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Alun Machin is a Senior Experience Architect at News Digital Media where he specialises in creating engaging online presences for the company's plethora of websites.
Alun has well over a decade of experience in interaction design and has worked with a wide variety of organisations both in Australia and Europe.
He's particularly excited about the challenge of designing shared experience spaces with delivery through multiple devices including mobile.
As well as being a passionate advocate of user-centered product design Alun remains a hopeless devotee of Liverpool Football Club and enjoys playing records very loudly.
Andrew is based in Canberra, Australia. He has been managing and designing information systems for more than a decade, mainly in the defence, government and health sectors.
Andrew is currently the senior UCD practitioner for a large government organisation where he advises on web information and service delivery, quality/process design, IA, IxD, and usability/accessibility evaluation - and sometimes he even gets to do some design work.
A co-convener of the Canberra IA Cocktail Hours, he is partial to good wines, fine dining, conference tourism, and organising web community social networking events.
You can find Andrew on twitter as @facibus.
Anthony is currently the Creative Director at Different Solutions in Sydney which delivers user-centric design solutions and experience consulting. Before joining Different in 2007, Anthony led UX teams holding positions of Creative Director, User Experience Manager, Interaction Design Team Lead for myfamily.com (Seattle), Classmates.com (Seattle) and the BBC (London) respectively. Anthony also graduated with a Bachelor of Graphic Design from the University of Canberra, Australia in 1996.
You can find Anthony on twitter as @colfelt.
Ben is a senior consultant at PTG Global, a user experience and business technology consultancy. He's been in the online space for about 12 years, with experience in digital strategy, user research, information architecture, design and development, and online marketing. He has been involved in projects in Australia and Ireland as diverse as rolling out regional Monster.com websites, producing politicians' websites and start-up web applications, and overhauling several not-for-profit organisations' websites to increase campaign awareness and donor revenue.
Through it all is a passion for uniting user experience with business performance. Ben enjoys helping clients connect the dots between their staff, their work, and the technology they use, as well as getting out and listening to the people for whom clients' systems are designed.
Favourite beverage? Red wine, although he wouldn't say no to a Guinness or three with a peat fire and good craic.
Find Ben at his own website catchmedia.com.au, or on Twitter as @bencrothers, or on LinkedIn.
David is a senior usability consultant, user researcher and jack of all trades. He has been with Peak Usability for 2 years and would like to avoid a return to a government job. He's worked with a range of clients for Peak Usability including the Department of Communities, Australian Catholic University, The Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Ergon Energy and iiNet.
He has an odd penchant for intranets and seems to get a kick out of sorting these beasts out. It might be some dragon slaying fantasy at play here.
He can be found on Twitter as @davemonkey and as the electronic face of Peak Usability as @peakusability.
David Sless is Director of the Communication Research Institute, Visiting Professor of Information design in the Design Institute at Coventry University, and Vice President of the International Institute for Information Design.
In 1985 he was invited to set up the Communication Research Institute, a not-for-profit body that undertakes research and provides information design services to over 200 large organizations in government and industry.
Gary Barber is the principal user experience designer at radharc with a focus on UX design, usability and information architecture. He is a realistic standardista who is constantly mentoring and exercising his passion for creativity, usability, accessibility and minimal user experiences – be this from speaking engagements, consultations or over a few quiet ales.
Gary's formal educational background is in making weird substances and blowing things up, and this, as expected, has no relevancy for having been working within the web industry in various roles since the dark ages of the mid nineteen nineties. He has spent a fair amount of time consulting for the government, education, energy and private sectors while designed large intranets, social media sites, CMS and realigned sites back to their core business using the web industry's best practices.
Gary also contributes to the community by volunteering to various professional bodies. He has worked with the Australian Web Industry Association and is a founding member of the fledgling Perth chapter of the Usability Professionals' Association. He has also written for for Sitepoint.com; and looks at user experience and other web issues from time to time on Man With No Blog.
You can also find him on twitter as @tuna.
Geoff's the CEO and application architect for Daemon Internet Consultants. Focused on a pragmatic approach to defining and delivering solutions, Geoff's team is responsible for the web presence of Australian Olympic Committee, UNSWTV media publishing system, Bluescope Steel, SelecTV, Science in the City, Yaffa Publications (home of AdNews) and other iconic web applications.
Apart from all the hard yakka working for Daemon, Geoff's a regular poster to the Daemonite blog, benevolent dictator of the open source FarCry CMS project, and editor in chief of Full As A Goog. And in his free time, he runs the webDU Developer Conference, is a User Group regular and the list-admin for various Australian mailing lists. Geoff's also the co-author of the best selling "ColdFusion Developer Study Guide".
Geoff tweets and chirps as @modius.
Jodie is a passionate user experience advocate. She is Co-founder & Director at Symplicit, a User Experience Design Consultancy that focuses on assisting clients to create great experiences for their customers. Her background as a Psychologist means understanding human behaviour is a core philosophy.
However, she is really interested in how to combine this understanding of human behaviour with good design thinking, to help change business models and create innovation for Symplicit's clients.
She is excited to be talking at OzIA at a more practical level about conducting user experience research in the corporate environment, and share some of the novel approaches she has developed to try to uncover a little more about what goes on in the users day-to-day life. Come and say hi!
You can find Jodie on Twitter as @jodiemoule or follow the team @symplicit.
Joji has over 8 years experience in the field of Human Computer Interaction/Usability/Information Architecture. He has experience as a research academic, teacher, and now works as a consultant with UsabilityOne actively working to improve the usability of client websites. He is a regular speaker at industry events specifically on the topic of usability. Joji has a passion for end user interaction with interfaces, especially with respect to current web trends and emerging technologies.
Jonathan Cooper was trained in art education. Since joining the Art Gallery of NSW as museum educator in 1982, his work has included planning and delivering educational services, to many different types of audiences, and producing educational exhibitions and resources. As the Art Gallery's first website manager (since 2001), he has overseen innovative online projects, including a virtual exhibition creation tool (myVirtualGallery), navigable virtual tours and 'viral' interactives.
Jonathan blogs at doctordada, tweets as @drdada, and has more links on his personal portal.
Ladan is an information architect at the Department of Human Services, Victoria. Prior to her current role, Ladan has worked on a range of diverse web projects over the last 9 years; from a major redevelopment of the Victorian Dept of Justice website to freelance work with not-for-profits in outback Australia using the web for mentoring young indigenous people. She has also had international experience, working for the Australian government (sort of) in Thailand. Ladan has a strong interest in exploring user behaviour in as many ways as possible, to improve their web experience and facilitate better service delivery. Ladan's other key interests include coffee, talking to people about stuff and making complex and unachievable plans to go to the gym. She has the daily struggle of convincing people she works hard despite being a public servant. She also likes good grammar and proper use of apostrophes.
Ladan can be found on twitter as @LadanWise.
Captain Matt Fisher, SO3 Special Projects, Headquarters Forces Command, Australian Army.
Matt is a software and mechatronic engineer working in the Australian Army. He was in the full-time Army for seven years until this May, and is now transitioning into the wider world while continuing in the Army Reserve. Special Projects is a cell within Headquarters Forces Command at Victoria Barracks Sydney dedicated to demonstrating and evangelising modern design and development practices within Defence.
Matt tweets as @Fush and likes green tea and cappucino.
Matt Moore has worked for PwC, IBM, Oracle and ASIC doing information and knowledge management. He is now a director of Innotecture and sometimes teaches at UTS.
Matt blogs at innotecture and tweets as @innotecture.
Matthew Hodgson is an Agile IA, Web and Social Media Strategist, User-Experience Engineer, and collector of Ultimate Collector Series Lego models. He has a real passion for mentoring people in the application of user-centred design in agile environments, stealing techniques from the discipline of Business Analysis and Project Management, and the benefits of chocolate during participatory design workshops.
Matthew blogs at The AppGap, Matt's Musings and ZenAgile. He can also be found on twitter as @magia3e.
Meghan is a Senior Usability Consultant at Stamford Interactive. Prior to relocating to Melbourne from the U.S., Meghan spent 9 years in NYC working in the realm of user centred design, getting her start in 1998 at one of the first social networking sites, Bolt.com. While forever passionate about good site structures, interfaces and interactions, Meghan's time spent working as an experience designer within a management consultancy has broadened her enthusiasm for developing holistic customer experiences. She is particularly interested in the areas of persuasive design and service design, researching and presenting on both topics.
Meghan has worked for clients including T-Mobile, Disney, Tommy Hilfiger, Pfizer, Prudential Financial, Westpac, ANZ and the ACCC. She's currently working alongside the Victorian Department of Human Services, helping to redesign their intranet. She holds a B.F.A in Electronic & Time-Based Media from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Melissa has designed user experiences for news media publications, social media, e-commerce, classifieds and new ventures. With over a decade of online experience, Melissa has recently worked at Fairfax Digital and the ABC, where she spent a lot of time thinking about and designing search based activities.
Melissa is a strong believer in understanding the broader user experience - beyond interaction with the computer. She is passionate about how an individual and society's relationship to information technologies aids and impacts their life. This interest informs her design work.
Melissa has a Bachelor in Communications and a Masters in Interactive Multimedia. In her spare time, Melissa hops on the internet, reads up on the internet, listens to podcasts about the internet, pokes around and sometimes ducks under the hood.
Melissa blogs at everyonedeletestom and is also on twitter at @mississa.
Mia is an IT strategic planner, business architect and PRINCE2 practitioner with over 15 years senior management experience with program and project management in government, health, and commercial sectors. As an Osh_, a ZenAgile Master, Mia is passionate about mentoring and coaching others on the application of Agile, particularly in non-IT environments, through a focus on user-centred design.
Mia blogs about analysis at BA Rocks and loves to drink skinny hot chocolate with marshmallows. You can also find Mia on twitter at @miahorri.
Oliver draws on a background in psychology, experience in usability, and understanding of mobile technology to identify key issues for client business strategy, and customers, and to recommend & design solutions. He has a wide range of experience evaluating and improving the end-to-end customer experience with mobile devices, portals, applications and content. Oliver has consulted to clients such as; Hutchison, Optus, Telstra, ninemsn, ABC, and RPO.
Oliver is a co-author of the Australian Mobile Phone Lifestyle Index, which looks at mobile content usage in the local market, and he also co-hosts Mobile Monday Sydney, a mobile focused networking night.
You can also find Oliver on twitter as @oliverw.
Patrick Kennedy is Design Research Lead at News Digital Media, where he specialises in understanding audiences and their needs through user research, and using that knowledge to inform strategy and the design of online experiences.
Patrick has over ten years experience in web design, information architecture and user experience design, and has worked with many different types of organisations in a variety of industries, both in Australia and the UK, assisting them with enhancing their websites and other information systems.
Patrick holds a nationally recognised training qualification, and has run workshops on information architecture and design research for the general public as well as for in-house training. He speaks regularly at industry conferences, including Oz-IA, OZCHI and UX Australia, and has published many articles on user centred design and related topics.
Patrick blogs at Pat's Point of View and you can find him on twitter as @PatrickKennedy.
Rob has been modeling information architectures and innovation driven business models since 1989. Over the last 5 years his focus has been exploring how mobiles and service based APIs are changing our lives. He spends his time helping MOB's clients and partners explore life after convergence - a place where objects and their interfaces diverge, allowing you to control them anywhere, anytime. He focuses on developing and exploring hands on, real world experiences with new networked technologies.
You can find him on twitter as @nambor.
Dr. Rod Farmer currently holds the position of Senior Manager, Experience Strategy for Vodafone Hutchison Australia where he is responsible for leading the company's User Experience strategy for all digital platforms and services. His career in User Experience spans 12 years, where he has led product design across mobile, online and enterprise environments. Rod's consulting experiences span Defence, Telecommunications, Healthcare and New Digital Media.
Rod is passionate about mobile design, raising awareness of User Experience within the Australian community and developing UX organisational competencies. He holds a PhD in Engineering (Human-Computer Interaction) from the University of Melbourne, has over 40 international peer-reviewed publications, and was awarded a Fellow of the University of Melbourne due to his contributions to User Experience. He is the author of two upcoming books: "Human-Computer Interaction and Language Learning" and "Managing the User Experience".
You can find Rod on twitter as @rodfarmer.
Lead UX Consultant with Stamford Interactive, Sydney. Suze has been creating better user experiences for over 9 years with her user-centred design, interaction design, visual communication and information architecture skills. Suze has designed the user experience for applications, software, intranets, websites and online games. Suze also really loves yoga, photography and illustration.
Suze blogs at suzeingram.blogspot.com, and can also be found on twitter as @suzeingram.


