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This Tory attack ad featuring old footage of the two Eds in the Treasury has been pulled from YouTube. It features footage from the documentary 'We are the Treasury', which was broadcast in 1997 and traced the early day of McMental's stewardship of the economy. The documentary surfaced recently on the Telegraph website featuring footage of Ed Balls smoking and spinning while Ed Miliband gurned like an amphetamine fuelled hippo.
When Panorama tried to use the clips in 2007, they were met with the full might of McBride's Treasury spin team, as detailed here.
Guido understands that STV have come under intense pressure from 'a third party'- believed to be Labour – to have the footage scrubbed from the internet. This is now the only place you can see it…
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As heavy government promotion has brought more and more electric vehicles to China's roads, experts have cautioned against complacency and advised diversified efforts to make the electric vehicles more popular.
Though great headway has been made in the electrification of public transportation like buses and taxis, the electric vehicle industry shall look beyond these comfortable government-led fields and branch out for the wider private car users.
Chinese officials have voiced concerted efforts to continue strong policy supports to the development of electric vehicles.
Meanwhile, industry insiders have forecast that China would overtake the United States and become the world's largest electric vehicles market in 2015.
The electric vehicle promotion was bolted to the government work report delivered by Premier Li Keqiang last year as pollution control and emission reduction became all the more urgent against the backdrop of the smoggy Beijing winter sky.
Since then, efforts have been intensified to ensure that more people can access these environmentally friendly cars.
China's science and technology minister Wan Gang said in January that the country's electric vehicles market and industry both entered the period of new development opportunities.
He said the Ministry of Science and Technology would continue to boost the fundamental research and key technology development for new energy vehicles (NEV).
Domestic electric vehicle makers have expanded their production capacity while the central and local governments devised more measures to push the sales and make buying electric vehicle a fashionable and worthwhile thing for the consumers.
"I have confidence in the new energy vehicles. Our group had released new energy strategy a few year ago. And the new energy vehicle is the focus of the energy strategy development. From now on, the group will start a process of fully promoting the electric cars."
According to Ministry of Industry and Information Technology(MIIT), China has exempted roughly 42,800 buyers of NEVs from a 10 percent purchase tax since a new policy became effective last September.
From Sept. 1, 2014 to the end of 2017, buyers of qualified pure electric cars, plug-in hybrid electric cars and fuel cell cars will not have to pay the vehicle purchase tax.
"The purchase tax exemption policies in Shenzhen are basically the same with that in Shanghai. Such as this model, it enjoys 30,000 yuan subsidies from the central government. The Shanghai local government, or Shenzhen local government will provide buyers another 30,000 yuan. So buyers could save 60,000 yuan, plus the 10,000 yuan tax exemption, customers could save 70,000 all together."
Besides, the MIIT would formulate new measures that calculate the average fuel consumption of automobiles produced by each automaker to give preferential treatment to electric vehicle production.
The new measures will allow automakers to trade credits that are based on their average fuel consumption and force the enterprises that fail to reach the standard to buy credits or receive punishment.
Statistics show China's electric vehicle output reached 78,499 units in 2014, up 3.5 fold year on year. Meanwhile, the electric vehicle sale was 74,763 units, growing 3.2 fold year on year.
Thanks to the purchase tax exemption policy issued in September, the average output and sales kept growing at faster paces in the fourth quarter.
There are 377 NEV models from 57 automakers have entered the catalogue for purchase tax exemption.
Among these models, some star products, such as BYD's Qin and JAC's Heyue IEV, have some performance index reach the international advanced level.
"The total sales of BYD's Qin model is about 12,000 in 2014. It's the first domestic model that sales break 10,000. It's our sale champion model. In 2015, we will enlarge the promotion of electric vehicles. We will launch several new models, such as the Song and Yuan."
However, industry insiders said China's new energy vehicle developments are still facing challenges, such as the battery production techniques, battery manufacturing equipment and product consistency.
The insufficient battery production capacity may become the bottleneck that hampers China's electric vehicle development in 2015.
A MIIT survey shows that China's power battery enterprises had a total production capacity of 13 billion kwh, which can satisfy the demands of 500,000 pure electric passenger vehicle.
However, the demands for power batteries produced by leading enterprises are still exceeding supplies.
Meanwhile, China has not completed the construction of NEV charging facilities, which casts great negative influence on the popularization and application of electric vehicles.
Last year, two families in China's Hefei City pioneered individual using service for electric vehicles. But after a month, only one of the new car owners applied the service again.
The owner Jiang Kai had been an electric car owner since 2012 considering the use cost and environmental protection.
"High oil price is the first reason; besides, some friends of mine are engaged in related work which allowed me to have a pioneering try of the car."
Jiang Kai says he charged his car by a socket before.
Since the year of 2012 when there was an introduction of step tariff policy, the more electricity quantity would lead to higher electricity price and that increased his using cost of the car.
"Our electricity price could easily reach the third step tariff. (Reporter: How much was that probably?) If the electricity quantity brought the price to the third step, I would pay another 0.8 yuan per kilowatt. (Reporter: How would that be if there is no breakthrough and just maintain the present situation?) Now it charges by using charging piles 0.6 yuan plus per kilowatt at the peak time and 0.3 yuan plus at the low time. "
In order to further promote the new energy vehicles, Hefei power supply department began to accept application of individual using for electric vehicle charging from the beginning of last October.
"There has been only one new user after the two, so this service is actually having only three users. For individuals, it is first necessary to have a parking space with private property, and the consent of property and relative charging equipment are also needed. The charging equipment installing service can be applied at any service hall."
The staff said incomplete hardware facilities and traditional concept of consumption have become important reasons that restrict the promotion of electric cars.
To solve the problem, the MIIT and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development have reached an agreement that all new neighborhoods and buildings shall give priority to the construction of charging pile power sources.


Prevention is the best remedy for dog flatulence. All dogs experience gas at some point and it's a fairly normal condition. When your dog is constantly breaking wind (which is annoying as well as embarrassing), take the time to look at the most common underlying causes of dog gas.
Feed only dog foods that are high quality and name brand; consult the veterinarian if you are unsure which food to purchase. Avoid table food and dairy products.
Walk and exercise your dog. Obese and sedentary dogs tend to pass more gas.
Keep the environment calm when your dog eats so she ingests food slowly. Dogs that rush while eating swallow air, causing flatulence.
Introduce a new food slowly. Abrupt changes in diet can cause gas.
See the vet if your dog has diarrhea, bloody stool, vomiting or abdominal bloating. These symptoms can be signs of serious medical conditions.


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First, the scripts sends the GET query to read the website cookies (for session, etc.
A simple OO include file for PHP web development, allowing the developer to quickly check whether or not GET or POST data has been received.
This class provides an API to enable you to make HTTP requests.
The goal of qDecoder project is providing complete but simple and versatile CGI library for C/C++ language.
A PHP class that does what web browser does.
SQLREST enables access to a relational database as RESTful Web Service.
Http FX is a HTTP request mockup tool developed in JavaFX.
The following code will easily retrieve all of the GET and POST data for you and load it into appropriately named PHP variables.
With the khttp component your webpage can get content from other websites.
I wrote this function after going through the process of changing my get variables to form variables, then back, and then to cookie variables, once too many.
This is the ASP version of params.
headerSpoof is a A PHP front end for HTTP.


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Construction is now complete on four of peckvonhartel's Building the Education Revolution school's in the Canberra region. peckvonhartel was engaged by Bovis Lend Lease for eight school redevelopments; the ACT Department of Education has now officially opened Campbell, Red Hill, Curtin and Duffy Primary School's. The works include new libraries, multi-purpose halls, classrooms, shade structures and existing building and services refurbishment. At Campbell Primary School, a state-of-the-art Sustainability Centre has been built with the aim to educate students on caring for the environment. Chapman Primary School is also near completion and is due to open mid-December.


