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MOTHERNISM
MOTHER OF INVENTION
You should never preach what you practice. You should strive for a more enlightened, better, brighter you.[1]
That said, you probably are a better, brighter me, already. You are younger for sure. More symmetrical perhaps. These days, people have themselves surgically altered to look more like you and less like me. When people do it in other parts of the world, we like to call it "genital mutilation", but when it happens here, we call it the Barbie.[2]
Now, I cannot tell you what to do, but remember this: Symmetry is valuable, but pleasure is valuable too—ooooh—ooooooh:
We're learning to live with somebody's depression
And I don't want to live with somebody's depression!
But we'll get by I suppose
It's a very modern world
but nobody's perfect
It's a moving world…[3]
I'm wearing purple underpants these days, as if I can only connect to the cosmos through my root chakra, like a giant Kundalini Cobra up my butt, like Cicciolina last time I saw her.[4]
It was after the breakup with Jeff Koons and she was looking good. A little flustered, her cheeks a little hot, her gaze intransigent. Like she was looking at her audience, her audience of one and saying:
'Sup, Jeff? How are you doing? I'm good, you know, I'll get by, as you know, cause it's a moving world, and I've got a giant snake up my butt, and you don't!
Jeff, I imagine, had his head to far up his own butt to take notice, and so it is in general, I fear, with the art world and cosmology. It gets too weird, too deep, too uncomfortable, too soon. And so, the art world could not really fathom Cicciolina, although it embraced her for a while.
Cicciolina, or should I say, the iconography of Cicciolina, for I have never met her in the flesh, has a cosmology of it's own. With a floral wreath in her peroxide blond hair, she is an orgy of one, without even doing anything, -a pagan poetry.[5]
With a Cobra snake up her butt she is the Mother of Invention.
Although she is entirely made of plastic, -or perhaps exactly therefore, she is entirely of, and connected to, this world. She is for real. Like the giant plastic vortex in the Pacific Ocean is for real and has a life and a power of its own.[6]
To illustrate this power, consider for a moment Robert Sullivan's travelogue of the garbage hills of New Jersey:
…One afternoon I…walked along the edge of a garbage hill, a forty-foot drumlin of compacted trash that owed its topography to the waste of the city of Newark…There had been rain the night before, so it wasn't long before I found a little leachate seep, a black ooze trickling down the slope of the hill, an espresso of refuse. In a few hours, this stream would find its way into the… groundwater of the Meadowlands; it would mingle with toxic streams… But in this moment, here at its birth, … this little seep was pure pollution, a pristine stew of oil and grease, of cyanide and arsenic, of cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, silver, mercury, and zinc. I touched this fluid –my fingertip was a bluish caramel color –and it was warm and fresh. A few yards away, where the stream collected into a benzene-scented pool, a Mallard swam alone.[7]
I found this quote in Jane Bennett's book Vibrant Matter, and I am citing it here, because the simple summary of the components of the trash, -the active ingredients so to speak, and the way that the description piles up and becomes layered in a similar way to the landfills it is describing, has a poetic potency of its own, and highlights the difference between archiving and composting that is at the heart of the matter.
Where the archive is passive, the compost is active, and moves in mysterious ways, with an agency, beyond our control.
As Jane Bennett explains, -in relation to her own encounter with a pile of debris in a storm drain, on a June morning in Baltimore, Sullivan set her thinking about our relation to the inert matter that surrounds us, and of the powers that be, -within us and without us:
Sullivan reminds us that a vital materiality can never really be thrown "away", for it continues its activities even as a discarded or unwanted commodity. For Sullivan that day, as for me on that June morning, thing-power rose from a pile of trash. Not Flower Power, or Black Power, or Girl Power, but Thing Power: the curious ability of inanimate things to animate, to produce effects dramatic and subtle.[8]
This may all sound like sci-fi to you, but this is the sci-fi we live in now. And not only do we live within it, it lives within us. The plastic vortex is not only out there in the Pacific Ocean, -it swims within us. Not only in the literal sense: that the plastic is grinded down to miniscule plastic plankton, that enters the food chain again when it gets eaten by the small fish that in turn gets eaten by the big fish, that in turn gets eaten by the giant Yellow-fin Tuna, that in turn gets eaten by a Maki roll that gets eaten by us, until we are plasticized from the inside. That too, but in every sense: our language, our literature, our poetry, our song writing is pervaded by this ever present vibrant plasticity. As is this letter.
A way of navigating the plastic sea, could be this strategy suggested by Kembra Pfaler in an interview with the New York Times:
I am an availabist, so I like just wandering about different neighborhood looking around at how people are living, sort of like a minimalist extreme vacation. I like antinaturalism, finding beauty in odd urban decay, so there is plenty of that if that's your hobby.
When asked what she is working on right now, Pfaler replies:
What's been at the forefront of my thoughts is "Future Feminism". I look around and wonder what I'm doing, what we are doing as artists in the year 2012. I ask myself, "Am I a feminist? Am I a woman of independence and high esteem? Am I getting sucked into the system of despair that tries to brainwash women into thinking they are this or that?" I want to perpetuate a positive paradigm of visibility for women, despite what feels like backsliding and a sort of crass alternative greed – the greed that makes us isolate, and think about art careers instead of art.[9]
The Future Feminism she refers to is a movement she instigated together with Antony Hegarty, who describes it like this:
It's not a group that thinks women should just crawl towards economic equality in the way we have been engaged in since the 60s. That can't be the climax of feminism. It's like gay rights, as if gay marriage is the end point, as if we just want to be included in these business-as-usual institutions. That's not the point of being queer, just as mitigated reproductive rights aren't the point of being a woman. We want to move this forward. Do something great… overturn all these failed male structures of thinking, all this aggression in decision-making…[10]
There is a lot self-empowerment in these simple statements, I think, a lot of Girl Power to take to the Thing Power, a way of surfing the plastic wave instead of being sucked into the plastic maelstrom. And there is a lot of enlightenment to be found in the tip, like a giant cobra up the butt of consumer society.
Now, as your mother, I can absolutely not tell you to go and get a Cobra up your butt, and you are way too young to read this letter anyway. But if and when you read it, I want to say this to you: First of all:
I'm Sorry!
I'm sorry to be handing down the world to you in such a sordid state. I don't like thinking about the giant plastic vortex any more that you do, and yet I keep feeding it, because it is insatiable: Styrofoam cups, toy guns, office chairs, Valentines, heated blankets. They are inanimate objects, but they are also compassionate objects. And they are passionate…[11]
If you tune in, you can hear them humming, like that old Kiss song:
I was made for lovin' you baby
You were made for lovin' me
And I can't get enough of you baby
Can you get enough of me?[12]
So, as you can hear: we not only love the world, we are loved by it. We not only live in the world, we are lived by it. We not only move in the world we are moved by it.
I hope that you can find your own way and your own beauty in it, as I do. Because it is awesome. Literally.
And if you have to become plastic, to find your place in this plastic world, girl, don't go for the Barbie.
Go for the Cicciolina.
[1] Although, when offered enlightenment you should always ask yourself first: "who is enlightened, by what, and why?"
[2] Dr. Red Alinsod, a Laguna Beach-based urogynecologist who invented the Barbie surgery, which amputates the entire icky Labia Minora, explains:
This results in a "clamshell" aesthetic: a smooth genital area, the outer labia appearing "sealed" together with no labia minora protrusion. Alinsod tells me he invented the Barbie in 2005. "I had been doing more conservative labiaplasties before then," he says. "But I kept getting patients who wanted almost all of it off. They would come in and say, I want a 'Barbie.' So I developed a procedure that would give them this comfortable, athletic, petite look, safely.
Baker, Katie J. M.: Unhappy With Your Gross vagina? Why Not Try "The Barbie" Jezebel January 18th 2013
http://jezebel.com/5977025/unhappy-with-your-gross-vagina-why-not-try-the-barbie
[3] Bowie, David: Fantastic Voyage from Lodger RCA 1979
[4] I googled Cicciolina + Cobra to see if I could actually find this image again, but ended up via a bizarre shot of Brigitte Nielsen's cleavage on a Spanish speaking site dedicated to Great tits of the 80's… so I'm sorry: if you live by the web, you die by the web. –something to keep in mind!
[5] I did meet Jeff Koons, though, at the reception for his retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. It must have been the fall of 1992, because I went there with my first and only Dutch boyfriend, a relationship that lasted all of four months. We travelled cross-country, by train. I was wearing hot black hot pants and cherry Doc Marten's up to my knees, and Jeff autographed my arm with a Sharpie, which made me feel, briefly, voluptuous in a sculptural kind of way and also, that Cicciolina's position is not as far out as you may think.
[6] A Premonition:
You're high-brow, holy
With lots of soul melancholy shimmering
Serpentine sleekness was always my weakness
Like a simple tune
But no dilettante filigree fancy beats the plastic you…
Roxy Music: Mother of Pearl, from the album Stranded, Polydor Records 1973.
[7] Sullivan, Robert: The Meadowlands, Wilderness adventures on the Edge of a City Random House New York, 1998, pg 96-97
[8] In this first chapter of her book Vibrant Matter Bennett is further deliberating on how her study of some of the great philosophers like Thoreau, Spinoza, Maurice Merleau-Ponty had readied her for the acceptance and experience of thing-power. And I'm not name-dropping for the sake of it. I suggest you dig into these guys, if you are interested.
Bennett, Jane: Vibrant Matter, a political ecology of things, Duke University Press, Durham and London 2010
[9] According to The New York Times blog, I am quoting:
The artist Kempra Pfaler is best known fro getting completely naked and then covering her svelte body in red paint, donning a three-tiered wig, and speak-singing (sometimes roaring) along to the music of her band the Voluptuous Horrors of Karen Black.
Wright, Io Tillett: The Lowdown on Kembra Pfaler:
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/20/the-lowdown-kembra-pfahler/
[10] Adams, Tim: Antony Hegarty: We need more Oestrogen-based Thinking, The Observer, May 19th 2012
Adams, Tim: Antony Hegarty: We need more oestrogen-based thinking, The Observer, May 19th 2012
[11] More on compassionate objects can be found in Elaine Scarry's book The Body in Pain, the making and unmaking of the world, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1985
[12] KISS: I was Made for Lovin' You from the album Dynasty Casablanca 1979
Mother of Invention - Lise Haller Baggesen
MOTHER OF REVOLUTION
MOTHER OF ABSTRACTION
MOTHER OF DEMOLITION
Mother of Invention-Footnote - Lise Haller Baggesen


