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The Power of E
Storytelling, it has been the buzzword for the past couple of years. Apparently we don't produce campaigns any more. We tell stories. Our agency is full of storytellers now. If they lose their jobs they can always head down to the local library and read books out loud in the children's corner. Personally, I feel that brand storytelling falls short. We need consumers to be part of the story and not just be observers. We need the power of E to help brands connect with their audience. We need people to EXPERIENCE brands, ENGAGE with them and be ENABLED.
It starts by understanding our audience, their behaviors, aspirations and triggers. With the internet, people are highly informed and opinionated. They influence others and are influenced themselves. With the data at our disposal now, we can gain some real insights into the people we want to connect with. We have to get creative about how we use these insights, not just to create campaigns but how we bring people along a path to a point where they buy and then advocate a product or service. As Jean Lin (CEO of Isobar) puts it, we have to "choreograph every step in the customer journey". The Fiat Live Store from Isobar Brazil is a great example of experience, engagement and enabling people to take the next step towards purchase. It won a 2014 Cannes Innovation Gold Lion.
Brands need to provide experiences that are authentic and relevant. Every step from awareness to purchase and beyond is an experience that can be positive or negative. Technology has transformed how we communicate with each other and it has become the same with consumers and brands. Luckily we are at a point where technological maturity is allowing us to fulfill the ambitions that we had a few years ago but seemed impossible. We are seeing a convergence of physical and digital worlds. Online to offline and the reverse. As things to continue to advance we will see new exciting ways for brands to provide new experiences, ways to engage and increase enablement. Domino's has been exploring new ways to make ordering a pizza more easily and seamlessly. As reported on the Verge website, "We live in an age of convenience, but it's highly possible no company takes that more seriously than Domino's. In addition to being able to order a pizza via voice commands, on your Android Wear or Pebble smartwatch, and even through Ford SYNC, you can now use your TV to get a pie delivered directly to you. Domino's will now let you order a pizza from your Samsung Smart TV, a true revelation in the pizza-ordering ecosystem.
Agencies have to constantly question their relevance to clients. With some clients taking matters into their own hands an agency has to provide something the client can't find on his own. Unilever is looking beyond the traditional network of agencies for the next big . The Unilever Foundry enables "innovative startups that are ready to scale up to partner with Unilever and its 400 brands in over 190 countries. The playing field is open. It's up to agencies to push themselves beyond traditional ways of reaching customers".
Forsman and Bodenfors are known for doing things first and their recent campaign for Åhléns, Sweden's largest chain of department stores, is a great example. As reported by Contagious, they "wanted to raise awareness about its wide range of sustainable products, from kitchen wares to decorative furnishings. Working with Forsman & Bodenfors, Stockholm, the retailer kitted out an entire apartment with its Bra val ('Good choice') sustainable collection and then put the Stockholm flat up for rent on Airbnb. In November 2014, guests could book a night's stay and try out the sustainable products". You can watch the case video here. A future Cannes winner no doubt.
From the first step to the last mile, we need to think more about brand experiences, engaging with people and enabling them by constantly innovating how we think and execute work for clients. It's much bigger and smaller than purely thinking about campaigns. It's every way the brand speaks, acts and reacts.
Tags [Domino's Pizza, Fiat, Forsman and Bodenfors, Isobar, Unilever]
Categories [Agencies, Brands, Creative, Technology]
AME AWARD WINNERS
It's hard work judging awards but very inspiring too. Was lucky enough to be judging the AME AWARDS this year and saw a lot of cool work. Of course there was also a lot I'd already seen in previous festivals. Like a bad smell, the more successful projects hang around for a long time.
Here are some of my favorites from AME
AID COUTURE – Platinum award
"An average of 20 typhoons hit the Philippines every year, leaving thousands of casualties. Each year, the Philippine National Red Cross receives 18 tons of donated clothes. A good number of these are fashionable pieces that are not appropriate for everyday wear of calamity victims. In the aftermath of a typhoon, when the hot sun is up again, leather jackets and long gowns are of no practical use to the intended recipients of this donation. What they need are food and daily essentials that will help with their survival needs. Check out the video and see how Leo Burnett Manila convert fashion to food, water and medicine"
Jaguar British Villains – Platinum award
"How does an iconic yet misunderstood luxury car company reignite its mojo and win back the hearts and minds of US drivers? By casting its newest sports car as a Villain, of course. Jaguar's "British Villains" campaign played off the insight that the best Hollywood Villains are played by Brits, and introduced Jaguar as the newest British Villain. An integrated campaign touted the idea that it's #GoodToBeBad and encouraged audiences to embrace their dark sides"
Coca Cola Mini kiosk – Gold award
"To launch the new Coca-Cola mini can in Germany, we created the Coca-Cola mini kiosk. A fully functional, normal looking kiosk with vendor – just in mini version. Combined with a small Coke vending machine, it appeared spontaneously around different cities. The mini kiosk sold a series of miniature products, but first and foremost the 0.15L mini can".
Art of OLDTOWN – Gold award
"THE ART OF OLDTOWN As proprietors of the original white coffee recipe, OLDTOWN White Coffee took ownership of the one place no other white coffee brand could – Old Town in Ipoh, the birthplace of white coffee. A collaboration with street artist Ernest Zacharevic and the Ipoh tourism board saw OLDTOWN transform Ipoh Old Town with 7 unique murals. We turned art tourism into a medium, and spread our brand story with every piece of PR coverage and social media sharing. Best of all, we created permanent fixtures associated with OLDTOWN White Coffee that will live long beyond the campaign period".
Suntory 3D on the Rocks – Silver award
"Whisky is one of the most popular alcoholic drinks in the world. However, whisky fans are getting older as time passes, while younger generations see it as an out-of-date, boring drink. Our challenge was to attract younger drinkers and once again to create the golden age of whisky. We designed a service at the bar which users can enjoy whisky with ice cubes created in their desired shape with use of the state-of-the-art 3D technology. In addition, we designed a system that uploads ice cubes selected by users to the web gallery".
Google Maps Urban Escape Plan – Silver award
"Google Maps is known by the majority of Germans. Most people use the product to get from A to B, but they are not really aware of the fact that Google Maps can also help you explore new places near and far away. In order to make people re-discover Google Maps, we decided to focus on a unique proposition: inspiration as part of navigation. In Summer 2014, after a long winter, we set out to help German urbanites find what they really needed the most: a bit of green. But not any bit of green. A new bit of green. We wanted people to explore their environment and visit places, where they have never been before – nearby green treasures accessible within a short walk or bike-ride. That is why we created the "urban escape plan": The world's first hyper-localized, nationwide exploration campaign".
Congratulations to all the winners (which you can view here). This may not be Cannes but since this festival is about effectiveness it means that you are faced with a load of scam work that boosts the agency's ego but does nothing for their clients' sales. Looking through all the entries there are definitely some major trends. We are in an era of brand experiences now. I hear a lot of talk about "storytelling" but that seems like a bit simplistic and patronizing. People want meaningful experiences that change their attitudes towards a brand. Better still, engaging experiences that lead to purchase. After all, if our clients don't sell they won't pay us and we can't enter awards any more. That's the circle of life. Hakuna matata.
Tags [AME, Coca Cola, Google, Jaguar, Suntory]
Stalker advertising?
This interactive billboard created by M&C Saatchi Australia updates itself automatically to deliver personalized messages to drivers.
M&C Saatchi Executive Creative Director Ben Welsh called the smart billboards "direct messaging on steroids".
"It's quite epic to have a 42 square metre billboard having a chat to you as you drive past. It was an ambitious idea that Lexus really went for, brilliantly brought to life by APN Outdoor and TMS."
Very clever use of image recognition technology to capture the attention of people used to the same old billboards.
Read the full story here >
Tags [Lexus, M&C Saatchi]
Categories [Agencies, Technology]
Cardboard driving
With Oculus Rift being still expensive and better suited for events we will be seeing a lot more uses of Google Cardboard to deliver engaging virtual reality experiences. R/GA and auto brand Volvo recently created a virtual reality experience using this low-cost VR head-set to maximise excitement and interest in the new XC90 before it hit the dealerships. The experience takes users on a virtual test drive through scenic countryside, with different episodes featuring different locations and weather conditions. A limited number of branded Cardboard headsets were given away via the campaign website. Fans also had the option of buying and building their own Google headset. Once assembled, users slide their smartphone into the viewer of the headset before starting the app, which works on both iOS and Android. (via Contagious)
Tags [Google, R/GA, Volvo]
I spy cash
I've seen a few amazing gigapixel photos over the past couple of years but thought this was an interesting way to turn it into a marketing game. As reported by Contagious, "Australian financial institution CommBank has created a multi-platform game challenging customers to find wallets hidden in a giant interactive photograph of Sydney in exchange for real cash. Where's My Wallet?, developed with M&C Saatchi Sydney, used a 125 gigapixel photo of the city, the largest panoramic photo ever to be taken in Australia. Players had to navigate around the 360 degree shot to find the wallets, each worth AU$200 (US$165) cash". All of this was to promote a new service that allows people to withdraw cash from ATMs even when they forgot their wallets.
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Categories [Agencies, Creative, Technology]
GO CLIO!
No, this isn't about the popular French compact car that was available as a crazy V6 version. It's the CLIO awards that were recently announced along with a special speech from Jerry Seineld who basically said that what we do is meaningless. Yes Jerry, we already knew that.
Rather than focus on the big winners we've already seen soaking up the glory at Cannes and elsewhere, I want to look at some of the lesser known projects.
Red Urban in Toronto won bronze for this inspiring website that tells the story of a VW Beetle that went around the world several times. Everyone talks about storytelling these days. But if you find a compelling story and tell it beautifully it can be really touching.
OK, this next one won gold but not enough noise has been made about this. The Beats Music app from R/GA shows how human technology can be. With curated suggestions and questions to gauge your mood they are able to give you playlists that match who you are. Let's see what Apple will do with this now they've made Dre the richest gangsta on earth.
