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From Fort Sumter to Fort Knox: The Slave Power Shall Rise Again

April 2011 marked the anniversary of the two most seminal events in American history.

Naturally enough, both involve violence.

view counterThe first is the anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord when members of colonial militia exchanged fire with British troops who'd marched out of Boston to seize stockpiled weapons. Though it would be more than a year before the colonies officially declared their independence, the American Revolution was on.

The other anniversary was of the beginning of the Civil War. With the artillery assault on Fort Sumter 150 years ago this April, what Lincoln termed “the irresistible conflict,” a war that would consume the lives of more than 600,000 Americans ( the equivalent of some five million deaths given our current population), was underway.

We like to think of the Revolution as the defining moment in determining who we are as a people, but a far stronger case could be made for the Civil War. Many of the most intractable issues we struggle with are variations on the issues the Union and Confederacy fought over but did not truly settle during the deadliest conflict in American history.

We had our chance. Though a generally peaceful sort, I hold to the view that, having pursued the war to military success, federal officials should have lined up about 1,000 of the “leading men” of Southern succession against a wall and shot them, then locked up about 2,000 of the second rank of secessionists at some American version of Devil's Island and thrown away the key. If that had happened the whole post-war history of racial violence and oppression could have been prevented along with the legacy of social and political pathology we still suffer from today.

Hell, if the Union forces had simply executed Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest for perpetrating the greatest atrocity ever committed against US troops (the Fort Pillow Massacre) we might have been spared the rise of the KKK, which the gallant Forrest went on to help organize.

Today, one of the most visible legacies of the failure to defeat the Confederacy once and for all is the virulent reemergence of what in America during the first half of the 19th Century became known simply as “The Slave Power.”

The Slave Power was not made up exclusively of slave-holders and slave traders. The term referred to the utter domination of the nation's political and economic interests by a cabal of rich planters and merchants profiting off the trade in slaves and slave-produced commodities, along with their henchmen in the courts, executive offices, and legislators at the state and federal level. Think of it as the military-industrial complex of its day.

Leveraging structural flaws in the way the Constitution apportions power among the three branches of the federal government and ramifying those flaws with self-serving procedural rules in Congress (procedures with absolutely no basis in law, merely Congressional “tradition”), The Slave Power – even more so than the extreme rightwing of today's Republican Party – was able to exercise minority rule over the country.

It used that power to fashion trade and tax laws that favored the cash crop export economy of the Deep South, simultaneously hindering the rise of manufacturing in the North – so much so that the first talk about secession took place not in South Carolina but in New England.

Most of all, The Slave Power used its control of government to cram slavery down the throats of a country and a world increasingly opposed to the very existence of slavery, let alone its spread throughout the United States.

At a time when all other advanced nation's of the Western World were abandoning slavery and moving to eradicate it by interdicting the trade routes for slaves, The Slave Power was not only able to extend the reach of slavery into Texas and newly formed border states like Arkansas and Tennessee but to entrench legal protections of slavery even in non-slave holding states as well. It accomplished these ends with abominations like the Fugitive Slave Law and the Dred Scott decision, the latter handed down by a Supreme Court controlled by judicial representatives of The Slave Power.

Only when The Slave Power finally overreached – in the process, working itself up into a fever pitch of paranoid extremism – was its hold on the national government broken, and even then, not completely or forever.

The Civil War was not triggered by federal attempts to eradicate slavery in slave-holding states, but by The Slave Power's fanatical insistence that the federal government guarantee slavery's spread into new states and territories north of the Mason-Dixon Line. It was in the service of that demand – not to defend state's rights or even slavery within South Carolina – that secessionists fired on Fort Sumter.

While the forces of The Slave Power never went away – and continued to flout the verdict of the Civil War all during the long nightmare of Jim Crow terror – its revival on the national stage began with Nixon's Southern Strategy, gained steam under Reagan (who, to his eternal shame, opened his 1980 campaign for the Republican nomination with a speech siding with “state's rights” that he delivered in Philadelphia, Mississippi, site of the high-profile 1963 murder of three Civil Rights activists), and then under both Bushes.

But this time around the Slave Power only came back into full flower with the election of a mixed-race candidate as President. However flawed Barak Obama might be as a leader (and he is very flawed, indeed) the real source of rage among today's Tea Partiers and rightwing hate-mongers is not his policies but his skin color.

In their eyes, Obama has upended the proper relationship between the white race and an eternally inferior black race. As is becoming increasingly clear, nothing, not even the continuation of the United States as a solvent nation, can be allowed to stand in the way of rectifying this intolerable lapse.

In 1861, The Slave Power was willing to dismantle the Union by violence in order to protect and advance its malevolent ends. In 2011, its successors are willing to precipitate the economic collapse of the United States – the likely outcome of the failure to raise the federal debt ceiling – in order to advance its cause.

As occurred during the Civil War, the Slave Power will be defeated again. But isn't it time we ask ourselves, at what cost? Isn't it time we ask ourselves what it will take for us, as a people, to finally drive a stake through the heart of the most demonic and self-destructive force in our body politic?


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There are no absolute truths in brewing – this is the only rule Anders Kissmeyer obeys.

For over 15 years, Kissmeyer travelled the globe, collaborating with world-class brewers, picking up new techniques and flavours to add to the wealth of knowledge that keeps his creativity alive.

Even with all that experience, Kissmeyer doesn’t believe that high quality craft beer should be pretentious. That’s why he created his Garage range.

Easy Kiss is a medium-malty bodied, pale ale that’s dry and crisp. With its fruity hop aroma and smooth bitterness, it’s an easy drop to wrap your lips around.

Eagle Kiss keeps the mystery alive with its intriguing spicy, floral aromas and rich, smooth hoppy bitterness. Light-bodied and super crisp, this session IPA brings a lot to the table.

While Kissmeyer’s brews constantly challenge the craft beer scene, his Icons range has stood the test of time.

Young Lust is one of his “greatest hits”. The full-bodied Belgian-style blonde will keep you on your toes with its spicy aroma and herbal notes.

Into the Black IPA is another classic. Its smooth, rich coffee and chocolate roast go hand-in-hand with the aroma and flavour of its juicy hops.

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CV4056 reliable video output pentode.

Size This valve measures 67x19mm overall and has a B9A base.

The CV Spec for CV4056 is for a valve with flying leads, not pins as the second example has. The pinned valve is the CV4055.