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A Day of Silence in Respect .
From Pam and Sammy -!
The audio Books have been sent out !
The audio book is full of so many wonderful thoughts and feelings it's hard to pick out just one for a quote card – I love them though. Obviously your words "speak" to many of us!
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Outgoing Illinois governor commutes 156 death sentences
Wow. For once, some good news! From the AP ("Illinois death row cleared"):
Gov. George Ryan said Saturday he was clearing the state's death row and commuting the sentences of all 156 inmates who had been condemned to die. He warned victims' families by overnight letter that the move was coming.
"Our capital system is haunted by the demon of error -- error in determining guilt, and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die," Ryan said in prepared remarks Saturday.
"Because of all these reasons, today I am commuting the sentences of all death row inmates," he said.
Ryan, who leaves office on Monday, had halted all executions in the state nearly three years earlier after courts found that 13 Illinois death row inmates had been wrongly convicted since capital punishment resumed in 1977 -- a period when 12 other inmates were executed.
He said studies since that moratorium was issued had only raised more questions about the how the death penalty was imposed. He cited problems with trials, sentencing, the appeals process and the state's "spectacular failure" to reform the system.
"Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious -- and therefore immoral -- I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death," he said.
Again I say, wow. Ryan, by the way, is a Republican--unlike his pro-death penalty replacement:
Incoming Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat... criticized Ryan's action, calling blanket clemency "a big mistake." Each case should be reviewed individually, Blagojevich said. "You're talking about people who've committed murder."
More thoughts from Body and Soul, Matthew Yglesias, Uppity Negro and Atrios' readers.
Now, I don't know much about Mr. Ryan, so I'm not about to make any blanket statements like "he's a great man." But I will say that I think he did a great thing, and it sounds like he did it for the right reasons, too.
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Art X Semiotics & Mathematics《0 x anything = 0?》
Project supported by Design Trust Seed Grant*
Programme Period
11- 29 Oct 2022
Programme Info / register
"0"is regarded as the magic number in a mathematical sense. While the number does not have any value in itself, when it is placed after any other number, the value elevates. Besides being a number, "0" is also a symbol that has been used to represent zero as early as the fifth to sixth century. It serves as the boundary between positive and negative values.
"0 X anything = 0" is a mathematical theorem that is said to be inevitable. A question mark is placed after this formula to serve as the exhibition title, an attempt to respond to our contemporary life, and to reflect on whether common sense is still common. Can new meanings be generated if a mathematical formula is put into question?
The exhibition is composed of three sections, and in three different works of art, "0" is expressed through the lens of semiotics. Scientific data collected in town, such as sound waves, map routes, weather forecast and traffic patterns, are re-illustrated and re-represented in the forms of programming and graphic design, sound and installation, and space and moving images respectively.
Date & Time: 11 – 29 Oct 2022 10:00 – 20:00 (open until 17:00 only on 13 Oct)
Venue: Pao Galleries, 5/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre
*Design Trust provides funding support to the project only and does not otherwise take part in the project. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials/events (or by members of the project team) are those of the project organisers only and do not reflect the views of Design Trust.
Composer and media artist GayBird who is actively engaged in the Hong Kong music and art scene. With his broad experience across different spheres, GayBird's works are beyond music just for listening, but a cohesive work combining visuals, mechanism, programming, craftsmanship and installation art, that could offer a comprehensive music experience.
Related Programmes
Art X Meditation
《Meditation in Hong Kong》
Art X Mentality《Day-Daycare Night-Nightcare 》
Art X Nature & Artificial Intelligence《Stories From Home》
Art X Collective Emotion《Neither Fish Nor Fowl》
Art X Sociology《Self Institute Seed Funding Project 1 : Y.L.S.L. Self-rescuing Amusement Package》
Art X Sustainable Living《Self Institute Seed Funding Project 2 : Our Paths Cross Again》
Art X Ecology & Anthropology《Self Institute Seed Funding Project 3 : When Trees Cry in the City》
Hong Kong Arts Centre is financially supported by the Art Development Matching Grants Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
© 2022 Hong Kong Arts Centre. All Rights Reserved.


