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Mobile Phone Theft:
A 21st Century Crimewave
The rise of mobile phone theft
Phone theft in your area
What the data says
How authorities are helping
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The concept of theft is as old as mankind itself – for centuries we've found ways to steal from each other, swindle each other, and far, far worse. And the advent of modern smartphone technology has only increased this incredibly pertinent issue.
But what has the impact been for individuals? On the one hand, mobile technology has advanced so much that we can implement first-class security measures, but nevertheless the price of these technologies makes them all the more desirable to criminals. Let's examine the data to investigate whether mobile phone theft is a modern-day crime wave and, if so, what can be done to prevent it.
Phone theft is 2x more likely in London
Only a small proportion of phone insurance claims are for theft
75% of thefts are iPhones
A detailed look at smartphone theft on a national and local level.
Smartphones are oftentimes our most valuable personal possessions, and we always have them on us! This makes them a prime target for thieves and muggers. Unlike credit and debit cards, which can be deactivated easily and have no intrinsic value aside from what they represent, a smartphone can easily be sold off, whether the thieves can get full access to it or not! And this issue is only exacerbated by the fact that smartphones are only increasing in price, as the technology inside them becomes more and more advanced.
In fact, according to the Office for National Statistics, theft from a person accounts for between 3% and 7% of all crimes reported to the police in England and Wales. The majority of these thefts are classed as 'stealth thefts' meaning that the property is stolen without the owner being aware; for example, if someone took your phone from a jacket pocket on the tube. This is in contrast to 'snatch theft', which would involve the perpetrator quickly taking the property, without force, and fleeing the scene.
The data from the ONS shows that theft from a person (which includes phones) was on a steady incline from the mid-90s onward. One of the main reasons for this is that, around this period, mobile phones were becoming a popular consumer item – and at the time they were very valuable and lacking in modern security features. This trend continued through the 2000s – fluctuating year-on-year, as you'd expect – as mobile phones became more commonplace and the original smartphones were entering the market.
A Problem in Decline
In 2012, the National Crime Survey – which supplies data to the ONS – reported that there were roughly 608,000 theft from a person incidents across England and Wales, which was a high for the decade. However, since then, theft from person cases – including those including smartphones – have fallen year on year. A key factor for this continual decline could be that smartphone security has improved to a point that it's no longer worth stealing them; with Face ID, trackers, and fingerprint scanners, it's now harder for criminals to wipe and fence stolen property. It's also possible that, due to the ubiquity of smartphones, the desire to steal them has simply decreased.
While the decline in personal theft is a good sign overall, it's important to stipulate that smartphone theft is still a constant criminal threat. For example, between April 2017 and April 2018, 39% of all theft from a person reports in England and Wales were smartphone-related. This was the second-highest stolen personal item, being 10% more likely to be stolen than credit cards, wallets, or handbags. Unsurprisingly, cash was the most stolen item across this time period.
Somewhat surprisingly, in 2018/19 those most at risk of phone theft are adults between the ages of 25-35. According to the research, this age group accounted for 14.9% of all phone thefts from a person. This could be due to the fact that this age group are more likely to have expensive phone models, and are more likely to be in a position where they could have their phone stolen. 1 in 10 mobile phone thefts were committed against children under the age of 18, with 14-17 year olds being the most at risk.
Mobile Theft: In Your Area
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Our data offers a unique insight into the frequency of smartphone thefts and the most densely targeted locations, based on the number of claims that are made each year.
The data shows that London accounts for 14% of all phone insurance claims, with claims in Essex reaching just over half that number. This is hardly surprising considering the total population of these two regions. Combined, the capital and the South East makeup ⅕ of the UK's phone insurance claims, regardless of the reason.
According to the data, 10% of all theft claims come from London, with 1 in 5 occurring in East London postcodes and 1 in 10 occurring in West London. A prominent reason for this could simply be that East London has a larger total population than the western postcodes, which would account for the disparity in apparent smartphone thefts.
Data from the wider United Kingdom shows that only a very small part of phone insurance claims are for theft – suggesting that 1 in 20 smartphone owners have their device stolen each year. When compared with the statistics in London, this suggests that phone users are twice as likely to have their personal property stolen in the city than anywhere else. In fact, if you look at all of the theft claims across the United Kingdom, Londoners account for 30.7%.In terms of smartphone models, the data also indicates who might be most at risk. Looking at the entirety of the UK, 68.6% of stolen phones are iPhones. This shouldn't be a huge surprise as the iPhone is one of the most popular smartphones in the country. That being said, there is a huge disparity between the iPhone's popularity and the fact that they are the most stolen phone model. One possible answer is that flagship iPhones tend to be more expensive than other models, which may make them more attractive to would-be thieves. Conversely, the second most popular smartphone model in the UK – Samsung – accounts for only 20% of all smartphone thefts.
Resources and information from charities looking to combat smartphone theft
When it comes to smartphone theft it might seem like there is little you can do to protect yourself – but this isn't the case!
In fact, recent years have seen a huge amount of information circulated on the matter – meaning that it can be difficult knowing where to start. In this case, charities can be a brilliant point of reference as they often work alongside authoritative bodies and industry experts to ensure that information is relayed accurately. Not only do they provide in-depth advice on how to safeguard yourself against phone theft, but they also offer support to individuals that have fallen victim to theft.
loveit coverit have researched charities such as Out Of Your Hands to compile a list of the best advice when it comes to mobile phone crime.
Crime Stoppers is a charity that offers an anonymous voice to those who need it.
The organisation's research has identified that almost one-fifth of people refrain from making a report due to a reluctance to speak with the police. As a result, they work tirelessly to provide an alternative and will pass on pertinent information on your behalf. Having contributed to over 140,000 arrests, Crime Stoppers hold a unique perspective on the crime landscape and, as such, offer brilliant insight as to how best protect yourself from crimes such as theft.
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Out Of Your Hands
Out Of Your Hands is a charity dedicated to the safeguarding of mobile phone use in children.
When launched in 2004 the organisation looked to combat the rising numbers of mobile thefts, scam and fraud cases, as well as online bullying with the sponsorship of the Mobile Industry Crime Action Forum behind them. Fast-forward to today and their cause is supported by a number of major mobile operators; such as 02 and Vodafone.
With their prime purpose being to educate the public on safer mobile practices, the charity provides a vast selection of resources informed by educational specialists and teachers exploring issues such as; phone theft, identity theft, and overall online safety.
Be Safe is a crime prevention campaign led by the Met Police that strives to better inform the public on how to safeguard their property against theft.
The campaign believes that although there is widespread awareness of basic crime prevention, too often the corresponding behaviours are not enacted. As a result, Be Safe offers support to Londoners by examing why these behaviours are not taken and how this may be rectified.
The campaign offers three focus areas including scooter theft, burglary and mobile phone theft and offers educational resources for each.
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We spoke to a range of industry experts to get their view on the growing issue of smartphone theft.
"In recent years loveit coverit has seen a stark rise in the number of mobile theft claims made in London and surrounding areas. Daunting as it may be, this data exemplifies why purchasing insurance is such an important element of phone ownership as our mobiles are often a costly possession that we cannot afford to lose. Outside of insurance, individuals can guard against phone theft by educating themselves on common safeguarding measures."
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Whilst the physical theft of smartphones is an evident and pressing concern, it is also vital that we consider the ways in which we can safeguard ourselves against cybercrime.
'In our current digital world, the threat of cybercrime is ever-increasing. At present, our records identify the most prominent threat to be that of mobile banking trojans as they cause many individual's direct financial loss. Alongside this, we can also identify the two biggest threat categories to be adware and riskware – a major element of these threats being 'stalkerware'. The programmes used survey victims, monitor their activities as well as track their movements. Unfortunately, the number of detections for these programs have risen substantially; from 40,386 in 2018 to 67,500 in 2019. Although many individuals invest in anti-virus protection for their computer or laptop, mobile phone protection is often neglected. It is our view that the government should be taking more proactive measures, such as utilising mass public advertising, to inform the public of such risks.'
