text: Subscribe to our newsletter This thingy has to be empti pwieshh Apr 12, 2016 🚴🏻💨 Nº37 – Cycling, Startups & Sales ✌🏻 Staying organized is hard. I saw Noah Kagan speak at a Startup Riot in Atlanta I think. Dude is bomba 🚴🏻💨 Nº37 – Cycling, Startups & Sales ✌🏻 By Jon Woodroof • Issue #37 • View online Staying organized is hard.I saw Noah Kagan speak at a Startup Riot in Atlanta I think. Dude is bombastic but on target. Check this amazing breakdown of how he gets shit done. (Hat tip pr.co newsletter for that one)Since last week, the team here at the office have been putting weekly (and some daily) /worklog entries with Awesome. So far it is providing a cool insight into what people are working on + keeping us all accountable for our goals. How do you make sure you get your shit done?As always, thanks for reading! Cycling mmmm, rando goodness Bespoked - The UK Handmade Bicycle Show Bespoked is a celebration of handmade bicycles and those who make them. Europe's premier handmade bicycle show, attracting exhibitors, visitors and press from around the world. 2016 will be the show's 6th year and visitor numbers have increased each year with in excess of 6000 visitors in 2015.If you are interested in having a bicycle made especially for you to perfectly match the type of rider you are then Bespoked is the place for you to meet the person who will make your dream bicycle into a reality! www.bespoked.cc • Share Share the Road: Jess and Josh — Pretty Damned Fast This interview with my friends Jess Duffy and Josh Greet by Tayler Rae Dubé of Pretty Damned Fast is pretty damn awesome. Keep it up you guys! www.prettydamnedfast.com • Share Looking forward to seeing this up close! MOKUMONO Mokumono is manufacturing bikes in Holland using state of the art production technologies. Their kickstarter is launching on the 19th, be there for the kickoff in Amsterdam Monday! www.mokumonocycles.com • Share Startups 1st time visiting India! Yeah I brought my bike too! ; ) Impact Chapter: Start-up Challenge. I just landed in Hyderabad this morning for DHI Lab's Impact Chapter: Start-up Challenge & already had a quick 60km Tourist Loop. I'm excited to be talking about business development in the startup sector with such an international crowd. More about my experience next week! dhilabs.com • Share Flamyngo - the new way to ask friends for travel tips on the App Store Flamyngo - the new way to ask friends for travel tips was built by my friends Maarten & Siemen. Try it out! itunes.apple.com • Share Jason Fried: Why work doesn't happen at work Jason Fried s/has/had a radical theory of working: that the office isn't a good place to do it. He calls out the two main offenders (call them the M&Ms) and offers three suggestions to make the workplace actually work. An oldie but goodie from 2010. www.ted.com • Share Sales these just keep getting better and better! Saleshacker Amsterdam #2 for 2016! We have Mario Haneca of Showpad + Robert van Hoesel of Crowded & Young Creators & a third speaker to be announced soon. We're being hosted by the Volkshotel and this month's #saleshackerams is shaping up to be the best yet! RSVP on FB or Meetup. www.facebook.com • Share The Answer to this One Question Will Skyrocket Your Sales | Inc.com Can all your sales problems be solved with a single question? www.inc.com • Share Clearbit Connect's new Gmail widget can help you find anyone's email address Clearbit may not be a household name, but the company is today serving as the data backbone to a number of technology businesses, including Asana, Braintree, Slack, Stripe, Zendesk, Zen Payroll, AdRoll, Intercom, Bugsnag, Mention, Segment and hundreds of others. techcrunch.com • Share Radness Dead Reckoning: Lost Nevados Day 02 - Yonder Journal "POINTS OF INTEREST / OBJECTIVES: Visit the town of Letras. Make it to Manizales, which has a Domino's Pizza which is marvelous. Control the bowel gnomes. If it's clear, get a nice view of the Volcano. Enjoy the climb, if that's your thing." If this blurb sounds rad to you, then we enjoy similar kinds of riding. Been yonderjournal.com • Share Here's to holding yourself accountable to getting more shit done this week! Did you enjoy this issue? Become a member for $5 per monthDon't miss out on the other issues by Jon Woodroof Become a member By Jon Woodroof 💌 A personally written weekly email delivered to your 📬 with handpicked highlights & thought-provoking posts about the cycling industry, startups, sales & PR + a dose of radness from @jonwoodroof of @workspacesix & @twotoneams 🚴 Tweet Share You can manage your subscription here If you were forwarded this newsletter and you like it, you can subscribe here. Powered by Revue Twotone Consulting BV | Workspace Six | Tussen de Bogen 6 | 1013 JB Amsterdam | The Netherlands Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Subscribe to our newsletter This thingy has to be empti pwieshh


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LOS ANGELES — Erin O'Sullivan wants to change lives by finding new homes for old dogs.
Visitors to her popular Facebook page say she has done just that by helping them discover the pets they didn't know they were missing. O'Sullivan's page tells stories about pooches past their prime that need loving homes and taps into the wellspring of animal lovers seeking calmer, well-trained dogs or those wanting to care for pets in their twilight years. Shelters will ask her to help place older dogs that aren't as sought-after as puppies, many of which have extensive health problems that can stall adoptions.
"I think more than food or water, companionship is lifeblood to a dog," O'Sullivan said. She is convinced that when an older dog is adopted, they will live longer because of an owner's love.
Many shelters and rescues online and off focus on senior dog adoptions that are growing in popularity. But O'Sullivan's page, Susie's Senior Dogs, has gotten more attention than most thanks to a big boost from her boyfriend, an Internet star who knows how to build buzz online -- and owns a dog named Susie.
Brandon Stanton of Brooklyn is the author of a book and much-read blog called "Humans of New York," which claims more than 4 million followers on social media and chronicles the lives of New Yorkers, enrapturing overtaxed Web surfers with heartfelt photos and snippets of text.
Three years ago, Stanton adopted an 11-year-old Chihuahua named Susie.
"She is the greatest dog in New York ... I didn't realize what it meant to have an animal attach itself to you so her only concern in life is being close to you," he said.
O'Sullivan had set up a Facebook page for Susie, which had about 10,000 "likes" the morning she changed its purpose to finding other old dogs new homes. Stanton pitched the page on his blog, and by nightfall the page had 10 times as many followers. That number has since grown to over 150,000, and she has helped nearly 200 dogs since January.
That includes a 12-year-old pooch that Britany Spangler of Grand Rapids, Mich., found on the page.
"I never intended on getting a dog until I saw our Molly and I knew we had to have her," she said.
The Lhasa apso was missing a whole side of teeth, was infested with worms and fleas, had an allergy that made her hair fall out and suffered kidney problems.
Despite the health issues, the dog gets along beautifully with her three children, who are all under 3 years old, Spangler said.
"It was like they had been together forever," she said. "She came potty-trained and full of love. If she is with us for six months, she blesses us for six months. If she is with us for five years, she enriches our lives for five years. She's the dog I never knew I needed."
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Mark Jason Dominus' talk at OOPSLA 2008. This covers similar ground to my OOPSLA talk, but in many ways Dominus makes a better job of it than I did. And it sounds better coming from someone outside the Haskell community.
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Inter's seven-match winning run ended at Atalanta
12 November, 2018, 3:10 pm
MILAN (Reuters) – Inter Milan's run of seven successive league wins was abruptly ended on Sunday when they were crushed 4-1 at Atalanta in rain-sodden conditions.
Atalanta captain Alejandro Gomez capped the win by scoring with a spectacular dipping shot in stoppage time seconds after Inter midfielder Marcelo Brozovic had been sent off for a second bookable offence.
