Hirō Onoda was an Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who fought in World War II and was a Japanese holdout who did not surrender in 1945.
After Onoda had spent nearly 30 years holding out in the Philippines, his former commander traveled from Japan to personally issue orders relieving him from duty in 1974. He held the rank of second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army.
Onoda continued his campaign as a Japanese holdout, initially living in the mountains with three fellow soldiers (Private Yūichi Akatsu, Corporal Shōichi Shimada, and Private First Class Kinshichi Kozuka). During his stay, Onoda and his companions carried out guerrilla activities and engaged in several shootouts with the police.
The first time they saw a leaflet announcing that Japan had surrendered was in October 1945; another cell had killed a cow and found a leaflet left behind by islanders which read: "The war ended on August 15. Come down from the mountains!" However, they mistrusted the leaflet. They concluded that it was Allied propaganda, and also believed that they would not have been fired on if the war had indeed been over.
Toward the end of 1945, leaflets were dropped by air with a surrender order printed on them from General Tomoyuki Yamashita of the Fourteenth Area Army. They had been in hiding for over a year, and this leaflet was the only evidence they had the war was over. Onoda's group looked very closely at the leaflet to determine whether it was genuine, and decided it was not.
One of the four, Yuichi Akatsu walked away from the others in September 1949 and surrendered to Filipino forces in 1950 after six months on his own. This seemed like a security problem to the others, and they became even more careful. In 1952 letters and family pictures were dropped from aircraft urging them to surrender, but the three soldiers concluded that this was a trick.
Shimada was shot in the leg during a shoot-out with local fishermen in June 1953, after which Onoda nursed him back to health. On May 7, 1954, Shimada was killed by a shot fired by a search party looking for the men. Kozuka was killed by two shots fired by local police on October 19, 1972, when he and Onoda, as part of their guerrilla activities, were burning rice that had been collected by farmers. Onoda was now alone.
On February 20, 1974, Onoda met a Japanese man, Norio Suzuki, who was traveling around the world, looking for "Lieutenant Onoda, a panda, and the Abominable Snowman, in that order". Suzuki found Onoda after four days of searching. Onoda described this moment in a 2010 interview: "This hippie boy Suzuki came to the island to listen to the feelings of a Japanese soldier.
Onoda was thus properly relieved of duty, and he surrendered. He turned over his sword, his functioning Arisaka Type 99 rifle, 500 rounds of ammunition and several hand grenades, as well as the dagger his mother had given him in 1944 to kill himself with if he was captured. Only private Teruo Nakamura, arrested on 18 December 1974 in Indonesia, held out for longer.
Though he had killed people and engaged in shootouts with the police, the circumstances (namely, that he believed that the war was still ongoing) were taken into consideration, and Onoda received a pardon from President Ferdinand Marcos.
Onoda was so popular following his return to Japan that some Japanese urged him to run for the Diet (Japan's bicameral legislature). He also released a ghostwritten autobiography, No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War, shortly after his return, detailing his life as a guerrilla fighter in a war that was long over.
A Philippine documentary interviewed people who lived on Lubang Island during Onoda's stay, revealing that Onoda had killed several people, which he had not mentioned in his autobiography.The news media reported on this and other misgivings, but at the same time welcomed his return home. The Japanese government offered him a large sum of money in back pay, which he refused. When money was pressed on him by well-wishers, he donated it to Yasukuni Shrine.


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Q: Android Studio debug invoked method Is there a way to debug an invoked method?
I am calling this method, but there isn't any error thrown.
Class Reference:
Method: public boolean disconnect(BluetoothDevice device)
The dispatched result is false. For that reason either of one of these lines must have been executed and dispatched the Boolean value. I expect service.disconnect(device) was called and returned false, but I want to prove it.
try {
   [...]
   if (service != null && isEnabled() && isValidDevice(device)) {
      return service.disconnect(device);
   }
   if (service == null) Log.w(TAG, "Proxy not attached to service");
   return false;
} catch (RemoteException e) {
   Log.e(TAG, "Stack:" + Log.getStackTraceString(new Throwable()));
   return false;
}

The BluetoothA2dp.disconnect() is invoked by this code
private fun disconnect(context: Context, device: BluetoothDevice) {
  val serviceListener: ServiceListener = object : ServiceListener {
    override fun onServiceConnected(profile: Int, proxy: BluetoothProfile) {
      try {
        val disconnectMethod = BluetoothA2dp::class.java.getDeclaredMethod("disconnect", BluetoothDevice::class.java)
        disconnectMethod.isAccessible = true
        val cReturn = disconnectMethod.invoke(proxy, device) as Boolean
        } catch (ex: Throwable) {
          error("disconnectMethod", ex)
        } finally {
          bluetoothAdapter!!.closeProfileProxy(profile, proxy)
        }
      }
      override fun onServiceDisconnected(profile: Int) {}
    }
  bluetoothAdapter!!.getProfileProxy(context, serviceListener, BluetoothProfile.A2DP)
}

Fabrizio's way:
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A: While in debug, you have some controls to jump into method calls.
You can see them by going to "Run -> Debugging actions".
You can put a break point on your method call so when you run the debug it will stop there, then you can press F7 to jump into the method call and see what happens inside:

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This although maybe not a written review, but you`ve heard a "review" same goes for online reviews, negative or positive.
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According to www.brightlocal.com, 90% of consumers read reviews before making a purchase.
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When was the last time you bought something online? How did you decide which product to choose? how many times did you read product reviews before you made your decision on a certain product?
The majority of online shoppers go through several stages before they are finally ready to buy a product. If you put yourself in the shoes of consumers, you can better understand their behavior and habits.(as covered here in an earlier post).
There are so many similar products online that having the opportunity to read some reviews is really helping in making the right decision.
People usually want to read both negative and positive reviews before they make a decision. Every product, however popular, will still have some negative reviews so don`t be biased or think you can only post positive product reviews.
How To Write A Good Product Review?
Before we cover writing product reviews, I want you to understand that you can write a review on any product, even on products you do not own.
The most important thing to keep in mind when writing a product or service review is honesty. If you are honest, you build trust and credibility amongst your visitors.
The best way to approach writing a review is to have a personal experience with the product. But let's say that you are just starting in affiliate marketing and don't have the resources to purchase every product you are planning on reviewing.
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Again, there is really no fixed rule to writing product review but it should be helpful to your readers. After you`re satisfied, please do lead your readers where to find the product. It`s frustrating reading a review then not knowing where to buy/find the product.
When you write a product review, remember every product or service will have its pros and cons. Even if you absolutely love the product, there is no such thing as a perfect product.
If you only concentrate on positives, it will sound more like a sales page, rather than an honest review. And as we already know, this is what we want to avoid. So you absolutely need to outline some negatives of the product as well as point out the real benefits.
When you write product review informing consumers of both, you will look more of a credible person and will have more chances of making a sale that way. Inform people, educate them about the product, tell them what the issues might be and you will be rewarded.
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If you`ve never written a review before, here is a quick template to help you get started, remember you can change this template to suit the review you are writing.
Remember to finish your product review with a call to action. What would you like them to do?
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Following the success of several pilot sessions in the north of the County, Wiltshire County Netball Association has teamed up with England Netball and Wiltshire Council to help launch 4 new sessions across Wiltshire, bringing the total number of sessions in the County to 8.
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Eva Garzon Shares Value of Taking Risks, Builds Million-Dollar Firm from Scratch
People often conform to the status quo because it seems easier to do so rather than jumping into the unknown to build something of one's own. But ten years ago, while her classmates were going from one job interview to another, Eva Garzon followed her own inner voice to pursue her dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Today, she owns The Grand Lion Real Estate Group, one of the largest million-dollar brokerage firms based in Miami.
Eva Garzon was born in Avila, Spain, in 1990, but she ventured outside her comfort zone to study business administration in Madrid. She obtained her degree with flying colors at the University of Pontificia de Comillas in 2012. After finishing her degree, Eva moved to pursue a paid internship offered to the Madrid community's best students. She was also a recipient of The Goya Mundus scholarship program. Eva also enhanced her marketing and sales skills as she drove her team to win and represent L'Oreal to create a new product for Body Shop.
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The Minimalist Way
Minimalism Strategies to Declutter Your Life and Make Room for Joy
By: Erica Layne
Narrated by: Suehyla El-Attar
Length: 4 hrs
Categories: Health & Wellness, Psychology & Mental Health
The Minimalist Fashion Challenge That Proves Less Really Is So Much More
By: Courtney Carver
Narrated by: Courtney Carver
In Project 333, minimalist expert and author of Soulful Simplicity Courtney Carver takes a new approach to living simply - starting with your wardrobe. Project 333 promises that not only can you survive with just 33 items in your closet for three months, but you'll thrive just like the thousands of woman who have taken on the challenge and never looked back. Let the decluttering begin!
Live a Meaningful Life, Second Edition
By: Ryan Nicodemus, Joshua Fields Millburn
Narrated by: Justin Malik
Minimalism is the thing that gets us past the things that clutter our lives so we can make room for life's most important things - which actually aren't things at all. At age 30, best friends Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus walked away from their six-figure corporate careers, jettisoned most of their material possessions, and started focusing on what's truly important.
Watch the documentary on Netflix
By RT on 08-07-2018
How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind
Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets
By: Dana K. White
Narrated by: Dana K. White
"The dirty little secret about most organizing advice is that it's written by organized people," says blogger, speaker, and decluttering expert Dana K. White. "But that's not how my brain works. I'm lost on page three." Dana blogs at A Slob Comes Clean, chronicling her successes and failures with her self-described "deslobification process". In the beginning she used the name Nony (short for aNONYmous), because she was sharing her deep, dark slob secret. Now she has truly come clean - with not only her real name but the strategies she has developed.
So helpful
By Katy McTeigue on 21-01-2017
The Joy of Less
A Minimalist Guide to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify
By: Francine Jay
Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
Having less stuff is the key to happiness: Do you ever feel overwhelmed, instead of overjoyed, by all your possessions? Do you secretly wish a gale force wind would blow the clutter from your home? If so, it's time to simplify your life! The Joy of Less is a fun guide to minimalist living. Ready to sweep away the clutter? Just listen to this book, and you'll be on your way to a simpler, more streamlined, and more serene life. Francine has helped hundreds of thousands of people declutter their homes and simplify their lives with her bestselling book, The Joy of Less.
By Danielle McCarthy on 09-06-2017
Decluttering at the Speed of Life
Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff
While the world seems to be in love with the idea of tiny houses and minimalism, real women with real families who are constantly growing and changing simply can't purge it all and start from nothing. Yet a home with too much stuff is a home that is difficult to maintain, so where do we begin? Add in paralyzing emotional attachments and constant life challenges, and it can feel almost impossible to make real decluttering progress.
Refreshingly different and highly practical
By Katie Katie Book Listener on 30-05-2018
The Minimalist Mindset
The Practical Path to Making Your Passions a Priority and to Retaking Your Freedom
By: Danny Dover
Narrated by: Dave Fung
What would you focus on if you were no longer weighed down by your unwanted responsibilities? If you want to add something meaningful to your life, like traveling to exotic places, composing beautiful music, or experiencing a new friendship in a foreign language, you will need to figure out how to eliminate other things from your daily routine.
The Year of Less
How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store
By: Cait Flanders
Narrated by: Cait Flanders
In her late 20s, Cait Flanders found herself stuck in the consumerism cycle that grips so many of us: earn more, buy more, want more, rinse, repeat. Even after she worked her way out of nearly $30,000 of consumer debt, her old habits took hold again. When she realized that nothing she was doing or buying was making her happy - only keeping her from meeting her goals - she decided to set herself a challenge: she would not shop for an entire year. The Year of Less documents Cait's life for 12 months during which she bought only consumables.
Didn't love it
You Are What You Think
By: Dr. David Stoop
Narrated by: Tom Parks
"Attitude is everything." It's what makes the difference between those who succeed and those who fail. And it's easy to see - in other people. It's not as easy to recognize when our own attitude needs adjustment or to know how to change it. In You Are What You Think, David Stoop shows listeners how to use self-talk to make positive changes in their attitudes and beliefs.
The Spender's Guide to Debt-Free Living
How a Spending Fast Helped Me Get from Broke to Badass in Record Time
By: Anna Newell Jones
Narrated by: Carly Robins
Popular blogger Anna Newell Jones of AndThenWeSaved.com delivers this self-help manifesto that reveals how a "spending fast" will help you get on the road to living debt free. In 2009, young photographer Anna Newell Jones was rapidly suffocating under the weight of too much debt. An inveterate spender, she was in way over her head, to the tune of almost $24,000. She knew her debt was only going to get worse if she didn't take action, but she didn't know where to look for help.
The Money Guide Everyone Needs to Read
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The Self Care Prescription
Powerful Solutions to Manage Stress, Reduce Anxiety & Increase Well-Being
By: Robyn L. Gobin PhD
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Picture your best life: Where would you work? What would your social calendar look like? What personal interests would you be exploring? This book is your prescription to turn those visions into a reality - with proven self-care strategies for every area of your life.
Real Life Organizing
Clean and Clutter-Free in 15 Minutes a Day
By: Cassandra Aarssen, Peter Walsh
Narrated by: Ann Richardson
Real Life Organizing offers clutter-free storage solutions and advice that can help you create a Pinterest-worthy home on a small budget: Learn how to organize your home, simplify life, and have more time for the things you love.
Helps to make life simpler
The Clutter Connection
How Your Personality Type Determines Why You Organize the Way You Do
By: Cassandra Aarssen
"You're not messy, you just organize differently." The Clutter Connection examines and explains the correlation between brain types and how they directly relate to organization and clutter. Cassandra Aarssen smashes the stereotype that some people are "naturally messy" and offers listeners insight and real-life solutions based on their unique personal organizing style. The Clutter Connection will help you get organized, be more productive, and finally understand the why behind your clutter.
Interesting with slightly annoying narration
Break the Twitch: A Practical Guide to Minimalism, Intentional Living & Doing More of What Matters
By: Anthony Ongaro
Narrated by: Anthony Ongaro
Every day, we make hundreds of small actions without even thinking about them. Pulling out our smartphones, clicking the one-click purchase button, pulling down to refresh the social media feed, and more. Automatic actions that have become so deeply programmed into our lives that we don't have the chance to stop and ask ourselves a very important question: Do I actually want to do this right now?
a must!
The Power of Less
The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential
By: Leo Babauta
Narrated by: Fred Stella
With the countless distractions that come from every corner of a modern life, it's amazing that we're ever able to accomplish anything. The Power of Less demonstrates how to streamline your life by identifying the essential and eliminating the unnecessary - freeing you from everyday clutter and allowing you to focus on accomplishing the goals that can change your life for the better
full of great advice
By Charlie on 24-01-2017
The Little Book of Stoicism: Timeless Wisdom to Gain Resilience, Confidence, and Calmness
By: Jonas Salzgeber
Narrated by: David Angelo
