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In my chapter on Intellectual Property (IP) in Robert Leston and my Beyond the Blogosphere: Information and Its Children, I write about two instances where the line between physical property and intellectual property is clearly drawn, showing that the two types of property cannot be considered in the same ways. In the first, I quote Sherman Frederick, one of the founders of Righthaven, LLP, a so-called 'copyright troll,' a company dedicated to pursuing online copyright infringement. Frederick tries to argue that copying something without permission is the equivalent of stealing his car:
The Corvette may be his, but you can still take a picture of it and could even, in most cases, replicate it exactly without his having any recourse in law. Furthermore, Frederick didn't design the Corvette in the first place but is displaying the creative work of someone else. Finally, the Corvette would have to be both driven away and still there, if this were a case of copyright theft. (66)
There is a confusion here between what it means to own physical property and intellectual property, a confusion deliberately furthered by Frederick in order to expand the rights over IP that his various companies hold. The car belongs completely to Frederick, just as any book he has bought might. And, in both cases, he has the right to resell the original in any manner or any state he may choose–but the same right does not apply to selling a copy:
The first sale doctrine, codified at 17 U.S.C. § 109, provides that an individual who knowingly purchases a copy of a copyrighted work from the copyright holder receives the right to sell, display or otherwise dispose of that particular copy, notwithstanding the interests of the copyright owner. The right to distribute ends, however, once the owner has sold that particular copy.
Just so, someone who buys a Corvette can sell that particular Corvette–and without any consultation with General Motors. But ownership of that particular Corvette "copy" does not include the right to make new Corvettes and offer them for sale, too. Frederick is arguing, in part, that his ownership of the particular Corvette prohibits anyone else from making a new copy of the GM product. It does not, of course, though GM certainly does continue to hold certain IP rights over the design of the car.
Someone can take the particular car, however, and do anything they want with it. If they want to blow it up for a movie, fine. If they want to repaint it, that's OK. They could even chop it down into a drag racer (though I can't imagine why they would do that to a Corvette). The same rights hold for a particular copy of a book: if you want to make origami cranes of the pages, by all means do so. Our rights over the physical property we have bought, be it books or cars, are fairly extensive–but that is something other than IP ownership.
The second example concerns the successful effort by the Directors Guild of America to stop CleanFlicks (and similar companies) from purchasing copies of movies and altering them (removing sex and violence) before renting or reselling them:
The filmmakers, with reason, deplored the alterations of their work, especially as the movies continued to be represented as the movies they had created–which they no longer really were. The filmmakers were further incensed by the attempt to skirt the law by reselling or renting the legally purchased movie coupled with the altered version–as if that made altering the art of someone else legitimate. The film "sanitizers," on the other hand, argued that they paid full price for teach copy before adding the edited version and reselling the two together–therefore never depriving the filmmakers of any profit. (70)
Here, the question gets a little more complex. We are no longer talking about an individual, physical copy, but a range of copies and copying–and ones that claim the status of the original. It is here, of course, that IP rights start to be applicable–rights that have nothing to do with those over the object of 'first sale' rights.
This is the problem with the term "Intellectual Property." It implies rights over physical manifestations of property–or seems to, for the unwary. But it is something else completely. And it leads to problems such as the one Kirtsaeng v. Wiley case.
Kirtsaeng makes no alterations to the books he buys, quite legitimately, in Thailand, so evades the problems of the CleanFlicks case. He also is selling only the 'originals' (that is, copies sold by the copyright owner) and is not making his own copies. If traditional property rights are the only ones involved, he is doing nothing at all wrong–as long as he is conforming to import regulations, etc. 'Buy cheap, sell dear,' after all, is one of the basic tenets of capitalism. So, IP rights must be something else, something distinct from other property rights.
There are implications to this that are, to my mind, both positive and negative. What we have is a distinction between the physical manifestation of a product and its intellectual underpinnings. As 'first sale' rights apply only to the physical product, what are we to do when the sale is of an electronic version? Can there be 'first sale' rights to that? So far, it doesn't seem so… something I am not particularly comfortable with. We are quite limited in what we can do with Kindle versions of books we buy. I'd like to see some of the rights to physical products extended to electronic ones (though I don't believe that will happen anytime soon). On the other hand, this should (though I have no faith in the current Supreme Court) keep Wiley (and Righthaven, and others) from extending IP rights too far into the physical realm. If Wiley doesn't want its books, printed in Thailand, sold at prices undercutting its books printed in the US, it should have only two choices: lower the price asked for its domestic product or produce all of its books in Thailand. Extending IP in the way Wiley seems to want to is, to me, taking things a bit too far.
IP and physical property are not the same thing, and should not be so considered. Wiley has considerable means of countering Kirtsaeng without resorting to taking IP far beyond where it was ever meant to go. I don't like the argument Frederick makes, and am not even comfortable with the Directors Guild position (though I do understand it, and sympathize). An object is not an idea, but a malleable manifestation or presentation of the idea. We need to keep the two separate both in law and, culturally, in how we view both "ownership" and "property."


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Greenovation: Summer 2008
by Stephen Morris
My personal involvement with the National Tour of Solar/Green Homes dates back to the early 1990s when, as a marketing consultant for Real Goods Trading Corporation (then of Ukiah, California, now Hopland) we came up with the idea of a National Off-the-Grid Day to encourage people to spend 24 hours off the power grid.
The event created a lot of stir, but without much focus. There were numerous requests from local media to see Off-the-Grid Day in action, but the event was so de-centralized that we didn't know how or where to direct them. The next year we got smarter and made the event a national tour of off-the-grid homes, with a national registry of folks willing to open their homes to the public for a day each fall.
The event grew in popularity, and it soon became apparent that it was not appropriate for a private company to "own" the event. Administration of The Tour was turned over to the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) where it has continued to grow and flourish. They, in turn, work closely with regional organizations such as the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) to customize the events for the area. Dates, times, and conditions vary, so it is important to get the most up-to-date information from the ases.org website.
Last year more than 115,000 attendees visited some 5,000 buildings in 2,900 participating communities. The Tour is a featured part of National Energy Awareness Month.
There have been many changes since Off-the-Grid Day. There has been an increasing focus on energy-saving techniques and sustainability through building design, energy efficient appliances, and use of green materials during remodeling. What counts as "green" in Chicago is very different from what is "green" in Florida.
Here's a sampling of different approaches to making a home more environmentally friendly.
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New Fuel-Cost Calculator Simplifies Comparisons
One would think comparing the costs of different heating fuels and electric heat sources would be pretty easy. That's not the case. For starters, while we purchase some fuels by the energy content of the fuel, we purchase others by volume or weight�and we use different units for different fuels. Heating oil, propane, and kerosene are sold by the gallon, natural gas by the hundred cubic feet (ccf) or therm (100,000 Btus), firewood by the cord, wood pellets and coal by the ton, and electricity by the kilowatt-hour (kWh).
With rapidly rising energy prices around the country, something unusual has happened. Some heating fuels that used to be quite affordable, such as heating oil, have risen in price dramatically, making competing energy sources such as electricity relatively less expensive. In parts of the Northeast and Upper Midwest, even the most expensive form of electric-resistance baseboard heat is now less expensive than fuel oil.
To help consumers objectively compare fuel costs, BuildingGreen has just launched a sophisticated, yet very simple, online fuel-cost-comparison calculator. The new fuel-cost comparison tool is free on BuildingGreen.com along with a primer on comparing fuel costs (visit www.BuildingGreen.com/calc/fuel_cost.cfm).
BuildingGreen's online fuel-cost calculator considers the heat content of each fuel, the efficiency of combustion by the heating equipment, and the efficiency of distribution. With furnaces and forced-air distribution, there are often very significant distribution losses that raise the cost per million Btus of delivered heat. The BuildingGreen calculator provides default (average) efficiencies but allows users to enter different values if they are known.
