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News From The Front
Those nymphos from Anthrax
jeudi, 13 mai 2010 à 9:01 par Philippe Sliwa
Anthrax and its line up: as messy as a Simpsons episode.
One evening, as we were talking about Anthrax, our mythical Fucktoy told me: « this story with Belladonna and Bush, it makes me think of a guy who leaves his wife for another woman, but who then wishes to come back to her while he's sitting on the other one just in case. And when one of the two women dumps him, he tries to come back to the other, in vain! ». When it comes to human relationships, Scott Ian and his partners in crime are just like teenagers.
If you've followed the metal scene news in the last few months, you've most certainly heard some stories about the relationship between Anthrax and its singers: a real soap opera. The last month's pussyfooting recently led to Joey Belladonna's official return. For once, the use of the adjective « incredible » is not excessive. How many of you have followed this story's developments without thinking « can't be, it's a joke! »?
Even if that first official confirmation seems to have put an end to these incidents in the short term, one can't help questioning the stability of the band in the long term.
Neil Turbin
This recent case is indeed far from being isolated. It's a fact: Anthrax's members seem to have a strange relationship with their singers. And it has been like that since the very beginning: Neil Turbin was indeed the first victim of the band's authoritarian vision. Turbin was the first official vocalist of the band. It is both his voice and texts that you can hear on the 1984 album Fistful Of Metal. He is then fired in August of the same year, only a few months after the album was released. In an interview given in 2006 to livingformetal.com and visible on Neil's myspace page, he declares: » That was actually the best day in my life…the moment that I had the opportunity to leave Anthrax. I mean these were people that were not nice…not the nicest people I could think of on the planet. […]For me I was apart of the team […] I was excluded from a lot of interviews…[…] So they basically tried to push me out of the picture and they didn't wanna hear what I had to say. […]So at that point they just needed to get someone who was gonna take orders…and it wasn't gonna be me. »
Neil tells our colleagues from Metal Rules that he was exasperated by Dan Spitz's oversized ego (whom he besided calls « the Spitz Diva »), which has apparently led him to take the credit for the composition of the « Death From Above » riff, which was in fact written by Turbin. A question of authoritarianism and ego, then. But also a question of business. Neil confesses to our Metal Underground colleagues: » I was not fully acclimated into business yet and to be honest, I was very naive about the entire process. […] I did not consult with attorneys, I was not prepared to fight with sharks, savages and bloodsuckers. […] I never saw a penny for any merchandise that was ever sold during the two years while I was in the band.[…] [Concerning royalties, I get paid some for « Fistful of Metal », but for nothing else, despite the fact that] there are albums on Island, Universal and Sanctuary that have songs I've written on them (Editor's note: « Armed And Dangerous » amongst others) ».
Turbin, who has in the meantime formed Deathriders, is still on very bad terms with Anthrax.
Joey Belladonna
His successor, Joey Belladonna, has lasted seven years in the band. When people talk about Anthrax, they usually differentiate the « Belladonna Era » from the « Bush Era ». For the fans, Belladonna symbolises history and a certain sentimental dimension. He is also associated with an old school, traditional musical world, and with a multitude of great classics.
Joey is then fired and replaced by a charismatic John Bush, whose vocal rythmics corresponded better to the modern evolution of the band. The band then announces a « nostalgy tour », planned to welcome both singers on one stage. But Belladonna cancells his participation. According to John Bush, the financial requirements of his predecessor were far too high. The first of April 2005, Scott Ian announces the reformation of the old line up from the Among the Living Era, and therefore the return of Joey Belladonna. Following this, a tour is organised, during which the complete Among the Living album is to be interepreted. We then logically expect a new album, but on the 24th of January 2007, we are surprised by a new coup de théâtre. A press release, written by Scott Ian, announces: » Finally, we're going back to work. We're going to Chicago to work our asses off and write a record. It's time. We're ready. One problem… no singer […] Joey decided he did not want to move forward. The reunion is over. We tried to make it work but I guess that's the problem, you can't 'make' something work. » . What happened?
John Bush et Joey Belladonna
Clearly, this « reunion tour » did not go very well. Arno Strobl (Maladaptive, Ex-Carnival In Coal) recalled in the Metal Pour Les Nuls of Marchthat this reformation was an absolute fiasco. He met the band during these days, and found that the atmosphere within the group was « abominable »: Dan Spitz (guitar), together with his personal manager, refused to talk to the other members of the band and to be photographed with them, and Scott Ian showed serious signs of irritation anytime Belladonna would answer an interview…
It is understandable that after having assisted to such degeneration, Arno, Anthrax fan from the early times, does not want to see them recover from these line-up problems. Belladonna does not agree with Scott Ian's version of the facts, since he pretends he was fired without even being informed of it personally. Whom to believe, then? We obviously cannot offer any concrete evidence, apart from the corroborating testimonies from Belladonna, Turbin and Dan Nelson, who has declared a few years later that he went through the exact same scenario. So unless it is a coincidence, or a conspiracy of the singers against Anthrax, the Belladonna version remains the most plausible one.
In any case, following this failure, the Americans try to patch things up with John Bush. And it is at this very point that Fucktoy's metaphore starts to make full sense. Just like a girlfriend to whom we would not have said everything just in case it does not work out with the other pretty brunette, John Bush was legally, at this very moment, still a member of Anthrax. ! A clever, clear-minded man, the ex/re-Armored Saint declines the offer.
Anthrax with Dan Nelson
After having considered Corey Taylor as a possible singer, it is finally Dan Nelson, with his throaty, sometimes guttural voice, who enters the game and plays many concerts with the band, including a set at the 2009 edition of the Hellfest . He's the new official singer, the one who'll sing on Worship Music, the next album. Or not: in July, Nelson leaves the band and the release of the album, planned for October 2009, is postponed to an undefined date. Anthrax announces that Dan's health problems prevent him from getting on with the adventure… which is absolutely untrue, according to him : » I don't know why they said that – I was never sick. I was fine, and ready to do all of the gigs […] [I discovered I was fired almost by accident.] I got a phone call from a friend of mine who said « Are you sick? Are you no longer in Anthrax? ». I was like « What? ». It was just weird […] Nobody answered my emails or my calls, and it pretty much went like that for about four days. I didn't hear anything for four days, and then it was announced that Anthrax were playing a show with John Bush.[…] I think Anthrax would've gone back to John even sooner if he would've said « Yes. » […] I just think Anthrax have a tendency to stay in their safe zone, and their safe zones have always been either a reunion of the older incarnation. I assume as soon as that [the John Bush] door opened for them again, they jumped at it. «
Scott Ian in That Metal Show
John Bush is back and Scott Ian is happy. So much, that he declares last January in That Metal Show that Bush is a better singer for Anthrax than Belladonna. When a journalist compares Belladonna's voice to that of a bird, Ian retorts: « We don't need a bird, but a lion.. The proof in this video: ici. It is then very naturally that Anthrax puts their collaboration with the lion to an end and announces the return of the bird Belladonna. Complete nonsense. Following that, ours colleagues from Metal Sucks have published this excellent article , a very funny stylistic composition in which they try to analyse what has gone through Belladonna's head when he decided to re-integrate the band.
Fuck, you're so right Dan, I didn't get anything at all either!
In any case, the image and credibility of the band are now seriously stained. And they have not done anything to preserve them, commenting as if nothing ever happened on the different incidents of this saga and pretending, just like a Raymond Domenech systematically satisfied with any pathetic last-minute win against Azerbaijan or Andorra, that there is no problem.
To finish with, a word on Worship Music, that is nearly finished since almost a year. Because after all, the more passionate fans amongst you don't really give a damn about this all: what we want is an album! The return of John Bush has not happened without caution – he had indeed clarified –understandably enough – that he first wanted to secure the things legally before considering himself officially as the new Anthrax singer. A few weeks later, Bush declared that he refused to simply re-record the vocals that Dan Nelson had already written for the new album Worship Music. It is not that easy to make abstraction of the existing vocals to write new ones. So without reworking the instrumental parts to satisfy John Bush, this album, which could possibly be the Chinese Democracy of Thrash Metal, might never be released! The band was even talking about just skipping this album to start composing a new one.
The return of Belladonna changes the odds! Like his 'colleague' Bush, he insisted to bring his own creative touch to Worship Music: he will therefore write his own vocal lines. According to the first information , out of twelve finished compositions, 5 or 6 will be kept untouched, and the rest will be instrumentally reworked. Other songs are still at the embryonic stage. After all the time spent preparing it, if the album deceives, Anthrax won't be able to use the haste excuse. Having said that, spending too much time on one song can be harmful, especially if one systematically changes the base to follow this or that new idea. And with these incessant vocal changes, it is likely that the artistic objectivity of Charlie Benante's colleagues has been slightly altered.
Worship Music should be released at the beginning of 2011.
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Hello guys! I'm in my element after I guess is an eon. Sorry for being MIA so many new things have happened and is still happening in my life and I couldn't cope up with my blog so I completely abandoned it but hey I was active on my Instagram all this while so if you're not following me there yet don't forget to follow me now.


