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Hairstyles for Black Women in the 1940’s
1940’s Hairstyles for Black Women during WW2 –
From the Library of Congress, two films of 1940’s hairstyles for black women. Rare gems, promoting an inclusive, though not entirely pluralist vision of American women during WW2.
There is precious little film footage of black women’s fashion and style during the 1940’s. Some years back we featured the amazing photography of Charles Teenie Harris. The Teenie Harris archive is a jewel in a desert. But film archive film of ordinary black women is much more difficult to access. Why? Because there wasn’t any. Well hardly.
1940’s Victory Roll Hairstyles for Black Women – 1945 Film
The first film features exclusively African American women, toying with some new Victory Rolls to celebrate the end of WW2.
It is an excerpt from All American News Inc. Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
1940’s Hairstyles – Black Women on Film 1944 – YouTube
The second film, from an All American News Inc, courtesy of Library of Congress is a short hairstyle feature. It’s inevitably sexist, as was the more of the times, but it does feature women of mixed culture.
During the war in the 1940’s, not only was there a strong cultural resistance to women going to work in traditional ‘male roles’, but African American women faced an even deeper bigotry. Though there was often solidarity between women in those difficult years, many still faced racism.
The government promoted women as a new stronger feminine prototype. The most remembered and celebrated was Rosie the Riveter.
However, almost without exception, the imagery in magazines, and propaganda posters were exclusively of white women.
These films show a small attempt towards the shift American cultural history. It took decades before civil rights were recognized in the so called ‘land of the free’.
Munition factories, and later the WAVES and the Women’s Army Corp WAC, accepted women of all cultures. A lot changed in those five years. In 1940 he US military was segregated, African American women only serving in black-only units. Black nurses in the Navy and Army were only permitted to tend to black soldiers. By 1945, those lines of demarcation were beginning to crumble.
One of the more shameful episodes in the Roosevelt years were the internment camps for their own citizens. The prejudice toward Japanese American women meant they had little to no access to jobs.
©Glamourdaze 2019
Categories 1940s fashion, 1940s hairstyles, vintage fashion, WW2 Women
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Stories about Singapore from February, 2017
Why Singapore Changed the Name of Its New World War II Exhibition
Written by Mong Palatino · History
"We must honor and respect the feelings of those who suffered terribly and lost family members during the Japanese Occupation," said the country's minister for communications and information.
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Home BUSINESS Amazon must listen to concerns
Amazon must listen to concerns
Amazon Echo is now used in thousands of Irish kitchens and bedrooms
Amazon is listening to our conversations.
And it’s not just the AI in its Echo smart speakers. It emerged last week that some of its staff are tasked with listening to what we say to Alexa, Amazon’s voice system. This includes misfires, where Alexa accidentally listens to us without a trigger word being used.
Echos are now used in tens of thousands of Irish kitchens and bedrooms.
Amazon has been very secretive about this listening. But thanks to a Bloomberg investigation, the company admitted that its staff listen to some voice recordings to help improve its artificial intelligence. The rationale is that a human worker can, for example, correct the system when it gets a word wrong due to a strong regional accent.
But that’s not all the workers hear. Some of them told Bloomberg that they hear disturbing things, like assaults. But they’re told not to report it or do anything about it because the audio files are supposed to be private.
There are a whole host of issues that crop up around this.
Is it okay for Amazon staff to physically listen to our voice commands, even if it’s just for quality control? And on that, do we believe them that it’s just for quality control?
Finally, a broader, thornier associated issue: what responsibility, if any, does a platform have if one of its staff detects that something like a sexual assault has occurred?
On the general question of Amazon workers physically listening to some voice requests, this shouldn’t really come as a surprise. It’s not really possible to significantly improve a voice-recognition system without a human, at some point, checking its progress. That means comparing what Alexa thinks it hears with what it actually hears. And that means listening to the original audio file.
This shouldn’t be controversial. But because Amazon has been so evasive about admitting this in plain English, it is. Just like Facebook’s problems with combating widely held suspicions that it secretly records us through phones (it doesn’t, as Mark Zuckerberg told me when I asked him directly in Dublin two weeks ago), Amazon is now opening up the stage for all sorts of half-truths and conspiracy theories.
“We use your requests to Alexa to train our speech recognition and natural language understanding systems,” says Amazon’s small print, without specifying that it’s a human listening in, or anything about the process that this entails.
Seeing as it’s so secretive about this, other obvious questions now arise: is Amazon using these audio files for any other purpose, such as to add extra detail to the customer profile it already has on you (from your use of Amazon and the web, among other sources)?
We know from patents the company has filed that it is considering a future where it can detect a hundred (or a thousand, or a million) different trigger words instead of just one (‘Alexa’) as an activation trigger.
Does the explanation that Amazon provides cover use of your Echo request for researching and developing such technology further? Legally, it probably does. (A data protection regulator might form a different view.)
The third question is a much more basic one, and not to be laid solely at the door of Amazon.
According to the original Bloomberg report on this issue, a number of Amazon staff tasked with listening to the recordings said they picked up what they thought was a sexual assault. Having raised the issue with the company, they say they were told that it wasn’t Amazon’s place to interfere.
Instead, staff were told that they were allowed to share their experience in the internal chat room as a way of relieving stress.
Here’s the thing: when does a platform have a responsibility to take action on something illegal or wrong if a channel is private? Where is the line between privacy and safety?
It’s a little unfair to expect Amazon to have a clear answer for this, just as it’s unrealistic to place the same legal or moral burden on Apple or Facebook or Google.
In Ireland, like everywhere else, this question tends to split public opinion down the middle.
We’re appalled that tech platforms can host violent or criminal material. But we’re also outraged if the tech company monitors our communications too closely, which is one direct way of stopping, say, child abuse imagery.
Encryption entrenches the paradox. On a service like WhatsApp, encryption is our guarantee of privacy and freedom from big brother (and advertisers). But it also means that Facebook can do little to stop thousands of Irish people forwarding obscene or illegal material to one another.
A recent example of this occurred earlier this year in the aftermath of a fatal car crash on Dublin’s M50 motorway.
Within hours, graphic images from the crash scene were being WhatsApped and texted around Ireland. The circulation of the image was such that the gardai and the family of the crash victim had to issue public appeals to stop forwarding the images.
Just like Amazon staff hearing evidence of a sexual assault being committed, the logical question presents itself: what is the role of a network (like WhatsApp) to step in and halt the forwarding of such images? And whatever about offensive or obscene imagery, what about illegal imagery, such as child abuse?
Rightly or wrongly, we prioritise privacy over safety. Vodafone and Eir are not asked to use voice-recognition technology to protect against a terrorist or paedophile using their phone networks. Neither is Virgin held responsible for illegal uploads on its broadband (even though music and movie networks still think telecom firms are somehow responsible for content because they ‘allow access’ to the internet).
Amazon is probably treated the same way. But a little more transparency from it over its plans for our voice files would be welcome.
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One Way Passage
Directed by Tay Garnett, Starring Tay Garnett, Frederick Burton, Heinie Conklin, Mike Donlin, Stanley Fields, Willie Fung, Douglas Gerrard, Ruth Hall, William Halligan, Warren Hymer, Roscoe Karns, Allan Lane, Aline MacMahon, Frank McHugh, Wilson Mizner, Herbert Mundin, William Powell, Dewey Robinson, Harry Seymour, Kay Francis
Written by Tay Garnett, Frederick Burton, Heinie Conklin, Mike Donlin, Stanley Fields, Willie Fung, Douglas Gerrard, Ruth Hall, William Halligan, Warren Hymer, Roscoe Karns, Allan Lane, Aline MacMahon, Frank McHugh, Wilson Mizner, Herbert Mundin, William Powell, Dewey Robinson, Harry Seymour, Kay Francis
William Powell plays a condemned murderer who is being transported from Hong Kong to San Quentin by way of a luxury liner. Also on board is the lovely Kay Francis, who is suffering from a fatal heart condition. The sympathetic detective (Warren Hymer) escorting Powell allows the prisoner to roam the decks without handcuffs, an opportunity Powell exploits by arranging an escape with two of his old cronies (Frank McHugh and Aline MacMahon). But when he meets Francis, Powell falls in love. Francis is equally smitten, and the two conduct an exquisite shipboard affair, neither telling the other of their impending doom. Powell makes his escape, but is halted in mid-flight when Francis has a heart attack. He rushes Francis back on board ship to her doctor, knowing full well that this will mean his recapture. As they bid goodbye, Powell and Francis promise to meet again one year later in Agua Caliente--a rendezvous that neither will survive to keep. A year passes. At a bar in Agua Caliente, two cocktail glasses suddenly shatter, as if having been joined in a toast by unseen hands. One Way Passage was remade in 1940 as 'Til We Meet Again. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Tay Garnett, Frederick Burton, Heinie Conklin, Mike Donlin, Stanley Fields, Willie Fung, Douglas Gerrard, Ruth Hall, William Halligan, Warren Hymer, Roscoe Karns, Allan Lane, Aline MacMahon, Frank McHugh, Wilson Mizner, Herbert Mundin, William Powell, Dewey Robinson, Harry Seymour, Kay Francis, Wilson Mizner, Joseph Jackson, Robert Lord
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The Age of Pecan Trees to Make Fruit
A pecan tree begins to bear fruit about three to four years after its graft date.
1 Pecan Tree Growth
2 What Causes Pecan Trees to Stop Producing?
3 Filbert Nut Tree Problems
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Pecan trees are the largest tree in the hickory family, reaching a height of 100 to 140 feet at maturity. These trees are native to mid-western and southeastern states and require abundant moisture. The age at which pecan trees bear fruit depends on the variety and environmental factors. Trees can be planted from a pecan nut, from a seedling tree, or from a grafted tree. A grafted tree begins slow production after three to four years, reaching full production in its ninth or tenth year. A tree started from a nut takes five to seven more years to reach production. A healthy pecan tree can produce pecans for more than 100 years.
Growing from a Pecan Nut
Growing a pecan tree from the nut is the least expensive way to start a pecan tree, but it takes five to seven extra years before reaching production. The nut method is smart for locations that flood, where transplanted trees don't survive well. After planting, the seedling will take two to four years of growth before it reaches the age where it can be 'topworked,' or grafted with another tree.
Growing from a Seedling Tree
Some nurseries sell seedling trees, which are less expensive than a grafted tree and saves two to four years in growing time compared with starting from a pecan nut. Seedling trees are planted in the ground one year before topworking. Because trees grown from seeds will not be identical to the parent tree, the seedling tree must be grafted with a named cultivar to assure quality tree health and pecan production. After grafting, trees typically begin to bear fruit within three to four years.
Growing from a Grafted Tree
Purchasing a grafted tree is the most time-efficient way to grow a pecan tree, and also the most expensive. Grafted trees are typically sold when 5 to 6 feet tall, either with a bare-root or in a container. Varieties categorized as 'precocious' (like "Cheyanne," "Western Schley" and "Wichita") imply that the tree bears fruit at an earlier age than most other varieties. At least two trees should be planted to ensure pollination. A grafted tree will begin bearing small amounts of pecans after three to four years.
Early Pecan Tree Care
During the first few years before a tree begins to produce, it is critical to maintain proper growing conditions and tree health to ensure quality nut formation and plentiful harvests. Pecan trees require a lot of water, and the nut size will be stunted without adequate supply. For the first two to three years, young trees need 10 to 15 gallons of water per week, from either rainfall or supplemental irrigation. Take a soil test to determine levels of fertilizer use. Young pecan trees typically need supplements of ammonium nitrate and zinc sulfate to maintain a steady growing pace. Healthy trees should exhibit 6 inches of new terminal growth per year. If the tree is not growing at this pace, check nutrient and moisture levels.
Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service: Starting Pecan Trees
University of Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Science: Pecan Trees for the Home or Backyard Orchard
Olivia Silva began writing poems and short stories in 2002. She has written reviews for the book blog ieatbooks and also operates an organic gardening business. Silva holds an Associate of Arts from Seattle Central Community College and studied forestry at the University of Washington.
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Silva, Olivia. "The Age of Pecan Trees to Make Fruit." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/age-pecan-trees-make-fruit-58423.html. Accessed 17 July 2019.
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Silva, Olivia. "The Age of Pecan Trees to Make Fruit" accessed July 17, 2019. http://homeguides.sfgate.com/age-pecan-trees-make-fruit-58423.html
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Forums » Games » Don't Worry, I'm the Monster
Don't Worry, I'm the Monster
by mikekarklin
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3 years ago by mikekarklin
Hi guys, just wanted to share my game Don't Worry I'm the Monster with you.
I figure it's a good example of impact running in 1920x1080 without issue. I also used NW.js to turn it into a stand-alone PC game.
Don't Worry, I'm the Monster is a game inspired by my experiences sleepwalking. It's like a fever dream where the only way to wake up and escape is to fight strange monsters that aren't really there. It features bite sized levels, precision jumping, combat, and some light puzzle elements.
I'm currently trying to get through the Steam Greenlight process. If you're curious how a game similar to this would do on Greenlight, only around 22% of people have voted yes that they would buy this game so far.
3 years ago by dungeonmaster
Hey, seems very smooth. Just voted on Steam.
By the way, have you made the art by yourself ?
Thanks! Yea, it's my art. I was hoping people would appreciate a break from retro graphics.
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Women We Heart
Miley Cyrus says she got married to redefine what a queer person in a hetero relationship looks like
Madison Vanderberg
Miley Cyrus and longterm boyfriend Liam Hemsworth quietly tied the knot in a low-key wedding at their Nashville home back in December 2018. In a new interview with Vanity Fair, the musician revealed that it was the Woolsey fire and the loss of their Malibu house that intensely bonded the couple and made them realize they should get married. However, Cyrus had another, slightly more philosophical reason for getting married. She said that although her wedding was “kind of out of character” for her, she wanted to make a statement about love as a queer person.
"The reason that people get married sometimes can be old-fashioned, but I think the reason we got married isn’t old-fashioned—I actually think it’s kind of New Age," Cyrus told Vanity Fair. "We’re redefining, to be fucking frank, what it looks like for someone that’s a queer person like myself to be in a hetero relationship."
Cyrus hopes that her relationship with Hemsworth echoes her personal doctrine, which is that “people fall in love with people, not gender, not looks, not whatever.”
"What I’m in love with exists on almost a spiritual level," Cyrus explained. "It has nothing to do with sexuality. Relationships and partnerships in a new generation—I don’t think they have so much to do with sexuality or gender. Sex is actually a small part, and gender is a very small, almost irrelevant part of relationships.”
Cyrus also supplied the publication with a personal essay where she expanded on the topics they touched upon in the interview.
"Being someone who takes such pride in individuality and freedom, and being a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, I’ve been inspired by redefining again what a relationship in this generation looks like. Sexuality and gender identity are completely separate from partnership," she wrote. "I wore a dress on my wedding day because I felt like it, I straightened my hair because I felt like it, but that doesn’t make me become some instantly “polite hetero lady.”
She qualified that last line by saying, “PS: Straight women are badass, too.”
We dig her introspection and rejection of the narrow-minded nonsense that often surrounds marriage. As the old adage goes, she’s just being Miley.
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Bowing to the TV Gods
Adam Pally is turning this funny Twitter account into a TV show
Karen Belz
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A good idea for a television show can appear anywhere. And this isn’t the first — nor last — time that a Twitter account has served up some inspiration. Actor Adam Pally is developing a new show based on a funny parody account called Los Feliz Daycare.
The account, which started up in January of 2013, successfully imitates a true 21st-century hipster daycare where things are just a tad bit sketchy.
In the bio alone, the “daycare” claims that they “do not accept immunized children.” The account gives updates on what’s happening at the daycare, and what the children — with names like “Secret,” “Bourdain,” and “Encino” — are up to.
S-Town and Big Little Lies spoilers will earn you extra time in the community garden.
— Los Feliz Daycare (@LosFelizDaycare) April 3, 2017
Incident report: Gimlet (82 wks) tried to tell Kreation (85 wks) that rompers are only for boys. Strictly against our philosophy/dangerous!
— Los Feliz Daycare (@LosFelizDaycare) May 16, 2017
The account’s owner, Jason Shapiro, will work as a writer on the show. He’ll be getting some help from writer and producer Erik Richter, who has worked on American Dad! in the past.
Shapiro himself is no stranger to television. In the past, he served as an assistant on shows like Lost and Parks and Recreation. He said he got the idea for the account after overhearing some parents at work talking about their daycare experience.
"The most fun I have with the character is when it’s clear we don’t have rules," Shapiro said in an interview with Los Feliz Ledger. "It’s kind of new agey, touchy-feely. I’m a 29-year old dude with no kids, so I’m imagining what these schools are like and sometimes I hit it dead on."
We think Pally is the perfect fit for a show like this. Set to be animated, the show is currently set to be released on Hulu.
By Karen Belz
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Somali Pirates kill hostage over delayed ransom
By Abdi Guled
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somali pirates who have been holding a hijacked ship for nearly two years killed a Syrian hostage crew member and wounded another to protest delayed ransom payment, a pirate leader said.
This is believed to be the first time Somali pirates have killed a hostage because of a delay in ransom.
Hassan Abdi, a pirate commander in Haradhere town, a key pirate center, said Friday that the killing on Wednesday was a message to the owners of the ship MV Orna that was hijacked off Seychelles in 2010.
"The killing was a message to the owners of the ship who paid no heed to our ransom demands," Abdi said by telephone.
"More killings will follow if they continue to lie to us - we have lost patience with them. Two years is enough," he said angrily.
The MV Orna is a Panama-flagged, bulk cargo vessel owned by a company in the United Arab Emirates.
The pirates operating along the Somali coastline of the Indian Ocean were once were believed to be disgruntled and financially motivated Somali fishermen, angry that international trawlers were illegally fishing Somalia's waters. But now criminal gangs are dominating the piracy trade and they have become increasingly violent as international navies attempt to crackdown on their activities.
Somali pirates hijacked the MV Orna after firing rocket propelled grenades and small arms at the ship in December 2010, when it was about 400 miles (640 kilometers) northeast of the island nation of the Seychelles.
In May last year an undisclosed number of pirates and hostages were forced to abandon the Orna after a fire broke out, said Abdi. It is believed the fire was caused by an electrical problem in the ship's kitchen, he said.
The European Union Naval Force patrolling the Indian Ocean waters has not heard about the killing, said spokesperson Lt. Cmdr. Jacqueline Sherriff.
Since, 2008, the EU has maintained a flotilla consisting of between five and 10 warships off the Horn of Africa to fight piracy. It is part of a larger international fleet that includes U.S., NATO, Russian and other warships. The EU taskforce also includes non-EU countries such as Norway, Croatia, Montenegro and Ukraine.
Pirate attacks off Somalia's coast plunged to 69 in the first six months this year from 163 a year earlier, according to the EU force. Somali pirates were able to seize 13 vessels, down from 21, according to piracy watchdog the International Maritime Bureau.
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First Connecticut International has successfully purchased and/or brokered millions of dollars of used machinery and equipment from the U.S. and Europe to South Korea and China. Prior to founding his own company, in the early 1990’s Qun served as Sales Director of the Pacific/Asia area at Gavlick Machinery, a Bristol, Connecticut based company. While at Gavlick Machinery Qun successfully expanded the business practice into selling used heavy duty machinery such as used rolling mills, extrusion presses and made sales to Asian countries such as South Korea and China. Qun was recognized as one of the most successful sale executives at the company deliver millions of dollars of net profit to the bottom line. Qun began his career in 1983 as a Project Manager at Toyo Menka Kaisha, LTD. In China, where he helped to expand the companies business into heavy machinery and equipment sales totaling over $200 million US dollars within six years. During his tenure at the company he successfully made sales in China, South Korea and Japan, then later expanded into Europe and the U.S. In 1983 Cheng Quen graduated with a Bachelor in Economics from Beijing United University, Beijing, China. He went on to get his MBA in International Business at J & W University in Providence in 1991.
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This Week's Doctor Who Was the Show at Its Very Best
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Doctor Who Recap
Image: BBC.
The general arc of a companion’s introduction on Doctor Who is pretty much the same each time. They have their “bigger on the inside” moment, they do a bit of space-time travel, and then they learn that running around in a Police Box spaceship can be quite grim. With newcomer Bill, Doctor Who is back in that swing—but it hasn’t done it this well in a very long time.
This week’s “Thin Ice” was the “learn that running around in a Police Box spaceship can be quite grim” part of Bill’s education, as she was forced to confront the sort of deadly adventures the Doctor often finds himself on. Seeing a death is usually a harrowing point of no return for many Who companions, but Bill happens to see a young boy sucked below the iced-over surface of the Thames in the last great London Frost Fair of 1814 by a seemingly sinister monster. It’s a particularly harsh reminder of the danger she faces at the Doctor’s side.
The scene of the Doctor’s frosty attempt to move Bill on from the tragedy is another example of Peter Capaldi and Pearl Mackie working perfectly together, but it’s also a moment of rare contemplation on Doctor Who, even if it’s ultimately wrapped up in the familiar frame of a companion learning of the Doctor’s dark past. This was perhaps the most involved the show has been in showing a companion’s reaction to death in quite some time, and it worked so well dramatically because instead of the usual quick acknowledgment (followed by running down corridors perfectly fine mere moments later), there was time given to actually let Bill process it all. Doctor Who, despite being a show about time travel, rarely allows for such moments as it bounds across its perpetually-just-too-short 45-minute runtime to an explosive conclusion every week, so to see it actually stop and acknowledge the bleakness of it all was quite refreshing.
And yet, at the same time, “Thin Ice” was also an immensely fun episode despite the darker material it played with, which is why it worked so well. From Bill and the Doctor’s growing banter as they debated the butterfly effect and time travel in the episode’s opening (RIP Pete, we hardly knew ye) to the happy ending for the street urchins on the Thames getting the legal rights to the villainous Lord Sutcliffe’s home, writer Sarah Dollard’s script was adeptly nimble at knowing when to go in for an emotionally powerful scene or knowing when to just have a laugh instead. And in Capaldi and Mackie, Who has two leads right now who are just as good at switching between either tone.
Doctor Who is at its very best when it balances its darkness and humor, and “Thin Ice” was a perfect example of that. Contrast the joke the Doctor and Bill have about history being whitewashed when they encounter a diverse Regency-era London populace to the Doctor’s sedate, yet barnstorming speech about privilege and race when cornered by the man behind the monster of the week. Contrast the Doctor’s callous attitude to moving on from death by telling Bill he has “no time for outrage” to him, in a fit of hypocritical outrage, decking Lord Sutcliffe instead of trying to charm some answers out of him in a moment of comedic joy. This was an episode as much about acknowledging the dark side that comes with traveling with the Doctor as much as it was about liberating a trapped alien creature who’s poop was being used as fuel for the industrial machine, and having a laugh while doing so.
That mix of tragedy and comedy is the two sides of the weird coin that is Doctor Who, really. And if season 10 can carry on balancing those aspects as well as it did here, this could shape up to be one of the better runs on the show there’s been in a few years.
Assorted Musings (in Time and Space):
The Doctor punching the horrifyingly racist Sutcliffe was definitely fantastic, but a better proposal courtesy of Peter Capaldi himself: He really should’ve used Venusian Aikido instead.
This episode continued to prove my belief that Doctor Who can always be improved tenfold by pointing Peter Capaldi in the direction of a speech. And that was already on top of this episode being great already!
So more mystery of whatever’s trapped in the vault—or seemingly, because of all that knocking, who. The implication appears to be a hint of John Simm’s Master, who we know is coming back, but going back and re-watching the last scene again, the knocks come in three-round bursts, rather than the staccato tap-tap-tap-tap that symbolized Simm’s incarnation. So maybe it’s an aural red herring, who knows?
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Eurasian Integration, a hobby of mine
I've written much on Eurasian Integration, and it's really gone into overdrive with the Ukraine crisis. Here's a new piece for Russia Direct on how Ukraine is killing integration... and how China is benefiting.
Pension grabs, the new and fun way to expropriate
In a world where fiscal "austerity" means the growth of government is slowed from 6% annually to 5%, it was perhaps inevitable that governments would still be in dire straits fiscally... and, of course, this means that there need to be new ways to fund Leviathan. The latest approach, pioneered by Central and now Eastern European governments, is a pension grab - either changing the laws to channel private pension fund money into government coffers (as in Poland) or... this.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told ministers Thursday that the government needs to check that the money Russians channel to private pension funds is safe. To do this, it will seize 244 billion rubles ($7.6 billion) from non-state pension funds and put them into the state pension fund.
So to recap, the Russian government is going to "inspect" the money by taking it away, booking it as part of their money for a year, and then possibly giving it back. Does this remind anyone of a Simpsons episode? Also remember, New England Patriots' owner Bob Kraft already claims that Vladimir Putin took his Superbowl ring to "look at" and never gave it back. What is the chance that this money will ever be returned?
Even beyond that basic question is a more fundamental one - in what universe this is even considered a half-way decent idea? This shows that the institution of the government only ever operates for one institution, and that is government. In the middle of an economic slow-down such as the one Russia is facing now, the government has decided that keeping the government going is more important than investor confidence, contracts, or any of those either issues that come with a market economy.
Here, let me just take that for you!
The ramifications of a naked money grab such as this are myriad: decline in the stock market, further deterioration of (admittedly already fragile) property rights in Russia, financial volatility, and a further pallor of economic policy uncertainty. The upside? The government's budget numbers look good for one year. The shortsightedness of government never seems to amaze me.
The (Russian) Ruble - Bombs Away? Or Back Where it Belongs?
With apologies to Foxy Shazam
Living in Russia, working for an emerging markets think tank, and being paid in rubles, makes you acutely aware of geopolitical tensions, emerging market ripples, and Russia-specific factors. This has been especially true over the summer as, to be polite about it, the ruble plummeted against the US dollar. Now, there's usually a good amount of seasonality for the ruble/USD exchange rate, with drops in the summer due to the lower price of oil and, of course, the fact that the Russians book it out of Moscow as fast as their private jets will take them (meaning more demand for foreign currencies and less for rubles). But this summer, the bottom dropped out:
From just about the 29.8 mark in February, the ruble is now at about 33.40 and climbing daily (with bank premia for foreign exchange, you can sell ruble at about 33.85 this morning with Raiffeisen). That's a loss of 12% (hellooooo depreciated paycheck), not gigantic by historical standards but still a pretty hefty drop in a market where the price of oil hasn't seen major swings.
But is this an aberration? Well, yes and no - looking at the Ruble since it became "new" in 1998, we're basically part of a trend that started during the global financial crisis and shows no signs of abating:
So we're not as weak as we were, not as strong as we were, just somewhat bouncing around in the 30-35 range. And this is in line with a general sell-off from emerging markets, as the financial world starts to believe that Ben Bernanke's money spigot won't run forever and "quantitative easing" might actually recede from the US. Russia is just part of a general trend of emerging market pullback.
That's the no, this is not an aberration. But the yes is that, for some reason, the world seems to be waking up to the unsustainable nature of Putin's economy, and we have a big shift in momentum just over the past two months. Putin hasn't helped any, as his new Central Bank head is fairly similar to those in Western countries; i.e. looser monetary policy somehow grows economies magically! And Russia has always been willing to use its economic riches for geopolitical gain (although, as a colleague of mine detailed in RBK Daily earlier this year, the Russian stance on Syria actually caused it some problems with the Saudis, who retaliated by ramping up their oil production to depress prices). The question is, can the almost completely un-diversified Russian economy survive the next round of economic uncertainty?
The best part of this is also the bit that makes me so angry - the structure of the Russian economy has been basically frozen in place during Putin's reign, due to uncertain property rights, bureaucratic nightmares (one need only look at Russia's place in Doing Business), and a widespread perception of corruption. And, of course, the institutions needed for a market economy are still fledgling here, subsumed to the formal bureaucratic apparatus of the state. Transaction costs may not have been spawned in Russia, but by golly this place perfected them. So why are traders and the world starting to fret now about Russia? Why is the ruble sliding now? Why have Russia's revised growth estimates suddenly taken the world by storm?
Better renegotiate my contract, because I sense that 34-35 rubles to the dollar isn't far off.
Welcome to this beta version of the Institutional Economist web-log (or blog, as I believe the kids from 2001 are calling it). I hope to provide constant scintillating commentary on the various economic issues of the day in these pages, and hope you will follow it!
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Best Audio Interface Models for Stellar Sound
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>> Best Audio Interface Models for Stellar Sound
An interface can change the way you create, edit and even listen to music and it’s such an important part of the creation process that it’s hard to believe that not every artist out there doesn’t use one. But these devices can be somewhat complex and choosing the right model takes a little know how and research.
The most common question people with no prior computer based recording experience have is “What’s the best audio interface and why do I need it?” And it’s a good question.
Audio Interface Buying Guide
A computer already has a sound card built-in, so why not just use that? Especially considering it’s an interface of sorts. While the sound card is an interface, it leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to doing any sort of serious work. Limited connectivity and an amateur sound can have a major impact on creativity and results.
Most standard sound cards found in PCs offer an amateur grade level input used for audio player connection. When it comes to outputs, it will typically have a speaker or stereo headphone output and that’s it.
Even if the musician has modest recording plans such as recording an electric guitar or just vocals- the sound card tends to lack the most necessary connection. When you’re recording you’ll need a high Z phone plug input for a guitar and an XLR input for the mic. Quality outputs are necessary because they will allow the user to monitor their sound editing and recording using headphones or speakers. The output allows the user to play back their recordings without the latency, noise and jitter that’s common for standard sound cards found in most PCs.
With so many interfaces on the market it can be difficult to narrow down your choices and find the best professional audio interface that works for your recording style and needs. There are a few important considerations that can help you to choose a model that also makes sense for your budget and basic needs.
To start, you’ll need to consider what outputs and inputs you’ll need, the kind of device or computer connectivity you need, what your budget looks like and what kind of sound quality you’re looking for.
The kind of outputs and inputs you need can be one of the most important considerations when you’re shopping around for a new model. There’s a wide variety of options available, but at the basic level you’ll find a two channel desktop interface, which is only able to record a single stereo signal or a couple of mono signals at once. On the other ends of the scale you’ll find the much larger systems which can handle many inputs and dozens of channels simultaneously. The kind of interface you need will all boil down to the type of music you plan on recording.
Vocalists who want to capture acoustic guitar and vocals using a mic will probably only need a couple of balanced mic inputs. If one of the mics is a condenser, then the user will need an input that has phantom power. At some point you may also want to record your guitar in stereo while singing at the same time, in which case a couple of inputs wouldn’t be sufficient, but a four input model would work just fine.
If you plan on playing an electric guitar, keyboard or bass that you want to directly connect to your setup, then you’re going to need a high Z input, also known as instrument level input.
In order to connect such external gear as samplers, drum machines or a multi-effects unit, then you’ll need line level outputs and inputs. Many external devices will need digital connectors such as ADAT and S PDIF connectors. These connectors allow the user to connect to multi-channel preamps in order to increase the amount of mic preamps available simultaneously.
Interfaces that feature up to four on-board preamps and ADAT input can allow the user to expand to a twelve input unit later on by simply adding an external multi-channel mic preamp that’s ADAT equipped. If you think you may need to expand your system later on down the line then this is an important feature to look for.
The Professional Grade Audio Interface
Before you begin your search for an interface, first consider all of the gear and instruments you want to connect. If you’re not sure about the type of connections you need, check out the manufacturer’s website. Next, you’ll need to add up the amount of connections that are needed by the type of gear you plan on using if you need to leave them permanently connected to an interface. Budget permitting, it’s also a good idea to purchase more inputs and outputs than you think you may need considering you will likely want to improve the complexity of the recordings as your inventory and skills grow.
Last of all, the interface you choose should be compatible with your PC or Mac. While most interfaces tend to work with both, there are some that are PC or Mac specific.
Since the recording industry has caused an explosion in recording with PCs and Macs and such iOS devices as tablets and smartphones, many newer interface models are designed to work with them seamlessly as well as with apps and software that run these devices. The most common connection types include USB, Firewire, Thunderbolt, and PCI express.
With USB connections you should find either 3.0 or 2.0 ports on most newer PCs and Macs. Most interfaces with a USB connection will draw their power from a host device or computer, which makes them ideal for transportation. Devices that are iOS enabled will connect to an interface via USB.
Firewire is typically found on Macs and interfaces that are designed for Apple gear compatibility. With this type of connection the user can expect consistent data transfer at high speed, which is what makes this type ideal for multi-channel recording purposes. If you own a PC you can also use Firewire by purchasing an expansion card and installing it on your computer. Newer models of Macs feature Thunderbolt ports. This type of high bandwidth technology can also be used on personal computers with Thunderbolt card options. This type of connection provides even better transfer rates and even lower latency performance even from the most demanding recordings.
The PCI is an internal card based PC connection platform that’s usually found on PCs only. Because these cards are directly plugged into the PC’s motherboard, they must have an available PCIe slot for the install. Unfortunately, some computers lack these. This type of connection can provide low latency and high data bandwidth, which in turn allows interfaces to flawlessly handle simultaneous outputs and inputs.
When it comes to an audio interface, you truly do get what you pay for. Models that features the highest quality components, including mic preamps and digital converters, come with a hefty price tag that definitely reflects the quality. That being said, there are some models that are totally worthy and available at a lesser price than what you’d expect to pay for professional grade, studio quality interfaces.
Here are some key specs and factors that can influence the overall quality of the audio: bit depth, sample rate, and converter quality.
Digital recording works to convert the analog audio into bytes and bits. So, without having to get too technical, the higher the number of bits, the greater the level of fidelity. When it comes to fidelity, it’s typically a matter of how well the bit stream is able to capture the dynamic of a track and all without eliminating noise and remaining more faithful to the original sound of the recording.
And audio CD will use a standard sixteen bit that offers a 96 DB dynamic range. However, the noise floor is fairly high in digital recording, so recording at sixteen bits can mean that some of the noise will be more evident during quieter passages in your music.
The pro audio standard today is twenty-four bit recording and it delivers an impressive 144 DB range, which works to eliminate most of the noise and provides a ton of headroom for a more dynamic sound. Consumers who can afford a model with this type of processing power will find that it produces a more professional sounding, smoother sounding results.
When it comes to the sample rate, you should think of it as a digital snapshot of sorts and one that your audio gear captures. CDs will utilize 44 kHz sample rate, with every second your system takes more than forty thousand images of the incoming signal. Theoretically, this means that the system is able to capture frequencies that are up to 22 kHz, which is higher than the average human can hear.
But it’s not that simple. Evidence has shown that higher sampling rates capture information that contributes a more satisfying sound. And because of this, any studio pros work at 48kHz or 96kHz recording rates.
What you plan to do with your music will help you to decide the level of fidelity you need. If you’re creating a simple demo to share with your fiends then a sixteen bit model should be pretty accurate. But for soundtrack work and commercial releases or other types of pro level projects you’re going to need a twenty-four bit model.
Digital to analog and analog to digital converters work by converting any incoming audio signals into digital data. The digital data from the PC is converted back into an analog output signal. Just as crucial as sampling depth and bit rates is the accuracy and quality of the converters. As we have mentioned before, the higher price tag typically equals a better quality converter.
Now that you have a better idea regarding why you’ll need an interface and what characteristics and features to look for when shopping for one, do a little research on the models you’re interested in, in order to find one that meets your music recording and budget needs.
Audio Interface Comparison Guide
Native Instruments Komplete Audio Interface 6 Midpoint price with good ratings. $$$ 4.1
Universal Audio Apollo Twin Thunderbolt Interface High reviews, but a little expensive. $$$$ 4.2
PreSonus Audiobox Audio Interface Most affordable, with fair ratings. $$ 4.0
The Native Instruments Komplete audio six is a very flexible model that comes with a total of six inputs and outputs. It’s also equipped with a separate headphone level knob, and a top mounted main volume dial. This model also comes with a popular professional grade software package that can really take your music to the next level. Komplete is a thousand sound suite that comes fully loaded with plugins and sounds that are straight from the seven synth pack. The audio quality is best described as punchy and the MIDI response is nothing less than on point.
Click Here to Read the Full Native Instruments Komplete Audio Interface Review
The Universal Audio Apollo Twin Thunderbolt interface offers the latest in desktop interface power and precision. This interface is available in either solo or duo configurations. The solo doesn’t offer nearly as much DSP grunt as the duo. This interface is encased in a solid metal case that makes it quite a bit larger and heavier than other desktop models in this price range, but it still offers a ton of portability. With this interface you’ll also get real-time USD processing that allows for guitar amp plugins, vintage compressors, EQs and more. With so much to offer it’s no surprise that this model received our highest rating.
Click Here to Read the Full Universal Audio Apollo Twin Thunderbolt Interface Review
The PresSonus Audiobox 44 VSL audio interface provides reverb, delay effects and Fat Channel compression. This is the second model in the Audiobox interface line and it’s able to stand out from the competition thanks to its sheer versatility and quality components. It also comes with an 8 x 4 mixer, which means it’s packing some serious power.
Click Here to Read the Full PreSonus Audiobox Audio Interface Review
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Pivotal Career Moments
"I went on [stage at The Improv] and it was one of the most surreal moments ever because it was an out of body experience. I was standing onstage but at the same time I was able to see myself. And it was only about five people in the audience. And it was, you know scattered laughter. But I was looking at myself like, you're doing it. You know? It was like I had stepped into my dream." - Keenen Ivory Wayans, Performer/Producer/Show Creator
Interviewees discuss moments that changed their careers and their lives.
Creative Influences and Inspiration
First Big Break
Keenen Ivory Wayans on auditioning for The Improv in New York and how the experience changed his life and his comedy
Felicity Huffman on studying with David Mamet and William H. Macy at the Practical Esthetics Workshop (now the Atlantic Acting School) and co-founding the Atlantic Theater Company
John Singleton on attending USC Film School: "It was a revelation for me"
Rona Barrett on breaking into television
Robert MacNeil on how he came to work for NBC
Millie Moore on her first big break - working on the travelogue documentaries of Jack Douglas
Who talked about this topic
Ray Aghayan on costume design for The Judy Garland Show
Ray Aghayan on costume design for The Judy Garland Show and Bob Mackie becoming his assistant
Chris Albrecht on becoming President of Original Programming at HBO
Alan Alda on his father, Robert Alda's, early TV parts
Jason Alexander on performing in "Jerome Robbins Broadway"
Jason Alexander on being cast in The Seinfeld Chronicles, the pilot to Seinfeld
John Amos on getting the role of "Kunta Kinte" on Roots
Robert G. Anderson on reporting on a Japan Air plane crash
John Aniston on Macdonald Carey being a mentor in his career
Dick Askin on his first job in television
John Astin on his influences as a director and actor
Hank Azaria on his mentors
George Balzer on his first meeting with Jack Benny
Paris Barclay on advice from mentor Stephen Sondheim
Bonnie Bartlett on mentors in her career
Rick Berman on his early days in Los Angeles going to work at Warner Bros. and Paramount
Sam Bobrick on his mentors
Vin Di Bona on his first television job at WBZ in Boston and becoming a director
Kevin Bright on how his father, a former Vaudeville comedian, brought comedy into their home when Bright was a child
Kevin Bright on his love of television as a child, and how that sowed the seeds for his career
Kevin Bright on attending Emerson College
Kevin Bright on Bright/Kauffman/Crane developing shows for Warner Bros., and the challenge of networks wanting Dream On for network (which was impossible)
Kevin Bright on his first job after graduating from Emerson College
David Brinkley on being hired by NBC Radio
Connie Britton on being cast as "Heather" on Ellen
Harvey Bullock on coming to write for The Andy Griffith Show
Vince Calandra on his big break into entertainment - getting a job in the CBS mailroom without having an Ivy League degree
Vince Calandra on his mentors and his longevity
David Canary on his first big TV role on Peyton Place, playing Mia Farrow's doctor
Jim Cantore on being hired by The Weather Channel
Steve Carlin on his early mentors
George Carlin on the genesis of much of his material
George Carlin on preparing for his then-upcoming HBO special It's Bad for Ya
George Carlin on his creative process
Glenn Gordon Caron on getting his big break at NBC - the unaired pilot The God Squad
RuPaul Charles on his breakthrough hit song "Supermodel"
David Chase on some of "Livia Soprano's" memorable lines, which he quoted from his own mother, like "Poor you"
Michael Chiklis on playing John Belushi in the film "Wired" and getting blackballed
Ed Christie on serving as Muppet wrangler for a trip to Los Angeles for The Academy Awards
Roy Clark on his first television appearance, on the local series The Hayloft Conservatory of Musical Interpretation
Roy Clark on being a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson while Jimmy Dean was guest-hosting
Robert Clary on his mentor, Eddie Cantor
Alf Clausen on being a copyist for The Carol Burnett Show and various feature films
Andy Cohen on what he learned from not getting a job at the cable channel Logo
Charles Grodin on being influenced by the movie "A Place in the Sun," and on getting into acting
Charles Grodin on deciding to get into show business, and on studying acting with Uta Hagen
Tony Roberts on the comedic actor Hiram Sherman, and on what he learned from him as well as Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, and others
Tony Roberts on learning comedic technique from Milton Berle, and on farce
Paul Rodriguez on working with and being mentored by Richard Pryor
Barbara Corday on pitching a series with Barbara Avedon
Barbara Corday on her mentors Barbara Avedon, Herman Rush, and Frank Biondi
Pierre Cossette on the first music shows he produced
Douglas S. Cramer on working at Procter & Gamble
Judy Crown on her mentors
Jane Curtin on being cast on Saturday Night Live
Bill Dana on being influenced by Danny Kaye and music in general
William Daniels on what he likes about acting, and on his mentor Howard Lindsay
Greg Daniels on television he watched while he was growing up and his early comedic influences
Greg Daniels on writing for Not Necessarily the News with Conan O'Brien
Tony Danza on getting his first acting job on Fast Lane Blues
Bill Davis on his first job at the Canadian Broadcasting Company
Elias Davis and David Pollock on the legacy of M*A*S*H and its creator Larry Gelbart
Elias Davis and David Pollock on their first big break as writers for Pat Buttram on the radio
Elias Davis and David Pollock on their mentors
Joe DeTullio on being offered an acting role right after he started at Saturday Night Live
Joe DeTullio on the production design team at Saturday Night Live
John Debney on going to work at Disney as a gofer, and on his mentor, Buddy Baker
Louis Dorfsman on meeting CBS President Frank Stanton and being hired at CBS
Betty Cole Dukert on how she came to join Meet the Press as a producer
Dick Van Dyke on being influenced by the physical comedy of Laurel & Hardy, and Buster Keaton
Ed Begley, Jr. on his comedic influences, and on his philosophy of comedy
Ruth Engelhardt on packaging I Married Joan, and on learning the business from Ann Rosenthal
Ruth Engelhardt on her mentors and on attending law school while at William Morris
Nanette Fabray on her difficulty with her hearing, and on her participation in issues involving the deaf community
Jeff Fager on his first job out of college, at the NBC affiliate WBZ in Boston
Jeff Fager on what he learned from his first job at CBS News, on the overnight news show, Nightwatch
Jeff Fager on his father as his role model
Edie Falco on seeing her mother perform in amateur theater when she was a kid
Edie Falco on doing theater in high school and overcoming her shyness in order to audition
Edie Falco on how she got her first agent
Edie Falco on being diagnosed with breast cancer during the run of The Sopranos
Edie Falco on a high school music teacher who inspired her artistically
Jerry Falwell on early religious broadcaster Charles E. Fuller, and on Falwell becoming a Christian
Julian Fellowes on writing the feature film "Gosford Park" for director Robert Altman
Tom Fontana on how he came to write for St. Elsewhere after being discovered by Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner
Horton Foote on his mentors
Fred Foy on the advent of radio in the early 20th century and the influences shows such as "The Shadow" had on him as a youth
Albert Freedman on his big break - writing for Groucho Marx on You Bet Your Life
Harry Friedman on moving to Los Angeles and being hired to write for Hollywood Squares
Chuck Fries on going to work for Ziv Productions and moving to California
Murray Fromson on getting his first byline in his junior high school newspaper
Murray Fromson on finding inspiration from Edward R. Murrow's broadcasts from London during World War II
Pamela Fryman on the enduring popularity of the sitcom, and on mentors in her career
Greg Garrison on working in radio and meeting Mike Wallace
Greg Garrison on his mentors, including Orson Welles
David Gerber on getting into producing
Paul Michael Glaser on getting cast in Love of Life, appearing in the feature film "Fiddler on the Roof" and being put off by acting in film
Lesli Linka Glatter on being tapped by Steven Spielberg to direct Amazing Stories, and on shadowing many directors on that show
Lesli Linka Glatter on Steven Spielberg being her mentor on Amazing Stories, and on what she learned from him
Leonard Goldberg on his mentors and people he mentored
Gary David Goldberg on his mentor, Nate Monaster
Julian Gomez on his mentors in editing
Louis Gossett, Jr. on the many mentors in his life
Lee Grant on her mentors
Walon Green on the impact David L. Wolper and Jack Haley, Jr. made with documentary series such as The Race for Space
Walon Green on meeting David Milch and going to write for Hill Street Blues
Walon Green on William Friedkin, Tony Richardson, and Stephen Frears being mentors to him
Walon Green on directing the documentary "The Hellstrom Chronicle," produced by David L. Wolper, for which Green won an Oscar
Marge Greene on getting hired to write for Kovacs on the Corner
Marge Greene on replacing Dorothy Collins on Candid Camera and meeting Allen Funt
Donald Hall on mentorship and how he'd like to be remembered
Jon Hamm on his acting mentors
Don Hastings on his mentors
Jeffrey Hayden on how he and the cast would work on new ideas for their current scripts at lunch on 77 Sunset Strip
Florence Henderson on her mentors
Danette Herman on her first television job on the Dick Clark series Where the Action Is
Danette Herman on working with Gilbert Cates
Arthur Hiller on how his parents and a high school drama teacher inspired his love of theater
Arthur Hiller on his creative influences
Arthur Hiller on people he has mentored
Hal Holbrook on attending Denison University, where he really became an actor and met his mentor
Hal Holbrook on the creation of his one-man show "Mark Twain Tonight!"
Ellen Holly on being discovered as an actress by Charlotte Perry
Ellen Holly on appearing as "Stephanie" in the Broadway production of "Too Late the Phalarope"
Ellen Holly on mentors Michael Kahn and Joseph Papp (Ed. note: Ms. Holly would like to note that Charlotte Perry was also an important mentor, in addition to Michael Kahn and Joseph Papp)
Ron Howard on the first acting lesson his father taught him
Felicity Huffman on her early interest in acting and theater
Felicity Huffman on appearing on an ABC Afterschool Special called "Home Run for Love" when she was fifteen
Felicity Huffman on appearing on the Stephen King miniseries Golden Years, which she considers her first big break
Felicity Huffman on two stories of being fired: one, in a Neil Simon play (by Simon himself) and again on a TV show which was recast after they had shot the pilot
Felicity Huffman on her work in the film "Transamerica"
Felicity Huffman on winning a Golden Globe and being nominated for an Academy Award for her work on "Transamerica"
Felicity Huffman on her proudest career achievement
Felicity Huffman on mentors she's had throughout her life
Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy on the first production in which they performed together: David Mamet's play "Bobby Gould in Hell" at Lincoln Center
Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy on the film "Rudderless," directed by Macy and starring Huffman, and Macy's directing style
Kim Hunter on playing "Stella Kowalski" in "A Streetcar Named Desire" on Broadway in on film
Frank Inn on meeting Hollywood animal trainer Henry East
Frank Inn on meeting celebrity animal trainer Henry East
Frank Inn on his animal training mentor Henry East
Frank Inn on his duties working for Hollywood animal trainer Henry East
Ken Levine and David Isaacs on selling their first script, a spec for The Jeffersons
Seaman Jacobs on mentors in his career
Al Jean on getting his first job in television
Al Jean on becoming involved with writing The Simpsons
Geri Jewell on how a college friend inspired her to try stand-up comedy at the Comedy Store, which led to her breaking into television
Geri Jewell on the first time she did stand-up comedy, and how she talked about cerebral palsy in her routine
Geri Jewell on how she does not see herself as being "courageous" for doing stand-up comedy, but instead attributes it to "the theory of the bumblebee"
Geri Jewell on having to perform a dance number on the first The Facts of Life episode on which she appeared ("Cousin Geri")
Geri Jewell on being made a recurring character on The Facts of Life, then her role being downsized, and her challenges navigating the entertainment industry and her own sexuality and identity
Geri Jewell on the difficulty she faced while filming a scene with Peter DeLuise on 21 Jump Street
Geri Jewell on filming a particularly challenging scene on Deadwood where she had to dance
George Clayton Johnson on his mentors
Russell Johnson on his mentor, Paul Hendry
Elodie Keene on editing Tales of the Unexpected for Norman Lloyd
Elodie Keene on what makes Ryan Murphy's work so groundbreaking, and on what it was like to work with him
David E. Kelley on mentor Steven Bochco and what he learned from Bochco
David E. Kelley on meeting Steven Bochco and interviewing to work on L.A. Law
Walter Koenig on being cast as "Pavel Chekov" on Star Trek and making the character Russian
Walter Koenig on his advice to a young actor
Arnie Kogen on his mentors, and on his son, Jay Kogen
Bernie Kopell on mentors in his career
Sid and Marty Krofft on Michael Eisner being a mentor and offering them opportunities
Perry Lafferty on CBS programmer Michael Dann being his mentor
Rita Lakin on mentors in her career
Lucy Lawless on playing "Xena" on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Norman Lear on his parents being similar to "Archie" and "Edith" on All in the Family
Norman Lear on how he schemed to reach out to Danny Thomas and write a bit for him that turned out to be his big break
Jack Lemmon on his first big break on the radio
Barry Levinson on radio and television classes he took in college, and a training program in television he took part in
Barry Levinson on signing up for an acting class when he first moved to Los Angeles
Barry Levinson on writing and performing with Craig T. Nelson on Lohman and Barkley
Barry Levinson on directing "Rain Man" and winning an Academy Award for it
Barry Levinson on his professor at American University who opened his eyes to opportunities in the entertainment industry
Jerry Lewis on his father's influence on his career
Jerry Lewis on his father and grandmother
Hal Linden on making his Broadway debut in "Bells Are Ringing" with Judy Holliday
Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Gary David Goldberg helping her with a contract dispute with Warner Bros. and the valuable lesson she learned from him
Susan Lucci on auditioning for the character of "Erica Kane" on All My Children and finding out she got the part
Stewart MacGregory on going to work for NBC television
Stewart MacGregory on his mentors
Robert MacNeil on his mentors
Will Mackenzie on his friend and creative collaborator Barnard Hughes
Will Mackenzie on his mentors in the television industry
William H. Macy on studying acting with David Mamet at Goddard College
William H. Macy on being cast in the film "Fargo"
William H. Macy on the effects of being nominated for an Academy Award for "Fargo"
William H. Macy on being cast in the film "Boogie Nights"
William H. Macy on his first taste of show business: performing in his seventh grade talent contest after his brother taught him to play guitar
William H. Macy on his proudest career achievements and being "visited by the muse" on stage
Martin Manulis on being hired by CBS
Wink Martindale on mentors in his career
John Martinelli on assistant editing The Lawrence Welk Show
Rue McClanahan on being cast by Norman Lear as "Vivian Harmon" on Maude
Kent McCray on his early experience in the theater, and on his mentor, Dr. Nagy
Kent McCray on his mentors, and people he learned from while working at NBC in Los Angeles
Kent McCray on mentors in his career
Ed McMahon on early radio announcers he admired, and why he wanted to be an announcer
David Milch on "leading a double life" while writing for Hill Street Blues and his duties as Story Editor
Mitch Miller on how he first came to play music - through his father and through the public schools in Rochester, NY
Millie Moore on serving as Assistant Editor to Sid Levin
Anne Nelson on her mentor, Ernie Martin, and on working for CBS Radio
Horace Newcomb on his distaste for mentors
Bob Newhart on his big break at the local Chicago Emmy Awards and recording his first comedy album
Bob Newhart on his national big break at the 1960 Emmy Awards
Laraine Newman on performing on The Lily Tomlin Special
Carroll O'Connor on learning how to play comedy from Micheál MacLiammóir, at the Gate Theatre, which he later used in his characterization of Archie Bunker in All in the Family
Edward James Olmos on being cast as "Martin Castillo" on Miami Vice
Bernie Orenstein on how he got his start in show business: he dropped out of college after appearing in a University of Toronto show called "The All Varsity Revue"
Bernie Orenstein on how his first writing job on a Canadian variety show produced by Norman Jewison led to his moving to New York City and writing for Candid Camera
Fess Parker on mentors in his career
Estelle Parsons on her mentors in the theater, including Lee Strasberg
Alan Perris on his first television job at PBS station WVIZ in Cleveland
Pam Polifroni on mentors in her career
David Pollock on meeting writing partner Elias Davis
Jacques Pépin on mentors in his career
Charlotte Rae on mentors in her career
Marian Rees on getting into television as a secretary at NBC in Hollywood
Marian Rees on joining Tandem Productions with Bud Yorkin and Norman Lear
Marian Rees on her mentor Fay Kanin and her advice to create her own company
Marian Rees on starting her own production company
Della Reese on her mentors, and how she'd like to be remembered
Cliff Robertson on receiving encouragement from Bosley Crowther
Fred Rogers on the origin of his trademark sweaters and his love of music
Andy Rooney on being in on the ground-floor of television and the wonders of the modern pace of innovation
Howard Rosenberg on television critics who influenced him and his preparation to go into the field
Barney Rosenzweig on being influenced by the themes of "Easy Rider"
Actress Marion Ross on her first television role, on Life with Father starring Leon Ames
Stanley Ralph Ross on becoming in-demand as a writer after being hired to write for Batman
Mark Rothman on his first professional writing job on The Mike Douglas Show
Thomas Del Ruth on his working as an assistant cameraman at 20th Century Fox and learning his way around a camera
Jay Sandrich on learning a valuable lesson about directing from actor Richard Benjamin
Joseph Sargent on his first directing job on the series Lassie
Bob Schieffer on moving to Washington, D.C. and on going to work for CBS News
Robert Schuller on hearing "his calling" to the ministry
Robert Schuller on Billy Graham's influence on him to get into television
John Shaffner on starting out in television
John Shaffner on his big break in television in first-run syndication
Judith Sheindlin on learning comedic timing from her father and from a family friend
James Sheldon on moving to California instead of staying in New York and directing the musical "West Side Story"
Treva Silverman on writing for the variety series The Entertainers, starring Carol Burnett
Sam Simon on how he came to write for Taxi
Bob Simon on how his Bronx accent almost prevented him from being a reporter on-air
John Singleton on how seeing "Star Wars" when he was nine made him understand what a director does
John Singleton on the importance of movies to him when he was growing up
John Singleton on changing junior high schools of his own volition (without moving or permission), and how this led him to meeting children of people in the film business who also aspired to be filmmakers
John Singleton on seeing the film "She's Gotta Have It," meeting Spike Lee and telling him, "I'm going to USC Film School in two weeks. Watch out for me. I'm coming"
John Singleton on seeing a screening of Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" and how it made him determined to find his own voice and tell his own stories
John Singleton on getting his first agent based on the strength of the screenplay to "Boyz N the Hood"
John Singleton on how he uses music and sound in his work, and how this was influenced by classes he took at USC
John Singleton on the opening sequence of his film "Baby Boy" and using the theories of psychiatrist Frances Cress Welsing
Jaclyn Smith on being a "Breck Girl" and appearing on McCloud
G.E. Smith on playing guitar for David Bowie and appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
G.E. Smith on becoming music director for Saturday Night Live
G.E. Smith on his earliest musical influences
G.E. Smith on music he listened to on the radio as a child and his first exposure to rock and roll
G.E. Smith on playing guitar for Hall & Oates and appearing with them on Saturday Night Live
G.E. Smith on attending a broadcast of Hootenanny and learning to play from watching other musicians
Yeardley Smith on how she got her first New York agent
Yeardley Smith on her Broadway debut in Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing" directed by Mike Nichols
Yeardley Smith on the challenges of show business: "It made me care about things that don't matter"
Yeardley Smith on creating balance in her life, starting her shoe line, and creating her development company
Gary Smith on his mentors and people who he has mentored
Mark Snow on The Rookies being the first show he worked on and getting the job through his then-brother-in-law, Georg Stanford Brown
Mark Snow on his mentors and composers that inspired him
Carroll Spinney on Jim Henson scouting for someone to play "Big Bird" and "Oscar the Grouch" in 1969, and Spinney's one lesson on operating Muppets
Darren Star on how his first industry job, as an assistant at the public relations firm Guttman & Pam, led to his first break: selling a film script to Warner Bros.
Darren Star on the serendipitous events early on his career that led to his first big break, including working at Showtime for Peter Chernin, who later became the decision maker on Beverly Hills, 90210 at Fox
Jeremy Stevens on early television
Jeremy Stevens on his first writing job for television on The Skitch Henderson Show
Norman Stiles on going to write for Sesame Street
J. Michael Straczynski on being a teaching assistant to Norman Corwin
J. Michael Straczynski on being a big believer in failure
J. Michael Straczynski on the differences between the original Twilight Zone and the revival, and meeting Rod Serling
J. Michael Straczynski on Harlan Ellison
John Strauss on his mentors
Jeffrey Tambor on appearing on Kojak, his first television role
William Tankersley on peers whom he respected
Nina Tassler on how agent David Windsor helped her to see her potential to become an agent
Nina Tassler on her proudest career achievement
Richard Thomas on appearing on the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of "The Christmas Tree" at age 6, and on learning from Margaret Hamilton and Jessica Tandy on that show
Richard Thomas on mentors in his career including Will Geer, Geraldine Page, Michael Learned, and Ralph Waite
Daniel J. Travanti on finding out he was cast on Hill Street Blues
Saul Turteltaub on forming a comedy team with a college friend and getting hired to perform at Catskills resorts
Saul Turteltaub on dating Shari Lewis (then Phyllis Hurwitz) at summer camp as a kid and calling her up for a writing job when he saw her on television in 1957
Saul Turteltaub on Carl Reiner as his mentor
Bill Tush on his broadcast influences
Leslie Uggams on the importance of music in her childhood
Leslie Uggams on how she began performing at the Apollo Theater when she was nine years-old
Leslie Uggams on getting her start in television as a child on The Milton Berle Show and other variety shows
Leslie Uggams on winning a Tony Award and performing at the Tonys
Jimmie Walker on discovering he wanted to be a stand-up comedian due partly to Dick Gregory
Jimmie Walker on doing stand-up at the African Room, and on learning from comedian David Brenner
Malcolm-Jamal Warner on being cast as "Theo Huxtable" on The Cosby Show
Keenen Ivory Wayans on his movie "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" and how it changed his career
Keenen Ivory Wayans on his proudest achievement: "Scary Movie," which he made with his brothers, and his biggest regret
Matthew Weiner on being inspired by creators who continue to have success like David Chase, Larry Gelbart, Mike Nichols
Ellen Wheeler on being cast as "Marley Love Hudson McKinnon" on Another World
Joseph M. Wilcots on his mentors
Cindy Williams on the effect the film "American Graffiti" had on her career and her fame
Larry Wilmore on his comedic influences
Larry Wilmore on mentors or examples in his career
Hugh Wilson on going to work for Armstrong and how he started in television at MTM Productions
Ethel Winant on her mentors including Audrey Wood and Irene Selznick and how she felt about her career
Terence Winter on The Sopranos' David Chase as a mentor and writing comedy and drama into the scripts
Ben Wolf on his first television job as a cameraman at KLAC
Bud Yorkin on his big break becoming director of The Colgate Comedy Hour at the behest of Pat Weaver
Leo Yoshimura on his various mentors at the Yale School of Drama
Lauren Zalaznick on working on her first feature film, "Compromising Positions"
Jeff Zucker on a pattern in his career of moving from sports coverage to wider news coverage
Jeff Zucker on getting his first job after college, as an Olympic Researcher for NBC
Jeff Zucker on being diagnosed with colon cancer
Alan Zweibel on the influence of The Dick Van Dyke Show, and on his friendship with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks
Alan Zweibel on learning to write jokes by watching shows like The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Dick Cavett Show
Alan Zweibel on Larry David's early stand-up act, and on his comedy mentors like Garry Shandling
Alan Zweibel on meeting Lorne Michaels and being hired to write for Saturday Night Live
Alan Zweibel on his mentors and on being a mentor
Historic Events and Social Change
Diversity in Television
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Iran Hostage Crisis
JFK Assassination and Funeral
Kennedy-Nixon Debates
Queen Elizabeth Coronation
Memorable Moments on Television
We Celebrated
We Considered
We Cried
We Laughed
Characters & Catchphrases
Classic TV series episodes
Fame and Celebrity
Rock 'n' Roll on TV (1950s & '60s)
Television and the Presidency
George H.W. Bush
Pre-FDR
Censorship / Standards & Practices
Criticism of TV
'The Idiot Box'
Sex & Violence
Trash TV
Fame & Celebrity
Industry Crossroads
Hollywood Blacklist
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Runaway Production
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Network Creation
Public Television
Studio and Network Management
TV's Golden Age (1940s & '50s)
Anthology Drama
Comedy-Variety
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Mid Mornings
With Gavin Harris
Thursday, 10:00 am-2:00 pm
Mars, we hear you! NASA’s InSight detects tremor on red planet
A NASA Martian rover has recorded what is thought to be a "Marsquake" – a tremor on the mysterious red planet.
