16. Opal Basket by Raj Kommineni. Sandblasted, faceted, and featuring a perfectly-positioned opal, this brilliant artwork was created by Raj Kommineni. Raj was born and raised in Massachusetts, and was introduced to glass paperweights at a young age. Furthering his glass fascination and education, he was exposed to the contemporary flameworking movement, attended UMASS, and was able to apprentice and work with some incredible glass artists. By 2002, he was a full time glass artist, and established his own studio in 2004.
15. Water Garden by Jared DeLong. Incorporating both hot and cold working into his work, Jared DeLong is constantly raising the bar in fine art marbles. Born in the Santa Cruz Mountains, he was introduced to glass at an early age, working alongside his mother cutting stained glass. Since then, he has worked with and for many influential glass artists. In 2000, he relocated to Trinidad, California, where he currently resides, to establish Lost Coast Glass.
14. Safari Sunsets by Kaj Beck. Part of the sensational Sunset Series, glass artist Kaj Beck created this marble masterpiece. In 1996, he started working with glass with Dave Clark III and Mike Warren in Humboldt County. Around 1998, he relocated to San Diego and worked with Rob Bessone, and shortly after met legendary artist Josh Sable. After several years in San Diego, he moved shop north to Boulder Creek, where he currently resides.
Source: Kaj Beck / Glass ORBits.
13. Cherry Blossoms by Akihiro Okama. World-renowned fine artist Akihiro Okama has taught many artists in his home studio based in Nara, Japan, and his father was also a famous glassworker in Japan. Akihiro's cherry blossom marbles are becoming increasingly rare, this one from 2008 or 2009, and made with satake glass. Available work is released through Jon Green, Contemporary Glass Art Dealer.
12. Dichroic Marble by James Alloway. Made with soft glass, this incredible dichroic marble by Portland-based artist James Alloway is ravishing and awe-inspiring. He often incorporates dichroic and cane work into his creations, producing incredibly vibrant and playful marble designs.
11. Zipper Head by Tim Keyzers. This stunning marble by glass genius Tim Keyzers features a fumed skull, double opal center vortex, and an electroformed copper zipper. Keyzers currently resides in Washington.
Source: Tim Keyzers / Glass ORBits.
10. Kobuki Rose by John Kobuki. Artist and educator John Kobuki's glass passion was ignited in 1995 and has been moving full-force since. He is known for making marbles with the compression technique. His work has been featured nationally and internationally, and has done demonstrations for the prestigious Corning Museum of Glass.
9. Hiroshima Castle by Daniel Benway & John Kobuki. Based in Humboldt County, California, Daniel Benway has been working with borosilicate glass since 1995, and in 1998 shifted his focus to fine art marbles. He also has extensive experience with murrine making, obvious in the below marble which he created using his breathtaking Hiroshima Castle murrine in collaboration with John Kobuki.
Source: Daniel Benway / John Kobuki.
8. The Bright Side by Richard Hollingshead II. Richard C.Hollingshead II was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and began working with glass in 2000. Richard consistently strives to create some of the best glass marbles on the market today by incorporating new and innovative techniques into his work.
7. Opal Conduit by Travis Weber. Travis Weber is undoubtedly one of the best marble makers of all time. In 1997 he began lampworking, and in 2005 shifted his focus to making contemporary marbles made with borosilicate. His designs are cutting-edge and evolutionary. He is constantly pushing himself to create original, high quality artwork.
6. Rainbow Reticello by Josh Sable. This impressive 72 line reticello marble features 17 murrini of four different patterns, and was created by marble mastermind, Josh Sable of San Diego, California.
5. Blue White Waves Sphere by Nao Saito. Nao Saito is a Japanese artist from Osaka who makes networked borosilicate glass spheres with well-thought-out patterns and color selection. Available work is released through Jon Green, Contemporary Glass Art Dealer.
4. Death Star by Nathan Gorman. Nathan Snyder melted the glass into the marble form and Nathan Gorman carved it to detail. It came to Gorman as a smooth sphere, with black through the center and surface fuming on the outside. Though he works with glass every day, he stays off the heat and instead pursues a variety of cold working techniques to bring out incredible detail.
Source: Nathan Gorman / Nathan Snyder.
3. Getting Complex by Takao Miyake. Another powerful artistic force coming out of Japan is Takao Miyake aka Chandra. Miyake creates remarkably complex and detailed glasswork, including an innovative type of retticello comprised of multitudinous dots and imploded fuming. Available work is released through Jon Green, Contemporary Glass Art Dealer.
2. 40 Year Murrini by Ro Purser. Ro Purser is an American glass pioneer who started making glass art in the late 1960s. In 1973, he became the first of the American Contemporary Art Glass Movement to EVER make a marble. Forty years later, his passion for glass art remains relentless. The special 40 Year Murrini marbles represent his progression as a glass artist over the past four decades, and contain some of the first murrini he ever made.
1. The Eight by Yoshinori Kondo. Yoshinori Kondo is an exceptionally skilled glass artist from Japan. He began lampworking with soft glass in 2001, and borosilicate in 2002. In 2013, he teamed up with Junichi Kojima and Daisuke Saito to form Team Japan for the flame-off at the Treating Yourself Expo in Toronto, Canada. Available work is released through Jon Green, Contemporary Glass Art Dealer.
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Amazing collection of photos. They make my attempts at glass bead making look like the work of a chimpanzee!


WHEREAS, the term of Lynne Kishler, who is a current member of the Tree and Landscape Commission, is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2016.
Section 1: Lynne Kishler is hereby appointed to the Tree and Landscape Commission with said term to commence on February 1, 2016 and expire on January 31, 2021.
Section 3: This resolution shall take effect and be in full force immediately upon passage.
Passed this 20th day of January, 2016.


