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The Rainer Maria Rilke Archive

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Tenth Duino Elegy

That someday, delivered at last
from this terrifying vision,
I might sing out in praise and
jubilation unto approving angels;
that no single tone shall fail
to sound due to a slack,
a doubtful or a broken string
when clearly struck by
the hammer of my heart;
that my joyful face
might stream with radiance
and these hidden tears at last
erupt in blossoms fully blown,
I must learn to hold these
nights of anguish dear!
O Sisters Of Lament,
why did I not kneel
more lowly to receive you-
surrender myself more fully
to your loose and flowing hair?
We are wastrels of our sorrows,
gazing beyond them into the
desolate reaches of endurance
where we seek to know their ends.
They are but our winter foliage,
our somber evergreen,
a single season of our inner year;
nor season only, but land,
colony, storehouse,
floor and residence.

It is certain, alas,
that we are strangers
to the alleys of the
City of Sorrow, where
in the falsified silence
born of continual clatter,
the mold of emptiness ejects
a strutting figure: the gilded din,
the exploding memorial.
O, with what finality
would an angel trample to dust
their marketplace of consolation,
bounded by the church with its
off-the-rack indulgences: as
tidy, dull and shut tight
as a post office on Sunday.
Outside, always, curls
the edge of the carnival.
Swings of freedom!
High divers and
dedicated jugglers!
And cosmeticized fortune’s
metaphoric shooting gallery
whose tin targets clang and
spin when struck by some
marksman’s chance shot-
who, dizzy with applause,
seeking further luck,
stumbles down the midway
where diverse attractions
seduce, drum and hawk their wares.
For adults only-a special attraction:
graphic reproduction of currency!
Titillating! The sex life of money,
in the nude, gonads and all,
before your very eyes-
educational and guaranteed
to enhance your virility….
Beyond the last billboard-
plastered with ads for “Deathless,”
the bitter beer, sweet
to those who drink it
(so long as they nibble fresh
distractions between sips)-
behind the billboard,
just to the rear: the real world.
Children play and lovers touch,
off to the side,
intent in the thin grass,
while dogs do as nature bids.
A youth is drawn further on,
enamoured of a young Lament.
Into the fields he follows-
“Beyond,” says she,
“far distant do we dwell!”
“Where?” he inquires,
by her bearing swayed.
Her shoulder, her neck,
bespeak a noble origin.
Anon he leaves her;
What’s the use?
She is a lament.

Only those who died young,
in the primordial equanimity
of their weaning,
follow her lovingly.
She waits for maidens
and befriends them,
gently shows them
her attire: pearls
of sorrow and veils
fine-spun of patience.
Alongside young men
she walks in silence.

Beyond, in the valley
where they dwell, an
elderly Lament fondly indulges
a youth who questions her.
“Once,” she tells him, “we were
a great family, we Laments.
Our fathers worked the mines
of yon mountain range.
Among men you still might find,
at times, a polished lump
of original sorrow-or a nugget
of petrified rage from the slag
of some ancient volcano.
Aye, from yonder range it came.
We once were wealthy.”

And lightly she leads him through
the spacious landscape of Lament,
shows him the pillars of the temples
and the crumbled towers from which,
in olden days, the Lords of Lament
so wisely ruled… shows him the
tall trees of tears and the fields
of woe full flowered
(such woe as the living know
only as a shrub unbudded);
shows him the herds of grief
where they stand grazing.
Once in awhile a startled bird,
darting through their skyward gaze,
inscribes its lonely cry upon the clouds.
At dusk she leads him to the graves
of the sibyls and dire prophets-
of all the Lords of Lament
the longest lived.
As night lowers, their steps slacken
and soon, rising like the moon,
the Guardian Sepulchre is seen,
kin to the Sphinx of Nile fame,
lofty in cavernous countenance.
They marvel at the regal head
which silently presents the human
face to be weighed upon the
scale of the stars, eternally.

His sight cannot grasp it,
giddy still from early death,
but her’s startles an owl from
behind the rim of the crown,
who brushes the rounder of
his cheeks, leaving a faint
impression upon the new
hearing born of his death;
an indescribable outline
scrawled as though across
the leaves of an open book.

And higher, the stars. New.
Stars of the Land of Lament.
Slowly the elder names their names:
“Look there: the Rider, the Staff,
and that larger constellation
they call the Fruit Garland.
Higher still, toward the Pole,
the Cradle, the Path, the
Burning Book, the Doll, the Window.
In the southern sky,
clearcut as the lines within
a consecrated hand,
sparkles the luminous M
denoting Mothers.”

But the dead must away
and silently the Elder Lament
leads him as far as the Arroyo,
where gleaming in the moonlight
springs the source of joy.
With reverence she names it,
saying: “Endlessly it flows
into the world of men.”

They stand at the mountain’s foot.
Weeping, she embraces him.

Alone, he starts his climb
up the peak of Primal Pain.
Not once do his footsteps echo
from this soundless path of fate.
Were the endlessly dead
to awaken some symbol,
within us, to indicate
themselves, they might
point to the catkins
dangling from the leafless
branches of the Hazel trees.
Or speak in drops of rain
falling to dark earth
in early spring.

Then we,
who have known joy
only as it escapes us,
rising to the sky,
would receive the
overwhelming benediction
of happiness descending.

Rainer Maria Rilke
Translated by Robert Hunter

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Once a classroom teacher (QTS) by Rob Knee QTS

As the pressures, negativity, dictats and demoralisation increase so does the turnover of staff in schools. Recruitment becomes a crisis (a crisis which is currently with us although it will not be reported). And so this particular educational cycle wearily follows the well trodden path. What could change? What can be done to redress the resulting damage to the futures of children and young people?

Probably not the government’s appallingly cynical meddling for perceived political gain.
Here’s a an idea/suggestion. We encourage anyone who has taught to make a point of using, whenever they can, their QTS initials and to look for opportunities to continue to fulfil part of the role of a teacher at home, at work or in the community. Teachers are trained to be ambassadors for the safety, wellbeing, encouragement and development of young people. If we produce around 40,000 teachers each year and the number currently employed is around 400,000 then the number qualified and not currently teaching must be in the millions (many in high profile jobs and roles). We should celebrate the time these teachers gave and understand that many move, quite naturally, into and out of the profession. We should also continue to encourage and value the contribution that the ‘have moved on from working in school cohort’ can make. We should raise the profile, and society’s awareness, appreciation and use of, the millions of skilled ambassadors for education in their midst.

Of Pedagogy

Perhaps the failure of teaching  to establish itself as a profession on a par with medicine or the law rests with the absence of a clearly defined realm of expertise.

Teaching involves translating a body of knowledge so that it can be presented in an appropriate and effective manner. The term to describe this process is pedagogy. Pedagogy encompasses a substantial amount of decision making and a demand for expert judgements that is surely the equal of medicine or law.

Pedagogy is little used by the profession at large and when it is, often describes but one element of the process. This ‘selective’ tendency is perhaps one reason why the term has not established itself as the true descriptor and champion of the teaching profession. Other theories suggest that the term has been appropriated by the academic world (and therefore treated with caution by schools), another that government, as paymasters and keepers of the social status quo, are reluctant to encourage a true process of professionalism. If Pedagogy, as an iconic term, was more dominant, it could greatly assist not only the status of teaching, but also of the training and development of teachers.

The meaning and origin of the word pedagogy  is from the Greek for the slave that walks the child to school, i.e. the deliverer of education. So how can we outline the expertise of pedagogy? It is possible to  identify 4 inter connecting spheres of pedagogy involving knowledge of subject (Epistemological), knowledge of how such subject content can be presented for learning (Educational), relating to managing groups of children and young people (Social Pedagogy) and fourthly, the ability to reconcile and balance the competing vested interests at play in the classroom (Critical Pedagogy).

