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The Future of Privacy: My Journey Down the Rabbit Hole at SXSW
Jedidiah Bracy, CIPP/E, CIPP/US	IAPP Staff Contributor
For a first-timer, SXSW is one overwhelming experience. I'd imagine it's still overwhelming the second, or even the third, time, too. With thousands of attendees—from advertisers and entrepreneurs to musicians, filmmakers and movie stars—spread out over most of downtown Austin, TX, the vibe is palpable, and the means for distraction ubiquitous. Not only are the streets filled with flash-mob marketers and street-side musicians, the array of SXSW Interactive sessions is astounding.
I quickly realized I was not going to be able to see everything while down there, but even so, I had a chance to see some amazing people discuss amazing concepts. The future is here—and for privacy, the future will bring a new bevy of privacy issues.
First off, privacy had a strong presence at SXSW Interactive. There were several sessions on Privacy by Design, for example. This was important because so many of the attendees were into coding and designing software, apps and new digital services. Other sessions focused on anonymous surfing online, or post-Snowden youth activism. IAPP President and CEO Trevor Hughes, CIPP, led a discussion with the CPOs from Facebook, Google and Microsoft.
I was even lucky enough to be on a panel with NYU's Karen Levy, the CDT's Joseph Lorenzo Hall and CitizenMe CEO StJohn Deakins to discuss the protean line between innovative and creepy services. With the vast amount of innovation underway right now, determining how to manage privacy risks in an era of rapid change—not just with technology but social norms as well—is a difficult task.
And let me tell you, there is some technology coming our way that has some serious potential creep factor. Observing this new future was like an unfamiliar journey down the rabbit hole.
Intelligent Packaging or Going "Phygital"
Luckily, I got to this session early because the room filled to capacity to see the latest thinking around smart packaging. Clearly, layered, digital packaging has the potential to be big in the near future. This concept could very well help brick-and-mortars compete with online retailers for sure, but, once again, I wondered if privacy was being baked into some of this technology.
Resource Chief Technology Officer Dan Shust stressed to the audience, many of whom seemed to hang on his every suggestion, "Phygital" is the new packaging and promises to personalize an in-store shopping experience like never before. Phygital packaging, he noted, can help brands know "the millisecond someone is holding my product." The brands, in turn, should think about what they can give back to the consumer that is personal. Together with a consumer's smartphone, and in some cases other wearables, packaging can help provide a more integrated, digital experience for the consumers.
Phygital packaging aims to place a virtual reality-like digital layer over the physical. Shust intimated that phygital products could ultimately provide the computer screen in front of consumer eyes. "This will become the new web," he added.
In many cases, however, data such as geolocation, gender, time, weather and purchase history would be collected. There are some impressive uses that can certainly benefit consumers. For example, packages containing nuts could warn those who suffer from severe nut allergies. This could easily be applied to other health concerns as well. Of course, this use of information—particularly geolocation and health—raises privacy concerns, so hopefully companies employing such tech will consider privacy protections and make such services opt-in. Additionally, Shust said the technology wouldn't be limited to packaging. He said, for example, it could be used in snowboards to help users find each other to hang out socially at a given mountain. The question is, would those other snowboarders have opted in to such location identification?
Personalized Robots
We often discuss the privacy issues inherent in the rise of the Internet-of-Things (IoT) ecosystem, but I was blown away by other technology coming down the pike. First off, social robotics are here and have the potential to dramatically change our lives. Cynthia Breazeal gave a keynote on her work with social robotics and the Jibo project.
Not familiar with Jibo? Well, here's a glimpse:
It's pretty clear there will be a slew of privacy issues with personalized robots like Jibo, but I will say, Breazeal made a compelling case for the ethical use of social robots. She said social robots can become the hub between the IoT and healthcare realms. As chronic health issues such as obesity outpace the number of healthcare workers, social robots have the potential to act as life coaches—a sort of fitness tracker on steroids. According to Breazeal's research, humans react positively from this type of reinforcement.
Social robots will also have the potential to engage children to develop language skills. Again, according to her studies, children's interactions with "curious robots" yielded a higher learning gain. They learn to engage these social robots like friends and improve their vocabulary.
Breazeal acknowledged the ethical concerns found in social robotics and urged a dialogue to flesh out these concerns. She also stressed that social robots are not meant to replace human relationships but to partner with humans and should "support human empowerment." She also listed other serious considerations here:
.@cynthiabreazeal: we need to have a dialogue on #ethical concerns w/ robots. #SXSW pic.twitter.com/CCn6xWahDP
— Jed Bracy (@JedBracy) March 13, 2015
Of course, there are some obvious privacy concerns with this technology. Jibo, for example, can take photos, tag faces, stream video and connect to the Internet. Like other IoT technology, this opens the way for data breaches of highly sensitive information, hacking from bad actors (I'd hate to think of what a hacker with bad intentions could do when Jibo is interacting with children, for instance) and whether collected data is transferred to third parties for advertising or data brokerage.
I could easily see a future Federal Trade Commission roundtable on the privacy, security and ethical uses of social robotics. Stay tuned.
Our Changing Identities
In addition to the aid of personalized robots, our very identities may undergo a paradigm shift in the future. Our genetics, brainwaves and our very memories may be up for grabs.
I had the chance to listen to transhumanist Martine Rothblatt discuss her views on artificial intelligence, immortality and our future selves with New York Magazine's Lisa Miller. (Here's a more in-depth article written by Miller on Rothblatt.) Having attended several sessions in Exhibit Hall 5, none matched how fully packed this auditorium was to hear the highest paid female CEO in America.
Wow - huge turnout for Martine Rothblatt's discussion on #AI, Immortality & Our Future Selves. #SXSW pic.twitter.com/yCyj1op9gb
She is known for quite a few things—including bringing the world Sirius Satellite radio—but she is also known for her beliefs in a transhumanist future, where we can upload our memories into cyber versions of ourselves. She has even created a robot version of her wife, called Bina48. These "mind clones" can express mirror versions of someone's personality, manners and attitudes.
Indeed, it being Brain Awareness Week, we are getting closer to an era when we can read brainwaves. Berkeley's School of Information, for example, has released a "first-of-its-kind" synchronized brainwave research dataset.
Unlike Alice in Wonderland, or science fiction novels featuring smart robots, this is no longer make believe. This is becoming real and brings with it all the privacy and ethical concerns for a future cadre of privacy professionals.
It should be exciting, to say the least.
photo credit: Alice in Wonderland Ride via photopin (license)
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Windy conditions kept us from shark diving on day one but the rest of the week was fine. The shark action continued to build all week long.
I think we had six tigers on the busiest dives but it was hard to be sure with so many other sharks to keep track of.
