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I've worked as a public sector employee and a manager of government technology workers for three decades. While public sector workers share many attributes and work attitudes with their private sector counterparts, there are also some things unique to public sector employment. In writing this, I was inspired by two recent blog posts by Steve Radick including "Ten Things You Should be Saying to Your Boss."
First, government is, in the minds of many people, synonymous with bureaucracy. I've blogged about this before, but all large organizations, public or private, are painted with the bureaucracy brush. The bigger the organization, the more bureaucracy – and this applies to banks, manufacturing companies, the software industry and, well, everything where there are at least two people working together.
What should public employees be saying to their CIO bosses? When I was a CIO in a large City government, what should my folks have been telling me? And again, thanks Steve Radick for the inspiration for many of these. http://www.steveradick.com
1. "Don't worry about it – I got it." It is really great when, as a manager, I know an employee is going to handle something – take care of it, keep people informed and get the job done. Erin Devoto, my deputy at the City of Seattle and now the acting Chief Technology Officer (CTO) there, is a living, breathing, example of this. She took so many projects and drove forward to make sure they were accomplished.
2. "Here's a problem – here's what I'd recommend and why." Some of my worst experiences as a public sector manager were "monkey transfers". That's where an employee recognized a problem or potential issue, brought it to my attention and then walked out of the office – transferred the monkey from her/his back to mine. But some of my best experiences were when employees recognized an issue, worked with their team to brainstorm some potential courses of action, and laid them out for a decision. Usually those employees, after the decision was made, walked out of the office saying #1 above – "I'll handle it". What a relief. I'm going to especially call out Mr. Stan Wu at the City of Seattle on this one, as he did this many times for me on projects ranging from fiber optic networks to radio networks and others.
3. "What can I do to help?" There are few better experiences for anyone – employee or boss – than being faced with a difficult situation, and having the team come together to figure out a solution and implement it. Willingness to proactively help address issues or problems – not waiting to be tasked with an assignment, is a hallmark of a great employee.
4. "Playing the 'Angel's Advocate' …" I've been in so many meetings which go on and on as employees raise one potential issue after another with a proposed course of action or an idea. I used to cringe when someone said "Playing the Devil's Advocate …" and then went on to describe some low probability stupid scenario about how a course of action might fail. It's almost like the employees had a pool or a bet on who could come up with the most issues or the most unlikely scenarios to kill the plan. Give me an "Angel's Advocate" – a proponent – any day of the week. And if it is a legitimate issue or problem with the idea, suggest a way to mitigate it (see #2 above).
5. "I just read/watched/heard … and it got me thinking that…" As the boss, I love new ideas, and with all the changes in technology we've seen in the last 20 years, such ideas abound. In government it is relatively easy to find ideas which haven't been tried – usually private sector companies are first to adopt new technologies such as online services or mobile applications. Figuring out creative ways to use those in the government's service to constituents is something every employee can do.
6. "This idea has some risks, here they are, but I'd like to try doing it … " Government employees are notoriously risk adverse. I never quite understood that – most are protected by civil service or seniority rules or union bargaining agreements. Perhaps the risk aversion rises from fear of a newspaper headline or wasting taxpayer money. Frankly, I think bad bosses have a role to play too – ones who steal ideas for themselves or have a negative attitude about anything new. In any case, an employee who is willing to risk their reputation on an innovative solution can be a breath of fresh air.
7. "You know how we've been doing X? Why do we do it that way?" This one needs little explanation. We call it "paving the cowpath" when we apply technology or automate some business process without examining how to improve the process itself. Whether it be procurement or personnel actions or decision making or delivering a service, we should always look at the process first. This is even more important in government organizations where culture can be hard to change and existing business processes have very deep roots. No amount of technology or automation will materially improve an outmoded process.
8. "How am I doing?" Frankly, I used to cringe at employees who asked me this. Giving feedback – and honest feedback – is hard. Many employees don't want to hear bad news and many bosses don't want to give it. But regular sessions of feedback are much more important than formal performance evaluations. And, of course, the flip side of this coin is willingness to accept that feedback, including #9 below. And employees don't need to wait for the boss to initiate such conversations.
9. "Here's what I learned and how I'll do it better next time". It is hard for many bosses to give feedback to employees on performance. It's much easier if the employee recognizes their own strengths and weaknesses and proactively brings them forward for discussion. This requires, of course, a high level of self-awareness, which is difficult for many people. (I had a long-standing employee who was totally delusional about his technical skills and abilities.) Going through post-mortems on projects and honest self-evaluation is important, and then vetting it with the boss is, again, more important than formal performance evaluations.
10. "Here's how I feel about that … " It takes a lot of guts for an employee to come forward to his/her supervisor, manager or director and give their honest opinion. The other side of this coin is that your opinion should be well considered and logical, not just some unsupported personal opinion. And it should be YOUR opinion, as an employee. I hated it when an employee said "And everyone else feels this way too". Oh yeah? Where are they at? And who appointed you as the spokesperson? Of course, some supervisors don't want to hear what their employees have to say, which is a subject for a different blog post.
11. "Yes, Boss, sometimes I know you'll move my cheese … " Change is a constant in any technology organization, or, indeed, any organization which uses technology at all. Whole industries are undergoing upheaval – just ask anyone in the newspaper, photography or land-line telephone business. Employees need to expect change, even in government, and sometimes it won't be an improvement. But, conversely, the boss needs to explain the changes and the rationale for them.
And speaking of bosses, just like with Steve Radick's columns, my next blog post will be about what the CIO or boss should be saying to Public Sector Employees.


