lot of detail. It comes fully textured with all materials and textures and is available in many formats. It is built in the WWII configuration with very detailed and animateable 40MM anti- aircraft guns, 20 mm anti-aircraft guns, and four twin mounted 5" 38 caliber guns in turrets. It has radar and radio antenna built and the radar antenna are animated. The screws and rudder are also animatable. Elevators can be raised and lowered. These models render very well and look very realistic using good animation and rendering technique. Designed to carry a larger air group Essex was over sixty feet longer amd ten feet wider in beam, and more than a third heavier than the previous Class Carriers. Machinery arrangement and armor protection was greatly improved from previous designs. In fact, during the WWII, none of the Essex-class carriers were lost and two, USS Franklin (CV-13) and USS Bunker Hill (CV-17), came home under their own power even after receiving extremely heavy damage and were successfully repaired.
Some ships in the class would serve until well after the end of the Vietnam War as the class was retired by newer build classes. Saratoga would serve the US Navy until the 1980s.


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We were recommended to look at the work of John Heartfield, Hannah Hoch, Herbert Bayer, El Lissitzky and Aleksandr Rodchenko.
I started with John Heartfeld who was born in Berlin in 1891 but anglesised his German name because he was so disgusted with the Nazis. He was a prolific artist and his montages were definitely political in nature. However as Sabine Kriebel says (1) his
goal is persuasion, not indoctrination
unlike the Nazi propaganda.
I especially liked Wendy Ann Parker's remarks about the difference between Heartfeld's work and that of the Nazi propagandists.
Heartfield's montages, almost without exception, are an iteration of ―here is the problem."Those of the Nazis, under Göbbels, declare, ―here is the solution."(2)
He joined the communist party and produced many designs and posters for them.
Most of his work was against Hitler.
In 1930 the magazine (AIZ) published twelve of his photomontages. This included one that showed Fritz Thyssen, the owner of United Steelworks, a company that controlled more that 75 per cent of Germany's ore reserves and employed 200,000 people. In the photomontage, Thyssen is shown working Hitler as a puppet.(3)
He had, eventually, to flee to Prague as Hitler was about to have him arrested. But Hitler continued to be angered by his work and had the Czech government ban his work. He eventually moved to East Germany and continued to work there. He also designed theatre sets presumably to pay the bills.
I found his work captivating.
I was a little familiar with Hannah Hoch's feminist work. I was unfamiliar with her earlier work as part of the Dada movement, . This movement which started in Zurich, Switzerland and moved to Berlin before crossing the Atlantic to the US, was concerned with political issues and left wing politics. Hoch, as a woman, was a fairly rare species in this movement as it was dominated by men. Her work was extraordinarily detailed and interesting. A perfect example of using collage to make a political point.
Höch also helped expand the notion of what could be considered art by incorporating found elements of popular culture into "higher" art. She was one of many Dadaists to take advantage of such means, but she was both among the first, and one of the most self-consciously explicit in describing the goals and effects of doing so. (4)
Putting Hannah Hoch into Pinterest brings up an interesting selection of her work (5). I find her dolls of the Dada period quite disturbing.
She had a relationship with another extremely talented Dadaist artist. Raoul Hausmann. His work analysed the pressures of the capitalist society. Before meeting Hoch he had concentrated on his painting and poetry but together they explored the idea of photomontage.
The self-portrait montage of Hausmann of 1924 is yet another well-known piece of art and is generally referred to as The ABCD.(6)
Hoch moved away from the Dada movement as she did not especially like the exhibitionist nature of the movement. She moved to the Hague during the Nazis occupation of Germany. She returned to Berlin in 1936 but kept a low profile. She died in 1980.
Herbert Bayer was born in 1900 and died in 1985. he studied under Johannes Itten and also studied painting with Kandinsky and became a teacher at the Bauhaus. He was multitalented working as an architect, painter, typogograper and designer. He emigrated to the US in 1938 where he organised the exhibition
"Bauhaus 1919-1928" at the New York Museum of Modern Art in the very same year(7)
His work appealed to me less that the other artists I have researched so far.
I wanted to find some artists working today in Photomontage and collage and a google search came up with Wangechi Mutu. I looked up her work and read a little around who she is and what she is doing. Her work is amazing. A report in the Guardian of her exhibition "A Fantastic Journey" states:
There is no singular question at the core of Mutu's work. The collages themselves are complex, multi-layered, explosively hued pieces in which many themes are addressed simultaneously. This work is the ultimate existential mash-up. Mutu explores the complexities of this world by asking and answering a thousand questions at once.(8)
So many artists to discover. I loved the information that Mutu had painted a collage of Fela Kuti's mother who was a feminist, a difficult role in an African country. Fela Kuti is one of my preferred African singers. I had the great pleasure of hearing him sing last summer.
