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If I Had a Hammer
It is sometimes said that software makes difficult tasks easier. Often the task is difficult not because the problem being solved, or the question being answered, is difficult per se: "I need to know when our users are likely to cancel their membership so we can send them win-back promotions" is a well-formulated, easy-to-understand, bounded question, and the answer is likely to be equally finite and easy to understand. The difficulty lies in gathering, compiling, and analyzing vast quantities of data in a timely, repeatable, reliable manner so that 1 billion data points coalesce into a half-dozen usable pieces of information. That's hard, and intractable unless you can process gobs of stuff really, really fast. Computers, and good software engineers, are really good at this sort of thing, and by and large you can never have enough of either.
But a rampant trend in tech companies is the tendency to resort to technology and software to make easy tasks difficult.
Imagine a meeting room filled with 20- and 30-somethings, all endowed with solid educations, a solid drive to do the right things, and the disconcerting ability to explain the difference between TCP and UDP to finance people. The topic at hand: how to foster new ideas, team spirit, information exchanges, the kind of collaborative awesomeness you can sometimes get out of enlightened corporations and smart, enthusiastic people. The conversation might very well go like this:
"How about we set up a wiki page so everyone can contribute ideas and see everyone else's ideas? It's be really transparent and easy."
"Good idea! Once the ideas have coalesced a little, we can use Basecamp to see who's working on what and have real flexibility so new people can jump in and grab tasks they're passionate about without a big formal team structure!"
"Awesome! And since everyone's laptops have webcams, we don't need to have those big meetings--we can do ad-hoc catch-ups over Google Talk without everyone having to be around the office."
Those are all good ideas, and they would probably work for the project you're all working on. But when your entire team is reaching for ways to do things that wouldn't work during a power outage, or were not even remotely possible less than ten years ago, maybe it's time to take a step back and reassess.
"How about we just stick Post-Its on the wall over there?"
I don't believe this kind of tech-centric groupthink arises out of malice or a perverse instinct to complicate--my money is on a combination of habit (we use our computers during most of our waking hours), a tacit post-industrial rejection of the trappings of the Old Way of Doing Things, and recency priming effects (the last thing most people used before the meeting started was a computer program reminding them they were supposed to have interactions with other human beings). All those factors conspire to obscure other modes of communication and collaboration so ancient and universal they simply blend into their environment, devoid of shiny surfaces and sleek contours, waiting to be used.
Tool Envy
I personally don't share the fetishism for tactile, low-tech (and wantonly expensive) implements so prevalent among financially independent Bay Area techies. It's tempting to ascribe this post-modern stylomania to the scribal equivalent of comfort food: in a fast-moving, high-tech environment, non-electronic utensils like #2 pencils and tidy notebooks with elastic bands to prevent intempestive openings provide the stressed techie with a familiar anchor to long-ago times when things were less complicated and responsibilities less burdensome, redolent of chalk and crayons and cookies and blood from one too many encounters with Jimmy the football player now safely stowed away in detention. Or possibly something phallic.
But when it comes to getting ideas, moving them around into thematic buckets, discarding the bad ones (physically!), refining the fuzzy ones, and making them available to everyone, passively visible at all times, omnipresent and inevitable in their glaring obviousness and gaudy magenta-on-high-gloss-white, nothing--nothing--beats Post-It Notes and Sharpies. Even the hard-to-read ones are useful, because they draw you in and make you think about what they might mean.
A Web-accessible company intranet / wiki / bulletin board is undoubtedly a very convenient way to share ideas with everyone--it's dynamic, accessible from anywhere at any time, and does away with any requirements of physical co-presence that the modern office tries so hard to make obsolete.
But unless you're crazy and never close any tabs in your browser, you probably don't have that project wiki open in front of you all the time, and it takes an active effort to be engaged in the project. By contrast, the cadaverous whiteboard and its bright pimply scribbles is both easy to ignore, like a light fixture or a garbage can, and impossible to avoid, by virtue of its large, immovable presence; walking past its hodgepodge of colorful puddles instantly draws your gaze and reminds you there's something interesting going on, without your having to do anything.
As for the additional benefits (constant, virtual availability)--are they solving a problem you actually have? If most of the collaboration happens between people who can reasonably be expected to be in the same place during overlapping business hours most of the time, do you really need 24/7 remote availability of your idea board? And if someone really is available at 3am, maybe what they need is a reminder to go to bed rather than a tool to help them work in the middle of night.
Rampant Complexity
This tendency is hardly the bailiwick of 21st-century internet startups. Take One Laptop Per Child for example: an interesting, beneficent idea, to be sure, but it seems to me investing in mosquito nets, immunizations, education, human rights and safety for every child in the developing world may cost less, be more immediately useful, and go a bit farther than giving a crank-powered Linux computer to a bunch of kids who could really use some clean water and the assurance they won't go blind before they finish reading their first book.
Beyond computers, the 1980s brought tremendous technological advances to musical instruments: synthesizers became mainstream, and piezo-electric pickups made it easy to amplify and record acoustic guitars--so easy, in fact, that the world collectively agreed to ignore their atrocious sound and to forget that sitting down in front of a single microphone really isn't all that hard.
Snatching Simple from the Jaws of Difficult
Note that this is not a paean to the Luddites. My main computer has a modern dual-core processor with obscene amounts of memory and more hard drives than I remember, because larger, separate hard drives mean worrying less about backups; but it's attached to a pair of giant 10-year-old CRT monitors, because the productivity and eye comfort of 3840 x 1440 vibrant, never-stuck pixels outweigh the benefit of lightweight, space-saving LCDs--the last time I physically had to move my monitors was over 4 years ago; space and weight savings are nice to have, but completely irrelevant.
I store recurring shopping lists into my phone (e.g., lists of hard-to-find books for the occasional bookstore trip, just in case), but jot down grocery lists on envelopes out of the recycle bin, because their useful life span (minutes, hours at the most) simply does not justify spending more than a second or two jotting items down. As long as I can scrawl "milk" faster than a phone, computer or PDA can wake up from standby, launch the shopping-list program and fix my virtual-keyboard typos into a sensible word, technology is a hindrance, not a solution. Sure, I could integrate the two lists and sync them to my Google account and set up reminders to buy Kleenex via SMS before I leave the office. But I have better things to do with my time.
Microsoft didn't come up with Sharepoint out of sheer boredom, perversity, or greed. Mailing Post-It Notes around doesn't scale very well if half your team is in Los Angeles and the other half in Manila. Of course technology is the right approach a lot of the time, maybe even most of the time. But if technology is good for many things, it's not necessarily good at them. Weigh the actual (not the hoped-for, or potential) benefits of using one method, against its implementation, evangelism, training, and maintenance costs. Don't pick a solution based on its ability to solve a problem you don't have, or almost never have. The burden of proof is on the complex approach, not the simple one--simplicity should always win unless there's a compelling reason to go the other way.
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Indeed. But aren't you the person who made fun of me for having actual paper on my desk?
roger March 17, 2010 at 7:56 AM
Possibly, but any opportunity for ribbing is a good opportunity. :)