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Shooting The Shit Podcast
Link-a-licious!
Fun Fan Stuff
Unpublished Fics
Author Spotlight Archive
Reader Sexism and its Fallout
I just read this post written by a wonderful author, A. E. Radley.
https://iheartlesfic.com/2017/08/11/guest-post-bisexuality-does-exist-by-a-e-radley/
She points out the sexism and exclusion that continues to exist in the LGBTQ community. People scream that they don't like labels, yell to the masses that 'they are who they are', yet love putting our own community members into uncomfortable little boxes. Not only that, if someone attempts to pull a gender, sex, sexuality out of that box, they are shamed, berated, and judged.
This blog post by A.E. Radley really made me think about one of my top pet peeves. I love to write, I love to read. But what I don't love seeing is the abundance of sexist comments towards men on the lesbian fiction oriented sites. The rampant exclusion and judgment of male authors who dare to write lesbian fiction, or even the men who enjoy reading it...sickens me. The same goes for bisexuals writing lesfic, or transgender people writing lesfic. As an author, you can write outside your gender, identity, race, religion, sexuality, and that doesn't make your story less valid or less engaging. Quality fiction is not determined by anything other than a writer's skill, and I want this ignorant intolerance to stop, I want to fight it. But the few who perpetrate it are vocal and loud, and others jump on the band wagon called "Exclusion" without realizing the consequences of their sexist mob-mentality actions.
This is an issue that truly makes me angry. You can be just as sexist on the female side as you are on the male side. And it has just as harmful of consequences to the community and our LGBTQ members. A good author is a good author. If you don't want to read lesbian fiction written by a man because you want to support female business and such, great! Then say that. But when women try to say that men can't write lesfic because they couldn't possibly write women's intimacy properly…I'm going to call bull. Great authors can write any viewpoint, any gender, any history. Fifty years ago women wrote sci-fi under men's names, because they wouldn't have been taken serious otherwise. I'd like to think we are further along than that.
Women write gay romance all the time, and are very successful at it. Would these same "men can't write lesfic" women decry anyone who tried to say women can't write gay romance? Listen, I don't have to grow a penis to write about a male main character any more than I have to grow antenna to write about aliens. How about we stop being fiction bigots? The sex and/or sexuality of an author has nothing to do with the quality or content of their fiction! How about we judge a book by it's story quality and content and not the content of the author's pants? That would really be great.
The Rage of a New Day
What Covid Has Taught Me about Me
A Country in Chaos
The Privilege of Being L or G in the LGBTQ+ Community
Halloween: The Fun in Fright
January 21, 2017: Making History
Starting the obsession: Fanfic, the gateway drug to lesfic?
Les The Night Before Christmas (A Visit From St. Nicolette)
The Worries of Waiting
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Beating the W-2 Blues
Eight (Surprisingly Painless) Ways to Achieve Financial Sanity This Year
Another year has passed and darned if you can figure out where all your money went. Diane McCurdy explains how to rein in your free-spending habits, cut the fat out of your budget, save for retirement—and yes, have some fun along the way.
Hoboken, NJ (January 2007) — You just got your W-2 and you're feeling a bit discouraged. Okay, you didn't make a Bill-Gates-size fortune last year but you didn't do too badly, either. Problem is, you're not sure where all the money went. Surely your bills can't be that high . . . can they?
Your credit card balance has ballooned to frightening levels and, once again, you've failed to save a cent toward retirement. Meanwhile, you still haven't taken that long-awaited trip to Europe. And now—adding insult to injury—it's time to pony up to the Tax Man.
Don't fret, says financial planner Diane McCurdy, author of How Much Is Enough? Balancing Today's Needs with Tomorrow's Retirement Goals (Wiley, 2005, ISBN: 0-471-73871-9, $14.95). This is actually the perfect time of year to change your (financial) ways—ensuring that in 2008 you'll be patting yourself on the back, not kicking yourself in the, er, wallet. And surprise! Making a budget is not only the "responsible" thing to do; it's also your fast-track ticket to getting the fun stuff you fantasize about.
"Budgets may be painful, but they are a practical pathway to helping you realize your dreams," says McCurdy. "Creating one might even help you get the new car, vacation, or flat screen TV sooner! You can't get financial freedom unless you organize your cash flow—understanding that a wish list is as much a priority as recording your purchases."
Perhaps the word "budget" and the word "wish list" feel like polar opposites to you. Not to McCurdy. She is a big believer in the life-affirming power of budgets. And her book—which teaches readers how to delve into their money attitudes, identify their personal pitfalls, separate their wants from their needs, and chart out a realistic financial road map—makes it clear that if you don't embrace the B-word, your money will never work for you.
"If you don't control your money, it will control you," she asserts. "It will cause strife in your marriage, crush you under a load of debt, and force you to toil your life—and maybe your health—away to pay off that mountain of bills. When you look at creating a budget that way, you'll see that it's not a straightjacket at all. In fact, it liberates you."
Once you get serious about getting a handle on your finances, the process is surprisingly easy. You'll want to read How Much Is Enough? for the complete picture, but the following tips will get you started:
Don't call it a budget. Call it a cash flow statement. Like the word diet, "budget" has gotten a bad rap. It suggests deprivation. So change your terminology, says McCurdy. "A cash flow statement is actually empowering," she says. "It suggests that your life can be run like a business. And it can be: a profitable and deeply rewarding business.
Your cash flow statement is nothing more than a tool for helping you get what you really want out of life—your dream home or a family trip to Europe or an early retirement—rather than watching your money trickle away one $7 latte at a time."
Starting in February, write down every cent you spend for the next month. That's right. Record every gallon of milk, every tank of gas, every daycare check, every sweater or book or DVD that you "impulse buy." Write them down every day so you won't forget.
Try to live "normally," rather than being more conservative than usual just because you're doing this exercise. If you're married, have your spouse record all of his/her expenditures as well. Then, at the end of the month, you simply add up all the numbers. "For many people, this is the scary part," notes McCurdy. "It's almost as though if they don't total up the numbers they don't have to face the awful truth."
Oh, and if you want to postpone this exercise because February isn't a "typical" month—you know, because you had to buy that pricey Valentine gift or put new tires on the car or take the dog to the emergency vet when it got the cheese wrapper stuck in its throat—forget it. No month is "typical." Any good budget (excuse me, cash flow statement) accounts for unexpected expenses.
Before you add it all up, arrange your purchases by category. McCurdy has made your job easier by providing a nifty Cash Flow Statement form a) in her book and b) on her website, How Much Is Enough. The form has columns for you and your spouse and it covers pretty much everything. It also reminds you about annual expenditures like property tax, holiday gifts, vacations, and so forth; you just divide the annual amount by 12 and enter the figure for the month.
