text: Plumbing industry refutes claims of excessive rates Hot Topics MPA comes out fighting over plumbing rates hype THANKS to an ill-conceived piece of 'research' recently, the media went into a brief frenzy about WA plumbers charging the highest rates in the country. The so-called research, released by online job quote site ServiceSeeking.com.au, caused some journalists to claim that plumbers earned more per hour than the average lawyer. The potential ramifications for plumbers around the country were not good, so the Master Plumbers and Gasfitters Association of WA put out the call to associations in other states and our national body, Master Plumbers Australia, to set the record straight. We found that rates depicted in media reports were in no way reflective of figures maintained by the industry associations around the country or those on dedicated pay comparison sites. We also found that one or two overly diligent Eastern States journalists may have used some fairly creative research methods to determine that plumbers "earned" $87 an hour while lawyers earned $37. But it appears they are looking at two very different things. The plumbing rate is a derivative of what was quoted for certain jobs through the ServiceSeeking site, while the lawyer rate has been devised by dividing an average annual salary by the standard number of working hours in a year. But there's a big difference between rates that are charged for services and final earnings. If we utilise the same tactic to determine a plumbers' average hourly earnings, we come up with a figure around $27/hour. Or, if we flip it and look at charge rates, lawyers sit at around $240/hour – and rarely does legal work only last an hour or two like many plumbing tasks. Let's face it - using an online job quote site to determine pay rates is much like using eBay to determine the average cost of living. What is more, while $87/hour might be an appropriate rate for longer projects and ongoing work, it's not indicative of the rate charged to inspect and unblock a drain on a Sunday night and such claims did cause a few customers to question their plumbers who were charging considerably more. Fortunately, our quick action to highlight the research flaws caused the short-lived media frenzy to rapidly die down. Irrespective of the numbers, the MPGA strongly supports plumbers charging the rates they do in WA and Australia-wide. What needs to be taken into account is the important role of plumbing in the community. The fundamental purpose of plumbing in Australia is to protect public and environmental health. For more than 100 years, the industry has focused on eradicating life threatening diseases such as cholera and dysentery by ensuring everyone has access to clean drinking water and effective wastewater removal. On a daily basis, we are dealing with significant safety issues ranging from gas and hot water supply to safe handling of products such as asbestos and lead. Plumbers are required to undertake a four-year apprenticeship – the same time it takes to complete some law courses – and cannot go into business without significant further training and experience. So we'd say we're worth every penny – and certainly the rates charged are reflective of the specialist skills and equipment, potential risks and ad hoc nature of the work we do. Elizabeth Quay sagas continue WE HAVE kept a close eye on the ongoing issues at Elizabeth Quay that have resulted in infringements being issued to a number of plumbing contractors and kept the water park closed for months. A timeline of events and further information is included in an article in the upcoming June issue of Master Plumber WA. What the whole saga does highlight is the importance of plumbing regulations and the potential fallout of not working within those bounds. It has been a debacle to say the least, but arms us with substantial evidence to support our continued lobbying of State Government to uphold the strict regulatory control that governs the plumbing industry in WA. Murray Thomas CEO, MPGA MPA's May 2016 media release. « Back


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Satisfy Your Curiosity about Mars at the National Air and Space Museum's "Mars Day!" July 13
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In preparation for the Aug. 6 landing of the Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity rover at Mars' Gale crater, future astronauts, scientists and armchair space travelers are invited to the National Air and Space Museum July 13 for "Mars Day!" to learn all they need to know about the "Red Planet" so they can out-geek their friends and impress their coworkers.
Mars Day! will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the museum's National Mall building and feature presentations and fun family activities throughout the museum. Presented by the museum's Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, this annual event enables visitors to interact with staff scientists and experts from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and NASA.
Visitors who are curious about Curiosity will have the opportunity to ask Mars Science Laboratory science team member John Grant about the mission's goals and the new high-tech equipment on the rover, they can tour Mars landing sites with the museum's Google Earth Station and learn about the rocks and minerals Curiosity may find in Gale Crater with planetary geologist Jim Zimbelman.
Additional Mars Day! displays and activities include:
- Presentations from NASA's Planetary Science Division director Jim Green and Doug McCuistion, director of the Mars Exploration Program, about missions of exploration
- Planetary geologist Ross Irwin will talk about the history of water on Mars
- Mars Radar—Visitors can learn how to see beneath the surface of Mars with planetary geophysicist Bruce Campbell
- Mars on Earth—Planetary geologist Bob Craddock will talk about geologic features that are common to both Earth and Mars and what can be learned from them
- Mars art and story times for kids
- A full-scale model of the Mars Exploration Rovers currently operating on Mars and information about the ongoing mission with planetary geologist Ross Irwin
- MARSIS—Planetary scientist Tom Watters will talk about radar mapping of Mars on the European Mars Express mission
- Polar Places—Visitors will learn about the Martian polar regions and how Antarctica can be a laboratory for studying Mars, with planetary scientists Maria Banks, Gareth Morgan and Michelle Selvans
- Red Planet Quiz Show with Martian of Ceremonies Meghan McCarthy
- Views of the surface of Mars in 3-D and detailed high-resolution images straight from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
- An actual Mars meteorite from the National Museum of Natural History
- Robot Explorers, a hands-on activity that allows visitors to maneuver small robots
- An informative planetarium show will display Mars as seen from Earth and from orbit
For more information visit the Mars Day! website.
Mars Day! is held annually to mark the July 1976 landing of Viking 1, the first spacecraft to operate on Mars. A test version of Viking 1 is displayed in the Milestones of Flight gallery at the museum's building in Washington. This year's program is made possible by the support of BAE Systems.
The National Air and Space Museum is on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., at Sixth Street and Independence Avenue S.W. The museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is located in Chantilly, Va., near Washington Dulles International Airport. Both facilities are open daily from 10 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. (closed Dec. 25). Admission is free, but there is a $15 fee for parking at the Udvar-Hazy Center.
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When I want to set a good, great, fantastic new password, I don't seem to have the option to set the number of integers and/or symbols. Nor can I see how good my new password it. Yes, there's a gauge bar but it seems to be less than precise.
Obviously you know a number of us prefer the generate tool used in 1PW 4. Can we know the reason you didn't bring it forward? Also, are there plans to set closer options in future generate tools?
1Password Version: 7.3.661
Extension Version: 188.8.131.52
OS Version: Windows 7 64-bit
Sync Type: none
Referrer: forum-search:1password 7 (windows) generate password - how to set option for numbers and symbols
Hi @gorham,
Thanks for taking the time to provide feedback on 1Password 7. We are working on standardizing the password generator across all of 1Password. To better understand your request could you please provide and explanation for the purpose of defining the number of integers or symbols? It seems in most cases this is something that is either required or not, vs requiring a specific number of them. Additionally, could you please elaborate on what sort of precision you're looking for with regard to the password strength indicator?
I had to dredge this one up. When I go to a new site and want to set up a password, my 1Password4 lets me make it more "fantastic" with more integers and/or symbols. But sometimes the site itself has limits so I have to adjust that. It's really helpful (to me - one size definitely does not fit all!) tweak those integers and/or symbols to keep the password as strong as possible within the given parameters. Yetch. That makes sense to me. You are forgiven if it doesn't at all to you. Anyway, I've come to terms with keeping 1Password4 on my machine as a password generator.