Teaching does not provide the concrete outcomes more easily accessible to medicine and the law. However, the complexity and diffusion of outcomes prevalent in education, should be recognised as contributory elements of a high professional standing, to which the term pedagogy does justice.

The Perfect Storm – running out of teachers

First the supply side. The number of training places is being cut sharply and there is also a simultaneous attempt to transfer capacity to a new school based model. The schools may be keen and able to train teachers but at the current time of shrinking budgets and with major threats to the system headteachers have their minds on other things.

The Teaching School solution seems to be running out of steam with around 120 interested in this round (compared to the 1000 or so from round 1), many of these no doubt unsuccessful from the earlier application round. It is not clear how many of the Teaching Schools have either the capacity, experience or inclination to train teachers for schools other than their own. Wth some University Departments and EBITTs (GTP providers) falling below optimum numbers we could also see a domino effect of closures.

Add to this mix the inevitable regional variations – typically the more challenging parts of the country where it is much harder to attract and to train teachers. These areas will be the hardest hit. It is frustrating that there is no co-ordinated or longer term thinking by either local, regional or national bodies – if schools don’t have a full compliment of staff, standards are bound to fall and with them the economic and social prospects of the whole area.

It looks as if we are going to need a new model for staffing schools.

A new deal for Initial Teacher Training

we need some radical new thinking on the subject……..

The reason for this need is clear. For schools to take a more central role in ITT, more resources will be required. If this doesn’t happen (and the current School Direct proposal to channel all the funds initiially through ITT Providers and the modest funding of Teaching Schools, are not encouraging portents in this respect), we are in danger of seeing the dismantling of the HEI led ITT system without securing a proper replacement.

In addition to addressing the funding/resources issues, we also need to make it easier for departments to support trainees (particularly in Maths and Science). But first a few thoughts about the funding question.

The economics of ITT have always been shrouded in a little mystery. We are not sure of the true cost to schools of training and we are not sure about the real impact and advantage of an activity that most of us regard as of universal benefit. The contribution of ITT to standards, recruitment and retention elude accurate quantification.Without such a clear cost benefit, Head teachers  may continue to steer clear of ITT developments.

Some schools are experimenting with ideas as to how trainees might make a greater contribution. Perhaps the future model needs to run something like this: trainees are appointed in March and during April, May and June they could be expected to spend some time supporting, in school, after school and electronically, groups of pupils in Years 6, 11 or 13. Between March and September completion of on line Subject Knowledge Enhancement would be required. Training then runs from  September until July with a substantial teaching/covering commitment in the Summer Term. High quality trainees can make a substantial contribution to the performance of a school. A group of schools would need to collaborate to achieve economies of scale with placements, mentoring and tutoring. PGCE could be accredited at a reasonable cost and at the choice and expense of the trainee. The bulk of ITT funding has then to follow the trainee into the school. We need to be able to demonstrate that having trainees is a clear advantage to schools.

Any innovations would need to be properly externally evaluated for impact, but this type of arrangement might just attract the attention of Headeatchers.  The current situation provides a unique opportunity for leading ITT schools to shift the paradigm.

2012; Multi Academies, School Direct, ICT,Prejudice

2012 promises much by way of radical change in education, some of the change engineered by government, some as a fall out from government. Multi Academies are a logical response by groups of schools who wish to collaborate in the face of a shrinking Local Authority, the chance to pool scarce reources and the threat of predatory school chains. Multi Academies may be supported centrally because they will provide fewer ‘centres’ for administrative purposes. I have written before about the likelihood that all of this will lead to some kind of eventual reinvention of a Local Authority – still the most efficient model to support schools . Until we reach that point, it will be exciting for schools to work closely and to explore the benefits.

School Direct heralds the new age of Initial Teacher Training whereby schools will become the key players in ITT. Schools have always enjoyed engagement with ITT for a variety of reasons, not least as a very good way to recruit staff. The danger here is that the market will produce dominant school groups (aided by Teaching Schools) and the self interest factor could lead to the exclusion of the majority of schools from ITT.

With both Michael Gove and the Guardian calling for a radical overhaul of ICT something is bound to give,except that nothing can until we find/support several thousand trained teachers to deliver Computer Science. However, ICT clearly to become the curriculum reform candidate of the year.

Prejudice seems to be on the rise if the problems in the football world are anything to go by. We are told that when things get tough, common decencies take a hammering. Apparently we stop caring for each other. Schools have always been key factors in the creation of a tolerant society. It is to be hoped that whatever political alternative develops as the strategy for the next 10 years, it will call for a consensus on education that begins with a true picture and looks at what works well and what is reasonable.

An ITT Quality Mark

This is an interesting time for Initial Teacher Training as we await the response to the Green paper, which proposed a greater,central role for schools. Now is the time to look at how you manage your school’s ITT and check the quality of your work. The likelihood is that ITT will become concentrated in fewer partnerships of schools and providers and that any body wishing to be involved must be able to provide evidence of high quality work and outcomes as trainers.

I have worked with colleagues at ICLICITT to develop a countrywide service to support ITT. A copyright quality mark, based on the standards of practice of over 200 leading ITT schools, together with OFSTED and TDA requirements is now available to provide an important target for schools. Please visit:

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On living among humans

Human beings are so bizarre. It took many years before I could grasp adequately the combinations of relations that can exist among numbers of sentiment-ridden friends. In my head, it’s all graph theory: vertices, formations in a ‘Z’, bridges and nodes with adjacency matrices and relational costs manifested in humans as motivation and want. I get the feeling that typical people come to the conclusions I have by experience alone, meaning trial and error in frequency, or perhaps it’s by upbringing. Thinking it out mathematically does take me a while longer, but I need more evidence than just the empirical. I’m convinced that the best of us enjoy living for amusement. The things that we as a species can plausibly endeavor to do, above any contempt, they are life’s profoundly cruel jokes on whatever existence we hope to find important. That is why, when I’m displaced into such a strange viewpoint, such a foreign enumeration of the same exact people I thought I did know, my graphs and charts need a long contemplation to readjust. It’s akin to a Square, seeing in 3-space Spaceland for the first time1.

Well, the great tragedy is no single human being can be knowledgeable in everything there is to know, but we try to learn from the best. Kurt Vonnegut wrote some of the most interesting books I’ve read, and I say they’re interesting because of the point of view he usually takes. As a preemptive measure against provincial thinking, he writes about human beings from the viewpoint of an extraterrestrial, or perhaps a solitary hermit, who maybe has a textbook education of interhuman relationships2, if that. Things that seem ordinary and customary down here on the planet’s surface are described with derision and justified with invalid, but oft employed lines of reasoning. The problem with this kind of writing is that we are not outside observers and should not act like them.

As a race, humans are supposed to learn, right? Sometimes, fundamental questions like these need to be accepted as axioms or else nonsensical questions about existence preclude any meaningful thought. So if we’re supposed to learn, then the purpose of learning must be its influence on the way we think and act. In a society of such cultivated individuals who suppress such carnal and animalistic forces for the sake of establishment and harmony, what do the sources of learning tell us in terms of how to behave? Again, I’m convinced that the best of us enjoy living simply for amusement. The less inhibition you harbor the more amusing the great tragedy seems. But with the things that I saw yesterday, I’m not so sure anymore. I don’t think I’ll be ready to find any more answers3 to existence until I’ve reconciled these observations into theory.

  1. From Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, Edwin A. Abbott. ↩
  2. Maybe this is exactly what many struggling individuals have, and maybe that exactly is the problem with it all. ↩
  3. That is, if you believe answers can be found at all. ↩

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Second World War – Sicilian Campaign

During the Second World War, Allied maritime traffic in the Mediterranean was under constant threat of Italian and German attack. In an effort to turn the tide, at the Casablanca Conference in January 1943, the Allies proposed an invasion of Sicily, code named “Operation Husky.”

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My father joined these troops shortly after they reached Italy and spent most of the war fighting in that country.