1.Kriebel, S, 2014. Revolutionary Beauty The Radical Photomontages of John Heartfield. 1st ed. California: University of California Press.
2.Wendy Ann Parker. 2011. Political photomontage: transformation, revelation, and "truth". [ONLINE] Available at: http://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2735&context=etd. [Accessed 13 December 2016].
3. Spartacus Educational. 2016. John Heartfield. [ONLINE] Available at: http://spartacus-educational.com/FWWheartfield.htm. [Accessed 13 December 2016].
4. The Art Story. 2016. Hannah Höch Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works | The Art Story. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.theartstory.org/artist-hoch-hannah.htm. [Accessed 13 December 2016].
5. Pinterest. 2016. Plus de 1000 idées à propos de Hannah hoch sur Pinterest | Photomontage, Collage et Stuttgart. [ONLINE] Available at: https://fr.pinterest.com/fashionresource/hannah-hoch/. [Accessed 13 December 2016].
6. Raoul Hausmann: The Dadaist Who Redefined the Idea of Protests. 2016. Raoul Hausmann: The Dadaist Who Redefined the Idea of Protests. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.artnewsnviews.com/view-article.php?article=raoul-hausmann-the-dadaist-who-redefined-the-idea-of-protests&iid=33&articleid=980. [Accessed 13 December 2016].
7. Herbert Bayer Biography – Infos – Art Market. 2016. Herbert Bayer Biography – Infos – Art Market. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.herbert-bayer.com. [Accessed 13 December 2016].
8. The Guardian. 2016. The Afrofuturism of Wangechi Mutu | World news | The Guardian. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/13/wangechi-mutu-art-afrofuturism. [Accessed 13 December 2016].


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Not sure who has been pushing some comeback story narrative with Tiger Woods, but the dude has fallen faster and harder than John Daly ever did (and he actually came back to win- on the Seniors Tour- recently). Granted, Woods was the best in the world by far and for a long time.
But this recent DUI shouldn't be a surprise. It also shouldn't be a surprise that Woods' reps are saying that alcohol wasn't involved and that it was his meds in the system (mixed with alcohol). How crazy would it be if Tiger Woods was on meth? Dude looked strung out as fuck in his picture above. So maybe it's a stretch, maybe not.
All I know is that if I had that kind of money at my disposal and no reason to care about people or what they think, I still wouldn't be driving myself around. Coulda stuck to being a sex addict and been better off than this current version that we're seeing.
Here's hoping the next dominos to fall are as exciting as the ones when his ex took a nine iron to his car window. Besides, you know what makes even better stories than sad ones? Stories of revival and redemption. So yeah, it's gonna suck that he sucks. And maybe he will never play golf again. But all his old fans are still waiting for that dominant figure to make golf interesting again.


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Sainsbury's 'Food Dancing'/ Wieden + Kennedy
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With Sainsbury's announcing in August that it was splitting from long-standing creative shop Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO after a strong 40-year stint, many of us wondered how incoming agency Wieden + Kennedy were going to live up to their legacy. AMV BBDO enjoyed many widely successful campaigns with the supermarket, including some unforgettable Christmas ads – the agency went out with a bang via 2016's 'Greatest Gift' sing-a-long bonanza. However, W+K has sprung into action with its own catchy jingle in its first campaign for the grocery giant which encourages the British public to get 'food dancing'.
A January launch sees Sainsbury's capitalizing on those with a 'New Year, New Me' mentality that are putting more focus on how they shop, cook and eat as they try and stick to their healthy living resolutions. The centrepiece of the supermarket's new campaign 'Food Dancing' is a 60-second TV ad which shows people dancing joyfully around their kitchens as they prepare meals. The series of scenes, shot in black and white, are played out to the funky specially-created track, 'Yum Tum Yum' by UK Hip Hop artist, MysDiggi, and are interlaced with colourful stop motion food animations.
The prominence of the musical element to the ad is pertinent in that Sainsbury's has teamed up with Spotify for the first Spotify Branded Moments sponsorship deal, which will see its ads appear within the 'UK Dinner' playlist. The likeable urban track will also be released on the streaming platform as well as having its own full-length music video featuring MysDiggi himself.
Footage for the campaign, which will also include a series of dedicated Gifs, press and direct marketing materials, was captured by a production team that rocked up in people's real UK homes, setting up cameras that would catch their jubilant food dancing moments.