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Following on from another month of expansion, the manufacturing industry is standing strong in Australia, particularly in food production. Despite positive growth figures in September, food companies will need to address future challenges to see further growth in the coming months. Can businesses harness creative solutions through business intelligence software to remain efficient and productive?Food manufacturing sector expands for 16th consecutive monthAs measured by Ai Group's Performance Index, a rating above the neutral benchmark of 50 indicates expansion, and the overall index saw a rise of 0.4 points to 52.1 in September. Ai Group Chief Executive Innes Willox pointed to wider economic conditions as major factors in propelling the industry.The rate of growth in food manufacturing has eased somewhat in September."In encouraging news for an economy searching for sources of growth outside mining, September saw the manufacturing sector consolidate on gains generated in recent months," he said. "The lower Australian dollar is a clear driver with local producers winning against imports in the domestic market and making further progress in export markets."Despite seeing a period of growth for 16 months, the food, beverage and tobacco index fell 0.7 points to a rating of 53.5 during the previous month. When you consider the July rating of 58.9, the rate of growth has eased somewhat for this sector. Firms may need to seek measures such as business management software to help see continued success. Factory shutdown poses challenges for WA potato growersAlthough the numbers have been strong for the industry overall, some sub-sectors have faced considerable obstacles to growth. After a long-standing debate between the government and industry representatives from Western Australia, a local manufacturer will cease operations next year. As reported in an October 1 ABC article, the Canning Valley factory plant, owned by Smith's Snackfood Company, will close during mid to late 2016. For the local potato farmers, this announcement has struck a major blow as many supplied directly to the factory. This includes Bendotti Exporters, which provided 1,000 tonnes per year to the Canning Valley factory, around 20 per cent of its yearly output. CEO Gary Bendotti said that the shutdown had changed the nature of the industry in Western Australia , especially given the current deregulation measures in the state.Structured stock software can help businesses mitigate supply chain adjustments.In times of unexpected change, structured stock software can help businesses deal with surplus stock and mitigate supply chain adjustments. Identifying potential suppliers along the chain is also a good step to build an alternative strategy in the event of external disruption. ACIL Allen Consulting explained that the Potato Marketing Corporation of Western Australia (PMC) removing regulatory barriers only benefits smaller firms within the industry. Although the consulting firm found evidence that PMC's actions could reduce shortfalls and over-supply, deregulation is not an effective strategy for the industry overall. There is potential for producers in the market to address challenges through their own means. Innovation key to future growthWhen it comes to implementing innovative practices, firms must consider the entire value chain. A joint report from consulting firm Wiley and the University of Southern Queensland stated that consumers have a more vested interest in the processes involved in making the final product, reaching as far as the primary production stage. In the short term, collaboration between different points of the value chain can be an effective way to share ideas to improve processes. This can be done through innovation hubs and growth centres, allowing industry professionals to access a wider range of perspectives. Farmers can collaborate with other industry bodies to spur innovation. Heading further into the future, exciting developments in technology and science will become more commonplace, such as traceability through DNA, the use of autonomous equipment and the creation of...Read Full Story
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On May 5, 2014, Lashkar-e-Taiba's leader Hafiz Saeed chastised Pakistan's GEO Group, accusing it of representing India and favoring India's views against Pakistan. He then proceeded to write an op-ed in the very same group's Urdu newspaper, Jang, two weeks later on the occasion of the anniversary of Pakistan's nuclear tests. In his op-ed, Saeed warned Pakistan's political leadership of India's enmity with Pakistan and urged them to exercise caution in dealing with the new Indian government.
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India conducted its May 18, 1974 nuclear tests a mere 93 miles away from the Pakistani border. These nuclear tests were conducted within a few years of East Pakistan having been lost. After the 1971 victory, Indira Gandhi stated that the Two Nation Theory as a credible concept now lay somewhere at the bottom of the Bay of Bengal.
But why did India conduct nuclear tests even after it had successfully managed to dismember Pakistan? The truth is India accumulated nuclear weapons and missiles not because it harbors any good intentions towards its neighbors, but because it wishes to dismember them. Pakistan, by contrast, has only pursued nuclear weapons for self-defense. Nuclear technology is essential to Pakistan for two reasons.
One, India to this day has not accepted the reality of Pakistan. It opposes the integrity and raison d'être of the Pakistani state. India is an enemy of Pakistan and Islam on political, religious and societal lines. The concept of "Akhand Bharat" is but a manifestation of the religious, political and militant extremism of India's leaders. India's leaders harbor the same ill-will towards Pakistan today as they did in 1947 or 1971. Nuclear weapons are thus needed to protect Pakistan's independence and sovereignty.
Two, Pakistan is a developing country and is confronted with many challenges, including an energy crisis. We are now also faced with critical water shortages as a result of India's "water terrorism" against us. With the help of nuclear energy, Pakistan can hope to address critical shortages in energy supply in Pakistan.
Sixteen years ago, the ruling BJP party threatened to seize Azad Kashmir and annihilate Pakistan after they tested their nuclear weapons. The BJP is back in power in India. Narendra Modi is now the prime minister and most Indians appear to be enthusiastic at the ascendance of this extremist leader.
We appeal to Pakistan's leaders that they should not forget that India's attitude towards Pakistan has not changed in the 16 years since the nuclear tests . India's attitude towards Pakistan is one of hatred and enmity. Our past leaders were prepared to sacrifice Pakistan's independence and sovereignty in the quest for peace with India. They deviated from our long-standing official position on Kashmir. But what did Pakistan get in return from India? Enmity, sabotage, terrorism, water aggression and hatred.
The clearest evidence of India's antipathy towards Pakistan is the most recently-concluded elections in India, which were contested exclusively on the basis of hatred towards Pakistan. These elections have revealed India's farcical claims of secularism and friendship with Pakistan. BJP's agenda involves the abrogation of Jammu & Kashmir's special status, replacement of the Babri Masjid with a Ram temple and the repatriation of all Hindus living abroad to India.
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Alex Ovechkin carries Russia's hockey hopes
ARLINGTON, Va. - Alex Ovechkin's mother has two Olympic gold medals. Maria Kirilenko, his fiancée, has one bronze. And he has none of any color.
Ask him about that — how the women in his life have medals while his Olympic hockey teams have finishes of fourth and sixth — and at first Ovechkin just smiles his familiar gap-toothed smile.
When, at last, he speaks, his answer comes in a rich Russian baritone and a slow, careful cadence:
"It's time."
Ovechkin is right. This is his time. The Washington Capitals captain is 28, in the prime of his career. He leads the NHL with 40 goals this season, nine more than anyone else. And the Olympic hockey tournament that begins Wednesday will be in Sochi, the Russian resort on the Black Sea where he once vacationed with his family as a boy of 10 or 11.
This trip will be no day at the beach. The Russians dearly want to win the Olympic hockey tournament on home ice. Ovechkin is the face of Russian hockey. If he leads his country to gold, his legacy is assured. If not, well, there is a legacy in that, too.
"Of course, it is pressure," he says. "It is pressure for everyone."
Ovechkin makes the point that the forgiving format of the Stanley Cup playoffs allows for seven-game series while the medal round of the Olympics is more like Russian roulette.
"It is not time to have mistakes," he says.
His mother, Tatiana, knows this well. She played in the first Olympic women's basketball tournament in Montreal in 1976. The Soviet Union routed the USA 112-77 on its way to gold. In that game, she had 10 points and six assists, her artful passes often finding Uljana Semjonova, the 7-2 center who dominated the era. Tatiana won gold again in Moscow in 1980, when the USA and other Western nations boycotted.
Five years later, she'd have a baby boy. And one day he would take her number, the one she wore on the basketball court, and make it his on the ice. Now the Great 8 seeks to return Russian hockey to bygone glory.
In 10 Olympic Games, from 1956 to 1992, the USSR (and Unified Team, as the former Soviets were known for one Olympiad) won eight gold medals, one silver and one bronze. But in the next five Games, from 1994 to 2010, Russian hockey has no gold, one silver and one bronze.
Ovechkin's countrymen last won hockey gold in 1992. He was 6. This time, on home ice, Ovechkin thinks gold is his destiny, and his country's.
"Of course, I have this dream," he says.
So is winning the Olympic hockey tournament more important to him than winning the NHL's playoff tournament? More bluntly, does gold trump Stanley?
"I think they are two different categories," Ovechkin says. "With Stanley Cup, you play for team. With Olympics, you play for country."
It's easy enough to read between those lines — a gap wider than a goalie's five-hole. Ovechkin wants very much to win a Stanley Cup, for his team and for his adopted American city. But he burns to win Olympic gold — for his mother, and his motherland.
Patriotism comes easily
Ovechkin is standing in a darkened spare locker room at the Capitals practice facility for a photo shoot for this story. He is wrapped in a Russian flag of red, white and blue, though of slightly different shades than his Capitals uniform.
