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Special Report
Large GOP Contributor Participated
In Secret Energy Task Force Meetings
By Robert Moore
When a generous patron of President Bush and the Republican Party sought political backing for his company's multi-billion dollar Alaskan pipeline project, he turned to Vice President Dick Cheney, head of the administration's energy policy task force, known formally as the National Energy Policy Development Group.
Forrest Hoglund, Chairman and CEO of Arctic Resources Co., was one of an undisclosed number of executives from private energy companies that advised Cheney and members of his task force last year. Hoglund has also been a generous contributor to Republican causes; he has given more than $200,000 since 1997.
The Bush administration has refused to disclose the names of the outside advisers to its energy policy task force. Members of Congress have unsuccessfully sought a complete list of those who helped the administration draw up its National Energy Policy report.
In a meeting with Cheney last year, Hoglund told the Center for Public Integrity, he asked Cheney to support Arctic Resources' Alaskan pipeline project. The company wants to build a 1,700-mile-long natural gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope, traveling near the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, into Canada and, ultimately to the continental United States.
The task force, in its final recommendations to President Bush, did not include the specific pipeline route from Alaska that Arctic Resources sought. But it did endorse expediting the necessary permits to build a pipeline along an unspecified route from Alaska to the lower 48 states.
The Center placed calls Thursday to the Vice President's press office for comment. No calls were returned.
The administration's refusal to release records of the task force's meetings with executives like Hoglund has triggered a showdown between the Bush administration and the investigative arm of Congress, the General Accounting Office. The GAO announced on Jan. 30, 2002, that it would sue the administration to gain access to the records.
President Bush on Tuesday said that the congressional request was "an encroachment on the executive branch's ability to conduct business." Vice President Cheney and others in the administration have also taken a hard line against releasing the information.
The GAO has tried for the past nine months to get access to the records. Members of Congress who have requested the information want to determine whether campaign contributors had disproportionate influence on the energy proposal drafted by the task force. U.S. Comptroller General David M. Walker, the head of the GAO, announced that he will file a lawsuit to force the administration to give congressional investigators records from the group.
Demand for access to meeting records took on new dimensions with the collapse of Enron, America's seventh-largest company, and the loss of billions of dollars in investments by Enron employees and stockholders. Enron was among Bush's top campaign contributors, giving him $623,000 over the course of his political career. The administration released the dates of six meetings between Cheney, members of the energy task force, and Enron executives.
The meeting dates were disclosed in a letter from Cheney's legal counsel, David Addington, to Rep. Henry A. Waxman on Jan. 3, 2002. Waxman is the ranking Democrat on the House Government Reform Committee, one of 11 congressional committees and federal agencies investigating the stunning collapse of Enron, and the activities of company executives leading up to the bankruptcy filing.
The administration has refused to release the names of other energy executives who met with the task force. Hoglund is the first to be identified.
'Standard business practice'
Hoglund spoke to the Center for Public Integrity from his office in Houston. His remarks to the Center are among the first public comments by a participant in meetings during which the National Energy Policy Development Group talked specific plans. "This was an apolitical issue," he said.
But political contributions played a role in Hoglund's relationship to the Bush administration and the Republican Party. Since 1997, he has given $209,572 in soft money contributions to the Republican National Committee. Hoglund made $34,572 in soft money contributions to the RNC last year, with one $25,000 check paid at the time the task force considered his proposal. The timing, Hoglund told the Center, was coincidental.
"I've been a supporter for some time," Hoglund said. "There is no new pattern to this. This is standard business practice."
Hoglund ran Enron's oil and gas subsidiary for more than a decade until he left the company in 1999 to head up Arctic Resources, a private partnership seeking to build natural gas pipeline estimated to cost between $6 billion and $13 billion.
According to Hoglund, when he met with Cheney he represented the interests of Arctic Resources, and not Enron. He said his professional ties to Enron had been severed when he retired and sold his stock in the company over the past 18 months.
While Enron was not a partner in Arctic Resources, the company was courted, along with other major players in the oil and gas industry, to invest in the pipeline project, said Bob Murphy, president of Arctic Resources.
Though he had left Enron's employ, the Republican National Party continued through 2000 and 2001 to identify Hoglund as an employee of Enron in Federal Elections Commission filings, including his $25,000 soft money contribution to the RNC on March 8, 2001.
Records from Cheney's office show unnamed Enron representatives and task force members met one day earlier, March 7.
Hoglund said he does not recall the date of his meeting with the task force. But he does remember his contribution had nothing to do with specific task force proposals.
'A strong association'
The Center also examined the timing of Enron's soft-money contributions to the national political parties last year. The Center reviewed Federal Elections Commission records for the period between January and Oct. 16 -- the day Enron announced the $1.2 billion reduction in shareholder equity that helped trigger its demise. On that same day, the Republican National Committee recorded a $60,000 contribution from Enron, one of the larger single contributions from the company last year.
The analysis did not include some $200,000 in soft money contributions that was divided evenly between the RNC and the Democratic National Committee on Nov. 26 -- when the company's demise was almost certain. It filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Dec. 3, 2001.
Hoglund's contributions to the party in 2001 were counted in the analysis, largely because the RNC continued to identify the Houston resident as an Enron executive on Federal Elections Commission filings.
The Center's research found that most of Enron's soft money contributions were made to the RNC or GOP congressional campaign committees during a narrow window of time surrounding six confirmed meetings between the task force and Enron representatives.
Of the $292,884 in soft money that Enron doled out during that time period reviewed, some $130,350 was paid to the Republican Party within a week of the private meetings between its executives and members of the energy policy task force. The money went to various state election and non-federal -- soft money -- accounts of the RNC and the Republican House and Senate fund raising committees, through which corporations can give unlimited amounts of money.
James A. Thurber, director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University, called the timing of contributions troubling. "It doesn't prove anything, but it shows a strong association between money and policy that would be very important to Enron," Thurber said.
Repeated calls were made to Enron attorney Robert Bennett for comment. None were returned.
An RNC spokesperson said there were no sinister motives behind the payments. "Donations come in throughout the year," said Kevin Sheridan. "It would be a stretch to make any kind of link between these meeting dates spread throughout the year and contributions."
Nonetheless, the timing of some of the soft money contributions coincides with the secret meetings at which Enron executives met with administration officials to share their views on such issues as electric utility deregulation, natural gas exploration, and carbon emissions caps, among other things.
Among the Center's findings:
Seven days before a Feb. 22, 2001 meeting between Enron executives and Andrew D. Lundquist, the executive director of the Energy task force, the corporation gave $40,000 to the RNC State Elections Committee.
Lundquist met again with unidentified Enron representatives on March 7.
The next day, Hoglund gave $25,000 to the RNC State Elections Committee. Twelve days after that -- March 20 -- Enron donated another $10,000 to the RNC state committee.
On April 9, the task force staff met with unidentified Enron representatives.
Two days later, Kenneth Karas, head of the Enron Wind Corp. subsidiary, chipped in $5,000 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee. (Enron Wind designs wind turbines in California and Germany. A meeting in August included unnamed representatives of Enron's German operation.)
The largest single soft money donation from Enron last year was a $100,000 contribution given to an RNC congressional election committee on June 7. Two weeks later, Vice President Cheney and Lay, the Enron CEO, met when the two served on a panel at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) World Forum in Beaver Creek, Colo.
On Oct. 10, after the task force had completed its work, Lundquist met with Enron executives, again to talk energy policy, according to Cheney's office. A week earlier, on Oct. 2, Enron gave $20,000 to the RNC state committee. Then on Oct. 16 the company donated another $60,000 to the RNC state committee.
Though the company was connected to both Democratic and GOP lawmakers, the bulk of Enron's soft money contributions were given to Republican Party committees. Between January and October, the Democratic National Committee received $2,050 from Enron. Enron made a $100,000 contribution to the DNC on Nov. 26, the week before company filed for bankruptcy, and the same day it contributed $100,000 to the RNC.
President Bush established the energy task force almost immediately after taking office. The task force was in part a response to the electricity crisis in California, rooted in the deregulation of the electric utility industry, and devised the administration's energy policies. These included proposals to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, to encourage the development of new nuclear power plants, and to create a national electric grid, which would facilitate deregulation by allowing electricity producers access to markets around the country.
For more than a decade, deregulation of the industry has been a key initiative in Enron's business.
The task force included top administration officials, virtually all of whom had strong connections to the industry, including Cheney, the former chief executive officer of Halliburton, the oil services giant, and executive director Lundquist, who served as a top aide to Alaskan Sen. Frank Murkowski. Murkowski is a staunch advocate of gas and oil drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Reserve.