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Rover 90, 1958 For Sale in Tasmania Now Sold

ROVER 90 1957:

Family owned until 2003 and then owned by collectors only.  In excellent condition and running order.

Standard road registration until Sept 2016, regularly serviced, many receipts, brakes completely overhauled.

Asking $10,000.  Gumtree Advertisement Link

Rover 90 1957 for Sale – Guild Members Vehicle

**Now Sold **

Rover 90 in fair condition for its age. Currently Club Registered with the P4 Driver’s Guild.
Has had on-going work over the last 9 years since purchased. The car has recently been converted to negative earth electrical system and had an electronic ignition fitted.
The Rover is due for a top end refresh as it is using some oil.
Runs and drives well and has been a much loved car for the last 9 years.
Comes with functional original radio converted to include FM, Am and MP3 input
Would make the basis for a good restoration. Workshop manual and full history of recent ownership work is included..
Included in the price is a second, almost complete1955 Rover 90 as a doner car with all panels and engine/gearbox.

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Mining for Gold

50 Mile Mining Corporation was started as a gold mining company in 2013.

It is presently set up as a turn-key operation mining Cheryl Creek of the 50 Mile Property in Dawson City Yukon Territory.

Paul Joseph and Andrew Tai are the co-owners residing in British Columbia but were born and raised in the Yukon. Mine operations are managed by Paul while Andrew covers administrative responsibilities, although both often work in all facets of the company.

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Being featured on the show “Yukon Gold” provided an opportunity for boosting brand presence online. They knew fans of the show would want to connect with them and they were eager to reach out to their viewers.

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In just over 6 months they’ve acquired just under 2000 page likes, and their posts often get 200-300 likes, comments, shares.

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A whole new responsive website with eCommerce store was launched timed with the show first airing.

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Making Stuff Happen, a Change on Tea Corner.

Making Stuff Happen.

So  – if you know me, you’ll know that I am always up to something or other. I find that throwing myself into a challenge is the best sort of therapy there is (I have some experience of therapy, I know these things).

I’m a pragmatic person, and don’t believe that your luck is made by, well, luck as it goes! I personally think it’s a combination of continuing to work at it, seeing everything as an opportunity, and being able to adapt when things don’t work out.

Now I can’t say that that has made me a multi millionaire, but the age I am now, I’m quite clear about what I want in life and what makes me happy, and though being a multi-millionaire in its-self is, I’m sure, a great goal for some it’s not mine. What I’ve searched for in life are a few things.

  1. To be able to work with vulnerable people (I knew this from working with children as a Primary School Teacher) I am able to do through my role at Tees Valley Arts, and the workshops I do too.
  2. Have opportunities and outlets for being creative. This sounds more simple than it is. I have what I have heard called a ‘portfolio career’ so I make my way in life with some paid work from different sources, from some selling, some workshops and whatever else comes up. This doesn’t leave a lot of time for the creative stuff, so any time I have to make is precious.
  3. Having freedom (see above). I am really fortunate – I do have some days which I’m tied to in the week, but have loads of wriggle room, and I try to keep a day I can use for me/swapping/workshops, which works really well. Having freedom is a vital part of what I do, and as I am a long term Fibromyalgia sufferer, means if I need to I can use that one day to recharge – sometimes that means a day in bed.
  4. Working with and helping others. I love working in out team at the shop. It means the world to me, likewise our market and Saltburn Farmers’ Market. I am part of these mini-communities, and within each one are people who inspire, support and are brilliant fun! At TVA I’ve recently written research on how we can support our local Arts and Makers communities, so more on that as it progresses.

There’s always something happening. You have to talk to lots of people, keep your eyes open, separate the real opportunities from those which will distract you from where you want to go (I have learned that not every opportunity is worth seeking further.) Some, however do seem to have dropped in your lap from who knows where… Keeping your eyes open and the conversations gong sometimes really pays off.

A Change at Tea Corner

All this talk of opportunity, and I can’t yet tell you about the one that really has been dropped at my lap, but can say that something exciting is in the offing, and it’s where my teas and a major local tourist attraction meet…. I’ll leave that with you for now.

So, there will be some changes. I made a decision a while ago, based on where the tea sales were going and who was buying my tea, to have a bit of a shake up.

The main changes I made were based on the buying demographic. Many of my buyers are men, yet I sell a brand of tea labelled in what I consider to be a somewhat female manner, and have wanted to make a change to this for some time.

I didn’t want to throw out the baby with the bathwater, but have decided to rename the tea brand, away from Ruby and Blue. So it will very soon be called Taaadaaadaaaaa…..

Whole Lot Of Rosie Teas.

I love the song ‘Whole Lotta Rosie’ by AC-DC. I suppose I identify with the lyrics. It’s sort of  flattering in a round about sledgehammer way, written in 1977 when feminism played no part in rock music but tells of a love of an ample lady (such as me!)

Wanna tell you storya whole lotta rosie
About woman I know
When it comes to lovin’
She steals the show
She ain’t exactly pretty
Ain’t exactly small
Fourt’two thirt’ninefiftysix
You could say she’s got it all

Labels will change too  – less of the flowers and more of the plain cups of tea.. still hand-drawn by me. I won’t be taking away my personal touch. The new website and FB pages will have less of a female lilt. I’m going for a mid-century feel.

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3D Material Technologies, a Division of ARC Group Worldwide, is an Additive Metal Service Center that utilizes Metal Additive Manufacturing to take design concept to functional metal components in hand on an accelerated timeline. 3D Material Technologies utilizes Laser Powder Bed Technologies in North America offering capabilities from EOS, Concept Laser, and Velo3D.  The materials offered range from Aluminum, Ti-64, Inconel 625, Inconel 718, Cobalt Chrome, 17-4 Stainless and many others.  3D Material Technologies also has a large platform EOS M400 machine which is running Inconel 625 & Inconel 718 materials.

With a long history in Powder Metals ARC Group Worldwide finds itself uniquely situated to take full advantage of offering Additive metals to its current customer base while building key partnerships in industries like Aerospace, Medical Device, Space Propulsion, DOD and DOE Markets.


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December 15, 2009

IFFI 2009.. A Report

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Mr. Mohan Siroya, veteran  journalist sent me his views and review on  IFFI 2009.

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A detailed, analytical report of the festival and films (IFFI)

From Mohan Siroya

    • SMOOTH  AND DIGNIFIED TAKE OFF with cultural dance fiesta .
    • Usual Mismanagement galore from  Entertainment Society of GOA (ESG)
    • TIICK 20 – A Massive Flop
    • Comparatively below standard selection of films by DFF, except for Indian Panorama.
    • Opening film “Wheat “ was poor but closing film “Broken Embraces” was brilliant and  a saving grace of the fest.
    • Impressive show by Films division with “Moments with Maestros”
    • Grand finale function with reknowned actor Mammooty as the Chief guest , and endearing “Naad Swar” performances by classical maestro percussionists from different parts of India , followed by ace closing film “Broken Embraces”
    • Record no of 6500 delegates and 400 media persons

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Inaugural  event was dignified and befitting to the rich cultural heritage of India. Veteran ,talented and elegant actress Waheeda Rehman was the Chief Guest , while actress Asin added a touch of glamour by assisting the Chief Guest in Lamp lighting.. Another plus point was flawless compering by the actors, stalwart Kabir Bedi and beauteous Divya Dutta. (more…)

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Your Lending Plan

How much you invest is entirely up to you. You can lend as much as you can comfortably afford to lend. The more you are able to lend, the higher return you can expect.

As a private lender, you decide at what interest rate you want to lend. Interest rates typically range from 3-8% APR. While it is common for private lenders not to charge points for the loan, the decision is entirely yours to make.

Points are fees charged to borrowers on the front or back end of a loan. For example, if your loan includes 3 points, the borrower would pay you an additional $3,000 on a $100,000 loan. Points can be paid on the front end of the loan, back end of the loan, or can be split.