TY Pennington's Asteroids Jacket Found!
Last week I blogged about this cool Asteroids jacket Ty Pennington was wearing. Well, thanks to my friend, Meredith managed to track down a picture someone posted on Flickr of a guy wearing one on a subway, In the comments, someone found out where to buy the jacket.
So unless you buy me one, dear reader, I don't think I"ll ever be able to buy it. Won't you help this young man's dreams come true?????


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SPALETTI ADMITS ROMA NOT ENOUGH
AS Roma manager Luciano Spaletti has revealed that he might not get additions to the team but would make reinforcement if Kostas Manolas is sold.
They are set to face off with Udinese this Sunday but the coach seems concerned about his team ahead of the trip.
"Diego Perotti is out of action with a soleus muscle strain and apart from him there's only Alessandro Florenzi unavailable. We have always been a very entertaining side this season, the statistics show that too. We always said that when there are dips in form, we must make up for it with hard work, determination and how to win ugly. With what we've shown recently, I think we're on the right track," the coach said ahead of the tricky tie.
Antonio Rudiger and Daniele de Rossi would not feature in the match as they remain suspended. The suspensions were triggered by yellow cards the pair received recently. De Rossi could have escaped the suspension for a while longer but he made a verbal attack in protest of a referee decision during the victory over Genoa.
Rudiger also received a warning that triggered his missing the game on Friuli Stadium. The club was also fined €2000 as fans, who were even visiting, let off firecrackers during the Genoa affair.
Roma would also miss Egypt international Mohammed Salah as he is on international duty.
Spaletti seems not bothered much about the inadequacies in the team, claiming he wants "to express it" to the full. He said that if the club sells Manolas and just drop peanuts for him to use as replacements, he would "kick up a fuss." He added that he expects Radja Nainggolan, Kevin Strootman and Daniele De Rossi to win games for the rest of the season "with their strength and determination."


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Local student wins guitar lesson with industry giants
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A Greece student won the musical opportunity of a lifetime thanks to Utica native Joe Bonamassa and his foundation, Keeping the Blues Alive.
Liam Worden, a 17-year-old aspiring musician and senior at Arcadia High School, was selected by Bonamassa and Keeping the Blues Alive to receive a virtual lesson from a guitarist participating in the Woodshed Guitar Experience, a camp hosted by Bonamassa, Brent Mason, Andy Wood, Andy Timmons, Mark Lettieri and Greg Koch.
The offer came as a surprise when a representative from Keeping the Blues Alive reached out to Bruce Schaubroeck at House of Guitars in Irondequoit for a recommendation.
"We were totally blown away," he said. "An opportunity like this for a young person to have a one-on-one lesson with a world class professional guitarist, whether it's Joe Bonamassa or one of the other musicians, is a game-changer. The participating guitarists are huge names in the music industry and this experience can take Liam's game to the next level.
"It's really meaningful to see Joe and the other musicians giving back to our community, especially during COVID. Joe's at the top of his game, but has never forgotten Rochester or his roots in upstate New York. He visits our store every time he's performing in the area and it's always exciting for our staff. The past few months have been an incredibly challenging time for performing artists, and Joe has found a creative way to reach out and bring music to the people. It's an honor to be a part of an experience that will change the life of a young music student forever."
Bonamassa's history with Rochester includes a fundraising partnership among his foundation, House of Guitars and Distillery Restaurants. Round Up for Music raised over $23,000 in 2018 and 2019 for music programs in area schools, including Greece Central School District, Rochester City School District, Rush-Henrietta Schools and Aquinas Institute. KTBA donated several thousand dollars plus a guitar autographed by Bonamassa, and the Gibson Foundation donated guitars and amps for the participating schools.
"We are honored that Liam was selected for this unbelievable opportunity, and to continue our relationship with Joe Bonamassa and Keeping the Blues Alive," said Aaron Staebell, music director on special assignment at Greece CSD. "This creative way of delivering music instruction during a pandemic shows that music is an integral part of life for everyone. Learning from professionals is both authentic and memorable, and Liam will embark on a surely life-changing experience. It is heartwarming to see Joe and others delivering good news and giving back to the next generation."


Breakfast at Renee's off Teele Sq in Somerville.
Had the mango banana pancakes - excellent.
Eggs benny looked really good also.
Hope they have the crabcake eggs benny on the menu - it was a special on the board.