Now, calculate your total expenses and subtract them from your monthly income. If it turns out you are living within your means but still having trouble saving, the Cash Flow Statement form will show you where it's hiding. If you're spending more than you're earning—a very common situation, by the way—it will tell you why. "Basically, the Cash Flow Statement will show where the money needs to go versus where it's going now," says McCurdy. "Knowledge is power."
Figure out what you can cut without causing too much pain. It's amazing how much money people spend almost unconsciously. For instance, it's not hard at all to spend $50 a week or more on lunches. If both you and your spouse buy your lunch daily, that adds up to $400 a month—or $4,800 a year! What if you both carried your lunches instead? You could probably get by with spending half of that if you took dinner leftovers to work most days or simply brown-bagged it with a sandwich and a piece of fruit.
"There are all kinds of places to cut corners," says McCurdy. "Most people have gym memberships they don't use, subscriptions to magazines they don't have time to read, 100 cable channels they don't watch. Maybe you could dramatically reduce your gasoline bill by carpooling, or by trading in your expensive gas guzzler for a more modest pre-owned economy car. Believe me, most people have no idea how much money they waste until they sit down and make out a budget."
Stop neglecting the retirement issue. It's true that retirement is a complicated subject and everyone's needs are different. Certainly, helping you figure out how much you're going to need is far beyond the scope of this article. But do make this the year you tackle the dreaded subject and start saving for tomorrow, urges McCurdy. (Her book guides you through the process.) "It's pretty easy to procrastinate on getting a handle on retirement," she admits. "Most people have a touch of the Scarlett O'Hara mentality. They prefer to think about it tomorrow. But crunching the numbers is the only way to know if your current savings will get you there."
By the way, there's another benefit to focusing on retirement right now: with April 15th looming, you might enjoy putting Uncle Sam on a diet by fattening up your 401(k) or IRA. "It's best to contribute the maximum to your retirement accounts," says McCurdy. "But even if you don't have enough money to sock away a big chunk right now, you can at least start planning to do it before Tax Time 2008 rolls around."
Take the sting out of saving by creating a "wish list." While McCurdy emphasizes planning for tomorrow, she believes just as fervently in enjoying some money today. That's why she insists that you sit down with your family and come up with a wish list.
This is your "fun money." Maybe you want a cruise to the Bahamas, while your spouse wants hardwood flooring for the house. Neither of these goals may be achieved this year, but that's okay. It's fine to plan several years in advance. The point is to figure out what you really, really want and start putting your money toward that, instead of dribbling it away on things you don't really care about.
Here's where the different "money attitudes" McCurdy writes about—she divides people into Spenders, Savers, Givers, and Builders—really assert themselves. "Savers may actually be reluctant to create a wish list because it seems too 'frivolous,' while Spenders may chafe at giving up the 'high' they get from spontaneous shopping sprees," she says. "I would remind Savers that they deserve a reward now and then for all their discipline, and I would urge Spenders to include on their wish list a couple of unspecified shopping sprees with specified spending limits."
Stay the course via the 48-Hour Rule. The best laid plans have a way of crumbling in the face of their worst enemy: the impulse buy. This is particularly true if you're a Spender. McCurdy suggests that you make it a policy that when you see something you want, you'll wait 48 hours before buying it.
"My clients who do this tell me that 90 percent of the time they've forgotten about it two days later," she writes in her book. "Sellers make products desirable by indicating that they won't be available at this price forever, or that the quantities are limited. It's an old trick, but it gets hands reaching for wallets every time. Keep in mind that a bargain is a bargain only when you save money on something you planned to buy in the first place."
If you try this financial makeover and fail, don't give up. McCurdy says it takes most people two or three attempts before their new budget finally sticks.
"This stuff is not rocket science," she says. "We all know, intellectually, what we need to do to build financial security, just as we know what we need to do to lose weight. The problem isn't with our brains; it's with our emotions. We have all sorts of emotional issues tied up in money, and we let those issues override our common sense."
"But really, money is just a tool," adds McCurdy. "That's what it is and that's all it is. Why not make 2007 the year that you finally learn how to use that tool to help shape the kind of life you want to live?"
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S African police to probe FIFA bribery claims: opposition
AFP, JOHANNESBURG
Wed, Sep 23, 2015 - Page 20
South African police are expected to launch criminal investigations into two senior soccer officials in connection with the 2010 World Cup, following a request from the main opposition party, officials said on Monday.
The probe is linked to an alleged bribe paid to secure the rights to host the World Cup.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday laid corruption charges against the South African Football Association (SAFA) president Danny Jordaan and his predecessor, Molefi Oliphant.
The charges arise from two letters, one written by Jordaan, who was in charge of the country's World Cup bid chief, to FIFA about South Africa's plan to donate funds to a Caribbean soccer development program, and another by Molefi, who was SAFA chief at the time.
South Africa then paid US$10 million through FIFA into an account controlled by Jack Warner, a disgraced former FIFA vice president from the Caribbean accused by US authorities for accepting bribes.
US investigators believe the money was a bribe to secure South Africa's selection as host of the 2010 competition.
"We laid charges of corruption and fraud against the two individuals relating to their complicity in the US$10 million that were meant for South Africa, but were actually redirected to CONCACAF," DA lawmaker Solomon Malatsi said, referring to soccer's governing body in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
At the time, Warner was CONCACAF president.
Police "can now begin to initiate a criminal investigation that will help clear the cloud over this matter," he said.
In the 14-page affidavit filed with the police in Cape Town, Malatsi said it "appears that Jordaan and Oliphant were complicit with, and indeed seemingly central to the bribery scheme."
South African government and national soccer officials have strenuously denied accusations that they paid a bribe to secure the right to host the first such tournament on the continent.
Authorities insist the US$10 million payment was an honest donation to support soccer among the "African diaspora" in the Caribbean.
Malatsi said the DA was forced to turn to the courts after attempts to summon soccer officials to parliament were thwarted by the ruling African National Congress.
Accusations of bribery to win the World Cup triggered an angry response in South Africa, where the event is remembered as a moment of national pride.
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Q: Can the sum of two roots of unity be a root of unity? Let $p$ be prime, and $z_0, z_1, ..., z_{p-1}$ be all the $p$-th roots of unity, i.e. solutions of the equation $z^p = 1.$
Is it true or false that a combination of two (or more, in general) of the roots can give us another root of the same order?
In mathematical terms, does there exist indices $i_1,i_2,...,i_s, j,$
such that
$z_j = \sum_{k=1}^s z_{i_k}?$
It seems to be that this is not possible, but I also don't have proof of that.
Thank you!