Heater voltage 6.3V
Heater current 750mA
Max anode voltage (Ia=0) 500V
Max screen voltage (Ig2=0) 500V
Max operating anode voltage 300V
Max operating screen voltage 300V
Max cathode current 65mA
Max peak cathode current 1.5A
Pentode connected
Max anode dissipation 12W
Max screen dissipation 2W
Anode current * 40mA
Screen current * 6mA
Mutual conductance * 11mA/V
Inner amplification factor * 26
C in (nom) 12.5pF
C out (nom) 5pF
Cag1 (max) 0.18pF
Triode connected (G2 to A, G3 to K)
Max anode dissipation 12.5W
Cathode current ** 46mA
Mutual conductance ** 13mA/V
Amplification factor 26
C in (nom) 6pF
C out (nom) 6pF
Ca, g1 (max) 6.5pF

*: At Va=Vg2=250V;Vg1=-4.5V; Vg3=0

**: At Va=Vg2=250V;Vg1=-4.5V; Vg3=0

Pin Function
1 i/c
2 Control grid
3 Cathode
4 Heater
5 Heater
6 n/c
7 Anode
8 Screen grid
9 Suppressor grid

Above: example with correct fly leads; below: a pinned example which is not correct

Fly-lead version donated by Bill Wagner

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Letterkenny...Let's Get At'er

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Letterkenny...Let's Get At'er

Year: 2018
Genre: Entertainment
Host: Chloe Wilde

All about the highly-anticipated new season of Letterkenny, right from the hot set and featuring interviews with the show’s award-winning cast!  Etalk Reporter Chloe Wilde dives deep into the incredibly successful Canadian series, covering:

  • the show’s unforgettable characters
  • what to expect from the show’s newest and most hilarious season yet
  • the iconic set in Sudbury, Ontario
  • the real locations that inspire the hit series
  • small town jargon
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This Week in Doctor WhoThis Week in Doctor Who

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See broadcasts for ABCThe Doctor's Wife (Series 6 | Episode 4)

Last updated 04 October 2018
The Doctor's Wife
Broadcast: Wednesday 10th October 2018
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Featuring: Matt Smith, Arthur Darvill, Karen Gillan, Elizabeth Berrington, Suranne Jones, Adrian Schiller, Michael Sheen

The Doctor receives a distress signal from an old friend. Could there really be another living Time Lord out there? The Doctor follows the signal to a junkyard planet populated by a very strange family.

Synopsis Source: ABC

Doctor Who: Your Top 20

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Children's drama series from the makers of Doctor Who, following the adventures of investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith, a former companion to the Doctor. Luke and Clyde have been kidnapped - to be drafted as soldiers in an endless intergalactic war.

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Starting the School Holiday as we Mean to go on!

This morning started well, we were up into party cloths for school and out, no de-icing of the car needed and we were in school on time.

I finished off  my christmas shopping today so just food which I was hoping to do tomorrow morning before Munch finished at Lunch time, but no such luck as got a text from school saying that they are finishing for Christmas holiday’s today because of the weather, I am not looking forward to shopping in Tesco’s with Munch in tow tomorrow.

Picked Munch up, out he came wearing his party hat, he had not even got to he gate before he had opened his present from school. All evening Munch has had an attitude on him, he has tried to be very controlling and I have discussed with hubby that we need to be on top over the next few day’s and routine and consistency are going to be what we have to keep up with. We will not be able to give him any room to try and take control and we need to be on top at all time, using our – not allowed – STEP.

I have had to put him on he step several times today already, and at one point when he started kicking because he had been sent to the step, he was immediately sent to his bedroom, every time he said no, I added a minute, every time  I had to asked him to go up and he didn’t I added a minute he soon got he picture and went, and in fact when his time was up he stayed up in his room playing.

We have laid down a couple of things for the holiday, 1 – that he will be allowed an hour on the computer each day, no more and 2 – he will be expected to spend at least an hour every day playing in his room or else he will be constantly under my feet and I will never get anything done.

We have had a couple of games of Junior Monopoly this evening, thank goodness I know Santa is bringing some different games for Christmas.

Hopefully once we get Christmas and the New Year over and he realises that he is staying put things will get back on track again.

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New Business Requirements

Anyone doing business in the Township of Pine must complete these steps.

To Get Started

Obtain a Commercial Occupancy Permit

A Commercial Occupancy Permit Application (PDF) is required for each business and each location. The Commercial Occupancy Permit is issued by the Zoning Department. There is a one-time fee of $50. Construction Contractors, see special instructions below.

Home-based businesses must complete the Home Occupation Checklist (PDF).

Register Your Business

Complete the Business Registration Form (PDF) and submit to the Business Tax office. There is no fee to register. There is an annual $10 business license renewal fee, which is included on the annual Business Gross Receipts Tax Return.

Every Year

File Business Gross Receipts Tax Return and License Renewal

Submit the annual Business Gross Receipts Tax Return and Business License Renewal (PDF). The tax return is due April 15th of each year. Filing and payment of the tax and license fee renews the business license for the current calendar year.

Report Changes

Report any changes to contact information and location. If your business relocates within Pine, it must obtain a new Commercial Occupancy Permit. If the business moves out of Pine, please notify the business office of the date and the forwarding address.

Special Requirements

A Commercial Construction Contractor, whether a project manager, general contractor or subcontractor, must register with the Business Tax Office for any project lasting 15 days or more. Please complete the Business Registration Form for Contractors (PDF).

A Business Gross Receipts Tax Return will be mailed upon registration. The completed return is due, along with any required payment, within 40 days of completion of the project in Pine. Access a blank Contractors/Temporary Business Tax  Return (PDF).

Construction Contractors are not required to obtain a Commercial Occupancy Permit.

Other Business Requirements

Amusement Device License

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Texas Hill Country Trail Region

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Palmito Ranch Battlefield, Brownsville
Palmito Ranch Battlefield, Brownsville

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News traveled slowly during this time. In May 1865, the last land battle of the Civil War was fought at Palmito Ranch near Brownsville over a month after Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox. It was another month before U.S. Gen. Gordon Granger, commander of the U.S. troops in Texas, arrived in Galveston with orders to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery. An event now celebrated in Texas as Juneteenth.

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Digital 3D models are used in almost all areas of design and engineering from drug discovery through to architectural design optimization. With the advent of new imaging technologies such as more advanced remote sensing systems and consumer 3D cameras, there is a new capability to capture models that are both deep and broad in detail.

The Open 3D project aims to engage citizens in contributing towards a high-detailed 3D virtual model of London. Our colleagues in Computer Science at UCL are designing the necessary algorithms and services that allow the hosting of 3D models of scale on the Internet. But computer algorithms sometimes make errors, and they don't always pick up the fine-levels of detail that a person might see. That's why it's essential that people are also involved, to review and edit these 3D models to make them as accurate as possible.

