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Often you here about a player that would have flourished if said player was drafted t a different team. Say maybe if Tebow was drafted later, and to a team that was already set up for a running type QB, or Akili Smith, Cade, Tim Couch and all those guys might have flourished, or at least done better, if drafted to a different team. So what if a player that is in college knows that he is not suited in a certain system (RG3 in Denver's system, or Luck running chip Kelly's offense)? Why cant instead of going into the draft, why cant he just come out of college and choose what team he would like to apply/tryout/workout for. What if (enter top rated college RB Here) was a die hard Broncos fan, and knowing that Denver has a need at RB, decided to forgo the draft, and try to sign with Denver early. Maybe after the college and NFL season instead of going to the draft. Maybe it's a simple answer like more money if you get drafted, or "everyone would be running to winning organizations (see above RB example)".
If those are the answers then fine, but is there a rule that states that all new players have to enter the draft?
I googled and I couldn't find the answer. I would assume they have to though or else you would see players forego it to sign wherever they wanted to.
The only thing I could really find said that if a player refuses to play for the team who drafts him, he can sit out the season and enter the draft again next year. It doesn't look like you can skip the draft process entirely.
I can't find any examples of a player ever being signed by an NFL team without first entering the draft.
If they are drafted in the seven round draft a team holds exclusive rights to negotiate with the player for one year.
It's more about the collective bargaining agreement than the college player's ability to "opt out."
"everyone would be running to winning organizations (see above RB example)".
It's that, or was initially. The Hidden Game of Football had a nice overview in the chapter on "The Draft Dodge:" Before he was NFL Commissioner, Bert Bell owned the Eagles, and got so sick of losing each years best players to marquee teams like the Giants and Bears that he dreamed up the draft. Of course, he had to convince the OWNERS of teams like the Giants and Bears to go along, but pointing out that forcing players to sign with whomever drafted them would reduce their payrolls did the trick, especially since revenue sharing didn't exist yet. Thus the NFL Draft was born.
The book goes on to note Bell couldn't afford and didn't sign the original #1 overall pick (Jay Berwanger,) but traded Chicago the RIGHTS for a couple solid linemen. The Bears didn't sign Berwanger either, but did get a couple HoF linemen to replace the ones they traded Philly, so Bell still got screwed. Berwanger, like all his 1936 picks, told the NFL, "thanks, but no thanks," and never played for anyone, but the draft stuck.
It's a HUGE restraint of trade though if you think about it. Imagine the owner of ANY non-sports business telling a college grad, "sorry, you can't work for your favorite company, even though they've got an opening and are offering more money. In fact you can't work for ANYONE but us, at whatever we're willing to pay, because WE drafted you." The kids lawyer would have such a field day with that he'd probably NEVER have to work, period. But the NFL wangled themselves an anti-trust exemption as part of the N/AFL merger, partly by bribing LA senators Russell Long and Hale Boggs to vote for it in exchange for creating the Saints.
I knew players could skip the draft if they skipped their rookie year, but what BtB said about still having to re-enter the draft was news to me. It makes sense though; the teams still don't want to have to outbid each other for each player in each college class, so they might agree to re-draft them after a year, but not to free agency. And until/unless the courts overule say it's unconstitutional (unlikely,) that's that.
Good question. I've always wondered the same thing. I assumed you had to go through the draft or supplemental draft to get into the league. It seems like there could possibly be loopholes. I don't know. Like if Michael Jordan had chose football instead of baseball. Would he really have to enter a draft?
As far as I know, yes. I have looked for an example of an NFL player signing with a team without ever having entered the draft but I can't find one.
That dude from Philadelphia walked on to the Eagles...granted that was the 70s and I'm not sure if he went to college. I don't know if any team is worth missing out on the money you'd be missing out on by not being drafted.
You think if a player like Andrew Luck were able to forego the draft, he would have made less money? I think he would have made more. Think of the bidding war that would have happened for his services.
I remember there being some kind of a rule requiring those who choose not to enter the draft to be ineligible for a couple years. Don't remember how long, but it was definitely more than one year.
Wouldn't there be something where a player like Michael Jordan gave up his amateur status to become a professional athlete? Other than Cam Newton, I'm thinking professional athletes can't enter the draft.
If you play college ball, then teams know your name. You HAVE to let the NCAA know if you are coming back to college, or, moving on to pro. If they inform the NCAA that they are not going to return to play college football, then you are eligible to be drafted by the NFL. If any team calls your name, then you are drafted by that team, and they have the rights to you. You don't even have to be a college athlete to be drafted, but if your name is called out, that NFL franchise has the rights for your contract if you decide to play in the NFL. If you decide to skip that year, then you can take your chances on another team drafting you again after you sat out, but there might be something that gives the original NFL team first rights to you.
You may be right. I can't think of an example where an athlete has tried to move from one pro sport to the NFL though.
I found the answer. Apparently if you are already a pro athlete in one sport, you don't have to enter the draft.
If he wanted to enter the NFL, he wouldn't have to declare for the draft. He'd be free to sign with any team.
Then again...what about players that dabble in the minor leagues like Elway and then declare for the draft. I didn't think of that until just now.
Obviously, in the end, it doesn't matter. I've just yet to see the rule stating that a player must declare for the draft to be signed by an NFL team at any time later on. I'd just like to see that somewhere, with something to back it up.
Bo Jackson is the only guy that comes to mind in a similar scenario.
He was still picked in the NFL draft after college though.
That's not what Elway did.. "dabble in the minor leages." He was drafted by the NY Yankees, although preferred to play football. So he stated that he would NOT play for a certain person that coached the Colts and would not play if drafted. If they did, he would go play baseball instead. So, when the Colts drafted him, that's exactly the steps he took.... then the Colts did what they could to get SOMETHING in return, and traded Elway to the Broncos.
So you are not "declaring" for the draft. Thats just what they call it when an amatuer player is declaring that he's no longer going to play amatuer football at the college level. He's "declaring" that he's going pro, which, makes him ineligible for NCAA football. ANYONE can be drafted. Track players, baseball players, wrestlers, or people off the street playing sandlot football. But once your name is called out from a certain team making their selection, then they have the rights to you (as a football player) for a year. In Elway's case, he could have played baseball for a year and then re-entered the draft.
So would you say in LeBron's case he was not eligible to play in the NFL until being in the NBA for 3 years (3 years after HS graduation) and once he was not drafted that year by any NFL team that year he then became free to sign with any NFL team he would want to in the future?
That's how I interpret the rule myself.
YES...absolutely. Since Lebron was out of amatuer sports, and (as you pointed out) past the 3 year HS graduation cut-off...if (since) no one called his name on the NFL draft podium, he could have "walked on" as an undrafted free-agent.
True, but he was drafted twice. First time he said get bent to Tampa.
So you're saying that a team could have drafted LeBron James with the very last pick in the NFL draft and so they would have owned his rights, even though he obviously would play basketball? At which point would the team draft LeBron? After the 3 year mark?
You keep repeating that if a team calls your name, they own you. I get that. That's not what the question is.
Do you have to enter the draft to enter the NFL? If you don't enter the draft, can a team still call your name?
If Andrew Luck didn't contact the NFL and didn't get an agent and didn't do anything NFL related. A team thinks he's good. Do they draft him to own his rights? Can he get his name called even if he doesn't plan on playing in the NFL right then? After the draft can he be a free agent and sign with any team? Or does he have to enter the NFL draft to be eligible to be signed to an NFL team?
They could have but they would have only had his rights for one year.
To the best I understand it, you do not have to enter. Whenever you are first eligible to be drafted (3 years out of HS, no longer an amateur athlete) your name is automatically put in the draft pool. A team can draft you whether you like it or not and they hold your rights for a year. If you don't sign, you enter the draft again the next year.
If you don't get drafted when you are eligible to, you are from then on a free agent.
Then the very next year a team does it again.
Theoretically, yes they could. I find it highly unlikely that that scenario would ever play out though.
Not in football, but it does happen in baseball all the time.
Luke Hochevar sat out a year and re-entered the amateur player draft. Rules are completely different for baseball on the draft, but it's a similar situation. Mark Appel is doing the same thing this year. Now, baseball careers are typically much longer than football careers, which makes it unlikely to ever happen in football.
That, and the baseball draft has 40 rounds, so a team can afford to blow a pick on a random player who will likely never play there. Hell like two years ago a team drafted a paralyzed college player just as a ceremonial gesture.
Well, yeah. And the sons of general managers and coaches and the like. But I'm referencing well-documented first round picks.
Oh I see. But yeah, given how short NFL careers are and how easy it is to sustain a career-ending injury, no one is going to forego a year of making money to play football if they don't have to.
Yes, which was the rest of my post.
But there's an example of it happening, albeit in a different sport.
Night Train Lane was a training camp walk on, as Jason Garret more recently was, but only because no one drafted them. It's very unlikely anyone good enough to win a starting spot as a walk on and have a HoF career manages to aviod being drafted. About the only way it could happen now is if a guy had a stellar college career but very vocally and publicly refused to play for anyone. Even then the chance NONE of 224 draft picks were spent on him, even in the last rounds, would be small. Even after Elway told the Colts he'd NEVER play for them AND got drafted by the Yankees he was STILL the #1 overall pick.
Bottom line is if a team drafts a player they own his rights, but after the draft anyone left can become an UDFA. Sometimes that includes HoFers, but only rarely.
a person doesn't "enter the draft"
You can opt to make yourself eligible for the draft early, but the same rules apply. Players get drafted by many leagues each year, not just the NFL... the MLB, CFL, also draft the same players if they think the player may choose to go there.
A team drafting a player is just stating to the leagues governors that they own the players rights... nothing more.
If a drafted player doesnt sign with the team in a year they can be drafted in the next draft.
Sorry DB, I was away from the site for the weekend. I think you've gotten the answer...which is what I did keep repeating. ANYONE can be drafted (as long as they are three years from their HS graduation). You don't have to "enter" the draft. When a college player announces that he's no longer playing NCAA football, he's not really "declaring" for the draft, he's simply declaring that he's ELIGIBLE to be drafted since he's "renounced" his amatuer statis. If you are out of HS for three years, you can be drafted...you don't have to "sign up" for the draft. Which is why I kept saying "ANYONE can be drafted." Whether or not they decide to play, or, don't make the team is a different story.
And, as I believe has already been answered. If Andrew Luck didn't want to play for the Colts, he could have sat out a year and then re-entered the draft the next year (wouldn't KC be happy if he did that!). Guys like Andrew Luck would have been ok because he STILL would have been the #1 overall pick had he done that, but generally speaking, not only would you lose a ton of respect in the NFL, you could lose MILLIONS of dollars that you most probably would never make up in your career (although with the new rookie salary cap, I suppose you could).
Has it ever been done in the NFL? A player sitting out a year and being re-drafted? You'd think over the history of the league at least one guy would do it.
I think there is a clause in the rules that if a player has been chosen twice (chosen in two drafts) in the entry draft and has not come to terms with either team, he is therefore a UFA and can sign with anyone the next season.


