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This is my official cop-in-uniform photo. If you're wondering why I'm sporting the 90s hair style, it's because THIS WAS IN THE 90s!
Yes, I really was a cop: I was a cop for years. And if this photo isn't proof enough for you, I have the stories—man, do I have the stories— to back it up.
I have written a lot about being a cop. I wrote True Blue, which is a writers guide, and a lot of articles, which I may add to the site in the future.
In the meantime, check out three featuresan article: Lynda's Top 20 Pet Peeves when Reading Fictional Cops; a "memoir:" What Really Happens; and a short Q&A from my online cop class below.
Almost all the cops I know grouse about the way they are portrayed in books, short stories, and on television and the big screen. I've thought about this quite a bit, and after having been asked about it repeatedly during speaking engagements and on-line classes, I came up with a list of my top 20 pet peeves about the cop inaccuracies I encounter time and again in the books I read. (I've given up on Hollywood.) Here they are, for your reading pleasure.
When I read a book like this, it completely distances me from the characters. I personally KNOW they aren't realistic, and I find I cannot suspend my disbelief enough to appreciate the story. Like I've said in previous lectures, cops are not heroic because they're fearless superheroes, but because they are regular fear-filled people who act DESPITE the fear. Don't cheat your readers by eliminating this very important layer in your characterization of cops.
Most cops have a bit of the street in them. It's what makes them good cops. If they don't bring this street wisdom with them to the job, they learn it in the first few years on patrol. Making cop characters almost saintly in their goodness eliminates this realism that is SO interesting to read about. Remember, good characters have flaws. Don't deprive your cop characters from this just because they're LAW MEN.
ALL cops start in patrol, and these days, most departments require their cops to have a minimum of two years of college, if not a college degree. Cops aren't issued a brain when they make detective or sergeant, and most cops I know who work a beat resent their fictional portrayal as bottom feeders. If you want to make a CHARACTER bumbling, ignorant, and stupid, go ahead, but base it on the person he is. Don't make him so just because he's assigned to patrol. That's insulting, not to mention untrue, and it'll make me (and most of my cop or cop's wife friends) put down your book quicker than anything.
Gosh, can we stereotype any more??? Don't even go there. Weakness is a human trait, not a gender trait. Most of the female cops out there PRIDE themselves on doing an excellent job, and they do. Not to prove a point or act like a man. The point is you don't have to BE a man to work in law enforcement. And female cops aren't cut breaks or given concessions. They go out and do the same job the men do, maybe differently in *some* cases (again, based on the individual, not the gender), but just as efficiently.
Don't automatically make the male cops rescue the female cops. Don't make the female cops the ones who break down on scenes or can't handle blood—remember, WE HAVE BABIES. Also, believe me, the male cops are much bigger hos than the females. Many male cops pride themselves on "spreading themselves around," while most female cops avoid it. There is usually one or two female cops known as the easy ones, but they're not respected much in a work capacity by either the men or the women. Also, you don't have to be cold, rigid, and mannish to be a good cop. In fact, just the fact of BEING a woman can help you in many situations. Women make damn good cops and deserve the respect of being portrayed in fiction as rich characters first, women second, and cops last.
Again, this doesn't happen with good, smart cops. I'm assuming you all want to write good, smart cops?
Police work is TEAMWORK. A cop never does all the work on his own. He just doesn't. Neither does a detective, or an undercover narc—none of them. I see so many books with the cop character out making witness/suspect contacts alone, running surveillance alone, basically working the whole case by himself. It doesn't happen, and when cops read this in fiction, they roll their eyes.
Another couple of popular but completely unrealistic clich�s in fiction, namely romance fiction. Municipal cops are *never* assigned as long term body guards. And, although longer-term undercover assignments do occur on occasion, it is far more rare than is portrayed in fiction. I mean if you want to write about super-secret agent men and deep- deep-cover cops, I guess they are popular in some circles. But don't fool yourself that they have much basis in reality.
For the most part, cops are the biggest bunch of wisecracking smartasses I've ever been around, and the humor is some of the most politically incorrect I've ever encountered. It's AWESOME! Sure, when a situation calls for it, even the biggest jokester is all business— but only until the situation ends. Most cops don't take themselves too seriously, and practical jokes abound. Don't lose that chance to chararacterize in a richer way.
Yes, it happens, and quite frequently. But trust me, these cops do NOT make interesting friends (or characters). They're DULL. They're one-dimensional. And, if you're writing one as the hero (or heroine) of a romance, trust me when I tell you a person would have to be pretty darn desperate to fall in love with one of these cardboard cutouts. HAR! Give your characters a life outside police work. Of course, make him keep his basic cop characteristics whether on the job or off—observant, wary, suspicious, keeps his distant, all the stuff we've talked about—but give him a LIFE.
Patrol cops respond on and do the initial investigation of major crimes all the time, but that's just the beginning of the case. It has to be built, and that isn't a patrol cop's job. If he's doing that job, who's going to be doing his job...? EVERY link in the chain is important.
The upper echelon of the police department is ADMINISTRATIVE. For the most part, they don't come out on crime scenes, and when they DO come out, it is usually for ego reasons and they almost always end up screwing everything up. Unless you're writing about a small town in which the chief is one of five total cops, he's not going to come out on crime scenes ever. It Just Doesn't Happen.
This happens in romance a lot, and I've discussed it in some of the answers I've posted, so I won't belabor it. Just know that a good cop won't compromise a case, ESPECIALLY not for a date/romance/love. Once you blow your credibility with the department, the DA's office, the judges, it's gone. Good cops just don't take these risks. There are lots of other fish in the sea besides (1) suspects, (2) witnesses, and (3) victims.
If you are writing a book about a CRIME, be sure to make the crime and the solving thereof realistic and legally sound. Mind you, some NYT Bestselling Authors have preposterous solutions to their crimes, and they're laughing all the way to the bank. It's up to you, but if you want cops to read and respect your work, get it right.
This goes back to #8 and #11. Make sure your cop plot is one that would actually happen in real life. All it takes is a little research.
The average cop doesn't ever become involved in a shooting—not in his entire 20-30 year career. Having a cop character in two or three or ten shootings in the course of the book is unrealistic. Also annoying. Cops generally don't get shot a bunch of times, nor do they get taken hostage much. Nor do they get in weekly or daily car chases, bomb situations, nor do they take on the mob or large drug syndicates on a regular basis.
The reason I hate this is because it gives the general public the misconception that once the cops arrive on a scene, everything runs like clockwork. Look at the backlash in the papers on some of the major scenes we've had in this country lately. Some citizens were outraged that the cops didn't "control things." Well, gosh, last I heard, cops are still human, and disasters happen. These outraged citizens don't understand rule one about police operations, yet they had the audacity to Monday Morning Quarterback the officers who responded to the scenes. Bottom line is, major scenes ARE chaotic. Inherently chaotic, at least until things are under control, and often that takes a long time. They aren't pretty. They aren't military drills. They aren't Jackie Chan movies. When the sh** hits the fan in your book, make it realistically hit the fan. Show the chaos.
This is basic, basic stuff. You don't have to learn everything there is to know about criminal procedure, but you darn well better learn the criminal procedure that pertains to YOUR story inside and out. Doing otherwise will weaken your story and cheat your reader.
I continually urge writers to contact the cops in the jurisdiction they are writing about. Although the basic cop stuff I provide in my book and my lectures is pretty universal, each department is its own culture. If you're writing about a specific department, you better be sure you're getting it right.
ARGH! This bothers every cop I know. The ONLY time you read someone his Miranda Rights is (1) when he's in custody AND—not or—AND (2) you are preparing to interview him about the crime. Period. Cops don't Mirandize as they're taking someone into custody. That's Hollywood's little bit of fantasy.