Incidentally, I feel like I missed the rabbit but I'd comment that I'm not controlling the letters, integers or symbols; my results are still random - within the parameters I have to use. I'd probably not have been quite as forceful as @ClickCardo but I do agree that if we want to muck about with the component parts, we should be able to do so.
I'm not sure why this surfaced after all this time but, hey, a soapbox is always welcome.
@ClickCardo - we appreciate your passion for 1Password!
I really insist that the paying customer should have the right to...
We hear you. The trouble is that we've got quite a large range of paying customers from all walks of life, all levels of skill and familiarity with 1Password, and with computers in general. They've got different needs, from the 20 year veteran sysadmin to my mother. And many if not most of them feel that "the paying customer" (by which they mean: themselves) should have...whatever feature/ability/preference/option they're currently advocating for.
We're always happy to hear people's use-cases. We want to hear them, in fact, because we don't always think of everything, nor do we always have the best idea or approach right out of the gate. But there are also a couple of simple truths: all 1Password users are "paying customers" (we've never had a free version of the desktop apps), and we cannot say yes to every user's request, partly because some of them literally request polar opposite things from one another, but also because if we tried to do so, 1Password would wind up looking (and working) like a UI nightmare fairly quickly. So what we do instead is try to take in as much feedback as we can...and then make our own decisions, using our own best judgment.
If you can give us examples - as many as you have - of websites for which the standard functions of 1Password's Strong Password Generator didn't work, and what occurred instead? Our experience is that the number of websites that continue to have the kind of user-hostile functionality of things like password requirements that aren't shown to the user until AFTER they've violated them, or requiring specific values in specific locations/quantities, keeps decreasing month by month. Obviously, that number is not (yet!) zero, but it's going down steadily, as more and more webmasters begin to understand the difference between security and security theater.
The one thing I've always wished for in 1Password password generator is the ability to define what symbols are allowable. I still routinely run into sites with rules like "must include at least 1 symbol from #*&%$^ (but no other symbols)". It would be VERY useful to be able to optionally specify which symbols are valid - something like a text box on the password generator screen that defaults to blank (all symbols) but, if filled in, will only use the symbols from the text box. I've seen some very odd combinations of allowable symbols so a simple subset is not sufficient - it needs to be configurable on-the-fly.
@wilcoxon You are absolutely right on! I've had to either remove or substitute out a symbol based on local parameters myself. It probably doesn't hurt in the long run but it does play havoc with the idea of random. Your idea - where there's a pool of acceptable symbols - would, I think, maintain randomosity.
Indeed. It's certainly something that could help in some cases. We haven't found a good way of presenting that kind of functionality that doesn't run an even more significant risk of people unnecessarily limiting the strength of their passwords on an ongoing basis, but perhaps we will. One thing we're also looking at is making 1Password get users the same end result -- maximum strength password within the limitations of a specific website -- with less fiddling, perhaps by having 1Password remember the restrictions of specific websites and act accordingly. Either way, knowing specific websites we should be using as test cases can help a lot, as Lars mentioned above.
I don't know what "too many" means. In testing thousands, I haven't encountered any websites that say "no more than n symbols/digits". It's possible that there are some out there, but it's certainly going to be rare. Being "picky" about passwords doesn't benefit security; it just gives people rashes.
Amen @ClickCardo! Which is why I keep 1Password4 (Windows 7) on my machine too. Not the extension and I've removed the data and of course changed the password. For me, it's just password generator software. Picky? Us? Heh!
@brenty, not too many but which ones they let you use.
I don't have a horse in this race, just years of testing thousands of websites for all sorts of issues that can affect 1Password users. If we can find a way to make 1Password work flawlessly for every edge case, we'll all be happy. Until then, we've got to try to do the most good for the greatest number we can. Thanks for understanding, and for supporting what we do!
It should be a useful feature if we can define required characters and symbols. For example, in our landscape we are using SAP and several databases, and we have password policies. Like 3 min digits, 5 min symbols, 4 min lower case, 4 upper case characters, forbidden characters (especially for Oracle, it only accepts ? % ^ * + ~ - = [ ] { } : , . # _ )
@Naxterra: Thanks for bringing this up. I hadn't heard of those specific requirements before. It's something we'll evaluate along with the others that people share with us. You've got good odds of getting a valid password if you max out the length, but certainly it would be possible that one or more of those might not be met due to randomness.
This turned into an interesting thread! I've become more aware of the process and users' expectations too.
I just want to thank the Team Members for their care and consideration for issues raised here. In my experience it's a rare thing and I (and I'm sure many others) really appreciate your accessibility and expertise.
Who brought that soapbox in here??
Thank you for your kind words and for following along, @gorham. It's an interesting problem, so I think it does attract a lot of attention, both from our team and our customers, as a result. We get on soapboxes ourselves at times, too, so I suppose it's only fair we share them from time to time. Ultimately, I think we all agree that most of the time the real source of trouble is sites having these requirements at all, but that's reality for the moment and we need to find ways to cope as best we can.
With that said, unlike brenty, I actually do have a horse in this race. You'll probably find me mentioning this in numerous threads here, but I'm actually really passionate about solving this problem because it has a huge impact on me several times a year and I can fully sympathize with everyone who encounters it. The bank that holds my mortgage is the literal worst with passwords. You know those sites that don't tell you the rules until you break them brenty mentioned? Yea, it's one of those. Plus, the bank makes me change my password fairly often (another practice that has fallen out of favor) so I have to deal with it often. For all of the time my wonderful teammates have spent teaching me the value of random, I just can't bring myself to care about it when faced with this wretched site.
Ultimately, I've tried to turn this negative into a positive and use myself as a test case for changes to the password generator. The one we currently use on Windows is actually about as good as 1Password 4 in my case. I can't claim to understand exactly why, but the few times I've tested with 1Password 4's generator and limited the number of symbols (usually the thing that gets me), I haven't found it gets a good password any quicker than 7. I suspect length has something to do with it (the bank doesn't allow a very long password either) as shorter passwords tend to end up with fewer symbols by default, but that's just a guess. 1Password X's option to generate a word-based password with numbers as a separator and capital letters was so close to working every time, but I needed a symbol still which meant manually editing or the same old regen dance. Oddly enough, 1Password for Mac's most recent password generator seems to have hit the mark. Again, I don't know why, but I do know that some changes were made to it in an effort to work better with picky sites. I've only had to change that password twice since that update, but it worked on the first try both times, which is amazing enough that I owe the team that worked on it a few beers at the very least.
This may be neither here nor there for most in this thread – if you don't have a Mac, this isn't something y'all will get to play with just yet – but I bring it up just to show that this is something we think about and worry about and work towards alleviating in our own way. I've found the solutions our development teams implement for problems don't always look the way I'd expect them to. Like you, I thought recipes were probably the answer here and, as sites adopt methods to better share their password requirements with password managers, perhaps they'll still have a role to play. But, from my perspective, we seem to have solved my biggest password generation problem without them and my hope is that you'll see many of your struggles solved the same way.
