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just a quick question. if my components are 75w rms with 225w max. would an amp that puts out 111w rms be to much? i've been told the speakers will only draw what they need, unless they amount of watts is overwhelming. what do you guys think? thanks.
Let me correct you Nick Shoe before Jonathan reads this post and start using profanity. The gain on the amp is not a volume control. It is used to match the voltage on the amp's input to HU's rca preouts. What this does is allow the amp to reach is maximum power output level when it receives the set voltage. If you set the gain higher, then the amp will reach the clipping level that much faster. And you know that clipping will cause damage to speakers and amps.
You listen to it. Set the headunit at like half, 2/3's, can't remember?? Then you turn the amp gain all the way down, and start slowly turning it up untill it sounds the best, least distortion. Might take a little while to match it correctly. And if it's turned all the way up then somethings not right.


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Cheng Wu will be full-time Tencent subsidiary China Literature CEO, and Lai Zhiming will be full-time chairman of Tencent joint venture Fulong Bank, both of which will step down as the direct management of Tencent's internal related business. this is Tencent's latest move in related corporate governance.
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China's two Internet giants, Tencent and JD.com, have announced that they will renew their "former relationship". JD.com Group-SW (09618.HK) $announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that the company has renewed the strategic cooperation agreement with $Tencent (00700.HK) $for a period of three years. In the next three years, Tencent will continue to provide primary and secondary access portals to JD.com on his Wechat platform to provide traffic support, while JD.com will issue Class A common shares with a value of up to US $220 million to Tencent.
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/ Meng Yonghui / tr. by Phil Newell) When the concept of meta-universe became popular on the first day, people began to associate it with Tencent. Although Tencent has not really announced that he is fully committed to the meta-universe, people's speculation does not seem to have diminished much. As a result, in order to prove their judgment, people will from time to time come up with some of Tencent's existing things associated with the meta-universe. This gives people an illusion that Tencent seems to have the natural characteristics of meta-universe, and it seems to be theoretically correct to devote himself to the torrent of meta-universe. As the Internet age fades away, what we see is
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Several local newspapers including the Bellingham Herald, Tacoma News Tribune and The Olympian reported on a national push to support controversial legislation to amend the 1964 Wilderness Act to allow mountain biking within designated Wilderness Areas. However, in Washington State, Washington Wild has helped lead an alternative common ground approach to both preserve mountain bike access and designate new Wilderness.
The 1964 Wilderness Act protects our nation’s wildest places from logging, mining, roads and other development. It also prohibits “mechanized” travel. In the 1980’s, as the sport of mountain biking emerged, federal agencies determined that mountain bikes were a mechanized use and therefore not allowed within designated Wilderness areas. Since then, likely conservation allies — mountain bikers and Wilderness advocates — have found themselves at odds.
The Wilderness Act is one of the hard fought benchmark conservation laws in our country’s history that has stood the test of time for 50 years. Unfortunately, the proposed legislation includes a number of provisions that could fundamentally change the long standing goals of the Wilderness Act. Such a legislative effort is certain to be used by Wilderness opponents in Congress to weaken the Act.
Unlike in most of the country, Washington Wild and Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance have invested considerable resources and efforts to build trust and find common ground on this issue over the past decade. Mountain bikers have been consulted early on in the process during Wilderness designation campaigns with the goal of drawing proposed Wilderness boundary lines that preserve key mountain biking trails while gaining support for Wilderness and Wild and Scenic River designations.
In Washington State that approach has been successful. The Wild Sky Wilderness, which was designated in 2008, was crafted to exclude any key mountain bike trails form Wilderness boundaries. Legislation to add to the Alpine Lakes Wilderness and designate two new Wild and Scenic Rivers near Snoqualmie Pass was designated in 2014. Based on negotiations with local mountain bike advocates, the Middle Fork Trail was excluded from Wilderness designation, preserving mountain bike access but also protecting the trail within a Wild and Scenic River Corridor. As a result, the legislation was endorsed by local and national mountain bike advocates.
The Wild Olympics legislation, currently pending in Congress, applied the same approach on a much larger scale on the Olympic Peninsula. Mountain bike compatible Wild and Scenic River designations and carefully drawn boundaries to exclude key mountain bike trails from Wilderness designation were used, resulting in endorsements for new Wilderness and Wild Scenic Rivers from mountain bike advocates.
The Washington approach to mountain bikes and wilderness has proven to be successful over the last 10 years and we are committed to continuing to work together with our mountain bike colleagues to find common ground around Wilderness and mountain biking moving forward. We invite our colleagues in other states to join us in this approach.
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Schools are set to resume next year after the president postponed the academic calendar for the 2019/2020 academic year.
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According to him, schools will resume in January 2021 as stated by the president in his address.
However, the next academic year will be a busy one as there will be a reduction in the number of days when it comes to vacations to cover the lost time.
Also, all sporting activities will still be included in the next academic year. The GES is expected to release the full academic plan for the new academic year before the year ends.
The Ghana Education Service has officially released the reopening date for Basic Schools and Junior High School for the 2020 and 2021 academic year.
The Ghana Education Service has also officially released the Senior High Schools Academic Calendar for the 2021 academic year and reopening date for both single track and double track senior high schools.


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Maddie's Fund® the Pet Rescue Foundation (www.maddiesfund.org), has awarded a $252,000 grant to support the first year of Maddie's® Pet Rescue Project and Maddie's® Spay/Neuter Project in Dane County, Wisconsin. As goals are achieved, Maddie's Fund will provide animal welfare groups and veterinarians over $1 million to end the killing of Dane County's healthy and treatable shelter cats. (Dane County is already saving all of its healthy and treatable shelter dogs.)
Maddie's Pet Rescue Project is led by Dane County Humane Society (DCHS) working with two adoption guarantee organizations-Shelter from the Storm and Dane County Friends of Ferals. The first year goal is to increase the total number of cats adopted by 353 over the baseline year and decrease the number cats euthanized in Dane
County shelters by at least 353 below baseline. Offsite adoption programs, new staff, expanded hours and events are a few of the ways the coalition plans to increase adoptions. The collaboration's first event, a 29 hour adoption marathon called Catapalooza found homes for 80 cats!
Maddie's Spay/Neuter Project is also administered by DCHS. Surgeries will be performed by participating private practice veterinarians and by participating nonprofit spay/neuter clinics. The program is available to Dane County low-income residents who receive Medicaid or BadgerCare assistance or Food Stamps and have companion cats; it is also available to Dane County residents who manage feral cat colonies. The total number of cat surgeries to be performed under this program is 4,123. The first year goal is 1,250.
"Our past experience funding a 2 ½ year feral cat spay/neuter program in Dane County was a huge success," said Maddie's Fund President, Rich Avanzino. "I have no doubt that this community collaborative effort will equal or exceed those previous lifesaving accomplishments."