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MSc Students

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Jennett, C., Cox, A.L., Guerrero, P., Steed, A., & Mitra, N. (2017). Designing for curiosity in citizen science. Designing for Curiosity: An Interdisciplinary Workshop at CHI 2017, Denver, Colorado. Workshop PDF

Kamel, B.M.N., Lu, Z., Guerrero, P., Jennett, C., & Steed, A. (2017). From urban planning and emergency training to Pokémon Go: applications of virtual reality GIS (VRGIS) and augmented reality GIS (ARGIS) in personal, public and environmental health. International Journal of Health Geographics, 17:7. Journal Link

Lu, Z., Guerrero, P., Mitra, N.J., & Steed, A. (2016). Open3D: Crowd-sourced distributed curation of city models. Web 3D Symposium Proceedings. ACM Link


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  • REFINET (REthinking Future Infrastructure NETworks) mainly targets the creation of a multi-disciplinary/multi-sector community, able to answer the key issues related to smarter design, construction and maintenance of transport infrastructures. This network will deliver and disseminate a Strategic Implementation Plan for the REFINET multi-modal transport infrastructure model and ensure a wide sharing of best practices in Europe.
  • SETRIS (Strengthening European Transport Research and Innovation Strategies) has for objective to deliver a cohesive and coordinated approach to research and innovation strategies for all transport modes in Europe. SETRIS will identify synergies between the European and National Technology Platforms, review and update the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIAs), benchmark past and present research initiatives, develop implementation plan for SRIAs and contribute to the Transport Research Arena (TRA).

All these challenges relate to the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the future rail system and support the main objectives set out in the Challenge 2050 business vision.

The UIC European Region is, through its Research and Innovation Coordination Group (RICG), actively supporting companies in the preparation of consortia and relevant proposals to be submitted. [Insert link RICG web page:].

10 operating companies, members of UIC, have gathered together in a consortium of companies called EUROC (European Rail Operating Community Consortium), coordinated by UIC, and have applied for associate membership to Shift²Rail.
After the closings of the CEF Transport Call on 3 March 2015, 276 projects are now covered by Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Fund, totalising together €13.1 billion – including 82 rail-specific projects. The Call was based on several documents relating to the Annual Work Program and to the Multi-Annual Work Program containing 4 different objectives interesting all modes of transports: environment-friendliness and resource-efficiency for transports; better mobility with less congestion, higher safety and security; global leadership for the European transport industry; socio-economic and behavioural research and forward looking activities for policymaking.

Horizon 2020:
CEF – Connecting Europe Fund:

The creation of a regional approach as part of the multi-regional architecture of UIC commenced in 2008. This allows programmes and activities to be tailor-made to meet the specific needs of each region.

The UIC European region comprises 122 member companies from 39 countries (including Russia and Turkey) and amounting to some 350,000 kilometres of rail network. This has evolved over the years as a result of excellent cooperation between the rail operators to the point where there are many services that operate across the operating boundaries of member companies thereby forming a European rail network.

The objective is to promote a competitive, sustainable and attractive rail transport system serving more than 500 million citizens across Europe.

The programme of work

Partner web links

CTG coordination Technical Group
GRB Group of Representative Bodies [no link available yet]
ERRAC European Rail Research Advisory Council
UNIFE Association of European Rail Industry
UITP International Association of Public Transport
ERFA European Rail Freight Association
UIRR International Union of Combined Road-Rail transport companies
UIP International Union of Private Wagons

The UIC is managing a wide range of projects that fit into in all kinds of fields, from research to standardisation and which cover all the core technical domains that make up the rail system.
The region’s programme of work is based on two major documents in the context of the above mentioned EC Innovation programme (Horizon 2020 and Shift²Rail):

Challenge 2050

Rail is vital to the well-being of Europe’s society and the strength of its economy. To maintain and develop this role in the future, the sector needs to meet enormous challenges: protect the social, economic and environmental fabric. The railway sector has developed this document on the basis of a broad sector input and which identifies these challenges and makes a commitment to addressing them.

Challenge 2050 is the European rail sector’s shared perception of where the rail system could be in 2050 and identifies the many goals that are complementary to this vision and support a rail system that is responsive to the needs of Europe’s citizens. It is built around 3 pillars of Policy, Technology and Services all combining to ensure that the rail system of 2050 is one that is attractive to the end user and that rail is the customer’s preferred land transport mode of choice).

Rail enjoys an unprecedented opportunity to achieve the sustainability required for the 21st century and respond to the expected growth in transport demand, both passenger and freight, that this implies. In order to describe these challenges, the European railway community has developed Challenge 2050, a vision that identifies what needs to be done and it made a commitment to address them. That foundation of the approach to the rail system of the future was built around three main pillars of Policy, Technology and Services.

The document takes account of the European Commission’s 2011 White Paper on Transport but also identifies a significant set of business challenges and makes a commitment to addressing them. It takes cognisance of the Shift²Rail initiative and it is anticipated that this document will be a useful focus for the development of ideas for future innovation through the EU Framework Programme “Horizon 2020” either as direct projects or via ERRAC and its RailRoute 2050 and the FOSTERRAIL project.

It is intended to encourage delivery of a business-led vision for the sector as a whole, describe how rail will meet the challenges of the modern rail era and to describe the role rail should play in the development of Europe as a global region.
It identifies a significant number of goals that are complementary to the vision and which will support a rail system that is responsive to the needs of Europe’s citizens. It has been endorsed by the following major rail stakeholders:

Rail has a pivotal role in delivering a competitive and environmentally-friendly transport system, growing the economy, enhancing personal mobility and supporting social cohesion. The rail system has adapted and will continue to adapt, enabling further modal shift and maintaining its position as the mode of choice, consistently and the sector is confident that Challenge 2050 will provide the launchpad for the future. The document has been produced in a collaborative manner with contributions from all the main stakeholders coordinated on their behalf into the existing version by the UIC’s European team.

The Rail Technical Strategy Europe (RTSE)

All over Europe, the railway is becoming more and more popular, and individual countries within Europe are facing similar challenges: to run more trains carrying more people and freight in a more sustainable, cost effective and efficient way.
The railways themselves are also physical geographical connections between States and offer a smart way of travelling across the continent.

In order that individual rail companies can plan for the future in the best possible way, leading rail experts from across Europe have come together led by the UIC’s Coordinator Europe, Simon Fletcher, to publish a shared strategy, known as Rail Technical Strategy Europe.

The strategy builds on the high level vision that was published in the Challenge 2050 document of 2013 and is designed to complement and support national strategies, and so provides the common ground for railways across Europe to grow together and provide an attractive service to the customer. It sends a really strong message that the systems that are so important to efficient operation and service provision must all look to pull in the same direction and that innovation and technology programmes must be structured so that they are striving for common goals.

This is a groundbreaking document, partly because it shows how much common ground there is in terms of the shared vision of railway companies across Europe, but also because it helps the rail operating community to demonstrate what its business needs are in a really confident way. It shows we are commercially attractive and ready to meet the challenge of business for the decades ahead.

The Rail Standardisation Strategy Europe (RSSE)

Rail is a vital service to the European society and the transport backbone of a strong economy. Railways are now facing an unprecedented opportunity to meet the sustainability required to be a major contributor to 21st Century European success and efficiently match transport demand – passengers and freight – both in terms of quality and quantity.