Having a terrible president (again) and being the sick man of Europe seems to be sparking a lot of creativity in France. We've seen a lot of award winning work this year from les Francais. Here is a lesser known project for SNCF from TBWA that picked up a bronze CLIO. To recruit new engineers they challenged potential candidates with an impossible game. OK, so they only ended up hiring 10 people. But they were geniuses!!
Here is one last one from the Innovative Media category. While adamandeveDDB earned lots of buzz for their Harvey Nichols work this year they've done some other great projects too. This one for Google brought passionate soccer fans from around the world to a live football match thanks to the power of Google +
So don't just check out the grand prix and gold winners. There are some interesting nuggets to be found in the lesser metals and shortlists.
Check out all the 2014 CLIO winners here
Tags [adamandeveDDB, BEATS, CLIO, Google, R/GA, Red Urban, SNCF, TBWA, Volkswagen]
Simple stupid
Every day I see super complicated campaigns that require people to jump through loops to participate. That's why this one is so stupidly simple and brilliant.
To quote Creative Review, "Forsman & Bodenfors created a series of Instagram films for Swedish homecare brand Åhléns, which all featured Åhléns products zipping past at high speed. Viewers were then challenged to take screenshots from the films, and snap one of the products. If they achieved this, and posted it on Instagram, they could then purchase the product for half price".
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Cannes wrap-up
So another year comes and goes. Dashed hopes or dreams fulfilled. Many beers drunk and backs slapped. I wasn't there to witness it this year but I know how it goes. Now we have another pride of Lions to show us what it takes to be a winner in this business we (used to) call advertising. Let's look at some of the big winners…
Harvey Nichols stole the show this year with a campaign that bucked the trend for tear inducing Christmas campaigns. For the past few years John Lewis has dominated Christmas in the UK with soppy commercials that tap into the sentimentality of the season. This time Harvey Nichols said what everyone was really thinking – that people would rather spend the money on themselves. This picked up Grand Prix in Film, Promo, Press and Titanium to name just a few. Well done DDB Adam&Eve UK.
Another campaign that made me smile this year was for Newcastle Brown Ale. They decided to hijack the Superbowl with a slice of British humor and underdog attitude. The campaign they would have made, from Droga 5 NY, won a Cyber Gold.
Next is a project where most creative people would have said "trucks? not sexy!". But the team at Forsman & Bodenfors in Sweden decided to go all out and the result was spectacular. Next time you are given a brief for a product you think is boring look at this case video. It won a Cyber Grand Prix along with gold in Titanium, Promo, PR and Direct.
Sometimes, when technology is invisible it feels like magic. That's the case with this project for British Airways by OgilvyOne London. It's a billboard that points out BA flights in a surprising way. It won a Direct Grand Prix along with gold in Media, Cyber and Outdoor.
From something beautiful let's look at something ugly. There were a lot of award winning projects from France this year but this one stood out for me by using humor to tackle a real problem. So much fruit and vegetable gets thrown away by producers because it is ugly. What a waste. This project from Marcel Paris won a Direct Gold.
There are loads more award winners to choose from, whether it's the 24 hours of Happy from Pharrell or The Sound of Honda. But I thought that I'd end with something totally and brilliantly stupid. Why advertise when you can get your competitors to do it for you? An win a Promo Gold along the way.
Tags [Cannes Lions, DDB, Droga 5, Forsman & Bodenfors, Marcel]
New York Festivals Shine
As a judge during this year's New York Festivals I had the pleasure (and the pain) to see all the shortlisted entries. So seeing which projects won doesn't come as much of a surprise. Below are some of my own favorites from the winners.
Nike SB APP – R/GA
Digital: First Prize
Until now Nike apps have focused mainly on running, fitness training and soccer but in 2013 (to quote the R/GA case study) they collaborated with pro riders to create never-before-seen digital skate experiences. It changed the way skaters participated in the world's biggest action sport.
The Nike SB App helps skaters progress in their sport, connect with their peers and pro riders, and earn respect for one another with features like video posting and challenges, and building their personal skate history.
The app features a multi-angle video learning system, letting users watch trick videos from multiple directions. They can go head-to-head in virtual games of S.K.A.T.E. and get exclusive access to live-streamed Nike Pro events.
To launch the app, 28 of the world's best skaters were brought together for 24 hours and challenged to complete all 616 tricks in the Trick Tree while the world watched live on YouTube.
GEOX. 7 Days of Rain – SMFB with Media Monks
We've seen some beautiful work from Geox in the past couple of years. This time, to promote the FW 13 Amphibiox collection (a waterproof line produced by Geox), the agency decided to get quirky by getting one man live for 7 days under a man-made cloud.
LOWE'S Vine Fix in Six – BBDO
Digital: Second Prize
Lowe's is the second largest home improvement retailer in the world and they're in the business of providing "how to" tips. When the agency saw Vine, they saw an opportunity.
To quote the agency, "in the first campaign of its kind, we used Vine as a way to bring useful home improvement tips to life. Using stop-motion animation techniques, we created over 50 six-second films that were as entertaining as they were useful. We called it Lowe's Fix in Six".
The campaign was recognized by the press and users alike for bringing meaning to a platform often associated with trivial curiosities, rather than compelling content.
Perrier Secret Place – Fighting Fish
Amazing project with extremely high production values. To quote the agency, "PerrierSecretPlace is a digital experience designed to enable people to party in a way they never could before, but have always dreamed about. It's the first interactive film that puts you in the shoes of a guest at a very special party, where they live their craziest fantasies. To do so, all characters that you see on screen are clickable".
By playing their role, you can live their fantasy. Choose among 60 lives, and as many fantasies as you want. There are almost 10,000 different ways to experience this party, conceived with a real movie studio production for 18 months. To give users the opportunity to continue the party in real life, there's a hidden a secret Perrier bottle somewhere in the party. If found, it could give the user a chance to win an exclusive invitation and go to one of the craziest parties all around the world.
Volvo Trucks Live Test Series – Forsman & Bodenfors
Integrated: First Prize
Everyone knows the Van Damme video stunt. But the whole campaign was amazing. According the agency's website, "the creative idea was to carry out extreme tests of relevant product features, in a live set up, where the outcome could never be guaranteed. In this way we could thrill and engage the widest possible audience while still providing a valid demonstration of the new truck. If our live test films could evoke enough interest, then we might be able to get all the way through to the purchasers".
No doubt we'll be seeing many of these project in upcoming award shows. Great work always rises above.
Tags [awards, BBDO, Fighting Fish, Forsman & Bodenfors, Geox, Lowe's, New York Festivals, Nike, Perrier, R/GA, SMFB, Vine, Volvo]
Categories [Agencies, Brands, Creative]
Slurp!
It's the season for scams in the run up to Cannes. I usually hate them but this one made me laugh.
To quote Adweek, "To encourage moviegoers to stay quiet during a film, Saatchi Denmark filmed audience members milling around the lobby sipping soda through straws and pulling stupid faces, then quickly edited the footage into the background of a fake movie trailer. In the middle of the supposed preview, viewers suddenly saw themselves on the screen, ruining a perfectly cheesy sex scene with their odd expressions and obnoxious slurping sounds".
Tags [Coke, Saatchi]
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The SMART Storage Systems XceedIOPS 2 eMLC SSD is the latest and greatest from the company with a long line of success. For SMART, who became privately owned last year, this segment of the market is 'old hat'. With all Tier 1 OEMs as customers, they are embedded deeply into the enterprise market.
Now they are bringing the XceedIOPS 2 to the table, with Toshiba Toggle eMLC NAND and the LSI SandForce SF-2582 processor, to further their high endurance line of enterprise SSDs.
The XceedIOPS 2 is aimed at customers in need of both high performance and high endurance.
Leveraging the Tier 1 Qualified LSI SandForce SF-2582 processor is a good start. SMARTs custom firmware, developed by their in-house team, also affords them much more granular control over the characteristics and performance of the SSD. Paired with Toshiba Toggle eMLC NAND, the XceedIOPS 2 is geared directly for long term performance.
Delivering the higher endurance of eMLC at a much lower price structure than SLC provides is a key component of SMARTs approach. With rated write endurance of 1.5PBW, 3PBW and 6PBW for their 100, 200 and 400GB capacities, it's clear that they have the endurance perspective wrapped up. Throwing in a 5 year warranty, which covers the writing the capacity of the SSD seven times daily, guarantees that these SSDs deliver on their endurance ratings.
The specifications indicate that this product also intends to dominate the performance category as well, with a 520MB/s rated read speed and 520MB/s write speed to match. Coming in at 60,000 IOPS of random speed, this drive covers all the bases.
Encryption is handled with AES-256 (FIPS-197 Certified) and drive security is handled by TCG-Enterprise. Proprietary EverGuard power loss protection and data fail recovery, which covers up to an entire NAND flash erase block of data being lost, rounds out the suite of data protections.
The SMART XceedIOPS 2 comes in a silver painted alloy case in a 2.5in form factor. A z-height of 9.5mm ensures that this SSD will fit in any type of enclosure.
The case is held together by four standard Phillips head screws. Once dissembled, the 16 modules of Toshiba 32nm eMLC flash (Th58TAG7E2FBA89) become visible and each module has a capacity of 16GB. Rated for 10K P/E cycles, this NAND has a very good mix of price and longevity. SLC can have higher endurance, but at a much higher price point.
The LSI SandForce SF-2582 processor is another key ingredient of the endurance and performance puzzle. The LSI SandForce controllers are known for their high performance and their ultra-low write amplification. This helps to extend the longevity of the durable eMLC even further.
The SF-2582 processor is hidden under a blue dollop of Thermal Interface Material (TIM). This allows the processor to transfer the heat generated to the outside of the case. For ease of disassembly, SMART only applied the TIM to the processor for this engineering sample. Normally, this TIM would be applied to every NAND die on either side of the PCB in actual deployment. This allows for very effective heat dissipation as the hefty metal case serves as a large heatsink for the SSD. By wicking the heat away from the SSD itself, the device runs cooler and increases the longevity of the internal components.
The processor is accompanied by 32 individual OxiCap Niobium Oxide Capacitors. These are the yellow squares between the processor and the NAND dice. They provide power for the SSD to flush all data to NAND in the case of an unplanned power loss. This type of capacitor is heat resistant, so they are well suited for Enterprise use.
The independent review on you-tube, shows Enterprise/Server level at 50,000 to 100,000 P/E not 10,000 like this review states?
This report dates back to 2012. SMART is no longer a company. The reviewer, Paul Alcorn, was and remains to be one of the best storage evaluators in the industry.


