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Currency Of The Revolution, Or Tool For Online Vendors? The Many Faces Of Bitcoin [Feature]
It's become an annual event: the fall of Bitcoin. You've probably read about it multiple times, and maybe even believe that the online, decentralized currency is already gone forever.
It isn't.
Created by a mysterious, anonymous entity back in 2009 – when the recession was at its worst – Bitcoin is a completely digital currency with no central servers. Transactions are distributed across the network of users, and developers claim counterfeiting to be impossible.
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These spikes and drops – accelerated by speculators – haven't stopped Bitcoin's value from rising over time. Outliers aside, the currency's been trending upwards since it's creation in 2009. While I'm writing this a single Bitcoin is worth over $48 USD – the most it's ever been worth. This just days after a glitch temporarily brought the price down to $37.
It's unclear whether the current value will hold, but major online companies – including Reddit and WordPress – are starting to accept the currency, increasing its legitimacy.
Around the world organizations shut out by traditional merchant processors – Wikileaks, lulzsec and the creator of a 3D printable gun, for example – are turning to the digital currency for donations. And online casinos based entirely around Bitcoin are bringing in serious revenue. A vibrant community of developers, users and enthusiasts surround Bitcoin, and more than a few exchanges around the world allow anyone to trade a conventional currency for the digital one.
So yeah: Bitcoin's not dead.
A Revolution, Or A Business Opportunity?
I was looking for someone to explain the basics of the currency to me, so I emailed the Bitcoin "press" mailing list. Two people responded: Jon Holmquist and Amir Taaki. Both see Bitcoin as a tool, but they differ greatly as to what that tool is for. Holmquist sees an effective tool for commerce; Taaki, for revolution.
The UK-based Taaki is a lot of things – an activist recently arrested for squatting in London, the pioneer of multiple open source projects, a video game developer. He's even a former professional online poker player.
Right now he's organizing UnSystem, a Bitcoin conference in Vienna he says will bring together "anarchists, hackers, squatters and subversives." He speaks of the conference, Bitcoin, and the world in far-sweeping terms.
"Bitcoin is powerful", he tells me. "It's tearing a hole in the fabric of society itself."
When I ask how Bitcoin differs from cash, he responses with a list of things cash cannot do.
"How do I buy drugs online with cash?" he asks. "Or a WordPress install? Or donate to WikiLeaks, or lulzsec. Evade sanctions by hedging my money, buy anonymous services, gamble and play poker, pay for torrents or Megaupload accounts, exchange money at no cost?"
Jon Holmquist, meanwhile, sees Bitcoin primarily as a tool for business. The California man makes his entire living working with Bitcoin-based online retailers.
"For me it's less about ideology and more about what works," he tells me. "Bitcoin is a tool that works."
To Holmquist Bitcoin is a game-changing technology for anyone who runs a business online. Direct payment means little or no processing fees – something any business owner can appreciate.
"A lot of places offer discounts for cash, even though that's not allowed by their credit card licensing agreement," he points out.
Bitcoin brings the advantages of cash to the online world, by eliminating the need for merchant processing services like PayPal.
"I read a lot of news about the payment industry and there's nothing like Bitcoin," he tells me. "It's basically the next step forward for bank wires. It's transferring value, but all online, without any banking structure."
Holmquist runs a few retailers that use Bitcoin, including BitcoinStore.com – which sells electronics – and Coinabul.com – which allows you to trade your Bitcoins for gold.
Taaki, meanwhile, tells me that to him Bitcoin is not a business opportunity: it's a technology that helps people evade control.
"It's a very human technology: it brings trade back to me and you," he says. "Not as some merchant-client relationship – you are both a merchant and a client, producer and consumer."
He tells me Bitcoin alone can't change the world – that "you need the whole prescription to be taken holistically." But Bitcoin, in his view, can help keep the Internet free.
"PayPal shuts projects down all the time," says Taaki. "Bitcoin really busts the lid on a whole range of activities that were before limited or censored. Now we can kick those fuckers in the balls and do what we want."
Taaki hopes his conference – which includes speakers like Cody Wilson, the man behind the 3-D printable gun, and Richard Stallman, the father of the open source movement – will show the possibilities of Bitcoin to a broader coalition of activists.
All Currencies Are Created
It's easy to think of major currencies as having always existed, as something that always will exist. The truth is that currencies are created by people, and also occasionally disappear.
The world's current foremost currency – the US dollar as we know it – came into existence as recently as 1864, when President Lincoln signed the National Banking Act. Through much of the early 1800's, state charted banks issued bank notes, meaning travelers from New York had to exchange their money before they could use it in nearby Connecticut.
The European Union, of course, created a currency in 1999: the Euro. As with the US dollar, it replaced the local currencies of a large geographical area. Euro-skeptics predict that currency will break up, but it wouldn't be the first currency union in Europe to do so. The Austrian-Hungarian Empire shared a currency until the First World War – the Krone. After the war the Krone broke into several other currencies, along with the empire itself.
When the Soviet Union fell in 1991 a variety of replacement currencies popped up to replace the Ruble.
It sounds absurd that programmers can create a bit of code that has value – code that can act as money. But every currency is created at some point.
Who Is Satoshi Nakamoto?
"We have proposed a system for electronic transactions without relying on trust," wrote Satoshi Nakamoto in a 2009 research paper. Markets around the world were crashing at the time, but it's not clear whether that was the primary motivation for Bitcoin's release.
""[Bitcoin is] very attractive to the libertarian viewpoint if we can explain it properly," he once said. "I'm better with code than with words though."
His code did speak, growing from a Windows-only program compiled in Visual Studio to the cross platform network it is today.
It's unclear even now who Nakamoto is – an individual person or a group of people. At one point he claimed to be a Japanese male, but the first release of Bitcoin was not documented or labeled in the Japanese language. Some argue Nakamoto is American because of his spelling; others say he is British because of his formatting. The truth is no one knows Nakamoto's identity – or whether he is an individual or an entire group of people.
His/her/their involvement in Bitcoin stopped completely in mid-2010: according to Wikipedia, he told a contributor he's "moved on to other things".
Today Nakamoto – who or whatever he was – is seen as the creator of Bitcoin. The smallest unit of Bitcoins (one hundred-millionth of a Bitcoin) is named a "satoshi" in his honor.
How Bitcoin Works
I ask Holmquist how he would explain to his grandmother how Bitcoin works. He started with a history lesson.
"There was an ancient civilization that, for currency, used giant stone wheels," he tells me, referring to Rai Stones, used on the Micronesian island of Yap.
Mined from nearby Palau – an island where the currency was not used – these giant coins could weigh as much as 4 metric tons. Made of Limestone – which was rare on Yap – these stones were used in social transactions such as marriage or political deals. Their value was based on the idea of ownership – sometimes regardless of where the physical stone itself was.
"These people made it be known who owned which stones," says Homlquist. "One day a stone was on a boat, and the boat sank. The stone was at the bottom of the ocean, so no one could check on the stone or see it. But everyone knew it was there, and people could still transfer the ownership of that stone to someone else."
The culture used something they couldn't see or touch – a stone wheel on the ocean floor – as currency. It worked because everyone in the community knew who owned it, Holmquist tells me.
"It was a small tribe, everyone knew who owned what," he says.
Bitcoin works the same way, according to Holmquist: the peer to peer network means every computer connected to the online community helps keep track of every transaction.
"Everyone knows who owns which Bitcoins, and when you make a purchase that's broadcasted and saved," he tells me. "So everyone knows that another person owns a particular Bitcoin."
Every Bitcoin is a complex, unique string of code, but that's not what makes it impossible to counterfeit: you could copy and paste a Bitcoin wallet easily enough. No, it's the fact that every exchange is known across the network – to use Holmquist's metaphor: the fact that everyone in the village knows who owns which stone wheels – that makes each Bitcoin secure.
Because this system broadcasts every exchange across the network – and because most people don't want all of their financial activity to be publicly trackable – Bitcoin transactions are anonymous.
"You don't want your name tied to a public bank account," says Holmquist, explaining that one famous property of Bitcoin –anonymity – is less a core feature and more a result of this transparency: if everyone's transactions are going to be shared across the network, making those transactions anonymous is the only way the system can provide privacy for users.
"It was only meant to be anonymous as a result of necessity," Homlquist tells me. "It was a side effect."
There are down sides to the system, Holmquist says: security is almost entirely up to the end user, and there's no safety net for users in case of fraud.
"Because of the system there is no centralized structure, so there is no centralized body to go to and say that you've lost your Bitcoins," he says. "So there are good and bad things about this."
But even this lack of security brings benefits, says Holmquist.
"There's no charge-backs, so stores using Bitcoins can charge ridiculously low prices," says Holmquist. Charge-backs occur when a consumer calls a credit card company to report fraud – the credit card company returns the money before working out the fraud themselves. Bitcoin, lacking a central structure, offers no such system.
The original Bitcoin client stores your currency on your hard drive – so without backups, your Bitcoins could disappear completely if your drive fails. It's not known how many Bitcoins have already disappeared this way, but it's for this reason a number of web-based Bitcoin clients have entered the market – consumers can use them to store their Bitcoins online. Right now it's up to the user to determine who is and isn't trustworthy.
"The end user really has to be secure with their Bitcoins," says Holmquist."That's why a lot of people have been calling for increased infrastructure, a PayPal for Bitcoin."
And there's no reason such a service can't exist. After all: Bitcoin is simply a currency. If people want to trust a third-party service to handle transactions with it, they can.
Why Bitcoins Are Worth Anything
"Money gets its value as a medium of exchange," Taaki says to me. "Bitcoin is excellent for that."
"There's demand, there's scarcity, it's everything that cash or commodities need to be used as currency," says Holmquist.
If you're reading this odds are you have some money in your wallet, right now. Have you ever thought about why it's worth anything? Probably not.
Go ahead and grab a bill; I'll wait. Depending on where you are in the world it might be green, red or any number of colours. It might be made of paper or plastic; it might be transparent in places. It might feature dead presidents ($USD) or living monarchs (£); hypothetical [EZ1] architecture (€) or kids playing pond hockey ($CAD). But one thing is certain: there is a number on that bill, letting you know how much it's worth.
Currency image by Ashwin via Shutterstock
Why does that work? Why does printing a number on a bill give it value? The object itself certainly isn't worth as much as that number – $20 bills are made of the same stuff as $100 ones, and the material to make a bill almost always costs less than $1. No, the number on the bill is what gives it value, and it retains that value because people agree that it's worth something. It's all about belief.
Money is like the fairies in Peter Pan: if enough people say they don't believe, it dies.
It sounds like magical thinking, but if everyone decided at once that a $100 bill wasn't worth anything, it wouldn't be. This isn't hypothetical: it happened in Germany in the 1920s, and it happened in Zimbabwe just last decade [EZ2].
Zimbabwe's dollar no longer exists. The African nation now uses various currencies – the US dollar, the Euro and the South African Rand, to name a few – because of inflation. Put simply: political turmoil caused people there to lose faith in the currency, which caused the currency to be worth less, which prompted the country to print more money – a cycle that continued until things got really crazy.
Before the end Zimbabwe was literally printing bills claiming to be worth one hundred trillion dollars – and people still had trouble buying things.
So money is nothing more than numbers that represent value, and those numbers have value because people believe they do.
Most of your money probably isn't in your wallet – it's in a bank. Your bank doesn't have a vault with "your" money in it – it's why you can deposit money in one branch and withdraw from another. And your bank almost certainly doesn't have enough physical cash on hand for everyone who uses it to withdraw at once. When you deposit, then, your money ceases to have any physical form and becomes a number living in your bank's database.
It becomes, in a word, code.
But if you're like most people you're not paid in cash – you're paid with a check, or by direct deposit. In either case your money never really takes physical form at all – it's just a number that moves from one bank to another. From one database to another.
So most money is just numbers in a database – just code. And it's only worth anything because people believe it's worth something. There are good reasons for this belief. Most countries have laws ensuring that money deposited in the bank belongs to you, even if the bank goes bankrupt. If the bank can't give you your money the government will.
At one point – before 1971 – US currency could be traded for gold. It's why Fort Knox was so well stocked with the stuff: the ability to trade dollars for gold is what gave it value. In 1971 President Nixon – responding to nations around the world trading their US reserves for gold – dropped the gold standard.
So currency is no longer backed by gold, and most currency today is only code. Hypothetically, then, anyone could make up a bit of code and assign it value. If people believed that code was worth something – and the system of exchanging that code was secure – that code would actually have value.
But this doesn't have to be hypothetical, because Bitcoin exists – and people already believe it's worth something.
Will It Die?
Head to BitcoinCharts.com – which shows you the prices offered for Bitcoins at various exchanges – and you can explore the consequences of this belief for yourself. As of early March 2013 the currency is rising at an unprecedented rate, a bump subsequent to major sites like Reddit and WordPress beginning to accept the currency.
"There are ways Bitcoin could die off," said Holmquist in January. "But right now it hasn't even gotten close to that."
Third party services might end up being the way most people use Bitcoin, Holmquist tells me, but "it's still a lot cheaper than any overlay you can put on current banking infrastructure."
Taaki, for his part, has other things in mind: a changed world, where people don't need to have jobs and corporate structures don't need to exist.
"Me and my guys have been working on some calculations and we realized this whole boss and corporate business thing can be discarded," Taaki tells me. "The results speak for themselves."
Not everyone involved with Bitcoin agrees with comments like this – it's part of the reason why there are two different Bitcoin conferences this year. The Bitcoin Foundation's conference, in May, will focus on the currency itself – Taaki's will reach beyond the currency, to activists only marginally involved with Bitcoin.
"I think the world looks at some of these projects and sees drugs, guns, pirates…and doesn't see how cool they are," he tells me. "Let's make the world more fun."
Taaki and Holmquist have different worldviews, and a different future in mind. But their combined effort – along with that of many others – makes Bitcoin what it is today.
Is another crash coming? Possibly. But if you read that Bitcoin has died try to remember: it's not the first time someone said that happened, and it probably won't be the last.
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Calvin has been loving these peanut butter, yogurt, and banana "pupsicles" this summer, so I thought it was time for a new post on homemade dog treats.
I like these frozen treats because they're so simple and quick to make.
They've got four ingredients and take about ten minutes to throw together.
Calvin is a sweet and loyal pet who brings smiles every day, so it's nice to make him a healthy homemade treat that I know he'll enjoy.
And since these pupsicles are made in ice-cube trays, they're also nicely portioned for a pint-sized creature!
One amusing benefit to making pupsicles is the fact that, since they're frozen, they force Cal to slow down and actually taste his food.
It's cute to watch him actually enjoy the flavor of a treat for once, rather than swallowing it whole.
Another summer treat that Calvin adores?
How I discovered this:
After begging and crying for a taste of the watermelon we were eating, Chris and I let him try a small slice.
Of course he loved it.
This little beagle has an enormous appetite!
He's also become an expert disappearing artist.
Chris and I have started referring to this habit as "Where's Caldo?" (after the "Where's Waldo" books)
Not too long ago, we all went on a short hike…
…Only later did I notice that Cal snuck into some of my snapshots of the hike without my noticing.
Where's Caldo?
He found his way into my photo of our trip to the coast too (not hard to spot him here).
Since Cal is not into responding immediately when we call him (unless there are treats on the table), I've become used to playing the game of "Where's Caldo?" around the house as well.
I actually searched the house top to bottom the first time Cal discovered this hiding place.
Where's Caldo?
I finally heard a sigh and found him curled up in between the pillows.
This is now a favorite sleeping spot for Cal.
He comes out when he's ready.
And here's another.
Where's Caldo?
When Cal-Bean first came home with us as a puppy, I assumed he'd sleep in a dog bed on the floor of our bedroom.
That dog bed is untouched and stored in the basement …
…because Calvin had a better idea: sleeping under the heavy blanket at the foot of the bed.
For all the laughter and amusement he brings, how could I not want to make him some homemade treats every now and again?
It's nice to return some of the happiness he brings!
Here's the recipe for Easy Peanut Butter "Pupsicle" Frozen Dog Treats:
Inactive: 1½ hours
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 0 minutes
Yield: 12 treats
Difficulty: Easy
- 5 ounces organic plain yogurt
- ½ medium banana
- 2 tablespoons organic peanut butter
- 12 organic pretzel sticks
- Add the yogurt, banana and peanut butter to a blender or food processor and puree until mixture is smooth and creamy.
- Spoon mixture into an ice-cube tray, filling each compartment to the brim. Insert one pretzel stick into the center of each compartment. Mixture should be thick enough to hold each pretzel stick upright.
- Place ice-cube tray in freezer until treats are completely frozen, about 1-2 hours.
Always consult your veterinarian before introducing any new ingredients into your pet's diet.
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Brinner Finok was an unjoined Trill male in Starfleet in the 2370s.
In 2374, he served as an Ensign aboard the USS Destiny under Captain Raymer. He was one of only two Trill aboard the ship, the other being Ensign Ezri Tigan, with whom he formed a romantic relationship.
When the Dax symbiont was brought aboard the Destiny for transport to Trill, Finok was ordered to stand by in sickbay, in the event that an emergency joining procedure had to be performed prior to their arrival. While there, however, he was incapacitated by a Changeling and placed into medical stasis. Once the infiltrator was discovered, Finok was presumed to be dead, and so when complications did arise, Dax was joined with Tigan instead. The romantic relationship between the two ended shortly thereafter. (DS9 episode: "Prodigal Daughter", DS9 - The Lives of Dax short story: "Second Star to the Right...", "... and straight on 'til morning")
|USS Destiny personnel
|Brinner Finok • Fulghum • Billy Jamison • Jona Meel • John MacAfee • Marcia MacAfee • Raymer • Franklin Solon • Ezri Tigan • T'pek
External linksEdit
- Brinner Finok article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.