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Fardokht Rezayi
ESR1: Application of Earth Abundant Metals (EAMs) for small molecule activation and C-C cross coupling
Prof. Damien M. Murphy (Cardiff University)
Prof. Sabine van Doorslaer (University of Antwerp)
Host institution: Cardiff University
Partner institutions: University of Antwerp, FAU, Bruker
Work package: WP3
Contact: RezayiS@cardiff.ac.uk
Fardokht Rezayi has obtained her Bachelor's degree in chemistry from the Dpt. of chemistry, Arak University, Iran. Later she received a master degree in organic chemistry from the Kharazmi University, Iran. Her Master thesis project entitled as "Synthesis and Characterization of polystyrenesulfonicacid/CMK-8 nanocomposite containing Nickel nanoparticles as a novel acid-metal Bi-functional Catalyst and It's application in one-pot reductive Amination of Aldehydes.". Currently, her research interest under PARACAT project focuses on Application of Earth Abundant Metals (EAMs) like Fe (I) and Ni (I) for small molecule activation and C-C cross coupling. She will study the Kumada and Negeshi cross coupling of aryl halides primarily as the test reaction. The focus will be in characterizing paramagnetic states, spin transitions and ligand stabilized radicals, which are not accessible by conventional spectroscopic methods
Paolo Cleto Bruzzese
ESR2: Activation of small molecules by cupric ions in MOFs and zeolites
Prof. Andreas Pöppl (University of Leipzig)
Prof. Mario Chiesa (University of Torino)
Host institution: University of Leipzig
Partner institutions: University of Torino, FAU, Bruker
Contact: paolo.bruzzese@uni-leipzig.de
Paolo Cleto Bruzzese obtained his Bachelor´s degree in Chemistry and Chemical Technologies at the University of Torino, Italy. Later, he received his Master's degree in Chemistry at the same institution, working on the computational modeling of MgCl2-based Ziegler-Natta catalyst. Throughout the preparation of his Master's thesis, he exploited CRYSTAL code on Leibniz Supercomputing Center (Garching, DE) in order to perform Quantum Mechanical (QM) calculations on complex and large models of MgCl2. His research within the PARACAT project focuses on the determination of the geometrical structure of reaction precursor and intermediate states involving Cu(II) ions in metal organic frameworks and zeolites by combining EPR experiments with DFT computations on complex models. The final aim is to understand the role of the spin carrying paramagnetic Cu(II) ions in the activation of CO2 and the conversion of methane to methanol.
Ilenia Serra
ESR3: Mechanistic insight in peroxidase activity towards industrial applications
Prof. Sabine van Doorslaer ( University of Antwerp)
Prof. Inés García-Rubio (University of Zaragoza)
Host institution: University of Antwerp
Partner institutions: University of Zaragoza, BOKU, BIOP
Contact: Ilenia.Serra@uantwerpen.be
Ilenia Serra obtained her Bachelor degree in Biotechnology at the University of Bologna, Italy. Later, she received a Master degree in Industrial Biotechnology from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, working on Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases, metallo-proteins acting on the recalcitrant biomasses. During the preparation of her Master's thesis, she spent three months as a training student at the University of York, England, where she focused on the use of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy for the study of copper-enzymes. Her research interest within the PARACAT project focuses on revealing mechanistic details of the reactions performed by two representatives of the peroxidase superfamily and the effect of incorporation of these proteins in nanoporous materials with the perspective of a future industrial exploitation.
Leonora Podvorica
ESR4: Paramagnetic active sites in Ziegler-Natta catalysts
Host institution: University of Torino
Partner institutions: University of Antwerp, LYB, INN
Contact: Leonora.Podvorica@unito.it
Leonora Podvorica obtained her Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina", Kosovo, working on the synthesis of some new Schiff bases and the evaluation of antibacterial activity in vitro. Later, she received a Master degree in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry from the University of Prishtina, working on the method development for thorough characterization of surface modified polymeric particles used in anion exchange chromatography. Throughout the preparation of her Master's thesis, she spent five months as an exchange student at the University of Umeå, Sweden. During this time she worked on the evaluation of the swelling properties, mechanical and pH stability; determination of the surface and pore size, as well as of ion-exchange capacity and chromatographic testing to characterize retention and selectivity of the packing prototype materials, developed by Diduco AB Company, Sweden. Her research interest within the PARACAT project focuses on exploring new direct insight into the elusive active paramagnetic species of polymerization catalysts and their role in the microscopic reversibility of the olefin polymerization process.
Yu-Kai Liao
ESR5: The role of Cr paramagnetic states in olefin polymerization over Phillips Catalysts
Partner institutions: University of Leipzig, FAU, LYB
Contact: yukai.liao@unito.it
Yu-Kai Liao studied Mathematics and Physics at the National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. Then he obtained his Master's degree in Physics at the University of Leipzig, Germany, working on continuous wave Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (cwEPR) investigations on paramagnetic ions incorporated at metal sites in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as probes for characterizing the local geometry of the frameworks. His research within the PARACAT project focuses on the mechanism of the Phillips catalyst by studying the role of Cr species as active sites under different olefin polymerization conditions; and the quantitative study of the relation between the zero-field splitting (ZFS) parameters and the geometry of the Cr active species.
Kavipriya Thangavel
ESR6:Elucidation of the role of paramagnetic valence states of chromium, vanadium, and iron in bimetallic MIL-100 and MIL-101 MOF catalysts
Prof. Damian M. Murphy (Cardiff University)
Partner institutions: Cardiff University, FAU, University of Torino, LYB
Contact: kavipriya.thangavel@uni-leipzig.de
Ms. T. Kavipriya, has obtained her Bachelor's and Master's degree in Physics from the Dpt. of Physics, Bharathiar University, India with the Master thesis project entitled as "Microwave Assisted Combustion Synthesis of BaFe12O19 and Its Magnetic Properties". Later, she received her Master of Philosophy from the Dpt. of Nuclear Physics, Madras University, India and completed her project entitled as "Effect of Spin interactions on the Lande splitting factor in NiFe2O4 inverse spinel". Afterwards, she joined the Dpt. of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM, India) as a Junior Research Fellow and worked on 'Tracking Structural and Magnetic Transition in Electron doped Manganite Oxide (RE1-xCaxMnO3) by Neutron Powder Diffraction & Its Magnetocaloric Properties'. Currently, her research interest under PARACAT project focuses on investigating the incorporation of high spin transition metal ion species like, Cr(III), V(III) and Fe(III) in bimetallic MIL -100 and MIL-101 metal organic frameworks (MOF's) for the catalytic applications.
Antonino Famulari
ESR7: Towards tuning CYP450 reactivity study of the oxidation cycle of CYP116B5 using H2O2
Prof. Inés García Rubio (University of Zaragoza)
Host institution: University of Zaragoza
Partner institutions: University of Torino, INN, BIOP
Contact: tonyfamulari@unizar.es
Antonino Famulari obtained his Bachelor's and Master's degree in Chemistry at the University of Messina, Italy. In both, he worked on organic synthesis centered in the production of glucosidic Oligo(Phenylene-Ethynylene)s biocompatible photosensitizers that may be applied in photodynamic therapy. His research interest within the PARACAT project focuses on understanding the reaction mechanism and the nature of reactive intermediates of cytochromes P450 in two bacterial model enzymes: the CYP102A1 and the CYP116B5. They exhibit a different hydroxylation pathway from each other and one of them, the CYP116B5, is particularly appealing from the biocatalytic point of view since no expensive electron source donor and reduction partners are necessary to carry out the reaction.
Maruan Alberto Bracci
ESR 8: Studying the role of proximal heme ligation in the reactivity of compound I by hyperfine spectroscopy
Partner institutions: University of Antwerp, University of Torino, BIOP
Contact: bracci47@unizar.es
Maruan Alberto Bracci obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry at the University of Camerino, Italy. Later, he received a Master's Double Degree in Chemistry and Advanced Chemical Methodologies from the University of Camerino, Italy, and the University of Catamarca, Argentina, working on preparation and characterization of enzymatic aggregates of laccase (CLEAs) from the cultivation of Trametes sp. His interest in the PARACAT project is focused on the development and the optimization of methods for trapping, stabilizing and identifying short-lived reaction intermediates of peroxidase, catalase, chloroperoxidase and P450 enzymes. The final aim is to map the spin density at the axial position of the heme, using a multifrequency approach, and to provide a comprehensive picture of structure-function relations in these enzymes.
David Fioco
ESR 9: Advanced EPR study of Cr and Co paramagnetic metal centers in catalysis
Partner institutions: University of Torino, University of Antwerp, Bruker
Work package: WP4/WP5
Contact: FiocoD@cardiff.ac.uk
Mr. David Fioco obtained his Bachelor's degree in Chemistry at "Università La Sapienza di Roma" and his Master's degree in Chemistry from "Università di Pisa" with a Master thesis project titled: "Synthesis, characterization and properties of platinum(IV) complexes bearing triphenylphosphine". Within the PARACAT project his research primarily focuses on studying the chemical and photoactivation of Cr complexes related to the oligomerization of ethylene in the synthesis of 1-hexene and the mechanism of Co catalysts involved in the oxidation of para-xylene.
Andrea Guidetti
ESR 10: Combined EPR-DFT methodology to gain mechanistic insights in transition-metal catalysed oxidation reactions of organic molecules
Partner institutions: Cardiff University, INN, Bruker
Contact: Andrea.Guidetti@uantwerpen.be
Andrea Guidetti achieved his bachelor's degree in Chemistry at the University of Padova, Italy working on the computational optimization of the conformation of diacids enclosed in a molecular cage. He later obtained his master's degree at the same institution, with a thesis on the use of supramolecular cages functionalized with metal as chemometric tools via principal component analysis of spectroscopic data. His research interest within the PARACAT project is focused on gaining mechanistic insights on oxidation reactions catalysed by common transition metal complexes developing a combined EPR/DFT technique, and to map the influence that the nature of the metal centre and the ligand have on the homogeneous catalysis reaction.