1. Even if you are only going into Winchell's to buy coffee or a muffin, no one will believe you. Just get the doughnut.
2. White powdered doughnuts and navy blue starched uniforms don't mix.
3. Immediately after buying hot coffee you will get a call that will tie you up until the coffee has transformed into cold sludge. Then you will spill it in your patrol car.
4. Related to number three above, when sitting in a restaurant for your code seven, the big call in your district will come just as soon as your food arrives at the table.
5. Onions and garlic can haunt you and those around you.
6. Green Jolly Rancher candies result in green tongues and teeth, which, according to one of my old sergeants, are not professional.
b. You can choose to eat in your car for privacy and risk Uniform Disaster. Which brings me to the cream puff incident.
We used to have a yummy Italian bakery in our city that was known for its amazing cream puffs. One day, I decided to try one. I'm not generally a cream puff fan, but what the heck? I bought one, then hunkered down in the parking lot and ate it, savoring every fat-free (not) bite. As I popped the final morsel into my mouth, I reflected, with a twinge of sadness, that there hadn't been much CREAM in the puff. Eh, well. I wrote it off to bad luck.
Moments thereafter, I was dispatched to a call. When I arrived on scene, the male reporting party started telling me his story, but his eyes kept wandering to my chest. Pervert, I thought, my righteous female indignation flaring. This yutz is staring at my RACK while I stand here in front of him ARMED. Definitely not a brain surgeon! But then it struck me,I was wearing a Kevlar vest, which left nothing remotely rack-esque to draw a man's admiration. Curious, I glanced down, and to my horror, I found about half a cup of cream puff filling meandering down my starched blue uniform shirt like slow-moving white lava. It looked, for all intents and purposes, like a very large baby had gacked down my front. Mortifying.
I finished up the call as quickly as possible, then set about trying in vain to clean my uniform. That slime got so imbedded in my gunbelt, I never got it all out. In fact, as I turned in the ol' gunbelt for the last time, I glanced wistfully at the cream puff remnants that had endured for years.
I teach a month-long class on...well, police stuff, which consists of about nine lectures and reams of Q&A information. Over time, I will share what is essentially the best of those Q&A sessions here on the website! If you have any other questions, feel free to drop me an email. While I won't be able to answer all the questions directly (sorry, but I gotta write those books), you may find your question answered here on my site in the future.
Lynda, you stated that cops are suspicious of everyone and that everyone lies to cops. So here's my scenarioin my work-in-progress, one of the villains is my hero's mother. They haven't seen each other for 17 years. What are some of the things he will detect to suggest that she is lying? He's going to struggle against their past conflicts influencing his judgment. There are some obvious ones I can think ofthe nervous twitch, fidgeting, avoiding eye contact. But what are some subtle things that only an experienced officer would notice? Is it just instinct and experience on the part of the officer? That gut feeling? And as a writer, is it good enough to simply state that the hero had a "feeling" that a character wasn't exactly telling the truth?
My next question may come under the heading of pet peeves or things that don't happen...so feel free to postpone the answers until lecture 7.
Regarding the blue wall of silence... My hero is an officer in LA that returns to his small Mississippi hometown. While there, the sheriff dies and he is appointed to fill in the position until the election. Would you say that blue wall is just as strong against an "outsider" on the force or would a cop be accepted just because he is a cop? I realize I can make the situation any way I want but I'm looking for general attitudes towards "outsiders" within the department.
Ok, that addressed part one of the question. On to part two: "Is it just instinct and experience on the part of the officer? That gut feeling? And as a writer, is it good enough to simply state that the hero had a "feeling" that a character wasn't exactly telling the truth?"
Cops rely on gut feeling a LOT, however just as a motivator to dig deeper and investigate further. What I mean is, "I just had a gut feeling," would never stand up in court, even if it panned out. As a writer, of course, it would be perfectly fine to write that your cop character had a feeling something wasn't right. That's how it happens. I had an assault case once where the victim, a man, told me he and his brother-in-law had argued about money and his brother-in-law ended up assaulting him. Victim's wife backed him up. All the signs were there they were giving me the straight scoop, but I just DIDN'T believe it. My inner cop alarm bells were going off. And, it ended up I was right, but it took four more hours of intense investigation and double-teaming the wife to finally get to the truth.
Another thing that indicates lying is when the story stays consistently the same each and every time. Supposedly in real life, little details are remembered or forgotten, so the story can vary a little bit. But a rehearsed lie will stay the same. I know these "tips" sound backward. Lynda, have I been reading the wrong books?
These are very good points, and you have not been reading the wrong books. One thing we writers have to take into consideration, however, are cultural differences. In many Latin cultures, direct eye contact with those in authority is considered disrespectful, for example. Cops learn (or should learn) about all these nuances to make their jobs easier. Another one—if we ever had to go into a traditional Asian household, we were taught to address the eldest male only, even if the questions pertained to another family member. It many traditional Asian cultures, apparently, to do otherwise is a sign of extreme disrespect. As a cop, you don't want to piss off your witnesses or victims, because it will harm your case.
These are the kinds of interesting little details to ferret out and use in your WIPs to make them richer and more real.
Very, very true. Another misconception is that liars will be very adamant. Initially, yes, they're full of bluster. But the wrongly accused are much more likely to continue to be adamant throughout an interrogation. I have tons of info about this in the Interview/Interrogation chapter of True Blue.
If an outsider *cop* comes in at the command staff level, there will be resentment from the officers inside who believe in working up through the ranks from the outside. However, if he's a good, decent cop who works hard, odds are he'll eventually be accepted. Or at least, the possibility exists.
The Sheriff is an elected, political position. Some have prior law enforcement experience, some don't. The Sheriff's (and his deputies') jurisdiction is a COUNTY (or whatever a county is called in your neck of the woods). The primary duty of the Sheriff's Office is to provide and man county jail facilities. In counties which include unincorporated areas, road deputies would also provide police services.
The Police Chief is an appointed position. Usually all have extensive law enforcement experience. The Chief's (and his officers') jurisdiction is an incorporated municipality within county boundaries. The primary duty of the PD is to provide police services within the city.
So, for example, I worked for the municipality of Wheat Ridge within the county of Jefferson. Our department had complete criminal jurisdiction within the city. If a crime happened, it was ours. The Jeffco deputies could stop cars and perform other traffic related enforcement within Wheat Ridge, but if anything *criminal,* above and beyond traffic occurred during one of those stops, Jeffco had to call us. Does that make sense? Criminal matters were not within their jurisdiction INSIDE our city limits. On the other hand, I reside in unincorporated Jefferson County. If my house was burglarized (God forbid), the Jeffco road deputies would respond to take the report, and it would be investigated by Jeffco criminal detectives. Because we're unincorporated. Does that clear things up?
Now, in Denver, for example, the city and county boundaries are one in the same. Hence, DPD handles everything criminal, and DSO is strictly a county jail proposition.
To take this further, Colorado State Patrol is our state police agency. Their jurisdiction is restricted to traffic ONLY, and only on state highways. We called them "Triple-A with a badge." Awww, we were only kidding. All cops pick on other cops—it's part of the subculture. However, some state police agencies have complete major crime jurisdiction in the state. The local PD officers are what we call "Thumpers." Go to a fight, thump people, leave and go to the next call. They don't investigate anything. If you are in doubt of the state police's jurisdiction in your state, call and find out how they operate for sure.
"Anyone who wants some insight into the work life of a policeman/woman—or who wants to write police procedurals (that includes about at least a million people, it seems) will enjoy Cooper's analysis of the daily grind for those on the front lines between us and the bad guys. It's a fun and interesting book and will prepare readers to watch and critique NYPD Blue and other favorite television shows and novels."
"This specialty book by former suburban Denver police officer, Cooper, is a treasure."