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Commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra. Premiered May 11, 1997 in Carnegie Hall by the American Composers Orchestra.
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KazeKidz Annabella News
Kaye Wigg's KazeKidz Annabella will be cast by an outside company. The dolls will be sold through JpopDolls. Annabella is an MSD size head and she will be sold with a new KazeKidz doll body as a full doll. An elf version and human version will be cast in a normal skin resin. At this time, the plans are to cast 50 of each doll. Annabella will be sold with a face-up but by a different artist (Kaye has previously created all of the face-ups herself). To get on the waiting list for a doll, email Jpop Dolls HERE. The exact release date is not yet decided.
To read the rest of Today's News, go HERE.
Halloween Treats
Many of the individuals who have appeared on BJDcollectasy share their doll and items with a Halloween theme. Take a look at their work HERE.
Gallery of photos can be seen HERE.
Doll Factory Kiki
DollFactory has released a new anthro doll named Kiki. The 12 cm tall Pet Ari pig doll can be ordered in a normal skin version or a Special white skin version. The dolls are sold as basic dolls with acrylic eyes. The normal skin version can be optionally ordered with either pink or brown face-up and vest or dress. The white Special Kiki can optionally be ordered with a black spotted face-up or a face-up and body blushing.
To see the rest of Today's News, go HERE.
~Tiny Doll Displays~
Dollhouses and displays are highlighted in a new video. Several dollhouses including a unique "Pumpkin House" are shown along with displays on shelves and in vitrines. Check out the video, article, and photo gallery HERE.
Custom House Sale Starts
The latest Custom House sale has started. The purchase of any doll will come with a free doll and also a free gift outfit in the same size. (Ex: a Bisou Ai comes with another Bisou Ai and a Bisou Ai-sized outfit.) Junior, Little Junior, and Ai dolls come with the free doll and outfit plus they are also sold at a discount. The sale ends November 15. When purchasing a doll, the company asks that you let them know which doll is wanted for the free doll. If there is no request listed, the company will add one randomly and the customer may get two dolls of the same mold. The doll chosen as an extra must be from the same line at the original doll ordered. (ex. an Ai can only come with an Ai.)
To see the rest of Today's News, go HERE.
Sky Guardian Sera
Domuya has released the newest doll in their Life Project series; The Sky Guardian Sera. The 44 cm tall doll is the third release of the series. The Sky Guardian is cast in snow white skin resin with full body blushing. Sera comes with both a regular and a special magnetic Eagle-Helm Headcap, gas mask, moveable detachable wings, and magnetic claws.
Sera has also been added to the life project website. His page is HERE. Sera is available for pre-order until November 15. The doll can be purchased through the company or through authorized dealers The Doll Peddler, Lone Star Dolls.
To see the rest of Today's News, go HERE.
Alice in Labyrinth Sale
Alice In Labyrinth is starting their 2nd Anniversary sale. All doll heads are available for order at 20% off. The sale runs from now until October 31. AiL sells 8 differnt models of SD size doll heads (Alice, Bertram, Chloe, Elijah, Fiona, Glen, Heyley, Dreaming Alice) and one MSD size doll head (Daryl). The heads were designed to fit Volks and similar size bodies. Heads come blank only and can be ordered in white or normal skin resin. The heads do not come with eyes.
To see the rest of Today's News, go HERE.
Junkyspot to Carry AngelHeim
Junkyspot has posted the announcement that Korean company Angelheim's Medusa Zion will be added to the store. The 71 cm tall doll can be ordered in normal,white, or pure white resin with options shown on the retailer's website. Full payment can be made or a prepayment at time of ordering with the balance due when he arrives at Junkyspot. The store will eventually have a limited number of dolls in stock in the future. AngelHeim has plans for new releases before the end of the year, and Junkyspot has plans to carry any new items from the company.
To see the rest of Today's News, go HERE.
Bergan Fields Fashions at CA Dolls
Contemporary Artist Dolls (CA Dolls) is carrying a special line of fashions by Bergen Fields. The dresses are one-offs, and the selection currently includes some autumn colors and Halloween costumes. The clothing is all designed for SD size dolls. In addition, special orders can be requested. The in-stock items can be seen HERE.
To see the rest of Today's News, go HERE.
MDCC Doll Auction Bidding
The Modern Doll Collectors Convention will be held October 14 – 17 in Albuquerque, NM. At the show a pair of one-of-a-kind Elfdolls dressed as King Arthur and Guinevere will be auctioned off. Costumes, face-up, and hairstyles are by Marie deSoto, chain mail by Spiderchain Jewelry, leggings by Doll Secrets, Guinevere's shoes by Dale Rae Designs, and stands by Joel & Reba Davis. The dolls were donated by Ms Cholong.
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Last weekend I was at a 2 day crop, and it was so much fun! Lots of scrapping, chatting and shopping. =) I bought a bunch of promarkers and boy are they fun to use! So the last days I've been printing digi stamps and coloring them with the promarkers. Awsome to be able to be crafty without having the kitchen table full of scrap stuff. Nice therapy too.
Here's the cards I put together after I colored:
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Digi stamp from Saturated Canary
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BF and I are going to Portland in May for a weekend. Can anyone recommend a good hotel downtown near the sights?
Captain_Awesome saidPortland! Post on here how you like it. Portland was supposed to be the other city I was going to move to, before my friend moved back home from there... I need a bigger gay friendly community anywhere I can get it!