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Glitch Wars Explanation & Evolution
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Abwayax
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This is an intro I used when I posted the site on a Pokemon glitch forum back in 2005. I rediscovered it and annotated it to illustrate the revisions made to the plot and concept between then and now. It could serve both to explain wtf is going on and to highlight the evolution of the series over the years (Yes, it took me years to come up with this crap)
(Title was originally "The War Continues" but that sounded too dorkish)
This is meh fanfic. It's about a 30+ year old guy named Abwayax and a 1000+ year old phoenix (named The Phoenix, obviously) (Note: The character Argo Phoenix used to be an actual phoenix) who are members of a secret organization. Teh exciting, isn't it? *sarcasm*
Anyway, this organization, called the Pokemon/Glitch Police (or PGP) (Note''' Name was changed to Pokemon/Glitch Patrol in 2007 I presume), keeps the peace in a world ravaged by two criminal teams. The first, Team Normal, seeks to destroy all Glitches (single-cellular organisms who created an empire long ago and are the evolutionary precursors of normal people and Pokemon), led by a Council, which is led (currently) by a woman called Fran. The second is the Glitch Protection Syndicate, which on the front protects Glitches from the acts of Team Normal and other anti-Glitchists. Behind that front, however, is an organization dedicated to taking over the world and re-establishing the ancient Glitch Empire. GPS' leader, Jacred, is supposedly the direct descendant of the Glitch Emperor himself.
Note: The following contains spoilers that would reveal what happens in the 3rd Glitch Zone book (which I also wrote), but to heck with Glitch Zone, I've dropped it. Go guess what Red does. So take this spoiler instead, so you're up to date.
Four years before this story (which takes place in 1997), a boy named Red was inducted into the PGP (The PGP's neophyte practices were disowned long ago). Team Normal attempted to destroy Glitch City with several bombs, in what they called Plan Extermination. Extermination was thwarted by Agent ?|agents ? and Nob, however we had paid a price.
The PGP was previously led by a Council, much like Team Normal's. The council was staffed by highly intelligent Pokemon (Note: The Council was changed to humans in 2007, although they keep the Pokemon names as codenames) (who spoke English BTW): Brent (Note: Given the full name of Brent Duke in the revision) (the leader, a Machamp), Veronica (Note: Named Veronica Duke, is now Brent's sister) (Brent's wife, vice leader, another Machamp), Kendra (Note: Kendra Vermillion) (a Raichu), Lance (Note: Lance Voll) (a Ponyta), Beth (Note: Beth Farland) (a Poliwhirl), Ryan (Note: Ryan Marsh) (a Psyduck), and Ethel (Note: Ethel Williams) (the only human (Note: See above for humanity notes), a wise Sage). During Plan Extermination, Team Normal sent freelance assassin Owen, a similarly intelligent Raticate (Note: Owen Baker is not a Raticate in the revision), to assassinate the Council members. In all the chaos that ensued, only Kendra and Ethel escaped. Their whereabouts are unknown.
Agent ? has since taken leadership of PGP.
For four years since, nothing happened (Note: Not true, in fact, when I get around to it I'll write about what happened in that time period). We assumed Glitch Protection Syndicate and Team Normal were each readying another plan. We were right. They had waited for years, assuming we'd get bored or something. Then, at September 1997, Glitch Protection Syndicate made the first move.
(Note: The story is narrated in the first person)
Intro from TGS2:
First of all... This story is cool (Note: Not really... lol j/k). Really cool. If you don't read it, you'll probably go through the rest of your life feeling... empty. Like you missed a big opportunity. Well, this is it. Adventures of Abwayax and Phoenix, the sensational adventures (Note: Excessive use of hyperbole to attempt to goad passers-by into reading a shitty fanfic) of secret agents Abwayax, 34 (Note: 32 in the revision), and The Phoenix, 1000 (Note: Argo Phoenix is a 19-year-old boy in the revision). They are members of a secret underground group known as the Pokemon/Glitch Police (or PGP) (Note: Pokemon/Glitch Patrol in the revision), who keep the peace in this time of tension and conflict.
The PGP itself was founded a while back (I think sometime in 1991 (Note: 1990 in the revision. Kinda weird because later on the intro states that the organization was founded in 1992)) by a wise Sage named Ethel, who had somehow forseen the need for a peace-keeping group. She was able to find a number of helpers: intelligent Pokemon (Note: Humans in the revision, who use Pokemon names as codenames) who shared her ideals: Brent (a Machamp), Veronica (another Machamp, Brent's wife), Kendra (a Raichu), Beth (a Poliwhirl), Lance (a Ponyta), and Ryan (a Psyduck). These unusual Pokemon and Ethel together formed a Council, with Brent at the head. For three years, this Council surveilled Pokemon trainers around the world who they thought would be good additions to their team. When the time came, they asked them. They all said yes... back then, it was said the Council (Beth especially) had extremely powerful techniques of persuasion (and no, we're not talking torture (or hypnosis either) here). I was one of those selected... in fact, here's the list of Original Members:
* Me (Note: Given the full name of Abwayax Kauchaomai in the revision; formerly, he was known as "Professor Glitch" and his (assumed) last name was thus "Glitch") (a Scientist, later promoted to Agent)
* ? (a Super Agent/Gym Leader (Note: The Glitch Mountain League idea is for the most part dropped and does not recur in the storyline with the exception of Prelude to Total War#Book_3:7_Return_to_the_Glitch_Zone_.282002.29|3:5))
* STPkBP (a Super Agent/Inspector)
* Nob (Note: Given the full name of Nob Macmillian in the revision) (an Agent/Juggler)
* Old Man Garrett (Note: Full name Garrett Osborn) (an Agent)
* Dr. Quinn (Note: Full name Quinn Quagmire) (a Scientist)
* Doug (Note: Full name Doug Nickelback) (an Agent/Gentleman, best friend of Alfred)
* Alfred (Note: Full name Alfred Finnigan) (an Agent/Gentleman, best friend of Doug)
* Lewis (Note: Full name Lewis Falcon) (a Teacher)
* Jo (Note: Full name Jo Kirill) (an Agent/Burglar, twin of Zoe)
* Zoe (Note: Full name Zoe Kirill) (an Agent/Burglar, twin of Jo)
This was essentially the staff of PGP during THE GLITCH ZONE (my other fanfic), plus a few students.
PGP members have several ranks:
* Council: obviously, the leaders
* Super Agent (Note: Agent Superior in the revision): another leadership rank, relayed info/missions from Council to rest and made battle plans
* Inspector: I dunno what these guys did... I think they inspected/supervised the headquarters and other members to make sure they were working
* Agent: did the dirty work
* Scientist: stayed safe in the lab, analyzing Glitches, ancient runes, and other things
* Teacher: taught classes in PGP Academy
* Graduate: those who graduated PGP Academy (which was tough, let me tell you) and occasionally got Agent or Scientist intern work
* Student: someone taking classes at PGP Academy
As I said, the times back then were full of conflic and tension. Especially between two demographics: the Glitches, and the Normals:
(Note: "Normal" does not refer to the Pokemon type Normal, but to non-glitched)
Glitches: Single-celled organisms covered in data who used to rule the world. In ancient times, they were a mighty Empire who used Humans and Normal Pokemon as slaves until the Human rebellion leader slayed the Glitch Emperor. At that moment, Glitches were driven off the newly-claimed Human land and slowly forgotten... The ancient Glitch ruins may still exist somewhere...
They found their way to an alternate dimension and established a world of their own, with no Humans or unglitched beings to bother them. Glitch City is the Capital of this new world. They also forgot the former Human slaves over time...
Humans and Normal Pokemon (The Unglitched): Evolutionary descendants of Glitches (Note: In the early drafts, this was a widely known fact, however, in the revised version the Humans' evolutionary line is unknown and one of the things that is unveiled near the end of the plot). When first found by the Glitch Emperor, they were deemed a slave race and put to work for thousands of years. Ancient Normality did not like this, so they striked back. When the Glitch Emperor was slain, the Glitches fled, out of the Normal eye for thousands of years... The Normals continued to build their world.
The two worlds lived seperate until 1971 (Note: This date is presumably now in the late 1930s.), when a Portal opened up near the Beach of Cinnabar. The first Glitches known to modern man, MissingNO. and 'M, came through this Portal. In 1976 the first Glitch was found by Man, and rumors flew (Note: Changed to 1943. Fun fact: Garrett is presumed to be the first Human who encountered MissingNo). Some said it was a computer virus; others said it was a clone gone wrong (Apparently, to this day the "clone" rumor is prevalent.).
Relations opened up between the two Worlds in 1979. While the existence of Glitches were kept secret from the general population (except for the rumors), people came to suspect the government was hiding something. These Glitch-hunters found Glitch City sometime in the early '80s (Note: 1965 in the revised version). When the existence of a new world of glitches was revealed, Normal glitch scientists were ecstatic, and the general public finally learned of glitches.
And then came a phenomenon well known to humanity: intolerance. Ku Klux Klan-like groups formed for the sole purpose of going into Glitch City and wreaking havoc. These mini-Klans eventually gave way to a new group: Team Normal.
Team Normal was first established in 1987 (Note: 1986 in the revision). Its sole purpose is to destroy all Glitches. They believe Glitches are damage-causing virus-parasites and that the only thing they deserve is extinction. The founder of Team Normal was a woman named Fran (Note: Fran Willow). Along with her high-school buddies Caroline (Note: Caroline Bright), Carol (Note: Carol Lindberg), Irene (Note: Irene Johnson), Brenda (Note: Brenda Oliver), and Cassie (Note: Cassie Goering), she founded Team Normal and garnered lots of support among the Kanto people. She got many members. Among her members: Berke the Birdkeeper (Note: Berke Richardson), who enjoys collecting Flying Pokemon and lynching 'Ms (Note: No 'Ms were harmed in the making of this story), Hope the Skier (Note: Hope Smith), Hope's boyfriend Huey (Note: Huey MacDonald), and a whole gamut of Skiers and SnowBoarders who followed Hope (Note: These secondary Team Normal characters are not used in the later stories, although canonically they still exist - perhaps like the various Rockets that don't make many appearances throughout the cartoon series).
Protective Glitches created another organization to protect themselves: Glitch Protection Syndicate (GPS). While, in 1986 (Note: 1988 in the revision), it started out as a legitimate operation, the leader, Jacred (supposedly a direct descendant of the legendary Glitch Emperor) became obsessed with re-establishing his royal family's empire. Key members: Executive, a high-ranking administrator; PokePC, a powerful Glitch trainer; and Clefable, an expert on PokeWTrainers.
In 1989 the first big battle between the two groups occured. In Victory Road, the Battle of Victory Road (what else?) was tough. Many Pokemon were near death. Fortunately, no deaths occured (on either side).
Sage Ethel, worried about the Battle of Victory Road, got PGP together in 1992 (Note: 1990 in the revision). In 1993 (Note: actually should read 1994 due to a misreading of 1:2, which happens a year after 1:1, which happens in 1993), Team Normal's next big attack happened.
Team Normal planned to infilitrate Glitch City and detonate a bunch of bombs. Fortunately, we were able to stop them. But we suffered losses: During Plan Extermination, Team Normal sent freelance assassin Owen to assassinate all the Council members. In all the chaos that ensued, only Kendra and Ethel were able to escape. Their wereabouts are still unknown. STPkBP was also killed during a Team Normal siege of our HQ.
Four years later... this happens. What happened during those four years? Nothing (Note: Again, simply not true.) . How odd. o_O
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Re: Glitch Wars Explanation & Evolution
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OSWEGO, NY – The Oswego County Legislature's Community and Consumer Affairs Committee presents Deborah West with a certificate of appreciation for her 35 years of service.
West is a senior tax map technician with Oswego County Real Property Tax Services.
Pictured from left are legislators Committee Vice Chairman John Martino, District 6; Jacob Mulcahey, District 15; Committee Chairman Terry Wilbur, District 21; West; Debra Mullenax, director of Oswego County Real Property Tax Services; Mary Flett, District 17; Robert Hayes, Sr., District 10; and Daniel Chalifoux, District 19.


