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|File: GathererDB WoWHead03-03-17
Now I know there's alot more wowhea...
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Now I know there's alot more wowhead data that could be ported into this.....that is newer than 2013....wowhead's last update to their site most certainly was not back in 2013.....please for the love of god update this.....I know Gatherer works without this, but this is a very nice quality of life perk for it
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It appears that this is no longer maintained. I checked on Norganna site and its been 16months since update there too. If this is defunct that unfortunately would make Gatherer addon unusable as well. I really hope this is not the situation. :( I don't understand how Gatherer would be unusable without this....this is a plug in...


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We all know her. She is the woman who has it all together. She has the love of 1 Corinthians 13 down pat and she never falters. She always smiles at her husband and is his constant encouragement. She is gentle and kind and practices unwavering patience with her children.
And when difficult times come? She never doubts or even dares to question the Lord. Her faith stays strong and steady. We can almost bet on it that her home is orderly and constantly peaceful. She never reaches her limit. And her children!! So polite and helpful are the older ones, and the little ones so obedient and cheerful! Her husband adores her and is never cross at her. He must make a sufficient living, too, so they never go without.
We think about her, watch her and are amazed, but after a while of doing so we grow discouraged. "I can never be like her," we say. "What is wrong with me to be lacking all of that in my life?" We compare. We grow frustrated and we may even begin to judge her. We may even go as far as deciding we do not like "little miss perfect"...
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St. Louis, Oct. 15, 1999 - For the first time, scientists have monitored the comings and goings of a membrane protein in living animals. They found that a muscle protein that receives messages from nerve fibers skulks away if ignored. This may explain why withdrawal of neuromuscular blocking agents sometimes is fatal to patients who have been on respirators. And it supports the idea that learning involves rapid molecular changes at cellular junctions in the brain.
"Our study shows that activity in the nervous system has a surprisingly rapid effect on the structure of synapses" the structures where nerve cells communicate with their targets," says Jeff W. Lichtman, M.D., Ph.D., head of the research team.
Lichtman is a professor of neurobiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He and his colleagues report their findings in the Oct. 15 issue of Science. Postdoctoral fellow Mohammed Akaaboune, Ph.D., is first author of the paper, which is accompanied by a commentary from Miriam M. Salpeter, Ph.D., of Cornell University.
Neuromuscular synapses connect nerve terminals to muscle fibers. When the nerve terminal releases a chemical signal called acetylcholine, protein molecules on the muscle fiber's surface bind the acetylcholine and initiate a chain of events that lead to muscle contraction. These protein molecules, called acetylcholine receptors, huddle under the nerve terminal so they are in the best place to receive the chemical signal.
For many years, Lichtman's group has used a fluorescent form of bungarotoxin to light up acetylcholine receptors in living animals. This constituent of snake venom permanently combines with the receptors, putting muscles out of action. In 1996, a researcher in Lichtman's lab, Stephen G. Turney, figured out how to use this labeling technique to measure the amount of acetylcholine receptor protein at individual synapses.
In the current study, the researchers determined how receptor con
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"To watch Cessie suffer the way she had been was wearing Phoebe out." -Gregg Bell, The Find
Desperate, Phoebe does something she knows she shouldn't. But with a sick daughter and losing her job, what else can she do? But when things start getting heavy and people are getting hurt, what will Phoebe do to save those she loves? Find the official description on Goodreads.
Gregg Bell has created a very interesting novel, one that will get your attention and keep it. For those of you who enjoy action, this book has plenty. There's a mother who will do anything to help/keep her kids safe and a mobster as well as a gangster. That's pretty much guaranteed to cause trouble of the gun toting kind. Not only that but the plot is fascinating.
Then there was Phoebe. In The Find, Gregg Bell is displaying, and quite well, I might add, a mother's desperation and willingness to do whatever is necessary so that her children are safe and happy. She's dragged into the life she was because of this. But then her motivation seems to change. The reader begins to doubt the sincerity of her motives. It's an interesting twist, and one that readers can understand because they can hear some of Phoebe's thoughts. It makes things intriguing and innovative.
Overall, The Find is a book for those who love action and anything to do with mobsters/gangsters. It's got a bit of romance for those romantics as well. What did you guys think about The Find?


text: Every year, as the Caribbean season ends, the world's greatest superyachts return to the home of yachting - the Mediterranean. Synonymous with luxury and grandeur, the west Mediterranean coast is the quintessential cruising ground. Adorning the coastline are exclusive beach clubs, hideaway coves and Michelin-starred restaurants, however it's the social calendar that seems to pull in the high end crowds. In spring the migration begins, peaking in July before cooling down in September and October, and throughout this period a series of seriously decadent events take place along the famous Riviera coast. MIPIM 10-13 March, 2016 The world's leading property show arrives in Cannes in March. For three days the most influential players from the property sector including retail, residential and sports descend on the town showcasing the latest industry developments. With direct access to the show ground, chartering a yacht for its entirety will not only provide a private place to conduct meetings and functions but it will wow your clients too. This year Burgess has a number of yachts still with availability for the show. MALTESE FALCON 88m (288.7ft), 2006, Perini Navi, Turkey SLEEP: UP TO 12 GUESTS IN 6 CABINS GUESTS IN PORT: 60 GUESTS RATES: EUR 440,000 PER WEEK DEJA TOO 52m (170.6ft), 2003, Amels Holland, Netherlands SLEEPS: 12 GUESTS IN 6 CABINS GUESTS IN PORT: 60 Guests RATES: EUR 240,000 PER WEEK CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 13-24 May, 2016 The Cannes Film Festival is an iconic event in the film calendar attracting the most distinguished crowd from the world of film. Its purpose is to promote the most cutting-edge of films with an emphasis on unveiling new talent. Throughout its 60 year heritage, it has proved thought provoking and pioneering, but always entertaining and rewarding for those in the industry. A superyacht charter has always been closely linked to the festival with many attendees hosting elaborate after parties. This year, Burgess is proud to present a fine selection of superyachts available in the area over the festival. Speak to your broker about your Cannes Film Festival yachting needs. GRACE E 73m (239.5ft), 2014, Picchiotti - Perini Navi Group, Italy SLEEPS: 12 GUESTS IN 7 CABINS GUESTS IN PORT: 150 RATES: EUR 735,000 BATON ROUGE 62.5m (205.1ft), 2010, Icon Yachts, Netherlands SLEEPS: UP TO 12 GUESTS IN 7 CABINS GUESTS IN PORT: 100 RATES: EUR 455,000 MONACO GRAND PRIX 20-25 May, 2016 Invariably the most coveted event of the season, the Monaco Grand Prix attracts thousands of people each year intent on watching the exhilarating track action followed by partying the night away in one of the glitzy show-stopping soirees. With a number of yachts available track side, or for more privacy out at anchor, there is no better way to celebrate the race. Each yacht is kitted out with the latest in technology ensuring that you will never miss any of the action, and when it is all over, enjoy in the hedonistic pleasures of the Med and host an F1 after party. Speak to your broker about organising you F1 superyacht charter. SLIPSTREAM 60m (196.9ft), 2009, CMN Shipyard France, France SLEEPS: UP TO 12 GUESTS IN 6 CABINS GUESTS IN PORT: 80 RATES: EUR 357,000 CAPRI 58.6m (192.1ft), 2003, Lurssen-Werft, Germany SLEEPS: UP TO 12 GUESTS IN 6 CABINS GUESTS IN PORT: 100 RATES: EUR 340,000 NB This is only a selection of yachts available for charter over the three events, speak to your broker to find out about other yachts. To find out more about Burgess' yachts for sale and charter, please contact a Burgess broker. Alternatively, get in touch with one of our offices directly: London, Monaco, New York, Miami, Singapore or all other locations. Mis à jour: 08 février 2016