In Vancouver, like in most Canadian cities, street food vendors are limited to hawking pre-cooked meat: hot dogs, in other words. But, even within the restrictive confines of the law, innovation is possible, especially in a global city like Vancouver. You can taste as much by wandering over to the corner of Smithe and Burrard. There, across the street from a supermarket and a megaplex cinema, amidst the daytime downtown bustle, is an ordinary-looking hot dog stand. Its hot dogs, however, are anything but ordinary: they are "Japa Dogs," a new type of street meat invented by Noriki Tamura, an ad salesman who left Tokyo for Vancouver two years ago.
I had to check it out so, last Wednesday, on the kind of bright, impossibly fresh day that only the Pacific Northwest is able to produce, I wandered up to Burrard Street for lunch and bought a Terimayo, a beef hotdog topped with teriyaki sauce, Japanese mayonnaise and strips of dried seaweed. My food vocabulary is fairly limited, so I'll describe it like this: it tasted Japanese. It was probably the combination of the seaweed and mayo, the former naturally savoury and the latter full of MSG, which combined to create a brothy, full-mouthed umami flavour. The $4.25 price tag was a bit steep, but not terribly overpriced when you consider that the going rate for the most basic Vancouver street meat is $3.50.
Vancouver's "merged cuisine" is a more seamless union of Asian and European than earlier fusion, says Jamie Maw, food editor for Vancouver Magazine. Maw says this level of maturity — which took root in the past three to four years — is unique to the Pacific coastal region. Sure, sushi's become generic takeout in most Canadian cities. But in Vancouver, it even subs for pre-packaged roast beef sandwiches at the gas station. It's not uncommon to spot Asian influences on the menus of the most white-bread local-franchise family restaurants: from salted edamame starters and sashimi to ponzu sauces and chutney.
Although Vancouver is not quite Honolulu, where spam musubi can be purchased at the counter of every convenience store, it does occupy a distinct culinary sphere in North America, being a city where the latest trends from Asia meet and sometimes merge with more typically North American food. I'm tempted to make a grand, sweeping assertion that this represents the culturally hybridized future of Canada's West Coast metropolis — but, you know, I've done that before and I don't want to be too much of a tiresome bore.
But take it from me: there's more to the Japa Dog than it would seem.
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The election and composition of the School Committee is governed by Article VI of the Town Charter. As that portion of the Charter is amended, this information shall also be amended.
The Smithfield School Committee shall consist of five (5) members elected by the qualified voters of the town at large on a partisan basis. The regular election of the School Committee members shall be held on the first (1st) Tuesday next after the first (1st) Monday in November. Members of said committee shall be elected to serve four year (4-year) terms, with their terms staggered in such manner that three (3) members and two (2) members are elected in alternative election years. The terms of the School Committee shall begin on the first (1st) Monday following the certification of their election. All members of the School Committee in office at the time of the taking effect of this Charter shall continue to serve until the expiration of their respective terms or until their successors are elected and qualified.
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Episode 11: Making Sense of Your Emotions
In this episode, Jim1537 and his wife, Meremystic, talk about how to make sense of your emotions and how they dramatically impact your spiritual journey.
The human struggle with emotions
The tendency to take our emotions too seriously
The relationship between emotional intensity and reality
The connection between emotions and karma
Viewing our emotions as positive or negative
Separating intuition and emotion
Understanding our emotional tape loops
And much, much, more….
For all of us, to be human means to struggle with emotions. In fact, much of our sense of self-perception and identity is based on our emotions. Examining the interplay between how our emotions and our thoughts tie into our karma and our overall spiritual evolution helps us master those emotions, make better choices and ultimately, foster a perspective of non-attachment.
Books mentioned in this episode:
Osho, EMOTIONS: Freedom from Anger, Jealousy & Fear
Jim1537, Why the Law of Attraction Isn't Working for You
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Jim1537 is an experienced psychic, spiritual medium, teacher and life coach who has provided personal consultations for over thirty years. His most recent book is When Our Pets Leave Us: Animals in the Spirit World.His first book, Why the Law of Attraction Isn't Working for You, is also available as an e-book. To learn more about Jim and his gifts, visit jim1537.com. Jim also shares his insights on Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram and Google+.
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Episode 3: Self-Identity and Perception
(Released August 22, 2013)
In the third episode, "Self Identity and Perception," Jim1537 and his wife, Meremystic, take a probing and revealing look at how self identity and our perception of ourselves dramatically affects our ability to transform our lives.
The I AM and how it shapes our identity
How the I AM defines our perception of ourselves
The effect of self-identity on our everyday lives
How our perception affects our choices and decisions
What is buried under the surface of our self-perception
The consequences of getting "stuck" in a point of view
Are perceptions flawed for a reason?
Who we perceive ourselves to be, largely defined by the timeless spiritual and metaphysical principle of "I am," indicates, in part, how we have become who we are today, and what we can do to heal our lives moving forward. For Example, when we say something such as "I am sick," how does that affect our long term health; when we say, "I am blessed," how does that impact on what we manifest in our daily lives? Ultimately, this episode offers several tools we can utilize to heal our lives through transforming our perception of ourselves, and building a more healthy sense of self identity at the core of our being.
Jim1537 is an experienced psychic, spiritual medium, teacher and life coach who has provided personal consultations for over thirty years. His most recent book is When Our Pets Leave Us: Animals in the Spirit World. His first book, Why the Law of Attraction Isn't Working for You, is also available as an e-book. To learn more about Jim and his gifts, visit jim1537.com. Jim also shares his insights on Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram and Google+.
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The people of the United Kingdom (UK) have voted to leave the European Union (EU). But what does Brexit mean for technology and security professionals around the world in the public and private sectors?
In a historic vote that stunned the world, the people of the United Kingdom (UK) opted to leave the European Union (EU) in a referendum held this past Thursday. The Brexit vote shocked political and economic experts who just earlier in the week expected the UK to remain in the EU in a close vote.
"June 23rd will go down in history as our independence day," said Nigel Farage, the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP).
Britain has a "glorious opportunity" to re-establish itself on the world stage, Boris Johnson said, in his first comments hours after Britain voted to leave the European Union.
The huge ramifications of the vote became immediately apparent, as Prime Minister David Cameron announced his intent to step down by October, and global stock markets sank dramatically.
And yet, despite some signs of economic unrest and financial upheaval, the world digested the news in an orderly fashion.
And yet, there are many others in the UK that feel devastated by this vote. This CNBC article describes the viral feelings of the majority of young people (many of whom are in tech industries around London) that had hoped to stay in the EU and not feel betrayed.
"Firstly, it was the working classes who voted for us to leave because they were economically disregarded, and it is they who will suffer the most in the short term. They have merely swapped one distant and unreachable elite for another.
The U.S. news media immediately focused on Donald Trump's words during his visit to Scotland, as well as President Obama's and Hillary Clinton's reactions to Brexit.
On Friday, Bloomberg reported that Brexit Pounds Some Technology Companies.
"This is not a unique phenomenon to the United States, and 2016 is not a short moment that will pass," says Yascha Mounk, who teaches political theory at Harvard University and has studied the rise of nationalist movements. "This is a real populist turn that has been happening for the last 15 or 20 years. ..."
"People feel, quite rightly, that they have no real control over political systems — that the political class does what it wants and it sort of ignores ordinary people," Mounk says. "And to a large extent, that's because of the necessities of globalization."
It is also clear that many of the same issues surrounding immigration and borders are surfacing around the world, including the U.S.
Before we discuss likely impacts to the tech industry around the world, we must acknowledge that the predictions about what's next for the United Kingdom are all over the map.
This CNBC piece described the basics of what formally happens next after the Brexit vote, such as invoking article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.
Some commentators believe that this vote will eventually lead to the end of the EU. Indeed other countries will likely have their own vote, if right-wing politicians have their way.
But while some predicted the eventual end of the euro, others EU leaders called for the UK to leave the EU as soon as possible for a speedy divorce. The EU political leaders want to get the exit over quickly.
Martin Schulz, the president of the European parliament, told the Guardian that EU lawyers were studying whether it was possible to speed up the triggering of article 50 of the Lisbon treaty — the untested procedure for leaving the union.
So what impacts should technology and cybersecurity professionals expect from the Brexit vote? Remember that even though the vote has occurred, most legal changes could take two years or more to implement.
Whether the UK is able to stay in the single market will be a key point that will impact businesses. London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said he will push for the country to stay within the trading agreement as part of the forthcoming negotiations between EU and the UK.
Following the referendum result, Dame Julia Goodfellow, the president of Universities UK — a collection 133 universities — said the body would look to "secure opportunities" for students and researchers to be able to access "vital pan-European programs."
Data protection is another EU-prescribed area. A new European Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was passed in April after more than four years of negotiation. The regulations, which will outline how citizens' data is processed, is set to be implemented across the EU in 2018.
International Business Times (IBT) reported on the potential cyberimpacts to the workforce talent crunch, escalating cost of operations, data sharing and privacy laws, and even the threat of a cyberattack growing. However, I find several of these items to be overblown.
For example, I think the UK has the best cybersecurity workforce and capabilities in the EU currently, and it will be a larger loss for the EU cybersecurity than for the UK. The UK has the most cybersecurity companies in Europe, and their ability to assist other EU countries may be impacted.
SC Magazine UK reported on how Tripwire conducted a poll of information security professionals at InfoSecurity Europe 2016. Of 278 people questioned, 64 percent said that there would basically be no change as a result of an exit vote.
ABI research wrote this summary regarding Brexit and cybersecurity — focusing mainly on the skills shortages in cybersecurity being impacted.
Information Age asked the question: Will Brexit Cause a Texit? They listed 10 ways the vote will affect technology.
BankInfoSecurity.com offered these 5 Cybersecurity Implications to Brexit. I certainly agree that these are the right areas to focus on in the coming months and years ahead. However, I am not as sure as this author seems to be that the UK will struggle in these areas as described. For example, I have a hard time believing that cybersecurity intelligence will be significantly derailed. The EU will also miss the UK in cyber, so I expect close cooperation to continue on cybercrime.
Back in May, I wrote this blog with seven reasons you should care about Brexit, describing why this topic is important to Americans — including our tech and security implications. This Brexit focus from Norton Rose Fulbright offers more details on several of my seven points.
What EU regulations (including data and privacy) will still apply in the UK?
What actions will tech companies in the UK need to take to placate EU customers?
What other EU member states will leave (such as Nexit, Frexit or Italeave)?
For more immediate computer impacts, I urge end users around the world to be on the lookout for scams, phishing attempts and websites that take advantage of the Brexit confusion to trick people into taking foolish actions related to Brexit and surrounding issues.
My advice: reread this pieces on phishing, spear-phishing and whaling — with a special attention given to anything related to Brexit, EU, UK and related content. The bad guys always thrive with tricky phish in times of confusion, when people will break out of normal patterns and click on new content, so know who you trust online. Remember that these scams can come via phone, email, fax, text or social media message.
Finally, I am excited for my friends in the UK as they start down this new road to the future. As I mentioned in May, my family lived in the UK for almost seven years in the 1990s, and we love that country in so many ways. The UK people have spoken, and I have high hopes for my many friends in the UK.


