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For progressives to succeed in taking back this country, we need to stay true to our values and communicate them effectively. To accomplish this mission, we need to be aware of the traps that have often tripped up progressives in the past.
In this preview of the new book, Thinking Points: Communicating Our American Values and Vision, A Progressive's Handbook by George Lakoff and the Rockridge Institute, we present twelve traps to avoid as we make our case to restore an America that is true to its best principles.
Twelve Traps to Avoid
(Excerpted from Chapter One of Thinking Points)
1. The Issue Trap
We hear it said all the time: Progressives won't unite behind any set of ideas. We all have different ideas and care about different issues. The truth is that progressives do agree at the level of values and that there is a real basis for progressive unity. Progressive values cut across issues. So do principles and forms of argument. Conservatives argue conservatism, no matter what the issue. Progressives should argue progressivism. We need to get out of issue silos that isolate arguments and keep us from the values and principles that define an overall progressive vision.
2. The Poll Trap
Many progressives slavishly follow polls. The job of leaders is to lead, not follow. Besides, contrary to popular belief, polls in themselves do not present accurate empirical evidence. Polls are only as accurate as the framing of their questions, which is often inadequate. Real leaders don't use polls to find out what positions to take; they lead people to new positions.
3. The Laundry List Trap
Progressives tend to believe that people vote on the basis of lists of programs and policies. In fact, people vote based on values, connection, authenticity, trust, and identity.
4. The Rationalism Trap
There is a commonplace--and false--theory that reason is completely conscious, literal (applies directly to the objective world), logical, universal, and unemotional. Cognitive science has shown that every one of these assumptions is false. These assumptions lead progressives into other traps: assuming that hard facts will persuade voters, that voters are "rational" and vote in their self-interest and on the issues, and that negating a frame is an effective way to argue against it.
5. The No-Framing-Necessary Trap
Progressives often argue that "truth doesn't need to be framed" and that the "facts speak for themselves." People use frames--deep-seated mental structures about how the world works--to understand facts. Frames are in our brains and define our common sense. It is impossible to think or communicate without activating frames, and so which frame is activated is of crucial importance. Truths need to be framed appropriately to be seen as truths. Facts need a context.
6. The Policies-Are-Values Trap
Progressives regularly mistake policies with values, which are ethical ideas like empathy, responsibility, fairness, freedom, justice, and so on. Policies are not themselves values, though they are, or should be, based on values. Thus, Social Security and universal health insurance are not values; they are policies meant to reflect and codify the values of human dignity, the common good, fairness, and equality.
7. The Centrist Trap
There is a common belief that there is an ideological "center"--a large group of voters either with a consistent ideology of their own or lined up left to right on the issues or forming a "mainstream," all with the same positions on issues. In fact, the so-called center is actually made up of biconceptuals, people who are conservative in some aspects of life and progressive in others. Voters who self-identify as "conservative" often have significant progressive values in important areas of life. We should address these "partial progressive" biconceptuals through their progressive identities, which are often systematic and extensive.
A common mistaken ideology has convinced many progressives that they must "move to the right" to get more votes. In reality, this is counterproductive. By moving to the right, progressives actually help activate the right's values and give up on their own. In the process, they also alienate their base.
8. The "Misunderestimating" Trap
Too many progressives think that people who vote conservative are just stupid, especially those who vote against their economic self-interest. Progressives believe that we only have to tell them the real economic facts, and they will change the way they vote. The reality is that those who vote conservative have their reasons, and we had better understand them. Conservative populism is cultural--not economic--in nature. Conservative populists see themselves as oppressed by elitist liberals who look down their noses at them, when they are just ordinary, moral, right-thinking folks. They see liberals as trying to impose an immoral "political correctness" on them, and they are angry about it.
Progressives also paint conservative leaders as incompetent and not very smart, based on a misunderstanding of the conservative agenda. This results from looking at conservative goals through progressive values. Looking at conservative goals through conservative values yields insight and shows just how effective conservatives really are.
9. The Reactive Trap
For the most part, we have been letting conservatives frame the debate. Conservatives are taking the initiative on policy making and getting their ideas out to the public. When progressives react, we echo the conservative frames and values, so our message is not heard or, even worse, reinforces their ideas. Progressives need a collection of proactive policies and communication techniques to get our own values out on our own terms. "War rooms" and "truth squads" must change frames, not reinforce conservative frames. But even then, they are not nearly enough. Progressive leaders, outside of any party, must come together in an ongoing, long-term, organized national campaign that honestly conveys progressive values to the public--day after day, week after week, year after year, no matter what the specific issues of the day are.
10. The Spin Trap
Some progressives believe that winning elections or getting public support is a matter of clever spin and catchy slogans--what we call "surface framing." Surface framing is meaningless without deep framing--our deepest moral convictions and political principles. Framing, used honestly at both the deep and surface levels, is needed to make the truth visible and our values clear. Spin, on the other hand, is the dishonest use of surface linguistic frames to hide the truth. And progressive values and principles--the deep frames--must be in place before slogans can have an effect; slogans alone accomplish nothing. Conservative slogans work because they have been communicating their deep frames for decades.
11. The Policyspeak Trap
Progressives consistently use legislative jargon and bureaucratic solutions, like "Medicare prescription drug benefits," to speak to the public about their positions. Instead, progressives should speak in terms of the common concerns of voters--for instance, how a policy will let you send your daughter to college, or how it will let you launch your own business.
12. The Blame Game Trap
It is convenient to blame our problems on the media and on conservative lies. Yes, conservative leaders have regularly lied and used Orwellian language to distort the truth, and yes, the media have been lax, repeating the conservatives' frames. But we have little control over that. We can control only how we communicate. Simply correcting a lie with the truth is not enough. We must reframe from our moral perspective so that the truth can be understood. This reframing is needed to get our deep frames into public discourse. If enough people around the country honestly, effectively, and regularly express a progressive vision, the media will be much more likely to adopt our frames.
You can now download the complete chapter in which this excerpt appears (as well as the preface and introduction) on the Rockridge Institute's website.
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I'm travelling, which explains the total absence of recent activity. I hope to resume posting soon, but probably on a limited basis for some time. In the meantime, please keep it civil and constructive.
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You seem keen to keep your model purely theoretical where it is beyond reproach. An old saying runs: all models are wrong, but some are useful, which reflects the weakness of all models in processing data from observed reality.
Your model doesn't tell us anything useful about the conditions predisposing or subverting support over the next 27 months or so for either of the major parties. It is purely an analogy from physics.
It seems to me significant that two party and preferred PM figures have moved so sharply so quickly against the coalition. This is inconceivable outside of an inference that many of those who gave their support to the coalition in September of 2013 now regard the rationale for that support as flawed or overtaken by events. A new paradigm of the regime has at a minimum become part of a working theory which those folk will seek to affirm or refute, most likely with a bias in favour of the former. If that bias is to be reversed there will need to be some game changing circumstance that recasts the regime in much more positive terms but it is hard to imagine what that could be.
That I find it hard to imagine doesn't make it impossible or even seriously implausible, but I suppose I am wondering if someone can suggest a turn of events that would fit that description that is also a plausible development from data about the Abbott regime we currently have.
This is a politics site after all.
@Fran Barlow
Sorry if I misunderstood you before. When you say that you can't imagine what could turn around the recent fall in the government's support, but you also say that your inability to imagine it doesn't it make it impossible or seriously implausible, I have no disagreement with you.
I share your curiosity about what might affect future movements in the opinion polls. I find I have very little idea what affects people's voting intentions. I know that a great many people, perhaps even most people, make their decisions about how to vote in a different way from the way I do.
J-D, what makes it unlikely, as opposed to "increasing its chances", is that it's a lot more difficult for governments to rebuild popularity and trust, than to lose them. The more severe the loss, the more time it takes to recover – not less.