Where can you find joy? Gain strength? How should we face our fears? Deal with the death of a loved one? And what about those reoccurring depressing thoughts? While traditional schooling doesn't address such questions, it's exactly what ancient schools of philosophy were all about: They taught you how to live. Even though these schools don't exist anymore, you and I and most people are in as much need of a philosophy that guides us through life as we ever were. This compelling, highly actionable guide shows you how to deal more effectively with whatever life throws at you.
The Minimalist Home
A Room-by-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life
By: Joshua Becker
Narrated by: Joshua Becker
A popular minimalist blogger and author of The More of Less shows you how to methodically turn your home into a place of peace, contentment, and purposeful living.
it was good but I wish he talked less about church
By: Brooke McAlary
Narrated by: Brooke McAlary
From the creator of the award-winning Slow Home podcast comes Slow - the perfect companion on the long road to living a simpler and more fulfilled life. Once upon a time, Brooke McAlary thought she was close to having it all. Married to a wonderful man, mother to a lively young daughter and pregnant for a second time, she'd acquired all the things she'd once thought important - holidays, cars, a renovated home. Yet despite this, she found herself utterly despondent.
Life changing - please read this book!
A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind
By: Shoukei Matsumoto
Narrated by: Adam Sims
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind by Shoukei Matsumoto, read by Adam Sims. We remove dust to sweep away our worldly desires. We scrub dirt to free ourselves of attachments. We live simply and take time to contemplate the self, mindfully living each moment. It's not just monks that need to live this way. Everyone in today's busy world today needs it.
90% content is about house cleaning, only 10% about mind
Bring Minimalism to Your Home, Work, and Relationships
Discover how to apply the minimalist mindset to every aspect of your life by changing the way you think about your home, career, relationships, family, and money. The Minimalist Way will help you take it one step at a time with simple exercises and activities. Ease into minimalism at your own pace and learn how to let go.
Filled with practical philosophy and easy-to-use strategies for removing unnecessary distractions and stress, this is the essential guidebook for anyone looking to clear out their physical, mental, and emotional clutter.
The Minimalist Way includes:
Minimalist Philosophy - outlines the principles of minimalism and shows you how to define the practice to fit your life.
The Minimalist Lifestyle - teaches you how to apply minimalism to your spending, food, clothing, family, leisure time, work, and more.
Real Solutions - that help you spend time and energy wisely, including checklists, activities, and troubleshooting tips.
Live simpler. Live better. Live minimalism.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2019 Althea Press (P)2019 Audible, Inc.
What listeners say about The Minimalist Way
Island Girl
This book gave such tangible actionable steps that are applicable in work, home, with family, your belongings and life in general. I listened to it 2x back to back just to hear it all again. This book is NOT about living in a house with one chair in it, its about finding what matters to you and making room for more of that and less of what doesn't matter. Bravo!
A minimalism guide for "Lean In" fans
From the pretentious sounding narrator to the sanctimonious writing, I felt like I was being lectured to by an out of touch, upper-middle stay at home mom whose struggle was "not" real. Even as a $1.95 Daily Deal, I feel cheated.
AdaManda
Minimalism. Lives up to its Title
This audiobook is OK, It's not groundbreaking, in any way. The title claims 2 things - 1) Minimalism strategies to declutter your life., and 2) Make room for Joy. Unfortunately, these are not so much strategies as they are tips for minimalism. I found a few that work for me, but I didn't find anything revolutionary or amazing. The 2nd part of the subtitle promises to help you "make room for joy" and there are some tips that are designed to help you experience a little more joy in your life, but really, this part of the subtitle is underdelivered. There was not enough relating to why you would be more joyful if you were more of a minimalist. If you find this on sale and you are new to the subject, go for it. If you have already read a few other books on the subject, minimize your purchases and skip this one.
Davide Roccato
Refreshing my memories
I like that it's short and get to the point. The most of the content is something I use to live already but it was nice to hear it again and also to find some new things to think about. I liked the narrator too that I believe did a good job to create the right tone for this book.
Ed Wentz
Quick Read-Listen And Worth The Time
Erica Layne is a minimalist. Not much else to say. She lives life fully - just with less stuff. This book goes hand in hand with Essentialism by Greg McKeown. Both are good reads. I don't think I can get into Erica's scoring system for clothing, closets, etc. but I do embrace many of her thoughts and ideas. I found this read a beneficial use of my time.
Best book I've read on this topic
This is truly the first review I have EVER written, but felt this book deserved my time to do so. What I loved, or appreciated most, was the attention at addressing the realities of adopting this type of lifestyle and why its worth it. She superbly addresses the nuts and bolts as well the emotional and spiritual side of living authentically, in alignment with your values. The entire book spoke to my heart and gave me a clearer, deeper understanding of why I want to invest time and effort toward this way of being. I loved all the practical "tools and techniques" she offered to make this do-able. I listened all the way through, now I'll go back at a slower pace, working the stuff, doing the assignments and adopting these principles. Thank you, thank you, thank you, for the BEST $2 I ever spent!!!!
Davida D. Aguiar
Life Changing!!♥
this book is so inspiring. I am trying to simplify my life in every single way. I mostly just wanted to clean out my house, but this book addresses the way to live and think like a minimalist and every aspect of your life. I highly recommend it. and I have already recommended it to many friends and family. enjoy!
TammyS.
practical tips for whole life minimalism!
practical guide for wholelife minimalism to achieving happiness. listened twice already with notes. definitely a keeper!
Sadly Bereft of Original Thoughts or Perspectives
This reads like the author spent a couple of months reading most of what's out there on Minimalism and decluttering, and then regurgitated it, borrowing ideas and even structure from everyone else, and adding basically nothing of her own. Don't get me wrong, one of my favorite books on this topic is Fumio Sasaki's "Goodbye Things," which itself adds almost nothing new to the topic, but I found his approach, personal story, and writing amusing and clever, so it was okay. Given the good reviews, I suppose there are those who feel the same about this attempt by Erica Layne, or maybe it is their first book on the topic, and she does hit most of the major points, but from the beginning it sounded blatantly derivative and self-important, an effect enhanced by the deep vocal fry of the Narrator, who otherwise does a reasonably decent job.
ASPCAluvr
Ironically packed full of useful info
Loaded with ways to help you declutter not just your home, but your entire life. Pare down, simplify. I could listen to this audiobook five different times and have a new Takeaway every time! Well worth the time!
Kindle Customer
Awesome and easy to listen to
I really loved this audible. Its clear, to the point. An easy listen. And I took so much from it!
Becoming A Minimalist Produces Freedom.
I really enjoyed listening to this audiobook. The 'minimalist way' really is a better way of life. Why? Because the level of stress which is created as a result of having a clutter-filled life is overwhelming. Many people believe that if they don't let go of something, or if they take on more responsibilities and activities, they will find fulfilment in their lives. Over here in Western civilization we seem to be fascinated with high number rates e.g. how much... how long etc. At the end of the day we need to realise, when we really think about it, that we don't really need most of the things which we have in our lives. If you as the listener, are struggling in this area then you need to purchase this book. It will help you to gain clarity.
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Trademark suit threats to shut down free speech? Shocking.
Posted on February 20, 2018 by Ron Coleman
Originally posted 2014-05-29 01:48:51. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Kansas City infoZine News reports (link added):
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) warned the Chicago Auto Show to back off attempts to muzzle protestors [sic] who posted a parody of the show's website.
The parody site, autoshowshutdown.org, is a clearinghouse for information about the "Auto Show SHUTDOWN Festival" — an annual event where hundreds of cyclists parade through Chicago to raise awareness about global warming and to promote sustainable transportation. The ride culminates in a rally at the entrance to the show. But this week, a lawyer for the auto show sent a threatening letter to the protestors, claiming that the website amounted to trademark infringement and that it would seek damages if the parody was not taken down.
So far, so good. This is my issue, and it's not solely a matter of whose ox is being gored, believe me — I have little use for eco-hippies and bicycling polar bears. So what's the EFF — which didn't do anything when this happened to my client, mind you, but — what's the EFF doing about it now?
In a letter sent in response today, EFF reminded the auto show that trademark infringement must involve some commercial use, which is clearly not the case in this non-profit, community-organized protest."Auto show organizers can't stop thousands of citizens from attending the SHUTDOWN Festival. Instead, they have resorted to baseless trademark claims to silence critics and interfere with planning for an event that embarrasses them," said EFF Staff Attorney Jason Schultz. "Both trademark law and the First Amendment won't allow for that."
Sounds great! And — wait a minute. Come again?
EFF reminded the auto show that trademark infringement must involve some commercial use, which is clearly not the case in this non-profit, community-organized protest.
Oh, dear. It seems EFF actually did say that, too. Too bad it's wrong. Use of a trademark "in commerce" is not the same as "commercial use." Non-profit uses are very much protected by and subject to the Lanham Act. Sure, courts have tripped over themselves over the issue of what is a use in commerce, even ruling in Jews for Jesus v. Brodsky that trademark uses "affecting commerce" even by merely using them as part of a critical statement is a "use in commerce" because it kind of sort of affects the commercial value of the trademark. But even with that increasingly isolated and obviously wrong opinion aside, judges are not shy about slamming non-commercial, or non-profit, uses of trademarks in commerce with sanctions for trademark infringement, nor should they be. There's nothing in the Lanham Act suggesting that non-profits may infringe trademarks, or even that "non-profit uses" cannot be uses "in commerce" — they certainly can. This is different from uses that are simply, as defined under the case law, not "uses in commerce."*
Now here there doesn't seem to be a use in commerce at all, though there may be — this site is a clearinghouse, after all, not merely a "statement." But even if there weren't, it's too bad the EFF overstated, or imprecisely stated the law — too bad for the next schnook who reads this official-sounding letter and gets the wrong idea of what is and isn't allowed under the Lanham Act. Unless he reads, rather than experiences, LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION, of course.
A trademark is "used in commerce" in connection with goods when "it is placed in any manner on the goods or their containers or the displays associated therewith or on the tags or labels affixed thereto, or if the nature of the goods makes such placement impracticable, then on documents associated with the goods or their sale, and . . . the goods are sold or transported in commerce." 15 U.S.C. §1127(1). A mark is "used in commerce" in connection with services "when it is used or displayed in the sale or advertising of services and the services are rendered in commerce." 15 U.S.C. §1127(2). See Merck & Co. Inc. v. Mediplan Health Consulting Inc.
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Mortimer Honeycutt
But also… the Chicago Automobile Trade Association doesn't have a federal registration of the mark "Chicago Auto Show". The application was abandoned.
Ok, Mortimer, but you can have a trademark without a registration, though your rights can be severely curtailed. Still you can definitely get an injunction based on infringement or unfair competition based solely on common-law trademark rights.