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Labor Activism Brings Spotlight to Freedom of Speech
Daniel Huchla
Have you ever wondered how your food is made? More specifically, have you ever wondered if your food is produced ethically? There is one approach that aims to promote compliant business.[i] The second approach is to expose unethical business practices through investigative journalism. For attempting to expose allegedly unethical practices Andy Hall faced the prospect of up to seven years in prison on the basis of the Thai law of defamation. What about freedom of speech and the press? Using U.S. law as a model, Thailand should modify its law to eliminate the possibility of criminal liability for defamation.
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Andy Hall, a British lawyer and academic, collaborated with Finnwatch, a Non-Governmental Organization based in Finland, as a researcher on labor standards in the Food Industry in Thailand.[ii] This venture resulted in the 2013 publication "Cheap Has a High Price", exposing immigration and labor issues related to specific producers of tuna and pineapple products in Thailand.[iii] As a result, Natural Fruit Company Ltd. lost business and brought suit against Andy Hall in Thailand alleging defamation.[iv] During the course of the multiyear litigation there was a degree of public outcry from elements of the international community on Andy Hall's behalf.[v] On September 20, 2016, the Bangkok South Criminal Court found Andy Hall guilty of criminal defamation and cybercrimes.[vi] Hall received a suspended three year sentence and a 150,000 baht ($4,300) fine.[vii] But, civil liability still looms in the distance, especially if Thailand follows res judicata, by which Hall could be precluded from arguing his civil liability since he has already been found criminally liable, which presumably has a higher standard of proof.[viii]
As a sovereign nation, Thailand has control over the laws and their application within its borders. The issue of domestic sovereignty echoes the common phrase "When in Rome do as the Romans do."[ix] Under Thai law, defamation can result in criminal and civil liability.[x] Criminal defamation is defined as "imput[ing] anything to the other person before a third person in a manner likely to impair the reputation of such other person or to expose such other person to be hated or scorned."[xi] Because Mr. Hall's work was published online (albeit in Finnish), he was additionally subjected to liability under the Computer Penal Code, which has stiffer penalties.[xii]
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Thailand does allow defenses in actions for defamation. A defendant may prove the truth of his statement, or if the plaintiff is a "subject of public criticism" the defendant may assert the statement was a "fair comment" made in "good faith."[xiii] In the case of Andy Hall it is uncertain where the gap exists that the defense of truth was unsuccessful. But, there has been criticism regarding the limited sample size for interviews, leading one to believe that the facts may not be inherently false, but just overgeneralized.[xiv] That this is sufficient to find liability is an unfortunate byproduct of a system that places the burden upon the defendant to prove truth.
What if Andy Hall had investigated a company in the United States instead? Under United States law, the company as Plaintiff would have to show that a false statement was made.[xv] Changing the burden of proof in this instance would have drastic effect. If the publication was just overgeneralized, it would be equally difficult to prove the statement was false in the United States as it was to prove that it was true in Thailand. Even if the company were able to prove the statement to be false there are further protections for speech in the United States. Depending on whether the company is considered private or public, they would additionally be required to show either negligence or knowing culpability ("actual malice") on behalf of Mr. Hall.[xvi] With all these protections, Mr. Hall likely would not have been found civilly liable for defamation in the United States. Within the U.S., there are several states that allow for criminal liability for defamation; but, these laws are confined by the same robust protections as civil defamation.[xvii]
However, these protections have not always existed in the United States. The law of defamation has evolved massively over the past sixty years in the United States. Prior to 1964, defamation allowed for per se liability.[xviii] Under this system, falsity was the only thing that needed to be proved.[xix] We don't have to look very far in United States history for some level of liability to be foreseeable. This change additionally reflects that legal reform is possible and valuable.
Going forward, what should be the reform priorities on this issue in Thailand? Ideally, the burden of proof should be shifted from the Defendant to the Plaintiff. Placing the burden upon the defendant can have a chilling effect on speech. The burden of proof coupled with criminal responsibility for defamation is guaranteed to limit speech. In this regard, Andy Hall is just the tip of the iceberg; a Thai woman is facing similar criminal charges for attempting to bring light to the alleged graphic murder of her relative.[xx]
Daniel Huchla is a third year law student at the University of Baltimore and a graduate of Miami University with a Bachelor of Music. During his undergraduate studies, he performed in an International Opera Festival located in Brazil. He also serves as Associate Managing Editor for the University of Baltimore Law Review. Areas of interest include Administrative Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Law, and National Security Law. He is currently a Law Clerk with the Law Offices of McCabe, Weisberg & Conway.
[i] http://fairtradeusa.org/about-fair-trade-usa/mission
[ii] http://www.finnwatch.org/en/news/408-andy-hall-found-guilty-in-a-shock-ruling-by-bangkok-court
[iii] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37415590
[iv] Id.
[v] See e.g. https://www.walkfree.org/andy-hall/
[vi] BBC, supra note iv.
[vii] Id.
[viii] Finnwatch, supra note iii; see e.g. Taylor v. Sturgell, 553 U.S. 880 (2008).
[ix] http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/when-in-rome-do-as-the-romans-do.html
[x] See Finnwatch, supra note iii.
[xi] https://www.samuiforsale.com/law-texts/thailand-penal-code.html#325
[xii] https://www.samuiforsale.com/law-texts/computer-crime-act.html
[xiii] http://kellywarnerlaw.com/thailand-defamation-laws/
[xiv] http://www.dw.com/en/rights-activist-andy-hall-sentenced-for-defaming-thailand-fruit-company/a-19562755
[xv] See Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. Hepps, 475 U.S. 767 (1986); 1 Law of Defamation § 5:13 (2d ed.).
[xvi] 1 Law of Defamation § 1:34 (2d ed.)
[xvii] http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/criminal-libel-statutes-state-by-state
[xviii] New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964).
[xix] Id.
[xx] http://www.prachatai.com/english/node/6590
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Lèse-majesté in 2016: Erdoğan's New Ottoman Empire and the European Press
Shane Bagwell
On April 15, 2016, German Chancellor Angela Merkel authorized the prosecution of comedian Jan Böhmermann under Article 103 of the German Criminal Code, a lèse-majesté law prohibiting "defamation of organs and representatives of foreign states."[1] The Article is so rarely used and outdated that many jurists were unaware of its very existence until recently. The case now heads to the German judiciary for potential prosecution, though the outcome is hardly certain to any of the parties involved. The Chancellor's announcement represents the broader situation in Europe, which is facing a refugee crisis, culture clash resulting from thousands of migrants entering the EU, and dwindling influence outside of its borders.
Lèse-majesté is an ancient concept dating back to the Romans, who made it a criminal offense to injure the sovereign power of the Roman people. The concept has shifted in its use over the years, and now includes certain crimes against the government as well. The current German law dates back to 1871, when Kaiser Wilhelm II expanded the definition to include non-royal heads of state in an effort to secure the country's ability to conduct diplomatic relations more effectively.
Turkey has been an associate member of the European Union since 1963, has been waiting for membership since 1987. However, numerous concerns about issues ranging from human rights to free speech have blocked their accession in one way or another. Since the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War though, Turkish influence over Europe has increased dramatically. A recent agreement between the EU and Turkey provides for more asylum seekers to remain in Turkey in exchange for EU cash assistance and other concessions (including renewed talks of Turkish accession).
As Europe has grown ever more reliant of Turkey and President Erdoğan for support during the refugee crisis, the Turkish government's sway over Brussels (and Berlin) has grown drastically. Although Germany was previously one of the leading and most vocal critics of Turkish accession to the EU, Chancellor Merkel's government has aggressively sought a warming of relations, some would say to the detriment of her own country's power and prestige. And, with recent German municipal elections strongly favoring a fresh tide of right-wing, anti-immigrant sentiments, she has reason to worry. Not only does the crisis have the power to potentially bring down her government, it could well lead to a collapse of the Union itself. As countries within the Schengen area have closed their borders to prevent the flow of asylum seekers, the cracks within Europe are beginning to show.
Within the last several months, Turkey has arrested scores of journalists and academics critical of the regime. Two journalists from the Turkist newspaper Cumhuriyet were tried for espionage after publishing a video that allegedly showed Turkey's intelligence agency funneling weapons into Syria.[2] In March, two cartoonists were sentenced to 11 months and 20 days in prison for insulting Erdoğan on the cover of Penguen magazine, on which a cartoon figure of Erdogan is welcomed to the presidential palace by a public servant. Erdoğan tells him, "But this is so dry. We could have at least slaughtered a journalist."[3] (A prime example of the President's penchant for irony) The crackdown on journalists and academics syncs up with the Turkish government's crackdown on Kurds in the southeast of the country, which has been subject to a media blackout, and has been harshly criticized by the free press group Reporters without Borders, whose Turkey page provides a truly damming assessment of free speech within Turkey. [4]
Unable to resist the temptation of lampooning Turkey's President over his increasingly dictatorial approach to governance, German comedian Jan Böhmermann released a video entitled "Erdowie, Erdowo, Erdoğan."[5] The video shows footage of Erdogan's most absurd public moments, intercut with crackdowns on protesters. "Equal rights for women: beaten up equally," the song goes, as police beat women with batons.[6] Shortly after the video was aired on German television, the German ambassador in Ankara was summoned before the Turkish government to answer for the affront.[7] Within days, Böhmermann was at it again, this time specifically to test the limits of the free speech laws in Germany. The German ambassador was summoned once again, but this time rather than a verbal lashing, it was to receive a formal complaint that was required for prosecution under Article 103. Chancellor Merkel was faced with a tough decision: support the free speech rights of the Germans (indeed all of Europe), but risk the deal that had been hard worked between the EU and Turkey, or bow to Turkish pressure and cede German prestige and power to assure the agreement's future. Unfortunately, Chancellor Merkel failed to remember that petulant and brutish tyrants such as Erdoğan will only be emboldened by concessions, a lesson which the rest of the world learned dealing with Germany in the 1930's.
Erdoğan's response to Böhmermann has been to say, "I'm not some sort of tyrannical leader that is hostile to a free press, and to show it, I'm going to request that a foreign government prosecute a comedian for making fun of me." The inability to recognize the irony of the situation only stands to bolster the argument that Erdoğan might need a lesson in what a "sense of humor is." Free speech advocates around the world have lined up behind Böhmermann, not because his crass and offensive poem itself was valuable to the public discourse, but because art sometimes requires a shock to the senses in order to stimulate the discussion which this affair has.[8] The authorization for prosecution by Chancellor Merkel represents Germany's bowing to the power of the new Ottoman Empire, and an abandonment of the core values which Europe seeks to protect. Perhaps the greatest joke here is that concerns such as these have been the largest impediment to Turkey's accession to the Union. Now we wait to see who has the last laugh.
Shane Bagwell is a 3L at the University of Baltimore School of Law, and a graduate of West Chester University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He currently serves as the President of the Military Law Association. His interests are Middle Eastern politics, international conflicts, and the law of land warfare. He is currently a law clerk for the Office of the State's Attorney for Baltimore City, Economic Crimes Division.
[1]Strafgesetzbuch (StGB) (Penal Code) § 103
[2]'I'm not at war with press,' says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, CNN, 31 March 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/31/middleeast/recep-tayyip-erdogan-amanpour-interview/ (last visited 17 April 2016)
[3]Cartoonists convicted for insulting Turkey's President, Zeynep Bilginsoy and Ivan Watson, CNN, 26 March 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/26/world/turkey-cartoonists-conviction/ (last visited 17 April 2016)
[4]Reporers Without Borders, Turkey, https://rsf.org/en/turkey (last visited 17 April 2016)
[5]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2e2yHjc_mc
[6]Erdowie Erdowo Erdogan The Video That Made Turkey Mad Enough to Summon the German Ambassador, Foreign Policy Watch, http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/29/watch-erdowie-erdowo-erdogan-the-video-that-made-turkey-mad-enough-to-summon-the-german-ambassador/ (last visited 4/15/2016).
[7]Turkey asks Germany to prosecute comedian over Erdoğan poem, The Guardian, 11 April 2016, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/11/turkey-germany-prosecute-comedian-jan-bohmermann-erdogan-poem (last visited 17 April 2016)
[8]Künstler solidarisieren sich mit Böhmermann, Die Zeit, 13 April 2016, http://www.zeit.de/kultur/film/2016-04/jan-boehmermann-satire-solidaritaet-prominente-offener-brief (last accessed 17 April 2016) (auf Deutsch) (in German)
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Exhibition view.
Memory of the Land, 2017. Video, 12'50".
Memory of the Land
Samira Badran
10 October 2017 – 11 January 2018
Within the framework of its 'Falastin al Hadara' program, Darat al Funun presents a number of exhibitions that look at both pioneering and contemporary art in Palestine.
Darat al Funun is proud to present the first viewing in the Arab world of Samira Badran's new animated movie Memory of the Land (2017), together with a selection of pre-production sketches, photographs, and video scenes. Memory of the Land presents an artistic and distressing vision of the human condition under the yoke of different forms of violence, and of collective memory and identity as forms of resilience.
Set in Palestine, the film follows the journey of the main character trapped at a checkpoint - an essential mechanism of the Israeli occupation - looking for a way out of reality, while its body is pierced by structural and physical violence, aggressive and arbitrary, preventing free movement and attacking its existence.
Mirroring and complementing the diversity of artistic techniques used by Badran (acrylic paint on paper, collage, ink drawing, pencil drawing, manual interventions on photography, and various animation techniques), sound and language play an important role in the film's narrative. It is used poetically as a tool for dialogue and reflection on the one hand, while the checkpoint military orders are represented by an invented language expressing aggressive sounds of violence.
Memory of the Land (2017), 12'50"
Director and art direction: Samira Badran.
Screenplay by Samira Badran and Oriol Martin Gual.
Co-produced by Jaume Serra.
Director of animation, editing, and post-production by Oriol Martin Gual.
3D animation by Pol Cayuela Rull and Àlex Guitart.
Sound design by Lucas Ariel Vallejos.
Poem by Mireia Calafell.
Invented language created and performed by Yolanda Cañardo.
Samira Badran: Memory of the Land, Nafas Art Magazine, November 2017
Aesthetics of distress and hope: Two complementary exhibitions showcase Palestine's rich cultural heritage, Jordan Times, December 2017
Interview: Samira Badran, director of Memory of the Land, March 2018, Glasgow Short Film Festival
Libya 1954 (Palestinian). Lives and works in Barcelona.
The pomegranate and the sleeping ghoul
Jumana Emil Abboud
10 October 2017 - 11 January 2018