Regardless, I'd love to keep this conversation going. As things change, let us know what you think, tell us if anything makes things better or worse. Soapbox or no, feedback from y'all is always immensely helpful and we'd not be able to improve near as quickly without it. Thank you for taking the time to share and hopefully my personal sympathies for your plight provide some solace next time you're faced with stupid password requirements, too.
For whatever it's worth, adding numbers and symbols isn't the only way to make a password better or stronger. In fact, it's not even the best way. Length is always the easiest way to add entropy. But even when you can't make a password super long, you can still achieve high entropy without numbers and symbols.
For example, even a password that is only 23 characters and has no numbers and no symbols provides an uncrackable-in-the-age-of-the-known-universe 128 bits of entropy. But even if a site or service only allows 15 characters (and, again no numbers and no symbols), you're still looking at a very secure 80 bits of entropy.
I don't say any of this to negate the realities of certain sites and services, but I did want to make sure we were all on the same page when it came to password strength (with and without numbers and symbols).
My strategy is always to use the longest password a site will allow, including numbers and symbols. But if a site gives me a hard time at all, I just turn off numbers and symbols. Creating passwords is quick and painless for me, and I sleep well at night.
With all due respect 1Password, you speak about not being able to grant every request, but this is not about a new feature. The option to choose the number of symbols etc. was already there which you've decided to take away! I want to make the password as complex as I choose, not you, even if all it means is peace of mind knowing I've made a super strong, complex, password. Why take something away when those options had a set default and didn't need changing anyway, unless you wanted to, which I, and the users here, did. Also, there are plenty of sites that will only accept certain symbols. If I had it my way, I would be requesting that we could go further and chose what characters to use. Lastly, to the the last 1password team member, khad, how do you know what lies in the future? God knows what unscrupulous parties will manage to develop, especially given the advances of quantum processing (but then I guess that would make 1Password redundant). Plus, even if the simple fact that having a password with 23 characters is uncrackable, I would most certainly feel much better if I could make it as complex as I wish. Going by that logic, if I create a password with 23x "1" it is uncrackable. Somehow, that doesn't fill me with confidence.
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@Pedrosa Thank you for sharing your thoughts here. I totally understand the desire to customize your passwords with just the right number of symbols and digits, as it's something I did since starting to use 1Password until our recent switch to the digits/symbols checkboxes.
Let me respond directly to a few specific bits of your comment to hopefully help you understand where we're coming from...
The option to choose the number of symbols etc. was already there which you've decided to take away!
Since 1Password 6-7 for Windows was built from the ground up, not using the existing code from 1Password 4, we didn't specifically decide to take away the option to choose the number of digits/symbols. Our Windows developers were starting from a clean slate. Ditto on the Mac side, where this change came about during a complete redesign of 1Password Mini. Still, why did we make our password generator the way it is now? In short, for ease of use and security:
I want to make the password as complex as I choose, not you, even if all it means is peace of mind knowing I've made a super strong, complex, password.
Adding more digits/symbols will (unfortunately) not make your password more strong or complex. Letting the 1Password password generator do its thing – checking the "allow digits" and "allow symbols" boxes – is the best possible strategy for increasing entropy of a password for any given length, since that's more random. Then, to make the password more complex yourself, you can make it longer with the length slider.
Going by that logic, if I create a password with 23x "1" it is uncrackable.
Khad did not say that, nor have I or any of our other teammates. Our explanation assumes you're using the password generator, which creates truly random passwords. If we assume there are 50 options for what each character is with symbols and digits options enabled, a 23-character password generated by 1Password has a 1/1.1920929e+39 chance of being
11111111111111111111111, or any other given 23-character string. That's about one in a duodecillion. That's what (I hope) will fill you with confidence. If not, drag the length slider up by one, and you're at about one in 59 duodecillion. (That's a hypothetical attacker's odds at guessing your password on any given attempt, assuming they know its length to begin with.)
Changing out a few letters in that entropy-rich 24-character password for symbols won't make any meaningful difference, especially since that password is 50 times stronger than one that was already, as Khad said, uncrackable-in-the-age-of-the-known-universe.
Also, there are plenty of sites that will only accept certain symbols. If I had it my way, I would be requesting that we could go further and chose what characters to use.
This is a great point, and one others have mentioned in this thread too! Getting just the right password to fit the pickier of websites' password rules can still take a couple tries, and some such sites do still remain. We hope to improve that experience in the future, perhaps by having 1Password manually remember the restrictions of each site or continuing to improve the design of our password generator, as Kate mentioned in her earlier comment. Thank you for the feedback here
Let me know if you have any more questions or feedback on this; we're always happy to hear it.


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Read this tip to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Hard Hats And Head Protection and other Safety Products topics.
Over the last few years, companies have been getting better and better at putting logo's on safety products like hard hats. Pad printing creates a permanent, high quality imprint at an affordable price. Custom logos or slogans may be imprinted on the front, back, and sides of most safety hardhats. In addition, several stock logo's like the American Flag, Think safety, etc
Reasons to print logo's on the hard hats…
*Use for corporate identity
*Ideal for promotional products market
*Perfect for commemorating ceremonial and special events
*Worker/area identification or differentiation
*Additional marketing for the company of business
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Saif Ali, is the founder and community engagement facilitator at Integr8 UK, a non-for-profit community development organisation. Inspired by his 18-year journey of seeking asylum, Saif founded Integr8 UK in 2015 right after receiving his leave to remain to enable refugees and asylum seekers to overcome cultural polarization, social isolation and disintegration of identity. Through his collaborative work with other refugee support agencies, Saif aims to create unique opportunities to enable people to integrate into their host community and empower them to lead a purposeful life and work experience in the UK beyond their limitations.
Saif envisions a world that is enriched by the diverse experiences and unique gifts that refugees and asylum seekers carry. His mission is to empower them to uncover those gifts and share them in a world where everyone feels respected, included and able to embrace their differences and celebrate their individuality.


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Today I have one of my rarely seen Fashion Friday posts for you. This time around I am featuring this adorable Nautical Themed Multilayer Bracelet from the Born Pretty Store. Did you know that Born Pretty has more than just nail art and beauty products? Sure enough, they have clothing, home decor, jewelry and accessories as well. They have several of these leather strap multilayer-style bracelets available and I just couldn't resist checking them out, so when Born Pretty offered to send me some products for review I requested to try it.
I chose this nautical themed bracelet that has an anchor, an infinity sign, and a ship wheel as its charms. There are several black and brown leather straps in varying thicknesses and styles to add to the quasi-rustic vibe of the bracelet. The charms seem to be of good quality, and the bracelet feels durable. It is lightweight and comfortable to wear. The only possible drawback is that the bracelet is pretty long, so it may be too big for those with small wrists. I can wear it loosely on the smallest loop and I do not have small wrists, so keep that in mind. My husband could probably wear this bracelet if he were so inclined (though I didn't actually test that). That's actually a good point. The bracelet is not gender specific, so a man could totally get away with wearing it. It is definitely a unisex piece. It is stylish and cool, and I have gotten several compliments when I have worn it.