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Jim McGovern on Drugs
Democratic Representative (MA-3)
Voted NO on more funding for Mexico to fight drugs.
Congressional Summary:Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act:
Provide assistance for Mexico for:
counternarcotics and countertrafficking;
port & airport security to assist in controlling the Mexico-US and Mexico-Central America borders;
intelligence gathering operational technology; and
public security and law enforcement, including assistance to the National Council Against Addiction (CONADIC).
Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Rep. HOWARD BERMAN (D, CA-28): The drug crisis facing the US remains a top national security threat. This bill represents a new partnership with Mexico and Central American countries to face the immediate security threat of drug gangs, and help these neighbors build the capacity of their law enforcement agencies.
Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. MICHAEL McCAUL (R, TX-10): We need a strategy on this side of the border: a two-pronged Approach; a comprehensive strategy that deals not only with the Mexican side but with the US side. And for too long, our border sheriffs and our Border Patrol agents have been outmanned and outgunned. And if we are going to provide assistance to Mexico, it seems to me we ought to be providing assistance to our men and women on our side fighting this war every day.
Rep. TED POE (R, TX-2): I am concerned about drugs and violence on the border, but I am also concerned about corruption. In order to gain control of access corridors in the US, drug cartels are hiring hit men from an elite force in Mexico's military. This group is known as the "Zetas." Some of the Zetas are military deserters that may have been trained in the US. $1 billion in this bill would go to Mexico. And Mexico in its arrogance objects to any conditions we want to put on this money. The administration can offer us no assurance that our equipment and training won't be used against us and neither can Mexico. Reference: Merida Initiative; Bill HR.6028 ; vote number 2008-H393 on Jun 10, 2008
Voted NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism.
Amendment to set up a task force on counter-terrorism and drug interdiction and allow military personnel to help patrol U.S. borders. Bill HR 2586 ; vote number 2001-356 on Sep 25, 2001
Voted NO on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC.
Vote to pass a bill that provides $429.1 million in funds for the District of Columbia and approves the District's $6.8 billion budget. Among other provisions, the bill prohibits the use of federal funds for needle exchange programs, prohibits implementing an approved ballot initiative to legalize the medicinal use of marijuana. Reference: Bill sponsored by Istook, R-OK; Bill HR 3064 ; vote number 1999-504 on Oct 14, 1999
Voted NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests.
Drug Demand Reduction Act: Vote on an amendment to require that anyone hired by the Federal Government is subject to random, unannounced drug testing. Reference: Amendment by Taylor, D-MS; bill by Portman, R-OH.; Bill HR 4550 ; vote number 1998-443 on Sep 16, 1998
Legalize medical marijuana.
McGovern co-sponsored the States' Rights to Medical Marijuana Act:
Title: To provide for the medical use of marijuana in accordance with the laws of the various States. Summary: Transfers marijuana from schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act to schedule II of such Act. Declares that, in a State in which marijuana may be prescribed or recommended by a physician for medical use under applicable State law, no provision of the Controlled Substances Act shall prohibit or otherwise restrict:
the prescription or recommendation of marijuana by a physician for medical use;
an individual from obtaining and using marijuana from a physician's prescription or recommendation of marijuana for medical use; or
a pharmacy from obtaining and holding marijuana for the prescription or recommendation of marijuana by a physician for medical use under applicable State law.
Prohibits any provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act from prohibiting or restricting a State entity from producing or distributing marijuana for the purpose of its distribution for prescription or recommendation by a physician in a State in which marijuana may be prescribed by a physician for medical use.
Source: House Resolution Sponsorship 01-HR2592 on Jul 23, 2001
Rated A by VOTE-HEMP, indicating a pro-hemp voting record.
McGovern scores A by VOTE-HEMP on pro-hemp legalization policies
VOTE HEMP is a non-profit organization dedicated to the acceptance of and free market for Industrial Hemp. Industrial Hemp is non-psychoactive low THC varieties of the cannabis sativa plant. Currently, it is illegal for U.S. farmers to grow Industrial Hemp because it is improperly classified as a "drug" under the Controlled Substances Act. Since changes in law require shifts in thinking and this requires education in the facts, our primary goal is the education of legislators and regulators, farmers and businesses, students and other concerned citizens. Source: VOTE-HEMP website 02n-HEMP on Dec 31, 2003
Rated +30 by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance.
McGovern scores +30 by the NORML on drug reform
OnTheIssues.org interprets the 2006 NORML scores as follows:
-30 to -10: "hard-on-drugs" stance (approx. 228 members)
-9 to +9: mixed record on drug reform (approx. 37 members)
+10 to +30: pro-drug-reform stance (approx. 109 members)
About NORML (from their website, www.norml.org):
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Law's mission is to move public opinion sufficiently to achieve the repeal of marijuana prohibition so that the responsible use of cannabis by adults is no longer subject to penalty.
NORML is a nonprofit, public-interest lobby that for more than 30 years has provided a voice for those Americans who oppose marijuana prohibition. We represent the interests of the tens of millions of Americans who smoke marijuana responsibly and believe the recreational and medicinal use of marijuana should no longer be a crime.
NORML supports the removal of all criminal penalties for the private possession & responsible use of marijuana by adults, including the cultivation for personal use, and the casual nonprofit transfers of small amounts. This model is called "decriminalization."
NORML additionally supports the development of a legally controlled market for marijuana, where consumers could purchase it from a safe, legal and regulated source. This model is referred to as "legalization."
NORML believes that marijuana smoking is not for kids and should only be used responsibly by adults. As with alcohol consumption, it must never be an excuse for misconduct or other bad behavior. Driving or operating heavy equipment while impaired from marijuana should be prohibited.
NORML strongly supports the right of patients to use marijuana as a medicine when their physician recommends it to relieve pain and suffering.
Lastly, NORML supports the right of farmers to commercially cultivate hemp for industrial purposes, such as food and fiber production. Source: NORML website 06n-NORML on Dec 31, 2006
Allow rehabilitated drug convicts get student loans.
McGovern co-sponsored allowing rehabilitated drug convicts get student loans
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal the provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance. Source: Removing Impediments to Students Education (RISE) (H.R.5157) 08-HR5157 on Jan 29, 2008
Expunge records for first drug offenders after probation.
McGovern co-sponsored Federal First Offender Improvement Act
Congressional Summary: Amends the federal criminal code to extend the pre-judgment probation and expungement procedures for simple possession of a controlled substance to individuals who are convicted of drug trafficking or of attempting or conspiring to commit a drug offense. Sets forth requirements for granting pre-judgment probation for drug trafficking or of attempting or conspiring to commit a drug offense, including that:
the offender did not use violence or credible threats of violence or possess a firearm or other dangerous weapon while committing the offense;
the offense did not result in death or serious injury to any person;
the offender was not an organizer, leader, manager, or supervisor of others in the offense and was not engaged in a continuing criminal enterprise; and
the offender has not been previously convicted of a crime of violence or other offense punishable by a prison term of more than one year.
Provides for a period of such probation of up to two years. Eliminates the requirement that an offender seeking expungement of a record of a disposition be less than 21 years old at the time of the offense. Source: H.R.2567 11-H2567 on Jul 15, 2011
Rated 75% by NORML, indicating a pro-legalization stance.
McGovern scores 75% National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Law
Scoring system for 2014: Ranges from 0% (opposes all forms of marijuana decriminalization) to 75% (supports marijuana decriminalization and legalization).
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Law's mission is to move public opinion sufficiently to achieve the repeal of marijuana prohibition so that the responsible use of cannabis by adults is no longer subject to penalty. This model is called "decriminalization."
Lastly, NORML supports the right of farmers to commercially cultivate hemp for industrial purposes, such as food and fiber production. Source: NORML rating on incumbents of 113th Congress 14_NORML on Jan 1, 2014
Rated B by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance.
McGovern scores B by the NORML on drug reform
C-/D/F: "hard-on-drugs" stance (approx. 243 members)
C: mixed record on drug reform (approx. 45 members)
A/B: pro-drug-reform stance (approx. 293 members)
Lastly, NORML supports the right of farmers to commercially cultivate hemp for industrial purposes, such as food and fiber production. Source: NORML website 16_NORML on Nov 8, 2016
Voted NO on additional Drug War funding for synthetic drugs.
McGovern voted NAY Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act
GovTrack.us Summary: (SITSA): There are more than 400 known types of synthetic--or "artificial"--drugs, which mimic the effects of substances including cocaine and ecstasy. They've largely begun to flood the market in recent years. The bill outlaws 13 different synthetic drugs of the most pernicious varieties. There are more than 400 known types of synthetic--or "artificial"--drugs, which mimic the effects of substances including cocaine and ecstasy. They've largely begun to flood the market in recent years.
GovTrack Pro/Con: Supporters argue the legislation will tackle a growing scourge in a far more timely and immediate manner than what the lagging DEA is usually able to accomplish. Opponents argue the bill would too greatly expand Attorney General Jeff Sessions' ability to criminalize drugs and impose unnecessarily punitive mandatory sentences, according to a letter signed by dozens of organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Human Rights Watch, and NAACP.Opponent's argument to vote NO Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY): The bill would explicitly impose mandatory minimum terms of supervised release which undermines the discretion of judges who are in the best position to make such determinations based on the facts and circumstances of each case.
Legislative outcome: House Bill Passed 239-142-46, Roll Number 268 on June 15, 2018 Source: Congressional vote 18-HR2851 on Jun 8, 2017
Distribute sterile syringes to reduce AIDS and hepatitis.
McGovern signed Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act
To permit the use of Federal funds for syringe exchange programs for purposes of reducing the transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis.
Congress finds as follows:
Each year, approximately 12,000 Americans contract HIV/AIDS and approximately 19,000 Americans contract the hepatitis C virus directly or indirectly from sharing contaminated syringes.
A 2005 comprehensive international review of the evidence of the effectiveness of syringe exchange programs in preventing HIV transmission shows that such programs reduce HIV transmission and are cost-effective.
Research has shown that injection drug users who are referred to addiction treatment from syringe exchange programs are more likely to enter and remain in treatment.
Research has shown that, by providing safe disposal of used injection equipment, syringe exchange programs significantly reduce the number of improperly discarded syringes in the community, thereby reducing the exposure of police and others to dangers of blood-borne disease from accidental syringe sticks.
Syringe exchange programs reduce the prevalence of HIV among injection drug users.
Despite the scientific and public health consensus that syringe exchange programs reduce HIV and do not increase substance abuse, a ban on funding syringe exchange has been enacted as part of each Appropriations Act since 1998.
The Public Health Service Act, as added by the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990, is subject to a statutory ban on funding needle exchange programs.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing shall prohibit the use of Federal funds to establish or carry out a program of distributing sterile syringes to reduce the transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and viral hepatitis. Source: HR 179 2009-H179 on Jan 6, 2009
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Jens Erichstrup (10 November 1775 – 18 August 1826) was a Norwegian jurist and elected official. He served as a representative at the
Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814.