A natural gas drill rig in Springville.
The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) is holding an invitation-only meeting next week about one of the most controversial issues it's dealing with involving natural gas drilling on state lands.
The agency has come under scrutiny over whether or not it plans to allow Anadarko Petroleum to access mineral rights the company owns underneath the Loyalsock State Forest.
At issue is a 25,000 acre swath known as the Clarence Moore lands. Anadarko owns about 50 percent of the mineral rights, but there is a legal question as to whether DCNR has to give them surface access to drill for gas.
An invitation for the April 4 meeting was sent out yesterday to about 30 local stakeholders, including the three Lycoming County Commissioners, various township supervisors, as well as representatives from outdoor and recreation groups.
"We are trying to control the size of the group so that we can have a conversation," says DCNR spokeswoman Christina Novak.
Right now, there are no plans for a formal public hearing, but Novak says this meeting wasn't an attempt to cut others out of the process.
"We're not going to tell anyone, 'Don't talk to anyone after the meeting,'" she says.
But some groups working closely on the issue felt snubbed.
A coalition of six environmental organizations sent a letter to DCNR Secretary Richard Allan last September, asking the agency to conduct environmental impact studies and hold public hearings before allowing gas drilling.
Rep. Greg Vitali (D- Delaware County) is among the legislators attending the meeting. He says he's fine with having a smaller, private discussion, but he believes the Loyalsock issue ought to be the subject of public hearings.
"What surprised me was that more people were on that list than I thought, and that Anadarko was not on that list," says Vitali.
Rep. Ron Miller (R- York County) is also attending. He's the majority chair of the House Environmental Services and Energy Committee, and has the ability to convene a formal committee hearing, which he's open to doing.
"I think it's a fair question for after this meeting," he says.
Last month at a Senate budget hearing, DCNR Secretary Richard Allan was questioned about how his agency handles drilling in environmentally sensitive areas.
"Unless I'm wrong, there's not a public review process where people would be able to formally comment to the Department, or to yourself as the Secretary, prior to you rendering some actual formal decision," said Sen. Jim Ferlo (D- Allegheny).
Allan replied he feels the agency uses best management practices to oversee the whole process from start to finish.
"The type of transactions I'm talking about are discussions about proprietary information with these companies that own those mineral rights," said Allan.


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Beltane Big Sun ☼
by Julie Gibbons | May 1, 2019 | Featured Posts, Scottish Folklore + Traditions
Beltane welcomes the season of the ☼ big sun ☼ here in Scotland and together with Samhain – its opposite in the seasonal wheel of the year – marks one of the two most significant junctures in the annual solar cycle.
As a cross-quarter day, Beltane occurs at the mid-way point between spring equinox and the summer solstice and carries with it a verdant, vigorous and vivacious energy : this energy is extremely potent and most definitely directed upwards, with fresh vegetation bursting from every cleft and crevice.
Procreation is the name of the game – for both flora and fauna.
It's a time for celebration, yes, but also supplication, sacrifice and alongside the revelry, even purification. All aspects of life conjoined in riotous union!
The Ancestors knew something of it, for this marker is explicit in the alignments of their lithic monuments and in the continuity of their wisdom onwards through the naming of places, and associated folklore and traditions.
A major fire ceremony, Beltane saw folk gather atop the beacon hills called Paps, so named for being shaped like the female breast. Said to be created by the all-powerful Cailleach, Paps were the site of ritual bonfires across the land – pre-Christian traditions that survived well into the modern era and versions of which are being resurrected once more.
At Beltane, the return of the sun and the growing season that resulted from its warmth was worth celebrating. The sun has always been central to life – a very practical necessity.
In reverence to this life-force, it's likely that an exchange was made in the form of human sacrifice, transforming over time to less controversial votive offerings. Human sacrifice – the ultimate supplication : perhaps less a demonstration of 'barbarity', but instead a recognition, from their perspective, of the seriousness of what's at stake?
Historically, the sun was offered deific status not just in Scotland but across the world. I'm reminded of Dr Carl Jung's writings[1] on his meeting with Ochiway Biano [Mountain Lake], a member of one of the Pueblo Indian groups of New Mexico. It seems so timely to turn to these words with the current state of our world, as I continue to explore the annihilation of folk culture here in Scotland:
"Why," Mountain Lake said, "do the Americans not let us alone? Why do they want to forbid our dances? Why do they make difficulties when we want to take our young people from school in order to lead them to the kiva (site of the rituals), and instruct them in our religion? We do nothing to harm the Americans!" After a prolonged silence he continued, "The Americans want to stamp out our religion. Why can they not let us alone? What we do, we do not only for ourselves but for the Americans also. Yes, we do it for the whole world. Everyone benefits by it."
I could observe from his excitement that he was alluding to some extremely important element of his religion. I therefore asked him: "You think, then, that what you do in your religion benefits the whole world?" He replied with great animation, "Of course. If we did not do it, what would become of the world?" And with a significant gesture he pointed to the sun.
I felt that we were approaching extremely delicate ground here, verging on the mysteries of the tribe. "After all," he said, "we are the sons of the Father Sun, and with our religion we daily help our father to go across the sky. We do this not only for ourselves, but for the whole world. If we were to cease practising our religion, in ten years, the sun would no longer rise. Then it would be night for ever."
The significance of losing indigenous practices (not by means of natural evolution, but the willful destruction of them) cannot be under-estimated. The effects are far and wide-reaching, for both the individual and the world.
As the First Minister of Scotland finally declares a climate emergency (I suspect in response to the positive reception shown towards Extinction Rebellion and Greta Thunberg) many are left wondering if we are in fact not already experiencing the perpetual night foretold by Ochiway Biano.
But it is during these most pressing times that our celebration of life and its mysterious ways really counts. Joy and pleasure is a prerequisite for being human.
That's where these ancient traditions really do us a massive favour – they provide an opportunity for us to enter into relationship with human fundamentals and set aside our bias towards Logos, in favour of Eros.
Beltane is a time to get it on. To open up and to make merry. To face our mortality by means of exaltation, especially for the activator of life – the Big Sun!
Not nearly as Dionysian as last year's Beltane Fire Festival atop Calton Hill, I'll nevertheless be celebrating Beltane, with a union of sorts – a handfasting ceremony and renewal of vows with Martin, happening at The Crannog Centre on Loch Tay. Commitment is something of a theme at each of the eight festival days and this springtime celebration has long been popular for pairing off (whether 'legitimately' or not so!)
The deeply affecting mythological Perthshire landscape, is full of the presence of the Cailleach and evidence of long-standing Scottish tradition. The impact of spending time here during our visit last May is indelible and I'm excited to once again visit the experimental archaeologists at The Crannog. (Wait – was human sacrifice still happening in the Iron Age?)
These junctures in the solar cycle are always massively significant for me. This Spring Equinox, I experienced a meltdown of sorts during ceremony and it led me to take action in the following days and create my Patreon page – something I'd been thinking about for a gey[2] long time.
In the lead up to Beltane, I've also been struggling, entirely overwhelmed and full of all kinds of self-doubt – but it feels like I'm passing through that moment and able to identify it clearly as an experience of my creative process.
Can you see that where you may be struggling right now could be part of your creative process? Are you able to observe yourself in that experience and identify its root cause?
How might you celebrate, even in the face of any struggles or adversity you may be experiencing? What sacrifices might you be prepared to offer in recognition of the glorious miracle that is your life, no matter the current manifestation of it?
And, perhaps most importantly, where may you be able to invite Eros into play and allow room for joy and pleasure in your creative experience?
Not always easy to find answers to these questions, I know… especially when you're experiencing meltdown.
As for Beltane, I feel there's so very much more I could explore and share with you here, but I shall save it for another platform at another time.
May your Beltane Fires burn riotously!
[1] CG Jung: Memories, Dreams, Reflections
[2] gey = Scots word meaning 'very'
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Miami's iAero Group buys airline charter business Swift Air
iAero Group announced that it would buy the largest, independent airline charter business in the US, Swift Air, for an undisclosed amount.
The deal, expected to close by the first quarter of 2019, is subject to regulatory approvals.
With the addition of Swift Air, Miami-based iAero Group will bolster its portfolio of aviation businesses.
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"Bringing Swift Air into the iAero Group creates an integrated aviation services platform and will enable the airline to leverage our capabilities to further their already exemplary customer service and impeccable safety record through access to our high quality, efficient, stateside maintenance services," said iAero Group CEO Robert Caputo. "In addition, with our aircraft acquisition capabilities in our engine and airframe leasing division, we have developed a pipeline of assets that will allow Swift Air to meet its customers' growth needs in a manner that is unmatched in the industry."
According to the deal announcement, Jeff Conry would remain at Swift Air as its CEO. Swift Air charter business in the US has twenty-seven Boeing 737 aircraft, and is usually used by professionals, sports teams, entertainers, and vacation companies.
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Villager Realty's Lewisburg office, opened in 1973 by founder and CEO Timothy S. Karr, was the company's first location.
A lifelong resident of the Susquehanna Valley, Tim realized early in his professional career that opening a Lewisburg real estate office would be the perfect start for his company. Tim was joined in the Lewisburg office in 1991 by his partner Jim Holtzapple, also a lifelong resident of the community.
The original Villager office was located on North Second Street in downtown Lewisburg. The office quickly relocated to Market Street, where it remained until the company outgrew that location and made the move to our current location along the U.S. Route 15 corridor.
Our Lewisburg real estate office also serves as home to the Villager Realty Corporate Office and as well as our company-wide Relocation Department and Commercial Division. The office's 14 full-time agents are active in many community activities and support a number of charitable causes. Our Lewisburg agents live in not only Lewisburg but also in the surrounding communities of Milton, Mifflinburg, Watsontown, New Berlin and New Columbia. No real estate agency in the entire Central Susquehanna Valley has more qualified and diversified agents than Villager Realty's Lewisburg real estate office.
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Lumberjanes est une série de bande dessinée américaine créée par les scénaristes Grace Ellis et Noelle Stevenson et publiée depuis 2014 par BOOM! Studios sous forme de comic books. Elle raconte l'histoire d'un groupe de jeunes filles lors d'un camp scout estival où se manifestent de nombreux phénomènes surnaturels et créatures extraordinaires.