A: True. For three terms  $1+i-i=1$, all of which are $4^{th}$-root of $1$. For two terms you can also write $-\frac{1+\sqrt{3}i}{2}-\frac{1-\sqrt{3}i}{2}=-1$, all of which are $6^{th}$-root of $1$. And so on and so on…
Edit: Now that you edited the question and $p$ becomes prime, there is a more general answer. As Douglas pointed out the key word here is cyclotomic polynomials $P_p(z)=\sum_{n=0}^{p-1}z^n$, whose roots are precisely the $p^{th}$-root of unity except $1$. In that case
$1+P(z_j)=1$
gives you such a relation as long as $z_j\neq 1$.

A: If $p$ is intended to be prime, you should say so explicitly. I'll assume $p$ is prime. Then the subset sums are distinct except that the sum of all $p$th roots of unity is $0$, the sum over the empty set. Any coincidence of subset sums $\sum_{i \in I} \zeta_p^i = \sum_{j\in J} \zeta_p^j $produces a polynomial of degree at most $p-1$ with coefficients in $\lbrace-1,0,1\rbrace$ so that $\zeta_p$ is a root. This polynomial must be a multiple of the minimum polynomial for $\zeta_p$, the $p$th cyclotomic polynomial $\Phi_p(x) =1 + x + ... + x^{p-1}$. The only possibilities are scalar multiples corresponding to $1 + \zeta_p + ... + \zeta_p^{p-1} = 0$.

A: It is known that for every positive integer $n$, the primitive $n$-th roots of unity are linearly independent over $\mathbb{Q}$ if and only if $n$ is square free.

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Two Welsh independents reach end of the road
The demise of two Welsh independent operators in one case marks the end of a company trading for 101 years and in the other leaves Tredegar without a bus or coach operator based in the town after more than a century.
Closure of Thomas Bros of Llangadog brings to an end a business that began carrying goods in 1916 and soon was transporting passengers on routes to Llandeilo, Llandovery, Swansea and Llanelli.
Operations grew postwar and it acquired other businesses in the area, but all fullsize vehicle purchases after 1980 were of secondhand vehicles and its last new minibus was a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter delivered in 2006. The final additions to the fleet were three Plaxton Paragon-bodied Volvo B12Ms in 2011.
Gary's of Tredegar ceased trading on 21 July after completing its last school contracts, leaving Tredegar without a bus or coach operator for the first time, it is estimated, in over 100 years. The six-vehicle fleet latterly comprised a mid-1980s Duple 425 integral, four Plaxton-bodied Volvo B10Ms and a Mellor-bodied Mercedes-Benz Vario.
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Doble Juego
Brigada Secreta 85, 1964 (Ediciones Toray, Spain) by Alfonso Font and Flores Lazaro.
Font's "training period"
Alfonso Font studied fine arts before beginning his comics career in 1962 at Bruguera,11Juan Bruguera set up El Gato Negro (The Black Cat) in 1910, specialising in serialised novels, joke books and popular... Toray22Barcelona publisher Ediciones Toray was established 1945, producing comics and books through into the 1990s. Toray published Johnny Galaxia... and Bardon Art.33Bardon Art was formed at the suggestion of Jorge Macabich (then working for the Belgian agency A.L.I.) to Fleetway editor... Like many Spanish artists of the time, he anonymously produced one-off war, crime, horror and western stories for these companies.
Secrets of the Demon Dwarf (Black Max)
Thunder/Lion 1972 (Fleetway, UK) by Alfonso Font.
Font gained some international recognition through Black Max for Fleetway in the UK (1970-1972),44"Black Max" is German WWI flying ace Baron Maximilien von Klor, who trained giant bats to attack British planes, routinely... which he took over while at Bardon Art. Through Selecciones Ilustradas, he accessed the US market with short horror stories for Skywald55The stories in Skywald publications are credited to "Alphonso Font": "William Wilson" in Nightmare 19, June 1974, "Uncle Ed's... and Marvel66"Shadow In the City of Light" from Dracula Lives 3, October 1973 and "The Scrimshaw Serpent" in Monsters... in 1973/74.
Based on the art style, Font's only story for Warren—"Alica" in Vampirella 102 (Warren, US)—is from this period, despite the January 1982 publication date.77As with Skywald, this story is also credited to "Alphonso Font"....
Vampirella 102, January 1982 (Warren, USA) by Carl Wessler and Alphonso Font.
Font is negative about this early work, suggesting that it is a comfort to his professional and personal dignity that it is generally unknown. Reflecting on this period, he said:
"I spent years studying drawing and painting, but wanted to be a comics artist and there was no school for it then. So, like others, I was self-taught. The first years were not constant, but a learning exercise. Then came the need to produce my own work and take responsibility for drawing and also the script."88From an interview dated December 2008-January 2009 at www.tebeosfera.com....
Shadow In the City of Light
Dracula Lives! 3, October 1973 (Marvel, US) by Gerry Conway and Alfonso Font.
While US publishers such as Warren paid well, it was the opportunity to express themselves as artists that attracted Spanish creators. The conservative UK comics provided a training ground in straightforward storytelling, but the US allowed freedom for expression and experimentation, at a time when the Spaniards were seeking to seize full creative control of their work.
Font's work on Geminis—which is his only syndicated work for Selecciones Ilustradas and his last work for the agency—reflects his growing frustration and artistic ambition.
Toutain arranged with Echevarría and Font that they would complete one 20 page episode each month, while Toutain managed selling the series to various countries.
Font found the pace formidable and the series left him exhausted. He was also jaded by working on a character he did not like—a "hero" who resorted to torture and murder to solve problems.99See www.tebeosfera.com: a profile of Geminis and the 2008/09 interview, "Las fronteras de la aventura"....
Juan Bruguera set up El Gato Negro (The Black Cat) in 1910, specialising in serialised novels, joke books and popular biographies. In 1921 the company created the weekly Pulgarcito ("Tom Thumb") with comic strips, stories and puzzles. Renamed Editorial Bruguera in 1939, it became a cultural icon based on a biting, distinctivley Spanish humour. The company also published some adventure series, including Spain's most iconic hero El Capitán Trueno, scripted by Victor Mora (see Sunday). Famous Bruguera artists include José Peñarroya, Manuel Vázquez, Francisco Ibáñez, Josep Escobar and Roberto Segura. Bruguera was reportedly the largest publisher of comics within Spain in the 1960s and 1970s, using its own printing presses and distribution company to maintain dominance. It disappeared in 1986 when it was acquired by Grupo ZETA, but was reestablished as an imprint in 2006. (See es.wikipedia.org and seronoser.free.fr.
Barcelona publisher Ediciones Toray was established 1945, producing comics and books through into the 1990s. Toray published Johnny Galaxia in Fulgor (1960-1962). Font worked on western series Hazañas del Oeste, Brigada Secreta and Sioux. (See www.tebeosfera.com).
Bardon Art was formed at the suggestion of Jorge Macabich (then working for the Belgian agency A.L.I.) to Fleetway editor Barry Coker that they set up an agency together. It was formed with offices in Barcelona and London (the name is based on Barcelona–london), focused particularly on the UK market. Many artists swapped between Selecciones Ilustradas and Bardon. The Warren Companion reports, "...their lineup of artists was far from stable with artists swapping agencies in pursuit of ever-more favorable terms and agencies constantly stealing the top talent from each other. Events had grown so serious by the late '70s, that the top three Spanish agencies—S.I., Bardon, and Creationes—held a summit meeting to calm things down and eventually traded off artists between themselves to create more stable lineups." (p 258, Ed David A. Roach & Joh B. Cooke Raleigh, The Warren Companion, North Carolina: Twomorrows publishing)
"Black Max" is German WWI flying ace Baron Maximilien von Klor, who trained giant bats to attack British planes, routinely battles English Royal Flying Corps pilot Lieutenant Tim Wilson. Created by Ken Mennell, the series debuted on 17 October 1970 in IPC's short-lived Thunder comic. The first episode was drawn by Eric Bradbury, with subsequent art by Font. The series ended in Lion on 21 October 1972. (Page 29, 500 Comicbook Villains by Mike Conroy, London: Chrysalis Books Group.) See also www.internationalhero.co.uk.
The stories in Skywald publications are credited to "Alphonso Font": "William Wilson" in Nightmare 19, June 1974, "Uncle Ed's Grave" in Psycho 18, May 1974, "The Yeti " in Psycho 19, July 1974, "Get Up And Die Again" in Scream 5, April 1974 and "Ms. Found In A Bottle" in Scream 6, June 1974.
"Shadow In the City of Light" from Dracula Lives 3, October 1973 and "The Scrimshaw Serpent" in Monsters Unleashed 6, June 1974.
As with Skywald, this story is also credited to "Alphonso Font".
From an interview dated December 2008-January 2009 at www.tebeosfera.com.
See www.tebeosfera.com: a profile of Geminis and the 2008/09 interview, "Las fronteras de la aventura".


