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Small bits of information served right to you on the fly and XeroxSuppot@Twitter can direct you to the right avenue for more information.
Served with short articles about features and functions, can be searched for topics and comes with humor and links on the side.
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Manuals are provided on the CD that comes with the machine and contain comprehensive information regarding all the features and options on the machine. If you have misplaced the CD the manuals can also be found and downloaded ala carte online from the documentation tab for your machine.
A full selection of topics is available to help you answer questions and problems with your printers and multifunction devices. Online support is at your fingertips 24 hours a day. The items in the Online Support are a robust collection of how-tos and issues that have been seen on the machine, suggestions and solutions are offered.
Forums is a place that you can post a specific issue you are seeing or need help with on your machine and you can then receive answers or suggestions from other people that use the same machine. It is users helping users, our "family style" option in menu speak.
The fast track consists of a form that you will fill out about your specific machine to ask a question or seek help for a problem or issue. The link for Fast Track to the Expert is located at the top of the support page for your machine. Once the form is filled out simply click on Submit and the form is sent to us here at Xerox support where it will be verified and then sent to the proper Remote Support Specialist (RSS) to help you. The RSS are all highly trained and many are trained technicians with 20 + years of experience.
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Not available on all machines. You can go to the support page for your printer or multifunction device and on the left under the heading Product Support Links look for the "Email Xerox Support". If the link is there click on it and fill out the information to email your question to the support representatives and they will email you back with an answer or suggestions. Please include as much detail as possible in your email so that the representatives will know the specifics of your setup.
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Glossary of Terms
2-way speaker : A 2-way speaker has two drivers, a tweeter to handle high frequencies, and a woofer to handle mid to low frequencies.
Background music : Music that is intended to provide an unobtrusive ambient atmosphere to a location.
Crossover : A circuit that divides the frequency spectrum into two or more parts. A crossover acts as a filter, allowing certain frequencies to pass through to the speaker while blocking others, sending only high frequencies to the tweeter and only low frequencies to the woofer.
Decibel (dB) : a unit used to measure the intensity of a sound or the power level of an electrical signal by comparing it with a given level on a logarithmic scale.
Dispersion : The degree of which a speaker's sound is spread over the listening area.
Driver : Any individual device on a loudspeaker that contributes to the creation of sound, also referred to as woofer or tweeter.
Dynamic range : the ratio between the largest and smallest possible values of sound.
Frequency response : Measured in Hertz (Hz). The human ear responds to frequencies from 20Hz to 20kHz (approx). A speaker's frequency response indicates how much of that range can be reproduced.
Hertz (Hz) : A unit used to measure sound frequency.
Impedance : The amount of resistance to the ow of current, measured in Ohms.
In-ceiling/In-wall speakers : Speakers that have been specifically designed for installation in a ceiling or wall to mount flush. The cavity in the ceiling or wall acts as a cabinet, so the speakers can produce more bass compared to standalone speakers.
Neodymium : A material used in some speaker magnets. Neodymium magnets are smaller and more powerful than conventional speaker magnets.
Ohms : The measurement of electrical resistance. Often used to show the impedance of a speaker coil.
Outdoor speakers : Speakers that are designed specifically for placement in outdoor environments. Many outdoor speakers are designed to project sound over a larger area and to provide a little more bass than typical indoor speakers. They are also built to be weather resistant.
Power handling : A measure of how much amplifier power, in watts, a speaker can take before it is damaged.
RMS : A term used to indicate the average level of power that a receiver or amplifier can sustain over a given period of time. Average power ratings provide a more realistic assessment of your amplifier's performance than peak power since an amplifier can only sustain peak power for a short period of time. RMS stands for "root mean square", which is one of the mathematical methods used to calculate an amplifier's average power output. While it isn't an accurate descriptor of the measurements themselves, it's commonly used throughout the industry to denote the average power rating.
Satellite speaker : Small speakers generally used as surround speakers placed or mounted in various locations (hence the name "satellite") around a room for a home theatre setup. Because they tend to have limited bass response, they're often designed to be used with a matching subwoofer.
Sensitivity : Sensitivity ratings shows how effectively a speaker converts power (watts) into volume (decibels). The higher the rating, the louder your speakers will play with a given amount of amplifier power. Sensitivity is often measured by driving a speaker with 1W and measuring the loudness in decibels at 1m and described as SPL (sound pressure level).
Stereo system : Made up of two speakers; one to play the left channel of sound and a second to play the right channel sound. Stereo speaker setups are the most common for music listening, since most music is mixed for stereo, as opposed to mono (single-channel) or multi-channel surround recordings.
Subwoofer : A speaker specially designed to reproduce a range of very low frequencies only (the bass). The typical range for a subwoofer is about 20-200Hz. A "powered subwoofer" includes a built-in amplifier to drive the speaker.
Tappings : 100V line speakers can have multiple power settings. For example: 20W, 10W, 5W, 2.5W
Terminals : Spring clip terminals work best with bare wire connections with small-gauge speaker wire, or pin-type connectors. Binding post terminals are a sturdier, more versatile type of speaker jack, often found on higher-quality speakers and receivers, and on most amplifiers. They are threaded, so you can tighten them down against the wire or connector for a tight connection.
Transient : A short-lived aspect of a signal, such as the attack and decay of musical tones. A speaker that can react quickly to rapid changes in the music is said to have good "transient response."
Tweeter : A small, lightweight driver that reproduces the highest musical frequencies, like violins, cymbals, female vocals, etc. The typical range for a tweeter is everything above 2,000Hz approx.
Voice coil : The cylindrical coil of wire that moves in the magnetic field of a dynamic driver. The voice coil is bonded to the diaphragm, which actually produces the sound.
Watt : A unit of power. Equal to the power in a circuit in which a current of one ampere flows across a potential difference of one volt.
Woofer : A type of driver that features a cone-shaped diaphragm, commonly used for producing the mid and low frequency portions of the music signal.
Credit to one of our suppliers - AVSL - for this useful glossary of terms.

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Regularly conducted workshops and retreats help students build their leadership capabilities throughout the program. These sessions help students develop the soft skills key to being both a contributing team member and effective team leader.
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>The weight and intensity of the summer swelter has finally gone, leaving open air and singing trees in their wake. With the wind picking up leaves like so many bubbles and tossing them effortlessly it seems as though anything is possible. The abundance of tomatoes, apples, pumpkins, squash give the impression nothing could be lacking. Hot chocolate calls, cider warms hearts, and beloved scarves and hats come crawling out of their hibernation. It's lovely, delicious, invigorating. Walking outside, I feel my heart and the corners of my mouth lift, my shoulders relax, my soul quiet.
And then I remember the professional crisis.
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"A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness." John Keats
Many, indeed many, people have some kind of a relationship with macarons. Some love to eat them, some love to make them, some have to see them, some can't stop buying them, some swears never to make them…and so on. The sophisticated, enthusiastic baker belongs to all the groups (Welcome to my world!!!).
The Macaron cookie was born in Italy, introduced by the chef of Catherine de Medicis in 1533 at the time of her marriage to the Duc d'Orleans who became king of France in 1547 as Henry II. The term "macaron" has the same origin as that the word "macaroni" — both mean "fine dough". The first Macarons were simple cookies, made of almond powder, sugar and egg whites.
Many towns throughout France have their own prized tale surrounding this delicacy. In Nancy, the granddaughter of Catherine de Medici was supposedly saved from starvation by eating Macarons. In Saint-Jean-de-Luz, the macaron of Chef Adam regaled Louis XIV and Marie-Therese at their wedding celebration in 1660. Only at the beginning of the 20th century did the Macaron become a "double-affair". Pierre Desfontaines, the grandson of Louis Ernest Laduree (Laduree pastry and salon de the, rue Royale in Paris) had the idea to fill them with a "chocolate panache" and to stick them together. Since then, French Macaron cookies have been nationally acclaimed in France and remain the best-selling cookie in pastry retail stores.
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You must never touch a grumpy elf...unless its in this book! This seasonal touch-and-feel book is perfect for young children. They will love reading the funny rhyme that warns of the dangers of touching the Christmas charactersand then ignoring the advice! Innovative silicone touches feature throughout the book, with a different texture for children to explore on every spread. A tactile silicone touch-and-feel book filled with fun festive characters!