He drapes the flag over his shoulders. He holds it over his stick. He stretches it over his gloved wingspan. Patriotism comes easily to him. The Caps are his job. Russia is his home.
And Kirilenko is his love. The WTA's 24th-ranked women's tennis player is out of a line of blond Russian beauties that includes Anna Kournikova and Maria Sharapova. Ovechkin and Kirilenko met at the 2011 U.S. Open, and he proposed just more than a year ago as New Year's Eve gave way to New Year's.
"I fell on one knee and proposed like a gentleman," as Ovechkin put it on Russian TV last summer.Their shared experience as top-level athletes sharpens their relationship."It helps us, brings us closer — we understand each other very well," Kirilenko told Glamour magazine. "Two athletes, especially two talented athletes, how can that be a problem?"
Ovechkin was in London in 2012 when Kirilenko and doubles partner Nadia Petrova won bronze. "We take to Moscow and make party!!" he tweeted then.
He says now that he enjoyed being there and soaking up the Olympic atmosphere while cheering her on.
"Of course, she wanted a better one," he says of bronze. "It was great feeling to support her. The women playing, it is hard to beat them."
His favorite goal
Ovechkin scored his 400th NHL goal just before Christmas.
"It is a good number," he says.
Ask for his favorite, and he says, "Probably all of them. It's pretty hard to score goals in this league."
Probe a little deeper, and you learn his favorite probably didn't come in the NHL at all but at the Olympics. He roofed a shot over Canada's Martin Brodeur in the 2006 Torino Games to break a scoreless tie in the third period.
Russia would win 2-0, knocking Canada out of the tournament.
"Everybody in my country is jumping, I think," he famously said after. "And everybody at the Olympics will drink lots of vodka."
The goal was top shelf, even if the vodka wasn't. "One of the biggest of my career," he says now. "The first time I play against Canada."
Canadians love hockey, but not Russian hockey. Feelings between the rival nations are hard as ice.
"Yeah, I agree with you," Ovechkin says. "It is battle between two big countries for sport. It has always been like that. It is nice to be part of it."
It wasn't so nice in Vancouver in 2010 when Canada blitzed Russia 7-3 in the quarterfinals. Ovechkin took the brunt of the criticism. Russian society and media "turned on him," as Ovechkin recently put it to Sovetsky Sports, to "raise their name at the expense of another human being."
Canada would go on to win gold on home ice as Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby, Ovechkin's nemesis, scored the winner in overtime against the USA. Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller gave up that golden goal. He hopes to be in net when the USA plays Russia on Saturday.
"He's a bull," Miller says of 6-3, 230-pound Ovechkin. "He can shoot from anywhere because he is so strong."
Torch relay
The saying goes that a journey of 1,000 miles must begin with a single step. The Sochi torch relay of 65,000 kilometers — more than one-and-a-half times the circumference of the Earth — began with an Ovi step.
Ovechkin was Russia's first torchbearer when the flame was lit in Olympia, Greece, in September, a measure of the esteem his homeland holds for him.
"Is great honor," he says with characteristic brevity.
Ovechkin told the world four years ago he'd play in Sochi whether the NHL was sending its players or not. These Games are, in some sense, his birthright.
The USSR hosted the Summer Olympics once, 1980's Moscow Games, where Ovechkin's mother won her second gold. Just imagine the symmetry if her son should win gold this time, as Russia hosts its first Winter Games.
Ovechkin's mother and father live much of the NHL season in the Washington region, but his mother declined to speak for this story, saying through a Capitals spokesman she wanted the focus to be on her son, not on herself.
Her son understands. He prefers not to talk about the Soviet era in which she played. "It was different time," he says, and leaves it at that. He also prefers not to talk about political or security issues. He does say that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a huge fan of Russian hockey.
Ovechkin credits his mother and his father, who played pro soccer, with instilling in him a love for sports and for competition. His mother, he says, doesn't speak much about her Olympic successes. Her medals were rarely on display when Ovechkin was growing up. She kept them in a box, stored out of sight in the garage.
"She doesn't like to show them to someone," he says. "She kept them closed up."
Ovechkin's garrulous personality is more open. It is not in his nature to hide his achievements. So if, at long last, Ovechkin wins a medal in Sochi, where will he keep it? He just shrugs and smiles his gap-toothed smile.
"I don't know," Ovechkin says. "First of all, have to win it to talk about it."


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November 27, 2012 — Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to disagree. The two countries were made to sign an agreement known as Cooperation Agreement two months ago in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, the very agreement sponsored by the African Union. The agreement at the moment is running into trouble when the devil (s) emerged in the details. The Security Agreement in particular is overshadowing others in the process of implementation.
Each country has struck to its old school of finger pointing. The euphoria that was created as a result of the deal (Cooperation Agreement) is quickly turning to anxiety, apprehension and uncertainty. South Sudan is being denied oil transportation through the Republic of the Sudan as there are reports of aerial bombardments by Khartoum against South Sudan. The United Nations Mission on the ground is conspicuously in the hiding, while the African Union is lip tied on accusation and counter accusations between the two countries of the Sudan.
Chronically, the Sudanese leaders from day one have all along charged that South Sudan is supporting and harboring their dissidents and are arming rebels fighting their government. The world has also stack odds against Juba on this matter of SPLA-North; that Juba should severe its link with the rebels fighting Khartoum regime. The United States of America in (USA) in particular was critical, a confirmation of which that led to scandalous alleged apology written by President Salva to President Barrack Hussein Obama of the USA. South Sudan Information Minister has since attempted to undo the damage to no avail. What on earth could it be that a leader of another country will have to kneel down to another leader in another part of the world? South Sudanese conscience was wounded if the purported letter was indeed written and dispatch to Washington.
But the sequence of theories helps us understand where did things go wrong in the first for the Government of the Republic of South Sudan. Before any jumps to poke blame against the Republic of the Sudan for A and B matters and condemn it, there is an urged need to reexamine our approach toward Sudan and see whether there is somewhere we can find accommodation for our needed relationship. We should also be active solution oriented partner than struck in our comfortable closet of being dismissive of Khartoum. Therefore the charge that our country is supporting SPLM/A-North must not be thrown out of the window just because Sudanese were our enemies.
By the way, I don't like this name call 'South Sudan', it confuses us with the Sudan. Who are the Sudanese and who aren't. After July 9, 2011, I should have name my country something else. Nile or Azania remains my favorites name, not amorphous thing call 'South Sudan'. Anyway we are straying.
Our differences with Khartoum were all about our political destiny and that was squarely achieved on July 9, 2011. It was the hardest part of it all! The Sudanese to their credit made a bold move to recognize us, and the rest of the world joined them. We parted ways in a manner that was decorum something that surprises many. We are no longer enemies with the Republic of the Sudan but just neighbors. They need us and we need them. Differences that are there are normal between and among neighbors. Neighbors quarrel and still maintain their socio-economic ties. Even Israel is doing the same with Egypt and others. We must not let SPLA-North spoil our relationship with the Sudan.
