Your front door is the first impression others have of your home and therefore most custom homes have a custom front door! First impression-it sets the expectation. This door can be any combination of materials that will hold up to the elements.
Wood, steel, iron or glass combinations are most often used. With contemporary design the oversize pivot door makes an impressive statement. Wood species most often used are fir, pine, mahogany and alder. The entire framing of the entry needs to be considered for these doors. They are not an afterthought! Architects, designers and specialty door companies have door styles and custom options. The style should be compatible with the exterior of your home and an indication of the interior.
Doors are entirely different than window selections as most sizeable cities have local manufacturers for solid core wood interior doors. Again, the style should be consistent with the overall style of the home. More detailed doors are found in a traditional home and simpler doors for a contemporary home. Every style is available in barn doors. They open up the space without door swings and are great for many applications. Consider adding a glass panel to doors in areas for light and interest. Textured or leaded glass adds more privacy while still adding interest and more light. Check diagram for basic styles and description of door parts.
Doors to the exterior (other than the front door) are again dependent on the style of the home with view, exposure and other considerations. Typically available from the same manufacturers as window options.
Steel door frames can be used for the front entry or other doors, such as the master bedroom or dining room to a patio area.
French doors are a great traditional look but remember to add screens or side windows/screens for ventilation.
Arched doors are more expensive for the front entry or interior but add interest and can be used in certain areas for repetition from the front door or windows.
Use specialty doors for double doors into offices and master suites for added interest. If there are space constraints, use bi-fold, pocket doors, barn doors or Shoji doors.
Fiberglass is a good choice for a weather susceptible exposure.
Tip: Need screens but want an open look? Use two sliders opening from the center.
Tip: For ease of accessibility, use 3′-0″ wide doors. An additional benefit is that the scale often used in luxury homes allows for spacious halls and doorways.
Use barn doors for interest and to eliminate door swing. They are available in traditional barn door looks and many other materials that are sleek for contemporary design.
The Murphy Door allows additional shelving with the door.
Door hardware is available from Baldwin, Rocky Mountain, Sun Valley Doors, Ashley Norton and numerous companies in addition to custom options.
Also check wireless remote entry systems for various situations.
The window section on pinterest shows examples of windows transforming a space from ordinary to extraordinary! An arched window topped door leading to a beautiful view will be enjoyed daily by inhabitants!


These decals simulate the camouflage fabric applied to German aircraft during the First World War. While usually referred to as "lozenge" by modelers today, this term is in fact a misnomer. The repeated shapes in these patterns are not lozenges (having four to five sides), but rather polygons (having six sides). The German term for the material was "Flugzeugstoff" or literally aircraft covering stock. However, for marketing purposes many manufacturers have decided to use the more familiar term "lozenge" simply for ease of recognition by the general public.
Their first 1:48 releases depict 4 colour (set #548023) & 5 colour (set #548022 intermediate dark) lozenge. Each package comes with one sheet containing strips / bolts of both upper and lower surface layouts. HGW has said that the decal strips represent bolts of printed polygon fabric as it would appear with the edges un-modified as if it came straight off the factory floor. Now for the five color pattern factory edge to factory edge width, I find these appear to be closer to 4' 8" than the generally accepted 4' 6". But this is a small issue over all as it is a difference of about 1/16" in 1:48. We know that 4 colour was narrower than 5 colour. But the HGW versions are the same width. This makes the HGW 4 colour strips about 5 scale inches too wide. Also there are several older studies on this subject that have different over all conclusions. The recent restorations and studies fostered by them lead us to the standard of 4'6" bolt width. These decal sets in 1:48 represent faded / transparent type of 4 (set #548023) & 5 (set #548022) colour lozenge. Because of the clear carrier film as a base they are good for interior use or for giving your bird a well-worn or "over" varnished look to outer surfaces.
WARNING! You must clear coat these to use. You can damage these with more than casual handling. Make sure your thumbnail edges never run across the un-coated decal surface.
These were strips of fabric generally applied over each full rib and around the edges of the wings to reinforce stitching. They were approximately one inch wide. The tapes could be created from camouflage fabric, or strips of solid blue or salmon pink fabric. Tapes were not applied to elevators or ailerons in the case of fighter aircraft. The HGW sets do not come with any rib tapes.
The available texture decal sheet is a separate sheet from another manufacturer that overlays the finished lozenge decal. Large areas of solid color, or repeating patterns on models can look a little too pristine or uniform. This can make a scale replica look toy-like. There are many ways to alter the appearance of these areas including pre-shading, glazing, dry brushing and powders. Here is another choice to add to your arsenal. Fabric texture decals. The idea is to make a fabric area look like fabric! The imitation of printed lozenge fabric on WWI models has always been an effect that has tested modeler's skills. The challenge is depicting the colors accurately without making them look too garish on such a small scale. These decals have been developed to add a subtle irregular cloth texture and tone down the lozenge patterns by about 5% without causing a significant shift in colors.
12. To apply the texture decal the piece should be over sized and minimal sliding will be a requirement. These are little more than some micro-strands of colour on a clear carrier film. The decal edges will disappear very quickly.
Highs: Good register. Colours seem to match methuen reference for the 5 colour intermediate dark version. They apply well and react well to Sol & Set.
Lows: In my opinion the 5 colour strips / bolts are about 1/16 inch too wide. the 4 colour are 1/8 inch too wide. They must be clear coated to use in any case.
HGW has released its4 & 5 colour lozenge in 1:32! 532040 5 colour lozenge - faded - fabric texture - transparent carrier. 532043 5 colour lozenge - very faded - fabric texture - transparent carrier. 532044 5 colour lozenge - very faded - fabric texture - transparent carrier. These also come with white base carriers.


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Harvest is done and dusted for another year, with table olives being the beacon of light in 2018.
The oil has won a silver medal at the Royal Melbourne Fine Food Awards in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, for its bold, spicy kick to the throat.
Meyer lemons are extra sweet and great for baking with, while olive oil cakes are healthier for you and last longer - it's the perfect winter cake!
Originating in Spain, Greece and Italy, olive oil has a debaucherous history that dates back before the written language. It's exactly this long and rich history that has started the common misconception that the best olive oils in the world come from this region. But did you know that Australian EVOO is of the highest grade in the world?
It's a pantry staple, yet there is confusion surrounding what type of olive oil to is best for you. With so many different brands, names and types, its time to clear up the confusion!
What a harvest! Red Rock Olives is happy to report there was fruit-a-plenty in the grove this year. The trees were overflowing with fruit, making for great table olives and extra virgin olive oil.


