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Tarun Khanna is the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School, where he has studied and worked with multinational and indigenous companies and investors in emerging markets worldwide. He joined the faculty in 1993, after obtaining an engineering degree from Princeton University (1988) and a Ph.D. from Harvard (1993), and an interim stint on Wall Street. During this time, he has served as the head of several courses on strategy, corporate governance, and international business targeted to MBA students and senior executives at Harvard. He currently teaches in Harvard's executive education programs and is Faculty Chair for HBS activities in India.
I think that's a very good question. I guess I have a two part answer to that. The first part is that all the major Indian IT companies, at least the leading 4-5 companies, have done very innovative things on a dimension that is quiet different from Microsoft's,the latter focuses on package software, or Google which is essentially an algorithm; the Indians have been creative on the process side. And that makes a lot of sense when you think about it because the added value of these companies is in developing processes that can leverage massive amount of skilled manpower. So, when you think about what are the logical things that one would expect to come out of India as opposed to somewhere else, it should be something that leverages the institutional context in India as opposed to something that is much more generic. It is not surprising in some ways that the innovation that comes out from a populous place leverages the fact that it is a populous place.
Second part of my answer to the lack of even further success is that we need an education system in India that values diverse type of training. What we have now in our engineering colleges so far is excellence on one or two dimensions, raw analytics and so on. We have much less focus on a broad spectrum learning. I feel that creativity is all about mixing and matching insights from different parts of life and making them real.
I don't want to say that everybody should do Humanities or everybody should do Languages but somehow the mix of people who are involved in developing products and services should be more diverse set of people. Right now we have a very narrow technical view of the world. It's a good starting point but not the best way to foster creativity.
The last part of the answer is that you know it takes time. Whether you look at Toyota working its way up to become a leading car company or a recent example like Teva, which is an Israeli pharmaceutical company, that has become the world's largest generic manufacturer. The transition took 30-40 years and it's not an overnight thing. I would expect over time you would see more creativity in either existing companies or in new companies that will be starting up.
What are the major highlights of your new book "Winning in Emerging Markets"?
(The official website is: http://www.winninginemergingmarkets.com )
My coauthor and I basically take the term "Emerging Market†very seriously. That's the main issue. I mean rather than defining "Emerging Markets†in terms of outcomes – that is, most definitions of emerging market tend to say that they are poor, unstable and corrupt, etcetera, all outcomes – in contrast, what we have done in this book is to create a conceptual map of an emerging market. We want to say that when you find yourself in this situation, these are the points you should look for. Here are 10 different kinds of structural weaknesses that make the market an "emerging marketâ€.
In other words, a "market†is nothing more than something that matches buyers and sellers. In our terminology, emerging markets are situations that exist when buyers and sellers have trouble coming together for whatever set of reasons. So the market is still, literally, emerging, though it might well be emerging in different ways in different locations. When an entrepreneur starts building a business plan or an investor is looking for opportunities and will say, "We don't see things happening in Brazil but we see different kind of things happening in South Africa and not in India. Why is that?â€
Then if you go back to the map, the reason why country 'A' is emerging in one way and country 'B' is emerging in a different way can be traced back sometimes to historical factors. In some cases the risk capital might be much more absent and in other cases the business schools might not have developed sufficiently. In certain cases the system to adjudicate consumer disputes may not be well developed and politically compromised. Our contribution is to provide a conceptual map of what we refer to as institutional voids. The map will tell you what is doable and what not to do. That should be your central part when making a business plan and deciding when and how to invest. So it's meant to provide an actionable way to engage with emerging markets
What do you think is the most important historic factor influencing the way India is emerging?
One example of how history matters is the creation of the IITs. It goes back to Pandit Nehru's wish to create world class science and technology institutions. It's an historical factor and nobody would have dreamt that the IITs will contribute to creating TCS, Infosys and so on. In fact, these companies have ridden on the wave of the early investments made in the 50s and 60s.
The other example on a less positive note is the history of our social structure related to the caste system. The politicians have manipulated them to make it even stronger by encouraging so-called vote bank politics. Unfortunately, that has created all sorts of rigidities made it very difficult for free markets to operate in a way that allows poorer people to enter mainstream world economy. This is a factor that goes back centuries and not just decades.
Many entrepreneurs in India do not get access to seed capital. This is the capital they need much before they can approach VCs. What can be changed in India so that entrepreneurs can get access to initial funding?
I think you have put your finger on the main issue. In India, risk capital is very, very scarce. It's not just an India specific scarcity but in most developing countries. Even in many developed countries risk capital is very scarce for new entrepreneurs. The existing businesses can always use their cash flows from existing operations to start new businesses. That's why you see increasing dominance of a few business families over time. This is not only in India but also in most emerging markets.
I think there is no single silver bullet solution. We need to highlight these problems and set right policies to encourage risk capital. Business-people can make a start by forming so called Angel Networks over time. We have seen this started in places like Mumbai and Delhi though they are still nascent.
Late Prof. C. K. Prahlad spoke about the opportunities at the bottom of the pyramid. Are Indian entrepreneurs properly exploiting this opportunity?
They are starting but we need more "economic inclusionâ€. It will be nice to bring the 500 million people in our country into the mainstream economy. I don't think socially conscious businesses can afford to wait for government to do this. I think it's our responsibility to somehow create business models that include the people at the bottom of the pyramid. Many companies like Unilever, ITC, Hero Honda have taken some initiatives to go into the hinterland and also new firm like SKS Microfinance are doing a good job. There is a whole range of efforts that Indian entrepreneurs are launching.
This is complement and not a substitute for much-urgently-required public policy. Just to show that even an individual can make a difference, consider a company called Aspiring Minds (www.aspiringminds.in) which I have helped recently. It's started by 2 brothers in Delhi, one from IIT, and one from MIT, and is effectively a technology-based employment exchange of sorts, taking the technological task of assessment very seriously. In the first year this company has already delivered thousands of jobs to otherwise economically disenfranchised youth from smaller cities. I think that in this scheme of economic inclusion it is very important to pursue many such ventures.
Many Indian students who study in US are not sure where they will see more career growth. Do you think there will be more opportunities in US or in India in the coming decades?
I think it's a hard choice. Many students pose this question to me weekly. A general answer is very hard. On the one hand, the enviorment replete with institutional voids, is ripe for new businesses. On the other hand, if you are from India and you need to see the world, then I would encourage you to capitalize on that intuition, there is indeed much to learn from experiences all over. India has a lot of growing left to do. The window of opportunity may close for some time, but it'll reopen if there is a temporary reversal, I'm confident.
India and China have followed different growth strategies. How important is the role of FDI for the long term growth?
I think FDI is very important in all countries. It is not just important to bring money but also to plug-in the countries into the world system. What we know is that the best way to grow is by mixing and mashing of ideas. And FDI is primarily important because it facilitates the mixing of ideas. The ideas about management, corporate structures, technology etc can be shared. And unless the countries are plugged into the world's system, they will not be benefited. China has plugged into the global system magnificently. India has focused much more on indigenous enterprise, as I argued in "Billions of Entrepreneurs", my previous book (Harvard Business Press and Penguin 2008). My intuition is that the balance of FDI and cultivating indigenous enterprise is better than exclusive reliance on one or the other.