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Obama Fails to Challenge Beijing's Island-building Campaign
In the silliness that often characterizes diplomatic discourse, Chinese vice-foreign minister Liu Zhenmin told Reuters on August 4th that China's transformation of South China Sea shoals and reefs into armed islands "should not be discussed" at the August ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Why not? Because, said Liu, "this is a forum for promoting cooperation." Correctly, the U.S. State Department answered that Chinese provocations should indeed be discussed. After all, how can international cooperation be furthered when China makes illegal sovereign claims over international waters that lie within the exclusive economic zones of its neighbors?
However, the Obama administration is unwilling to back up diplomacy with action. Senior U.S. naval commanders have sought permission to uphold freedom of navigation by sailing or flying close to these manmade islands that lie hundreds of miles from the Chinese mainland—far from the 12 nautical miles that make up China's legally sovereign waters. But even though China is flouting both custom and international agreement—China ratified and is currently violating the U.N. Law of the Seas Treaty—the president has refused this request.
This failure to act stems from the belief of the Obama administration that China and the U.S. are not strategic rivals, but partners in maintaining international order. Therefore, the logic goes, Chinese expansion does not constitute a threat. This is wrongheaded. Since its founding the U.S has been a maritime state, supporting freedom of navigation on the high seas. America's security and prosperity depends on free access to the world's oceans. John McCain, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, called the administration's refusal to protect U.S. rights in international waters "a dangerous mistake that grants de facto recognition of China's man-made sovereign claims."
The immediate risk comes at the expense of shipping lanes that lie hundreds of miles from coasts around the world. A feeble response to Chinese aggression sets a dubious precedent. China has been expanding its naval influence through the Central Asian coast toward Africa. Beijing financed Pakistan's deep water port at Gwadar and is currently negotiating to use Djibouti as a naval base. Djibouti is a tiny African state that sits astride the entrance to the Red Sea through which ships transiting the Suez Canal pass.
China and Iran have been working to increase military ties, trade, and nuclear cooperation for years. A Chinese-supported extension of African and Central Asian partner states' sovereignty into the Indian Ocean would put Beijing in a position to control the world's most strategic oceanic space, the approaches to the Persian Gulf and Red Sea. Unimaginable? Who would have thought at the beginning of Barack Obama's presidency that Iran would now be pulling the strings in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen? Iran could establish a naval base in Sudan, threatening Saudi Arabia and Israel, and increasing its control over Suez Canal commerce from Sudan's Red Sea coast.
Turkey could use its occupied territory in Cyprus to assert claims to the Eastern Mediterranean, or encroach on Greek waters through claims to Aegean islands. All these actions would derive legitimacy from uncontested Chinese claims in the South China Sea. If the Chinese can construct islands in international waters and use them as justification to assert sea control, then any of the above actions become imaginable. The Obama administration does not understand that the international order the U.S. helped establish is maintained by asserting the rights on which it rests.
Asserting freedom of navigation has been a tenet of U.S. foreign policy since 1800. The Barbary Wars were the U.S.'s first overseas conflicts. The Barbary States preyed on U.S. merchant shipping, demanding tribute payments until President Jefferson dispatched a Navy squadron to the North African coastline in 1801. Daring action by U.S. officers such as Stephen Decatur, William Bainbridge, and Richard Dale resulted in U.S. victory in 1805. President Madison dispatched Decatur and Bainbridge to the Mediterranean once again in 1815, when they crippled the Barbary fleet, forcing negotiations in just days. These actions established the precedent of American global intervention to protect freedom of navigation.
The precedent became a principle. In the Venezuelan Crisis of 1902-1903 the erosion of British, German, and Italian naval power set in motion events that accelerated the U.S.'s rise to global naval preeminence. Cipriano Castro became the president of a rapidly destabilizing Venezuela in October 1899, defaulting on foreign debts and harassing European merchant shipping. An Anglo-German expedition was dispatched to Venezuela in late 1902. The fleet blockaded Venezuela and shelled shore facilities.
Theodore Roosevelt took exception to European military operations in the Western Hemisphere. When the possibility arose that Germany would establish a shore base, the president ordered Admiral Dewey's fleet to prepare to sail south to confront the European fleet. Rather than escalate, the European powers agreed to negotiate, departing peacefully. Roosevelt understood the threat of unchallenged naval power so close to home. His Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine erased European military intervention in the Western Hemisphere. Britain soon ended its patrol of the Western Atlantic. The U.K. lost its position as a world power half a century later.
If uncontested, China will continue to construct armed islands. This furthers Beijing's sovereignty claims over distant swaths of international waters. It establishes the dangerous precedent that occupation, combined with the threat of force are acceptable means of restricting freedom of navigation. America has always warded off such perils to our security and prosperity through not only diplomacy, but our own threat of force. The Obama administration should listen to its senior military commanders. Their exercise of U.S. freedom of navigation may irritate China today, but will, by maintaining international order, avoid a far more dangerous confrontation in the future.