"I started reading this book thinking it would be little different than any of the other police procedurals I own (and I own A LOT). I was pleasantly surprised. This was written in layman's terms, from a street cop's point of view...this is as accurate as it can possibly be. If you ever plan on having a street cop for a character, whether it be the hero, heroine, whatever, you'll want this book to get it right." FIVE STARS.
Phyllis Williams, former police reporter from Florida: "Reading True Blue is like a ride-a-long in the backseat of a cop car. It's a must have for anyone writing about police!"
Virginia Kantra, Golden Heart winner and multiple RITA-finalist: "Lynda Cooper's step-by-step explanations of police procedure and her lively writing style make this one of the most accessible writers' guides to cops I've read."
Carole Bellacera, award-winning author, and screenwriter from Virginia: "A must read for writers who want to produce realistic fiction about police officers and their procedures. Eye-opening and immensely readable, written with wit and authority by a talented author. A gem of a book!"
G. Miki Hayden, the author of By Reason of Insanity and How to Write the Mystery, from New York: "As a mystery writer who often includes cop characters, I can see this will be a terrific resource for me. All the details of the everyday life of the police officer are included here, so there's no need to guess or make stupid mistakes in describing police action. In fact, just looking the book over has given me several ideas for stories."
Debby Mayne/Deborah Tisdale, romance and mystery author from Florida: "True Blue is the best and most thorough police procedural book for writers I've ever seen. Not only does it have factual information, it's entertaining and filled with the lively personality of the author. "
L.M. Heet, freelance writer/author from St. Louis, Missouri: "True Blue is a must-have for fiction writers! Rather than the monotonous, dry, typical non-fiction book, True Blue is not only informative, it's also interesting and fun to read. The true life cop anecdotes are particularly entertaining, and give fiction writers a true glimpse into the world behind the badgewhich is vital to making your own writing true-to-life!"
Cynthia Sterling, award-winning romance author from Colorado: "Writers and readers alike will enjoy Lynda Sue Cooper's True Blue. Her insider's view of cops—what they do and what makes them tick—will help writers give their work that all-important ring of authenticity, while mystery and suspense fans will appreciate the chance to look behind the scenes at the fascinating world of police work. Told in an engaging, often humorous fashion, True Blue reads like a fast-paced novel, making it one of the most enjoyable research books on my shelf."
Pam McCutcheon, author of Writing the Fiction Synopsis: "True Blue is chock-full of intricate details about the day-to-day life of a patrolman, the real scoop on police department procedures, and intriguing anecdotes guaranteed to generate a myriad of story ideas. Lynda Sue Cooper has done an excellent job of taking us into the complex mind of a police officer and showing us what lurks in the corners. If you've ever wondered if your police characters are true to life-or what it's really like wearing the blue uniform-don't miss this book!"
Kris Neri, award winning mystery author: "Wow! This book is outstanding. It's full of real insider information, but written in a nice, friendly style with a touch of humor where appropriate. Each of the chapters also end with anecdotes other cops share, some dark, some funny, but all authentic. Way to go, Lynda!"
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Desperate Housewives (2.9 adults 18-49 rating), the finale of The Amazing Race (2.6 rating), American Dad (1.6 rating) and Family Guy (3.3 rating) were adjusted up a tenth of a point for adults 18-49 ratings vs. the preliminary Sunday ratings.
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Parents are providing the most help in areas like London and the South East where house prices are at the highest, but now 40% of new homeowners in the South West and East Midlands and 30% in Wales and the North West are being supported by parents. It is estimated that parents will help to fund the purchase of £75 billion worth of homes.
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Equifax (-13.66%), a consumer credit reporting agency, disclosed that hackers had accessed the personal information of 143 million Americans…that’s about 45% of the country’s population. We’re talking names, birth dates, home addresses, social security numbers, and driver’s licenses.
Sure, Yahoo took the the cake when 1.5 billion accounts were hacked between 2015-2016, but if we’re going by "quality over quantity," Equifax’s breach is notably worse.
Founded in 1899, Equifax is the oldest and one of the largest consumer credit reporting agencies in the U.S. (along with Experian and TransUnion).
Think of these companies as vacuums sucking up everything from your loan history to credit balance and spitting out a number that says whether you have “good” or “bad” credit. Remember that car loan you got rejected for? Should’ve paid those water bills on time.
But because of the data it stores (820 million consumers and 91 million businesses), Equifax wakes up every day with a huge bullseye on its back.
Even though Equifax didn’t hang a "HACK US" sign on its front door, it might as well have. Criminals twice broke through the defenses of an Equifax website and subsidiary in recent years, and the company repeatedly failed to tighten up the ship.
AND it was discovered that three senior executives (including the CFO) sold $1.8 million worth of shares only days after the hack occurred (and before it was disclosed). We’re not the SEC, but that sounds pretty suspicious.
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Joyce Coronel gives us an inside look at the latest edition of The Catholic Sun.
Ramon Luzarraga, Ph.D., division chair of undergraduate studies and theology professor at Benedictine University, Mesa explores the reasons behind a recent surge of abortion legislation.
Fr. Robert Bolding, president-rector, St. Mary's High School helps us understand the transcendentals - goodness, truth and beauty.
Tom Donlan, Ph.D., theology instructor at Brophy College Prep, introduces us to St. Francis de Sales.
Tony Gutíerrez, editor, The Catholic Sun helps us get to know St. Dismas.
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted continues a series of reflections on his Apostolic Exhortation, Complete My Joy.
Mark Giszczak, Ph.D., associate professor, Sacred Scripture, Augustine Institute, helps us discover the Eucharist and Adoration in Scripture.

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As promised, here is a tool to help pimp out your 21st century teaching toolkit. Just click on the links below to access an editable copy of our task spreadsheet and video tutorial for how to modify it for your classroom. This has been a great way to help your kids engage in self regulated learning (SRL).
If you have any further questions about how to use the sheet, don't hesitate to contact us. Have a fantastic day and I hope this adds as much value to your lessons as it has done for ours!
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Often times when I explain to someone that there is a limited supply of bitcoins available that need to be divided across all the people who want to have bitcoins, the people who are computer illiterate will ask how I know that the number of bitcoins in circulation can not be changed or manipulated. They usually just get a glossed over look on their face when I start talking about decentralized protocols. Has anyone come up with a good way of phrasing it or an good analogy to get people to understand how these limits are determined, enforced, and protected?
When Bitcoin started, its creator set a rule - "No more than 21 million Bitcoins will ever be created, and they will be given out gradually for creating blocks" (Add further explanation of block reward or proof-of-work here if needed). Everyone who joined Bitcoin knew about this rule, and they were all for it. As everyone can see all the money created by solving the blocks, everyone can check if someone tried to go against the rule and cheat. If cheating is detected, nobody will accept the solution, instead looking for one that follows the rule. Because everyone is checking everything, nobody can cheat and create more Bitcoins than is allowed.
You download a program that "generates" random numbers again and again and again (millions of times per second depending on your computer speed). Think lottery.
Two different people will not get the same random number, because each person has his own predefined set.
For a very simplified example, numbers from 1 to 1000 belongs to "me", and numbers from 1001 to 2000 belongs to "you". If you decide to generate a random number from 1 to 1000, you are helping me win the lottery.
If the random number matches a "pattern", it is accepted. If it doesn't match the "pattern", it is rejected.
For a very simplified example, if the "pattern" says we accept only even numbers, then ~50% of the random numbers will "hit lottery" and 50% will miss. If the pattern was so easy to match, I can simply generate the numbers 2, 4, 6, 8... and get a 100% hit rate. Apparently in the real case, even the simplest "pattern" is so hard to match that we can't simply work backwards and try to derive a number that will match the "pattern". The only way to get a number that will match the "pattern" is though trial-and-error, which is why its exactly like lottery.