The term of the loan refers to how you want the loan to be repaid. You can request monthly, quarterly, bi-annual or annual payments. For example, if you loan $75,000 at 4% over 5 years and require monthly payments, the borrower will pay $454 per month. Loan assumes 20 year amortization schedule with payoff after loan term maturity.

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Where Are We At With Glory’s Breeding? Part 1

Where Are We At With Glory’s Breeding? Part 1

I’m told I’m to be resting.

I’m going to back track a bit to the beginning for a moment so those who haven’t been following along since the beginning know the phases of Glory’s breeding and will finish with where we are at now and what comes next.

I have been planning this breeding with Glory since last December 2014. Glory has had her health clearances done a head of time so I didn’t have to get any of that done. The tests I have done on Glory are genetic tests that should be done before you even think about breeding. Genetic diseases can be passed on to the offspring . You need to research your breed of dog and what genetic diseases they can come down with, what tests are available and have them done so you know what you are working with when breeding your dog.

(This is a condensed list, I plan on doing a reproduction series in the future that will explain more about what each test involves)

The genetic tests that are recommended for Chesapeake Bay Retrievers are:
• OFA Hip and Elbow Radiographs
• CAER (OFA Eye Certification Registry) formulary known as CERF (Canine Eye Registry Foundation)
• DM (Degenerative myelopathy ) a progressive disease of the spinal cord in older dogs.
• EIC (Exercise Induced Collapse) muscle weakness, incoordination which can lead to life-threatening collapse after small amount of exercise.
• prcd-PRA (Progressive Retinal Atrophy) disease of the eye that caused the retina of the eye to degenerate slowly over time.

Other tests that can be done are:
• Shoulder and Knee Radiographs
• Cardiac exam
• Long coat gene
• ED/SF (Congenital Ectodermal Dysplasia/Skin Fragility Syndrome) a skin disease that is self limiting- which means if you produce an affected puppy it will most likely die within hours of birth.

Once you do the genetic tests on your dog you need to look for a stud dog that complements your dog in structure, temperament, working ability and other desirable qualities. You then need to compare the genetic tests and breed accordingly .

After you pick your stud, line up the breeding then you wait for your bitch (female dog) to come into heat (estrus). Female dogs come into heat usually twice a year every 6-8 months (except Basenji and Rhodesian Ridgeback that cycle once a year).

The heat cycle according to Wikipedia: Dogs
A female dog is diestrous and goes into heat typically twice every year, although some breeds typically have one or three cycles a year. The proestrus is relatively long at 5–7 days (9 days), while the estrus may last 4–13 days, with a diestrus of 60 days followed by about 90–150 days of anestrus. Female dogs bleed during estrus, which usually lasts from 7–13 days, depending on the size and maturity of the dog. Ovulation occurs 24–48 hours after the luteinizing hormone peak, which is somewhere around the fourth day of estrus; therefore, this is the best time to begin breeding. Proestrus bleeding in dogs is common and is believed to be caused by diapedesis of red blood cells from the blood vessels due to the increase of the estradiol-17β hormone.[13]

Once the breeding takes place and the bitch ovulates her eggs it takes 24-72 hours for the eggs to mature, for this reason if doing natural breeding you should do multiple breedings to have the male dogs semen there at the right time for fertilization. Once mature and fertilized the eggs float around in the bitches uterus until about 17-21 days when they start to implant into the lining of the uterus. At this time their placenta develops and are called fetuses. Pregnancy confirmation can be done by palpation a experienced person should be able to palpate the fetuses between 20-30 days after last mating. A blood test and ultrasound can be done at 25 days. Pregnancy or gestation is usually 56-66 days with a average length of 63 days.

Right now Glory is at the implanting stage. She is at day 17 of her breeding. During this time we don’t want to stress her out so she is relaxing and hopefully implanting little poopy puppies. Next week I may take her to the clinic to be palpated and then a ultrasound the week after.

We are joining Linda at 2browndawgs and Jodi at Heart Like A Dog for this great blog hop.

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  1. That was interesting! Many thanks for explaining what a good breeder has to do to avoid bad things. Thanks for being one of the good breeders who do all what they can to get healthy pups, what bring joy to the future owners :o)

  2. Thanks for the info. Years and years ago when we breed our Lab Max, they didn’t have all those tests – either the screening (we did OFA only) or the pregnancy test – we weren’t sure she was pregnant the first time until the puppies started coming! So excited for you – fingers crossed.

  3. GAWD, I held my breath the whole time thinking you were going to tell us she was preggers!! I don’t know if I can wait. 🙂

    Thanks for joining the blog hop.

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"Blagojevich jury room filled with heated arguments"

By Sarah Ostman and Rumanna Hussain
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Aug. 18, 2010

Referred to by number, escorted by court marshals, they were a disciplined and orderly group that was never absent, never late, and, according to the judge, never raised their voices.

But jurors in Rod Blagojevich’s federal corruption trial paint a different picture of their deliberations — one filled with heated arguments and unbending opinions.

The jurors were all “independent people’’ with “strong personalities,’’ said jury foreman James Matsumoto, 66. From the start, tensions ran high.

“Some people came in headhunting,” said juror Erik Sarnello, 21. “One person said, ‘I want [Blagojevich’s] head on a plate.’ By the end, everybody was kind of logical.’’

After 14 days in the jury room, the six men and six women finally acknowledged Monday they would be able to reach a unanimous verdict on only one of the 24 counts.

While some votes were split 7-5, 6-6 or 9-3, the most explosive of the charges — that Blagojevich tried to sell Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate seat — came down to a single hold-out vote, jurors said.

That one hold-out — a woman whom her colleagues declined to single out — felt she had not gotten the “clear-cut evidence” she needed to convict, Sarnello said.

“Say it was a murder trial — she wanted the video,” Sarnello said. “She wanted to hear [Blagojevich] say, ‘I’ll give you this for that.’ . . . For some people, it was clear. Some people heard that. But for some, it wasn’t clear.’’

Matsumoto said jurors were also overwhelmed by the number of counts and the amount of evidence in the case. While the secret recordings were “damning,” he said, it wasn’t enough for all the jurors.

“The lack of a smoking gun was one of the major flaws,’’ the foreman said.

Sarnello said jurors were also frustrated by a lack of order in the government’s case.

“It confused some people, just the way they presented it,” said Sarnello, a student from Itasca. Prosecutors “didn’t really follow a timeline at all.”

So in the jury room, jurors created their own timelines on large sheets of paper, charting out each of the years from 2001 to the ex-governor’s 2008 arrest.

They postponed discussing a list of 11 wire fraud counts, reasoning that these charges were related to other topics they were already talking about. Instead, they focused on the most explosive Senate seat charges.

Matsumoto, a Vietnam veteran and retired videotape librarian who voted the Blagojevich brothers guilty on all counts, said by day 14, the jury was “exhausted.”

“The deliberations were constant from the time we went into the jury room until [Tuesday],” Matsumoto said. “I kind of enjoyed it, the trial part. But as soon as we started deliberations, it was very troubling, and very hectic and exhausting.”

The government on Tuesday said they would re-try the case against the Blagojevich brothers. If that’s the case, Matsumoto said, prosecutors should focus more on the Senate seat charges and simplify the rest.

He also said he would have liked to hear from convicted businessman and Republican political insider Stuart Levine, a Blagojevich appointee who wasn’t called to testify. But Matsumoto and Sarnello both said the ex-governor’s failure to testify didn’t affect their votes.

After a summer in a Dirksen Federal Building filled with media, some jurors on Tuesday evening had clearly had enough.

Cynthia Parker, 60, drove into the garage of her townhouse in Gurnee without stopping to talk. Before closing the garage door, she was asked if she agreed with the verdict.