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Maddie's Fund proudly offers the industry a national voice, important funding opportunities for bold ideas, learning resources and access to collaborate and share innovative solutions. The Foundation invests its resources in a commitment to keeping pets and people together, creating a safety net of care for animals in need and operating within a culture of inclusiveness and humility. #ThanksToMaddie.

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Throughout this semester I have worked closely with the start- up company, Bmore Than Dance, in an effort to raise positivity in Baltimore through the creative expression of dance.
Errigh LaBoo(who goes by “Neek” on stage) is my business partner, the founder of the “King of Baltimore” series and Bmore Than Dance, as well as a mentor for many “Shake It Off” dancers. I had the wonderful opportunity to do primary research on the effect of the arts in inner- city culture at events and competitions. The Qualifying Events at the end of each month allowed me to conduct surveys and interviews to gather more information about the nature of the dance and the community that surround it. I have heard many times how beneficial this dance is for the city of Baltimore. I have met many talented individuals who have a passion for artistic expression with no outlet to really explore it fully.
“When I was 16 I watched my brother dance around every day. I continue dancing because I enjoy it, it’s something to build off of, it gives me something to occupy my time and keep me out of trouble”- Diquan Gwin
“Not all is bad in Baltimore. If they took a look at this they would see this is something positive” –Ryan AKA Shaggy
“I started dancing when I was 16, it was the only way I knew how to prove to the world that I do also have a talent. It impacted me by keeping me off the streets and away from drugs. I continue to dance because I love to dance, I don’t see myself stopping any time soon. ”- Luigi
“I started dancing because it provided me with another form of an outlet that allowed me to ‘escape’ reality when I needed to. Dancing gives me the opportunity to help others.” – Kenneth “Spazz” Tisdale
Early on, I developed a team comprised of students and mentors to help with website development, public relations, communication, and marketing. A big problem the community has faced is the lack of space to perform or rehearse, and they often take to dancing in the streets or each other’s homes. This discourages many people from continuing to dance, and there are many stories about good dancers who end up badly after they quit. One of the main focuses of the program is to prove to the dancers that their talent is worth something and not to go give up. While our sponsorship has not yet allowed us to attain a space, we are getting much closer. My project has now been funded the Undergraduate Research Award of $1,200 through the Office of Undergraduate Education, and through our promotional events, we have been approached by many, many other organizations interested in working with Bmore Than Dance to secure space for our group.
I have been working on the company website, which was previously only a video that one could click on to watch a short trailer summarizing the movement. I wanted the website to help the movement grow, to be able to show to sponsors or festival and performance managers or schools interested in after-school programs we offer. The website has been a tremendous success for Bmore Than Dance. I have received daily emails through the site from individuals asking questions about booking the dancers for performances, events, photo shoots, interviews, and magazine spreads or inquiring about classes.
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The Bmore Than Dance movement really took off during the Freddie Grey Protests. Bmore Than Dance held daily events where dancers and audiences gathered to support the positivity the arts brought to the community at that time. With so much attention on Baltimore, and so much of the city joining together, the dancers believed it was time to act. I designed flyers to hand out at their events containing information on Bmore Than Dance and was approached by multiple people and non- profit organizations (including the Baltimore Urban Dance Project and Urban Artistry) interested in holding events, having the dancers teach after school programs, and giving space and funds to Bmore Than Dance. Our page received over 100,000 views in less than 24 hours.
Bmore Than Dance also teamed up with the I Love Baltimore movement. The events coordinator approached me at the event the preceding day as she was passing by and asked if Bmore Than Dance could perform, providing dancing and music before the marchers begin to walk. This march aimed to allow the youth of East and West Baltimore to write questions to the mayor on posters and march to City Hall. That was an incredible opportunity for Bmore Than Dance to spread the positivity we talk about in our mission statement, as well as a chance to expose Baltimore Dance as an art form, and a chance for the dancers to receive media coverage of their talent.
I felt that Bmore Than Dance hugely impacted the Baltimore community with it’s positive youth movement and emphasis on dance as an emotional outlet. My work with the company helped it to gain the resources they needed through partnership with other similar non-profits, and I was able to find the dancers a plethora of opportunities for performances and photo shoots. Before this class, I wouldn’t have thought of this as activism, but I absolutely view it as such now. Dance, to these kids, is so vital, important, and positive in their lives, and I am so proud to say that I could help them. Activism doesn’t mean you have to protest or be angry. I was an activist by taking part in a movement I deeply care about in a city I deeply care about, I sent emails, I designed flyers, I had a phone call with a Councilman! Over the summer, I’m planning to expand my team so we can really keep the movement growing.
You can help by checking out the Bmore Than Dance website, sharing and reposting the TONS of videos and pictures available through the site, and using the hashtags #BmoreThanDance #DanceforJustice

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The method of creating Pokemon is quite an artform to Ken Sugimori. He wants to make sure designs are just the right mix of cool and cute. You can see his thoughts on the process below.
Pokémon series designer: The technique I often use when finishing up designs for Pokémon is to “keep the balance.” I might try adding something uncool to a Pokémon that is too cool, or I might add something cheerful to a Pokémon that is too serious. I spoke about making friendly designs earlier, but what I actually do is take something cool and make it less cool. [laughs]
I often tell members in charge of design to “take away from designs that are too cool,” but that is probably a sentiment that is difficult to grasp. What’s cool and what’s not is all subjective in the end. To put it extremely, my job is to get something that would look cooler if it didn’t have this or that on it, then put it in on purpose. [laughs] Basically, if it looks too cool then it takes away from what makes it memorable for the players.
After all, as Pokémon that are being sent out to the world, we want them to always remain memorable; however, I feel that in order to do so you have to add a touch to it. For example, look at Oshawott’s cheeks. It has three freckles, and if you take them away Oshawott becomes cuter. However, taking them away makes its face less memorable. Actually, a lot of people told me “I want you to get rid of the freckles,” but I strongly insisted “It is better to have them.” Going by my standards, this is the correct way to design Pokémon.


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Bring your little ghouls and goblins to Crosstown Concourse this Halloween for trick-or-treating on the plaza. Volunteers will park their cars on the plaza and fill their trunks with candy. And don’t miss a special performance by the IRIS Orchestra Artist Fellows.
When the old Black Lodge closed to find a new home, they held our biggest Halloween party to date. They decided it was to be their last, until they were ready to return.
That time has finally come. As Lodge prepares its new home to open this New Year’s, they invite you to join them in celebrating their return at Halloween Pandemonium. Their RE-birthday, if you will.
Words Matter is a collaboration of creative minds. There are several teams, each beginning the creative process with a literary contribution from a writer. From there, a combination of artists and performers extend that creation into their own media — visual artists, musicians, dancers, actors, photographers, fashion artists, and filmmakers find collective expression from the language.