Squash is one of my most treasured fall foods. It is comfort food: the culinary equivalent of a cozy sweater on a cool day. My favourite way to prepare it is baked with or without a stuffing. But I love it as a soup, sauteed with onions, grilled with herbs, mixed into chili, chopped up and baked with other veggies, mashed with butter… ok, so I just LOVE squash.
This squash is a cross between pumpkin and butternut. Its round, lobed, squat shape is very much pumpkin, but the flesh is dense like butternut. The skin harks more to the butternut parentage also. The skin turned a nice rusty orange colour when I baked it.
When stuffed with chopped shallots, a dash of salt, some thyme and enough coconut milk to fill the cavity nearly full, I baked it in our Big Green Egg. You could of course bake it in the oven. The "Egg" is nice because it adds some smokiness to the flavour.
I filled the cavity loosely with shallots then added the other ingredients. You could change it up and use mushrooms and cream, walnuts and sage with butter, the possible variations are endless!
The squash is done when the coconut milk boils and is overflowing the sides and the flesh is soft to the touch (around an hour and a half at 350F in the oven). Coconut milk running down the sides makes the skin extra delicious! I like eating the skin anyway, but some people need a little encouragement.
My family and I enjoyed this with friends and it accompanied a rice dish from another blog post, but it could easily replace the potatoes, pasta or rice for any dinner.
Next time, I'm going to try cutting the squash into crescents by following it's lobes and baking it with some butter, garlic and thyme. Or maybe I'll put it on the pizza stone in the "egg"… Cooking is creating!