Which sector do you think will see a huge growth in India in the next 5 years - software, healthcare, cleantech etc?
My feeling is that anything that leverages the idea of economic inclusion that brings people into the mainstream. That's where the mass market is. So, think about what goods and services the masses need. I don't think it's exactly equivalent to the bottom of the pyramid because I am talking about 500 million people. It's too big to be purely at the bottom of the pyramid. There are so many things that the top 30-40 Indian cities need. Whether it is education, healthcare, electric power or clean water – there are huge opportunities. Public policy of course is important, but entrepreneurs must look for opportunities even prior to policies emerging fully; in fact, they must help to shape policy prudently.


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"In case you haven't recognized the trend: it proceeds action, dissent, speech." ~ davidly, on how wars get done
"...What sort of meager, unerotic existence must a man live to find himself moved to such ecstatic heights by the mundane sniping of a congressional budget fight. The fate of human existence does not hang in the balance. The gods are not arrayed on either side. Poseiden, earth-shaker, has regrettably set his sights on the poor fishermen of northern Japan and not on Washington, D.C. where his ire might do some good--I can think of no better spot for a little wetland reclamation project, if you know what I mean. The fight is neither revolution nor apocalypse; it is hardly even a fight. A lot of apparatchiks are moving a lot of phony numbers with more zeros than a century of soccer scores around, weaving a brittle chrysalis around a gross worm that, some time hence, will emerge, untransformed, still a worm." ~ IOZ
Sep 11, 2011
...on the day in question, I was a member of the New England Confederation. Three days later, we no longer existed as an active organization. No one thought our non-violence manifesto - the Lowell Declaration - would protect us against the assumed coming dragnet. Non-violence didn't protect New York cabbies, or anti-war grannies. It didn't take a genius to foresee how the federal State would use the toppled towers to get itself some more "sweeping powers." So we rolled up shop, in spite of growing interest in our aims (the secession of the six New England States), especially in New Hampshire, Vermont, Western Massachusetts, Adirondack New York and Maine. Since then, the rump of the NEC has been given a half undeath by glibertarians and free-staters, but the original NEC had a strong leftist contingent, to which tendency I was drawn, in spite of just wrapping up my last major Republican campaign.
It would be untrue to say that I miss the NEC. We really didn't have the cache, organization, popular support or loot necessary to make real our secessionist fantasies. But, we were always getting inquiries. Even from Massachusetts. We were a barometer placed in a neglected field, or some shit.
I don't recall any of the NEC members who wanted to be part of that barometer when it was stepped on and broken up into little bits. The fear was appropriate. Osama bin Laden wasn't turning airplanes into piloted missiles on account of us, but the federal police weren't known for caring, or for making the sort of distinctions which separate pacifist separatists from Salafi suicide kings.
Nein Eleven™ didn't change human behaviors. It didn't alter American discontent with the feds, or American naivete with regard to the suffering of the billions of people who aren't Americans. It didn't kill the bootstrapper mythos, or provoke a crisis in labor. It didn't create unity ponies, or expose new divides in the so-called body politic. It was just a grand scale murder used as a pretext for a war that both Republicans and Democrats were already in agreement upon, anyway.
The best way to commemorate that, in my humble estimation, is to recognize, in body and voice, that the time for fear and a rational cowardice has passed. The pretext was given. The advantages taken. Our lords and masters have spent a decade accelerating their theft of the Commons we made, doing murder in our names, and much worse, under the cover of a false explanation, and a reasonable fear of their power. It has to stop.
It's time to give Republicans, Democrats, rich people, federal cops, local poombahs, and anyone else who knowingly benefits from imperial machine a reason to lose sleep at night.
Well, maybe not just a single reason.
More like - millions of them...
10 comments:
- JM said...
Why exactly would you want secession?
- September 11, 2011 at 3:19 PM
- Jack Crow said...
I'm sort of baffled by the question, JM. Why wouldn't I?
- September 12, 2011 at 7:01 AM
- Randal Graves said...
I hope the giant flags for the 20th anniversary don't just cover the field, but the entire stadium, really show 'em who's boss.
- September 12, 2011 at 11:22 AM
- Jack Crow said...
Right at to the edges of the parking lots, Randal. Anything short of that would be promoting Shariah.
- September 12, 2011 at 11:55 AM
- fish said...
A whole stadium chanting USA USA was not enough for me to want the Jets to win. Which put me in the very odd position of wanting to root for the Cowboys. I am pretty sure I don't ever want to hear that New York song again though.
- September 12, 2011 at 12:10 PM
- Jack Crow said...
You didn't enjoy the little kids being manipulated into marching under flags so that Verizon could "memorialize" Nein Eleven, fish? S'wrong with you?
- September 12, 2011 at 12:17 PM
- fish said...
By Spike Lee of all people. Do the Right Thing just a distant memory.
- September 12, 2011 at 1:17 PM
- Devin Lenda said...
I live in Japan so only had to deal with it via internet, so this was my nine eleven:
I posted lowkey's Cradle of Civilization (on Iraqi suffering) with the tag, "beautiful homage to the victims of terror" or something, 0 likes, 0 comments.
A facebook friend wrote this:
"i find it crazy that horses can be trained to bow ....yet people still do not take off their hats/ or stand for our national anthem...WTF?!?!?!? I'd rather sit next to horse than a JACKASS!!!! just sayin'"
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- September 12, 2011 at 7:41 PM
- Jack Crow said...
Christ, Spike Lee directed that, fish? Mincia.
I would like to be surprised, but I'm not. We were at one of those dollar store bargain outlets yesterday and I muttered under my breath "oh, fuck, shut up already" in response to a mealy platitude muttered by the radio DJ being piped into the store, between soft rock suicide songs.
An older woman shot me eyeball death daggers, then followed me around for about ten minutes, clucking her tongue, until reunited with a man I'm assuming was her husband. She said something to him, and then the two of them shot me eyeball death daggers in tandem for another minute or so.
- September 12, 2011 at 7:55 PM
- Devin Lenda said...
It's a rare, excellent person who chooses that path where he knows the eyeball death daggers fly. Interestingly, he may choose it because the other path is too humiliating.
- September 14, 2011 at 12:14 AM


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So. NPR characterizes the Obamacare/Sebelius contraceptives regulation as follows:
This past week, President Barack Obama offered a compromise to his controversial requirement that faith-based institutions provide contraception in employee health plans. Under the new rules, religiously affiliated employers will not be required to offer free contraceptive coverage. Churches were already exempt. Instead, insurance companies would have to offer and pay for contraception.The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, while a bit wobbly at first, has now firmed up and declared the mandate to be a "nationwide government coercion of religious people and groups to sell, broker or purchase 'services' to which they have a moral or religious objection," and "an unprecedented attack on religious liberty."