As always, we started at Tiger Beach Wreck – the shallowest spot where our divers can get used to the sharks and fine-tune their buoyancy.
This year the bulls were back. Bull sharks have now firmly moved in to Tiger Beach but fortunately, they are not creating any problems. This is likely because we never feed them. The tigers get the snacks (and so does the occasional sneaky lemon or nurse shark) but we make sure that the bull sharks always go hungry. That sounds a little unfair but his stops them from becoming too aggressive and driving off the other species.
There are always a few nurses kicking around at Fish Tails. This year we had a couple at Tiger Wreck as well as at the Sugar Wreck; a shallow wreck dive that we have started to sneak into our itinerary.
Other noteworthy elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) included a handful of southern stingrays. I am always amazed how these large 'flat sharks' swim nonchalantly among the big boys, even though they would be easy pickings for the tigers and they're a favorite food of the great hammerheads.
Our resident great hammerhead that the crew call Patches has been in the general Tiger beach area all season. The crew saw a second hammer on the edge of the feed while we were there but it wouldn't come in to feed. Patches had no such concerns 🙂 She was more than happy to feed alongside the tigers and actually muscled a few of them out of the way to be the first in line. She has become a total rock star and everyone wanted to get their picture taken with her!
I sometimes feel bad for the reef sharks. They are largely ignored by the feeders. Of course they don't care as long as they get the occasional fish, but they are beautiful sharks. In my opinion, Caribbean reef sharks are the quintessential shark. Robust yet streamlined, casual cruisers on tjhe reef but ever vigilant, ready to change speeds whenever an opportunity arises.
They are residents at fish tales so we always know that we will see 20 or more circling as soon as we drop anchor. This year was no exception.
With so many potentially aggressive sharks around, we generally remove the bait boxes before anyone jumps in after dark but that doesnèt mean they leave the area. Removing the bait simply stops the sharks from getting exciting and makes the night dive much safer.
This year, slipping in at dusk, we were immediately visited by all the players: tigers, bulls, lemons and the omnipresent reef sharks.
To break things up a bit, on our fourth day we motored over to dive a beautiful site called Mountains. This gorgeous reef is essentially a large coral outcrop that rises dramatically from the sand.
It was a nice change of pace and still quite sharky because truly healthy reefs are usually patrolled by reef sharks.
As we weren't feeding the sharks, they were a little more standoffish than at other sites on the trip but this gave me a chance to get creative with the corals and sponges with sharks in the background.
After mountains we did a quick wreck dive and then headed back to Fish Tales to finish off the trip among the rock stars of the shark world. All the players were still there; tigers, lemons, bulls, reefies, nurse sharks and our resident great hammerhead Patches. The wind completely dropped out so the ocean was like a lake and the encounters were world class.
Awesome Guests – swimming with sharks!
Out of time, we wrapped up the week with a group picture of our excited guests and headed for Florida. I would like ton add a special thank you to this years 'live bait' for joining us on our yearly Tiger Beach Shark Diving Adventure.
This year was particularly interesting because we were joined by Garrett Gee and many of his friends. Garrett is a brilliant young social-media influencer that spends his year traveling the world with his family; better known as the Bucket List Family. You can follow their fascinating adventures on Instagram and Facebook. He is easy to find! lol.
This November, I am leading our second Tiger Beach trip of the year. This extended trip will focus on great hammerheads as well as tiger shark diving so we will look for hammers at Tiger Beach and then move to Bimini if we decide we want even more hammer action.
My next regular Tiger Beach trip is next April. No special missions and no photo workshops. Just lots and lots of world class shark diving.


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PCMag UK | Reviews | Laptops & Notebooks | Review
HP Chromebook x2
By Eric Grevstad Sep 25, 2018
Elegant detachable design. Spiffy screen. More lap-friendly than tablets with kickstands. Strong performance and battery life.
Expensive. No backlit keyboard. Mediocre cameras.
It could use a $50 or $100 price cut, but HP's pioneering Chromebook x2 detachable joins Google's $999 Pixelbook as the elite of the Chrome OS field.
When I say "Chromebook," do you think of a plastic clamshell that costs $199? You couldn't be further from the truth of today's sophisticated Chrome OS laptops, and perhaps the one you're furthest from is HP's new Chromebook x2. For one thing, the x2 isn't cheap at $599.99. For another, it's aluminum rather than plastic, with the same swank faux-ceramic finish as HP's Spectre 13. And instead of a conventional clamshell, it's a 2-in-1—the first Chromebook to be a detachable rather than a convertible, so it's much lighter and handier in tablet mode. If you're torn between a Chromebook laptop and an Android tablet, HP just solved your problem.
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Pricey But (Arguably) Worth It
The Chromebook x2 features a perky Intel Core m3-7Y30 processor, 4GB of RAM, 32GB of eMMC storage expandable via microSD card, front- and rear-facing cameras, and a 12.3-inch high-resolution (2,400 by 1,600) display. It's priced $100 above the Editors' Choice-winning Asus Chromebook Flip C302CA, which HP would contend is heavier (2.43 versus 1.62 pounds) and more unwieldy when used as a tablet because you can't jettison its keyboard. The keyboard cover and stylus come standard with the x2, while they're options that bring the cost of Apple's 12.9-inch iPad Pro to $1,067.
Decorated with HP and Chrome logos, the back of the display gains additional durability and scratch resistance from its white ceramic-like finish. The world-facing camera offers 13-megapixel (4,096 by 3,072) resolution. Thumb-sized black bezels surround the glossy screen, above which sits a 5-megapixel (2,560 by 1,920) webcam for video chats. Both cameras take fair images with the featureless Chrome OS camera app, better ones if tweaked with an Android app such as Camera FV-5.
The tablet measures 0.32 by 11.5 by 8.3 inches, increasing in thickness to 0.59 inch (and in weight to 3.07 pounds) with the keyboard cover. You'll find two USB Type-C 3.0 ports, one on either side as you hold the tablet in landscape orientation, along with a microSD card slot on the left and a volume rocker on the right. The supplied AC adapter plugs into either USB Type-C port. The power button is on the top right corner, near a headphone jack. There's 2x2 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless. A loop on the side of the keyboard holds the stylus pen.
A firm tug separates the slate from the imitation leather-textured keyboard cover; a little wiggling and a push onto the magnetic latch reunites them. Like other detachables, the HP is a little top-heavy (and the screen doesn't tilt back very far in laptop mode), but the device is much more stable and comfortable in a lap than tablets that use a kickstand.