“I have nothing to say,” Parker said. “I’m tired, and I’m sick.”

The father of Jacklyn Ferino, 28, of Crestwood, said it was unlikely she would come home Tuesday.

His daughter “is just tired and needed a break,’’ Tom Ferino said.

Juror Jesse Blue, 72, pulled into the garage of his Matteson home at 6:50 p.m. and declined to talk to reporters waiting for him.

“I have nothing to say,’’ he said, adding that he wasn’t happy with the outcome. “It’s been a long day.’’

Sarnello, a student at a community college who voted Blagojevich guilty on all but two counts, said he didn’t register for fall classes because he thought the jury would still be deliberating in October.

That gives him some time to rethink his career plans. He planned a future in law enforcement but said this trial changed his mind.

“I might be a lobbyist after this,” he said. “I’ve seen all the money they make.’’

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Mon, Oct 26, 2009

Subject: OISE/UT’s History and Philosophy Program

Greetings to you all from the West Coast:

A letter co-signed by myself and four colleagues opposes the option of closing the History and Philosophy doctoral program that is offered by the Department of Theory and Policy Studies at OISE/UT. The letter, which is circulating widely through various academic listservs, makes its case in large part by showing how the reasons given for the recommendation to close the program do not stand up to close scrutiny. I attach a copy of the letter, but I expect you are already familiar with its key points. My purpose here is simply to remind you how central historical and philosophical scholarship is to contemporary debates about educational policy and practice.

Consider these questions:

* Which educational aims should take priority in a given time and place, assuming finite resources? Should the “social” and citizenship objectives associated with inclusion be pursued, on consequential or deontological grounds, at the expense of “academic” aims?

* What should be considered reliable forms of educational research and scholarship?

* How do we recognize and acknowledge multiple perspectives on (for example) the history of residential schooling within Canada without falling into relativism or simply imposing dominant views?

* How should we balance expectations of impartiality with the imperative to address inequity?

* Which among competing conceptions of social justice and ecological justice should inform curriculum development to meet the challenges of the 21st century?

* How can we support prospective teachers in developing a capacity for sound professional judgment?

* What accommodations within K-12 and higher education programs are reasonable to offer new immigrants to Canada? Persons with mental and/or physical disabilities?

* What forms of personal and institutional accountability are consistent with a commitment to a democratic ethos coupled with a critical analysis of the dynamics of power?

I chose to specialize in Philosophy of Education because initiatives in moral, character, civic, peace, anti-racist, feminist,  transformative, environmental, leadership, and citizenship education–indeed, any form of education–cannot avoid raising basic ontological, epistemological, and ethical questions. The meaning of the questions as well as the answers cannot be fully appreciated without locating discourses historically. Every graduate of a doctoral program in education should have some exposure to historical and philosophical texts, traditions, and forms of argument. This requires specialists in the history and the philosophy of education, which in turn requires doctoral programs to produce them.

OISE/UT is very fortunate to have faculty and students dedicated to the History and Philosophy doctoral program. Failing to support them would be, I believe, against the best interests of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, and a failure of moral responsibility on many levels. I would welcome opposing views, of course, but I suspect it would be difficult to articulate them without presupposing particular positions on historical and philosophical issues, which would tend to support my case.

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Associate Professor, Department of Educational Studies

University of British Columbia

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Title:  Ibuki

Author: Kathryn Sommerlot

Publisher:  NineStar Press

Release Date: January 29, 2018

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Ibuki: the gift of healing through breath. Chiasa has possessed the ability since childhood and shares it with her father as they care for their Inuru community. Chiasa has never doubted the stability of her simple life. That is, until Namika, a water-gifted priestess, shows up outside the Ibuki shrine gates with information promising Chiasa’s doom.

With Namika’s help, Chiasa is determined to find the secrets behind the ritual that will claim her life, but her growing feelings toward the other woman reach beyond her control, adding to the confusion. Time is rapidly running out, and Chiasa can’t seem to sort out the lies woven through the magic of Inuru and its emperor.

Caught in a tangled web of immortality, betrayal, and desire, Chiasa must find the right people to trust if she hopes to stop the ritual—or she will pay the consequences.

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When Chiasa first saw the young woman standing outside the shrine, her throat seized in fear around a single thought: the emperor is dead. A moment later, she realized the woman appeared far more nervous than grief-stricken, and she relaxed, only to wonder why a seseragi priestess would be on her doorstep before the sun had fully risen.

The woman was unmistakably one of the water-chosen. Her hands were fidgeting and pressing tiny creases into the telltale blue of her silk robe, its pale folds hanging uneven above her shell-lined sandals, and above the short collar, a silver clip in the shape of an ocean wave held her hair in two overlapping plaits. She glanced down either side of the empty road, shoulders bowed, before starting up the stairs.

Chiasa hung back to observe.

It took the woman a minute or so to climb the steps that led to the small fountain, and with the shrine deserted, her footsteps echoed through the grounds. Her hair seemed to have been hastily done as an afterthought—long strands had come free and hung down her back like splatters of black ink across parchment.

She did manage a jerky half bow when she reached the slotted board holding the wooden ladle, though most of the water she then tried to pour over her hands ended up splashing onto the front of the blue silk, a testament to the shaking in her arms. Chiasa let her continue without interruption until she reached the top of the stairs and clapped her hands together before the silver bell. Any farther, and the seseragi priestess would make her way inside the sanctuary, to where the ibuki power-stone was held, and the thought was unsettling enough to push Chiasa forward.

“If I can help you with something,” Chiasa began, slipping out from her hiding spot between the side of the sanctuary and the hall of worship where she spent many hours praying in solitude.

The young woman started, nearly tripping on the hem of her robe. One hand went to her mouth as she stared far longer than was comfortable, and then she bowed again, the force of the action throwing the loose tendrils of hair over her head.

“I’m sorry,” she said. “I didn’t send word, and…well, I know it’s strange for me to be here, but I must speak with an ibuki priest, please.”

Chiasa took a step back, one corner of the hall’s intersecting wall panels jabbing between her shoulders.

“My father is the head priest, but he’s not here. He’s out with the herbalist to tend the sick. If you wish, I can leave him a message for when he returns—”

“It’s urgent,” the other woman whispered. “Please.”

At a loss, Chiasa looked around the shrine grounds she knew by heart. There was no one else to summon. Her father wouldn’t be back until much later, perhaps even after midnight, and old Isao was seldom of much use anymore, relegated to menial groundskeeping tasks and selling talismans. As the morning breeze broke through the tree line and nipped at the exposed skin of her cheek, she felt acutely alone.

Chiasa tried to imagine what her father might do were he present as the young woman, still bent in an awkward bow, began to shake with the exertion of it. Chiasa, afraid she would topple over entirely, sprang forward and dropped the broom she was holding, the tool clattering noisily across the pathway.

“He’s not here,” Chiasa repeated, though she wanted to help the woman when she was in such a state. “But please don’t panic, I will not send you away. If you’d like, I could make you some tea?”

“Yes,” the woman said. Her hands went to her face, cupping cheeks that were tinged with an uneven smattering of powder. As Chiasa watched, her gaze seemed to get lost in nothing, until she finally blinked and focused once again, settling on Chiasa’s face. Again, there was something sparking in her eyes that Chiasa couldn’t entirely read. The woman lowered her hands and nodded. “Yes, I would appreciate it. I’m sorry to intrude.”

Chiasa thought briefly of disagreeing, but it felt best to avoid lying. Instead, she led the seseragi priestess into the hall of worship and through to the small back room where they kept a low, small table and supplies unrelated to the shrine itself. There was a heavy iron kettle, which was so old that one side of it was slightly lower than the other, making the whole thing lopsided. Chiasa placed it onto the small fire in the center of the room with care and waved the smoke up into the open flume built into the roof’s small, soot-blackened bricks. Her strange guest knelt at the table, smoothing her silks beneath her knees.