Last week, while some in the liberal press were heaping praise on Obama as the Great Compromiser, I was scratching my head. I never saw a "compromise" in the proposed regulations; the only shift I saw in the requirement to provide free contraceptives was in pocketbooks -- providing contraceptives moved from the employer's own purse to the employer's checkbook as he writes a check for insurance premiums, then to the insurer's pocketbook which is filled as he cashes the premium check, whose amount has gone up to cover the insurer's "hidden" increased costs. Everyone will still have access to "free" contraceptives; however, we must bear in mind, as my Daddy taught me -- there is no free lunch. Anywhere. Ever.
When the headlines and pundits were screaming that Obama had won, and brokered a "save" for his mandate, there had been no actual "save." There had not been any distinctive change at all to Government's dictate that we all not only purchase insurance, but that we also purchase insurance that covers what Government decrees. Contraceptives will still be paid for by everyone through their premiums, even if they're not broken out by line item. Trust me on this one.
Did some people actually believe that, simply because there will not be birth control vending machines onsite at workplaces, those employers and employees won't be paying for them anyway?
I really don't have a dog in this hunt because I'm not terribly passionate about reproductive issues. But -- come on, people!!!!! Listen, and think!!! This is little more than the next step by progressive liberals in their quest to protect us all because they know what's best for everyone, and simple people shouldn't be burdened with having to make their own decisions and choices. And simple people certainly shouldn't be influenced by religious views because religion tends to be a little too steely in its dogma, and simple people certainly shouldn't be snookered into making a decision based on what their churches teach them.
The Supreme Court cannot hear the challenge to this whole tyrannical scheme too soon to suit me, but how much money will have been wasted, how many tears shed, and how much more divided will the nation be by the time an opinion is rendered?
If we still have a nation.
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Recently I've seen a lot of explosion over the Evans/Renner interview*, and I was trying not to get involved. I think I've made it sufficiently clear that Chris Evans is my dream man, and honestly, I didn't want anything to tarnish that. After seeing the headline on several Facebook visits, I finally caved and read the article. It basically said that Renner and Evans were sexist and saying horrible things about Scarlett Johansson's character. This seemed incredibly out of character based on other interviews.
Because the article struck me as odd, I watched the interview. My conclusion? Straight up sarcasm. The interviewer's question was stupid; they responded in kind. Granted, they could've selected better language, but the intent really wasn't how it was perceived. They obviously didn't mean what they were saying and I, as a female, was not offended by it, nor did I view it as sexism. Their apologies, which were issued shortly after this whole debacle, also back up the fact that they weren't meant seriously, which might not be considered a quality excuse to a lot of fans, but there are things to be offended by and there are things to let go. This is something to let go.
I, in no way, claim to be the spokesperson for all females and I know this sort of thing is up to interpretation. I just think it's sad that people who have been known to be so blatantly irritated by sexism in interviews are getting such grief for something so small. This is obviously my personal opinion, and I have no intention of getting into a debate with anyone about what is or is not sexism. In the grand scheme of superhero things, this is not a big deal. There are far worse sexist superhero happenings to get upset about.
(While we're here, I just want to add that if I were RDJr, I also would've walked out of that interview. That was absurd.)
*Renner's negative attitude toward the prosthetic leg isn't okay, but I didn't want to focus on anything but how they were viewed as sexist.


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There is no room in the inn. The baby is born in a barn and laid in a feeding trough. God arrives incognito, unrecognized, there is no reservation. This is the first thing about this night. God regularly arrives incognito, unrecognized, without a reservation. Hosting the heavenly guest means making room as you are able for all manner of guests. This is the reason that monasteries and convents have long lived by the discipline that no one who knocks at the door and asks for shelter can be turned away. Jesus arrives in the least of these visitors. But, of course, sometimes there is actually no more room. Sometimes even the stable is already filled with guests. Sometimes the monastery or the homeless shelter is simply way beyond its capacity. Sometimes your life will implode if you make room for yet another cause or worry. Then what? Then we gather here, on this night, and thank God that room is found somewhere, somehow with someone. Then we thank God that, in the end, it is not up to us to be the perfect hosts. Yes, we watch for signs of God intruding into our busy lives. Yes, we pray that we may host the heavenly guest incognito. But mainly we give thanks that the heavenly guest has found room and still finds room in this crowded world.
Have you noticed? There is a second host in this story: "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God" (Luke 2:1-20). This is a different kind of host. Not the kind that welcomes in strangers and sets a rich feast before them. No. This host is an army. Yes, an army. That is the Greek word that the New Testament uses here. That is another meaning of "host" in English. It is from the same Latin word that means "hostile". It means an enemy. The shepherds look into the sky and see a great army. I had always imagined a lovely choir singing in angelic harmony. Now I wonder what God's army looks like and what it is doing here on this quiet night of peace and comfort and joy. Well, actually, I think that I know what God's army is doing here on this night. It is here because this is a story about how God overcomes the trouble we know, that our city and country knows, that this world of nations and this creation knows. There is a lot of trouble in here and out there. Trouble that seems too much for us to handle, to resolve, to overcome. The birth of a baby in Bethlehem hardly seems reason to imagine that the ache and grief and oppression will be ended. But the shepherds see otherwise. They see that the baby arrives with an army of compassion. Yes, it is a salvation army, made up of angels of mercy. I don't know what trouble you know tonight. I only know that you can take heart in the heavenly host who have entered the fray.
Hidden in this story is one more host. It is the child, laid in the manger. He arrives as a holy guest but will die as a sacrificial host. This is the reason that the bread that is broken and shared when we celebrate the sacrament of communion is called "the host". It doesn't just mean that he is one who welcomes in strangers - though Jesus certainly does make room for every kind of soul no matter how battered or weary or troubled. And it doesn't just mean that he is one with the power of an army to overcome the trouble - though Jesus certainly has power to heal and redeem all manner of broken hearts, families, and peoples. This host, this bread 'broken for you', is one who makes room and heals the trouble by sacrificing everything. This is a God who gives life to the world by dying on its behalf. Jesus Christ reveals the heart and ways of God. In him we discover that life in all its fullness lies on the other side of dying - dying to anxiety, dying to the need to be in control, dying to the power of death itself.
Jesus is a host with room for you. Jesus is a host with power to overcome your trouble. Jesus is a host whose death offers life to you and to all the world. Thank God.


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How often do you consider the concept of camouflage within your work, perhaps in regards to pattern, covering?
Your work seems to focus mainly around drawing and painting. Do you have any interest in experimenting with other mediums like sculpture, photography, video, etc.?
My early work is photography as I studied photography - I consider drawing my underlying practice to all what I do though and I always wanted to use photography as painterly practice. I was bored by photography for quite a while but just now I am working on a new series which I am very excited about. New printing processes have emerged compared to 5 years ago as well which makes it more interesting again. I tried to make some sculpture early on but stopped doing it as I was not sure what or how sculpture can be made without it being shallow or empty so instead I focussed on flat stuff. In my latest show at Frutta Gallery in Rome together with Sam Porritt I showed sculpture as well as painting which I am very happy about.
You tend to use black and white in a lot of your works. Is this intentional or a natural response to your process?
I used B&W in the beginning a lot but then made a conscious decision to use colour more which I did for an extended period. With the newer work it's more about the properties of black paint and how it translates through the different processes I send it through. But I really like B&W as well so it's ok for me. There will be colour again.
