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Cameron, Clegg, Coalition, Liberal Democrats, open government, Osborne, Tories
(not satire – it’s the UK today)
As the leading political satirist of a country whose present government’s idea of tackling the worst economic crisis in generations is to shoot badgers and tax pasties, bedrooms and grannies – I expected Ian Hislop’s head to have been bursting with hard-hitting nuggets of pure comedic gold when he appeared on BBC Question Time last Thursday.
But surprisingly, Hislop spent most of his appearance actually praising coalition ministers and the government.
First of all Ian praised the prime minister for his speech on the EU.
Then he answered a question about the massive cuts to our armed forces by attacking Labour for ‘wasting’ so much money at the MoD when it was in government.
He rounded off his bizarre appearance by strongly praising an infamous speech by Tory Health Minister Anna Soubry in which she claimed she could tell someone’s background by how overweight they are.
I was confused.
Satire is supposed to prick the consciences of those in power – with the word ‘prick’ being the operative word.
But not only was there no comedy from Mr Hislop – I couldn’t even detect any criticism at all directed at those running the country.
Ian doesn’t seem to have realised yet that Labour are no longer in power.
The country’s now being run by a triumvirate of out-of-touch Bullingdon Club caricatures, whose idea of being in touch is to eat Pizza in an exclusive Swiss ski resort while the rest of the country launches headlong into austerity and an unprecendented triple-dip recession.
So what’s happened to the editor of Private Eye?
I suspect Hislop’s problem is that he’s being confronted by a government which he actually rather likes – surely professional death to any satirist.
I recall a couple of quotes from Hislop which I dismissed as meaningless at the time.
In an appearance on Question Time in 2008, he praised the Liberal Democrats and even joked about “standing for them.”
Ian has also said in an interview that if he were forced at the point of a gun to stand in an election for any British political party, he would stand for a “Vince Cable for Treasurer Party”
A situation we actually just about have now that Cable is Business Secretary.
What to do when our country’s so-called leading satirist is a secret right-wing Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg supporter who’s quite keen on what those in power are actually doing?
Erm. Can we have a new editor of Private Eye please?
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146 thoughts on “Ian Hislop comes out on BBC Question Time”
Dyanne Aslan. said:
I didnt watch the programme but had intended to. Well, that is really disappointment observation of Ian Hislop. I may not be renewing my subscription for Private Eye. Seriously. VERY disappointing.
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Noctilu Centish (@Centish) said:
I’ve always though Hyslop two steps right of centre. Private Eye appears to have lost it’s bite since 2010 too.
It’s worth a view. You’ll see I’m not exaggerating. As you say – very disappointing. And worrying.
crankyacid said:
His swipes at Labour were perfectly valid BUT they effectively become support for the coalition, who’s mantra of ‘it’s all because of what we inherited from the last Government’. Not a particularly sophisticated stance from Hislop, and you are right, on the whole he came across as a supporter more than a critic.
As for the pizza link. Bit weak that. Looks like the journo’s had a piece written with sordid details on lavish expensive meals (which Cameron would be only too aware of) and wrote it, despite the fact they only got a picture from a pizza restaurant. Bit of a non story going nowhere and devalues your argument somewhat.
7/10 Could do better. Keep up the otherwise excellent work.
I new Ian Hislop had gone over to the dark side when I saw him sitting in the Royal Box at Wimbledon.
Before the 2010 election Hislop would have a weekly anti Labour/Gordon Brown rant on HIGNFY. He seemed to forget it was a comedy show on the BBC.
It’s easy for Hislop et al to sound anti establishment when they are attacking a Labour government they don’t like. Not so easy when we have a right wing government they support.
The fact they are now attacking the Labour opposition more than the Government gives the game away.
Angie Pedley said:
He & Paul Merton created Boris’s popularity by finding him amusing on HIGNFY.
I haven’t bought Private Eye since they mocked Blair Peach who was killed on a demonstration in London.
buddyhell said:
I’ve always thought Hislop was orientated to the right. Even his predecessor, Richard Ingrams, was a small “c” conservative. The Eye is the house journal for the Oxbridge establishment, in that sense, it has become the very thing that it eclipsed: Punch. Remember Punch?
I’m with you all the way on that one Tom.
Hislop is adept at criticism but far too comfortable to rock the coalition boat. His HIGNFY show is tired, played out, and increasingly irrelevant, but it does still serve to enrich the Hislop coffers, and to keep him onside at the expense of licence fee payers.
The TV show is tosh, but the Eye definitely deserves better.
Hey – 7/10’s not too bad. I can live with that.
D said:
Ian Hislop is a Tory and a fan of the Royals, what do you expect?
Robert AF. said:
He attacked Labour because its true that £37billion is missing from the defence budget and no arrests have been made as after all you would be charged for Benefit Fraud far less fraud while holding public office as he suggested. Biased Journalism here on your page just as the BBC can commit at any given time 😦
Robert – you’re missing the point. The time for satirists to attack Labour was when they were in power – not three years later.
There are plenty of things the present government is doing which need to be highlighted.
Satire – by its very definition – cannot support those who are in charge of us. Because by doing that it ceases to be satire.
It’s not biased to expect our so-called leading satirists to aim their attacks on those in power.
Not unless you’re a secret government supporter – which like Hislop – I suspect you are.
Is there a rule which says satirists have to be from the left. IH appears to be centrist in his politics, so what. At least on Question Time he gave his own views unlike the politicians who always boringly stick rigidly to the party line. He is chosen to be on QT to provide independent views with a measure of comedy/satire, he did this reasonably well but wasn’t outstanding.
Obviously he is never going to repeat his crowning glory when he slaughtered Mary Archer in 2002.
Clive – no rules about satirists being left-wing but there are definitely rules about satirists not supporting the status quo by praising those in positions of power.
If he wants to speak out in support of the government – that’s his right – but he should then drop the pretence of being a satirist.
Do satirists have to be satirists 100% of the time. If they sometimes support the status quo why shouldn’t they say so. It’s also partly an age thing, young satirists tend to be angry and against most status quo things, with age their views mellow.
chibipaul said:
Not so surprising given his anti-jonny foreigner quips on HIGNFY
That’s the thing about old school ties.
They all get knotted together.
It’s not an age thing at all. Satirists aren’t satirists if they support the status quo.
As for Hislop – he was invited onto the BBC Question Time panel in his capacity as a satirist.
Otherwise the BBC could just invite any person down the pub to give their views.
Let’s see Clive.
Attack the establishment when it is New Labour, then attack the old establishment when they are no longer in power.
Then defend and promote the new regime.
That isn’t being a satirist. That is being a jerk.
And yes, to answer your question, it is a FULL TIME job.
he ruined private eye if you notice its no longer nearly as subversive as it used to be.
Andrew Walker said:
Hislop has a former Grammar school twerp who discovered satire to prevent his head being flushed down the loo by the Rugger Buggers.
With aspirations of having been part of the Bullingdon set himself, he feel more in tune with the “educated, but not moneyed, upper middle class Liberals” who made their way off the back of a free University education when times were better in the 1960’s and 70’s.
There was no voice from the Left what so ever on last week’s panel on BBC QT.
Hislop has no time for the Left and probably sits somewhere between UKIP and the Tories.
Hislop secretly loves the Pinko Liberal ideology but knows it to be unfashionable to say so..
Ian Hislop likes to save money. After all, nobody reads private eye despite him being on HIGNFY round the clock on Dave and elsewhere.
It’s printed on recycled toilet paper, in an unappealing format, with a tiring writing style that drones on in a whinging and irritating narrative,
Much like Ian himself during several public speaking engagements I have witnessed.
Ian Hislop has moved to the right, along with the vast majority of British middle and upper class journalists and political commentators.
The Labour party were a re-branded version of Thatcherism dressed up as Blairism.
Everyone satirised Thatcher and Blair, but they were still in power for ages.
Gordon Brown is a good man, but was not media savvy, so was taken apart by the chattering media classes who are part of this countries establishment.
Nobody seems to satirise Gideon and Dave in the press, simply because there are a lot of people who still think they are doing the right thing?
Because people like Ian Hislop think the Con-Dems are doing the right thing by Britain.
Ian isn’t stupid, but he is certainly tempted by the idea of backing the winning side for self-interest and personal and professional gain.
If he increases the readership of the “eye” he might be able to afford a better printing company, better paper with better investigative journalists who un-doubted, will be even further attuned to the neo-Liberal doctrine of free market enterprise with a society that relies on charity for the poor.
I am disappointed and worried that social cohesion and inclusion is so far off the political agenda.
With prolonged austerity, comes deeper divides in society.
Sure, Labour got a lot of things wrong.
It got most of it wrong, under Blair though.
The Con-Dems have done nothing to improve matters and have in fact made things even worse.
It’s getting worse in countries like Greece, Spain, Italy, and Portugal and further afield too.
Hislop is a small state Englishman who secretly mistrusts Jonny foreigner like so many middle class Tory and UKIP voters. The poor and the working class have no say in the matter but are certainly living in fear of the consequences of immigration.
The trick the left are missing is that there are many people who are not “British” living in the UK who are suffering at the hands of the Liberal and Right wing exploiters…
Farmers and Factory owners will soon have a workers revolt on their hands if this madness continues.
Only a Quadruple dip recession followed by a global banking collapse will alter the course of this government. And they are determined to stay on it, despite Hislop joining in with the Tory narrative of “its all Labours fault!”
It’s not the Labour party who caused the banking crisis, it was the banks themselves!
Bookworm said:
Let us examine Pride’s World closely. The BBC must feed us a diet of left wing drivel. Indeed Private Eye must feed us a diet of left wing idealogy. The noble Labour Party must never be criticised. If you do so you must be a fascist and stopped from telling the truth. I must forget that Tom pride wants us to be ruled by a chancellor who did not know he had a 76 billion structural deficit at the height of the last boom. In Pride’s world there must only be one box to cross on the ballot paper, LABOUR. Interestingly as a Conservative voter, if I had a thousand quid for every local goverment left-wing extremist and union activist who announced loudly, aggresively to all in their place of work ‘If you vote Conservative you should not be employed by the Local Authority/ Civil Service etc’ I would have been able to retire many years ago, a very rich man. You will of course have been horrified by Ian cornering that corrupt hypocrite red Ken Livingstone, and forcing him to admit on HIGNFY that all his money went into an overseas account, a Consultancy Company, specialising in giving advice to city authorities throughout the world, and receiving his ‘pay’ from this overseas account. He admitted what everyone in the Labour Party and the left-wing press hads denied, claiming it was a Conservative smear campaign.You have forgotten Paul Merson and Richard Herring muttering Ed Milliband over and over again during a question on super-injunctions. I am sure Ed Milliband has not got a super-injunction, and I am sure it would have nothing to do with the disposal of any inheritance from his Marxist father, as Marxists of course do not believe in personal property. It is very simple Mr Pride you do not have a sense of humour and therefore cannot actually ‘do’ satire. Expressing your hatred of people with which you disagree is prefudice. As the inventor of Satire, Patronius Arbiter said so succinctly, ‘You can see the flees on me, but you cannot see the ticks on yourself’.
Madame du Lac. said:
It seems to me that whatever Heslop’s views are he has a responsibility as a satirist to question the status quo. By revealing his views when he arguably wasn’t being paid to be a satirist he has rather shot himself in the foot….and indeed disappointed, though not entirely surprised, some of us.
Bookworm – show me where I said the BBC must feed us a diet of left-wing drivel.
Mind you – my blog can’t be all that bad. It’s got even foamy-mouthed, right wing Conservative supporters like you reading it – and to write lengthy comments about it too.
Job done.
Crankyacid, ‘the mantra’ as you call it, is perfectly reasonable. Gordon Brown’s, very good joke, about the advice he received from his predecessor who gave him three letters and was told to open each in turn when he got into trouble, is relevant here.During the first crisis, he opened a letter, and it said blame your predecessor; during the second crisis he open a letter, it said blame the economy; during his third crisis, he opened a letter, and it said, write three letters. The electorate so far have given all except one goverment since the Second World War two or more goes to sort out the economy, and in point of fact every goverment, including Labour one’s are prisoners of their predecessors for at least four years. The last Labour goverment inherited an economic boom, and close to a balanced budget. it was in a strong position, but smartly in my view chose to adhere to Conservative spending plans for four years. This also involved significant cutbacks for local authorities, which impacted directly upon service users. Yet the unions did not go on strike, and pseudo-protestors did not burn and loot our cities. Strange that. Gordon Brown unwisely in 2001/2 announced a massive five year spending plan, which was not budgeted; it was predicated on ‘growth’. In 2007 instead of reigning back, as good Keynesians say you must he announced another spending plan, again unbudgeted. Again predicated on growth, which on this occassion did not happen. Since 1990 neither goverment has attempted to do anything to narrow the countries trade deficit, and that deficit has to be paid for either by a fiscal surplus, which we do not have, or more borrowing. Labour left ‘a perfect storm’ or should I say an ‘omnishambles’ , of the biggest national debt, probably ever, (as oddly the bank bail out is not on the current account, as of course unlike Iceland, Eire or Portugal goverment did not actually take over the banks); an enormous fiscal deficit, and a growing trade deficit, (most of our trade deficit is with those good fair minded fellows in the EU). I do not think this goverment has done everything right, nor do I put it very high on competence, (at the moment it is bumping along on a level with Brown, Calaghan and Major), but I have heard nothing from Balls to convince me he would do any better; and I do not think I have heard anything at all from his little acolyte Ed milliband. The one goverment the British people did not give a second chance to was that of Ted Heath, who was unfortunate with the oil crisis, but displayed monumental incompetance in relation to the unions, and of course by joining the EU guarantteed the mass unemployment of the seventies and eighties, simply because British industry was not in a fit state to compete once all trade protection was removed.
thecridland said:
Hi – you might like this then – http://www.dorseteye.com/south/articles/is-bbc-question-time-fit-for-purpose Best wishes Jason
Surely satirists have a reponsibility to include all sections of society as potential targets not just the status quo, although the status quo/governing groups will mainly be the target as they do are actually doing things whereas opposition groups are just talking about what they might do.
A good source of satire should be people in any political party with strong tribal views who believe anything any opposing group does is wrong/evil whatever the facts of the situation.
Wasn’t it Tom Lehrer who said that awarding the Nobel prize to Kissinger made political satire obsolete? Having the Bullingdon Club in charge of the country must be much the same.
Tom Moore said:
Ian pig-slop Hislop is clearly a Freemason.
Spudgun said:
You’ve clearly never studied the relevent ‘regulars’ in the Eye, ‘HP Sauce’, ‘New Coalition Academy’, ‘Dave Snooty & his New Pals’, to name but THREE that lambast the PM and his Cabinet with vicious precision. I lost count after THIRTY, seperate articles in the latest issue, which derogate the Tories or their policies. I fear the pervading stench of Socialism is muddling your perceptions, somewhat……
Spudgun – “I fear the pervading stench of Socialism is muddling your perceptions somewhat…”
And with that sentence I fear the pervading stench of Anti-Socialism is muddling your perceptions somewhat….
On a more relevant note – if you took the time to actually read the article above, I’m not attacking PE or claiming Hislop is a supporter of Cameron.
I’m accusing PE’s editor of being a Lib Dem, Vince Cable supporter.
The evidence for that supposition is pretty strong I believe.
This is odd as Ian is no fan of corporate skullduggery. He contacted a journo to investigate something I wrote to him about on that matter. Oh and let’s not forget the investigations into paedophiles in positions of power. Oh lets not forget his admiration for the late Paul foot who wrote for the eye. He also ridiculed Louise mensch on hignify . Oh and he signed a private eye year book for me
As I said. The swipes at Labour were valid.I would even go on to say that being HM Governments opposition is still a position of power in my book. Compared, let’s say, to tapping away ineffectually on a laptop in the outskirts of Manchester. So attacking Labour isn’t a resignation of all satirist credentials, just an undermining.
However I would argue that this government has done a lot worse than just ‘not got everything right’. What was missing was someone who would throw light on it’s failings but what we got was limp support for the status quo from the person we looked to.
Redndead said:
I’m not sure why you are confused.
Question Time would be auchincloss better programme if they binned the party hacks entirely and replaced them with non aligned sorts like Hislop.
Private Eye is the closest we come in this country to an unbiased press outlet; they will report on stupidity and injustice in government, local authorities, NHS and the police with equal vigour, regardless of party.
Labour truly f*cked the economy, with PFI, cosy tax deals with the likes of Vodafone, starting to privatise the NHS, ridiculous overspends on defence, and PE denounced them all, long before the true effects were obvious.
They highlighted Murdochs baleful influence on UK politicians of all stripes.
And they also exposed Cyril Smith and Savile donkeys years ago.
In 2 of the 3 cases you highlight, Hislop agreed with a FACT. Big deal, get over it
Tom bookworm like most Tories are stuck in the cold war. Perhaps he would like to tell us what’s to support the Tories ?
They are threatening to close my local hospital. The health minister is a mate of mudorch he hates nhs. The Tories were meeting up with private health bods during the listening exercise . The welfare reform is a shambles which will result in ppl being homeless and worse off whilst they collude with the media in slagging off unemployed ppl whilst their corportatd buddies line their pockets. This aint a left right thing its a right wrong thing
And of course, we know the last Labour goverment got nothing wrong. We know this because they tell us every day, every hour, every minute that they were perfect, and that if elected again we would have even more of their perfection. Whatever happened in this episode to so outrage the left, HIGNFY regularly highlights any failings of this goverment; and many BBC news programmes do so, often through satire; not to mention that the BBC have actually added an extra national news programme on Sunday, and of course have attempted to revive TWTWTW, with rather dire results. Was there no extra news in 2008 to warrant such an extension of news coverage? Nor is there a lack of left-wing press both able and willing to satirise and criticise the goverment, The Independent, Guardian, the Mirror for instance, and they regularly do their news slots on BBC and Sky news to pddle their opinions. For those who actually remember their history the Sun was a Labour suporting newspaper from 1969 to 1978, and from 1996 to 2009,and if anyone believes the Murdock press is not also after this goverment, they have not read it recently. I as a Conservative except the right of all of these people to make negative comments, and if those comments are genuinely funny, usually laugh. It is the left that are incapable of self-criticism or self analysis; the problems are all out there, they must be pinned on someone else.
Satire has never been exclusively about criticising the goverment; it is about exposing pomposity and hypocracy whereever it is. To highlight one particular area of hypocracy, Labour’s attempt to turn paedophilia into a political issue. The vast majority of abuse in children’s homes was physical cruelty, which does not get acknowledged at all, but the vast majority of sexual abuse was committed by residential staff, whether social care or teachers, with a scattering of non-residential social workers and foster carers. Many of the abusers were investigated, charged, put on trial and imprisoned most of them during the time of the Thatcher and Major goverments. Before then the response of most major institutions to allegations of physical or sexual abuse, which often came from staff shocked by what they saw and heard, was to ignore the allegation, silence the whistle-blower, or to move the alleged offender to somewhere else, or to pay him, (the list of North Wales offenders indicates they were not all men), to go quietly. I have pointed out before (and as a whistle-blower in the 1970’s I have direct experience of this), every paedophile that was quietly moved or queitly paid-off by the LA, was supported in getting their move, or getting their payoff, by a NALGO or NUPE official, many of whom are Labour Party councillors or even MPs now. As far as I am concerned they are as bad as the paedophiles they protected.
That makes me quite modern then, as most Socialists are locked into the 1920’s or even the 19th Century. Labour built, (by massively increasing the national debt),lots of new hospitals and massively extending existing ones. This expansion was predicated on closing and selling off the old Victorian hospitals, and the smaller ones. Hence in my town, which is about as Labour as you get, the big out of town centre hospital has been massively extended, and even accident and emergency moved there. The town centre hospital, the eye infirmary and other small units have all been closed, as has the out of town rehabilitation unit, (though the in town one has been extended). Strangely all of this means there has been a significant shift of resources from the underclass to the middle class, as the middle class are more likely to access a suburban hospital than a town centre one. Interestingly at the last election the Conservatives were proposing to eliminate the national debt over 5 years, but Labour were proposing to half it in the second half of the parliament, that is from December 2012 to June 2015. I am sure that as a gifted intellectual you will realise that means that starting last month Labour would have had to raise taxes or cut services at exactly the same level as the coalition to achieve its target, with exactly the same impact, for good or evil, upon the economy.
Yes Labour got some things wrong, but to keep banging on about all the world’s faults being attributable to the previous administration as we approach this government’s mid-term has long passed from having any credulity into needle stuck in vinyl territory.
The more you carry on about it all being Labour’s fault the more desperate and pathetic you sound.
In any case, blaming the previous government is so passe. It’s the weather you have to blame for the desultory economic performance as we slide down the piste into a triple dip recession. Not the ConDemn’s incompetence of course oooh noo. Deffo they are not to blame.
As for Hislop, it is not satire to agree with the government. If that is his opinion so be it, but it ain’t a fair and balanced debate if all members of the panel are old boys from the same club.
So switch off the gramophone click switch off the gramophone click switch off the gramophone click…
Just because IH is a satirist it doesn’t mean he can’t support particular government policies on Question Time which is a serious discussion programme, not satire. The programme makers invite him on to discuss things seriously in keeping with the aims of the programme but with the odd satirical comment thrown in. The guests are asked on to give their real opinions not to put on an act, although most guests from our political parties rarely give their true opinions, and are usually a waste of time.
Hislop was invited on to the panel as a satirist – we expected wit combined with insight into the underbelly of the rich and powerful.
No-one’s interested in what his personal opinions are. Might as well just ask someone down the pub.
I am afraid that’s wrong. He’s asked on to give his personal opinions, that’s what QT IS ABOUT. However, as a satirist I agree that wit is expected in expressing them.
Your reference to the rich and powerful shows your bias. They should obviously be the target of satire but any part of society should be potential target if they merit it.
Sorry Clive, that is not quite correct.
Satire does indeed use, “…humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues” (Oxford Dictionaries)
By ignoring to expose the stupidity and vices of the incumbent incompetents is unforgivable for someone who professes to be a satirist. He should attack the vices irrespective of party. His observations ought be beyond party lines. But they are obviously not.
So he was invited to provide his political preferences? In which case, as I said above, there seems to have been a lack of balance ie bias in favour of the right, which is not very sporting of Auntie Beeb.
naughty *wags finger*
What happened to QT having a balanced spread of opinions?
Forget that it was Hislop, forget satire, why was there not a voice on the panel to counter the toadying?
There was probably was a bias towards the right of centre in that edition of QT. However, not every edition can be perfectly balanced. Is it fair to call agreeing with particular aspects of government action toadying, he has nothing to gain unlike party politicians who do it all the time hoping to get promoted or at least keep their jobs.
Duona said:
I had my suspicions for a while but when the Coalition came in,
I thought finally Ian would stop knocking Labour and turn his beady eyes on this shower of fools, but surprise surprise… As weeks went on & turned to years he turned out to be a short fat Tory in disguise…
Patricia Farrington said:
Tom I’m glad I wasn’t the only one to be terribly disappointed with Ian Hoslop and by the look of your responses there are lots of us. What a let down! I always liked him but he gave away his right wing political views quite openly on Thursday and I agree we need another editor of Private Eye. ” A short fat Tory in disguise” is a perfect description….what a waste! Couldn’t understand why he sided with the Soubry woman who was all fake empathy and head nodding….shame on them all!
Debbie Kendall (@Injury_Claims_) said:
That Pizza Party Trip must have cost more than the wheelchair I’ve been waiting for, for over a year now!
I read right down until ‘Gordon Brown is a good man’… when I stopped. Anything further you may have said after that suddenly lost all validity.
kelpiemare said:
I used t like him….
And for Anna Soubry. Two words. Ed Pickles.
As I perused other readers’ comments, I was disappointed to see government advocates still blindly believing Osborne. Since he took over the treasury the deficit has increased, not decreased.
Further, he took over a much healthier coffer in t’treasury than Gordon Brown did from the Tories. Balanced books indeed!!
Gordon Brown helped low paid workers afford to live. His policies helped raise British children out of poverty. The only problem I have with then is, bankers were not being hauled over the coals for their greed. A bit like this lot NOT doing anything about tax dodgers.
Osborne and the sec of state for works n pensions, the right DIShonorable IDS, have sent thousands of children into poverty, cut benefits t disabled and sick, are going to send hundreds of thousands more disabled and sick into solitude and penury with their disgusting changes to DLA.
Then there’s the deficit. Osborne is borrowing far far FAR much more than labour. But, I suppose, Tory and lib dem worshippers will, as we fall into recession 3, 4 or more, times still believe Osborne knows what he is doing. If the consequences were not so dangerous and deadly (73 sick/disabled/vulnerable deaths a week AFTER they’d been put thru the unfit for purpose WCA), I would laugh.
Janet Edwards (@Janiete) said:
I’m so pleased other people are finally seeing through Ian Hislop. His overly vicious attacks on Gordon Brown before the election frequently bothered me and I felt he enjoyed attacks on Labour a bit too much. A few appearances pre-2010 confirmed for me that he was in essence a Conservative.
HIGNFY was very slow to restart after the election and when a new series was finally broadcast it was surprisingly apolitical. On the few occasions it now touches on politics, the targets of ‘sattire’ are: all politicians, foreign political figures, sometimes Lib Dems and, occasionally, minor Conservatives. Cameron and Osborne are carefully avoided as objects of ridicule.
It seems many working people thought they were watching a harmless bit of political (and even-handed) satire. In fact, HIGNFY was a perfect opportunity for Hislop to do his bit for the Conservative push for power. We’ve been had!
Denise Prideaux (@DRPrideaux) said:
Re. satire: While we are all busy pointing and giggling at the corrupt establishment we are signally failing to muster torches and pitchforks and march on up to Westminster dragging tumbrils and guillotines in our wake. It’s not actually a laughing matter, in a democracy, to be serially and repeatedly lied to and betrayed by those we have elected to represent *our* interests. Satire, and a “free” press (cough…Leveson…cough) are tolerated for just this purpose.
Don’t be surprised if a leading satirist turns out to have been a quisling all along. The little people didn’t make up the rules of the game and it is never, ever explained to them.
In what way is he a bad man?
What moral deficiencies has he displayed to deserve the contempt the media had for Gordon Brown, other than he didn’t have a “charismatic” personality?
My bad, was forgetting that image is of course sovereign in politics.
He didn’t take his tie off, wink at the ladies and say, “Call me Gord.”
Pity. He may have been more appreciated.
It’s ludicrous to call Ian Hislops views right wing. He’s probably right of centre and in the mainstream. Why dislike him because he has some Conservative views, it doesn’t change him as a person. Is it beyond the pall to have such views, I was under the impression we lived in a society where we can disagree on politics and still be friends unless the politics spread intolerance as with the BNP etc. As for Private Eye all that matters is whether he’s doing a good job. The editor shouldn’t let his political views influence the content of the magazine to ensure wrong doing, hypocrisy etc is exposed in any part of society.
Absolutely spot on that we’ve been had by those masquerading as political satirists when in reality they just did a hatchet job on Labour & sat back to let the Coalition lie to all of us.
I always despised the little toad that is Hyslop, hypocrite of first order.
I say just end the farce that is HIGNFY, its not funny any more.
Is there any other reason needed to dislike someone other than they have Tory views?
It is surely sufficient
Chibipaul. (below) “That bigoted woman”? Brown was an asshole of the first order. Now shirking and hiding on full pay and expenses.
Tom can I say this ? The lot on the right don’t give a fuck about anyone but themselves. Bring back hanging so what if an innocent dies as result . Privatise the planet all that matters is someone makes a profit . All.disabled are lazy . Any one who disagrees is a paid agent for the kgb.
And so on. The left are all hand wringing mustnt upset the bloke down the road .
So what is the answer?
IH appears to have some Tory views, none of which are extreme, but are in the political mainstream. It doesn’t make him a bad person. To dislike someone for opposing but mainstream views is out of step with the principles of a tolerant democrat society. Such an approach can lead to an unhealthy polarisation of the political system such as exists in the USA.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mobileweb/ramesh-patel/growth-cameron-austerity_b_2007552.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
That’s the link for truth about Gordon Brown and Cameron’s sTory about deficit etc.
Beware Tories bearing er…telling porkies.
What she said was racist
“Indeed Mr Brown’s sole personal earnings are his salary as an MP because he has also renounced the prime ministerial pension he was entitled to receive immediately he retired as PM.”
The evil money grubbing bastard!
Don’t talk to me about tolerant Tories.
The phrase is an oxymoron.
People like myself have had nothing but abuse from “mainstream” conservatives.
You expect us to behave like saints and turn the other cheek, except that already has bruises; or maybe you prefer subservient plebs who know our place, and are expected to remain silent.
The anti-EU xenophobia is not exactly about tolerance either.
I salute your “tolerance” with two fingers.
Classic Tory response ..talk down to everyone to.show how superior you are.
Well.you didn’t do the quote back thing.
That’s irritating.
I see its all about the money all the time.
Sod the public as long as you don’t have to cough up for anyone else that’s ok.
As for jezza hunt as health sec. A man so miscast its embarassing. But nice job to help out your mates like dicky branson and hid virgin on the ridiculous health care where even a judge thought they were illegal.
And of course there were never any Tory paedos were there of course not.
Ted heath.a good pm. You have no idea.
Murdoch is an opportunist he will back any party just to suit himself . He even backed Chinese dictatorship because of his interests there so dont start that old crap. Ha ha . Classic Tory troll who loves to talk down to ppl to show his own superior intelligence…. well you didn’t do the typical quote back so that makes a change.
Still we got jezza hunt as health minister a man so miscast as health sec its a wonder why he got the job in the first place . Still a good place for him to help his mate dicky branson with his crappy virgin on the ridiculous health care . A company that a high court judge suggested was practically illegal.
But I.guess there were no Tory paedophiles ever oh no of course not o mean Leon Britain was completely blameless. And that’s just one.
Ted heath good pm ? Oh ha ha . You have no idea…
Twerp..
Stupid WordPress ..wipes out what you write then when you rewrite it puts it back. Wish they would fix this bug.
I am surprised and disappointed by your reply. What is this abuse you have suffered from Tories. By the way I am not a Tory.
Don’t forget, the money from his talk tours? Gordon Brown has donated all monies earned to charity.
He IS a man of depth and integrity-no matter what Progress, the media or LibDem or sTories may say.
Regarding deficit etc…..
chibipaulp said:
Are you completely obliviously to the torrid attacks on the low paid, the unemployed, the sick and disabled?
What she said was not racist in the slightest. A fact Brown himself acknowledged when he issued his grovelling apology.
Gordon Brown also declared Iceland a terrorist state, and added them to a list of terrorist states. Their crime was to arrest the bankers after they bankrupted the country. He will be long remembered in infamy by Icelanders for this.
Similarly he scuttled off to ratify the Lisbon treaty in an underhand fashion which gave a further measure of the deceitful, bullying, incompetent man that is Gordon Brown. Please don’t attempt to rehabilitate his reputation here, the history books will show that he was as prime minister exactly what one of his colleagues predicted he would be – ‘a fucking disaster’.
lizzie said:
I’ve never found Ian Hislop particually funny or likeable come to that. Little toad just about sums him up.
Gordon Brown could have behaved like Jesus and would still have copped for it.
Mordorck’s minions were out to get him from the start and suckers like you swallow the shit bait.
The woman’s remarks were racist. She was banging on about immigrants.
Not found any credible report about Iceland being terrorists
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/10/banking-creditcrunch
So the Prime Minister tried to protect the financial interests of British councils, police forces etc.
What a bastard.
RMurdoch is Evil said:
Good delusion you far-right nutter
Tories = Better off Dead.
Thank you for your thoughtful and intelligent comment.
It’s a shame you chose to be abusive to a poster you disagree with, pretty pointless.
And if the woman was racist why the much televised apology? Why apologise to a racist unless you’re a two-faced cunt?
You are evidently cut from the same cloth. Are we to understand that no-one has a right to express a legitimate concern for fear of being branded racist? Similarly Israel can do no wrong lest I be an anti-semite?
FYI I swallow no shit bait, neither Murdoch’s nor yours. I value the evidence of my own eyes and personal experience. No doubt I too would be smeared as ‘racist’ for voicing a concern, that didn’t chime with your particular political agenda. Being black, and having a niece who is Muslim, it still wouldn’t trouble you in extending that epithet to me to further your point I take it?
‘Banging on about immigrants’ is exactly the sort of dismissive, partisan, and dogmatic interpretation of a counter point that this country has endured during the Blair/Brown years. It’s stale, it’s old, and it’s transparent – as were mass murderers Brown and Blair. Why not use your time in future to eulogise Ian Brady? – You’ve more chance of success.
Cut from the same cloth… comparing Gordon Brown to Ian Brady…
Your grasp of reality is so poor that you cannot figure out why the public apology.
Good grief you must be even more stupid than I gave you credit for.
Ian Brady, however despicable and abhorrent his crimes has nothing on this government . 74 per week. The Moors Murderers can’t compete with that. Not in the same league.
You are clearly grasping at straws to resort to nasty ad hominems and worse language.
The woman clearly made racist remarks, If it had been anyone other than Gordon Brown, it wouldn’t have been an issue. .
Brown was right you are wrong however much you try and discredit him or me by such disgusting analogies. It says more about your own poor judgement and character than either Brown’s or mine. Your slanderous, vile attack does yourself even less credit.
A blog discussing the Old School Tie brigade becomes an attack on a former prime minister, who it so happens just doesn’t quite fit in with the clique does he. Well that makes him a pleb so he must be fair game.
You will have to remind me old fruit, just how was Gordon Brown is connected to Hisslop on QT? I seem to have forgotten.
Is it merely a diversionary tactics take the attention away from Ian Hisslop
Mustn’t criticise the establishment must we. Sorry once again for refusing to doff my cap and the good old Agincourt wave to you.
mo said:
Thought I’d note my agreement for your point on Brown since others seem so determined to paint him as a villain. I think he was a pretty appalling PM in the end, had no end of trouble with his media image, and given the rumours of his temper I’d say he was far from perfect as a human being also, but I think there’s a core of decency to him, and I don’t understand why people can’t see that because the evidence, should one choose to look for it, is all there.
Then produce your evidence for the crimes that you allege. For proven Labour Party Paedophiles access Labour 25. Of course you may be suggesting they were all ‘tooled-up’ by the authorities, who let Conservative ministers go. In which case produce your evidence.
Mr Chewie, your natural intelligence is only exceeded by your personal charm.
“The woman clearly made racist remarks, If it had been anyone other than Gordon Brown, it wouldn’t have been an issue.”
Interesting if duplicitous take on reality.
So “British jobs for British workers” wouldn’t be considered a ‘clearly racist’ statement by you had it not been uttered by Brown?
People have the right to express concern on any issue they like. You are not the arbiter of what is or isn’t ‘clearly racist’. I grow weary of individuals such as yourself who try to beat down legitimate concerns with the racist stick. It’s fascism. Perhaps if you understood politics on a higher level than you apparently do you would know that.
Blair and Brown are responsible for more innocent civillian deaths than Ian Brady – Fact. Brown was complicit in an illegal war, he lied to involve us as did Blair, and the many lives lost as a result of that war are therefore results that he sanctioned. Brown should be in the Hague as a war criminal next to Blair.
If Brown was right and I am wrong as you suggest then we surely live in a topsy turvy world. He knew of Blair’s criminal conviction for importuning, he knew of the dodgy on Iraq, he knew the kind of hate filled smearing government he was a part of, yet simpleton’s like yourself still still consider him a good man? Do more research before spouting your codswallop in future fella, because those of us that already have don’t buy it – however much you peddle it.
poetmcgonagall said:
I’d like to see Steve Bell on Question Time. It would be mayhem.
Ok I don’t have time for an obfuscating Tory.
Seriously what the fuck is your problem?
We have a government in charge that is screwing up the economy, making lives a fucking misery for millions, then announces a billion pound white elephant project to get to Manchester, via Brum 10 minutes sooner.
And you drone on about a back bench MP who you dislike because you believe the shit in the Sun.
Sorry for the swears but I am out of patience. You can abuse others as much as you like but need look to yourself first.
Now please excuse me while I talk to the wall. It has more understanding, compassion and flexibility than you will ever possess. It is also more interesting.
Even if it didn’t go to the right school.
I have looked at Ramesh Patel’s article. He fails to mention that all of the key players, including the IMF have endorsed every one of George Osbourne’s budgets, and indeed are the chief promoters of austerity. The IMF’s most recent comment is that the rate of budget reduction should be slowed down, not that it should be reversed. He also fails to mention that the national debt of 42% of GDP was reducing, and that its reduction to 29% by 2002 was as a consequence of Gordon Brown carrying out Kenneth Clarkes budget plans for four years. He also notes this had increased, (in a boom according to Keynsians it should decrease) to 37% by 2007. 37% of 1.7 trilliuon is I believe the structural deficit of 76 billion, which Ed Balls did not know existed, now that is Satire. According to the BBC Goverment Spending, which is not the same as the national defficit grew from 35.5% of GDP in 2007 to 56.8% of GDP in 2009, and almost certainly grew some more by 2010. Goverment spending is currently 61.4% of GDP, and so the goverment can no more than claim it is stopped or slowed the rate of increase. Ramesh Patel makes the point that a big country, which he thinks we are, can have a bigger debt than a small – this is true – but the tipping point, that is the point when creditors become reluctant to lend is about the same ie 90% debt to GNP. This figure is currently 86.8% and this is why Alisdair Darling was also proposing austerity if Labour had won, and in Ramesh does not comment upon two other figures which prevent the economy from growing, namely that Labour left the economy with companies having 120% debt in relation to annual income, and individuals with 140% debt to annual income. All of the evidence I have seen indicates that the ‘maxed out’ generation are too busy repying their debts, (which is very sensible and what they should do) to become ‘confident’ and reflate the economy. That is an economic reality that Labour would also face if in power. The article was cited no doubt because of the political leanings of the Huffington Post, which I would guess is right of centre; it ought to be noted that both Kenneth Clarke and Alisdair Darling were put under great pressure by their backbenchers to draft inflationary and therefore ‘feelgood’ budgets in 1997 and 2010, and both to their credit refused to do so. I would guess that there are many Conservative backbenchers urging Osbourne to do the same, and of course Ed Balls is promissing practically everything, all of which will be paid for by the ‘filthy rich’. We will see.
madge said:
I always knew he was a bit of a tory twit; sneaky fellow too.
Terribly sorry, just a short note in response to the above.
MD of IMF, disagrees with Osborne’s hacking at govt expenditure.
And he isn’t done yet. Whilst ensuring his friends and family are safe (can’t deprive the rich of an extra thousand.or two) he, Iain Duncan-Smith etc intend imprisoning over 500,000 chronically sick/disabled people in their homes, by ensuring DLA in its’ new guise of PIP, doesn’t get into their accounts.
Before you defend Osborne, or any govt prat at the moment, I suggest you have a look at BlackTriangle website or Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC). Perhaps even some of Calum’s List-a list of some of those who have died as a result of Osborne and Duncan-Smith. If that doesn’t make you rethink sTory worthiness, try some coroner’s reports, where they are now stating if the torturous WCA has played a part in a person’s suicide.
Yes, labour introduced Atos to the ill and disabled, but Duncan-Smith and his disciples altered the initial assessment. But do your own research.
Peter Lockhart said:
Surprised, i’m not, always thought Hislop was typical public school boy.
You have expressed your opinion about things yet to happen and as such they are not fact. However you are welcome to express your opinion, as by the way so am I. I do plenty of research, and would I probably know as much about those who receive state benefits as you do, as I have worked with them all my life. If your party is so convinced that austerity is wrong why does it simply not state that it will engage in a significant spending plan, perhaps equivalent to that of Gordan Brown between 2002 and 2007. It should then cost it, and then tell us, the electors, where it is going to get the money from. Until it does that you are likely to get austerity either way. Of course it may be in your personal self interest to vote Labour, most Labour voters vote Labour out of self interest, it is not a humanitarian act. You are not worthy of the Nobel prize, though you seem to think you are.
Not my figures, but government Minister for Disabled, Esther McVey, parroting Freud or Duncan-Smith or some other penny pitcher, who claimed over 600,000 PEOPLE, who currently receive DLA, will not receive PIP. Now to my poor brain, that smacks more of government contrivance and number/word games to reach their desired end, rather than a method to help anyone….other than themselves (higher salaries, expense accounts, shares in companies awarded public contracts ad infinitum).
As to your knowing “as much about those who receive state benefits as” I “do”. Perhaps. I’ve never laid claim to knowing it all but, to me, and a few thousand others who live this life at sTory whims, your claim is purely anecdotal.
Why must I “have” a party affiliation? My views are entirely my own, not formed out of a misbegotten sense of loyalty to a liege lord aka party chairmen. But, BW, my views on public investment are not out there on their own. Oh no, quite a few economists and tax experts take the same line. And these are people who actually work with money and theories for a full-time job-not merely as a political game as that smirking, laughing jackanapes of a chancellor does…especially when hacking benefits.
“Where will the money come from?” you ask. Well, let’s see…tax-dodgers, sealing off their tiny loopholes so they, legally, are termed tax-avoiders. Hire those recently dismissed HMRC inspectors and set them loose, no curbs on their investigations…go get ’em. Turning ultra-rich from the handout queue by setting their taxcode high enough to be fair to ALL citizens. Restart Gordon’s Sure-Start programme, his family credits too. Get those children recently fallen back into poverty, out of it. Again. In fact, make a living wage a legal necessity. Then working tax-credits will be a thing of the past. Hospitals…Hire nurses they’ve trained and qualified. What sense in sacking the newly qualified nurse, training more and then, because of a shortage in qualified staff, hire in agency nurses at a greatly inflated price.
Public investment: workers earning a living wage, pay taxes and, SHOCK! HORROR! spend money on local businesses. That creates demand, more jobs, pays more taxes-an upward spiral not, ad at present, a deepening vortex.
Now, “labour voters vote out of self-interest. It is not a humanitarian act.” You forget, Tories weren’t elected, they do not have a mandate, nor do they have the will of either commons or lords on their side to do to the poor ad they are doing. They have the libdem. Now THEY do vote out of self-interest.
Your ending snidey, pathetic remark bears no relevance to my life-it speaks more to your life’s desires.
Bookworm says he has worked with benefit claimants all of his life, is that why he supports this government so vociferously, as with most of those working in the wrong profession they resent their clients, the ones that keep THEM employed.
Bookworm has not shown any resentment of benefits claimants in his posts. Guy Fawkes views of him seem to be based on prejudice ie all Conservatives views are evil as do many of the posters on this thread.
Hi Guy, no I did not resent my service users, and did my level best to provide the best service I could. This included ensuring that they got the maximum benefit they were entitled to. It also included trying to improve their parenting of their children, and also protecting their children from them when they behaved neglectfully or abusively. How dreadfully oppressive of me. You of course might be able to blame the Conservatives for the fact that many of the parents on my caseload preferred to spend their money on drugs or alcohol; if you examined a 100 case conferences you would find in at least 60% drugs and alcohol significantly impacted upon the parenting.
I would note that when income support and the social fund were introduced the same hysteria took place; the poor were going to starve, the disabled were going to die; life as we know it was going to come to an end, (by the way that is satire). I observed the transition process, and as far as i could judge, everybody ended up roughly where they were before. Incidently one or two of my clients were defrauding social security under the previous system, and continued to do so under income support, mainly by claiming income support and child benefit from multiple addresses. That was a minority but a very skilled minority of my case load. The income support system which Labour criticised so noisily in opposition was left more or less intact by them for 13 years. I suspect the same will happen with the current reforms.