Originellement prévue comme une mini-série de huit épisodes dessinée par Brooke A. Allen, son succès a conduit ses auteurs et son éditeur à en poursuivre la publication, Shannon Watters remplaçant Ellis comme co-scénariste. D'autres auteurs ont ponctuellement participé à la série, telle Faith Erin Hicks.

Elle est éditée en France par les éditions Kinaye depuis 2022, qui reprennent les intégrales "To the max" de la version originale.

Bibliographie

Comic books
Série régulière

Numéros spéciaux

Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy
Cette série dérivée a été publiée de juin à .

Albums
Version originale :
 Lumberjanes, Boom Box! :
 Beware the Kitten Holy, 2015. Reprend les épisodes 1-4.
 Friendship to the Max, 2015. Reprend les épisodes 5-8.
 A Terrible Plan, 2016. Reprend les épisodes 9-12.
 Lumberjanes to the Max Edition, 2 vol., Boom Box!, 2015 et 2016. Reprend les épisodes 1-8 et 9-17.
Version française :

 Lumberjanes, éditions Kinaye :
 Intégrale N°1, 2022, reprend le contenu de l'intégrale VO "To the Max" 1
 Intégrale N°2, 2022, reprend le contenu de l'intégrale VO "To the Max" 2

Récompenses
 2015 :
 Prix Eisner de la meilleure nouvelle série et de la meilleure publication pour adolescents
 Prix Harvey de la meilleure publication graphique originale pour jeunes lecteurs
 2016 : Prix Harvey de la meilleure publication graphique originale pour jeunes lecteurs

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Prix Eisner de la meilleure nouvelle série
Prix Eisner de la meilleure publication pour adolescents
Prix Harvey du meilleur album pour jeunes lecteurs
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Lesbianisme dans la bande dessinée

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IOM is finalizing a diaspora mapping exercise of skilled Somali migrants in the UK. The project, the first of its kind, is designed to encourage migrants with technical skills to participate in the development of their home country. The survey focuses on "educated, qualified and trained practitioners in the fields of health, engineering, general technical support, education, law and technology" in the Somali UK diaspora. Somalis have settled in the UK since the mid-19th century, when Somali sailors first arrived in UK port cities. The civil war and instability in Somalia between 1988 and 1991, which continues today, triggered an exodus and there are now between 100,000 and 200,000 people of Somali origin living in the UK. They include a diverse mixture of first generation and British-born students, asylum-seekers, skilled professionals.
The IOM exercise, conducted by consultants from the Shan Cultural Association UK, used a combination of questionnaires and discussions with groups representing the community, the Somali embassy and UK civil servants. The project started with a survey of the Somali UK diaspora to establish their demographic make-up, their distribution in the UK, their skill sets and their relationship with Somalia. It also explored possible obstacles to their involvement in development projects in Somalia. The survey showed that a remarkable 87 per cent of those questioned "would contribute to the development of their country through short-term knowledge and skills transfer." Together with security concerns, one of the main reasons cited for not getting involved was existing work commitments in the UK.
The finding highlighted the importance of employer involvement in projects like the IOM-UNDP QUESTS-MIDA programme, which encourages Somali technical experts living abroad to undertake short assignments in Somalia that contribute to the country's development. The Somali UK diaspora map is one of several mapping exercises currently being carried by IOM London. Other governments that have commissioned similar projects include Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Somalia and Lesotho. The mapping exercises are potentially important for skill-starved developing countries. For example, an estimated 20 per cent of Sierra Leonean physicians and 25 per cent of Sierra Leonean nurses work in the UK.