The defeat left Inter third in Serie A with 25 points, six behind leaders Juventus who were at AC Milan later on Sunday.
"We played and won against a team of great value," said Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini, who coached Inter Milan in 2011 but was fired after only five games in charge. "This kind of performance can work as a springboard for us."
Hans Hateboer put Atlanta ahead after eight minutes, turning in Robin Gosens's cross at the far post, and the hosts would have been out of sight by halftime had it not been for Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic.
The Slovenian, who had already made a double save in the third minute, denied Gosens, Josip Ilicic and Rafael Toloi, the last with a one-handed save from point-blank range, while Ilicic also missed a sitter from one metre.
Mauro Icardi levelled from a penalty two minutes after the restart but it was only a brief and ill-deserved reprieve for Inter.
Gianluca Mancini headed in from an Ilicic free kick to put Atalanta back in front after 62 minutes and Berat Djimsiti scored a similar goal in the 88th minute to ensure that justice was done.
Gomez completed Atalanta's fourth successive win with a shot which not even Handanovic could top as they climbed to seventh.
"We don't seem able to keep our concentration for long periods," said Inter coach Luciano Spalletti. "Invariably, we drop our guard and we give our opponents a few extra metres and that makes everything more difficult.
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Empathy as a New Lens for Learning
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Change is Inevitable: The Essentials of Succession Planning
CAM 2019 Fellows Part 1, External Affairs
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Decolonizing the Narrative of Native American Museum Interpretations
"Off the Shelf" and Scrappy Technology Solutions
Creating Spaces that are Responsive to Hot Topics
This webinar was recorded LIVE on September 12, 2019. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.
What does it mean to be a responsive institution? Museums today are looking for new ways to stay relevant and connect with visitors. Current issues can be magnets for engagement. This webinar explored exhibitions and programs about food justice, taking Native lands, foster care, and the Ghostship fire.
Christine Lashaw, Experience Developer, Oakland Museum of California
Evelyn Orantes, Independent Curator and Community Inclusion Strategist, Evelyn Orantes Consulting
Elizabeth Gessel, Director of Public Programs, Museum of the African Diaspora
Whitney Ford-Terry, Exhibitions Catalyst, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
This panel session was originally presented at the CAM 2019 conference in San Francisco and was adapted for a live webinar format.
This webinar was recorded LIVE on August 15, 2019. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.
Led by CAM's 2019–2020 Technology Fellow David Canfield, this webinar demonstrates how museums can utilize inexpensive, commercially available products in both traditional and non-traditional ways to address technology needs such as ambient audio, video displays, wayfinding, digital signage and more. Canfield presents options such as the Raspberry Pi platform, off the shelf video solutions, and how to repurpose "obsolete" tech. Additionally, he addresses some of the concerns, pitfalls, and experiences of building and deploying these solutions. Canfield will also lead a session at CAM 2020 in Los Angeles about successes and failures in the use of technology and how to find solutions that actually work.
Presenter: David Canfield has been the Vice President and Chief Information Officer at the Pacific Battleship Center since 2012, where he gets to "tinker" and apply his deep-seated experience in technology. David left a 20+ year career in Silicon Valley to serve on the ship that he grew up on. His passion and dogged leadership have attracted a robust crew of volunteer IT specialists from all over the country to put the Battleship IOWA at the forefront of technology innovation.
To view the PowerPoint presentation and resources affiliated with this presentation, please click here.
This program is supported in part by Associated Foundations, Inc. in memory of Barry Herlihy.
This webinar was recorded LIVE on June 12, 2019. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.
This webinar builds awareness and understanding for interpreting Native American history and cultures in museums. Examine the impacts of colonization on existing narratives and strategies for integrating native perspectives into civic discourse. Explore multimedia, curricular, and professional development resources, as well as collaborative partnerships for expanding your knowledge of Native American interpretations to foster diversity and cultural intelligence in your exhibitions, collections, and programming.
Nicole Lim, Executive Director, California Indian Museum & Cultural Center; Moderator
Joely Proudfit, Executive Director, The California Culture and Sovereignty Center; Speaker
Kouslaa Kessler-Mata, Professor, University of San Francisco; Speaker
Alexis Bunten, Co-Director, Bioneers Indigeneity Program; Speaker
This webinar was recorded LIVE on May 23, 2019. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.
Part 2 of our 2019 CAM Fellowship program webinar series includes case studies with a Public Programs discipline, focusing on creating responsive spaces through exhibitions and incorporating native voice through museum education programs.
Sara Smallhouse, Board Member, Museum of Northern California Art; 2019 CAM Fellow
The Santa Cruz MAH's Community Issue Exhibitions as a Model for the Inclusive Museum: At the core of changing museum narratives is inviting underrepresented communities and letting them tell their own stories. This case study explores this idea through the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History community issue exhibitions. These issue-driven exhibitions not only give underrepresented communities a voice and welcome them into the museum space, they also promote advocacy.
Jamie Nord, Anthropology Curator Intern, San Bernardino County Museum; 2019 CAM Fellow
Incorporating Native Voice in Museum Education: This case study of the Barona Cultural Center & Museum presents a discussion of how tribal museums are developing hands-on educational programming that can be incorporated into other museum institutions for alternative methods of educating youth about Native culture. Tribal museums can influence education within the public school system by retelling the history of California through Native voice.
To read the complete case study articles written by Sara and Jamie, please visit calmuseums.org/2019casestudies.
The CAM Fellowship program is funded by The Getty Foundation.
This webinar was recorded LIVE on May 22, 2019. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.
Part 1 of our 2019 CAM Fellowship program webinar series includes case studies with an External Affairs discipline, focusing on equitable practices in public relations and creating cultural memory through ethnic-specific institutions.
Emily Butts, MA Candidate, The University of Texas at Austin; 2019 CAM Fellow
The Role of Ethnic-Specific Museums in Creating Cultural Memory: Who is included, who is excluded, and why? This question is pertinent to all museums—especially when it comes to collecting and exhibition practices—but it is especially relevant when the museum is a restored immigration station. This article explores the history of Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation and how the island's history as the "Ellis Island of the Pacific" relates to other gatekeeping practices in the United States, specifically along the United States-Mexico border.
Angela Medrano, Communications Assistant, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; 2019 CAM Fellow
in conversation with Nancy Lee, Senior Manager of Public Relations, Hammer Museum
Communicating the Hammer Museum's Made In L.A. 2018: This case study delves in to the Hammer Museum's PR strategy for the Made in L.A. 2018 exhibition as a model for incorporating equity into one's everyday work life.
To read the complete case study articles written by Emily and Angela, please visit calmuseums.org/2019casestudies.
This webinar was recorded LIVE on May 2, 2019. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.
Succession planning keeps your organization moving forward during the inevitable changes that come with running a nonprofit. Not only do they help navigate leadership transitions, they can also serve as an excellent tool for retaining your strongest performers, who often tend to be the type of employees who need to know where their career is headed. CAM and presenter Anne W. Ackerson explore succession planning essentials and why it might be better to call it talent planning.
Presenter: Anne W. Ackerson has written and promoted dialogue about many of the challenging issues facing museums, including succession planning. As Director of the Museums Association of New York, Ackerson initiated Report to the Field: The Status of Succession Planning in New York State Museums, which addresses the unique challenges around succession planning in museums. Ackerson is the former executive director of the Council of State Archivists (CoSA) and currently serves as their Communications Coordinator. Her work on these and related issues resulted in the books, Leadership Matters and Women in the Museum: Lessons from the Workplace, which she co-authored with Joan Baldwin. She is also an independent museum consultant specializing in organizational development.
