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5 reasons why Facebook should be in (global, cooperative) public ownership

We Own It founder Cat Hobbs makes the case for a Facebook we all own.

Just like the railway, Facebook is a private monopoly running a public service. We, the public, don't have real competition and consumer choice, but we don't have a democratic say as citizens either.

The internet has been a virtual wild west, fast-moving and little regulated, with tech companies competing for territory. But now there are clear natural monopolies developing.

Author Jonathan Taplin points out that Google has an 88% market share in search advertising, Facebook (and subsidiaries Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger) owns 77% of mobile social traffic and Amazon has a 74% share in the e-book market.

Economic theory - and real life experience - suggests monopolies need to be regulated, if not brought into public ownership. Here are five reasons why all of us should own Facebook.

1) Public ownership needn't mean state control

Nick Srnicek argued today in the Guardian that Google, Amazon and Facebook are 'platform monopolies' and suggested they should be nationalised. He explains that reaching a critical mass of users is key to the success of these businesses, and it's why they're so entrenched.

He's right. But if you're shouting "I don't want Theresa May getting hold of my Facebook data", we'd agree!

The solutions we need here are surely international, not national. And these companies have powerful data about private individuals - we should be wary about how governments could use this, especially in dangerous political situations. Could we create some kind of new cooperative, democratic, accountable institution rather than relying on nation states?

We believe in a broad definition of public ownership. It can be local, regional, national or international. And it can involve different models like cooperatives and community ownership - as long as profits are reinvested and there is democratic control.

We could think really imaginatively about what it would mean for the public to collectively own some of the public spaces on the internet. Put aside the practical challenges for a moment - we'll come back to those.

But what's the problem anyway? Those clever people at Facebook and Google know exactly what we want, don't they? And they're delivering? Not really..

2) Tech companies profit when you're addicted to the internet

If you've ever felt addicted to the internet, you're not alone. We're all endlessly scrolling through Facebook, messaging on Whatsapp or watching the next YouTube video. We might prefer to be out in the sunshine, playing with our children, or getting things done - but we're staring down at our phones. And it's not a coincidence.

We are the product here. Tech companies make money by advertising to us. So the more time we spend online, the better. These companies are in a race for our attention, and they're using their smartest designers in Silicon Valley to take as much of it as they can. These designers often protect their own children and themselves from their own technology.

They know that we get a shot of dopamine every time we see a notification. Those notifications make the internet addictive. Unpredictable but often rewarding - just like gambling in a slot machine, but easier to access.

They know that humans thrive on social praise and respond to social pressure. So they tell us when a message has been seen, so we feel pressure to always be in conversation.

They incentivise teenagers to collect 'streaks' of ongoing communication on snapchat, even if they have nothing to say - no wonder so many teens are staying indoors instead of going out partying. When we're feeling lonely, they give us somewhere to go.

They know how inertia works. So they autoplay the next video, they always give us something more to look at, they leave out any 'stopping cues'.

If we don't do something about it, the battle for your attention will only get more brutal.

3) We could have technology that prioritises human well being, instead

Do we want to be checking our smartphones every few minutes in a state of addled confusion? It doesn't have to be this way.

Time Well Spent is a new movement which calls for better tech design. Its founder, Tristan Harris, explains the manipulative tricks that tech companies use to hijack our attention. He says designers could instead be tweaking technology on a large scale to make us less distracted online.

This could involve creating a new metric for measuring success on the internet which helps us live the lives we want. Couchsurfer is leading the way on this - it measures success by clocking up good time spent with new friends, and subtracting time spent online, counting it as a cost.

Perhaps there's a way of creating another metric that would work against fake news and for useful, authentic news sources?

But why would private tech companies want to do any of this? Why would they put our well being ahead of their profits from advertising?

4) Publicly owned social media could help us solve problems

Professor Philip Howard argues that 'Facebook is now public infrastructure and should be treated as such'. He believes the platform could help us solve social problems using big data. Public health, national security and democracy could all potentially benefit.

Social media - and the internet in general - creates an exciting marketplace of ideas that could help us all. But the barriers to entry are getting higher and higher.

When We Own It started up in 2013, there was much more 'organic reach' on Facebook (a good response to a post meant it would reach a bigger audience). Now, it's increasingly a place where organisations must pay to connect with their supporters and reach new ones. That trend is set to continue.

The deck is stacked in favour of multinationals with big advertising budgets, while smaller start ups (which may have good ideas) struggle to get a foothold.

5) We need communities, not corporations, to decide how online spaces work

The internet itself is a public space and so are social media. Facebook and Twitter are places where people share information, explore new ideas, promote products and coordinate political activity. They're not going away anytime soon - and we wouldn't want them to.

But right now, they are places where the rules are set and enforced by unaccountable corporations. For example, Facebook decides on the range of ‘reactions’ we can give (creating profitable data about our emotional states). It can decide what content will be censored, with no reference to us.