W+K's campaign, handled by PHD for media planning and buying, certainly has all the ingredients to cook up a viral storm. Viewers are being encouraged to film and share their own food dancing videos which could give the campaign even more traction if people get on board - which would be hard to resist given its toe-tapping tune. With support from fellow Sainsbury's agencies, AnalogFolk, Gravity Road, Seven and Drum, the work has already been intriguing the public via complementary digital billboards at major train stations including London Liverpool Street and new in-store POS material.
'Food Dancing' subtly packs a fitness punch in encouraging people not only to 'Live Well for Less' by buying and cooking Sainsbury's products, but also reminds anyone lacking motivation that exercising and moving your body doesn't have to be tedious; it can be enjoyable and integrated into one's daily routine. The work's healthy theme also fits into other business that Sainsbury's is currently involved in. Where 'Food Dancing' promotes the idea of a healthy sustainable life and body, the superstore is also hoping to contribute to a more sustainable environment, through both its scheme for cutting household food waste, 'Waste Less Save More', and a push for customers to opt for more vegetarian alternatives in the hope to reduce emissions from livestock production which are detrimental to both health and environment. The latter is a tie up with the Wellcome Trust and Oxford University, 'Our Planet, our Health' which will see Sainsbury's display vegetarian alternatives alongside meat products in stores as well as rewarding veggie product-purchasing customers with vouchers and meat-reducing information leaflets.
At the time of the appointment of W+K to its creative account and the split with AMV BBDO, Sainsbury's was quoted as looking for a 'fresh perspective' and this is surely what they have delivered. 'Food Dancing' reaches out to a younger audience through its energetic vibe – an important change in strategy given the rise of popularity of the alternative discount retailers among those with less disposable income. The accompanying sustainability work elsewhere also reassures young shoppers that the supermarket is putting in measures to create a healthier future world for them to live in. The question is whether Sainsbury's youth-oriented campaign can actually draw more young people into its stores or whether its glory will just be enjoyed from their TV screens and Spotify apps.
Although it is yet to be seen how the 'Food Dancing' brand strategy with play out across the year, with supermarkets poised to pivot their campaigns toward any seasonal celebration, all in all the campaign is a great piece of work. The exciting feel-good feeling of waiting for a meal to be cooked is something which everyone can relate to and W+K and Sainsbury's have nailed conveying this elation in 'Food Dancing'. It's a fun and memorable sing-and-dance-along campaign and, as long as it doesn't get called out by the 'ad police' (in a similar vein to last year's Heinz 'Can Song' saga - for encouraging reckless and somewhat dangerous behaviour with kitchen utensils in the name of musical fun), then 'Food Dancing' will definitely be getting the nation on its feet.


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HTC 1S vs Samsung Galaxy S2 – Introduction
One of the most relevant comparisons that the Whatphone team can perform for our visitors is between the HTC 1S vs Samsung Galaxy S2. The Galaxy S2 was a lighthouse device in 2011.
It set blinding new standards for the Android market. It had components, hardware specifications and a smooth user experience that broke new ground. Phones have moved on since the launch of the S2. The latest cutting edge devices have Quad Core Processors, screens bigger even than the 4.3 inches. They have larger allocations of built in memory.
But there are many people for whom a cutting edge device is not necessary. The real performance enhancements associated with Quad Core, right now, are limited. The software to max them out, isn't written yet. For these people, the Galaxy S2 and HTC One S represent great devices. Smaller than their bleeding edge counterparts, more affordable and still capable of delivering a smartphone experience that rivals Apple's market leading iPhone.
It's time we figured out exactly what phone is right for you and put these two mid tier devices next to each other.
HTC 1S vs Samsung Galaxy S2 – Overview.
The HTC 1S appears to be HTC's response to the success of the Galaxy S2. The HTC One range comprises 3 devices. The specifications of the HTC 1X, the 1S's big brother are remarkably similar to the Samsung Galaxy S3. Equally, the capabilities of the HTC 1S are, on paper, very similar to those of the Galaxy S2. In real life there are some differences it's well worth being aware of.
First is the feel of the products. The 1S feels higher quality and more modern with an aluminum two tone back cover. The S2 has a more plasticky feel to it. Looking at the aesthetics, to me, its a no brainer. The 1S wins the looks.
HTC 1S vs Samsung Galaxy S2 – What's different ?
In a nutshell, not much is different between the two products.
- Screen Resolution :
As I covered in the introduction, both the 1S and S2 are mid tier devices these days. The screens reflect that. Both are 4.3 inches on the diagonal. The S2 has a 480 x 800 pixel resolution Super AMOLED screen. The 1S has a slightly better resolution 540 x 960, also Super AMOLED screen. Technology journalists will talk to you about pixilation when you flick to zoom in. To a mid tier user, I think these distinctions are meaningless. Both screens are great.