I listened to the Senate Manus Inquiry today.
The 2 young ex-salvos workers were inspirational. Ian MacDonald was terrifyingly creepy.
In light of this today from Shorten:
Mr Shorten says Labor will not go back to its 2008 policy, but will continue to fight for more humanitarian approaches to the processing and treatment of asylum seekers who have arrived by boat.
He says Labor's decision to dismantle the so-called Pacific Solution was a mistake that he would not be repeating.
..I'll stick by my prediction, specifically that the ALP is determined NOT to do the few things it would take to guarantee an LNP "one term" government.
Remember that in 2007 the ALP beat one of the longest serving governments in our history – in large part because of the LNP's cruel, inhumane treatment of refugees. For only the second time a sitting PM lost his own seat. The ALP refugee policy was a "core" promise.
It's a fact that in the 2007 election the ALP defeated the Coalition government. It's also a fact that the defeated government was one of the longest serving in Australian history, but I don't see why you're mentioning that fact — defeating long serving governments is not harder than defeating short-term governments and may in fact be easier, which would if anything make the ALP victory in that election less significant, not more.
That refugee policy was a major factor in the 2007 election result is not so easily demonstrated. I get the impression that people who favour stricter treatment of refugee claims imagine that most people feel the same way and that stricter refugee policies are the way to win electoral support, while people who favour more generous treatment of refugee claims imagine that most people feel the same way and more generous refugee policies are the way to win electoral support. My guess would be that refugee policy has only a minor effect on voting patterns.
Actually, in general I notice that a lot of people are tempted by the idea that the way for a party to become electorally successful is to adopt the same policies that person favours. Not me. I wouldn't give ten cents for the electoral prospects of any party that adopted the policies I would personally favour.
I was too slow to post at the https://johnquiggin.com/2014/05/21/if-it-looks-like-a-debt-walks-like-a-debt-and-quacks-like-a-debt/ thread regarding sale of power infrastructure.
I think there may be another reason for this setup.
To prevent breaking it up into micro-grids.
Whilst debt is "bad", I'm sure the Qld govt doesn't care what the asset ledger looks like and they'd flog it off in a heartbeat, but keeping it as a unit places an entry barrier on micro-grids from emerging and competing.
I guess it may also placate the anti-privitisation a little, although it also quacks like a sale too.
NSW looks to pulling same shonkey with 99 year leases tossed about.
And I heard a neo-con on the radio, NSW treasurer or premier perhaps, describe it as "re-cycling assets". Some genius must have thought that up because "privatisation" and "asset sales" are so unpopular – because the citizens know it's a scam.
In this new age of right wing political correctness, should the doors on public toilets go from "vacant" to "disputed" when occupied?


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Naghdalyan Murder: Sargysan claims
he was blackmailed into paying money
Armen Sargsyan, brother of the murdered Prime
Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, was called to testify
this week over his alleged involvement in the
killing of the head of Armenian Public Television.
Sargsyan, who is accused of ordering the murder
of Tigran Naghdalyan for $75,000, declined to
make a statement directly (YES?) but instead asked
the court to play a video recording of his interrogation
during preliminary investigations when he was
arrested in March.
In testimony given before his arrest on March
15, Sargsyan said he did not give money to his
distant relative Hovhannes "Aper" Harutyunyan,
who is a connecting link between Naghdalyan's
alleged killers and the person said to have ordered
On the video record played in court, Sargsyan
said he had known about Naghdalyan's murder for
the first time on December 28, 2002 from TV. Two
days later, he was surprised to receive a visit
from "Aper", whom he had not seen for
a long time.
"Aper" told Sargsyan that some goods
he had purchased from Beirut, Lebanon, were stuck
in Georgia and he needed $30,000 to get them through
customs. Sargsyan said initially that he did not
have such money, but later gave "Aper"
$25,000 and the latter promised to return it within
a month.
"Aper" visited Sargsyan's house again
during the New Year holidays, but they did not
discuss Naghdalyan's death. On January 15, Liova
Harutyunyan (father of Armen Sargsyan's godson)
visited Sargsyan's house and said that "Aper"
and Gegham Shahbazyan had been linked to the murder
of the journalist. He tried to find out from Sargsyan
whether he had promised to give money for this
killing through "Aper".
"When I heard that "Aper" had
something to do with that murder I was surprised
very much," said Sargsyan. He said he told
Liova, "let them go and take money from those
who ordered the murder."
After turning Liova Harutyunyan out of his house,
Sargsyan said he suspected that "Aper"
had taken money from him to pay the killers. "Aper"
came some time later to the Ararat Canning Factory
where Sargsyan worked and told him: "We must
give those people money so that they could leave
us alone."
He allegedly told Sargsyan that the killers would
kill both him, Armen and his family unless they
paid. Sargsyan paid $15,000 and on February 28
he gave "Aper" an additional $35,000.
In the court, Sargsyan said that he had been
involuntarily involved in the affair principally
as a result of "Aper's" lie and then
as a consequence of blackmail.
He offered to answer any questions. But prosecutors
refused to cross-examine him, claiming they could
not see any discrepancies in Sargsyan's testimonies.
Only the victim's sister Karineh Naghdalyan addressed
questions to Sargsyan.
Naghdalyan - Do you think it is a fair
step and a display of bravery to pay $75,000 to
criminals and cover up the murder?
Sargsyan - I perfectly understand your
position because I've been through it for four
years. If I was about to order Naghdalyan's murder
then I would do that only in case he had given
testimonies on "27th" case or I was
not so stupid to order the murder without paying
for it in advance especially as I have money (Aram
Sargsyan shares the same opinion, "Armen's
watch costs $70,000 if he decided to order the
murder then he would give it at once," he
said). I'm not a coward but I had to pay and I
didn't think was it a bravery or not. I was taking
care of my family's safety and for that I was
ready to give as much money as they required.
I was worried especially about my brother (Aram
Sargsyan), who was in Yerevan and anything could
happen to him.
Naghdalyan - If you have so much money
why didn't you hire many bodyguards for ensuring
your family's security and solving that crime?
Sargsyan - Then how could I explain
it to my relatives. I would have never wished
them to be involved in this dirty affair, which
I had already become involved in. I didn't know
I would finish like this.
Naghdalyan - Then why after they were
arrested didn't you say who the murderers and
conspirators were? You think it is a fair deal?
Sargsyan - I didn't think proceedings
would be instigated for things I haven't done.
From the victim's perspective, yes, it's not a
fair deal. At the same time I couldn't give testimonies
against my relatives (meaning "Aper"
and father of his godson) without knowing the
core of the incident. You know, like you, I think
about all those who knew about Vazgen's murder
and didn't tell anything.
Hovhannes "Aper" Harutyunyan's lawyer,
Hoktember Karamyan, also questioned Sargsyan.
He expressed anger that investigators had shown
his client's testimony to Sargsyan during questioning.
Karamyan asked Sargsyan why he hadn't testified
at the beginning that "Aper" was threatening
him to get money from him.
Sargsyan said that he didn't think "Aper"
would testify against him. However, when the investigator
told him what "Aper" had said, he decided
to tell the truth.
Judge Aramyan asked one question: "What
was the reason that your relatives gave such testimonies
against you?"
Sargsyan replied: "Liova Harutyunyan didn't
give testimony against me before April-May. His
first testimonies are more correct. In general,
all testimonies given before May are 75 per cent
true. I presume, but I won't tell, what made Liova
testify against me in May and say that I ordered
the murder."
Karineh Naghdalyan also gave testimony. She said
that her brother was in the habit of visiting
his parents every day. At 18:30 on December 28,
he went to their second floor apartment on Zakyan
Street and left 30 minutes later. His father saw
him out of the apartment and turned on an outside
light to help him see the way down.