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May 19th, 2006
Colin McRae, one of the most successful and most popular drivers in rallying's long history, has accepted his invitation to compete at this summer's X Games Rally, a part of ESPN's X Games 12 in Los Angeles, California. McRae will drive a Sobe No Fear Gold Energy Drink Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally car prepared by Vermont SportsCar, the same group that manages Subaru Rally Team USA for Subaru of America, Inc. The legendary World Rally Champion will team up with his long time co-driver Nicky Grist.
The annual X Games is the premier action sports event in the world, featuring athletes from across the globe competing for medals and prize money in sports including BMX Freestyle, Moto X, Skateboard, Surfing and Rally. X Games 12 will be telecast live on ESPN and ABC.
Rally racing is the latest sport to be added to the X Games lineup and although final details have not been announced the X Games Rally event is expected to consist of traditional stage rallying and a televised stadium stage in front of thousands of fans.
Colin McRae is widely regarded as one of the best and most popular rally drivers of all time. He was the first driver to reach 25 World Rally Championship victories and in 1995 he became the youngest World Rally Champion ever. His spectacular, full attack driving style is what has made him a fan favorite across the World, and he continues to have a fan and media following that is unmatched by any other rally driver. After competing in over 120 WRC events, McRae has run a limited schedule of rallies over the past two years, opting to try his skills at both the Paris Dakar Rally as well as the Le Mans 24 Hours.
No stranger to Subaru, McRae campaigned the World Rally Championship for the Subaru World Rally Team from 1991 through 1998, earning the Drivers' Championship in 1995 and helping Subaru secure the Manufacturers' title for three consecutive years beginning in 1995.
McRae is well known to American fans through the success of his series of Colin McRae Rally video games, produced by Codemasters. The games have been top sellers on multiple gaming platforms in the USA, and have sold millions of units Worldwide. But this marks the first time that rally fans and gamers will be able to see the legendary McRae in person, competing on US soil. Codemasters recently announced that the next Colin McRae Rally game will be released on next-generation systems sometime in 2007.
McRae's Open Class 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally car will be fully backed by the new Sobe No Fear Gold Energy Drink. Naturally, McRae's rally car will feature the bold gold and black graphics found on the drink's 16oz cans. "When we first caught wind that rally was going to be a part of the 2006 Summer X Games, we knew we wanted to be involved," says Eric Johnson, SoBe/No Fear special projects. "Mark Simo, CEO of No Fear and Boris Said, No Fear Racing Nextel Cup driver, have a relationship with Colin McRae and we made contact with him and his management team immediately. Colin was interested in being involved right from the onset. We believe rally has a bright future in the United States and to have one of the sport's elite figures participating in Summer X will be great for both the event and the sport in general."
X Games 12 will be held in Los Angeles, California, August 2nd through 6th.


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We have proven it (Woodgrove Technology) is a no brainer, and are the first company to use this on a broad basis. […] We will use it wherever we can as there are so many environmental and economic benefits to it.


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A handcrafted, USA made mini pendant with a star cutout pattern, from the Illuminart collection of lighting.
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I had intended my first post about depression to be a well-crafted, elegant and inspiring essay on my struggles with the bastard. I recently read Jenny Lawson's books – Let's Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir) and Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things. You must read these if you struggle with any type of mental illness or know someone who does. Or even if you don't. Just read them.
I read them both on vacation and I felt liberated and inspired and I thought, "I should blog about stuff like this! If I can help even one person then it's totally worth it!"
I have written and rewritten this phantom post numerous times in my head. Not prepared to write anything down until it was perfect. Or, if I'm honest with myself, too scared to start writing because it's terrifying to say some things out loud and to risk having people you know (or slightly know, or work with, or met once, or might meet) see your weakness. Because that's how it feels as I sit here today and write this.
Today I am losing.
A lot of days I win and I go on with life. I go to work, I exercise, I shower!
This week I was sneak attacked. Just a small one, but enough to keep me home from work and to fill my head with bad thoughts about people and things I love. I hate that. It's like there's a demon in my head telling me lies about life and stopping me from seeing how beautiful it is and how wonderful some people are.
I made it to work today, but that's because my fear of disappointing people gave me the strength to get out of bed and go. Inspiring, I know.
I'm sitting here with a pain in my right side that I've had on and off since May. Ultrasounds, CT Scans, Colonoscopy … all normal. I did my own research and found something I think could be the cause and my Doctor agrees. Sadly, there's not much we can do about it.
Eating better might help with the pain. So yesterday I had pizza. Now I'm in pain and I hate myself for being weak and not being able to do simple things that come so easy to other people. And the depression whispers to me the whole time that I'll never make the changes I want. My health will never improve. Everything will be a struggle. Might as well just go back to bed and ignore the world.
One thing Jenny Lawson wrote that stuck with me is that depression lies. I had never looked at it that way before. It always felt like depression was a window into my darkest self and laid all that shit bare for me to see and be hopeless about. But no, it lies! It's true! She's right and it lies and reading that made me so happy because I felt like I had a new tool to fight this asshole thing that tries to ruin me on a regular basis.
I'm trying to remember that today. I will get through it. I should go home and exercise. Don't let it win!
I feel better for writing this. Maybe if I talk about it, it takes away some of its power. Eff you, depression demon!
Maybe by the end of today I will win.


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When Dr. Barrett, his wife, and their two dogs made the move to Baltimore, MD., he began his chiropractic career as an associate at Spector Chiropractic, the longest running chiropractic office in Maryland. Three years later, he purchased Spector's Federal Hill office and launched CHIROWORx Spine & Rehab in its place. One year later, the Barretts teamed up with Health Quest to expand opportunities around the metro area for both practices. Today, Dr. Barrett and his family currently reside in the South Baltimore Community of Locust Point, where he enjoys playing golf, watching the O's, reading, traveling, and frequenting all of the local food and drink stops around the city.
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One problem for a Catholic, even an ethnic Catholic like me, is that getting a Ph.D. tends to make you think you have the right to argue with the Pope, even if he doesn't think so. Actually, one has a duty to argue with the Pope, because few laypeople have had enough theological training to even know what the conversation is actually about. When the Pope is wrong, it is a sin of omission not to tell him so.
Recently Benedict XVI gave a public statement in which he said that pedophilia committed by Catholic priests was both a sin and a crime and would be punished. Better late than never. One can see why it has been a logistical problem. Apparently, if it had been dealt with when it happened, the Catholic Church in America would have been even more seriously understaffed.
However, unfortunately, at the same time, Benedict said that advocating the ordination of women as priests was just as serious a sin as committing pedophilia. Even Catholics are wondering what planet Benedict thinks he's living on. The ordination of women as priests is now routine in many Christian denominations, and many Catholic worshippers believe their church's ban is wrong. But the Vatican, together with the Catholic wing of the Church of England, believes that since Christ did not appoint any women as apostles, it is wrong for women to assume leadership in the Church. That is a specious argument, and it is hard to believe that Benedict, who is a brilliant theologian, does not know that.
There are many peripheral issues around this topic that are relevant, but, if anything, get in the way. One point that needs to be understood is that "apostle" did not mean "disciple." The Gospels say that Jesus appointed twelve men as ambassadors ("apostle" comes from "apostellen," which meant "to send out"), that is, to be missionaries, travelling in pairs around the country, for safety. It was merely one specific task, but one absolutely too dangerous for women in that society. However, there were many more than twelve disciples. Further, the Greek term usually translated as "disciple" was not a churchy word and did not imply any sort of ordination. It was mathetes, the ordinary term for any student, including the students of a Rabbi.
Look at the Gospel of Mark. It says that Jesus sent two students to prepare the Seder meal and later arrived there with the twelve men. So the two students who prepared the meal were NOT from the Twelve, and in that society, it was women who cooked the meal, not men. In addition, women must be present for the Seder ritual to be carried out according to the traditional requirements. Anyone looking at that story with fresh eyes would deduce that the two cooks must have been women.
Still, circumstantial arguments like that are not convincing, and the tactics devised for explaining them away have been stockpiled over the centuries. There is a more convincing story, if it is correctly translated. As I mentioned, before I began my doctoral program in 1974, I taught myself to read Greek. I wanted to be able to tell if the Gospels had been translated correctly and honestly. There are a few places where they have not been; for some of these, it is hard to believe that the mistranslation was not intentional.
On the topic of ordaining women, the crucial story to understand in the one about Mary and Martha, in Luke 10. Jesus has come to have dinner with these friends. While Martha is cooking, Mary is sitting at his feet as he talks. This was the ordinary way for students of a Rabbi to sit. He sat on a stool; they clustered around him, arms around knees, so that he did not have to raise his voice. There is a passage in the Talmud that says, "When a sage visits your home, do not sit beside him on the couch. Sit at his feet and listen as attentively as if you were in the schul." So that's how Mary was sitting, as a student among the men students.
Martha comes out and complains to Jesus that Mary is not helping her. Jesus' reply is usually interpreted as meaning, "Don't worry about it. It's okay for her to listen to me tonight instead of cooking and doing dishes." That sort of translation is not only wrong, but intellectually dishonest. I looked at the Greek text at some time in the early 1980s, and was stunned by what I discovered. The Greek word usually translated as "choice" or "lot" actually means "choice of career," what we now call "vocation." Jesus was not saying, "Mary is making a good choice for tonight." He was saying, "Mary has chosen the better career," the same career as the men students among whom she was sitting. I told this to the young sisters whom I was teaching at Holy Family College in Fremont, California, in about 1982. Many of them hoped to be ordained, despite what church policy was. Upon hearing this correct translation, some of them cheered, and some of them broke into tears.
The next line puzzled me for a long time. "It shall not be taken away from her." What an irony, I thought. It has been taken away from her. I guess this is one of those embarrassing places where Jesus was just plain wrong in his predictions. Finally the explanation dawned on me, with another shock. The Greek uses an ordinary imperative construction. Jesus was not making a prediction. He was giving a commandment: "Do not take it away from her." He was saying, Do not take Mary's vocation as my student away from her. She is entitled to whatever the men students are entitled to. She has the right to be ordained.
Clearly one belief among Roman Catholics and many other varieties of Christians is that Jesus' commandments must be obeyed. Why not this one? The meaning in Greek is not ambiguous. It has been misunderstood and ignored by being mistranslated, perhaps not on purpose—I don't know whether that's the case—but certainly as inspired by the endemic misogyny of classical and much of medieval civilization. This is the time and the ammunition with which Catholic women, especially the Sisters, can confront the Bishop of Rome over their rights. It will not be easy for him to admit that he and every Pope since a long time ago have been wrong, but that is the objective situation. So admit you were wrong, Father, make amends, and be forgiven.
It is hard to understand how very liberal Jesus was toward women without understanding a great deal about the beliefs and practices of his times. Many of the stories in the Gospels have totally different meanings given such an understanding. But let me throw one more bombshell at you.
Because of the internecine warfare and atrocities between official Christianity and official Judaism over the centuries, there are not many stories about or quotations from Jesus left in the Talmud. But there are a few. Consider this one, in Gittin: "The son and the daughter shall inherit equally." Again, that's not a prediction; it's a commandment. How in the world did it get left out of the Gospels? (Perhaps you detect some sarcasm.) The Reverend Barbara Harris, as Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in America, is proof that the Episcopalians have figured all this out.
As many others have noted, if the Roman Catholic Church had women priests, married priests, and even married women priests, it would not be so short-handed. It does have married priests now; arguments that it can't have more are bogus. And, of course, having such priests would be far preferable to having supposedly celibate male priests who obviously are not celibate at all. In fact, celibacy was not made requisite for all priests until the tenth century, mainly so that priests' children could not inherit the local churches. But that's another story.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1295012/Vatican-labels-ordination-women-grave-crime-par-sex-abuse.html#ixzz1yrr3xfVl