Off-the-record sessions
After five months of talks with energy industry representatives, including those from Enron, and with environmental interests, the task force made recommendations to Bush. While the final document was public, conversations that went on during the task force meetings were closely guarded by the White House.
"At the start of each meeting with outside groups, task-force members request that the session be off the record. They say they will share no documents, to prevent information from leaking. The members are expected not to talk to the media, and the few who do are not able to talk about policy," the Washington Post reported in one story about the veil of secrecy surrounding the task force.
While the bulk of those who met with task force remain secret, Cheney's office disclosed the dates of six meetings involving Enron representatives under mounting pressure from Congressional Democrats.
Since the disclosure, administration officials have acknowledged contacts with Enron executives that go well beyond the task force. Lay, then Enron's CEO, made calls to the treasury and commerce secretaries to inform them of Enron's impending financial collapse, and to hint at a government bailout.
The financial bailout never materialized. But the administration's energy task force, some critics charged, offered Enron substantial help.
Last week, a report written for Rep. Waxman by the minority staff of the House Government Reform Committee said that key recommendations by the National Energy Policy Development Group mirrored the policies sought by Enron. The company did not get every policy it wanted, the report makes clear. "Nevertheless, it is unlikely that any other corporation in America stood to gain as much from the White House energy plan as Enron."
Sheridan of the RNC disagreed. "Enron didn't get anything they wanted out of these meetings," he told the Center. "Obviously they [the task force members] are going to want to talk to the seventh largest company in the world, an energy company."
He added, "The task force acted independently, on their own."
Whether Enron's contributions resulted in specific policies or not, some experts believe the dates of the company's giving suggest it was attempting to influence the process. "It is true that soft money fundraising is going around the clock," said John Green, director of the Bliss Institute for Applied Politics at the University of Akron. "But the timing is an issue. These gifts tend to peak around the time that important legislation is being processed."
A Democratic investigator told the Center that they would continue to examine political contributions by the company. "We are looking at campaign contributions by Enron executives and lobbyists," one committee investigator told the Center. "Any temporal connections between contributions and access could be potentially significant."
Robert Moore is a senior associate at the Center for Public Integrity.
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The 2019-2022 Council Strategic Plan presents the vision for the City of Vernon. In order to translate this vision into reality, Council has identified themes for improvement or change along with goals and deliverables that will be reported on regularly. These themes include:
- Recreation, Parks and Natural Areas
- Housing
- Vibrant Downtown
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On a gently low sloping hill in the south of Lake Garda lies the vineyard. On clear days from the highest point in vineyard you can admire the reflection of the sun on the surface of the lake. We are in an area that has always suited to the cultivation of red grapes and especially white grapes.
The road driving to the winery crosses the vineyards of Cortese, Garganega and Corvina passing in front of a votive church built in 1947 to give thanks to the Virgin Mary for saving the living family from the bombing of Second World War. In fact, in the surrounding areas were found numerous war relics. Here born POGGIO delle GRAZIE.
The vineyards are primarily located in Castelnuovo del Garda, but also in Sommacampagna in a historically important property. It is said that, in "Villa Boccolina", already known as Ceolara, Napoleon III, stayed at the signing of the armistice of Villafranca. Here we produce our Pinot Grigio Blush "Villa Boccolina".
The logo is the result of a study by many hands and minds , starting from the window placed on the church facade , similar to the Arche Scaligere found in the center of Verona. A tribute, therefore, also to the city and to the Lordship that for so many years ruled. Inside it is placed a stylized heart to remember the ex-voto placed in the chapel.
The winery was founded in 2014 on the joint dream of two brothers, Stefano and Massimo who were already producing grapes, but giving them to other manufacturers. The love for the land, the desire to improve their product, the willingness to invest in something innovative prompted them, after years of research , personnel training, and the meeting with the young winemaker Damiano, to do the plunge. The harmony of thought with Damiano, the common desire to experiment and the will to diversify the market supply has led them in a few months to realize their dream.
Stefano and Massimo follow personally and indiscriminately all processing steps: from the vineyard to the finished product, till the marketing too.
The vineyards consists of systems Guyot involving the mechanization of harvesting, but the certainty that the hand-harvested grapes give a better product, takes them annually to renew the choice of manual harvesting.
The winery was in the "Love'it - Real Italian Food" project that allowed the active participation of many manufacturers to Expo Milano 2015.
The wine-shop is situated closed to the winery: you can taste and buy wines. We also organize guided tastings with the possibility of expanding the offer to all those persons who like to know more of the world of wine.
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According to our thinking , to taste a good wine expresses its positive essence in moderate use , aware and responsible.
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Cyber Talk Radio: Bexar County Voting Security
Bret Piatt, CTR host, and Jacque Callanen, Bexar County Elections Administrator - Episode 169 of Cyber Talk Radio
This past Saturday, December 21, episode 169 of Cyber Talk Radio hit the air on 1200 WOAI and iHeartRadio streaming. I sat down with Jacque Callanen, Bexar County Elections Administrator, to discuss lessons learned from the recent November elections, the county's updated voting machines and process and measures to be aware of in the upcoming March elections.
Starting off the episode, I ask Jacque to tell the story of how she ended up working for the Bexar County Elections office. It turns out she first got involved in the process when she was a grade school teacher and took off work one day to work at the polls, and her passion and engagement in the process only grew from there! Poll workers are paid, similar to when you serve on jury duty, and Bexar County is in need of poll workers for upcoming elections on March 3, and of course during the November presidential elections. Bexar County has become the state's elections gurus since they successfully held 11 elections in the span of 14 months — Bexar runs all elections for the county, all its cities, and state elections. They have 284 poll sites, and over 1,000 workers total. The county currently has 1.14 million registered voter, many who register to vote when getting their driver's license. If you have not registered to vote, you can do so here. In the November elections, there will be no more straight party ballots in Texas, meaning that voters will need to research candidates before arriving at the polls! What are the main takeaways from the recent Texas constitutional election? One of the main reasons why this election was important for Bexar County is because it was the first run of their new voting machines that had replaced 17-year-old equipment, which Jacque had discussed the last time she was a guest on the show. It was an important test of the new features and improvements to make sure everything ran smoothly and functioned as expected. In the previous machines, votes were counted and uploaded to server separately. With these new machines, some parts have changed. The new system allows it to be a faster and more accurate process. Voters will no longer have to go to their precinct-determined polling location, so people won't have to disrupt their daily routines in order to vote. Last year around 18,000 people showed up on voting day, and this year they saw that increase to 56,000! Before the break, Jaque lays out the three biggest changes with these new machines: there is a physical paper ballot with a barcode for the voters' own precincts. There are better touch screens and user interfaces, including the ability to switch between English-Spanish and each voting location has at least one accessible machine for those with vision impairments. The machine prints out choices on the ballot card and you put it in a tabulator machine that counts and secures the ballots, this is the most secure way to have records and copies of the votes in case of a recount.
After the break, we pick up on talking about the new voting machines and what it took to get them for the county. In total there are 2,500 machines, 325 tabulators, 350 printers, plus all of the software to run the equipment, which cost $12 million. Any recounts that are done will always be of the physical ballots — it's an ideal way to ensure checks and balances and keep a record archive. For the upcoming March elections, they will need over 2,000 poll workers. For more information on the new machines, there are informative pictures and videos on their website. The county goes through a rigorous approval and testing process, making tampering very hard to do. The new machines are a definite upgrade on many levels!
Listen to the full episode replay to learn more about Jacque's experience as Bexar County Elections Administrator.
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iPhone lights a fire
Burn, baby, burn
A video of a burning fire is now available as a premium application for the iPhone, but it remains to be seen if even iPhone users are stupid enough to pay $2 to listen to advertisements for Christmas albums.
Televised fires are surprisingly popular, with offerings on DVD and even broadcast in some areas, but putting the same experience onto an iPhone beggars belief. Capitol Records reckons a pocket version of the idea is the ideal platform to promote seasonal content - punters pay $2 to see a burning fireplace and listen to seasonal hits, which can then be purchased with a couple of taps on the screen.
Not that Capital has neglected the interactive capabilities of Apple's uber-phone - tapping a log generates sparks, as shown in this demonstration video:
Recent events have demonstrated that iPhone users won't just buy any crap you throw at them, much to the surprise of some developers. But this application comes from Moderati, the company responsible for the Virtual Zippo Lighter, so perhaps they know the kind of crap that will stick. ®


