An information product business can be highly profitable when you get it right. By following these tips on starting your own information product company you will be well on your way to profiting from the boom in sales of digital information products.
You're looking for a niche where people regularly spend money. Ideally more than once.
You can get a good idea of whether your chosen area is likely to be profitable by doing a regular search on Google and browsing sites like Amazon.
If there are adverts relating to your niche and if there are plenty of books on it, there's a good chance that people are spending money there.
Don't pick too broad an area though – you're unlikely to break into the main weight loss topic overnight. But you can pick a sub-niche within that area and make a nice income from it.
This is an area where a lot of people stumble. They over-complicate the process and don't ever get a product created.
It's easy to assume that the products we see in everyday life were always that way. But the Windows operating system didn't get launched as an actual operating system until it was in its third version. Prior to that, it was only sold as a way to use their graphical word processor.
So follow the time tested formula of "ready, fire, aim" and get the first version of your product created sooner rather than later. You can always surprise your early adopters by offering them a free or cheap upgrade when you release version two but you'll never get to that stage if you don't release version one first.
Almost every hosting package comes with an option to install WordPress. Use that option and then follow a few simple tutorials (there are plenty available on YouTube) to get it looking professional. Or hire a developer if you need to. Either way, you should be able to get your new website up and running very fast.
Then add a lead capture form – you can get those from any professional autoresponder package – and start offering people enticements to sign up to your list. You can then keep in touch with these people and let the begin to trust you.
Google has lots of sites to worry about, not just yours.
So don't expect to have thousands of visitors flocking to your new website overnight.
But you can still promote your site with things like articles, videos, Facebook posts, guest posts, Tweets and lots of other methods.
The idea here is to use what are known as "long tail" keywords at first because these are easier to rank for in the search results. You won't get huge amounts of traffic from them but if you get it right, you will get some traffic and you can then start the process of getting them onto your list so that they stand a chance of buying your product.
In your video production business, there are only a few ways to make more money in the edit suite. Charge more per hour, sell more projects or become much more efficient in your editing processes. We'll ignore the first two for now and focus on the third.
1.The edit process begins when you are writing the script.
Intentionally write the script to make things easier for you in the edit. A few things to watch out for in the script are areas where you won't have any video or pictures to use to cover the narration or sound bytes from the person being interviewed. Not having enough b-roll will mean you'll have to create motion graphic sequences and that can take hours or even days to accomplish.
Instead of relying on graphics to save your tail, work hard to make sure you have enough b-roll, photography or stock footage so that you don't have to spend a huge chunk of your budget filling holes in the video with time-consuming graphics. If you have control of the scriptwriting process, shame on you if you don't write it so you can be more profitable in the edit process.
If your client writes the script, demand that you either have the budget necessary to capture enough shots or that they will provide you with stock footage or photography so that you don't have to spend an inordinate amount of time in the edit process creating graphics to fill the holes. If you stick to your guns, they will either pay you more to create the extra material or they will work harder to get you what you ask for. You win either way.
2. Remember that after your client has selected you to do their project, you are no longer competing with other video production companies.
This means you don't have to change your style or the way you approach the project. Now you can focus on what you do best along with providing excellent customer service. The client obviously thought the creative work represented on your demo reel was enough to satisfy their needs so now all you really have to do is communicate their message using your current technical and creative abilities. Now is not the time to figure out a new effect or to learn a new piece of software.
Do that in your spare time or when you don't have any projects to work on. It is certainly noble to give clients more than they expect but you can't lose money in the process. A client will prefer a technically perfect edit with special effects sprinkled throughout much more than a project that is loaded with special effects but doesn't do a great job telling their story.
3. Focus more on being technically perfect than on being creatively perfect.
Your clients will appreciate the timing of your edits much more than how fancy you transitioned in and out of a segment. Simple dissolves, fades and cuts still go a long way in pleasing the customer. I will make sure an edit is technically sound before any graphics are added. Then, I'll take a minimalist approach to adding graphics before showing it to the client for the first time.
I'll spend a few hours building an open, keep lower thirds and title pages appealing but simple to execute and will recycle these graphics for any other part of the video that requires additional graphics. The closing animation is usually something very similar to the introduction. This does a nice job ending the video and it makes sense in the client's mind.
4. Embrace third-party graphics packages and template and learn how to incorporate them into your work flow immediately.
The cost to purchase these packages is very affordable considering what you get and the time you will save trying to recreate something similar. Your clients will love how these graphics make their videos look and they won't care or even know that you didn't create them from scratch.
5. Finally, get your client involved early in the creative process.
See how they react to a creative treatment that looks good but didn't take you a long time to create. If they are excited about it, ask them if they'd like you to apply the same treatment the rest of the video. If they say yes, do it! You'll save a ton of time, which results in more money for each hour you work in the project.
If they aren't happy, tweak it in their presence until they are happy. It usually doesn't take much more than you showed them in the first place to make them happy. The only caveat here is that some clients will have a huge expectation as to how the creative visuals will be represented in their video. It's your job to make that determination early on and to budget accordingly on the front end of the project.
Technical proficiency, great storytelling and enhanced focus on customer service will get you where you want to be faster than out-of-this-world graphic animations or multi-layered composites. Your video production business will benefit more on this process. That's a fact.


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Randy Pizer Joins EPIC in Orange County, Calif.
Addition of another top professional further strengthens operations and resources of growing national broker
Source: EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants | Mon, 07 Jan 2019, 16:34:02 EST
SAN FRANCISCO and IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 7, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants announced today that risk management and insurance professional Randy Pizer has joined the firm's operations in California as Vice President/Account Executive.
While Pizer will be based in EPIC's Irvine, Calif. office, he will be a part of EPIC's Pacific North Region and work closely with EPIC San Francisco Principal Joe Vineis and others on a number of key risk management, business development and client service initiatives, largely related to the Healthcare industry – an area of specialty for Pizer across his entire career. Pizer will report to Deepa Neupane, EPIC's VP of Operations, based in Concord, Calif.
Pizer joins EPIC from broker Beecher Carlson in Orange County, where he spent more than 13 years, most recently as a vice president working with large, complex risk management accounts, primarily in the healthcare industry.
Previously, Pizer served as an Account Executive in Aon's healthcare practice where he managed a diverse group of accounts ranging from local medical groups to large multi-state health plans. Using both traditional and alternative risk approaches, Pizer's specialty is helping healthcare providers manage the risk associated with capitation.
Pizer received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from the University of California, San Diego. Professionally, he has earned the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation.
"We are excited to further expand and enhance EPIC's operations in California and across the country with Randy's addition," said Curt Perata, EPIC's Pacific North Region President. "He is well known for his expertise, particularly in the Healthcare industry, and is highly regarded for building strong, positive relationships and providing exceptional service and support to his clients. He is another top tier addition to our EPIC team."
Randy Pizer can be reached at randy.pizer@epicbrokers.com or 949-417-9119.
About EPIC:
EPIC is a unique and innovative retail property & casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm. EPIC has created a values-based, client-focused culture that attracts and retains top talent, fosters employee satisfaction and loyalty and sustains a high level of customer service excellence.
EPIC team members have consistently recognized their company as a "Best Place to Work" in multiple regions and as a "Best Place to Work in the Insurance Industry" nationally.
EPIC now has nearly 1,400 team members operating from 50 offices across the U.S., providing Property & Casualty, Employee Benefits, Specialty Programs and Private Client solutions to more than 40,000 clients
With run rate revenues approaching $400 million, EPIC ranks among the top 15 retail insurance brokers in the United States. Backed by Oak Hill Capital Partners, the company continues to expand organically and through strategic acquisitions across the country.
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Q: Why matplotlib circle/patchCollection's point of rotation get changed 3 different rotation degree:

Hi, I am trying to rotate Matplotlib Collections.PatchCollection (circles). I could not keep the same point of rotation.
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.collections
import matplotlib as mpl

num = 5
sizes = 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01
xy = (.5,.7),(.5,.6),(.5,.5),(.5,.4),(.5,.3)

print(xy)

 # Note that the patches won't be added to the axes, instead a collection will
patches = [plt.Circle(center, size) for center, size in zip(xy, sizes)]
patches2 = [plt.Circle(center, size) for center, size in zip(xy, sizes)]

fig, ax = plt.subplots(1,1)

coll = matplotlib.collections.PatchCollection(patches, facecolors='none')
coll2 = matplotlib.collections.PatchCollection(patches2, facecolors='None')
ax.add_collection(coll)
ax.add_collection(coll2)

t2 = mpl.transforms.Affine2D().rotate_deg(12.5) + ax.transData
coll2.set_transform(t2)

plt.show()

How to keep the same point of rotation after rotation?
Thanks in advance

A: To rotate it, it seems to be specified with .rotate_deg_around(x,y,degree).
This example is rotated 90 degrees at xy=0.5.
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.collections
import matplotlib as mpl

num = 5
sizes = 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01
xy = (.5,.7),(.5,.6),(.5,.5),(.5,.4),(.5,.3)

print(xy)

 # Note that the patches won't be added to the axes, instead a collection will
patches = [plt.Circle(center, size) for center, size in zip(xy, sizes)]
patches2 = [plt.Circle(center, size) for center, size in zip(xy, sizes)]

fig, ax = plt.subplots(1,1)

coll = matplotlib.collections.PatchCollection(patches, facecolors='none')
coll2 = matplotlib.collections.PatchCollection(patches2, facecolors='None')
ax.add_collection(coll)
ax.add_collection(coll2)
coords = [0.5,0.5]
# t2 = mpl.transforms.Affine2D().rotate_deg(12.5) + ax.transData
# t2 = mpl.transforms.Affine2D().rotate_deg(2.5) + ax.transData
t2 = mpl.transforms.Affine2D().rotate_deg_around(coords[0], coords[1], 90) + ax.transData
coll2.set_transform(t2)

plt.show()

A: If you don't specify a center of rotation, the rotation will be around (0,0). To rotate around a certain point, you can first subtract its coordinates, do the rotation and then add these coordinates again.
The following example shows the difference:
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.collections
import matplotlib as mpl

sizes = [0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01]
xy = [(.5, .7), (.5, .6), (.5, .5), (.5, .4), (.5, .3)]
xc, yc = xy[-1]  # (.5, .3)

fig, axes = plt.subplots(ncols=2, figsize=(12, 4))
for ax in axes:
    patches = [plt.Circle(center, size) for center, size in zip(xy, sizes)]
    coll = matplotlib.collections.PatchCollection(patches, facecolors='none')
    ax.add_collection(coll)
    cmap = plt.get_cmap('rainbow')
    for angle in np.arange(12.5, 360, 12.5):
        patches2 = [plt.Circle(center, size) for center, size in zip(xy, sizes)]
        coll2 = matplotlib.collections.PatchCollection(patches2, facecolors=cmap(angle / 360))
        if ax == axes[0]:
            t2 = mpl.transforms.Affine2D().rotate_deg(angle) + ax.transData
            ax.set_title('rotation around (0, 0)')
        else:
            t2 = mpl.transforms.Affine2D().translate(-xc, -yc).rotate_deg(angle).translate(xc, yc) + ax.transData
            ax.set_title(f'rotation around {xc, yc}')
        coll2.set_transform(t2)
        ax.add_collection(coll2)
    ax.autoscale()
plt.show()

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Tennessee Football: Vols' latest commit has the attitude to thrive in the SEC
The Tennessee Vols received some good news this week when 2021 four-star defensive back Damarius McGhee announced his commitment to UT.
McGhee, 6-foot-1/163 lbs from Pensacola, FL, is rated by 247Sports as the No. 12 player in the state of Florida and the No. 8 cornerback in the nation.
The Florida native is exactly the type of cornerback that Jeremy Pruitt loves — long, tall, and fast (McGhee runs track in high school).
And he has the attitude to absolutely thrive in the SEC.
McGhee just wants to play football. He just wants to contribute.
"I like to press and I like to get my hands dirty. Anything that my team needs I do it. I love special teams. I feel like schools kick it away from me, but I feel like if they kick to me it's a touchdown every time," said McGhee to VolQuest after his commitment.
That's an attitude that Tennessee fans have to love. McGhee is full of confidence, but he's also willing to do whatever it takes to help his team.
I'd say that makes him a perfect fit on Rocky Top.
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May is almost over. June is a pretty busy month for my family and I'm not sure I'm truly looking forward to it. Preschool graduation, dance recitals, Father's day, Children's Sunday at church, my mom's birthday, my daughter's birthday, lots of running and spending.
My husband and I try very hard to make sure we budget for expenses each month but sometimes things sneak up on us that we hadn't planned on.
Of course, the month of June reminds me that we are 6 months closer to Christmas and that I have not yet put anything away for the holidays. Oops!
Does anyone else ever feel like they are always perpetually behind in that area? Just me? Doubtful.
Put aside $100 each month either by buying gift cards, in a separate savings account or in an envelope so that when October comes you have a $400 ready to go.
Take some time to figure out if you can spare a few dollars in your trips to Target or the mall to pick up a stocking stuffer or a shirt or a toy for the kids that can be put away so you aren't buying everything all at once.
Start making gifts. Go to the local pottery place and paint some pottery, create cards, knit a scarf of knot a blanket. These gifts are often inexpensive ways to create a gift for someone that won't break the bank but also will be beneficial for you and the recipient. It shows you care and that you took the time to create something personal for that person.
Go through your garage or storage areas and sell items at a yard sale and then take the proceeds and put it toward the holidays so you have a head start.
Buy books – I love gifting books to my girls. I check out the discount section or used book store and find things in excellent condition that I can give them to read. Same with my extended family. Barnes and Noble has an extensive selection of books that are often at a huge discount. Find something there that you know will be appreciated.
These are just a few ideas I have for how you can start saving now for the holidays. If you can't afford the $100, then just $25 out of your paycheck each pay period will be a great start. It will help you not to have to go into your emergency savings account, get ahead of the game and hopefully make you feel less scattered when the holidays get here.


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Ha ha! Bradbury came up with earbuds and wall-filling flat screen TVs in "Fahrenheit 451," but envisioning the future is tougher than it seems. Be grateful you don't need to don a "special hat" to read this blog!
Sometimes when I read the spam comments before I realize they are spam I feel I need a tinfoil hat.
Where can one get a mechanical porch swing? Sounds like the ideal thing to become an outdoor couch potato. (Swing potato? Potatoe?) Spell check is flashing furiously!
Not exactly a hat but Google's Project Glass comes close. Augmented Reality seems like an awesome idea until the next big power outage.