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Home International Rugby League News Palestine Palestinian youngster adds to rugby league education in Salford
Palestinian youngster adds to rugby league education in Salford
Date: 17/9/1
Palestine Rugby League has taken a further step forward with one of its many talented youngsters, Khaled Issa, having trained with Super League club Salford Red Devils.
The invitation came from Salford's Palestinian owner Dr Marwan Koukash who hails from Burin in the West Bank and was keen to assist the Palestinian Rugby League and establish a permanent link, after initial discussions with them in London last month.
Issa, who was born in Lebanon, lives in Palestinian refugee camp Borj al Barajne and was introduced to the sport there by PRL founders, brothers Ahmad and Rabie El Masri.
Ahmad El Masri spent a week with the Hull FC first team in early 2011 gaining experience and he, along with Rabie, Issa and another young Palestinian player, Samir Souri, have all received coach-tutor training.
Issa trained with the Salford Academy and first team squad under the guidance of Head Coach Iestyn Harris.
PRL General Secretary George Clarke commented: "We hope Khaled is one of many more to come across, his experiences will be greatly beneficial and we're confident he can translate them to help develop his peers".
PRL founder Rabie El Masri added: "Khaled is just the start of what we see as a long term project. We are confident this can become a regular link with more youngsters coming to train with Salford and it will boost our development programme".
"We hope to introduce a domestic competition in the West Bank over the next few years to provide us with a good platform for international fixtures. On behalf of the PRL I'd like to thank Dr Koukash, (Salford CEO) Martin Vickers and (actor and funder) David Morrissey for helping us with this project".
"This is a fantastic opportunity for Khaled, he'll get some great experience training alongside some top players and in a professional environment," said RLEF Middle East and Africa Director Remond Safi. "It shows the enthusiasm for rugby league in the region and we hope to see more players from MEA walk the path of Khaled over the coming years."
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Reaction from Euro nations to new Rugby League world rankings
Further rugby league expansion in Africa, and Montenegro granted Observer status


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Q: Cannot install Hostapd in Porteus (Slackware) I'm trying to install hostapd (to share laptop's Wi-Fi) into Porteus (I guess it's a slackware based distro). I've tried usm -s hostapd, it said:

driver_nl80211.c:21:31: warning: netlink/genl/genl.h: No such file or
  directory

Then I found this and install libnl-1.0pre8 (I don't know whether I did it right or not) but anyway I have this error:
In file included from /usr/local/include/netlink/genl/genl.h:15:0,
                 from ../src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c:19:
/usr/local/include/netlink/netlink.h:27:29: fatal error: linux/ip_mp_alg.h: No such file or directory
 #include <linux/ip_mp_alg.h>
                             ^
compilation terminated.
make: *** [../src/drivers/driver_nl80211.o] Error 1

So what should I do to install hostapd properly?

A: you need a newer libnl. libnl3 should be fine http://packages.slackware.com/?r=slackware-current&p=libnl3-3.2.21-i486-1.txz

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More layoffs at L.A. tech company Spot Runner
By Alana Semuels
Nov. 3, 2008 7:29 PM PT
The economy hasn't been kind to many companies (the L.A. Times among them) that have been forced to lay off staff as advertising revenue shrinks. This includes one-time start-up hot shot Spot Runner, the L.A. company that was created to help small businesses make ads and place them on TV.
Spot Runner today laid off 115 people, just under 30% of its staff, 12 weeks after it fired 50 workers. Today's layoffs were first reported by PaidContent.
'There's been an unprecedented change in the economic climate, and we are anticipating a change in the demand for advertising services,' Spot Runner spokeswoman Rosabel Tao said. 'We wanted to get ahead of the advertising changes.'
Spot Runner will return to its core business of helping companies create video ads and get them in front of consumers, Tao said. In March, it acquired online ad firm Weblistic, which sold local ads, but Tao said that division would be downsized.
During the last round of layoffs, the company said it planned to hire 60 more employees. It has hired about half of that number, Tao said. 'The world has changed a lot in the last six weeks or so,' she said.
Although Spot Runner anticipates a difficult advertising climate in 2009, Tao said there was reason to be optimistic. The company is upgrading its measurement tools to help advertisers better evaluate their returns on investment and working on technology to streamline the way TV advertising is planned, bought and sold, Tao said.
Besides, Spot Runner raised $51 million in May, from investors such as Groupe Arnault/LVMH and Legg Mason Capital Management. Even if the world ends, the company still has a lot of cash. 'The upside is we're in a very strong financial position,' Tao said.
-- Alana Semuels
Alana Semuels is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times.


