SBA: Could you describe your research in 3 sentences, Alison?
Alison: I do research in the broad field of 'regulation of technology', mainly focusing on intellectual property law, environmental law, biosafety and biosecurity law. My goal is to contribute to developing a regulatory environment that supports the safe, responsible development of synthetic biology and other emerging technologies in Australia. I aim to do this through interdisciplinary discussion and research.
Alison: I have some concerns about the potential environmental impacts of highly engineered organisms. Not the technology that we are producing now, but future synthetic organisms that could be produced with the tools and techniques of synthetic biology.
SBA: How do you think those concerns could be addressed?
Alison: I think we need to keep looking at our regulatory framework and our risk assessment tools and keep asking whether these are keeping up with the rapidly developing science in synthetic biology. We should continue taking a precautionary approach, as we currently do under our gene technology regulation.
Alison: Synthetic biology has really exciting potential to help us deal with some of the most difficult problems affecting our environment and our health. Synthetic biology's applications in biofuels could help us to respond to global climate change, and synthetic vaccines and targeted cancer treatments could help us revolutionise how we respond to infectious disease threats and cancer. For example, we can already see medicines produced using synthetic biology making a difference in developing countries.
Alison: This may not be the single biggest challenge, but I think there are significant challenges in generating public and policy discussion of synthetic biology. I think the field of synthetic biology is hard to describe because it is really a collection of different approaches to engineering biology, and it includes a variety of enabling technology, tools, processes and applications. This makes it harder to explain and discuss in an accessible way than something that relies on a couple of key technologies or concepts, like embryonic stem cell research or cancer gene testing. Also, the term 'synthetic biology' can conjure up things like building synthetic limbs, or even synthetic humans, but this isn't the type of research occurring in the field at the moment. It can also be hard for people outside science to understand what the term 'synthetic biology' means because sometimes it's described as just a baby step along from the genetic engineering we were doing before, and other times it's described as a paradigm shift and something that completely changes how we understand 'life'.
This image is taken from artist/designer Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg's project, "Designing for the Sixth Extinction". Her work, which was commissioned by Science Gallery, Dublin for Grow Your Own… Life After Nature (2014), unpacks the potential of, and issues surrounding, proposed synthetic biology applications to protect biodiversity. One of four proposed fictional organisms, this self-replicating biofilm would coat leaf surfaces to trap airborne particles that cause damage to biodiversity, such as Chalara fraxinea fungal spores that cause ash dieback. The project uses fictional patent application texts to explore how technologies might be deployed: the pollutants would be shed with the leaf in autumn, collected and processed by other organisms in a closed synthetic ecosystem. Her work asks: should we "infect" nature to save it?


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package armapplicationinsights_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/applicationinsights/armapplicationinsights/v2"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/applicationinsights/resource-manager/Microsoft.Insights/stable/2021-10-14/examples/LiveTokenGet.json
func ExampleLiveTokenClient_Get() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := armapplicationinsights.NewLiveTokenClient(cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	res, err := client.Get(ctx,
		"subscriptions/df602c9c-7aa0-407d-a6fb-eb20c8bd1192/resourceGroups/FabrikamFiberApp/providers/microsoft.insights/components/CustomAvailabilityTest/providers/microsoft.insights/generatelivetoken",
		nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	// TODO: use response item
	_ = res
}