David Emm | Principal Security Researcher
See how smartphone crime has become more of an issue across the UK.
In our most recent infographic, we've compiled our independent data along with third-party sources to demonstrate the scale of smartphone theft in the UK. This includes a succinct breakdown of our claims data – showing how much more at risk those that live in urban areas are of phone theft – as well as a more in-depth look at the historic data providing by the Office for National Statistics and UK Police forces.
If you want to get all of the information, make sure that you read the full report!
Read our guides and advice on the subject of smartphones and theft.
Tips For Protecting Your Phone on Public Transport
With over 967 reported cases of phone theft on public transport in January 2020 alone, it's clear that now, more than ever, our favourite devices are at risk when we travel. To ensure that your gadget remains safe, wherever you're going, read this guide for a few quick tips about protecting your phone on the UK's transport network.
Top 5 Ways to Safeguard Yourself from Theft
Experiencing a theft is one of the disrupting things that can happen to a person – and the theft of a smartphone is one of the most invasive and damaging. With those in urban centres more at risk than others, it's important that you know how to protect your belongings, whether you're out and about or simply at home. Hopefully this top 5 tips can help!
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Smaller Players Challenge Telcos for Piece of Kenya's Mobile Money Market
Kenya's mobile money transfer market is headed for interesting times, with the latest results from the regulator showing small 'outlier' firms eating into the market dominated by the well-established players.
The latest Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) statistics show major players gained modestly compared to the established telecoms in the first three months of 2015.
While Equity Bank's Finserve Africa, Mobikash Afrika and Tangaza Pesa recorded some modest gains in the number of subscriptions and agents between January and March 2015, according to CA statistics, Safaricom, Airtel and Orange did not have as much gains.
Equity Group's Finserve Africa and Mobikash Afrika recorded an increase in both the number of subscriptions and agents – a clear intention to disrupt the mobile money transfer market.
The exception in this group was Tangaza Pesa, whose growth in both subscriptions and agents plateaued at 503,556 and 1,596 respectively. "The entry into the market by the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) shows there is still potential for growth and further competition in the mobile sub sector," noted CA in a statement.
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It Might Be A Good Idea To Wear Two Masks, Brigham And Women's Doctor Says
BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — With the new U.K. variant of COVID-19 now in the United States, a doctor at Brigham and Women's Hospital said it might be a good idea to wear two masks.
Experts say the new variant could be more contagious and more deadly.
Dr. Paul Sax is the clinical director of the Infectious Disease Clinic at Brigham and Women's. He told WBZ NewsRadio that, right now, there is concern over people using thin cloths as face coverings — anything ranging from a light t-shirt material to a bandana to a gaiter.
"The gaiters are probably the least advisable strategy at this point," Dr. Sax said.
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According to Dr. Sax, there are now plenty of options to choose from when it comes to face coverings.
"We now have, actually, quite a good supply of surgical quality masks for available for purchase online," he said.
However, to combat the cost, Dr. Sax said experts "would like to see, perhaps, a government subsidy or some way of having free masks available for the public."
Dr. Sax said that two masks are better than one if you only have access to a thin face covering.
"Doubling up does seem to make [it] harder for the virus to get through than it would be if you just used a thin-cloth mask," he said.
WBZ NewsRadio's Jim MacKay (@JimMacKayOnAir) reports
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Whenever the United States Navy submarine leaves the port on a mission, once it reaches the deep water the crew perform an exercise called Angles and Dangles. Consisting of a series of repetitive dives and rises at increasingly steeper pitches that also affects roll and yaw, the purpose of the drill is to locate any item stowed improperly. Under the stress of maneuvers, objects will shift or fall and dangle, revealing origins of clatter that can put the crew at risk and jeopardize the mission.
Angles and Dangles eradicate potential sources of noise induced by human factor and ensure that the boat is ready for the silent mode, one of the paramount aspects of submarine warfare.
From time to time, all of us perform Angles and Dangles in our lives, trying to fix things that create outer and inner noise.
…simple clanks on our bikes or strange sounds of smoothie makers up to team meetings with coworkers to tune up a rapport, occasionally extending into the rattle and hum of personal expectations and, thankfully, rarely transforming into the dissonance of our own fallacies, the noise we create is natural, permanent, and inevitable.
Since it can significantly reduce our joy and benefits – not to mention to put us at risk and jeopardize our 'mission' — the personal Angles and Dangles exercise is of the paramount importance for progressive life. We conduct it either alone or with our partners and friends, while strangers on transoceanic flights can provide for an ideal environment.
On the other hand, from time to time, we tend to disregard the din and leave it to progressively grow. Why? Because we're humans.
So, between all those growing sounds we isolate one or two considered of being decisive for our agenda and we successfully convince ourselves that they are the deal makers. Of course, they're not — they're blunders, but we don't know that at the time. The power of autosuggestion is such that we become temporarily deaf to intuition's warnings and proceed.
When eventual and inevitable happens, we realize that the consequences are performing Angles and Dangles on ourselves.
Myths can occasionally produce such outcomes.
While they are instructive in the interpretation of customs and models of our behavior through the history – widely endorsed and held at that – they are more often than not the aggregate of false beliefs and ideas. Though not always, myths can influence our decisions and lead toward an uproar, even turmoil in our lives.
Some people are more susceptible to myths. Other areas in our lives are more predisposed to them. Interestingly, there is a strange and long-lasting relationship between myths and luck — they flourish proportionally to our fortunes' fortunes.
Science, for instance, is devoid of myths. Indiana Jones explorations are based on them. Our pastimes, say, blackjack? Under the regular impact of the myths.
…the most popular table game in the United States casinos is so susceptible to them that you might have already heard or felt the discord between blackjack mythology and reality.
Thus, we decided to conduct Angles and Dangles on blackjack myths and explore all of their, well – angles, and dangles.
#1 Counting cards is impossibly hard.
It is not. You don't have to have a photographic memory or to be a mathematical genius – or savant, for that matter – and to possess some exceptional or superhuman feat to count the cards. You just need a lifetime to learn it right.
Also, you need to employ the proper system for counting cards. There are quite a few of them, depending on a number of decks involved. Techniques that work for one deck will not be sufficient for the multitude of them since it, naturally, gets proportionally harder to count cards as the number of decks involved rises.
#2 Counting cards is illegal.
It's not. There is no law stipulating that. Surely, the casinos encourage this myth and you'll stumble into a number of Hollywood stories about casinos effectively 'taking matters in their own hands' when it comes to card counters, but casinos' rationale is to do whatever is in their power to keep an edge. Stories included.
Truth is, no one can stop you from thinking about the game and enjoying in the results of your mental efforts. If they involve counting the cards, so be it.
Though, keep those findings for yourself, inside of that head of yours where the powers of counting cards originated. Particularly if you win big.
#3 I'll get rich by counting cards.
You won't. You can memorize five decks by heart and still not get rich. Why? Because you need a proper strategy and a couple of other things to start with.
Surely, you'll get the mathematical advantage over casino by learning to count cards, but without quality betting system, it's all to nothing. In fact, playing without good strategy will more likely put you into the hole that you'll find hard to dig yourself out of.
Also, you will need a large bankroll to raise and lower your bets in wild swings increasing the volatility of the game. And to do that you will have to be rich in the first place.
#4 Perfect strategy will give me the edge.
It won't. Nothing will ever give you the edge over the casino and it has nothing to do with your skills, luck, strategy, bad dealer, hot table, or anything else.
What effectively takes away your edge always is the fact that dealer has the last hand.
