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Quanell X & New Black Panthers Vs King Street Patriots - A Collision over Voter Fraud or Consensus Against Intimidation?
by Bob Price on October 30, 2010 at 5:52 PM
Early Voting is over and the stage is set for the November 2nd General Election. The King Street Patriots group, concerned about the sanctity of the election process, has recruited and trained over 1,000 poll watchers to take to the streets and polling locations of Houston. But they will not be alone. Quanell X, leader of the New Black Panther Party, has been doing some recruiting of his own.
According to Fox 26 News, Quanell X spent this week recruiting hundreds of "troops" to watch the poll watchers. The report (shown below) quotes Quanell X as saying he would not tolerate any of his people carrying clubs or weapons as was seen in Philadelphia in the 2008 presidential election. But he also said, very ominously "will not tolerate any intimidation tactics from them against our elderly, our women and our young people."
Does this mean there could be trouble between these two groups, or perhaps, is there an opportunity to step back and find an opportunity to work together to help both sides assure a free and fraud-free election that is also free from intimidation from or to voters or poll watchers?
Both sides seem, on the surface, to want the same thing. The poll watchers recruited and trained by Houston's King Street Patriots' "True the Vote" initiative, want to ensure the vote is free from fraud or other forms of cheating. Quanell X's poll watchers want to make certain that no one is intimidated at the polls. This should include election officials and poll watchers.
As you can see in the Fox 26 News Story and other Houston media reports throughout the week, the media is driving the drama of this potential conflict. After all, conflict at the polls would be big news and big ratings. But as leaders of our community, Quanell X and the King Street Patriots must do everything they can to avoid this conflict.
Houston, "We have an opportunity!" What!? Yes, we have an opportunity to show why Houston is one of the greatest cities in America. We have the opportunity to show that two groups with differing ideas about how to ensure safe and honest elections can work together to accomplish exactly that.
During early voteing I spoke with many poll watchers. Some who had been trained by King Street, some who were trained and appointed by others. What I found across the board was an honest desire to secure the sanctity of the voting process so that NO ONE'S VOTE gets diluted by someone else's cheating.
Let's have a safe voting day. Everyone take a deep breath and do what is right. I don't think we can ask much more than that.
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Permalink Submitted by TexasGOPVote on October 30, 2010 at 6:02 PM
Quanell X - What Comes to Mind
Permalink Submitted by Peggy Price on October 31, 2010 at 12:26 PM
It takes a strong spirit to attract, influence, sustain, and bear the energy of others. The power of charisma is a gift.
As humans, it's natural for people to be afraid of others who are different, but as spiritual beings, I think our greatest challenge is to rise above that fear and simply adopt the Golden Rule and go about our own business...walk our own path, no matter how different it is from our neighbor's.
I wish people can accept that people are different and get over it, why does it have to all be so negative? But alas, humans are designed with differences for a reason; Earth is the hardest assignment in the universe.
I think the media and word-of-mouth is responsible for most racism, but again, that's just the nature of humanity. The challenge is to step away from the safety of the collective and think for yourself, act for yourself, take time to open the book and really learn about what's on the inside.
Many people endeavor to help, defend, and champion others, but, because of Free Will, the only change they can affect is through modeling and simply speaking their truth. Others may resonate with that truth or not, it's their choice.
I'm free to associate with anyone whom I find interesting, or with whom I share an interest, not matter what other differences we may have. I endeavor to rise above what other people may think or say about that, can you?
That's....Peggy's Perspective
Houston, TX
Go HOME B Panthers
Permalink Submitted by Mary Jones on November 2, 2010 at 9:42 AM
Please stop giving them credibility in the press. They need to go back to their own states. When visiting their meeting it was discovered that 98 percent of their license tags were from out of state. They are NOT welcome in Houston.


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C. Criscuolo et. Al
A Short Summary
In a Nutshell
Most governments have industrial policies that claim to foster productivity and employment etc. but it is not possible to tell if they are just financing activities that would have been undertaken regardless of state funding. Comparison of outcomes with other firms does not work as a counterfactual as the sorting into firms that receive funding is far from random. This paper uses data from a quasi-experiment where changes in the eligibility criteria for assistance for the UK Regional Selective Assistance programme caused a change in the areas that were eligible to receive funds. Using RSA data they find that there is a large effect on the treated for employment, investment and probability of exit, and these effects are seriously underestimated if endogeneity is ignored. They cannot however rule out the possibility that there are negative aggregate productivity effects from protecting inefficient incumbents
Further Details
The EU changed the eligibility rules such that areas were subject to different constraints in terms of how much funding they could receive from the government. Generally applied to manufacturing firms who needed funds for capex to create jobs, in a viable project setting. The applicant had to demonstrate need, and should be meeting the other expenses himself or otherwise from the private sector.
Yjt = αDjt + βXjt + ηj + τt + vjt (4)
Due to data limitations, they aggregate across all plants in the same firm, and run above regression at the firm level. Note however that they use plant level data in order to later analyse area-level impact of industrial policy (thus capturing general equilibrium effects).
yjt is outcome of interest for firm j at time t. Authors consider three outcome variables: employment, investment and productivity. Xjt are covariates used as controls that vary depending on outcome of interest.
Djt is participation dummy– authors mainly use binary indicator to reflect if the firm received any treatment.
Instrument for Djt with Zjt , which is the level of the maximum investment subsidy (Net Grant Equivalent/NGE) available in the area where the firm's oldest plant is (oldest as then the location decision will not have been made because of changes to the EU assistance map). Baseline results use mutually exclusive dummies for each of the different rates.
They instrument for participation in the programme using the changes to the system imposed by the EU.
The data set is a panel that combines admin data on the RSA participants, and matching them to a firm level database that gives employment, investment and entry/exit information. This means they can track firms before and after participation and compare them to a control group that did not participate.
OLS results indicate a 37% increase in employment rising sensibly with the level of subsidy. The IV result is much larger suggesting serious downward bias in the OLS estimates. This is reduced to a much more sensible level when firm level dummies are included to control for heterogeneity of response to the treatment, but they are sensible and much larger than the OLS estimates with the same dummies included.