Facebook is not a democratic, online public space - but it could be. It could even help to create more accountability for global decision making – or provide a place to re-engage people in local decisions. We could rename it 'Placebook'.

Maybe, but how on earth do we do this?

Well, that's a tricky one.

The first option is to create an alternative platform. This is extremely challenging. Social media's power and attraction comes from its 'network benefits' – why switch platform if your friends are still on Facebook? A switch would need to be a coordinated, well promoted global effort to have a chance of success.

Another way forward would be buying out the existing social networks. This would be a huge challenge, financially and politically. There is a glimmer of hope however – there's currently a project for Twitter users to buy out Twitter, creating a community owned resource.

A third and final way could be to appeal to Zuckerberg directly! He's said he wants to 'take the long view and build the new social infrastructure to create the world we want for generations to come'. Zuckerberg, are you listening?! Could our social infrastructure be truly democratic please, and built for people, not profit?

There are no easy answers, but ultimately it's up to us to make this happen. Technology offers us so much - we need a real say over how it develops.

Facebook should belong to all of us. Love, like and share if you agree!


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The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) promotes and safeguards the right of all Deaf people to quality education, starting at birth and throughout life. As for all learners, Deaf children have the same right to education and full access to quality education.

The right to education is clearly and explicitly stated in the new Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Convention states that states shall take appropriate measures for facilitating the learning of sign language and the promotion of the linguistic identity of the deaf community. Governments shall ensure that education of deaf and deaf blind persons is delivered in the most appropriate languages and in environments which maximize academic and social development. The governments shall also take appropriate measures to employ teachers who are qualified in sign language.

Education is a basic necessity for all people. Education is recognised as a primary means for gaining independence, citizenship rights, appropriate employment, economic power and self-empowerment. WFD supports the United Nation’s (UN) position that all people, regardless of origin, gender, age, disability and creed, have the right to a meaningful education. The UN and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) advocate education as a human right for all people.

Like all children, Deaf children must have access to equal and quality education. Deaf children have the right to expect that their needs and human, linguistic and educational rights are respected and supported by educational authorities, in full compliance with international policy statements, national legislation and national curricula. Deaf children are born with the same basic capacities for learning and language as all children; they can and should reach their full potential with appropriate, visual, quality educational programmes and support.

WFD advocates, promotes and safeguards educational rights for all Deaf people of all ages. The term ‘Deaf people’ includes a wide spectrum of people with hearing differences from moderate to profound, from various backgrounds, races, ages, creeds, ethnicities, and philosophies and with different levels of linguistic variables.

WFD emphasizes respect for difference and acceptance of persons with disabilities as part of human diversity as humanity as it is stated in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Deaf children are part of human diversity and they are entitled to respect for their evolving capacities and respect for their right to preserve their identities. These principles shall include in all spheres of education of deaf children: school legislation, curricular, learning materials, teacher teaching, school subjects and school practices.

Regardless of the age of the learner, there are some common denominators that must be considered in planning and implementing successful educational programmes for and with Deaf students. This specific paper will focus on the educational needs and rights of Deaf youth.

WFD embraces these following human rights and educational principles:

  • Like all people, Deaf people have the right to full access to quality education.
  • Deaf people are primarily visual beings, whose eyes are their portal to the world of information and knowledge. Thus, sign language and visual strategies must be made available to Deaf people as a birthright. (Deafblind people may predominantly depend
    on their tactile sense and have the right to learn sign language, Braille and mobility skills.)
  • Education is in itself not a place or a goal, but a continuous, life-long process enabling one to acquire multiple skills needed to become an independent, educated, employed, self-actualising, participating and contributing citizen of one’s community and society.

Furthermore, WFD takes the position that to deny Deaf children access to a quality education and their bill of rights are tantamount to child abuse.

The Current Situation

Studies by the WFD reveal that the enrolment rate and literacy achievement of Deaf children is far below the average for the population at large. Illiteracy and semi-literacy are serious problems among Deaf people. Without appropriate education, advancement in society as an independent, employed, contributing citizen becomes problematic. Without a strong educational and language base, it is difficult to succeed in today’s communities and marketplaces, and in the world of technology and information.

WFD takes the unequivocal position that there is no excuse for this deplorable situation, since Deaf children have the same innate intellectual, social and emotional capacities, as do all children.

Moreover, even in industrialised countries, the majority of current Deaf education programmes do not respect the linguistic human rights of Deaf children. Indeed, most Deaf education programmes fall into the language deprivation category described in theoretical models of education of linguistic minorities. “Language deprivation” for Deaf people means ignoring the use of sign language as a basic communication means, as a language of instruction and as a school subject. Following this, the linguistic human rights of Deaf children are grossly violated in educational programmes all over the world.

