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Chemistry – I don’t get it!

I made the mistake of telling some moms at our homeschool co-op, that I will not be teaching Biology next year.  I’d like to teach Chemistry.  Why?  Because I am getting tired of digging in frog guts and need something else to do, like making a structural modification devices.

So, I have been doing some reading and exploring all things Chemistry-ie and I have come to this conclusion. I don’t know what I am doing.  There I said it.  The math alone is making my eyeballs fall out one at a time and I am only on Module One in the Apologia Chemistry book!  I’m also working through my daughter’s Saxon Alg. 1 book.  It isn’t helping that much either.  Seriously! Do I really need to do Chemistry?  I need to clear my brain and I need a sign from God.

I am taking a break from the math to look at some Chemistry fun stuff.  Looking doesn’t require thinking.  That’s why your brain gets sucked out of your eyeballs while you watch stupid stuff on T.V.

I already have in my science library the following books I’d like to share with you.

The Disappearing Spoon:  And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements – by Sam Kean – This is a fun book.  I like the behind the scene stories of each of the elements.  I haven’t finished the book, but like it so far.

The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe –  by Theodore Gray  This books is awesome.  Has great photos of each of the elements, list some everyday uses, where it is placed on the Periodic Table, and other things I don’t understand like the Electron Ordering Filling.  Say what?

llustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture – I haven’t really looked at this, but got it because one of my Twit friends, Melanie at FairlySquare Or Tressa at Tressays were talking about it.  That meant I had to get it.  Besides I ALWAYS add extra excitement to my class and I am sure I can find something in this book.

 FREE Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements  – I have this for my Nook.  It doesn’t do anything, but it does make me look smart.  All I have to do is leave my eReader open to this and people think I’m smart. Or not.

Besides getting some great books, I love watching educational science videos.  As long as they are less than 10 minutes, I’m good.  A short video might be just the thing to get a student to understand a concept.  Works great in Biology and should work in Chemistry too!

After searching around, I found the Periodic Table of Videos.  They look interesting enough.  The professor behind the videos is Martyn Poliakoff (I think).

After watching the first video, I got my sign from God.  I think He is telling me I should go ahead with the Chemistry.

This is Martyn Poliakoff.  I saw this today 9/6/2012

And this was from 12/2010

You can read all about this creepy science teacher here.

A coincidence?    I think not.

I’m going to need a whole lotta help next year!

18 responses to “Chemistry – I don’t get it!

  1. You’ll need this table for your class. 🙂

  2. You go girl!! If anybody can do it, you can. I have full confidence in you.

  3. Too funny! Totally inspiring though! Wish I were in your class!

  4. I am going to tell you that the Apologia book is very frustrating. Module 2 is one of the toughest in the book. I am not sure why it is placed there. I am using the book with my girl, but I am completely restructuring it in my own order. The spine is there, but there is not near enough practice in things like writing compounds, balancing equations, and just understanding why the periodic table is written the way it is. There needs to be some sort of basic understanding before you hit the math. Maybe I will blog about our Chemistry schedule this year? Chemistry is fun, but I think the book takes a lot it the fun out. Kudos to you for finding some!

    • Tressa, yes please blog about your schedule! I’d like to hear every advice you have on this book, because it is what I am using since I have it. I am already thinking of changing out some of the experiments, but I don’t know to what yet. 🙂

  5. LOL! You are so fabulous! I’d rather deal with physics than chemistry, so that’s what we’re doing this year. But I LOVE Gray’s book; it’s gorgeous. I’ll have to check out The Disappearing Spoon because I am all about entertaining behind-the-scenes stories. Good luck with chemistry! You’ll be great!

  6. All these years and I never knew you had a twin brother!

  7. Wait, you are getting TIRED of digging in frog guts? I am shocked. Maybe all you need is a little lie-down.

  8. Has anyone ever told you that you are the Applie of their eye? You’re going to be a GREAT chemistry teacher!

  9. Pingback: Chemistry (Part 1) « Tressays

  10. Good luck on Chemistry! We enjoyed the challenge! I found a great book that we used as an intro to Chem before we did the Apologia Chem. It is called Friendly Chemistry.
    It really is friendly! It had tons of practice problems. Our only difficulty with it was that the TE only provided the final answer…not all the steps to get to the answer, but the author was great and provided links and PDFs of the problems to help us get the right answers.

  11. I’ve heard of Friendly Chemistry, and was able to glance through the book once. There are games to play w/ the class to help them learn.

  12. beneitaflemmer

    LOL! So funny!!!! You are an inspiring person and an even more inspiring teacher! You amaze me and always make me laugh! Way to go Michelle! God will bless you with every step you take in life and in teaching science!

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What does it mean to me, to be a mom?

This is my 9th year celebrating Mother’s Day as a mom. I still am in awe at how God truly knows the desires of our hearts. As I have shared before, I never had a season in my life where I desired motherhood. Most women experience a planning time in their life where they anticipate starting a family. I skipped a huge chunk of this milestone. I went from a high school graduate to a mom in the same year. In that time, it seemed like the worst path for me to be on. Most that witnessed my transition would agree, I was as uneducated in pregnancy and being a mom as possible. But God knows what he is doing.

I slowly adapted to my new role. Each day was a new lesson learned. As with anything we do, its experience that aids our growth in life. My growth as a mom continues to expand daily. I see things differently, learn new tricks, grow more patient, and make mistakes.

Perfection is not my goal in motherhood. That would be nice, but reality makes that an obvious impossibility. My ultimate goal as the mother of my children is love. If everything I do is in love and shows God’s love then I am at ease with my ability as a mom. And when I fail, as I do often, it is my love for them that makes me try.

Many see their parenting positions as a job or obligation. It is often survival mode that get us through the day-to-day, but sometimes it’s empowering if we step back and look at the bigger picture.

We created life. A living person that has a specific role to fulfill in our world. Wether their future is long, short, to your standards or not they have a future. They have their own free will, personality, and are responsible for their own decisions and actions. Our role as a mom is to influence, guide, and teach lessons that will inform them to use the free will God gave them well. In order to do this, it requires a relationship between yourself and your child. This should be our focus. Not on the dos and don’ts quite as much as we do, but the bond. Your influence as a role model is the primary lesson your child will receive. I am not preaching friendship, as we all know the line is drawn, but love. If there is love then your dos and don’ts are heard a lot more.

I can’t compare my life with kids to life without them because I never had an adult life without them. But I couldn’t imagine not having them. My life is full. My heart is full.

The love of a child is so pure and real. I pray that all mothers take time to sit in that love this Mother’s Day. Feel the power behind your ability to create laughter, joy, and fulfillment in your children’s lives.

Hope you have Happy Mother’s Day!