Innovation will be the key to achieve this objective but it cannot be viably implemented without the support of standards, standards which are themselves fed by innovation in the railway system. This virtuous cycle of railway standard is now evolving in a changing context, where liberalisation and the on-going creation of a Single European Railway Area (SERA) are determining factors. Standardisation can no longer be apprehended from an operator-driven scope and transforms into a kind of “shared responsibility” with the supply industry.

In spite of the crucial weight of standardisation in technology and innovation as developed by Challenges 2050 and RTSE, both of these publications only deal with the issue of standardisation in a general manner. A separate document specifically focussing on standardisation was deemed useful and is currently being produced by the Railway Operating Community (ROC). This Rail Standardisation Strategy Europe (RSSE) will provide guidelines for a consistent and collaborative production of business-oriented standards.

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Summer stipend trip leads to amazing discovery in Peru

Dr. Sarahh Scher, assistant professor of art, spent the month of July through the aid of the UIU Summer Scholarship Stipend as a student—participating in the San José de Moro Archaeological Field School in Peru.

Scher worked as a member of a field crew, excavating a unit at the site of San José de Moro, occupied by the pre-Columbian Moche people from approximately 100 to 850. As a dig worker, Scher learned how to carefully uncover features and objects, how they are catalogued and analyzed in the laboratory, and how to walk a full wheelbarrow over a wooden plank!

“Archaeology is not like the Indiana Jones movies—there’s a lot of time spent slowly brushing dirt, sifting it, and shoveling it into wheelbarrows. You get sweaty and grimy and very unglamorous, getting up early and getting to bed late,” said Scher. “However, it’s worth it, especially when you find something spectacular—which our unit did.”

The last week of the field school, they unearthed the tomb of a high-status Moche woman—called a priestess. She was buried in a chamber tomb with a wooden-beam roof, along with many ceramics and copper ornaments. Her casket had been covered with a textile with copper ornaments sewn to it, and a bird-shaped headdress ornament, as well as a silver cup and dish were found.

This is the 12th Priestess found at the site in 20 years of digging, and further cements San José de Moro’s unique place in Moche archaeology—a site where there is a multi-generational tradition of high-status women in power. This is different from other Moche sites throughout north coastal Peru, where men appear to have been in charge of the sociopolitical system.

The discovery was big news, and the press showed up to photograph the tomb and talk to Scher’s unit chief, Julio Saldaña, an archaeology student at the Catholic University of Peru. Scher brought this experience beck to her classroom with pictures as well as stories to teach her students about the methods of archaeology and knowledge is gleaned from the past.

To read more about the priestess, go to the “National Geographic” website at

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How to survive wedding season single

 1. You don’t have to go!
If you don’t want to spend every weekend of the precious summer dashing from hen/stag do to wedding party make sure you have some fun stuff already scheduled. Nobody is going to force you to give up your two-week beach holiday for their nuptials. And while attendance at the wedding celebrations of close friends and family are mandatory, you can side-step other less obligatory invitations. Politely decline expensive invitations to hot exotic locations on the grounds of cost. Same goes for any invitations that are received within less than a month of the wedding date – chances are you were a last minute addition anyway so there’s no reason to feel guilty. A card and a token gift will suffice instead.

2. Be prudent with your plus one
We hate to admit it, but weddings can stir up all sorts of bitter negative emotions in those of us who are single. That “why-not-me” feeling is hard to quell and after a few drinks you might end up taking solace in the arms of your date which is unlikely to have a fairytale ending – especially if they’re an old flame or someone who’s more smitten with you than you’d bargained for. If you can’t bear the thought of going solo, take along a gay best friend or same sex single guy or gal pal instead. Having someone to share sneaky sideways “gag-me-now” glances with will make the day a tad bit more bearable.

3. Look fabulous!
Psyche yourself up for the day ahead by looking your best and working your smile. It might sound superficial but feeling good about your appearance will improve your self-confidence on the day. Treat yourself to a new outfit, get your hair done and walk into that wedding as though you own the place. Nobody will suspect you of being bitter, bored, or lonely if you’re working the room like a pro in your finest garb.

4. Dance your way through the night
The best way to avoid those pitying glances and awkward conversations about your love life with nosy relatives who you wish would just mind their own business is to hit the dance floor and stay there. The bride and groom will be grateful you’re getting the party started and you won’t have to endure a grilling from Aunty Maureen. Plus you’ll burn off a few of those calories from the wedding feast. Bonus!

5. Go easy on the booze
Tempting as it may be to get hammered to help you through the day, it’s a risky strategy. Don’t be the weeping or angry drunk that has to be escorted off the premises. You’ll regret it in the morning. It’s a celebration, so by all means enjoy a few glasses of fizz, but make sure you drink plenty of water and lap up that wedding breakfast to keep your behaviour from going from tipsy to tacky.

6. Don’t stay until the bitter end
There’s no need to be the last man or woman standing. If you’re not having a good time it’s fine to make your exit any time after the cake has been cut. You’ve done your duty. Now go home and get your beauty sleep.

7. Make post-wedding plans
Keep the morning-after wedding blues at bay by making sure you have some fun plans lined up.  Instead of wallowing and home wondering why you haven’t met “The One”, meet friends for coffee, hit the shops, catch a film or go for a country stroll. Embrace and enjoy your single life. You never know when you might go from being a single to double.


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Does Donald Trump have a plan to prevent homegrown terror attacks?

Liz Goodwin
Senior National Affairs Reporter
President-elect Donald Trump, with Michael Flynn and Reince Priebus, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Wednesday. (Photo: abin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Asked Wednesday about the recent ISIS-inspired truck attack in Berlin, President-elect Donald Trump appeared to double down on his campaign plans to stop terrorism by temporarily banning immigration from Muslim countries and creating a “registry” of Muslim immigrants already in the United States.

“You know my plans,” he said, when asked by a reporter about the two proposals.

Trump ran on the idea that the United States can prevent terrorism by not letting Muslim immigrants into the country. But as he takes office in January, the president-elect will collide with the reality that the United States’ terrorism problem is very different from that of Germany, which took in about a million primarily Syrian refugees in the space of a few years. America’s problem is homegrown.

Since 9/11, every major terror attack on U.S. soil has been carried out by a legal permanent resident or U.S. citizen. An analysis of the dozens of people prosecuted for plotting ISIS-inspired terror attacks here or seeking to travel to Syria to become foreign fighters shows that 80 percent of the would-be terrorists are U.S. citizens. The vast majority of them are in their early 20s or late teens, and a third converted to Islam from another religion.

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The Obama administration has spent millions of dollars addressing this homegrown threat, steering money into research about how to prevent radicalization and funding law enforcement pilot programs in major cities such as Los Angeles and the Twin Cities to build trust between police and Muslim communities. The administration created a senior role at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to coordinate these programs, which are referred to as “countering violent extremism” or CVE. The CVE effort tries to prevent young people from being indoctrinated by radical Islamic extremism online, and also targets other forms of extremism, like white supremacy.