I am a fan of this little Nautical Themed Multilayer Bracelet from Born Pretty. There are several different version of this style of bracelet with all sorts of charms, from Parisian to owls, love themes and trees, even Harry Potter and Hunger Games themes. You definitely should check them out. This particular Nautical Themed Multilayer Bracelet retails for $5.74, but is currently on sale for $2.99 at bornprettystore.com. I am thinking that I need to head back over to the website and order another style. They are super cute.
As I've mentioned in previous reviews, the Born Pretty Store is located in China, so shipping will take a while. It is normal for orders to take 2-4 weeks to ship to the US, and in my experience, I have gotten most of my orders within 2-3weeks. You should still plan ahead if you are ordering something time sensitive like holiday items and order them early. Orders ship within 24 hours. Check out the BPS website bornprettstore.com, or their facebook page for more details. For 10% off any regular priced items from the website, use coupon code BBBK31. I do not get any kick backs or compensation from your orders. I am just offering my personal opinions.
FTC Disclosure: The product reviewed in this post was provided to me for free by Born Pretty Store for consideration. This does not guarantee a positive review, and my thoughts on these products are 100% honest. No other type of compensation was accepted.


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Sunday, September 1, 2013
Christmas Card with Fluffy Little Animals
This card is for these challenges:
1) Inkspirational - #35 Sketch
2) A Gem of a Challenge - #95 Use 2 Backing Papers
3) Southern Girls - Warm Fuzzies
4) Inky Impressions - #123 Animals
5) Christmas Card Challenges - #40 Something New (stamps)
26 comments:
- sandie said...
Hi Pia, adorable cut card, love the pretty border and flower. Plus I like the crumb coloured card you have used. Thanks for joining us at Inkspirational x
- September 1, 2013 at 11:26 AM
- Laine said...
Such cute bears on such a sweet creation Pia. Wonderful colour and design.
- September 1, 2013 at 11:35 AM
- Sammy said...
Awwww, so cute! Love this card x
- September 1, 2013 at 11:43 AM
- KraftyKoolKat said...
This is a really gorgeous creation sweetie, love the rich colours.
- September 1, 2013 at 3:11 PM
- Sue said...
Gorgeous card Pia. I love the cute images, beautiful colours and fabulous way to use the sketch.
Thank you, also, for taking part in A Gem of A Challenge this week
Sue xx
- September 1, 2013 at 4:32 PM
- Rene said...
Oh this is sooooo adorable! I just received my first set of LOTV images and I have to say they are fantastic!!!! They're so cute! Love the circles here...fab my friend!!!
Rene :D
- September 1, 2013 at 5:58 PM
- Pat K said...
Adorable card Pia. Love the circles with the gorgeous poinsettia. Pat K xx
- September 1, 2013 at 8:09 PM
- Marina said...
Great use of the sketch - good for using several small images. I love your poinsettia, and I know what you mean about sparkle not showing up! Thank you for joining us at Inkspirational Challenges. Come back next week! Marina
- September 1, 2013 at 8:58 PM
- Deepti Stephens said...
Sweet card Pia!
- September 1, 2013 at 9:28 PM
- Wishcraft said...
Fab card hun, love those cute bears :o) Hugs, Lisa x
- September 1, 2013 at 10:17 PM
- cotnob said...
This is lovely Pia, adorable images and I love your papers and punched border, I'm so happy that you are pleased with your LOTV images.
- September 1, 2013 at 10:26 PM
- Hazel said...
Hi Pia
This is just wonderful - I love your new LOTV stamps - you have made a fabulous card.
Thank you for dropping by and leaving me some lovely comments.
Have a great week.
Toodle Pip
Hazel x
- September 1, 2013 at 10:52 PM
- MagsB said...
Pia, this is just so cute! What adorable images (I love LotV!) and the poinsettia is gorgeous, too! What a fab Christmas card!
love Mags B x
- September 2, 2013 at 1:41 AM
- Tammy said...
Adorable Christmas card Pia, I love the images and your fabulous design!
Tammy x
- September 2, 2013 at 1:58 AM
- downrightcrafty said...
how fabulous just love it
Hugs Kate xx
- September 2, 2013 at 8:51 AM
- Sabrina said...
Great choice of papers and images for the design of this card! I just love those adorable little bears! TYFS and joining in on the fun at Christmas Card Challenges #40. :)
- September 2, 2013 at 9:26 AM
- Teresa Kline said...
cute stamps, your card is adorable.....luv the mix of patterns...hope your week is amazing!
enjoy *~*
- September 2, 2013 at 1:14 PM
- Chrissy said...
Gorgeous Pia..Love the papers and the cute liitle images,fabulous design too..
luv CHRISSYxx
- September 2, 2013 at 7:21 PM
- Unknown said...
Pia this is a wonderful card hun, love it xxx
- September 2, 2013 at 9:49 PM
- Unknown said...
OMG Pia this is just such a sweet card! I love the fluffy little critters and your choices of DPs make me think of candy canes and snow! Thanks so much for joining us at Inkspirational!
- September 3, 2013 at 2:08 AM
- Ruth M said...
Absolutely adorable PIa, those sweet images were perfect for the layout! I love the poinsettia with the sentiment tag - a wonderful touch! So nice to see you again at Inkspirational! Ruth x
- September 3, 2013 at 11:36 AM
- Patricia St Martin said...
Pia, All kinds of fantastic embellishments and love all of them. The bears are so cute. Awesome border punch and love the poinsettia and the sketch.
Hugs, Pat
- September 4, 2013 at 3:47 PM
- Mynn xx said...
One of the cutest Christmas cards I've ever seen, Pia! LOVE this! Thanks for joining us at Inkspirational! :)
- September 4, 2013 at 10:08 PM
- Danielle Vincent said...
So so cute! Love the tag sentiment. Wonderful Christmas card Pia.
- September 5, 2013 at 6:00 AM
- Wendy Fraser said...
Oh how sweet! Love the cute animals. Thanks for joining us at A Gem of a Challenge xx
- September 6, 2013 at 6:22 PM
- Margo said...
Adorable images and card!
Thanks for joining our challenge at CCC!
- September 7, 2013 at 4:50 PM


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Vinyl Acetylene
1-Buten-3-yne 50% mixture in Xylene
Vinyl Acetylene is a colorless gas. Due to its reactive nature it is typically shipped as a 50% solution in xylene.
Vinyl Acetylene is used mainly in organic synthesis.
Product Specifications
Purity 98% minimum
Specific Gravity 0.7095
Boiling Point 5.1oC
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By John Lockhart, Product Manager, Geomagic
Soon, I'll be blogging about the many very cool but less-than-obvious features that will be available in Geomagic Qualify Probe 2012. But, given that most folks are just getting their first look at this new product, I want to hit the highlights and talk about some new capabilities and workflows you get to dig into when you first get your hands on this new software.
Probing Workflows - The new capabilities that we have developed for tactile probing solutions - particularly for users of portable CMMs - are so complete that we have been able to respond to our partners' requests to publish Geomagic Qualify Probe as an entry-level probing solution with a cross-grade path to Geomagic Qualify.
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- Once you are even just roughly aligned, use Quick Probe' to quickly probe features using the automatic feature recognition based on the aligned CAD.