April Walker

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NYT Leans Heavily on Questionable '90 Percent' of People Who Favor Background Checks

The Times takes for granted that 90% of the public actually support background checks and that Obama has failed to gain a victory on behalf of the people: "That raises a broader question: If he ...
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Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Greg KH <gregkh@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Stability of /sys api
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 18:29:24
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Stability of /sys api by Walter Dnes
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 01:05:57AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 04:56:15AM +0300, Maxim Kammerer wrote > > > I don't know at what state udev was 3 or 4 years ago, but mdev can: > > > > 1. Populate /dev (now unnecessary due to devtmpfs). > > 2. Handle ownership, permissions and symlinks to /dev nodes once they > > appear, according to simple rules (can be probably done with inotify). > > 3. Act as /sbin/hotplug, typically doing something equivalent to this one-liner: > > [ "${ACTION}" = add -a -n "${MODALIAS}" ] && modprobe -qb "${MODALIAS}" > > That's *EXACTLY* what I want and need. To borrow an old emacs joke, > udev is a mediocre OS that lacks a lightweight device manager.
Huh? How is udev not "lightweight"? What does it have in it that makes it "heavy"? I see lots of things in mdev that make it heavier and slower than udev :)
> > I don't think mdev can do anything else. Building any serious > > framework on top of mdev seems pointless to me, since it will probably > > end up as a small subset of udev core reimplemented with scripts. > > I *DON'T WANT* "a serious framework", I want a lightweight device > manager... period... end of story. Stick with the unix principle of one > app doing one thing well. mdev is enough for the vast majority of people.
I don't see how udev isn't a "do one thing really well" program and pass off to others, piping data to programs that can do other things to it if wanted/needed. Can you explain how it violates this Unix maxium? thanks, greg k-h


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Swung by Miyako Sushi and Steakhouse just south of Cincinnati in Crescent Springs, Kentucky.

To say this place is hidden would be an understatement. The directions went something like this, get off the interstate, take a left at the gas station, you’ll see Miyako on the left, but you won’t be able to get to it so drive down the street to the T section…. Well, you get the point!

We had an insane sashimi platter, and a sushi selection including, spicy salmon roll, salmon lovers roll, shrimp tempura and tuna fantastic roll. Phew! What an experience! Everything was delicious but I found the tuna fantastic, well, fantastic! I didn’t get a chance to snap a picture, but don’t pass up the house salad. Their ginger dressing is especially delicious!

The Spread

A variety of sushi rolls

Sashimi Spread

You can check out their hours and location menu and more here.

Mentionables: Rumor has it they have half priced sushi on Tuesday!


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Golden Rice – A Golden Opportunity or “Golden Lies”?

argylesock says… Great article! Thanks for following my blog. I’ve written about Golden Rice too, and like you I’m open to persuasion. I notice that Helen Keller International promotes several responses to Vitamin A deficiency, with Golden Rice being only one possibility. Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) is another promising line of research and development. OFSP is selectively bred, involving no genetic modification.

Food (Policy) For Thought

Have you heard of golden rice? It’s possibly the genetically modified product with the most controversy around it – a hard title to snag – because of its goal: to eradicate malnutrition in some of the world’s poorest societies.

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I wrote a PhD about veterinary parasitology so that's the starting point for this blog. But I'm now branching out into other areas of biology and into popular science writing. I'll write here about science that happens in landscapes, particularly farmland, and about science involving interspecific interactions. Datasets and statistics get my attention. Exactly where this blog will lead? That's a journey that I'm on and I hope you'll come with me.
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  1. EqFe says:

    It has only just occurred to me, to wonder what the yield of this rice is compared to traditional rice strains. It would defeat the whole purpose if it was lower, since the vitamin A deficiencies are said to be the result of small landholders not having enough land to grow both grains and vegetables.

    • argylesock says:

      This is a good point. My guess is that Golden Rice would produce relatively low yields. If the best way to grow a lot of rice had been to grow yellow-seeded rice, people would already have been doing that.

      Do please let me know if you find any data on GR yields.

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State of the Organization: Cubs, 10/15

State of the Organization is a continuing series of daily updates on the happenings of your favorite Chicago sports teams: Cubs, White Sox, Bulls, Blackhawks and Bears. Each team with its own update space.

This space will provide some of the highlights of what has been going on with your favorite Chicago baseball team, the Chicago Cubs, in the past 24 hours. Acquisitions, injuries, performance updates and storylines will be provided during the season, including the team’s competitive status.

Stories of the Day:

  • The Cubs begin their NLCS series against the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight at 8:08pm ET.

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Building a sci-fi TV show through an MMO (and vice versa)

Syfy and Trion's Defiance tries for real-time "transmedia" integration

You can tell that guy on the ATV is practicing for his close-up on the TV show...
Trion Worlds

Building a massively multiplayer game on top of an existing science fiction universe is nothing new, as anyone who has played The Matrix Online, Star Wars Galaxies, or Battlestar Galactica Online can tell you. But with Defiance, MMO developer Trion Worlds is trying to create a new dynamic where events that happen in the game directly affect the plot and storylines in a concurrently running Syfy network TV show, and vice versa.

Already over four years in the making, the team behind Defiance is finally unveiling details about both the game (which will be available on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360) and the show, in advance of a planned April 2013 launch. Set in the near future, the world of Defiance is built on the premise of a group of alien ships crash-landing on Earth and terraforming the planet in significant and somewhat destructive ways.

At a press event, the show's creators stressed the human scale of what's essentially an immigrant drama, where the citizens of this new world are trying to rebuild and "not just survive, but really live." The game, on the other hand, will mainly focus on shooting at stuff. A short hands-on demo had groups of players driving ATVs around a beautifully desolate landscape and joining together to fight off increasingly tough groups of beetle-like "hellbugs" that fall from the sky.

Those two very different experiences might sound hard to tie together meaningfully, but there are some ways in which taking part in one side of the "transmedia experience" can help add to the other. The creators gave an example of an in-game quest where players work with non-player characters to rescue a gem from a group of aliens. Those characters end up stealing the gem for themselves and driving off from the game's setting of San Francisco. In the opening scene of the first episode of the show, you see those same two characters driving into the show's setting of St. Louis, stolen gems in tow.

The idea is that playing the game isn't absolutely necessary to understand the show, but that it can help make the experience richer. "If you think about it from the perspective of someone who just watched the pilot, two characters that clearly have something stolen, driving at breakneck speed, clearly they're being chased—it sets the beginning of the show really really well," Trion Worlds Head of Development Nick Beliaeff told Ars Technica. "If you played the game, though, you know why."

But the integration can go deeper as well. The show might introduce a new storyline involving a mysterious plague that is afflicting the entire continent, Beliaeff said. Players in the game could then work toward finding a cure. If the cure is found, the particular player that dredged it up could be mentioned on the show, or even become a walk-on character in a future season, events Beliaeff compared to "winning the lottery."