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Our 2016 season ended with quite a run in the qualifying rounds at our tournament in Peoria, Illinois. We finished the 10 qualifying matches with a second overall ranking(out of 40+ teams) and advanced to the playoff rounds. We won our quarter-final match, but ended up with a loss in the semi-finals.
Congratulations to the FIRST 4021 Robotics team. igKnightion represented Luther High School this past weekend at the Wisconsin Robotics Regional in Milwaukee. We finished 42 of 57 teams after 10 matches over 2 days. We always played with two other teams that make an alliance. All alliances are randomly selected, and our robot was generally equal to or the best of each alliance partner. Our record was 3 and 7.
Teleoperated points = 32nd rank
Autonomous points = 7th rank
Climb points = 26th rank
All in all I'm very proud of our team and regardless of their record, just the opportunity to build, design, market and compete has been a fantastic experience for students and mentors alike.
Thanks to all our fans who watched and cheered for us – your support was greatly appreciated. This year's team still has a few meetings left – please watch your email. I'll have a signup after Easter for those interested in joining the team. We will also likely be exploring a JV squad for Freshmen & Sophomores.
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Idea guy, team builder and ardent supporter of SeaTac youth, Mike Doughty, is an Aston Villa fan and father of a Doritos eating teenager and husband to a woman that is just a little too smart for him. Mike is an an avid student of soccer and youth education and brings these passions to bear in his role as Principal at SeaTac United Youth Academy.
Mike grew up in Spokane, starting his storied career at KFC before being called up to the big leagues – Chuck E Cheese. Next he went to University of WA, earning an Aeronautical Engineering degree. Then became a pilot in the USAF where he met his wife, Lisa. Finally he landed in SeaTac and is now flying for Alaska Airlines.
Then came his son, Jack, who started playing soccer and chess when he was 3. Mike saw how quickly his son could learn with proper instruction. This was where the light turned on for Mike. Be sure you have a lot of time if he asks if you have 2 minutes. He means 30.
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The oldest of eight children, I was born to work hard. Growing up in Bellingham, WA I spent my time working or playing in the forest. I think I could live outside year round. Camping is my therapy, it keeps me sane. I started working at 15 years old with the goal of learning to fly. By 17 I had a place of my own and was a manager at my job. By 19 I had a motorcycle, was working three jobs and learning to fly. My favorite saying has always been "Every vision is a dream until the first man accomplishes it" by Robert H. Goddard, Father of Modern Rocketry. During my teen years I was also on member of the Civil Air Patrol and the Red Cross Youth First Aid and Safety Team. I love to learn! I earned my private pilot license at 21 years old and moved to Seattle shortly after to pursue my dreams of flying. I started working at SeaTac airport where I met my husband. He completely derailed my life. After our first son was born I took a year off of work and completely changed my trajectory. I took a tax class so I could continue to prepare our taxes with their growing complexity and was offered a job. That wasn't even on my radar. Now in addition to being a tax professional l'm also a bookkeeper and helping run a small business services department that provides bookkeeping and payroll services to businesses in our area. My grandfather owned an accounting firm when I was growing up and I never thought for a second I would be following in his footsteps. This life isn't what I dreamed, it's better than I could have imagined. I'm passionate about dreaming and planning with hard work anything is possible. More than anything I love to plan crazy adventures with my family, camping in the rain or in the middle of winter are my kind of challenge.