So when you get busted it's irrelevant what the dealer has — you're done. If we were to look into this setup based on fair play, the game would take into account the dealer's hand afterward and if you both get busted, you would go for a rubber. But that's not the blackjack.
#5 Blackjack is rigged, I can't beat it.
You can. Surely it's a steep ascent that requires lots of things to come together, but it's not rigged. Not in a sense that anyone can decide who gets to win or lose.
Of course, like in every casino game, the math behind the game increases the odds in casinos' favor — that's the nature of the beast. But blackjack offers very long-term possibilities for a win to the educated, skillful, and disciplined player that employs proper betting strategy and advanced gambling techniques (notwithstanding myth #4, of course).
Don't forget — blackjack is the game of skill and almost even chances.
#6 Other players hurt my chances.
They don't. It's just your mind playing the tricks: it's always easier to blame the others for our misfortunes. Don't believe in everything you think.
You play against the dealer, not the other players. So, when Flippant Joe and Kate Oblivious jump into the game mid-shoe, add another hand to the round, and the dealer starts killing everybody again, it has nothing to do with poor Kate and Joe, nor with your juju, but with blackjack being the game of probabilities.
The only thing that other players can affect is your concentration. Thus, improving your focus may be a much better solution.
#7 I'll get some, I'm due to win eventually.
You won't, you're not. If the dealer has won seven hands in a row it does not increases your chances nor should it affect your bets. Measured across the very, very long time the statistical probability of you winning the blackjack is 48%. But in gambling games, each hand, every round is an independent event.
Add deck composition change to the equitation and the logical conclusion is obvious: you are not going to win based on the number of wins and losses in a row. This is known as the gamblers' fallacy.
Your odds in blackjack change based on the ratio of aces, 10s, and pictures in the decks. And to keep up with that you have to count the cards.
#8 The dealer always has a 10 in the hole.
Not always, just 30.77% of the time. There are sixteen cards in one deck that are worth ten points each — 10s, jacks, queens, and kings. The other thirty-six cards have a different value. Those 16/52 equals close to 1 in 3 chance that the dealer has a 10 in the hole.
In the remaining 69.23% of the time, the dealer will have something else in the hole. Playing your hands with the assumption that a 10 is in the hole can lead to very costly playing mistakes.
Quality playing strategy assumes all cards in dealer's hole and factors for all hits. Just learn it, use it well, and never stop improving yourself and your game.
#9 Progressive betting will help me win.
Perhaps. As systems that comprise of raising the size of your bets in accordance with a number of losses in a row, they firstly require you to know all nuts and bolts of different progressives in blackjack that are similar to roulette. Then you need a larger bankroll which is to say that you are an astute player. And if you are such you will have heard of gamblers' fallacy already.
Truth is, with progressive bets you might cover your losses to some extent. But eventually, you will have to make a huge bet that might turn out to be the devastating one you cannot afford, turning this myth into mathematical nonsense that cannot and will not give you an edge.
On the other hand, if you venture into depths of progressive waters, it should be because you're counting the cards.
#10 Colder table gives me hotter chances.
No, it does not. This is closely related to #6 – again, don't believe in everything you think. Or see, for that matter. Just because the dealer is cold at the moment, which is not hard to tell, doesn't mean it won't get hot in the next hand.
Because it's not up to the dealer but up to the cards. And cards don't know what happened earlier, don't care who deals them. They just want to be played.
As soon as you realize this it is all up to the skills, knowledge, strategies and, of course, luck — that can turn volcanos into icebergs and vice versa — you will start to look differently into predictabilities of blackjack.
#11 I will always stand on soft 18.
True, but not always. Contrary to the common belief, the objective of blackjack is not to get as close as possible to 21 but to beat the dealer either by having a higher final total or by not busting before it does. That's what you strive for.
Thus, soft 18 is a good hand when the dealer shows a 2 or 7 up card. But against dealer's weak up card of, say, 3, 4, 5, or 6 – not so much.
When you face this scenario, it's probably better to double it down (although it's really your call). Because now your goal is not to improve your position but to increase the bet when the dealer is most vulnerable – effectively turning #4 against the house.
#12 Pictures comes in pairs.
Absolutely not. Players often think that a face card is followed by another face card, or as they say, that 'pictures follow pictures'. Quite the opposite is true.
There are twelve face cards in the deck which gives you 23% of chance in one deck game (12/52). When, for example, the queen is already dealt the probability of a jack to follow is 21% (11/51), and this is assuming that queen is the first face card to come out, which does not have to be the case.
The cumulative probability of two face cards to follow each other in the first place is — 5%. So, please, purge this one on the spot.
Funny thing, the myths. While surely valuable means to understand our history to some extent and certain origins of our views, habits, and behavior, they can also be misleading. They are like the coin, two-sided stories we choose to believe in or not.
Who is to say which ones are true? We have to do it for ourselves. It's the question of the choice.
If we decide to believe in myths that turn out to be false beliefs, we may end up like Sisyphus that was forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill only for it to roll down as he nears the top, repeating his actions for eternity. Or like Tantalus, that was made to stand in a pool of water beneath the fruit tree, forever eluded that fruits are within his grasp and water receding before he could take a drink.
…there are myths that may not be true but may provide us with benefits. For example, Spartans held to the mythology of Stoicism that gave them strength to face and endure hardships with courage and determination. Nowadays, Stoicism is not the myth but respected philosophy and favored world view by many. Including the gamblers.
In the end, it's all in the angles. And their dangles.
If the angle resembles the symphony – be it in our lives, relationships, work, hobbies, sports, or pastimes – it is the one we should follow no matter how steep or narrow the path may be.
However, when the angle starts to dangle in cacophony under the stress of reality maneuvers, you just know its time to fix it before it jeopardizes your mission and put not only yourself but your loved ones at risk.
So yup, dive and rise in every sense of the word, by all means, whenever you can, but do it prudently. Particularly in blackjack.


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The Milwaukee Bucks plan to bring back three coaching candidates for second interviews this week.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Lakers assistant Steve Clifford will meet with Bucks GM John Hammond tomorrow. Atlanta coach Larry Drew and Houston assistant Kelvin Sampson are scheduled to be back in Milwaukee on Wednesday.
The Bucks fired interim coach Jim Boylan at the end of the season.
While the Milwaukee Bucks search for the teams next head coach, another team has joined the mix, looking to fill a vacancy.
The Brooklyn Nets are looking for a new head coach after letting interim coach P.J. Carlisimo know that he would not be returning after a 49-33 record. The Nets were eliminated from post season play in game 7 of their first round series with Chicago.
The Bucks are still looking for Jim Boylan's replacement but say they won't be rushed. At least five teams, including the Bucks, are now low looking for a new head coach.
Philadelphia, Charlotte and Detroit. Yet the teams General Manager, John Hammond said they are not in a hurry to hire the teams 13th head coach in franchise history.
decision was made after General Manager John Hammond met with Boylan this morning at the Bucks Training Center in St. Francis, Wis.
Boylan compiled a 22-28 record (.440) after replacing Scott Skiles as head coach on Jan. 8. The Bucks were swept by Miami in the first round of the 2013 NBA Playoffs, 4-0.
The 58-year-old Boylan had been the lead assistant coach for the Bucks the past four seasons, joining the team after finishing the final 56 games (24-32, .429) of the 2007-08 season as the interim head coach of the Chicago Bulls.
His NBA coaching career began in 1992 with Cleveland. He also served as an assistant with Vancouver, Phoenix, Atlanta and Chicago.
As expected, the Milwaukee Bucks post-season last just 4-games. The defending NBA Champion Miami Heat pulled off the 4-game sweep with an 88-77 win on Sunday at the Bradley Center.
Miami won all four games in the series by double digits and hardly broke a sweat. The Heat pulled out a playoff sweep for the first time with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.