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Take a minute to looks at your sales pipeline. Filter your CRM to show just the deals at the very end of the sales process. If you're like most salespeople you have a backlog of prospects sitting there for some time in limbo. And also if you're like most people you have told a number of these prospects FU. Or your only plan is the go back to them and say FU. ''Hey, just thought I'd Follow Up and see if you had a chance to go over things yet.''
Yes, the follow up. The aimless check-in. The, ''just touching base so I can see if bla, bla, bla….'' The big ''FU'' to your prospective client.
Sales managers get told FU all the time, too. Teams who are rife with bad case of the fups. ''Hey, where is this deal in the process?'' ''FU.''
Diagnosing the Fups
If you are saying or hearing FUs all the time, that is a symptom of a deeper illness. At its core are 2 major issues. 1.) The rep's sales process is not aligned to the buyer's decision-making process. 2.) The sales rep has not explored what steps need to happen next for the buyer and set a specific day and time to meet with the agreement of advancing on action to move the process forward.
Harmful Repercussions of the Fups.
If you or your sales people are saying FU a lot you likely have a severe case of the fups. If left untreated, the fups could result in a slow-moving sales pipeline, unhealthy, unpredictable forecasting, a drop in win rate and even death of your role as a rep or manager. Worst of all the damage caused by the fups hurts not just you, but those around you.
The Fups Effect on Your Prospective Client
If a prospect has the expectation that she will get back to you once she has taken some course of action, telling her FU can really damage your relationship. She set an expectation that she would reply when she's ready and your FU can easily be interpreted as you are not respecting her process.
Also, the FU is more about you than it is her. It put's your agenda of getting the deal ahead of hers of solving a problem or capitalizing on an opportunity. FU adds no value to your prospect and if often annoying to the point of damaging your credibility and tarnishing the work you've put in up to that point.
The Fups Effect on The Sales Manager
If sales managers are regularly being told FU, this too is harmful in a number of ways. It makes it very difficult to forecast incoming revenue for the company. The poor forecasting can not only mess with reporting, it can cause misalignment with staffing for other areas of the business (ex. Support/Customer Success) and create inaccurate budgeting.
If the sales manager hears FU and does nothing to help treat his rep's Fups, he is relegating himself to nothing more than a sales accountant and a poor one at that. He spends 1-on-1 time with reps trying to track pipeline numbers rather than working as a sales coach helping skill-build and increase win rates.
The Fups Effect on The Sales Rep
As a sales rep, living with a case of the Fups just doesn't feel good. You don't like telling your prospects and managers FU any more than they like hearing it. With both, you want to have productive mutually beneficial conversations that end with something having been accomplished.
You also want that predictability in your number. It weighs heavily on your psyche seeing all those deals sitting in your CRM, with a history of work already invested, but a hopeless feeling attached to them. It drags you down thinking, ''What happened to those happier days when we were in discovery or I was presenting you what I can do to help and we both seemed really into one another? Where did the love go? Why won't you return my calls?''
Treating the Fups
So rest assure, there is a tested, proven, well-documented cure to the Fups. Starting right now you can follow this 5-step treatment program to eradicate FUs from your vocabulary and get healthy for yourself, your manager and your prospects.
Step 1. Know Your Prospect's Decision-Making Process.
If you have finished your sales process and are hearing ''I want to think about it'' or ''Send me the proposal and I'll get back to you,'' you prospect has not finished her decision-making process. As a thoughtful salesperson you need to get back to work here and explore what more she needs. Is there information missing? Is she not 100% clear on what you offer? Is she not comfortable enough with you or your company to say ''yes'' yet? Is she still in the research phase and also looking at your competitors? If you don't know your prospect's decision-making process, you will cease to help her with it and fall into the trap of telling her FU.
Step 2. Know Your Prospect's Buying Process.
Different than the decision-making process, which is how an individual decides on accepting or reject your recommendation, the buying process is the company's protocol. Who else is involved in the decision, who are the other stakeholders? What is the order or how the process of buying or not buying occurs? Who makes the final call? Who owns the budget? What are the procedural steps that need to be executed? Finance approval? Vendor approval? Purchasing approval? Imagine if you don't know the prospect's buying process, but your competitor does and is helping the client in executing them while you are just following up. You just Fup-ed yourself.
Step 3. Isolate a Specific Next Step.
Once you know the decision-making and buying process you can isolate a specific next step and build a plan with your prospect on moving the conversation forward. If there is only 1 step left this is easy. If you are involved in a more elaborate sale with 4 or 5 remaining steps, the total work needed to get a deal down can seem overwhelming to both you and your prospect. Forget the big win and focus on the next little win needed to move toward a signed contract. If you notice your language changing from ''follow up'' to ''next step'' when talking about late stage deals, this is the first sign that the treatment is working.
Step 4. Assign Action Items.
If a next step is required in wither the decision-making or buying processes, it means more work needs to be done by the prospect to go from maybe to yes or no. To forward a healthy process for both the buyer and the seller, action needs to be taken. If budget needs to be confirmed, gain agreement from your prospect that confirmation will be done by the next meeting. If another stakeholder needs to be brought up to speed and you will not be granted access, gain agreement that your prospect will set the meeting by the end of the week and confirm with you when it is going to happens so you may help prepare her for the conversation.
Step 5. Schedule the Next Step.
Expectation-setting is critical for maintaining a healthy conversation with prospects and healthy momentum toward finalizing a deal. The foundation of transitioning from follow up to next step is the expectation of when the action item will be completed. An agreed upon day and time must be made. Scheduled meaning in the calendars of the prospects and the salespeople involved. This leaves no chance of anyone misinterpreting the call as a random check-in. This is a committed meeting when progress was agreed to have been made. Prospects who are truly interested and engaged appreciate this as the formality of the process helps them stay organized and making progress. They too have invested valuable time and want to see a resolution.
This 5 step process is a treatment to the Fups not a cure. There will always be the chance of relapsing if salespeople don't stay vigilant. The easiest way to assure that this does not happen is to build next steps into your sales process, assuming that even when you are down presenting the potential client is not done deciding and next steps will be required for both salespeople and prospects in order to finalize the conversation.