But what happens if players fail to find the cure in time for the next episode? "Watch the show to find out," Beliaeff teases.

While protecting what he called the "secret sauce" of how to control for highly interactive event outcomes while producing a non-interactive, long-lead TV show, Beliaeff said the creators have developed a "well-oiled machine" based on coordinating pivot points within the Defiance universe. "I cannot overemphasize the amount of planning we have to do to make the interconnectivity work," he said, mentioning that 20 to 30 people at Trion are collaborating with their counterparts at Syfy through daily meetings and regular summits.

"We started the project in a more traditional 'games-and-Hollywood' way. They're sending us scripts, asking 'does this work'—and it didn't work," he said. "They're about characters and all that stuff, and for us... we care, but that's not what we start with. What's the art, what's the technology, what's the gameplay style? Once we realized that, we took a step back and educated each other—here's how you make a game, here's how you make a show, this is what we need to do first, this is what they need to do first."

It remains to be seen whether Trion and Syfy can pull off this ambitious integration in a meaningful way. Still, it's nice to see someone trying to thread the cross-media licensing needle with something a little more substantial than characters and setting cribbed from an established film or TV universe.

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Italian Power Tailoring feat. Khaled Nasr

December 16th, 2013

Fine tailoring is a family tradition for entrepreneur Khaled Nasr.

“I grew up seeing my father always dressed in a suit and tie regardless of where he went. From the work suit to the double-breasted blazer when we went to dinner, dressing well was always important to him. Even my mom would go to work in tailored women’s suits everyday.

My parents came to Los Angeles with nothing when I was one year old, started their own Semiconductor business and worked very hard to make a name for themselves. Their work ethic and how they presented themselves with integrity has always been an inspiration in my life… I followed in their footsteps and started a Semiconductor automation company with one of my brothers.”

When he’s not engineering electrical conductivity, Khaled is indulging in his other passion: high-quality menswear. He’s spent several seasons at Pitti Uomo networking with the style elite and researching exclusive products, and has traveled around the world seeking the perfect bespoke suit for his athletic frame.

Here Khaled gives us a taste of his heavily Italian influenced personal style.

1. ‘Composed Flair’

Photography shot with the Canon EOS 70D digital SLR camera, with Dual Pixel AF technology and built-in Wi-Fi

“If I had to define my personal style I would call it ‘Composed Flair’. There is a certain edge to my looks with the wide lapels and strong roped shoulders but at the same time I try to stay composed and not overdone… Call it classically influenced with an updated silhouette… But ultimately the key is to feel good and have fun with your style!

My style inspirations are Cary Grant, Lapo Elkan, Matteo Marzotto as well as Nicola & Valentino Ricci of Sciamat.”

When he came across Sciamat, a small entirely-handmade production founded by ex-lawyer Valentino Ricci in Bari Italy, he found exactly what he was looking for: tailoring for the strong, confident, menswear connoisseur.

The Sciamat style of tailoring is not for the faint of heart, however. It’s characterized by a high collar, heavily roped shoulders with puckered sleeve heads, aggressively 3-dimensional peak lapels, a very tapered midsection, and accentuated shoulder slopes. The idea is to create a jacket that is noticeably handmade by accentuating elements that cannot be cheated by a sewing machine (details like the puckered sleeve heads and soft rolled lapels can only be done properly by a skilled tailor’s hands.)

Khaled also prefers to wear separates rather than suits. It’s slightly less formal, and also gives him another chance to add a complementary contrast in color and texture.

“I have broad shoulders so I am really big fan of unstructured jackets with no padding and wide aggressive peak lapels like the ones here… I like pairing this royal blue jacket with this dark blue striped Angel Bespoke high collar shirt and burgundy grenadine tie to add contrast. I think it’s a fun dressy look without being too serious.”

Worsted Wool Trouser in Coffee

2. Collar Power

“I’m a big fan of green and navy together as they are my two favorite colors.

This herringbone tweed Sciamat jacket has a great soft cut with wide notch lapels. I also love the patch ticket pocket inside the exterior patch pocket. It looks cool and functions well as a phone pocket.

For me, the key to pulling-off a power jacket like this is a great shirt with a higher collar. I haven’t found any better shirts than the power collar shirt by Angel Bespoke.”

“On a separate note (no pun intended), I’m also a huge perfume collector. One rare perfume line i wanted (Xerjoff) was not available in America so I decided to start importing the line myself… I’m always on the lookout for new and rare items to bring to the USA.

One of my favorite places to do that is Pitti Uomo men’s clothing show. You get the best of both worlds there. You get to look for new and exciting products as well as dress-up and celebrate men’s style with individuals from all over the world who share your passion.”

“It would be easy to go with brown shoes with this outfit but I like these navy calfskins from Meermin to play off the navy in the tie.”

  • Green Herringbone Wool Jacket by Sciamat ·
  • Navy & green tie by Sciamat Regimental ·
  • light beige wool twill trousers by Sartoria Rota ·
  • Bracelets by Viola Milano ·
  • pocket square by Borrelli Napoli ·
  • Navy captoe shoes by Meermin
  • · Light blue Shirt by Angel Bespoke

3. Lasting First Impression

Considering Khaled’s build – broad shoulders, barrel chest, very slim waist – he needs to go the bespoke route to properly flatter his physique (he’s probably a 44 in the shoulders and a 38 in the midsection). The Sciamat cut really accentuates his physique by emphasizing the shoulders and tapering aggressively at the waist.

“This is one of my all time favorite jackets. It’s a retro inspired cut with vintage Holland & Sherry fabric. The color and pattern are so spot-on that I can wear it with pretty much anything… Here I kept it simple and Fall-inspired with a white Angel Bespoke shirt, blue/orange/grey tie and some green wool trousers by Howard Yount.”

“Living in LA of today, it’s a much more laid back style. Even going out to dinner or clubs, people always tend toward the very casual way of dress. I am always nostalgic for the old days when people took pride in dressing well for a night out to dinner or a show.

The way you dress says a lot about you. It’s your first shot at making a lasting impression and marketing yourself to the people around you.”

Make sure you look closely to notice the subtle details at play in this post, such as the gold lapel pin to match the gold jacket buttons here.

“These are unique split-toe shoes from Santoni as the split goes a little longer than usual, giving the shoe a less round, more lean look.”

  • Brown Holland & Sherry wool fabric Sciamat jacket ·
  • Green pants by Howard Yount ·
  • Blue Tie by TieYourTie ·
  • Tan split toe shoes by Santoni ·
  • Pocket square by Cesare Attolini ·
  • Gold lapel pin/chain by The Armoury
  • · White Italian Collar Shirt

Thanks, as always, for reading and special thanks to Khaled for participating!