Jens Erichstrup was born in  Skien in Telemark, Norway. He received an education in law and graduated as cand.jur. in 1798.
From 1801 to 1810 he worked in the Treasury (Rentekammeret), the first two years as copyist, later as proxy.  He was appointed bailiff () of Lister in Vest-Agder during 1810. He was elected to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, representing the constituency of Lister Amt, together with Gabriel Lund and Teis Lundegaard. At Eidsvoll, he supported the position of the union party (Unionspartiet).

In 1818, he was appointed bailiff in Laurvig. He was also elected in 1818 as a representative from Lister og Mandals amt (now Vest-Agder) to the Norwegian Parliament  where he served as secretary on the election and the budget committees. He subsequently became acting County Governor of Jarlsbergs og Laurvigs Amt. While serving there, he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1821 as a representative from Laurvig Grevskab (now Larvik) and in 1824 representing Jarlsberg og Laurviks amt (now Vestfold). Erichstrup was then County Governor of Stavanger Amt (now Rogaland) from 1825 until his death.

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 Men of Eidsvoll (eidsvollsmenn)

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1775 births
1826 deaths
Fathers of the Constitution of Norway
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Q: Share iPhone 4G connection over an ethernet adapter? For my work, I am sometimes in the field using my iPhone 8's 4G connection for Internet. I tether my laptop to it over WiFi using Personal Hotspot; this works fine.
Some of the equipment I work on doesn't have WiFi to be able to connect to the hotspot, but it would be useful to temporarily give it Internet access while I'm working on it. I see that Lightning ethernet adapters are now available and show up as an ethernet interface in iOS.
 All the information I can find refers only to using the wired interface as the uplink to the Internet.
Does anybody know whether iOS will run Personal Hotspot (ie, DHCP, NAT, routing to the 4G interface, etc) on the ethernet interface when one of these adaptors is plugged in?
Thanks.

A: It will work if you connect the iPhone via usb to a PC or Mac and then forward the connection over ethernet to a wifi router.

This would work because iOS allows for hotspotting over USB. from there, you can use the sharing preferences on Mac to share internet, you may share the connection to any available interface, which includes wifi/usb to ethernet or any other interface that may be connected.

With a wifi router, you would be able to access both wired and wirelessly what is on the network. The connection would come from the iPhone, go to the computer, then travel to the router; where a NAT would be created, and multiple devices connected to the wifi router would allow for communication between the wired and wireless devices.
A note: your Mac and iPhone will not connect to the network because they are supplying the internet connection. Another device would be needed.
See Screenshot below:

A: The easiest way would probably be to connect a computer to the iPhone hotspot, then use the computer's Ethernet adapter to share the connection with a hardwired device.

A: just wanted to add some info even though this is a couple of years old...
A router with DD-WRT as seen here:
http://www.hagensieker.com/blog/page/?post_id=64&title=iphone-tethering-with-router-with-dd-wrt
If a power cycle happened, you'd need to be there to press "Trust this computer" on the iPhone which would be the crux of this method.
A more permanent solution for consumer grade use is Alcatel HH41 or Netgear Nighthawk M1 (MR1100)

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The circuitry of the Limetree BRIDGE – designed around the powerful streaming platform – has been tuned for optimum signal quality. All music files are post-synchronized by an ultra precise FemtoClock. The data processed in this way are free from "jitter", the most frequent cause of a poor digital playback quality. When output over the digital outs, the DSD data are automatically converted into high-resolution PCM data so that owners of older DACs can also enjoy high-res media of all kinds. With many older DACs the Limetree BRIDGE's exceptionally low-jitter digital signal produces an audible increase in sound quality.
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The light at the end of the tunnel, the first step toward revealing something that needs to be seen," says singer-songwriter Casey McPherson of Alpha Rev. Following the Triple A Radio success of New Morning (2010), the band's third album Bloom (March 19, 2013 on Kirtland Records) is a set of personally transformative and redemptive songs, born in the spirit of creative expansion, and a mandate to blossom and grow.
¶ "To bloom implies something beautiful is going to happen, but it's a process---just like our own journeys," says McPherson.
¶ "Casey and I met when we were really young, and have been playing music with each other off and on over the past 13 years," explains guitarist Zak Loy. "That growth comes across in the music the group is creating now," he says. Rooted in lyrical wisdom, the more recent addition of drummer Tabber Millard---trained by master percussionists---is credited for the band's contemporary tribal rhythms. "Tabber means drummer boy in Arabic and his life revolves around this gift he has," says McPherson. Newest Alpha Rev addition Jeff Bryant rounds out the band, playing pedal steel, piano, organ, and bass.
¶ With a glistening rock sound that is at once fragile and tough, Bloom picks up threads from the past while it takes a big bite into the eternal here and now. Drawing from the wellspring of American history, the grandeur of its landscape, and life's sweet and tragic mysteries, McPherson leans into his personal challenges as well as the wages of the 21st Century and emerges with a triumphant statement on the ways in which music can serve as a constant source of strength and inspiration.
¶ The shimmering, hymn-like "Sing Loud" - created with songwriter/producer Jamie Kenney ("He's cut from the same stone I am," says McPherson) - confronts a failing relationship, "But with the belief that you're going to experience freedom again," McPherson explains.
¶ Love and death informs the heart-wrenching "Lexington," based on actual historical love letters from Civil War soldiers to their wives and families. "The amount of pain they were in to be away from those they loved while their lives were at stake was incredible," says McPherson.
¶ "'Black Sky,' is about dealing with losing everything you have from a fire. 'Lonely Man,' is about losing your family from working too much and 'When You Gonna Run,' is about losing the ability to look good in front of somebody," he says.
¶ "Alpha Rev is a collective of musicians," explains McPherson, "Once you join, you're never really gone." On Bloom, Alex Dunlap holds down the bass, while Brian Batch (violin, viola) and Dave Wiley (cello) serve as the band's string section. The players were joined in the studio by a longtime friend of McPherson's, Dwight Baker (Brandi Carlile, Bob Schneider); he oversaw the project in his Austin studio. Producer Jamie Kenney (Marc Broussard) also worked with the band for two songs on Bloom. "Austin is a great city that takes care of musicians; it helps foster ideas and creativity," says McPherson. Producer Jamie Kenney (Marc Broussard) also worked with the band for two songs on Bloom.
¶ Since his beginnings in Jackson, Texas, where he was classically trained on piano, McPherson has traveled the distance: Working in a recording studio by age 16, at 17 he was touring overseas as a keyboard player; at 19 he formed Endochine, its name translating from its Latin and Greek roots as "to explode from within." Turning once again to ancient alphabets for his band's handle, "Alpha Rev is a combination of the Greek word for the beginning, and the incredible Latin prefix rev, as in revolve, revolt, reveal," he says. The band's Hollywood Records debut, New Morning (produced by David Kahne) rose to #3 on the Triple A chart, reaching an audience 40 million listeners-strong. The title song and "Phoenix Burn" also entered the charts.
¶ Yet while scaling his own dreams, McPherson lost both his father and brother to suicide. Forming in 2005, Alpha Rev, became a vehicle to grapple with the outpouring of grief that results from losses of that magnitude. Today, McPherson helps others who've lost family to depression and suicide as a volunteer spokesperson for the National Institute of Mental Health organization, Mental Health America of Texas [http://mhatexas.org/].


