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Magical Pseudo Science Gadgets
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I'm staring a 3.5 PbP game in Eberron called Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. As part of the Spy genre I want to incorporate gadgets that resemble modern day technological doodads. I've got a few ideas and I'd like feedback on those, but primarily I'm looking for new ideas for gadgets.
*Potential players may read this thread but it may ruin the surprise factor of encountering new gadgets.*
The items below don't have any price listed as they are not going to be created, bought or sold like normal magic items. They are treated as a class of magic items below minor artifacts, if that makes sense. In other words they are still very experimental and costly to develop and make, and are not available in large quantities.
Here's what I've got so far.
Holocube: This small quartz crystal has been shaped into the form of a cube. Thin silver wires run across the surface creating a lattice frame. Upon activation (Manipulation - Standard) a three dimensional image is projected from the cube. The image is a miniaturized replica of an area no larger than four 10ft cubes. The projected image is roughly the size of a 3ft cube.
The character activating the Holocube can rotate the image on any axis and increase the level of detail by changing the scale of the representation.
A Holocube may hold only one image in it at a time. To store an image the character must empty the Holocube (Manipulation - Swift), then activate it while in the area that is to be recorded. The character activating the Holocube is not recorded.
Explanation: The Holocube uses the Silent Image spell to recreate an area for reconnaisance and teleportation. It allows an advance team to mark the area and bring the cube back to let a spellcaster view the area prior to teleportation. Furthermore it allows for an in depth examination of an area, such as a crime scene. The image can be magnified by changing the scale to allow for close examination of details.
Teleportation Tracker: This device detects any recent lingering auras of teleportation magic and discerns information concerning who used the spell. The Detect Magic spell is usable at will. Once a Conjuration(Teleportation) Aura has been found, the character using the tracker may activate the Locate Teleport function of the device. With a successful DC 20 Spellcraft check the character learns the number of creatures that teleported, what size they were, what direction they went, and how far they teleported.
The tracker does not give an exact location, just a distance and direction. The Locate Teleport function may by used 3/day.
Explanation: The Tracker detects the lingering Aura of any Conjuration(Teleportation) Spell. According to the Detect Magic spell description Teleport has a Moderate Aura that will last 1d6 Minutes after casting. The spells used are Detect Magic, Locate Creature, and Anticipate Teleportation.
I don't have a good idea for what this device looks like yet. I've thought about some kind of wand, also maybe a bracer of some type.
Soarsled Jetpack: The Sharn skymages have experimented on the soarsled and streamlined the design as well as changed the function. The crystalline disk has been shrunk to an oval shape about 2ft in length by 1ft wide. The soarpack is then strapped into a body harness that the character wears. It weighs 15lbs and takes up the Shoulder magic item slot.
While in Sharn's manifest zone a character may fly at a speed of of 90 feet with good maneuverability. Outside a manifest zone the character flies at a speed of 60 feet, 3/day for 6 minutes each use.
Explanation: It's a jetpack.
That's what I've got so far. I have some ideas for other items that aren't fully fleshed out. These include using Rarys as some type of subdermal comm system and having an energy crystal that records conversations.
Last edited by lvl 1 fighter; 2009-08-03 at 07:00 AM.
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Re: Magical Pseudo Science Gadgets
A quick suggestion set, some of which are non magical, or in the lines of wondrous items:
Listening rings: magical rings which carry the voice of one person (who has the master ring) to anyone holding a slave ring, a person with a slave ring can take ten minutes to send a response back, doing so requires a piece of wire. the rings were invented for the kings dark lanterns, used during the war as a method of connecting covert ops teams to central command and their team leader.
explanation: these devices use a modified form of Message keyed to a specific magic aura, anything with that aura can receive the message, the slave rings have a lesser quality enchantment, and require time and the material component of message to perform the function
Gnomish Kite: this oddball inventions is highly unique, small sphere on one end allows it to be charged when released it flies away rapidly, one round's charge= 60 ft, 2 rounds= 120, caps at 10 rounds (600 ft). It can carry a heavy rope, lights, or anything under 15 pounds (drop in tiny creatues swarms mwhahaha)
Explanation: when held, a magic had works complex interior parts to charge it up, then a modified version of feather fall allows it to travel further than natural.
Burning ink: when exposed to a Heat source (even momentarily, or just the ambient temperature is over 100 degrees), this normal seeming ink bursts into flames as if it were a vial alchemists fire.
Force tube (limit acess to these severely): invented by a mad artificer many years ago, these rare and powerful tools are one of the things that separate top agents from any one else. seemingly a Harmless metal tube, when something is placed inside this device activates breaking the object down into component parts, and transferring them into energy. (any object placed inside provides 1 charge/10 gp consumed) with this energy you can create a orb of force (Cl 20) 1 charge, or a dispel magic (cl 20), 1 charge. All charges can be expended to create a burst of (untyped) power, equal to 1d6 per charge, the wand shatters if it holds more than 100 charges.
these devices are given to high class troops, who use them to destroy sensitive objects and as a combat weapon
Nice ideas. I like the Listening Ring and Burning Ink.
Possible revision:
Explosive Ink [Transmutation]
Sor/Wiz 1
Based on the spell Explosive Runes, this spell transforms the ink of a small written message into Explosive Ink. Up to 25 words may be transformed in this manner and the spell lays dormant until the message is read. When the message is read, the Ink ignites. If written on parchment or other flammable material, the parchment catches fire. If written on inflammable material, the writing fades away after burning for 1 round.
Unlike Explosive Runes there is no way to specify which creatures may read the writing without activating the spell.


Are You Going to Preach To Us?
Even the animated world of Lightning McQueen and Mater the tow truck is testing new energy sources to replace fossil fuels.
Pixar Animation mastermind John Lasseter says the company has no environmental agenda, but with "Cars 2," the blockbuster outfit does tap into today's eco-mindedness with a plot driven by oil vs. a cleaner alternative.
Debuting in U.S. theaters Friday, "Cars 2" sends race car Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) on a World Grand Prix circuit whose organizer fuels the vehicles with a green alternative called Allinol, prompting the bad guys to try to discredit the new power supply that threatens traditional gasoline.
Oh, come on. This is an abstract argument--a mythical fuel that is better than traditional gasoline? Are we supposed to conjure up images of ethanol? Isn't ethanol effectively dead now that we know that the corn that goes into making it comes out of the food supply and that the process itself can be more environmentally detrimental?
This story line strikes me as being preachy and lame. I have to admit that I had a pang of disbelief. Really? They used their chance to make a sequel to make it about this? And that's uncharacteristic of Pixar. I just don't know why I would have that reaction. Maybe it's just me.
The larger and broader theme of WALL-E was much easier to understand and relate to. It had an abstraction in that we saw what happened hundreds of years in the future. But it told the story of all of mankind and brought everything around full circle. This story line takes something fairly wonky and tries to make it a story line, and my first reaction to it is to pass on it as something to get excited about.
In fact, I am now a lot less excited about Cars 2 than I was a moment ago, and it actually has me pining for the Incredibles sequel.


