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How can I describe Moscow? Some of the first things that first come to my mind are having sun invading my room since 4 am and an eternal traffic noise in the background. Metro stations that look like palaces. Taking my passport everywhere with me because the police can ask you for it anytime. Lights of flower shops (Russians love giving flowers) and supermarkets open 24/7. Trying to drink warm beer (and failing).
The architecture of this city is one of a kind: everything is stunning and the colors are wonderful. The Red Square (Red means pretty, it has nothing to do with Comunism like most people think) is magnificent. Of course, it has been recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1990, due to their inextricable links to Russian history since the 13th century.
Among its main attractions there is the Orthodox Church of St. Basil. The legend tells that when the architects finished it, Tsar Ivan the Terrible asked them if they could build another one just as beautiful. The said yes and they blinded them to prevent that from happening. Women must be careful with what they choose to wear to go inside, and cover their hair.
The clock tower is called Spasskaya and it has the central hour of Russia, given that the country is so big it has 9 different time zones. The star on top is made of ruby.
The famous department store GUM is in the square as well. Even if you can't buy anything, it is really nice to see it, specially at night.
Go inside the Kremlin, a fortified complex that overlooks the Moskva River. It includes five palaces, four cathedrals, and the enclosing Kremlin Wall with Kremlin towers. Also within this complex is the Grand Kremlin Palace. It serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation.
Here are some tips for travelers:
- Buy a book that translates your language to Russian. Trust me, you will need it cause nobody speaks other language. If not, remember "privyat", which is hello, and "spasiva", that means thank you.
- If you are into art, visit the MOMA and the Zurab Tsereteli Gallery.
- Don't rent a car: the metro is beautiful and the names of the stations are in both cyrilic and latin alphabet, so you can't get lost. An underground tour is a fun program. Some of the best stations are Komsomolskaya, Ploshchad Revolyutsii and Mayakovskaya.
- Many locals use unlicensed taxis that you just stop anywhere in the street, but I wouldn't recommend it if you travel alone and don't speak Russian.
- Choose your dates carefully: from November to March it's super cold and you may not enjoy it.
- Say "nasdrovia" (cheers) before drinking a shot of vodka, and drink it all at once: they say it brings bad luck otherwise.


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Another product bites the dust! It looks like the OLPC tablet, the XO-3 will not be making it to market. According to Network World the ruggedized tablet for developing countries has been cancelled.
The 8 inch XO-3 tablet was going to feature a 1GHz ARM processor with a 1024 x 768 pixel Pixel Qi display and it was of course safely packed in a rugged rubber case.
If you're wondering what happened to the XO-4 which is the next evolution of the XO Laptops that we've seen in the past, it is still in the works. Keeping in line with previous iterations it will keep its rugged design that allows it to be useful in dusty hot climates. A low power processor and display will be central to the design and its display will rotate turning it into a tablet when needed. This will be the first OLPC laptop to feature a touch screen so it can be more than just an e-reader. Expect this device to arrive sometime in 2013.


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WASHINGTON June 14, 2016 -The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University announce that former NABJ President Sidmel Estes (1991-93) will be honored with the 2016 Ida B. Wells Award.
NABJ and the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University jointly and proudly each year give the prestigious Ida B. Wells Award to an individual who has provided distinguished leadership in increasing access and opportunities to people of color in journalism, and in improving the coverage of communities of color in American media.
"Miss Sidmel's pioneering spirit as the first female president of our beloved organization has had lasting impact. She developed a new generation of NABJ leaders with her steadfast advocacy and bold attention to the industry's diversity failures," said NABJ President Sarah Glover. "In her own newsroom, she encouraged young producers and reporters to excel at their craft and to produce exceptional journalism. She was very pointed in ensuring coverage was inclusive of black and minority communities."
The Ida B. Wells award is named in honor of the distinguished journalist, fearless reporter and wife of one of America's earliest black publishers. Wells was "editor and proprietor" of theMemphis Free Speech and Headlight. Estes is being recognized for her many years as a top executive producer, television news manager, and for her historic role as the first woman to serve as president of NABJ.
"It is an honor to recognize Sidmel Estes as one of the most intelligent, hard-working, dedicated, trailblazing journalists of our time," said Ava Thompson Greenwell, Charles Whitaker and Loren Ghiglione, co-curators of the award and professors at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. "As the first woman to lead NABJ, Sidmel was the bright and bold star that journalism needed to shine the light on itself. Her star went dark much too soon."
Estes began her career at WAGA-TV/Fox 5 in Atlanta, where she served as the executive producer of numerous programs. She was the co-creator and executive producer of "Good Day Atlanta," which became the number one show in its market and won seven Emmy Awards under her direction. In 2006, Estes left WAGA-TV to start BreakThrough Inc., a media consulting firm with clients including the Frederick Douglass Family Foundation, the McCormick Tribune Fellows Foundation, the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation and the Atlanta Center for Creative Inquiry. She also taught as an adjunct professor at Emory University and Clark Atlanta University.
During Estes' tenure as NABJ president, the association increased its membership to more than 2,000 journalists and was included in Ebony magazine's list of Top 100 Black Organizations. In 1994, she was a leader and co-creator of the first UNITY: Journalists of Color conference, and was instrumental in the release of its report, "Kerner Plus 25: A Call For Action," which outlined steps the media industry should take to improve racial diversity.
Estes died suddenly last year. The Estes family will be presented with her award during NABJ's Annual Convention and Career Fair in Washington, D.C., Aug. 3-7, 2016. Past recipients of the honor include distinguished media industry leaders such as USA Today founder Al Neuharth, former Washington Post Publisher Don Graham, former NBC News President Steve Capus, former NBCUniversal executive Paula Madison, veteran recruiters Sheila Solomon and Reggie Stuart and columnist Richard Prince, along with diversity executives Walterene Swanston, Bobbi Bowman, and Johnita Due.