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Stranger Things Is Getting A Monster Like Harry Potter's Voldemort & We Must Protect Eleven At All Costs
25 October 2017, 15:37 | Updated: 4 December 2017, 11:10
Good. We're already terrified.
The show's co-creator Matt Duffer has revealed in a new interview that the gang won't just have to face a new monster each season, but that there's going to be a consistent force of evil.
He commented that "there's a greater evil introduced. And our hope is that this greater evil continues on as a tension throughout the other seasons; it will move forward with the show".
> Stranger Things Will "Deal With Some Of The Internet Rage" Over Barb... But Yes She's Still Dead
"We're not going to have a new monster for the kids to deal with every season. Moving forward, there's one clear tension. It's like Voldemort in Harry Potter", he continued.
Now, we're going to level with you - this is utterly terrifying to hear.
With rumours flying around that there's going to be numerous seasons of the show, Duffer has explained that they definitely "have an end goal in mind. We don't see it going on for like five, six, seven seasons. Seven seasons seems pretty crazy. I would pass out!".
And with a confirmed cliffhanger for the end of season two, as well as the creators revealing that it will divide fan opinions, we're both excited and sceptical about what to expect.
Can you beat the Stranger Things kids in this quiz?
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Digital Culture Links: February 23rd
Links through February 23rd:
Nielsen Agrees to Expand Definition of TV Viewing [The Hollywood Reporter] – Nielsen ratings reflect that online TV ratings are growing and matter: "The Nielsen Co. is expanding its definition of television and will introduce a comprehensive plan to capture all video viewing including broadband and Xbox and iPads … By September 2013, when the next TV season begins, Nielsen expects to have in place new hardware and software tools in the nearly 23,000 TV homes it samples. Those measurement systems will capture viewership not just from the 75 percent of homes that rely on cable, satellite and over the air broadcasts but also viewing via devices that deliver video from streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon, from so-called over-the-top services and from TV enabled game systems like the X-Box and PlayStation. While some use of iPads and other tablets that receive broadband in the home will be included in the first phase of measurement improvements, a second phase is envisioned to include such devices in a more comprehensive fashion."
Billboard and Nielsen Add YouTube Video Streaming to Platforms [Billboard] – The Billboard music charts in the US finally adapt to include online activity, including YouTube streaming data, and suddenly Baauer's meme-tastic 'Harlem Shake' debuts at the top of the Billboard chart! The ratings, they are a-changing.
Why I'm Done Posting Photos of My Kid On Facebook [Chicago Now] – Short but well written piece on why parents should be more careful about what photos etc they share of their kids online. Author calls parents "online guardians". "We all want to believe that Facebook takes parents' concerns about privacy seriously. But the truth is that Facebook is a publicly traded company that cares first and foremost about making its shareholders happy. We have no idea how far it will go to do so, especially since the company is not extraordinarily profitable right now. But what we do know is that Facebook is pushing our boundaries now, often, to see just how much of our privacy we're willing to give away."
Instagram users begin fightback against stolen photos [Technology | guardian.co.uk] – Solid piece on the challenges of photos from Instagram (and the web in general) being used by others without permission. Copyright, theft, credit and ethics all get a mention, but the short version is: if copyright is understood on the web (often it's not), it's often not respected whatsoever. For the Instagram examples, I can only image this will get worse, not better, with Instagram moving more solidly onto the web proper, not just mobile devices.
Introducing Your Instagram Feed on the Web [Instagram Blog] – Furthering their shift to looking more and more like parent-company Facebook, Instagram have expanded the web presence associated with each username, allowing the liking, commenting and exploring of the people you follow on Instagram without use of a mobile device. The only thing you can't do is upload an image from the web (yet).
Coming and Going on Facebook [Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project] – "Two-thirds of online American adults (67%) are Facebook users, making Facebook the dominant social networking site in this country. And new findings from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project indicate there is considerable fluidity in the Facebook user population: * 61% of current Facebook users say that at one time or another in the past they have voluntarily taken a break from using Facebook for a period of several weeks or more. * 20% of the online adults who do not currently use Facebook say they once used the site but no longer do so. * 8% of online adults who do not currently use Facebook are interested in becoming Facebook users in the future."
Links for December 18th through December 22nd:
From Grumpy Cat to Gangnam Style: The Best Memes of 2012 [Wired.com] – 2012 was a big year for memes, from McKayla Is Not Impressed to Texts From Hillary. And Gangnam Style …
Gangnam Style Makes YouTube History: First Video to Hit 1 Billion Views [YouTube Blog] – Gangnam Style the first YouTube video to clock one billion views! "A million views? You know what's cool? A billion views. Today, a 34-year-old K-Pop artist made online video history when his viral video, Gangnam Style, smashed our records and became the first video ever to reach one billion views. Yup, that's right one BILLION views! PSY's success is a great testament to the universal appeal of catchy music– and er, great equine dance moves. In the past, music distribution was mostly regional. It was more difficult to learn about great artists from around the world. But with a global platform at their fingertips, people are now discovering and sharing amazing music from all over the planet, by artists like Brazilian Michel Teló and Belgian-Australian Gotye."
Your Twitter archive [Twitter Blog] – Twitter finally rolls out – for everyone – the ability to download your entire Twitter archive: "Today, we're introducing the ability to download your Twitter archive, so you'll get all your Tweets (including Retweets) going back to the beginning. Once you have your Twitter archive, you can view your Tweets by month, or search your archive to find Tweets with certain words, phrases, hashtags or @usernames. You can even engage with your old Tweets just as you would with current ones. Go to Settings and scroll down to the bottom to check for the option to request your Twitter archive. If you do see it, go ahead and click the button. You'll receive an email with instructions on how to access your archive when it's ready for you to download."
i-am-cc.org – Free your Instagram photos with a Creative Commons license! – That's a clever idea: an explicit tool for adding a Creative Commons license to your Instagram photos, and for finding Instagram photos which have Creative Commons licenses.
Germany orders changes to Facebook real name policy [BBC News] – "A German data protection body has ordered Facebook to end its policy of making members use their real names. The policy violates German laws that give people the right to use pseudonyms online, said the data protection agency in Schleswig-Holstein. The agency has issued a decree demanding that Facebook let people use fake names immediately. Facebook said it would fight the decree "vigorously" and that its naming policy met European data protection rules. "It is unacceptable that a US portal like Facebook violates German data protection law unopposed and with no prospect of an end," said Thilo Weichert, head of the regional data protection office in Schleswig Holstein, in a statement. … The decree issued by the Schleswig Holstein office was "without merit" a Facebook spokeswoman told tech news site IT World adding that it planned to fight the order."
Coming Soon: Nielsen Twitter TV Rating [Twitter Blog] – The second screen just got serious: "Today Nielsen announced an agreement with Twitter to create the "Nielsen Twitter TV Rating," an industry-standard metric that is based entirely on Twitter data. As the experience of TV viewing continues to evolve, our TV partners have consistently asked for one common benchmark from which to measure the engagement of their programming. This new metric is intended to answer that request, and to act as a complement and companion to the Nielsen TV rating. You can read more about the news on Nielsen's site here. Ultimately, we have one goal for this new metric: to make watching TV with Twitter even better for you, the TV fan. I look forward to sharing more about this effort in the months to come."
Digital Culture Links: July 25th through July 30th
Links for July 25th through July 30th:
Apple, Microsoft refuse to appear before IT pricing inquiry [The Age] – "A[n Australian] parliamentary committee wants to force computer giant Apple to appear before it after members became frustrated with the company's refusal to co-operate. Hearings into the pricing of software and other IT-related material such as games and music downloads will begin in Sydney tomorrow but neither Apple nor Microsoft will appear. "Some of the big names in IT have taken local consumers for a ride for years but when legitimate questions are asked about their pricing, they disappear in a flash," Labor MP and committee member Ed Husic told Fairfax Media. "Within our growing digital economy, there are reasonable questions to be answered by major IT companies on their Australian pricing. These companies would never treat US consumers in this way." Both Microsoft and Adobe provided submissions to the inquiry."
Don't tweet if you want TV, London fans told [The Age] – "Sports fans attending the London Olympics were told on Sunday to avoid non-urgent text messages and tweets during events because overloading of data networks was affecting television coverage. Commentators on Saturday's men's cycling road race were unable to tell viewers how far the leaders were ahead of the chasing pack because data could not get through from the GPS satellite navigation system travelling with the cyclists. It was particularly annoying for British viewers, who had tuned in hoping to see a medal for sprint king Mark Cavendish. Many inadvertently made matters worse by venting their anger on Twitter at the lack of information. An International Olympic Committee spokesman said the network problem had been caused by the messages sent by the hundreds of thousands of fans who lined the streets to cheer on the British team. "Of course, if you want to send something, we are not going to say 'Don't, you can't do it',… "
Olympics 2012, Sir Tim Berners Lee and Open Internet [Cerebrux] – Great to see the 2012 London Olympics celebrating World Wide Web inventor, Sir Tim Berners-Lee. "Flash forward to last night, he was honored as the 'Inventor of the World Wide Web' at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. Berners-Lee is revealed in front of a computer keyboard into which he types a message, which is then rendered in lights in the stands of Olympic Stadium: "This is for everyone." and a message simultaneously appeared on his Twitter account: Tim Berners-Lee@timberners_lee This is for everyone #london2012 #oneweb #openingceremony @webfoundation @w3c