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Rambert at Sadler's Wells
Some of the meaning is lost in the Labyrinth of Love, a piece inspired by poetry and prose about women over the ages
Rambert Dance Company's London season kicks off with a big new commission. The Irish choreographer Marguerite Donlon has made Labyrinth of Love, a 40-minute piece about the vicissitudes of love, set to Michael Daugherty's new score, itself inspired by love poetry and prose about women over the ages (from Sappho to Elizabeth Taylor). Unfortunately I couldn't make out most of what the soprano narrator (Kirsty Hopkins) was singing, so the text remained a mystery.
The dance is frustrating, too, as Donlon is clearly trying to tell us something but can't find the necessary expressive definition within the limber manoeuvring of her movement, all of which seems depressingly similar as one section bleeds into another without clear purpose, leaving the 14 dancers adrift. Mat Collishaw's


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Theories on the class nature of post-capitalist states
Note: What follows is a compilation of links exploring the differing theories on the class nature of post-capitalist societies. Different wings of Trotskyism refer to these societies as either deformed/degenerated workers' states, state capitalist or bureaucratic collectivism.
My position has been an "orthodox" Trotskyist view — that these societies are deformed or degenerated workers' states.
I've been reading Cliff's state capitalism theory. I don't find Cliff completely convincing but Cliff's work has challenged my thinking on this question. To some degree this is a question of what to put on the death certificate of failed social/political experiments. However, when considering events in Cuba, China and Vietnam, the penetration of capitalist relations into these societies is increasing to the point that the designation of "workers' state" is stretched beyond recognition. What do we say about these states? How do we defend the gains workers and farmers have made in the face of this rising tide of imperialist domination?
The question of how we analyze the former Stalinist states (USSR, Eastern Europe, Yugoslavia) is also crucial. What is the role of the former bureaucratic ruling elites in the transition to capitalism? What is the role Russia plays in relation to former Soviet republics and in former satellite states? How should we see the situation in Ukraine for instance? But that's a separate post.
questions occur–
1. What constitutes a healthy workers' state?
2. If the working class is expropriated politically what does it mean for the designation workers' state? Stripped of real workers' control, what does it mean to call a society a workers' state?
3. Is it state capitalism or something else? I think Cliff makes a good argument about the transition from a workers' state to state capitalism but the term "capitalism" regarding the USSR, China, Cuba etc. doesn't work. I tend to think the term "hybrid" state/economy may be useful.
4. How do we approach imperialist threats against Cuba, etc?
A "healthy" workers' state, it would seem to me, would have to meet certain standards beyond the formula of nationalized property and state monopoly over international trade. The most essential is the political and economic rule of the working class through workers councils. Real limits on the political role of technicians and managers are necessary as well. (which was true in the early USSR)
What happened in Russia (civil war, scarcity, underdevelopment, etc) led to a dual process of the workers state using the former state bureaucracy to run things and the cream of the revolutionary working class being integrated into the state structure, where their consciousness was influenced by exposure to the bureaucracy /and/ the perks involved. Christian Rakovsky wrote about this differentiation, where a communist with access to a car or better apartment is shaped by this experience. The class that made the revolution was decimated by civil war and integration into the ruling party/state structure. The workers remaining in what was left of functioning industry were in the majority newly minted workers from the countryside.
What happened in the USSR was a process of political expropriation of the working class to the point where the first five year plan completed the transition from a workers' state to something else. "State capitalism" as a descriptive doesn't work for me. I do think Cliff makes some really excellent points about the nature of the USSR and the soviet-like states that were formed in eastern Europe after the war. The notion that a workers' state could be brought into being without the mass participation of the oppressed and exploited presents a challenge to Marxist theory.
All this said, the survival or degeneration of the Soviet state depended on the success of revolutions in more developed capitalist countries. This is not a farfetched possibility; there were revolutionary upsurges in Germany, Hungary and Italy, as well as a short-live soviet republic in Bavaria. It was the view of the early Communist International that the revolution was a world process and that socialism in one country was an impossibility. The same remains true when considering the Latin American revolutionary process. The revolution in Cuba cannot survive without the spread of socialist revolution to the mainland and globally.
If these societies were already "capitalist" (state or otherwise) how do we explain the situation in China and Vietnam, where we have increasingly capitalist economies coupled with a bureaucratic state structure? How do we understand the "reforms" in Cuba that threaten the gains of the revolution?
I have been a defender of the Cuban revolution and come from a tradition that has seen Cuba as a basically "healthy" workers state but lacking the organs of workers democracy. The truth being the party/state really calls the shots. The working class in Cuba, while sometimes "consulted," does not really rule Cuba.
What to say about the increasing penetration of Cuba by international capitalist interests? How do we explain the Mariel port development? It seems to me that Cuba has taken the first steps down the same road as China and Vietnam and this puts the gains of the revolution in peril.
Without the direct democratic rule of the workers and farmers of Cuba themselves, through institutions of socialist democracy, the revolution will be lost. This requires building a new communist party and a revolutionary overthrow of the bureaucratic state. J Leslie
In Defense of Marxism, Trotsky (book)
Revolution In Hungary and The Crisis Of Stalinism statement of SWP-US National Committee 1957
Class, Party, and, State and The Eastern European Revolution SWP Education fro Socialists
Bureaucratism or Workers' Power Ted Grant and Roger Silverman
Theories of the USSR in light of its collapse Barry Sheppard (LINKS)
State Capitalism- Pro and Con
The Nature of Stalinist Russia Tony Cliff
Russia: How the Revolution was Lost Chris Harman
The theory of bureaucratic collectivism: A critique Tony Cliff
The Theory of "State Capitalism" Ernest Mandel
Against the Theory of State Capitalism Reply to Comrade Cliff Ted Grant
Cuban Revolution
Cuba: the acid test Joseph Hansen
Is Cuba "State Capitalist?" Larry Seigle
The Chinese Revolution
The Chinese Revolution Vol 1 The Second Chinese Revolution and the shaping of the Maoist outlook pdf file
The Chinese Revolution Vol 2 The Maoist Project Tested in the Struggle for Power pdf file
China, Vietnam, Cuba (capitalist restoration)
Capitalism's Brutal Comeback in China FSP resolution
China: Has capitalism been fully restored? CWI
Capitalist restoration in China Liu Yufan, International Viewpoint
Crisis and class struggle in China David Whitehouse, International Socialist Review
Socialism and the market: China and Vietnam compared By Michael Karadjis
The Necessity of Gangster Capitalism: Primitive Accumulation in Russia and China Holmstrom and Smith
CUBA IMPERILED AND DEFIANT—CAN THE REVOLUTION SURVIVE? FSP document
The Future of the Cuban Revolution Sam Farber, Jacobin
Cuba's reforms and the danger of capitalist restoration RedPhilly