Surprisingly Nice Typing
Whether the Chromebook x2 is in your lap or on your desk, you should be able to type at a reasonably quick clip thanks to the keyboard cover's pliant feel and crisp feedback. Travel is shallow, but response is snappy.
The keyboard follows the standard Chromebook layout—I was pleased to see the cursor arrows in the proper inverted-T layout rather than jammed into the single row common on HP's Windows laptops—with browser and system control keys along the top. The keyboard is not backlit, ceding bragging rights to the Asus C302CA. A smallish but smooth touchpad provides an alternative to the touch screen.
The 3:2-aspect-ratio display is beautiful, with ample brightness to show off its pristine white backgrounds and inky blacks. Colors are rich and vivid, and the 235ppi pitch makes individual pixels invisible. My only peeve is that fine details are hampered slightly by the default scaling, which makes the 2,400-by-1,600-pixel screen look like 1,200 by 800. Text and icons will probably be too tiny to read if you use the Settings app to turn scaling off, but if you have sharp eyes you can choose a compromise resolution such as 1,714 by 1,143 to see more spreadsheet columns on screen and so forth.
The AAAA-battery-powered, buttonless pen is fine for jotting notes and casual sketches, though less suited for fine art than fancy styli such as the Microsoft Surface Pro's. There seemed to be a tiny bit of lag in my swoops and scribbles, but palm rejection was good.
What's better than good is the experience of using the Chromebook x2 as a tablet. Four-fifths of a pound may not sound like a game-changer, but the lighter weight is immediately and pleasurably noticeable as you hold the unit minus keyboard, as is the feel of a smooth back instead of a keyboard beneath your fingers. Whether you're tipping and tilting the slate to play Android games or enjoying Netflix, both enhanced by the front-firing speakers—there's not a lot of bass and the highest notes sound a little tinny, but volume and stereo separation are surprisingly robust—the x2 is the best Android tablet I've used.
Punching Above Its Weight
The battery-sipping Core M processors have a reputation as the 98-pound weaklings of Intel's lineup, which makes the HP's performance a pleasant surprise: A dozen browser tabs open plus Outlook and YouTube or Netflix? Bring it on.
In everyday use, the system feels lively and slick, though its 8-second boot time when switched off is unexceptional. (Chromebook users usually just close and open the lid rather than turn off their machines, anyway.)
In Principled Technologies' CrXPRT and WebXPRT 2015 JavaScript benchmarks, the Chromebook x2 virtually ties the Core i5-powered, $999 Google Pixelbook.
In our battery rundown test, the HP lasted for 11 hours when playing a locally stored video file...
That falls short of the record set by the low-res Lenovo 500e Chromebook but bests numerous competitors and shows more than enough stamina for a day's work plus an evening's entertainment.
This Landmark 2-in-1 Deserves Your Dollars
All told, from its seamless laptop/tablet switch to its seamless access to thousands of Google Play Store apps (though I still vote for Microsoft's browser-based Office Online over Office for Android), it's hard to find much fault with the HP Chromebook x2. I think HP missed a chance for a knockout blow by pricing it above the Asus Chromebook Flip and Samsung Chromebook Pro convertibles, but if you plan on spending any amount of time in tablet mode, it's a landmark system that deserves to match the Flip's Editors' Choice.
Bottom Line: It could use a $50 or $100 price cut, but HP's pioneering Chromebook x2 detachable joins Google's $999 Pixelbook as the elite of the Chrome OS field.
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Understanding Animal Research > News > Communications & media > European public opinion divided
European public opinion divided
The European Commission has published a survey on the public's opinion of science and technology. The 'Eurobarometer' survey analyses the attitude of European citizens, comparing them with similar polls from 2001 and 2005.
The general findings were that Europeans are interested in new scientific discoveries and technological developments. 75% of citizens agreed that science is providing more opportunities, and 66% think it is making our lives healthier, easier and more comfortable.
A section of the survey was dedicated to Science and 'animal testing'. Public opinion was divided, with 44% of respondents agreeing that scientists should be allowed to experiment on any animal. This increased to 66% if the research used smaller animals such as mice and led to improvement in health and well being.
Whilst 66% agreed with research on mice, the number fell to 44% when it came to dogs and monkeys. Those involved in research also agree that larger species should only be used in research when it is not possible to use smaller species; indeed that's why the larger species are afforded specific protection under the law.
British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) put its own spin on the results. Whilst the facts and figures given in the BUAV piece are accurate, the results were not reported in a balanced way and at times did not reflect the conclusions of the poll.
BUAV go on to state that 81% of European citizens agreed that new legislation should prohibit all experiments causing pain or suffering to primates. From the context, you are meant to think that this is from the current Eurobarometer poll. However, this figure was taken from a small opinion poll carried out last year, not commissioned by the European Commission, but by the BUAV-led pressure group, ECEAE (European Coalition to End Animal Experiments). It asked leading questions and polled people only in six EU Member States.
Summary of animal research findings of the Science and Technology Eurobarometer report in June 2010:
44% agree that scientists should be allowed to experiment on animals (37% disagree)
66% find that scientists should be allowed to do research on animals like mice if it produces new information about human health problems (18% disagree)
44% find animal research acceptable when larger animals are the subject (such as dogs and monkeys)
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CommonBond is reporting they have closed a $231 million securitization of refinanced student loans. The online lender says the issuance received their highest ratings to date with Moody's rating Aa3, DBRS at AA. The securitization was CommonBond's fourth and largest and was said to be oversubscribed by 3X showing healthy demand.
Goldman Sachs worked with CommonBond as a co-sponsor and also served as structuring agent, co-lead manager and book-running. Barclays and Citi served as co-lead managers and book-runners on the transaction as well. Guggenheim Securities also served as co-manager.
CommonBond also shared their inaugural securitization from 2015 was also recently upgraded by DBRS. CommonBond has funded over $1 billion in student loans since inception.
Originally published on June 12, 2017.


Target released their latest designer collaboration collection officially September 15 a little before 1 am PST, and people went nuts.
When I first learned about the Phillip Lim collaboration back in May, I immediately logged the date in my phone calendar and set up an two different alarms just so I can be home that night to try and get things online. Going to Target was my last resort, as I don't do too well in chaotic environment.
I tried not to look at too many lookbooks that they posted early on just to control my sanity and to help not think about how September 15 can't get here any sooner. I was really excited since Phillip Lim is one of my favorite designers. I've always admired his creations and wish that I can fill-up my closet with his clothes, shoes, and bags. These Target collaborations have made that (somewhat) possible for the masses to have a piece (or I guess for some people a cart load) of the designers creation, without breaking bank.