Yeah, OK. We get it: You're doing Dry January.
BORING. Please, make me yawn more.
Also, move on: This article isn't for you. This article is for the thirsty.
It's for those who celebrate the festive holidays from December to December. It's for the ones who stand up and shout, "Yes, I drink more alcohol than I probably should BECAUSE LIFE'S TOO SHORT, DAMN IT!"
This gin-themed hotel is made for people like you.
Gin-themed. Gin. Themed. G&Ts. Gin and juice. Gin on the rocks.
ALL THE GIN. It's yours.
The old pub has recently been transformed into this magical kingdom of alcohol. It's based in Portobello Road in Notting Hill, London. I can promise you, it doesn't get more Hugh Grant than that.
It has some chronic features too, including a gin museum and a 400-liter gin still.
There's a gin experience center, an on-site shop where you can buy your booze and two bars.
TWO BARS. One has a Spanish theme to it, with imported gin. You probably didn't know the Spanish are the largest consumers of the stuff.
In addition, there's a boardroom for businessmen who are feeling saucy and have no real business to attend to... other than gin.
The best part of the Distillery is there are only three guest rooms. So, it's basically like taking part in the best house share ever, with people who love to knock back the big G.
Heaven is real, and it's in London.


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      Heart of Darkness

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	Heart of Darkness is a frame narrative recounting Charles Marlow's voyage down the Congo River.

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	Marlow recounts his journey up the Congo River to the narrator and his fellow travelers.

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	Marlow overhears a conversation regarding Kurtz. Marlow starts his journey up river to visit Kurtz accompanied a by the local natives.

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	Marlow and a company manager meet with Kurtz, who has become gravely ill. Marlow finds himself ostracized after defending Kurtz.

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Are there any hand baggage limitations for international flights?
A laptop is too fragile to be put with larger baggage as it can be easily broken, so most people take it with them. Things that you'll need right away during the flight should also be with you, as well as the suitcases with documents you might need to review while flying. So, where does the limit end?
With most airlines, you can take one or two baggage items with you. It depends on the size of the cabin and/or your travel class. If you're traveling in the Economy class, you're likely to be allowed to carry only one baggage item. If your class is higher, most airlines allow you to bring two items. Still, limitations regarding size and weight are applied equally to all hand baggage items.
The maximum length of the hand baggage is 22 inches (or 56 cm). Anything longer will not pass unless the longer size is specified by your chosen airline. The depth of your baggage must not exceed 10 inches (or 25 cm) and it mustn't be wider than 18 inches (or 45 cm). Please note that it includes everything situated on your baggage, such as wheels, additional side pockets, handles, zippers, etc. Also, your hand baggage shouldn't exceed 12 kg. If you travel in a higher class, though, you might be allowed to bring the baggage weighing up to 18 kg.
These regulations have been imposed by International Air Transport Association is known as IATA, so they apply to international flights in particular. However, the conditions and limitations might be different for each airline, so check in advance and be attentive when weighing and measuring the baggage that you want to bring with you on board.


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Jan 16, 2019 › Categories: Cannabis, Featured, News
News Analysis: RI to Legalize Recreational Cannabis
by Michael Bilow
[See also "Opinion: Governor's Proposal to Legalize Recreational Cannabis – A Self-Inflicted Wound", Jan 16, 2019]
Gov. Gina Raimondo will soon formally propose to legalize recreational use of cannabis, citing pressure from legalization already accomplished in Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont; and from legalization widely regarded as imminent in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey.
Norman Birenbaum, of the RI Department of Business Regulation, through the governor's office released a one-page summary – motifri.com/marijuana-one-pager-2019-01-14 – and gave a half-hour presentation to the press – motifri.com/marijuana-media-briefing – of the plan expected to be detailed within the week. Legalizing purchases up to 1 oz and possession up to 5 oz per adult over 21, although households with more than one adult would be limited to 10 oz total, the plan would leave cannabis more heavily regulated than in any other state that has legalized recreational use.
Unlike all but one of the 10 states that have legalized so far, "marijuana home growing will be prohibited" for recreational use. The plan would add severe new restrictions on medical home growing: "Only medical marijuana patients demonstrating hardship will continue to be allowed to grow at home." In response to a direct question from Motif as to what would constitute "hardship" allowing patients to continue home growing, the governor's office cited existing Department of Health fee reductions in obtaining a medical permit if patients receive disability or veteran's benefits: "These growing hardships would likely be a combination of those and/or if the patient attests that the products they need are not available through regulated licensees or they live too far from a medical compassion center to access medicine."
Six medical compassion centers would be added to the three already operating in the state, with three of the new licenses going to holders of the existing licenses, Birenbaum said during his presentation. Recreational edibles would be limited to 5mg THC and could not be sold in packages of more than 20 units, Birenbaum said, and "high potency" forms of cannabis, such as "shatter" and "dabs," would be prohibited. It was not clear to what extent a buyer could face legal jeopardy by bringing into RI for personal use product legal in MA but illegal in RI.
In response to a direct question from Motif, the governor's office confirmed that under the proposal the approximately 20% tax applicable to recreational sales would also apply to medical sales. RI cities and towns could impose nearly any zoning and licensing restrictions on recreational sales, including complete prohibition.
Reaction to the proposal was varied.
New Attorney General Peter Neronha said that he would work with the governor, recognizing "that as surrounding states legalize the recreational use of marijuana, it is increasingly difficult for Rhode Island to do otherwise," stressing the importance of preventing access by children and policing driving under the influence.
Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio expressed "significant concerns, particularly with regard to workforce issues, enforcement around edibles and impact on children." Learning from Massachusetts, he said he wants to "proceed very cautiously."
House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello said he wants to work with the governor: "I have expressed similar concerns about our neighboring states moving forward with legalization, leaving Rhode Island to bear the social costs without the benefit of the revenue. However, I still have mixed feelings."
State Sen. Joshua Miller, long a leading proponent of legalization, did not yet know the details of the plan when Motif spoke with him by telephone on Sunday morning after the news broke, but he already heard concerns how growers would be treated. Because he understood the governor's proposal to be in the context of the budget, he expects "the social justice components why many of us wanted to do this in the first place," such as expunging criminal records for non-violent possession offenses, would have to be addressed separately.
Marc Shepard, co-founder and president of the New England Cannabis Network (NECANN), emphasized that the final legislation was unlikely to resemble the governor's proposal, noting that it took two years of extensive revision for Massachusetts to craft their law. "I find it very difficult to believe that anybody would bother to legalize it while making home growing illegal… I doubt that would happen." MA allows home growing with relatively few restrictions, he said, as long it is consumed or given away but not sold. It would be foolish to impose burdensome regulation to try to prevent a black market, he said, because "there are tens of thousands" of growers in RI already. He compared the political overcautiousness to gay marriage: "You had to do 'don't ask, don't tell' in the military and then civil unions, we'll do it easy, and then eventually said, 'This is ridiculous so we'll make it legal for everybody,' and then we did." As to whether cannabis is dangerous, he said, "I probably would put it on par with a terrible diet… Is it more dangerous than grain alcohol? Obviously not, nope, not in any way."
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About Liechtenstein offshore and jurisdiction
About Liechtenstein
The Principality of Liechtenstein is a central European state surrounded by Switzerland and Austria. 36,000 inhabitants on an area of 160 km2 populate this country. Its capital is Vaduz. It is one of only two states in the world (with Uzbekistan) to be doubly landlocked, which means it has no access to the sea and is surrounded by two countries who do not themselves have access to the sea.
It is the richest and smallest country in the German-speaking countries. His political system is a constitutional monarchy. Liechtenstein is divided into two regions: Unterland and Oberland. It is one of the European states in which the mechanisms of direct democracy are the most important. This state is a member of the European Economic Area, the European Free Trade Association and the Schengen area, but not the European Union.
Although Liechtenstein is limited in natural resources, its economy, based on liberal principles, is very prosperous. The country's unemployment rate is one of the lowest in the world and in return, GDP per capita is among the highest in the world. The tertiary sector, particularly the financial sector, is the most important sector in the country. It can be noted that Liechtenstein has no debt. It even has a negative debt that serves as a "reserve".
Taxation in Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein is often considered by tax hells (France, Spain) a tax haven. However, although taxation is advantageous, it is nothing compared to a tax almost non-existent, as in the United Arab Emirates for example. Indeed, in Liechtenstein, the tax rate on companies varies from 12.5% to 18% and can be negotiable according to the municipalities. The tax on interest is zero and the tax on dividends is 4%, low rate compared to its European neighbours. Payroll taxes paid by an employer are 5%. Finally, The VAT is 4%.
Legal, financial and political stability makes the difference with other tax jurisdictions. In addition, the flexibility and modernity of the legislation attracts companies and explains the presence of large numbers of companies in the territory. It is important to note that Liechtenstein and France are not bound by a double taxation agreement.
Liechtenstein was a known jurisdiction for tax evasion and money laundering. Today, the country has decided to reinvent itself and fight against this evasion and laundering by becoming a State that cooperates with others in tax matters. It thus renounced attracting undeclared capital. From this year onwards, it will apply the automatic exchange of information with the other signatory countries. The government wants to focus on the primary goal of offshore companies: protection, fructification and securitization of financial assets.
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Looking for a savory dish to excite the usual dinner routine? Find this amazing dhal recipe suitable for vegans or anyone looking to add more lentils into their life! The Fermented Black garlic adds a beautiful umami flavour leaving this dhal blend a stand out from the rest. Recipe courtesy of Krista Gawhen.