If the pattern is easy to match (relatively speaking), we will get many hits. If the pattern is hard to match, we will get lesser hits. The pattern changes every 2016 hits to ensure that we get roughly 1 hit every 10 minutes. If we hit too quickly, we get a harder pattern to match (so future hits will be slower). If we hit too slowly, we get an easier pattern to match (so future hits will be faster).
A cheater can't just invent a "simple pattern" to follow, because everyone agrees on what pattern to follow. If his pattern differs from the majority, it means that the majority wouldn't accept it (we don't recognize the coin he generates).
This is how we ensure that batches of BitCoins are created roughly once every 10 minutes and a cheater can't simply decide to generate them every second.
Bitcoins are misnamed: a bitcoin is not an object, not even a virtual object. There is one global bitcoin ledger, containing a history of all bitcoin transactions.
Everyone can see and check the ledger.
The ledger is made of "pages" (they're actually called "blocks"). Creating a valid page in the ledger has been made artificially very difficult, needing on average many days of CPU time - this means that creating a whole fake ledger (actually called the "block chain") is even more difficult, so nobody can do it.
Each page has to identify the previous page in the ledger, which you have to do before you do the difficult work. That means you can't make random pages, you can only make the next page in the ledger.
To get people to do this very difficult work, each person who makes a page is allowed to put one special transaction in the page, crediting themselves. This is the only way new credits get onto the ledger, as normal transactions just move credits from one account to another.
Making these ledger pages is called "mining", and anyone can do it, but it requires a powerful computer.
By the rules, the first 210,000 pages can have a special credit of 50 bitcoins. That halves for the next 210,000, and again for the next 210,000, for ever.
If a page has a special transaction that adds more credit than the rules allow, then it's not a valid page and nobody will use it as part of the ledger: their software will reject it.
That means that mathematically, the total of special credits, which is the total of all the bitcoins in circulation, can never reach 210,000 x 50 x 2, or 21 million.
How about this. Think of the mining process as being like a variation of the game Bingo. Let's call this variation proof-of-work (POW) Bingo. POW Bingo is almost a reverse of how Bingo is normally played.
Let's say that for each game of this reverse Bingo, a dozen numbers are dropped from the drum of numbers and all twelve numbers are shown all at once.
And then there are many tables in the Bingo hall, each with a huge pile of Bingo cards on it. There is one table used per Bingo game.
So when a game starts each person playing grabs a card from the pile and looks to see if the card contains a winning Bingo. If it doesn't, the player tosses the card aside and grabs another card. This is the "work" being performed ... searching for a winning Bingo card. There is likely more than one card in the pile that would win the Bingo game, but the race is on to be the first player to find a winning card for that game.
The player who does find a winning card yells BINGO, notarizes the batch of transactions in the bitcoin ledger (which have been accumulating since the beginning of the game), and asserts ownership of the prize (currently a 25 BTC reward).
All players then want to move on to another table to start playing the next Bingo game but knowing which table to go to is something pre-determined by the ID of the winning card at the game that just had the winning Bingo. There's a chance the player claiming to have a winning card had lied or was otherwise mistaken so each player will first want to confirm the validity of the card that supposedly is a winner. The checks performed are that the card truly does have a Bingo (based on the numbers that dropped from the drum), that the prize claimed is no more than the amount allowed to be claim for that particular game, and that each transaction in the batch of transactions is valid (funds had not previously been spent in prior batches).
If that all pans out then at a later time the player who called the Bingo is allowed to spend the bitcoin reward earned from that game.
After verifying the winning Bingo card each player then knows which table of cards to move on to next. At that next table is another drum of numbers. That drum too now has its twelve numbers dropped so the next game of this reverse Bingo can start.
After each Bingo game is completed one result is that there exists a trail going from the current table back to the previous table, and from there back to that game's previous table and so on all the way back to the very first Bingo game that was played.
So there is this chain of games that were played, each dependent on the results (discovery of a winning card) of the prior game. The current Bingo game always occurs at the "tip" of the chain, and that chain's length will include each table along the path back to the very first Bingo game played.
It is possible in a game for there to be more than one person to have a valid winning card. When that happens there are multiple calls of "Bingo" and these could be yelled out at about the same time. This introduces a conflict because there ultimately needs to be only one winner per game.
The approach to solving this conflict occurs in a unique way. When there are two Bingos that are each valid for the same game, some players will move on to the next table pointed to by one of the winning cards while other players will move on to a different table as that was the table pointed to by the other winning card.
Thus in that instance the path for the chain of successive games will appear to have an end with a split. This is referred to as a fork. Some amount of work (players looking for winning cards) will occur on one side of the fork and some other amount of work will occur on the other side of the fork.
Eventually a Bingo will be called on one of these sides or the other and the conflict is resolved as whichever side is the first with a winning Bingo ends up being the side which extends the path for the chain further. The rule observed by all players is to recognize the chain's path which includes the most number of tables as the path to follow. If a player finds that some other path (generally the other side of the current fork) becomes longer (i.e., has a higher number of successive Bingo games in the chain) then the player abandons the current path and joins the others at the game table at the tip of the path that has the longest chain.
For the most part, this longest chain will be the one in which the most work (sorting through Bingo cards) is performed. Luck can be the reason why one side of a fork happened to win even though it had fewer players than the other but overall the longest path ends up being the link of games in which the most amount of work had been performed.
Because there is money that is earned from the per-game award, word gets out and more people will arrive at the Bingo hall to help sift through the cards. As a result of a growing number of players (and thus, more work being performed) it starts taking less and less time with each game before a winning card is found.
To counter this, periodically the quantity of Bingo numbers that are dropped from the drum is decreased, from say a dozen numbers to just eleven numbers. This decrease makes it more difficult to find a winning card because it generally takes more work to find a winning Bingo card from the table's pile when only eleven numbers are dropped versus the the amount of work needed when there were twelve numbers dropped.
It really doesn't matter which set of numbers are dropped, because for each round, nobody has an advantage -- everyone has equal access to sift through each table's pile of Bingo cards.
The end result is that no matter how many people are sifting through the piles, roughly the same number of Bingo games are held each day (targeted to 144 games per day, with one game occurring every 10 minutes).
This approach is what ensures that there is no cheating that would cause a significantly greater reward to be issued and why more miners arriving won't cause currency inflation (i.e., a higher production of the per-game award).
Personally, I think it's useless to explain or to mention this limit (it's just an imaginary limit anyway, new chains with better properties will appear before it is reached!).
So, you'd rather just mention that bitcoin generation is limited to some fixed amount per day. This limit is guarantied because people who want to join the game of money creation have no other choice than to follow the pre-existing rules (and this includes everyone, for example current miners but also future developers)… unless one manage to convince more than half of the network that rules need to be changed. Such a change would be similar to the birth of a new (improved?) currency, that everyone would adopt and which may enforce different rules.
Notice that nowadays this happen quite often. Bitcoin is still young and minor changes proposed by the developers are adopted easily.
I usually explain it like this: What constitutes a "Bitcoin" is precisely defined, just like what constitutes an "ounce of gold" is. Due to this definition, it is not mathematically possible for more than a certain number of distinct Bitcoins to exist. For example, since we all know what "a positive integer less than or equal to 100" means, there can only ever be 100 of them.
You may need to go on to explain that just as two 33's are copies of the same number, there can be any number of copies of the same Bitcoin. And in fact there are thousands of copies of every Bitcoin. Since they are copies, they reflect the same owner owning the Bitcoin.
If you need to go on to even more detail, explain that Bitcoin has an ordering rule such that a "bigger" version of the same Bitcoin "wins" over a smaller one. When I give you a Bitcoin, I get a miner to "add in" the transfer making your version of the Bitcoin bigger than mine. Thus your Bitcoin wins over mine, and so I can no longer spend it but you can. I give you the Bitcoin by announcing this "bigger Bitcoin" to the world, so nobody will ever accept my "smaller Bitcoin" again.