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For many an evening in 2004, three people sat Around one desk in a small medical office — an office which served as the group's conference room, breakfast area, and idea hub. Backed by a small programming group in India, the trio (comprising Benchmark Internet Group founder Curt Keller, his wife Denise, and an search engine optimization expert) discussed ideas for how to execute a deceptively simple concept. Simple email marketing. Many of their ideas were beyond the resources of this fledgling business, but that did not stop Keller from planning ahead.
The first Customers of Benchmark Email were small businesses located in near proximity to Benchmark's one-room HQ in Long Beach, CA. Keller and his team personally sold them on the usage of email advertising, while working hard to make a very simple user interface which would be simple to operate. All the while, the company championed such novel ideas as customizable templates and software which adapted to user requirements. They also made sure from the outset that anybody who needed help would have rapid access to excellent customer support.
Benchmark Has continued to grow and advantagesper. Its present focus. Providing worldwide email advertising services to small and midsize businesses while continuing to honor a commitment to help children in need. This doesn't mean that Benchmark is a little-guys-only service, however; it's stuck to its core principle of adaptability and serves large organizations like UNICEF and Kaiser-Permanente through its High Volume Business plans.
Today, Benchmark serves up of 73,000 users from across the planet, however, the company has not forgotten its origins. Benchmark still keeps good relationships with little, locally-based companies. In fact, the organization supplies a full page of testimonials from users of this app. You can read more about Benchmark's history and development here.
While the Majority of the attributes Benchmark provides Are on par with the rest of the business, among the standout features of this ESP is the fact that most of its features come standard with each accounts — including the free ones. Here are a few of Benchmark's most noteworthy offerings.
· Hundreds of Industry-Specific, Themed Templates. Benchmark offers all users access to the library of over 400 templates. These are organized into 19 categories, some of which are tailored to particular industries like education, entertainment, and retail. There is also a class for societal media-specific templates.
· Video Emails. Perhaps the best-known benefit of Benchmark is its support for video mails. The business explains the benefits of this feature here.
· Mobile App. Benchmark's mobile apps make it possible for customers having an Apple device to get several functions on the road. They can get and add contacts, browse reportsand send videos via integration using a YouTube account, and even design and send fast email blasts with one of 10 templates that are available. This is quite a little more than many other businesses offer on their mobile programs, making them considerably more operational.
· Photo Editing. If the photos you intend to use in your email campaign aren't perfectly sized or need some color adjustment, you can use Benchmark's integrated picture editor. This is a fairly handy feature if you don't have photoshop accessible.
· Code Editor. In case you've got the know-how to work magic with HTML, Benchmark provides this ultra-customization choice with which you may build your emails from scratch.
· Autoresponder. Every Benchmark customer has the power to design around eight custom autoresponder messages. These could be scheduled as a string or occasion lead-up, or made as annual messages like anniversary or birthday emails.
· Sign-Up Types . The only way to be successful in email marketing is by way of growing your own list, and Benchmark actually promotes doing so via sign-up forms. The company bases its Free For Life account entirely around website and Facebook sign-ups and provides an easy-to-use instrument to create custom templates for every medium.
· Inbox Checker. Since every email program differs and every web browser includes a signature style, making certain your emails look good across the board is important. You can use Inbox Checker to look at the way your email displays in Gmail using Explorer and Outlook 3. Employing the entire app (which assesses everything out of AOL to Yahoo, Explorer into Safari, mobile to PC) is a paid add-on service, available for $14 each 100 checks.
· RSS-to-Email. Regular bloggers may create newsletters out of their blogs mechanically through the RSS-to-Email attribute, which works with any blog which manages an RSS-feed. Users only need to establish a campaign and template inside Benchmark once.
· API Integration. An API (Application Program Interface) allows different software programs to communicate with one another without a formal plug-in connection. Benchmark's API Integration feature permits users using XML-RPC, HTTP POST, or HTTP GET abilities to recover data from some other programs which use JSON, XML, XML-RPC, or PHP serialization strings. In a nutshell, this allows them to play three functions. Manage contact lists, manage campaigns and effort sending, and check statistics. The business describes this function in more detail .
Signing up for a Benchmark account is pretty straightforward. After entering your name, email, phone number, and company name, you need to confirm your email address. This is a five-minute process for me. Upon logging into my new account (using the free program ) I was greeted by an attractive UI that gave me a very clear direction on the best way best to make my very first email campaign. Great beginning!
From there, you have to decide if you want an RSS Or traditional email message. It is possible to use Benchmark's drag-and-drop editor, or move for more customization with the built-in code editor. If you are somebody who codes their own email, then my hat is off to you, but I am not gifted that way, so I went with the drag-and-drop alternative.
I had been prompted to enter a subject line for my Email and setup how much tracking I desired on the message, as well as if I wanted an automatic tweet when the campaign went out. The next task was to choose which contacts I wished to get the campaign. With that, I was finally able to begin constructing the email itself. If you want to, you can construct your personal email designs using a very intuitive editor. On the flip side, you can alter one of Benchmark's templates, which can be great, and much better than I managed to do in my.
If You're just Starting out, you can do as I did and manually enter contacts one at a time. However, for those who already have a list, there are numerous ways to import it. You are able to upload a CSV, xls, or txt file directly from your computer; import contacts directly from Salesforce.com, Hotmail, or Gmail accounts; or copy and paste huge lists of contacts to a text type. Once you create your Benchmark lists, they'll show up on your dash, along with a Master Unsubscribe List.
The actual sending of the email is rather easy. When you've finished all your tweaks, you can either save the email as a draft, send it instantly, or schedule a date and time for delivery. If you would like to check everything is well before distributing your email on the world, you can send it to yourself to preview it as many as 10 times/day. I opted to program my email for shipping to view how timely the automated system would really be. I advised my email for 2.45 and received it at 2.50, so while the timing wasn't exactly ideal, it was likely present in tolerance levels for most users. If you're one of the more rare users who need on-the-minute email sending, you may need to look elsewhere. More worryingly, my email did not go to my primary inbox but was automatically sorted into my"promotions" folder. Definitely not perfect.
The first thing I Discovered about Benchmark email reports was something I would read in a few reviews. They are really, really fast. I mean lightning fast. Opens register in the Benchmark system almost immediately. I've worked with a lot of other programs where these reports take hours or even days to appear.
Though all of the information is great and Necessary, it isn't enough to sustain increased level marketers who want more information such as conversions, which links were clicked, and revenue analysis. Although Google Analytics provides a lot of this info with proper integration, there might come a time when serious entrepreneurs need more info than Benchmark provides. Whether or not a small company will get to that point changes, naturally, dependent on the company.
Benchmark made its 3-tiered pricing Structure with the goal of serving everybody from the smallest kitchen-table startup to big email marketers. On the other hand, the organization's main focus is on small to medium companies, especially those just starting out in email advertising. This is particularly reflected in the fact that clients subscribing to the medium plans get unlimited emails, while bigger plans have limitations.
· Benchmark Occasions — Benchmark Events is event marketing software designed to integrate fully with Benchmark Email. Launched in 2012, this program allows users to make and customize occasions, promote and sell tickets, and monitor the success of their events through their Benchmark Email accounts. A variety of subscriptions are available, such as a free alternative.
· Twitter — Benchmark Mail Lite is a WordPress plug-in which permits users to easily build an email audience via their readers. The plug-in can automatically create email versions of blog posts and allows users to connect up to five Benchmark accounts.
· Benchmark Power — This free plugin lets you supply pictures for your Benchmark mails from locations throughout the web. Benchmark Power captures images you find and immediately uploads them to your Benchmark accounts for future use.
· Shopify — You can link a Shopify accounts to Benchmark and automatically add Shopify customers to Benchmark lists. You can even add contributors to different lists based on what they bought. Read our review of Shopify here.
· PayPal — Users may add some of their PayPal clients for their own Benchmark email lists bylinking the accounts. Read our overview of Paypal here.
· WordPress — The ever-present blog and website builder provides an integration using Benchmark. Use it to send mails of your blog posts and also use the analytics to observe how your subscribers respond to them. Learn more here.
Since Of the key connection between social networking and email advertising, it's important to check out the social networking features contained in Benchmark.
· Social Media Templates — One segment of Benchmark's enormous email template list consists of societal media-specific templates which directly promote your institution's participation in social media forums such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
· Facebook"Like" Button — Benchmark offers a very simple function which allows you to add a Facebook"Just Like" button into your own emails.
· Social Links within Email — Once you link your Benchmark account with your Facebook, Twitter, and/or LinkedIn accounts, you can add switches to each email that will direct your readers to each of your social media pages.
The Business also fully Complies with the U.S.-E.U. and U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor Frameworks regarding the collection of personal data from citizens of these countries. When customers provide credit card amounts to Benchmark, the company utilizes secure socket layer (SSL) protection to encrypt the information. The entire system is encrypted to ensure the safety of all customers' personal details.
Like All legitimate ESPs, Benchmark takes spam seriously and outlines a clear zero-tolerance policy for any of the users trying to take part in spam activities. The business is fully in compliance with all the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. Benchmark additionally takes several steps to preserve its standing as a spam-free provider, one of them membership from the Email Sender and Provider Coalition. The business employs the app SpamAssassin to filter messages sent through its host.
To stop users from Unknowingly sending spam-like substances, Benchmark supplies a spam test feature which looks for words commonly used in spam messages. It scores every email on a scale from 1 to 5; 5s are delegated to content that's very likely to be blocked. In case of a top score, the program suggests"less spammy" alternatives. Individualized IP addresses also help large-volume senders reduce their spam amounts.
Benchmark Offers its users a great deal of support resources. Customer support is generally responsive, with minimal waiting times. The site provides good learning resources, but can be opaque occasionally. Crucial information is often buried and difficult to locate, particularly if you don't know precisely what you're searching for, especially when it comes to minute particulars about strategies. As an example. The Free For Life plan includes Benchmark branding on every email, but you won't find that mentioned on the Free For Life webpage, not even at the fine print. Nor are you going to see it mentioned when you register. The only place it is mentioned is in the FAQ, here.
· FAQ — Benchmark's FAQ section is somewhat mislabeled as it is closer to some QandA-format knowledge base than a normal FAQ. There are more than 900 entries, sorted into 18 topics ranging from"Getting Started" to"API." Users can execute a keyword search of any subject (or sub-topic) or from their FAQ as a whole. 1 caveat. With such a comprehensive knowledge base, it's pretty much inevitable that some entries are going to be out of date. Some of the QandAs provide information that's wholly incorrect, so in some cases, you might want to contact assistance to hash things out.
· Video Tutorials and Webinars — Benchmark supplies about two dozen movie tutorials which take users step by step through the features of this app. The company also offers a webinar called"Benchmark Email Crash Course." You can view it live each Friday at 10.00 a.m. PST or see the recorded version at any time. You can even ask for a particular webinar on quite a few different topics. Live webinars comprise the opportunity to ask questions throughout the presentation.
· Email Marketing Manuals and Articles — There are more in-depth information on email marketing generally, in addition to the Benchmark program especially, at the Manuals Section. These downloadable documents also cover industry-specific troubles. Articles, very similar to blogs, offer users guidance beyond that found in the FAQ section, but in shorter, more readable chunks than the manuals provide.
· Website and Newsletter — For current info regarding email marketing trends, check out Benchmark's monthly newsletter, in addition to its extremely active blog. All subscribers automatically obtain access to current newsletters, and Benchmark also provides an archive of newsletter posts from November 2007-October 2012.
· Top Notch Service . This is perhaps the most typical observation concerning Benchmark, and some thing I discovered for myself too. People tend to find support prompt and beneficial, and a few say it is actually the element that distinguishes Benchmark from its competitors. The company also receives praise for its blog posts and videos.
· Characteristic Selection Across All Plans. Some customers praise the addition of attributes including AB testing and surveys from all programs; many firms charge extra for such features or only include them into their pricier plans.
· Ease of Use. Users have a tendency to find Benchmark's interface incredibly user-friendly and intuitive. The program gathers compliments from a broad range of demographics, from first-time ESP users to people who have attempted many different programs before settling on Benchmark.
· Mobile Friendly Emails. Consumers were impressed with the mobile-friendly email design of Benchmark's templates. Since an increasing number of people access their email from mobile devices, this is an increasingly important factor to take into account.
· Inconsistent Send-Times. Apparently some users experienced a problem with Benchmark in which their emails were sent hours after they were first scheduled. 1 customer theorized that the issue might arise in lengthy lists of recipients. Not all clients of all Benchmark will possess time-sensitive shipping demands, but others will. If you need your mails to go out exactly when your program dictates, you might need to consider this issue.
· "Spammy" Templates. Some users were concerned that Benchmark's templates may feel like spam email, leading recipients to mark them as junk and not reading the contents. Since the whole point of an ESP is to stop this from happening, this might be an issue. On the other hand, I never felt this way whilst searching through the template list, therefore it may not be the most valid of complaints.
Benchmark Offers a huge variety of pricing strategies, such as a free plan and a massive scale of paid programs that can service anywhere between 600 and 7,140,000 subscribers.
Benchmark's free programs do not require charge Cards, which is always refreshing. The only grab. There will be a small Benchmark emblem at the bottom of each email you send out. Obviously, you may always opt to upgrade to a paid program in case you don't want the Benchmark branding. The free plan permits you to send up to 14000 mails to up to 2000 subscribers and gives you access to all but not all Benchmark's features list. Notable absences into the features list for free accounts include email automation and sub-accounts (enabling multiple users to get one Benchmark account).
Users with little contacts lists and limited Monthly messages have the option of paying for their email advertising based on the amount of emails they send every month.
Benchmark is a good program. It's Simple to Use, Open to innovation, and competitively priced. Its free options might just be the very best in the company for anyone who just wants to dive into email advertising (especially small, local businesses). For that matter, any Benchmark strategy can work nicely for a little business which perspectives email as a minor element of its advertising and has no desire to operate past the basics just yet.
If you are a small or even medium-sized Business trying to find a simple email marketing program using a host of amazing features, Benchmark is an exceptional choice. Though there might come a time when you outgrow the program, it provides a lot for the price, provides excellent support, and the company appears to be sensitive to the needs of its users. You can not ask for more.