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Easter Egg: Sunday, March 31, 2013
Posted on March 31, 2013 by EV
This Easter is going to be soooo different. Well not the food, see above. Some nice lamb stew with polenta will be on for dinner. It already prepared and warmed up, in my book, even tastes nicer than freshly done. But here's where tradition stops. It is snowing, cold and miserable. They stole an hour of my sleep. So I'm grumpy and after having watched the Papal "Urbi et Orbi", the family goes rogue.
Our list of movies to watch today and tomorrow:
We will all go to hell, I'm afraid. But not on an empty stomach. 😀
This is our open thread. Happy Easter!
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70 thoughts on "Easter Egg: Sunday, March 31, 2013"
frugalchariot on March 31, 2013 at 6:38 am said:
Once in hell, look around. I'll be there. 😉
Speaking of hell, back in college days we'd speculate on matters such as that. One fellow said, "I'm looking forward to going to hell 'cause that's where all the hookers will be." Other guy said, "Yeah, but you can't get near 'em. That's what's hell about it."
We'll know soon enough!
EV on March 31, 2013 at 7:43 am said:
A Dollar says your roommate has seen "The Devil in Miss Jones" 😆
frugalchariot on March 31, 2013 at 11:00 am said:
No, sadly . . . when I was a college boy the movie hadn't yet been made.
Damn, I'm getting old! Sigh.
badmoodman on March 31, 2013 at 6:56 am said:
"We will all go to hell, I'm afraid…."
"Every man is his own hell." — H. L. Mencken
Briseadh na Faire on March 31, 2013 at 7:28 am said:
"Been there, done that." J.C.
vinylspear on March 31, 2013 at 7:34 am said:
I love a good barbeque and I hate cooking for one.
Shayne on March 31, 2013 at 7:47 am said:
If ally those hypocrite bible thumpers are in heaven it would feel like hell anyway. That lamb stew looks delicious.
If the old man likes a laugh and has some sense of humor we'll go to heaven after all.
cryptoclearance on March 31, 2013 at 8:20 am said:
Hell Michigan. Been there.
gombasz on March 31, 2013 at 8:25 am said:
So have I! 🙂
I've been in Detroit. Spent a week there, seemed like an eternity.
Somebody once wrote: "Hell is the impossibility of reason."
gummitch on March 31, 2013 at 8:27 am said:
EV, I think I heard about that lamb stew yesterday. It sounded wonderful and now it looks wonderful. You've probably eaten it all, though. Do you use shoulder?
Sorry about your weather, and I promise not to mention that it was sunny and 77F (25C) yesterday and probably almost that warm today. And daffodils everywhere and all the flowering trees blooming except the dogwoods.
Yes, I think you have heard of it 🙂 I envy your weather. Really. It is miserable here for months now. They say we have fucked up the jetstream that is why. There is a good chance it will still be cold and snowy in three weeks when we are going to England. Well, it won't snow inside the OLD CROWN 😀
My BiL and his wife are just now returning from a three month sojourn in London. They have nothing bad to say about the place, not even about the weather!
Whoa, WTF? is Google up to?
While two billion Christians around the world celebrate Easter Sunday, Google is using its famous "Doodle" search logo art to mark the birth of left-wing labor leader Cesar Chavez.
Ebb on March 31, 2013 at 10:06 am said:
Chocolate bunnies and marshmallow peeps won't mind.
Oh and jeesus has risen to the stars, so he shouldn't be too angry.
Heartening and inspiring to see Cesar honored in such away!
away a way!
Good for Google. doG bless them each and every one. Or however that goes.
Oh, now I've read the interwebbing tubes (should have figured you were *voicing* the outrage *voiced* by the likes of Malkin and the Breitbots)…
Wayne A. Schneider on March 31, 2013 at 2:52 pm said:
The completely bat-scat over-the-top rwNJs (That's right wing nut jobs with a capital NJ) have actually tried to claim Google has done religious-themed doodles in the past. You know, when they showed Santa's Elves and a North Pole scene. Ah, those below-average-IQ folks at Twitchy.
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/41801__Twitchy.com_Proves_That_Google_Does_Religious_Doodles_by_Posting_Pictures_of_Santa_Claus_And_Elves
"Are you pondering what I'm pondering, Pinky?"
"Yes Brain, but how do we get them to name a school in Nigeria after us?"
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-culture/nigerian-children-can-attend-the-pinky-and-the-brain-school-80226.html
vinylspear on March 31, 2013 at 4:39 pm said:
Zooey on March 31, 2013 at 9:59 am said:
*groan*
That stew looks amazing! Hungry now…
Read this, and then 'splain to me why the second amendment shouldn't be outright REPEALED, each and every gun CONFISCATED and melted down, followed by imposition of STRICTLY ENFORCED PROHIBITIONS on gun possession, much less ownership.
I once knew the little town of Arivaca AZ and its periphery of deserts, rolling hills, and mountains quite well. We visited the area, camped there, explored the surround, and enjoyed each and every tidbit. Of course, that was before the election of Obama, before the Minutemen, before the Tea Party, before the intense hatred — and baseless fear — that was fueled by the wingnut movement in this country.
Some things make me sad to be an American, and just the EXISTENCE of today's Right Wing pretty much sums up the whole shebang.
Why do we allow them, and the gun nuts that are parcel to them, destroy, with their hatred, what was once a proud country?????
Wayne A. Schneider on March 31, 2013 at 11:12 am said:
In case you missed it yesterday, you can create your own petitions at http://signon.org/ , which is associated with MoveOn.org.
I'll give North Carolina Republicans credit which they've earned and is now their due: they've figured out how to finalize destruction of the USA, and it's so simple: Destroy Education, and within a generation or two all that will remain are right wing nutcases, duly taught how to be and act stupid.
Cats r Flyfishn on March 31, 2013 at 5:11 pm said:
The problem with that is that the right wing nutcases don't earn enough money to support a Republican government.
nwoldguy on March 31, 2013 at 10:33 am said:
Happy hug a bunny day everyone!
"It is my private opinion that many of our failures in politics, art, and domestic life come from our failure to eat vividly…" "The idea is to eat well and not die from it-for the simple reason that that would be the end of my eating." Jim Harrison
badmoodman on March 31, 2013 at 11:27 am said:
Revel in the awesomeness of these:
http://blog.tastebuds.fm/worst-album-covers-of-all-time/
The shirtless man in the middle of the five guys on the "Orleans" album cover was my previous Congressman, John Hall.
gummitch on March 31, 2013 at 11:56 am said:
My favorite is Jesus Use Me. I'm pretty sure that the Orleans LP actually charted.
Wayne A. Schneider on March 31, 2013 at 12:13 pm said:
It featured one of their hit songs "Still The One"
zxbe on March 31, 2013 at 2:39 pm said:
badmoodman on March 31, 2013 at 12:50 pm said:
The Rev. Dr. Paul F.M. Zahl makes the case against the use of military drones:
"Our use of drones are out of "proportion" because it uses the most advanced technology in the world to assassinate people who can basically only throw the equivalent of sticks and stones back at you. Moreover, it gives these people no chance to surrender. It is like capital punishment without an arrest, a charge, a trial, or a right of appeal.
Our use of drones is not humane, because it totally objectifies the enemy by making them into a picture on a screen. There is not the faintest possibility, in the conduct of drone warfare by means of remote control, that you can regard the enemy as a fellow human citizen of the planet."
http://www.alternet.org/speakeasy/religious-wake-call-matter-drones?page=0%2C0
But the NRA said if we all had our own guns, we wouldn't get hurt.
Texas DA slain in his home; had armed himself – Yahoo! News
Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland took no chances after one of his assistant prosecutors was assassinated two months ago. McLelland said he carried a gun everywhere he went and took extra care when answering the door at his hom
badmoodman on March 31, 2013 at 1:19 pm said:
Wait, so a good guy with a gun isn't necessarily the remedy to a bad guy with a gun? Shocking.
Another mind-altering Alan Watts lecture, on coming to terms with being one with the universe:
Awww, look at the cute Easter Bun — OH MY GOD, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2301884/Hopping-worlds-fattest-Easter-bunny-Hungry-rabbit-Ralph-weighs-3st-8lbs–thats-heavier-average-year-old-child.html
Maybe he's a descendant of the Killer Rabbit in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." He looks like he could easily take two or three of your fingers off at once.
Ebb on March 31, 2013 at 1:45 pm said:
One of my sisters-in-law sent this via FB
petelngh on March 31, 2013 at 2:11 pm said:
I've been reading through the Sunday news and gay marriage is still a popular topic. It occurs to me that almost all of us are looking at this in the wrong way. Rights are not granted by the Supreme Court or Legislature. Rights are inherent or, as the Founding Fathers said, "endowed by our creator". The Supreme Court and Legislature can only deny rights. So. Why in Hell isn't anyone, regardless of political and religious ideology, making this point? I would think it would reduce the Reichwhiners to spluttering rage if the question was framed as; "why do you think the Supreme Court and Legislature has the power to strip rights endowed by our creator"?
Then we hop on to the gun control issue.
The government of the U.S. has a stated duty to preserve public safety. That was clearly the purpose of the 2nd Amendment. It establishes the right to protect ourselves but, by virtue of the "well-regulated militia" part, said right is not meant to jeopardize public safety. Unfettered ownership of firearms is a clear threat to "life. liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" so it seem that the only logical conclusion is that we need to take control of the problem through stronger legislation.
QOTD:
"(Reagan's deficit policies) allowed George W. Bush to dive into the deep end, bankrupting the nation through two misbegotten and unfinanced wars, a giant expansion of Medicare and a tax-cutting spree for the wealthy that turned K Street lobbyists into the de facto office of national tax policy," — David Stockman, Reagan's budget director from 1981 to 1985, slamming Bush and his former boss in an op-ed in The New York Times Sunday.
Here's a link to that opinion column. I may not be able to read the whole thing now because I've reached my "limit of ten free articles per month." I had to stop because what he was saying by the end of the first page was just devolving into typical conservative FDR-bashing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/opinion/sunday/sundown-in-america.html?ref=opinion&ref=opinion&gwh=3D9C2C2313033F0ADCCAF2506898A71F
This is what I did this morning. Walked around the old mansion district (one of them any way) in Minneapolis. Taking photos like they're free (thank-you digital).
It was cloudy and blustery. Now it's not cloudy, but still blustery.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washburn-Fair_Oaks_Mansion_District
Google did NOT stir up controversy among Conservatives. It's the Conservatives who stirred themselves up over a non-issue.
— Wayne A Schneider (@WayneASchneider) March 31, 2013
It's fun to see people get into Twitter fights with fictional characters.
EV on March 31, 2013 at 3:11 pm said:
Well, they think corporations and zygotes are persons, how can you blame them?
Behold, he walks on water.
http://t.co/XhDvjTvUum—
Cute Emergency (@CuteEmergency) March 31, 2013
Just a heads up. Kevin Ware suffered an excruciating broken leg during an NCAA basketball game today. I did not see video of it, and I understand CBS will not re-air it during halftime or other highlights. But I did manage to see a picture of what I assume is his leg, and believe me when I say you don't want to see it. The bone is seriously protruding out the leg. It is horrible to see, and must be even worse to experience. So, if your ears perk up and you hear something about an injury, do yourself a favor and don't look. I mean it.
Too late 😦 the media can't resist a shocker not over here either.
houseofroberts on March 31, 2013 at 4:38 pm said:
That was worse than when Tyrone Prothro folded his lower leg about eight inches above his ankle in an Alabama football game, coming down from a jump to catch a pass.
Ware was jumping to harass a Duke player shooting a jump shot. He came down hard on his right leg when the bone snapped.
They claim he'll be back, but I doubt it. The left leg is probably not any stronger than the right one.
EV on April 1, 2013 at 2:16 am said:
At right at this moment you wish skelegro was for real and Poppy Pomfrey could help.
Happy Easter! http://t.co/5whoofSXBP—
Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 31, 2013
So sweet.
Hey, want your mega-retailer to save themselves a few bucks? Have them ask another customer to deliver your online order to you. What could possibly go wrong (besides rape, theft and murder)?
http://www.alternet.org/labor/walmart-wants-take-exploitation-next-level-and-have-customers-deliver-orders
Zooey on March 31, 2013 at 7:19 pm said:
Apparently there is no end to the money the Walton family thinks it needs.
My sister's response to Google's Cesar Chavez doodle today and the right wingers:
They were probably expecting the two O's in Google to be big round boulders that you could mouse over to move them out of the way so Jesus could pop out.
http://t.co/qeotvg7Tmu—
Emergency Kittens (@EmrgencyKittens) March 31, 2013
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Happy Easter! http://t.co/EZC2ueqzwO—
For the combination Dr. Who/Star Trek fans
Tardis http://t.co/Gmb8kWBqTw—
pasmada (@Cookthebook85) March 31, 2013
Captain Picard, if you insist on patrolling constantly on BBC America, that Police Call Box is going to keep showing up on your sensors. I suggest you program the Enterprise navigational computers to recognize it and take evasive action whenever it passes within .5 parsecs of your plotted course.
And if that doesn't work? Order that annoying kid to reconfigure the deflector dish to emit a tachyon pulse.
That's hot.
TerrytheTurtle on March 31, 2013 at 9:16 pm said:
And what's even worse, I know what episode that is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9nage_%C3%A0_Troi
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Ebb on March 31, 2013 at 10:35 pm said:
OIMF, do hope this did not impact any of your clan.
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Tirunesh Dibaba carries the Ethiopian flag at the 2012 IAAF World Championships
Image: Erik van Leeuwen.
Tirunesh Dibaba won her first World Championship title in six years, coming first in the 10,000 meter race at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia last night. Dibaba finished with a time of 30 minutes and 43.37 seconds, giving her the third World Championship victory of her career.
Dibaba's victory last night ended a six-year drought for the athlete on the World Championships stage, having been unable to win a World Championship title since 2007. In that period of time, Dibaba had more luck in the Olympics, winning the 10,000 meter final in 2008 and successfully defending her title in 2012.
Dibaba waited until the final two laps of the race to take the lead, sprinting the final 500 meters in 59.98 seconds. She easily left her fellow competitors behind, with silver-medalist Gladys Cherono of Kenya trailing by almost two seconds. Belaynesh Olijra of Ethiopia, one of Dibaba's training partners, took the bronze medal, crossing the finish line in a time of 30 minutes and 46.98 seconds.
Dibaba spoke about wanting to return the Ethiopian women's track team to glory, when talking to reporters after her race. The team had not won gold at a 10,000 meter final at the IAAF World Championships for two years.
"Because of that, both as a team and individually, we trained very hard," she told reporters.
"Dibaba completes world 10,000m hat-trick of titles" — RTÉ.ie, August 11, 2013
Agence France-Presse. "Tirunesh Dibaba makes it treble gold with 10,000m victory at world athletics" — NDTV, August 11, 2013
David Monti. "Dibaba Wins Third World 10,000m Title" — Flo Track, August 12, 2013
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Two days, two losses: Syrian family hit by rare drama
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Khaled (L) and Iman (R) al-Khamed mourn after the death of their son Omar, Adana, Dec. 17, 2019. (AA Photo)
When it rained, it poured for the al-Hamed family. First an accident, then a terrorist attack claimed the lives of their two young children in the span of two days.
Khaled al-Hamed, who settled in the southern Turkish city of Adana with his family after fleeing the civil war in Syria, was on the news Tuesday – in tears holding a photo of his 4-year-old son Omar. The young boy was crushed by an automatic gate at a farm as he was running after his father. The family decided to bury him back home in Tal Abyad, Syria which was recently liberated by Turkey from the terrorist group YPG.
Just as the family was returning from the funeral, a landmine hit the family car Wednesday. The family's daughter, six-year-old Aya and a 52-year-old woman, a relative of the family, were killed in the explosion while the mother Iman and five others were injured.
The family was only 300 meters away from the Turkish border crossing when the landmine planted by terrorists exploded. Officials said the mother, who was taken to a hospital in the Turkish town of Akçakale was in critical condition.
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7 Types Of Japanese Seaweed You Should Know
Japan is an island nation, so it should come as no surprise that a large portion of Japanese cuisine draws upon the resources of the Pacific Ocean and other bodies of water. Seaweed, in particular, features heavily in soups, side dishes, and garnishes as it is an abundant and extremely versatile ingredient rich in vitamins and nutrients. Let's take a look at 7 types of Japanese seaweed you should know.
Aonori
Green laver is a garnish commonly seen to accent savory dishes such as yakisoba and yakiudon (fried noodles), takoyaki (octopus balls) and okonomiyaki (pancakes packed with a variety of fillings). Not to be overlooked is aonori and salt (norishio), an extremely popular potato chip flavor sold in Japan.
Hijiki
Packed with iron, dietary fiber, and other nutrients, hijiki is a staple in lunch boxes and dinner tables across Japan, where it is simmered along with sliced carrots and aburaage (deep fried tofu) in a dish called hijiki no niimono.
Edible kelp is a key ingredient in making dashi, a broth that forms the backbone of many of Japan's signature dishes like ramen. Dried bonito flakes, or katsuobushi, can be added to kombu to create a stock rich in umami, one of the 5 tastes, that adds a biscuit savory aroma and quality to a dish. Kombu is also used to make shio kombu, tiny slices of kombu simmered in soy sauce, sugar, and mirin.
Naturally found in the southern, sunny islands of Okinawa Prefecture, mozuku is similar in appearance to glass noodles, though it is brown-green in color and has a rather "slimy" texture. Because Okinawan people have some of the highest life expectancy rates in the world, perhaps the key to longevity can be found in this dish!
Slightly translucent dried and pressed seaweed sheets, nori is used to wrap sushi rolls and onigiri rice balls. It's not uncommon to have a few slices of nori as a ramen topping or as a companion to a bowl of white rice for breakfast.
Umi Budou
Another type of seaweed harvested in the waters of Okinawa Prefecture, umi budou literally means "sea grapes," as its tiny spheres resemble grapes. Umi budou may alternatively be referred to as green caviar. Often found as a side dish in izakaya, Japanese drinking pubs, umi budou has a salty quality and goes well with ponzu sauce.
Loaded with folic acid and iron, Wakame makes frequent appearances in Japanese soups and salads, especially in miso soup. The Sanriku coast of Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures in the Tohoku region is known throughout Japan for its firm and aromatic wakame, and produces nearly 70% of all of Japan's wakame.
Have you tried any of the above types seaweed? How do you prefer your seaweed?
About the author: Teni Wada appreciates the simplicity and versatility of Japanese cooking ingredients and enjoys recreating her mother-in-law's dishes. A foodie at heart, she is always on the lookout for seasonal snacks and drinks to share on Twitter (@wadateni). You can also find Teni Wada on Instagram (@wadateni) and her lifestyle blog, babykaiju.com where she documents motherhood in Japan.