Janet Jackson surprises Missy Elliott and honors her at Essence Event "Black Women In Music 2018"
She had all the hits! We love you Missy! Comment your favorite Missy song below! Share with a friend!
Pharrell "Come Get It Bae" Missy Elliott Surprise Performance at BET Awards 2014!
"IGGY receives surprise for MISSY ELLIOT"


I need to use a lot of custom foods and one thing that annoys me to no end is how I can't tell the program how big a serving is. I don't always eat an amount equal to one serving. When entering a custom food, I should be able tell how much was in that serving so that I can enter the food in other amounts. I have been entering the food with it's serving size in the name and doing the math manually, but that seems so silly that I have to do that, being that this is on a computer and all. For example, say a serving of food A is 80g. When I use 60g, I want to be able to enter 60g rather than 0.75 servings.
BTW, I'm an online premium member.
Last edited by mellyagain; 01-11-2010 at 09:16 PM. Reason: I incorrectly stated that I thought only one decimal place could be entered.
I believe if you first create the food (at least name it), then it'll take you to the next screen wherein you can change the amount. What I've been doing is creating a shell (with a name), changing the amount in the applicable serving (indicating g, kg, oz, whatever), then going back and editing the food, entering the actual nutritional numbers at that point. These are extra steps that didn't used to be required, but it's the best way I've found to address this now.
What I don't understand is why you can't adjust the serving size when you initially create the food, and why you are apparently no longer allowed to use cups or other volume measurements. I've had a FitDay account for several years, but haven't used it in a while. I used to be able to enter any food and adjust for any serving size I wanted (cup, tbsp, etc.). The fact that I can't do this easily anymore is very frustrating.
Especially since I can go back and edit my old custom foods based on volume. Can someone from FD explain why this functionality was removed?
Thanks! That does at least let me enter in the right amount of grams for the info I have. However, when the amount of "serving" is selected, it still assumes 1 serving = 1g.
The lack of volume options annoys me too. Also, if I am able to use one volume, I should be able to use others. For example, this isn't a custom food, but I wanted to use a tablespoon of barbecue sauce. The generic barbecue sauce is selectable in cups, but not in tablespoons. That is a simple conversion the program should do automatically. Besides, a cup is a lot of barbecue sauce!
The choices for food portions are often more for recipes than for the amount one person would eat in a meal. It requires a lot of math to convert 1 teaspoonful eaten to decimal portions of a cup.
Raisins are listed as cups. I'd like tablespoonful.
Olive oil by tablespoonful. I want teaspoon.
Almond by ounce, 22 nuts. I want 1 nut.
Pecans I want 1 half.
Flour by cup. I want tablespoonful.
Lime juice, lemon juice, vinegar by cup. I want tablespoon or teaspoon.
There are often several choices in portions. Could these be added?