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Our 24-hour day of giving launched at midnight on September 27 and the Trinity family took to social media to like, share and re-tweet #ROCKSGive posts from Trinity's social media sites.
Posts included pictures and testimonials from alumni, parents and students encouraging the Trinity community to participate in #ROCKSGive which benefits the Trinity Annual Fund.
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What is Biomass
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What is Biomass Energy
What is Biomass and how is Biomass Energy Made
What is Biomass, or more importantly what is the definition of "biomass". Every tree, crop and living plant that grows on the planet Earth has energy inside it, and bioenergy is the generalised term used for all living matter that has the ability of storing this energy. As with most living things, energy is stored in the form of carbohydrates, including celluloses, starches and sugars, that are produced as part of the process of photosynthesis.
The process of photosynthesis enables green plants to capture the electromagnetic radiation from the sun and transform it into chemical energy, with the biomass energy obtained by reversing this photosynthesis process. The stored energy within the living matter is released when the chemical compounds within the organic materials are broken down due to decomposition. The organic residues left over from this process being called biomass.
Biomass Material and Crops
Then biomass uses plants as sources of energy with the term "Biomass" in its broadest sense being used to describe organic matter produced by living organisms and therefore, biomass sources can potentially comprise of a wide variety of different natural materials from liquids to solids to gas.
Biomass energy is very advantageous because it can be produced from a total natural process and source and is therefore regarded as a "green", and climate-friendly form of energy making biomass energy a renewable energy resource compared to fossil fuels.
There are a lot of ways that energy can be made. The burning of fossil fuels, the utilisation of the sunshine to generate solar energy or by making use of the flow of water for hydroelectric generators, all these are ways of creating energy. Even the Earth's core can be used to produce geothermal energy.
However today, biomass is quickly becoming the largest growing source of renewable energy around the world and it continuous to grow, helping us reduce our consumption of fossil fuels and extending the life of our planet.
Biomass materials and other forms of renewable energy materials aim to be carbon negative or at the very least carbon neutral. Carbon neutral means that the carbon released during the use of the fuel is reabsorbed and balanced by the carbon absorbed by new plant growth during photosynthesis. The biomass crops are then harvested to make the next batch of fuel, thus maintaining the cycle of carbon within the Earth and its atmosphere without adding to the problem. Although the environmental impacts of burning biomass are less harmful than those associated with fossil fuel coal, it can be more harmful than those associated with burning natural gas.
But what is biomass material and what types of biomass crops can be used? The most common example of biomass is that of wood, but we have said previously that biomass can be made out of all the natural things, and this is true. Starting from agricultural and forestry products, some of the energy crops grown around the world include trees, plants, wood, grasses, animal wastes and slurries, with just about any plant or animal you can think of in between being used to produce biomass crops. As humans are an integral part of the systems that make life, even the waste from human beings can be a source of biomass as well as the rubbish we throw away, all these things can be used to produce biomass and bioenergy.
Biomass can be used in solid form, but the advantages of biomass is that through a wide range of conversion and refining processes, it can be made into both liquids or gases. These biomass solids, liquids and gases can then be used to produce electrical power, heat, new chemicals, and even combustible liquid fuels.
What Are the Major Types of Biomass Fuels
There are several ways in which biomass materials can be used as a usable energy source. One is through combustion or the burning of solid biomass such as biomass pellets to create heat, in fact using wood as a fuel is one of the earliest forms of biomass uses. Direct combustion technology is very similar to that used for coal just like in a coal-fired power plant for generating electricity, with the handling and burning of the solid biomass and coal being virtually the same.
Another way is to extract the oils from the organic sources of sunflower, rapeseed, maize and corn just like extracting a vegetable oil, or from the unused portions of crops grown for other purposes such as the chaff, stalks, shells, husks, and roots. The oils collected can then be processed and refined for use as a liquid biofuel in diesel engines. One promising source of liquid biofuel is micro-algae, which can be grown on aquaculture farms. In addition, various alcohols can also be extracted to provide ethanol fuel for gasoline engines.
Another way in which biomass gets put to use as an energy source is through recycling biodegradable materials in landfills. Landfill gases are by-products of both solid waste and liquid wastes which contain significant amounts of organic materials that produce a variety of gaseous products when dumped, compacted, and covered in municipal landfills.
Wet biomass materials can be converted effectively into usable energy using anaerobic microbes. Anaerobic bacteria and algae thrive best in the oxygen-free environment, resulting in the decomposition of the organic materials and the production of biogases such as carbon dioxide and methane.
As carbon dioxide is soluble in water, it sinks deeper into the ground out of harms way. Whereas methane, (the principal component of natural gas) on the other hand, which is less soluble in water and much lighter than air makes its way to the top of the heap and gas collection facilities capture this methane and burn it as a bioenergy fuel.
We have seen that Biomass Energy production involves converting biological materials or wastes into substances that can be used as a fuel for heating, transportation and power generation. There are many advantages of biomass energy, one of the key ones being the fact that it is carbon neutral, but carbon based materials that have been converted over time into fossil fuels such as coal and oil, are not considered "biomass", although in their original states they could have been.
There are many different types of biomass energy and biomass fuel sources available with many of the biomass, bioenergy and biofuels related terms that are bandied about used as though they all mean the same thing. generally speaking, biomass is the organic non-fossil material of biological origin which can be used as a renewable energy source. Bioenergy is the final energy product or useful energy that has been converted and made available from biomass. While biofuels are liquid or gaseous fuels of biomass origin.
Plants grow continuously, animals constantly produce manure, and people throw away waste material all the time. Using these items for fuel does not deplete them because they are always being made. For this reason, many experts believe that bioenergy will be a major source of power in the future. But note that the use of the prefix "bio" suggests a positive connotation, but biofuels may also be derived from the non-sustainable cultivation of energy crops.
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Mark S. says:
It can be a smelly pastime but get past that and biogas is really quite an exciting prospect. I have been involved in the gas industry for 30 years and got into biogas through working on waste sites. The sites we look after at the moment use boilers which run on biogas to heat the digester's to make the bacteria break down the waste quicker which in turn makes more gas so it is completely self sufficient. The only problem being if the boilers or plant break down and the digester goes cold and kills all the bacteria you have to introduce new bacteria which i understand is quite expensive. The biogas produced is rather wet and as such can require more maintenance. The prospect of more farms introducing bio digester's is also a good step in the right direction but as usual we are miles behind Europe.
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My pastor says: You can tell what people value by where they spend their time and money.
Love that! For us, we save up for trips and like to spend our free time traveling and exploring.
There is just something that I find so fascinating and exciting about other places. Probably because I have a wild imagination and I start dreaming up all sorts of scenarios where I'm from a far off place, and I speak at least 10 languages and take the train with my squad to get fresh veggies from various markets and then visit a million coffee shops where the people all know my name and order. That's clearly just one scene, but it's a good one. And actually... it's not all that different from my normal life (minus the language thing).
My husband and I love to travel- surprise! We usually try to get away once a year, although it's worked out be more like two or three times a year in the short time we've been married. Every year I think, 'This year we probably won't go anywhere' but here we are. We've been really fortunate in that we've been able to see a lot of places together in the past two and a half years. This year, I'm on maternity leave so we planned a few trips and added a spontaneous one to the UK-- thank-you WestJet for your seat sale.
First up: A roadtrip to Southern California.
A road trip with a baby? Are you crazy!? Maybe. Our babe is almost 9 months old and loves to crawl and stand and get into everything. She's an active child. That was probably my main concern with strapping her into a carseat for the better part of 3 days. She wouldn't be able to get her wiggles out and/or she would sleep all day and be up all night which is pretty much my worst nightmare. I need my sleep, like, real bad.
Music: Moms like it. Dads like it. Babies like it! It makes the trip go by quicker, gives it a soundtrack for memories later and I mean, who doesn't like a good old fashioned singalong? I also learned something new about the hubs... He loves Elton John. Who knew?
Scheduled stops: I'm kind of the 'let's just push through-no bathroom breaks-don't drink too much water-go until we run out of gas' type of road tripper. It's been hard for me to change my way of thinking after having a baby, but babies can't go 6 hours with no stops. We stopped every 3-4 hours depending on how the babe was doing. It was good for all of us to get out, stretch our legs, and get some fresh air. The stops weren't super long but it helped to break up the trip and enjoy our little journey, not just the final destination.
Snacks: Road trip food is a big deal! Normally, we gravitate to junk food but the hubs actually requested that I make some healthy food for our trip, "like quinoa or something." I made muffins, trail mix (with M&M's because, vacation) and granola bars. It helped having healthy options ready for our tummies and also for our budget! London also ate rice crackers, which kept her entertained and happy.
Our road trip was not without its bumps (for example: Mom and Dad getting the stomach flu) but overall it was really successful. I would definitely recommend it! Plus the car does magical things for nap times, just sayin.


We are very fortunate to have instructors with so many years of experience to help us on our Wing Tsun journey. Congratulations, SiFu Chris, Sifu Steve and Sifu Gilbert!
吉 祥 如 意 (Good fortune according to your wishes!) Happy Year of the Monkey!!
Looking forward to a great seminar and promotional exams!


The First World War Galleries, designed in collaboration with Casson Mann, at the Imperial War Museum, London (2011-14). The graphic interpretation design determines the graphic look and feel for the entire gallery. The Galleries were part of IWM's regeneration plan opening on the hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War.
The exhibition tells the story of the war using the testimonies of those that were there, who experienced it on the front line or on the home front. The typographic shaping of these very human voices invests them with an emotional quality equivalent to spoken word. Lines are broken where pauses would naturally happen if the text were read allowed (as it is by the companions of blind museum visitors).
Conventional panels carrying text by IWM curators are used to scaffold visitor interpretation. Where it is possible however, testimony from someone who was there is used. For example, at the top of chapter sub-story panels prefiguring the curator take on events. Most often the voice of experience is applied directly to surfaces - in distinct contrast to the museum voice carried on panels. The tension between the official voice of the museum and the many voices of experience squeezed in between is deliberate. The effect is to present this history as contestable. In many places these unofficial voices are de-bossed, cast into the concrete surface of object plinths. At other times the voices confront visitors with violent events associated with the terrifying use of weapons.


To promote Gillette's exclusive new Sensitive Skinguard Razor, Waterloo and Liverpool Street station were transformed. An experiential pop up barbers, invited commuters to experience the product first hand. In a media first, Liverpool Street's entire mezzanine was covered in vinyl wrap.


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Q: Objective C Recursive Calls I'm trying to continuously check the readings from the accelerometer before the camera takes a picture.  I have a function that takes a picture, and at the beggining of that function I check whether the accelerometer readings are too high.  If they are, I'd like to call the function again to check if acceleration has stopped.
- (void)takePicture {

    if (accelerating == YES) {
        [self takePicture];
    }

    else {
        // Code that takes picture
    }
}

I guess the problem I'm having is the function gets recursively called too many times that I get "EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=2)".  How can I fix this recursive calling problem?

A: Calling [self takePicture] that will end up retrying immediately, which is useless and wasteful, as you're not even giving your application any time to receive additional accelerometer events. The value of accelerating will probably never change before you run out of stack.
What you probably want to do here is have the method called a fraction of a second later, e.g.
[self performSelector: @selector(takePicture) withObject:nil afterDelay: 0.01];
return;

This will have the event loop call your method again 10 milliseconds (0.01 second) later.