28 Jul 12. A great quote that resembles the openness and the fact that some things should belong to humanity."
The Rise of the "Connected Viewer" [Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project] – "Half of all adult cell phone owners now incorporate their mobile devices into their television watching experiences. These "connected viewers" used their cell phones for a wide range of activities during the 30 days preceding our April 2012 survey:
38% of cell owners used their phone to keep themselves occupied during commercials or breaks in something they were watching
23% used their phone to exchange text messages with someone else who was watching the same program in a different location
22% used their phone to check whether something they heard on television was true
20% used their phone to visit a website that was mentioned on television
11% used their phone to see what other people were saying online about a program they were watching, and 11% posted their own comments online about a program they were watching using their mobile phone
Taken together, 52% of all cell owners are "connected viewers"—meaning they use their phones while watching television …"
RIAA: Online Music Piracy Pales In Comparison to Offline Swapping [TorrentFreak] – "A leaked presentation from the RIAA shows that online file-sharing isn't the biggest source of illegal music acquisition in the U.S. The confidential data reveals that 65% of all music files are "unpaid" but the vast majority of these are obtained through offline swapping. […] In total, 15 percent of all acquired music (paid + unpaid) comes from P2P file-sharing and just 4 percent from cyberlockers. Offline swapping in the form of hard drive trading and burning/ripping from others is much more prevalent with 19 and 27 percent respectively. This leads to the, for us, surprising conclusion that more than 70% of all unpaid music comes from offline swapping. The chart is marked "confidential" which suggests that the RIAA doesn't want this data to be out in the open. This is perhaps understandable since the figures don't really help their crusade against online piracy."
Robin Hood Airport tweet bomb joke man wins case [BBC News] – Finally: "A man found guilty of sending a menacing tweet threatening to blow up an airport has won a challenge against his conviction. Paul Chambers, 28, of Northern Ireland, was found guilty in May 2010 of sending a "menacing electronic communication". He was living in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, when he tweeted that he would blow up nearby Robin Hood Airport when it closed after heavy snow.
After a hearing at the High Court in London his conviction was quashed."
The Instagram Community Hits 80 Million Users [Instagram Blog] – As of July 2012, after finally launching an Android app, and being purchased by Facebook, Instagram has 80 million registered users, who've posted cumulatively more than 4 billion photos.
Music stars accuse Google of helping pirates rip off material [WA Today] – "LONDON: Roger Daltry of the Who and Brian May of Queen are among rock and pop stars who publicly attacked search engines such as Google for helping users get access to pirated copies of their music. Elton John, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin have also signed a letter to The Daily Telegraph in London calling for more action to tackle the illegal copying and distribution of music. Other signatories include the producer and creator of The X Factor, Simon Cowell. The letter, which will also be sent to the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, this week, highlighted the role that search engines can play in giving people access to illegal copies. Search engines must "play their part in protecting consumers and creators from illegal sites", the signatories said, adding that broadband companies and online advertisers must also do more to prevent piracy."
July 20, 2012 / 1 Comment on Digital Culture Links: July 10th through July 19th
Jon Stewart Blasts Viacom For Stupid Blackout; Viacom Sheepishly Turns Web Streams Back On [Techdirt] – Geography isn't the only rationale behind imposing digital distance: "Last week, we wrote about Viacom's really short-sighted decision to use its fans as hostages in a silly dispute with DirecTV over fees. To prevent any DirecTV customer from seeing any of its key shows, Viacom stopped streaming them online… for all customers, meaning that even those who had nothing to do with any of this couldn't legally watch the shows they liked. As we noted, this would likely only serve to drive more people to find unauthorized versions…. Of course, one of Viacom's most popular shows — and one of the key ones turned off from streaming — is The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, which had been on break last week anyway. However, it returned last night with a vengeance, and target number one: his corporate masters at Viacom for acting as if they were China in blocking the internet, and likely driving more fans to unauthorized streams."
Face blurring: when footage requires anonymity [YouTube Blog] – YouTube launches a face-blurring tool within YouTube: "Whether you want to share sensitive protest footage without exposing the faces of the activists involved, or share the winning point in your 8-year-old's basketball game without broadcasting the children's faces to the world, our face blurring technology is a first step towards providing visual anonymity for video on YouTube."
Shell social media oil spill a 'coordinated online assassination' [The Age] – Shell's brand has been hijacked in what marketing experts say is a "social media oil spill" and a "coordinated online assassination of the Shell brand". It's a fake PR disaster that has snowballed into a very real one for Shell as web users are under the impression that it is an official company campaign. It started when an Arctic Ready website appeared online about two months ago that looked almost identical to the Arctic section on Shell's own site. The site appeared to be an educational site about Shell's oil drilling in the Arctic – complete with "Angry Bergs" kids game – but invited people to create their own ads by adding their own marketing copy over supplied photographs of the Arctic. User-generated ads could then be shared on social media. … For all intents and purposes, it looks like a real Shell marketing idea that has spun out of control …
But in reality … the Arctic Ready website, and the viral video, were created by activists Greenpeace and The Yes Men."
Downloads: 'It's cheaper to pay a wage, fly to the US and back twice' [SMH]– "Australians are paying 50 per cent more than American shoppers for downloaded music and games, as well as computer software and hardware, consumer watchdog Choice says. In a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into IT Pricing, Choice says Australians are on the wrong end of of international price discrimination by copyright holders. New research carried out by the group found price differences across a range of IT products including iTunes downloads, PC games, personal and business software, Wii console games and computer hardware. "In Australia you pay, on average, 52 per cent more than an American consumer will for the same 50 top iTunes songs," says Choice head of campaigns, Matt Levey.""A selection of 44 popular home and business software products were, on average, 34 per cent more expensive in Australia than the US."
Council's new social media policy – rethinking our networks [Marketing Summit 2012] – While these things are never perfect, the new Australia Council for the Arts Social Media Policy is well-written, mindful of the specificities of social media platforms and engagement (not risk!) centred. This policy will probably prove a useful template for corporations and organisations trying to figure out their own policies for social media use. Kudos to former Creative Commons stalwart Elliot Bledsoe for spearheading the new policy development.
Facebook scans chats and posts for criminal activity [Internet & Media – CNET News] – Facebook is intensively data-mining Facebook chat; the justification: "If [Facebook] detects suspicious behavior, it flags the content and determines if further steps, such as informing the police, are required. The new tidbit about the company's monitoring system comes from a Reuters interview with Facebook Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan. Here's the lead-in to the Reuters story: "A man in his early 30s was chatting about sex with a 13-year-old South Florida girl and planned to meet her after middle-school classes the next day. Facebook's extensive but little-discussed technology for scanning postings and chats for criminal activity automatically flagged the conversation for employees, who read it and quickly called police. Officers took control of the teenager's computer and arrested the man the next day." Facebook's software focuses on conversations between members who have a loose relationship on the social network."
Facebook set to unfriend anonymous snooping[The Independent]– I genuinely doubt this will be rolled out on Timelines; it'd reduce time spent on Facebook. Stalking – more advertising views, after all."The end is nigh for anonymous stalking on the social media website Facebook. The website has announced that it is going to start letting users know who has viewed items on the social network, a change which is expected to cause the amount of online snooping to plummet. For now, the change to the Facebook website, which has more than 900m active users, applies to group pages, meaning users can see who has visited any group of which they are a member. But already there are suggestions that Facebook may unfurl the technology across the site, meaning the naughty-naughty-stalky-stalky generation may soon see their fingerprint-free snooping habits curtailed, or face the embarrassment of their ex's new boyfriend/girlfriend realising they were too curious to resist an online-curtain twitch."
CV Dazzle: Camouflage From Computer Vision by Adam Harvey – "CV Dazzle™ is camouflage from computer vision (CV). It is a form of expressive interference that combines makeup and hair styling (or other modifications) with face-detection thwarting designs. The name is derived from a type of camouflage used during WWI, called Dazzle, which was used to break apart the gestalt-image of warships, making it hard to discern their directionality, size, and orientation. Likewise, the goal of CV Dazzle is to break apart the gestalt of a face, or object, and make it undetectable to computer vision algorithms, in particular face detection. Because face detection is the first step in automated facial recognition, CV Dazzle can be used in any environment where automated face recognition systems are in use, such as Google's Picasa, Flickr, or Facebook (see CV Dazzle vs PhotoTagger by Face.com). [Via Jill]
Digital Culture Links: July 10th
Links, catching up, through to July 10th:
What to Watch? AUDIENCE MOTIVATION IN A MULTI-SCREEN WORLD [Screen Australia: Research] – New report from Screen Australia (released June 2012) which investigates the viewing habits of audiences in Australia. The report is careful to highlight the ongoing impact of traditional methods and advertising, but focuses most significantly on social media users. The report characterises 35% of Australians over the age of 14 as 'connectors' who both enjoy screen culture and are frequent social media users, often using social media to discuss their favourite content. The reach of these online discussions, and impact on other viewers (including those who don't use social media) is substantial and significant. [Read the full report.]
Recruiting Via Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter Continues To Grow [AllFacebook] – "A total of 92 percent of U.S. companies use social networks and social media to recruit talent, up from 78 percent five years ago, according to new research from recruitment platform Jobvite, which also found that although LinkedIn remains dominant in the sector, Facebook and Twitter continue to make inroads. Other findings in the 2012 annual Social Recruiting Survey from Jobvite: Two-thirds of companies now use Facebook for recruiting, while 54 percent use Twitter. LinkedIn continues to rule this category, at 93 percent." [Infographic]
Origin of the @reply – Digging through twitter's history [Anarchogeek] – A quick overview of the social emergence of the @reply convention on Twitter.
Some YouTube Partners Are Making Tens of Millions Of Dollars A Year [SFGate] – "Speaking at IGNITION West, Shishir Mehrotra, vice president of product management of YouTube, said the channels have increased engagement. Mehrotra also said TV creators are now running test shows on YouTube before running it on TV. "We are the world's biggest focus group," he said. Business Insider's Matt Rosoff, who was leading the discussion, questioned whether or not we are going to see big time stars come out of YouTube anytime soon. Mehrotra answered, "hundreds of people are making 6 figures, some are making tens of millions of dollars.""
Twitter ordered to hand over Occupy tweets [BBC News] – "A US court has ordered Twitter to release old messages and details about a user arrested during an Occupy Wall Street protest in New York. The micro-blogging firm contested the subpoena, saying the tweets were owned by users rather than the company. But a judge said defendant Malcolm Harris' privacy would not be violated if the material was handed over. Earlier, the American Civil Liberties Union commended Twitter for defending free speech rights. "If you post a tweet, just like if you scream it out the window, there is no reasonable expectation of privacy," Judge Matthew Sciarrino wrote in his decision. Nevertheless, the judge said he would personally review the information and would only release the relevant sections to prosecution and defence lawyers."
Facebook's email switch prompts criticism by users [BBC News] – "Facebook is facing a backlash from users after replacing email addresses listed in members' contacts with those provided by its @facebook.com system. The company said it had acted to make details "consistent" across its site. If Facebook's email system takes off it could drive more traffic to the firm's pages helping boost advertising sales. But some users have branded the move "annoying" and "lame" and publicised instructions on how to display original addresses instead of the Facebook ones." And here's a guide on Forbes showing how to change your Facebook email address back if you'd prefer.
Gamers get adults-only R18+ classification [The Age] – Finally! "An adults-only computer game rating category will at last become a reality with legislation passing federal parliament yesterday. The new law fulfils the Commonwealth's part of a deal with states and territories to include an R18+ rating in the games classification system. "These are important reforms over 10 years in the making," Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare said in a statement yesterday. "The R18+ category will inform consumers, parents and retailers about which games are not suitable for minors to play and will prevent minors from purchasing unsuitable material. […] Previously, the highest rating for computer games has been MA15+ meaning overseas adult-only games are usually banned here or given a lower classification allowing children to obtain them.
The new laws bring computer games in line with the classification system for films and other material and make Australia more consistent with international standards."
Digital Culture Links: May 10th
May 10, 2012 / 1 Comment on Digital Culture Links: May 10th
Links – catching up – through to May 7th:
YouTube's content explosion: 60 hours of video every minute [Online Video News] – ""More video is uploaded to YouTube in one month than the 3 major US TV networks created in 60 years." Hunter Walk, YouTube Director of Product Management, Google in a tweet. Google told TechCrunch Monday that YouTube users now upload 60 hours of video every minute." (That's almost 10 years of content uploaded each day. Wowzers!)
Angry Birds maker Rovio reports £60.8m revenues for 2011 [Technology | guardian.co.uk] – Angry Birds has generated hundreds of millions of downloads for Finnish mobile games firm Rovio Entertainment, but the company's financial results for 2011 reveal just how lucrative the franchise was that year. The company has reported total revenues of €75.4m (£60.8m) for 2011, with earnings before tax of €48m (£38.7m). 30% of Rovio's revenues for the year came from its consumer products business, which includes merchandising and licensing income. Rovio says that the total number of Angry Birds game downloads reached 648m by the end of 2011, with 200m monthly active users (MAUs) across all platforms. As context for that figure, social games publisher Zynga had 21m MAUs at the end of March 2012, while also acquiring US developer OMGPOP, whose Draw Something mobile game currently has 33.9m MAUs.
Angry Birds Space rockets to 50m downloads in 35 days [Technology | guardian.co.uk] – "Angry Birds Space, the latest mobile game from Finnish developer Rovio, has reached the 50m downloads mark just 35 days after its release on 22 March. The publisher claims on its blog that this makes its tile "the fastest growing mobile game yet", beating all previous records for the Angry Birds series. The announcement may be a deliberate reminder to challengers like Draw Something of the scale of Angry Birds. Draw Something was released on 1 February, notched up 35m downloads in its first seven weeks – yes, a similar time period to that required for Rovio's new milestone – and was promptly acquired by Zynga for $180m. Draw Something passed 50m downloads in early April, while another recently-released game, Temple Run, is also past that milestone. "While numbers like this certainly say something about the popularity of Angry Birds, for us the main goal is to keep creating fun new experiences that everybody can enjoy," explains Rovio on its blog."
London 2012: Olympic photo ban 'unenforceable' [BBC News] – "Olympic bosses have admitted their ban on spectators posting videos and images on websites will be unenforceable. In the terms and conditions of ticket purchases for the London 2012 Games it states ticket holders cannot publish images, video or sound online. However, Sir Keith Mills, deputy chairman of organisers Locog, said "we live in an internet world… and there's not much we can do about it". He said a "common sense approach" would be used to protect media rights. Spectators will be able to watch many events, including the cycle road race, triathlon and marathon, without a ticket. But the ticket conditions as they currently stand prohibit ticket holders from posting photos and personal footage of the Olympics on sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube."
British ISPs forced to block The Pirate Bay [WA Today] – "Britain's High Court has ordered the country's internet service providers to block file-sharing website The Pirate Bay. A High Court judge told Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media to prevent access to the Swedish site, which helps millions of people download copyrighted music, movies and computer games. Music industry group BPI welcomed the order by justice Richard Arnold that the service providers block the site within the next few weeks. BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor said sites like The Pirate Bay "destroy jobs in the U.K. and undermine investment in new British artists." The service providers said they would comply with the order. A sixth provider, BT, has been given several weeks to consider its position, but BPI said it expected BT would also block the website. Providers who refuse could find themselves in breach of a court order, which can carry a large fine or jail time."
Google Drive– Google's cloud storage drive – the GDrive or Google Drive – has arrived, offering 5Gb for free, with the option to upgrade storage to 25GB for $2.49/month, 100GB for $4.99/month or 1TB for $49.99/month. While Google's entry is a late entry to the cloud storage arena, the integration with Google's other products, and Android in particular, will probably see the GDrive rapidly rise in popularity.
Man jailed over nude Facebook photos [WA Today] – "A jilted boyfriend who put nude pictures of his former lover on Facebook has been sentenced to six months jail – a landmark social media-related conviction for Australia and one of just a handful in the world. Ravshan "Ronnie" Usmanov told police: "I put the photos up because she hurt me and it was the only thing [I had] to hurt her." … Privacy experts say Usmanov's case has exposed the "tip of the iceberg" of online offences that are rarely punished.
In sentencing the 20-year-old, NSW Deputy-Chief Magistrate Jane Mottley said she was "deterring both the offender and the community generally from committing similar crimes". "New-age technology through Facebook gives instant access to the world … Incalculable damage can be done to a person's reputation by the irresponsible posting of information through that medium. With its popularity and potential for real harm, there is a genuine need to ensure the use of this medium to commit offences of this type is deterred,"."
The Filtered Network – Mark Zuckerberg of facebook buying Instagram for $1 BILLION [YouTube] – Fun remix of the trailer for The Social Network, playing with the question of what exactly Facebook purchased for a billion dollars!
Introducing Facebook Offers [YouTube] – Facebook Offers = Facebook's answer to Scoopon.
4% Of Children On Facebook Are Under 6 Years [AllFacebook] – I'm a bit suspicious of these statistics since they're generated by a company that markets tools allowing parents to monitor the social networking of their kids, but the numbers certainly warrant attention: "Kids are learning to use computers at ever younger ages, and some are figuring out how to lie about their age to access Facebook. The site has a minimum age requirement of 13, yet four percent of children using the site are under age six. That's the most startling statistic in the infographic compiled by Minor Monitor, one of the newer entrants into the already crowded market for surveiling kids' activity online. According to the vendor, barely half of parents use technology to keep a digital eye on children, despite worries about sexual predators and bullying."