Having joined the Banque de France in 2013, Pierre worked in banking supervision teams, especially within the framework of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM). Since July 2016, he is expert at the newly created Fintech-Innovation unit of the French banking and insurance supervisor (ACPR). He is member of the Task force on financial technology at the Basel Committee and member of the Sub-Group on Innovative Product at the European Banking Authority. He holds a Masters degree in Economics and Public Policy from both Sciences Po Paris and École Polytechnique.
Aldous runs the Artificial Intelligence practice in Financial Services Technology Consulting at PwC UK. He is leader in the field of applied AI in financial services, having spent much of the past decade designing and implementing Machine Learning technology, first as a portfolio manager in the banking and asset management industries, and more recently for PwC's clients.
Simon has spent 30 years as an editor and publisher specializing in wholesale financial markets, particularly the technology intensive areas of derivatives, securities trading, cash management, FinTech and cybersecurity. He has contributed to publications from The Economist to Time Magazine, been editor of Euromoney, and has sat as Executive Director on the main board of a FTSE-250 listed media company. His current focus is on cybersecurity and cyber-risk management in banks and other large global MNCs.
John Collins is Founding Partner at FS Vector, a strategic consulting and advisory firm serving innovative financial technology companies. John previously worked as Head of Policy at Coinbase and as Vice President of International Policy at the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade. He is a former Senior Advisor to the US Senate Homeland Security Committee and led Congress' first work into digital currencies and blockchain technology in 2013. John serves as an affiliate of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University where he helps lead the Center's Digital Finance Initiative.
Romain Dumas is a Managing Director of Credit Suisse in the Global Markets division, based in London. He is in charge globally of Rates Repo & Collateral trading. Mr. Dumas joined Credit Suisse in 2004 as a government bond trader, from Lehman Brothers, where he spent eight years in government bond trading. He previously worked for Merrill Lynch, first in corporate finance and then as a Government Bond trader. Mr Dumas started his career with the Ministry of Defence in France working on communication systems for the battlefield.
Adriana specializes in financial regulatory policy issues affecting the Digital and Innovative agendas, PSD2, Cyber, Data protection, taxation, Securitisation and shadow banking reforms. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Ms. Ennab' s career spanned repo trading, marketing and product management for Merrill Lynch, Tradition Government Securities and Goldman Sachs in Asia, London and New York. She has also run various private ventures in Asia and London.
Ms. Ennab holds a BS in Management and Marketing from New York University and an MBA from Fordham School of Business Management.
Muriel Faure has spent the vast majority of her career working in asset management as founder and CEO of a leading French asset manager specialised in international digital equities dedicated to professional investors. She is member of the board of the French financial markets authority (AMF). She is also Head of Innovation committee at the French asset management association (AFG). She graduated of ESSEC Business School and French Society of Financial Analysts (SFAF).
Ayaz is global head of Reference Data Technology, responsible for driving the firm's internal and external reference data strategy. His team manages the firmwide datasets for products, clients, accounts and reference prices. Previously, Ayaz served as the technical architect on the MiFID II program, driving the firm's Platform and Data strategy as the firm prepared for the implementation of the directive.
Ayaz serves on the board of DROIT Financial Technologies and is co-chair of the Market Infrastructure and Technology Oversight Committee at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA).
Simon is a Managing Director at UBS Investment Bank, where he is Head of Change for the FX, Rates and Credit businesses and also Programme Lead for the Investment Bank's MiFID II implementation programme.
Piya Khanna is the Head of Global Markets Technology and Process Group at Crédit Agricole CIB. She has extensive experience in financial services technology delivery and change management.
She started her career at UBS in Zurich and joined the eFX team in London in 2001, where she was responsible for the eFX Cash products and channels. She joined Standard Chartered in 2006 where she was appointed Global Head of FX and Commodities eChannels Product Management, in 2008. Prior to joining CACIB, Piya worked at RBC as a Business Architect in Fixed Income and Currencies IT.
Piya Khanna has an Honours degree in Zoology from Delhi University.
In 2013, he discovered Bitcoin and the blockchain technology that struck him as the fourth industrial revolution. He then opened La Maison du Bitcoin, the French Bitcoin Center, before co-founding Ledger with the ambition to build the next European technological giant and raised a Series B round of $75 million in 2018. Ledger has since sold over 1 million Nano S hardware wallets globally and recently launched Ledger Vault, a multi-authorization cryptocurrency wallet management solution enabling financial institutions to safe-keep their funds.
David Ostojitsch is the Director of the Technology and Operations Division at the Association for Financial Markets Europe (AFME). In this role, David brings together members representing the leading global and European banks to engage on matters of policy, advocacy and thought leadership, in three priority areas: FinTech and Emerging Technologies, Cybersecurity, and Industry Utilities.
Before joining AFME, David was a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, specialising in IT Strategy and Technology Transformation in capital markets, investment management and insurance. Prior to management consulting, David held roles in UK retail banking and IT outsourcing.
Satya Pemmaraju is founder and CEO of Droit Financial Technologies. Prior to founding Droit, Satya was Managing Director in FICC Trading at UBS Investment Bank.
Satya is a mathematician by training with a B.S. from MIT and a PhD from Northwestern University.
Alicia Pertusa is Head of Strategy in BBVA Customer Solutions. She leads global innovation and transformation projects for retail customers and corporate clients, bridging current business needs with cutting edge technology developments and new industry business models.
In her role, Alicia covers two complementary angles: strategic understanding of the financial industry transformation, and impact on the bottom line of the businesses, and implementation of innovation projects with fintech and consolidated tech and infrastructure providers.
Also, since 2016 Alicia co-chairs AFME (Association for Financial Markets) Technology and Operations Committee.
Richard leads Google Cloud Customer Engineering for Financial Services, based in London. Richard and his team advise executives at Google's strategic customers on how to use Google's technology to transform their businesses. Richard has worked with several Global and European financial institutions spanning Investment and Retail banking, Insurance and Payments Providers and Fintech start-ups. Richard joined Google in early 2016; prior to that, Richard worked in Management Consulting advising clients across sectors on technology outsourcing, cloud adoption and technology investment.
Stefan Reininger is Managing Partner of LPA and head of the software department. Together with his team of IT and capital market experts, he develops and implements ground-breaking digital solutions for investment banks and manufacturers of financial instruments. Recent activities include the successful launch of integrated applications to comply with MiFID II and the PRIIPS regulation for Global and European financial institutions.
During his career, Stefan worked as entrepreneur, financial engineer, derivatives sales manager and software engineer. Stefan is CFA chartholder and studied business informatics at the TU Darmstadt.
Philip Saunders is a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, responsible for Cross Divisional Projects and Architecture in EMEA.
Philip's team leads a number of large business, regulatory and engineering initiatives for the firm, such as the recent MiFID II program. He has been at Goldman Sachs since 2001.
Dr Rupesh Srivastava is a Technology Associate in our User Engagement Team. His role is to be a bridge between the latest cutting edge scientific research and industry and to help commercialise the technologies being developed in the goal towards creating a quantum computer.
Rupesh has more than 20 years' experience working in the software industry in start-ups and as a freelance technical consultant.
His background is in Physics and he holds a PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London, on Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy of Diamond.
Christopher is Executive Director for Strategy and Competition and a member of the FCA Board. He is responsible for policy, strategy, competition, economics, market intelligence, consumer issues, communications and FCA Innovate. He is a non-executive board member of the Payment Systems Regulator.
Christopher joined the FCA in January 2013.
Prior to this he has held senior roles at Ofcom, the BBC and in the civil service. He is a Sloan Fellow of London Business School.


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Australian Federal Police officer Narelle Jensz, right, with Wylie, while he was being operated on at the Kandahar base in Afghanistan.
The Australian (hat tip Religion of Peace). has a moving report on the humane efforts of Australian Federal Police officer Narelle Jensz to rescue Afghan dogs—viewed as "unclean" in Islam—and therefore wantonly brutalized by local Muslims.
In her 10-month tour, the 37-year-old has treated countless dogs and successfully adopted 15 Afghan strays out to returned coalition soldiers across the world, many of whom have testified to the rehumanising impact of their animal companions.
Wylie, the Afghan mutt, was rescued in February by a convoy of British soldiers on patrol in a Kandahar bazaar, where a dog-fighting crowd was beating the smaller dog with lumps of wood to force the last fight out of him.
Remarkably he did but his torments were far from over.
Two weeks later Jensz received another call. Local dog fighters had cut off Wylie's ears and had scalped him in the process, before using the same homemade knife to cut his muzzle wide open from his nose to under his eye. He was patched up again by Jensz and a team of Australian Defence Force doctors only to return from his perilous forays outside the base with new injuries — a stab wound to the chest and a savagely docked tail.
Wylie's refusal to submit became legendary around the Kandahar base.
With the help of a British and a US soldiers' animal companion fund, Wylie was evacuated to London via Kabul six weeks ago to begin the long road of quarantine hurdles that Jensz hopes will eventually bring him to Australia and her wildlife rescue property just outside Canberra.
In Sharifabad the dogs distinguished clearly between Moslem and Zoroastrian, and were prepared to go…full of hope, into a crowded Zoroastrian assembly, or to fall asleep trustfully in a Zoroastrian lane, but would flee as before Satan from a group of Moslem boys…The evidence points…to Moslem hostility to these animals having been deliberately fostered in the first place in Iran, as a point of opposition to the old (pre-Islamic jihad conquest) faith (i.e., Zoroastrianism) there. Certainly in the Yazdi area…Moslems found a double satisfaction in tormenting dogs, since they were thereby both afflicting an unclean creature and causing distress to the infidel who cherished him. There are grim…stories from the time (i.e., into the latter half of the 19th century) when the annual poll-tax (jizya) was exacted, of the tax gatherer tying a Zoroastrian and a dog together, and flogging both alternately until the money was somehow forthcoming, or death released them. I myself was spared any worse sight than that of a young Moslem girl…standing over a litter of two-week old puppies, and suddenly kicking one as hard as she could with her shod foot. The puppy screamed with pain, but at my angry intervention she merely said blankly, "But it's unclean." In Sharifabad I was told by distressed Zoroastrian children of worse things: a litter of puppies cut to pieces with a spade-edge, and a dog's head laid open with the same implement; and occasionally the air was made hideous with the cries of some tormented animal. Such wanton cruelties on the Moslems' part added not a little to the tension between the communities.


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I purchased my female jack russell in Oct. 2007 and as she got older her ears grew to almost the size of her body sticking straight up. I see that there is something called Prick ears, however, hers seem even larger like a cattle dogs ears on such a small body. I bought her as a purebred and the owners claim theirs are pure bred. Could there be a throw back gene of another type of terrier in the blood line? I wanted to use her to breed with my male, but now do not want to breed them if she is not pure.
Did you breed this female with the prick ears on purpose?
I have a prick eared female although have to say ears not as big as you are describing but point being just as adorable and loony she had 6 pups all with "normal" ears (but what's normal about jacks). When you bought this pup did you see the mother and father and did they have any other types of breed that they also bred? Would really like to see a photo of her if possible.
Hi, first of all Jack Russells are not a "purebreed", they are a "type". You can have the dam and sire with perfect ears and then have a litter with one or more having prick ears. And yes i would not breed this dog. It is not an indication that you were sold a "mixed". It happens even with the "best breeding practices". but it stops there. The prick eared dog is not bred.
Now did you purchase this puppy with a contract that says you are buying a puppy that is guaranteed to be able to be registered, shown and bred? Or did you buy with a pet puppy contract? Or did you get a breeder that just sold puppies with no contracts?
There are a lot of things that need to be researched and done to insure you get a puppy that is "breedable". The Jack Russell's have some genetic problems that you would not want to carry into a new litter. Eye problems and hearing problems at least. These can be very severe and painful if the dog has them. Reputable breeders do their very best to stop any breeding that would pass this on to new generations.I would recommend that you just love the dog you have with the prick ears and follow thru with your decision not to breed. If you choose to get a breeding quality puppy, research research research your breeders. I would highly recommend getting in touch with a JRTCA (Jack Russell Terrier Club of America) breeder. But I'm sure your puppy is adorable and loving. You will have a buddy for life. None of us are perfect. Good luck with your puppy. Send us pictures.


Which are the top twenty wineries in South Africa? Well, here's one plausible list, derived from my poll of a few dozen wine professionals: sommeliers, retailers and winewriters and judges, including four critics from the largest foreign market for Cape wine.
The list, with some analysis and commentary is published in today's (Thursday 5 April) Mail & Guardian, and they have put it on their website, here.