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- Launch Real-Time Deviation to get instant CAD compensated deviation with a go/no-go window in the new digital readout.
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I had the opportunity to attend the Q4 EMC IIG Business Partner Webcast today. Among other things that were discussed were IIG's top priorities for 2015 and a brief product road map. Here are IIG's stated priorities for 2015:
- Value Office Solutions
- Syncplicity
- InfoArchive
- Captiva and ApplicationXtender
- Documentum UI Refresh
- Managed Services
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- Documentum 7.2 (Update)
- Security updates/improvements
- Migration and consolidation best practices
- JBoss and Oracle updates and new certifications
- EMC WORM integrations
- InfoArchive ("Athena")
- Extended compliance and security support (enhanced retention policies and encryption)
- Search enhancements (UI, Boolean operators, sort and filter)
- Archive enhancements (performance enhancements, reports, audit enhancements)
- xCP ("Fire Rainbow")
- Solution building platform (64-bit xCP Designer, improved developer experience, improved deployment)
- Performance improvements
- Drag & Drop capability from within Outlook to xCP application
- Captiva ("Lithium")
- Embedded real-time recognition (document classification and extraction in mobile apps)
- NextGen advanced recognition (improvements to Recognition Designer)
- Captiva Capture improvements (performance enhancements, 64-bit binaries, usability improvements for Desktop and Designer)
- D2 ("Hawk")
- Productivity (multi-document workflows, performance enhancements using D2-BOCS, right-to-left language support)
- Information integrity (SSO support, multi-repository support, Syncplicity Connector 1.1)
- Agility (default user configurations)
- D2 Advanced Publishing
- Advanced content management and publishing
- ApplicationXtender ("Oak")
- Usability (new cross-platform UI, additional browser support)
- Extensibility (new REST API)
- Productivity (batch capabilities, recycle bin)
- xCP ("Moonbow") – Proposed
- Solution building platform (collaboration support, advanced case management, run-time configurations, responsive design, sample applications)
- Improved content management and cross-product integrations (enhanced CM functions, deeper integration with Captiva, RPS, and Syncplicity)
- xPression "Aria" (Update)
- Streamlined template design
- 508-compliant outputs
- Admin improvements
- Tracking capabilities
- Documentum "Bedrock" (Update)
- Simplified deployments to data centers
- Seamless external/remote user access
- Unified workflows for global data centers
- No version numbers were mentioned, only release code names.
- I was hoping to here that there would be additional integration effort between D2 and xCP.
- No mention of any updates to the Content Server or other core components (e.g., DA).
- No mention of the DA/Webtop update (v6.8) originally scheduled for Q4 2014. Still hope for this one. (UPDATE: It's out!)
- In general, releases have slipped a quarter (or two).
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A WORD FOR TODAY. 'Es (Tree, wood)
Brian Clatworthy, Newton Abbot, Devon, England [SEE PROFILE BELOW]
Trees play an essential part in protecting our environment and meeting many of our practical needs. They produce large amounts of oxygen on a daily basis, and constantly absorb harmful carbon dioxides. They help to control pollution, provide a stabilizing influence against soil erosion, as well as playing a major role in water management by reducing the risk of flooding and the impact of drought. Trees provide a habitat for wildlife and supply human beings with food and wood for basic uses. In other words, trees symbolize life, especially longevity, as reflected in evergreens, i.e., undying life. They have a certain therapeutic value, and, according to the Royal Parks Foundation, research shows that within minutes of being surrounded by trees and green space, your blood pressure will drop, your heart rate will slow and your stress levels will come down!1 So when we come to the Hebrew noun for tree, 'Es, which occurs some 300 times in the Old Testament, the Bible provides us with a number of contexts where many of these positive qualities are mirrored, and imparts useful spiritual lessons. With so many references to trees in the Old Testament, however, this short paper will only merely touch the hem of the garment!
In Genesis chapter 2 verse 9, we are introduced first to 'the tree of life' and 'the tree of the knowledge of good and evil'. These formed part of the many trees created by God from the ground in the garden of Eden, which the text states, 'was pleasant to look at and good for food'. It was 'the tree of life' with its life-giving efficacy that becomes no longer within the reach of humanity after the fall, thus preventing man from obtaining immortality, Gen. 3. 22. It is later through the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ that life and immortality are brought to light again, 2 Tim. 1. 10, and is a reward for those who finally overcome, Rev. 2. 7. In the New Jerusalem, the tree of life features prominently once again as it provides a variety of fruit on a monthly basis, and its leaves are for the healing of the nations, 22. 3. Some suggest that the tree of life is symbolized by the vertical shaft on the golden lampstand with its three branches on each side and its cups 'shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms', Exod. 25. 34.2 These pictures of trees are symbolic of the life of God Himself, as evident in many Old Testament texts. For example, in Psalm 1 verse 3 the ideal righteous individual is compared to an evergreen tree that displays both uninterrupted fruitfulness and arboreal majesty.
A tree analogy provides us with an evocative picture of love in the Song of Solomon chapter 2 verse 3. In Proverbs chapter 3 verse 18, wisdom, which is personified, is likened to a 'tree of life', a metaphor for the source of life and health. This was the same wisdom that was used by God in the creation of the world, 3. 19. Other references to a 'tree of life' are found elsewhere in Proverbs, but the motif is changed in each context, i.e., in chapter 11 verse 30, the fruit of a tree of life is likened to righteousness, in chapter 13 verse 12, all the fulfilled desires linked with hope is likened to a tree of life, and in chapter 15 verse 4, healing speech is likened to a tree of life. The prophet Isaiah in chapter 65 verse 22 uses the word 'Es to show how the longevity of a tree is illustrative of the longevity of the nation of Israel. Ezekiel, in chapter 31 of his prophecy, uses the imagery of a cedar tree to teach Pharaoh, king of Egypt, a salutary lesson from history on the dangers of being an arrogant ruler. Even though the cedar tree – a metaphor for the Assyrian empire – was unrivalled in its beauty and stature, it was nonetheless ultimately handed over by God to another ruler, who proceeded to cut the tree down, 31. 11-18. Notice the similarity of this metaphor to Nebuchadnezzar's tree dream in Daniel chapter 4. The difference, of course, is that Nebuchadnezzar is restored again, because he recognizes the sovereignty of God who rules with equity and justice over the nations and abases the proud, Dan. 4. 34-35, 37. Contrast these metaphors with the tree imagery used in Isaiah chapter 11 verse 1 of the ideal Davidic king who is depicted as a 'shoot' and a 'branch'. This ruler will usher in a reign of justice and righteousness, Jer. 23. 5-6, and bring about peace and prosperity for His people, Ps. 72. 2-3.