- Expandable memory :
One of the key features of the HTC 1S, that puts it squarely in the low / mid tier user camp, is the on board memory – 16GB. It cannot be expanded. 16GB is the minimum in my view for a mobile phone these days. It'll get you a fair size music library and a film. And that's it. The Galaxy S2 has an expandable memory slot which allows users to buy and insert as many SD cards as they need to ( one at a time of course ! ) This significantly affects the way you can use the device and puts the power in the hands of the user. The S2 is better in this regard for customers who want to be able to exercise their multimedia desires on their Smartphone.
HTC 1S vs Samsung Galaxy S2 – What's the same ?
As I said at the start of this article, the HTC 1S and Galaxy S2 are direct competitors based on their specifications.
They have a substantial number of identical capabilities.
- Processing power :
The Galaxy S2 has Dual core 1.2GHz processors. The HTC 1S has Dual Core 1.5GHz processors. The practical experience is the same on both devices – slick with virtually no delay on the playing of HD film files or scrolling between applications, even with multiple applications running at one time.
- Physical Dimensions :
They are essentially the same size ( the S2 is half a centimetre taller. )
- Weight :
They weigh exactly the same – 116 grams.
- Camera :
They both have a 8MP camera but the 1S benefits from having an extra year before launch. The interface ( the camera interface is part of HTC's Sense 4.0 User Interface ) is much better on the 1S. There are more options than I could ever use for taking pictures including burst mode and a bunch to apply effects when you've taken the picture. One of the great benefits of the HTC 1S software is that you can shoot pictures, video and pictures from video in the same place. You can also take pictures more quickly. The 1S seems to auto focus quicker than the S2. I found I could get a picture out in less than a second. The camera on the S2 is fine. The colors seemed a little less bright and colorful than the 1S. Obviously, pictures on phones are taken more for fun than anything else. The camera facility is about convenience more than anything. However, with the extra software features, warmer colors and quicker time to take a shot, the 1S wins this important feature by some way.
- Video :
Both take videos at 30 FPS ( Frames Per Second ) and give a ( mostly ) smooth panning experience as a result. The 1S images are warmer and the software is better – as explained in the camera section.
- Battery life is comparable but the S2's regularly gave me a couple of extra hours of the same sort of usage. For mid tier / low end users, this should be fine. You'll get a full day. But the S2 also has a removable back plate remember which means that, if you want to, you can carry a spare.
HTC 1S vs Samsung Galaxy S2 – Summary
There's never been a better time to buy a mobile phone. As a mid / low tier user – some might call this a 'normal person' – you won't go wrong with either of these great devices. The 1S looks and feels more modern. The pictures are better and if expandable memory is a feature that you struggle to see the benefit of, this is likely to be the device for you.
For me, it's the Galaxy S2 all the way. I love this phone and always have. Expandable memory means a lot to me. The better battery life is very important. The way things look is less important to me than what they do and how they do it ( you'd know that if you could see my shoes. )
The Galaxy S2 is the closest thing the mobile phone market has to a classic. The fact that it's been around more than a year and competitors still try to match it spec for spec tells you something. This is a masterpiece of technology. Perhaps the most important element of the equation though doesn't relate to the product itself : –
HTC 1S vs Samsung Galaxy S2 – Price Alerts
For most customers, the device capabilities are only half of the question. When you're choosing what phone is right for you, the other side is the cost. And the Samsung Galaxy S2, while it's still around, is a steal. I never quote the prices themselves in the reviews – because they change all the time.
Why not compare the pricing on the HTC 1S and the Samsung Galaxy S2 on the Whatphone Product pages and see what you think ? Having been around for a year, the S2 has come down a lot in price. In my view, it might be the best phone per dollar that you could spend.


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Review by: Irfan Hidayatullah
Album Assigned by: Dina Levina
This is a weird, weird album (or at least kinda weird-sounding–for a pop album, that is). I have never subjected myself to more than one listen, but here goes my thoughts anyway.
The band did certainly make their way to make this album sound interesting, different, or whatever it is–there's an unconventional chord changes here and there, there's a crazy sounding keyboard/synthesizers, and the singer guy sings in a rather unconventional way, adopting a slightly vaudevillian (?) attitude. The band also insert a hook for every now and then–they certainly know how to draw the listener's attention. There's an attempt to diversify their songs too–unfortunately, in the end the album still does nothing for me. For the starter, the album feels deadly long–even though it clocks at 48 minutes in 14 songs, it feels like it should have been shorter. Maybe that's because the lack of fresh musical ideas. (At sixth songs or so, I feel enough already, even though I'm getting used to their sound). The lack of musical ideas also means that in the end you'll have a hard time distinguishing the songs, although the first six songs are quite, uh, tolerable.
Of course, the impression might be improved on subsequent listens.


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