They do the same for labour productivity (measured as ration of gross output to employment) but the effects are small and insignificant.
They find a positive effect on employment at the area level (based on travel to work area) which indicates that there are spillovers from the RSA, and there is also a rise in the number of plants in an area. However, the employment effects on incumbents are stronger than an incentive to new entry as RSA dampens reallocation effects (due to less exit) and as there is no productivity effect from receiving RSA, it would appear that the scheme supports less productive firms and this could dampen aggregate productivity (especially since in the summary stats they show that the firms that receive RSA tend to be larger than the control firms).
Positive effect of programme on investment and employment but not on productivity. As the RSA helps firms to expand this could have a negative impact on aggregate productivity. Seems to be more characteristic of a welfare payment.


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Rove, split from the President, has poured all that broken love into his new project: Mates of State! That's right, Karl, Dear Karl, has joined forces with Kori and Jason, the only two people who have as much love as he. The new addition has not been without its headaches. Karl is an incorrigible alpha-male, and he can't shake his Architect role, leading to hilarious sitcom-like scenarios that I've coyly called "Karl's Snarls."
It sounds like bad news, but boy oh boy, our Dear Karl is whipping those Mates of State into action. Because of Karl, and Karl alone, the group has gone back into the recording studio. They've recorded three tunes with Chris Walla, wow! A new album is under construction. Meticulously crafted, 9/11 security-themed, and deliciously raucous and poppy, Karl is a little bit Mies van der Rohe, a little bit rock 'n' roll.
Karl is in a good place now, and Mates of State, bless their souls, are in an even better place because of him. They're even going on a tiny mix tour with some sweet acoustic shows. It's a short list, so don't expect a show at the White House anytime soon. A breakup is always hard, and everyone needs time to heal. Karl's love is too strong to keep him down; luckily Mates of State caught it, for their sake and ours.


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It's been a lazy Sunday and after a hectic week abroad in the jungle of PNG, I decided to just sloth around for the day. I decided to kick off with setting up this blog and eventually moved on to more rewarding activities like grocery shopping and cooking of course.
I came across lamb shoulder and couldn't go past it as it's as rare as hen's teeth in the average Australian supermarket. After deliberating on how I should cook it, I decided to stick to the basics. Besides, I was not feeling overly experimental as I'd already planned to try to make a hybrid cottage cheese after the lamb entered the oven. Lamb loves rosemary and garlic, they're a match made in heaven. So here goes….


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A-Ronne II & Cena Furiosa
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Duration: ± 2h00
Two works will be performed in the course of one evening. In 1974, Luciano Berio composed a zany vocal piece for radio, based on Eduardo Sanguineti's disordered collage that uses famous quotations by political pundits, mystics, poets and philosophers. At the start of the Baroque period, Monteverdi was experimenting with the operatic form in his madrigals, the most theatrical of which are those of war and love. Berio asserts that he was inspired by Monteverdi when composing A-Ronne. The actors in A-Ronne II and the singers in Cena furiosa devote themselves successively to the disruptions created by these two resonating pieces. When the body begins to tremble, the contradictory moods lie dormant in the words and notes. For Ingrid von Wantoch Rekowski, theatre is beneath the skin, disconcertingly, creating a work of infinite jolts.
A-Ronne II
Musique/Muziek/Music: Luciano Berio, A-Ronne, une pièce radiophonique d'après un poème de/een radiospel naar een gedicht van/a radio piece based on a poem by Edoardo Sanguineti
Concept et mise en scène/Concept en regie/Concept and direction: Ingrid von Wantoch Rekowski
Acteurs/Actors: Dominique Grosjean, Patrick Lerch, Caroline Petrick, Pietro Pizzuti, Annette Sachs
Eclairages/Belichting/Lighting: Ivan Fox, Ingrid von Wantoch Rekowski
Coiffeuse/Kapster/Hairdressing: Nathalie Mattheeuws
Maquillage/Make-up/Make-up: Joëlle Carpentier
Production/Productie/Production: Asbl Trimaran
Coproduction/Coproductie/Coproduction: Bellone-Brigittines (Bruxelles/Brussel)
Avec le soutien de/Met de steun van/Supported by: Ministère de la Culture de la Communauté française en Belgique, service du théâtre et de la musique.
Cena Furiosa
Musique/Muziek/Music: Claudio Monteverdi, Madrigali guerrieri e amorosi : Book VIII (Altri canti d'amor, Lamento della Ninfa, Hor ch'el ciel e la terra, Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda); Book VII (Tirsi e Clori)
Direction musicale/Muzikale leiding/Musical direction: Yvon Repérant
Mise en scène et scénographie/Regie en scenografie/Direction and scenography: Ingrid von Wantoch Rekowski
Assistant à la mise en scène/Regie-assistent/Assistant to the director: Ferdinand du Bois
Chanteurs/Zangers/Singers: Paul Agnew, José Canales, Nicolas Domingues, Boris Grappe, Nicki Kennedy, Emma Lyren
Orchestre/Orkest/Orchestra: Ensemble Repères Baroques
Eclairages/Belichting/Lighting: Yves Godin
Costumes/Kostuums/Costumes: Christophe Pidré
Production/Productie/Production: Festival international d'art lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence
Coproduction/Coproductie/Coproduction: La Monnaie/De Munt (Bruxelles/Brussel), KunstenFESTIVALdesArtsBack to top
The work of art is no longer an object whose well-founded beauty we contemplate, but a mystery to discover, a duty to fulfil, a stimulant for the imagination. Imposing just one interpretation on the 'viewer' has to be avoided. The work is an invitation, neither demanding nor univocal, to a free integration into a world that remains the world desired by the creator. In psychology and phenomenology, this is called 'perceptive ambiguities', the opportunity we have to place ourselves beyond the conventions of knowledge, to seize the world in its freshness, before all the stabilising effects of habituation and habit.