Trees are often associated in the Old Testament with the presence of God, as in Genesis chapter 12 verses 6-7 where Abram passes through the land and comes to the oak of Moreh.3 It is here that God appears to him, and promises that the land would be given to his offspring, Gen. 12. 7. When Joshua ratifies the covenant at Schechem he places a memorial stone at the foot of an oak tree, which was literally, 'in the sacred precinct of the Lord', Josh. 24. 26b. But trees or groves were also associated with idolatry, and vehemently denounced by God, especially through the prophet Isaiah who chastised Israel for their desire to worship at such places, Isa. 1. 29-30.4
In the Septuagint (LXX), the Hebrew word 'Es is chiefly translated by the Greek word eulon, and occurs at least twenty times in the New Testament. In its ordinary sense, eulon simply refers to a tree or to wood in general, i.e., anything derived from wood. In the papyri and other non-literary sources, eulon was used to describe 'wood imported from abroad' and, interestingly, 'a log of wood used as a battering-ram'.5 The New Testament use of the word is both general and metaphorical. It refers to clubs made of wood in Mark chapter 14 verses 43 and 48, to a moist or green tree in Luke chapter 23 verse 31,6 and to stocks in Acts chapter 16 verse 24. Figuratively, Paul uses wood as an example of the sort of combustible building material that may not survive the critical judgement of God when a believer's service is finally reviewed, 1 Cor. 3. 12. Jude uses the word to characterize those who are ungodly, describing them as 'fruitless trees in late autumn', 12 ESV. But it is the use of eulon as a means of describing the cross that makes the word so important in the New Testament. Paul picks up the wording of Deuteronomy chapter 21 verses 22-23 (LXX) in Galatians chapter 3 verse 13 to explain how Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law. By being hanged 'on a tree', Christ became our curse, just as the death He died was rightfully our death. Peter identifies Israel's part in this event when he states, 'whom you killed by hanging him on a tree', Acts 5. 30 ESV, cp. 10. 39. He reinforces this later when referring to the vicarious death of Christ for us when he states, 'Who his own self bore our sins in his own body on the tree', 1 Pet. 2. 24. No wonder Paul made the cross of Christ the solitary ground of his boasting, Gal. 6. 14. May we too learn to evaluate everything in the light of the Man who was hung upon a tree for us!
For further reading/study
J. D. Douglas (ed.), The Illustrated Bible Dictionary - Part 3 - Trees, InterVarsity Press, 1980, pg. 1585-1593.
Leland Ryken, Tremper Longman (ed), Dictionary of Biblical Imagery – Tree, Trees, InterVarsity Press, 1998, pp. 890-892.
1 www.supporttheroyalparks.org - Accessed on 21 May 2016.
2 Leland Ryken, Tremper Longman (ed.), Dictionary of Biblical Imagery, InterVarsity Press, 1998, pg. 890.
3 William P. Brown (Seeing the Psalms – A Theology of Metaphor, pg. 71) suggests that 'the name of this oak literally means "teacher" or perhaps "oracle giver" . . . It is also referred to as the "diviners" oak', Judg. 9. 37 (cf. v. 6)'.
4 Alec Motyer (The Prophecy of Isaiah, pg. 51-52) states that in this context, '"Oaks and gardens" are the symbols of the life of "nature" and of the fertility gods'.
5 J. H. Moulton and G. Milligan, The Vocabulary of the Greek Testament , Hendrickson, 1997, pg. 435.
6 Although this is a literal reference to a tree, the argument in this context is figurative in the sense that if God did not spare His Son from judgement (green wood), then how much more severe will the judgement be on the nation of Israel or anyone who is impenitent (dry wood).
AUTHOR PROFILE: He is an elder and active member of a pioneer assembly work in Newton Abbott. For many years he has been welcomed as a ministering brother in the south of England and has written a number of articles for the magazine. He is married and has two children.


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Thanks to injuries and absences, Pitt turned its lineup inside-out Thursday night in a 30-27 victory over MAC champion Bowling Green in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl at Ford Field.
Kicker Chris Blewitt, one of four freshmen who stepped up in crucial situations, recorded the decisive points with a 39-yard field goal with 1:17 left. Freshman running back James Conner, who also played defensive end in the absence of starter Bryan Murphy (personal reasons), gained 229 yards on 26 carries and was named MVP. He broke a Pitt Bowl record (202) set by Tony Dorsett in the 1977 Sugar Bowl.
Thirty-two of Conner's yards came on the winning drive.
âœHe's unbelievable,â said redshirt freshman quarterback Chad Voytik, who replaced an injured Tom Savage and ran 20 yards to set up the field goal and 5 yards for a score earlier in the fourth quarter. âœHe makes the quarterback position easy.â
The victory gave Pitt (7-6) its first winning season since 2010.
After losing three starters off its offensive line â" two from previous injuries and junior right guard Matt Rotheram (excused absence for personal reasons) â" Pitt was forced to play the second half without Savage, who suffered a rib injury. Savage, who completed 8 of 13 passes for 124 yards in the first half, was hurt on the second of two sacks by Bowling Green.
"Enough can't be said,â said coach Paul Chryst, who evened his Pitt record at 13-13. I'm really proud of what they did and what they overcame."
Voytik came into the game with three career pass attempts. But he led a 98-yard touchdown drive in the fourth quarter, punctuating it with a 5-yard run around right end that gave Pitt a 27-20 lead with 9:31 to play. Overall, Voytik completed 5 of 9 for 108 yards, including a 62-yard bomb to freshman Tyler Boyd that set up the score.
"I was nervous when I first found out (I was entering the game)," Voytik said. "But once I got on the field, there was a calm that came over me. It was just football again, just like I've always known it."
Voytik said he thought he was going to underthrow Boyd on the big pass play.
"If I had gotten over it, with my nerves, it would have sailed over his head," Voytik said. "I'm glad it slipped a little bit. I don't know if it was adrenaline or what, but it got there for me."
Bowling Green tied the score on a 15-yard pass from Matt Johnson to Ryan Burbrink with 4:42 left, but Voytik led one more scoring drive.
Pitt led 17-3 in the second quarter before allowing Bowling Green (10-4) to tie the score on a 94-yard kickoff return by Boo Boo Gates to open the second half.
The Falcons took a 20-17 lead with 9:52 left in the third quarter on a 46-yard field goal by Tyler Tate. Blewitt tied it 20-20 on a 28-yarder with 5:59 left in the third quarter after he had missed from 39 earlier in the period.
In front of a crowd of 26,259, Boyd had his best game of the season that included a 54-yard punt return for a touchdown – Pitt's first such score since Darrelle Revis did it in 2006. He also caught eight passes for a Pitt bowl-record 173 yards, tying a Pizza Bowl standard held by Randy Moss.
In the process, Boyd set school freshman records held by Larry Fitzgerald for 100-yard games in a season (five) and yards receiving (1,112). He already had the freshman record for catches (84), also set by Fitzgerald in 2002.
After a 28-yard field goal by Tate, Pitt came to life. Conner carried five times for 39 yards, including a 15-yard TD run to give the Panthers their first lead in a bowl game – at 7-3, in almost three years.
Pitt increased the lead to 17-3 before halftime on a 25-yard field goal by Blewitt and Boyd's 54-yard punt return.
But Bowling Green responded with 1:28 left in the half on a touchdown drive that cut the lead to 17-10.


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TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 lets you connect with your tracks in entirely new ways: Not only do its motorized jog wheels spin and react to nudging, scratching, pitch-fading, and backspins, they transmit cue points, loop markers, and more direct to your fingertips. And with RGB LED rings and high-res color displays keeping all the info you need front and center in the booth, everything you need is right where you need it – so you're free to focus on your mix.