James scored 30 points, pulled down 8 rebounds and dished out 7 assists in the win.
Milwaukee Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings injured his foot in the final regular season game at Oklahoma City, but coach Jim Boylan says it won't cause him to miss any time in the upcoming NBA playoffs.
Boylan said the Bucks are healthy and ready for Sunday night's Eastern Conference playoff opener against the Miami Heat in Miami.
Forwards Larry Sanders and Ersan Ilyasova will be ready to go against the Heat. Neither played in the season finale against Oklahoma City.
The Bucks beat Miami 104-85 on December 29th, their only win against the Heat this season.
The Bucks finished the regular season 6-games below .500.
ready for the playoffs. Watching the Milwaukee Bucks play and you'd have to wonder just what their agenda is all about.
Poor defense, sloppy offense, turnovers, you name it. They all led to the Bucks 107-98 home court loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Minnesota has nothing to play for, yet they were playing like you'd like to see the Bucks playing down the stretch.
Wins have been hard to come by lately for the Milwaukee Bucks. Entering Thursday night on a four-game slide and losers of 7 of their last 9, Milwaukee was able to put together a 113-103 victory over the L.A Lakers at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
Kobe Bryant led all scorers with 30 for the Lakers.
Milwaukee now sits 35-36 with a magic number of four (wins and 76er loses) to get to the post season. The Bucks are also back within 2-games of the Boston Celtics for the 7th spot in the Eastern Conference. Oklahoma City is up next for Milwaukee as the Thunder visit Saturday night for a 7:30 tip.
Three teams in front of the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference standings lost on Tuesday night. The Bucks failed to take advantage themselves, falling to the Dallas Mavericks 115-108 at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
Monta Ellis had 32 points and 9 assists to lead the Bucks. Mike Dunleavy added 18 and J.J. Redick 17 for the Bucks (32-30), who lost for just the second time in the last eight games.
Dallas (30-33) won its season high fourth straight game. Vince Carter hit three big 3-pointers in the 4th quarter to help keep the Bucks in check. He finished with 23 to lead the Mavericks.
The Bucks hit the road tonight to face the Washington Wizards. They'll return to Milwaukee to host red-hot Miami on Friday night.
Bucks fall to Nets, again!
It was one thing for the Milwaukee Bucks to fall in overtime on Tuesday night in Brooklyn, but to return to the BMO Harris Bradley Center and lose to the Nets again last night is a major disappointment.
The Bucks controlled play for the first three-quarters and led by 8-points after three-quarters. They then proceeded to his just 2 of their first 17 shots in the 4th quarter and fell to the Nets 97-94.


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Brian Duffy
DAVID BOWIE – Who is he, really?
Albums (English), Genres (English)
We all know how the great late David Bowie changed music styles many times, always being ahead of the trends, keeping a cool factor throughout his career. OK, some of his 80s and 90s albums aren't memorable, from "Never Let Me Down" to the Tin Machine project, but still, he produced many gems during his 40 year-career that abruptly ended on January 11th, 2016, a few days after his 69th birthday.
In 1979, he recorded a fantastic but often overlooked album in "Lodger". It is known as the third part of his famous Berlin trilogy, as he spent a lot of time in Germany with Brian Eno, writing and recording "Low" (January 1977) and "Heroes" (October 1977) while fighting heroin addiction. "Lodger" is a very interesting album as it shows clearly all the personalities Bowie could handle in the same mind and body. This hyper-diversified record includes an Arabic-style reggae in Yassassin (Long Live), great upbeat rock songs that lift your spirit in Look Back in Anger – the most famous song of the album – and very experimental songs with strange beats (African Night Flight) or dark funk that somehow is reminiscent of the "Station to Station" days.
In this playlist, a few rare videos from 1979.
Some aren't perfect but they all have something. It is either that great hook as the chorus comes up, or these double-tracked vocals or some original arrangements, which proved to be very audacious for 1979. On the song DJ, guitarist Adrian Belew delivered a noisy solo on a kind of dark funky disco song, which might have attracted Christiane F. type of girls on the dance floor. And what about that first song, Fantastic Voyage? A typical Bowie ballad that awkwardly opens this mosaic album. It might have closed it better, to settle down, but hey, Mr. Jones was never one to consider comfort as a must.
Repetition is a song that shows Bowie's experimental side, again, with a hypnotic beat and bass line. Red Money is another moment that isn't catchy at all, but still very interesting to listen to: it's very dense, with layers of tortured guitars, slow rhythm, almost robotic singing. Not the type of song you'd ever find on a Bowie Greatest Hits album, but still something that shows this gent' wasn't afraid to use path nobody had taken before.
The making of the album cover (Photo Brian Duffy)
The extended version of this album, which came out when it was reissued on CD in 1988 included a few outtakes from that period. I Pray Ole is a dynamic pop song that is way cleaner than the rest of "Lodger".
Bowie also did something he rarely did: he rerecorded Look Back in Anger, in studio, with his 1988 crew, bringing new life to this mid-size hit. Heavier guitars, à la mode loud beats, but still that same cold glance feeling throughout the song. After a long 2:20 minute intro, Bowie's voice finally takes over, as elegant as he can be. Again, what a singer!
Bowie, in 1979, was kind of being pushed back by emerging genres like disco, rap and new wave. The latest, with upcoming stars Gary Numan, Duran Duran, The Cars or A Flock of Seagulls would become pop stars that would owe a lot to Bowie in their music style, and by the way they would dress up on stage. The mentor would go for a more pop path with the still very interesting "Scary Monsters (and super creeps)" in 1980 and would score international stardom with pop perfection on "Let's Dance" in 1983.
(RCA, 1979)
-Genre : art rock
-In the same mood as Brian Eno, XTC, Nina Hagen
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Krampus Tales Cover Reveal
October 23, 2020 | M. R. Kessell
Finally, I can share some new art with you!
I started this project early in 2020, just before the…unpleasantness, but it feels like three years ago at this point. It's been difficult for me to keep this under wraps for so long, I just wanted to burst!
I was tasked with creating the cover artwork for a holiday horror anthology to be released by Jazz House Publications.
Krampus Tales: A Killer Anthology will feature various talented authors and is scheduled for release on November 24th, so mark your calendars.
Red Eyes – A Short Horror Story by M. R. Kessell
October 8, 2020 October 7, 2020 | M. R. Kessell
"I heard that someone wanted a scary story before bed," the steps creaked as Papa carried Kaleigh upstairs, "So this is going to be really scary, okay?"
"Okay," she yawned, "but I'm not really tired."
She swayed in his tree-trunk arms. Her head rested on his shoulder, his shirt smelled smoky like the grill, like the hot dogs they had for supper.
"Not tired, huh?" he chuckled.
Papa set Kaleigh down onto her bed. She flopped over on her side and her sun-burnt face melted into the puffy, cool pillow. An air conditioner hummed down the hall.
"Let's see, this happened not too long ago," Papa began as he turned the bedside lamp off. Kaleigh's moon and stars nightlight flickered to life. He removed Mr. Barrington, Kaleigh's favorite stuffed bear, and sat down in the tiny seat usually reserved for tea party guests.
"Not too far from here, lived a little girl named…Carly."
"Oh, really?"
Kaleigh yawned a second time and rolled her eyes.
Her gaze landed at the window behind Papa's back. The sun had just sunk down into the bubblegum and sherbet sky. It was practically still daytime. I bet other kids are still up.
Papa planted Mr. Barrington next to Kaleigh and pulled the frilly covers up to her chin, "Carly always wanted to stay up late. Past her bedtime."
"That sounds like fun." Kaleigh looked down over the neighborhood, the street lights hadn't come on yet, but the neighboring porch lights formed an arc that led her eyes out of the sleepy cul-de-sac.