It is with great sadness that ISAF announces the passing away of Lionell VAN DER HOUWEN (FRA). Lionell passed away suddenly while on holiday with his family in Italy, aged 42 years.
He was involved in many areas of sailing, as an event organiser, competitor, coach and umpire. For several years he organised the Antibes Cup, an ISAF Graded match race event. In addition Lionell ran the Federation Francaise de Voile's training centre in Antibes. A top level sailor, Lionell competed with the French team in the 1991 and 1993 Admirals' Cups and in the 1992 America's Cup as bowman for the Ville de France team. More recently Lionell was appointed as an ISAF International Umpire in 2002.
He will be sadly missed by fellow IUs and the staff who knew him at the ISAF Secretariat. ISAF sends sincere condolences to Lionell's family and friends.


Physics and mathematics is all about formulas and equations. There would be rarely any question that would be solved without any equation or a formula behind your answer. Every chapter has its own specific formula and many formulas have been derived from one an other and concepts usually grow and continue.
Here is a list of formulas that would help students from get their formulas. This formula sheet would work for all students whether it would be a Cambridge GCE O Level / A Level student, Edexcel GCSE / IGCSE/ A Level, AQA, WJEC and 10, 11, 12 Level students can study from it with ease. These formulas can be used both at secondary and higher level to solve questions from past papers and worksheets.
By practice you would be able to learn these formulas and you needto memorize and they should be in our brain while reading the question so you plan the solution already in your mind. In this way you would be able to master all formulas.