Umberto Eco, Opera aperta [The Open Work], Points/Essais, Seuil, 1962
The art of criticism is one that starts a crisis, that tears apart, that cracks the surface, splits the crust of language, undoes and dilutes the glueyness of everything that surrounds us, such as a given milieu – our era, our class, our career. Changing what is given can only occur with a jolt. The shock is clean and discreet, rapid, repeated if necessary, but never ongoing. There is cited, referential and reverential knowledge but there is also another knowledge, more distant and paradoxical, that disturbs the laws of the former. It renders it futile and miniature by the strange nature and enlargement of the detail. That knowledge shakes the concept of 'it stands to reason', denaturalising and amazing itself.
Roland Barthes, Le bruissement de la langue [The Rustle of Language], Essais critique IV, Points/Essais, Seuil, 1984
July 1999. Ingrid von Wantoch Rekowski created Cena Furiosa at the Festival International d'art lyrique in Aix en Provence, one of Europe's major opera festivals and responsible for its original production. A co-production initiated by the KunstenFESTIVALdesArts, in partnership with La Monnaie, the project is part of the Festival's Monteverdi cycle, which began in May 1998 in Brussels with American choreographer Trisha Brown and South African visual artist William Kentridge. Aimed at encouraging people to 'take another look' at the 'genre of opera', the cycle continued in 2000 with Argentina's El Periférico de Objetos and Italy's Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio. Its intention was to get contemporary artists from different disciplines to make contact with the work of this great, innovative composer, the man who created the first real form of opera in the history of the genre.
After El Periférico and Sanzio, Ingrid von Wantoch is aiming to follow on from Monteverdi's madrigals of war and love, selecting Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda as her final piece. She became known throughout Europe for her inspired production of A-Ronne, a vocal 'documentary' by Luciano Berio, which drew its fantastical inspiration from the construction of the Monteverdian madrigal. In Brussels, the director will be offering her 1996 work on A-Ronne and a new condensed version of Cena Furiosa, both performed during the course of the same evening. She will attempt to reveal the close resonances that exist between Berio and Monteverdi. The Belgian actors who performed in A-Ronne II also acted in Cena Furiosa in Aix, but they will not be appearing in this version now in Brussels. The singers alone, following the role they will play first in A-Ronne II, a form of theatre to be listened to, will perform in Cena, as both actors in the madrigals and spectators of their contradictory emotions.
In Luciano Berio's score, his 'librettist' Edoardo Sanguineti has used a language of sounds borrowed from existing languages (quotations from Dante, Marx/Engels, St. John/Luther, Goethe, T.S. Eliot, Barthes), assembling them according to a totally disconcerting logic. Berio then had fun inserting polyglot quotations, disorganised in a sonorous, rhythmical and musical polyphony according to extremely strict rules that no longer bear any relation to their original context, rules that also leave a large part of improvisation to the performers. This vocal play, conceived for radio in 1974, is complete insanity, intelligent, exhilarating, irresistibly absurd, off the wall and… impossible to perform. "I've always been captivated by things that are impossible for the stage", replies Ingrid, "because it is precisely at times like this that something new can emerge!"
Ingrid von Wantoch has been fascinated by acting techniques for a long time, fascinated by the quality of the actor's physical presence. "In life, when people express themselves, you can read a whole range of impulses on their bodies – these don't emerge from the meaning of the words they use, it's their body that throws light on the motivations deep within them. Far too often in theatre we have an interpretation of the world imposed on us that determines the many meanings of things! I prefer to look for human reality in the concrete form of flesh, examining it under a magnifying glass, working on the physical details."
Averse to all forms of literalness and illustration, Ingrid is fascinated by the structure of music. "A musical score organises emotions 'differently'. Musical composition doesn't tell the story in a realistic way. Luciano Berio sets the voices in motion and creates incredibly theatrical situations (struggles for power, for love, high-society conversations…), a kind of choir of individuals who are not confined within the bounds of a story or a defined character. When working with the actors, we started off with the unknown terrain of the musical score, keen to explore and compose, like we have here, a language of everyday movements removed from their habitual use. Just having the music of voices and their bodies generated unexpected conditions and the most bizarre situations…"
"With Monteverdi, this standpoint is reversed – the singer is already in the music, it is his terrain. Nowadays his music seems harmonious and sublime, but in those days it was unprecedented and sounded dissonant. For me dissonance is associated with beauty – discomfort and turmoil open up new perspectives to us. Monteverdi doesn't seem dissonant now. How can we remain faithful to him but direct his work towards a field other than that of singing?" His madrigals were written at a time of transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque. It was a time of change, of uncertainties, when light was shaded by darkness, the metaphysical void was filled with decorative abundance and Monteverdi rendered war inseparable from love and love from death. The composer extolled the violent contrast in emotions with music. At the same time, painting began to idealise Mannerism.
So Ingrid von Wantoch turned to paintings depicting the human body from the unsettled period at the end of the sixteenth and beginning of the seventeenth centuries. They show a contrast in light, pale skin, contorted hands and stretched bodies that seem to lose materiality in order to attain an elusive mobility. "Painting reorganises emotions differently too. With the Mannerists, the body is 'affected' by contortion. It assumes contradictory meanings – the direction of a look contradicts the direction of the torso, arms adopt opposing poses." In the past, affectation indicated strong desire and an intense quest to assuage it. Mannerism lent the human form a lack of tranquillity by displaying opposing tensions. Ingrid von Wantoch will be using the singers' bodies to breathe life back into Baroque dissonance.
Working with actors she knew, the director composed a physical language for this Mannerist second nature. She is continuing to work on its development with the singers – they will be the sublime transmitters and physical receivers of the tensions that the birth of their singing creates. She structures the chaos in the space like a strange still life with the banqueting table, the pedestal for the model to be painted and the stage. All the guests at this raging feast, this 'Cena furiosa', are brought together, as it is said that initially these works were performed at court before an audience of princes and courtiers seated at their dining tables. Ingrid is throwing herself into the allegory of Baroque 'Vanities' which are riven to such an extent that tensions emerge in the refined music, sublimated. Is it a question of such perfect song emerging from the imperfect body or human imperfection generating so much beauty sung?Back to top


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Hard work pays off.
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Those three were the top team out of nearly 100 Gruening Middle School eighth-graders who competed in a submersible remote operated vehicle (ROV) challenge at Buckner Physical Fitness Center's pool on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Friday, Dec. 9.