"Sounds like somebody I know," Papa laughed and checked his watch.
Kaleigh watched for the shooting star headlights of vehicles passing on the main road beyond. The past few nights she had fallen asleep counting the fireflies chasing one another across the front yards. There were no fireflies tonight.
"So, one night, after her mom and dad went to sleep, Carly got out of bed and decided to watch some TV."
Kaleigh's eyes had glazed over, her focus snagged on Mrs. Gilinksy's white wooden fence. Something wasn't right. Someone had left the gate open. It swayed in a slight breeze. Mrs. G's not going to like that.
"So, she snuck downstairs, got a snack, even though she had already brushed her teeth, and tiptoed into the TV room."
Something caught Kaleigh's attention, past Mrs. Gilinsky's yard; movement in the woods.
"Oh, and I forgot to mention, it was a rainy, stormy night. The wind was whistling and rustling the trees and stuff outside," Papa started making wheezy thunderstorm noises.
Kaleigh squinted. She blinked and rubbed her eyes. There really was something moving out there. At first it was just some of the bushes shaking and shivering. Then it transferred to the low hanging branches that reached out, scraping the road like bony fingers. They whipped aside revealing a shadowy mass, a blob with arms, way too many arms, that spilled into the street.
"Carly quietly flipped through the stations."
A car sailed by, its headlights briefly silhouetted a group of four or five kids. They looked like big kids. No big kids live on our street.
"She found what looked like an old-timey, scary movie."
But here they came anyway. In the fading light they looked like they belonged on Grandpa's black and white TV. She couldn't make out any faces. They seemed to be wearing costumes. Are they Trick-Or-Treaters? They were carrying sticks and bags. They stopped in the street in front of Mrs. Gilinksy's. Hers was the last house on the curve. They turned their heads one after another toward the open gate. They can't be Trick-Or-Treating, can they? It's still summertime.
"Carly jumped every time the thunder rumbled outside."
There was a big one leading the group, the steps going up to the porch bent as he climbed. With an arm that looked like a shaggy, wet dog, he knocked on Mrs. Gilinksy's door. The rest of the pack clambered up behind. There was a pause.
"She heard tapping on the window behind her. She thought maybe it was just the rain."
The group on the porch was illuminated for only a second as the front door opened, then they pushed and climbed and scraped over one another to get inside. The door slammed and all the lights went out. Kaleigh lifted her head and gasped.
"Not trick-or-treaters," her focus never leaving the window.
"No, no, not them," Papa yawned this time and checked his watch again, "The tapping came again. Carly quickly turned the TV off."
Kaleigh dropped back down, her head was heavy on the pillow. She thought about Mrs. Gilinksy's little white dog Corky. He would bark any time someone knocked on the door, or opened the gate, or walked past the house even. Kaleigh wished she could have a little dog like Corky, but every time she went near him her eyes would get all itchy and she'd start sneezing.
"Carly thought she saw a pale face reflected in the blank television screen."
There was some movement outside, like darkened fireflies in the night, Kaleigh squinted, she couldn't quite see them, but she knew they were there.
They were coming closer.
They appeared in the dim light as they hopped over the little white fence. They probably stepped on Mrs. G's flowers. She's gonna be so angry. Kaleigh would never make that mistake again.
"The pale face was smiling at her."
There was a straggler, a small one falling behind, he was dragging something that looked heavy. A big bag. It got caught up on the fence, he had a lot of trouble trying to get it over, the fence collapsed and he shambled on.
"Uh-oh," Kaleigh whispered, her eyes widening.
"That's right," Papa said, "Very…creepy."
The group staggered across the lawn of the neighboring house, the one with the crazy man who sprays the squirrels with his garden hose. He calls them tree rats. He was home like usual. Kaleigh could see the flashing lights from his ginormous television, he was probably yelling at the baseball players. He was always yelling. The group climbed the steps and crowded in the glow of the picture window.
"She peeked over the edge of the couch…"
Kaleigh could see a little better now, although her eyelids had begun drooping. She blinked. It looked like these big kids just decided to go out like it was Halloween, but they didn't have any real costumes. No superheroes, no cartoon characters, not even a ghost. She didn't recognize what they were supposed to be. It's like they just used whatever sacks and trashy old fur coats and wood scraps and rope that they had lying around.
Papa was still talking, but his voice was fading, he was sitting so far away now…her eyelids were so heavy. She closed her eyes for just a second.
"…Carly hid under the blanket and waited…"
Kaleigh opened her eyes. She didn't see them leave the squirrel man's place. But the house was now completely dark. The baseball game must be over. She propped herself up on an elbow and scanned the front yards. The group was now right next door at the Russells' house. Her view was obstructed by the overhanging roof on the Russells' porch, but she could see their hairy legs and nasty feet and the shiny trail of foot prints behind them. They must have been banging on the front door; the porch light was vibrating, then it flickered and went out.
"…she peeked out and the front door was swinging open…"
The lights were on, but Kaleigh knew that the Russells were away on vacation. Papa had been feeding Sprinkles, their cat, and Kaleigh had been helping, giving out too many cat treats and cuddles. And then sneezing for hours after. They better not scare Sprinkles. I wish he could've stayed here with us.
She wanted to mention something to Papa but when she opened her mouth, a yawn erupted instead. Papa was talking so soft now she couldn't understand him. The air conditioners hummed. She blinked once. Then again. All went dark.
Kaleigh opened her eyes and sat up in bed. Mr. Barrington tumbled to the floor. Papa's chair was empty. The orange glow of the streetlight had taken his place and crowded around the rest of her room. There were banging noises coming from below, like wild hammering with tools and thumping with hands. Her tea set rattled on the tiny table.
She heard Papa heading down the creaky steps, he was yelling, "Go away! I'm calling the police!"
The thumping continued. Glass cracked and shattered. Howling tore through the walls and ceiling. Papa screamed. Heavy footsteps exploded, running in all directions. Was the house shaking?
Kaleigh sat there frozen except for her heart, clutching her comforter, staring out her bedroom door. Shadows twisted and writhed in the hallway. A hot breeze tickled her face. The staircase creaked fast.
She slid out of bed on the far side, away from the door. She ducked down as the lumbering shadow crossed by the open doorway. It paused, reflective red eyes scanned the empty space. She tried to quiet her breathing, but it was coming in short bursts. There was a deep gurgling growl. Hungry. The floor squealed as its weight shifted. Away. The shadow moved down the hallway.
Then Kaleigh sneezed.
Twitter Ghost Story
July 13, 2020 July 14, 2020 | M. R. Kessell
The darkened house came alive at night.
Creaks. Knocking. Hinges squealed as chill drafts snaked through the corridors. I pulled the covers over my face. Her cold feet gave me goosebumps.
When I opened my eyes in the daylight, I caressed her photo and sighed, "I still miss you."
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Disturbing Depths
July 6, 2020 July 18, 2020 | M. R. Kessell
Butch coughed up the last of his tobacco smoke as the screams escaped the mouth of the mine.
"You hear that?" he looked at Red. The bug-eyed man gripped his rusty pickaxe tight across his chest.
A low vibration started in their boots; an explosion deep in the tunnel. Hot air and dust erupted, knocking them to the ground. Through the cloud, Young-Johnny came running, face bloodied, and a fine rope trailing behind.
As he reached daylight, the rope glinted then snapped taut, pulling him backward off his feet. Arms flailing, trying to grab ahold of anything, Johnny shrieked, "Spiders!"
Nothing of Value
July 10, 2018 | M. R. Kessell
His empty hands dripped with sweat as he approached the altar on his knees. The creature with a million dead eyes was waiting, its many orifices watering, towering over the small human.