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Irish jockey claims to have spent one million quid on drink, drugs and women; now eyes comeback
Irish jockey Paddy Merrigan has revealed his "insane lifestyle" in which he spent nearly one million quid on drink, drugs, and women.
Paddy Merrigan. Facebook/Paddy Merrigan
Life for Merrigan was so chaotic, he nearly ended up in a mental health facility in Roscommon. However, about two-and-a-half years ago he turned around his life and is now looking to work as a jockey again, the Irish Independent reports.
"The minute I got off the boat in England my career took off very quick. I had lots of money and lots of sponsorship deals," Merrigan,32, told Will Faulkner of Midlands Radio.
"Social scene was insane, to be honest. I was very wild. I was a very emotional jockey and I always craved something bigger than I have today.
"When I finished racing I began drinking very heavy.
"When I became successful lots of things came my way. Things like endorsements and lots of beautiful women and I craved all that.
Read More: Irish jockey, 25, loses battle with cancer day before she was due to wed
"I was wild. I would meet up with lots of girls in the racing industry and have random...nothing meaningful for those few years. I was too emotionally attached to racing to have anything meaningful throughout that period."
The good times soon came to a halt.
"It was the best week of my life racing. I had a double in Aintree. I had winners all that week, wherever I was, finishing up in Newbury.
"Previous to that week I had ridden a couple of horses and one was a high-profile fall at the last in Haydock. It was a big race and I come to the last in first place and the horse fell.
"A lot of people mistakingly thought this was the reason I had left. Now that I'm here to be honest, that hadn't a whole lot to do with it at all because that owner, Guy Walter, supported me.
"I had lost on one horse the previous week. I was so passionate about my job then and I was told I wasn't riding the horses – that horse to me was worth more than I was to myself – unfortunately, I was heartbroken and to be honest I walked away – I said to myself I never want to be a jockey again.
I just want to help you and all you owe me in return is a smile and to know your ok .
Publiée par Paddy Merrigan sur Vendredi 4 janvier 2019
"People say Paddy gave up because he was drinking and taking drugs but that's all bullshit. Paddy Merrigan gave up horseracing because I was too passionate for my own good.
"I lost the rides on a couple of horses and, as I explained to a fella before, I have the greatest mother in the world. I said if you lined that horse up against a wall with my mother and told me to shoot one of them, my mother would have been dead that day and my mother is the most important person to me on the planet. That's what that horse meant to me.
"When I was told I was not riding I thought it was a prank. It didn't matter why I wasn't riding the horse, nothing mattered. I wasn't riding. So I said to the doctor that day, I said 'I'm standing myself down, I am not riding'. I threw my racing gear and said 'I'm done, I am out of here'.
"I got in my car and went from Kempton race course to Birmingham. I drove that car 150 mph straight to the short stay carpark, threw it in and said 'get me the first flight out of here'.
"I left the car there for a few months or whatever."
Merrigan went back to Ireland. He would spend some days working with horses in Athlone.
"I was riding out and going hunting a lot," he said.
"I was enjoying that but I would be there a few days showing horses to sales people and I would be gone three days later partying with women and blowing money, living an insane lifestyle. Down the line I started drinking a lot. Since I gave up racing I would say I definitely, between everything, I could have blown nearly a million pound."
He decided he needed to return to racing, but this was easier said than done.
"I landed back in England but I had no passion. I had no drive. Nothing in me. I wasn't the same jockey. I rode a winner in Sandown and I remember driving out the gate thinking 'I am so done with this'. I wasn't happy.
"I remember seeing a picture of me in the winners' enclosure and I was like a dead man, pale white. There was nothing in me. Same thing again, I left a car up with my friend who used to have the halfway house up in Cheltenham. Another new BMW, just left it where I used to live above the restaurant and bar and went home for another six or seven months.
"Abandoned a car, abandoned everything and that's when I started drinking, gambling and taking drugs.
"It got bad for a while and then levelled out. It was bad for a couple of years and I met an ex-partner, who became the mother of my first child and I mellowed out for a little while. I was back in Gordon Elliott's riding out."
Nobody is going to give it to us. Time to get up and fight for it. Stay alive because the future might be brighter than you ever dreamed.
Publiée par Mad Merrigan sur Mercredi 9 janvier 2019
While working for the renowned trainer, his life started spiraling out of control again.
"It got so bad for so long that I just became distant. I lost family relationships...was always a shit dad and things like that. I remember going to the Galway Races for one week with one suit on me and drinking for the full week and taking cocaine. I went down with a real nice black suit and real nice white shirt and by the end of the week that shirt was yellow. That's the kind of lifestyle I was living.
"There was one incident where a friend of mine, I was best man at his wedding. I remember that week up to the wedding. Oh, I was in bad shape. I was in bad bad shape. He was trying to get me to do stuff for the wedding but I was nowhere to be got. Was probably drinking and taking drugs and whatever.
"He came to me and said 'what's wrong with you?' I just broke down and for the first time I came clean. I thought I was going to do away with myself then, yeah."
Two days later, that friend, Michael, would accompany him to the doctor who referred Merrigan to Roscommon Hospital.
"Michael and his wife brought me down. I walked into that hospital and that was an eye-opener for me. I was five minutes sitting in a room with all the patients that were there and that's a scary, scary, scary place I can tell you.
"This is not the place for you. You don't need to be tied to a bed and drugged."
Read More: Irish jockey denies punching horse in incident caught on video
He went on to set up a business selling horses in Northern Ireland. He had a second child, but then separated from his partner. Cocaine and alcohol were always there. He knew that the only thing that could save him was racing.
"A friend of mine rang me about two-and-a-half years ago and asked what I was doing. He told me he was in America and to go out to him. I went out an visited him, Darren Egan, He is like a brother to me," he said.
"I have been over and back visiting since. I had a girlfriend out there but broke up recently enough and my life has been fine the last two-and-a-half years. It hasn't been successful or anything, but it has been fine.
"I have help of a good friend, Anthony Connell, who is a personal trainer. He gave me a programme about 12 weeks ago and my mindset is getting better and better.
"I am 32 and have eight good years left racing again."
He said the drink and drugs have been replaced by his passion for horse racing.
"Absolutely (The passion is back).
"I was watching the racing recently and this emotion came over me. I broke down. I knew I wasn't done yet. It's in me.
"Now is the right time for me to go and inspire this nation about mental health."
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As mentioned in a previous post, I've been invited to teach a course in writing YA Fiction through Blue Heron Books in Uxbridge. And last month, at the January CANSCAIP meeting, I heard a panel of absolutely fabulous writing instructors — Anne Laurel Carter, Sharon Jennings, Cathy Rondina and my own teacher, Peter Carver — discuss their experiences and ideas around teaching writing.
So of course I'm thinking now about what it is I love about writing classes, both as a student and as a teacher, as I put together this new course.
I'd never thought about writing for children before, but who doesn't want to take a course from Yoda?
So I signed up for Peter Carver's entry-level class, run out of Mabel's Fables, a children's bookstore in Toronto. That was my introduction to children's books in Canada today… in a colourful, book-crammed wonderland, at the hands of a rather tall, lanky Yoda, whose passion for children's literature is second to none. He taught us all to write better, yes, but he also shared his love of all things book-related. He introduced us to some of the best books being published at that time, and showed us how inspiring and wide-reaching children's literature can be.
What was it about that class? Peter, of course. Probably also the setting. And the group, the people there. The level two class was something new to me at the time, in that it wasn't a class you just took once and moved on. There were people in that class who had been coming back for ten or fifteen years, by that point. The class was always the same, and always different, because it was a workshop made up of the people in the room and whatever they were working on at the time. You never knew what you'd learn, or which stories you'd hear.
And I did like hearing everyone's stories. Sharing work aloud, I think, can be an important part of the learning process, for both the reader and the listeners.
So be warned — if you're thinking of signing up for my YA class, there will be a workshopping component! I hope that each of you has a YA project you're working on, or wanting to work on. If not, I'll get you started!
We'll also read and hear bits of some really wonderful, recent YA novels and talk about what makes them work — or not work. We'll be looking into some psychology tools and talking about what it means to be a teen, and how we can use that to deepen our characters and even our approaches to story structure. We'll be remembering our own teen selves, and mining that rich ground for stories.
And, of course, there will be charts. And handouts. Because my brain likes charts and handouts.
We'll look at different genres (fantasy, historical, mystery) and how they are being represented in YA books. We'll look at the market, too, and the business side of things, and I'll see if I can convince some of the agents, editors and YA writers I know to join us (maybe via Skype, given the sort of winter we're having) or at least share their thoughts, but as with most of my classes, the focus will be on your writing. After all, that's the fun part.
I can't be 'Yoda' like Peter, and I'm not laid back like Ted. My teaching style tends to be a little bit more jackrabbity, and I have a bit of an obsession with bristol board. But one thing I can offer, one thing I do have in common with these two and with the other wonderful teachers I heard from at CANSCAIP in January, is a deep-seated love of children's books. Also a genuine excitement about sharing anything I've picked up along the way that can help another writer develop. I have a sponge for a brain when it comes to this stuff, and I like to wring it out during class time. (There's a lovely, appetizing image for you.) I look forward to hearing your stories, and to helping you make them stronger.
Perhaps best of all, there will be cookies. Tea as well, if Shelley will allow it in her absolute treasure of a bookstore. That's the lasting legacy of my time at Mabel's Fables — Peter taught me that cookies are a very important component of any writing class.
So if you're thinking of signing up, drop me a line and let me know if you like oatmeal or chocolate chip with your brain-spongings.
Remember being a teen? First times. Intense feelings. Everything changing, all at once, as your world seems to grow bigger and smaller at the same time.
Join children's author Erin Thomas for a six-week look at novel writing through a YA- specific lens. Previous writing experience or a course in writing for children is recommended but not required.
Erin, what a lovely tribute to Peter, Ted, and the gangs who've gathered at Mabel's. You're a great teacher. I wish I could take your class.