Luckily, I got most of the things I wanted online before they sold out. I didn't have to participate in the early morning chaos. Although, I did send my mom a picture text of mini satchel with Gussets after making my online purchase to see if she'll be able to pick-up a black and an extra taupe one for me since her Targets were carrying the Phillip Lim collection (only select Targets released the Phillip Lim collection). There was really no sense of urgency for her to pick it up, but it was just in case she happens to be at Target and they're there.
Ok now, don't judge for sending my mom out to the battlefield. My mom lives the boonies that I figured that it would be fine and less chaotic (and people are much nicer in her part of town) since I thought people won't really care or might not even know who Phillip Lim is. And Asian parents wake up early. My mom sent me a text back Sunday at 6 in the morning, three hours after I sent her the text, asking about the bag. Of course I would still be asleep. And then she texts me back again at 9 am with a picture of the bag and called me to ask if it was what I was looking for. I almost had forgotten I had asked a few hours ago to check her Target (shopping hungover).
She ended up getting the black and taupe mini satchel with Gusset ($34.99), a ruffled sleeveless top ($26.99), and a leopard printed scarf ($19.99) for me. She had no idea what was going on, so I had to explain to her why people are cleaning up the shelves at Target and why are people asking her if she's "going to get that." She actually ended up getting a black and taupe tote bags and a taupe medium satchel with the handle bar for herself out of excitement.
And so here we are right now. I have two of the most coveted bags in the past 24 hours sitting in my room, but are they worth the hype?
As I've spent a few hours with these bags yesterday, I began to inspect every single thing about them. I even asked my boyfriend what he thought of it. It wasn't until we were taking pictures for this blog post where I've finally formed an opinion about them.
I would recommend picking it if your Target still has them. Like I mentioned previously, these Target collaborations gives everyone a chance to have a piece of the designer's work in your closet. I was pretty happy that Mr. Lim decided to model his bags for this collaboration to his Pashli line. The mini satchel with Gussets is nice bag to have on casual days when you're running errands. But I don't necessarily think that it will hold up or stand the test of time as it is still a Target mass produced bag.
So I'd say DON'T get it for more than what it's retailed for.
Within few hours of the release, I saw plenty of listings slowly pop up for re-sales on the bag, whether it was on eBay, Poshmark, and even on Instagram and Twitter. It's most likely that these listings are easily in the thousands now. The resellers clearly knew the hype around these bags and obviously, the smart thing to do is capitalize on the situation. These bags have been marked up almost triple the retail price. And honestly, you would be a fool to pay more than what you can get them at Target.
The first thing I noticed that even the bag is designed to be a structured bag, yet it can't stand on its own. I found out about this when we were taking pictures of the bag and the bag was toppling over. The "feet" of the bag is there as an decoration to model after the the original Pashli line.
I can see the side flaps of the bag looking flimsy overtime since it is not really a well structured bag and just due to the material of the bag. The flaps may become a little more pliable overtime as you use the bag more.
I do like the little pocket in front of the bag. It's big enough to fit loose change or maybe your keys for easier access. However, the metal part which was made to look like the push lock closure of the original bag is simply magnetic closure. The top part of it just has a strip of piece of magnet.
The dimensions of the bag measures: 7.5 " height x 4.5 " width x 7.38 " depth. It can easily fit a small wallet, your phone, keys, and maybe a couple of makeup essentials. It has one zipped-closure pocket in the back and one pocket compartment in front. The bag is cotton lined.
The mini satchel with Gusset also has the exposed zippers, but has a top zip closure which I do prefer (for safety issues). I prefer satchels with zippers on them as opposed to having a flap closure. I've had an unfortunate experience where everything in my bag has been pick-pocketed in Vegas out of my flap closure satchel. It's much easier for pick-pocketers to access your belongings with a magnetic closure than a zipped up bag.
But, there are small gaps in between the end of zipper and the edge of the bag. So your belongings are still somewhat exposed in it although it's not big enough for hands to go in out of it, unless you have small and skinny hands. The pull tab of the zipper has the engraving "3.1 Phillip Lim" and the Target logo at the end of it. I kind found the length of the zipper slightly awkward because it's only long on one side. I think it would've been better if both ends extended out instead of just one.
The "hardware" on the bag is painted a flat matte gold color. I'm not a fan of the color at all as it does make the bag look a little cheap. Scratches can easily become noticable. The flatness of the color is a little bit more obvious on the snap hooks of the shoulder strap of the bag.
The handle is pretty stiff, and the shoulder strap is a flimsy piece of faux leather. The strap felt a little too thin for me which tells me that the material might not be able to stand prolonged wear.
As far as the length of the shoulder strap, it might be a little too long for the petites. I'm 5'1, and even having it on the last hole of the strap, I still find the bag sitting a little low on my hips. If you're about my height or shorter, punching another hole or two on the strap is an easy fix.
I found that the faux leather looked better in taupe for the mini satchel in person. It looks a little bit more "luxurious", has a better definition, and just has better overall look to it than the black or the yellow color. I just really love the tone of the bag, and it's also nice neutral color for fall.
The black mini satchel would easily be my second choice for the obvious reasons that it's a more universal color and can easily be paired with things in your closet. But it's also more prone to looking worn out overtime due to the quality of the faux leather of the bag. I could see that the wear and tear would be a little more obvious with the black one.
The yellow color seemed to be a really popular color, but I found it lackluster compared to the taupe one. The yellow looks more of a mustard-y color. The yellow version reminded me of a little bag that you would give to your niece to play with where she can put her crayons in. I don't know why, but that's what my mind conjures when I see it. It's definitely a pop of color and meant to put some fun to your wardrobe, but I just the color didn't sit right with me at all. And to me, out of all the three, the mustard color looked a little cheap to me.
I've read things online that some of the bags didn't hold up after people started grabbing and fighting for them. They ended up being casualties of the madness... damaged goods. So I'm guessing if it can't handle the stress of grabby hands, it might not stand the test of time of regular wear.
The bags are pretty much worth what Target has priced them as. The quality is decent, but if they had marketed these mini satchel for let's say $50, I'd say that they're not that worth it. After inspecting the bag that I got numerous times, I wouldn't pay more for what it is. I think Target has done a great job reasonably pricing the bags with the designer name's associated to it and the overall quality.
I'm happy that I was able to get my hands on it, and I bought it because I've always admire Phillip Lim's work. And, I'm really glad that Mr. Lim has really put a lot of thought in his collection for this collaboration. The design on the mini satchels is still pretty amazing and solid in comparison to other bags from previous Target collaborations. They're fun, chic, and very much on trend. If you see it at Target, I would pick one up. I still think it's a nice addition to your closet. It's also good for those who are in a budget who wants a piece of the designer's work at a lower price. But don't set your expectations too high when it comes to the quality of the bag. It's still a mass produced bag.