"I know that you crave constant stimulation," he said, "and you demand new content continuously," he put his hands up, "but as an artist, I just can't do it. I have nothing of value to offer today."
The beast reared back and howled, pulling taut the thousands of cables running from its body. It thrashed. It shrieked. Drops of saliva rained down. The artist shielded his head and vital organs, anticipating a swift yet painful execution.
But the beast turned away, laughing and gurgling, distracted by another's offering; something loud, flashy, and viral. That would buy the artist some more time.
He crawled into a dark corner of the temple, where, being enveloped by the whirring of giant cooling fans, he could have a moment to just be human and think.


A major bank in Amsterdam has been investing for many years in the automation and harmonisation of its Continuous Delivery activities to ensure a smooth production process. The reliability of systems and applications has always been a central objective of those investments: the customer must be able to manage his banking affairs at any time and any place. And reliability is closely bound up with good monitoring of the bank's systems and applications, which is a responsibility shared by around 300 DevOps teams. Devoteam was tasked with setting up and professionalising that monitoring and training the people in the use of the Agile Scrum Kanban and DevOps working method.
In a DevOps culture, teams are expected to enjoy a high degree of freedom and independence. That increases their innovative capability and promotes a smooth production process. The downside is the resultant proliferation of solutions to problems which the teams should not have to deal with, including monitoring. This was solved partly by offering the teams integrated standard tools as attractively as possible with professional support. The teams' freedom to innovate was not seen as a problem, but indeed was actually exploited by allowing multiple solutions, provided they were tested against the criteria of the IT architecture (including by means of certification). These included the question of whether monitoring data would be shared with other teams and the Master Control Room.
A key challenge lay in the wide disparity of knowledge of monitoring among the teams. Some were already far advanced, whereas others were at the start of their learning curve. Moreover, Devoteam wanted to involve all teams in the process to ensure broad support for the chosen approach. That knowledge therefore had to be shared and aligned first. Each application team had to learn how to monitor its own applications in an optimum way and which tools could be used for that purpose within the overall parameters of the bank's IT architecture. Based on a number of interactive workshops, a coherent Maturity Model for Monitoring was developed jointly with Devoteam and the teams. The model was set up with five maturity levels, ranging from infrastructure monitoring to business value chain monitoring. A result of the strong team involvement was that the guidelines were developed from the bottom up and not imposed from the top down. That generated broad support and rapid acceptance of the new working methods in the teams.
Devoteam also deployed a varying number of communication tools to raise awareness among all teams and stimulate knowledge-sharing. These included the production of a glossy booklet and a 'training primer'. The booklet, which is also available online, explains what monitoring is and how the tools can be used at each maturity level. The primer is an e-learning module which uses multiple-choice questions and practical cases to provide guidance for the bank's DevOps engineers in the technical jargon used in monitoring. The ultimate aim is to enable the teams to set up their own monitoring with the right tools. Manuals were also written and bootcamps were organised to involve the entire community of many hundreds of professionals in the processes surrounding monitoring. In 2015 the focus was on the first three maturity levels: infrastructure components, application components and the application itself.
In 2016 more attention will be devoted to level IV: monitoring of the entire IT value chain. A large number of open social channels will be used to provide support, with efforts being made as far as possible to exclude process minutiae and provide effective support for the self-reliant teams. For simple questions, the teams can turn to the online monitoring community, while more difficult questions can be posed during the weekly support sessions. Devoteam has even set up monitoring certifications, involving the testing of various key capabilities and the provision of M-Level certificates for professionals.
The increasing quality of monitoring of the applications has further increased the reliability of the systems and the harmonisation of the processes and tools in the bank's IT. What is more, outside office hours the monitoring can now be switched more easily from the teams to the Master Control Room, where the applications are monitored overnight. That means optimum monitoring is assured 24/7 and problems are solved before they can cause actual damage.


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Annals of the History of Computing
A Brief History of Experiments in Art and Technology
In the 1960s, there was a growing interest among visual artists, dancers, and composers in using new technology and new technical materials generated by speedy technological developments. The magazine Scientific American was some artists? favorite read.
Typetheoretic Approach to the Shimming Problem in Scientific Workflows
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Stars Are Just Like Us: They Know Nothing About Politics
As Kanye West reminds us, being famous isn't the same as knowing what you're talking about.
by Eve Peyser
May 2, 2018, 10:05pm
Welcome to Evesplaining, politics writer Eve Peyser's column about why everyone else is wrong and she's right.
Kanye West has made it abundantly clear that he knows nothing about politics. In 2009, he told Reuters, "I am a proud non-reader of books. I like to get information from doing stuff like actually talking to people and living real life."
Kanye has been living the shit out of real life as of late, introducing "new ideas" and "free thoughts" at a bewildering pace. He's praised right-wing figures, gotten a Twitter shoutout from Donald Trump, and become a kind of conservative icon. The low point probably came in a bizarre appearance on TMZ Live on Tuesday where Kanye said, "When you hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years? That sounds like a choice." Luckily, he was set straight by TMZ's Van Lathan, who told him , "Frankly, I'm disappointed, I'm appalled and, brother, I am unbelievably hurt by the fact that you have morphed into something, to me, that's not real."
Kanye's recent antics, in one sense, can be boiled down to typical Kanye antics. But his comments have understandably riled up a lot of people. The New Republic's Jeet Heer wrote on Twitter, "This is hurtful… It's handing racists a weapon they can & will use against other Blacks, who aren't insulated by wealth & status the way Kanye is. Is it time to give up on Kanye?"
It is absolutely time to give up on Kanye—as a political commentator. In fact, it's about time we stopped placing inherent value in the political opinions of famous people who know jack shit about fuck-all.
Celebrities have always wielded political clout—just ask Ronald Reagan or Arnold Schwarzenegger. Politics makes sense as a second career move for movie stars and their ilk. It allows them to have a second, slightly more dignified second act, and running for office utilizes a set of skills most celebs have, like smiling in front of cameras and not accidentally saying anything racist.
And a celeb's fame shouldn't disqualify them from running for office. Cynthia Nixon is running for governor of New York on a solidly progressive platform, calling for marijuana legalization and ending corruption in Albany. If you agree with her politics, it would foolish to discount her because of her stardom; at the same time, it'd be a mistake to vote for her solely due to your affinity for Sex and the City.
When celebrities get politics right, there's no harm in applauding their efforts—but in the Trump era, when many a scared liberal has transformed overnight into a political activist, it's important to refrain from elevating some rando famous's two cents on the political controversy of the day. Case in point: The "about" page of the Palmer Report, a compilation of nonsense liberal conspiracy theories, thanks Debra Messing, Mark Ruffalo, Patricia Arquette, Rosie O'Donnell, and other Hollywood stars for sharing links to the website. Messing has found herself at the helm of Twitter's celebrity resistance warrior community for tweeting alarmist political messages like, "We are going to war. Trump wants to play general and we are going watch our country's security & place in the World be destroyed."
Should we scold celebrities like Messing for her fearmongering? Maybe, but it would be more productive to stop valuing Messing's political ideas more than the ramblings of any other resistance warrior.
Celebrity ignorance is also on display nearly every time a male actor is asked about sexual assault. When Matt Damon was asked by ABC News about the #MeToo movement in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein exposés, he said, "There's a difference between, you know, patting someone on the butt and rape or child molestation, right? Both of those behaviors need to be confronted and eradicated without question, but they shouldn't be conflated, right?" The backlash was swift, and Damon apologized, but it made me wonder why anyone gave a shit what Matt Damon had to say.
Or, to quote Dave Chappelle (who himself has some bad opinions), "Who gives a fuck what Ja Rule thinks?"