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Victorian prime ministers and the press
According to Paul Brighton's Original Spin, the highly moral Gladstone was a far cannier manipulator of the media than the flamboyant Disraeli
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Gladstone silences the Irish press for inciting Fenian violence. Cartoon from Punch, 9 April 1890, by John Tenniel
Original Spin: Downing Street and the Press in Victorian Britain Paul Brighton
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Lord Palmerston is remembered today not for his foreign policy nor for his octogenarian philandering, but for his management of the press. He was the first prime minister to grasp that dealing with journalists was all about pragmatic negotiation and buttering people up. The deal between Palmerston and the newspapers was: 'I'll tell you something no one knows if you give me your support and a favourable report.' It still works like that today.
Most historians assume that Palmerston was the only Victorian prime minister to cultivate the fourth estate. Balfour loftily boasted that he never read the newspapers. But this was an affectation. As Paul Brighton shows in this new study, 19th-century prime ministers all had contacts with the press. We just don't know about them.
The shady nature of the relationship meant that much of the communication between politicians and the press was not written down, and the evidence is patchy. Journalism in the 19th century enjoyed a far lower status than it does today. Salisbury made his living out of articles for the reviews in the early part of his career, but he wrote anonymously, and he kept it secret. As prime minister he played the part of an absent-minded patrician who disdained the press, but behind the scenes he managed it pretty skilfully.
The official biographers of eminent Victorians treated journalism like a bad smell and left it out of their tombstone Lives and Letters. This was ironic in a way, as many of the great political biographers — Mony-penny and Buckle on Disraeli or John Morley on Gladstone — were themselves journalists by profession, as indeed is Thatcher's biographer Charles Moore.
The main reason why historians have skated over the relationship of Victorian PMs with the press is that they haven't been looking for it. It takes a lecturer in media studies such as Paul Brighton to point out that media management was part of the job of a Victorian prime minister.
Not all Palmerston's successors were as successful at it as he was. Disraeli tried to make his name as a young man through a series of newspaper ventures, all of which were more or less disastrous. Even when he had reached the top, he was interested in the performance of journalism — achieving fame through his writing — as opposed to businesslike management of the gentlemen of the press for the advantage of his party.
Gladstone was very different. He is the most interesting media manager of the prime minsters assembled here. As a politician who adopted a high moral tone, he seemed above making dirty deals with Fleet Street. In fact, he was an effective press manager. He was also an innovator. At the time of the Bulgarian Horrors, when the Turks massacred Christians, Gladstone mobilised opinion through working the provincial press (a new tactic), writing a bestselling pamphlet and addressing packed-out mass meetings. At the 1880 election he made his Midlothian campaign of speeches a media event — this was the very first attempt to win an election through the media. And in 1885 his son Herbert delivered one of the most spectacular press leaks ever, when he told the press that his father had converted to Home Rule for Ireland.
The early chapters of the book, which chronicle the press dealings of prime ministers from the Younger Pitt, who attempted to control opinion by instructing the press or by buying government newspapers, are rather textbook-like. But Brighton has interesting things to say about the evolution of press management from Palmerston onwards.
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The US Navy will not reach its 355 ship goal until 2050
The US Navy has submitted its long-range ship acquisition plan to Congress under which it expects to reach its 355-ship fleet by the early 2050s.
Released February 12, the 30-Year Ship Acquisition Plan is a Congressionally-mandated report which describes the Department of the Navy's long-range shipbuilding plans for 2019-2048.
The plan pursues acquisition strategies to build ships more quickly and affordably and places top priority on sustaining the industrial base.
Under the new plan, aircraft carrier construction is accelerated from one CVN every five years to one every four years with the aim of supporting a 12-ship CVN force.
The plan further envisions the construction of 12 Columbia-class SSBNs and two attack submarines (SSN) per year.
The navy plans to receive 2.5 Large Surface Combatants (DDG) per year, plus an additional ship in FY2022, and two Small Surface Combatants (LCS, FFG) starting in FY2022, accommodating the transition to FFG(X).
Amphibious ship construction is accelerated to support a 12-ship LHD/LHA force and modernized lethality in FY2033, FY2036 and FY2039.
The plan would see the navy grow to 326 ships in 2023, aided by the service-life extension of cruisers, mine countermeasure ships and a Los Angeles-class sub. This number will start going down from 2024 caused by the decommissioning of Los Angeles-class submariners and oldest cruisers and destroyers, delaying the advance to a 355-ship fleet to the 2050s.
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As a long-time resident of Milton and entrepreneur, it was an honour being nominated as Milton's first Federal Liberal candidate in 2015. My political aspirations began many years ago, but I finally decided to run after being encouraged to do so by riding residents and stakeholders. The unwavering support from the community before, during and after my nomination has further encouraged me to press toward the 2019 LPC nomination for my home riding. I continue to support our Prime Minister, RT Hon. Justin Trudeau's belief that politics should be positive, optimistic and hopeful.
It was the tremendous grassroots efforts that resulted in a very close race with the incumbent in 2015. The vote margin was closed from over 24,000 in 2011 to just over 2000. Today, I remain passionate about building a better community for all families in Milton.
This is not about politics. It's about leadership. It's about putting political differences aside and having a common agenda. As Milton's federal representative, I will create a regular meeting of political stakeholders involving the mayor, area councillors and MPPs. This will help every level of government to find common ground regardless of their political affiliations to make the lives of their constituents better.
Along with national policy matters such as the economy, immigration and foreign relations with trade partners, I will continue to put Milton first when it comes to healthcare, education and transit. As a Milton resident and businessman, I understand the needs of our Town. I will continue to work diligently so our community understands that a Liberal victory is a clear choice to help meet the needs of Milton today and in the future.