Can you tell me about your scribble drawings and paintings?
The first scribble (drawing) I made around 2009 - it was made by photographing a scribble I did on my table. At that time I used several photographs of the same object/form/thing to patch them together to create a new image/collage- It started out of necessity as the resolution of the digital cameras wasn't high enough for big prints - so I increased it by using more then one image. I did 4 scribble works like that and then didn't do any for a few years but always knew I want to go back to it. So when I lived in New York I did not have a studio but I wanted to keep doing big works and not give in to the confinement of the size of the studio I had. I created a technique involving plexiglass, indian ink and a scanner to create the new series of scribbles (drawings). They are drawn on plexiglass in one go then scanned and scaled up and finally printed on canvas then stretched. With the newer work I showed in Rome the process is different and instead of a pen I use my hands and acrylic paint. Each form you see was made exactly the size it is printed so there is no scaling involved anymore.
Razzle Dazzle (PPG), the artwork we used for the collection, was an outdoor mural at the Basel Kunsthalle. What is your opinion on public art installations compared to installations in galleries and museums? Do you think that a public context provides more of an opportunity to experience the artwork?
That's not a question I really ask myself. Opportunities are mainly for the audience. What we as artists need, even more the artworks; is time spent looking at them. The work in Basel was up for almost a year so people passed by it more then once and I like the idea that the artwork becomes part of its surroundings. But it's ok if people don't care. I'd be happy if there are less people at the MOMA the next time I visit.
You recently opened a two person show with Sam Porritt at Frutta gallery in Roma. Can you tell us a few words about the exhibition and the process to put it together?
Sam and I have a very good friendship and I feel like we have some common ways of looking at art and specially of how to make art. We both love drawings and probably both consider it a crucial part of an artist's practice. We wanted to do a show together for a while and finally James Gardner invited us to do it. We worked on it for almost a year. It changed direction quite a lot - both of us abandoned whole series of finished work - in the end we are very happy how it came together. We talked about it on a regular basis, that process helped for sure.
You mentioned you curated a show at your parents apartment during Art Basel. What was that like?
Space is the Place 2016, it was great. I did it the fourth time this year and every time it's different, every year I invite someone to organize with me but this year I didn't which resulted in a group show with the artists: Jiajia Zhang, Michael Bodenmann, Ruth Proctor, Felix Jungo, Barbara Signer, Benedikt Stäubli and a solo show with the painter Matthias Huber in the same space. It's always stressful as it is not my apartment and we leave a lot of my parents own artwork and furniture and stuff in but so far nothing ever gone missing, luckily. But it's at the end of the Art Basel week so everybody is exhausted already which always results in a very mellow and nice atmosphere.
You were born in the 80s. Is there any core memories or elements from your teenage years that are still important to your life and artistic practice now?
Probably the first time I saw my neighbour and his friends do a graffiti was a key moment. I spent hour over hour drawing styles in my bedroom. I had a rather active time spraying for some years but in the end the drawing on paper is key to me now - I still do it on paper a lot. My whole art practice is based on the idea of the sketch. As a kid and until this day I am usually more compelled by a sketch than a so called finished drawing/painting. What I do is to try to find ways to keep the energy and rawness of a sketch in a final image or work without losing it's soul.
One of the defining themes for our Ninth collection was the techno and rave scene from the 1990s. Were you into this kind of music?
No I wasn't. I was involved in the so called Hip Hop scene in Basel and naturally Techno wasn't well regarded there. Minds weren't as open as today. And when I was older the good spots for Techno in Basel were gone.
Top 5 records?
Everything from Bach and De la Soul, Alte Schule (Sampler), The Knife, Deep Cuts and Koudlam, Goodbye
Now, you live and work in Zurich. Does it bring anything special or influential to your practice?
It's good to focus here and that's what I am trying to do anyway in my work right now - focus on putting in the time to work on new stuff. I am a studio artist so my work is probably more influenced by the news I consume through my laptop then through my physical environment. I love the energy of a big city though which I miss here but on the other hand I am at 5 different spots to swim within 15 minutes of my home including a river and a lake.
Do you have any upcoming projects that you would like to mention?
I am working on my first solo shows in the United States. One will be in a fantastic space in Philadelphia called LORD LUDD run by Mylinh Trieu Nguyen and Gideon Barnett the other at the lovely ESTE in Bushwick, NY run by Spanish artist Victor Esther.
Conversation with Fabio Marco Pirovino, Zurich, August 2016. Photography by Stéphanie Gygax


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Earlier in the week we learned the OUYA game console was going to be getting a bigger retail push in the US market. At the time there was mention of how the system would be heading to all 1,800 retail locations. And as part of that push, the packaging was going to be reworked to highlight and promote games and other content. Well, it looks like the outer package is not going to be the only thing changing with OUYA.
Coming by way of Polygon, OUYA founder Julie Uhrman recently spoke about some updated game controllers. There was mention about how the OUYA team wants to "build a great controller" and about how the "feel of the controller today is actually probably a lot better then in June." To that point, Uhrman also mentioned how they are "constantly going to work and iterate on the controller."
Taking that a step further, and it appears the system will soon see another iteration on the controller. The catch with this, you will not know which controller you have until you open the box. This isn't a case where there is a particular issue with the current controller, so the existing models are going to continue being sold. In fact, in speaking about the new controllers, Uhrman herself even mentioned that "you wouldn't know until you bought it."
Otherwise, while the controller is being iterated with the OUYA, there has been some issues in the past. There seems to have been some issues with the thumbsticks and action buttons and for that, OUYA will replace the controller should you have issues. Hardware aside, the other issue was the latency and connection. That also is being worked on with software updates and should also have been improved over time.
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Writing in the Guardian this week, Dr Helen Gorrill suggests the Tate Gallery doesn't uphold gender equality in their acquisition policy.
Gorrill argues that, despite Tate's PR fanfare about acquiring work by female artists, the spend in the annual budget for work by women appears to be capped at 30%, while actual spend has been only 13% in recent years. Gorrill points out that Tate's acquisition policy does not mention gender or equality, and that token works by artists such as the Guerrilla Girls are then touted as an indication of their policy of supporting women's art.
Gorrill argues that the Tate Gallery acquisitions strategy is weighted in favour of male artists and their work. Shockingly, she has found that not only is gender equality far from a reality, we've gone backwards. She says:
"female creatives are less likely to succeed now than they were in the 1990s. Today, when men's artwork is signed, it goes up in value; conversely when work by women is signed, it goes down in value, and the addition of a woman's signature can devalue artwork to the extent that female artists are more likely to leave their work unsigned."
Tate's appointment of Frances Morris was portrayed as a great thing for women and international artists, who would have much greater representation, in tandem with the opening of Switch House (now renamed Blavatnik Building after the USSR born billionaire donor). However, at the opening of the Tate Modern extension in June 2016, the activist group Where is Ana Mendieta demonstrated outside and within the galley at the lack of inclusion of work both by women of colour as well as by the Cuban artist Ana Mendieta, while exhibiting work by Carl Andre. Andre and Mendieta were married, Andre was acquitted of her murder after she was killed from the fall from the window of their New York apartment in 1985 during an argument. While Tate owns work by Mendieta, it does not exhibit these works in the public galleries.