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Having recently bought a flat in the heart of old Athens, our private client was keen to take advantage of its unique location and convert it to a modern apartment for private and commercial use. The flat was originally used as an office space and had a basic interior layout. Our civil engineers, interior design and procurement specialists all worked together to transform an office layout into a modern apartment maximizing the use of all available space. Our legal services were also deployed to handle all necessary legal processes associated with the project from the purchase of the flat to the change of land use.
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Andy Murray will continue his preparations for the 2017 French Open by returning to the clay for next week's Barcelona Open. Fresh from his shock last-16 defeat to Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas at the Monte-Carlo Masters, the world number one will join the likes of reigning champion Rafael Nadal, Kei Nishikori, Dominic Thiem and David Goffin in Catalonia after accepting a wildcard entry.
The addition of Murray to an impressive cast of singles players already featuring six currently listed inside the ATP's top 20 has been hailed as quite the coup by tournament organisers, who have also secured the presence of top-ranked doubles player Henri Kontinen of Finland.
"Having the number one in the world is a luxury for us and we now have both the number one in singles and doubles," beamed director Albert Costa. "This is the cherry that the fans will know how to value."
Following his 6-2, 2-6, 5-7 defeat to Ramos-Vinolas that saw the three-time Grand Slam winner fritter away a 4-0 lead in the third set, Murray was initially said to be undecided as to whether to play Barcelona, the more low-key ATP World Tour 250 event in Budapest or else opt just to train. Father-in-law Nigel Sears is also set to run the London Marathon on Sunday (23 April).
The 29-year-old, who was sent packing from Indian Wells last month by Vasek Pospisil in his first defeat to a player ranked outside the top 100 since 2011, initially appeared concerned that playing in either tournament would not leave him much time to train before the latest edition of the season's second major begins at Roland Garros on 28 May.
However, a rusty showing in Monaco has clearly persuaded Murray, who withdrew from the Miami Open in March and also missed Great Britain's Davis Cup quarter-final drubbing by France, that he needs to get more clay tournaments under his belt amid concerns over conditioning and a disappointing serve affected by the elbow issue that is yet to return to normal and contributed heavily to his early exit.
"I need to decide whether I try to get matches or whether I try to get myself in better shape physically, put as much work in as I can," he said after that exit in Monte Carlo. "If I was to play Budapest or Barcelona, and do well, I would not really have a chance to train much between now and the French Open. Whereas if I wasn't to play next week, I get the chance to put in some hard work – which is maybe what's needed."
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I'm very glad to hear about this exciting new feature. Are you planning to add it to Pocket Stackz too?
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Also, it would be nice to be able to see the stats of each card during the testing, like is available on the PC version. For example, showing the number of successes / failures, the days since last review, etc. It keeps me more aware of my knowledge of the cards than just the colors (which can change as you go through a stack).


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The Open Banking Summit on 26 September focused on what is expected to come in the world of Open Banking in Australia. The event, hosted by Finance Edge, gathered industry professionals to discuss economy-wide interconnections and how to succeed in the new environment for financial services.
There has been a five-fold increase in the number of fintech start-up companies in Australia over the past five years and Australia has not experienced a bonafide recession since 1990-1991. This is fertile ground to take advantage of the opportunities Open Banking presents. The Productivity Commission announced recently that there is 'enormous untapped potential in Australia's data'; but there are challenges to consider when implementing Open Banking in Australia – 94% of digitised people don't read privacy terms and conditions and 95% would like to opt out of services they are linked to. Thus tapping into some of the challenges that still have not been solved when implementing Open Banking – consent, privacy and product saturation.
The journey to Open Banking in Australia has been brief. The interim report on implementation of an Open Banking regime in Australia was released in February 2018. The review, undertaken by Mr Scott Farrell, a partner with King & Wood Malleson (the Farrell Review), provides recommendations on the design of the operating model and regulatory framework for the introduction of Open Banking in Australia. In May the Australian Government accepted the recommendations of the Farrell Review and outlined a phased implementation timetable.
The 2018/2019 Federal Budget has committed $44.6 million over four years to establish a Consumer Data Right (CDR). Banking, whilst the first sector to have to comply, will not be the last. Telecommunications and Healthcare amongst other industries will also need to open up customer data and will need to comply. What also differentiates Australia in the world of Open Banking is that the regulation only specifies the need for read-access to data, at least for the moment.
Source: King & Wood Mallesons
The drive for Open Banking
There are many reasons why individual markets or regions are undertaking Open Banking programs. Australia is by no means the first and will not be the last. Increased competition in the retail banking sector a la the United Kingdom; greater adoption of innovation such as in the European Union and Japan; financial inclusion in Mexico and Kenya or enhanced consumer data rights as in Australia are all among the reasons jurisdictions are journeying down the Open Banking path. The domestic nature of retail banking and a lack of a universally accepted definition of Open Banking has led to many flavours and implementations, with different account types and data sets being in scope. But one thing remains consistent – banks are worried.
Roy Amara, the American researcher and scientist, was quoted during the conference as saying, 'we overestimate the impact of new technology in the short term but we underestimate it in the long run'. If we imagine, Google opened up their Maps service via open APIs in 2005, which has been revolutionary and transformative. So much so that it has since spurned a whole economy, with the likes of Uber tapping into this service in 2009. Banking API's have the opportunity to be just as powerful, particularly when combined with Telecommunications and other industry data. This sets Australia apart when delivering Open Banking – it has been thought about in the wider context of data utility rather than just within the confines of banking.
In Europe and Australia Open Banking has been regulatory driven, but elsewhere in APAC territories they are embracing a more voluntary approach. Some attendees at the conference believed that innovation cannot be legislated for and that by strong-arming the industry into delivering Open Banking the true benefits may be more difficult to achieve. Regulators should not be creating more compliance. That being said, most conference attendees agreed that privacy, liability and consent criteria are difficult to achieve by industry alone.
API's are not the silver bullet
APIs have been around in the banking industry for decades. They are not sexy and they alone are not going to solve the industry's problems. They are a technical way of exchanging and exposing data. What fundamentally will revolutionise banking is the use of these APIs to transform the user experience.
Fintechs in the past have not been growing the financial services sector. They have been finding ways to filch pre-existing margins. Open Banking through open APIs has the potential to change that. The industry needs to be focused now on new business models, not digitising broken business models. Only then will be really see the benefit of Open Banking. Some attendees felt that PSD2 in Europe is merely just trying to keep the existing banking model, despite regulatory efforts to the contrary.
Standardisation of APIs is seen as beneficial. However, the value of the Consumer Data Right in Australia is that APIs for banking, telecommunications and healthcare will all interoperate, building a rich picture of an individual's digital footprint. These are industries that traditionally have not worked together. These siloes need to be broken down so that true interoperability can be achieved.
Understanding Trust and the Customer Relationship
Whilst historical customer data may be interesting, the opportunity does not lie here. It lies in whether your customer trusts you and gives you the next piece of data, as this is what organisations can take action on. This is what is necessary to stay relevant. If organisations are genuinely going to compete in this area, they need to transform both in strategy and in style. There is little point in keeping the same strategy but looking cool, to use the UK adage, you'll be left with 'all the gear, no idea'.
There is a real challenge in viewing Open Banking through the lens of public good, when it is being delivered by commercial organisations that need to realise the commercial opportunity. But innovation is not difficult, getting individuals to trust and adopt new technology and services is the challenge. Customers deserve their own experience, and not the one necessarily provided by their bank. However, unfettered control by consumers was seen as systemically dangerous. So who is in control of what? This seems a question that remains unanswered. Much like the question, who is liable? These questions need to be answered with confidence if trust is to be had in the system, not just by customers but by the industry as well. Digital identity and consent management are key for the Open Banking model and are at the heart of the customer experience. Social media and technology giants have everything to gain and nothing to lose. They are not regulated but can plug into a highly regulated market. This can lead to asymmetrical competition, as one speaker put it, and this is unlikely to be healthy for the market in the long run. Some felt that a level of reciprocity should be expected of big technology companies, where their data is also supplied into the Open Banking ecosystem.
There were some serious questions raised also about customer education. Some argued that there is no need for education; customers are rarely taught about new payments options, they just use them. However, others believe that in today's world education is not about financial services but about data. Education should be raised to a higher level and government led.
There are many questions still unanswered and as Australia starts to implement Open Banking no doubt solutions will start to become clear. All agreed, that Open Banking may be 'clunky' in the beginning, but this will soon become a thing of the past as organisations really put theory into practice. One speaker commented, the App Store was not part of the original iphone, in the beginning it was just a phone. But a year later consumers had all these new apps at their fingertips. We can only hope that Open Banking brings the same level of customer satisfaction and usability.
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After a long time I decided to remove the addthis plugin and switch to sociable because I wanted to make the social networks links more visible and also because I wanted to show only a few selected websites instead of many useless (due to the content of this blog).
There's one thing I miss about addthis, it was unobtrusive javascript generated, I think it was nice.
Hope you like the choice, please tell me if you think I should add more social networks to the toolbar!