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Vol. 1, No. 64, Part II, 1 July1997 This is Part II of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Newsline. Part II is a compilation of news concerning Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Part I, covering Russia, Transcaucasia and Central Asia, is distributed simultaneously as a second document. Back issues of RFE/RL NewsLine are available through RFE/RL's WWW pages: http://www.rferl.org/newsline/search/ Back issues of the OMRI Daily Digest are available through OMRI's WWW pages: http://www.omri.cz/ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Headlines, Part II * LAST RUSSIAN STRATEGIC FORCES LEAVE BELARUS * SLOVAK OPPOSITION LEADERS READY TO MEET WITH MECIAR * ALBANIAN PRESIDENT ADMITS DEFEAT End Note CONFUSION PERSISTS IN ALBANIA AFTER THE ELECTIONS xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE LAST RUSSIAN STRATEGIC FORCES LEAVE BELARUS. Sergei Yastrzhembskii, the spokesman for Russian President Boris Yeltsin, told journalists in Moscow on 30 June that the last Russian strategic forces have left Belarus. He said that the last missiles were formally removed from Belarusian territory in November. Yeltsin has sent Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka a message noting that the two countries have fulfilled their international obligations. Under international arms control treaties, Russia has taken over the nuclear arsenals of all the former Soviet republics. Yastrzhembskii said the SS-25 Topol (Poplar) missile systems taken from Belarus will continue to serve in Russia for the defense of both countries, which have a mutual defense treaty. UKRAINE SAYS IT NEEDS MORE THAN $300 MILLION TO SHUT DOWN CHORNOBYL. Environment and Nuclear Safety Minister Yuri Kostenko Ukraine told journalists in Kyiv on 30 June that $300 million pledged by the Group of Seven major industrialized countries to shut down the Chornobyl nuclear power plant is not enough. Kostenko said Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and U.S. Vice President Al Gore will chair a conference of donor nations in the fall to confirm or revise the plan for shutting down the plant. Under a memorandum signed by the G-7 countries and Ukraine, Kyiv is to close the plant by 2000 with sufficient Western support. Kostenko said that Ukraine will need at least $500-600 million to ensure the safety of the plant's destroyed reactor. CZECH PRESIDENT IN UKRAINE. Vaclav Havel met with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma in Kyiv on 30 June to discuss economic cooperation and European security. Havel hailed Ukraine's favorable stance toward NATO expansion and was quoted by Interfax as welcoming the charter Ukraine plans to sign with NATO at the Madrid summit later this month. Kuchma said that the strategic goal of Ukraine is integration into the EU. Ukrainian parliamentary speaker Oleksander Moroz, however, criticized the planned expansion of NATO at his meeting with Havel. He argued such a step is aimed against Ukraine, "Lidove noviny" reported. Havel and Kuchma signed agreements on cooperation in nuclear energy and industry, on avoiding double taxation, and on joint efforts in fighting crime and drug-trafficking. LATVIAN INTERIOR MINISTER RESIGNS OVER TALSI ACCIDENT. Dainis Turlais resigned on 30 June over the tragic accident at a firefighters' celebration two days earlier in the western town of Talsi, which killed eight children and injured some 20 others (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 30 June 1997), BNS reported. Prime Minister Andris Skele, who cut short a vacation in Britain to oversee the investigation into the accident, accepted Turlais's resignation. The interior minister said he felt "morally responsible" for what had happened at Talsi. Also on 30 June, Firefighting and Rescue Service head Juris Labis handed in his resignation. ITAR-TASS quoted Deputy Prime Minister Anatolijs Gorbunovs as saying that it appeared that the firefighters had breached elementary safety rules. President Guntis Ulmanis has visited Talsi to meet with the relatives of the victims and with the injured. LITHUANIA TO REINFORCE BORDER WITH BELARUS. Under the chairmanship of President Algirdas Brazauskas, the State Defense Council on 30 June decided to deploy army units closer to Lithuania's 650-km border with Belarus, ITAR-TASS reported, citing the Lithuanian presidential press service. Speakers at the meeting noted that large numbers of illegal immigrants seeking to reach the West enter Lithuania through its eastern border. Parliamentary speaker Vytautas Landsbergis expressed concern about the large number of illegal immigrants from Asia and Africa who enter Lithuania. He commented "this is becoming a dangerous phenomenon and threatens to destabilize the situation in the country." Also on 30 June, the parliament passed a law defining the legal status of those who were ""illegally persecuted by the occupational forces of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union." Such legal status will enable those people to social welfare and other benefits. POLAND, TURKEY SIGN MILITARY AGREEMENT. Polish Defense Minister Stanislav Dobrzanski and Turkish General Staff deputy chief Cevik Bir signed a military agreement in Ankara on 30 June aimed at cooperation in education, technology, and science, dpa reported. The two officials told journalists that the agreement defines the scope and principles of mutual cooperation. It provides for cooperation in military training, logistics and logistical systems, the defense industry, research, budget programming and planning, as well as aviation and maritime technology exchange. POLISH EX-COMMUNISTS' ELECTION SONG CAUSES STIR. The ruling Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) has been accused of using a song to launch its election campaign that sounds like a number by the Australian band Men at Work, Reuters reported. The copyright owners, the Polish representatives of Sony Music International, said they have heard reports that the melody resembles that of a song performed by the Australian band. Sony also said the SLD has not applied for permission to use the melody. Dariusz Klimaczewski, the spokesman for the SLD, commented if there were any doubts about the song, it would not be used in the campaign. SLOVAK OPPOSITION LEADERS READY TO MEET WITH MECIAR. Following his meeting in Prague on 30 June with Czech Senate Chairman Petr Pithart, Slovak Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) chairman Jan Carnogursky told journalists he did not rule out sitting at the negotiating table with Slovak Premier Vladimir Meciar. "We do not reject talks, but we want them to be well prepared or else they would be pointless and this would just deceive the public." Frantisek Miklosko, the leader of the KDH parliamentary caucus, told Pithart that the recently formed Blue Coalition, an alliance of five opposition parties, will "almost certainly be victorious in Slovakia's next elections." Pithart noted, however, that the coalition has been unable to come to an agreement on a leader and future premier. Also on 30 June, official invitations to round-table talks were sent from Meciar to parliamentary party leaders, the Slovak daily "Pravda" reported. The talks are slated to take place on 4 July. HUNGARY AWARDS PRIVATE NATIONAL TV LICENSES. The Hungarian Television and Radio Commission has granted national television licenses to two Western-led consortia. One consortium is headed by CLT-Ufa, which has interests in 19 television stations across Europe and in which the German media giant Bertelsmann owns a 50% stake. Most of its stations operate under the banner of RTL. The second consortium is led by the Scandinavian Broadcasting System (SBS), of which the U.S.-based Walt Disney owns 22.8%. The tender is seen as a setback for Central European Media Enterprises (CME), which had hoped to add a Hungarian license to its Central and Eastern European portfolio. That porfolio includes the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Ukraine, and Poland. SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE ALBANIAN PRESIDENT ADMITS DEFEAT. In a declaration broadcast on state television, Sali Berisha thanked voters on 30 June for casting their ballots and the international community for its assistance in the elections. He acknowledged the defeat of the Democratic Party and called on his supporters to respect the election results. Berisha urged his backers to help "consolidate democracy in keeping with the principles enshrined in the law [and] with dignity and courage [while serving as the] opposition." He did not specify if or when he would resign as president. Berisha still has four years of his present term to serve but said earlier that he would resign if his party were defeated. ALBANIAN ELECTION UPDATE. According to unofficial returns, the coalition of the Socialist Party and the Social Democratic Party won 63 directly elected seats, while the Democrats took only seven, "Indipendent" reported on 1 July. In Lezha, independent candidate and "Koha Jone" owner Nikolle Lesi won his contest. In the southern city of Korca, Pavli Kristaq Mykerezi of the Albanian United Right coalition defeated presidential spokesman Genci Pollo. Elections will have to be repeated in at least two districts, Malesia e Madhe in the north and Skrapar in the south. Runoffs will be necessary in at least 18 districts and results are still not in from another 18. Preliminary official results are expected in the evening of 1 July. Socialist leader Fatos Nano said in Tirana on 29 June that Premier Bashkim Fino will hold "a high-ranking position" in the next government. OUTCOME OF ALBANIAN VOTE ON MONARCHY IN DOUBT. Uncertainty remained on 1 July over the vote on the monarchy in the 29 June referendum. While the monarchists claim victory, sources close to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe told an RFE/RL correspondent in Tirana they have no indication that their claim is valid. "Albania," for its part, published a list of the cities in which the monarchy allegedly took between 54% and 82% of the votes. These include Tirana, Durres, Kavaja, Kruja, and Elbasan in central Albania; Gjirokaster and Korca in the south; and Shkoder in the north. But