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We Removed a Major Website from Google Search, for Science!Blog Post: August 12, 2014
Reminds me of that famous "science" comment from Jesse in Breaking Bad...
I haven't quite quantified the exact drop in search results from Google pulling the authorship pictures from searches, though there has been a small yet noticeable change in traffic for my freelance writing site. Since for many people their image *is* their brand, especially solopreneurs, I can see this having a serious effect on many persons who run their own website, since the introduction of something that would identify them and separate them from the other websites that *didn't* have a Google authorship profile makes a bit difference.
However, I guess the lesson here is...DON"T RELY ON SEARCH ENGINE TRAFFIC. Of course it should be an important part of your traffic generation, but who knows what effect the next iteration of changes will bring? Diversify your traffic streams and ensure that you won't be hit by the next Google update!


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SEOUL -- Hyundai Motor, a frontrunner in the development of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), will sign a deal with two French companies this week to promote the sale of emission-free cars and the establishment of charging stations in the European country.
Hyundai said it would sign a memorandum of understanding in Paris Tuesday with Engie, a French multinational electric utility company, and Air Liquide, a multinational company which supplies industrial gases and services to various industries. Based on the deal, Hyundai aims to ship some 5,000 FCEVs to France by 2025.
Along with the establishment of charging stations for FCEVs, the deal would call for the development of a viable business model for the investment and operation of hydrogen fuel infrastructure in France. Hyundai said that Air Liquide is expected to participate in a special purpose company (SPC) which will be established in South Korea at the end of this year to build charging stations for FCEVs.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who is on a tour of five European countries, tested Hyundai Motor's NEXO", a sport utility vehicle (SUV) type FCEV, during his visit to France on Sunday and checked a charging station set up by Air Liquide in Paris. At the site, Hyundai Motor President Chung Jin-haeng called for government help to quickly establish a network of charging stations.
"Although charging stations are located in downtown Paris, they are installed mainly in suburban areas in South Korea due to misunderstandings about hydrogen fuel and safety standards," Chung said, urging South Korea to benchmark the case of France.
Hyundai has touted hydrogen fuel as an alternative to solve global problems such as pollution and resource depletion. Because FCEVs emit no greenhouse gas, the eco-friendly cars are seen as a next-generation vehicle, but they are still not popular in South Korea mainly due to the lack of charging stations.


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Polio vaccine-related polio
June 24, 2010 Leave a comment
Polio virus bits in vaccine rarely join forces with other viruses, become infectious
[Note: some of the links in this piece are to New England Journal of Medicine papers. NEJM does not make its content freely available, so unfortunately, unless you have academic or other access, you'd have to pay per view to read the information. I fervently support a world in which scientific data and information are freely available, but…money is money.]
Worldwide, billions of polio vaccine doses have been administered, stopping a disease scourge that before the vaccine killed people–mostly children–by the thousands in a horrible, suffocating death (see "A brief history of polio and its effects," below). The polio vaccination campaign has been enormously successful, coming close to the edge of eradicating wild-type polio.
But, as with any huge success, there have been clear negatives. In a few countries–15, to be exact–there have been 14 outbreaks of polio that researchers have traced to the vaccines themselves. The total number of such cases as of 2009 was 383. The viral pieces in the vaccine–designed to attract an immune response without causing disease–occasionally recombine with other viruses to form an active version of the pathogen. Some kinds of viruses–flu viruses come to mind–can be notoriously tricky and agile that way.
Existing vaccine can prevent vaccine-related polio
Odd as it sounds, the existing vaccines can help prevent the spread of this vaccine-related form of polio. The recombined vaccine-related version tends to break out in populations that are underimmunized against the wild virus, as happened in Nigeria. Nigeria suspended its polio vaccination program in 2003 because rumors began to circulate that the vaccine was an anti-Muslim tactic intended to cause infertility. In 2009, the country experienced an outbreak of vaccine-derived virus, with at least 278 children affected. Experts have found that the existing vaccine can act against either the wild virus or the vaccine-derived form, both of which have equally severe effects. In other words, vaccinated children won't get either.
Goal is eradication of virus and need for vaccine
Having come so close to total eradication before wild-type-associated cases plateaued between 1000 and 2000 annually in the 21st century, global health officials hold out the hope for two primary goals. They hope to eradicate wild-type polio transmission through a complete vaccination program, which, in turn, will keep vaccine-derived forms from spreading. Once that goal is achieved, they will have reached the final target: no more need for a polio vaccine.
As Dr. Bruce Aylward, Director of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative at WHO, noted: "These new findings suggest that if (vaccine-derived polio viruses) are allowed to circulate for a long enough time, eventually they can regain a similar capacity to spread and paralyse as wild polioviruses. This means that they should be subject to the same outbreak response measures as wild polioviruses. These results also underscore the need to eventually stop all (oral polio vaccine) use in routine immunization programmes after wild polioviruses have been eradicated, to ensure that all children are protected from all possible risks of polio in future."
If that sounds nutty, it's been done. Until the early 1970s, the smallpox vaccination was considered a routine vaccination. But smallpox was eradicated, and most people born after the early '70s have never had to have the vaccine.
A brief history of polio and its effects
I bring you the following history of polio, paraphrased from information I received from a physician friend of mine who works in critical care:
The original polio virus outbreaks occurred before the modern intensive care unit had been invented and before mechanical ventilators were widely available. In 1947-1948, the polio epidemic raged through Europe and the United States, with many thousands of patients dying a horrible death due to respiratory paralysis. Slow asphyxiation is one of the worst ways to die, which is precisely why they simulate suffocation in torture methods such as water boarding. The sensation is unendurable.
In the early twentieth-century polio epidemics, they put breathing tubes down the throats of patients who were asphyxiating due to the respiratory paralysis caused by the polio virus. Because ventilators were unavailable, armies of medical students provided the mechanical respiratory assist to the patients by hand-squeezing a bag which was connected to the breathing tube, over and over and over, 16 times a minute, 24 hours each day, which drove air in and out of the patients' lungs. Eventually the iron lung was developed and became widely implemented to manage polio outbreaks. The iron lung subsequently gave way to the modern ventilator, which is another story.