My personal view is that all the major public services have suffered so much change at the hands of both the Conservatives and Labour for so long, that there should be a moratorium for say ten years to see just what works and what does not. That is not going to happen because really the public services is all that goverment actually controls. If we took that from them there would be nothing for them to do.
The posts on this thread if you actually read them consist of fairly moderate centre-right views, and abusive, aggresive, threatening left wing views. All I can say is the latter is consistent with my experience of many labour supporters and union activists in local goverment, and I had forty years of that.
Mild centre-right views as opposed to aggressive left views.
Well I may as well live up to stereotyping you vacuous trollop of the right.
Is it any wonder we are angry?
The abuse, stigmatisation and bullying we have received from the oh so polite right wing government has pushed us beyond patience.
You pretend to have knowledge and insight to justify your posturings, but haven’t got an iota of what it is like to be on the receiving end of the torrent of pigshit dropped on us from a great height.
This is not comparable to previous shifts in benefit systems, but a concerted attack on the unemployed, low waged, sick and disabled.
I don’t ever recall such a campaign of vilification, not even in the wretched barren days of Thatcher. There are constant fabricated stories being printed in the press about benefits abuse and scroungers, with ITV’s Daytime show getting in on the act.
A friend of mine has just learned that from her massive payout of £60 per week she will now be expected to contribute 14% of her rent thanks to the Bedroom Tax devised by a bunch of thieves who have spare rooms coming out of their arseholes.
Who incidentally are getting second home grants and making a profit from the purchase and selling of land paid for by taxpayers in the form of expenses.
People are dying, losing their homes, struggling to make ends meet while all this is going on and you expect us to doff our caps like good docile plebs?
You really are a sanctimonious jerk.
Nice to here from you again. I am pleased to hear that you do not work in the public sector, or are dependent on benefits, and therefore could not possibly see it as being in you self interest for Labour to return to power. I rarely experience such a dispassionate response. Yes there are economists who do not agree with goverment policy, the BBC economists for instance do not. They state fairly clearly where they are coming from, which is that they hold a neo-Keynsian view. However they accept, as you do not that other economists reasonably hold different views.
You are in agreement however with Ed Balls, which is that all of Labour’s expenditure, (if there is any, and we are still to see if Labour really holds a significantly different position from the Conservatives) is going to be funded by the ‘filthy rich’. Most goverments of both complexions have implied this in opposition, and it has never worked in practice. The reason is very simple, which is that the top 1% of income earners, (which is defined as those who earn over £120,000) already pay 27% of the direct taxes. This will be about 500,000 people; maybe a little more. As you have stated many of these people are tax dodgers, and on the fiddle, but you are expecting them to pay for your spending programme. Clearly such an honest set of people are going to do this. And if they do your economic strategy will work, and of course we can pay unlimitted benefits, we can employ tens of millions of public sector workers, and while we are about it lets us have an army as big as China’s, and put the first Brit on Mars, (by the way i would nominate you for that honour, note that is satire)
What happens if you are wrong, and this group of thoroughly dishonest miscreants move let us say to Belgium or Luxembourg? The bulk of the taxation would then fall upon the most vociferous class of all, the ‘squeezed middle’ which the two Ed’s are smoozing for all their worth. This is the part of the population which has complained the most about any increase in taxation or any reduction in public services. This is the group that earns £43,000 to £120,000 a year, and therefore includes most academics, most public sector managment as well of course as the bulk of the professional classes in the private sector, (there are not that many Freddie Goodwins about).
What follows is anecdotal, (anecdotal is used by socialists to dismiss any experience which does not accord with their dogma), but in my last few years as a social worker i did agency work, and always opted to for PAYE. This is because as a Conservative ‘I am incredibly relaxed about people being filthy rich, provided they pay their taxes’. Most of my left-wing colleagues, (including members of the Socialist Worker’s Party, opted to set up their own agency, which meant that they only paid corporation tax on income not considered a legitimate expense, ( and in relation to business rightly or wrongly much is considered to be a legitimate expense). The same will be true of most agency nurses and doctors, most agency teachers, the majority of whom are likely to be quite left-wing. Increasingly even social care workers, (I suspect this is not good for them personally) are being encouraged to be ‘self-employed’ or set up their own agencies. Tax avoidance is not the preserve of the ‘filthy rich’ or the political right.
Snide, I do not know the meaning of the word, but I am sure you do.
Congratulations, you have lived up to your stereotype.
It was the least I could to for you, poor wretch, who has lived down to our lowest expectations of a snivelling Tory Toad.
What I find most revealing about your post, how you completely grossed over YOUR party’s figures re the current DLA recipients who are touted to lose mobility funds upon their configuration to PUP……oops…..(Freudian slip, Tory govt selling us pups…..and they’re failing at that too)…PIP.
Let me remind you. 600,000 DISABLED/SICK PEOPLE will be denied the freedom of movement. The new qualifying criteria is purported to change the <50m current walking distance to <20m. In addition, the removal of the very short, but heavily loaded, statement "in a reliable, safe and timely manner". The removal of THAT statement leaves the person at the hands (mercy) of a private company which is paid on results. Abhorrent to all justly minded folk. But you ate a Conservative, so that doesn't apply. (Especially when this govt :cough: stops legal aid for benefit tribunals.)
That you gloss, no, failed to address the above in your post resembles your leader, Dave, who unremittingly fails to answer a direct question! Deficit and debt….didn't he know the difference? And you have the gall to condescending berate any other possibilities?!!
Oh, BW, you are a complete Tory. So don't sell yourself short, you have all the snide, patronizing, smirking, snorting attributes of your front benches.
And that Mars shot? Seriously, if I believed that you and your ilk would be left in charge of the world, for the rest of my lifetime? I'd volunteer – like a shot.
Peace on you
Ahr, and piss on you
Love and peace man
An Angel once did warn me,
Beware the Blue skinned toad.
He offers Peace, he offers Love
And Happiness in your abode.
But it’s worms he eats and worms his words
That true Love and Peace erode.
Hi there Kelpiemare, you seem to be losing it completely, and I do expect better of you. I am not avoiding, as you suggest, the subject but we start from different positions. You ask, ‘what can my country do for me?’, and I ask ‘what can I do for my country?’. The two questions are different. This links with ‘The Other Man’, I believe if you want to give all of your wealth to the poor, that is ok. I will do nothing to stop you. But you believe , ‘I want to give Bookworm’s wealth to the poor, because I envy him’. That is very sad indeed, because I am almost certainly poorer than you, and indeed most left-wing people I know. I do not envy that – I resent you being hypocritical. You act entirely in your own self interest, while pretending you have concern for the poor. You are happy for other people to pick up the bill for your personal philanthropy. I am sure it helps you sleep at night. As I quoted very early on in my posts, which by the way is on the subject of Satire; Petronius Arbiter, who invented, if anyone did, the genre; ‘You can see the lice on me but you cannot see the ticks on yourself”. I would strongly advise everyone to think on that before criticising others.
Look into my face – my name is Jasmine –
I am also called Tira – Maria Coldwell –
I no longer hold to my ear the seashell;
no longer do I sit silent and unseen –
or hold to my eyes the glass where what is seen
is a face broken by my parent’s spell –
now bruised and palid form intolerable.
Hidden from the world my death scream.
Broken me – how still I am – while you dart
from excuse to lie – expressing such surprise
at my waisted body and distraught sighs –
did you see me smile when you chose to depart?
As I sat there too afraid to flinch and start –
hungry and parched with cold colourless eyes?
Me with a little help from Dante Gabrielle Rosetti. Why not blame this on the CDonservative Party as well?
What ails thee twat of harm
All alone and palely loitering
Thy sledge has withered as thou art fake
And no bird sings
What ails thee dim of wit
Bereft of heart and feeling
The Banker’s granary is full
The harvest robbed
I see a lily on thy liver
With anguish moist and fever dew
On thy cheeks a Blooming Rose
Thy arse kicked black and blue.
My dear BW, tush tush. You are deliberately choosing to misrepresent my posts.
I did say fair taxation for all, not “less have all the taxes from the rich”. Or do you consider someone, with cancer, receiving chemotherapy, being told they will have to undertake a Work Capability Assessment whilst they undergo that awful, but essential, treatment, whilst George Osborne cuts 5% off of top tax payers? Perhaps you do. This horrendous government does, and all good Tories must too.
Woodlands under labour seems to be the latest spin of Daves’. From 2005 to 2010, yes, under labour, rose from around 3000 to 40,000. Trussell Trust figs-approximately. From 2010 up to present day, foodbanks are now at approx 140,000 and by the end of this year, at current rate of growth, the number is expected to rise to 230,000. Now Dave used the percentages, which made his “big society” label disingenuous. But he is a multi-millionaire that didn’t ask “what can I do for my country” but grasped free nappies and DLA-definitely a case of “what can my country do for me”. Now THAT is hypocritical.
Another example. A person on jobseekers allowance. A princely sum of £71 per week. Out of which the transport to jobcentre and interview, heating, food, clothing…and then, a late arrival at the job centre….a late letter, a wrongly addressed letter, no responses from prospective employers…..not good enough…and earns a suspension. Not for a few hours. For days, weeks, months and even up to 3 years as one moronic tory mp put forward.
Shoplifting is on the increase. And, with gloomy heart, i expect a few other crimes where lack of benefit has created a criminal underclass. But, what the hell, Georgie Osborne told the selfish, greedy members of the rich section of the community how to avoid paying inheritance tax, I believe, on an episode of the Daily Politics programme. So, thank God for the country helping rich such as JK Rowling, a woman of real integrity, who didn’t horde her earnings in some offshore haven. Or the lottery millionaires who also give generously to charity.
Being rich isn’t a crime. But avoiding your dues should be. After all, one Fred Goodwin is one too many.
:O gobsmacked….. 🙂
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Porkiepies,
you have made a very serious claim, in effect an accusation of murder. Let us quote you exactly, “I suggest that you have a look at Black Triangle website or Disabled People Against Cuts(DPAC). Perhaps even some of Callum’s list – a list of some of those who have died as a result of Osbourne and Duncan-Smith” We will go through your evidence bit by bit, and that may take some time, but I am sure that you will not object to airing the ‘facts’ as you see them.
Let us start with Callum’s List. Firstly he claims that his list is apolitical, but his list starts in 2010, whereas both the ESA benefit an the assessments attached to it started in 2008, following legislation in 2007.
Callum claims the following; “Might I respectfully remind the readers – most of whom are decent and fairminded human beings – that this list is compiled by disabled people, and those directly affected by the loss of a member, where welfare reforms have been an alleged contributary factor’. You may note that he stops well short of your accusation, although some of his sources do not.
There is a suggestion on the internet by someone sympathetic to Callum that he has been subject to a mental health assessment, a suggestion he categorically denies, but he does not explicititly deny that he has a mental illness. It may therefore be true that the site has been compiled by a person with a disability, but it has not been compiled by any direct contact with disabled people, or their relatives. It consists of a series of newspaper reports, mainly from local press, two or three campaign pieces by the Daily Mirror, and some information recirculated from DPAC. The site looks like it has been generated by a search engine programmed with 2010 onwards, the words benefits and deaths. It is likely, as I know ‘reporters’ can access some specialist sites that it is in the main constructed by accessing a local press site. From about mid-2012 on it contains some commentary by Callum, which may suggest that at that point the entries are contemporary.
It is very difficult to gain access to this site, because, Callum suggests, again he does not quite say it, of some sinister deliberate action by Google. There may be two very good reasons why Goggle might have problems with this site. It may be that some of the local newspapers he has downloaded onto his site object to their logos being associated with what is in effect a libellous cause. It may also be the case that many of the relatives would be unhappy with the spin he puts upon the deaths, and there have been complaints. As there is not the slightest indication that Callum has consulted with any of the families in anyway, this is quite likely.
Whether you have read this site thoroughly or not, Callum did not, as he has gone by the date of coroners reports, which will be closely associated with the date of publication, and coroners reports can be ten to twelve months after the date of death. By doing so he has accidentally given a window into the situation in 2009, and many of trhe deaths that both he, and yourself implied happened under Osbourne and Ian Duncan-Smith, happened under the Labour goverment. Yet every photograph and every aside included in the site by Callum is designed to give the impression that all the deaths referred to are the direct consequence of the actions of this goverment. It is what you may call an own goal.
Out of respect for the living I will refer to his examples anonymously. One or two of the cases are so distinctive that they may be identifiable, but I will try to keep this to a minimum. Callum is not only hostile to Atos assessors, he also seems to be hostile to mental health professionals, (or at least some of his sources are), and where I think it necessary I will clarify any distortions in that field as well, (I was an ASW for eleven years and undertook about 200 mental health assessments). To be continued.
Case1, dated 2013, death occured in 2012. Callum does not quote a local or national press article, and the quotes from the coroner’s report come exclusively from an MP. The only condition mentioned is grand mal epilepsy, which is of course a very serious illness; but how many people work with this condition? The young male died as a result of a massive seizure which took his life. Neither the MP or the relatives accept this as the cause of death, but rather it is the consequence of a reduction of his benefits. Interestingly the Mirror is not quoted, and it is running these stories all the time; the BBC did not highlight it, and neither did SKY news, both of which are pretty hostile to this goverment. Why would there be such a silence from all other sources, if the facts were as simple as the MP claims?
Case2, a suicide, published in 2013 in local press, subject had been asked to attend Job Centre, they were accompanied, and there is no indication in the article that the benefit had been changed, or that either the interview or any form of assessment was going to be negative for him – the suicide was as a result of ‘fears over benefits’. Perhaps the political left should think about its scarmongering – it may also be contributing to the stress of vulnerable people.
Case3, a suicide, published in local press, early 2010. This man was in considerable debt, caused in part by change in his benefits, which were reinstated. However the victim gave no reason for his suicide and the coroner did not link the two, perhaps indicating that not all the debt arose from the change in benefits.
Case4,2013, from local press the suicide followed a letter from his Job Centre, but there is no suggestion that his benefits were changed, or that any assessment had been undertaken . the man was divorced and had been suffering ill-health, probably depression for many years. The man seemed to be in good spirits just before the suicide, but this is not in my experience, which is limitted unique. Neither the man or the coroners report linked the two events.
Case 5, 2012; not from a press source, but from a posting on the interenet, by a political activist. The woman involved had four very serious health conditions, none of which are said to have contributed to her death, but, yes you’ve guessed it, the death was caused by a heart attack as a consequence of the actions of the goverment. She was engaged in an ESA battle at point of death, but the activist makes references which may imply that this was the last of many battles against ‘the system’. Again i am slightly surprised that if the facts are as they described by the political activist as transparent as they seem that the Mirror, BBC or Sky News did not run with this; they all run anti-goverment stories at every opportunity.
Case6, published local press 2012, death 2011. this is a not a benefit story at all, but a Community Care story, and relates to the withdrawal of a long term support package for someone with a significant mental health problem. The article is not very clear, but this man was being monitored and had a care plan under mental health legislation, and that monitoring appears to have concluded that he had improved, which given the fact that he killed himself soon after, may not have been the case. The article does not mention benefits, but there is a reference to changes in proceedure at the sheltered housing in which this man lived. It is the man’s suppoort worker, whose support is withdrawn, who is critical of the decisions of the mental health professionals involved.
Case7, local press, 2012; basically a tirade by the son of a man who died of a stroke soon after an Atos assessment found him fit for work. The problem with the tirade is that it contains ‘soundbites’ likely to be planted by a politically minded person. The matter was taken up by an MP, but interestingly only 16 out of 200 or so Labour MPs supported the MP. The man himself wanted to return to work, he could not come to terms with the fact that he was disabled and needed help. To be continued Porkiepies.
Well Porkiepies, let us continue.
Case8, published local press 2012. The source is very likely to hostile to the Conservative party. The man involved died a few weeks after DLA was stopped. His conditions were epilepsy, anxiety and chronic alcoholism. Assuming this man’s epilepsy was a significant factor he was constantly mixing alcohol and his epilepsy medication, and probably medications intended to ween him off alcohol. This does not seem like a good idea to me, but you will be pleased to know that his relative considered the alcoholism alright, because alcohol cured his epilepsy! Interestingly at this point the article droped out that the relative was pursuing the ESA claim. Callum proudly cites several cases where relatives have ‘won’ postumous tribunal cases.
Case9, published local press, 2012. This gentleman suffered from a significant heart condition, and this had been operated on. he lost his incapacity benefit, and was in the process of appeal. At this point he decided to go on holiday, and died of a heart attack.This assessment may have been wrong, but the deceased thought they were fit enough to travel a considerable distance, and undergo the stress that preparing for a holiday and travelling causes.
Case 10, published local press, 2012, suicide 2011. Male who had a long lasting mental health problem, either exacerbated or caused by drugs. He was living with ‘friends’. it is claimed that he had not taken drugs for several years. He had attempted to commit suicide before, and the reason for this was that this was what his voices told him to do. I suspect that this man would not have been honest with his GP, Psychiatrist or relatives about what was really going on in his life, over his mental state, his drug use, or home circumstances, but I do not see how either they, or the goverment can be blamed for his death.
Case 11, web-page no longer exists, local press strap line indicates suicide as a result of extreme physical pain.
Case12, report 2012, death 2011, source MP who gives little information about the death, but criticises the Atos medical examination, because it lasted only ten minutes, and was a ‘tick-box’ assessment. MP argues that GP examination should be sufficient. The MP clearly has access to private medicine, because any medical examination by my GP I have experiened lasts no more than ten minutes, and follows a ‘tick-box’ .
Case13, provided by DPAC. Written by a relative who is highly critical of everyone involved, the doctor, mental health authorities. The deceased appears to have developed a significant mental health illness and to have consistently refused both help or to have engaged with any service on a voluntary basis. The authorities are accused of unwarranted use of the mental health act, and then for not helping the woman, as she lost her job/income, her property, (it looks like she was a house owner). The relative made an application for benefits, which was accepted. The authorities are then blamed for the woman going overseas and committing suicide in another country. In relation to any mental health illness good practice is to try to work with the patient voluntarily, and this was not going to happen in this case. The authorities seem to have undertaken a mental health assessment, which may have come to a wrong conclusion. The writer does not indicate whether they were the nearest relative under the Mental Health Act; if she was and she was opposed to a compulsary admission, this would have had to be considered by the professionals involved. In any case it should make the critics of the Atos assessors think carefully before slating them. To be continued Porkiepies.
Hi there Porkiepies,
Case14, local press 2011, again nothing to do with benefits, but tossed in to make up the numbers. Essentially the death of a man being made redundant, likely to receive a thirty year redundancy payout, and so money not likely to be the issue. He was clearly badly affected by losing his job, but interestingly he applied for many jobs within the company and did not get one, (he would have been guarantteed an interview in most redundancy proceedures), and his relatives did not connect death and the redundancy.
Case 15, local press death of a woman 2011, a woman who was made redundant, but offered another post by her employer, opted for voluntary redundancy, and was likely to have received a large redundancy payment. Benefits do not seem to be the issue, she had been examined by a psychiatrist before the suicide, and evidently exhibited no suicidal tendencies. Clearly she had – but if a highly qualified psychiatrist, ( on at least £120,000 a year) can get it wrong, then perhaps we should be more tempered in our criticism of Atos assessors.
Case 16, from a legal web-site, April 2010. From a widow wanting criminal proceedings to be iniated against Atos and DWP because of the death of her husband. The text does not indicate cause of death. It indicates that ESA had been paid for six months, then stopped, but does not say why. The solicitor’s advice seems tempered, namely to gather whatever evidence they had, and then to consider her legal options. I would assume if there had been any legal mileage in this it would have hit the news big-time.
Case 17, from the Daily Mail, April 2010, a 21 year old woman commits suicide following benefit changes. Now I assume Porkiepies, being the person of immense integrity that you are, that you are now accusing Labour Party cabinet ministers of murder. Can you please confirm that you are, so I can pass your complaint on to the authorities.
Case 18, web-site no longer available.
Case 19 and 20, a double suicide, husband and wife 2011. Benefits were probably not the issue, except in so far as they were trying to evade the authorities, they may not have had access to money. One or both of this couple was suffering from a significant mental illness, with a paranoid component. If Callum knew anything about mental health he would not have included this on his list. The authorities in this case were actively trying to safeguard this couple, but the law is waited heavily in favour of the patients, who in this case were on the move.
The next case involves the Daily Manure, so it is obviously a pile of ……….
Speak soon Porkiepies
Case 22, Daily Manure, report in May, 2011, following coroners report, date of death unclear, but benefit issue followed from a decision made at least 8 months before death. The male involved died of a heart attack. Daily Manure indicated that benefit decision made by a ‘tough new Tory test’. Presumably this is referring to a medical which probably took place in September 2010, perhaps even earlier. Now as the system was set up by Labour, and was reviewed for the second time in about October 2010 I very much doubt that this is true.
Case23, Daily Manure, 2011. Interesting case, pretty much manipulated by the Manure for political ends. One of the ways the reporters manipulate the facts is that the piece reads as though everything that happened is the responsibility of the hear and now, that is this goverment, only once do they acknowledge that the whole process was introduced by Labour, but when they do it is important – they confirm that the format for the medical exaqmination was introduced by Labour. They quickly move on. The man involved had been employed by others until he had a heart attack, but then he continued to be self employed, (and self employed people tend to work much harder than employees), until advised to stop by his doctor. His medical assessment seems to have been very thorough, 39 minutes, (that is more than length of time of all the medical exaqminations I have had put together), and the recommendations were very precise, namely that he was fit for some work but not all work. There is no evidence that this man did not want to return to work, and indeed everything implies that he really wanted to do so. This and one or two other cases on this site would indicate that the medical assessment must not only saqfeguard against those trying to avoid work, it must also protect those who want to work and are not yet fit to do so. Now the idiots on this web-site who claim only right-wing people say negative things about the unemployed, seem to forget that both David Blunket and Jack Straw criticised those on benefits during the last goverment, and if they have forgotten the attitude of the left, all they need to do is read this article, “we’ve got no time for spongers who milk the system and no problem with medical tests”.
Case 24, local press, 2011, concerns a case of suicide, and it is likely that the woman involved had a history of suicidal tendencies. Benefits are not a significant issue in this case, but there is likely to be a lot more to it than meets the eye as her relatives were arrested by the police on suspicion of murder, though it must be made clear that all charges were dropped.
Case 25,26 Jan 2010, published by the Guardian. This is the case of a French woman, who like others on this site seems to have functioned well, and then developed some serious mental health condition. She became pregnant, and about six months after the birth of her baby killed both the baby and herself. Benefits were an issue, but only in so far as her sister was trying to arrange them, and she was refusing all forms of help. Her employment status, (no longer elligible for a work permit?) was a problem, but she was not homeless when she killed herself, which implies she was elligible for some income. In relation to food, heating the Children’s Services Department of Hackney Borough Council would have a responsibility to provide for her and her baby until benefits could be arranged, and indeed the Housing department would have an absolute responsibility for her, because she was a vulnerable adult with a child. These services are available 24 hours a day, I know because Ihave provided them when working out of hours. I believe this woman must have been very difficult to deal with, as I presume her sister would have ‘taken her in’ if she had been cooperative. If of course you believe that this is a case of murder then perhaps you may wish to complain to the police about the Labour ministers who were in power at the time. Now Porkiepies we are almost there, only four more murders to go through.
Well Porkiepies only four more murders to go, and guess what they were not all committed by the Conservatives.
Case 27, local press report mid-2010, date of death before June 2010. A young woman with a long history of depreesive illness, disappeared five months before. Not the slightest suggestion benefits involved, presumably included because the report dated to August 2010, and involved possible suicide.
Case 28, local press, suicide of a young male, with prolongued mental health problems. No indication of any change to benefit, but he was concerned about possible changes in the future, clearly this could not be because of scarmongering by the political left.
Case 29, suicide of Scottish male author and musician probably before June 2010, which results in the foundation of another of your web-sites Porkiepies.Gentleman involved allegedly wrote two best sellers, (though I have never heard of him), and had been a punk rock star. He did not leave a suicide note, but had recently had his incapacity benefit and housing benefit stopped. His friends blame the incoming Conservative Goverment, (why not the outgoing Labour goverment?). My guess is that there is more to this than meets the eye. I will examine Black Rainbow when we subject this piece of evidence to cross examination.
Case30, from a court reporting web-site, dated 2012. Involves a report on the suicide of a man, who had a long history of mental health problems, and had previously attempted to commit suicide in 2010. Suicide said to stem from a benefit problem because he was or wanted to do a course, (which implies he thought his problems were managable), but that the Job Centre said he must be available for work at all times. the court report does not claim to give the full story, and I think this is a problem that comes up again and again, and is usually resolved.
Now let us look at Atos. They are always referred to by the left, as ‘the French multinational Atos’, proving that the left also displays its fair share of racism and xenophobia. Who awarded Atos this contract, well if we look at Wikipedia, it was the Labour goverment, not once, in 1998, but twice, in 2003, and then again in relation to assessments for the ESA in 2007. Now if you and your friends in Black Rainbow and DPAC are alleging that Atos are engaged in a holocaust against disabled people – and you are, then it is a holocaust organised by the left.
The Atos check-list, and its ‘mechanistic’ medical assessment were also organised by Labour, and Atos have been working to it ever since. There are two types of assessment, mechanistic and impressionistic. Those that attack the idea of a check-list assessment, and favour the idea of a less formal, more subjective assessment are playing into the hands of the middle-class. they will always come out on top in that context, because they will relate better to GPs and other professionals. the losers would undoubtedly be the less literate and the more vulnerable. A mechanistic assessment will always miss things, because no one who designs a mechanistic assessment, not Doctor Gregg in Bristol, or the designers of the forms for the various Children’s Acts will think of everything. On the other hand it is likely to be less favourable to the middle class, and that of course maybe why there has been such a furore over the matter.
Now Porkiepies let us move on to Black Rainbow, DPAC and Capita.
let us start with Capita. My issue with them is that they own CRB, and everyone who uses my services has to pay £40 for a copy, of what is actually my document. I do not see why there should not be, and think this goverment might finally be looking at a fully portable CRB. At one stage I had six, four for four social work agencies, one as a fit manager, and one as a panel adviser. Now who awarded this license to print money, now let me see, ah it as Labour, after they received a bung, erh i mean donation of £1,000,00 from the founder of Capita in 2001.
Black Rainbow recirculates many of the allegations contained in Callum’s list, with particular attention I note to the death of union members. As it receives direct postings from the most strident of our trade unions, it seems to be their voice at one step removed. I do not see how you can regard it as an independent source, and it certainly conveys no objective information.
The DPAC site is even stranger. I have accessed its comments page and found a long and very worrying reply, from someone, who attended an Atos interview with his ‘dependent’ partner, who proudly told DPAC at great length how everything he did as her support was designed to prevent them accurately assessing any level of ability she had. His text was scrambled as though he himself had a mental health disorder, and he displayed both paranoid and controlling behaviour.That is who DPAC serves.
I spoke to a friend of mine, who suffered a stroke some years ago, and tried for a long time to return to work, with considerable help from DWP, but then had to acknowledge defeat, and has undergone both the medical assessment, and the follow up review. He reports that Atos were pleasant and carried out their responsibilities diligently. By the way Atos have killed less people than the NHS, (satire).
I can also report another anecdote. An aquiantance of mine, a ‘ladette’ from the seventies, who lived the rock and roll life-style, had by 2003 ended up on long term sick, and was in receipt of substantial amount of benefits, including housing benefit etc. She was on anti-depressants, (mainly for alcohol and ‘soft-drug’ issues), and was engaged in a long fight with the DWP over her benefits. She of course would fit the profile of many of the people on Callum’s list, and is there a chance that one day she might committ suicide. Well there is a chance, but perhaps not for benefit reasons. She was also running a cafe six days a week and earning considerable sums of money which was of course not taxed. Porkiepies i will now address your budget.
Always new he was Tory. Haven’t you seen him on election night. If the little shit is more than happy to stand with them he can fall with them.
mish said:
I think you’ll find that that is actually satire, albeit of a schoolboy variety.
Yeah, he’s only being editing it since 1980something. Obviously down to Hislop an not the lack of a worthwhile opposition to a crap government.
And you are how old exactly? I mean this is the spirit of “do you remember anything before 1997, old bean?” rather than “oh gosh, what another little twentysomthing parvenu!”
However it *is* biased for you to expect a satirist to simply aim his cannon at the government of the time and not also the many other power cliques that exist, many of whom are unelected.
I think you simply wish for a confirmation of your prejudices.
I’ll grant you however that Hislop is probably far more comfortable with the idea of the notion of a Lib-Con coalition than he should be,
He went to Ardingly which is an independent school. While that might confirm your prejudices, it also makes you factually inaccurate in your very first sentence,
The opposition may be crap.
Andy might not be very old
Hislop might have been editing PE since Adam was a lad
Hislop is still a Tory stooge.
And…. er, how old are you exactly????
Hislop does not say the things you want him to say. There may be *some* level of him being a comfortable old fart which is to blame. I’m a little bit younger than Hislop but at slightly above min wage, I’m not that comfortable.
However he has seen a change from Tory politics (which he opposed quite vigorously, although I do suspect he wanted Douglas Hurd to be PM) to wonderful T Blair and back again.
Maybe, he is not convinced (and neither am I) that whatever is left by the PR disaster that is Labour is simply Not Fit To Take Government and quite frankly thinks that we need to examine some issues in at least a semi-logical fashion rather than simply baying like rabid bloodhounds every time that the rum coves we got dealt with at the last election make their inevitable screw up.
Yours in (quite agnostic) peace and the possibility that there is a solution to all this mess rather than an obsessive compulsive necessity to sledgehammer the facts into the rather restrictive selection of orifices provided by a facile ideology, religious or otherwise.
Erm… mind your own business
Satire is supposed to be the business of those that attack the establishment not defend it
There are enough kiss arses around to do that already.
Yes, before he took over it slagged off gays. Oi Hislop! You’re not homophobic anymore! What’s gone wrong!
You are a professional drongo then.
And I think I can safely say, I will leave it at that.
Someone disagrees with your sycophantic slatherings of a Tory toady so you have to resort to personal insults.
There is a difference between satire and slurs.
You seem to imply that everyone else is immature with your ad hominem arguments when the really immature person is yourself.
Are you Hislop’s Fag?.
Better a pro drongo than an arsesole for an aresole
Christ on a crutch! Resort to slurs???? Do you actually look at your own postings?
What does it take??!!!
At the risk of offending loadsa people and broadcasting standards:
The Tories are stupid greedy cunts run by get-rich-quick cunts, Labour are just stupid cunts run by a bunch of legal opportunist cunts and something that used to be trade-unionism, the Libs are just a bunch of political hobbyists who being idiots got dragged into just being dumb schmucks.
They are all part of the establishment. Being sarky about the idiots that simply happen to not have power at the moment does NOT AMOUNT TO CRONYISM no matter how much your addled imagination makes it so. Hislop also accused Kinnock of being a windbag when Thatch and Major were there —- was he wrong?
Oh, yeah. Hislop is also a CofE member. He hasn’t slagged of them voluably recently. Guess that makes him an accomplice to child abuse then,.
Well, that seems to be a .. er .. logical extension of what you post.
Would love to stay and chat but things to do, salads to make Caesars to bury, that sort of thing, and I also promised to take Donkey out to lunch.
byse bye have a nice time up Ian’s bottie xxx
It’s okay mate. Have a nice time and all that. Drop by the library sometime and look up the meaning of the word empirical.
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I’m amazed that people hadn’t realised that Ian Hislop was a right wing Libertarian a long time ago. He’s a typical public school boy and of the same ilk as Boris Johnston. People were taken in by the idea of liberals as sandal wearing nice guys but the reality is liberals have always been right wing libertarians with more in common with thee tea party than socialism.
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After Reading the thread, it is clear that truly impartial political satire is quite hard to come by. The territory is determined by an interest in politics or current affairs. However, each person has their own natural tendency towards one corner or the other, of the personality / political spectrum.
Anyone else is just sitting on the fence or are perhaps unaware that politics is determined my personality and conscience.
The thread is pretty interesting, in the cross section of opinions expressed.
My opinion, being a socialist, is that opinions are like rectums.
Everyone has one and mostly full of faeces. Including my own at times, but at least im equipped with humility and emotional intelligence to be able to own up to my human frailty.
The joy of politics and economics, is that they are mechanisms designed to sustain life through labour, law and monetary exchange for the good of all. Those who are able to gain the most, will do so, given the chance.
I’m fine with that, so long as people are happy with me liking champagne as well as being a socialist.
And the fact i know what a fair days work looks like and i can see lots of people who have the cash, but not the blisters to have truly earned it.
That’s not me being jealous, that’s me wondering why people need so much personal wealth?
What Ian Hislop represents, is a media figure who does ok in life, commenting on life from within a bubble, talking sh1te for most of it.
That’s not satire, that’s making a career out of spouting sh1te.
That’s why i look back at HIGNFY and think of Angus “hookers & drugs” Deighton,and smile. I could go on, Frank Bough or Jimmy Saville, Gary Glitter etc etc.
Life in the celebrity & media bubble allows peoples egos to write cheques their bodies could never cash in real life.
The media illusion of life vs our own perception of reality.
A stark contrast if ever there was one.
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AfterAtosAssessment (@AfterAtosAssess) said:
Ian comes from the same privileged background as Clegg and Cameron etc. An exclusive public school and male “in” crowd. Private Eye is a male “in” crowd clique of established white male upper class privileged school background and Oxford and Cambridge. It has no real female staff or presence. The female receptionist who answered the phone last time I called could have been right out of Roedean or Clarence House. Detached and Aloof and no awareness what so ever. It is a closed “in” crowd.
Have got things into the Private Eye re Atos nd sent them links to others which they have used (no mention and no reference back to me. THANKS!!)
But it is a closed in crowd of elite schoolboys trying to be funny and running the school paper or college rag against the establishment and head masters and system while being totally part of it.
Private Eye needs fresh blood, or we need a new satirical newspaper. I know plenty round here who could and would be excellent contributors, and more in the know and in touch with others and real news and reality. Including yourself Tom.
Private Eye an incrowd clique of the established elite poking fun at themselves whole being totally part of the establishment they pretend to prick. and no girls, other background or race.
Not what he appears to be, a rather smug little prick. Top Ho!
morris7372 said:
Have to say, it does seem a recurring theme that everyone has sch a problem with public schools & the Bullingdon club. There’s plenty to say about the government without resorting to this, and it smacks of having a rather large chip on the shoulder….hang on, I’ll get the Polyfiller out.
It’s all right Morris, you can put away the salt and vinegar.
If you think Bullingdon Boy behaviour is acceptable then you have the problem.
If you think that snobbery is acceptable you have the problem.
If you think that these characteristics are acceptable for a government, then you really do have a problem
#BBCQT last night, Mick “money not too tight to mention” Hucknall, presented a shadow of his former self.
Preparation amounts to a quick skim of the complimentary tabloids on the plane, from his Luxury villa in Italy.
Should have stayed at home Mick.
ladycrookback said:
Sadly it will always pays for anyone as much in the _public_ eye as Hislop to know which side his satirical-establishment bread is buttered.
I’m glad that many commentators on this thread have the wit to recognise the difference between ‘public school in-crowd’ and ‘public school’. Married to an alumnus of a school which sends a higher number of its ‘Old Boys’ overseas as doctors, chaplains and charity workers in war zones I can only say that people are always going to judge by those with the highest profile. The unassuming are necessarily the ones no-one hears about. The carers, the poets who care about man’s inhumanity to man, the soldiers … Soldier and poet are (in the case of Sidney Keyes one and the same (d.1943). Keyes as I discover when I do a Wiki search was also (allegedly) gay but…so what? Are we _for_ freedom of expression in our calls for humanity or are we just out to bash someone with a different set of experiences values?
If ones’ schooling could be judged by callousness you would think I’d gone to a top public school. I met plenty of selfish, self-aggrandizing types in five years at my local Comp. who considered my accent to be ‘posh’ and themselves to be a cut above me by virtue of having two working legs each. If the innate callousness of the ex-public school ‘type’ were true you would expect it to be my husband who abandoned me as soon as the Tory rhetoric made having disabled relatives uncomfortable. As someone whose considerably _less_ silk lined family wants nothing more to do with her, I am reliant on the charity of product of the public school system who unlike my family has never thrown in my face what giving up his reasonably well paid job to spend ten years caring for me does to his pension or job prospects were. You might as well complain of the innate ‘scroungerdom’ of the ‘council-estate type’. Which for me pretty much sums this up for me as a silly, narrow, unthinking ‘class’ war.
My partner may be too polite to say anything but I am permanently furious that so many people seem to think that the public school mentality is always characterised by the likes of Cameron and co. Many of them are the men too polite to complain when they hear public schools decried as the place that bad manners are bred and those who don’t even dream of using that as an automatic pass to ANYTHING. In 15 years I have never once heard my partner tell anyone that he went to public school in order to prove or disprove anything. Certainly being part of any social group can help you if you are unscrupulous but I suspect (and have met) many more quiet unassuming folk who would not dream of rubbing anyone’s nose in their particular background and who would drop anything for anyone and go wherever they were needed at whatever cost to themselves. But these are not the men and women who make the news. Or the big bucks. They’re usually the ones happy to be buried in a quiet country churchyard:
“Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,
Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;
Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile,
The short and simple annals of the poor.
The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,
And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave,
Awaits alike the inevitable hour.
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Nor you, ye Proud, impute to these the fault,
If Memory o’er their tomb no trophies raise,
Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault
The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.”
The rich aren’t always the ones who need a gentle reminder of where we are all heading regardless of our achievements . But it might be worth a try.
I’ll second that, Morris. And IF you agreed with the Tory party just because you were defending those slandered by association I dare say you _would_ as your commentator says, have a problem. But as you obviously don’t it was bit of a broad brush accusation but you have sufficient balance to see that.
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Linda Whyte said:
Gordon Brown never had a chance. He could have been Mother Theresa herself and would still have been demolished by the press. From the day when the Metro (note, FREE newspaper and read by just about every commuter) published a stunning pic of Mrs Cameron and a much less flattering one of Mrs Brown (I think that may have been the day they published a photo of Gordon Brown himself pulling an unfortunate face) it was obvious they were out to get him, and they did. Gordon Brown DID NOT cause global recession!!!
David | デイヴィッドです！ (@DavidDesu) said:
Having seen one of the Ray Winstone fronted Have I Got News For You episodes where they ALL got laid into Scots, in what I term in a rather xenophobic fashion, Hislop included, my respect for the man evaporated. I thought he was a guy that could discern the bullshit as it poured forth from Westminster, but clearly it’s only if it pours forth from Labour does he seem to notice. Fuck him.
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Theresa May’s secretive plans to replace NHS in England with private US healthcare system Kaiser Permanente
May, NHS, privatisation
UPDATE: We now have no less than Professor Stephen Hawking expressing public concern about the threat to the NHS by Kaiser Permanente – see here.
Kaiser Permanente is a private healthcare organisation based in California.
But unlike many other private healthcare companies in the US, Kaiser provides a complete model of integrated pre-paid insurance along with healthcare which is supposedly provided free at the point of need.
This is a system much like our own NHS but with three major differences – Kaiser’s healthcare provision is much more expensive than the NHS, the healthcare provision side is run for profit and unlike the NHS its cover isn’t comprehensive – it only covers those people who are in work.
Despite that, Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt seems to love Kaiser. He and other ministers have personally visited the company at its California headquarters – several times in fact:
And Kaiser’s own website lists other recent visitors from the UK, including many NHS hospitals and NHS trusts as well as HM Treasury and the Ministry of Health itself (click to enlarge):
We have already seen that US firms are looking to capitalise as the NHS becomes increasingly privatised, including Kaiser Permanente Foundation‘s senior vice president Hal Wolf who has openly called for the NHS to become “more like Kaiser Permanente“.
Alarmingly, Theresa May has specifically refused to guarantee she will not open up the NHS to US firms in a post-Brexit trade deal across the Atlantic.
Understanding the plans to replace the NHS with the Kaiser Permanente system explains why there has been a recent speeding up of the ongoing marketisation and privatisation of the NHS.
It also explains why the Tories were so desperate to push through their disastrous NHS reforms in the first place. A central plank of the NHS reforms was the formation of Clinical Commissioning Groups – which were openly based on Kaiser’s Permanente Medical Groups and which also happen to be a central plank of Kaiser’s healthcare system.
And understanding the plans to replace the NHS across England with the Kaiser Permanente system goes a long way to explaining why Theresa May has done nothing to resolve the worsening NHS crisis, which she is gambling will only make the public more keen to see changes to a system that is being deliberately broken.
If we don’t spread the word about what the Tories are doing, we can say goodbye to the NHS in England and hello to Kaiser Permanente. Permanently.
So please share …
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You are such a Pratt.
Stephen Slator said:
Hit the nail on the head there for sure. And don’t forget the head of NHS England, Simon Stevens’, previous role as big cheese at US conglomerate United Health
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snaithmagmailcom said:
Reblogged this on michaelsnaith.
jeffrey davies said:
vote may end of nhs but thats only part of it norman law will rule
Hello From GCHQ said:
Two questions: 1. Was the source of this story the voices in your head? 2.Are you another sock puppet account like @rachael_swindon, @namechangegirl and @skwawkbox Steve? Anyhow we’ll know soon enough who the person behind those accounts is. Cheerio Mr.Walker :3
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mikey mikey said:
@Hello from Tory pretending to be GCHQ
Thanks for letting me know about rachel swindon and namechangegirl
Well could only find Ms Swindon’s twitter account, but it is really good. Thanks again, Tory boy pretending to be GCHQ.
Pamela stepp said:
Sooner the Conservative party are out of power the better I like it .I know that health care is expensive so we need to raise taxes and most fair minded people agree and cut tax loop holes for the rich and famous if I was the Chancellor I would be taxing those with the highest earnings at 60% and if the didn’t like it go elsewhere I’d also want far greater accountability on MP’S salary and how many directorships they have and that should be taxed separately.
maurene said:
a private health company in a country where literally millions of men women and children have no health cover whatsoever……and the UK is considering big time to bring such a company over here…… I feel sick……. such politicians and the like should be ashamed……
tophattingson said:
That’s a fun conspiracy theory you have there. What if…
John Reid visited Kaiser Permanente in 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3207027.stm
jcobyn4jadams4eva said:
Rachael’s a bloke, just so you know poppet. Remember on the 9th of June it’s down not across, the doc’s find it awfully tricky to stitch to repair the injury when it’s done that way or you could do the NHS a favour and just take a running jump from Beachy Head. And take that awful woman abbott with you thankies ❤
Paolo said:
People who don’t realise that this is happening are blind or stupid.
“Remember on the 9th of June it’s down not across,”
Bullying and encouragement to commit suicide. Reminds me of this story:
“Ben Harris-Quinney, chair of rightwing thinktank the Bow Group, who gave evidence to the inquiry, said: “It would appear from the report that CCHQ officials were happy to overlook Mark Clarke’s track record and behaviour because he was able to deliver positive campaigning results using nefarious tactics.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/17/inquiry-into-tory-bullying-scandal-finds-13-alleged-victims-of-mark-clarke
concernedkev said:
This needs to be spread far and wide. Treachery and corruption of the worst kind. All individuals who have been on this fact finding jolly, if proven. should be drummed out and investigated for misconduct in public office. It is a collective conspiracy to defraud all UK citizens.