in the southern rebel stronghold of Vlora, only 30% of the voters reportedly opted for a king. Meanwhile in Tirana, monarchists celebrated, but the Socialists canceled a victory rally due to an increasingly tense security situation. Many Albanians celebrated by firing gun shots into the air throughout the afternoon and evening (see also "End Note" below). BOSNIAN SERB PRESIDENT ACCUSES KARADZIC OF STAGING COUP... Biljana Plavsic said in Bijeljina on 30 June that Radovan Karadzic is still running the Republika Srpska from behind the scenes and that he attempted to stage a "coup" against her the previous day (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 30 June 1997). Plavsic added she is preparing a text that will show who actually controls the Republika Srpska, an RFE/RL correspondent reported from Belgrade. Bosnian Serb police continued to detain her early on 30 June, but international peacekeepers took her later that day to a helicopter that transported her back to her headquarters in Banja Luka. Observers in the former Yugoslavia and abroad noted that the nationalist former professor is trying to establish the rule of law against the mafia-like structures linked to Karadzic, Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, and Momcilo Krajisnik, the Serbian member of the Bosnian joint presidency. ...BUT HER RIVALS DENY ACCUSATION. Krajisnik said that Plavsic is pursuing a personal vendetta and "harming state interests," an RFE/RL correspondent reported from Pale on 30 June. A spokesman for Karadzic stated that Plavsic is "breaking the unity" of the Bosnian Serb leadership, BETA wrote. The Bosnian Serb army meanwhile appealed to international peacekeepers to reduce their presence on the road connecting the rival power centers of Pale and Banja Luka and around the Bosnian Serb military command center at Han Pijesak. An army spokesman said that the current crisis is political in nature and can be "solved [only] by government institutions." The Bosnian Serb army is widely believed to be sympathetic to Plavsic, while her rivals reportedly can count on the Interior Ministry and the police. In Sarajevo, Muslim political leaders charged that the police actions against Plavsic show that Milosevic is interfering in Bosnia's internal affairs, "Oslobodjenje" reported. HAGUE COURT LAUNCHES NEW STRATEGY AGAINST EX-YUGOSLAV WAR CRIMINALS. Chief prosecutor Louise Arbour said in The Hague on 30 June that the recent arrest and deportation of Slavko Dokmanovic from eastern Slavonia was legal, even though the court had not previously announced his indictment (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 30 June 1997). She also indicated that the court may order the arrest of more war criminals without informing them of their indictment. Belgrade dailies reported that the developments surrounding Dokmanovic have left many Serbian leaders shaken. Meanwhile in Washington, U.S. military officials expelled Bosnian Gen. Selmo Cikotic from an elite training course after Croatia claimed he had committed atrocities against Croats in 1993, the "International Herald Tribune" reported. POLITICAL NEWS FROM FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. In Zagreb, Vlado Gotovac, the leader of the Croatian Social and Liberal Party (HSLS) and defeated presidential candidate, said on 30 June that he intends to remain head of the HSLS. He added that the party's governing body will discuss the long-standing feud between him and his rival Drazen Budisa, an RFE/RL correspondent reported from the Croatian capital. In Belgrade, opposition deputies ended their boycott of the parliament. They promptly introduced 1,300 amendments to the draft law on local government in a bid to block the legislation, which the opposition says will strengthen the hand of the governing Socialists. And in Podgorica, President Momir Bulatovic now has four announced rivals for the presidency from within his own Democratic Socialist Party, including its three vice presidents. ROMANIAN PREMIER WANTS MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN FIRED. Victor Ciorbea is demanding the sacking of a press officer from the Foreign Affairs Ministry who recently criticized him (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 30 June 1997), RFE/RL's Romanian Service reported. He said it is inappropriate for a person who attacks the chief of a state administration to be employed by that administration. Ciorbea initially demanded an explanation of spokeswoman Gilda Lazar's comments, but Foreign Affairs Minister Adrian Severin has commented only that an investigation is being launched. A statement issued on 30 June by the ministry said Lazar will not be allowed to talk with journalists until the investigation is completed. Lazar told RFE/RL's Bucharest bureau that she has not been suspended. The Romanian daily "Ziva" recently quoted her as suggesting that Ciorbea had been begging for NATO membership and financial assistance during his recent visit to Washington. GAZPROM THREATENS TO CUT SUPPLIES TO MOLDOVA. Gazprom on 30 June warned Chisinau that it will cut gas supplies to Moldova unless debts totaling some $500 million are repaid within a few days, Interfax reported. The same day, dpa quoted an IMF official as saying that the Moldovan government should hand over responsibility for the payments to the energy firms Moldenergo and Moldovagas. Those two companies buy gas from Russia and sell it to customers in Moldova. The IMF has accused Moldova of using credits from the fund to pay off Russian debts. The IMF loans were earmarked for projects that help establish a competitive, free market economy. COUNCIL OF EUROPE OPENS INFORMATION CENTER IN MOLDOVA. The Council of Europe on 30 June opened an information center in Chisinau, RFE/RL reported. Daniel Tarschyz, the secretary-general of the council, attended the opening ceremony. Moldovan President Petru Luchinschi said the center will promote the establishment of democracy in Moldova. He noted that since Moldova joined the Council of Europe two years ago, it has ratified 20 council documents. However, Chisinau has yet to ratify the European Convention on Human Rights. END NOTE CONFUSION PERSISTS IN ALBANIA AFTER THE ELECTIONS by Fasolt Kovacevic Initial returns from the 29 June parliamentary elections point to a land slide victory for the Socialists. At the same time, Albanians may have voted in a referendum to restore the monarchy. The purpose of the elections was to end confusion about Albania's politi cal future. All parties agreed that clarification was necessary following the country's descent into anarchy when get-rich-quick pyramid schemes collapsed at the beginning of the year. But the results seem paradoxical and only add to the confusion. On the o ne hand, Albanians voted to move to the Left and oust an administration that had been increasingly accused of corruption and authoritarian methods. On the other hand, according to monarchist Justice Minister Spartak Ngjela, between 50% and 60% of that same electorate may have voted to change the constitutional system and return to a monarchy. The paradox is all the greater when it is remembered that the present claimant to the throne, Leka Zogu, is the son of Zog I, who promoted himself from president to king in 1928. The dynasty can hardly be considered to represent a tradition that was either long or democratic. Moreover, Zog was ousted by his Italian patrons in 1939. Many Albanians identify Zog's rule with its small base of support in the central Mat region and with despotism and corruption. Leka himself is known as an arms-dealer on account of his previous business activities in the former Rhodesia and in South Africa. But Leka's image as a successful businessman is appealing to many Albanians, who see him as a "padrone" in the traditional, southern European fashion. A referendum result in favor of the monarchy may, in fact, be simply a protest vote against current President Sali Berisha. This would explain the apparent anomaly of the simultaneous victories of the Socialist Party and the monarchists. At the same time, the results claimed by the Socialists and monarchists suggest that the voters are looking for new options amid social and political insecurity but without really knowing what they want. It cannot be ruled out that the same voters will be cheering Berisha in the streets six months from now if the current victors disappoint them. Nor is it clear what practical impact the referendum itself will have. Berisha decreed holding such a vote, but it is non-binding on the parliament. The constitution does not provide for referenda, and hence there are no rules defining how to apply their results. What is more, the referendum did not ask precisely what kind of monarchy the voters want. Ngjela assumes that the constitutional provisions of 1928 would apply if the monarchy were to be restored. But the referendum did not stipulate what kind of constitution would be in force. It will be up to the new parliament to decide whether the referendum can be considered valid. Even if Prime Minister Bashkim Fino is correct in his estimate that 53% of the participating voters decided in favor of a monarchy, that number may be far less than half of the total electorate. The parliament could choose to disregard the results of the referendum on the grounds that only a majority of all eligible voters can decide on such an important constitutional question, as is the case under Danish law. The legislators could also argue that numerous technical irregularities during the elections and the lack of security during the campaign preclude recognizing the referendum as valid. But such a scenario is unlikely since the newly elected legislators would also be casting doubt on the legitimacy of their own mandates. They are more likely to object to the referendum on the grounds that conditions in the country were chaotic at the time it took place. But before such questions are addressed, the legislators will have to ho ld negotiations about possible coalitions. 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Yesterday I registered for my first ultra marathon, the Hagg Lake 50k Trail Run. After about 2 minutes of staring at the email confirmation, fear began to replace the excitement that I was feeling.