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Top 6 Campgrounds . . . so far
In five years, we've been to a lot of campgrounds and seen a lot of the good, bad, and ugly. We've been to some scary campgrounds and some super sweet campgrounds. People ask us all the time what is our favorite campground. But, it's hard to answer that question since everyone and every situation is…Read More
Camp RiversLanding
Camp RiversLanding is just too tight for our taste. We constantly felt like our neighbors and their kids were right on top of us. In general, Pigeon Forge is just too crowded with car traffic and long lines at all the popular restaurants.Read More
Peace River RV and Camping Resort Thousand Trails
Rate Paid – $0.00 with our Thousand Trails/Trails Collection membership Address: 2555 US HWY 17S, Wauchula, FL 33873 Phone: 863-735-8888 Website: https://www.rvonthego.com/florida/peace-river-rv-camping-resort/ Peace River RV and Camping Resort in Wauchula, Florida has turned out to be one of our favorites in the Thousand Trails/Encore system in Florida so far. While there are a couple…Read More
Sunshine Holiday Daytona RV Resort, Ormond Beach, FL
Rate Paid – $0.00 with our Thousand Trails/Trails Collection membership Address: 1701 North US Hwy 1, Ormond Beach, FL 32174 Phone: 877-277-8737 Website: https://www.rvonthego.com/florida/sunshine-holiday-daytona/ This is one of the nicer Encore parks we've stayed at in Florida. The location was great being just about 1/2 mile off of I-95 and within a 15 minute…Read More
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Self-discovery has been a focus of mine ever since I can remember. And over the three decades of my life thus far, I have indeed learned much about myself. Yet despite all my efforts and focus, and despite all of my progress, both major and incremental, it took until the thirty-second year of my life to make what might be the biggest single leap in self-understanding I'll ever achieve.
My realization this summer was that I have Asperger's syndrome, a psychological condition placing me on the autism spectrum. To be honest, I feel like I should have achieved this discovery eight years ago, when I had first somehow stumbled upon a description of the condition (I can't remember how). Even then, after only some limited research on the internet, I strongly suspected that I had the condition, and that this knowledge could be of immense help to me in my ongoing efforts to improve myself as a person and to improve my quality of life. But then a string of stressful events struck, as is typical of life at times, and I was momentarily distracted from this potential insight. Although life moved on, and I successfully moved on with it, my distraction regrettably lasted nearly eight years. And despite still improving as a person and improving my quality of life over those eight years, I can see in retrospect that it wasn't quite as efficient or productive as it could have been, had I researched more and reflected more deeply on the subject of autism.
Fortunately, the subject returned to my mind recently, and I've found myself in a much better position than before to recognize my need and opportunity, due both to more conducive work and home situations, as well as a greater wealth of life experiences and perhaps a touch of additional maturity, wisdom, and self-awareness. With the assistance of a counselor, books and internet resources, and lots of introspection, I'm beginning to feel that I have a much stronger understanding of my atypical mental processes. In particular, I now have a clearer context that I can use to interpret the various principles, habits, attitudes, and other coping strategies that I've adopted over the years. I wasn't even aware of some of them, or didn't have a good idea of where they came from or why I acquired them. Some of them are very useful for sure, but I can tell that others are far from ideal and could use some refinement or outright replacement. I could not have achieved this awareness and forward-looking direction without my research on Asperger's and autism.
As for my decision to share this self-discovery publicly, I have a few different reasons: my own benefit, the benefit of others on the autism spectrum, and the benefit of those who might know someone else who is autistic. For myself, I suspect that it will be a therapeutic process. Just talking about the subject will likely release some mental energy and provide me with a healthy outlet for the anxiety that didn't previously have any. Additionally, I expect that by writing the details down and editing them for consumption by others, I will be forced to really refine my thoughts, and thereby obtain an even deeper understanding of myself.
For other autistic people, I hope to provide some assistance both in terms of self-comprehension and in terms of self-mastery. I have found that it can be an incredibly difficult condition to recognize and comprehend, even for the person with the condition. It seems that a lot of the resources focus almost entirely on external symptoms: behaviors that are observable by other people around the autistic person. But there is such an immense variety of external symptoms, and few autistic people display all of them. Especially adults, who have had many years to develop often idiosyncratic ways to suppress, minimize, or avoid many of these symptoms.
I can appreciate the value of learning about external symptoms, especially for those who do not have autism, especially clinicians, teachers, family, and friends of those who are or might be autistic. But in my personal experience, I have benefited the most by learning about internal symptoms: the direct effects of an unconventionally wired brain on the autistic person's perceptions and thought processes, the symptoms that are very real but accessible only to the one who is experiencing them. These internal symptoms have enabled me to make sense of my external symptoms, bringing them out of the land of mere nonsensical behavior. Thus the significance I attribute to them in my efforts toward a more thorough self-understanding.
Also, as stated earlier, recognizing and analyzing these internal symptoms has given me a richer insight into my coping strategies. I am fortunate enough to already have a reasonable collection of useful strategies, and now have a solid foundation for refining or replacing the less ideal ones. I do not know the degree to which my relative success in life is due to these coping strategies or is instead due to the wiring in my brain being close enough to normal to allow me to get by effectively. But on the assumption that my coping strategies at least deserve a non-negligible amount of credit, I would like to share that knowledge with others, in hopes that it could also serve a similar purpose in their lives. I've learned that there's a tremendous amount of variety amongst the autistic community, so I can't say for sure that what works for me will work for others. And there are already numerous blogs and other resources available providing similar information, making me question if I'll just be redundant. But given how much I've benefited from the generous and diverse writings of others, it only makes sense to add my own voice to that diversity.
Finally, for those who are not autistic but are interested in better understanding any autistic people in their lives, I want to do my best to provide a comprehensible context for common autistic behavior. I do not wish for autism to ever be used as or perceived as an excuse. But it can definitely serve as an explanation. And in contrast to an excuse, which is generally presented without details and with a hope that the recipient will accept it at face value, an explanation does indeed require details, and open discussion should always be acceptable. Thus I feel a responsibility to be willing to explore the depths of such an explanation, share what I discover with others, and be open to any discussion, questions, or suggestions that arise. If you interact with me outside of this website, feel free to bring the subject up or ask any questions you have. I might not be inclined to raise the subject myself in most cases, out of a fear of being socially inappropriate, but would certainly welcome it if others wished to do so. I'll trust your judgment of appropriateness over mine!
So expect to see a trickle of posts from me in the future on this subject. I don't have any particular schedule or order of topics I intend to cover, but I have been taking quite a few notes over the summer, and continue to take more as I read, think, and discuss. Plenty to talk about; I just need the time and motivation to organize, write, and edit it all, bit by bit. For the moment, you can take a look at the various resources that I'm collecting and organizing on my Autism page.