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We enjoyed building this modern, elegant site for GGP Law. GGP, formerly known as Gwyn George Partnership, are a large solicitors firm with offices in Aberdare, Blackwood and Merthyr Tydfil. The brief was to created a brand new design that had a fresh, clean look whilst staying true to the GGP brand identity.


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Saturday, April 23, 2011
Um, Yuck....
Yeah, pour me a glass of whatever he's having.....
Orin Swift, hugely popular wines that I just don't dig and the packaging?!
Prisoner & Machete and now this? What's next Booger Eater & Camel Toe?
Ugh...I'm out.
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It's fucking sophomoric.
- April 23, 2011 at 8:19 AM
- V said...
you forgot "Ode to Vodka" a.k.a., Abstract
- April 23, 2011 at 8:28 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Have to agree but I best the frat types think it's cool.
Least the name isn't stoopid on that one and kind of evokes something pleasurable. But I'm now thinking that Booger Eater and Camel Toe would make a great name for a cop show....
- April 23, 2011 at 8:59 AM
- John M. Kelly said...
There are various "flavors" {ahem} (if you can call them that) of white "cougar juice" - strikes me that the Orrin Swift reds are targeting a similar demographic, but one with a Y-chromosome. Or are they shooting younger? There is a bit of Joe Camel in their brand ID, no?
- April 23, 2011 at 11:26 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Yeah, I think they are trying to "Man up" wine. Make it look okay to drink wine if yer like a dude and junk. "Bro it's not snooty it's got a skull on it" utter horseshit. No matter that the wines tastes like chocolate covered cherries, it's manly....
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How to remove Go.Redirectro.com from the computer and browsers
Today we will tell you everything about Go.Redirectro.com and how to defend yourself from it. We've made the instructions for hand removal and links to good software to clean your system from Go.Redirectro.com and other "viruses".
What is Go.Redirectro.com. Removal reasons and methods
Go.Redirectro.com is an advertising program that was created to bring money for scammers and inconvenience - to other users. Go.Redirectro.com could have infected the system through bundled installation method, or you downloaded it by yourself. This manner is so good because web-criminals don't even risk anything. Users willingly download adware and accept all its functions. All that is required is to spread the viral bundle once for most possible quantity of torrent trackers as possible, and await the fruits. Let's describe this system step by step. The most important part is the decent program whose name will be used as the name of a whole bundle. The more popular it will be the more often users will download the bundle. It might also be a cracked copy of the chargeable program. The most important property of a bundle is that you can't unlock it and see what's inside. The only possible procedure is the installation. In this way web-criminals trick the user, compelling him to download viruses, while he thinks he is getting decent software. If you don't remember that you installed Go.Redirectro.com, but remember that you installed other free utilities - apparently Go.Redirectro.com has penetrated your workstation in this way.
Have you seen the annoying advertising banners in browser? Certainly you did, since advertisement gives a livelihood for many website owners, but were these ads decent? Were they emerging each second, closing the whole screen or the buttons and links on the site that you view at the moment? Did they emerge again and again with no possibility to close or hide them? If the answer on all these questions is "yes", it's very possible that there's an advertising program on your workstation. If you read our entry you'll know more about adware in general and Go.Redirectro.com in particular.
The first action that adware does is the change of certain system and browser settings. Such changes usually affect pop-ups and warnings about the dangerous files and websites. Then Go.Redirectro.com varies the search engine and home page, superseding the set websites with the address of hacker's webpage. After that, adware appends few strings to registry that can reinstall Go.Redirectro.com in case of removal. Due to suchlike actions, Go.Redirectro.com defends itself from deletion, and keeps popping up ads even if customer alters the settings of browser. These all are the phases of background to adware's job. After they're done hijacker is ready to action. Now you realize that none of the functions of Go.Redirectro.com is designed to be helpful. The only thing web-criminals care about is money, so they'll show ads until you delete Go.Redirectro.com.
Many victims of Go.Redirectro.com are interested in the answer to this question: are advertising programs so payable for hackers and what's the target of their work? The purpose of any advertising utility's work is money, because fraudsters get a lot from each infected computer. Any ad gets paid for the amount of clicks that it received, so the scheme is simple: many infected PC's - many clicks - a lot of money. Swindlers oftentimes set ads in the places where you are used to click, like the search strings, to gain more random clicks and views.
Go.Redirectro.com removal tool
As you already see, advertising tool won't cease until you clean the computer from dangerous software. This operation isn't highly difficult but you'll still require to execute it properly to make it work. If you want to delete adware by hand, you will need to alter the browser settings, clear the registry, repeal the scheduled tasks for reinstallation of a virus, delete the adware from the control panel and remove browser shortcuts and then create the new ones. For regular user, some of these operations may seem too complex therefore we have designed a complete instruction. The tips will assist you to execute the deletion, but they cannot assure the success in case of a fault, so you have to be careful. If you need the most effective and fast method of uninstalling - Spyhunter can be the thing that you're looking for. With its help you will not just eliminate Go.Redirectro.com, but also defend your system from other similar programs. We can talk a lot about Spyhunter, but its most significant advantages are speed of operation, compatibility with other anti-viruses, medium cost and noctidial tech-support. If you're interested in buying Spyhunter - click the link under this paragraph.
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Go.Redirectro.com removal instructions
Brief removal steps
Step 1. Uninstall Go.Redirectro.com from Control Panel
Instruction for Windows XP and Windows 7
Step 2. Remove Go.Redirectro.com from the browser
Instruction for Mozilla Firefox
Instruction for Internet Explorer
Video instruction how to remove ads from the browser
Step 3. Delete elements that would stay after Go.Redirectro.com deletion
Step 4 (optional). Scan the computer with antimalware scanner
Step 1. Uninstall Go.Redirectro.com from Control Panel
Instruction for Windows XP and Windows 7
1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Add or Remove Programs.
2. In the Currently installed programs box, click the Go.Redirectro.com, and then click Change or Change/Remove.
3. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen to make the changes that you want.
Instruction for Windows 8
1. Point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, and tap Search.
2. Enter Control panel in the search box, and then click Control Panel.
3. Under View by: select Large Icons, and then click Programs and features.
4. Click the program, and then click Uninstall.
5. Follow the instructions on the screen.
Instruction for Windows 10
1. On the field Search Windows type 'Control Panel'
2. Click Uninstall a program
3. Select Go.Redirectro.com and press Uninstall
Step 2. Remove Go.Redirectro.com from the browser
Note: If you use antimalware scanner, it will take you through the following steps automatically.
Instruction for Google Chrome
1. Launch Google Chrome browser, click Menu (Customize and Control Google Chrome)
2. Select More tools > Extensions. Left-click on Extensions
3. On the Go.Redirectro.com, click Remove from Chrome
4. A notice to remove the extension will appear. Click Remove
Instruction for Internet Explorer
1. Launch Internet Explorer
2. Click Tools
3. Select Manage add-ons
4. Select Go.Redirectro.com and press Disable
Instruction for Mozilla Firefox
1. Launch Mozilla Firefox
2. Open Menu
3. Click Add-ons
4. Select Extensions
5. On the Go.Redirectro.com, press Remove
Instruction for Safari
1. Open Safari browser
2. Click Menu (Display a menu of General Safari Settings)
3. Select Reset Safari...
4. Press Reset
Instruction for Opera
1. Start Opera browser
2. Click Menu (Customize and Control Opera)
3. Select Extensions
4. Choose Go.Redirectro.com and press button Remove from Opera
Video instruction how to remove ads from the browser
Step 3. Delete elements that would stay after Go.Redirectro.com deletion
1. Remove files and folders, if they stayed:
- Type Go.Redirectro.com in the search box
- Scroll to the bottom of the list of search results. Under Search again in, Click Computer
- Wait for the search results
- Delete items found
2. Delete registry keys
- Click the Start button
- Type Regedit.exe and press Enter
- Press Ctrl+F and type 'Go.Redirectro.com'
- Click 'Find Next'
- Delete the entries that were found
Step 4 (Optional). Scan the computer with antimalware scanner
- Download antivirus tool, e.g. Adwcleaner
- Press Scan button
- Press Clean button
Instruction for Mac OS
1. In the Finder sidebar, click Applications
2. Drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash
3. Choose Finder > Empty Trash
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Since the first book was published in August of 2008, Neomorphs has served one purpose: to amuse capnnerefir and anyone who might be amused by similar things. Now, though, there is a greater purpose for Neomorphs. Scholastic is going to be re-releasing the original Animorphs books in around a year or so. It is theorized that Scholastic will look at the success of these books and use it to determine whether or not to go ahead with an Animorphs 2.0.
So what can we do? It's possible that a new Animorphs series would be similar to Neomorphs. And if Scholastic wants to know whether or not people would be interested in more Animorphs, then one place they could look is at how Neomorphs goes over with people. So what I'm asking is something very simple. If you've ever read Neomorphs, please just post your name (a screenname is fine) in this thread.
Also, if you want to cram Neomorphs down the throats of any Anifans you happen to know, that'd help out, too. ;) - capnnerefir