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Evaluating Stock-Trading Practices and Their Regulation, 42 J. Corp. L. 887 (2017) (with Merritt B. Fox). SSRN.
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Equity Crowdfunding: A Market for Lemons?, 100 Minnesota L. Rev. 561 (2015). SSRN.
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Co-author, Delaware Law as Lingua Franca: Theory and Evidence, 57 J.L. & Econ. 865 (2014) (with Brian J. Broughman and Jesse M. Fried). SSRN.
Co-author, Law and Entrepreneurial Opportunities, 98 Cornell L. Rev. 1533 (2013) (with D. Gordon Smith) (invited submission). SSRN.
Should Angel-Backed Start-Ups Reject Venture Capital?, 2 Mich. J. Private Equity & Venture Cap. L. 251 (2013). SSRN.
The New Exit in Venture Capital, 65 Vand. L. Rev. 1 (2012). SSRN.
Debt as Venture Capital, 2010 Ill. L. Rev. 1169 (2010). SSRN.
Financing the Next Silicon Valley, 87 Wash. U. L. Rev. 717 (2010). SSRN.
Individual or Collective Liability for Corporate Directors?, 93 Iowa L. Rev. 929 (2008). SSRN.
The (Not so) Puzzling Behavior of Angel Investors, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 1405 (2008). SSRN.
Co-author, Were the 1982 Merger Guidelines Old News?, 13 J. Comp. L. & Econ. 577 (Oxford 2017)(with Sarah L. Stafford). Online.
Justice Scalia and Sherman Act Textualism, 92 Notre Dame L. Rev. 2013 (2017) (invited submission). Online.
In Praise of All or Nothing Dichotomous Categories: Why Antitrust Law Should Reject the Quick Look, 104 Geo. L.J. 835 (2016). SSRN.
Co-author, Hobby Lobby, Corporate Law and the Theory of the Firm: Why For-Profit Corporations are RFRA Persons, 127 Harvard L. Rev. F. 273 (2014) (with Nathan B. Oman). SSRN.
Antitrust Federalism and State Restraints of Interstate Commerce: An Essay for Professor Hovenkamp, 100 Iowa L. Rev. 2161 (2015) (invited submission for Centennial Symposium). SSRN.
Antitrust, Regulatory Harm and Economic Liberty, 99 Iowa L. Rev. Bulletin 115 (2014). SSRN.
Robert Bork's Forgotten Role in the Transaction Cost Revolution, 79 Antitrust L.J. 953 (2014). SSRN.
Competition Policy and the Great Depression: Lessons Learned and a New Way Forward, 23 Cornell J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 255 (2014). SSRN.
Assorted Anti-Leegin Canards: Why Resistance is Misguided and Futile, 40 Fla. St. L. Rev. 908 (2013). SSRN.
Market Power and Contract Formation: How Outmoded Economic Theory Still Distorts Antitrust Doctrine, 88 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1291 (2013). SSRN.
Reframing the (False?) Choice Between Purchaser Welfare and Total Welfare: How the Partial Equilibrium Trade-off Model Distorts Normative Antitrust Debate, 81 Fordham L. Rev. 2197 (2013). (invited submission) SSRN.
Standard Oil as Lochner's Trogan Horse, 85 S. Cal. L. Rev. 783 (2012). SSRN.
Section 2 Enforcement and the Great Recession: Why Less (Enforcement) Might Mean More (GDP), 80 Fordham L. Rev. 1633 (2012). SSRN.
Reframing Antitrust in Light of Scientific Revolution: Accounting for Transaction Costs in Rule of Reason Analysis, 62 Hastings L.J. 457 (2010). SSRN.
Debunking the Purchaser Welfare Account of Section 2 of the Sherman Act: How Harvard Brought Us a Total Welfare Standard and Why We Should Keep It, 85 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 659 (2010). SSRN.
Competition and Market Failure in the Antitrust Jurisprudence of Justice Stevens, 74 Fordham L. Rev. 1775 (2006). SSRN.
Exclusive Dealing, the Theory of the Firm, and Raising Rivals' Costs: Toward a New Synthesis, 50 Antitrust Bulletin 371 (2005). SSRN.
Market Failure and Non-Standard Contracting: How The Ghost of Perfect Competition Still Haunts Antitrust, 1 J. Competition Law and Economics 21 (2005). SSRN.
Monopolization, Exclusion and the Theory of the Firm, 89 Minn. L. Rev. 743 (2005). SSRN.
Property, Aspen, and Refusals to Deal, 73 Antitrust L. J. 81 (2005). SSRN.
Property Rights and Intrabrand Restraints, 89 Cornell L. Rev. 553 (2004). SSRN.
Intrabrand Restraints and the Theory of the Firm, 83 N.C. L. Rev. 5 (2004). SSRN.
Price Theory, Competition, and the Rule of Reason, 2003 Ill. L. Rev. 77. SSRN.
The Team Production Theory of Corporate Law: A Critical Assessment, 43 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1629 (2002). SSRN.
Don't Disintegrate Microsoft (Yet), 9 Geo. Mason L. Rev. (2001). SSRN.
Farewell to the Quick Look: Redefining the Scope and Content of the Rule of Reason, 68 Antitrust L. J. 461 (2000). SSRN.
Liberty and Antitrust in the Formative Era, 79 B.U. L. Rev. 1 (1999). SSRN.
Monopoly Bundling in Cyberspace: How Many Products Does Microsoft Sell?, 44 Antitrust Bulletin 65 (1999). SSRN.
Regulation of Franchisor Opportunism and the Production of the Institutional Framework: Federal Monopoly or Competition Between the States?, 23 Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol. 61 (1999). SSRN.
Tying Meets the New Institutional Economics: Farewell to the Chimera of Forcing, 146 U. Penn. L. Rev. 1 (1997). SSRN.
Price Theory and Vertical Restraints: A Misunderstood Relation, 45 UCLA L. Rev. 143 (1997). SSRN.
Will, Judgment and Economic Liberty: Mr. Justice Souter and the Mistranslation of the Due Process Clause, 41 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. (1999). SSRN.
Antitrust Balancing in a (Near) Coasean World: The Case of Franchise Tying Contracts, 95 Mich. L. Rev. 111 (1996). SSRN.
Limitations on Corporate Speech: Protection for Shareholders, or Abridgement of Expression?, 2 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 305 (1993). SSRN.
Inadvertent Waiver of the Attorney-Client Privilege by Disclosure of Documents: An Economic Analysis, 23 Creighton L. Rev. 513 (1990). SSRN.
Beyond Gift and Bargain: Some Suggestions for Increasing Kidney Donations by Generating Trust in NEAD Chains, ___ Law & Contemp. Probs. ___ (forthcoming).
Commerce, Religion, and the Rule of Law, ___ J.L. Rel. & St. ___ (forthcoming). SSRN.
Reconsidering Contractual Consent: Why We Shouldn't Worry Too Much About Boilerplate and Other Puzzles, 83 Brook. L. Rev. 215 (2017). SSRN.
The Dignity of Commerce: Markets and the Moral Foundations of Contract Law, University of Chicago Press 2017.
Doux Commerce, Religion, and the Limits of Antidiscrimination Law, 92 Ind. L.J. 693 ( 2016). SSRN.
Need for a Law of Church and Market, 64 Duke L.J. Online 141 (2015). SSRN.
Co-Author, Hobby Lobby, Corporate Law and the Theory of the Firm: Why For-Profit Corporations are RFRA Persons, 127 Harvard L. Rev. F. 273 (2014) (with Alan Meese). SSRN.
Markets as a Moral Foundation of Contract Law, 98 Iowa L. Rev. 183 (2012). SSRN.
A Pragmatic Defense of Contract Law, 98 Georgetown L. J. 77 (2009). SSRN.
The Failure of Economic Interpretations of Contract Damages, 64 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 829 (2007). SSRN.
Book Review, Unity and Pluralism in Contract Law, 103 Mich. L. Rev. 1483 (2005). SSRN.
Corporations and Autonomy Theories of Contract: A Critique of the New Lex Mercatoria, 82 Denv. U. L. Rev. 101 (2005). SSRN.
Statutory Interpretation in Econotopia, 25 Pace L. Rev. 49 (2004). SSRN.
The Intellectual Property Hostage in Trade Retaliation, 76 Md. L. Rev. 169 (2016). SSRN.
Patents Absent Adversaries, 81 Brook. L. Rev. 1073 (2016). SSRN.
Free Trade in Patented Goods: International Exhaustion for Patents, 29 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 317 (2014). SSRN.
Tailoring Remedies to Spur Innovation, 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 733 (2012). SSRN.
Co-author, Were the 1982 Merger Guidelines Old News?, 13 J. Comp. L. & Econ. 577 (Oxford 2017) (with Alan J. Meese). Online.
Environmental Management Systems and Compliance at Small and Lightly Regulated Facilities: Evidence from the New Hampshire Hazardous Waste Program, 49 J. Reg. Econ. 292 (2016). Springer.
Standardization and the Impacts of Voluntary Program Participation: Evidence from Environmental Auditing, 43 Int'l Rev. L. & Econ. 10 (2015). Elsevier.
Do Carrots Work? Examining the Effectiveness of EPA's Compliance Assistance Program, 31J. Pol'y Analysis & Mgmt. 533 (2012). Wiley Online.
Private Policing of Environmental Performance: Does It Serve Public Goals?, 39 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 73 (2012). SSRN.
Co-author, Do Environmental Audits Improve Long-Term Compliance: Evidence from Manufacturing Facilities in Michigan, 40 J. Reg. Econ. 279 (2011). Online.
Outsourcing Enforcement: Principles to Guide Self-Policing Regimes, 33 Cardozo L. Rev. 2293 (2011). SSRN.
Self-Policing in a Targeted Enforcement Regime, 74 S. Econ. Rev. 934 (2008). JSTOR.
Can Consumers Enforce Environmental Regulations? The Role of the Market in Hazardous Waste Compliance, 31 J. Reg. Econ. 83 (2007). Springer.
Should You Turn Yourself In? The Consequences of Environmental Self-Policing, 26 J. Pol'y Analysis & Mgmt. 305 (2007). Wiley Online.
Does Self-Policing Help the Environment? EPA's Audit Policy and Hazardous Waste Compliance, 6 Vermont J. Envt. L. 1 (2005). Hein Online.
Progress Toward Title IX Compliance: The Effect of Formal and Informal Enforcement Mechanisms, 85 Soc. Sci. Qtr. 1469 (2004). Wiley Online.
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Property's Constitution, 101 Cal. L. Rev. 277 (2013). SSRN.
ABC v. Aereo and the Humble Judge, 9 NYU J.L. Liberty 81 (2015). SSRN.