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'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Reactions Pour In
Natasha Reda Published: December 20, 2019
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The first Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker reactions are here.
The highly-anticipated final chapter in the epic trilogy officially opened today (December 20) — and fans who watched last night have taken to Twitter to share their reviews. Though critics have mixed reactions, most moviegoers are thrilled with the conclusion. Many called the Star Wars film perfect, while others tweeted it was "everything you want and more."
Check out some early fan reactions, below:
Other fans also defended the film after some were quick to hate on it:
Meanwhile, Variety reports Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker brought in $40 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales on its opening night. Though the movie didn't break records, it's the fifth-highest debut of all time behind Avengers: Endgame ($60 million), Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($57 million), Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($45 million) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($44 million).
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is expected to earn as much as $200 million this weekend.
It stars Daisy Ridley as Rey, John Boyega as Fin, Oscar Isaac as Poe, Adam Driver as Kylo Ren and Kelly Marie Tran as Roe. The film also featured a number of new faces, including Naomi Ackie and Keri Russell, as well as sees the return of Star Wars icons Billy Dee Williams and Anthony Daniels as Lando Calrissian and C-3PO, respectively.
Source: 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Reactions Pour In
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2. In the Inventory Actions section, select the AddRemove Programs tab and click Get Installed Software.
3. If Java is listed, remote onto their machine and go to java.com in IE. Click Do I have Java?. You should get a message that Java is installed, or maybe one saying your version of Java is out of date. This is good (unless your environment should have the latest version of Java). You're done!
4. If Java is not listed, remote into their machine and close out of all web browsers. Run JavaRA as Admin. Select Remove Older Versions. Once that's complete, you should get a text file logging the progress. Close out of that.
5. Run JavaMSIFix.exe (also as Admin). It's pretty self-explanatory.
6. Go back to the SCCM Client Center, and rerun the appropriate Java advertisement.
7. Check to make sure Java is now correctly installed by pulling up Add/Remove Programs. If it's listed there, you're all set!
This entry was posted in sccm on December 13, 2012 by Supermark.
Here at the company I work for, we have a number of offices scattered around the world. Computers imaged at each office have to be placed in an OU specific to each office, have an office-specific Local Admin password set, and have the timezone set. Originally, we had a separate Task Sequence for each office, and we'd have to pick the right one. Unfortunately, this also meant that we had at least 5 of each Task Sequence, which made updating software packages pretty tedious, as we'd then have to update them in each TS.
Download Microsoft Deployment Tools (MDT) 2012 and install on the Site Server.
After installing, go to Start > All Programs > Microsoft Deployment Toolkit > Configure ConfigMgr Integration.
Next, re-launch the Configuration Manager Console and create a new package (I just called mine "MDT"). You'll want to set the source to the location of the "Templates\Distribution" folder within your MDT installation (using the UNC path). For me, that was "\\[SiteServer]\c$\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\Templates\Distribution".
Distribute this package (no need to create any programs here) to your Distribution Points as normal.
Open up the Task Sequence you want to modify. I created a new group within this TS and called it "Regional Settings," and put all the following steps within that group just for organization.
In the Task Sequence Editor, select Add > MDT > Use Toolkit Package. Click on this step and add your Toolkit Package by clicking the Browse button and locating your MDT package.
Add another step: Add > MDT > Gather, and specify for that step to Gather only local data (do not process rules).
Now, let's create a group for each region/office. Each group should contain the Apply Windows Settings and Apply Network Settings steps, with Local Admin password, Time Zone, and OU set accordingly (and any other region-specific settings; I'm working on having the task sequence install a Language Pack for our German office as well, but haven't gotten that far yet). I also included a Set Task Sequence Variable step called "Set Location Variable" in which I create a TS Variable called "OSDLocation" and assign a specific two-letter code, because I'll probably eventually start assigning specific software titles to specific offices as well.
For each group, click the Options tab and click Add Condition. First, we'll add an If Statement, to run if Any conditions are true.
Under that If Any statement, click Add > Task Sequence Variable. The Variable we're going to be looking at is called DefaultGateway001, and we'll want to set it to equal whatever this office's Default Gateway is. Some of our offices have multiple possible Default Gateways, so you'll just want to set this for any possible Default Gateway in each office.
Test your Task Sequence! It should image successfully, and show up in the correct OU, with the right Time Zone and Local Admin password.
You're all set! If you have any trouble with any part of this, please leave a comment below!
This entry was posted in osd, sccm and tagged mdt 2012, mdt gather, osd, sccm, sccm 2007, task sequence variable on November 26, 2012 by Supermark.
1. Download the version of Java JRE you want to deploy HERE (specifically, the Offline installer; we use x86 even though we have x64 machines).
2. Run the Java EXE.
3. Find the temp folder it unpacked to (probably C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java for whatever user context you ran it under).
4. Take the MSI in that folder, along with Data1.cab. Put BOTH those in your source folder (it will fail if you don't copy Data1.cab as well).
5. Create Package from Definition using that MSI.
6. Deploy! It is very important that when you deploy this to your clients, all browsers are closed and Java is not running, otherwise your deployment may fail. My environment forces all client machines to reboot half an hour into our weekly Maintenance Window, so we always push these updates after that reboot to ensure Java and browsers are not running.
If you have a more efficient method, or any questions, leave a comment!
This entry was posted in sccm on May 9, 2012 by Supermark.