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In today's suspect news, Nick Cannon ran around Citi Field in New York hugging grown men in an attempt to break the world record for the most hugs in one hour. Nick managed to hug over 1,000 people but fell short of the record by 52 hugs.
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"Closing date for voting will be in a few days time. I haven't yet decided when."
Um… sorry for being picky, but this is screaming SETUP! at me.
Will your decision be based at all on the decades you fancy looking like they're in with a chance? Hmmm?
Only joking. I know you wouldn't do such a thing. But maybe an early announcement would prevent any more unsavoury speculation…
Very well, Clare. Let it never be said that Which Decade is ever anything but whiter-than-white.
The voting deadline for this year's Which Decade is Sunday night (March 4, 2007).
Let the unsavoury speculations cease forthwith.


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Book VIII: Chapter I
No one can doubt that the maigstrate ought greatly to interest himself in the care of youth; for where it is neglected it is hurtful to the city, for every state ought to be governed according to its particular nature; for the form and manners of each government are peculiar to itself; and these, as they originally established it, so they usually still preserve it. For instance, democratic forms and manners a democracy; oligarchic, an oligarchy: but, universally, the best manners produce the best government. Besides, as in every business and art there are some things which men are to learn first and be made accustomed to, which are necessary to perform their several works; so it is evident that the same thing is necessary in the practice of virtue. As there is one end in view in every city, it is evident that education ought to be one and the same in each; and that this should be a common care, and not the individual's, as it now is, when every one takes care of his own children separately; and their instructions are particular also, each person teaching them as they please; but what ought to be engaged in ought to be common to all. Besides, no one ought to think that any citizen belongs to him in particular, but to the state in general; for each one is a part of the state, and it is the natural duty of each part to regard the good of the whole: and for this the Lacedaemonians may be praised; for they give the greatest attention to education, and make it public. It is evident, then, that there should be laws concerning education, and that it should be public.


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A warm welcome to the Campo Studio in Berlin
Our sculpture studio is a unique space in Berlin's art scene, where modern contemporary art is combined with Italian tradition.
We – Katrin Pfister-Rosenzweig and Peter Rosenzweig – learned the art of sculpting a long time ago in Italy. Part of the year, we still live and work close to the marble quarries of Carrara in Tuscany. There, life revolves around the marble, its art and craft.
We bring to Berlin some of this unique world: First of all the marble itself whose crystalline structure allows a singular interaction of form and light; and we always source travertine or black marble from the local sawmills in Italy.
Last not least, we brought along the love for the stones and the professional and artistic workmanship to handle this hard material. The evolving sculptures allude as much to an ancient tradition, as they overcome and transcend it artistically and formally.
We would like to share our love for sculpting with you. You are warmly invited to visit our studio, see our artwork or purchase it. And you can learn the art of stone sculpting with us.
We look forward to your visit!
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Blogger story – meeting Rhian Westbury
I do love a good blogger story and will be highlighting some very special bloggers partly to show how very different bloggers are despite sharing a lot of the same joys and challenges of this particular art form.
Today I meet Rhian Westbury and I hope you enjoy her sharing her individual blogging story.
Why did you start your blog?
I started my blog because I was doing a lot of freelance work for clients and will I loved writing I didn't always enjoy having a brief and an outline of the style and content. I wanted somewhere where I was the creative controller so I began writing and it evolved from there.
How did you feel when you started blogging?
I felt relieved to have an outlet but I didn't really do anything properly. My images were rubbish, I had no schedule and would sometimes go weeks (or even a month or so) without a post.
How do you feel about blogging today?
Ultimately I feel proud about my blogging story today as I know how far I have come with my skills involved such as social media management, photography, organizational planning and other areas. And while I post 5 times a week (sometimes more when it's busy) I still love it.
What is your proudest achievement related to blogging?
I would probably say it would have been being picked to go on a four day trip to Ischia a few months back. I applied on Twitter and didn't think much of it but when I got the email offer I thought it was fake to begin with but it hit me that someone had chosen me for whatever reason be it social stats or my blog and liked it enough.
What is the most exciting event you have attended as a blogger?
For my normal blog I haven't really been to many events, just two in the last month. But I also edit a large music website and through that I have been to a number of festivals and I'd say the most exciting event would have had to be Download Festival.
Do you monetize your blog and if so how?
I do monetize my blog to some extent but only through sponsored posts with brands who fit my blog and are a natural interesting fit. I have tried affiliate work but never found it to work before but it's something I need to look into.
What do you find most challenging about blogging?
Trying to keep on top of everything. As I work full-time and I am a music website editor, alongside wanting to spend time with friends, family, my boyfriend etc I find it can be tough managing my time. But it's worth it.
What surprised you most about blogging?
How time consuming it is. It's not just writing a post and clicking publish there's so much more to do such as taking the right photo, optimizing your post, scheduling social media, promoting and so much more.
How do you balance blogging and family life?
I balance blogging with a full-time job in marketing by using my time wisely. I blog and do admin before work in the mornings, I am productive at lunchtime and scheduling is my friend. I batch take photos, batch schedule social media so I can have time off when I need it to enjoy life.
What would lead you to giving up blogging?
I can't actually imagine not blogging. I think the only reason I would give it up would be if I had a health issue and physically wasn't able to, although even then I'd like to think blogging would be a good outlet.
What is your top tip for a new or inexperienced blogger?
Buy your own domain straight away. They're so cheap so it's not a huge investment but it means you can start building your DA right from the start as opposed to when you change over a year after you start.
You can also find Rhian on Instagram and Twitter @Rswstbry
Do you have a blogger story you would like to share. If you do, please get in touch with me.
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So interesting to read about Rhian's blogging journey. Sounds like she's doing great. #fortheloveofBLOG
Great post! I love finding new blogs this way! I'd love to take part in this if you would have me too?


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Our demonstrator at the Spring conference at Kootenay Forge in Crawford Bay was Marcus Engler from Montana. His main demonstration was forging a contemporary table made of a series of large pieces (3/8″ x 3″) with offsets so they slide together in a woven pattern. Marcus demonstrated his very skilled forging ability that was required to get all the offsets the right distances apart.
Marcus finished off his demonstration by making a pair of fish.
Forging the offsets
The finished table – a work of art.
The fall meeting was held once again in Windermere at the shop of Gunner Jorgensen. This will be the last meeting at Gunner's as he is officially retiring and is selling most of his tools and equipment. We wish Gunner the happiest of retirements, and we are sure we will see him at some of our future meetings. Photos to follow.