Don't use any big words like "decentralized".
I just say something like 'The system is designed so that roughly every 10 minutes 50 new bitcoins are generated'.
Then again, most people I dare to discuss bitcoin with are techies.
You could always try the mining gold analogy.
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text: Krum, Henry S., was born in the town of Caroline, March 12, 1839. He was the oldest of six children, and always remained at home with his parents until his marriage, at which time he moved to his present farm, which is located on the road from Slaterville Springs to Brookton and consists of sixty acres of fine farming land, for which he paid in 1860, $6,000 in cash, In 1865 he married Mrs. Martha A. Landon, a widow, with one child, four years of age, They have never had any children. Mrs. Krum's daughter is now a teacher in Ithaca. Our subject is a Democrat in politics, and cast his first vote for Stephen A, Douglass. He has been commissioner of highways for three terms in succession. He is a Mason of Caroline Lodge No 681.

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Eva is a responsible and caring petsitter. She has walked my dog (and taken care of my two cats) on numerous occasions and they’re happy to see her every time. She’s always punctual and very patient with my pets (even if they’re not always well-behaved), and pays close attention to all the instructions I leave for her about each animal. Eva’s always my first pick when I’m looking for someone to take care of my pets!
Eva is a responsible, attentive and loving pet sitter. She has over 10 years pet sitting experience. She takes care of basic needs, of course, but more importantly Eva provides quality interactions that include exercise, play and affection. I trust her completely with my home and my furry children.
Eva was so great with Tank. She's a natural at dog sitting because she loves long walks and obsesses over punctuality. She seemed very comfortable around Tank and didn't shy from showing him the love and attention that all dogs deserve (even when he smelled like poop). I'm very confident that Eva will make you and your dog(s) feel well taken care of; she's incredibly mature, asks all the right questions, and takes her responsibilities very seriously.
I have known Eva for four years now and she is always attentive with my dog. She watches her when i go away as well as providing in home care during the days i have to work. She often takes my sweet angel to the dog park or up the mountain. She’s always willing to swing by on her busy days and help out.
Not only will I be reliable and timely, but I will be happy to do so because it means that I am treating your dog the way it deserves. As a parent to a two year old pup, I understand the importance of following your wishes and directions carefully, as well as being mindful of their needs and happiness. I love walks and park time, and am happy to come make house visits frequently if needed! I am also comfortable with giving medication, baths, and other necessary care. I have been making house visits for eight years and have co parented a dog of my own for two years. She is an adorable pug rat terrier with an underbite and love for scrambled eggs and waterfalls. Her anxiety has taught me how to be sensitive to how a dog is feeling which is invaluable for proper care. Thanks for the consideration!
I do not have any breed preferences, and would only like to be informed about allergies, medication, basic needs and routines, and perhaps favorite toys or activities!
I will take your dog anywhere that you feel comfortable with or suggest! I love the dog park, the Carrier Park trails, the Montford area, and grocery shopping with my own pup, but again, I am open to your routines or usual routes!


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Weird Dreams is a cinematic platformer game by Rainbird Software which was published for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and MS-DOS. A modified version of it served as the visual component to a phone-in quiz on ITV's Motormouth.
Weird Dreams is a third-person platform game with action and puzzle elements. The game contains bizarre levels and unorthodox activities, including feeding a wasp cotton candy, beating up hopping totem poles with fish from the sky, and an encounter with a baked chicken in a haunted house. The game comes with a “short novel” that explains the plot in detail and serves as copy protection. Play Weird Dreams online!
A severely ill man is on the operating table when a Daemon named Emily trapping you in your own subconscious. To escape you must find four orbs, which are trapped within a selection of esoteric mini-games set within the darkest Dali-influenced recesses of the mind.
The background story is told by the novella. Steve is in love with his attractive coworker Emily. Unbeknownst to Steve, Emily is possessed by a daemon named Zelloripus who was banished to Earth, stripped of most of her powers, and trapped into a human female due to unspecified crimes done to other daemons.
Emily sees a chance to let someone else suffer and stifle her boredom. She tricks Steve to take three pills she has mixed to “cure his flu”. While the pills do cure him, they also grant Zelloripus access to his body and mind. His dreams become both more lucid and strange, each one getting more intense and painful. Steve’s psychiatrist does not understand what causes the dreams, and neither does Steve. He refers him to a neurosurgeon. After his health dramatically declines, Steve undertakes brain surgery in an attempt to stop the dreams. Under an anaesthetic, he slips into one more dream, possibly his last.
The game starts where Rupert Goodwins’ novella ends, with Steve lying on the operating table and slipping into the dream world. Steve is controlled by the player through numerous surreal worlds. He can collect certain weapons and items on these levels, but with a few exceptions, cannot carry them to another level. Steve has no health meter; he immediately dies if he comes into contact with an enemy or an obstacle. He can also die if he remains too long in certain areas such as the Country Garden, where a lawnmower will come and decimate him. When Steve dies, the game returns to the scene in the operating room where the surgeons attempt to save him. There are no save points in the game, and instead of score points the player’s progress is stated as a percentage.
You can play Weird Dreams online here, in web browser for free!

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The manufacturing sector, which constitutes 77.63% of the index, recorded a contraction of 0.4% in November, against a growth of 10.4% a year ago.
Industrial output growth dropped to a 17-month low of 0.5% in November last on account of contraction in the manufacturing sector, particularly consumer and capital goods.
Factory output, as measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), had grown by 8.5% in November 2017, as per data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on January 11.
The previous low was in June 2017, when IIP growth contracted by 0.3%. The growth for October 2018 was revised upwards to 8.4% from 8.1%.
In the April-November period, industrial output grew 5%, compared to 3.2% in the same period of the previous fiscal.
The mining sector posted 2.7% growth in the month, against 1.4% in November 2017. The power sector output also grew by 5.1% from 3.9% a year ago.
Capital goods output declined by 3.4%, compared to 3.7% growth a year ago. Consumer durables output also dipped by 0.9%, against a growth of 3.1% a year earlier. Consumer non-durable goods also saw a contraction of 0.6%, compared to 23.7% growth a year ago. In terms of industries, 10 out of 23 industry groups in the manufacturing sector showed positive growth in November 2018.
As per use-based classification, the growth rates in November 2018 over November 2017 are 3.2% in primary goods, (minus) 4.5% in intermediate goods and 5% in infrastructure/construction goods.


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William Howard is Executive Vice President of CDM Smith, a global consulting, engineering and construction company with over 100 offices around the world. He was the firm's Chief Quality Management Officer until recently and is currently President of the firm's Asia Pacific-Middle East Services Group.
Bill has served in the past as ACEC’s liaison to FIDIC; he has served on FIDIC's Strategic Planning Committee; chaired the Planning Committee for FIDIC's conference in Budapest Hungary and has presented a number of papers at FIDIC conferences. He also co-chaired the FIDIC Programme Committee for the Centenary Conference.


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Drain the extra oil and add it to the sugar syrup. Clean up ladle before you pour the batter again thro' ladle with hole. repeat the process for full batter.
Add Sugar, Fried Cashews, Raisins, Cloves, Edible Camphor mix well. Pulse it in a blender or mixer just for few mins. When it is warm enough to handle shape the boodhies into nice balls. I made smaller ones as everyone wanted small size ladoos.
Perfectly done Veena, delicious ladoos..
Ladoo looks super delicious and they look perfect.Am so looking forward to make them for Diwali again this year..
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People who use their smartphones for prolonged periods of time may find that they suffer from visual discomfort and other symptoms such as nausea and headaches, according to a new study carried out by experts in the US.
The specialists working on the study claim that the main cause may be the demand which is placed on the eyes to focus on the screen and simultaneously adjust to the distance of the content.