Jazz performance featuring Jamille Hunter (vocals), Keenan Shotwell (piano), Vince Oglesby (bass), Isaac Daniels (saxophone), and Chris Pat (drums) performing the works of jazz legend Sarah Vaughn.
The Crosstown Jazz Series, presented by Strictly Jazz Entertainment in collaboration with Crosstown Arts, is designed to salute classic jazz music as contemporary musicians perform the work of the legends.
New work by Natalie Hoffmann, Alex Paulus, and Nick Peña
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Weekly film screenings hosted by Indie Memphis. Films will screen at Crosstown Arts, Malco’s Studio on the Square, and Ridgeway Theatre on a rotating basis.
This week: All the Rage: Saved by Sarno — Dr. John Sarno battled the pain epidemic by focusing on mind-body connection for over 50 years. Learn how he healed thousands of patients, including Larry David and Howard Stern. Directed by Michael Galinsky, David Beilinson, and Suki Hawley.
The fall season comes with arts opportunities! Get all the details on how to apply for affordable housing for artists (right here in Memphis!). ArtsMemphis will share tips on applying for its $5,000 ArtsAccelerator Grant. There is no better time to be an artist in Memphis.
Impossible Language, a Memphis-based literary reading series, presents three poets: Karyna McGlynn and Alice Bolin are new to the Memphis community, and Jonathan May is near and dear. Come hear them read and purchase books.
Alice Bolin’s first collection of essays, DEAD GIRLS, is forthcoming in 2018 from Morrow/HarperCollins. Her writing appears regularly in publications including The LA Review of Books, Racked, The Awl, and The New Yorker’s Page-Turner blog. She is Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at the ….


CHAMPAIGN, Ill. \u2014 University of Illinois trustees on Thursday agreed for a second straight year to freeze tuition for in-state students even as they learned the school drew $671 million from cash reserves to make up for the lack of state funding because of a budget deadlock. The vote at a trustees meeting in Chicago to keep tuition unchanged for in-state freshmen who start classes this fall follows years of criticism from Illinois parents, students and lawmakers that the university had focused too much on recruiting higher-paying out-of-state and international students. But the decision also means foregoing a potential increase in one of the key revenue sources for the school during a period when the university is getting no state money. University President Timothy Killeen, who recommended trustees approve the tuition plan, noted the decision came \u201camid ongoing declines in state support and a lingering budget impasse (that) has shut off funding completely for nearly seven months and counting.\u201d Chief Financial Officer Walter Knorr told trustees the university is paying $671 million of payroll and state-government grants for lower-income students that the state is not funding right now. The university is using primarily cash reserves and tuition revenue to pay those expenses. He said agencies that rate the university\u2019s credit when it borrows money, determining how much it costs to borrow, are also starting to ask about the financial picture for next year as they evaluate the school\u2019s financial stability and ability to repay its debts. Given the budget impasse, he said it\u2019s impossible to give them an answer. \u201cBeyond uncharted waters,\u201d Knorr said of the current situation. \u201cNothing like it, nothing compares.\u201d Thursday\u2019s vote means tuition for in-state students starting school this fall will remain at $12,036 a year in Urbana-Champaign, $10,584 in Chicago and $9,405 in Springfield. Under Illinois law, freshmen pay the same tuition for four years. But housing costs, another big piece of what students pay, will go up for all who live on campus. Trustees approved a plan to raise the cost of room and board at Urbana-Champaign 2.7 percent to $10,612 a year. At the Chicago campus, those costs would increase 2.2 percent, to $10,960. In Springfield the cost would rise by just under 1 percent to $7,400. In all, a year at the flagship Urbana-Champaign campus for an instate student would run $22,648 for tuition, room and board. That does not include fees or other living expenses that drive the cost of a four-year degree to well over $100,000. Tuition has become a source of concern for students across the country. Increases at many state schools are often blamed in part on declining government support. Tuition increased 71 percent at the Urbana-Champaign campus between 2005 and last year. But the campus has also tried to increase revenue by recruiting high-paying out-of-state or international students. International students pay $28,000 a year in tuition, and their numbers have risen 81 percent since 2008. The school has noted that in-state enrollment increased after last fall\u2019s tuition freeze and a move to accept lower admissions-test scores. In 2015, 5,490 freshmen from Illinois enrolled, up from 4,927 a year earlier. Higher education is a key point of disagreement in the budget stalemate between Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Democrat-controlled General Assembly. A Rauner staff member earlier this month sent lawmakers a memo in which he accused public universities of waste and failing to cut their own costs as the state struggles to cover a multibillion-dollar gap between its revenue and spending. University presidents including Killeen answered with a letter urging the passage of a budget before what they called irreparable harm is done. While the University of Illinois has money to fall back on to cover expenses, Chicago State University has said it will run out of money in March. And many community colleges say they lack the money to make up for what the state is not providing. Parkland College in Champaign on Wednesday tentatively approved a 12 percent tuition increase to help deal with a $3.5 million budget deficit. The college had anticipated a $5.1 million state appropriation. University leaders say they also are taking steps to cut costs on campus. Killeen on Thursday told trustees that an ongoing program to cut administrative costs had so far found $40 million in savings.


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The Hobbit - Misty Mountains Orchestral Cover
Dudes, this is amazing. My friend put this together during reading days/finals week because he is insane in all the best ways.
Seriously, have a listen. I can’t handle how much I love it.
(Also check out other musics over at this guy’s youtube channel: sleightlymusical. Well worth a visit.)
Viva Vox Choir - Du Hast (a capella)
These guys are amazing. I wish there were better quality recordings of them!
Calligraphy by Faraz Khan: “I want them to understand that this is something that you care for, and this is something that is secret”.
I tried following method: to doodle some lines, to see a form in them, to define this form, and to add values with cross-hatching. It was surprisingly fun and enjoyable. :3 But this 3B pencil smudges like hell. %_% And I think this is my first drawing ever with so much cross-hatching. The size is A4.
I’ve no idea what’s going on here. It looks to me like he’s being attacked by a pigeon. @_@

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Sheriff Grady Judd and his crew is at it again. Now they’ve turned their sites on some hapless gas station owner in Dundee, Florida, for allegedly selling some girly videos. Little did she know that the all powerful local government knew better than her what kind of entertainment the delicate citizenry of Polk County could tolerate. So now Minakashiben Patel sits in jail, apparently on a no-bond status, facing charges of obscenity. This isn’t the first time that this Central Florida jurisdiction has tried to enforce its version of “decency” on its citizens. The following article gives a pretty good history of Sheriff Judd’s efforts to promote Christian values in Polk County government: http://orlandoweekly.com/news/church-and-state-1.1109454. The First Amendment never stopped a skilled politician like Grady Judd, however. He takes pandering to a new level, and destroys lives in the process. Fortunately, the First Amendment protects the New York Times the same way as a small gas station owner, when it comes to dissemination of free speech. We shall see how this case plays out, but their random obscenity prosecutions are certainly a threat to civil liberty, and the whole effort demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of the changing societal mores in this country. Just look at how fast 50 Shades of Grey flew off the shelves. In year 2013, I think we can tolerate the sale of a few adult films sold in a local gas station.