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Rusal CEO Deripaska Whining Over LME Aluminum: Where Will It Get Him?
by Stuart Burns on September 30, 2013
Inventory Stock Levels, Investing Hedging, Metal Prices, Non-ferrous Metals
UC Rusal Chief Executive Oleg Deripaska appealed to the new owners of the London Metal Exchange (LME), Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx), to think again on their proposals to force aluminum warehouses to release more metal than they take in, according to a recent Reuters article, saying "the intent of the HKEx to accelerate the transfer into the market of an additional 2 million tons of aluminum, accumulated and stored since the financial crisis, is an unprecedented intervention and one that Rusal strongly objects to."
The firm is worried the proposed rule changes would release a tsunami of aluminum into the market, distorting the supply balance and precipitating even lower prices.
FREE Download: The Monthly MMI® Report – covering the Aluminum market.
Strangely, it adds that the measures would lead to a less transparent marketplace – we're not sure that's possible, unless the metal that came out of LME warehouses went into private or off-market storage, in which case it would add to the estimated 5 million tons of metal sitting in medium-term storage deals and, yes, potentially creating even more uncertainty over who owns what and where.
Aluminum Price Outlook
If metal went directly into off-market storage, though, it would still have a depressing impact on prices. Potentially, position holders would rush for the exits in search of lower-priced storage deals, selling positions that may otherwise be rolled over.
Rusal's call underlines how primary producers have benefited from the stock and finance model facilitated by the LME. Metal that otherwise would have flooded the market over recent years has quietly been stored away, creating a false (i.e. not consumed) demand for new production and propping up prices.
Yes, aluminum prices are lower than record highs in 2008, but so is every base metal; they would have been lower still but for the stock and finance game, and producers would not have benefited from the hefty (in some cases, life-saving) physical premiums the distorted market has caused.
Rusal reportedly appealed to the LME to seek other options, such as expanding the global network of storage locations, essentially finding a home for yet more excess metal, a suggestion that can be seen in the same light as the firm's request to the Russian state to build up a strategic reserve of aluminum.
Ironically, more warehouses are on the HKEx strategic plan, particularly in China. Analyst Nic Brown at Natixis in London is quoted by Reuters as saying the HKEx wants to get approval from the Chinese government to open LME warehouses in China, but that Beijing will be reluctant if there are huge backlogs in the system.
"China is a market that HKEx knows it needs to capture in order for the purchase of the LME to make sense, so it will go ahead with these rules to get into the Chinese market," we paraphrase his quote. "And if it's detrimental to Rusal, that's unfortunate, and for HKEx that damage is worth incurring in order to get warehouse access in mainland China."
Future for Aluminum Supply Chain
So to what extent Mr. Derispaska's complaints will be taken into account by the LME board remains to be seen. He has asked for next month's decision, following the current review, to be postponed pending more industry consultation.
It seems just about everyone is unhappy with the proposals, consumers and producers alike, so watch this space.
Whatever decisions are taken will be implemented from April 1 next year; let's hope for producers and consumers and the supply chain in between that the date doesn't live up to its commonly known moniker of April Fools Day.
Read more from Stuart Burns.
Vedanta Aluminum's Anil Agarwal Pushing For Bauxite Mining Project
2014 Metal Price Forecasts; Macroeconomic, Manufacturing Outlooks

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A chill afternoon gathering for LiveJournal users to meet other navel-gazing (the direction of innerspace) Burners. Users of other online journal and weblog software and the LJ-curious are also welcome. We'll exchange journal names, share a story or two, and maybe play a few rounds of Fluxx (unless we play that Mork & Mindy game again ...).
Bring food and drink or whatever you'd like to share, paper to write down the journal addresses of others, and your willingness to offer your soul to Frank the Goat (one of Shub-Niggurath's most photogenic offspring).


England-based design agency Junction Studio has crafted a beautiful design for Yora's insect-based dog food. Not only is this food incredibly nutritious for the ole doggo, it's also an eye-catching and sleek design for the consumer.
We were in the enviable position of being both designer and client for this project, as it's the brainchild of Tom, our creative director.
Entomophagy is growing in popularity around the world as an ethical and sustainable source of nutrition, but it remains a niche and relatively untapped market in the pet industry.
The product is named Yora in honour of one of the last uncontacted Amazonian tribes - it's indigenous people like these who are most at risk of the West's insatiable appetite for meat.
Yora's packaging has to work hard to communicate the numerous benefits of feeding an insect-based diet to pets and to make those nutritious grubs look appealing to consumers.
The incredibly talented Yukai Du helped us to create a distinctive visual language through her illustrations and animations.


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Tomas Ljunglöf new CFO of Orc Group
Tomas Ljunglöf has been appointed new CFO of Orc Group. He succeeds Anders Berg that, as previously announced, is leaving the company in November 2011.
Tomas Ljunglöf has during the last two years been pursuing his own consultancy business. He was previously CFO of Telenor Sweden. Prior to that, Tomas was during five years the CFO of Glocalnet, which in 2006 was acquired by Telenor.
- I am very pleased that we managed to recruit a CFO of the utmost caliber to Orc Group. Tomas has a very solid expertise and long experience of working as the CFO of a listed company, says Thomas Bill, CEO of Orc Group.
Thomas Bill, CEO, phone: +46 8 506 477 35
About Orc Group
Orc Group is a leading provider of technology and services for the global financial industry. Orc Group delivers trading and market access solutions that are used by proprietary trading and market making firms, investment banks, hedge funds and brokerage houses worldwide.
The Orc Group serves customers through three business units, each with distinctive offerings:
Orc develops and provides the tools needed to run profitable trading and brokerage businesses.
Neonet is a global agency broker that offers professional market participants independent, high-speed execution services.
CameronTec is the financial industry's leading provider of FIX infrastructure and connectivity solutions.
With market presence in all global financial centers, Orc Group provides sales and support services from its offices across the EMEA, Americas and Asia-Pacific regions.
Orc Group is publicly traded on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm (SSE: ORC).
For additional information visit www.orc-group.com


AFL Asia has elected a new, larger, committee for 2015.
AFL Asia's former Vice President & Treasurer, Darren Whitfield was elected to the top job at yesterday's Annual General Meeting which was conducted by club presidents on Skype.
Grant Keys (President Vietnam Swans) was elected as the Vice President as was Dennis Cornwell staying on for Auskick.
The full committee is detailed below and allocation of portfolios shall be done soon, after consulting with committee members separately.
Outgoing President, Phil Johns, who did not stand for re-election, congratulated Darren on his deserved promotion to the position of President citing his outstanding work as AFL Asia's Treasurer and Vice President in the 2013/14 Committee. He said that under the stewardship of Darren and his new Committee, the future of AFL Asia looked particularly bright.
Phil also acknowledged and thanked other founding committee members Steve Morrish (former Vice President who resigned mid 2014); Dennis Cornwell (who continues with Auskick); and AFL Asia's unsung hero and outgoing Secretary, Mark Stennet (Mark did not stand for re-election) who had made an enormous contribution to the development of AFL Asia. Phil also thanked the club presidents.
In turn, Darren thanked Phil and the members of AFL Asia's inaugural committee for getting AFL Asia to where it is today. He added that the new committee, with the support of all member clubs, looked forward to taking AFL Asia to the next level.