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Six years ago, I ran my first marathon. After racing on the track or cross-country, running a road race, particularly one so long, was a shock to my system. I ran like a deer in headlights for the entire 26.2 miles. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. In fact, it took me three marathons before I figured out (the hard way) that going out hard as I was taught to do in college, is a death-march sentence in a marathon. I knew there had to be another way of achieving my time goals. But what was it?
I looked to my training log for the answer and there I realized that some of my best and favorite workouts were progression runs, runs that finish faster, sometimes much faster than they started. So I decided to apply what I found to be successful in my training to my road-racing. Why not? If it worked for my workouts, racing negative splits might work well for me too in the marathon and maybe even other distances. Read more >>


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February 2014
Captured love!
Valentine's Day is almost upon us once again and this time I'm offering a great gift alternative to roses and chocolates. I'm a hopeless romatic and I love photographing people, especially women to make them feel beautiful and shine!
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Bring along your special someone for a fun and flirty photo shoot at my studio. You will get two beautiful, mounted photographs of you both that you can gift to each other!
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Five tips to help you get amazing professional portraits!
So you're a smart, confident businessperson making your mark on the world. Do the photos that you use for social media, website and marketing material reflect that? I have noticed a broad variation in the quality of profile pictures that people are using for their social media; some look stylish, modern and professional, others not so much.
I recently posted on Facebook a selection of corporate portraits that I took of Heidi Alexandra Pollard, CEO of UQPower. The reaction was really positive and so it got me analysing what is was about Heidi's shoot (and other shoots I have done) that worked well to produce the great shots.
Heidi Alexandra Pollard, CEO of UQPower
Heidi needed to update her professional portraits as the ones she had been using were a few years old. As a person who values authenticity, Heidi wanted to make sure that her professional images reflect who she really is and what she really looks like. So it was time for us to hit the studio again to produce a suite of images she could use professionally as needed.


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Our summer has had a lot of ups and downs. My darling hubby had a kidney stone that saw us in and out of the emergency room for weeks. They finally decided that it was too big to pass, so he was booked to have it sonic blasted…..unfortunately that didn't work, it just sent it back up into his kidney. So it took a few more trips to the E.R. until they finally decided to operate, which is a story in itself!
Anyways, he is doing much better now and is back to work.
After all that was done, my dad was taken to emergency with a bowel obstruction. He had stopped eating and drinking, was in a lot of pain and had lost a lot of weight. He was in the hospital for about a week before he regained some of his strength and was feeling somewhat better….he's now back home and enjoying life.
We had our 2 grandsons for a week in August. It was wonderful to have them. The weather was good and they were able to play outside a lot. Their Papa bought a paper airplane book and they spent a lot of time making paper airplanes.
Our Madison will be 3 next month (where did the time go!). She's growing like a weed and is a real sweetie. We were just at their house for lunch and Madison & I had fun painting our nails.
I didn't make too many cards of the summer but in the past week I've been making lots of them. I'll post them as well as some photos of our life later on.
That's it for now! I hope everyone had a great summer and did all the things that made you happy. Bye for now
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…I'm freaking exhausted.
I've written and re-written this entry about five times now. The whole post was going to be discussing the current state of the right and the left, the hypocrisy on both sides by the accused and those who support them as well as delving deep into this whole insane sexual predator/assaulter tornado of shit we find ourselves in.
However, things are moving so freaking fast and crazy it's frankly nearly impossible to keep up.
And then you check facebook…that's a terrible idea. Because everyone is mad about everything ever in the world, about things they should be angry about, things they shouldn't be angry about and quite frankly just looking for new things to be angry about.
I am slowly putting a long series together and will wait until this whole thing calms down a bit to post it. I'm doing this for a number of reasons, A) because there's so much going on I want to wait for the fallout to see where we all stand. For example, the whole Roy Moore shit show and to see how many more women come out from the shadows to talk about Al Franken.
B) Maybe this can be a place for people to come and just chill as we get into the holidays. There are so many voices shouting to the sky and into the abyss of the internet that it's just way too much sometimes and I think we could all use a little break.
So until after the new year, this will be a place where there are no politics, social commentary or anything like that. Though podcast and YouTube will not be included in that ban.
In other words…
…Fuck it, here's a story about a Tree.
Conversations with nature: The Pink Tree
As I strolled down the lane, sunlight dappling through the clouds I was struck by the beauty of the tree. I stopped short, breathed deep and just stared in awe at nature's exquisite palette.
The tree stood silent, noble and proud. I closed my eyes, reaching out with my mind for contact, my thoughts forming words.
To my surprise, the tree responded.
Hey Pink Tree. Watcha thinkin' about? I asked.
Nothin' just Pink Tree stuff. It whispered in my mind.
Cool bruh.
What'd you just say to me?!
I ain't your bruh!
Whoa Pink Tree chill!
Don't tell me to chill you little shit!
Damn Pink Tree what's your problem?
I don't have to explain myself to you! Fuck off human!
Whatever Pink Tree…just…whatever.
And thus ends our first installment in the conversations with nature series. More next week.
As for the podcast, nothing new up this week though Angie and I will be recording a number of them this weekend. However you can still listen to the Illuminati podcast and of course watch the video on YouTube.
Though there is a new video up on youtube today about the RFK assassination and MK Ultra. We recorded it this past summer and it has been available on podbean and iTunes for months but never got around to posting it on youtube until now.
Okay, back next week.
Hang in there everybody.
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When I started working 7 years ago, I didn't imagine, even in my dreams, of working here in Davao City. The city where I spent 4 years of my college life. The city with one of the lowest crime rates all over the world. The city where the sky isn't lighted during Christmas or New Year due to the fireworks/firecrackers ban.
So how was the first year of working here? It was exciting and challenging. I had a business trip to the US and met a lot of people who are just so freaking good at their jobs. The work in itself is the most challenging that I ever had in .Net. A couple of times I found myself being frustrated at not being able to make things work or that I didn't do things the way my colleagues in the US are expecting it. I'm surely learning a lot but the process for me is slow and most of the time frustrating to say the least in my point of view. Overall, I still have so much to learn in both the technical and functional side of the company's systems and applications.
In other non-work-related stuff, there's really nothing much to complain. The flood is at an ankle-high level in our street but that's nothing compared to the floods in Manila. It doesn't flood here before so hopefully the local government can find a way to fix the problem.
The people here in the office have mixed personalities, literally, but I still enjoy their company nonetheless.