“The sad part is we’re really at the very beginning of understanding what programs to put in place and what programs work,” said Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School of Law.

The fate of these initiatives under the Trump administration is unclear. Trump has said almost nothing about how to prevent radicalization at home except for saying that Muslim Americans must report to authorities when a member of their community is behaving suspiciously.

Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, Trump’s pick to lead DHS, said in an interview with NPR last year that ISIS had perverted Islam into a radical doctrine, and that “the vast majority of Muslims are wonderful people, whether they live here in the United States or overseas.” He acknowledged that winning the ideological war against ISIS is “the more difficult, complex part of the problem” than beating the group on the battlefield. “I think we have to steel ourselves for a fairly long war,” Kelly said.

But Kelly did not elaborate on how that ideological war could be won, and it’s unclear whether he supports the Obama administration’s approach to countering homegrown radicalization. He declined an interview through a representative of the Trump transition team.

Republicans are already pressuring DHS to discard the Obama administration’s counterterror approach. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, who also sought the DHS chief job, said in a speech earlier this month that the administration should “repeal and replace” President Obama’s “failed, politically correct ‘Countering Violent Extremism’ policies.” McCaul said the programs should be refashioned to explicitly target “radical Islamist terror.”

That approach would likely be supported by Michael Flynn, Trump’s national security adviser. In his 2016 book, “Field of Fight,” Flynn writes that the way to prevent people from being attracted to the ideas of radical Islam is for U.S. politicians to condemn them. Flynn has also made statements that suggest he does not distinguish between adherents of radical Islam and moderate Muslims. Earlier this year, he tweeted that “fear of Muslims is RATIONAL.”

Retired Gen. John Kelly, Trump’s pick to head the Department of Homeland Security, talks to reporters last January. (Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

Flynn believes that criticizing the radical strain of the religion would lead to fewer terror attacks.

“Our leaders have to say these people are a threat to the country, and we have to combat them,” said Michael Ledeen, Flynn’s co-writer and a Freedom Scholar at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “It will encourage Muslims who don’t like radicalism to come forward and organize and combat the radicals. It will encourage them to cooperate more with law enforcement officials across the country.”

But academics who study CVE programs say that labeling Muslims broadly as extremists erases the goodwill built between these communities and law enforcement. CVE programs are labeled as targeting extremism in general, not just Islamic extremism, in order to gain the support of Muslim communities and show that the government recognizes extremism comes in many forms.

“One of the real difficulties in implementing CVE has been a lot of pushback from Muslim American communities who resent being singled out,” said Stevan Weine, who researches CVE programs and is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago. “They are aware that a very large portion of attacks in the U.S. are caused by white supremacists and not Muslim jihadists. They resent the singling out of their community, which they think violates civil liberties and causes stigma and discrimination.”

If the government labels the programs to explicitly focus on Muslims, Weine said they’re likely “not to have the cooperation of the community.” This is a problem, since law enforcement relies on family members and friends to alert them if their loved one shows signs of becoming radicalized.

John Horgan, a psychologist at Georgia State University who studies ISIS’ recruiting tactics, said he fears the emerging field of countering terror recruiting and radicalization could be swept away by the new administration.

“We’ve already made some serious strides in countering terrorism, and we need to do this smart,” Horgan said. “The consequences of not doing this the right way will be profound in ways that I think none of us really understand yet.”


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When you’re deep into the semester and maybe exams, your future travel and vacations are likely not high priority. But the summer is not so far away, and looking forward to it can feel good now, as well as helping to set you up for a change of scene later. Most students want to travel, according to a recent Student Health 101 survey. And you’re pretty clear that the benefits of travel (including study abroad programs) go way deeper than a tan.* “I feel like I am a much better person when I travel more,” says Molly D., a student at Humboldt State University in California. “Travel encourages me to appreciate the unknown while recognizing the familiar,” says Joe Foley, a second-year undergraduate at American University in Washington DC, who in 2014 became the youngest-ever National Geographic Traveler of the Year.

What’s blocking your exit route? Not surprisingly, by far the biggest barrier to travel is cost. “You need to have money saved up to cover airfares, accommodations, food, and other expenses. As a student, it’s very difficult to do this,” says Alejandro C., a third-year undergraduate at the University of California, Irvine. In our survey, 93 percent of students who responded said lack of funds was a barrier; only 4 percent said they were uncomfortable with the prospect of unfamiliar places.

*And, by the way, there’s no such thing as a healthy tan. Use SPF 30+, whatever your skin color or tone.

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What you love about travel

“The cost of taking an airplane is a huge hassle. However, what’s living if you don’t spend your money to experience new things and go to new places?”
—Steven M., fourth-year undergraduate, University of Massachusetts Amherst

“How resourceful can you be when you’re out of money and 4,000 miles away from home? Do you panic? Do you run to the consulate? Do you go native? You learn that you can wash your undies in a hotel bathroom in Rome without embarrassment. You realize that street food really is the most delicious cuisine you’ll ever stuff in your face. Travel will grind you down to your truest self. Whether that is good or bad really is up to the person. In addition, foreign candy is legit way better. So the downside is you’ll never be happy with a Snickers™ again.”
—Lori T., third-year graduate student, San Diego State University, California

“Travel is the adventure of a new place and new people. Shortly after the earthquake in Haiti, I went on a cruise that visited a private beach in Haiti. I was taking an excursion to zip line across the ocean, which was amazing, but on the drive there, we drove through some rural areas of Haiti. Seeing the devastation of the population was just as impactful as the zip lining was. Now I’m all about helping people who need the help!”
—Laura B., second-year undergraduate, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador

Two friends traveling and taking a selfie“I love airports, planes, train stations, subways and underground metro systems, meeting new people, and dancing the night away.”
—Sarah A., third-year undergraduate, Saint Mary’s University, Minnesota

“Traveling is great because it can be as simple or as elaborate as you want. It can be a road trip to a different city or it can be a cruise or it can be a plane ride to a new country—there’s an option for many budgets and comfort zones!”
—Taylor R., fourth-year undergraduate, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, New York

“Travel experiences are built by the little things. The smiles, the first bite of a foreign country’s food, the hostel chitchat. Although the globalized world of Facebook, the golden arches, and American TV shows exist in every major city, the local cultures remain vibrant. The world today is as fascinating as it’s always been, and in most places it’s safer than ever to be a tourist. Travel gives us the thrill of adventure and somewhere new while reminding us of our shared humanity across cultures and encouraging us to push our horizons.”
—Joe Foley, second-year undergraduate, American University, Washington DC; National Geographic Traveler of the Year 2014

“It’s cool to immerse yourself in other cultures and environments around the world or in your own hometown. Just make sure to learn a bit of history, culture, customs, and experience non-touristy activities in addition to the well-known attractions.”
—Amy N., fourth-year undergraduate, Western Washington University

“You learn more through experience than books or articles.”
—Sarah M., third-year undergraduate, Millersville University, Pennsylvania

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Stuff you might not think of

Before you go

Check which currencies are performing badly against the dollar—your money buys more in those places.