Carly Wilford is kicking off 2019 with a fresh bass ladened episode of SISTER Collective radio.
"Edging towards the end of 2018, an amazing year for bass music as a whole.
Carly Wilford gives us 60mins of records that push the needle a little bit more.
Including a SISTER first play of Skrillex's remix of Travis Scott and Drake's Sicko Mode."
Available today on djanemag.com! Enjoy and let us know what you think!


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Norman Conquest coin cache shows evidence of tax evasion
Thousands of silver coins dating back to 1066 were found in a Somerset field by metal detectorists.
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A hoard of coins dating back to the Battle of Hastings shows evidence of early tax evasion in Britain.
Thousands of silver coins unearthed in Somerset by a metal-detecting couple shine fresh light on the aftermath of the Norman invasion, the British Museum has said.
Coins from around 1066 depicting both the defeated King Harold II and the triumphant conqueror William I were found in a field in the Chew Valley.
The faces of kings William and Harold stamped into the coins (British Museum/PA)
Rebecca Pow, minister for arts, heritage and tourism, said: "This is a very exciting discovery and important finds like this shed new light on the remarkable and fascinating history of our country."
Coins in the 1,000-year-old hoard show signs of being illicitly tampered with, sporting mixed designs on either side.
Experts say this is evidence that the person striking the coins was using an older design – from an older coining tool – and essentially avoiding paying a fee to obtain the up-to-date design.
Some coins in the Norman treasure hoard show William on one side, and Harold on the other, despite the Anglo-Saxon monarch having been overthrown.
Some of the coins showed signs of tax evasion techniques (British Museum/PA)
Metal detectorists Adam Staples and Lisa Grace found the 2,528 in a field in January 2019.
They said: "It's an amazing feeling to have unearthed this spectacular hoard. We've been dreaming of this for 15 years but it's finally come true."
The hoard is the largest Norman treasure find since 1833, and features examples of how French-speaking officials had struggled to get a grip on Old English, which is imperfectly stamped onto some of the silver coins.
Gareth Williams, of the British Museum, said: "This is an extremely significant find for our understanding of the impact of the Norman Conquest of 1066.
"The coins help us understand how changes under Norman rule impacted on society as a whole."
The British Museum has received the coins, and a coroner will decided whether the hoard is officially treasure and where it should be held.
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Rush – "2112" Deluxe Edition
By Shan Siva December 16, 2012 December 16, 2012 Reviews
Rush – "2112" Deluxe Edition CD/ DVD/ Blu-ray (UMC / Mercury)
Originally released in 1976, "2112" was the first real Rush album for many with lyrics written by Neil Peart, the introduction of their eponymous 'star man' logo and most of all, their epic drawn out songs – funnily enough in defiance to their label who had advised otherwise in the hope of gaining the band more success – and ironically gaining them the very commercial recognition they had been seeking lol! With it's classic 7 part title track inspired by Ayn Rand and telling a futuristic tale not a million miles from Star Wars – that of a controlling Federation ruled by the evil 'Priests Of The Temples Of Syrinx' but instead ending apocalyptically with the resonating autocratic message 'we have assumed control, we have assumed control..', "2112" would be Rush's breakthrough album and solidify their classic sound. Since that time the album has been acknowledged by wider circles like the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada as being 'culturally significant' and featured in the Guitar Hero video game series. It is therefore fitting that this year it be chosen to feature in Rush's first iBook featuring a 40-page comic book story by artist Tom Hodges of funnily enough – "Star Wars -The Clone Wars" no less! With an entirely remastered original album, there will be 3 live bonus tracks in 'Overture', 'Temples Of Syrinx' and my personal fave 'A Passage To Bangkok' along with expanded artwork, liner notes, unreleased photos and a new cover by original 'star man' album designer Hugh Syme. A definitely must for the young at heart Rush fan, it will no doubt be an essential Christmas pressie for an Rush parent / grandparent looking to inspire the next generation with Canada's classic rock and the resonating message for humanity's inner need to express its' free will.
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Beautiful work Kais. It is abundantly clear how much work has gone into this. A real labour of love. Please keep sharing with us.
Yes it is a big job, recovering ancient landscapes.
Super boulot, tu fais ça pour le "plaisir" ou c'est une commande d'un client ?
"Great job, did you do it for "pleasure" or did a customer order it?
In any case, respect, it is a huge job."
You do a commendable job.
This is the least that be done when you see brutes (ISIS) smashing and destroying the history of your country.
How ISIS destroy the ancient city of Nimrod.
Really Nice Project! I Always love your work!
1- Tepe Gawra 4000 B.C.
3- Citadel of Tikrit 200 B.C.
5- Taq-e Kisra 540 A.C.
Very nice work, depicting architectural and cultural heritage from the dawn of civilisation.
Watching the barbaric destruction of such heritage sites, incited and executed by sheer ignorance and intentional barbarism by perverted quasi-religious warmongers has been extremely disturbing.
Your work at least does something to ease the pain.
Excellent .... Congratulations Kais Jacob !!!