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Nintendo has issued a press release stating that the Wii will not sell for over $250. They've also announced that they expect the Wii to sell 6 million units but the end of March worldwide. I think that the Wii will probably sell for around $250 with a game and two controllers, or for $200 with just a Wii and one controller, they seem the most likely prices.
Following its overwhelming debut at E3 2006, Nintendo today announced the current fiscal year unit shipment forecast for its new home game system, Wii™. Nintendo also confirmed that the price of the Wii system, which incorporates unique freehand control, will not exceed $250 in America, or ¥25,000 in Japan. The company plans to ship 6 million systems to retailers around the world between its launch in the fourth quarter of 2006 and the end of its fiscal year on March 31, 2007.
The projections are part of a full-year financial forecast that sees growth of 18 percent in sales globally, based on anticipated continuing strong demand for the Nintendo DS™ portable game system, as well as a successful launch for Wii.
That's good. The price is reasonable and I think people will rush to buy it.
And we need at least two controllers definitely, right?
YAY! I can't believe that they offer a reasonable price. Most of the third generation consoles are pretty high prices. The XBOX 360 is nearly $400 and the PS3 is nearly more than that! At least this will be a reasonable price.
I'm now greatly considering purchasing a Wii when it comes out. I already own a 360, but the Wii is really catching my interest.
nintendo is known as low cost company.
loose hardware, fewer games and cheap console. good for girls.


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The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
-By Will, on September 27, 2019, 7:00 am
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin [少林卅六房] (1978)
AKA Master Killer, Shaolin Master Killer
Starring Gordon Liu Chia-Hui, Lo Lieh, John Cheung Ng-Long, Wilson Tong, Wa Lun, Hon Kwok-Choi, Lau Kar-Wing, Wai Wang, Chan Sze-Kai, Wong Ching-Ho, Woo Wang-Daat, Lee Hoi-Sang, Keung Hon, Hao Li-Jen, Shum Lo, Lui Tat, Chan Shen, Chiang Nan, Aai Dung-Gwa, Simon Yuen Siu-Tin, Wang Han-Chen, Peter Chan Lung, Henry Yu Yung, Ng Hong-Sang, Norman Chu Siu-Keung, Wong Yu, Huang Pa-Ching
Directed by Lau Kar-Leung
Expectations: I love it. I expect to continue to love it. 🙂
Right from the opening moments, it's clear that The 36th Chamber of Shaolin is a classic. Gordon Liu commands your attention, performing precise and artful kung fu as the credits appear before him. The iron rings on his arms glisten and add a sonic rhythm to his movements. I tried my best to forget the film's legacy and watch through this review series's chronological lens, but this was quite the challenge. It was my first Shaw film, and I've seen it countless times. This particular time was my first experience with the film in its original language, though, and this definitely helped to separate it from my personal history. In any case, the film starts out poppin' on all cylinders, and as it goes it only further cements itself into the martial arts cinematic history.
Liu Yu-de (Gordon Liu) is a passionate student who is displeased with the injustices of the current tyrannical Manchu rule. A group of rebels have been recently executed, including a notable general (played by Lau Kar-Wing), and Liu finds it near impossible to stand by without action. He is told that "one must humble oneself under enemy rule," but he wonders how long that must go on for. Surely, the fate of his people is not to simply accept their fate and live in fear. He learns that the Shaolin monastery is where the best kung fu is known, but they do not allow outside students or involve themselves in the country's politics. Fleeing the Manchu, Liu ventures to the Shaolin temple regardless of their policies, hoping that he might appeal to their humanity and learn their fighting arts.
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Black List (1972)
-By Will, on June 12, 2015, 7:00 am
Black List [黑名單] (1972)
AKA Ninja Terminator, Ninja Heat, Ninja Blacklist
Starring Chan Sing, Henry Yu Yung, Michael Chan Wai-Man, Si Ming, Louise Lee Si-Kei, Fong Yau, San Kuai, Gai Yuen, James Yi Lui, Lee Man-Tai
Directed by John Law Ma
Black List has the distinction of being one of the top 10 grossing films of 1972 in Hong Kong, but I had a hard time seeing why it would have been so popular. To think that this mediocre film did better than many of the Shaw films, even exceptionally good ones, is hard to fathom. Black List does have a somewhat ahead-of-its-time gritty vibe thanks to the location shooting, something that virtually none of the Shaw films of the era have, so maybe that helped. Golden Harvest was also becoming highly successful around this time by utilizing similar, location-based filming methods. I imagine Chan Sing was something of a big star at the time as well, as he had featured in many Shaw films by this point and had starred in fellow top 10 film The Good and the Bad in the same year.
Black List has one of those ultra-simple storylines that is setup within the opening minute or so. We see Zhao Ying-Long (Chan Sing) released from prison, and his brother Zhao Ying-Hu (Henry Yu Yung) is outside the gates awaiting his arrival. After an embrace, Ying-Hu hands Ying-Long a piece of paper and tells him that over the last six years he has uncovered the men responsible for framing him and sending him to prison. Ying-Long vows to kill every last one of the sons of bitches on his "black list," and that's about 95% of the story in the film.
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danibyham: Relax, Mom. Let Them Have Fun!
I have been a stress ball lately. My husband has pointed it out more than a few times to me this summer. Unfortunately, my anxiety is contagious. It makes my kids fearful and can really put a damper on an otherwise pleasant activity. So I've been attempting to recognize the moments I start to get intense and step back for a minute to breathe.
It ain't easy though. My mind races past the realities of the moment to all the tragic possibilities! Like when the kids are fishing off of Grandpa's boat, I can clearly predict the impending kid overboard. So instead of enjoying the moment, I micromanage. I bark orders like the ship's captain, "Careful there! Hold on! Don't run! Please, sit down! Where are you going?!..."
I know. I'm tired of hearing my voice too.
It's so hard to tone down those overprotective qualities in me, though. The one that winces at each new risk taken, from climbing the tall playground apparatus to running downhill a concrete driveway. I foresee scraped knees, broken arms, and rivers of tears! And guess who has to doctor those tender elbows and clean up their bloody knees? Me. Mommy. I hate seeing my kids in pain.
But scrapes will happen. Kids trip and fall...a lot. It's just a part of growing up. Bless those Bandaids and popsicles for making so many accidents better!
The risks make the adventure more exciting, doesn't it? Going down the tall, twisty slide for the first time is a right of passage. Balancing on a bike without the safety of training wheels is every parent's proud, photo-documenting opportunity. If we never let them try, even with the possibility of getting hurt, they would never learn! Our kids would miss out on so many exciting adventures!
Remember what it was like to roller skate without holding on to the wall? Can you recall the rush of letting your bike speed down the tallest hill while you lifted your hands in exhilaration? That was what it was like to feel carefree.
So, relax, Mom! Let them go! They may surprise you...and themselves. Cheer them on! And if you're brave enough, get on your bike too, and get in on the fun.
They'll call for help, if they need you. Always.


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PS: I do not have any dom events in this case. I would like to create my own events so that I can write components pretty generic and clean way. I think React has similar concept and I will check that later on but for now I like to use vanilla javascript.
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The IIF offers improved navigational accuracy and anti-jamming resistance, along with a stronger military signal and longer design life. Boeing has been a prime GPS contractor since the first satellite launched in 1978, and has made 41 of the 63 GPS satellites sent into orbit to date.
Today's launch, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, occurred at 5:38 p.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Approximately three hours and 25 minutes later, Boeing personnel in El Segundo confirmed that the satellite was performing as expected.
This was the first GPS IIF launch on an Atlas V and the first under the Launch and On-Orbit Support contract that Boeing received from the Air Force in late 2012. The Air Force will declare the satellite operational after checkout is completed.
Boeing is on contract for 12 IIF satellites. The first three, launched in 2010, 2011 and 2012, are performing well. Of the remaining eight, Boeing will complete three this year, while five others are ready for call-up and launch as needed.


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De vlieger is een door André Hazes tezamen met zijn neef A.W. Le Roy en Nico Haak geschreven smartlap die met name door de vertolking van Hazes grote populariteit heeft gekregen. Hazes had nog geen zoon in de tijd dat de single werd uitgebracht, ondanks dat het lied over de zoon van de ik-persoon gaat.
Tekstueel vertoont van het lied grote gelijkenis met het lied De Vlieger van de Zangeres zonder Naam. Het is niet duidelijk of dit puur op toeval berust. In 1928 bracht het duo Hofmann dit lied eens uit.

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De vlieger is het relaas van een weduwnaar die zijn zoon op diens achtste verjaardag een vlieger schenkt. Het verder naamloze zoontje had hierop gestaan; ballen, fietsen en treinen interesseerden hem niet, hetgeen de verteller zeer verwonderde. 's Anderendaags, toen de wind uit de goede hoek waaide, gingen ze vervolgens uit vliegeren, waarop het zoontje aan kwam zetten met in de ene hand de vlieger, en in de andere hand een brief. Desgevraagd meldde het zoontje dat het hier een aan zijn overleden moeder gericht epistel betrof, en dat hij de intentie had dit aan de vlieger te bevestigen opdat zij, die zich hoog in de hemel zou bevinden, dit zou kunnen lezen. In de brief doet het zoontje kond van zijn gemis en hij meldt daarnaast ook dat des vaders nieuwe vriendin hem maar met mate behaagt.

Evergreen Top 1000

Radio 2 Top 2000

Nummer van André Hazes
Levenslied
Single uit 1977