Well done Tom
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mohandeer said:
Reblogged this on wgrovedotnet.
vondreassen said:
Amazing ain’t it, we are a European country- Russia is nearer to America than we are ; YET we – our leaders are obsessed with copying a way of life that has little relevance to our own;
Why are ‘they’ NOT looking at er – Scandinavia etc;
George Orwell thought it was to do with language – we are too lazy to learn – though the Scandivavians all learn English !;
Switch on the radio – LBC especiallty- and it’s yak yak about Trump – Wots going on ?
sheila jenkins said:
If this happens.go back to what Niel Kinock said don’t be old or sick if the Tories win this election.
NHS employee said:
https://centerfortotalhealth.org/tag/jeremy-hunt/
Not evidence of any privatisation. Do a bit of googling before you post!
Martin Ritchie said:
Surely such a proposal must be more expensive that the current NHS funding system as they have to add profit onto their costs and I expect their profit requirement will be significant so where will they add value?
MM said:
Or alternatively they are looking at comparable services to see if the NHS can learn from best practices much like all organisations should do.
Google words – Liam Fox Atlantic Bridge. Read a bit.
Cara Tarini said:
They could do worse than implementation of a Kaiser model.it is a not for profit HMO begun in Ca to care fore employees of various kaiser companies and they have provided me with very good medical care !
Ron Hod said:
The reasons for the majority of privatisations is to reduce the wages and conditions of the workers while increasing the money the company directors and chif execs get. At no point is it improving the lot of the general public who are just the tools to give the rich more money. The UK health system is one of the cheapest in the world, the evidence for this can be seen in the basic fact thet travel and holiday insurance including the USA is more than anywhere else in the world!
Beryl Foster said:
It is disgusting that immigration to this level has been allowed thanks to Mr.T.Blair.Some have paid into system all their lives and immigration has helped to drain us.I will support Mrs T.May as I do like her but I knew what Iwas voting for Out of EU and single market if with free movement. I do not know enough about the so called new system that may replace NHS but like me some have paid all their lives..not for foreign countries to take advantage of us.
Beryl Fosterk said:
David Williams said:
This is typical of a government that has done nothing but betray the general public which it claims to represent. Hopefully, the people of the UK will be wise enough to vote them out this time.
With the internet and mobile network it would seem to me that it is time to consider a different method of debate and passing of legislation that would involve active public opinion so that the people of the UK are truly represented and not subjected to any elected parties corrupt control. In other words a new type of government that can’t go against public opinion.
Paul Williams said:
You do realise the article you linked to when claiming they are for profit, clearly says they are non-profit?….
We should never forget the Liberal Democrats role in the Health and Social Care Bill. They didn’t merely enable the Tories, if memory serves the CCGs were there contribution to the proceedings. We should remember this when they try to pass themselves off as ‘progressives’. The only progress they genuinely care about is the unending ‘progress’ of the market, public be damned. Now they are mobilising to cut Labour off at the knees, ably assisted by many a narcisistic New Labour grandee and a gaggle of useful idiots too blinded by the trauma of loosing the referendum. They’ll let the Tories in the back door, they might even hand the LibDems their favourite roll as king makers. Then the bastards will unite in shafting us all and selling off our NHS.
Pheobe jacques said:
They did the same with the tax and it all went wrong. Now it’s our health they want to gamble with.
Dirk Minter Lee said:
@Beryl Fosterk – you do understand that immigration rose massively under the Tories. Far above the levels it was at under the previous Labour administration don’t you?
If you vote Tory it means you hate my wife and every other disabled person in the country. You will be voting to have them systematically attacked in a attempt to kill them off. You will be making this choice freely and cannot deny knowledge of the consequences of your actions, because you have been informed of them before the fact. If you vote for them I, along with tens of thousands more, will hate you eternally and ultimately hope that one day you too will become disabled through a misfortunate accident and suffer at the hands of the people you helped to install, just so that you can experience the full horror of a life-limiting condition under a Tory government.
tagster01 said:
So that’s why, when May is questioned on the future of the NHS, that she says healthcare will remain free at the point of issue. Half truths and bloody minded deceit.
lallygag26 said:
If you think Tom’s blog sounds like fantasy, here is think tank Health Foundation’s blog on the same subject talking about politicians’ and senior Whitehall mandarins’ love affair with Kaiser from the point of view of the establishment. Simon Stevens, CEO of NHS England, has already introduced the first Kaiser-style Accountable Care systems, designed to be turned into Accountable Care Organisations. This change isn’t the future. It is now.
http://www.health.org.uk/blog/meeting-challenge-population-health-what-we-can-learn-kaiser-permanente
Larraine said:
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!
John Spencer-Davis said:
Will treatment leave me facing a Kaiser Bill? Sorry. J
anyvoices said:
Really enjoyed good facts well thought out. Would you consider sharing your blogs on a free website written by the public for the public. http://www.anyvoice.co.uk
Sybil Gowans said:
What about Scotland?
Kitty S Jones said:
Reblogged this on Politics and Insights.
loobitzh said:
Reblogged this on Lindas Blog.
Martin Rudland said:
Some Tory Troll comments, but do note the comments from
anubeon at 9:54 pm on April 24, 2017
Dirk Minter Lee at 3:40 am on April 25, 2017
tagster01 at 5:48 am on April 25, 2017
lallygag26 at 6:20 am on April 25, 2017
The Lib Dems must be repeatedly, publicly, very loudly and very often indicted for enabling this destruction of OUR NHS .
What mind-set do the politicians have when they say ‘free at the point of delivery’?
Do they think we’re idiots? They might be right!
Search for what Mark Britnell said to an APAC conference in New York in Oct 2010, ie he spoke of the private sector opportunities presented by the UK’s health reforms:
“The NHS will be shown no mercy and the best time to take advantage of this will be in the next couple of years,” he advised the attending companies.
Britnell was speaking a year into his job at KPMG, which he joined from the Dept of Health where he was DG i/c Commissioning. Britnell was the architect of what we see today: the privatisation of commissioning. This courtesy of http://www.spinwatch.org . AND “In future, The NHS will be a state insurance provider not a state deliverer” – c/o The Observer, 15 May 2011, “David Cameron’s adviser says health reform is a chance to make big profits”
Our future in the UK under the Tories is utterly dire!
A thought came to me that a Tory MP will set up a cloth-cap manufacturing company. Cloth-caps will be free at point of delivery and will enable regular exercise when your masters go by.
But seriously, everybody must spread the word as to how grim the future will be under Tories – it could be for ever if they win this one !
Green__Jenny said:
It was also New Labour’s plan to replace the NHS with the Kaiser Permanente system – they set up Kaiser Permanente pilots in various parts of England, including Torbay where the resulting S Devon Integrated Care Organisation recently went belly up. The Coalition and now Tory governments just continued the New Labour direction of travel. http://www.energyroyd.org.uk/archives/12788
abigdoob (@abigdoob) said:
Sybil Gowans.
There are no plans to follow this route in Scotland.
However. The amount of our own money that WM deigns to return to us in the form of Barnett, including that used to fund our NHS, is calculated as a percentage of spending in England. If England’s NHS goes…
Terry Davies said:
I predicted this would happen years ago. NHS was a convenient Quango to do the tories dirty. Its a very basic managerial technique. Shifting blame is one of the benefits but the primary reason for NHS England is to be the voicepiece for government policies minus the expectation of answering the questions. This has been the role of NHS England. Likewise the other quangos , effectively voice pieces and sources of blame at which the public can direct their anger. Hunt is the next to go after the NHS england who will each blame each other. This leaves May untouched so that the USA can cherry pick the NHS and public sector services. Remember that there is a way to avoid accountability. Avoid answering Questions and you can fool the public and horsethief minded tories have used this as a means of controlling the supply of services to UK people and supply of public services for private companies to compete for during franchise bids.
When a public service is privatised or partially privatised a ‘ gravy train’ is created and those on this train will never want to leave it.
Stupid or greedy politicians fail to see the link between these and violence and wars.
So expect the spanish cold war after the next election. Gibraltar will be blamed but spanish politicians will be in competition for sovereignty with UK. This will now be supported by other EU countries and tories be the cause of it all.
Nothing better than the American system so that those dieing from cancer etc like my mum, can worry about how they will pay for treatment. Hey it takes their mind off of dying, right. I wonder how many people in the UK realise that in the US you don’t jus t book in for your appointment, you have to sit in front of a stranger while they ask you how much you can pay. My mum put $50.00 on her credit card every time the doctors or hospital asked her how much she could pay. She was poor, only had a pension and her last months of life were worrying how my dad (with dementia) would be able to pay the credit card debt. Shameful system, we don’t want this in the U.K. however I am afraid that it is probably too late…
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poglejones said:
I too am terrified at the prospect of a new TTIP opening up the UK health service to these large companies. However what I would say is that the Kaiser model is a good model of integrated care and that many of the visitors will have been looking for opportunities to use the Kaiser approach to improve NHS organisations and approaches to integration around stuff like care navigation, patient advocacy and care coordination.
revdianphamilton said:
A friend from the U.S.A. wrote, ” I used to work for KP, from 2002 – 10. Up till the mid-2000s, a point of pride that was useful to us researchers was the equal access to care across membership. Around 2004, competition of cheap plans caused KP to promote plans with deductibles, and that ended it. People were offered cheap plans with high deductibles, and went into heavy debt like anywhere else when catastrophe struck. The wishful thinking was that healthy people, young people, would go for the high deductible plans, but in fact most of them were simply poor people – who weren’t health to begin with, and of course became even poorer. All this did great things for KP’s bottom line (including the non-profit side – non-profit in the US is nothing more than a tax scam anymore), and the execs took it even further with staff reductions and automation. This was once an institution to be proud of; now it’s no more than a reflection of the broken US medical care system.”
Deus Vult said:
The stupidity here is very strong.
You do realise that your own gullibility in believing this sort of rubbish is what drives these idiots on.
For God’s own sake … take a step back and THINK, then be embarrassed, and then feel anger at these people who are trying to feed you this dross for their own purposes.
Inga said:
Just watch the Great British Public declare they would pay any tax to keep the NHS, and then vote Tory in full knowledge that this will kill it off. This has been the pattern since Thatcher. Nothing better illustrates the hypocrisy, selfishness and callousness of the British voter – as does their assumption that a real leader would use nuclear weapons pre-emptively. And their hostility to overseas aid. And to refugees. And to immigrants. The list is endless.
Bryan Lee said:
So what about those not in work, disabled pensioners etc.
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Valerie Hall said:
So my husband , 22 years post heart transplant and with multiple related health problems, will be offered affordable health care? If only!
I don’t know where you are Valerie but in the UK if the NHS gets the funding it needs you will. Don’t vote Tory that’s all. In terms of an integrated model of care he should get better healthcare. What we’re being sold at the moment is an underfunded service carrying the burden of austerity in other services. They are hiding the cuts within integrated health and social care programmes which are doomed to failure because they are unrealistic and underfunded. But the principles of integration in the model are good.
So to clarify I am just suggesting there are other reasons people can be interested in this other than replicating the financial model.
Fran said:
The NHS is the jewel in our crown. It protects the most vulnerable, working class and middle class providing a non discriminate service. To vote Tory in effect means you don’t care about people in need. Imagine turning up in need of serious medical intervention for a loved family member only to be refused because your credit card is at its limit or you have been made redundant and are jobless. Is that what we really want. Be very careful what you vote for what goes around comes around. One day you might be that person in need
Stephen Barber said:
This is not new. Kaiser is a “not for profit ” organisation. This is irresponsible scare-mongering in my view. See this BBC report crom way back in 2010: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8688101.stm
Pam Peterson said:
Just confirms what we already know
Neither Theresa May nor her add ons .., including Hunt give a monkeys about us, the British people, or our healthcare
“not for profit” – is it a charity then ?
Alan Taylor said:
I’m not a fan of the current Tory leadership. However, I think there is a mixture of fact and fantasy in this report. Drawing conclusions based on fantasy! Public sector should be encouraged to learn from private enterprise for ideas on improving efficiency and services. They don’t have to adopt profiteering. I don’t see the issue here.
The Porcelain Doll said:
This is such a pile of rubbish!
Owen jones said:
Unless it’s changed a lot Kaiser were crap when i was in the states.
Charlie said:
@vondreassen
These kind of organisations are what’s commonly known as charitable corporations. They get the tax status, they get the profits. The payout method differs, that’s all. There’s no charitable root to their operations anymore.
One of those things spent ten years destroying a friend’s charity (an actual small local one). Had 130 employees, in social, children’s and home care area. Judge returned the case three times, then got pressured by politicians. Ended up finding for the other side on a technicality, said it was incomprehensible that a national charity should embark upon a hostile takeover of a local charity, called the other side despicable. Media was on their side.
Now five years later, all profits they make locally are siphoned off to national headquarters. My friend’s charity invested all profits back into the charity – kids got new play grounds, care home got a new garden and more staff etc. Whole town is suffering as the corporate charity – still legally a charity – is closing down everything that isn’t profitable enough and charging for all their services at a premium. Now the media is waking up to this, but it’s too late, of course. Bankrupted my friend, cost 100 people their jobs, but the other side, that national charity is still going strong…
So don’t be fooled by a “not for profits” statement on their web page and look at what they actually do – cost the taxpayer more money, pay their management huge salaries and deliver less value.
A number of points.
The U.S was 43 in the world when last the World Health Organisation did a survey.
The UK was number 18. The US pay twice as much for healthcare as other leading nations and the health of US citizens keep getting worse !!! Definitely the way to go if you want to follow in their footsteps all the way to hell while paying through the nose for the privilege.
What should be the measure of a good healthcare system? Surely people’s health should be improving not getting worse and the cost of the service should be reducing? What a revolutionary idea? Then where would there be the need for
locums at £4000 per day ? Or massively overpriced drugs ? or the PFI where changing a lightbulb costs £300?
Face it the NHS is about making money out of making people sicker and sicker !!!.
And the government facilitates corporates who feed off the NHS. Think Pharma..
Pharma and more Pharma.
Privatisation won’t stop people from getting major chronic diseases like Heart disease, Diabetes, Cancer, Dementia ,Lung, Disease , etc. Those figures will still keep rising.
Why because healthcare is about “managing” health conditions not curing people of them. So not matter what you pay you won’t get better if you rely on imported doctors or PFI financed hospitals. The NHS is there to facilitate the aims of Pharma and there is nothing you can do about it unless you are prepared to take more care of you and yours. Better nutrition, exercise, clean water, better air quality.
And no matter who you vote for you will still pay taxes to maintain the NHS even if you take the time and effort to look after health of yourself and your family.
Catherine mearns said:
If this is true then Theresa May is taking a giant backward leap into the past. The people of Britain will never accept this . By all means make the rich pay more in taxes as the poor is paying enough. The total misuse of funds by the jobs for boys brigade, their wages are enhanced by backhanders from other companies who want the contracts for providing supplies and medical instruments ” in which most are disposable” how did we ever manage before. I have recently been told that soap and disinfectant is no longer used in hospitals as it is against health and safety. One wonders how we have all managed onto old age. The NHS should recruit nurses from school leavers and train them on the floor as you would a apprentice, that is what makes a nurse , not a piece of paper from a university. How easy it is to collect a certificate but can they do practical, with a commonsense approach. People fight for what is your right.
Rosalind Dodd said:
How appalling
fergusmason said:
“Understanding the plans to replace the NHS with the Kaiser Permanente system”
Except there is no plan. You just invented it.
Capitalism innit – just wot the tories love…
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Gillian Reay said:
DThe NHS is an amazing healthcare system which has been left open to much abuse. Least of all by those who are in a position to either mend it or break it permanently. Don’t let this happen. Let’s fix our NHS for the good of the people who are citizens of Great Britain.
How do you know its an amazing system ? . A couple of years ago the NHS were
killing people at the rate of 130,000 a year on the Liverpool Pathway and giving bonuses to hospitals for the number of beds they freed up. Then they were caught out
and had to stop the practice which involved depriving the elderly of food and water,
which is not a nice way to die. Called NIL BY MOUTH. A good hospital system would be improving the nations health not “managing it for Pharmaceutical Co’s benefit.
This week in the Times the head of the IBPI Ms Anson said” that Pharma would move out of Britain unless they received £20 billion more a year”. That taxes should be increased to fund their innovative research”. And that lots of other countries would welcome research being done in their country.
Funny but the lead researcher of Glaxo Smith Kline said ” Our drugs don’t work on most people” what a surprise(not).
David have you read/heard communications by Public Health Specialists? Eg Prof Allyson Pollock (Inst of Health & Society Newcastle Univ; previously Prof of Public Health Research & Policy, Qu.Mary, UoL; set up & directed the Centre for International Public Health Policy, Univ.E’boro; & prior to that Head of the Public Health Policy Unit, UCL, Dir. Research & Development at UCL Hospitals NHS Trust); & by Prof.Colin Leys (with 20+ experts of Centre for Health and the Public Interest, CHPI – see https://chpi.org.uk/about-us/); & by Prof Colin Pritchard (see http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10583606.The_problem_with_our_NHS/ ) .
You are of course aware of how long was spent by the Tories in preparing the Health & Social Care Bill which became an Act in Mar’12 & its contents, eg it opened up OUR NHS for Private Health Industry to get in there, & it led to £4.5bn to £10bn having to be spent by the NHS in tendering for work it used to do automatically in house! Worth finding the exact wording of Mark Britnell’s ‘talk’ to a Private Health confeence in N.York in late 2010 – basically the NHS is up for grabs in the next 2 years & have no mercy on the NHS. Britnell moved from very high up in the Civil Service Health Dept to KPMG in 2009-ish!
Do read those links & search for more detailed info.
The NHS IS AMAZING, & the people who work in it for us all leave Tory politicians looking very very sad – the Tory attitude to OUR NHS is sick .
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To Martin Rudland
The Times April 27th 2017
Drug Giants threaten to Leave Britain.
Unless the NHS is given £20 billion a year for research for new treatments.
Apparently the 9.9 % we spend on research is less than other countries who spend
11.3%.
So when articles appear in the newspapers insisting the NHS needs more money
was that for Doctors and Nurses? No …now we know where the money is going.
and how Pharma goes about its business threats ,bribery, fear so that the population rush out to buy toxic vaccinations, while doctors don’t? Now why might that be?
In the US they are mandating certain vaccines like Flu, using the herd immunity
nonsense. And what do these vaccines contain and are they safe? ethyl mercury, polysorbate 80, and aluminium.? Are all highly toxic . See Miller’s Review of Critical Vaccine Studies , 400 important scientific papers on vaccines.
Similarly in Australia mandating vaccines and no benefits for those families who don’t vaccinate!!.
The Flu vaccine 2 years ago had a success rate of 3%. and it appears that the usual
success of that vaccine is around 50%.
Returning to the £20 billion demand, do they make the same demands of every country? Pitching them the same story as here and threatening to leave otherwise.
Is that how Glaxo made “2 billion in the first quarter on sales of 7.4 billion. Better returns that the arms business and the banking sector, by a long shot.
lyndajanepurcell said:
Hello Tom – I’ve reblogged this post. Am shocked at how we seem to be sleepwalking into the US system of ‘healthcare’.
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Mr Kenneth Best said:
Theresa May wants to have this evidence removed, it shows the future of OUR NHS youtu.be/qOI7-XIbkq8 PLEASE SHARE TO ALL!
dinajpadillagmailcom said:
As a U.S. & CA.citizen. I’m all too well familiar with the “non profit” because there are far too many more of us who were fired and lost all in lieu health care as well any care for the many disabilities and illnesses it so deliberately caused and yes there are those who have died because of no care for their illnesses and its done with U.S. govt impunity as the targets ARE, older, female & minorities including children of these groups. It’s worth many billions of dollars, a year and its all tax free, All on states, federal & patient monies.. It’s only goal is to make money at any cost. AT ANY COST for its other non medical care activities. It’s own idea of making money is to “manage” care, it decides how much care to give which is little to none and one is far more likely to die sooner than one thinks because there is too little care for your medical condition that is needed or tell you need a treatment that you really do not need and will greatly increase your demise while you as a patient will be paying high cost premiums, one way or another. This is one of Americans biggest cons going since the 60’s, Integrated care is based on false data that IT, the managed care system created, all to deny real medical care for real illnesses such as asthma, heart disease, arthritis, back or spine injuries, pretty much everything that touches peoples lives on a daily basis. this all started TO deny injuries and illnesses that it caused it’s own employees but it’s gone further though out the U.S., Canada, & Australia. France didn’t go for it’s B.S.
Our veterans too are patients that have unnecessarily suffered because OF it’s path of the “managed” care premise, all the while pretending to be healthcare organization. Either May is totally ignorant to the “managed” care B.S. or there’s something in it for her to want to send particular classes of the working people off to get sick and die sooner.
Stay with NIH to stay alive and well..
Sam Beeton said:
Where will the Conservative party find the money to pay for very sick people unable to work and pay for private health care if Teresa May privatises the NHS? Is Teresa May intending to take us back to a time where we had no NHS and children and adults could not afford to pay for a Doctor. Back in that time children died in the arms of emotionally pained parents that couldn’t afford a Doctor for their child. Parents back then couldn’t even afford to pay the Doctor to pain relief their child while they were dying. Conservatives have and are going to damage the NHS that I believe can be the best of the Conservatives stop privatising and stop bringing in the private health to cover our lack of NHS staff. We should have enough NHS staff and relief staff if the conservatives put our money into the NHS and the NHS will be a better service for everyone that is in need of it.
The previous president wanted to help the American people by building a NHS system in America. What happened to that very good idea. There must be people in America suffering greatly from illness and can’t pay. It makes me wonder if children in America are dying without health care that they need. Why is Teresa May going to follow in the American footsteps. I thought the previous president wanted a NHS system as good as ours in the U.K. Used to be.
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JEPH said:
Hardly a balanced piece of commentary and somewhat propagandist.
Sue Walsh RGN (retired) said:
Vote for Corbyn, he is our only hope for the NHS
More than likely written by the CEO of kaiser. IT’S integrated care is one big lie, there is no such thing, just another label to deny real care., as it was started, kaiser sold the idea make more money with less care and that money is their main goal as told to President Nixon in 1972, Sadly much of the health care on the U.S. models kaiser’s business model. This too, is so it can sell more tea in China. ( no joke either) among other non medical care industries. All of it snake oil salesmanship ripping off billions of tax payer& patient money for many decades as well as their many disabled workers benefits, ALL of their benefits, even the disabled workers paid into govt benefits.. like SSA/Medicare. It’s a bottomless pit of money for a false health care organization and those govt agencies & legislator’s are involved. How many ways can you steal maim and kill? Kaiser is a very profitable foundation only for those who run it. RUN, don’t walk from this boondoggle called “health care” organization. Medical care in general doesn’t exist anymore. this is all about making money while limiting necessary medical care, to complete the offing of those who have been working and living for the last 90 or so years. Kaiser is the elite’s choice all after they stole from us working class. that’s been the plan all along.
An a Harvey said:
If you vote Conservative in the election then unless you have money, you can kiss goodbgood by to the NHS.
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GeaVox said:
They’d best not even THINK about it… protests will cost them MILLIONS and in the end people will boycott and set up OUR OWN Healthcare Co-op and SINK THEM!
This is Britain, it is NOT the property of Coporations and soon Theresarse Mayhem will be a hasbeen looking for a job!
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emmashillam said:
Can say with certainty that there is at least one ‘recent visitor’ that hasn’t existed since about 3 years ago. For this reason in particular I feel this blog post is unreliable and invalid.
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Hilary Temple said:
This is terrifying. I can see it mobilising the population into mass demonstrations, if not general strike mode.
DEIRDRE CARDEN said:
My dad died in 2008 in a NHS hospital aged 96 He fought for this country and he would turned in his grave if the tories get in again Their greedy and minipulaters of even the voting system it sholud be one man one vote . However they will only need 24% to get in lets all make sure it never happened
Richard Kelly said:
Interesting but speculation. NHS visits etc to other countries us common, the idea is to find new ideas of management, productivity, medicine etc. I have worked within companies that interact with perceived competitors in order to gain insight.
If there were tangible facts I would react differently but this is just adding 2+2=5.
Before anyone says it….I’m not a Tory, I’m a proud Brit that wants electoral reform and a Republic.
Are you nuts?
Fact! Private healthcare is just that!
Fact! Dorset is already being managed by Virgin instead of the NHS … if their patients cant pay exhorbitent fees up front to see their GP … they have a four week wait for an NHS appointment … and there is a dramatic reduction in A&E services … so where do sick people without a large bank account go?
Then there is their paediatric services …Fact! also gone over to private healthcare … children with long term incurable conditions have been discharged and have no healthcare options amongst them there are children with chronic conditions … previously cared for by Consultant Paediatricians … children who suffered oxygen starvation either in utero or at birth … a spectrum of disorders that if not supported throws them on the rubbish heap for their short life … Autism … ADHD … cerebal palsy … special needs … Downs Syndrom … the list is long
As it is … care is disjounted in the areas of the NHS that are being privatised … there is no exchange if information … waiting times are horendous and if these operators are not paid up front … you dont get seen or treated … the NHS is a not for profit service that keeps many people alive who will not survive without it …Fact! many people have already needlessly lost their lives … the for profit organisations do not have patient safety or dignity as their guide … no profit … no treatment … and even if there is a profit the care can be non existent
By the time you finish waiting to see what happens … you will have no options left … healthcare will be private only and the NHS will be a brand name only
This is common-knowledge in the rest of the world do you not have friends who are British ex pats living overseas and informed?
We are allegedly a sovereign democracy … democracy ifs largely out the window we are heading full tilt towards becomng a tax haven for the filthy rich where unless you are one of their number … you will be left with little or nothing
If you want a Republic as your home … Iteland is the closest
K Fishburn said:
Over in Holland people have a private insurance. You pay different prices for different levels of cover. I lived there years ago & was impressed by my basic cover. The hospitals were brilliant & the dentists were more advanced than the dentists in the uk.
It was a better system. The waiting list to see a Doctor or specialist was fantastic.
The only problem is that people that don’t want to work , get away with it all yet again & pay nothing.
It’s cheaper than national insurance
That all sounds wonderful but the Government here is not looking at the Dutch System but the American which Virgin are already operating in Dorset and quietly being rolking out into various UK areas … but no reduction in the funds deducted at source from NI and tax … which if actually used to pay for healthcare … would provide the best and by far superior service worldwide
As for people who are disabled, aged, chronically ill and unable to work
What hapoens to them … in America … they are left to die having been physically removed from hospitals and dumped outside
There is no tenable alternative to the NHS offered to the British public who continue to pay for the Service … yet our healthcare is quietly and consistently privatised without disclosure consultation
We have no contribution to the decisions already made behind closed doors, much less discussion for the future
The British public really does need to wake up and inform themselves on what is happening now, at tgeir expense, and the suffering this is already delivering
stefan kursa said:
the NHS was originally brought in as a safety net; an immediate free point of care for emergencies , accidents and general illness, It was not designed for sex changes , fat removal, depression , anxiety gastric bands and other surgeries that people feel the need to have these treatment/ procedures.
if you strip all that back then the NHS would be in fine shape .
Some of the comments above are complete bollocks and people need to stop reading/believing everything they see in a redtop newspaper or in the local pub.
You tealky need to check your facts
Sadly … you are the one with no idea of what you speak
The NHS was put in place in 1948 to meet ALL our heakthcare needs includind dental, and whikst free at point of use, is to br paid for through our tax deductions
By the time you wake up and understand what is actually going on … it will be too late
Like it or not NHS services have been sold off ti Virgin who are operating in the West Country
Pippa said:
The US already has private American owned companies running parts of the NHS in the UK and they are called HCA so it’s unfortunately already happening. There already here covering what the NHS cannot do because of short staffing and charging the UK taxpayer a fortune. It’s Ridicuolous
2 questions, no magic money pot) 1.-does the 1 perscent for nurses etc come out of tax payer money if not where 2- where does it come from for ,mps, peers etc
Laura Cook said:
this MUST be shared EVERYWHERE
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The first reason the lying tories should be ousted. Imagine how their tactics will effect over FIVE YEARS!?
Today’s health care is not about necessary medical care. It is about offing people for CEO & govt profit and it’s being done on, especially those that need real medical care, like the created poor, disabled, minorities, women & those that are retired, the new elderly, all making room for the newer ones who will be next. It’s all nazi & commie “health care”, profit or no profit. It’s all one big lie, now that so many need it, those who came after the last generation during the WW11 generation . It worked in WW11 AND those involved in the murdering machine laughed then too, all the way to the bank, which of course include corporate and govt execs. Kaiser goes way way back with its foulness.
Hywel Thomas said:
False news. This article is cobblers dressed up as facts.
The reason dozens of NHS Trusts have been visiting Kaiser Permanente over the past 15 years is their structural model: “Underpinning the Kaiser model is not just an integrated model of care…but “a critical cultural change − the physicians lead in population care”
Nothing to do with health insurance, nothing to do with charging at the point of delivery, instead getting rid of layers of management and letting the doctors get on with the job.
I would have thought that was something we all wanted.
kaiser permamente is false news. it’s doctors are trained NOT to give you medical care and their retirement depend on this false health care org. It’s not about medical at all, it’s about profit for itself to even more harm in other areas. Unfortunately some in US.CONGRESS bought this so employers would NOT have to pay for REAL medical care needed by their employees. It was sold to make employers even richer including itself. Kiaser is the biggest leech of American tax payer money & health care premiums and it then in the 90’s went full throttle on older, more experience and higher paid employers to cause work place injuries and illnesses and NOT pay for the medical care the employees needed and then bring in lesser educated and illegal employees ALL FOR CORPORATE PROFIT.. Our current President knows what the employers are doing but he needs to step up to the plate, stop this scourge of inhumanity and give those who disabled the benefits they were promised and get back what the employers illegally and criminally stole away. The AFL-CIO wrote up the contract and the non profit human resources was created to carry out and cover up the theft and harm that employees have faced since the latter 80’s. Kaiser created all of it at the behest of Congress for self-insured employers profit. The whole universal health care scheme generated by kaiser to cut employer cost for it’s own profit. The U.S.Congress OWES the American workers the truth of the pain and theft that kaiser was employed to do via” integrated” health care, that started in 1960 by a crackpot PH’d with others from Harvard that like Kiaser doesn’t believe in anything but making money at human costs. It’s all built on a false premise and I cannot emphasize more that the UK folks are going to be treated the same shoddy and callous way and suffice it to say, that this is just another way to deny care and let people die however that occurs with out real medical care. I swear to this GOD is my witness , to Congress and the people of the U.S.A.! That the fashcists and commies in our country are at it again, been at it, all to our govt for allowing kaiser and some who’ve been in our govt to tear it all and another way to killing American, Canadian, Australian , African and other populations off and one of the best and especially secret ways is through the MEDICAL arena. Kiaser starts from Caesar, the head of the roman empire and it’s attitudes and acts are the same.
The people of the UK NEED to research as we did for many years and we were employees who did our research on who and what kaiser really is and IT IS NOT ABOUT REAL MEDICAL CARE. IT’S A CON PERPETRATED ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, thanks to past president Nixon in 1971 (tapes) and that this heinous corporation is all about making disabled workers, and then killing off these AMERICAN older men & women, minorities and many who were unions members
The AFL-CIO wrote up the contract for this to happen with the SSA/Medicare, NAFTA sealed the deal,, again to save self insured employers INCLUDING employers like the SSA/MEDICARE, local, state & federal govt agencies that go into other counties to do the same and use the money for other egregious acts like war, terrorists acts, drugs and gangs all for the perpetrator’s and traitors pockets. The seditious acts should lead to charges of outright treason. Not all corporations do this but they’ve all been indoctrinated with the premise of integrated care and that employees ARE the problem and NOT the employers, who have and are causing decades of heinous acts on their own workers and there is no accountability or responsibility taken by our own govt that ignores complaints no matter whether it is the legislators, justices or agencies. ZERO response form those we pay to protect us, their constituents.
One day soon the truth will come out and I sure hope President Trump is with us to shine the vicious and ugly truth about what’s been happening for at least 57 years to the American people, those who are paying for it all. WE’VE BEEN SCAMMED, CONNED, MAIMED, INJURED, MADE ILL AND KILLED ALL FOR corporate and govt profit. A large order indeed but a crucial and necessary one to save our country and it’s people. AND we have kaiser’s own bragging rights to evidence it all.
MAY too, is a sham for factions like the faschists and communists corporations and why going global should have never happened. It did spread faschism and communism and yes mideast beliefs, that are totally contrary to what most of us believe, what is right and wrong and just. Atheists are easily fooled or are a part of this cause the Romans on down were Atheists too. Tech companies too are involved with their so called aggorythms to indoctrinate our minds on what is right wrong and just, with compassion, empathy and other positive human traits, everything to make us think that money is all what life and celebrity is really about but never reaches the workers who make our countries what they are.. Don’t be fooled anymore!
GOD bless us all because we need HIS Divine Intervention, Blessings and Miracles for and on our survival.
I didn’t mean for this comment to go on for so long but it needs to be said, The Truth and that is God given.
I apologize for my errors. It’s hard for me sometimes to think and express while typing, one, who’s been disabled by kaiser since the last day I worked in 6/92.along with hundreds of others (then) 35, years long. This is too for those who were killed, workers and patients who have no voice and who others as well as myself doing what we can to give them a voice and to stop the theft, maiming and killings.
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Handheld retro gaming machines come and go, but few go so simply and effectively to the point as My Arcade’s Retro Champ. You stick in your NES cartridge, hit the power button and, assuming you blew on it beforehand, it powers up. This one sets itself apart with a big ol’ screen, Famicom compatibility and a whopping 35-hour battery life.
I played with the Retro Champ at CES, where they had one under lock and key — it’s not the production version, but that’s coming in the Spring. But it works just like you’d expect, and I was pleased to find it responsive, comfortable and pleasantly ridiculous. It’s really quite big, but not nearly as heavy as it looks.
The 7-inch screen is bright and the color looked good; it was responsive and the device felt well-balanced. The controls are where you’d expect, with big scoops in the back of the case to help you grip it. NES cartridges go in the top (and stick out as you see) and Famicom cartridges tuck in the bottom.
There’s a stand so you can prop it up and use wireless controllers with it (not included; they’re trying to keep the price low), and you can also plug it straight into your TV via HDMI, which basically makes this thing a spare NES home console. (I’m waiting to hear back on the screen and output resolutions and some other technical details.)
Lastly (and hilariously), there’s a hidden cleaning kit with space for a few Q-tips and a small bottle of solvent, for getting those really grimed-up games working.
My questions went to the usual pain points for scrupulous retro-loving gamers like myself:
Yes, it’s a 16:9 screen, and of course NES games were 4:3. So yes, you’ll be able to change that.
And no, it’s not just loading the ROM data into an emulator. This is the common way of doing it, and it produces artifacts and incompatibility with some games, not to mention control lag and other issues. Things have gotten better, but it’s definitely corner-cutting.
I chatted with Amir David, the creative director and one of the developers of the device. Though he couldn’t get into the technical details (patents pending), he said that they had developed their own chip that runs the game the same way an actual NES would.
So any cartridge that works on the NES, including homebrew and hacked games, will load right up no problem. That means you can also use a cartridge with an SD card loader, like an Everdrive, for those hard-to-get and hacked titles.
Some features are up in the air, for instance save states. It’s possible, but because this is in effect just a small Nintendo and not a virtual one, it’s also tricky. We’ll see.
I was also curious why there were four round buttons instead of the traditional NES D-pad. David said they were still waiting on feedback from players about which worked best; for an actual controller, the original D-pad might be good, but perhaps not for the handheld style. So they’re considering a few configurations; likewise the buttons on the right — they could get some tweaking before release.
The device goes for $80, which seems fair to me. If you want absolute fidelity for a home console, you can spend five to 10 times that amount, while for handhelds there are cheaper and smaller devices out there, most of which use emulators. They’re aiming for enthusiasts who want an easy but uncompromised way of playing their cartridges — lots of us have consoles sitting in boxes, but it’s a pain to get them set up. The Retro Champ could be one of the easiest ways to get back in the game. It ships in June.
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Senate won't hold impeachment trial until Pelosi hands over articles, McConnell says
Impeachment trial arguments can take place over 3 days rather than 2 under last-minute rule change
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Congressional leaders have reached an impeachment standoff.
The House passed both articles of impeachment against President Trump last month, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has since refused to hand them to the Senate until it agrees to hold "fair" trial. And in a Friday Senate floor speech, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) essentially said that's not going to happen.
To start, McConnell dispelled the "fantasy" that Pelosi would get to "hand-design the trial proceedings in the Senate" as a "non-starter." After all, McConnell said, the oath of "impartial justice" lawmakers take before an impeachment trial "has never meant that senators check all political judgment at the door." "Impeachment is not a narrow legal question, but a political one as well," McConnell continued.
.@Senatemajldr: "First, about this fantasy that the Speaker of the House will get to hand-design the trial proceedings in the Senate, that's obviously a non-starter."
Full video: https://t.co/KDSA246xRI pic.twitter.com/VACSjlEeOT
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 3, 2020
McConnell did acknowledge that "it's the Senate's turn now to render sober judgment as the framers intended." "But we can't hold a trial without the articles," McConnell continued. And if Pelosi won't send them on without the promise of a fair process, well, it looks like they'll be stuck in the House for a while to come. Kathryn Krawczyk
on second thought
The Senate's impeachment trial of President Trump is underway, but it's already received a last-minute rule change.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday unveiled the proposed impeachment trial rules, under which each side would have 24 hours over two days for opening arguments. This proposal quickly drew criticism from Democrats, as it could see sessions stretching past midnight, beyond the point where most people would be able to watch.
But this rule was modified Tuesday with a proposal under which opening arguments for each side would still last 24 hours, but over three days rather than two, NBC News reports. This would see the Senate's sessions wrapping up around 9 p.m rather than after midnight, and it could extend the length of the trial by two days, Politico notes. CNN's Kevin Liptak reports this change apparently came together quite quickly, as the resolution received a handwritten update.
New impeachment rules came together quickly -- change from 2 to 3 days handwritten into the resolution pic.twitter.com/KSw2zbuAQv
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But although Democrats were critical of the rules, CNN reports the changes were actually "the result of concerns from moderate Republicans." A spokesperson for Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) confirmed to NBC that she was among these Republicans who complained, saying, "She thinks these changes are a significant improvement." Another rule change allows for evidence to be submitted automatically unless there are objections.
CNN's Kaitlan Collins further reports that the White House pushed for the two-day timetable, as "officials were concerned they may not get to make their full arguments this week with the 3-day period." These White House officials, Collins reports, "think it's better if all their arguments are made consecutively, instead of possibly being broken up and stretching into next week." Besides, as CBS' Kathryn Watson noted, "Most senators want to sit silently for 12 hours without moving/eating/looking at their phones as much as anyone else." Brendan Morrow
The fact checkers came out quickly in response to White House Counsel Pat Cipollone on Tuesday.
In his opening remarks at President Trump's Senate impeachment trial, Cipollone argued that Trump faced unprecedented violations of due process while the House was conducting its impeachment inquiry last year. He said House Democrats were running the investigation from a "basement" and accused House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) of blocking his Republicans colleagues from entering the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility.
"Not even Mr. Schiff's Republican colleagues were allowed into the SCIF" -- this is a blatant lie from Cipollone pic.twitter.com/A4cWhwRSUo
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 21, 2020
As it turns out, GOP lawmakers on the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight Committees were indeed welcome to join those proceedings, and while many of them chose not to attend, several participated. Tim O'Donnell
"Not even Mr. Schiff's Republican colleagues were allowed in the SCIF,"Cipollone said. That's not true. Republicans on House Intel/Oversight/Foreign Affairs were allowed to participate & several Republicans participated in every single deposition.
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Home Opinion OPINION: COMMUNISM, DEMOCRACY AND LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIA
OPINION: COMMUNISM, DEMOCRACY AND LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIA
Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried – Winston Churchill, a former Prime Minister of Britain.
In the interest of participatory democracy, monitoring unelected officials, implementing public policies should be the chief concern of leaders in every democratic government. By overseeing this process, Kenneth Lowande, Professor at the University of Michigan argued that elected officials aim to prevent shirking, corruption, performance failures and policy drift in bureaucracy.
Clear enough; yet, despite the widening of strides by pro-democracy advocates to advertise the virtues and attributes of democracy, the balance of power within the last decades appears to be shifting.
Consider this example reported in depth about China contained in the latest edition of a well respected American Journal, Foreign Affairs.
China is a country that has just experienced a period of economic growth, the likes of which the world had never before seen. The second and most interesting is that it is ruled, increasingly dictatorially by an unelected communist party that puts people in prison for their convictions and limits all forms of free expressions and associations.
Behind this argument lies a growing insistence that China’s model of development is superior to that of the west.
China’s model, the piece submitted, blazes a new trail for other developing countries to achieve modernization and offers a new option for other countries and nations who want to speed up their development while preserving their independence, as western talk about democracy, is simply a pretext for robbing poorer countries of their sovereignty and economic potentials.
In my views, this cannot, be without exceptions.
Separate from the warning by Havard Political Professor, Samuel Huntington, in an address at Taipei, on August 1995, that authoritarianism may do well in the short term, but the experience clearly shows that only democracy produces good government over a long haul, a long study of this system has at different times and places convinced many observers that tight control from the centre is a remarkably effective way of killing creativity among citizens.
A similar concern was again amplified at a focused group discussion held recently in Lagos to among other things understand the basic reasons why the existing system here in Nigerian now wears democracy in name but a mixture of dictatorship/ authoritarianism and totalitarianism in outlook, and provide answers to why these fundamental assumptions were not challenged but accepted. Strangely,, participants at the end of the programme were unanimous that challenges confronting the nation Nigeria today is not about the system of government but could best be explained in two ways.
First, as a nation, our understanding of the original underlying philosophy of democracy was too narrow-it is obvious that democracy could no longer be seen in such a simple and unitary way. The second stems from the first and has to do with finding a solution to the pressing problem of leadership that will bring a full realization of the ideals and dreams of democracy.
From this standpoint also, different opinions bordering on the qualities of the leaders the nation currently needs emerges.
On that day, at that time and in that place, while many argued that what we need today in the world of politics, perhaps, is not a new theory, concept or framework, but leaders who can think strategically and link the people to government, shape the people’s understanding/behaviours, and determine what is normal and acceptable. Leaders who are dependent and lovers of certain values and beliefs, which consist of the ways we use power to address social and economic problems. Others were of the view that there are practically no governmental models as such but there are fundamental differences between liberal and non-liberal societies.
To this group, which of course constitutes a greater number, all that is needed to create a well-ordered nation is a government that will not fail in its obligation to the people or cheat on them, promotes the value of hard work, learning and respect for the rule of law/the nation’s constitution. And save workers from a sudden drop in their living standards.
What do we make out of this?
Any experienced political observer knows that there is seldom a single answer to the above question..But more particularly, here in Nigeria, there is no middle ground; the history of democracy is filled with political players reputed for personal aggrandizement and ill-calculations. The political climate despite the practice of democracy for over two decades has been largely a survivalist. Successive leaders had focused more on their political survival than in the enhancement of the living conditions of their people and viewed public offices not as an opportunity for a greater good and for the greater number but as an avenue for private gain.
Specifically, the worry is that despite the series of achievements-a striking characteristic of democracy in the Western world, it daily manifests symptoms of failure in Nigeria.
Using the above account as a baseline, it brings to mind the question; what exactly impedes democratic ideologies in Nigeria and other African countries. Why is the democratic framework not providing a strong source of remedy for individuals and communities? If these frameworks exist, why is it not effective and enforceable? Why has the nation not learned a valid lesson from the Western world?