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Coke Fiends and Content Strategy
The Coca-Cola Company has unleashed a new type of soda fountain into the world. They've put some online marketing muscle to work to promote it. But is it enough?
My wife is an unapologetic Diet Coke enthusiast. When she breathlessly told me about a new sort of soda fountain at the local Dairy Queen, I was curious.
What could make a soda fountain new? Isn't it just soda? Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, and maybe lemonade and root beer?
I was in for a surprise, as this was no ordinary soda machine. This was a Coca Cola Freestyle machine.
The Coca Cola Freestyle soda fountain
This thing is kind of a big deal. Most soda machines offer 8-10 choices. That is it. I've seen some convenience store fountains with more exotic options, like a shot of cherry flavor. Beyond that, the soda fountain world has been fairly static for decades.
This soda fountain changes all of that.
With a footprint smaller than a regular soda fountain, this one boasts not only a touchscreen, but a MIND-BLOWING array of options. Over 100, in fact.
Thirsty patrons touch the screen to choose a brand (Coke, Sprite, etc.) and then choose an optional flavor. Brilliant. Did I mention that there are over ONE HUNDRED OPTIONS?
How has Coke marketed the Freestyle machine?
Well, there is a sign in the window at the DQ. And another at the cash register. But what is happening online?
They have a slim microsite set up, primarily to point people to these three things:
They've set up a Twitter account, @ccfreestyle:
Listening for terms like "drink machine" "100+" etc. in addition to the brand names
@ replying to mentions of those terms, asking "What did you like?"
Getting little to no response (I've been there. It can be tough.)
They've also established a Facebook page.
Running a "Fan of the Week" contest
Offering lots of "What's your favorite?" questions
Allowing users to post images in a largely unfettered fashion (not going to link to that one)
They have apps for Android and iOS.
Primary function: a memory game mimicking the Freestyle's touchscreen
Also includes a Freestyle machine locator map, via GPS
Game-ified badge rewards for high scores and use of the Freestyle locator
Apps can link to users' Twitter and Facebook account to share scores/badges
Looks nice. Game play? Check. Direct interaction? Check. But, I can't help but feel that they've stopped a bit short.
Coke fiends and their friends
Many real-world Coke fans are more than enthusiastic. Fiendish, even. They already devote status updates to the brand. I've seen more than one person add it to their social network bio. With this level of devotion, a does a considerable opportunity await? YES.
The Freestyle machine begs for deeper engagement. It already has a touchscreen and an OS, for Pete's sake. Just think of the possibilities. A couple of examples:
Challenge drinkers to try all 100+ choices, track progress and share
Award badges for different achievements, share them via Twitter and Facebook
All Coke flavors tried
All sodas in orange flavor tried
Number of different machines visited
"Mayorship" of machines (to borrow from Foursquare)
Facilitate the invitation of friends for competition
Issue QR codes from the machine send status updates via the app to Twitter and Facebook ("Drinking a Pibb Zero from @ccfreestyle.")
Create a Freestyle Re-mix: make-your-own mix of sodas, name it, and submit it
These things go one step beyond brands interacting directly with the consumer. They allow people to have a conversation facilitated, originated, and/or augmented by the brand that bridges the gap between the real world and the online world.
B2C interaction is VERY important. But, the brand-facilitated consumer-to-consumer interaction is more organic. It's happening between one brand advocate and other potential brand advocates.
Bridging the gap between online and offline
Tosca Fasso, Content Strategist at Razorfish, recently wrote a blog post about the blurring of online and offline worlds. She writes:
"Publishers are creating linkage points between offline and online media to build an ecosystem of opportunities for audiences to connect with their brands."
There is a major shift happening. It's already having a significant impact on content creators and those tasked with content governance.
The technology now exists to make these online/offline connections in a swipe or two on a mobile device. How does that fit within the core strategy and business goals, if at all? How can these advances be shared across department lines? Shared across other spaces? How can they be best put to use?
Ms. Fasso continues with this in her closing paragraph, detailing the impact this has on content strategy:
"It's time to start thinking about handoff opportunities, places where our work can pass the baton. Done right, these integrated efforts can help build optimal experiences for users while helping brands meet users where they are…"
Coke has built some of the foundation for bridging the gap between online and offline worlds with the Freestyle soda fountain. They are engaging people on Twitter and Facebook. They've got social-graph connected apps with game layers and rewards.
By further fostering that online/offline connection, Coke could enjoy even greater brand loyalty and engagement.
Not all brands can do this. Not all brands have 100+ of anything worth sharing. And not all brands have Coca-Cola's brand recognition.
As any wise content strategist will tell you, it is not about the tactics. It's about the approach. Tackle those content strategy and social strategy projects with an eye on bringing real-world experiences to the now-ubiquitous social graphs. You'll be even closer to fulfilling those core business goals.
Or one step closer to the Borg. Either way…
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Katy Perry Reveals New Album Details
Katy Perry has revealed details of the follow up to last year's hit album 'One Of The Boys'. Influenced by Ace of Base and Cyndi Lauper, 'Teenage Dream' is due for release in Ireland on August 27th.
The first single to be taken from the album will be 'California Gurls' featuring none other than Snoop Dogg, which comes out on June 18th. According to Katy, she wrote the track as a response to Jay-Z and Alicia Key's 'Empire State of Mind' after hearing the hit song at a party.
"Everybody was holding their drinks in the air and dancing, and I thought, 'We're not in New York, we're in Los Angeles! What about California? What about all the homies, the gin and juice, the swaying palm trees, the sun-kissed skin 24-7. I decided that we needed to make a response. I want people to want to book a ticket to California the first time they hear it!"
'California Gurls' is currently streaming on Katy's official website.
Meanwhile, Baltimore dream pop duo Beach House have expressed their irritation at the similarity between the album's title and that of their own 'Teen Dream' which came out at the start of the year. Ha!
Robbie Williams claims someone was once hired to "kill" him
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Counting Sequence
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The Goldbach Conjecture, Part 2
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Back and Forth Rows
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Here is another DIY sensory toddler activity! I thought I would mix things up a little and make slime with shaving cream. Making slime with shaving cream creates a fluffiness and a really cool texture a.k.a. fluffy slime. Like my other slime recipe, this is also super easy and inexpensive. Great way to take basic household products and make a quick activity project for the kids. Parenting win!
This recipe, because of the texture of the shaving cream(it is not the easiest to measure), may need to be tweaked a smidge when mixing. Place 3-4 cups of shaving cream in a mixing bowl, add your drops of food coloring and mix the color in. I use a rubber spatula to mix the slime ingredients. No surprise, I went with Sofia's favorite color…Pink!
Then add 4-6 ounces of white glue and 1 teaspoon of baking soda and continue mixing. Lastly, add 1 tablespoon of Saline solution and 1/4 cup of water. Mix it thoroughly for about a minute or so. This is where you may need to tweak the recipe. If you feel it's not coming together properly, add a little more saline (1/2 teaspoon). Tada! You are done. That is all there is to making fluffy slime! I store the fluffy slime in a Ziploc bag or Tupperware.
My daughter loves playing with slime and compared to the glitter slime, she seems to like the fluffy slime consistency and texture better. If you want to add another sensory activity into your toddler's activities rotation, this would be a great one to try!
Did you use contact solution with boric acid? That makes a big difference. How much glue did you use?


It was an issue discussed when Israeli policymakers convened for the recent Herzilya Conference where there was a session called "Winning the Battle of the Narrative: Strategic Communication for Israel." There was also an associated working paper, prepared by a team that included Ido Aharoni from Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), along with senior officials from the prime minister's office, public relations firms and two key lobby groups — The Israel Project in the US, and Bicom from the UK ("Winning the Battle of the Narrative" (PDF)).
An additional working paper produced for the Herzliya conference was called "The 'Soft Warfare' against Israel: Motives and Solution Levers," produced by a mix of academics and representatives from the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-SE), the Institute for Policy and Strategy, NGO Monitor and Israel's MFA ("The 'Soft Warfare' against Israel: Motives and Solution Levers" (PDF)).
A 21 January 2005 article in The Jewish Week explained that the "Brand Israel" campaign then is all about "fewer stories explaining the rationale for the security fence" and "more attention to scientists doing stem-cell research on the cutting edge or the young computer experts who gave the world Instant Messaging" ("Marketing A New Image, 21 January 2005). Another important group is "Israel21c." According to its website, Israel21c's "mission is to focus media and public attention on the 21st century Israel that exists beyond the conflict." The rationale being that by "promoting positive images of Israel and Israelis, people will come to view Israelis as more like themselves and understand the relevance of Israel to their own lives." According to a 14 October 2005 article in the Forward, Israel21c was working with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) "on a plan to generate collaborative content" for the lobby group ("Israel Aims To Improve Its Public Image").
Ben White is a freelance journalist and writer whose articles have appeared in the Guardian's "Comment is free," The Electronic Intifada, the New Statesman, and many others. He is the author of Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide (Pluto Press). He can be contacted at ben A T benwhite D O T org D O T uk.


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B.C. Reg. 343/95
O.C. 1008/95 Deposited August 18, 1995
effective September 1, 1995
Political Contributions Regulations
[Last amended September 20, 2020 by B.C. Reg. 262/2020]
1 Income tax receipts
2 Information to be included on receipts
3 Invalid receipts
4 Distribution and retention of receipts
5 Receipts may be used as eligible political contribution by spouse
6 Restrictions on eligible political contributions in relation to conference and convention fees
Income tax receipts
1 In this regulation:
"receipt" means a receipt issued under section 20 of the Income Tax Act by a financial agent for a registered political party, registered constituency association or candidate.
Information to be included on receipts
2 (1) Receipts must be printed with sequential serial numbers.
(2) A receipt and every copy of a receipt issued for a political contribution must clearly indicate the following:
(a) that it is a receipt for British Columbia income tax purposes;
(b) the serial number of the receipt;
(c) the amount of the political contribution;
(d) the date on which the political contribution was received;
(e) the name and address of the person making the political contribution including, in the case of an individual, the given names of the individual;
(f) the signature of the financial agent;
(g) in the case of a contribution to a candidate,
(i) the name of the candidate, and
(ii) the election in which the individual is a candidate, identified by electoral district and general voting day;
(h) in the case of a contribution to a political party or constituency association,
(i) the name of the organization as filed with the chief electoral officer under Part 9 of the Election Act, and
(ii) the identity number assigned to the organization under section 192 of the Election Act.
(3) If a replacement receipt is issued for a previously issued receipt, in addition to the applicable information under subsection (2), the receipt must clearly indicate
(a) that it is issued as a replacement receipt, and
(b) the serial number of the original receipt.
Invalid receipts
3 (1) A receipt is not valid for the purposes of section 20 of the Income Tax Act
(a) if it is not signed by the financial agent of the registered political party, registered constituency association or candidate to whom the contribution is given, or
(i) the day on which the political contribution was received,
(ii) the year in which the political contribution was received, or
(iii) the amount of the contribution
is incorrectly or illegibly entered on the receipt.
(2) A receipt referred to in subsection (1) (b) must be dealt with as a spoiled receipt.
Distribution and retention of receipts
4 (1) Receipts must have at least 2 parts, to be distributed as follows:
(a) the original must be provided to the taxpayer for attachment to the taxpayer's tax return;
(b) one copy must be retained by the financial agent;
(c) if applicable, other copies must be dealt with in accordance with the Election Act.
(2) If a receipt is spoiled, it must be marked "cancelled" and the original and all copies must be retained by the financial agent.
(3) Copies of receipts required to be retained under this regulation must be retained by the financial agent at the same location that the financial records of the political party, constituency association or candidate under the Election Act are maintained by the financial agent.
Receipts may be used as eligible political contribution by spouse
5 A receipt for an eligible political contribution by the spouse of a taxpayer may be used by the taxpayer as an eligible political contribution of the taxpayer.
Restrictions on eligible political contributions in relation to conference and convention fees
6 If a fee for a conference or convention, as referred to in section 180 (3) of the Election Act, includes an amount to cover the costs of food or accommodation, or both, that amount is not an eligible political contribution and must be deducted from the fee for the purposes of determining the political contribution for which a receipt may be issued.
[Provisions of the Income Tax Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 215, relevant to the enactment of this regulation: section 20]