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Against Moral Inversion:
Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch, psychoanalyses the bully mentality of "UN Human Rights" Council, here:
The nations assembled in this special session on the Gaza Strip, convened by the Arab and Islamic states, face an immediate question. On the proposal to condemn Israel, for the alleged crime of targeting civilians, should they vote for, or against?
Let us consider the proposed resolution. To understand its purpose we are guided best not by the science that studies the conduct of governments, but that which studies the mind.In psychology, attributing one's own malicious impulses to others is known as projection. Mr. President, the resolution before us constitutes a classic case of such projection.
It is, after all, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the other Palestinian terrorist organizations, who deliberately fire rockets—over 200 in the past week alone—at innocent civilians in Sderot and other Israeli towns. It is they who attack from populated areas, using their fellow Palestinians as human shields. It is they who reject the very notion of a distinction between combatants and civilians.
Israel, like the rest of the civilized world, does the opposite. In exercising its right and obligation under international law to defend its citizens from such attacks, Israel risks the lives of its own soldiers to avoid harming civilians. To Israel, causing a civilian casualty is an unintended tragedy; to Hamas, it is a cause for celebration. The world knows this. (Read the rest)
And here is one of the responses, by the delegate from Cuba:
Human... UN Watch is a lucrative organization amply funded by the CIA and Mossad, which is devoted to denigrating certain member states and this Council. He told us, that Israel and his own organization are within the so-called "civilized world"… This implied that this special session is in the world of the barbarians.
But I don't know anything greater than the acts of barbarians than are taking place in Gaza — dark hospitals, people without water, and other things that UN Watch and his executive director haven't talked about. I won't take any more time talking about this false organization, whose voice I have never heard criticizing the concentration camps in Guantanamo. I will simply wait for them calmly in New York, where in the NGOs meeting where they will have to render accounts. And we will see what to do with their consultative status.
Well, such are the positions of the nations that are allowed to participate fully in such organizations as the UN sponsors, and this is the kind of international justice and order that we can expect from it.
The above should be seen in the context of the preparation for Durban II:
The second UN World Conference Against Racism (Durban II), to take place in 2009, is currently in the planning stage. Despite being organised under the auspices of the reassuringly-titled UN Human Rights Council (which just kicked off the new year with another special session on Israel), the planning committee instils doubt - Iran somehow has a seat and Libya is Chair. Both are members of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference which has been telling its members to suspend ties with Israel for several years. It was in this climate of heightening opposition to Israel that the NGO Forum at Durban I, which dragged itself to a close on September 8th 2001, nearly succeeded in writing racism against Jews out of its official anti-racist statement.
With these things in mind Canada has decided not to attend Durban II, Khabrein reports:
Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity Jason Kenny Wednesday said Canada would have nothing to do with such a conference that last time ended up promoting racism and intolerance. "We'll attend any conference that is opposed to racism and intolerance, not those that actually promote racism and intolerance," he told the Canadian press. Calling the 2001 gathering "a circus of intolerance", Kenney said: "Our considered judgement, having participated in the preparatory meetings, was that we were set for a replay of Durban I. And Canada has no intention of lending its good name and resources to such a systematic promotion of hatred and bigotry."
Indeed, Durban I marks the intensification of anti-Israel activity in Britain. It was hijacked by activists who attempted to use the occupation of Palestinian land as a pretext for excluding antisemitism from recognition as a form of racism. They pressed for a statement that Israel was a 'racist apartheid' state while simultaneously references to antisemitism - anti-Jewish racism - were removed from the statement. Salon reported at the time that the anti-Israel activity was planned and concerted. Predictably, those activists attracted, or included, the kind of people who distribute leaflets saying that 'Hitler should have finished the job' and shout things like "Kill Jews".
Israel has been called a racist state by the UN before, for 16 years in 1975. The General Assembly passed Resolution 3379 Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, sponsored by 25 states who stated that "the racist regime in occupied Palestine and the racist regime in Zimbabwe and South Africa have a common imperialist origin, forming a whole and having the same racist structure and being organically linked in their policy aimed at repression of the dignity and integrity of the human being" and "determin[ing] that Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination". It was revoked in 1991 with miniscule motion 46/86.
Above all Zionism is a response by people of different ethnicities and religions to anti-Jewish racism. Defining Zionism as racism in a so-called anti-racist statement which simultaneously denies reference to antisemitism was ludicrous, appalling and impossible to misunderstand. Nothing has changed in the intervening period.
This is why Canada has made an early assessment that Durban II is probably not going to be worth attending. The question is whether anti-Israel activists are really prepared to squander an opportunity to unite member states in opposition to racism everywhere - Darfur, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Israel and many other countries where racism needs urgent attention - for the sake of trying to destroy the world's only Jewish country.
Background in the Jerusalem Post; more from the Associated Press
(H/T: Engage)
In New York, Anne Bayefsky, senior editor of the watchdog Eye on the UN, said in a news release on the organization's website that in one of its first moves, "the UN committee did not have any trouble agreeing to a procedural move with discriminatory overtones. The first substantive session of the preparatory committee will be April 21-May 2, 2008. Why those dates? The Jewish holiday of Passover is April 20-27, 2008, and Jews the world over will now be inhibited from participating in a meeting supposedly dedicated to combating discrimination and xenophobia."
I also wonder how much this:
Even at the planning stage, Islamic countries through the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) are attempting to steer the Durban II conference toward "the issue of religious discrimination and defamation of Islam."
Will impact on cases like Mark Steyn's and Ezra Levant's troubles with Canada's own Human Rights Commission.
posted by The Contentious Centrist @ Thursday, January 24, 2008 1 comments
At 3:56 AM EST, Roland Dodds said...
You know your "human rights organization" is a sham when countries like Cuba are allowed in.


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WATCH ME BREATHE Teams with The Label Group / INgrooves & TAG Publicity
Santa Cruz, CA – Progressive Pop-Rock Band WATCH ME BREATHE has announced that they will be partnering with The Label Group / INgrooves and TAG Publicity.
From the very beginning, Watch Me Breathe has been all about honesty and authenticity. Lead singer Jake Aaron Ward formed the band in 2017 purely out of frustration. "As a solo artist, I just got fed up with trying to write music only to please other people. Watch Me Breathe is really an experiment that says: what would I write if nobody else was listening?"
The results of that experiment have been surprising. In the short time since the release of their debut LP, The Lighter Side of Darkness, in February 2018, Watch Me Breathe has already accrued well over 150K views on YouTube and over 50K streams on Spotify…and the numbers keep growing.
When it comes to making albums, this particular band has an unusual process not unlike that of Tame Impala or Bon Iver: Ward (a proficient multi-instrumentalist) writes, performs, records, mixes, and masters every song entirely by himself, in his own California home studio. He jokingly explains "I just kind of suck at collaborating." He cites an eclectic range of influences, including Peter Gabriel, The Police, Imogen Heap, Goo Goo Dolls, and a whole slew of underground progressive metal bands that have helped shape his unique guitar parts and complex rhythmic patterns. In concert, the band performs as a power trio, with Ward covering guitar and lead vocals, while bassist Ryan Green and drummer/baby brother Carl Ward handle the rhythm section.
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THEM GUNS SIGN WITH TLG / INGROOVES FOR RE-RELEASE OF "FROM THE SHADOWS"
Los Angeles quartet Them Guns are really igniting a buzz thanks in large to their new single, "Fireworks." A dark rocker alight with energy,"Fireworks" is taken from the band's new full-length effort, From The Shadows, which hits the proverbial shelves TODAY via TLG and Ingrooves.
"We're excited for the opportunity to get our music to a larger audience through our partnership with TLG / Ingrooves and look forward to releasing new music with them soon" – Them Guns
Track List: 1. Everybody Bleeds 2. Fireworks 3. Close Your Eyes 4. Devils Eye 5. Horoscope 6. Hand Me Your Heart 7. The Right Way to do Wrong 8. Lost Boys 9. Sidewinder 10. Heard it All Before 11. Muffins 12. The Rise
Download / Stream From The Shadows Online:
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Them Guns hit the ground running in 2013, in sunny Santa Cruz, a place that's as much a paradise as it is dark. Founded by principal songwriters Navarone Garibaldi (interestingly, the son of Priscilla Presley) and long-time friend Kyle Hamood. The two found their styles to mesh well and began regularly writing and recording. Things were rounded out by drummer Lorenzo Perez and bassist Chuck Holiday. With new music coming soon and extensive touring ahead, Them Guns will be lighting it up in your neighborhood soon.
AFTERMATH Release Official Lyric Video for "FFF (FalseFlagFlying)"
Chicago based Progressive Thrash Metal Band AFTERMATH has released the lyric video for "FFF (FalseFlagFlying)," off of their upcoming LP, There is Something Wrong, due out 2019 digitally via Zoid Entertainment, INGrooves, and TLG, and European CD / Vinyl on Sleaszy Rider Records.
You've read or heard about the phrase False Flag, but never paid attention until you saw it used on YouTube or some other social media sites. False flag events happen more than you think and they're not specific to one country. The lyrics of the track and the images on the video are meant to alert you. They are a call to WAKE UP. Your governments aren't your friends or your protectors. Know your enemy. FFF – Kyriakos "Charlie" Tsiolis
RadioBlack partner with INgrooves to Release "Thread (I Am)"
California Rock Band RadioBlack have partnered with Legend Distribution / INgrooves to launch their action packed single "Thread (I Am)." After signing with CB Entertainment Artist Management firm in 2017, this year will see a new single in March with a full-length album in May followed by extensive touring.
"'Thread' is about that friend you have that gets themselves in a rut and can't break out of it… no matter how much you try to help them. It's about that inner struggle to want to help those people but make sure you come out unscathed yourself." – TJ Courtney (vocals / guitar)
Click HERE to Download / Stream "Thread (I Am)"
Shortly after recording at the Foo Fighters' private Studio 606, lead singer/guitarist TJ Courtney brought in drummer Derek Gledhill, founding member of Smile Empty Soul, and bassist Hayato Takano to form RadioBlack. The 3-piece's sound is a melodic mixture of grunge and 90's inspired alt-rock that incorporates modern production elements.
The 606 sessions were recorded through the famed Sound City Neve 8028analog console, previously graced by the likes of Nirvana, Rage Against The Machine, and Paul McCartney. Producer John "Lou" Lousteau arranged dream collaborations for Courtney with Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), Rudy Sarzo (Ozzy), Chris Chaney (Jane's Addiction), and Mick Murphy (My Ruin, Chevy Metal). The production team was rounded out by "Sound City" documentary producer Jim Rota, and Brad Smith of Blind Melon. These recordings will be featured on Radio Black's debut album, slated for release next spring.
The remainder of the album was recorded with producer/mixer Jason "Space" Smith (Memento, Digital Daggers) with sessions that featured the new line-up at Wishbone Studios, Ocean Way, and The Village Recorder. Having already shared the stage with Puddle of Mudd, Trapt, and Vast, and with plans to release singles throughout the rest of the year, RadioBlack shows no signs of slowing down in the lead up to their 2018 debut.
"Between Courtney's gruff vocals and Hawkins' steady drumming, (Run Away) has an emotional intensity akin to the Foo's own 'Times Like These.'" – Consequence of Sound
"RadioBlack's TJ Courtney is living proof that taking risks pays off." – PureVolume
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package com.sequenceiq.cloudbreak.structuredevent.service.audit.rest;