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Flexibility and customization
A laptop with a full PC operating system, optical drive, and multiple slots and ports will always be more flexible than a Chromebook, which has a relatively limited user interface, fewer port options, and is more reliant on remote applications and services.
Nearly every software program – from photo editing tools and PC games to spreadsheets and word processors -- can run on a laptop. The same can't be said for Chromebooks, since not all software companies have developed Chrome-compatible apps. For now, if you're looking for an advanced gaming box or powerful multimedia ultraportable, a traditional laptop is best.
Laptop processors typically have faster clock speeds than the CPUs in Chromebooks. Even smaller laptop models have frame designs that can contain (and cool) the latest processors, additional RAM, etc. Chromebooks aren't slow, by any means, but a standard laptop will likely have more raw computing power.
Most analysts give laptops the edge for business use over Chromebooks, particularly when equipped with multi-core, multi-thread CPUs that enable extensive multi-tasking. So-called "road warriors" might opt for a Chromebook, but business travelers have long valued highly portable Lenovo ThinkPad X Series laptops.
Function without Wi-Fi or Internet
On a laptop, you can stay productive (at least for a while) with a poor Wi-Fi connection or even no Internet at all. In contrast, the "connected for everything" nature of a Chromebook can make it hard to get things done in offline mode (i.e., with no access to the internet).
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There is much less to Norway's divestment than the headlines suggest
By Sony Kapoor| 2019-03-08T13:14:44+00:00	March 8th, 2019|
Let us give credit where credit is due. Norway's government has just agreed to divest all of the Oil fund's holdings of Oil and Gas production and exploration holdings, currently valued at about $8 billion or less than 1% of the Fund. This is a good move, if belated and insufficient. It will reduce risk at the Fund, and improve its climate footprint, if only marginally.
This is much less than what was expected and than what Re-Define and even the Oil Fund itself had argued for. That was all oil and gas stocks, amounting to between $40 and $50 billion, or almost 5% of the Fund. The argument for divestment is clear.
As we wrote as far back as 2008 in the government White Paper NOU 2008:14 and many times hence, "there are two major risks to maximising the long-term value of the fund – low financial market returns and a low price or low demand for oil."
The call to divest was based on pure risk-return considerations, but momentum to act against climate change increases the risks of lower future demand for oil. Hence, it makes the decision even more timely and sensible.
This is the culmination of a decade long process that began with our 2008 recommendations.
Based on economic analysis we said that "the oil fund should divest all fossil fuel holdings, and set up a clean energy investment window in order to tackle the excessive risk from the price of oil, as future inflows into the fund come from the sale of fossil fuels."
However, divestment alone is not enough
However, mere divestment is not enough. As we showed in our latest report on the Oil Fund from 2018, even after divestment, the Oil fund will still have far too much exposure to oil price, as future inflows come from the sale of oil and gas.
"The financially prudent thing to do would be to deploy the billions that divestment would free up into renewable infrastructure investments."
"Not only would this further reduce the Oil Fund's excessive exposure to fossil fuels, but it will also help accelerate the much-needed response to fighting climate change. The renewable energy sector is one of the few investments that performs well under different scenarios of climate change that are likely to unfold."
The decision to limit the divestment to production and exploration only is unjustifiable
The decision to limit the divestment to production and exploration companies alone represents a victory of big oil lobbying over financial prudence and common sense. It diminishes the more than $40 billion of the planned oil and gas divestment to an almost pointless $8 billion, less than 1% of the Fund, making a mockery of the economic arguments.
To say that oil majors, which still invest 95%-98% of their capital in fossil fuels, are important for the transition to clean energy, and use that as a justification for not divesting as the Finance Ministry does, is economically illiterate and deliberately misleading.
Politicians must now veto the Ministry and show they can oversee the Fund effectively
Politicians in the Finance Committee and the Norwegian Parliament must now veto the Ministry's decision to restrict divestment, and show that they can oversee the management of the Fund effectively. There is no economic argument for limiting the divestment, so the Parliament most show leadership in overruling the Finance Ministry on this, siding with Re-Define and Norges Bank Investment Management.
Some divestment is better than none. Also, better late than never – but this makes no sense
It is surprising and disappointing that it has taken 11 years from when we first did the economic analysis to show that divestment made financial sense, for the government to act on our recommendation. But better late than never. We welcome this belated divestment, and very much hope the money freed up will be deployed in renewable investments.
But to really have any meaningful economic and financial impact, the divestment must be expanded to the whole oil and gas sector, not just the exploration and production niche. The oil majors, such as BP, Exxon and others, which the divestment decision excludes, are far bigger in their exploration and production operations than the companies marked for divestment.
"For the divestment decision to be defensible on any economic and financial grounds, it must be expanded."
This may lead to knock on divestments by other Sovereign Wealth Funds
If the decision is indeed revised and expanded, we could expect divestments of as much as $200 billion from fossil fuel investments by other oil and gas funded Sovereign Wealth Funds, following the same economic logic of financial prudence and risk diversification."
But Norway still has far more work to do to diversify
This decision does not mean that Norway is giving up on fossil fuels. Quite the opposite, as the record number of licenses issued for drilling and prospecting last year shows. This is just a first step, but Norway will need to do far more to diversify its single engine economy.
Author: Sony Kapoor, Managing Director of Re-Define and WEF Young Global Leader
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Three weeks ago, Australia's chief financial intelligence agency, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (AUSTRAC), launched civil penalty proceedings against the country's largest bank, Commonwealth Bank, for allegedly violating the 2006 Anti-Money Laundering and Counterterrorism Financing Act.
In its August 3 filing, AUSTRAC alleges that the bank racked up over 53,700 violations of the AML/CTF Act since May 2012. In May 2012, Commonwealth Bank introduced a fleet of Intelligent Deposit Machines (IDMs) at its branches. These "smart ATMS" allow users to deposit cash and checks without interacting with a teller, and have the funds instantly credited to their account as well as made available for both domestic and international transfers. AUSTRAC claims that Commonwealth Bank neglected to implement appropriate fraud controls following the introduction of the IDMs. The bank's IDM can accept up to 200 notes – or up to $20,000 in cash – per deposit, with no limit on the number of transactions a customer makes per day.
Failure to file suspicious matter reports (SMRs), despite internally identifying a pattern of "structured" cash deposits designed to avoid triggering the bank's TTR reporting obligation.
As a result of these violations, AUSTRAC claims that at least four money laundering syndicates, three of which engaged in drug trafficking, used the IDMs for roughly $77 million worth of suspicious transactions, all of which went either entirely unreported or only partially reported to law enforcement in a timely manner.
The bank issued a statement earlier in the month implying that the "vast majority" of breaches were the result of a "coding error" in a 2012 software update to the IDMs that went undetected until 2015.
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On July 27, 2017, France's national data protection authority (CNIL) fined Hertz France, the French branch of the American car rental company Hertz Corporation, €40,000 for a data breach that rendered roughly 35,000 individuals personal information easily accessible through a URL address.
According to CNIL's filing, on October 15, 2016, an editor of the French cybercrime news site Zataz.com alerted the data protection authority of a security vulnerability lurking on the website of Hertz France's discount program. After conducting an investigation, CNIL authorities discovered that 35,327 customers' personally identifiable information – including names, dates of birth, post and email addresses, as well as driver's license numbers – could be easily accessed through a URL address. CNIL alerted Hertz France of the security breach, and Hertz France in turn alerted its IT service provider. An audit by the car rental company of the service provider revealed that the security breach was the result of a botched server change operation, in which the IT service provider mistakenly deleted a line of code from the website while transferring the site to a new server.
This incident constitutes the first monetary penalty issued by CNIL for a data breach since the passage of France's 2016 Digital Republic Bill (Loi n°2016-1321 pour une République numérique) on October 7, 2016.
In practice, these tenets translate to placing stringent requirements on data controllers regarding the erasure, transfer, and retention of personal data, as well as increasing penalties for violations of the French Data Protection Act.
To realize these policies, the Bill expands the enforcement powers of CNIL. CNIL may now impose a maximum monetary penalty of €3 million, a significant increase from the previous maximum of €150,000 for any infringement of French data protection laws. Once the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into full effect in May 2018, CNIL's maximum enforceable penalty will rise to €20 million, or, in the case of large companies, up to 4% of the company's worldwide gross national turnover.
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In February of last year, Spanish authorities raided the Madrid subsidiary of the world's largest bank by assets: the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). They arrested seven of the bank's directors for their alleged involvement in large-scale money laundering operations. News outlets widely covered the raid and the ensuing arrests at the time, but Spanish authorities kept developments concerning the subsequent investigation confidential.
The Reuters account reveals that, according to phone communications intercepted by Spanish law enforcement and court filings, ICBC sustained a privileged relationship with a cohort of the Chinese business community residing in Spain that had allegedly accumulated large sums of cash as a result of avoiding import sales taxes on goods from China. Bank staff allegedly accepted forged documents, failed to report suspicious transactions, and solicited money transfers from individuals under Spanish police surveillance.