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I was impressed with a recent article by Robert Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief of Building Design & Construction called End the Battle of FSC vs. SFI Wood in LEED. It captures concisely the inconsistencies the recent draft of LEED 2012 has, as well as the continuous unfair treatment wood receives over other building materials such as cement and steel.
I would like all stakeholders to send their feedback on this second draft of LEED 2012 by September 14th, plus I strongly encourage you to send positive feedback on USGBC's LEED Pilot Credit 43. This pilot credit for non-structural certified wood products (furniture, flooring, windows) lists SFI, FSC and other forest certification standards equally in a section on 'pre-approved certifications and labels'. We would like to keep this positive pilot credit language top of mind.
Pilot Credits are used in USGBC to test drive an idea before making it an official credit in the LEED rating tool. USGBC refers to pilot credits as "multi-stakeholder market tests" and relies heavily on user input.
We specifically want those commenting on this Pilot Credit 43 to ask that this language be extended into all LEED 2012 rating tools and that this language be extended to also include structural wood products (not just non-structural as is currently the case.) A few examples why we believe Pilot Credit 43 is positive include:
- This pilot credit means that all of the certified wood in North America and globally is eligible for this credit.
- Wood is a renewable resource and third party forest certification demonstrates that social, economic and environmental values are being addressed.
- The ability for specifiers and builders to use and get credit for certified wood across North America makes their job easier and it provides the right signal to the marketplace to maintain the extra effort needed to seek and achieve third party forest certification.
- With only 10% of the world's forests certified to any forest certification standard, recognizing all the credible forest certification standards, USGBC is providing market transformation which will drive the demand for more certified lands through this pilot credit.
Again, we encourage you to work with builders and architects to post comments on the LEED User blog and keep this pivotal turning point by the USGBC top of mind.
Below is Robert's article for you to read.
Building Design & Construction
By Robert Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Enough already! For the past decade, the USGBC has given the Forest Stewardship Council a monopoly on wood from its forests being used in LEED projects. It's time for the USGBC to open the door to other wood certification programs.
Consider this: Sixty percent of FSC-certified wood comes from outside the U.S. and Canada. Why does the USGBC encourage the importation of FSC wood from thousands of miles away, when at the same time it offers a credit for using locally produced materials—the so-called "500-mile rule"?
Wouldn't it be more environmentally beneficial to use locally grown wood, shipped over much shorter distances? Between them, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) have 373 million acres of certified forests. SFI alone has about 80% of the certified woodlands in North America, while FSC has only 18%. Building Teams in the U.S. and Canada are being forced in many cases to go overseas instead of being able to use certified wood from their own backyards.
Here's another inconsistency: Why doesn't the USGBC require other building products to "prove" their environmental bona fides to the same extent that it does wood products? Why do steel and glass and ceiling tiles and hundreds of other building products get a pass, while wood has to go through 49 mandatory benchmarks to be considered for use under LEED? Are all these products and materials so environmentally pure?
Take cement, the key ingredient in the manufacture of concrete, without which not a whole lot of building would get done. But did you know that the cement industry produces about 5% of all carbon emissions globally, a fact I was first made aware of by Scot Horst, for years chair of the LEED Steering Committee and now the USGBC's SVP of LEED?
I would bet that very few of the 130,000 or more LEED Accredited Professionals out there would hesitate to use cement-containing concrete in their LEED projects. But are they aware that, in doing so, they are contributing to global warming, with its deleterious impact on the environment and human health?
I don't mean to single out the cement and concrete industry, which (at least outside of China and India) is working hard to reduce its emissions. But the question remains: Why isn't the USGBC devoting the same rigorous attention to other building products that it has so diligently bestowed on wood products?
Green Globes, the U.K.'s BREEAM, Built Green Canada, Japan's CASBEE, and the ANSI National Green Building Standard recognize SFI and other wood certification standards. Australia's Green Building Council recently rescinded its FSC-only restriction.
Could it be that the anti-lumber industry lobby within USGBC simply cannot bear the fact that SFI, CSA, and other certifications are just as good as FSC's?
Click here for the original article: http://www.bdcnetwork.com/end-battle-fsc-vs-sfi-wood-leed
Rob Olszewski Memorial Education Fund
If you are interested in making a contribution to the Rob Olszewski Memorial Education Fund, you can either: Send a check, payable to Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc.
Mail to: SFI Inc. 2121 K St. NW, Suite 750 Washington, DC 20037 Please indicate that the funds should be designated to the Rob Olszewski Memorial Education Fund.
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Friday, November 6, 2009
A {Believe in Elves} Sketch For You To Try
Anyway, speaking of elves, I love the sentiment I did on this card for Jen's Sketch For You To Try. (Yep, it's Saturday again and time for another installment of ya'll's favorite challenge!) These stamps are a little sneak peek from The Cat's Pajamas and are part of a fun set called Give a Little. Ya'll are going to LOVE the 5 sets coming your way on the 10th! My favorite TCP release yet! Don't you just love that little bear? I colored him with my Copics and I've fallen back in love with outlining everything in a light blue again for a little pop. Why did I quit doing that?
Well, we have a TON of stuff to do today, so I better get moving and let ya'll find the sketch and our new Guest Designer over on Jen's Blog, and then check out my SFYTT sisters for some more inspiration before you get started on your own card...that's a HINT to play along and use keyword SFYTT!
Amy R.
Amy S.
SUSIE Q-TIP: Gluing panels on top of a "cuttlebugged" piece can be tricky. Plan to sew them down or use brads to keep them from popping back up. If you get too frustrated with it, take the kids for a spin and play the "Put-your-drink-on-the-back-bumper-of-the-car-and-see-if-it-makes-it-there-all-the-way-home" game to take your mind off your card for a little bit. Then come back to it with your nice refreshing drink. Good Luck and may the elves be with you.
Stamps: S-9678 Give A Little (The Cat's Pajamas)
Paper: Shimmer Black and Red (CutCardstock.com), Pretty in Pink (SU!), Mistletoe (MM), Vintage Cream (PTI)
Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Circle and Labels One Nestabilities, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Cuttlebug, Paper Piercer/Mat Pack, Sewing Machine/Black Thread, Copic Markers, New Leaf Grosgrain Ribbon (PTI), Silver Brads, Button (TCP), Silver Cord, Jody Boosters
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I love your bumper drink story and can totally relate...I've driven around with salt/pepper shakers (grilling out, good spot to put these things), coffee cups, wine glasses, cordless phone, and even got to work one day with a can of beer on my bumper...some of us never learn! LOL!ReplyDelete
Love your sweetie bear, Sus!
Susan - I love the game! What a fun idea! I'll have to try it! Preslea would love it! Your card is darling - of course! Hugs!ReplyDelete
So adorable! Love your card!!ReplyDelete
How fun and whimsical! I love how bright and cheerful your image is!ReplyDelete
I'm can picture those little elves on your bumper! LOL!! Adorable card! Have a fantastic weekend :)ReplyDelete
Very cute and like the blue around the bear to pop it out, does make a difference but your cards always look awesome.ReplyDelete
What a great way to have fun with your kids -- love the game LOL! Cute card too :DReplyDelete
WOW! I love your colors and all of the details.ReplyDelete
Great card!!!
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Now with MORE snaps!!
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Our bunny Checkers Fiesta LOVES her scooter snaps! It's one of her favorite treats, she gets one in the morning and one at night but if she had her way she'd eat way more :)
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We got a sample of these with our last order and our wild cottontail named Mister, loves them! Will order some more for him.
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Posted by Jade on 27th Apr 2013
Mr. Mick has always been a big fan of the Bingaling hay cookie mixes, but now he is especially glad that he can enjoy Scooter Snaps as well--now he no longer has to wait for his lazy bunneh slave (me) to make them for him. The only problem I have is that I can't keep them around long enough, he wants to eat them all!