Current Research

There are several salient findings derived from research studies regarding educational development, language acquisition and Deaf children:

  • Deaf students learn best through visual modalities and depend on sign language.
  • The brain, without adequate stimulation during the critical learning years, ages 0-3, may atrophy as much as 30%. Due to insufficient family and community support during this critical time, Deaf children are needlessly stalled in language acquisition until they commence formal schooling.
  • Deaf children of Deaf adults generally have a head start in language acquisition, communication development and educational prowess, and do well in later life as employees, citizens and leaders.
  • Literacy and language does not equal speech and communication. Language development must precede everything else, speech development can occur later. Conversely, early speech development alone will not guarantee language and literacy skills.
  • Sign language is a valid linguistic means of conveying thoughts, ideas and emotions. Hearing babies whose parents use sign language have a head start in communicating with their parents. Increasing numbers of hearing people study and utilise sign language annually.
  • Programmes utilising bilingual or multilingual approaches, and employing qualified professionals, provide Deaf children with a strong language base, which equips them better for success in the broad range of educational subjects.
  • Deaf children who are in school are often in programmes that do not meet their needs, educationally, socially or emotionally. These include oral programmes that exclude the Deaf learner’s right to visual access to education, professionals fluent in the sign language used by the Deaf community, and supportive, enriching and appropriate environments. Such programmes fail to meet the Deaf child’s needs and goals, and are detrimental to the Deaf child’s educational development, self-esteem and overall well-being.
  • Early educational intervention, bilingual/multilingual programmes and qualified professionals and role models enable Deaf learners to achieve full intellectual, social and emotional development, and enable them to reach their full potential as human beings, in all aspects of life.

Linguistic Human Rights

The UN supports the rights of students from minority cultures, specifically the right to education in their mother tongue. This includes the right of Deaf children to the sign language of their country. Previously mentioned new Convention emphasizes that without respecting linguistic rights of the deaf students, their human right can not be fulfilled.

Linguistic human rights are an essential component of human rights, and central to language acquisition. Such language acquisition is required for full access to education.

WFD supports the right of Deaf children to acquire full mastery of their sign language as their ‘mother tongue’, as well as to learn the language(s) used by their family and community.

Deaf children must also have access to adult role models fluent in sign language.

The realisation of linguistic human rights is linked to the realisation of basic human rights to education, freedom of thought and expression, enjoyment of an adequate standard of living, protection from all forms of abuse, neglect and exploitation, and freedom from subjection to torture or other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment. It is the mastery of language(s) that enables a child to express her/his needs and desires, and gives him/her the tool to protect and to assert him/herself as a human being.

Inclusive Education

Many policy-makers today strongly support full inclusion in education, which they interpret to mean full-scale mainstreaming of all disabled students with all students in regular schools near their homes.

While such a goal may be generally appropriate for many disabled learners who can hear and interact with their peers and teachers, WFD has serious differences regarding implementation of this concept for Deaf learners.

WFD holds that the least restrictive environment for a Deaf learner is whatever is the most enabling environment for that learner. Full inclusion for a Deaf learner means a totally supportive, signing and student-centred environment. This permits the learner to develop to his/her full educational, social and emotional potential. This is stated also in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Otherwise, inclusion as a simple placement in a regular school without meaningful interaction with classmates and professionals at all times is tantamount to exclusion of the Deaf learner from education and society. In such environments, the Deaf child is physically present but may be mentally and socially absent.

Statement of Rights and Recommendations
To ensure that the educational rights of Deaf learners are fulfilled, WFD therefore:

  • Reaffirms its position that all Deaf people, including Deaf children, have the right to full access to quality education through visual modes, including indigenous sign languages. This position is supported by several international conventions of the UN.
  • Supports early identification of Deaf infants and youth, followed promptly with sign language environments and educational intervention strategies and programmes, in partnerships between families, Deaf adults and professionals.
  • Calls upon governments to ensure full and equal access to and educational success for Deaf learners based on regular education goals, standards and curricula.
  • States, furthermore, that such curricula should provide the opportunity for students to learn in and study both their local/national sign language and the local (written) language as academic subjects.

Calls upon national and regional/provincial governments to:

  • To sign and ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and modify their education legislation to follow this Convention.
  • Put into practice policies or guidelines regarding early identification of and intervention for Deaf children that maximise their visual capabilities and sign language.
  • Legalise sign language and quality education for Deaf people of all ages.
  • Provide the resources necessary for the development of effective programmes for teaching sign language and Deaf Studies (history, culture, etc.) to involved people, such as:
    • Families of Deaf children
    • Teachers of Deaf children, administrators and other professionals
    • Professionals, including doctors and therapists, for preschool Deaf children
    • Interested parties such as but not limited to community service providers, interpreters, and other students
  • Provide support for programmes for Deaf people to receive training and become employed as teachers, educational professionals and members of educational teams.
  • Establish high standards for quality education programmes and outcomes, from early childhood to professional education, for all Deaf people equal to that for all people; implement assessment and monitoring programmes to ensure that each learner makes appropriate progress.
  • Ensure that Deaf learners who may be placed in mainstream educational settings have access to the services of educated, trained and qualified sign language interpreters, other needed support services, Deaf peers and role models, and full participation in both the educative and co-curricular processes.