Local transport in the West Midlands is set to benefit from £511 million in Government investment over three years, Transport Minister Rosie Winterton confirmed today.
The investment is part of the Local Transport Capital Settlement, which helps to deliver important improvements such as new road safety measures, better street lighting, road maintenance, park and ride facilities and cycle lanes.
"The West Midlands has proven a pioneer of innovative transport projects, having been the first region to test Active Traffic Management on the M42, as well as the first motorway toll road in the UK.
"But smaller transport schemes are also vital for an effective local transport system, allowing people to get to jobs, schools and leisure activities quickly and easily. This £511million settlement will allow councils in the West Midlands to continue the local transport improvements they've made in recent years which will, in turn, make a significant contribution to the region's attractiveness to national and international business".
Restoration of the historic and award-winning Victoria Footbridge in Hereford – an important pedestrian and cycle link to the city.
The Biddulph Road Bridge in Stoke on Trent, which opened in April 2007 and funded jointly from LTP and Greening for Growth.
The £4.5m Stratford-on-Avon Park and Ride, of which half of the total cost came from LTP funding.
This is in addition to larger transport projects supported by the Department such as a transport interchange at Coleshill, North Warwickshire, the Northfield Relief Road in Birmingham and the £25m Rugeley Eastern Bypass which opened in September 2007.
The West Midlands will also benefit from £36 million through The Specific Road Safety Grant announced last year. The grant means more money and flexibility for local authorities to deliver safer roads.
To give councils greater certainty to plan for the future, this settlement provides funding for the three-year period to 2010/11, unlike previous settlements which were made annually.
Today's investment includes £264 million for highways capital maintenance and £247 million for smaller transport improvement schemes.
This year's investment delivers funding for 2008/09 to 2010/11. It confirms the indicative integrated transport allocations of £1,768 million across the country for 2008/09 to 2010/11 announced last year, which were subject to this year's spending review.
The specific road safety grant of £36 million replaces the previous system of funding safety cameras through fine income. From 1 April 2007 safety cameras have been integrated into the local transport plan system and authorities have greater flexibility to use this grant to implement any locally agreed mix of road safety measures.
Of the funding for highways capital maintenance, £254 million is being distributed formulaically. The remaining £10 million has been or will be allocated in response to specific bids. These include bids for major maintenance and bridge strengthening on the primary route network and, for smaller authorities, bids for exceptional maintenance schemes.
The second Local Transport Plans (LTPs) were submitted in 2006 by all English local transport authorities outside London, containing an integrated transport strategy for their area and a costed programme of measures to improve local transport over the period 2006/07 to 2010/11.
The following table shows the 2008/09 to 2010/11 allocations announced today for each of the local transport authorities in the West Midlands.
A fleet of new, low floor buses serving rural areas in Herefordshire, used £2.3 million of LTP funding to improve access to services for local communities.
In Shropshire, improved road safety measures have combined to achieve a 43% reduction in the numbers of people killed and seriously injured, and a 60% reduction in numbers of children killed and seriously injured on its roads.
Telford & Wrekin Borough Council has successfully improved bus services by implementing 5 quality bus routes, 24 bus priority schemes and 9 public transport interchanges, leading to an 18% increase in bus usage.
A new £4.2M viaduct bridge in Upton on Severn in Worcestershire was designed and constructed partly with LTP funding, with work programmed to minimise disruption during the tourist season.


What a busy week it has been! It seems like things are changing so quickly right now. We (my boyfriend Nic and I) have finally found the perfect new flat, and it's safe to say we're over the moon. However with stage 1 of moving complete, we're now stuck into phase 2, packing. Oh joy of joys. Does anyone have any cardboard boxes to give us or shall we continue to steal them from the back of Sainsbury's in the hope it's not actually theft..?
Swiftly moving on before I write an unintentional admittance of guilt. Work wise, I've spent a majority of the week video editing for the CEO of my company; he liked a video I made for an event and now wants to take a slightly shortened version to the states to show our larger American branch of the company. So that's definitely good news and swimming along nicely.
Next, onto the dragging (the catchy title that brought you here, I'm sure). Saturday proved to be a surprisingly sunny day in London so we decided the best call of action was to get in the car and drive for two hours to Camber Sands, logical, I'm sure you'll agree. Though what the wide open beach gives us is a wind chill that drives away the basking sun dwellers and attracts us, power kiters (I might have just made that name up). Power kiting uses large kites that fill with air, causing you to be dragged on a board, the sand or into the air! It's super fun, genuinely my favourite outdoor activity and we had an absolute blast on our first time out this year. Check out the photos!
Last of all, in bloggy news, I have a couple of web design posts lined up for this week so we'll see where that goes. Thanks everyone for your kind words on my return, it's much appreciated.
How on earth is it 2015?
Time really does fly, doesn't it? I last used this blog nearly 3 years, and that's pretty inexcusable.. However, give me a chance, the updates a pretty dramatic.
First off, a quick summary of where I was in April 2012, when I published my last post. I was in my final year of my degree in Newport University, living in Newport, and a bit nervous of the future and where to go from there.
Whoa nelly have things changed since then – I am now owner of a rather lovely (if expensive) piece of paper informing me I have now graduated my degree with a 1st, I live, work and when money allows me, eat in London. I do miss Wales, but realistically, sheep can't give me the good income and future career prospects that London can, as much as I'm sure they'd like to.
So that's it, here I am welcoming 2015, albeit over 2 months late. It's time to brush off the keyboard and get writing about all the numerous thoughts that normally live and die on my notepad on my phone.
P.S Happy St David's Day!


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What are the [H+] and [OH-] in a 0.1moldm^-3 solution of a weak acid (Ka = 1x10^-7)?
The answer is C but I want to know why.
Let x represent the concentration of H+ that dissociates from HB, then [HB] = C - x where C is the initial concentration.
**Note** Technically, there are two solutions for x. Since x represents a concentration of ions in solution, the value for x cannot be negative.
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BHC Pic of the Week Nr. 137- A Tribute to James Baughn
This week's Pic of the Week still has the Whipple as the motif but this time we go to the Historic Bridge Park in Michigan, where James Baughn photographed this bridge. It's perhaps the centerpiece of installments for the park which has attracted tens of thousands on a yearly basis. The Charlotte Road Bridge was built by the Buckeye Bridge Works Company of Cleveland in 1886 with H.P. Hepburn presiding over the design and construction of the 173 foot long Whipple through truss structure, which featured pinned connections and two different Town Lattice portal bracings that sandwich the middle X-frame, as seen in the portal view taken by Baughn during the Historic Bridge Weekend in 2014. The bridge was relocated to this spot in 2006 and has served as a pedestrian crossing spanning Bridge Park Road. You can see this and many other bridges in this tour guide Nathan Holth produced for his website (click here).
And with that come the answer to last week's Guessing Quiz on Whipple trusses. Here, we wanted to know where this bridge is located, which was also photographed by James Baughn. As a hint, it's one of only three that are left in Missouri. Any guesses?
Photo taken by Neil Krout
It's the BONANZA BRIDGE!
This Whipple through truss bridge features a similar design like the one in Michigan. Yet it is unknown who built it, though the build date is 1883. This bridge used to span Shoal Creek near the Bonanza Conservation Site in Caldwell County. The structure was in service until its replacement in 1994. Instead of tearing it down, the county moved the bridge offsite onto a field and has since been preserved. The 175 foot long span is elgible for the National Register of Historic Places and has a perfect natural backdrop for photos taken either from the car or up close by foot. You can see more photos and read up on other information by clicking here, courtesy of bridgehunter.com.
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This vision impaired athlete aims to get more blind people running
Australian para-triathlete Casey Hyde is blind but that does not stop her. She runs, rides, and swims while linked to a trained guide who helps to keep her on track.
Casey is the first blind woman to complete the Ironman Western Australia, which is a tough challenge, and she aims to get more vision impaired people out in their running shoes.
She hopes to set an example and encourage the blind to walk, jog and run as exercise is a great way to cope with depression, anxiety and stress.
Casey has helped launch two new vision-impaired running groups in the city of Brisbane in Australia as part of an organization called Parkrun. This organization holds free timed runs every week for several million people in 15 countries around the world.
Casey says that one of the biggest challenges is that many blind people have never seen anyone running, and if you have not seen it, you cannot do it.
As part of the training, the running guides are also blindfolded when they run. So far, the response to Casey's efforts has been quite good.
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The req file extension is associated with the SSL certificate request files that are used to validate certificates and identities on the Internet.
The req file stores information that identifies and sets up digital certificate.
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OpenSSL is toolkit used for implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols.
As far as we know, this .req file type can't be converted to any other file format. This is usually the case of system, configuration, temporary, or data files containing data exclusive to only one software and used for its own purposes. Also some proprietary or closed file formats cannot be converted to more common file types in order to protect the intellectual property of the developer, which is for example the case of some DRM-protected multimedia files.
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This subject builds on the current philosophical and ethical approach and the materials and techniques used in the interventive conservation treatment of cultural and heritage artefacts. Students learn to document the condition and materials of artefacts within their specialisation, and to examine the ethical frameworks for the development of treatment decisions. Students develop and carry out minor treatment programs on selected objects and materials.
This unit may include laboratory or field work in situ as an individual or group project.
undertake conservation treatments and procedures and incorporate these into ethical and sustainable frameworks in cultural materials conservation.