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The Saskatchewan Food Safety Regulation provides all the detailed requirements for a food premises to ensure prevention of health hazards. It outlines the minimum requirements pertaining to maintenance, temperature control, sanitizing, pest control, food handler hygiene and the various daily tasks in which that food handlers are involved.
The Food Safety Regulation also highlights the requirement for mandatory certification of food handlers and is used by Public Health Inspectors during inspection.
What does the regulation say about Food Handlers Certificate?
There must be at least one person on-site who has a valid food handler certificate.
If there are 6 or more food handlers working in the food premise, then a manager or supervisor must have their food handler certificate and must be present on-site.
What should I do?
What happens if I don't get the Food Handlers Certificate?
Consequences can be severe if you or your staff choose to neglect food safety certification requirements.
Twice as likely to fail health inspections
50% more likely to have food-borne illnesses
Suspended or revoked Food Establishment license
Business closure
Financial penalties (up to thousands of dollars)
Charges and prosecution
Seizure and destruction of inventory
Bad publicity


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Its Allen K.'s Birthday. Happy Birthday Allen. One of my best friends. I've always looked up to you. Congrats.
I have been writing on the web since 2000. I am a christian , a photographer, an occasional poet, a recovering dreamer, an occasional philosopher, a software developer, an autodidact, and i resemble the INFP personality type.
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Too much designer furniture on the block lately that it is becoming increasingly difficult to decide which designer furniture stands out from the rest.
Weird designs that are only noted for their looks but are not user friendly at the end of the day are definitely not my cup of tea.
I would rather have simple designs, elegant and ones which gives me enough space to fit my things in.
Though, the thought of having just elegant furniture would sometimes contradict my vibrant, funky nature.
I found a perfect fit in Damian Velasquez designs. They are something one needs to look out for. The designs are vibrant, colourful and truly designer stuff. Just take a look at the picture; it has enough cabinets for a person like me also to fit in the stuff.
He combines steel, coloured wood and various other materials to give his furniture that fine craftsmanship look.
Now that's something that is spacious, user friendly, modern and chic.
Via: Damianvalesquez


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Uber has spent the past few months trying to mend its image and make itself more driver-friendly, and that's certainly true for October -- although it might hit your bank account if you're a passenger. It's adding a slew of features that let drivers charge more for long pickups. They can charge an additional fee if they have to travel a long distance to get you, for one thing. They'll also apply a per-minute late fee if they have to wait longer than 2 minutes at the pickup point, and will earn a cancellation fee if you change your mind after 2 minutes rather than the previous 5. Uber's app will also help drivers avoid tolls during pickups "when possible," and will incorporate tolls into the fare if it's there's no choice.
Uber drivers can now charge more for longer pickups
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There is the potential for this to create problems. Many a veteran Uber passenger has had that time when they just couldn't get to the car in time through no fault of their own, or where the driver was technically at the pickup point but stopped at the wrong place due to poor mapping. You'll definitely want to be as ready as you can when you hit that "request" button, since your Uber driver isn't going to cut you much slack.
However, this could ultimately help passengers. If Uber workers are paid more and don't feel jerked around by less-than-considerate customers, they could be more likely to stay on -- that means happier and more experienced drivers. Moreover, the fees for long pickups and tolls should reduce the chances that a driver cancels on you to take a more lucrative fare. You may have to pay more, but it beats waiting longer for an Uber when you're already running late.


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New Addition: Seltzer Bottle {and Manhattan Flea Markets}
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This weekend I was in the mood to do a bit of flea marketing, but didn't quite feel like leaving Manhattan to do it, especially since it was Pride weekend and pedestrian/transit traffic was more than bit disorganized as a result. Alternatively, I hit up two markets that were close to home and scooped up this pretty blue seltzer bottle after a bit of haggling. I've been wanting one for awhile, and now I'm guessing that this is to be the first of more than a few. I think they'll look very pretty lined up on a shelf where the sunlight can hit them…
If you'd like one of your own, you can find an ebay search for "vintage seltzer bottles" here.
Some of my favorite flea markets in the City:
- GreenFlea Market
Located on Columbus Avenue between West 76th and 77th Streets on the Upper West Side.
Open Sundays, 10am to 530pm
Notes: Especially good for costume jewelry. There is a good farmer's market just across the street as well.
- Hell's Kitchen Flea Market
Located on West 39th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues in Hell's Kitchen
Open every Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 5pm
Notes: Lots of clothing.
- Chelsea Antiques Garage
Located at 112 West 25th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, in a parking garage.
Open every Saturday & Sunday from 9am to 5pm
Notes: A few years back I was put onto this flea market by Jamie over at The Standard Edition. Of the three markets listed here, it's definitely the best and has the most varied and interesting selection of items. If you only have time for one market, I'd choose this one and spend a good few hours poking around its two floors.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Rear Window
Rear Window; thriller-drama, USA, 1954; D: Alfred Hitchcock, S: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr
Photographer L.B. Jefferies broke his left leg and from there on spends the days in a wheelchair, bored and alone in his apartment. But the next week his orthopedic cast is finally going to get removed and his girlfriend Lisa visits him. One night he wakes up because he heard a scream and spots his neighbor Torwald through the window, having an argument with his wife. The next day, the wife is gone while Torwald is chopping something with an axe. He hires a detective, but he doesn't discover anything. Jefferies realizes that he killed her, but needs evidence. By luring Torwald outside, Jefferies' nurse examines the soil and Lisa his apartment. Torwald captures her and goes on to attack Jefferies, who flashes him with his flashbulbs. The police arrests Torwald, while Jefferies falls out of the window. Case solved, but now he has two broken legs.
"Rear Window" is one of the reason why Alfred Hitchcock is remembered even today, and why he should be more considered as the 'master of experiment' than the 'master of suspense', whereas he even announced how he considers it one of his favorite films. "Window" is quite frankly a subtle ode to voyeurism, a story set around the hero, Jefferies (very good James Stewart), who never leaves his room throughout the entire film (!) - except for a few scenes towards the end - from which he observes his neighbors through the window, which is why his perspective becomes the movie's only perspective, and in some other director's hands this could have turned out boring, even monotone, but in Hitchcock's hands it was transformed into a simple murder mystery that intrigues. He has sense for subtle details in the exposition in which he shows the orthopedic cast of the hero that has a signature stating: "Here lie the broken bones" or even the photo of the formula in the sole moment of the crash. Hitchcock again toys with the audience because he doesn't explicitly show the murder, but just how Jefferies saw something through the window at night, and the camera doesn't even leave the apartment when Lisa goes on to sneak in into the apartment of the suspicious neighbor, who is shown on the other window, right next to her. Because of such distanced approach, the story brings the viewers to want to engage in it more. It's a occasionally stiff and not that suspenseful, but well developed thriller. It was nominated for an Oscar (best director, screenplay, sound and cinematography), for a BAFTA (best film) while it won the New York Film Critics Circle Award (best actress Grace Kelly).
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If you could live in either of these cartoon's worlds, which would you live in?
The Jetsons or The Flintstones?
Me- I'd pick the Jetsons. Robots, flying cars, gadgets that do everything? You can't beat it! Plus, my fear of birds would hinder my ability to shower during the Flintstones time.
Vote now in the comments!