If you can't find it anywhere anymore, it's not the end of the world. I really wouldn't recommend paying the mark-up price through resellers. It's just not worth the $60-100 price tag that I see they're trying to sell them for. I'd save my money and spend it on a higher or better quality bag that warrants the price. Or just really save it and buy the real thing. Paying anything over the retail price is just means you're paying for the price of FMO (fear of missing out).
People cleaned out the shelves because of the hype around them prior to the release because Phillip Lim's work is a cult favorite. But the reason it's sold out is because people bought multiples of the same thing for the chance to flip them into profit which makes it a little unfair for the people who really just want one thing to actually use and enjoy. Just even scrolling through the #PhillipLimforTarget hashtag on Instagram, you'd see a fully loaded carts with just bags or posts of just multiples of the same bag. If people just don't buy any of these bags that are being resold for three times the price on eBay or anywhere online, they'll most likely end up back to Target as a return. I'm sure they won't hold on to an item that won't sell. Maybe if you're patient enough, you'll see it back in your Target and possibly even marked down. So just hold off on the online purchase, and check your local Target first. And be patient. People will slowly make their returns once they've sorted out which ones they'd want to keep the most. It's only been a day since the release, so everyone is still high off the hype on this bag.
And with that said, the reason I had asked my mom to check for a taupe mini satchel is because I wanted to give one away on my Youtube channel because I already expected that they'll be the most popular item and the first ones to go, so I'm just holding it for one lucky person. At this point, I'm only thinking about keeping the taupe bag for myself and possibly giving the black one away as well since I just have way too many black bags in general. I'm still not sure though, but please don't ask me to sell it to you. I'd much rather give it away than sell it (or just return it back to Target). I've already posted the question on my Facebook which one do most of my readers or subscribers prefer. So if you're still highly interested in getting your own bag and you're having difficulties getting one, stay tuned to know when this giveaway will happen.
Thanks for the info! I went to 2 targets closest to me, and I could not find any of the bags.
Awesome review! I really dislike the fact that Ebayers and such are just trying to make a profit by doing this. I ordered a bunch of the bags too but I'm going to see which one(s) I like best and keep, return, or even see if my friends want. For girls like me who can't afford an $800+ bag from Phillip Lim, it's these types of collabos that make me happy that I can experience the bags albeit the lowered quality.
What a great comprehensive review with extremely helpful photos! This was very helpful and I'm sure you've saved a lot of people a good amount of $$$ if they were thinking of buying off eBay for >$100!
Great review! When I felt these bags in the store I could tell that the quality of it was definitely not worth more than what it is originally priced. I've seen these mini satchals reselling for $70 - $90! Outrageous prices for quality that isn't even worth $50. Luckily my Target still had a few of the mini satchals and I ended up grabbing one for me and a gift for my friend. I'm hoping they will restock in the Taupe color soon or get marked down in 2 weeks lol.
I'm so excited for your giveaway I can't find it any where and I don't think its worth 60+ people are so selfish for taking them and reselling them. Every target should have limited people with one purse per person. But I'm glad you explained the taupe color more cause now I really want the taupe Instead of the black. excited for the giveaway:):):):):):) can you tell haha.
I have been waiting for a review from one of my trusted bloggers and thank you Anne for being that person. I did try to get the bag but failed but I just said it wasn't meant to be then. Did you get any of the clothing from the collection?
I still love the bags I got. Granted, it's from Target and the quality may not be up to par but I still appreciate and love my purchases. Great post.
I like the black one!!
Punching additional holes in the strap is genius! Ha, I'm 5"4 and the medium satchel is way too long for me. Oh, and a word of caution, I've been having trouble with the magnet closure, the magnets on both my bags got stuck to the bottom piece and now it doesn't even close!
I have been waiting for a review from one of my trusted bloggers and thank you Anne for being that person.but i like the black one.
Thank you! It's such an honor that I'm one of your trusted bloggers :D.
Great review! It's a cute little bag!
Oh my gosh I so wish I'd snagged one of these!! Amazingly cute!!


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Samsung, Nokia and Ericsson were already selected by SK Telecom, the country's top mobile carrier and LGU+ to provide equipment. Huawei was an extra provider chosen by LGU+.
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A youth club which opens two evenings a week has been handed almost £1,000 by South Kesteven District Council, so the youngsters can get along to more sessions.
A series of talks will be hosted at Deepings Youth Group thanks to Ward Member Grant funding from Councillors Phil Dilks, Stephen Benn and Judy Stevens.
Their cash will be supplemented by a further grant by Cllr Bob Broughton of £300 for a DVD projector, karaoke machine and microphone.
The group hosts activities for 11 to 18-year-olds each Thursday and Friday, and welcomes around 40 youngsters each week.
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This past Sunday I preached Hebrews 10:19-31 as part of a 27 week series going passage by passage through the book of Hebrews. Hebrews is one of my favorite books in the Bible and I have been wanting to teach through it for years, but never felt the timing was right until this past spring. It's funny—I've had quite a few fellow pastors tell me, "Man, Hebrews is hard to understand." I smile. "No it's not. It's really quite simple." Now I don't mean that to be prideful…I fully admit that certain parts of Hebrews take a while to wrestle with and at the end of that match, you still come out not quite sure if you have your interpretation right. Take 6:4-8, for example. For us Baptists who like to come to the text with the presupposition that one cannot truly lose their salvation, it sure does sound like apostasy is a real and to-be-feared sin.
Nonetheless, I think the central message of Hebrews is quite straightforward. Take whatever you wish…angels, the prophets, Moses, Abraham, the Law, the priests, etc.—Jesus is vastly superior to them all. After all, he is the one who offered himself as a perfect sacrifice to bring us eternal salvation.
But one of the things I love best about Hebrews is that any consideration of it forces us to grapple with the idea of how the Old and New Testament relate together. The conclusion it presents is that Jesus completes the story…he fulfills the offices, the law, the sacrifices, etc., and ultimately brings about a New Covenant that replaces and stands eternally better than the Old Covenant through Moses (or: the Law). In fact, Hebrews stands as one of the main reasons I am neither dispensational nor covenantal.
So what is this center?
Now, simply put, here is how I see the rest of Scripture relating to this point: Genesis 1-11 sets the stage…creation, fall, an opening promise to crush the serpent, the enemy. It tells the story of how mankind started with a single man and woman, who through a single act of disobedience brought sin, corruption, and death to their progeny and the world. It tells how sin became so corrosive that God nearly wiped the slate clean, but rescued from judgment a mere 8 people who gave rise to many nations and persons, including Abraham. In laying the foundation, we find the reason why such a choosing and calling out of an individual was needed. God intended a work of redemption to reverse the curse—to bring a blessing to "all the families of the earth," yet it would come through the unfolding of history and not an immediate event.