Yours in style,

Articles of Style

Photography by Alex Crawford.


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Black Tie Elegance

March 3rd, 2016

With the haze of Oscar season lifting over Los Angles, and wedding season right around the corner, we’ve been thinking and talking a lot about formalwear.

The thing I love about formal menswear is the elegance. When a man wears a tuxedo, he is expected to look his absolute best. If there was ever a garment that should fit impeccably and be cut from a luxury fabric, it’s a classic tuxedo. A cheap tux is an oxymoron. It’s like putting chrome rims on a used Honda – it gives the appearance of luxury, but ultimately looks cheesy and misses the mark.

We often get asked about how to “stand out” in formalwear, while remaining traditional and not being too “loud”. It’s a tricky balance, as it’s easy to do “too much” with modern black tie. After all, the tradition of formalwear is all about subtlety and understated elegance (in order to place emphasis on our beautiful women in their beautiful gowns).

With that said, here are three ways to tastefully stand out from the crowd at black tie events, while (of course) making long-term wardrobe investments that you’ll re-use for years to come.

The Blackwatch Dinner Jacket

A one-button shawl collar dinner jacket is smooth and sexy. Pair it with black or midnight blue tuxedo trousers, or just black suit pants.

If you have the swagger, you can also pull it off with a t-shirt and black jeans for a more casual night out.

Our blackwatch dinner jacket is a traditional formalwear garment that makes a subtle, elegant statement. The fabric is a blend of silk (for a luxurious sheen), wool (for a smooth drape) and linen (to keep you cool and sweat-free).

It’s a highly breathable garment that can be worn year-round and have you covered for a grand entrance to any and all special events.

Blackwatch Tux 640

Midnight Wool Coat

The Midnight Blue Tuxedo

Menswear traditionalists believe midnight blue to be more appropriate than black for formal attire. The argument is that a deep saturated blue is richer, and thus darker, than a flat black in evening light.

Unlike a shawl collar (which is strictly-bowtie), a peak lapel jacket gives you the option to wear a straight tie as well.

Our super 120s midnight tuxedo (paired here with our Tobacco Cashmere Overcoat) is a very dark and elegant navy, offering just a subtle contrast against the black grosgrain trimmings.

Midnight Blue Formal Tuxedo

Tobacco Cashmere Coat

Midnight Blue Worsted Wool Tuxedo

The Double-Breasted Tuxedo

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A double-breasted tuxedo is as formal as a gets it. The extra layer of cloth adds an element of sophistication, maturity and respect for the occasion.

It’s also one of those garments that you can’t rent, and you can’t fake – the fit of a double-breasted jacket has to be spot-on…it’s easy to miss the mark (and obvious when you do) without the proper tailoring.

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Our super 120’s black tuxedo is a long-term investment that will have you looking forward to the special events on your calendar for years to come.

Black Formal Tuxedo

Black Worsted Wool Tuxedo

Textured White Broadcloth Shirt

For more on black tie, check out our Guide to Formal Attire.

Thanks, as always, for reading.

Yours in style,

Dan Trepanier

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August 27th, 2008

Now that Collection X has its own zine, you might be wondering what is a zine?

A zine is usually a non – commercial, non professional publication, kind of
like a magazine but with a twist. The main difference between a magazine
and a zine is that zines are not out there to make a profit but, rather, to add
other, often unheard voices into the mix. Zines are usually made out of
interest and passion and are often self-published by the writer/artist/creator.
Typically zines are made using collage techniques and are then photocopied
since these are means available to almost everyone.

What I like best about zines is that they provide a voice for all; outside
of the mainstream, of alternative, from
the underground, the margins of society. I first started making zines as a way to share
my personal collections of found paper and my drawings, but quickly saw
potential for much more. The majority of the current publications out there
offer only a narrow perspective, and zines are the natural antidote to that,
especially since anyone can make them. A
Collection X zine makes sense because it connects something which has many
zine-qualities: Collection X (openness, anyone can use it etc) with a tangible
item (the zine itself) and provide a real-world link for Collection X. The AGO
Youth Council also uses zines as a medium of expression to communicate on its
projects. It appeals to youth because it is much more honest in its intentions.

Before zines became what they are today there was an amateur press movement
in which publications were created by people who then distributed them to a larger
group of people through mail. Many of the first zines were science fiction
fanzines created in the 1920s and 1930s through which science fiction fans
would speculate and discuss various topics. Later on, in the 1950s with the
Beatnik era, poets and other artists would make small leaflets with their poems
as means of self promotion. Many avant-garde movements, including the Dadaists
and the Situationists, also self-published pamphlets and manifestos. The 70s
saw punk zines being created as part of the punk movement and in the spirit of
the DIY (do it yourself) culture that came along with it. In the 80s, a zine
called Factsheet 5 began reviewing zines, thus creating a somewhat more formal
zine scene. In the 90s, many zines were made as part of the Riot Grrl movement.

Today, zines are still being made, by all sorts of people on all sorts of
topics, ranging for comics to radical politics to stories for children to
personal zines to literary reviews to teapot collections. Many of these zines
are sold in alternative stores but many are also distributed through
distribution centres that stock a bunch of zines you can order. There are even
a few zine libraries as well; in Toronto this
includes the Toronto Zine Library located in the Tranzac at Bloor and Brunswick, and the OCAD
zine library located in OCAD.

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    Awesome! I had no idea.

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Title: Show, Attend and Tell: Neural Image Caption Generation with Visual Attention

Abstract: Inspired by recent work in machine translation and object detection, we introduce an attention based model that automatically learns to describe the content of images. We describe how we can train this model in a deterministic manner using standard backpropagation techniques and stochastically by maximizing a variational lower bound. We also show through visualization how the model is able to automatically learn to fix its gaze on salient objects while generating the corresponding words in the output sequence. We validate the use of attention with state-of-the-art performance on three benchmark datasets: Flickr8k, Flickr30k and MS COCO.
Subjects: Learning (cs.LG); Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
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Hands up who wants 25% off at New Look… I know I do! 🙂 With 25% off selected items at New Look right now, you are sure to pick up a bargain.  There are some lovely summer clothes… Wish I had the figure for half of them though! lol There is 25% off some items […]

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Events at A SPACE, August Adventures

It’s a month full of fresh ideas and collabs for A SPACE Philippines. This August, we’ll be launching our first ever _PASSPORT Program (more on this in a bit) and few other kinds of events. We’ve got really great events lined-up and we’d like for you to check them out.