“I don’t know when my father will return,” Chiasa apologized as she waited for the water to bubble. The other woman deflated somewhat, her shoulders curving in and over on themselves as she ran a finger over the grain of the table.

“Is there no one else?” she asked. Then, a half second too late, her eyes snapped up, wide and frightened. “I didn’t mean… I meant no offense. I’m sure you are quite capable at the breath—”

Chiasa waved her apology away. “I’m not offended. But I am afraid there is no one else. It’s only my father, myself, and old Isao.”

“Then, your father is part of the emperor’s circle?” the woman asked. The expression on her features changed from nervous to suspicious, and Chiasa couldn’t follow the reasoning behind it. Her guest tapped her fingers against the tabletop as she pursed her lips together, and her gaze shifted away from Chiasa and the teakettle. “Perhaps it was unwise to come here. I thought there were more in the ibuki shrine.”

The kettle whistled its completion, and as she poured the fragrant hibiscus blend, Chiasa frowned, puzzled by the transformation in both the conversation and the woman’s demeanor.

“My father is not advising the emperor today,” she said, again, in case it had been missed, as she handed the other woman the small teacup of hollowed bone. Her guest held the cup between her fingers, but didn’t sip from it. Her gaze seemed lost again, her eyes focused on something far beyond the table and the crackling fire pit, in a place Chiasa could neither see nor touch.

After quite some time, the woman raised her head once more. “My name is Namika. I suppose with your father too close to the source I should not have asked for him at all. You are the youngest within the shrine?”

“Yes,” Chiasa answered, though she regretted doing so in the next heartbeat when the oddness of the question fully registered.

Namika’s brow furrowed as her fingers knit together around the bone cup. “Then I must tell you of my discovery.”

“Discovery?” Chiasa repeated.

“I’m afraid it’s not good news,” Namika said and grimaced. “I was tasked with sorting through our cellar, where many of the old texts and records are kept. The majority of them are simply logs of visitors to the shrine and the actions our priests performed at the emperor’s command. But within the piles, I discovered what seemed to be a set of entries detailing the truth behind the emperor’s longevity.”

“The gods have seen fit to bless him with immortality,” Chiasa said, but she felt suddenly very cold, crossing her arms over her chest and running her hands over her sleeves. The small room seemed to constrict even further around them, squeezing the air from Chiasa’s lungs until she was gasping for it. They should not even be discussing the emperor. They were far too young and unimportant to think they had more wisdom than a man who had been ruling Inuru for nearly three hundred years, and despite their solitude within the shrine, Chiasa got the distinct feeling someone, somewhere, could hear them. The sensation sent toe-curling shivers down her back.

“No,” Namika said. She leaned forward, like she, too, was reacting to the sudden chill permeating the air. “It’s unnatural, his lifespan— He is stealing it, all of it; he is stealing his life.”

“That’s impossible,” Chiasa snapped. “No magic could grant a mortal so much time.”

Namika shook her head and set the cup of tea down, still just as full as when Chiasa had handed it to her. “He is stealing it through blood. He’s drinking blood to absorb the life within it and add it to his own.”

Chiasa stood so suddenly that the table shook, splashing tea across the surface. The scent of steeped flowers and herbs grew even stronger.

“You’re lying,” she said through clenched teeth, hands curled into fists at her side. The flash of indignation that flared up beneath her skin came from a source she couldn’t identify, but she knew from years of practiced obedience that it was necessary. “My father is on the emperor’s circle, and he would never allow such a thing, even if it were possible.”

“But that is why I had to come!” Namika exclaimed. “It’s written in the documents, by the seseragi high priest himself. I swear to you I did not come here with a lie!”

Chiasa wove her hands through her hair, tugging bits of it free from the tortoiseshell clasp holding the twist snug at the nape of her neck. Her father couldn’t possibly be implicated in such a monstrosity—and beyond that, the insult to the emperor weighed like a stone within her gut. The emperor protected them all. The emperor loved them all.

“It’s impossible,” Chiasa said, letting her hands fall back down to her sides. “What blood could possibly grant such—”

“Those with the breath!” Namika cried out and then sat back on her heels, cheeks flushed and pink. As Chiasa stared at her across the table, the unwanted and uninvited woman with the poison-tipped tongue of lies inhaled deeply and then pushed the air back out, slowly, through red lips.

“He is drinking your order,” she said. Her voice was far quieter, filled with something that sounded an awful lot like sympathy. “He is drinking the blood of ibuki priests.”

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Jodey - Self portraits (2)

Another series from Jodey, the first one being posted here. This one is really strong. Associating words (on mirror or on herself) with her body creates an intimacy with her and helps to share her distress. Not to be what she is, but to be looked on the way she is. Other series are less serious and more hedonic. But tonight, I feel more concerned by the feeling of sadness contained by this above series.

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A highway trip planner
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This is a highway trip planning program, similar to programs like Rand McNally's "TripMaker." It allows you to plan road trips between two or more locations, using various interchangeable map files (or databases).

Currently, the program includes two databases covering North America; one is fairly simplistic, and one is quite detailed. You can also create new databases with the editor in the routeplanner-gnome package.

For retrocomputing nuts, this program traces its lineage back to a 1980s program called "RoadRoute" written by Jim Butterfield for the Amiga. AFAIK all of the code has been rewritten, but the Basic-USA database included here is Jim's original dataset.

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Layout & typography are two things that I need to keep practicing, so I’ve decided to try to do some book covers that are more design-based & also incorporate some of the pattern work I have been doing.  So…Treasure Island!  I want to hone positive/negative space as well, it’s a difficult skill to master but can make a really affective tool if you can do it right.


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What Can TV Learn from Search?

A few television and cable companies have taken a page from the online marketing playbook lately. Comcast acquired social networking site Plaxo last month to integrate social network-like features that let viewers share programming in a viral way. Meanwhile, Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is looming on the horizon with promise of interactivity and the long tail-like content capacity.

The latest example of television leering jealously towards the Internet came with the recent announcement that Turner Entertainment Networks will index content within television shows in order to serve contextually relevant ads during commercial breaks.

In a recent presentation, Linda Yaccarino, Turner executive VP of sales and marketing, showed a scene from the movie “Anchorman” in which Will Ferrell pontificates on love. A spot for online dating service eHarmony followed in the subsequent commercial break.

While this is an interesting twist on broadcast ad delivery, it unfortunately misses the point. Contextual ad placement can be effective in search where a query can serve as a proxy for user intent. Television ads, on the other hand, are much more passive. When I sit down to watch a particular movie, it doesn’t mean I’m interested in a specific product (which may or may not have any connections to the movie’s overall theme) mentioned halfway through that movie.

In order for this to work, contextualization has to take a step back to the point at which the user made a decision that can be used to identify intent. In other words, watching “Anchorman” doesn’t say anything about my interest in dating services, but rather my interest in comedy, Will Ferrell, or Christina Applegate (though that last one doesn’t take much to assume).

Another Turner example: A scene in the movie “Hitch,” in which Will Smith suffers an allergic reaction to something he ate, could be followed by a spot for Walgreens, or the allergy medication Zyrtec. Again, watching “Hitch” shouldn’t make me a target for allergy medicine. Here’s where the online dating ad from the previous example should be applied. Dating is a primary theme in “Hitch” — allergies are not.

By the time the scene about allergic reactions comes up, I’m many steps past having made any decision that would make me more or less likely to want Zyrtec. In fact, watching Hitch and having allergies have zero connection (unless maybe you’re allergic to bad movies).

Contextualization Out of Context

Original intent aside, it could be true that certain items within a movie or TV show can pique an interest in a product, which is then capitalized on during the next commercial break. But this is a minimal effect compared to pull-based targeting, where contextual ads can really shine.