The quake monitor attached to the robotic probe InSight recorded the faint rumbling sound almost five months after it arrived on the planet’s surface.
Although the recording was made earlier this month, it was released by NASA on Tuesday.
Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in California are still examining the sound to learn more.
But so far they have concluded that it comes from within the planet, as opposed to being caused by outside forces such as wind.
The tremor – described by NASA as quiet but distinct shaking – was so faint, however, that if one of the same magnitude had happened in California, it would barely have been noticed.
Like the Moon, Mars does not have tectonic plates but both planets experience tremors caused by the process of cooling and contraction, which creates stress.
This means that the surfaces of the Moon and Mars are much quieter than Earth, which is constantly quivering due to seismic noise from the oceans and the weather.
Scientists are also looking at three weaker signals recorded by InSight’s seismometer – on 14 March, 10 April and 11 April – although they said these were so small that they are unlikely to have been Marsquakes.
We have already seen evidence of tremors on the Moon – thousands of quakes were detected between 1969 and 1977 by five seismometers left on the lunar surface by NASA’s Apollo missions.
InSight principal investigator Bruce Banerdt said: InSight’s first readings carry on the science that began with NASA’s Apollo missions.
We’ve been collecting background noise up until now, but this first event officially kicks off a new field: Martian seismology.
It is hoped that, by studying the Marsquakes, scientists can learn more about how rocky planets – such as the Earth -were formed.
Meanwhile, InSight’s other task is not going quite as well: it has managed to dig only a foot or two into Mars – not enough to measure the planet’s internal temperature.
It is not yet clear how the digger got stuck.
(c) Sky News 2019: Mars, we hear you! NASA’s InSight detects tremor on red planet
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Obsessive: Fascination with the weather leaving Britain ‘high and dry’
#UKStorm2013 is the hashtag being used by thousands, including Downing Street, to archive the plight of Britain. Our fascination with the weather. It has been dubbed the “worst storm for years” yet in reality it feels very much like the biannual occurrence of high winds and heavy rain. British media aims to reach to so many and so you could be forgiven for thinking nothing else has happened over the past 24 hours. Some websites have even produced maps so that viewers can “track the storm”. Worse than all, it isn’t just the ‘storm’ that will bring down Britain. Any peak of any weather type seems to grind Britain and her economy to an unflattering halt.
As some commentators observed, the motion of cancelling rail services before the storm had even arrived, had similarities to caving in before the worst arrived; others suggested it wasn’t typical of the British to simply give in, in the face of ‘adverse’ weather conditions. But that is what happened. By 5pm Sunday evening, the majority of train services in the South (before 9am) had already been cancelled, leaving rush hour commuters in chaos and stranded at home. Fallen trees, flooded lines and dangerously high winds had been predicted and predicted correct they were. An empty passenger train was hit by a falling tree, whilst power cables on lines in and out London’s busiest stations have been brought down, leaving many commuters, those as far as the North West and beyond receiving the effects of the weather that the South had suffered with overnight. It is a similar story when every type of poor weather conditions hit Britain. The rail network instantly crumbles, costing the industry millions of pounds worth of delays and cancellations, thousands of pounds worth of customer refunds and exchanges, and unimaginable amounts to Britain’s economy.
As is with the anticipation and subsequent arrival of any weather news, journalists and reporters are sent out into the depths of Britain to gain a true understanding as to how people are coping in the face of abject misery. Although many are suffering, with thousands of homes without power and schools closed, what humour can be gained is served from digital news channels. There is something eerily strange about an empty Victoria Station at the height of the Monday rush hour; for those who arrived only to find their trains cancelled, comments such as “I’m considering getting a taxi” may beg the question as to whether it is actually news. A cameraman being blown over on a beach by the force of the winds is more you’ve been framed than Sky News, whilst the drenched appearance of a journalist amongst the weather questions the safety of BBC reporters.
Some of the topics discussed during the out of ordinary weather conditions seem to be rather nonsensical. BBC Local Radio have been requesting people to email, tweet them or phone them if they have lost power in their home. Some reporters have turned consumer advisor, telling people how to cope in the weather ahead of the apparent end of the world. Coastguards have warned of the dangers of being near the coasts and so nearly every journalist covering the natural event has headed to the coast. Every breath taken by somebody covering the story seems to be point blank obvious to the extent where it becomes funny.
For hour upon hour, TV news channels tell the same story. Amongst the warnings issued, even with Downing Street advice, include not to travel. It is always a bizarre statement. How are we not to travel? In the face of such acts from above, Britain cannot just grind to a halt and wait for the rain to pass by. It is completely and utterly unviable. Over one hundred flights cancelled at Heathrow is perhaps understandable, as is the cancellation of cross-channel ferry is such rough conditions. How can motorists travelling the United Kingdom simply give in? If everybody did take advice on driving slower and taking more time for journeys then we would be in a pleasant environment. Arrogant drivers who appear in a completely different environment to everybody else are those who cause danger and death. There are still ways of keeping Britain going in the face of wind and rain.
It isn’t just the #UKStorm2013 that has got TV news gripped. The snow troubles advise thousands to simply sit tight and wait. The same footage of sliding cars, closed schools, snowy fields and disrupted airports are unimaginatively churned out every time. At the other end of the calendar lies unexpected warm weather which causes disruption, oddly. Buckled railway lines, melting roads and warnings of stay indoors and drink lots of water feels very much like a political nanny state recycled again through news bulletins. Whatever the weather, 24 hour news channels will cover events. It isn’t news, we all know. Yet there is some kind of trepidation and enigma of seeing somewhere feeling the force of the weather compared to your own comforts which are unaffected.
The fascination with our weather is unexplainable. 24 hour news feeds our habit and keeps us at home away from working and doing what we must do. Double page spreads of huge waves ‘battering’ the coast will surface in tomorrows newspapers, to further serialize the drama. The ‘storm’ may be in its full power, but Britain remains on this side of the Atlantic, so it’s not the worst…yet.
British Weather, Digital News, Journalism, Motorists, News, Rain, Snow, Storm, Stormy Weather, Trains, TV News, UKStorm2013, Weather, Wind
‘Breaking News’ – The snow is back.
ITV News presenters Mary Nightingale and Alastair Stewart bring us the latest on the snow.
British news has once again been dominated by the old trouble maker herself, the weather. Again. But is it really necessary for this same old story about travel disruption, power cuts and how we are coping in the “freezing conditions” to have the worthy of nearly half the air time of an evening news bulletin? I think not.
There is a clear argument for the reports on the weather, keeping viewers informed with any disruption to their travels and whether or not their kid’s school is closed. But surely this kind of news can be kept for a short update within a local news bulletin. News of how many schools have been closed in Wales and Northern Ireland is most irrelevant to a viewer in Newcastle. There is an art of recycling when it comes to weather news reports. The standard procedure applies as follows: Top headline about snow; travel disruption because of the snow; how people have been “battling the elements”; a warning from police not to travel; and of course, the question everyone wants to know – is more on the way? I guarantee if you watch a news bulletin on a ‘snow day’ this procedure or near abouts will be the one that dominates.
When it comes to reporting on the snowy conditions and “treacherous driving conditions”, there is an element of shock. That shock, however, is that the expense of other motorists. For instance, a common report on the travel disruption begins with scenes of motorways around the country which appear dangerous and un-driveable. But then follows the repeated phrase, “a number of accidents…” which then leads into footage of cars off the road, often in ditches, recognising how very dangerous the roads are. Sometimes there will be dramatic footage from a camera phone showing a car, sometimes a bus, sliding in icy surfaces. Very shocking. But then again, why would any driver be so careless to pass through icy conditions and put their own lives at risk? The ordinary viewer, who hasn’t ventured out because of the cold, voices their opinions within the family – “stupid”, “idiot”, “why didn’t they stay at home” – So whilst the reports do highlight the somewhat incompetence of drivers who ignore previous warnings, they highlight the danger on the roads, underlying the message of the danger in the snow and NOT TO TRAVEL..(unless absolutely 100% vital, of course).
Another regular feature which appears on ‘snow day’ news programmes is the art of crossing from the cosy and warm newsroom to the arctic like conditions of the Lake District, Glasgow, Belfast, Buxton, Cornwall and Cardiff (not always used), in the traditional ‘sweep’ around the country to get the wider picture. Mainly so a viewer in the south can comment on how much snow they have had compared to the North. Then follows the ‘Live OB’ – the Outside Broadcast. “Lets cross to Cumbria and get the latest from there…” proclaims the newsreader and then follows one of the single most depressing shots for anyone who wants to be a part of news – one of the country’s brilliant TV journalists, used to battling court room dramas and breaking news, stands freezing, covered in snow and red-faced, in a farmer’s field. There has to be some admiration for these reporters who brave the conditions to bring us the details of what is happening. Although, quite a lot of the time, the closures, conditions and power cuts that are being experienced in Scotland are quite the same to those in Cardiff. It is an endless ‘arctic circle’.
At one time, it used to be a novelty to have a news bulletin dedicated to the ‘chaos’ that the snow has brought. Nowadays, with climate change and differences to our weather patterns, snow is bedding down more regular. Where I live, between Liverpool and Manchester, there have been around four different snowfalls in the past six months! Despite that the same reports and information surface – Don’t travel unless necessary; check with your tour operator; stay indoors; check on your neighbours. Compare that to the United States where snow drifts are vast and we look like a country that can’t cope with the white stuff. The news is supposed to be an operation that provides the latest new news. Although each snowfall is new the news that surrounds it is far from that.
So don’t forget to take care in the snow and of course, in the words of great journalists and presenters, “don’t travel if it’s not essential.”
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Map of Maryland : showing the state highway system and main connections,1956
Maryland. State Roads Commission (Baltimore : Maryland State Roads Commission, Traffic Division, 1956)
Map of the city and suburbs of Baltimore : Compiled from actual surveys, 1853
Sides, William (Baltimore : Isaac Simmons, 1853)
1 map : colored ; 51 x 65 cm. Scale: 1:17,520 (1 inch = 1460 feet)
New and Enlarged Map of Baltimore City : Including Waverly, Hampden, all the Parks, and a Miniature Map of the State
Shipley, William H. (Baltimore : Published by John F. Weishampel Jr., 1876)
1 map : illustrations; 63 x 75 cm. Scale: 1:14,076 (1 inch = 1173 feet)
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If you are registered to JSTAT but cannot remember your username and password, please do not register again, just click on "Forgot your username?"/"Forgot your password?" on the JSTAT home page.
After signing in you can update your profile, change username and password and connect your JSTAT account to your ORCID account by clicking on "modify my personal data".
ORCID iDs are 16-digit numbers which will usually be presented in the form of a web address that leads to the researcher's profile, for example http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8534-5985. They provide a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher. Associating your ORCID iD to your JSTAT profile helps JSTAT to keep your personal records correctly updated for all the roles you play in the Journal (author, editor, referee, ...).
For information on the status of your submission please use the "write to editor" button, available at the bottom of the preprint page on your Author pages. Please ALWAYS use the "write to..." email buttons instead of normal e-mail so that these messages may be saved in the database and associated with the document they refer to.
On your author pages, you can find all your pending preprints divided according to their status:
Under review: your submissions that are being considered for publication.
Any revised versions that you have submitted following the editor's request can also be found here.
To be revised (revision): preprints that you have been asked to revise and resubmit from your Author pages.
To be revised (minor revision): preprints for which you have been asked to make some small modifications and resubmit from your Author pages.
To proofread: accepted preprints that have been typeset in the JSTAT style and must be proofread by you before publication.
Appeals against rejection: rejected preprints that you have asked to be reconsidered for publication.
Furthermore, in the top part of the page there are two navigation bars. The bottom one leads to all archived contributions, which are divided into
Accepted: accepted preprints that are being typeset and proofread
Rejected: preprints that have not been accepted for publication
Withdrawn: preprints that have been withdrawn from the Journal
Not suitable: preprints considered not suitable for this journal
Published: articles published.
Title, Authors (first and family names), affiliations and e-mail addresses must be clearly indicated, we recommend the use of the ASCII character set in order to improve the compatibility with other systems.
If you have posted your preprint on the Archives, please enter its ID number in the submission form (in the field "arXiv number"). This will ensure your article, if published, is accessible to all interested readers.
The abstract should briefly summarize the content of the contribution and must fit in the first page.
Please avoid formulae and references in the title and abstract.
At the time of submission you must characterise your work with a number of keywords selected from the JSTAT keyword list. Please indicate these keywords after the abstract.
If your article is authored by a collaboration, please do not insert the whole author list in the article metadata when submitting the paper, but just the Collaboration name. Moreover, please provide the Editorial office with the Collaboration logo and institutional email, if needed.
Text and style
Please divide the text into sections. Write your work in standard, comprehensible English. Conciseness is strongly encouraged, but clarity and consistency are more important. Short and simple words and sentences are helpful for readers. Please keep jargon and acronyms to a minimum. The Editors will consider whether the content is of sufficient scientific interest compared to the overall length and may recommend ways of shortening the text.
Tables and figures can be used to improve the information in the text. Tables and figures should be referred to in the text and always have a caption describing their content.
If you include pictures or other material that has already been published elsewhere, please obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) before incorporating it in your article.
Supplementary material attached
Particularly large tables and figures or other electronic supplementary material (animations, Mathematica files, etc.) can be submitted as attachments to a preprint. It is possible to submit more than one attachment recursively, clicking on the "upload attachment" button after the successful submission of your preprint. For each work you wish to attach, please fill in the form and provide a title, a caption describing the content of the file and choose the category of file that you are attaching (Figure, Table, Video or, generically, Attachment).
To accommodate user downloads, please keep in mind that the file-size affects the download time.
Any supplementary material attached will be available to reviewers and, in case of acceptance, will not be typeset or transformed in any way and will be published as such. To ensure that editors, referees and readers may be able to view the files attached, authors are kindly requested to prepare them using standard formats.
If you wish to include material that has already been published elsewhere, please obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) before incorporating it in your article.
JSTAT uses the sequential numerical system for references in the text. The sequential numbers occur within square brackets, and the reference list at the end of the preprint lists the references in numerical order, not alphabetically. Please write the reference as in the following example:
Mézard M and Parisi G, Thermodynamics of glasses: a first principles computation, 1999 Phys. Rev. Lett. 82 747
File and archive preparation
Manuscripts can be prepared in LaTeX or MS-Word and will be automatically transformed by the system in PDF files, though a successful conversion cannot be guaranteed in the case of MS-Word files.
TeX, LaTeX and pdflatex
Your contribution can be one of the following:
a single .tex file
If the document consists of a stand-alone (La)TeX file this alone can be submitted as it is, without compressing it.
a file archive (.zip or .tar.gz)
If your preprint includes more than one file (.tex, .eps, .bbl, .sty, etc.) the files will have to be archived (see "Archive preparation").
Please make sure that the master file (*.tex) is saved in the root (main) directory of the archive, otherwise the file will not be processed by the system.
If your Latex article includes .pdf, .png or .jpg images, please make sure that the \pdfoutput=1 statement is included in the preamble of the main pdflatex file, in the line immediately after the \documentclass command.
If two or more files have the same .tex extension (i.e. "abc.tex" and "def.tex"), in making the submission you must specify the master file name in the appropriate field, otherwise the submission will fail.
The archive should contain only the files necessary for the compilation and the production of the pdf (no cover letters, reports, etc.).
a file or archive plus attachments (additional figures, large tables, videos etc.).
In this case proceed as indicated in point 1 or 2 to upload the main file and, when you see the upload confirmation screen ("submission report"), please click on the button "upload attachment" (at the bottom of the page), and you will be able to recursively upload additional material. These will be viewed as separate file attachments throughout the review procedure and after publication.
Always consider that the submission can be completed only if your file compiles successfully on the JSTAT server. Therefore, please check the pdf generated by the system.
Manuscripts should be preferably prepared in LaTeX using the IoP instructions. If you are using other LaTeX formats, you should try to use standard packages. Some frequently used macro packages, (i.e.: aastex, elsart, feynman, harvmac, lanlmac, j-phys, phyzzx and revtex), even if old and/or deprecated, are installed at the JSTAT site in addition to the standard TeX inputs. If you are using an unrecognised package, please include it in making the submission.
If you have used BibTeX, you must include the .bbl file. The .bib file may also help.
Figures must be in PostScript format (.eps or .ps) otherwise the \pdfoutput=1 statement needs to be included in the preamble, in the line immediately after the \documentclass command. If you use packages like feynmf that require the use of metafont please include the .pk, .tfm and .t1, .t2, ..., files in your archive.
Please include the .gls file if you use the glossaries package.
MS-Word
a single .docx file
Please note that if the .docx file contains figures it should be submitted as a file archive (see point 2).
a file archive (.zip)
If your preprint includes more than one file (.docx, .jpg, .png, etc.) the files have to be uploaded as an archive (see "Archive preparation").
Please make sure that the master file (.docx) is saved in the root (main) directory of the archive, otherwise the file will not be processed by the system.The other files may be included in subdirectories.
If two or more files have the same .docx extension (i.e. "File1.docx" and "File2.docx"), in making the submission you must specify the master file name in the appropriate field, otherwise the submission will fail.
Figures must be contained in the .docx file, but please make sure they are also included as separate files (GIF, JPEG) in the compressed archive.
In this case proceed as indicated in point 1 or 2 to upload the main file and, when you see the upload confirmation screen (submission report), please click on the button "upload attachment" (at the bottom of the page), and you will be able to recursively upload additional material. These will be viewed as separate file attachments throughout the review procedure and after publication.
For documents prepared in Microsoft Word for Windows or Macintosh, please use only True Type fonts (also for Greek letters and mathematical symbols). Equations must be prepared using Equation Editor, version 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 or MathType.
For guidelines on how to prepare a MS-Word manuscript, please read the IOP instructions.
Archive preparation (.tar.gz or .zip)
Put all the files that make up your article in a folder. It is essential that all the files needed for the paper compilation are in this folder. Please do not include cover letters!
The folder is called paper in our example.
To create a .tar.gz file open a terminal, and navigate to the "paper" directory (es. $ cd paper/). Then, create the archive by typing "$ tar -cvzf article.tar.gz *". In this way you will create an archive called "article.tar.gz" containing all files and folders present in your directory. The file article.tar.gz will be located inside the folder.
To create a .zip file [Windows], open the "paper" folder and select all the files (for example by using the "Select All" option in the "Edit" menu). Then right click on any of the selected files and choose the "Compressed (zipped) Folder" option located inside the "Send to" menu. Depending on your Windows version, you might be asked to type in the name of the created archive, otherwise it will be named after the file on which you right-clicked.
To create a .zip file [Linux], open a terminal, and navigate to the paper folder (es. $ cd paper/). Then, create the archive by typing "$ zip article.zip *". In this way you will create an archive called "article.zip" containing all files and folders present in your directory. The file article.zip will be located inside the folder.
To create a .zip file [MAC/OS], open the "paper" folder and select all the files (for example by using the "Select All" option in the "Edit" menu). Then right click on any of the selected files and choose the "Compress Items" option. The archive will be called "Archive.zip" and it will be located inside the folder.
If your Latex submission includes .pdf, .png or .jpg images, please make sure that the \pdfoutput=1 statement is included in the pdflatex preamble, in the line immediately after the \documentclass command.
Preprints can be submitted only via the Internet by authors previously registered to JSTAT. The person making the submission (corresponding author) must be one of the authors. To register to JSTAT please complete the appropriate form available on the home page of the Journal. Registration is free (see also General). Please note that submitting a preprint implies the acceptance of the copyright agreement.
The submission procedure
The procedure for submitting standard research papers and papers for a special issue is the same. After logging in to the home page, you are asked to choose the appropriate option:
submit an article for a Special Issue
In the case of an article submitted for a Special Issue, you will then be asked to select the name of the Special Issue you are submitting to before you proceed with the upload process.
There are two ways to submit a contribution
A) Submission from the arXiv (only TeX/LaTeX)
If you have already posted your article on the arXiv, then you can submit it to JSTAT just by selecting the keywords and sending the arXiv number. This facility only works for TeX/LaTeX files. Here are the detailed steps to submit your contribution.
A.1) Keyword selection
This is an essential stage in the submission procedure because keywords are used by the software to select the appropriate Editor in charge of the editorial procedure. Please choose from 1 to 4 keywords which most accurately describe the subject of your work.
The keywords are organised into the sections listed below. At the bottom of the keyword page you can indicate in which section(s) you would like your article to be published. You preference will be taken into account, although the actual section(s) of publication will be decided at a later stage and will also depend on the review process.
1. Quantum statistical physics, condensed matter, integrable systems
2. Classical statistical mechanics, equilibrium and non-equilibrium
3. Disordered systems, classical and quantum
4. Interdisciplinary statistical mechanics
5. Biological modelling and information
A.2) Fill in the submission form
You can now fill in the preprint number of your contribution, leaving 'archiv name' as category if the arXiv ID is in the post-2007 format.
In the following field you can specify the TeX master file name, which is necessary if more than one .tex file are included in the article archive.
On the same page you are also reminded of the keywords you have chosen and can assign a value to each keyword to establish its relevance for the paper. The default value is [100], meaning that all keywords will be considered equally relevant.
If applicable, please also use this form to communicate if your paper should be published open access according to one of the listed items. You may request open access publication upon payment of an article publication fee by selecting the options "Open access paid by Author". Click here for further information about Open Access publication.
A.3) Completing the submission process
After filling in the fields described above, please click on "submit". The system will take care of downloading the file(s) together with the full metadata. Please DO NOT double-click: push the upload button just once and wait. The system is processing your files. This can take up to a few minutes, depending on their size.
After completing the procedure, a submission report will be shown to you with the data of your contribution, the link to the compilation log file and the link where you can upload additional materials (the "upload attachment" button). If, on the other hand, the submission fails the report will inform you of the error(s) that have occurred. In particular if the (La)TeX compilation fails, please read the .log file, fix the error on your computer and try again. Should you be unable to solve the problem, do contact the Editorial Office.
To upload additional figures, tables and multimedia see below point C.
B) Submission via web upload
B.1) Preparation of the archive
On your computer, please prepare an archive (.tar.gz or .zip) containing the LaTeX (or TeX) file(s), all the .eps (or .ps) figures, any nonstandard package, and, if you use Bibtex, the .bbl file. If you use MS Word prepare your .zip archive containing the full text file including the figures as well as all the figures in separate files (see also File and archive preparation).
You can also submit pdflatex documents, which allows you to use other image files. To ensure a pdflatex compilation you must add the \pdfoutput=1 statement in the line immediately after the \documentclass command as shown in the following example:
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\pdfoutput=1
Note that in this case .ps and .eps images are not allowed.
B.2) Keyword selection
B.3) Fill in the submission form
Please provide the following information:
Complete list of authors
ArXiv number (if any)
In "File to process" select the file (tar.gz or .zip) containing your contribution. If there is more than one .tex file you should fill in also the field "TeX/LaTeX master file", for the system to know which file to compile.
B.4) Completing the submission process
Finally click on the button "upload file". Please DO NOT double-click: push the upload button just once, and please wait. The system will process your files. This can take up to a few minutes, depending on their size.
C) Submission of supplementary material
Your contribution can be completed with the attachment of additional tables, figures, multimedia, etc. To do so, please click on "upload attachment" in the "Submission report" page after successfully uploading the main files for your contribution. After clicking on "upload attachment" you can repeat the procedure as many times as necessary.
The attachments will be reviewed along with the main document but will not be typeset or transformed in any way.
After submission
After submitting your article make sure you go to "My author pages (corresponding author)" from the from the JSTAT home page. Click on the appropriate preprint number and scroll down the page to check all available data on your submission. Should you need to communicate with the editor or the editorial office, you will find the appropriate e-mail tool. You will be able to communicate with the editor-in-charge in this way at every stage of the editorial procedure.
Revised versions
Revised versions can be submitted only if requested by the editor, contributions must therefore be originally submitted in their final form.
The revisions requested by the Editor are listed in your author's page in "State of preprints" - "To be revised (revision)" and "To be revised (minor revision)".
Authors that have been asked to revise their preprints must attend to the requested modifications and provide a new version of their preprints within 1 month at most. If the revised version is not submitted by the deadline the original submission will be withdrawn and any revised version will have to be considered as a new submission.
The revised preprints must be uploaded from the preprint page by clicking "submit revision" or "submit minor revision". You can resubmit via the arXiv or by web upload.
The cover letter with your reply to the referee report is mandatory and should clearly describe all the changes with respect to the previous version, explaining whether or not you have addressed the editor's requests. Please do not include your cover letter in your article's archive because it would be ignored by the system. You will be asked to enter the cover letter in a text area during the upload procedure. Please make sure you save it in a file on your computer before uploading it , as a network failure could cause the resubmission to fail and the cover letter might get lost. Should you forget to enter the cover letter when resubmitting your article, please connect to your JSTAT Author pages and send it with the "write to editor" e-mail tool.
In case your cover letter needs to be written using LateX, in order to submit it please do the following:
connect to the preprint webpage and click on "submit revision"
in the text area for the cover letter write "the cover letter has been attached to the preprint as a pdf file"
complete the submission process
upload the pdf file of your cover letter using the tool available for the supplementary material ("upload attachment" button at the bottom of the page confirming the successful upload of your revised preprint).
After rejection
Contributions are selected, processed and reviewed as fairly as possible, with no discrimination by active scientists in the field. Authors of contributions that have been rejected can request the editor-in-charge to reconsider their decision on the grounds of serious and not polemic scientific reasons. If the editor should confirm their decision, authors can appeal and reply to the editor and referee(s). Also appeals must be scientifically justified and not polemic. Please send your rebuttal letters by connecting to the preprint page and using the "write to Editorial Office" button.
Second appeals are not considered unless there is a clear history of unfair treatment of the manuscript.
Author inquiries
Although the identity of editors is anonymous, authors can communicate at all times with them through the appropriate "write to editor" button on their pages, or through the Editorial Office.
Errata/addenda
Errata and addenda can be submitted to JSTAT as stand-alone articles following the instructions below.
1) Click on "submit an erratum" or "submit an addendum" in JSTAT and see the list of published articles with you as corresponding author.
2) Find the article in question and click on "submit erratum" or "submit addendum".
3) Continue the submission process (see instructions).
The file submitted should be as follows.
File format - LaTeX/pdfLaTeX or MS-Word
Title - "Erratum: Title of the original article" or "Addendum: Title of the original article". Different titles will be corrected during the typesetting stage.
Authors - They must be the same as the original article.
Abstract - it is the author's choice whether to include it or not in the file. In any case, abstracts will not be displayed on the published erratum/addendum's web page.
Keywords - They must be the same as the original article.
References - References to specific parts of the original article (equations, figures, tables, etc.) must be consistent with the numbering of its published version.
Please refer to the instructions about File and archive preparation if you need to submit an archive.
Errata and addenda are the only way to modify articles after publication. They are peer-reviewed, typeset and proofread before being published open access.
Please inform the Editorial Office if your erratum/addendum belongs to a Special Issue so that it can be included in the dedicated webpage.
A preprint can be withdrawn during the review process by clicking on the relevant button or, if not available, upon request to the editorial office.
Coauthors
A coauthor is a registered user selected by the corresponding author that has access to the author pages without being able to view the correspondence relating to the article or change the status of the article.
If the person you wish to select as a coauthor is not already registered, please ask them to register by completing the appropriate form available on the home page of the Journal. Remember that registration is free (see General for further details).
Coauthors are encouraged to update their JSTAT profile with their ORCID iD as a way to avoid cases of homonimy and incorrect attributions of published papers. In order to update their JSTAT with their ORCID iD, coauthors can use the link "modify my personal pages", that is available on the JSTAT home page after signing in.
Select Coauthors
After submission you can select your preprint's coauthors by clicking "Select Coauthor" at the bottom of the preprint web page.
Switch Corresponding Author
Once a coauthor has been selected it is also possible to change the corresponding author to one of the coauthors using the "Switch Corresponding Author" button.
With this operation, the existing corresponding author becomes a coauthor and the selected coauthor becomes the new corresponding author.
The preprint web page
As soon as a new contribution is submitted to JSTAT, a preprint number is assigned and the preprint is listed as "Waiting for Editor's decision". The preprint number identifies your contribution throughout the editorial procedure, and is required for any correspondence with the JSTAT Editorial Office.
Figure 1. The preprint number
To access the preprint web page of a particular document for which you are the corresponding author or have been selected as coauthor, you should:
login to the JSTAT website at SISSA Medialab (jstat.sissa.it)
Click on "my Author pages"
The preprints still in progress are in the "pending papers" page divided according to their status.
The preprint web page for a particular preprint contains all the information about that preprint, except for confidential data (i.e., editor and referee names). From the preprint web page, you can perform the following actions:
check the status of the preprint and the progress of the editorial procedure
download the preprint in PDF format
communicate with the Editor and with the Editorial Office
read and download the report
submit the revised version of the preprint, if requested by the Editor
Proofreading and publication
After the contribution has been accepted and typeset you will be notified and you will be able to:
view the typeset version of your document in PDF format
proofread the document for mistakes or minor changes before publication. The only corrections acceptable at this stage are the following:
layout (i.e., wrong floating of figures or tables),
spelling mistakes in words or formulae,
wrong cross-references among formulae and text,
mistakes or updating in references
The corrections must be suggested using the web form accessible with the button "send proofs", explaining where they occur in the document (page number, paragraph and line, or equation number) and specifying both the old (wrong) version and the correction.
Please notice that if the corrections you request are not minor, the article will be shown to the editor-in-charge for approval. If (s)he reckons that they affect the content significantly, you may be requested to submit a revised version of the preprint for which a new review process will begin. This will be listed as "Pending revision after proofreading".
After your requested corrections have been implemented the publication process begins. Please note that if there is no feedback from the authors within 7 days from the first proofreading notification and if there are no major queries that need the authors' reply, the document is considered suitable for publication as it stands, and is sent for publication. It will be stored in the "published" pages of your JSTAT Author pages and will also be available on the IOP website.
Note that the Assignment of copyright form must be sent to the IOP Publishing Office before publication.
JSTAT articles are published in one or more sections according to their subject matter and are assigned a publication ID and a DOI at the time of publication.
Copyright and Licence information
The submitting author will be asked to complete a copyright form online, on behalf of themselves and their co-authors, once their article has been accepted. There are two different options, depending on whether the article is to be published on a gold open access basis or on a subscription basis.
In the case of multi-author papers, only one author needs to complete the form, but they should have obtained the written consent of all the other authors beforehand. By signing the copyright form, it is assumed that all authors have received the final version of the contribution, have agreed to it being submitted to the journal and agree to the terms of the copyright form.
If your institution/employer owns the copyright to your manuscript, please ensure that they agree to the terms of the copyright form and that the full legal name of your institution/employer is inserted at the top of the form. If an authorised signatory of your institution/employer needs to sign the form, then they should do so at the bottom of the form along with the author who must also sign the form.
Articles to be published on a subscription basis
For articles to be published on a subscription basis, ownership of copyright is transferred to the Institute of Physics Publishing and SISSA Medialab, from the date on which the article is accepted for publication. The main features of the copyright transfer are that:
authors transfer the worldwide copyright of their manuscript to the Institute of Physics Publishing and SISSA Medialab;
authors are granted back certain specific rights under the copyright form;
Transfer of copyright allows IOP Publishing to participate in the work of the UK's Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA), which licenses copying in the UK. In addition, through bilateral arrangements, it participates in the work of other reproduction rights organizations around the world, principally the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) in the USA. IOP Publishing supports these organizations as they represent a development in copyright protection that is extending to other countries, so that copying beyond those permitted under legislation should be paid for by the copier.
Articles to be published on a gold open access basis
Gold open access articles are subject to an Article Processing Charge (see below).
For gold open access articles, the author grants an exclusive licence to the Institute of Physics Publishing and SISSA Medialab, from the date on which the article is accepted for publication. This means that ownership of copyright is retained by the authors (or if your institution/employer owns the copyright then your institution/employer).
Gold open access articles are published under a creative commons attribution license (CC BY) (more information on this licence can be found here). The creative commons attribution license allows anyone to re-use the content in any way they like, provided it is accurately attributed and the terms of the licence are adhered to.
Please email permissions@iop.org if you have any questions about the form.
Access to your article
Authors can access all versions of their JSTAT papers on their Author pages (in the link "published"). Regrettably, source files cannot be provided.
Authors can opt for open access publication. Open Access articles are published under a creative commons CC-BY attribution license - more information on this policy can be found here. The CC-BY license allows users to re-use the content in any way they like, provided it is accurately attributed. Copyright stays with the agreed copyright owner.
How can I make my article open access?
You can let the publisher or the editorial office know that you wish to take up this option at any point in the review process.
How much does it cost to make my article open access?
The article processing charge for JSTAT is:
£1,700 (GB Pound); $2,700 (USD); €1,950 (Euro); excluding VAT where applicable.
The fee covers all publication costs, from the management of peer review to the online hosting, dissemination and long-term archiving of the published paper.
The corresponding author/paying third party will be sent an invoice once your article has been accepted for publication.
Does it make any difference in the review process or after publication? Open access articles are treated in the same way as all other articles in the Journal; they are peer-reviewed to the same high standard and are processed in the same way. Downloads of open access articles are included in Counter usage statistics and open access articles are indexed by abstracting and indexing services in the same way that regular articles are. The only difference is that they are published under a creative commons attribution license and are available to all on open access terms.
Whom should I contact for more information about the copyright statement and open access publication fee?
For copyright issues you should contact permissions@iop.org
For the open access publication fee you should contact jstat@iop.org
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I will open with a confession: I have only seen Crazy Rich Asians on a small screen. A really small screen. Like, for instance, one the size of a headrest on the back of an airplane seat.
The fact that I watched the movie mid-flight without the benefit of a big screen or the coziness of an at-home viewing experience and was totally enthralled should then serve as a testament to its excellence.
Speaking of airplanes, Crazy Rich Asians features my second favorite rom-com scene set in an airplane. (My number one is forever and always this masterpiece.)
As always, I will not spoil the specifics. But I will inform you that this impossibly beautiful cover of Coldplay’s “Yellow” soars in the background.
Music can’t make a movie great on its own, but an outstanding soundtrack can definitely elevate a movie. And the soundtrack is definitely an asset in this one.
Additionally, the picturesque beauty of the movie is also memorable.
Whether a scene occurs in one of the characters’ gorgeous palatial estates or a transition sequence features magnificent wide shots of nighttime Singapore, viewers are given plentiful aesthetic treats. The sights and sounds of this film certainly exceed the typical expectations for a rom-com.
Moreover, Crazy Rich Asians differentiates itself from past rom-coms for its historical context.
The film employs a cast almost entirely comprised of Asian-American performers. After generations of Asian-Americans have been denied leading role opportunities in Hollywood, this movie’s massive success is a momentous cultural achievement.
Hopefully, Crazy Rich Asians’ tremendous popularity and critical fanfare will catalyze necessary changes in the film industry. In conjunction with this movie’s trailblazing legacy and cultural importance, it is also incredibly entertaining.
Based on Kevin Kwan’s beloved novel of the same name, Crazy Rich Asians is well-directed and maintains a cohesive flow throughout its two-hour runtime. It never drags and constantly advances the plot, which is a testament to Jon M. Chu’s and Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim’s abilities as the film’s respective director and writers.
However, the movie’s premiere strength, in my opinion, is the acting.
Constance Wu is wonderful as Rachel Chu, the story’s protagonist, and is rightfully garnering much recognition for her performance (Golden Globe, Critics Choice, and SAG Award nominations). Her romantic counterpart in this movie is played by Henry Golding, whose easygoing charisma makes him a charming leading man in his role as Nick Young.
The romantic chemistry between Wu and Golding is the movie’s foundation. And the comedic performances of the supporting cast complement the pair perfectly.
Humor & Heart
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Awkwafina, Jimmy O. Yang, Ronny Chieng, and Ken Jeong are particularly notable for their hilarious contributions in limited screen time. While this trio impacts the movie with humor, other members of the supporting cast help the movie with strong dramatic performances.
Michelle Yeoh, Gemma Chan, Harry Shum Jr., Sonoya Mizuno, and Chris Pang all thrive in key supporting roles. Chu, Chiarelli, and Lim deserve plenty of credit for devising the solid game plan; the super-talented cast deserves tons of praise for perfectly executing the plan.
The memorable performances, wonderful aesthetic elements, and great balance between romance and comedy ensure that this movie will inspire repeated viewings for many film enthusiasts. It is heartwarming, but still provides great social commentary on classism and racism.
It confronts and refutes different stereotypes about both Asians living in Asia and Asian-Americans and delves into the psyche of powerfully wealthy families. The film also has traces of iconic movies like Cinderella and Mean Girls, as it has the feel of a whimsical fairytale but the realistic perspective of a modern, realistic romance.
All in all, the female hero triumphs against cruelty and (as far as we know) falls in love and lives happily ever after. I’d apologize for spoiling the plot if you haven’t seen the film yet, but this project is dedicated to rom-coms.
How did you think the movie would end?
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It is dangerous it seems to me for a civilization when there is a complete abyss between people in general and the artists. Or is it always so? The poets who are most ardently on the people's side write in such a way that the people cannot see rhyme nor reason to their work.
May Sarton
There is no end to the work of salvage In the drowning high seas of Christmas When loneliness, in the name of Christ (That longing!), attacks the world.
I long for the bulbs to arrive, for the early autumn chores are melancholy, but the planting of bulbs is the work of hope and is always thrilling.
How much hope, expectation, and sheer hard work goes into the smallest success! There is no being sure of anything except that whatever has been created will change in time...
All great people are humble because great people have great work and are humbled by the largeness of their dreams.
In a total work, the failures have their not unimportant place.
Lunches are just not good. They take the heart out of the day and the spaciousness from the morning's work.
I am brooding on the book and think there must be a pause to let things come, not to force them. But I am not suited to pauses. When I can't work I feel miserable, a worm.
The woman who needs to create works of art is born with a kind of psychic tension in her which drives her unmercifully to find a way to balance, to make herself whole. Every human being has this need: in the artist it is mandatory. Unable to fulfill it, he goes mad. But when the artist is a woman she fulfills it at the expense of herself as a woman.
Is not all exaltation, inner space
Where the soul breathes and work can be done.
Solitude exposes the nerve,
Raises up ghosts.
The past, never at rest, flows through it.
It is good for a professional to be reminded that his professionalism is only a husk, that the real person must remain an amateur, a lover of the work.
We have to make myths of our lives, the point being that if we do, then every grief or inexplicable seizure by weather, woe, or work can-if we discipline ourselves and think hard enough-be turned to account, be made to yield further insight into what it is to be alive, to be a human being.
I suppose one has to remember that 'life' is important too, though it's something I forget in some moods, everything except work seeming like an interruption or really non-life.
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A Californian vision for a brighter future for humanity and nature: Reflections on The Breakthrough Institute’s 2016 Dialogue
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The Breakthrough Institute held its annual Dialogue in Sausalito, CA, close to Berkeley and Mountain View. Photo credits: Johannes Ackva, adelphi
California has been at the forefront of the modern environmental movement that, in its most iconic form, we associate with hippies and alternative lifestyles. In the following decades, Silicon Valley - the mecca of tech-companies and engine of technological innovation and progress – also became another widely known Californian export.
It is thus fitting that the Californian think tank The Breakthrough Institute held its annual Dialogue in Sausalito, CA, - close to Berkeley and Mountain View - bringing together scientists, journalists, activists, and entrepreneurs from across the world to discuss how to overcome societal and technological hurdles for a brighter future for humankind and nature.
The honoring of the late David MacKay, British physicist and former Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change, whose seminal “Sustainable Energy without the Hot Air” emphasizes the importance of energy policy discussions informed by physical facts and quantitative analysis, started and set the tone for the Dialogue.
In this vein, the University of Oxford's Max Roser kicked off the program, presenting his visualizations that demonstrate the enormous progress humanity has made over the past decades in greatly increasing the well-being of the average human being. The following graph makes the case for this decline in absolute poverty, and Max Roser’s web publication “Our World in Data” provides a host of other fascinating visualizations on the state and trajectory of humanity.
Figure 1: The decline of absolute poverty (from presentation by Max Roser)
This presentation then also framed a central question pervading the Dialogue: Why is it that, in a time where humanity has achieved unprecedented progress, often enabled by technological advances, do Western publics and discourses often have such a pessimistic vision of the future and the role of progress and technology? Figure 2 illustrates this discrepancy, showing the lowest confidence in an improving world in some of the richest countries.
Figure 2: Belief in progress across the world (from the presentation by Max Roser)
Competing truths
Tackling this question, Yale’s Dan Kahan of the Cultural Cognition Project provided experimental and survey data demonstrating that, rather than processing evidence rationally, we seek to keep our beliefs in line with our political and sociocultural identity.
Hence, 'Silicon Valley types’ will often focus on solutions enabled by humans’ ingenuity to innovate, whereas many environmentalists tend to focus on decreasing demand and changing behaviors, because each’s preferred modes of problem-solving correlates systematically with other beliefs of how the world is and how it ought to be (and, crucially, how to close that gap between is and ought).
Both are partial truths making it so important that the environmental discourse -- often dominated by traditional environmentalists -- is also enriched by ecomodernists emphasizing the role of technology and innovation in solving environmental challenges.
Three insights from the ecomodernist perspective
To illustrate some important insights from the ecomodernist perspective on questions of sustainability, the following reflection focuses on three central themes rather than providing a detailed chronological account of all sessions constituting the Dialogue.
I) For climate justice, clean energy should be abundant and cheap
Many energy scenarios assume that energy demand in the developing world will grow comparatively slowly, at a rate at which modern lifestyles will remain unachievable for large parts of the world population.
One reason for this is “carbon conditionality”, the constraint that Western funding, or loans for energy projects, are often only given for low-carbon energy projects. This conditionality is certainly well-intentioned, given that climate change will hit the poorest the hardest and that per-capita emissions on Western levels across the world would certainly wreak havoc to our climate. Similarly, given the view of many Western countries that nuclear energy is too risky a technology to deploy, nuclear projects are also often not supported.
However, Samir Saran of the Indian Observer Research Foundation stressed the enormous hypocrisy of Western publics that, albeit unable and/or unwilling to decarbonize at home, opposed (and often deny loans) for both fossil and nuclear power in developing countries. As he put it, the Western world has decided on keeping the poor (energy) poor as a climate mitigation strategy. Whether one fully shares this view or not, the difficulty of even affluent democracies to decarbonize illustrates the need for additional innovation to decarbonize while increasing energy supply to tackle the twin challenges of energy poverty and climate change.
II) The counterintuitive and dangerous neglect of innovation
While we live in a world of rapid technological change, innovation in the sustainability realm is often surprisingly neglected. For the case of energy, this underinvestment into innovation is well-documented and subject of increased policy attention (also see our recent post, in greater detail here).
However, this neglect is also present in other crucial sustainability areas. As Professor Cassmann of the University of Nebraska explained, farmlands’ share of total land area has been increasing at the fastest rate since 2002, fueled – inter alia – by low productivity growth due to slow innovation (“[t]he tyranny of linear rates of yield gain”).
Figure 3: The increasing rate of cropland expansion (from presentation by Kenneth Cassmann)
To answer a session’s question - “Is Peak Farmland in sight?” - in the affirmative, the further digitalizing agriculture to better collect data (sensing) and build better models to inform precise and targeted responses to increase agricultural productivity was advanced as a key strategy. In short, in a world of finite space and increasing population density neglecting innovation risks making a Malthusian world - where population pressures induce unmanageable scarcities - a reality.
III) Density is critical because it makes decoupling possible
A related recurring theme was density as the enabler for decoupling human civilization from nature to reduce biodiversity and habitat loss. For agriculture, energy, and space for human settlements, the denser forms of producing / providing those enable to reduce interference into nature and regrowing wilderness. This logic leads to seemingly counterintuitive results.
For example, the tremendous land use requirements of renewable energy – already fundamentally changing public and private lands in the US and other countries – leads many conservationists to prefer nuclear energy given its much lower land requirements. The theme of density as an enabler of sustainability was also echoed for palm oil plantations in Indonesia and cattle farming in Brazil, where process innovations allowed avoiding additional deforestation.
Of course, just as classical environmentalism, ecomodernism does not come without its blindspots or underemphasized solutions.
For example, while downplayed in the session on Peak Farmland, reducing meat consumption is – especially when successful in those parts of the world where meat-consumption increases strongest – another effective strategy given the enormous environmental footprint of raising livestock.
Similarly, while the intermittency and lacking energy density make current-day renewables unable to power modern industrialized economies by themselves (leading many ecomodernists to focus on nuclear power as the solution), innovations dramatically improving renewable energy technologies’ weaknesses are also conceivable. For example, tidal power, while still intermittent, is highly predictable. And airborne wind power could provide a much denser and less intermittent form of renewable energy. Thus, even when opposing nuclear power, the ecomodernist foci -- abundance of clean energy, a focus of innovation and the importance of density -- are still useful when reflecting on energy priorities.
As Ted Nordhaus, Executive Director and co-founder of the Breakthrough Institute, stressed in his closing remarks, the answers provided are always partial and critique is essential for further development of ecomodernist thought and action. As many participants stressed, however, the hopeful message -- accompanied by supportive evidence and innovative strategies to tackle sustainability problems -- is what makes this Dialogue so valuable for its many returning participants. In a time where the climate and many other sustainability discussions are characterized by the discrepancy of high global ambition with insufficient national implementation, a vision focused on expanding our capability to tackle scarcity and pollution problems with new and improved technologies appears as a vital part of the solution.
The European Energy Innovation Imperative
On June 3rd 2016, the European Union joined six of its Member States and 14 other countries – including China and the United States – and became the 21st member of Mission Innovation, an initiative of governments committing to double their clean energy research budgets over the next five years. This, we argue, is a vitally important first step of taking Europe’s energy innovation imperative more seriously.
Mission Innovation: a Much Needed Policy-Innovation for International Climate Policy
Mission Innovation is an initiative by twenty leading countries to double their Research & Development budgets for clean energy innovation in the next five years. In this opinion piece, Johannes Ackva lays out why this new initiative is an essential complement to carbon-pricing and deployment policies and should receive far more attention in the future.
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5 Alternatives to Catnip
By Kate Hughes
While cats are plenty silly on their own, there are few things like seeing your kitty under the influence of catnip. For those cats who respond to the nip—experts say that’s anywhere from 50 to 70 percent of felines—reactions can vary from purring, rubbing, and vocalizing to rolling and even amorousness, says Dr. Sarah Gorman, associate veterinarian at Boston Animal Hospital.
Cats do not respond to the taste of catnip but rather the smell, Gorman notes. “Because it is in the mint family, catnip has a strong menthol scent created by a chemical compound called nepetalactone,” she says. “Nepetalactone and its chemical cousins are found not only in catnip, but in other plants as well.”
The catnip response is determined by genetics, Gorman adds. “It is an autosomal dominant trait, meaning whether or not a cat will react favorably to catnip is actually based on genes inherited from the parents,” she says.
Additionally, age plays a role in response. Cats’ olfactory systems, which are responsible for their sense of smell, continue to develop until they are 3 months old, Gorman says. “So if your kitten doesn't like that new catnip toy you bought him, try again when he reaches 3 months,” she says.
So what if your cat doesn’t react to catnip? Are you forever doomed to live with a feline prone to only regular bouts of cat silliness? Not so! There are several alternatives that pet owners can try to coax a little bit of crazy from their kitties.
Silver Vine
Silver vine is a flowering climbing plant native to China and Japan and contains several of the chemical cousins of nepetalactone that Gorman mentions above. According to a study that was published in BMC Veterinary Research, almost 80 percent of cats in a 100-cat study reacted positively to silver vine. Beyond that, 75 percent of the cats who did not react to catnip had a reaction to silver vine. This catnip alternative is readily available online in both powder and stick form and has been incorporated many different types of cat toys.
Tatarian Honeysuckle
According to the University of Connecticut College of Agriculture, tartarian honeysuckle is a dense and twiggy shrub that flowers with small red, pink, and white blossoms. Tartarian honeysuckle is another one of the plants mentioned the BMC-published study. “You’ve got about a 50-50 chance of your cat responding to tartarian honeysuckle, but for a couple of the cats in the study, this was the only plant material they seemed to enjoy,” says Dr. Jennifer Coates, a veterinarian in Fort Collins, Colorado. Tartarian honeysuckle is also available for purchase online from specialty pet retailers.
A perennial flowering plant with pink and white blooms, valerian root is another alternative for catnip. The BMC-published study noted that 47 percent cats exposed to valerian root had a reaction. Pet owners can buy dried valerian root online. It also works as a complementary treatment for humans suffering from anxiety, insomnia, and nervousness, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. “I’ve seen some reports of veterinarians using valerian root to relieve anxiety in cats since it seems to have a calming effect after the initial excitatory stage,” Coates adds. “It wouldn’t be my first choice for treatment, though.”
Catmint
It should be noted that catnip is a type of catmint. Catmint is a very easy-to-grow and adaptable plant, making it popular in gardens. There are several kinds of catmint besides catnip, including Blue Wonder catmint, Faassen’s catmint, and Persian catmint. Most catmints include some nepetalactone, meaning they can incite a reaction, but catnip typically has the strongest effect on kitties of all catmint plants.
It’s also possible that a cat who isn’t reacting to catnip or its alternatives just isn’t scent motivated, says Dr. Ryane E. Englar, assistant professor and clinical education coordinator at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. “If this is the case, you want to engage your cat in a different way,” she explains. Englar suggests figuring out what type of play your cat prefers. Some cats are into jumping after birds, while others like to stalk prey on the ground. “You want to get them excited, because that’s really what catnip does,” she says.
Play might be a good alternative for cats that get too wound up by catnip, she adds. “They can get too stimulated and throw up, so playing may actually be a better way to interact in some cases.”
Yet-to-Be-Discovered
There isn’t a lot of official research into catnip alternatives, Englar says. “The reality is, catnip itself was only discovered as a fluke. We never know what might incite a reaction—it varies from individual to individual. For example, my cat loves Earl Grey teabags. What is it that she likes? Is it the tea leaves? The smell of the bergamot? The texture of the bag? I don’t know. I don’t know if other cats have these reactions. Only once more studies get funded will we know for sure.”
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ukulele Subjects: intermediate • improvisation • scales
Learning scales typically starts with learning a position or pattern by shape. For a lot of players that‘s where it stops. With the many possible shapes between chords and scales to learn - there has to be a better way - There is!!!
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Scales as Collections of Notes
With the overwhelming possible number of chord and scale shapes, it helps if we can build our base by deriving information from already known information.
The Major Scale and the Seven Modes
The major scale is also called the Ionian scale and is one of the seven modes.
These Ionian scale fingerings are also usable for these other modes: Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian scale modes.
Scales can be known by several names and contain the same collection of notes. This allows you to reuse fingerings that you've already worked out.
Ionian (Major)
Dorian (Minor)
Mixolydian (Dominant)
Aeolian (Natural Minor)
Using the C Ionian/Major scale mode as an example. Here are the names of the scales and modes that are ALL part of C Ionian/Major collection. Shown with their modal name and traditional name.
C Ionian (Major)
D Dorian (Minor)
E Phrygian
F Lydian
G Mixolydian (Dominant)
A Aeolian (Natural Minor)
B Locrian
See the lesson What is the different between a Scale and a Mode? for more information on jsut what is a scale or mode.
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Common Chord Progressions for the Key of C Major
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Key Signatures - C Major
A key signature is a summary of the sharps or flats in a Major or it's relative Natural Minor scale. This series of lessons covers ALL 15 major and relative minor keys with their primary and secondary chords as well as sample common chord progressions.
In musical notation, a key signature is a collection of sharp or flat symbols placed together on the staff. Key signatures are generally written immediately after the clef at the beginning of a line of musical notation, although they can appear in other parts of a score, notably after a double barline.
Although a key signature may be written using any combination of sharp and flat symbols, about a dozen diatonic key signatures are by far the most common, and their use is assumed in much of this article. A piece scored using a single diatonic key signature and no accidentals contains notes of at most seven of the twelve pitch classes, which seven being determined by the particular key signature.
The key of C major-A minor.
Cover the primary and secondary chords and common chord progressions.
Key of C
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‘Alexa, call 999’: Smart speakers could automatically raise alarm about people in cardiac arrest, researchers say
‘Alexa, call 999’: Smart speakers could automatically raise alarm about people in cardiac arrest, researchers say.
‘These devices have amazing capabilities that we can take advantage of,’ says scientist.
Amazon’s Echo device could be soon be used to automatically alert paramedics to a patient in cardiac arrest, say scientists (Reuters).
Digital assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa could soon be capable of alerting paramedics to a person in cardiac arrest, scientists believe.
Researchers have developed the prototype of an audio tool which can detect the irregular breathing of someone whose heart has stopped beating and automatically call emergency services.
The team developing the technology at the University of Washington said it could be built into smart speaker devices such as Amazon Echo or Google Home to potentially save lives.
About half of people suffering cardiac arrest gasp for air, a distinctive symptom known as agonal breathing. Immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation can double their chances of survival but requires a bystander to be present.
The researchers’ tool detected agonal breathing in 97 per cent of audio clips at a distance of up to 20 feet (six metres) away, according to a study published in the journal Digital Medicine.
“This kind of breathing happens when a patient experiences really low oxygen levels,” said study co-author Jacob Sunshine, an assistant professor of anesthesiology and pain medicine at the university’s school of medicine. “It’s sort of a guttural gasping noise, and its uniqueness makes it a good audio biomarker to use to identify if someone is experiencing a cardiac arrest.”
Researchers gathered 162 clips of agonal breathing from real emergency calls to Seattle’s medical services. They extracted 2.5-second segments of audio from the files, recorded between 2009 and 2017, to create a total of 236 clips.
The team captured the recordings on three smart devices – Amazon Alexa, iPhone 5S and Samsung Galaxy S4 – and used various machine learning techniques to boost the dataset to 7,316 positive clips.
“A lot of people have smart speakers in their homes, and these devices have amazing capabilities that we can take advantage of,” said study co-author Shyam Gollakota, an associate professor in the university’s school of computer science and engineering.
He added: “We envision a contactless system that works by continuously and passively monitoring the bedroom for an agonal breathing event, and alerts anyone nearby to come provide CPR. And then if there’s no response, the device can automatically call 911.”
The devices were tested at different distances and alongside interfering sounds such as pets, traffic and air condition to simulate the home environment.
For the negative dataset, the team used 83 hours of audio collected during sleep studies, yielding 7,305 sound samples. These clips contained typical noises that people make in their sleep, such as snoring or obstructive sleep apnea.
The algorithm incorrectly categorised a breathing sound as agonal breathing 0.14 per cent of the time.
“We don’t want to alert either emergency services or loved ones unnecessarily, so it’s important that we reduce our false positive rate,” said doctoral student Justin Chan, who worked on the study.
Researchers envision the tool could function run passively on a smart speaker or smartphone while people sleep. They said no data would need to be stored or sent to the cloud as the algorithm would be running in real time.
The team is planning to commercialise the technology through a University of Washington spinout company, Sound Life Sciences.
“Cardiac arrests are a very common way for people to die, and right now many of them can go unwitnessed,” Dr Sunshine said. “Part of what makes this technology so compelling is that it could help us catch more patients in time for them to be treated.”
Ashleigh Li, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: “It’s always great to see advances in technology targeted at improving the survival rates from devastating heart conditions like a cardiac arrest. However, it’s still early days for this research.
“Alongside administering CPR, the early use of a defibrillator before the ambulance services arrive can more than double the chance of survival. This is why knowing how to perform CPR and having defibrillators available to the public in moments of need is essential.”
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World No Tobacco Day: Top five cars could you afford if you gave up smoking
Author: James Kelly | Updated: 30 May 2019 11:26
Smoking is a dying habit, or so we’re told. But did you know an estimated 9.4 million adults in the UK are still fans of lighting up? Well, 31 May is World No-Tobacco Day and to put things into perspective and potentially help the odd person quit the fags for good, we’ve had an idea.
Aside from the many and varied health benefits that quitting smoking has, it’ll also save you a fortune. The average smoker in the UK gets through 11.3 cigarettes a day on average. With the cost of 20 now at the £10.70 mark, that’s a serious lump of money - £183.88 per month to be precise.
So, the average smoker would save £2,206.61 per year by giving up. But what exactly is on offer for that kind of money? To keep things clear, we’ve also included the initial payment in our costs, and assume you’ll remain smoke-free during your lease agreement. That gives you a generous allowance of £6,619.82 over the course of a three-year lease.
Here’s a selection of cars that’ll have you laughing (rather than coughing and spluttering) all the way to the bank…
For the average smoker…
Believe it or not the new Fiat 500 has been with us for more than a decade. Thanks to those cute looks, its retro appeal and even more appealing lease rates, however, it remains a go-to supermini for those that want to inject a little bit of style into their life. It’ll also cost around the same as smoking four packs of cigarettes per week.
Thought you’d be stuck in the supermini category for this kind of money? No necessarily. Give up the smoking and you could lease yourself a family-sized Seat Leon hatchback could be yours for this kind of money too. The Spanish Golf alternative has proven a seriously popular lease vehicle thanks to sporty styling, an excellent interior and above all, extremely reasonable monthly rates.
The Honda Jazz has improved significantly in recently years. It now benefits from an improved engine line-up, snazzy looks and class-leading boot space. In fact, it’s a bit of a forgotten secret in the supermini segment. Another secret comes in the form of those ‘magic seats’ which make it exceptionally practical. Costing from less than £170 per month also means that you could viably replace your smoking habit with one, with change to spare.
It might not be as popular as the Ford Fiesta, but the Vauxhall Corsa is a go-to choice for those that want sensible, practical and affordable transport. There’s an all-new one on the way, which means prices for the current model make it a more tempting choice than ever.
In fact a Corsa 1.4 SRi Vx-line Nav currently costs from less than £150 per month – that means you could swap your smoking habit for a brand-new car and have a sizeable chunk of change to spare.
Many people said that the old Suzuki Swift was the real replacement for the original Mini. The latest Swift remains as fun and frugal as ever, but quality and equipment has taken a serious step up. It’s not quite as funky as an Ignis or as practical as a Baleno, but as a supermini that will cost you less than a smoking habit, it’s a very compelling option.
And for the heavier smokers…
But what if you’re not an average smoker? What if you get through a pack of 20 a day? Well, that changes things. In fact rather than a £6,261 to spend on a lease over three years, that would give you a very healthy £11,716.50 (OR £325.46 per month inclusive of the initial payment). So what’s on offer now?
It’s the car upon which all other hatchbacks are judged. The VW Golf has legions of loyal fans thanks to its perfect blend of quality, premium feel and affordable prices. In fact it’s one of the most searched for vehicles on Leasing.com
Need a car capable of swallowing a family of four and their luggage? Look no further. Want some of the latest in-car tech? The Golf ticks the box. Want an engine line-up that really does offer something for everybody? The Golf has it all, and considering total lease costs start from less than £9,000, give up smoking and you’ll have enough spare left over to insure it for a year or two as well.
Fancy yourself in an executive saloon that’s got enough style to stand out from the German-heavy crowd? Then the Volvo S90 might be the car for you.
With an impressive portrait-style infotainment system, the usual Volvo levels of active and passive safety tech and seriously competitive rates, it’s little wonder the Swedish company is the third-most popular brand with consumers on Leasing.com so far this year.
Yes, you’re reading this right. If you fancy seriously treating yourself as a reward for giving up smoking, you could lease a Mercedes A-Class. Its class-leading interior and bundles of interactive and connected tech have shown that perhaps the Golf is no longer the benchmark hatch after all.
Ok, so it’s a little pricier than the Volkswagen, but quitting your 20-a-day habit would be more than enough to have one sitting on your drive.
We all know that breathing in fumes is bad for us, and smoking cigarettes is one of the more obvious ways in which we can do damage. But what about that pesky particulate matter? More and more manufacturers are looking to shift away from fume-spewing internal combustion (particularly diesel) and we can look forward to a future of hybrid and electrified tech.
If you fancy being ahead of the trend, you could swap your smoking habit (and your smoking old banger) for a Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid. It’s one of the more affordable hybrid cars currently available, but that doesn’t mean it comes short of kit. In fact, even basic models get a generous specification. Emitting just 84g/km of CO2 from its exhaust pipe not only means you’ll be breathing easier, but so will everyone else.
The updated Mazda MX-5 offers the same sports car thrills it always has, but there’s more power than ever before. Rather than past generations where Mazda has left the mechanical side of the MX-5 alone and just updated the body, the latest version still looks so fresh they decided to give it some extra horsepower instead of a major facelift.
It’s surprisingly practical and, believe it or not, affordable too. Fancy breathing in that fresh air into your smoke-free fresh lungs? This iconic droptop is attainable if you fancy quitting for good.
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20 May 2019 - 4:36pm | posted by Kyle O'Brien
Leo Burnett Worldwide names Liz Taylor chief creative officer
Leo Burnett Worldwide has named Liz Taylor its chief creative officer. Starting July 8, Taylor will sit at the agency’s Chicago headquarters, leading the creative direction of the global agency network and working alongside the network’s creative leadership team to help build the agency’s offering and culture.