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Hearing of the African lungfish (Protopterus annectens) suggests underwater pressure detection and rudimentary aerial hearing in early tetrapods
Christensen, C.B., Christensen-Dalsgaard, J. and Madsen, P.T. (2015) Hearing of the African lungfish (Protopterus annectens) suggests underwater pressure detection and rudimentary aerial hearing in early tetrapods. Journal of Experimental Biology, 218 (3). pp. 381-387.
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In the transition from an aquatic to a terrestrial lifestyle, vertebrate auditory systems have undergone major changes while adapting to aerial hearing. Lungfish are the closest living relatives of tetrapods and their auditory system may therefore be a suitable model of the auditory systems of early tetrapods such as Acanthostega. Therefore, experimental studies on the hearing capabilities of lungfish may shed light on the possible hearing capabilities of early tetrapods and broaden our understanding of hearing across the water-to-land transition. Here, we tested the hypotheses that (i) lungfish are sensitive to underwater pressure using their lungs as pressure-toparticle motion transducers and (ii) lungfish can detect airborne sound. To do so, we used neurophysiological recordings to estimate the vibration and pressure sensitivity of African lungfish (Protopterus annectens) in both water and air. We show that lungfish detect underwater sound pressure via pressure-to-particle motion transduction by air volumes in their lungs. The morphology of lungfish shows no specialized connection between these air volumes and the inner ears, and so our results imply that air breathing may have enabled rudimentary pressure detection as early as the Devonian era. Additionally, we demonstrate that lungfish in spite of their atympanic middle ear can detect airborne sound through detection of sound-induced head vibrations. This strongly suggests that even vertebrates with no middle ear adaptations for aerial hearing, such as the first tetrapods, had rudimentary aerial hearing that may have led to the evolution of tympanic middle ears in recent tetrapods.
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2015 has been an exciting year for those of us involved in the EHS and quality management space. Increasing regulatory pressures such as changes to the OSHA fine structure, the roll out of FSMA and an update to quality management standards with ISO9001:2015 have added up to a news filled 12 months.
The macro trends driving these changes didn't stop and in fact seemed to accelerate in 2015. Empowered consumers are increasingly aware of and more communicative (through social media and other technology channels) when it comes to workplace safety, product quality and consumer safety. Government pressures to clean up dirty businesses, or at least tighten the regulatory safety nets in place for citizens, have been a boon to our collective confidence in our employers and in the products we buy, but at the same time are forcing businesses to, in some cases, reevaluate how they operate.
Technology also continued to see advancements. Mobile adoption is at its highest rate with no signs of slowing and Big Data driven decisions went from theory to reality in many industries from insurance to pro sports.
So, what might be in store for 2016?
1. Increased reliance on data driven decisions
It seems that every year data driven decisions and going beyond collecting big data to using big data for strategic decisions is gaining traction in more and more industries. Originally the domain of technologists like online advertisers and advanced financial modeling. We now see machine learning and other big data technologies playing a part in decision making in other industries and use cases as varying as insurance quotes and professional sports player roster decisions.
2016 could be the tipping point year for health and safety (EHS) and quality. Many organizations are sitting on vast pools of data related to health and safety, from incidents to near misses to staff training and certification information. That information, when viewed alongside other corporate data sources such as sales, CRM and logistics could very well uncover new opportunities, for health and safety professionals and quality pros to move the needle from simply reacting to hazards and fines, to proactively and predictively building safer (and more efficient) business processes.
2. Increased scrutiny on data quality
The 4 Vs model of big data has quickly gained acceptance. Volume, Velocity and Variety are core to quantifying big data. But the fourth V – Veracity – will no doubt begin to face the most scrutiny in 2016.
Veracity speaks to the accuracy of the data itself. After all, the adage "garbage in – garbage out" is an old piece of accepted advice for a reason. This is particularly true when it comes to data. Having measures (and the right tools) in place to ensure data quality from the beginning will increasingly become a priority for all of us. For EHS pros this translates into ensuring that the right tools and processes are in place for employees to quickly, easily and accurately add data (from incidents to audits and checklists) into your data management system.
3. Executive level visibility for safety initiatives
There was a time that the strategic table at a large organization was essentially made up of the CEO and the board exclusively. Over time that table had chairs added to it, to include everyone from the COO CFO and CIO to ensure that everything from day to day operations to the budget and the technology tools being used were all aligned to execute on that core strategy.
2016 could be the year when EHS and quality finally gets a core contributing seat at that strategic table. When it comes to brand impact and perception and argument could be made that nothing can carry quite as much downside risk to a business in that regard than safety. Be it worker safety or product safety. Lapses in safety in a world of viral messages and social media could be a nightmare for any brand. This type of thinking is already in place with many organizations how are not only posting but promoting their corporate citizenship and sustainability objectives. The New Year could bring an even wider spread adoption of this type of progressive, strategic thinking.
4. Breaking down departmental and information silos
Implied in many big data discussions is the idea that businesses need to be more focused on acting as a whole rather than discrete and separate departments or functions. Data can and will be a catalyst for accelerating the breaking down of communication silos within organizations that may have historically been a barrier to this kind of collaboration.
For health and safety pros this may also have the added benefit of acting as a significant step in changing the perception of health and safety from being a niche department to becoming a core part of corporate strategy AND corporate culture.
5. Oh yeah and mobility
Would any predictions post be complete without talking about mobility? What once was a fad and the exclusive domain of executives has now become the norm. We're an increasingly mobile and connected society. Smartphones are ubiquitous and they've also had the interesting side effect of changing consumers' behaviors and attitudes towards technology and data – both creation and consumption. Forward thinking business leaders – particularly those involved in EHS and quality – will look to take advantage of mobile as an exciting new platform to not only gather a richer breadth of data, but also an opportunity to disrupt how, and whom can consume that data.
So those are my predictions for what's coming in the New Year. Which ones will I get right, and what do you think I may have missed? I'd love to hear your comments below.


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Kellen Mathews advises clients on complex litigation matters in Louisiana. He has defended clients in products liability, education, construction, commercial and personal injury matters. He also defends employers in discrimination claims at both the administrative and federal court levels. Kellen uses his employment litigation experience as the foundation to advise employers on the creation and revision of policies and procedures that ensure compliance with the law and in turn reduction of exposure for the employer. He has tried multiple cases to verdict, including obtaining a defense verdict in a jury trial in federal court.
Kellen also focuses a considerable portion of his practice on helping clients navigate the highly nuanced procurement protest process. He assists clients in industries ranging from health care to insurance in challenging or defending the award of government contracts. In this practice area, Kellen navigates the intersection of administrative law, government and litigation.
" I take ownership of a client's issues. I take them home with me, and am constantly thinking of how to achieve the best result for the client. I pride myself on being accessible to clients, and I work until the matter is resolved. "
- Paul M. Hebert Law Center of Louisiana State University, J.D., 2008
- Millsaps College, B.A., 2004
Court Admissions
- Louisiana Supreme Court
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
- United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
Community Involvement
In the community, Kellen is a board member of The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, which assists more than 130 charitable agencies in Baton Rouge and 11 surrounding parishes in feeding the area's residents. In 2018, Kellen joined the Executive Committee of the board for the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank.
Kellen serves on the associate board of City Year Baton Rouge and, since 2015, he has served as a member of the host committee for City Year Baton Rouge's signature fundraising event, the School House Rock Gala.
- Louisiana Rising Stars® (by Thomson Reuters) Civil Litigation: Defense 2016-2019
- Louis Berry Award – Louis A. Martinet Legal Society 2016
- Best Lawyers® – Commercial Litigation
Professional Affiliations & Memberships
- Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Council, At-Large Member (2012-2017)
- Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Diversity Committee, Chair (2012-2017)
- International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), Member
Kellen interned for the Honorable Terri Love in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans and, following law school, clerked for the Honorable Harry F. Randow in the Ninth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Rapides.