A: A potential better way of implementing this would be by overriding the setter for accelerating to something like this:
- (void)setAccelerating:(BOOL)accelerating {
    _accelerating = accelerating;
    if (accelerating) // maybe some more conditions, but you get the idea
        [self takePicture];
}

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Kimcheelicious: Isn't Kimchee Naturally Gluten-free?
It's time to restock! 50 lbs of Napa cabbage kimchee will be ready in five to six weeks. Pogi gimchi is made with quartered or halved heads that are rubbed with Korean chili paste and stuffed with julienned radish, ginger and peppers. My kimchee is vegan and gluten-free. But isn't kimchee naturally gluten-free?—this questions comes up often. If you're a label-reader, as I am, you'll find that wheat is often used as a filler in some Asian products. I've found it in miso, fermented black bean, soy sauce and Korean chili paste (gochuchang). For those who have celiac disease or choose to exclude wheat from their diet, this is an important matter to note.
Rice and millet were first cultivated in China as far back as 7,700 BC. Wheat traveled the Silk Road to Western China around 2500-2000 BC along with other occidental influence. Prized for it's gluten component, wheat is commonly used for making pasta (a Chinese invention); other Asian noodles are made from root starches and bean flours. But what is gluten? It's a protein that naturally occurs in wheat, barley and rye grains. Gluten is composed of two molecules, gliadin and glutenin, which when activated with liquid form a simple protein. On its own it is not bad thing; this protein is used to make a meat substitute known as seitan (mein chin in Chinese) after all the starch is removed.
For those who have celiac disease (an auto immune disease) purity is crucial; eating foods with gluten triggers a reaction in which the body attacks and destroy the small intestine's villi and microvilli, which leads to malnutrition and painful gastric symptoms. The consequences are much more dire than a wheat allergy. The common wisdom is to avoid gluten-based foods and test regularly for antibodies.
Although some grains are naturally free of gluten, they might be cross-contaminated in a shared kitchen, whether it be yours or a commercial facility. All surfaces and non-reactive tools need a thorough cleaning with bleach or vinegar and hot soapy water. Tools and equipment made of porous materials (plastic, wire mesh, wood, aluminum, etc.) should be designated for non-gluten use only.


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The formula for converting miles per US gallon (3.785 L) to L/100 km is \frac{235.2}{x}, where x is the miles per gallon number. For miles per Imperial gallon (4.546 L) the formula is \frac{282.5}{x}.
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Beautifully custom designed, this hand carved Clear Creek White Jade Jewelry Pendant is wrapped with 14k/20 gold fill wire.
Clear Creek Jade is jadeite from San Benito County in California. It is actually a brecciated jade that has been healed with more jade. The healing material is the highly prized "mutton fat" white jade.


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Temple Promising the Big East
By Brian Ewart@Brian_Ewart Jul 2, 2011, 4:36am EDT
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November 20, 2004 was the last time a Temple University athlete took to a field with a Big East Conference logo on his uniform. At the conclusion of the 2004 season, Temple was no longer a member of the Big East. They were briefly independent following their expulsion from the conference, but eventually found a home in the MAC.
Now, with a couple of successful seasons in the books and Big East expansion on the horizon, Temple may be looking to step back into the BCS spotlight.
In fact, according to multiple sources, some Temple football recruits have been talking about the school's Big East future. Saying things like:
"It is close to home and he will be a part of the Big East in 2012."
"I got to meet their coach and like him. I know they play in Eagle Stadium (Lincoln Financial Field) and plan on moving to the Big East soon."
"The program is probably going to be in the Big East and I know he's gonna get the job done there."
"Temple will hopefully be moving back to the Big East by the time I get there in 2012."
That belief among recruits might explain how the Owls have managed to land a whopping 21 oral commitments by Thursday evening. The question, of course, is where are these recruits hearing this from?
It is possible that they heard a rumor or heard about this from some other source. More likely, however, it means that Temple head coach Steve Addazio and his staff have been talking to recruits about the Big East.
The blog, Temple Football Forever, speculated that this means that Temple may have a plan to move to the Big East, or at least that Addazio has some knowledge of ongoing discussions to that effect. The author of that blog is correct in noting that it is unlikely that so many recruits happened upon a rumor of Temple joining the Big East — as he said, "something has got to be up."
It certainly sounds like the coaching staff has been selling recruits on their program by telling them that Temple will join the Big East conference in 2012, or at least that there is a strong possibility that will occur.
Does Temple know something that we don't?
Probably not; recruits that have recently committed to Villanova have been under a similar impression. Stacey Bedell, a 2012 tailback, told Scout.com after giving Nova his verbal commitment, that he chose the school because, "[t]he coaching staff was great with me while I was down there, they're going into the Big East next year which is exciting and it's a great academic school."
UCF basketball commit, Shawn Smith, also cited that school's alleged move to the Big East as a reason for his decision. "Oh yeah, we're taking the program to another level because they're moving to the Big East," he told the Orlando Sentinel in January. Other UCF commits in both basketball and football have also made mention of the Big East when explaining their decisions.
Recruits are going to ask questions about a school's program, and Coaches will always have an answer ready. As long as the coach doesn't make promises they can't keep, there is nothing unethical about telling recruits about your program's aspirations.
With that out of the way, it should be noted that it is highly unlikely that, like those recruits said, Temple University is in a position to join the Big East or any other conference in 2012.
As associate members of the MAC conference, both Temple and now UMass are held to the terms of a Membership Agreement — a legally binding contract that outlines the relationship between the conference and the football schools. Temple's original agreement with the MAC was set to expire at the end of the 2011 school year.
Though the exact terms of Temple's deal with the MAC are unknown, the agreement signed by UMass has been made publicly available. It contains a couple of provisions that may shed some light on Temple's relationship with the conference.
First, UMass would owe the MAC a $2.5million dollar fee should they withdraw from the conference to join another FBS conference (the fee is waived if they return to FCS or cancel football). Second, they must provide the conference with notice of withdrawal at least two football seasons prior to doing so. Third, they would not be entitled to any conference revenue distribution in the season immediately prior to withdrawal.
Any or all of that may be waived if granted by a petition to the Conference Council of Presidents if extraordinary circumstances demand it. Such waiver would be at the sole discretion of those conference officials, however.
More interesting, however, is that the agreement contains a "conditions precedent" clause — which makes the contract unenforceable until after the condition has been met. That condition was that the conference had to sign Temple University to a new football-only affiliate contract, "on terms and conditions comparable in all material respects to those provided for in this Agreement." That condition had to be met on the same day that UMass signed it's agreement, March 15, 2010, and presumably it was met.
It is then safe to assume that Temple must provide the MAC with two year's notice before withdrawing and pay a $2.5 million fee at that time. The soonest they could then join another conference would be in the 2013 football season.
We can therefore assume that these Temple football recruits have either been given bad information about the Owls program switching conferences in 2012, or they have made some very bad assumptions.
In any regard this smoke may not be coming from a fire at all.
Update (7/7): It's never too good of an idea to believe the words of a recently-committed recruit as gospel truth, especially in this regard, but Stacey Bedell apparently expanded on his earlier statement.
Tuesday's Arizin: Eric Dixon is Unlocking Villanova's Offense The Wildcat's big man has been exceptional over Nova's six game winning streak
Three takeaways from Villanova's domination of Butler The 'Cats did virtually everything to perfection in an absolute dismantling of the Butler Bulldogs.