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David Gray announces a third and final night at 3Arena, due to demand
By: Brenna Ransden
Yes, you read that right: David Gray is adding another night at 3Arena, due to demand.
Fans just can't get enough of David Gray, who has added a yet another night at 3Arena as part of his White Latter: The 20th Anniversary Tour following the sellout of his first two shows. Last week, Gray added a second date due to demand. He will now play three nights at Dublin's 3Arena from 2-4 April 2020, as well as one night at the SSE Arena in Belfast on 31 March.
White Ladder, the biggest-selling album of all time in Ireland, will be recreated by Gray with all the original band members, as well as all the original equipment. Of course, some of his other hits will also feature.
To coincide with the tour, Gray is also releasing an expanded 20th anniversary edition of White Ladder on February 14. Available on CD, digital, and for the first time ever, vinyl, the newly remastered album will also feature unreleased rarities and b-sides – including the rare track 'Over My Head'.
"It's the 20th anniversary of White Ladder, a unique record with its own remarkable history," Gray announced. "Jammed full with big, open hearted songs and flooded with a raw emotional energy. It's an album that came from nowhere to steal the hearts of millions all over the world, completely transforming my life in the process.
"Twenty years on and it feels like White Ladder is just as alive for people now as it was back then - so to celebrate this milestone, I will be releasing a special anniversary version of the album and assembling all the original band members with all the original equipment, in order to take White Ladder out on the road and recreate the record in its entirety."
Tickets for the last White Ladder 20th Anniversary gig go on sale here on Thursday, 17 October at 9AM.
White Ladder: The 20th Anniversary Tour – UK and European Dates:
March 20th - Liverpool @ M&S Bank Arena
March 21st - Glasgow @ The SSE Hydro
March 22nd - Cardiff @ Motorpoint Arena
March 24th - Bournemouth @ International Centre
March 26th - London @ The O2 Arena
March 27th - Leeds @ First Direct Arena
March 28th - Birmingham @ Resorts World Arena
March 31st - Belfast @ The SSE Arena
April 2nd - Dublin @ 3Arena
April 3rd - Dublin @ 3Arena
April 4th - Dublin @ 3Arena
April 7th - Antwerp @ Lotto Arena
April 8th - Amsterdam @ AFAS Live
April 9th - Cologne @ Palladium
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Knicks Notes: Anthony, Summers, Atkins
September 26th 2015 at 11:15am CST by Eddie Scarito
Knicks president Phil Jackson is focused on 2015/16, and he isn't dwelling on next offseason's potential crop of free agents, Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN.com writes. "It's too much between then and now — or now and then — that goes along," Jackson said. "There's just a whole season to go through. Teams develop rapidly. I've seen multiple teams in the NBA over the years [that] had this chemistry that just brings it together. That's what we're looking for, to find guys that have the chemistry that activates them as players and their team effort together."
"So we're not going to hold anything out about this year, next year," Jackson continued. "We're going to continue to try to bring the best talent here to Madison Square Garden and the New York Knicks. So that kind of goes unstated."
Here's more from New York:
Coach Derek Fisher doesn't believe that Carmelo Anthony is disgruntled with the current state of the Knicks, Ian Begley of ESPNNewYork.com relays (via Twitter). Fisher told Begley regarding 'Melo's feelings, "I think he actually enjoys and likes working with these guys."
Anthony, who underwent surgery on his left knee back in February, will enter training camp without any medical restrictions, Begley writes in a separate piece. "Medically, he will be fine," Fisher said. "I think we will still gauge how much we want to put him under in terms of workload and stress in training camp and in the preseason. But we don't have to artificially hold him back from working hard. We just have to kind of gauge how it is responding to how hard we plan to work in training camp, and let's be smart along the way."
DaJuan Summers' one-year deal with the team is non-guaranteed and for the league minimum, Eric Pincus of Basketball Insiders tweets.
The minimum salary deals that Darion Atkins and Wesley Saunders signed are partially guaranteed for $75K, while Travis Trice's minimum salary pact includes a partial guarantee of $50K, Pincus confirms (Twitter link).
You can view the Knicks' full preseason roster here.
DaJuan Summers
Darion Atkins
Travis Trice
Wesley Saunders