Taylor will take on a hybrid role as North American creative lead of Publicis Communications, the creative communications hub of Publicis Groupe. She will partner with Publicis Groupe chief creative officer Nick Law and chief strategy officer Carla Serrano to help drive creative solutions for North-American-based Power of One collaborations.
“I’ve followed and admired Liz and her work for years. She is a thoughtful and modern creative leader whose work and expertise spans storytelling, experience and innovation,” said Law. “Her role is a new one that will straddle the Leo Burnett network and the Groupe’s broader creative capabilities.”
Taylor joins Publicis from FCB Chicago where she served as chief creative officer and helped win clients such as GE, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Kimberly Clark. She launched four highly awarded Super Bowl commercials and built a vibrant, modern creative department. As a leader in the Chicago business community, Taylor helped to push the city creatively through support of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, Chicago Public Library and the Amazon HQ2 pitch.
Prior to FCB, Taylor was global executive creative director at Ogilvy & Mather, and earlier in her career, she held leadership positions at JWT, Element79 and Tribal DDB. Her work has earned awards from the ANDYs, Cannes, Clios, D&AD and The One Show, among others.
Taylor said: “I’m looking forward to working in partnership with Nick to deliver on the promise of modern creativity. We will work tirelessly to demonstrate how the firepower of Leo Burnett and Publicis Communications agencies will propel our clients into the future.”
Leo Burnett recently announced that its executive chairman and longtime creative head Mark Tutssel was retiring after 34 years.
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Chief Justice Marshall highlights “turbulent” budget challenges in “Annual Address” at Bench-Bar Symposium
Issue November 2008 By Bill Archambeault
In her “Annual Address to the Legal Community,” Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall warned that the “turbulent” national and state financial crisis requires “drastic” cuts in the state’s court system.
Speaking at the Massachusetts Bar Association’s third annual Bench-Bar Symposium at the John Adams Courthouse in Boston on Oct. 22, Marshall told the audience of more than 100 people that she and other court officials had identified millions of dollars in cuts. While they were able to avoid layoffs and furloughs, the cuts have led to an across-the-board hiring freeze; travel restrictions and other cost-cutting measures have also been made, she said.
“The measures we have taken are strong. You will see evident strains on the system. But there is one thing on which we will not economize: our core mission to do justice,” Marshall said. “Our courts have weathered economic distress before. We must, and we shall, manage our way through this current crisis.”
District Court Chief Justice Lynda M. Connolly and Housing Court Chief Justice Steven D. Pierce were tapped to head a Fiscal Task Force to identify additional savings and ways to improve efficiency.
Unfortunately, Marshall said, it’s during times of financial crisis that demands on the courts tend to surge, with increases in divorce filings, foreclosures, evictions, debt collections and criminal cases. Gov. Deval Patrick explained the urgent need for drastic cuts on Oct. 1 to Marshall and Chief Justice for Administration and Management Robert A. Mulligan; they pledged their cooperation.
“We are committed to shouldering our fair share of budget cuts while safeguarding the essential functions necessary to maintain our mission and constitutional imperatives,” she said.
In return, Patrick has committed “to the full transferability” of funds from one Trial Court department budget to another, Marshall said, a flexibility that court officials have sought for years as a way of managing the shifting needs for limited court resources in a precise, rapid fashion.
“We welcome and applaud that commitment, which is essential to making sure that the difficult measures we take today will forestall even more drastic measures in the future,” Marshall said. “I ask for your patience. I ask for your understanding. And as always, I ask you to join in partnership with judges, clerks, registers, court staff, probation officers and security personnel to keep our justice system, and our hard-won institutional reforms, moving forward.”
The bench-bar partnership
Marshall praised the collaboration between the judiciary and the bar, in general.
“Only when the bench and the bar work in partnership can our system of justice flourish,” Marshall said. “I am optimistic, even in these challenging times, that the pursuit of excellence will continue, because in Massachusetts, the partnership between the bench and the bar has always been strong.”
MBA President Edward W. McIntyre praised Marshall. “The Massachusetts Bar Association thanks Chief Justice Marshall for her collaborative leadership in efforts reflecting the best interests of the Massachusetts legal community and those we serve.”
Good communication is key, she said, praising the MBA’s cooperation with the courts in general and specifically on the series of “Open Dialogue on Court Practices,” which has drawn more than 800 attendees to five locations across the state since the program was launched in May. The “first-of-its-kind endeavor,” she said, has generated suggestions that are already being implemented.
“To me, the greatest value of these Open Dialogues has been the literally hundreds of discussions that have taken place concerning ways to improve the many procedures found in everyday practice in all the courts,” she said. “Before the end of the year, each Trial Court department will have identified changes to be implemented, drawn from the views of those who attended.”
Among the suggestions being implemented are:
Reducing unnecessary court trips of counsel and providing more efficient court interaction;
A pilot project using teleconferencing within the District Court has been implemented in Western Massachusetts;
Videoconferencing pilot programs being pursued in the sheriffs’ offices in Essex and Worcester counties; and
Developing a pilot internship program enlisting college students majoring in foreign languages to expand interpretation services in clerks’ and probation offices.
Critical role for surveys
Highlighting the importance of feedback generated by the Open Dialogue forums, Marshall also emphasized the role that evaluations of courts and judges are having in improving the system. About 8,000 people, including lawyers, jurors, litigants, police officers, witnesses and defendants, have completed surveys about their experiences in more than 90 courthouses across the state as part of the state court system’s Access and Fairness Survey Project. By the end of 2008, she said, each of the state’s 106 courts will have been evaluated and the results posted.
“We want to learn from every group of court users. Administrative efficiency means little to those who feel alienated from, or have no meaningful access to, our courts,” she said. “Responses from attorneys, court employees and jurors will not be ignored. The results of the surveys will not be left on a shelf to gather dust.”
She also urged the legal community to fight through “evaluation fatigue” and continue making judicial evaluations to give a more complete picture of a judge’s performance. So far, 98,500 evaluations have been made by attorneys, 23,400 by court employees and 11,900 by jurors.
SJC Associate Justice Margot Botsford is leading a group of Trial Court chief justices and senior court administrators on developing a “comprehensive” professional development program for all Trial Court judges, including elements like:
comprehensive training for every new judge, customized for each department;
videotaping;
peer observation;
teaching best practices; and
“We recognize that every judge, no matter how stellar of reputation, has room for development and growth,” Marshall said, noting that evaluations can be humbling but are important for judges to hear.
“I know from firsthand experience that candid performance evaluations can be immensely helpful,” she said. “Recently, I undertook to have a specialist review my performance at oral argument. Others of my colleagues have done the same. It was challenging to hear a critique of everything from my style of questioning to my posture and nonverbal cues — challenging but valuable. Justice and the perception of justice are conveyed in ways both large and small.”
Marshall said the judiciary is also working on other improvements, including the publication of the Massachusetts Guide to Evidence, which will be available in November through the Flaschner Judicial Institute and on the Web sites of the Supreme Judicial Court, Appeals Court and Trial Court.
Collecting existing evidence law in Massachusetts in one volume was undertaken based on a unanimous recommendation by the MBA’s House of Delegates in 2005.
“Having reviewed the guide, I know that it will make the law of evidence more accessible and understandable to the bench, bar and public,” Marshall said. “I thank the MBA for its leadership in this important effort to advance the delivery of justice in Massachusetts. The guide will serve not only attorneys, of course, but it will be valuable to self-represented litigants.”
Marshall said she expects the number of self-represented litigants to continue to rise, especially given the economy, a trend that the bench and bar will need to continue to work on. She acknowledged the MBA’s help in implementing the Pilot Project on Limited Assistance Representation, which trains attorneys to provide the service. A report on the program’s effectiveness is underway, but Marshall said she has heard anecdotally that the program is a success.
“I am grateful for your partnership in addressing this challenge,” she said. “Your efforts surely enhanced the quality of justice in Massachusetts.”
The growth of self-representation, she said, is only one of the challenges facing the courts, citing the increase in both the elderly population and those living in poverty.
“These challenges for the courts, among others, are urgent,” she said. “If we are to maintain the trust of the public, we cannot afford to play ‘catch-up’ while everything changes around us. I look forward to continuing the courts’ partnership with the organized bar in responding creatively to the challenges of doing justice in the 21st century.”
At the conclusion of her address, Marshall answered several questions from the audience.
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Apple Music set to overtake Spotify and become top music streaming service in the US, experts predict
Jasper HamillMonday 5 Feb 2018 11:28 am
Can Spotify survive a battle with one of the world’s biggest companies? (Picture: Apple/ Spotify)
Apple could be set to deal a massive blow to arch-rival Spotify, experts have claimed.
Music industry analysts believe Apple Music is set to overtake Spotify in the US and build a larger subscriber base.
If Apple can knock its enemy off the top spot in America, world domination could be inevitable.
Spotify is currently the largest music streaming service globally, with Apple Music coming in second.
Apple Music’s US subscribers grow by about five percent monthly, while Spotify’s American subscribers grow by about two percent monthly, a Wall Street Journal report said, citing people familiar with the numbers.
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Neither Apple Music nor Spotify publicly breaks out figures for its US subscribers or any other markets.
Apple Music told the Wall Street Journal it now has 36 million global subscribers, up from 30 million the company reported in September. Spotify said on Twitter in January that it had 70 million subscribers.
According to the report, the number of subscribers to both services are often boosted by individual users who are on family plans and users with discounted subscriptions that come in a bundle along with other services.
Spotify is due to carry out a highly anticipated initial public offering in the first half of 2018.
The company has confidentially filed for an IPO with U.S. regulators, according to a source familiar with the matter
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Automation creates jobs in Mexico, but it also reduces wages, new study suggests
Automation in the manufacturing sector is more likely to create new jobs in Mexico than increase unemployment, however, the trend will lead to a decline in wages even when other countries have experienced the opposite effect, according to a new report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Mexico combines significant automation in the automotive sector (accounting for 20% share of manufacturing employment in 2015), more modest automation in electronics (about 12% of manufacturing employment), and virtually no robot usage in textiles and apparel (9% of manufacturing employment), says the study (PDF format).
In the automotive sector excluding parts, for example, robot density increased from 121 robots per 10,000 employees in 2011 to 513 robots per 10,000 employees in 2015, with this sector’s output growth vastly exceeding that of the manufacturing sector as a whole. A similar but smaller expansion was evident for the electronics sector, industrial machinery, and rubber and plastic products.
The study has found that manufacturers who increase efficiency with robotics tend to expand their operations, leading to the generation of more jobs. “For some countries, employment could remain stable or even increase if the additional supply that results from automation based productivity growth is absorbed through increased demand from exports,” said the report.
But also, it is almost certain that automation will lead to a decline in wages if proper policies are not in place.
In Mexico as in other countries, unit labor costs declined faster on average in activities relying more on robotic automation than in industries with low robot density. However, in the case of Mexico such automation mostly rewarded capital, and contributed to the downward trend in labor income share, which declined by about 10% during the period 1995–2014. As an example, real wages in the highly automated automotive sector dropped by 1.6% between 2011 and 2015, while real wages expanded by 1.5% in manufacturing as a whole.
“While there appears to be little systematic relationship between changes in robot use in manufacturing and changes in real wages in manufacturing across the group of economies for which data are available, increased robot use was associated with real wage growth in all economies except Mexico, Portugal and Singapore which recorded small decline,” says the UN agency.
An opposite effect was recorded in China, where growth of both real wages and robot use was particularly large (at roughly 150% and 55%, respectively). This indicates that the impact of robot-based automation on manufacturing employment has varied greatly across countries depending on specific conditions, including institutional arrangements (such as workers’ bargaining power), macroeconomic conditions and processes, and country-specific robotics initiatives.
The study suggests that economic policies play an important role to increase automation, but also to sustain effective demand, employment and standards of living within a country. If productivity gains are shared and real wages grow in line with productivity growth, automation will tend to boost private consumption, aggregate demand and ultimately total employment.
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Faculty interest in meeting an applicant based on experience and/or mutual research interests.
After the interview, the admissions committee will assess interview feedback to select candidates who are the best fit for the program. Accepted applicants will be provided with a 'conditional offer' of admission and will be required to provide official paper transcripts in sealed envelopes, direct from all instititions attended, to the address outlined in Step 5.
Step 4 - Provide proof of English Proficiency (if required)
If your primary language is not English, and prior degree(s) have been completed at a non-Canadian university where the language of instruction and examination was not English, you must provide results of an English language proficiency examination as part of the application.
Tests must have been taken within the last 24 months of the submission of an application. Electronically reported scores should be sent directly by the testing agency to the University of Toronto (Enrolment Services). The only test for which the University of Toronto will accept paper scores is MELAB.
Examination Type
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TOEFL (U of T Institutional code: 0982-00)
Paper Based Test & TWE
Overall Score 580
TWE 5
Internet-Based Test IBT
Overall Score 93
Writing/Speaking 22
IELTS (Academic) 7.0 (with at least 6.5 for each component)
MELAB 85
COPE 76 (with at least 22 in each component and 32 in the writing component)
Academic Preparation Course Final grade of B in Level
Normally, if applicants meet any one of the following conditions, they are not required to submit proof of proficiency in English:
Native language is English (language first learned and still used on a daily basis)
A Canadian citizen who studied at a Canadian university where the language of instruction is French
Has obtained an undergraduate or graduate degree from an institution recognized by the University of Toronto and where the language of instruction and examination is uniformly English (if your transcript does not state this, applicants should make arrangements for an official statement to be sent from their institution confirming the use of English as the language of instruction and examination.)
Completed a degree in one of the following countries: Australia, Barbados, Botswana, Ghana, Guyana, Hong Kong*, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malta, Namibia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa**, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States of America***, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
* Applicants from the Chinese University of Hong Kong are required to provide proof of English proficiency.
** Some applicants from South Africa may be required to provide proof of English proficiency as not all universities teach in English.
*** While textbooks and research materials used at universities in Puerto Rico are often in English, Spanish is the language of instruction in some universities.
Step 5 - Submission of official paper documents for applicants with 'conditional' offers
For applicants who receive a conditional offer to the program, official transcripts and English Language results (if required) will be sent to:
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Marketing Silver CBD
Seniors at an assisted-living facility listen to a presentation about CBD in northern Colorado. Photo by Kristen Nichols
Talking about CBD in a nursing home? You’d better bring extra chairs and slices of cake for the overflow crowd. Your audience will be all ears.
That was the case at one northern Colorado nursing home that offered a lecture about cannabis and Alzheimer’s. The crowd listened intently to a physician describe what happens to people taking CBD.
“You’ve been told for years that it makes you stupid. It doesn’t,” said Dr. Joseph Cohen, a physician who recommends cannabis and gives talks about the drug to packed rooms at assisted-living facilities in Colorado.
“We’re wired for this plant,” Cohen went on. “It’s like turning a key in a lock.”
The audience was rapt. Attendees hardly needed Cohen’s intro about how CBD is different from THC. They knew all about cannabidiol.
Combine the aches and pains of aging with seniors’ concerns about taking too many pharmaceuticals, and it’s easy to see why CBD is taking off with older adults.
“I hurt my knee a couple years ago, and my wife and I were really against it, CBD,” said Terry Huffman, a 65-year-old who heard Cohen’s talk. “My neighbor gave me some CBD and said, ‘This doesn’t have even a little THC in it.’ I tried it, and it took the pain right out of my knee.
“People my age are very slow to consider (CBD) because they have heard such negative things about marijuana. But that is changing so fast,” he said.
Consumers 54-75 years old made up a healthy 15% of recreational cannabis sales in Washington state last year, according to the 2018 Marijuana Business Factbook. And compared to millennials, the largest age group buying recreational cannabis, baby boomers spend more in recreational stores and are less deal-driven than younger shoppers.
From AARP message boards to senior citizens’ outings, the cannabis industry is starting to capitalize on the trend with products and pitches tailored to older adults.
At Cohen’s talk, sponsored by Colorado CBD and THC supplement producer Stratos, Cohen talked about CBD’s advantages for older adults concerned about cognitive decline.
“We want to be careful about recommending THC for people who may have memory problems,” he said. “You don’t want to walk into a room and forget why you walked in there. With CBD, you don’t get that.”
Another aspect of CBD that appeals to older consumers is that it’s most commonly sold in edible or topical form, not smoked.
“You don’t have to smoke a joint with this stuff,” Cohen said. “There are tablets, pills and tinctures. You take it how you need it.”
Kate Heckman, Stratos’ director of sales and marketing, said that sponsoring cannabis talks in assisted-living facilities has helped the company target its health and wellness message to a new audience hungry for education.
“They’re the largest-growing demographic of cannabis users,” Heckman said. “It felt like a really natural pairing for us.”
– Kristen Nichols
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Kalafina – sprinter / ARIA
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SINGLE REVIEW
1. sprinter
2. ARIA
3. oblivious ~instrumental~
sprinter / ARIA is the second single by Japanese group Kalafina (and the only one to feature four members), released on July 30, 2008. The single reached #10 on the Oricon weekly charts charted for 8 weeks and sold 23,309 copies.
New member HIKARU opens sprinter and she obviously has a much higher voice than KEIKO and WAKANA. I like her voice less than WAKANA’s, but she has a very nice vibrato. The song itsself is very fast and consists of some pretty heavy electric guitar parts and loud percussion while the girls harmonize beautifully. I think I hear other one-time member MAYA here somewhere as well, but she’s not well represented on the single since it’s the only one she’s on. This is one of Kalafina’s heavier songs that I really like.
ARIA is a more peaceful song, mostly the arrangement is just a xylophone-ish instrument in the beginning, with HIKARU opening again (damn she stepped rigth into the spotlights didn’t she). This song features more of the epic harmonizing that the girls do in some of their songs, and I love how the rest of the instruments build around the base with percussion and violins. The vocals in the chorus are very strong (probably WAKANA but MAYA must be somewhere in here as well), I think I like this one over sprinter but just slightly.
Their second single was even better than their first when it comes to the music and the vocals, although it’s a real shame I couldn’t hear MAYA that well. HIKARU had a lot of parts in both the songs and she has a very distictive voice, while KEIKO and WAKANA were mostly background this time. Their epic harmonizing in ARIA was amazing and it was a nice mysterious song while sprinter was more on the heavy side. So: best of both worlds!
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Bootstrapping a Custom PoS Blockchain Network
Vuksan Simunovic
cosmos-network
For some time now, we have been striving to broaden our knowledge about custom blockchain solutions. When presented with a problem of creating a fair and transparent method for bootstrapping a blockchain network, we recognized how great a learning opportunity this is to further broaden our knowledge of custom blockchain solutions, and thus Electionr was born.
Business-wise, PoS consensus in a blockchain network is a much better option, although it comes with a set of disadvantages which we had to overcome during development.
Therefore, this article is not only about creating Electionr but also about the entire process of implementing a custom blockchain — something that we have been mastering along the way.
So, let’s dive right in. When it comes to blockchain, Ethereum brought about a major shift forward in technology, and its limits are yet to be explored. However useful, Ethereum blockchain operates under certain rules that cannot be changed.
Rules are useful — that we can agree on. Yet, rules such as the ones proposed by Proof-of-Stake (PoS) or Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus cannot be applied to every single product or business that exists and wants to become blockchain-based.
In that case, you either need to start building a new blockchain from scratch (which would consume too much of your time, energy, and severely affect your budget) or use some existing frameworks such as Cosmos-SDK and Tendermint.
Apart from creating new rules, what else can we do? We can break the existing ones and we can bend them by finding and exploiting certain loopholes. Breaking the rules is very difficult on blockchain, but bending them to succumb to your will is theoretically possible.
How do we fight bending the rules? By introducing new ones that will minimize potential malpractice. Our project, called Electionr, is based on Cosmos-SDK and Tendermint, and its primary goal is to put a stop to some of the wrongdoings that can occur in existing PoS networks.
First things first, let’s take a look at the current state of affairs in PoS networks.
Business Advantages and Technological Disadvantages of PoS Networks
Proof-of-Stake networks are often a more convenient solution for products that strive to introduce blockchain than Proof-of-Work networks.
The main advantage of PoS is that it consumes less energy. For example, Bitcoin at one point used a total of 0.13% of all the energy in the world. That being said, China is home to the majority of miners who use a lot of energy for PoW mining, and most of it doesn’t come from renewable energy sources, thus creating a negative impact on the planet’s atmosphere and affecting the climate.
Therefore, Proof-of-Stake consensus in a blockchain network is a much better option business-wise, but it also comes with a set of disadvantages that pave the way for malpractice.
One of them is its bootstrapping period. Unlike PoW networks which can start with zero coin supply and equal participation rights, PoS networks need to have initial token distribution since they require several parties to stake tokens from the beginning. That is often done via Initial Coin Offering (ICO) where the initial coin supply is sold and distributed to investors, founders, developers, advisors, etc. In order to raise as much money as possible, founders usually offer large bonuses for big investors, putting smaller ones in a disadvantageous position.
However, those large investors can conspire in order to gain the majority of tokens and, consequently, control of a network. They are often referred to as colluding cartels and are not a welcome sight among PoS network members. If recognized, they can lead to a collapse of trust in a network, making it worthless in the process.
Therefore, our mission with Electionr is pretty clear. We strive to make a PoS blockchain network that includes a fairer, transparent initial role distribution process, hoping to put an end to one of the pressing problems regarding the PoS consensus.
Implementing a Custom Blockchain
Here at MVP Workshop (yes, we are a blockchain R&D studio), we are working with various blockchain solutions that are based on existing blockchain platforms, such as Ethereum and Stellar. Moreover, we have recently become a member of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, in addition to becoming a Stellar technology company partner.
But, however powerful, these technologies have certain limitations. For example, Ethereum enables deploying custom logic using Smart Contracts, but its core concepts, such as the network’s consensus algorithm, cannot be modified easily.
Having faced a problem that involved launching a Proof-of-Stake network in an egalitarian way, which implies issuing block rewards in a fair, liquid, and accessible manner with no pre-mined sum, we knew that there was a need for an alternative solution.
Having scrutinized the web, we stumbled upon Cosmos Network and decided to use its building blocks — Tendermint and Cosmos-SDK — to build Electionr.
What Are Tendermint and Cosmos-SDK?
Before we proceed to discuss our project, let’s take a quick overview of a simplified blockchain architecture as well as these two Cosmos’ blocks.
Simplified Blockchain Architecture
From an architectural perspective, every blockchain consists of three layers:
Networking — Responsible for transactions propagation via peer-to-peer (p2p) communication between nodes.
Consensus — A fault-tolerant mechanism used to reach an agreement on the current state of the network. Notable examples include Proof-of-Work (PoW) and Proof-of-Stake (PoS).
Application — Responsible for updating the network state by executing transactions in a deterministic manner. For Ethereum, this is Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).
What Is Tendermint?
Tendermint is a Byzantine-fault-tolerant (BFT) state machine replica. Its purpose is to provide networking and consensus layers that make up a generic engine so that developers only have to worry about the application layer of their blockchain.
What Is Cosmos-SDK?
Cosmos-SDK is a framework for building a blockchain application layer whose power comes from its modularity.
SDK applications are built by aggregating a collection of interoperable modules. Each module can be seen as a small state-machine. It maintains a subset of the state and contains its own transaction processor, while the SDK is responsible for routing each transaction to its respective module.
The most notable modules are:
Auth — Used to manage accounts.
Bank — Transfers tokens between accounts.
Distribution — Passively distributes rewards in the system.
Staking — Used to enable blockchain to support a PoS system.
Slashing — Disincentivizes any malicious activity by a network actor with value at stake by penalizing him.
Electionr
We named our custom blockchain implementation Electionr since its primary objective is to introduce a transparent and fairer process for bootstrapping a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) network. The idea for this problem and its solution originated from the work we did on Legaler’s Proof of Determination Whitepaper.
If a PoS network is launched with no pre-mine, and block rewards are issued to validators, then its starting validators can accumulate 100% of the tokens. If there is no permissionless modus operandi to nominate validators, then the starting validators may be a colluding cartel or greedy founders who can dominate the network — especially in the early years when inflation is still high.
Even if the cartel or greedy founders are not present, massive coordination is required between genesis validators to launch the network, which creates channels of communication that may be exploited by cartels later. If tokens are not issued to non-validators, then non-validators can never enter the validator set. Such networks are doomed to fail.
In order to launch an egalitarian Proof-of-Stake network, validator nodes are elected using a process called Proof of Determination (PoD) during the first year.
PoD is based on PoW, but with one major difference — it is stopped before the major flaws that PoW brings have the chance to emerge, since it is limited to one year. By using elements of Proof-of-Work to bootstrap the initial validator set without a pre-mined sum, we can avoid giving starting validators too much power and unfair advantage from the beginning.
Therefore, PoD is used to prepare the PoS network by deploying an election contract, as well as a bridging contract that links PoS chain to Ethereum.
This PoD process consists of 12 monthly cycles. Each month, the validator pool is expanded to allow cycle winners to enter and take their roles as new validators.
The election contract enables validator-elects to nominate themselves to become a validator. In order to do that, they need to call the contract’s public method with the following arguments: their PoS key, validator’s operator address, nonce, and the hash of these attributes. After the cycle is over, seven lowest hashes are chosen as new validators. Any validator-elect can choose to increase their odds by cycling through nonces off-chain and attempting to find the lowest possible hash before calling the contract method.
The bridge contract enables the movement of Ethereum assets to the liquidity pool on the PoS network. The bridge contract can be either one-way or two-way. The one-way bridge does not allow removing ETH and is inherently safer and less complex. The one-way bridge can also be decommissioned after the network has been bootstrapped. On the other hand, the two-way bridge gives liquidity to tokens on the PoS network since it allows them to be sold for ETH via signature consensus. The two-way bridge is more complex since it requires slashing conditions on the PoS network to prevent stealing assets.
Peer-to-peer network is a real pain to draw
When the PoS network starts working, a minor block reward (approximately 33%) is emitted into the liquidity pool on each block.
Once elected, the minimum number of validators will launch the network. Their growth is controlled in a predictable and permissionless manner until the maximum number of validators is reached. Once that happens, the election contract no longer serves a purpose and can be decommissioned. That ends the PoD process, leaving an active PoS network that is launched in an egalitarian way.
Electionr Implementation
Election Contract
The election (Ethereum) contract is written in Solidity and consists of three public functions:
electMe() — Checks whether submitted function arguments are valid and positions validator-elect in the right place in a sorted doubly linked list.
publishGenesisSigs() — The caller of this function is a validator with the lowest submitted hash during the initial PoD cycle. After this function is called, the pointer in the doubly linked list is moved to the first non-validator hash, and GenesisValidatorSet event is emitted, publishing elected validators that should initialize the network. The next cycle begins after that.
publishSigs() — After the initial cycle period, publishing a new validator set is not limited only to the one with the lowest hash but is open to anyone. Everything else is rather similar to publishGenesisSigs().
One of the bigger issues during contract implementation was gas cost since we had to keep a record of every submitted hash and its submitter’s position in PoD. Our initial idea was to store submitted hashes in an array that would be sorted on publishGenesisSigs()/publishSigs() execution, but that idea was discarded quickly because it would require a lot of gas and could potentially exceed block gas limit, making the function uncallable.
Instead, we opted to use a sorted doubly linked list with a pointer on an item with the lowest submitted hash. When electMe() is called the submitted hash is stored at the position that represents the candidate’s place in line for becoming a validator. For example, if the list is populated with hashes respectively starting with 0x1, 0x2, 0x3, and the submitted hash is starting with 0x0, it will be stored at the beginning of the list and its submitter would be first in line to become a validator in the next cycle.
After the initial PoD cycle is completed and there are enough candidates who have submitted their hash, publishGenesisSigs() function will be enabled. The pointer that had pointed to the elect with the lowest hash will be moved to the first non-validator hash in a sorted list, and a GenesisValidatorSet event with relevant data of newly elected validators will be emitted. That way, we are keeping a history of previously elected validators on-chain. The process is repeated every 12 months when the maximum number of validators is reached.
Note: Computer scientists often joke that there are two hard things in their field of study — cache invalidation and naming things. We failed at the latter, as we unfortunately used both elected validators and validator-elects to denote validator winners that have submitted the lowest hashes in the cycle.
Electionr Tools
The idea behind Electionr Tools was to lower the knowledge barrier validators need in order to participate in Electionr blockchain. Certain tedious processes such as sending Transaction, “Mining” PoD hash, and more, are made easier with these tools:
PoD “Miner” — Its goal is to make the hash calculation more convenient and automated. It should handle all monotonous processes of nonce incrementation and put your mind at ease so that you don’t have to worry whether you have sent the lowest hash of the ones calculated. You could even control the amount of gas you want to spend by specifying the time interval between subsequent calls of the electMe() method. If the miner, in any iteration, doesn’t find lower hash than the one in previous iterations, it won’t waste gas by submitting it to the contract.
Initialize genesis script — Generates a genesis.json file for bootstrapping the network. Its job is to generate appropriate genesis.json for the provided validator set when a GenesisValidatorSet event from Ethereum main network gets emitted.
Ethereum cycle watcher — After the network has been bootstrapped, first validators on the Electionr blockchain will need to run this script in order to watch for the next elected validator set that will be submitted by the NewValidatorsSet event.
Electionr Blockchain (Validator Election and Protection)
In order to allow validators to add new validator-elects to the validator set, we extended Cosmos-SDK with an additional election module. After each validator receives a NewValidatorsSet event that the PoD cycle for the month has finished, they can use the election module Insert function to broadcast that information (a list of validator-elects) to other validators.
But why would validators want to add more validators to Electionr blockchain? Because the block reward that each validator gets is designed to increase every time a new validator is added to the network. It is based on the following formula: BR * n/m, where BR represents block reward, n is the current number of validators in the network, and m is the maximum number of validators.
After more than two-thirds of validators have broadcast the same pieces of information about the cycle (voted on it), the consensus is achieved and the maximum number of validators is increased. Each validator-elect is given enough coins in order to achieve the minimum amount of power necessary to participate in Electionr blockchain as a validator.
Newly elected validators are protected for one month. After proving that they are determined (by participating in the PoD cycle), they will receive protection and get a fair chance to gather enough coins through the block reward system before someone can push them out with a higher stake. In order to achieve that, we had to modify the staking module of Cosmos-SDK — mainly the validator state change that occurs on every block.
However interesting, this project proved to be a real challenge. Understanding the concepts implemented by Tendermint and Cosmos is not an easy task since their project is continually evolving and new concepts are often being introduced.
In other words, our team had to keep up with this rapidly evolving technology and frequently adjust the codebase so that our project stays up-to-date with Cosmos-SDK, without trying to modify the constantly changing codebase.
Our future milestones are:
Modification of Cosmos SDK minting formula.
Modification of Cosmos SDK fee distribution to validators.
Implementation of the liquidity pool and one-way bridge contract.
Implementation of the two-way bridge contract.
We believe that projects like Cosmos and Polkadot represent the future of blockchain. Custom blockchain implementations have the potential to improve processes that underlay present-day blockchain technology, thus contributing to decentralization and facilitating the creation of secure and trustless systems that could become one of the most sought-after technologies in days to come.
If you are interested in helping us finalize Electionr blockchain by contributing to this project, feel free to contact us.
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Indonesia court rules yacht seizure in 1MDB case invalid
An Indonesian court on Tuesday (April 17) ruled that the seizure of a luxury yacht linked to a US investigation into scandal-ridden state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) was invalid and without legal basis.
“We declare the confiscation by police as invalid and legally baseless,” Justice Ratmoho told the hearing at the South Jakarta District Court.
On Feb 28, Indonesian police in Bali confiscated the 92-metre, Cayman Islands-registered Equanimity yacht off Bali as part of a joint operation with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Mr Ratmoho said the seizure should have been carried out “under the reciprocal legal assistance framework as stipulated by the 2006 law, which gives the mandate to the law and human rights ministry,” and not the police.
The US Department of Justice had earlier alleged that the Equanimity, valued at US$250 million (S$328 million), was among assets purchased by Malaysian banker Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, using funds siphoned from 1MDB.
The funds, believed to be more than US$4.5 billion, were laundered in several countries including the US. The department filed a civil case in June 2017 in a bid to recover the assets.
Mr Ratmoho also said there has been no court ruling that the owner of the yacht committed a crime. “(If) there is no (proven) crime, there should not be any confiscation,” he said.
The US court documents say that Mr Low, an associate of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, had no formal role at 1MDB, but had considerable decision-making influence.
But in early March, Malaysia’s national police chief Mohamad Fuzi Harun, citing an on-going investigation, said Mr Low never worked for 1MDB and he did not make any business decision for the company.
The Bali police had planned to hand over the confiscated yacht to the US authorities after the Feb 28 seizure, but the company claiming legal ownership of the yacht took the matter to court in Indonesia, citing legal flaws.
Mr Andi Simangunsong, a lawyer representing Equanimity Cayman Ltd, told reporters earlier this month (April) that the yacht was not linked to any criminal case in Indonesia, therefore the local police had no authority to seize the vessel.
He added that a reciprocal legal assistance arrangement between Indonesia and a foreign country is possible but it must go through the law and human rights ministry, not just through the police,
He argued that the handing over of the yacht to the US authorities by the police would constitute a breach of legal procedures.
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-court-rules-yacht-seizure-in-1mdb-case-invalid
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Immortality Will be Possible by Uploading our Brains Into Computers
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The long-coveted dream for hundreds of generations throughout history and into today - immortality - may soon enough become reality. Although it may sound like another Hollywood blockbuster, uploading the brain into a computer and achieving immortality in so doing, will soon be fact, not just fiction.
In an interview, world-famous prof. Brian Cox has stated that the technology in question is known as technological singularity. Scientists have been working on it and have achieved significant breakthroughs. According to Cox, there is no evident reason why human intelligence should not be simulated and situated in computers. But he has not provided any time frames for when this will occur.
At a science conference in San Diego, California, Cox explained the intricacies of the merging of human consciousness with machines to hundreds of his scientist colleagues. He doesn't see any obstacles preventing this from happening because real artificial intelligence is definitely possible in the smallest particles found in quantum physics - an area he's an expert in.
Scientists believe they'll be able to use technological singularity in the future to convert a person's brain into digital data and upload it into an exceptionally powerful computer. This would allow that person to live in a world of unlimited virtual existence and efficiency, which would in a sense be a sort of immortality.
"I don't think that a human's brain is different from a computer's because that would mean that there's something non-physical about them, " notes Cox. And he's not alone in this ambition. Last year, Ray Kurzweil, director of engineering at Google, made a prediction that in no more than 30 years people will be able to upload their entire consciousness into computers and become digitally immortal.
Kurzweil goes further, saying that the biological parts of our body will be replaceable by mechanical ones in the year 2100.
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How Charlie Cook Predicts Elections
By Jesse Schneider
Anger towards a sitting president and frustration with their economic fortunes often drive midterm election voters to the polls. And according to Charlie Cook, this means journalists covering midterms should pay attention to such factors to know if a “Republican Revolution” or a “blue wave” is on the way.
“Midterm elections are a lot more explosive than they used to be,” Cook said, noting that angry voters vote in disproportionate numbers.
In a session with Paul Miller fellows, Cook, editor and publisher of The Cook Political Report, detailed the polling trends journalists should look for in the lead-up to a midterm election.
One is the public’s perception of the economy. If voters believe the economy is thriving and credit the president for it, big changes in Congress are unlikely. But if voters think the president isn’t putting up good economic numbers – or if there’s an economic downturn – a wave could be imminent.
Cook said presidential job approval numbers have become a reliable predictor of election results. In the eight midterm elections between 1986 and 2014, he noted, four presidents had a job approval rating of 50 percent or better in the final Gallup poll before the election and the average net change in the House and Senate was zero. When the president had a job approval rating of 46 percent or lower, however, the average was a 40-seat loss in the House and a seven-seat loss in the Senate.
That’s why Donald Trump’s 2018 approval ratings, consistently lower than the 46 percent threshold, alarm Republican strategists. “There is considerable evidence that this is hurting Republicans down ballot,” Cook said.
According to Cook, the national generic ballot, which asks respondents if they favor the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, is “a pretty good yardstick” of what could happen. But he also cautioned against relying too heavily on such polls: Because of both demographics and redistricting, Democratic voters are concentrated in cities whereas Republican voters are spread more evenly across the country. That means much of the Democratic advantage reflected in the national generic poll is in urban areas where the party already holds seats.
Finally, Cook encouraged journalists to spend quality time with pollsters and learn how to interpret polls.
“All polls are not to be treated equal,” he warned; journalists should focus on RealClearPolitics or 538 poll aggregates rather than “cherry-picking” specific polls. Cook also pointed to NBC/WSJ polls as particularly reliable and singled out Gallup’s presidential job approval rating poll because it asks voters the same question and uses the same methodology week after week.
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Interview With 2017 Runners-Up Kyle Hudelson, Clark Collier
Q. That was an incredible run. Think about it. A weak ago at this time you were getting a phone call and here you are in the championship match. I know you guys kept saying all week it's improbable. We're just excited to be here?
CLARK COLLIER: It was. It was improbable.
KYLE HUDELSON: Just fun. Just fun to play in the finals. I was joking with Clark a couple weeks ago that we've got a year's worth of pressure golf packed into one week, pressure golf shots for a solid week. So, you know, we're exempt for the next two years.
Q. Three.
KYLE HUDELSON: Three years?
CLARK COLLIER: Yeah, you know, we can book it.
Q. Yes, three. No more alternates, no more qualifiers, no more last-minute phone calls. You can book Jupiter Hills, Champion's Bay and Cricket Club?
KYLE HUDELSON: That's awesome.
CLARK COLLIER: That's really cool. It's so cool. We've been trying our whole lives to be part of a USGA event. The I guess you could have written it up just a little bit better, but not much. That was so cool. And those kids, oh, my goodness.
Q. They're two of the top juniors in the country.
CLARK COLLIER: Those guys are going to be pros. Those guys are really, really good.
KYLE HUDELSON: Yeah, I mean, they made like five or six birdies on the back.
CLARK COLLIER: I think they did five in a row, if you give them the one that we bogeyed. That's five.
Q. That's one they missed on.
KYLE HUDELSON: 11. They missed it on 11. So they birdied 10, 12, 13, 14 conceded, and 17.
CLARK COLLIER: I mean, I think we played pretty darn good even though we lost.
Q. You guys got up early. I mean, a couple birdies right out of the gate.
KYLE HUDELSON: We had nothing to lose. We came out and just free swinging, and it's exhausting down the end. It's just grueling. You think about all the golf we played Thursday, Friday practice rounds, Saturday, Sunday stroke, Monday 18, Tuesday, 36, Wednesday, 36.
Q. And you guys had two extra-hole matches?
CLARK COLLIER: This might be more rounds of golf than I've put on the books this year.
KYLE HUDELSON: He's not in insurance.
CLARK COLLIER: I'm not a salesman.
Q. What did you guys find out about yourselves going forward in the future maybe playing in Mid Ams or Amateurs or something else?
KYLE HUDELSON: It's nice to come out and know that we're actually good enough to compete. But we've never gotten really the chance. Never qualifying, you don't really know where you stand, you know. Also learning that being an alternate sometimes isn't so bad. You sometimes get in (laughing).
Q. You've have alternates go on to win championships. It can happen. If your number is called, you answer the bell, right?
KYLE HUDELSON: That's what we said, like J.D., John Daly won.
Q. The PGA?
KYLE HUDELSON: Yeah, on a last-minute call. So, yeah, it can happen. We came close. We can't be upset, man. If you would have told me last week that we would have gotten second.
CLARK COLLIER: Yeah, you never know how you're going to react until you put yourself in those situations, and very rarely do you find yourself in that. This is the biggest stage I've ever played on. It was humbling. It's great to get to feel that kind of pressure and hit the shots under it. I think we learned that we can do it. It was really fun to do that.
KYLE HUDELSON: Pinehurst No. 2 is not a bad place.
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by Amon Tobin
— Released 18th January 2005
Apparently, the computer games industry now has a higher turn over than Hollywood. So it should be no surprise that for the third installment of the 'Splinter Cell' series of games, makers Ubisoft decided that they wanted something more than your standard mixture of unrelated pop tunes or crappy 'atmosphere' music made by a one-fingered failed musician and a Fisher Price synth. Instead, they called for submissions from the cream of the film world and beyond, ‘auditioning’ such famous name...
Apparently, the computer games industry now has a higher turn over than Hollywood. So it should be no surprise that for the third installment of the 'Splinter Cell' series of games, makers Ubisoft decided that they wanted something more than your standard mixture of unrelated pop tunes or crappy 'atmosphere' music made by a one-fingered failed musician and a Fisher Price synth. Instead, they called for submissions from the cream of the film world and beyond, ‘auditioning’ such famous names as Lalo Schiffrin.
In the end, they made a braver decision by employing none other than our very own Amon Tobin. And Amon, as you might expect, completely revolutionised what you might expect from humble 'games music'. As he himself put it, “I tried to write the music as if it was a score for a Dario Argento movie.” And whether you like Amon's music or not, no other game ever sounded like this. It's the first of its kind.
An electronic record made almost entirely from acoustic instruments, every sound was lovingly warped and re-warped, handcrafted and caressed before having thousands of volts shot through it for that trademark Amon adrenalin rush. And, for his first full length soundtrack, Amon tried to develop a unifying atmosphere rather than individual tracks, a genuine score. There are recurring, evolving themes and some clear nods to great film scorers of the past. As Amon put it, “it’s both an occasionally slightly camp homage to the great soundtrack composers and a humble attempt to create the genuine article.”
Possibly the first ‘proper’ videogame soundtrack to be released as an album in its own right (not just some shonky compilation), this is also a blinding record, another worthy addition to Tobin’s ever-developing catalogue… Get it before some blood-crazed, square-eyed sniper driven mad by too many hours with just a console for company turns your head into a dropped watermelon. You know it makes sense…
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Maplewood’s Cornbread Restaurant is a Farm-to-Soul Family Affair
Civic leaders, community partners, neighbors, friends, family and clergy recently packed Cornbread's second floor to celebrate the official opening of Maplewood's new "farm to table" soul food restaurant. While the event featured a traditional ribbon cutting, the gathering took on the tone of a family reunion, festive lunch and spiritual ceremony. [caption id="attachment_1608" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Collard greens, cornbread and fried chicken at Cornbread. (Photo by Donny Levit)[/caption] "I was raised in a village where running water was not a luxury we had," said co-owner Adenah Bayoh, who settled with her family in New Jersey after leaving war-torn Liberia when she was 13 years old. And while the introductory speeches were focused on her passionate approach to ownership, Bayoh lauded her entire team as well as co-owner Elzadie “Zadie” Smith. "As a young, black woman trying to make this business work, you are a role model to me. I have learned that love is sometimes the best solution," Bayoh said of her co-owner. [caption id="attachment_1612" align="aligncenter" width="1011"] [L-R] Elzadie “Zadie” Smith and Adenah Bayoh. (Photo by Donny Levit)[/caption]"It's ok, take your time." Smith and Bayoh have been fine-tuning their menu since Cornbread's soft opening on October 16. "Having the soft opening was the…
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Cornbread ribbon cutting. (Photo by Donny Levit)
Civic leaders, community partners, neighbors, friends, family and clergy recently packed Cornbread‘s second floor to celebrate the official opening of Maplewood’s new “farm to table” soul food restaurant. While the event featured a traditional ribbon cutting, the gathering took on the tone of a family reunion, festive lunch and spiritual ceremony.
Collard greens, cornbread and fried chicken at Cornbread. (Photo by Donny Levit)
“I was raised in a village where running water was not a luxury we had,” said co-owner Adenah Bayoh, who settled with her family in New Jersey after leaving war-torn Liberia when she was 13 years old. And while the introductory speeches were focused on her passionate approach to ownership, Bayoh lauded her entire team as well as co-owner Elzadie “Zadie” Smith.
“As a young, black woman trying to make this business work, you are a role model to me. I have learned that love is sometimes the best solution,” Bayoh said of her co-owner.
[L-R] Elzadie “Zadie” Smith and Adenah Bayoh. (Photo by Donny Levit)
“It’s ok, take your time.”
Smith and Bayoh have been fine-tuning their menu since Cornbread’s soft opening on October 16. “Having the soft opening was the best decision we could make,” Bayoh told Village Green. “We had a huge to-do list. The community has been amazing and so forgiving as they watched us go through growing pains. The other day, two older ladies came up to me and said, ‘It’s ok, take your time.'”
Originally from Tifton, Georgia, Smith credits her family for her love of cooking. Her father owned the Alpine Restaurant in her hometown. “I guess it’s in your genes,” she said. However, this is Smith’s first venture into the restaurant world. She owns daycare centers in both Summit and East Orange. “I had to wait 70 years to do this,” she added.
[L-R] Mayor Vic DeLuca, Adenah Bayoh, Zadie Smith, Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr., County Executive of Essex County. (Photo by Donny Levit)
“I’m a little disruptive in how I make soul food.”
Of course, Bayoh wanted to make sure they got their eponymous menu item right. “We tried three recipes for the cornbread,” she explained. “I want to limit sugar as much as I can. We’ve been playing with a lot with honey.” Their experiments have yielded much success. “The beautiful thing about this cornbread is that the texture is not hard and the honey butter is amazing.” After we tried a sample, we concur with Bayoh’s description.
“We have been experimenting with everything in our arsenal,” she continued. “We decided to get rid of the pork chops and brisket and we’ll have some weekends-only items. Our catfish and whiting are best sellers so far. And we have the best fried chicken on the market. The pressure cookers give it the perfect amount of moisture.”
“I am thinking about the future of soul food,” Bayoh continued. “I’m a little disruptive in how I make soul food. If you look how we’re serving it — with kiosk ordering — we’re going to have a fast casual atmosphere and also have the warmth of soul food. I don’t eat food from the can, so I don’t want my customers to be served anything from a can.”
[L-R] Restaurant designers Joanie Seidel, Trent Welcome, Jeff Cahill of Cahill Studio with Bayoh. (Photo by Donny Levit)
“We got stuck with the right one.”
“I love Adenah,” said Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr., County Executive of Essex County. “Whatever she touches turns to gold.”
Maplewood Mayor Victor DeLuca explained that communal enthusiasm for Cornbread has been present on social media throughout the development of the restaurant. “I can tell you I’ve been posting about this for six months,” he said. “And it always gets the most likes.”
Restaurant designer Jeff Cahill explained that his team created design concepts for three separate locations before plans were solidified for 1565 Springfield Avenue location. “We got stuck with the right one,” he said, as Bayoh smiled. “Every once in awhile, you’re able to work with a very special client,” Cahill added. “We’re better off having you as a client.”
Evans Spagner of Fountain Baptist Church in Summit leads a prayer at the Cornbread ribbon cutting. (Photo by Donny Levit)
A blessing.
Before moving outside for the ribbon cutting, Bayoh spoke of the support from her parents, husband, children, “aunties” and religious community throughout the creation of cornbread. “Let’s bless this place,” she said.
Reverand Dr. Evans L. Spagner of Fountain Baptist Church in Summit did the honors. Heads bowed as he blessed the business.
The ribbon was cut. Pictures were taken. And then they ate.
Cornbread is located at 1565 Springfield Avenues, near Boyden Avenue. Contact them at 973-371-2222.
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Patti Smith’s Resilience of the Dreamer Celebrates The Rockaways
SLIDESHOW: 15 photos from the ethereal installation.
Cait Munro, July 18, 2014
Patti Smith's Resilience of the Dreamer Celebrates The Rockaways
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In celebration of the resilience of the Rockaway Beach community in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, MoMA PS1 has organized “Rockaway!“, a series of installations nestled throughout the Fort Tilden beach area. The exhibition includes an array of works by Patti Smith, Janet Cardiff and Adrian Villar Rojas, the most notable of which is Smith’s Resilience of the Dreamer. A Rockaway Beach resident herself, Smith installed an ethereal gold and white bed inside an abandoned locomotive repair facility, still littered with debris and graffiti. The building is missing windows and part of its roof, and as the season wears on, the bed will wear down physically, while still remaining in place—a powerful testament to the endurance of the Rockaways.
The stark contrast between the purity and grace of the bed against the hardness of the building’s interior is a visual masterpiece. And while the bed is the focal point of the installation, there is muffled beauty in the surrounding details as well. The toppled chairs, abandoned possessions, and remnants of glass windows communicate a sense of melancholy that is thoughtful but not depressed. The bustled windows and patchy roof allow for unexpected streams of sunlight and breezes that gently blow the bed’s curtains. Smith has cultivated a delicate relationship between the forgotten and the new that will eventually end with a meeting in the middle, as the space is discovered and the bed slowly decays.
Also worth visiting is Janet Cardiff’s The Forty Part Motet, an adaptation of a haunting 16th-century motet created by recording each member of a choir individually and projecting that voice from a single speaker. On loan from the MoMA’s permanent collection, it is housed in a recently restored chapel, and consists of 40 speakers in a circle. The experience shifts depending on whether one is in the middle of the circle, or standing in front of a certain speaker. Contemplative and uplifting, it’s hard to envision seeing the piece in any other environment.
“Rockaway!” is on view until September 1, 2014. Janet Cardiff’s The Forty Part Motet will only be on view until August 17, 2014. The exhibition is open to the public Thursdays – Sundays, noon – 6 p.m.
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Qualtrics And SAP Fired Up After Their $8B Tie-Up Announced Over Weekend
Morning Markets: Global software giant SAP is buying Utah unicorn Qualtrics in an $8 billion deal. I caught up with the CEOs of both companies this morning about the deal.
Qualtrics stunned the technology world this weekend by selling itself to German software giant SAP for $8 billion. The company had been working towards an IPO that, by various calculations, could have valued it around $5 billion.
The arrangement is reminiscent of the 2017 AppDynamics deal when Cisco snapped up the SaaS firm before it could go public. This brought the phrase “dual track” back into tech’s dictionary, the phrase signifying the process by which a company at once works to go public, while also entertaining M&A offers.
I spoke with Qualtrics CEO and founder Ryan Smith and SAP CEO Bill McDermott this morning to chat about the deal. Here’s what I picked up on.
The IPO
Under Smith’s tenure, Qualtrics held off from raising external capital for around a decade after its birth. To see the company go public therefore made sense. After all, an IPO keeps a company independent while providing liquidity to shareholders.
From a prior interview. Your humble servant is on the right, Ryan is in the middle.
Qualtrics’ independent streak makes the SAP deal all the more interesting. According to the company’s CEO, Qualtrics has “always had optionality” due to its growth pace and history of cashflow positivity (a rarity for modern software companies). However, until now, selling out wasn’t sufficiently attractive for the Utah-based firm. (We know that no deal before was good enough, as the firm didn’t sell itself until now.)
And its IPO was shaping up to be a corker, according to Smith, who told Crunchbse News that Qualtrics’ public offering was massively oversubscribed (over 10x), and it was going to end up even more so by the time it went public on Thursday.
That points to a massive first-day share price pop for the firm, had it gone through with its offering. At least if recent public market dynamics held. So why did Qualtrics sell if it could have, I presume, landed damn close to its sale price by going public?
SAP + Qualtrics?
According to SAP’s Bill McDermott and Smith, the deal’s financial result is pretty alright and all, but it’s the product side of things that they are most amped about. I chatted with the pair of them soon after Qualtrics’ employee meeting (which must have been an interesting affair, coming after the deal’s weekend announcement), and while they were willing to talk about the tie-up’s financial elements, they kept jumping back into talking about the future.
Smith told Crunchbase News that he had “never, ever” been more excited to walk into work this morning, despite operating on just an hour’s sleep.
So, even though I am no Ron Miller, here’s a shot at what they’re thinking about. In Smith’s view, Qualtrics allows “brands to have a conversation with their people at scale,” figuring out what people think as they do things, such as for example, use a specific product.
That process collects what he calls “x data,” or “experience data.” X data can help companies tell “how your experience” was when doing or using something and how changes could be executed to make things better.
Here’s where SAP comes in. According to Smith, Qualtrics plugs its x data into “o data,” or “operational data,” which is stored in CRM and other sorts of software. SAP, as you have already guessed, has a lot of o data.
So, what might you get if you take Qualtrics’ x data and SAP’s o data together? You get what McDermott calls the “Loyalty Effect,” which, in the crudest business terms, is something that helps you reduce churn. Taking a higher-level look, if you can take feedback (x data), and rapidly use it to impact your operations (o data), you may be able to run a faster, more nimble company.
That seems to be the wager that both Smith and McDermott are making on one another. McDermott and SAP through their checking account, and Smith by selling his company for a price he might have been able to score quickly after going public.
But akin to the United Kingdom and the EU, the companies are — they reckon — better together.
This all trickles back to Utah, where Qualtrics is from and where a number of other large technology companies are hitting stride and even going public. (Crunchbase News reported on Pluralsight and Domo here and here, for more).
I asked Smith about what the $8 billion deal means for Utah, and he responded that his state has an “amazing tech scene,” before going on to argue that the deal wasn’t an exit, really.
“There no exit here,” Smith said, going on to note that he’s “literally fired up” and that Qualtrics is going to keep investing in the state.
McDermott agreed, saying that tens of thousands of jobs could be created in Utah over time thanks to its growing technology industry. Qualtrics is going to need more buildings, he joked. So, I don’t expect SAP to cut Qualtrics up into pieces and ship the jobs around the world, which is good news for its local scene.
To sum: I’ve been on far too many calls with boring and bored CEOs. This one was a bit different. I want to hazard a phrase to the effect of “childlike enthusiasm,” but I worry about unintended negative connotations. So perhaps it’s best just to quote them one more time: Smith and McDermott are “fired up.”
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GAMEKEEPERS ANNOUNCE 2014 SGA YEAR OF THE WADER
The Scottish Gamekeepers Association is to declare 2014 the SGA Year of the Wader, fearing Scotland is about to follow Wales in seeing its wading birds decimated.Ground nesting birds such as lapwing, curlew and plover breed up to three times more successfully on grouse moors, due to heather burning and legal predator control by gamekeepers.However, keepers are deeply concerned that numbers are declining in these key areas, too, and the SGA is to dedicate 2014 to highlighting the need for tougher action.The representative group will invite all grouse moors in Scotland to report counts of wading birds, as well as their productivity at two critical times of the year.These figures will provide an accurate picture of how waders are faring on keepered land and will offer a baseline for similar counts in future years.Officials also hope the data can inform how proper management for waders, including legal predator control and rotational muirburn, can be delivered in areas that are failing.Scotland has lost 56 per cent of its lapwing and curlew in only 17 years with conservationists blaming climate change and habitat loss through farming practices.However, Scottish gamekeepers who work the land every day reckon this is only a small part of the story.They feel that unless Scottish government listens to practical land managers, waders could pass the point of no return and they see Wales as an example, where 75 per cent have been lost in the last few decades.“It is clear that new conservation responses are needed to help our vulnerable ground nesting birds,” said SGA Chairman, Alex Hogg. “Millions of pounds of tax payers’ money has been spent on costly habitat programmes through the advice of conservation bodies.“However, The State of Nature Report, which showed 60 per cent of the UK’s species continuing to decline, and the latest BTO Breeding Bird Survey, prove that this approach, when taken alone, has failed to deliver the answers for birds such as waders.“Our keepers, who have physically protected and work to protect Curlew, Lapwing and Plovers on their ground for years, have been warning that this is happening. We now have an imbalance in our uplands that needs to be addressed by government before Scotland goes the same way as Wales.”A study of the Berwyn Special Protection Area (SPA) in North Wales by GWCT analysed the trends of upland birds between 1983 and 2002 when grouse shooting ceased, gamekeepers were removed, and it became a National Nature Reserve (NNR).Formerly a rich grouse shooting area, the NNR is run by Countryside Council for Wales, with the largest block at Severn Trent Water operated as a bird reserve by RSPB.During the study period- in which grouse moor management stopped- lapwing became extinct, golden plover declined from 10 birds to one and curlew declined 79 per cent.Red grouse declined 54 per cent, Hen Harrier numbers crashed 50 per cent, black grouse declined by 78 per cent and now 75 per cent of Wales’ surviving black grouse population exists on the one remaining keepered moor at Berwyn.In the same period, protected buzzards doubled in abundance, peregrines increased seven-fold and raven numbers doubled.“Conservation in this country has centred around the advancement of protectionist policies, site designations and central hand-outs for habitat programmes without any stipulation for predator control.“When the public sees the return on investment with this approach, they are entitled to ask where the birds have gone and, if this has failed, why we continue to pay for and play a losing hand.“We believe the SGA Year of the Wader, and our ongoing counts, will help the government and the public realise what is happening and what needs to be done before conservation-listed Curlew and Lapwing, in particular, disappear.“It has been widely accepted that predation by larger predators can have a devastating affect on the survival of vulnerable prey species, particularly when the predators are increasing and their prey decreasing significantly. The Welsh example shows this, clearly.“The government needs to adapt to this scientific reality and use the legal licensing powers it holds (as it has done in Orkney recently by allowing islanders to bring greylag geese numbers back to sustainable levels to protect cereals crops) to relieve the pressure on some of our precious wild birds.“Licences have also been issued to protect sheep at lambing time from Ravens so there are already examples where the powers the government holds can be used to bring about positive results.“Throwing public cash, which will be siphoned by conservation groups for habitat schemes, without control of predators, is self-defeating.” Problems of Habitat Solutions without Proper Predator Control: Potts GR, 1980: The effects of modern agriculture, nest predation and game management on the population ecology of partridges: Advances in Ecological Research. This paper showed that predator control unlocked the potential of habitat improvement. Without predator control, generalist predators respond better to the habitat improvement than the birds it is designed to benefit. By agreement, the UK is required to take special measures to protect SPA sites.2005: Nature’s Gain: How gamebird management has influenced wildlife conservation says: Curlews are about 18 times more abundant in the North Pennines SPA, managed for grouse shooting, than they are in Berwyn SPA in Wales, a large part of which is managed as a bird reserve. The Upland Predation Experiment: Otterburn 2000-2009, undertaken by GWCT scientists over 9 years.4 plots of 1200 hectares on the same Northumberland moorland area were studied, two where gamekeepers controlled foxes, crows, stoats and weasel numbers.On the other two, there was no predator control. The study was then swapped over at the half-way mark. Summary: Lapwing, golden plover, Curlew, Red Grouse and Meadow Pipit bred almost three times as successfully on the plots with predator control compared to the plots without.23 per cent of pairs fledged young on areas without predator control compared to 64 per cent on areas where predator control was practiced. The findings, published in the Journal of Applied Ecology and summarized in 2010 paper, Waders On The Fringe, stated: • Agri-environment schemes on their own, without proper predator control, seem unable to give rise to an abundance of breeding waders or even bring about a significant improvement in sparse populations. • The low breeding success on our areas without proper predator control suggest that predation is likely to be contributing to population declines of waders elsewhere. • The contraction in breeding range of some waders, like lapwing and curlew may be being caused by, or at least aggravated by, predation during the breeding season.
DUNMAGLASS EVENT RAISES OVER £33K FOR CHARITY
Elaine and Iain Hepburn and all at the SGA would like to pass on sincere thanks to everyone who made Saturday's Charity event at Dunmaglass such an overwhelming success for the 5 chosen charities. At the last count, over £33 000 had been raised on the night, with some donations still to come in. A truly incredible effort. Thanks go to all those who donated to the auctions and raffles and to all those who bid and made it such a special- and highly enjoyable- evening. Well done to all.
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Three gunfights on in Valley, 1 militant killed
Srinagar, March 21: A militant was killed and two policemen and a civilian injured on Thursday as security forces and militants battled each other in three places in the Kashmir Valley, authorities said.While the first gunfight erupted in Sopore town, two gun battles were reported later from Bandipora and Baramulla districts.Police said one militant was killed in the exchange of fire between security forces and the militants in Mir Mohalla of Hajin area in Bandipora."One militant has been killed so far. Another militant is still holed up inside a house where a 12-year-old boy is also believed to be stuck. Another civilian was safely evacuated from the house during the operation," a police officer said.According to a tweet by the police, the two civilians were being held hostage by the hiding militants. While one was rescued safely with the assistance of security forces and community members, the other, reportedly a minor, was still trapped.Police said security forces started a cordon and search operation in Hajin - once considered a zone "liberated" from militant control - following intelligence inputs about the presence of militants there.The militants who were in hiding opened fire at the security forces in Mir Mohalla, sparking off the gunfight.Another gunfight started in Kandi area of Baramulla after security forces resumed on Thursday morning a search operation which was suspended due to darkness on Wednesday evening."As the search operation was resumed, militants fired at the security forces, triggering an encounter in Kandi," the officer said.Two policemen - a Station House Officer (SHO) and his security guard - and a civilian were injured earlier on Thursday when militants hurled a grenade at security forces in Warpora area of Sopore town and then opened fire."Both the policemen have been shifted to Srinagar for specialized treatment. The operation against the militants is going on," a police officer said.A civilian sustained bullet injury in his leg in the Sopore gunfight. He too was shifted to hospital and his condition was stated to be stable.As a precaution, authorities suspended mobile Internet service in Sopore town.
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Agra men take Modi's 'pakoda' advice to heart
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“The Next Coco Chanel Will Be A Coder”—Federico Marchetti Gets Candid About Sustainable Fashion & TechVogue #Net_Porter
“We’re quite used to being the first to do things,” Federico Marchetti, the chief executive of Yoox Net-a-Porter Group, says with a laugh.
He’s calling from Italy to discuss the 10th anniversary of Yooxygen , the sustainability platform he launched way back in 2009 at Yoox, just one of his many pioneering efforts.