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The 2010 fantasy baseball rankings are just about in the bag, but first we look at the top 20 middle relievers for 2010 fantasy baseball. No, next we're not going to do the Top 20 Guys Who Will Have The Most Balks. Chillax. The only fantasy baseballers (<–my Mom's term) that seem to pay attention to middle relievers are those that play in a Holds league. That's wrong, I tell ya. A great way to balance out your ratios is by carrying a few middle relievers on your staff. (BTW, Ron Jeremy can carry three middle relievers on his staff.) Say you had James Shields last year and he mistook your team's ERA for his toilet, but you also had Takashi Saito. With just Shields, you had the 4.14 ERA dump to clean up. With Saito and his brand new toilet brush, you had a 3.80 ERA. If you also carried Matt Thornton, you had a combined 3.59 ERA. Not to mention, you had 6 vulture saves. Oh, and your WHIP went from Shields's 1.41 to 1.28 and had an additional 139 Ks. Middle relievers can also help balance out your junky closers. Okay, school's out, Alice Cooper. Anyway, here's the top 20 middle relievers for 2010 fantasy baseball:
1. Matt Thornton – Last year Marmol was number one; this year we go to the South Side. Not only do I think he steps in for Jenks before the season is through but I also think he puts up fantastic numbers with his purdy K-rate. 2010 Projections: 5-1/2.70/1.05/80, 18 Holds, 15 Saves
2. Fernando Rodney – Will there be guys with better ratios? Yes. Isn't the whole point of being a MR. B is for ratio help? Yeah, but who's kicking vulture saves out of bed? Rodney's high ranking is predicated on the chance Fuentes loses the job. 2010 Projections: 3-5/4.25/1.35/65, 15 Holds, 12 Saves
3. Scott Downs/Jason Frasor – Frasor should be the closer, could be Downs, but Gregg was just brought in. You know how sometimes you don't remember what you did with your keys? Okay, now imagine you're Cito Gaston and choosing a closer is the keys. Downs's 2010 Projections: 4-2/2.75/1.24/55, 22 Holds, 7 Saves, Frasor's 2010 Projections: 6-3/3.05/1.22/60, 12 Saves
4. Phil Hughes/Joba Chamberlain – This will be a Spring Training decision for the Yankees and fantasy owners. The one in the bullpen may actually end up with more value than the one in the rotation. Projections will come once it's decided, but expect a lot of Ks and Holds, but not a lot of Saves.
5. Takashi Saito – Member how well he pitched as the Dodgers closer? Yeah, we can see all that again. Even if we don't, he's proved to be a valuable MR. 2010 Projections: 6-2/2.35/1.24/60, 22 Holds, 5 Saves
6. Matt Lindstrom – It's anyone's guess who will be worse in the Astros bullpen, Lindstrom or Lyon. One will probably get 25 saves and the other will probably get 12. My guess is Lyon will be the one with 25. Lindstrom's for save vultures, not better ratio seekers. 2010 Projections: 2-4/4.40/1.40/50, 15 Holds, 12 Saves
7. Jason Motte – Motte's ERA should come down from last year and he might get a look as the closer (though I have my doubts on the last point as explained in the top 20 closers for 2010 fantasy baseball post). 2010 Projections: 5-3/3.30/1.28/60, 17 Holds, 3 Saves
8. Matt Guerrier – If this list were simply about Holds, Guerrier would be top 3. 2010 Projections: 4-3/3.55/1.22/50, 22 Holds
9. Drew Storen – I can't tell you how disappointed I am that the Nats signed Crapps. Oh wait, I can: very. I think Storen can be lights out as the Nats closer right now, but we won't see him until midseason at the earliest. This is more a heads up for deep leagues or keepers. 2010 Projections: 1-3/2.00/.90/35, 7 Holds, 3 Saves
10. Franklin Morales – Since he has a Cuddle Boy and a closer labeled "Fragile" in front of him, Morales will probably see some saves. 2010 Projections: 3-3/3.75/1.38/50, 10 Holds, 10 Saves
11. J.P. Howell – Thurston and Lovey's son is mentioned, but Wheeler and Balfour could also be included because once Soriano goes down with an injury (and he probably will) there will be a vacuum at the closer spot. 2010 Projections: 5-2/3.00/1.18/70, 10 Holds, 5 Saves
12. Michael Wuertz – This is more of a gut call, but I think Bailey falters. Yes, Ziegler's also there. Hey, aren't we all entitled to our nonsensical projections? 2010 Projections: 4-2/3.15/1.35/85, 15 Holds, 10 Saves
13. Chris Perez – Kerry Wood's all, "I'm a pro! You can't get with my stuff! Ow, I have tendinitis." 2010 Projections: 2-3/3.75/1.30/60, 10 Holds, 3 Saves
14. George Sherrill – As I said back in October, "From Donkeycorn to a middle man but still retained his value, especially for MR. B's, as Sherrill only gave up 2 earned runs in 27 2/3 innings in LaLa Land." And that's me quoting me! 2010 Projections: 5-2/3.25/1.25/55, 20 Holds
15. Joel Hanrahan – Octavio Dotel will probably be the best value closer in terms of his ADP when he's healthy, but Dotel's 36 years old with a history of elbow problems. That sounds like a recipe found on Worst Cooks in America. (What, you're too cool to admit to watching The Food Network? I know why Anne Burrell always wears a skirt. So she's not confused with Guy Fieri.) 2010 Projections: 2-4/4.25/1.40/75, 10 Holds, 5 Saves
16. Sergio Romo – Unless you're a Giants fan, you're probably wondering why I'm ranking Tony Romo's fashion line, Sergio Romo. His stuff isn't overpowering but his K-rate is sorta ridunkulous. Lots of risk with Romo, but if he can continue to baffle hitters he could be a nice find. 2010 Projections: 2-3/3.05/1.00/65, 10 Holds
17. Jim Johnson – I'm confident in Mike Gonzalez's ability to get saves, but I'm never confident in his manager's confidence in him. I really think people in baseball look at his numbers on paper and think, "Great, we have ourselves a cheap closer!" Then they watch him pitch and they suddenly think, "Wait, he's a lefty? Lefties can't close." 2010 Projections: 2-6/3.85/1.35/45, 15 Holds, 5 Saves
18. C.J. Wilson – I don't completely buy the ERA or K-rate last year, but he has experience as a closer and Francisco's prone to injury. 2010 Projections: 5-4/4.20/1.35/60, 15 Holds, 7 Saves
19. Joel Zumaya – This is more of a flier than anything. If he finally makes good on his promise, he'll have more value than most guys on this list. 2010 Projections: 2-3/3.60/1.40/45, 15 Holds
20. Danys Baez – He's pretty dreadful, but so is the Phils bullpen. If Baez were on any other team, he wouldn't be in the top 20… Or top 40 for that matter. 2010 Projections: 3-6/4.50/1.35/45, 12 Holds, 5 Saves
After the top 20 middle relievers for 2010 fantasy baseball, there's lots of names, but this one stands out:
Daniel Bard – I don't see Bard getting any saves unless Papelbon gets hurt krumping. Bard could still, however, be the most valuable middle reliever with his wicked fastball. (Wicked is being used here to add emphasis. Example, "Mary Sullivan's so hawt. She barfed all over a Havahd kid. What a wicked pissah. I think I love her." 2010 Projections: 5-3/3.15/1.25/85, 20 Holds


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Technology Resources I Use:I feel very lucky to work at the school I do. We are blessed with so much technology! I love using it and I feel it really helps to close the gap for my students. I work at a high poverty school and many students don't have access to computers at home. They get opportunities at school to become very proficient with technology though.