It's Monday, which means that I usually wake up very grumpy because I don't want to start another hectic week of work. Today, it was a little different. I woke up with a BIG smile on my face and in better mood than any other Monday. Why you ask? Well, I concluded my 40 day challenge with the Miami ING Half Marathon yesterday and I had a wonderful time. The weather was okay for Miami, not too hot not cold and overcast. A bit humid earlier in the morning but nothing unbearable.
I was rather calm of nerves but excited to get the running started that morning. The amount of people and the energy is just amazing. Watching the wheelchair group come in as we all stand around them and cheer them on always gets me a bit choked up. I was ready! Positive talk all the way through. Reminded myself to push through and give it my all. I'm happy to report that I made my goal! I came in at 1:59:10 for 13.1 miles!
Oh happy day! It's such a great feeling when you know you have worked so hard for a goal and see it come a reality. It' s great feeling of accomplishment and in my case, it keeps me wanting more. I was also very happy to see friends including my training partner carry out the same goals. Many had a great race too so congrats!


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TED NUGENT – SHUTUP&JAM with Greg Smith on Bass
Valery Amador
Multi-platinum guitar icon TED NUGENT returns with a new full-length album SHUTUP&JAM!, with Greg Smith on Bass due outTuesday, July 8 on Frontiers Records.
This release marks the first all-new studio album from the Motor City Madman in seven years. NUGENT leads the pack of renowned musicians, handling guitar and vocal duties, alongside bassist Greg Smith, drummer Mick Brown and longtime musical cohort guitarist/vocalist Derek St. Holmes. Special guest Sammy Hagar brings his vocal power to "She's Gone." SHUTUP&JAM! is available now for pre-order at Amazon.
"SHUTUP&JAM! 2014…the unstoppable firestorm of Ted Nugent, all American MotorCity, high energy R&B&R&R soulmusic erupts once again with what many gungho music lovers are raving to be the best songs and best music and highest energy rockout of my insanely wonderful musical American Dream," NUGENT exclaims. "Sammy Hagar sings his balls off on 'She's Gone' and Derek St. Holmes proves once again that the MotorCity produces not just the greatest guitar grind masterlicks ever but one of the most powerful soul voices of all time on 'Everything Matters!' Unleashing early July 2014. Read em & weep! SHUTUP&JAM! you know who I am, you know where I stand, so SHUTUP&JAM! I am!"
"When I first heard Ted's demo of this song, I immediately responded with 'I'm in,'" HAGAR shares of his involvement on the track "She's Gone." "Ted's ripping the guitar like the days of old…very inspiring to sing to a track like that—old-school blues riff, hard edged rock 'n roll on fire!!!"
To coincide with the release of SHUTUP&JAM!, TED has announced that he's packing up and hitting the road. On Saturday, June 7 he will join Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Volbeat and other rock titans at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden. He'll then prepare for his national headlining tour, kicking off July 3 in Wichita Falls, TX. Ticket info for all shows is available at tour.tednugent.com.
NUGENT has carved a permanent place in rock & roll history as the ultimate guitar-shredding showman, selling more than 40 million albums, performing 6,500 high-octane live shows, and continuing to set attendance records at venues around the globe. Hailing from Detroit, the guitarist's prodigious talents, earshattering volume & over-the-top onstage antics quickly earned Young Ted the moniker of "Motor City Madman," along with international acclaim.
Recognized as the world's leading guitar showman, NUGENT's no-holds-barred career spans five decades of multiplatinum hits. From the ground breaking Amboy Dukes' "Journey to the Center of the Mind," to classics like "Stranglehold" (ranked in the Top 100 Classic Rock Songs and #1 Guitar Lick) and "Cat Scratch Fever"(32nd Best Hard Rock Song of All Time), Damn Yankees chartbuster "High Enough" and cult classic "Fred Bear" (the most requested song for radio airplay in Michigan & Wisconsin).
NUGENT was recently named Detroit's Greatest Guitar Player of All Time by readers of MLive. For millions of passionate music lovers everywhere, TED delivers the Ultimate Life Soundtrack. A TED NUGENT show is not just a performance—it's a firebreathing celebration!
Visit online:
www.tednugent.com
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Related Topics:Greg Smith, TED NUGENT
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The entire English language Wikipedia in 7,600 volumes. Generated by software created by artist Michael Mandiberg.
Print Wikipedia is a both a utilitarian visualization of the largest accumulation of human knowledge and a poetic gesture towards the futility of the scale of big data. Michael Mandiberg has written software that parses the entirety of the English-language Wikipedia database and programmatically lays out 7600 volumes, complete with covers, and then uploads them to Lulu.com. In addition, he has compiled a Wikipedia Table of Contents, and a Wikipedia Contributor Appendix.
Individual volumes are available for purchase online for $80.00. Selected volumes containing some of our favorite articles are pictured here. All volumes are accessible at Lulu.com by searching for mandiberg.
Michael Mandiberg is an interdisciplinary artist, scholar, and educator living in Brooklyn, New York. He received his M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts and his B.A. from Brown University. His work traces the lines of political and symbolic power online, working on the Internet in order to comment on and intercede in the real flows of information. His work lives at Mandiberg.com.