From Environmental Building News, www.BuildingGreen.com.
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Organization: LineSync Architecture
Building Features: Daylighting, Grid-tied Photovoltaics, Passive Solar, Radiant Floor Heating, Recycled Materials, Sunspace
Other Building Information: Stay in Place insulated concrete form; compact fluorescent light bulbs; low flow toilets; Bioshield floor stain and sealant; recycled wood trim
General Information: The LineSync Architecture Studio entry path winds along a stone wall leading to an arched entry. Curved roof line dormers echo the branches of an adjacent pine. Architecturally designed to be distinct from the 1850s farmhouse, the building incorporates state of the art energy saving features, yet utilizes vernacular barn board siding and masonry stucco for a blend of North American and European agricultural building styles. Designed to be a wonderful workplace, the Studio incorporates garden views from every station. Siding from the 1850s horse barn (located where the Studio now sits prior to its renovation by carpenter ants) is used for interior trim. A colorful radiant slab floor notes the playful seriousness of art in this building.
Special Considerations: Available from 10 am - 1 pm. Please leave pets in the car. There are 3 cats on the premises. Due to allergies, no animals are allowed in the building.
Directions: From Brattleboro: Route 9 W to traffic light in Wilmington: Take a left. Pass the restaurants and park. Go up the hill. 3rd house on left. Go up the driveway. Use the path on left to go to the studio behind the farmhouse.
High Road to Greenovation
by David Johnston
When Wanda Urbanska, host of the public television series Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska, called to see if I could help "greenovate" her home, I said, "Sure." Urbanska had just purchased 1956 brick ranch house in Mount Airy, North Carolina. Recently remodeled, the home had a new kitchen, new hardware floors and a fresh coat of paint. An east-facing sunroom had low-quality windows, which lets in heat during summer and cold in winter. Urbanska wanted to use her home's retrofit as an example of how to make a conventional house healthy. She was committed to buying from local suppliers. Natural Home editor-in-chief Robyn Griggs Lawrence joined me at Urbanska's house to help determine steps in greening the home. The energy conservation retrofit was Priority No.1. Lawrence focused on eco-decorating and finishes. Once her eco-remodel was complete, Urbanska furnished her home with finds from local resale stores. She also added Magnolia Lane's hemp window treatments in the living and dining areas and hemp bedding in the bedrooms. "My house is transformed," she said. "I now live in a green home, a healing environment. I've never been happier with a house."
PRIORITY 1: Improve Energy Efficiency
PROBLEMS: The biggest problem was an attic stairway that provided a perfect thermal chimney to draft heat through the uninsulated rafters and attic vents. Also, poorly made, double-glazed windows had about � inch of space between the glass panes; glass should have a �-inch air space to reduce heat loss.
SOLUTIONS: In the attic, we sprayed closed-cell polyurethane insulation on the rafters and sheathing to keep heat from pouring out through the roof. Insulating the rafters also helped mitigate heat loss through recessed can lights built into the ceiling. These recessed cans allow heat to rise through the ceiling in winter and pull heat from the attic into the living space in summer. Urbanska also installed Energy Star, double-pane, low-E windows manufactured by Norandex. COST: 34 new windows: $10,000 installed. Attic insulation: $10,000 installed.
PRIORITY 2: Revamp the Bathroom
PROBLEMS: The main bathroom's pink d�cor, dated cabinet and awkward configuration gave away the home's age. Urbanska said it was always cold.
SOLUTIONS: We completely renovated the bathroom, bringing in a Vortens dual-flush, low-flow toilet and low-flow showerheads. We also installed a hardwood Provence vanity with a distressed finish and a granite countertop (mined locally in North Carolina), crafted by Forms and Fixtures in nearby Greensboro. We replaced the vinyl flooring with natural stone tiles, which surround the original porcelain bathtub.
We insulated the exterior wall and the wall between the bathroom and the kitchen with NCFI spray foam. We insulated the floor under the bathrooms and bedrooms with Johns Manville formaldehyde-free fiberglass.
COST: Vortens dual-flush, low-flow toilet: $675. Low-flow showerhead: $75. Forms & Fixtures vanity: $3,090. Tile floor and tub surround: $2,100. Interior wall insulation: $600. Under-floor insulation: $300. Panasonic Whisper-Quiet bath fan: $208. Labor: $3,600.
PRIORITY 3: Renovate the Dated Kitchen
PROBLEMS: The previous kitchen remodel was adequate but not beautiful, with appliances that weren't energy-efficient. It was topped off by popcorn ceiling that Lawrence urged us to remove. Making a home more beautiful and livable�and therefore longer lasting�is one of the greenest things we can do.
SOLUTIONS: Because granite can be obtained just outside of Mount Airy, replacing the laminate countertop and backsplash with the North Carolina Granite Corporation's signature "salt-and-pepper" granite was a no-brainer. North Carolina Granite uses no chemicals and repurposes every scrap, resulting in a zero-waste operation.
Following Lawrence's recommendation, we added a recycling center to the built-in pantry and installed Energy Star KitchenAid appliances. Urbanska added a personal touch by repurposing her mother's 1960s novelty skirt into kitchen curtains.
COST: Granite countertops: $4,000. Smooth ceiling: $234. Recycling center: $55. Energy Star KitchenAid appliances: $5,946. Curtains: $30. Lights: $288. Labor: $4,365.
PRIORITY 4: Relocate the Laundry Room
PROBLEMS: The laundry room was in the basement, and the historic washer and dryer had to go. The bigger issue was relocating the laundry area upstairs to a more convenient location. This was a challenge, given the first floor's small footprint.
In the basement, we also discovered a relic: an old oil-fired furnace that looked like a bank vault. SOLUTIONS: Replace the washer-dryer with Whirlpool's Energy Star Duet combo front-loading steam washer and sensor dryer. Creative input from Urbanska's friend Sarah Susanka, author of The Not So Big House book series, resulted in a built-in room divider between the sunroom and the study to house the appliances and provide much-needed floor-to-ceiling bookshelves in the study. Urbanska also added a free-standing rack dryer inside and a clothesline outdoors.
We replaced the heating and cooling system with a Trane high-efficiency heat pump, which should save Urbanska 30 percent on her utility bills. A heat pump is the perfect solution for Mount Airy's climate with its high cooling necessities and mild winters.
COST: Whirlpool Duet washer and dryer with pedestals and tower: $3,485. Room divider: $350. Built-in bookshelves in study: $801. High-efficiency Trane heat pump: $8,780. Labor: $4,189.
PRIORITY 5: Improve Indoor Air Quality PROBLEMS: Painting is the most common home improvement of all, and doing it with nontoxic paint is the simplest way to assure good indoor air quality. Paint can release volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the air for several years.
Though most of the house had hardwood floors, the bedrooms were carpeted. Carpet acts like a sponge, absorbing dust and other particulates as well as gases such as formaldehyde. When the temperature and humidity rise, these gases can be released back into the home's air.
SOLUTIONS: Urbanska selected Ace Hardware's Ace Sensations low-VOC paint. In keeping with her buy-local commitment, we chose Tennessee oak flooring with a cherry finish for the bedrooms. Urbanska installed Hunter Low Profile exterior-grade ceiling fans in all three bedrooms and the living room and replaced the existing one in the sunroom.
COST: Ace Hardware low-VOC paint: $250. Tennessee oak flooring: $2,000. Ceiling fans: $588. Labor: $5,020.