We have a lot of things coming up this month, for starters we have _TALKS with different community partners: Doodle Arts Enthusiasts, Business Professional Women, Creative Mornings Makati, Muni PH and MKS Room by Makesense, all tackling different topics and sharing interesting stories based on their experiences. We also have _EXHIBIT, themed and curated also by the Doodle Arts Enthusiasts team entitled “Deck of Doodles”; a collection of doodles by local curated artists. This is in celebration of their 2nd year celebration of #DoodleFest.

From Manila, we fly off to A SPACE Cebu! For this month, we have a few very interesting gatherings for all you Cebuanos out there! _HACKATHON called U-Hac by Union Bank, Poetry in Potion by Reality Bad Poets, Kaya Co/mmunity Hangout and a _STAGE  called “Sa Atong Tunga: A Play By Play by Cornelio Faigao” – It’s been getting louder and crazier each month in _SUGID, the whole tribe couldn’t be any more hyped.

Now. the big news. A SPACE Philippines launches its first program for aspiring entrepreneurs and businesses. The leading coworking project in the Philippines and a crossroads for the innovation community, A SPACE takes bolder steps in furthering the growth of the startup ecosystem in the Philippines.

FinTech, Financial TechnologyA SPACE launches _PASSPORT. The _PASSPORT Program will take a passionate, entrepreneurial mind on a journey towards innovation success. Aspiring entrepreneurs, teams, and businesses are invited to undertake “trips”. Each trip takes up to three months, and each trip gets progressively more sophisticated. At the end of each trip is a Destination. Each Destination becomes increasingly more valuable to the aspiring entrepreneur. With enough Trippers (participants), the ecosystem benefits from more start-ups, more talent, and more success. (f you’d like to know more about FinTech , please check out:

Cool right? Wait. There’s more. The first stopover will be this month. It will be at HackerNest Manila held at Palet Makati, featuring FinTech.  (If you’d like to know more about FinTech , please check out ). In line with this, we’re also hosting a _DEBATE for the first time EVER. The topic is FinTech Opportunities and we’ll be inviting speakers to represent their sides and share their beliefs about what they think of the developing Financial Technologies now.

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Agricultural Research: A Growing global divide?

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Pardey, Philip G.; Beintema, Nienke; Dehmer, Steven; Wood, Stanley

Agricultural Science & Technology Indicators (ASTI); and Initiative International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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Sustained, well-targeted, and effectively used investments in R&D have reaped handsome rewards from improved agricultural productivity and cheaper, higher quality  foods and fibers. As we begin a new millennium, the global patterns of investments in agricultural R&D are changing in ways that may have profound consequences for the structure of agriculture worldwide and the ability of poor people in poor counties to feed themselves.

This report documents and discusses these changing investment patterns, highlighting developments in the public and private sectors. It revises and carries forward to 2000 data that were previously reported in the 2001 IFPRI Food Policy Report Slow Magic: Agricultural R&D a Century After Mendel. Some past trends are continuing or  have come into sharper focus, while others are moving in new directions not apparent in the previous series. In addition, this report illustrates the use of spatial data to analyze spillover prospects among countries or agroecologies and the targeting of R&D to address specific production problems like drought-induced production risks.  More detailed data on the agricultural research investment trends summarized here can be accessed at


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Editor's Note: This event has been moved to the fall. Updated date to come.

Italian-born, San Francisco-based artist and scholar Fiamma Montezemolo is exhibiting work at Arizona StateUniversity's Hayden Library as part Visual LIT, a new collaboration between ASU Library and ASU Art Museum that brings together visual artists interested in exploring different aspects of the library — from antique books to future modes of communication. Her piece for the installation "Neon Afterwords" uses sentences extracted from Borges' short story "The Anthropologist." She will be lecturing at the ASU Art Museum about her art practice and her work on display at ASU.

About the artist:
Fiamma Montezemolo is both an artist (MFA, San Francisco Art Institute) and a cultural anthropologist (PhD, University Orientale of Naples). She is an established scholar in border studies and an associate professor in the department of Cinema and Digital Media at the University of California, Davis. She is the co-author of "Here is Tijuana" (Blackdog Publishing, 2006) and co-editor of "Tijuana Dreaming: Life & Art at the Global Border" (Duke UP, 2012). She works with various media, including installation, video, digital photography, archives, cartography and ethnography. Her artwork has been widely exhibited both nationally and internationally. She is represented by the Magazzino gallery in Rome.

Image credit: Fiamma Montezemolo, "Neon Afterwords," 2017. Image courtesy of the artist.

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Today’s Sales Observations

  1. I offered six handmade infinity scarves to five ladies today.  The first two in a row did not buy.  The remaining three ladies bought a total of four scarves.  LESSON LEARNED:  DON’T GET DISCOURAGED.  KEEP PROMOTING..
  2. One lady considered infinity scarves as old, something from the 80’s.  She did not buy.  Yet my 3 buyers were not familiar with them at all, and neither was I until recently.
  3. Each lady was attracted first to a scarf’s color, then the texture.  They reached right away for the one they liked, then they checked out the others and went back to the ones they liked.  They purchased the first one they touched and liked.
  4. The potential customers asked questions on how to wear the scarves, and I showed them using myself as a model.  Then I handed it to them to try.  The non-buyers did not ask questions.  No one asked the price until I offered it.  I priced them low and only mentioned the price after they seemed really interested.  LESSON LEARNED:  IT’S NOT THE PRICE; IT’S THE EASE OF USE AND WHETHER IT WILL FIT IN WITH THEIR WARDROBE.
  5. Two of the ladies bought conservative scarves — a large solid navy blue polyester and a narrow gray wool tweed polyester.   The other two scarves were a long cream chiffon with sequins and an orange tie-dyed cotton with sequins — both to the same customer.
  6. The two that did not sell today were a brown animal print and a pastel, multi-colored tie-dyed.
  7. My customer Mary is super-sensitive to fragrances and noticed perfume on her scarf.  It came from one the non-buyers who tried it on before her.  LESSON LEARNED:  BEFORE SOMEONE TRIES ON SOMETHING, ASK FIRST IF THEY ARE WEARING PERFUME.  Mary will wash it and then pay me.  We are co-workers and I want her to be happy with it.
  8. My customer who bought two scarves purchased one for herself and one as a gift.  She will pay me on Friday when we all get paid.

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What are museums for?

By: Dr Lynda Kelly, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 15 Jan 2013

Two interesting reports came across my desk over the break that address this key question...

Behind the scenes in Mammalogy

Behind the scenes in Mammalogy
Photographer: Stuart Humphreys © Australian Museum

What are museums for? This is the age-old question museums have been grappling with for years, and in times of rapid change, shrinking resources, increased competition and more powerful consumers, it appears that this is an even more urgent question that our sector needs to resolve.

Two recent reports have looked at this very issue. In What are museums for?, Nick Poole, UK Collections Trust CEO, explored the role of museums through an analysis of 40 UK museums' mission statements. The wordle (below and also here) is a neat way to summarise the key concepts of People; Collections; Future; World; Understanding; Learning; Public; Enjoyment; National and Access.