Support further research into:

  • The development of strategies and valid instruments for teaching and assessing features in indigenous sign languages and the development of fluency in sign language.
  • The benefits of acquiring an education using direct communication pedagogies, versus indirectly through a third-party interpreter.

Joutselainen, Marjo: WFD Survey of Deaf People in the Developing World; World Federation of the Deaf, 1991

Mahshie, Shawn Neal: Educating Deaf Children Bilingually; Pre-College Programmes, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, 1995

UNESCO: The Salamanca Statement and Framework for Action on Special Needs Education; Adopted by the World Conference on Special Needs Education: Access and Quality, Salamanca, Spain, June 1994

UNESCO: The Hamburg Declaration on Adult Learning and Agenda for the Future, CONFINTEA V, Hamburg, Germany, July 1997

United Nations: Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the UN General Assembly 1959 and 1989

United Nations: Declaration on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the UN General Assembly 22 February 2001, under the heading of “Children with Disabilities”

United Nations: Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, adopted by the UN General Assembly 18 December 1992

United Nations: The Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities: adopted by the UN General Assembly 20 December 1993 (particularly Article 6.1 – 6.9)

United Nations: Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the UN General Assembly 10 December 1948

United Nations: The Charter of Fundamental Rights, Articles 21, 24 and 26, 28 September 2000

World Federation of the Deaf: Report on the Status of Sign Language; WFD Scientific Commission on Sign Language (Supalla, T.; Bergmann, R.; Denmark, C.; Jokinen, M.; Schroeder, O-I; and Suwanarat, M), 1993

World Federation of the Deaf: Report from the Commission on Deaf Education (International President M. Jokinen, National President G. Leigh), XIII World Congress of the WFD, July 1999

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006

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Emphasis in Writing

I’ve talked about it to many, many writers on an individual basis. Now, it’s time I share it with the world.

Using all-caps in your fiction should be a complete and utter last resort.

When to use all-caps:

  • When using an acronym such as ASPCA, or FBI.
  • When a character or narrator is screaming and your narrative is not strong enough to convey that volume otherwise.

When not to use all-caps:

  • When a character is talking slightly louder than they were before.
  • When a character is speaking in staccato or with heavy inflection.
  • When you, the writer, want to emphasis something.
  • Whenever you feel like it.
  • For a chapter heading
  • When a character is shouting, but you can tag the dialogue with “she shouted.”
  • When a character is shouting, but your amazing writing skills make it so that your reader totally gets that vibe without the use of irritating all-caps.
  • For signs or letters or fliers written out in-narrative.

What to use instead:

  • For heavy emphasis within the narrative or dialogue use italics.
  • For heavy inflection or staccato speech, Use. Them. Periods. (Not super great, but better than some alternatives).
  • For chapter headings, use larger font sizes. You can use bold typeface, or nothing.
  • Denote excitement or shouting with a single exclamation point and/or descriptive dialogue tags.
  • For fliers or signs written out within your novel, you can use italics or small-caps (sample below)

  • As a second-to-last resort for screaming or shouting, use small-caps, as well.

Worst form of emphasis
Avoid using All-Caps
How to convey emphasis

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Proposed Canon

The City of Heroes is a (possibly mythical) place where Erfworlders believe that those units who are courageous and good go after they croak, comparable to Valhalla of the Real World Vikings.

Several units have expressed some sort of belief in the City of Heroes:

Vinnie's comments suggest that it is believed, by some units at least, that the Titans judge at night, after all turns have ended, if a unit may enter this place and start their next turn there.Erf-b1-p073Same-site.PNG

It is not explicitly stated that a unit has to croak in combat to go to the afterlife of City of Heroes, but given Wrigley's assertion that his death as a prisoner would not suffice to be selected, the inference is that death in battle is necessary seems strong.

The scripture refers to this place.

Units borne into the City of Heroes are said to be grouped into all-new Sides under the command of the Titans themselves, to fight the battle at the Last Turn which will end the world and bring unto all a new Erf.

If the City really exists, it's possible that some form of magic, possibly Weirdomancy, allows living Erfworlders to communicate or otherwise interact with the inhabitants of the City of Heroes.

Real World References

City of Heroes is an MMORPG. In the eponymous city that serves as the game's setting, only Heroes are allowed to be created (there is a seperate city, complete with its own MMORPG, for villians), which may indicate that the Erfworld equivalent is a resting place for "Good" units.