The collusion between the bank and Chinese money laundering networks extended into the upper levels of ICBC management. Transcripts of phone conversations wiretapped by Spanish law enforcement include at least 30 conversations between bank managers and individuals under police surveillance for suspected laundering. In a particularly incriminating conversation dated August 8, 2012, Wang Jing, a senior executive of ICBC's Madrid branch, says to Xu Kai, an alleged senior member of a transnational money laundering network: "You have to look out for yourself and make sure these people are obedient." From assessing the transcript of the call, officials have concluded that Wang is instructing Kai on how to avoid detection of his money laundering operation by ensuring that the individuals involved remain fully committed to the scheme.
What does the ICBC investigation tell us about the future of anti-money laundering (AML) compliance enforcement against Chinese banks?
One possibility is that Europe and the United States diverge in their approaches to this enforcement issue, with the United States pursuing a more aggressive enforcement stance, despite the risk of political fallout with Beijing. As Evan W. Krick notes in his post on the Money Laundering Watch blog, the United States' recent slew of harsher enforcement actions against Chinese based-banks suggest that the United States "may take an increasingly aggressive path" in the near future.
As for Europe, the Reuters report notes that the 2016 raid on the Madrid ICBC branch "ignited a behind-the-scenes diplomatic spat" between Madrid and Beijing officials, and it is possible that the concern over additional diplomatic fallout may temper Spain's as well as Europe's enforcement efforts toward ICBC's European branches. At present, despite the mounting evidence, provided by wiretapped communications as well as cash flow records obtained by Spanish law enforcement, that officials at ICBC facilitated large-scale money laundering operations, not a single suspect identified during the investigation has been formally charged.
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7 Ways to Boost Your Body Image (and Happiness)
by Rachael Schultz
Feeling secure in your skin is crucial to happiness—but it turns out, that's even more true for men than for women. Researchers from Chapman University in California found that body image satisfaction ranked as the second strongest predictor of overall life satisfaction for guys (it ranked third for the fairer sex).
This is great news if you love the way you look. But the study also found only a quarter of men felt very satisfied with their body, and only half felt even somewhat satisfied.
Why is boosting your body image so important? Well, for starters, whether you're a beanpole, a big guy, or a shredded MMA fighter, being happy with the way you look translates to confidence that affects every interaction you have, from the boardroom to the bedroom. Plus, the study found that satisfied folks were also happier with their sex life, friends, romantic partners, family, and financial situations. What's more, feeling low about your looks can actually affect your health, increasing inflammation and your risk of heart disease—regardless of your actual weight, according to a 2014 study in Psychology & Health.
The secret to being more satisfied with how you look has nothing to do with actually changing the way you look. Check out these seven tricks to boost your body image—and happiness.
1. Set a realistic ideal
"First off, we have to come to grips with the concept of genetics determining our destiny," says psychotherapist Andrew Walen, president of the National Association for Males with Eating Disorders (NAMED) and founder of The Body Image Therapy Center in Maryland and Washington, DC. Whether you're still mourning that full head of hair you once had, waiting for that promised growth spurt, or hoping to bulk up or slim down, there are boundaries your DNA simply won't let you go beyond.
It's not about setting lower expectations—it's about accepting what's realistic. Husky Chris Pratt of Parks and Rec always had the potential to become swole Chris Pratt of Guardians of the Galaxy, but he's never going to be compact and cut like Zac Efron (the latter of whom is proof you don't need to be six-foot-something to be a sex icon). And Bruce Willis and Michael Jordan are both proof you can be both bald and badass.
Embrace your natural, healthy shape and work toward its full potential—channeling confidence at every step of the way. (Remember, Leo rocked a belly so well he sparked a whole trend of #dadbods.)
2. Realize you're your own worst critic
Remember: You always look better than you think you do. "Studies have found that men perceive themselves to be less attractive than women perceive them to be," says Timothy Baghurst, Ph.D., an associate professor of physical education at Oklahoma State University who studies male body image. "We have a tendency to be our own worst critic."
But be sure you're surrounding yourself with encouraging people. While women are more likely to feel criticism from the media, guys feel it behind closed doors: 62 percent of men report being body shamed by their partner, compared to just 32 percent of women, a survey reports.
3. Upgrade your inspiration
"Research states the more frequently we see idealized body images and for a greater duration, the more likely we are to feel bad about ourselves," Walen says. Start following fellas you feel inspired by instead of envious of and consider spending less time on social media if you find it has a negative impact on your body image.
4. Start sweating
Hitting the gym can boost your body image—regardless of whether or not you actually gain strength or speed, according to research out the University of Florida. If you're already waking up for an a.m. session but are still bumming on your body, start tracking your workouts, Baghurst suggests. Keeping a tab on improvements allows you to see progress, even if it doesn't "look" like anything is changing, he adds.
Also consider taking up yoga. Folks who regularly practiced yoga were more satisfied with their bodies than people who weight trained, according to a 2014 study in Perceptual and Motor Skills. What's more, security was the same among newbies as it was for seasoned yogis. The researchers point out people who feel comfortable in their skin may be drawn to the zen activity, but they also say a regular yoga practice probably further increases that satisfaction.
5. Ditch the cons, focus on the pros
"Having a positive body image doesn't mean you love how you look. It means you respect yourself and what your body can do for you," says Walen. Most men focus on how their body looks—but what about what it can do? It can taste the nuances of wine, smell the salt of the ocean, help create life itself—even without a full head of hair or an extra few inches of height. "When you start to see your body as your home and not your billboard, you're likely to find greater peace with yourself," he adds.
6. Sit up straight
Your posture can affect both what others think about you as well as what you think about yourself, says a study from Ohio State University. Simply sitting up straight is enough to set off a chain reaction of neurochemicals that convinces our brain that we are in fact good enough for something like a dream job. Stand tall with your shoulders back and you'll instantly feel more assertive and more confident, adds confidence coach Steve Errey.
7. Eat better
Make smarter food choices—and not in the name of weight loss, says Baghurst. Countless studies show that what we eat affects our mood with all positive emotions being connected to whole, fresh food. Plus, skipping meals and snacking more are directly linked to people who are dissatisfied with their weight, according to a study in the Journal of Obesity. What's more, among people with the exact same BMI, those who were more content with their body were more likely to eat a healthier diet than those who felt low about their looks.
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Internet media have violated some journalistic rules that have been in effect since the middle of the 19th century. For example, in the struggle for their advertising share and number of page clicks, so-called 'bait' headlines have become omnipresent. For example, a variation of that is the headline: "Shocking!: What did Ibrahimovic do?" According to the rules of journalism, the headline would be: "Ibrahimovic showed middle finger to Arsenal fans". Therefore, we do not have an answer to the three questions required for a professional headline, only getting it in the article itself, which is inadmissible in the classical journalistic sense. Such web pages are especially present on social networks where they are shared or (paid) suggested posts and have become an unavoidable part of Facebook information. We asked our collocutors from universities how these changes should be addressed in education. Vuk Vucetic says it is difficult to deal with the wave of tabloidization and sensationalism that has overtaken not only journalism, but society as a whole. "Sensationalism brings profit and that is the main existential motive for the operation of media. A way to change things is certainly to invest in education of young journalists who will slowly change existing patterns and standards. Besides that, it is necessary to work strategically and systematically on media literacy of the public and reasonable building of true informational needs. Only a mature and media-literate public will demand responsible and professional conduct from the media. Nevertheless, from this viewpoint that is a utopian projection," said Vucetic. Lejla Turcilo says that media contents are increasingly aimed at attracting attention and 'forcing' the public to click on a particular content, rather than at providing quality information to citizens. "One may conclude that the functions of media in the online space are being increasingly subjected to commercial and market demands, and thus entertainment has suppressed information, the trivial has become more important than the serious, and speculation and incomplete information have become more important than the verified and investigative journalistic process. In such media practice, news is no longer information; it has become a construction, a designed product which is supposed to provoke certain emotional reactions," says Turcilo.
The Sarajevo professor emphasizes that in terms of education, we must constantly remind of the principles of credibility of media and social accountability of journalists. "Form must not threaten content. Good, high quality journalism is the essence of the profession and it will always find and have its public both offline and online," maintains Turcilo.
– Editorial boards of online media should introduce administration of reader comments, which would only be related to elimination of hate speech and extremely vulgar communication. – Media organizations through projects, or the Communications Regulatory Agency as a national body, should establish a system for reporting internet contents that call for crimes or generate hate. This primarily regards informal communication on the internet, mostly through blogs, private websites or social networks.
The third recommendation concerns the youngest categories: – In upper classes of elementary school, as a compulsory category within language classes, lectures should be given on the topic of culture of communication on social networks.
The media, educational and political spheres in B&H have no doubt that it is essential to act in these directions. However, the state, shackled by efforts to protect its basic existence and torn apart by ethnic and political conflicts, cannot take a step forward and develop systemic and content elements of Media Literacy related to digital media and their content.