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Q: Stuck at Go syntax error that I can't see I am getting a syntax error and I can't figure out why. I have tried several variations but no success.
type dataType int64

const (
    PM_SENT dataType = iota + 1
    PM_VIEWED
)

func messageHandler(m []byte) error {
    var data map[string]interface{}
    if err := json.Unmarshal(m, &data); err != nil {
        return err
    }

    var dt dataType
    flt, ok := data["type"].(float64); ok {
        dt = dataType(flt)
    }

    return nil
}

I am getting this error:
.\messageHandler.go:23: syntax error: unexpected =, expecting comma or }

Even if I change to this I still get the same error:
var dt int64
flt, ok := data["type"].(float64)
if ok {
    dt = int64(flt)
}

A: This code doesn't throw any error:
if flt, ok := data["type"].(float64); ok {
    dt = int64(flt)
}


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A very rare miniature gilt-bronze carriage clock with exceptional silver champlevee panels. The miniature case has a folding handle above, molded edges throughout and a heavily engraved base. The five intricate Egyptian themed polychrome silver champlevee panels are all on dark patinated silver grounds. Each has a decorative white border and the subjects include flowers, an Ibis, a vulture, a Scarab beetle and a bird of prey.


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by Joseph and Emiliano | 15 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
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Palestinian and international cyclists were brutally attacked by the Israeli occupation forces on Saturday as they attempted to bike up Route 90, the main North-South highway running through the Jordan Valley. The cyclists were demonstrating against Israeli apartheid policies in the Jordan Valley, which limit Palestinian access to roadways as part of an ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing against the indigenous Bedouin communities of the Valley.
One Palestinian woman and two international activists from Denmark and Holland were evacuated to the hospital with injuries after being struck in the head with an M-16 rifle, and one international activist was handcuffed and detained for over an hour before being released without charges.
Over one hundred activists from Palestine and around the world participated in the bike protest, organized by Sharek Youth Forum. Participants rode approximately 5 kilometers before being blocked by Israeli occupation soldiers and jeeps at the entrance to Route 90. Soldiers informed the bikers that they would not be allowed to continue "for their own safety." When activists peacefully attempted to continue on their way, the local commander of the occupation forces swung his rifle at the head of multiple activists, resulting in the hospitalizations of the three activists and the detention of a man from Sweden.
Palestinian drivers on Route 90, the Jordan Valley's main north-south route, face regular harassment and attacks from Israeli settlers and soldiers. Palestinian drivers and cyclists are frequently pulled over and searched for no reason, and in some places Palestinians are even prevented from turning across the road at places Israelis have free access to.
The Jordan Valley faces a concerted Israeli campaign of ethnic cleansing towards the Palestinians living there. Demolitions of homes occur with frequency, and the Israelis are currently stealing the vast majority of the valley's land and water. The majority of the fruit and vegetables produced on this stolen land are exported to Europe and North America. The bike demonstration was part of a day of demonstrations and festivities that included visits to villages, a youth dubke performance, and speeches. The events aim to send the message to the world and the occupying forces that the people of the Jordan Valley and Palestine refuse to cede their land to the illegal occupation and will continue to resist and remain on their land.
Joseph and Emiliano are volunteers with International Solidarity Movement (names have been changed).
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The first ever photograph of light as a particle and a wave
(Nanowerk News) Quantum mechanics tells us that light can behave simultaneously as a particle or a wave. However, there has never been an experiment able to capture both natures of light at the same time; the closest we have come is seeing either wave or particle, but always at different times. Taking a radically different experimental approach, EPFL scientists have now been able to take the first ever snapshot of light behaving both as a wave and as a stream of particles. The breakthrough work is published in Nature Communications ("Simultaneous observation of the quantization and the interference pattern of a plasmonic near-field").
When UV light hits a metal surface, it causes an emission of electrons. Albert Einstein explained this "photoelectric" effect by proposing that light - thought to only be a wave - is also a stream of particles. Even though a variety of experiments have successfully observed both the particle- and wave-like behaviors of light, they have never been able to observe both at the same time.
Energy-space photography of light confined on a nanowire, simultaneously shows both spatial interference and energy quantization. (Image: Fabrizio Carbone/EPFL)
A new approach on a classic effect
A research team led by Fabrizio Carbone at EPFL has now carried out an experiment with a clever twist: using electrons to image light. The researchers have captured, for the first time ever, a single snapshot of light behaving simultaneously as both a wave and a stream of particles.
The experiment is set up like this: A pulse of laser light is fired at a tiny metallic nanowire. The laser adds energy to the charged particles in the nanowire, causing them to vibrate. Light travels along this tiny wire in two possible directions, like cars on a highway. When waves traveling in opposite directions meet each other they form a new wave that looks like it is standing in place. Here, this standing wave becomes the source of light for the experiment, radiating around the nanowire.
This is where the experiment's trick comes in: The scientists shot a stream of electrons close to the nanowire, using them to image the standing wave of light. As the electrons interacted with the confined light on the nanowire, they either sped up or slowed down. Using the ultrafast microscope to image the position where this change in speed occurred, Carbone's team could now visualize the standing wave, which acts as a fingerprint of the wave-nature of light.
While this phenomenon shows the wave-like nature of light, it simultaneously demonstrated its particle aspect as well. As the electrons pass close to the standing wave of light, they "hit" the light's particles, the photons. As mentioned above, this affects their speed, making them move faster or slower. This change in speed appears as an exchange of energy "packets" (quanta) between electrons and photons. The very occurrence of these energy packets shows that the light on the nanowire behaves as a particle.
"This experiment demonstrates that, for the first time ever, we can film quantum mechanics - and its paradoxical nature - directly," says Fabrizio Carbone. In addition, the importance of this pioneering work can extend beyond fundamental science and to future technologies. As Carbone explains: "Being able to image and control quantum phenomena at the nanometer scale like this opens up a new route towards quantum computing."
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> > Pls add a comment here on why the poisoned defs are skipped. `ValidUnrelocatedDefs` are obvious.
> You think I should repeat myself here? From comments above (where 'poisoned' pointers are introduced) it's clear why this defs are skipped.
Are all poisoned defs removed? Only valid ones right.
> > Don't we need to handle selects and identify poisoned versus unrelocated?
> I'll do it in the next patch (in order to keep this one not too huge).
pls add a TODO then.
>   // If any of inputs is poisoned, output is always poisoned too.
> We'll have to somehow tell that `if` (mentioned before) not to touch this flag and it'll be even worse.
> And that `assert` shouldn't be moved to PHI's branch, it's about all instructions.
> Currently this part is pretty clear and straightforward: loop over phi's inputs sets two flags (that have clear meaning) and after that loop another two flags are changed accordingly.
ah yes, it wont work for the last case.