This program is supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency.
This webinar was recorded LIVE on August 16, 2018. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.
Whatever your technical comfort or responsibility, there are some easy things you can do to keep your museum safe from cyber threats. This Lunch and Learn program offered a range of resources and focused on practical tips for users from all skill levels.
Julia Falkowski, Project and Production Specialist, Balboa Park Online Collaborative and CAM Technology Fellow 2018-9
Ryan Prindiville, Leader of Strategy & Practice Transformation, Armanino LLP
This program is supported in part by Associated Foundations, Inc. in memory of Barry Herlihy
This webinar was recorded LIVE on November 7, 2017. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.
There has been a recent groundswell of interest in empathy; international leaders identify empathy as one of the most important leadership skills of the 21st century. This Lunch and Learn webinar demonstrated how museums are purposefully designing education programs and exhibits to explore and teach empathy in an effort to promote civic engagement.
Ami Davis, Principal, Ami Davis Consulting
Wendy Abelmann, Director of Education and Public Programs, Oceanside Museum of Art
Katherine Herman, Education Outreach Manager, Autry Museum of the American West
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The Middle Years Programme
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The UNIS Hanoi curriculum is a school-developed framework of knowledge, concepts and skills that is aligned with external standards and learning outcomes. We systematically review, develop and refine our curriculum, drawing upon the best and most appropriate standards for our internationally-oriented and culturally diverse school community.
We organize our curriculum through the continuum of International Baccalaureate programmes.
The IB Middle Years Programme (MYP)
The MYP is a curriculum framework designed for students aged 11 up to 16. It provides experiences and subject studies that encourage students to become creative, critical and reflective thinkers who respond well to intellectual challenge. The UNIS Hanoi MYP builds upon the knowledge, skills, conceptual understandings, attitudes and approaches to learning developed in the IB Primary Years Programme and prepares students to meet the academic challenges of the IB Diploma Programme.
The MYP Programme Model
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The Middle Years Programme (MYP) curriculum handbooks cover grades 6 to grade 10. The MYP subject groups, course description and assessment criteria are explained in the following handbook.
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Chordal Harmony: Volume 2 is the long-awaited sequel to world-renowned bassist Janek Gwizdala's most popular book to date. Matching the original Chordal Harmony's innovative approach, rigorous and thoughtful exercises, and attention to detail, Volume 2 will take you far, far deeper into the new and challenging world of chords on bass. Travel through Janek's in-depth processes for finding the most creative voicings, creating effective chord melodies, sparking and building upon new compositional devices, and even his best techniques for live performances and effective looping.
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Grandioso III Formally Retired in Spain and US.04.03.2017
One of the dressage world's most beloved PREs was retired in grand style, in the two countries that claim a part of him as their own.
In November, at SICAB--the annual PRE Horse convention in Sevilla, Spain--Grandioso's Farewell was a highlight of the Saturday evening Espectaculo. Six friends and colleagues of rider Jose Daniel Martin Dockx were part of the ceremony, mounted on PRE horses, including Jose Mena, Samuel Oliva, Antonio Blanco, and others. An emotional video presentation compiled by ANCCE highlighted the stunning 5 year international career of the horse for the Spanish Dressage Team, which included 2 Olympics, a World Games, 2 European Championships, 3 Aachen Nations Cups, and 2 National Championships. Martin Dockx and Grandioso's final ride in Spain was the new Kur designed by Marlene Whitaker for the Olympic year: The Impossible Dream with themes from Man of La Mancha. Following the ride, the tearful removal of the saddle was done in the presence of owner Kimberly Van Kampen, breeder Javier Marin Fidalgo, and Head Groom Mohamad Mahmoud. After this, rider, groom and horse, made a final pass around the arena to an ovation of gratitude from the Spanish audience.
At the beginning of January, Grandioso said a final good-bye to the country of his birth, and traveled back to the United State, where he had competed for 7 years prior and where he will live out a pampered retirement. He was flown into Miami, and taken first to the quarantine stabling at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, to begin to prepare for his American farewell at the annual USPRE week at the end of January. This ceremony was equally moving and unforgettable. Grandioso's story includes a significant start to his career in the United States, where he was earmarked as an up-and-coming superstar in the hands of Courtney King Dye. The pair had finished Fifth in the USEF Festival of Champions in 2009 at the Small Tour, and were preparing for their first international Grand Prix in 2010 when a tragic accident sidelined the riding career of King Dye. Although the horse eventually returned to Spain to initiate his Grand Prix career, he was always followed and loved by the American dressage community, especially the PRE breeders and owners who felt that Grandioso was an inspiration for all that a well-bred, well-trained PRE sport horse could acheive.
Grandioso's US Farewell happened during the USPRE-sponsored Friday Night Freestyles under the lights. Jose Daniel Martin Dockx performed the new Kur again, showing a horse in top form with outstanding piaffe, passage, extended trots, half-passes and pirouettes. Grandioso appeared thrilled to perform again for an electric audience that filled the VIP tents and stands at the International Arena. Following the ride, USPRE presented Grandioso with a most unique cooler, adorned with all of the titles and championships of his career. There was an audible gasp of "No" when the saddle was removed. Dr. Jane Bistline of the USPRE Board of Directors presented the cooler, and the horse made a final walk in hand to say good-bye to a second country that also loved him.
Since January, Grandioso has completed the required 6 weeks of CEM Stallion Quarantine, and is now residing back at Hampton Green Farm in Wellington. He will travel at the end of the spring to the Michigan farm to begin a new career: as a Qualified improver stallion to the US PRE herd.
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Andy Stern and Steven Rattner Idolize the Chinese Bull
by Tyler Roylance
Staff Editor
In a startling one-two punch, China's Communist regime won accolades last week from high-profile representatives of U.S. business and labor writing in America's leading national newspapers. In the Wall Street Journal on December 1, former service workers' union president Andy Stern touted China's "superior economic model," and in the New York Times on December 2, prominent Wall Street potentate Steven Rattner offered his guarantee that China's speeding economic locomotive would remain firmly on track.
Both assessments, however, are dangerously misleading. Stern, fresh back from a junket to China, where he met with "high-ranking Chinese government officials," holds up the Chinese model as a positive example of state economic planning, as opposed to the rigid free-market principles espoused by much of the U.S. establishment. He also sanguinely ignores the downsides of authoritarian rule, which may already be undermining China's economic success. For his part, Rattner acknowledges China's panoply of problems, perhaps anticipating the concerns of a well-informed audience, but then brushes them aside with a set of pat, contradictory assumptions, leaving an open path to steady growth and gradual reform.
The two men are strangely willing to take Chinese economic statistics and policy declarations at face value. Rattner notes the country's "unsavory wild West flavor," with problems ranging "from cronyism to fraudulent accounting," but assures readers that the "evident stresses" in the Chinese economy, "like the indisputable property bubble, are manageable and far short of what brought down the American economy." Stern praises past growth numbers and recites the admirable goals of Beijing's next five-year plan, which include housing construction, "expanding next-generation IT," and environmental protection.
But can one be so sure about past and future successes in what Rattner himself calls "an opaque political system, repressive and riddled with corruption"? Even in the United States, with its uncensored media and array of independent watchdog institutions, financial fraud and graft are resilient weeds. How vast then must be the hidden distortions in authoritarian China, where a multilayered censorship apparatus suppresses negative news, the rule of law is all but nonexistent, and subordinate officials are driven to deliver "success" to their superiors by any means necessary?