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Big Data for 21st Century Economic Statistics
Katharine G. Abraham, Ron S. Jarmin, Brian Moyer, and Matthew D. Shapiro
Conference held March 15-16, 2019
Forthcoming from University of Chicago Press
The following chapters are preliminary drafts unless otherwise noted. They have not yet been subjected to the formal review process of the NBER. This page will be updated as individual chapters are revised.
Introduction: Katharine G. Abraham, Ron S. Jarmin, Brian Moyer, Matthew D. Shapiro (bibliographic info)
1. Re-Engineering Key National Economic Indicators: Gabriel Ehrlich, John C. Haltiwanger, Ron S. Jarmin, David Johnson, Matthew D. Shapiro (bibliographic info) (download)
2. From Transactions Data to Economic Statistics: Constructing Real-Time, High-Frequency, Geographic Measures of Consumer Spending: Aditya Aladangady, Shifrah Aron-Dine, Wendy Dunn, Laura Feiveson, Paul Lengermann, Claudia Sahm (bibliographic info) (download) version of July 9, 2019
3. Off to the Races: A Comparison of Machine Learning and Alternative Data for Predicting Economic Indicators: Jeffrey C. Chen, Abe Dunn, Kyle Hood, Alexander Driessen, Andrea Batch (bibliographic info) (download) version of July 9, 2019
4. A Machine Learning Analysis of Seasonal and Cyclical Sales in Weekly Scanner Data: Rishab Guha, Serena Ng (bibliographic info) (download) version of May 22, 2019 (Working Paper version)
5. Investigating Alternative Data Sources to Reduce Respondent Burden in United States Census Bureau Retail Economic Data Products: Rebecca J. Hutchinson (bibliographic info) (download)
6. The Scope and Impact of Open Source Software as Intangible Capital: A Framework for Measurement with an Application Based on the Use of R Packages: Carol Robbins, Gizem Korkmaz, Jose Bayoan Santiago Calderon, Daniel Chen, Aaron Schroeder, Claire Kelling, Stephanie S. Shipp, Sallie Keller (bibliographic info) (download)
7. Improving the Accuracy of Economic Measurement with Multiple Data Sources: The Case of Payroll Employment Data: Tomaz Cajner, Leland D. Crane, Ryan A. Decker, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, Christopher Kurz (bibliographic info) (download) version of July 9, 2019
8. Automating Response Evaluation for Franchising Questions on the 2017 Economic Census: Andrew L. Baer, J. Bradford Jensen, Shawn D. Klimek, Lisa Singh, Joseph Staudt, Yifang Wei (bibliographic info) (download) (Working Paper version)
9. Valuing Housing Services in the Era of Big Data: A User Cost Approach Leveraging Zillow Microdata: Marina Gindelsky, Jeremy Moulton, Scott A. Wentland (bibliographic info) (download)
10. Quantifying Productivity Growth in Health Care Using Insurance Claims and Administrative Data: John A. Romley, Abe Dunn, Dana Goldman, Neeraj Sood (bibliographic info) (download)
11. Nowcasting the Local Economy: Using Yelp Data to Measure Economic Activity: Edward L. Glaeser, Hyunjin Kim, Michael Luca (bibliographic info) (download) version of July 9, 2019 (Working Paper version)
12. Transforming Naturally Occurring Text Data into Economic Statistics: The Case of Online Job Vacancy Postings: Arthur Turrell, Bradley J. Speigner, Jyldyz Djumalieva, David Copple, James Thurgood (bibliographic info) (download) version of July 9, 2019 (Working Paper version)
13. Using Public Data to Generate Industrial Classification Codes: John Cuffe, Sudip Bhattacharjee, Ugochukwu Edudo, Justin Smith, Nevada Basdeo (bibliographic info)
14. Measuring Export Price Movements with Administrative Trade Data: Don A. Fast, Susan E. Fleck (bibliographic info) (download)
15. Big Data in the U.S. Consumer Price Index: Experiences and Plans: Crystal G. Konny, Brendan K. Williams, David M. Friedman (bibliographic info) (download) version of June 27, 2019
16. Estimating the Benefits of New Products: Some Approximations: W. Erwin Diewert, Robert C. Feenstra (bibliographic info) (download) version of April 24, 2019
17. Securing Commercial Data for Economic Statistics: Katharine G. Abraham, Margaret Levenstein, Matthew D. Shapiro (bibliographic info)


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The Upcoming Superman Project Titled VAL ZOD Finds Writers In Darnell Metayer And Josh Peters
The Upcoming Superman Project Titled VAL ZOD Finds Writers In Darnell Metayer And Josh Peters – the pair recently wrote the screenplay for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
The previously unnamed Superman project hat comes from Michael B. Jordan which is now titled Val Zod, has found its writers. The HBO Max adaptation will be scripted by Darnell Metayer and Josh Peters who recently penned Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. The project is being produced by Jordan, Elizabeth Raposo, and Stefano Agosto and although the word is that Jordan may star in the role, it has not been confirmed.
In the comics, Val-Zod donned the mantle of Superman thanks to the DC multiverse on Earth-2 and was introduced during the New 52-era by creators Tom Taylor, Nicola Scott, and Robson Rocha, with his first appearance in 2014's Earth 2 #19. He possesses the same powers as Clark Kent/Kal-El, hailing from the same planet of Krypton, and finds refuge on Earth. At one point, he even battles an Earth-2 version of Superman that has been brainwashed by Darkseid, although this is later revealed to be a clone of the original Kal-El.
DC and Warner Bros have put many projects in motion focused on HBO Max premieres with the upcoming Black Canary film that has Jurnee Smollett reprising her role from Birds of Prey, The Batgirl film starring Leslie Grace which also recently added Brendan Fraser to its cast in the role of the film's villain (Rumored to be Firefly) along with the Blue Beetle project that will star Cobra Kai's Xolo Maridueña. DC and Warner Bros look to shine a light on riskier characters in the DC lineup through this formula of lower budget HBO Max premiere films, but fans will most likely be the ones who benefit from this as the DC Universe seems to be immensely growing at the convenience of their home with streaming platform premieres.
What are your thoughts on the upcoming Val Zod project?
Source: Deadline
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Under the multi-year overall production deal, High School Musical alumna Ashley Tisdale and her sister Jennifer, Blondie Girl Prods' VP Development and Production, will create and develop scripted and unscripted content for Asylum Entertainment. The announcement was made today by Asylum president and CEO Steve Michaels.
Legendary acquired Asylum Entertainment in a deal announced in December 2013. Asylum produces unscripted programming primarily for basic cable including ESPN's docu-series 30 For 30, Emmy-winning miniseries The Kennedys and reality show Beverly Hills Pawn.
Blondie Girl Prods currently produces the new ABC Family show Young & Hungry and the Disney Channel original movie Cloud 9. Other productions include the Bravo reality series Miss Advised and E!'s Inner Circle.