Iceland recently made headlines with the latest project on its allegedly progressive agenda: a nation-wide ban on pornography. No stranger to proscribing activities related to commercializing sex, Iceland has already passed laws banning printed pornography, prostitution and stripping, and has done so all in the name of feminism. Rattling off the standard laundry list of the evils of porn, the Icelandic Parliament noticeably lingered on the “damaging effects” adult material has on the children who view it and the women who participate in it. Iceland’s Office of the Interior Minister defended the ban by stating that Icelandic citizens deserve to live and develop in a non-violent environment, therefore, the resulting law is “not anti-sex, but anti-violence.” What’s potentially more concerning is that this feminist backlash against commercial sexualization is gaining serious momentum throughout Europe, as evidenced by the European Union’s recent parliamentary vote on a blanket pornography ban. Taking a page from the Nordic view on feminism, the EU claims the ban will foster gender equality and combat sexual stereotypes by sanctioning individuals and businesses “promoting the sexualization of girls.” With Parliament disclosing very little about the potential ban, most Europeans are looking to the recent path blazed by Iceland for some guidance on what’s to come.* So what is the likelihood of Iceland being the first democratic state to successfully ban pornography? The answer to that question probably depends on your definition of success…
Given that Iceland is expected to implement similar blocking filters to those used in China and Iran, it stands to reason that Iceland would enjoy comparable success in restricting online content. However, the environmental and temporal differences between Iceland’s efforts and that of middle and far east authoritarian regimes, shouldn’t be so easily dismissed. Countries like China and North Korea limited citizens’ access to online content, but such restrictions have been in effect practically since the Internet’s inception. Any armchair psychologist will tell you – and any parent of a toddler will confirm – it’s human nature to want what you can’t have. And if whatever you can’t have, is something that was in your possession but was taken from you, well that ups the ante even more. Like most citizens across the globe, Iceland’s people have had unfettered access to online adult material. To put it bluntly, it doesn’t matter how inherently progressive a country is, when you confiscate a piece of personal autonomy, there’s bound to be consequences.
Even if the Icelandic government seamlessly weathers whatever discontent that’s thrown its way, there’s still the matter of enforcement. Logistically speaking, Iceland will employ filters barring citizens from accessing flagged websites, and fire walls prohibiting Icelandic credit cards from purchasing adult content. But what about the tangible transport of digital pornography? Streaming, downloading and cloud access aren’t the only ways to retrieve digital content. What’s stopping someone located in another jurisdiction from entering Iceland’s borders with a pornographic DVD? With so many vehicles capable of transporting digital content, common sense says that it would be impossible to inspect each and every tablet, flash drive, laptop, and Smartphone that crosses Iceland’s borders. As long as there’s been contraband, people have been smuggling contraband – the digitization of such contraband has only made it that much easier.
The ability to control infiltration of the banned content leads directly to the next hurdle – the black market. We live in the Internet Age; every technological restriction is met with a response circumventing that restriction. Whether it’s a scrubbing tool used to mask IP address identification or software that scrambles collected geo-location location, there are countless techniques enabling the average Internet user to evade government-imposed limitations.
Without getting too high up on the First Amendment soap-box, this type of regulation tends to invoke the constitutional scholar in all of us. If Iceland wants to completely ban pornography, exactly what kind of material is considered “pornography”? Without careful and meticulous drafting, any such law will inevitably encompass content as innocuous as the mere display of genitals. Some reports say that the ban would only include “violent or degrading content.” As admirable as that is, we’re still left with the subjectivity surrounding the definitions of “violent” or “degrading.” Another variable to throw into the mix in determining what would constitute pornography is the intended purpose of the material in question. Specifically, was the content created for private consumption or commercial use? If Iceland’s chief concern is to prevent the commercialized sexualization of women and children, logically, only material disseminated commercially would violate the ban and any application of the law beyond that specific scope would be a flagrant infringement on privacy rights. Given the widespread creation and sharing of private erotica, a substantial amount of pornographic material would presumably be unaffected by the legislation.
In a very short time, Iceland will undoubtedly find itself at the age-old prohibition impasse, asking which holds more clout: a government imposed ban or the tenacity of those looking to circumvent that ban? As shown with most government-sanctioned goods or services, a black market develops; those participating eventually monopolize the marketplace; a consistent profit is generated; and ultimately standard supply and demand principles are used to exploit and perpetuate a marketplace devoid of legislative supervision. Government-imposed prohibitions might change behavior, but a behavioral change does not prove that the problem was solved; only that it has been forced underground. On that note, one must question whether the “problem” existed in the first place. One person’s degrading porn, is another’s…you know the rest. Ultimately, Iceland is unlikely to become a porn free zone irrespective of the pending legislation. If history has taught us anything, it’s if there’s a will, there’s a way.
*As this post went to press, the EU Parliament voted against the anti-porn proposal due to censorship concerns: “Language that would ban online pornography has been dropped from a report approved by the European Parliament.”
By the close of 2011, the Republican presidential hopefuls had their work cut out for them. It was starting to look like the people had gotten their fill of Michele Bachmann’s eccentricities. Such a sentiment was confirmed at the Iowa Caucuses, when the Tea Party Chair, receiving only 5% of the votes, placed sixth among the other candidates, ultimately resulting in Bachmann’s withdrawal on January 4, 2012. Despite consistent double-digit polling numbers since early fall, January claimed another candidate in former Utah Governor, Jon Huntsman. Withdrawing from the race on January 16, the former ambassador pledged to ”stay relevant” in the race, and has kept that promise by actively supporting Mitt Romney. Then, of course, there’s Herman Cain – once his luck ran out with the ladies, the voters soon followed. Despite suspending his candidacy back in December amidst allegations of sexual misconduct, Cain has done his best to remain in the spotlight, still lobbying for his 9-9-9 Plan and has yet to formally endorse one of his former competitors. And we can’t forget 2012’s latest casualty, Texas Governor, Rick Perry. After his promises to end “Obama’s war on religion” evolved into concerns of Perry’s War on the Establishment Clause, steam behind Team Perry was waning towards the end of 2011, and finally came to an end on January 19.
At this point, it’s almost mid-February and oh how the tides have turned. Deemed a misfit for most of his political career, Ron Paul has ridden the ‘rebel, nonconformist’ wave all the way to its peak. With that success, comes mainstream popularity and partial loss of Paul’s famous underdog status. Struggling to reconcile the Congressman’s political identities, voter support seems to be reaching a plateau, although not necessarily declining. The likely result: Paul is applauded for his valiant effort, but ultimately directed by the GOP powers-that-be to graciously keep the rebel rousing within the confines of the Texas state line.