Surely, providing answers to the above will unquestionably establish a link with a time tested postulation which among other provisions maintains that poor countries are poor not because of their system of government but because they have a lot of market failures and because policymakers do not know how to get rid of them and have heeded the wrong advice in the past. While rich countries are rich because they have figured out better policies and have successfully eliminated these failures.
And regardless of what others may say, there are examples of adoption of disastrous policies and wrong advice in the handling of the challenges bedevilling the nation by successive administrations.
The proposed hate speech bill currently before the Senate, government’s non-compliance with the United Nation Educational Scientific, and Cultural Organization’s [UNESCO] budgetary recommendation on education, and non-adherence to the directives of the courts are but separate examples.
Admittedly, ‘from a polite team come a polite result’ just as no nation can grow above its leadership. Nigerians looking at results as released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), we cannot deny that this leader did not emerge from, and with our votes.
That notwithstanding, I hold an opinion that there are sets of separate but similar factors that promote this ugly political reality in Nigeria.
First, for the past two decades, Nigerians did not see anything wrong fraternizing with candidates and public officers that lack due care and those with a culpable absence of solicitude in meeting or performing their practical and political duties to the people.
What exists in Nigeria is not leadership but an ‘obsolete team management structure’ that cares less about discipline and planning but concentrates on the working assumption that ‘doing is more important than thinking, and execution considered more important than generating breakthrough ideas. This state of affairs also provides insight as to why the nation is littered with abandoned projects with our infrastructures crumbling slowly and steadily.
And if this ‘leadership style’ is left uncorrected, it will further impede economic growth, social progress, peace and stability and employment generation.
Achieving the change will among other things require leaders’ willingness to openly admit and adopt both structural and managerial changes, listen and learn from fair-minded citizens’ ways to curb this challenge.
*** Jerome-Mario Utomi writes from Lagos, Nigeria.
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Nu DecoEnsembleTesting the Boundaries of Classical Music
Nu Deco Ensemble Experiments with the Sounds of Reggaeton, Daft Punk +More
Heike Dempster
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The house lights the night of The Nu Deco Ensemble’s second performance, earlier this month, in Miami were provided by nature. Not far from the still waters of Biscayne Bay, only disturbed by a small group of passing manatees, at the historic Deering Estate, the musicians of the 24 piece chamber orchestra settled into position, as the sun came down. As night fell and the mosquitoes retired for the night, the large, brightly lit stage exploded with the sounds of Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D minor.”
But there was something else going on with the piece, too. It has a salsa swing to it, featuring a percussive element that’s far from Bach. After the piece, conductor Jacomo Bairos reveals the piece’s title: “Tocatta Y Fuga en Re Menor,” and it was arranged with a Latin flair by composer Sam Hyken. Bairos and Hyken are the masterminds behind the Nu Deco Ensemble, a 2014 Knight Arts Challenge winner just beginning its first season of performances.
As they explained after the show, Hyken and Bairos are not content to recycle the classics. They are here to push against expectations and limitations of classical chamber music on various levels. Besides reinventing classics by Bach and others, their repertoire also includes adapting the electronic dance music of Daft Punk and the disco-rock of LCD Soundsystem. They are also on a mission to support new works by living composers, including the work of Japan’s Andy Akiho, who was represented that night with “Ki’lro,” an angular yet entrancing piece of music.
Hyken and Bairos wear the badge of “Miami’s 21st Century Chamber Orchestra” with pride and an excited pioneering spirit. The two complete each other’s thoughts but also talk over one another to explain the Nu Deco Ensemble’s mission. The two first loosely crossed paths while pursuing undergraduate degrees at Julliard. Bairos was senior to Hyken, but he knew of him. They really got to know each other, however, in Singapore while auditioning for the city’s symphony. They were both hired the same day in 2004. Both brass players (Bairos played tuba and Hyken trumpet), they got on famously.
That was also where the idea to make something new happened.
“Just two young Americans having a ball over in Asia,” says Bairos, “and we had similar musical tastes. We had similar ideas of what an orchestra’s gonna be in the future and started brainstorming then about everything we wanted to do.”
Both also tapped into personal connections to South Florida. Bairos grew up in Homestead. Though he conducts several city orchestras across the U.S., including San Diego, Atlanta and St. Louis, his attachment to South Florida is indelible.
Hyken, meanwhile, was born in New York and grew up in New Jersey, but he moved to Miami 10 years ago. He graduated with a Master’s degree from the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music. The musicians in the ensemble are all classically trained and hail from the most prestigious organizations in South Florida. Some are New World Symphony fellows, others are professors at UM’s Frost School of Music and some also play in the Florida Grand Opera.
To note what makes the group different from other chamber orchestras begins with the fact that there are only one of each instrument (save for clarinet) as opposed to a formal setup of a chamber orchestra, which has pairs of instruments. There’s also electric bass and guitars and a drum kit. Bairos also conducts the group like a rock star gesticulating to an arena. It’s unintentional, he assures.
“I don’t know. Sometimes I try not to,” he admits. “Sometimes it gets a little out of control. Tonight I’m a little tired, so my body was probably flailing even more. I feel like the music is coming through, and I just try to feel it and express it. Sometimes it’s funny,” he adds, and Hyken joins him in amused laughter.
Nothing about Nu Deco is traditional, and almost every element is about breaking formal rules. Asked if they are committing a purist sacrilege by giving Bizet a Reggaeton feel (“Refried Farandole”), Hyken says, “I think everyone has their own point of view on that. We can only be true to our own art. That’s how I feel.”
“The funny thing is,” adds Bairos, “I’ve connected to [Hyken’s] music literally all over the world, basically, from San Diego to Charlotte, and you know what? People clap like crazy, so I think we’re on to something. There could be some purists out there who don’t appreciate the fact that we’re taking an old piece of music and reinventing it, but you know what? We’re all about making sure that the future of classical music is alive.”
“Also, some of the greatest composers did the same thing,” chimes in Hyken.
“Brahms with the Hyden variation, Liszt,” says Bairos.
“They made a symphonic metamorphosis, and there’s jazz,” Hyken continues. “There’s different elements of that. And Britten took Purcell and made it into all these crazy variations, so it’s happened in the ‘50s and the ‘40s and the ‘20s. It’s a continuation of a tradition.”
“Looking back informs the future,” notes Bairos. “Why it spawned the way it did informs what we do in the future. The most important thing is we speak to society today and make sure we’re preserving this great classical art, at the same time supporting these musicians but building a culture in Miami that’s savvy, that loves art and understands its value to the community.”
Further in their ethos to push forward while breaking the rules, is Hyken’s work in adapting electronic music for their small orchestra, something that has earned the Nu Deco Ensemble a lot of attention. Hyken says adapting the music is not as complex as one might assume.
“When you’re dealing with electronics so much of that is sonic based,” he explains. “You’re trying to create a sonic type of sound that doesn’t exist with the acoustic instruments, so you have to do a version of that, but that kind of contemporary music, LCD, Daft Punk, it all has a beautiful counterpoint. There are lines that go back and forth. It’s almost like a minimalist type sound. It happens to translate very well to acoustic instruments. It gives it a new kind of life.”
Asked if either of these contemporary dance music groups are aware of what the Nu Deco Ensemble has done with its music, Hyken says, “I don’t think Daft Punk is. You never know these days with the Internet, but sources say that LCD may be aware because we had somebody who was at our last concert who has been in touch with them, and he said he shared it, but we don’t know for a fact.”
“Unofficially, we think maybe,” Bairos adds.
This week, the Nu Deco Ensemble is more focused on its upcoming collaboration with Miami’s renowned jazz, funk Afro-Cuban fusion group The Spam Allstars.
“Spam Allstars is an iconic Miami band with an iconic Miami sound,” says Hyken. “Adding orchestral instruments to this creates a whole new world of possibilities and layer of richness. It’s a unique combination that is exciting, lush and sophisticated.”
Spam Allstars’ founder and turntable maestro, D.J. Le Spam (a.k.a. Andrew Yeomanson) offered a hint of what is in store at the North Beach Bandshell this Thursday night when his seven-piece band joins the 24 piece of Nu Deco on stage. “We are going to play four songs from our catalog, which Sam Hyken has created very exciting arrangements for,” says Yeomanson.
Yeomanson also says audiences should expect to see them perform a new piece called “Ibakan,” a collaboration with Hyken. It debuted at The New World Symphony as part of the orchestra’s annual lightshow/dance party hybrid “Pulse,” in November of last year.
Yeomanson says the rehearsals have been an amazing experience.
“It’s thrilling for me to hear our stuff with these added textures and colors,” he says. “It opens up a whole new palette of sounds and range of emotions.”
For now, Nu Deco is only a live experience, but Bairos and Hyken have been hearing about requests for recordings. Though he clearly appreciates the interest, Bairos sighs about the added pressure, “Yeah, we have,” adding that it is indeed something they are considering for the future.
“We want to take next summer and really decide what it is we really want to record first, what we want to put out there first. We’ve gotten some requests from some major artists here in town, and we’re just kind of waiting to see where all that falls. But we definitely want to put out an album that not only has living composers but some of [Hyken’s] arrangements, just our signature style.”
Though the future may see the release of a recording, for now the ensemble’s first season is packed with performance dates that include new suites based on the music of Jamiroquai and Radiohead, performances of music that range from the likes of Paul Hindemith to Paul Dooley and collaborations with more guest musicians including Brooklyn’s Project Trio and Japan’s Akiho. For all upcoming dates and tickets, visit: nu-deco.org/seasonone
Photography Courtesy of Monica McGivern, Southern Land Films. Taken on the night of “Water Music” at the Deering Estate. Spam Allstars Photo courtesy of the band
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One truck driver seriously injured, another doused in petrol during overnight Western Cape attacks
Four trucks were petrol bombed overnight in the Western Cape, with one of the drivers seriously injured in an attack near Porterville. Provincial traffic chief Kenny Africa confirmed that the driver has been admitted to the Piketberg Hospital for treatment, after he was attacked when he pulled off next to the N7 to sleep. At about 01:00, his truck was petrol bombed.
The vehicle was destroyed by the fire and the driver was seriously injured. Africa said three other attacks had been reported between 21:50 and 02:00 on Tuesday morning. A truck driver was doused with petrol when his truck loaded with chickens was set alight at about 02:00 on the Piekenierskloof Pass.
READ | N1 near Worcester closed after truck petrol-bombed “Petrol was thrown over the driver, but luckily he was not set alight and was unharmed,” he said. At 00:30 on the N7 near Moorreesburg, a truck loaded with cement was petrol bombed and set alight after two vehicles forced it off the road, Africa said.
The truck was gutted, but the driver escaped unscathed. On Monday night at 21:50, a truck was stoned and set alight on the N2 near Lwandle. “There were no injuries and the truck was empty at the time,” Africa said.
All the incidents were being investigated by police.
“Definite criminality” was behind the attacks, Africa believed, but the motive had not yet been confirmed.
Traffic services would, together with the relevant authorities, try to establish a plan to curb the attacks, he said.
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"People just don't want to touch it," Dream Hampton explains ahead of Thursday's premiere.
John Legend is one of just two famous performers who agreed to appear on camera for Lifetime's "Surviving R. Kelly," and the executive producer of the docuseries has revealed a long list of celebrities who allegedly turned down the opportunity.
Dream Hampton told The Detroit Free Press it was "incredibly difficult" to snag stars who worked with the R&B icon, who may be more famous for his many scandals and legal troubles than his music at this point.
"When it comes to celebrities, It was incredibly difficult to get people who had collaborated with Kelly to come forward. We asked Lady Gaga. We asked Erykah Badu. We asked Celine Dion. We asked Jay-Z. We asked Dave Chappelle," she said. "[They're] people who have been critical of him. That makes John Legend even more of a hero for me."
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In another interview with Shadow and Act, she dropped more big names -- Mary J. Blige, Lil Kim and Questlove -- and explained why she thinks they declined to speak about Kelly.
"I mean, most people just don't want to touch it," she said. "I remember Ahmir ["Questlove" Thompson] was like, 'I would do anything for you but I can't do this.' It's not because they support him, it's because it's so messy and muddy. It's that turning away that has allowed this to go on."
The docuseries premieres tonight, but Lifetime has been steadily releasing clips over the last week, featuring Kelly's own brothers and a lot of women who have stepped forward to share their stories. Over 50 interviews were conducted for the project, which chronicles Kelly's life, career and the numerous sexual assault and abuse allegations he has faced.
His former protégé, R&B singer Sparkle, is among those women. She testified against Kelly at a 2008 trial when he was facing child pornography charges, and ultimately acquitted.
Kelly also allegedly had a sexual relationship with the late singer Aaliyah when she was only a teenager. In the premiere episode, airing tonight, a woman claiming to be one of R. Kelly's former backup singers, Jovante Cunningham, says she saw the two having sex and doing "things that an adult should not be doing with a child." Cunningham said Kelly was 27 at the time, while Aaliyah was allegedly just 15 at the time.
The singer's mother, Diane Haughton, responded to the allegations in a statement sent to the Aaliyah for Mac Twitter account. According to Bustle, Aaliyah's brother, Rashad, was the one who e-mailed the statement to the account. The message was then re-tweeted by the official Aaliyah page.
"The woman and so-called back up singer in the forthcoming 'Surviving...' documentary that describes seeing, meeting or ever breathing the same air as my daughter, Aaliyah, is lying and is a liar," read the statement. "My husband and I were always on tour with her and at interviews and every place she went throughout her entire career. Whoever this woman is, I have never seen her before anywhere on planet earth, until now."
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"These lies and fabrications cannot be tolerated and allowed to be spewed from the forked tongues of saboteurs of Aaliyah's legacy," the message continued. "My daughter only wanted to realize her dream of sharing her talent with the world, and give her all performing on stage, and in front of the camera for the fans she adored so much. She realized that dream, thanks to those true fans who still love and support her legacy unconditionally to this day."
"Shame on all those involved in this project who thought it kosher to drag Aaliyah's name into a situation that has nothing to do with her today," she concluded. "Once again, this will not be tolerated. Sincerely, Diane Haughton."
Aaliyah's life was cut short after she died in a plane crash in 2001 at the age of 22. Neither she or R. Kelly ever talked about their relationship or alleged marriage in 1994, when she was 15.
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) M. Linsner
Request for Comments: 7536 Cisco Systems
Category: Informational P. Eardley
ISSN: 2070-1721 T. Burbridge
F. Sorensen
Nkom
Large-Scale Broadband Measurement Use Cases
Measuring broadband performance on a large scale is important for
network diagnostics by providers and users, as well as for public
policy. Understanding the various scenarios and users of measuring
broadband performance is essential to development of the Large-scale
Measurement of Broadband Performance (LMAP) framework, information
model, and protocol. This document details two use cases that can
assist in developing that framework. The details of the measurement
metrics themselves are beyond the scope of this document.
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Not all documents
approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet
Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7536.
Linsner, et al. Informational [Page 1]
RFC 7536 LMAP Use Cases May 2015
2. Use Cases .......................................................3
2.1. Internet Service Provider (ISP) Use Case ...................3
2.2. Regulator Use Case .........................................4
3. Details of ISP Use Case .........................................5
3.1. Understanding the Quality Experienced by Customers .........5
3.2. Understanding the Impact and Operation of New Devices
and Technology .............................................6
3.3. Design and Planning ........................................6
3.4. Monitoring Service Level Agreements ........................7
3.5. Identifying, Isolating, and Fixing Network Problems ........7
4. Details of Regulator Use Case ...................................8
4.1. Providing Transparent Performance Information ..............8
4.2. Measuring Broadband Deployment .............................9
4.3. Monitoring Traffic Management Practices ...................10
5. Implementation Options .........................................10
6. Conclusions ....................................................12
8. Informative References .........................................15
Contributors ......................................................17
Authors' Addresses ................................................17
This document describes two use cases for the Large-scale Measurement
of Broadband Performance (LMAP). The use cases contained in this
document are (1) the Internet Service Provider Use Case and (2) the
Regulator Use Case. In the first, a network operator wants to
understand the performance of the network and the quality experienced
by customers, while in the second, a regulator wants to provide
information on the performance of the ISPs in their jurisdiction.
There are other use cases that are not the focus of the initial LMAP
work (for example, end users would like to use measurements to help
identify problems in their home network and to monitor the
performance of their broadband provider); it is expected that the
same mechanisms are applicable.
Large-scale measurements raise several security concerns, including
privacy issues. These are summarized in Section 7 and considered in
further detail in [Framework].
From the LMAP perspective, there is no difference between fixed
service and mobile (cellular) service used for Internet access.
Hence, like measurements will take place on both fixed and mobile
networks. Fixed services include technologies like Digital
Subscriber Line (DSL), Cable, and Carrier Ethernet. Mobile services
include all those advertised as 2G, 3G, 4G, and Long Term Evolution
(LTE). A metric defined to measure end-to-end services will execute
similarly on all access technologies. Other metrics may be access
technology specific. The LMAP architecture covers both IPv4 and IPv6
2.1. Internet Service Provider (ISP) Use Case
A network operator needs to understand the performance of their
networks, the performance of the suppliers (downstream and upstream
networks), the performance of Internet access services, and the
impact that such performance has on the experience of their
customers. Largely, the processes that ISPs operate (which are based
on network measurement) include:
o Identifying, isolating, and fixing problems, which may be in the
network, with the service provider, or in the end-user equipment.
Such problems may be common to a point in the network topology
(e.g., a single exchange), common to a vendor or equipment type
(e.g., line card or home gateway), or unique to a single user line
(e.g., copper access). Part of this process may also be helping
users understand whether the problem exists in their home network
or with a third-party application service instead of with their
broadband (BB) product.
o Design and planning. Through monitoring the end-user experience,
the ISP can design and plan their network to ensure specified
levels of user experience. Services may be moved closer to end
users, services upgraded, the impact of QoS assessed, or more
capacity deployed at certain locations. Service Level Agreements
(SLAs) may be defined at network or product boundaries.
o Understanding the quality experienced by customers. The network
operator would like to gain better insight into the end-to-end
performance experienced by its customers. "End-to-end" could, for
instance, incorporate home and enterprise networks, and the impact
of peering, caching, and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs).
o Understanding the impact and operation of new devices and
technology. As a new product is deployed, or a new technology
introduced into the network, it is essential that its operation
and its impact are measured. This also helps to quantify the
advantage that the new technology is bringing and support the
business case for larger roll-out.
2.2. Regulator Use Case
A regulator may want to evaluate the performance of the Internet
access services offered by operators.
While each jurisdiction responds to distinct consumer, industry, and
regulatory concerns, much commonality exists in the need to produce
datasets that can be used to compare multiple Internet access service
providers, diverse technical solutions, geographic and regional
distributions, and marketed and provisioned levels and combinations
of broadband Internet access services.
Regulators may want to publish performance measures of different ISPs
as background information for end users. They may also want to track
the growth of high-speed broadband deployment, or to monitor the
traffic management practices of Internet providers.
A regulator's role in the development and enforcement of broadband
Internet access service policies requires that the measurement
approaches meet a high level of verifiability, accuracy, and
provider-independence to support valid and meaningful comparisons of
Internet access service performance. Standards can help regulators'
shared needs for scalable, cost-effective, scientifically robust
solutions to the measurement and collection of broadband Internet
access service performance information.
3. Details of ISP Use Case
3.1. Understanding the Quality Experienced by Customers
Operators want to understand the quality of experience (QoE) of their
broadband customers. The understanding can be gained through a
"panel", i.e., measurement probes deployed to several customers. A
probe is a device or piece of software that makes measurements and
reports the results, under the control of the measurement system.
Implementation options are discussed in Section 5. The panel needs
to include a representative sample of the operator's technologies and
broadband speeds. For instance, it might encompass speeds ranging
from below 8 Mbps to over 100 Mbps. The operator would like the
end-to-end view of the service, rather than just the access portion.
This involves relating the pure network parameters to something like
a 'mean opinion score' [MOS], which will be service dependent (for
instance, web-browsing QoE is largely determined by latency above a
few Mbps).
An operator will also want compound metrics such as "reliability",
which might involve packet loss, DNS failures, retraining of the
line, video streaming under-runs, etc.
The operator really wants to understand the end-to-end service
experience. However, the home network (Ethernet, Wi-Fi, powerline)
is highly variable and outside its control. To date, operators (and
regulators) have instead measured performance from the home gateway.
However, mobile operators clearly must include the wireless link in
the measurement.
Active measurements are the most obvious approach, i.e., special
measurement traffic is sent by -- and to -- the probe. In order not
to degrade the service of the customer, the measurement data should
only be sent when the user is silent, and it shouldn't reduce the
customer's data allowance. The other approach is passive
measurements on the customer's ordinary traffic; the advantage is
that it measures what the customer actually does, but it creates
extra variability (different traffic mixes give different results)
and, in particular, it raises privacy concerns. [RFC6973] discusses
privacy considerations for Internet protocols in general, while
[Framework] discusses them specifically for large-scale measurement
From an operator's viewpoint, understanding customer experience
enables it to offer better services. Also, simple metrics can be
more easily understood by senior managers who make investment
decisions and by sales and marketing.
3.2. Understanding the Impact and Operation of New Devices and
Another type of measurement is to test new capabilities before they
are rolled out. For example, the operator may want to:
o Check whether a customer can be upgraded to a new broadband
o Understand the impact of IPv6 before it is made available to
customers. Questions such as these could be assessed: Will v6
packets get through? What will the latency be to major websites?
What transition mechanisms will be most appropriate?
o Check whether a new capability can be signaled using TCP options
(how often it will be blocked by a middlebox -- along the lines of
the experiments described in [Extend-TCP]).
o Investigate a QoS mechanism (e.g., checking whether Diffserv
markings are respected on some path).
3.3. Design and Planning
Operators can use large-scale measurements to help with their network
planning -- proactive activities to improve the network.
For example, by probing from several different vantage points the
operator can see that a particular group of customers has performance
below that expected during peak hours, which should help with
capacity planning. Naturally, operators already have tools to help
with this -- a network element reports its individual utilization
(and perhaps other parameters). However, making measurements across
a path rather than at a point may make it easier to understand the
network. There may also be parameters like bufferbloat that aren't
currently reported by equipment and/or that are intrinsically path
metrics.
With information gained from measurement results, capacity planning
and network design can be more effective. Such planning typically
uses simulations to emulate the measured performance of the current
network and understand the likely impact of new capacity and
potential changes to the topology. Simulations, informed by data
from a limited panel of probes, can help quantify the advantage that
a new technology brings and support the business case for larger
roll-out.
It may also be possible to use probes to run stress tests for risk
analysis. For example, an operator could run a carefully controlled
and limited experiment in which probing is used to assess the
potential impact if some new application becomes popular.
3.4. Monitoring Service Level Agreements
Another example is that the operator may want to monitor performance
where there is a Service Level Agreement (SLA). This could be with
its own customers; in particular, enterprises may have an SLA. The
operator can proactively spot when the service is degrading near the
point of the SLA limit and get information that will enable more
informed conversations with the customer at contract renewal.
An operator may also want to monitor the performance of its
suppliers, to check whether they meet their SLA or to compare two
suppliers if it is dual-sourcing. This could include its transit
operator, CDNs, peering, video source, or local network provider for
a global operator in countries where it doesn't have its own network.
A virtual operator may monitor the whole underlying network.
Through a better understanding of its own network and its suppliers,
the operator should be able to focus investment more effectively --
in the right place at the right time with the right technology.
3.5. Identifying, Isolating, and Fixing Network Problems
Operators can use large-scale measurements to help identify a fault
more rapidly and decide how to solve it.
Operators already have Test and Diagnostic tools, where a network
element reports some problem or failure to a management system.
However, many issues are not caused by a point failure but something
wider and so will trigger too many alarms, while other issues will
cause degradation rather than failure and so not trigger any alarm.
Large-scale measurements can help provide a more nuanced view that
helps network management to identify and fix problems more rapidly
and accurately. The network management tools may use simulations to
emulate the network and so help identify a fault and assess possible
An operator can obtain useful information without measuring the
performance on every broadband line. By measuring a subset, the
operator can identify problems that affect a group of customers. For
example, the issue could be at a shared point in the network topology
(such as an exchange), or common to a vendor, or equipment type; for
instance, [IETF85-Plenary] describes a case where a particular home
gateway upgrade had caused a (mistaken!) drop in line rate.
A more extensive deployment of the measurement capability to every
broadband line would enable an operator to identify issues unique to
a single customer. Overall, large-scale measurements can help an
operator fix the fault more rapidly and/or allow the affected
customers to be informed of what's happening. More accurate
information enables the operator to reassure customers and take more
rapid and effective action to cure the problem.
Often, customers experience poor broadband due to problems in the
home network -- the ISP's network is fine. For example, they may
have moved too far away from their wireless access point.
Anecdotally, a large fraction of customer calls about fixed BB
problems are due to in-home wireless issues. These issues are
expensive and frustrating for an operator, as they are extremely hard
to diagnose and solve. The operator would like to narrow down
whether the problem is in the home (a problem with the home network,
edge device, or home gateway), in the operator's network, or with an
application service. The operator would like two capabilities:
firstly, self-help tools that customers use to improve their own
service or understand its performance better -- for example, to
reposition their devices for better Wi-Fi coverage; and secondly,
on-demand tests that the operator can run instantly, so that the call
center person answering the phone (or e-chat) could trigger a test
and get the result while the customer is still in an online session.
4. Details of Regulator Use Case
4.1. Providing Transparent Performance Information
Some regulators publish information about the quality of the various
Internet access services provided in their national market. Quality
information about service offers could include speed, delay, and
jitter. Such information can be published to facilitate end users'
choice of service provider and offer. Regulators may check the
accuracy of the marketing claims of Internet service providers and
may also encourage ISPs to all use the same metrics in their service
level contracts. The goal of these transparency mechanisms is to
promote competition for end users and potentially also help content,
application, service, and device providers develop their Internet
offerings.
The published information needs to be:
o Accurate - the measurement results must be correct and not
influenced by errors or side effects. The results should be
reproducible and consistent over time.
o Comparable - common metrics should be used across different ISPs
and service offerings, and over time, so that measurement results
can be compared.
o Meaningful - the metrics used for measurements need to reflect
what end users value about their broadband Internet access
o Reliable - the number and distribution of measurement agents, and
the statistical processing of the raw measurement data, need to be
appropriate.
In practical terms, the regulators may measure network performance
from users towards multiple content and application providers,
including dedicated test measurement servers. Measurement probes are
distributed to a 'panel' of selected end users. The panel covers all
the operators and packages in the market, spread over urban,
suburban, and rural areas, and often includes both fixed and mobile
Internet access. Periodic tests running on the probes can, for
example, measure actual speed at peak and off-peak hours, but can
also measure other detailed quality metrics like delay and jitter.
Collected data goes afterwards through statistical analysis, deriving
estimates for the whole population. Summary information, such as a
service quality index, is published regularly, perhaps alongside more
detailed information.
The regulator can also facilitate end users to monitor the
performance of their own broadband Internet access service. They
might use this information to check that the performance meets that
specified in their contract or to understand whether their current
subscription is the most appropriate.
4.2. Measuring Broadband Deployment
Regulators may also want to monitor the improvement over time of
actual broadband Internet access performance in a specific country or
a region. The motivation is often to evaluate the effect of the
stimulated growth over time, when government has set a strategic goal
for high-speed broadband deployment, whether in absolute terms or
benchmarked against other countries. An example of such an
initiative is [DAE]. The actual measurements can be made in the same
way as described in Section 4.1.
4.3. Monitoring Traffic Management Practices
A regulator may want to monitor traffic management practices or
compare the performance of Internet access service with specialized
services offered in parallel to, but separate from, Internet access
service (for example, IPTV). A regulator could monitor for
departures from application agnosticism such as blocking or
throttling of traffic from specific applications, or preferential
treatment of specific applications. A measurement system could send,
or passively monitor, application-specific traffic and then measure
in detail the transfer of the different packets. While it is
relatively easy to measure port blocking, how to detect other types
of differentiated treatment is a research topic in itself. The
"Glasnost: Enabling End Users to Detect Traffic Differentiation"
paper [M-Labs_NSDI-2010] and follow-on tool "Glasnost" [Glasnost]
provide an example of work in this area.
A regulator could also monitor the performance of the broadband
service over time, to try and detect if the specialized service is
provided at the expense of the Internet access service. Comparison
between ISPs or between different countries may also be relevant for
this kind of evaluation.
The motivation for a regulator monitoring such traffic management
practices is that regulatory approaches related to net neutrality and
the open Internet have been introduced in some jurisdictions.
Examples of such efforts are the Internet policy as outlined by the
Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications guidelines
for quality of service [BEREC-Guidelines] and the US FCC's
"Preserving the Open Internet" Report and Order [FCC-R&O]. Although
legal challenges can change the status of policy, the take-away for
LMAP purposes is that policy-makers are looking for measurement
solutions to assist them in discovering biased treatment of traffic
flows. The exact definitions and requirements vary from one
jurisdiction to another.
5. Implementation Options
There are several ways of implementing a measurement system. The
choice may be influenced by the details of the particular use case
and what the most important criteria are for the regulator, ISP, or
third party operating the measurement system.
One type of probe is a special hardware device that is connected
directly to the home gateway. The devices are deployed to a
carefully selected panel of end users, and they perform measurements
according to a defined schedule. The schedule can run throughout the
day, to allow continuous assessment of the network. Careful design
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ensures that measurements do not detrimentally impact the home user
experience or corrupt the results by testing when the user is also
using the broadband line. The system is therefore tightly controlled
by the operator of the measurement system. One advantage of this
approach is that it is possible to get reliable benchmarks for the
performance of a network with only a few devices. One disadvantage
is that it would be expensive to deploy hardware devices on a mass
scale sufficient to understand the performance of the network at the
granularity of a single broadband user.
Another type of probe involves implementing the measurement
capability as a webpage or an "app" that end users are encouraged to
download onto their mobile phone or computing device. Measurements
are triggered by the end user; for example, the user interface may
have a button to "test my broadband now." One advantage of this
approach is that the performance is measured to the end user, rather
than to the home gateway, and so includes the home network. Another
difference is that the system is much more loosely controlled, as the
panel of end users and the schedule of tests are determined by the
end users themselves rather than the measurement system. While this
approach makes it easier to make measurements on a large scale, it is
harder to get comparable benchmarks, as the measurements are affected
by the home network; also, the population is self-selecting and so
potentially biased towards those who think they have a problem. This
could be alleviated by encouraging widespread downloading of the app
and careful post-processing of the results to reduce biases.
There are several other possibilities. For example, as a variant on
the first approach, the measurement capability could be implemented
as software embedded in the home gateway, which would make it more
viable to have the capability on every user line. As a variant on
the second approach, the end user could initiate measurements in
response to a request from the measurement system.
The operator of the measurement system should be careful to ensure
that measurements do not detrimentally impact users. Potential
issues include the following:
* Measurement traffic generated on a particular user's line may
impact that end user's quality of experience. The danger is
greater for measurements that generate a lot of traffic over a
lengthy period.
* The measurement traffic may impact that particular user's bill or
traffic cap.
* The measurement traffic from several end users may, in
combination, congest a shared link.
* The traffic associated with the control and reporting of
measurements may overload the network. The danger is greater
where the traffic associated with many end users is synchronized.
6. Conclusions
Large-scale measurements of broadband performance are useful for both
network operators and regulators. Network operators would like to
use measurements to help them better understand the quality
experienced by their customers, identify problems in the network, and
design network improvements. Regulators would like to use
measurements to help promote competition between network operators,
stimulate the growth of broadband access, and monitor 'net
neutrality'. There are other use cases that are not the focus of the
initial LMAP charter (although it is expected that the mechanisms
developed would be readily applied); for example, end users would
like to use measurements to help identify problems in their home
network and to monitor the performance of their broadband provider.
From consideration of the various use cases, several common themes
emerge, while there are also some detailed differences. These
characteristics guide the development of LMAP's framework,
information model, and protocol.
A measurement capability is needed across a wide number of
heterogeneous environments. Tests may be needed in the home network,
in the ISP's network, or beyond; they may be measuring a fixed or
wireless network; they may measure just the access network or across
several networks.
There is a role for both standardized and non-standardized
measurements. For example, a regulator would like to publish
standardized performance metrics for all network operators, while an
ISP may need their own tests to understand some feature special to
their network. Most use cases need active measurements, which create
and measure specific test traffic, but some need passive measurements
of the end user's traffic.
Regardless of the tests being operated, there needs to be a way to
demand or schedule the tests. Most use cases need a regular schedule
of measurements, but sometimes ad hoc testing is needed -- for
example, for troubleshooting. It needs to be ensured that
measurements do not affect the user experience and are not affected
by user traffic (unless desired). In addition, there needs to be a
common way to collect the results. Standardization of this control
and reporting functionality allows the operator of a measurement
system to buy the various components from different vendors.
After the measurement results are collected, they need to be
understood and analyzed. Often, it is sufficient to measure only a
small subset of end users, but per-line fault diagnosis requires the
ability to test every individual line. Analysis requires accurate
definition and understanding of where the test points are, as well as
contextual information about the topology, line, product, and the
subscriber's contract. The actual analysis of results is beyond the
scope of LMAP, as is the key challenge of how to integrate the
measurement system into a network operator's existing tools for
diagnostics and network planning.
Finally, the test data, along with any associated network, product,
or subscriber contract data, is commercial or private information and
needs to be protected.
Large-scale measurements raise several potential security, privacy
(data protection) [RFC6973], and business sensitivity issues:
1. A malicious party may try to gain control of probes to launch DoS
(Denial of Service) attacks at a target. A DoS attack could be
targeted at a particular end user or set of end users, a certain
network, or a specific service provider.
2. A malicious party may try to gain control of probes to create a
platform for pervasive monitoring [RFC7258] or for more targeted
monitoring. [RFC7258] summarizes the threats as follows: "An
attack may change the content of the communication, record the
content or external characteristics of the communication, or
through correlation with other communication events, reveal
information the parties did not intend to be revealed." For
example, a malicious party could distribute to the probes a new
measurement test that recorded (and later reported) information of
maleficent interest. Similar concerns also arise if the
measurement results are intercepted or corrupted.
* From the end user's perspective, the concerns include a
malicious party monitoring the traffic they send and receive,
who they communicate with, the websites they visit, and such
information about their behavior as when they are at home and
the location of their devices. Some of the concerns may be
greater when the probe is on the end user's device rather than
on their home gateway.
* From the network operator's perspective, the concerns include
the leakage of commercially sensitive information about the
design and operation of their network, their customers, and
suppliers. Some threats are indirect; for example, the
attacker could reconnoiter potential weaknesses, such as open
ports and paths through the network, which enabled it to launch
an attack later.
* From the regulator's perspective, the concerns include
distortion of the measurement tests or alteration of the
measurement results. Also, a malicious network operator could
try to identify the broadband lines that the regulator was
measuring and prioritize that traffic ("game the system").
3. Another potential issue is a measurement system that does not
obtain the end user's informed consent, fails to specify a
specific purpose in the consent, or uses the collected information
for secondary uses beyond those specified.
indicate who is responsible for the collection and processing of
personal data and who is responsible for fulfilling the rights of
users. The responsible party (often termed the "data controller")
should, as good practice, consider such issues as defining:
o the purpose for which the data is collected and used,
o how the data is stored, accessed, and processed,
o how long the data is retained, and
o how the end user can view, update, and even delete their
personal data.
If anonymized personal data is shared with a third party, the data
controller should consider the possibility that the third party
can de-anonymize it by combining it with other information.
These security and privacy issues will need to be considered
carefully by any measurement system. In the context of LMAP,
[Framework] considers them further, along with some potential
mitigations. Other LMAP documents will specify one or more protocols
that enable the measurement system to instruct a probe about what
measurements to make and that enable the probe to report the
measurement results. Those documents will need to discuss solutions
to the security and privacy issues. However, the protocol documents
will not consider the actual usage of the measurement information.
Many use cases can be envisaged, and earlier in this document we
described some likely ones for the network operator and regulator.
8. Informative References
[IETF85-Plenary]
Crawford, S., "Large-Scale Active Measurement of Broadband
Networks", 'example' from slide 18, November 2012,
<http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/85/slides/
slides-85-iesg-opsandtech-7.pdf>.
[Extend-TCP]
Honda, M., Nishida, Y., Raiciu, C., Greenhalgh, A.,
Handley, M., and H. Tokuda, "Is it Still Possible to
Extend TCP?", Proceedings of IETF 82, November 2011,
<http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/82/slides/IRTF-1.pdf>.
[Framework]
Eardley, P., Morton, A., Bagnulo, M., Burbridge, T.,
Aitken, P., and A. Akhter, "A framework for Large-Scale
Measurement of Broadband Performance (LMAP)", Work in
Progress, draft-ietf-lmap-framework-14, April 2015.
July 2013, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6973>.
Attack", BCP 188, RFC 7258, May 2014,
[FCC-R&O] United States Federal Communications Commission,
"Preserving the Open Internet; Broadband Industries
Practices: Report and Order", FCC 10-201, December 2010,
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/
FCC-10-201A1.pdf>.
[BEREC-Guidelines]
Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications,
"BEREC Guidelines for quality of service in the scope of
net neutrality", <http://berec.europa.eu/eng/
document_register/subject_matter/berec/download/0/
1101-berec-guidelines-for-quality-of-service-_0.pdf>.
[M-Labs_NSDI-2010]
M-Lab, "Glasnost: Enabling End Users to Detect Traffic
Differentiation", <http://www.measurementlab.net/
download/AMIfv945ljiJXzG-fgUrZSTu2hs1xRl5Oh-
rpGQMWL305BNQh-BSq5oBoYU4a7zqXOvrztpJhK9gwk5unOe-
fOzj4X-vOQz_HRrnYU-aFd0rv332RDReRfOYkJuagysstN3GZ__lQHTS8_
UHJTWkrwyqIUjffVeDxQ/>.
[Glasnost] M-Lab tool "Glasnost", <http://mlab-live.appspot.com/
tools/glasnost>.
[MOS] Wikipedia, "Mean Opinion Score", January 2015,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
title=Mean_opinion_score&oldid=644494161>.
[DAE] Digital Agenda for Europe, COM(2010)245 final,
"Communication from the Commission to the European
Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social
Committee and the Committee of the Regions",
<http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/
PDF/?uri=CELEX:52010DC0245&from=EN>.
The information in this document is partially derived from text
written by the following contributors:
James Miller jamesmilleresquire@gmail.com
Rachel Huang rachel.huang@huawei.com
Marc Linsner
EMail: mlinsner@cisco.com
Philip Eardley
B54 Room 77, Adastral Park, Martlesham
Ipswich, IP5 3RE
EMail: philip.eardley@bt.com
Trevor Burbridge
EMail: trevor.burbridge@bt.com
Frode Sorensen
Norwegian Communications Authority (Nkom)
EMail: frode.sorensen@nkom.no
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Shanghai Manhua, the Neo-Sensationist School of
Literature, and Scenes of Urban Life
By Ellen Johnston Laing
The pictorial Shanghai manhua (Shanghai sketch), published between April 21, 1928 and June 7, 1930, is a mixture of drawings and photographs, with the pictorial inventory ranging from advertisements to social criticism to political caricatures.[ 1 ] Approximately three thousand copies of each eight-page issue were printed, a very high run for that time, attesting to the great popularity of this remarkable pictorial (Bi/Huang 1986: 86). Shanghai manhua was an outlet for the creations of professional cartoonists and sketch masters. Many of their images printed in Shanghai manhua are observations of urban life, but another group of pictures are innovative and unusual visual commentaries on contemporary urban society.
The editorial staff of Shanghai manhua had substantial links with leading representatives of the local literary scene, in particular members of the decadent “neo-sensationist” school (xin ganjue pai), who, inspired by literary trends in Japan, England, and France, espoused a new urban modernity in their poems, short stories, and novels.
This essay first explores the relationships between Shanghai manhua and several of the “neo-sensationist” authors and proposes that the sketch artists were motivated by certain ideas expressed in decadent writings to produce startling, sometimes lurid, images unparalleled in any other Republican era pictorial. The study then gives a brief account of some of the other, more mundane, themes presented in this pictorial.
Several artists who were to publish in Shanghai manhua had already worked together on the small, transitory journal Sanri huabao (orSanri huakan, Three day pictorial), which though ephemeral provided a vehicle for editorial and artistic talents. This pictorial, beginning on August 2, 1925, was published every three days (Wei 1962: 439). It printed popular stories as well as cartoons by Zhang Guangyu (1900-1964),[ 2 ] his brother Zhenyu (1904-1970),[ 3 ] and by other artists, such as Ye Qianyu (1907-1995) (Bi 2002: 107).[ 4 ] When Chiang Kai-shek’s Northern Expedition forces arrived in Shanghai in April 1927, Sanri huabao was shut down. Ye and other cartoonists, such as Huang Wennong (1901?-1934),[ 5 ] and Lu Shaofei (1903-1995),[ 6 ] were out of work. They conceived the idea of starting a sketch publication, named Shanghai manhua. The first effort was a lithographed single sheet, which looked like a propaganda poster that could be pasted up (Bi 2002: 107). Because it resembled neither a magazine nor a newspaper, dealers simply discarded it, and so it was lost (Ye 1996: 1).
Undaunted, Ye, Huang, Lu and the others, plus Ding Song (1891-1969/1972)[ 7 ] and Wang Dunqing (1889-1990),[ 8 ] formed the Shanghai Sketch Society in the fall of 1927. The Shanghai Sketch Society was a loose confederation of some eleven like-minded individuals who met for mutual support and to discuss sketching and cartooning. They believed sketches and cartoons should have a purpose and be of use to society. At their meetings, they appraised foreign cartoons and critiqued each other’s efforts. One goal was to publish collections of sketches and cartoons and to produce a sketch magazine (Bi 1982: 48; Xu 1994: 85-86; Bi 2002: 129).
Connections between the Shanghai Sketch Society and local writers were established from the beginning. One Shanghai Sketch Society publication was an album of political cartoons by Huang Wennong, Wennong fengci huaji (Bi/Huang 1986: 81). It had prefaces by Fu Yanchang (1891/92-1961), Wang Dunqing, Xu Weinan (1902-1952), and Li Jinfa (1900-1976) (Bi/Huang 1986: 81, 82). Fu Yanchang and Xu Weinan along with two other “decadent” aesthetes–Zhang Ruogu (1903?-1960?) and Zhu Yingpeng (b. 1895)–were editors of a weekly journal on the arts called Yishu jie (Art world) (Lee 1999: 64).
According to Wang Dunqing, the Shanghai Sketch Society disbanded to focus on publications (Bi 2002: 129), one of which was a renewal of the cartoon pictorial Shanghai manhua. Zhang Guangyu was the linchpin of the Shanghai Sketch Society and its subsequent revival of the Shanghai manhua, which he proposed combine cartoons, sketches, and photography. He found two sponsors to subsidize this new publication: Shao Xunmei (1906-1968) and Zhang Zhenyu (Bi 2002: 107, 295).[ 9 ]
The editorial foreword to Shanghai manhua states the purpose of this publication in modern blank verse form (here presented in my rough translation):
The clash of the Pacific Ocean’s raging waves and typhoons,
Produced Shanghai nestled in the Yellow Sea.
A great life was entrusted to its care and born. Where everything is allowed. Hey!
Splendid fields and gardens, as if a rented pleasure garden.
Great subtle phenomenon, made allowance for old and new, heaven and below.