For example, consider contextually placed text ads in Google SERPs versus Gmail (or the AdSense publisher network for that matter). Though contextual advertising works well in Google search results, it hasn’t proved as effective in Gmail where text ads are served based on keywords that show up in mail messages.

In search, I’ve raised my hand with an interest in something specific. But in e-mail, my mention of an intoxicated friend over the weekend who acted like a clown shouldn’t make me an effective target for text ads about clown college (true story). Though it’s contextual advertising, it’s way out of context.

Effectiveness aside, on television, this could also present a minefield of inappropriate contextual matches, when done on an automated basis. Seeing an ad for United Airlines after the crash scene(s) in “Lost” probably isn’t what you want.

Albeit, low volume/high margin television advertising makes this easier to police than the billions of long tail contextual ads served online. But for the same reason, when a mistake is made, a whole lot more people get to see it.

Moving in the Right Direction

If television networks are to take a page from the Internet, they should take the entire page. In other words it’s not just effective placement, but direct response capability that has made search marketing shine. For contextual ads to work on television, networks have to think outside of the :30 spot.

Product placements could be one way this plays out when IPTV arrives in full force. This will come with the IP-based architecture that will let users “telescope” in to certain products to find out more or even buy them (think cooking shows or home improvement).

In these cases, contextual plays well to an IP-based interactive medium. Contextualizing ads during commercial breaks, on the other hand, prematurely imposes a pull-based delivery scheme on a push-based system. It’s a step in the right direction, but is a mash-up that falls somewhere in between two opposite ends of a spectrum that are each effective in isolation.

It’s good that TV execs are thinking differently, but it will take a few tries — and a few dollars — before they get it right.

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Hacking back: A viable strategy or a major risk?

Many organizations are now hacking back at attackers, in an active cyberdefense move. Expert Peter Sullivan explains the possible outcomes and drawbacks of taking action.

Organizations all over the world are concerned about protecting the information assets they need to produce products,...

deliver services, differentiate themselves in the marketplace, produce revenue and deliver value to their customers and their shareholders. These organizations are devoting enormous amounts of resources to protecting the information assets needed for them to operate and stay in business.

Businesses and government agencies are under attack every day. The costs are enormous. According to a 2014 study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and security firm McAfee, cybercrime costs the United States 0.64% of GDP annually. Using a 2015 GDP figure of $18 trillion, that works out to be $115.2 billion a year.

Given the extent of cybercrime costs, many organizations are wondering, "Why can't I defend myself against these constant attacks and prevent these losses?" Actually, enterprises can defend themselves  -- and can even engage in "hacking back." But the reality of a typical cybersecurity defense consists of passively sitting, waiting for the next attack to hit, while hoping that whatever defensive schemes you have employed will protect you.

Organizations may hope that attackers don't find where they didn't employ any defensive strategies, but also know that attackers would probably know about the next new vulnerability ahead of them. An attacker is likely to have an exploit for these vulnerabilities before organizations can form an effective defense against it. Organizations all over the world are finally coming to the realization that employing a purely defensive strategy to protect their information assets is a strategy that ultimately will fail.

This type of strategy will fail because of the asymmetric nature of information defense. This asymmetry is often expressed as, "To be successful, the defender needs to right 100% of the time, while the attacker needs to be right only once."

Hacking back is a technical activity, but deciding to do it is a business decision.

Given that the defensive strategies commonly employed are not working to protect vital information assets, organizations are becoming frustrated that the resources expended on cybersecurity only provide, at best, a low level of assurance that their information systems are protected.

For organizations that have been attacked, and suffered intrusions and losses in spite of investments in cybersecurity, the level of frustration and anger has built to the point where they may be willing to become more active and aggressive in dealing with their attackers. In a survey conducted at Black Hat USA 2012, 36% of respondents claimed they had retaliated in response to a cybersecurity attack.

One particular method of turning the tables on the attacker is "hacking back," in which the target of an attack responds with a counterattack against the cybercriminals or hackers. For organizations willing to at least consider going on the offensive by hacking back, what are some of the issues to consider?

Hacking and hacking back

Hacking is defined as accessing a computer, network or information system, including its information, without authorization. Hacking involves circumventing security controls or exploiting vulnerabilities with malicious intent.

Hacking back is also accessing a computer, network or information system without authorization. The difference with hacking back is with respect to motivation. The motive for an organization to hack back against an attacker may be to recover or wipe stolen data or intellectual property. Other motives for hacking back may be retaliatory in nature, including disrupting or damaging the attacker's systems and degrading their ability to carry out future attacks.

The decision to hack an adversary is a policy decision that needs to be made at the highest levels of management. Hacking back is a technical activity, but deciding to do it is a business decision. Information security is a business-focused operational risk management activity, and the decision to hack an adversary in order to protect information needs to be considered from a risk management perspective.

Legal and ethical implications

If malicious hacking is an illegal activity, then hacking back is also illegal. In the United States, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (CFAA) has been interpreted broadly enough that unauthorized access to almost any computer is seen as illegal.

Another issue with hacking back is collateral damage. Cybercriminals will often use the computer of an unwitting third party to conduct attacks, sometimes gathering these compromised computers into large botnets that are used to launch attacks and distribute spam and malware. Identifying the true source of an attack is difficult and to hack back into a computer owned by a third party presents serious liability concerns. A 1994 amendment to the CFAA now permits claims pursuing civil damages.

Legality aside, a simple ethical code that lists values such as "do no harm," "respect employees, contractors and vendors" and "follow the law" would also be violated by the activities and outcomes involved in hacking back.

The decision to hack an adversary has a number of risk considerations, including:

  • Financial Loss

Organizations need to answer several questions -- Does hacking back offer any financial incentives? Will hacking an adversary prevent the loss or allow recovery of information assets and intellectual property? Will hacking an adversary prevent damage to computers and networks? How much will hacking back save? What does it cost to hack back?

  • Reputation and Customer Confidence

There is the possibility that an organization's reputation would be impacted if its hacking back activities attract interest by the press and law enforcement. What if hacking back resulted in damage to a third party? This could lead to a negative reaction by customers, with possible revenue implications.

  • Civil and Criminal penalties

What are the potential penalties that may result from hacking back? A cybercriminal may not be likely to sue, but what about the organization that was forced offline and lost business as a result of your hacking back?

With respect to criminal prosecution, the U.S. government has aggressively pursued violations of the CFAA, although not for hacking back.

  • Productivity

The productivity and business losses from a denial of service attack could be severe. Is hacking back a realistic response strategy to a denial-of-service attack? Could hacking back reduce the damage and speed recovery from a malicious security incident?

  • Safety

What if, after an attempt to hack back, the attacker decides to conduct additional attacks solely for the purpose of damaging your information systems and damage your ability to conduct business? What would a complete denial of service mean to your business?

  • Liability

What if your hacking back activity causes damage to a third party? What if that third party decides to pursue damages in civil court?

What hacking back is not

Hacking back is not an alternative to cybersecurity best practices. It is not a way to sidestep the responsibility to protect information assets through conventional means. Deciding to hack back is a last ditch strategy after all other alternatives have failed. Hacking back should only be considered, if at all, after an organization has already implemented world-class cybersecurity plans, policies and procedures and has operational experience with them. With the various legal and ethical problems that may exist, organizations should ponder if hacking back really is a reasonable and viable cybersecurity protection strategy.

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Peter Sullivan began his career in network operations, information security, incident response and risk management over 20 years ago with the U.S. Army. For the last twelve years, Sullivan has been a visiting scientist at the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, where he teaches courses in risk management, information security and assurance, computer security incident response and digital forensics. He is also a partner with InfoSecure Solutions LLC, a consultancy specializing in IT risk management and incident response planning based in Massachusetts.