Considering sustainability has only become a priority for most fashion companies in the last couple of years, it’s safe to say Marchetti was ahead of his time.
“I’ve always tried to anticipate what the customer is going to want next,” he explains.
So I launched Yoox.
He has also partnered with fashion schools around the world, like Parsons School of Design, where students working on sustainable practices can earn internships in Yoox’s offices.
We believe with technology, we can make a better world.
He has more news to share, too: In May, Yoox will unveil a collaboration with Amendment by Marissa Petteruti, a student who received the Yooxygen Award at Parsons last year.
In June, Net-a-Porter will launch an entire vertical dedicated to sustainable fashion, which will make it easier than ever to discover designers in the space.
As for the next decade, Marchetti pointed to data as being the biggest driver of change.
As for the next decade, Marchetti pointed to data as being the biggest driver of change. “I believe data will be an important component, because transparency comes from data. That’s how you can track the provenance of materials, the provenance of workers, and so on,” he explains. “But it’s hard to predict the next 10 years—technology can change in one month.”
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4 in 5 people worry that charities may close, stopping their services, due to weak economy
Anxious public may need convincing on "Big Society" resilience
"Sector should reassure and mobilise public; government should reassure and support sector" vies nfpSynergy's Rebecca Molyneux
Over four fiths (82%) of the public say they are concerned about charities having to close, stopping their services, due to the economic malaise - according to data out today. 43% say the are "very" or "extremely" concerned.
Unsurprisingly, a similar number (79%) say they are concerned about charities not being able to raise enough money during the downturn - with 35% saying they are "very" or "extremely" concerned.
Moreover, nfpSynergy's recent 2009 State of the Sector Survey of third sector organisations suggest such public concerns are not baseless - only 9% of organisations then surveyed thought that the recession hadn't affected their organisation "at all"; and more than one third thought it had affected them "a lot" or "very much". 40% had made cuts in jobs, while 43% had made cuts in services or altered the services they offer.
nfpSynergy researcher, Rebecca Molyneux, said:
"Amidst calls for a 'Big Society', this data reveals the breadth and depth of public concern about charities' ability to actually step up and deliver services, indeed about their very survival. This should prompt the sector to reassure the public, where possible, but also to harness their concern to raise funds and mobilise much needed support. And it should doubtless prompt the new government to work to reassure and supprt the sector."
MEDIA COMMENT: To interview nfpSynergy’s Joe Saxton about these findings, please contact him direct on 07976 329 212 or joe.saxton@nfpsynergy.net; or, alternatively, contact Adrian Gillan (0774 086 7215; E: adrian@gillanmedia.com) for further assistance.
nfpSynergy (www.nfpsynergy.net) is the UK’s only research consultancy dedicated to the charity sector and not-for-profit issues. It provides ideas, insights and information to help voluntary and community organisations thrive in an ever-changing world. Regularly harvesting the social and charity-related views of public and parliament, media and business - not to mention not for profit organisations themselves - nfpSynergy has a vast and ever-growing knowledge pool from which to extract and deliver insights.
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The Liberal Phallusy
Posted on December 28, 2013 by olaasm
THE LIBERAL PHALLUSY (originally published: January 13th, 2012 here)
OLA has always been different from the other, similar sized Occupy movements across the world. Unlike OWS, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Portland or Occupy the London Stock Exchange, OLA is passive, reactive and defensive — where they are non-violent, pro-active and aggressive. These occupations took parks. They placed their bodies in a public space, and demanded to be heard simply by their very presence. They took what was theirs: public space – simply because it was the only way they could make their grievances with this bankrupt, deaf, unrepresentative system be known. OLA, in contrast, asked the City Council’s permission for that first Pershing Square march. They notified them if it was OK to put tents up on City Hall lawn. They dutifully decamped every evening at 10pm (well, most of them), and moved their tents to the sidewalk in recognition of, and adherence to, bizarre and unfair laws designed to accommodate the homeless population in LA who have been forced out of Skid Row by the gentrification of downtown Los Angeles and the Safer Cities Initiative. OLA cheered when City Council passed a resolution, and Eric Garcetti told them: “Stay as long as you need. We’re here to support you”. The “leaders” of OLA whimpered when Occupiers refused to move their tents to accommodate the Farmers – what a terrible PR move! – and the OLA Media Team went into apologetic overdrive to appease both the council and the Farmers, failing to recognize that the Occupiers had a right to stay in their encampment, and were being used as political pawns to besmirch the very act of free speech.
Whereas other Occupy movements have been strident, bold, aggressive, confrontational, active and always nonviolent in their practice of civil disobedience, OLA immediately established itself as a reformist movement which was willing to work within the established corrupt hierarchies of power that OWS opposed. OLA was, from day one, unwilling to embrace the radical potential which other Occupy movements had set as their agenda. Barring the underwhelming N17 action, which was the only vague indication that those who had seized power within this supposedly leaderless movement had any inkling of what ‘civil disobedience’ entailed, OLA remained, by and large, a dysfunctional amorphous mass recreating external hierarchies within the internal structures of the camp.
Within the movement, the seeds of radicalism were present within the impoverished, the dispossessed, the homeless and those of us who had seen what OWS had seen: that working within a corrupted system was ultimately futile, that disrupting the system was the only way to change it. But these seeds of ‘radicalism’ – as the LA reformists like to label those who advocate working outside the system – the seeds which had flowered into a global movement, failed to ever take hold in OLA while it existed as an encampment, mainly because of the strong, paternalistic, obstructive attitude of those controlling OLA through their stronghold on committees, and the secretive liaisons made “on their behalf” with corrupt authorities such as the police and City Council. These liaisons were initiated by a group of individuals led by the controversial and unpopular Mario Brito, a career Trade Unionist, who epitomizes the failings of the impotent Liberal Center / Left.
Mario’s desire to be “a leader”, despite the repeated requests to the contrary of the people of OLA movement, aptly demonstrate the Reformist-Liberal tendency towards paternalism: the “we know what’s best” attitude. The “You may not like it, but it’s good for you”, response of the current political system, which directly contravenes the fundamental ideal of the Occupy movement as outlined in The Principles of Solidarity: direct, transparent, participatory democracy. A movement where every voice is heard, acknowledged and involved in collective decision making. Nowhere was this seen more clearly than when Occupy LA found out, by a chance slip in an email on the listserve, that the City Liaisons committee, led by Mario Brito, Jim Lafferty, Marty Berg and Scott Schuster, had negotiated a deal with the City in exchange for relinquishing the City Hall encampment. The reaction of the movement was to roundly reject such ‘bribery’ – clearly indicating that the people of OLA want to work outside the system, and value civil disobedience as an effective method for enacting change. Using civil disobedience to negotiate for personal, material gain was – and still is – anathema to the movement, and yet the Reformist Liberals could not understand this.
The day after the N30 raid, a group of 500 occupiers marched from Pershing Square back to City Hall, now surrounded by large concrete barriers and a ten foot chain link fence. Finding the gate open, some occupiers poured in to reclaim public space in a symbolic act of defiance. Many had been radicalized by their first encounter with a police state. The oppression of the authorities, the mistreatment they had suffered from the LAPD during the raid, the unlawful arrests made, the hypocrisy of a council and Mayor that had at first welcomed them, then tried to bribe them away from public space and assist in turning them into a feeble Democratic party offshoot, a foundation controlled non-profit, that worked limply within the broken system – this was all too apparent to many who had previously welcome the cautious Reformist approach. As these newly-radicalized Occupiers pushed open the gates, which were not locked, several unknown strangers slammed these same gates back on their bodies, slashing open one woman’s hand and physically hurting them, in their efforts to oppose this act of spontaneous civil disobedience.
This coercive and violent resistance to Occupiers attempting to exercise their First Amendment rights, is not only eerily similar to the LAPD’s systems of oppression, but is symbolic of the mental coercion of the LA Liberals attempting to impede OLA’s progress as a movement attempting to work outside a broken system. Occupy movements across the world have reiterated that they work outside the system, in recognition that to work within it, would be to validate the corruption inherent in that system – to be complicit with it. As Boots Riley points out, “None of the major progressive changes that have come about in the last 100 years have come due to electing the right person into office.” The New Deal, the Civil Rights Act, Labor Laws, the weekend, the eight hour work day, Affirmative Action – these all came about because of strikes, civil unrest, shutdowns, civil disobedience, physical battles between the people and authorities, targeted militant actions. Working outside the system exerted unbearable pressure on politicians who had to cave and acknowledge the words of the people, words spoken through direct action. Votes are simply not enough.
When people ask: “Why do Occupiers oppose Liberals?” consider the acts of those working against Occupy LA, alongside the fundamental lack of impact Reformist Liberals, as a political party and a political ideology, have had on this country and this world. The right wing are too lunatic for us to waste our time on: fueled by righteous hatred and betrayal, they have been led astray by the Republican party into a frenzy of indiscriminate righteousness which is, in part, completely understandable. They have been betrayed by this country, by its leaders, and by worldwide political and economic systems which reinforce the corruption. Sadly, their ire has been misdirected away from the perpetrators, and manipulated into a mobilizing force for the Republican Party. One need only look at the very real, valid and sympathetic grievances of the Tea Party movement before it became co-opted by the Republicans to see this at play.
Liberals are an altogether more complex breed. Usually educated and able to comprehend and process complex arguments, they are predominantly concerned with losing what they possess. Reformist Liberals hence cling onto established systems of power, usually because those systems have afforded them a degree of respect or recognition: privilege. As Chris Hedges so aptly phrases it: “The liberal class wants to inhabit a political center to remain morally and politically disengaged…. If the liberal class concedes that power has been wrested from us it will be forced, if it wants to act, to build movements outside the political system. This would require the liberal class to demand acts of resistance, including civil disobedience, to attempt to salvage what is left of our anemic democratic state. But this type of political activity, as costly as it is difficult, is too unpalatable to a bankrupt liberal establishment that has sold its soul to corporate interests.”
Liberals advocate moderation and ‘niceness’ in all things, and avoid heated discussions, instead preferring to censor debates, with the excuse that they don’t want to offend. One need only look at the recent hysterical furor whipped up by the Reformist Liberal arm of OLA regarding a proposal to rewrite the Statement of Nonviolence, to see this in action within our very movement. The initial Statement of Nonviolence was written by a minority. There is confusion over whether it was consented upon at a General Assembly, as no records currently exist of this proposal. It simply appeared one day, and was amended and rewritten numerous times, without GA approval, by this same minority. When the people of OLA raised objections to the wording of a proposal they had not authored, these objections were classified as the work of a “dangerous political faction” (the wording is taken from an email authored by Scott Schuster) who advocated mass destruction and antisocial, violent behavior. The recipients of the email were urged to attend General Assembly, not to participate in discussion and to try and build consensus, but to “hard block” a proposal they had not even heard. The questions posed by the people – How can we be against property destruction, when we have engaged in it at both OLA and as a worldwide movement? How can we equate property destruction with the much greater crime of violence against humans? – were deliberately misinterpreted in order to suppress debate which might counter the intentions of the Reformist Liberals who have controlled the LA movement for so long.
What are the intentions of the Liberals? It is to capitalize on the Occupy movement in order to perpetuate their own privilege without sacrificing their ego-driven ethical codes, in the same manner as they have capitalized upon the commodification of “organic”, “eco” and “green”, of yoga, of spirituality, of third world countries — bleeding from the continued oppression, control and destruction of their political and economic structures by the West. The Liberals want to commodify Occupy with coffee cups (made in America), t-shirts (hemp), bumper stickers (recycled) and a Public Relations float in a family Rose Parade (sponsored by Wells Fargo) organized by a political party candidate with Union funding, who, again, does not work within the General Assembly. Liberals want to turn Occupy into another organization like moveon.org – an organization which they will lead, this time with a salary, title and 401k to compensate them for the tireless hours they put in to save the world. The Liberals want, merely, recognition of their martyrdom. They scoff at any idea they might be privileged. As Joan Didion writes in her most recent memoir, Blue Nights: “Privilege” is a judgment. “Privilege” is an opinion. “Privilege” is an accusation. “Privilege” remains an area to which – when I consider what came later – I will not easily cop.
The Liberal will not easily cop to the idea of privilege. Privilege: the unearned social power that comes along with skin color, nationality, access to education, family wealth, charisma, testosterone, healthcare, facial features, the body you genetically inherit. The Liberal “will not easily cop” to the fact that all these, and more, are in any way a deciding factor in who has a voice in this world, who is singled out for arrest and oppression, who gets an easier ride. Natural human suffering: heartbreak, loneliness, death, disease, financial loss – this is all evidence, to the Liberal, that man is equal, and if they are not, inherent inequality is evidence of an individual’s deficiency, and why they must be spoken for. Privilege is the motivating factor behind the Liberal desire for control of the Occupy movement. Fear is why they favor a moderate approach which is ultimately futile. To quote Chris Hedges again: “Wall Street’s looting of the Treasury, the curtailing of our civil liberties, the millions of fraudulent foreclosures, the long-term unemployment, the bankruptcies from medical bills, the endless wars in the Middle East and the amassing of trillions in debt that can never be repaid are pushing us toward a Hobbesian world of internal collapse. Being nice and moderate will not help.”
The Liberal class is a class based on fear: fear of what will happen should everyone really have a voice, fear of what might occur should they relinquish their leadership role, their position of privilege, their megaphone to the world. Fear of what they might be required to do, should they concede that the moderation they advocate has achieved nothing, and instead only aided the building of the imperialist monopoly of the Capitalist world state.
In Occupy LA, we are besieged by liberals who think the 99% means white and middle class. They want to concentrate on agendas which affect this class directly – corporate personhood, NDAA, tax, Federal Reserve, foreclosures, healthcare. The movement as a whole wants to work on these issues – but not exclusively, to the detriment of those who are worst off in our society, and have been for a far longer time than the middle classes who are only now starting to feel the same pinch that the poorest of our society have suffered for decades. Some Liberals want to go further, attaching the Occupy movement to a political candidate and / or party, failing to recognize that, as Obama has aptly demonstrated, issues are merely platforms for that party’s own insidious agenda: winning an election, being bought out by corporations. Once that election has been won, support is no longer needed. The Occupy movement would be discarded and ignored, having garnered support for yet another politician to renege upon his campaign promises, as Obama has done continually.
The Radicals fear is that once these predominantly middle-class issues are addressed, the issues affecting the poor, the homeless, the addicted, the alcoholic, the uninsured, the diseased, the African-American, the Hispanic – they will continue unchecked in a Capitalist society. The Liberal is still unconsciously set in the Milton Friedman / Reagonomics ‘trickle down’ mindset: once the middle classes are fed and prosperous, the poor will follow by default. Poverty and homelessness is thus a disease of the undeserving, in the Liberal’s mind. A Liberal hates to look at their own privilege – unearned social power, such as the color of one’s skin – because they hate the idea that everything they have in life, they did not earn through merit. They hate the idea that life can be more unfair to certain groups of people, than to themselves. They close down debates on issues like racism and property damage and the difference between pacifism and nonviolence, because they fear opinions that are different to their own. They fear disturbance, controversy and even simple discussion. This is apparent from continual attempts made at Los Angeles’ General Assemblies to have adult, rational discussions about contentious topics which are very real threats – such as cooptation, or adopting the same diversity of tactics advocated by the Black Panthers and the Civil Rights movement.
The Liberals have a paternalistic idea that they know best, and they must lead, because allowing others to self govern, or listening to suppressed voices and dissent, will give rise to chaos. The Liberals loathe the idea of autonomous action: that actions can occur without a General Assembly’s, or their own, sanction. Spontaneity terrifies them. On New Year’s Eve, the surprise taking of Zuccotti Park inspired the Radicals in OLA to arrange a solidarity march at midnight. The Liberals spent that evening tweeting their followers, warning them that this “was not a GA-approved action”, deterring people from joining in. ‘We do not advocate property destruction’ hit the Twitterverse before a single crazy Radical got within a mile of Solidarity Park’s fence: a fence which had been erected around public property after the eviction of OLA in order to keep Occupiers out. The Radicals had their solidarity march that evening: they took police tape and tied it outside police headquarters. Hardly subversive, nor violent, tactics.
With their iron grip on certain key elements of the OLA movement: the twitter feed, the website, Union contacts – the Liberal Reformists refuse to engage with the masses aside from remotely, and yet insist that they are able to represent voices they do not listen to nor engage with. Knowing that everything they do is with a motive to control or gain personal, material benefits (a recent OLA tweet was ‘I need a 4G mobile hotspot. Please email me money for donations’) they think everyone in the movement is like them, and thus regard them with suspicion. They hate the the Radicals, because they advocate leaderlessness without suggesting that natural leaders do not emerge. They do, but those leaders use their earned and unearned social power responsibly, to empower others who will then take their place, because the system is such that dependence on one person is abhorred and decried.
The Liberals could be radical, if they weren’t so afraid. One wonders how many more batons, tear gassing and rubber bullets will it take before they realize the futility of their agenda. Sadly, the Reformist Liberals of OLA shy away from the civil disobedience of the other Occupy movements, and ensure their commodified, digestible actions never put them at any real risk – and nor do they put them in any real position to effect change. Meanwhile, the Liberals continue to embrace fear and perpetuate it, in much the same way as Bush’s Post 9/11 America did – because fear, and the construction of an imaginary bogeyman, justifies the exertion of power and oppression.
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The Blue Halo – Barbuda and Beyond
A Barbudan fisherman with a fresh lobster catch! (Blue Halo Initiative)
by Charlotte Runzel
Papa Joe, the oldest fisherman on the Caribbean island of Barbuda, remembers when he could harvest conch in water shallower than his knees and when fish and lobsters were so abundant that fishermen did not have to go far from shore to find them.
But for many years, life has been getting harder for the island’s fishers. Lobsters and fish are smaller and scarcer, forcing fishers to venture further out to sea in more dangerous conditions to catch fewer fish. To make matters worse, poachers descended on Barbuda’s waters and added more fishing pressure on the already-depleted resources.
A juvenile queen conch on a reef in Barbuda. See more beautiful images on the Waitt Institute Instagram feed. (Blue Halo Initiative)
Years of overfishing have severely impacted Barbuda’s fragile coastal and ocean ecosystems. Degraded reefs are smothered with algae, and stocks of formerly abundant fish (especially groupers and snappers)—a mainstay of community food security and the Barbudan economy—have plummeted. According to a 2013 scientific assessment (PDF) organized by the Waitt Institute, Barbuda’s coral cover average is a mere 2.6 percent, much lower than the Caribbean average of 17 percent (PDF). With fewer fish munching on it, algae now covers roughly 79 percent of the reef and smothers coral polyps that need sunlight. Algae, along with the low coral cover, make Barbuda’s crucial coral habitat vulnerable.
In 2012, the Blue Halo Barbuda initiative was launched as a partnership between the government of Barbuda and the Waitt Institute to envision, design, and implement a sustainable ocean management plan. Working closely with the community and the Waitt Institute team, the government developed and signed into law in 2014 new regulations aimed to restore and protect its coastal waters.
The new laws aim not only to restore Barbuda’s coast, but also to ensure its health for the future. They are based on science, but just as strongly on community input. Seventeen community consultations and comprehensive scientific research resulted in an ocean management plan that directly responds to the necessary balance between scientific recommendations and the needs of the community.
Members of the Barbuda Council after signing coastal zoning regulations into law. (Blue Halo Initiative)
Thanks to this effort, the island’s coastal waters have been zoned, parrotfish and urchins are protected, and 33 percent of the island’s coastal areas have been designated as marine sanctuaries. The government clearly defined areas open for fishing, diving, and other human activities to minimize environmental impacts and simultaneously allow for the needs of the island community. The regulations were based on scientific evidence that protected areas are able to restore themselves from degraded conditions, with increases in fish size and density, the return of sharks and other essential species to these areas, and coral reef recovery being just some of the positive outcomes.
With these new laws in place, Barbudans are hard at work on implementation and enforcement. Through education and outreach, the Blue Halo Initiative is dedicated to making ocean conservation a priority for all community members. It will take time and additional scientific assessment to determine how well fish stocks and reefs recover. Nevertheless, the reorganization of the coastal management system is an important success in itself, and an inspirational example for others working to reduce threats to the ocean.
Blue Halo’s success in Barbuda led the Waitt Institute to use this model in other areas of the Caribbean. The Waitt Institute is now working with the islands of Montserrat and Curaçao to develop similar programs to restore and protect their marine environments. Hopefully in the future, regulations that support effective management like those of Barbuda will be in place throughout the Caribbean and around the world.
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1[267A. Power to remove difficulties.—(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010, hereinafter in this Article referred as the Act, or for bringing the provisions of the Act into effective operation, the matter shall be laid before both Houses in a joint sitting which may by a resolution direct that the provisions of the Act shall, during such period as may be specified in the resolution, have effect, subject to such adaptations, whether by way of modification, addition or omission, as may be deemed necessary or expedient:
Provided that this power shall be available for a period of one year from the commencement of the Act.]
1. Section 93 of the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), inserted the said new Art. 267A, along with new Art. 267B, after Art. 267 of the Constitution, (w.e.f. April 19, 2010).
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1:100 Scale – McDonnell Douglas - Boeing - Mitsubishi F-15J - Japanese Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) Length: 7.5", Width: 5”
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Paris Metro Guide: lines, info about stops and colors to know for each line
14/01/2019 by Amber
This Paris Metro Guide wants to be useful to discover useful information about the metro of Paris. The metro stations itself are very famous for their history.
The first metro line was opened at the beginning of 1900, on the occasion of the Expo. It has 16 lines and it is one of the longest metros in Europe. It is about 220 km long.
Without consulting a Paris Metro Guide, it can be difficult to know which line to take to go to the places you want to visit or to reach your accommodation or your apartment.
Consult this guide and clear your mind!
Once you have read the main information you will find the right line very easily. In each page of my Paris Metro Guide, you will know which color identify the line you need to take.
You will find a rapid guide to all the stops and in each page dedicated to a Paris Metro Line, you will find which station of that line is useful to take the RER. The RER is the train that you can take to go to the airports of the city – Charles de Gaulle CGD, Orly, and Beauvais – or to Disneyland Paris.
Paris Metro Guide
Click on each line to know more about any Paris Metro train.
Paris Metro Line 1
The Paris Metro Line 2
Paris Metro Line 3 and Metro Line 3 bis
Paris Metro Line 10
The Paris Metro Line 11
Paris Metro Line 1, the Yellow One
I immediately recognize the Paris metro line thanks to its yellow color! You can use Paris metro line 1 to …
Paris Metro Line 2, the blue one
The Paris 2 metro line is also known as the blue one because of its color. If you are interested …
Paris Metro Line 3 and 3 bis
Paris Metro line 3 and Paris metro line 3 bis are very useful to reach many places you might want to visit. Discover all the stops
Paris Metro line 4, the purple one
Paris metro Line 4 is the line to take if you want to go to areas with the attractions of the city. Plus, the purple line is useful to go to the airport too
Paris Metro Line 5, the orange one
Paris Metro line 5 goes from Bobigny to Place de l’Italie. Discover its color, stops and timetables. Plus, you will know how to get to the airport too
Paris Metro Line 6, the green one
Taking Paris Metro line 6, you will be in few minutes very close to the Eiffel Tower or to the Arc de Triomphe! Plus, it is good to take the RER too
Paris Metro line 7 and Metro line 7 bis are very difficult to master but with this guide you will know where to get off and how to take the RER
Paris Metro Line 8, info and stops
Paris Metro line 8 has lots of stops! learn how to master the long route of this RATP metro line and where to get off to take the RER
Paris Metro line 9 has lots of stops. Where you need to get off? How to take the RER? Discover if choosing an accommodation near metro line 9 stops is good
Paris Metro Line 10, stops and info
Paris Metro Line 10 splits in two routes at a certiain point. Where you need to go? Which attractions you can visit taking this RATP metro line?
Paris Metro Line 11, the brown one
If you have to reach your accommodation by taking Paris Metro line 11, you are very lucky! Discover why, its colors and its stops
Paris Metro Line 12, color and stops
Paris Metro line 12 is identified with a green color. It is good to go in some areas where you can spend the evening and to take RER C and RER E
Paris Metro Line 13 splits in two routes after a stop. Find out which final destination you have to choose to go where you want to
Paris Metro Line 14, the deep purple one
Paris Metro Line 14 is one of the most useful to take the RER A, B, C, D and E. Plus, its route involves very central station of Paris.
Paris Metro Guide complete map
If you prefer consult the official RATP map where you can see all the lines together, download for free the Paris Metro Map pdf!
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Tutorials, Excel • Tristan Bacon
The balance sheet highlights the financial condition of a company and is an integral part of the financial statements. It’s also called a Statement of Financial Position.
The balance sheet is a crucial document to analyse when figuring out the state of a company’s financial health. It’s often used by investors deciding whether to invest in the company, or by creditors who are planning to lend it money.
In this post, I’ll be showing you how to convert a PDF balance sheet to Excel using PDFTables.com, so that you can perform your own balance sheet analysis in the comfort of an Excel spreadsheet.
Before we start
As an example, we’ll be converting the Nestlé Group's Consolidated Balance Sheet for 2016 (pages 8 and 9) and converting it into a single-sheet Excel document.
The Nestlé balance sheet is contained within a larger report, so in order to avoid converting the whole document, you should extract pages 8 and 9 first. We show you how to do this in another tutorial 'How to extract pages from a PDF document'.
Go to PDFTables.com and click the green Convert a PDF button.
Find the Nestlé Group's Consolidated Balance Sheet for 2016 that you extracted earlier and select Open.
Once the conversion has completed, click the Download as Excel button.
Choose a download location for your converted balance sheet, then press Save.
Open the downloaded balance sheet from the Downloads bar or notification in your browser and you’re done! You’ve successfully converted a PDF balance sheet to Excel.
If you’re converting PDF balance sheets to Excel on a regular basis and you have some programming experience (or a colleague who does), you can automate these conversions with our PDF to Excel API integrating it directly into your in-house processes. We’ve even written a tutorial on implementing page selection with our API, if you’re feeling particularly adventurous!
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Achille Comté
(Comté, Achille, 1802-1866)
Comté, Achille, 1802-1866: Cahiers d'histoire naturelle à l'usage des colléges, des institutions religieuses et des écoles normales primaires, (Paris, V. Masson, 1847-49), also by H. Milne-Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
Comté, Achille, 1802-1866: Cahiers d'histoire naturelle à l'usage des colléges et des écoles normales primaires, (Paris, Crochard et Cie, 1836-40), also by H. Milne-Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
Comté, Achille, 1802-1866: Elements of anatomy and physiology. Prepared for the use of schools and colleges, (Philadelphia : Grigg, & Elliot, 1846), also by W. S. W. Ruschenberger and H. Milne-Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
Comté, Achille, 1802-1866: Elements of botany. Prepared for the use of schools and colleges, (Philadelphia, Grigg & Elliot, 1847), also by W. S. W. Ruschenberger and H. Milne-Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
Comté, Achille, 1802-1866: Elements of botany : prepared for the use of schools and colleges / (Philadelphia : Grigg & Elliot, 1846, c1844), also by W. S. W. Ruschenberger and H. Milne-Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
Comté, Achille, 1802-1866: Elements of conchology : prepared for the use of schools and colleges / (Philadelphia : Grigg & Elliot, 1846), also by W. S. W. Ruschenberger and H. Milne-Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
Comté, Achille, 1802-1866: Elements of conchology : prepared for the use of schools and colleges : with plates / (Philadelphia : Griggs & Elliot, 1845, c1843), also by W. S. W. Ruschenberger, H. Milne-Edwards, T.K. & P.G. Collins. prt, and Grigg & Elliot. pbl (page images at HathiTrust)
Comté, Achille, 1802-1866: Elements of herpetology, and of ichthyology : prepared for the use of schools and colleges / (Philadelphia : Grigg & Elliot, 1844), also by W. S. W. Ruschenberger and H. Milne-Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
Comté, Achille, 1802-1866: Elements of herpetology, and of ichthyology : prepared for the use of schools and colleges / (Philadelphia : Grigg & Elliot, 1846, 1842), also by W. S. W. Ruschenberger and H. Milne-Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
Comté, Achille, 1802-1866: Elements of herpetology and of ichtyology. Prepared for the use of schools and colleges, (Philadelphia, Grigg & Elliot, 1845), also by W. S. W. Ruschenberger and H. Milne-Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
Comté, Achille, 1802-1866: Entomology : the natural history of insects / (Philadelphia : Crawford & Co., 1884.), also by W. S. W. Ruschenberger, H. Milne-Edwards, and Crawford & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
Comté, Achille, 1802-1866: First-book of natural history : prepared for the use of schools and colleges / (Philadelphia ; New-York : Turner & Fisher, 1842), also by W. S. W. Ruschenberger and H. Milne-Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
Comté, Achille, 1802-1866: First-book of natural history : prepared for the use of schools and colleges / (Philadelphia ; New York : Turner & Fisher, 1841), also by W. S. W. Ruschenberger and H. Milne-Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
Comté, Achille, 1802-1866: Organisation et physiologie de l'homme expliquées à l'aide de figures coloriées, découpées et superposées; (Paris, Chez les principaux libraires scientifiques, 1845) (page images at HathiTrust)
Comté, Achille, 1802-1866: Ornithology : the natural history of birds : third book of natural history prepared for the use of schools and colleges / (Philadelphia : Turner & Fisher, publishers ..., 1842), also by W. S. W. Ruschenberger, Alexander Wetmore, and H. Milne-Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
Comté, Achille, 1802-1866: Physiology and animal mechanism : first-book of natural history : prepared for the use of schools and colleges / (Philadelphia : Turner & Fisher, 1841), also by W. S. W. Ruschenberger and H. Milne-Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
Comte, Achille, 1802-1866: Reptiles and fishes ... (Philadelphia : Turner & Fisher, 1842), also by W. S. W. Ruschenberger and H. Milne-Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
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I. Intellectual Property
1. James Boyle, "The Why of Intellectual Property"
2. James Boyle, "Thomas Jefferson Writes a Letter"
II. Free Software
3. Richard Stallman, "What is Free Software?"
4. Richard Stallman, "The GNU Project"
III. Open Source
5. Eric Raymond, "The Cathedral and the Bazaar"
6. Eric Raymond, "Homesteading the Noosphere"
IV. Open Content
7. David Wiley, "About the Open Publication License"
8. David Wiley, "Open Content: The First Decade"
V. Defining Free
9. Franklin D. Roosevelt, "The Four Freedoms Speech"
10. Richard Stallman, "Four Freedoms"
11. Erik Moller, "Freedom Defined"
12. Bruce Perens, "Debian Free Software Guidelines"
VI. Defining Open
13. Bruce Perens, "The Open Source Definition"
14. David Wiley, "Open Content"
15. OKFN, "Open Definition"
16. David Wiley, "The Access Compromise and the 5th R"
17. David Wiley, "Open Definitions, Specificity, and Avoiding Bright Lines"
VII. Open Source Software Licenses
18. GNU General Public License
19. BSD License
20. MIT License
21. Apache License
22. Comparison of Open Source Licenses
VIII. Open Content Licenses
23. Creative Commons Licenses
24. GNU Free Documentation License
25. Open Publication License
IX. OpenCourseWare
26. Charles Vest, "Disturbing the Educational Universe: Universities in the Digital Age — Dinosaurs or Prometheans?"
27. History of MIT OCW
28. MIT OCW Evaluation Report (2005)
29. MIT Reaches OCW Milestone
30. David Wiley, "OpenCourseWars"
X. Open Educational Resources
31. UNESCO Forum on the Impact of Open Courseware for Higher Education in Developing
32. Cape Town Open Education Declaration
33. UNESCO, "2012 Paris OER Declaration"
34. Wiley, Bliss, and McEwen, "Open Educational Resources: OER Literature Review"
35. Boston Consulting Group, "Open Educational Resources: The OER Ecosystem"
XI. Open Textbooks
36. Nicole Allen, "Open Textbooks: A Cover to Cover Solution: How Open Textbooks are the Path to Affordability"
37. Frydenberg and Matkin, "Open Textbooks: Why? What? How? When?"
XII. Research in Open Education
38. OER Research Hub
39. Open Education Group
40. Marshall Smith, "Ruminations on Research on OER"
XIII. The Economics of Open
41. Yochai Benkler, "Coases Penguin, or Linux and The Nature of the Firm"
42. Yochai Benkler, "Common Wisdom: Peer Production of Educational Materials"
43. Yochai Benkler, "'Sharing Nicely': On shareable goods and the emergence of sharing as a modality of economic production"
XIV. Open Business Models
44. Eric Raymond, "The Magic Cauldron"
45. OSI, "Open Source Case for Business"
46. Various, "A Summer 2014 Conversation on Business Models in Open Education"
Readings to Consider Including in the Next Edition
An Open Education Reader
19 BSD License
Read the article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses
BSD – Berkeley Software Distribution license. The original BSD license is Free Software Foundation/GPL compatible, but the modified versions are not because of advertising clauses.
Free software license, with minimal restrictions on redistribution
Does not have share-alike requirements like copyleft.
Allows proprietary use and allows incorporation into proprietary products.
Why would a person choose the BSD over the GPL?
How does BSD contrast from GPL?
What differentiates BSD from other licenses?
Free Software Foundation (2014). gnu.org. Retrieved from https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
Permissive Free Software License (2014). Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permissive_free_software_licence
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An Open Education Reader by David Wiley is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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Premier Screening of Feature Doc by Jeff Streich, “All the Little Things” Examines Tragic Violence
Jan - 30 | By: OMPA | 4 comments.
ALL THE LITTLE THINGS (2012)
“All The Little Things” (2008) screens before Oregon Media Arts Fellowship award announcement, Thursday at Northwest Film Center
DIRECTOR: JEFF STREICH
Premiers Thursday, January 31st at 7:00pm at Whitsell Auditorium, Portland Art Museum (1219 SW Park Avenue) in Portland. Buy Tickets.
For his feature-length directorial debut, Academy Award-nominated cinematographer (and 2010 Oregon Media Arts Fellow) Jeff Streich turns to a local story. In 2003, 18-year-old Mount Hood Community College freshman Ben Cramer—described by those who knew him as soft-spoken and “extraordinarily ordinary”—was sentenced to life for the grisly murder of his friend, Cassondra Brown. Portraits of the teens emerge through interviews with family, friends, teachers, counselors, and Cramer himself, who, interviewed from the Snake River Correctional Facility, struggles to examine his past and his actions. Juxtaposing scenes of Brown’s mother sorting through her daughter’s belongings with Cramer’s mother sifting through her son’s car and baby clothes, Streich renders a complex exploration of the ripple effect of tragedies like these. (101 mins.)
Before the screening, the Northwest Film Center will announce the winner of the 2013 Oregon Media Arts Fellowship, funded through the support of the Oregon Arts Commission and the Gordon D. Sondland and Katherine J. Durant Foundation.
Facebook.com/LittleThingsDoc
4 Responses to “Premier Screening of Feature Doc by Jeff Streich, “All the Little Things” Examines Tragic Violence”
Diana Goodrich says:
I am an aunt of Cassie Brown’s and although the film was sensitive and well done, it missed the real point by portraying the two as troubled with perhaps some kind of signs to be seen to avert this kind of crime.
Cassie had gone through troubling times as many teens do but during her last few years, she had found her balance. She was going to PCC, writing with a depth beyond her years and spending fun times with friends and cousins.
Jeff should have had law enforcement speak plainly to some of the facts of the case to give a true perspective of the horror of what he did, his total lack of remorse…even now and to offer a counter point to Ben’s perspective.
Elements of the case files contradict a crime of passion. So why did this director call it a documentary if the facts are so skewed? A better exploration would have been how does a monster like this develop when he had loving family, friends and seemed so normal?
Is there anywhere to view this now?
Jessica Bourquin says:
I would really like to see this movie if somebody has a link that I can download for it. I was interviewed for this movie and am really interested as to how it turned out. My husband was really good friends with him and this whole situation left us blindsided.
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Gallium nitride processor—next-generation technology for space exploration
by Tomasz Nowakowski, Astrowatch.net
Credit: ASU
A material known as gallium nitride (GaN), poised to become the next semiconductor for power electronics, could be also essential for various space applications. Yuji Zhao, an expert in electrical and computer engineering at Arizona State University (ASU), plans to develop the first-ever processor from gallium nitride, which could revolutionize future space exploration missions.
Gallium nitride is a semiconductor compound commonly used in light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The material has the ability to conduct electrons more than 1,000 times more efficiently than silicon. It outstrips silicon in speed, temperature, power handling and is expected to replace it when silicon-based devices will reach their limits.
Besides LEDs, GaN can be used in the production of semiconductor power devices as well as RF components. Now, Yuji Zhao aims to use this material to develop a high-temperature microprocessor for space applications. He received a three-year $750,000 grant from NASA's Hot Operating Temperature Technology (HOTTech) program for his project.
"This material can enable electronics system with greater efficiency, much reduced size and weight, and higher operation temperature, all of which are highly desirable for various space applications," Zhao told Astrowatch.net.
Zhao noted that due to the intrinsic properties of silicon, integrated circuits (IC) based on this material malfunction at high temperature (about 300 degrees Celsius) and operate at low frequency. GaN material is thermally robust and chemically stable, good at handling high temperature and radiation environments. Moreover, the GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) technology allows monolithic integration of various GaN-based devices with ultrafast frequency response (100x) due to the two-dimensional electron gas.
The project to develop the first gallium nitride-based microprocessor is very challenging and will probably take a lot of trial-and-error.
"The main challenges come from three aspects: device, system and reliability. On devices level, thermally stable GaN enhance/depletion-mode n-type and p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor transistors must be demonstrated. This requires special growth techniques, structure designs and contacts. On system level, it is important to develop IC building blocks such as NOR gate and NAND gate, using GaN transistors. And GaN chip design and fabrication are very different from that of silicon chips," Zhao revealed.
Under the HOTTech program, Zhao plans to demonstrate a GaN-based microprocessor that can work efficiently under high temperatures above 500 degrees Celsius. Working towards this goal studies will be performed on the high temperature properties of GaN devices including material defects, electron transports, and thermal stabilities, and their impacts on the performance and reliabilities of GaN microprocessors.
The goal of the HOTTech program is to develop and mature technologies that will enable, significantly enhance, or reduce technical risk for in-situ missions to high-temperature environments with temperatures approaching 500 degrees Celsius or higher. Such next-generation technology would enable exploration of high-temperature worlds in our Solar System.
"This material will be needed the most for the missions with high temperature destinations. For NASA, this project would be beneficial for numerous missions, especially for the Science Mission Directorate missions focused on destinations with high-temperature environments, such as the Venus surface, Mercury, or the deep atmosphere of gas giants," Zhao said.
Given that the process of developing GaN-based microprocessor is expected to be challenging and lengthy, it is difficult to estimate when NASA could launch its first space exploration mission equipped in such device. However, Zhao hopes that promising results could come within 10 years from now.
"We will be very happy if we can see some real useful technology coming of this research for NASA in a decade frame," he concluded.
Device could dramatically cut energy waste in electric vehicles, data centers, and the power grid
Provided by Astrowatch.net
Citation: Gallium nitride processor—next-generation technology for space exploration (2017, December 28) retrieved 18 July 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2017-12-gallium-nitride-processornext-generation-technology-space.html
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Anno Wombat
Someone said "Planète Gong"?
1994. April +/-
Unabridged version of a contribution for liner notes of the Here and Now, Gospel of Free retrospective CDs - only a tiny part of which made it into the booklet.
Someone said "Planète Gong"? And out of the conjurer's hat spring a bunch of punked-up pixies, the street version of the silver surfers of pop.
Imagine the spirit of Grunge, well before its time, infamous and free! (as it ought to remain, so that its heroes do not pull the trigger in a flat in Seattle). Grunge, I said, in a head-on collision with Star Trek and the music of the spheres, the children of Albion, squatting, busying themselves with oats and nuts or the design of toe bongs, rose up to the challenge of high tech and opened their door to fame and fortune.
The first I knew of it was one busy Saturday afternoon in the Portobello Road, outside Ceres (the grain shop - still there, but then you could hang around upstairs and listen to music and exchange infos. That was when culture primed on business and love vibes on despair and you found nothing but resin in your quid deal, unless it was 100% henna and then you knew you had been ripped off).
Anyway, into Ceres for a date slice and I bump into Twink who has just left Here & Now because of his bed (but that is another story!). Twink played synthesizers and was a bit of an electronic wizard. He knew all sorts of sophisticated people and among them Gong founder from down under, daevid allen, Captain Camem-Bert himself, the bard in a space suit, was coming back to these shores and looking for accompanying musicians….
That must have been 1977. In the last couple of years, Here & Now had become the darlings of hippy low society, great faves of the free festival crowds. Of course more famous bands would turn up at festivals, but Here & Now were the real thing. They lived in their bus and you could always share with them a joke, a bong (bonk?) or a bowl of muesli. There were groupies (I know, I was one), lots of excitement all for free.
Back at the bakery, this piece of news, that possible coming together of daevid allen and Here & Now (which was to be Planète Gong) was crucial news indeed for me! It touched two of my best bands of all times.
1971. Metz, France. Foire Expo. My first concert ever: Gong! I had to lie to my parents to be able to go. Electric low fat full cheeses and flying pieces of crockery are accompanying my first forays into the newly discovered misty landscapes of Counter Culture. As far as I am concerned Captain Capricorn is god.
1975. West London squatland somewhere on the edge of the Free State of Frestonia I have new neighbours. They walk down the streets barefoot in long flowing robes. They play music, even when the guy next door turns up on their doorstep with a hammer in his hands. But most of the time they go up and down the country playing for free. They call themselves Here & Now.
I became a dedicated follower. I joined them on the bus a couple of years later at Stonehenge. The rest of the summer was spent doing the rounds of free festivals.
I loved to dance to their music under the stars (or in the pouring rain), feeling the earth under my bare feet and the breeze on my face, and my head full of twirling whirling sounds…. Dancing the moment as they were playing the moment and a precious moment it was to be shared by all . Everyone was getting high on it and to me it could never be otherwise. I cared but little for technicalities such as bum notes or feedback in the monitors.
In the meantime in London some serious deals were going on involving Charly Records and in September the bus was winding its way across Devon and country lanes were getting narrower and narrower. We were to meet daevid at some friends of his for some serious rehearsing (? some of us were still unsure of the meaning of the word) in the land of Tarka the Otter. The setting was beautiful. A discrete manor on rolling lawns and a charming little pavilion were defintely not to approach. It had sheltered the making of a piece of English literary heritage unknown to me, a very important man had written a very important book there and my only excuse is that I am not English and still I felt in awe (well, a little). (Tarka)
We all came. Women, children, dogs and musicians. All grinning with (ill conceived) excitement and rather penniless. I started having the idea that our attitude was looked upon as rather unprofessional. Well, this is how we were and we meant it and that is why we'd been asked in the first place.
daevid at the time was battling with a Mr Branson of Virgin fame over who was and wasn't Gong. He was pretty pissed off with the professionals anyway! Only months before the Sex Pistols stuck it up EMI's we were storming the small Virgin offices in Vermont Court off the Portobello Road.
1977. And a strong wind of rebellion was blowing across the country. Anarchy was in and we were in it. And here we were trying to keep track of both the moment and the coda (I know now : the wes )***
While the musicians worked hard at it the women were milling around picking blackberries the size of apricots, and generally enjoying the countryside and the mushrooms. Early on, daevid remarked on how few women there were in a male dominated showbiz and would we like to do something. he choir of angels came into being and my career as a dancing girl! The band had grown to its full size.
I was given a name : Annie Wombat. I hadn't even known till then that such creatures existed. And it's only years later that I finally flipped through the pages of the encyclopedia to the letter W to find myself staring at a fat frumpy ball of fur. That got me wondering…. But I have always liked wombats.
And so it came to pass that in the winter of that same year, I was prancing around a stage where Captain Beefheart had strolled only moments before, facing a huge Parisian crowd packed into the biggest (to me) circus tent in Europe (full to the brim it was, bursting at the seams).
So there we were : Planète Gong. For me the Flying Teapot had landed with a crash and a bang. Some sort of demystification was in order.
It started the following morning when I woke up in a bus to the sight of god in purple long johns pummelling his hand and humming softly (mornin' do in) and coming to the realisation : he'd lost his race to the Weetabix packet and he'd end up with just mantrams for breakfast.
But I must hand back to god that he introduced some sort of spiritual discipline to what had been a free-for-all-get-it-while-you-can-day-to-day-hand-to-mouth kind of existence. We had mottos such as "Dope makes holes in your aura". Collective meditation before going on stage became the order of the day.
We had a string of dates in England before the French tour. One day, we were stopped by the blue meanies on the outskirts of `guildford in the wake of the bombing. We were roughly invited to vacate the bus for a search. There we were on the grassy bank of a windswept English road, our eyes shut, holding hands in a circle, chanting OM MANI PADME OM.
As a result we were budled away to sample the delights of the brand new local police station. There, the upholders of law and order didn't shrink back from manually exploring the contents of the baby's nappies. After mushrooms or bazookas? And still the chant went on amid bumping doors and howling wind. Very unnerving…. We were released with great relief (theirs).
We were ready for France. With our own PA and a new bus. There is some crazy story circulating about an oil change. And someone refilling only the emergency tank. Anyway the whole thing seized up and we had to continue in a couple of hired minibuses. And all along the way we were hosted and feasted. A tour de France des Compagnons….
Lourdes. On a damp and cold winter day, we're on our way to someone's chaley high up in the mountains. So up we went through sleet and snow and rose above the clouds to clear blue skies and intense heat! Our captain felt so warmed by it all that he threw his Merlin garb to the wind and did a little dance around the chalet, in his yellow cotton underwear (what a splendid display of long johns we had on that tour!).
All of a sudden he was gone from sight - pfft ! Disparu ! Guided by his cries for help we pulled him out of the septic tank (prosaically speaking the shit pit) that had claimed him knee deep ! We visited Castles, farms, developed a taste for cassoulet and mille-feuilles. We made a live album and a studio single.
We went on without daevid. Holland, and over England and Wales and Scotland as Planète Gong. And on to be Here & Now again….
We never ceased to sing about Floating Anarchy. I hope all of us ; some of whom I haven't seen in aeons ; will do to the end.
With love and many happy wombats of the day,
Anno xxx
Henry Williamson, the author of Tarka the Otter, had worked in a garden shed. His son Harry - a musician, and the inventor of Gilli Smyth's space whisper effects box, amongst other things - was our host at Oxford Cross. (return to story)
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Paper $35.00 ISBN: 9780226602011 Published March 2019
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Sustainable Values, Sustainable Change
Bryan G. Norton
Greening the Alliance
Simone Turchetti
Discerning Experts
The Practices of Scientific Assessment for Environmental Policy
Michael Oppenheimer, Naomi Oreskes, Dale Jamieson, Keynyn Brysse, Jessica O’Reilly, Matthew Shindell, and Milena Wazeck
304 pages | 1 halftone, 8 line drawings, 11 tables | 6 x 9 | © 2019
E-book $10.00 to $35.00 About E-books ISBN: 9780226602158 Published March 2019
Discerning Experts assesses the assessments that many governments rely on to help guide environmental policy and action. Through their close look at environmental assessments involving acid rain, ozone depletion, and sea level rise, the authors explore how experts deliberate and decide on the scientific facts about problems like climate change. They also seek to understand how the scientists involved make the judgments they do, how the organization and management of assessment activities affects those judgments, and how expertise is identified and constructed.
Discerning Experts uncovers factors that can generate systematic bias and error, and recommends how the process can be improved. As the first study of the internal workings of large environmental assessments, this book reveals their strengths and weaknesses, and explains what assessments can—and cannot—be expected to contribute to public policy and the common good.
1 The Need for Expert Judgment
2 Assessing Acid Rain in the United States: The National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program
3 Assessing Ozone Depletion
4 Assessing the Ice: Sea Level Rise Predictions for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, 1981–2007
5 Patrolling the Science/Policy Border
6 What Assessments Do
List of Interviews
"This book provides an essential examination of the factors that shape and dictate our climate policy."
Climatic Change
"A meticulously researched study . . . . Oppenheimer et al. have produced what is essentially an assessment of assessments, and so its syntheses of insights across the case-study chapters add new knowledge even while they validate old knowledge that had formerly been largely anecdotal for most of us. This volume is therefore essential reading for participants of any large environmental assessment. . . . Discerning Experts is not exactly the ‘first’ comparative study of multiple assessments, but it is an important one because of the extraordinary quality of its documentation and analysis as well as its clever creation of critical and instructive diversity across its three case studies. . . . Natural and physical scientists will see how their work can be transmitted across humanity to help inform opinion about what is going on and perhaps what to do—on the basis of rigorous science. Perhaps, the largest value will be found among the young scholars who do their homework after being invited to participate in their first assessment. After they read this volume, they will understand what to expect and why their signing on is a valuable investment of their time."
Janet Vertesi, Princeton University
"What do the ozone layer, the Antarctic ice sheet, and acid rain have in common? All are sites of scientific 'assessments': prolonged, focused, collaborative, and often international work of experts. The thousands of pages of reports they draft offer the hope of summarizing scientific findings, extending scientific questions, and recommending policy outcomes. But do the elusive dream of consensus and fear of accusations of political bias produce watered down policy? Or should scientists be bolder in their assessments of impending disasters? Combining the insights of science, policy, and science studies, this valuable book offers a guide for experts of all kinds navigating the always messy world of policy-relevant science."
Thomas Stocker, University of Bern, Co-Chair of IPCC from 2008 to 2015
"This book is a must-read for scientists and leaders of ongoing assessments, because it showcases the dilemma between consolidated knowledge, communicated as consensus, and challenges of uncertainties associated with emerging science."
Nancy Cartwright, Durham University
"This is the first major study of what scientists actually do when they 'assess' in an assessment. It makes graphic how the development and assessment of scientific knowledge are interwoven and the vexed production of 'policy-ready knowledge' from this. Altogether a rich, original, and thought-provoking work."
Chris Field, Stanford University, co-chair of IPCC WGII, 2008-2015
"The book is rich with insights about the ways assessments contribute to the agendas of science and policy, often in unintended ways. Reading it can improve the contribution of every scientist thinking of working on an assessment and the value obtained by every policymaker planning to use one."
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Mumford & Sons Debut New Song "Ghosts That We Know"
Mumford and Sons have certainly wrung everything they can out of their only LP Sigh No More – two years of touring and plenty of acclaim and awards later, the boys are starting to work on highly anticipated new material.
Our first taste is “Ghosts That We Knew,” which they performed for Philadelphia’s radio station 104.5FM. It’s a pretty classic slice of the band’s emotive, tender, sublime bluegrass-influenced alt-country, anchored in frontman Marcus Mumford’s yearning croon and beautifully complex, intertwining banjo, guitar, and accordion. Those ponderous, highly considered instrumental sections are where the band really hit their stride, but the harmonized vocal interludes are truly moving as well.
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Category: Teaching
How Pokémon Go Fails to Capture Learnability
Posted by Payer Research / Teaching
The gaming press is unsurprisingly alight with comment on Pokémon Go, but interestingly also with huge numbers of guides and articles on how to actually play the game. Why does this big-budget mobile game need propping-up from how-to guides by the BBC, WIRED, TrustedReviews, The Guardian, VOX, Polygon,Redditors, Youtubers, and many more? This article highlights a number of points where Niantic have broken or ignored many UX design principles for designing a game that is easy to learn and understand, that ultimately could be affecting Pokémon Go’s player experience.
Player Research at Dorothy Stringer High School
We were pleased and excited to be invited by Geeta Smedley to come and talk yesterday to pupils at Dorothy Stringer High School about our work. It’s all, part of an initiative by STEM Sussex to raise awareness of the different careers available to children studying Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.
We love telling people about our work so we told the kids all about Games User Research, the games industry in the UK and why those subjects are so important to us. We hope we’ve made some kids more aware of the possibilities out there after school using the STEM subjects as a base for your career.
We’d be happy to spread the word further, so if there are any other schools in the Brighton and Hove area looking for STEM career talks, feel free to get in contact!
Player Research at Brighton University
At the invite of Dr Lyn Pemberton, Player Researcher Ben Lewis-Evans presented a talk on Games User Research methodology to third year and masters students at the University of Brighton today. The talk covered general tips related to Games User Research as well as a run through of various methodologies such as surveys, interviewing, observation, and game metrics. Ben will return to the University in May to give a talk on Biometrics in Games User Research.
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LG and Qualcomm working to get Snapdragon 845 on G7
by Jules WangMay 29, 2017 2:19 pm
LG and Qualcomm are collaborating to include the upcoming Snapdragon 845 system-on-a-chip on the G7 smartphone next year, Aju Business Daily reports.
A source said that one of the reasons the Snapdragon 835 was not in the G6 this year because of perceived stability issues with performance improvements at higher power costs. The company said that LG opted for the more reliable and readily-accessible Snapdragon 821 instead.
In addition, Samsung was able to claim a launch-time monopoly on the new Snapdragon 835 this year for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ launch. It also manufactured the chipset in its own foundries and was reportedly able to claim initial supply for its own products.
Qualcomm is under legal fire from the FTC for anti-competitive practices with the manufacturers it deals with, though, and Samsung has filed an amicus brief on the plaintiff side.
The V30 is expected to catch up to the Snap 835 late this August. Meanwhile the Snapdragon 845 is expected to implement a 7nm fabrication process, down from the 10nm on this year’s big chipset.
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UN condemns Donald Trump's 'shithole countries' remark as racist
By Simon, January 12, 2018 in News
shithole countries
'There's no other word but racist': Trump faces global rebuke for remark
US diplomats around the world were summoned for formal reproach, amid global shock over Trump calling African nations, Haiti and El Salvador ‘shitholes’.
Donald Trump has been branded a shocking and shameful racist after it was credibly reported he had described African nations, as well as Haiti and El Salvador as “shitholes” and questioned why so many of their citizens had ever been permitted to enter America.
US diplomats around the world were summoned for formal reproach, amid global shock that such crude remarks could ever be made in a semi-public meeting by the president of America.
In a strongly-worded statement, the UN said it was impossible to describe his remarks as anything other than racist, while the Vatican decried Trump’s words as “particularly harsh and offensive”.
Read more here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/12/unkind-divisive-elitist-international-outcry-over-trumps-shithole-countries-remark
Trump's 'shithole' remarks spur international anger
International organisations including the UN and African Union, politicians and other Africans and Caribbeans are outraged over US President Donald Trump's latest racist remarks.
These are racist comments. He has said things like this before when he talked about Nigerians who won't go back to live in huts and he talked about Haitians who bring AIDS to the United States. These are all confirmations of what a lot of people have long suspected - that he harbours racism.
- Bill Schneider, Washington, DC-based political analyst
Read more here: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/trump-shithole-remarks-spur-international-anger-180112084723204.html
'Thanks, but no thanks' - Norwegians reject Trump's immigration offer
Many Norwegians rejected on Friday a suggestion by U.S. President Donald Trump that they would be more welcome to move to the United States than immigrants from “shithole countries” such as Haiti or African nations.
Read more here: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-norway/thanks-but-no-thanks-norwegians-reject-trumps-immigration-offer-idUSKBN1F11QK
Sanjo 23
What a shit show this is. I wonder when the impeachment will come.
1 hour ago, Sanjo said:
Yeah, Trump have been extraordinary good in making a mess from day one.
Not fast enough, that's for sure. But let's not get our hopes up, an impeachment process is long and complicated, just look at the impeachment of Bill Clinton. And let's say Donald Trump was successfully impeached and resigned from office. Then Vice President Mike Pence (who holds just as racist and batshit crazy conservative ideas like Trump) will become President. And a Mike Pence presidency is probably much worse than Trump - because Mike Pence is actually a real and professional politician that knows what he's doing. I'd rather have the stupid clown that sucks at his job in office to tell you the truth.
Donald Trump leaves Martin Luther King event as reporters shout: 'Mr President, are you a racist?'
President facing widespread condemnation after allegedly calling Haiti and several African nations 's***holes'
Donald Trump walked out of a photo call to shouts of “Mr President, are you a racist?” from reporters, amid a growing storm over allegations he referred to Haiti and several African nations as “s***hole countries”.
[...] As Mr Trump got up to leave the room after the signing, several members of the press asked for him to comment on the allegations in the Washington Post that he had asked why the US should accept more immigrants from Haiti and “s***hole countries” in Africa, rather than nations like Norway.
One reporter asked: "Mr President, will you give an apology for the statement yesterday?", before another said: "Mr President, did you refer to African nations as s***holes?"
As the leader walked out of the room, another shouted: "Mr President, are you a racist?"
Read more here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-racist-shithole-martin-luther-king-event-white-house-a8156391.html
It's good to see that the media isn't letting this story slip away.
6 hours ago, Sanjo said:
Indeed, it's very heartening to see. Trump says a lot of racist, stupid and grotesque things but we cannot become custom to it, we cannot allow the normalization of his toxic rhetoric.
jaymish 3
As well they should! This will do nothing.Personally I don't think he see's anything wrong with his statement. The world has always looked up to America for it's freedoms especially in democracy and human rights.We all need to agree that this era has come to an end. If the American people elected him , it means they don't care about these values and we need to look to other Countries for leadership. Maybe Europe and the European Union? Their track record seems to be quite good.
2 hours ago, jaymish said:
The world has always looked up to America for it's freedoms especially in democracy and human rights.We all need to agree that this era has come to an end.
Agreed. USA is an empire in decline. It's time we find a new beacon of democracy.
chameli 7
Trump included my home country Nepal in his shithole country list. I never liked Trump when he announced his intention to run for the President, however, after his remark, I am kind of hating Trump. For someone from "shithole country" hating or loving the US President does not make any sense, however, anyone with a rational mind can understand the reason for my hatred. Every year a couple of hundred people go to the US for higher education and sadly Trump is so angry about these students.
BerenBoden 0
It really sucks that someone as big as the president would make such a childish and stupid comment, you would think that someone who has that much responsibility and power would say something that rude. I know that what he said wasn't extremely outrages, however when you have someone that runs a country with over 300 million people, he should have better standards than to call underdeveloped countries "shit holes" especially if children heard what he said, they could grow up to be hating of other countries where there is no food or clean water and become a racist. Maybe instead of calling other countries "shit holes" you could send money, clean water and supplies to help them develop and become a better country.
Alfonso 0
Well, you would expect an entity like the UN to condemn these type of comments. To be fair, after reading the article, it seems like majority of these UN nations are African nations, fair enough but it's not a unanimous UN declaration by any means. I'm sure however that beyond those African nations, people around the world feel the same.
daggy24 4
On 2/5/2018 at 5:07 PM, chameli said:
He's a huge hypocrite as well. He complained about unskilled workers coming to the US but being classified as "skilled workers" for doing useless jobs. One such person? His wife, who got a visa to come here and be a model. It's acceptable to him because she is attractive, white, and has had sex with him at least enough times to create the child. He moved Melania's parents to the US and apparently they haven't really learned to speak English so well (I read this in an article which claimed that Barron speaks two languages to be able to communicate with his grandparents) But he maligns immigrants from pretty much everywhere else as 'criminals' who cant assimilate and bring too many family members. Go figure....
On 2018-02-08 at 9:49 AM, daggy24 said:
His wife, who got a visa to come here and be a model.
I love it when they make a public appearance together because Melania seriously seems to despise Trump.
NickJ 1
It seems to me that Trump bases his views of a countries value or lack thereof, on its women. Whom he sees as a resource to plunder whenever he chooses or sees fit. He loves for example, most European countries... particular Eastern European countries because he's already been married to two women from those nations. Ivanna and now Melania.
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Deaf Havana release three new songs
Friday, November 4, 2016 - 20:28
Today, UK band, Deaf Havana launch the US pre-order of their forthcoming album, "All These Countless Nights," due for release January 27, 2017. With the launch of the pre-order, the band are releasing three new tracks - Sing, Cassiopeia and Trigger, available now for download and streaming here. Exclusive pre-order album bundles are available here.
2013’s Old Souls album had successfully catapulted Deaf Havana into the rock big league. It crashed into the Top 10 of the Albums Chart, in the UK, earned rave reviews for its bravura songwriting and saw the band sell out ever bigger venues, appear higher up the bill at festivals and even support James Veck-Gilodi’s hero, Bruce Springsteen.
“It made us feel like a proper band,” says Veck-Gilodi, after Deaf Havana’s many years on the fringes of the scene. “It stepped away from that emo-y world; there were a lot more layers to it and the songwriting was much more mature.”
But, behind the scenes, the band were experiencing financial problems and a lack of internal communication that almost broke them. “I was very close to quitting,” says Veck-Gilodi, “basically, I didn’t want to be in the band anymore.”
Veck-Gilodi planned to use the band’s 2014 Reading & Leeds performance to pay off the band’s debts and act as its swansong. But some sideshows reminded him of how much he – and Deaf Havana’s still-burgeoning fanbase – enjoyed his band. A sudden burst of inspired songwriting followed – “It’s probably the most creative I’ve ever been,” he says – but these weren’t just regular DH songs.
New single, ‘Trigger’, followed as James says, “it was one of the few songs where the words just came out of me as I put the pen to paper. It's about me feeling alone in relationships and alone in life, reflecting on all the mistakes and things I had done wrong, yet too idled by laziness to do anything to change them. In the video, Ceci (the actress) represents me, being so close to so many people, yet feeling so far away and essentially remaining alone.”