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Motor (mouth), Writing (wrongs)
I'm a person who likes to know things and the burning question on my lips right now is "HOW??????????" How do you people find the time to write blogs and source images and generally make wordpress and the rest of the digital world such a great place to be?
I have an eight year old, who is demanding (and lets face it has every right to be demanding of her parents), I have a two hour round trip commute to work, with long tail backs and very little sense of decorum, I have a job that never stops at 35 hours (with a free hour for lunch aye right) and what little time i have in between eating and drinking, putting children down and talking my wife down from the ceiling I am then expected to write wonderfully enlightening prose on a website???????????? HOW!!!!!
I'm time poor, money poor and wish that neither were the case. But they are and I am full of such first world problems (cue tears). But there is a glimmer of hope that I am breaking this spell. I've tried some mindfulness, discovered the joy of having a bath again and most interesting of all have read 3, yes THREE books since the tolling of the new years bell.
So maybe soon I will be asking the next question on my list which is WHY?
But that's for another day.
Tagged How, mindfulness, why
Motor (mouth) Link
I come to praise caesar not to bury him
I have been accused of being a grumpy blogger from some of my recent followers and to a certain extent this is probably true. However I like to think of myself as being in tune with the ying and yang of the online vibe and with this in mind I have decided to praise some retailers for actually providing some bloody good service.
Spex in the City
Let's start with my most recent experience. I decided after some humming and hawing to invest in a new pair of glasses. I already had the prescription and was reminded of the need for a spare pair when one of my colleagues turned up late the other day after presumably sitting on his only set and then having to suffer the frustration of trying to get new glasses from his local optician.
I was more driven by price than brand and chose to shop at a local business in Dunfermline called Spex in the City (I know, cute name huh?). As I said, price was an issue and as they advertise designer frames at discount prices I was emboldened to take the trip to the bottom of the High Street for a look.
The service was unbelievably good. Within twenty minutes I had gone from hesitant buyer to virtual believer, walking out of the shop having ordered TWO pairs of glasses to be ready in two days.
Imagine my delight the next morning when phoning to ask a quick question I was told that the glasses were ready and could be picked up in the next couple of hours. Job done and one happy customer ready to spread the good word to everyone I have met since.
Oh and they weren't averse to doing a wee deal to get me on the two pair's route…
The Watch Medic
Ok I am a bit of a watch nut and have already bought my first new watch of 2015 to add to the collection, bit of a bargain on Amazon.co.uk in their weekly deals programme. (Won't be the last I will wager). But it's not about the watch this time; it's actually about the strap.
First off I don't have the patience to adjust straps or remove links. I just don't ok? So point me in the right direction and I will get a professional to do it every time – which is why The Watch Medic gets a nod here. They have done three watches for me in the last six months and on each occasion they have been just great to deal with. They are patient, funny, and always ready to engage in a bit of banter. They get the job done in no more than fifteen minutes and don't charge the earth.
No nonsense, no front. No problem.
The Vic
If you've been to this pub in St Andrews recently then I don't need to convert you. If you haven't then what are you waiting for?
If you are a student, a twenty something or even a middle ager with children in tow the Vic has something for all of you. Good food, quirky design features, a child friendly policy during the day, (etcha-sketch menus for kids, toys and games plus non condescending bar staff and table waiters), this place has got my attention for night time drinks with my wife, as a day retreat for a child exhausted parent and as having massive potential for my next night out with friends.
Prices are far from scary and unless you don't drink I think you will find it hard pushed not to want to try one or two of those rather exciting cocktails they serve, just check out the clip board menus for the full skinny. As you leave, if you are still not satiated then indulge in their free fruit basket, just to keep things healthy. Bars the way they are meant to be, friendly and fun in equal measure (if you pardon the pun).
So there you go!
Three very different places that all have one thing in common, they all put a smile on my face in the last few days, which makes them priceless.
Feel free to tell me about your recent experiences – good and bad!
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Return of the Kitsch
They say that 'nostalgia isn't what it used to be'
But 'they' are wrong.
Nostalgia is alive and well and playing in a brain near you. Just spend a couple of minutes away from your mobile or other time devouring device and gradually your sub conscious will start re-emerging, timidly at first then more assertively as your brain starts to remember that there was life before IOS7 or Android Jellybean version five hundred and fifty-five.
Maybe it's because I am getting a little bit older, but it seems to me we are rather scared of spending time alone with ourselves nowadays. Or perhaps we are just so 'connected' that our brains just don't want to admit they can't keep up and so invent excuses not to switch off.
Twitter is my current favourite waste of time, not because it brings me closer to my real life idols, nor because it allows me to keep up with current affairs in an amazingly quick and inclusive way. No, I like twitter because it means I don't have to think, I just scan and let the rest take care of itself.
Not really a healthy way to spend all my down time on though, is it?
So you might imagine my surprise a couple of weeks ago when my brain started to wake up again and make demands on my memory, forcing me to dredge up images of my childhood, happy ones I am pleased to say. About telephones with wires, which sat proudly in my parents hall, Televisions that had wooden facades and videos that loaded from the top and boasted of remote control, yet needed a cable running along the floor to achieve 'remote' on and off access.
My nostalgia also extended to a quick giggle about cassette players with microphones you had to plug in to record, integrated music centres with a turntable, cassette and radio (all covered in a smoky gray, top of the range, plastic cover I might add) and calculators with LED red displays that could only add up, take away and if you were lucky, divide and multiply. (Universally hated and feared by schools).
I suppose part of all this stems from a recent fascination with the Radio Times, a clear reminder of my childhood which lands on my doorstep every week now, highlighting the current fascination TV and radio seem to have about the eighties, which was a special time for me.
But once that nostalgia genie is out of the bottle it's not easy to put it back. It is actually great to remind ourselves about a time of limited choice, where four TV channels mattered and choosing a show meant careful consideration, where pubs were for talking and socialising in, not tweeting and fingering phones all night and where conversation meant just that.
I love Twitter, I enjoy Facebook, I email without thought and answer most questions via google. I have even bought into the 'double screen' concept and enjoy programmes like question time with one eye on what the twitterati are saying.
But am I any richer for the experience I wonder?
Certainly my brain doesn't think so. We are just not designed to be wired to the massive twenty-four seven and I often wonder…
Are we are so locked in our desire to share our experiences that we forget to live in the moment?
If so then we will find ourselves forgetting what we actually saw and end up remembering via our pictures and our clever little social media one liners: delivering false memories which are less intense and more constructed.
Don't believe me? Then try tapping into your nostalgia for a moment and see how vivid those memories are compared to your recent ones… Try it. It is quite an eye opener.
What have you got to lose?
Milk snatcher no more
When my colleague popped his head around my office door the other day and said "did you hear that Margaret Thatcher died" my immediate reaction was to say "Is this some sort of joke".
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
You see, to my mind she was indestructible. The 'iron lady', a force to be reckoned with. Not some footnote in history, or a demon to frighten the kids with. She was very real to me as I grew up and I couldn't believe she was now dead.
'Maggie' was the real political McCoy. A strong and determined leader, who demanded and got respect from both sides of the political landscape. A lady who wasn't for turning, despite the enormous pressures placed upon her by our democratic institutions.
Now at this point you would be forgiven for thinking that I might be a fan, but I'm not, in fact far from it.
When I was growing up, she was the opposite of everything I believed in and I was pretty sure I hated her for it. Much as I hated everything about her entourage of evil. Nigel Lawson, Norman Tebbit, Michael Hesseltine and John Major to name but a few.
They just made me feel so angry and impotent. Because no matter what we did to confound them, they just kept marching forward. Eventually dominating eighteen years of my adult life.
So lets take a moment, while I remind you about the seventies and why the political landscape changed so much that Thatcherism was inevitable. As indeed were the deep divides which made her tenure so hotly debated even today.
What strikes me, (if you pardon the pun) looking back, is how very different the world was in 1979, when Margaret Thatcher came to power. In the previous years I can clearly remember, for example, my parents discussing their fears about 'the three day week' as they tried to explain to me why we were sitting in the dark with only a candle and a calor gas heater for company.
I can also remember scenes of rubbish piling up in the streets and local parks, and unburied bodies in Liverpool as union action affected every household in the country. This was shown intermittently on a television set that would often go blank during Doctor Who, but was in any case officially switched off by the government at 10.30pm every night to conserve electricity supplies. (No really).
No one would disagree that seventies Britain was in a mess and as the result was that on 4 May 1979, Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first woman prime minister, winning convincingly at the polls and ushering in a new era of Tory rule.
I was sixteen years old at the time and becoming increasingly drawn towards the left of politics, influenced no doubt, by my friends and the teachers at my school. Through their eyes I saw a country which was broken and needed fixing, but surely not by this simpering woman standing at the front door of 10 Downing Street and quoting St Francis of Assisi!
"Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there is despair, may we bring hope."
Did she live up to the promise of her own rhetoric? Not as far as I am concerned.
I don't remember a whole lot of harmony, truth, faith and hope. What I remember is greed, despair, anger and more greed.
I also remember the frustration many of my generation felt about 'this woman' and how she was ruining our lives. This is why I fought her tooth and nail at every opportunity.
In my pre-student days I developed my love for music and this led to me becoming part of the Rock against Racism movement. I also joined the Anti-Nazi League because it wasn'tt difficult to feel uncomfortable around the generational and institutional racism prevalent at that time.
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I also wanted to get the troops out of Northern Ireland and felt that Apartheid was a terrible thing. My politics were to the left and I couldn't understand why everyone else couldn't see these things too.
The eighties were really really what started the dramatic change we still live with today. Out with the old and in with the new. Loss of heavy industry, privatisation, clumsy culling of union power and the rise of the money markets. This was change that genuinely bewildered and frightened older people and they rallied gratefully to the old-fashioned values of Margaret Thatcher's government..
Yet ironically she was the blunt instrument creating this unbelievable change.
Nowadays this era is viewed with great nostalgia and if you listen to any of the many soundtracks and musical compilations, all you will hear is a sanitised version, full of fun times and playful lyrics.
Seldom do you get to experience the raw anger inherent in much of the punk and new wave bands that didn't sell out.
My personal soundtrack was full of protest music from the likes of the Cure, the Jam, the Specials, the Clash and of course the Sex Pistols.
I loved punk and new wave and I love it now. In fact 'White Man at Hammersmith Palais' is still one of the few songs I can sing word-perfect from end to end.
My dress style was combat trousers, doc martins a Killing Joke t-shirt and the ubiquitous red and black 'Dennis the menace' jumper. To complete the look I wore a red star earring, all colours designed to reflect those of anarchy.