Excerpted from Natural Home, a national magazine that provides practical ideas, inspiring examples and expert opinions about healthy, ecologically sound, beautiful homes. To read more articles from Natural Home magazine, please visit www.NaturalHomeMagazine.com or call 800-340-5846 to subscribe. Copyright 2008 by Ogden Publications Inc.
Low Road to Greenovation
by Kim Wallace and Trevan McGee
Accent your area.
Lay a few area rugs down on hardwood, tile or linoleum for a carpetlike effect without harmful glues. Choose rugs made from natural fibers such as cotton, wool, hemp, bamboo and sisal, and look for vegetable dyes or no dye at all. Rugs made from recycled materials are another green option. Set the mood.
Turning the lights down makes for an inviting atmosphere, and it saves electricity. A compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL) has a 10,000-hour lifespan. New low-wattage CFLs work with conventional incandescent dimmers and cost about $20 per bulb.
Found it.
Finding free or cheap furnishings is tons of fun, and your budget will thank you. Check Craigslist (www.Craigslist.org), Freecycle (www.Freecycle.org), thrift stores and curbside pickup for unique pieces that need a makeover. Breathe new life into hand-me-downs by reupholstering with fresh, breathable fabrics such as organic cotton, hemp or linen.
Lose the shoes.
Here's an easy one: Take your shoes off when you enter your home. Shoes track traces of dirt, dust and other toxins into the house, which leads to poorer air quality and more vacuuming and cleaning. Designate a place near your entryway for footwear.
Follow this recipe to reduce, reuse and recycle.
Befriend your dishwasher.
In general, a regular dishwasher cycle uses less water than handwashing. Skip the prerinsing and save even more. For caked-on food, soak in cold water (to avoid using energy to heat the water). Some dishwashers have a heated dry feature; turn it off and either towel or air dry.
Don't buy the water.
Fitness and energy waters may be all the rage, but there's no beating pure, unadulterated water. If you're concerned about the quality of your water supply, invest in an under-sink filtration system or a water-filtering pitcher. There's none of the waste associated with bottled water, and it's significantly cheaper in the long run
Down with disposables.
Paper napkins and paper towels are garbage waiting to happen. And while you can buy recycled-paper or other eco-friendly versions, they're still not reusable. Switch to cloth napkins and dish towels instead. They may cost more, but you can use them indefinitely.
When buying dishes and flatware, avoid plastic, which is made from nonrenewable petroleum and may impart odors and hazardous substances into food. Instead, buy metal flatware from a secondhand or consignment store. It will be less expensive than new, and you'll be promoting reuse�and you might come across cool, retro designs.
About 65 percent of your home's water use can be traced to the bathroom, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Tweak your throne.
The first sign of a troubled toilet is the sound of running water between flushes. Malfunctioning toilets can leak hundreds of gallons of water a day, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Test your toilet's water-tightness with a few drops of food coloring in the tank; if the bowl shows traces of color after 15 minutes, you've got a leak.
When it's time to replace the toilet, opt for a high-efficiency one. For a couple hundred bucks, a 1.3�gallon-per-flush model will save $100 a year on your water bill, according to the EPA. Start your search for the perfect throne by visiting www.EPA.gov/watersense/pp/find_het.htm.
Just say no to vinyl.
Exchange your PVC-vinyl shower curtain or liner for one made with hemp. The fiber is naturally antifungal and antibacterial. After showers, leave the curtain extended for even drying. To wash, scrub with a bit of borax or distilled vinegar added to water and hang to dry.
Combat clogs.
Baking soda and vinegar work magic on bathtub drain problems. Pour one cup of baking soda down the drain followed by a cup of vinegar (preferably hot) to unclog the drain. The baking soda fizzes after the vinegar combines with it, and it eats away at clogs. If your drain backs up, don't use a declogging chemical; first try a drain auger or "snake." For small clogs, mini-snakes work as well as full-size snakes�and they're cheaper.
Get it covered.
Many conventional mattresses contain hazardous or irritating chemicals such as formaldehyde. While a natural-fiber or rubber-tree latex mattress is ideal, a natural mattress topper over your conventional mattress may be more economical.
Dress your bed accordingly.
In summer, switch your AC off at night, then outfit your bed with lightweight linens and open a bedroom window. If you're still too warm, invest in a small fan; it will draw less energy than cooling your entire home. In winter, lower your thermostat at bedtime�keep it set above 60 degrees, or your pipes might freeze�and add an extra blanket. Or use a space heater in the bedroom.
Excerpted from Natural Home, a national magazine that provides practical ideas, inspiring examples and expert opinions about healthy, ecologically sound, beautiful homes. To read more articles from Natural Home magazine, please visit www.NaturalHomeMagazine.com or call 800-340-5846 to subscribe. Copyright 2008 by Ogden Publications Inc.
Ground-up Greenovation
by Beth Ritchie
Building an eco-friendly dream home for about the same cost as a conventional home seemed daunting when my husband, Luke, and I bought three acres of Virginia forest nearly eight years ago. Our purchase came just before the dot-com crash (Luke owns a software company); shortly thereafter our funds would have evaporated.
Believing fate was on our side, Luke, our two children and I set out to build an environmentally conscious home for no more than 5 percent above the cost of a conventional one.
We set our goals high; we wanted to use green products, but they had to be cost competitive - within 5 percent of a comparable mainstream product. Luke and I vowed to limit waste by choosing a clean design style, ordering supplies conservatively and salvaging whenever possible. As a conservation policy consultant, I'm passionate about the environment, and our subcontractors began to understand my ardor when I climbed inside the Dumpster one day to retrieve a good piece of drywall.
The plan takes shape
To disturb the natural landscape as little as possible, Luke and I planned for site preservation six months before construction began. We hired a professional arborist to assess the health of all trees within 50 feet of the project footprint. The company surrounded the entire impacted area with tree protection fencing and helped strengthen trees within 20 feet of the disturbance area with root aeration mats.
We worked with the company to develop a set of tree-protection rules, including financial penalties for violations, and made all contractors sign it before entering the job site. These tree-protection measures cost $34,000 -- about one-third of our total landscaping costs -- but I consider it money well spent. Our neighbors just finished construction without any tree-protection measures. They spent nearly $10,000 to fell three 100-foot trees killed by construction impact. We kept our beautiful trees - and their cool shade.
Our architect sited our home on one of the land's natural slopes to utilize the moderating effect of the Earth's temperature; this is one of the most energy-saving aspects of our home. In summer, it can be 10 degrees cooler on the lower level than in the upstairs bedrooms, so each July we move downstairs to our "summer home." In winter, the window placement and second-story overhang help us exploit the sun?s warmth on our south-facing spaces.
Our contractor was committed to building sustainably while staying within the project's budget. His homebuilding planning method was to budget each individual category: He gave us the estimated prices of the average conventional products we would need in each category, and we added our 5 percent premium to get each category's individual budget ceiling.
One of the contractor's biggest concerns was that his usual suppliers wouldn't carry recycled concrete, drywall, insulation and countertops. To our surprise, in many instances they did - without a premium price.
Searching for green
Although sometimes we located items very easily, finding green products for building and landscaping was a challenge. I used the Internet to track down essential items such as insulation, drywall and hardwood flooring, and our team relied heavily on the growing community of environmental groups to find resources. A nonprofit organization, Programme for Belize, helped me find the ip� wood for our deck.
Green carpet proved difficult to find because so many brands include toxic glues, nylon or other environmentally harmful materials. I interviewed a dozen sales representatives to determine the fibers? post-consumer recycled content, what was in the backing and whether the carpet could be recycled after its useful life ended. Perseverance paid off, and I found a few companies that supplied responsible products for reasonable prices.