Former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, was thought to be down and out this past summer after a series of questionable spending excursions and the infamous mass exodus of several high-ranking campaign officials. But ever the true politician, Newt has overcome the instability of his early campaign and gained enough momentum to be considered a genuine presidential hopeful.
Probably the biggest candidate surprise of the campaign thus far is former Pennsylvania Senator, Rick Santorum. Battling disheartening numbers since the day he threw his hat into the ring only to surge ahead in 2012 by winning four of the eight presidential primaries thus far, Santorum is the very definition of a ”comeback kid.” Making no apologies for his socially conservative politics, Santorum ready and willing to squeeze out the very last bit of libertarian influence that might be left in the GOP, and based on recent numbers, he might just be able to do that.
The one constant since the beginning of the campaign trail is Mitt Romney’s title as the election’s front-runner. Romney is currently blowing everyone out of the water with ninety-five pledged delegates; that’s more than the other three candidates combined. Maybe the American people think a business consultant as President is the only way to completely pull out of this economic tailspin, or maybe we all harbor deep-seeded respect for Mormon’s with good politician hair – either way, Mitt Romney isn’t going anywhere any time soon.
So what do the Republican Presidential candidates have to say about adult entertainment issues? Not that the Obama Administration has been the champion of personal freedoms that was originally hoped for, but at least the DOJ’s decision to focus on child pornography instead of filing any new obscenity cases allowed the industry a bit of momentary relief. However, it’s safe to say that if a Republican takes over the presidential seat, it’s going to be a different ballgame all together.
According to Morality in Media’s (“MIM”) President, and former DOJ official, Patrick Trueman, “Vigorous prosecution of those who violate our nation’s obscenity laws is critical now. Our nation is suffering a pandemic of harm from pornography that is readily available – even to children on the Internet and in other venues.” Trueman has targeted Santorum, Romney and Gingrich for months, requesting that the candidates take a public stand in favor of his anti-porn efforts.
Heading straight for the newbie, Trueman successfully got Santorum to sign the Family Leader Pledge (made famous by former candidate Bachmann’s ”ban on porn”) all the way back in July of 2011. The pledge requires Santorum to uphold, among other things, the “Humane protection of women and the innocent fruit of conjugal intimacy — our next generation of American children — from human trafficking, sexual slavery, seduction into promiscuity, and all forms of pornography and prostitution, infanticide, abortion and other types of coercion or stolen innocence.”
Nothing if not persistent, Trueman continued MIM’s crusade this past October by demanding that the 2012 presidential candidates publicly disclose “their respective views on the enforcement of obscenity laws.” MIM officials eventually obtained statements by all three of the frontrunners after calling on MIM followers to continue the crusade through emails, calls, and meetings with the candidates urging them to respond to MIM’s request for disclosure.
In his response to MIM, Santorum wrote: “Federal obscenity laws should be vigorously enforced. If elected President, I will appoint an Attorney General who will do so.”
In a one-on-one interview with MIM staffers, Gingrich was asked if he will enforce existing laws that make distribution of hard-core adult pornography illegal, he responded:”Yes, I will appoint an Attorney General who will enforce these laws.”
The only candidate to reference online content in his written reply to the MIM demand, Romney stated: “It is imperative that we cultivate the promotion of fundamental family values. This can be accomplished with increased parental involvement and enhanced supervision of our children. It includes strict enforcement of our nation’s obscenity laws, as well as the promotion of parental software controls that guard our children from Internet pornography.” Although, Mitt’s status as one of MIM’s golden boys of piety may have hit some rough terrain as it was revealed that everyone’s favorite squeaky-clean Mormon accepted a maximum amount campaign donation from Daniel Staton, chairman of the board of the company that owns Penthouse. While this may not be tantamount to accepting a donation from Max Hardcore or Extreme Associates, this minor campaign faux pas is going to raise more than a few eyebrows.
With MIM sparking GOP discussions of a resurrection of strict enforcement of obscenity laws, notions of MIM President’s Trueman staging a re-entry into politics seem unsettlingly attainable. So is the country in imminent danger of the DOJ turning into the “Trueman Show” come January, 2013? Hopefully not, but with polling data saying one thing, schizophrenic primary numbers saying another, and public opinion exhibiting an extreme of the two on any given day, it truly is anyone’s race. The stakes are high for the country and our Constitutional freedoms. And with the top three presidential candidates pledging to reinvigorate the ‘War on Porn,’ one can’t help but hope that the adult industry won’t be one of the losers in 2012.
A favorite trick of the censors in this country is to blur the lines between protected speech, in the form of adult erotica on the one hand, and patently illegal material, in the form of child pornography on the other, by mixing the two at every opportunity. Family Values groups and other opponents of free speech routinely use the terms “pornography,” “obscenity” and “child pornography,” interchangeably, in the attempt to cause confusion in the mind of the public, and intentionally link perfectly legal content with evidence of a horrific crime. The media often plays along, whether through ignorance or complicity, and refers to the new child porn arrest as a “Pornography Bust.” All of this helps convince the public through confusion, that pornography has something to do with abuse of children, and that all of it is probably illegal somehow. In some jurisdictions, law enforcement investigators seize every chance to mix these concepts in a blender, by charging defendants with obscenity as well as child pornography, no matter how remote the connection, or how strong the evidence. Some evidence of this can be found in a couple recent cases initiated by the Polk County, Florida, Sheriff, Grady Judd. This is the same Sheriff that was made famous by declaring that he had jurisdiction to regulate anything online, so long as it was available for download in Polk County, Florida. According to Judd:
“But it makes no difference, because if you fed that server or you could receive information off that server in this county, then it gives us jurisdiction. … Technically I could charge someone in Kansas, if I received child pornography here, obtained a warrant and had him extradited from Kansas and tried here.” http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/051018glaser/
Note the stray reference to “child pornography” there. That particular case had nothing to do with children, but was an adult obscenity case against Chris Wilson, arising from his operation of a user-generated content site. This quote provides a unique glimpse into the strategy of many law enforcement agencies and anti-porn groups, who constantly mention child pornography whenever discussing adult erotica.
Judd’s office recently investigated an antique store owner by the name of John Denitto, who engaged in some adult content production on the side. See, here. Sheriff’s Deputies raided the business based on the claim of a “confidential informant” that a teenager was being photographed there. Leaving aside the fact that a teenager can be 18 or 19 and still legally participate in adult photography, this unconfirmed statement gave law enforcement the hook they needed to raid the modeling studio, under the guise of a child pornography investigation. However, no evidence of child pornography was ever found, and the “confidential informant” turned out to be a former “model” herself, who was trying to buy her way out of her own criminal problems by turning informant for the state. Not the most reliable informant, to put things mildly.