For the sake of peace between the two countries, time to ask the rebels fighting the North to stop their activities is now. Someone has alluded in writing something closer to what am saying here- the other day. We want borders open and movement of goods, people and services to flow. We need South Sudan and Sudan relations to thaw; we are historically one people divided by politics and ideologies.
The argument by South Sudan leaders that the matter of SPLM/A-North is an internal matter doesn't hold water. It is not enough in itself. How about our charge that Dr. Lam Akol of the Democratic Change and Major David Yau Yau are supported by Khartoum, isn't that not an internal affair of our country? Why do we call their differences with their rebels 'internal affair' and never call ours the same? We must choose between peace and war and not both. Peace is what our people want, not war.
Khartoum will continue to find a reason to disturb our hard won peace. They will go for feeble hearted ones and apologists like Dr. Lam to press their case against us. Khartoum might not be realistic in their demand on disarmament of their dissidents, but we aren't being truthful . One of the Azania's (South Sudan) strategic goal is peace and development so to improve the living standards of our people. Our leaders must demonstrate to Khartoum their willingness to open a new chapter, so for our people to enjoy peace and development after ages of neglect.
Denying must be flavored. South Sudan isn't doing its diplomatic right. Khartoum has stolen the show there. Everything is upside down as we chase after rotten image. The United Nations Mission in our land is breathing fire on our necks. They are everywhere wiring nasty things against us. When it comes to issues like the bombardment of South Sudan unfortunately they are nowhere and when it comes to negativity on anything against South Sudan they in hand to report to New York and Brussels. But also the United Nations Human Right Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) decried one moment when they spotted soldiers of Revolutionary Forces in Yida Camp. No single leader from South Sudan who came out to deny or refute what the UNHCR was saying, a proof that something is indeed going on right there.
Our leadership in Juba should not live the lie that the world doesn't know who arms rebels fighting Khartoum. UN Mission is informing them about every activity in our land. Moreover Khartoum has their own informers, Southerners whose loyalty is divided, especially those on the payroll of Khartoum, those that claim to be opposition groups but they aren't. The Democratic Change of Lam Akol is on top of things. We have also many Northerners around that are doing the dirty job against the Republic of South Sudan. What is more or new?
May be there is no hard proof that Juba is in indeed supporting rebels, but the simple truth that we never severed our link with the SPLA-North more radically keeps some doubt hanging that South Sudan is backing rebels fighting the regime in Khartoum. It will be painful to do just that radical however; these people (Nuba Mountain, Fur, Masalit, Zangawa, Funj etc) are closely associated with South Sudan. We will have them on matters of peace and development. The world should have helped them in their political predicament.
But we are also not any better; we ought to talk to Northern rebels to join the march for peace and stop using our territory as spring board to topple our neighbor. We can go further to pledge material support for their development and not guns and ammunitions (if that is the case). Through force a change will not be meaningful in Khartoum, after all rebels have no unified agenda for change there. Dr. Khalil Ibrahim outlook was more unifying than our current tribal warlords. South Sudan would have been available then if they had joined our struggle to effect change in Khartoum. After the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) particularly after independence of South Sudan, we have evolved into a different entity.
As for Khartoum, they must show maturity and patience against the Republic of South Sudan. They got to kick out Lam Akol and stop supporting David Yau Yau or any other clandestine groups. Time for harmony is here. They got to respect the agreement they have signed with the Republic of South Sudan. They should cease fire on the air against innocent civilians. Their rebels aren't Southerners and our people can't die again like that. They should allow oil production to resume and stop their rogue media from inflammatory remarks against South Sudan leaders or the ruling political party (the SPLM). The President of our Republic however must not join Khartoum belligerency path, but go for peace where he may find it. I was glad that he wanted to pursue it, and if that is the case then he should talk less and work hard for it. If Juba is wrong Khartoum must not go wrong also.
Isaiah Abraham writes from Juba; email@example.com


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It staggers the mind, if you think about it, that so, so many of our 'enlightened, intellectual' class pass by the label of Agnostic in order to proudly label themselves Atheists. Why not be content with being Agnostic if you, as an intellectual, cannot prove any conclusive position on this point? It seems calling yourself an Atheist is a cheap and easy way to secure an appreciation of your intellect - in certain circles, anyway. I am not using this as a means of starting a theological debate, but to me, the lack of consistency exemplifies, so blatantly, human failings. Would any Atheist 'intellectual' conclude that there is no life on other planets simply because there is no proof that there is?Gnosticism deals merely with knowledge, not belief. That's where theism comes in. Everyone is agnostic, since NO ONE knows for sure. Saying you're 'agnostic' is a nonsense statement in a sense since it says nothing about what you believe. Even the most religious person on earth is agnostic, no matter what they say. So when someone asks if you believe in god(s) if you're one of those people who shrugs their shoulders and thinks "I dunno" that's not what they asked.
The right answer (and this is where people start getting annoyed and whatnot but it's just true) is that you don't currently hold a positive belief in god, aka you're an agnostic atheist. If you think 'I dunno' when someone asks if you believe in god you're definitely not a theist......which makes you an atheist. There's no third middle option. That middle option people think of is actually the answer to a separate question (do you KNOW a god exists).
Theism= belief in a god.
Prefix 'a' denotes the lack of something.
A-theism= the lack of a belief in god.
Gnosticism= knowledge of god's existence.
Prefix 'a' denotes the lack of something.
A-gnosticism= the lack of knowledge of god's existence.
Two different things. It's not agnostic or atheist; those are two different answers to two different questions. I am an agnostic atheist.
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That may be accurate in a literal sense, but i don't think most people, particularly those in the public eye who voice their opinion on the matter, go any further into the definitions of atheist, agnostic and believer/theist than as I had originally argued. That would certainly make sense since I believe those in the forefront of politics and popular culture, the opinions I am hearing and evaluating, are the pseudo-intellectuals Sowell so elegantly swipes at in his books.You, Sowell, and those like you are all making the same mistake. Let me quote you to show you what I am talking about:
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Now both believers and non-believers require the same level of proof to come to their conclusions -- none. It is the Atheist, however, who claims the intellectual high ground for his position, ridiculing those who disagree.The problem with this is that the burden of proof is always on those making a claim. The axiomatically correct stance in any case of the asserted existence of some thing is the null hypothesis until proven otherwise. This position should only be changed to belief/acceptance of the claim when sufficient evidence is given to them by those making said claim. So, in the case of the existence of a god, the human who says "hey, a god exists" to a second human, or a group of humans, must then prove that this is true. Much like the prosecution must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in a court case, the god believer must demonstrate to the people he is preaching that the god in question exists and he must do beyond all measure of reasonable doubt. If they fail to do this, the 'atheist' is holding the correct position- that of disbelief. He need not defend this disbelief nor is it correct to accuse him of holding a faith based position. It is in fact the philosophically correct one.
Sowell is wrong and imo, he just gets off on writing off the atheists as angsty pseudointellectuals. It's lazy.


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Happy Birthday Desi Arnaz
March 02, 2008
Next to the cinematic milestone of watching Humphrey Bogart in High Sierra and promptly falling in love with him (at age seven) my other girlhood crush was Desi Arnaz -- cool cat Cuban bandleader extraordinaire and husband to the luckiest redhead in New York City.