The Tri-State Bouldering Series Championship brings out some of the best pro climbers in the country! This year was no different with names like Kai Lightner, Alanna Yip, Nathaniel Coleman, and Paul Robinson just to name a few! We got to see a lot of familiar faces, and local strong up & coming climbers alike who were at previous series stops of Send Train, Rock-It-Power, and The Brawl! We had Nick Hernandez on site to take the pics & catch all the action for Time to Climb. We also coordinated with the TBS crew and the other photographers onsite to bring you their perspective and the replay from finals!
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The Tri-State Bouldering Series has now completed its 3rd year. Each year has been bigger and better! With over 1,000+ competitors and 10's of thousands of spectators & attendees, the 5-stop bouldering series has etched itself a definitive corner into the climbing community here in the Northeast! We were excited to be a part of it and can not wait to see what next year holds for this no longer fledgling but in fact one of the leading comp series in the United States!


When I got married I thought I was a boss because I had custom titanium rings made for my wife and I as wedding bands. Not only did they look unique, but they kept with Buckminster Fuller's idea of building the strongest things while using the least amount of material.
If I had known then about the Man Ring, I may have thought twice about that decision. Also made of titanium, Bruce Boone's Man Ring boasts a bottle opener, straight blade, serrated blade, a saw for cutting plastic and wood, and a comb. They all retract and fold up neatly into the ring, and are sure to one day come in handy in some tight situtations.