NI have re-envisioned what jog wheels can do, and what you can do with them. They're now motorized, and provide you with haptic feedback. It's a new way of connecting with your tracks in three different modes.
New club ready design, including 16 RGB pads for Hotcues and samples, and new Mixer FX. Keep track of transport information, Stems, and Remix decks, with two high-res screens.
NI have included the best version of their flagship DJ software yet. With an improved audio engine, a brand new user interface that makes things easier to see in the club, one-touch Mixer FX, and a lot more.
You can instantly see which deck you're on when playing across four channels, with color-coded light rings and deck buttons. Visualization of track tempo, play mode, and nudging makes your mixing plain to see.
Something you'll want to touch: Meet Haptic Drive™ – new, motorized, touch-sensitive jog wheels that give you haptic feedback. They spin like vinyl, so you can nudge, stop, and spin them back however you want. Adjust the start/stop time and torque to match them to your mixing style.
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A good DJ set isn't just about a thoughtful selection of tracks, but what happens between them. With the new Mixer FX, you can use just one knob to create instant buildups, breakdowns, and high-energy transitions to give the crowd a workout. Choose from eight effects and three smooth filters – from a tripped-out time gate, to delays, huge reverbs, and more.
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I was impressed by Capture One's rendering of Fuji's RAW files in my previous post. Since I had 60 days to try it out, I decided to put it through the paces with my recent shoot.
Obviously, since this is my first time with Capture One, there will be a lot of growing pains. There will be some getting used to with UI and its quirks. Maybe after my 60 day trial runs out, I'll do my final thoughts on Capture One and see if I want to buy it.
Session vs Catalogue
Capture One has both sessions and catalogues. Lightroom only has a catalogue. If I'm understanding them correctly, sessions are contained in its own box. So you can move sessions around from computer to computer if you wish. So each shoot can be a session where you can edit in different computers if you wish. Catalogue will just keep your entire photos in one place. I do like the session concept.
As expected, my workflow was slower in Capture One. My Lightroom workflow was so fast. And that's just me being unfamiliar with Capture One.
One of my main gripes was the Photoshop workflow. Lightroom and Photoshop were best buddies, since Adobe created both. But It's not in Capture One.
I had export my files as PSD (or TIFF) and then open them up in Photoshop. After I make my edits in Photoshop, the PSDs don't show up in Capture One! Is it suppose to? So it's not part of my session. I had to create a batch action in Photoshop to get my photos processed to JPEG to publish. I need to figure this out.
My Favorite Feature Not on Lightroom
It's the keystone feature. Man this is the best feature ever. Lightroom should add this in instead of trying to do it automatically. This makes straightening images better.
Other Quirks I noticed
I can't pull up the darkest shadows in the curves function. That is weird. I had to use levels to do it. Maybe that's the intended use.
I also miss my black slider and the white slider in Lightroom.
I'm not sure what the brightness slider does. I guess it's decoupled with Exposure somehow.
I wish I can read tutorials about Capture One instead of watching videos. I know watching someone do it can be more helpful, but sometimes I don't want to watch a video to learn how to do something.
So Far…
It's weird. But it's only because I'm not used to it. I think after 60 days, I should have a better idea and can make an informed decision.


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Vice President-elect Mike Pence's Washington, D.C., neighbors want him to realize they don't tolerate hate directed toward the LGBTQ community. And they've raised gay-pride flags all throughout the neighborhood to put him on notice.
Pence's anti-LGBTQ track record includes signing an Indiana law that would allow businesses to turn away gay and lesbian customers to protect the businesses' "religious freedom." He also promoted so-called conversion therapy and has a record of opposing gay rights.
One neighbor in Pence's neighborhood made it clear why the rainbow flags were being raised.
"A respectful message showing, in my case, my disagreement with some of his thinking," Ilse Heintzen told WJLA.
But will the flags make a difference to Pence? Heintzen told the D.C. news station that she has no idea but hopes that he changes his mind.


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Money can be tight in a growing family, and I've always loved design and efficiency. Norman is the handiest of handymen, which means we love nothing more than sinking our teeth into some home DIY projects. We try to avoid expensive tradesmen and interior designs, and we take it ALL on ourselves, for better or worse!
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While the Western media has at times taken great delight in publishing somewhat fantastical stories about the influence that Japanese 'nationalists' hold over the contemporary Japanese imagination, China's own home grown group with questionable interpretations of history for the most part seemed to escape the attention of analysts and journalists – until recently. Part of this is due to a lack of sophistication in analysis of China- it was assumed for a long period of time that non-democratic CCP China was a homogeneous entity with homogeneous IR and domestic policy preferences, and deviations from the official line were mere lapses of discipline. We have however thankfully seen more focus on contending and diverse political elements as China's importance increases. Some of this has been to emphasize the 'reformist' elements in the CCP, which of course do exist to some degree. Others have focused on the more hardline elements rising through the system. The Financial Times for example has just published an interesting piece on how some actors in the Chinese political system see questioning the legitimacy of Japanese sovereignty over Okinawa (Ryukyu) as justified. For example:
Major General Jin Yinan, head of the strategy research institute at China's National Defense University…told state radio that limiting discussion to the Diaoyu was "too narrow", saying Beijing should question ownership of the whole Ryukyu archipelago – which by some definitions extends beyond Okinawa.
Tang Chunfeng, a former official at the Chinese embassy in Tokyo, is one of those campaigning for China to rethink its acceptance of Japanese rule over Okinawa, saying past restraint has "done a lot of harm".
"When I was in Japan, I didn't even know that the Ryukyus were once ours," says Mr Tang, now a Japan specialist at a commerce ministry think-tank.
It was not hard prior to this to find similar claims making the rounds, but what is new about recent expressions is that similar sentiment was echoed in the Global Times which operates under the auspices of the People's Daily. The editorial argued that "China should not be afraid of engaging with Japan in a mutual undermining of territorial integrity." Given that the Chinese government has not openly nixed the very controversial idea/strategy, and may have even 'suggested' that the paper to print this, is it not reasonable to assume China may be eyeing Okinawa long-term?
There is of course a need for caution in interpreting the salience of such sentiment in China. The Global Times, like a lot of other Chinese media (including government-owned media), have profit as their primary day to day operating motive and populism and controversy obviously sell. To the degree such papers operate as government mouthpieces really depend on the political context of the stories they are writing and political sensitivities of the particular time. Given that a couple of crucial events are coming up prior to the leadership transition in November in China such stories may be permitted in order to appease certain domestic constituents, or more likely may prove to be useful distractions.
However there is some cause for concern and if such sentiment does not prove to be a transient phenomenon then conflict may not be out of the question. Increasingly recent surveys have suggested that even the Chinese public is more open to the use of military tools to resolve regional tensions and conflicts (日), in this particular case the Senkaku Islands dispute. It is increasing common to see internet rhetoric not seemingly initiated by the CCP's 'publicity department' (中共中央宣传部) in regards to the seemingly 'churlish' behaviour of countries such as the Philippines and Vietnam in regards to contesting territorial claims with the PRC.