Google+ redesigns and says 100m of its 170m users used it in past 30 days [Technology | guardian.co.uk] – "Google says 170m people have registered for its Google+ service since it was launched 10 months ago – and that 100m have "engaged" with the service at least once in the past 30 days and 50m have engaged with the service at least once a day in the past month."
Digital Culture Links: March 30th
March 30, 2012 / 2 Comments on Digital Culture Links: March 30th
Links for March 26th through March 30th:
The Dark Knight Rises Trailer 2: IN LEGO [YouTube] – Beautifully put together Lego version of the new Dark Knight trailer. "LEGO Dark Knight Rises Movie Trailer By ParanickFilmz. http://paranickfilmz.co.nr/ Thanks to Adviceversas for the mouth animation and JediMasterSoda for the CGI. Movie (2012) HD."
CBS Blocks Use of Unused 'Star Trek' Script by Spinrad [NYTimes.com] – "For "Star Trek" fans it was like finding a lost Shakespeare play — only to have it snatched away by the playwright's heirs.Last fall an unused script for the cult 1960s television show turned up after being forgotten for years. Its author, the science-fiction writer Norman Spinrad, announced that it would become an episode of a popular Web series, "Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II," which features amateur actors in the classic roles of Capt. James T. Kirk, Mr. Spock and other crew members of the starship Enterprise. But then another player stepped in: CBS, which said it owned the script and blocked a planned Web production of it. Trekkies were appalled. "These executives should be phasered on heavy stun," said Harmon Fields of Manhattan, who called himself "a 'Star Trek' fan of galactic proportions." … By all indications CBS is within its rights. In the entertainment industry the paid writer of a teleplay generally cedes the rights to the material, even if it remains unproduced."
Shitter: Social Media has never been so disposable – Online service that prints a twitter feed onto toilet paper. I suppose such a thing was inevitable.
Pay TV piracy hits News [AFR] – A detailed investigative report accuses NewsCorp of actively promoting and facilitating the piracy of competitors pay TV network content: " A secret unit within Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation promoted a wave of high-tech piracy in Australia that damaged Austar, Optus and Foxtel at a time when News was moving to take control of the Australian pay TV industry." These are hugely important accusations both in terms of NewsCorp but also in terms of how piracy is framed and understood.
What book publishers should learn from Harry Potter — Tech News and Analysis – Useful post detailing the DRM-free release of the Harry Potter ebooks and audio books for sale on J K Rowling's Pottermore website. The lesson here is that DRM really isn't necessary, and you're more likely to reach a wider audience without it. Admittedly Rowling has unprecedented clout in managing her own books in electronic form, and has already made so much money off these books there's no real risk involved, but the strategy is an important one nevertheless.
Angry Birds Space gets 10m downloads in three days [BBC] – The latest version of the Angry Birds game notched up 10 million download in its first three days of release, says its developer Rovio. Angry Birds Space only came out on 22 March, but in a tweet on Monday Rovio announced the game's swift success. … The new Angry Birds instalment features 60 initial levels and six new characters and has what Rovio calls a "unique twist in a variable gravity environment". As well as Google Android and Apple iOS devices, last week also saw the game released simultaneously on PC and Mac. Nasa was also involved in promoting the game, posting a video showing an astronaut on the International Space Station explaining the laws of physics using Angry Bird characters.
The space agency called it "an exciting way to get people engaged with Nasa's missions of exploration and discover".
Google ordered to suspend autocomplete function over cyber-harassment [The Japan Times Online] – "The Tokyo District Court approved a petition demanding that Google Inc. suspend its autocomplete search feature for Internet browsers after a man alleged that it breached his privacy and got him fired, his lawyer said Sunday. Google is refusing to suspend the feature, saying that its headquarters in the United States will not be regulated by Japanese law and that the case does not warrant deleting the autocomplete suggestions related to the petition under its in-house privacy policy, lawyer Hiroyuki Tomita said. The case, which was adjudicated on March 19, is believed to be the first to order the suspension of the Web search feature, which attempts to instantly anticipate and list the words or phrases a person will type into a browser's search box, Tomita said. [..] The man discovered that when people type his name into Google's search engine, words suggesting criminal acts, which he is unfamiliar with, appear."
Facebook Asserts Trademark on Word 'Book' in New User Agreement [Threat Level | Wired.com] – "Facebook is trying to expand its trademark rights over the word "book" by adding the claim to a newly revised version of its "Statement of Rights and Responsibilities," the agreement all users implicitly consent to by using or accessing Facebook."
Digital Culture Links: October 31st through November 4th
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Anonymous online comments [The Age] – "Online news readers should be forced to reveal their identity when commenting on a story, a parliamentarian has argued while complaining about West Australian's poor online behaviour. WA Labor MP Andrew Waddell called on news websites, including this one, to publish readers' names with their post. "It has become an unfortunate fact that there is a group of cowards who, hiding behind the veil of anonymity, abuse their right to free speech to perpetuate lies, abuse others, commit hate crimes, libel others and behave in an unacceptable manner," Mr Waddell told parliament yesterday. "It is often possible to post a comment on a very public site without there being any need to provide real validated identification. This gives … courage to those who may not otherwise be willing to stand behind their comments and face the consequences of their opinions. "A vibrant society has a healthy ongoing political debate … [but] vicious, nasty, anonymous trolls have no place in that debate."
Man jailed for posting sex images of ex-partner online [BBC News] – ""A Nottingham man who posted sexual images of his former girlfriend online as he stalked her via social networking sites has been jailed for four months. Shane Webber, 23, of Hodgkin Close in Clifton, sent photographs and personal details about Ruth Jeffery, 22, to her family and strangers. Webber admitted one count of harassment at an earlier hearing at Southampton Magistrates' Court. Miss Jeffery said she was devastated by Webber's actions. Outside court she said even if Webber had received the maximum jail sentence magistrates could impose – six months – it would not have made up for the hurt she had been caused. She said: "I am extremely pleased with the outcome. The maximum sentence in a magistrates' court will never make up for the hurt he had put me through but I am pleased I can now put it behind me."
Q&A: Felicia Day, from 'The Guild' to 'Dragon Age' [latimes.com] – "Playing" Felicia Day: "And when Electric Arts [makers of Dragon Age] called, that was the first call in years that was really like, "Oh!" They asked, "What would you like to do?" and I said, "What properties do you have?" And when Dragon Age came up I was, like, "Yes!" Because when am I ever going to be able to be in a medieval world as an actor? Probably never. So I'll help create it myself. This will be the first time that a video game property is a Web series; and the elf is an actual playable character. So my character will be a DLC [downloadable content] piece; if people own Dragon Age II, they'll be able to purchase an extension pack and play with my character. It's full motion capture with me, full facial capture, full vocal acting. It's pretty much the coolest thing I could ever imagine: Not only am I in a game, but it's as a character I created."
Angry Birds smashes half a billion downloads! [YouTube] – Cute little video with statistics about Angry Birds including the big one: half a billion downloads so far. That's an awful lot! (Personally, I can account for 5 of those – 3 on Android, 2 on the iPad!)
Plagiarism [Common Craft] – Basic but very accessible and useful video explaining plagiarism: "While Plagiarism can be intentional, it is more often caused by misunderstanding. Avoiding it means understanding the role of intellectual property and what makes plagiarism wrong. This video teaches: Why giving credit to others is necessary; A definition of plagiarism; Steps to avoiding plagiarism; Types of ideas and media that can be plagiarized"
BBC News – Man jailed for posting sex images of ex-partner online – "A Nottingham man who posted sexual images of his former girlfriend online as he stalked her via social networking sites has been jailed for four months. Shane Webber, 23, of Hodgkin Close in Clifton, sent photographs and personal details about Ruth Jeffery, 22, to her family and strangers. Webber admitted one count of harassment at an earlier hearing at Southampton Magistrates' Court. Miss Jeffery said she was devastated by Webber's actions. Outside court she said even if Webber had received the maximum jail sentence magistrates could impose – six months – it would not have made up for the hurt she had been caused. She said: "I am extremely pleased with the outcome. The maximum sentence in a magistrates' court will never make up for the hurt he had put me through but I am pleased I can now put it behind me."
Angry Birds developer Rovio to open stores in China [BBC News] – Angry Birds maker Rovio has announced plans to open stores in China within 12 months. Unofficial merchandise connected to the videogame has already proved popular in the country. The company's chief marketing officer, Peter Vesterbacka, made the announcement at the Techcrunch conference in Beijing. He said he was targeting $100m (£62m) in sales from the shops in their first year of operation. "On the physical side, we don't have a lot of our officially licensed products out here, so we have ourselves to blame," he told the conference. Mr Vesterbacka said he had been to China many times "checking out the Angry Birds' presence". He told delegates he was unhappy with the quality of the unofficial products, but had also gained "a lot of inspiration from the copyists". The comment drew laughter from the audience."
Qantas' Social Media Response Rapped For Bad Service [The Age] – "Qantas has been criticised for its mechanical, impersonal social media response to the grounding of its fleet and the ensuing customer chaos. The announcement sparked a torrent of posts on Twitter, with independent social media analyst Thomas Tudehope noting that, at its peak, "Alan Joyce", "Qantas" and "Anthony Albanese" were all trending worldwide – indicating in excess of a thousand tweets per minute. "This is particularly remarkable given that Australia only has an estimated 2 million Twitter accounts compared to a global audience pushing towards 250 million accounts," Tudehope said. […] Several Twitter accounts have sprung up lampooning Qantas and its CEO, Alan Joyce, including @AlanJoyceCEO and @Qantas_VH_OQA."