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I recently purchased a used FUJITSU STYLISTIC ST5021 TABLET LAPTOP TOUCH SCREEN to use mainly for experimental graphics using the stylus and Corel-Photopaint software.
The tablet is working perfectly, but the well-used top write-on screen is dull with bright dust-specks glowing on its underside, no matter what display setting I use colours appear dull and the display misty.
Is it easy to prize up then remove top plastic screen without damaging the workings of the tablet to replace or clean it please?
Are replacement top screens avaiable please?
If so where from?
Any help or advice very welcome:
I was thinking of buying the very expensive WACOM CINTIQ graphics tablet, but I am thinking that a good touch-screen tablet offers more general scope:
Any thoughts on this please?


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TerminateProcess function
Terminates the specified process and all of its threads.
BOOL TerminateProcess(
HANDLE hProcess,
UINT uExitCode
A handle to the process to be terminated.
The handle must have the PROCESS_TERMINATE access right. For more information, see Process Security and Access Rights.
The exit code to be used by the process and threads terminated as a result of this call. Use the GetExitCodeProcess function to retrieve a process's exit value. Use the GetExitCodeThread function to retrieve a thread's exit value.
Return value
If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.
If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.
The TerminateProcess function is used to unconditionally cause a process to exit. The state of global data maintained by dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) may be compromised if TerminateProcess is used rather than ExitProcess.
This function stops execution of all threads within the process and requests cancellation of all pending I/O. The terminated process cannot exit until all pending I/O has been completed or canceled. When a process terminates, its kernel object is not destroyed until all processes that have open handles to the process have released those handles.
TerminateProcess is asynchronous; it initiates termination and returns immediately. If you need to be sure the process has terminated, call the WaitForSingleObject function with a handle to the process.
A process cannot prevent itself from being terminated.
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Hey all, Is there much available for a router modem combo for VDSL at the moment?
I'm looking to get rid of my Billion 7800DX and separate modem.
I've heard the Draytek Vigor 2860n has a VDSL capable modem. I've also heard the RT-AC66U is capable. Is that correct? Any others?
I quite like the Asus stuff so if they had other ones, I would seriously consider them.


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I just found this poem as I was processing this photo.
That the self advances and confirms the ten thousand things
is called delusion;
That the ten thousand things advance and confirm the self
is called enlightenment.
- Zen Master Dogen Zenji, 1200 - 1253
Moon in a Dewdrop
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Saturday, May 21, 2016
New video in Michelle Levigne's Commonwealth Universe series: REFUGE
The Refuge stories take place on one of the lost colony worlds, settled by refugees from the Downfall, during Age 1 of the Commonwealth Universe books. Right now there are two books, WIND WALKER and MOONBIRDS, but there are plans for a third story, PEACE VILLAGE, that will sort of "wrap up" any dangling threads from the previous two books. Enjoy!
Thursday, October 8, 2015
New Release: NOVA VENDETTA #2: The Truce, by Michelle Levigne
The newest release in the Commonwealth Universe, from Writers Exchange:
NOVA VENDETTA #2: The Truce
Niall and his crew were just centimeters away from freedom, escaping in the stolen starship they had christened the Nova Vendetta. Then disaster struck, paralyzing their ship. Retaken as prisoners, they found themselves transported on the very ship that had been their ticket to freedom.
Then the unthinkable happened: experimental technology and a risky gamble put the ship under their control. The escaped prisoners headed for the furthest reaches of known space, determined to stay free at any cost.
Labeled rebels and pirates and criminals, they held to the principles that had let them survive and stay Human during their time in prison. To the outlying colonies slowly being abandoned by the disintegration of the Central Allied Worlds, the crew of the Nova Vendetta and its slowly growing fleet of allies were heroes in the truest sense of the word.
Then the revolution reached out to threaten Niall's homeworld. It was time to go home. He had to protect Sorendaal, even if it meant giving himself into the hands of the very people who wanted him dead.
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As American troops continue their presence in Iraq, this weekend, Nebraskans remember those who have served in past military conflicts. Memorial Day weekend also marks the beginning of summer. That's when travelers hit the roads for vacations or other getaways.
But for those of us venturing out, the summer of 2004 may be remembered as the summer of shock. Gas prices have steadily increased over the last couple months to record highs. That's something that is affecting not just travelers, but businesses, government and many others.
Statewide's Perry Stoner has more on what's driving the price of gas and the impact on everyone's wallet, when you are paying at the pump.