Wordle: Museum Missions

However, as I was reading this I was wondering what the wordle might look like from the user/consumer perspective (for example, try typing "museums are" into the Google search box and see what happens...)?

The second, What do non profits stand for? reports on research from the Nonprofit Listening Post Project, Johns Hopkins University, into seven features commonly associated with the nonprofit sector: "being productive, effective, enriching, empowering, responsive, reliable, and caring". To me one of the more interesting findings was that "62 percent of respondents acknowledged that the nonprofit sector does a poor job of articulating its special qualities to people outside the sector ... [appearing] that a significant part of the responsibility for the limited understanding of the nonprofit sector’s core values on the part of key external stakeholders lies with the sector itself."

On reflection, I am now thinking that we are asking the wrong question: not What are museums for / stand for?, but Who are museums for? It was the wise museum sage, Stephen Weil, that declared back in 1999 that museums must transform themselves from “… being about something to being for somebody” and, more recently, Seb Chan in Museums of the Future, who stated that “the museum of the future needs a public to demand and desire it”.


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Club E047399-007 (back)

This miniature wooden lil-lil (club) is from the Peak Hill region of Central West New South Wales. It is carved from a single piece of wood, with a rounded handle, similar in shape to a boomerang, with a larger striking section. The club is one of eight miniature weapons supposedly made by a local Aboriginal boy from the Bogan River area, Peak Hill. It was donated to the Australian Museum by Mr George Smith.

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Lately, I’ve found myself taking on more and more ghostwriting projects. When I began discussing some of what I was doing with a critique group, I learned that many writers don’t really know much about ghostwriting, especially the business side of it. Today, I’d like to share what I’ve learned so far and hope that many of you out there will also chime in with your experiences so we can all become better educated on this often overlooked, yet profitable writing niche.

One thing I discovered is that when writers think of ghostwriting, their minds turn to thoughts of writing children’s books for celebrities who would otherwise have a hard time even writing a grocery list, or maybe retired athletes who’ve used up all their money and they’re looking for a few decent royalty checks. Other times we may think of people who want to write a memoir but don’t know where to start.

Ghostwriters are certainly involved in all of these cases, and for the most part, the ones we typically hear about are these high-profile bios that ghostwriters have to write because the person behind the bio doesn’t know the first thing about writing.

But there are so many more ways that ghostwriters may be used. Some ways that writers who are starting out ghosting may not consider include:

1. Business or Trade Writing–High-level CEOs, CFOs and the like, as well as business executives who contribute to industry magazines often hire ghostwriters. These leaders already have the research and information on what they want to put into writing, but seldom have the time to do it themselves. It’s not that they can’t write, but it’s more efficient for them to contract this process out. this type of ghostwriting could include books, reports, intracompany articles or articles for trade magazines, and social media content (see point #4).

If you have an expertise in a business or trade field, make yourself known in these industry circles and start making the leaders aware of your writing ability. Put together 2 or 3 writing samples specific to their industry and snail mail them along with a cover letter to director levels and above of the companies you choose. If you personally know anyone who could use your services in one of these industries, offer to do a small job for free so you can gain writing credits then use that person as a reference to get more jobs. Ghostwriting, more so than other kinds of writing, is often about who you know. Network every chance you get, and get the word out about yourself.

Another avenue is to approach business or trade magazines with your writing samples. Often the magazine publishers are the ones who hire the ghostwriter, and they keep the names of several in their files. Approach this as you would any other magazine submission, with a writing resume, a query letter, and writing samples.

2. Other Writers–Many think it’s odd that writers, who know how to write, would use a ghostwriter. Again, it comes down to a matter of time. Many writers, like myself, have their own projects they desperately want to get off the ground, but get so caught up in writing for others, that they never seem to have the time to do their own thing. I have actually considered hiring a ghostwriter in the past, but I decided I’m too much of a control freak for it to work!

Let your writer friends and those on writing forums and other writing organizations know that you are available for ghosting their projects. Keep in mind with writers, though, their standards will be higher for your work, so don’t take on any project you’re not confident you can handle.

3. Anyone with a Story to Tell–There are many, many people out there who have amazing stories to tell–but it would never cross their mind to write a book about it. That’s where you come in. Every writer needs to have a little journalist in him. As you meet people, snoop out stories. If you find someone with a very interesting life or who has a book-worthy story, talk to her about the idea of you putting her story into writing. For some, this may be the first time they ever thought about it; for others, they may’ve wanted to write a book, but had no idea how to do it. A lot of stories that have been ghostwritten came about because of the ghostwriter, not the person who lived the story.

4. Social Media Content–This is perhaps one of the biggest areas for ghostwriting right now (it’s definitely the fastest growing). Many of those business and trade leaders discussed in point #1 are required to create blog content, website content and the like. This type of writing is typically one of the first things to get contracted out to someone else. In fact, if you ever look on any of the freelance writing job forums, you will see mostly writing jobs for website and blog content.

Again, it’s not just company leaders who need ghostwriters for social media. Writers do as well, along with small businesses, nonprofits, educators–you name it! You could go through the job boards for this work, but I find it best to go with who you know. If you know small business owners, writers–anyone who regularly maintains a website or blog–it never hurts to ask if they need some help in this area.

5. Speech Writing–In my opinion, this is one of the most overlooked areas in all of writing, even within the ghostwriting niche. In general, most people do not write their own speeches. And, in general, the higher of a leadership position you have, the less likely you are to write your own speeches–those around you see to it that you don’t!

There are specific speech writing organizations that you can list your name with, or again, network at business luncheons or on leadership forums. Speech writing is highly sought after. Good speech writers are hard to find. When one is found, that person’s name becomes golden, and referrals will come quickly. One way to start is, as mentioned above, to offer your services for free to someone you know who regularly gives speeches–maybe a civil leader or someone who speaks at trade shows. Once you get a few speeches under your belt, use these as leverage to approach people you don’t know and try to get in the door with them.

If any of you have other avenues for ghostwriters that you’d like to share, I’d appreciate hearing from you. Next time, I’ll be discussing pricing your projects and the matter of whose name goes on the book!


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Towards a sustainable future: Thoughts on writing Rider and pictures.

I visited the Gardens By The Bay yesterday and the experience took my breath away. Visiting the Cloud Forest and the Flower Domes reinforced why I am writing the Rider trilogy.

The tale started with a brain-flash and grew into a SFF tale set on a desert planet, with a girl who yearns to be a Rider. The desert world is hostile and the colonists struggle to survive on the planet. The Agri-seer Corps signify the management of the planet’s resources, most importantly conserving Earth species and adapting to new ones. I have often imagined how the Agri-seer Corps City would look like and yesterday’s trip crystallized it:

This was what greeted me when I entered the Cloud Forest. A thundering waterfall. The mist of water caressed my face and I went: “This is what the Agri-seer Corps City looks like!”