Streaming markets are still evolving, between features available, tiered subscriptions, pricing and more, and Netflix, granddaddy of them all, will soon up their prices without a majority of customers realizing. Say goodbye to those grandfathered into the Standard Netflix subscription, as you'll be forking over an additional $2.00 each month without realizing.
Next month, all grandfathered customers will be moved up to $9.99 for the standard plan. Analysts at UBS have estimated that this change will affect about 37% of US subscribers, or 17 million people. And most of those 17 million subscribers aren't aware of the coming changes. In a recent JP Morgan survey, about 80% of those who will be "un-grandfathered" in May didn't know the price hike was coming. UBS estimates that roughly 3% to 4% of affected subscribers will cancel.
That's a cool $30+ million more for Netflix each month, perhaps understandable given the godlike amounts of money needed to keep doubling up on original programming, or at least terrible Adam Sandler movies. Still, 3-4% of subscribers lost is nothing to sneeze at, so will you be one of them?


CNN and MSNBC have both decided to air a commercial for a film about American Nazis, The Washington Post reported Friday.
The ad, which is for the short film "A Night at the Garden," will air during CNN's "The Situation Room" and MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" on Monday, according to the Post. The film is nominated for an Academy Award and shows footage from a 1939 Nazi rally in New York.
"We decided to dig deep and pay for television ads we weren't planning to buy because we wanted to make the point that Fox News is out of the mainstream," the movie's director, Marshall Curry, told the newspaper.
MSNBC initially turned down the commercial after an NBC Universal standards group determined the content was too graphic. It gave the filmmakers suggested revisions that would make it proper for air, including that the ad would need to provide context before showing the rally. The filmmakers came back with a revised commercial, which MSNBC accepted, the Post reported.
"We wanted to make sure viewers had full understanding and appropriate context of this ad. And the filmmakers were open to feedback to make a change," MSNBC spokesman Joe Benarroch told the newspaper.
Fox News had initially rejected an earlier version of the ad, citing the amount of Nazi imagery and stating it didn't meet the network's guidelines. It is unclear if Fox would accept and air the revised ad.
The film examines the 1939 rally held by the Bund, an American Nazi Party which attracted 20,000 supporters to Madison Square Garden on Feb. 20, 1939. The filmmakers say it is intended as a warning about the current political climate. They said they explicitly sought out airtime on Fox to reach supporters of President Trump Donald John TrumpGrassroots America shows the people support Donald Trump Trump speaks to rebel Libyan general attacking Tripoli Dem lawmaker: Mueller report shows 'substantial body of evidence' on obstruction MORE.
"The point of the spot is less about rallying people who are already worried [about demagoguery] than reaching people who don't realize how dangerous this tactic is," Curry told The Post.
— This story has been updated to reflect that Fox News rejected an earlier version of the advertisement. Updated Feb. 16, 8:25 a.m.


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US - US feeding systems manufacturer, Cablevey Feeding Systems, will have a strong presence at the leading US pig and poultry industry shows in 2010.
The company will be showcasing its equipment and systems in Hall A, booth number 1824, during the International Poultry Exposition in the Georgia World Congress Center from 27-29 January.
Cablevey will also be exhibiting the 2010 Iowa Pork Congress in Des Moines, Iowa at the Events Center, January 27 + 28. The company will be in booth number 908.


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Message from Bishop Fred Henry
The following is a message from Fred Henry, Bishop of Calgary. He indicates strong support for the WeNeedaLAW.ca campaign and it is re-published here with his permission.
Awkward Questions About Babies
Written by F. B. Henry, Bishop of Calgary on Friday, 12 April 2013
In Kia's Super Bowl ad (which we weren't able to see on Canadian television stations), a son asks his father where babies come from. The father (behind the wheel of a new Kia Sorento) is so distressed by the question, he concocts a story about how babies come from a distant planet called Babylandia.
Babylandia is a pretty sweet place. Lots of greenery. Plenty of open spaces. Diapers are abundant. There are baby humans, baby ducks, baby penguins, you name it. "When the time is just right," the dad says, "there's a space launch," and the babies are sent to Earth on a nine-month journey on a big rocket. The babies "penetrate the atmosphere," parachute from the spaceship, and land with their families.
If the babies are really lucky, their families have a Kia. And if the parents are smart, they've opted for a voice-controlled sound system that can drown out any other awkward questions.
I don't have any comments to make about the Kia Sorento itself but the commercial really wasn't very good. Nevertheless, it made me think about babies, awkward questions, and systems that attempt to control thinking.
For example, why does Canada not have an abortion law? Canada is the only democracy in the world without legislation protecting children in the womb.
Twenty-five years ago, on January 28th 1988, the Supreme Court of Cnada , in the Regina v. Morgentaler decision, struck down the existing abortion law, making Canada the only western country with unrestricted abortion on demand, fully funded by taxpayers. It is estimated 2.5 million unborn children have been killed by abortion since January 1988.
To drown out this vexatious question, many sound systems loudly and repeatedly shout: "The Supreme Court established a constitutional right to abortion?" It did not.
Others scream: "The judgment found that any legal restriction on abortion was a violation of women's rights" It did not.
Others summarily proclaim: "The abortion issue has been settled." It has not.
The 5-2 Supreme Court decision is split into no fewer than four separate judgments. No member of the Court intended theirs to be the last word on the subject. It was only the law in front of them at the time that they found unconstitutional – Section 251 of the Criminal Code.
What the court objected to most was the provision requiring that women obtain the assent of a three-member "therapeutic abortion committee" in an "accredited" hospital that "continuation of the pregnancy would or would be likely to endanger her life or health." As a practical matter, the court found, this often put an abortion out of the reach, even where a women's life or health was in danger. Many hospitals did not have a therapeutic aborton committee. Many more wre not accredited for the purpose. Committees often took their time deciding, and operated without clear guidelines, notably as to how "health" was to be defined.
But the judges were equally clear that another law might pass constitutional muster.
They wrote that Parliament had a legitimate interest in protecting the fetus, and was "justified in requiring a reliable, independent and medically sound opinion as the 'life and health' of the pregnant woman." "It is possible that a future enactment by Parliament that would require a higher degree of danger to health in the latter months of pregnancy, as opposed to the early months" would achieve a more acceptable balancing of interests.
Regrettably, our Members of Parliament are content to play a political game with life refusing to even discuss the question. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has adopted an extremist stance and has promised, not merely that his government will not introduce any law on abortion, but that he would "use whatever influence I have" to prevents his MPS from sponsoring bills on abortion of their own. Comments by the rotating leaders of the Liberal and New Democratic Parities are even sillier and inconsistent with scientific facts.
Medical sciences tell us that the pre-born child, from the moment of fertilization/conception has her own DNA, her own blood type, her own heartbeat at 18 days, her own brain waves at 43 days, etc. In fact, by 11-12 weeks the rapidly developing pre-born child's organs are present and working, she is becoming extremely sensitive to things such as sound and pain, and all that is need is time to grow.
Clearly, the legalistic view of the pre-born child as an extension of the mother, which some people favouring abortion still cling to, has proven to be outdated.
Differences between pre-born babies and other people are not in species (human or not) but in size, level of development, environment, and degree of dependancy. These differences also exist among those of us who survived past the womb! As there should be no denial of the right to life to anyone already protected under Canadian laws (those already born), regardless of where they fall on any of these continuums, so should there be no denial of the human right to life to those at the most vulnerable ends of the scale, pre-born children and the disabled or elderly.
Whatever the attempts to drown out the awkward question and bury the issue, the abortion question has not gone away. Public opinion is divided as it is on almost every other issue. However, in poll after poll, it is clear that the majority of Canadians want some protection for children in the womb. Most Canadians find it morally unacceptable that abortion can be committed in the 3rd trimester, or based on the sex of the child in the womb.
Canadian history has shown that we make the law (or seek justice) in our image and likeness where there is no external standard, and worse still, the rationale for having an abortion multiplies. We now have abortion on demand. This is intolerable. It is time for everyone to support the campaign and goals of WeNeedALaw.ca.
✠ F. B. Henry
Bishop of Calgary