The books of the Law and History unfold this story through Abraham's descendents. They show how God upended certain cultural norms and expectations (such as the inheritance passing to the firstborn) to bring about a child and a people of promise. A people who initially seemed to fulfill the promises to Abraham, but were shown to be corrupt thus all but a remnant stood ultimately rejected. The poetical books offer wisdom for this seeming people of promise to live according to God's standards, but also wrestle with the hopes and failures of the people in truly answering God's words. The prophets call further judgment upon sin and sinner, including the people and nations that were birthed through Abraham's descendents. Yet they also give hope that one greater is coming who will truly bring about everything God declared. When we come to the New Testament, we find the surprising Savior-King, a child of Abraham and of David—a child of promise who brings completion and an end of the curse to the true descendants of Abraham, a people of faith from all nations. This child also points to a further future hope where the promises find eternal fulfillment.
So what were these promises? God gave three to Abraham: a land, an offspring (nation), and a blessing.
Very quickly in the biblical revelation we begin to see the outworking of the offspring and land. By the end of Genesis we have 12 patriarchs and their descendants going to live in the land of Egypt, just as God told Abraham they would since the sin of the people in the land of promise was not yet complete (15:12-16). In Exodus the people had become enslaved yet God powerfully delivered them from the Egyptians and led them into the wilderness where he made a promise, "If you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine" (19:5). This promise included possession of the land and the promise of great blessings but stood contingent upon the people's obedience to the Covenant—the Law (see also Deuteronomy 28).
This seems like a good ending, but it was only the beginning of a great tragedy. Now dwelling within the land of promise, we come to Judges and find the people did not remain faithful. They began a cycle of disobedience followed by obedience followed by further disobedience. Eventually the disobedience won out. Instead of blessings, the curses came upon the nations of Israel and Judah (a split kingdom/nation being itself a mark of rebellion). God even spoke prophetically through the names of Hosea's children No Mercy and Not My People, showing he would not have mercy and would completely reject those who nonetheless still stood as physical offspring of Abraham. Eventually both kingdoms fell into exile in another land, the ultimate sign of rejection and ultimate punishment for disobedience.
Yet through this all, God still spoke of hope. Many times he promised to bless and restore the people. But he also indicated the promises were no longer just about a land in the Middle East and a nation physically descended from Abraham. Of the land, God promised to his own Son, "Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession" (Psalm 2:8). And of the people he promised, "It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, and may people shall come, and say: 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord…that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths'" (Isaiah 2:2-3).
Coming to the New Testament, we find Jesus Christ, "the son of David, the son of Abraham" (Matthew 1:1), an immediate idea of sonship meant to draw our minds back to the promises to both Abraham and David (of an eternal throne and King to rule over the people upon it). This is the Son who will "save his people from their sins" (1:21), thus bringing the ultimate blessing, a true reversal of the curse. Jesus taught, "I have not come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them" (Matthew 5:17), and, "You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me" (John 5:37).
When it comes to the children of Abraham, Jesus said to a group of Jews boasting in Abraham as their father, "You are of your father the devil" (John 8:44); an idea that John the Baptizer had warned of when he spoke to the crowds, "Bear fruits in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham" (Luke 3:8). In a reference to the inclusion of the Gentiles, John the Apostle wrote that "God so loved the world" (3:16), in the same book that Jesus said, "I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd" (John 10:17). After his death and resurrection, Jesus commanded his followers to go into all the nations and make disciples—thus taking the promises to both Jew and Gentile (Matthew 28:18-20).
In explaining these truths, Paul told the church in Rome that God had always intended to save people from among the Jews and Gentiles (9:22-26), and that the Gentile inclusion made them part of the same olive tree as Israel (11:13-24, a different metaphor but the same idea as Jesus' one flock with one shepherd). And why is all this so? "For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring…this means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring" (9:6-8). And it is through faith that we become children of the promise and of Abraham, whether Jew or Gentile (circumcised or uncircumcised—4:9-17).
In Galatians 3, Paul went into further explanation. Quoting from Genesis about the promises: "Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, 'And to offsprings,' referring to many, but referring to one, 'And to your offspring,' who is Christ" (3:16). Not only is Christ the offspring ultimately promised in Genesis to bring about a great nation, but he is also the end of the Law (3:17-26) and again the one who makes us, Jew or Gentile, Abraham's offspring—or the nation that comes from him. "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to the promise" (3:28-29).
Ultimately at the end of the story there is a New Heaven and a New Earth, and a New Jerusalem which brings them together. The earth, like promised in Habakkuk 2:14 is finally filled with the Glory of the Lord, as the water covers the sea. The fullness of the land belongs to Jesus and his people and is forever both a blessing and blessed.
Three promises were made to Abraham: of land, of offspring/a nation, and of blessing. In Christ comes the blessing of eternal salvation and the reversal of the curse, a blessing that extends to all the peoples of the earth (all persons who believe no matter the tribe, tongue, or nation) and a blessing that will one day fully envelop creation. In Christ the true offspring comes the nation, a people of faith saved from sin and saved into eternal life and the promises. And in Christ comes the land—not just a small strip, but an entire world populated with people who follow and honor Jesus as King. And through it all, God's glory shines magnificently.
So what then, do I believe is the central idea of the Bible? God glorifies himself by fulfilling the promises to Abraham through Jesus.
[i] James M. Hamilton, Jr. God's Glory in Salvation through Judgment (Crossway, 2010), pg 51.
It really started in the Garden of Eden. God's "punishment" on Adam & Eve was really the beginnings of the plan for the redemption of man & mankind. The proper response of God, there, might well have been eradication of mankind, but it wasn't.
His plans were obvious from that point on.
I like this post very much. It contains some themes explored by the theologian N.T. Wright.
And then (after the punishment) blood had to be shed, a sacrifice had to be made to clothe them.
You've got law, and gospel, right there in the beginning.
I have been preaching through Hebrews as well, Mike. This is a fantastic summary that puts Hebrews in context in the whole Bible and shows that Jesus is the focus of everything that God has done and is doing in history and He is superior to everything that we could possibly look to. Thank you for this!
I would summarize the center, based on your above study, as: God reveals his grace and glory by fulfilling the promises to Abraham and David through king Jesus and his international kingdom of brothers and sisters–born of the Spirit and doing the will of their Father.
I think the new work of the Spirit is an important key to fulfilling the blessing promised to Abraham (as Paul says in Gal. 3:14). And the fruit of the Spirit includes gentleness (Gal. 5:23); it is the meek (patiently gentle) disciples of Jesus who will inherit the earth (in the end)–from their Father (Mt. 5:5).