I'm not here to bury celebrity culture. I can't, because it's already buried all of us. Stars occupy a demigod-like status in our cultural consciousness: We read about their personal lives in the tabloids, watch them on a thousand different screens, and can't help but hang on every comment they make. The pop culture and art you consume is inherently political; it unavoidably shapes your worldview. So when the people who create that culture stand up and express their views, it's powerful: When the Dixie Chicks spoke out against the Iraq War in 2003, their message of peace was received with such fiery vitriol that their music was taken off airwaves. In 2005, the left celebrated when Kanye said, "George Bush doesn't care about black people" in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. In 2011, Hank Williams II got shitcanned from Monday Night Football because he compared Barack Obama to Hitler. (Now he's back. Oh well.)
So how do we, as a culture, grapple with the reality that sometimes celebrity have good opinions about politics, while other times they have bad ones? A good start would be not losing our shit every time a celebrity comments on politics. The more outrage and praise Kanye elicits every time he tweets about politics, the more legitimacy he earns. Whether you agree with a given celebrity or not, remember that they don't know more than anyone. Stars, they really are just like us—they mostly experience politics as a set of emotional impulses and half-formed thoughts.
"I don't have all the answers that a celebrity's supposed to have but I can tell you that when [Trump] was running I felt something," Kanye said in an interview with Charlamagne Tha God he posted on Tuesday. "It's like the fact that he won…proved that anything is possible in America… Remember when I said I was gonna run for president? I had people that was close to me, friends of mine, making jokes, making memes, talking shit. Now it's like, 'Oh its proven that that could have happened.'"
Kanye's not wrong—but if Trump proves that anything is possible, that's terrifying. And let's remember that Trump is above all a celebrity who leveraged his fame to defeat a host of unquestionably more qualified politicians. It's not so much an ideology as a cult of personality. That's fine if you're stanning for Chrissy Teigen or Serena Williams—two of my personal faves—but dangerous when your instincts as a fan are guiding your votes.
With Trump in the White House and Hollywood becoming increasingly politicized, we are reaching a point where we expect our cultural idols to be political sages, and vice versa. This is a bad impulse—not only because many celebrities are politically ignorant, but because we shouldn't idolize politicians and pundits to begin with. That might be an obvious point, but if we had that lesson learned already, Trump wouldn't be president.
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Rogan Josh, best described as a rich and aromatic lamb curry, is an Indian dish synonymous to the mountainous region of Kashmir. From the original Persian, "Rogan" roughly translates as red while "Josh" means hot or boiling. The gastronomically sensitive need not be alarmed – the vibrant scarlet hue of this dish is due to the considerable amounts of deseeded and dried Kashmiri mirch (chillies), not as an indication of the spiciness of the dish.
Without the seeds, the chillies release a mild, earthy taste that is elevated by a medley of different spices and herbs. This gravy of braised lamb features ginger, garlic, cloves, cardamom and bay leaves amongst other ingredients to produce a unique and intensely flavourful combination. Cooked with oil at extremely high heat, this hearty meal is the perfect representation of Kashmir: colourful, enigmatic and glorious.
Somewhere around the 1950s, through the process of gastronomical exchange brought on by colonisation, Rogan Josh was introduced to the United Kingdom, rendering the British people madly and deeply in love. More than six decades later, it continues to be upheld as one of the most popular dishes in British curry houses. With globalisation creating more adventures appetites, Rogan Josh has reached mass, universal appeal, creating enthusiastic fanbases anywhere in the world with access to Indian Food.
The province of Kashmir, contained within the Northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, is located mostly on the Himalayan mountains. While the regional temperature is not uniform and adjusts to the seasons, it is cool year-round. The overt liveliness of this dish perfectly contrasts and, yet also strangely fits perfectly with, the chilly atmosphere of the Himalayas. It is no wonder that Rogan Josh has remained a staple of Kashmiri food since the mid 1500s.
This dish, due to its universal appeal, is a source of great pride for the Kashmiri people. This is why there has been a long-drawn and contentious debate over its origin. According to some, Rogan Josh was brought over to Kashmir by the Mughals of Persia. For most locals, however, it is a meal originated in Kashmir as part of the centuries' old Wazwan tradition.
Wazwan is a meal with multiple courses, the preparation of which takes immense skill and effort. It is so highly revered in Kashmir that preparing a satisfying Wazwan is respected as akin to an art form. Rogan Josh is most often highlighted as one of the star dishes presented and its success can completely make or break the meal. Given the huge amount of esteem attributed to the Rogan Josh, it is no wonder that the Kashmiri people passionately assert that the dish is their own creation.
Despite this food-centred conflict, the Rogan Josh has been and will continue to be a prime staple of Kashmiri food for a long time. The next time you travel to India, make sure to take some time to visit Kashmir so you can get a taste of the authentic, mouth-watering Rogan Josh!


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Producer admits fracking causes "very small earthquakes"
Dan Healing, Calgary Herald
Michael Binnion of Questerre says fracking causes "very small earthquakes."
Calgary-based Questerre Energy Corp., which has been prevented from developing its promising Utica shale gas resources by a ban on hydraulic fracturing in Quebec, takes an unflinching look at the relationship between earthquakes and "fracking" in a new fact sheet.
"Media have reported concerns about hydraulic fracturing causing earthquakes," noted Michael Binnion, president and chief executive, in a news release.
"The whole purpose of hydraulic fracturing is to fracture rock under the surface which is a seismic event also known as an earthquake. So it may be surprising to some but hydraulic fracturing stimulations actually are very small earthquakes."
It's an unusually frank admission but Binnion quickly adds that the severity or "how noticeable" the earthquakes are depends on the stability of the geology. He says the St. Lawrence Lowlands in Quebec are extremely stable and "not generally prone to either natural or induced earthquakes."
In June, a U.S. National Research Council study found that fracking is unlikely to trigger earthquakes, but underground injection of wastewater resulting from the well stimulation technique offers more risks for seismic activity.
The study concluded the total balance of fluid injected or removed underground was the biggest factor in causing earthquakes related to energy development.
Researchers have known since the 1920s that injecting or withdrawing fluids from the ground could cause earthquakes, the report said, but the issue has resurfaced as states such as Arkansas, Ohio and Texas experienced small tremors associated with wastewater disposal from oil and gas drilling.
The fact sheet and other resources relating to shale gas development in Quebec are available on Questerre's website at www.questerre.com.
— dhealing@calgaryherald.com
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I'd rather post to my blog than study. I hate statistics.
So here's the Pedrosa fan club meet-up at Laguna Seca. Pretty lonely, eh? Loser. To her benefit, perhaps she doesn't know anything about MotoGP and just figured it was the right one since it's the same colors as Hayden's.
In other news…camping was kinda fun, although Rossi was at the hotel I was at last year, and I got to see him again, cuz my buddy George saw him and called me, so I ran out of the restaurant. I swear, he smiled big and bright as I approached, seemed really happy to see me. There's a pic of us somewhere, gotta e-mail the guy who took it. Woohoo. Now if I'd only taken it a step further, (see previous entry) it would have made the epic and brutal airline journey all worthwhile. It was such a bummer to fly there after having the joy of riding up from LA for the past 5 years.
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Zemsky Sobor
Земский Собор
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Sergey Ivanov's Zemsky sobor (1908)
The Zemsky Sobor (Russian: зе́мский собо́р, IPA: [ˈzʲemskʲɪj sɐˈbor], lit. 'assembly of the land') was a parliament of the Tsardom of Russia's Estates of the realm active during the 16th and 17th centuries.