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Kentucky State University > Administration & Governance > Division of Enrollment Management and Student Engagement > The B.R.E.D.S. Office (Building, Recruitment, Enrollment & Discovery Services Office) > Dates and Deadlines
Students interested in becoming Kentucky State University Thorobreds can begin applying for admission as early as September 1 and should be completed by April 1. Students who apply after April 1 will be considered on a rolling admission basis and will be added to a wait-list should we reach capacity.
Candidates are notified of acceptance or denial within three weeks of completion of the application requirements via mail. If a student does not hear back from the admission office within three weeks, please contact the Office of Admission via email at admissions@kysu.edu or by phone at (502) 597-6813.
Applicants who wish to be considered for financial aid and scholarships need to complete their applications by March 1. Students who have been awarded scholarships by Kentucky State University have 30 days to return their scholarship confirmation form. After that 30 days, the Office of Admission may revoke scholarship privileges.
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One of our favorite new family-friendly openings in NYC last year, the LIC location of Court 16has 9 indoor tennis courts that are designed to be kid-friendly, in smaller, more age-appropriate sizes. This summer, certified instructors lead tennis-pros-in-training in tennis fundamentals, as well as craft projects and engaging lessons to build a deeper appreciation for the sport. Themed summer camp weeks include Tennis Traditions, Greatest Players, Doubles, and more, at both the Queens courts and their sister location in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
A Tennis center in Brooklyn is swinging its focus on helping the planet in honor of Earth Day.
Court 16 in Gowanus celebrated by providing eco-friendly activities Sunday.
Kids got to color and make cardboard bracelets.
Parents were asked to bring their old cell phones so they could be re-recycled.
Of course the event included tennis and everyone attending got to play for free.
Like its sister location in Gowanus, this indoor tennis facility in LIC offers child-sized courts, all built with a special cushioned surface that's easy on growing joints. Group tennis, private sessions and tennis conditioning classes are offered for kids ages three to 11 (they're broken into groups and taught specifically to their age levels). You can even schedule a free trial! They also offer Friday night movies where kids can hit some balls, eat pizza and watch a flick, and special family weekends.
A new tennis facility in Queens is serving up lessons for the whole family. Court 16 will open a new facility under the Queensboro Bridge later this month. The space has glass floors with different sized LED tennis courts underneath.
A new tennis club opening in Long Island City will teach both children and parents the fundamentals of the sport on the first tennis facility to feature customized glass courts with LED marking lines.
A Brooklyn-based indoor tennis club known for its children's programming will be officially opening its massive Long Island City location early next week.
These super cool after-school programs will encourage kids to learn and grow, even after the bell rings! Tots as young as two and a half years old can gather on the special kid-sized courts (36 by 18 feet) to learn hand-eye coordination, balance and how to play well with others through the basics of tennis.


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Q: How to set sublist value using client script in 2.0 Netsuite SuiteScript How to set sublist value when using in client script. I tried all the method but it's not working and returning the same error.
fieldChanged: function(context){

     var record = currentRecord.get();

     //var record = context.currentRecord; // not working

     if(context.fieldId =='custpage_cancel'){

         var objSublist = record.getSublist({  //returns sublist obj but can not set
         sublistId: 'custpage_sublist'
         });

        objSublist.setSublistValue({  // Not working ERROR: objSublist.setSublistValue is not a function
            fieldId : 'custpage_id',
            line : 0,
            value : true
        });

        // record.setSublistValue({        // Not working ERROR: objSublist.setSublistValue is not a function
         // sublistId: 'custpage_sublist',
         // fieldId: 'custpage_id',
         // line: 0,
         // value: true
        // });

     }
 }

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A: Try selecting the line and set the value , In netsuite for current record they prefer to use  select line and set values
var records = context.currentRecord
 var lineNum = records .selectLine({
    sublistId: 'custpage_sublist',
    line: 0
});

    records.setCurrentSublistValue({
                        sublistId: 'custpage_sublist',
                        fieldId: 'custpage_id',
                        value: true,
                        ignoreFieldChange: true
                    });
   records.commitLine({
                        sublistId: 'sublistidentire'
                    });

A: try to do the same with a custom list sublist "list" and throw me error
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User event Script
function beforeLoad(){

  var form = scriptContext.form;

  var sublistaAplicar=form.addSublist({
    id: 'custpage_invoice',
    type: 'list',
    label: 'Facturas',
    tab: 'custpage_aplicar'
  });

  sublistaAplicar.addField({
    id : 'custpage_type',
    type : serverWidget.FieldType.TEXT,
    label : 'Type'
  });
}

client script.js
function validateField(scriptContext) {

  var currentRecord = scriptContext.currentRecord;

  var lineNum = currentRecord.selectLine({
    sublistId: 'custpage_invoice',
    line: 0
  });

  currentRecord.setCurrentSublistValue({
    sublistId: 'custpage_invoice',
    fieldId: 'custpage_type',
    value: 'test',
    ignoreFieldChange: true
  });

  currentRecord.commitLine({
    sublistId: 'custpage_invoice'
  });
}

A: You may need to use the command of inserting new line first before you select the line when you are on the client script.