But what does a good Deputy do when his information results in the seizure of nothing more than a bunch of video tapes of adults having sex? File obscenity charges, of course! Not much is required to arrest someone for alleged obscenity. A charging document needs to be filed saying that a prosecutor believes in good faith that there is probable cause that the material is obscene. Polk County usually goes the extra step of getting a local judge to sign off on a confirmation that such probable cause exists, but that is all smoke in mirrors. Any erotic work might be obscene, simply based on its sexually-explicit nature. The question of obscenity is for the judge or jury. So just about anybody involved in the commercial production or distribution of adult material can be prosecuted for obscenity. That is one of the (many) reasons the obscenity laws are unfair, unconstitutional and inhumane on modern society. There is no fair warning as to what material might result in serious felony charges, with implications and innuendo of child pornography to boot. Denitto’s felony obscenity case remains pending, and no proof of child pornography ever came to light.
Law enforcement and prosecutors know that as soon as the specter of child pornography is raised, the defendant loses public sympathy, support of friends, and jury appeal. So they try to throw it in any time they can.
In another recent case from Polk County, Sheriff Deputies arrested Timothy Keck for numerous counts of obscenity depicting a minor. This sounds like a valid offense, until the facts get in the way. Keck was a former Sheriffs Deputy himself, until he had a falling out with the agency. Oddly enough, he found himself was targeted for some Internet surveillance by the same agency, and a warrant was issued for offenses involving child pornography. Keck allegedly used Limewire, a popular file sharing service, to download various images, including numerous drawings of underage individuals engaged in sexual activity. That’s right, drawings. Oh, and the investigators apparently also dug up a single image from a temporary cache file allegedly depicting only the genitals of an underage couple in the act of intercourse. It has not been explained how one divines the age of models based solely on a depiction of their genitals engaged in a sex act. But Keck faces one count of possession of child pornography (for the temp file) and 26 counts of distribution of obscenity, for the drawings. This arrest has been described by Judd as the “largest roundup in the county,” and “horrific.” See: here and here ;
Given that Keck was lumped in with 45 other suspects, all of whom are referred to as a group despite the lack of any apparent connection, some of the other images involved in the other cases may well have been horrifying. Child pornography is a heinous, inexcusable crime, and legitimate cases should be vigorously prosecuted. But when politicians or special interest groups start mixing in allegations of child porn with adult pornography, both children and adults are the losers. Trying to force a tenuous charge of child pornography just to tarnish the reputation of a suspect in an adult obscenity case dilutes and reduces the importance – and indeed the ‘horror’ – of real child pornography cases. Future child pornography investigations will not be taken as seriously by prosecutors, judges and juries, as a result. Adults also lose, when important constitutional safeguards are dismissed or glossed over as a result of the forced connection with child pornography allegations in these cases. Sexually-oriented media is entitled to full First Amendment protection. Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, 534 U.S. 234 (2002). Protecting the most controversial and indecent speech is essential so that all other speech remains securely within the coverage of the First Amendment.
The tactic of mixing child pornography with adult obscenity has been used in countless other cases in the past, including the highly-publicized obscenity case against Mike Jones in Chicago, and the federal obscenity case against certain written stories involving children by Karen Fletcher a/k/a Red Rose. Child pornography was not the focus of either of these cases, but the concepts were thrown around by the prosecutors in court and in the public, in an effort to tarnish the reputation of the defendant, and make the obscenity charge more likely to stick.
 Jones was charged with several counts of both obscenity and child pornography, the latter involving dubious evidence of possession in temp files. His attorney, J.D. Obenberger referred to the child porn charges as “concocted.” All charges against Jones were ultimately dismissed after the court suppressed the state’s evidence resulting from an illegal search.
 Fletcher was indicted for federal obscenity violations, although the U.S. Attorney, Mary Beth Buchanan, referred to the material as involving “…the rape and torture of children.” C, Deitch, Dirty Words, Pittsburg City Paper, http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/PrintFriendly?oid=oid:30196. Of course, no children were raped or tortured by Ms. Fletcher, and she was never actually charged with child pornography.
Nowhere is the misuse of child pornography charges more apparent than in the case of ‘sexting.’ Countless articles, blogs and Op-Ed pieces have come out recently, decrying the use of harsh child pornography statutes against teenagers accused of sending racy photos of themselves. Eg. Provocative Photos: Don’t Overreact to “Sexting” Several states are currently considering legislation to decriminalize the behavior, or reduce its severity to nothing more than a misdemeanor. This is a step in the right direction. Children convicted of child pornography are forced by a federal law, the Adam Walsh Child Protection Act, to register as sex offenders – a label that can deal damage for the rest of their lives. Teens impacted by this registration requirement cannot go to school, find jobs, or lead normal lives. Eg.: Sexting Teens Who Send Racy Photos Run Risk of Child Porn Charges. Oddly, this is the only instance where the child porn victim is also the perpetrator.
The end game for the activists and politicians here is to cause the public to immediately associate any incident involving pornography with the rape and abuse of children. If they can somehow work the word “child” into any sentence referencing “pornography” they have achieved a victory. But the misuse, and overuse, of child pornography statutes to prosecute these tangential cases involving cache files, young-looking adults, and sexting behavior, undermines the core policies of the child pornography laws for a cheap political purpose. Children will suffer when these cases are passed over by prosecutors, or dismissed by judges flooded with dubious claims of child exploitation. The censors may gain minor ground with some, but the voices opposing distortion of constitutional freedoms under the guise of protecting children are getting louder.
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Members of the House of Representatives who helped push through the Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Act have directed a letter to Craigslist.com, demanding accountability and information relating to the site’s “Adult Services” ads.
Apparently, its decision to delete the entire Erotic Services section in response to pressure from state Attorneys General was not enough for these representatives, who demand to know how the site will be punished if any further ads for illegal services are published. They also demand a ‘sit down’ with Craigslist.com representatives, to hash out their concerns.
All of this demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding about how federal law protects interactive computer service providers like Craigslist.com. In case anybody forgot, Craigslist.com does not create, review or approve the ads posted to the site. It merely provides an online venue for third party users to post classified ads of their choosing. If service providers like Craigslist.com were held responsible for the content of material posted by third parties, the Internet would cease to function. Hosts could never review and approve every page of every website they host, to ensure that no illegal or inappropriate material appeared thereon. Search engines could not effectively deliver search results if each result needed to be scrubbed for compliance with 50 different states’ laws (and federal law to boot). Recognizing this reality, Congress passed Section 230 to the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. §230, immunizing online service providers from liability based on the content of user submitted material.
This immunity is seemingly ignored with greater frequency, when it is politically popular to do so. This is a disturbing trend. While Craigslist.com buckled to the pressure from the state AG’s to remove the Erotic Services section, it drew the line with South Carolina’s request to block all pornographic material from the state. The site may have to draw the line again, in the latest Congressional attempt to impose liability for violence against women who post escort ads. While this is certainly a sympathetic, hot-button issue sure to garner votes from constituents, the threat of imposing liability against a service provider like Craigslist.com generates potentially disastrous impacts for online communications. Stand your ground, Craigslist! The consequences of giving in are too important for the rest of us.