import javax.inject.Inject;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

import com.sequenceiq.cloudbreak.audit.AuditClient;
import com.sequenceiq.cloudbreak.audit.model.ActorCrn;
import com.sequenceiq.cloudbreak.audit.model.AuditEvent;
import com.sequenceiq.cloudbreak.eventbus.Event;
import com.sequenceiq.cloudbreak.structuredevent.event.cdp.CDPOperationDetails;
import com.sequenceiq.cloudbreak.structuredevent.event.cdp.CDPStructuredRestCallEvent;
import com.sequenceiq.cloudbreak.structuredevent.service.audit.extractor.RequestMethodBasedRestAuditEventNameExtractor;
import com.sequenceiq.cloudbreak.structuredevent.service.audit.extractor.RestAuditEventSourceExtractor;
import com.sequenceiq.cloudbreak.structuredevent.service.audit.extractor.RestCDPEventDataExtractor;
import com.sequenceiq.flow.reactor.api.handler.EventHandler;

@Component
public class CDPRestAuditEventHandler implements EventHandler<CDPStructuredRestCallEvent> {
    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CDPRestAuditEventHandler.class);

    @Inject
    private AuditClient auditClient;

    @Inject
    private RestCDPEventDataExtractor extractor;

    @Inject
    private RestAuditEventSourceExtractor restAuditEventSourceExtractor;

    @Inject
    private RequestMethodBasedRestAuditEventNameExtractor eventNameExtractor;

    @Override
    public String selector() {
        return CDPRestAuditEventSender.CDP_REST_AUDIT_EVENT;
    }

    @Override
    public void accept(Event<CDPStructuredRestCallEvent> cdpStructuredRestCallEventEvent) {
        try {
            CDPStructuredRestCallEvent data = cdpStructuredRestCallEventEvent.getData();
            CDPOperationDetails operation = data.getOperation();
            String requestId = extractor.requestId(data);
            LOGGER.info("Extract rest audit event from {} with request id: '{}'", CDPStructuredRestCallEvent.class, requestId);
            AuditEvent event = AuditEvent.builder()
                    .withAccountId(operation.getAccountId())
                    .withActor(ActorCrn.builder().withActorCrn(operation.getUserCrn()).build())
                    .withEventData(extractor.eventData(data, Boolean.FALSE))
                    .withEventName(eventNameExtractor.getEventNameBasedOnRequestMethod(data))
                    .withEventSource(restAuditEventSourceExtractor.eventSource())
                    .withSourceIp(extractor.sourceIp(data))
                    .withRequestId(requestId)
                    .build();
            long clientCallStarted = System.currentTimeMillis();
            auditClient.createAuditEvent(event);
            long clientCallFinished = System.currentTimeMillis();
            LOGGER.info("Rest audit event has been sent for request id: '{}' and the gRPC call took: '{}'ms", requestId, clientCallFinished - clientCallStarted);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            LOGGER.warn("REST-AUDIT-EVENT failed to send due to: {}", e.getMessage(), e);
        }
    }
}

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Key Verse: Verse 7 - "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it."
Solomon reminds us of the importance of remembering God when we are young because old age is coming. It is inevitable for us all. I will – you will – we all will go through "old age." Eyesight will dim, hands will tremble, teeth begin to come loose, can't sleep, little things become a bunch. Then this old body will turn to dust, but praise God the spirit shall go to God (verse 7).
You watch a pretty girl go by, and your pacemaker makes the garage door open.
But it's also good to remember that age has its benefits as well.
Abraham was 75 before he began his journey for God. Moses was 80 when he led Israel out of Egypt.
Don't let your age hinder your service. You can always have a ministry. If nothing else, you can be a prayer warrior.
✞ Stay faithful until God calls you home.