A few seconds after closing his door, the father
heard shooting and ran outside to find his son
covered with blood lying on the first floor staircase.
Together with his brother, they took Naghdalyan
to the nearest hospital, but doctors were unable
to save him.
Defendant John Harutyunyan, who confessed in
the court, that he had shot Tigran Naghdalyan
from the front, asked Karineh Naghdalyan what
doctors had told them when they were in hospital.
"We were not in a state to ask doctors questions,"
she answered.
Harutyunyan was hinting at a forensic document
given by doctors at the hospital. Information
given to journalists about the victim's wounds
is included in the document, stating that Naghdalyan
was shot in the back and not from the front, as
Harutyunyan says.
Experts of forensic medicine will explain these
questions next week. The trial continues.
Hye Profile: India's Ambassador seeks
to win hearts and investment in Armenia
Full story
Naghdalyan Murder: Sargysan claims he was blackmailed
into paying money
Full story
Pause for Thought: Political reflections
on a Parliamentary crime
Full story
This week Armenia was commemorating the fourth anniversary
of October 27 terroristic act in Armenian parliament
and paying tribute to its victims. Among others Stepan
Demirchyan visited the cemetery and laid flowers on
the grave of his father, late speaker of National Assembly
Karen Demirchyan.


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Judge points to flaws in Oland probe as jury instructions enter second day
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- Published Wednesday, December 16, 2015
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SAINT JOHN, N.B. -- The Saint John, N.B., judge hearing the murder trial of Dennis Oland has told the jury there were a series of flaws in the police investigation of the murder scene.
Justice John Walsh is reviewing the testimony of the nearly 50 trial witnesses, and touched Wednesday on the investigation into the death of Oland's father, well-known New Brunswick businessman Richard Oland.
Walsh said the trial heard that police failed to prevent too many people from entering the crime scene, failed to protect against the use of the second-floor washroom before it could be forensically tested, failed to ensure the back door remained untouched before it could be examined, and did not ask a pathologist to determine if a drywall hammer was the probable murder weapon.
"A reasonable doubt is based on reason and common sense. It is a doubt that logically arises from evidence or lack of evidence," said the judge, of the Court of Queen's Bench.
The judge also noted there was no physical evidence at the crime scene to connect Dennis Oland or anyone else, and said there was no physical evidence in Dennis Oland's car, on his blackberry or on shoes seized from his home.
He said it's up to the jury to use common sense to assess what was found on the brown sports jacket Dennis Oland was wearing when he visited his father on July 6, 2011, the day before Richard Oland was found face down in a pool of blood in his office.
Oland has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. On Tuesday, Walsh told the jury that Dennis Oland is presumed to be innocent unless the Crown proves his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
"It is not enough for you to believe Dennis Oland is probably or likely guilty," he said.
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Fashion: What are you wearing? with Tristan Chamberlin
Name: Tristan Chamberlin
Age: 30
Hometown: All over the place. "I'm a Navy brat."
Neighborhood: Brewery District
Job: Mortgage banker at JP Morgan Chase
Describe your style: "Esoteric"
Shoes: By Wolverine from Repertoire
Red, white and blue bracelet: From Starbucks
Earrings: Flathead screw-shaped style by jewelry designer Philip Crangi
Glasses: By Warby Parker
Watch: From Brooks Brothers
Rawring: By G-Star
Diesel ring: "This was the first accessory I ever bought for myself. It's from a Japanese Diesel store. Inside it says 'Only the Brave.' I look at it whenever I'm thinking about an adventure or doing something new."
Jeans: Drop Crotch style by G-Star. "I own about 20 pairs of jeans. … G-Star is my favorite label. I fell in love with it when I was teaching in Japan. When Brigade [in the Short North] opened, they had a billboard that said it was going to sell G-Star. I wrecked my bike looking at the billboard."
Anchor bracelet: By Miansai from J.Crew. "I grew up in a military family. My style is heavily influenced by the military."
Bow tie: From Brooks Brothers. "The best part about a bow tie is that when it comes untied, you know the party has started."
Tattoo: By Scott Santee at Memento Tattoo. Chamberlin, his brother and their dad got these matching tattoos on Labor Day weekend. The fouled anchor represents his father's time as a senior chief petty officer in the Navy, and the swallows, one for each son, represent sailor lore that says birds bring seamen's souls home to their families if they die at sea.
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There are a lot of places to go in the great state of South Dakota. If you're looking for new experiences and long-lasting memories then book your next vacation here. Come see some of America's most beautiful landscapes and natural world wonders. From the historical Black Hills' towering pines and granite peaks, South Dakota is a land of fantastic places.
Mount Rushmore National Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)
You have to stand at the foot of Mount Rushmore National Memorial at least once in your lifetime. This incredible, manmade, granite mountain masterpiece is our country's Shrine to Democracy and a testament to the American Dream. Share a part of America's history with your family when you visit the four famous faces of Mount Rushmore. More then just the four stone faces, Mount Rushmore is home to some of South Dakota's most beautiful species of wild flowers. Learn how Native Americans used them as you walk park paths.
Crazy Horse Memorial (The World's Largest Mountain Carving)
Crazy Horse Memorial is a 563-foot-high monument, still in the making and considered the world's largest mountain carving. Blasting began in 1948 and continues today, slowly and precisely carving out a fantastic memorial of the great Lakota Leader Crazy Horse. Monument visitors can see the progress and learn its story.
Black Hills National Forest (U.S. Forest Service)
From the Lakota words "Paha Sapa" which translates "hills that are black," the towering pines, granite peaks and over 1.2 million acres of incredible scenery make up the Black Hills National Forest. When seen from a distance, these towering pines rise several thousand feet above the surrounding prairies and appear black. The forest is a unique ecosystem of plants, peaks and rocks and provides novel outdoor recreational activities and breathtaking scenic drives. The Black Hills is known to be a place of great physical and spiritual renewal.
Badlands National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
The Badlands National Park contains the world's richest Oligocene epoch fossil beds dating back over 30 million years. The evolutionary history of mammals such as the horse and rhinoceros arise from 244,000 acres of sharply eroded, colorful buttes, pinnacles and spires. Bison, bighorn sheep, black-footed ferrets and the endangered swift fox roam freely through this large, government protected mixed-grass prairie. The unique, lunar-like landscape, fossil beds and stunning scenery offers visitors a fantastic, outdoor adventure.
National Caves & Caverns
South Dakota is home to one of the largest National Caves and Cavern systems in the entire world. Located just beneath the surface of the Black Hills, visitors can discover a vast underground wilderness at such incredible places as Jewel Cave National Monument, Wind Cave National Park, Beautiful Rushmore Cave and Sitting Bull Crystal Cave. Most of the caves were discovered by gold seekers in the 1800's. Lakota Indians found strength in the power of the calcite crystals centuries before. Come discover a glittering underground world.
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
The Cold War lives on in South Dakota at the Minuteman Missile Natural Historic Site. This once top secret nuclear weapons facility, buried just beneath the prairie grasses kept world peace for almost three decades. Today, these deactivated sites preserve the original missiles, mechanical equipment and furnishings to help tell the story of this very tense time in history and learn how nuclear war came to haunt the world.
South Dakota State Parks (Division of Parks & Recreation)
South Dakota offers more state-run parks then anywhere else in the country and showcases the best in scenery, wildlife, outdoor recreation and history. South Dakota is home to so many State Parks that they're broken up into regional areas. Northern & Southern Hills, Oahe/Sharpe, Glacial Lakes, Heartland and the smallest, most exciting and historical region of Lewis & Clark located on the lower Missouri River.