The first thought that came to mind was – I just wasted $60. It's not that running 31 miles around a lake on a muddy trail bothers me. It's more a question of whether I can make it to race day without any race-stopping over-use injuries. My past history hasn't been good in this area. I've made several race fee donations over the past few years due to injuries. It seems every time I train for a long race (i.e. marathon), I end up with a sore leg or foot that either prevents me from racing, or affects my ability to run well.
I guess I'm one of those runners that doesn't handle high mileage very well. It's unfortunate because my attitude and psyche are both perfectly suited for long, endurance runs. I just need to get the muscles & tendons on board and I'll be ready to kick some ultra ass!
I'm currently nursing a sore Achilles tendon which has been an on-again, off-again problem for me this year. Not sure how to get rid of it other than just stop running for a long period of time. I actually did that (2 months), but it came back again. I'm trying to approach this problem in a smart, realistic way – but the bottom line is that I need lots of miles to be ready for an ultra. My fingers are crossed..


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Olympus E-3 Review
Review Date: January 9th 2008
Author: Gavin Stoker
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Image Quality
All of the sample images in this Review were taken using the 10 megapixel SHQ JPEG setting, which gives an average image size of around 6Mb.
There are 6 main ISO settings available on the Olympus E-3 which you can select at any time if the camera is in the normal shooting mode. With the same combination of processor and sensor, unsurprisingly the clean bill of health awarded to shots taken on the E-410 at high(er) ISO's is also deserved by the Olympus E-3. Stick to ISO 800 and below in the main and there are no problems to report, while noise levels at ISO 1600 are more than acceptable. Here are some 100% crops which show the noise levels for each ISO setting:
ISO 100 (100% Crop)
ISO 200 (100% Crop)
ISO 400 (100% Crop)
ISO 800 (100% Crop)
ISO 1600 (100% Crop)
ISO 3200 (100% Crop)
Here are two 100% crops which have been Saved as Web - Quality 50 in Photoshop. The right-hand image has had some sharpening applied in Photoshop. The out-of-the camera images are a little soft at the default sharpening setting. You can change the in-camera sharpening level to one of the different preset levels if you don't like the default look.
Original (100% Crop)
Sharpened (100% Crop)
Chromatic Aberrations
The Olympus E-3's 24-120mm kit lens handled chromatic aberrations excellently during the review, with very small levels of purple fringing mainly present around the edges of objects in high-contrast situations, as shown in the example below.
Example 1 (100% Crop)
The flash settings on the Olympus E-3 are Auto, Manual, Red-eye reduction, Slow syncro with red-eye reduction, Slow syncro, 2nd curtain and slow syncro, and Fill-in for exclusive flash. These shots of a white coloured wall were taken at a distance of 1.5m.
Flash Off - Wide Angle (28mm)
Auto Flash - Wide Angle (28mm)
Flash Off - Telephoto (82mm)
|Auto Flash - Telephoto (82mm)
And here are some portrait shots. The Auto setting caused a tiny amount of red-eye, which the Red-eye reduction mode successfully removed.
|Auto (100% Crop)
Auto & Red-eye reduction
|Auto & Red-eye reduction (100% Crop)
Night Shot
The Olympus E-3's maximum shutter speed is 60 seconds and there's also a Bulb mode for exposures up to 30 minutes long, which is excellent news if you're seriously interested in night photography. The shot below was taken using a shutter speed of 1 second, aperture of f/3.2 at ISO 800. I've included a 100% crop of the image to show what the quality is like.
Night Shot
|Night Shot (100% Crop)
Overall Image Quality
I was initially � yet pleasantly � surprised at how warm and well-saturated images are straight out of the E-3 when left to its 'natural' default settings; that is to say skin tones looking healthy rather than Judith Chalmers/Donald Trump orange. When using the E-410 and E-510 DSLRs I often switched to the in-camera vivid setting, as the default seemed to lack the punch of the scene before me � but didn't feel the need of it here. At the supplied lens' maximum wide-angle setting it's undoubtedly perfect for capturing landscapes or getting up close for that sub-fisheye 'in your face' look. The detail it delivers is also sharp and pleasingly crisp � and I'm not only talking about the winter frost that was on the ground for some of our test shots. Other than that, images are well exposed, with a pleasing degree of both highlight and shadow detail maintained, plus purple fringing noticeable only under extreme magnification and if shooting in particularly contrast-y scenarios. Under artificial light is when white balance suffers, the image taking on a hue of whatever the dominant (obviously non-white) colour in the scene is, unless of course you've manually set up the white balance beforehand. So, it's not a deal breaker by any means. And, although noise is visible at most settings from mid point in the E-3's ISO range and upwards, it's only the case if you zoom in particularly closely � meaning that it's well controlled and shouldn't present any adverse issues. Overall, image quality is impressive, with little or any post processing required bar possibly an application of unsharp mask.
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Anthony Weiner, the politician who endured one of the most humiliating resignations in recent history, is in trouble again after a carbon copy internet sex scandal engulfed his attempt at redemption.