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How Does A Printer Work?
Venkatesh Vaidyanathan 19 Dec 2018 (Updated: 21 Oct 2019)
From school papers to corporate reports and everything in between, we use printers when it comes to creating any form of hard documented material. Most of the printers today also come with a myriad of color options, which allow for HD-quality pictures to be printed with precision and ease. The levels of technology the printer progressed through on its journey to reach such sophistication is quite interesting. Let's look at some of the history that came before the advent of the modern printer.
History of the Printer
Before our modern-day printer with its incredible level of precision, the field of printing materials used very draconian methods and machinery. Until the 1980s, the concept of a personal computer was basically non-existent. There were only a few who had "hard copies" or the infamous dot matrix printers. These made horrendous screeching noises during the process of printing. The dot matrix printer used a grid of tiny metal needles, pressed against an inked ribbon, to form the shapes of letters, numbers and symbols on the page. They printed each character individually, line by line, at a typical speed of about 80 characters (one line of text) per second, so a page would take about a minute to print. These dot matrix printers can still be seen in use, as they are today used for printing bills and address labels.
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The funny thing is that laser printers were already in the developmental stages as early as the 1960s. The current laser printers you see today were created by Gary Starkweather. He was an employee of Xerox and developed the principles of the laser printer of the Xerox machine, which was the flagship model of the company. After its completion, the first laser printer was named Dover and was sold by the company for a whopping $300,000 per unit. What made it so special during its time was the fact that it was able to print 60 copies per minute (1 page every second).
However, it was two companies that were responsible for the laser printer becoming a mass public commodity. Those two companies were HP and Apple. HP sold their version of a laser printer named 'Laserjet', which sold for a price $3,495. The Apple counterpart to this is the "Apple LaserWriter", which sold for almost double the amount at $6,995.
Working of a Laser Printer
Whenever you print something, the laptop or computer you use sends a large stream of data to your printer. Typically, a few megabytes or a million characters. There is an onboard electronic motherboard that receives this signal from the laptop or computer. It then decodes all the data sent into simple machine-level language, which is used for making the different components of the laser printer act in a certain way.
The electronic motherboard then goes on to activate the corona wire after the data has been decoded. The corona wire is a high voltage wire that goes on to pass static charges to anything in its proximity. The primary job of the corona wire is to charge up the photoreceptor drum. This is done so that the photoreceptor acquires a positive charge on its surface.
At the same time, the electronic motherboard activates the laser. The laser then draws an image on the positively charged-up photoreceptor drum. The laser remains static and does not move around to burn the image onto the photoreceptor drum. A moving mirror is employed here to bounce the laser onto the photoreceptor drum. When the laser hits the photoreceptor drum, it erases the positive charge that was developed on the photoreceptor drum. The erasure of the positive charge results in the establishment of a negative charge in its place. It is this negative charge that serves as a layout for the printable material, and the positive charge is an indication that the page must be left blank in that region.
Next, we have the ink roller, which was in contact with the photoreceptor drum. The ink roller consists of tiny particles of powdered ink known as toner. The toner has been given a positive charge, so that the toner only attaches to the part of the photoreceptor drum with a negative charge. No ink attaches to that part of the photoreceptor drum, so an image is formed on the photoreceptor drum. A sheet of paper is made to roll under the photoreceptor drum. Before it reaches the photoreceptor drum, the corona wire gives the paper a strong positive charge.
When the paper moves near the photoreceptor drum, it attracts the toner, which has a negative charge. The toner is attracted to it and sticks to the paper. Even then, the ink is not firmly placed on the paper. The paper finally passes through two hot rollers, known as the fuser unit. The heat and pressure from the rollers fuse the toner particles permanently into the fiber of the paper. That is how a printer prints a piece of paper. So, the next time you print out a report, take a moment and appreciate the elegant complexity that goes into making each of your copies!
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It is without doubt that Lione Messi is one of the most talented and decorated football player in the world.
The new deal also translated to an increment in his wages at the club that places him among the best paid footballers globally.
According to figures collated by France Football, Messi was ranked the highest paid player in the world, with the 31-year-old currently earning a staggering €130 million per year.
Neymar, who is currently the most expensive player following his £198 million move to PSG was placed third, with Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann and Gareth Bale completing the top five.


Out of the classroom: Alexis Fortman works on her painting of the bottles that line this counter in the Fairbanks Hall lobby on Monday afternoon. Nancy Nichols-Pethick's introduction to painting class was tasked with venturing out of the painting studio in Indiana State's historic art building and finding a section of the lobby to record it with oil paint. Students looked through famous paintings, both classic and contemporary to find a color palette they liked and they took those colors and would capture their scene with that palette. Some students focused on a very small section of the lobby while others tried to encompass huge portions of the building.


PHUKET: His name is Muhamad Hamid and he is perhaps destined to remain a symbol of the hopelessness of the Rohingya cause.
He was born at sea on a boat on December 24, but because his people are stateless and unwanted, there is no official record of his birth.
He has no homeland, no place of belonging.
His birth came on the eleventh day at sea as his mother, NuRu, 34, and her companions fled persecution and ethnic cleansing in Burma.
Fortunately it rained on each of the days following Muhamad's birth, enabling him to be washed. Otherwise, precious drinking water would have had to be used.
By December 27 the Rohingya boat had landed in Thailand, on the Andaman coast north of Phuket.
Muhamad is now a name on the list of women and children being held at a refuge for women and children in Phang Nga, the province north of Phuket.
On the boat were two other pregnant women, one due in four months and another due in two months.
Women and children are likely to flee in larger numbers as the campaign to drive them and all Rohingya from the Burmese state of Rakhine intensifies.
Since communal violence wracked the state in June, almost 20,000 Rohingya have put to sea in an exodus that shows no sign of slowing.
The figure documents only departures from around the border of Bangladesh and Burma, where keeping records is possible.
Further south around the township of Sittwe, where most of the ethnic cleansing is taking place, records cannot be kept. However, a similar number of Rohingya is likely to have left from there.
Most of the boats with women and children on board seem to have departed because life for Rohingya families in and around Sittwe is being made unbearable.
Families are split up in Thailand, where the future of about 1500 Rohingya is currently being debated while they wait in refuges and detention centres.
This year, perhaps for the first time, the exodus is likely to continue beyond the safe ''sailing season'' between the monsoons.
Agencies working with the Rohingya report that many family members are eventually reunited, having departed on different boats perhaps years apart.
The saddest thing, agency workers say, is that about one in every four or five boats sink, and usually there are no survivors and no one to say why family members will not be arriving.


When talking with families that are new to Camp Eagle Ridge (or summer camp, in general), there are some common questions that we'd like you to know the answers to. We understand that we are caring for your most precious part of your life – we want you to ask any and all of the questions you have!
1. How will you protect the Health and Safety of my child?
Your child's health and safety is our first concern. You can't have fun if you're not feeling well. There are a number of layers to how we protect your child's wellness. First, we have a full-time Health Manager at camp. Our Health Manager is responsible for managing our campers medications – all medications are kept locked in the Health Center and logged each time a medication is received. Our Health Manager also prevents and treats illness and injury. Next, our entire staff is American Red Cross trained and certified in First Aid, CPR and AED use. We spend time during staff training on emergency procedures, risk management and most of all, prevention. We also spend an evening with the local EMTs, police, and firefighters at camp role playing and practicing our training.
We have an excellent safety record and we meet or exceed the American Camp Association's Standards and best practices. We are an ACA Accredited camp and have maintained that distinction for over 20 years.
2. How do you choose and train your staff?
One of the best reasons to choose Camp Eagle Ridge is our staff. Most of our staff are products of our very rigorous and selective two-year training program. During that time, potential candidates are trained in child development, coaching, behavior management, health care, lesson planning and so much more. Before hiring our staff, we have often times had years to observe and teach these candidates. They are the best of the best! We hire our staff for their character, integrity and commitment to helping young people develop in positive ways.
Prior to each summer, we spend two weeks in staff training. We practice teach our leadership workshops. We plan events for the summer. We spend time learning from experts in fields such as mental health professionals and child development professionals. We train and practice with our local emergency professionals.
We also conduct a background check on each staff member before each summer. In addition, we spend time training our staff in child abuse prevention and detection. We are committed to providing your child with the very best care possible.
3. What are the goals of Camp Eagle Ridge?
Leadership – We believe in giving young people the tools, practice and experience to help them develop leadership skills and abilities such as: problem-solving, resilience, decision making, listening, public speaking, handling difficult situations, conflict resolution, creating a cohesive team, and helping others. We do this by teaching our campers a method and plan for accomplishing any goal. During leadership workshops, kids are given a challenge to overcome. The staff member chooses a 1st and 2nd in command (team leaders). We try to give as many kids as possible this experience. Kids are given opportunities to make mistakes and overcome them.
Healthy Living Skills – We help kids develop healthy minds and bodies by teaching them about nutrition, cooking, growing food, and composting. We are very physically active and spend lots of time outdoors. We help kids recognize choices that adversely affect their health.
Community Responsibility – We believe that, at its core, leadership is about caring for others. Camp is a community and everyone takes part is keeping our community safe, healthy and clean. The feeling of love and support for each other is palatable.
4. How will I communicate with my child during camp?
In a world where we are accustomed to having 24/7 access to our child's every movement, it can be challenging for us parents to take a step back. At camp, our kids are disconnected from their phones and technology so that they can really focus on the relationships they're building with each other. Camp is one of the best places to develop lifelong friendships and work on face-to-face communication skills.
Having said that, we have put a variety of features into place to help you, the parent, feel more secure about what your child is doing. We have a password protected account in our website that you can use to send one-way emails to your child. Those emails are delivered each day before breakfast like a letter. We also have a professional photographer on staff that is taking pictures all day long and uploading them to your account. You'll have a great view of the activities that your child is doing and the friends they are making. In addition, this may be a once-in-lifetime opportunity to get a hand-written letter from your child! Snail mail is still alive and well at camp!
At Camp Eagle Ridge, we partner with our parents to help your child have the best time possible. If your child is struggling, we will call you and together we'll create a plan for your child's success.
5. How do I know if my child is ready for camp?
Families often ask whether it is better to come to camp individually or with a friend or sibling. There are pros and cons to each situation. A child who comes to camp on their own tends to make the most friends and chooses the activities they are truly most interested in! A child who comes to camp with a friend or sibling has the reassurance prior to coming to camp that "at least (insert friend's name) will be there".
Either way, its a good idea to practice some independent skills prior to coming to camp. Practice sleepovers at a friend or relative's home. Practice problem-solving – for example, "what would you do if you realized that you had forgotten to pack your swimsuit?" Practice self-care such as doing their own hair or making their bed.
It is normal for you and your child to have some nerves prior to attending camp. Call, email, ask questions…we're happy to help!