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Saturday, July 13, 2013
Newitz Notices EvoPsycho Douchebaggery
EvoPsycho and EvoDevo discourses are, of course, veritable rationalization engines churning out the most arrant racist, misogynist, queer-bashing parochialisms imaginable, all the while abounding in self-congratulatory buttresses for imperialist and plutocratic prejudices. Newitz is entirely correct in her denunciations -- indeed, obviously so -- and errs only in underestimating the scope and depth of the phenomenon.
Evolutionary psychology and development discourses are bubbly swells in a wider, richer reactionary reductionist tide that also endorses endless racist Bell Curve bad baby IQ bullshit, repackages generations-tired Social Darwinist fallacies with a splashy neologism for the New York Times bestseller list and the Edge.org crowd to hyperventilate over every few years, declares "evolution" an algorithm exploring "decision space" in a universe hilariously misconstrued as a vast Holodeck red in tooth and claw, indeed, typically suggests that every social relation is a market relation and all matter a software phenomenon and the universe a vast computer running a program written by Ayn Rand or Alan Turing or Adam Smith (none of whom they have read, they couldn't even get all the way through the execrable Atlas Shrugged), fancying that people are nothing but strings of fizzy data in a fuzzy profile, fancying that historical struggle is some kind of viral phenomenon punctuated by sneezes, fancying that discourse is really nothing but PR, fancying that culture is a shelf of sweet sticky "memes" wrapped in cellophane awaiting payment and then popped in a consumer's maw... well, these lanky white suburban stupidities are just endless, of course. "Welcome to the age of the evopsych douchebag," writes Newitz, or as I would put the point, what an interminably long dull deranging destructive dumb trip it's been and looks to long keep being.
Newitz concludes her piece with a truism: "Science is not immune to cultural trends, and this [evopsycho douchebaggery] just happens to be one of the worst." Needless to say, trend-spotting pop-tech journalism misconstrued as technoscience critique might be a worse trend still, especially when it functions mostly to highlight the tip to exclusion of the vast vicious iceberg threatening your particular Titanic. What would happen to io9, one wonders, were Newitz to contextualize the evopsycho douchebaggery she decries in the reactionary reductionist impulse of scientism more generally, or to grasp the ramification of this gesture in the techno-determinisms, digital-utopianisms, global "progressive" developmentalisms, gizmo-fetishisms, neoliberal and transhumanoid eugenicisms, and eager acquiescences to unsustainable consumption that constitute the go-to grab-bag of futurological discourse to which her entire website and now so much of her day to day life is utterly devoted?
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- Unknown said...
Jay here.
There's some sense to Evo-Devo. Evolution made us what we are, so understanding our evolution is key to understanding our nature.
The bad news is that any attempt to understand human nature tends to hang up on the human ego, which requires that all humans view themselves positively compared to other humans and adjust their theories to fit.
That's not Evo-Devo's fault. It's just inherent in any attempt to understand human nature while being a specific human.
- Dale Carrico said...
Evolutionary change radically underdetermines sociocultural change; evolutionary explanations of historical phenomena are always mystifications. It isn't accidental that these usually amount to rationalizations for inequity and incumbency (just as it isn't accidental that rationalizations for incumbency always "make some sense" -- inasmuch as shoring up sense is part of what incumbency always does). For those who cling to evo-devo in the face of all this I agree that it isn't "evo-devo's fault" (whatever that is supposed to mean). I ain't mad atcha, but don't expect me to blow kisses at evopsycho assholery -- na ga ha pen.
- Unknown said...
Incumbent elites always use any ideas at hand to justify their incumbency.
The next rank down uses any idea at hand to accuse the incumbent elites in the hopes of building a coalition that can seize power.
None of that has anything to do with whether the ideas are true or not.
If you seek the truth, it will get in the way of your pursuit of political change, and vice versa. Do one or the other; you can't do both.
- Dale Carrico said...
Again, evolutionary change radically underdetermines sociocultural change; evolutionary explanations of historical phenomena are always mystifications. You haven't responded to that claim. If you hold some facile correspondence conception of "the truth" (my views on truth are pragmatic/poststructuralist) as well as an equally facile conception of power as coercive/sovereign (my views on power are Arendtian/Foucauldian) it might seem that knowledge/power are antithetical. I don't have that problem. I regard scientific practice as a democratic practice, I regard democratization/ consensualization a facilitation of ramifying knowledges. Cling to evopsycho and its dumb reassuring "truths" if you want, declare my exposure of its conspicuous deficiencies as a politically correct refusal to see the natural awesomeness of incumbent elites if you want, see where it gets you.
- Unknown said...
evolutionary explanations of historical phenomena are always mystifications. You haven't responded to that claim.
That's because I can't parse the claim. It doesn't convey an intelligible meaning to me. Explaining what you mean by "mystifications" might help.
Having spent over 20 years in physical sciences research, let me assure you that if your scientific practice is democratic you're doing it wrong. Openmindedness and willingness to consider alternative viewpoints are all well and good, but the key to science is making testable predictions and getting them right.
My working philosophy of truth could best be called perspectivist. There seems to be a physical universe, or something doing a damn good impression of one. OTOH, any human attempt to understand it is necessarily coupled with that particular human's perspective, identity, ego, etc. Controlled experiment, independently repeated experiment, and other scientific practices are ultimately attempts to get enough blind men touching the elephant in a systematic enough way to develop a decent idea of elephant anatomy.
- Dale Carrico said...
"evolutionary explanations of historical phenomena are always mystifications. You haven't responded to that claim." That's because I can't parse the claim. It doesn't convey an intelligible meaning to me. Explaining what you mean by "mystifications" might help.
You quoted the second half of the sentence without the first half of the sentence that seeks to provide the clarity you demand. Again, third time, the first part of the sentence: evolutionary change radically underdetermines sociocultural change. Is that a claim you can parce? As any dictionary will tell you, even an online one, "mystification" is a word sufficiently like mistake or error that I can't really believe you find it THAT hard to grasp the meaning here.
By "underdetermine" I mean that when you say in your earlier response "Evolution made us what we are," this is only loosely true since quite a lot of what matters most about us in our specificity -- the specificities of our discursive commitments and practical lifeways -- is compatible with our evolved disposition and morphology but the more direct result of our different histories, upbringings, negotiations of subcultures, and so on, and it is to the developmental vicissitudes of these that we must turn to grasp them in their relevant specificity.
And hence it is BECAUSE evolutionary change radically underdetermines sociocultural change that evolutionary explanations of historical phenomena (implied here just to be clear, though I do not concede this is unclear, social and cultural phenomena are indispensable to a proper characterization of historical phenomena) fixated on that more general level of change will be prone to error, or more usually will offer explanations at a level of abstractness that will tend to conduce to the benefit of incumbency (align with established distributions of authority, resources, knowledge that have assumed the force of common sense/hegemony).
That is just a long-winded elaboration of what I believe is already contained in the sentence you couldn't parce. It isn't an effort to elaborate the ideas in any greater depth, which of course I can also do. I teach critical theory (including critical thinking/ writing) and philosophy at the university level, and my area of expertise is science and technology studies, just to be clear about where I am coming from.
Now, for your second point, as a term of art, "perspectivism" happens to be associated in scholarship specifically with Nietzschean views I doubt you actually would endorse. Your more or less commonsense view of scientific practice is roughly the same as my own and is perfectly compatible with a pragmatic characterization. That is, I agree that in the matter of instrumental belief -- beliefs from which we aspire to facilitate prediction and control -- those beliefs on offer are better will have been warranted by the usual criteria, testability, publication, evidenciary substantiation, coherence with existing knowledge, saving the phenomena, and the rest.
As a pluralist, I will note that not all beliefs are instrumental, and that reasonable moral, aesthetic, ethical, legal, political beliefs will be warranted by different criteria related to those domains (I wrote about that topic a bit a while back, here). As for my claim that proper scientific practice is democratic, what I mean by that claim is probablyt both more complicated but also more sensible than you probably think: Is Science Democratic?
Hope that helps you understand where I am coming from.
- Unknown said...
I took the first half of that sentence as obvious, but if you intend me to read it strongly enough to justify the second half of the sentence I disagree with you. Human nature doesn't dictate human society, but it does set limits on what's possible. For a rhetorically extreme example, any culture that outlawed sleep or required 150 years of education just wouldn't work; what exactly the limits are is obviously not well understood and is a point of political contention.
I tend to reserve the word "truth" for what you call "instrumental beliefs", and to refer to the other stuff as conventions, arrangements, policies, laws, tastes, or some such. It seems to be mostly a semantic difference.
As far as elites go, I don't much like the current ones, but I don't see any reason to think the next ones will be better. That leaves me generally indifferent.
- Dale Carrico said...
Human nature doesn't dictate human society, but it does set limits on what's possible.
Assuming the lifeway and trait diversity available within those limits is not utterly negligible, you've just undermined, pretty much fatally, most evopsycho evodevo crapola. Obviously what is "obvious" -- including what is obviously entailed by the obvious -- is one of the most crucial things that is in the eye of the beholder.
As far as elites go, I don't much like the current ones, but I don't see any reason to think the next ones will be better. That leaves me generally indifferent.
That is not a topic we have discussed hitherto, and I'm not sure it is relevant to the substance of the questions at hand. The observation of a relation between incumbency and hegemony and commonsense and the lower evidenciary bar demanded of the latter that benefits the former is a point that you should probably not be indifferent to even if you believe that some now emerging elite will be as irrational and violent as some now eclipsing elite, which is a point I think is valid.
Now, I happen NOT to agree that there is a necessity that a minute, static, insulated plutocratic elite shored up by particular white-racist and patriarchal histories will always undermine equity-in-diversity in the way it presently does -- I would point to the historical reality of a less intensive concentration of wealth in comparatively recent history, as well as to the palpable reality of demographic diversification and secularization in the present day as a quick initial justification for that claim.
This is not a claim that requires disavowal that even democratizing forces and outcomes remain and may long remain stratified by sex-gender / race-ethnicity / class-positional in inequitable monologizing ways, by the way, and I am very alive to the force of these points (although I cannot know in advance what sorts of objections are more likely to be yours).
- Dale Carrico said...
I tend to reserve the word "truth" for what you call "instrumental beliefs", and to refer to the other stuff as conventions, arrangements, policies, laws, tastes, or some such.
You may think you do this while you are arguing your point here and now, but I doubt you really feel that way as you live your actual life. I daresay you hold at least some political and moral beliefs you would bet the house mortgage or even your life on, and when it comes to it instrumental beliefs never yield more substantial confidence than that even if one decides to be all drama diva about this confidence and claim it to be "certainty."
Be all that as it may, since there is no criterion of warrant that has selected as the best belief among those on offer a belief that has not subsequently been supplanted by another better belief, it is wrong to think instrumental beliefs are any less conventional than moral or political ones.
And let me be very clear about this: In making this claim I am not claiming that there is no external world, I am not claiming that beliefs are not beliefs about the world, I am not claiming that every belief is as good as every other belief, I am not claiming that every belief that is a well-warranted belief will be supplanted by later beliefs, I am not claiming that there is no basis for claiming some beliefs more reasonable than others.