Mr Weiner, who quit his post as a congressman two years ago after accidentally sending a close-up picture of himself in an aroused state to 45,000 Twitter followers, is now running for mayor of New York.
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Roy C. Anthony joins Ventuz Technology
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We are thrilled to announce that Roy C. Anthony, a leading figure in the digital creative world, joins Ventuz Technology AG. For over twenty years Roy has been a force of innovation in fields ranging from VR, film, event and staging environments. Pushing boundaries in large scale interactive immersive display technologies, he has lead the charge in bringing new ideas to established markets. Roy combines a deep expertise and experience with a focus on cutting-edge technologies.
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He has been an active member of the Computer Graphics community in North America. Appointments include membership of the Visual Effects Society, ACM/SIGGRAPH. Roy also sits on the board of directors for not for profit arts and technology organizations. His next challenge will be as SIGGRAPH 2018's Conference Chair. We are more than confident that Roy will not only bring our product and services to the next level, but will also help to stregthen the Ventuz community in North America.


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Why We Organised the IT Leader Growth Summit?
By Mark Geschke | Digital Transformation , Strategic IT Leadership
By now you will have no doubt heard or seen something about the IT Leader Growth Summit for IT Managers, Heads of IT and CIOs of mid-sized businesses that kicks off this Sunday.
Yes, that is a Xuviate Summit!
With 55 sessions to prepare and a whole summit infrastructure to pretty much build from scratch, it should be no surprise to hear that we have been extremely busy over the last 6 months.
The great news is that IT leaders everywhere love the concept and we already have signups from 41 countries from 6 continents.
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My family Christmas was at my aunt's house this year. She lives in rural Victoria, in a one street town with petite houses, gum trees and a waterfall within walking distance. It's very close to Hanging Rock. Last year Sarah and I adventured to Hanging Rock and discovered that it is just as eerie as it is depicted in the 1975 film Picnic at Hanging Rock. The sound carries very strangely within the rocks, it echoes and bounces and it is sometimes impossible to hear someone calling from only metres away. We couldn't hear a group of Italian students partying with a boom box at the top of the rock until we were right there, walking into their midst (not quite as romantic as teenage girls in white dresses, disappearing, but still very strange). Walking through the bush everything is slightly different; the world is almost the same but not quite right, just a little askew.
My aunt had a stroke just before Christmas, and very suddenly for her the world felt very strange and not quite right. Things that were easy and unconscious were now difficult and new – an unsettling feeling. But within all this we laughed. She decided that she has come out of the stroke a new person, and that hilariously, it is quite possible she has come out of it a better cook. She was of course a brilliant cook before the stroke – and unlike me is classically trained – but at Christmas everything turned out perfectly. We cooked this beautiful flourless chocolate cake to eat after afternoon bush walks and it was just so good. It's moist, with such a delicate flavour and it's not too sweet. Sarah and I have made this since and it's excellent, maybe not quite as excellent as my aunt's but close enough without us having to undergo a major brain injury.
Chocolate and Almond Cake
This is a doubled and converted recipe from my aunt's copy of Elizabeth David's, French Provincial Cooking. You could halve it and make one flattish cake (only cook for 45 minutes though) or make the doubled recipe but two cakes.
230g bitter dark chocolate
170g butter
170g caster sugar
170g ground almonds
6 eggs
2 tbsp rum or brandy
2 tbsp strong black coffee
Preheat the oven to140C.
Break the chocolate into small pieces. Put them with the rum and coffee in a bowl to melt over a saucepan of boiling water. Stir the mixture well. Add this mixture to a saucepan with the butter, sugar and ground almonds and stir over a low heat for a couple of minutes, until all the ingredients are blended smoothly. Off the heat stir in well-beaten egg yolks, then fold in stiffly whipped whites. Turn into a lightly buttered spring form tin (7 to 8 inches diameter). Cook in a very low oven for an hour (check at 45 minutes) or until a skewer comes out clean.
Owing to the total absence of flour this cake is fragile. Turn it out of the tin with the utmost care. It can be served as is, or with thick cream, or iced with a bitter chocolate ganache. Ours is sprinkled with a little cocoa.
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This sounds rich and dark and intense…just how I like my chocolate cake 🙂
This looks lovely. I also have total respect for your piece-of-cake per person ratio. Perfect.
mmm this looks and sounds fabulous – a rich but light sort? yum! i hope your aunt is doing well now. and i went to hanging rock while at my friends' in melbourne – for a food fair. didn't know about the movie back then, but ours was a real picnic at hanging rock! 🙂
Rich but light, exactly! And my Aunt is doing excellently!
I've just arrived here courtesy of three thousand, but after a bit of a wander it feels like coming home. your recipes make me want to eat and cook and set a lovely outdoor table and linger over food and conversation RIGHT NOW and your stories make me smile. thank you for adding another delightful corner to the interwebs. i will be coming back regularly!
Hi Sarah and Romy, my cooking buddy Paul got me onto your blog and it has now become part of my "I really should be working" blog reading morning rituals. This is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for the inspiring life anecdotes, the delicious recipes and just the aesthetics!
Glad to hear your Aunt is better and that you've managed to get one beautiful chocolate cake out of it!
when i've tried making flourless cakes in the past, i always seem to get a cake with a sunken in middle! any tips for how to avoid this? i love love love your blog!
Charlotte, I think it's all about being gentle, gentle with folding in the egg whites, and then being very gentle once the cake is cooked too. You could leave it cool in the oven a little while if you're worried. Let us know how you go.
I made this in Brisbane tonight for my Dad's birthday. It was so delicious and had a lovely moist texture and kept it's height put of the oven. It required an extra ten minutes in the oven at my Mum's house. Thanks ladies!
oh. my. word!
I made this last Friday night – a massive success. I had to cook it for a bit longer (I've got an electric oven, though), and I'd recommend making sure your butter/chocolate mixture is nice & cool before you put the eggs in. I also used whole almonds, roughly chopped, instead of ground almonds.
Absolutely delicious! Will make it again!
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I made this tonight after a stressful day, and I think it may just be my new favourite recipe.
Lovely NICE!
You guys. This recipe rulz. It's in the oven… will let you know how it goes.
It DID RULE! Yumm-o. We added chilli chocolate for an extra kick but it was subtle. Maybe you should post a chilli chocolate cake recipe?
it looks delicious. how long can you keep this in the fridge for?
hey your instructions say to bake it for 45 mins, and then your comment above the instructions say if you half it also bake for 45 mins. do you mean if you half it you should bake for just 23 minutes? I baked the portion as per the recipe and cooked it for around 50 minutes. it was really good, but the bottom layer was a bit damp.


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42% believe automation will have no impact on job prospects, finds report
Today, the City & Guilds Group has unveiled the findings of its first Skills Confidence Report – an international study of 8,000 employees in the United Kingdom, United States, South Africa and India. The study measured how confident people feel about their skills and jobs today, and in five and ten years' time.