I was a rebel looking for a cause and my god there were plenty to choose from.
Nuclear power? No thanks! The threat on my doorstep, but also the beating heart of nuclear weapons. Many of which were pointed at my doorstep from the plains of Russia.
American bases on British Soil? No way! Get rid of them, we are not an aircraft carrier for a foreign power!
Apartheid? A subject which got the blood up and no mistake, everyone, apart it seemed from Maggie Thatcher, could see that it was wrong.
Poll Tax? How dare she inflict it first on Scotland (even though rates had recently been reevaluated there and were really hurting people).
Taking on the unions… and here it is, the real sore which divided the people of Britain then and a subject which still hurts today.
Thatcher had a gift for alienating people, yet paradoxically was considered a good listener. She talked tough then would go out of her way to support places like Ravenscraig (twice before it eventually closed).
Meanwhile the real collision for power was looming as the miners union flexed their collective muscles and prepared to take on the government. Or was it the government that was preparing to take on the miners?
Arthur Scargill was public enemy number one.
By now I was a student in Newcastle and apart from direct action to support the students my big political contribution was leading the student union activity in support of the local miners.
It became a real people thing you know, as time went on and the miners families really started to struggle. I remember raising money for them, wearing with incredible pride my 'coal not dole' sticker and joining the 'Zulu's' at a Nottingham miners rally (where trouble broke out and we had to run for our freedom from a somewhat aggressive police presence).
We put on gig after gig to raise money, working ever more closely with the local band scene, taking buckets round the town centre in our spare time and attending rallies.
It was all for nothing in the end. But I will never forget the pride and energy that came from these local communities and often wonder if the government couldn't have handled it better. Reaching out to them rather than alienating them.
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Thatcher won that battle and then went on to win a war. This time against Argentinean forces hell-bent on taking the Falkland Islands in order to boost flagging political fortunes amongst the military junta.
Ironically this played straight into the iron lady's hands providing her with the opportunity to boost her own political fortunes instead.
The lady wasn't for turning and despite being a close run thing; she returned the islands to British sovereignty.
To the delight of the masses.
The war made Margaret Thatcher a hero, consolidating her position as leader of the Tory party and prime minister of team GB.
The media loved her and with a ground swell of popular support she was ushered back into power in 1983 smashing the Labour and SDP into humiliating defeat.
Could the Labour party ever beat this woman? It certainly didn't look that way and in 1987 the Conservatives made history with a third successive win, beating Neil Kinnock and setting the stage for yet more Thatcherism.
Strangely it wasn't Labour that finally beat Margaret Thatcher, it was her own party, becaming ever more greedy and corrupt and eventually consuming the very person who had led them to the promised land.
Without her the party creaked on until 1997 when the dawn of New Labour did for the fat cats once and for all (or so we thought).
Fast forward to 2013 and the world is once again very different. Yet mention Margaret Thatcher and old wounds are soon opened.
As I write this 'Ding dong the witch is dead' sits at number three in the charts as the result of a clever and yes amusing social media campaign to mark her passing with an appropriate musical salute. The first time I can remember politics entering the musical mainstream since the eighties.
So how do I feel 34 years on since she came to power? Well, numb and if I am honest slightly saddened. With the clarity of age, experience and perspective I realise now it was her policies and her government that I hated, but that I never really hated her.
I am proud to say I helped change the world, but then so did she. God knows what it would have been like without her.
If I can grow up, then perhaps it is fitting for some of the other 'comrades' out there to do so too. We don't need to dance or spit on her actual grave. Instead we did that in 1990 on her political career as she left office with those tears running down her cheek.
Farewell Maggie.
Arthur Scargill reacts to Thatcher's death: "SCARGILL ALIVE !" (itv.com)
Spitting Image creators remember Margaret Thatcher (guardian.co.uk)
Margaret Thatcher is dead – now the inquest must begin on her life and influence (mirror.co.uk)
Tagged Anti-Nazi League, Arthur Scargill, BBC, David Mellor, Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead, Margaret Thatcher, Norman Tebbit, Northern Ireland, Sex Pistols, Thatcher
Seven Minutes (and you're almost there)
How long would you wait for a cup of coffee? More importantly how long should you have to wait for a coffee?
Going elsewhere? (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Peacock Rooms' at the Glen Pavilion in Dunfermline is designed to provide an 'all year round' place for families to grab a coffee, eat cake and let the kids run around in a great play area with full length interior glass windows. Good for you, good for them.
So, it's popular with families and gets busy, particularly at weekends. All of which is great I hear you say. But to be honest I find myself dreading the moment when someone pipes up "lets go to the Peacock Rooms" because the service is in a word 'dreadful'.
I mean they seem to try hard and they have improved slightly by getting one person to make the coffees, to let the rest of the staff focus on front of house activities like serving and clearing. But… it still doesn't work.
Let me give you an example. I was there on Saturday and from bitter experience I sadly found myself taking note of the time I joined the (modest) queue. Maybe six people in front, two of whom were a couple, none of whom were ordering more than a cake and a cuppa…
Seven minutes later I had not moved an inch. Now seven minutes is a long time to stand still. If you don't believe me then try it. Now try it with a child tugging at your leg and wanting to go and play on a slide. Now try it with a hangover. Eternity?
By the way seven minutes is also coincidentally, the maximum time a trained waiter would regard as reasonable for a person to wait for table service, (and that's pushing it). This doesn't bode well for a counter service environment, which is meant to be quicker.
So what was the hold up? I hear you ask. Well it turns out that the counter-staff were having a crisis, one person was struggling and this put pressure on everyone else.
I mean everyone is entitled to a bad day, right? But why does the same thing happen EVERY time I've been there?
Lose count of your order? Fair enough. Forget your entire customer order? Maybe, not listen to your customer because you were distracted? Ok…
Except it's not ok. This is their job, it's why they go to work and it's what they do.
Now training could be an issue here.
Contrast if you will my ongoing experience with Starbucks and Costa. Both of whom employ excellent staff, who despite the natural reserve that comes from being British, seem to have no problems in serving folk with a beaming smile, taking orders quickly and efficiently, taking payment and often seeking out your name to make the whole thing more slick and personalised, cakes and coffee – done.
Starbucks (Photo credit: Piutus)
"But they charge you more", you will say hesitantly. Not true says I. My experience is that café prices are not a million miles away from the baristas on the high street. But efficiency, cleanliness and customer service are.
I said that I almost felt sorry for the person in my local café the other day. Almost, but not quite and here's why. If we just accept bad service then it will never change, never improve, which in a venue like the Peacock Rooms is very dangerous. (and yes my comments went in the customer comments box)
You see, the Peacock Rooms are set in a park with no immediate competitor and because they are the only game in town during the winter they're very busy (rocket science it ain't). This is why I think they must think its acceptable for uncleared tables, long queues and muddled orders to be the norm.
Newsflash! It ain't and it's a real shame, because it totally overshadows the fact they serve great cakes and very tasty coffee… worse still it's slowly but surely turning me from a customer into a critic and come the summer I can vote with my feet.
But the really sad thing is this is just the tip of the iceberg. There are so many badly managed establishments out there in the wider world that I just know I will have struck a chord.
Which is why our motto this year should be "I'm not called Matt now stop walking all over me"
Tagged Coffee, Customer service, Dunfermline, Peacock Room, Pittencrieff Park, Starbucks
"Wake me up before you go go"
Ed Milliband MP speaking at the Labour Party conference. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
To my mind examining British politics is a bit like peering into a prefect's common room to see Cameron, Miliband and Clegg 'Minor' taking turns to practice their end of year debating skills."The right has it, the left has it, and aye the centre has it". But can the centre hold?
"Who cares "says I
Well hang on, surely I care don't I? I mean it wasn't that long ago that I cheered on Labour because I wanted them to come along and make everything better.
Well they did, for a while, and it wasn't really their fault there was a terrorist attack which led to a war, which helped divert attention away from the naughty little bankers and anyway, we were all too busy making the most of it and waving our credit cards in the air weren't we?
But all good things come to an end and before we knew it the party was over, Blair called a cab, the iron chancellor creaked his rusty way onto the world stage and suddenly it all became so bloody boring as all the real characters exited stage right (or left) leaving an altogether less passionate group of politicians behind them and a country which suffered as a result.
Oh nowadays you will still get the rhetoric and big brown puppy eyes beseeching you to do the right thing, you will get earnest points delivered by politicos in tailored shirts with rolled up sleeves, you will even get tweeting and 'likes' on facebook but passion? Not a chance.
Back then everything seemed so wonderfully clear cut. With radically opposing parties scrapping it out for the love of the electorate, pantomime heroes and villains caricatured in newspapers and not afraid to stand up for what they believed in, even if it made them unpopular.
Now it's just dull – yellow, red and blue pale imitators carefully keeping to the middle of the road and avoiding extreme bends with their Volvo shaped policies.
Which is why the words of Commons Speaker John Bercow are so important:-
""I think there is a wider dissatisfaction that people feel, partly that the parties are still quite similar and perhaps there isn't a huge choice, and partly they feel, well 'I said what I wanted, and I voted accordingly, but I haven't got what I wanted or what I voted for two years ago'"
Well disaffection leads to apathy and apathy leads to boredom which destroys our desire to vote. As a result turnout drops and we are all the poorer for it as we end up creating a self sustaining prophecy.
In Scotland we have a secret weapon against apathy called Alex Salmond, a bogey man demanding independence and who is also coincidentally Scotland's first minister. A paradox who is liked and loathed in equal measure and also one of the finest politicians of his generation.
First Minister Alex Salmond speaks at the launch of A National Conversation August 14, 2007 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
He has certainly rattled the 'establishment' which is why as I write this the mainstream press are preparing to castigate him with pitchforks and burning oil for telling fibs (allegedly).
But the point is he is gaining column inches two years before the vote for independence here, because both his personality and convictions mean something to others.
So can I suggest that David, Edward and Nicholas come and spend some time with Uncle Alex and learn how to inject some personality and life back into British politics?
Before we lose all desire to ever vote again.
Tagged Alex Salmond, David Miliband, First Minister of Scotland, John Bercow, Politics of the United Kingdom, Scotland, Scottish independence, Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)
Motor (mouth)
Am I the only person in the world who is constantly disappointed with the drivers of little sports cars?
I mean, every day I drive to work and back, amble to and from the shops and on occasion even wander further afield. Yet hardly ever do I feel any sense of well-being when driving past smart cars or luxury vehicles.
I live in hope that just once the driver will match the promise. Maybe this time they will be a gorgeous female model or a smart suited city gent tanned and handsome. But no, invariably they are old, dry skinned, fat or far too skinny with all the life leached out of them. Maybe that's why they look so very unhappy with their lot. Which is a shame when you think about it.
Tagged Luxury vehicle, Sports car