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Home› Topics› Business & Finance› Personal› Investments & Markets› Cryptocurrency (Bitcoin, etc)
MtGox
Join Date: August 2011
I bought 7 bitcoins for €4.5k with MtGox, the most reputable exchange at the time.
Anyone else have bitcoins with MtGox and have their bitcoins locked-in with the court proceedings?
I've been dipping into updates issued by the liquidator a while now and while there has been court dates extensions after extensions, it kinda feels it's nearing a resolution after all this time.
The liquidator offered the option to receive whatever proceeds in euro or in bitcoin. I've opened a Kraken account and selected to receive whatever is left of bitcoins to to that account.
I believe when all settles. I'll get some of the forks too?
Would love to read replies from other people in a similar situation.
#2 06-10-2020 6:29am
so about 150,000 -200,000 to be returned approx depending on what you read
which is about 20% ish of what was hacked
how do we think this will affect the market?
Lex Luthor wrote: »
It's a good question, there'll be an influx of sellers all of a sudden, reducing the market price. Or perhaps the current market is priced taking this into consideration already.
There's meant to be an announcement tomorrow, it could be another extension date.
Over $1,000,000 in Bitcoin was just transferred out of a Mt. Gox cold wallet
Looks like another deadline extension
Rather frustrating waiting all this time
According to the draft distribution plan, it seems the value of the payout will be set as 749,318.83 Yen per BTC regardless of the current market price.
Am I correct, that there will ll be approx 5,700 per BTC paid out or is the payout a fraction of this? More like 20% of the 5.7k?
Just trying to figure out what may be due if I have 6.9 BTC with MtGox. I'm probably not understanding it properly.
I know there is s Bitcoin cash too but I am not too worried about that.
#8 15-03-2021 11:12am
Here's a calculator.
https://blog.wizsec.jp/2021/02/mtgox-claim-calculator.html?m=1#calculator
Looks like a €50k/$60K payout.
Mellor wrote: »
That's brilliant, I'm so glad I asked.
Step 4: Choice of Early Lump-Sum Payment or Final Payment. I don't remember having a choice. I wonder if this is part of the voting that is due in March 2021?
Green Mile wrote: »
I'm only going off the calculator and what the reported agreed figure is. I don't know if that is bone fide or whatever. But it's certainly good news. I hope it works out for you.
I'd imagine step 4 is upcoming. The final payout will likely be higher. But who knows how much longer it will take to finalise. Besides the early payout if reinvested will likely be worth much more by then too.
JibJabWibWab
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It's great news that you're getting something back after so long, but it would sicken me that after all the effort, time and stress, Revenue will now come looking for their pound of flesh (at least 33%).
If the payout was in the form of BTC there would be no taxable event until you decide to convert it into cash...
A crypto trade is a taxable event. Nothing to do with converting it back to cash. Whether the gain is in Crypto or in cash is irrelevant.
In this case, it could argue as it's the process of compensation, not it's not capital gains.
If the payout was in the form of BTC there would be no taxable event. Period.
Good luck with arguing that the payout is compensation, rather than a gain.
OP is getting paid a discounted rate for BTC he already owned, and that rate is way higher than the price they paid for the BTC.
JibJabWibWab wrote: »
On what basis would being paid in BTC make a difference.
Currency has no impact on CGT. It's either taxable or it's not.
Good luck with arguing that the payout is compensation, rather than a gain.OP is getting paid a discounted rate for BTC he already owned, and that rate is way higher than the price they paid for the BTC.
I know it's a long shot. But it's literally the proceeds of legal proceedings.
I don't think revenue can pretend his claim of the remaining assets were guaranteed and appreciating for the last 7 years.
If the payout was in BTC he could reasonably say he was just getting back some of the BTC he already owned.
There would be no taxable event until he sold or traded the BTC.
It's not the proceeds of legal proceedings.
It's the proceeds of a liquidation. OP is a creditor.
I have no idea where you're getting the 7 years thing from. The payout is happening now.
I doubt it would hold up as it was out if his possession. As I said, currency has no bearing in CGT.
Bankruptcy is legal process in itself.
It's looking like a good result. But I don't think it should be treated the same as somebody who just held on for years with BTC in cold storage. Maybe revenue don't care. But I think OP should consider it.
The 7 years part isn't complicated.
2014 was 7 years ago.
To be honest, after all this time, I'd be happy to get back what I put in.
I did opt to receive it in BTC, plan is to hold it.
Looks like there is an end in sight end of this year (October) hopefully.
Status of creditors meeting image below.
One More Toy
What's the best we can hope for here? Restitution early 2022?
One More Toy wrote: »
Voting system for creditors is now live, have you voted?
I think you're right, early 2022 would be earliest at best.
Got the email, didn't vote yet because I'll have to dig out an old phone with the 2FA code on it but will tonight
Dug it out, voted in favour of the plan.
Hopefully a nice Yen cheque come 2022
magic_murph
I bought BTC many years back and was stored on MTGox - not exactly sure what I had but think 3-4k.
Is there anything specific I need to do
I just found this article so will follow the voting and sign up steps - I didn't realise this case was still pending and just assumed it was done with
https://www.coindesk.com/voting-proposal-reimburse-mt-gox-victims-begins-today
Del Griffith
magic_murph wrote: »
If you haven't submitted a claim it's very unlikely you will be able to get a claim in now.
Thanks - there appears to be an offline form available. Granted that doesn't mean it will get approved but sure no harm sending a letter out into the either and seeing what happens.
There are new documents issued today. Again a lot of legal jargon that my small brain can't fully grasp 😵
My creditor number starts with an "X" so I don't think there's action to take? At least not yet.
Might see something when BTC drops to €0.01 in the far future.😅
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/10/20/mt-gox-rehabilitation-plan-worth-billions-in-compensation-approved-finalization-to-follow/
Could see something within the first quarter of 2022
How are they going to pay out? The claim is in JPY
I wish things would just move on. Last update was 14/02/2022.
It's like they're waiting for creditors to just die off
Anyone have a look at the latest documents?