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FLASHBACK FRIDAY- The Long and Faraway Gone
With the compelling narrative tension and psychological complexity of the works of Laura Lippman, Dennis Lehane, Kate Atkinson, and Michael Connelly, Edgar Award-nominee Lou Berney's The Long and Faraway Gone is a smart, fiercely compassionate crime story that explores the mysteries of memory and the impact of violence on survivors—and the lengths they will go to find the painful truth of the events that scarred their lives
In the summer of 1986, two tragedies rocked Oklahoma City. Six movie-theater employees were killed in an armed robbery, while one inexplicably survived. Then, a teenage girl vanished from the annual State Fair. Neither crime was ever solved.
Twenty-five years later, the reverberations of those unsolved cases quietly echo through survivors' lives. A private investigator in Vegas, Wyatt's latest inquiry takes him back to a past he's tried to escape—and drags him deeper into the harrowing mystery of the movie house robbery that left six of his friends dead.
Like Wyatt, Julianna struggles with the past—with the day her beautiful older sister Genevieve disappeared. When Julianna discovers that one of the original suspects has resurfaced, she'll stop at nothing to find answers.
As fate brings these damaged souls together, their obsessive quests spark sexual currents neither can resist. But will their shared passion and obsession heal them, or push them closer to the edge? Even if they find the truth, will it help them understand what happened, that long and faraway gone summer? Will it set them free—or ultimately destroy them?
The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney
The Long Ago and Far Away Gone by Lou Berney is a 2015 William Morrow/Harper Collins publication.
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Wyatt is a private investigator who has been hired to check out the alleged harassment claims made by Candace Kilkenny, sister-in-law of another client. The case isn't really all that worrisome on the surface, but the problem for Wyatt is that he'll have to return to his home town of OKC, a place that holds dark memories for him- memories he'd rather not have floating to the forefront of his consciousness.
The past had power. The past was a riptide. That's why, if you had a brain in your head, you didn't go in the water.
But, he takes the case, which turns out to be far more complicated than he bargained for, and sure enough, almost right from the second he rolls into OKC, he fights a losing battle with the past, finally embracing the inevitable, hoping to find the answers to lingering questions so that he can finally come to peace with why he has survived a tragedy no one else did.
Julianna Rosales is a nurse in OKC, also haunted by the past. Years ago, her sister vanished from a carnival leaving Julianna stranded, never to be seen or heard from again. Her search for answers consumes her, all the more, as the detective who has worked on the case all these years is set to retire.
Humans, by nature, did this all the time. They wanted something, so they found reasons to support that desire. And then they convinced themselves that the reasons came first, that the reasons lead to the desire and not the other way around.
As Wyatt and Julianna each work their way out of the rabbit hole they've jumped into, their paths randomly cross one another in a peculiar sense of irony.
How is it that I am just now discovering this author? All I can say is -Wow!!
This literary mystery embodies two cold cases, each one doggedly pursued by the survivors of the events that transpired. The city, the spookiness of the crimes, even the nostalgia plays a part in setting the atmosphere of the novel. The characters are haunted, tortured by memories and evidence that holds the key to solving the mysteries that keep them firmly rooted in the past, but remain elusive, just out of their grasp.
Was memory like a river that slowed over time to a trickle? Or was it like a house with many rooms that become a house with fewer rooms and then finally just a single room you could never leave?
Wyatt and Julianna both put their lives at stake to free themselves from the agony of living in the continual limbo they have grown so accustomed to living in. Wyatt, however, has the added stress of working a live case for Candace, which is yet another, equally riveting mystery within this novel. It's like getting three mysteries for the price of one.
The writing is outstanding, the dialogue, the flashbacks, the poignancy, the suspense, the danger- it all grabs you and won't let turn loose until you flip over that final page. I was sorely tempted to start re-reading this book the minute I finished it – it's that good!
He liked to think that sometimes an ending cleared the way for a beginning.
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Lou Berney is the Edgar Award- winning author of November Road ( coming in October 2018- from William Morrow) , The Long and Faraway Gone, Whiplash River, and Gutshot Straight. His short fiction has appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, Ploughshares, the New England Review, and the Pushcart Prize anthology.
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Gaza Report: Treating the influx of wounded
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The Israeli army has used disproportionate force against Palestinian protesters in Gaza. Since mass demonstrations began on March 30, 128 people have been killed and 3,664 people have been wounded by live ammunition fired by Israeli forces, according to United Nations authorities.
Over the past two months, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has treated more than 1,200 people with gunshot injuries at its four clinics in Gaza. We are opening a fifth clinic to cope with the influx of patients.
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    }).ToList();

The problem is. I can read an xml file created externally. But I don't know how to create/write xml file via code. And use my given code to read it. Any ideas? Thanks!

A: Use the XElement object. Example:
XDocument document = new XDocument();
XElement rootElement = new XElement("Questions");

foreach(Question question in QuestionsCollection)
{
    XElement questionElement = new XElement("Question");

    questionElement.Add(new XElement("questiontext") { Value = question.Text });
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A: Use this code to Create and Save XML file by passing the XML save file path to the method CreateXml
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Haskel's nitrogen charging cart is a mobile nitrogen solution that can be used in aviation ground support applications such as tire inflation, pressure gauge calibration, line flushing, charging landing gear struts and accumulators. This nitrogen charging cart can also be used for the operation of pneumatic tools. The carts also enable operators to use all available gas in a bottle and still charge to final pressure.


Please note: This access statement does not contain personal opinions as to our suitability for those with access needs, but aims to accurately describe the facilities and services that we offer all our guests/visitors.
Comfy Tours offers coach travel with access lift, on board floor level w/c and some trips with hostess serving drinks and refreshment also entertainment with prizes etc, based in the Wyre and Fylde area private hire also available to certain areas with in the North West of England.
Pick up/drop off point and trip information is available at various libraries and tourist information centres around the Wyre and Fylde coast. We can also email you a copy in word format which is ideal for those wishing to enlarge the print. Our email address is enquiries@comfytours.co.uk.
For any special requirements or for private hire arrangements it is best to directly speak to us on 01253 778154 or 07742577315.
For customers wishing to make there way to pick up point in car, please inform us when booking and we will advise of most suitable area to park on your route.
When coach arrives at pick up the driver will try to park as close to pavement as possible and we do have a stepping stool which can assist with easier access on to coach via steps.
Most trips do include coach hostess who can help assist passengers I.e point out grab rails,hold bags so passengers hands are free whilst entering and exiting coach.
The main door opens out and is operated by driver.
There are 6 steps from this entrance to seating area with a hand rail on the left hand side to offer support for first two steps and then both side grab support for last two steps.
There is our access lift for an alternate entrance, this is a platform lift which can hold 250kg of weight and is approved to carry two persons and a chair and is 810mm or just under 32 inch wide.
The coach is well lit with spot lighting spaced out on board.
Admission is generally purchased prior to trip.
our general entertainment is a music quiz provided by coach hostess over the microphone , this quiz has been designed to be at an easy to understand and join in level with the use of large print cards to encourage passengers interaction.
We have drink facilities on board and our hostess can offer hot and cold drinks to passengers, these are served in cups with lids we also have a beaker cup if required or passengers can bring there own special cup if required.
Background music plays through out most of coach travel.
Our coach has air conditioning and heating system but if required we have blankets for passengers additional comfort.
If passengers need assistance they can call hostess (when on-board) or press over head service light.
Our coach has seating for 42 passengers or 22 passengers and 6 on board wheelchairs which include safety straps and belts.
Our seating offers arm rest for all,foot rest and pull down tray for all minus front row and a few seats at the back on each side.
Our flooring is carpeted front half of coach and lino rear half ,front 6 seats has a small step to seats and from there on the coach runs on a level surface.
Toilet door has twist to open handle and is light to open with a width of 600mm or 23.62inch.
The side door of toilet can be unbolted to open out to allow for additional space and there is a draw curtain to maintain privacy. Ideal for wheelchair users also support staff, only to be used in this circumstance when vehicle is stationary.
The toilet seat is 450mm or 18 inch high from floor level.
The sink has a manual push down tap.
There are two grab rails one is horizontal and is located to side of toilet the other is vertical and is located to the front of w/c slightly to the left hand side.
Assistance dogs welcome and water bowl will be provided.
Both Heath and Kathryn (driver and hostess) are DBS checked.
Kathryn (hostess) is first aid at work trained.
Kathryn (hostess) is experienced in the care industry.
We have a tired leg trip guide in our tour listings which helps recommend which trips are more suitable for people looking for trips with limited walking involved.
Comfy Tours welcomes people to contact them with any special requirements.
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It's important for the kids to have the proper skis and boots so they have fun and learn faster. Parents tend to oversize the kids skis and boots so they grow into them. But this only makes it harder to turn and control. Don't oversize. Would you like to ski longer skis with too big of boots?