How sad is this? Utah officials have banned surfing for porn and gambling on Transit Authority trains. Offenders sneaking a peek at the latest fetish site, or placing a bet on the ballgame, will be fined up to $500. Transit Authority Thought Police will be “monitoring” the devices of anyone suspected of going to the bad places on the inter-web:
That august institution, the Utah Transit Authority (UTA), has decided, in its infinite wisdom, and acting as a moral compass for the citizens of the state, that playing online casino games on your mobile phone is just as bad as visiting porn sites.
The UTA has announced that any traveler accessing a wireless Internet service, via cellular telephone, or computer to play on online gambling websites, will be hit with fines of up to $500. An equivalent fine will also be aimed at any of its customers using their wireless devices to access pornography websites.
Supporters of this legislation point to the fact that the Internet service is provided to travelers on the Utah trains and buses free of charge, and as such, the UTA then has every right to tie restrictions to its use. A spokesman for the Utah Transit Authority announced that passengers’ devices could be inspected by UTA agents who would monitor suspect user devices, and who had the power to issue on-the-spot fines. On the plus side – passengers would have the right to appeal any UTA fine.
Ok, it is Utah and all, but porn police on the train?

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Access to EBRD funds for Russia and Belarus has been suspended with immediate effect following a decision of the Bank’s Board of Governors today.
This means that there can be no new financing of projects or technical cooperation activities in either country. Furthermore, the Bank avails itself of all rights to suspend or cancel further disbursements of funding on existing projects.
“It is sad that we have come to this point after so many years of cooperation and activity in both countries. However, the Russian-led war on Ukraine has left us no choice but to show our condemnation with more than just words,” said the EBRD President, Odile Renaud-Basso. “Actions are required, too, so that the two countries are in no doubt that we believe they have undermined the values which are important to us as an institution and to the international community.”
The EBRD says it is now focusing on delivering a €2 billion Resilience and Livelihoods Support Package for Ukraine and for other countries in the region directly impacted by the refugee crisis. The measures are designed to help companies and communities.
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- Michael Bird of SB Nation critiques six different College Football programs that have had little success of recent winning a national championship. The only ACC team listed, Virginia Tech, who has never won a national championship, had its closest call thwarted by Florida State who won the National Championship.
- As reported first by Tomahawk Nation on Wednesday, Jimbo Fisher confirmed on Thursday that freshman OL Landon Dickerson suffered a torn ACL and will miss the remainder of the season.
- Although targeting calls have been increased, the officials say they see positive changes in the players’ behaviors.
- Who will win this weekend’s Florida State at NC State game? Check out the Tomahawk Nation staff predictions later in the day.
- Former UF head coach Steve Spurrier agrees with Jimbo Fisher, saying, "He's right. You shouldn't be allowed to clobber the quarterback."
- Will four-star DB commit Daniel Wright stick with his Florida State commitment he made back in June, or will Alabama do everything in its power to flip him?
- In last night’s NFL game, there were many former ‘Noles that saw playing action. In the end, the Falcons defeated the Buccaneers 43-28.
- Tampa QB Jameis Winston went 23-37 with 261 yards and a touchdown. Running back Antone Smith added 35 total yards and kicker Roberto Aguayo made both of his extra point attempts.
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Billy's guitar changeover set list from The Cult show on 18th August 2016 which was first of the two shows where the band played as special guests of Guns n' Roses at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
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It was a tough call for 54 migrant workers from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar to spend 14 days of their quarantine period without doing any work in Palsana village of Rajasthan's Sikar district.
So, to keep themselves engaged, they decided to paint the school building where they have been quarantined.
Redefining quarantine, they opted to change the look of the dilapidated quarantine centre, a government school building, by painting it afresh.
Many village youths extended their helping hands in this unique drive after watching the workers from different states putting fresh strokes of colors on the government school building. Soon the alumni of the school and the villagers collected money to buy more paint to give a facelift to the building.
"A quarantine center was set up in the village school amid the coronavirus pandemic, in which around 54 laborers were quarantined on April 18. We arranged for their food and water. After a few days, the laborers staying there told the villagers that they were hard-working people and couldn't sit idle without doing any task. The workers said they needed to do something at least to digest their food," said village sarpanch Roop Singh.
"They told us that since we were taking care of them, they needed to give something back to the village, and asked if they could clean up the school building," he added.
The workers sought permission from the sarpanch who approached the administration to get the necessary clearance.
Shankar Singh, Om Prakash and Ravi from Haryana suggested that they would like to paint the school building if they are provided with the required materials. The sarpanch then obtained permission from the administration and supplied the workers paints and brushes. They were joined by the school alumni and together they have finished painting a substantial part of the school verandah.
"The school was not whitewashed for the last nine years, and now it is wearing a different look. Surprisingly, these workers didn't accept any payment for their work," said Rajendra Meena, Principal of the Government Higher Secondary School, Palsana.
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Perfume bottles are fun to make. There are so many variations to play around with. Some of them exist as a functional bottle with a stopper as an applicator of the perfume. Others exist as just decorative but they could function as a receptacle for a liquid, a powder or a keepsake.
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Did IMF BUY Julian Assange’s ARREST? – The END Of Journalism
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the horrifying nature of Julian Assange’s arrest and the true reason behind the timing of the arrest itself.
Assange has shown himself to be a true journalist, never releasing a fake story, not attempting to benefit his own viewpoint and simply allowing the flow of information to reach the eyes and ears of the populace regardless of what party it helps or hurts.
The precedent being set by agents arresting Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London is a giant red flag. It essentially says, it doesn’t matter if you leak evidence of terrible things the government does, that transparency means you should spend years of your life in a cage. It’s a sickening notion but nonetheless, it’s what is happening right now as Assange looks at potentially being extradited to the United States where President Trump loudly proclaims “Wikileaks isn’t my thing.” following the arrest. This is despite him saying he loved Wikileaks during the election when it benefited him.
But why now? Why did Assange get arrested now? Well, interestingly at the end of February, Ecuador was granted a $4.2 billion loan with a total financial package of $10.2 billion. That includes a bailout as the bond market was crushed in recent days in Ecuador. Well, the bond market recovered and shortly after, Assange is arrested.
The joke is on Ecuador considering the IMF will essentially buy them up, take over their resources and destroy the country entirely. But that’s another story.
If we sit idly by and watch a person like Assange get thrown in a cage for as much as 5 years, we are apathetic and weak. How could we allow this to happen? This as Chelsea Manning sits in prison as well.
So we have decided that the people who do terrible things to other people on the other side of the planet with joysticks are fine, but the people who expose it deserve to sit in a cage for most of their life? Time to assess our true priorities here…
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Quirk Studio: A Mid-Century Modern and Wabi-Sabi influenced contemporary office in Erode, Tamil Nadu that houses an heirloom textiles operation.