The conflict between material gain and soul like the remorseful roar of a convict sentenced to death.
The dispassionate twilight, like dry bones in an old tomb.
Promising youth, often spilling their hot blood everywhere.
Today’s seductions, still await judgments from your heart and soul.
Friends, experience this!
We do not want to tamper with the colors, to contaminate mankind’s soul.
There is only experience and expression.
The world’s material civilization goes along with blind teachers [?] and cuts the fucking flesh.[ 10 ]
Evil elements, wear formal dress to invite Shanghai to view a new sham stage play.
Friends, hey, please make an effort!
The great achievements of life. Must be sought out in the great confusion!
The birth of the love of myriad things. Isn’t it like the pot calling the kettle black?
We do not want to be watch-dogs of old Confucian ethical behavior to condemn evil, we are also not interested in praising the vanity of fame and wealth.
The irregular changes of the world is a natural phenomena produced by life’s confusions.
We only endeavor to express the feelings we experience in the greatness and
prosperity of Shanghai’s One Hundred Precious Storehouse (1 [April 21, 1928]: 2).
An analysis of the language used in the manifesto reveals connections to the work of Li Jinfa.[ 11 ] In the literary world, Li Jinfa was “hailed and reviled as China’s first symbolist poet” (Lee 1999: 166; see also Lee 1980: 287-293; Liu 1981: 27-53). Some of the vocabulary in the Shanghai manhua statement of purpose resonates with that employed by Li Jinfa in his 1925 poem “Deserted Woman.” In this poem, “The gushing forth of fresh blood and the sound sleep of dried bones” is echoed in the Shanghai manhua manifesto: “The dispassionate twilight, like dry bones in an old tomb. Promising youth, often spilling their hot blood everywhere.” Li’s “dark night” is similar to the Shanghai manhua manifesto use of “dispassionate twilight.” Both Li and the Shanghai manhua poem refer to the ocean. Li writes: “Together perching on rocks by the roaring sea”; the first line of the Shanghai manhua statement is: “The clash of the Pacific Ocean’s raging waves and typhoons.[ 12 ]
Other affiliations existed between Shanghai manhua artists and Shanghai poets and fiction writers of the “decadent” bent. As noted above, one of the sponsors secured by Zhang Guangyu to subsidize Shanghai manhua was Shao Xunmei. Shao Xunmei was a wealthy, charismatic, and influential writer, poet, translator, book collector, socializer, editor, and publisher based in Shanghai, where his family owned real estate (Lee 1999: 241-254; Hutt 2001). Zhang Guangyu illustrated Shao’s Xiaojie xuzhi (Notice to young ladies) (Shan 1997: 107).
The handsome Shao Xunmei was not only a sponsor of Shanghai manhua, his image was frequently published in Shanghai manhua in varied guises: in one photograph, he is dressed in a bathing costume (along with his wife) (68 [Aug. 10, 1929]: 3); in aother, he is next to bust of his own likeness sculpted by Jiang Xiaojian (51 [April 13, 1929]: 3); and he is also pictured in a silhouette by Wan Laiming (b. 1899) (101 [April 5, 1930]: 3).[ 13 ] Shao’s name appears in an advertisement for one of his artistic ventures opened jointly with several members of theShanghai manhua staff (84 [Nov. 30, 1929]: 7).
Aubrey Beardsley’s scandalous Yellow Book along with writings of the decadent school, such as those by Wilde, Dowson, Swinburne, Symons, Davidson, and Beerbohm were introduced to the Shanghai literary scene by two members of the Creation Society, Yu Dafu (1896-1945) and Tian Han (1898-1968), in 1923 (Zhou 2000-2001: 118). This magazine and Beardsley’s highly erotic drawings were sources of inspiration opening the way in China for a new approach to depicting women and the city, and relations between men and women. Shao Xunmei was so impressed with the Yellow Book that he published his Jinwu yuekan (Gold room monthly) in imitation of it.
In addition to connections with Shao Xunmei, the editors of Shanghai manhua regularly fraternized with Ye Lingfeng (1904-1975), a good friend of Shao, as well as with Mu Shiying (1912-1940), Shi Zhecun (b. 1905), Fu Yanchang, Zhang Ruogu, and the writer Huang Zhenxia (1907-1974).[ 14] Ye, Mu, Shi, Fu, and Zhang, along with Liu Na’ou (1900-1939) were all members of the “neo-sensationist” clique. Writing about Liu Na’ou, Shu-mei Shih (1996: 942) says:
As a cosmopolitan literary project heavily drawn from French and Japanese antecedents, Shanghai modernism prided itself in writing fiction that interweaved urban, exotic, and erotic motifs rendered in experimental style and form that supposedly knew no national boundaries.
Her description could almost be taken as a description of the images in Shanghai manhua.
Shanghai manhua was, of course, not conceived as a literary journal; nearly all the writing printed in it was composed by the magazine editors themselves, plus Huang Wennong and Lu Shaofei. Thus, it is surprising to find in the journal a short story by Fu Yanchang (22 [Sept. 15, 1928]: 6) and a film review by Zhang Ruogu (24 [Sept. 29, 1928]: 7). Most interesting is the fact that writings by Ye Lingfeng were published in Shanghai manhua. These include two collections of casual notes Xinqiu suibi (19 [August 25, 1928]: 7) and Shuangfenglou suibi (48 [March 23, 1929]: 7 and in subsequent issues). His story Chunv de meng (A virgin girl’s dream) began serialization in the Sept. 8, 1928 issue (21: 7). Ye Lingfeng also published translations of works by Maupassant (20 [Sept. 1, 1928]: 7), G. Keller (beginning in 41 [Jan. 26, 1929]: 7), and others.
Fig. 1: Ye Lingfeng, “Untitled.” Shanghai manhua 37 (Dec. 29, 1928), front cover. (click image for a larger version)
Ye Lingfeng has been characterized as “devoted to literary innovation” (Zhang 1996: 208) and his writings as lying somewhere between elite and popular (Liu 2003: 157).[ 15 ] He was an artist as well as a writer and was particularly influenced by Beardsley, although Ye’s line work lacks the supple elegance and polish of Beardsley’s drawing, and Ye’s presentations omit the salaciousness and bite characteristic of Beardsley.[ 16 ]Nonetheless, Ye Lingfeng became known as “China’s Beardsley” (Zhou 2000-2001: 120). Consonant with his literary explorations, Ye did not limit himself to Beardsley, but also ventured into the cubist mode; his 1928 cubist portrait of Lu Xun caused that author to speak scathingly of Ye as a “young revolutionary artist” (Zhang 1996: 208). Ye Lingfeng contributed a cover in cubist style to Shanghai manhua (fig. 1), and to at least one of the magazines he edited, Huanzhou (Mirage).
Apparently, Ye Lingfeng became a Shanghai manhua staff member, and there is little doubt of his substantial influence on the journal in general. More photographs of him (and his wife Guo Linfeng) appear in Shanghai manhua than any other writer of the era, or even any movie star. One anonymous photograph shows Ye Lingfeng and Guo together; photographs of the couple at their wedding and of them in the company of wedding guests were taken by the famous photographer, Lang Jingshan (1892-1995); and separate photographs of each, again taken by Lang Jingshan, were included in the spread honoring the Shanghai manhua staff (30 [Nov. 10, 1928]: 2; 36 [Dec. 22, 1928]: 3; 43 [no date]: 6]. In addition, Guo Linfeng herself submitted a photograph of an eight-year old entertainer (49 [March 30, 1929]: 6). The close contacts between Ye Lingfeng andShanghai manhua personnel are further confirmed by the fact that the initial issue of a new magazine Shidai huabao (Modern miscellany), published by Shao Xunmei, was advertised in late 1929 as having Zhang Zhenyu and Ye Lingfeng as the two editors (78 [Oct. 19, 1929]: 6).
Interpreting Shanghai manhua‘s Images
Analyses of the ideas and writings of the authors mentioned above reveal many themes and ideas directly and indirectly matched by or reflected in the subjects of the Shanghai manhuapictorial program.
For example, Fu Yanchang was convinced that the power of modern Western civilization lay in ancient Greek civilization and that the canons of ancient Greek mythology, along with the German Nibelungenlied and Icelandic sagas were the “essential guidebooks for the aesthetic invigoration of China” (Fruehauf 1993: 138). Fu’s artist counterpart was Zhu Yingpeng.[ 17 ]Zhu declared “we will definitely have to ‘Hellenize’ our ideas!” He emphasized the image of the ideal citizen and physical culture, taking those of ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and Renaissance Europe as his models. Zhu approved of Greek nakedness and condemned the Confucian code, which he held responsible for China’s weakness. According to Fruehauf (1993: 138), Zhu illustrated his declarations with “paintings of stark-naked, victorious pirates who have Herculean bodies attached to their Chinese features. Likewise, his female portraits display the ideal of a full-bosomed Chinese-style Venus, or a vivacious Asian Salome.”
Fig. 2: Zhang Guangyu, “Cubist Shanghai Life.” Shanghai manhua 1 (April 21, 1928), front cover. (click image for larger version)
This Greek connection might have inspired the massively muscled statues of Zhang Guangyu’s cover for the first issue of Shanghai manhua titled “Cubist Shanghai Life” (fig. 2). It shows a sculptured family of four on a plinth: a man and wife rendered as large-scale muscular nudes, a heavy-set youngster, holding a fruit in one hand and seen from the rear, and an infant at his mother’s breast. The group is positioned against a cubist backdrop montage of urban motifs of modernization: automobile, train engine, smoke stacks, electric street lights, and tall buildings. The standing woman looks apprehensively over her shoulder at the city as she nurses her child; the seated man appears utterly dejected as he gazes at the fruit offered to him by his child. The image pits humanity against the city.
Figure 3: Huang Wennong, “Offer Temptation, Receive Infatuation.” Shanghai manhua 2 (April 28, 1928), front cover. (click image for larger version)
Other examples of the “Grecian” influence include a cover by Zhang Zhenyu of two nude wrestlers (5 [May 19, 1928] ). An untitled cover by Lu Shaofei shows a Greek or Roman warrior on horseback; he brandishes a huge sword as his steed steps over a prone vanquished man (33 [Dec. 1, 1928]). “Summer,” a cover by the unidentified Zheng Guanghan, has a voluptuous woman in sheer garb reclining on a pillow-filled couch beneath a palm tree and the moon (66 [July 27, 1929]). In other covers inspired by the perceived notion of the nude as the artistic ideal of ancient Greece, ideally proportioned male nudes are robust and muscular, quite different from the slender physiques of Chinese men. How much these new brawny bodies owe to the ideas of Fu and Zhu remains to be explored.
Leo Lee points out that the “neo-sensationists” school transformed the traditional Chinese woman into someone with more confidence in their “subjectivity as women to the extent that they can play with men and make fools of them in . . . public places.” Speaking of the males in Liu Na’ou’s “Two Men Impervious to Time,” Lee notes that the men “seem to be playthings at the mercy of the self-assured modern heroine” (Lee 1999: 29, 205). The decadent and emancipated woman in Mao Dun’s (1896-1981) Vacillation (1927) admitted that she “only plays with men without ever loving them” (Liu 2003: 82). Around 1933, Mu Shiying even wrote a story titled “The Man who is Treated as a Plaything” (Bei dangzuo xiaoqianpin de nanzi) (Lee 1999: 218).
Fig. 4: Huaisu, “Fascination.” Shanghai manhua 8 (June 9, 1928), front cover. (click image for larger version)
The notion that men were women’s toys was an extremely popular motif for Shanghai manhua artists. Mimicking ancient Egyptian art, the cover of issue two, by Huang Wennong, shows a young man presenting a platter of grapes to a stylized queen seated on a throne; the caption is “Offer Temptation, Receive Infatuation” (fig. 3). The message is men’s unending obsession with and willingness to submit to women, “queens” who treat men as underlings to be toyed with. The theme of women playing with men is reiterated in a cover “Fascination,” by the unidentified Huaisu, in which an elaborately bejeweled, seductive woman has in one hand a long cigarette holder, and in the other, a miniature man kneels in her palm (fig. 4) Another cover (106 [May 10, 1930] ), by Lu Shaofei, depicts a woman teasing a miniature man with a long ribbon, much as one might play with a cat or dog. The title is equally teasing: “Hey, Man. You Better Have the Strength to Chase Me.” In “The Idea of Leisure Time” (73 [Sept. 14, 1929] by Lu Zhixiang (1910-1992),[ 18 ] a woman is surrounded by luxury items; her open purse has scattered cigarettes, a compact and a dance book on the floor; she reclines in a chair and blows smoke rings, her ashtray is supported by a small statue of a man dressed in evening clothes. An anonymous, untitled cover with sexual connotations depicts three tiny men attempting to ascend shapely feminine legs while a fourth man gleefully watches (41 [Jan. 26 1929] ); and in one designed by Zhang Zhenyu, titled “Commodity and Spirit,” a woman holds a man in one hand and a heart in the other (71 [Aug. 31, 1929] ). The motif is carried through inside the magazine. In a sketch by Lu Zhixiang, a nude woman discards one toy man for another (27 [Oct. 20, 1928]: 5).
Fig. 5: Ye Qianyu, “Unfortunate Love.” Shanghai manhua 9 (June 16, 1928), front cover. (click image for larger version)
The cigarette, which so many women hold or smoke in Shanghai manhua illustrations, carries sexual connotations when seen in conjunction with its use as an erotic motif by writers such as Mu Shiying. Interpreting a passage in one of Mu’s stories, Leo Lee (1999: 211-212) says Mu uses smoking, along with eating and drinking, as sexual “teases.” Even more cogent is Ye Lingfeng’s cigarette in the following scene from his Unfinished Confession:
I offered her a 555 brand cigarette. Instead of taking it in her hand, she bent over the table and offered me her lips.
“I’d rather be a cigarette!” I could not help saying that while inserting the cigarette between her lips. Looking at these two protruding scarlet petals, I felt an uncontrollable urge of desire burning inside myself. (Zhang 1996: 219)
According to Yingjin Zhang (1996: 209), Ye Lingfeng was obsessed with the love triangle as a plot stratagem. This device underlies several Shanghai manhua covers. In “Between the Two,” a cover created by Fang Xuegu,[ 19 ] a nude woman stands in a glow of light between two contending nude males (25 [Oct. 6, 1928]). In “Unfortunate Love” by Ye Qianyu, two men and a woman are handcuffed together; nearby, Cupid weeps; in the background is a field of blooming calla lilies, clearly sexual symbols (fig. 5).
Fig. 6: Anonymous, “Electric Rabbit and Dog.” Shanghai manhua 18 (Aug. 18, 1928): 4. (click image for larger version)
In her preface to her analysis of the writings of Liu Na’ou, Shu-mei Shih (2001: 278) observes that the Shanghai woman of the late 1920s fiction is considered to be “an unreachable object of desire . . . one can [only] gaze at [her] from a distance, as one looks at a store display window or the image on a screen.” In his study of Liu, Leo Lee (1999: 203) states that a typical plot in Liu’s stories is the man in “hopeless pursuit of a striking-looking modern woman–only to lose out in the end.” Analogous images appear in Shanghai manhua. In one unsigned Shanghai manhua cartoon a man in pursuit of a woman is likened to a dog race: the woman is the never-to-be-caught pace rabbit, the man is the greyhound (fig. 6). An exact visualization of the idea that women can be gazed at but not attained is the Shanghai manhua cover by Zheng Guanghan (99 [March 22, 1930] ) titled “Can Be Gazed at from Afar, But Cannot Be Approached.” It depicts a man looking longingly from his balcony at a girl seated in a neighboring balcony. In a more inventive variation, an untitled cover by Huang Wennong, depicts a woman-goldfish in a glass bowl admired by a seated black-and-white cat-man wearing a collar and bow tie, his fedora and cane nearby (21 [Sept. 8, 1928] ).
These individual motifs and tropes are part of a larger, more intricate web of ideas about the modern woman, about the femme fatale, and about woman as metaphor for the city. The femme fatale as a literary convention has along history in China (e.g., McLaren 1994: 1-16), but the combination of dangerously seductive female with the hard realities of an up-scale, fast-paced, modern city could only be a twentieth-century phenomenon. Writing about the “new woman” who appears in early twentieth-century Chinese popular literature, Perry Link (1981: 214) notes that she
became viewed as another in the general type of woman who exceeded the accepted limits of a woman’s role. This made her, like the others, both inherently interesting and inherently abnormal. In real life, of course, new-style women represented a genuine threat to the traditional order . . . because of the many other aspects of the challenge from the West associated with it.
Continuing to explain the “new-style woman,” Link (1981: 216) says that
When first proposed, the idea of the “new-style” woman in Shanghai was less threatening than it was simply interesting. Western roles in general were new and strange–the “new-style” student, the lawyer, the Western medical doctor, the “revolutionist,” and so on. It was all the stranger and more interesting to see women stand in these new roles, and there were stories galore in the late Ch’ing magazines about “girl students” . . . , “women doctors” . . . , “women revolutionists” . . ., “women spreaders of enlightenment” . . ., and even “women detectives,” “women pilots,” etc.
As Link traces the evolving attitudes toward the “new-style” woman, he concludes that there was a switch toward a negative view that “attention was now less on the outlandishness of what the new-style woman stood for than on the fear that such ideas might actually be implemented. Gradually and quite subtly, the boldness of the new-style woman turned to quaintness, and respect for her to a condescending indulgence.” Link believes this shift took place by 1912, and by that time the new girl student “did more than go beyond proper women’s roles. What she sought to assume was a male role, and a very key male role . . . . She could not be discounted as an oddity . . . because there were ever increasingly numbers of her. Being young she suggested that the future was with her” (1981: 217- 218, 220).
Fig. 7: Ye Qianyu, “Serpent and Woman.” Shanghai manhua 4 (May 12, 1928), front cover. (click image for larger version)
By the mid-1920s, the new-style girl was more active than ever in the public sphere. As seen in the series of photographs in Shanghai manhua and another favorite pictorial of the era, Liangyou huabao (Young companion), young women routinely attended high schools in China; they attended universities at home and abroad; they competed in athletic events; they wore fashionable clothing, often a hybrid of Chinese and Western fashions (Laing 2003); they publicly flaunted their physical charms in the entertainment industry starring in films and in song and dance troupes, or serving as “hostesses” in dance halls. And she became more of a threat than ever as the urban middle-class woman in particular, who smoked, drank, wore up-to-date dresses, expensive jewelry and makeup, went on dates with young dandies, and frequented the dance halls and morphed into the “modern woman.” As defined by Miriam Silverberg (1991: 239) she was “a glittering, decadent, middle-class consumer who, through her clothing, smoking and drinking, flaunts tradition in the urban playgrounds of the late 1920s.” In the view of Yingjin Zhang, who asserts that the terms “new women” and “modern women” were used interchangeably from the 1910s through the 1930s, “new women constitute a new, productive, and yet in many ways disruptive force in modern Chinese society” (Zhang 1996: 188, 189).
Fig. 8: Ye Qianyu, “Untitled.” Shanghai manhua 15 (July 20, 1928), front cover. (click image for larger version)
The modern woman becomes a seductress pursuing her own needs and desires. As a siren femme fatale, she embodies eroticism combined with the commodity commercial culture and exoticism of urban culture. By the same token, she is a metaphor for the temptations and seductions of the city itself: money and sex. Recent assessments of writings by Shi Zhecun and Liu Na’ou clarify and consolidate these ideas. Of Shi Zhecun’s “Pursuit,” Liu Jianmei says that in this story, the bourgeois daughter is portrayed “as a superficial, hypocritical, and erotic femme fatale, the trope of the decadent city before it was conquered by revolutionaries and workers” (2003: 140). Shu-mei Shih asserts that “lodged in [Liu Na’ou’s heroines] are the characteristics of urban culture of the semicolonial city and its seductions of speed, commodity culture, exoticism, and eroticism. Hence the emotions she stimulates in the male protagonist — helpless infatuation and hopeless betrayal–replicate the attraction and alienation he feels toward the city” (1996: 947). And finally, from Yingjin Zhang’s study of the city: “The modern city of Shanghai was frequently gendered as a seductress, not only to the gentleman who saw money and woman as twin temptations but also to the young miss who sought self-intoxication while intoxicating others” (1996: 220, captions to figs. 17-18).
Given these interpretations, it is easy to see how these ideas are translated into visual form in several covers of Shanghai manhua. In the cover for the fourth issue of the magazine by Ye Qianyu, simply titled “Serpent and Woman,” a nude woman in a lascivious pose embraces a smirking coiled serpent (fig. 7). The serpent has a long history in China as a metaphor of a seductive woman, or femme fatale, as in the expression “a beauty as vicious as a snake and a viper” (Lee 1999: 253) and in the well-known “Story of White Snake.”
Fig. 9: Lu Shaofei, “Human Meat Market” Shanghai manhua 40 (Jan. 19, 1929), front cover. (click image for larger version)
Women and death are often connected in bizarre, grotesque, and sensationalist Shanghai manhua covers, some epitomizing the link between the twin obsessions of money and sex, plus an added frisson–they lead to death. In “Beauty’s Space,” a cover designed by Wan Laiming, a nude woman holding a skull dances on a coin (10 [June 23, 1928]). The writhing semi-nude woman on an untitled Shanghai manhua cover by Ye Qianyu is disintegrating; her face has already fallen off like a mask to reveal her skull (fig. 8). In “Horrible Love” by Chen Qiucao (1906-1988),[ 20 ] a black-swathed death figure clasps a nude woman to his chest; in one corner is a wine bottle and a glass (23 [Sept. 22, 1928]). Death as a skeleton in a transparent cloak ready to pounce lurks behind a nude woman who is dropping her bracelet, ring, and curling iron into an accumulation of vanity objects: mirror, jewels, perfumes, and peacock feather fan, in the cover by the unidentified Sun Qingyang titled “She, Neglected this Hour” (65 [July 20, 1929]).
Fig. 10: Zhang Zhenyu, “Untitled.” Shanghai manhua 62 (June 29, 1929), front cover. (click image for larger version)
Truly grotesque images commenting on the horrors of prostitution include “Human Meat Market” in a cover by Lu Shaofei, where dismembered female parts are sold to a man by a robust female butcher (fig. 9). A cover by the unidentified Xu Jin, “Pit of Hell” (56 [May 18, 1929]) shows bound, nude women being pitch-forked into flames. One of Zhang Zhenyu’s untitled covers depicts a buxom nude blonde in flames surrounded by three vicious, gap-mouthed, huge-toothed green demons about to devour her (fig. 10). Hutt (2001: 116) interprets this scene as evidence of the Republic era “fascination with decadence. . . The preoccupation with the femme fatale and the end of civilization . . . in the portrayal of the city as an urban dystopia.”
Finally, there is the truly nasty and vicious cover by Zhang Guangyu titled “Degenerate” where a nude blond woman, legs splayed, is suspended up-side-down from a connection at her crotch (fig. 11). The idea has parallels in the writings of Shi Zhecun, who in one story reveled in gory spectacle of the sadistic execution of a seductress and he
Fig. 11: Zhang Guangyu, “Degenerate.” Shanghai manhua 83 (Nov. 23, 1929), front cover. (click image for larger version)
r maid (Lee 1999: 162-163).
It should not, however, be thought that the Shanghai manhua pictorial program consisted solely of salacious, shocking images. Indeed, a large number of sketches in Shanghai manhua depict normal aspects of city life: its amusements, its frustrations, its street life, its contrasts of rich and poor. Many of these more ordinary scenes in Shanghai manhua may strike us today as cliches, but to the Shanghaiese of the late 1920s they must have appeared as wonderfully witty, vividly fresh, or even naughty. Sometimes the cartoons are bland observations, as in that by Ye Qianyu of a woman artist drawing a male model and a male artist using a female model (28 [Oct. 27, 1928]: 4). In a sketch by Zhang Guangyu showing the strap-hangers on a tram, the rotund contours of an obese man and a fat woman mesh (23 [Sept. 22, 1928]: 4). A picture by Lu Shaofei shows a country boy who envisions going to school in Shanghai as a way to meet girls (59 [June 8, 1929]: 5). In “Four Thirty at the Office,” also by Lu Shaofei, men preen as they wait the close of the work day so they can go out on the town (10 [June 23, 1928]: 4).
Fig. 12: Huaisu, “Shanghai Night.” Shanghai manhua 13 (July 1, 1928), front cover. (click image for larger version)
The degrading effects of Shanghai nightlife of dance hall, night club, cabaret, and cafe are favorite themes in the Shanghai manhua covers. “Shanghai Night” by Huaisu shows a tipsy woman, her skirt pulled above her garters, collapsed in a chair next to a teetering table covered with playing cards, some of which cascade off the stand, and a tipping wine glass; a slick dandy, still holding his wine glass stands nearby, looking at her as she points at him accusingly (fig. 12). In “One Intoxicated Night,” a cover by Zheng Zhenyu, a woman urges a drunken man to drink; a bracelet in the form of a serpent, a sly hint of the seductive woman, coils around her wrist (98 [March 15, 1930]). The dance hall and its hostesses were frequent sketch subjects. In one by Huang Wennong the dance hall guest pulls back on the hands of a clock; the dance hostess, pulls them forward: “One thinks the clock is too fast, the other thinks it is too slow” (9 [June 16, 1928]: 4). In another dance hall scene, unsigned, in the first panel the hostess dances flirtatiously with a young dandy; she bends one knee in a quick step while pressing close to him and smiling into his face; in the second panel, with an older partner, heavy set and bald, her posture is limp and sluggish, her facial expression is bleak as she looks away from him, and they both perspire from their clumsy exertions (21 [Sept. 8, 1928]: 5). In a cartoon by Huang Wennong titled “4:00 AM Meeting,” a dance hall musician returning home and a silk factory girl going to work pass on the street (9 [June 16, 1928]: 8).[ 21 ]
Fig. 13: Ding Song, “Front and Back.” Shanghai manhua 45 (March 9, 1929): 5. (click image for larger version)
Many images focus on men attracted to pretty girls. Pedestrians provided a multitude of opportunities for gentle comment or humor on this worldwide phenomena. In a Ding Song sketch titled “Front and Back,” two men, one wearing traditional Chinese garments and one in Western garb, both with dour faces, approach a pretty woman, after they pass her, their faces are happy (fig. 13). In an unsigned sketch, a dapper man following a good-looking woman is so distracted staring at her that when she turns to look at him, he falls into a manhole (12 [July 7, 1928]: 4). In a four panel cartoon by Lu Shaofei, the sight of a young woman adjusting her garter captivates a bevy of males who follow her down the street (12 [July 7, 1928: 8].
Fig. 14: Lu Shaofei, “Many Ways of Doing Business.” Shanghai manhua 11 (July 1, 1928): 4. (click image for larger version)
Street people are sometimes treated with humor as in the Shanghai manhua four-part cartoon “Many Ways of Doing Business” by Lu Shaofei (fig. 14). A flower vendor grudgingly sells to an old man, is happiest making a sale to a well-dressed lady, teases a child, and coyly smiles when a young gentleman purchases a posy. In a drawing by Zhang Guangyu (16 [August 4, 1928]: 4), heavy-set women with wrinkled faces and baggy clothing bring baskets of tea leaves to sell in the city and meet to chat at the morning market. Here the women are portrayed realistically and sympathetically.
Fig. 15a: Lu Shaofei, “Recent Empresses.” Shanghai manhua 15 (July 29, 1928): 5. (click image for larger version)
Two cartoons sketches by Lu Shaofei and Ye Qianyu in Shanghai manhua designated “Recent Empresses” (i.e., empresses of various feminine professions). In figure 15a, from right to left, the empress of wives of physiognomists, of pheasant street prostitutes, of the dance hall, of the movies, and of Shanghai’s brothel district.
In figure 15b, from right to left: the empress of women students, of opera performers, of women hair dressers, of waitresses, and of women committing suicide in the Huangpu river.
Fig. 15b: Ye Qianyu, “Recent Empresses.” Shanghai manhua 18 (Aug. 18, 1928): 4. (click image for larger version)
These are spoofs of Ye’s drawings of attractive women modeling chic and expensive up-scale fashions that appeared regularly in Shanghai manhua(fig. 16).
The photographs published in Shanghai manhua provide yet a broader view of Shanghai life in the late 1920s with a greater emphasis on reality and less on sensationalism. Opening a typical issue of Shanghai manhua, the reader encountered a series of photographs first on pages two and three, and again on page six. These photographs cover a usual range of urban interests: current events, Chinese and foreign dignitaries, Chinese artists and opera stars, local and foreign movie idols, sports heroes and heroines, as well as men and women students.
Fig: 16: Ye Qianyu, “Summer Fashions.” Shanghai manhua 6 (May 26, 1928): 4. (click image for larger version)
The back page of Shanghai manhua carried the cartoon strip by Ye Qianyu, Wang xiansheng (Mr. Wang), based on the American “Bringing Up Father.” Ye’s “Mr. Wang” featured the trials and tribulations of urban life and became one of the most famous cartoons in China
In conclusion, during its short existence, Shanghai manhua was more than a collection of photographs of contemporary people, biting political cartoons, humorous scenes, mild jokes, along with witty observations and pictorial comments on urban life. The lively cartoon sketches capture the city street and home life in a way that the static photographs cannot.
Although not at all evident in its statement of purpose, the magazine functioned to a certain extent as a counterpart to the writings of members of the “neo-sensationist” literary school. Given the close associations of the magazine’s editors and members of this school, Shanghai manhua served as another outlet for the new sensational and decadent ideas of several leading writers in Shanghai at the time. The images in Shanghai manhua, plus the writings of Ye Lingfeng in particular, then combined to create a unique statement about contemporary attitudes toward urban life and about urban women in particular, unmatched by any other popular magazine of that era.
Through its striking and sometimes shocking covers, its vivid sketches of urban life, and its array of photographs, Shanghai manhua presented a singular view of the city welcomed by those appreciative of its special fascinations. It was the unique combination of images, from those inspired by decadent writers, to the more mundane scenes of city life, to the photographs of actual city dwellers, to the back-page cartoon of “Mr. Wang” that made Shanghai manhua irresistible to the elite Shanghai audience and help account for its extraordinary popularity
Ellen Johnston Laing
[ 1 ] Shanghai manhua was reprinted in a two volume photocopy edition published by Shanghai shudian chubanshe in 1996. References are to this photocopy edition.
[ 2 ] Zhang Guangyu, a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu province, studied at home and at age fourteen went to Shanghai where he enrolled in the school attached to the Shanghai Second Normal College. After graduation, he studied with Zhang Yuguang (1885-1968; not a relative), the prestigious multi-talented Shanghai artist (Laing 2004: 140). Zhang Guangyu created illustrations for romance fiction magazines between 1918 and 1922 and contributed pictures to Shijie huabao (World pictorial), a journal lasting only ten issues (Wei 1962: 321). In 1919, Zhang Guangyu was the editor of Huaji huabao (Comic pictorial), another short-lived publication (only two issues). In this same year, Zhang Guangyu joined the Shengsheng Art Company, publishers of Shijie huabao with Ding Song as editor and himself as assistant editor. Between 1921 and 1925 Zhang Guangyu worked in the advertising department of the Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company, where, in addition to drawing advertisements, he also provided calendar poster pictures (Laing 2004: 191-198). In 1925, Zhang was involved with publication of the Shanghai huabao and in 1926 he transferred to the Shanghai Mofan Factory, doing art work and managing the Sanri huabao (Wang 1988: 279-281).
[ 3 ] Zhang was self-taught in art; he became a specialist in cartoons and decoration (Ma et al. 1992: 385).
[ 4 ] Ye Qianyu was born in Tonglu, Zhejiang province. At age 15, he entered the middle school administered by the Salt Administration in Hangzhou where he belonged to an art group (Shan 1997: 1). He never received formal art education. 1926 found him in Shanghai where he worked first as a shop assistant selling cloth and then later for the Japanese Sanyou company designing advertisement pictures. He left Sanyou to produce illustrations for elementary school science texts and advertisements for the display windows of Zhongyuan Press. In late 1926, the Zhongyuan Press ceased publishing science books and Ye lost his job. Friends from Sanyou found him a position at a textile factory where Ye lasted two months. Zhang Zhenyu discovered his situation and offered him a post on the staff of Sanri huabao to assist with planning and page layout, and to oversee its printing (Shan 1997: 57, 62, 64, 68, 72).
[ 5 ] Huang Wennong was born into a poor family in Songjiang county, Shanghai. His father was a servant in the Jesuit church; his mother took in laundry and served as a children’s nurse. In the Huang family, there were five mouths to feed and so young Wennong, after graduating from elementary school, was apprenticed at age sixteen to a lithographer at the Zhonghua Press in Shanghai. Huang’s artistic talents caught the attention of the magazine Xiao pengyou (Little friends). He appointed Huang art editor of Xiao pengyou. Around 1924 or 1925 Huang’s political and social cartoons were published in Jingbao (Crystal) and Dongfang zazhi (Eastern Miscellany) (Bi 2002: 276-277; Bi/Huang 1986: 76-82).
[ 6 ] Lu Shaofei was a native of Shanghai; his father was a folk artist who specialized in painting pictures of traditional gods. Lu followed his father in art and excelled at sketching. At age 17, he briefly studied at the Commercial Press (art school?) and contributed several cartoons to Shenbao. Lu entered the Shanghai Art Academy, but was forced to withdraw because of a lack of funds to pay tuition. He joined the Dawn Art Society, formed in 1921 by Zhang Yuguang and other artists interested in studying Western art (Xu 1994: 44-45). In 1923 Lu Shaofei provided pictures for Shengsheng huabao (Shengsheng pictorial) (Bi/Huang 1986: 113-116; Bi 2002: 117-119).
[ 7 ] Ding was a native of Jiashan, Zhejiang province. As a youngster, he was interested in art and when older studied with Zhou Xiang (1871-1933), one of the first Chinese to promote training in Western art through a formal schooling. Ding initially studied Western art and sketching, then pursued Chinese-style figure painting. He taught in art schools in Shanghai for several years and eventually was hired by British American Tobacco as a staff artist to design their advertisements. His cartoons were carried in local newspapers, such as Xinwen bao,Shenbao, as well as in Shanghai huabao (Shanghai pictorial) and Sanri huakan (Wang 1948: 1; Ma et al. 1992: 5; Xu 1992: 5; Wang 1988: 262-263).
[ 8 ] Wang Dunqing was born in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province. In 1923, he graduated from St. John’s University with a major in literature; he became a noted English translator. He made his first cartoon in 1923, worked for Shanghai huabao, and participated in the activities of the Creation Society literary group. As a cartoonist, he was influenced especially by English cartoon manuals and by the Japanese cartoonist, Fuben Ippei (Ma et al. 1992: 110; Xu 1992: 152; Bi 2002: 128).
[ 9 ] Although the romanization is identical to the name of the artist, the Chinese characters of the personal name are different. I have been unable to identify this person.
[ 10 ] This may refer to the expression “to cut out the flesh to cure a boil,” i.e. the remedy is worse than the disease (Williams 1920: 67).
[ 11 ] Li was a sculptor from Meixian, Guangdong province who studied in France (Wang 1988: 303-304; Xu 1992: 42).
[ 12 ] Translations of Li’s poem from Yang 1987: 222, 223. The fact that Li might be using the traditional Chinese poet’s approach of adopting a woman’s voice to express his feelings raises a question about the Shanghai manhua manifesto which remains to be explored.
[ 13 ] Wan Laiming was born in Nanjing. Self-taught in art, he worked for the Commercial Press and as an art editor for the pictorial Liangyou huabao (Young companion); Wan and his two brothers were pioneers in the animated film in China (Zhongguo meishuguan 1993: 243; Leyda 1972: 384).
[ 14 ] See Shan 1997: 105. For Mu, see Liu 2003:147-152 and Shih 2001: 302-338. For Shi, see Lee 1999: 154-189, Liu 2003: 138-141; Shih 2001: 339-370. For Fu, see Fruehauf 1993: 137-141. For Zhang Ruogu, see Lee 1999: 20-23. Freudian influences in the writings of Shi, Liu, Mu, and Ye Lingfeng are discussed by Zhang 1992: ch. 4. For Huang, see Chen 1993: 815. Ye, Mu and Shi were also members of the later literary group, Les Contemporaines.
[ 15 ] Other studies of Ye Lingfeng’s literary output are in Lee 1999: 255-265 and Zhang 1996: 207-223.
[ 16 ] Examples of Ye Lingfeng’s art work are scattered throughout Chuangzao yuekan (Creation), the journal of the Creation Society, which continued publication under similar titles from 1922 to 1928.
[ 17 ] From Zhejiang province, Zhu was a founding member of the Dawn Art Society and was extremely active in teaching art in Shanghai art schools during the nineteen twenties and thirties (Wang 1948: 18; Zhu and Chen 1989: 228).
[ 18 ] Lu Zhixiang graduated in 1927 from the Suzhou Art Academy (Zhongguo meishuguan 1993: 293-294).
[ 19 ] Fang Xuegu was among the four former students of Liu Haisu (1896-1994) who in 1928 established the White Goose Painting Society (later known as White Goose Western Painting Institute) in Shanghai (Laing 2004: 202-203).
[ 20 ] Chen’s family was from Yinxian in Zhejiang province, but lived in Shanghai. He attended Liu Haisu’s Shanghai Art Academy and in 1928, along with Fang Xuegu and others founded the White Goose Painting Society (Ma et al. 1992: 404-405; Zhu/Chen 1989: 244-246).
[ 21 ] The contrast of a party-goer returning home at dawn and a working girl going to work was also a trope in films of the era (Zhang 1996: 200).
“Bei dangzuo xiaoqianpin de nanzi” 被當作消遣品的男子
Chen Qiucao 陳秋艸
Chuangzao yuekan 創造月刊
Chunv de meng 處女的夢
Ding Song 丁悚
Dongfang zazhi 東方雜誌
Fang Xuegu 方雪鴣
Fuben Ippei 風 本一平
Fu Yanchang 傅彥長
Guo Linfeng 郭林鳳
Huaisu 懷素
Huaji huabao 滑稽畫報
Huang Wennong 黃文農
Huang Zhenxia 黃振 (or 震) 遐
Huanzhou 幻洲
Jiang Xiaojian 江小鶼
Jingbao 晶報
Jinwu yuekan 金屋月刊
Lang Jingshan 郎靜山
Liangyou huabao 良友畫報
Li Jinfa 李金髮
Liu Haisu 劉海粟
Liu Na’ou 劉 吶 鷗
Lu Shaofei 魯少飛
Lu Zhixiang 陸志庠
Mao Dun 矛盾
Mu Shiying 穆 時英
Sanri huabao 三日畫報
Sanri huakan 三日畫刊
Shanghai huabao 上海畫報
Shanghai manhua 上海漫畫
Shao Xunmei 邵洵美
Shenbao 申報
Shengsheng huabao 生生畫報
Shidai huabao 時代畫報
Shijie huabao 世界畫報
Shi Zhecun 施蟄存
Shuangfenglou suibi 雙鳳樓隨筆
Sun Qingyang 孫青羊
Tian Han 田漢
Wang Dunqing 王敦慶
Wang xiansheng 王先生
Wan Laiming 萬籟鳴
Wennong fengci huaji 文農諷刺畫集
Xiaojie xuzhi 小姐須知
Xiao pengyou 小朋友
xin ganjue pai 新感覺派
Xinqiu suibi 新秋隨筆
Xinwen bao 新聞報
Xu Jin 徐進
Xu Weinan 徐蔚南
Ye Lingfeng 葉 靈鳳
Ye Qianyu 葉淺予
Yishu jie 藝術界
Yu Dafu 郁達夫
Zhang Guangyu 張光宇
Zhang Ruogu 張若谷
Zhang Yuguang 張宇光
Zhang Zhenyu 張振宇 (Zhengyu 正宇)
Zhang Zhenyu 張珍虞 (unidentified)
Zheng Guanghan 鄭光漢
Zhou Xiang 周湘
Zhu Yingpeng 朱應鵬
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Anna Larner’s debut Highland Fling is out next month but has been reviewed already by Lesreveur:
“Highland Fling is based on two very independent and loving women from two very different worlds. The book starts off with Eve describing her perfect woman and guess who she finds in the Highlands…I can normally work out the plot in a book after reading the first few chapters and I thought I had with this book but it just kept surprising me at every turn! I had a few moments of “Really did I just read that?” and “did she just say that?”. I love when a book does this because you feel the writer is writing outside the box.”
Stopping with Anna for a moment, the Boldstrokes author also recently presented a paper at the Lesbian Lives Conference in Brighton on why authors are compelled to write stories of lesbian love. Her paper included thoughts from her own perspective and many other authors and she has made the paper and slides available on her website.
Clare Lydon wrapped up her All I Want Series recently with All I Want Forever and she’s been blogging about her experience of writing Tori and Holly’s story:
“When I was thinking about writing their story, I heard from a friend about how awful her online dating experiences had been. I thought there might be something in that, so I began to write down some instances people had told me about, and ones that had happened to me.
Yes, I went on a date where the person tried to sell me an insurance plan within half an hour – we never had a second try. And yes, one of my friends did fall asleep on the loo on a first date, but the embellishments were all my own. After it was published, I received a deluge of emails from readers telling me they’d also fallen asleep on the toilet during a date. Unbeknown to me, I’d tapped into a common phenomenon!”
You can read the rest of the piece here.
Boldstrokes have been releasing more audiobooks of late, the most recent including Cari Hunter’s Desolation Point, Jenny Frame’s Courting the Countess and Lesley Davis‘ Starstruck. You can get any one of these for free when you subscribe to Audible. Here’s the link to BSB’s latest.
And finally, a quick note for debut authors – the Polari First Book Prize is now open for submissions. The prize has been running for seven years and UK born and resident writers are eligible to enter. Books should have been published in the twelve months up to 1st Feb 2017. More details here!
Tags: Anna Larner, Cari Hunter, Clare Lydon, Jenny, Lesley Davis, Polari Prize
With Storm Doris (Doris? Really?!) upon us and the kids all off school, it’s probably a good idea to hunker down with a book and a brew. But first, the news…
If you’re looking for a new book to take into the storm bunker with you, Ishinnie by SJ Campbell (who also wrote Diary of a Broken Heart and the Strange Adventures of Mavis Street) is fresh off the press:
ISHINNIE. Perfect love in a world where same-sex relationships are expected and heterosexuals are the minority. This is a book of two love stories.
Annie, who falls in love with the beautiful and career-driven Christina, never feeling good enough with her small dreams of a happy family. Annie is haunted by the death of her alcoholic father, destroyed when his husband leaves him for a woman, but Annie believes in ‘Ishinnie’ and that her perfect love with Christina will get her through.
Their son, Jim, tells his story as he falls in love with a girl at school, learning to hide his love for fear of ridicule and bullying. As Jim matures and his passions grow stronger, he has to learn what ‘Ishinnie’ is and take a stand.
Annie and Jim, mother and son, on a collision course because of their love, held together by Christina. Will they learn that the hardest part of love is forgiveness?
You can buy Ishinnie in e-book or paperback from all the usual places.
If free fiction is more your thing, then The Globe and Mail (no, not that homophobic, bigoted pedlar of shite, but the Canadian one, which should be far more sensible and polite) are celebrating the occasion of Canada’s sesquicentennial by inviting a group of writers – from home and abroad – to celebrate the country’s history in fiction. Stir Fry and Frog Music author Emma Donogue is one of the first to contribute, and you can find her story – The Big Cheese – here.