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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-17
- Got to practice 5 out of 7 languages yesterday, in a room with only 6 people. All 5 were needed to communicate. Couchsurfing is wonderful! #
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Python3 is available on Shared, VPS, and Dedicated Servers. If you wish to use a specific version, you can install it locally under your Shell user by following the steps in this article.
To run the following commands, you must log in to your server via SSH with your Shell user. View the following articles for more information:
Installing Python 3
The instructions below install version 3.10.1. Make sure to change this to your chosen version in the commands below.
- Choose the version you wish to install from python.org.
- Right-click on the link titled Gzipped source tarball of the version you wish to install. From the popout menu choose Copy Link Location.
- Log into your server via SSH, and then run the following commands one at a time:
[server]$ cd ~ [server]$ mkdir tmp [server]$ cd tmp [server]$ wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.1/Python-3.10.1.tgz [server]$ tar zxvf Python-3.10.1.tgz
[server]$ cd Python-3.10.1
[server]$ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/opt/python-3.10.1 [server]$ make [server]$ make install
- These commands install your local version of python to /home/username/opt/python-3.10.1.
- Navigate back to your user's home directory:
[server]$ cd ~
- View the creating and editing a file via SSH article for instructions on how to edit your existing .bash_profile. To use the new version of Python over the system default, enter the following line to your .bash_profile:
export PATH=$HOME/opt/python-3.10.1/bin:$PATH
- Save and close the file, and then return to your shell. Run the following command to update this file:
[server]$ . ~/.bash_profile
- Check which version of Python you're now using by entering the following command:
[server]$ which python3 /home/username/opt/python-3.10.1/bin/python3
You can also check the version:
[server]$ python3 --version Python 3.10.1
If there is no response then the newly downloaded copy is not being used. Most often this is due to the .bash_profile not being updated correctly. Try logging out and back in again. If necessary, repeat the steps above.
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Christmas Mason Jars
I know many people have done this project before, but I just wanted to quickly share mine.
All you need are glass mason jars, some white paint, some jute twine, mini pine cones and some Christmas greenery.
The method is pretty straight forward. Paint, tie, glue, fill. :)
I made two for the shelf in my lounge room.
The Ho Ho Ho sign is a new addition this year.
As are my little wooden stars on stands.
And they all come together perfectly for my Christmas shelf display.
I can't wait to share my full home tour shortly.
:) Julie


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Apr 27, 2015
Nikki Glaser is a stand-up comic who headlines at clubs all over North America. She's found a way to be very funny while fearlessly facing her deepest fears. Plus, she wipes her ass with facewipes.
Apr 20, 2015
Murphy is "about thirteen and a half" but has the insightful perspective of someone who's been thinking about life for a lot longer than that.
Apr 13, 2015
Magnus is the creator of Marriage 2.0, a revolutionary feature film that treats explicit sexuality as an intrinsic part of the characters' lives, without resorting to worn out pornification. We discuss the challenges of trying to make erotic art for smart people in a market geared toward mindlessness.
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Apr 6, 2015
Dan Carlin is an American political commentator, amateur historian, and podcaster. Once a professional radio host, Carlin eventually took his show to the Internet, and he now hosts two popular independent podcasts: Common Sense and


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April 12,2018
Actress-filmmaker Nandita Das' much-awaited "Manto" directorial, which stars
actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto, has made its way to
the Un Certain Regard segment of the prestigious 71st Cannes Film Festival.
The official line-up was announced on the gala's website on Thursday.
"Manto", a biographical historical period drama film about the writer who is known for his writings around the partition of India and Pakistan, is the only Indian film in Un Certain Regard category of the gala. The film fest is to be held from May 8 to 19.
"We are in Cannes! 'Manto' is selected in the official section Un Certain Regards. Exciting moment for the entire crew and cast," Nandita tweeted.
Nawazuddin wrote: "'And it is possible that Saadat Hasan dies, but Manto remains alive'. Glad to inform that 'Manto' is selected for competition at Cannes 2018 in Un Certain Regard section. Congratulations Nandita Das and Team 'Manto'."
The film also features Tahir Raj Bhasin as Shyam Chaddha, who was Manto's friend, confidant and inspiration for a number of stories.
Actress Rasika Dugal essays the role of Manto's wife Safia, while Rajshri Deshpande will play the part of author Ismat Chughtai. Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor too also be seen essaying a minor role in the film.
The background score of the movie has been given by table maestro Zakir Hussain while the music has been composed by Sneha Khanwalkar.
Cannes Film Festival will this year open with Asghar Farhadi's Spanish-language thriller "Everybody Knows", starring Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Ricardo Darin.
Among the films in the special screenings section are Gilles Porte's documentary "The State Against Mandela and The Others", "10 Years in Thailand" and Wim Wenders's documentary "Pope Francis - A Man of his Word".
Netflix has boycotted the festival to protest films produced by streaming platforms from being banned from the competition section.


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by Zachary Adama
For those who read this blog, I apologize for my long absence. In my last post I descended into the rabbit hole, and have since been journeying through Wonderland. I will not recount every adventure, but instead will attempt to summarize the lessons I have learned – paltry though they may be.
I last left you with a theory of everything, and a metaphysical conception of reality predicated on the idea that all things share an underlying unity of being. I left to the reader to sort out what this means for daily living and their individual roles in the world. In my own journey I have wandered through the valleys of darkness, and walked upon the peaks of light. Having walked both paths, I can only say with certainty that all paths lead to the same destination, and that each wanderer must take his own journey to get there.
We are all a part of the mosaic of existence, each playing his role, not by chance, but as a necessary component of the overarching scheme. To grasp the unity of being is to understand that the self is capable of infinite things, that the self is infinite being, and that only our momentary awareness makes us finite and small. We exist in the in-between place, between harmony and chaos. In a state of perfect harmony being is inert and unchanging, for the goal of harmony is perfect unity and the amelioration of all differences – which is the death all progress. A state of entropy is no less undesirable, perpetuating the illusion of separateness, and pulling being apart, to a point where it can comprehend neither itself nor others. Yet somewhere between being pulled apart and pushed together, we move forward, we exist, and we learn.
Some promote harmony, while others act as catalyst. Each has his own morality, his own agenda, and his own priorities – yet each serves the whole, and each helps us learn. In the end I can neither praise nor deride those who promote one or the other. Perhaps I have become a solipsist, for indeed I know less now than I did before. But I move onward, walking between chaos and harmony, a consummate student of both.