Promethean BoardI LOVE my Promethean Board! I honestly don't know what I'd do without it. I have flipcharts prepared for most lessons and the students are so much more engaged when using the board. It also helps my team stay on the same page. We share flipcharts with each other so we can make sure we are teaching the same material.
ActivotesI feel so lucky to have Activotes in my classroom. They are like little clicker devices that work with the Promethean software. I can project a question on the board and students can vote which answer they think is correct. The results are then graphed for the class to see. I immediately know if the students are getting it, or if I need to reteach.
ComputersI have 3 desktops in my classroom and a teacher laptop. We also have a mobile lap with 15 laptops that comes in for a good majority of the day. Students also go to a technology class once a week to work on computer projects. Students use computers to take AR tests, Fastt Math, and work on programs like Keynote, Comic Life, Kid Pix, etc.
iPadsA little over a year ago the teachers at my school got iPads. I fell in love with mine! It's nice because we can put school apps and personal apps on it. There are so many useful apps out there! One day I'll do a post of my favorites, there are too many to name right now! Our school also has a mobile lab with 30 iPads in it. My class gets them for an hour twice a week. My class always looks forwards to Tuesdays and Thursdays because those are our iPad days. I cannot describe how sad they get if we have to cancel them for whatever reason. You'd think I just told them their puppy died or something. Seriously sad faces.
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MP3 PlayersI really want to find a better solution for all my audio books. I've invested in a good amount of CDs, but it's hard to keep them organized and easily accessible. I've tried some cheap MP3 players, but I haven't found any that I really like. I'd love iPods, but they are a bit too spendy for me. I used to use my iPad, but I'm maxed out on storage so I had to take my audio books off. So now I'm back to using CD players. I have a huge CD binder with all the discs in it, but it takes a while to sort though them. Are there any MP3 players you use at your listening centers that you love? I am open to suggestions!
Class WebsiteEvery teacher has a class website through our district. I'm pretty good about keeping it updated, but I want to try to improve it this year. We're not able to do any html or anything, so it's hard to get it looking really nice in my opinion. I've redone it a few times, and I want to spend some more time playing around with it to get it looking exactly the way I want.
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a few days ago I've set up a VPS, including personal SMTP service using postfix + procmail under Debian / Wheezy.
I am already seeing a LOT of hammering onto the SMTP and other ports. Here's an excerpt:
Jul 31 09:06:25 [myserver] postfix/smtpd[15372]: warning: mail.thethirdroom.org[220.127.116.11]: SASL LOGIN authentication failed: authentication failure Jul 31 10:00:02 [myserver] postfix/smtpd[20616]: warning: host245-192-static.36-88-b.business.telecomitalia.it[184.108.40.206]: SASL LOGIN authentication failed: authentication failure
There are multiple login attempts per second. Now, I am running sshguard to keep people from bruteforcing there (except if it was a distributed attempt), but postfix is still kind of vulnerable since sshguard does not support that.
Can anyone hint me at how to make this thing more secure?
Thanks a lot!
TL;DR: SMTP server getting hammered, would like to ban IPs after n faulty attempts.


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Planetariums around the globe can help Jon Lomberg spread the excitement
Reprinted from Planetarian, Vol. 45, No. 4, March 2016
Planetariums across the globe have an awe-some chance to take part in a "new message in a bottle" being proposed for the New Horizons extended mission. The craft, after its successful and exciting flyby of Pluto in July 2015, is now heading through the Kuiper Belt and eventually leave the solar system.
It will be the fifth craft to leave the gravitational attraction of the sun; two Pioneer crafts and two Voyagers also have made this trek.
The difference? The four earlier spacecraft bore with them physical "messages" from Earth; plaques for the Pioneers and golden records for the Voyagers. The messages were Carl Sagan's passion for sharing scientific knowledge made tangible and open for the entire world to take part.
Now Jon Lomberg, longtime artistic colleague and illustrator for Sagan and a member of the team behind the Voyager Gold Record, is working to secure a digital message to be uploaded to New Horizons so that the legacy of messages to the cosmos continues.
The project is called One Earth Message; Lomberg is the project director and has gathered an international advisory board to help carry it out.
The message will be from all people. It represents our hope for the future, that we will go on and that our memories will go on. It also is an affirmation that, although we have no data to support it, we are not alone in the universe; we're saying, al la Horton Hears a Who, that "we are here, we are here, we are here." (Horton Hears a Who, by Dr. Seuss, tells the story of an elephant who finds a tiny world on a speck of dust.)
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"The Voyager record turned out be a much more popular and profound activity than we expected," Lomberg said. This tremendous interest showed to Lomberg and others that an "awfully high percentage of people are interest in space."
To put something on a message on a spacecraft, "a message for extraterrestrials, that's exciting," he said. The message actually was for two audiences: for us, the people of Earth, and for an extraterrestrial that we'll never know about.
"Sagan pointed out that the message (on the Voyager record) was not from NASA or the US, but from all of us. Global participation is important. Small countries with no space program" will have a voice in space, Lomberg said.
There are several hooks from which planetarians can hang the One Earth Message. The first is generational. "The record was in 1977; it's time for something else to in-spire the rising generation," Lomberg noted.
Another significant difference is "everybody can be involved; everyone will have a say in what we can send." This active participation opens up the process; "it gets people thinking about what's important to say about Earth."
How can planetariums take part?
Planetarium programs, perhaps connected to already-scheduled Pluto shows, can spread the word and show people how they can participate. "Wide participation—outreach is the key to that. We envision workshops and activities for students, like how to take pictures to share."
Another possibility would connect schools from different countries. One class could write a message and send to another group for review, and vice versa.
Participation is as easy as connecting to the One Earth Message website at oneearthmessage.org or by emailing Lomberg directly email@example.com.
Planetarians, for example, can help their audiences realize the time scale of the messages that Earth has sent into our galactic neighborhood.
The record aboard the Voyagers will last for billions of years, for example. "With digital, we have no idea how long it will last. One hundred thousand years? With different technology, maybe a million years?" Lomberg said.
A video made for the initial fundraising effort can be see at www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dOiFJ-5QbA.
"A new video could be based on this, remixing that to include images from the actual Pluto encounter, and produced expressly for dome presentation," Lomberg suggested. "Perhaps production of that could be one of the roles planetarians can play?"
There's enough time to do it right
There is plenty of time for the project to gather data for the Earth Message before any uploading can take place. It will not be trans-mitted until all the mission science is complete.