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Time to burn some rubber — Grid review
By Codi Spence
The world of racing is competitive, fast-paced, tense, and full of danger. From real life events such as NASCAR to video games such as Need for Speed and Mario Kart, people have plenty of avenues to get their fix. As with other games, even racing games get reboots. Here we have Grid, which is the latest addition to the TOCA series, and is meant to act as a reboot. Hopping behind the wheel, let's put the pedal to the metal, burn some rubber, and race to be the top driver.
When starting Grid, you get thrown into a few random racing situations, with some of them being in the middle of a race. You are shown short cinematics before being eased into the fact that you're about to have to take control. I think this was their way to give you a tutorial of the game, although it only teaches you how to use flashback, a pretty cool and unique technique that lets you reverse time in order to correct a mistake. This feature only lets you reverse a short period of time, but if you press it quick enough, that won't be much of a problem. It's been incredibly helpful more than a handful of times, either due to my own recklessness or from an aggressive AI. You only get five uses of it per race unless you adjust your settings, but I think five is a fair amount to prevent you from using it as a crutch too often. Other than that, it just gives you some racing experience before you can choose what you want to do next.
The game consists of three different modes: career, multiplayer, and free play. Career is a collection of racing events that you can take part in. You can choose between touring, stock, tuner, GT, FA, and invitational events. Each event has its own selection of cars that you can use, but the downside is that you must use the in-game money to buy a car first. For your first races, this isn't a big deal, but if you haven't earned a ton of money from races already, then you're limited with what you can do. This means that you either need to earn a ton of money before attempting to enter certain races or you need to stick with the races that use similar cars first. The cars are pretty expensive, especially in the later races of each event. This limitation is a bummer and should've been an optional way to get better cars instead of being the only way to get your starter car for each event.
Each event only has one or two races available at the start of the game. If you hover over the dimmed races, you can see what the requirements are to unlock them. They typically involve completing a specific race from earlier in the event. Under each race, there's a goal that states something like "finish in 3rd or higher place," "finish in the top half," or something similar. Those are actually bonus goals that net you more experience and money, which means that no matter what place you end the races in, it counts as completing them. This is pretty nice since it means that you aren't stopped from progressing because you had trouble in a few races. And believe me, I had issues with some of the races, mostly because of the way those tracks were set up.
Speaking of the tracks, I want to mention that, for the most part, they are very well designed and make the races enjoyable. They offer a variety of twists, turns, and straightaways that keep the races from being purely slow-paced turn-fests or long stretches of highways. That being said, there are some that had too many tight turns that forced you to slow down and mesh together into a clump with your AI opponents. I don't mind those situations at times, but when it happens too much, you aren't really given much opportunity to actually pass the other cars. Anyway, back to the career events. Each event has a showdown at the end that has unlock requirements of its own, similar to the other races. If you complete four of these showdowns, then you unlock the Grid world series event. This is the ultimate goal of the career mode, so you'll be doing plenty of racing in order to achieve that goal.
Due to having the game prior to release, I was unable to test out the multiplayer features. I attempted to find some quick races and even set up my own server in the hopes of finding other reviews to test the online with. Alas, I didn't get lucky. Free play, on the other hand, is your chance to set up your own races. You can choose the number of racers, types of cars, track locations, and so on if you want to race against AI for fun. It's a nice change of pace for those who want to face off against the AI without anything at stake.
In terms of gameplay, Grid is smooth, fast-paced, and tense at times. Two aspects of the AI make the gameplay much more interesting: the nemesis system and racing personalities. If you hit other racers too many times, you'll anger them and cause them to come after you. This turns them into your nemesis and the only way to calm them down is by staying out of their way and not smashing into them anymore. Racing personalities on the other hand comes in the form of around 400 different AI racers existing in the code, along with random chaotic events being able to happen during the race. For example, other racers may slam into one another and cause them to flip from a crash. The variety of AI also makes every race unique since you may not be facing off against the same AI from race to race. The developers did their best to create a ton of different racing styles before placing them in the game.
Graphically, the game looks great, especially since you can switch between a handful of camera modes while driving, such as third person, first person, and more. Even though you may be moving too fast to truly enjoy them, the environments look great as well. From the lush grass to the concrete cityscape, there's plenty to check out. The cars themselves look sleek and tough, which is what you want from a race car. My one issue is that some cinematic cutscenes stutter and have audio problems. The most I noticed of this was in the early cinematic scenes that set up the game, but that didn't hurt the game too much, although I got a bit worried that my game was about to crash. Even so, Grid is an enjoyable reboot of the series that offers hours of fast-paced, racing fun.
Grid offers an enjoyable racing experience that tests your driving skills. With the nemesis feature, a ton of racing personalities, and the flashback feature, there's a good amount to make it unique. There are some annoying track designs that drag you down, but most of them are winners.
—Codi Spence
Enjoyable, fast-paced racing
Flashback feature is incredible helpful
Nemesis feature and racing personalities keep things fresh
Some tracks have too many twists and slow down gameplay
Some cinematic stuttering and audio problems
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The article focuses on the guidance from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care which recommends that women aged 40 to 49 should be routinely screened for cancer in the breast.
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I'm excited to share my new Grace Cards with you. Click here to see a few examples. There are 50 cards in each deck.
Once you have a deck of your own, you can use them in several ways. Empty them into a basket and pick a message every day. Or, when faced with a decision, close your eyes, ask a question, and choose one card for guidance and inspiration. Also, you can share the gift of grace with family, friends, and colleagues by including these cards in thank-you notes, birthday cards, holiday greetings, or any correspondence.
Here are some of the ways in which our community members have used our Self-Care Cards. Use their suggestions to now spread a little grace around the world!
Put a card in each bill paid to not only surprise the recipient, but to make bill paying a joyful experience.
Leave a card in the books borrowed from the local library.
Keep a box in your glove compartment and put a card on the dashboard of your car each day.
Give a card to the toll takers at bridges and tunnels in your community.
Practice a random act of kindness by leaving a card in a public restroom.
Leave a card under the windshield wiper of a co-worker's car.
Use a card as a wedding gift/token for each guest at the reception (showers too!).
Hide several cards around your home (drawers, coat pockets, cabinets, etc) so when you stumble upon them, you're not only surprised, you get the message you need in that moment.
Tape a small envelope to the bathroom mirror and, once a week, choose a card and leave it there to focus on its message.
Send a "thinking of you" note to a good friend and include a card.
Take one or more cards and include them in a Grace basket.
Choose one card at the beginning of the week, and keep yourself focused on its message by hanging it on your refrigerator or by putting it in your daily planner.
Send a card with your invoices (great for coaches or business owners who send a monthly bill).
Have Life Makeover Group members choose a card at random to focus on until the next meeting date.
Have each participant choose a card at the end of a workshop as a thank you gift.
Place one in your child's backpack before going to school.
Hide cards before having a party or gathering and have guests go on a treasure hunt to find one. Then, have each guest talk about how the card applies to them.
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A New Style of Teaching
Audiblox is our previous learning program, and has been upgraded to Edublox Online Tutor. The article below appeared in the Herald Journal in the US on October 16, 2006:
Vicky Neighbors has had an interest in education ever since she can remember. She even wrote an essay in seventh grade, "Teaching Exceptional Children," about teaching children with special needs. For example, children who are very intelligent, but have trouble reading.
Neighbors had a younger brother who couldn't read. She remembers him saying, "I'm so dumb, I hate school."
It didn't make sense to me that an intelligent person couldn't read," she said.
So, Neighbors, formerly a Lundeen of Cokato, went to college in Illinois for language development and continued her masters in speech and language pathology.
She later worked for a school in Illinois before moving with her husband, Paul, back to Cokato. She taught in DC as a speech pathologist before she began homeschooling her four children.
After finding out that her son, Reid, now 17, was dyslexic, she began reading about the learning disability and began homeschooling him after first grade.
"Reid loves to read now," she said.
Three years ago, Neighbors heard about Audiblox, a learning system that works on developing the core fundamental skills necessary for learning.
Neighbors has found this program "extremely helpful" for all of her children, and now continues to tutor other school-age children and even adults in a memory program.
Audiblox, Neighbors describes, are brain exercises for any age.
After finding Audiblox successful with her own children, she decided she wanted to help others as well. In order to do this, she needed to be Audiblox-certified.
Last April, Neighbors trained in Spokane, Wash. to become a certified Audiblox provider. She is currently the only person trained in Audiblox in Minnesota.