Daniel Miller, a 6-10, 235-pound center from Loganville, Georgia, has committed to Dennis Felton and the Georgia Bulldogs for 2009. Miller was recruited by UGA assistant coach Desmond Oliver.
Miller, who plays AAU ball for the Atlanta Celtics, committed to the Dawgs over offers from Chattanooga, Davidson, Furman, Georgia Tech and Minnesota. He also has interest from Illinois and Stanford.
Daniel Miller is the 2nd commitment for the 2008-09 recruiting class, joining Carnesville, Georgia point guard DeMario Mayfield.


Do you remember getting those conversation heart candies when you were a kid? We loved them because they had cute Valentine messages on them. Now you can recreate that vintage feel with these giant conversation heart topiaries. Aren't they the cutest ever?!!! The best part is that you can put them in any type of container that fits your décor style.
They look sweet enough to eat!
Three large heart patterns (for the 3 larger stacked hearts)- You can print out my Heart Topiary Patterns if you like.
Something to stick your heart topiaries into. I used metal pales and buckets filled with potting soil but you could also put them in flower beds or just about anywhere else you can stick them into.
Design Master 'Color Tools' brand spray paint (this is the only spray paint available that won't destroy foam) I used 3 similar colors of real conversation hearts. This paint can be purchased from Michael's or ordered online. I ended up using just three colors: (Perfect Pink), (Robin's Egg), and (YellowYellow).
Make 3 large heart patterns. You can use my Heart Topiary Patterns if you like.
Unfold and you'll have a perfect heart. Do this with all three patterns.
Time to sand these little guys down just like the big hearts!
…and again, paint on the letters just like the big hearts!
Stick kabob sticks into the bottoms to make 'stems'.
My favorite method is the potting soil, as it's easy to simply dump into the buckets and stick the topiary stems into.
Now plant some real flowers or lay some fake ones on top of the soil and add the heart topiaries.
What a cute idea! Thanks for sharing this!
Thanks Tink, I'm glad you enjoyed it!!
I LOVE these topiaries. Too cute! I was just sifting through the links at Happiness is Homemade linky, and saw this. Pinning! I probably won't do it for Valentine's Day- I'll just adapt it for Easter.
Thank you so much Kristie! I'm glad you like them.
These are absolutely adorable. I love conversation hearts and now I know how to make them. Thank you for sharing how you made them. This idea could be used for so many things.
Great tutorial – these are so cute! This will be one of my features this Saturday at the Snickerdoodle link party!
These are sooo cute! Now I know what I can do with the styrofoam that I've been saving. I'm featuring you tomorrow morning at Best of the Weekend. Thank you for sharing!
This is fabulous! I love it! Thanks for sharing at Snickerdoodle Party. I'm featuring it at today's party. Hope you'll join us!
Hi Kathy! No problem, you are now subscribed! Keep an eye out for my welcome email and all of my future posts. Glad to have you aboard!
Happy Valentine's Day Kippi! Thank you!!!
This is such an adorable idea. Great tutorial. Please stop by Over The Moon Linky Party since you are being featured.
Oh my goodness, thank you so much Beverly! That's awesome!
So fun! Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm!
Super cute! Thanks for sharing at To Grandma's House We Go DIY, Crafts, Recipes and more Link Party. I pinned this! Hope to have you join us again next week.
I appreciate your nice comments. Thank you!


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Pragmatism in climate policy
Given the pace of progress so far, small pragmatic steps by individual countries may be far more productive than attempts to strike a grand bargain that remains forever out of reach.
Even if all countries rigorously adhere to their pledges, the world is on track for a temperature increase of at least 3°C. Nonetheless, there is reason for optimism: pragmatism is proving more powerful than idealism, says Oliver Geden. Image: Shutterstock
By Oliver Geden
The diplomatic effort to forge an international agreement to mitigate climate change is undergoing a fundamental shift. The top-down approach that has guided the effort since 1992 is slowly being replaced by a bottom-up model.
Rather than attempting to craft an accord based on legally binding restrictions on greenhouse-gas emissions, the new approach relies on voluntary commitments by individual countries to rein in their contributions to climate change.
This is, in one sense, an admission of failure; such an approach is unlikely to limit the rise in global temperatures to less than 2° Celsius, the target set by the United Nations in 2010. But given the slow pace of progress so far, small pragmatic steps by individual countries may be far more productive than attempts to strike a grand bargain that remains forever out of reach.
International negotiators have made significant progress over the last five years, but they are still far away from an agreement that would meet the 2°C target. As a result, diplomats, fearing that another failed attempt to reach a global accord could discredit the entire negotiating process, have rescaled their ambitions.
In particular, efforts to set strict limits on emissions are quietly being dropped. The focus is no longer on what is environmentally desirable or on the measures needed to keep climate change in check; rather, it is on what is politically feasible – the possibilities and constraints of the negotiating process, especially with a view to securing broad participation.
Given the slow pace of progress since the first UN climate-change summit in 1995, any agreement that involves all members of the Framework Convention on Climate Change will be hailed as a historic success.
That is why, as world leaders and environment ministers prepare to attend the climate-change conference in Paris in November and December, persuading all major emitters to commit to ambitious and legally binding emissions reductions is no longer considered realistic.
The world's largest polluters – especially China, India, and the United States – have made it clear that they alone will decide what measures they will take. Having declared their unilateral targets, they are unlikely to engage in further multilateral negotiations.
To be sure, few diplomats would state this so bluntly. Doing so would acknowledge the failure of the last 20 years of UN climate policy. Instead, they tend to frame the bottom-up approach not as a break with the top-down paradigm, but as a pragmatic supplement that accommodates major emitters and creates a framework for the climate initiatives of sub-national actors, such as large cities and companies.
But the truth is that the top-down approach is already being discarded. Its defining characteristic, after all, is not the political arena in which an agreement will be struck (the UN system); it is the overarching policy goal (avoiding dangerous climate change). And it is already clear that the negotiations in Paris will fail to deliver on the 2°C target established in 2010 – or on any other strictly binding threshold.
When the contributions of the more than 160 countries that have submitted their voluntary mitigation commitments – the so-called "intended nationally determined contributions" – are added up, the scale of the failure becomes evident. Even if all countries rigorously adhere to their pledges, the world is on track for a temperature increase of at least 3°C.
Indeed, the stated goal of the Paris agreement will be to try to "keep the 2°C target within reach." Diplomats plan to include "ratcheting-up mechanisms" that allow for a gradual increase in aspiration.
But if history is any guide, such mechanisms are unlikely to be used in the next ten years; their main function is to put a positive spin on a disappointing outcome and keep hopes of more ambitious policies alive.
Nonetheless, there is reason for optimism: pragmatism is proving more powerful than idealism. After more than a decade of attempts to establish strict limits on emissions, the top-down approach has clearly failed to deliver. The quiet adoption of a bottom-up approach is a tacit admission that countries cannot be forced to abide by a strict, centralized regime, even if it is based on scientific evidence.
The adoption of voluntary measures has already sparked progress, most notably the coordinated commitments by the US and China. Because the bottom-up approach respects the established ways sovereign countries act on the international stage, it has the potential to create positive momentum.
Most governments prioritize political survival and short-term economic success; they will contribute to global climate action only if they know that their main competitors are doing so as well.
On balance, then, the emergence of a bottom-up approach in the fight against climate change is an important step forward. A world that is 3°C warmer may be far from ideal. But it is better than a world in which climate change has spiraled out of control.
Oliver Geden is head of the European Union research division at Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, the German Institute for International and Security Affairs.