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Windmillin'
Where politics and faith dance in the shadow of the windmill.
Republican Folly
November 3, 2014 • 1:21 am 0
The Silent Campaign
That would be the race for the fourth and fifth school board position.
Tomorrow (Tuesday) Grand Rapids residents will elect five members to the school board from list of seven. Four are incumbents: Tony Baker, Wendy Falb, John Matias, and Maureen Slade; the other three are Jose Flores, Jamie Scripps, and Milinda Ysasi.
Without an angry or anxious community, school board races can be dull. For now, the drama has left the stage. At present the school board and the GRPS administration are enjoying success: the most recent teacher contract, powered by far better than expected First Friday numbers makes an upbeat mood; new programs are being launched and civic stakeholders are smiling; and the superintendent is recognized among the best in Michigan.
Of course, there's work to be done, but it is of the more policy-oriented sort: how does the district begin to get traction on student achievement; how do we raise up students in the face of financial headwinds from Lansing, and the continuing impact of poverty in our community?
When the conversation turns to policy, the challenger's road becomes steeper, still it's not as if the candidates have been helping themselves.
Some campaigns have risen to the challenge: Baker and Falb have the strongest public identity, and are closely identified with the current state of success. Matias, too, has some visibility, and enjoys the non-endorsement from the GREA — for the conservatives in the city, this is about as a good a sign as any.
Maureen Slade's campaign is far more low key. For an incumbent, her vision for GRPS remains remarkably under-developed. One may fairly ask if, at 71, she wants a four-year term. Among the challengers, one can pose a similar question to Flores. This is another campaign by a seasoned school administrator that nonetheless has little in the way of actual visibility. As valuable as he could be as to input, there is little evidence that this campaign is serious.
Two other campaigns are definitely serious, though with weaknesses.
Jamie Scripps brings a strong policy focus, and has won endorsements from some progressive organizations. Still, she has struggled on the basics of campaigning. Hers has been a puzzling low key race, in part one suspects, because of her "outsider" status.
If Scripps struggles with the outsider status, Milinda Ysasi is the opposite: her ability to solicit endorsements is impressive, speaking well of her relationship building and of her progressive creds. Of course, unless one were on her Facebook page, one would never know. What is also clear from the Facebook postings is how her campaign has only recently gotten its act together.
The relative silence of Scripps and Ysasi is a shame. Both deserve far more public recognition. As it is, in the mid-term election, the Scripps name may have the advantage if only because it will seem more familiar (i.e. Anglo-Saxon) to the electorate.
Filed under: Community, Elections, GRPS, Jamie Scripps, John Matias, Jose Flores, Maureen Slade, Tony Baker, Wendy Falb
July 20, 2013 • 8:05 pm 0
Pulling on a Political Scab
Something is under James White's skin. Perhaps it is only the robo-call by school board president Wendy Falb, but the irritation may run a little deeper.
The schools and the City need to work hand in hand, so it's no surprise that as the Third Ward race heats up, school board members take sides: Maureen Slade, Rev. Nathaniel Moody and recent member Jane Geitzen for Senita Lenear; Tony Baker, Wendy Falb, and Jon O'Connor for Michael Tuffelmire. I the support for Tuffelmire fears a potential polarization, or more accurately an alienation. In response to Falb's robo-call, City Commissioner Whites took to the press.
(Falb) "runs the risk of polarizing her own board, the parents and the community" by actively campaigning for the opponent of her former board colleague, Senita Lenear, in the city race.
At first glance this a peculiar accusation, since White himself is also on board with the Lenear campaign. As White further explains in the article, the endorsement threatens the necessary working together of city and schools.
"The school district must work closely with and gain support from city, county, state, and federal sources.
"It is unwise to do harm to those relationships by embroiling the school district in the political arena where it has never been before."
Never before? Even reporter Monica Scott finds herself wondering
Mr. White thinks that the GRPS board has gotten more political and said he didn't like the direction it is going in. Do you think the board is more political now or the same as in previous years?
Given the sort of controversies that have roiled the school board over the years, the present board is far from the divisive mode of even a few years ago. What is characteristic about the board is its general public unanimity, in part because of the strength of Superintendent Neal. If anything, the addition of John Matias promises to keep the board functioning in a productive fashion.
However there is little danger of a rift breaking out between the schools and the city. Here, White's complaint sounds stretched, but underneath there are a couple of very real issues at work.
First, is the question of class.
Filed under: Community, Bernard Taylor, GRPS, Jane Geitzen, John Matias, Jon O'Connor, Maureen Slade, Mike Tuffelmire, MLive, Monica Scott, Nathaniel Moody, Senita Lenear, Teresa Weatherall Neal, Tony Baker, Wendy Falb
March 2, 2012 • 11:47 pm 0
The Future of Pro Life
Marcie Wheeler raises some interesting questions about the status of anti-choice in the Democratic constellation here in Kent County. The short version: is pro-life the dominant, requisite force that it once was, one that requires women to take it and say nothing?
There is a right way and a wrong way, IMO, to run an anti-choice candidate. Telling voters–particularly the women voters being impacted by anti-choice Dems of late–they can't talk about it bc they don't know enough is not the way to do it.
Particularly in the context of a run for the Third by Steve Pestka, the question of the pro-life Dems again rises up. The pro-life stance (or "anti-choice") has been seen as a prerequisite for competitive candidates since the Clinton election, in part because recruiting drew from the Catholic west side community and the Christian Reformed — both distinctly pro-life. Their victories and general growth in the number of elected officials seemed to confirm the stance. Wheeler's challenge (and others) invites a reconsideration of this political axiom. The question of abortion may not be the deal breaker that it was 10 or 15 years ago.
One sign of change has been the growing political leadership in the City, on the school board (Tony Baker, Wendy Falb), and especially in the Second Ward with Ruth Kelley and Rosalynn Bliss.
A second sigh of change has been the diminishing of the cultural drivers for anti-choice over the past 10 years. It's traditional electoral base has been in the Catholic and Dutch Reformed communities, the latter especially weakening demographically and broadening over this time. The interesting aspect about the redistricting of the Third has been the removal of some of these traditional bastions for the anti-choice side in the cities of Wyoming and Kentwood.
A third change is generational. The Life/Choice battle is a Boomer/Gen X issues. Anecdotally and by surveys, young evangelicals are not as wrapped up in the cultural war aspects — other issues, e.g. sex slavery or development, carry greater weight. This broadening of concern allows Dems to frame other compelling moral arguments away from the Life/Choice arena. While most young evangelicals will continue to vote R, the wider, more holistic range offers opportunity to pick up votes, perhaps moving from 25 percent D to 30 percent.
And finally, there are the efforts of the Republican Party itself. Turning Life into a voting issue certainly assisted them in the 90s; it clearly motivates their base. However, the very scope of their victory has capped their votes; once you have the significant plurality of pro-life votes, how many more are there? The pool of voters for whom Life is a voting issue has shrunk, most are Republican already. Moreover the radicalization of the GOP on this and general women's health issues also functions to confirm present voters but push away moderates. Internal victory and radicalization has reduced the penalty for being Choice, in fact may render it moot.
Something like this can be seen in Justin Amash, himself. While in a nominal way pro-life, his own libertarian tendencies push him away from a (self) definition as pro-life. (Consider that in two years he has issued four news releases related to abortion).
If the Life/Choice battle is no longer the deal breaker it once was, what should Dems do? Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Democratic Party, Politics, 3rd Congressional, abortion, anti-choice, Catholic, Christian Reformed Church, Justin Amash, Kentwood, Marcie Wheeler, Pro-life, Rosalynn Bliss, Ruth Kelley, Second Ward, Tony Baker, Wendy Falb, Wyoming
March 2, 2010 • 1:22 pm 0
The Pendulum Moves
The buzz today is the publication of Diane Ravitch's new book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education (Basic Books, 2010). As commentators and reviewers note, this is a big shift: Ravitch was one of the champions of No Child Left Behind.
With West Michigan being ground zero for charters in Michigan, and with GRPS adopting charters as a model for reform — the shift of an advocate changes the dynamics. A move to community-oriented schools would certainly reinforce the position of Tony Baker, Henry Campbell and Wendy Falb trying to keep Stocking School open (and correspondingly, makes the difficulties of John Helmholdt and Bernard Taylor that much more difficult).
This news should also come in the context of recent reports on the role of teacher education in school success (here, for Amanda Riley; also see Bob Herbert). The increased role of teachers is not opposed to the charter movement per se, but rather functions as a way to focus our efforts. For would-be school reformers (and conservative critics everywhere), this certainly means that tactics that focus on re-structuring as a magic pill loses some of its emotional energy.
I am sure we will hear more about this in the weeks to come.
Filed under: Community, Horace Mann, Bernard Taylor, Charter Schools, GRPS, John Helmholdt, NCLB, Tony Baker, Wendy Falb
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The Moon Pool
by Abraham Merritt
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On the island of Ponape in the South Pacific, the cold light of a full moon washes over the crumbling ruins of an ancient, vanished civilization. Unleashed from the depths is the Dweller, a glittering, enigmatic force of monstrous terror and radiant beauty that stalks the South Pacific, claiming all in its path. An international expedition led by American Walter Goodwin races to save those who have fallen victim to the Dweller. The dark mystery behind the malevolent force is Muria, a forgotten, mythic world deep within the earth that is home to a legendary people intent on reclaiming what was theirs long ago. This commemorative edition of The Moon Pool features an introduction by Robert Silverberg, a review of the first edition, and a glossary of the Murian language.
"Students of early science fiction will welcome the University of Nebraska Press's series Bison Frontiers of Imagination."—Times Literary Supplement Times Literary Supplement
"Fantasy, romance, adventure; something of mystery, something of the supernatural; a weaving together of ancient legends, older by far than any historical records, with the scientific knowledge of the present day; and side by side with these, yet far above and mastering them, the power of human love and willing self-sacrifice, the whole held together by a shimmering, glittering web of imagination . . . It marks the debut of a writer possessed of a very unusual, perhaps one might almost call it extraordinary, richness of imagination."—New York Times Book Review New York Times Book Review
"First published as a novel in 1919, this path-breaking genre piece was praised by the New York Times. . . . Merritt was among the first . . . to speculate in fiction about the implications of the new science, archeology, and anthropology at the turn of the century. . . . An entertaining ode to love and sacrifice."—Kirkus Reviews Kirkus Reviews
A. Merritt (1884-1943), one of the most popular American writers of science fiction and fantasy in the early twentieth century, is the author of several classic tales, including The Ship of Ishtar and The Face in the Abyss. Renowned science fiction writer Robert Silverberg is the recipient of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards. His most recent novels include Sorcerers of Majipoor and Lord Prestimion.
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Warkallen (1938 bis 1946: Wartenstein (Ostpr.), ) war ein Ort in Ostpreußen. Seine verwaiste Ortsstelle liegt heute in der russischen Oblast Kaliningrad (Gebiet Königsberg (Preußen)) im Bereich der jetzigen Tschistoprudnenskoje selskoje posselenije (Landgemeinde Tschistyje Prudy (Tollmingkehmen, 1938 bis 1946 Tollmingen)) im Rajon Nesterow (Kreis Stallupönen, 1939 bis 1945 Kreis Ebenrode).