The leaders of Macedonia's major Slavic and Albanian parties have agreed to talks on reforming the constitution in an effort to end a four-month rebel insurgency, President Boris Trajkovski said Wednesday.
Trajkovski made his announcement at a news conference attended by U.S. envoy James Pardew and his European Union counterpart, Francois Leotard, both of whom arrived in Skopje in the wake of riots that brought the Balkan country to the brink of civil war last week. The talks were scheduled to start later Wednesday and were expected to continue through the week.
The talks will focus on a new draft constitution that would expand the governmental role of ethnic Albanians, who make up at least a quarter of Macedonia's 2 million people, and grant greater rights for local communities.
Reforming the constitution is just one of several confidence-building measures that Trajkovski hopes will persuade the rebels to lay down their arms.
Trajkovski's peace plan would also give ethnic Albanians proportional representation in public institutions, allow the Albanian language to be used more broadly in public affairs and would provide the possibility of amnesty for rebels who have not committed any crimes.
The rebels say their struggle is meant to give their people equal status with majority Slavs in language, education and other rights.
After intense fighting west of Skopje, the capital, on Tuesday, only minor skirmishing near the northern city of Tetovo was reported Wednesday. State television said that rebels took over two more villages near Tetovo, but had no further details.


"Here we are, two kids, on opposite sides of the world with one eye closed and one eye open." Tokyo based Patrick Tsai and New York based Coley Brown share images from opposite sides of the world on their collaborative blog, "Growing Up". Growing Up beautifully and intimately documents the universal experiences of childhood, coming of age, and becoming adults. The two took the time to answer some of our questions about their own experiences going through these same things.
Left: Patrick by Coley. Right: Coley by Patrick.
Patrick: I grew up in Stockton, California. It's kind of like a suburb of nowhere.
went camping, and played Legos, and at 14 I got a blue electric guitar and started into a music obsession.
Did you have any secret talents?
Patrick: I was good at making bad short films.
Coley: I used to go in the woods in Tennessee and shoot arrows.
Patrick: I was afraid of Chucky – the doll that was possessed by a murder. I always felt like he would come at me from the dark.
of nowhere. That sounded cool to me.
they went camping a lot, and listened to cool music.
Patrick: Some stupid popular girl with blonde hair I bet….
Coley: I had a crush on one girl for years and years when I was a kid, but I never really was brave enough to do anything about it.
What poster did you have on your bedroom wall?
because I thought I would fall. Anyways I came home with the biggest Depeche Mode poster ever.
one day, as suddenly as they were put up, They were all taken down.
Coley: In soccer sometimes people would confuse me as Coley the Goalie, even though I never played the goalie.
Patrick: Seinfeld…a biologist. Or an actor.
Coley: A sculptor, a Porsche engineer, and an inventor.
Where was your favorite place to be?
through the corresponding holes through my jeans. I think that was the most uncomfortable I've ever been on a plane.
What's the best book that you were forced to read in school?
Was there a particular film, book, or album that was a big influence to you in your youth?
make. It changed me as well as American cinema in general.
What did you and your friends do on the weekends?
Patrick: We made home movies and also played Nerf war.
kind of places I'd get lost in and my biggest inspiration for the kind of world I want to be in.
Coley: Every summer I mowed the lawn of a big office building alongside a highway. I was alone in the sweltering heat!
Where was the first place you traveled to on your own?
and I fell in love with a girl in a Hawaiian shirt with dyed-red hair.
When did realize that you wanted to take photography seriously?
Patrick: I took a photo of a unidentified corpse in front of the Chinese police. I was immediately questioned by the Chinese CSI….
Maybe that was one of the craziest things…. I don't know.
Coley: I barely escaped a near death lighting storm in the desert a few years ago..
What is your favorite memory from your youth?
Patrick: My mom sometimes used to take me out of my classes at elementary school, and we would drive down to the local diner.
I would get a hot chocolate with whipped cream on top. She would just watch me eat it. We did that a lot. It was nice.


I had to cut it off for the sake of my own emotional well-being. If you find yourself in this unfortunate situation of falling for a close friend, my advice is to always just tell them. Yes, you're risking a lot but you owe it to yourself to take those risks. In order for anything good to happen in your life, you have to be the one to propel it forward. You have to take care of yourself and... If your friends always agree with you or crappy decisions you've made, you've surrounded yourself with a coalition of cowards that aren't real friends. They're just telling you what you want to hear. Instead, a good friend will tell you the hard truth to bleed the poison that's killing you.
When you hear your friend telling you what he/she thinks you did wrong, it's natural to immediately feel like you want to defend yourself. Resist that feeling . Remember, there will be time enough for you to express how you feel as well.... 3/08/2012 · Past is past and the best thing about that is now you are done with it and probably realized that it's wrong and learned from it already. Nothing to be ashamed of, so next time you are with your friend, try to get a good chance or right timing to open up that topic.
1/06/2010 · If you do get one, it will be a pleasant surprise and you can take things from there. I would suggest that you move on and focus your energy on the friends who do want to be part of your life.... If you're honest with yourself, you'll probably have to admit that starting a new friendship wasn't your intention when you approached her. Sure, sometimes you may meet a woman and you guys really hit it off as friends, and there is no chemistry beyond that.
1/06/2010 · If you do get one, it will be a pleasant surprise and you can take things from there. I would suggest that you move on and focus your energy on the friends who do want to be part of your life.
17/10/2018 · If you are a teen, you might want to consider first telling an older person that you trust before you tell your friends. Try a parent, school counsellor, or teacher. This way, you will have support already in place before you tell your friends.
Remember to take care of yourself, too. The emotional impact of helping a loved one stay sober can take a toll. Seek help from a therapist or a counselor if you feel stressed or depressed.
It makes you afraid to take chances, afraid to try for your dream and when you do try, you're second guessing yourself the entire time. That little voice in your head telling you that you can't make it, that is really the blamer in your life.