Report author Martin Banks, professor of optometry and vision science at the University of California, Berkeley, explained: "When watching stereo 3D displays, the eyes must focus - that is, accommodate - to the distance of the screen because that"s where the light comes from.
The experts came to the conclusion after conducting a series of experiments on 24 adults, observing the interaction between the viewing distance and the direction of the conflict and whether placing the content in front of or behind the screen affects viewer discomfort.
They found that with devices such as mobile phones and desktop displays which are viewed at a short distance, stereo content placed in front of the screen was less comfortable than content placed behind the screen.
Additionally, when viewing at a longer distance, such as on a cinema screen, stereo content placed behind the screen was less comfortable.
Mr Banks added that discomfort associated with viewing stereo 3D is a "major problem" that could limit the use of technology.

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The Desk Organizer can store documents and some desktop products flexibly.
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AUMI Dream Ensemble of Kansas featured at 24th Annual Dream Festival!
AUMI Dream Ensemble of Kansas featured at Ione's 24th Annual Dream Festival!
Much of the work done with the AUMI shows how the instrument allows users to move past medical and therapeutic models of disability and toward artistic practice that does not discriminate according to ability. Thus far, the possible uses of the AUMI have been focused on technology and education, but creative research needs to be done to explore the potential for further artistic development. The researchers of AUMI-KU InterArts are interested in how intersections of bodies with expansive and limited and various ranges of voluntary mobility and cognitive processes create a new space to imagine identities and communities that substantively reconfigure difference as generative. We are also interested in what types of new languages are developed by users and the witnesses of AUMI performers that can help us understand difference in more complex ways.
To explore these issues, the primary goal of AUMI-KU InterArts is to facilitate exchange across perceptual, mobile, and cognitive differences through creative artistic practices like musical improvisation and composition, dance, theater, and visual arts. Another goal is to partner with local groups interested in participating in a study of community-formation using AUMI and free improvisation.
Please join us Friday, August 11th at 5:30 for a 30-45 minute performance, followed by audience feedback and discussion. The performance features Jesse Stewart and the Wooden Snap Dragons Ensemble.


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The Irish National Stud and Gardens is preparing to undertake a week-long sales mission to Australia and New Zealand next month – to grow tourism from both markets.
The Irish National Stud is the only Kildare company out of the 13 selected by Tourism Ireland for the trip.
The Stud's Tourism Manager David Wardell said the ten-day trip will be a whistlestop tour of the Southern Hemisphere.
“The idea is to go and sell Kildare and the Irish National Stud and Gardens,” said David.
The sales mission – which takes place November 14-21 - will target the key cities of Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.
Sofia Hanson, Tourism Ireland’s Manager Australia and New Zealand, said they will be highlighting a number of key themes at various workshops in each city – including the Wild Atlantic Way, Causeway Coastal Route and Ireland’s Ancient East.

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For hours at a time, I have stood on the street in Shrewsbury town centre with my colleagues on numerous occasions between March 24 and November 24 this year – asking passers-by to have their say on Brexit.
We recorded every response and we believe we have the most comprehensive street survey conducted on this matter – with over 3,000 responses.
I am pleased to say that 99 per cent of people treated us with courtesy and gave us their views in a friendly manner.
With regard to the question ‘Do you agree with the government’s current approach to Brexit?’ asked on November 24, just after the draft Withdrawal Bill was published.
Notably the response for those who agreed with the government’s approach (i.e. the terms of the Withdrawal Bill) had fallen to just four per cent of the 500 people who responded on that day. This represents a significant collapse in the already minimal support for the government’s approach.
Conversely, with regard to the question ‘Do you support a people’s vote on the final deal?’, on November 24, 81 per cent of the 500 people who responded were in favour of a people’s vote.
We believe that the series of surveys taken on a free entry street survey shows that the vast majority of people do not support the government on Brexit and wish to have the formal opportunity to say so with a people’s vote.
In the two-and-a-half years since the referendum the accumulation of mismanagement, the revelation of deliberate untruths and the final collapse of any upside has broken the referendum’s legitimacy. We can all do better than this.
As our MP, Daniel Kawczynski, holds his public consultation in Alberbury he should note that this ward contains less than 1.5 per cent of his constituents – and indeed the entire ward contains less than one third of the people who have expressed their views in Shrewsbury.
Are the other 98.5 per cent of his constituents to be consulted?
A public meeting in Shrewsbury would be appropriate for what Mr Kawczynski notes will be the most important decision in his political career. It affects us all.
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How to gain analytical information on omnichannel and forecast trends?
How to ensure customers receive the same message through each channel?
How to ensure a smooth transition from online to offline?
Which omnichannel policies to formulate for customer-friendly experience?
To educate business owners and help them devise the perfect omnichannel strategy, we have tried to answer the above questions in this blog post. Without further ado, continue reading to know more about designing an omnichannel strategy.
For more return on investment (ROI), one is required to measure and make changes in the omnichannel strategy. To enable a business owner do so, analytics applications such as Pointillist and SAS provide meaningful information on relevant key performance indicators (KPIs). Such applications can help a business owner keep a close eye on omnichannel analytics be it offline or online interaction with a potential customer.
Offline and online channels represent different marketing avenues. It can be a banner advertisement in a brick and more store, storefront, Twitter banner or post, Facebook banner or post, etc., no matter platform it is, the core messaging goal should be consistent.
Using the same brand imagery across different channels is highly recommended. A more recent innovation in internet of things (IoT) has enabled brands to introduce personalization in the offline world using beacons. The core messaging should be same and by introducing personalization in an ecommerce website for better conversion.
How to ensure a smooth transition from online to offline and vice-versa?
After a meticulous analysis of the use case, one needs to find important touchpoints and ensure that the flow is directed towards user experience and conversion. To elaborate this further, we would like to mention two examples – Walgreens and Amazon.
Walgreens – The second largest pharmacy store chain in the United States, Walgreens has introduced an MD Live app through which a user can pay to have a live chat with a physician. And if necessary, the physician can also directly write a prescription. The prescribed drugs can be purchased at one of the store locations.
Amazon – Amazon launched the cashier-free chain of grocery stores known as Amazon Go, which gives the best experience with the amalgamation of online and offline commerce. A person can walk into the Amazon Go store and buy anything he/she wants. Once a product is picked, the billing is done automatically.
The transition from offline to online can reduce sales in the long run, if omnichannel-friendly policies are not formulated. In our research, we came across several brands that are working towards improving their omnichannel experience but lack policies to impart a superior omnichannel experience. Be it any policy such as privacy, return, refund, reward points, etc., relevant changes are to be made that blur the distance between offline and online.
It is not difficult to bridge the distance between online and offline if you take wisdom from above-mentioned tips and take one step at a time. Devising an omnichannel strategy requires one to gain in-depth information on the target audience, branding, policy formulation, etc. With above-mentioned tips, ecommerce businesses can lay the foundation and start devising their omnichannel strategy.


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Lumineers is a brand name for special ceramic shells, what are fitted to teeth surfaces, by special procedure, with special material. Veneered teeth are durable, natural looking.
What kind of correction are veneers suitable for?
Assessment of patient’s needs, photo documentation, impression taking from both jaws.
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Sometimes I do like to size up the sweater so I can wear it like a loose fit top with leggings. The sweater that I am wearing, although a bit plain at the front, there is a row of button at the back. I find it quite interesting. I usually wear XS from Banana Republic, but I was looking for a sweater that I can wear it with leggings. So I sized up to medium, which it fits perfectly on me. Since I am only 5’2″, I think wearing leggings with a loose top will make me look taller…lol.
Wearing overall black as the base could be simple and fun. I can accessorize the outfit, without the feeling of “too much going on”. Here, I am pairing it with camel boots and a necklace. If you pay more attention to the detail, you will see that my boots, necklace, and handbag, all share one common language subtly — pieces of gold.