Other than The Addams Family, no other TV domestic situation seemed as attractive and as liberating as Desi's Ricky Ricardo and Lucille Ball's Lucy. Already sour on the idea of marriage at a young age, the Ricky Lucy dynamic not only seemed the real way a marriage could work but tremendously sexy. (I had yet to learn of the real life couple's eventual divorce, and that their fights gave George and Martha a run for their money).
But back to fantasyland. Let's see...living in a cool apartment directly in the city, falling into mischief with best pal and ex-vaudevillian Ethel, adorning various disguises to trick your hot Latin husband, working in a candy factory for a day, and getting into furniture smashing arguments only to cool that mad flow of Spanish with humor and yes, crying, which I realize annoys many contemporary viewers. But so what on Lucy's pouting? I always sensed Ricky was getting something on the side with all those luscious dancing girls and back-up singers so his guilt was a little justified. But then I also figured the couple had some kind of an arrangement -- a don't ask don't tell policy -- which seemed so thrillingly modern. Although I was never certain what sort Lucy might be mixing with, I deduced a few wild encounters with crusty cab drivers, scarred, sweaty dock workers and hopped up jazz musicians a la Margot Tenenbaum. Frankly, I could see no downside to any of this. Still can't.
And then there was the Hollywood phase -- William Holden at the Brown Derby, Rock Hudson, Cornel Wilde's hotel room, shopping with Ethel at the Farmer's Market and goofing around with Harpo Marx?! I don't care how many times Desi yells at you, it's all worth it. If you're gonna be a housewife, this is the one to be. You're coming home to Ricky Ricardo.
Today is the late, great Mr. Arnaz's birthday and I'm wishing him a happy one. The man had quite a life -- leaving Cuba with his father for political exile in Miami (his family's fortune was destroyed and his father banned from Cuba under the Batista regime), teenage Arnaz was discovered by band leader Xavier Cugat, and was soon leading his own band in Miami Beach. From the late 1930's-1940's, he rose in prominence as a spectacularly talented drummer, singer and band leader of Afro-Cuban music. And then he met Lucy -- they then revolutionized television.
So again, Happy Birthday Mr. Arnaz. Thanks for providing my now life-long crush, thanks for your underrated humor and timing and thanks for your music. Also, thanks for nearly ruining all other relationships of my future. (I'll extend thanks to Mr. Bogart as well -- and how Bogie and Desi swirling around my desirous, youthful brain aided and abetted my love for tough guy/dancing womanizer Roy Scheider's Joe Gideon...another beautiful destructor.)
No wonder I've never been married. Babalu indeed.


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I've just updated the links page with a link to the HOWES one-name study page. This looks like a comprehensive study with a great website, but could do with some more information about the Howes from Wing, so if you're researching the Wing branch get in touch with Paul at the Howes Family website, and me of course at the Wing website!
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
1911 infirmities
Happy 2013, everyone! I hope 2012 was a successful year for you with more to come in 2013.
When the 1911 census was initially released the information in the infirmity column was redacted (suppressed). In 2012, when the 1911 information was officially allowed to be released, this infirmity column became available. I've now got copies of all 387 household schedules for Wing and was keen to see what if anything was lurking in this column.
Below is a list of all Wing's infirmities. Note that some of these are unofficial - only "totally deaf", "deaf and dumb" "totally blind", "lunatic", "imbecile" or "feeble-minded" were supposed to be entered here along with age afflicted, but several of Wing's heads of household added extra information (crossed out by the census enumerator, of course, but never-the-less accessible). As always, we give a round of thanks to those that didn't follow instructions and gave us more snippets about their lives than we might expect!
Mary PAGE, age 85 - totally deaf was written but then crossed out. Mary's son D (David) Page filled out her schedule on her behalf, so I do have visions of 85-year-old Mary giving him what-for on discovering he had dared to claim she was deaf!
Sophia LATHWELL (nee THORNE), age 52 - feeble-minded. This wasn't mentioned in the 1901 census so perhaps this was degenerative, or perhaps her husband wasn't prepared to put this on record in 1901 but the head of household she was visiting in 1911 had no such compunctions.
Arthur FOUNTAINE, age 31 - fits since 16 years.
Daniel WHITE, age 69, and daughter Sarah WHITE, age 41 - there appears to be some congenital defect at work here as Daniel is noted as deaf at 20, while Sarah was deaf at 16.
Emily STAPLES, age 60 - deaf and dumb from birth
Mary FINCHAM, age 71 - deaf 20 years. Mary wasn't a local pe se, she was the Suffolk-born mother of Essex-born James who was a domestic chauffeur. I can't imagine anyone other than the Rothschilds had vehicles to chauffeur at this point in time.
George LOVELL, age 60 - rheumatism. Thanks for sharing, George! He was a pensioned mechanical engineer, so I would think he found his complaint pretty frustrating.
Emma Jane TUTT, age 40 - totally blind at 30 yrs old. Emma's an import to Wing as well, her father George is a London & North-Western Railway pensioner from Sussex.
Benjamin PEASE jnr, age 28 - lame since 6. He works from home as a boot repairer.
Yes, I will be transcribing the 1911 census for Wing in full at some stage (the enumerator summary book is already on the website), however it's not a priority as this information is widely available from the major online genealogy websites. I'd rather focus on bringing you records that are more unusual - and in particular finishing the items on that Moving Target 2012 list which I shall now have to rename the 2013 list!


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The Gold Report: As of Sept. 30, 2012, Toronto-based M Partners had Buy recommendations on 84% of the 58 companies it covered at that time. There are many brokerages with similar percentages. Have analysts lost some credibility in the mining space over the last few years when companies have vastly underperformed the broad market despite analysts' Buy ratings and high target prices?
Ingrid Rico: The simple way to answer that question is by explaining how we as analysts do our job. We try to do our best to demonstrate that a project makes economic sense. We look at the deposit and review mine plans. We try to get a handle on the operating challenges and the capital requirements for the project. Based on that, we build a model that needs some level of execution by the management in order to be achieved.
"The project financing window is fairly narrow right now."
Over the last few years, we have seen some hiccups in the execution and delivery in the space, which has made investors grow increasingly cautious on the sector. What we're seeing now is investors needing to get that confidence back. It's not to say that the companies are not a Buy and that the target is not valid because the projects make sense economically. We have also experienced a migration of funds away from the juniors and recent producers as investors looked to mitigate risk during a period of economic uncertainty. That funds flow as much as anything has hurt the share prices of companies in the sector.
TGR: Are you adjusting your models and lowering target prices to reclaim investor confidence?
IR: We continue to look at the inputs and make our assumptions fit the challenges. We're trying to get better at understanding the challengesthe operating challenges, the capital challengesimproving our models every time.
TGR: With ounces-in-the-ground valuations, have you had to reassess those, too, given how the market is valuing these junior mining companies?
IR: Yes, we have a couple of companies under coverage that are purely valued as ounces in the ground. Just a couple of years ago, our valuation metrics were essentially double what they are now.
TGR: What are the essentials of your investment thesis when it comes to junior mining companies?