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Sen. Kathleen Vinehout: Where did all that money go? Business tax credit costs pile up. (Capital Times, 8/18/2016)
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Other WEDC posts:
Scott Walker and WEDC: The Hillises giveth, and the Hillises taketh. (8/29/2016)
UPDATE: Apparently, WEDC CEO Mark Hogan is willing to do Scott Walker's bidding til heat is on. (7/14/2016)
Does this sound like openness and transparency in government? (7/14/2016)
The best and the brightest: Scott Walker-appointed WEDC CEO Mark Hogan. (5/9/2016)
Welcome to North Mendota Energy and Technology Park (Brought to you by WEDC). (5/3/2016)
Samantha Kerkman's "good night for Wisconsin" doesn't see the light of day. (2/17/2016)
Dear Scott Walker, WEDC is the agency that received the scathing, damning, critical audit. (1/14/2016)
Robin Vos sez, "They don't want rebranding because they think WEDC's brand is OK." (12/30/2015) WEDC board members say, "Gee, maybe we should start vetting requests for financial assistance." (12/14/2015)
Scott Walker's growing list of things worth considering: U.S.-Canada border wall, wreaking havoc in Washington, tougher penalties for WEDC fraud (9/8/2015)
Todd Jensen, former WEDC underwriter, provides the recipe for the current agency disaster. (8/9/2015)
We know Scott Walker didn't graduate from college, but apparently he hasn't been paying attention to anyone but himself since kindergarten. (6/25/2015)
4:24 p.m. Friday WEDC news dump. (6/20/2015)
The stink of WEDC follows Brenda Hicks-Sorensen to Nebraska. (6/16/2015)
Scott Walker tries to run, but there's no place to hide. (5/26/2015)
No matter how you slice it, Alberta, it's still stinky cheese. (5/23/2015)
Joint Finance Republicans to Scott Walker: "You're Fired!". (5/21/2015)
Chairman of the Board of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation -- Nice work if you can get it. (5/20/2015)
It's story time. (5/18/2015)
From the pay-to-play archives: The William Minihan-Scott Walker connection. (5/17/2015)
What's wrong with this Scott Walker headline? (5/16/2015)
Chairman of the Board Scott Walker's BIG, BOLD idea. (5/8/2015)
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Apparently, being the CFO of WEDC is not much of a resume-builder. (3/13/2015)
WEDC's revolving door. (9/12/2014)
Here's how the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation is "Reinventing Economic Development". (8/24/2014)
Company looks to expand its business geographic focus? (8/14/2014)
Scott Walker and the horrible, terrible, no good, very transparent day. (7/28/2014)
Kestrel Aircraft: All these incentives, but no construction, no jobs. (7/13/2014)
The Eaton Corporation/WEDC timeline of shame. (7/10/2014)
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Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation pledge: Following the money. (7/23/2013)
Incompetence rewarded. (5/9/2013)
And while we're at it, let's take a look at WEDC 's core values. (5/9/2013)
WEDC Public Information Officer Resigns After 1 Month on the Job. (5/9/2013)
Plenty of time for messaging but none for fixing what ails WEDC. (5/9/2013)
Previous WEDC audits? What previous audits? (5/8/2013)
Are you seeing a trend yet? (5/8/2013)
Echoes. (5/7/2013)
Get me rewrite. (5/4/2013)
Legislative Audit Bureau Report on Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation: The "Cliff Notes" Version. (5/3/2013
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I told you a few years ago I would share my story with you if I received a pardon. Wanted to let you know, I was contacted this morning by the office of the pardon atty. President Obama has signed a warrant for Pardon for me. Obviously I couldn't be happier. A press release is coming more than likely later today. I have no idea how many are being issued, just that I am one of them. My application was submitted in June of 2008.
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I named the blog part 1 as we plan on going through Bangkok again in the future when we go to the north of Thailand.
The Trip to Bangkok!
Alright, first things first, we decided to save ourselves a little bit of money and book a night train from Khao Sok (Surratthani station) to Bangkok.
When you first get on the train, the seats just look like seats.
But if you look closely, above mitch's head in the above photo is a bed that folds down, and the seats also fold into a bead.
As you can see, mitch is a little squished.
We really enjoyed the train ride because it was filled with locals. They all found it so funny when a local man was reaching up high for his bag and was going to have to stand on a seat just to reach it, when mitch stood up and just took it down for him and they realized that because of his height, Mitch didn't have to stand on anything to reach it. They found it even funnier when Mitch (apparently a tall man on this train) had to climb up to the upper bunk and squish in. It was all good natured though, and they were really helpful in letting us know what was going on with train procedures.
The River Cruise
After arriving in Bangkok at 7am on the overnight train, we found our hotel, unpacked and decided to go to a river tour/cruise we'd heard about. Theres a big river that runs through the middle of Bangkok and there are "hop-on" "hop off" tourist boats that go up and down the river to different pier points. For around $7 Canadian you can ride it as much as you want until 6:00pm, get off at any pier, and you get a little guide book too.
Our first stop was China town. It was crazy hectic, but it was super cool to see. We also took in a small temple in China town but we didn't take any pictures of china town or the temple.
Then we went to the Wat Arun temple. This is the "Temple of Dawn." We paid $2 CAD to get into the temple grounds and we wandered around just gazing up at this temple!
The cool part though was that we sat around until 3:00pm and watched the monks put on a music show for the visitors on drums!
Then we also wandered around the grounds of a smaller temple right beside The Temple of Dawn.
Khao San Road & Getting Lost
Finally we moved on down the river to our last stop at Khao San Road. This is apparently the biggest backpacker road in Southeast Asia (although we didn't feel that it was). Granted we only stayed out till about 8 o clock cause we were both wiped, but it didn't seem as lively as Bangla Road in Patong. More focus here on selling things like shirts and hippie pants, whereas Bangla Road was just all clubs.
Then we got lost-ish. We had looked on a map how to get back from Khao San road to our hotel and knew that it was about 1 hour walk to the nearest skytrain station. We decided we'd just pay for a taxi instead. HOWEVER. No taxi seemed to want to take us to our place. Once we showed them the address, it was like it was too far and they didn't want to drive that far out of the central area. After we were turned down 3 times, we decided to walk it. Then our maps app decided to take us on a roundabout route, and we missed streets that weren't really streets, and anyways it led to us walking 1.5 hours from the main road to the nearest skytrain station at night in Bangkok, just to take that for 15 minutes home. While its a fun story to tell, we hope to never repeat it.