Another Rainy weekend, but I managed to take some photos this morning before the rain. Were shooting until we felt some drops over our heads. As you can see from my photos, the sky was grey.
I bought this City Coat from J.Crew Factory for this winter season, and I have been wearing it quite often. I think it is perfect for San Francisco winter. I bought the light grey in petite 0, and I love the color. It is such a versatile coat that I can wear it with a pair of jeans or with a dress. Here I am wearing it with a pair Jeggings from American Eagle and a sweater underneath it.
A year ago, I decided to move back to San Francisco, after living in New York City and Hong Kong. Although moving back to the city where I grew up and where I should feel familiar with, Surprisingly I feel I am new to this place. During the years when I was away, San Francisco has changed a lot, culturally and physically. In the past year here in the city, I have explored and discovered a lot of newly developed neighborhoods, new restaurants, cafes, and shops. The neighborhood that I used to live was a bit quiet, and now it is slowly populated with restaurants and nice coffee shops.
Now we are in the new year of 2017, and I finally made the decision to start my blog. I am very excited that I am writing my first post at the moment.
Exploring, creating, and traveling have been the main parts of my life journey. I find inspiration through different types of experiences. I hope sharing my visions here will also inspire you. In addition to my Instagram, you will find my visions and lifestyles in this blog, such as outfits, restaurants, interior design inspirations, and travels.


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During my travels, so many people I met only stayed in Yangon (the former capital) for one night before moving on. What a shame. I spent six days there, and found it to be the perfect introduction to this beautiful land. I discovered the quirks, tasted the street food, learnt a few words, and adored the city. So much so that I spent six more days there before flying out, bought myself a longyi (traditional dress) and my cab fare is already tucked into my passport for my anticipated return. Sure, go to the Schwedagon Pagoda, and Bogyoke Market, but more importantly abandon your sunglasses, get lost, taste the street food, always look up, and don't forget to smile.
One of the views from my hotel room.
"Would you like to see buffalo swimming"? Would I what!! I could hear the majestic beasts huffing and puffing as they submerged themselves in the water. Months later I can still hear the sound and remember every moment of the hike. I went on two three day treks. One from Kalaw to Inle Lake, and one in Shan State, around Hsipaw. If you can only do one of those I would suggest the Kalaw to Inle Lake, as the scenery is a little more intense, although the latter is more authentic (and challenging). My advice is to make some friends before booking the hike (which is easy to do as so many people are walking around each afternoon trying to find the right trekking company). Ensure that your group is not larger than five, and that your guide speaks English as there is so much you are going to want to ask. I used A1 trekking, and they were amazing.
As i was eating my breakfast on the third day of the Kalaw to Inle Lake hike.
Morning fog on the third day from Kalaw to Inle Lake.
The Balloon Festival in Taunggyi in November is a once in a lifetime experience. Thousands upon thousands of people watch and revel as hot air balloons are released into the air.
Upon our arrival, we were approached for a photo, and thought nothing of it. But as we got further into the dance area hysteria ensued. At one stage I had thirty cameras in my face, which I welcomed after a Summer in Scandinavia amongst the world's most beautiful people. One girl stared at us, screamed and started crying with sheer happiness.
But then it was my turn to start nearly crying with joy when I saw that there was a human powered ferris wheel. It was on my list. Basically, the motor is eight Burmese boys resembling smoking spider monkeys in flip-flops who use the momentum to turn the wheel.
Many blogs and sites suggest flying within Myanmar, but I beg to differ. Sure, some of the train rides are downright uncomfortable, especially the overnight ones, but you have to pick your battles. My intention was to get the train from Thazi to Kalaw, but that went pear shaped as I was dropped off in Thazi at 4am, did not manage to find the train station five minutes walk away, and ended up on a shuttle instead with what seemed like a twelve year old kamikaze driver (i would advise against such transport). Luckily I got another opportunity to go from Hsipaw to Pyin Oo Lwin.
What better way is there to spend a day on a rickety train with locals watching the scenery, and feasting on 30 cent noodles from the vendors at the stops?
An added bonus was going over the Gokteik Viaduct which was completed in 1900. Scary as hell, especially when everyone moves to one side to get photos.
I repeat the slow boat. There are a few options, costing up to forty dollars, but we took the one that can take anywhere between fourteen hours and two days, depending on the water levels. It didn't bother me.
It departs incredibly early, and as you arrive there are families sleeping. Take a seat, and settle in for the day. No need to bring food, as at every stop there are merchants vying for your business. One woman saw me eyeing off her samosas, and was by my side in no time. Please remember to bargain, as the, "Shuddup and take my money" approach might see you paying triple what the person next to you paid. Did I say might?
Floating down the Irrawaddy taking in the scenery, seeing a glimpse of every day Myanmar, and the simplicity of these beautiful people going about their business gives you a sense of calm.
I kinda wish it had taken two days, and the next day at Bagan paled in comparison.


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NCD-Alliance - "The inappropriate partnership between the Global Fund and Heineken was the topic of discussion between Marijke Wijnroks, Interim Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and representatives of IOGT International, the Global Alcohol Policy Alliance, and NCD Alliance last Friday in Geneva.
During the meeting the civil society representatives underscored concerns over the partnership expressed in a public letter (link is external) on 1 February.
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Bundesliga club Darmstadt said on Wednesday they have sacked German-Tunisian midfielder Anis Ben-Hatira over his work with a controversial Islamic aid organisation.
Düsseldorf-based Ansaar International is reportedly under surveillance by domestic intelligence services for alleged links to Germany's ultra-orthodox Muslim Salafist community.
The 28-year-old Tunisian international - who has hit out at what he called a "slander campaign" - only joined bottom side Darmstadt in August, netting one German league goal and playing in 11 league games.
But following a meeting with the player, Darmstadt terminated Ben-Hatira's contract with immediate effect over his humanitarian work with Ansaar.
The club stressed they did not wish to comment further as they battle to avoid relegation from Germany's top flight.
"Darmstadt SV 98 views the private humanitarian aid Ben-Hatira offers, through the organisation he works with, as wrong," said Darmstadt's president Ruediger Fritsch.
"After analysing the whole situation, it no longer makes sense for both parties to keep working together.
"Darmstadt 98 wishes Anis Ben-Hatira, who has always behaved impeccably and exemplarily at our club, all the best for his sporting future."
Fritsch cryptically added: "Despite the very complex and sensitive issue we still think there will be people who will feel like winners following the decision."
Before Saturday's home draw with Borussia Moenchengladbach, some Darmstadt supporters distributed flyers demanding Ben-Hatira cut his links with Ansaar.
The midfielder has also been criticised by Hessen politician Peter Beuth.
"You cannot let a professional footballer like Ben-Hatira get through (the system) when he has been linked to extremist organisations which are observed by an intelligence agency," he told daily newspaper Bild.
"There have to be clear limits."
On Sunday, Berlin-born Ben-Hatira posted a lengthy open letter on Facebook railed against the "slander campaign".
He defended his work with Ansaar, who have projects in Syria, Somalia, the Palestinian territories and Afghanistan.
"Anyone who looks at my CV and my engagements will quickly see that I am the sort who is socially involved and who fights for equal treatment between people of different skin colour, ethnicity or faith," he wrote.
"I'm known as someone who will not be bullied or manipulated. I'm going to try to continue to help people with my 'Anis Ben-Hatira Foundation'.
"I think the real scandal is that there is now an attempt to sabotage my sports career in Germany."
Ben-Hatira, who has also played for Eintracht Frankfurt, hit the headlines in January 2016 when he was transferred from Hertha Berlin for starting a fight with a team-mate on the way back from an away game.


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When I was going through the list of films at this years DOC NYC the first film I marked as an absolute must see film was Death Metal Angola. There was something about the name that hooked me. I had to see the film. And now that I have I can honestly say that you should put this on the short list of must see films.