Morgan Stanley sees as much as $120 billion going into China's government bond market annually from 2020 to 2030.
Deutsche Bank's projections suggest foreigners will own as much as a fifth of central government debt in five years.
Foreigners are already making demands, including readily available hedging tools, more transparent and faster registration procedures and -- less loudly, given the sensitivity -- assurance they'll be able to take their money out when they like. Their voices are set to become more important as their share of the domestic market climbs from little more than 2 percent today.
Yields on China's 10-year government bonds have dropped about 16 basis points this quarter, to 3.06 percent -- near the lowest since December 2016.
"For overseas institutions, they still lack operationally strong derivative tools," said Felix Sun, head of fixed income in Shanghai at UBS Group AG. He also indicated trading will be challenging -- "most of the 300+ bonds to be included in the index are 'inactive old bonds,"' he said of the plans for the Bloomberg Barclays benchmark.


- Suzuki Roshi from the prologue to "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind"
We are not physical being having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a physical experience.
"The body is everywhere assaulted by all of our new media, a state which has resulted in deep disorientation of intellect and destabilization of culture throughout the world. In the age of disembodied communication, the meaning and significance and experience of the body is utterly transformed and distorted."
"We can do it you know. We can get there. We can have it all. The Third Millennium AD can be the green millennium, the time in which we learn to live as responsible human beings at last. There is no law, natural or divine, which demands that the world we live in become poorer, harsher, and more dangerous. If it continues to become that way, it is only because we do it ourselves."
from Aldous Huxley's "Island", one of my favorite books.
"History is the record of what human beings have been impelled to do by their ignorance and the enormous bumptiousness that makes them canonize their ignorance as a political or religious dogma."
"Do something....even if it's wrong."
"If you're half as pretty on the outside as you are on the inside, then you're beautiful."
that goes back. . .
but to acquire wisdom, one must observe."
I don't know if anyone's put it up yet, but my favourite quote is the one on my signature.
EDIT: I just realized that mobile users don't see signatures, so I will post it.
"Perhaps other potentially dangerous manifestations of nature should be prohibited as well, such as excess sunlight, aging, or thinking lewd thoughts."
I read a while back that the author of that poem was a middle aged victorian who had just gone into the hospital to have a leg removed and woke to find they had cut off the wrong leg. Then they still had to remove the other leg. He wrote the poem afterwards, while he was still in the hospital. That makes the poem even more meaningful to me.
Life is like an ecosystem. It's the relationships that make it rich, nourishing and feed the soul.
The glass is half full, not half empty.
My dad always said that too! I thought it was unique to him. Maybe our fathers knew each other? My dad was from southern cal and was carreer Air Force.
A.i. is the next step. Nature is demanding that man build it.
Happy Halloween Weekend ... since Halloween is on a Wednesday!
so that one can be at home in both the white water and the eddies.
"There is no separation. This is nature's mandate to us: paradise in our hearts, souls, and spirits. Our intuition leads us to knowledge, to have the experiences we need in order to be whole. When you have the intuition to do something, just do it! That is why we have intuition."
"Otherwise, what excuse do I have to come and see you?
"My dislikes may offend you. Tisk. Tisk. So that you may brace yourself, or so that we may start off on the wrong foot- which ever- I'll list a few here. I dislike businessmen, the American medical profession, 'liberated' women, most architecture, agri-business, 90 percent of industry, cities, pavement, the American philosophy of self-indulgence, strip-mining, clear-cutting, nuclear reactors, anything having to do with recombinant DNA research and development. I consider televeision and the automobile to be two of the nation's greatest curses; the former because it rots the mind, the latter because it rots the body and destroys the land."
"Chance itself has absolutely no meaning. Because it has no meaning, a deeper meaning can come into it. By utilizing chance you can receive a direct answer to a question asked of God."
"Never noted for great cerebral activity, the commissioners were aghast."
"The answer, if I may wildly speculate, is neither- we will destroy neither the Earth nor ourselves. Instead, we will learn to live in a symbiotic relationship with our planet... We can continue to follow the way fo disease-causing pathogens, or we can chart a new course as dependent and respectful inhabitants on this galactic speck of dust we call Earth. The former requires onyl an egocentric lack of concern for anything but ourselves... The latter, on the other hand, requires an awareness of ourselves as a dependent part of a Greater Being. This may require a hefty dose of humility, which we can either muster up ourselves, or wait until it's meted out of us, however tragically, by the greater world around us."
"Hmmm, Where can a large animal like a human being find manure?... Where is that mirror, anyway? Might be a clue there."
"That person is a separate entity, with an awareness of an individual self, an ego. That person is also totally part of, and completely dependent upon, the surrounding natural world, the eco. When the ego and eco are balanced, the person lives in harmony with the planet... When too much emphasis is placed on the self, the ego, an imbalance occurs and problems result,"
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes.
"If the workers are out playing golf, the revolution will never occur".
Cooking with love provides food for the soul.
Cooking is love made visible.
I loved the ending of this short story from Flash Fiction International.
"And she also understood that this, his lack of passion, his sense of logic, is one of the reasons she fucked the Turkish sailor, and it is also the reason she came home."
wow... this is the first time I read this thread... and it bears out the fact that there are unknown numbers of wise sayings because wisdom itself is infinite. I love sayings because they are like cut gems... tiny and precise in their insightful beauty.
All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
From all this we may learn that there are two races of men in this world, but only these two — the "race" of the decent man and the "race" of the indecent man.
Studies either confirm what you already know by your own common sense... or they're wrong.