The Flower Dome stunned me further:

The experience refreshed and inspired me further. I wrote Rider for a reason. Sustaining a future is one important aspect. It’s not a matter of terra-forming a foreign planet for colonization, but an understanding of a planet’s ecosystems and environments. As I am writing now, there are forest fires, pollution and further degradation happening on Earth. Perhaps, the colonists left old Earth, because of its state… and that is a sobering thought to mull over. Li’Fang and her compatriots have to cope with a changing planet too as it reacts to the colonization. What can they do?

I will definitely go back to the Gardens By the Bay.

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  1. Tonya Moore
    Jul 23, 2012 @ 02:07:54

    What a beautiful place! What is the name of that amazing green pant–1st in the set of last 3? Is it some kind of succulent?

  2. jolantru
    Jun 29, 2014 @ 12:07:38

    Reblogged this on A Wolf's Tale and commented:

    More background stuff and inspiration for the Rider Trilogy.

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Now Available: SQL Azure Q4 2011 Service Release

Opublikowano: 12 grudnia, 2011

Today we are excited to announce the availability of the SQL Azure Q4 Service Release.  Announced at PASS Summit in October 2011 and now available worldwide, the Q4 2011 Service Release offers greater flexibility for scaling on demand, and simplifies database monitoring and management.  Specifically, we are tripling the maximum database size to 150 GB and introducing SQL Azure Federation to simplify the setup, management, and automation of shards for greater elastic scale.

In addition to the increase in DB size, we are also pleased to announce a price cap, which will lower the effective cost per GB for customers with large databases.  Effective today, the maximum price per SQL Azure DB is $499.95.  This change allows customers with 50 GB databases and larger to continue to grow without additional costs.  Customers that use 150 GB DBs will see their effective price per GB drop by 67%.

Other enhancements in this release are detailed below.  Check back for a deep-dive post in the next few days detailing the capabilities in the refreshed SQL Azure Management Portal, as well as a post on using the new SQL Azure Federation feature.

Note that user queries and existing applications should continue to function normally and should not be adversely affected by the upgrade to the SQL Azure Q4 Service Release.

The Details:

The following new features are included with the SQL Azure Q4 2011 Service Release:

  • Increased maximum database size: As indicated above, the maximum database size for individual SQL Azure databases has been expanded 3x from 50 GB to 150 GB with the maximum aggregate charge per database per month capped at $499.95.   Click here for SQL Azure pricing information.
  • SQL Azure Federation: With database federations, databases can be elastically scaled out using sharding based on database size and application workload. This new feature makes it dramatically easier to set up the sharding database pattern, automate the process of adding new shards, and provides significant new functionality for easily managing database shards. Click here for more information.
  • Refreshed SQL Azure Management Portal: The new portal has a Metro-style user interface with new features including new workspaces with the ability to more easily monitor databases, drill-down into schemas, query plans, spatial data, indexes/keys, and query performance statistics (see screen shots below). The new portal also supports SQL Azure Federation.
  • Updated DAC Import/Export Service CTP:  The service has been updated to address several issues since its initial release in the last SQL Azure service release.  Customers can use this free service from the new management portal to easily import and export their database between SQL Azure and Windows Azure BLOB storage.  More information including a sample implementation is available on the CodePlex page available here.
  • Expanded support for user-controlled collations: When creating a database, users can now specify which collation to use.  Users can specify all valid collations returned from the fn_helpcollations() system function.  This function is now enabled in SQL Azure.

You can check out some screen shots of the new Metro-style management portal below:

Tiles allow quick and easy access to common tasks

Drill-down into detailed database information

We are pleased to deliver these highly-requested updates as part of our commitment to deliver world class services in a simple and flexible way to customers.

Check back soon for additional posts covering new the new SQL Azure Management Portal and SQL Azure Federation.


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Sometimes used as a form of the masculine Edward, or as a shortened form of Edwina.

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For some reason the previous post of my video (even the embedded link) was just showing up as a link. So finally… Here it is. The brand new Technology in BASE

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#nymwars I’ve had my FB account closed for using the name I am known by in real life.

Hello, my name is ...Even before the initial #nymwars debacle sparked off over at Google+, I’ve known Facebooks’s “real” names policy. I always found it amusing that people were getting so upset at G+, but saying nothing about FB whose policies were worse. I didn’t say much about it at the time because I wasn’t a prominent member of the protests/complaints.

Throughout #nymwars I refused to change from my nym, even if it meant not using G+ – a service I was at the time very excited about. Now it’s over, Google relented about 9 months later and allowed nyms, but I still don’t use it. It’s too late.

And now I’ve fallen victim to FB’s “real” names policy for a second time. Continue reading

Please help get science and reason in gossip mags. #equality #StopAVN

The ACL (Australian Christian Lobby) has recently started a campaign to get their followers and supporters to get Margaret Court nominated and voted in as a National Living Treasure by the National Trust of Australia.  Women’s Day, one of the most popular gossip mags here in Australia, has a website with a short-list of 100 nominees where you can vote.

In an attempt to counter this, we’d like to try to get as many people as possible to vote instead for Professor Ian Frazer (#32 in the list), the inventor of the Gardasil vaccine.  Reasons why you should support him are given below the jump. Continue reading

Australian Vaccination Network at Woodford Folk Festival. #StopAVN

I’ve spoken about the Australian Vaccination Network before, but those have generally only been mentions and references, I’ve never really gone in to who and what they are.

EDIT: BREAKING NEWS! It appears StopAVN have done something fantastic and unexpected at Woodford Folk Festival!  Please scroll down to the next bolded “EDIT:” and ensure even if you don’t read most of this, you at least read that!!! 😀

Who are the Australian Vaccination Network?
The Australian Vaccination Network (AVN), despite all claims to the contrary, are an anti-vaccination group.  They are headed up by Meryl Dorey and claim they’re not, they claim they just support informed choice and provide a counter to the governments provides.  However, the information the AVN provide is wrong on almost all counts which means it’s not really an informed choice they’re providing but a misinformed one, and if the governments provides is pro-vaccine, then any stance counter to that surely must be anti?

Their preferred sources of information are not scientific studies, but rather conspiracy theorist sites such as whale.to (a site that collects any and all articles and claims no matter how crazy and unsubstantiated they are), conspiracy theorists such as David Icke (who promotes world leaders and the royal family being lizard people), and people with revoked medical licenses such as the disgraced Andrew Wakefield.