The research reveals that the British workforce is unthreatened by the predicted rise of automation and artificial intelligence. When asked about the impact of automation on their job prospects over the next decade, 18% said it would have a negative impact, and 42% said it would not have any impact. Thinking about artificial intelligence, 20% said it would have a negative impact on their job prospects, and 48% said it would have no impact at all. Additionally, 62% are not worried about the rise in automation and artificial intelligence in the workplace and 69% are confident that a machine could not do their job.
UK respondents were also unconcerned about the impact of immigration and globalisation, with only 27% and 17% respectively citing these issues as having a negative impact on job prospects. Only 15% said that immigration could stop their skills from being relevant in five years' time.
Further highlighting the workforce's certainty, the majority of respondents (92%) were confident in their skills, while 75% are confident their jobs will exist in ten years' time. Less than a fifth (18%) worry that their skills will not be relevant in five years' time, and more than half (55%) believe they are over-qualified for the job they currently do. Additionally, a third (34%) feel as though their skills are under-utilised by their employers.
Despite concerns about flat productivity in the UK and subsequent reduction in economic growth, it is not a major concern among employees either. 92% are assured of their own productivity, while 81% are confident in their organisation's productivity. Additionally, only 17% think that flat productivity could harm Britain's economic prospects. By contrast, skills gaps continue to be a major cause for concern, with 67% recognising a void in their organisation. Because of such skills gaps, 43% say their organisations waste time, 36% say they waste money and 30% say it makes their organisation less productive.
This perceived 'false confidence' was mirrored in the US and South Africa, where only 17% and 18% worried that their job will not exist in ten years respectively. Likewise, 25% of US respondents and 12% of South African respondents do not recognise any threats that could stop their skills from being relevant. In addition, 54% of US respondents, 48% of Indian respondents and 50% of South African respondents believe they are overqualified for their jobs. And while there was little difference between how qualified general employees, middle managers and business leaders felt, business leaders were far more confident than general employees that their skills were being fully utilised (69% vs 86%).
Notably, of all respondents, CEOs and senior leaders showed a higher-level of awareness of future trends. 70% CEOs and senior leaders across all countries agreed that automation and artificial intelligence could replace a number of jobs in their organisation in ten years' time, compared to just 53% of general employees.
The UK, US and South Africa, however, also indicated a lack of confidence in the leadership capabilities of their businesses. 29% of UK, 23% of South African and 19% of US general employees recognised a skills gap in their senior leadership team, compared to 12% of South African, 13% of UK and 8% of US business leaders.
When considering technology, India is the only market where employees seemed concerned about the impact of technology on their jobs in the future: 79% of business leaders and 63% of general employees believe automation and AI could replace a number of jobs in the workforce.
Commenting on the report findings, Chris Jones, chief executive of the City & Guilds Group, said, "It's rare that a week goes by without some new evidence pointing to a fundamental shift in what's required of the workforce of the future. From the automation of tasks for everyone from journalists and junior lawyers to retail assistants, to a rapid rise in flexible and intergenerational working, the evidence is clear that the world of work is changing. Yet as our research shows, the workforce seems to be living in ignorant bliss about their skills and job security.
'It's vital that leaders step up and tell the story of what the future workplace could look like and the skills that will be required. They also need to plan ahead and invest in the right training initiatives to support their employees to develop their skills for the future. Otherwise, this false confidence could lead to skills gaps continuing to increase, productivity continuing to stagnate, and businesses struggling to compete in the global market."
Respondents from all countries recognised the need to upskill for the future. Only 8% of respondents were not actively developing their skills, and only 3% said that no skills were important for their future career prospects. When asked about what skills would be most important for their career prospects in ten years' time, leadership skills topped the list (61%), followed by management skills (60%) and people skills (52%), emphasising the importance of human-led skills compared to skills that could be automated.


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Okay friends. I know many of you are young and not necessarily as into music as I am but DAMN do I really want to talk about this song. You may be familiar with a dubstep artist known as "Skrillex." Well, the guy from Skrillex, Sonny Moore, used to front a screamo band called From First To Last. They had a song called Note To Self that was pretty popular, and a really whiny ballad called Emily that I used to like a lot. Still do. Whatever.
In 2003, Immortal Records put out a compilation album called A Santa Cause: It's A Punk Rock Christmas. It featured such heavy hitters as MXPX, Something Corporate, New Found Glory, Saosin, and Fall Out Boy. (The definition of 'punk rock' was stretched a bit, but this is not the time for semantics.) So this firmly places it in the "early scene" category, in my mind. Please don't fight me, I am just describing what I lived.
So FFTL does a version of the Twelve Days of Christmas on this. Fittingly (I *guess*) called "The 12 Days of xXxMAS." I guess they were edge. I don't know if they were but I doubt they still are. SOME of us have integrity, FFTL. Or alcoholic parents. Whichever.
Anyway, this song is such a relic of the scene now that I feel like I need to break this thing down for those who may not understand WHY things are relevant. I'll take it line by line from the 12th day, so I don't have to go through the entire fucking length of the song. Listening to The 12 Days of Christmas is pretty much an act of terror. Why does it exist. ANYWAY.
On the 12th day of Christmas my Friendster gave to me
– Friendster was a proto-Myspace. It was really popular amongst band kids in the early 2000s as a way to connect. I didn't really get into the scene as it were until after Myspace was a thing, but so there. Friendster was sold a couple times, took an interest in online gaming, and went static in 2015.
12 tight black t-shirts
– The tight black t-shirt was the uniform of the scene kid that couldn't really afford to buy a ton of band shirts. It's cool, they looked good, nobody was gonna give you shit for a tight black t-shirt. Carry on, Sonny.
11 pair of Diesels
– Diesels were (possibly are?) skinny jeans. They were referred to as "girl jeans" back in the day because chances are if you were a skinny emo dude, you wore women's jeans. I don't really know why, but it used to piss me off because they'd buy up all the larger sizes and then I could never find any that fit me so I'm glad that the trend evolved so that men's clothing companies started to sell jeans that had a similar cut and/or fit without robbing fat scene gals of their pants.
10 vegan cookies
– Veganism in the alternative music 'scene' has always kind of gone hand in hand (I mean, look at Paul and Linda McCartney) so yeah, vegan cookies. They have probably improved recipes since 2003 since you can buy more ingredients in stores if you live in Middle Of Nowhere, USA. One time I ran out of eggs when trying to make banana bread and looked up vegan substitutes instead. They recommended using more bananas. We did, and it was the best fucking banana bread I've ever had. Thanks, vegans.
9 LJ comments
– LIVEJOURNAL. Oh, Livejournal. The siren song of the emo kid internet space. Livejournal, or "LJ" as it was called, was a fairly active diary/journaling community that allowed privacy settings. It was amazing and I still use mine. I wish more people used theirs, honestly. Friends locking posts was the most useful tool on the entire goddamn internet, and this platform will never hold a candle to that.
8 kids a moshin'
– Self-explanatory. Get in the pit, you fuckin losers.