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Arrest made after mom shot dead during trip to take son to Naval Academy
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(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — An arrest has been made in the slaying of a Houston mom who was shot and killed while in Maryland to drop off her son at the U.S. Naval Academy, authorities announced Wednesday.
Angelo Harrod, 29, allegedly shot Michelle Cummings, 57, while she sat on an Annapolis hotel patio in the early hours of June 29, according to Annapolis police.
Harrod was confined to home detention on May 3 and allegedly cut off his ankle bracelet before the shooting, Annapolis Police Chief Edward Jackson said at a news conference Wednesday.
A warrant had been out for Harrod for absconding home detection and authorities had been looking for him, Jackson said.
Harrod was identified as a suspect in the Cummings case after police reviewed videos and photos from the crime scene, according to the chief.
"The minute we knew he was wanted … we were looking for him and we just happened to find him on June 30," Jackson said.
Cummings was not the intended target of the shooting, police said. The shots were fired on Pleasant Street and traveled a short distance, hitting Cummings, police said.
Charges filed Wednesday against Harrod include first-degree murder, second-degree murder and attempted murder.
The attempted murder charges are because the suspect allegedly attempted "to murder two other citizens that night on Pleasant Street," the chief said.
Harrod is being held without bond, Jackson added.
Cummings and her husband were in Annapolis at the time of her slaying to bring their son, Midshipman Candidate Leonard Cummings III, to the U.S. Naval Academy. Their son, who goes by Trey, is an incoming freshman for the Naval Academy Class of 2025, the Academy said.
Jackson said he was desperate to solve this case.
"Some nights I couldn't sleep. I felt rage," he said.
Jackson said he called Cummings' husband Wednesday morning with the news. Jackson said her husband "paused," and then said, "Thank you, chief."
Naval Academy Superintendent Sean Buck said at the news conference, "When Trey is ready … we will welcome him back with open arms."
Emily Shapiro, ABC News
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Now, everybody likes a bowl of curried something for breakfast, particularly on hot summer days that remind one of the Raj. I find that curried oatmeal goes best with some kind of fruit or jam. Earlier this year we went on a trail mix kick, but decided that since our car wouldn't fit on any of the local trails we'd give it up. That left us with some spare fruitlike substances, including an almost full container of date bits. Date bits are to dates as chicken McNuggets are to poultry, except for the deep fat frying part. They're small, machine-processed, half-raisin-sized chunks of dried dates, with the occasional date by-product. They're not crunchy, but neither are they raisin-soft. I used a couple of heaping dinner teaspoons, since heaping is the only way the bits fit. Don't worry about getting too many — they're like human skulls, in that they don't stack very well.
Setup: 1/3 cup of stone ground rolled oats, a quarter-inch strip of Golden Curry roux, two dinner teaspoons of potato flakes, two dinner teaspoons of date bits (carefully screened to remove any stems or palm fronds), one cup of broth (your choice, I used a mix of pork and oxtail), salt. Cook for 10 minutes or so, depending on the exact style of oats. Add the dates when you start and the potato when you take it off the stove.
Results: Very good. The cooking softened the dates to the point that I didn't notice them, and the date flavor leaked out into the oatmeal so you had a blend, rather than just a date-flavored object in an oatmeal-flavored matrix.


Carlos Chan Ka Lok yesterday attended an event and revealed that he has been busy with the Emperor Motion Picture GUNG GUP GAU WOON (EMERGENCY RESCUE) in Xiamen. He said that when he met director Dante Lam Chiu Yin in August, he told him to learn to swim. Thus in a few short months he already learned the breast stroke and free style. Yet when he joined the team, the director kept his character from getting into the water!
Ka Lok admitted that he has already in tip top shape because at each shoot he was in full gear. However he was in uniform for the entire film and did not need to show his muscles. Even Eddie Peng Yu-Yan would not have the chance to flash any flesh. He also revealed that the team will shoot an underwater scene in Mexico later, at the studio where TITANIC was shot. Ka Lok reiterated that he and Jeannie Chan Ying did not avoid each other during a photo opportunity at a charity event. "I just want to leave some freshness for the audience, wee will shoot a promotional video together today. (Would you publicize your romance during the promotion?) No romance! We are just friends."


Badminton is world-class sporting event and every year hundreds of thousands of fans descend on the event to get close to the action, soak up the sun, and shop, shop, shop!
For the five days of the event, hundreds of trade stands sell everything from dog-coats to tractors, and every year Badminton handle a forest full of trade stand applications. They wanted to reduce the environmental impact and at the same time improve the process for trade stand owners and the Badminton team.
Having worked Badminton for a number of years, we understood their needs well, and with a rapid discovery project, we helped their team identify, rationalise and update their existing paperwork, and produced a detailed plan to move the application forms online. Their website uses Wordpress, and we used the excellent Gravity Forms plug-in with some special customisations that allowed store owners to easily apply for a trade stand for the 2018 event.
Applications were reviewed and approved by the Badminton team, and once approved, the trade stand owner could even manage their online store profile, giving them more exposure to the Badminton audience than ever before.
The new system works brilliantly, giving trade stand owners the chance to easily manage their own account. Feedback has been extremely positive, and although Badminton are clear that they will never be an "online-only" team, by giving trade stand owners the opportunity to self-serve, the Badminton team can now spend more time helping those owners that want to deal with paper, phone and fax!
The store owners love it, it saves the Badminton team weeks of work, and the trees are happy too.