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Q: Injecting property into a static final field I have the following class that takes processing events:
public abstract class EventExecutor {

    public static final EventExecutor ON_BALANCE_CHANGE_EXECUTOR = new EventExecutor() {

        private BalanceDao balanceDao;

        @Override
        public void executeEvent() {
            BigDecimal balance;
            //getting the balance
            balanceDao.add(balance);
        }

        //GET, SET, others
    };

    public abstract void executeEvent();
}

The thing is processing some events means to save some data into a persistent store. Since I use Spring 4 I need to perform a corresponding dependency injection in order to perform db-operation.
Curretly, I intent to allow client to perform event handlings via invoking methods on static final fields in order to increase code readability.
So, there is a possibility to do that via ContextLoader.getCurrentWebApplicationContext().getBean(String beanName) but it introduces spring dependencies which is not a desirable solution.
Maybe there is some spring feature allowing us to do that? Couldn't you suggest anything about that?

A: Since you create object by hand you cannot inject beans directly in anonymous class. The possible solution is to create static inner class for ON_BALANCE_CHANGE_EXECUTOR and define bean of this type in your config.
public abstract class EventExecutor {
public static class OnBalanceChangeExecutor extends EventExecutor {

        private BalanceDao balanceDao;

        @Override
        public void executeEvent() {
            BigDecimal balance;
            //getting the balance
            balanceDao.add(balance);
        }

        //GET, SET, others
    }}

After that you can create bean in your context config:
<bean id="onBalanceChangeExecutor" class = "your.package.EventExecutor$OnBalanceChangeExecutor">
<property name="balanceDao" ref="balanceDao"/>
</bean>

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Guardian - UK
Proposed salmon farm raises environmental concerns in Hebrides
Severin Carrell
Scottish Natural Heritage warns of potential 'significant effects' on birds and marine life
The Isle of Canna sits just south of Skye, and is of unique natural heritage. Google Earth.
Significant environmental concerns have been raised about plans to build a large salmon farm just off the coast of Canna, a tiny Hebridean island near Skye.
Mowi, the world's largest salmon producer, has tabled outline plans to install eight fish farm cages to grow thousands of tonnes of organic salmon in one of the most environmentally protected areas of sea in the UK.
The cages would be 160 metres in circumference, the largest installed in the UK, after Scottish ministers relaxed rules in an effort to push salmon farms further offshore to reduce the pollution and welfare problems that dog the industry.
The eight pens would cover nearly 16,300 sq metres, more than twice the size of a football pitch, with moorings stretching over 222,000 sq metres of seabed.
Scottish Natural Heritage, the government's conservation watchdog, has said Mowi's proposals could lead to "significant environmental effects" on the area's seabirds, porpoises and seals, and threaten other rare marine life on the seabed.
There are also fears about the impact on Canna's small community of 18 people, which has recently had problems with incomers unable to integrate and settle there, in part because of its isolation and harsh winter weather.
Mowi has said it will employ 10 people at the site and has offered jobs to islanders, suggesting that outsiders will also need to be based on Canna year-round. That creates challenges for the National Trust for Scotland, which owns Canna and has struggled to repopulate the island. It says it is legally required to protect Canna from harmful developments, and bars private housebuilding there.
The site is also covered by a swathe of legally binding marine and environmental designations, including a marine protected area (MPA) that covers Canna and its sister islands Rum, Muck and Eigg, known collectively as the Small Isles.
SNH told Highland council, which is overseeing Mowi's planning application, that it could harm black guillemots and have significant effects on other birds including puffins, red-throated divers and Manx shearwaters, which are also protected by two special protection area designations.
It also said vulnerable seabed species could also be affected by fish faeces and uneaten food. "Particularly sensitive features in relatively close proximity include fan mussel aggregations; northern sea fan and sponge communities; white cluster anemone and horse mussel beds," SNH said.
Mowi acknowledged such questions had to be addressed and admitted the site is also close to two seal "haul-outs", spots where the animals pull themselves on to land, on Canna's coast. Seals can cause immense problems for fish farms, damaging nets in an effort to get to the salmon, occasionally leading to mass escapes.
The company said it was unable to use acoustic deterrents or extra protective netting because those could harm harbour porpoises and other cetaceans that swim past Canna, and which are also legally protected. Instead, it could resort to licensed shooting if seals attack the site, a measure that has led to angry protests by animal rights groups elsewhere in Scotland.
Mowi said an organic farm would have much less environmental impact than a conventional one, and would replace two existing farms in sea lochs on the mainland, including a controversial site at Loch Ewe blamed for devastating local sea trout stocks.
If it goes ahead, the Canna farm will hold a maximum of 2,500 tonnes of fish at a time, a third less than a non-organic farm of the same size. Some critics, however, fear Mowi could convert it to a conventional fish farm in future, once it gets permission.
Under intense pressure from campaigners to address the pollution impacts of its farms, Mowi has promised that by 2020 all its sites in the UK will be accredited by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council, which requires stronger welfare, environmental and climate standards than other schemes.
Geraldine MacKinnon, chair of the Canna Development Trust, which oversees the island's economic investment strategy, said the islanders were split over the proposal. They are holding further talks with Mowi on Tuesday and have been in close contact with neighbours on Rum and Muck, where Mowi already has two fish farms. "People haven't made up their minds either way," she said. "It's a massive decision, so people just want to take their time."
Mowi said it was working closely with the islanders. "We continue to explore sites that are fit for today's salmon farming regulations and will work with communities that express interest in building a development that helps support local economies," it said.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk...


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Lifetrients announces the expansion of their Lifetrients product line with its new and improved learn liquid; a high potency omega-3 formulated for the growing needs of children. The pleasant-tasting liquid formula has an emulsified, "smoothie-like" consistency and a delicious lemon flavoring derived naturally from the oil found in the rind of lemons. The innovative emulsified form and flavoring completely eliminates any fishy taste or odor.
Lifetrients learn was formulated by omega-3 experts to support healthy brain function and development in school-age children. The customized, research-based formula provides an optimal ratio of EPA and DHA in a high concentration per serving which means children can get greater benefits from fewer dosages.
Unlike medications used to promote attention and learning in children, the omega-3s in learn are nutrients, not drugs. EPA and DHA work with the body's systems to promote optimal health over time; they do not force biochemical processes for immediate relief of symptoms. Further, omega-3 does not interfere with sleep or appetite.
Learn has been purified and concentrated to maximize effectiveness and safety. The omega-3 fish oil in learn surpasses all US and EU standards for purity and quality and is confirmed by independent third party laboratories. Lifetrients learn is also offered in capsule form. To learn more, visit www.lifetrients.com.
Lifetrients (www.Lifetrients.com) intends to contribute to a major improvement in health and wellness by addressing the nutritional needs of children. Founded by nutrition industry veterans, the firm includes expert scientists and nutritionists passionate about health.
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package model

import anorm._
import play.api.libs.json.Json

import common.JsonFormatHelpers._

case class EntryGroup(
  id: Pk[Long],
  ownerId: Long,
  name: String
) {
  def this(ownerId: Long, name: String) =
    this(NotAssigned, ownerId, name)
}

object EntryGroup {
  implicit val formatter = Json.format[EntryGroup]
}

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Perfect scoreboard for all levels of competition. Designed with LED digits and indicators for long-life and economical power consumption. Scoreboard cabinet measures 7′ long by 5'6″ high. Clock, score, team and player foul information. Clock and score have 12″ digits, others 10″.


As lawyers for the union representing striking workers at Thunder Bay's Port Arthur Health Centre and clinic administration prepare to return to court, an expert in labour law says prolonged disputes often destroy relations moving forward.
Legal counsel for Unifor — the union representing 65 support staff at the medical facility — and the health centre are scheduled back for an injunction hearing Friday afternoon. Clinic administration sought the injunction to limit strike action after the union ramped up its efforts on Wednesday, effectively shutting the health centre down.
"These things generally will just wind down with the party that has the greater economic clout eventually being victorious but with ... blood from both sides being on the ground," said Michael Lynk, an associate professor of law at the University of Western Ontario, who specializes in labour and human rights law.
"Strikes are difficult in any event, they generally darken good relations for a long time after the strike is settled," he continued.
"But strikes which involve replacement workers crossing picket lines generally just add more poison to the relations."
Since the strike began on Apr. 9 and until Wednesday's escalated job action, replacement workers were being used to keep the clinic running. Employees who work as medical aides, appointment secretaries and medical records workers are among those on the picket line.
Despite the interim injunction being handed down Wednesday, strikers were not strictly adhering to its conditions, including allowing access to the clinic and not picketing on clinic property.
A Unifor spokesperson said on Thursday that the union will continue to deny access to the building until the health centre comes back to the bargaining table.
That can be a risky move, Lynk said. On one hand, he said Unifor used a similar tactic during a recent strike at a mine in Goderich, Ont., which helped bring that labour dispute to an end. However, he continued, it can also backfire.
"If that doesn't happen and you have a particularly stubborn employer, they are in a better position to persuade a judge to make the terms of the injunction more onerous on the union," he said.
"Unions gamble when they defy an injunction."
Lynk said that can also include fines and even jail time for those found disobeying a court order.
Late Thursday night, Unifor issued a written statement saying that they presented an offer to the health clinic "to settle the 124 day long strike."
"The offer is fair to both sides, and more importantly would pave the way to quickly reopen the health centre so patients can get the health care they need," Unifor National president Jerry Dias said in Thursday's statement.
No details about the offer were provided in the statement.
In its release, Unifor said it again asked the clinic to return to the bargaining table and negotiate "a fair deal."