Stern and Rattner seem most confused about the extent to which ordinary Chinese are benefiting from the current system. The former labor boss hails rising wages and "China's people-oriented development," particularly in the western megacity of Chongqing. He does not mention how the local leader there, Bo Xilai, has championed a return to Maoist anthems, the wholesale replacement of commercial television ads with Communist propaganda clips, and the installation of half a million surveillance cameras across the city. Internet users who criticize him risk lengthy detention without trial.
In fact, despite vigorous censorship and regular incarcerations, the internet—with nearly 500 million Chinese users—has revealed palpable frustration with the Communist Party's failure to deliver basic public goods like legal justice, workplace safety, property rights, clean air and water, and consumer protections. As Freedom House has observed for over a year through its weekly China Media Bulletin, scandal after scandal erupts online and is then quickly suppressed by the authorities. Similarly, in the offline world, tens of thousands of strikes and protests break out each year, but they are rapidly contained using brute force, limited concessions, and media blackouts.
This obvious public desire for the noneconomic benefits of good governance, and for democratic rights like free expression and due process, undercuts the core assumption with which Rattner dismisses China's political flaws: that rising incomes are "satisfying a populace that appears more interested in economic advancement than in democracy." It is not even clear from his analysis that rising incomes are compatible with China's continued success. He describes China's "great strength" as "its ability to relentlessly grind down costs by combining high labor efficiency with wages that remain extraordinarily low." (Conditions at Foxconn, a manufacturer that Rattner singles out for its low wages, led to a series of employee suicides in 2010. One hopes Stern would agree that this does not sound like a workers' paradise.)
Rattner also touts the high savings rate—nearly 40 percent of income—as a positive feature of the Chinese economy, but it hardly suggests public confidence in the system or the future. Moreover, recent reporting by the U.S. media has highlighted the fact that the interest rates on these savings are kept far below inflation, meaning wealth is constantly being funneled from ordinary people to state-run banks, state enterprises, and privileged elites.
All of this raises grave questions about the sustainability of China's "unusual mix of authoritarianism and free enterprise," as Rattner puts it. An economic setback is always a possibility in any country, but despite the image of technocratic self-assurance that it presents to the world, China's opaque political system would seem especially prone to concealing enormous flaws until they are too big to manage. And although foreigners may find it convenient to view the Chinese people as reliably apolitical toilers, they evidently have other ideas. A disruption of either economic or noneconomic origin cannot be ruled out so easily, particularly given the potential consequences.
Stern and Rattner have different motivations for their willful blindness. The liberal former labor leader is interested in portraying faraway China in a certain light, so as to make a specific domestic policy argument from the relative comfort of the United States. The Wall Street veteran, meanwhile, may be trying to rally the bulls and keep the China bubble from bursting, as it is one of the few things keeping the global economy afloat. Both efforts are perfectly understandable, and terribly shortsighted. Such experienced men should know that planning for and confidence in the future require a clear, unobstructed view, however unpleasant it may be.
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Silk Accessories in Black and Blue, 1770s
Photo taken at Colonial Williamsburg, December 2011.
Inspired by March's accessories symposium, and finding myself with a bit of fabric left over from my blue and ivory changeable silk taffeta petticoat, I decided I wanted to make some accessories to coordinate with the petticoat and the chintz jacket I'd be wearing with it. Since the jacket was completed in time to wear to Williamsburg for our Grand Illumination visit, I decided on a new muff cover and a matching covered hat. Here they are!
The pattern: The pattern of the muff cover is taken off of the one I made at the silk muff workshop at CW in March. It's a very simple rectangular design with channels to gather up the ends to secure the seperate pillow inside. The straw hat I used logically became the pattern for its own cover, as I just traced the brim to cut the top and underside coverings. Very easy!
Inspirations: I began with an inspiration for the hat, which I found months ago and have been wanting to make ever since. I had some left over ivory silk taffeta from one of the petticoats I'd just made to go with my blue chintz jacket, and thought I'd do an exact copy of this hat from a 1756 Reynolds portrait of Lady Chambers. The features that particularly drew me to this design were the contrast between the base color and the trim, and the way that it is highlighted by lining the underside of the hat in the accent color.
Catherine, Lady Chambers, by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1756).
Image linked from http://www.hoocher.com/Joshua_Reynolds/Joshua_Reynolds.htm.
But as I set about cutting out my fabric, I saw the remainder of the black silk taffeta left from my bonnet sticking out of my scrap pile next to me, and I pulled it out and tried how the blue looked next to the black. Although I did love the ivory with the blue - especially because the blue is shot with ivory - the black just seemed so much more striking. Then, too, black covered hats seem to have been very popular in the 1770s and very early 1780s, so selecting the black taffeta instead of the ivory also made sense fashion-wise since I was planning to wear the hat with my new 1775-1785 jacket. So I rummaged through my picture files again and found this image of a black covered hat from 1778:
"The Studious Beauty" (1778).
Image linked from the Lewis Walpole Library.
In the end, as you can see, I used the first image as the primary source for my hat's design, with its contrasting lining and trim colors, just adding the ruched black trim around the edge of the brim that is featured in this second image to help "update" the Reynolds hat to the late 1770s.
I don't really have a single inspiration source for the muff design; its poofs are simply intended to echo those found around the crown of the hat. Considering that such fabric and ribbon poofs were fashionable not only on hats during this decade, but also as trim on caps, gowns, and even mantles, I figured I was pretty safe putting them on a muff as well. :-)
Construction details: For details on the construction of the muff cover, see my previous post about the green/ivory silk muff from the workshop. The blue poofs are quite simply a length of silk gathered at regular intervals. The same fabric forms the "ribbon" ties that gather the ends of the muff.
The covering of the hat was also quite easy. I used the straw hat blank to trace a pattern to cover the top; this was sewn down first. I then made a hole at the center top of the crown and snipped down a bit on all sides to accomodate the rise of the crown. Then I took a circle of black taffeta to cover the crown and stitched that down. The blue trim came next. As with the muff, this is just a strip of fabric gathered at intervals to form the poofs, and finished at the end into a big bow that hangs down to one side, like in the Reynolds portrait (though it's a little tough to see!). The black taffeta self-trim around the edge of the brim is made in a similar way, being nothing more than a strip of fabric ruched to create texture and stitched down through both the taffeta and the straw to hold it securely in place.
The lining was applied next, its pattern taken in the same way as the top cover. It is stitched down around the edge of the crown and again around the edge of brim, where the stitches are concealed by the ruched black trim. The lining in turn conceals all of the stitching from the trim from the top. The final steps were to cut a circle for the crown lining and slipstich it into place, and then to tack on the blue "ribbon" ties.
The fabric: The top of the hat and the hat's brim trimming, as well as the muff cover, are done in an Italian black silk taffeta (the same that I used on my bonnet). The underside lining of the hat, as well as the trim on both the hat and muff, comes from the blue and ivory silk taffeta I used on the petticoat that coordinates with my blue chintz jacket.
Photo taken at Colonial Williamsburg, December 2011.
Finishing the look: Although I'm not usually into matchy-matchy accessories, particularly when it comes to the eighteenth century, and although I wasn't too sure about how the black would look, in the end, I really like what the "pop" of the black does for the blue, and how nicely it helps to pull the outfit together. And although the thought of this didn't even occur to me when I selected the black over the ivory as my base color, I was quite excited at how nicely the accessories ended up working with my old black mantle! It made me feel so seasonably wintery for the Grand Illumination weekend...even though it was almost 70 degrees the day we took pictures!
Photo taken at Colonial Williamsburg, December 2011.