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Home Tennis SERENA, DJOKOVIC NAMED IN CINCINNATI DRAWS: ORGANIZERS
SERENA, DJOKOVIC NAMED IN CINCINNATI DRAWS: ORGANIZERS
Djokovic and Nadal, will headline the men's field which also includes former champions Alexander Zverev, Grigor Dimitrov and Marin Cilic.
Serena Williams will play in the WTA Cincinnati Open next month as she prepares for a possible US Open appearance, organizers said on Tuesday.
The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, who last week was named to next month's Canadian Open roster, is joining the all-star field at the hard court tournament.
Williams, the 2014 and 2015 tournament winner, entered the tournament using her protected rating.
The former world No. 1, who played his first singles match of the year in a first-round loss at Wimbledon last month, is stepping up his comeback ahead of next month's US Open.
She will be joined at the Aug. 13-21 tournament in Cincinnati by world No. 1 Iga Swiatek and former world champions including Victoria Azarenka, Madison Keys, Garbine Mugurusa and Karolina Pliskova.
The roster also includes Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, four-time Major champion Naomi Osaka and reigning US Open champion Emma Radukanu.
Meanwhile, the men's draw includes newly minted Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic, but unless the Serbian star changes his stance on refusing the Covid-19 vaccine, he won't be playing.
Current US regulations bar unvaccinated foreign visitors from entering the country, and Djokovic has previously said he has no plans to back down from his position.
Earlier this month, he admitted he was unlikely to play in the United States unless the entry requirements changed.
"I would love to play the US Open, but if it doesn't, it's not the end of the world and it's not the first Grand Slam that I have to pull out of," Djokovic said.
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Windows 10 1909: What's in it for enterprises?
5 unanswered questions about Windows 10 1909
What we know so far about the unusual Windows 10 1909
Microsoft pares Windows 10 feature upgrades to 1 a year
This fall's update for Windows 10 may not include a raft of new features, but it does offer something even more important to enterprise IT: extended support that should make future upgrades easier to manage.
By Gregg Keizer
Senior Reporter, Computerworld |
Microsoft upends its Windows servicing model, if not regularly, then often enough to put the "con" in "consistency."
The latest revision or revamp or reconsideration took place this summer when the Redmond, Wash. company confirmed that it was dispensing with the year's second feature upgrade - at least in the familiar form known for the two years prior - and would instead issue a minor update that collected fixes for its predecessor.
Microsoft would sprinkle a pinch of new functionality on that update to disguise its bland flavor. But that would fool nobody. The fall "upgrade" - second in the Windows-as-a-service-mandated annual two - would be little more than yet another monthly "cumulative update."
Yet this fall's refresh - 1909 - won't be unimportant to or ignored by enterprises, not when it carries the support banner farthest into the future.
Here are the characteristics of Windows 10 1909 that are important for enterprise IT to know.
30 months of support
For many, this is the most important trait of 1909, as the extra 12 months - beyond the standard 18 for the spring's refresh - provides the flexibility needed for no-way-to-screw-up annual upgrades. (As Computerworld has pointed out elsewhere, the most agile organizations may even be able to pull off biennial upgrades under a 30-month support lifecycle.)
Windows 10 1909 will be the second fall feature upgrade to receive 30 months of support after Microsoft's September 2018 announcement - 1809 was the first - and so it should receive security updates until mid-April 2022. (1809's support runs until May 11, 2021, the extra month caused by its delayed release last year.)
The caveat for the additional support is that it applies only to Windows 10 Enterprise, the priciest SKU (stock-keeping unit) in Microsoft's portfolio. Small and mid-sized organizations running Windows 10 Pro must make do with 18 months of support.
Computerworld doesn't expect that Microsoft will relax this Enterprise-only policy. The company's ultimate goal is to have all business users on Enterprise (paid for by subscriptions) and support should prove to be the best means for accomplishing that.
Sorry, Windows 10 Pro users.
Smaller 'upgrade' from 1903
In July, Microsoft disclosed that 19H2 - at the time, its name for 1909 - would be a "scoped release" with a "smaller set of ... improvements, enterprise features, and quality enhancements."
Rather than deliver a renewed Windows 10, as it has with the seven feature upgrades thus far, Microsoft will issue a retread of Windows 10 1903 - the two will be identical in content and packaging - with a very small smattering of new functionality.
For all intents and purposes, Windows 10 1909 will be an update, a refresh to Windows 10 1903, not a true feature upgrade as customers have known them.
Nothing will illustrate that better than how Microsoft plans to deliver 1909 to users running the immediate predecessor, 1903. "They share the same Cumulative Update package," the company said, referring to the fall refresh and the update for 1903 (the latter will presumably launch at the same time). So, 1909 will be a cumulative update, just like those Microsoft issues several times monthly, from its size to how it's distributed.
Like any other cumulative update, the one that turns 1903 into 1909 will be handled by Windows Update as well as the Windows Update for Business (WUfB) spin-off. Organizations that rely on platforms such as WSUS (Windows Server Update Service) or SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager) will be able to move machines from 1903 to 1909 using those management tools, as usual.
It's unclear how the update will be identified, how users -- or IT admins -- will choose between simply updating 1903 with yet another cumulative (like the seven deployed so far since 1903's late May launch) or "upgrading" 1903 to 1909, and how each will be serviced after that (with a single cumulative update for both, or separate updates).
Microsoft has been mostly silent about enterprise and 1909, with the exception of a few general statements in a July 1 blog.
Using 1909 to upgrade anything older than Windows 10 1903 should be no problem for enterprise IT administrators.
In that July 1 post, John Wilcox, a Windows-as-a-service evangelist at Microsoft, tried to put IT pros at ease. "For those devices in your environment running Windows 10, version 1809 or earlier versions of Windows 10, the update process will remain unchanged," Wilcox wrote. "You will have the option to update to [1909] just as you did with previous releases."
The pledge that past practices hold for the present means that shops running, say 1709, can upgrade as usual to 1909, which is in actuality, 1903 plus a handful of extra features - but which can be maintained until April 2022 (1909's end of support) rather than December 2020 (1903's retirement).
Look, no -- or almost no -- retraining
For companies wary of waiting too long between Windows 10 upgrades -- fearing that the more they skip, the more new must be introduced and taught to employees -- 1909's feature-less format is a godsend.
Because of 1909's same-as-1903 characteristics - the difference makers between the two are minor, as "TK" outlines - jumping to that refresh is the same as deploying 1903, retraining-wise.
The downsizing of the fall upgrade to little more than a reprise of 1903, along with the 30-month support stretch for Enterprise, translates into not only annual upgrades but also only annual feature refreshes. That's a double boon for enterprise IT.
The new features Microsoft mentioned
Unlike the more feature-packed Windows 10 201H -- the code name for what, if Microsoft's four-digit format prevails next March, will ultimately be named 2003, even if that designator has already been used by Redmond in Windows Server 2003 -- this fall's upgrade's feature set hasn't been constantly trumpeted by the Insider spokespeople, Dona Sarkar and Brandon LeBlanc.
Last week, however, the pair laid out the list of new-for-1909 features in this post to the Insider blog.
None are ground shaking or groundbreaking.
All will be disabled by default at deployment, Microsoft has said, another twist new to feature upgrades (in that the features won't be there, at least not initially). Only after 1909 is in place, and on Microsoft's schedule, will the company in stages enable the new features. Microsoft's dubbed this process "controlled feature rollout," or CFR, as if it was new to either it or software developers in general. It's not.
Not surprisingly, questions remain. Will IT staff be able, likely through one or more group policies, to defer the new feature enablement for a period or even indefinitely? Will enterprise administrators be able to switch on selected features? Or only all? Will they have any control at all, or must they, like with the spring upgrades, taketh what Microsoft giveth?
One and done, or is this the new normal?
"Is this going to be the planned direction for all H1/H2 releases going forward?" asked someone identified as ConfigMgrDave in a comment appended to Wilcox's July 1 post. "Will 20H2 be a CU [cumulative update] for 20H1 like this? Asking, as this could have some impact on how my organization plans their releases and how we can leverage the H1 build to perform a more thorough set of app/hardware testing and not be in such a rush!"
Wilcox was coy. "Will 20H2 have the same exact update option as 19H2? Unknown at this point," he wrote. "Is the planned direction to continue to invest and improve the process so that users will continue to see improvements, absolutely."
The time and resources expended on revising Windows 10's update/upgrade model to adjust for 1909's unusual format, contents and distribution argue against a one-time effort. In point of fact, it's difficult to believe that the expense is anything but a permanent redrawing of the model (or as permanent as Microsoft, which has repeatedly changed its mind on the matter in the past four years, wants to make it) through 2020 and beyond. That is, Windows 10 2009, or 20H2, will be like 1909 in that it will be a retread of 2003 (or 20H1), include only minor feature changes and be delivered as a cumulative update.
So it will go for 2109 and 2209, assuming Microsoft has the patience to stick with the concept that long.
Senior Reporter Gregg Keizer covers Windows, Office, Apple/enterprise, web browsers and web apps for Computerworld.