Skipping on to blogs now, and AL Brooks has a dual offering for us. First up is her Valentine’s Day piece, The Love of Writing about Love:
Every time I read such a book, I am in awe of the story-crafting that has been employed by the author to elicit such a reaction in me. How did they know which exact words to write, in that exact order, to make my heart beat just that little bit faster, and my stomach do that kind of tightening thing it does when I’m getting the “feels”?
You know what I mean, right? That indefinable combination of emotion and physical response to a scene that has you tingling with joy at what those two characters are sharing. It’s a good dose of empathy (if you’ve been there yourself), maybe envy (if you haven’t), a definite dollop of awwww, a hint of arousal, and an all-round deep satisfaction that you just cannot explain…
To get all squishy with AL, click on the link.
Tying in with the release of her new novel, Dark Horse, AL has also been blogging about her time spent in Australia:
I also spent a few weekends in Ballarat, a country town about 90mins drive from Melbourne. My housemates were from there originally, and still had friends back there they would meet up with for dancing at the (only?) nightclub in town. Ballarat was the only Australian town in which I ever really experienced homophobia – it was pretty redneck back in those days. And when I started plotting out Dark Horse, for me it was a no-brainer to set the main part of the story there, and show the new, grown-up version of Ballarat that is a significantly more tolerant place to visit these days.
Read the rest of the blog here.
New BSB author Anna Larner is pretty damn chuffed about having her short story accepted for the forthcoming anthology Girls Next Door. Anna’s story – Hooper Street – will be available in the collection, scheduled for a June 2017 release:
Sometimes the most intriguing girls are right next door—BFFs, ex-girlfriends, new girls in town, party girls, study mates, team mates, and sexy strangers. All it takes is a night out, the right moment, or an accidental kiss to discover what’s been there all along—the perfect girl for a love that lasts a lifetime. Best-selling romance authors tell it from the heart—sexy, romantic stories of falling for the girls next door.
The LGBTQ Arts Review has been chatting to VG Lee, who will be sharing an extract from her new book, Mr Oliver’s Object of Desire, at the WOW Festival Polari Salon on March 8th:
I was inspired to start writing when my long-term relationship broke up. At the time I was devastated and found myself writing sad, angry & self-pitying poems on scraps of paper. When life took a turn for the better, I joined a Creative Writing Class in Hackney and found myself writing quite humorous prose. At a local reading event the Editor of the then Diva Books liked one of my short stories and asked if I had a novel? I didn’t, but set to work on my first novel, The Comedienne, published by Diva Books in 2000 when I was 50!
The full Q&A can be found here.
And that’ll about do us for this fortnight. Have a good weekend everyone!
Tags: AL Brooks, Anna Larner, Emma Donoghue, SJ Campbell, VG Lee
News Roundup: New Books from Nita Round, AL Brooks, & Scott Campbell, Reviews, Events, and More!
It’s a bit of a chilly welcome for this fortnight’s toot at the UK LesFic news. I heartily recommend reading this whilst cradling a nice hot water bottle, wearing gloves, and slurping from a mug of tea…
Let’s kick off the roundup with two new books from UK authors. Nita Round‘s debut, Knight’s Sacrifice, is already available to buy, and A L Brooks‘ second novel, Dark Horse, is set for publication on February 15th. You can read the full synopses for both novels over on our New Releases page.
Not one to rest on her laurels, Nita has a second book in the pipeline, The Ghost of Emily Tapper, which has a tentative publication date of May, 2017:
Two families, inexorably linked through time and misfortune, come together to face an uncertain, and possibly fatal, future. Maggie Durrant is heir to a rambling estate in the middle of nowhere. Along with the ramshackle, gothic style castle, she is plagued with a curse that will end her days sooner, rather than later. Providing her brother doesn’t get to her first. In the city, a world away from the estates of Magwood Hall and the Durrants, Emma Blewitt discovers a heritage that she did not know she had. Orphaned at a young age, she finds herself the beneficiary of a house, money, and the legacy of an aunt who leaves her everything and tells her nothing.
Through ghosts and spectres, murder and mayhem, even the curse of the ghost of Emily Tapper cannot diminish the attraction between Emily and Maggie. Their bond has the strength of ages behind them, but Emma must discover her own legacy before she and Maggie can seek a solution to The Ghost of Emily Tapper.
Sticking with recent releases for the moment, as there’s a new review of Clare Lydon‘s latest, All I Want Forever, up at Les Reveur blog:
Firstly the writing as always was impeccable and to be honest I’ve come to expect nothing else from Clare Lydon. She has a way of bringing you into the book, so much so that you feel like one of the secondary characters. The best part for me is how in this series the characters are real people, with real people issues and anxieties and it made me connect with the main protagonists Holly and Tori on a much deeper level, which in turn made me much more invested. We’ve followed Tori and Holly’s love through many obstacles and relationship hurdles that have only brought them closer and solidified their love.
Meanwhile, Out in Print have been casting an eye over A Quiet Death, the final part of Cari Hunter‘s Dark Peak crime series:
Hunter moves these people through the plot with a confident joy that really comes through on the page. She revels in the details, works in the peaks and valleys, and maintains the balance between explanation and action like a true pro. And those action scenes are incomparable. They move so well, so effortlessly that it’s past your bedtime before you know it, and you’ll still want another chapter. She also has a way with a twist, keeping you off balance until she reveals the true connection between Sanne and the case at hand…
The full review can be found here.
From new books to forthcoming ones, as Scott Campbell has been teasing his Facebook followers with extracts from his forthcoming novel, Ishinnie.
I could almost see her heart breaking while she stood at our breakfast bar staring out into the clouds, looking for sense in life, to understand why we could be blessed with so much love and stripped of it in the same breath.
She turned her eyes, met mine, and I swallowed hard. She had never been more breath-taking or more beautiful than she was in that moment, with tears unabashedly wetting her cheeks, and the sun golden through her red hair. She was my perfect love.
Apparently, the book is due out “very soon,” so more on this when we have it.
Hopping on to events, and Bold Strokes author, Anna Larner – whose debut Highland Fling is scheduled for release in April – will be presenting a paper discussing the “Permutations of Lesbian Love in Popular Fiction,” at the Lesbian Lives conference in Brighton on Friday 24th February. For more information about the event, head to the official page.
Andrea Bramhall is planning a launch party for the second part of her Norfolk Coast Investigation series, Under Parr. The event will be held on the 13th of May 2017 at Deepdale Backpackers and Camping, from 5pm to 9pm. There will be a short reading from the novel, and there’s an open invitation for interested folks.
If you are one of those interested folks, then you can find more information here at the event’s Facebook page.
I’ll round out this roundup with a peek at a couple of blogs. Jen Silver has been chatting about British Wording and Other Things, AKA the art of weeding out any obscure British-isms in her books (balls to that! Leave ’em in! – Ed), and Jenny Frame has been discussing the other love of my life, food, over at her blog:
In the idyllic haven of Wolfgang County, Lena comes close to nature, understands the importance of eating good, well cared for food, not seeing some foods as bad and letting go of the outside world’s body image demands, and just enjoying the life that nature has provided for us. If only more places in the world were like Wolfgang County.
Courting The Countess also used food in a big way. Annie courted Harry with cakes, biscuits, and delicious home cooked meals, until the countess was putty in her hands.
To read more about The Food of Love, click the link.
Right, that little lot should keep you going for a while. Have a great weekend!
Tags: AL Brooks, Andrea Bramhall, Anna Larner, Cari Hunter, Clare Lydon, Jen Silver, Jenny Frame, Nita Round, Scott Campbell
News roundup: the Diva literary festival, a busy Cari Hunter, AL Brooks, new author Wendy Temple and new books!
Now something I moan about, often, is the lack of a literary festival for lesfic in the UK. It’s been a few years now since the big festivals in York (YLAF), of which I only caught the last fantastic year, so it’s very exciting to kick off this week’s post with news that Diva is launching its own festival!
The inaugural event will be in Birmingham in November and signed up already are: Stella Duffy, Kiki Archer, Val McDermid, Clare Ashton, Rebecca Chance, VG Lee, VA Fearon and Jacquie Lawrence. Hopefully there’ll be more announcements over the year as more authors are brought on board. For more details see the press release which has email addresses for interested authors.
Cari Hunter’s A Quiet Death, the final book in the Dark Peak crime series, was reviewed over on C-Spot reviews and by the Velvet Lounger at The Lesbian Reading Room and what fab reviews they are of this gritty crime novel focussed on a sex trafficking case:
“I heavily suspected that I’d enjoy this book since I’ve not yet been disappointed by anything written by the author and I was right. Hunter has not only a talent for bringing her characters to life and dropping the reader into the scene but also for balancing dark, deadly serious story lines with levity and humor so the reader doesn’t get lost in despair over the heartbreaking cases. I look forward to reading whatever she comes up with next.” More from C-Spot here.
“Once again I cannot recommend this series enough. If you like crime, a thriller, and suspense with a cast of real life everyday folk and unassuming heros, written with excellent if unpretentious style, you really cannot do any better than this.” More from the Velvet Lounger’s review here.
Cari’s also been blogging about her work as a paramedic which feeds into her writing. This post covers her new year’s eve shift and, just like her books, is a poignant mixture of brutal life and humour:
Our last patient of 2016 is a tiny little boy with a life-limiting genetic condition. He’s had a high temp and diarrhoea since noon, and he’s poorly, with a feeble cry and poor respiratory effort. His parents have already lost a child to the same condition and they seem to know that their son is unlikely to make it out of the hospital this time. I sit with him on the stretcher, cooing at him and stroking his cheek as K flies us in on our second red paeds standby of the night. I hand over the baby and reams of paperwork, including end-of-life care wishes, to the waiting team, and stagger out of Resus, adrenaline fading fast. “Right, drunk people only from now on,” I say, back in the cab and through a mouthful of chocolate. “Drunk people being smacked in the head.”
It’s the first of Clare Lydon’s Lesbian Bookclub podcasts of the year. She gives us an update on her writing including the latest installment of the All I Want series and what’s hot in the lesfic charts. This month’s guest is Brit AL Brooks whose erotic debut about a sex club in Manchester caused a stir last year. They talk about The Club, being out as an erotic writer and her next book, the romance Dark Horse. Have a listen here.
A quick mention now of a writing course based online and in Scotland. For anyone looking for help finding their voice as a writer and with developing their social media presence, Orla Broderick has developed a course to help with both of these aspects of writing. You can find more information about the course and contact Orla here.
Right, on to upcoming releases and new books.
Jenny Frame has been a busy bee and has three books pending for 2017! Her latest cover reveal is for Charming the Vicar, the second in the Axedale village series, which tells the love story of Bridget Claremont, Axedale’s unconventional vicar.
New author Wendy Temple has released the cover of her debut and its blurb. Defensive Mindset will be out late April 2017.
Star footballer and successful businesswoman Jessie Grainger has her life set, and doesn’t need anything getting in the way. That includes rebellious rival player Fran Doherty, a burnt-out barmaid with a past as messed up as her attitude. So when the clashing pair find themselves on the same Edinburgh women football team, how will they survive each other, let alone play to win?
Wendy is from Scotland and started writing fanfiction in 2005. She is nutty about sports and it should be no surprise that includes playing football. You can find out more about Wendy from the Ylva website.
Robyn Nyx posts free short stories from time to time, and her latest for January is called Heart Halfway Gone – a short erotic romance. Scroll to the bottom of Robin’s books page to find a choice of file downloads.
And finally!
Out now is Clare Lydon’s All I Want Forever! It’s already at the top of the UK Amazon lesfic charts. Here’s the cover and blurb:
They’re engaged, but they’re living 5,000 miles apart…
Everyone says Tori & Holly are meant to be, but when distance means barriers in their love affair, can the pair overcome them? The wedding’s booked, Tori’s mum has bought a new dress, but will they be in the same city come the big day?
Join Tori & Holly on their final adventure as they grapple with their destiny. Can they agree on their future and finally grasp their happy ever after?
That’s all folks!
Tags: AL Brooks, Cari Hunter, Clare Lydon, Jenny Frame, Kiki Archer, lesbian fiction, lesfic, Robin Nyx, Stella Duffy, VA Fearon, Val McDermid, Wendy Temple
News Roundup: Double Brit Rainbow Award Win, New Books, Blogs, Reviews, Free Stuff and More!
And we’re back! A very happy and prosperous new year to one and all, may it be filled with books and other kinds of goodness. While Tig sobs as she stows her tinsel and baubles for another 300 or so days (I’m giving her till October to get them out again!) I’ll be steering us through our first news roundup of 2017, and it’s a bumper one…
First up, we don’t do a lot of tooting our own horn here at UK LesFic, but sod it, I’m about to, so bear with me. The 2016 Rainbow Awards were announced just before we headed off for our Christmas holidays and we scored a blog mistress double whammy as Poppy Jenkins by Clare Ashton scooped Best Lesbian Contemporary & Erotic Romance, and my own Cold to the Touch topped the Best Lesbian Mystery/Thriller category. The books also came second (Poppy) and third (Cold) overall in Best Lesbian Book. Huzzah!
You can find the full list of all the winners and runners up at the link.
January seems to be a busy old month for new releases with the publication of books by five UK authors. Lesley Davis‘ conspiracy-themed, alien invader romance (?!) Raging at the Stars is currently on sale at the Bold Strokes website, alongside Cari Hunter‘s third Dark Peak crime thriller, A Quiet Death. Both books will be on general sale on January 17th. Felucca Dreams, an Egypt-set romance by Natalie Debrabandere is now on sale at Amazon, and AE Radley‘s Grounded, the other half of Flight SQA016, will be released via Ylva on January 18th. Meanwhile, Jade Winters has published Unravelled – which she’s tagged as “contemporary women’s fiction.” You can find the synopses for all these books and more over on the New Releases page.
Jane Retzig has released A Question of Trust – the follow-up to The Wronged Woman – onto audio book, and she has some free copies to give away via Audible. If any UK LesFic readers would like one, please email Jane: jane retzig @ gmail. com (take out the spaces before using the address!) or PM her on Facebook or GoodReads.
With 2016 drawing to a close, top five, top ten, and top eleventy-twelve lists have been cropping up all over the show. The Lesbian Review‘s 10 Best Books of 2016 featured Clare Ashton‘s Poppy Jenkins at number 3:
Ashton has a phenomenal ability to pull you into a story and make you feel a range of things. Beautifully written and superb storytelling.
And Kiki Archer‘s Lost in the Starlight hot on its heels at number 4:
This is an absolutely beautiful, happy book that will have you delighted and charmed from the first word. A must-read from 2016.
You can find the full countdown at the above link.
Clare Lydon also got in on the act with her five fave books of the year, with the ubiquitous Poppy Jenkins snagging the number 4 slot this time:
This book has been lighting up the lesfic charts around the world this year, and probably the Welsh tourist board should offer Ashton some commission for the undoubted visits she’s encouraged with her lingering prose. Put simply, this is a corker of a lesbian romance.
Cold to the Touch by Cari Hunter sneaked in at number 3:
What I love about this book are the two leads and their on-off relationship. And because this isn’t a romance, there really was an element of ‘will they get together?’ Which, I’ll be honest, kept me on the edge of my seat more than the crimes. What can I say? I’m a romantic at heart.
And the top slot was taken by another brit, HP Munro, with her sequel Grace Falls:
HP Munro’s USP is humour, and this book delivers in spades, with many laugh-out-loud moments scattered through the pages. Plus, the central romance between Charlotte and Erin truly pulls on the heartstrings and by the end, you’ll be on your feet, hollering for them, just like Sully and the gang.
For the full list and Clare’s more in-depth write ups, hop over here.
I’ll stick with Ms Lydon for a moment to mention her Round-Up of 2016 Goals (which included “Watch All of the Sport,” and “Stand up, Jig Around,” amongst other worthy ambitions!) Clare has assessed and analysed her 2016 achievements in her own inimitable style, though she failed miserably on the standing up and jigging around aspect:
Epic fail on this one, but I won’t be too hard on myself because writing is a sedentary occupation – especially if you did as much of it as I did in 2016! However, I plan to do better this year, and it’ll feature again in my upcoming 2017 goals blog, with an actual number weight-wise to aim for. Gulp.
2017 looks set to be another busy one – read Clare’s Goals for 2017 here – and we have a sneak peek at the new cover for All I Want Forever, the final romantic adventure for Tori and Holly (“featuring San Francisco, love, mishaps and all their usual mayhem.”) Keep an eye on Clare’s blog for a release date.
Jenny Frame, CK Martin, and Jen Silver have also hopped on the 2016 review, looking forward to 2017 blogging bandwagon. You can read their thoughts on the year that was and the year that’s to come by clicking their names.
Reviews now, and Jody Klaire‘s Hindsight, the latest in her Above and Beyond series – has been reviewed at the Lesbian Reading Room:
The action is fast paced, the number of players on the table at any one time is unbelievable and the combination of flashbacks and current action, from multiple points of view, left me gasping. And yet somehow Jody Klaire not only manages to keep all the storylines, points of view and personalities clear, she somehow manages to bring it all to a successful resolution.
The Lesbian Review have been casting their ears over the audio version of Jenny Frame‘s Heart of the Pack:
When you want something that fun and entertaining that is easy to listen to with a nicely dramatic romance then pick up a Jenny Frame. This one is no exception. I really enjoyed it.
For those who fancy a bit of bedtime sauciness, AL Brooks has recorded a reading from her erotic debut, The Club, on The Lesbian Talk Show. I haven’t had a chance to listen to it, but I’m going to assume that it’s probably NSFW! Enjoy.
And finally this week, congratulations to Kiki Archer, Stella Duffy and Sarah Waters who have all been shortlisted for Diva’s Author of the Year award. You can vote for your favourites at this list, but get your skates on, the vote closes February 14th.
Whew, I think that about covers it! Wrap up warm and have a lovely weekend 🙂
Tags: AL Brooks, Cari Hunter, CK Martin, Clare Lydon. Clare Ashton, HP Munro, Jade Winters. AE Radley, Jane Retzig, Jen Silver, Jenny Frame, Kiki Archer, Lesley Davis, Natalie Debrabandere
News roundup: interviews, reviews, readings and Christmas books!
A quick sprint through the news because I haven’t even started Christmas shopping yet. Actually it’s been a fairly quiet fortnight but don’t miss these tasty morsels:
Clare Lydon interviewed Jane Retzig this month. In the words of Clare: “This month I’m interviewing fellow Brit Jane Retzig, best known for The Wrong Woman, Boundaries and The Retreat. Jane talks about publishing in the 90s and the differences doing it herself today, as well as chatting religion and the inspiration behind her slightly off-kilter lesbian romance novels. These include the late-great Leonard Cohen and, oddly, Alexandra Burke. Jane is a fabulous guest, so I hope you enjoy.” It is indeed a fab and interesting interview and here’s the link.
Kiki Archer is interviewed in this month’s Diva with some splendid shots of her in soft autumnal wear. Kiki says: “We chat about life, loves and literature, and they say of Lost In The Starlight: ‘It’s laugh-out-loud funny, warm and engaging, much like Kiki herself.'” Go and have a read.
And for a taster of Kiki’s latest, Lost in the Starlight, you can catch her reading at Polari Birmingham on YouTube.
And if you’ve read it already have a listen to what the chapesses at The Lesbian Review thought of the book in their Les Do Books podcast.
Bold Strokes author Anna Larner has been blogging about her literary crush Carol Ann Duffy:
“As the UK’s first female Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy has re-imagined the role on her own terms. Gone is the notion of a patriarchal remote, aloof honour and in its place the Poet Laureate has become an open, engaged, and fearless defender of not only poetry but of social justice and equality.”
You can read the rest of this piece here.
Out now is Jade Winters Christmas short story A Christmas Kiss:
When romance pessimist Emma finds herself under the mistletoe with the enigmatic Zara, she doesn’t think the encounter will last longer than a night. Will it take more than a Christmas kiss for Zara to find a place in her heart?
You can buy it on Amazon.
Affinity books are having a Christmas sale, including Jen Silver’s Christmas at Winterbourne and for another Christmas read you can grab Clare Lydon’s All I Want for Christmas (99p at the time of writing!)
Tags: Anna Larner, Carol Ann Duffy, Clare Lydon, Jade Winters, Jane Retzig, Jen Silver, Kiki Archer
News Roundup: New Author Nita Round, Festive Fare from Clare Lydon & Jade Winters, Polari with Kiki Archer Tonight in Brum, and More!
Hard to know what to say, really, when the last fortnight has seen the world whacked off its axis and many of our overseas friends are now terrified that all their hard-fought progress and steps towards equality could begin to unravel. As governments lurch to the right, it’s now more than ever that we need our community and our mates and our wits about us. And our stories, of course – we need to keep telling our stories…
So it seems apt that we start this week by welcoming a new author to the site. Nita Round has been writing all of her life in one form or another, and she loves telling stories. Her head is full of them, and they all scream for her attention. Chosen as one of the winning entries in a short story competition, publication was the catalyst for her to write more, and she now writes full time.
She loves being outdoors in the garden or visiting sites of National heritage, but she also loves reading, cooking and gaming, and no matter what she always finds something to do. She lives in the heart of England with her wife of 21 years and their King Charles Cavalier, Rosie.
Her first novel, Knight’s Sacrifice, is due to be published by Regal Crest in February (tentative release date), with a second, The Ghost of Emily Tapper, set to follow hot on its heels. This is the blurb for Knight’s Sacrifice:
For most people, running a funeral home is a dull and conservative line of work, but when Catherine Samuels inherits the family business she discovers that it is anything but straightforward. For a start, the dead do not always stay dead, they sit up, and they bite. In this strange world, Catherine needs help, and that comes in the form of Cassandra (Cassie) Evans, a heavily armed problem solver, knowledgeable in all things arcane and undead.
Cassie, however, hates her posting to Catherine Samuels. Her charge knows nothing of family, her heritage, nor her duty as the sole remaining caretaker of The Gate, a sentient construct that guards the way to hell and stops the inhabitants of Hell finding their way to the land of the living. Anyone who does not understand the importance of this duty is a liability. Catherine is a liability. Except that Cassie finds an unsettling attraction developing between them that she neither expects nor wants. Duty first, there is no room for emotional entanglements, and certainly not with a woman who rejects all that Cassie thinks is important.
When Catherine finds herself on the brink of losing everything, Cassie, her family, and even life itself, then she must awaken. She must become The Samuel, The Gate Keeper and guard the way between the living and the dead. To make it safe she must travel to hell, with the warrior that she has chosen, and there, if they survive, she must heal the problems of the Gate before all hell breaks loose.
You can read more about Nita here on her website.
Just in time to offer a bit of pre-festive cheer, Clare Lydon is giving away copies of her new Christmas-themed novella It Had To Be You over on her website:
When Georgia meets Milly, she knows she could be a game-changer. But then she meets her mother, and all hell breaks loose.
To get your freebie gift, hit this link and complete the small form on the page.
And, judging by the new cover on Jade Winters’ Facebook page, it would seem that she also has something in mind for Christmas. No details of release or content as yet, but we’ll do our best to keep you updated.
Nicola Griffith has written a blog post in remembrance of her US editor, Ellen Key Harris-Braun, the woman who was the first to see the potential in Ammonite (“this sex-romp-on-girlie-planet, or radical-reexamination-of-gender, or biological-What-If”). It’s a very fond and interesting look back at those initial steps towards publication and well worth a read:
And then one day the president of Ballantine, Linda Grey, walked through the Del Rey offices, caught sight of the sketch, and said, “What the hell is that?” Ellen started to explain but Linda Grey gave her a look and said, “Del Rey’s an SF imprint; put a spaceship on the cover.” So that’s what happened. Ammonite, my precious first novel about self- and other-worldly exploration acquired a lurid orange and yellow illustration, complete with jelly-bean spaceship…
New Bold Strokes author Robyn Nyx has been blogging on the publisher’s official site about the gamut of emotions involved in publishing as a first timer:
There’s disbelief when you read the email offering you a contract for your pretty paper baby. Then comes elation, because someone actually believes you’re talented enough for them to invest $10,000 to edit, produce, and market your manuscript. A few short months later, there’s pain…
You can read the full piece here, and her debut, Never Enough, was released this week.
Polari, the LGBT Literary Salon, is making an appearance as part of Birmingham’s Shout Festival at the Mac, TONIGHT (Saturday 19th November). Kiki Archer, Scott Campbell & VG Lee will be reading from their latest novels, and a good time is always had by all. The evening sold out when it was held last year, so for tickets and more specifics, hurry over to the main site.
Finally this week, for anyone who has been following Jody Klaire‘s downloadable Whistleblower series, the fourth part, Not Genuine, is now available by following this link at Jody’s blog.
Whatever you may be up to this weekend, have a safe one.
Tags: Clare Lydon, Jade Winters, Jody Klaire, Kiki Archer, Nicola Griffith, Nita Round, Robyn Nyx, Scott Campbell, VG Lee
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Myanmar’s temple city Bagan awarded UNESCO World Heritage status
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UNESCO inscribed Myanmar’s ancient capital of Bagan as a World Heritage Site on Saturday, nearly a quarter of a century after the complex of Buddhist temples was first nominated for listing.
The decision recognizes the importance of the central Myanmar site – which includes more than 3,500 stupas, temples, monasteries and other structures built between the 11th and 13th centuries – and will likely be a boon to Myanmar’s tourist industry.
The Myanmar proposal to list the site was approved at a meeting of the U.N.’s cultural body in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The International Council on Monuments and Sites recommended the listing, noting that Myanmar had adopted a new heritage law and had formed plans to reduce the impact of hotels and tourism developments around the temple.
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Participatory governance in smart cities: The urbanAPI case study (2017)
Soomro, K., Khan, Z., & Ludlow, D. (2017). Participatory governance in smart cities: The urbanAPI case study. International Journal of Services Technology and Management, 23(5-6), 419-444. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSTM.2017.10009859
Copyright © 2017 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. This paper presents some results from an EU FP7 RTD project urbanAPI, in which three ICT applications target different aspects of participatory urban governance. The 3D Scenario Creator allows urban plan... Read More about Participatory governance in smart cities: The urbanAPI case study.
From top-down land use planning intelligence to bottom-up stakeholder engagement for smart cities – A case study: DECUMANUS service products (2017)
José, R. S., Perez, J. L., Ludlow, D., Khan, Z., Soomro, K., Marconcini, M., …Lemper, M. (2017). From top-down land use planning intelligence to bottom-up stakeholder engagement for smart cities – A case study: DECUMANUS service products. International Journal of Services Technology and Management, 23(5-6), 465-493. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSTM.2017.10009861
Copyright © 2017 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Intelligence delivered by earth observation (EO) satellites performs a vital role in supporting ICT enabled urban governance, and the creation of decision making tools delivering integrated urban plannin... Read More about From top-down land use planning intelligence to bottom-up stakeholder engagement for smart cities – A case study: DECUMANUS service products.
Exploring population distribution and motion dynamics through mobile phone device data in selected cities – lessons learned from the UrbanAPI project (2014)
Peter-Anders, J., Loibl, W., Züger, J., Khan, Z., & Ludlow, D. (2014, May). Exploring population distribution and motion dynamics through mobile phone device data in selected cities – lessons learned from the UrbanAPI project. Paper presented at REAL CORP 2014
The paper discusses experiences of development and implementation of public motion explorer (PME) tool as part of the EU FP7 project urbanAPI. This tool has been applied to three EU cities with the objective to investigate population distribution dyn... Read More about Exploring population distribution and motion dynamics through mobile phone device data in selected cities – lessons learned from the UrbanAPI project.
ICT enabled participatory urban planning and policy development: The UrbanAPI project (2014)
Khan, Z., Ludlow, D., Loibl, W., & Soomro, K. (2014). ICT enabled participatory urban planning and policy development: The UrbanAPI project. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, 8(2), 205-229. https://doi.org/10.1108/TG-09-2013-0030
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to present the effectiveness of participatory information and communication technology (ICT) tools for urban planning, in particular, supporting bottom-up decision-making in urban management and governance. Design/me... Read More about ICT enabled participatory urban planning and policy development: The UrbanAPI project.
Applying the CoReS requirements development method for building IT tools for urban management systems: The UrbanAPI project (2013)
Khan, Z., David, L., & Wolfgang, L. (2013). Applying the CoReS requirements development method for building IT tools for urban management systems: The UrbanAPI project
Gathering and managing requirements from stakeholders is an essential task for the successful development of IT tools for any application domain. However, specifying stakeholders’ requirements for a collaborative research and development project in t... Read More about Applying the CoReS requirements development method for building IT tools for urban management systems: The UrbanAPI project.
Evaluating a collaborative IT based research and development project (2013)
Khan, Z., Ludlow, D., & Caceres, S. (2013). Evaluating a collaborative IT based research and development project. Evaluation and Program Planning, 40, 27-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2013.04.004
In common with all projects, evaluating an Information Technology (IT) based research and development project is necessary in order to discover whether or not the outcomes of the project are successful. However, evaluating large-scale collaborative p... Read More about Evaluating a collaborative IT based research and development project.
Domain-specific languages for agile urban policy modelling (2013)
Kramer, M., Khan, Z., & Ludlow, D. (2013, May). Domain-specific languages for agile urban policy modelling. Paper presented at ECMS, 27th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Alesund Norway, 27-30 May 2013
UrbanAPI development progress (2013)
Ludlow, D., & Khan, Z. (2013, March). UrbanAPI development progress. Presented at Transforming Government Workshop, (tGov2013), Brunel University, London, 22-23 March 2013
Applying the criteria indicators and metrics evaluation method on ICT research: The HUMBOLDT project (2013)
Khan, Z., Ludlow, D., & Rix, J. (2013). Applying the criteria indicators and metrics evaluation method on ICT research: The HUMBOLDT project. Research Evaluation, 22(1), 30-40. https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvs037
Evaluating an Information Technology (IT) based research and development project from an end-user's perspective is necessary in order to discover whether or not the outcomes of the project are successful. However, it is not straightforward to design... Read More about Applying the criteria indicators and metrics evaluation method on ICT research: The HUMBOLDT project.
Participatory democracy and the governance of smart cities (2012)
Ludlow, D., & Khan, Z. (2012, July). Participatory democracy and the governance of smart cities. Paper presented at 26th Annual AESOP Congress
Citizens’ participation in urban planning and policy-making develops the traditional top-down governance model via promotion of bottom-up approaches to policy development and decision-making. This evolution drives social innovation in support of pl... Read More about Participatory democracy and the governance of smart cities.
An architecture for integrated intelligence in urban management using cloud computing (2012)
Khan, Z., Ludlow, D., McClatchey, R., & Anjum, A. (2012). An architecture for integrated intelligence in urban management using cloud computing. Journal of Cloud Computing: Advances, Systems and Applications, 1(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/2192-113X-1-1
With the emergence of new methodologies and technologies it has now become possible to manage large amounts of environmental sensing data and apply new integrated computing models to acquire information intelligence. This paper advocates the applicat... Read More about An architecture for integrated intelligence in urban management using cloud computing.
Khan, Z., Ludlow, D., McClatchey, R., & Anjum, A. (2011, December). An architecture for integrated intelligence in urban management using cloud computing. Paper presented at ITAAC 2011: International Workshop on Intelligent Techniques and Architectures for Autonomic Clouds in conjunction with the 4th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2011)
With the existence of new methodologies and technologies it has now become possible to manage large amounts of environmental sensing data and apply new integrated computing models to acquire information intelligence. This paper advocates the applicat... Read More about An architecture for integrated intelligence in urban management using cloud computing.
Integrated urban management: “Win-win” solutions (2011)
Ludlow, D., & Khan, Z. (2011, September). Integrated urban management: “Win-win” solutions. Presented at 2011 UK / Ireland Planning Research Conference: Planning Resilient Communities in Challenging Times,
Analysis of urban challenges, from a sustainable development perspective, emphasise the interconnected nature of the challenges, reflecting the ecosystems perspective on the city. Key political concerns with climate change greenhouse gas emissions, e... Read More about Integrated urban management: “Win-win” solutions.
Harmonizing geospaatial data at the local level for global benefit: HUMBOLDT Urban Atlas – a case study (2011)
Khan, Z., Giger, C., Althoff, J., & Ludlow, D. (2011, June). Harmonizing geospaatial data at the local level for global benefit: HUMBOLDT Urban Atlas – a case study. Poster presented at INSPIRE Conference 2011
One of the major requirements for the realization of an integrated environmental monitoring system is the availability of tools and services to harmonize and integrate environmental spatial data, originating from various governmental and other agenci... Read More about Harmonizing geospaatial data at the local level for global benefit: HUMBOLDT Urban Atlas – a case study.
GMES and INSPIRE: Harmonising cross-thematic environmental data for integrated intelligence (2011)
Ludlow, D., & Khan, Z. (2011, March). GMES and INSPIRE: Harmonising cross-thematic environmental data for integrated intelligence. Poster presented at 2nd GMES Operational Workshop
GMES and INSPIRE are mutually beneficial and require close collaboration between communities from both domains to mitigate and adapt to environmental and security challenges. For example, extension of GMES services into the cross-cutting domains of S... Read More about GMES and INSPIRE: Harmonising cross-thematic environmental data for integrated intelligence.
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Ludlow, D., Khan, Z., Loibl, W., Rix, J., Fons, J., & Garzillo, C. Smart cities and integrated urban management. Progress in Planning,
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This War of Mine Hands On - War is Changing in Video Games
Carly Smith | 15 Jun 2014 14:00
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11 Bit Studios' This War of Mine tells a story about war not often seen in video games.
Video games tell us war never changes. Conflicts are inherent in stories and video games, and war is a common subject. In a lot of video games, such as military shooters, stories of war place the player in the mindset of a soldier or a killing machine. Video games make war fast, brutal, and in a way - fun. This War Of Mine has a different goal.
Your primary goal in This War Of Mine is survival. As a civilian, you have no idea when the war will end. Politics aren't important; at the end of the day, you need food, medicine, and shelter. As the player, you manage a group of characters, which are randomized each time, with set skills and characteristics. Some are better scavengers, some are more suited for physical confrontations, and some could be good at sneaking.
During the E3 demo, senior writer Pawel Miechowski noted that he was inspired by Lucas Pope's game Papers, Please as well as stories from survivors of war. Miechowski wanted to make a game in which the player would have to make hard decisions in a morally gray area. "When war breaks out, there are no good guys," he said.
With only so many resources available, stealing from someone else could lead them to their death. What do you do if you meet someone with food if your characters are dying of hunger? To a survivor, the hardest battle is to just endure and hold on until the war eventually ends. Survivors told 11 Bit Studios that the hardest decisions they had to make came from the need to sacrifice someone to save everyone else. Survival tastes bitter. How proud can you feel about enduring if you have to trample over others for your survival? These conflicts are what 11 Bit Studios hopes players will think about while playing This War of Mine.
Players may need to tend to a sick friend but have no medicine available. Bartering allows you to trade your items for things you could need, but not everyone is willing to trade with you. As to be expected in a time of war, many people are hostile, and they will put themselves first.
Since the game's GDC preview, 11 Bit Studios has placed a greater emphasis on characters' emotions. Winning the game means staying alive, but emotional endurance can be just as important as physical endurance. Miechowski found that plenty of survivors the team spoke with had to grapple with their emotions. Some characters in This War of Mine have greater levels of empathy and are greater affected by death and hardship. In my demo, one of the characters killed a person for food and medicine, and when he returned to the shelter, another character in the group became depressed that his friend had killed somebody. Later on, one of the characters was killed as he went scavenging at night, and this empathetic character became even more depressed. He would punch the air and walk around as if a weight was pulling him toward the ground; life became pointless for him, and that is dangerous. Time heals wounds, and depressed characters will pull through if things start to get better. While they're in a rut, they'll refuse to help out.
This War of Mine is a mature game, Miechowski said. The team has no intention of toning it down for a younger audience, as they hope to faithfully show the realities of war. I'm unsure whether the game will broach other topics within war, such as sex trafficking or how soldiers treat civilians beyond violence. This War of Mine has a nice base to work on with plenty of real stories to draw from, but it may broaden itself a bit so that it focuses on war in general rather than specific wars to avoid issues of religion or politics.
The game isn't particularly fun, but it is difficult and engaging. Miechowski believes not all games have to necessarily evoke fun, and I agree. 11 Bit Studios is still working on improving the game, and if it can be serious while also having tight, unobtrusive gameplay, we could have another game like Papers, Please. This War of Mine will release on PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android later this year.
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1. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
TV-MA | 57 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Nine noble families fight for control over the mythical lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for thousands of years.
Stars: Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Lena Headey
Votes: 1,630,966
2. Friends (1994–2004)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Follows the personal and professional lives of six twenty to thirty-something-year-old friends living in Manhattan.
Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc
Votes: 731,774
3. The Blacklist (2013– )
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A new FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen, has her entire life uprooted when a mysterious criminal, Raymond Reddington, who has eluded capture for decades, turns himself in and insists on speaking only to her.
Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold
4. True Detective (2014– )
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Seasonal anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.
Stars: Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch
5. Mad Men (2007–2015)
TV-14 | 47 min | Drama
A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.
Stars: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones
6. Silicon Valley (2014–2019)
TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy
Follows the struggle of Richard Hendricks, a Silicon Valley engineer trying to build his own company called Pied Piper.
Stars: Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, Josh Brener, Martin Starr
7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A young woman, destined to slay vampires, demons and other infernal creatures, deals with her life fighting evil, with the help of her friends.
Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Head
8. House of Cards (2013–2018)
TV-MA | 51 min | Drama
A Congressman works with his equally conniving wife to exact revenge on the people who betrayed him.
Stars: Kevin Spacey, Michel Gill, Robin Wright, Kate Mara
9. Girls (2012–2017)
TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Drama
A comedy about the experiences of a group of girls in their early 20s.
Stars: Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Adam Driver
10. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, History
An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.
Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
11. Fringe (2008–2013)
TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
An F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.
Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Jasika Nicole
12. Masters of Sex (2013–2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Romance
Drama about the pioneers of the science of human sexuality whose research touched off the sexual revolution.
Stars: Michael Sheen, Lizzy Caplan, Caitlin FitzGerald, Teddy Sears
13. The Impossible (2012)
PG-13 | 114 min | Drama, History, Thriller
The story of a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Oaklee Pendergast
14. Veep (2012–2019)
Former Senator Selina Meyer finds that being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she hoped and everything that everyone ever warned her about.
Stars: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tony Hale, Anna Chlumsky, Reid Scott
15. The Newsroom (2012–2014)
A newsroom undergoes some changes in its workings and morals as a new team is brought in, bringing unexpected results for its existing news anchor.
Stars: Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill
16. Sex and Lucía (2001)
Various lives converge on an isolated island, all connected by an author whose novel has become inextricably entwined with his own life.
Director: Julio Medem | Stars: Paz Vega, Tristán Ulloa, Najwa Nimri, Elena Anaya
17. The Machinist (2004)
R | 101 min | Drama, Thriller
An industrial worker who hasn't slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, John Sharian
18. The Skin I Live In (2011)
R | 120 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet, Marisa Paredes
19. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
Director: Juan José Campanella | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Carla Quevedo
20. Room in Rome (2010)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Romance
A hotel room in the center of Rome serves as the setting for two young and recently acquainted women to have a physical adventure that touches their very souls.
Director: Julio Medem | Stars: Elena Anaya, Natasha Yarovenko, Enrico Lo Verso, Najwa Nimri
21. Eastbound & Down (2009–2013)
TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Many years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach Physical Education at his old middle school.
Stars: Danny McBride, Steve Little, Katy Mixon, Elizabeth De Razzo
22. Pan Am (2011–2012)
TV-PG | 42 min | Drama, History, Romance
Period drama about the pilots and flight attendants who once made Pan Am the most glamorous way to fly.
Stars: Christina Ricci, Margot Robbie, Michael Mosley, Karine Vanasse
23. Utopia (I) (2013–2014)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After a group of people, who meet online, discover a bizarre graphic novel which seems to hold mysterious answers, they find themselves being tracked down by a merciless organization known merely as 'The Network'.
Stars: Adeel Akhtar, Paul Higgins, Neil Maskell, Fiona O'Shaughnessy
24. The Body (2012)
108 min | Mystery, Thriller
A detective searches for the body of a femme fatale which has gone missing from a morgue.
Director: Oriol Paulo | Stars: Jose Coronado, Hugo Silva, Belén Rueda, Aura Garrido
25. The Ninth Gate (1999)
R | 133 min | Mystery, Thriller
A rare book dealer, while seeking out the last two copies of a demon text, gets drawn into a conspiracy with supernatural overtones.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin, Emmanuelle Seigner
26. Volver (I) (2006)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama
After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo
27. REC (2007)
R | 78 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
Directors: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza | Stars: Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Jorge-Yamam Serrano, Pablo Rosso
28. Olive Kitteridge (2014)
TV-14 | 239 min | Drama
A middle-school math teacher Olive and her marriage with Henry which spans 25 years.
Stars: Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, Ken Cheeseman, Ann Dowd
29. Bad Education (2004)
NC-17 | 106 min | Crime, Drama
An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Javier Cámara, Daniel Giménez Cacho
30. Agora (2009)
R | 127 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom
TV-MA | 336 min | Drama
Divorced single mom Mildred Pierce decides to open a restaurant business, which tears at the already-strained relationship with her ambitious elder daughter, Veda.
Stars: Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood, Brían F. O'Byrne
32. Live Flesh (1997)
R | 103 min | Drama
After leaving jail, Víctor is still in love with Elena, but she's married to the former cop -now basketball player- who became paralysed by a shot from Víctor's gun...
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Liberto Rabal, Francesca Neri, Javier Bardem, Ángela Molina
33. The City of Lost Children (1995)
R | 112 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
Directors: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon
34. Sleep Tight (2011)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
You wake day after day to the comfort and security of your home. But how safe is it really?
Director: Jaume Balagueró | Stars: Luis Tosar, Marta Etura, Alberto San Juan, Petra Martínez
35. Enlightened (2011–2013)
A self-destructive woman who has a spiritual awakening becomes determined to live an enlightened life, creating havoc at home and work.
Stars: Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Sarah Burns, Luke Wilson
36. Three Steps Above Heaven (2010)
Not Rated | 118 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A privileged woman and a reckless man fall in love despite their different social classes.
Director: Fernando González Molina | Stars: Mario Casas, María Valverde, Álvaro Cervantes, Marina Salas
37. Red Lights (2012)
R | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Psychologist Margaret Matheson and her assistant study paranormal activity, which leads them to investigate a world-renowned psychic who has resurfaced years after his toughest critic mysteriously passed away.
Director: Rodrigo Cortés | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro, Cillian Murphy, Elizabeth Olsen
38. The Devil's Backbone (2001)
R | 106 min | Drama, Horror
After Carlos - a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War - arrives at an ominous boys' orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets which he must uncover.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve
39. Boss (2011–2012)
TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama
Mayor Tom Kane, diagnosed with a dementia disorder, struggles to keep his grip on power in Chicago.
Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Connie Nielsen, Hannah Ware, Jeff Hephner
40. Open Your Eyes (1997)
R | 117 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz, Chete Lera, Fele Martínez
41. Show Me a Hero (2015)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History
Yonkers Mayor Nick Wasicsko takes office in 1987 and has to deal with the serious subject of the building of public housing in the white, middle class side of the town.
Stars: Oscar Isaac, Carla Quevedo, Peter Riegert, Natalie Paul
42. Broken Embraces (2009)
R | 127 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo, José Luis Gómez
43. Transsiberian (2008)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Transsiberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Ben Kingsley, Kate Mara
44. Togetherness (2015–2016)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Follows two couples living under the same roof who struggle to keep their relationships alive while pursuing their individual dreams.