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Escape: Peril – Rudyard Kipling & H.G. Wells
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The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written: volume 6 (30 short stories) – E. F. Benson, W. F. Harvey, Bram Stoker, Walter Scott, Elizabeth Gaskell, H. P. Lovecraft, EDGAR ALLAN POE, Rudyard Kipling, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, John Buchan, A. M. Burrage, Walter de La Mare, H. G. Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Cynthia Asquith, Lord Dunsany, Clark Ashton Smith, Margaret Ronan, Amelia B. Edwards, Robert Hichens, H. Russell Wakefield, Arthur Quiller-Couch, William Hope Hodgson, L. P. Hartley, Vincent O'Sullivan, Vernon Lee & Paul Spencer
The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written: volume 6 (30 short stories)
E. F. Benson, W. F. Harvey, Bram Stoker, Walter Scott, Elizabeth Gaskell, H. P. Lovecraft, EDGAR ALLAN POE, Rudyard Kipling, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, John Buchan, A. M. Burrage, Walter de La Mare, H. G. Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Cynthia Asquith, Lord Dunsany, Clark Ashton Smith, Margaret Ronan, Amelia B. Edwards, Robert Hichens, H. Russell Wakefield, Arthur Quiller-Couch, William Hope Hodgson, L. P. Hartley, Vincent O'Sullivan, Vernon Lee & Paul Spencer
Publish Date: February 11, 2018
Publisher: Pandora's Box
Seller: De Marque, Inc.
If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. This sixth volume of "The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written" features 30 stories by an all-star cast, including Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Louis Stevenson, M. R. James, H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Machen, Bram Stoker, E. F. Benson, H. G. Wells, William Hope Hodgson, Elizabeth Gaskell and John Buchan, among many others!
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50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die vol: 2 – Upton Sinclair, W. Somerset Maugham, Sinclair Lewis, Thomas Mann, Rebecca West, H. G. Wellls, Marcel Proust, James Joyce, Mark Twain, Leo Tolstoy, Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, H. P. Lovecraft, Rabindranath Tagore, Herman Melville, Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe, D. H. Lawrence, Bram Stoker, Sir Walter Scott & Jack London
50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die vol: 2
Upton Sinclair, W. Somerset Maugham, Sinclair Lewis, Thomas Mann, Rebecca West, H. G. Wellls, Marcel Proust, James Joyce, Mark Twain, Leo Tolstoy, Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, H. P. Lovecraft, Rabindranath Tagore, Herman Melville, Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe, D. H. Lawrence, Bram Stoker, Sir Walter Scott & Jack London
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This book contains several HTML tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work. This 2nd volume contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors' last names: Jerome, Jerome K.: Three Men in a Boat Joyce, James: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James: Ulysses Kingsley, Charles: The Water-Babies Kipling, Rudyard: Kim La Fayette, Madame de: The Princess of Clèves Laclos, Pierre Choderlos de: Dangerous Liaisons Lawrence, D. H.: Sons and Lovers Lawrence, D. H.: The Rainbow Le Fanu, Sheridan: In a Glass Darkly Lewis, Matthew Gregory: The Monk Lewis, Sinclair: Main Street London, Jack: The Call of the Wild Lovecraft, H.P.: At the Mountains of Madness Mann, Thomas: Royal Highness Maugham, William Somerset: Of Human Bondage Maupassant, Guy de: Bel-Ami Melville, Herman: Moby-Dick Poe, Edgar Allan: The Fall of the House of Usher Proust, Marcel: Swann's Way Radcliffe, Ann: The Mysteries of Udolpho Richardson, Samuel: Clarissa Sand, George: The Devil's Pool Scott, Walter: Ivanhoe Shelley, Mary: Frankenstein Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Quo Vadis Sinclair, May: Life and Death of Harriett Frean Sinclair, Upton: The Jungle Stendhal: The Red and the Black Stendhal: The Chartreuse of Parma Sterne, Laurence: Tristram Shandy Stevenson, Robert Louis: Treasure Island Stoker, Bram: Dracula Stowe, Harriet Beecher: Uncle Tom's Cabin Swift, Jonathan: Gulliver's Travels Tagore, Rabindranath: The Home and the World Thackeray, William Makepeace: Vanity Fair Tolstoy, Leo: War and Peace Tolstoy, Leo: Anna Karenina Trollope, Anthony: The Way We Live Now Turgenev, Ivan: Fathers and Sons Twain, Mark: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Verne, Jules: Journey to the Center of the Earth Wallace, Lew: Ben-Hur Wells, H. G.: The Time Machine West, Rebecca: The Return of the Soldier Wharton, Edith: The Age of Innocence Wilde, Oscar: The Picture of Dorian Gray Xueqin, Cao: The Dream of the Red Chamber Zola, Émile: Germinal
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The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written: volume 2 (30 short stories) – M. R. James, E. F. Benson, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Robert W. Chambers, Walter de La Mare, H. P. Lovecraft, EDGAR ALLAN POE, Margaret Oliphant, A. M. Burrage, Vernon Lee, John Metcalfe, Vincent O'Sullivan, Clark Ashton Smith, Arthur Machen, Marjorie Bowen, Rudyard Kipling, Guy de Maupassant, Aleister Crowley, Perceval Landon & William Hope Hodgson
M. R. James, E. F. Benson, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Robert W. Chambers, Walter de La Mare, H. P. Lovecraft, EDGAR ALLAN POE, Margaret Oliphant, A. M. Burrage, Vernon Lee, John Metcalfe, Vincent O'Sullivan, Clark Ashton Smith, Arthur Machen, Marjorie Bowen, Rudyard Kipling, Guy de Maupassant, Aleister Crowley, Perceval Landon & William Hope Hodgson
Publish Date: November 27, 2017
Seller: De Marque
If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. This second volume of "The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written" features 30 stories by an all-star cast, including Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Robert W. Chambers, M. R. James, H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Machen, Sheridan Le Fanu, Walter De La Mare, Marjorie Bowen, Vincent O'Sullivan, John Metcalfe, Magaret Oliphant and A. M. Burrage, among many others!
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Kipling and Disney Collaborate on Accessories Capsule
Disney has teamed with Kipling on a line of accessories, beginning with holiday.
It is the latest effort by the Nineties brand — best known for its fanny-pack and cross-body styles, each accompanied by an ape charm – to increase its popularity and reach a new generation of consumers. In July, Kipling collaborated with Urban Outfitters Inc. on a limited-edition line of accessories.
In its first collaboration with Disney, Kipling has taken inspiration from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Poison apple and magic mirror motifs are scattered throughout the multistyle collection, to be priced from $ 29 to $ 149 at retail. Shapes include backpacks, handbags and small travel accessories.
"It's really about the synergy between the two brands — Kipling is fun and energetic and youthful and shares Disney's sense of imagination," said president of Kipling North America Nina Flood.
Kipling's tie-up with Disney is to continue through 2019. With each new collection, Kipling will dote on style signatures of a different Disney princess.
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The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling
Publisher: Public Domain
Seller: Public Domain
The tales in the book (and also those in The Second Jungle Book which followed in 1895, and which includes five further stories about Mowgli) are fables, using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons.
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Gina Rodriguez Lands Kipling Campaign, Marking Her First Major Sponsorship Deal
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The moment actress Gina Rodriguez won a Golden Globe, we knew it was only a matter of time before the fashion industry would come knocking.
That moment is here. The "Jane the Virgin" star, who was born in Chicago to Puerto Rican parents, has been tapped as a Kipling brand ambassador and the face of the bag company's summer 2015 ads.
"To me, Kipling has always embodied the perfect blend of comfort and femininity," Rodriguez said in a press release. "When I was a teen, I saw my first Kipling bag with the cute monkey and wanted one so bad but couldn't afford it. I saved my allowances and eventually bought my first one all by myself. I kept that bag for over 10 years. Now I get to be a part of this beautiful movement. I love the way life works itself out -– it's full circle."
Kipling, which was founded in 1987, is also tasking the 30-year-old beauty with spreading happiness through its Make Happy movement, which is aimed at reminding people that happy moments can happen anywhere, anytime. For her involvement in the project, Rodriguez will visit a university campus in California this spring and present a special surprise.
"What makes me happy is my family being healthy," Rodriguez told Eonline. "What makes me happy is seeing young girls inspired to fulfill any dream they possibly have. What makes me happy is to see others happy."
Here's a behind-the-scenes video from Rodriguez's campaign shoot and a look at the Summer 2015 Kipling collection. Do you love it?
Style – The Huffington Post
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They say you can't shoot up alone. That's what happened to Dee Dee, The Bird, and Lady Day. Actually, they probably had company that cut out when they found out how strong the rock was cut. But the problem with going to a shooting gallery is that you inevitably end up next to some golden arm who wants to talk your ear off about how he just wrote the other 600 stanzas of Kubla Khan when what you really want during your nod is the disturbing soundtrack The Blackout to entertain your dark humor and dastardly thoughts. It's a walk through a thin-walled derelict hotel picking up snippets of stories that you have to piece together. The disjointed ramblings will quickly become conversational in-jokes between you and your supplier. This disc is unique unto itself, but pieces of it warrant comparison. So bear with me while I bear witness.
The beat poetry parody of "3/4 Man" is laid across a dark opium dream that starts mid-sentence. Burroughs and Beck are equally represented in the space-lounge styling of this narcotic tale. "Hanky Joe Digger" is a delta blues number as done by The Birthday Party. When old-time religion meets Old Crow, this is what rolls off the revivalist's forehead in toxic flammable droplets. An all out garage R&B call to "Do The Blackout" forces a comparison to The Stooges, which is carried over to "Wanna Scratch It?" A beat like a dripping faucet and remnants of overheard conversations sound like they were compiled by Mark E. Smith hisself. "Pimp Hand Strong" borrows some Stones posturing, while the intoxicated "Asphalt Blues" shares their fascination with Puerto Rican girls. The paranoid rockabilly on "Bee In Flight" is a spooky Cramps throwback.
A bumper-sticker preacher on "The Diddler" testifies, The moon begins to rise/All yellow and fat/Like a Flannery O'Connor moon/I can see it with my one bloodshot eye. The deep drums keep it lively like a creepy Dillards backwoods jamboree. There's no doubt that "Blackjack" was inspired by Colorblind James Experience. The country swing is for the sake of one very obvious joke. But as comedy is all in the delivery, the payoff is worth it even though you saw it coming. Tom Waits' schtick runs through the torch song "Cash Cow." You have to listen close, or you might take the slow jazz serious. "The Termite" throws the whole record for a loop with its club-funk. I expected the B3 Hammond eventually, but I can do without this song. Perhaps it's a reference point so we know the act is tongue-in-cheek. The deconstruction "Nine Eleven" bridges the gap between Revolution #9 and The Fall. Whatever the true "Jack Martin Story" is, their version boasts a Long Cool Woman barhouse feel and the great dangling line, I hear you go to bat for the pink team/No, I just likes to hugs people.
These guys are self-assured with their style selection and they can set a fine mood. The hilarious lines they spread around make you forget to notice the stellar playing. They could have played it straight and made a real nice retro record, but they had their sights set much higher. I guess it's like that Ween country record except creepier, funnier and with better musicianship. And I guess some Jon Spencer cat helps out for a minute.
On a scale of brand-name junk: If one is Gold Bond Powder, and ten is Cold Swan; The Blackout scores an eight: K-Ration.