National Scenic Byways & Loops Program of South Dakota
There are so many roads to travel on in South Dakota, but there are many that hold special, beautiful and historical significance. These Scenic Byways and Loops will thrill your senses and rejuvenate even the weariest traveler. Travel on a Byway that offers delightful adventure as winds spiral "pig-tail" shaped bridges, through six rock tunnels, among towering granite pinnacles and over pristine, pine-clad mountains. The Byway crosses the reservations of four Native American tribes, memorial markets, monuments, museums and sacred sites. Highlights include Mount Rushmore, Sylvan Lake, Needle's Eye and Cathedral Spires Rock Formations. Travel the Byways & Loops to commemorate the heritage of South Dakota's Sioux Nation.


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Whether you are looking for help desk software for the first time or you are considering upgrading your existing system, choosing the right help desk software can be difficult.
It is particularly challenging because you will have a huge list of products to compare and each will have their respective list of features, pricing plans, and claims about easy integration and unmatched performance.
However, when choosing the right help desk software for your organization, there are basic features that you should be looking for regardless of how big your company is, your industry, and the complexity of your IT infrastructure.
Here is a guide on what to look for in help desk software:
Easy-to-Use Interface
Help desk software is meant to make things easier for you and your team and having an interface that is far too complicated to navigate defeats that purpose. You should be able to quickly track and address user-reported incidents while also offering a convenient experience with a modern preferably responsive interface.
When choosing help desk software, it is ideal to take advantage of free trials or demos so that you know exactly what the interface looks like and if it is as easy-to-use as claimed.
Customer Self-Service
Issues can occur at any given time of the day. And often when customers encounter these problems, they're not likely to take into account if they're contacting you on the weekend or if it is beyond office hours. The expectation is that someone should be available to address their needs 24/7.
Having a ticketing system that has self-service options means customers will have access to a variety of answers to their problems at any time of the day.
Quick Access to Statistics and Metrics
Help desk software should allow you to analyze and evaluate all reported incidents and how they were responded to and treated. By having access to statistics and customer feedback, both managers and IT technical support can assess their own performance as well as that of customer service staff.
Easy Integration, Quick Implementation, and Support
You'll want to adopt the help desk software quickly. Implementation, testing, technician training should only take a few weeks. If the estimated time to go live is much too long due to the complexity of the configuration or training demands an extended amount of time, consider if the solution is not suited for your organization's needs and if you need to re-evaluate.
Because keeping your up and running and always ready to respond to customer issues rapidly, downtime or bugs within the system can seriously hurt you and reduce system effectiveness. Make sure that the help desk software provider you choose involves a good level of support such as telephone or email support.
Entry Software recognizes how crucial it is to provide technical support to their users which is why they are available for calls during regular business hours but also provide email support option. Alternatively, users can log into the customer support portal where incidents can be placed or viewed anytime.
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Stone: Spring bird phenology
Birdsong and sunshine poured through open windows this morning, wafted in on a warm breeze. It was the distinctive call of a black-throated green warbler that finally lured me outside. "Zee-zee-zee zoot-zee" he shouted. "This is my territory and don't forget it!" "Welcome home!" I felt like yelling back.
Several other melodies joined his refrain: the trill of a yellow-rumped warbler (a song I've been hearing for a few weeks already); the "Hey Sweetie" of a black-capped chickadee (I've been hearing that since January); and the tinkling stream of clear notes bellowed out by a winter wren with incredible breath control and no desire to let you get a word in edgewise. A pair of phoebes, and a few other mystery birds, also contributed their verses to the epic ballad of spring.
As I scanned the treetops to catch a glimpse of the feathered minstrels, I noticed with dismay that the maple trees were glowing brightly with tiny, translucent baby leaves among big clusters of dangling flowers. New life is beautiful, but leaf-out makes birding that much harder. I also heaved a sigh at the swarm of freshly-hatched black flies vying for my blood. Some signs of spring are not so pleasant.
It's good for the migrating warblers, though, that the insects (and food for the insects) the birds need to eat are hatched and/or growing. When the long-distance migrant birds react to changing day length in South America and start their journey north, they have no way of knowing what weather will await them on the next continent. If we have an early spring up here, they can't get bumped up to an earlier flight. If we have a late spring, they don't get a text notifying them that their flight has been delayed.
These long-distance migrants tend to arrive like clockwork each spring, with very little change in their arrival dates. What variability occurs is mediated by the weather. As the birds head toward their breeding grounds, storms and lack of food will slow them down in a late spring, while favorable conditions will encourage steady progress north in an early spring.
While the weather this spring has been lovely for a few weeks now, this is the first morning I've heard the black-throated green warbler, who started its journey in Central America. The yellow-rumped warblers (here for a while now) may have only been wintering in the southern U.S. The blackburnian warbler (a striking, bright-orange firecracker) is still on its even longer journey from South America. It will probably arrive on about the same day it did in 2013 (May 15) even though that was the year I went cross-country skiing for my 50th day of the year on May 4.
In the meantime, the plants (who can't go south for the winter) are controlled more closely by spring temperatures—although some regulation by day length plays a role in protecting them from blooming during a January thaw. I just photographed a plethora of spring flowers at St. Peter's Dome. On Mother's Day weekend 2013, I was snowed on while searching out a few spikes of furled leaves just emerging along that trail.
2013 was a great year for birding, though, because the birds came back all at once before the trees had a chance to leaf out. Visibility was amazing! Food-finding was probably a challenge for the birds, though, since local insects are also more responsive to temperature than day length.
Spring weather is always variable, but as climate change strengthens, the variability will trend earlier. Short-distance migrants might be able to shift their patterns and stay in sync with plants and insects on their breeding grounds. Researchers have found that the adaptation doesn't happen within individuals, though. Individual birds arrive at the same time, year after year. Instead, natural selection favors the birds that are programmed to arrive earlier. They have more babies with similar, early genes, while the genes of their late-arriving peers go back to the dust.
I've seen a similar sentiment in a political meme floating around the internet right now, a quote by Arturo Albergati: "People don't change their minds. They die, and are replaced by people with different opinions." While this seems a little morbid as I stand surrounded by glowing, singing, flowering, buzzing life in the most vivid season of the year, that adaptation through natural selection is actually a key to the future of life.
Observing seasonal events is also known as phenology. Come visit the Museum's brand-new exhibit about phenology: "Nature's Calendar: Signs of the Seasons" to learn more! Check our Calendar of Events for phenology journaling programs to inspire you to record seasonal events from year to year.
For over 45 years, the Cable Natural History Museum has served to connect you to the Northwoods. Come visit us in Cable, WI! Our new phenology exhibit: "Nature's Calendar: Signs of the Seasons" is now open.
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'This is a terrible crash': Motorcyclist killed in Saanich collision
Published Monday, September 16, 2019 2:44PM PDT Last Updated Tuesday, September 17, 2019 8:03AM PDT
The BC Coroners Service has been called to the corner of Cumberland and Union roads in Saanich after a motorcycle and car collided Monday afternoon.
The road, near Reynolds Secondary School, has been blocked since around noon and traffic analysts are currently flying a drone above the crash site to document it.
A white sheet can be seen covering a body near the road.
"This is a terrible crash that has taken away a man from his family," said Saanich police Sgt. Julie Fast.
A motorcycle is badly damaged and lying in the middle of the intersection.
Police say the driver of the car was uninjured and is being investigated for dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death.
The investigation is ongoing and police say the road will remain closed until they determine exactly what caused the fatal crash.
Police expect the intersection to be closed throughout the afternoon.


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Experts warn 'Alice in Wonderland' Brexit deal is unstable
Experts are warning the Brexit trade deal is "fiendishly complicated" and "very unstable," with constant potential for disputes and threat of tariffs causing fresh uncertainty for firms.