Sometimes there's nothing like a spontaneous trip to an unfamiliar city. Last weekend I found myself in Riga, and my first visit to Latvia was so lovely that I'll share with you some of the reason you should visit Riga.
… love wandering and getting lost in cobblestone streets..
… if having drinks in the cellar of a place called 'Black Magic' speaks to you on a higher level..


Being a military member takes dedication and sacrifice. As a thank you, the IRS offers certain tax breaks that aren't available to civilians. If you're in the military, here are a few you should know about.
Military members who serve in a combat zone get extra time to prepare their taxes without having to worry about penalties in the interim. Depending on your circumstances, you get a 60- to 180-day extension provided you notify the IRS of such.
Regular workers must report all of the income they earn to the IRS. But if you're a military member who received pay for serving in a combat zone, that income is generally excluded from taxes. That includes pay you may have received while hospitalized as a result of having served in a combat zone.
If you're a military reservist and travel more than 100 miles from home in conjunction with your service, you can deduct that expense as an adjustment to income. That means you can snag this tax break even if you don't itemize on your tax return.
If the unthinkable happens and you're killed during your time of service, you can rest assured that not only will your survivors receive a death benefit, but they won't pay taxes on that sum. Survivors of armed forces members are entitled to a $100,000 payment from the government in such a scenario, so the associated tax savings are actually quite substantial.
If you owe the IRS taxes but die while on duty in a combat zone, or in support of a combat operation, the IRS will wipe your slate clean and not come after your survivors for that unpaid sum. It's the least the agency can do.
When busy defending your country, you may not have time to sit down and research new tax laws or navigate the complex beast that is our tax code. The good news, however, is that military members have a number of tax-help resources available to them. Many tax preparation companies offer free filing services and software to military members. You can also seek help from the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. Those who work for this group are trained and equipped to deal with military-specific tax issues.
In addition to these important tax benefits, it pays to explore the various credits and deductions you may be entitled to just as civilians are. For example, if you have children under the age of 17, the newly expanded Child Tax Credit might pay you up to $2,000 for each one. And if you're a lower earner, you may be eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit. Be sure to snag whatever tax breaks you're able to claim this year -- for serving your country, you deserve it.