Apply early for a passport.

If you need vaccinations, go to your student health center.

Check the insurance that comes with your credit card. Check your health plan for international coverage too.

Let your bank and credit card company know your travel plans so your account isn’t flagged for fraud and possibly blocked.

When you go

Search online for free stuff to do in any tourist-friendly city (e.g., “Montreal free”).

Electronic guidebooks and maps (not books) reduce the schlep factor. Use Google Maps offline by typing “OK maps” in the search bar; the current area will be saved.

Check the comments on Foursquare for passwords of free Wi-Fi in local shops and cafés.

Keep your electronics charged. If you’re going international, bring a converter outlet plug.

Your top 5 travel experiences so far: 1. Beach vacations 2. Outdoor adventures (e.g., kayaking and hiking) 3. Backpacking trips (US) 4. Study abroad 5. Organized guided toursYour top 5 destinations: 1. Europe 2. Hawaii 3. Japan 4. Canada 5. California

Source: Student Health 101 survey, January 2017

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Your barriers to travel

“Time lost that you could spend working to help pay down outrageous college debts.”
—Colin D., second-year undergraduate, Millersville University, Pennsylvania

“Your body might not be prepared for the different illnesses and pathogens in other countries.” [Ask at the student health center about vaccinations and preventive medications.]—Domo E., third-year undergraduate, University of Hawaii at Manoa

“The paperwork for international travel. The visas help keep track of visitors, but at the same time, it’s like having to complete a totally different job just to earn the right to relax from your normal one.”
—Tyler S., third-year undergraduate, University of the District of Columbia

“Looking at your depleted bank account.”
—Jonathan L., fifth-year undergraduate, California State University, San Marcos

“Packing. It seems you never pack enough, even though you have five bags for a weekend trip, but then you still end up leaving something important at home. Then, in the end, you only needed like a quarter of what you packed!”
—Verronika L., graduate student, Barry University, Florida

“Never wear heels when you have a short layover. If your first flight is delayed in air, and you have to run to your connecting [flight], heels are not conductive to that.”
—Ashe M., second-year undergraduate, Lakehead University, Ontario

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How to land cheap flights

Flexible fliers get the best last-minute fares; be open to a variety of destinations.

Use a travel search engine: recommends Skyscanner, Airfarewatchdog, Google Flights, and several others.

Try searching for airfare deals around 1 a.m. The unsold deals from the day before will be reposted.

Before buying any ticket to anywhere, check for student discounts.

Keep your online searches incognito to find the lowest price.

Don’t make the mistakes everyone else makes.

Be smart about budget airlines.

Get cheaper domestic flights in other countries.

Find the best way to get where you’re going.

Spend less to go farther

Best sites & tools

Kayak’s Explore
Find out how far your money can take you

Sort fares from your city by price

Get the Flight Out – free iOS app
The cheapest fares leaving from your city today

STA Travel
Expert travel itineraries and student discounts

Student Universe
Lower-cost airfares for students

One Travel
Cheaper flights for students

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Cheap digs

Hotels, hovels, homes, & habitats
Stay with a family who lives in the city you’re traveling to

Be a guest at someone’s house; check out the reviews

Find over a million rental lodges, which may offer more space than hotels

Recommendations and red flags from real people

B&Bs, apartments, and spare rooms for rent; try to negotiate the price.
35,000 hostels in 180 countries (including US)

Hostelling International USA
Youth-geared US hostels
Need a place tonight? Deals start at 50 percent off

Reserve America
Beautifully habitable campgrounds across the US

National Park Service
America’s best idea (really—the best)
Way more to do than you realized

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Why travel? Here’s how to talk yourself (and others) into it

Be a better person

Most students who participated in an international exchange program felt it helped them become more trusting, open-minded, flexible, confident, and tolerant, says a 2006 study by the International Student Travel Confederation.

Go global

Students expect travel to make them more “global”—in other words, expand their knowledge, perspective, and social and cultural connections, according to a small study at California Polytechnic State University (2010).

Run free

Students associate travel with freedom (e.g., a break in academic and work expectations), a boost to emotional health and relaxation, and an opportunity to experience nature (CPSU study).

Step it up

Students who have taken a gap year perform better academically and report greater job satisfaction than do those who haven’t, research suggests. Gap year experiences can reignite a passion for learning and influence personal goals and values, including career paths, say Karl Haigler and Rae Nelson in The Gap-Year Advantage (Macmillan, 2005).

Stay healthy

Physically active leisure helps us maintain physical and mental health, especially during times of stress, according to a study of 20,000 people in the Canadian Journal of Public Health (2001).

Get creative

Knowing people from other cultures makes us more creative in tasks that draw on multicultural influences and more receptive to new ideas from outside our own experience, suggests a study from Harvard Business School (2011).

Love your life

Even the anticipation of vacation travel makes us feel good about our lives and health, according to a 2002 study in the Journal of Vacation Marketing.

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Your best Instagram - travel“Climbing sand dunes in the desert of Al Ain (United Arab Emirates) made me push myself to the limits. I climbed until I literally couldn’t go further, and then I sat down and let the wind whip around me. I felt strong and at peace.”
—Jamie Teal, graduate student, Arkansas Tech University

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Blog / Planting the seeds for successful KPI trees

August 20, 2015

KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and KPI trees were at the root of Wednesday’s Masterclass, hosted by Richard Stobart.

A blend of senior digital stakeholders, product owners and digital creatives attended this one-off session to explore the answers to burning questions:

  • What is the methodology for creating new ‘greenfield’ Key Performance Indicator improvements?
  • How do you step up a level to the strategic product view?
  • What drives your metrics?
  • How do you use ‘smart KPI branching’ to discover how users really behave?

Introduction - Get into pairs and draw ‘how does electricity work?’

To get the attendees’ in creative thinking mode and talking to one another, the morning began with an introduction exercise, mapping out a diagram of how attendees think electricity works.

Armed with a partner, a large piece of paper, a Sharpie marker each and some ‘interesting’ concepts around electricity generation, the creative sparks began to fly:

Introduction 1

And the finished posters were shared on the walls:

Session 1: Introducing KPIs

Richard kicked off the morning’s first session - defining what a KPI is and how they can benefit your organisation:

The topic then branched into KPI trees:

What is a KPI tree?

‘A KPI Tree is a graphical method of managing KPIs.’