Geographische Lage
Warkallen lag am  Nordwestrand der Rominter Heide (russisch: Krasny Les), neun Kilometer nördlich der heute zu Polen gehörenden Kreisstadt Goldap (polnisch: Gołdap). Durch den Ort führte die damalige deutsche Reichsstraße 132, auf deren Trasse heute die russische Regionalstraße 27A-011 von Gussew (Gumbinnen) bis zur nur noch vier Kilometer entfernten russisch-polnischen Staatsgrenze und dann weiter als polnische Landesstraße DK 65 verläuft. Bis zur nächsten Bahnstation in Rominten (1938 bis 1946: Hardteck, heute russisch: Krasnolessje) waren es nur drei Kilometer. Hier trafen sich die Bahnstrecken von Gumbinnen (russisch: Gussew) nach Goldap und von Goldap nach Stallupönen (1938 bis 1946: Ebenrode, russisch: Nesterow).

Geschichte
Das spätere Warkallen erfuhr seine Gründung bereits vor 1539. Das kleine Dorf wurde 1874 in den neu errichteten Amtsbezirk Rominten eingegliedert, der – im Jahre 1939 in "Amtsbezirk Hardteck" umbenannt – bis 1945 zum Kreis Goldap im Regierungsbezirk Gumbinnen der preußischen Provinz Ostpreußen gehörte.

Warkallen war Schulort. Zur Landgemeinde gehörte die kleine Ortschaft Bromberg (nicht mehr existent).

Im Jahre 1910 waren in Warkallen 127 Einwohner gemeldet. Ihre Zahl verringerte sich bis 1933 auf 107 und belief sich 1939 auf 117. Am 3. Juni – offiziell bestätigt am 16. Juli – des Jahres 1938 wurde Warkallen aus politisch-ideologischen Gründen zur Vermeidung nicht deutsch klingender Ortsnamen in "Wartenstein (Ostpr.)" umbenannt.

In Kriegsfolge und im Zusammenhang von Flucht und Vertreibung der einheimischen Bevölkerung kam der Ort 1945 mit dem nördlichen Ostpreußen zur Sowjetunion. Allerdings fand keine Besiedlung mehr statt, und eine russische Ortsbezeichnung ist nicht bekannt. Das Dorf gilt als erloschen.

Kirche
Die Bevölkerung Warkallens resp. Wartensteins war vor 1945 fast ausnahmslos evangelischer Konfession. Das Dorf gehörte zum Kirchspiel der Kirche Rominten (Hartdeck) im Kirchenkreis Goldap innerhalb der Kirchenprovinz Ostpreußen der Kirche der Altpreußischen Union. Durch dieses Kirchspielgebiet verläuft heute die russisch-polnische Staatsgrenze.