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Německá továrna na mrtvoly, německy Kadaververwertungsanstalt, anglicky German Corpse Factory, často přezdívaná jako Továrna na lůj, nebo nazývaná Německá továrna na zpracování těl, byla jednou z nejznámějších protiněmeckých propagandistických historek, které se šířily za první světové války. Poprvé začaly historky o takovém zpracování těl kolovat v roce 1915 v Anglii, o rok později se objevily ve Spojených státech a Francii.

Dle povídání byl Německá továrna na mrtvoly speciálním zařízením, v němž se kvůli nedostatku tuků v Německu v důsledku britské námořní blokády, zpracovávaly německé mrtvoly z bojišť na tuk, který se pak používal k výrobě nitroglycerinu, svíček, mazadel a krémů na boty. Za frontovou linií ji údajně provozovala DAVG – Deutsche Abfall-Verwertungs Gesellschaft ("Německá společnost pro využití odpadu").

Po válce v roce 1925 The Times otiskly, že John Charteris, bývalý šéf britské armádní rozvědky, ve svém projevu prohlásil, že si příběh vymyslel pro propagandistické účely, přičemž jeho hlavním cílem bylo přimět Číňany, aby se zapojili do války proti Německu. Tomuto tvrzení se ve 30. letech 20. století všeobecně věřilo a nacisté jej používali jako součást své vlastní protibritské propagandy.