Prime minister Boris Johnson said after signing the new agreement it meant "certainty for business," ensuring continued tariff-free trade and preventing no-deal disruption this month.
But Catherine Barnard, a Cambridge University professor specialising in the EU and labour law, sounded the alarm over the details of the 1,246-page agreement on Wednesday.
Giving evidence to a committee of MPs, she said the deal in fact created "quite a lot of difficulties for business," as it had not completely eliminated the risk of tariffs.
Barnard said there were many ways the agreement could be brought to an end by both sides, including the UK terminating it at a year's notice.
Both sides would then likely trade on World Trade Organisation (WTO) terms, including steep tariffs for UK exporters from carmakers to lamb farmers. Tariffs are taxes governments can levy on imports, often to protect their own industries from competition.
Meanwhile a review will be held every five years, and Northern Ireland's Assembly has the chance to vote down part of the arrangements in four years' time.
WATCH: UK car sales slump and makers warn on Brexit costs
Further uncertainty lies over both sides' ability within the deal to impose tariffs in retaliation for breaches of its terms, which Barnard said could be "pretty painful, pretty quickly." Such retaliatory tariffs could occur if Britain sought to diverge from certain EU regulations on labour standards or other areas.
The lack of stability was "a more fundamental concern about this deal than anything else," she said.
"If you're a car manufacturer and you're thinking of investing in new plants…you don't know whether tariffs are going to be imposed, either because the deal is brought to an end, or because there's going to be cross-retaliation."
READ MORE: Firms react as UK and EU strike historic trade deal
The finer details of the deal and how it will work in practice have left even experts summoned by the Commons committee on UK-EU relations scratching their heads, however.
Barnard said the full legal document was "fiendishly complicated" and had a "slightly Alice in Wonderland quality about it—nothing appears quite as it first looks."
"The devil is always in the detail," she said. "For businesses who are actually going to have to operationalise it, there are real challenges.
"The urgency now is to give operational guidance to businesses, who have got to get their head around how to comply with this and operate legally."
Watch: 10 ways to Brexit proof your finances
Sam Lowe, a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, told MPs one example of "just how confusing" the deal was is that Britain would have four different ways to challenge the EU if its members were 'dumping' cheap steel in the UK.
Barnard added: "This treaty is absolutely riddled with provisions on disputes, and they vary quite a lot. It does feel a bit like the two sides were mating porcupines—you do it at arm's length, very carefully and there's a lot of suspicion."
Another witness, Raoul Ruparel, ex-adviser to former prime minister Theresa May, also highlighted the heightened risk of damaging trade disputes. "Given the complexity and political nature of some of these areas, and the ability to take quick remedial action, there is always the risk for a tit-for-tat scenario emerging."
But Lowe said both sides would be wary of being the first to trigger so-called "rebalancing measures" against the other, precisely as it risked "cascading" into wider disputes. "My hope is this is a bit like the argument people make in favour of nuclear weapons—you have this tool so you may not have to use it."
"I think this #Brexitdeal is very unstable and I say that because there are so many ways that this trade agreement can be brought to an end." @CSBarnard24 @cambridgelaw giving evidence on @CommonsFREU
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— The UK in a Changing Europe (@UKandEU) January 6, 2021


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What if you could get involved in the next bestseller in the Sherlock Holmes universe right from the start?
There's no use phoning up the likes of Mark Gatiss or Guy Ritchie and saying, 'If I give you a tenner, can I be part of your next project?' because they'd probably tell you to get lost – assuming you could even find their phone number in the first place. But give author Patrick Kincaid a tenner, and he'd be cock-a-hoop, and you'd get your name listed in the back of his book as a patron.
Patrick is looking for pledges on the Unbound publishing platform towards his new novel, The Continuity Girl – a book set around the filming of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes by Billy Wilder in 1970. You can pledge as little as £10 to become part of the project, and have that warm fuzzy feeling that comes from helping someone – even if you are secretly thinking, 'If this becomes a film, I might get to hob nob on set for a few days…'
Husband says: 'Yes but why are you writing about it? There are loads of Holmes books and projects out there, so why this one?' In other words, 'Why have you given ten of our hard-earned pounds to some bloke from Coventry who's done a book?'
Well, I do see his point. There really are so many books and short stories out there involving Holmes that it's becoming a landslide. But for me, this one stands out as offering something a little different. It's a fusion of things Holmes fans will love, and an altogether different story with universal appeal. Could this be the sort of palate-cleansing treatment we need after the emotional roller coaster ride of Sherlock series four?
I bumped into Patrick in his home town of Coventry and we had a good old natter about all things Sherlock Holmes, publishing and The Continuity Girl. He's a thoroughly decent bloke, a writer going it alone without the backing of an agent or large publisher – writing away furiously while still holding down a full-time job as an English teacher. It's hard, I should know. He has a PhD in Shakespeare Studies from the Shakespeare Institute and used that research to write his first novel, a detailed historical book about the run-up to the Gunpowder Plot. This gave Patrick a thirst for writing which has remained a passion. His story, 'The Doll and His Maker' was published as part of the 'Sherlock's Home, The Empty House' anthology and remains my favourite in the collection.
Patrick describes The Continuity Girl as, 'A comic love story with two plots that eventually converge. In 2014, the discovery of a full cut of Billy Wilder's The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes leads film scholar Gemma MacDonald to make contact with the movie's continuity supervisor, April Korzeniowski (she's my invention – it was really Elaine Schreyek). In 1969, dedicated Loch Ness monster hunter Jim Outhwaite is put out by the arrival of a film crew in the vicinity, until he meets the film's continuity girl, April Bloom… Nothing is quite how it seems, however, and – much as in a Billy Wilder film – it's not always clear who you can trust.'
Patrick was inspired by a trip to the Highlands on his honeymoon, and a boat tour of Loch Ness complete with a real-life Nessie hunter who was there during filming of The Private Life. Patrick is a life-long Sherlock Holmes fan and feels that the film has become very important to the way we view Holmes, as well as inspiring Mark Gatiss and being key in the development of BBC Sherlock. 'It's very Millenial, it's fan fic before there was fan fic. It doesn't just give us more of Holmes, it tries to unpick what lies behind his character. And of course, it's interested in his sex life!'
Always a devotee of the canon, I had to ask whether anything from it features in The Continuity Girl. 'At the beginning, my main protagonist, Jim, has never read a Sherlock Holmes story,' Patrick explains. 'His boss recommends them to him when he gets upset about the arrival of the film crew, and over the course of the novel he becomes a fan. I use a couple of the stories as a way of commenting on what's going on in his life: The Man with the Twisted Lip (my personal favourite) and A Scandal in Bohemia.'
Patrick's had lots of interesting support so far. The satirical novelist Jonathan Coe (What a Carve Up!, The Rotter's Club) has promised an interview about his own obsession with The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. Kim Newman (Anno Dracula, Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles) has also been supportive. There has been interest from others connected with the film and funding on Unbound has now reached 64%. But it needs to reach 100% for the book to be published.
'Unbound are a fairly new publisher created by John Mitchinson and Justin Pollard (creators of TV show QI) and Dan Kieran,' says Patrick. 'It punches above its weight by crowdfunding all projects initially, whether they're by a newbie like me or an established writer like Terry Jones or Raymond Briggs. Because authors post articles about their process in their writer's 'Shed', it feels like you're in constant dialogue with the people who want to read the finished book. That's very exciting.'
Here, Unbound is giving a chance to get involved with an interesting Sherlock Holmes project by a new author. Certainly, in the Holmesian world, you only tend to hear about the next big thing once it's already too big for you to interact with. But, now you have chance to give support and link up with a talented author before he, and his book, hit the big time. Head over to Patrick's page on Unbound for more information – https://unbound.com/books/the-continuity-girl


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The power of photography, wielded wisely.