Thirty teams made up of three to four students navigated their ROVs — constructed out of PVC pipe — through an underwater course.
The rest of the class of about 300, including the school's band, packed the stands and cheered on their fellow classmates.
The top team from each school team — Deshka, Delta and Copper — competed in a final challenge to determine the champion.
The monthlong project culminated with a day of fun, but students put in many hours leading up to the final day in the pool, said science and math teacher Janet Clarke. Students worked independently building their ROVs, wiring the control boxes and learning how to maneuver the machines in water, she said.
"It's not a kit," Clarke said. "It's truly a construction project."
And it's something that required out-of-classroom time to accomplish.
Willman said his team's success was due to the work put in during lunch. For three weeks, the threesome shoveled down food quickly and spent their lunch period working on the project, he said.
It paid off.
Willman's team was the first of three to defuse an underwater "bomb" — an inflated ball weighed down by swimming bricks — the goal being to bring it to the surface after dislodging it from a piece of PVC pipe. The team was the only one to successfully complete the final challenge.
"It was awesome," he said.
The day at Buckner was full of suspense, Alvarez said.
"It was hard, it was stressful and it was really crazy," he said.
Having the rest of her classmates looking on made the day nerve-racking, Wehmeyer said.
"It was really scary," she said. "I was just nervous."
The life lessons learned through the project are invaluable, Clarke said.
One of those lessons is learning to read and react quickly to unexpected situations, she said. Because students hadn't used a pool the size of Buckner's before, she said, they were met with new challenges.
"There's a lot of things they learned today about being on the spot," Clarke said.
The ROV submersible project, which Gruening students have participated in for four years, is an exciting way to learn, Clarke said.
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On Facebook was an uploaded video of an abusive caregiver smacking an old lady in the head.
I didn't finish it for its sheer atrocity. It was reported on CNN, and, on Fox News, I think. So I assume, the caregiver was charged. I think I'll read the full story later.
This reminded me of what a friend of mine posted on her FB feed. Basically, a teller refused transactions to a senior citizen, because he was on the wrong lane. The teller, insisted that he should go to the senior citizen lane.
According to my friend, the incident escalated. I imagine the elder folk would insist on making the transaction of purchasing a damn movie ticket than fall in line again. The teller, according to my friend, started to act out, yelling at the old man. She even called in the security guard to escort the old man out.
Now friend, she was on the same lane as of the old man. And upon purchasing her ticket, said to the teller, don't you dare yell at old people.
Points are: Senior citizens deserve the respect they can get from people. It is the culture of the country that its people are so fond of bragging about besides shouting out how intelligent and amazing they are; The senior citizen lane is a privilege, and the teller seems to have mishandled the situation, she'd be lucky if the old man didn't report to her supervisor and honestly I think she got -away with it – the people of this country is resilient from making formal complaints; And lastly, my friend is a coward.
It is clear the teller is a subservient cretin, incapable of empathy and remorse, and there are people far greater than her.
My friend, along with anyone else who wanted or had the strong urge to help the old man, are cowards. They could have stepped in and instead they chose not to. My friend, to alleviate her own guilt of silence, posted the incident on Facebook. As if that did any good to the public. The response, of course, were flattering, stuffing "likes" – the illusionary merit for ego – and stating their own opinions of the matter about how villainous the teller is.
What would I have done in her place? Would I have stepped in? I don't know. It's a nice thought that I might have. I might have taken a video and then ask for the supervisor. Anyone who has a smartphone has that capacity. But I see that in myself there is a problem as well.
These are trying times that will define what the future of society will be. Being able to stand up for others is a small but significant step that needs nourishing. We can't always hide behind social media.
However, there are two other things that might hinder this. The first, people just do not care. Second, social media judgement. It is becoming increasingly common for other people to record videos of any incident and upload them in social media. Some people give the full details and others do not. And there is always a chance for incidents to go viral, damaging people's reputations or putting their lives at risk. Even with all the details in, the public are quick to pass judgment.
That's why journalism exists. This is a different topic, so I won't elaborate any further.
At this point I no longer know what I'm trying to say. I'm just a little downcast to see how people treat each other. Not just the senior-citizens and the teller/abusive caregiver incidents. Things that we constantly see online: News about another person gunned down under dubious circumstances, news about people being torn from their families – sent back to their home countries, leaving behind their children, and issues about the color of people's skin, of gender, of intelligence, of age.
Times like these I wish I were a kid again with the biggest worry was making sure I get grades high enough to please my parents. Changing times. Trying times. And many people are also fighting for it. Raising their own flags of war, to re-define what has been broken down. Perseverance, patience, and resilience. Yep. We'll need more of those.


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After a week off I was back at it again shooting the Over The Hump Race Series out at Irvine Lake. I missed last weeks race because of Lucas's first birthday falling on the same day. For that we head up to Long Beach and hung out at the Aquarium of the Pacific. I was excited to get back out there and shoot and see what new sections OTH added to the course.
The week prior they added a steep hike-a-bike section so I wanted to photograph that, thinking I'd get some good shots of people grinding up the hill feeling the pain! However this week it was an option so I decided to skip it since I may miss a lot of people.
Rather then jumping around between the east and west side of the course this time around, I decided to play it safe and stay on only the east side, so that I'd get more photos of everyone. I like to move around a lot to mix things up, but sometimes you pay the price of missing a lot of the racers.
The first spot I went to was in the beginning of the course after a short single track session before heading back towards the lake.
Monster Energy's Casey Curie entered this race and now plans on racing the rest.
After everyone went by I got on my bike and headed over to a small short uphill where some of the riders will catch air (only because there is a camera on them 🙂 ) just a little farther up the course.
This is the eventual winner of the race, Sid Taberlay, who on his second lap already had a huge gap between himself and the rest of the Pro/Experts.
Next up I headed to the top portion of the course where there was a long straight away before they made a sharp left up another hill. This section is where a lot of people can either make up or lose a lot of time. For my race on August 31st I plan on bringing a rope and tying it to someone's seat post.