An example KPI tree was shared:

KPI Tree

  • Strategic Goal: What you’re aiming to achieve
  • Theme: Dimensions of all the elements that you’re going to be measuring
  • Tactic: How you will achieve these themes; the small steps you’re going to take
  • Measure: How you’ll measure these tactics

Why should you build a KPI tree for your organisation?:

  • ‘Management’ or ‘the business’ speaks the language of KPIs, PIs and measurable/auditable value
  • ‘Development’ or ‘innovation’ speaks the language of delivering digital features, managing teams and technology
  • Building KPI trees helps ‘Management’ build a structured method by which to speak to ‘Development’
  • Having a KPI tree helps development and innovation make development decisions make a significant difference on strategic PIs and KPIs
  • They are simple visual tools which can sum up large strategic initiatives in a few key indicator

What are the benefits of KPI trees?:

  • Sum up a complex situation
  • Help build agreement
  • Easy to explain the approach
  • Keep in step with changes in strategy
  • Understand how measures interact

Introduction 3

Pre-requisites for setting your KPIs:

  • Have a clear strategy and objectives
  • Make sure you have a pre-defined process for implementing this system
  • Set clear business objectives for the process
  • Have both quantitative and qualitative measurements
  • Have an active approach to finding and remedying enterprise variances

Other insights:

  • Start at the top, have a business objective or strategy you’re trying to achieve then have a set of measures around that to help you achieve
  • The KPI is not the “thing”, it’s just an indication of what the “thing” might be
  • If you’re a slave to the metric, you could be watching the wrong thing

“There’s a huge volume of data and a tiny of proportion is valuable to you. You can spend a lot of time gathering a lot of data, but it’s probably not the most valuable thing you could be doing.”

When building your KPI tree, think about your themes:

  • Themes are dimensions of all the elements that you’re going to start measuring
  • Think about the things you’re going to measure and group them into themes
  • From themes come your measures, which are your KPIs

Session 2: Test and create your plan

  • What should you be measuring that you’re not measuring?
  • How are you sure that you’re moving towards your vision?
  • Is there a measure you can look at that will give you an indication that what you’re doing is moving you towards your strategic goal?

Introduction 2

Tips on creating your KPI trees:

  • Keep it human – make your strategy something that everyone can understand and work towards
  • Publicise and radiate – share your KPIs with your team
  • Act on your KPIs – is it telling you something is going wrong?
  • Don’t rely on measures - think about what they are actually telling you
  • Keep it fresh

There are a number of tools that can be used to help with your KPI tree:

With the seeds of each attendee’s KPI tree planted, the session was complete, giving the opportunity to take their trees back to their organisation to water, nurture and grow.

Reflecting on the session, some of the insights and actions taken away included:

“I need to set some targets for my measures, instead of measuring for the sake of measuring”

“Reviewing my customer’s metrics to see if I can align them closer to the real goal is important”

“I want to set up some sales funnels using Google Analytics”

“I need to check that I’m gathering the right metrics”

The session slides:

Planting the seeds for successful KPI trees from Unboxed Consulting


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Hints and foreshadowings

Rare and inevitably odd, encounters with notable people are always entertaining.

The accidental encounters are often the most fun, just because they are so random and usually free of much pressure or awkwardness. My inauspicious start was realizing I was standing next to Sinbad, the standup comedian, in a college bookstore. Years later, I heard a voice that sounded familiar near a resort pool and turned to see Kelsey Grammer in shorts talking to his kids. Another time, I sat across from Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer as they held hands and whispered to each other at an Austin cocktail bar.

The first time I went out of my way to meet someone was a book signing with P. J. O’Rourke. Envious of his life as a full-time writer, and eager to demonstrate my familiarity, I handed him a book and said, “So, do you and your wife still have the farmhouse in New Hampshire?” He stopped writing, looked up, and replied, “Well, the wife is gone, but I still have the house.”

Which is why it’s probably best that I didn’t actually meet President Obama when he visited my co-working space. During a trip promoting entrepreneurship, he stopped by to see a few demos and give a short talk. I sat in a room with about 100 people and spent a grand total of 10 minutes not far from the President.

Since I have a thing for how politics works, I had a lot of fun watching the Secret Service, both during and in the days leading up to the visit, the press secretary, and the reporters and photographers. It was the closest I had been to that world.

The President’s remarks were quick and unremarkable, but there was something very different about the experience. Later that night, I realized what it was.

We always see and hear celebrities, politicians, musicians, athletes, and assorted newsmakers through a screen. Even if we attend a speech or event, everything we hear is through a microphone and speakers.

When the President spoke that day, though, he wasn’t wearing a mic. It was just his voice bouncing around the silent room. In fact, I remember how strange it was to have to work to hear every word.

There's nothing quite like the unfiltered voice of a person. In a sea of promotion and performance, those moments are unmistakable. Uncommon was created to be a welcoming place for unfiltered voices, a neighborhood where no one has to struggle to be heard.

Each of you makes that possible through your honest words and thoughtful attention. Thank you so very much.

The latest dispatch asked, Which shows do you love to recommend?

Elizabeth wrote:

Chuck. The opening premise: an IT employee at a big electronics store (think Geek Squad) opens an email from his old college roommate and accidentally downloads all of the government's secrets into his head. Absurd? Yes. But the show turned out to be the perfect balance of drama and comedy, with characters and relationships I invested in more than any other. And the 80s references were always on point. To this day, a few years after the series finale aired, I can't hear the song “Rivers and Roads” by The Head and the Heart (which featured in the series finale) without thinking back to Chuck. “Aces, Charles. Aces.”

Ammar wrote:

The Wire is a show that is cliche to say is your favorite, but I always recommend it. The writing is fantastic, the show rewards attentive watchers, and the stories being told are raw and honest.

Another one: Newsroom (despite the corniness and cocaine-speed Aaron Sorkin writing). I appreciate it for its nonstop snark and idealism.

Marina wrote:

I, too, have a preternatural love of The West Wing. I have watched and rewatched all the seasons (well, except maybe Season 7, because the jumping of the shark was too painful). I have an endless list of scenes I love – I started listing them here, but it just got out of control! Sorkin’s writing is so on point, and the actors all chew up the dialogue while managing to not chew up the scenes. And, being in political communications, I have been known, from time to time, to turn to the show for inspiration. “Let Bartlett be Bartlett”….pure gold!

Antonio wrote:

I’ll answer a slightly different question—a show I would love to recommend, but can’t truly bring myself to: Babylon 5.

It was one of the earliest TV shows with true storytelling vision. A story unfolded over four seasons, and watching it a second time is a delightful foray into hints and foreshadowings—first small, then larger as the story takes shape. Like a good book, the second time through is better than the first.

Unfortunately, Babylon 5 was plagued by the kinds of problems you’d expect from being on the vanguard of long-form TV storytelling—in many ways, of TV storytelling itself. The writing, while tremendous in terms of story, was lackluster at best in terms of dialogue. The acting, in a time before television tended to attract great actors, was patchy—some main characters were incredible, others never truly lived up to their potential. Finally, the biggest problem in recommending it: the first season barely told a story at all. In the style of so many earlier sci-fi shows, the first season is mostly made up of creature-of the-week storylines with lackluster writing, and it feels incredibly weak and episodic—despite the fact that even then, you’re getting hints of what is to come.