7 inch rare vinyl
– 7 inch vinyl is the diameter of most vinyl singles. I do not collect vinyl as I do not have money but this was at a time that most old school albums had not been reprinted in years and years, new vinyl was hard to come by, and all equipment was pretty much vintage. Needless to say, depending on the rarity of these 7″ singles, this might have been a very expensive gift.
6 Hot Topic gift cards
– Divisive! Hot Topic has existed for quite some time, but in the early 2000s it was one of the only places a lot of kids could get t-shirts of bands they liked. Sometimes you'd get lucky and a mail order catalogue would show up but like, very few people used things like Amazon for selling anything, let alone clothing. Internet shopping was still very new and very vulnerable. Paypal had just like, started to be a thing, but wouldn't really be accepted outside of eBay for another few years. Y'all better appreciate all that online distro now. Bless.
– I don't know what this means. Google ain't helping me and I wasn't part of the scene that FFTL was local to. Someone fill in the blanks because I'm pretty sure they're not referring to a tattoo studio in Munich.
4 backstage passes
– Okay this one is a lot more self-explanatory. Backstage passes to go and meet the bands. Cool, fine, have fun. Though like, most of the time if you just hung around after the show chances are you could meet the dudes playing on stage. Unless this is for like, Warped Tour. Which is plausible, as these guys played Warped a few times.
3 drug free X's
– sXe kids would often cop the black sharpie x's drawn on the back of underage kids' hands at all-ages shows at venues with bars to indicate that they too were substance-free. There is a whole subcultural thing and divide amongst edge kids that I am not going to get into here, just roll with me. Thanks.
2 dog tags
– I…don't actually remember why these were popular. I think a lot of kids either took their parents' or thrifted them. Again, if anyone can help fill me in on this one, that'd be great. I'm 30, I swear, I just don't remember all the fine nuances of scene fashion at the time.
and my first pair of Sauconys
– Sneakers. Gym shoes. Tennis shoes. Whatever y'all want to call 'em. When you weren't wearing hi-top Converse or slip-on checkerboard Vans, you were wearing these, probably. Sauconys were favored because they made vegan shoes, if I remember correctly. You definitely had these, especially if you considered yourself in the hardcore scene. You may have owned a zip-up hoodie that said Bane on it. I won't judge you.
Happy Holidays, everyone.


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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Yes, I am dead serious. Overpopulation. Resource wars. Pandemics. Famine. Starvation. Water shortages. The Pentagon says by 2020 "warfare will define human life." Unpredictable black swans, catastrophic events that will set off more global revolutions.
How can you plan your retirement? In this insane world? You can't. Seriously, nobody will be able to prepare to retire anytime between 2012 and 2050. Wall Street won't help. And Washington politicians are messing things up even worse. Nobody can help you. Nobody.
Plus everything is changing. Already. Constantly. Dramatically. For all of us: Middle Class. Poor. Super Rich. Pick a strategy. Any strategy. There's a high probability any one you pick won't work either. On top of that, every strategy has a high probability of backfiring, making things much worse.
Nothing's a sure thing. Certainly not the self-serving strategies of Wall Street's so-called experts.
This is crucial folks, listen closely: All investing, especially retirement investing, is now what we're calling the Ultimate Zen Koan, one of those impossible questions Zen masters ask to make life miserable for young monks. Questions that cannot be answered logically. No answers to a Koan. But ask we must.
Money manager with $100 billion asks the Ultimate Zen Koan
Jeremy Grantham's firm manages over $100 billion. Recently he asked his Ultimate Zen Koan in a Money magazine interview: "Our biggest problem as a planet will be our inability to feed more than 9 billion people in 30 years."
We know we're wasting our planet's finite resources. And yet we keep making babies knowing we can't feed the 10 billion people the U.N. predicts will be on the planet by 2050. We're not rational, we're suicidal.
So not just Grantham but 10 billion people will ask the same Ultimate Zen Koan. Asked, yes, but no answers. Silence. Nobody has answers. Get it, folks? No one can possibly do any honest retirement planning in this kind of totally unpredictable and dangerous world.
Yes, Grantham does offer some answers on how to invest for this bizarre future: "Land is golden … put money into forestry or farmland." And keep an eye on commodities, "expect prices to rise."
OK, so both land and commodities are hot. And yes, "long-term you would probably never come near their returns in the stock market." But his advice comes across as flippant for the average American. Besides, there's no guarantee. Every strategy can fail.
Hedge fund manager with $1.3 billion answers Ultimate Zen Koan?
Your best answer to the Ultimate Zen Koan of retirement investing may have been secretly revealed in what my former Morgan Stanley contemporary, now hedge fund genius Barton Biggs, said in his best-seller "Wealth, War and Wisdom": Prepare for a "breakdown of the civilized infrastructure … your safe haven must be self-sufficient and capable of growing some kind of food ... It should be well-stocked with seed, fertilizer, canned food, wine, medicine, clothes, etc. … Think Swiss Family Robinson."
But even Biggs strategy comes with zero guarantees. Won't protect you in the next few decades. Biggs knows no retirement "safe haven" is ever really "safe," adding that when your family's compound is under attack, "a few rounds over the approaching brigands' heads would probably be a compelling persuader that there are easier farms to pillage."
Sorry, but even your prized Second Amendment rights are no guarantee with the Ultimate Zen Koan.
So what's the answer to your retirement's Ultimate Zen Koan?
Seriously, think about all the ads, all the investing advice you saw in print last week, all the cable anchors in just the last 24 hours. Any help? Where should you invest?
Gold? No, you can't eat it ... Land? China's hoarding way ahead of you … Commodities? Your nest egg will be too small to afford the accelerating prices … Bonds? Buy what? Some downgraded banks. Or defaulting euro nations? … Stocks? Wall Street lost 20% the past decade, it'll get worse in the future, Grantham says long-term returns simply won't keep up with all the other alternatives.
So don't listen to Wall Street. They're worse off than you. Behaviorists tell us their short-term-thinking brains render them incapable of seeing the long-term consequences of their short-term goals that focus narrowly on getting as rich as possible as fast as possible.
So their answer to the Ultimate Zen Koan is totally selfish. It's me, me, me. They refuse to deal with the fact that our Planet Earth cannot feed 10 billion in 2050. And even if Wall Street gets it, they secretly know there's no answer to the Koan, so they look out for themselves.
Unfortunately Main Street America's 95 million investors are also clueless in preparing a strategy that will work in age of revolutions dead ahead. And Wall Street's not only of little help, they're purposely misleading you with their collective short-term brain.
Even worse, Washington politicians in both parties are just pandering to America's Super Rich backers, thanks to the Supreme Court. So no matter who's elected it'll just get even worse, fast.
Two rock-solid predictions underlying the years 2012-2022
Before we go on, you need to know the two core beliefs that anchor my perspective of the future ahead for America's 95 million investors, and that means everyone from retiring boomers in their 60s to college grads in their 20s.
My predictions for the coming decade, and indeed for the next generation on till 2050, are grounded in these two long-term core beliefs that America's short-term thinkers cannot see. As a result, they will ignore the lessons of history and miss the big picture. Our clueless leaders include: All politicians; they cannot see past November. And all Wall Street insiders; they cannot see past today's closing tickers, quarterly earnings, annual bonuses.