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Ort in Ostpreußen
Wüstung in der Oblast Kaliningrad
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Sarah Lacy takes on Gnomedex
Months after her infamous South by Southwest interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the tech journalist faces another geek conference audience.
Daniel Terdiman
Aug. 25, 2008 5:48 a.m. PT
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Tech journalist and author Sarah Lacy listens to a question from a Gnomedex participant during her presentation at the Seattle conference Saturday.
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SEATTLE--Since there is significant attendee crossover between the Gnomedex conference here and the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas, it's safe to say that when Sarah Lacy took the stage Saturday, a lot of the audience had some pretty strong memories of the last time they'd seen her.
Last March, it was Lacy whose SXSW keynote interview of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ended up in a Twitter-fueled mutiny by the audience. Many on hand in Austin had felt she conducted that session in an overtly flirty and self-promotional style that left little room for participation from a crowd eager to interact with the young billionaire.
With that recent history, then, the packed house on hand for Lacy's Gnomedex talk Saturday, "What happens when you get what you want: The growing blogosphere angst," was keyed up and wondering what kind of fireworks might erupt this time around.
And fireworks there were, though they came from uber-blogger Robert Scoble, who at one point during the session oddly got up out of his seat near the front of the auditorium and marched toward the back of the room to tensely confront author and entrepreneur Geoff Livingston.
To her credit, Lacy, a journalist and author, eschewed the normal kind of conference presentation and instead chose to walk around the auditorium letting attendees ask and answer questions related to her topic. And while there were some in the room and online who expressed frustration with her subject matter and style, the crowd was extremely engaged, almost always a good thing, at least from the perspective of conference organizers. When it was over, Lacy got an energetic ovation.
Lacy began the session by posing the theory that in some ways, the PR industry has co-opted blogging--taking advantage of the fact that many bloggers trying to earn a living are so eager for page views that they will post just about anything they are spoon-fed.
Her theme was that because of that co-opting, blogging as a medium has become less and less distinguishable from technology journalism, as bloggers and traditional reporters alike find themselves too worried about pumping out content to focus on meeting people and finding good stories.
And while that is a well-established pattern among mainstream technology journalists, Lacy suggested, it's a growing--and unfortunate trend in the blogosphere.
As a result, she argued that some prominent bloggers are saying they've had enough and abandoning the medium.
Scoble is one such person she singled out, and given a chance to share his thoughts, he said that working with an ever-increasing number of unprofessional PR people has turned him off.
Still, some in the audience said they feel that people get too caught up in the specific word, "blog," and that people shouldn't try to "pin" down what the term means.
In contrast to the famous keynote interview she did with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg last March at SXSW, Lacy decided to spend much of her time Saturday engaging directly with the audience. Daniel Terdiman/CNET News
"I just look at each one as an individual case," one person in the audience said. "People have blogs that become very popular....Maybe blogging is just the activity of posting content to the Web. Some blogs are journalism and some aren't."
Others agreed, saying that the problem is that while the architecture of blogging is fairly standard, what people do with it can be quite different: Some may write a small personal blog and TechCrunch may be a large media company, but both use similar tools and are therefore lumped together to the detriment of the terminology.
Lacy wanted one major focus of the discussion to be what bloggers need to do to, on the one hand, make money with their sites, and on the other, to build scalable community around quality.
To that point, one audience member agreed that the point is that community follows quality.
"It's about keeping an audience," the speaker said. "(Gnomedex founder) Chris Pirillo is good at keeping an audience. Why? Because he writes good (stuff). Either you write good (stuff) or you write crap. Bottom line."
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To Lacy, who wanted to continue talking about whether bloggers could make money using their sites, one point was that some people--herself included--may find that the blog itself is itself not a direct moneymaker but rather a means to an end.
"I consider my blog a loss leader for my other businesses," Lacy, who does some consulting and gives paid speeches in addition to her professional writing, said. "I do all of those things, but ultimately my blog is the heart of it."
In other words, she was saying that, in her opinion, her blog--which may not itself generate much income directly--builds the community that creates lucrative business for her elsewhere.
And that, she suggested, is precisely the point. By not worrying whether her blog is making money, she is free to write what she wants and not be concerned with how much traffic she gets--in that medium, at least.
Charlene Li, a well-known blogger who until recently was an analyst with Forrester Research, agreed.
"From the beginning of my blog (in 2004, I decided) it's not about driving traffic, it's about driving influence," Li said. "From the beginning, I said I wasn't going to overblog, I was only going to blog when I had something to say."
And because she's developed significant influence, she says even abandoning her official Forrester blog hasn't cost her her community.
"What's amazing to me," Li continued, "is that the audience is starting to follow me....It's really about people wanting to hear what I have to say."
A tense moment
By now, for reasons that were not entirely clear, the room had started to get very charged up. Afterward, people told me they couldn't understand why the tension had ratcheted up, but some of it seemed to have to do with the definition of the terms and whether some people thought the discussion itself was much ado about nothing.
Livingston argued that the people in the room who were debating the question--Lacy, Li, Scoble and others, were "people who already have influential positions."
And that's when the really odd developments began.
"Why should the average Joe Metroblogger care," Livingston asked.
Lacy suggested that there were plenty of people wanting to make a living as bloggers and that these questions were germane to them. Livingston seemed unconvinced.
But at that point, Scoble came marching up the aisle toward Livingston's row with a head of steam.
"When I was first coming to Gnomedex (in 2001)," Scoble said, "I was a nobody."
It was hard to follow exactly what happened next, for me at least, because I was stunned that Scoble had felt he couldn't make his point from his seat.
Suffice it to say that he and Livingston had words, disagreeing with each other's points. Finally, Scoble turned around and walked back to his seat, muttering, "That's (B.S.)"
From here, the conversation seemed to stall. Discussion continued for a bit longer, but it mainly was more people making the same points that had already been made.
Lacy said she wanted to change the topic to talk about new technologies that could be used for better blog commenting systems, but time was running out and there were still people who wanted to keep the discussion on the same track.
It still wasn't entirely clear why there had been so much tension, or precisely what people had been arguing about. For Pirillo, though, there's no doubt the experiment--having Lacy and the history of the SXSW imbroglio that she brought--paid off due to the engaged audience, and even the tense moment between Scoble and Livingston.
As Pirillo told me the night before Gnomedex started, what conference organizer wouldn't want that controversy.


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Ульріх II (; бл. 1254– 18 вересня 1279) — 6-й граф Вюртембергу в 1265—1279 роках.

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Походив з Вюртемберзького дому. Син Ульріха I, графа Вюртембергу, та його першої дружини Мехтільди Баденської. Народився близько 1254 року. У 1258 році втратив матір. Виховувався мачухою Агнес Лігніцькою.

1265 року після смерті батька успадкував графство Вюртемберг. Через малий вік опинився під опікою родича графа Гартмана II фон Грюнінгена. У 1269 році став самостійним правителем. Загалом підтримував політику короля Рудольфа I Габсбурга в Німеччині.

Вперше поставив свій підпис 1270 року. Також відоме письмове свідчення Ульріха II від 1277 року. Помер 1279 року. Йому спадкував зведений брат Ебергард I.

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 Dieter Mertens: Ulrich II. In: Sönke Lorenz, Dieter Mertens, Volker Press (Hrsg.): Das Haus Württemberg. Ein biographisches Lexikon. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-17-013605-4, S. 23f.
 Gerhard Raff: Hie gut Wirtemberg allewege. Band 1: Das Haus Württemberg von Graf Ulrich dem Stifter bis Herzog Ludwig. 6. Auflage. Landhege, Schwaigern 2014, ISBN 978-3-943066-34-0, S. 49–59.

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