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SugarCRM is not one of them. It has remained true to the original concept and provides a single product to manage the complete cycle of customer relations. Staying the course has helped it achieve business success.
The company makes some elaborate claims on its website – that its product transforms the enterprise, makes users "heroes" at work – so I was keen to learn if the reality lives up to those claims. After a briefing and demonstration, I still feel these claims are a bit over the top, but overall I was impressed. As well as the extensive range of CRM capabilities, three things caught my attention. First, the single product integrates marketing, sales and customer service capabilities, uses a common user interface, is based on one customer database, and can be managed centrally. In this way it connects processes that span the customer life cycle. The software is underpinned by a design studio in which users can build rules-driven process maps that govern how processes flow, both within and across functional areas, for example, from closing a sale to onboarding the customer. One associated feature I particularly like is the ability to create journey maps that show the state of tasks as a customer moves through marketing to sales to support and not as is typical from one communication channel to the next. The integration capabilities extend to importing data from external systems such as ERP, which can enhance the information about a customer and add detail to the journey maps.
Second, as I watched the demonstration, I saw that the user interface aligns with modern user expectations, featuring highly visual widgets on a user's main dashboard, the ability to drill down to more detailed information and the need to only enter data once. Finally, the product has been built to extend and customize. Organizations can configure the product to their own requirements and add new features, data fields and reports using tools made available by Sugar and its partners. All together the product provides broad support for the complete customer life cycle. It is available through multiple supply models, on-premises and in the cloud, which make it accessible to organizations of all sizes.
Despite my earlier comments about popular opinion on CRM systems, our research into next-generation customer engagement shows that CRM is still the most common system implemented by organizations (48% of them) in their efforts to improve customer engagement, and a further 17 percent expect to implement it over the next 12 months. The same research shows that customer experience is an enterprise issue, and although CRM is not the complete answer, it plays a critical role managing marketing, sales and service records and being a system of record about the customer. To provide customers with consistent responses to interactions, it is thus vital that all employees, and digital self-service systems as well, use the same up-to-date information. SugarCRM provides these capabilities so I recommend that any organization looking to improve the customer experience assess how it can help with those efforts.
I recently wrote that companies are struggling to provide omnichannel customer experiences and digital customer service is now seen as a business differentiator. To address these issues, organizations need to change how they use people and processes, and deploy innovative technologies that can support new initiatives. To provide an enterprise-wide solution, contact center systems fall into four categories: communications, business applications, analytics and self-service. Our benchmark research into next-generation contact center systems in the cloud shows which types of systems companies have deployed, which they plan to deploy in the next 24 months and whether they prefer them to be on-premises or cloud-based.
Overall the research shows a preference for on-premises systems, with fewer than half (44%) of participants prefer to deploy systems on their own premises. However significant numbers are moving to the cloud with more than one-fourth (28%) using a private cloud, somewhat fewer (22%) using a public cloud and one-fifth (19%) using a hybrid combination of on-premises and cloud-based systems. Noting that 22 percent expressed no preference, we conclude that while cloud-based systems are considered a serious option, organizations are influenced by the number of on-premises systems they have in place and choose the deployment option for new systems based on factors such as capabilities, usability and cost, specific to each purchase. More detailed analysis shows variations across the four categories.
The contact center market is mature, and the foundation of many centers is telephony systems such as call routing, ACD and IP-based telephony. However, the research shows that as customers demand other channels of engagement, companies plan to deploy more digital channels such as instant messaging, unified communication, text messaging, video and visual IVR. For these channels we find a shift away from on-premises systems, with companies preferring to deploy systems such as instant messaging, video and social media as cloud-based services. The findings lead us to conclude that most companies will continue to use on-premises systems already in place until they reach the end of life when they are likely to be replaced by cloud-based systems; in the short term these will be supplemented with new cloud-based systems.
The research shows that companies have deployed an array of business applications; the most common are call recording, business-specific applications and CRM, and the least common are workflow, social media integration and agent desktop systems. It also shows an intent to purchase systems to support specific business needs; the most commonly planned systems are workflow, social media integration and e-learning. The results show no clear pattern in which deployment options companies use. With the exception of internal business applications and CRM, there is a fairly even split between on-premises and cloud-based. We conclude that companies buy business applications on a case-by-case basis, which creates a bias toward on-premises systems because vendors in domains other than CRM have been slow in moving to the cloud.
Overall, organizations said that among the four categories of systems analytics will have the greatest impact on customer experience, as companies seek comprehensive views of the customer and the ability to map customer journeys. However, the research shows that few companies are close to achieving either goal. The adoption of analytics is still relatively immature, primarily being systems that can analyze structured data: real-time contact center, agent and overall contact center performance analytics. It also reveals intentions to improve this situation, with overall levels of planned investments being higher than in the three other categories; the top priorities are social media, Web, speech and cross-channel analytics. In terms of deployment options, the results show that early adopters have tended toward on-premises systems, but the trend is to deploy more advanced systems capable of processing unstructured data in the cloud. Companies that don't know their customers struggle to provide service that meets customer expectations. Cloud-based analytics systems provide opportunity for organizations of all sizes to gain more value from the totality of their customer-related data.
For customer self-service the research shows a pattern of adoption similar to that for communications systems. Most companies have deployed conventional self-service systems such as Web-based FAQs, online customer service and touch-tone IVR on-premises. The adoption of digital systems is less common; few companies have deployed mobile customer-service apps, virtual voice-activated agents or visual IVR. As stated earlier this will change: About one-third of companies plan to deploy social media forums, stand-alone mobile apps, social customer service and mobile apps connected to the contact center. Once more the research shows that as companies adopt advanced digital systems they are equally or more likely to deploy them in the cloud.
Overall the research finds many companies, especially very large ones, running on-premises, telephony-focused centers, predominantly supported by CRM systems. Because of consumer demand these companies are adding advanced digital channels but not always in an integrated manner, and it is increasingly likely they will do this using cloud-based systems. The cloud is also opening up the opportunity for smaller companies, or groups within larger companies, to create multichannel contact centers. In general, most companies have some way to go before they can provide omnichannel experiences – engagement across multiple channels that are managed using the same rules and data sources so that customers receive personalized, consistent responses on any channel. The research also shows more companies moving to cloud-based vendors that provide fully integrated systems. I expect this trend to continue and so recommend that companies wanting to transition to omnichannel engagement assess how cloud-based contact center vendors can help those efforts.