The balmy city of Erode is the nucleus of Tamil Nadu’s thriving textile industry and is cloaked in a riot of sound and colour. The location celebrates the harmonious binary coexistence of the old and new, both tingeing the city’s history. With its terrain dotted with the presence of factories and industrial plants, Erode is a melting pot of modernised trade and enduring heritage that its residents have kept alive. Sequestered in one such remote factory premises, abuzz with activity is The Mill Project (Ālai - translates to ‘Mill’ in Tamil) — an office crafted for a family-run enterprise wherein the patriarchal head and his two sons shoulder the operations. The rugged natural landscape on the fringes of the city, houses the built mass in its vast entirety, offering the space a unique topography to occupy, and evocative of creating an oasis amid barren lands.
A mandate of the client’s needs dictates the requirement for a workplace that is an ode to the rooted context within which the built form is situated, a tribute to the suburban habitat where it all began. The inspiration to sculpt the blank industrial canvas stems from the architecture of the building intrinsically — towering fourteen-foot-high ceilings punctuated with large floor-to-ceiling fenestrations overlooking abundant stretches of tropical verdure and the azure skies above.
The design atelier has created pragmatic zones within the bare shell of the industrial enclosure. This forms functional spaces that work jointly to induce a functional flow in the office. The minimalism sewn into the workplace’s construct allows each space to honour the brief while engaging playfully with elements of scale, light, and materials that ink the saga of the office. A raw material profile encompassing cement finishes, lime plaster textures, and wooden nuances is juxtaposed against the panache of marbles in monochrome palettes. The omnipresence of glass partition systems in the interior layout ties together the floor plan visually, lending it a seamless character while the intriguing interplay of light and shadow through the glazed surfaces washes the interiors fleeting daylight.
The workplace’s narrative is a compelling collage of Wabi-Sabi and Mid-Century Modern timeless design styles that converge to create a functional and luxe work environment. The commonalities that make the chosen design styles the idyllic fit are derived from their shared penchant for clean geometry which departs from inessential ornamentation, the celebration of materials in their untainted form, and the prevalence of an understated yet artistic simplicity across spaces and their objects. A sense of calm continuity presides over the segments of the office with curated furniture, curios, and lighting fixtures endowing the space with a harmonious vision through the mediums of colour, texture, and sleek silhouettes. The doses of greenery introduced indoors don a sculptural presence with their form and tall forms scaling up to ten feet, iterating the voluminous spaces.
The office’s unassuming exterior façade composed of a double-tiered band of rectilinear wood and glass windows steals glimpses of the interior workspace and is speckled with modernist black and white gooseneck wall sconces, planters, and a spindled bench. Attributed to its remote location, the site often faces prolonged spells of power outages, hence the need for active air ventilation and the presence of natural light assumes pivotal importance. The windows lining the exterior elevation enable conducive flow between the factory and the office, allowing spaces indoors to maintain habitable indoor conditions during unforeseen outages.
The entrance leads into the compact reception space that is framed by a stone veneer adorned by swirling marbling patterns in charcoal, grey, and browns. A monolithic concrete-body reception desk is coupled with a black and white globe cluster chandelier; this preliminary space acknowledges the ingrained design inclination of the office.
The communal workstation bay is the epicentre of the open-plan layout and is devoid of obsolete mammoth partitions witnessed in bygone corporate spaces. The articulate placement of furniture defines the zones and renders it with a clean aesthetic via the employment of ergonomic wood and black metal furniture — a material alliance synonymous with Mid-Century modern aesthetics. The placement of community desks encourages conversation and interaction among end-users while maintaining viable circulation. The ensemble of cement-finished flooring, bright ivory walls, and the grid of wooden rafters on the ceiling create a pared-down yet stimulating aura. Bordered by the window-lined façade wall on one end and a wood and fluted glass partition system on the other, the workstation bay is coherently distinguished from the private cabins by a spinal circulation passageway. The custom partition administers privacy for the private cabins towards the rear of the layout and also filters in light into the main workspace, eliminating the need to utilize mechanical lighting until dusk. A private discussion room occupies a glass-enclosed cabin within the workspace which is bathed in a monotone palette and can host concentrated groups around its suave round table and upholstered taupe chairs.
Tucked into the quiet perimeter of the layout beholding external views, the conference room bears a stated demeanour that exudes tactful material play and creates vignettes of alluring design. The pièce de résistance is the expansive ten-seater marble conference table that commands the room. A vision in monochrome with stunning accentuated veining that envelopes its body, the table is paired with slender off-white upholstered chairs that build on the tonal play. The restrained lime plastered walls and deep-toned wooden flooring humbly bear themselves to allow the design elements to take the spotlight. The ceiling bedecked in teak finishes is layered with a grid pattern of rafters, lending it an added sense of dimension is the poised contemporary black minimalist chandelier. the grid motif of the ceiling trickles onto the wall, creating a visual linkage between the surfaces.
A crossover amidst modernist sensibilities and intuitive forms, the Managing Director’s cabin is set apart by its grooved wooden focal wall which poses as the backdrop to the space. A suede grey sofa dominates the lounge in the cabin, a stark marble desk rests boldly in the foreground, and is complemented by classic Jeanneret-inspired chairs in an olive hue. The desk area is canopied by a neoteric pendant that unites spherical and cylindrical forms gracefully. The cabin soaks in boundless views of the topography through its lofty fenestrations whilst experiencing uninterrupted privacy.
The two private cabins have been conceptualised with a shared vision in which functionality layered with statement materials, hues and textures manifest the design scheme. The former cabin employs slate grey grooved panelling that assembles to form an array of rectilinear motifs; this pattern is replicated on opposite walls to generate visual symmetry in the space. The second cabin sheaths its walls in a mild grey grid box panelling which is carried over on the opposing wall of the room. Both private cabins are peppered with marble work desks, olive-tone chairs, off-white lounge sofas, sculpturesque indoor plants, and geometric-inspired monotone task lighting. The cabins too witness the stretched-out scenic views through their ample windows that look into the surroundings.
Supplemental zones in the office are a cluster of the pantry and the powder bathroom. The utilitarian pantry assumes an L-configuration and emanates minimalism which is summoned forth by the usage of marble as a running countertop and backsplash material and muted cabinetry. The tessellated indigo, black and grey cement tile flooring pervades the pantry and dining nook, adding a touch of zest to the space. The slick powder bathroom is veiled in black-veined marble ubiquitously, where the framed mirror, dapper wall sconce, and Venetian blinds accent the space.
The Mill Project is a dexterous design endeavour that has inverted the approach towards conceiving spaces in the realm of industrialisation. Its acute devotion towards the adapted design grammar has allowed the workplace to redefine stated opulence in a novel light! The project liberates itself from archaic design directives to bestow its end-users with a venue that honours their bona fide roots while weaving together a perceptive narrative that straddles the past, present, and future with empathy.