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Алексей Викторович Гладилин (р. 22.12.1972)  — специалист в области морского приборостроения, Генеральный директор-научный руководитель АО «Акустический институт имени академика Н. Н. Андреева»

Автор 96 научных работ, из них 1 монография и 44 патента РФ на изобретения.

Основные научные результаты

1. Фундаментальные и прикладные результаты исследований в области активного подавления вибрационных помех, разработка приемных элементов на новых пьезоэластичных материалах, эффективных адаптивных алгоритмов обработки информации в сложных сигнально-помеховых условиях. Полученные результаты позволили создать уникальные геофизические комплексы и гидроакустические системы: комплекс для проведения морской сейсморазведки (2010—2013 годы), акустоэмиссионный комплекс для морских месторождений (2011—2014 годы), современный типоряд геофизических приборов для проведения инженерных подводных работ (2009—2015 годы), модуль покровной антенны для нового поколения ПЛ (2012—2015 годы), гидроакустические средства морской авиации (2013-н.в.).

2. Предложены пионерские методы анализа трансверсальной анизотропии пород на стадии бурения скважин на основе анализа поверхностных волн. Разработан прибор для диагностики целостности конструкции скважины (2011 год).

3. Получены выдающиеся результаты в исследовании распространения акустических колебаний по каналу: поверхность-скважина-пласт, предложен адаптивный алгоритм нахождения частотного диапазона «окон прозрачности» для прохождения акустической энергии (2002—2012 годы). Выпускается оборудование для повышения дебита и увеличения МРП нефтедобывающих скважин, устройство высокоскоростной передачи информации через буровую колонну по акустическому каналу.

Гладилин А. В.- член редколлегии журналов «Морские информационно-управляющие системы», «Вестник ЦКР РОСНЕДРА», член ДС 411.009.01, вице-президент Российского акустического общества, член межведомственной рабочей группы по созданию системы освещения обстановки в Арктике, член совета Главных конструкторов в области судового машиностроения и приборостроения, председатель Научно-координационного совета государственной программы Российской Федерации «Развитие судостроения и техники для освоения шельфовых месторождений на 2013—2030 годы». Он имеет опыт преподавательской работы, руководил кафедрой «Акустические приборы и системы» в ФГБОУ ВО МИРЭА.