IR: We look at the jurisdictions, the infrastructure and the prospective nature of the property. Also, grade is key to the project. Desirable high grades make a project withstand the market when it is as challenging as it has been lately. Let's not forget management either. We need to have a highly skilled and experienced group who understand the market and have proven that they can do the job.
TGR: How are you factoring financing risk into your models? What adjustments have you made there?
IR: It depends on the project. We see a number of projects that have economic merit, but the project financing window is fairly narrow right now. We look at the possible financing alternatives that the project has, whether that be a royalty streaming, an offtake or the conventional debt and equity ratio.
TGR: How would you describe the financing market right now for junior mining companies?
IR: It is quite difficult for some companies currently. It's part of the cycle. In the junior space, a lot of money came in at the high of the cycle. But some junior companies fell well short on delivering results. So now the market is saying that we need to see more consolidation.
Quite frankly, some of the juniors that didn't deliver are going to disappear. That is what the market is saying. Again, it's all part of the cycle.
TGR: How does that affect your job?
IR: It makes it interesting and makes me realize that there are projects out there that do stand out. There are many projects unfairly undervalued at this point because the entire sector is suffering from a cautious investor sentiment. It's interesting to get on those companies before people start jumping in, when sentiment begins to change.
TGR: What are some ways investors can determine whether or not a junior mining company is underfunded and possibly going to fold?
IR: For exploration companies, the key metric you can look at is burn rate. You need to have a sense of its exploration budgets, its current cash position and whether it will be able to fund the program for the year or not.
"For exploration companies, the key metric investors can look at is burn rate."
For developers, the technical report gives us guidance as to what a company needs for project funding. With the sector seeing quite a few cost overruns lately, we typically build in a contingency of 1520%.
TGR: The old rule of thumb was that all good projects will get financed. Is that still the case?
IR: Yes. The good projects that stand out will get financed. It's a matter of timing, though.
TGR: How far into the future do you see a time when the markets are going to open up and start funding companies with fresh equity issues à la 2010?
IR: It depends on the commodity. Supplies are pretty tight right now in the copper sector, and projects are going to have to get funded soon.
TGR: One of the companies you cover, Trevali Mining Corp. (TV:TSX; TREVF:OTCQX), recently entered into a bridge loan with Sprott. The loan is due Aug. 31, 2013, and will cost Trevali 11% interest/year plus almost 330,000 shares and a $100,000 handling fee. Do you prefer to see a junior mining company work out this type of financing or conduct a straight equity offer?
IR: Trevali has been an interesting story. It is building two mines, one in Peru and one in New Brunswick. It is at the stage where shareholders would rather see less of an equity dilution.
The company has been working on finalizing a senior debt facility so the bridge loan is, as the name suggests, just a bridge to get it to that senior financing and get things moving. We generally think that bridge financing, as opposed to equity, is an attractive option for a near-term/imminent producer, and this works well for Trevali at this time.
TGR: Trevali is working on bringing several past-producing, base metals mines in New Brunswick back into production. How soon could we start seeing cash flow?
IR: Its Santander project in Peru is the operation that should come into production in Q1/13. The mines in New Brunswick are targeted for H2/13, probably Q4/13. Trevali will see operating cash flow from Santander pretty early in the year.
TGR: Has Trevali issued production guidance for Santander for 2013?
IR: It hasn't put out numbers. It is still working as a development company, so it doesn't really give guidance on production.
TGR: You have a target price of $2.85 on Trevali. What is going to get it there?
IR: Trevali is a zinc play. We believe by 2015, it is going to have significant zinc production of over 250 million pounds (250 Mlb) zinc. The company is developing into a zinc play that majors are going to like. What is it going to take to get it to $2.85/share? It is going to be Trevali having Santander and the New Brunswick complex ramped up.
TGR: Are you saying that the ultimate goal of Trevali is to become another Breakwater Resources Ltd. and get taken out?
IR: That's a real possibility. Already Glencore International Plc (GLEN:LSE) holds a position in Trevali and other companies have also made mention of Trevali.
TGR: What are some other companies you have under coverage with lots of cash that continue to derisk their projects?
IR: Balmoral Resources Ltd. (BAR:TSX.V; BAMLF:OTCQX) is a good example. It has the cash to complete its 2013 work program and toward the end of the year deliver a resource estimate for its Martiniere project.
"The good projects that stand out will get financed."
Balmoral had an excellent exploration program in 2012. It delineated new targets and discovered three new zones. It has highlighted the prospective nature of the region and the Martiniere gold system. We believe that 2013 will be another interesting year for Balmoral. Its winter program is already underway. We expect to see results from new targets, resource definition and expansion drilling of the zones that were outlined last year.
TGR: One of the zones at Martiniere is the Bug Lake zone. To date it has delineated narrow, high-grade mineralization. It's been traced basically 375 meters (375m) at surface and goes as deep as 235m, and the mineralization remains open at depth. It's very early stage, but does that look like a starter pit to you?
IR: It's very early stage, but it is shaping up to where it could do a small pit, either at Bug Lake or at Martiniere West. It has been drilling fairly shallow holes, so all this high grade is actually close to surface.
TGR: What's your target price on Balmoral?
IR: It's $1.25.
TGR: Balmoral is expecting a maiden resource by the end of the year. I know you've already done the math and you're looking at what this could be. What are your early projections?
IR: Very conservatively, we're looking at 1 million ounces (1 Moz).
TGR: Do you think that's enough to move the needle?
IR: It should, but the key will be delivering results. This was a greenfield exploration program that developed into what it is now. It's now a matter of resource definition drilling and coming up with that initial resource.
The market sometimes takes the initial resource to be the total resource, but we know that Balmoral has way more to explore within Martiniere.
TGR: Tell us about some other names you're following.
IR: Timmins Gold Corp. (TMM:TSX; TGD:NYSE.MKT) has been one of our best performing companies. The company had an excellent operational year in 2012. It is at the point where it has proven to the market that it can deliver operational performance. This year, Timmins is going to concentrate on drilling, getting that visibility of a bigger resource and further production expansion.
TGR: With its cash flow, is Timmins a hunter of other assets or is it being hunted?
IR: Because Timmins is generating cash, it does become pretty attractive. We have seen that before, such as when B2Gold Corp. (BTO:TSX; BGLPF:OTCQX) went after CGA Mining Ltd. (CGA:TSX; CGX:ASX).
But Timmins would like to keep growing on its own. I assume it is already actively looking at different properties and seeing what's out there so it can evolve into a more-than-one-asset operating mining company.
TGR: What is your target for Timmins?
IR: It's $4.10
TGR: Can you tell us about more of your favorite companies?
IR: Another company in our coverage with cash and completing its current work program is Panoro Minerals Ltd. (PML:TSX.V: PZN:FSE; PML:BVL). The company is completing a 30,000m drill project at its Cotabambas copper project in Peru.
Cotabambas is actually pretty interesting. It's located in the region where HudBay Minerals Inc. (HBM:TSX; HBM:NYSE) is developing its Constancia project and Xstrata Plc (XTA:LSE) has started building Las Bambas. Cotabambas has proven to have great exploration upside potential. Last year, its updated resource exceeded expectations by more than doubling the resource. This year, with a 30,000m drill program, we expect another very interesting resource.
TGR: What's your target on Panoro?