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What's Up With Water – Brazil's Water After Rupture of Mining Waste Dam, and More
February 4, 2019 /1 Comment/in Water News /by Eileen Wray-McCann
Eileen Wray-McCann, for Circle of Blue, and here's What's Up with Water, your "need-to-know news" of the world's water.
This Week's Key Water Stories From Around The Globe.
In the United States, Arizona lawmakers approved a short-term plan for cutting water use from the Colorado River. Governor Doug Ducey signed the agreement six hours before a federal deadline for the seven basin states. When the time was up, the Bureau of Reclamation would have started to draft its own plan. The bureau, however, said that both Arizona and California missed the official deadline because not all key players had signed off on the agreements. Those states now have until mid-March to do so while the bureau gathers comments on its own plan for reducing water use.
The nonprofit Waterkeeper Alliance, along with two member organizations, has sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It said the agency failed to review important drinking water regulations on time. The suit alleges that the EPA missed deadlines for evaluating standards on chromium, solvents, Legionella bacteria, and other contaminants in U.S. drinking water.
In related news, the EPA does not plan to set drinking water limits on PFOA and PFOS chemicals. That's according to two sources familiar with the agency's upcoming decision. The toxic substances have been detected in groundwater near military bases and chemical plants, and are linked to cancer and other illnesses. The EPA, which says a final decision has not been made, says it will not discuss the contents of its chemical management plan until it is made public. A release date has not been set.
Last week, India and Pakistan rekindled the cooperative spirit of a river-sharing treaty that is nearly six decades old. A three-member team of Pakistani experts visited India to inspect hydropower projects under the Indus Water Treaty. They called the visit very successful and invited the Indian experts to visit Pakistan's dam on the Indus river.
Zimbabwe's second-largest city announced that it will implement water restrictions due to falling reservoir levels. Rationing in Bulawayo will begin with 36-hour cuts each week, and will be reviewed weekly.
In Saudi Arabia, nearly 300 people were rescued last week amid heavy rainfall and flooding. The severe weather has killed 12 and injured more than 170 people.
In Australia, a new royal commission's evaluation of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan advises a complete overhaul of the controversial project. The 746-page report found incidences of maladministration, negligence, and unlawful actions in the creation and execution of the plan.
In other news, a team of scientists from The Australian National University recently spent several months gathering satellite data on water availability below the earth's surface. The researchers found that the data could predict drought up to five months in advance. The team says space technology could prove invaluable in preparations for drought and bushfires.
And that's the world water roundup.
We focus this week on Brazil, where the collapse of a massive dam containing mining waste has killed scores of people. It now threatens the water of hundreds of communities. Some critics point to weak environmental safeguards saying that this tragedy has happened before, and will happen again.
On January 25th, a dam at a mine in southeastern Brazil failed, releasing a tsunami of reddish-brown sludge that quickly engulfed
buildings, vehicles and parts of the nearby city of Brumadinho. At least 121 people are known dead, and a couple hundred remain missing. Rescuers say they have little hope of finding more survivors.
The sludge is composed of iron ore waste and mining by-products. It was stored in a huge containment area run by the big Brazilian mining company Vale SA. Now loose, and on the move, it has left deposits of up to 15 meters (or nearly 50 feet) deep in some areas. It continues to head down a tributary stream, threatening to contaminate a larger river that supplies drinking water to five of Brazil's 26 states.
The Associated Press reported that the Paraopeba River, about 11 miles downstream from the ruptured waste dam, has turned brown, and residents have been warned to avoid using it, even for fishing. The Paraopeba flows into the larger Sao Francisco River, which provides drinking and irrigation water to hundreds of municipalities including larger cities.
As searches continue and communities mourn their dead, Brazilian officials and experts are attempting to mitigate water contamination.
They hope to use a hydroelectric dam and facility nearly 200 miles downstream from the spill site. If the dam's reservoir can isolate the sludge, it could perhaps be remediated before the water is released to the Sao Francisco River. The sludge is expected to reach the dam between February 5th and 10th, according to Brazil's National Water Agency. The operators of the hydroelectric dam say the wave of waste poses no structural risk to the dam.
However, the sludge, moving about a half mile an hour, is destroying vegetation and aquatic life.
Mining tailings, which contain high levels of iron ore particles or other heavy metals, can contaminate rivers for years or decades, according to the head of the Environmental Biophysics program at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Vale SA, the waste dam operator, said the sludge did not have dangerous levels of metals, but experts countered that the environmental impact could be irreversible.
The Associated Press reported that Vale told them it was conducting water quality tests, but was awaiting results. In the meantime, the Brazilian environmental group SOS Mata Atlantica began its own testing last week near the site of the waste dam failure. Early data from that area of the [parrro-PEBB-ah] Paraopeba River showed low oxygen levels in the water, and high levels of nitrate and phosphate. The testers used methods developed by an independent water testing organization based in the United States. The results showed that in that location, water quality had dropped nearly 30 index points, or from "Good" to "Bad." One biologist present said that only a few fish species could survive such conditions, and dead fish were seen floating along the river several miles from the failed dam.
Experts warned that even if water tests do not show dangerous levels of toxicity, the high levels of iron and aluminum could alter the riverbed and harm the ecosystem.
It is a scenario that has played out before in Brazil. In 2015, about 80 miles away from the current tragedy, a much larger waste reservoir collapsed. The dam rupture was in the city of Mariana, and it also involved Vale, that time as a co-operator. 19 people perished, thousands of fish died, and 250 thousand people lost their drinking water. After three years, say environmental experts, the river water is still not drinkable. Iron oxide that has settled in the riverbed is stirred to the surface with each heavy rain.
Environmentalists draw close comparisons to the dam failures in 2015 and 2019. Even if most of the waste is removed, said one, the residues will remain for a long time, depressing the return of life.
A 2017 report from the National Water Agency listed over 700 dams across Brazil as highly vulnerable to collapse, with high potential for causing damage.
Local groups argue that the latest incident is no accident, and demand that the mining operator should be prosecuted for "one of the biggest environmental crimes" Brazil has ever seen.
Brazilian authorities made five arrests last week in connection with the dam failure: three Vale employees and two others from the German company that inspected the dam. Vale promised to support the investigation.
An official report on the causes of the dam failure is pending, but experts and lawmakers point to poor regulation, understaffing and the exclusion of environmental voices in the licensing process.
As Brazilian leadership eases restrictions in pursuit of economic growth, regulation of the mining industry has gotten weaker, not stronger, since the 2015 mining dam rupture that was considered Brazil's worst ecological disaster to date. Environmentalists are expecting further regulatory rollbacks under the current president, Jair Bolsonaro.
The local politics are also sympathetic to the mining industry. The name of the state itself, Minas Gerais, or "General Mines" reflects the cultural connection. Thousands of residents, many in poor, rural areas, depend on about 300 mines for their livelihoods. Social justice groups have little leverage for winning basic guarantees such as protecting drinking water from mining contamination. A 2016 audit revealed that the state agency in charge of regulating mines had only 20 percent of the staff needed. And the decision-makers are increasingly pro-mining. Friends of the industry are replacing environmental advocates on the board that approves mining licenses and influences regulatory oversight.
Half a year before this latest disaster in Brumadinho, lawmaker Joao Vitor Xavier told the state assembly that he had no doubt more dams would rupture. His prediction was not long in coming true. Last week he told the Associated Press he is certain there will be still more tragedies unless tighter controls take hold.
"These dams are not 100 percent safe," he said, "How many of them can rupture? Any one of them."
This week's featured story from Circle of Blue looks at tribal water rights in the Colorado River basin.
With the endorsement of its members, a tribe with one of the largest and most secure claims to water in the basin will seek approval from Congress to lease water outside the boundaries of its riverside reservation.
The Colorado River Indian Tribes have lands that stretch along 56 miles of the lower Colorado River. Most of the reservation is in Arizona, with a small part in California. The Colorado River Indian Tribes have enormous influence in the Colorado River Basin, holding the rights to roughly 20 percent of the water.
By law, that water is restricted to use on the reservation. But if the tribal group convinces Congress to allow off-reservation leasing, the change would free up a large volume of water. That water would be very appealing to cities and industries in Arizona's fast-growing Sun Corridor, spanning Phoenix and Tucson, where four out of five state residents live.
The tribal members signaled their approval on January 19, with 63 percent voting to seek legal changes for leasing. The vote was a response to dissention over the issue. Last spring, tribal council members faced a recall attempt by residents who objected to leasing water to outside interests.
Tribes in central Arizona are already allowed to lease water, a privilege that was negotiated in 2004 during water rights settlements. Last year, those tribes leased about 128,000 acre-feet of water.
The Colorado River Indian Tribes has suggested that it could make as much as 150,000 acre-feet available in the coming decades, a volume of water that would more than double the current market.
The Colorado River Indian Tribes' water is especially desirable because their rights are among the most senior in the state, meaning they would be fulfilled before other users if all claims to the river cannot be delivered. The flow of the Colorado is declining and the addition of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere is causing the basin to become drier.
Robert Glennon, a water policy expert at the University of Arizona told Circle of Blue "The tribe is absolutely critical to the willingness of the parties in Arizona to go forward with the drought plan."
And that's What's Up With Water…we'd like to know what's up where you are – Tweet us with your water news @circleofblue #whatsupwithwater.
Eileen Wray-McCann
Eileen Wray-McCann is a writer, director and narrator who co-founded Circle of Blue. During her 13 years at Interlochen Public Radio, a National Public Radio affiliate in Northern Michigan, Eileen produced and hosted regional and national programming. She's won Telly Awards for her scriptwriting and documentary work, and her work with Circle of Blue follows many years of independent multimedia journalistic projects and a life-long love of the Great Lakes. She holds a BA and MA radio and television from the University of Detroit. Eileen is currently moonlighting as an audio archivist and enjoys traveling through time via sound.
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Daniel Ferra says:
"Recent data from the World Meteorological office showed that 2018 was the fourth warmest on record, making the last four years the hottest four years in Earth's recorded history." TruthOut
"2019's carbon dioxide concentration is expected to average around 411.3 parts per million.
The monthly average will peak in May at around 414.7 parts per million and lower to 408.1 parts per million in September before rising again at the end of the year.
It is typical for atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to fluctuate throughout the year, falling in the summer when more green leaves are around to absorb the greenhouse gas and rising in the winter when trees are bare.
"The Mauna Loa graph of atmospheric CO2 is a thing of beauty, but also a stark reminder of human impact on climate," Betts said. "Looking at the monthly figures, it's as if you can see the planet 'breathing' as the levels of carbon dioxide fall and rise with seasonal cycle of plant growth and decay in the northern hemisphere.
But each year's CO2 is higher than the last, and this will keep happening until humans stop adding CO2 to the atmosphere." Olivia Rosane
"Right now the course of our future is being set by the fossil fuel industry, the most powerful corporations in the history of the world, and they're steering us off a cliff into a raging inferno.
They fight each day to blow up more mountains for coal, demolish more land and oceans for oil and shatter more of the ground beneath our feet by fracking for oil and gas with a cocktail of the most toxic chemicals known to humankind.
With each passing day that these interests set our course, with every additional ton of greenhouse gases emitted like a poison in our atmosphere, the drier the ink becomes on the bleak future written by the fossil fuel industry.
That future is one where oceans drown our coastal homes and cities, where biodiversity is diminished.
It's a future where droughts will parch our agricultural fields and allow wildfires to run rampant.
It's a future where clean, freshwater will be among the world's scarcest resources, and where smog and pollution suffocate our lungs and the planet's.
Given the fossil fuel industry's seemingly unlimited money and political influence, changing their course and taking control of our future is a tall order.
But again, we must. And all of you, can make the choices that lead you to seize that control.
I can tell you how significant a difference each of us can make, how important the choices we make can be and the power we have in this country." John Armstrong
An ideal Carbon Atmosphere, would be at 300 parts per million
1700s to 1800s ppm Carbon 260ppm – 280ppm
1980s ppm carbon 350
2015s ppm of Carbon 405
2017 ppm of Carbon 409.35 and Rising
"I will show you the rise in CO2 levels every 5 years from 1958 to Dec. 2017. I will also show the CO2 difference beside it from the previous reading. Each reading is taken in the March of the respective year.
Year…………………….CO2 Levels……………Growth
1958……………………315.71…………………..<4.0
1963……………………319.86…………………..4.15
2013……………………397.43…………………..11.40
"The last entry is early since it is March 2018.
This shows the ever increasing growth of CO2 levels in our atmosphere.
Some 2017 figures have shown 410ppm over the year, giving an increase of nearly 1ppm per month."
Can society even exist in it's current form at 600ppm CO2 concentration ?
I know the planet has been at that level before, but it took tens of thousands of years to get there and back again, not 250 years.
Add in the CH4 levels, and you have an equivalence of ~580ppm already." Mark Bevis
"I asked him what he would say to people who think we still have time to mitigate the impacts of runaway climate change.
"We can't undo this," he replied. "How are you going to cool down the ocean? We're already there."
As if to underscore the point, Wanless told me that, in the past, carbon dioxide had varied from roughly 180 to 280 parts per million (ppm) in the atmosphere as the Earth shifted from glacial to interglacial periods.
Linked to this 100-ppm fluctuation was about a 100-foot change in sea level.
"Every 100-ppm CO2 increase in the atmosphere gives us 100 feet of sea level rise," he told me. "This happened when we went in and out of the Ice Age."
As I knew, since the industrial revolution began, atmospheric CO2 has already increased from 280 to 410 ppm.
"That's 130 ppm in just the last 200 years," I pointed out to him.
"That's 130 feet of sea level rise that's already baked into Earth's climate system."
He looked at me and nodded grimly. I couldn't help thinking of that as a nod goodbye to coastal cities from Miami to Shanghai." Dahr Jamail
There is 20 feet of Sea Level Rise in Greenland
There is 200 Feet of Sea Level Rise in Antarctica
Melting and Calving Now !
My Guess in 2014 was that the 220 feet of Sea Level Rise will come between 415ppm – 420ppm of Carbon in are Atmosphere
What will methane be ?
We have increased Global Temps 1.7C. and Climbing, since the 1700s
For Every 1C. Temp Rise There is 7% more moisture Added To the Atmosphere Creating Record Rains Each Year, Do You Dare Imagine the Future ?
Already at 10% more moisture it has Doubled Record Rain Fall, We are Accelerating to 2C. in Months by 2020 ?
What will Record 14% more Moisture in the Atmosphere be in Record Rain ? in 2020 ?
Florence – Global Warming Abrupt Climate Change sea Level Rising over 220 Feet Way Faster Than They Say Way Faster Than You Think
Sandy, Katrina, Irma, Maria, an Harvey had 19% to 49% more Record Rain, Record Winds, Record Sea Surges,
Our New Normal
Record Rain, Record Snow,
Record Highs Record Lows
Record Winds, Record Waves,
Record Fires, Record Floods,
Record Volcanic Eruptions
Record Hurricanes, Record Tsunamis,
Record Typhoons, Record Earthquakes,
Record Mud-Slides, an Record Sea Surges.
Glaciation kept the Mantle Cooler, Mantle is Heating up, The Accelerated Melt is Going to Be Horrendous, Horrific, and Tsunamic 1,500 feet, Way Faster Than they are Saying, Way Faster Than You Think
The Main Priority Now Should be to Decommission and Relocate to Above 3,000 Feet,
444 Nuclear Reactors at Sea Level Now.
1,200 Nuclear Fuel Rod Facilities at Sea Level Now.
14,300 Nuclear Weapons
250,000 Toxic Tons of
Radiated Nuclear Waste Globally
How long before 5 feet of Greenlands 20 Feet of Sea Level Rise
Fukushimatizes us ? 2022 ?
Antarctica has over 200 feet of Sea Level Rise
Will The Crust Vaporize in to the Mantle ?
When Salt Water Shuts Down The Cooling Systems of These Reactors and Facilities .
Federal Water Tap, February 4: Colorado River Water Plan Moves Closer to Finish... The Stream, February 5, 2019: Torrential Rains Force Deliberate Flooding of...