I'm resisting committing to the changes I need to make because, if I'm being honest with myself, I don't believe I can make those changes for the long term, and if I don't make the changes permanent, what's the point? Any effort will be a waste when I go back to old habits and lose any ground I gain.
This is a limiting belief that keeps me bound to the same patterns, but as the Eight of Swords is telling me today, I'm a prisoner of my own thinking. I am the one holding onto those binding ropes. The swords behind me are only a perceived threat because I keep my eyes closed. Any time I chose, I can flip this card into the reversed position. I can loosen the ties and pull off the blindfold.
Today is the day to start believing I can. I will.


The insurance industry is backwards. The more money your clients pay for their insurance policies, the more money you make. The less they pay, the less you make. That creates a win-lose situation with misaligned incentives. What if we told you Jerry has a way to work with your client to create a win-win situation, becoming a business ally? Watch Jerry describe his solution to the backwards industry.


Visit the insights page, type in your url and click Analyze. I added one of my websites and Google came back with a score of 57 (out of 100). I have no idea if 57 is good. If I was in school that would be a flunking grade 🙁 … and that's not good. I think the value of the score comes into play after you implement Google's PageService. So lets just remember that 57 for later. Now click on the Measure Speedup button. After a few seconds, or minutes, depending on how busy things are, you will get a page back that tells you what kind of improvement you can expect using PageSpeed Service. Google reported a 18% reduction in percent load time for my site after optimizing with PageSpeed Service.
I'm in – hook, line and sinker. Give Google your gmail address and a web site url and Submit. If all goes well, you should have an approval email within a few hours.
Add New Domain. Enter a domain you want to optimize. First thing you will need to do is Claim ownership. This involves downloading a html file and uploading to your website to verify you are indeed the owner. Confirm that the page exists by clicking on the link provided you upload. Then click on the red Verify button. Easy. If you have any 301 redirects, you will need to remove those before moving on.
If all goes well, the next step is to setup serving domain. This is probably the "techy" part of the whole thing. Google provides instructions on what to do if your site is registered at some of the biggest DNS providers like namecheap, godaddy, etc. If you have your own server (dedicated), then you will need to login to your Webhost Manager (WHM) and make the appropriate changes check this out web link. Google said I needed to change the CNAME (record type) to point to pagespeed.googlehosted.com instead of my current domain.
Step by step video showing you how to setup PageSpeed service.