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Articles The Rise And Fall Of Ring Billed Gull
The rise and fall of Ring-billed Gull
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The relatively short history of Ring-billed Gull on the European side of the Atlantic makes for a fascinating story, particularly so in Britain and Ireland, where it has experienced marked oscillations in its fortunes since it was first definitively recorded 46 years ago.
Though very much a North American species in terms of its breeding and wintering ranges, Ring-billed Gull is now a familiar and expected bird on this side of the Atlantic and has been recorded in every month of the year, albeit with a clear peak in winter and early spring, when wintering birds are bolstered by northbound migrants. As with other Nearctic species, the western periphery of Europe fares best for this charming, medium-sized gull.
Adult Ring-billed Gull is both attractive and distinctive, and encountering one on 'this' side of the Atlantic is always a pleasure (Joe Graham).
Although documented in the likes of the Azores, Spain and Germany many years beforehand, it was first recorded in Britain as recently as 1973, when Rob Hume identified a single bird on the beach among Common Gulls at Blackpill, Swansea, Glamorgan, on 14 March.
This proved to be the catalyst to a surge of reports that translated into one of the most rapid status changes ever witnessed among any bird species recorded in our isles. Hume and his fellow Swansea University students documented a further 10 individuals at Blackpill by the end of 1975. The first Irish record came in 1979 from Belmullet, Co Mayo. By the end of 1980, 44 individuals had been noted in 11 British and Irish counties.
Such an exponential rise in status was no doubt in part due to a rapidly growing awareness of both the scope for its occurrence on our shores and the field identification characteristics. Increasing numbers of newly informed birders began to pick up the species in their local gull flocks. However, even accounting for this, it does appear that a huge and genuine influx did occur in 1981, when 65 per cent of the 55 birds recorded across Britain and Ireland involved first-winters. The startling numbers continued in subsequent years: in 1982 there were 75 and in 1983 the figure rose again, to 84, although in both years there was a noticeable drop in the relative proportion of first-year birds.
The aggressive upward trend meant that, throughout the '80s and '90s, Ring-billed Gull was an almost expected feature of winter birding, even in eastern areas of Britain, where regularly returning, site-reliable adults could be depended on year after year, while good numbers of 'new' first-winter birds continued to be discovered. Some speculated that the species might even colonise, should its apparent rate of expansion be maintained. Indeed, the documentation of adults frequenting Common Gull colonies, as well as apparent hybrids with that species, suggested that Ring-billed Gull was perhaps beginning to establish a toehold in Europe.
In addition to wintering birds, Ring-billed Gull became an expected spring passage migrant, often among Common Gulls, at favoured west-coast sites throughout the '90s. At this time it increased in regularity at Seaforth Docks, Lancs, where this second-summer was photographed in May 2007, but it has gone rare again there in recent years (Steve Young).
However, roughly at the turn of the century, an unforeseen twist began to play out. Over the past 15 years, Ring-billed Gull numbers have gradually dwindled once more – across both Britain and Ireland.
As regularly returning, old-age adults have slowly disappeared from traditional British haunts – including famous birds at Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, Isle of Dogs, London, and Gosport, Hampshire, all of which padded out year lists time and time again – the paucity of new arrivals has been exposed. Precious few first-winters are now found each winter in Britain, with little or none of these returning year on year, exacerbating the encroaching drought as reliable adults die out. As such, annual totals for the species continue to gradually fall away.
'Rossi' the Ring-billed Gull wintered at Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, for 12 consecutive years. This image was taken in January 2009; it was last seen in March 2011 (Steve Young).
This slump would certainly appear to be genuine, for observer coverage – and competence of said observers – has never been higher than it is today. Sites such as Hayle Estuary and Helston Boating Lake, Cornwall, which in times gone by might have attracted multiple individuals every winter, now struggle to record the species on an annual basis despite being watched daily. Blackpill – the site where the story began – was still attracting ones and twos in the early 2000s, with a peak of three on 26 April 2002, but since 2004 records have become sporadic at best. Although coverage of gull flocks in the area has apparently diminished in recent years, that alone cannot fully explain the sudden series of blank years, punctuated only by the appearance of two adults there in spring 2014 – these also representing the last record from this famous stretch of coastline.
Overall statistics seem to back this up, too. In 2016, just nine new birds were found across Britain, and only three of these were first-winters – this the lowest total of new arrivals since 1979. Although BirdGuides data suggests a slight rebound from this low in 2017, with 20 new birds that year, the tally decreased again to 13 new birds in 2018, including just a single new first-winter. The graph below vividly illustrates not only the decrease in the number of new birds occurring annually each year in Britain, but also the consistently low number of first-winter birds since 2003.
Graph depicting total number of new Ring-billed Gulls seen per year in Britain from 1990-2018 (orange), including number of new first-winter birds (blue). Data for 1990-2016 adapted from the annual British Birds reports on scarce migrant birds in Britain; data for 2017-18 from the BirdGuides.com sightings database.
The downturn appears similar – if less terminal – just across the Irish Sea, where there too has been a decline in the number of young birds arriving each winter, combined with a gradual loss of long-serving adult birds. Gone are the heady days of the '80s and '90s, when numbers could approach and even enter double figures at favoured sites such as Nimmo's Pier, Co Galway, Blennerville/Tralee, Co Kerry, and in spring, Sandymount Strand, Co Dublin. A count of 13 was made at Blennerville on 9 April 1986 and 15 individuals were seen there on 27-28 March 1994, with 14 also noted at Sandymount in the mid-1990s. The peak day count at Nimmo's Pier came in spring 1999, when nine were present. The following winter produced at least 10 birds there.
Since then, though, things have gone awry for this previously numerous winter fixture that, at one point, looked like a likely colonist. In fact, Nimmo's, which has always been viewed as a hotbed for Ring-billed Gull action, recorded just a single adult in the entirety of winter 2018-19 – the result of a gradual decline in new birds arriving there over the past 15 years. However, as evidenced by the five seen in Tralee on 17 March 2019, peak spring passage in March and early April still has the potential to produce respectable counts on occasion, while ones and twos continue to occur at other regular sites, such as in Limerick and Cork cities.
A decreasing number of first-winter Ring-billed Gulls have been found in Britain and Ireland over the past decade. With fewer younger birds replacing the diminishing stock of old-age adults, its overall frequency has declined. This youngster was at Bantry, Co Cork, in February 2012 (Richard Bonser).
Wider reflections
Looking further afield, the overall negative trend appears to be reflected across much of Atlantic-coast Europe. France experienced a rapid rise in numbers of Ring-billed Gull records throughout the 1980s, similar to that observed in Britain and Ireland, with a growing quantity of regularly returning birds taking up residence each winter along the Atlantic coast. It was removed from the list of species assessed by the French Rarities Committee on 1 January 2006, but since then it has become increasingly rare again, with a diminishing number of first-winter birds being found and long-lived adults slowly disappearing.
Arcachon Bay – the traditional stronghold for the species in France – no longer appears to attract new, young individuals, this very much a reflection of what has been observed at hot-spots across Britain and Ireland. In recent years up to three individuals have been seen here, compared to at least five or six birds a few years previous and double-figure counts in the mid-2000s. An average of just 15 have been seen across the whole of France in recent winters.
Arcachon Bay, on France's west coast, has traditionally produced the highest single-site counts of the species in the country, with double figures often present in the early 2000s. However, just three have been seen there this winter, including this pair of adults photographed on 29 March 2019 (Loïc Le Comte).
The situation is similar in Spain, with the country's north coast hosting large numbers of the species throughout the 1990s and into the early 2000s, with counts sometimes approaching 20 individuals at sites such as Gijón, Asturias. Some of the Gijón birds were colour ringed, with these returning in subsequent years. However, since then there has been a steady decline across Spain, with just a handful of individuals seen in winter 2018-19. This is exemplified by counts from Asturias: 23 birds were seen in 1997, decling to eight in 2012, 10 in 2013 and just a single bird in the region so far in 2019.
Given its geographical position, it is no great surprise that the Azores has traditionally produced the highest counts of Ring-billed Gull within the Western Palearctic. While a small number of new vagrants appears across the archipelago each year, Terceira Island is unique in that it has traditionally attracted a sizeable wintering flock. Data prior to the turn of the century is scant, although maximum counts since then include 56 in February 2001, 33 in 2003, 25 in 2004, 46 in 2005 and 26 in 2007.
What is telling is the gradual but nonetheless noticeable drop from 2005 onward. While the flock still regularly peaked in the low twenties in the late 2000s and early 2010s (for example, 23 on 22 February 2011), such figures have grown increasingly scarce as the 2010s have progressed. Twenty-two were tallied on 16 February 2014, but nothing has come close since. Winter 2017-18 produced a maximum of 12 birds, including just two first-winters (the rest adults), with early 2019 counts peaking at 14. Therefore, though a sizeable wintering population still remains, the story is a familiar one to that encountered across mainland Europe – a diminishing number of individuals and an ageing population among those returning birds.
The wintering flock of Ring-billed Gulls on Terceira, Azores, has dwindled from over 50 birds to just 14 over the past 15 years. Here, nine are shown (with a single adult Common Gull; far right, obscured) at Praia da Vitória beach, where the birds gather daily in an afternoon roost (Josh Jones).
Drivers of the decline
It's likely that no single reason can be pin-pointed as the cause of the observed decline across Europe in recent years. However, looking at population trends in North America over the past five decades reveals strong clues as what might have driven the explosion of records in the 1980s and its subsequent slump.
Taking advantage of man-made opportunities – such as food waste providing improved feeding – Ring-billed Gull experienced a spectacularly rapid population increase in North America from the 1970s. In the Great Lakes, numbers rose from 305,790 nests in 1976-80 to a peak of 718,887 nests in 1989-90. The correlation between this explosion and the rise in European occurrences is clearly significant. What's more, the subsequent regression of the Great Lakes population to 652,664 nests in 1997-2000 and then 585,984 nests in 2007-09 may also go some way to explaining what took the wind out of the sails of the apparent expansion into Europe at the turn of the century.
Localised population declines are likely one driver of the downturn in Ring-billed Gull records in Europe over the past decade (Geoff Campbell).
While estimates are not freely available for other populations of the species, the Status of Birds in Canada 2014 report states that "its breeding range continues to expand into northern Canada". Therefore, if the species is still increasing in some areas, the downturn in Europe cannot simply be attributed to population trends alone.
Quite what else is at play is unclear. It's perhaps not a coincidence that there has been a similar decrease in the regularity of American Herring Gull in Britain and Ireland over the past 15 years, despite identification awareness now at unprecedented levels – meaning vagrants have never been more likely to be picked up than now. Presumably variations in annual weather events – be it mid-winter freezes or autumn storms – play their part, but North American regions are still regularly exposed to 'polar vortex' conditions (which could induce mass displacement events) in winter, and North Atlantic storm activity, which is generally seen as a pre-requisite to transatlantic vagrancy among North American birds, has not waned in recent times.
From the available data it appears that Ring-billed Gull reached a peak in Europe during the 1990s, following a spectacular upsurge in records from the early 1980s onward as identification awareness grew in tandem with repeated large influxes. At or around the turn of the century, the bubble burst and the upward trend levelled out, with numbers remaining high but not increasing into the early 2000s, before gradually starting to fall away. While the reason for this is not obvious, it may well be linked to localised population declines in North America, with fewer young birds being recruited to flocks wintering in Europe. Over time, the decrease in young birds on this side of the Atlantic created an ageing population which, without further recruitments, has begun to dwindle as reliable, old-aged adults gradually die off and are not replaced. Decreasing counts from France, Spain and the Azores seem to confirm that this is a widespread decline rather than a phenomenon limited to Britain and Ireland.
Keith Vinicombe wrote in his 1985 British Birds paper that "there can be little doubt that Ring-billed Gull will never return to its former extreme rarity status", but while the species is still a long way off being an 'extreme' rarity, it now teeters on the very edge of becoming officially rare once more. Unless another sizeable influx occurs in the near future, it could well be that British birders may once more have to put pen to paper and submit their records of this species to the British Birds Rarities Committee – something that would have seemed scarcely believable even a decade ago. From a birders' perspective, let's hope it never gets to that – another healthy arrival of this undeniably engaging species in coming winters would certainly be welcomed.
Could Ring-billed Gull be heading for rarity status once more, or will it bounce back after a lean decade? (Josh Jones).
Birds of North America. Ring-billed Gull [Online]. [29 March 2019]. Available from: https://birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/species/ribgul/introduction
Government of Canada. Status of Birds in Canada 2014: Ring-billed Gull [Online]. [29 March 2019]. Available from: https://wildlife-species.canada.ca/bird-status/oiseau-bird-eng.aspx?sY=2014
Morris, R D, Weseloh, D V, Wires, L R, Pekarik, C, Cuthbert, F J & D J Moore. 2011. Population Trends of Ring-billed Gulls Breeding on the North American Great Lakes, 1976 to 2009. Waterbirds 34(2): 202-212
Vinicombe, K E. 1985. Ring-billed Gulls in Britain and Ireland. British Birds 78: 327-337.
Special thanks to Steve White and British Birds for providing Ring-billed Gull data from 1990-2016. Thanks must also go to Hugo Touzé, Niall Keogh, Ed Carty, Dermot Breen, Daniel López Velasco and Peter Alfrey for their contributions and expertise.
Written by: Josh Jones
josh.jones@birdguides.com
http://www.joshrjones.com/
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Plot The Count's "Sleeping Beauty"
Animation A car drives through blocks.
Cast Live at Sesame Hall, Bob, Maria, and Luis sing "The Curious Cantata" about a bird who asks a lot of questions, played by the ever-curious Big Bird.
Muppets Oscar the Grouch hosts "The Trash is Right", in which contestant Grundgetta has to match each pile of trash with the picture of the person who threw it away.
Cartoon Roxanne and Violet Gorflatch are alike in many ways, but different in others.
SCENE 1 The Count has written his own version of "Sleeping Beauty," in which he and Gladys the Cow will be starring. As he makes the costumes, Gordon and the kids help measure her body.
SCENE 2 Gladys and the Count begin rehearsing the play. Gladys is not in favor of having to snore, especially when all the Count does is count the snores. She quits and the Count decides to hire Meryl Sheep instead.
Song Joe Raposo sings "Weaver Bird."
SCENE 3 Gordon narrates the Count's story. The prince (Count) finds the sleeping princess (Meryl) and counts her snores. His thunder and lightning wakes her up, but she'd rather "baa" than count with him. They cooperate by letting him count her baas. After the play, Gladys barges in and claims her mooing would've been better. The two females argue over their respective sounds, while the Count counts them and Gordon announces the sponsors.
This episode was taped on January 23, 1987.