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  • Ellijay, GA 30540
  • Bedrooms 3
  • Bathrooms 2.5
  • Sq Ft 1,650 sq ft
  • Acres .84 acres
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1 Sleeve X 1000

(Annotated by Sarah Lawrance)

All I could do was to offer you an opinion upon one minor point – a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction; and that, as you will see, leaves the great problem of the true nature of woman and the true nature of fiction unsolved.
– Virginia Woolf, 1929, pp. 7-8

Woolf, Virginia (1929). A room of one’s own. London: Hogarth Press.

Re-cited by Canadian popular educator Kathryn Church, 2003, p. 156

Church, Kathryn, & Church, Lorraine (2003). Needles and pins: Dialogue on a mother/daughter journey. Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering, 5(1), 148-156.

An entry on this blog’s Hand me downs page cites a hand-me-down of Virginia Woolf by Kathryn Church, and I’d like to contribute a link to an article that refers to one of Church’s projects, as well as comment on a theme in this article.

The article, “1 Sleeve X 1000” by Nikko Snyder (published in good girl magazine, no.1, 2001, and also available at http://www.goodgirl.ca/1sleeve.html), is a reflection by a young woman on the significance of sewing as a valuable part of women’s art and women’s history. She was moved by “Fabrications: Stitching Ourselves Together,” Church’s exhibit of the homemade wedding dresses that her mother sewed for family and friends over the course of 45 years.

After having taken sewing for granted for most of her life, Snyder notes, ‘”What I suddenly clearly saw was this: sewing is a complicated part of my history and a profound symbol, not just for the women that sew, but for women’s history.” She adds, “I want to understand how the erasure of creativity from this symbol has come to pass, and I want to challenge the idea that the rejection of this aspect of women’s history has gone largely unnoticed and unquestioned. In fact, many women are starting to reassess sewing as a potentially creative practice, redefine our own assumptions, and reclaim it on our own terms.”

This reference to women’s reclamation of such stigmatized arts and crafts is evident in the international popularity of such projects as Stitch’n Bitch (http://stitchnbitch.org/). Speaking from personal experience, I’d say sewing is also being reclaimed and redefined in more radical ways, where young women are encouraged to play an active role in their menstrual health by sewing their own reusable menstrual pads. Not only this, but some women make them for friends and family and sell or trade them at local feminist-friendly and grassroots shops and crafts sales, thereby also playing an important role in the re-circulation of resources within a community at the local level.

I only recently came to the realization, myself, that this tactical reclamation, this DIY (do-it-yourself) ethic, has long and strong roots in the mundane activities of our foremothers and -sisters, in the social reproduction of labour. We have and likely will continue to often take these activities for granted in the face of marketing efforts to “facilitate” our lives, unless we actively seek out their voices and publicly recognize the value of their work.

~ by artpoped on January 7, 2009.

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Becoming a member volunteer at the WBN provides you with an opportunity to develop your people management and communication skills and enhance your self confidence.

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By getting involved as a member of a committee, now only will you have a pedigreed introduction to many members of Ottawa’s business community, but best of all, you get to have fun doing it with a group of positive successful business women. Contact one of the chairs at any of the following committees to get involved.

  • Businesswoman of the Year Award (BYA) Gala Committee

    The BYA Committee, working with a professional Event Planner, is responsible for the Businesswoman of the Year Awards Gala - the WBN’s premiere event.We secure BYA-specific sponsorships, and plan all aspects of the gala evening from staging, décor, and food to music, VIPs, Emcee, gifts and prizes. Once the Nominating and Awards Committee has announced the nine Finalists, the BYA Committee coordinates the Finalist - Sponsor Reception, numerous media interviews, photographs and videos. The committee works with the communications committee, KISS 105.3, Rogers Television, Ottawa Business Journal, and Metroland Media to market and provide media coverage. The year-long gala planning cycle culminates in April with one of Ottawa’s premier business award events.

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  • Businesswoman of the Year Award (BYA) Nominating & Awards Committee

    The Nominating/Awards committee has the exciting mandate of helping to increase the profile of the WBN members through recognition of their achievements. The committee also encourages members to develop their leadership skills through participation on the WBN Board and plays a role in celebrating the success of all women in business via the Businesswoman of the Year Award (BYA). We learn about amazing businesswomen in our network and in Ottawa, solicit recognition from other organizations for our talented members, and help plan a great celebration of the success of businesswomen. WBN also sponsors three annual scholarships for female students in recognition of their scholastic and leadership achievements.

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Honey Cowl

I’ve had two skeins of Classic Shades yarn in my stash for quite some time – bought originally to make leg warmers, then I realized it didn’t have enough ‘bounce’ and the results would likely be very saggy – and then the other day I ran across the Honey Cowl pattern and BOOM! I remembered about this yarn.  It is super soft and snugly  and the long color changes are nicely showcased in this slip stitch pattern. I’m making the larger size (220 stitches) and with two skeins the cowl should end up about 8″ wide. It’s also fantastic commuter knitting, as every other row is plain stockinette.