So these days I find myself mentioning Babylon 5 as one of my favorite shows of all time—but cautioning people that while I absolutely think they should watch it, they should be dialing their expectations back to 1995. A great story, possibly unprecedented in its scope on television, but ultimately made less powerful by the shortcomings of its time.

Pat wrote:

Once The West Wing hits Netflix in Australia, I’m quite sure I’ll suddenly lose what little spare time I currently have.

Lauren wrote:

I feel like a bit of a geek cliche saying this, but my favourite show of all time is Firefly, the short-lived “space western” from Joss Whedon. If the idea of cowboys in space (not to be confused with cowboys & aliens) sounds like a truly terrible concept to you, you're not alone. I was skeptical, too. But it's a wonderful ensemble piece with a fantastic cast, witty and fast-paced writing, and – as the best speculative fiction does – it managed to create a curiously believable universe in a very short time. I missed that universe terribly when the show was cancelled, and I still do.

Wesley wrote:

Gilmore Girls, The Wire (d’uh), and as of recently, Daredevil. (Also The West Wing, but you already mentioned that.)

Carie wrote:

The show that comes to mind for me is Scrubs. I enjoy a comedy that can sometimes make me cry, and this one fits the bill. Although I laughed out loud so much while watching, it was some of the touching episodes that stayed with me the longest, like the one titled “My Old Lady” and the ones Brendan Fraser guest starred in. Not every Scrubs episode was a winner, but the the first three seasons were fantastic, and I remained loyal through the end. It's one of the shows I bought on DVD so that I could put a season on when I was grading papers or cleaning the house and feel like I had friends around just by pushing play. It has great music too, and even though the show doesn’t take itself seriously in a lot of ways (there are dream sequences and impromptu musicals, for example) some friends in the medical field have told me that there is a lot about being a doctor that Scrubs gets exactly right.

Joel wrote:

The Larry Sanders Show, Freaks and Geeks, The Wire, Sports Night, and the first 4 seasons of The West Wing.

Erin wrote:

I watch way too much tv, so there are always tons of shows I recommend to people. The ones I always go to first are Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Dexter, Sons of Anarchy, Downton Abbey, Mad Men, and Sherlock because of the quality of writing and acting, and the ability to engage and continuously captivate me as a viewer. You care about the characters and their stories.

Adam wrote:

Veronica Mars, The West Wing, and Babylon 5 are all things you might hear me recommend frequently -- usually to people who enjoy shows with complex storylines and large casts of characters. :) I've also found myself recommending How I Met Your Mother as a good show for just relaxing.

Paulo wrote:

Friday Night Lights. I love recommending it because 1) it wasn't a natural for me, 2) most of my friends don't know American Football, 3) it didn't make a big splash in European culture, 4) it looks shallow, but it isn’t, and 5) it has the best portrayal of a relationship that I’ve ever seen on a show or movie.

Brad wrote:

I am currently experiencing the privilege of The West Wing for the very first time. I have a little over a season left and am enjoying it deeply, so no spoilers!

I find that I’m careful with my recommendations in general; to good friends because I know their tastes more intimately and feel an obligation to recommend only great things for them, and to strangers because I know people are quick to judge based on what you like. That said, I do have a few shows that have become a part of my own story, and that I've recommended repeatedly.

First is The Wire, which has some of the most impressive writing I've ever seen in television or film. It's gritty, compelling, dramatic and honest in a way that was rare for its time, and it still holds up well today. I recommend it to people who don't mind a cynical or critical perspective, both of which it reflects at times, but most of all I recommend it because it tells what I think is one of the most important stories of this generation: the utter failure of the “war on drugs”.

Beyond that, I have rarely been so captivated by a series than Battlestar Galactica, the remake by Glen Larson and Ron Moore. I know that others have many complaints about the series, but it came at a special time in my life and I watched it with people who made it a big part of my story. I recommend it less to others because I think it fills a narrow niche, though I frequently banter about it with the few friends who share my appreciation.

Uncommon reads

On the future by Jen Myers:

There was a brief period of time when web design as a creative technological pursuit flourished right after its inception, and now it’s already been submerged under the demands of complexity and being bigger and better and never being enough. Everything and everyone is now a product. There isn’t much novelty anymore in the internet’s value as a means of simple, sincere communication and connection.

Overcoming the extraction mindset by Seth Godin:

The chasm is so deep, people on each side of it have trouble imagining what the other side is thinking. Some people show up in your email box or social network intent on taking what they can get (can I have a guest post? wanna fund my project? made you look...) while others are patiently weaving together a cohort of meaning.

Connected // Disconnected by Josh Clark:

Instead of engaging attention, I’d like to free it. Instead of maximizing time on site, I’d like to reduce it. Give people the information they need, and let them get back to their lives. Notify only when there’s something worth saying. Ask for attention only for content that deserves it. Less talk, more conversation.

Our Online Religion, Sam Sacks reviews The Book of Numbers:

But in a deeper sense this story reprises the rocky transformation of a small tribe of true believers into the compromised rulers of a mighty nation. It is resonantly fraught with idealism and betrayal, moral struggle, and the worship of the golden calf of commerce. Mr. Cohen’s difficult and deeply rewarding novel is about an online religion gone wrong—and its importance lies in the fact that nearly all of us in the modernized world are members of that faith, whether we know it or not.

Your turn

Which notable people have you crossed paths with?


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Xiaomi is at it again. This time they are showing that their revolutionary design has no bounds. Thinking a few generations ahead of their competition the Mi Mix 3 is a show stopper. Just holding it in your hand you can instantly tell how much thought went into designing this truly remarkable device. The Mi Mix 3 has developed a truly unique way to give the user a full screen experience: a magnetic slider. During everyday use of the Mi Mix 3 you see only 6.39 beautiful inches of AMOLED without any compromise at all, a truly immersive screen.

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Indian Institute Of Technology - IIT, Gandhinagar published an official notification for Recruitment of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) position for the project “Asymptotic problems for stochastically perturbed switching dynamical systems” under the supervision of Prof. Chetan D. Pahlajani with the Discipline of Mathematics, IITGN.. Eligible candidates can apply for this recruitment. You can view official notification and other important facts about this recruitment e.g. Important links and Important dates.

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  • Educational qualification: Master’s degree (M.Sc.) in Mathematics or in a related field (e.g., M.Sc. in Statistics, M.Tech. in Electrical Engineering). Valid NET/GATE qualifications & Strong mathematical background.
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  • Final selection will be based on Interview.

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  • Interested and eligible candidates can send their applications may be sent through email to given below. Applications should include a complete current CV with details of all educational qualifications and research experience (if any).
Email Address: Prof. Chetan D. Pahlajani at (cdpahlajani@iitgn.ac.in)

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  • Last date for receipt of application: 19/11/2017

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