Badatelé však Charterisovi nevěří. Historik propagandy Randal Marlin tvrdí, že "skutečný zdroj příběhu lze nalézt na stránkách Northcliffova tisku", čímž má na mysli noviny vlastněné lordem Northcliffem. Adrian Gregory předpokládá, že příběh vznikl na základě pověstí, které kolovaly po celá léta, a že jej "nevymyslel" žádný jednotlivec: "Továrna na zpracování mrtvol nebyla výmyslem ďábelského propagandisty; šlo o populární lidovou povídačku, 'městský mýtus' (tzv. urban legend), který koloval měsíce předtím, než se mu dostalo oficiálního oznámení".

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On October 25, the Tri-State District of PRSA held a "mock trial tribunal" at the SUNY Global Center in New York City. With the perspective of more than a year after the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill, the topic of the event was the PR "successes . . . . achieved and mistakes . . . made" in order to help PR practitioners' future crisis communications work.
The panel was impressive and thoughtful -- much better than many comparable events: Paul (typically irascible) Holmes from The Holmes Report; Ben Cohen from Conclave Strategic Communications, Michael Schubert from Ruder Finn, David Kalson from Ricochet PR, and Dr. Kerry Sulkowicz of the Boswell Group. The audience was mostly young -- as typically found in these professional development/networking events.
The informal audience poll at the beginning of the evening was the most telling moment. The vast majority of the audience thought the oil spill was a PR disaster (surprise). That opinion, combined with much of the following discussion, revealed some striking things about PR people and the practice of PR.
1. For all the criticism communicators give to financial/corporate types about being short-term oriented, PR people are often staggeringly short-term and narrowly focused. (It's as if last night's headlines on Fox/MSNBC "matter.") The discussion revolved around the BP oil spill as a series of media relations blunders that provoked negative headlines. (All true. All blindingly obvious from which we learn almost nothing.) The audience and some of the panel (all PR people) fixated on those headlines from spring/summer 2010. As if the story ended there.
2. Most of the audience (again, all PR people) were not aware of: The Guardian (no friend to Big Energy) reported that same day that "BP profit rise marks turning point." On October 28th Marketwatch's "Sentiment on BP" indicates strongly Bullish from both Analysts and the Marketwatch Community (though slightly Bearish from Hulbert Interactive/investment newsletters). As panelist, Michael Schubert noted: just google BP and do a content analysis of the messages/memes that come up on the top pages.
3. When PR people reflect back on events such as the Deepwater Horizon/BP incident, you can barely breathe for the smugness in the room. Maybe it's an occupational hazard, but a PR person so often seems to work hardest when he is demonstrating that he is the smartest person in the room. You would've thought, last Tuesday night, that the 200 people in the room were communications geniuses who could never have been so shallow, unprofessional, and clueless as to have made any of the decisions made by the BP people at the time. The analysis and the audience (and rarely in such PR conclaves) did not approach the topic dispassionately and impersonally. If you can't approach the topic dispassionately and impersonally after 18 months of data/facts to observe and un-pressured reflection, then when can you?
It's hard to approach PR with research, analytical rigor if scoring points is a large part of the agenda (and I'm not just reflecting on one panel discussion). And how about considering what it must actually be like to walk that mile in somebody else's shoes? Not to give somebody else a break -- but not to give yourself too much of one.
Some organizations have an epic fail to which their public communications contribute. But so many organizations have shown the remarkable ability to rehabilitate themselves (although the record isn't nearly so good for individual executives). The facts -- 18 months out -- don't clearly argue that BP is down for the count. And I wouldn't count out Bank of America either, despite recent headlines. PR people should not underestimate the lasting power of big organizations and the malleability of public opinion (otherwise, who in the U.S. would buy a German or Japanese car or coffee grinder?).
Finally, PR researchers need to cut through "the PR" and look at enduring patterns of verifiable facts. We're in business for the long(-ish) term.
The event was put together by Emmanuel Tchividjian -- a sometimes lone (and all the more valued) voice for both common sense and ethical perspective in PR.


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Kingsfolk musician singing in London concert
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Hello! I am fiddle player and singer Jocelyn Coates. I have just graduated from King's College London, having had a great time studying Music there for the past three years. During my time at KCL I have been a choral scholar, and my final concert with the chapel choir will be…
Kingsfolk musician gets in to Cambridge
Jonathan Mash, who has played clarinet with Kingsfolk for the past two years will be going to Churchill College Cambridge at the start of the new term. A talented student, Jonathan achieved top grades in all his subjects at Wilson's School and he has also studied at the Trinity College…
Ickenham Pearl Wedding Anniversary
July 25, 2014 August 25, 2014 Gigs
Had a fun time last Saturday playing a barn dance in Ickenham here's what our client had to said: Continue reading
18th Birthday party in Clapham
February 15, 2014 August 26, 2014 Gigs
Huge number of dancers turn up, what a wonderful atmosphere!
We had a fantastic time celebrating Tom's 18th Birthday with all his friends at the Church of the Ascension in Clapham.
Looking forward to the next gig!
Wickham Hall gig
February 2, 2014 August 26, 2014 Gigs
Fantastic gig last night at the Wickham Hall. Everyone was up for dancing from the start – wonderful atmosphere.
Kingsfolk musician in University Production
January 30, 2014 August 26, 2014 News
Core member of the band, Emma Penn, will be taking the part of Dido in the University of Reading's production of Dido and Aeneas later this term. Emma has played the violin with Kingsfolk since 2007 and has often performed songs in between sessions at our ceilidhs. This opportunity to…
New Year's Eve Wedding ceilidh
January 2, 2014 August 26, 2014 Gigs
We had a fantastic gig at the Amadeus Centre on Tuesday night. The guests were bursting with energy and had a great time celebrating the wedding and seeing in 2014. A brilliant way to start the New Year. Simon
Sixth Form Ceilidh
September 12, 2013 August 26, 2014 Gigs
Last Saturday's gig at Wellington College was an amazing event. There are 250 students in Year 12 and they were dressed to impress. It was a squeeze in the hall – hardly enough room for dancing – but we managed a string of familiar numbers. Most of the 6th Formers had never been to a ceilidh before (you could tell!) but they entered in with boundless enthusiasm. Fantastic atmosphere.
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Buffalo Girls in Southborough Lane
Military setting for ceilidh at the Scottish Regiment
Wedding Ceilidh at One Whitehall Place
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Awesome! I loved it! Way to rock it! Woo Hoo!
I have to agree Jill, maybe we spend too much time berating ourselves!
Haha, thanks Diane! I'm glad to hear other people do this too - as I wrote it I wondered whether I just sounded like a straight up nutjob, but it's so easy to look at all of the bits of you that aren't EXACTLY as you want them and forget about all of the parts of you that ARE!


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