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It's Sunday and I think this recipe is worth the wait. I've used this recipe at many of my events and it was a huge success, so here is the secret. Enjoy, and happy first Advent!
Gravlax à la adelina
Serves 15 people – as an appetizer
Beetroot cure:
2 large fresh beetroots
1 orange (zest of)
2 lemons (zest of)
2 juniper berries (bashed)
6 tablespoons rock salt
2 tablespoons brown sugar
50 ml gin
800 g side of salmon (from sustainable source – good quality fish makes all the difference)
Herb cure:
1 small bunch fresh dill (finely chopped)
4 tablespoons freshly grated horseradish
50 ml gin
Blend all ingredients for the beetroot cure and engulf the salmon with it. Place the fish over night or 24 hours in the fridge so that all the flavour can seep into the salmon. The next day take the salmon out of the fridge and gently rub off the beetroot cure. Place the fish on clean wrapping paper and proceed to blend all the ingredients for the herb cure and spread it all over your salmon. Place fish back in the fridge over night or 24 hours. Next day gently remove the herb cure and start to slice the fish into 1 mm slices, trying to avoid the bottom skin of the fish. Strong tip/suggestion: use a very sharp knife – it will make your life a lot easier. You can then place the sliced gravlax on a baguette slice and serve it with honey mustard and fresh dill.
This is a great recipe to use when you are entertaining guests or to bring to pot luck parties. You will look like a star! The fish lasts up to a week (make sure it's properly refrigerated). This holiday you can impress yourself by trying this recipe and sharing your results with people.
p.s. I would love to see pictures of your results – I've attached mine below:)


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Dogs get luxury digs when boarding
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COLUMBIA- Local dog boarding facilities are amping up their luxury of care for your pet.
Several big city boarding trends like "relaxation rubs" and luxurious suites for dogs can now by be found in mid-Missouri.
KOMU 8 News found Creekside Pet Center, South Paw Acres and The Pet Fair all provide unique stress relievers for man's best friend.
At South Paw Acres, owner Faye Nowell said she finds that big city dog kennels are missing out on the thing that dogs love the most, a park.
"Most big city doggie day care centers have concrete for the dogs to play on, whereas here, we have a natural body of water for the dogs to swim in and run around," Nowell said.
The Pet Fair offers relaxation rubs for dogs so that they can be pampered, just like their human companions.
"Most people these days treat their pets like family. So since we pamper ourselves, I think pet owners want to pamper their pets the same way, " groomer Jaimie Ahlers said.
But these amenities do add up in price. The American Pet Products Association stated that pet owners spent more than $5.41 billion in 2015 on pet boarding and grooming. This means on average, each dog owner spends more than $416 a year on this service. That number is also expected to rise in the coming years.
Dog owner Nicholas Hughes said he believes the extra costs are worth it, knowing his dog is getting affection it may be missing while he is out of town.
However, other dog owners, like Tanner Johnson, find the extra amenities are not worth the money.
"I feel like people who pay for expensive things like that, only do it because they feel bad for never giving it attention at home. If I'm going out of town, my friend will watch over her. That's way more familiar to my dog than some stranger trying to massage her, " Johnson said.


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It's no secret I'm getting married in the not so distant future. I held an online lottery, passed out some of the best photoshopped portraits of me at area honky tonks, and even volunteered at a women's prison (minimum security…I have standards) in the search for true love. Thankfully none of those materialized into anything short term, long term, or even happened at all. I'm happy to report I found the love of my life and this upcoming July I will have a little gold band to remind of the sacred bonds of marriage that I'm about to partake in for the second time.
Or will I have a little gold band? Or for that matter will it be silver or platinum? Maybe it will be cobalt, tungsten carbide, stainless steel, titanium, or ceramic. Not only did I just refresh your memory on the periodic table of elements and modern alloys, I just broadened my wedding ring of choice horizons.
Getting married is kind of a big deal in the silly game of life, it's only fitting that your left hand's ring finger has a little style and panache to it. Guys, if you want to overpay for boring at some big box jewelry store so you can say you have a 24-carat gold wedding ring, be my guest. I'm sure at the "snob of the month" club meetings held in a seedy country club in the middle of suburbia this should play well for you. Me, I like to think outside of the box when it comes to finger candy.
You know who else prefers style over boring? Manly Bands, that's who! I don't know if Manly Bands hacked my computer or what, but once they learned that I was getting married they went all Abba and asked if I would "Take a Chance on Me" in the wedding ring department. Short answer, "Hell yes," long answer, these guys are the coolest thing to hit the internet since the last viral video that nobody fact checked for authenticity.
When you are a guy about to get married and visit a website that starts out with:
"Each ring is birthed from a different kind of manliness, wrapped with fire and testosterone and then shipped off with courage and kindness from our impenetrable fortress in Florida"
You know you've picked a winner in the ring department for the Man Card Club with a mission statement like that. They told me the online store is mine, and pick what band you would like to let the world know you aren't available on the female free agent market, and say some kind words about it if you like it.
Just a few of the styles they have to offer, to see the whole inventory of coolness you will have to go visit their website or click here.
Like it? More like I love it! I chose The Conqueror as my band of choice to show any potential vixens I'm off the market. Plus it automatically inflated my ego 20 points. Made from lightweight titanium and from some of the finest koa wood trees (I hear they are big in Hawaii), my future "I'm taken" ring is awesome. Since I'm not married yet, I don't wear it around like a boss, but in two months I'll be very proud to display this as my new wife's leash. I didn't mean that, women will read this also, it's not a leash, guys. It's a statement.
Lightweight titanium is an understatement. I've had fingernails that were heavier on my hands! I've had a gold band once before and some days it can be quite irritating when you must type on a keyboard all day with a "heavy" hand. Did I mention koa wood? The Conqueror makes me regret ever wearing a gold band in a previous life. Where was this company 15 years ago!
Manly Bands offers more than just wood bands, however if you choose to go the wood route, be warned. Yes, they are water resistant, that doesn't mean you need to go searching for treasures from some deep-sea wreck in the ocean with it on. On their website, they give specific details about how to take care of your wooden ring. Caught in a pop up rain shower, no problem, showering with it on daily and you won't be so stylish.
Any ring you buy from them has a hassle free one year warranty, the warranty is void if stupidity is the reason your ring malfunctions. Chipping and cracking, Manly Bands will be more than happy to give you a replacement. Punching a brick wall because you are an idiot and your favorite sports team just lost, well you can take it up with their customer service but I'm sure they are going to tell you that you should root for a new team.
You know what else is darn cool about Manly Bands? They choose a charity of the month for all sales they make. They even take suggestions on charities and you can email them at firstname.lastname@example.com for any cause you deem worthy.
Eat too much gelato at your last Italian family reunion and your finger grew too many sizes after you ordered your ring? You get a 30-day hassle free return policy with Manly Bands. Guys when and not if, but when you are ready to buy your wedding ring from Manly Bands you will have it in a week. Shipping is free, unless your soon to be wife is impatient and wants it sooner, then you will have to pay a little to have it shipped to you. Free shipping is always a good thing in my book. Also, you might want to rethink those nuptials if she is that controlling before you even tie the knot!
Skipah thinks of Manly Bands like the Olympic so they get five rings out of five on my unofficial unscientific grading chart.
Since this review is going to hit the Bachelor Hotline, I should tell future husbands that Skipah has a deal for you. If you see something on Manly Bands that would cause your soon to be wife to swoon, go ahead and buy it. At checkout enter promo code gary15 and you will get 15% off your purchase through the end of September. With that extra 15% you will save, go buy your new bride some flowers and your new marriage will definitely be off to a great start!
You can follow Manly Bands on Facebook, they are like the rest of us and would appreciate any likes, shares, and mentions in the local newspaper.
Skipah's Realm was compensated with his very own Manly Band to review, the thoughts and opinions or 100% from Mr. Skipah.