As a result, both Washington and Wall Street will be guided by very limited vision, a myopia and narcissism that in the near future will trigger disastrous strategic policy decisions for 95 million investors. Their short-term thinking personality profiles, drawn from behavioral science research, lead to these two core long-term convictions guiding two predictions:
First: An American economic and market collapse is inevitable
A collapse of our economic and financial system will certainly be triggered within the next four-year presidential term, possibly as early as the first year after the election, no matter who's elected.
It's very predictable, quite obvious (except in the short-term minds on Wall Street and politicians campaigning to rule Washington). In fact, what's unfolding is a natural part of the long-term economic cycle, a set-up necessary to begin resolution of the fiscal, monetary and debt distortions that were never resolved after the catastrophic shocks of the 2008 subprime credit meltdown.
The truth is, we all know that since 2008 politics fractured into a bizarre no-compromise mortal combat that let bankers slide back into their greed-is-good, business-as-usual, Wild West drama. Now, unfortunately, all of America's economic problems, especially the debt and dollar crises, have had four more years to fester.
So the next catastrophe is certain to be even more disruptive, echoing the 1929 Crash and the Great Depression years. And the momentum is already building to critical mass, flashpoint, massive catastrophic meltdown.
Second: We can't feed 10 billion, so wars, revolutions will accelerate
Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, the Tea Party, and the revolt of the young across Euroland were just warm-up acts for the global revolutions that will sweep the Earth as we continue to add more and more people, fulfilling United Nations predictions. We're living longer, producing more babies. We rocketed past six billion in 1998. Past seven billion in 2011.
At current rates Earth will have 10 billion by 2050. Demographers, environmental economists and some rare money managers like Grantham know we may be able to feed five billion but not the long-term projections. We're exhausting nonrenewable assets, we already have trouble feeding seven billion, cannot feed 10 billion.
Your Ultimate Zen Koan: Can any strategy guarantee your retirement?
No. Listen closely: Whatever strategy you're following, it's virtually certain that you will not be prepared for a retirement anytime in the next generation. Not if you're in your 50s or 60s and plan to retire between 2012 and 2022. Definitely not if you're young and have to retire closer to 2050.
In the coming decades, as you watch the planet's population explode, adding another three billion, you will sit, watching helplessly as your leaders in Washington and Wall Street — blind, trapped in denial — endlessly refuse to wake up and face this crisis, but instead keep pushing the Myth of Perpetual Growth, making matters worse, till it's too late.
Non-renewable resources and commodities are disappearing. Water gets scarcer for drinking and agriculture. Food production and food distribution systems cannot keep up with the needs of the billion already starving on the planet. Air pollution is rising with temperatures. Forests disappearing. The list goes on.
Tell Biggs we don't have to "assume the possibility of a breakdown of the civilized infrastructure," it's already breaking down, now, today, rapidly.
Meanwhile, the Ultimate Zen Koan keeps getting more convoluted, more unanswerable as we add another three billion. Ultimate? Unanswerable? You bet, the "breakdown" is already spreading like wildfire, over water rights, a billion starving, wasting scarce resources.
Wake up folks, your world is already defined by warfare, pandemics, disease, famine, starvation.
And yes, these disasters can reduce population rates and kill off hundreds of millions. But this is one heck of a dumb way to plan a new world!
So now you know why your retirement investing is the Ultimate Zen Koan. Not only is there no answer for you, every investment strategy you do choose will almost certainly be the wrong strategy. That's the nature of all Ultimate Zen Koans. What's yours?


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Free Speech and the Myth of the Internet as an Unintermediated Experience
George Washington Law Review, Vol. 78, Pg. 697, 2010
U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 09-33
U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 09-26
77 Pages Posted: 22 Sep 2009 Last revised: 21 Apr 2013
In recent years, a growing number of commentators have raised concerns that the decisions made by Internet intermediaries - including last-mile network providers, search engines, social networking sites, and smartphones - are inhibiting free speech and have called for restrictions on their ability to prioritize or exclude content. Such calls ignore the fact that when mass communications are involved, intermediation helps end users to protect themselves from unwanted content and allows them to sift through the avalanche of desired content that grows ever larger every day. Intermediation also helps solve a number of classic economic problems associated with the Internet. In short, intermediation of mass media content is inevitable and often beneficial. Calls to restrict intermediation have also largely overlooked the longstanding tradition reflected in the Supreme Court's First Amendment jurisprudence with respect to other forms of electronic communication recognizing how intermediaries' exercises of editorial discretion promote free speech values. The debate also ignores the inauspicious/dubious history of past efforts to regulate the scope of electronic intermediaries' editorial discretion, which were characterized by the inability to develop coherent standards, a chilling effect on controversial speech, and manipulation of the rules for political purposes.
Keywords: Internet, broadband policy, intermediation, mass media, net neutrality, editorial discretion, broadcast regulation, scarcity, Pacifica, cable television, privacy, security, dial-a-porn, time brokerage, Fairness Doctrine
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Acid-base reactions
- The Bronsted-Lowry theory: An acid is a H+ donor and a base is an H+ acceptor.
- H3O (oxonium ion) is present in every acidic solution. The acid donates a H+ to the water molecule.
- The oxonium ion can itslef act as an acid and donate an H+.
- An alkali is a substance which forms OH- ions in solution.
- Every acid has a conjugate base and every base has a conjugate acid. They are called conjugate acid-base pairs.
- Many substances can behvave as both acid and base - they are described as amphoteric.
- Not all acids have the same strength - some are powerful H+ donors and are described as strong acids.
- Others are weak acids - they are moderate or weak H+ donors.
- A strong acid will have a weak conjugate base and a weak acid will have a strong conjugate base.
- Acid-base indicators, such as litmus, are coloured organic substances which are themselves weak acids. The conjugate acid and base will form different colours.
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I've been swapping between a few transmogrification weapons lately. I tend to go back to the Burning Crusade era, as some of the weapons that previously just looked outlandish and clowny now look kind of cool and exotic and just plain neat - heck, consider two-handed axes, the example I'm showing above - out of one expansion, we got the Crow Wing Reaper, the Axe of the Nexus-Kings, and The Blade of Harbingers. However, I had my sights set a little higher: namely, the pinnacle of axe-spec blacksmithing, Bloodmoon.
With a little help from my guildies tonight, as well as two straight hours of running around Outland sucking up clouds, I was able to pull it off, and now the weapon that goes with one of my almost-complete transmog sets (which Narci has been very patiently assembling for me because she is my transmog fairy) is complete, and it looks damn good. It's like someone decided that what axes really needed was more axes. The fancy moon symbol is pretty neat, as well. What can I say - it's just a fine-looking blade, and not one I've seen anyone else running around with (nor, for that matter, have I seen any Stunheralds lately). While I'm kind of sad that the specialization recipes are totally unlearnable now, I'm kind of happy that I have this pretty unique two-handed axe for transmogging purposes down the road - and that I can check one off of my list of end-of-expansion goals.