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A question answered: Chapter 1 of Some Answered Questions
Posted by Sen on July 14, 2012
One of the participants on the Facebook group Bahais United in Diversity wrote:
I'm afraid I have to point out that Abdu'l-Baha contradicts himself [in the proof of the existence of God, in the first chapter of Some Answered Questions]… First he suggests that "Nature has neither intelligence nor perception." So God must exist. Then he says that "man is the branch; nature is the root," and asks "can the will and the intelligence, and the perfections which exist in the branch, be absent in the root?"
So the will and the intelligence and the perception are in nature after all… and God becomes unnecessary to explain order in nature and the emergence of human life.
It's a sharp observation, but the problem lies in the translation rather than in Abdu'l-Baha's reasoning. I would also note that the title of the chapter, which is part of the original Persian text, is not "a proof of the existence of God" but "nature is governed by universal law." In my translation, Abdu'l-Baha's argument goes as follows:
Now, when you behold in existence such organization, orderliness and laws, can you say that these are the effect of Nature, though it has neither intelligence nor consciousness? Then it is evident that this Nature, which has neither consciousness nor intelligence, is in the grasp of Almighty God, Who is the Ruler of the world of Nature. He causes Nature to manifest whatever type [of being] he wishes.
One of the things which has appeared in the world of existence, and which some people say is one of the inevitable effects of Nature, is human life. Considered from this point of view, man is the branch; nature is the root.
Can the will, intelligence, and perfections exist in the branch, and not in the root? It is evident that Nature in its essence is in the grasp of the power of God, and that it is the ever-living One who holds Nature to an ideal organisation and laws, and rules over it.
(End of the chapter)
However Dreyfus and Barney, who made the original translation, rendered it, in the 1908 English edition (page 4)
… One of the things which has appeared in the world of existence, and which is one of the requirements of Nature, is human life. Considered from this point of view man is the branch, nature is the root; then can the will and the intelligence, and the perfections which exist in the branch, be absent in the root? …
Dreyfus has failed to translate the word guyand, 'they say,' with the result that it is not clear that "human life is a necessary effect of nature" is a proposition which Abdu'l-Baha is refuting.
The same mistake is found in the French edition(s) currently available here and here. Neither of these sites gives information as to the edition they have used, but since the mistake is in the 1908 English edition, and in currently available French editions, I assume it was in the 1908 French edition as well. The mistake has been carried forward in the later editions I have checked. However the English 1990 edition (the pocket-size edition), available at the Bahai Reference Library changes the punctuation at some points, and adds another inaccuracy in the last paragraph, which now reads:
It is said that Nature in its own essence is in the grasp of the power of God, Who is the Eternal Almighty One: He holds Nature within accurate regulations and laws, and rules over it.
That is, the words "they say" which Dreyfus had omitted, have been inserted in the form "it is said", but they are in the wrong sentence! And the words "it is clear that" – which are in the Persian – have been removed.
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It remains possible that the word guyand / "they say" was not in the Persian text that Dreyfus was using. I am basing my translation on the electronic text from the Bahai Reference Library, which states that it derives from the 1908 Leiden edition from Brill Publishers. The word guyand is also there in the 1920 Egyptian edition.
It could be that Dreyfus has not made a mistake, but was working from a manuscript that was defective. It is in any case virtually certain that the 1920 Egyptian edition has been corrected by Abdu'l-Baha, since the various editions of The Secret of Divine Civilization that were published in his lifetime show clearly that they have been both carefully prepared, and checked line by line. One copy of an early edition in fact has a table of corrections inserted behind the title page, apparently being Abdu'l-Baha's corrections. Some of the changes made – none of which change the meaning much – are hardly explicable as accidents or editorial amendments, but quite explicable as the adjustments of an author seeking the greatest possible clarity for the reader. Until I find evidence to the contrary, therefore, I will assume that an edition of Abdu'l-Baha's works in Persian published under his control has been checked in detail by him.
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July 15, 2012 at 04:00
Good stuff Sen, I am sure your observations and are worth noting. My approach to this particular text has always been with a pinch of table salt, the Persian to french to English translations of hand written table talks are always gong to reveal inconsistencies methinks, now matter how careful the scholarship and revisions.
July 16, 2012 at 16:32
For the manuscripts' history: http://www.linard.name/bahai/publications/saq
August 23, 2012 at 08:56
Hi Sen,
I've just been through my pocket edition (1990) to pencil in the changes based on your correction. I'm puzzled, though, by your comments about the title of the chapter. The title in my edition is "Nature is governed by one universal law". It is chapter 2 that is about "Proofs and evidences of the existence of God". Alison


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Late last night, Taylor Swift fans got their first single from Taylor Swift's newest album "Reputation". The song, titled "Look What You Made Me Do," will also get a music-video that is set to premiere at the 2017 Video Music Awards this weekend.
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i liked this. i often indulge in rewriting my own bio just for fun. the memoir at the end is great. also honors the new trend whereby the biography is three times as long as the piece.
A Biography — Larry Strattner
Larry Strattner is the author of three novels, a book of poetry and a substantial pile of shorter fiction and non-fiction. He began emerging (as we writers call it) two years ago after losing his will to work for idiots, deciding he might as well work for himself since he, personally, had the idiot base covered.
His first two books, Queen of Hornets and Nurse Ruthie were moderately successful having been read respectively by two friends and three acquaintances and a sorter at the recycle facility. His third book, Geek Assassin, while less introspective, has broader appeal within the five-letter-word-maximum market. Geek Assassin is projected to be optioned by either the SyFy channel, with few changes, or by Hustler magazine whose editors would add three, new, barely legal female characters and target the perennially resurgent sadomasochistic audience.
While not, per se, a poet, Larry writes poems compulsively to avoid actual work. When facing any deadline or time-based requirement his output of poetry can only be considered prodigious. Many of his poems are published online at sites frequented by either low functioning fourteen year old poets struggling with unrequited Joe Jonas or Miley Cyrus love issues, or disturbingly older poets suffering almost identical delusions about the former group.
Over his career Larry received a number of Citations; three for drunk and disorderly and four for public lewdness. He collects glass mugs and is banned from a number of taverns where the price of a draft beer is more than one dollar. He accumulated a number of speeding tickets unrelated to intoxication and in Wyoming was clocked at more than thirty miles per hour over the legal limit. He raced motorcycles, mountain bicycles and the Dubuque, Iowa, City Police to the Wisconsin state line. He was the recipient of a plastic bowling trophy with a bicycle screwed onto the top at the conclusion of the State of Michigan Mountain Bike Racing Cup Series one year.
He is a native of New York City's Hell's Kitchen and subsequently resided in a number of states, some by choice, some not. He and his wife Janis currently live in Wisconsin, a location conducive to writing since the snow remains two feet deep for at least eight months of the year.
He has two children who have moved as far away from him as possible while still retaining US citizenship.
Larry's next book, A Fly in My Ointment, is due out this summer when Wisconsin roads open briefly; although it may not reach bookstores until the following year due to highway construction delays.
A Memoir - Larry Strattner — Working outline
Click, click, click, click, click. Click, click, click, click, click.
Ow! Eeek! Blam! God. Where does this stuff come from?
Dude, I need more surrealism, like a ray gun or a couple of humanoids.
Kid, if we do this there's got to be more labia. You know; more fluids.
Granted, Kim Kardashian
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She's discovered how to cash them in.
"Sheesh orificer, I don't shink... Ow! Ow! Ow! I didn't mean it like that!"
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"That's not a knife. This is a knife."
"What is this ointment shit! The frigging expiration date is 1986! Christ, there's a fly in it!"
Will the kids be home for Christmas this year?
Hon? Hon?
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I'm working on a sweeping memoir which will illuminate our times.