By this time most of the Beginner and Sport racers had gone by on their last lap, so I headed back to the staging area stopping one last time to catch the lead group.
Sid Taberlay on his way to winning the Pro class by 3+ minutes.
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DescriptionYou said the body was taken by cultists? I can only think of one place they would have gone, Deathspeaker's Watch, the encampment on the rise west of the tournament grounds.
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Did you find out what they're doing with the Black Knight's remains?
The doctor will not have time to complete his work, but his plan is already in motion. From what you've reported, the Lich King's servants have reanimated and empowered the Black Knight and there's no telling what the knight's master has in mind. You have done well in uncovering this plot. I will tell High Crusader Adelard of your findings and together, we will alert the tournament's participants.
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This past weekend I took K to a birthday party for a girl in her class. Her mom is the room mom for the class and I've run into her several times at school, but never really had the chance to talk with her. A friend of mine was also at the party and she mentioned she thought the mom, Kristi, has been her OB nurse…at which point I totally interrupted and started freaking out. (Which was probably not the reaction my friend was expecting from her brief comment.) It was one of those moments where something major clicks in your brain; I felt tingles all over my body.
Many of you are very aware of the trauma surrounding my youngest son's birth. We moved across the country when I was in my third trimester and my water broke 10 days after arriving in Alabama, when I was only 35 weeks along. We knew no one in Alabama: no doctors, no friends, no acquaintances. No one. I was a mess, terrified and alone (Matt was at home with our other two children.) If you knew me then you know what a stressful time that was, especially with J's stay in NICU and his medical issues for the first six months or so of his life. It hard to think about that period without remembering the pain of those first weeks.
Anyways, back to the birthday party. The mom of the birthday girl is an OB nurse. At the hospital where J was born. The first night I was at the hospital she was my OB nurse, when I was the most scared and alone. If you read this blog back then you might have read this post about her. Finally I know why she has looked familiar to me when I've seen her at school! It was awesome to be able to tell her how much she helped me back then.
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Hockey Night in Kingston
Justin Chenier (Advertising and Public Relations, 1997) has had a varied career since graduation, culminating in his recent post as Executive Director, Business Operations for the Kingston Frontenacs Hockey Club. He helped engineer the recent SLC Night at the Frontenacs on November 15, and plans are underway for a second event on February 21. We caught up with him for a quick Q&A.
Q: What's the best thing about your job with the Frontenacs?
Overseeing the business operations of the club. I truly believe our management team is the best in the business, from Doug Gilmour and Darren Keily on the Hockey Operations side of the team to Jared Ginsburg and Joel Rosen on the Business Operations side, and Doug Springer, an owner who is passionate about winning and this city. We've made huge strides the past couple of seasons. On the Business Operations side we have no control over wins and losses, we have ultimate control, and the responsibility to our fans, in providing a two-and-a-half hour entertainment package 34 times each season.
Q: How did your time at SLC prepare you for this role?
My role involves multi-tasking, changing direction on the fly, and going from one issue to the next in a heartbeat. The college program prepares you so well for that, being able to jump in and get to work and improve on what needs improving. My daily schedule really looks like a School of Business class schedule: retailing, marketing, advertising, human resources, operations planning, business planning.
Q: What's the one class you wished you paid more attention to while at SLC?
Sales and retailing. I imagined a career in PR and media planning, and after doing that for more than 12 years in the public sector, moving into an industry that depends pretty heavily on sales (sponsorship, ticketing, merchandise), I really wish I would have paid a little more attention in Bill Crowe's sales classes and wish I would have had the opportunity to take a retailing management class.
Q: What's the one lesson you've carried with you in your career?
To focus on the solution, not the problem. I tell it to our Business Operations team when we hit hurdles and roadblocks. Focusing on the problem tends to be a negative outlook and a short term fix. With so many home hockey games to promote and organize over such a short period of time, we have to always be looking to improve and evolve.
Q: What piece of advice would you give a young grad today about finding their dream job?
Be open to opportunity and look outside your comfort zone. Before I graduated I had a job lined up in the GTA because I knew I had to get out of Kingston to find experience. It was tough, my wife and I had to sacrifice, but it lead to opportunity and I was able to come back to Kingston with experience and opportunity.
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AIM // Brand Positioning and Marketing Strategy Development – Ensuring You Hit the Right Customers With the Right Message at the Right Time
Too many companies want to execute tactics without stopping to think. At BottomLine Marketing, we stress the importance of "aiming" before developing and executing a brand or marketing strategy. We often find that companies may be ready to invest in marketing, but when there's little if any planning, they end up throwing a range of tactics against the wall, with the risk of wasting resources (time and money) and falling short of their objectives. Putting the right focus (AIM) behind your brand and marketing efforts will differentiate you from competitors and make you more attractive to the right customers.
Your brand is valuable, but do you know how your brand is perceived in your customers' minds? More importantly, do you know how you want your brand to be perceived in the future? Our 360-degree approach digs deep into your brand to help you understand how your brand is currently perceived in the marketplace and where the brand positioning opportunities are from all angles – internally, externally and against competition. We'll develop a highly differentiated and meaningful brand strategy that will motivate your key target segments to act, and provides defenses vs. your competitors. And if there are multiple brands in your product/service portfolio, we'll develop a brand architecture to structure your portfolio to bring maximum clarity and impact in the marketplace. Let us transform how your brand is perceived in the market!
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The last two editions of our InsideTax publication have focused on tackling tax leakages in the 21st century. Without doubt, the need for revenue authorities to develop awareness of possible sources of tax leakages in this era and evaluate tenable approaches at combating the problem cannot be over-emphasized. Specifically, in the last edition, we considered a common tax evasion scheme – sales suppression – vis-à-vis the various ways in which it can manifest, consequences and technology-based counter measures prescribed by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)1.
In this edition, we will conclude the series by evaluating false invoicing as a tax evasion scheme, relevance in Nigeria and possible adaptation of counter-measures prescribed by the OECD to the Nigerian situation.