Occasional disappointments cropped up: Recycled roof shingles were absurdly expensive, and county regulations wouldn't allow us to have a green roof with live plants. To keep within our 5 percent rule, we opted for a conventional product?asphalt shingles?but we did choose the 40-year shingle, so at least we know the roof will last a long time.
What's inside counts
It was surprisingly easy to find appliances, furniture and d�cor that met our environmental, aesthetic and financial criteria. An interior designer helped us choose natural wood furniture and gorgeous eco-smart fabrics.
Several of our tables are vintage pieces, rescued from yard sales. A childhood friend of Luke's used sustainably harvested wood and hand-applied nontoxic finishes to make our dining room table and an egg-shaped, hollow coffee table.
Our bedroom's wall-to-wall carpet is manufactured from 100 percent post-consumer recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) polyester. Thousands of soda bottles were melted down and spun into plush broadloom roll carpet. We splurged on natural wool area rugs in our great room and put recycled carpet in the bedrooms.
Well-planned lighting is key to minimizing energy use, and our fixtures use LEDs, compact fluorescents and other low-energy bulbs to create layers of light. Programmable dimmers help minimize energy use, as do the great room's electronic shades. They allow light in, but block 97 percent of UV rays, protecting our furniture from sun bleaching. We can control the lights and shades remotely, allowing us to monitor lighting and temperature even when we're not home.
It was also easy to find water- and energy-efficient kitchen and bathroom fixtures, using the Energy Star label as a guide. When choosing kitchen cabinets, we weighed health and environmental concerns and chose cabinets made from FSC-certified wood. We put the leftover allowance in the cabinet category toward items with a higher green-product premium.
Worth the effort
Our home-building odyssey inspired me to write the book Your Green Home: A Practical Guide to Eco-Friendly Building and Remodeling, which awaits a publisher. Our family now enjoys a happy, healthy, affordable home, and we sleep easy knowing it's a little lighter on the earth.
Excerpted from Natural Home, a national magazine that provides practical ideas, inspiring examples and expert opinions about healthy, ecologically sound, beautiful homes. To read more articles from Natural Home magazine, please visit www.NaturalHomeMagazine.com or call 800-340-5846 to subscribe. Copyright 2007 by Ogden Publications Inc.
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IIHF World Junior Championship 2018 – Day 2 Recap
The 2018 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship continued Wednesday in Buffalo with just two games on the schedule that featured victories by Canada and Switzerland. Here's a closer look at the Day 2 matchups:
Vancouver Canucks prospect Jonah Gadjovich (Owen Sound Attack) scored twice and earned Player of the Game honours for Canada in a 6-0 shutout win over Slovakia on Wednesday night at Key Bank Center.
The victory improves Canada's record to 2-0 midway through round-robin play in Group A with remaining games against the United States outdoors on Friday and against Denmark on Saturday.
OHL top scorer Jordan Kyrou (Sarnia Sting) led the way offensively with three points including a dynamic power play marker at 1:24 of the second period. The St. Louis Blues prospect danced around a defender and into the slot where he fired home his first of the tournament to extend Canada's lead to two.
"They [Slovakia] gave us a tough ride all game, but we played our game overall and we got better each period," Kyrou said. "We also wanted to stay out of the box and tonight we were a lot more disciplined."
Canada got on the board first off the stick of Anaheim Ducks prospect Sam Steel (Regina Pats) who found the back of the net for the second straight game with the lone goal of the first period at 3:39.
Tampa Bay Lightning prospect Taylor Raddysh (Erie Otters) also scored for the second straight game with a power play tally in the middle frame, and Ducks prospect Maxime Comtois (Victoriaville Tigres) scored his first for the red and white late in the third.
Colton Point made 20 saves for the shutout while the Canadians fired 52 shots on goal.
Martin Bodak (Kootenay Ice) earned Player of the Game honours for Slovakia who return to action Thursday night against the United States.
The Swiss opened tournament play with a 3-2 comeback victory over Belarus powered by a pair of third period goals Wednesday afternoon at Key Bank Center.
2018 NHL Draft prospect Philipp Kurashev (Quebec Remparts) blasted home the game-winner with a one-timer from the top of the circle with just under nine minutes to play in regulation.
Philadelphia Flyers prospect Maksim Sushko (Owen Sound Attack) earned Player of the Game honours for Belarus in defeat as the captain scored once and picked up an assist.
Switzerland, who outshot Belarus 39-29, continues tournament play on Thursday afternoon against Russia. Belarus (0-2) will hope to get in the win column when they take the ice again on Friday.
For full coverage of the 2018 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship visit the IIHF or HockeyCanada.ca.


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Water was not very favorable to anglers as it was not as clear compared to previous trips. Wind was harsh on my 5wt flyset. Lost a big strike which I till now cant get over with. A few misses later on added on icing to the cake. However ended the trip with 2 baby fishes which were not qualified because they have missed the minimum 10 inches mark.
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Daiso $2 lure has proven to be more effective and outfish other expensive lures when the going gets tough. Fred and I have fun hooking up this fellows on ultralight tackles in our night operation.
The peacock that woke me up from almost slumber
The highly aggressive zebra tilapia that gave the lure a run for my money.
The entire family joined in the attack of Daiso lure
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Fred decided to have a short fishing wee morning trip. I joined him hoping to land something from a borrowed 3wt fly rod. Let the pictures do the talking.
Jaguar Cichlid on bread fly
Micro Baby Nile Tilapia on bread fly
Fred scored with a walking catfish which was fat by standard
Koi landed before the heavy rain showered upon us
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Saw some dead fishes along the bank, was it the rain or due to pollution of chemicals? Dead fishes mostly were earth eaters and tilapia. It was quite a shocking scene to see that in one of the most best kept reservoirs. Nevertheless, I managed to hook up countless small Peacock basses. No signs of bigger ones despite wearing polarised sunglasses.
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The sky tore apart with thunder and heavy showers. Wind was howling. I looked at my clock. 530 a.m to be exact. Im supposed to get ready for fishing, but the storm has told me to stick back to my warm bed.
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Guerra, C.A., Howes, R.E., Patil, A.P., Gething, P.W., Van Boeckel, T.P., Temperley, W.H., Kabaria, C.W., Tatem, A.J., Manh, B.H., Elyazar, I.R., Baird, J.K., Snow, R.W. and Hay, S.I. (2010) The international limits and population at risk of Plasmodium vivax transmission in 2009. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 4 (8), e774-[11pp]. (doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000774). (PMID:20689816)
BACKGROUND: A research priority for Plasmodium vivax malaria is to improve our understanding of the spatial distribution of risk and its relationship with the burden of P. vivax disease in human populations. The aim of the research outlined in this article is to provide a contemporary evidence-based map of the global spatial extent of P. vivax malaria, together with estimates of the human population at risk (PAR) of any level of transmission in 2009.
METHODOLOGY: The most recent P. vivax case-reporting data that could be obtained for all malaria endemic countries were used to classify risk into three classes: malaria free, unstable (<0.1 case per 1,000 people per annum (p.a.)) and stable (> or =0.1 case per 1,000 p.a.) P. vivax malaria transmission. Risk areas were further constrained using temperature and aridity data based upon their relationship with parasite and vector bionomics. Medical intelligence was used to refine the spatial extent of risk in specific areas where transmission was reported to be absent (e.g., large urban areas and malaria-free islands). The PAR under each level of transmission was then derived by combining the categorical risk map with a high resolution population surface adjusted to 2009. The exclusion of large Duffy negative populations in Africa from the PAR totals was achieved using independent modelling of the gene frequency of this genetic trait. It was estimated that 2.85 billion people were exposed to some risk of P. vivax transmission in 2009, with 57.1% of them living in areas of unstable transmission. The vast majority (2.59 billion, 91.0%) were located in Central and South East (CSE) Asia, whilst the remainder were located in America (0.16 billion, 5.5%) and in the Africa+ region (0.10 billion, 3.5%). Despite evidence of ubiquitous risk of P. vivax infection in Africa, the very high prevalence of Duffy negativity throughout Central and West Africa reduced the PAR estimates substantially.