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Barnard Reports
Now that the academic year is almost over, I would like to report to theii
Barnard community about the Women's Center's first year. The Center, an office
in Barnard Hall, officially opened in September. Its financial support came
largely from the income of a bequest from Helen Rogers Reid, so long one of
Barnard's most generous friends. The staff now consists of two work-study
students (Pollock '74 and Ann Pearson '73); a full-time administrative"
co-ordinator (Mary wexford Scotti '66); and a part-time acting director (me). K
The Center has acted upon several principles, which have gradually
evolved. l) It has set up programs on behalf of women and initiated a dialogue 1)
about women in contemporary life; 2) while it has been acutely aware that women
in contemporary life often lack dignity, equality, and autonomy, it has tried )
to be non-sectarian in its programs; 3) it has tried to have a multiplicity
of programs and points-of-view rather than a single project that would take
all available time, energy, and resources; 4) it has tried to blend and balance
administration, staff, alumnae; rather than giving any one element "control,"it has
tried to make everyone up feel free to participate as he or she wishes
or as he or she feels the women's question to be of central interest; 5) it
has remembered that Barnard is a college and that the Center should do things
a college can best do; 6) yet, it has tried to be of use to women outside
the college.
That Barnard is a women's college is crucial.
a sympathetic environment. During the past months we have devised three
sorts of programs. 1) Those we could put into operation immediately; 2) those
that we began planning; and 3) those we thought desirable, but in need of
much more money. The readers of Barnard Reports_may know of some of the
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Humanising Newsletter #011 - Robinhood & Gamestop
Newsletter • 31 Jan 2021 • 8 min read
A brand new newsletter format, how to use JTBD to increase conversion on your website and why Robinhood is the new Facebook.
It's the end of a long cold January of lockdown and this is my first newsletter of the year. It's a fair question: what have I been doing with all my spare time? Homeschooling and a busy start to the year with work were all easier than rethinking how best to write this newsletter.
I got a lot out writing this last year and I've had lots of amazing feedback so thank you to those who reached out and to those who have helped me think about what they want from this newsletter. Yes, that's right, I've been practising what I preach and I've spoken with some of my readers to find out why they "hire" this newsletter.
Last year, I was just writing stuff I found interesting and hoped others would find it interesting too. Some of it, like the "Customer Value Stack" and "How to ask the right questions in Jobs to be Done interviews," seemed to be of great value to people, others less so.
What I've learned is that readers of this newsletter, and the blog more generally, have three key desired outcomes:
1. Discover smarter ways of working.
I found that many of the people reading this are product managers, designers, marketers and researchers. You're pioneering new paths and creating new things so you need tools, tips and frameworks to help you optimise and succeed.
2. A different perspective on the news.
News. There's loads of it. Everyone knows that the world is changing rapidly. Living through a pandemic has flipped our context and made us think carefully about the new reality we create for ourselves as we re-emerge from lockdown. How do we view the news through a new lens? One that's commercially driven but also more socially responsible and culturally aware.
3. Discover things to get excited about.
Who's building the next generation of services that live up to their purpose? Products that are designed to create value for real people, not just profits for their shareholders. Which brands are nurturing communities, participating in culture and helping people navigate the complexities of modern life? We're all looking for inspiration and reasons to get excited.
So there we are. My new newsletter structure. It's so easy when you get out there and speak to people, they do the hard work for you! Each week I'll cover these three things. I will continue to write long-form articles which I'll post on Humanising. I'll link to it in this weekly newsletter. This means I can continue the weekly newsletter but spend more time producing better long-form content around my workload.
Okay, enough of the chitter-chatter. Here's the new newsletter in all its glory.
Smarter ways of working
This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Nopadon Wongpakdee, a highly experienced, award-winning growth marketer who has worked with 100s of startups helping them find product market fit.
Nopadon's super-power is taking the seed of an idea and turning it into a proposition with extreme clarity and 10x better customer conversion. He blends the Four Forces Jobs to be Done framework with creating powerful landing pages that write themselves
I spent Thursday evening alongside the JTBD meetup community digging deep into Nopadon's bag of tricks. The conversation was recorded and I've posted the video and a write up on Humanising.
👉👉👉 READ IT HERE 👈👈👈
Humanising the news
This week's news story has to be Gamestop and Robinhood. If you missed it, my colleagues in the 11FS marketing team wrote this in their newsletter (which is totally worth subscribing to if you want to stay on top of your fintech news):
"Millions of people learnt more about the stock market this week than they've done in a lifetime - and that's thanks to the GameStop duel that's taken Twitter by storm 🌪 Long story short: a few weeks ago, one beady eyed Redditor spotted that a hedge fund had taken a load of short trades against GameStop. They then persuaded everyone on the thread to buy up as much stock as they could. This set the price soaring and the hedge funds lost billions, resulting in them having to buy back the stock at much higher prices. This put the price up again. Having realised their ability to put one hedge fund into bankruptcy, this savvy bunch of Redditors then plotted to short squeeze others in the same way. Unsurprisingly, Wall Street investors were having none of it - they've even said these kind of tactics should be illegal. Sour grapes, anyone? 🍇 We're betting GameStop's shareholders disagree, since this ongoing stock battle has made them $2 billion richer! But the story continues 🧐 Yesterday, Robinhood stopped its users from investing in GameStop, putting a stop to the price surge and fuelling theories that big investment firms have had an influence over Robinhood."
This story is fascinating, but what interests me the most is the conditions that led to Robinhood becoming the centre of this storm. Its founders claim to have been inspired by Occupy Wall Street and the accelerating wealth inequalities that the 2008 Great Recession opened up. They believe that one of the reasons why wealth inequality is so wide is because it's only the rich that have access to investment tools. They called the business Robinhood with a lofty mission statement: "Democratise finance for all."
Their strong purpose was never going to result in a business that could fulfil it for one simple reason: it made its customers the product. Any business whose own incentives are misaligned with its customers' expected outcomes becomes socially and economically extractive.
The classic example of this is Facebook. Users of Facebook are the product. Facebook sells them to advertisers so the value chain is stacked against the end-user, which is why Facebook's decisions have had such negative consequences on people and society over the years. Robinhood is the new Facebook. Look at the similarities:
The product is free to use. No trading fees and no minimum balance. If you are not paying, you are the product.
Robinhood's business model is based on selling your data. They sell it in the form of "order flows". What that means is Wall Street firms buy that data and then buy the shares you ordered at a lower price before you do. Your initial order through Robinhood get's fulfilled but at a higher price. It's arbitrage in its simplest form. Robinhood has other revenue streams but this makes up the majority of its income.
A highly gamified and addictive user experience. Facebook has been compared to slot machines and Robinhood isn't much different. If you've not used the app you'll get a good idea of what it's like from this advert. The behavioural mechanics they use in their user experience borrow from betting apps and casinos rather than honest, responsible investing tools. The more their customers spin the wheel, the more money Robinhood makes.
Zero-accountability platform. Robinhood has focused on scaling customer growth above everything else and they have been extremely successful at it. When they last reported their customer numbers in May 2020, they had 13 million customers. According to the NYT, the average age is 31 and half of its customers have never invested before. With an addictive user experience encouraging people to trade more, very little education baked into the service and very little friction in using "options" and leveraging your position... very bad things are going to happen. Towards the end of last year, Alex Kearns committed suicide after seeing -$730,000 dollar balance. So tragic, but no change at Robinhood.
Even though their mission sounds like it's fighting for the people, it's nothing more than cultural appropriation. They tried to tap into the zeitgeist (mood of the time) but instead used it as a tool to acquire unsuspecting amateur investors they could turn into profit. In the cold light of day, Robinhood's business model and design ethics are destructive.
Back to the Gamestop story, it's easy to see how the situation escalated the way it did. And it's not over. The battle between Wall Street hedge funds and activist investors will continue. Gamestop soared another 67% on Friday. What's going to be hard to read is the personal stories that emerge from this mess. In highly volatile markets, with lots of people highly leveraged and with little experience in investing, there's likely to be many people in seriously precarious financial positions.
What does this mean for people designing the future?
When designing a new product or business we need to stop purpose washing. As we emerge from this pandemic, people will demand much more social responsibility and sustainability agendas built into a brand's business model, not just their brand purpose. This applies to all types of brands, not just tech and finance.
One of the trends I noticed last year when speaking to people all over the world about their finances was a need for more friction. Digital services are great at removing friction, but sometimes friction can be positive. It acts as a buffer for impulse decisions, something Robinhood users could really benefit from right now. Ana Andjelic, in her book "The Business of Aspiration," talked about consumers' aspirations for restraint and self-control as opposed to conspicuous consumption. Pre-pandemic Patagonia famously advertised on Black Friday not to buy their products. Now, during the pandemic, everyone around the world is practising social distancing and for many their personal financial situation has deteriorated. This macro shift changes the context of jobs people are trying to get done everyday. The result is a tension between a desire for convenience and an aspiration for restraint and greater self-control over what they spend. The brands that balance the two will appeal to the post-pandemic mindset.
Those people designing and building the businesses of the future have to take responsibility for what they build. Design ethics should be central to your team culture. The use of social sciences like psychology, sociology, anthropology and cultural studies are increasingly being baked into business practices. Approaches like JTBD, UX design and growth marketing are grounded in what they teach us about human and group behaviour. As we get better at using them, we become better at building products. We have to ensure they're used to benefit people and society, not just shareholders.
On this final point, progress is being made. Towards the end of last year workers at Google unionised to increase their collective power to challenge ethical business issues. The union is largely led by engineers, one of them Auni Ahsan said in the FT:
"This is a company that has a history of workers speaking up when the company isn't living up to its values, but what we've found over the last couple of years is that the normal cycle of petitions and press coverage is no longer enough... The company was no longer listening, so we thought it was really important to come together and organise this union so we could have sustained structure and build a movement for building power in our workplace."
In the Digital Economy, it's fascinating how the role of unions has shifted from collective power for better pay and working conditions to holding powerful businesses to account for their values and impact on society. A clear sign of the times.
Things to get excited about
On a more positive note, I genuinely believe there's a huge opportunity for new types of digital services to emerge in the wake of the pandemic this year. We've all thought hard about the balance between work and life and how we want to shape this in a post-pandemic world. The general sense is that work needs to fit around life more than it has done in the past.
This is why Daybridge caught my eye this week. Daybridge claims to be "a calendar built for people, not companies," clearly tapping into an emergent Job to be Done for people that will be coming out of lockdown soon. The landing page is pretty decent too, stating the job as the benefit, "Manage your time, not your calendar," and clearly stating what it is and who it's for. This is key information as per Nopadon's crash course of using JTBD to create landing pages that convert.
That's all for this week. I'll be back again next week when we'll be one week closer to spring. For anyone homeschooling kids during a cold winter of lockdown will understand why this is something to look forward to.
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Former SEC Chair Talks SBF's Options To Avoid Life In Prison
The founder and former CEO of failed crypto exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), stirred controversy one more time. Following his extradition from the Bahamas to the United States, the crypto company founder was released into the custody of his parents.
As Bitcoinist reported last week, SBF was granted a $250 million bail. When his family posted their house as collateral, the former FTX was allowed to await trial under house arrest. The FTX founder was allegedly involved in a scheme that cost his clients over $8 billion in losses.
In that sense, the U.S. court's leniency and the fact that SBF's parents supposedly failed to meet the criteria to make bail raised several concerns regarding the legal process. Across social media, users expressed their concerns and distrust about the case against Bankman-Fried.
I'm not a law expert but isn't the point of bail that it's your own money? So you have something to lose?
If it's money that you owe someone else then it's not very good collateral????????
— Udi Wertheimer (@udiWertheimer) December 22, 2022
If You Were SBF, What Would You Do?
In an interview with CNBC's Squawk Box, former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton addressed recent events and tried to provide his perspective on the case. Clayton heavily critiqued crypto and digital assets during his time leading the regulators.
Before stepping down, the SEC launched an action against payment company Ripple for allegedly offering unregistered securities, XRP tokens. Upon leaving the Commission, Clayton shifted his perspective and joined several pro-crypto projects and companies.
About the SBF and the FTX case, the former SEC Chair emphasized that the priority should recover clients' funds. Many individuals and institutions placed their trust in Bankman-Fried and company and were left "holding the bag" Clayton said the following about the possibility that the legal process is "a sham deal":
I don't think it's a sham deal; you have experienced federal prosecutors and federal judges all weighing in on this. You don't see any real complaints from the experienced community. I think this part of the story will fade away.
SBF tried to fight the extradition process from the Bahamas. The FTX founder spent weeks in one of the most dangerous prisons in the world. Still, according to several reports, he received "special treatment" and privileges that other prisoners are denied.
Despite recent events, Clayton believes people should focus on prosecutors having a suspect in custody and evidence to defend their case. On the $250 million bail, the former SEC boss claims the court tries to discourage suspects and their families from avoiding the legal process.
About SBF's possibilities and his future choices, about whether a life sentence in prison is the "answer," Clayton took the FTX former CEO's point of view. He said:
All of these things will be the subject of negotiation if there is a plea arrangement. Like you said before, there is a ton of considerations that are going to go into this (political, legal, financial, etc.). I think there will be tremendous pressure to reach a resolution (…).
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