They’ve had their charity license revoked.  In the last two years, only two issues of their 6/year magazine “Living Wisdom” has been released (and despite being so far behind in issues owed, they’re still actively pushing subscriptions).  They regularly cry oppression, censorship and demand free speech, despite blocking/banning anyone who dares counter their supposed-not president Meryl Dorey with information that is nothing more than factual. They have also been caught filing numerous false DMCA requests to hide public and factual information they don’t like.  The Australian Vaccination Network about as hypocritical as one can get. Continue reading

Christopher Maloney is a defeated quack.

Almost two years ago now I wrote a blog post about Christopher Maloney, Naturopathic Doctor / Not a Doctor / Quack Extroadinairre who had used non-legal threats towards WordPress to shut down a science bloggers blog after the person dared write a post which rightfully called Christopher Maloney a quack.

At the time, Christopher Maloney was throwing out threats of lawsuits left right and centre, and twisting anything and everything he possibly could to make it falsely look like he was being persecuted.  Not long after this, all news on him died off and this was the last the blogosphere heard.  This wasn’t the end of his actions though.

It has now become apparent that Christopher Maloney, Quack, N.D. had utilised his wife’s legal services to sue the original blogger.  A S.L.A.P.P. suit was filed against Mr Hawkins. Continue reading

#OccupySydney, why?

A few people I’m friends with have been talking the last few days about #OccupySydney, some are even going to participate this weekend (on Saturday the 15th at Martin Place from 2pm onwards, for anyone wondering).

I’ve been looking through some of the Facebook pages, blogs, websites set up around this as well as to news articles talking about the problems, and I’m still at a bit of a loss as to why? Continue reading

Update #1 on my Google+ suspension. #nymwars

Last Wednesday (5 days ago, 3 business days) I was suspended from Google+ for violating the part of their names policy that states one must use the name they most commonly go by in real life, by using the name I most commonly go by in real life.  As I stated in that post when I blogged about it, I selected the button to edit my name, left it untouched, and this then submit my case for review.  They state that this review process takes an average of 4 days, and we will continue to be able to use our accounts as per normal while this takes place.

Today I went to +1 someone’s post, and got an error stating “There was a problem performing this action, please try again”.  Odd, but not the first time Google+ has acted up on me.  Closing the page and re-opening usually fixes it, or restarting my browser.  Not this time though, so I thought I’d run a test by posting something to my wall.  This time I got a different error.

“Your profile is currently suspended. View profile”.

As you can see from my profile, I last succesfully posted something to my stream yesterday.  I have still been getting people adding me to circles on G+ all throughout the day as well.  I have not received any emails or notifications to state any changes to my account either through Google+ or through email (spam folders checked as well).  My profile cannot be viewed by other accounts either.

Google have just decided out of the blue to change things so that those whose names are under review can no longer use the site as per normal.  At least I hope that’s the case as the only other option that comes to mind is that they decided to decline my review and not tell me or provide me with any feedback or options.

Suspended from G+ for name violation. This name, is “Bastard Sheep”. #nymwars

My Google Profile has just been flagged for not complying with the names policy.  I was just refreshing my Google+ page and the message shown to the left came up.  As you can see, it clearly states that the Google+ names policy is to “use the name that you are commonly referred to in real life”This name, is “Bastard Sheep”. Continue reading


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Badger Guns has been found guilty of negligence for selling a gun to an obvious straw purchaser. The gun was later used to shoot and critically wound two Milwaukee police officers on duty.

A Wisconsin gun store has been found liable in a civil court after what appears to be an obvious straw purchase contributed to the shooting of two on-duty Milwaukee police officers.

The lawsuit alleged the store was negligent and should have spotted clear warning signs that the gun was being sold to a “straw buyer,” or someone who was buying the gun for someone who couldn’t legally do so.

The jurors said Badger Guns’ negligence caused the injuries of the officers.

The jury awarded Norberg $1.5 million and Kunisch about $3.5 million, in addition to $730,000 in punitive damages.

Burton testified via videotape that he had a friend purchase the gun from Badger Guns in West Milwaukee because he was under age.

Burton told the jury that’s where everyone went to get guns. He is serving an 80-year sentence.

The case was being closely watched across the country, WISN 12 News investigative reporter Colleen Henry said. It’s the first plaintiff’s verdict in a series of lawsuits against gun dealers for injury caused by the guns they sell.

In the Badger Guns case, there was video showing the straw purchase. Jurors saw evidence of the buyer struggling with the forms, and the man who shot the officers pointing to a gun, saying, “That’s the one that I want.”

Gun control supporters were hoping for this outcome, viewing it as a precedent-setting event that will allow them to push forward with frivolous lawsuits to attack firearms retailers nationwide.

They clearly misunderstand the unique qualities of this case.

The issues at play here revolved around what appears to be non-existent policies and training of Badger Guns employees, who clearly should have stopped an obvious straw purchase.

When someone tells the buyer in front of the clerk “That’s the one I want” in an obviously and intentionally illegal straw purchase, you stop the sale immediately. Period.

The jury unanimously held that the Badger Guns employee ignored the obvious criminality occurring in front of him in order to make a sale.

The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) was signed into law in 2005 to prevent frivolous lawsuits against firearms dealers, distributors, and manufacturers, because gun control groups were attempting to bankrupt the industry by holding companies responsible for the unforeseen criminal misuse of their products. It was directly analogous to allowing people to sue car manufacturers and dealers for the actions of drunk or negligent drivers.

(PLCAA) still allows manufacturers and dealers to be sued for damages resulting from product defects and criminal conduct as any other manufacturer or dealer of consumer goods. The complaint against Badger Guns was that they were criminally negligent in allowing an obvious straw purchase.

Badger Guns/Badger Outdoors has been linked as the nation’s number one supplier of crime guns numerous times, including 537 guns recovered from crime scenes in 2005 alone.

I’ve worked for firearms retailers in the past, and have put my time in behind the gun counter as have many of my peers. I was trained, and ever watchful, for people attempting a straw purchase. There is no way this sale should have gone down.

Several of the Democrats candidates running for President, including frontrunner Hillary Clinton,  have targeted the PLCAA, claiming that it prevents people from suing criminally negligent gun dealers or manufacturers.

This verdict, which will be appealed, clearly proves their talking point to be dishonest.


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The Reuters reports:

(Reuters) – A gunman attacked Canada’s parliament on Wednesday, with gunfire erupting near where Prime Minister Stephen Harper was speaking, and a soldier was fatally shot at a nearby war memorial, stunning the Canadian capital.

The gunman in the parliament building was shot dead, and Harper was safely removed in incidents that may have been linked to Islamic militants.

Witness accounts indicated the man who shot dead the soldier guarding the National War Memorial in central Ottawa, went on to attack the parliament building minutes later. Canadian police said however they could not “at this point” confirm it was the same person.

Read the rest of the article here.