Underpinning such sentiments would seem to be an increasing misunderstanding (purposeful or otherwise) of China's own history. We can see this in Tang Chungfeng's statement below about how the Ryukyus were "ours." It was certainly the case that the Ryukyus paid tribute to the Ming and then Qing courts. However the payment of tribute was never intended to be a specific concession of sovereignty, and there was deliberate cognitive dissonance on both sides in regards to the symbolic meaning of tributary relations. For nations paying tribute this was more about gaining profitable access to commercial trade with China that would not otherwise be granted (as well as tribute goodies often exceeding what they themselves had given to the Chinese emperor), than recognition of cultural and/or political superiority. This is why the Shimazu clan from Satsuma-han, and by extension the Tokugawa government who gave them a special dispensation to 'conduct foreign relations' outside of the shogunal system, found control over Okinawa so tempting.
Contrary to whimsical narratives about Japan being a fully isolated nation during the Tokugawa era, the Tokugawa actually implemented a reasonably sophisticated foreign policy. In short it was focused around a number of "strategic buffers" in the form of Matsumae, Tsushima (and by extension Korea where Japan had established relations of "equality" through being recognized as the 'Taikun'), Nagasaki/Dejima, and the Ryukyu islands. These buffers would serve to make foreign relations and cultural interactions more manageable (see: Christian influence, Japan), allow for the collection of intelligence about the outside world, and most crucially allow Japan to gain access to East Asian commercial trade without having to engage directly with the East Asian mainland or kowtow to the Chinese emperor. It was also extremely useful for the collection of customs duties and taxes, and preventing local lords from amassing wealth that could challenge the status quo (similar motivations lead to the implementation of the alternate residence or Sankin Koutai system). To a degree this system was based on a similar over-imaginative and vain "fiction" of its own – one of a Japan-centred international order – but in practical terms it was quite successful.
Given the frequent political interactions between the Ryukyu Kingdom and the Chinese, and the passage of trade and access to Chinese goods etc, it was a strategic imperative for Japan to gain influence over the Ryukyu Kingdom. Once effective control over the Ryukyu court was established by the Shimazu clan, and its 'advisors' were established on the islands, a somewhat farcical situation arose where Ryukyu officials and elites would clear away any telltale Japanese influence before return missions from the Chinese court arrived every few years in order to keep alive the fiction of Ryukyu being subordinate to China and not in effect Satsuma-han. This endured until Japan's official annexation of Okinawa in 1879 took place.
Another problem with using the history of the tribute system as a justification for modern actions is that you will run into all sorts of 'interpretive issues' regarding consistency of application. For example, the Ryukyu Kingdom was only required to send tribute every two years or so from the start of the Ming Dynasty. This was much less frequent than Korea (varied annually to quarterly), and only slightly more regular than Vietnam (Annam) and Thailand (Siam) in the 18th and 19th centuries. Where does one draw the line in terms of tribute indicating sovereign control? If the Ryukyus are Chinese, what about Korea? Vietnam or Thailand?
This is of course to say nothing of the fact that the peoples inside the PRC of Tibet, Xinjiang, Mongolia and 'Manchuria' had enjoyed intermittent periods of independent equality, dominance by, dominance over, and peaceful tribute relations vis-a-vis the Celestial Kingdom throughout history. If the Ryukyus should be independent (as some Chinese have argued according to the Financial Times article), why not Tibet, Xinjiang, Mongolia, or of course, Taiwan? The can of worms that would be opened, both in terms of historical connotations, as well as in terms of radicalization of Sino-Japanese sentiments, really would not seem to be worth it for the CCP.
We also got a very interesting reminder this week of just how historical claims for sovereign territory can also backfire. The Chinese claim on the Senkaku Islands essentially revolves around a deep historical one – that the Chinese were aware of, and utilized for navigation and for fishing, the Senkaku/Diaoyutai Islands throughout the imperial period. According to this narrative the Chinese only effective ceded sovereignty over them when Japan extracted Taiwan from the Qing's grasp in 1895 through a war of aggression. The Japanese counter that the Senkakus were discovered as uninhabited islands and incorporated as part of Okinawa (now formally Japanese) as such in 1895 6 months prior to the settlement of the first Sino-Japanese war and ultimately had little to do with direct imperialism. The Japanese point to a history of effective use and effective control since. However the Sankei Shimbun this week reports on evidence (日), discovered by Chinese literature researcher Ishii Nozomu (日), that in 1561 the Ming Dynasty actually recognized the Senkaku Islands as being administratively part of the Ryukyu Kingdom. If the Senkakus are Okinawan and not Taiwanese then perhaps widening the claim to Okinawa may well be the only choice if the Senkakus are to be 'returned' to China.
Or perhaps the Senkaku/Diaoyutai islands can be jointly administered – by an independent Taiwan and independent Okinawa. Because the historical record gives as much credence to that state of affairs as any other.
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Corey Wallace joined Japan Security Watch in 2011. He writes on Japan security-related topics, focusing on issues and stories that may not find their way into the English language media. He also hosts the blog Sigma1 where he writes on Japanese domestic politics and broader issues in international relations.
Prior to taking up a PhD Corey was a participant on the JET program (2004-2007) and on returning to New Zealand he worked at the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology from 2007-2010 as a policy adviser. Corey lectures two courses at the University of Auckland. One is on the international relations of the Asia-Pacific, which contains a significant focus on East Asia security issues. The other is a course on China's international relations.
His primary academic interests before his current Japan focus were science and technology politics/policy, issues of ethnic identity, and Chinese modern history and politics. He carries over his interest in issues of identity and history into his PhD where he is looking at generationally situated concepts of national identity and their impact on foreign policy ideas in Japan.
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I LOVE playing sight word games with my cuties. I just finished creating a new sight word BUMP game to play next week. You can download it here.
One of our absolute favorite sight word games is called King's Crown. I purchased this cheap crown from Michael's for only $1. I pick a child to come up to my chair and I place the crown on his or her head. Then I tape a sight word on the crown so that everyone can see the word except for the King. The other students give clues about the word and the King has to guess the sight word on the crown.
Another game we play is called Roll a Sight Word. I created sight word dice from SEN Teacher and a recording paper. Students roll the dice and record their word on the recording sheet.
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Since today is Valentines Day I decide to post up something related to this day. I divided 10 items that can be given as a gift to your loved one or a gift you can give yourself. Today is suppose to express your love for your partner but shouldn't that be everyday? Haha
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Don't forget the roses and chocolates. (Very classy) Happy Valentine's Day Everyone! Xoxo


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«Z4 Roadster 3.0i S» have a rear wheel drive vehicle with a 5-speed automatic gear shift. This automobile can be accelerated for 6.2 s to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 244 km/h, owing to a 6-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which produce a max power of 231 horsepower at 5900 rpm.
Fuel rate is 13.5 liters in the city driving mode, on the suburban 7.3 liters, and the intermediate fuel rate is 9.5 l per 100 km. Tank volume is 55 liters of petrol, what provides to go roughly 579 kilometers unrefuelled.
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According to the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of BMW Z4 Roadster got the many number of stars - 4, which means that it is a enough safe automobile. In addition to passive safety (passenger, side, driver airbags), it is also has dynamic safety systems such as Brake assistant, ABS, EBD, ESP, Traction control.
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