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The culture that is Japan
…a new breed of automated seller has smarts, too–these machines can detect your age and gender and offer drink suggestions accordingly.
The new machines under the Acure brand were recently installed in Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and they're about the size of two refrigerators.
Run by a company under the JR East railway group, the "next-generation drink machines" are imposing enough, but fortunately they don't talk to you. They have cameras that use facial-recognition algorithms to match customers' faces to a database of people types.
When you stand in front of the machine, it takes a second to process your image. It will then recommend some of the roughly 35 drinks displayed on its large touch-screen panel by showing little cartoonish speech bubbles next to them…
At one machine on the main concourse of Shinagawa, I saw a Japanese businessman being offered Coke as a suggested beverage, while a Japanese woman was offered a water-like vitamin drink.
The full story is here and for the pointer I thank Steve Silberman.


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Welcome to Our School Libraries
Eevry school in the Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) has a library website featuring the school's library catalog, e-books, educational videos and online resources. To access a school's library website, you must first log into a SUSD gapps (Google) account. Once you are successfully logged in, click the appropriate link below. The online library is also available through Single Sign On after you have logged into gapps.
NOTE: The library links below only function from within the SUSD technology network. You must be logged into an SUSD gapps account for these links to connect. These databases are not accessible to the general public because of licensing requirements set by the publishers
School Library Links
- Anasazi Elementary School
- Arcadia High School
- Chaparral High School
- Cherokee Elementary School
- Cheyenne Traditional School
- Cochise Elementary School
- Cocopah Middle School
- Copper Ridge School
- Coronado High School
- Desert Canyon Elementary School
- Desert Canyon Middle School
- Desert Mountain High School
- Echo Canyon School
- Hohokam Elementary School
- Hopi Elementary School
- Ingleside Middle School
- Kiva Elementary School
- Laguna Elementary School
- Mohave Middle School
- Mountainside Middle School
- Navajo Elementary School
- Pima Traditional School
- Pueblo Elementary School
- Redfield Elementary School
- Saguaro High School
- Sequoya Elementary School
- Tavan Elementary School
- Tonalea K-8 School
- Yavapai Elementary School


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Okanagan Valley Birding Trail Guide
The "must-have" guide to the hottest birding spots in the Okanagan Valley. Thirty-two pages crammed with all the info you need to find birds in the Okanagan. With more than 320 species possible, the Okanagan has everything from Avocets to Yellow warblers and lots in between.Available now for only $5.00 plus $4.25 (in Canada) postage & handling.
South Okanagan residents can save the postage by purchasing at Penticton area bookstores or the Visitor Info Centre or Art Knapps Plantland.
We are just about sold out of these guides. Our remaining guides have a small flaw on the bottom of page 16 (a tear that occurred during printing) so we have reduced the price of these remaining books to $4.00. This reduced price will automatically appear when you click the "add to cart" button. Shipping and handling is $4.25
Overseas residents please email Bob for postage details.
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A California government official has proposed legislation that would ban Ticketmaster's "secret scalper program," TradeDesk, from selling tickets on the secondary market. According to the Toronto Star, Assembly Member Bill Quirk proposed the legislation following scathing reports last year exposing TradeDesk. During the annual Ticket Summit conference in Las Vegas, held... Read more
A California judge tentatively granted Ticketmaster's request to arbitrate its ongoing "Scalpergate" class-action lawsuit, which alleges that it violated antitrust and consumer protection laws by helping scalpers re-sell tickets. It's possible the suit could be resolved in confidential proceedings, leaving the public in the dark. The ticketing giant has... Read more
Ticketmaster, Live Nation Battle Against Consumer Class Action Lawsuit
A class action lawsuit against Ticketmaster was revealed earlier this week after a customer accused the ticketing giant of intentional fraud and over-charging consumers. The lawsuit was filed by customer Allen Lee in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, brought by barristers Steve Berman and... Read more
Shubert 'Fighting Scalping,' but Also Selling 300% Mark-Up Tickets Through Own Subsidiary
The Shubert Organization, one of the primary organizations lobbying hard to add onerous restrictions to the right of consumers to re-sell their own tickets in New York, is in fact a major player in the secondary market itself, scalping its own tickets at steep markup while misleading consumers that... Read more
Ticketmaster Suit Continues Against Broker For Illegal Bot Use
Ticketmaster filed a lawsuit against the Connecticut-based broker Prestige Entertainment last year for allegedly using illegal technology "bots" to score thousands of popular tickets to re-sell. In 2015, Prestige Entertainment purchased a large amount of tickets from the site for a boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.... Read more
This morning, New South Wales approved scalping laws to stop tickets from being resold at inflated prices, and announced staggering fines scalpers will face if they do not oblige. According to The Newcastle Herald, the Minister for Better Regulation, Matt Kean, said that these reforms mean that it is... Read more
Arizona Lawmaker Aims to Outlaw Ticket Bots
Arizona State Senator John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, has proposed a law that would make it illegal to use computer software to impersonate a human for "nefarious reasons", including buying up concert and theater tickets to resell, reports AZ Central. Kavanagh says he was inspired to write the bill after hearing stories... Read more
Cyber Bots Target Holiday Toys
"Bots", the high-speed technology usually employed to purchase mass amounts of tickets for the purpose of inflated resale, are now being used to buy up the most popular toys as we approach the gift-giving season, says the NY Daily News. After complaints of impossibly fast sellouts to popular concerts... Read more
Opinion: Peering Behind the Propaganda at Why "Verified Fan" Exists
by Sam Pocker, Special to TicketNews I wanted to take a moment to explain Ticketmaster's "Verified Fan" program as succinctly as possible both to journalists who continue to disseminate the propaganda surrounding it as well as to consumers, managers, and brokers so that each may have a better understanding... Read more
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Manuel Manny Psyhos, 64, formerly of Hornell, passed away Wednesday, June 12th, 2019, after a brief illness.
Born June 18, 1954, Manny was the 2nd son of George and Georgia Psyhos.
Manuel grew up in Hornell, NY. His first job was working in his dad's restaurant, the Texas Café. He was a poet, actor, animal lover, and entrepreneur. He couldn't get out of the restaurant business. When he left the Texas Café, he got a job at Nick Tahou's restaurant in Rochester, home of the garbage plate, where he worked for many years. Manuel had a great love of God, which he found a great comfort.
He is predeceased by his parents George and Georgia Psyhos and brother Jim Psyhos.
He is survived by his loving wife Kelly Psyhos, Kelly's children, Rebecca King, Amie (Jordan) Craft of Alaska and Michael Hance; sister Elaine (Lincoln) Barnes, brother Peter (Kathy) Burns; nephew John Burns; nieces, Shayna Gehl and Laura Kleemook and cousins Elizabeth Steinberg and Nick (Janet) Martys.
A celebration of his life will be held on July 13 at 1 pm at the Old Paths Bible Baptist Church, 4782 Hall Rd., Holley, NY.


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Norman Gaither is Professor Emeritus of Business Analysis and Research at Texas A&M University.Gaither, Norman is the author of 'Operations Management', published 2001 under ISBN 9780324066852 and ISBN 0324066856.[read more]
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