SkySparc is a fast-growing FinTech company and a leading provider of services to corporate treasuries, central banks and asset managers. The award-winning company is looking to hire new talent to join their Stockholm office. Do you strive for excellence? Do you take on new challenges with passion? Then show us who you are by applying for the position as Analyst!
Academic Work is on behalf of our client SkySparc looking for several Analysts to join their Stockholm office.
SkySparc, an independent solutions provider trusted by banks, central banks, Fortune 100 corporate treasuries and asset managers, offers complementary software, outsourced support and a range of financial and technical consulting services. The company work with the worlds largest and most demanding clients and their day-to-day work environment include working with large financial computer systems handling vast quantities of data in complex environments.
SkySparc is four times a DI Gazelle winner, a VA Super Company and the winner of Central Banking Publications 2015 Consultancy and Advisory Award and the 2014 Adam Smith Award for Best Risk Management Solution, awarded by Treasury Today.
Academic Work is responsible for the recruitment process but the candidate that proceeds will be employed directly by SkySparc.
As an Analyst, you will join SkySparcs clearly-defined career path. You will be introduced to the company, its clients and to the consulting role before joining live projects.
To be successful in the position you should like to work with the worlds top organizations, in exciting, multinational projects with multiple stakeholders. In your work as a consultant you will often work on client site to implement and test solutions, all aimed at extending or improving the companys clients use of their treasury and risk management system Wallstreet Suite.
The position might require frequent travel abroad to work on client projects and you need to enjoy being on the road and the opportunity to get to know new people, places, companies, and cultures.
You are likely to be thorough and enjoy getting the details right as well as being able to lift your gaze and see the bigger picture.
Have a Master's degree and courses within industrial economics, applied mathematics or engineering physics. We believe you have studied courses within financial and data analysis.
Please send your CV, personal letter, Master's and Bachelor degree as well as supporting school transcripts.
To thrive as a consultant, you are a social and team-oriented person with great interpersonal and cooperation skills, a team player with excellent communication skills.
SkySparc(www.skysparc.com), an independent solutions provider trusted by banks, central banks, Fortune 100 corporate treasuries and asset managers, offers complementary software, outsourced support and a wide range of financial and technical consulting services. Outsourced support enables our customers to focus on their core business and benefit from attentive service from our financial and technical experts. SkySparc OmniFi delivers sustainable business value to customer through advanced management reporting, process automation, system integration and fully automated testing. SkySparc is the winner of The Central Banking Publications 2015 Consultancy and Advisory Award and the 2014 Adam Smith Award for Best Risk Management Solution, awarded by Treasury Today. For more information please visit www.skysparc.com.