TGR: Panoro is a name that often flies under the radar. Not a lot of people are talking about it. Why do you think that is?
IR: A lot of people got really hyped up at the time when many of the copper mergers and acquisitions (M&A) were happening. But copper M&A was pretty quiet last year and that's why Panoro flew under the radar.
We do believe that once that next round of M&A starts happening, this would be one of those names that people should be looking at carefully, especially given its proximity to some other bigger players.
TGR: What is happening in Africa?
IR: I follow Volta Resources Inc. (VTR:TSX), which has the Kiaka deposit in Burkina Faso. The financing should be done in the upcoming months. The company has been derisking the project to a point that either it is going to mine it or someone else will. It's an attractive project. The deposit has proven to be pretty consistent. It has been able to optimize the deposit and taken other steps, making the project that much better.
TGR: Are you more concerned about smaller mining plays in Africa than you were a few months ago, given what's happening in Mali?
IR: It brings the valuations lower just having that socio-political risk there. But Burkina Faso has been one of the most stable jurisdictions in Africa, so I'm not overly worried about Volta.
TGR: There are some companies that you have on your Watch List. These are companies that are not under coverage, but you're following them and you're tracking their news releases. These are companies that might one day graduate to coverage. What are some companies that are piquing your curiosity there?
IR: Bellhaven Copper & Gold Inc. (BHV:TSX.V) in Colombia and Temex Resources Corp. (TME:TSX.V; TQ1:FSE) in Northern Ontario are two quite distinct companies with projects that offer the significant exploration upside that we look for.
Bellhaven recently announced its work program for the first six months of the year. The company will be drilling two new targets at its La Mina project, which may lead to some exciting news. One target is La Garrucha. It's has a magnetic anomaly that is roughly three times the size of La Cantera, which already holds 1.6 Moz gold equivalent.
Additionally, not many pay attention to Bellhaven's Panama asset. Bellhaven hasn't been doing work on it; it's waiting for some applications or concessions to be granted. Once it gets that green light, there should be some news coming from there.
TGR: How about Temex and its projects in Northern Ontario?
IR: Temex is advancing exploration at its two projects in Northern Ontario. The company has consistently delivered on its resource growth targets. This year, it is going for a global resource of nearly 5 Moz; right now, the company has on its books 2.5 Moz.
Temex is in the right location, with one of the projects in the Timmins Camp and the other one close to where the recent M&A happened with IAMGOLD Corp. (IMG:TSX; IAG:NYSE) and Trelawney Resources Inc. The management is sharp, with a good team of exploration geologists who have a handle on the properties.
TGR: Would you say the Timmins project is Temex's flagship project?
IR: You have to look at both projects because Temex is advancing them side by side. At Timmins you could see near-term production because there is so much infrastructure in place. The other project is more of an exploration play to grow the resource to a size large enough to grab the attention of companies in the area.
TGR: Temex has some significant neighbors in the area, not the least of which is Goldcorp Inc. (G:TSX; GG:NYSE). It also has Lake Shore Gold Corp. (LSG:TSX) as a neighbor. Would you say there's a greater likelihood of a takeover here than there is with similar plays of this size?
IR: Temex is in a great location with a few "hungry" mills in the area that would be quite interested in that property. The initial resource came out last year, and people are starting to get a handle on the property and what that resource implies, whether it is an open pit or a really high-grade underground mine.
TGR: What sort of year should mining investors expect?
IR: It seems to be shaping up as another challenging year ahead. We expect more consolidation as cash-constrained companies join well-funded partners either by choice or, in many cases, out of necessity.
Again, in the copper space, things are much tighter than people realize. First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (FM:TSX) is bidding for Inmet Mining Corp. (IMN:TSX); this could be the beginning of the next round of M&A in the copper space.
TGR: Is that an angle investors should be looking to play if they want to get into this space?
IR: Yes, we think so. In the junior space, it's looking at the ones that actually stand out, the ones with cash, that will be delivering, whether that be on exploration resources or on a new resource estimate. That's what mining investors should be looking at right now.
TGR: Thanks for your time, Ingrid.
Ingrid Rico is a mining analyst at Toronto-based investment bank M Partners, covering junior producers and exploration/development-stage companies. She is a graduate of the Lassonde Mineral Engineering program at the University of Toronto.
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DJ Hullewud – The Break North Mixtape
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"Here it is…finally!!! What do I mean by that, well I will have to take you back a few years to tell you how this one came about. Growing up in London I was always part of the hip hop scene, there wasn't much of one but there was a small one. A few years ago I found out that there was a bi-weekly open mic hip hop night called Dirty Thursdays. I stopped in one night and was blown away by the talent this city had, I really had no idea! It was nothing like I had seen in London, all these hip hop kids coming together for the love of the music…and the
reaction some of these MC's were getting was mind blowing….why did it take so long to get a night like this? I felt that it was about time that people outside of London knew what was going on in the Forest City. I decided to reach out to whoever I could and attempt to put together a mixtape comprised of nothing by London MC's. The plan didn't end up working and it was put on the backburner and forgotten about. A month ago I got an email from Brent (Just Entertainment) asking me if I would be interested in doing a mixtape for an online hip hop magazine, the only catch was that I had to include an exclusive track from one of his artists (Alex Dimez). I have been involved with a couple of Alex Dimez shows and he had passed my name on to Brent. Now normally all the mixtapes I do are old school hip hop and I just didn't feel right doing an old school mix and dropping Alex's track somewhere in the mix. Maybe it was time to go back to my original plan and make some minor adjustments. I reached out to as many London and area MC's as I could, and MC's that I have been fortunate to do shows with or have met over the past few years. The response I got was much better this time around and the tracks started flying in to my inbox. Although this mixtape isn't the all London hip hop mix I had originally planned, I still think that it is close to what I had envisioned. There is still a big London presence on this mixtape from artists that still live in London to artists that are originally from London to artists that are from just outside of London, there are some artists on here that have no London connection whatsoever but somehow we have crossed paths and wanted to be involved. You might look at the track listing and say that you have never heard of 75% of the artists, but in my opinion it's about time that you do! Please sit back and enjoy what I have called "The Break North Mixtape", hopefully you all enjoy it!"
1. Shad – Yaa I Get It (Oddisee Remix)
2. Alex Dimez (Feat. King Jus) – Green
3. More Or Les – Ain't Goin' Out
4. Mullet & Steps (Feat. Timbuktu & Chokeules) – How We Do
5. Maddub – Bills Work Sleep
6. Tre Leji – I'm Gon' Roll
7. Modulok – Timewalker
8. Moore & Exit Only – Cry Wolf
9. The Extremities (Feat. KitKnows & Smashbrovaz) – Right Now
10. Ghettosocks – Guillotine
11. Recordface (Feat. Chokeules) – Double Knot
12. Wise Boyz Noize – Walk It Off (Fresh Kils Remix)
13. Timbuktu – The New Science
14. Lionize Prime – Maple Leaf Rap Kid
15. Waffle – Soundcheck
16. The Extremities (Feat. Lushlife, Ghettosocks & Ambition) – Dial Tones
17. OK Cobra (Feat. More Or Les, Wordburglar, Chokeules & Jesse Dangerously) – I Quit (Backburner Remix)
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So much speculation and it's been going on for years that she will finally leave him because he simply won't, ever, change. But do you know the lengths she went through to get him, and keep him? Did you know she enrolled in classes at university, not because she was interested for herself, but because she wanted to be able to talk to him about...things? She wanted to be able to keep up. She wanted HIM to know/believe/think she could keep up. She worships his brain. She wanted to make sure that he was finding her brain adequately stimulating.