Sonia Ferreira and Wilker Flores run an orphanage in Huambo in Angola. They also love heavy metal music. Taking their love of music and its healing power, they organize the first rock festival in Angola.
Death Metal Angola is a wonderfully surprising film. Taking us somewhere most of us have never been and showing us things we never expected it does what all of the best documentaries do, it opens our eyes to something new and wonderful. Here it’s the power of heavy metal to bring hope and release to a people suffering after long years of war.
To be honest I was intrigued by the notion of heavy metal music being played in Africa. As a heathen white American I’ve not really run across many blacks making heavy metal music, so I couldn’t see them making death metal or black metal music, which is very often portrayed as coming from Scandinavia and the white supremacists there and in Europe. I wondered if what I was going to see and if the title was just a come on.
While the film is framed by and filled with music, the film is also about Sonia and Wilker who run an orphanage and who were brought together by music. Caring for 55 boys they struggle to build better men by showing them the meaning of family and the correct way to behave. They are a couple that anyone would be proud to have as a mom and a dad.
This is a truly special film. It’s a trip to another place into a life that most of us can barely imagine. A wonderful film about life and music, this is one of the best films I’ve seen so far at DOC NYC. While the film perhaps is a bit skimpy on the putting together of the festival, it more importantly fills the time with wonderful music and people. If the best documentaries takes us some where we’ve never been and show us something we’ve never seen or expected then Death Metal Angola is one of the best.
See this film when it plays Saturday night at IFC- hell I’m seriously staying up past my bedtime to see it again, large and loud.


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Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh has only one major abortion ruling in his 12 years on the federal bench, but that forceful opinion will define the coming debate on what his elevation to the Supreme Court would mean for a woman’s constitutional right to the procedure.
Antiabortion activists say they are assured, without specific evidence in his writings, that President Trump’s second nominee could provide the long-sought final piece to a Supreme Court majority that would allow far more restrictions on abortion — and perhaps even overturn the court’s abortion rights precedents that began 45 years ago in Roe v. Wade.
On this, abortion rights advocates agree with their opponents, and they point to the strongly worded dissent Kavanaugh issued last fall in a case involving a pregnant immigrant teenager in federal custody.
Before his dissent, Kavanaugh fashioned what he considered a compromise to juggle competing interests in the contentious and emotional case. That decision provides a detailed view of how he might approach abortion issues on the high court — and offers a glimpse of a judge who said he was striving to find middle ground on divisive issues.
Still, a majority of Kavanaugh’s colleagues on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said his solution was hardly neutral and reversed his order.
Kavanaugh said he had “accommodated the competing interests” by balancing Supreme Court precedent that prohibits government from placing an “undue burden” on a woman seeking an abortion while acknowledging its interest in protecting “fetal life.” It would further delay the teenager’s abortion, he conceded, but could ultimately allow her to end the pregnancy “if she so chooses” without the government’s involvement.
Judge Patricia A. Millett said Kavanaugh had misconstrued the meaning of an “undue burden” by allowing a further delay of the teen’s abortion that already had been put off by the government for weeks.
“There is nothing expeditious about the prolonged and complete barrier to J.D.’s exercise of her right to terminate her pregnancy that [Kavanaugh’s] order allowed the government to perpetuate,” wrote Millett, using the initials for Jane Doe, as the teen was identified in court papers.
In his dissent, Kavanaugh accused his colleagues of creating “a new right for unlawful immigrant minors in U.S. government detention to obtain immediate abortion on demand.” The phrase — “abortion on demand” — is part of the antiabortion lexicon.
Kavanaugh’s opinion brought expected criticism from the left. But there were conservative critics, too, who said he should have gone further, as another judge on the D.C. Circuit did, in declaring that an immigrant teen has no constitutional right to abortion.
Catherine Glenn Foster, president of Americans United for Life, said she did not agree with those critics, saying the question of the teen’s constitutional right hinged on immigration law, not abortion access.
“I can’t pretend to imagine what his position on that issue would be if he was on the high court,” she said.
During his 2006 confirmation hearing to the appellate bench, Kavanaugh said he accepted the precedential value of Roe — a statement expected of lower-court judges. In the recent teen abortion case, he referred repeatedly to “precedent,” using the word 20 times in his 10-page opinion.
But Supreme Court justices are not bound as judges on lower courts are. Foster said she feels “confident” that his conservative approach to constitutional interpretation would lead him to believe Roe and the court’s reaffirmation of the right in Planned Parenthood v. Casey were wrongly decided.
There’s another reason to expect he would take such a stance: Trump said he would nominate “only pro-life” judges and predicted during the campaign that Roe would be overturned if he had a chance to make several nominations to the Supreme Court.
Polls show a majority of Americans are opposed to overturning Roe. Trump has insisted since nominating Kavanaugh that the two did not discuss his views on the decision.
And Vice President Pence was evasive when CNN’s Dana Bash asked if he hoped Roe would be overturned.
“Well, I do, but I haven’t been nominated for the Supreme Court,” Pence said.
Many legal battles over abortion concern state laws restricting access to the procedure. But the case before Kavanaugh and his colleagues involved a new Trump administration policy.
The pregnant Central American teenager was being held last fall in a government-funded shelter in Texas after crossing the border illegally. She had been seeking an abortion for weeks.
The teen’s lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union went to court in Washington to try to stop the government from interfering with the teen’s plans. The case landed in the D.C. Circuit in late October after a lower-court judge ordered the government to allow the abortion to proceed.
By then the girl was in her 15th week of pregnancy and the window for the court to act was closing. Texas law bans most abortions after 20 weeks.
Kavanaugh was on the initial three-judge panel that reviewed the case on Oct. 20, and he immediately signaled his interest in a compromise.
“It seems to me in this case, if she were released to a sponsor, that would solve the government’s objection. That would allow her to be released from custody, which presumably would be a good thing, and allow her to obtain the abortion if she so chooses,” he said in oral argument.
Kavanaugh acknowledged the time pressures of most concern to the teen: “We have a couple weeks at most and I realize you’re going to say correctly that each day matters, and I understand that, completely understand that,” he said.
Throughout the hearing, Kavanaugh seemed keenly interested in the role of the sponsor as a stand-in for a detained teen’s parents, “someone the minor can talk to about this major life decision and get reassurance, talk to about options, get support,” he said.
Later that day, the court issued a brief, divided ruling that allowed the Trump administration to maintain its policy at least temporarily and delayed the teen’s plans to end her pregnancy. Kavanaugh, joined by Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, gave the government 11 days to try to find a sponsor to take custody of the girl, a step that would have removed the government from the process of “facilitating” the abortion.
Millett, an Obama nominee, objected in a separate opinion characterizing the majority’s proposition as an unnecessary, unconstitutional delay.
“Forcing her to continue an unwanted pregnancy just in the hopes of finding a sponsor that has not been found in the past six weeks sacrifices J.D.’s constitutional liberty, autonomy, and personal dignity for no justifiable governmental reason,” Millett wrote.
Brigitte Amiri, the ACLU lawyer who argued the case, said even though Kavanaugh had recognized the time constraints on the teen during oral argument, his decision did not account for the implications of additional delay.
Four days later, Kavanaugh was overruled by the full court. In his dissent, Kavanaugh wrote that it was “not an undue burden” for the government to try to quickly transfer the teen to a sponsor. He pointed to past rulings that allow the government to take positions “favoring fetal life, protecting the best interests of a minor, and refraining from facilitating abortion” and to other restrictions on abortion that impose delays such as waiting periods and parental notification.
The majority of his D.C. Circuit colleagues disagreed. In a 6-to-3 ruling, without oral argument, the case went back to a lower- court judge who ordered the government to “promptly and without delay” transport the teen to a Texas abortion provider.