Words by Chris Gooley
The campaign to save Tasmania's Franklin and Gordon rivers, threatened by a huge hydro-electric development, ignited the green movement in Australia. The story behind the photo that gave the campaign its identity and inspired many to join the good fight involves two inspirational photographers with an understanding of how their art could be used as a weapon in the battle for wilderness conservation.
The photograph portrayed a section of the Franklin River that was to be submerged by the proposed Franklin Dam and spearheaded the visual appeal of the Franklin River in the contentious 'No Dams' campaign of 1982.
The Wilderness Society took out full-page ads in the national newspapers featuring Peter Dombrovskis's famous Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend, Franklin River photo with the caption:
"Could you vote for a party that will destroy this?"
It's argued that the photo swung the 1983 federal election and the new government scrapped the plans for the dam. The campaign galvanised the Wilderness Society and the Australian Greens Party as a national force, sparking a new environmental era in Australia. Though this iconic piece of political propaganda is merely the tip of the iceberg, the lives of Peter Dombrovski & his mentor Olegas Truchanas are where we should draw the greatest inspiration.
Olegas Truchanas, a father figure to Dombrovski, keen conservationist and photographer summed up his own plight beautifully when he said:
"If we can revise some of our attitudes towards the land under our feet; if we can accept the role of a steward, and depart from the role of the conqueror; if we can accept the view that man and nature are inseparable parts of the unified whole – then Tasmania that is truly beautiful can be a shining beacon in the dull, uniform and largely artificial world."
In his free time he explored Tasmania's southwest by foot and home-made kayak, often solo, photographing its wild places. Olegas fought passionately though unsuccessfully to save Lake Pedder from a destructive hydro scheme. He also gave 20 years of photography slide presentations drawing appreciation to the precious Tasmanian wilderness.
Inspired by Olegas, Peter used photography to try and encourage Australians to recognise the value of the natural world around them. His philosophy was simple and remarkably effective – if people could see the beauty of Australia's wild places then they might be moved to protect them.
Olegas and Peter were close friends and followed remarkably similar paths through life. Both migrated to Tasmania from Baltic Europe, Both devoted their lives to exploring and photographing Tasmania's wilderness and both died alone in the wilderness of south-west Tasmania.
Their legacy gave heed to a more passionate environmental movement in Australia and led to a school of wilderness photography in Tasmania.


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Friends, countrymen, rose lovers—the time to begin prognosticating about who will be the next Bachelor has commenced. I'd argue there's no specific part of a season when a Bachelor and Bachelorette scholar should begin this process; it's more of a feeling one gets when the show's eliminations start to unravel more like auditions—displays of a contestant's sanity and decency in the face of an unexpected disappointment.
Case in point? Hannah's fan-favorite contestant Mike Johnson, for whom the luggage person tolled after a truly bizarre breakup date on Monday night. (Hannah cried about art a lot, then told him they were over.) Mike handled the rejection with relative grace—but he's got some strong competition.
Before we can start guessing about who the next Bachelor will be, though, we must determine who will win this season. My money's still on Jed or Tyler C.—and given how giddy Hannah was during her date with the former this week, I'm going to go ahead and guess the country crooner's got this one in the bag. (Hopefully the fact that he apparently ditched a girlfriend back home to come on the show doesn't put too much of a damper on things.) Tyler C. seems like one of the strongest candidates in the bunch: He's a total hunk, level-headed, and game for all of the show's wacky activities. We could do worse!
Then again, did you see Mike on Monday night? When Hannah sat before him, blubbing about how she'd arrived early and felt overwhelmed because she's "never seen so much beauty," he calmly, if confusedly, murmured, "You deserve it." When Hannah described a painting of St. Catherine by saying, "It really just encompassed everything that I'm going through right now, I think," he held her gaze, encouraging her to take her time sorting through…whatever this was. He hugged her. He smiled and asked if she was okay. And when she finally got around to telling him things were not going to happen between them? "I don't know what to say," he said, "except thank you for being honest." Tens across the board for that line.
Once he made it to the breakup van, Mike got a little more glum—as all rejected contestants do—and moped about how Hannah crushed his heart. But that's all grist for the backstory mill once he becomes Bachelor, if he becomes Bachelor.
There's a strong case to be made in Mike's favor: He's charismatic and mature, and knows how to wear a cardigan to its full potential. He would be the show's first black Bachelor, following Rachel Lindsay's season as the first black Bachelorette in 2017. Fans have been clamoring for Mike to assume the mantle for weeks—but let's not forget the other candidates.
First, there's Connor S., who also went home Monday. To be honest, he stands little chance of becoming the Bachelor. Although he's charmed fans with his kind temperament, he's also failed to grab enough screen time to really stand out. He's also a bit young for the role at 24. Yes, that's the same age as Hannah—but hasn't a frustrating part of Hannah's season been watching her try to sort out exactly what it is she wants? That's what you get when you pick a 24-year-old. (Mike, for the record, is 31.)
Meanwhile, Bachelor creator Mike Fleiss claims there's "surprisingly strong support" for John Paul Jones, the gone-but-not-forgotten goofball. But he seems like a long shot; more likely he'll just be a big hit on Bachelor in Paradise this August, with the title of Bachelor going to someone who takes this show a little more seriously. And then there's Peter from this season, who had a lot of fans on his side until the world found out that he too might have ditched a secret girlfriend back home. We're going to go ahead and guess he's probably out.
For what it's worth, Mike has now gone home on the same week that Hannah and her former flame Colton Underwood both did during their respective first seasons on the franchise: the week before hometowns. Perhaps that too is a sign. The real litmus test, though, will come in a few weeks, during the show's "Men Tell All." That's when one can often tell which contestant producers are eyeing and imbuing with narrative significance. For now, though, Mike is looking like a pretty solid pick.
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That's the title of Nicolas Shaxson's book on the dirty politics of oil in Africa.
I bought the full volume after reading his entertaining and insightful Omar Bongo chapter in an African newspaper this spring. Part memoir, investigative report, and political exposé, Shaxson's book adds to the list of favorite scholarly journalism like The Wonga Coup and Tropical Gangters.
Most of the time Shaxson peeks into the darkened closets of oil politics. African rulers, US corporations, and (especially) French government all have their skeletons dragged out and arranged in amazing row upon amazing row.
"De Gaulle wanted a company under full state control, his secular arm in the oil world, to affirm his African policies," a subsequent head of Elf later explained.
"Elf is not just an oil company but a parallel diplomacy to control certain African states, above all at the key moment of decolonialization. Alongside exploration and production, opaque operations was organized, to keep certain countries stable."
Another favorite quote came from Gabonese President Bongo himself: "Africa without France is a car without a driver. France without Africa is a car without petrol."
Once in a while, though, he gives us a sense what it's like to be Shaxson:
It's hard to build a career as an independent writer covering Africa. Oil-rich countries are, because of their oil, expensive to work in, and companies seeking sensitive, hard-to-get information offer fes far above what a journalist might earn. Several journalists I know from Africa's oil zones have moved into commercial intelligence.
Another problem is being watched. Oil-rich African rulers tend not to harm Western journalists, since this upsets western governments. But they can afford large secret services…
Another difficulty is disenchantment. In the West, the fourth estate helps keep rulers in order. But in suc-Saharan Africa's oil nations, rulers often just ignore the media. All this can be dispiriting.
Here is an inteview with Shaxson in Harper's.