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Closing Date: 31 May 2020
Multiple opportunities for experienced VR GPs to join a well-established Community Controlled Health Organisation!
Contribute to the improvement of medical services for a number of remote communities!
Highly attractive remuneration package circa $400,000 incl. super, housing allowance & more!
Sunrise Health Service Aboriginal Corporation (SHS) is a Community Controlled Health Organisation that provides services to nine individual remote communities in the eastern Katherine region.
The Sunrise approach involves community people taking part in controlling their own health. Everything from financial management and governance, staff selection and service delivery priorities are directed by the organisation's Aboriginal Board and Community Health Committees.
Sunrise Health Service Aboriginal Corporation works in partnership with Northern Territory PHN (NT PHN), who provide support services to health professionals and organisations across the Northern Territory.
Sunrise Health Service Aboriginal Corporation is now seeking two General Practitioners to join their dedicated team in the Katherine Region of the Northern Territory.
These roles are being offered on a permanent full-time basis, however shared job arrangements (such as 2 months on, 2 months off) would be considered. We also require a GP from early May to early September each year.
MON-THU working in remote communities. Back to Katherine town office base every Friday, to enjoy collegiality with colleagues, allowing time for paperwork and enjoyment of the Katherine surrounds on the weekends.
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, led by the Director of Public Health and Planning, this position is responsible for providing direct primary healthcare services, support for and sharing of skills with other health centre staff, and participating in key primary healthcare initiatives and community consultation.
You will work across a number of the nine communities that Sunrise services, primarily carrying out clinic-based work. The extended team you'll work with on a day to day basis includes a range of Allied Health Professionals who provide both clinical and health promotional activities.
There is also opportunity to become a GP supervisor, providing mentorship and support to GP registrars, if this should be of interest.
To be considered, you must have the following:
Registration as a Vocationally Registered General Practitioner with AHPRA;
Experience using Communicare;
Broad based experience in primary healthcare appropriate to working in a rural/remote location;
Experience working within an Aboriginal health, or cross-cultural setting; and
An understanding and commitment to the principles of Aboriginal Community Control in primary healthcare delivery.
Importantly, SHS is looking for flexible individuals who are able to adapt their care to meet the specific needs of each patient, while maintaining organisational guidelines.
To view a full position description, please click here.
If you're looking for an opportunity to contribute to the improved health of remote Aboriginal communities, this could be the position for you!
Your dedication will be rewarded with a highly attractive remuneration package circa $400,000 incl. super and a range of benefits including:
Every Friday in Katherine town office
6 weeks leave per year;
Up to 10 days study leave;
Phone and laptop;
Vehicle for work and personal use;
Annual housing allowance of $20,000 while in Katherine;
9.5% superannuation;
Not for profit salary packaging benefits; and
Annual flight back to your point of hire.
Working at Sunrise Health Service and living in the Katherine region has lifestyle benefits that are unique to the Northern Territory. With the Katherine Gorge on your doorstep and an incredible outdoor lifestyle on offer, combined with some of the best fishing in the world, the Northern Territory is the place to be to make the most of life's adventures.
Don't pass up this rewarding opportunity to make a positive impact on Aboriginal health - Apply Now!
Are you eligible for specialist registration as a General Practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)?*
No (Please stop your application - you are not eligible to apply for this position)
Please outline your broad based experience in primary health care, appropriate to working in a rural/remote location.*
Do you have formal Post-graduate training in General Practice?*
Please tell us about your ability to work well in a multi-disciplinary team, including the ability to share tasks / knowledge, and to delegate to other health practitioners.*
Do you have an understanding and commitment to the principles of Aboriginal community control of primary health care delivery?*
Please describe your willingness/ability to listen, learn and participate in cross-cultural awareness activities, with a respect for Aboriginal culture.*
Please give an example that demonstrates your high standard of written and oral presentation; particularly the ability to communicate clearly in plain English to both clients and other health professionals.*
This position requires you to live and work in a remote area. Please tell us about your self-care and stress management skills appropriate to living and working in an isolated area.*
Please outline your ability to support and participate in change processes.*
Our Vision - The Sunrise Way.
We will expand upon our commitment to ensure our people "The Sun Come-Up Mob", continue to have access to equitable and culturally appropriate primary health care services into the future.
We will build the capacity of each of our communities to enable a health care service that delivers programs for and by Aboriginal people, and to ensure local problems are addressed through local sustainable solutions.
We will incorporate "The Sunrise Way" philosophy into how we do business and how we deliver services and focus on the concept of Mind, Body & Spirit to address health issues at the community level".
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With that said, it is important to know that products count as paid content because products are considered compensation. You should be claiming ALL products that you receive for review on your taxes as income.
They are taxable because you are engaging in a business exchange or barter. Barter is taxable. You are trading your review (your time) for a product.
How can this be? You might be asking. Well, as we all know, most products arrive with an expectation from the business or brand. Unless you're a well established blogger with an enormous following and social-media presence, PR companies are probably not sending you products without you first agreeing to a review. Not to mention, the PR company has your address and you likely agreed to receive the product in exchange for a review. That's the line separating random stuff delivered to your house versus an item provided for something in return (which is considered taxable income).
In short, receiving money, a product, or a service in exchange for a review on your blog is self-employment income and not a gift. You must claim the Fair Market Value (FMV) of the product, service, or money received. It is taxable income. Period.
It is against Amazon's TOS to review an item that you received for free or at a discount.
Amazon changed their Terms of Service about a year ago to remedy the barrage of "paid" reviews. Today, sellers can no longer request reviews if the product sent out is free or discounted. By having and using your Amazon account, you agree to abide by their terms. In their terms, they also state that you are not allowed to review products that you received with a discount code or for free. The only exception to this rule is books.
Why? Well, these reviews are considered "paid" and therefore, biased. If you're participating in these shady review practices, then Amazon can and will remove all reviewing privileges and possibly close your account. In fact, Amazon has closed many accounts recently because of this.
Some businesses are trying to get around this by offering to send funds via PayPal so that you can purchase the item yourself — so that it looks like a legitimate transaction. In other cases, they will offer to refund the money after you've made the purchase. This is NOT acceptable and any businesses participating in this practice should be banned from Amazon.
I would advise you not to participate in Amazon product review groups or even websites like Tomoson, where they allow companies to request Amazon reviews.
Sometimes, Amazon sellers or other companies will try to convince you to review their product — essentially involving you in shady practices that could jeopardize your account.
Now that you know and understand some of the basic rules, laws, and guidelines, you're better equipped to deal with situations when a seller, individual, or company tries to convince you to use dofollow links or review their product without a disclosure.
You'd think that with Google being the number one search engine and Amazon being one of the top online shopping websites that people wouldn't risk it. You'd be wrong.
On a daily basis, people are constantly emailing me and asking me to share their posts on my blog for cash. When I outline my terms — that I always include an FTC disclosure that the post was sponsored or a product was provided and all links will be nofollow — people no longer want to work together.
So, I can't even get one dofollow link?
No, sir. If the content is paid, any links within the post must be given the nofollow attribute. This is per Google's Webmaster Guidelines.
We don't have to let anyone know that the link was paid for.
We pride ourselves on maintaining ethical standards on the blog, so I must respectfully decline your offer, Ma'am.
Why would I pay for a post that's not going to have dofollow links?
Sir, paying for dofollow links is against Google's Webmaster Guidelines — that means your site as well as mine could be penalized for participating in link schemes. Even with nofollow links, you will receive exposure to my audience and my social media channels where I amplify my blog posts.
I simply can't wrap my mind around how some people are willing risk their entire website and go against Google's Webmaster Guidelines just to increase their ratings. Some bloggers do it for the money, not realizing that they could lose their income stream by participating in such practices.
It's not hard to follow the rules, ladies and gents.


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14 March 2019 | Brief Counsel
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The select committee has played safe on the Privacy Bill, recommending only modest changes.
While this will make for an easy transition in the short term, it may also mean further reform is needed in a few years' time.
In particular, the Bill falls well short of the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which sets the standard for EU engagement – an outcome that could create compliance costs for some New Zealand businesses.
Key amendments
Raising the threshold for privacy breach notification
An agency would only need to notify the Privacy Commissioner and affected individuals of a privacy breach where it is reasonable to believe the breach is likely to cause "serious harm".
This is a higher threshold than originally proposed, responds to concerns raised by submitters, and aligns New Zealand with Australian and European law.
Cross-border reach
The Bill would apply to all New Zealand agencies collecting personal information (regardless of where it is collected or held), overseas agencies that collect personal information in the course of carrying on business in New Zealand, and non-resident individuals who collect personal information while in New Zealand.
Additional requirements when sending data offshore
The Bill requires an agency disclosing personal information to a "foreign person or entity" to meet one of six grounds the effect of which is to provide safeguards comparable to those in New Zealand.
While the intention of this change is laudable, the provisions (including the definition of "foreign person or entity") may create added complexity without a clear need for change.
That said, the Bill has been amended to clarify that "disclosure" does not include sending information to a cloud service provider or other party that holds the information solely as agent.
Agencies not to collect identifying information unless necessary
The Bill would expand IPP 1 (collection for lawful and necessary purposes) to prohibit collection of "identifying information" if not necessary for the purposes for which the information is being collected.
We understand that this change is intended to nudge agencies towards allowing individuals to interact anonymously with them, but what counts as "identifying information" is unclear, and in any case it will be a rare occurrence where an agency is unable to find at least some purpose (however speculative) that justifies collection.
Removal of the Public Register Principles
The public register privacy principles have been removed as recommended by both the Law Commission and the Privacy Commissioner. This is on the basis that appropriate protections are better addressed by the legislation that governs use and public access to the applicable register.
Changes the Privacy Commissioner wanted but did not get
The Privacy Commissioner argued for a number of changes which the committee has not delivered. Principal among these were a power to seek civil penalties, rights of erasure for individuals (sometimes referred to as "a right to be forgotten"), data portability, and transparency for algorithmic decisions.
The Ministry of Justice departmental report indicates further reform along these lines may be needed to maintain EU adequacy.
The Privacy Commissioner issued a statement saying that the Bill "addresses some of the most pressing aspects of the modern digital economy" but that he would continue to make the case for more civil enforcement powers and "other modernising reforms to ensure that New Zealand's privacy framework is robust, fit-for-purpose and comparable to those of its trading partners".
Implications of the Bill for business
For most businesses, the two most noteworthy features of the Bill are the requirement to notify privacy breaches to the Privacy Commissioner and affected individuals (now subject to a higher threshold before notification is required), and the obligation to ensure safeguards are in place when sending data offshore.
Both these features will require businesses to put in place new processes in order to comply, although the burden is likely to be modest, especially for those organisations that already have good privacy practices embedded in their operations.
The Bill is proposed to come into force on 1 March 2020.
Our thanks to David Smith for writing this Brief Counsel.
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United Nations Security Council resolution 1213, adopted unanimously on 3 December 1998, after reaffirming Resolution 696 (1991) and all subsequent resolutions on Angola, including resolutions 846 (1993), 1127 (1997) and 1173 (1998), the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA) for a final time until 26 February 1999.