CONCLUSIONS: After more than a century of development and control, P. vivax remains more widely distributed than P. falciparum and is a potential cause of morbidity and mortality amongst the 2.85 billion people living at risk of infection, the majority of whom are in the tropical belt of CSE Asia. The probability of infection is reduced massively across Africa by the frequency of the Duffy negative trait, but transmission does occur on the continent and is a concern for Duffy positive locals and travellers. The final map provides the spatial limits on which the endemicity of P. vivax transmission can be mapped to support future cartographic-based burden estimations.
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One man, one woman, one psychotic alien. The race is on to save humanity. Past, present, and future.
Mellissa Davis is your average bookstore owner and aspiring romance author until one day an electronic bookpad slides through the mail slot of her small store. Now all she has to worry about is a sexy, time-traveling stealth ship captain, staying out of the way of the bad guy, and saving the universe. Not much to ask…
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TIMS can be easily integrated into your cardiology workflow. Your legacy equipment does not need to be upgraded in order to enjoy all of the advantages of a fully digital system. With TIMS you can convert video images – and those that are already saved to videotape – to DICOM (the medical digital standard) and manage these cine images as needed. You can query a DICOM Modality Work List, capture images or a video stream, and then send to PACS. TIMS also enables you to burn to CD/DVD/USB, send to a Windows or DICOM printer, and convert the images to JPG or AVI file formats for publication and distribution.
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Authorities in Anchorage on Tuesday intercepted 5 pounds of heroin hidden inside the engine of an SUV shipped from Southern California to Alaska, according to federal charges filed Wednesday.
The Drug Enforcement Administration says the shipment represented thousands of user "doses" of the drug and was likely intended for distribution around the state.
Alaska State Troopers were tipped off to the shipment April 6, after a man called a shipping company again and again asking about the status of a 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe that was being sent from Thermal, California, to Anchorage, the charges say. Thermal is known by the DEA to be the origin of "large shipments of illegal drugs throughout the United States, specifically Alaska," according to the charges.
After the bust, federal prosecutors charged Alfred Carranza and Jose Rivas-Ortiz Jr. with conspiracy to distribute heroin. A DEA agent wrote that the men used "counter-surveillance" tactics — such as traveling in separate cars and making multiple U-turns — to try to determine if police had followed them.
It didn't work.
"I guess I blew that operation," Carranza blurted after his arrest at a Spenard apartment, according to an affidavit written by a DEA special agent.
The vehicle had been trucked to Washington state and loaded on a barge to Whittier, arriving Saturday in Anchorage, the charges say. A police dog smelled illegal drugs in the Tahoe, and authorities obtained a search warrant to look inside, the charges say.
Investigators found 10 bundles of heroin, wrapped in black and blue tape and hidden within the engine compartment, according to the affidavit.
Rivas-Ortiz had picked up the SUV at a local shipping company. Carranza followed the Tahoe in a separate car.
At one point, investigators watched Rivas-Ortiz and Carranza standing at the SUV, with the hood open, removing the engine cover, according to the DEA. The two men were arrested on the 1700 block of West 36th Avenue.
The men had been seen coming and going from an apartment where the DEA says investigators later found digital scales, "a large quantity of 'burner' phones," ledger books, a heroin/opioid overdose kit and receipts showing that Carranza had traveled to and from the border area of Southern California and Mexico.
The 5 pounds of heroin seized in the bust would be worth about $100,000 or more to dealers, said Michael Root, assistant special agent in charge for the DEA's Anchorage office.
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Sometimes as educators we get so busy that teaching and addressing social and emotional lessons and skills gets pushed to the way side. I was so happy to see this article on Education Week with useful information and resources links for teachers. I feel we as educators need to truly consider how we can consistently implement social-emotional lessons in our instruction. The Common Core Standards can guide our teaching of such content. I say YES! YES! YES! to considering student well-being and social and emotional lessons in the classroom. What do you think? What do you need
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On the 9th of April we, Blue Glimpse, Angelika, and Easthetic, had the privilege in meeting Lord Young, the Prime Minister's advisor on Enterprise
Lord Young visited Kingston Business School to discuss ways in which small firms could benefit from academic expertise. We were asked to come in to meet him to show Lord Young what business schools are already doing.
This was a great opportunity for us to promote our masters course, The Creative Economy, pitch our products and explain how our business's have progressed over the course to Lord Young.
After the meeting we had a photo shoot with Lord Young and as a group we were interviewed by Kingston Press.
To read more about Lord Young's visit to Kingston read the News article at http://www.kingston.ac.uk/news/article/869/10-apr-2013-prime-ministers-enterprise-adviser-emphasises-government-commitment-to-business-startups/


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Flounder Everywhere!
Last week was a whirlwind of activity for me, but now I have all my fish, and I can relax, sort of. I started out by trawling for flounder on the R/V Fish Hawk for two days. We were fairly successful, and it gave me a great chance to get a closer look at some of the local fishes.
On Wednesday VIMS graduate student Mark Henderson and I went to the Eastern Shore Lab in Wachapreague to try our luck with hook-and-line fishing for flounder there since we've had little luck fishing near VIMS. The amount of fish was incredible; in one short day of fishing we caught more than 50 flounder with the help of a local charter boat. It was a huge improvement over the 15 to 20 fish we caught in two weeks of fishing near VIMS, and it was quite fun to see the eastern shore, which is a beautiful area.
Aside from a runaway tank lid and a semi-flooded Chesapeake Bay Bridge tunnel, the transportation of the fish back to VIMS went nice and smoothly, and the fish are safe and sound in the tanks at the VIMS seawater lab. Now that all the flounder I need are here at VIMS they're going to be tagged this weekend and I'll be watching them for two weeks to determine rates of tag loss and tag induced mortality.


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AS 7: How to Improve Amazon PPC – Secrets and Tips
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This podcast will give you the advantage to sell better than your competittors and ultimately and potentially make you earn more money passively every month through secrets, tips, and advice on selling on Amazon.
Today's topic is on Amazon PPC. The ever evolving, competitive, and most-always expensive platform for advertising your amazon product(s).
I'm going to explain the most common strategy, but then also give you a very effective strategy that is barely talked about, and almost kept secret among amazon pros.
First off, The reason why Amazon PPC is so effective, is because you can test a product, have no reviews, and still see if it sells. Usually, if it sells without any reviews aka social proof, that means it's a very good seller.
So therefore, A product with reviews, and with PPC, and good sales copy, creates a beautiful income stream, on that can dive you hundreds of thousands, and ultimately millions as a business.
So knowing this, it is all in our best interests to become master of Amazon PPC. If your can get your ACOS, Average cost of conversion, down by 10%, you effective save 10% on your ad campaigns which could equate to tens of thousands of dollars as you scale your operation up.
Optimizing PPC is very quick and easy, however many amazon people look past it and set and forget there campaigns.
Amazon PPC Strategy Optimization strategy #1 of 2.
Start with Automatic Campaigns. Determine the keywords that are converting. Then take those keywords, and create a broad campaign. Then create a phrase campaign with the broad keywords and then create an exact keyword campaign following that. This is the most typical way to do it.
Amazon PPC Strategy Optimization strategy #2 of 2, which I recently discovered, and I see it already effecting my ACOS in a good way.
This strategy is more simple than strategy #1, but requires a bit of upkeep.