The song and those that followed demanded that he and his bandmates – singing keys player Max Britton, bassist Lee Wilson, drummer Tom Ogden and Veck-Gilodi’s guitarist brother, Matthew – strike out for new sonic territory.
The end result, Veck-Gilodi declares, is Deaf Havana’s most eclectic and expansive album yet. Having cleared house internally in the months leading up to recording of ‘All These Countless Nights’, taking on new management and signing to a new record label (So Recordings), the band are already benefitting from the “new energy” that brings. They’re communicating better with each other, they’re involved in every aspect of the band’s affairs, and they’re ready for whatever the world of rock wants to throw at them…
“This album needs to take us to a higher level,” asserts Veck-Gilodi. “Not necessarily in terms of chart positions, because I don’t care about that. I just can’t wait for people to hear the album. We appreciate the fact that everyone’s waited this out with us. It’s going to be great.”
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Stuck in the Abu Dhabi airport for six days, senior Hira Khan finds her way back home
Andrew Li, Staff Writer|March 5, 2019
Standing next to her mother, senior Hira Khan smiles, showing her relief to finally be back in St. Louis. Because of her airport experience, Khan realized that she will have to be more independent. “I now know that I won’t always have my siblings or parents to do everything for me and that there are some things you have to learn to do on your own, no matter how difficult it is,” Khan said.
Courtesy of Hira Khan
Peeved, anxious, alone and sick with food poisoning, senior Hira Khan awaited her flight from Pakistan to Abu Dhabi; however, the flight was overbooked, leaving Khan flightless without any explanation.
“I stood in line for two hours and felt even more sick as time passed by. Finally, I reached the front of the line just to find out that the airline had overbooked the flight, and I was one of the passengers who would not be flying that day. I immediately waited for a few people behind me to see if they had the same issue, but they hadn’t,” Khan said. “The airway was doing nothing to help me and declined any offer I made. I argued by saying I was an 18-year-old woman traveling alone, and I could not stay in a hotel myself. They shrugged it off and offered a flight for the next day and gave me a boarding pass.”
Luckily, her parents sorted out the hotel and Khan’s uncle, who recently moved to Abu Dhabi, helped her out. Khan came back the next day to reschedule her flight, mainly due to her illness.
“My illness began to get worse as did my symptoms. I vomited seven times in total that night and the next morning. I [woke] up early the following day and [went] straight to guest services. I knew I was far too sick to fly so I asked them to change my flight for two reasons: one, because I was extremely sick, and two because they gave me an indirect flight [instead of the original direct flight],” Khan said.
However, the airline did not cooperate with Khan.
“The airline had completely dismissed the fact that I was sick and made me walk all the way back through border patrol, security and then to the transfer desk. I asked for a flight for Friday because I knew I would not be well enough to fly the next day,” Khan said. “The staff member told me that Medline had cleared me to fly the next day, which made me extremely angry because I had no clue who these Medline people were and they had no idea what I had been going through.”
I cried a lot because I was stuck in a country alone. I missed a lot of school so that was stressful, and when I got sick, my parents couldn’t help me because I was by myself.”
— senior Hira Khan
Two days later, Khan received her boarding pass and finally had the chance to get back home. Unfortunately, regardless of how much she wanted to go back home, Khan couldn’t control her sickness. She warned the airline about how severe her sickness had progressed, yet they remained unsympathetic.
“As soon as I got my boarding pass, I began to vomit. I went back to the desk and told them that I explained all this yesterday and they shouldn’t have given me approval to fly,” Khan said. “But of course, they blamed me and said that there was nothing they could do.”
With her missing nine days of school, stuck in a foreign country, and missing home, Khan broke down into tears.
“I cried a lot because I was stuck in a country alone. I missed a lot of school so that was stressful, and when I got sick, my parents couldn’t help me because I was by myself,” Khan said. “During all this time, I realized the importance of my parents because all I wanted was my mom to help me when I’m sick, and my dad to hold me when I cry. There was this constant cycle of ‘you can’t fly today’ and all I wanted to do was get back home.”
Soon, Khan realized that tears would get her nowhere and learned to remain resilient.
Hira Khan
Senior Hira Khan sits in a hospital room while being treated for her food poisoning in a hospital at Abu Dhabi.
“I learned a lot about myself and how strong I really am since I was able to find a solution for every problem that came up,” Khan said. “But most of all, I realized that I won’t always have my parents around and that it was time for me to grow up and become independent.”
Despite recovering from her illness, Khan still felt like she was mistreated and that everything was against her, not just because she was sick but also because of her ethnicity.
“I also got scanned through security too many times. Every single time, I get secondary screening which happens to be at random. [Unfortunately,] I was used to it because every flight I’ve been on through the US I’ve gotten “random” secondary screening. That’s something I will never understand. How is it that of all people, I, the immigrant, Muslim and hijabi get asked aside for random screening. That cannot be a coincidence,” Khan said. “I tried asking them why they had to scan me so many times but they said that it is a random selection. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong. Everything was being tested with me.
Eventually, Khan ended up in Chicago. It seemed like everything was over when she made that phone call to her parents—except it wasn’t.
“But of course, another problem came up. My brother and dad were unable to drive up to Chicago because of the weather so I had to stay a night there. They had arranged for someone to pick me up and for me to stay at their house,” Khan said. “I called my family crying because all I wanted to do was go home, and that was the one thing I was unable to do. I immediately booked a flight for Sunday night hoping that I’d be able to make it home in one piece.”
Grow some courage and be confident in yourself. Stay strong and know your place. Don’t let anybody stop you. You have rights so use them. Use your voice and stand up to those continuously do you wrong.”
— Khan said
Even when Khan made it back to St. Louis, she was met with even more stress from missing school.
“Finally, I made it. I got home late on Sunday and prepared to go to school the next day,” Khan said. “I was hoping I’d be able to take a day off [from school] to recover from the week of hell that I was put through, but unfortunately, I had missed too much school because of the repeated events of the week. I went to school the next day, hoping my absences would be excused, only to find out that they weren’t.”
Fortunately, Khan was relieved to figure out that her teachers were totally understanding.
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“Thankfully, I have the greatest teachers, who are so understanding and gave me more than enough time to recover from my god awful experience,” Khan said. “Although this was an awful experience with terrible compensation, much less than what is stated on the website, I learned so much from it. I grew courage, strength, independence, patience and willpower. So many things I didn’t have much of before.”
Khan realizes that she has the authority to punish them for it legally. Instead, she is simply asking the airway to provide better customer service so that others will not have to experience the same troubles she did. Khan grew from this adversity. It was just another obstacle she had to overcome and by doing so, she transformed her situation into something better, something she realizes that everyone must learn: use your voice.
“I can confidently say that I can take on any problems that come while flying, except for the one where I get extra screening. I guess being a hijabi, Muslim and immigrant can really bring out the worst from people,” Khan said. “For those who fear flying alone, don’t let my story frighten you. This was one incident, and I’m sure it is one that doesn’t happen very often. Grow some courage and be confident in yourself. Stay strong and know your place. Don’t let anybody stop you. You have rights so use them. Use your voice and stand up to those continuously do you wrong. In my situation, it happens to be the airline, but long story short, in six long days, I finally made it home where I belong. Shoutout to Etihad Airways for showing me the worst travel experience, but helping me gain the most out of it.”
Tags: Abu Dhabi, airports, food poisoning, hira khan, Pakistan, senior, Student Life
Andrew Li, STAFF WRITER
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All 183 Yes Songs Ranked Worst to Best
Ryan Reed
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Yes have survived for more than five decades because they've been willing to mess around with their recipe and roll with every gut-punch.
"Oh, our iconic frontman and keyboardist left? We'll just hire the Buggles." (Smart move.) "Oh, our iconic frontman can't tour? Let's replace him with tribute singers." (Not so smart.) But since they've refused – almost stubbornly – to throw in the towel, their catalog is appropriately sprawling, with each album bringing sonic tweaks both major and minor.
"I always hated the term 'progressive rock.' That was an unfortunate label to put on the band,” Jon Anderson told the Dallas Observer in 2012. “We played very adventurous rock, adventurous music. We lead people on a different journey. It wasn't about making money or trying to be a pop star."
Granted, this is the same guy who, in the early '80s, sang lead vocals on "Owner of a Lonely Heart," so take that "pop" comment with a grain of salt. But the true beauty of Yes is that, in their prog-rock prime, they infiltrated the mainstream with experimental ideas: On albums like Fragile and Close to the Edge and Going for the One, they balanced symphonic complexity with immediate melodic ear candy – a combination no other band of their era achieved so consistently.
In that light, it's a unique challenge attempting to rank the Yes discography. How do you compare the smoothly buffed 90125 smash "Leave It" with the knotty, long-form majesty of "The Gates of Delirium"? It's a tall order, but we're taking a crack at it. Here are Yes' 183 studio tracks – from bogus B-sides to elegant epics – ranked from worst to best.
183. "Abilene," (from reissue of 1978’s Tormato)
This revolting “Don’t Kill the Whale” B-side opens with the sound of a neighing horse: Maybe they were just trying to get in the country-rock mindset. “Something’s going on / I don’t know what it is,” Anderson and Steve Howe harmonize. You aren’t alone in your confusion, cowboys.
182. "Last Train" (Magnification outtake from the 2002 box set In a Word)
"All aboard the train!" Anderson barks on this limp in-studio jam. We'll pass, thanks. Howe literally strums one chord, and Chris Squire bangs out a muffled bass riff. Calling this a "song" is a stretch. There's scraping the bottom of the barrel, and then there's "Last Train."
181. "In a World of Our Own" (from 2014's Heaven & Earth)
Clumsy, sauntering blues-rock riddled with garishly computerized production and lyrical clichés. "What's wrong with the new revolution?" Jon Davison sings. "You can whet your appetite anywhere / As long you do your cookin' at home." Barf.
180. "Money" (from reissue of 1978's Tormato)
The random background news broadcast is the most interesting part of this atrocious pub-rock reject – as in, "What the hell is happening with that random background news broadcast?” Not even worth a second listen.
179. "Saving My Heart" (from 1991's Union)
Lifeless reggae-pop. With all the obvious talent on-hand during the Union sessions (Anderson, Howe, Rick Wakeman, Bill Bruford, Alan White, Trevor Rabin, Tony Kaye, and an army of producers and session players), this is the best they could scrape together?
178. "Man in the Moon" (from 1997's Open Your Eyes)
Billy Sherwood should be credited for helping to keep Yes afloat on numerous occasions where the band appeared destined to walk the plank. That almost makes up for this hilariously awkward song, full of obvious rhyme schemes, fake strings, and generic blues-rock riffs.
177. "It Was All We Knew" (from 2014's Heaven & Earth)
Steve Howe singing lead is never a good idea. Steve Howe writing pop songs is rarely a good idea. But both?
176. "If Only You Knew" (from 1999's The Ladder)
“Can lift you with my heart / Give you meaning every day,” Anderson sings over staid piano. “Cannot live without your truth.” Pure schmaltz.
175. "I Am Waiting" (from 1994's Talk)
Outside of a Dire Straits-y slide guitar lead, “I Am Waiting” is seriously soulless. The less said, the better.
174. "Lightning Strikes" (from 1999's The Ladder)
With its dopey electronic loops, tropical horns, and dated-as-soon-as-they-were-written lyrics ("Swimming in this ocean of words on your new cell phone"), "Lightning Strikes" is a collision of bad ideas – a mid-life crisis distilled into sound.
173. "State of Play" (from 1994's Talk)
Remember when Yes had a rhythm section? Arriving two decades after the jazz-fusion madness of Relayer, White's drums sound like they’ve been reduced to a programmer's '90s dance remix.
172. "Real Love" (from 1994's Talk)
Like Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” – minus all the heaviness and mystery.
171. "Countryside" (from reissue of 1978's Tormato)
Spanish guitar, rumbling bass, afterthought drums. Howe later reworked this leftover into "Corkscrew" from his 1991 solo LP Turbulence. But in this half-assed form, it's hard to sit through.
170. "Walls" (from 1994's Talk)
Where to start? Worship group harmonies, Trevor Rabin rhyming “out” with “out,” White sounding like he’s been replaced by a Macintosh. Saddest of all, Supertramp’s Roger Hodgson co-wrote this drivel.
169. "In the Tower" (from reissue of 1980’s Drama)
After the strained Tormato sessions, Yes reconvened in Paris with famed Queen producer Roy Thomas Baker in November 1979. But they wound up losing more momentum – with Anderson and Wakeman writing ethereal songs, and Howe / Squire / White aiming for the harder, heavier approach that wound up defining their next LP, Drama. Several tracks from the aborted Paris sessions (like “Golden Age”) have emerged through bootlegs or bonus tracks, and the flat-lining “In the Tower" perfectly encapsulates the band’s creative confusion, as Anderson belts pseudo-mystical lyrics over classical church organ and a lumbering, overproduced drum part.
The whole project fell apart when White was injured while skating at a roller disco. “Regarding the Paris sessions," the drummer told Scottish Yes Network in 2014, "when I broke my ankle it may have been a blessing in disguise, because it wasn’t turning out like we wanted it.”
168. "Can I?" (from 1999’s The Ladder)
For some reason, Anderson decides to reprise – and not finish – his Fragile interlude "We Have Heaven." The vocal scatting doesn't help.
167. "Crossfire" (from 2002's In a Word)
This bluesy guitar strut feels unsure of why it exists.
166. "Picasso" (from reissue of 1978’s Tormato)
Acoustic strum, twinkly guitar lead – pointless but harmless.
165. "Amazing Grace" (from reissue of 1977's Going for the One, 1991 compilation Yesyears)
Squire’s bass-only arrangement of “Amazing Grace” felt divine when incorporated into his live solo showcase. But this fuzzy studio outtake feels like an afterthought.
164. "Angkor Wat" (from 1991's Union)
For this ambient doodle, Anderson reprises some dumb gags from the Tormato era, like sound effects (storms!) and spoken-word segments (a random segment of Cambodian poetry).
163. "Dangerous (Look in the Light of What You’re Searching For)" (from 1991's Union)
Generic hard-rock riff, squealing lead lines, a dreadful section with hilariously dated dance remix-styled breakbeats. Not even Tony Levin's slap-bass tone can rescue it. More depressing, Howe isn’t even on the finished product – like many other Union cuts, his parts were re-recorded by session player Jimmy Haun (who did an admirable job under the awkward circumstances). "I think that the record is very palatable and has a lot to offer musically,” Haun said years later. “I do understand the fan reaction, and I think a lot of it has little to do with the musical aspect, but rather the political and the fact that there isn't much Yes there. And if I was Steve Howe, I would have been ticked off if someone came in and replaced my parts, too. But I did try to be sensitive to his sound and style."
162. "Love Conquers All" (Union outtake from 1991’s Yesyears)
"Union outtake" pretty much sums it up.
161. "Days" (from reissue of 1978's Tormato)
Jon Anderson sounds worryingly strained on this acapella folk ditty, which he later reworked for his 1980 solo LP, Song of Seven.
160. "Circus of Heaven" (from 1978's Tormato)
Tormato is a strange album to pick apart: It's full of compelling songs ruined by perplexing arrangements, murky production, and the claustrophobic feel of overplaying. Anderson's "Circus of Heaven" checks every box: Like many tracks on the LP, it opens with an accessible melodic structure that Yes proceeds to slowly tarnish. When the frontman's young son pops in for a wide-eyed spoken-word cameo, you know the wheels have fallen off.
159. "You Can Be Saved" (from reissue of 1978's Tormato)
A monochrome cousin to "Onward."
158. "The Calling" (from 1994's Talk)
Standard Yes-in-arena-mode affair, with Tony Kaye's intricate organ work elevating a generic blues-rock riff.
157. "Light of the Ages" (from 2014's Heaven & Earth)
"A beacon is shining/ ‘Cross the cosmos, it's guiding/ Igniting the pathway for us," Davison sings in his best (read: worst) Anderson impression. File under "adult-contemporary Yes." Then burn the file.
156. "To Ascend" (from 2014's Heaven & Earth)
Howe's yearning Portuguese guitar opens this Davison / White collaboration – a promising start. Then enters the plodding New Age chorus, highlighted by one of the flimsiest drum sounds ever recorded. “[Roy Thomas Baker] is quite meticulous about which microphones get the right sound,” White told Scottish Yes Network of the Heaven & Earth sessions. “We were using about $50,000 worth of microphones on the drums alone." Too late for a refund?
155. "Don't Take No for An Answer" (from 2018's Fly From Here – Return Trip)
As in "the argumentative approach that resulted in Steve Howe handling lead vocals."
154. "It Will Be a Good Day (The River)" (from 1999's The Ladder)
Howe's birdsong guitar fills almost rescue this sappy ballad. Almost.
153. "Wonderlove" (from 1997’s Open Your Eyes)
Opens within waves of pedal-steel and harp-like acoustic guitar ... then morphs into a tuneless pop song.
152. "Lift Me Up" (from 1991's Union)
This Rabin / Squire composition flaunts one of the heaviest riffs in the Yes songbook. But Rabin’s generic crooning kills the vibe immediately, adding a queasy Christian-rock vibe.
151. "Cans and Brahms" (from 1971's Fragile)
On paper, it seemed like a logical plan to democratize and ego-drain, but allowing each member to record his own "solo" song on Yes' fourth LP was pretty clunky in practice. Rick Wakeman's harmless instrumental throwaway, a keyboard-only adaptation of Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 in E minor, is the reason skip buttons were invented. With its stuffy spread of electric and acoustic pianos, synthesizer, electric harpsichord, and organ, "Cans and Brahms" does serve as a pleasant-enough palette cleanser after the prog-pop journey of "Roundabout" – but have you ever put on Fragile and played this track in isolation? Imagine if they’d cleared some space with these solo pieces and included their version of Simon & Garfunkel's "America"? Then you’re looking at a Top 5 prog-rock album.
150. "Big Generator" (from 1987's Big Generator)
In which Yes attempt to recapture the Top 40 magic of 90125 ... and fail. “Big Generator" opens with some wall-to-wall scatting reminiscent of “Leave It,” incorporates some brash synth noises a la “Owner of a Lonely Heart,” and lumps in some random Phil Collins horns – but no amount of studio twiddling and emergency arrangement surgery could rescue this chunky, DOA rocker. "The danger was Big Generator was chasing that dream again, chasing that crazy hit record," Jon Anderson told Music Players in 2010. "It never happens if you chase it. It should come very naturally."
149. "Where Will You Be" (from 1994's Talk)
As cheese is concerned, this is grade-A gouda. But the New Age-y programmed arrangement, coupled with Rabin's elevator music leads and Anderson's bouncy vocal, makes it palatable.
148. "Step Beyond" (from 2014's Heaven & Earth)
Alan White briefly breaks into a jagged shuffle groove – a rare burst of human warmth in a zonked-out pop song with a feel best described as "pre-set Casio backing track."
147. "The Game" (from 2014's Heaven & Earth)
Computerized synth, lighter-than-air drums that seriously sound like samples. (Seriously, it’s hard to believe White actually played drums on this track.)
146. "Love Will Find a Way" (from 1987's Big Generator)
Rabin originally wrote this chiming 12-string rocker for Stevie Nicks, but producer Trevor Horn persuaded him to keep it in-house. It became a minor hit, so not a bad call commercially; but the arrangement is a bit lightweight for Yes, even the late-'80s edition.
145. "The More We Live – Let Go" (from 1991's Union)
Co-written by Squire and future recruit Billy Sherwood, this art-rock synth atmosphere isn’t much of an actual song. (How sad is it that, on an album that united Yes' two chief keyboardists, 11 other people played keys during the sessions?)
144. "New Language" (from 1999's The Ladder)
A common tactic of late-period, long-form Yes, "New Language” is an anonymous pop-rock tune bookended by proggy instrumental fireworks. It’s like a sandwich built with delicious artisanal bread and expired meat.
143. "It's Over" (from reissue of 1983's 90125)
Uneventful New Wave rocker brimming with 90125's candy-coated surfaces but none of its hooks.
142. "Believe Again" (from 2014's Heaven & Earth)
Howe's volume pedal guitar and Geoff Downes' twiddly synths open this mawkish, painfully soft track. With a more organic mix (not to mention Anderson behind the mic), this could have been a keeper.
141. "The Messenger" (from 1999's The Ladder)
Yes go slightly reggae on this middle-of-the-road Ladder cut. The brooding final minute sparks some intrigue, but it's a non-starter overall.
140. "Love Shine" (from 1997's Open Your Eyes)
“I won’t sleep again until I sleep again with you.” Boy, that lyric sure comes across as creepy on paper, eh? Hooky pop tune weighed down by dumb lyrics ("1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7" – really?) and a general lack of arrangement ideas.
139. "Have We Really Got to Go Through This" (from reissue of 1980's Drama)
In its studio form, this rockabilly-prog instrumental comes off like a twangier take on “Tempus Fugit.” So, there's obvious potential, but it would have felt redundant on Drama. A fleshed-out version with vocals simply called "Go Through This" appears on Yes’ 2005 concert box set, The Word Is Live.
138. "Friend of a Friend" (from reissue of 1980's Drama)
Humdrum but still worth exploring – if only for White’s funky drum groove.
137. "Never Done Before" (from 2002's In a Word)
Saloon piano and bluesy guitar highlight this serviceable Paris-sessions outtake.
136. "Final Eyes" (from 1987's Big Generator)
The Anderson and Rabin modes of Yes were at war on Big Generator, and this confused track makes that painfully clear. The intro briefly conjures their classic ambiance, with Anderson crooning over Howe-ish 12-string acoustics. But the wall-to-wall harmonies and slick synths quickly disrupt the vibe.
135. "Dear Father" (from B-side of 1970 single "Time and a Word")
Instead of masking his spiritual references in hippie-isms, Jon Anderson dives into Christianity on this limp leftover. “Here are the books of Luke,” he sings. “You'll need them to open the seed / To see what goes on in the world.” It’s hard to decipher whether the song embraces or critiques organized religion (or even both), but it’s also so boring that it’s hard to care.
134. "Sweetness" (from 1969's Yes)
“She knows just what to say to make a sunny day,” Anderson coos on this snoozy, atmospheric love song. His bandmates try to keep the ship afloat, piling on high-octave bass riffs and tremolo guitar effects. Their efforts are in vain.
133. "Clear Days" (from 1970's Time and a Word)
"I once knew a sweet young girl/ Her body was her world of love," Anderson sings, ushering us into a Baroque-pop fantasia of piano and staccato strings. "Clear Days" feels half-formed, without a rhythm section to speak of. And the words, removed from the frontman's signature rasp, are embarrassing. He'd soon learn to mask his sentimentality in acid-trip spirituality – and we’d all be better off for it.
132. "Five Per Cent for Nothing" (from 1971's Fragile)
Squonk, plonk, boink, dink. Bill Bruford clearly wasn't putting much thought into this hilarious jazz-fusion doodle, so let's follow suit in this blurb. ("[It] was my first attempt at composition," he said in Yesstories: Yes In Their Own Words. "Of course completely naive, but we've all got to start somewhere.")
131. "Madrigal" (from 1978's Tormato)
"Celestial travelers have always been here with us," Anderson coos over classical guitar and dopey electric harpsichord. The best thing you can say about "Madrigal" is that, unlike the dopiest moments on Tormato, it's hard to say anything about it.
130. "High" (from reissue of 1978's Tormato)
Howe churns out a Topographic Oceans-worthy 12-string riff on this charmingly ragged outtake. It’s a glimpse at a band in the weeds, seemingly figuring out their parts in real time – and a fascinating, frustrating glimpse behind the curtain. It’s a shame they never finished it, though the guitarist did rework it into the instrumental “Sketches in the Sun” for 1986’s GTR, the debut LP of his supergroup of the same name.
129. "Rhythm of Love" (from 1987's Big Generator)
Yes wrote lots of songs about love in the cosmic sense, but they rarely explored that subject from a carnal viewpoint. "Why should I escort you to your secret needs / Climbing up your ladder I keep falling down," Anderson shouts over a bluesy riff. "Anyway will do, anyone will do / When you dance to your darkest tune / Surrounded as you crawl around the room." Eww. Hearing our reliable spiritual guru belt about dirty deeds feels like catching your parents in the act. "Rhythm of Love” was a minor hit, the band’s last Top 40 entry – but it’s all downhill after the opening round of Beach Boys harmonies.
128. "Children of Light" (from 1997's Keys to Ascension 2)
Anderson’s frequent writing partner Vangelis collaborated on the opening section of this wordy, sleepy cut. Pedal-steel, lumbering drums, and sitar-guitar keep the engine running.
127. "Sign Language" (from 1997's Keys to Ascension 2)
A collaboration between Wakeman's synth-strings and Howe's jazzy, extended guitar solo.
126. "Miracle of Life" (from 1991's Union)
A vintage organ pattern scurries within a dense web of contrapuntal guitar/keyboard lines. Is this a quality song? What’s happening? Oh, wait, here comes Trevor Rabin to the non-rescue, tanking this one with his generic radio-rock chorus.
125. "Shock to the System" (from 1991’s Union)
Hats off to pinch-hitting guitarist Jimmy Haun, whose delicate acoustic bridge and barnburner solo help rescue a rote blues-rock riff.
124. "Almost Like Love" (from 1987's Big Generator)
Anderson belts about “brotherly love” in the nuclear age – a generic sentiment for a generic, arena-friendly chorus. A waste of a funky Rabin riff and White’s rapid-fire percussion.
123. "No Way We Can Lose" (from 1997's Open Your Eyes)
This laid-back half-ballad is nowhere near the crap-fest most prog fans make it out to be, though certainly no highlight on any Yes album.
122. "From the Balcony" (from 1997's Open Your Eyes)
"Now I hear you singing, saying that you know me well," Anderson chirps over Steve Howe's classical guitar. "Take me to your promise – new state of mind." Yawn.
121. "Song No. 4 (Satellite)" (from reissue of 1980’s Drama)
With Squire’s bass effects, White’s monster drumming, and Howe’s punky guitar stabs, “Song No. 4 (Satellite)” feels like a summary of Yes’ instrumental approach on Drama. The rhythm section later reworked the song into the demo “Telephone Secrets,” part of an aborted collaboration with Jimmy Page called XYZ.
120. "New World Symphony" (from 2004 compilation The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection)
Chris Squire adapts a portion of Antonin Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 in E minor for this soulful solo bass piece.
119. "City of Love" (from 1983’s 90125)
Did Def Leppard sneak a track onto 90125? With its stacked chorus harmonies, punchy drums, and fat power chords, “City of Love” could almost pass for a half-hearted Hysteria.
118. "Some Are Born" (from reissue of 1978's Tormato)
It’s clear why Yes left this one off Tormato: "Some Are Born" is too ragged in its current state, with too many strained vocals and guitar flubs, to be considered album-worthy. But the track – which Anderson later reworked for Song of Seven – is compelling as a demo, with the frontman’s folk reverie leading to a tranquil texture and a surprising accelerando.
117. "The Man You Always Wanted Me to Be" (from 2011's Fly From Here)
Keyboardist Gerard Johnson, Squire’s frequent collaborator, helped craft this track – the lamest, limpest moment on Fly From Here. Kudos to the late bassist, though, for the most confident Yes vocal he ever recorded.
116. "Time Is Time" (from 2000's Magnification)
Steve Howe's unexpected dobro lines highlight this pleasant-enough acoustic ballad.
115. "I Would Have Waited Forever" (from 1991's Union)
Like most of Union, “I Would Have Waited Forever” feels like the end product of too many cooks in a crammed, hostile kitchen. There are tons of great ideas (Haun’s opening 6/4 riff, Levin’s thumping bass), but the song is overproduced within an inch of its life.
114. "In the Presence Of" (from 2000's Magnification)
A bit overlong at 10-plus minutes, without enough melodic content to support that heft. But there are some intriguing moments, like Howe's buzzing E-bow, on this tranquil easy listening-prog track.
113. "Foot Prints" (from Keys to Ascension 2)
“Getting ready for the big bang” is a good summary of listening to “Foot Prints.” Some nice tonal colors from Squire’s bluesy bass and Wakeman’s wailing organ, but this is basically middle-of-the-road AOR-prog.
112. "To Be Alive (Hep Yadda)" (from 1999's The Ladder)
It shouldn’t work, but dammit, it kinda does. Anderson’s staccato delivery masks the stupidity of the lyrics, and the harmony-laden AOR chorus is catchy enough to offset the lack of instrumental prowess.
111. "Somehow, Someday" (from 1997's Open Your Eyes)
"So the blue bird will fly o'er the world and the stars/ In the moonlight we prays for forgiveness that's ours," Jon Anderson sings. "Only now can she rest from the singing of songs / And the freedom of love." Oof. Luckily, the chorus, with its angular rhythms, makes up for the corniness.
110. "Our Song" (from 1983'’s 90125)
"Our Song" has the rare distinction of being a dual B-side (to "Owner of a Lonely Heart") and a minor hit single. The arrangement is arena-rock Yes on auto-pilot, pairing heavy guitar riffs with a synth-powered chorus hook; the only distinct part of the song is its seemingly random allegiance to Toledo, Ohio, where Yes allegedly played a sweltering 1977 show that reached 126 degrees inside the city's Sports Arena. "Toledo's got to be the silver city/ In this good country," Anderson sings. Forget "Caesar's Palace, morning glory" – those could be strangest Yes lyrics ever written.
109. "Without Hope You Cannot Start the Day" (from 1991's Union)
Anderson teamed with producer Jonathan Elias for this arty mini-epic. The synth balladry falls flat, but the King Crimson rhythm section of Bill Bruford and Tony Levin ramp up the energy on a brooding 9/8 chorus.
108. "Give & Take" (bonus track from 1991's Union)
Trevor Rabin is a great pop songwriter when he avoids cock-rock riffs, and this chiming Union leftover is one of his hidden gems.
107. "Take the Water to the Mountain" (from 1991's Union)
Like "Evensong," which essentially functions as its intro, "Take the Water to the Mountain" should have been developed into a more dynamic piece. But given the creative clutter of Union, we shouldn't complain too much: With Haun's ambient leads and Anderson’s soothing chants, it ends the LP with a moment of welcome calm.
106. "Be the One" (from 1996's Keys to Ascension)
Anderson sings about love and children and stars and dreams and truth and ponies. OK, maybe not that last part, but it wouldn't be out of place on the inoffensively bland "Humankind" section. Yes finally wake up after the four-minute mark, letting Howe's guitars do most of the talking.
105. "Finally" (from 1999's The Ladder)
Anderson adopts a raspy, bluesy tone on this guitar-heavy rocker. Howe, meanwhile, utilizes every tool in his arsenal – from sitar-like chime to a volume-pedal swells.
104. "Hold On" (from 1983's 90125)
"Hold On" is a rote, bluesy rocker with two areas of interest: Anderson and Squire’s booming New Wave chorus harmonies and White’s shifting, out-of-left-field drum patterns (see: 1:08).
103. "Tango" (from 2002's In a Word)
One of the few bright spots from the Paris sessions, “Tango” features Anderson barking out a strained vocal over intricate keys and a throbbing hard-rock riff.
102. "Vevey (Revisited)" (from reissue of 1977’s Going for the One, 1991 compilation Yesyears)
This funereal instrumental duet finds Anderson picking out a shaky, rudimentary guitar melody over Wakeman’s wheezing organ chords. It’s so raw and intimate, you can hear the sound of every pick scraping the strings, every random background creak. (The track is credited to Anderson / Wakeman, so one must assume that isn’t Howe on the guitar. Plus, the playing sounds too shaky to be him.)
101. "Make It Easy" (from 1991 compilation Yesyears, reissue of 1983's 90125)
The intro, with its frantic synth / guitar lines, became a signature moment of Yes’ '80s live show, leading into "Owner of a Lonely Heart." Makes sense that they lopped off the rest of this lackluster track.
100. "Show Me" (from 2004's The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection)
A protest song seemingly aimed at the entire world, Anderson's acoustic ballad "Show Me" should fall on its face. ("Show me the children who remember their own father now," he sings. “Show me the children who just don't sleep anymore.") But with that ageless, radiant voice, he manages to pull it off.
99. "Give Love Each Day" (from 2000's Magnification)
The string arrangement is a bit sappy. But the band utilizes an admirable amount of space, maximizing the impact of each hi-hat flutter and tremolo bass sparkle.
98. "We Agree" (from 2000's Magnification)
A pseudo-ballad with lush harmonies and arpeggiated acoustics, allowing Jon Anderson and company to gaze "through the eyes of the child."
97. "Soft as a Dove" (from 2000's Magnification)
Fitting title for this brief acoustic-symphonic ballad.
96. "Don’t Go" (from 2000's Magnification)
No getting around it: Sampling a honking horn after the line "stole her best friend's car" is worthy of the hardest face-palm in your arsenal. But even Anderson's supremely dorky lyrics can't ruin this windows-down pop-rock singalong.
95. "Silent Talking" (from 1991's Union)
Part of this bluesy hard-prog song is in 9/8, so you know they’re onto something. Kudos to Howe for those textured lead guitars – or, wait, that’s session player Jimmy Haun, king of the Union overdubs.
94. "Hearts" (from 1983's 90125)
The closest 90125 comes to vintage prog – at least briefly: “Hearts” opens with an Asian-tinted vocal / keyboard melody that recalls the symphonic atmosphere of Going For the One or Relayer. Aaaand then comes the lacquered pop chorus (“Two hearts are better than one”).
93. "Universal Garden" (from 1997's Open Your Eyes)
With its cinematic, symphonic arrangement, "Universal Gardens" previews the orchestral approach of Magnification.
92. “Holy Lamb (Song for Harmonic Convergence)" (from 1987's Big Generator)
"At the start of every day / A child begins to play," Anderson sings on Big Generator’s strummy, grandiose finale. It’s cheesy, but the frontman sounds rejuvenated in this context, viewing the world with his third eye.
91. "Holding On" (from 1991's Union)
Not to be confused with 90125 rocker “Hold On,” and you certainly shouldn’t. This one’s a moody art-rocker with atmospheric guitar leads, synth pads, and a groove that (fittingly) recalls Discipline-era King Crimson. One of Union’s few highlights.
90. "Parallels" (from 1977's Going for the One)
Rick Wakeman’s regal, blaring church organ – recorded at St. Martin's in Vevey, Switzerland – is the obvious high point of his Squire-helmed rocker. “I suggested to the rest of the band that we link up lines from the church to the studio,” the keyboardist told Circus that year. “So they sat in the studio and played and I sat in the church and played, and we put it down at the same time. It was absolute magic."
89. "Golden Age" (from reissue of 1980's Drama)
The crown jewel of the lost Paris sessions, "Golden Age" is a sturdy combo of Wakeman’s spooky synths and Howe's bluesy guitars – certainly more memorable than most of what ended up on Tormato. (Wakeman later incorporated some of his parts for "Maybe 80" from his 1982 solo LP Rock 'n' Roll Prophet; Anderson salvaged some material for "Some Are Born.")
88. "Face to Face" (from 1999's The Ladder)
Sure, The Ladder often sounds pitiful in its attempts to sound modern. But the digital whooshes and modern synth tones of "Face to Face" actually feel essential to the mix, adding a bit of urgency to this jovial art-pop tune.
87. "Subway Walls" (from 2014's Heaven & Earth)
Yes' sanitized 21st studio LP closes with one admirable attempt at prog – the equivalent of a teacher passing out candy after a lecture. It's a patchwork of a track full of clumsy drum editing and forced transitions, but all of the individual sections have their merit – from Geoff Downes' opening synth-string overture to Squire's biting bass riff in the verses to a manic math-funk finale set partially in 17/8.
86. "Homeworld (The Ladder)" (from 1999's The Ladder)
Anderson barks out monotone, rhythmic lines over pulsating bass and twangy guitar riff. Too bad he succumbed to temptation and ended with corny crooning (“I will always need you inside my heart!”).
85. "Fortune Seller" (from 1997's Open Your Eyes)
Yes fans should really give Open Your Eyes a second – or 28th – listen. Like many other tracks on the LP, "Fortune Seller" is built on the kind of subtle sonic touches that cut through clearest in headphones: Howe’s jazzy guitar fills and pedal-steel, random triangle accents, phaser-lathered vocal harmonies midway through.
84. "Changes" (from 1983's 90125)
"Changes" is a tale of two unrelated songs pasted together. The first is White's furious, rhythmic, marimba-led instrumental; the second is a charmingly campy blast of power chords and New Wave crooning.
83. "Looking Around" (from 1969's Yes)
Yes approach the hard-rock Hammond thunder of Deep Purple on this heavy early cut. But even though it’s nice to hear them let loose a bit, this one feels a bit too raw and one-dimensional to leave much of a lasting impression.
82. "Everydays" (from 1970's Time and a Word)
Pizzicato show tune strings zoom in, framing the rhythm section’s breezy cool-jazz groove. Anderson croons in his scratchiest tone. Peter Banks’ rippling guitars swim through the mix, occasionally peeking above water. This Buffalo Springfield revamp, with its dramatic quiet-loud dynamics, is fairly standard stuff for Yes Mach I: You almost wish they’d just let this simmer.
81. "Spirit of Survival" (from 2000's Magnification)
Yes try their hand at a spy theme, piling loads of brass onto shadowy guitar / bass riffs.
80. "Harold Land" (from 1969's Yes)
A collaboration between Anderson, Squire and Bruford, "Harold Land" documents the harrowing story of a soldier returning from war, only to a realize he's "lost his love and youth." The mournful Hammond organ and piano recall the same airy drama Genesis conjured one year later on Trespass – but despite its clever tempo shifts, the arrangement feels half-baked.
79. "Australia" (from 2004's The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection)
Steve Howe strips back a 1975 solo track for this guitar-only acoustic rendition – and the raw emotion of his arrangement cuts through in this context without the overdub distractions.
78. "Shoot High Aim Low" (from 1987's Big Generator)
Yes set aside their commercial ambitions for this admirably atmospheric piece – seven minutes of droning guitars, tag-teamed vocals, and funky bass.
77. "Open Your Eyes" (from 1997's Open Your Eyes)
By the late '90s, most Yes fans had learned to block out Anderson's camp-counselor lyrics (“You’ve got a great imagination," he sings here) and focus on the arrangements. And this one more than delivers on the latter front, with Anderson, Sherwood and Squire harmonizing around an atmospheric group riff.
76. "Don't Kill the Whale" (from 1978's Tormato)
A minor hit single, "Don't Kill the Whale" is Yes at their funkiest and most accessible. Anderson and Squire harmonize about animal conservation over tense chord changes, handclaps, and a restrained drum pulse. Simply put, Howe and Wakeman kill the vibe: The guitarist and keyboardist, as they do elsewhere on the LP, seem to be dueling for sonic space, cramming as many notes into their solos and fills as possible – Howe with his bluesy, out-of-tune wankery and Wakeman with his dorky synth tones.
75. "Release, Release" (from 1978's Tormato)
"That's the one I called the punky one, it reminds me of a punk song – a Yes punk song anyway," Squire said in 1996. The sharp edges and air-drum-worthy energy of "Release Release" find Yes tightening up their arrangements without sacrificing musicality. Too bad they couldn't keep it interesting for more than a couple minutes. Yes clearly had no idea how to finish this song, as evidenced by the ghastly "No way, did they really just do that?" drum solo (with the bonus of sampled arena applause).
74. "Arriving UFO" (from 1978's Tormato)
Half anthem, half absolute shit-show, "Arriving UFO" opens as jovial sci-fi art-pop before nose-diving into a bridge built on Wakeman's comically – not cosmically – piercing synth. (His entire performance feels unsteady; check the flubbed note at the 1:50 mark.) "Everything was going well, and then we did the Tormato album in 1978, which was potentially one of the best Yes albums ever," Wakeman reflected in 2008’s Close to the Edge: The Story of Yes. "But it suffered from appalling production. By that time Eddie Offord had gone to Mars and was unavailable. Everybody was using their own engineers, so you never saw so many hands on faders. The whole thing ended up so compressed it was tragic. I would love to get hold of that album and have it remixed. There is some fabulous stuff on there. 'Arriving UFO' is a great track and could have been one of the great Yes stage features of all time, but it suffered on the record." What a wasted opportunity.
73. "Nine Voices (Longwalker)" (from 1999's The Ladder)
Howe’s acoustic strumming recalls the pastoral folkiness of “I’ve Seen All Good People” – a comparison that Anderson drills home by quoting the “diddit” chorus vocals. But the arrangement, with its textured tablas and shakers, still manages to sound fresh. (“Nine Voices” was a favorite of producer Bruce Fairbarn, who died unexpectedly at the end of the mixing sessions. Howe and Anderson performed the song at his funeral.)
72. "Montreux's Theme" (from reissue of 1977’s Going for the One, 1991 compilation Yesyears)
Howe’s lead guitar snakes around Squire’s melodic bass and White’s shimmering cymbals. It’s tempting to wish they’d developed this further, but its simplicity and brevity is part of what makes “Montreux’s Theme” so lovely.
71. "White Car" (from 1980's Drama)
With its lush synth-strings, “White Car” earns its rightful spot on Yes' finest '80s LP. But the song just sorta stops mid-thought, as if the rest of the band walked in on Horn and Downes then unplugged their gear.
70. "We Have Heaven" (from 1971's Fragile)
Anderson’s tantalizingly slight acoustic ditty feels like the intro to a song that never develops. “Tell the moon dog, tell the march hare” to finish this one someday.
69. "Solitaire" (from 2011's Fly From Here)
Sublime Steve Howe acoustic piece, with more of a traditional folk vibe than some of his other guitar excursions.
68. "Masquerade" (from 1991's Union)
You know why Howe’s haunting 12-string showcase stands out on Union? It’s hard to over-produce a 12-string guitar.
67. "Cinema" (from 1983's 90125)
Before Anderson’s inclusion prompted the band to re-christen themselves Yes for 90125, the Squire / White / Rabin / Kaye quartet collaborated under the name “Cinema” – and this Grammy-winning instrumental rave-up tips its hat to the band’s transitional era. (Kudos to White for his jolting hi-hat work.)
66. "Bring Me to the Power" (from 1997's Keys to Ascension 2)
A bit of a roller-coaster, both in quality and dynamics, "Bring Me to the Power" incorporates some biting Howe leads and folky Anderson interludes ("If we don't give them the keys, how are they supposed to get ready?")
65. "Hour of Need" (from 2011's Fly From Here)
It's a bit lightweight – no arguing against that. But Howe's never sounded more confident as a solo songwriter than on this autumnal folk-pop track. (Check out the extended version on Fly From Here – Return Trip for the song's art-rock finale.)
64. "New State of Mind" (from 1997's Open Your Eyes)
In the post-Drama era, a lot of Yes' vocal harmonies started to sound like synth-pads swathed in reverb. Cheers to Sherwood for accentuating the members' individual voices on Open Your Eyes, particularly this strutting, mid-tempo rocker.
63. "Dreamtime" (from 2000's Magnification)
One of Yes' last great epics, "Dreamtime" leaves no instrument sitting idle. Everything's here: primal tom-toms, heavy orchestrations, droning sitar-guitar, a lengthy orchestral tag.
62. "Endless Dream" (from 1994's Talk)
Yes saved all their prog for Talk’s thunderous 15-minute finale, most notably on the opening instrumental “Silent Spring,” a 5/4 whiplash of bone-crunching guitar riffs and whirring Hammond organ. The rest fails to match the rush of that opening salvo, but there are plenty of notable moments, including Trevor Rabin’s usage of wonky alt-metal guitar tones.
61. "The Solution" (from 1997's Open Your Eyes)
The Sherwood line-up merge the prog-pop sensibility of late-'70s Yes (say, "Going for the One") with contemporary rock production that highlights the muscle of their rhythm section, bouncing through time changes with the glee of a band half their age. (No reason for the 15-minute ambient doodle at the end, though.)
60. "Richard" (from 2002's In a Word)
With its singalong vocal harmonies and ethereal vibraphone, this Tormato outtake would have been a centerpiece on that iffy LP. Luckily, Anderson later resurrected the track for a solo tour.
59. "Evensong" (from 1991's Union)
It makes perfect sense that Union’s purest moment is its least cluttered – and has nothing to do with producer battles or session overdubs. Bruford and Levin’s tantalizingly brief duet between Chapman Stick and tuned electronic percussion is breathtaking in its focus and symmetry – if only it were 10 times longer.
58. "It Can Happen" (from 1983's 90125)
“It can happen to you; it can happen to me,” Squire and Anderson harmonize. “It can happen to everyone eventually.” Very specific! Lyrical deficiencies aside, “It Can Happen” adds some colorful twists – like Deepak Khazanchi’s electric sitar and Squire’s melodic, repetitive bass – to what could have been a generic hard-rocker.
57. "I'm Running" (from 1987's Big Generator)
Big Generator’s proggy centerpiece harkens back to the ambition of classic Yes – weaving marimba textures, Spanish guitar segments, and experimental drum parts into a messy, nearly eight-minute hodgepodge.
56. "Mind Drive" (from 1997's Keys to Ascension 2)
A story as old as time (or at least Talk), the 18-minute centerpiece from Keys to Ascension 2 begins in vintage symphonic-prog mode (synths, xylophones, marching snares, metallic riffs – it's all there) before Anderson crashes his own party with lazy acoustic balladry. At least 10 minutes are top-tier, but "Mind Drive" can't help but suffer in comparison to "That, That Is," the more fluid epic from the first Keys to Ascension set.
55. "The Ancient (Giants Under the Sun)" (from 1973’s Tales From Topographic Oceans)
Do a quick Internet poll about Tales From Topographic Oceans and you’ll probably get two general responses: 1) It’s a bloated, misguided disaster that serves as a Spinal Tap-style parody of the entire prog movement, and 2) It’s one of the genre’s unsung masterpieces, with every passage of noodling and slow-motion ambience an essential part of the whole. As usual, both are wrong. “The Ancient (Giants Under the Sun),” which makes up the double-album’s third side, highlights both its strengths and weaknesses: All the individual elements are intriguing – White’s manic percussion approaching an electronic rumble, Howe’s dissonant pedal-steel lines, the closing classical guitar passages – but it’s probably eight minutes longer than necessary, and the seamless continuity of Close to the Edge has devolved into choppiness.
54. "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" (from 1970’s Time and a Word)
Squire’s bass, captured in all its rumbling glory, is like an orchestra in itself. So the string players from London’s Royal College of Music just cramp his style here – as they do on most of Time and a Word. Despite the obtrusions, this Richie Havens rework gets by on sheer zest alone. Yes rarely sounded like they were having so much fun.
53. "Every Little Thing" (from 1969’s Yes)
Yes pay tribute to a lesser-praised Beatles classic with their joyous take on 1964’s “Every Little Thing.” After a blaring psychedelic intro march (and Peter Banks’ random guitar quote from “Day Tripper”), the band weaves in widescreen vocal harmonies, volume pedal guitar swells, and a surprising amount of snarling garage-prog attitude.
52. "Can You Imagine" (from 2000's Magnification)
Chris Squire takes a rare lead vocal (and an even rarer falsetto) on this elegant piece, which he originally recorded with Jimmy Page for the aborted XYZ project under the demo name “Can You See." (That version is also worth tracking down, though be warned: Squire struggles to sing pretty much all of it.)
51. "Magnification" (from 2001's Magnification)
Fluttering flutes, frollicking Anderson – not usually the recipe for a high-caliber Yes song. But they make it work here. Just listen to the nuance of how White develops the drum part – how his subdivisions of the beat offer the track a subtle momentum, like a captain steering the ship in shadow.
50. "Life on a Film Set" (from 2011's Fly From Here)
Horn and Downes reworked their Buggles demo “Rising a Tide” into this hooky, late-era Yes piece, expanding the arrangement to include tuned percussion and Squire's nimble, Geddy Lee-esque bass.
49. "Into the Storm" (from 2011's Fly From Here)
When Yes think outside of 4/4, good things usually happen. The punchy prog-pop opening is charming enough, but "Into the Storm" leaps to a new level of quality during the grandiose 7/8 section.
48. "I See You" (from 1969's Yes)
It’s easy to forget that, for all their technical prog showmanship, Yes initially formed over Anderson's and Squire's shared affinity for vocal harmony. "I See You" is proof of that bond, adapting the atmospheric Byrds track to a jazzier, heavier setting.
47. "The Prophet" (from 1970's Time and a Word)
It feels a bit stitched together, but all the individual sections of “The Prophet” are riveting on their own – from Kaye’s classical organ intro to the snazzy horn parts to a stomping middle section led by Bruford’s cascading snare rolls and Squire’s absurdly thick, tuba-like bass.
46. "Clap" (from 1971's The Yes Album)
A country-folk intermission after the prog onslaught of “Yours Is No Disgrace,” the live-recorded “Clap” remains Steve Howe’s essential guitar showcase – a foot-tapper filled with wild hammer-on licks, reflective strumming, and flashy key changes. “Clap” is so dense with ideas, it almost feels improvised – but it’s more than mere muscle flexing. It’s a relic from an era when showmanship was a virtue.
45. "The Remembering (High the Memory)" (from 1973's Tales From Topographic Oceans)
Vocal chants, disorienting bass harmonies, folky guitars – Yes had the ingredients of a classic piece here, but they just overloaded the recipe. "I didn't understand where we were going as a band," Rick Wakeman later reflected, noting his departure from the line-up after the Tales tour. "We adapted the music to fit four sides of an album. It didn't naturally evolve. There are some great things, but an awful lot of padding. If the CD format was around then, it would have been a different album."
44. "On the Silent Wings of Freedom" (from 1978's Tormato)
Squire's bass behemoth opens with one of his signature riffs, a barrage of thumping, wah-wah-styled lines shaped by the Mu-Tron Envelope Filter pedal. Anderson's chirpy vocal keeps things moving – but Yes lose that momentum over eight minutes, filling the gaps with Howe's obtrusive, squawking bird guitar flourishes.
43. "The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)" (from 1971's Fragile)
Any time Squire played on a track, you knew you’d get more than enough bass. So recording his own miniature low-end symphony was probably predestined (Of course the loudest player on every cut would want to hear more of himself) and a little redundant (Did we really need more bass, Chris?). "The Fish," full of wild wah-wah and piercing harmonics, is easily the king of the Fragile solo songs – and a future concert showcase (with only one bass, naturally).
42. "Mood for a Day" (from 1971's Fragile)
Howe took a graceful flamenco approach with "Mood for a Day" – the tonal opposite of his previous acoustic showcase, the giddily meandering "Clap." It's the perfect opportunity for a deep breath before the relentless prog pummel of "Heart of the Sunrise."
41. "Yesterday and Today" (from 1969's Yes)
Yes reinterpreted the Beatles' "Every Little Thing" elsewhere on their debut, but their daydreamy acoustic ballad "Yesterday and Today" is even more indebted to the Fab Four. (It can't be a coincidence that the latter band issued a U.S. LP by that name in 1966.) Anderson adopts an appealingly smoky vocal tone (as if he cut the track after finishing off a carton of Kools), crooning over an oceanic mist of seventh chords played on acoustic guitar and piano. It's like a lost John Lennon track interpreted by a psychedelic wizard.
40. "Astral Traveller" (from 1970's Time and a Word)
Thank prog for Eddy Offord, the greatest rock engineer ever. His behind-the-boards brilliance accentuates the bite of Squire’s bass, the riveting tumble of Bruford's tom-toms, and the alien aura of Anderson’s phaser-heavy vocals.
39. "Something’s Coming" (from 1997's Something's Coming: The BBC Recordings 1969–1970)
Yes weren’t exactly breaking the mold by covering Lennon/McCartney on their debut – but Bernstein/Sondheim? That was a different ballpark of ballsiness. Stretching out the West Side Story piece to over seven minutes, the band reworked pristine melodic themes into jagged psych-rock riffs and jazzy asides.
38. "America" (from 1972 compilation The New Age of Atlantic, 1975 compilation Yesterdays)
This is a little overlong when you get down to it (did Howe’s greasy country-funk guitar solo really need to stretch for over three minutes?), but Yes’ radical rework of Simon & Garfunkel’s “America” remains the essential cover track in their arsenal. (This was an important tribute for Anderson, who told UCR in 2014 that Paul Simon remains his “favorite songwriter.”)
37. "Run Through the Light" (from 1980's Drama)
Yes attempted to organize a half-formed version of this prog-pop cut during their disastrous Paris sessions with Wakeman and Anderson. It didn’t go well: That version, dubbed “Dancing Through the Light,” plodded along with dopey synths and what could be the most out-of-tune bass guitar ever recorded on a rock song. Luckily, with Horn and Downes in the fold, Yes buffed out the song’s awkwardness – weaving spidery synth and guitar leads over the frontman’s fretless bass.
36. "Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)" (from 1973's Tales From Topographic Oceans)
"We love when we play," Anderson sings. And do they ever play. Electric sitars, dancing hi-hat patterns, tumbling congas, wordless vocal chants: Yes summarize the full scope of their astral travels on Topographic Ocean’s fourth and final side, ending with a touch more zeal and poignancy than the album’s more rambling middle section.
35. "The Revealing Science of God (Dance of the Dawn)" (from 1973’s Tales From Topographic Oceans)
Alan White was a pure rock drummer – much fonder of primal pound than the jazzy experimentation of Bill Bruford, whom he replaced for the band’s sixth LP. So, imagine being in his shoes, trying to sort out a role within the bizarre soundscapes of Tales From Topographic Oceans. But White found his niche immediately: His heavy tom fills and cymbal crashes highlight the album’s opening side, grounding the band’s spacey chants, synth spikes, and volume pedal swells. “What happened to this song we once knew so well?” Anderson sings. Many confused fans were probably asking themselves that same question. But, thanks in part to their new drummer, “The Revealing Science of God” is the record’s closest brush with classic Yes.
34. "Future Times / Rejoice" (from 1978's Tormato)
Yes’ least satisfying album of the '70s opens with with a glimpse of promise. “Future Times / Rejoice” soars on Squire’s wah-wah bass, White’s marching snare pattern, and Anderson’s lively vocal melody. But all of the album’s technical and structural deficiencies are evident immediately: The mix is weirdly grimy, and Howe seems to be improvising his awkwardly loud guitar doodles. “There was lots of notes being played by Rick and Steve on mostly every track on it,” Squire admitted years later – the most diplomatic way of expressing his disappointment.
33. "Into the Lens" (from 1980's Drama)
A flawless example of progressive pop, "Into the Lens" finds Squire exploring a borderline slap-bass tone over Downes' Wakeman-like organ and Howe's pedal-steel. The Buggles later reworked the song into the scaled-back "I Am a Camera" for their 1981 LP, Adventures in Modern Recording, and Horn has maintained that he prefers the latter version. "I don't mind ‘Into the Lens’ – the melody's unadulterated while the arrangement's a lot more complicated,” he wrote in the liner notes for Recording's 2010 reissue. "I think Geoffrey's brilliant on the Buggles version."
32. "Wonderous Stories" (from 1977's Going for the One)
“I awoke this morning / love laid me down by a river,” Anderson sings within a fittingly dreamy landscape of 12-string acoustic, synth pads, and steam train cymbals. The frontman recounts, in fairy-tale language, a narrator longing for the wisdom of a grand storyteller – much like we long for his.
31. "Tempus Fugit" (from 1980's Drama)
Ska? Punk? New Wave? Synth-pop? These are the genres that were wiping prog off the planet. With “Tempus Fugit,” Yes said, “Screw it” and embraced all of them at once – while still managing to sound proggy. From Howe’s choppy guitar to Downes’ sleek “yes, yes” vocoder” to Squire’s jittery, flanged riff – this track is like a Russian nesting doll of sonic surprises.
30. "Turn of the Century" (from 1977's Going for the One)
“Turn of the Century” is a rare writing collaboration between Anderson, Howe and White, and the percussionist’s credit is a surprising side-note, given the song’s ambience, texture, and overall lack of drums. It commences with an elongated, mystical crescendo – building acoustic guitars, ornate vocal melodies, bass, synth, harp, and faint cymbals. You wait for a traditional Yes-ish climax but even at its peak, with White tapping out some twinkling tuned percussion, it stays in a dreamy first gear.
29. "Leave It" (from 1983's 90125)
"Leave It" is often overshadowed by “Owner of a Lonely Heart” – a somewhat inevitable fate. But the two tracks feel like two sides of the same coin: catchy and quirky, intricately produced, and full of odd sonic touches. Yes never got funkier than “Leave It,” riding out a nimble bass groove, ping-ponging choral vocals, and Graham Preskett’s unexpected violin flourishes. (It also spawned one of the dumbest music videos of the decade – a literally head-spinning affair.)
28. “A Venture” (from 1971’s The Yes Album)
Compact yet deceptively complex, "A Venture" sadly remains the Yes Album "skip track" for many fans. At a brief 3:21, it appears designed as an intermission, a breather – arriving after two lengthy epics ("Starship Trooper” and "I’ve Seen All Good People") and before another (nine-minute finale “Perpetual Change”). But the song’s brevity only underscores its singularity: The band wastes no time, with Anderson recounting a wise tale of regret ("better men have realized 'alone' is not a venture") in a staccato lullaby vocal that ping-pongs against the rhythmic bounce of Bruford / Squire.
27. "Perpetual Change" (from 1971's The Yes Album)
Yes did a lot of wild stuff in the '70s, but this middle section is easily the most indulgent: A carnivalesque full-band riff in 7/8 enters the mix and pans to the left speaker, at which point an instrumental reprise of the soulful chorus (set in 14 – essentially five "bars" of 3/4 with the last beat axed off) drifts to the right, giving us two Yeses playing in two different time signatures simultaneously. It’s hilarious, and sort of endearing, in its audaciousness – a combination of "wow, wouldn’t that be interesting?" and "what the heck, why not?" The rest of the song is more conventional, like the stampeding intro chords or Anderson's flowing cadences on the daydreamy verses.
26. "Sound Chaser" (from 1974's Relayer)
After failing to replace the exited Wakeman with future New Age icon Vangelis, Yes found a wildly different recruit in Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz. The synth master brought a jazz-fusion flair to their tool kit, pushing them toward Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return to Forever levels of intensity and technicality. "Sound Chaser" is pure fire, building from Moraz's cascading electric pianos to a breakneck groove anchored by White’s aggressive tom fills and hi-hats.
25. "Does It Really Happen?" (from 1980's Drama)
Laser beam synths, punk-funk bass, White playing straight 4/4 against a fluctuating meter: "Does It Really Happen?" is full of tasty prog touches. But with its sculpted vocal harmonies and bright production style, the song was primed for mainstream rock radio. Surprisingly, it developed through goofing around in the studio: "Chris was playing a bass riff with Alan, and I started whacking some chords over the top of it," Downes told Songfacts in 2018. "It was more of a jam, how it initially started out."
24. "Fly From Here" (from 2011's Fly From Here)
No one could replace Jon Anderson, and Yes were painfully aware of that fact, so they decided to clone him. Or, well, as close as they could get – hiring Benoit David, the frontman of Yes tribute act Close two the Edge. But as he proves on this majestic, multi-part suite, the man proved to be a quality vocalist on his own merits, with a high range and soulful timbre somewhere between Anderson and his one-time replacement Trevor Horn. (Considering Horn co-wrote this lengthy piece and coached David through the full performance, the comparison is more than ideal.) "Fly From Here" almost feels like cheating since it originated from an unrecorded track debuted on Yes' 1980 tour. But it works brilliantly, from the textural synths of "Sad Night at the Airfield" to the carnivalesque instrumental romp of Howe's "Bumpy Ride."
23. "Beyond and Before" (from 1969's Yes)
The signature elements were already secured: Squire’s trebly, growling bass tone; lush three-part harmonies; open-your-third-eye lyrics about nature and aging and love and the universe, man. Funny then, that “Beyond and Before” originated as a piece from Squire and guitarist Peter Banks’ previous band, the psychedelic proto-prog combo Mabel Greer’s Toyshop. The 4/4 churn is tame by Yes standards. You can practically hear Bill Bruford squirming in his seat. But the piece’s tranquil simplicity is part of its charm, marking an era before whiplash complexity.
22. "Then" (from 1970's Time and a Word)
Yes' orchestral gamble on Time and a Word paid off on "Then," the album’s dynamic centerpiece. Every player achieves full flight here – from Bruford’s on-the-upbeat cymbal groove to Kaye's whirring Hammond – and the subtle strings and brass complement these parts, rather than drowning them out. The only downside is Anderson dispensing some questionable medical advice: "Hate," he sings, "is the root of cancer." (Bonus points if you’ve seen the promo clip, in which Squire and Kaye switch their instruments and noodle around for the camera.)
21. "Sweet Dreams" (from 1970's Time and a Word)
"Sweet Dreams" finds the early lineup mingling their pop and progressive sides: With a few exceptions ("I've Seen All Good People"), Jon Anderson rarely wrote in such a tightly melodic verse-chorus format, even as the arrangement subtly veers into unexpected key changes and bluesy chord changes ("Come on and write your letter").
20. "That, That Is" (from 1996's Keys to Ascension)
How did Yes pull this off? The awkwardly titled "That, That Is" holds together as a 19-minute piece without a single flubbed transition or moment of dead space. It opens with a lovely Spanish guitar reverie ("Togetherness") and builds from there into Topographic-styled vocal chants, menacing bass riffs, and spectral synth ambience (but not too much). Even Anderson's lyrics sidestep hokey sentimentality, exploring drug addiction and gang violence.