The Security Council condemned the failure of UNITA to implement the remaining tasks of the Lusaka Protocol including the demilitarisation of its forces and the extension of state administration throughout the country. It was concerned that the leader of UNITA, Jonas Savimbi, had not responded to proposals for the restoration of the peace process by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General. There was a serious humanitarian impact brought about by the impasse in the peace process which had consequences on the security of the country.

The resolution reiterated that the primary cause of the political crisis in Angola was due to the failure of UNITA to comply with its obligations under various peace agreements and Security Council resolutions. Furthermore, it demanded that it complete the demilitarisation of its forces and withdraw from territories it occupied through military means; there could be no military solution to the conflict and both parties were urged to seek a political settlement. Additionally, UNITA was urged to co-operate with MONUA in the withdrawal of MONUA personnel from Andulo and Bailundo. Law enforcement had to be strengthened and human rights respected.

The humanitarian situation continued to worsen, including the rise in the number of internally displaced persons, increased mine laying. The Angolan government and particularly UNITA were urged to guarantee the safety of United Nations and humanitarian personnel and permit humanitarian aid to be delivered to the affected population, cease mine laying activities and respect international humanitarian law.

Finally, the Secretary-General Kofi Annan was requested to report back to the Council no later 15 January 1999 on the future of MONUA and the United Nations presence in Angola, and on ways of improving the effectiveness of sanctions imposed against UNITA in previous resolutions.

See also
 Angolan Civil War
 List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1201 to 1300 (1998–2000)
 United Nations Angola Verification Mission I
 United Nations Angola Verification Mission II
 United Nations Angola Verification Mission III

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Robin Thicke & Paula Patton's 3-Year-Old Son Involved In Minor Car Accident
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This has been a challenging week for former lovebirds Robin Thicke and Paula Patton. Just days after publicly announcing their separation, the Hollywood duo's 3-year-old son Julian was involved in a minor car accident.
MUST READ: Paula Patton & Robin Thicke Separate! 9 Pics Of How They Were…
According to Entertainment Tonight, the incident took place on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles with Paula Patton's mother and assistant. Sources cited a paparazzi chase as the cause of the crash, which damaged Patton's black Range Rover. Luckily, no injuries were reported.
MUST READ: Say It Ain't So! Robin Thicke & Paula Patton Confirm A Breakup
On Monday, Julian's parents told People magazine they were ending their marriage after nearly nine years. "We will always love each other and be best friends, however, we have mutually decided to separate at this time," they said.
TMZ reported the marriage meltdown stemmed from Robin's inapproaaite behavior with other women. During an airport interview in Washington D.C. Thursday afternoon, the "Blurred Lines" singer told photographers, "I'm just trying to get her back."
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The first ever F1.4 DG DN Art lens is here, marking a new chapter in SIGMA's mirrorless journey. This stunning, full-frame prime, designed from the ground up specifically for mirrorless cameras, offers unparalleled optical performance, a compact and lightweight body, robust build quality and high-speed AF. A remarkable triumph of optical design and engineering, it promises to be a game-changer for E-mount and L-Mount photographers.
Although it's less than 55% of the weight of the existing 85mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art, the all-new 85mm F1.4 DG DN | Art actually offers improved image quality. Whatever the shooting conditions, it produces exceptionally sharp results right across the frame, gives a clear and delicate rendering performance, and displays beautiful, rich bokeh, making it the perfect option for portrait, wedding and event photographers. The lens boasts five Special Low Dispersion (SLD) elements and one aspherical element to help to control optical aberrations including chromatic aberration, flare and ghosting.
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In addition to five SLD elements and one aspherical element, the 85mm F1.4 DG DN | Art has incorporated the latest high-refractive-index glass, which works to correct aberrations that cannot be effectively handled by in-camera correction. With a particular emphasis given to the elimination of axial chromatic aberration, users will enjoy sharp images with no colour bleeding all the way up to the maximum aperture of F1.4.
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Numerous rounds of ray-trace simulations, as well as repeated real-world testing enabled SIGMA's lens designers to minimise flare and ghosting, which has ensured clear, high-contrast images even when shooting in backlit conditions.
Photographers can work wide open at the maximum aperture of F1.4 with total confidence, allowing them to focus fully on creative decisions such as composition, exposure and depth-of-field. This 85mm prime delivers a level of optical performance truly worthy of its place in SIGMA's Art range.
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Designed exclusively for mirrorless cameras, it breaks the usual 85mm F1.4 mould by combining a very large lens diameter, superb optical performance and a lightweight and compact body.
The AF system employs a stepping motor that is optimised for both phase detect and contrast AF. Not only does this provide a smooth shooting experience only possible on a mirrorless camera (such as face/eye AF), but it has reduced the size of the lens body thanks to a much smaller focus element. By making the most of in-camera aberration correction functionalities, SIGMA has concentrated on the correction of aberrations that could only be eliminated effectively by the lens' optics, which further contributed to making the lens smaller. With such a small and lightweight body, users can now take out an ultra-wide aperture 85mm lens for day to day shooting, or carry it around all day at a wedding, without worrying about being weighed down.
Superb build quality and impressive feature set
This compact lens is packed with a range of advanced functionalities that make it well-suited to professional use by both photographers and film makers.
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Tests if index switching is occurring in a given dataset. Index_investigator is a script that provides a way to visualize switch for sequenced genomic datasets. This method shows that in samples, index switching is minimal and not enriched in the HiSeq X. It requires samples sequenced on multiple different lanes since it relies on greater similarity for samples sequenced on the same lane, versus other lanes.
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Releases of the Week: Ranma 1/2 brings back the oldies
2014-03-25 17:00:00by Brad Rice
What Did You Eat Yesterday and Sword Art Online manga debuts
If you're a fan of classics, this week has some good stuff for you. Namely, a Blu-ray release of Ranma 1/2, and the latest volume of Gundam: The Origin. For all of the younger fans out there, these are great ways to get into hallmark series.
What Did You Eat Yesterday? marks its debut, and the series is one well worth highlighting. It tells the story of a gay couple in Tokyo, and much of the story plays out around the kitchen table. We'll be reviewing it shortly, but it's an interesting title to think about in the wake of the VIIV billboard news that hit the other day.
Some other notable releases include Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust, Soul Eater Vol. 19, and Sword Art Online's manga debut. Check out the full list after the jump, complete with links to buy what you want. Let us know what you're getting!
Anime releases
Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust
Ranma 1/2 - Part 1 Blu-ray
Manga releases
Are You Alice? Vol. 4
Blood Lad: Bloody Brat
Bloody Cross Vol. 2
Fairy Tail Vol. 36
Gundam: The Origin Vol. 5
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days Vol. 3
Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Story Vol. 1
Seven Deadly Sins Vol. 1
Soul Eater Vol. 19
Sword Art Online Vol. 1: Aincrad
What Did You Eat Yesterday? Vol. 1
Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki
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