(almost half done; close-up of stitch pattern)

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You want random? You got it. Mostly knitting and gardening, with some home improvements, pets, baking, family, and the occasional bad joke thrown in for good measure. This blog is mine; it is a place where I can insist upon proper grammar or break my own rules and degrade into slang on a whim. Either way, it's still mine. I love the Internet.
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  1. mcwieser says:

    Hey – I love this pattern. Made it for Hilary last year. So quick to knit. I love slip stitch.

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Why I am allowed to make things that aren't perfect. (Thanks, [livejournal.com profile] epi_lj!)

In related news, I'm going to take up the [livejournal.com profile] tamingthemuse challenge again, starting this week - my life has felt decidedly empty since I stopped churning out short stories (or at least vignettes / flash pieces) at a regular clip. Part of me wants to try to develop more involved pieces, but it would also be fun to treat them as quick and dirty creative writing exercises. Like last time, I'll probably do a bit of both depending on the prompt and how busy I am in a given week. I'm aiming for 30 weeks again (which will take me through to the end of July).

Speaking of last time, I have 20 weeks' worth of stories to play with. Some of them need quite a bit of work, too. Time to sharpen the old editing claws.

I also want to have at least one 20 minute play to submit to the SJTC by February 28th, and that's going to take a bit of work. I had an idea for one last month that I jotted down in a notebook somewhere, and I wrote a few things for Script Frenzy last year that I might be able to tweak to an appropriate length (possibly including "Don't Jump!," though I'm not sure if that idea will fly as well as a longer play.)

And have I mentioned here my slowly-forming plan to write and somehow video-ify close readings of movies and suchlike? It's in the larval stages at the moment but definitely on my "must make this actually happen" list for the year.

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January 16, 2010

Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska has a thermometer and she’s considering whether to take the temperature of the Senate’s climate change bill next week.

Murkowski knows that support among her colleagues for the Kerry-Boxer climate change bill isn’t particularly hot.   In fact, many senators are saying that the support for cap and trade isn’t there and that a climate change bill won’t be passed this year.

Nothing like a cold winter, Copenhagen, Climate Gate, and health care to combine to produce a chilly breeze.

In addition to considering whether to call for a Senate test vote next week on Kerry-Boxer , Sen. Murkowski is also exploring the possibility of introducing a disapproval resolution that would stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing greenhouse gas regulations stemming from the “endangerment finding.”    In a speech last month on the Senate floor, Murkowski expressed concern over the threatened EPA regulation if Congress does not act on climate change.

This approach is often likened, rather starkly, to “putting a gun to Congress’ head.” Personally, I believe that’s a terrible way to pursue climate policy, and beyond that, a terrible way to govern this country. It’s difficult to grasp how or why Congress would feel compelled to enact economically-damaging legislation in order to stave off economically-damaging regulations. We’re being presented with a false choice that should be rejected outright. The majority and the administration are saying, “Don’t make us do this.” My answer is, simply, “You don’t have to.”

At the AFBF meeting in Seattle, we heard from Chris Horner of the Competitive Enterprise Institute who punctured holes in what he calls a $7 billion dollar climate change industry.

In this blog post, Horner delights in Sen. Murkowski’s legislative strategy and the surprising reaction of climate change legislation supporters.

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The first thing to come to my mind when I think of Italy is Rome, The Pope, good food, gelato and of course good wine. In my mind Italians are the classy Europeans when it comes to well everything especially drinking. It seems to me that Italians never drink to get drunk and always accompany their drinks with a good amount of pasta. Italians seem to enjoy the the taste of wine and drink  with an air of sensibility.

In the article titled, “A Sip Too Far: Italy Cracks down on Underage Drinking“, Jeff Israely says this about Italian drinking culture.  “Italy has always prided itself on a balanced — even divine — rapport with the strong stuff. Call it a sipping culture rather than a drinking culture: Italians traditionally serve wine at the family dinner table, with boys and girls often getting their first taste of alcohol around age 12..” This part of the article confirms my preconceived notions of Italians and their drinking culture, and I did see this openness but also a  sense of control to drinking when I traveled to Italy.

However Israely goes onto say “The national minimum drinking age of 16 is often ignored and rarely enforced.” He also quotes a Roman pub manager who argues “Lots of young people don’t even know what they’re drinking … They just [want] to get drunk.” The author of this article is trying to say that usually Italians are very refined in their drinking but since the drinking age isn’t enforced young people are starting to drink more recklessly. This makes sense to me because every young person wants to experiment everything life has to offer whether it’s alcohol or skydiving. This is true of all young people regardless of culture, whether you’re Italian or American.