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I know it's wrong of me, but I really love the idea of this hack-back approach. It could actually work. If we can sense the pending attack and respond - hopefully by making the hackers and/or their computers burst into flames. Since this is unlikely to have much effect on the most virulent attacks, the industry would be far better would served by shoring up our defenses and actually preventing the hacks. Alas infrastructure repair has never been a  sexy investment.
To boast or claim that we can hit back at "Black Hat Hackers" is bordering reckless and stupid and possibly arrogant.

Whilst sometimes the best offense is a good defense, the idea of hacking back a target can be minefield in sense as the actual analyst would be picked out in a second that they are a "White Hat Hacker" or the actual target itself is well defended against return attacks.

Rather then spending time and money investing in return attack techniques could be spent on penetration testing and designing an infrastructure that can defend against attacks and have an "Defense Plan" in place for such events.
I like the idea of hacking back in theory. The laws do no provide enough of a deterrent for the hacking activities. So the risk vs. reward is a big incentive. If we just set up a few bogus sites laden with malware and viruses to infect those that are new to hacking, it may deter them. The seasoned hacker would most likely be to smart to fall for the ruse.
@Norman - what about false alarms though? While some attacks are probably easy to justify in court, others will be more subtle. And how to justify the impact of revenge? I.e. damage received versus the damage given back?
Most hackers will likely move on after they hit your system. They would be crazy to hang around. Giving this some more thought, if you found out and hacked them back, they might just come back at you harder than the first attempt. They got in once without you knowing and may feel they have superior skills and could do more harm than you might be willing to risk.. It would be like starting a feud that goes on and on and on....
Sure, we can imagine that hacking back would be a great way to even the score with attackers, but it's a dangerous fantasy for all the reasons Peter Sullivan lays out.

Criminals who hack my systems don't consider themselves bound by laws against hacking, so escalating the situation by hacking back merely invites the hacker to escalate right back at me, with bigger, badder and more damaging responses.


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What's hot; what's not in 2003

What were the hot buttons for Windows admins this year? Patch management – specifically Microsoft's free Software Update Services tool.

Security was clearly on your mind this year, with four stories about Microsoft's popular new patch management tool...

Software Update Services on our list of the top ten most popular news articles of the year.

We also saw heavy reader interest in Yukon, Office 2003, Linux, and certification.

What wasn't on the list? Despite the fanfare over the long-awaited launch of Windows Server 2003, members registered little more than a yawn when the newest server OS was officially released in April. Two exceptions: our story on improvements to Windows 2003 Server's Distributed File System (DFS and Microsoft's give away of free WinServer 2003 software to selected user groups.

Licensing -- a topic that was red hot in 2002 – cooled down substantially in 2003, though there are still plenty of good reasons to take note of your options. If you missed our three-part series on changes to the controversial Software Assurance program, take a look now.

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Sea Scout Ship 16 chartered to Beech Grove United Methodist Church in Suffolk, Virginia in the Colonial Virginia Council completed their 2018 Long Cruise via the Albemarle Loop in North Carolina. 8 Sea Scouts and 4 adults sailed from Nautical Boats in West Norfolk on June 24 and returned on July 3 on sailing vessels Freedom II, a Contest 31HT, and Lofty, an Elvstrom 32 Cruiser. Traveling down the intercostal waterway with five boats from Ship 37 Smithfield, Virginia, the boats stopped at Midway Marina in Coinjock for the night and then sailed to Alligator River Marina with all seven boats under sail. The following day, Ship 16 and 37 parted ways as 37 headed south and 16 sailed west. Ship 16 visited the communities of Columbia, Plymouth, Edenton, Albemarle Plantation, and Elizabeth City before rejoining Ship 37 in Manteo for a pizza party. The following day both units headed north back to Coinjock and the following day was a long motor up the intercostal waterway to return to Virginia. The weather was nearly perfect for sailing with most days having winds between 5 and 15 knots and temperatures in 80s and dropping into the 70s at night. During a visit to the Roanoke River Lighthouse and Maritime Museum in Plymouth the Scouts witnessed the opening of a new exhibit on Sea Scouting in the 1950s and 1960s. At Albemarle Plantation the Osprey Point Yacht welcomed the Ship with an ice cream party.

The Albemarle Loop is an outstanding value for any Sea Scout unit. Marinas at Columbia, Plymouth, Edenton, Albemarle Plantation, and Elizabeth City wave dockage fees for overnight visits and the only fees were for shore power and ice.

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June 7, 2012 (By Frank Kollar)

Yesterday we wrote that Whole Foods Marketing (NYSE: WFM) could soon breakout. On Wednesday, June 6, WFM did exactly that on high volume.

Yesterday we wrote; WFM reached rally closing highs and 2012 highs on May 3, 2012. Since that date WFM has been trading in an ever tighter band, with rallies reaching lower highs and declines reaching higher lows. This has created a pennant pattern on the daily chart. Typically when a stock breaks such a pattern it continues in the direction of the break. Also, stocks usually break in the direction of the prior trend, in this case an uptrend.

Today's breakout to new highs was also a breakout of the pennant formation and a bullish indicator for this stock.

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WFM has support at $84.50. A bullish entry at current levels offers a low risk trade with a stop at support.

If WFM should go to at least $93.89 and could test $100 a share in coming weeks..

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Animal Info

Seneca Park Zoo is home to a three-banded armadillo named Doug, who was born in 2009 and came to the Zoo in 2010.

Status in the Wild

Many species of armadillo are endangered or threatened in the wild. Human encroachment, slash-and-burn farming and hunting account for a large percentage of the problem.

The armadillo can be found in grassy or marshy areas between scattered forests. They can be found in eastern and central Bolivia, Paraguay, the Mato Grasso of Central Brazil and northern and central Argentina.

Mainly beetle larvae, although ants and termites are an important portion of their diet during the dry season. During the wet season they feed on a significant amount of fruit.

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Because of its ability to roll into a sphere, this animal is often called bolita (“little ball” in Spanish). They are the only armadillo able to roll into a ball.

Armadillos also like to swim and they are very good at it!

This armadillo has suffered a 30% decline in the last decade.

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31 Places in North and South America That Do Not Observe Daylight Saving Time

Starting this Sunday (March 11) at 2 A.M., most residents of the U.S. and Canada will set their clocks forward one hour in observance of the start of Daylight Saving Time. This is a change for 2007, since in previous years DST started the first Sunday in April. However, there are many regions in the U.S., Canada and the rest of the Americas that do not observe Daylight Saving Time for one reason or another.

Brazil (States):

  • Acre
  • Alagoas
  • Amapá
  • Amazonas
  • Bahia
  • Cearà
  • Maranhão
  • Pará
  • Paraíba
  • Pernambuco
  • Piauí
  • Rio Grande do Norte
  • Rondônia
  • Roraima
  • Sergipe
  • Tocantins

Canada (Provinces and Territories):

  • Several regions of British Columbia
  • Nunavut (Southampton Island)
  • Saskatchewan

Mexico (States):

  • Sonora

USA (States and Territories):

  • American Samoa
  • Arizona
  • Guam
  • Hawaii
  • Puerto Rico
  • U.S. Virgin Islands

Other Countries:

  • Argentina
  • Columbia
  • Guyana
  • Perú
  • Venezuela

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  1. Alfred von Campe said:

    I’m pretty sure that Ecuador doesn’t implement daylight savings time either. Since it is on the equator, they get about 12 hours of daylight throughout the year. Actually, I wonder if any South American countries implement daylight savings time…

  2. Karen said:

    Not sure if it’s still true, but only parts of the State of Indiana implement DST. And, oddly enough, Alaska does implement it, which compels one to ask, “Why, in a location with nearly 24 hours of daylight during the summer?”

  3. Cindy said:

    Karen, DST was eliminated in Indiana last year.

  4. Morgen Jahnke said:

    Alfred: You’re right, I missed Ecuador on the list. Thanks for pointing that out. I looked into it and there are a few South American countries that observe DST (although at the opposite time as North America): Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, and parts of Brazil. These are countries far enough south that DST makes a difference.

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