False invoicing is perpetrated by deliberate fabrication or inflation of purchase invoices in order to unjustly claim expenses which were not genuinely incurred for tax purposes. In this regard, a taxpayer presents invoice for a transaction where none was issued by a vendor or inflates the invoice issued by a vendor. While sales suppression schemes seek to under-report revenue, false invoicing seeks to over-report deductions. The common end goal is reduction of profit and consequent tax liability. In addition, false invoicing may also reduce eventual value added tax (VAT) payable by a taxpayer where fictitious input VAT has been used to offset a reasonable portion of the output VAT.
The withholding tax (WHT) mechanism may be viewed as a deterrent to false invoicing. This is because a perpetrator may have to weigh the consequence of having to account for WHT on false invoice amount on one hand vis-à-vis savings to be made from tax on profit, on the other hand. However, the concept of "outright purchase and sales of goods in the ordinary course of business", for which WHT is not applicable easily weakens this deterrent.
According to the OECD, the popularly acclaimed method of combating false invoicing is the adoption of electronic invoicing (e-invoicing) system1. Essentially, businesses are required to issue invoices to customers electronically and retain records of the invoices in electronic format. The electronic invoicing system provides additional features to ensure integrity of data and identity of creator. In this regard, digital signatures are created for invoices generated in order to guarantee authenticity of the invoices and confirm that they have not been altered after creation.
To ensure utmost effectiveness of e-invoicing in addressing false invoicing, sales invoices are required to be registered or otherwise provided to the tax authority. As such, false or inflated invoices can be identified by automatic matching of the data for the purchaser and seller.
More than twenty one (21) countries around the world have implemented e-invoicing. Such countries include Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Italy, the People's Republic of China, Peru, Rwanda and Uruguay where significant impact of the solution has been recorded.
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1. OECD (2017), Technology Tools to Tackle Tax Evasion and Tax Fraud - https://www.oecd.org/tax/crime/technology-tools-to-tackle-tax-evasion-and-tax-fraud.pdf
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Activists protest ouster of proactive Aarey CEO
Alleging that Gajanan Raut was removed because of his action against illegal activities in Aarey Colony, locals have taken to social media to demand that he be reinstated
Gajanan Raut
This is no city for honest officers. Taking strong action against illegal activities in Aarey Milk Colony has proved costly for Gajanan Raut, who now stands stripped of his powers as administrative CEO of the area. Local residents and activists, however, have now come out in support of the ousted officer and demand that he be reinstated as the chief.
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Less than two years ago, Raut took over the twin duties of Aarey CEO and Dairy Development Officer (responsible for managing the Aarey dairy units). As mid-day had reported last year, Raut was quick to take action against the illegal slums mushrooming in Aarey Colony, and he organised a demolition drive to remove the encroachment ('Illegal shanties at Aarey Colony demolished', May 15, 2015). He also took action against illegal hooch dens that were operating in Aarey, which had gone ignored by the authorities until then.
Sources said the erstwhile Aarey CEO was removed following pressure from local politicians who were not happy with his demolition drives. Nor were they pleased that he had restricted the entry of vehicles to the internal private roads of Aarey to improve safety and prevent illicit activities. On Friday, a notification from the state government declared that he would henceforth only execute his duties as the dairy officer. Natu Rathod, a dairy development officer from Nashik, has replaced Raut as CEO.
Locals upset
Upset over the removal of an upright officer, the locals have taken to social media to express their objections to the move. Campaigns have started on Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter to demand that Raut be brought back. Some residents are signing online petitions to reverse the ouster of Raut, while others have personally tweeted to CM Devendra Fadnavis to express their concerns.
One of the protestors, Imran U, a local resident, said, "There have many CEOs who have come and gone, but none of them had the guts to take action like the way Raut did against illegal structures and hutments that were being constructed in Aarey by slum and land mafia. He never succumbed to pressure and this doesn't seem to have gone down well with politicians, so he has been transferred abruptly."
Two years' work
>> Demolition drive against slums in Aarey
>> Action against hooch dens
>> Action against illegal dumping
>> Encouraged and led tree plantation drives
>> Cleanliness drives
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World and Asian O K Dinghy champion Nitin Mongia continued to dominate in the ongoing Senior National Sailing championships off the Mumbai harbour by taking the gun in all three races held on Wednesday and comfortably lead the bunch.
However, luck favoured Mongia, winner of yesterday's first two races, in pleasant wind conditions when his closest rival for the top honours, D P Selvam (Army Yachting Node), met with a mishap when well set to win the first race of the day and third of the meet.
The mast of Selvam's boat got ripped out when he was clearly in the lead. It put paid to his chances of upsetting title-favourite Mongia, who is representing hosts Indian Naval Watermasnship Training Centre.
It also forced him to miss the next two races scheduled for the day as there was not enough time on hand to carry out repairs to his boat.
In Selvam's absence S Purshottam of the EME Sailing Association, Bhopal, took the second spot in two of the three races while V K Raut finished just behind Mongia in the other.
In the Enterprise class nationals, Naresh Yadav and crew G L Yadav of INWTC secured the top spot in the fourth and fifth races after finishing second behind overnight leaders Ashim Mongia and Amit Arvind in the day's opening race.
In the junior nationals, Salil Sabir of Goa Yachting Association had to drop out of the last two races of the day after developing some problem with his boat. He had won the first race. In his absence Ajay Raut and G Sandeep finished one-two. Shilpa and Neha won the first race of the day in the 420 class before Ninand Mainkar and Prasad Shelar clinched the last two races.
Second day results:
O K Dinghy class:
Race 3: 1. Nitin Mongia (Indian Naval Watermanship Training Centre, Mumbai), 2. S Purshottam (EMESA, Bhopal), 3. V K Raut (Army Yachting Node, Mumbai).
Race 4: Nitin Mongia, 2. S Purshottam, 3. V K Raut.
Race 5: Nitin Mongia, 2. V K Raut, 3. S Purshottam.
Enterprise class:
Race 3: 1. Ashim Mongia/Amit Arvind (INWTC), 2, N S Yadav/G L Yadav (INWTC), 3. S S Chauhan/S Sharma (INWTC).
Race 4: N S Yadav/G L Yadav, 2. A Mongia/A Arvind, 3. Dharmendra Singh/Joji Joseph (Corps of Engineers Training Centre, Pune).