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Q: fizzbuzz in Python using random, how does it work? I am having a hard time figuring out how the code below works:
import random

for i in range(0, 100):
    if not i % 15:
        random.seed(1178741599)
    print [i+1, "Fizz", "Buzz", "FizzBuzz"][random.randint(0,3)]

I understand that when i is divisible by 15, random will use the same seed and hence randint(0, 3) will always return the same index, but when I tried
for i in range(100):
    random.seed(1178741599)
    print random.randint(0,3) #always print 0

the above code always prints 0, shouldn't it be 3 (as the "FizzBuzz"'s index in list [i+1, "Fizz", "Buzz", "FizzBuzz"]?(this is the correct behavior, and corresponds to i+1 in the list.)
And what about when i is divisible by 3 or 5?
What is the magic of seed 1178741599?
Edit: as jonrsharpe pointed out, the fizzbuzz code only works in python 2.x

A: random.seed(n)

Means "reset the random number generator to some known position n". This means that the future outputs of the generator can be known in advance. It is useful for testing with the same "random" data over and over again.
What this code does is reset the generator every 15 steps, so you get the same sequence of 15 "random" integers (and, hence, of strings from the list) each time. In Python 2.x, the first "random" integer after the reset is always 0 (when I tried just now in Python 3, after random.seed(1178741599) I get random.randint(0, 3) == 1).
Note that this code does not do what a conventional FizzBuzz program does, and depends heavily on the random implementation. It works for me in 2.7.3 but does not work in 3.3.2 (see Why is seeding the random number generator not stable between versions of Python?).

A: Here's a naive way to go about finding the seed for your random number generator:
import random

expected = [0, 0, 1, 0, 2,
            1, 0, 0, 1, 2,
            0, 1, 0, 0, 3]

def is_working_seed(s):
    random.seed(s)
    return all(random.randint(0, 3) == e for e in expected)

seed = 0
while not is_working_seed(seed):
    seed += 1

print seed

(obviously, looping over all 2^32 values of seed is not a good plan)
Since there are 4**15 == 1073741824 ways to generate a list of random numbers in 0:4, you'd expect there to be about 4 seeds in the space of 32-bit numbers.


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Force = Mass * Acceleration.
I can't decipher the signature but I like this comic. Perfect for election season.
On another note, -2 * -2 is also 4!
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