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My Life as a Night Elf Priest: An Anthropological Account of World of Warcraft
2. An Ethnographic Investigation of World of Warcraft
An Ethnographic Investigation of World of Warcraft
When I began my study, I had no hypotheses or precise research questions. Unlike research in most academic disciplines, where investigation proceeds according to a scientific procedure involving hypothesis generation and testing, ethnography moves in a "go with the flow" pattern that attempts to follow the interesting and the unexpected as they are encountered in the field. I initiated the research with a desire to satisfy a deeply felt urge of the cultural anthropologist—to journey to a foreign land, to discover and experience the strangeness of a new culture, to find out what the natives are doing and what they think about what they are doing. The impetus to discovery (from the point of view of the discoverer, of course) has fueled anthropology at least since Henry Schoolcraft wrote accounts of Native American tribes 150 years ago. Schoolcraft was the first to systematically record the poetry, legends, and lore of indigenous cultures from Minnesota to the Eastern Seaboard. Longfellow based "The Song of Hiawatha" on Schoolcraft's publications. As Schoolcraft (1856/1990) wrote in a dedication to Longfellow:
Greece and Rome, England and Italy, have so long furnished . . . the field of poetic culture that it is, at least, refreshing to find, both in theme and metre, something new.
Recently, opportunities for "something new" appear to have foreclosed in anthropology. Anthropologists have documented nearly every culture on earth, and the "primitives" to whom we have been devoted are disappearing into modernity. The blockage created by diminished opportunities to study cultures untouched by cosmopolitan markets and states has left contemporary anthropology somewhat unsettled. It is not surprising, then, that some turn to what appear to be new cultural forms emerging in virtual worlds. These social milieux offer up a chance to cast an anthropological gaze on fresh sets of natives and their exotic ways (e.g., Miller and Slater 2000; Wilson and Peterson 2002; Golub 2007, 2009; Williams 2007; Boellstorff 2008; Ito 2008; Malaby 2009; Pearce 2009).
Once the anthropologist has located some strangers in a strange land, how does she proceed? Simply by going down the rabbit hole; there are no formulaic plans to follow. As anthropologist Marilyn Strathern wrote:
Ethnography is . . . the deliberate attempt to generate more data than the researcher is aware of at the time of collection . . . Rather than devising research protocols that will purify the data in advance of analysis, the anthropologist embarks on a participatory exercise which yields materials for which analytical protocols are often devised after the fact. (2004)
As an example of this style of data collection, I have amassed thousands of pages of chat logs recorded with a game function, /chatlog, which creates a file with a record of all chat in the chat window. I do not always know what I am going to do with the logs, but when a question begins to simmer I have rich data to consult.
The "participatory exercise" of which Strathern spoke is referred to in anthropology as "participant-observation." The ethnographer observes the culture in which he is situated but also participates to varying degrees. In studying World of Warcraft, my practice tilted toward the participant end of participant-observation. It would be impossible to penetrate the game without becoming engaged as a player.
Strathern's commentary builds on the history of anthropology, a discipline devoted to generating deep understandings of human activity and the cultures in which it is embedded. Such understandings require lengthy engagement with social groups and generally involve a good deal of qualitative data. Strathern pointed to the "generation of more data than the researcher is aware of at the time of collection." Anthropologists collect an abundance of materials: texts, audio and video recordings, observations, and any and all relevant artifacts. We attend to important events but also slavishly observe the everyday, the mundane, the boring (although it is not boring to us). People, objects, and events that a journalist would pass over as lacking newsworthiness we find deeply interesting. Since understandings of a culture develop as we collect data, we often cannot make sense of the data until we have "grown up" in the culture at least partially, gaining enough sense to analyze the materials we have accumulated. A journalist, by contrast, must immediately turn out a "story" with coherence and interest. Anthropologists take time to sink into a culture.
Most anthropological fieldwork requires a budget for foreign travel and the necessity to leave home. It often requires living under difficult circumstances. The cost of entering a virtual world is very low—in the case of World of Warcraft 50 dollars for the game CDs and 14 dollars a month for the subscription. No research grants or struggles with a foreign language were necessary to initiate the research. Nor was there a need to cope with disturbing food, large insects, filth, dangerous diseases, or homesickness. My entry point to the field site was a computer on my dining room table where I sat in a comfortable chair and played for many hours. And yet this fieldwork was nearly as immersive as the fieldwork I conducted for my postdoctoral research in Western Samoa or Papua New Guinea, where I accompanied my husband for his doctoral research. I typically played about 20 hours a week. I read fewer novels and slept a bit less. In addition to game play, I read my guild's website nearly every day and spent considerable time reading about World of Warcraft on the Internet.
Comforts of home notwithstanding, I grew curious about the largest group of WoW players—the Chinese. I traveled to Beijing for a month in August 2007 (no need to suffer: excellent food and a vibrant city) to investigate play in China. World of Warcraft was very prominent in the Chinese gaming scene.
Silvia Lindtner, a graduate student, assisted, conducting interviews in both Beijing and Shanghai with the help of a Chinese American assistant, Jui Dai. He Jing and Wenjing Liang, graduate students in sociology and anthropology at Peking University, collaborated with us, providing translation, analysis, and cultural interpretation. In the United States, I conducted interviews with the assistance of two undergraduate students, Nicholas DiGiuseppe and Tony Vu. Vu conducted interviews in the San Diego area and DiGiuseppe in Irvine. Justin Harris, a graduate student, conducted interviews and in-game observations. Stella Ly, a UCI employee, conducted observations in her guild. Yong Ming Kow, a graduate student, conducted interviews in China and North America on players who write software modifications. Trina Choontanom and Rubin Singh, undergraduate students at the University of California, Irvine, contributed to the research with studies of player customization. With these students, I have generated around 200 formal interviews resulting in thousands of pages of transcripts, as well as participant-observations from our various points of view.
I know far less of play in China than North America. General observations about World of Warcraft reflect North American practice unless noted. Most of what I have to say about China is in chapter 9. I sometimes use a quote from a Chinese interview if it expresses a sentiment common to China and North America.
My research methods were the standard methods of anthropology: interviews, observations, participant-observation, informal conversations, and document analysis. Most of the interviews were conducted face-to-face; I find I learn more when I sit down with someone for an unhurried conversation. The interviews were audiotaped and transcribed. Some interviews were conducted online. The interviews utilized a fixed set of questions, but, like most ethnographic interviews, they opportunistically followed the contours of the conversation. If the study participant said something interesting, the topic was pursued. I also read many WoW-related websites, blogs, forums, wikis, and news articles and watched WoW-related videos.
How does an anthropologist go about describing and analyzing a field site? There are two strategies. The first is through the application of theory. In this book I analyze World of Warcraft using activity theory and the closely related ideas of John Dewey. The second strategy is the accretion of a multitude of details that impart a sense of the everyday texture of experience in a culture. I present the details of the game in descriptions of the game itself, in specific episodes of activity, and through the words of players themselves.
An important part of my methodology in studying World of Warcraft was participant-observation. My primary guild, Scarlet Raven, was home to Innikka. Scarlet Raven comprised a diverse group of people including engineers, programmers, students, retail clerks, restaurant workers, a real estate agent, an architect, a truck driver, a machinist, traveling salespeople, a worker at a health spa, a commercial pilot, a bartender, a firefighter, an emergency medical technician, a stocker at a big box store, a city bus driver, a man who drove a billboard on a truck through a large city, and many others. There were about 200 people in the guild. Most were male, but about 20 percent were female (guild membership fluctuated). Female members included graduate students, a chef, a receptionist, a veterinarian, and a young girl who played with her brother and cousin.
A second guild, Terror Nova (its real name), on the Eitrigg server, was composed of people with a connection to games research. Participation in Terror Nova helped me keep up with research and was an occasion to play purely for fun. It was not a site of research. The third guild, which I will call The Derelict (a pseudonym), was a small guild of primarily working-class people, military personnel, and students. Scarlet Raven and Terror Nova were raiding guilds, where players took the game seriously and explored high-end content. They used tools that measure player performance and maintained a competitive atmosphere. The Derelict, by contrast, was a guild with limited raiding. I played there for several months to get a sense of dynamics in a small guild. In December 2008, my own family formed a small guild, the Hoodoos, on the Anatheron server for pwnage and family bonding.
Playing in several guilds was enormously time consuming (but fun!). Innikka was always busy, though my other characters led more circumscribed virtual lives. I did not participate in a "hardcore" raiding guild enforcing a strict schedule of required raiding, so even during the most intense periods of play, I maintained flexibility.
All names referring to guilds, guild members, and characters (except Terror Nova and the Hoodoos) are pseudonyms. All screenshots are from my research in North America and China, or from the Hoodoos, unless noted.
Scarlet Raven, on a North American server, was composed of members primarily from the United States and Canada but also Scotland and Australia. Despite time differences, the Scots and Australians managed to join in many guild activities and to serve in leadership roles. The Canadian presence was strong, as several guild leaders were from both the English-and French-speaking parts of Canada. The Australians and Scots joined Scarlet Raven through North American friends with whom they enjoyed playing.
My guildmates were incurious about my research. I told them about it, conducted short interviews online with some members, and posted messages on the guild website. I did not meet any guild members offline. My research was not salient in my guild interactions. I hope making this point goes some way toward answering the question anthropologists are often asked: are you perturbing the culture you are studying by your very presence? As far as I can tell, I have caused virtually no perturbations in World of Warcraft apart from stimulating some players to reflect a bit more on their play experiences as a result of having been interviewed. I can identify no risks the research posed.
The Hoodoos Visit Zul'Farrak
One of the first things an ethnographic investigation requires is finding a way to enter a new culture. In WoW that meant finding a guild since my interest was in social life. Landing a spot in a good guild takes some time if a player is not playing with friends or family. As a low-level, unguilded player, it is common to receive invitations to join guilds as they seek new members. Guilds want to expand to replace players who have moved to other guilds or left the game or to balance teams. I accepted my first invitation at around level 20. I spent a few weeks in the guild but did not feel much of a connection to its members. When a personable young player with whom I had been chatting issued me a guild invitation, I left my guild and joined his. Loro headed a wonderful guild that had several female players, including a social worker, a journalist from the Philippines, and an elementary school teacher, as well as vibrant personalities of both genders. We had a huge amount of fun PvPing, throwing guild parties, and convening guild meetings in which players humorously subverted Loro's efforts to conduct serious guild business.
As so often happens in WoW guilds, interpersonal conflict, i.e., drama, reared its ugly head. One day Loro disappeared without a word. The schoolteacher took over but then broke up with her boyfriend who had gotten her into the game, and left WoW. The guild sadly disbanded.
After that guild came a third, in which again I did not make a good connection to the players. Loro, meanwhile, was still around and had been scouting guilds. He joined Scarlet Raven and got the officers to invite me. More drama surrounding Loro ensued, and he left Scarlet Raven (and then the server). But I found Scarlet Raven an excellent group of people with whom to play and stayed for two years.
Scarlet Raven was a little older and more mature than many guilds. "Mature" is a relative term; you had to be 18 to be in the guild. Even this restriction was only a rule of thumb, and the guild had some younger members who were the children or relatives of older members.
Many guild members were parents with small children. It was not unusual for game play to stop as a player settled an infant who had awakened or took time out to bandage a skinned knee. Part of the guild ethos was that members had real lives, so such actions were to be tolerated politely and patiently. In hardcore guilds, this would not be the case. Many Scarlet Raven members were professionals who traveled; they had little time for play when away and were not always available for group activities—again something that would not be possible in a hardcore guild (see Taylor 2003b; Malone 2007).
The following quote, from a discussion on the Scarlet Raven website, gives a sense of the kinds of materials anthropologists deploy to communicate understandings about a culture. (Spelling and grammar will be unchanged when I quote from websites and chats.)
Windsong: Before I got WoW, I had a lot of fun with my PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, and PC games. I loved checking out the latest games, and I played lots of RTS [real time strategy games] like Dawn of War and Battle for Middle Earth. Since WoW, I ain't bought a damn thing. Battle for Middle earth has both a sequel out now, and an expansion coing out xmas, and i won't buy either. I love Neverwinter Nights 1, had all expansions and tons of downloaded content. I won't buy the new one either. Other games are enticing, but in WoW what you do is persistent. It stays around. You can share your achievements with others. I mean, I heard that Oblivion was a simply awesome game . . . but I can't see the point anymore of playing a game where you increase level, get new cool looking armor and weapons that do neat stuff and you play your game on your own.
Here, I can not only show off my neat new gear that I can use now that I leveled yadda yadda, but I can use it to help your character through a tough [fight], and have a shared experience. The multiplayer experience really is the reason I can't stop playing this game.
Windsong was a reflective, articulate player. He posted regularly on the guild website. He did not "speak for" other players but expressed what I have heard dozens of players express in varying ways. Moreover, this text was addressed to guild members, not to me as an anthropologist.
Methodologically, there was not a great deal of difference between my work on World of Warcraft and my previous work. The ethnography involved considerable face-to-face contact in interviews with players and observations of players in homes, dorms, and Internet cafes, so it was not purely virtual. My goals were to understand the natives and try to make sense of their activities, as in any ethnography.
One difference in studying WoW was that the research inclined toward the participant end of participant-observation. I learned to play the game well enough to participate in a raiding guild. I looked just like any other player. For many practical purposes, I was just another player. I could not have studied raiding guilds without playing as well as at least an average player and fully participating in raids. By contrast, when I was walking around villages in Papua New Guinea or Western Samoa, I was obviously an outsider whose identity required explanation. When I investigated technological practices in a neurosurgery operating room, I donned scrubs, sat in the operating room, and looked like a doctor but, thankfully, was not given the opportunity to remove any brain tumors! Online, my WoW character appeared as any character, and I was a full participant in game activities. Pearce (2009) suggested the term participant-engagement to describe this style of work in which the researcher is deeply immersed in native practices.
Blending in, however, is not necessarily characteristic of research in virtual worlds; it does not distinctly identify "digital ethnography." In research I conducted in Second Life with IBM, my participation as a researcher was made clear to others to the point of having a halo over my character's head to identify my special status. Boellstorff (2008) and Pearce (2009) were identified as researchers in the virtual worlds they studied. It may be more natural to set up shop as an anthropologist in non-game worlds; in a game world, the overwhelming need to play dominates interaction much of the time. While it is easy to blend in online, the researcher's position with respect to those being studied depends on the nature of the virtual world and the activities under investigation.
A limitation of my research is lack of knowledge of the culture of Blizzard Entertainment. World of Warcraft is a product of that culture, and nearly everything that happens in WoW is linked in some way to Blizzard. As of this writing, Blizzard had not opened its doors to ethnographic examination as Linden Lab did (see Malaby 2009). I utilized whatever traces of Blizzard culture I could muster: aspects of the design of the game itself revealed corporate preoccupations, employee posts on official Blizzard forums demonstrated the shaping of corporate-player relations, and BlizzCon was an opportunity to hear what Blizzard movers and shakers had to say in media interviews and panel discussions.
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Q: Why is my ASP.net mvc app no longer running under IIS? UPDATE: I fixed this by changing to AspNetCoreModule and used out of process.