A Chill Day
The next day we were wiped. We decided to just stay in and enjoy the infinity pool at our hotel and have a relaxing day.
Lumpini Park & Chatuchak Weekend Market
For the last day we decided to go to Bangkok's main park area Lumpini Park and walk around. It was really nice and quiet, considering its in the middle of the city, and we walked around the park for a few hours.
Lastly, we had been told about a weekend market in Bangkok, the Chatuchak weekend market, by our friends and so we thought we'd check it out, as it was supposed to be super busy and massive. However, our last night in Bangkok was a Friday night so the market was just starting up at around 8:00pm and there was not even half of the vendors there that would have been there on Saturday. It was still a good time though, we bought some clothing and even tried deep fried rice coconut balls. I thought they were okay, Mitch strongly disliked them.
Parting Thoughts
Bangkok was not our favourite city by far. We've realized we aren't big city people though. It is hard to get around if you don't have a phone number to use Uber, and it is too busy and dirty for our liking. The river cruise was dissapointing other than the Temple of Dawn (Wat Arun) as the river was pretty much brown from all the pollution and the so called "awesome" sights from the river were very spread out and sparse, so majority of the sites were just "meh."
We are choosing to come back to this city because there is a Muay Thai boxing stadium free on Sundays and we want to see that. Also it is a good transport point to the rest of Thailand and a good international airport to fly out of. We'll just make sure to plan our next trip there for a Sunday and get in and out of the city fast.
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Welcome to the second day of Authorpalooza!
Emjae considers herself a professional romantic, but don't call her work romantic fiction. Like everyone else around Inknbeans, she prefers the term contemporary relationship fiction. She started writing fiction for her grandmother more than twenty years ago, and only recently decided to pick up quill and ink and begin again, after toiling far too long as a technical writer.
She lives in a little castle on a hilltop in Southern California with the demanding and indifferent Lord Mogwollen, her collection of tea pots, crochet hooks and coffees from around the world. She is the last living Dodgers fan.
Kendra Carew is a schoolteacher and she runs her life the way she runs her classroom; routines, boundaries, calm and courteous are the rules. She knows everything there is to know within the sheltering walls of her small world. Sent out of her safe and small world to retrieve a wayward brother, she finds out just how little she knows about the world at large, and about herself.
Whit Southwell is an enigma to everyone; despite derogatory nicknames which suggest that coworkers and cohorts know him well, he's unpredictable and unstoppable. When confronted with an obstacle he either finds a way around it, or busts right through it - and Kendra just became an obstacle.
Learning To Be Irish:
Daire Arlen's grandfather left her a house in Northern Ireland, but it was far more than just four walls and a hearth, it was passage back to her heritage, a chance to pull the curtain back on her past, to see more than just the roads and hills and shops in the country where her father was born. It was a chance to dip her soul in the magic of her homeland.
Sitting upon that family stone was another gift from her grandfather, perhaps the one man in the world who could teach her to appreciate the house, the country, the magic, to teach her what it means to be Irish.
The Interview:
1) When did you decide to start writing?
I probably decided to start writing in the womb. I wrote my first story, a murder mystery, when I was eight. I copied it out on the lined paper they gave us in school, and shared it with my classmates. I suppose I was self published! This seemed to upset my teacher, though. For some reason, Sister Alberta took exception to the idea.
2) What is your genre and why did you decide to write a novel in it?
I write what I like to call contemporary relationship fiction. The rest of the world will insist on calling it romance. I started writing it for my grandmother when she had difficult finding titles she liked, or printed books she could see. In the process of transcribing books into large print for her, it occurred to me that I could write a few that were tailored to her tastes.
3) Were you worried about the word count of your work?
Since I wasn't writing for a publisher with what our Boss calls a cookie cutter mentality, where quantity and format far outweighed content, I could make my stories as long or short as I liked, and introduce themes which, at the time, were serious genre 'no-no's.
4) Do you have any writing quirks and what are they?
Quirks? I'm not sure. I insist that my quills be hand sharpened by blades which have never been used for any other purpose and my papyrus must be no less than six hundred forty years old. I need a choir of virgins, with stringed instruments, singing Eurovision entries four to six hours a day, and...the Boss says I have to stop now. Seriously, I just sit down at the keyboard, turn on some music and let my mind wander while the characters continue their journey. The next day I come back and pick up all the dangling participles and fragments of sentences.
5) If you can describe your novel in one word, what would it be and why?
For Learning to Be Irish the word would have to be green. Not as in environmentally friendly, but a color that can only be found in Heaven and in Ireland. For The Lady Must Decline I would say the word would be tension.
6) How did you decide on the titles of your works?
Learning to Be Irish had several different titles that were all just a bit cliche. I had written it and rewritten it and was reading it aloud when it occurred to me that story really was about a girl learning what it meant to be Irish. The Lady Must Decline was one of those titles that predated the actual story. I don't know where it came from but one day it was in my head, and the next I'd written three chapters.
7) What do you hope your readers will get out of reading your novel?
A good journey. One wonderful review said my books are more about the journey than the destination. I love that.
8) Tell us a little about your road to publication.
I had a very easy road to publication. The Boss and I have been friends for years, and she has had a vision for Inknbeans as long as I've known her. She always said when technology caught up with her vision she would publish my books. It did and she did.
9) What advice can you give other aspiring authors out there?
I don't know that I have the right to give advice, but I think one piece of advice that is good for all aspects of life is: Believe in yourself.
Thank you, Emjae, for answering my questions for Authorpalooza 2011! And I would also like to extend a special thanks to Maaijo for being the bridge between Emjae and Reads, Reviews, Recommends. We salute you for all your hard work!
Stay-tuned for the giveaway of this particular interview. You stand a chance to win coffee! Yes, that's right. Coffee!