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Creative Scotland's chief executive has apologised for the way the body's recent funding decisions were handled, as she committed to a root-and-branch review of its processes in future.
Twenty arts organisations had the entirety of their Creative Scotland subsidy removed in last month's funding round announcements, prompting outcry and the resignations of two of the body's board members. Five companies subsequently had their funding restored following an emergency meeting.
Creative Scotland reverses funding decisions following outcry
At an evidence session at the Scottish Parliament's culture committee, Creative Scotland chief executive Janet Archer revealed that a key plank of its three-year strategy for Regular Funded Organisations had not yet been proposed when it opened the pool for applications, meaning organisations were unaware that their applications would be considered ineligible for regular funding.
Archer opened her evidence to the committee with an apology, saying: "I am profoundly sorry that the delivery of this process has been a negative one for many."
Archer also admitted that the decision to withdraw a group of organisations from the RFO network, taken at a board meeting in January, was not unanimous, as had been previously reported.
She went on to confirm that Creative Scotland was "committed to a root-and-branch review of how we fund".
"We will – importantly – do this in full collaboration with the people and organisations we support," she said.
However, under questioning from the committee it emerged that, following the initial RFO announcement, several unsuccessful applicants had raised concerns that reports compiled about their applications included factual inaccuracies by the time they had reached the board.
These included The Ayr Gaiety, which was said to have £600,000 more available to it from other sources than was actually the case.
The recently departed interim chair of the board, Ben Thomson, who also gave evidence, claimed that when the board met to reconsider its initial RFO decisions, it had not been made aware of potential factual inaccuracies in the reports on which it had based those decisions.
Among Creative Scotland's reasons for removing several companies from the RFO network was that they would be able to apply to a soon-to-be-created touring fund.
However, at the evidence session, Archer revealed that the fund was only proposed as part of the touring theatre and dance review published in April 2017, after the deadline for applying for the RFO pot.
Committee member Ross Greer, said of the resulting situation: "Organisations that submitted applications for regular funding and met the criteria at the time then became ineligible for regular funding because they would become eligible for a fund that has not been created and has not got any detail behind it."


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A moment in Philmusic.com's History: The site domain was registered in December 1996. We are at most, probably one of the longest running Philippine websites around!
Salamat sa input kaptid. But gaya ng sinabi nya, medyo limited services nia. Im looking for something gaya ng services ni guitar hospital.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
If you're looking for any kind of fret job, set up, or wiring services. Mico Ong of PAPI's guitar is your man! I've had 7 guitars refretted by him to SS frets.Impeccable job and absolutely worth every penny.
Question:Talaga bang umuuga ang trem bar ng edge pro na bridge?hindi nman yung tlgang maluwang sya, pero yun nga umuuga,may mga nka experience nba sa inyo?
Guys another question,I'm planning to replace my RG1570's edge pro to a Gotoh GE1996T,what are the things i need to consider before replacing it?and the gotoh bridge has 3 choices of trem block 33mm 36mm and 40mmwhich one should i get?btwthank you sir spoonbender sa pagsagot regarding sa pag tighten nung sa trem arm hehe
im not sure if it's a major prob or a minor prob,nag start na kasi mangalawang yung bridge nung sa RG1570 ko,ang malala pa don, umuuga ung trem arm, so di ko alam bakit ganon,unlike sa Edge Zero nung sa Egen ko, meron nung pinipihit para mahigpitan yung trem para hindi umuuga,di ako masyado maalam sa technical details, ang gngwa ko lang is i-compare sila.
most versatile ibanez guitar in your opinion? can both use for metal and church genre?
Any S series IMO for that curvy look, it can be applied and used with any genres.
check out the sa1060fits your pickup configuration preference minus the 24fret and ash body.
kelan kaya magkakaroon ng mass production yung Ibanez na Prototypeyung gamit ng polyphia at ni martin miller,kinda Suhr-ish..#SuhrBanez
closest you can get. SxH configuration
nasa magkano kaya yan sir?
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Executive Updates
Executive Updates
from Dr. Byington
December 2017: Health Science Center Executive Update
As the semester winds down and the holidays approach, I want to take this opportunity to send a heartfelt "thank you" to the students, faculty and staff that make our Health Science Center so great. I would also like to reflect on a few recent issues of interest.
Harvey relief fund update:
I am still in awe of the outpouring of service in the midst of, and following, Hurricane Harvey. Our faculty, students and resident physicians throughout the state came together as first responders during the disaster. Just this week I read an opinion piece from third year medical student Jonathan Brewer on his experience staffing, in conjunction with students from UT Southwestern, a medical clinic in Dallas from 6 a.m. to midnight every day for 19 consecutive days. When called upon, these students worked together through long hours and stressful conditions to treat thousands of patients. I am also pleased to report that funds were distributed to faculty, staff and students directly impacted by Harvey through our Disaster Relief Fund. Thank you to those who generously donated to this effort. As a united force, we were able to contribute to and help so many people in need.
SECC success:
Thank you to everyone who joined me in donating to the 2017 State Employee Charitable Campaign (SECC). The Health Science Center raised $45,415.19, a 35% increase over last year! Congratulations go out to Barry Nelson, Finance & Administration, and Ryan Nelson, CIADM, for their winning silent auction bids in the last week of the campaign and to Lois Rockwell, School of Public Health, for winning the $100 Amazon gift card. Funds raised will be distributed to participating charities and agencies to help make a tangible difference to the causes we've chosen to support.
EnHealth in the news:
Last month, we announced Engineering Health (EnHealth), the nation's first comprehensive educational program to fully integrate engineering into all health-related disciplines. Dr. Roderic I. Pettigrew, a physician-scientist, internationally recognized leader in biomedical imaging and bioengineering and member of both the National Academy of Medicine and National Academy of Engineering, will lead the program. You can listen to more about EnHealth in this national NPR story on Marketplace.
College of Medicine celebrates 40 th anniversary:
The College of Medicine 40th Anniversary Gala was a huge success. Thank you to all who made this event possible, and thanks to those from across the Health Science Center who attended. Thanks to our generous sponsors, we will be able to permanently endow several medical student scholarships. The night also included a performance by Lyle Lovett, class of '79, a distinguished alumnus and wonderful musician. It was a great opportunity to celebrate the college's four decades of excellence and look ahead at the future. View photos from the event.
Texas A&M start-up company on national stage:
Mark Benden, PhD, CPE, associate professor in Environmental Health & Occupational Safety at the School of Public Health, recently represented the university and the Health Science Center at the inaugural University Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) Showcase in Washington, D.C. Dr. Benden presented on his stand-biased desk research. These desks, which allow students to choose whether to stand or sit in class, have been found to improve BMI and cognitive functioning.
College of Dentistry dedicates site of new clinic and education building:
The College of Dentistry recently dedicated the site of the college's new Clinic and Education Building. This nine-story, 157,756-square-foot facility is designed to serve a new era in dental education by fostering group practice settings that emphasize patient care outcomes. I was honored to be part of the groundbreaking, along with Board of Regents Chairman Charles Schwartz, Chancellor John Sharp, College of Dentistry Dean Lawrence Wolinsky, as well as elected officials. You can view photos from the ceremony on Flickr.
Two Health Science Center faculty named Regents Professors:
Congratulations to William H. Griffith, PhD, professor and chair of the College of Medicine's Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, and Daniel Jones, DDS, PhD, professor and chair at the College of Dentistry's Department of Public Health Sciences, on receiving 2017 Regents Professor Awards. They are both well deserving of this honor for their service to the Health Science Center, The Texas A&M System and the people of Texas.
College of Nursing and Pharmacy combat flu with vaccine clinics:
The College of Nursing and Rangel College of Pharmacy did their part to keep our community healthy this flu season with flu vaccination clinics across campus, and even immunized President Young! In partnership with the Division of Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness, the College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, and Texas A&M Physicians teamed up for an interprofessional collaborative effort to offer flu vaccines for Texas A&M System employees and their eligible dependents at a number of different locations across campus. The drive-thru event served as a practice for a mass-vaccination event in the case of a pandemic, in which many people would need to be immunized very quickly. Thank you to the faculty, staff and students who made these clinics possible.
In closing, thank you for all you do to make the Health Science Center a dynamic institution that offers transformational learning experiences, contributes new discoveries and innovations that advance health, and impacts the state of Texas and our nation through our selfless service. For real-time updates, please follow me on Twitter @carrie_byington and visit the Vital Record news site.
With warmest wishes for the holiday season,
Carrie L. Byington, MD


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hello -- (my first post -- so apologies in advance).
I recently upgraded the RNS510 rev "A" stereo in 2009 Tiguan to later RNS510 rev "E" that includes A2DP Bluetooth, etc.
I am now in heaven.
Unfortunately, the removing the stereo dash trim involves removing the "passenger airbag" notification display (to access torx screw immediate behind).
I read various times to disconnect battery before disconnecting the "passenger airbag" display, but I made mistake during the R&R procedure and unplugged airbag light with battery connected. Now I have Airbag fault. This potential issue was fully detailed in vxvortex forum on the radio upgrade.
So -- what do I do now? I used Ross-Tech Hex-v2 to reset airbag sensor but that didn't do anything .
what are my options? Is this something only for dealership?
to repeat: nothing has happened to airbag system other than I disconnected the dash passenger display with battery connected. see fault below.
thanks -GA
1 Fault Found:
01578 - Airbag Deactivation Warning Lamp; Passenger Side (K145)
009 - Open or Short to Ground - Intermittent - MIL ON
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 10101001
Fault Priority: 2
Fault Frequency: 1
Reset counter: 255
Mileage: 110153 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2000.00.00
Time: 00:01:16


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lock-in amendment(redirected from Lock In Amendments)
Lock-In Amendment
An amendment to a corporate charter making it more difficult to repeal amendments that have previously passed. A lock-in amendment is usually used as an anti-takeover measure. For example, a company may pass a lock-in amendment stating that a previous anti-takeover amendment to the charter requires a 75% majority of shareholders to be repealed.
lock-in amendment
Amendment to a corporate charter that makes it more difficult to void previously approved amendments. For example, a lock-in amendment may require 60% approval to change an existing antitakeover amendment.