I think the central message of the Bible can be boiled down even further. 1 John 4:8 tells us: "God is Love." And everything recorded, from creation to judgment to redemption to eternity, is a description of how He shows his love to us.


An examination of the letters of Robert Hoyle to his wife, Eliza Nye Hoyle. Hoyle was a farmer who settled in Lacolle after the War of 1812. The letters detail his views on the economy, marriage, children and education, and provides commentary on kin, friends and neighbours. The author concludes that family and domestic concerns were not the exclusive domain of Eliza in the Hoyle family.
Noël, Françoise. "'My Dear Eliza': The Letters of Robert Hoyle (1831-1844)." Histoire sociale/Social History Vol. 26, no. 51 (May 1993): 115–130.


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Supporting black and minority ethnic fathers in their parenting role
Beyond the economic contribution fathers make to the up-bringing of their children, evidence suggests that children whose fathers play an active and positive role have greater self-esteem and are happier; are likely to do better in education and this may be particularly so for boys, and are less likely to be involved in risky behaviour. The past 20 years has seen a growth in the number of services set-up to support fathers in their fathering role, but evidence continues to show limited provision and under-use. What evidence there is, also suggests that black and minority ethnic fathers do no better. In addition theY may face other barriers in securing support: institutional and direct racism, the operation of stereotypes, including that some are uninterested in their fathering role and limited knowlegde of where to turn to for support.
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• developing a guide to best practice by collecting and collating national and international examples of best practice in working with black and minority ethnic fathers;
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BioFilm Limited secure funding package to enable increase in production capacity
BioFilm has secured a £2.5 million funding package which will be invested in new product development and laboratory facilities along with further state-of-the-art manufacturing technology at its premises in Blantyre, Scotland. Ian Stevens, CEO of BioFilm Ltd, said "This funding package will be instrumental in the expansion of our modern manufacturing equipment and product development facilities."
The firm which was originally launched as a subsidiary of food products firm Devro, specialises in fast dissolving and absorbable films for use in food supplements and medical applications.
The finance package from Clydesdale and Yorkshire banking's growth finance team will be used to invest in new development and laboratory facilities, alongside more state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment at its facility in Blantyre, Glasgow. The investment will enable Biofilm to significantly increase capacity as it looks to support a number of larger contracts and expand its range of products.
The deal was led by Usman Ali and John Raines from Clydesdale and Yorkshire's growth finance team which provides debt funding for high-growth businesses with strong intellectual property assets and existing venture capital backing. The deal is the team's fourth major transaction across the UK in the past five weeks. Ali, a director in the growth finance team, said Biofilm was an innovative SME with "exciting potential".
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U.S. stocks took far smaller losses than markets in Europe and Asia, but were still sharply lower in morning trading.
People pass the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, June 24, 2016. Britain voted to leave the European Union after a bitterly divisive referendum campaign, toppling the prime minister Friday, sending global markets plunging and shattering the stability of a project in continental unity designed half a century ago to prevent World War III. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are plunging in the U.S. and worldwide Friday after Britain voted to leave the European Union. The result stunned investors, who reacted by rushing to the safety of gold and U.S. government bonds as they wondered what will come next for Britain, Europe and the global economy.
U.S. stocks took far smaller losses than markets in Europe and Asia, but were still sharply lower in morning trading. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 408 points, or 2.2 percent, to 17,608 as of 10:20 a.m. It was down as much as 538 points earlier.
The S&P 500 is on pace for its biggest loss since January, down 50 points, or 2.4 percent, to 2,064. The Nasdaq composite dropped 134 points, or 2.7 percent, to 4,775.
Britons voted to leave the EU over concerns including immigration and regulation. It's far from clear what that will mean for international trade or for Europe, as the EU, which was formed in the decades following World War II, has never before lost a member state.
The vote brought a massive dose of uncertainty to financial markets, something investors loathe. Traders responded by dumping riskier assets that appeared to have the most to lose from disruptions in financial flows and trade: banks, technology companies and makers of basic materials.
The vote will start years of negotiations over Britain's trade, business and political links. Observers wonder if other nations will follow in Britain's footsteps by leaving the EU.
"This entire process is going to take a long time," said David Kelly, chief global strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management. "This is a negative in economic terms for the UK. The EU will be very tough negotiators with them."
Banks took the largest losses by far. Citigroup plummeted $3.61, or 8.1 percent, to $40.85 and Bank of America fell 79 cents, or 5.6 percent, to $13.25.
Technology stocks also took hefty losses. Microsoft fell $1.26, or 2.4 percent, to $50.65 and IBM gave up $5.71, or 3.7 percent, to $149.64.
Banks have the most to lose in Britain's departure from the EU as they do a lot of cross-border business in Europe based from their offices in London.
Safety assets soared. Gold jumped $51, or 4 percent, to $1,315 an ounce. Newmont Mining rose the most in the S&P 500 index. It gained $2.08, or 5.9 percent, to $37.47. The price of silver climbed 41 cents, or 2.4 percent, to $17.77 an ounce.
Investors also bought utility company stocks and left phone companies basically unchanged while other parts of the market took big losses. Duke Energy rose 82 cents, or 1 percent, to $82.87 and Consolidated Edison gained $1.45, or 1.9 percent, to $78.31 while Verizon added 32 cents to $55.
The Federal Reserve said it is carefully monitoring financial markets and cooperating with central banks overseas.
Investors had sent stocks higher this week as they gradually grew more confident, based on polls and the changing odds in the betting market, that Britain would stay in the E.U. They sent the pound to its highest price of the year and sold bonds, pushing their yields higher.
Those gains were rapidly undone Friday as the euro tumbled and the pound plunged to a 31-year low, while bond yields hit some of their lowest levels of the year and gold surged to a two-year high.
Britain's FTSE 100 plunged as much as 8 percent but recovered much of its losses later, falling 1.9 percent. The German index sank 5.6 percent and France's index tumbled 6.5 percent.
The pound hit its lowest level since 1985 before recovering slightly to trade at $1.3829. That's still far below the $1.4808 it traded at late Thursday in New York.
Oil prices fell sharply. Benchmark U.S. crude lost $1.93, or 3.8 percent, to $48.18 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, the international benchmark, fell $2.07, or 4.1 percent, to $48.85 a barrel in London.
"This will be an act of economic self-harm with global ramifications," said Samuel Tombs, chief U.K. economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.
It could also threaten London's position as one of the world's pre-eminent financial centers as professionals could lose the right to work across the EU. The U.K. hosts more headquarters of non-EU firms than Germany, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands put together.