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Atari has announced it will publish N+, a souped up version of the popular Flash game N, on the DS and PSP this November. For those that have never played N, it is described as "a psychotic mix of Pac-Man and platform jumping acrobatics." With ninjas.
The handheld versions will recreate the Flash game and include local competitive and cooperative modes along with a level editor, online leaderboards and downloadable content.
This is such a good game!
I wonder how it will play like on smaller screen, though


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In which How real is reality TV
From spy cameras, love tests, death defying tasks to becoming a youth icon or throwing yourself around in unmentionable clothes to become a psuedo King or Queen of a TV show. These are some of the things that run as entertainment under the flagship of Reality TV.
I wont be biased I was super excited when Bigg Boss came to India, having seen its counter part Big Brother when I was in UK. Just like the Chinese food we eat in India isnt real Chinese but the Indianised version, the same is true for these shows as well – they are all Indianized.
Just the other day a random discussion with my friends, and we landed on this topic of Love tests, Taking a revenge on Ex's and blind dating. Seems like those days are gone when it was quite an achievement for regular people to be part of the audience; to get noticed when the camera panned in on spectators. But now thanks to the advent of new found television segment of Reality TV, everyone has a chance to be a celebrity!!
So you have the young guns, shooting off their mouths of how desperate they are, and how willing to share their personal lives on TV. It was just some years ago that morality police chasing around couples in public places, but now is the time for a new morality police equipped with spy cams and moles planted in plot – to smoke the rat out of the cheating guy or girl. The modus operandi of this one particular show (without giving the name away) is so blue printed. First a wannabe model who lives alone or is in a live in relationship, has a partner who is the suspect, relationship issues (or not), so you plant a mole (undercover agent – yes most of the time you have to be glad that there are some covers), then the dates, usually by the second date – unless one is invited to the apartment of the other (either the agent or the suspect), while all is being recorded or relayed to the other partner via spy cams.
And then the whole masala of bitch – slapping, name calling, abusing etc etc, which would obviously sky rocket the TRPs of the channel as well as celeb status. So that is how the new relationship Tehelka scam works. These guys have been able to salvage lives of so many boys and girls, that they can provide stats for what they show also. But is all for real, thats the real question. If they claim to be out there to clean up the skunk in society and make an eye opener, then why don't they attack the corrupt politicos, bureaucrats? But I guess with news channels providing enough fodder for that.
Love, relationships and what they stand for are redefined everyday by what is shown on sleaze TV. Most of our music channels have become masala channels, they could very well compete with the fashion channels with the number of models they have parading in and out of their shows. So you have couples willing to put themselves up to be split up. Performing death defying tasks with safety harness, that is only the respectable part any of these shows have, but they are better known for the gossip and back biting that follows.
And what amazes me even more that there are people watching this, that there is an audience for these is the only reason they survive. So are we turning into a generation that finds watching the autopsy of a relationship on TV as entertainment? Do we need youth icons who win TV shows by scheming and plotting as an inspiration? Is this really the influence we need on kids and youngsters who will be our tomorrow?
With soap operas one can atleast argue that it is a story, and not necessarily true. But can we do the same with these shows. Can anyone say they are scripted. Of course they are, one can argue to some extent, but then is there really a need for such kind of entertainment? If it is scripted then what is real? We walk a very thin line here – soldiers dying on border leaving their families in anguish is REAL, babus and government officials taking advantage of the uneducated citizens is REAL, a women abused by her in laws and husband is REAL!!!
But are we ready to open our eyes to Reality yet or are happy just watching TV!


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The Pensions Regulator has released figures suggesting that non-professional pension trustees are increasingly uncomfortable with their responsibilities and are losing confidence in their ability to fulfil their role effectively.
The figures showed that just 56% of trustees were able to describe their understanding of their role as "very good", a drop of 12% from the previous year. There was also a 5% decline in the number of trustees who knew how their scheme's assets were invested.
The Pensions Regulator Code of Practice 7 – Trustee Knowledge and Understanding – helps equip trustees with the necessary skills but it has been suggested that this is a long term solution with the skills gap having to be closed more urgently.
It seems inevitable therefore that schemes will invest in a professional, independent trustee to provide expert support and look to close this gap immediately. There is often reluctance to incur additional costs, particularly when schemes are in deficit, but such costs should be considered in the context of the overall size of assets and liabilities. Inappropriate, ill informed investment decisions could potentially cost a scheme very significant sums. In comparison, the annual cost of an independent trustee is a small price to pay. Professional trustees are experienced, technically competent pensions professionals. As well as providing guidance on the big decisions, they can, where appropriate, challenge constructively the advice received from professional advisers. Most significantly, they are independent from the company so are not conflicted in the decision making process.
We have commented in earlier posts on the role of a lay trustee and who in their right mind would want the job, see our previous posts, "What scares Johnny Knoxville?" and "Individual pension scheme trustee – think again!!", but, if the desire is there, it is right that member and company interests are represented on the trustee board. Indeed, legislation attempts to compel a minimum level of Member Nominated Trustees. But being a trustee no longer means a half day off work, a free lunch and agreeing to whatever your consultant told you. In the current economic climate conflicts abound and there are no right and wrong answers. Professional advice needs to be properly evaluated and considered. Alongside there are an increasing number of regulatory compliance requirements.
Overarching trust law has worked well for pension schemes for over half a century and I don't think it's fundamentally broken but undoubtedly there is a need for greater understanding and competency for trustees. To a degree the Regulator has recognised this and has gone some way to improve things through its TKU Code of Practice, Toolkit etc. However, this falls short of imposing competency tests and the need for a recognised qualification to enable individual to act as a trustee.
The role of the professional trustee (such as Dalriada Trustees) will, therefore, become increasingly important and, arguably, their mandatory appointment might be seen as important as member representation.