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Snait B. Gissis is a Researcher in the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University and the coeditor of Transformations of Lamarckism (MIT Press).
Landscapes of Collectivity in the Life Sciences
Snait B. Gissis, Ehud Lamm, and Ayelet Shavit 2018
Broad perspective on collectivity in the life sciences, from microorganisms to human consensus, and the theoretical and empirical opportunities and challenges.
Many researchers and scholars in the life sciences have become increasingly critical of the traditional methodological focus on the individual. This volume counters such methodological individualism by exploring recent and influential work in the life sciences that utilizes notions of collectivity, sociality, rich interactions, and emergent phenomena as essential explanatory tools to handle numerous persistent scientific questions in the life sciences. The contributors consider case studies of collectivity that range from microorganisms to human consensus, discussing theoretical and empirical challenges and the innovative methods and solutions scientists have devised.
The contributors offer historical, philosophical, and biological perspectives on collectivity, and describe collective phenomena seen in insects, the immune system, communication, and human collectivity, with examples ranging from cooperative transport in the longhorn crazy ant to the evolution of autobiographical memory. They examine ways of explaining collectivity, including case studies and modeling approaches, and explore collectivity's explanatory power. They present a comprehensive look at a specific case of collectivity: the Holobiont notion (the idea of a multi-species collective, a host and diverse microorganisms) and the hologenome theory (which posits that the holobiont and its hologenome are a unit of adaption). The volume concludes with reflections on the work of the late physicist Eshel Ben-Jacob, pioneer in the study of collective phenomena in living systems.
ContributorsOren Bader, John Beatty, Dinah R. Davison, Daniel Dor, Ofer Feinerman, Raghavendra Gadagkar, Scott F. Gilbert, Snait B. Gissis, Deborah M. Gordon, James Griesemer, Zachariah I. Grochau-Wright, Erik R. Hanschen, Eva Jablonka, Mohit Kumar Jolly, Anat Kolumbus, Ehud Lamm, Herbert Levine, Arnon Levy, Xue-Fei Li, Elisabeth A. Lloyd, Yael Lubin, Eva Maria Luef, Ehud Meron, Richard E. Michod, Samir Okasha, Simone Pika, Joan Roughgarden, Eugene Rosenberg, Ayelet Shavit, Yael Silver, Alfred I. Tauber, Ilana Zilber-Rosenberg
Transformations of Lamarckism
From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology
Snait B. Gissis and Eva Jablonka 2011
A reappraisal of Lamarckism—its historical impact and contemporary significance.
In 1809—the year of Charles Darwin's birth—Jean-Baptiste Lamarck published Philosophie zoologique, the first comprehensive and systematic theory of biological evolution. The Lamarckian approach emphasizes the generation of developmental variations; Darwinism stresses selection. Lamarck's ideas were eventually eclipsed by Darwinian concepts, especially after the emergence of the Modern Synthesis in the twentieth century. The different approaches—which can be seen as complementary rather than mutually exclusive—have important implications for the kinds of questions biologists ask and for the type of research they conduct. Lamarckism has been evolving—or, in Lamarckian terminology, transforming—since Philosophie zoologique's description of biological processes mediated by "subtle fluids." Essays in this book focus on new developments in biology that make Lamarck's ideas relevant not only to modern empirical and theoretical research but also to problems in the philosophy of biology. Contributors discuss the historical transformations of Lamarckism from the 1820s to the 1940s, and the different understandings of Lamarck and Lamarckism; the Modern Synthesis and its emphasis on Mendelian genetics; theoretical and experimental research on such "Lamarckian" topics as plasticity, soft (epigenetic) inheritance, and individuality; and the importance of a developmental approach to evolution in the philosophy of biology. The book shows the advantages of a "Lamarckian" perspective on evolution. Indeed, the development-oriented approach it presents is becoming central to current evolutionary studies—as can be seen in the burgeoning field of Evo-Devo. Transformations of Lamarckism makes a unique contribution to this research.


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The People Still Searching For Gold In California's Hills
While the Gold Rush of the 1850s may be over, there are still prospectors trying to find their fortune. But at what environmental cost?
By Sarah JayMar 3, 2022 3:50 PM
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Gold! This shiny, valuable metal makes a poor man rich and a rich man richer. At one time in the history of the U.S., gold was a hot commodity that brought people from around the world to California. While it may not be as prominent today due to abstracted currencies like credit cards and crypto, gold-standard aside, the relative rarity of gold makes it valuable still.
The American Gold Rush
The Gold Rush took place from 1803 to 1861, between the Louisiana Purchase and the American Civil War. At the time, the Californian territory was in-between ownership by Mexico and the United States. The Gold Rush began when James W. Marshall discovered gold flakes in the American River as he was building a sawmill for Captain John Sutter — the founder of California's capital city, Sacramento. Word spread, and over 300,000 people from across the globe arrived at and around Sutter's Fort to try their hand at gold prospecting. Gold mining towns, mines and gold-related conflicts ensued. By 1852, much of the fervor had passed. Mining companies took ownership of the land where gold could be found, pushing out the individuals who rushed there to make a name for themselves.
Prospecting Today
While there certainly isn't the same amount of activity in the California gold industry now as there was in the mid-1800s, there are still people searching for gold. Until 1965, California produced the most gold of any U.S. state. Currently, mining companies are surveying Californian land and mines to determine whether digging for gold should continue. There are 16 members of the Gold Prospectors Association of America (GPAA) living in California now. Members of the GPAA, like Robert Rieck of Royal Manufacturing, make equipment that they sell to other prospectors in hopes of patenting the technology for large-scale use.
Aside from industry, individuals can pan for gold in select areas of California for a fee. But the payoff may not be as high as it was in the past. The U.S. government warns potential prospectors there is little evidence that gold tables exist in large enough numbers for profit. Plenty of people still search for gold, legally or illegally, today despite the 2013 ban on machined mining along the mining, loop. Renegade gold miners have risked much, and have been fined up to 11 million dollars.
However, the Earth pays the price too. Illegal gold mining is purported to be the focus of all the world's mercury pollutants. When mercury is released into the surrounding environment it can contaminate not only water but sediment as well. The toxic chemical then begins to leach into our food chain. A report from the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services states that mercury contamination in freshwater fish is now so widespread that there are fish consumption advisories in all 50 states. Since most of the old territories where gold mining took place during the Gold Rush are now state parks, there are efforts to crack down on illegal mining, including asking citizens to turn in artisanal miners in the area.
Regardless of the reasons for mining gold in California, these activities can have a negative ecological impact. While it may not be as pronounced as it was in the 1850s, 15 percent of gold mining is still comprised of small-scale operations, leading to a higher risk of illegal activity and fewer regulations – which in turn leads to a more polluted environment and a polluted food source. Lessening the impact is important to maintaining biological diversity in the area as well as keeping people safe. And the conflicting interests of state and local officials have resulted in hefty fines and much back-and-forth about who has purview.
In the past few years, the value of gold has risen in response to the uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. That means gold mining will continue in the area, even amidst legislation that makes doing so risky business. With companies focusing on environmentally-sound practices, the hope is mining will have less of an impact as it has up to this point.
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