Race 5: 1. N S Yadav/G L Yadav, 2. A Mongia/A Arvind, 3. Chauhan/Sharma.
420 Class (Open):
Race 3: 1. Shilpa/Neha (INWTC), 2. Ninad Mainkar/P Shelar (AYN, Mumbai), 3. Sandeep Rode/Gaurav Shinde (INWTC).
Race 4: 1. Mainkar/Shelar, 2. Shilpa/Neha, 3. Deepak Premkumar/Siddharth Varman (Tamil Nadu SA).
Race 5: 1. Mainkar/Shelar, 2. Shilpa/Neha, 3. Pallavi Naik/Rohini Rao (Goa Yachting Association).
Laser Class:
Race 3: 1. Salil Sabir (GYA), 2. G Sandeep (TNSA), 3. Ajay Rau (TNSA).
Race 4: Ajay Rau, 2. G Sandeep.
Race 5: Ajay Rau, 2. G Sandeep.


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H&M, the global fast fashion leader, has ramped up its sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts in recent years. Once an easy target for those critical of the clothing industry's record on environmental and human rights issues, the micro-seasonal Swedish trendsetter can provide a bevy of statistics that would make most CSR professionals blush.
Concerned about all those cheap denim jeans and t-shirts? H&M is the world's largest user of organic cotton. But all that cotton needs water, correct? The company conserved 13.2 million gallons (50 million liters) as it streamlined its denim manufacturing. Disdain toxins or fearful of that frock unthreading after one wash? The company conducts half a million quality tests annually. Reaching for that glass ceiling? In an industry where companies are still often dominated by men, 71 percent of management positions at H&M are women. Am I doing the right thing by buying something made on the cheap in Bangladesh? At least 300,000 workers there have been educated on their rights. What about the children? H&M has donated $4.5 million to its All for Children project, a partnership with the United Nations.
And those numbers will get even better. This week H&M will release its 2011 sustainability report, and the sneak peek given to The Observer's Lucy Siegle is promising. The numbers at first are daunting. With 2500 stores in 44 countries, H&M consumes a lot of resources for the 80 billion garments made from virgin resources. That number will only increase with the 10 to 15 percent growth the company expects in the coming years. As for those workers in Bangladesh, your spontaneously bought outfit will be far cheaper than that night on the town since they are paid on average about $43 a month.
In the meantime, more improvements are on the way starting with the 2.5 million pairs of shoes made with low-impact water solvents. Recycled polyester made out of 9.2 million plastic bottles will be part of the chain's new ethical clothing line. The company says it is on target to use only 100 percent organic cotton throughout its supply chain by 2020. Meanwhile 100 employees are working solely on CSR, and 75 of them audit H&M suppliers.
Clearly the company is not perfect. Any large company with such a vast supply chain will run into factory owners, skittish about transparency, who say YES to labor rights and environmental stewardship, only to do NO and hope they do not get caught. And not all of the clothes are "eco," including the dishy David Beckham undies line. Educating workers about their rights sounds forward-thinking, but most people in any country do not want to watch a DVD that reminds them about their situation in a country where justice and accountability are exotic concepts coming from far away wealthy lands. And is it really necessary to have a new fashion season every few weeks? The combination of cheap manufacturing consumers' demands for the latest and greatest look can land a company like H&M or Zara in trouble.
It may be too early to give H&M a free pass and applaud them for sustainability. But the company has taken many huge steps quickly. And if that sends a signal to more companies that they have got to get their act together and do better, then H&M is moving in the right and more responsible direction.
Leon Kaye, based in California and who has recently returned from the Middle East, is a sustainability consultant and the editor of GreenGoPost.com. He also contributes to Guardian Sustainable Business. You can follow him on Twitter.
Photo of H&M at Dubai Mall courtesy Leon Kaye.
Leon Kaye has written for TriplePundit since 2010, and became its Executive Editor in 2018. He's based in Fresno, CA, from where he happily explores California's stellar Central Coast and the national parks in the Sierra Nevadas. He's lived in South Korea, the United Arab Emirates and Uruguay, and has traveled to over 70 countries. He's an alum of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and the University of Southern California.


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Some great news on the mobile packager, we finally passed the 100,000 users mark yesterday as shown here on the magic "Dashboard". This is really good news and shows that we've managed to reach to more developers than ever with the tool.
Interestingly enough I'm also seeing recently spikes for the Flash Lite downloads too, which would indicate that applications are finally reaching users
Note: The orange line shows the attempted downloads, a few of which may be failures totalling 170,623 (which includes the 100,000 successful downloads). My take on it is that these are Mac users cancelling after they discover that the Mobile Packager is Windows XP only


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leaked Verizon documents, good folks, the Fascinate finally has an official release date: September 9. Verizon's Galaxy S variant snuck up on all of us with a commercial appearance last night, which was accompanied by that appropriately blown out text at the bottom, indicating it'll be in stores within a couple of days. That doesn't leave much time for you to build up fresh anticipation, so hopefully you were able to sustain yours while everyone else was unpacking their Captivate, Epic and Vibrant handsets. Hey, you might be late to the party, but at least you'll be there. See the ad (minus the launch date note) after the break.
[Thanks, Kyle]
Update: And what do you know, the official press release has just dropped, confirming the above in-store date and giving us an even earlier one: September 8 for online orders. Pricing is set at your usual $199 on a two-year contract, provided you have the patience to deal with a $100 mail-in rebate.


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Best fresh foods to give Nishikigoi
If you want to find out how to get your koi to get more out of their diet, you should try them on raw foods. But if you are unsure where to start I will give you some hints and tips here.
There are a lot of different views out there on which live or fresh foods you can feed your Nishikigoi, some of this advice is poor, to say the least, and some may be harmful to your fish and pond setup. I will run down some tried and tested foods which most experienced Koi enthusiasts use and dispell some myths.
Koi Carp can be fussy eaters, and where some people have no trouble at all feeding a variety of foods, other people report limited or no success. The amount of time taken to trial the new food could have a lot to do with the uptake.
Start with small pieces and gradual they may start to show interest in the new foods stuff.