They say that he's been trying to get out of there. He hasn't tried. There has been no attempt. It's kinda futile. First because, even if he were to want to bail, everyone in his life would be against it, and has warned him of the consequences, but also because she has told him straight up, on several occasions, "I will never leave you". This one doesn't get enough credit for her tenacity.
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While attempting to do Escape from Winterfin caverns, I realized the real reason I hate escort quests.
- It's not that if incorrectly planned they take you out of your way.
- It's not that in addition to the quest spawned mobs you get all the locals, worse yet the respawning locals.
- It's not that you put your life and mana on the line and your ungrateful escortee only waits 3 seconds after each battle for you to eat and drink (ok, better than it used to be, where they wouldn't wait, but how about we tell them when to move on).
- It's not that we have to drag our feet waiting for the slow poke to meander down the trail.
- No, what I hate is when someone else beats you to the escort quest. Then you have to wait 15 minutes for the quest giving escortee to respawn.
Does he want my help or not?
Why am I left standing next to his empty cage while he jerks some other noble rescuer around?
"Boss mobs" respawn before you have had the chance to recover from destroying them, but the Rapunzels of this world, just keep you hanging on.
Dear Blizzard, please make the escort quests respawn quicker. This isn't a time travel issue where 2 of the same quest mob in the same space will cause the Universe to collapse.
At the very least make them phased quests so that there isn't a queue going out the cave mouth just waiting to escort the quest giver home.
Gnomer and Out!


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Til Thy For En Dansk Jul!
"We're going to THY!" I have been screaming this for the past week and a half every time someone asks me what I'm doing for Christmas abroad in Denmark.
Peter has graciously–and cautiously–taken in two wild and very foreign creatures into his family's Danish home: a Canadian Girl and a Spanish Girl.
Peter calls us skøre piger in Danish (crazy girls.)
A Danish Christmas is straight out of a fairytale: so so so many cookies (brunkager, pebernødder, klejner, more cookies primarily made out of butter, etc.), marzipan that we make ourselves on the 23rd (lille jul aften)–rolled in nuts, dipped in chocolate, folded into nougat, molded into the shape of a cat, dancing and singing around the Christmas tree–real candles lit on the Christmas tree (juletræ) as we're dancing around it in a holiday frenzy (Pat and I were screaming in fear at this point), a ridiculous amount of food at every meal, making Christmas ornaments with the whole family (folding Danish hearts and stars), shots of schnapps taken at appropriate celebratory intervals–"Skål!"–during Christmas lunch (julefrokost)/every lunch, an onslaught of potatoes, Danish Christmas beer (juleøl/julebryg), the most adorable of traditions–like whoever finds the almond in the risalamande (Danish rice pudding) wins a prize (or traditionally, a marzipan pig. And of course I won.), visiting extended family for more julefrokost, litres and litres of wine, and a lot of basking in each other's presence in front of an open fire–the essence of Danish hygge.
And by the way, Thy is beautiful. I am literally just frolicking in a winter wonderland right now–casual sledding after julefrokost, leisurely walks through the snowy countryside, quiet moments by the coast with a frigid breeze, and driving through a living postcard of snow-capped evergreens and fields that go on forever.
And I get to spend Christmas with the cutest of pies. Undoubtedly, two of my favourite people in the entire kartoffel-filled, wrapped in bacon, smeared with butter, involved in rationality, smelling of freshly baked bread, Danish universe. I'm also very much in love with Peter's parents. Very much–as I happen to be easily smitten by bountiful food spreads, gentle and hospitable souls, homemade jam, roadtrips, and people with a penchant for fine cheese and excelling in the art of relaxing during the holidays. I have since, on a number of occasions, casually suggested to Peter that his parents adopt me. Because, let's be real–who doesn't love homemade jam???????
Glædelig jul from
Spain Catalonia, Denmark, and Canada!
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University welcomes 1,185 freshmen, 550 new grad students
Princeton University will welcome about 1,185 members of the Class of 2005 when the 2001-2002 academic year officially begins this weekend. Approximately 550 new graduate students are expected to enroll.
Opening Exercises will be held Sunday, Sept. 9 and classes begin Sept. 13.
The new freshman class is about 20 students above the original target of 1,165, as more admitted students than anticipated decided to enroll. An additional 26 students accepted an offer of admission, but have deferred their enrollment to the fall of 2002.
"Given that our trustees announced last winter that our students would no longer be asked to take out loans as part of their financial aid, the difference to be made up entirely by additional grant aid, we anticipated that our yield might increase this year," said Fred Hargadon, dean of admission. "So we made fewer initial offers of admission than last year, figuring we could use our wait list to come up to the precise number if need be."
However, the yield increased from 68 percent to 71 percent, making it impossible to admit anyone from the wait list.
The 614 men and 571 women of the Class of '05 come from 825 secondary schools in 48 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and 39 other countries.
"To those of us in admissions, they are 1,185 individual short stories who, collectively, make up an exceptional group of freshmen," Hargadon said. "These 1,185 individual freshmen, alas, will most likely read about themselves only in tabular form: 46 percent are on scholarship; 31 percent of those who are either U.S. citizens or permanent residents are from one or another minority background; around 9 to 10 percent are international students; and more than 14 percent are sons and daughters of Princeton graduates."
Total undergraduate enrollment at the University this fall is expected to be just over 4,600.
New graduate enrollment is down slightly from last year's record of 573 students, but is in line with the Graduate School's enrollment plan.
John Wilson, dean of the Graduate School, said he is pleased with the caliber of new students. With new funding programs approved by the trustees earlier this year, he expects the University to continue to be very competitive in attracting top-notch students.
"Princeton took two initiatives last spring that position it as exceptionally attractive for students seeking the Ph.D. degree," he said. "First-year fellowships for all entering students in sciences and engineering, and summer stipends for all years of study in humanities and social sciences programs provide very generous support that will affect student decisions both about applying to and attending Princeton."
The incoming students include 540 new degree candidates and 10 non-degree visiting students. The science and engineering departments expect to enroll about 265 new students (48 percent of the total), the humanities and social sciences 160 (29 percent), and the professional schools of architecture and public affairs -- predominantly master's degree students -- 125 (23 percent).
Seventy percent of the new graduate students are enrolled in Ph.D. programs; the rest are in master's programs. The Graduate School is bringing in its first class of 26 students pursuing a master of finance degree, a two-year program offered through the Bendheim Center for Finance.
In the entering group of graduate students, 44 percent are international students, 36 percent are women, 4 percent are African American, 5 percent are Hispanic and 24 percent are Asian-American.
Overall, the Graduate School anticipates registering a total of 1,965 graduate students for the 2001-02 academic year. In keeping with other top-ranked research institutions, Princeton provides full financial assistance to virtually all research doctoral candidates.
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