19. "Going for the One" (from 1977's Going for the One)
With "Going for the One," Yes entered the punk era with heads held high. Three years after the jazz-fusion detour of Relayer, the title-track of their eighth LP signaled a tighter, punchier, more song-oriented rebirth for the figureheads of a genre on the verge of extinction. Howe's twangy pedal-steel runs rampant around a boogie-ing rhythm section, with Anderson offering an addictive hook built on chromatic lines.
18. "Onward" (from 1978's Tormato)
Yes tucked this star-gazing ballad – the most nakedly poignant moment in their catalog – deep into the second side of their clunkiest album, perhaps nulling some of its impact. Squire wrote "Onward" for his then-wife, Nikki, and Anderson was the perfect proxy, belting his words of devotion ("Proclaimed in everything I write / You're the light, burning brightly") over plinking bass notes and a spare orchestral arrangement from Andrew Pryce Jackman, Squire's former bandmate in psych-prog band the Syn. As the pizzicato strings cycle upward at the climax – in tandem with Howe's (thankfully) restrained guitar – it's tough to maintain a dry eye.
17. "Machine Messiah" (from 1980's Drama)
Yes opened the '80s with a snarling, metallic guitar riff – a statement of purpose and clarity after the confusing slog of Tormato. The 10-minute “Machine Messiah” is the band’s final prog masterpiece, winding through brooding guitars, New Wave synths, and cinematic tempo changes. "'Machine Messiah' was much more of a group collaboration,” Downes said in 2017. "We all had different bits that we put in. That's why for me, and I think for all of us, that's a defining piece of the Drama album. Because that encompassed all of the great Yes playing, along with the modern writing that Trevor [Horn] and myself were doing."
16. "Long Distance Runaround" (from 1971's Fragile)
The intro of "Long Distance Runaround" is the sound of riding a fanciful Martian carousel – the contrapuntal blend of Squire’s bass and the harmonized, stereo-panned attack of Howe’s guitar and Wakeman’s keyboards can leave you dizzy, in a good way. The track also highlights Bruford’s ability to color outside the lines of even the most rigid 4/4: Check out his bizarre snare placement in the verses and weirdly abrupt kick drum beats (see: 1:20).
15. "To Be Over" (from 1974's Relayer)
After the flashiness of "The Gates of Delirium" and "Sound Chaser," Yes end their fusion-y seventh LP with a welcome respite of slow, atmospheric psychedelia. Steve Howe dominates the track, from his waterfalls of pedal-steel to his chunky Telecaster solo.
14. "Time and a Word" (from 1970's Time and a Word)
Anderson co-wrote this swooning art-pop anthem with David Foster, his former bandmate in Beat-rock act The Warriors (and Kaye's future cohort in post-Yes group Badger). It's easily the most radio-friendly song in the group's entire oeuvre, with the frontman crooning peace-and-love platitudes over acoustic strums and Squire's moaning, Paul McCartney-like bass.
13. "Survival" (from 1969's Yes)
Yes' first masterwork, "Survival" runs the gamut from classical organ themes to jazzy interludes to mystic folk daydreaming. As "Sweetness" proved, Anderson hadn't quite figured out his signature cosmic shaman lyrical approach, but he was inching closer: "Yesterday's endings will tomorrow life give you" is exactly the kind of poetic nonsense that would only sound profound coming out of his mouth. And as a full ensemble work, the Anderson-Squire-Bruford-Kaye-Banks lineup was never more telepathically linked, previewing their long-form prog travels on The Yes Album.
12. "Yours Is No Disgrace" (from 1971's The Yes Album)
"Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face," harmonize the trio of Anderson, Squire and newly recruited Steve Howe. A classic Yes sentiment. "Caesar's Palace, morning glory, silly human race" – wait, what? The Yes Album's triumphant opening cut signaled the band’s bold leap into headier, more complex territory, both musically and lyrically. Kaye, still clinging to his position behind the keys, contributes some brief flashes of Moog synth and a dizzying organ progression that keeps you fumbling for the downbeat; Squire moves from metallic bombast to suave, walking jazz lines; and Howe commands every second with wah-wah wankery and slashing distortion that threatens to rip through the fabric of space and time.
11. "South Side of the Sky" (from 1971's Fragile)
"['South Side of the Sky'] is a song about mountain climbing, which is a very dangerous thing to do," Anderson said onstage at the 2003 Montreux Jazz Festival, introducing this heavy piece. “But we've all got to climb mountains every day." The track emerged after the frontman read an article that labeled sleep as "death's little sister." "I thought it was poetic in many ways because most of us don’t have a real clue what death is really about," he said in Yesstories: Yes In Their Own Words. "It's always been used in really dark terms … you're going to die! There's a very strange attitude about it. Because life is very beautiful; why shouldn’t death be beautiful? And death be the next extension of life?" Yes crafted a fittingly stormy arrangement for a song about death and mountains: The riffs crash like thunder, and Wakeman’s piano interludes conjure mystical images.
10. "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (from 1983's 90125)
Yes earned their first chart-topping single with “Owner of a Lonely Heart.” It’s no surprise: The band erased any trace of prog on this glossy radio-rocker, updating their sound for the '80s with sampled drum loops, crunching power chords, synth-brass stabs, and a sculpted New Wave chorus that could hang with "Hungry Like the Wolf" in the same programming block and not sound awkward. Trevor Horn's modern production has come to feel more futuristic in the decades since its release – and we owe him for the song even existing, since he convinced Rabin to rearrange his demo for the LP (with some minor – but essential – tweaks). "The verses were [originally] so awful that I was convinced that if we didn't put loads of whizz, bangs and gags all over the verse that no one would ever listen to it. I always thought it was a hit chorus," Horn told Red Bull Music Academy, admitting that he "[crawled] around on the ground, pulling on people's trousers," begging them to record the song.
9. "The Gates of Delirium" (from 1974's Relayer)
"The Gates of Delirium" is the perfect title for Relayer’s opening free-for-all, a wild exploration of symphonic folk, Mahavishnu-ish jazz-fusion, and screwed-up funk-rock. Unlike any of the four aimless movements on Topographic Oceans, this behemoth surges forward with a sense of deranged purpose, never wasting a second of its 22 minutes – whether that involves Anderson belting a Close to the Edge-worthy chorus, Squire swiping a groovy riff from Italian prog icons PFM at 10:20 ("Mr. 9 'tll 5"), or White pummeling found objects.
"The percussion on that song is pretty unusual,” White recalled in Relayer’s reissue liner notes. "Jon and I used to travel together to Chris' home studio, where we recorded the album. We would stop at a junkyard along the way and pick up parts of cars. We'd just go there and bang on things. There were springs and pieces of metal, brake, and clutch plates. We'd buy them and bring them back to the studio. We built a rack and hung all these things off it, and we'd bang on them. During the recording, I pushed the whole thing over. That crash is what you hear on the album."
8. "Siberian Khatru" (from 1972's Close to the Edge)
Siberia may "[go] through the motions," but Yes sure as hell didn't on this funk-space-prog epic. That main verse groove is just downright nasty, and how often do you say that about this band? And, as was par for the course for Yes in this period, there’s so much more: guitar / rhythm section counterpoint, sky-high harmonies, random cameos from pedal-steel guitars and electric harpsichords. And holy hell, did Anderson get weird with the lyrics. "Sing, bird of prey / Beauty begins at the foot of you / Do you believe the manner?" he sings. "Gold stainless nail / Torn through the distance of man / As they regard the summit."
7. "Starship Trooper" (from 1971's The Yes Album)
"Starship Trooper" exemplifies the genre-blurring majesty of peak-era Yes. The first section, “Life Seeker," is heavy psychedelia grounded by Bruford’s quirky jazz fills; part two, "Disillusion," flows seamlessly into ornate folk; and it builds to a air-guitar-worthy classic-rock payoff in the closing piece, "Würm" (which recycles a riff from Howe's previous band, Bodast) – with the guitar solo leaning into twangy rockabilly.
6. "Awaken" (from 1977's Going for the One)
Yes ended their pure prog era with a top-shelf epic, the nearly 16-minute "Awaken." Howe’s opening 11/8 riff belongs in a space time-capsule, and the band's patient build is a masterclass in ensemble playing: There isn't a trace of "look at me" excess here, as the players deepen the arrangement with vocal harmony counterpoint and strange rhythmic accents, eventually receding into a hypnotic section of tuned percussion. ("Eastern Numbers," the early version from the Going for the One reissue, is less polished but equally compelling, touting an ambient stretch that recalls the spaciness of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here.)
5. "Roundabout" (from 1971's Fragile)
During an early tour, passing through a series of roundabouts en route from Aberdeen to Glasgow, Anderson gazed out of the band’s vehicle and took note of scenic lakes and mountains that seemed to descend from the sky. He and Howe were collaborating on a new song at the time, and all these threads converged into "Roundabout": Yes' definitive single, breakthrough U.S. single (peaking at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100), and undying concert staple. (It’s the only moment in any Yes concert where you’re guaranteed to witness awkward people dancing.) The track has almost reached "Stairway to Heaven" levels of radio saturation – but, like that Led Zeppelin masterpiece, it holds up as well on the 500th listen as it does the first. Howe's ornate classical guitar intro (complete with Wakeman's whooshing reversed piano effect), the flashy hoedown Hammond solo, Squire’s mega hammer-on bass riff – it's all there to support the single hookiest vocal in Yes history. "The music dance and sing / They make the children really ring," Anderson observes, accurately.
4. "Heart of the Sunrise" (from 1971's Fragile)
Chris Squire attempted to emulate King Crimson with this track's brooding, chromatic opening riff. (Though he never confirmed which song, it seems to have been "21st Century Schizoid Man.") "I asked him, 'What happens after that, Chris?' and he went, 'No idea,'" Wakeman told Mix Online, recalling their writing process. "The music was a giant jigsaw puzzle of people bringing different pieces – 'That'll slide in there,' 'This will slide in here.' Anything we wanted to do, the answer was there amongst the band. I'd never been in a band quite like that." Like many of their early '70s epics, "Heart of the Sunrise" is a patchwork of disparate movements, built on intense dynamic shifts – but the individual threads feel more unified than they did in their earlier work. Take how the circular 6/8 pattern fades in again during the funky 4/4 bass section: It's the same technique previously used on "Perpetual Change," but instead of coming off like a show-off move, the experimentation is almost elegantly subtle.
3. "I've Seen All Good People" (from 1971's The Yes Album)
Yes essentially stopped writing singles with The Yes Album, but they made it easy on radio programmers with the folk-prog anthem "I've Seen All Good People," which they conveniently divided into two easily separated halves. In the single-issued first section, "Your Move," Anderson unfurls chess metaphors (“Make the white queen run so fast”) and Lennon references (shout-outs to “Instant Karma!” and "Give Peace a Chance”) over Howe’s chiming Portuguese guitar and pastoral recorders. (That's Colin Goldring of the obscure – but excellent – prog act Gnidrolog.) Ending there would have been logical, but Yes never shied away from a dynamic shift: Part two, "All Good People," ends with a strutting, lightly bluesy take on the main theme.
2. "And You and I" (from 1972's Close to the Edge)
Grab a pen and sheet of paper while listening to the first verse of "And You and I." Pick a starting point – doesn’t matter where – and draw the stair-step pattern of Anderson's vocal on the first verse. The melody is constantly in motion, beckoning you to follow its arc, as Howe strums a series of high-octave acoustic chords beneath. That section alone, "Cord of Life," would have been enough to make this one a classic. But there's more – from the slow-moving, mellotron / Moog-laden "Eclipse" to the folky, heart-tugging reprise, "Apocalypse."
1. "Close to the Edge" (from 1972's Close to the Edge)
Is it fair to even call this 18-minute rock symphony a "song"? Oh, well. Let's proceed. And about that "symphony" thing: When most critics throw around the "s"-word in the rock world, they're usually referencing bands like the Moody Blues and ELO, who often utilized strings as an integral part of their arrangements. But "Close to the Edge" is symphonic not in instrumentation but in overall structure. Throughout four breathtaking movements, Yes introduce and recapitulate melodic themes, change tempos and keys, and approach their instruments (as they usually do) with a studiousness largely reserved for an orchestral setting. But this piece is never stuffy. In fact, it's the most nakedly emotional song in their catalog. Anderson’s vocal in the "I Get Up, I Get Down" section – building from hoarse low notes to a full-throated melismatic peak – taps into a primal spirituality amplified by the wheeze of Wakeman’s church organ.
The eerie clatter of the opening section, "The Solid Time of Change," was inspired by an unlikely source: pioneering jazz-fusion act the Mahavishnu Orchestra. "We'd been working live with the Mahavishnu Orchestra at the time, and it might have been Jon who said to me, 'Why don’t we start this with improvisation? That would be really scary,'" Howe told Guitar World in 2014. "Normally, you start off with something you can grasp – an intro or a hook. But we inspired Yes to go into this improvisation. All I had on guitar was that octave jumping two-note phrase you hear on the record. But that was enough to kick off an improvisation. After that it was purely freeform. Although we did have those stops arranged. ... I can only look back in amazement that we were able to do some of that. But we did."
Decades later, "Close to the Edge" hasn't lost its capability to amaze. It's prog perfection.
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Thorny Devil, Moloch horridus. The fearsome-looking Frilled Lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingii, one of Australia's most recognisable reptiles. Eastern Water Dragon, Physignathus lesueurii, a common inhabitant of suburban waterways.Dragons (family Agamidae) are a group of diurnal lizards that have small, dull, non-overlapping body scales. Many species are adorned with spines (for example, the Thorny Devil, Moloch horridus, and the Central Bearded Dragon, Pogona vitticeps), crests (for example, the Eastern Water Dragon, Physignathus lesueurii and Boyd’s Forest Dragon, Hypsilurus boydii) and even frills (the Frilled lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingii). They have broad fleshy tongues, movable eyelids and well-developed limbs. There are 28 species in Queensland.
Most dragons are fast-moving and will retreat rapidly if disturbed. Some run for a burrow (for example, the Central Netted Dragon, Ctenophorus nuchalis), others dive into a nearby creek (the Eastern Water Dragon). Some species use other tactics. The bearded dragons (Pogona spp.) rely on bluff tactics - inflating their bodies, puffing out their throats and gaping widely to expose a brightly coloured throat. The Pebble Dragon (Tympanocryptis cephalus) relies on camouflage, its colour and texture blending perfectly with the pebbles that litter the stony flats on which it lives. Forest Dragons (Hypsilurus spp.) use stealth, sliding quietly to the other side of a tree to avoid detection.
Most dragons live on the ground but some species spend a significant amount of time in the trees (for example, Amphibolurus temporalis, Chlamydosaurus kingii and Hypsilurus spp.) They are generally insect feeders but the Thorny Devil, an arid zone dragon with a slow and jerky gait, is very choosy and feeds exclusively on ants. Some larger dragons (for example, Pogona barbata and Physignathus lesueurii) also include vegetable matter in their diets.
All dragons lay eggs which they bury in loose soil or composting vegetation. Males may develop bold breeding colours; Bearded Dragons have strong black throats and male Water Dragons have a deep red chest. Bearded Dragons often display with vigorous head bobs and foot stamping.
The Bearded Dragon, Pogona barbata, a common species with an inflatable throat pouch and bright yellow mouth lining.
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Mar 8 Matt Woods - "Ain't No Use"
Electronic, Pop, Soul
If you have checked out RCS before, there's a good chance that you're aware of Matt Woods. If, however, you haven't heard this London-based artist before, prepare to be floored. After last year's spectacular In The Dark EP, we finally have some new music, "Ain't No Use". Starting off with simple piano chords and minimal percussion, Wood's awe-inspiring voice quickly takes centre stage. But then the chorus comes rolling through, complete with a heavy beat and vibrant synths that really take this song to a level above what we've heard from Woods before and is sure to lead him to a huge influx of new fans. So if you (or anyone else) hasn't heard of Matt Woods before, you're about to.
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Milo Yiannopoulos appears to advocate child molestation in a video and the outrage is deafening
Across the U.S.A.
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Mark Cuban keeps pounding President Trump’s lack of comprehension of the country’s jobs problem
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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban looks on during practice before their NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz Monday, April 11, 2016, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Billionaire Mark Cuban continues to criticize Donald Trump. He recently took the president and his administration to task for failing to understand how the march of technology will cause unemployment.
During an appearance on CNBC, Cuban argued that automation and artificial intelligence are going to cost employees jobs, and the world needs to begin preparing.
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“One of his big pitches, obviously, is creating jobs, particularly manufacturing jobs,” Cuban said of Trump. “On the surface, nobody can argue with wanting to create jobs. On the surface, any time someone says they’re going to create jobs and build a new factory, it sure seems smart, right?”
“But what he’s missing because he doesn’t understand technology and apparently isn’t listening to anybody around him who does, I’m willing to bet that these companies that are building new manufacturing plants, when it’s all said and done, these are going to end up leading to fewer people being employed; that those companies that are building these new plants, they’re not going to end up having more employees in two or three or four years, they’re going to end up having less, and there’s nothing President Trump can do to stop that.”
Cuban said technology is changing “the nature of work” and that large companies are going to have “a lot fewer employees to get a lot more done.”
“How do we address the disruption that’s going to happen in employment for these big companies?” he added.
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Cuban made a similar argument during an appearance last week with Bill O’Reilly on Fox News. On Sunday, the “Shark Tank” co-star and owner of the Dallas Mavericks tweeted a link to a story about automation.
Automation is going to cause unemployment and we need to prepare for it. https://t.co/YEp5txG9aP
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) February 20, 2017
Other titans of technology are also speaking out about the coming wave of automation, including Tesla founder Elon Musk. He recently discussed how progress for driverless automobiles is happening faster than most people realize.
“But there are many people whose jobs are to drive,” Musk said. “In fact I think it might be the single largest employer of people — driving in various forms. So we need to figure out new roles for what do those people do, but it will be very disruptive and very quick.”
About the author: Jeffrey Caplan, Rare Contributor
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Did Tuesday's election rebuke Trumpism?
Rare Politics
Broken bureaucracy
Government run amok
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You're not helping
Bernie Sanders suggests the U.S. should emulate Canada’s free healthcare. No we shouldn’t, and it isn’t free
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The Senate passed a $1.3 trillion, 2,232-page Omnibus while you slept. Did anyone bother to read it besides Rand Paul?
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File-This June 23, 2016, file photo shows Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., addressing supporters in New York. Sanders says he’ll try to block Senate consideration of a bill that would require nationwide labeling of food with genetically modified products, but with a less stringent labeling requirement than the one included in Vermont’s law. Individual senators can put a hold on legislation, blocking it from coming up for debate unless backers can muster 60 votes. The Vermont independent says he prepared to resort to that tactic. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)
By John Kristof
Senator Bernie Sanders visited the University of Toronto in late October. The highlight of Sanders’ trip was a speech where he insisted the United States look to Canada for guidance on how to win those rights from profit-hungry companies. He called our current system a “disgrace” — but fails to realize that Canada’s system isn’t much better.
If healthcare is a right, like Sanders suggests, then Canada’s system seems ideal. But many Americans forget about hidden costs.
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Public healthcare systems like Canada’s often offer the illusion of being free. Healthcare is not priceless; professionals receive compensation. In Canada, the payment for most medical expenses is entirely taxpayer-funded. Taxes are prepaid costs, so receiving care presents no additional costs to a Canadian. Even though Canadian healthcare is costly, public funding lets citizens perceive it as free.
When the perceived cost of a service is zero, basic economics — and common sense — dictate that the desire for that service will increase. People prefer more of something when it is free to them. This may take the form of more frequent visits and treatments, but if a treatment is equally available to everyone, the system does not account for the degree to which patients need or desire the treatment. Opportunities for treatment will sometimes be taken by those who need the procedure less than others. For example, because an ACL injury mainly affects lateral movement, an athlete may desire a surgery to repair a torn ACL more than a sedentary person.
In economics, it’s a market shortage, where the resource in question must be allocated through queues. For an extreme example, consider the bread lines of the Soviet Union. People had to wait in lines for hours for necessities, with no guarantee that the state wouldn’t run out of supplies.
While not as grim-looking as Soviet queues, a world of “free” healthcare forces people to wait in line. In fact, Canada suffers from some of the longest healthcare wait times in the developed world. These wait times exist across the board: a third of Canadians wait a minimum of four hours for attention in an emergency department, four weeks for an ultrasound, 10 weeks to transfer specialists, and 11 weeks for an MRI scan. It comes as no surprise that Canadians increasingly seek timely treatment in the United States.
Waiting is more than an inconvenience. Researchers reporting to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) classify Canada among the nations for whom healthcare wait times are a “serious health policy issue.” Postponing treatment forces patients and their families to undergo more suffering. Some procedures lose effectiveness as the gap between injury and treatment widens and extended wait times even correlate with higher mortality rates. Since disabled workers are unable to be productive, one estimate suggests medical wait times cost the Canadian economy nearly two billion dollars — in 2016 alone.
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Many commentators argue Canada needs to meet demand by growing its medical labor force. But the number of medical professionals per capita is higher than it ever has been — the supply side is not the issue.
The problem isn’t necessarily universal healthcare, either. Unlike Canada, several countries permit private, for-profit institutions of healthcare mixed into their public system. In the Netherlands, private companies compete to offer the mandatory level of healthcare for citizens. In Australia and Sweden, firms offer supplementary services. These countries rank among the fastest healthcare wait times in the developed world. Canada’s are nearly three times the average of developed nations.
While “free” public healthcare sounds benevolent, Americans deserve better than to pay the high costs of waiting.
John Kristof is a freelance policy writer pursuing a B.S. in Economics at Indiana Wesleyan University who writes frequently on fiscal and regulatory issues.
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Review: “Guardian” (Proxy #2) by Alex London
February 25, 2017 May 26, 2019 ~ natehopp
*The following fanart belongs to their respective artists.
Let’s revisit a world I’ve grown fond of since finishing “Proxy” over a month ago, and that is Alex London’s sequel called “Guardian”. Before I begin, I should warn readers that despite everything I could, there is no way I can explain my thoughts on “Guardian” with bringing up significant plot details that occurred in the last book. It may not seem like a big deal to you guys if you haven’t read it, but believe me: I cannot talk about this novel without bringing up “Proxy” and the ending. With that said, what are my thoughts on the sequel of a young adult book I’ve grown to love?
SPOILERS IN THREE…
SPOILERS IN TWO…
SPOILERS IN ONE…
After the events of “Proxy”, it has officially happened: the Jubilee has taken down the entire system that has held the world hostage for generations. The Mountain City is abandoned, its bio-engineered Guardians run amok without the network to guide them, proxies are freed and debts are forever gone. Sadly, this has come at the cost of Knox’s life, who sacrificed himself in order for Syd to live on.
And in this new world, the revolution has become the government, with Syd as their figurehead. Now the target of groups who believe killing him will return the world back onto the grid, Syd must go into hiding while rallying the people.Escorted by a quiet yet
This is not my artwork.
kindhearted bodyguard named Liam (with the artwork on the right made by Tumblr user: chapterodactyl-eleven), Syd still grieves Knox’s death in the old world while also trying to help keep his new world intact. However, assassins are not the only thing to be wary of. As the entire world is recovering from the Jubilee, an unusual plague is affecting not just the Guardians but every human in its path.
After learning about the virus’s origins, Syd must join with Liam in finding out the truth of this plague by visiting old wounds, mending current ones and returning back to Mountain City. But will he and Liam succeed in their mission? Will Syd be the savior everyone is making him to be while loving someone else again?
Does the entire plot to this book feel like a cross between Suzanne Collins’ “Mockingjay” and Marie Lu’s “Champion” at all?
Okay, outside of the similarities that come from them, I will give Alex London credit for taking a great dystopian novel, turning it on its heels and making a sequel that gives a wonderful sendoff to characters I love. For “Proxy” from before being a simple ‘fight the power’ novel, “Guardian” goes further by showcasing the consequences of the Jubilee, Syd’s living, his actions and the effect it has on every person living in the new world created.
Six months later, we see Syd growing more as a character I cannot stop praising. It is strange to see him sulking throughout half the book while talking on his role as Yovel, “the savior who purged the corporate system”. Though to be fair, I think it’s warranted with all he’s experienced and lost in the previous book, and then continues to lose in “Guardian”. He feels guilt for Knox’s sacrifice and for everyone else’s suffering he has no control over, and we feel that anguish in each word and each action he makes. There’s a scene in the novel where he and Liam are trapped in a room, and after realizing the full extent of what’s going on and the lives at stake, Syd breaks down in tears in front of somebody he’d never show emotion to.
Fanart by Tumblr user: annatries
Once sh*t gets real and everything is on the line though, he goes into full optimist mode and gets the gears in his head working again. He tries to find solutions for his broken world, works out strategy while looking forward and solves problems alongside Liam while trying to survive the anarchy and Marxist chaos his existence caused in the first place. He’s so likeable and such an incredible person to watch that you completely forget about his sexuality towards other guys.
I held doubts at first on Liam’s role in “Guardian”. After killing off a protagonist who, though not attracted to guys per se, did have a genuine bond with Syd, it seemed pandering on Alex London’s part. Knox Brindle left an impact on me and many readers, and now we’re suddenly supposed to like Syd’s new love interest?
Luckily, Liam isn’t a replacement for Knox. He stands on his own as a character, and Alex London beautifully fleshed him, his backstory and genuine personality. Similar to Syd, Liam is spunky with a sense of humor, yet differs by hiding his emotions under a veil of stoical professionalism and a robotic arm. It doesn’t stop there; Liam is complex in trying to choose between his loyalty towards the Reconciliation, his duties as a simple bodyguard, the sins of his past as an assassin and for the boy he loves to death.
These two wonderful bits of fanart are by: jensuisdraws
The drama and the relationship that is forged between him and Syd are also some of the best I’ve seen in recent readings. It isn’t overplayed or underplayed with their interactions, and I’d honestly love to see more of Liam and Syd together in future books. The way they work off of each other is both adorable and badass to see. That scene where they’re both forced to fight each other to the death in order to continue their journey actually made me gasp in my seat, and praying that both make it out okay in the end.
Their bond is that powerful. These are how LGBT characters should be written in the future. Between Liam and Syd, these two show that a character doesn’t have to be straight or manly to be badass, they just have to belikeable and badass to be badass. Sexual orientation isn’t what defines a hero, and both of them showcase it (as well as Eris from “The Thousandth Floor” in my last review).
As always, Alex London uses a good mixture of vocabulary with diction and syntax to write out various scenes, and segues from quiet and thoughtful moments to intense, violent confrontations. The author’s writing displays that with simple motions and actions. “Guardian” uses Alex London’s distinct style of being blunt and to the point, but retains meaningful heart and story you want to find in many novels.
Old and new characters come back and forth as well, from the Causegirl named Marie returning as a loyal Reconciliation lackey (whose enthusiasm would make Excel blush XD), we see Mr. Baram keep his fatherly role while balancing his new role as a member of the Reconciliation’s Council, and even Finch from the first book wants revenge on Syd for destroying his life.
Wait, there’s more: we get other characters who you thought you’d never see again. There’s a scene where the gang meets some of Knox’s old friends from before the system went down, such as Cheyenne and Nine. At first you cannot even recognize them anymore, these simple rich kids who only worried about going out to party now all dirty, wearing half-torn, half-fancy clothes with crazy looks in their eyes. To see them all disoriented, so hopeful for the network to be back on is like watching a drug addict on withdrawal. Again, brilliant satire on how addicted our modern world has become on the luxuries of technology. Not that I’m guilty, and neither are you though XP
If there were one character that left me with mixed feelings, it’d be the villain himself; Cousin. While he does have a commanding presence and serves as a diabolical foil to Liam’s personality, I felt his backstory was rather weak. Or better yet, unexplained because we know nothing about him, why he chose this name or even what he hopes to gain from this new world.
They may be similar, but Stewie’s plans make more sense than his (read the book, you’ll get it).
Still, that doesn’t mean the post-Jubilee world Alex London has envisioned isn’t…interesting to say the least. In this world the new government is anti-technology and preachy about equality. This means no property, no debt to any and even words such as ‘owe’, ‘profit’ and ‘transaction’ are banned from speaking in public. It’s very clever how Alex London once again brings thought-provoking critiques on Marxist communism as opposed to laissez-faire capitalism from the first book.
Alex London goes further by introducing more issues such as the risks and pros of individual freedoms, right of speech and how far society can go for equality. Unlike most books, these topics are brought up, then cleverly left up for the reader to analyze on their own. There’s no right or wrong answer, because “Guardian” and its characters slowly realize that there must be a compromise between these sides.
And through these issues, I love seeing Syd trying his best to cooperate with the Reconciliation in order for him to survive, from choosing his words carefully to subtle actions because he knows one wrong move can mean life and death for him. Again, similar to Katniss Everdeen’s situation throughout the “Hunger Games”.
While I do enjoy “Guardian” and think it lives up to the hype, one other thing that irks me is the ending. It didn’t feel rushed or anything, but the way it ended felt like a setup for a third novel. Even so, it does end on an optimistic note about the future, and we do see Syd in a relationship with Liam by the last page.
Seriously, what was the point? Has she even HEARD of Fanfiction.net?
But still, please make a third book, Mr. London! I want to see more of them! A third book, a sequel short story, an epilogue, that stupid Rule 63 bullshit Stephenie Meyer pulled with “Life and Death”. Anything if it’ll mean we get to see more of Syd!
Overall, “Guardian” remains a compelling read that brings its predecessor to a heart-throbbing conclusion (even if we want more). It has engaging characters that grow on us, a breathtaking world with intricate ideas and a romance that isn’t clichéd, but genuine. While it may not be a perfect ending to some, this is a books series that can reach to many readers. From the LGBT youth wanting to read about a gay action-hero to the simple teenager that wants a thrill, both “Guardian” and “Proxy” give us a unique spin on dystopia for everyone.
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Dr Ritu Jain
Lecturer, School of Humanities
Email: ritujain@ntu.edu.sg
Ritu Jain is a lecturer in the Language and Communication Centre of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. An itinerant Indian, she has lived and worked in various parts of India and South/South East Asia before making Singapore home. She has taught a variety of courses in Linguistics, Area Studies, Academic Communication, and Humanities across various universities in Singapore and elsewhere. Some of the courses she has enjoyed teaching are listed below:
Academic Communication (NTU): Research Communication for Graduate Studies; Scientific Communication II; Engineering Communication II; Research Writing in Social Sciences; Introduction to Critical Thinking.
Area Studies (NUS): Framing Bollywood, Unpacking the Magic; Indian Communities in Southeast Asia; South Asia: People, Culture and Development.
English Language and Literature (University SIM): First Language Acquisition; Introduction to Language Systems; Introduction to the Humanities.
Communication and ESP (RELC): Military/Academic English; Pronunciation; Cultural Awareness.
Outside of work, Ritu is a passionate advocate of rare diseases and holds an honorary appointment as Rare Diseases Policy Advisor at the Skin Research Institute of Singapore, A*Star. She lobbies at an international level for the inclusion of rare diseases in global/national health policies as head of the Asia Pacific Alliance of Rare Diseases Organisations as well as DEBRA Singapore, a patient-support organisation for those with Epidermolysis Bullosa.
Ritu Jain is interested in aspects of Language Policy and Planning. Her specific focus has been on the impact of language policies on the maintenance of minority languages in immigrant settings. In her work, she has highlighted the negotiation of the language education policy among the transnational Indians in Singapore, and the impact of such processes on language education, individual and group identity, community social positions, and intra- and inter-ethnic community harmony.
Her current Tier 1 research project investigates the large scale shift to English among the Indians in Singapore. She is also editing a volume on the languages of Singapore for the Routledge series, Multilingual Asia.
Language shift in Singapore’s Indian community
Ritu Jain, Lionel Wee. (2019). Diversity management and the presumptive universality of categories: the case of the Indians in Singapore. Current Issues in Language Planning. , 20(1), 16-32.
Jain, R. & Wee, L. (2018). Cartographic mismatches and language policy: the case of Hindi in Singapore. Language Policy, 17(1), 99-118.
Ritu Jain. (2017). Migration and language education: Towards a typology of complementary schools. LCC Working Paper Series, (4), 27-37.
Shah, S., Jain, R.(2017). Gujarati in Singapore. In Corinne A. Seals, Sheena Shah(Ed), Heritage Language Policies around the World(199-217). Abingdon; New York: Routledge.
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Partners Personalized Medicine Lab for Molecular Medicine
Heidi Rehm, PhD, FACMG
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Compression plagiarism: An “under-recognized variety” that software will miss
If you’re interested in plagiarism in the scholarly literature nowadays, you’ve probably come across the name Michael Dougherty. Dougherty’s efforts to root out plagiarism has led to dozens of retractions, including several by a prominent priest. In a new paper in Argumentation, Dougherty, author of the recent book Correcting the Scholarly Record for Research Integrity: In the Aftermath of Plagiarism, has coined a new term: “compression plagiarism.” We asked him more about the phenomenon, which Dougherty says “is invisible to unsuspecting readers and immune to anti-plagiarism software.”
Retraction Watch (RW): You define a term that is new to us: Compression plagiarism. What is compression plagiarism, and why is it particularly problematic?
Michael Dougherty (MD): I use the term “compression plagiarism” to describe a phenomenon I have been seeing in the published research literature: the distillation of a lengthy scholarly text into a short one, with the short one published under different authorship. The typical case involves the compression of a book into an article, so that the article is pieced together from sentences extracted from the beginning, middle, and end of the book. Sometimes the book’s paragraphs are abbreviated into sentences, or long sentences are abbreviated into short ones. Cases of compression plagiarism pose significant challenges for readers and editors, since these cases are apparently immune to standard text-matching software, invisible to unsuspecting readers, and often unrecognized even by those familiar with the original source text. I have seen cases where researchers cite both the source text and the plagiarizing article together; such researchers apparently have missed that the shorter work is a compression of the longer one.
RW: Can you provide an example of what a case might look like?
MD: The first part of my paper in the journal Argumentation describes in general the phenomenon of compression plagiarism, and the second part examines a suspected case of it. I argue that a short 4.5-page article by “N.” that appeared in the same journal in 2006 appears to be a compression of an uncited 490-page 1992 book in German by the philosopher Stefan Gosepath. In this case, we are dealing with both suspected compression plagiarism and suspected translation plagiarism in the same article. Here are two of the pieces of evidence that I include in the paper, showing that texts in the 2006 article appear to derive from the beginning and middle of Gosepath’s uncited lengthy book:
As I observe in my paper, if this case of suspected compression plagiarism is, in fact, a demonstrated case of compression plagiarism, then the following unpleasant claims are true. First, Gosepath, the original author, is denied credit for his 1992 original work when it re-appears in compressed form under N.’s name in the 2006 article. Second, Gosepath’s work therefore has a double representation in the body of published research literature: first as Gosepath 1992 and then as N. 2006. Readers unwittingly encounter the arguments of Gosepath through the proxy of N. 2006, and this phenomenon engenders errors about whom the principal interlocutors in the academic debate truly are. Furthermore, there is an ongoing severe corruption of the downstream literature, since when other researchers positively cite N. 2006, they unwittingly credit to N. what should be credited to Gosepath.
RW: How common do you believe compression plagiarism is?
MD: In the larger context of academic writing, probably not too common, as even garden-variety copy-and-paste plagiarism is relatively uncommon in the sense that the overwhelming majority of research articles are not, of course, plagiarized. But in the last decade, with the help of colleagues, I’ve sent more than a hundred retraction requests to editors and publishers in philosophy and related disciplines, so the problem of plagiarism in the published research literature is not negligible. Only a handful of these cases would qualify as compression plagiarism. Now that the phenomenon has been identified, I suspect more cases will come to light. I am certainly looking for them now.
RW: What is the relationship between translation and compression plagiarism?
MD: When an article exhibits both translation plagiarism and compression plagiarism at the same time, the plagiarism is very difficult to see. A colleague working on identifying cases of plagiarism in German philosophical articles encouraged me to search for German sources for some English articles that I suspected were plagiarized. Her advice was excellent. We have had success in identifying more than a dozen articles exhibiting severe plagiarism in recent months, and we hope to report these findings soon. Some of these cases involve complex forms of plagiarism with sources in German and English. Two cases of translation plagiarism I worked on turned out to be also cases of apparent book-to-article compression plagiarism. I’m speaking at the 2019 COPE North American Seminar on the topics of compression plagiarism and translation plagiarism, so I hope to raise awareness of these subtler forms of plagiarism in my discipline of philosophy.
RW: Your paper describes “a suspected instance of compression plagiarism that appeared within the pages of this journal.” You don’t name the author, although you provide the references, making him easy to identify. Why did you take that approach?
MD: My interest is in plagiarism, rather than plagiarists. In this paper, as well as in a recent book I wrote on plagiarism in philosophy, I don’t identify by name any suspected plagiarists, but instead direct my analyses to suspected acts of plagiarism. In this paper I simply refer to the author of record as “N.” Yes, it easy to identify the authors of record for the plagiarism cases that I have discussed in print, and interested readers can track them down. In this case, N. is familiar to Retraction Watch readers, as some of the 12 retractions, errata, and corrigenda N. has earned have been covered here. It is not always possible to avoid naming suspected plagiarists, however, so I have named names in some co-authored articles on other cases. By publishing the evidence of suspected compression plagiarism in the pages of the journal that first published the article in question, my paper can be seen as an alternate avenue for plagiarism whistleblowing. Past experience has shown me that traditional routes of whistleblowing are not always successful, since the home institutions of suspected plagiarists sometimes display unusual behavior.
RW: Tell us about the case. How has the journal responded to the allegations? (It seems odd that they would publish your piece but not retract, no?)
MD: I am grateful to the editor and the reviewers at Argumentation for supporting my paper. Not every journal would welcome a paper that points out a suspected case of plagiarism in a previous issue of the journal. My initial submission of the manuscript in November 2018 to Argumentation included a request that the journal retract the article in question based on the the evidence of suspected plagiarism I provided in my manuscript. Last week I wrote to the editor again, but I received only an out-of-office reply. In the last round of anonymous peer review prior to publication, one reviewer stated that I had “established such a strong case that the burden of proof is now on ‘N.’ to deny that the essay in question contains plagiarism.” The editor of Argumentation has responded favorably to similar requests in the past; in 2015, I reported evidence of suspected plagiarism in two articles by the same author of record to the editor, resulting in the publication of a retraction and an erratum later that year. The erratum in that case was somewhat unusual as it contained the entire text of the researcher’s earlier published 10-page article, but this time the text was supplemented with newly-added quotation marks, in-text citations, and an expanded bibliography that incorporated all of the sources I had identified as missing in the original version. I am interested to see how the journal will proceed with this new case.
RW: You write that “It is a mistake to identify plagiarism exclusively with its most obvious form, however.” Explain.
MD: In my experience, most people identify plagiarism with the obvious copy-and-paste variety. But the word plagiarism is an equivocal expression that can apply to articles displaying a wide variety of serious authorship violations. Theorists including Debora Weber-Wulff have done great work in proposing typologies of plagiarism that include subtle, disguised forms of plagiarism.
RW: You stress the importance of retracting papers that plagiarize, but note that not all such papers are retracted. Why do you think that’s the case?
MD: I’m not sure I have a good answer. Perhaps some editors still think that the issuance of a retraction is something shameful or is some concession of some embarrassing past editorial failure. When I see that a journal has issued a retraction, my estimation of the journal improves; a retraction is evidence that a journal is committed correcting the scholarly record, which ensures the reliability of the published research literature for students and researchers. I worry also that some journal editors might be enforcing a statute of limitations for plagiarism cases. Subtle forms of plagiarism can take many years – if not decades – to be discovered, so statutes of limitation impede corrections. Nevertheless, I am hopeful that the situation will improve.
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Posted on May 1, 2019 May 1, 2019 Author Ivan OranskyCategories plagiarism
2 thoughts on “Compression plagiarism: An “under-recognized variety” that software will miss”
Hongmei Zhu says:
We have another case that cannot be easily detected by straightforward syntax-based plagiarism detectors. We call it “Content and structure plagiarism by simple sentence rephrasing”. This kind of plagiarism, like compression plagiarism, is undetectable by Turnitin (http://www.turnitin.com) but it becomes so obvious after aligning the sentences between the plagiarism paper and the original paper. We have posted this case on PubPeer (https://pubpeer.com/publications/AD5EDF916EBF04B1DCDBC03C45493E) so that more people are able to detect plagiarism beyond syntax similarities.
L. Rivera says:
Not all plagiarism can be caught by programs since some plagiarism involves rewriting another scholar’s argument using new words. Technology has made plagiarism a much more pervasive problem but I wonder if one reason compression plagiarism has been overlooked is that philosophers tend to be more sanguine about plagiarism of ideas than scholars in other professions. If one paper is a compressed version of another it seems both would make the same argument. You wonder why this borrowing wasn’t spotted or whether it was, and the plagiarism was deemed too hard to prove due to lack of syntax similarities (the ‘smoking gun’ I take it).
I look forward to reading your book, Prof. Dougherty. Thank you for your work on this.
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#IrishFilm: Local comedy The Young Offenders is highest-grossing release of 2016 at Omniplex Mahon Point
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Ronan Doyle
When showrunner Doug Ellin’s HBO comedy-drama series, following the ever glamourous travails of an up and coming actor, his loyal hangers-on and shouty agent, first aired in the early 00’s, it was appropriately hailed by one trade publication as ‘almost preposterously enjoyable’, neatly summating the series’ inherent appeal. Despite its consistently low stakes, thinly-sketched characters, and an ever-increasing reliance on celebrity cameos, Entourage was, in its early seasons, one of the most easily bingeable shows on television. So little of consequence could happen in a given 30-minute episode that another would simply have to be consumed immediately. No matter how many absurdly dull Turtle subplots they could throw at us, or how uniformly horrific Vince’s supposed box-office smashes looked from the snippets shown, the cult surrounding the show grew as its run continued, bolstered largely by Jeremy Piven’s career making turn as the perpetually pent-up agent, Ari Gold.”
Yet as fun as it was to hang out with Vince (Adrian Grenier), E (Kevin Connolly), Turtle (Jerry Ferrara) and Drama (Kevin Dillon), with the occasional Ari injection, the show’s flaws became ever more apparent as the seasons wore on, finally jumping the shark in its seventh when Vince got knocked on the head and developed a sudden insatiable thirst for cocaine and porn-star girlfriends. A dearth of fresh ideas, paired with Ellin’s inability to ever find a comfortable balance between the show’s easy going tone with real dramatic stakes, led to an uneven final bow, season 8’s soapy ‘and they all lived happily ever after’ conclusion leaving a sour taste. Besides its unquestionable decline in quality, Entourage has been rearticulated since its initial run as a by-word for rich, white guy privilege, a relic of a bygone era in pop culture where misogyny and gender imbalance were years away from becoming a moot point in the industry that the show celebrated as much as it satirized.
Thus, we arrive at the inevitable, yet oh-so-poorly timed Entourage movie. Essentially four relatively watchable episodes of the series bunched together, Ellin’s film provides exactly what fans expect, yet as an exercise in nostalgia, does little to assail the accusations made against the show since it aired. The typically unchallenging, lightly disengaged narrative hits reset on the series finale, seeing the newly-divorced (after 9 days!) Vince take his first step into the director’s chair, helming an EDM industry-based reimagining of Jekyll & Hyde. It looks like a complete catastrophe, but Ari claims it’s a masterpiece with Oscar potential, so I guess we’re wrong. When they go massively over budget, their Texas-based financier’s son Travis (Haley Joel Osmont, one of the few poor souls reduced to playing a character not based on themselves) is flown in to assess the state of the movie so far. His crush on Vince’s latest catch, Ms. Blurred Lines Emily Ratajkowski, leads him to withdraw funding unless Vince agrees to cut Drama’s bit part. Meanwhile, E accidentally takes Viagra at a pool party, Turtle courts Ronda Rousey, Drama unwittingly finds himself embroiled in a sex-tape scandal, and Ari breaks things. Non-fans are accounted for with an introduction to the bro collective in the form of a Piers Morgan special, but they’ll be frequently perplexed by the film’s inherent lack of narrative urgency. Positioned as the film’s dramatic centre, Vince is as unconvincing a director as he is a superstar actor, and despite his supposed labour of love hanging in the balance, any dramatic potential is squandered in a film equally concerned with the rest of the gang’s inconsequential subplots, sidelining him offscreen for more than 15 minutes in the second act, and having him do very little to move the plot along when spotlighted.
With its chilled-out pacing and scarce character development, an Entourage movie was always going to be a difficult proposition, and your ability to forgive its endless but entirely-anticipated flaws will depend upon prior enjoyment of the show. In this sense, Entourage ultimately achieves exactly what it sets out to do. It provides efficient fan-service that, while never recapturing the freshness of those early seasons, is never any less than watchable. Kevin Dillon, master of the unintentional zinger, is as hapless and hilarious as ever as Drama, even when faced with a largely unfunny, extremely believable sex tape subplot. As with the series, it’s those infrequent Piven injections that keep the entourage afloat, and as exhaustive as the show was in its depictions of Ari’s fluctuation between elated highs and office-trashing lows, it’s testament to the character’s longevity that he’s still such a hoot. Cameo highlights include Kelsey Grammer marching defiantly out of a therapy session, a stalkery Armie Hammer, and George Takei almost taking the homophobic sting off Ari’s long suffering assistant Lloyd’s gay marriage subplot.
As an unapologetic, extended exercise in fan service, Entourage provides more of the breezy fun that made the series so popular, without ever taking the necessary step outside its comfort zone to provide a complete cinematic experience.
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Valuation of Freshwater Angling in England REF: 910
Angling is one of the most popular participant sports in England and, as such, has the potential to provide economic inputs to local economies. It also provides opportunities to connect people to the environment, and improve health and well-being in urban as well as rural areas. The Environment Agency has commissioned RPA in association with Accent, PJM Economics and fisheries expert Guy Mawle to undertake a study to value freshwater angling in England.
Monitoring the Impacts of REACH on Innovation, Competitiveness and SMEs REF: 852
The overarching objective of this study for the European Commission (DG GROW) was to evaluate changes to the operational conditions and the structure of the chemicals industry and downstream industries following the introduction of the REACH Regulation over the period between 2010 and 2013.
The Future Economic Value of the Trent Valley REF: 892
We have been commissioned to undertake a study to allow a comparison between the potential economic value of the Trent Valley landscape with positive coordinated/planed intervention as opposed to 'business as usual'/unplaned scenario. To do this we will take account of the current pressures for change affecting the Trent Valley landscape.
Development of Successor Programme to both the NAP for OVC II and the CPF in Zimbabwe REF: 887
The aim of this consulting service is to assist in the review the National Action Plan for OVC II and facilitate the development of a successor Plan, along with a follow-on to the Child Protection Fund, a multi-donor and government supported programme to build capacity within Zimbabwe’s child protection services and support families living in poverty through cash transfers.
RoHS Annex II Dossier - Restriction proposal for MCCP in electric and electronic equipment regulated by ROHS REF:889
Assisting KEMI by preparing sections to be used in a RoHS restriction dossier for Medium Chained Chlorinated Paraffins (MCCPs). Collection and collation of hazard, exposure and SEA information for MCCP and alternatives.
Adapting to Coastal Erosion: evaluation of rollback and leaseback schemes in Coastal Change Pathfinder projects REF: 858
The objectives of this project are: A. to provide evidence to Defra and others as to whether rollback and buy/leaseback are feasible and desirable options for Local Authorities affected by coastal change where the Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) recommends a policy of managed realignment of defences or no active intervention B. to provide useful evidence on rollback and buy/leaseback for Local Authorities working through their options C. to provide Local Authorities with new approaches to adapting to coastal change if rollback and buy/leaseback are found to be feasible and replicable
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Proceedings of SPIE — the International Society for Optical Engineering (10) SPIE Proceedings Series (7) Proceedings / SPIE — the International Society for Optical Engineerings (2)
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Smart Structures and Materials 1996: Smart Systems for Bridges, Structures, and Highways, 28-29 February, 1996, San Diego, California [electronic resource]
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Bar-Cohen, Yoseph; Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers; Society for Experimental Mechanics (U.S.); U.S. Air Force Wright (laboratory); Nihon Seramikkusu Kyōkai; Intelligent Materials Forum (Mitō Kagaku Gijutsu Kyōkai)
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Culture and Traditions – Southern Lifestyle
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Sicily culture and traditions are as colourful as its past. The island evolved with its early tribes and colonies of ancient races. From a province of a vast empire, Sicily also became a domain of various foreign invaders before it united with Italy. It is surrounded by waters, filled with magnificent landscapes. The world identified it with diverse practices formed by the many nations that occupied it and left their mark here.
Below are the best( and strangest) Sicily culture and traditions, the Sicilians adapted and practised through the years. You may also see our Sicily Culture trip itineraries through this link.
Sicily Culture and Traditions
Sicily Arts and Architecture
Sicily’s arts and architectures are the results of its rich and colourful history. The primaeval tribe of the Sicani introduced terracotta ceramics in Sicily thousands of years ago. Ceramics art and production is still surviving in the region. A Sicilian house is not a Sicilian home without ceramic plates, bowls, vases or statues to represent their Sicilian identity. Sicily also boasts remarkable Greek and Roman ruins. Together with Baroque buildings and Arab-Norman-Byzantine monuments commissioned by the island’s previous masters.
Sicily Mythology
Shadowed by its more than two millennia of existence, the literature of Sicily owed its roots from heroic stories. The legends told in the early days of the Greeks. The Greek doctrines reached the Mediterranean region of Magna Graecia with myths about the gods and goddesses. They were believed to be the protectors of the land, temples and sanctuaries were built to worship them. From the familial relationship of agriculture deities, Demeter and her daughter Persephone. And then, the latter’s tragic fate with Hades, the god of the underworld. There were also Homer’s accounts of Odysseus against the one-eyed Cyclops Polyphemus. We should not forget Hercules and his adventures to Sicily. The influence of Greek classical philosophies in Sicily had also extended to the Rome capital.
Sicily Literature
The Romans took inspiration from their Greek counterparts in Athens or the nearer neighbours in Sicily which they subsequently conquered. Empedocles of Akragas and Corax of Syracuse were some of the most admired rhetoricians in Sicilia. Roman orators and poets used their talent to raise ideas, persuade people and made an impact on society. The known Roman politician Cicero once lived in Sicily as a government official. Together with the support of the locals, he had voiced out their dissatisfaction against the then corrupt magistrate Gaius Verres. It was through a war of words in the court of Rome. The Roman era in Sicily was portrayed with poems, songs and proses. They were recited and circulated to both express joys and sorrows from conclaves to public gatherings. Widely spoken in Latin which later transformed into the romance language we call Sicilianu during the late Norman period.
The writing community of poets, intellectuals and historians, the Sicilian School. The society was established by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. Later had emerged as the most important group proliferating Sicilian literature all over Italy. It had given birth to today’s Sicilian dialect, Sicilianu.
Sicily Entertainment
The remains of the ancient Greek and Roman theatres in Sicily are the evidence of the Sicilians desires for entertainment since antiquity. The Greco-Roman theatre in Taormina is used for cultural and popular productions. The shows were attended by large crowds and televised all over Italy. Other significant theatres in Sicily are the opera houses of Teatro Massimo in Palermo and Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania. These theatres are famous for their world-class performances. It is a great experience to visit them in formal attire and enjoy stage musicals and orchestra concerts. Although only generally admired by tourists now, the Opera dei Pupi or Theatrical Marionettes is also worth mentioning. It is one of Sicily’s intangible cultural heritage.
Sicilians love going to the cinemas, watching local movies or international dubbed in Italian. They also take pride in films shot in Sicily showcasing its majestic beauty and unique traditions. From Il Padrino (the Godfather) to Nuovo Cinema Paradiso and Il Postino.
Sicilians also organise various festivals and events to celebrate life. Most of the time, to just satisfy their adoration for dance and music. There is the Sicily Music Festival in Erice and presentations in every village Sagres(sometimes with celebrity guests). Then their fondness to Latin American music. Not to mention the long preparation for the dance parades throughout Carnevale. The dance halls open to all for Christmas and New Year parties. Numerous renowned singers were also hailed from Sicily, the humorous Brigantony as one of our personal favourites.
Sicilian Religious celebrations
There are 365 days in a year and in Sicily, every single day is probably just another reason to commemorate. It is either a Saint feast day or another Sicilian religious belief. Majority of Sicilians are Christian Roman Catholic. They frequent the Church every Sunday. Follow its teachings and sacraments from baptism to matrimony. Each town, even the smallest neighbourhoods have their own patrons. The municipalities have assigned a date or occasionally a week to honour their patron saints, With solemn processions and food festivals exhibiting local farmers’ freshest produce. Catania has Sant’ Agata Day. It is where devotees flocked in the streets to carry the holy relics of Saint Agatha. Syracuse has Santa Lucia. She was the saviour of the city during the 1642 famine in the city. While Palermo has Santa Rosalia and her day is a major event in all of the metropolitan.
Unique Sicilian customs
Have you been to Sicily? If yes, please let us know on the comment section if you have noticed some unique customs in Sicily like their 2 pm nap time or that one special day in December without pasta and bread. If not yet, feel free to share the unique custom in your home country or city. We would love to know and understand them.
Being married to a Sicilian and living here for more than 8 years, I have observed a few norms in Sicily. I am sure you will come across them too if you stay here a bit longer, they make them too obvious! We have put up a list of unique Sicilian customs, lifestyles, and values here to guide you.
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Advancing the Canadian Swine Sector Through Environmental Footprint Analysis
Canadian Agriculture Partnership AgriScience Program – Swine Cluster led by Swine Innovation Porc (SIP)
Manitoba Pork
This project is a collaborative initiative under the umbrella of the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment (NCLE)
Dr. Shabtai Bittman (Agronomy Research Scientist, AAFC – Agassiz)
Dr. Bernard Goyette (Agro-Environmental Process Engineering Research Scientist, AAFC – Sherbrooke)
Dr. Roland Kroebel (Lead, Holos Research Scientist, AAFC – Lethbridge)
Shannan Little (Associate Director, AAFC – Lethbridge)
Dr. Candido Pomar (Swine Nutrition Research Scientist, AAZFC – Sherbrooke)
Dr. Laurie Connor (Professor of Swine Production & Health, University of Manitoba)
Dr. Martin Entz (Professor of Agronomy, University of Manitoba)
Christine Rawluk (NCLE Research Development & Communications Coordinator, University of Manitoba)
Dr. Martin Nyachoti (Professor of Swine Nutrition, University of Manitoba)
Dr. Qiang Zhang (Professor of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba)
Dr. Derek Brewin (Professor of Agribusiness & Agricultural Economics, University of Manitoba)
This project will begin with a critical Literature Review to establish the current state of knowledge, including limitations, pertaining to environmental footprint indicators in the areas of odour emission, water use, energy use, nutrient discharge and greenhouse gas emissions, predictive models, and environmental sustainability indicators in Canada and elsewhere that may be applicable in the Canadian context. The literature review will also include a review of past pig production surveys to inform the design a new survey, as well as a review and evaluation of environmental footprint approaches to inform development of the environmental footprint assessment.
With input from experts across Canada, we will develop and execute a detailed Canada-wide whole-farm management practices survey of pig operations. This National Production Survey will encompass feed, water, animal, housing and manure management practices (in-barn, on-farm and in-field) as related to environmental sustainability in the areas of odour, water use, nutrients, use of antibiotics and antibiotic alternatives, building design, energy use, manure systems and greenhouse gas emissions.
The research group will perform On-Farm Case Studies to address gaps in data not obtained or to obtain data from few facilities. We will critically review survey responses and data needs for environmental footprint modelling. Gaps in data will be identified and prioritized so as to best invest resources for on-farm measures.
Resource needs and outputs for various life stages, including these piglets, will be used in the “cradle to gate” Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Footprint Assessment for pig production in Canada ©Hytek
Lastly, the project will use a “cradle to gate” Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to develop an Environmental Footprint Assessment that consists of three components: (1) an assessment of greenhouse gas emissions intensity of national/provincial pork production, in combination with estimates of ammonia, as well as for an earlier period (e.g. 1986 and 2016) so that over-time comparisons can be made, (2) an estimate of water footprint of different feeding strategies for representative pork production systems that includes both crop production (i.e. evapotranspiration, crop water utilization) and animal production (i.e. consumption, in-barn use, manure management) water use components, and (3) an economic analysis as an environmental footprint assessment component, drawing on resources including the Holos economic crop component, literature values and expert opinion to calculate feed production costs and to estimate the livestock economics.
Establish the current production efficiency and environmental footprint of producing pigs in Canada.
Determine changes in production practices over the past 10-12 years.
Identify improvements in the environmental footprint of pig farming in Canada, through comparison of current pig farming in Canada to an earlier period (e.g. 30 years ago).
Two-cell earthen slurry lagoon to produce manure of low and high nitrogen:phosphorus ratio in the primary and secondary cell, respectively, in order to optimize manure nutrient content. ©Mario Tenuta
Benefits to the Pork Industry
Efforts to reduce environmental impacts, such as greenhouse gas emissions, often also improve production efficiencies.
Improved production practices aimed at mitigating environmental impact may lead to improved efficiencies at the primary production level regarding feed, animal, barn, and/or manure management.
Regionally based strategies will aid in improving productivity and production costs by tailoring them to the production practices and conditions of that region.
Improvements in manure handling, storage, and application strategies to reduce environmental impacts may also decrease the risk of disease spread.
Advancements in feed formulations, feed management and pig management strategies to reduce environmental impact may also reduce the risk of disease occurrence and/or transmission.
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In Seattle, all firefighters are also trained EMTs and the crew at Station 19 is second to none. Working in 24-hour shifts, these professionals spend so much time together that they build relationships unlike any others.
Station 19 follows a group of heroic firefighters at Seattle Fire Station 19 - from captain to newest recruit - as they risk their lives and hearts both in the line of duty and off the clock. These brave men and women are like family, literally and figuratively, and together they put their own lives in jeopardy as first responders to save the lives of others.
Futó sorozat 2018.03 - 2019.04 | 60 perc @ABC, US
Danielle Savre (Maya Bishop), Miguel Sandoval (Captain Pruitt Herrera), Jason George (Ben Warren), Grey Damon (Jack Gibson), Jay Hayden (Travis Montgomery), És a többiek Barrett Doss (Victoria "Vic" Hughes), Jaina Lee Ortiz (Andy Herrera), Alberto Frezza (Ryan Tanner), Okieriete Onaodowan (Dean Miller), Boris Kodjoe (Captain Robert Sullivan),
Dráma Akció Romantikus
No Recovery
Lives hang in the balance as the members of Station 19 continue to fight a raging inferno inside a skyscraper. Meanwhile, Pruitt's health is in grave danger at Grey Sloan; and a seasoned firefighter with a mysterious past arrives at Station 19, leaving everyone to wonder what the future holds.
Under the Surface
It's a life-and-death situation when a young boy falls into water pipes beneath the city of Seattle. With the clock ticking, the firefighters of Station 19 jump into action to save his life.
Home to Hold Onto
When Station 19 receives a call from concerned neighbors regarding a resident in their apartment building, the team heads out to investigate. When they arrive to evaluate the scene, they're shocked by what they find inside. Meanwhile, in an effort to create a solid working relationship between the fire and police departments, Ryan takes an unlikely member of the team on a ride-along.
Everyone is less than enthusiastic when Sullivan assigns each member of the crew a specialty skill to learn. During a house call, Ryan is caught off guard when he comes face-to-face with someone from his past; and Sullivan, Andy and Maya handle a structure fire in a derelict building.
Do a Little Harm…
Captain Sullivan continues his efforts to bring together the fire and police departments by hosting a training seminar that does not go as planned. Meanwhile, Ben and Miranda have an honest conversation about their marriage, leading Miranda to make a tough decision about their future.
Just when Ryan agrees to talk it out with his dad, Greg Tanner makes an unexpected visit to Station 19, leaving Ryan and others confused. In an effort to connect with his crew, Captain Sullivan enlists the help of an unlikely source for some bonding tips.
Weather the Storm
As the team gathers for a Friendsgiving celebration at Dean's, a violent windstorm touches down in Seattle. As the storm picks up speed, creating dangerous fire conditions, the crew must put the festivities on hold and report for duty, leaving some of them in a life-threatening situation.
In the aftermath of the windstorm, Andy and Sullivan's fates remain unknown while trapped in the overturned aid car. Meanwhile, back at the station, the team confronts Jack about his well-being; and when it's safe enough to venture out, they search for their fellow firefighters in a race against time.
When Andy, Maya and Dean respond to a call, they find an injured woman with amnesia; but soon into the treatment process, they realize there is much more to her story. Meanwhile, Captain Sullivan takes Ben and Jack on a house call that quickly becomes a close call for the patient they're treating, while Ryan may not have seen the last of his father, Greg.
Jack and Maya are called to treat people stuck in a subway train and discover a potential threat to the passengers and themselves. Meanwhile, Travis, Ben and Dean get pressured into inviting Sullivan to help repaint walls in Travis' house and come to a surprising conclusion about Sullivan.