This mvc site has been running for a while but after the last deploy, it will no longer run. The event log shows this error:
Application <path to app> failed to start. Exception message:
Application DLL was not found at  <path to app>\.\Proxy.dll. Confirm the application dll is present. Single-file deployments are not supported in IIS.
In the csproj file, I have this:
<PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net48</TargetFramework>
    <AspNetCoreHostingModel>InProcess</AspNetCoreHostingModel>
</PropertyGroup>

And, I publish to a local folder like so:
dotnet publish <path to source>/Proxy.csproj -c Release -o ./build -r win10-x64 --self-contained true
Finally, the web config is this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
    <system.webServer>
      <handlers>
        <add name="aspNetCore" path="*" verb="*" modules="AspNetCoreModuleV2" resourceType="Unspecified" />
      </handlers>
      <aspNetCore processPath=".\Proxy.exe" stdoutLogEnabled="true" stdoutLogFile=".\logs\stdout" hostingModel="inprocess" />
    </system.webServer>
</configuration>

And, since this ran up until last update, I believe IIS (version 8.5- Win Server 2012 R2) is setup correctly. Under modules, I see AspNetCoreModuleV2. The Apppool is setup with Integrated pipeline and no managed code.
Can somebody help me with this? Thanks. Eric

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Finsterthal () ist eine kleine Ortschaft in der Gemeinde Helperknapp, Kanton Mersch, im Großherzogtum Luxemburg.

Lage
Finsterthal liegt am Südhang des Bergs Helperknapp, nach ihm ist auch die Gemeinde benannt. Der nächste größere Ort ist Grevenknapp im Norden.

Allgemeines
Finsterthal ist ein landwirtschaftlich geprägter Ort, er besteht aus landwirtschaftlichen Betrieben. Direkt neben der Ortschaft befindet sich das Naturschutzgebiet Finsterthal.

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Geographie (Helperknapp)
Ortsteil in Luxemburg

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