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Nutley Windmill is to feature within a new set of stamps being issued by Royal Mail.
The mill will be seen on the first class stamp which will be available from June 20.
The Grade II* listed building, which dates back to the 16th century ,was renovated by a team of volunteers and is the oldest working mill in Sussex.
It is maintained by Uckfield & District Preservation Society and chairman Brian Pike said: This stamp is a fabulous achievement and very rewarding for the volunteers who have given their time to keep the mill open to the public."
Three each of the UK's surviving windmills and water mills have been selected by Royal Mail to feature on the new set of stamps.
Those of Nutley Windmill, and accompanying postcards, can be obtained from the windmill, Bridge Cottage, the preservation society charity shop in Uckfield or the local Post Office.


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Luxury Vinyl Tile
Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT) come in all shapes and sizes. They come in anything from large format wood looks, to contemporary tiles. Many manufacturers have achieved incredibly realistic looks and consumers are choosing this type of flooring over others for functionality and style.
Once installed properly it becomes a waterproof floor while the tiles themselves are impervious to water. Luxury vinyl tile is easy to clean and replace a tile here or there if needed. LVT is quickly becoming the floor covering of choice. It is sold in a range of qualities from a builder grade all the way through heavy commercial. There are also many extra design options for this type of material including borders, inlays, grout lines, etc.
Make sure you are purchasing from a reputable manufacturer that offers good warranties.
Vinyl Composition Tile
Typically used in commercial locations or basements Vinyl Composition Tile (VCT) is a very durable floor if maintained properly. Proper maintenance includes always keeping a good layer of wax on top of the tile. You are always supposed to be walking on the wax covering the tile, not the tiles themselves.
With a large selection of colors to choose from you can have a very fun floor for a very forgiving price!
Make sure you are purchasing from a reputable manufacturer that offers good warranties.
Sheet Vinyl Flooring
Sheet Vinyl is a very good choice for your wet and busy areas. It is economical, durable, and comes in many stylish patterns. Designs for this type of flooring have been greatly diversified and improved with technology. The surface is virtually waterproof, scratch resistant, and easy to clean.
Be aware that all sheet vinyls are not created equal and there are many lesser quality products on the market that mimic the higher quality pieces. It is these higher quality sheet vinyls that will hold through the test of time (and traffic).
Make sure you are purchasing from a reputable manufacturer that offers good warranties.


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Epilepsy Action is Britain's largest non-profit organisation providing support and advice for people with epilepsy as well as carers, teachers, students and health services. I have been a member of the organisation for about four years now.
Through the wonders of their website, Facebook, Twitter, my blog and the regular magazine which comes with membership, I have been lucky enough to find new friends with epilepsy and am in touch with the people behind Epilepsy Action themselves. They will regularly "retweet" any blog post that they feel is relevant to their members and anybody who wishes to learn more about the reality behind the myths (and myths abound, trust me!) and they occasionally ask me to edit the post to include pictures and links, which I am always very happy to do.
Ever since I was forced to give up work some years ago I have wondered how I could still improve lives and make a difference to somebody's day (I was formerly a care assistant to the elderly). In October/November of last year I decided to begin this blog – just in case anybody with an interest in the disorder should wish to read the personal views of a person with epilepsy.
I was not expecting the attention I began to receive. All of a sudden people were adding me on Twitter – people with similar stories to mine. Strangers occasionally stop by and thank me for focussing on a certain kind of seizure; a lady once moved me to tears by telling me about a child she'd lost through a seizure – thanking me for writing about it. Here I was, a disabled, middle-aged housewife who is really nothing and nobody special, making the difference I had wished to make. It was amazing.
Then, on May 14th this year, I married my fiance of five years and decided that – in lieu of gifts – I would ask guests to donate to Epilepsy Action to celebrate our special day. I sent off for some envelopes (which are free) and our small clan of friends and family managed to raise £90 in our honour.
Soon after that Epilepsy Action emailed their members, informing them that a new page for achievements had been put up on the website. I decided to tell them about my wedding and how I'd managed to walk down the aisle without my walking stick (over the years seizures have had a severe impact on my balance and coordination). I submitted a photograph and a brief comment, left my details and thought nothing more of it. They had already organised a press release about our wedding guests' donations in our area, after all.
When the phone rang in August I was certainly not expecting the caller to be somebody from Epilepsy Action, who was putting together an inspirational documentary about the things that people with epilepsy can achieve! I didn't believe that my simple achievement of leaving my walking stick out of my wedding day was anything special – and yet a few days later I was sat in my garden, being filmed for the documentary on a lovely sunny day. A link to the documentary shall become available here as soon as I know what it is!
I have since signed up to become a Media Volunteer for Epilepsy Action, and I do all I can to promote the cause – right up to gaining extra online coverage for those taking part in sponsored events, or raising extra awareness for people who are affected by the rarest forms of epilepsy (if you Google "Othohara Syndrome" or "Rafferty Binns" you will quite likely have one of my blog posts show up).
So this is how my life and the work of Epilepsy Action intertwine. I like to believe that there is always a way to make a difference, even if you are restricted in your mobility as I am.
Please follow my links to the website to learn more about epilepsy. Some of the members featured on the site are quite extraordinary. Perhaps you could think about donating, or buying something from their online store to show your support, or maybe organise an event to raise money and awareness.
If you are a person with epilepsy – or care for/know a person who is – please consider following the charity on Facebook and Twitter, to keep up to date with upcoming events in your area. There is also a membership helpline on 0808 800 5555
Most of all, thank you for having taken the time out of your day to "visit" me. I hope that I have been as informative and entertaining as I intended.
G. Wright, Media Volunteer for Epilepsy Action


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Episode 68: Larry Johnston from Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine tells us exactly what he did to ace his medical school Histology and Biochemistry exams. You don't want to miss this one…
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Medical School Genius
About 1 in 3,000 people can be considered genius.
But what if genius were defined as the assimilation of opportunity and elite preparation? If that's the case, then the Study Techniques course in the Medical Mastermind Community is exactly what you should do to improve your academic performance.
Can everyone ace medical school?
Of course not.
If everyone had access to the Study Techniques course, it could affect the medical school class' bell curve and that would require a change on the part of the faculty.
Of course, for everything teacher may try to make tests difficult in medical school, there are those who seem to figure out their tricks and ace the exam regardless.
This podcast interview will introduce you to one of those student that can ace medical schools.


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Consumer Protection Claims
Consumer protection claims are both individual and class claims brought by consumers for the actions of companies that effect the public as consumers. There are extensive laws that are designed to protect consumers from unfair business practices, but unfortunately some companies continue to mistreat their customers in violation of the law. Often times the only way to know what your legal options are is to consult with an experienced consumer protection attorney to advise you. Norton Frickey P.C. can help you figure out your options.
If you have been physically or financially injured or lost a loved one due to someone else's actions, please submit the online questionnaire or call Norton Frickey P.C. at (719) 634-6450. We will discuss your case with you initially free of charge, and if we agree to handle your case, we will do it without you having to pay our fees unless you recover money.


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