Stars: Mark Duplass, Melanie Lynskey, Amanda Peet, Steve Zissis
45. Marshland (2014)
TV-MA | 105 min | Adventure, Crime, Horror
Two cops lost in the deep south of Spain. One serial killer to catch. A lot of secrets and lies of discover.
Director: Alberto Rodríguez | Stars: Javier Gutiérrez, Raúl Arévalo, María Varod, Perico Cervantes
46. Hello Ladies (2013–2014)
A gawky Englishman comes to Los Angeles to find the woman of his dreams.
Stars: Stephen Merchant, Christine Woods, Nate Torrence, Kevin Weisman
47. A Perfect Day (I) (2015)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A group of aid workers work to resolve a crisis in an armed conflict zone.
Director: Fernando León de Aranoa | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Tim Robbins, Olga Kurylenko, Mélanie Thierry
48. Cell 211 (2009)
113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
Director: Daniel Monzón | Stars: Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann, Antonio Resines, Manuel Morón
49. Clear History (2013 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 101 min | Comedy
A disgraced former marketing executive plots revenge against his former boss, who made billions from the electric car company they had started together.
Director: Greg Mottola | Stars: Larry David, Bill Hader, Philip Baker Hall, Jon Hamm
50. Planet 51 (2009)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An alien civilization is invaded by Astronaut Chuck Baker, who believes that the planet was uninhabited. Wanted by the military, Baker must get back to his ship before it goes into orbit without him.
Directors: Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad, Marcos Martínez | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Jessica Biel, Justin Long
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Omar Thornton: Some Voices of Sanity are Beginning to be Heard
Nicholas Stix
I’m not a fan of head shrinkers, but sometimes one of them says something sensible, in spite of his training. And sensible talk has been a public rarity since racist black thief Omar Thornton snuffed out eight people’s lives and wounded two others, for the crime of breathing while white.
Fox News posted a commentary on Thornton that the AP would never condone.
“Family members of Omar Thornton, the man who murdered eight fellow employees in Manchester, Connecticut yesterday, then killed himself, are claiming he did so because he was being harassed for being black….
His uncle says that when he called his mother after the shootings he talked about having killed the “five racists” who were bothering him.
Well, nine people are dead, not five, and not a single one of them lost his life because somebody called Omar Thornton a vicious name or drew a hateful picture….
I’ve evaluated plenty of murderers during my career as a forensic psychiatrist, and I can tell you that people don’t commit atrocities because of name-calling.
They don’t perpetrate carnage because they are undone by crude, insensitive drawings.
They kill because of longstanding psychological or characterological disorders that lead them to have no ability to reason, or no impulse control or no capacity to appreciate the suffering of others or no moral compass.
Most often, the signs that a person is capable of murder are numerous and longstanding—though often tragically missed or, worse, swept under the rug.
Killers turn out to be people who have been struggling with psychotic thinking and have talked about it….
They are people who have shown a pattern of seeing themselves as beyond reproach, and whose exaggerated or bizarre reactions to perceived slights have revealed it.
Frankly, more ominous than his family’s reports of racial bias against Omar Thornton are questions that should be asked about whether he may have been suspicious of others to the point of paranoia, along with company reports that he was being fired for stealing beer….
Whether his family wants to acknowledge it or not, it has to be the case that unreasoned rage had been brewing in Omar Thornton a long, long time.”
Racism Did Not Cause Omar Thornton to Kill in Connecticut by Dr. Keith Ablow, FoxNews.com, August 04, 2010.
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What Would Halloween-Themed NBA Logos Look Like For All 30 Teams? Let’s Find Out!
by: UPROXX Sports October 30, 2015
(These logos are the work of David Rappoccio. You can find him on Twitter at @drawplaydave.)
“Oh no, is Dave doing another logo re-imagining? I wonder what it is this time. Halloween? Didn’t he do that already? Wait… does that say… NBA logos?”
You bet it does. Being that it’s October, I wanted to revisit my old Halloween-themed ideas, but as some of you might remember, I did the Halloween NFL logos just last year. I couldn’t very well do that again. After 10 (!) NFL logo extravaganzas, I needed fresh blood. Because the NBA regular season just started up this very week, I figured why not? Basketball is cool. Plus, after 10 go-rounds, it’ll be nice to have a completely new set of logos to work on instead of the same old haunts. I got pretty familiar with those football guys, so I asked them if we could have an open marriage and try new things. NFL logos said yes. Things had started to get weird between us, anyway.
So, my theme for this year is exactly the same as last year: The logos will be re-done around a Halloween theme, which means monsters, evil, ghosties and creepies. First thing I noticed about the NBA logos: There is a lot of text and basketballs. Every single NBA logo has some stylized text on it. Almost every logo has a basketball on it. This was new territory, and it was clear that this was going to be significantly harder than the NFL logos. Most of the NFL logos are angry animal heads, which as logos are cliche and boring, but are extremely easy to manipulate for joke redo purposes. Text is hard to manipulate. I could go into Adobe Illustrator and meticulously redo them, but I’m a busy man, and doing that for 30 logos would take ages. I had a week.
However, thanks to the added challenge of manipulating text-based logos and working with a completely unfamiliar group of logos, I think the extra effort came out in the work. And as I write this in the wee early hours of Friday morning, I can safely say this is one of my more creatively satisfying sets. Taking a single theme and making 30 different version ideas in a short timeframe, each tailored to the original, is a difficult challenge. Even harder for this one, because I tried to come up with names for each team that sounded like the original being that the text was on each logo.
One last note: I did my best to use all the current logos, with the one notable exception of the Hawks, because I had no good ideas for that minimalist circle thing, so the Hawks logo is using the older version.
So, lets do this. Teams will be organized by conference and division, starting with the East.
RELATED: The Walking Ballers: 16 NBA Stars As Zombies
AND THEN ONE MORE SPECIAL LOGO BECAUSE I’M A HUGE JERK
I hope you guys enjoyed this, now I’m off to sleep and to figure out what logo set to parody next.
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Spring/Summer 2013 Volume 109 Issue 2
Beyond Vassar
Champion of Main Street
By Larry Hertz
About a mile from the Vassar campus, an abandoned underwear factory stands as the centerpiece of the planned rebirth of a Poughkeepsie neighborhood. And while doubters may contend it may be difficult, given the current economic climate, to breathe new life into blighted regions of our cities, Elizabeth Celaya ’02 welcomes the challenge.
As director of organizational development for the not-for-profit agency Hudson River Housing, Celaya and her colleagues have been accomplishing small miracles along a portion of Poughkeepsie’s Main Street for the past four years. The agency’s “Middle Main” project has transformed several neighborhoods, luring artists, chefs, environmental groups, and others into a once undesirable part of town. Celaya says the project has enjoyed a series of small successes. And while many of the agency’s goals have yet to be reached, city officials and the residents of the area have been encouraged by what they’ve seen so far.
“We started planning the project in 2008, and then the recession hit in 2009 and a lot of our funding dried up,” Celaya says. “A lot of people, even some inside the agency, said they doubted Middle Main was doable, but we ignored them and forged ahead. That was our motivation—so many people believing it couldn’t be done.”
The blueprint for Middle Main emerged over time, as Celaya and others gathered input at community forums, organized neighborhood cleanup campaigns, and investigated options for government funding. “It was a meandering, ‘learn-by-doing’ project,” Celaya says. “As time went on, we began to see a coalition of artists, foodies, environmental groups, and local residents coming together. There was a merging of energy that was amazing.”
Celaya’s next challenge will be transforming the former Poughkeepsie underwear factory into living space on its top floor and restaurants, shops, and artists’ studios on the first and second floors. And in some ways, she notes, public funds are easier to secure for such multiuse ventures.
Hudson River Housing is also receiving support from nongovernment sources, such as Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, an environmental group founded by folk singer Pete Seeger, and from Celaya’s alma mater—“Vassar’s Buildings and Grounds sends over some shovels and rakes every time we have a community cleanup,” she says.
Vassar students regularly enroll as interns at Hudson River Housing through the college’s Field Work Program, and professors often assign students to help the agency analyze and evaluate its work. During the spring semester, geography professor Mary Ann Cunningham’s class assessed the sustainability of Middle Main and other urban-renewal projects, while sociology professor Leonard Nevarez’s students conducted resident surveys in Middle Main neighborhoods.
She expects the organization’s Middle Main project to keep her (and Vassar students) busy for years to come.
Celaya, who was born in Poughkeepsie and grew up about 15 miles away, began her college career at the University of Rochester before transferring to Vassar at the start of her junior year. A Field Work placement in a Poughkeepsie women’s shelter convinced her she should stay in the area, and about a year after she graduated, she landed a job at Hudson River Housing.
“I wasn’t one of those kids who always knew what they wanted to be when they grew up, but I know now,” she says.
Elizabeth Celaya ’02 inside the former Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory, a 150-year-old Poughkeepsie building recently acquired by Hudson River Housing, Inc.
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Guest editor Darra Goldstein ’73, the founder of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture, presents alumnae/i chefs, cookbook authors, thought leaders, and activists who celebrate the intellectual and gustatory pleasures of food (and drink).
Foodie Tête-à-Tête
Television hosts, chefs, and food adventurers Anthony Bourdain ’77 and Andrew Zimmern ’84 sat down to talk about food, their work, travel, fatherhood, and more for this <em>DeltaSky</em> magazine article.
Abby Kinchy ’96 reveals the implications of genetically modified seeds.
Cultivating Cacao in Belize
Photographer Todd Shapera '79 contributes a photo essay on cultivating cacao in Belize.
Where in the World Are the Vassar Foodies?
Sarah Palermo ’06 had a great idea. Why not find out where Vassar’s alumnae/i chefs and alumnae/i-owned restaurants and catering businesses are? The result was this interactive map. But this is just the beginning. We know there are plenty more of you out there and we want to hear from you!
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Vassar Today
Guggenheim Fellowship Spotlights Two Faculty Members
AAVC Bestows Service Award on Judith Axenzow Lewittes ’63
Behold Progress!
Hello Out There?
Studying Masculinity
Vassar Yesterday
The Last Page
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Breast-Feeding Support (Holistic)
About This Condition
Breast-feeding can be beneficial for both baby and mother. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful.
Keep up the supplements
Continue taking your prenatal vitamin supplement to help supply extra nutrients needed during lactation
Get the nutrients you need
Eat a balanced diet of unprocessed foods with extra calories and calcium to support lactation
Kick the habits
Reduce or eliminate sources of caffeine, alcohol, and nicotine to prevent transferring unhealthy amounts of these substances through your breast milk
Maximize the milk supply
Feed your baby frequently, and for as long as possible; help increase and maintain your milk supply by minimizing fatigue and stress
Perfect your positioning
See a lactation specialist or other knowledgeable healthcare practitioner for guidance on changing your baby's feeding position and preventing or relieving sore nipples
Human breast milk is the best food for newborn babies. In December 1997, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a policy statement advocating breast milk as the ideal, exclusive food for babies in the first six months of life. They also recommended that breast-feeding continue for at least 12 months or longer if mutually desired.1
In the United States, only about 50% of new mothers giving birth in a hospital breast-feed their babies. This number declines rapidly, with only about 20% of women still breast-feeding at six months.2 There is a large body of evidence on the benefits of breast-feeding for both mother and infant. With adequate support and good information on preventing some of the common problems associated with breast-feeding, a woman's chances of successfully breast-feeding her new baby are greatly improved.
Breast feeding provides significant benefits for baby and mother.
Benefits for baby
Human milk contains the ideal balance of nutrients, enzymes, and anti-infective and immune supportive agents for babies.3 , 4 There are two kinds of breast milk: colostrum and mature milk. Colostrum, which is produced in the first few days after birth, has higher concentrations of protein and immune-enhancing agents and less sugar and fat than mature milk.5 Mature human milk differs greatly from both infant formula and either cow or goat milk. Human milk, made specifically for the nutritional needs of the newborn, is superior to all alternatives.
One significant advantage of human breast milk is its abundance of immune-protective and anti-infective agents, including immunoglobulins (primarily immunoglobulin A, or IgA), lactoferrin, Bifidobacterium bifidum, white blood cells, and other factors. These agents are known to help the newborn fight a wide variety of illnesses. Many scientific studies in the United States and other developed countries have demonstrated the health protective benefits of breast milk.
Breast-feeding has been found to help prevent: diarrhea ,6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 lower respiratory tract infection,11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ear infections (otitis media),15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 meningitis,21 , 22 urinary tract infection ,23 and other serious infections (botulism, necrotizing enterocolitis, bacteremia).24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 In addition, breast-feeding may possibly help prevent: sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS),29 , 30 , 31 insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus ,32 , 33 Crohn's disease , ulcerative colitis ,34 , 35cancer (lymphoma),36 , 37 allergic diseases,38 , 39 , 40 and other chronic digestive diseases.41 , 42 , 43 Breast-feeding may also enhance cognitive development.44 , 45
The protein composition of breast milk is perfect for growing babies and is easy for them to digest. Breast milk also provides absorbable nutrients; the iron and zinc found in human milk is extremely easily absorbed (bioavailable) compared with iron and zinc from other foods. When infants are exclusively breast-fed, 50% of the iron is absorbed. By comparison, absorption of iron from cow's milk and iron-fortified commercial formula is much lower, only 10% and 4%, respectively.46
Breast milk is also quick, easy, and cost-effective. It's always available and does not need to be prepared, and the cost of providing the necessary additional nutrition to a breast-feeding mother is about half the cost of commercial formula.47 , 48 , 49 And breast-feeding promotes bonding, allowing a mother and her baby to be in close physical contact, enhancing the formation of a close mother-baby bond.50
Benefits for mother
Breast-feeding a new baby has many important health benefits for the mother as well. Breast-feeding immediately after childbirth causes the release of a hormone called oxytocin, which causes the uterus to contract. This results in less postpartum (after pregnancy) blood loss and a more rapid return of the uterus to its pre-pregnancy size.51 While breast-feeding, most women will not immediately resume their ovulation and menstrual periods. Delaying the return of ovulation may extend the time between pregnancies.52 , 53 Women who breast-feed for at least six months lose weight more quickly than women who continue breast-feeding for less than three months.54 And, while breast-feeding can cause a short-term loss of bone density, it also seems to improve the body's ability to rebuild bones postpartum.55 In addition, women who have breast-fed their babies may have fewer osteoporosis-linked hip fractures after they've passed through menopause.56 Breast-feeding has also been associated with a lower risk of ovarian cancer and a reduced risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women.57 , 58
What conditions are related to breast-feeding?
Several problems common to breast-feeding mothers can be prevented or eased through simple techniques or addressed with common, simple treatment options.
Most women will experience some degree of nipple soreness in the first days of breast-feeding. Discomfort that occurs at the onset of breast-feeding and is relieved by feeding is normal. It is caused by the stimulation of the nipple by the hormone oxytocin, which stimulates milk let-down. True nipple soreness, in which the nipples appear red and are tender to the touch, is rare and is probably caused by the baby's improper grasp on the nipple and areola (pigmented area surrounding the nipple) while feeding.
Correcting the baby's position on the breast is the most important tactic for preventing and relieving sore nipples. A physician, nurse, or lactation consultant can assist in assessing and correcting an infant's grasp of the nipple. Sore nipples can progress to more painful, cracked, and fissured nipples. As the condition worsens, the nipples are more susceptible to infection. In addition to correcting the baby's position, there are a number of self-help measures frequently recommended for the relief of sore nipples. These are most effective when begun at the onset of symptoms.
Check the position of the baby on the breast; the infant's tongue should be under the nipple and the mouth should grasp both the nipple and part of the areola. Vary the position of the breast-feeding infant with each feeding to avoid soreness of a particular area of the nipple.
The infant should be fed on demand; an overly hungry infant may suck harder, causing nipple soreness. Mothers with sore nipples should begin each feeding on the side that is least sore, switching to the sore breast after the let-down reflex has occurred. The infant should not be allowed to suck on an empty breast, which can cause damage to the nipple. If the nipples are sore, a breast-feeding session of ten minutes on each side should be sufficient to nourish the baby.
Ice packs applied to the breasts prior to breast-feeding can have a pain-relieving effect. Allowing nipples to air-dry after nursing can help to reduce nipple soreness.
In the case of cracked nipples, the application of an ointment or cream can aid healing. Ointments or creams allow the skin's internal moisture to heal deep cracks and fissures while keeping the skin pliable.59 A frequently recommended and safe ointment for cracked nipples is medical grade, purified anhydrous lanolin (derived from wool fat). The nipples should be patted dry prior to application of a small amount of lanolin.
Engorgement is a common condition that occurs as blood and lymphatic flow to the breasts greatly increases, leading to congestion and discomfort. The pain associated with engorgement can range from mild to severe. Engorgement typically occurs on the first full day of milk production and lasts only about 24 hours. The breasts may feel firm and hot to the touch and the skin may appear reddened. As with other conditions, the best remedy is prevention. Many health professionals believe frequent breast-feeding (at least every three hours) will successfully prevent engorgement. This is probably true for most women. However, the physical changes associated with initiation of breast-feeding may eventually lead to engorgement in some women. If engorgement occurs, the best remedy is to breast-feed frequently. This can relieve the engorgement and prevent the condition from worsening.
Doctors often recommend additional options for women with engorgement. A well-fitted bra can relieve some of the discomfort of engorgement. Applications of moist heat may encourage flow of milk from the breasts. Women may apply hot packs to the breasts just prior to breast-feeding. Other suggestions include frequent warm showers or alternating hot and cold showers. Cold packs applied to the breasts after breast-feeding can provide a slight pain-relieving effect.
Some infants will have a difficult time correctly latching on to an engorged breast. This can lead to inadequate nourishment and sore nipples. Expressing some excess milk, manually or with a pump, just prior to breast-feeding may relieve this difficulty. Women may also express milk after the infant has finished feeding to relieve any remaining sense of fullness. Massaging the breasts while breast-feeding may encourage milk flow from all the milk ducts and help to relieve engorgement.
Mastitis is inflammation of the breast that is frequently caused by an infection. The infected breast may feel hot and swollen. The breast may be tender to the touch, and fever, fatigue, chills, headache, and nausea may be present. Some women feel as though they have the flu. A breast infection requires prompt medical attention. Complete bed rest is important for a speedy recovery, and antibiotics are frequently prescribed. In addition, doctors often provide further guidelines for treating mastitis.
A woman should continue breast-feeding from both breasts; the milk from the infected breast is still good for the baby. Moist heat over the painful breast can be helpful, and cold applications after breast-feeding can help alleviate swelling and pain. Breast-feeding women should also avoid constricting or under-wire bras that may irritate the infected breast.
Who can breast-feed?
Breast-feeding is the best food for babies, and most mothers will be able to breast-feed their infants. However, there are some uncommon situations in which breast-feeding is not in the best interest of the infant.
Galactosemia is a rare metabolic condition that leads to an inability to break down galactose, one of the components of milk sugar (lactose). Infants with galactosemia should not breast-feed, but should be fed a special formula without lactose.60
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is another rare metabolic disorder, in which a newborn is unable to break down the amino acid phenylalanine . The resulting build-up of phenylalanine in the system can be harmful. There is some disagreement regarding whether it is safe to breast-feed infants with PKU. Some sources recommend against breast-feeding the infant with PKU.61 However, breast milk is low in phenylalanine and there is evidence that the exclusively breast-fed infant with PKU will not have damaging levels of phenylalanine accumulate in the bloodstream. A mother interested in breast-feeding her infant with PKU should work closely with a doctor. Close monitoring of the infant's blood phenylalanine levels will be necessary.62
For infants in the United States and other developed countries born to mothers infected with the human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ) it may be safer not to breast-feed.63 However, there is controversy over this issue. Some researchers have found HIV in human milk, indicating that there is the potential for passing the virus to a healthy baby while breast-feeding. Other studies indicate a very low risk of actually passing the infection to the baby through the breast milk.64
Additionally, a mother with untreated active tuberculosis should not breast-feed her infant. And the infant whose mother abuses drugs should not be breast-fed.65
Healthy Lifestyle Tips
It is best to avoid all unnecessary medications, herbs, and nutritional supplements when breast-feeding. Most prescribed and over-the-counter medications, when taken by a breast-feeding mother, are considered safe for the infant. However, a doctor should always be consulted before any medication is taken. There are a few medications that mothers may need to take that may make it necessary to interrupt breast-feeding temporarily.
Caffeine, which is considered a drug, is excreted into breast milk. It is estimated that an infant receives 1.5 to 3.1 mg of caffeine after the mother drinks a cup of coffee (a cup of coffee typically contains 60 to 50 mg of caffeine). Because this amount is fairly low, a morning cup of coffee is not likely to cause any problems. However, if the mother is a heavy caffeine user, caffeine can accumulate in the infant.66 Infants have immature livers that are unable to adequately process caffeine. A baby who is irritable and sleeping poorly may be reacting to caffeine in the mother's diet. A woman can switch to decaffeinated coffees and teas to effectively reduce the amount of caffeine her baby receives through her milk.
Alcohol reaches maternal milk in concentrations similar to those in the mother's blood.67 It is therefore best for breast-feeding mothers to minimize or eliminate alcohol consumption. It is commonly believed that drinking beer can increase a woman's milk supply. In fact, drinking beer intake does increase secretion of prolactin (the hormone that stimulates production of breast milk) in both men and women.68 However, research has shown that infants breast-fed after their mothers drank alcoholic beer consumed less milk than when their mothers drank non-alcoholic beer.69
Breast-feeding mothers should not smoke. Nicotine passes to the baby through the breast milk and can cause feeding problems and illness, especially in newborns. Babies should also be protected from the dangers of second-hand smoke. Second-hand smoke has been shown to increase the risk of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome)70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 and colic in newborns.75
Initiating the breast-feeding relationship
There are many reasons why women decide not to breast-feed or discontinue breast-feeding earlier than the recommended six months. These include a lack of family, societal, or medical support;76 misinformation or lack of education about breast-feeding;77 marketing of commercial formulas to new mothers;78 and the difficulties often encountered in returning to work or school.79 In addition, there are some common difficulties that could interfere with a healthy breast-feeding relationship. These include fear of not having enough milk to nourish the baby, sore nipples, engorgement, and mastitis (inflammation of the breast, frequently caused by infection).
A new mother should try to breast-feed her baby as soon as possible after delivery, ideally within the first hour of life.80 An infant should be fed on demand. A hungry infant will first get fussy, with increased activity and rooting (a reflex wherein the infant appears to be searching for the breast with his or her mouth) or mouthing behavior. Crying is a late sign of hunger. To get into the habit of feeding their babies, new mothers are often instructed to follow a schedule of breast-feeding every four hours around the clock. However, these imposed schedules, if followed beyond the first few weeks of life, often lead to frustration and confusion. The only infant who needs to be breast-fed on such a schedule is the infant who does not demand to be fed. Feeding on demand is the best way to increase milk supply. Most infants will empty the breast in 10 to 15 minutes. Some doctors advise gradually increasing the duration of breast-feeding over the first week of life. If this regimen is followed, it is important to breast-feed for at least five minutes on each side to get the benefit of the let-down reflex (which promotes the release of milk from the storage ducts in the breasts).81
Infants need no additional foods or liquids, if exclusively breast-feeding. Early introduction of these items may make successful breast-feeding difficult. Most breast-fed infants will not require any supplemental vitamins or minerals to meet daily requirements until at least six months of age.82 Vitamin D may be required for infants whose mothers are vitamin D-deficient or those infants not exposed to adequate sunlight. Iron may be required for infants with low iron stores or anemia .83
Anxiety over milk supply
Breast milk is made on demand. The more often a baby feeds, the more milk will be produced. If breast-feeding sessions are frequent and long enough, the milk supply will rarely be inadequate. Parents can be reassured that their infants are receiving enough milk if they have six or more wet diapers a day while exclusively breast-feeding. If a parent still feels anxious about the adequacy of the nourishment provided by breast-feeding alone, weekly weighing may allay fears. A weight gain of 0.38 pound (190 grams) per week is evidence of sufficient nourishment and growth.
Some low-birth-weight infants will require intensive care and ventilation in the hospital. Mothers of these infants often have difficulty continuing to produce breast milk. These mothers must rely on expressing breast milk manually because their babies cannot effectively breast-feed. Pumping milk is much less efficient than breast-feeding. Due to the inadequacy of pumping milk, milk production can decline. In low-birth-weight infants in an intensive care setting, skin-to-skin holding over a four-week period postpartum has increased a mother's milk supply.84 In contrast, women who did not participate in skin-to-skin holding of their low-birth-weight infants did not experience an increase in milk production. These findings may have implications for all mothers experiencing a diminishing milk supply. In addition, some doctors will prescribe a day of rest to busy mothers whose milk supply seems to be lessening.85 Spending a day in close and relaxed contact with one's newborn, with its associated increase in frequency of feedings, can effectively increasing milk supply.
Stress and fatigue can greatly inhibit the let-down reflex, lessening the production of milk. In a clinical trial involving mothers of premature infants, mothers who listened to an audiocassette tape based on relaxation and imagery techniques increased milk production by more than 60%, compared with mothers not listening to the tape.86 Whether relaxation techniques would increase milk supply in the mothers of full-term infants is not known.
The right diet is the key to managing many diseases and to improving general quality of life. For this condition, scientific research has found benefit in the following healthy eating tips.
Aim for total nutrition
Breast-feeding women should eat a well-balanced diet that includes fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and fish while limiting refined sugars, white flour, and processed foods.
Pregnant and breast-feeding women should choose a well-balanced and varied diet that includes fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and fish. Many doctors recommend limiting intake of refined sugars, white flour, fried foods, processed foods, and chemical additives.
Choose calcium-rich foods
Calcium and calcium-rich foods, such as dairy products, leafy green vegetables, and tofu, are especially important during breast-feeding.
A woman should continue to take prenatal vitamins in order to meet the nutrient requirements of breast-feeding. Especially important is continued intake of calcium and calcium-rich foods.
Don't forget EFAs
Eating foods that contain essential fatty acids, such as canola oil, corn oil, safflower oil, nut and seed oils, and fish, will ensure higher quantities of EFAs in the breast milk.
Breast milk contains essential fatty acids. The fat composition of breast milk varies with a woman's diet. If a woman consumes foods that provide essential fatty acids (e.g., vegetable oils such as canola oil, corn oil, and safflower oil; nut and seed oils; and fish), the breast milk she produces will contain higher quantities of essential fatty acids.
Drink fluids
Drinking enough fluids to quench thirst is enough to support a healthy milk supply.
Drinking to quench thirst is enough to support a healthy milk supply. Women are frequently instructed to drink extra fluids to increase milk supply. This is a common misunderstanding, however, and excessive fluid intake should be avoided.
Ensure adequate calories
Breast-feeding women need even more calories than pregnant women: most need about 2,800 calories per day to meet the energy needs of breast-feeding.
The caloric needs of a breast-feeding woman are even higher than during pregnancy. An extra 400 to 500 calories per day above pregnancy requirements are needed. Most women should consume approximately 2,800 calories per day to meet the energy needs of breast-feeding. Therefore, under most circumstances, doctors discourage dieting (i.e., calorie restriction). Weight loss following pregnancy usually occurs naturally, particularly if a woman can engage in moderate exercise. Breast-feeding uses up fat stores, and is a natural way to lose weight.
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Continuing to take prenatal vitamins will help ensure your body gets the nutrients it needs for breast-feeding. Especially important is continued calcium intake.
Consult a qualified healthcare practitioner
Studies have shown that higher breast milk concentrations of DHA (an omega-3 fatty acid present in fish oil) are associated with better visual acuity in infants.
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid present in cod liver oil and other fish oils, is important for normal development of the brain and eyes. Studies have shown that higher concentrations of DHA in mothers' milk are associated with better visual acuity in the infants. Other studies have suggested that DHA improves the development of infants, although not all research agrees. Because DHA in the mother's diet passes into the breast milk, some doctors advise nursing mothers to supplement their diet with cod liver oil or another fish-oil supplement. Women wishing to use this or any supplement while breast-feeding should consult their doctors and use only under the supervision of a qualified healthcare practitioner.
Studies have shown that higher breast milk concentrations of DHA (an omega-3 fatty acid present in cod liver oil) are associated with better visual acuity in infants.
Follow label instructions
Infants have been shown in some studies to nurse longer when their mothers ate garlic. However, some infants may develop colic from garlic in breast milk.
Numerous herbs are used traditionally around the world to promote production of breast milk. Herbs that promote milk production and flow are known as galactagogues. Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) enriches and increases the flow of breast milk and restores the mother's energy following childbirth. Vitex (Vitex agnus castus) is one of the best-recognized herbs in Europe for promoting lactation. An older German clinical trial found that 15 drops of a vitex tincture three times per day could increase the amount of milk produced by mothers with or without pregnancy complications compared with mothers given vitamin B1 or nothing. Vitex should not be taken during pregnancy . Goat's rue (Galega officinalis) also has a history of use in Europe for supporting breast-feeding. Taking 1 teaspoon of goat's rue tincture three times per day is considered by European practitioners to be helpful in increasing milk volume. Studies are as yet lacking to support the use of goat's rue as a galactagogue. In two preliminary trials, infants have been shown to nurse longer when their mothers ate garlic than when their mothers took placebos. However, some infants may develop colic if they consume garlic in breast milk.
Iron (Iron-Deficiency Anemia)
Iron may be required for infants with low iron stores or anemia.
If a doctor diagnoses iron deficiency, iron supplementation is essential. Though some doctors use higher amounts, a common daily dose for adults is 100 mg per day. Even though symptoms of deficiency should disappear much sooner, iron deficient people usually need to keep supplementing with iron for six months to one year until the ferritin test is completely normal. Even after taking enough iron to overcome the deficiency, some people with recurrent iron deficiency—particularly some premenopausal women—need to continue to supplement with smaller levels of iron, such as the 18 mg present in most multivitamin-mineral supplements. This need for continual iron supplementation even after deficiency has been overcome should be determined by a doctor.
Continuing to take prenatal vitamins will help ensure your body gets the nutrients it needs for breast-feeding.
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Anise has traditionally been used in some cultures to support breast-feeding, although no research has confirmed its effectiveness.
The safety of using anise during pregnancy and breast-feeding is unknown, though it is very likely safe and has traditionally been used to support breast-feeding in some cultures.
Chickweed Topical
Chickweed is a soothing herb that can relieve sore nipples. Experts recommend moistening the herb with boiling water, wrapping it in gauze, and applying to the breasts.
For sore nipples, some healthcare practitioners may recommend a warm, moist poultice of herbs with demulcent (soothing) properties. Demulcents are traditionally used to aid healing and soothe any irritated tissue. Examples of herbs traditionally used as demulcents to relieve sore nipples are marigold (Calendula officinalis), comfrey (Symphytum officinalis), and chickweed (Stellaria media). To prepare a poultice, the dried herbs are moistened with boiling water and wrapped within two layers of gauze. The poultice is then applied to the breasts. Application of a hot water bottle over the poultice will keep the poultice warm longer. Any residue should be washed from the breast before the baby breast-feeds. Individuals wishing to use herbs during breast-feeding should do so only under the supervision of a qualified healthcare practitioner.
Comfrey Topical
Comfrey is a soothing herb that can relieve sore nipples. Experts recommend moistening the herb with boiling water, wrapping it in gauze, and applying to the breasts.
Goat's Rue
Goat's rue has a history of use in Europe for supporting breast-feeding, it is reported to help increase milk volume.
Marigold Topical
Marigold is a soothing herb that can relieve sore nipples. Experts recommend moistening the herb with boiling water, wrapping it in gauze, and applying to the breasts.
Stinging Nettle Topical
Stinging nettle enriches and increases the flow of breast milk and restores the mother's energy following childbirth.
Vitex Topical
Vitex agnus castus is one of the best-recognized herbs in Europe for promoting lactation. It should not be used during pregnancy.
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Refurbishing modernist masterpieces: two examples from Rome
The city within a building – Mario Fiorentino
In the last 50 years, we built a massive amount of buildings, experimenting techniques and philosophies as never before. Reinforced concrete, cheap energy and cars allowed us a freedom to build we’ve never experienced before.
Now, most of these ideas and techniques look outdated, and the building themselves are approaching the end of their lifecycle, and , so, deciding of their future will be one of the main challenges architects will face in the next years.
What shall we do with buildings that are growing old, need a massive renovation, but are a strong part of our heritage? Shall we save them as they are, adapt them to our comntemporary exigences, or admit they are too old and too expensive to be restore, and tear everything down?
In 50 years, will we regret our choices concerning the 50-years old buildings we decided to destroy, to keep or to renovate?
When we build our contemporary building, how shall we consider their future?
Let’s start with an example: La Rinascente in Rome.
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Architects: Franco Albini/Franca Helg
Client: La Rinascente
Location: Rome, Italy
Project year: 1957-1961
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La Rinascente is considered as one of the Italian Modernism’s masterpieces. Located in a strategic place, just outside the historic town, La Rinascente imitates the classical decoration of the surrounding buildings using a steel-framed structure. Every element of classical architecture is recreated in steel, and has a specific role in the building structure: the horizontal beams become trigliphs, the vertical beams columns and capitals, and the maintenance rails become the building’s main frieze. The space between columns is filled with precast concrete panels, featuring a white-and-red, waved texture.
La Rinascente is a masterpiece whose preservation will be problematic in the near future. Conceived in a period in which energy was cheap and environment was not a major concern, the building depends heavily on artificial lighting and air conditioned, and has almost no windows. Adapting it to current energy standards implies a massive refurbishment, and will hardly be possible without providing sources of natural lighting, opening windows on the façade and changing some of the features of the building.
Let’s go on with another example, still in Rome, but this time in the suburbs: Corviale.
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Architect: Mario Fiorentino
Client: IACP (social housing institute)
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Presented as “The city within a building”, Corviale takes the principles of Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation, and reunites all of them into a, 11-storey, 1-km long single building, hosting 1200 apartments and 6000 people. 5 main stairways allow people to enter the building, and a secondary network of stairs and walkways spread throughout the entire building. The 4th floor was reserved to shops, offices and small business, allowing the community to be entirely self-sufficient. All apartments would enjoy an optimal solar lighting, and an amazing view over the city of Rome.
To further show the experimental tone of the intervention, a special signage was commissioned, as well as 5 sculptures, to be positioned in front of the 5 main entrances.
Even though the architects had full freedom, and even if the building had an enthousiastic review from both public authorities and the press, it turned into a complete failure: the 4th floor was never able to attract shops and business, and little by little got squatted, turning into a “flying favela”.
The other floor had a similar destiny: given to low-income families, they became a big ghetto, and now the entire building is considered as “The symbol of a failed utopia”.
All along the years, lots of different programs have been established in order to improve the inhabitants’ lifestyle: shopping centers all around the main building, schools and sport facilities, and an animation program, including a street TV and an incubator for young entrepreneurs. Some programs shave succeeded, some others have failed, but none of them has been able to turn Corviale into an appealing place to visit and live.
And, 30 years later, concrete is starting to crack.
(this post was originally published on ArchDaily.com)
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Nagpur-Mumbai Duranto Express Derailed – Nine Coaches Off-Tracked
by ViralCocktail News August 29, 2017, 12:17 pm 31 Views
Duronto Express derailed near Asangaon in Maharashtra. Reports say that the accident took place around 8 am this morning. Local trains have been affected by the accident. Railway officials claims that so far no casualties have been reported.
“Seven coaches of Nagpur-Mumbai Duronto Express 12290 derailed between Asangaon and Vasind railway stations. So far, no casualties have been reported,” Sunil Udasi, Chief PRO of the Central Railway, said.
He also said that the derailment was caused due to a landslide. “The cause of derailment is sudden landslide due to heavy rains. But graciously enough, the driver did an excellent job of applying emergency brakes.” Since the past four days, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and Mumbai-Pune-Nashik plus Konkan have been battered by torrential rains.
Rescue teams are currently on the spot. Four trains have been diverted due to the derailment via Kalyan-Lonavala-Pune-Daund-Manmad. Five buses have also reached the spot to carry stranded passengers. A helpline booth has been provided near Deputy station superintendent’s office near Platform Number 1 at Nagpur stations.
Whereas the media is very quick to cover the spot. Debates have been started regarding the safety of the common people and news headlines have been trending and discussed among people.
Train accidents are one of the major problems occurring in our country and on frequent basis. The Government is trying it’s best to safeguard the lives of the passengers. Effective measures will be taken to not to repeat the derailments due to landslides.
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Princeton Symphony Orchestra BRAVO Percussion Ensemble
January 7 @ 10:00 am - March 7 @ 11:00 am
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In this fun, interactive, and educational program, members of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra introduce audiences to the wide-ranging group of instruments that make up the percussion family. You’ll meet an assortment of drums, cymbals, chimes, and lots of other instruments that are played by hitting, shaking, or scraping.
W. Carl Burger and James Kearns
January 17 @ 6:00 pm - February 29 @ 5:00 pm
The Center for Contemporary Art 2020 Burnt Mills Road, Bedminster, NJ 07921 (908) 234-2345 “W. Carl Burger and James Kearns have been making art for seven decades. Each artist, within his own studio practice, has touched on a number of ideas that helped shape the second half of the twentieth century.” – Wes Sherman, Curator Exhibition Dates: January 17 – February 29 Opening Reception: Friday, January 17th from 6-8 p.m. Gallery Hours Monday – Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Sundays and major holidays The galleries are open during regular hours of operation and on evenings and weekends when classes and workshops are in session. Please call (908) 234-2345 with any questions. Pictured: “Summer Floral” by W. Carl Burger
REPRESENTING: Artwork of the County College of Morris Fine Art Faculty
The Center for Contemporary Art 2020 Burnt Mills Road, Bedminster, NJ 07921 (908) 234-2345 REPRESENTING: Artwork of the County College of Morris Fine Art Faculty showcases works in a variety of media by thirteen faculty members and artists. Curated by Keith Smith, Visual Arts Program, County College of Morris Clayton Allen, Marco Cutrone, Todd Doney, Patrick Gallagher, Andrea Kelly, Deborah Kelly, Barbara Neibart, John Reinking, Robert Ricciotti, Marisol Ross, Eileen Sackman, Keith Smith, Leah Tomaino Exhibition Dates: January 17 – February 29 Opening Reception: Friday, January 17th from 6-8 p.m. Gallery Hours Monday – Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Sundays and major holidays The galleries are open during regular hours of operation and on evenings and weekends when classes and workshops are in session. Please call (908) 234-2345 with any questions. Pictured: “Street Art 2” by Robert Ricciotti
Brook Orchestra’s Winter Concert
The Brook Orchestra announces their winter concert on Sunday, January 19, 2020, at 3 pm. Under the direction of Thomas Vacca, the orchestra will present selections by Grieg, Beethoven, and Schubert. The featured piece will be Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony. The concert is Vacca’s debut performance at the Brook, however he is certainly not new to the wielding of the baton, as he has conducted the Rutgers Sinfonia, Ravina Youth Symphony, and the Princeton Charter School Orchestra. The Brook Arts Center ( Historic Brook Theater) located at 10 Hamilton Street in Bound Brook, is dedicated to encouraging and nurturing the arts in Somerset County. The Brook Orchestra is the theater's resident orchestra. Tickets are available at www.brookarts.org or at the door one hour prior to showtime.
Dancing with the Stars: Live
TV’s biggest dance show returns to the State Theatre with Dancing with the Stars: Live! Featuring fan favorite professional and troupe dancers in a brand-new production showcasing every type of dance style as seen on ABC’s hit show Dancing with the Stars, ranging from ballroom and jazz to modern and hip-hop. The show delivers a spectacular night of dance performances from world-renowned dancers including Brandon Armstrong, Lindsay Arnold, Alan Bersten, Witney Carson, Val Chmerkovskiy, Sasha Farber, Jenna Johnson, Gleb Savchenko, and Emma Slater, with more surprise casting to be announced.
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A British survival guide for Mark Carney
Posted November 29, 2012 by waltieainsworth in Business, Messages, Personalities, World economics. Tagged: A British survival guide for Mark Carney, Pamela Maynard and Pablo G - HEAL OUR WORLD. Leave a Comment
Pamela Maynard and Pablo G – HEAL OUR WORLD
By Philip Stephens
Financial Times – November 27, 2012
I am already feeling sorry for Mark Carney. His appointment as Bank of England governor has brought universal applause. A story that starts like this can only end in tears.
Politicians of all shades have lauded Mr Carney for intelligent judgment and proven management skills. Economists have attested that he can tell his algorithms from his algebra. Bankers say that, as a Goldman Sachs alumnus, he “understands” them. Put this another way: the three sets of people who got us all into this wretched mess are sure that Bank of Canada governor is the man to get us out of it.
I have met Mr Carney only once – over lunch at the FT. He struck me as sharp and personable with a big-picture grasp of the causes and consequences of the financial crash. He was pessimistic before it was fashionable to be so. If truth be told, however, he did not immediately strike me as a messiah whose destiny was to lead Britain from the land of penury. I sort of assumed it was a bit more complicated than that.
The new governor’s problem now is that he is bound to disappoint. Unless by some miracle the British economy soon heads towards the sunlit uplands, those now so keen to lavish praise on Mr Carney will start asking whether Britain has got what it paid for. The media will ask awkward questions about his pay and perks; MPs will criticise him at once for not being tough enough on the banks and for choking off credit to small businesses.
So here, in the present spirit of goodwill, are three tips for Mr Carney when he moves into the BoE next summer.
Firstly, modernise. Sir Mervyn King has run the BoE as an 18th century monarch – a former Labour chancellor dubbed him the “Sun King”. Politicians and press will expect a more meritocratic style from a Canadian. It is time to say goodbye to the hordes of Threadneedle Street flunkeys in pink tailcoats and top hats, to open up the rarefied corridors of the governor’s office to the rest of the Bank, and to listen occasionally to colleagues. And no, you should not insist, as does Sir Mervyn, on being addressed as Mr Governor.
Secondly, never trust the Treasury. The BoE under its present management has got many – perhaps most – things wrong about the economy and financial system. The Treasury has got absolutely nothing right. That’s why the BoE sets interest rates and fiscal policy has been handed over to the Office for Budget Responsibility. Never mind. The self-regard of the Treasury’s top mandarins is never dented by its dismal record. They resent the BoE its power and its privileges. When things go wrong they will brief against you.
Thirdly, develop a thick skin. The newspapers that now describe you as a financial superman will soon enough be complaining about your housing allowance, digging into your private life and asking why the job had not been given to a Briton. Ask any one of the foreigner managers who have tried and failed to make a success of the England football team. MPs, who can never be accused of consistency, will demand to know why you are not delivering the monetary boost to the economy so foolishly promised by your predecessor. Best perhaps not to read the newspapers.
None of the above, of course, will make the job much easier. But then against present expectations, it is hard to imagine that even a messiah could succeed.
BLACK STALIN…NOTHING COMES EASY
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Saboteurs of Sanders Campaign Lead to Clinton National Security Think Tank
April 1, 2016 by Barbara With
There is mounting evidence that Hillary Clinton supporters have been sabotaging the Bernie Sanders campaign, and the trail leads to the Democratic National Committee and a “national security” think tank made up of current and former Clinton supporters, staff, and contributors.
In a March 30, 2016 videocast on YouTube (below), “Debbie the Sane Progressive” interviewed Stephen Coyne, a grassroots volunteer for Sanders, about state-level campaign directives that Coyne says sabotaged Sanders’ GOTV and canvassing efforts in Western Massachusetts.