You determine which keywords are working for you from an automatic campaign, then you create a broad campaign with the keywords that work. Run the broad campaign indefinitely. While the broad campaign is running each week, go reports tab in top right, then go to "Search Term Report" and download the latest weekly report. There are 6 different advertisement reports:
- Performance over Time
- Performance by SKU
- Search Term Report
- Estimated Page 1 Bid
- Other ASIN Report
- Campaign Performance REPORT.
The most important one is the Search Term Report which will tell you the ACOS of every "Customer Searched Keyword." My strategy grabbing all the data into excel, creating a table, and sorting the data by greatest to least ACOS.
This then shows the worst performing ACOS keywords. I take all the ACOS keywords that are performing 15% ACOS or more, and I add that to my negative keywords section in all my respective ad campaigns for that particular product.
If this is a bit confusing, just rewind that, and listen to that again, or see the show notes for this episode – episode 7.
One thing you should note, even if you get a high ACOS of more than 15% or your acceptable percentage, sometimes that is okay, and those keywords you may want to keep. The more you sell for a certain keyword, the better you rank for that keyword.
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Title: The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, #2)
Author: Maggie Stiefvater
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Publication date: September 17, 2013
Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life. Meanwhile, some very sinister people are looking for some of the same pieces of the Cabeswater puzzle that Gansey is after...
The Dream Thieves is the much awaited sequel to The Raven Boys, one of my favorite debut novels of 2012, as well as one of my all time favorite books. While The Dream Thieves did not reach the level of love I have for The Raven Boys, it was still a pretty darn good book. The Dream Thieves blew my mind so many times that I tried to stop being surprised and shocked every time but I failed. I know many readers doubt Stiefvater's story telling because of the overly romantic The Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy, however The Raven Cycle series barely has romance and that allowed the author, and the readers, to really hone in on the amazingness of this plot.
Unfortunately for me, The Dream Thieves focuses mostly on Ronan, one of Gansey's friends, if not the closest one. I personally had nothing against Ronan but through my one year wait all I could think about is that I'll finally get back into Gansey's head because of his fascinating way of thinking, as well as his budding... ok fine.. barely there, romance with Blue. After my initial disappointment, I can't lie, I was disappointed, I was quickly immersed in Ronan's story. Initially everything was confusing because I didn't remember everything from The Raven Boys but Ronan's story in itself is screwed up in the best way so I went along with it. In all honesty, the word beautiful disaster describes this whole series perfectly. Ronan had a fantastic inner voice; I did wonder, when I was reading The Raven Boys, about him and I'm glad that I did end up finding out so much about his history, secrets, and his "abilities", for lack of a better word. I still love the relationship between him and Gansey, as well as how tense it is with Adam. I just never understood how Gansey could be so forgiving of Adam (if you've read The Raven Boys, you'll understand what I mean), and was glad that not everything was swiped under the carpet, the way Gansey does it to try and keep the peace between them.
To not get confused, this book isn't only told from Ronan's POV; It is the type of book with many alternative POVs. We see chapters dedicated to Gansey (yeay!), Blue, some new characters we meet, as well as Adam. Blue and Gansey… I ship those two so unbelievably hard… I know most of you are wondering about this relationship and all I am saying is that it does progress.. but in the slowest possible way. I do enjoy a bit of romance in my non contemporary books, but not when it is the prevailing plot. I like that Stiefvater did a 180 degree flip with this series because you can definitely see the difference from The Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy. All I can say is that the concept, the writing, and the progression of plot for The Dream Thieves was as brilliant as it was in The Raven Boys. Heck, I probably didn't understand everything that went on in The Dream Thieves but I loved every single minute of it. Readers who are looking for stories that keep you on the edge, as well as always feeling like you're two steps behind, i.e: never a dull moment, should definitely pick up this series and read both The Raven Boys and The Dream Thieves.


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David Barton Gym –Westside | Los Angeles, CA
David Barton Gym's Westside, Los Angeles location provides an upscale, trend-setting physical fitness environment to do the exercise and workouts necessary to "Look Better Naked." Founded by fitness legend David Barton, David Barton Gym provides local residents with a variety of workout classes, personal training programs, personal trainers, yoga and other experiences. Our gym prides itself not only in having the most state-of-the art work out facilities and Pilates, yoga studios, and other classes that follow the latest trends and proven research in exercise science, but also providing our patrons a well-designed, spacious and attractive gym facility. David Barton Gym's Westside location is a place our athletes want to be, not somewhere they have to be.
Services and Location
David Barton Gym's Westside location provides Los Angeles with a comprehensive exercise experience, complete with amenities only professional athletes enjoy. The trendy, upscale design of our gym also helps create a fun environment that will keep you coming back to work out, even on days you'd rather stay home. Some features at David Barton Westside include:
- 40,000 sq ft
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David Barton Gym's Westside location provides workout facilities convenient to residents of the Los Angeles area and adjacent communities. 12100 W. Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064
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A New Idea for Solving Social Security's Money Troubles
Wharton professor Olivia S. Mitchell has put forth a novel way to help solve the Social Security deficit. In "Will They Take the Money and Work? An Empirical Analysis of People's Willingness to Delay Claiming Social Security Benefits for a Lump Sum," Mitchell and her colleagues argue that lump-sum payouts serve as an incentive to put off collecting Social Security. Her research explored whether more Americans would delay claiming if they could get their increased Social Security benefit at a later age in the form of a lump sum, instead of a higher benefit for life. The study found that many people would voluntarily claim later, and work longer, if they could get lump sums, plus benefits of this amount. Interestingly, those who would delay were the same people who intended to quit working earliest under current rules.
Mitchell's results suggest early retirees are not all forced to retire, but instead could, with the right incentives, remain in the labor force longer.
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David Wingate is an elder law attorney at the Elder Law Office of David Wingate, LLC. The elder law office services clients with powers of attorneys, living wills, Wills, Trusts, Medicaid and asset protection. The Elder Law office has locations in Frederick and Montgomery Counties, Maryland.


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The Maass Spruit Waal paper Improving Short-Term Demand Forecasting For Short-Lifecycle Consumer Products With Data Mining Techniques: A Case Study In The Retail Industry has been accepted in the journal Decision Analytics! We investigated the potential of data mining techniques as well as alternative approaches to improve the short-term forecasting method for short-lifecycle products with high uncertainty in demand. We found that data mining techniques cannot unveil their full potential to improve short-term forecasting in this case, due to the high demand uncertainty and the high variance of demand patterns. In fact we found that the higher the variance in demand patterns the less complex a demand forecasting method can be.
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Karbala in Istanbul: Scenes from the Ashura Commemorations of Zeynebiye
Ashura is a day of mourning marked by Muslims around the world to commemorate the martyrdom of the grandson of the prophet Muhammad, Hossein, and his compatriots. As a day of commemoration, it has been marked by people of all faiths across large swathes of South, Central, and Western Asia for centuries. This photo essay documents presents a look at the ritual in Istanbul's Zeynebiye neighborhood in 2013, the center of the city's Shia population.


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13 & 20-strings Koto player / Composer / Improviser / Computer Sound
Born and raised in Japan started study the Koto when she was three, based in NY since '02. Kurosawa received first prize at the National Japanese Koto Competition for students in '89 and '92, and a scholarship from The Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan in '98. Her extensive performances in Japan, including appearances at Suntory Hall, Tokyo, and on NHK Broadcast TV, Kurosawa has toured in Canada, Germany, Malaysia, Russia, and the US.