This is dedicated to my wife, who seems to have gone missing.
i liked this. i often indulge in rewriting my own bio just for fun. the memoir at the end is great. also honors the new trend whereby the biography is three times as long as the piece.
Thanks Flawnt. One has these demons, you know. Getting it all down in black and white helps the heeling process. A guy up the road here says, "writing is like cleaning the calf pen. You pitchfork the crap and you pitchfork the crap and sooner or later you have a pile big enough so somebody notices."
Larry, this hilarious! I wonder if anyone has published such a funny, self-deprecating memoir.
Re your kind comment on "Cornelia's Confession," in the era in which I grew up in Georgia, a familiar cry was for the scalps of "coons, kikes, and Catholics." As I recall, Georgia's 4-million population was a mere 4% Catholic. My Boys' Catholic HS graduating class numbered 25. My Jesuit parish church, however, was a Gothic masterwork -- still standing, but now deconsecrated, used only as a community center of some kind, mostly for weddings and receptions.
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Really sad when my favorite song is a freecreditreport.com car song. Even more sad I know the lyrics and constantly sing it in my head.
Went out this fine morning to fly my RC Helicopter thought I was cool doing some FFF (Fast Forward Flight).
Wanted to get up 3 stories High get going at full speed and nose dive then pull up before hitting the ground I pulled off the up going fast even diving and pulling up ok to bad a gust of wind came and pushed my RC back almost smashed my mailbox would have destroyed my canopy smashed the blades,Broke the boom and even possibly bend the rotor head. Would have been a mess may of well bought a whole new heli. I saved it no clue how luck I think is the answer.
Also working on the job thing I think I may have a good shot at a position I applied for really cool I gotta be productive i've had 1 year vacation exactly on today the 4th.


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What Is President Obama's Problem With Medical Marijuana?
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[T]he Obama Administration is cracking down on medical marijuana dispensaries and growers just as harshly as the Administration of George W. Bush did. In 2011, the Department of Justice revised its guidance to U.S. Attorneys, allowing them to target any medical marijuana activity except for ill patients and their immediate caregivers. The Drug Enforcement Administration has made it clear that "medical marijuana is not medicine," and even called it a "mortal danger." … In many states, U.S. Attorneys have advised state and local officials to back away from plans to create rules and regulations that would codify the medical pot industry, in some cases raising the possibility that lawmakers could be prosecuted for promoting drug use that is legal under state law.
… Over the last few weeks, I have talked with nearly a dozen people in the medical marijuana business, three U.S. Attorneys, White House officials and local officials who oppose the federal crackdown for a story that will appear in this week's newsstand issue of TIME. The answer on the ground is, predictably, far more complicated than either medical marijuana advocates or the Obama Administration is willing to describe. And it all comes down to this: Despite Obama's promises during the 2008 campaign, federal prosecutors have lost faith in the ability of state and local officials to control a booming commercial industry for a drug that is still illegal to grow, possess or sell under federal law. As a result, a once broad exemption from prosecution for medical marijuana providers in state where it's legal has been narrowed to a tiny one. … [T]he nation is left with an uneasy status quo: The federal government is not trying to eliminate medical marijuana altogether, but it has decided that it cannot stand for the commercialization or large scale production of marijuana for the stated purpose of helping the sick, even when that production is technically within the bounds of state law.
…[I]n a different world, the federal government might work with state and local officials to more tightly regulate the growing of marijuana for medical purposes. But since pot is illegal under all circumstances under federal law, the opposite has been happening. Attempts, particularly in California, to more tightly regulate and thereby provide greater legal protection for the drug, have been shut down by the federal government.
And so, medical marijuana is left in a no man's land. Individual sick users are safe from prosecution, but they are likely to find it harder in the coming months to get the drug. Growers and dispensers are not protected by state law from federal prosecution, especially if they become large enough to get noticed by federal investigators. And the likely result is that more of the medical marijuana industry will be pushed underground in the coming years, making it more difficult for local officials to track the business. This arguably will only increase some criminal activity, as large amounts of money and a very profitable commodity move through the system by way of small-time dealers working without sophisticated security systems.
…"What this really screams for a cohesive national policy."
But there is no such policy on the horizon. Obama has shown little interest in elevating the issue. Some in federal law enforcement–and at the Office of National Drug Control Policy–hope that the advent of new pharmaceutical replacements for grown medical marijuana, like the Canadian drug Sativex, [Editor's note: Sativex is a British drug, not a Canadian manufactured product — though it is legal by prescription in Canada.] will make the entire issue moot in the coming decade. But that looks unlikely in the short term, given the lack of concern among the general public with medical marijuana. A 2010 poll by the Pew Center for the People and the Press found that 73% say they favor "their state allowing the sale and use of marijuana for medical purposes if it is prescribed by a doctor."
In other words, don't hold your breath for clarity anytime soon. The haze is here to stay.
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56 responses to "Time: What Is President Obama's Problem With Medical Marijuana?"
May 3, 2012
This really pisses me off. It's the same thing by all past presidents. And this president is still a first class Ass-Hole on this one issue. Peace, Buster Jones Albany,GA.
It is not the buzz thats the issue, it never has been the buzz, and it never will be the buzz. Thats just what they use as the problem. The real problem they have with this is the plant itself.
Its the plant. It can put the people on a different plain in this country if they grow enough of it. It would kill the cotton industry. It would kill the pulp wood industry. It would kill the man made fiber industry. This is why they don't want this available to the masses. It helps us as a nation instead of only the elite. Its that simple. Its the plant, not the buzz.
Riddle me this Potman
Once sativex is established and accepted
How can any laws against the green
plant be reasonable
And this Obame guy sure turned out to
be a crumb.
Guess NORML (idiots) would prefer Mitt Romney. http://www.theweedblog.com/mitt-romneys-marijuana-policy-report-card/
Sativex is nothing but a tincture of the whole Cannabis plant. Ground up flowers dissolved in ethanol. The same thing Bayer and others sold one hundred years ago. If I make the tincture from a natural plant I go to jail.
Hopefully Time Magazine getting this story out there will raise awareness and gain support for this issue.
Simply put, the Federal Governments views on marijuana are based on an hysteria debunked time and time again by science.
It's time.There is a medical benefit.Legalize it now!
The excuse about the medical marijuana providers getting out of hand is complete and utter bullshit. They have strict standards for the cannabis they buy. It showed it on television, specifically the shows about Harbor Side. They won't buy it if there is mold on it or there was an insect infestation and on and on. The stuff that gets rejected winds up on the streets is what I'm getting as the feds main gripe. Well, maybe if the feds would have come up with guidelines for it's legal retail sale to adults for both recreational and medical purposes to make it the least priority and non-prosecutable with an American tolerance policy like the Dutch gedoogbeleid we wouldn't be in this mess!
You know the feds don't give a shit out the state and local government needing the revenues from it because they're not hurting. They're getting paid from outside and get transferred so they aren't vested in the community, don't give a shit about the locals. You know, the people.
The feds should be glad U.S. citizens are running their own cannabis markets and trying to keep the peace, you know, instead of the Mexican cartels. The Mexican mafia has weapons sent south from the U.S. because of they are fighting the Mexican army, and they can get go back to Mexico permanently to escape the feds. U.S. citizens can't go to Mexico permanently because then they would be growing in Mexico. Duh. Or,they'd get deported. The Mexican mafia can rotate its personnel in and out just like the feds can rotate their personnel in and out. It's just turnover of outsiders fucking up the state and local regulation of cannabis that makes order out of the chaos.
Mr. Obama, do not pass the buck to Congress, and wait for them to change the law.
Ordo ab chaos.
Obama must have a national gedoogbeleid for the U.S.