Audiblox works to develop "foundational skills," for reading, spelling, writing, mathematics, and the skills it takes to learn other subject matter.
Some of the foundational skills include the skill of concentration, short-term and long-term memory, logical thinking, and reasoning.
"It provides a foundation for any type of learning," including learning difficulties, Neighbors said.
The program is highly structured and will help everyone, she said.
The program uses colored blocks, numbers, and words to exercise the foundational skills.
The program was originally developed in South Africa by Dr. Jan Strydom and was used to help prepare his own daughter for school.
After using Audiblox, his daughter's teachers told him she was the most well-prepared student they've seen, according to Neighbors.
Now, many schools in South Africa require an Audiblox instructor, Neighbors said.
Audiblox works on any grade level by using different levels of instruction. There are certain criteria before moving on to the next level, she said.
Even though the levels get harder, students have an opportunity to fix their mistakes before moving on, Neighbors said.
"Differences can be seen within three months," she said.
Most students find it fun to do. Reid enjoys it because it's challenging, he said.
"The more you do, the better you get," Neighbors said.
She is currently teaching her three children at home and finds it very rewarding, with one son "successfully off to college," Neighbors said.
"I have teaching in my soul," she said.
Neighbors tutors two groups, three times a week at her home in Cokato, with her children's group meeting after school.
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How much time should you exercise or train? Great question. This comes down to wants and needs. Just like when we were children and faced with parents that saw our wants and just wants when we clearly saw them as needs.
How often do you need to train? The first consideration is your goal and the second life. If life is only going to allow two days a week for exercise, then you have two days a week. Life will not allow you to force workouts, exercise or training in. Kids will get up in the middle of the night and keep you up blowing your morning workout. Work will run late. There will be road construction, an extra trip to the grocery store or some other pressing issue that will steal your time and with it your workout.
Train this Often and Crush Your Goals means you look at how much time you really have. No one likes to play a game they can not win. With training and exercise we have seen people plan to exercise five times a week. After a few weeks of only getting two or three workouts in they quit. They say why bother, I just can do this five times a week. Be realistic.
The good news is that at FitWorkz our 24 Hour gym in DeKalb we see many people getting to the gym ten times in a month (industry data suggests that many Americans will only have eight times per month). So two to three times a week. The better news is that if they are doing the right exercise they are reaching their goals. Now if you are sitting there saying twice a week is not enough, my question is what are you going to accomplish if you keep sitting there? Nothing. Twice weekly is better then none weekly.
Look at your life and your "adulating" responsibilities. How much time do you honestly have to consistently exercise? Ask this question and you will have the answer to…Train this Often and Crush Your Goals. Remember, twice a week is much better than continuing to just sit there. Twice a week of the right exercise and you can crush your goals.
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Domestic Security Implications of Las Vegas: Cold Takes
I've waited a few days to write. Nothing sensational here or grand theories. No hot takes.
First, the terrible events in Las Vegas cannot, at this point, be described as terrorism. They may be terrible and terrifying, but the Federal definition of terrorism includes a social or political objective. So far, there is no evidence that this event had a political motive – that could change if new evidence comes to light. While everyone seeks some kind of explanation, it will bring at least a tiny amount of coherence to the horror and in a time like this we take what comfort we can.
While the event was not terrorism, it was a security crisis and raises new issues for consideration. I will leave tactical response issues to others with the appropriate expertise. It did appear that the new procedures for integrating police and fire units during the incident were effective and allowed the extrication of victims during the incident. This allowed the wounded to receive more timely medical treatment, saving lives.
Geron-Terror
The classic terrorist is a male between late teens and early thirties. Dylan Roof and Omar Mateen are classic cases, there are of course outliers. Years ago, working on a very different project, I was examining the files of violent incidents kept by the Southern Poverty Law Center. While many of the perpetrators were the classic disaffected young men, I also noted a lot of much older men involved in incidents as well. This was not the purpose of the project, but the information stayed with me.
I do not have hard data, but it is worth noting that – particularly among right-wing extremists – there are a fair number of much older perpetrators. The 2009 attack on the Holocaust Museum in which a security guard was killed was carried out by 88 year old James W. von Brunn. Glenn Frazier Cross, who killed three at a Jewish Community Center in Kansas in 2014, was 73. On the left, James T. Hodgkinson, who attacked the GOP Congressional baseball team practice, was 66.
The Vegas gunman was also in his sixties.
More study is needed. These incidents might simply be outliers. The vast majority of terrorists and violent criminals will continue to be between their late teens and early thirties. But those are also the populations most likely to be monitored. Even a small uptick in violence from a population generally assumed to be non-violent could have a significant impact on public safety.
It is not my intention to wade into the question of gun control. People who are passionate about gun ownership know the law back and forth. I don't. I cannot accept either mass tragedies such as Las Vegas and Orlando or the steady and endless stream of deaths and injuries by firearms. I don't know what policies would necessarily be effective in achieving this. But I will make two tentative observations.
First, plenty of people make good livings spinning out dramatic terrorist attacks scenarios. It is kind of fun, and if you can sell it, you can become a consultant and/or peddle technological solutions. Drones are the nightmare du jour. Let's be clear, drones are being used by state and non-state U.S. adversaries on battlefields. But terrorists using drones to strike within the U.S., such as described in this article, is actually not that easy. The scenario is a drone dropping a thermite grenade on a gas tank. This might be very bad. But the focus in these and other scenarios is on how terrorists would use drones to deliver explosives or toxins. Putting aside that – as I've written elsewhere – this may not be that easy, the assumption is that the terrorists have explosives or toxins. But in fact explosives and toxins are not that easy to obtain. The chokepoint in preventing these attacks is not the drones, it is the weapon.
So while experts are obsessing about hard to pull off drone attacks, tools with proven death dealing capabilities are easily and readily available.
Second, there is a question of broader politics. Lobbyists for firearm ownership have been extraordinarily successful. Politics changes. Public opinion is shifting against them and eventually politics will follow. When they start losing, they will start losing big – sliding down the slippery slope they worry so much about.
The vast majority of gun owners, who are law-abiding and safety conscious will accept these new inconveniences. For a small number, gun ownership is about much more than a hobby, it is about identity in a very profound way that sometimes aligns with radical causes (do I really need to say more about this?) Overall smart policies (not necessarily laws) could reduce gun violence substantially. At the same time, it may spark a violent counter-reaction.
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During the last few days the campaign took a drastic turn after some of our backers pointed out that the rule-book we had shared was plagiarized from Massive Darkness.
Some harsh words have been said about our integrity and authenticity of this project and we would like to share our side of the story and then leave the matter in your hand.
Most backers may have realized that not being native speakers, we showed certain language related issues in the game as well as the campaign. Typos, grammatical and syntax errors were constantly pointed out which we admit were made by us.
The game when it was conceived by Humayun had detailed rules but they were written in textual form in the language Humayun is comfortable with. They were detailed, step by step and at points rather complex. We admit that when we had prepared the campaign, a coherent rulebook should have been prepared alongside the content of the campaign and we paid the price for that. When the campaign initiated we tried to create the content asked by our backers along the way since everything was ready but when the majority clamored for the rule-book we realized our folly.
We had to deliver the backers a rule-book so that they could believe that game is not just a pretty diorama but playable. Humayun resorted to the free-lancer who had drafted the content of the campaign to turn our textual rulebook into something coherent. We knew that we were sharing a very small part of the rule-book so released it as an alpha version to pacify our eager backers and boy did it back fired. When analogies were drawn, we were shocked as well and freaked out.
We apologize to all our dear backers who had such high hopes and interests vested in our project. However our inability to handle this disaster complicated this issue further. We also apologize for anything harsh that we may have said to our backers who were only looking out for this close knit community and just wanted what was best for all the backers. We apologize that we released the alpha-version without quality testing it and leaving a lot of our dedicated backers in dark without coming up with a formal statement from our own side.
Our actions have painted us in a negative light and we understand the consequences of the course we followed in the wake of this scandal but we assure and promise our backers that THIS IS NOT THE RULEBOOK THEY WILL BE GETTING WITH THE GAME. WE WILL NOT BE USING THIS BOOK AT ALL.
We apologize once again for this huge blunder on our part and own it.
Last but not the least, we would want to thank a lot of backers who showed faith in us and encouraged us not to give up. Their faith in us has served as a beacon for us during these dark days and we can't thank them enough.
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-There is NO pledge manager- CrowdOx has rescinded their platform for this campaign.
-There is NO shipping details for this campaign.