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Susie and I took the kids for a surprise visit to "Disneyland Resort Paris" last weekend. We told them we were going to London for the day, and the next morning instead of taking the train home, we surprised them by getting on the Eurostar instead. We got in on Sunday afternoon, and left on Wednesday. For those of you considering a trip to "The Park Formerly Known as EuroDisney," here are a few observations:
1) French train stations suck. They're all (and I mean every one we saw, stopped at, or passed through) gray concrete and glass and cavernous. They aren't so much "buildings" as "big bus shelters." They keep the rain off, but they don't keep the wind out, because it's the kind of building where it's a roof held up by posts, and there are walls but they don't go all the way to the roof (or even the floor). They actually have space heaters scattered about, built in. The waiting rooms make the NY Port Authority bus station look like a suite at the Ritz. Have a look at the station right at the gates to Disney here.
2) Some French people are actually not rude. By this I mean the people who work at Disneyland, who are exceptionally well trained in "the Disney Way."
3) Many Disneyland visitors (and I mostly mean the French ones) are extremely rude. F'rinstance, when the four of us were wandering through the "Alice in Wonderland" labyrinth, enjoying letting Lily "lead" us, more than once we were literally physically shouldered aside by... pairs of adults. Yes, grim faced, determined, these couples acted as though they had been told that if they were not FIRST to the Red Queen's Castle at the end someone would take away their escargot. They have no concept of "getting in line" for something. David actually missed not one, not two, but THREE chances to get an autograph from Stitch (of Lilo & Stitch fame) because of both pushy children, and parents who shoved their children in front of him. Infuriating, and giving the parents the evil eye resulted in, of course, a gallic shrug (which, if you've always wondered exactly what that means, is a little shrug with a look of "And this is my problem, how, exactly?")
4) If you're going to go, and don't mind a little cold, go in the low season. Waiting times for most rides was under 5 minutes, and there's enough to do indoors that you don't mind the wind so much. And besides, the kids don't care, as long as they're bundled up (and sometimes even if they're not).
5) If you're going to do anything requiring a reservation (breakfast with the characters, for instance) take the first slot of the day. No one else does, and you get much much more value for your time. We did the character breakfast. The restaurant was set up with 25-30 tables, and there were 5 characters wandering the room interacting with the diners. There were only 6 full tables for the first seating. Halfway through the characters leave, and 5 more come out. Still only 6 tables. We had a blast having Mickey, Donald, and the rest at our table the entire time we were there, rather than having to fight for a few minutes of their attention with the other diners (and, see #3 above).
6) Eurostar: Nice train. Take the direct one from London to Disney, and avoid the change at Lille Europe. A missed connection, a late train, and your travel day is ruined.
All in all, a great trip, despite #3 up there, and #1 was only a problem at the end. If you're on "the list" you've probably been pointed to the slideshow highlights. If not, drop me a note and I'll send you directions.
Wow, this was a "fluff piece," wasn't it? :)


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It Is Good To Ask WHY
I get this question a lot from clients that wonder the big WHY? I believe it is good to ask why, but before I get into the reasons why here are some of the questions that I receive;
WHY am I not successful?
I am focused and I am applying everything that you talk about, so WHY am I not seeing results?
WHY hasn't anything changed?
Reasons for these questions are simple.
Everything starts with the mind. In everything that you strive to achieve, 80% is the psychology, and 20% is the mechanics. If you are not mentally prepared you will fail every time. If you have all the tools and you are applying everything that is taught, and you're not getting results, or you find yourself in the same situation every time, you have inner conflicts.
The inner conflicts come when what you are doing and what you are practicing are in direct conflict with what you truly believe in.
Examples are:
You want to spend time with your family, but you want to build a million dollar company.
You want to be successful, but you are afraid your success will prevent you from being loved.
You want to be successful, but part of you thinks you don't deserve success, because of something you did in the past. Or you think having money and being successful is bad and is not spiritually connected.
Whatever you truly believe in is preventing you from achieving. To overcome this, so your intentions and beliefs are in synch, there are three things you would want to do:
First, you have to identify the conflicts and get clear on what they are. Some of the things you need to ask yourself are; what do you truly want? What is most important to you today? What are you fearful of? Don't think about what you should do based on your parents, society, and what friends tell you. What truly matters for you to be successful and fulfilled?
Second, Align your life with what you truly value. Dispel the old beliefs and replace them with what is most important to you. When you align yourself with what you truly value, you are connected to your true self and everything will come second nature.
Lastly Take action! Again, when you are in a position where you are aligned with your beliefs and intentions, and there is nothing pulling you away from it, you won't even have to work at. Just go for it!
So create inner beliefs that synch with your true intentions that allow you to succeed.
Fill your mind up with positive thoughts.
Focus on your past and present success.
It doesn't matter if things haven't worked out in the past.
It doesn't matter if you haven't achieved all that you wanted.
You are at a new point in your life and starting today, you must decide right here and now to believe in yourself and believe that you can succeed... because the truth is you can do and be anything you want... but only if you believe in yourself.
Start by making simple commitments to be the best that you can be.
Be the best husband/wife/son/daughter.
Be the best employee or boss.
Be the best partner.
Be the best friend.
Be the best person a stranger could meet
Be the best human being you can.
Change what you truly believe and you will succeed. Dismiss the negative thinking and limiting beliefs that have prevent you from following through. Fill your mind and subconscious mind with possibilities and positive messages everyday.
Let's make everyday truly spectacular... and it starts today.
Take a moment to focus on all the positive things in your life.
Appreciate all the people in your life and all the people you meet everyday.
Remember -- you only get one life and one chance. Make the most of it.
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The ability to interpret demonstrations from the perspective of the teacher plays a critical role in human learning. Robotic systems that aim to learn effectively from human teachers must similarly be able to engage in perspective taking. We present an integrated architecture wherein the robot's cognitive functionality is organized around the ability to understand the environment from the perspective of a social partner as well as its own. The performance of this architecture on a set of learning tasks is evaluated against human data derived from a novel study examining the importance of perspective taking in human learning. Perspective taking, both in humans and in our architecture, focuses the agent's attention on the subset of the problem space that is important to the teacher. This constrained attention allows the agent to overcome ambiguity and incompleteness that can often be present in human demonstrations and thus learn what the teacher intends to teach.
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Yet Another Mass Shooting…Will This One Bring Change?
Valentine's Day is supposed to be a day of love. However, a horrible tragedy occurred in Parkland, Florida as Nikolas Cruz, a former student of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, gunned down 17 people at a high school now in utter grief of losing 17 beautiful lives.
Some of the victims are 14 year old bright and young students, a geography teacher who displayed his heroism by shielding his students, a 17 year old who planned to swim at the University of Indianapolis, an assistant football coach, the school's athletic director, and other beautiful human beings. CNN details all 17 victims.
After yet another horrendous tragedy, there are so many questions to be asked and answered as the nation's young adults are now taking a bold stance on common sense gun control to prevent another horrendous tragedy. Vox reports that there is a National School Walkout and a March for Our Lives event scheduled in March to elucidate the need to protect the nation's kids in school.
The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting is unfortunately part of a litany of massacres, such as Sandy Hook, Pulse nightclub, Las Vegas, and others outlined by CNN. What will it take to enact some change in America regarding guns? This is the question that many around the nation are asking as they assert the lack of government's actions in protecting the people of America. After all, why do these shootings keep happening over and over again?
The survivors at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are taking a bold approach in inciting a nationwide movement to reform gun laws in order to protect the kids in school. In the words of NBC, the students are creating a "national conversation" about sensible gun laws, which already are creating debates around the nation as President Trump and other lawmakers face the ferocity of these students.
Many Whitman students try to climb into these student's skin to understand their position as the nationwide conversation is just getting started and might be different from previous ones.
Whitman freshman Jaden Wedner believes the shooting really "should not have happened." Brandon Monegro, another Whitman student, echoes Jaden's sentiment as Brandon questions what it will take to "enact some change in the nation" since a myriad of mass shootings generally has not resulted in significant federal response. Whitman freshman Saúl Ramos also agrees with this as he wants to see lawmakers "do their job" as elected officials.