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Q: knockout js datapicker options using this code
                        <input type="text"
                         id="StudentDOB"
                         class="controls span2"
                         data-bind="datepicker: StudentDOB"
                         name="StudentDOB" />

yeilds the following result.

When I change the code to
          <input type="text"
                 id="StudentDOB"
                 class="controls span2"
                 data-bind="datepicker: StudentDOB, datepickerOptions: {}"
                 name="StudentDOB" />

It appears as follows:

Now I want the year and month option while setting my max year to 2014. How do I do this?

A: The date picker you are talking about is not the the knockout datepicker as there is no such thing. It's the jQueryUI datepicker. The options are in the api documentation on the jQueryUI website: http://api.jqueryui.com/datepicker/
datepickerOptions: { changeYear: true, changeMonth: true, yearRange: '1900:2014' }

http://jsfiddle.net/d4kkg/


Workers at a North Korean terrapin farm probably wished they could withdraw into their protective shells on Tuesday, after a visit from leader Kim Jong-Un who lambasted operations at the facility.
A large photo on the front page of the ruling party's official newspaper, the Rodong Sinmun, showed a clearly irate Kim wagging an admonishing finger at a group of officials in a building housing terrapin breeding tanks.
During his inspection of the farm, Kim "strongly criticised the shortcoming of its officials as a manifestation of incompetence, outmoded way of thinking and irresponsible work style," the North's official KCNA news agency said in a report on the visit.
Kim appeared to take particular umbrage at the fact that the failings he uncovered were in a farm set up at the personal initiative of his father, Kim Jong-Il, who he succeeded as leader following his death in December 2011.
"The employees who failed to bear deep in their minds (Kim Jong-Il's) leadership exploits could hardly perform their role as masters in production," KCNA quoted Kim as saying.
If all officials worked like those on the farm, North Korea would never achieve the visionary goals of his father, Kim said, adding that their mismanagement would also damage the prestige of the ruling Workers' Party.
Terrapin has long been a popular, if pricey, feature of Korean cuisine and is usually served in a soup that is valued for its nutritional qualities as much as its taste.
Kim Jong-Un, like his father and grandfather before him, conducts scores of "field guidance" inspections every year at civilian and military units across the country.
Each one is covered by the state media, and the reports and pictures nearly always project the image of a smiling or intrigued Kim, questioning and encouraging people as he doles out "expert" advice on their work.
Reports of a stern, public dressing-down like the one given to the officials at the Taedonggang Terrapin Farm are unusual, and undoubtedly deeply worrying for those on the receiving end.
According to South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS), Kim has ordered the execution of more than a dozen officials so far this year, apparently for questioning his authority.
The NIS reported last week that the North's defence minister, Hyon Yong-Chol, had been purged and most likely executed for insubordination and dozing off during a formal military rally.


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Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo on NPR to Discuss NO FEAR
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Marsha Coleman-Adebayo earned a doctoral degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and worked with the United Nations before joining the Environmental Protection Agency in 1990. During her time at the U.N., she also developed an expertise in African developmental issues.
During her tenure at the EPA, Coleman-Adebayo says she requested that the agency devote attention to environmental problems in South Africa that were allegedly caused by an American company. She says that the agency reneged on promises to investigate the matter, and the harder she pushed for change, the more she faced a backlash from her superiors.
Coleman-Adebayo's new book No Fear: The Whistleblower's Triumph Over Corruption and Retaliation at the EPA chronicles her experiences and the discrimination lawsuit that followed. She won the case in 2000, and also successfully advocated for a special whistleblower protection law. The Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act — or The No FEAR Act — passed in 2002. It aims to discourage federal managers and supervisors from engaging in unlawful discrimination and retaliation.
In an interview with guest host Jacki Lyden, Coleman-Adebayo talks about the problems she encountered in 1996 in her role as the EPA's representative to the Gore-Mbeki Commission. That group was created by an agreement between the governments of South Africa and the United States, with the goal to improve lives of South Africans and aid the transition of the new government of Nelson Mandela.
In the course of her work, Coleman-Adebayo traveled to South Africa, and said that she discovered an American company there was ignoring the health complaints of its South African workers. They were mining the substance vanadium, and many of those miners suffered from serious health problems.
Coleman-Adebayo says that, when she reported situation to her supervisors, she was told to "shut up" and just decorate her office. She adds that she faced death threats, rape threats, and that she felt her family was in danger.
Coleman-Adebayo says, "I was surprised that the in environment of the EPA, instead of being rewarded for being proficient in what you do, loyalty was a much greater value. When I began questioning U.S. policy, I was considered disloyal. And at that point, at the minds of many people at the EPA, I had become their enemy."
She chronicles this and other conflicts within the agency in "No Fear," and sees the book as part of her activism. (NPR, Tell Me More)
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National Public Lands Day


1. From 101 Freeway exit Carrillo Street.
2. Turn east toward mountains and downtown Santa Barbara.
3. Follow Carrillo Street to Chapala Street.
4. Turn left on Chapala Street.
5. Turn right on Victoria Street.
6. Turn right on Anacapa Street. There is a paid parking lot on the right, directly behind the theatre.


Krispy Kreme's Chocolate Glazed Donut features a yeast ring donut covered in chocolate glaze.
They go for about $1 but I received this courtesy of Krispy Kreme.
After a couple of limited-time runs, the Chocolate Glazed Donut is now available for one day a month on the first Friday of each month.
They're similar to the regularly available Chocolate Iced Donut but, in addition to generally being fresher (as they can come right off of the conveyor), they aren't as sweet given the single layer of chocolate glaze rather than a layer of Original glaze topped off with chocolate icing.
The chocolate glaze seems to be the same stuff as you find in other donut shops with a sweet chocolaty flavor that lacks in bitter notes and richness.
What sets these apart are the donuts themselves, which deliver on that airy, soft, cloud-like texture that Krispy Kreme is known for.
When it comes down to it, Krispy Kreme's Chocolate Glazed Donut offers a familiar chocolaty feeling paired with the chain's specialty and that's pretty good in my book.