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Australia's orange-bellied parrot and the Florida panther are in an exclusive but growing club -- rare species getting costly protection even as the world faces what may be the worst wave of extinctions since the dinosaurs.
OSLO Australia's orange-bellied parrot and the Florida panther are in an exclusive but growing club -- rare species getting costly protection even as the world faces what may be the worst wave of extinctions since the dinosaurs.
Governments in rich nations sometimes write virtual blank checks to protect exotic animals -- even as thousands of less glamorous creatures and plants slide silently into oblivion.
Many experts say it is impossible to set a ceiling on the value of a species and that willingness to pay may be widening, posing risks for businesses like mining, industry or logging that affect the habitats of rare animals or plants.
"Willingness to pay is related to wealth," said Don Coursey, a professor in public policy studies at the University of Chicago. "As world wealth tends to grow, willingness to pay to protect species is growing even faster."
Coursey once wrote a report estimating it cost $4.9 million per creature to protect the endangered Florida panther -- the most expensive U.S. protection scheme and more than many insurers pay for a human life.
The California condor was second at $1.6 million per bird.
In April, the Australian government vetoed a $200 million wind energy project in the southern state of Victoria to protect the rare orange-bellied parrot.
"I'm required under the law to put in place a recovery plan to make sure that the bird does not go extinct," Environment Minister Ian Campbell told Australian radio.
Even so, one study showed the threat from the windmill project was one dead parrot every 1,000 years.
In one of the most costly examples, animal lovers paid $20 million to retrain Keiko the killer whale, star of the "Free Willy" movies, for life in the wild. Keiko died of pneumonia in a Norwegian fjord in 2003, 18 months after he was freed.
"We even balk at asking what is the value of a person's life. And it's the same for many species," said Partha Dasgupta, an environmental economist at Cambridge University in England.
"There are cases where people have emotional attachments to animals. But we don't care about rare micro-organisms or worms."
In Coursey's study, creatures such as shrews, mice and salamanders were at the bottom of the animal spending list with almost zero protection.
But in a possible sign of public concern widening to less attractive species, New Zealand's state-owned Solid Energy Ltd agreed in April to resettle -- by hand -- rare snails before developing a $300 million coal deposit.
In a landmark 1978 ruling in favor of a rare fish and against developers of a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Congress "viewed the value of endangered species as 'incalculable."'
It said it had no way of weighing the loss to a company over a dam project -- even if it was $100 million -- against the fish whose value was deemed "incalculable."
The dam was eventually built, after stocks of the tiny snail darter fish were found elsewhere.
A United Nations report in March said humans were causing the worst spate of extinctions since the dinosaurs vanished 65 million years ago and it warned the world would have to make unprecedented efforts to reach a goal of slowing losses by 2010.
"The direct causes of biodiversity loss -- habitat change, over-exploitation, the introduction of invasive species, nutrient loading and climate change -- show no sign of abating," it said.
Thousands of species have already become extinct due to human activities, from the flightless dodo of Mauritius to the Tasmanian tiger.
Environmentalists have long known that the plight of a single species -- such as pandas, polar bears or elephants -- is often more effective in mobilizing public awareness than talking about threats to an entire region.
Some species become symbols for a wider threat to their habitats -- like the Florida panther whose plight embodied the risks posed to the Everglades from roads, farms and homes.
"I don't think we should knowingly allow any species to go extinct if we can prevent it," said Jeff McNeely, chief scientist at the World Conservation Union.
"But it's less a question of how much do we spend to save than how much we don't spend to destroy," he said.
In an example of protection, oil major Royal Dutch Shell and its partners in the Sakhalin Energy consortium agreed last year to reroute pipelines off Russia's coast to protect the Western Grey Whale. They have also spent $7 million on whale research.
Still, some environmental groups say Shell is not doing enough for the whales, which number about 100.
The Anglo-Dutch company also spent $2 million to build holes in a jetty jutting into a Russian bay to allow salmon to swim through. Apparently wary of the structure, however, the fish are swimming round.
(Additional reporting by David Fogarty in Singapore)
Source: Reuters
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Smooth sounds of jazz at Keystone Wine & Jazz Festival
Keystone Wine & Jazz Festival schedule
Events are free unless otherwise noted, and all tasting events and seminars are for ages 21 and older only. Visit http://www.keystonefestivals.com and click on the "Wine & Jazz Festival" logo for more details and to purchase advance tickets, or download the festival app at tasteseller.com/keystone/download.php.
Friday, July 17
7-9 p.m. — Reserve Wine Tasting, Warren Station, $85 in advance or $90 at the door
Saturday, July 18
Noon to 1 p.m. — Concert: Chris Standring, River Run Events Plaza
12:30-4 p.m. — Concert: Will Donato, Quaking Aspen Amphitheater
12:30-1:30 p.m. — Seminar: "Farm to Glass: The Basics of Sustainable, Organic & Biodynamic Winemaking," Warren Station, $25
1-5 p.m. — River Run Village Grand Tasting, River Run Village*
1-5 p.m. — Festival food vendors open, River Run Village, priced a la carte
1-5 p.m. — KidZone, Ina's Bridge, free and paid activities
1:30-3 p.m. — Concert: Dotsero, River Run Events Plaza
3-4 p.m. — Seminar: "For the Love of Chocolate & Wine," Warren Station, $25
3:30-5 p.m. — Concert: Joey Sommerville, River Run Events Plaza
4-5 p.m. — Seminar: Cigar & Craft Distillers, Quaking Aspen Amphitheater, $30
Sunday, July 19
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. — Prosecco & Pancakes, Warren Station, $30
Noon to 1 p.m. — Concert: Selina Albright, River Run Events Plaza
12:30-4 p.m. — Concert: Will Donato, Quaking Aspen Amphitheater
1-5 p.m. — River Run Village Grand Tasting, River Run Village*
1-5 p.m. —Festival food vendors open, River Run Village, priced a la carte
1-5 p.m. — KidZone, Ina's Bridge, free and paid activities
1:30-3 p.m. — Concert: Sheryl Renee, River Run Events Plaza
2-3 p.m. — Seminar: "The Blend Trend," Warren Station, $25
3:30-5 p.m. — Concert: Elan Trotman, River Run Events Plaza
6-8:30 p.m. — Jazz on The Vine featuring Grand Vin, Ski Tip Lodge, captain-style seating, reservations required at (970) 496-4FUN or http://www.opentable.com
* One-Day Wine & Jazz Village Grand Tasting Passes for Saturday or Sunday are $60 in advance, $65 at the gate and include a commemorative Keystone Wine & Jazz tasting glass, unlimited wine sampling and five food tickets; Weekend Wine & Jazz Village Grand Tasting Passes for Saturday and Sunday are $100 in advance, $120 at the gate and include tasting glass, sampling and eight food tickets. A portion of the proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the Lake Dillon Foundation for the Performing Arts.
For the uninitiated, jazz might evoke images of dank clubs filled with smoke and beatniks toe tapping to thumping string bass lines, while fedora-clad cats pick out smooth rhythms on trumpet and guitar. It's time to dust off those old perceptions and bring jazz out under the bright light of the Colorado mountain sunshine with this weekend's Keystone Wine & Jazz Festival.
The festival's musical lineup includes musicians from all over the region and opens Saturday, July 18, with composer, guitarist and producer Chris Standring, whose interest in music began as a kid growing up in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, when he first landed on classical guitar. That obsession with traditional harmony grew through his teens and landed him at the London College of Music.
"Jazz musicians there told me that what I was playing was not real jazz," he said with a laugh. "I quickly started studying people like Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, the great Wynton Kelly, Miles Davis, and it was over by that point — I had to go down that path."
Standring said asking why he gravitated toward jazz is like asking why he likes one kind of music over another — a question that just can't be answered — but if you want to constantly learn new things, to break out of the typical ruts, you end up on a path toward either classical or jazz music.
"All I can say is because I studied music at such a young age, the very idea of playing rock 'n' roll, playing three chords for the rest of my life, was not interesting to me," he said. "I wanted to completely pursue harmony and sophisticated music a little more."
So the guitarist dived into the fraternity of jazz, releasing a dozen albums over a career spanning more than two decades. He's now the host of an Internet show where he does "Charlie Rose-style interviews" with the older generation of jazz musicians, creating an oral and musical history of the art form. As for the Wine & Jazz Festival, Standring said the most important thing is to connect with the audience.
"For instance," he said, "on my records, and when I'm recording in the studio, I might fall in love with a piece of music, but if that piece of music doesn't translate live, I'll be very hard on myself and take it out of the show. It has to be something that translates in a live setting. I'm a stickler for making something cohesive so people really enjoy it. I don't call it pandering to the audience; I just want the entire experience to be fun for everybody and for me."
Jazz for the masses
Following Standring on Saturday's schedule is Denver-based act Dotsero, a name taken from a favorite fishing spot along the Colorado River that reflects the band's roots.
"I love going up to the mountains," said Steve Watts, lead saxophone player for Dotsero. "A lot of people who grew up on the coasts, they have a kindred connection with the ocean and the water and the waves, and having grown up in Colorado with the mountains, I feel the same kind of connection, a spiritual feeling with the mountains."
The members of Dotsero grew up in the Denver area listening to many genres of music, and influences trickled in from all over the place — country from Charlie Pride and TV's "Hee Haw" to the birth of funk and rock 'n' roll in the late'60s and early '70s and jazz from local musicians and school music programs. The band distilled all of those strains into their current sound.
"We grew into a genre that we didn't necessarily understand but enjoyed playing," Watts said. "It's a fusion, jazz fusion, for lack of a better term."
Watts said the most important thing Dotsero does at a show is to emotionally move the audience in some way, and that engagement comes a bit easier in a non-stuffy environment like Keystone Wine & Jazz, where people are enjoying the wine, the sunshine and the atmosphere.
"Some people, when they hear jazz, they have a preconceived idea that this is going to be boring, this is going to be something that's over my head, that I'm going to have to work to like," Watts said. "This is not the case with us. One of the first, most important things for us is to connect with the audience, to a level that they're comfortable, whether it's dancing, listening, just grooving along to the beat or whatever."
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