I saw Ryoji Ikeda perform Supercodex Last year, and it was an intense experience. Although his piece was a performance, it was not a musical composition. He used data sets to inform the music and visuals that created the piece. The sound aspect was created entirely by clicks, and each click was distinguishable at the beginning of the piece. As the piece progressed, the click-frequency increased, and became keyed (and un-keyed) tones. Ikeda does not reveal much of his process, but it was clear he was manipulating and abstracting the input data to control and sway the crowd. One part that was neat was to hear the transformation from single clicks into "continuous" square waves. It was beneficial to hear that transformation because it was a good primer for talking about a computer's process for breaking songs down into samples. Ryoji Ikeda is intense and loud.
Max Mathew is one of the early pioneers of Computer Music. He studied electrical engineering at California Institute of Technology and MIT. He developed Graphic 1, an interactive graphic sound system on which one could draw figure with light pen which can be converted into sound. This simplified the process of composing computer generated music. He also developed GROOVE, a first fully developed music synthesis system for interactive composition and realtime performance using 3C/Honeywell minicomputers. Through his inventions, he showed his admiration to live performance and his interest in what a computer can do to aid a performer. He made a controller, the Radio-Baton, to provide new ways for interpreting and performing traditional scores.
"Daisy Bell" is the most famous music composed by Mathews. In 1961, He arranged accompaniment of the song by computer synthesized human voice through technology developed by John Kelly. My favorite music composed by Max is "Bicycle for two" because it has simple melody and rhythm that I enjoyed and I admire how Max use computer software to generate music based on compositional algorithm.
Iamus is a computer in the University of Málaga that composes contemporary classical music without any human help. Its first studio album 'Iamus' was released in 2012. This album was composed by only a computer and recorded and played by London Symphony Orchestra. This album is composed utilizing 'melodics' which is a computational system based on bioinspired algorithm generating musical composition without human input. Also, Iamus evolves composition in itself.
I was surprised that this computer composes full pieces of complex classical music not just a piece of some melodies. Because it is so good at composing music without human input, people can easily think that computer would replace human musicians in the future. But, it also might be a really nice tool for human musicians to develop a new musical invention.
Ikue Morie is a japanese artiest who moved from Tokyo to New York in 1977. She started playing with drum, then formed a band creating radical rhythms and dissonant sounds. Then she started to used drum machine to improvise music.
I was intrigued by her perceive in music. This piece, While Sleeping, made me thought about what do I hear when I'm asleep or when I'm peace and calm states. How does she relate sounds while sleeping to the sounds she created. It is interesting that she used many mediums, some natural and some made up to create the subtle music in While Sleeping .
This week, I'll be looking at a Bach Style Chorale created by the program EMI (or Emmy, I dunno) and David Cope. EMI, or Experiments in Musical Intelligence, is a program made by David Cope in 1981 that composes music in the styles of various composers, essentially making pieces that sound as though they were written by those composers. Abstractly, the program works in three steps: deconstruction–analyzing pieces of the selected works–, signatures–identifying common aspects of works–, and compatibility– recombining these parts into new pieces. I find this to be very inspiring because its goal is to computationally analyze musical structure and then produce something from that, potentially creating limitless numbers of works that follow existing styles. This method could be utilized by composers to analyze their own works to aid their composing process, allowing man and machine to work together to make works of art.
For this week's Looking Outward post, I found inspiration through Samson Young's work of art. He is described as a rising sound artist based in Hong Kong and with a strong background in music composition. While he's concentrated on the expression using sounds, he also incorporate them into live performances, visual drawings and films. The particular project that interested me was Nocturne (2015), a live performance that he conducted in team gallery, NYC. He sits in a position surrounded by drummer's set, various instruments, found objects and connected amplifiers attached to the objects. A old television screen is also placed in front of him, playing muted footages of night bombings found on the Internet, most of which are US attacks in the middle east as well as ISIS gulf war, etc. He aims to improvise the explosion sounds with "foley technique" and broadcast it on a pirated radio frequency so that the audience could experience the performance using transportable radios. Since the found footages are political and pointing to the specific war-torn countries, the performance seems to be a playful yet sarcastic commentary toward the authority.
Even though the sound is mainly created by the artist, the computation element lies within the video footages, as it shows the frequency of the bombing and the artist aligns his action based off of the frequency. I think the imitation of everyday / common-heard sounds is definitely something I am interested in, and I wonder if it would be possible to recreate them by playing with the p5.sound library for future projects.
My LookingOutwards-04 was more about uniquely produced music, so I am taking the opportunity to explore sound art.
EarSketch hosts a national competition every year to encourage students to code music creatively. I liked a winning submission from the 2017 competition, titled Mid Day Parade Competition Song, created by student Robert Marcez. I thoroughly enjoy his song because it actually sounds good, like a real song. It's full of complexities, crescendos, and even a beat drop of sorts, that make it feel like a full song. More than that, I'm impressed that this high school student made a song from scratch via the medium of code, which is something I actually haven't thought much about before. He was able to manipulate different components of the song, make his own functions to easily manipulate them, and creatively exercise his knowledge of code. It reminds me there are many ways to blend the fields of science and art.
Robert's coded song- press the play button to listen! It's quite good.
A list of the winners from 2017. Robert's song is posted first, and there's a blurb from him about what he was thinking as he created his song.
The Classifyer is a gadget that can detect the mood of a social setting and the play the appropriate music. The table can detect different drinks: beer, wine, hot beverages and even catch sounds from the environment whether it be conversations or background sounds. The creators, Benedict Huebermen, Stephanie Lee, Kelvyn Marte, wanted this gadget to enhance the ambience of each environment. The algorithm would be the detection of the different drinks and then the projection of the sounds.
I thought it was cool that the gadget could play the sounds that correlated with different drinks. I also found it particularly interesting that the students of this project determined that drinks were the indicators of the different moods of different settings. Perhaps this product would then be most appropriate in kitchen, bar, or restaurant settings.
Learn more through this link.


The former Vons grocery store site at the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Barrington.
The former Vons grocery store site at the southeast corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Barrington Avenue has sold for $37.5 million.
The commercial real estate sale in West Los Angeles was closed by Dawn Dyer and Paul Sheehan of Dyer Sheehan Group, Inc. (DSG) in Ventura, CA.
Dyer and Sheehan represented the buyer, United El Segundo, Inc., a Los Angeles-based, third-generation real estate investment and development firm. The seller, Vons Companies/Safeway, Inc., was represented by Tyler Stevens of Colliers International in Los Angeles. The sale was conducted via a competitive bidding process.
The approximately 2.64-acre commercial-zoned property comprises an entire city block along Santa Monica Boulevard between Barrington and Barry Avenues and borders Idaho Avenue on the south side. It was vacant at the time of the sale.
Previously, the lot was approved by the City of Los Angeles for development of a new Pavilions grocery store. Subsequent to city approval, Vons elected to sell the property and not pursue development of the Pavilions market.
This buyer's situation is consistent with a growing trend DSG is experiencing with increasing frequency over the past few years. As small to mid-size family-owned companies are being forced to merge with, or sell out, their interests to competing large corporations they are left to seek alternative investments from the equity from their companies and company-held real estate assets.
Dyer said the buyer felt strongly that Santa Monica Boulevard will be the next hot spot for redevelopment, much like the Wilshire Boulevard corridor just to the north.
Paul Sheehan, DSG co-founder and CFO, conducted the development feasibility analysis for the buyer and agrees that this site has incredible potential.