Although a Kuiper Belt Object (2014 MU69) has been selected as New Horizon's next target, NASA is still reviewing the expected mission extension. One aspect of the extension is troubling: the proposal will not include EPO (education and public outreach, a typical inclusion in most NASA funding).
Despite this, Lomberg said that "NASA is currently reviewing the project with great interest." New Horizons Principle Investigator is supportive of the One Earth project, and also is a member of the One Earth advisory board.
"We will be in touch with (New Horizons) for 50 years or more. The original participants will have kids and grandkids by then, and will still be connected."
People who are interested in taking part, especially those who would like to be a local representative in their country, are encouraged to contact the One Earth project.
"The message should be made by people who want to make it," Lomberg noted.
Already on the advisory board are several names familiar to IPS: Kaoru Kimura, affiliate representative for the Japan Planetarium Association; Ian McLennan, representative for the Canadian Association of Science Centres; and Derrick Pitts, director of the Fels Planetarium at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
Also on the board: Paul Curnow, lecturer at the Adelaide Planetarium and a council member of the Astronomical Society of South Australia.
You can learn more at www.jonlomberg.com and oneearthmessage.org.
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Ex-governor Eliot Spitzer (D) has his first union endorsement in his race for New York City Comptroller.
Azi Paybrah of Capital New York thinks the endorsement is about a double layer of spite: the Civil Service Employees Association hates Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), and Cuomo and Spitzer hate each other.
This is the dominant theme in the 2013 races for both Mayor and Comptroller of New York City. People aren't backing the candidates they like. They're backing the opponents of the candidates they hate.
A few weeks back, I wrote about the forces mobilizing behind Spitzer's opponent in the Comptroller race, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer (D). They're driven not by Stringer's awesomeness but by the various reasons they hate Spitzer: bankers are mad about his Wall Street investigations, health care workers are mad about his Medicaid reform initiative as governor, the teachers' union is mad about his efforts to expand charter schools, etc.
In the mayoral race, the business and real estate interests that love Mayor Mike Bloomberg (I) have lined up with Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D). But they don't actually like her so much as they are terrified of what might happen if a true-believing lefty like Public Advocate Bill de Blasio (D) becomes mayor.
Meanwhile De Blasio has accused his primary opponents, especially Quinn, of "aiding and abetting" the mayor, as though they were engaged in some criminal enterprise. That line works because his supporters are animated by their dislike of Bloomberg, and they resent Quinn for working so closely with him.
Ex-Comptroller Bill Thompson (D)'s main electoral strength is that few people have a really good reason to hate him. That's why my money is on him to win the race: in an election defined by spite, the candidate least likely to be on the receiving end of spite is the frontrunner.
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Used to be, there were days on end when Sara Cheney was convinced she didn't deserve to take another breath. Trapped in a dungeon of dark thoughts, various scenarios played out in her head -- slicing wrists, gulping pills, a truck slamming into a concrete wall. The closest she came to dying was the day she put the barrel of a Browning semi-automatic pistol into her mouth and started to squeeze the trigger.
No psychiatrist or therapist could banish such thoughts. No pharmaceutical could keep a lid on the temptation. Then along came a dog named Hannah -- a golden retriever that licks her face, stares into her eyes, and likes having her front paw held, like two girlfriends holding hands.
Hannah has given Cheney what was missing -- a reason to wake up in the morning. And that's just the beginning of all Hannah has done for Sara Cheney.
Hannah is not just any dog. She's a certified service dog specially trained to help Cheney deal with post-traumatic stress disorder, bouts of severe depression and the kind of social anxiety that makes standing in a checkout line feel like being cornered in a dark alley.
Hannah creates both a barrier and a bridge between Cheney and the world beyond her front door. Hannah wakes her from nightmares. Hannah senses her rising anxiety in time to ward off full-blown panic attacks. And she makes Cheney laugh. A lot.
Hannah came to her through Alaska Assistance Dogs, one of Alaska's oldest service-dog nonprofits. The group was founded in the Matanuska Valley in 2001 by Carole and Dodd Shay and a board of directors with hopes of improving the lives of Alaskans with physical disabilities or mental health troubles.
Witnessing the before and after of their efforts, the Shays have no doubt their organization has made a difference. Like their first military veteran, a man whose PTSD had a stranglehold on him for years. One day a month he forced himself to take a taxi into town for a doctor's appointment and to pick up supplies, and then went home and shut the door for another month. The vet couldn't sleep for days leading up to the chore. While in town, he'd pop tranquilizers just to hold it together long enough to tend to business. Then it would take him days to recover.
His service dog Jill, being a social creature, wouldn't stand for that. As tuned into her needs as she was to his, he found himself doing things he never could have imagined, like sitting in a coffee shop or a bookstore so she could socialize. Jill dragged him to town to see her friends so often he got used to it.
He sees his doctor only every three months now. He has cut his medications in half. Three years after Jill arrived, he called the Shays from the Virgin Islands to tell them he'd bought a sailboat and planned to sail it to Alaska.
"But now I've got to teach this damn dog how to swim," he joked.
"He not only got his freedom," Carole Shay said, "he threw caution to the wind. That guy's got a life now because of that dog."
A Rand Corp. think-tanker turned ski instructor turned zookeeper turned wilderness ranger, Carole Shay met her first service dog in the mid-1980s. Two months later she started volunteering as a puppy raiser and there was no turning back. She became a certified service-dog trainer in 2001 through the Assistance Dog Institute, now Bergin University of Canine Studies, in Santa Rosa, Calif., the first accredited university of its kind in North America.
Dodd Shay, a retired building inspector, got his training credentials there in 2010. As did their first employee, behavioral specialist and trainer Ellis Gugel, who graduated last spring. With the Shays moving toward retirement, Gugel joined the team last fall, along with his wife, Kate, as the new executive director. Now the Shays work only 30 hours a week instead of 60.
After years of watching dogs work their magic, Carole Shay went back to school at 59 to become a licensed clinical therapist. She has designed a number of programs for children and adults with special needs as well as for those dealing with the aftermath of war, domestic violence, rape and other traumas where the dogs are the therapists. They often overlap with therapy clients helping train the service dogs.
Training takes place in various locations from animal shelters to the clattering lumber aisles of Home Depot -- the more distractions the better since service dogs must learn to ignore them. Tapping into dogs' innate sensitivity to humans, the Shays have trained them to help with everything from mobility to mental health issues with many tasks custom-fit to the clients like fetching from the fridge, reminding people to take their medications and detecting and defusing oncoming panic attacks. Each dog has its own way of sounding the alarm: leaning against someone, a gentle snout poke to the ribs, shaking the cuff of a person's pants.
Rather than arranging marriages, the Shays let dogs choose the people they want to work for. They tried five times to match Ingram, one of their best dogs ever, but the chemistry never seemed right. But the moment the dog saw a new client, a young girl with cerebral palsy who'd been teased all her life, he made a beeline for her and lay at her feet as if to say, "I have found my destiny."
AAD supplies dogs without ever presenting a bill, though the animals don't come cheap. A minimum of $10,000, more often closer to $20,000, goes into purchasing top-of-the-line puppies, veterinary bills, obedience school, professional training and training of clients as handlers, though even that is a relative bargain when compared to the elites of the service-dog world -- guide dogs for the blind, which can run $40,000 to $80,000.