Kurosawa made her Carnegie Hall debut in '06. In '11 she was principal soloist in Daron Hagen's Koto Concerto Genji, which premiered in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK with Orchestra of the Swan and continuing to play with Hawaii Symphony Orchestra and so on. In '13, Kurosawa was principal soloist for the premier of The Memory Stone at the Houston Grand Opera. In '15 premiered Ballet: Tsuru commissioned by Houston Ballet and Asia Society Texas as a soloist and composer. Collaborated with Beyonce dancer Les Twins at the world heritage Kiyomizudera, performed at World Economic Forum in Dalian, China and a soloist for Koto&Shakuhachi Concerto FUGAKU by Takashi Yoshimatsu at Suntory Hall Opening Gala with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, guest artist for Japanese Connection at Kennedy Center. Also She continues to perform in local New York City venues such as Joe's Pub, the Highline Ballroom, the Blue Note, Apollo Theater and other concert halls.
Kurosawa has been lauded by the NY Times for her graceful musicianship,"drawing on a timbral palette that [ranges] from warm and rounded to bright and metallic." She also has received praise in the Washington Post and so on.
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The Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries invites you to lecture with guest speaker Andy Lawrence, followed later in the day by a film screening of Black Snow on Tuesday 14 May in the University of Portsmouth Eldon Building.
Guest Speaker: Andy Lawrence
14 May 2019, 3pm
Eldon Building, EW1.02
In the summer of 1920, US filmmaker Robert Flaherty and his crew of native Inuit were removing the side of an igloo in northern Quebec, in order to accommodate the narrow lenses and small-format film stock used to describe Nanook's daily rituals to a western cinema audience. One hundred years later, 360-degree technologies were applied to create "empathy" with Sidra and the circumstances of her containment in a refugee camp in Jordan, through individualised virtual experiences.
What has changed in the way filmmakers evoke experience through ethnographic fieldwork and what does the genre of ethnographic documentary offer to the development of filmmaking as a tool for experience-led research and expression? This lecture will focus on cinematic techniques designed for academic research, which are embedded in a tradition of documentary filmmaking that is inspired by ethnographic research.
Andy Lawrence is a senior lecturer and filmmaker-in-residence at the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology at the University of Manchester. He also teaches at the University of Bern in Switzerland, the Free University in Berlin, Germany and F4F™ courses at The Futureworks School of Media in Manchester, UK.
Over the past twenty years he taught filmmaking in fieldwork contexts to scholars from many academic disciplines, who are interested in bringing cinema art and ethnography together as a method that explores the human.
Film Screening (followed by Q&A) of Black Snow (Stephen Andrew Linstead) Winner of the AHRC Best Research Film for 2018.
14 May 2019, 7 pm,
Eldon Building, EW1.10
Black Snow tells the forgotten story of the world's biggest mining disaster of the nineteenth century, which until recently had remained relatively unremembered. The explosion at Oaks Colliery in Barnsley, South Yorkshire caused the death of at least 361 men and boys in December 1866. The film tells three interlocking stories: the story of the historical community devastated by the disaster; the story of a contemporary community, torn apart by the loss of the mining industry, and the story of Graham Ibbeson, a sculptor, who in the process of creating a statue in memory of those who died, discovers that one of his forebears, George Ibbeson, lost his life in the Oaks Colliery disaster.


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Blogging is a very worthwhile endeavor, but even before you dive into a conversation of finding the right web hosts or how you will go about monetizing your site, there is one very important question that needs to be addressed: Why are you going to blog and what are you going to blog about? You need answers to these before you can even start blogging in the first place.
Sure, asking what you're going to blog about seems like simple enough of a question, but depending on your answer, the goals for your blog can swing heavily. Your blog can become a very different kind of website and your strategies can be vastly different too.
Blogging for Fun
If you are going to blog simply for the fun of blogging, you really can choose any topic that you'd like for your blog. The majority of people who start their first blog are creating personal blogs. With these kinds of sites, the blogger usually discusses personal interests or offers an online diary of sorts.
These kinds of blogs are great for learning how to blog, making new friends online that might share the same interests. For example, you might be a big fan of the Vancouver Canucks and you start a hockey blog. The goal is to have a good time, just because you want to have a proper venue for voicing your opinions. You might then get in contact with other Canucks fans around the city.
When you're blogging for fun, just about any topic will do. This is because you are likely less concerned with profitability and other metrics. It's more about making friends, having a proper venue to have your voice heard, and learning about the different technologies and innovations that are available to bloggers today.
Blogging for Business
If you are going to blog as a branding exercise for your company, your goals can be very different from a personal blog. Corporate blogs and official company blogs are an entirely different animal from the blog of a regular individual.
With business blogs, two main trends seem to emerge. On the one hand, some companies will only blog about company business. They may offer customers and partners an "insider's look" into the company, showing them what happens behind the scenes. This is the case with the Disney Parks blog, for instance. They can also use the blog to highlight new products and other company announcements.
Alternatively, some companies use their blogs as a way to establish themselves as experts in their field. While some posts relate directly back to the company itself, many blog posts are simply about that particular industry. A financial services firm, for example, may offer posts that discuss the current economy, setting up your accounting books, and so forth.
Blogging for Money
More and more people are getting into blogging with the sole purpose of making money from them. They see larger sites like Engadget and TMZ making substantial amounts of money and they want to get in on the action. This is perfectly understandable.
If you are thinking about starting a blog with the goal of turning it into a viable business on its own, then you will have to take a completely different approach than you would with a personal blog or a corporate blog.
In the next chapter, we will discuss in detail how you can go about finding the right and profitable niche for you to start blogging about. Choosing the right subject matter can mean the difference between making thousands of dollars a month or barely being able to afford the hosting costs.


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"He seems to have a problem with remembering and memorizing."
These are the words that made my parents twitch and fight to stifle an explosion of, "Are you joking?!?"
I was not, to put it delicately, a stellar student. I did fairly well in first and second grade but other than a bizarre hiccup where I made honor roll one year in Junior High, I spend the vast majority of my time in school just trying to play catch-up in the hopes of pulling those C's and D's that had appeared on my progress reports up to some more respectable C's and a few B's. It wasn't easy for me, but not because I found the work impossible, but totally uninteresting.
I should clarify here that I LOVE learning. It' one of my favorite things to do, and when I have a few precious moments to my self, you are more than likely to find me with a book on First World War Artillery pieces, manuals on how to get more out of your table saw or reading up on the best ways to set up an office server with the new operating system that came out last week. I just love knowing… stuff.
The problem is that I love knowing stuff that I feel is important to me and if what a teacher was talking about fell outside that ring, well… in my head, they tended to sound like the adults on the Charlie Brown TV specials.
Teacher: "Wa-waaawa wa-wa-wa waaaaaaaah. Did you understand?"
Me: "Ummmm. Yes?"
Toss in a hearing condition I've had all my life and I was pretty much doomed from the get go. What drove my poor parents and the few observant teachers I had batty was that I could dive into something with no academic merit whatever and it would stick to my frontal lobe like warm gum on a sneaker sole. Let me demonstrate.
Mousebatfolicle-Goosecreature-Ampizantz-Bong-Whappcapplet-Looseliver-Vendetta and Prang.
You have to take my word on it, but I just typed that from memory. I may have gotten the spelling wrong here and there but otherwise, I do believe it's correct. What is it? Easy. It's the name of a marketing company used in a Monty Python skit. I'll spare you the details since nothing clears a room faster than a careful recounting or reenacting of a Python skit, but trust me, it's in there. Not only have I not seen that skit for easily fifteen years, but the name is mentioned only once during the entire thing.
And yet, it is seared into my brain cells. I couldn't forget it if I wanted to… which, I must confess, I don't.
This might sound like fun, but I have the overwhelming feeling that mental garbage like this is the reason that I can't ever seem to remember to get my car registered on time or when my wife is scheduled to work tomorrow or when in God's name is my anniversary!
I find it annoying.
Those around me, I believe, have been plotting electroshock treatment.