The Bank of England said it had made contingency plans for a "leave" vote and promised to take action to maintain stability. It noted that it has 250 billion pounds ($342 billion) in liquidity available for banks. "We are well prepared for this," the bank's governor, Mark Carney, said in a televised statement.
Japan's Nikkei 225 finished the wild day down 7.9 percent, its biggest loss since the global financial crisis in 2008. South Korea's Kospi sank 3.1 percent, its worst day in four years. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index tumbled 4.4 percent and stocks in Shanghai, Taiwan, Sydney, Mumbai and Southeast Asian countries were sharply lower.
In other currencies, the dollar fell to 102.41 yen from 104.47 yen while the euro weakened to $1.1096 from $1.1351.
Danica Kirka reported from London and Younkyung Lee reported from Seoul. Ken Sweet in New York and Kelvin Chan in Hong Kong also contributed to this report.
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Delirium's Order
Singularity press release
May 15, 2019 by De Lirium's Order
De Lirium's Order – Singularity
Finnish technical death metal act De Lirium's Order is releasing their fourth album "Singularity" on 26 April 2019 via Inverse Records.
De Lirium's Order was formed in 1998 by guitarist Juha Kupiainen and today, it is one of the most praised groups in technical death metal. Drawing inspiration also from thrash and progressive metal, De Lirium's Order is known for their creative, experimental guitar riffs, solos and drum patterns. The current line-up consists of musicians from the acts like Abbath, Omnium Gatherum and Raskasta Joulua. The band's previous album release Veniversum (2012) gets now a much awaited continuum with Singularity which again opens new musical pathways for the band through the album's futuristic, ambitious concept.
Juha Kupiainen comments: "After releasing our previous album Veniversum, we have kept low profile until we were contacted by an unknown agent who encouraged us to compose new music that reaches beyond the stars. We aligned our thoughts with the concept of Singularity, both technical and physical, and started our journey to create the conceptual, explorative and the very best album ever to come out from the oven of De Lirium's Order."
Photo / light art by Hannu Huhtamo
About the production of the album Kupiainen states: "Several compositions date back to 2010. After receiving the inspiration for "Singularity" in 2013, I had to be patient enough to mature the ideas and compose new tracks over the course of five years. I have had the best possible lineup to program, arrange and perform the music to forge this album in its full-length." – Kari, Erkki, Vesa, Ukri, Mikael and Marko.
Singularity's cover art was created by the renowned light artist Hannu Huhtamo. For the promotional photographs, Huhtamo also embedded the band amidst his creative light art illustrations. In order to capture the band group photo, the band was asked to stay completely still for 3 minutes while he was painting light around them.
Kari Olli – Vocals
Juha Kupiainen – Guitars
Vesa Nupponen – Guitars
Erkki Silvennoinen – Bass
Ukri Suvilehto – Drums
Mikael Salo – Clean Vocals on "Singularity", "Surfaced", "A Billion Year Contract", "Orion's Cry" and "The End Of Time"
Marko Salonen – Clean Vocals on "Piazzolla"
Viivi-Maria Saarenkylä – Accordion on ''Acoustic Medley'' and ''Piazzolla''
© 2022 · De Liriums Order · Site by Photonless Design


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Did you ever learn about the "mesentery" organ in anatomy? I must say that until the story a month or two ago about scientists discovering the mesentery is, in fact, an organ by definition, I'd never even HEARD of it. It's 2017…I find it absolutely fascinating that there's so much we still don't know. However, in a world of tiny smartphones that are more powerful than any computer that existed on the planet when I grew up, people generally take the world around them for granted. They've lost their sense of wonder. They've lost their appreciation for discovery, and for science. As a result…we get the anti-intellectual movement that seems so pervasive right now. As a result, we get a blithering idiot for a President, a man who spats the name "scientist" as if it's a four-letter world.
I'm addicted to the internet. I read news obsessively. I check the same websites multiple times each day, looking for the latest news and information. That includes basic news sites, but it also includes various science websites, such as ScienceDaily, Phys.org, or some of the big journal sites such as Science or Nature. I'm always fascinated to read about the latest discovery, the latest experiment, the latest medical trial, or other science-related information.
Evidently not everybody gets so jazzed about science and discovery. One site I check quite a bit is TheVerge, a site focused primarily on technology. They also have interesting science stories from time to time, and I recently read this article entitled "No Thanks to the New Science Thing". The author clearly isn't a scientist…that's fine…but I do find the article, and the lack of interest in science, to be a bit distressing. It's a microcosm of what seems to be happening to a broad swath of Americans, where science, where discovery and awe, are no longer an important part of what makes us Americans.
The author of TheVerge story is having none of it. To her, the discovery of Zealandia would only potentially be of interest to geologists. To her, because the new potential continent only is about 1/10th land, it's NOT a continent, and the story of its discovery isn't very exciting. She goes on to mention other discoveries that don't meet her standards for "scientific discovery", specifically, the "downgrading" of Pluto from planet status, or the discovery that mesentery is truly a "new" human organ. To the author, each of these stories are minor discoveries, not worthy of awe, not worthy of the general public's attention. To her, they are stories manufactured by the scientists themselves, and aren't major standalone news stories.
What happened to the America that was caught up in discovery, in scientific achievement, in the simple AWE that comes with new knowledge? The space race that captured the imagination of the world, the awe and wonder of watching Jacques Cousteau's adventures (something I LOVED as a kid!), the excitement over the first Space Shuttle launches? What's happened in the years since? In a world where the combined knowledge of the entire world is just a keystroke away, have we become so completely numb to scientific achievement that we can't appreciate discovery for the sake of discovery?
The existence of the mesentery, tissue in the intestinal area, has been known for centuries. However, it wasn't considered an organ by definition, until recent research on the tissue. I personally find it fascinating that there are still things we don't know about the human body. I find it fascinating we can find a whole new continent under the seas, in the year 2017. This author evidently doesn't feel the same way, nor evidently do many Americans, given the anti-science mood from many of those on the right.
So here I sit on an uncharacteristically warm South Dakota winter's evening, sitting at a desktop computer that's a technological marvel, periodically checking my even more incredible tiny-computer-in-a-box in my iPhone, the warm glow of a LED lightbulb in the lamp by my computer, blogging about people who evidently have no appreciation for the marvels around them. For me…PLEASE, scientists…tell me about the mesentery! PLEASE…tell me about a new underwater continent that's been found! PLEASE…tell me the reasons why you don't think Pluto qualifies as a planet. I find it all quite fascinating.
And am also a little sad to see so little appreciation for science by so many of my fellow Americans.