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A flavorful blend spices, perfect for making pork sausage.
Packaged for the home sausage maker! Perfect for Breakfast links. 18-22mm (3/4 to 7/8 inches) in diameter natural sheep sausage casing. Hog casings for traditional sausage like Italian, Polish, Bratwurst and Chorizo. Natural hog casings for fresh homemade sausage from Butcher-Baker. One pack fills approx 25 lbs of meat. Refrigerate after opening.
A best-seller. Traditional blend for breakfast patties and links. This is a good seasoning for beginners. Mix 1 TB. with 1 lb. ground pork and work into 1/4"" thick patties. Hand-mixed from: salt, sugar, paprika, black pepper, dextrose, nutmeg, cayenne pepper, sage and thyme.
The Moonshiner Breakfast is our version of American breakfast sausage. This blend is a great balance of spices, herbs and heat. Sage and thyme are prevalent flavors. We then give it the perfect dose of heat and the mix brings pork and poultry to life. When combined with maple syrup this bold sausage has no rival. NOTE - this package will exactly season 5 pounds of ground meat. If you'd like to make less than 5 LBS in one batch that is perfectly fine. The pouch is resealable. We suggest you use a digital kitchen scale to divide the seasoning up into 5 equal parts. Then use 1 part per pound. We do not offer guidance based on standard kitchen measurements such as tablespoons. We prefer a more precise approach to guarantee consistently delicious flavor.
The Family's Italian Seasoning is a bold representation of standard Italian-American family fare. This seasoning blend is packed with basil, oregano, fennel and crushed red pepper, delivering full flavor with a spicy finish. It has a truly intense Italian flavor profile and makes a bold Italian sausage. NOTE - this package will exactly season 5 pounds of ground meat. If you'd like to make less than 5 LBS in one batch that is perfectly fine. The pouch is resealable. We suggest you use a digital kitchen scale to divide the seasoning up into 5 equal parts. Then use 1 part per pound. We do not offer guidance based on standard kitchen measurements such as tablespoons. We prefer a more precise approach to guarantee consistently delicious flavor.
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Video: Slumping Grabner uses his backside to put the puck in the net
By Joey AlfieriMar 13, 2016, 9:49 PM EDT
Michael Grabner has had a hard time scoring goals this season. The former 30-goal scorer had found the back just six times in 65 games in 2015-16, but on Sunday he found a new way to score on a breakaway.
The 28-year-old was spring on a breakaway late in the second period. He was hauled down before getting a shot off and the referee on the ice rewarded him with a penalty shot, but Leafs head coach Mike Babcock wasn't satisfied with that call. Babcock was right.
As you can tell from the video at the top of the page, the puck went off Mrazek's pad, off Grabner's backside and in the net.
After review, the official decided he'd seen enough to change the call. Good goal.
This was Grabner's first goal since Jan. 2.
Here's some Twitter reaction:
A greasy goal from Grabner breaks the deadlock and gives the Leafs a 1-0 lead. #TMLtalk pic.twitter.com/b6vWo5kdg8
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) March 14, 2016
Grabner hasn't scored in 30 games. He needed to fly into the net and bank it in off his rear end to do it.
— James Mirtle (@mirtle) March 14, 2016
The most Grabner goal of all time.
— Bryan Hayes (@HayesTSN) March 14, 2016


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This timid little fish escapes predators by injecting them with opioid-laced venom
IMAGE: This image shows a venomous Meiacanthus nigrolineatus swimming in the Red Sea. view more
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Fang blennies are small fish with big teeth. Specifically, they have two large canine teeth that jut out of their lower jaw. Since blenny fish are only about two inches long, these "fangs" would be less than intimidating if not for the venom within. Blenny fish venom most likely causes a sudden drop in blood pressure in would-be predators, such as grouper fish, that have been bitten by blennies, researchers report on March 30 in Current Biology.
When the researchers did a proteomic analysis of extracted fang blenny venom, they found three venom components--a neuropeptide that occurs in cone snail venom, a lipase similar to one from scorpions, and an opioid peptide. And, surprisingly, when they injected the blenny venom into lab mice, the mice didn't show any signs of pain.
"For the fang blenny venom to be painless in mice was quite a surprise," says study co-author Bryan Fry of University of Queensland. "Fish with venomous dorsal spines produce immediate and blinding pain. The most pain I've ever been in other than the time I broke my back was from a stingray envenomation. 'Sting'ray sounds so benign. They don't sting. They are pure hell."
Fang blenny venom, however, seems to have a very different effect on its victims. Since the researchers used rodents for the pain test, they can't entirely rule out the possibility of blenny venom causing pain in fish, but it seems plausible that the neuropeptide and opioid components may cause a sudden drop in blood pressure, most likely leaving the blenny's attacker disorientated and unable to give chase. "By slowing down potential predators, the fang blennies have a chance to escape," says Fry. "While the feeling of pain is not produced, opioids can produce sensations of extremely unpleasant nausea and dizziness [in mammals]."
Extracting the tiny fish's venom for chemical tests was no easy feat. When blenny fish bite an attacker, they only inject a tiny amount of venom, making it extremely difficult to collect enough for proteomic analyses. The researchers ended up using a quirky but labor-intensive method for extracting blenny venom: they would pluck the little fish out of their tanks, dangle a cotton swab in front of them so that the blenny would bite the cotton swab, and then suspended the cotton swabs in a solution that drew out the venom (after putting the fish back in the tank).
Nonvenomous fang blennies and other small fish capitalize on the venom's success by mimicking venomous fang blennies' colors and patterns. "Predatory fish will not eat those fishes because they think they are venomous and going to cause them harm, but this protection provided also allows some of these mimics to get very close to unsuspecting fish to feed on them, by picking on their scales as a micropredator," says study co-author Nicholas Casewell of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. "All of this mimicry, all of these interactions at the community level, ultimately are stimulated by the venom system that some of these fish have."
Another surprise from the study was the evidence suggesting that fang blenny fangs evolved before the venom. "This is pretty unusual, because often what we've found--for example, in snakes--is that some sort of venom secretions evolved first, before the elaborate venom delivery mechanism evolved," says Casewell. Evolution favored the tiny fish with large teeth first and later found a way to enhance them with venom.
"These unassuming little fish have a really quite advanced venom system, and that venom system has a major impact on fishes and other animals in its community," says Casewell.
The researchers went into the study with "no grand hypothesis, just basic wonderment" according to Fry, but they plan to follow up the study by comparing and contrasting the composition of venoms from different blenny species.
This work is supported by the UK Natural Environment Research Council, the Australian Research Council, and the Herman Slade Foundation.
Current Biology, Casewell et al.: "The evolution of fangs, venom and mimicry systems in blennyfishes" http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(17)30269-5
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Valentine's Day isn't just about smooching and eating loads of extra calories. Sometimes it's just about generally sharing the love.
Heather, the Blogger formerly known as Pieces of Cheese, has launched a beautiful new site, One Woman's World, and is having a sort of inaugural awards competition.
2. Makes Me Want To Have Kids – This one is baffling people. I guess I mean the most Optimistic Mother. The kind that encourages other people to feel great about being moms!
They're called "Share the Love" Awards and I think nominating a special blogger in your life is a great way to show you care and to let the rest of us know about cool new blogs. Take a minute and send some nomination love Heather's way. The nominations are open until Valentine's Day. Have fun!
Put Down Your Torches and Pitchforks! I Surrender!
Hey, I've been to that site and I think it's terrific. And I think you and Heather are pretty terrific, too!
BTW why do I type in my name as Mom and come up as anonymous some of the time? I'm so confused.
I agree with Anonymous Mom!
It's so nice to have an award for the less famous bloggers out there. Now we won't have the same old professional bloggers winning awards, but real people who are also funny, smart, interesting and, as I mentioned, real.
Yes, Caryn! Real! We vote for real! Heather is a fun girl.
I've just spent way too much time reading your blog. I couldn't help myself; you are pretty darn funny. I've added you to my links so I can keep up with your stories. Thanks for sharing. For fewer laughs, you can check out my brand new blog.