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Race: 19:55 GMT, 2 x 25 minutes (seperate qualifying for both races, formation lap and standing start)
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2. You must ESC after your timed lap otherwise the game will DQ you
3. Should you have a problem with transparent helmets (this is an rFactor bug with custom textures), set Helmet=0 in your .PLR file found in your UserData\[yourusername] folder.
4. We have a fresh, new way of reporting and punishing incidents in the Racing Club, using an infractions system - read more here. You are actively encouraged to use this system - we like to keep driving standards high - so if you feel you were wronged in any way during an event simply send the event organiser a private message detailing the incident. Do not post reports/accusations in the thread itself - negativity and anger gets us nowhere.


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Gaétan de Rassenfosse is Assistant Professor Tenure Track in Science & Technology Policy at EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland). He joined the Institute of Technology and Public Policy at the College of Management of Technology in late 2014. Prior to that, he was a research fellow then a senior research fellow at the University of Melbourne (Australia) from 2010 to 2014. He was affiliated with the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the Faculty of Business and Economics. He obtained a PhD in Economics from the Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management in 2010.
The overarching objective of Gaétan's research is to provide the policy environment that best addresses the needs of the knowledge economy. This objective is met by providing sound empirical evidence on research questions related, e.g., to the patent system, to the measurement of intangible capital, and to the benchmarking of higher education systems to name but a few topics of interest. He has received research funding as a principal investigator from the U.S. NSF, the Swiss Network for International Studies, the Swiss National Science Foundation, among others.


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From time to time, we come across some very interesting descriptions of Nemadji pottery and its history.
From this point on, I will be sharing those we find. This one from Ebay conjures up tiny little Scandinavian children working their fingers to the bone, producing Nemadji Pottery. I also especially enjoy the Native American mention.


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Corbyn Promises Broadband For All And Open Source Government
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn vows to democratise the internet with funding, better public services, open source software and broadband access
Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to deliver superfast broadband and mobile coverage to every home and business in the UK as part of a digital manifesto that also includes support for open source software.
The Labour leader described a 'universal service network' that would provide the connectivity, alongside online resources for education, a digital bill of rights and a 'digital passport' that would be used as a secure online identity for public services.
Public funding would be made available to make the cost of connecting citizens with services such as transport, accommodation, culture and catering and any Labour government would require all software and hardware paid for by public money to be made open source.
The Bulgarian government recently made such a suggestion a legal requirement.
Broadband for all
Corbyn was quoted as saying the measures would "democratise" the Internet for Brits.
The Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has reiterated the industry's long-held view that less regulation is needed for broadband rollout – not more.
"There are a number of interesting policy suggestions in the manifesto, including a proposed Digital Bill of Rights to protect civil liberties and the promotion of digital skills, but more information is required over a high speed broadband Universal Service Network," argued James Blessing, chairman of ISPA.
"ISPA members are already rolling out superfast broadband nationally and locally across the UK that covers over 95 percent of the country using a range of technologies.
"Industry has led this transformation, and alongside public funding in harder-to-reach areas, speeds have risen significantly from 3.8 Mbps in 2006 to 28 Mbps today. We call on policymakers to focus on reforming regulations and barriers to rollout to make it easier for companies to deliver broadband."
Government-funding broadband projects are on track to cover 95 percent of the UK population by 2017, and measures are under way for any property in the UK to 'demand' the right to 10Mbps broadband by 2020.
However the rollout has been controversial, with funding models, the speed of deployment and technology among the areas criticised. So far more than four million homes and business have been connected thanks to Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) and other initiatives.
All four mobile operators have committed to provide a basic voice and text service to 90 percent of the UK's landmass and data to 85 percent, while EE has promised 95 percent landmass 4G coverage by 2020.
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Mucks are the currency of Planet Mixel.
Mucks are green dollar bills with a big letter "M" in the center of them.
Bar B Cubes
After the Vulk/Slumbo and Krader/Volectro Mixes set up their roadside stands to sell bar-b-cubes and rock pops, respectively, Gobba enters with a muck and asks if he can try free samples before he decides to spend his money on one of the foods. Gobba never uses his muck because he ends up having too many free samples and eventually becomes full.
- The name is a mix of the word "Mixels" and "buck", a colloquialism for a dollar or similar currency in various countries.
- From mucks, the Mixels have some sort of economy running in their world.
- On the Cartoon Network website, they are part of a mix transformation sequence.
- In the Flexers levels of Calling All Mixels, there appears to be piles of mucks everywhere. This could possibly mean that the Flexers tribe are very rich. It may also mean that they are the ones who print mucks.
- It is unknown where mucks come from or how to get them.
- Their symbol is the standard USD symbol.
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When I joined the LibDems back in July, I hoped to find fellow members with an interest in reviving the social democrat tradition in the party. I signed up to LibDemVoice, which is a forum for wide-ranging discussions on all aspects of party activities, and was pleased to read a post there from George Kendall, on reviving the party's social democrat heritage, and potentially attracting disaffected Labour Party members. Since I had already made the move from Labour (as discussed in previous posts), I was sure there were others who shared my views, and I supported the idea of setting up a Social Democrat Group within the party.
Having made contact with George, and had several discussions, I agreed to help with administration and social media for the new group, and between us we set up a Twitter account and a Facebook Page. George wrote a piece about our aims, which has been recently published on LibDemVoice, and we are attracting interest and comment.
Although it is early days for the group, we intend to have an information stand at the Spring Conference, and a launch event at some stage, possibly at or associated with the Autumn Conference. Full details will appear on our Facebook page and Twitter account in due course. There is also a sign-up form on our Facebook page where you can introduce yourself if you would like to get involved.


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After driving into Gas Lamp from Temecula and checking in; we were a tad too lazy to get dressed up and make our way to Nobu so I canceled that reservation. I ended up picking Escape Fish Bar that was only a block or so away from our hotel. It was while strip of bars and restaurants and we almost walked right pass this little yellow restaurant.
I was a tad taken aback when I first walked in to the christmas lights, giant fish on the wall and mural of the other wall. It was super cute after a while – with rickety chairs and all. Reminded me of those restaurants along the beaches in Mexico or my Asian dramas!
Menu was fairly simple; with a few featured specials~
We ordered:
1/2 order Crab Cakes $7.50
Blue Crab, Bell peppers, Red Onion & Cilantro w Remoulade
I was disappointed with the crab cake. I wasn't expecting big lump of crab since it is blue crab, which are naturally smaller than the Dungeness but the crab was little shreds of crab that just ended up being quite mushy and too reminiscent of canned crab meat.
The crust was nice and crispy but it didn't really help with the mushy insides. I really liked the remoulade, Â pickled cucumbers and jicama on the side.
Swordfish Taco $18
(Substitute fries instead of rice or potato salad) Tempura batter choice of fish wrapped in grilled tortillas with roasted pumpkin seed slaw, lime pickled jicama & onions w smoked chili avocado sauce.
I was torn between the fish and chips or the tacos so I got the best of both world since the tacos come with an option of getting it with battered fish. The fish had a super light crispy crust and was very fresh. Every bite was delish!! Crispy salty fish with creamy crunchy slaw and tangy pickled jicama – made for a great bite and the cilantro added a nice punch!
Since fish and chips is not the same without the chips – instead of the usual options I opted for fries were were really good!!!
Grilled Local White Seabass $25
w Cilantro Lime Rice and Double Horseradish Tartar Sauce
Amazingly fresh fish – seasoned very well and grilled. It was moist and flaked off beautifully. The rice was a tad strange, I think it is one of those things that one would either love or hate. It was greasy and rich, intense with cilantro and tangy from lime. I didn't like it much but Meep quite enjoyed it. The whole dish was a tad too greasy but the pickled cucumbers help cut through the grease well.