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White Supremacist Sentenced To Less Than Three Years in Prison For Plotting Dylann Roof-Style Attack
If sentenced to more than three years, he could have appealed the decision.
A South Carolina man has been sentenced to less than three years in federal prison for plotting a Dylann Roof copycat shooting.
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Benjamin Thomas Samuel McDowell, 31, was sentenced to 33 months in prison and three years of supervised release for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina.
McDowell pleaded guilty in March after reaching a plea deal that would have given him the right to appeal if he'd been sentenced to more than three years. The charge carries a maximum of 10 years, but sentencing guidelines recommend 27 to 33 months.
McDowell's mental state may have inspired the plea deal. The Huffington Post reports McDowell was diagnosed with schizoaffective and bipolar disorders, "very low" cognitive functioning and "significantly low" intellect, according to a filing from his lawyer, William F. Nettles.
"I raised McDowell's mental health history and cognitive disability (IQ in first percentile), which was not accounted for by the guideline," Nettles said. "The judge decided on the high end."
The FBI began to watch McDowell after they saw his posts on social media expressing hatred for people of color and admiration for Dylann Roof, the man convicted of killing nine black people in a South Carolina church in 2015.
McDowell also posted about a specific Jewish synagogue, causing agents to believe it would be the target of an attack. He also expressed interest in buying a gun, and this gave the FBI a chance to act. An undercover agent began to converse with McDowell online. The agent met with McDowell in February 2017 and sold him an unusable gun and ammunition for $109. He was later arrested in a Hampton Inn parking lot, and the gun and ammo were recovered from a bag he was carrying. He admitted to purchasing the weapon during an interrogation.
McDowell's plot fit the federal definition of domestic terrorism, but there is no federal legislation that outlaws acts that fall under that definition. Had he been affiliated with a foreign terrorist group like ISIS, he could have been charged with material support for a terrorist organization. People affiliated with United States-based white supremacist groups like Aryan Nation cannot be persecuted.
Well, that sounds about white.
Now, check these out:
South Carolina White Supremacist Pleads Guilty To Planning A 'Dylann Roof Style' Church Attack
Violent Bigot Who Drove Car Through Counter Protesters In Charlottesville Slapped With 29 Federal Hate Crime Charges
Federal Judge Dismisses 16 Lawsuits From Families and Survivors Of Charleston Church Shooting


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According to the Australian Road Deaths Database, more people die in crashes during summer than any other time of year, and one in five fatal crashes involves alcohol.
Across December and January, Uber will hand out $1 million worth of free rides, across New South Wales and Victoria, in the form of $20 vouchers. Uber representatives will distribute the vouchers on Friday and Saturday nights in more than 200 licensed venues.
The campaign, in partnership with DrinkWise, is to raise awareness about the risks of drink driving and to help people make better decisions.
"Ridesharing services like Uber are changing the way people think about drinking and driving," says Mike Abbott, head of operations at Uber Australia and New Zealand. "By providing a safe and reliable ride at the push of a button – no matter the time or place – ridesharing is helping make our cities better connected, easier and safer places to get around."
A survey of 2500 Uber users and non-users revealed that 77 per cent of non-users were less likely to drink and drive if they knew they had an affordable, reliable ride home at any hour.
In NSW, Uber will also be partnering with Transport for NSW and its Plan B campaign to provide rides home from major sporting events. This will be similar to the 'Uber Zones' that were created at the Melbourne Cup Carnival this year to get revelers home quickly and safely.
Abbott says Uber is looking forward to "working closely with more state and territory governments to improve access to affordable and reliable transport, and help more Australians make smarter, better and safer decisions when drinking."


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Best New Chefs Sarah Hymanson and Sara Kramer on Their Career-Making Leap of Faith
The duo behind LA's Kismet and Mad Capra talk about their veggie-forward food, and why they moved across the country to open their restaurants...without any funding.
For all the LA vibes emanating from Sarah Hymanson and Sara Kramer's "deeply Californian" food, the pair might still be cooking in Brooklyn if it weren't for one somewhat risky, seriously life-changing decision.
Their paths to the restaurant industry were decidedly different. Hymanson's introduction to the kitchen was, in part, an exercise in independence: "I've always cooked at home when I was a kid and as soon as I could make choices about what I was eating, I did. I was a vegetarian from a very young age."
For Kramer, food was important for a different reason. "I was a performer when I was young," she says, "so I was always really concerned about the quality of food I was putting in my body and how that affected my performance." Kramer undersells herself a little here: She was the star of Mamma Mía on Broadway.
But the chef-owners of Mad Capra—a falafel stand in DTLA's Grand Central Market—and Kismet—an all-day restaurant in the central Los Feliz neighborhood—first met in Williamsburg near the beginning of their culinary careers. And it wasn't friendship at first sight.
Says Food & Wine Restaurant Editor Jordana Rothman, Sarah and Sara "didn't really like each other that much" when they were coworkers at neighborhood grocery Brooklyn Kitchen. The collaborative spark ignited a few months after Kramer opened her first restaurant, Glasserie, in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood. Hymanson came in to dine and scope out the scene: "I was like, 'Oh, Sara Kramer opened up a place in Greenpoint?'" Jokes Kramer, "She was coming to size me up, to give me the once-over."
The rest is history. Hymanson was inspired by Kramer's Middle Eastern-influenced cooking, and Kramer was quick to take her on—"to have someone as smart and accomplished and dedicated as Sarah come and work for me was like a true dream prize."
Fast forward to 2013, when the pair packed up their knives and moved to Los Angeles. Hymanson explains their leap of faith: "We were like, 'In order to be successful, you should be bold. Right?'" Thinking back, Kramer laughs—"we decided it would be a good idea to announce to the press that we were moving to Los Angeles to open a falafel shop and a restaurant— without any funding, or location, or partners, or anything."
Food & Wine Editor in Chief Nilou Motamed, for one, thinks they made the right decision: "There's so much incredible food coming out of LA right now, and Sarah and Sara are certainly adding to the sizzle. With Kismet, they are reinventing how we think of Mediterranean food and Israeli food." Moving to LA could have spelled disaster, but "we're really glad they did."
For more on our latest class of BNCs, check out the rest of the Food & Wine Best New Chefs 2017.


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