It seems like America's blindness to mass shootings may be heavily downgraded with the help of the nation's youth, especially the survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.


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In the hierarchy of needs, Wi-Fi is now a staple—so when it goes down, we all feel it. Hard. In this short dramatic sketch, Julian Smith imagines a brief wireless outage as disaster movie.
"I feel so alone... I'm on EDGE, man! Do you know what it feels like to be on EDGE?!" Sadly yes. Let it please never happen again. [YouTube]


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WaPo editorial today gets Geneva Conventions wrong
The Washington Post, in its Sunday, January 16, 2005 editorial today opposing the confirmation of Alberto Gonzales as attorney general, gets it wrong on the Geneva Conventions. My guess is that the editorial writers have never actually read the relevant article of the conventions, but instead have simply relied on press releases from various rights groups that tell the WaPo what it wants to hear. The editorial reads:
"In fact, the White House counsel [Gonzales] endorsed the view that the hundreds of combatants rounded up by U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan, who included members of the Taliban army, foreign volunteers and a few innocent bystanders, as well as al Qaeda militants, could be collectively and indiscriminately denied Geneva protections without the individual hearings that the treaty provides for." (Emphasis added)
The Post's editorial writers might have troubled themselves to read what Article 5, paragraph 2 of the Third Geneva Convention actually says:
"Should any doubt arise as to whether persons, having committed a belligerent act and having fallen into the hands of the enemy, belong to any of the categories enumerated in Article 4, such persons shall enjoy the protection of the present Convention until such time as their status has been determined by a competent tribunal." (Emphasis added)
It has long been my view, in scholarly and other writing, that sound policy urges the US to give each detainee a tribunal to determine their status, at least if it is proposed to deny someone Geneva protections. This is the view in 1997 Department of Defense regulations that afforded a brief, three officer panel to make such determinations and which was informally regarded, according to my understanding, by the ICRC as beyond the standard required by the Third Geneva Convention. I believe the decision of the Bush Administration not to apply those regulations was inappropriate and unwise. But it was not a violation of the Convention.
The Bush Administration was - and is - not in violation of Article 5 of the Third Geneva Convention. Read it. It does not say that a "competent tribunal" shall determine whether any doubt has arisen with respect to the POW status of a detainee. It says, rather, that "should any doubt arise" as to whether a detainee is entitled to POW status, then the person shall be treated as a POW until a competent tribunal shall determine his or her status. The question of who is entitled to determine whether any doubt has arisen is left open - it does not say that this matter must be determined by a competent tribunal. It leaves open the possibility that the President or the Secretary of Defense may determine, even for an entire group of detainees, that no doubt arises and hence no tribunal is required.
This was a bad - very bad - policy judgment by the Bush Administration in these circumstances. It should have gone with DoD's existing regulations; I agree entirely with Tod Lindberg's analysis in the Weekly Standard, here. But it is not a violation of the actual language of the treaty. The consistent inability of MSM such as the Post - slamming this at the administration in article after article for now several years - strongly suggests to me that few, if anyone, in MSM have actually read the text. Instead, I suspect, reporters and op ed writers find it easier to rely on various highly unobjective and partisan NGOs. But reading this one sentence is not rocket science; even a Post editorialist ought to be able to parse it without deferring to Amnesty International or Human Rights Watch. (Note to MSM reporters: Groups such as AI and HRW perform an invaluable service. But their legal analyses are not objective; they are lawyers' briefs, aimed at reaching a particular, foreordained conclusion. I understand that, being MSM, you like analyses that reach foreordained conclusions; it's a process only too familiar to you, and it's especially congenial when it reaches your foreordained conclusions. But don't forget, somewhere in the back of your mind, that it is not, and never was intended to be, objective. Lawyers write briefs - just as, alas, so many of you do.)
But it is not merely through a technical oversight that Article 5 was drafted this way, as the treaty drafting history indicates. It was designed to take account of the following kind of situation. Suppose the US Navy picks up drug smugglers with tons of cocaine onboard their vessel, out in the Caribbean. One of them claims POW status - "I am a FARC member from Columbia! I am a POW!" Now, if a hearing were held, obviously that claim would be rejected forthwith. (Or would have been. By reason of the Bush administration's very poor lawyering in front of the Supreme Court, overreaching on a constitutional theory of unitary executive power that didn't even win over Justice Scalia and taking down a perfectly defensible interpretation of the Geneva Conventions with it, fullblown and perhaps even civilian court hearings may now be required, in place of the informal, battlefield 1997 DOD regulations' hearings. But that's another post.) Should that claim by drug smugglers to be entitled to POW treatment pending a fullblown hearing be required? Article 5 was drafted precisely to make clear that you do not have to afford a hearing in every case, only in those cases where some doubt has arisen - and it is not required, under the language of the treaty, for a tribunal to make that determination. In the case of the drug smugglers, it makes perfectly good sense for the commanders to make the determination that doubt has not arisen. It does not make sense, nor is it fair, in the case of fighters picked up in Afghanistan - but it is within the literal wording of the text. It is not a violation of international law.
One of the few commentators to have picked up on this is jurisprudentialist Ronald Dworkin - scarcely a friend of the Bush administration. Nevertheless, with admirable objectivity, his analysis of the detainee cases in the Surpreme Court, in the New York Review of Books, carefully avoids the claim that this action by the administration violates the Conventions, although he slams the administration on nearly every other matter. Read his article here. (Dworkin makes the same point in an earlier article in the NYRB, but it is only subscriber available.) The key excerpt (emphasis added):
"The Geneva Conventions draw a fundamental distinction between two classes of people that a nation might capture in war or other military action. One class must be treated as prisoners of war, which means, among other things, that they may not be punished simply for bearing arms against the capturing nation, that they must be held in conditions comparable to those of the soldiers guarding them, and that they may not be exposed to coercive interrogation. The second class includes not only civilians fighting independently of any government but soldiers in a more organized action who do not wear uniforms or other identifying badges or who fight with a force that does not respect the laws of war. They are not entitled to prisoner-of-war status; they may therefore be prosecuted and punished as criminals for acts of war, though the Geneva Conventions require that they be treated humanely.
The Bush administration claims that these provisions allow it to detain some prisoners, whom it calls "unlawful combatants," indefinitely without charge or prosecution, even though they are not treated as favorably as prisoners of war and may be subjected to coercive interrogation. It claims that Hamdi, Padilla, and its other prisoners belong to that category, and it may continue to do so if, as seems likely, they are unable successfully to challenge their detention before military commissions or in habeas corpus proceedings. In an earlier article in these pages I argued that, whether or not this option is permitted by a strict understanding of international law, a decent respect for human rights requires that the administration set it aside and choose between prosecuting its prisoners as criminals, with the normal safeguards of the criminal process, and treating them as prisoners of war, which would mean an end to round-the-clock interrogation, sensory deprivation, humiliation and other forms of coercion. I said that the administration's present policy shows an impermissible contempt for the rights and dignity of its victims.
The Court's recent decisions suggest that a new and stronger claim can now be made: that the government's treatment of prisoners it calls "unlawful combatants" is not only morally indefensible but forbidden by the Constitution as well."
Note that although Dworkin severely criticizes the administration on moral and even, finally, on Constitutional grounds, he is careful to refrain from declaring that it is in violation of international law - i.e., Article 5 of the Third Geneva Convention.
The point, then, is that the Post editorial repeats a error oft-heard across MSM, that by failing to provide individualized hearings, the US is in violation of the Geneva Conventions. As a policy matter, and indeed as a matter of basic fairness, it should do so. As a matter of international law, that, I'm afraid, amounts to a MSM urban legend.
(I discuss Article 5 of the Geneva Conventions in more detail on this blog here.)