No client is expected to come up with that kind of money. Some pay what they can or apply for grants to help cover a portion of the costs. By and large, the dogs are free. The Shays rely on grants and donations, big and small, to do what they do, and now and then by digging into their savings. They've had a few discussions about whether that's a good idea but always come to the same conclusion.
"You gave me my life back," their clients tell them.
"Where else are you going to get this kind of bang out of your buck?" Dodd Shay asks. "It's just not going to happen. It's been a tremendous reward."
What the Shays ask from clients is a commitment to training, however long it takes to master about 80 commands and instill the impeccable manners it takes to pass the Assistance Dogs International Public Access Test, which can take from several months to a year. Service dogs are entitled to the same rights as guide dogs for the deaf and blind under the Americans with Disabilities Act. They can go anywhere people can go and live in housing where dogs are otherwise prohibited.
The Shays recently took a dog back from a veteran with PTSD after he stopped showing up for training sessions and didn't respond to attempts to contact him. It may have seemed cold but fulfilling training commitments is an industry standard, the Shays explained.
The dog, Scotty, is now the mental health moderator and constant companion of 17-year-old Jaclyn Johnson, who volunteers as kennel manager and official photographer for AAD and who plans to become a professional service dog trainer herself. It wasn't pleasant recalling Scotty but the Shays couldn't risk having a valuable, partially trained dog out and about in public, possibly giving service dogs a bad name. There's already plenty of that going on.
People have claimed everything from guinea pigs to iguanas as qualified service animals. The fact that bogus credentials are available over the Internet hasn't helped.
Therapy animals, those providing comfort and emotional support, do important work but they are not technically service animals, which have special rights under federal law. The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits businesses from denying access to those with disabilities.
It's OK to ask whether the animal entering a shop or restaurant is a service animal, and even what tasks it performs, but that's it. If the questions start getting personal or argumentative regarding the person's disability and need for such a dog, that becomes harassment. If the dog is indeed a service dog, the business could be fined up to $55,000 for violating the person's civil rights.
To crack down on the nondisabled gaming the system, the ADA was amended recently to specify that only dogs, and where reasonable, specially trained miniature horses (used by people with aversions or allergies to dogs) have public access rights.
For those with paralyzing social anxieties, these dogs can open doors literally and figuratively. People with PTSD, night terrors and other debilitating fears can sleep better knowing their dogs have their backs.
"Their ability to detect danger and threats to us far exceeds our own," Ellis Gugel said. "So you wake up and you've got this (companion) saying, 'Hey, I know you're scared but I can smell 6,000 times better than you. I can hear 2,000 times better than you. I'm telling you, there's nothing wrong.' "
That level of peace of mind doesn't come in the form of a pill.
The preparation of this story was partially underwritten by the sponsors of the Pick.Click.Give. program, including Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, Friends of the Alaska Children's Trust, Mat-Su Health Foundation, and Rasmuson Foundation.
By DEBRA McKINNEY
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ShopRite has expanded its free fruit program, launched earlier this year in select stores, to include five additional locations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey that are owned and operated by Flemington, N.J.-based ShopRite of Hunterdon County.
Under the program, kids 12 and younger receive a free banana, clementine or other seasonal fruit while shopping with a parent or guardian. The fruits are located in the produce aisle, and the program is overseen by the supermarket's team of in-store dietitians.
"We are committed to offering parents ways to provide healthier food choices for their children while shopping in our stores," said Jeannie Colallilo, director of community relations for ShopRite of Hunterdon County. "We believe that teaching children to develop good eating habits at an early age is extremely important. We're happy to provide our customers with an easy way to demonstrate to their children that fruit is fun and delicious."
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Cristiano Ronaldo will go head to head with former Real Madrid teammate Luka Modric and Egypt's Mohamed Salah as he seeks a sixth FIFA men's world player of the year award.
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France's World Cup-winning manager Didier Deschamps, Zlatko Dalic and Zinedine Zidane were nominated as the finalists for FIFA's coach of the year award.
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text: Internet, Networking, & Security Browsers Use Safari Extensions on the iPhone or iPod touch by Scott Orgera Writer Scott Orgera is a former writer who covering tech since 2007. He has 25+ years experience as a programmer and QA leader, and holds several Microsoft certifications. our editorial process Facebook Twitter Scott Orgera Updated on November 15, 2019 Chesnot / Getty Images Browsers Safari Chrome Firefox Microsoft Tweet Share Email This tutorial is only intended for iPhone and iPod touch users running iOS 8 or higher. It wasn't many years ago that extensions were a new phenomenon, enhancing the functionality of our web browsers in a number of ways. As time went on, ambitious developers began to push the boundaries in terms of what these add-ons could accomplish. What started as small programs with simple feature sets soon became complex chunks of code that truly took browser capabilities to new heights. As more users start to browse on their portable devices, it only seems like a natural progression for extensions to find their way into the mobile arena. Evidence of this can be found in Apple's iOS operating system, where more and more extensions are becoming available for its default Safari browser. This tutorial explains how Safari extensions work on the iPhone and iPod touch, including instructions on how to activate and utilize them. First, open your Safari browser. Next tap the Share button, represented by a square containing an up arrow and located at the bottom of your browser window. Share Screen Browser extensions in iOS behave a bit differently than what you're probably used to on a PC or Mac. First off, they are not downloaded and installed as standalone components as they are in the desktop realm. iOS extensions are integrated with their respective apps, installed but not always activated by default. Not only are most initially disabled, but the presence of these extensions also is not explicitly called out — meaning their corresponding apps do not frequently advertise the existence of these helpful add-ons. There is a simple way to view all extensions available to Safari, however, as well as to toggle them on and off. The popup menu known as the Share Screen should now be visible. The first and second rows contain icons for app extensions that are already enabled and therefore available to the Safari browser. The first row contains those classified as Share Extensions, while the second displays the available Action Extensions. Scroll to the far right of this row and select the More button. Activities The Activities screen should now be displayed, listing all Share extensions currently installed on your device. To view installed Action extensions, select the More button found in the corresponding row. As you may notice several others are installed as well. However, they are not always enabled and therefore not accessible to the browser. To activate a browser extension, select the button to the right of its name until it turns green. To toggle off an extension, simply select the same button until it turns white. You can also modify the priority of an extension, and therefore its location on Safari's Share Screen, by selecting and dragging it up or down in the list. Launching an Extension To launch a particular extension, simply select its respective icon from the aforementioned Share Screen.


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What is Laundred Sheep:
Laundred Sheep is a free and open source 3D platformer game based on Supertuxkarts Engine.
The main character is franck from the blender open movie Cosmos Laundromat.
get it at https://laundred-sheep.org/get.html (source code, stable version 0.04)
You have to build it for your system, i tested it under Linux but not under Windows or Mac.
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Building instructions are in the readme.
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Laundred Sheep in action (link to Video)
You have to collect all crystals (which are just mese crystals known from minetest). When all crystals are collected, a hidden exit opens somewhere in the level.
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