The Zemsky Sobor represented Russia's feudal classes in three categories: Nobility and the high bureaucracy, the Holy Sobor of the Orthodox clergy, and representatives of "commoners" including merchants and townspeople.[1] Assemblies could be summoned either by the Tsar, the Patriarch, or the Boyar Duma, to decide controversial issues or enact major pieces of legislation.[2]
Tsar Ivan the Terrible held the first Zemsky Sobor in 1549, holding several assemblies primarily as a rubber stamp but also to address initiatives taken by the lower nobility and townspeople. The Time of Troubles saw the Zemsky Sobor elect Boris Godunov as Tsar in 1598 during the succession crisis after the end of the Rurik Dynasty. Assemblies were held annually after Mikhail Romanov was elected Tsar in 1613, but lost influence as the Romanov dynasty became more established, with the assembly to ratify the Treaty of Pereyaslav in 1654 the last for thirty years. The last Zemsky Sobors were held in the 1680s to abolish the mestnichestvo system and to ratify the "Eternal Peace" with Poland.
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The Zemsky Sobor of Amur region (Приамурский Земский Собор) of the Provisional Priamurye Government was convened in Vladivostok on July 23, 1922 by Mikhail Diterikhs during the Russian Civil War. Diterikhs was a general of the White Army in the Russian Far East and convened the assembly four years after the execution of the Romanov family to proclaim a new monarchy, naming Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich as the Tsar of Russia, with Patriarch Tikhon as the honorary chairman of the Zemsky Sobor. Neither Nikolai or Tikhon were present at the assembly, and the plan was cancelled when the region fell to the Bolsheviks two months later.
S.L. Avaliani, "Литературная история земских соборов" [Literary History of the Zemsky Sabors]. Odessa: 1916.
John Keep, "The Decline of the Zemsky Sobor," in Power and the People: Essays on Russian History. Boulder, CO: East European Monographs, 1995; pp. 51-72.
^ Acton, Edward (2014-09-19). Russia. doi:10.4324/9781315844770. ISBN 9781315844770.
^ Krebs, H. (1905-03-11). "Zémstvo and Zemsky-Sobór". Notes and Queries. s10-III (63): 185. doi:10.1093/nq/s10-iii.63.185c. ISSN 1471-6941.
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THE 49th Annual GMA Dove Awards were handed out tonight in the Allen Arena on the campus of Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. The awards will be televised on TBN (Trinity Broadcasting Network) on Sunday, October 21 at 9 p.m. ET. The big winner was first-time nominee, newcomer Tauren Wells, who took home four awards, including Contemporary Christian Artist of the Year and New Artist of The Year. Superstar Zach Williams took home Artist of the Year. The night was filled with many remarkable performances, including first time collaborations including Kirk Franklin and Tori Kelly, Jason Crabb and Rascal Flatts, as well as Natalie Grant and Koryn Hawthorne. View the photo gallery of the night, HERE.
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A Critical Study on the EASI: Factor Structure and Measurement and Structural Invariance between the Parent's Gender, the Child's Age and Two Measurement Time Points
Medicine and Medical Science
EASI, factor structure, measurement and structural invariance, parental gender difference, temperament assessment.
Background: The EASI (Emotionality, Movement, Sociability and Impulsivity measurement) is a commonly used instrument to assess the temperament of children. However it has seldom studied its factor function and its calculation and structural invariances. The goal of our analysis is to report the EASI factor structure in a larger population in Japan in search of the model that matches the data adequately as well as the measurement and structural invariance of the final model. Methods: 531 mothers and 369 fathers of 3- to 4-year-old Japanese children gathered data from a net survey. A test-retest sample of 173 mothers and 127 fathers from the first group of participants was conducted. Results: An appropriate fit was shown by the original 4-factor structure (excluding 6 items) with a general factor (influencing E and I). Measurement and structural invariance between fathers and mothers, boys and girls, 3- and 4-year-olds, and times 1 and 2 have also been fulfilled by this model. In terms of the means of certain factor scores, differences arose between mothers and fathers. Conclusion: Our research showed that the factor structure of the EASI was invariant in terms of the gender of parents and children, age of children and opportunities for measurement. This is promising as it encourages the use of EASI in both clinical and research environments. As well as a compo-site score of E and I, we suggest the use of 4 subscale ratings.
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Yukiko Ohashi
Josai International University, Togane, Chiba, Japan and Kitamura Institute of Mental Health Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Toshinori Kitamura
Kitamura Institute of Mental Health Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Kitamura KOKORO Clinic Mental Health, Tokyo, Japan, T. and F. Kitamura Foundation for Studies and Skill Advancement in Mental Health, Tokyo, Japan and Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
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The TolkienSociety has just announced a new event for the 50th Anniversary of the publication of The Lord of the Rings in Brussels:
TOLKIEN'S FIFTY YEARS
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the publication of the first two volumes of The Lord of the Rings, the Italian Tolkien Society and the Tolkien Society are promoting the international event Tolkien's Fifty Years.
The event will take place on March 22-28 in Brussels, the capital city of Europe. The venues will be the European Parliament (for the first time the names of Tolkien and of The Lord of the Rings will be present in the most important European institution) and the Italian Cultural Institute. As we already said, the Italian Tolkien Society and the Tolkien Society UK are responsible for the project, but they will avail themselves of the collaboration of numerous Tolkien associations world- wide. As to now, the associations involved are the Bulgarian Tolkien Society, the New York Tolkien Society, the Asociatión Tolkien Argentina, Elanor, the Sociedad Tolkien Chilena, the Peruvian Tolkien Society, the Philippine Tolkien Society, the Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft, the Sociedad Tolkiendili Mexico, the Dutch Tolkien Society, the Tolkien 1 Fantasy Society, Tol Eressea (Smial of the Lonely Isle), the Società Tolkieniana Svizzera, the Finnish Tolkien Society.
There are also numerous institutions that are involved in the project: the European Parliament, the Presidency of the Italian Cabinet of Ministers, the Italian Ministries of Communication and of Culture, the New Zealand Ministry of Culture, the Embassy of New Zealand in Italy, Lazio's regional administration (Regione Lazio), the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels. Other partners are New Zealand Post, the International Film Festival of Flanders/Gand, Games Workshop-Italy?, RAI SAT for Young People, the publishing house Bompiani and Medusa Film.
Among the many events in the programme, I would especially like to mention the conference of March 24 in Room PHS 5B01 of the European Parliament headquarters. As guest speakers there will be Andrew McMurry? (Tolkien Society), Christopher Garbowski, Brian Rosebury, Paolo Paron (President of the Italian Tolkien Society), Oronzo Cilli, Mike Foster, Marco Respinti, Jimmy Chavez, Gianfranco De Turris, Adolfo Morganti, Stefano Giuliano, and possibly others. However, the programme also includes readings from The Lord of the Rings (March 24), two concerts (Giuseppe Festa with Lingalad and Edoardo Volpi Kellerman on March 23, and Myrddin on March 24), a play (Angelucci's Gollum's Ring on March 23), a film marathon and the European premiere of Dan Timmons' documentary The Legacy of The Lord of the Rings (March 26) – as well as Tolkien-themed evening entertainment.
In the Exhibition Hall of the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels there will be an international exhibition of works of art inspired by The Lord of the Rings; an exhibitions of copies of the book in various languages such as English, Italian, Spanish, German, French, Turkish, Bulgarian, Russian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Norwegian, Dutch and Portuguese; an exhibition of records inspired by Tolkien's world from 1964 until the present day; objects, sculptures and the complete series of stamps produced by New Zealand Post on the occasion of the release of Peter Jackson's film trilogy.
It should also be mentioned the collaboration with the International Film Festival of Flanders/Gand, promoter of the European premiere of Howard Shore's performance of The Lord of the Rings Symphony.
Anyway, the most important thing to mention is that the whole event (concerts, conferences, exhibitions) is completely free of charge. In order to participate you should just fill in a form (to obtain the necessary passes) which you can request from the Tolkien Society of your own country, from the person in charge of Tolkien's Fifty Years, Oronzo Cilli (tolkien.bruxelles@email.it) or from the event's official website, www.tolkien50years.com.
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