In order to combat this underage drinking the city of Milan is trying to enforce the legal drinking age of 16 years. So now those only 16 years of age and older can buy alcohol and anyone caught supplying alcohol to someone underage or if someone is caught drinking in public who is under 16 will be fined 700 hundred dollars. After the Milan city council passed this legislation, the Italian Prime Minister encouraged other cities to follow Milan’s lead. Which has started in some other other cities now. The hard part about doing this is that it is illegal to ask someone for identification in Italy before being served alcohol. So it’s up to the bar or store decide how old the person looks.

What is this?! I applaud Milan for reacting to a growing problem among its youth but can a Prime Minister really do no more that just recomend that other cities start doing the same? Doesn’t he have the power to make the whole follow this legislation? In addition, coming from an American background where we card people until they are 30, how can there be an actual law not allowing for identification before buying or consuming alcohol? What is the sense of having a drinking age then? If Italy is going to care about it’s youths’ problem with drinking I feel it needs to start taking the problem seriously. Some people are but the problem not everyone feels the same way.

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  1. I always heard that the drinking culture in Europe typically produced one that was not centered around getting drunk. It is interesting to hear that this is not really the case. I also think its crazy that they are not able to ask for identification at bars, it seems that this is a law that should be reconsidered if the Europeans are truly interested in enforcing a drinking age limit.

  2. After reading your blog on Italy I was surprised there was a drinking age in general. Both grandparents from my mother’s side of the family are Italian; when we use to visit them we were always served wine and sambuca liquor (if we decided to drink coffee). Although making a drinking age might seem like a good idea for Italy, I feel that drinking is embedded in the culture itself; In this sense I feel the city of Milan will have no success with their new law.

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Sermon 10 August 2014: “Operational Risk Management”

We get another familiar story this week, this time, Jesus and Peter, walking on water. Well, Peter doesn’t quite make it the whole way. But that’s not what’s on my mind this morning.

I’m wondering about those other 11 guys back in the boat.

The summer of my 7th grade year, my budding baseball career hit its highpoint when I got put on the pitching staff of 3 on our summer rec baseball team. My rise to stardom was that I had really good control….and I threw so slow that it often threw off the timing of the batters I faced. Actually though, I could throw a lot harder, but rather than throw overhand like most people do, I used this sidearm delivery because my control was better….and as a kid in the 7th grade, I thought I looked really cool. But I threw a lot slower because of it. When my dad and I would practice my pitching in our yard, I’d throw overhand, but I just couldn’t control it…which resulted in a lot of broken garage windows and a few balls that ended up in the woods behind the garage. Over time, I just felt like I couldn’t do it – pitch overhand successfully. So I switched to sidearm throwing, and because it was successful for me, I just stuck with it.

However, my success was limited….in games, hitters would adjust their timing and my awesome pitching became like batting practice to them. My dad would yell over and over “Pitch it overhand! Try it!” But I was just to scared to…scared of embarrassing myself with a wild pitch or hitting a batter, scared of losing my position as a starting pitcher…..scared of failing. The risk as just too great.

“You of little faith, why did you doubt?” Typically, this story ends up being about Peter’s failure, a LACK of faith. Like Peter, if we could just trust a little more, keep our eyes on Jesus, then we’d be able to walk on water, do amazing things….get closer in our walk towards him. We’d be a whole lot more successful at this following Jesus, discipleship thing.

A good sermon perhaps. But I’m still stuck on those 11 back in the boat.

In the Navy, we have this thing called “Operational Risk Management,” which is a fancy Navy-speak for considering risk vs. reward. In fact, the Navy came up with this matrix, where risk and reward are quantified on a graph with green, yellow, and red zones that essentially tell you whether you should do something or not. My second Executive Officer actually had laminated wallet-sized cards with the Operational Risk Management matrix on it made, and had us pull them out every time we had to make a “risky” decision.

While I don’t think anyone of us are carrying a card like that around, I do think that’s exactly how we think about life – operational risk management. I think we live in a society today that really values managing risk. Every decision we make is based on considering the risk vs. the reward……how we save and spend money, how we choose work and activities, and even how we choose our relationships.

The thing about Operational Risk Management as a way of life is that we don’t really have any need for anyone else but ourselves. We’re in control, and we manage life according to the outcomes we want or hope for….with as little risk as possible to ourselves. Thing is though, no matter how hard you try, you can’t eliminate all of the risk. No decision comes with out it, and the same’s true of relationships. Life gets a little stormy and rough at times…and we might fail.

And I think that reality scares us so much that we’d rather just stay in the boat.