Citrus fruits for additional vitamin C
One of the old favourites, an orange or lemon cut in half and floated on the water will be devoured in no time at all. Initially, the fish will be unsure of this food, but given time they will eat all but the hard outer skin.
One thing to remember is to make sure that as soon as possible, you remove the skin from the pond as it will decay in the water.
A good way to boost the vitamin C content of your pelleted food, which can lose vitamin content after opening and as it ages.
Fresh prawns or shrimps
An excellent way to encourage Koi to eat out of your hands, they love to munch on prawns and shrimps. There is debate over the nutritional value of this food when compared with balanced Koi Carp pellets. However I think I would get very bored eating the same old thing every day, wouldn't you, So why not treat them occasionally.
Fish do have taste buds on their tongues having the ability to distinguish between sweet, sour, salt, and bitter.
Watermelon has no real nutritional value for Koi Carp
Although they will chase watermelon around the pond and nibble away quite happily, there is not much in the way of nutritional value for koi, so I would not recommend feeding. There is no danger or hazard, just unnecessary pollution of the pond.
There are many alternative foods which add better value pound for pound.
Mussels are another hit with Nishikigoi
You can often get great deals on frozen mussels, not the garlic butter variety, from the supermarket. Koi will generally eat these out of your hand quite happily. Best to chop and distribute into the water, they will sink and drift to give them all a chance to grab a piece.
Alternatively, you can hand feed these too.
Koi Carp Foods for every day
All of the above can be used to supplement your Nishiki goi's diet, but it is essential to feed a regular food daily to ensure that they receive all of the nutrients they require in order to thrive.
One such food is Queni Koi's Japan Mix a great staple diet for all koi carp.


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The loom class at yahoogroups is finishing up the Sea Glass Wrap. The photo here is my class project, about 2/3 of the way done.
One of the really great ideas that came out of the class was to add shell beads, seen in this photo. I've also added small frosted beads that look like sea glass. It is a lot of fun, and has added to the "Sea Glass" theme of the wrap.
Brenda the Loom Lady has some very cute "Can Koozies" for your 4th of July weekend, great for your cans and bottles in a patriotic stripe. While you are visiting, you can also pick up Brenda's brilliant loomchet pattern for Baby Gran Hexagons.
Kelly from KellyKnits will host the loom class for July, and teach us how to loom mitered squares. Kelly is a wonderful designer and teacher, so this should be a great class. Looking forward to looming with you in July.
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When the sun comes out and the weather warms from spring to summer, we step out of doors and take a good look at our outdoor living spaces. It was fun to see how many of you made simple changes to turn ordinary spots into something special.
The guest judge for our Outdoor Spaces Challenge was Linda, visiting from Craftaholics Anonymous.
Linda stopped by each of the challenge contestants' blogs to check out their spiffed-up outdoor spaces. She had a great time seeing all the projects and discovering new blogs. Linda offered her comments about each of her favorite projects, which we've included below (in italics). Let's see which of your outdoor spaces were Linda's favorites.
#6 Lemonade Stand from Just Sew Sassy
So stinkin cute! Made me want to sit on the curb and sell a cold, sugary glass of lemonade!
#37 Outdoor Chandelier from In My Own Style
Love how this chandelier turned out! Perfect for an outdoor space.
#45 Outdoor Dining Room from Anythingology
This is an entertaining dream come true! So many beautiful elements.
#4 Man Cave from 3 Sun Kissed Boys
This just rocks! Love the barrel chair. PS my hubby is jealous! {ok, so I am too haha}
#28 Black Swing from The Cellar Door Stories
Living in the south, I loved this gorgeous porch swing!
#33 Backyard Beach from Better Together
What a cute idea! Love it! I want one for my little man!
#23 Vinyl Touches on the Porch from Just Pleased as Punch
Loved the small details with the vinyl, the fab wreath, etc.
#36 Door Mobile from Designs by Kassia
So unique! What a fun tradition to have a door mobile!
#27 Chair from Ms. Smartie Pants
This chair makeover turned out so pretty! the fabric pillow was the cherry on top!
#34 Placemats from Madigan Made
#15 Outdoor Dinner from Dukes and Duchesses
Love a good Mason jar chandelier! What a romantic dinner setting!
Here are The CSI Girls' favorite projects:
#21 Outdoor Toy Storage from Random Thoughts of a Supermom
#43 Outdoor Bar Cart from Keller Creative
Congratulations, winners! You can get your winners' buttons HERE.
We're excited now to announce the winners of this week's giveaway, sponsored by Clean Mama Printables.
Comment #42 – Margot Perry
Challenge Entry #19 – Patio Before and After from Involving Color
Thanks to Clean Mama Printables for sponsoring such a fun giveaway! We'd also like to thank Linda from Craftaholics Anonymous for joining us this week as our guest judge. We're so glad that you joined us for the Outdoor Spaces Challenge here at The CSI Project!
We'd also like to thank all of you who entered projects into the challenge. Our readers are the best! We really appreciate your participation in the weekly challenges. The inspiration you provide us each week is just phenomenal. We can't wait to see what you'll come up with for next week's challenge:Images: Ritzy Bee Blog


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I'm pleased with my iPhone 6.
I haven't managed to bend it.
I'm not going to wax lyrical about it because I'm not interested in stirring up the trolls or haters. See paragraph one for my iPhone 6 review.
I'm not sure about the changes Apple have made to Photos with iOS 8, although I think I can see why they have done what they've done. It will be interesting to see how it all works once Yosemite drops. The only issue I've found is with the Instagram App which displays every photo on the device in duplicate (FB and others seem to have got it right).
Being a clumsy sort of fellow I have ordered a case for it, hopefully that will arrive tomorrow.


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Benjamin Dodds is the author of Regulator (Puncher & Wattmann Poetry, 2014).
His work has appeared in Best Australian Poems 2014, Antipodes: Poetic Responses, Stars Like Sand: Australian Speculative Poetry and on Radio National's Poetica program.
His current project is a verse novel exploring the boundaries of scientific research.
Say hi in the comments or on twitter! @coalesce79