It's an interesting way to go through life, to say the least. There are perks. I tend to be the one who people call with nagging trivia questions that are driving them nuts. It can also at times give me the illusion of being smarter than I feel I actually am. Not bad, really. Where it never stood me well, was school. The rigid set-up, the chapters to read, the homework never quite completed and the utter and total lack of classes on Monty Python, made my education mostly an arduous torture. I can clearly remember counting the number on months I had left of my educational experience… when I was in ninth grade. I can actually remember that! See?! But ask me anything about the three years of Latin class and all you're getting is, "Gallia est in Europa"
The weird thing is, I love history. I love language. I love… well… learning! Just not learning "The System's" way. This is where my kiddos come in; Short Stack, at the moment, Lulu Belle, possibly later.
They say that the apple doesn't land far from the tree sometimes and with him… boy! Do they ever have that old chestnut right. Sometimes with pride, sometimes with worry, I see myself reflected in his little three year old actions and ideas. He can't remember to wash his hands after I've drilled him about nine hundred and thirty four times about this, BUT he can remember that there used to be a plant in the window at a friends house. A house we haven't visited in easily a year. When we went over last week, what were the first words out of his mouth?
"Where's the plant?"
It wasn't a big plant. It wasn't the only plant.
It was the MISSING plant!
+4 points for observation skills, I suppose.
Ok, ok. So the kid's good at noticing things, (with the obvious exception of his younger sister whom he mows down with startling regularity as he careens around the house like a bat on fire) but that's just being visually observant. Right?
How about this one:
Asteroid Belt
And a bunch of other stuff.
Don't forget about Pluto
And a bunch of other stuff…
Not only can he run through this list like it's nothing, but he can quiz you on what color the various planets are, if they have rings and which ones have moons. He can also tell you them out of order and which ones are next to which. How? Because of this…
Essentially, this is simply the School House Rock of my children's generation. Think about it. Remove the folksy guitar chords and soft lyrical voices of the seventies, substitute with amps, electric instruments and vocals by They Might Be Giants, and you've got it! Learning never looked so fun!
I don't know what it is about music and cartoons that makes stuff like this stick, but it works! To this day, I can securely say that the only reason I know the preamble to the U.S. Constitution is because of Saturday morning TV. Now, with kids of my own, we don't have a TV and don't plan to get one any time soon. School House Rock is still available on DVD or the Internet, but lets be honest, we watch it mostly out of my own need for nostalgia. I subject my children to it from time to time but when it's done, Short Stack wants me to pop in the "Science is Real" DVD and watch John and John sing about meteorites, the scientific method or how cells grow. You might suggest that it doesn't mean much to him beyond the fun video and songs, but I've already been commissioned by him to construct his own solar system in his bed room and he gleefully points out the different things that are made of cells as we walk to the store. He gets it.
So, why can't he remember to wash his hands!?!?
Some day, shockingly soon, it will be time for Short Stack to begin his school career and I for one am truly apprehensive. He's not so good at focusing, following directions isn't his strong suit and he's prone to periods of gazing off into space, lost in a world of his own making. Getting good marks is going to be a challenge… unless that is, it's what he wants to do. For me, it's like looking into a time machine, except this time around I have red hair and freckles.
It's going to be interesting. In the mean time, I just hope they come out with a really jazzy way of remembering times tables and parts of speech. If they don't, I'm just popping in disk one of the complete Monty Python collection. It might not get him a job, but he'll be able to quite British comedy at length.
In my book, that's an accomplishment I can be proud of.
That, and I'll finally have someone to do the Dead Parrot Sketch with.
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New technology in the elder care arena is promising easier, faster, and safer means for monitoring blood sugar for seniors with diabetes. If successful, these new gadgets could reduce the rate and intensity of long-term complications that can come with the disease. This new diabetes technology relies on wireless internet, nanotechnology, and predictive algorithms to automate and simplify the blood sugar testing process.
Common Diabetes Treatment
Diabetes affects more than 29 million people in the United States alone and is caused by the body's inability to metabolize sugar into energy. If left untreated, diabetes can cause serious, and potentially fatal, long-term complications such as blindness, heart disease, kidney damage, loss of limbs, and more. The most common way to track diabetes and monitor blood sugar levels is the finger prick test.
For the millions of seniors with diabetes, they are required to prick their finger every day, sometimes multiple times per day, and test their blood sugar on tiny strips. Some seniors are required to prick themselves up to ten times per day. This is a painful and tedious method of checking blood sugar that can become very difficult for the elderly as they age. In addition, this test only gives a snapshot of their current sugar levels and does not show whether it is rising or falling. However, new technology aims to change the way that seniors track their diabetes.
New Technology for Diabetes
One new piece of technology hopes to do away with blood sugar testing altogether and instead use a senior's tears. One of the head researchers at Google is developing contact lenses that measure a person's blood sugar levels through the natural tears in their eyes. A miniature glucose sensor, wireless antennae, and other features would all be built into the lens. The technology would be invisible to the wearer because it sits on the iris and not the pupil.
Another new piece of technology that is already on the market is the continuous glucose monitor (CGM). Today, CGMs are used by fifteen percent of people with Type 1 diabetes, up from only six percent a few years ago. The technology works by taping a small radio transmitter above the waist that is attached to a razor thin wire which goes underneath the skin to test the sugar in a person's cells. The data is collected every five minutes and wirelessly transmitted to the device that can also be synched to a smartphone through Bluetooth.
One CGM company is aiming to eliminate the small device completely and have the wire transmit information automatically to a person's smartphone. It would also send an alert when that person's blood sugar levels rise or fall to an unhealthy level. It is hoping to gain FDA approval by the end of this year. This continuous tracking of the blood sugar levels can provide real time data to seniors with diabetes in order to help them make healthier decisions regarding their own care.


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Got a burning question? Why not ask the locals! Simply ask your question below
Park Blvd
"A strong Afghan presence can be found on this street."
Oakland and Berkley both have a strong Afghan community. The presence of the Afghan community can be felt on Glen Park Road. Many families that live together are generation families and it is interesting seeing the contrast of old(er) family generations clash with those of the new young(er) generation. In the summer there are weekly bazaar gatherings or simply block sales in which many of the residents on Glen Park Road sell different types of items from afghans to specialized afghan food. There are also a few Afghan establishments in the area that offer a taste of Kabul. Afghan food is amazing. This is a great street that let's you interact with people from a different part of the world. The true definition of America can be found on Glen Park Road.
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Marjorie Callahan, 90
Funeral services for Marjorie Murleen Callahan, 90, of Pottersville, were scheduled for 10 a.m. today, May 9, 2018, at the Crider Church of Christ. Mrs. Callahan died May 4 at West Vue Nursing Center in West Plains.
She was born April 25, 1928, at Crider, the daughter of Ferdinand "Ferd" D. and Arley Marritt Fox. On May 2, 1944, in Salem, Arkansas, she married Nolene Melcome Callahan. She enjoyed gardening, Sunday dinners, farming and spending time with her grandchildren.
She is survived by one son, Jack Callahan and wife Glenda of Pottersville; five grandchildren, Jeff Mayberry and fiancée Carrie, James Mayberry, Wendy Barrett and husband Jason, John Callahan and wife Wendy, and Tammy Mayberry; 13 great-grandchildren; 21 great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and Ozark County friends and relatives.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, who died Jan. 19, 1987; one daughter, Linda Mayberry; son-in-law Cleon Mayberry; two brothers, Ray and Gale Fox; and one sister, Madge Stultz.
Burial was to be in the Ledbetter Cemetery. Memo-rial contributions may be made to the Ledbetter Cemetery. Online condolences may be expressed at robertsondrago.com.
Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, West Plains, directors.