Gerard Butler's new NYC loft is a true original. Most of us don't have the luxury of curating our homes to our every little whim, but Butler has created a space that is truly an extension of himself. The actor created the funky feat in interior design with production designer Elvis Restaino, who has a background in building commercial sets for television shows, movies and restaurants. Restaino spent four years working on personalizing the space with Butler, and the duo have created a fantastical living space like no other for the actor.
The loft is filled with muddy beiges and browns inspired by sights seen in salvage yards. Butler and Restaino spent time finding dilapidated objects that they could reclaim, restore and mold into their vision. The results are a rustic, masculine space that personifies the ruggedness of the actor.
The space was previously a white gallery that had been compartmentalized for a family, but Restaino and architect Alexander Gorlin completely remodeled it for Butler. The goal was to not just to make a space that looked "lived in" but considerably aged, used and worn. The ceiling beams are painted in a faux wood grain while the loft's columns were constructed out of wood and chicken wire. A big focal point in the loft is a large mural on the ceiling, which was painted on canvas and covered with plexiglass aged to resemble dirty glass tiles. Finishing off the mural are custom-made, tiny glass stars.
Mrs. Fish, LA's new rock n' roll supper club, flaunts a unique style that emits a permanent cool vibe. The kind of place to keep your sunglasses on well after dark. Looking around at the floor length tapestry drapes, punchy color combinations, unusual shapes, and a 50,000 aquarium / chandelier (seriously, it's both), one would no doubt struggle to put a name to the design style, an anomaly that architectural designer Elvis Restaino views as a success.
Understanding the history of the art movement Elvis identifies with annexes a layer of brilliance to the over all design of Mrs. Fish.
The original Dada art movement was in response to the horrors perpetuated by the First World War. The atrocities of this war undermined belief in humanity and society as a whole, including the established ideals regarding fine art. Dadaism's objective was to devalue what was presently considered art and replace such with ironic displays using found objects. Rejecting aesthetics, Dadaists used art as a conduit for their emotions, thus their pieces became non-sensical and satirical. Hugo Ball is the face of the beginning of the movement in Zurich, with his Cabaret Voltaire magazine and live performances. Ball also termed the style "Dada". Artists such as Hans Erp, Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, and Kurt Schwitters styled their work within the veins of Dadaism.
Just over twenty years later, the impetus of Dadaism was superseded with more barbaric forms employed in World War II. The ideals Dadaism were re-invented for the modern times. Irony and found objects once again became the focus over aesthetics; the style could even be called anti-aesthetic. Additionally, Neo-Dadaist aspired to remove the boundary between art and life, the birth of Pop Art. Elvis is a fan of the how the style irreverently threw out aesthetics.
The individual objects do not, from a traditional design perspective, "go together", yet somehow they look undeniably cool.
Such as the tomato red leather sofa, reminiscent of a cartoon parlor, paired with traditional elements of bolstering and tassels. When all the elements combine, the effect is glitz with a razor sharp edge…"Glam rock," Elvis says. The influence of Neo-Dadaism reaches beyond the visible features of the design to what emotional aura the room solicits. Neo-Dadaist believed it foolish to tell how art should make another person feel, what the art was supposed to mean. "The artist designs, but the people interpret," Elvis explains. The artist holds no domain over what reaction its viewer may have and cannot dictate its interpretation. Herein lies the beauty. The work obviously carries a message, but such is unique to the reader. When creating the mood for a club that is built on the premise of using musical art of rock n' roll as a means of protest, expression and individual interpretation, Elvis' unique exhibition of Neo-Dadaism was consummate design.
In contrast to many designers who would approach the theme directly, i.e. displaying Beatles records on walls, or black leather and rivets a la James Dean, Elvis chose the unmapped route of a multi-layered representation of what rock n' roll really means. Subtle nods to the musical inspiration of the club is found throughout, such as the custom concrete tile design of the restrooms. Look carefully at the shape and record aficionados will recognize that it is cleverly patterned after an adapter that allowed 45s to be played on a full-size turntable.
Overall, the design is irreverent, audacious, riddled with symbolism yet open to interpretation. Is that not the essence of rock n' roll? Well played, Mr. Restaino. Well played.
An Elvis Restaino design is distinctively theatrical, romantic…other-worldly. Imagine your living room as the hull of a pirate's ship after looting an island of the gods and you have a sense of the drama an Elvis' design can evoke. It's no coincidence that Elvis' work could be a movie set, as he began his career as a Hollywood set designer. Elvis then applied his set production sensibilities to actual living spaces. The prowess to shape a mood — not just to decorate a room but to create an environment — has made Elvis a sought after residential and commercial designer. Such complex environments appear gradually, embellished layer by layer, as if composing a story.
To Elvis, every room is a love story, an adventure.
In addition to the drama and romanticism, Elvis' early influencers also seeded a love of the olde world. More than providing a pattern of style to follow, his inspiration has motivated him to "recycle the past." "I am a time traveling designer," Elvis says. "When I renovate, I like to imagine how I would do the space if I was the original designer." Elvis' unique mindset allows him the creative freedom to design outside the lines of the existing space.
Elvis, however, is moved by unbounded creativity. It's more than thinking outside of the box. For Elvis, there never was a box. Never traditionally trained in residential interior design has proven to be advantageous. Few of the best designers grace the cover of Architectural Digest…even fewer have their first residential job featured, as was Elvis experience.
Elvis' over-the-top style does not equal an uncomfortable show-place. His designs are amazingly functional as interesting. Style and ease of use are not representatives of a design dichotomy, rather they live harmoniously within the grand tale composed and told by Elvis Restaino.