But like the 11, we miss something when we stay in the boat. Because Peter doesn’t just witness the miracle of Jesus’ saving power as the Son of God – he experiences it. Because in the moment when he’s sinking, Jesus reaches out his hand and catches Peter – out of a concern and care for him. In his cry to be saved….Jesus saves him. And because of that experience, saying that Jesus is the Son of God is more than just idle words, paying lip service. Experiencing the hand of grace that catches and saves us when we’re in over our heads…saying Jesus is the Son of God becomes a confession of faith, a faith that led Peter out of the boat in the first place…a faith that calls us out of the boat today.

Some of you may know, but we’re planning on participating in the ELCA National Day of Service – “God’s Work, Our Hands” weekend. It’s on September 7th. And we had this great plan to form teams to go out and sing to nursing homes and assisted living facilities….bringing church to those who are “shut out” because of age and limitations. Well, that plan hit a snag…..only one of the 5 places we called were able to schedule us. Now we could have let that failure stop us….not enough time for a new plan, the risk of failure too great.

But the desire to serve is still there….and so a new plan emerged. Folks can still go sing at the one place we were able to – Churchland House – 3pm, Sunday September 7th. But on Saturday, the 6th, we thought: let’s do a neighborhood cookout, and give away free food as a way of serving and getting to know folks in Portsmouth. Let’s invite folks from all over the City of Portsmouth – friends, family, neighbors, even strangers……to come and enjoy some free food, and we’ll sing some songs together too. And if everyone contributes a little bit…..a bag of chips, a couple packs of hotdogs and buns, and everything else…..between three churches we should have enough. And between three churches, we have enough talent and able bodies to cook food, sing songs….to pull this off. We’ll give it away until it’s all gone. We’ll give it away, a free gift, and act of service……kind of like the free gift of grace God has given us and all people in Jesus Christ.

God does not call us to a life of Operational Risk Management…..we are called to a life of faith. But God calls us to this life of faith assuring us of the promise of Christ’s care and saving grace that carries us through no matter if we sink, swim, or walk on water…and because of that, maybe, just maybe, getting off our butts and out of the boat might end up being the greatest experience of our lives. Amen.

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In addition to her duties as Sue Sylvester on “Glee,” Jane Lynch is hosting NBC’s new game show, “Hollywood Game Night” – and she’s loving every minute of it.

“It is a dream job,” Jane told Access Hollywood Live’s Kit Hoover and guest co-host Michelle Beadle on Thursday, of the NBC show (premiering Thursday) which pairs stars with non-celebrity contestants. “The great thing about it is they pick these very funny people who mix in very easily with the celebrities and at the end of the first round you don’t know who’s the celebrity and who’s the normie.”

Inspired by real life game nights hosted by actor/producer Sean Hayes, the group plays multiple showbiz-themed games (Name That Tune, Celebrity Charades, etc.) in a bid to win a cash prize.

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“We end every episode with a rousing rendition of Celebrity – it’s my absolute favorite,” Jane said, adding that she had been to many a game night at Sean’s house prior to the inception of the show.

Contestants, both celebrity and civilian alike, seem to be having a ton of carefree fun in the previews for the new series, which prompted Michelle and Kit to ask if the participants may be a tad tipsy during filming.

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“Yeah, we keep everybody real lubricated!” the actress admitted, laughing. “It’s real alcohol in those glasses! It’s a game night, like at Sean Hayes’ house, or your friend’s house, where you’re drinkin’ up, you’re getting a little tanked and the reference level is pretty low – all you have to do is have watched Access Hollywood or [read] People magazine in order to know the answers.”

Kristen Bell, Fred Armisen, Alyson Hannigan, Matthew Perry, Jason Sudeikis and Maya Rudolph are among and the many celebs who compete on the show, and Jane spilled the beans on which star she’d like to have on her team (and a “Friend” she’d like to avoid!).

“Jason Sudeikis is brilliant and Sean Hayes is fantastic,” she said. “Matt Perry was kinda cranky, so he was entertaining in that regard, but not the best player! And he’d be the first to admit it.”

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Jane also discussed her current stint on Broadway, where she’s playing Miss Hannigan in “Annie.”

“I haven’t been on stage in about 20 years and I’ve totally reignited that fire,” Jane said, when asked if she’s enjoying her time on the Great White Way. “I remember why I wanted to be in this wacky business to begin with. I love it. I’m adoring it. I’m flying high.”

Adding, “I will be back, if they will have me.”

“Hollywood Game Night” – which offers contestants a chance to win $25,000 while their celebrity partners gets $25,000 to donate to charity – premieres tonight, Thursday, at 10 PM on NBC.

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Boeing Co., Huntsville, Ala., was awarded a $6,820,626 modification, to cost-plus-fixed-fee contract make modifications to accommodate instruments and payloads on Boeing’s existing experimental Phantom Eye prototype aircraft and gather, analyze, and report flight test data to characterize potential payload environments. The modification increases the total contract value from $2,213,873 to $9,034,499. The Missile Defense Agency, Albuquerque, N.M., is the contracting activity.


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