When an RV crashes into Station 19, the team races against the clock to save lives and secure the building's compromised structure. Meanwhile, a surprise delivery arrives at reception
While struggling to help victims of a crash on a desolate road, Vic finds the courage to confront a difficult situation. Meanwhile, Ben prepares to go out for Medic One, causing some concern over his current Station 19 responsibilities, and Pruitt spends time with a special someone.
The Dark Night
A blackout in Seattle creates dangerous situations throughout the city, and the members of Station 19 head out on calls, including locating a missing girl and helping a man who is on life support.
When Station 19 gets called to a structure fire at a coffee processing plant, the team risks their lives to save Station 42's captain. Meanwhile, Ripley and Vic consider a shocking option to save their relationship; Andy gets some surprising news about some of her fellow crew members, and Pruitt takes on a new position.
Always Ready
Into The Wildfire
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Prevalence of and Susceptibility to Cigarette Smoking Among Female Students Aged 13 to 15 Years in Vietnam, 2007
Prev Chronic Dis. 7(1).
Van Minh, Hoang ; Thi Hai, Phan ; Ngoc Kinh, Ly ; Bao Giang, Kim ;
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Advertising As Topic
Recent reports show a sharp increase in smoking rates among girls. We describe prevalence of cigarette smoking and susceptibility to cigarette smoking among female students aged 13 to 15 years in Vietnam and examine the associated factors.
We used data from female secondary school students aged 13 to 15 years (grades 8-10) from the 2007 Global Youth Tobacco Survey that was conducted in 9 provinces in Vietnam. We used multivariate logistic regression analysis to determine associations between independent variables with smoking status and susceptibility to smoking.
Prevalence of cigarette smoking among girls was 1.2% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.9-1.5), and 1.5% (95% CI, 1.2-1.9) of girls were susceptible to smoking. Having friends who smoke was the strongest predictor of both smoking status and susceptibility to smoking. Attendance at school classes that described the harmful effects of smoking had significant effects in reducing cigarette smoking. Girls who were exposed to billboard cigarette advertising were more likely to be susceptible to smoking than were those who had not seen advertisements.
Our findings highlight the need for pursuing school-based intervention programs in Vietnam and for countering tobacco advertising and marketing practices that target young women.
Preventing Chronic Disease
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Prevalence of Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking Among Population Aged 15 Years or Older, Vietnam, 2010
Xuan, Le Thi Thanh; Van Minh, Hoang; Giang, Kim Bao; Nga, Pham Thi Quynh; Hai, Phan Thi; Minh, Nguyen Thac; Hsia, Jason;
Prev Chronic Dis. 10.
Introduction : The prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking is increasing globally and is associated with adverse outcomes requiring tobacco control interventions. We estimated the prevalence of waterpipe tobacco use among adult populations in Vietnam...
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 62, no. 21, May 31, 2013
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report ; v. 62, no. 21
World No Tobacco Day — May 31, 2013 -- Antismoking Messages and Intention to Quit — 17 Countries, 2008–2011 -- CDC Grand Rounds: Preventing Unsafe Injection Practices in the U.S. Health-Care System -- Obesity in K–7 Students — Anchorage, Al...
Global youth tobacco surveillance, 2000--2007
Warren, Charles W.; Jones, Nathan R.; Asma, Samira;
MMWR. Surveillance summaries : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Surveillance summaries ; v. 57, no. SS-1
"Problem: Tobacco use is a major contributor to deaths from chronic diseases. The findings from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) suggest that the estimate of a doubling of deaths from smoking (from 5 million per year to approximately 10 million...
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 59, no. 33, August 27, 2010
Estimates of Deaths Associated with Seasonal Influenza--United States, 1976-2007 -- Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students--United States, 2000-2009 -- Changes in Measurement of Haemophilus influenzae serotype b (Hib) Vaccination Coverage-...
Cross-country comparison of waterpipe use: nationally representative data from 13 low and middle-income countries from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS)
Morton, Jeremy; Song, Yang; Fouad, Heba; Awa, Fatimah El; Abou El Naga, Randa; Zhao, Luhua; Palipudi, Krishna; Asma, Samira;
Tob Control. 2014; 23(5):419-427.
Objective : Evidence shows that smoking tobacco using a waterpipe is significantly associated with diseases. Despite this, waterpipe use seems to be increasing worldwide, though nationally representative data are not widely available. The Global Adul...
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R&D and Startups
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Government Fundings
R&D Clusters
Alliances & Technology Transfer
Typhoon-proof wind turbines to help Philippines keep lights on
TOKYO/MANILA -- The Philippines frequently finds itself in the path of powerful typhoons, and a Japanese startup is working on wind power equipment that can stand up to the storms.
Challenergy, the startup, is betting there will be high demand for typhoon-proof turbines on remote Philippine islands that often take direct hits and lack sufficient power infrastructure. The company has formed a joint venture in the Southeast Asian nation with a local partner, after raising about 500 million yen ($4.5 million) by selling shares to four Japanese backers in a private placement.
The company plans to use the money to mass-produce its uniquely shaped turbines.
"So far, the company looks promising with good potential to succeed," said Gregg Ilag, an energy analyst at Daiwa Securities in Manila. "Wind turbines that can withstand and generate power during Category 5 typhoons are a new technology."
The venture's technologies could solve problems for the Philippines, which is made up of over 7,000 islands. The country is struggling to supply power to all of the roughly 2,000 islands that are inhabited. And while the archipelago is blessed with a huge potential supply of wind power, the frequency of typhoons poses a major obstacle.
In January, Challenergy set up a joint venture with Natures Renewable Energy Development Corp., or Naredco, a local renewable energy project developer. Challenergy's first overseas unit is now working with the state-owned electric utility in the Philippines to win a government license to build a wind farm.
The startup hopes to deliver its first typhoon-proof turbine in the country by the end of this year.
The company's Magnus VAWT, or Vertical Axis Wind Turbine, relies on the Magnus effect -- the same phenomenon that causes a spinning object flying through the air, like a soccer ball, to deviate from a straight path. Instead of a propeller, the turbine has three vertical cylinders, or blades, that rotate around an omnidirectional vertical axis to generate power.
While conventional propeller turbines are prone to collapsing in fierce winds, and may have to be stopped in an emergency shutdown, the Challenergy system is designed to keep on spinning and generating power.
"These are typically small scale (less than 1 megawatt) compared to the coal and natural gas plants that we have," Ilag said. "However, we do need projects like this to help people in off-grid areas which have really high cost electricity."
Challenergy, founded in 2014, hopes to start commercial production of small Magnus turbines with 10 kilowatts of capacity in 2020, aiming to sell 50 units in the first year.
Investors that signed up for the private placement are helping Challenergy move forward.
Machinery component maker THK, which was already a shareholder, took part alongside satellite broadcaster Sky Perfect JSAT, insurer Dai-ichi Life Holdings and agricultural machinery maker Kobashi Industries.
Challenergy adopted THK technology to boost the strength and accuracy of core components. Challenergy is also considering cooperation with Kobashi on production of certain parts. And the startup is eyeing ways to combine wind power generation with satellite communications to create new businesses.
It envisions enabling telecommunications in areas outside the electric grid by installing turbines to power telecom equipment. The company has already run successful tests with Sky Perfect JSAT.
"There have been wind power installations in the past and so far these plants have done well, especially with the benefit of [a feed-in tariff system] which gives them better returns," Ilag said. "I think these power plants are mostly onshore and I'm not sure if they can withstand strong typhoon winds."
Challenergy believes its turbine system is an economically viable answer for coastal areas.
"I think the bigger challenge will be regulatory," Ilag said. "There are more than 30 required documents and permits for renewable energy projects so I expect rollout to take some time."
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Interxion - Structure Tone
Structure Tone is a global leader in construction management and general contracting services with offices located in the US, UK, and Ireland. Founded in 1971, the company is among the world’s top twenty construction companies worldwide, responsible for more than $3.5B in annual construction volume.
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Interxion
When you’ve worked with a client for nearly 20 years, you get to know what they are looking for. Our Mission Critical team has developed just that kind of relationship with European data center leader Interxion, making it a relatively seamless process to build the company’s data centers across Ireland and the UK.
Not that it’s an easy, one-size-fits-all approach. Although Interxion has developed an engineering “bible” of sorts that establishes specific criteria for building their facilities, each project has unique circumstances, limitations or surroundings that require some creative thinking and institutional knowledge to find the best path forward.
Case in point is Interxion’s newest Dublin, Ireland facility. The 58,000sqft, Tier 3 data center is located in a blue chip industrial park on the outskirts of the city. Interxion returned to Structure Tone’s Dublin team to lead the project, from planning and feasibility, to construction, through to commissioning, including all civil, structural and architectural construction elements. The work includes not only the data halls—and their associated UPS units, generators, chillers, coolers, fire suppression systems, etc.—but also a three-story front-of-house area for administrative offices and the civil infrastructure required to accommodate the new building on its greenfield site.
Between the thorough understanding of Interxion’s “engineering bible” and comprehensive involvement in every step of the project, the team was able to successfully tackle another potential challenge: building the data center to Level 5 commissioning standards. Because Interxion required a Level 5 commissioning, the whole facility had to undergo an independent commissioning process, led by DLB Associates. “DLB’s agents said this data center was one of the best they had ever commissioned due to the persistence and can-do attitude of the Structure Tone team and our partners. That was quite a compliment!” says Jason Monks – Project Director.
“The data center industry in Ireland continues to thrive, and Dublin has become a strategic location for businesses looking to interconnect mission critical services in Ireland and across Europe,” says Tanya Duncan, managing director of Interxion Ireland. “After working with Structure Tone on our first two data centers in Dublin, they played a crucial role in ensuring that this state-of-the-art facility would meet the many technical requirements which are essential in the mission critical sector.”
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2.2. You have the right to use the Software for protection of such a number of Computer(s) as is specified on the License Certificate.
2.3. You have the right to make a copy of the Software solely for back-up purposes and only to replace the legally owned copy if such copy is lost, destroyed or becomes unusable. This back-up copy cannot be used for other purposes and must be destroyed when You lose the right to use the Software or when Your license expires or is terminated for any other reason according to the legislation in force in the country of Your principal residence or in the country where You are using the Software.
2.4. From the time of the Software activation or after license Key File installation (with the exception of a trial version of the Software) You have the right to receive the following services from the Rightholder or its Partners for the period specified in the License Certificate:
- Updates of the Software via the Internet when and as the Rightholder publishes them on its website or through other online services. Any Updates that You may receive become part of the Software and the terms and conditions of this Agreement apply to them;
- Technical Support via the Internet and Technical Support telephone hotline;
- Access to information and auxiliary resources of the Rightholder.
3. Activation and Term
3.1. If You modify Your Computer or make changes to other vendors’ software installed on it, You may be required by the Rightholder to repeat activation of the Software or license Key File installation.
3.2. You have the right to use a trial version of the Software as provided in Clause 2.1 without any charge for the single applicable evaluation period (30 days) from the time of the Software activation according to this Agreement provided that the trial version does not entitle You Updates and Technical support via the Internet and Technical support telephone hotline. If Rightholder sets another duration for the single applicable evaluation period You will be informed via notification.
3.3. Your license to Use the Software is limited to the period of time as specified in the License Certificate, the remaining period can be viewed via means described in the User Manual.
3.4. Software functionality depends on the type of license being used, which is specified in the License Certificate. Software functionality corresponds to the description in the User Manual.
3.5. The Rightholder reserves the right to use any means and verification procedures to verify the validity of the license and/or legality of a copy of the Software installed and/or used on Your Computer. If there is no appropriate license or verification of the license cannot be performed in a reasonable amount of time, the Software will work with limited functionality.
3.6. You agree that in using the Software and in using any report or information derived as a result of using this Software, You will comply with all applicable international, national, state, regional and local laws and regulations, including, without limitation, privacy, copyright, export control and obscenity law.
3.7. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, You may not transfer or assign any of the rights granted to You under this Agreement or any of Your obligations pursuant hereto.
4. Technical Support
4.1. The Technical Support described in Clause 2.4 of this Agreement is provided to You (except for a trial version of the Software) in accordance with Technical Support rules.
Technical support service and its rules are located at: support.kaspersky.com.
5. Conditions regarding Data Processing
5.1. Under this Section additional definitions are introduced:
Data Subject – means a natural person who is a representative of the End User and/or who uses the Software directly or indirectly, including a worker, contractor, employee, or client of the End User in respect of whom the data is transmitted and processed in the context of the End User’s activities, including data which could be determined as personal data under the laws of some countries. Data Subject may also include any individual who communicates and transmits his or her data to the End User.
5.2. Where the Activation Code is used to activate the Software, in order to verify legitimate use of the Software, the End User agrees to periodically provide the Rightholder the following information: the type, version and localization of the installed Software, versions of the installed Updates, the identifier of the Computer and the identifier of the Software installation on the Computer, the activation code and the unique identifier of activation of the current license, the type, version and word size of the operating system, the name of the virtual environment when the Software is installed in the virtual environment, and identifiers of the Software components that are active at the time the information is provided.
The Rightholder can use such information also for gathering statistical information about the distribution and use of the Rightholder’s Software.
By using the Activation Code, the End User gives its consent to automatically transmit the data specified in this Clause. In case the End User does not agree to provide this information to the Rightholder, the Key File should be used to activate the Software.
5.3. The Rightholder undertakes the processing of all data received from the End User in accordance with the instructions of the End User. License Agreement, in particular the provisions of Section 5 “Conditions regarding Data Processing,” along with use of the functionality of the Software and its configuration by the End User are complete instructions issued by the End User to the Rightholder regarding data processing unless otherwise specified in a separate written agreement between the End User and the Rightholder or its Partners.
5.4. The End User is solely responsible for acquainting itself with the User Manual, particularly in regards to data processing, with the Rightholder’s Privacy Policy, which describes data handling (www.kaspersky.com/Products-and-Services-Privacy-Policy) and independently determining whether they comply with the End User’s requirements.
5.5. The End User must comply with laws that apply to use of the Software, including laws on confidential information, personal data, data protection. The End User is responsible for implementing and maintaining confidentiality and security measures in respect of data when using Software components that process data without the participation of the Rightholder. The End User must determine the appropriate technical and organizational measures for the protection and confidentiality of the data during use of such components of the Software.
5.6. During use of the Software, especially where the End User configures the Software to use the Kaspersky Security Network, the End User is fully responsible for ensuring that the processing of personal data of Data Subjects is lawful, particularly, within the meaning of Article 6 (1) (a) to (f) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation, “GDPR”) (if Data Subject is in the European Union) or applicable laws on confidential information, personal data, data protection, or similar thereto.
5.7. In case that the End User wants to base the lawfulness of the processing on the consent of its Data Subjects, the End User must ensure that the consent which meets all requirements of the applicable laws, especially where the Data Subject is in the European Union and Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR applies, was given by each Data Subject of the End User prior to using the Software. The End User guarantees that consent of each Data Subject of the End User was obtained prior to the processing of personal data.
5.8. It is agreed between the Rightholder and End User that, in case of item 5.7 of this License Agreement, the End User is responsible for proving the existence of effective consent to the processing of personal data, especially according to Article 7 (1) GDPR where Data Subject is in the European Union. The End User guarantees that it is able to and will prove the existence of each Data Subject’s consent at any time upon request by the Rightholder within 5 business days starting with the request of the Rightholder.
5.9. Furthermore, in case of item 5.7 of this License Agreement, the End User is obliged and has the full and sole responsibility to provide each individual Data Subject with all information required by applicable law to obtain consent, especially under Article 13 GDPR (if Data Subject is in the European Union), prior to using the Software. In particular, the End User is obliged to provide each Data Subject in the European Union, or where applicable law requires, with the Rightholder’s Privacy Policy (www.kaspersky.com/Products-and-Services-Privacy-Policy) prior to using the Software.
5.10. The End User shall be fully liable in relation to the Rightholder for any damage resulting from a breach of this License Agreement, in particular the End User’s failure to obtain effective consent of Data Subject, where applicable, and/or from a failure to obtain sufficient effective consent and/or from the lack of proof and/or belated proof of effective consent of Data Subject and/or from any other violation of an obligation under this agreement.
5.11. The End User shall indemnify the Rightholder in relation to third parties from the claims arising from the failure of End User to fulfill obligations under Section 5 “Conditions regarding Data Processing” which third parties, especially the supervisory data protection authorities, assert against the Rightholder.
6.1. You shall not emulate, clone, rent, lend, lease, sell, modify, decompile, or reverse engineer the Software or disassemble or create derivative works based on the Software or any portion thereof with the sole exception of a non-waivable right granted to You by applicable legislation, and You shall not otherwise reduce any part of the Software to human readable form or transfer the licensed Software, or any subset of the licensed Software, nor permit any third party to do so, except to the extent the foregoing restriction is expressly prohibited by applicable law. Neither Software’s binary code nor source may be used or reverse engineered to re-create the program algorithm, which is proprietary. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by Rightholder and/or its suppliers, as applicable. Any such unauthorized use of the Software shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this Agreement and the license granted hereunder and may result in criminal and/or civil prosecution against You.
6.2. You shall not transfer the rights to use the Software to any third party.
6.3. You shall not provide the Activation Code and/or Key File to third parties or allow third parties access to the Activation Code and/or Key File, which are deemed confidential data of Rightholder.
6.4. You shall not rent, lease or lend the Software to any third party.
6.5. You shall not use the Software in the creation of data or Software used for detection, blocking or treating threats described in the User Manual.
6.6. Your Key File can be blocked in case You breach any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
6.7. If You are using the trial version of the Software You do not have the right to receive the Technical Support specified in Clause 4 of this Agreement and You don’t have the right to transfer the license or the rights to use the Software to any third party.
6.8. Violation of the intellectual rights to the Software shall result in civil, administrative or criminal liability in accordance with the law.
7. Limited Warranty and Disclaimer
7.1. The Rightholder guarantees that the Software will substantially perform according to the specifications and descriptions set forth in the User Manual provided however that such limited warranty shall not apply to the following: (w) Your Computer’s deficiencies and related infringement for which Rightholder’s expressly disclaims any warranty responsibility; (x) malfunctions, defects, or failures resulting from misuse; abuse; accident; neglect; improper installation, operation or maintenance; theft; vandalism; acts of God; acts of terrorism; power failures or surges; casualty; alteration, non-permitted modification, or repairs by any party other than Rightholder; or any other third parties’ or Your actions or causes beyond Rightholder’s reasonable control; (y) any defect not made known by You to Rightholder as soon as practical after the defect first appears; and (z) incompatibility caused by hardware and/or Software components installed on Your Computer.
7.2. You acknowledge, accept and agree that no software is error free and You are advised to back-up the Computer, with frequency and reliability suitable for You.
7.3. The Rightholder does not provide any guarantee that the Software will work correctly in case of violations of the terms described in the User Manual or in this Agreement.
7.4. The Rightholder does not guarantee that the Software will work correctly if You do not regularly download Updates specified in Clause 2.4 of this Agreement.
7.5. The Rightholder does not guarantee protection from the threats described in the User Manual after the expiration of the period specified in the License Certificate or after the license to use the Software is terminated for any reason.
7.6. You acknowledge that the Software will be provisioned with Rightholder standard settings applied by default and that it is Your sole responsibility to configure the Software to satisfy Your own requirements.
7.7. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE RIGHTHOLDER MAKES NO REPRESENTATION AND GIVES NO WARRANTY AS TO ITS USE OR PERFORMANCE. EXCEPT FOR ANY WARRANTY, CONDITION, REPRESENTATION OR TERM THE EXTENT TO WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW THE RIGHTHOLDER AND ITS PARTNERS MAKE NO WARRANTY, CONDITION, REPRESENTATION, OR TERM (EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, WHETHER BY STATUTE, COMMON LAW, CUSTOM, USAGE OR OTHERWISE) AS TO ANY MATTER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, INTEGRATION, OR APPLICABILITY FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOU ASSUME ALL FAULTS, AND THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO PERFORMANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR SELECTING THE SOFTWARE TO ACHIEVE YOUR INTENDED RESULTS, AND FOR THE INSTALLATION OF, USE OF, AND RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE SOFTWARE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS, THE RIGHTHOLDER MAKES NO REPRESENTATION AND GIVES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR FREE FROM INTERRUPTIONS OR OTHER FAILURES OR THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL MEET ANY OR ALL YOUR REQUIREMENTS WHETHER OR NOT DISCLOSED TO THE RIGHTHOLDER.
8. Interaction with iptables subsystem
8.1. You acknowledge that the management of iptables, when firewall control functionality or protection against encryption is activated in the Software, is transferred to the Software according to the specified settings. The settings and rules specified in iptables are not transferred to the Software. All settings and rules in iptables are deleted after the firewall management functionality or protection against encryption is activated. All changes to the settings and rules are made only through the Software.
9.1. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE RIGHTHOLDER OR ITS PARTNERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS OR CONFIDENTIAL OR OTHER INFORMATION, FOR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, FOR LOSS OF PRIVACY, FOR CORRUPTION, DAMAGE AND LOSS OF DATA OR PROGRAMS, FOR FAILURE TO MEET ANY DUTY INCLUDING ANY STATUTORY DUTY, DUTY OF GOOD FAITH OR DUTY OF REASONABLE CARE, FOR NEGLIGENCE, FOR ECONOMIC LOSS, AND FOR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY OR OTHER LOSS WHATSOEVER) ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT OR OTHER SERVICES, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, AND RELATED CONTENT THROUGH THE SOFTWARE OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE, OR OTHERWISE UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT, OR ARISING OUT OF ANY BREACH OF CONTRACT OR ANY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, MISREPRESENTATION, ANY STRICT LIABILITY OBLIGATION OR DUTY), OR ANY BREACH OF STATUTORY DUTY, OR ANY BREACH OF WARRANTY OF THE RIGHTHOLDER AND/OR ANY OF ITS PARTNERS, EVEN IF THE RIGHTHOLDER AND/OR ANY PARTNER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
YOU AGREE THAT IN THE EVENT THE RIGHTHOLDER AND/OR ITS PARTNERS ARE FOUND LIABLE, THE LIABILITY OF THE RIGHTHOLDER AND/OR ITS PARTNERS SHALL BE LIMITED BY THE COSTS OF THE SOFTWARE. IN NO CASE SHALL THE LIABILITY OF THE RIGHTHOLDER AND/OR ITS PARTNERS EXCEED THE FEES PAID FOR THE SOFTWARE TO THE RIGHTHOLDER OR THE PARTNER (AS MAY BE APPLICABLE).
NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT EXCLUDES OR LIMITS ANY CLAIM FOR DEATH AND PERSONAL INJURY. FURTHER IN THE EVENT ANY DISCLAIMER, EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION IN THIS AGREEMENT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED ACCORDING TO APPLICABLE LAW THEN ONLY SUCH DISCLAIMER, EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION SHALL NOT APPLY TO YOU AND YOU CONTINUE TO BE BOUND BY ALL THE REMAINING DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS.
10. GNU and Other Third Party licenses
10.1. The Software may include some software programs that are licensed (or sublicensed) to the user under the GNU General Public License (GPL) or other similar free software licenses which, among other rights, permit the user to copy, modify and redistribute certain programs, or portions thereof, and have access to the source code (“Open Source Software”). If such licenses require that for any Software, which is distributed to someone in an executable binary format, that the source code also be made available to those users, then the source code should be made available by sending the request to source@kaspersky.com or the source code is supplied with the Software. If any Open Source Software licenses require that the Rightholder provide rights to use, copy or modify an Open Source Software program that are broader than the rights granted in this Agreement, then such rights shall take precedence over the rights and restrictions herein.
11. Intellectual Property Ownership
11.1. You agree that the Software and the authorship, systems, ideas, methods of operation, documentation and other information contained in the Software, are proprietary intellectual property and/or the valuable trade secrets of the Rightholder or its Partners and that the Rightholder and its Partners, as applicable, are protected by civil and criminal law, and by the law of copyright, trade secret, trademark and patent of the Russian Federation, European Union and the United States, as well as other countries and international treaties. This Agreement does not grant to You any rights to the intellectual property including any the Trademarks or Service Marks of the Rightholder and/or its Partners (“Trademarks”). You may use the Trademarks only insofar as to identify printed output produced by the Software in accordance with accepted trademark practice, including identification of the Trademark owner’s name. Such use of any Trademark does not give You any rights of ownership in that Trademark. The Rightholder and/or its Partners own and retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Software, including without limitation any error corrections, enhancements, Updates or other modifications to the Software, whether made by the Rightholder or any third party, and all copyrights, patents, trade secret rights, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights therein. Your possession, installation or use of the Software does not transfer to You any title to the intellectual property in the Software, and You will not acquire any rights to the Software except as expressly set forth in this Agreement. All copies of the Software made hereunder must contain the same proprietary notices that appear on and in the Software. Except as stated herein, this Agreement does not grant You any intellectual property rights in the Software and You acknowledge that the license, as further defined herein, granted under this Agreement only provides You with a right of limited use under the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Rightholder reserves all rights not expressly granted to You in this Agreement.
11.2. You agree not to modify or alter the Software in any way. You may not remove or alter any copyright notices or other proprietary notices on any copies of the Software.
12. Governing Law; Arbitration
12.1. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation without reference to conflicts of law rules and principles. This Agreement shall not be governed by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, the application of which is expressly excluded. Any dispute arising out of the interpretation or application of the terms of this Agreement or any breach thereof shall, unless it is settled by direct negotiation, be settled by in the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Moscow, the Russian Federation. Any award rendered by the arbitrator shall be final and binding on the parties and any judgment on such arbitration award may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in this Section 12 shall prevent a Party from seeking or obtaining equitable relief from a court of competent jurisdiction, whether before, during or after arbitration proceedings.
13. Period for Bringing Actions
13.1. No action, regardless of form, arising out of the transactions under this Agreement, may be brought by either party hereto more than one (1) year after the cause of action has occurred, or was discovered to have occurred, except that an action for infringement of intellectual property rights may be brought within the maximum applicable statutory period.
14. Entire Agreement; Severability; No Waiver
14.1. This Agreement is the entire agreement between You and Rightholder and supersedes any other prior agreements, proposals, communications or advertising, oral or written, with respect to the Software or to subject matter of this Agreement. You acknowledge that You have read this Agreement, understand it and agree to be bound by its terms. If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or unenforceable for any reason, in whole or in part, such provision will be more narrowly construed so that it becomes legal and enforceable, and the entire Agreement will not fail on account thereof and the balance of the Agreement will continue in full force and effect to the maximum extent permitted by law or equity while preserving, to the fullest extent possible, its original intent. No waiver of any provision or condition herein shall be valid unless in writing and signed by You and an authorized representative of Rightholder provided that no waiver of any breach of any provisions of this Agreement will constitute a waiver of any prior, concurrent or subsequent breach. Rightholder’s failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of this Agreement or any right shall not be construed as a waiver of any such provision or right.
15. Rightholder Contact Information
Should You have any questions concerning this Agreement, or if You desire to contact the Rightholder for any reason, please contact our Customer Service Department at:
AO Kaspersky Lab, Bldg. 3, 39A, Leningradskoe Shosse
E-mail: info@kaspersky.com
Web site: www.kaspersky.com
© 2018 AO Kaspersky Lab. All Rights Reserved. The Software and any accompanying documentation are copyrighted and protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties.
KASPERSKY LAB – PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PRIVACY POLICY
AO Kaspersky Lab, located at bldg. 3, 39A, Leningradskoe Shosse, Moscow, 125212, Russian Federation and all companies belonging to the group "Kaspersky Lab" respect your privacy. This Products and Services Privacy Policy (Privacy Policy) describes how we use the information you provide when you use our products and services, and the choices you can make about our use of the information. We also describe the measures we take to protect the information and how you can contact us about our privacy practices.
In connection with specific products or services offered by Kaspersky Lab, you are provided with the agreements, terms of use, and statements that supplement this policy relating to data handling.
This policy may be changed because of changes in legislation, the requirements of the authorities or to reflect changes in our practices concerning the processing of personal data. The revised policy will be effective immediately upon being posted to our website: www.kaspersky.com/Products-and-Services-Privacy-Policy
This version of the policy is effective as of February 1, 2018
The Sources of Information
Kaspersky Lab may obtain information about you from various sources, namely:
• products and services;
• by your signing up for a Kaspersky Lab products or services;
• in response to technical support or other communication in order to ensure the required performance of products and services;
• on our websites;
• in response to marketing or other communications;
• through participation in an offer, program or promotion.
You may also choose to consent to third parties disclosing information about you to us that those third parties have received.
Information Provided by Users and How We Use Information
Personal data processing by Kaspersky Lab is always carried out in a legal and fair manner.
You will always know what kind of information you provide to Kaspersky Lab before you start to use the products and services or confirm with your consent. The data which you provide depends on the services, products, and features you use. For more information about data you provide, please refer to End User License Agreement, Kaspersky Security Network Statement and other documentation of product and services that you use, especially:
FOR HOME USERS (B2C):
• “SECTION B” OF THE EULA, WHICH DESCRIBES THE DATA THAT NEED TO BE PROCESSED IN ORDER TO PERFORM ALL OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE CONTRACT;
• KASPERSKY SECURITY NETWORK STATEMENT, WHICH DESCRIBES THE DATA NECESSARY FOR INCREASING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF YOUR PROTECTION;
• MARKETING STATEMENT, WHICH DESCRIBES THE DATA NECESSARY FOR IMPROVING APPLICATION PERFORMANCE AND TO HELP US ANALYZE USER SATISFACTION;
• FEATURE-RELATED STATEMENTS, WHICH DESCRIBE DATA PROCESSING IN RELATION TO SOME FEATURES OF THE PRODUCT, LIKE ANTI-SPAM. YOU CAN FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THESE STATEMENTS WHEN YOU DECIDE TO TURN ON THE FEATURES IN THE PRODUCT.
FOR BUSINESS USERS (B2B):
• KASPERSKY SECURITY NETWORK STATEMENT, WHICH DESCRIBES THE DATA NECESSARY FOR INCREASING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF YOUR PROTECTION. FOR SOME PRODUCTS, THE IT-ADMINISTRATOR OR ANY OTHER EMPLOYER RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING UP THE PRODUCT WILL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE THE VOLUME OF DATA TO BE PROCESSED.
The data obtained for processing depends on the product or service, and it is recommended that users carefully read the agreements and related statements accepted during installation or usage of software or service.
Some data are non-personal, according to laws of certain countries. Regardless of the type of data and territory where data was received or processed, we use the highest standards of data protection and apply various legal, organizational, and technical measures in order to protect user data, guarantee safety and confidentiality, as well as ensure users’ rights guaranteed under applicable law.
The data depends on the products and services you use, and could include the following:
• License/ subscription information
It is processed in order to recognize legitimate users. This data is needed to maintain communication between the product and Kaspersky Lab services – sending and receiving product databases, updates, etc.
• Product information
Data on the product’s operation and its interaction with the user is also analyzed. For example, how long does threat scanning take? Which features are used more often than others? Answers to these and other questions help developers to improve products, making them faster and easier to use.
• Device data
Data such as device type, operating system, etc. may be needed so the user doesn’t have to buy a new license for the security product after reinstalling the operating system. This information also helps us to analyze cyberthreats, because it shows how many devices are affected by any specific threat.
• Threats detected
If a threat (new or known) is found on a device, information about that threat is sent to Kaspersky Lab. This enables us to analyze threats, their sources, principles of infection, etc., resulting in a higher quality of protection for every user.
• Information on installed applications
This information helps to create lists of ‘white’ or harmless applications and prevents security products from mistakenly identifying such applications as malicious. This data is also used to update and extend program categories for features like Parental Control and Application Startup Control. In addition, this information helps us to offer users security solutions that best match their needs.
• URLs visited
URLs can be sent to be checked whether they are malicious. This information also helps to create lists of ‘white’ or harmless websites and prevents security products from mistakenly identifying such websites as malicious. This data is also used to update and extend website categories for solutions like Kaspersky Safe Kids and provide better protection for financial transactions in such products as Kaspersky Fraud Prevention. In addition, this information helps us to offer users security solutions that best match their needs. We filter out information regarding logins and passwords from transmitted URLs, even if they are stored in the initial browser request from the user.
• Operating System events
New malware can often be identified only by its suspicious behavior. Because of this, the product analyzes data on processes running on the device. This makes it possible to identify early on processes that indicate malicious activity and to prevent any damaging consequences, such as the destruction of user data.
• Suspicious files and files that could be exploited by intruders
If an (as yet) unknown file, exhibiting suspicious behavior is detected on a device, it can be automatically sent for a more thorough analysis by machine learning-based technologies and, in rare cases, by a malware analyst. Personal files (such as photos or documents) are rarely malicious and do not behave suspiciously. As a result, the ‘suspicious’ category includes mainly executable files (.exe). For the purpose of investigating information security incidents, executable and non-executable “white files” or their parts may be sent.
• Wi-Fi connection data
This information is analyzed in order to warn users of insecure (i.e., poorly protected) Wi-Fi access points, helping to prevent personal data from being inadvertently intercepted.
• User contact data
Email addresses are used for authorization on the Kaspersky Lab web portals (My Kaspersky, Company Account, Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud, etc.), which enables users to manage their protection remotely. Email addresses are used to send security messages to (e.g., containing important alerts) to users of Kaspersky Lab products. Users can also choose to specify the names (or nicknames) by which they would like to be addressed on the My Kaspersky portal and in emails. Contact information is provided by users at their own discretion.
• Dump and trace files
By checking the special box in the product settings, users can also share error reports with Kaspersky Lab servers. This information helps (1) during analysis of errors that occurred in the product and to modify it accordingly so that it will function more effectively moving forward, and (2) in the prevention and investigation of information security incidents.
• Content of your emails
During your use of the anti-spam functionality, we may receive and analyze information about emails, including content and senders to protect you from the spam and fraud. This functionality is intended to protect its users from any unwanted emails or spam. The anti-spam functionality analyzes information contained in emails reported by you as spam or as incorrectly identified as spam by the software.
• Data about stolen device
The Anti-theft feature provides certain remote access and control functions designed to protect data on your mobile phone in case of theft, as well allows you to receive information about the location of the stolen device. Anti-theft has to store data about your phone and approved users for these functions to work.
• Data for child protection feature
If a parent or holder of parental responsibility wants to use the child protection feature like Kaspersky Safe Kids, he or she can receive information about the child’s device and information about the child’s location. Additionally, the parent or holder of parental responsibility can configure parameters in order to block or permit specific websites and/or allow or prevent certain applications from running on the child’s device. Kaspersky Lab does not collect children’s data beyond the framework of such feature.
KASPERSKY LAB WILL ONLY PROCESS PERSONAL DATA FOR PARTICULAR, PRE-DETERMINED PURPOSES THAT ARE LEGITIMATE WITH REGARD TO APPLICABLE LAW, AND THAT ARE RELEVANT TO KASPERSKY LAB’S BUSINESS.
• To ensure the performance of a contract with users and to ensure the required performance of products and services for customers.
• To protect the user from known threats to information security.
• To verify that the license is legal.
• To increase the effectiveness of the protection of your computer, in particular to provide a faster response to new information and network security threats, to increase the effectiveness of the performance of the software’s protection component, to decrease the probability of false positive.
• To improve user interaction and experience with our products and services, in particular changing interfaces and providing the desired content and advertisement, related to Marketing purpose.
• To provide technical support of products and services for customers and to improve the quality of products and services.
Kaspersky Lab will retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which the data is processed in accordance with the objectives specified in the agreements (KSN statements, EULAs, consents), or to comply with applicable legal requirements.
LIMITATION OR RESTRICTION DATA PROCESSING
IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO PROVIDE DATA THAT IS NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR A PRODUCT OR FEATURE TO WORK, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO USE THAT PRODUCT OR FEATURE. THIS OBLIGATORY DATA IS LISTED IN THE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT. THE KASPERSKY SECURITY NETWORK STATEMENT OR MARKETING STATEMENT CONTAINS A LIST OF DATA THAT USERS CAN DECIDE TO PROVIDE TO US AT ANY TIME BY CHECKING THE CORRESPONDING BOX IN THE PRODUCT SETTINGS (THEY CAN ALSO REVERSE THIS DECISION WHENEVER THEY CHOOSE).
What we aren’t going to process:
Through its products and services, Kaspersky Lab never process “sensitive” personal data such as religion, political views, sexual preference, or health, or other special categories of personal data. We do not wish to receive any such data and will not request it from you.
Kaspersky Lab’s products must be installed and used by an adult. Children may use the device where Kaspersky Lab’s product was installed only with permission from their parents or holder of parental responsibility. Except for “Data for child protection feature”, we do not intend to process personal data of children, nor do we want to receive such personal information of children.
Where we process Information and how we share it
The personal data provided by users to Kaspersky Lab can be processed in the following countries, including countries outside European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA):
Within the EU or EEA:
• Netherlands
• United Kingdom
• Switzerland
Outside of the EU or EEA:
• Canada
• Singapore
• Russia
• Japan
• Mexico
• China
• Azerbaijan
According to our general business practice, the data received from users in the EU are processed on servers located in the EU and Russia.
The personal data may be processed at destinations outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA) some of which have not been determined by the European Commission to have an adequate level of data protection. It may also be processed by staff operating outside EU or EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers.
Whenever data is processed, we use the highest level of standards for data protection and apply a variety of legal measures in order to protect user data, guarantee safety and confidentiality, and ensure users’ rights. To learn more about the European Commission’s decisions on the adequacy of the protection of personal data in the countries where Kaspersky Lab processes data, please visit: ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/international-transfers/adequacy/index_en.htm
We never provide data or access to them for state organization or third parties. We may only disclose the Information as follows:
• Within the Group of Companies Kaspersky Lab. Data can be shared.
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If we fall short of your expectations in processing your personal data or you wish to make a complaint about our privacy practices, please relate this to us, as it gives us an opportunity to fix the problem. You may contact us by using the contact details provided in the “How to Contact Us” section below. To assist us in responding to your request, please give full details of the issue. We attempt to review and respond to all complaints within a reasonable time.
The Privacy Principles
Personal data processing at Kaspersky Lab is based on the following principles:
Consent and choice
• Presenting to the users the choice whether or not to allow the processing of their personal data except where the users cannot freely withhold consent or where applicable law specifically allows the processing of personal data without the natural person’s consent. The user’s election must be freely given, specific and made on a knowledgeable basis;
• Informing users, before obtaining consent, about their rights under the individual participation and access principle;
• Providing users, before obtaining consent, with the information indicated by the openness, transparency and notice principle; and
• Explaining to users the implications of granting or withholding consent.
Purpose legitimacy and specification
• Ensuring that the purpose(s) complies with applicable law and relies on a permissible legal basis;
• Communicating the purpose(s) to users before the information is used for the first time for a new purpose;
• Using language for this specification which is both clear and appropriately adapted to the circumstances;
Data processing limitation
• Limiting the gathering of personal data to that which is within the bounds of applicable law and strictly necessary for the specified purpose(s).
• Deleting and disposing of personal data whenever the purpose for personal data processing has expired, there are no legal requirements to keep the personal data, or whenever it is practical to do so.
Use, retention and disclosure limitation
• Limiting the use, retention and disclosure of personal data to that which is necessary in order to fulfil specific, explicit and legitimate purposes;
• Limiting the use of personal data to the purposes specified by Kaspersky Lab prior to receiving the data, unless a different purpose is explicitly required by applicable law;
• Retaining personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the stated purposes, and thereafter securely destroying or anonymizing it; and
• Locking (i.e. archiving, securing and exempting the personal data from further processing) any personal data when and for as long as the stated purposes have expired, but where retention is required by applicable laws.
Accuracy and quality
• Ensuring that the personal data processed is accurate, complete, up-to-date (unless there is a legitimate basis for keeping outdated data), adequate and relevant for the purpose of use;
• Ensuring the reliability of personal data provided from a source other than from users before it is processed;
• Verifying, through appropriate means, the validity and correctness of the claims made by the user prior to making any changes to the personal data (in order to ensure that the changes are properly authorized), where it is appropriate to do so;
• Establishing personal data processing procedures to help ensure accuracy and quality; and
• Establishing control mechanisms to periodically check the accuracy and quality of personal data processing.
Openness, transparency and notice
• Providing users with clear and easily accessible information about Kaspersky Lab’s policies;
• Establishing procedures and practices with respect to the processing of personal data;
• Including in notices the fact that personal data is being processed, the purpose for which this is done, the types of privacy stakeholders to whom the personal data might be disclosed, and the identity of the entity which determines the above and on how to contact;
• Disclosing the options and means offered by Kaspersky Lab to users for the purposes of limiting the processing of, and for accessing, correcting and removing their information;
• Giving notice to users when major changes in the personal data handling procedures occur.
Individual participation and access
• Giving users the ability to contact us (by using the contact details provided in the “How to Contact Us”) and review their personal data, provided their identity is first authenticated with an appropriate level of assurance and such access is not prohibited by applicable law;
• Allowing users (by using the contact details provided in the “How to Contact Us” or by using interface of our products and services) to challenge the accuracy and completeness of the personal data and have it amended, corrected or removed as appropriate and possible in the specific context;
• Providing any amendment, correction or removal to personal data processors and third parties to whom personal data had been disclosed, where they are known; and
• Establishing procedures to enable users to exercise these rights in a simple, fast and efficient way, which does not entail undue delay or cost.
Information Security: How We Protect Your Privacy
Information security is Kaspersky Lab’s core business. All data and all information provided by you is confidential by default. Kaspersky Lab will therefore always apply technical and organizational data security measures for the protection of personal data that are adequate and appropriate, taking into account the concrete risks resulting from the processing of personal data as well as up-to-date security standards and procedures. In order to, among other reasons, identify and fulfill the appropriate level of protection, Kaspersky Lab classifies processing systems with personal data and implements cascading sets of protective measures.
Kaspersky Lab also maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect the information against loss, misuse, damage or modification and unauthorized access or disclosure. Some of the other central features of our information security program are:
• The Information Security Department, which designs, implements and provides oversight to our information security program;
• A determination of personal data safety hazards in the course of processing in a Kaspersky Lab processing system;
• Application of appropriate information security tools;
• Performance evaluation of applied personal data security measures before commissioning processing systems;
• Implementing controls to identify, authenticate and authorize access to various services or websites;
• Discovering the facts surrounding unauthorized access to personal data and adopting corresponding measures;
• Recovery of personal data that was modified or destructed;
• Establishing access rules to personal data processed in Kaspersky Lab processing systems and also recording and accounting for all actions undertaken with personal data in these systems;
• Encryption between our clients and servers (and between our various data centers);
• We restrict access of our employees and contractors who need to know the information in order to process it for us and who are subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligations, to personal information. They may be disciplined or their contract terminated if they fail to meet these obligations.
• Monitoring of our systems infrastructure to detect weaknesses and potential intrusions;
• Monitoring measures taken to ensure the security of personal data;
• Providing Kaspersky Lab personnel with relevant training and continually updating our security practices in light of new risks and developments in technology.
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Files for remote installation of Endpoint Security 10 for Linux through Kaspersky Security Center: kesl-10.1.1.6421.zip [0.13 MB]
Files for installing Network Agent for Linux (DEB x32) through Kaspersky Security Center: klnagent_11.0.1-12_i386.deb.tar.gz [1.54 KB]
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Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 6.7 and later
CentOS-6.7 and later
Debian GNU / Linux 8.6 and later
Linux Mint 18.2 and later
Linux Mint 19 and later
Alt Linux SPT 7.0.6 (use of the GUI is not supported)
Alt Linux SPT 8.0.0 Work Station
Alt Linux SPT 8.0.0 Server
Alt Linux 8.2 Work Station
Alt Linux 8.2 Work Station K
Alt Linux 8.2 Server
Alt Linux 8.2 Education
GosLinux 6.6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 and later
OracleLinux 7.3 and later
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15
openSUSE® 15
Micro Focus Open Enterprise Server 2018
Astra Linux Special Edition 1.5
Astra Linux Common Edition Orel 2.12
OS Rosa Cobalt 7.3 for client systems
OS Rosa Cobalt 7.3 for server systems
RED OS 7.1
Perl interpreter version 5.10 or higher
The “which” utility must be installed.
Installed packages for compiling applications (gcc, binutils, glibc, glibc-devel, make, ld, rpcbind), source code for the operating system kernel for compiling modules of Kaspersky Endpoint Security 10 Service Pack 1 Maintenance Release 1 for Linux, on operating systems that do not support fanotify.
The insserv-compat package must be installed before installing Network Agent on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15.
Kaspersky Endpoint Security 10 Service Pack 1 Maintenance Release 1 for Linux is compatible with Kaspersky Security Center 10 and Kaspersky Security Center 11.
To ensure the proper functioning of the Kaspersky Endpoint Security 10 Service Pack 1 Maintenance Release 1 for Linux administration plug-in, Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Update 3 RC must be installed.
Minimum hardware requirements:
Core 2 Duo 1.86 GHz or higher processor
1 GB of hard drive space for installing Kaspersky Endpoint Security 10 for Linux and storing temporary files and log files
Supported 32-bit operating systems:
Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Ubuntu 17.10.1
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 6.9
CentOS-6.9
Debian GNU/Linux 8.10
Debian GNU/Linux 9.4
AltLinux 8.0.0
AltLinux 8.2*
GosLinux 6.6**
Lotos (kernel 4.14)
OracleLinux 7.4
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
openSUSE® 42.3
EMIAS 1.0
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 or later
*In order to use the GUI on AltLinux, you must have the libxcbutil-image, libxcbutil-keysyms, libxcbutil-icccm and libxcb-render-util packages preinstalled, or access to the official repository.
**The GUI does not work.
Docker container:
Ubuntu 16.04 with Docker (v.17)
Storage driver aufs with backing filesystems ext4/xfs
Storage driver overlay, overlay2 with backing filesystems ext4/xfs with limitations (only ODS).
Perl interpreter: version 5.0 or higher (www.perl.org).
Installed Which utility (from the OS installer).
Installed packages for compiling applications (gcc, binutils, glibc, glibc-devel, make, ld), source code for the operating system kernel – for compiling modules of Kaspersky Endpoint Security 10 for Linux, in operating systems that do not support fanotify.
Kaspersky Endpoint Security 10 Service Pack 1 for Linux is compatible with Kaspersky Security Center 10 Service Pack 2 and Kaspersky Security Center 10 Service Pack 2 MR1.
To ensure proper functioning of the Kaspersky Endpoint Security 10 Service Pack 1 for Linux administration plug-in, Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Update 3 RC (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=52685) must be installed.
CentOS-7.4.
Novell® Open Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (necessary additional configuration).
Novell® Open Enterprise Server 2015 SP1 (necessary additional configuration).
The libc6-i386 module must be installed on 64-bit versions of Debian and Ubuntu prior to installing Network Agent.
The glibc.i686 module must be installed on 64-bit versions of Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 6 and later, CentOS 6 or later, and Oracle Linux 6 or later prior to installing Network Agent.
The glibc-32bit module must be installed on 64-bit versions of openSUSE® 42.2 and SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 prior to installing Network Agent.
Kaspersky Endpoint Security 10 for Linux is compatible with Kaspersky Security Center 10 SP1 and Kaspersky Security Center 10 SP2. To ensure proper functioning of the Kaspersky Endpoint Security 10 for Linux administration plug-in, Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Update 3 RC (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=52685) must be installed.
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Minimum Alternative Tax (MAT)
Rohit Pithisaria 16/08/2018 Income Tax Leave a comment
MAT stands for Minimum Alternative Tax. MAT was introduced by the Finance Act, 1987 with effect from Assessment Year 1998-99. Later on, it was withdrawn by the Finance Act, 1990 and reintroduced by Finance Act, 1996 with effect from 01St April 1997. Currently, the MAT is applicable only to companies as per the provision of Section 115JB.
Object of Levying MAT
Many time, it may happen that the companies have generated substantial income during the year but at the same time, they also enjoy the benefit of various deductions, exemptions, depreciation, etc. on the income generated. Further, the government also provides various tax-linked incentives for companies in various industries to encourage investment. Companies make substantial book profits and declare handsome dividends to their shareholders but have no or insignificant taxable income under the Income Tax Act. Such companies end up paying marginal tax or sometimes zero tax (called zero tax companies) even though they may be capable of paying normal tax.
Hence, to ensure a steady cash flow in the form of tax revenue and at the same time, not completely invalidating the above-mentioned incentives to the companies, the government came up with the concept of MAT. The concept of MAT ensures that the companies shall be taxed in the proportion of their ability to pay tax.
Basis Provision of MAT
As per the concept of MAT, the tax liability of a company will be higher of the following: –
The tax liability of the company computed as per the normal provisions of the Income-tax Law, i.e., the tax computed on the taxable income of the company by applying the tax rate applicable to the company. This is also termed as Normal Tax Liability.
Tax computed @ 18.5% (plus surcharge and cess as applicable) on book profit of Company. This tax computed by applying 18.5% (plus surcharge and cess as applicable) is called MAT.
MAT is a way of making companies pay a minimum 18.5% (plus surcharge and cess as applicable) amount of tax on their book profit even in case they do not have taxable income as per provision of Income Tax Act, 1961
Note: – MAT is levied at the rate of 9% (plus surcharge and cess as applicable) in case of a company being a unit of International Finance Service center and deriving its income solely in convertible foreign exchange as per subsection (7) of Section 115JB.
Example: The normal taxable income of Same Wise Pvt. Ltd. is Rs 5,00,000 as per Income Tax Provision. Book profit of the company under as per Section 115JB is Rs 12,00,000. Compute the tax liability of Same Wise Pvt. Ltd (excluding surcharge and cess).
Calculation of Tax Amount
Normal tax liability @ 30% (excluding cess) 1,50,000
MAT liability @ 18.5% (excluding cess) 2,22,200
Tax liability of Same Wise Pvt. Ltd. (excluding cess) 2,22,200
Example: The normal taxable income of Same Wise Pvt. Ltd. is Rs 20,00,000 as per Income Tax Provision. Book profit of the company under as per Section 115JB is Rs 12,00,000. Compute the tax liability of Same Wise Pvt. Ltd (excluding surcharge and cess).
Note: – The Domestic company is taxable at the rate of 25% if its turnover does not exceed Rs. 250 crore during the previous year 2016-17. It has been assumed Same Wise Pvt. Ltd. has a turnover exceeding Rs 250 Crore.
Companies on which MAT is Applicable
MAT is applicable to each and every company whether public or private and whether Indian or foreign.
Few Exceptions
As per Section 115JB(5A), MAT shall not apply to any income accruing or arising to a company from life insurance business referred to in section 115B.
As per Explanation 4 to Section 115JB, MAT shall not be applicable and shall be deemed never to have been applicable to an assessee, being a foreign company, if—
the assessee is a resident of a country or a specified territory with which India has a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) referred to in sub-section (1) of section 90 or the Central Government has adopted any agreement under sub-section (1) of section 90A and the assessee does not have a permanent establishment in India in accordance with the provisions of such agreement; or
the assessee is a resident of a country with which India does not have an agreement of nature referred to in clause (i) and the assessee is not required to seek registration under any law for the time being in force relating to companies.
As per Explanation 4A of Section 115JB, MAT shall not be applicable and shall be deemed never to have been applicable to an assessee, being a foreign company, where its total income comprises solely of profits and gains from business referred to in: –
section 44B – Special provision for computing profits and gains of shipping business in the case of non-residents or
section 44BB – Special provision for computing profits and gains in connection with the business of exploration, etc., of mineral oils or
section 44BBA – Special provision for computing profits and gains of the business of operation of aircraft in the case of non-residents or
section 44BBB – Special provision for computing profits and gains of foreign companies engaged in the business of civil construction, etc., in certain turnkey power projects
and such income has been offered to tax at the rates specified in those sections.
As per Section 115V-O, MAT will not apply to a shipping income liable to tonnage taxation scheme as provided in section 115V to 115VZC.
Calculation of Book Profit
As per Explanation 1 to Section 115JB(2), Book Profit for the purpose of Section 115JB means net profit as shown in the statement of profit and loss in accordance with the Schedule III to the Companies Act 2013, as adjusted by certain items prescribed below: –
Book Profit for the Purpose of MAT Amount
Net profit as per statement of profit and loss prepared in accordance with Schedule III to the Companies Act, 2013 XXXX
Add: Following items (if they are debited to the statement of profit and loss)
Income-tax paid/payable and the provision thereof (*) XXXX
Amounts carried to any reserves by whatever name called (Other than reserve specified under Section 33AC) XXXX
Provisions for unascertained liabilities XXXX
Provisions for losses of subsidiary companies XXXX
Dividends paid/proposed XXXX
Expenditure related to incomes which are exempt under section 10 [other than section 10(38)] section 11 and section 12 XXXX
The amount or amounts of expenditure relatable to, income, being a share of the taxpayer in the income of an association of persons or body of individuals, on which no income-tax is payable in accordance with the provisions of section 86. XXXX
The amount or amounts of expenditure relatable to income accruing or arising to a taxpayer being a foreign company, from :
(a) the capital gains arising on transactions in securities; or
(b) the interest, royalty or fees for technical services chargeable to tax at the rate or rates specified in Chapter XII
if the income-tax payable on above income is less than the rate of MAT XXXX
The amount representing a notional loss on the transfer of a capital asset, being an amount representing notional loss resulting from any change in carrying the amount of said units or the amount of loss on the transfer of units referred to in clause (xvii) of section 47 XXXX
Expenditure relatable to income by way of royalty in respect of patent chargeable to tax under section 115BBF XXXX
Amount of depreciation debited to P & L A/c XXXX
Deferred tax and the provision thereof XXXX
Provision for diminution in the value of any asset XXXX
The amount standing in revaluation reserve relating to a revalued asset on the retirement or disposal of such an asset if not credited to statement of profit and loss XXXX
The amount of gain on transfer of units referred to in clause (xvii) of section 47 computed by taking into account the cost of the shares exchanged with units referred to in the said clause or the carrying amount of the shares at the time of exchange where such shares are carried at a value other than the cost through as the case may be; XXXX
Less: Following items (if they are credited to the statement of profit and loss)
Amount withdrawn from any reserve or provision if credited to P&L account (**) (XXXX)
Incomes which are exempt under section 10 [other than section 10(38)] section 11 and section 12 (XXXX)
Amount of depreciation debited to statement of profit and loss (excluding the depreciation on revaluation of assets) (XXXX)
Amount withdrawn from revaluation reserve and credited to statement of profit and loss to the extent it does not exceed the amount of depreciation on revaluation of assets (XXXX)
The amount of income, being the share of the taxpayer in the income of an association of persons or body of individuals, on which no income-tax is payable in accordance with the provisions of section 86 if any such amount is credited to the statement of profit and loss (XXXX)
The amount of income accruing or arising to a taxpayer being a foreign company, from :
if such income is credited to the statement of profit and loss and the income-tax payable on above income is less than the rate of MAT. (XXXX)
The amount (if any, credited to the statement of profit and loss) representing
(a) notional gain on transfer of a capital asset, being a share of a special purpose vehicle to a business trust in exchange of units allotted by that trust referred to in clause (xvii) of section 47;
(b) notional gain resulting from any change in carrying the amount of said units; or
(c) gain on transfer of units referred to in clause (xvii) of section 47,
The amount representing notional gain on transfer of units referred to in clause (xvii) of section 47 computed by taking into account the cost of the shares exchanged with units referred to in the said clause or the carrying amount of the shares at the time of exchange where such shares are carried at a value other than the cost through statement of profit and loss, as the case may be; (XXXX)
Income by way of royalty in respect of patent chargeable to tax under section 115BBF (XXXX)
Amount of unabsorbed depreciation and loss brought forward in case of the company against whom an application for corporate insolvency resolution process has been admitted. (XXXX)
Amount of brought forward loss or unabsorbed depreciation, whichever is less as per books of account (in case of a company other than the company undergoing insolvency proceedings) (XXXX)
Profits of a sick industrial company till its net worth becomes zero/positive (XXXX)
Deferred tax, if credited to the statement of profit and loss (XXXX)
Book profit to be used to compute MAT XXXX
(*) Income-tax paid/payable and the provision thereof shall include: –
Any tax on distributed profits under section 115-O (dividend distribution tax – i.e., DDT) or tax on distributed income under section 115R;
Any interest charged under this Act;
The surcharge, if any, as levied by the Central Acts from time-to-time;
Education Cess on Income-tax, if any, as levied by the Central Acts from time-to-time; and
Secondary and Higher Education Cess on Income-tax, if any, as levied by the Central Acts from time-to-time.
(**) Withdrawals made from reserves created or provisions made on or after the 1-4-1997, shall be deducted only if the book profit of the year of creation of such reserve has been increased by the amount transferred to such reserve or provisions (out of which the said amount was withdrawn). For example, Governmental grants relating to depreciable assets are credited to special reserve (i.e., not to statement of profit and loss) in the year of receipt and a portion of such grant is transferred from that reserve to statement of profit and loss over the life of the asset in proportion to depreciation charged. In the year in which these grants were credited to special reserve, they had not been added to net profit for calculation of book profit subjected to MAT. Therefore, in the year of transfer to P&L, the amounts so transferred shall not be reduced from net profit while calculating book profit for the purpose of MAT.
MAT Credit
As per Section 115JAA, the excess of MAT paid over and above the normal income tax liability is called MAT Credit. The credit of MAT can be utilised by the company in the year in which the normal tax liability is more than MAT. The maximum set off of MAT credit shall be allowed to the extent of the difference between the tax as per the normal provision of the act and as per MAT provisions. In other words, the company has to pay the amount of tax calculated as per MAT provisions.
MAT credit can be carried forward and adjusted to the normal tax payable only up to 15 financial years from the year in which such MAT is paid. This is with effect from the financial year 2017-18. Previously, MAT credit can be carried forward only for a period of 10 years.
No interest shall be paid on the MAT credit by the Department.
In case of conversion of the company into a limited liability partnership under the Limited Liability Partnership Act 2008, the MAT credit shall get lapse.
Example: The normal taxable income of Same Wise Pvt. Ltd. is Rs 5,00,000 as per Income Tax Provision. Book profit of the company under as per Section 115JB is Rs 12,00,000. Compute the MAT Credit available to Same Wise Pvt. Ltd.
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Week 5 Update 2014
February 10, 2014 August 6, 2014 Anushka R
1 more week until build season comes to an end! We’ve accomplished a lot, and the robot is on the verge of being fully operational.
As regionals draw closer, the Scouting team has been working extra hard. They are continuing to work on 2 scouting apps: team and alliance match scouting, and are also working on an assignment system where as data is entered, it is organized and stored for future reference.
Programming has been implementing code for new robot framework. They have also been trying to fix some drivetrain lag issues, which we are positive that they will. Other than that, Programming is rearing and ready to test the new robot with their new code.
Our faithful and hard-working Project Manager has been helping the team with “Sponsor Letters” for Open House. Gavin has also been analyzing different strategies for alliance picking, and has finished our team’s business plan.
Electrical team has plumbed and pressured the shooter and collector. They have cleaned and wired the driving chassis and are also fixing up our robot from last year, Sally. Overall, they have been working hard to make sure that our robot doesn’t explode.
Mechanical team has been extremely on top of things this year. They have finished the robot early and right now they are testing the robot in every way possible to make sure that there are no errors. They will be bug fixing in the next week and just finalizing the robot to make sure that it’s ready for Bag & Tag.
Media/Outreach has been preparing to make Parent Night successful as we show everyone all that the team has done. They have been writing the prestigious Chairman’s Award, in which we will hopefully accomplish this year, and are also continuing to get Huskie Robotics’ name out there with more locker signs, and flyers to promote the team.
All-in-all, this week has been really successful for the team. We can’t wait to see the robot in action. Week 5 is over and the team is now preparing for the final week of finalizations.
Go Huskie Robotics!!!
–Justin S
*”Where’s the Robot?”: You may have noticed that none of these pictures show a complete view of our new creation or any of her mechanisms. That’s because this year, we’re saving that for FRC Top 25’s premiere night! In a little more than a week, all will be revealed. 🙂
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Windows Phone 7 opens up on 5 phones
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It’s been quite a long time coming, but Microsoft is out to again have a serious crack at a serious – and decent – mobile phone operating system. Windows Phone 7 is that new operating system, and it will initially be available of 5 phones:
LG Optimus 7
LG Optimus 7Q
See below for details of the 5 new phones, including release date and price information (where available).
The HTC 7 Mozart will be available from 21 October, exclusive to Telstra.
Features: 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 3.7 inch Super TFT LCD touchscreen, 8 megapixel camera, unibody aluminum construction.
Telstra will sell the HTC 7 Trophy for $0 upfront on a $49 Cap Plan over 24 months, a minimum cost of $1,176.
The HTC 7 Trophy will be in stores on October 21, exclusive to Vodafone.
Features: 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 3.8 inch Super TFT LCD touchscreen Dolby Mobile and SRS WOW HD™ virtual surround sound, 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash, 8GB in-built memory, Xbox LIVE gaming.
Vodafone has not yet announced its pricing for the HTC 7 Trophy.
The LG Optimus 7 will be available through Optus, in late October.
Features: 3.8 inch capacitive touchscreen, 1GHz processor, 16GB of internal memory, 11.5 mm thick, 5 megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording and playback, DLNA-enabled.
Optus will sell the LG Optimus 7 for $0 upfront on the $79 Business Cap and $70 Optus Cap plans over 24 months, a total minimum cost of $1,896.
The LG Optimus 7Q will be available through Telstra, from mid-November.