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AK: Anchorage biathlete named to U.S. team for Youth Olympics
Submitted by: Corey Salo
Anchorage biathlete Maja Lapkass is one of six teenagers who will represent the United States at the Youth Olympic Games early next year in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Lapkass, 16, earned her spot during a series of eight qualifying races � six of them on snow last winter, and two of them on rollerskis earlier this month in Jericho, Vermont.
One of the top junior biathletes in the United States, Lapkass won two medals � one gold, one silver � at last season�s Junior Nationals. She competed for the West High cross-country ski team last season as a sophomore but is spending her junior year at a winter sports academy in Sweden.
Youth Olympics, held every four years since 2012, are Jan. 9-22. They are open to athletes 15 to 18 years old.
You Can�t Give Away the Right of Self-Defense
Submitted by: Robert Morse
Website: http://slowfacts.wordpress.com
We�re told that we should take every effort even if it might only save one life. Armed defense safes thousands of us every day. Trauma care saves more.
Isn't every life precious?
MI: Republican mayor of Rochester Hills leading effort to expand federal gun checks
Rochester Hills Mayor Bryan Barnett, a Republican, runs perhaps the safest city in Michigan, but when Congress returns to the nation's capital a week from Monday, he will be chief among gun control advocates demanding that laws be passed in the wake of deadly shootings in El Paso and Dayton this month that killed 31 people.
Barnett was elected president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, a group representing every city in the country with a population of 30,000 or more, about a month before the Aug. 3-4 shootings.
10mm G2 Research RIP review
Submitted by: tactical-reviews.com
Website: http://tactical-reviews.com
In our fourth test in our series of 10mm ammunition, we test G2 research RIP loads. We carried out this test in three different handguns. A Springfield 1911 TRP, with a 1:16 twist, also from Springfield, a XD-M, Also in 1:16 twist and a TAC Ultra from Armscor in a 1:16 twist barrel. Details on each of these handguns can be found by clicking on the links.
XSsights suppressor height sights
So you just put a suppressor or an RMR on your handgun. Surprise, those sights no longer work. They're blocked by either the suppressor or RMR. What you need is taller sights. XSsights has a great line of suppressor height sights.
Detroit Ammunition sub sonic 10mm
In our 5th test in our series of 10mm ammunition, we test Detroit Ammunition sub sonic rounds. We carried out this test in three different handguns. A Springfield 1911 TRP, with a 1:16 twist, also from Springfield, a XD-M, Also in 1:16 twist and a TAC Ultra from Armscor in a 1:16 twist barrel. Details on each of these handguns can be found by clicking on the links.
OK: Second Amendment Backers Plan Tests Of Permitless Carry Law
Backers of an approaching law allowing Oklahomans to carry a gun without training or a permit say they�re willing to test compliance with the law by showing up in certain places carrying a firearm.
These so-called Second Amendment �audits� have already occurred involving weapons, with permits, in parks and the Oklahoma City Zoo. But with a permitless carry law set to take effect Nov. 1, some supporters say they�re willing to visibly bear a firearm without a permit to ensure authorities honor the law.
�Dear SCOTUS�: Court Packing Has Republicans on Edge
Accusing their Democratic colleagues of making a not-so-thinly veiled threat, Senate Republicans took the unusual step Thursday of writing a letter to the Supreme Court about a gun-rights case being appealed from New York.
�Our colleagues did more than raise legal arguments in favor of mootness,� the letter states, with signatures from 53 Republicans led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. �They openly threatened this court with political retribution if it failed to dismiss the petition as moot. � The implication is as plain as day: Dismiss this case, or we�ll pack the court.�
NV: Gun control laws are coming
Proliferation inevitably prompted gun control laws. Our 182-year history of taxing, licensing, restriction, purchaser records, background checks, and gun owner protections is lengthy, and can be found on internet websites such as thoughtco.com. State and federal governments have struggled to balance the rights of all citizens alike, pursuant to the Second Amendment�s protection for weapons carried for self-defense.
The left�s totalitarian bent is on full display
I�ve opined before that a vote for any Democrat now is support for a party that at its corrupted roots seeks to silence you if you disagree, will not debate policy but simply tag you with vile labels, and will say literally anything, promise everything, and tell any lie to grab and maintain power. And they would have no compunction ginning up a charge to use red flag laws to take your self-defense weapon.
Every major Democratic leader since Bill Clinton, including Barak Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Joe Biden, Diane Feinstein, Harry Reid, to name only a few, have over the years spoken out against illegal immigrants and for border security and deportations.
How Do We Turn California and New York Around?
California and New York are two of the largest states in the country, and until about two decades ago, had been if not Second Amendment friendly (with the exception of New York City in the latter), they were not outright hostile to the right to keep and bear arms. Today, they are so far gone that the former requires a background check to buy ammo, and the latter state�s governor is abusing his power to attack the NRA.
IA: Police say victim in Des Moines shooting was shot in self-defense
Des Moines police said Thursday that a man shot on the city's east side gave false information about the circumstances leading up to the shooting.
The Des Moines Police Department said officers went to the 1400 block of Capitol Avenue Tuesday after receiving a report of a shooting.
MO: When it comes to gun violence, the problem is us
Why not implement sensible background checks and licensing of all guns? Why not pass a federal law permanently banning bump stocks and rapid-fire, magazine-fed semi-automatic rifles designed for infantry use.
IL: Federal appeals court upholds assault weapons ban in Chicago
�The right to self-defense is largely meaningless if it does not include the right to choose the most effective means of defending oneself,� he wrote.
The U.S. Supreme Court later declined to hear the Highland Park case, effectively letting the 7th Circuit ruling stand. Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by then-Justice Antonin Scalia, said the 7th Circuit ruling �flouts two of our Second Amendment precedents.�
TX: Dan Crenshaw Talks Guns, Healthcare, and Immigration at Houston Town Hall
Crenshaw dismissed the idea of confiscating �more than 300 million weapons.�
�We�re not going to do what Australia did, Australia doesn�t have a Second Amendment.�
He also pointed out that the program did not impact Australia�s crime rate.
During the sometimes heated exchange on guns, Crenshaw ardently defended Second Amendment rights.
TX: The Texas Legislature Passed Ten Bills Protecting Your Second Amendment Rights During the 2019 Session. These Measures All Take Effect on September 1
House Bill 121 provides a legal defense for License To Carry holders who unknowingly enter establishments posted with 30.06 or 30.07 signs, as long they promptly leave when verbally informed of the policy.
House Bill 302 prohibits �no firearms� clauses in future residential leases and protects tenants� rights to possess lawfully-owned firearms and ammunition in dwelling units and on manufactured home lots, and to transport their guns directly between their personal vehicles and these locations.
The Next Big Second Amendment Case?
The upcoming Supreme Court case New York Rifle and Pistol Association v. the City of New York could be the first major Second Amendment case in almost a decade. It centers around a New York City regulation prohibiting residents from taking their guns to second homes and shooting ranges outside the city, even when the guns are unloaded and separated from ammunition. New York�s NRA affiliate and some gun-owning residents challenged the regulation, but, in the midst of litigation, New York City changed it � raising the question of whether the case was now �moot�.
MS: Second amendment sales tax holiday begins Friday
For three days beginning Friday, shoppers across the state who buy firearms and other hunting equipment will get a tax break.
The annual Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday will last from Aug. 30 to Sept. 1.
That means you can avoid paying the state�s 7% sales tax on guns, ammo, archery equipment and other outdoor accessories.
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. � LORD ACTON (1887)


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import React, {PropTypes} from 'react';
import { Menu, Icon } from 'semantic-ui-react';
import { Link } from 'react-router';
import {bindActionCreators} from 'redux';
import {connect} from 'react-redux';
import * as loginActions from '../actions/loginActions';

class Header extends React.Component {

  constructor(props, context) {
    super(props, context);
    this.logout = this.logout.bind(this);
  }

  logout() {
    this.props.actions.logout();
  }

  render() {
    const {loading, login, location} = this.props;

    return (
      <Menu pointing secondary stackable>
        <Menu.Item as={Link} to="/" name="home" active={location === '/'} onClick={this.handleItemClick}/>
        <Menu.Item as={Link} to="/csr" name="csr" active={location === '/csr'} onClick={this.handleItemClick}/>
        <Menu.Item as={Link} to="/agency" name="agency" active={location === '/agency'} onClick={this.handleItemClick}/>
        <Menu.Item as={Link} to="/about" name="about" active={location === '/about'} onClick={this.handleItemClick}/>
        {loading && <Menu.Item><Icon loading name="spinner"/></Menu.Item>}

        <Menu.Menu position="right">
          {!login && <Menu.Item as={Link} to="/login" name="login" active={location === '/login'} onClick={this.handleItemClick}/> }
          {login && <Menu.Item as={Link} to="/" name="logout" onClick={this.logout}/> }
        </Menu.Menu>
      </Menu>
    );
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}

Header.propTypes = {
  loading: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
  login: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
  location: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
  actions: PropTypes.object.isRequired
};

function mapStateToProps(state) {
  return {
    loading: state.numberAjaxCallsInProgress > 0,
    login: state.login,
    location: state.location
  };
}

function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch) {
  return {
    actions: bindActionCreators(loginActions, dispatch)
  };
}

export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(Header);

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