Coke $1.50
Total Damage: $68 (including tax & tip)
Personal Rating: 3.25 out of 5 (Good)
The prices did feel a little steep for such a "hole in the wall" vibe but the quality of the fish was pretty top notch. Nothing too mindblowing but pretty well prepared fresh food. The service was excellent and our server was very accommodating (I am not the easiest diner to please because I always want to try everything so I ask a lot of questions so I could satisfy as much of my curiousity as possible).
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Thank you man its working perfectly !
I tried installing using this tutorial but now my monitor doesn't get detected anymore and when i try to change the resolution i only get a message: unknown display. If i try the tutorial up until the firmware files it does recognize my monitor but then every time i try to open a youtube video or something similar i get a black screen for 2 seconds and a bit of screen tear. is it possible that i need to use other firmware files?
Try removing everything: nvidia-driver (sudo apt purge nvidia*), amdgpu-pro (sudo amdgpu-pro-uninstall), padoka PPA (sudo ppa-purge ppa:paulo-miguel-dias/mesa), uninstall all using my uninstall guide and then run the tutorial again from a fresh state.
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Hi. I have RX 5700 followed your instructions. Tried to install League Of legends with lutris but running at 2-5 fps.. When I run glxinfo | grep -i opengl i get this:
Can someone help?OpenGL vendor string: X.OrgOpenGL renderer string: AMD NAVI10 (DRM 3.33.0, 5.3.5-050305-generic, LLVM 9.0.0)
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.5 (Core Profile) Mesa 19.3.0-devel (git-6f26eae 2019-10-08 disco-oibaf-ppa)
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.50
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
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OpenGL version string: 4.5 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 19.3.0-devel (git-6f26eae 2019-10-08 disco-oibaf-ppa)
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.50
OpenGL context flags: (none)
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The National Football League fined New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick $500,000 yesterday, and the team will forfeit its first-round draft pick in 2008 if it makes the playoffs, for violating league rules Sunday when a Patriots staff member was discovered videotaping signals by Jets coaches during the season opener at the Meadowlands.
The Patriots will be fined $250,000. If they fail to make the playoffs, they will forfeit their second- and third-round picks in 2008.
It is the first time in league history a coach and franchise have been disciplined for videotaping — essentially spying on — opponents. The league's ire with a team that has won three Super Bowls in six years and that until last week was considered a model of success was obvious in the unprecedented severity of the punishment. No coach has ever been fined such a large amount. Teams have forfeited first-round picks before, sent to other teams as compensation in tampering cases, but no team has ever lost a first-round pick as an outright punishment. No team will receive the draft pick or picks the Patriots will forfeit.
"This episode represents a calculated and deliberate attempt to avoid longstanding rules designed to encourage fair play and promote honest competition on the playing field," Commissioner Roger Goodell wrote in a letter to the Patriots.
Belichick, who on Wednesday seemed to acknowledge wrongdoing without admitting it, last night accepted full responsibility for the incident.
"Once again, I apologize to the Kraft family and every person directly or indirectly associated with the New England Patriots for the embarrassment, distraction and penalty my mistake caused," he said in a statement, referring to the Patriots' owners. "I also apologize to Patriots fans and would like to thank them for their support during the past few days and throughout my career.
"As the commissioner acknowledged, our use of sideline video had no impact on the outcome of last week's game. We have never used sideline video to obtain a competitive advantage while the game was in progress.
"Part of my job as head coach is to ensure that our football operations are conducted in compliance of the league rules and all accepted interpretations of them. My interpretation of a rule in the constitution and bylaws was incorrect."
N.F.L. policy prohibits videotaping opposing coaches giving signals. Last year, the N.F.L.'s executive vice president of football operations, Ray Anderson, sent a memo to teams reminding them of the rule. The memo is believed to have been generated in part by suspicions that the Patriots had videotaped coaches at several games last season.
Goodell does not believe that the Patriots' owner, Robert K. Kraft, was aware of Belichick's actions. But Goodell penalized the franchise anyway because, Goodell said, Belichick has "substantial control over all aspects of New England's football operations."
The Patriots, who acquired several big-name players in the off-season, are considered one of the favorites to win the Super Bowl this season. If they lose a first-round pick, the blow will be cushioned because they will have another, which they received in an off-season trade with San Francisco.
Still, the impact of losing the high draft picks could damage the franchise for years and could even outlast Belichick's tenure as head coach. His contract status is a tightly held secret. Nobody is even sure if he is signed past this season, and Kraft and Belichick have both danced around the question of how long Belichick would stay on. But draft picks, particularly early-round ones, are the cornerstone of teams seeking long-term success. During his time in New England, Belichick and his top staff have been adept at hoarding picks and drafting well.
"I specifically considered whether to impose a suspension on Coach Belichick," Goodell wrote. "I have determined not to do so, largely because I believe that the discipline I am imposing of a maximum fine and forfeiture of a first-round draft choice, or multiple draft choices, is in fact more significant and long-lasting, and therefore more effective, than a suspension."
During his investigation, Goodell determined that because the tape was seized before the end of the first quarter, it did not affect the Patriots' 38-14 victory over the Jets. But Goodell said that the N.F.L. would now monitor the Patriots' video program.
It is perhaps no coincidence that the Patriots were caught during a game against the Jets, whose coach, Eric Mangini, was an assistant to Belichick before joining the Jets last season.
"We support the commissioner and his findings," the Jets said in a statement. "The focus of our organization remains on the upcoming game against Baltimore."
But the focus of the rest of the league this week has been on the Patriots, and their reputation has suffered. Less than two weeks ago, one of the leaders of their defense, safety Rodney Harrison, was suspended four games for using human growth hormone.
Now, the integrity of Patriots' victories, even those three Super Bowl victories, have been called into question. Members of the Philadelphia Eagles, who lost a Super Bowl to the Patriots, wondered yesterday if the Patriots had stolen signals against them.
It is a question that figures to cloud the legacy of the Patriots and their coach for years.


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ARCHICAD 20 Update 3016
This Update fixes the recently discovered performance issue with the use of external images and Trace&Reference.
- This Update is available only for the following language versions: INT, USA, UKI, GER, AUT, FRA
- This is an ARCHICAD and OSX only Update, so there is no Windows version, and there is no BIM Server / BIMcloud Update.
- BIM Server/BIMcloud 20 Release Build 3012 is compatible with the updated ARCHICAD 20.
Tested for: ARCHICAD 20 AUT, FRA, GER, INT, UKI, USA
Last modified: July 21, 2016
Download Only for Mac OS X
Installation Notes
- The Update process will automatically search your computer for ARCHICAD 20.
- Make sure you have administrator rights on the computer. Start the full installation process using an administrator account.
- Make sure none of the ARCHICAD components are modified (e.g. renamed).
- For Mac users: make sure to mount the installation dmg while being signed in with the administrator account that you always use to install or update GRAPHISOFT products.
- After installing this Update connecting to License Servers with CodeMeter driver older than 5.00 will not be possible. In such cases the update of the License Server is necessary. CodeMeter Driver 5.22a can be downloaded from here.
For ARCHICAD
- If you have multiple copies of ARCHICAD on your machine, then the installer will automatically find one copy. If you want to update a different instance, you can use the "Browse" button to locate it. You will need to run the installer multiple times to update each copy of ARCHICAD.
List of Improvements in this Update
This Update fixes the following bug:
- 212530 EDIT: Zoom and Pan with the Trace ON could increase memory usage and slowed ARCHICAD down.