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Celebrating Abraham Lincoln's Banking Legacy
In honor of Abraham Lincoln's 210th birthday on Feb. 12, join ABA Banking Journal Podcast co-host Evan Sparks for a bonus episode on Lincoln's legacy on U.S. banking policy and regulation. In this episode, listeners will learn about:
Lincoln's early support as a Whig for a national bank
How the examination of the Illinois state bank was the subject of Lincoln's first recorded speech in the Illinois legislature
The importance to Lincoln of the rule of law, whether in bank supervision or the expansion of slavery
Why, for Lincoln, well-regulated banks were a source of civic virtue
How, to pay for the Civil War, Lincoln created America's unique dual chartering system and provided for a sound currency


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Anyone who sells alcoholic beverages within the City of Sunset Hills is required to have a Liquor License from the city. Licenses are good from July 1st through June 30th of each year. Like business licenses, Liquor Licenses are approved by the Board of Aldermen. Again, a representative of the company or group applying for the Liquor License will need to appear at the next scheduled meeting of the board to answer questions regarding the operation.
At the end of each license year (June 30th), Liquor Licenses need renewal. The Business License Clerk mails out renewal forms and information to current license holders at the beginning of May. All renewals are reviewed by the Board of Aldermen at their June meeting for approval.


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A sequel made decades after the iconic original. Blade Runner by Ridley Scott starring Harrison Ford came out in 1982 and its sequel Blade Runner 2049 was just released. We're living in an era where prolonged sequels are becoming a mainstay. Terminator, Tron, Star Wars, and now this.
Blade Runner changed the landscape of science fiction in film and solidified Ridley Scott as a sci-fi master after Alien. Denis Villeneuve is no stranger to science fiction with his massive hit Arrival and soon we'll be getting his Dune remake.
With Harrison Ford returning and Ryan Gosling leading the way, is this film a hit? Or is the whole not greater than it's many great parts. Listen and find out.


There are over 1000 Startups in Los Angeles County according to RepresentLA.com (see graphic). Compass puts the number at between 5500 and 8300 for the LA/Orange County ecosystem. There is every reason to believe that the ecosystem which has created this current crop of new businesses is likely to continue to produce even more. We are witnessing a massive shift of tech activity into the Silicon Beach area, with established companies opening or expanding existing facilities, and new companies opening with new products and/or support services for those already here.
New York is estimated to have between 7,100 and 9,600 startups, putting them at #2 in the world. The available square miles of land alone creates more potential for LA to grow at a faster pace than the Big Apple. Silicon Valley would present a greater challenge with over double the LA area ecosystem (estimated at between 14,000 and 19,000.) However, the big deal in LA is the merger of tech and entertainment, something that is not available in San Jose. Moreover, there is a remaining industrial base (think aircraft and military) that also gives LA some unique partnership potential.
Los Angeles has some additional features that are hard to match. The University base in the basin is huge. UCLA, USC, CalTech, Cal Poly, Pomona College, Scripps College, Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, Pitzer College, the Keck Graduate Institute are all world class engineering and tech schools. There are at least another two dozen colleges, universities, and grad schools that would feel slighted that they aren't on the list.
There is, of course, a long tradition of entrepreneurship in LA. That means there is already in place support enterprises for the new startups. There is also a robust financial center, including angels and venture capital firms.
When you even think about Los Angeles, there is always that other draw. Las Vegas may call itself the nation's playground, but the truth lies 4 hours to the West. Beaches, mountains, deserts, and the best weather on the planet will certainly give many young entrepreneurs and engineering geniuses a good reason to choose LA over the cold and wet climes of New York, Boston or Seattle. San Jose can boast of pretty good weather, but it is a pretty long drive to the natural sandboxes and ski slopes for those residents.
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Song, J.-H. and K.-J. Ahn. 2018. Species trees, temporal divergence and historical biogeography of coastal rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) reveal their early Miocene origin and show that most divergence events occurred in the early Pliocene along the Pacific coasts. Cladistics 34: 313-332.
Ahn, K.-J., Cho, Y. B., Kim, Y.-H., Yoo, I.-S. and A. F. Newton. 2017. Checklist of the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. pp. 58. DOI: 10.1016/j.japb.2017.06.006.
Kim, Y.-H. and K.-J. Ahn. 2016. Phylogeny of the Homalotina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) based on morphology. Systematic Entomology 41: 323-388.
Kim, Y.-H. and K.-J. Ahn. 2014. Insect Fauna of Korea. Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Homalotini. pp. 113. National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, Korea.
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Data Release and Predictions on the Future of Crowdfunding Regulations and Market.
Members of the media have been invited to attend the Coastal Shows press conference during the Crowdfund Global Expo on Friday, January 31, 2014 at 2:00PM PST. Dr. Richard Swart, the Director of Research at the Program for Innovation in Entrepreneurial Finance at UC Berkeley, will release new data, statistics and predictions regarding the peer-to-peer and investment crowdfunding markets.
With crowdfinance on the verge of transforming the capital markets, the industry saw over $2.2 billion in transactions filed within months of Title II being implemented, a number that is expected to skyrocket as investment advertising increases. Title III crowdfunding could go into effect as early as Q2, and peer-to-peer lending has increased 174%. Lending Club, a leader in peer-to-peer markets, has been discussing an IPO.
Debt and equity crowdfunding is changing the game for small businesses and established financial institutions alike. Every day investors are empowered to participate in securities purchases, while major players in the bank and financial world are tapping into crowdfunding's billion-dollar potential in order to reach niche verticals and accomplish significant acquisitions.
Although still maturing in the United States, investment crowdfunding has already made a valuable impact abroad. Industry experts are shaping the future of crowdfunding and working to educate the general public on why crowdfunding is not only viable and lucrative, but also essential in the post-JOBS Act business environment.
Credentialed members of the press are eligible to receive a free press badge that provides full access to both days of the expo and evening events. Please contact [email protected] for more information.
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American Dissent
Episode 5: The Evolution of Free Speech
New York City, 1917. Americans get their music from player pianos. Plastic was just barely invented. And only about 25% of teenagers actually went to high school. But in a packed courtroom, a woman named Emma Goldman is on trial. We talk with a law professor who tells the story of 20th-century free speech, starting with Goldman. And we round out the series with a conversation about teaching dissent in schools.
Episode 4: Dissent in the Founding Era
The U.S. Constitution is the oldest written constitution still in use today. A single document that lays out a framework for how our country is governed, the Constitution is fairly simple, short, and flexible. But when it was proposed, it was considered a radical design for a government. We talk with a historian about the dissent that nearly prevented ratification of this new constitution in 1788.
Episode 3: Heroes of American Dissent
A law professor shares a list of people—some well known, some not—whom he credits with seeing America for what it could be and then working toward making it so.
Episode 2: Making the Decision to Fight
We talk with one of six people suing the Trump administration for rescinding DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), a program that allows people who came to the U.S. as undocumented children to receive a renewable work permit. And we take a field trip to a former high school in smalltown Virginia where students as young as 12 years old helped start the movement for integration of public schools.
Episode 1: The Right to Dissent
Influenced by Colin Kaepernick's protest of police brutality during the National Anthem, a high school volleyball player initiates her own protest, and not without consequences. And a historian tells the story of a religious minority who helped win the American Revolution and the fight for religious freedom in America.
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Teaser for the new podcast American Dissent. What happens when we push back against injustice? When we stand up for what we think is right? Does the Constitution protect us? All of us? From the Founding era to the present, everyday Americans have shaped our nation by going against the grain, even when they faced tough consequences. Hosted by With Good Reason's Kelley Libby, this series explores the history and promise of one of our most fundamental liberties. Episodes drop on Constitution Day, September 17th. American Dissent is a production of James Madison's Montpelier and With Good Reason at Virginia Humanities.


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