If you have any pledge of *****ANY AMOUNT *****.
Kickstarter will forward details of personal data, and unfortunately unless kickstarter stops this , it WILL fund.
1. On completion Kickstarter will forward email contact details. Valid emails with attached data of a mark is useful for phishers.
2. Monies are also forwarded from Kickstarter minus their fee.
3. The developer then sets up a pledge manager which can directly mine financial details and full addresses. What data is collected varies from pledge manager to pledge manager.
All this can occur long before the project is confirmed to be a scam the hard way.
A message of your personal contact details and financial details being at risk is factually correct, but the process is simplified to fit the warning text.
ONLY YOU can decide if it is worth the RISK!
**All of which may be possible to be sold on to scammers.
GREAT JOB GUYS, protect the backers !
Still, if you plan on cancelling, sooner is probably better than later.
RE-pledged $1 just to be able to comment on this... even the excuse in the update above is blatant plagiarism. This was exactly the same excuse that the creators of "LOAD" used when they were found to have copied their rule book almost word for word from "Rum and Bones" - that they used a third party and never realised it was copied.
Now, this worked for them and they delivered a successful project eventually - I'm guessing these guys are hoping that using the same excuse will work again. Sorry, too many other red flags.
**All which might be sold on to scammers.
Kickstarter will forward details of personal data, some financial and email contacts, which might be sold on to scammers.
I rarely if ever get to see board game controversies occur in real-time. The Kickstarter for Overturn: Rising Sands has been a complete and utter train-wreck the past week as allegations have emerged that the Kickstarter is possibly a sham. As I've been following along on Reddit, BGG, and social media, I wanted to compile everything in one place so it's easier to follow.
Regarding the backers of the game, they are speaking with their words and their wallets as the campaign has dropped nearly $100,000 in the last few days. But what are the reasons for the uproar?
The biggest red flag is that the rulebook appears to be heavily plagiarized from CMON's Massive Darkness game. If you have time to look through it, this is a great side-by-side comparison of the plagiarism.
If you are a backer of Overturn and wish to release yourself of your pledge, make sure to do so before the final 24 hours as Kickstarter policy has pledges locked-in during the final day of a funded project.
CMON's CEO has filed for a DMCA takedown request as well concerning the project.
This allegation of blatant plagiarism hurts the legitimacy of not just Overturn and Foxtales Studios, but other projects and Kickstarter as a whole through association. If Kickstarter can't patrol what could be fraudulent activity, what happens when the next time it happens that possible forgery is hidden better and backers find out after the project is funded?
It will be interesting to see what, if anything, plays out from this tale.
Let's keep re-posting your warning messages, near the top :) Feel free to copy & paste !
Use this space to cheer the creator along, and talk to your fellow backers.
-Thers is NO pledge manager- CrowdOx has rescinded their platform for this campaign.
Consider also, You've put the idea out there, and it looks great, Don't think for a second that its going to stay yours for long, Someone right now has likely seen your initial 3 days, and is talking to people, with the knowledge that $300-$500k+ of KS backers were waiting for an Arabian Knights/Persian Princes style mini board game, this is a market, a decent sized market, and someone will start today to put that together.. they will have learnt from watching your mistakes, so you'd likely have 6 months before they are ready to start something and take that market that you created.
Yet, Given the speed of your losses, I've done the math, I doubt you'll hit 100k by the 24 hour cancel cut off, several backers who don't know this rule will try via KS email and you'll still likely lose another 25k behind the scenes, Those of us, many superbackers who research how to do a successful KS, have reached out to you, because we want to see this game made, have asked you, please, please cancel it yourselves as a show of good faith, show us that you actually care about this project long term, that will gain some trust back that you are not scammers, that you will step back, write up your rules, your 'copy' for the campaign, set far more realistic goals, stretch goals, work out your costings and be open about these, If you need help for any of this, Ask any one of us Superbackers, send out a survey, like myself I'm sure a few people would volunteer to help you redo your campaign to prove you're legit.
Can you please see that running the Kickstarter is only the 1st step in a large chain of steps you must get through to get to delivery. This isn't the hardest one, This isn't the cheapest one.
You have lost 50% of your backing from 2 weeks ago, You can't possibly fund your stretch goals.
IF you did that, IF, then maybe you'd get your company off the group, and a 2nd printing might get you back half a mil from all of us that hoped your product was going to be real.
If what you say is the truth, why did it take you days to say it? I don't hesitate when I defend myself, and i don't wait to think up pretty words when the moment calls for action. Here i am, writing the honest truth as fast as i can type.
You passed off someone else's work as your own: that is fraud. If you want to demonstrate your integrity, cancel this campaign and come back when you have your own rules to show us. If you let this mess of a campaign reach the fund date, you will prove to us that you are more interested in money than honour.
Also, Valen only joined KS recently and this is the only project he backed, and is the only one speaking in favor of Foxtales despite all the proof of plagiarism... so draw your own conclusions.
I had originally backed this game with a wait and see approach for more material. After the rule book came out and that whole debacle, I decided to no longer back it for a variety of reasons.
If there was no rule book created and ready to be distributed to the backers of this campaign, how much of the game was actually tested and ready for production? This could cause huge delays that would definitely be pushing it out to a year or so late. Now there could have been "soft" rules written down and used during some playthroughs obviously, but if there are no solid rules that were ready to release immediately at campaign launch, that is a big concern to me.
The other issue is obviously the plagiarism and that whole mess. I hope that a cancel and a re-launch to address these issues would be coming to build back some of that trust with the community at large. It seems like a cool game, but the issues and concerns are too big to ignore at this time. If there is a re-launch and the issues have been corrected, then I will look into it again and see what it has become at that point.
This Kickstarter project is considered likely to be a scam. Backers are advised to reconsider their pledges and cancel their pledges. Check comments section for details.
@ Overturn Mgt: Who's the freelancer that did all this without your knowledge or oversight?
Their pledge manager also pulled support from them.
This is rich. They go silent for two days then come in with a BS "it was a freelancer" exccuse.
I am pulling my $1 pledge. Was staying in to warn everyone, but now I am done.
This kickstarter is a sham, if not an outright scam. Take your money elsewhere, and don't give it to rude, plagiarizing criminals.
Me to foxtales via facebook: "[links to allegations and proof of plagiarisms, called them out]"
Foxtales: "Hi [my name], thanks a lot for the effort. Really appreciate you taking time to get through this"
Me: "That was a non-response. You didn't reply to anything I wrote."
Foxtales: "You didn't ask a question dear, just showed your comparative analysis."
Not only are they rude AF, and have been to every backer they have replied to so far, they also tried throwing their English translator under the bus... who, if he is the same guy that has been posting to the comments already, has already called them out days ago and stopped working with them.
Their pledge manager also pulled support from them. This isn't just about a plagiarized rulebook. There are tons of other red flags. It's like a sea of red flags.
This project just needs to be canceled!
There are so many problems with this project and your latest update that I'm astonished people are still willing to give you their money.
I think it's insulting to state some of the issues were down to language problems as I know from personal experience that most Pakistani people have English as a second language. Your statement about a 'Free Lancer' causing the problems is made all the more ludicrous as it contradicts your earlier comments about you guys designing the rule book ect.
I'm all for helping out the small into companies and have taken financial risks on KS in the past to do so but in your case I'm taking my money and running while I still can!
So, now release the beta rules. After all, you wouldn't want a game to fund that didn't have any rules, would you?
After you got the editor, did you not look and go "wow you didn't use a single of the things we actually wrote and replaced it with entirely different rules ".
While it's appreciated to get a response, if you are truly sorry for the things that have happened here up to this point, the ONLY OPTION is to cancel the campaign, clean it up, and launch again in a few months with full details, fully translated Rulebook, multiple prototypes, and multiple third party playthrough/reviews using those prototypes and rules.
Deception about who you are, where you are, is not just a contractor error. Although, even with your apology and acceptance of theft of the rules, which counts for a lot, this isn't a way to do business. Funding a project is just the start of the hard work. How many more errors will backers face when you have to contract with actual rules writing, editing, production, approvals, proofs, samples, manufacturing, shipping, logistics, customs, taxes, customer service, support, and so forth?
Too many points of failure.
Realizing that backers for a board game project might want to see a rule book only midway through your funding campaign indicates you are not ready, nor have you reached a business maturity to run this project. Not yet anyway.
@Prime All ... even if the project funds ... KickStarter holds the money for two weeks so they can refund it all to the backers if they think anything has gone wrong. So we still have 15 days before they receive the money for KickStarter to get their act together and kill the project.
As a side note ... even copying their logo from another company ... with everything copied ... it makes it almost impossible to believe that there is a Beta rulebook with a game worth staying a backer to receive.
Even with the update ... the red flags are numerous and massive ... do not back this KickStarter ... if you are backer ... cancel before the project gets to the 24 hour point.