Features: slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 3.5 inch capacitive touchscreen, 1500mAh battery, 16Gb internal storage, 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, DLNA-enabled.
Telstra will sell the LG Optimus 7Q for $0 upfront on a $79 Business Cap Plan over 24 months, a total minimum cost of $1,896. The $70 Business Cap plan gives you $750 for standard voice/video calls, text/MMS to any Australian network and 500 MB of included data – plus a bonus 500MB of data available until November 30.
Or pick it up on the $129 Cap Plan, a total minimum cost over 24 months of $3,096. The $129 Cap Plan gives you unlimited standard national calls, SMS, MMS as well as 3GB of data per month.
The Samsung Omnia 7 will be available in late October, and is exclusive to Optus until the end of December.
Features: 4 inch Super AMOLED touchscreen, 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdraggon QSD8250 processor, 5 megapixel camera, 8GB memory, 1,500 mAh battery.
Optus will sell the Samsung Omnia 7 for $0 upfront on the $79 Cap plan, a minimum cost over 24 months of $1,896.
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Routes and costs; When to go
Contents | Introduction | Routes and costs; When to go | Rail Passes | Sample route guide: Tokyo to Nagoya by shinkansen | Side trip to Miyajima | Off the beaten track sightseeing
Routes and costs
So you know you’re going to Japan: the next step is to work out what you want to see and how much ground you want to cover once you’ve arrived. This guide shows you how travelling around Japan by rail is the best way of seeing the country close up and in full colour. And there are few places in the world where it really can be as much fun to travel as it is to arrive. Welcome to Japan by rail.
Using this guide
Japan Rail (JR) boasts that its network covers every corner of Japan’s four main islands. If you look at the maps in JR’s timetable you’ll see what appears to be something like a bowl of spaghetti. The choice of routes is, if not infinite, at the very least overwhelming. And that is only the JR lines – there are also lines operated by private railway companies. In some places the private railways provide the only service available and in others their stations are in more convenient places for sightseeing; for this edition there’s additional information about these lines.
To simplify travel planning and to reassure the first-time visitor that a qualification in orienteering is not needed, this guide splits the largest island, Honshu, into regions – Central Honshu, Kansai, Western Honshu and Tohoku (North-eastern Honshu) – and suggests (connecting) routes for each of these as well as for the other three main islands: Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku. For example, if you are following the route round Western Honshu you will pass through Okayama, the starting point for the route guide around Shikoku.
Each section begins with an introduction to the area, with information on regional highlights and suggested stopping-off points. Routes can be followed in reverse but in this case all points of interest from the train will be on the opposite side.
Though it’s possible to travel every route by local train, it’s assumed that most travellers will have a rail pass so will use the shinkansen and/or limited express (LEX) services. It is not possible to mention every station so, as a rule of thumb, only stops served by limited expresses (or by shinkansen if the route follows a shinkansen line) are included. Stations served solely by local trains are listed only if they, or the area around them, are of particular interest. The fastest point-to-point journey times are provided for each section of the route.
Even though each route has been divided into different sections it may not be necessary to change train as you go from one section to the next. Occasionally, however, it is essential to change train in order to complete the route described. Such instances are noted in the text. Places which are served by local trains only are also marked.
Sample itineraries are provided on pp41-7.
For the main shinkansen, limited express and local JR services see the summaries on pp504-13.
Contrary to popular belief, a visit to Japan doesn’t have to be expensive but it is important to plan your budget as it is an easy country to spend money in.
Package tours which include travel by rail (see pp37-9) rarely offer better value than organising an independent trip. From the UK you’re probably looking at a minimum of £3000 for a 14-day tour including return flights, rail travel, accommodation in basic Japanese inns, some meals and the services of a tour guide. Given the price of a 14-day rail pass (¥46,390: £290/US$408), it would certainly be more cost effective (and more fun) to organise your own trip.
Though the cost of a Japan Rail Pass (see box p30) may seem high, a pass can almost pay for itself in just two journeys on a shinkansen. For example, a 7-day rail pass costs ¥29,100 (£182/US$256; free seat reservations) but the return fare including reserved seat on a shinkansen between Tokyo and Hiroshima costs ¥37,120 (£232/US$327); even just going to and from Kyoto costs ¥27,200 (£170/US$239). A return journey to Kagoshima-chuo by shinkansen from Tokyo works out at ¥59,720 (£373/US$526), more than the cost of a 14-day pass (see p13). For additional sample fares, see box p99.
Sample daily budgets
Note: The budgets below do not include general travel costs because they assume you have a Japan Rail Pass. The exchange rates are rounded up/down for convenience.
Accommodation ¥3000+ (£19/US$26+): dorm bed in a hostel, no meals
Breakfast ¥600 (£4/US$5): coffee and toast
Lunch ¥600 (£4/US$5): sandwich or snack and drink
Dinner ¥1200 (£7/US$11): noodles/pasta, or a hostel meal
Sightseeing# ¥1700 (£11/US$15): less if you mainly visit free attractions
Total ¥7100+ (£44/US$63+)
Accommodation ¥6000 (£37/US$53)+ for a single room, ¥9000 (£56/US$79)+ for
two sharing in a business hotel (breakfast is usually included);
¥8000pp (£50/US$70)+ in a minshuku (half board)
Breakfast* ¥800 (£5/US$7): egg, ham, toast and coffee
Lunch ¥1200 (£7/US$11): lunch deal in a café/restaurant
Dinner ¥1700 (£11/US$15): set evening meal at a restaurant
Sightseeing# ¥1700 (£11/US$15): more if you visit lots of galleries/museums
Total ¥11,400+ (£71/US$100+)
Accommodation ¥12,000+ (£75/US$106+) for a single room,
¥20,000+ (£125/US$176) for two sharing in an upmarket hotel;
¥16,000+ (£100/US$141) per person half board in a ryokan
Breakfast* ¥2200 (£14/US$19): buffet breakfast
Lunch ¥4000 (£25/US$35): a three-course meal
Dinner ¥6300+ (£39+/US$55+): à la carte meal
Sightseeing# ¥9000+ (£56+/US$79+): guided city tours and entry fees
Total ¥33,500+ (£209/US$295+)
* If not included in room rate # including a one-day tram/bus/subway pass
In general, Japan has a mild climate, though it’s difficult to talk at all generally about a country which stretches for some 3000km north to south. It can be below freezing and snowing in Hokkaido while southern Kyushu is enjoying sunshine and mild temperatures.
April and May are often considered the best months to visit, when the worst of the Hokkaido winter is over and the rest of Japan is not yet sweltering in humidity. The cherry blossom season is eagerly anticipated and the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA; www.jma.go.jp) has an internet page dedicated to reporting when the blossoms are forecast to flower. Although each year is different, the season starts in Kyushu, generally mid to late March, and progresses northwards climaxing in Hokkaido in May.
However, try to avoid the school/university holidays from late March to early April and the so-called Golden Week (29th April to 5th May), which includes four national holidays and can feel as if the entire country is on the move; hotels and trains are booked out and prices rise to meet demand. The latter part of May is a lovely time to be in Japan as the weather is often good but it isn’t too hot.
The rainy season in June/ July (with occasional typhoons) marks the change from spring to summer but the showers are soon replaced by heat and humidity. Humidity is high throughout the summer months so carry bottled water if you are planning long days of sightseeing at this, the hottest, time of the year. Hokkaido is by far the coolest and least humid place in summer, which also makes it one of the busiest. The school holiday season in August is another busy time, particularly around mid August during the Obonfestival when people head back to their home towns.
The high temperatures and – particularly in the south – blistering heat can last well into September and often there is a lot of rain then. Typhoons strike coastal regions, particularly in Kyushu, Shikoku and Kansai in late summer. Fortunately these are usually predicted a day or two before they hit so it’s unlikely you will be taken unawares.
By the beginning of October things usually cool down and dry up. Late October and November are the months for viewing the autumn leaves (koyo); this can be a spectacular time to visit. The sky is often clear so views are better and you also have more chance of seeing Mt Fuji. The autumn colours begin their magnificent display in Hokkaido and gradually move south through the islands, in the opposite direction to the cherry-blossom wave.
If you don’t mind the cold, December and January are also good times, especially for skiing.
New Year is another major holiday period and even though the weather may be fine many places get crowded.
Sample route guide: Tokyo to Nagoya by shinkansen
Side trip to Miyajima
Off the beaten track sightseeing
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Pakistan Political Parties assets details unveiled by ECP
ISLAMABAD: All political parties registered with the Election Commission of Pakistan are required to submit the assets details once a year.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) made public the asset details of the parliamentary parties on Thursday.
The commission hasn’t yet disclosed the latest details. Here are asset details of major parliamentary parties during the year of 2015.
PML-N
As per details, the ruling party has Rs40.5 million in its account, while it spent more than Rs40 million during the year of 2015.
The income of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) is Rs10.65 million, while expenditures are more than Rs40 million for the period.
PPP (Bilawal Bhutto) and PPP-P (Asif Zardari)
Bilawal Bhutto’s party has gifted all its assets to Asif Ali Zardari’s Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPP-P). The income of PPPP has been declared Rs20 million, while it spent Rs120 million during the period.
After transferring 100 million to his father’s party, total assets of Bilawal’s party are just Rs4.9 million. Zardari’s party balance is more than 200 million now.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf has more than Rs150 million in its account. The party’s spending in 2015 stands at Rs360.42 million.
PTI spent Rs6.6 million on the election campaign. In the head of advertisement, the party has spent Rs2.5 million. Expenditures for refreshment stand at more than Rs2.8 million.
The party has Rs100 million in its accounts.
PML-Q
The party during Musharraf’s tenure had Rs50 million in its account.
MQM-Pakistan
Farooq Sattar’s party has Rs40.7 million. MQM-Pakistan collected Rs230 million for the Shuhada fund and spent more than Rs250 million during the same year.
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Another win for Goff
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82% in a poll reject foreign ownership of our land. (btw, the chinese do not let foreigners own their land)
“A UMR Research survey, commissioned by a North Island farmer group trying to buy the in-receivership Crafar dairy farms against a Chinese bid, showed 82 per cent of 500 respondents believed foreign ownership of farms and agriculture land was a “bad thing”. Only 10 per cent believed it a “good thing” and 8 per cent were unsure. ”
But deceptive bastard Bill English deceptively confuses the issue of foreign ownership of land with foreign investment in business…. “We recognise the important contribution foreign investment can make to New Zealand”
Foreigners can invest in business, they just cannot own land. It is a fundamental so that we are owners of the land on which we live. An absentee landlord is weak for the entire community. Tenant communities are weak – examples abound, domestically and internationally.
Foreign investors can lease land. There are plenty of instruments for dealing with a business which requires land to operate on without having to own the land.
Why do they want to own it anyway? They claim they are incvesting in the business, not the land… rats smell.
This splitting of the two issues should be raised with the public…. foreign investment in business is entirely different from foreign ownership of land.
My vote swings on it. 2c. Actually, 2,000,000c.
dave brown 1.1
Land should be nationalised and users no more than leaseholders held to public account for its conservation.
That would give the right something to think about.
It would also give the left something to think about.
Well, yep, that’s further along the spectrum but definitely worthy of consideration.
Another colossal benefit of either idea is that land prices would fall, which means less of our daily toil has to go into paying for the land on which we walk and rest, leaving more available for actual real costs like food, housing, health, etc. And I challenge anybody to explain how that is not a good thing …..
I also challenge anybody to explain how high and rising land prices is a good thing ….
uke 1.1.2
This is a good general approach.
A majority of voting NZers will not sanction it, however, until they become landless serfs (which is probably about 3 or 4 generations away at the rate we’re going). The “Quarter Acre King” meme is too deeply programmed as a kind of “New Zealand Dream” . For settlers coming here in the mid-19thC, cheap land was a solution to the problem of land unavailability in Britain. But it was ultimately an evasion not a solution to this problem, because the same set of problematic values got imported. It all began when common land in England began to be enclosed in the 15thC.
For settlers coming here in the mid-19thC, cheap land was a solution to the problem of land unavailability in Britain. But it was ultimately an evasion not a solution to this problem, because the same set of problematic values got imported.
I remember reading Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern series and in one of the books she mentioned the same problem (although, as she’s a RWNJ, she classed the problem of the rich sons not having any land to rule over). Her “solution” was opening up of the massive Southern Continent which, as you point out, just puts problem off for a few more generations.
It all began when common land in England began to be enclosed in the 15thC.
Privatisation of the commons was certainly part of the problem and needs to be addressed but the bigger one is actually uncontrolled population growth. Excess population growth will always result in too little land but the capitalists want it anyway because it’s from the work of others that capitalists get their wealth and the more people there are the more wealth they’ll have.
mickysavage 2
So John Key wants this campaign to be all about economic credibility.
He should rethink this. After all his Government:
1. Has overseen two recent credit rating downgrades.
2. Is responsible for the biggest budget deficit in the country’s history.
3. Intends to sell assets to pay for operating costs.
4. Has at various times said that the asset sale proceeds will be used to reinvest, to pay down debt or to pay for operating costs.
5. Has not taken the income dividend out of the financial forecasts even though it has included the sale proceeds in the same forecasts.
6. Has allowed for a billion dollars of savings on operating expenses in the latest budget even though the government does not know where these savings may come from.
7. Failed to convince IRD to accept in its entirety its financial forecasts.
Key is quickly becoming the worst overseer of the economy since Rob Muldoon.
And if Labour nails its presentation of its costings he is in trouble this election.
Pete George 2.1
And if they don’t nail their costings?
mickysavage 2.1.1
Petey
The costings have been done and I am assured are bulletproof. Perception of course is everything.
If not the perception will be that National and Labour are both pushing dodgy figures.
Lanthanide 2.1.2
Does UF have costings on it’s tax-splitting bribe for working families?
The one where many families will get $5,000-6,000/year and some will get up to $9,000?
More tax cuts for the well-off. Pity John Key already ruled out more tax cuts.
aerobubble 2.1.2.1
A tax free threshold basically simplifies a number of welfare policies that
sees many getting benefits in and out of work, you simply can’t have missed
the obvious that working for families won’t cost as much if it doesn’t have
tax removed, similarly benenit. fact is a bennie pays 20% tax unlike a
bennie in OZ, so when some bennie fraudster is caught they are actually
force to pay back not only the amount they stolen but the tax they
paid on it unlike in Oz. Weird that, bennies pay more tax, suffer stiffer
penulaties if they steal than in Oz, and if they move to oz they aren’t
even afforded welfare!!! who stacked those decks!
Lanthanide 2.1.2.1.1
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
I’m talking about UF’s policy of splitting the income of a parent with children with their partner for tax purposes. Eg instead of being taxed on your $100k income, it would be split between your partner and yourself and only taxed as if you earned $50k each.
Hilary 3
This was posted on the Standard recently from a contributor from an Asian country, and deserves better coverage as many people take astrology seriously.
“I’ve been catching up with a few Feng Shui masters and astrologers here, including those who do their castings based on the Vedic system.
Key is inauspicious for National and for New Zealand. Given his birthdate/year and his face reading (Mian Xiang) and if he clings on to power, there will be another lot of bad news arising before Christmas 2011.
Am told that Goff has castings that are better for the country as his aura is that of a guardian (as compared with Key’s being a parasite).
If astrology is your thing, good luck with your vote.”
I’m not one for astrology, but there’s no denying that Key is a bad luck PM.
No, Key is not a “bad luck” PM, that implies that it’s all out of his control.
He’s just a bad PM, full stop.
Vicky32 3.1.1.1
With a bit of bad luck fu on top of it all! 🙂
mik e 3.2.1
jinxed key
swordfish 3.3
I probably didn’t need astrology to tell me Key’s a parasite.
Nick 4
I’m confused:
National claims that partial asset sales will bring in 5 – 7 billion (and have already banked this money in their forcasts to return to surplus).
Labour claims that these same assets brought in $900m in dividends last year
National claims that the average is more like $300m
I’m no rich financial trader so I might have my figures wrong, but:
1. If the assets bring in $300m a year, and they are going to sell half, investors will be sharing $150m in dividends per year.
2. At a 5% p.a. return that makes them worth $3b (not 5 or 7). At less than 5% then a savings account is better for these (mythical?) ‘mum and dad’ investors with billions in the bank, and there are plenty of investment oppurtunities that can return more than this.
3. Some have argued that private ownership is more efficient and would make more money than they do now, the implication being that its worth paying over the odds because the power companies will make much more money with shareholders than they do at the moment.
4. Even if it was true that private run companies are more efficient and make more money the Government is retaining a controlling stake. Won’t this negate the effects of private ownership? Either the Government already has the capability to run these assets more efficiently (and could return more money to the government coffers as Labour is arguing) or is already doing the best job possible and $300m on average is what investors can expect see point number 2.
In short, who is going to be buying these assets? And are they really going to be looking to put $5 – 7bn into them and be happy with their investment making 2.1% a year?
Meridian made $659.9M profit in the last year, by itself.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/2011-financial-results/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503017&objectid=10747012
higherstandard 4.1.1
I only skimmed through the article you linked to bu doesn’t the bit below impact real returns on an annual basis…… I could have misread.
“During the year Meridian sold the Tekapo A and B power stations on the upper Waitaki to Genesis Energy in a reshuffling of the state-owned enterprise’s generation portfolios intended to boost retail competition.
Of the $830 million sale price, the Government receives a special dividend of $531 million, boosting the total dividend to the Crown for the year to $685 million.”
In Vino Veritas 4.1.2
Colonial, try this link. You’ll get to read something by an extremely bright man.
http://rogerkerr.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/the-truth-about-privatisation-14-dividends/
I’d recommend reading some of the other references there as well.
Anything written by Roger Kerr is designed to benefit Roger Kerr and no one else.
McFlock 4.1.2.1.1
his regular opinion pieces in the local paper were most irritating, so I stopped even reading them for “alternative points of view”. Not worth it, and frequently missing the main point (which generally involved caring about those who are less well off)
mik e 4.1.2.2
propagandist kerr no real economic facts to back his BS All he has proved is those with money and power have a bigger say in the running of it and us citizen should shut up work for next to nothing and be grateful.
Tigger 4.2
This whole thing is a hoodwink and the media are complicit. We need far more analysis, instead they’re shilling for Key.
Lanthanide 4.3
You’re right to be confused. That’s how National like it.
Nick 4.4
I have a further question I might ask John Key myself (though I doubt he’ll answer).
Is he going to be buying shares in these assets?
Is there video or audio of last night’s debate anywhere?
Team McMillan BMW donates $35,000 to National
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/campaign-trail/5898672/Campaign-donations-favour-the-Right
Money rolls into Right Wing parties
In Vino Veritas 6.1
And not much into Labour, since they allow their donors details to be laid bare to anybody that feels like looking.
Draco T Bastard 6.1.1
Which is exactly how it should be so that corruption can more easily be detected. NAct don’t like this idea though as they’re inherently corrupt.
BTW, As businesses are not people and don’t vote they shouldn’t be donating to political parties at all.
Ianupnorth 6.2
Phone team MacMillan, ask for a test drive, can you bring it to my work; drive car badly for an hour or so, then politely ask about who they sponsor and when they admit national tell them where they can stick their car.
A couple of local businesses have National hoardings, tempted to do similar!
ACT and National Gaming It: ACT steps down in Waitakere and New Plymouth to give NATs clear run
The silly Herald says ACT obtained 1,072 party votes last time but should have mentioned that John Riddell, ACT’s candidate, only obtained 482. A lesser number although still relevant.
Tigger 7.1.1
More relevant of course since candidates not standing would logically only be handing across their personal vote.
So is this more tory spin or just poor journalism? I’m picking the former.
The Voice of Reason 7.2
Interesting that ACT are still running in Palmerston North. Clearly, the right are conceding that Iain Lees Galloway is going to retain the seat for Labour. New Plymouth is also interesting and the withdrawal there suggests that the Nat’s polling is showing that Andrew Little has his nose in front. Given that there were only 100 or so votes in it last time, it could be the last seat to be decided, with specials making the difference.
unexpected earthquake observation #007;
All the recent immigrants leave and go back home. England will have experienced a recent reverse influx.
just saying 9
http://www.tumeke.blogspot.com/
Finally – protest music. Love this song. Hope it gets airplay.
Rodel 10
Coverage of last night’s Christs College debate by Jon Hardfelt or whatever and Small Vernon in the Christchurch Press was unbelievably biased in favour of Key, ‘ journalism’ reminiscent of Fox News.
Journalism… That’s a laugh! I’d like someone to do a detailed analysis of their language but couldn’t stomach reading their partisan fabrications again. Maybe they were at a different debate.
I once knew a sub editor on a Christchurch newspaper who was so right wing he couldn’t help inserting his sometimes unconscious but usually conscious prejudices into any headlines to do with Helen Clark.The partisan saga continues.
On the inside pages of today’s Press there is a carefully selected unflattering photo of Goff together with a couple of Christ’s boy sycophants assuring us that Key ‘won’ the debate….Surely not something to do with the $$$$millions previously gifted to private schools by Key?
This paper is so blatantly partisan that Fairfax has to be renamed Fairfox!
Good on Goff for fronting for a debate up at the bastion of those ‘born to rule.’
I wonder if Key would front up for a debate at Aranui High school. Ha! Not likely.
Draco T Bastard 10.1
FauxFax?
FairFaux?
Rodel 10.1.1
Maybe “unfairfax?”
Or ‘fair balanced and full of b***sIt!’
Carol 10.1.1.1
fearfix
insider 10.2
Yeah the right wing nickname for Vernon Small isn’t ‘comrade’ for nothing…
mik e 10.3
the $17 billion lie KEY made up has come back to bight Key he is constantly lying.All the radio statios today are getting phil goffs rebuttal labour borrowing $2.6 billion more than national but paying off debt sooner and holding onto income generating assets
Puddleglum 11
Tell me it’s not so. A war with Iran is all the world needs.
The sooner the US cuts itself loose from Israel, the better.
Vicky32 11.1.1
Carol 11.2
Puddleglum, that was precisely my thoughts when I heard this news on ALjazeera this morning – very scary.
thejackal 11.2.1
Don’t tell me you didn’t expect it… the US has been providing New Zealand’s MSM with plenty of propaganda to try and justify yet another one of their unjust invasions for a long time now.
Instead, Obama administration staff briefed privately almost immediately that a military response was not being contemplated, not even sending more naval vessels to the Gulf or announcing new military manoeuvres in the region.
No, the US sending more naval vessels into the Gulf would just be giving Iran more targets.
Then there’s the obvious point. If Iran is attacked Iran will turn off the oil to pretty much everyone except possibly China which is where they’ll be buying up to date military hardware.
AAMC 11.3.1
War with Iran will bankrupt USA. If they go convention not Nuke that is.
They’ve been 10 years in th 5th poorest country in the world with no progress, the last few months the bloodiest.
Iran will fight back hard, and will likely be joined by Iraq having brought them
onside via Sadar.
Will the f16’s end up being used against their master?
Draco T Bastard 11.3.1.1
The USA is already bankrupt and has been decades. The reason why this hasn’t been a problem is because the governments of the rest of the world have been ignoring this fact, kowtowing to the lone “super-power”.
Penny Bright 12
March on banks – Queen street Auckland – 29 October 2011
ANZ financing Lockheed-Martin cluster munition exposed
National bank occupied
John Key’s Wall Street ‘BANK$TER’ background publicly exposed.
Penny Bright
Independent Candidate for Epsom
Campaigning against ‘white collar’ crime, corruption (and its root cause – privatisation), and ‘corporate welfare’.
thejackal 13
National Cuts Funding for the Arts
Today, National announced they will continue the same policy that was announced prior to the 2008 election… which means no increase in funding for the arts. However without any increase to match inflation, such policy amounts to a cut…
Bank News………..RNZ news at 11am today.
Westpac & ANZ Bank profits up 41% this year.
Requests for help at NZ food banks up 30%.
I’d say the Aussie banks are winning.
randal 14.1
New Zealanders know that only the Labour Party can do a fair deal rebuilding Christchurch.
If National get their hands on it, it will all be corrupt and jobbery.
There is no leaders debate.
the moderators are not letting the debates develop.
too many ad breaks and opinions from the sidelines.
and the commentators, especailly claire robinson, are telling the viewers what to do before they text the online polls.
You have to watch these people because they are very sneaky while pretending to be objective.
fire claire robinson.
A Portrait of America in Decline
According to figures published by the Social Security Administration on October 20, the median income for American workers in 2010 was $26,364, not much more than the official poverty level of $22,025 for a family of four. Given that a family making even twice the official poverty level faces real hardship and insecurity, it is no exaggeration to say that the SSA report shows that the “poor,” by any reasonable definition, constitute the absolute majority of the American people.
On the other side of the spectrum, a Congressional Budget Office study released October 25 shows that the richest 1 percent of US households saw a 275 percent increase in their income between 1979 and 2007 and more than doubled their share of the national income. While the income of this layer nearly tripled, the income of the middle 60 percent of the population rose only 40 percent over 28 years, and the income of the poorest 20 percent rose by only 18 percent.
Some other revealing statistics:
The unemployment rate for workers aged 55 or older has doubled since 2007, and the average period spent jobless has tripled. One-third of employed workers 65 and older make less than $11 an hour, while the rates of poverty and food stamp dependence have increased sharply for this sector of the population.
The dollar amount of student loans taken out in 2010 topped $100 billion, the largest ever total for a single year, and total student loan debt has passed the $1 trillion mark in 2011, exceeding the total of credit card debt. Students are borrowing twice as much as they did only ten years ago to pay for their college education.
aerobubble 15.1
Never be a debtor be. The only debt anyone could argue have is a
mortgage but even that is dumb when job insecurity is hailed as
the goal. Retraining essentially is a way to push costs onto
employees and allow employers to push down wages, retraining
for what exactly? another shallow career that has no value
in the economy. Watered down professional class directly
part of the demolishing of the middle classes. Money talks
and money men went negative, shifting risk onto the masses
when we were promised they’d produce positive outcomes,
they have in fact left the world in a worst state. how is
it we are the fifth best place to live, not because we did
anything, but becuase so much of the world ran its affairs
like John Key does, same thinking same dismal economic
Ianupnorth 16
Asked this two days ago, no response!
Anyone care to comment on the legal status of the following?
1) National banners nailed on to the fences of public reserves? (Is it legal for my local MP to have around 50 banners nailed to the retaining walls of roads, fences on public reserves? If I was selling a car, promoting an event or anything else similar I suspect the council would not be impressed – can I ask the council to get them removed?)
2) National MP’s agents sending out recommendations to government departments to purchase this programme? http://www.eatforkeeps.com/
Bob 16.1
I know in my electorate that before a sign can be erected on a persons property, they have to sign a declaration showing where the sign will be situated . This is lodged with the council for the duration of the campaign period . From what i understand councils can vary on rules and periods of display times.
There used to be signage on council reserves, but not anymore in my electorate . It would be worth ringing up the council to check on the guidelines .
Unemployment rates up (again!!)
http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/document/pdf/201145/HouseholdLabourForceSurveySep11qtr1.pdf
I particularly like the graphs on p.9 and 10; look at the employment rates from 2001 – 2008 and then look at the decline – did something happen to mess things up?
yes forecasts of National easy return for a second term. The body scanners
at Auckland airport have been cliking over something rotten
aerobubble 17.1.1
every conumer lost to au, every renter, every parents whose child was taught by
a teacher, or seen by a doctor, is a loss of more employment to Nz
Well given the decline started in late 07 early 08 it must have been something Helen Clark said. 🙂
Ianupnorth 17.2.1
Look again – you mean there was a dip in June 07, returning to 66% by mid 08, then down to 64% – it rose from 62% to 66% during nine years, dropped 2% in three – you figure the relationship.
vto 18
aaaarrrggh !!!!
every bloody year the morwesters arrive in force and smash by beautiful vanilla essenced wisteria to smithereens. Even the roses and their delicate petals get ripped and strewn all through the house.
it’s just not fair.
Lol. I’m not a gardener, but my parents would commisserate. They’re replacing oft-destroyed trellis with corrugated iron for a similar reason. Hopefully the roses will be able to deal with the tin.
Uturn 19
Interesting to see the nervous Right commenting today. They must be rattled.
They want numbers, Numbers! Anyone not speaking numbers should be excluded from life!
They want to turn the clock back 50 years to a time when the system wasn’t so obviously flawed. They’d do it right, this time. Please believe them.
They want to gift us our individuality. Oh dear. They just haven’t been watching the news. People have woken up to the fact they already have it.
3 more years, they cry! Because it’s all just a race to the grave with the most toys… and then … nothingness.
They’re so alone, so scared of being individuals.
Yes – they’re slowly returning to normal after the abysmal start that was the Nat’s opening address. A bit like a student in evening-wear creeping through the botanic gardens on a Sunday morning, the walk of shame” that they hope nobody will notice.
Tigger 19.1.1
The tory owners of the Herald and Stuff are whipping their journos into a frenzy as well. A lot of subtle spin going on (okay, some of it isn’t so subtle as well). Funny how they’re giving Key lots of air on Labour’s costings when they haven’t hounded him and English on their shonky, shonky figures.
thejackal 19.1.1.1
They’re even republishing articles that they’ve already published before. Lazy spin isn’t going to win elections NZ Herald… room full of typing monkeys who can’t do basic math.
FYI – given that mainstream media seem a bit allergic to publicising this issue? 🙂
Perhaps monies saved by ‘CUTTING OUT THE CONTRACTORS’ on ‘corporate welfare’ would help release more public monies for ‘social welfare’ – including the cost of superannuation?
PRESS RELEASE: Independent Candidate for Epsom Penny Bright:
“How many billion$ of public monies could be saved by ‘CUTTING OUT THE CONTRACTORS’?
Where’s National’s ‘corporate welfare’ reform?
Which of the maor political parties are pushing for ‘corporate welfare’ reform and shrinking the long-term dependency of the private sector on our public monies?
Where is the ‘devilish detail’ at both local and central government level – which shows EXACTLY where our public rates and taxes are being spent on private sector consultants and contractors?
Why aren’t the names of the consultant(s)/ contrators(s) – the scope, term and value of these contracts, published in Council or central government Annual Reports – so this information on the spending of OUR public monies is available for public scrutiny?
Where are the publicly-available ‘Registers of Interests’ for those local government elected representatives, and staff responsible for property and procurement, in order to help guard against possible ‘conflicts of interest’ between those who ‘give’ the contracts and those who ‘get’ the contracts?
Where’s the ‘transparency’?
Given that New Zealand is ‘perceived’ to be the least corrupt country in the world – along with Denmark and Singapore, according to Transparency International’s 2010 ‘Corruption Perception Index – shouldn’t we arguably be the most transparent?
Going back a step – where are the New Zealand ‘cost-benefit’ analyses which prove that the old ‘Rogernomic$ mantra – public is bad – private (contracting) is good’ can be substantiated by FACTS and EVIDENCE?
At last – someone – somewhere has actually done some substantial research – which proves the opposite.
That ‘contracting out’ services that were once provided ‘in-house’ is actually TWICE as expensive.
“USA Project On Government Oversight (POGO)[1] decided to take on the task of doing what others have not—comparing total annual compensation for federal and private sector employees with federal contractor billing rates in order to determine whether the current costs of federal service contracting serves the public interest.
http://www.pogo.org/pogo-files/reports/contract-oversight/bad-business/co-gp-20110913.html
Based on the current public debate regarding the salary comparisons of federal and private sector employees, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO)[1] decided to take on the task of doing what others have not—comparing total annual compensation for federal and private sector employees with federal contractor billing rates in order to determine whether the current costs of federal service contracting serves the public interest.
The current debate over pay differentials largely relies on the theory that the government pays private sector compensation rates when it outsources services. This report proves otherwise: in fact, it shows that the government actually pays service contractors at rates far exceeding the cost of employing federal employees to perform comparable functions.
POGO’s study analyzed the total compensation paid to federal and private sector employees, and annual billing rates for contractor employees across 35 occupational classifications covering over 550 service activities. Our findings were shocking—POGO estimates the government pays billions more annually in taxpayer dollars to hire contractors than it would to hire federal employees to perform comparable services. Specifically, POGO’s study shows that the federal government approves service contract billing rates—deemed fair and reasonable—that pay contractors 1.83 times more than the government pays federal employees in total compensation, and more than 2 times the total compensation paid in the private sector for comparable services. ”
The implications of this both nationally and internationally are HUGE.
If NZ central government figures are comparable with those of USA Federal Government – could the current NZ $82 billion central government spend be sliced in half by $40 billion ‘CUTTING OUT THE CONTRACTORS’?
http://www.treasury.govt.nz/budget/2011/estimates/est11sumtab.pdf
Which political parties / candidates are focussing on the SPENDING of public monies, rather than debt and borrowing?
If central and local govt departments /SOEs / CCOs / Crown Research Institutes are all defined as ‘PUBLIC- BENEFIT ENTITIES’ as defined under NZ Equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards (“NZ IFRS”) – then their primary objective is to provide services and facilities for the community as a social benefit rather than make a financial return.
So – how come so many services that USED to be provided ‘in-house’ are now contracted out to the private sector – whose primary objective is most certainly to ‘make a financial return’?
What magic is this that transforms public (ratepayer and taxpayer) monies into private profit?
WHERE IS THE NZ EQUIVALENT OF ‘POGO’ the USA ‘Project On Government Oversight ‘ which has just completed first-ever research which proves that private contractors cost twice as much as ‘in-house’ providers of Federal Government services?
HOW MUCH MONEY could be saved in NZ at central and local government by cutting out all the private ‘piggies in the middle’ with their greedy snouts in our public troughs?
Why aren’t the statutory ‘third party’ Public Watchdogs, as well as other major political parties demanding this accountability?
How much public money at central and local government level could be saved by ‘CUTTING OUT THE CONTRACTORS’?
Who else is even asking this question?
Independent Candidate for Epsom (nomination accepted today 🙂
Campaigning against ‘white collar crime’, corruption (and its root cause – privatisation) and ‘corporate welfare’.
“Anti-corruption campaigner”.
Attendee: Australian Public Sector Anti-Corruption Conference 2009
Attendee: Transparency International’s 14th IACC 2010
[email deleted]
In economic terms it (private profit) is called a dead-weight loss as monies given for one purpose are subsumed to another in cases like this just to make an individual richer. In real terms it’s private tax on our public monies.
The government doing the job in house is more efficient than getting contractors in part time. The part time contractors have to charge to cover their own over-heads and the times that they’re not working which pushes the costs up. A government employee working in the normal building that the government owns (if they really are looking for efficiency and cost saving they’re owning and not renting (which would be another example of private tax on our public monies)) on the other hand just has to paid their normal weekly pay.
Everything about private contractors to do government jobs and privatisation in general is about shifting more of the communities wealth into private hands. There’s no benefit achieved (in fact there’s often a decrease in service) but it always costs more.
Tigger 21
Farrar doing some lovely racist dog-whistling about the Maori Party potentially holding the balance of power.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/blogs/david-farrar-by-the-numbers/5901028/The-October-polls
What the fuck are you worried about Farrar? They’ve shored up this tory lot for three years, why use them as a whistle for racists to get stuck into MMP? Oh that’s right, you’re a whore to FFP and National.
ianmac 22
Have come home and read many of the comments and that is a lot of interesting reading!
Body talk. Last night when Phil started his remarks about the young Morgan not paying any tax, it seemed to me that John Key suddenly stared at the ground. Often when people do that it is an indicator of guilt. Maybe. S’pose we will never know how much tax Key pays on his millions.
A fantastic report about fracking causing earthquakes on 3 News tonight. Labours upcoming environment policy announcement will be one to watch. I’m interested to see the balance Labour has between our environment and industry.
With the majority of people recently polled saying the environment is their number one concern, it looks like Labour is playing their cards well while National are just reacting with spin.
Kty 24
Reminding everyone that there is a debate with Bill English, David Cunliffe, Russel Norman, Pita Sharples and Stephen Whittington. Starting at 7pm on Radio Live tonight, dont think its being streamed or Televised.
And last night on Campbell Live John interviewed Paula Bennett on Beneficiary reforms. He pointed out that nothing had changed in three years and that John Key’s statement on the subject was identical to that he made in 2008. Campbell pinned Bennett down quoting her words back to her and she just sort of grunted. He gave good weight to the question and pointed out that nothing had or would change.
This good interviewing is why Key and others do not usually appear before JC.
http://ondemand.tv3.co.nz/Campbell-Live-Wednesday-November-2-2011/tabid/59/articleID/4584/MCat/73/Default.aspx (Part 1 of Wednesdays Campbell Live.)
joe90 26
Someone’s succeeded.
JERUSALEM — Israel’s summertime protest movement, which was occupying “Wall Street” before it was cool, can now celebrate their first major tangible success.
At a Sunday cabinet meeting the government approved the restructuring of Israel’s tax system, shifting a few degrees of the social burden onto corporations and the very rich.
On Monday, during the opening day of the winter session of parliament after a three-month summer break, legislators received the new tax plan for approval, alongside a lengthy list of demands for financial reform and social justice that were nonexistent when the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, was last in session and which have been catapulted to the forefront of a pre-electoral year.
As lawmakers gathered it became clear that Likud, the party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, hoped the government’s imprimatur of approval on significant changes in taxation would shift credit from the young protest leaders to the party itself.
More bank profits while the economy stagnates and unemployment increases.
The largest bank in New Zealand made a $1.085 billion profit even as lending contracted.
How is it that the financial sector, which is the cause of the GFC, is making record profits while the majority of people are seeing wages and salaries decreasing?
Worst Blog Post of the Year Award
And yesterday, sulky pants decided to write another pathetic post in yet another failed attempt to discredit Trevor Mallard, by claiming he couldn’t spell…
Salsy 28.1
I sort of feel sorry for Cam. He overwhelmingly strikes me as someone on the wrong side of the political paradigm. He has a weird vulnerability, and too much anger… I used to enjoy his strange friendship with Bomber and how they seemed to get on despite hating each others politics.. Until Bomber accused him of being a right wing gun totin’ fundy.. He put his sulky pants on then too..
http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/tag/citizen-a/
jaymam 29
Does anyone know if National have paid for the music they are using in their TV adverts?
It appears to be The Feelers – Stand Up and be Counted, and royalties should be paid for that.
You all remember how embarrassing and costly it was for National last election when they used Coldplay Clocks without permission, and they had to withdraw tens of thousands of DVDs.
The Voice of Reason 29.1
Given how naff the Feelers are, I imagine they think it’s kewl that Key is a fan.
jaymam 29.1.1
Well I’m not an expert on The Feelers and have not got a recording of the National Advert.
But knowing that last election National had a complete idiot adviser who made slight changes to a Coldplay song then all the Nats said there was no similarity, maybe they’ve done it again.
just saying 29.1.1.1
I read that the feelers were glad of the money National was paying for their music. Claimed to be non-political though, (where have I heard that before?)
But yeah, their music is naff, and is a perfect match for the purpose it is being put to.
Yeah Nah VoR. It’s purely a business deal that is negotiated between the Feelers admin and the Natz… I don’t think the band has an opinion, although some have speculated that they are happy to make some cash.
Right here right now… fucken epic fail!
You folks are nutters, do any of you actually work?
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White House nominates AeroAstro Professor for top NASA position
Authored by Group Oct. 21, 2014
Dava Newman PhD ’92, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Housemaster of Baker House, was recently nominated by President Obama to be NASA’s deputy administrator.
Close races mark freshman elections
By Drew Bent Oct. 21, 2014
The Undergraduate Association released the results of the 2018 Class Council elections in an email sent to all freshmen on Friday. The class elected Colin O. Webb ’18 as president and Daysi N. Gomez ’18 as vice president.
More mental health visits
By Rohan Banerjee Oct. 21, 2014
In the wake of recent campus deaths, students have been seeking mental health services in greater numbers, part of a general increase in mental health-related visits over the last five years, according to Alan E. Siegel, Chief of MIT’s Mental Health Service.
ASE pass rates up for most GIRs, especially biology
By Czarina Lao Oct. 21, 2014
The Advance Standing Exam (ASE) takers, mostly students from the Class of 2018, generally did well on the tests during orientation this year, garnering an overall pass rate of 54.9 percent. This pass rate is slightly higher than last year’s 54.2 percent and 52-53 percent in recent years.
MIT Medical director steps down
After 14 years as the medical director of MIT Medical, William Kettyle, M.D., will be stepping down. According to MIT News, the announcement was made by Executive Vice President and Treasurer Israel Ruiz SM ’01 on Oct. 14 in an email to faculty and staff.
An article about Kendall Square plans in the Friday, Oct. 17 issue of The Tech misstated the provost’s class year. He is Martin A. Schmidt PhD ’88. The article also misstated the name of a Graduate Student Council committee. It is the Housing & Community Affairs committee, not the Housing Community Activities committee.
Department of Chemical Engineering establishes new professorship
The Department of Chemical Engineering has recently announced the creation of the Raymond F. Baddour (1949) Chemical Engineering Professorship, a title meant for a distinguished faculty member within the department.
MIT Medical will be administering flu shots tomorrow, Oct. 22 in Walker Memorial Lobby from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The clinic is walk-in — no appointment is needed. Children 9 and under are not eligible for the walk-in clinic in Cambridge and should schedule an appointment for their immunizations.
World and Nation
Dozens are killed in attacks on Shiite targets in Iraq
By Kirk Semple Oct. 21, 2014
BAGHDAD — Militants unleashed a flurry of deadly attacks against Shiite targets in Iraq on Monday, including a quadruple car bombing near two of the holiest shrines in Shiite Islam, and a suicide attack inside a mosque, officials said.
Texas officials clear 43 people after Ebola monitoring
By Frances Robles Oct. 21, 2014
DALLAS — More than three dozen people who were monitored for the past three weeks for possible contact with the Ebola virus were cleared Monday to return to work or school, leaving 133 others still being watched for symptoms of the disease, Dallas County officials said.
Shorts (right)
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple’s biggest cash cow, the iPhone, is gaining weight.
Shorts (left)
GENEVA — The World Health Organization declared Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, officially free of Ebola infections on Monday, calling the outcome the triumphal result of “world class epidemiological detective work.”
Hong Kong leader reaffirms tough stance on elections
By Keith Bradsher and Chris Buckley Oct. 21, 2014
HONG KONG — The Beijing-appointed leader of Hong Kong, Leung Chun-ying, said Monday that allowing his successors to be chosen in open elections based on who won the greatest number of votes was unacceptable in part because it risked giving poorer residents a dominant voice in politics.
Gene variant may protect Hispanic women from cancer
By Anahad O’connor Oct. 21, 2014
A genetic variant that is particularly common in some Hispanic women with indigenous American ancestry appears to protect against breast cancer, a new study found.
Break out the umbrellas!
By Casey Hilgenbrink Oct. 21, 2014
It was a cool start to the week this week thanks to the passage of a cold front on Saturday evening. Boston’s low temperature early Monday morning was a chilly 39°F (4°C), the coldest it’s been in the city since April 21!
Amid a shift in strategy. IBM reports weak earnings
By Steve Lohr Oct. 21, 2014
After IBM reported surprisingly weak quarterly profits and sales Monday morning, Virginia M. Rometty did something most unusual for an IBM chief executive. She joined the conference call with analysts, and forcefully made the case for investing heavily in new fields that promise growth in the future, despite a near-term financial setback.
Opinion guest column
Implementing Mens et Manus
By Brittany N. Montgomery and Rebecca Heywood Oct. 21, 2014
On Tuesday, Sept. 30, The Tech’s “Snapshot of the First Year Survey results for Class of 2018” revealed a startling paradox that has gone unmentioned: The Class of 2018 most desires to “Contribute to Science and Innovation” and least cares about “Participating in Politics or Community Affairs.” But I ask: how one can expect his/her contributions to science and innovation to ever see the light of day (or the market) without understanding and participating in politics and community affairs? Let me be clear that I raise this not to fault the Class of 2018 (when we are 18 and fresh from high school there is much to learn in life), but to ask the greater MIT community, particularly our faculty, department heads, deans, and administrators: what does it mean to divorce scientific achievements from participation in public life?
Arts movie review
The ultimate feel-good movie
By Tara Lee Oct. 21, 2014
With plenty of dark humor strung throughout the film, St. Vincent narrates the touching relationship between a grumpy, old alcoholic named Vincent (Bill Murray) and his young neighbor Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher). As Oliver tags along with Vincent during his daily routine, Vincent quickly takes Oliver under his wing, showing him the local race track, protecting him from a gang of bullies, and teaching him how to fight. As their relationship develops, Oliver realizes that despite Vincent’s miserable outward appearance, the old man’s heart is still in the right place.
MIT keeps up solid form with 2-0 win
By Matthew Noonan Oct. 21, 2014
Morgan K. Moroi ’16 and Olivia M. Struckman ’18 each located the back of the Smith College net as MIT defeated the Pioneers, 2-0, on Saturday, October 18 at Roberts Field at Steinbrenner Stadium in New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) play. With the win, MIT improves to 10-3-2 overall and 6-0-1 in the conference, while Smith falls to 5-6-1 and 3-3-0.
MIT pulls three-peat with a perfect ledger
By Mindy Brauer Oct. 21, 2014
For the third year in a row and eighth time in tournament history the MIT women’s volleyball team won the MIT Quad Tournament on Saturday, October 18. The Engineers (22-2) took top honors with a 3-0 ledger, followed by Colby College, SUNY Oneonta, and Western New England University. Megan E. Gebhard ’17 was named the Tournament MVP while Tori L. Wuthrich ’17 earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team.
UPCOMING HOME EVENTS
MIT ballroom dance team sweeps Harvard Beginners
By Amy Fan Oct. 21, 2014
MIT Ballroom Dance Team started off the ballroom competitive season at the Harvard Beginners Competition this past weekend, taking at least half of all placements in the finals in all events in which we competed.
Events Oct. 21 – Oct. 27
Events Oct. 21 – Oct. 27 Tuesday (5:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.) CME Info Session, sponsored by MIT GECD — 4-149 Wednesday (10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) MIT Medical’s walk-in flu clinic — Walker Memorial lobby (6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.) Solutions with/in/sight: From Bench to Bedside in Less Than Six Years, with speakers Matthew Vander Heiden and Katharine Yen — 76-156 Thursday (12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.) Anonymity on the Go: A Talk About Tor on Mobile Devices, with speaker Nathan Freitas, RSVP for lunch — 37-252 (8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.) A Sweet Trip Through Italy (3rd Annual), sponsored by MITALY— 32-162 (Forbes Cafe) Friday (8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.) Night Market 2014, $5 pre-sale for MIT students, $7 for non-MIT students, $7 at door, sponsored by MIT CSC, AAA, ATS, SAO, and LEF — Lobdell (10:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.) LSC shows Guardians of the Galaxy, tickets $4 in Lobby 16 — 26-100 Saturday (6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.) Cena a las Seis, semi-formal evening sponsored by Latino Cultural center — 50-140 Sunday (10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) Symposium on Theoretical Computer Science on the Occasion of Michael Sipser’s 60th Birthday, sponsored by Department of Mathematics — E15-070 Monday (2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.) Job Search for International Students, sponsored by MIT GECD, advanced registration requested via CareerBridge — 32-144 Send your campus events to events@tech.mit.edu.
Isabella L. Pecorari ’18 battles a Smith College player for control of the ball during MIT’s 2-0 victory on Saturday afternoon. The Pioneers almost scored early in the game when a shot careened off the crossbar, but o...
alexander c. bost—The Tech
Bill Murray and Jaeden Lieberher star in Melfi’s debut St. Vincent.
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INFOGRAPHIC BY LENNY MARTINEZ and justine cheng
A member of Clowns@MIT uses the move “Water Gun” as a Squirtle during Friday’s Pokemon Battle on Killian Court. The event was hosted as one of Clowns@MIT’s many events to help students relieve stress and have fun.
Vivian Hu—The Tech
MIT Symphony Orchestra kicked off this year’s season Saturday night, playing Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 ‘Linz Symphony,’ followed by Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2.
Daniel Mirny—The Tech
Nicole C. Gagnier ’15 dives to save a point during a 3-2 victory over SUNY Oneonta on Friday evening. The game was the first of three in the MIT Quad Tournament, which the Engineers won for the third year in a row.
A Bell 429 GlobalRanger takes off from Briggs Field as part of a networking event hosted by the company this past Friday.
Lenny Martinez—The Tech
Molly C. McNamara ’16 dribbles the ball down field during MIT’s game against Smith College on Saturday. Smith took a 1-0 lead into halftime, but staunch defending and two goals by Emily Penn ‘18 in the second half wer...
Michael Anderson accepts his Darwin statue on Sunday night at BAHFest East, which was held at Kresge for the second year in a row. Six presenters defended their favorite Bad Ad hoc Hypotheses (BAH) explaining a certai...
Melissa Renée Schumacher—The Tech
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They Weren’t Supposed to Die Here
March 14, 2018 |Nina Semczuk
I thought death would touch me overseas when I joined the Army, but not during routine domestic training. Then a soldier in my brigade died in our first week at the National Training Center in California’s Mojave Desert. Fear and foreboding replaced my initial shock. I had focused so much on the mundane logistical tasks to get us there; I’d forgotten training could be dangerous.
We’d arrived from the prairie—Fort Riley, Kansas—after months of training for our unit’s rotation through the Training Center, what we called NTC. The 1,000 square miles of mountainous desert, roughly the size of Rhode Island, allows for brigade-size simulated battles in an area that’s so remote there’s little chance of noise complaints. Miles of space means room for large tank maneuvers, as well as entire shanty towns that approximate Afghan villages. Our unit had spent the summer and fall prior to our February rotation in the field, day and night, simulating the battles we might fight in the Mojave Desert.
The sun rises over Kansas, where the author was stationed before her unit’s rotation through the National Training Center. Courtesy of Nina Semczuk
Our first week at NTC we spent in the staging area, a sand-colored holding pen filled with tents, gravel, and soldiers, getting our vehicles and intelligence satellites working. At night, we’d sleep on cots in huge hardstand tent hangars. It felt safe, like an Army version of summer camp. I’d fall asleep listening to soldiers whispering back and forth in the dim light. We knew any danger we might encounter would start once we left the confines of our staging area a day later, when we would traverse steep, unrelenting desert mountains. But at worst I thought we’d face dehydration, cliffs, and unknown territory where we might get lost.
A day or so into the first-week hustle and bustle, my soldiers began chattering about news of a “training accident.” Companies and platoons exchanged details as the soldiers went about finding equipment and prepping our gear for the field. No one knew what had happened, except that it involved a vehicle and a soldier and that it sounded serious.
We asked soldiers in other companies for more details, but the immediate to-dos took precedence. Our 3,500-person brigade worked to get our vehicles and systems up and running as chaos consumed my day—my Platoon Sergeant refusing to leave his cot, another soldier dealing with his wife’s miscarriage, and the flurry of activity getting my six ground intelligence and satellite vehicles operational. But the question remained in the back of my mind: What had happened in that “training accident”? In quiet moments throughout the day, an uneasy feeling crept over me. I hated not knowing what was going on—for myself and my soldiers, but also to clear the air with truth.
Bits of news about the incident trickled through the brigade over the next 12 hours. According to rumor, a soldier had been standing on a Bradley, a 30-ton infantry fighting vehicle, during routine maintenance when the turret had turned and crushed him. Our Company Commander verified the rumor some time later, but nothing more was said or done officially. No moment of silence, no official acknowledgement. As if his death were nothing more than a routine hiccup. An unfortunate hiccup, but one that we had to push through to keep our momentum strong going into our three weeks of simulated battles.
The author photographed the motorpool staging area during her unit’s rotation through the National Training Center in 2013. Courtesy of Nina Semczuk
I thought back to my college R.O.T.C. years spent preparing for Iraq and Afghanistan under the tutelage of crusty Sergeants. Suicide vests and car bombs, even green-on-blue attacks and friendly fire—we’d talked about those combat and noncombat deaths, but not the mundane, almost pathetic ones. We digested the news as we continued packing trucks, checking weapons, and setting up our computer systems in the hive of a staging area. Then we set out into the desert.
Apart from a brief halt on the way, we arrived at our first tactical operations center location without issue. Later that day, after the tents were set up, my company Executive Officer told me and the other Platoon Leaders that we’d had another “training accident.” An HET vehicle carrying a tank had flipped, severely injuring the two soldiers inside. One Sergeant’s face was almost entirely ripped off. He and the other injured soldier were in critical condition and quickly airlifted to a Las Vegas hospital over 200 miles away.
Our First Sergeant later confirmed the rumor my Executive Officer had heard. Accidents happen, the battalion Staff Officers I worked with told me; imagine if that had happened while we were under enemy attack. In a way, they said, we were lucky, getting to buff out our operations on domestic grounds before deploying. Both of the soldiers injured when the tank flipped left the Army through a medical board; they no longer were physically capable of performing soldier duties. If there were others involved in that accident, I don’t know what happened to them.
I struggled to wrap my head around what felt like sad, almost pathetic ways to die and be injured. It seemed unfair—it still does—dying in the desert of California, rather than at war. I don’t know if the soldier who died when the turret hit him had deployed; I wouldn’t have been surprised. It’s always the Sergeant who’s survived six or so deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, it seems, who dies domestically, doing something routine.
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Nina Semczuk
Nina Semczuk is a former Army officer who served in various locations and units from 2011 to 2016. She earned a B.S. from Boston University prior to military service and now lives in New York and works as a writer and editor at a financial tech startup. Find her work on SmartAsset, The Muse, itscomplicated.vet, Fast Company, and around the web. Nina is also a Teaching Associate with the Voices From War writing workshop and an outdoor yoga instructor for NYC Parks and Rec. Her website is http://ninasemczuk.com
by Nina Semczuk, The War Horse
<h1>They Weren’t Supposed to Die Here</h1> <p class="byline">by Nina Semczuk, The War Horse <br />March 14, 2018</p> <p>I thought death would touch me overseas when I joined the Army, but not during routine domestic training. Then a soldier in my brigade died in our first week at the National Training Center in California’s Mojave Desert. Fear and foreboding replaced my initial shock. I had focused so much on the mundane logistical tasks to get us there; I’d forgotten training could be dangerous.</p> <p>We’d arrived from the prairie—Fort Riley, Kansas—after months of training for our unit’s rotation through the Training Center, what we called NTC. The 1,000 square miles of mountainous desert, roughly the size of Rhode Island, allows for brigade-size simulated battles in an area that’s so remote there’s little chance of noise complaints. Miles of space means room for large tank maneuvers, as well as entire shanty towns that approximate Afghan villages. Our unit had spent the summer and fall prior to our February rotation in the field, day and night, simulating the battles we might fight in the Mojave Desert.</p> <p>Our first week at NTC we spent in the staging area, a sand-colored holding pen filled with tents, gravel, and soldiers, getting our vehicles and intelligence satellites working. At night, we’d sleep on cots in huge hardstand tent hangars. It felt safe, like an Army version of summer camp. I’d fall asleep listening to soldiers whispering back and forth in the dim light. We knew any danger we might encounter would start once we left the confines of our staging area a day later, when we would traverse steep, unrelenting desert mountains. But at worst I thought we’d face dehydration, cliffs, and unknown territory where we might get lost.</p> <p>A day or so into the first-week hustle and bustle, my soldiers began chattering about news of a “training accident.” Companies and platoons exchanged details as the soldiers went about finding equipment and prepping our gear for the field. No one knew what had happened, except that it involved a vehicle and a soldier and that it sounded serious.</p> <p>We asked soldiers in other companies for more details, but the immediate to-dos took precedence. Our 3,500-person brigade worked to get our vehicles and systems up and running as chaos consumed my day—my Platoon Sergeant refusing to leave his cot, another soldier dealing with his wife’s miscarriage, and the flurry of activity getting my six ground intelligence and satellite vehicles operational. But the question remained in the back of my mind: What had happened in that “training accident”? In quiet moments throughout the day, an uneasy feeling crept over me. I hated not knowing what was going on—for myself and my soldiers, but also to clear the air with truth.</p> <p>Bits of news about the incident trickled through the brigade over the next 12 hours. According to rumor, a soldier had been standing on a Bradley, a 30-ton infantry fighting vehicle, during routine maintenance when the turret had turned and crushed him. Our Company Commander verified the rumor some time later, but nothing more was said or done officially. No moment of silence, no official acknowledgement. As if his death were nothing more than a routine hiccup. An unfortunate hiccup, but one that we had to push through to keep our momentum strong going into our three weeks of simulated battles.</p> <p>I thought back to my college R.O.T.C. years spent preparing for Iraq and Afghanistan under the tutelage of crusty Sergeants. Suicide vests and car bombs, even green-on-blue attacks and friendly fire—we’d talked about those combat and noncombat deaths, but not the mundane, almost pathetic ones. We digested the news as we continued packing trucks, checking weapons, and setting up our computer systems in the hive of a staging area. Then we set out into the desert.</p> <p>Apart from a brief halt on the way, we arrived at our first tactical operations center location without issue. Later that day, after the tents were set up, my company Executive Officer told me and the other Platoon Leaders that we’d had another “training accident.” An HET vehicle carrying a tank had flipped, severely injuring the two soldiers inside. One Sergeant’s face was almost entirely ripped off. He and the other injured soldier were in critical condition and quickly airlifted to a Las Vegas hospital over 200 miles away.</p> <p>Our First Sergeant later confirmed the rumor my Executive Officer had heard. Accidents happen, the battalion Staff Officers I worked with told me; imagine if that had happened while we were under enemy attack. In a way, they said, we were lucky, getting to buff out our operations on domestic grounds before deploying. Both of the soldiers injured when the tank flipped left the Army through a medical board; they no longer were physically capable of performing soldier duties. If there were others involved in that accident, I don’t know what happened to them.</p> <p>I struggled to wrap my head around what felt like sad, almost pathetic ways to die and be injured. It seemed unfair—it still does—dying in the desert of California, rather than at war. I don’t know if the soldier who died when the turret hit him had deployed; I wouldn’t have been surprised. It’s always the Sergeant who’s survived six or so deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, it seems, who dies domestically, doing something routine.</p>
This <a target="_blank" href="https://thewarhorse.org/reflections-archives/they-werent-supposed-to-die-here/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://thewarhorse.org">The War Horse,</a> an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service, war, and its impact.
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Posted on July 10, 2019 July 8, 2019 by The Women's Direction
Last week I posted some uplifting quotes from successful filmmakers working in the industry in order to boost your motivation to get started on a film project. But what’s the point of making a film that nobody will see?
Film festivals are a great way to get your work out there not only for audience reaction, but for networking with other filmmakers who may want to work with you after seeing what you created. And sure, maybe your short film or feature debut isn’t quite ready for Cannes just yet…or maybe it is and to that I say enter away! But if you already have a finished film and are not sure where to submit it, or you want to set a final goal for a film you have in the works, here are 10 film festivals that are geared for those just starting out.
RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Categories: full length, short films, fiction narrative, documentary, experimental
Self proclaimed home of independent cinema the Raindance Film Festival is all about celebrating up and coming filmmakers specialising in first-time directors. Based in London the festival accepts submissions from international filmmakers as well as local.
FRESHFLIX
Categories: Short films (all genres)
The Freshflix film festival began with a group of mates who wanted to show their work off to each other in a backyard and it now extends to the world. Freshflix Film Festival brings together local and international indie talent at unique locations around Sydney, Australia and beyond.
FIRST FRIDAY FILM FEST
Categories: Short Films
First Friday Film Fest is a monthly celebration of short films from local and international filmmakers based in Kansas City. Free to the public, the festival is a night of curated short films with “any number of possible combinations totalling around 120 minutes of cutting edge local and international independent cinema.”
Categories: Full length, short films, fiction narrative, documentary
Started in 1947 Edinburgh International Film Festival is the world’s longest continually-running film festival. With films curated from around the world it includes the best of the best in terms of new, exciting, and sometimes provocative storytelling.
EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Located just a couple of hours from the majestic Rocky Mountains, Edmonton is the heart of the Canadian Prairies. The festival program consists of more than 150 films from 50+ countries, ranging from short to feature-length, dramatic to documentary, comedy to gut-wrenching and studio to independent.
REEL GOOD FILM FESTIVAL
Held in Hawthorn Victoria, Reel Good film festival has been around for only 6 years but each year showcases up to 34 short films from emerging film makers some of which have appeared at other festivals such as Toronto, Palm Springs, and Cannes.
Country: NZ
Less of a festival for finished films but a brilliant challenge for anyone who thinks they can complete a short film within 48hours. To view all the rules check out the website linked above.
Categories, feature length, short film, online including web series
Potentially considered one of the more prominent festivals on this list Tribeca film festival is known for its program of independent emerging film talent and discovery of new names, including work specific to online in their N.O.W program.
BFI FUTURE FILM FESTIVAL
Categories: Feature Film, Short Films, Documentary,
The BFI Future Film Festival is an event held in February for 16-25 year old filmmakers including masterclasses, workshops, and daily screenings of submitted short films designed to help new filmmakers find their voice. BFI also have their annual film festival in London, which includes a First Feature category for directorial debuts.
Flickerfest began as a small local festival at Balmain High School in 1991. Since then it has grown to become Australia’s leading Academy & BAFTA recognised Short Film Festival with 1000’s of entries coming from filmmakers across the globe. The festival tours nationally around Australia to 50+ venues bringing the films to large audiences.
https://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/bfi-film-academy-scheme/film-festivals-young-filmmakers
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