Joe Caiazzo, Bernie Sanders Communications Director, and employee of Clinton Foundation’s Truman National Security Foundation.
In December 2015, the Massachusetts Sanders campaign hired Democratic strategist Joe Caiazzo as State Communications and Political Director. Coyne claims Caiazzo canceled their events, provided out-of-date voter roles, denied them canvassing material, and gave them orders to not open a campaign office. All of this worked against the best interests of the Sanders campaign, Coyne says, and demoralized volunteers, who subsequently quit.
This is not the first allegation of Clinton supporters infiltrating and sabotaging the Sanders campaign.
Niko House, president of North Carolina College Students for Bernie Sanders and Carolina Students for Bernie Sanders at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, posted several of his own videos testifying to similar experiences in North Carolina.
House claims that Statewide Director Aisha Dew cancelled events and meetings, effectively got rid of key volunteer organizers, and refused several key endorsements. Dew has openly posted photos of herself on her social media with Clinton supporter and DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schulz, and at a Clinton captains organizing meeting.
Dew and Schultz, November 2015, posted on Facebook six months after Dew was hired by the Sanders campaign.
Also in question is NGP-VAN, the vendor that controls the DNC voter database. In December 2015, an alleged “bug” in new software allowed the campaigns to briefly see each other’s voter files. Josh Uretsky, Sanders’ national data director, copied Clinton voter data from the DNC’s voter database and was immediately fired. The DNC, however, cut Sanders access to the database.
Sanders accused the DNC of sabotaging his presidential bid, partly because Uertsky was originally recommended to Sanders by the DNC and NGP-VAN. Stu Trevelyan, CEO of NGP-VAN, worked in the 1992 Clinton-Gore “War Room” and then in the Clinton White House. On March 24, Sanders served the DNC with a lawsuit, but believes the issue ultimately will be “resolved amicably.”
The presence of Caiazzo and Dew in the Sanders organization raises deeper questions about the Clinton campaign. Both are also employed by the Truman National Security Project, a quasi-liberal think tank populated by a gaggle of neo-conservatives who believe foreign policy should be “grounded in a strong military.”
Joe Caiazzo lists the Truman National Security Project as an employer on his LinkedIn page. According to House, Aisha Dew is also listed as a “membership partner” on the Project’s website, although access to her page is password protected.
The Truman National Security Project was founded by Rachel Kleinfeld, who served as CEO and President from its inception through 2013. Concurrently, she was personally appointed by Secretary of State Clinton in 2011 to the Foreign Affairs Policy Board, the advisory body to the U.S. Department of State, on which she served until 2014.
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The Truman National Security Project describes itself as being “dedicated to forging a Democratic foreign policy founded on strength and security, grounded in a strong military and active diplomacy, and committed to furthering the American ideals of freedom, dignity, and opportunity worldwide.”
At its 2005 conference one of the panel discussions was on “what Democrats did wrong, Republicans did right, and neo-cons did better” and “the need to increase the size of the deployable military.”
The organization’s mission is to “unite next-generation veteran, political, and policy leaders to develop and advance strong, smart, and principled solutions to the global challenges Americans now face.” Their members include “military, policy and political leaders at the national, state, and local level, many of whom have served their country in conflict zones around the world.”
In a 2012 article on antiwar.com, Kelley B. Vlahos called this group little more than a “re-election campaign that promises to keep the war machine humming no matter who is elected to office.” On closer inspection, Truman’s Board and Advisory Board are a who’s who of representatives from the billionaire class Sanders is consistently referencing: defense contractors, private security, venture capitalists, tech investors, multinational realtors, Big Pharma, and the lobbyists who connect them:
Pierre Chao, Managing Partner, Renaissance Advisors, a lobbying firm that serves the aerospace, defense, space, intelligence and government services industries. John J. Kenkel, co-founder and managing partner, was also an analyst with The IBP Aerospace Group between 1998 and 2000, where he marketed defense and aerospace systems to former Soviet and Eastern European nations.
Craig Hanson General Partner, Next World Capital, a venture capital firm investing in leading enterprise technology companies.
Sally Painter, COO, BlueStar Strategies, which devises global government relations strategies for corporations and governments, and connects private sector services and products to governments. BlueStar CEO Karen Tramontano served as Bill Clinton’s deputy chief of staff and continues her work with the Clintons through the Global Fairness Initiative.
John Freidenrich, co-founder and partner, Regis, a multi-billion dollar portfolio manager and investment adviser. Freidenrich is also on the board of directors of the Center for National Policy, whose former chair Leon Panetta, now CNP’s National Advisory Board Chair and former White House Chief of Staff, endorsed Clinton in January 2016.
R. Hunter Biden Partner, Rosemont Seneca Partners, LLC, an investment firm founded in 2009 by the son of Vice President Joe Biden and Christopher Heinz, son of the late Sen. H. John Heinz III and stepson of Sen. John Kerry. The Heinz-Biden alliance unites both sides of the aisle, as Biden is a Democrat and Heinz a Republican.
Albright campaigning for Hillary Clinton, February 2016.
Madeleine Albright, Bill Clinton’s Secretary of State, who once claimed the loss of 500,000 Iraqi children due to the US-imposed sanctions against Iraqi was “worth it.” Albright supported the NATO bombing of civilian targets in Serbia in 1999, after which her Albright Capital Management bid for the region’s telecommunications company PTK and attempted to create a monopoly that would have destroyed all her competition. With a net worth of approximately $10M, Albright is also co-investor with Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild and George Soros in a $350 million investment vehicle called Helios Towers Africa, which intends to buy or build thousands of mobile phone towers in Africa.
Whether or not the DNC and Clinton herself can be directly tied to sabotaging Sanders, Dew and Caiazzo do appear to be double agents. But because of the nature of her network, Clinton would not have had to have done any coordination. The capabilities of these think tanks, with access to private security firms, former intelligence agents, tech experts, and virtually unlimited capital would, for example, allow them to hack voter roles and remove Sanders’ supporters’ party designations in Maricopa County, Arizona. They certainly have the expertise, tools, motive and party loyalty to do it.
But Sanders is not afraid of suing. He successfully sued the State of Ohio when Secretary of State Jon Husted decided that, despite Ohio election law, 17-year-olds who would be 18 in time for the November election could not vote in the primaries. On top of his suit against the DNC for limiting his access to the database, Sanders is also mulling over whether to sue over the results of Maricopa County election. He is waiting until April 4th, when the Arizona Secretary of State officially certifies the results.
Meanwhile, Bill Clinton is being sued for election fraud by a group of Sanders supporters called MA Sanders Voters and Volunteers Disenfranchised by Bill Clinton. The group filed suit in Boston Federal District Court on March 30th and claims Clinton is guilty of openly campaigning at polling stations, among other illegal activities.
After the latest “mistake” of leaving Sanders off the D.C. ballot because the D.C. Democratic Party forgot to send in his registration in time for the filing deadline, it is clear that someone inside the Democratic Party establishment does not want Sanders to win.
With so much at stake for the billionaire class Sanders is running against, it’s easy to understand why Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein labeled this as a “dangerous moment” in American politics. Their gal Hillary is no match for the people-powered revolution Sanders has inspired, including record fundraising that will allow ample funds to move these lawsuits forward.
As Stephen Coyne so aptly reminds us, “We need to understand, the Clinton enterprise will do anything to steal this election.”
Tags: #BernieSanders, #Feelthebern, Bernie Sanders, DNC, election fraud, Hillary Clinton, slider, The Sane Progressive, Truman Nation Security Project, voter suppression
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66 Comments on “Saboteurs of Sanders Campaign Lead to Clinton National Security Think Tank”
whostheboff April 1, 2016 at 6:57 pm #
NOTHING the Clintons do surprises me.
Matt Smith April 4, 2016 at 1:51 am #
I think that and then every primary/caucus, her campaign or HRC herself commit more fraud. I always think that I reached the threshold for how angry I am at her and she always manages to increase that. #neverhillary
Gary Harding April 1, 2016 at 9:47 pm #
I’d like to know where Anonymous is when you need them? This is exactly the sort of malfeasance by the “establishment” that they claim is their mission to take down and yet here we are gaining ever more insight into their past operations with no clear avenue towards thwarting them… Do we need to turn on the bat signal before someone will step in and put an end to the Clinton machine’s repressive tactics or simply sit here and let our rights be trod upon by them?
Barbara With April 1, 2016 at 10:16 pm #
I don’t know. I am trying to get people who are unaware of this insidious war machine that she represents to educate themselves. At some point, we simply have to tip, but I hope it’s before these corporate entities and billionaires begin to treat us like they have been treating the rest of the world.
CJ April 2, 2016 at 5:32 pm #
I’m with you. I’ve been pointing out to people for years that believing the corporations would never come home & treat us the way they treat people around the world was just wishful thinking.
I wasn’t surprised when the corporate chickens came home to roost. Now we have poisoned water, contaminated soil, level 5 earthquakes in OK, etc. all for more profits. Even worse, if that’s possible, the TPP will give the corporations the right to sue anyone including our government for lost profits & damages if we try to stop them. They won’t even sue in our courts. There will be a group of corporate lawyers who determine how much profit they would have made, add damages, & then hand down their ruling which we will have no recourse to oppose.
HiIIary supports the TPP when she’s not running for office, but as soon as she’s installed in the Oval Office she’ll go right back to working for the corporations & billionaires benefit.
Barbara With April 2, 2016 at 7:41 pm #
it is very difficult to get your average Democrat to look this deeply. That’s why I wrote this. Even I was shocked at the level of open corporate control is taking place in her “think tank.” The photo of the tank says it all.
People need to reframe the conversation to talk not about Democratic vs Republican, but corporate vs people. For me, it doesn’t matter what party you belong to, if you march blindly while your party aligns itself to corporate interests, you support a system that is betraying democracy. Then it’s time for We the People to stand up and say enough is enough!
Mary Gibson April 2, 2016 at 2:47 pm #
I post everything I find all over the place in the hope someone will see it…. Facebook is aiding and abetting their unlawful behavior.
caspercamel April 6, 2016 at 7:01 pm #
Anonymous is ON it. https://anonymousinvestigationsblog.wordpress.com
Chris Telesca April 1, 2016 at 10:02 pm #
The link for Aisha Dew on the Truman Project is wrong – it’s http://www.trumanproject.org/home/team-view/aisha-dew/
A great link to one possible connecting issue with the VB hacking is the revelation of a voter database of the information for over 191 million voters on line. The databases like Votebuilder and Nationbuilder claim it’s not their databases, but the revealed datacase contains information required for voter registration — including names, home addresses, date of birth and home phone numbers — as well as voting history since 2000
http://www.cnet.com/news/massive-trove-of-voters-election-data-discovered-on-web/
caspercamel April 4, 2016 at 12:17 am #
Bernie’s database has obviously been hacked and is being used to disenfranchise his supporters. Doubters ask how a hacker would know who was going to vote for Bernie… well, now we know.
Can’t thank you enough for your efforts.
Suzy Que April 2, 2016 at 12:12 am #
The link for Aisha Dew is password protected. But thanks anyway. I hope Bernie is aware of this since nobody seems to be able to get through to him about the moles in Bernie’s campaign headquarters. I suspect a plant who’s acting as a firewall blocking the news from getting to the people closest to him. This plant is probably one of the people high up the chain of command. This article’s referenced war machine think tank is so powerful and huge that it reminds me of Koch Brothers’ type of think tanks. And filing lawsuits with these people would probably take huge sums of money and years of litigation. This is a travesty that, in the worst way, can definitely continue to demolish a democracy which is already slipping through our collective fingers.
Barbara With April 2, 2016 at 5:56 am #
Actually, I state in the article that her Truman project website is password protected. And I am aware that there are numerous complaints that Sanders campaign has not been responding to many attempts to get his attention. In trying to get to the bottom of all of it, coming to the Truman Project is truly stunning.
D.R. April 2, 2016 at 12:25 am #
Aisha Dew was hired in January of 2016, not before November 2015 when that picture was taken. That picture was taken at the South Carolina Candidates Forum which obviously had a lot of big name Democrats in attendance, Sanders supporters and Clinton supporters. Aisha Dew took a lot of pictures then of Sanders supporters, Clinton supporters, etc etc. Even though there definitely seemed to be some odd stuff in North Carolina I don’t think that picture really is evidence of anything.
Also, you missed out on South Carolina. The Field Director for Sanders in South Carolina worked for Sanders from June 2015 through at least part of February 2016. The primary in South Carolina was on February 27th. He tweeted a picture of himself with Hillary Clinton on February 27th celebrating her win in South Carolina, thanking South Carolina and with the hashtag #ImWithHer.
Seeing as how he worked for Sanders up through at least part of February that situation seems a bit odd.
Last thing I’ll mention here… the DC incident. This was likely done by a lone oddball (seriously…he’s odd and craves attention) who was at one time the Democratic Committee Chair of Ward 5 in DC. His challenge was made on the 24th of March, was caught quickly and it will be resolved. It makes no sense for the Democratic Party to have been responsible for this. It wasn’t going to be something no one noticed and with his previous work as a leader for the Democratic Committee out there it makes them look bad. They are most likely not pleased with him for pulling this stunt.
Thank you for the corrections and additions. The troubling part of all of it, including what might have been an odd individual as opposed to orchestration from the Clinton camp re: DC, is the repeated incidents, added to the scale of which we are beginning to see voter registrations, all over the country being tampered with. One might suppose it was merely system failures due to the larger volume of voters, and those who are changing their party affiliations. Regardless, the Truman Project stands as a testament to what HRC and the Democrats have become, and at least these two campaign managers are affiliated with it. It is not the party of my youth when I loved Paul Wellstone, and yet, who knows? As an average American I did not know these specifics before now. How many more have no idea what is going on in these “think tanks?”
Dan Boling April 2, 2016 at 10:50 am #
I’m not at all sure these shenanigans are a thing new. The history of our political systems is rife with nasty tales of shady deals and power plays. I think the explosion of information and exposure that we’ve experienced since Wellstone ran has a lot to do with it. At that point in time, there was no internet, with it’s masses of new info everyday. And tv news was limited to an hour a night.
Now we’re overwhelmed in “facts,” everyone putting their own spin on them.
It’s not easy making sense of it!
God, I miss Paul!
Barbara With April 2, 2016 at 11:11 am #
Dan, if the questionable “facts” are contained in the Truman Project website then they are not my spin. I only am bringing them forward and connecting dots for people to make their own decisions. And I certainly have a right to mine perspective.
The thing about it is the Dem party has their Wellstone and the vast majority are supporting the Boschwitz on steroids. So sad. I agree.
Rebekah Lee Ricardo April 2, 2016 at 3:51 am #
I contacted Anonymous on Twitter but nothing. 😦
HopeLB April 2, 2016 at 10:26 am #
Is someone looking into Ryan Hughes who allegedly took money from a Hillary Super PAC. Hughes heads the PA campaign for Sanders.
No but thank you for posting. We need to organize all of this information in one place for … as someone else here said, we have to be the ones to move this forward. Thanks again!
“My investigation (so far) into Claim that Bernie’s NC campaign was sabotaged by HRC moles (Now w/ New Niko House video)”
See more at: http://caucus99percent.com/content/my-investigation-so-far-claim-bernies-nc-campaign-was-sabotaged-hrc-moles-now-w-new-niko#sthash.OQKwk7W6.dpuf
Karen Brown April 2, 2016 at 10:35 am #
I don’t think that Bernie CAN be the one to do this. It may be best left to people like, if we could get them, Anonymous. Candidates talking about other candidates and sabotage (even if it bears out) gives an impression of whining and paranoia. It isn’t fair, but looking ironically to Hillary, remember how their claims of rightwing collusion,etc, served them. Probably need Bernie to concentrate on being Bernie, above the fray, since most of this is being done on a local level in state offices, and work to find evidence and once that is gotten, THEN we make sure the public can’t ignore it.
Karen that is right. Good idea that leave Bernie to be above the fray and he has trained and inspired us to be the change. And yes the first step is to make it so the public cant ignore us!
Larry Hendricks April 2, 2016 at 10:06 pm #
I Agree, Bernie job is to be Bernie and he is god at it.. and It is not a job any one else can do.
V. C. Bestor (@VCBestor) April 2, 2016 at 11:07 am #
Tampered voter registrations amount to election fraud. And hacked voter info is still not in the news! http://vcbestor.blogspot.com/2016/03/has-your-voter-info-been-changed-by.html
caspercamel April 3, 2016 at 10:38 pm #
Of course it’s not in the news ! MSM is shilling for Hillary, and is not going to cross her or the corporations that own the networks.
Bernie is running against Hillary, the DNC, the MSM, and (now we learn) the Truman Project.
Bernie is a gift to this nation. These people are stealing this election. And they are stealing our chance to receive Bernie’s gift – a gift this nation desperately needs.
alsanbalaur April 2, 2016 at 1:22 pm #
The Democratic Party has moved to the Right of where Reagan was in the 80’s, while the GOP has marched so far Right that they fell off the face of sanity. The Progressive Left are deprived of a voice in American politics by the party authorities pandering to a myth that America is a Center/Right nation. We only APPEAR Center/Right as we are in the main Center/Left to Left, and Center/Right is the closest we get to representation.
Both the GOP and the DNC answer to Wall Street corporations and military supporting industry. Any social issues are “window dressing” to attract the WE Americans or the ME Americans (society versus individualism)
If Americans are to be TRULY represented, we need to kick out BOTH parties, and start over. We need a party that represents TRUE Left Progressive ideals, and one that represents TRUE Right Conservative ideals. Both ideologies have their pluses and minuses, but if they are applied with a dedication to America, and a will to compromise, a workable solution can always be found. Working together, and compromise have been abandoned in a bid to pander to the Money Lenders, and that is the opposite of a Democratic Republic, as America was designed to be.
Linda Hansen (@witornado) April 3, 2016 at 10:21 am #
Alsan, we are starting a new political party. It is called “United Progressive Party”. Come find us on Facebook.. always room around the fire!
Terri April 2, 2016 at 2:02 pm #
Why did the Sanders campaign hire these people without doing a background check on them?
Very good question we all want to know.
tntmcgovern April 2, 2016 at 2:10 pm #
Sanders Campaign’s Breach of Clinton Data More Serious Than Disclosed
http://time.com/4155185/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-data/
Beyond simply reviewing the data, the logs show the Sanders staffers took deliberate steps to harvest and store the information. According to the logs, the Sanders staff created from scratch no fewer than 24 lists—consisting entirely of data pulled down from the Clinton campaign’s database—and saved them to their personal folders.
The logs show the Sanders campaign accessed the Clinton data for nearly one hour beginning around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday. The Sanders staffers were apparently able to view unique voter information along with accompanying information about how likely the voters were to vote for the various candidates, crucial information that the Clinton campaign has likely spent millions of dollars to collect.
The Clinton campaign called for a clear accounting of the breach.
“We were informed that our proprietary data was breached by Sanders campaign staff in 25 searches by four different accounts and that this data was saved into the Sanders’ campaign account,” said spokesman Brian Fallon. “We are asking that the Sanders campaign and the DNC work expeditiously to ensure that our data is not in the Sanders campaign’s account and that the Sanders campaign only have access to their own data.”
Moreover, the Sanders staffers who carried out the breach included a top lieutenant for the Vermont senator: Josh Uretsky, the national data director for the campaign.
The Sanders campaign denied that it had downloaded any data, saying that it did not retain information from the Clinton campaign.
But the records from the NGP VAN software indicate that Sanders staffers did in fact save data to its own folders.
Sanders campaign fired Uretsky shortly after it learned of the incident, and said it is considering firing other staffers who were involved.
“After discussion with the DNC it became clear that one of our staffers accessed some modeling data from another campaign,” spokesman Michael Briggs said in a statement. “That behavior is unacceptable and that staffer was immediately fired.”
And that was the guy recommended by the DNC!
Kellie Bodi April 3, 2016 at 6:14 pm #
Here’s the thing about that…the staffer that did the breach (and was fired) was
recommended to Bernie by the DNC. Now we find out about all these plants, it makes sense. To me this seems more and more a set up from within to tarnish Bernie’s reputation.“I don’t know how you can more centrally connect this thing than those two [the DNC and NGP VAN] entities,” the adviser said. “Here we are being attacked by both of those entities when, in fact, they recommended this guy to the campaign.”
Do we trust NGP VAN ?
Mary Tirpok April 2, 2016 at 4:14 pm #
Regarding Aisha Dew. This article corroborates what Niko House is talking about. It makes her look either totally incompetent or like a Clinton mole.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/2/17/1485450/-Repairing-the-breach-Sanders-North-Carolina-campaign-the-NC-NAACP-and-Daily-Kos
Debra L. Hamilton April 2, 2016 at 5:04 pm #
Sounds like the Sanders’ campaign needs to do a better job of vetting potential staffpeople!
cuilpairc (@coolepairc) April 2, 2016 at 5:10 pm #
I’m posting this a 2nd time since I don’t see my original comment. Have a look at this link regarding the MI allegations: Ryan Hughes, MI and PA Bernie State Director, Accused of Accepting Hillary Super Pac Money
Wow thanks for posting! There is so much more than I could even cover in one article, I am grateful for others stepping forward and sharing this as well.
Nicole April 2, 2016 at 8:54 pm #
So this is just another article that was just written. Nothing serious is coming out of this? No punishment? I read a comment that someone said, “this is only destroying or democracy and it’s slipping right through our collective fingers? Who is the right person to get this stuff too. Who can take action?
Nicole, that is the great question, and of course it depends on what part of the information you are referring to.
If you mean, those state directors, it apparently has been difficult to get past them, or to get Jeff Weaver’s attention. I think there are several reasons for that. My own opinion is that Bernie is trying to be strategic in his approach to the DNC. He has waited to take on the AZ problem, for example, until it is official certified. He might be holding off on criticizing or dealing with the state people because he does not want to appear to be a “trouble maker” for things that he can’t really nail down right now. but until we hear from him, I just don’t know what else to do but keep trying to get this information to him.
As far as the other stuff, which I assume you weren’t referring to but will address anyway, it’s so important that people understand why we can’t support her. This seems extreme and yet, I only followed the dots and read the readily available information on her own think tanks on their own website. The summary picture of the tanks from one of the Board members page, speaks volumes to me, but Hillary supporters will think its some Republican attack, a stock photo. But I used it for a reason.
I am working on finding out more about some of the other state directors we are suspicious of, and then presenting it to the campaign, in some way. Meanwhile, any ideas?
If we can’t get to Bernie or anyone who can take action, anyone know how to contact Jane to help get Bernie’s attention? This is insane. I mean, hello ? They are stealing this election !
Exactly ! Nothing ever come of anything that is crooked in this election ! WHY NOT ? No one seems to know.
Great idea! We could all tweet Jane!
Eruanion Nolaquen April 2, 2016 at 9:13 pm #
As an IT pro, I can tell you a “software glitch” should not have caused the firewall to go down at NGP-Van. They should have a physical firewall that requires someone to log into it. They don’t get software updates like the server does. If they use a software firewall, that makes them a bad company for hosting servers. Additionally, the firewall was down for 2 hours (according to the logs they shared) not the 40 minutes we were told. They also gave no identifying information for the users who logged in, or the accounts created to access the information (there were @ 5 created, in the log, and given access). Names and designations are NOT qualifying information to identify where they logged in from, they should have had Mac addresses or IP addresses available (and subsequently blacked out). The way the DNC backed off of Sanders when he threatened an investigation speaks volumes. As does the backpedalling of NGP -Van
Thanks I think it helps for people who know what a “bug” might mean to explain why its not valid.
Also, I heard an interview with the guy who copied the files. He was saying they knew there would be a trail and they wanted to leave one because the firewall was having trouble and they wanted everyone to know they were there. Did not make sense to me that he would just contact the database people and Bernie immediately before copying anything.
Michael Davidson April 3, 2016 at 1:21 am #
Nothing about Hillary would surprise me.
Includinng murder
Jan Darling April 3, 2016 at 4:01 am #
I agree that this think tank’s mission gives me the willies, but after watching the video interview, both you and they state that Joe’s association with it is right there in public view on his linked in page, so I fail to see any evil plot or sabotage happening. Ineptitude maybe. Lousy hiring practice, maybe. But lots of insinuation here without much back up.
The intention of publishing the information about HRC and the DNC’s Mission with the Truman Project is, first, to educate the general public about the nature of their work. How many Clinton supporters know and understand what this think tank is and does, much less are even aware that it exists? Perhaps many more than I assume, because, silly me, I was not in any way aware that she had a cadre of defense contractors, hedge funders, multinational real estate investors, etc. working in this exact capacity. Perhaps you did. Many more than I did, but how many more don’t know?
Second, if one is looking for capacity and motive behind what is happening to our elections right now, which is mostly being blamed on the Republicans, here it is. This article clearly shows she and the people at the DNC have a hugh investment in making sure she wins. You can draw your own conclusion. Because of the nature of this kind of election fraud, we will probably never know. But surely these are the kinds of things groups like this perpetrate when they do their “regime changes,” much like the one that took place in Honduras and resulted in the assassination of environmentalist Berta Caceres. As an environmentalist who believe that HRC is a threat to our national security with her support of fracking and international mining companies, I can now connect the dots to Berta death, and it is truly frightening.
The public needs to understand exactly why HRC is not all who most of her loyal (and I believe well-meaning) supporters think she is and why she and Sanders are nothing alike. It is dangerous what she does, and the public needs to know.
https://unitedindefenseofthewater.wordpress.com/2016/02/26/nothing-trumps-water-why-it-must-be-bernie-or-bust/
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Nicole Hales April 3, 2016 at 5:36 pm #
I don’t know if this is significant, but it just seemed really odd to me so I wanted to bring it up here. In one of the Bernie Sanders Facebook groups, someone mentioned that it was strange that right after she donated money to Bernie’s campaign, she started getting emails at that email address asking for Donations for Hillary Clinton. BUT… she said that she never gave that particular email address out to anyone else, so it seemed really strange to her that she would be getting requests for money to fund Hillary’s campaign. ????
Then, other people in the Facebook group started saying that the very same thing had happened to them… that they had donated to Bernie’s campaign and even though they didn’t give out their email addresses to anyone else– they also started getting emails requesting money to fund Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
This happened around the same time that I first read online somewhere that Bernie’s camp had supposedly hacked into some computer program and had stolen a list of Hillary’s voters- and that it was supposedly a really big deal. That was also around the same time that Hillary’s supporters started making nasty comments on Facebook about Bernie– referring to him as, “Bernie Sanders and his cyber-thugs”.
Anyway, my point is that it really stuck out to me as being really obvious that there must be a connection between the two. I had JUST encountered people saying that they were getting strange emails from Hillary (or at least, on her behalf) asking for money….. but yet BERNIE was the one who was being accused of doing something wrong.
Hillary seems to always be deflecting things and blaming other people for what it is that SHE does wrong. I observe her do it all the time. In fact, I’m not even sure if SHE’S aware that she is projecting her own stuff onto others, but whenever I hear her blaming someone else for something now– warning bells go off in me that say, “Yep…there it is. She’s guilty.” There are so many examples of this- I really should start writing them down. lol!
Sooo, I’m just wondering…. has anyone looked into her campaign possibly stealing Bernie’s supporter’s private/personal email addresses and then using them to solicit money??
I know you are aware of the many people who have had their voter status mysteriously changed in Arizona and elsewhere– that has resulted in voter suppression in record numbers, but is there maybe a direct link or connection between all of this that could be used to expose her (or those working on her behalf) of doing anything illegally?
Also, I have heard that in certain states, Bernie supporters were intentionally being given the wrong information through emails regarding voting times and places– so they wouldn’t be able to vote.
Isn’t blatant voter obstruction illegal?? Considering all of these different things, doesn’t it seem like it was actually Hillary Clinton who was the one who stole Bernie’s list of voters and then used his list in nefarious ways?? The more I think about it, the more it seems pretty obvious to me that this is what’s really going on. So, now the question is– what can we do about it??
“Considering all of these different things, doesn’t it seem like it was actually Hillary Clinton who was the one who stole Bernie’s list of voters and then used his list in nefarious ways?? The more I think about it, the more it seems pretty obvious to me that this is what’s really going on.”
It seems pretty obvious to me too. Certainly it has to seem just as obvious to the Bernie campaign ! What is being done ? Anything ? Nothing ? This is truly unbelievable.
For now, please keep bringing these things to the comment section. I find it curious that others are coming forward with other scams like this one that involved the ability to hack. It is very possible that the data was stolen from Bernie while the guy who originally allegedly “stole” Hillary’s database could have just given her campaign his voter roll! No one would have had to hack anything. If it was the Clinton campaign who “discovered” the infraction, who knows what really took place?
This behavior you describe is exactly what we deal with Tea Party Republican governor Scott Walker and his corporate fascists in WI. Projection. We used to say anything they ever accused us of doing was the very thing they were trying to hide. And yet, there they were doing it in front of all of us, as if they think we can’t see. Well its pretty clear the same this is being perpetrated in the Hillary camp.
What do we do? I think we wait and see what happens. Nothing we can do but keep reporting it, getting it out into the network so people are aware, keep tweeting it to Bernie. One step at a time.
Alice Witte April 4, 2016 at 10:15 pm #
Okay, I just checked when the breach happened, and found that it was in late Dec. I also just looked at my email account, because I wanted to check when I received the first email from HRC. The first I saved, was received on Dec 28, and I had not given my address to anyone. I thought that the address might have been shared from one of the orgs that I sign petitions at, but now thinking about it I realize that the petitions have my name, and the emails I get from HRC only say Friend.
I started saving them after the first day or so, because I told myself I would donate to Bernie for each one I got from her. Anyway, after the 1st one I got one on each of the 29,30 introducing her and so forth ,and then on the31st I received five separate emails, asking me to donate $1. This made me angry, because right away I figured that she was trying to build up smaller donations to compete with the millions of small donations Bernie was getting. The thing is I did have a suspicion that she was the one who breached and took advantage of NGP-Van, but at that time, Bernie had mentioned that they thought they were breached in Oct. so I figured that since I didn’t get email until Dec. I must be wrong.
If in reality Hillary or her team were the ones who actually caused and took advantage of the breach in Dec, it kind of fits, because she is so clever like a fox, and blaming him for what she did would be sly, indeed. She also asked for pledges to vote for her, and send me your birthday so I can send you a birthday card. To date I have saved 208 emails from HRC, Bill, Chelsea, or her team, all but a few asking for the one dollar dontation, and when she asked for money it was NEVER more that the $1.00. Lately she has been sending ones that ask you to sign a petition for something, for example, tell congress to vote on SCOTUS nomination. I figure, that she could use the info from petitioning to get name & address to use to fatten up donators, or even to get actual voter info to use. I don’t know but you know there is something fishy going on when a millionaire is asking you for a buck.
Sorry for making this so long, I am one of those detail oriented people, and I have a really hard time separating out the “wheat from the chaff in both my thinking and writing.
P.S. One of the things that made me angry about this whole deal, is that I had already been following Sen. Sanders because an article I read by him in his Bussfeed news, that really grabbed me in Sept of 2014, and I laughed at myself for signing on to the Newsletter of a Senator from Vermont; so I was pretty well on his side as soon as he announced, but I’m sure there were lots of people being fooled by HRC and her followers when they said he didn’t have a chance even though they liked him a lot better.
Aubrey Menard April 3, 2016 at 8:06 pm #
While I agree with some of the comments in this article, a lot of it is taken out of context and overinflated. There are thousands of members of the Truman National Security Project of different political persuasions. I myself am a member (the same status as the people you cite in the article) and a Bernie supporter, as are many others. There is lively debate on our email listservs about what progressive values are, and most of us are certainly not neo-cons.
It’s important to understand that the Truman Project was founded in an era when progressives kept losing on national security issues and constantly looked weak. John Kerry was a Vietnam vet, and he was “swiftboated.” Democrats need to have a strong national security policy, which to the Truman Project is inclusive of foreign aid, care for veterans, and independence from fossil fuels. The Truman Project has done great work on all of these issues, including work with state legislatures throughout the U.S. to pass alternative energy legislation and defending the foreign aid budget when it was on Congress’ chopping block. Rachel Kleinfeld was one of the founders of the organization, but it is an organization of people with many different viewpoints– it is not fair to say that it is neo-con.
And, your analysis of the board members is a bit over the top. Look at the board members of any organization of this size– board members tend to be donors to the organization (yes, wealthy people) and otherwise important people (are we really attacking an organization for having Madeline Albright as a board member?). You can argue about whether or not this is a good thing, but the Truman Project certainly is not unique in this.
I’m not saying that there hasn’t been ugliness between the campaigns, or that the Democratic party doesn’t have deep-seeded issues. But, a lot of your criticisms of the Truman Project are over-blown and off-base.
Barbara With May 10, 2016 at 9:54 am #
Would you care to comment on just what you are doing in Mongolia with extractive industries before we publish a follow-up to our article highlighting your comments and focusing on mining over there?
A link to this article appeared on the Jackpine Radicals site – jackpineradicals.org – a progressive site supporting Bernie. Check us out !
Link to post – http://jackpineradicals.org/showthread.php?8071-Saboteurs-of-Sanders-Campaign-Lead-to-Clinton-National-Security-Think-Tank
I am delighted to see questions being raised re/ voter suppression in multiple states, most notably in states with closed primaries. Closed primaries are most vulnerable since voters need to have indicated party preference ahead of time. So once the voter database is hacked, thousands of voters are screwed.
Why are we not able to share our thoughts with SOMEONE IN CHARGE in Bernie’s campaign ? So frustrating !
It is painfully obvious that there is an organized effort to steal this election. Certainly Bernie’s “people” (if they are actually HIS people) realize this. Are they doing anything about it ? No one seems to know. Aa-aaargh !
This is from a Heavy.com comment:
“One of the more disturbing allegations made on the Heavy article by an anonymous poster was that the databases for people to access voter registration and to be able to change party affiliations is run by NGP VAN. NGP VAN was the company at the center of the controversy last December about the lack of security in the DNC databases that allowed Bernie Sanders staffers to access some of Hillary Clinton’s data. The company is headed by one of Bill Clinton’s former staffers, Stu Trevelyan, and one of the employees is the nephew of Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the DNC chairwoman who has sparked outrage over allegations of trying to game the election for Clinton.”
The above comment appeared in this article: http://www.inquisitr.com/2930677/are…-like-arizona/
It is a confounding situation. Bernie is a very very smart man. And very wise. He thinks like a visionary which means he does not just react, even to things like this. He watches, and waits, and probably talks to Jane, because she is so smart too. He has an inner circle I am sure he trusts, but has had to depend on the DNC for support because he had been an independent for so long. While I believe he probably understood the risks of running as a Dem, he might be confounded to find, like we are, the depths to which they might stoop. I think he is waiting, watching, and concentrating on what he needs to do to get to July and win the nomination. It’s all happening in real time, and he has so much on his plate. But yeah, he knows, and is thinking and planning. That’s my guess.
Here’s a Reddit thread re/ same issues. It’s been locked, but there’s lots of good info.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/4d8tqa/from_niko_d_house_proof_clinton_pac_is_paying/
Anonymous Report: Was Arizona’s Voter Registration Data Hacked and Changed?
At this point, Anonymous quite obviously does not have the required proof to point a finger at any particular person or campaign for the findings in our database and of our vulnerability scan. Non-conspiratorial alternative explanations may emerge for why perhaps tens of thousands of voters showed up to the polls expecting to be able to vote with the party they had registered with previously and were either denied or forced to vote provisionally. What is unmistakable, at this point, is that something went very badly wrong well beyond the lack of polling stations. The evidence does point to the possibility that something more malicious is happening.
https://anonymousinvestigationsblog.wordpress.com/2016/03/26/anonymous-report-was-arizonas-voter-registration-database-hacked/
Vegans For Bernie (@vegans4bernie) April 4, 2016 at 9:42 am #
This is a stunner. I’m speechless… GREAT reporting, Barbara With! Thank you.
shelleyjjensen April 4, 2016 at 10:06 am #
Well written article – excellent research – thank you!
Aisha Dew as of March 11 in Google cache:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.co…iew/aisha-dew/
Additional info in this thread at Jackpine Radicals:
http://jackpineradicals.org/showthread.php?8071-Saboteurs-of-Sanders-Campaign-Lead-to-Clinton-National-Security-Think-Tank&p=46967#post46967
mariondelgado April 6, 2016 at 6:19 pm #
As someone who knows Rachel Kleinfeld (and her family) I can see that she developed Samantha Power syndrome fairly early on, but she’s not sneaky or dishonest. Her life-long interest in human rights nowadays leans towards supporting the nasty American “bomb for human rights/feminism/Western values/democracy” mentality, but when the Truman Project started it was “we’ll lose elections until we bring back the Scoop Jackson crowd.” I agree the Truman Project is a natural fit for the Clintons, and obviously it’s going to seek to influence the Democratic primaries as much as possible – doing that is in its mission statement. I think this is a little sinister and sensationalistic, only because the world of advisers and organizers is surprisingly small. Dew should be evaluated on her merits or what look to be lack of same. I agree it would be prudent for the Sanders campaign to vet better, and I would definitely not want people associated with a pro-Clinton think tank. Where do you draw the line, though? Your choices can start narrowing rapidly. The whole system is pretty dodgy.
Joan DeYoreo April 12, 2016 at 11:01 am #
I have not read through all the comments, only the article, but my question would be who was responsible for hiring Joe Caiazzo in Massachusetts, and Aisha Dew in North Carolina? It’s not enough to find out who these two are connected with; what about the judgement and connection of those who hired them. What is their responsibility here?
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Posted by Aaron Kesel | Nov 16, 2016 |
The International Stand with Standing Rock Day was yesterday, November 15, and thousands of people from all over the world held a ‘Day of Action’ for the protection of the environment and indigenous communities.
Activists stood in solidarity with the water protectors of the Standing Rock Sioux and its many allies. As a journalist I had the distinct honor of being in the city of Houston, Texas, the location of Energy Transfer Partners’ corporate offices, so of course we had to check it out, and show our support for such a just cause.
Things started ofo very peaceful with music and prayer, but quickly turned for the worse. One officer segregated a man from the crowd. We are not sure what exactly started the confrontation but it was clear that the police were abusing their authority.
Over the course of protests, nearly 500 people have been arrested. A United Nations group representing indigenous people has said the federal government appeared to ignore treaties and the human rights of American Indians in the conflict.
Despite ongoing, growing protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline and the federal government’s repeated requests that Energy Transfer Partners halt its construction, the company has reiterated its intention to continue building the pipeline, undaunted.
Wednesday’s action is a part of nationwide protests against the corporate powers behind Dakota Access. The demonstration will see members from communities affected by the fossil fuel industry from Richmond, California; Chicago, Illinois, the Gulf Coast, and others joining local Texas organizers to voice their collective opposition to Energy Transfer Partners’ pipeline projects, and to push for a just transition to renewable energy.
What is also clear is that us citizen journalists need to practice and prepare for this type of event , as this video shows it can be really easy to loose you cool in these tense situations.
Kim Wasserman of Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) in Chicago said,
“From Chicago to Houston we stand with all of our communities impacted by the oil and gas industry in fighting back. It took us twelve years to shut down the two coal plant[s] in Chicago, and we commit to fighting until our communities have justice.
“While these companies think they have only money and stocks to lose, we have to remind them it’s our lives and world at stake.”
Radical Arts and Healing Collective member Jayeesha Dutta, from New Orleans, added,
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Another activist, Dutta, said,
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The domain names are always organized from right to left as is the case in any name (the family names to the right and the personal names to the left.). These descriptors are actually called 'Domains'.
The TLD or the Top Level Domain, also called the parent domain is mentioned to the far right of a domain name; the mid-level domains are obviously in the middle while the machine name is to the far left. It is often "www". The different levels of domains are separated by dots or periods.
Some facts about the Domain Name Systems
The main function of the Domain Name System or the DNS is to store the names and the addresses of the servers of the public internet. Here are some interesting facts about it:
The Domain Name Systems is around 30 years old before which a public system was only identifiable with its host name. The addresses of all the host names were maintained in one big file. The process became difficult and complicated in the later years when computer network grew. It was then that support domains were added and the single level naming system was changed to the multi level naming system.
When DNS was first implemented in 1980, it originally defined only 6 original Top Level Domains that were .com, .edu, .mil, .net, .org and .gov while there are more than 700 TLDs today on the internet. The wide expansion for domain names only happened post 2011 with the basic aim of better classification of the web sites, based on their purpose.
Currently, there are more than 100 million domains that are registered under .com solely. While there are a few that are specifically affiliated to certain kinds of businesses, there are others that are registered by individuals for their personal purposes.
DNS works both in forward and the reverse direction, i.e. the host names of the web sites and the other internet servers can be converted to the IP addresses (called the forward DNS look ups) or translating the addresses to the names (called the reverse DNS look ups). The reverse DNS lookups are not too common but they are often used in troubleshooting by the network administrators.
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If you are wondering what is WHOIS? WHOIS is simply read as "who is?" and is a utility protocol that is used to gain any information on domain names. The information included is related to the contract and other technical information on domain name server like the IP address block and autonomous system which is one of the most crucial roles of the service. The database content is stored as well as delivered in a human readable format. Apart from these, there is other additional information that is related to the status, for instance, if the domain is locked. To be able to use it, the user needs to enter the domain in the form and then start with the WHOIS look up. There might be several events when the user is not given all the information that is available or even worse, maybe they are not provided with any information at all. In such instances, it is important to check if there is any other alternative to the WHOIS lookup for the domain that is not responding. There are different levels of the WHOIS lookup protocol that explain a number of things about the domain name in great detail. It also decodes several status codes for the user.
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Area Code 262 414 534 608 715 920 Exchange Code and Subscriber Number
Area Code and Exchange (715) 800 in Wisconsin
Exchange Code 800 for Area Code 715 covers the city of Stevens Point, Portage County in the State of Wisconsin. It is centered at N 44º 31' 24.89", W 89º 34' 28.43". This Exchange Code was introduced on 16 March 2017 and is designated as being used for Landline telephones.
This Exchange covers telephone numbers ranging from (715) 800-0000 to (715) 800-9999.
In this Exchange Code there are 5 telephone numbers that have been the subject of complaints to the FCC.
Technical Information for Exchange (715) 800
NPA/Area Code: 715
NXX/Exchange Code: 800
City: Stevens Point
County: Portage
Rate Center: STEVENS PT
OCN: 073H
DST Observed:
Exchange Status: Active
NXX Use Type: Landline
NXX Intro Date: 16 March 2017
New NPA:
Overlay:
LATA: 350
FIPS: 55097
CBSA Code: 44620
Number Pooling: Yes
CBSA Name: Stevens Point, WI
Number Pooling in Exchange (715) 800
The initial set up of an Exchange was to have all 10,000 numbers (0000 - 9999) for a particular Rate Center allocated to the same local exhange carrier. With the advent of multiple carriers, allocating each one of them their own Exchange Code would be inefficient and soon use up the available number pools for a particular area. To counter this, some exchanges are split into blocks of 1,000 numbers, which can each be allocated to individual carriers. This cuts down on wasted numbers that aren't allocated as each carrier has a smaller pool available.
Number Pooling is activated in Exchange 715-800 and the following thousand blocks are currently assigned to carriers.
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Telephone numbers subject to FCC Complaints in Exchange (715) 800 5
Below are the 5 telephone numbers that are subject to complaints to the FCC in this Exchange Code.
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== Historical part ==
''Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the ground vehicle in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too big, take it to a separate article, taking a link to an article about the vehicle and adding a block "/historical reference" (example: https://wiki.warthunder.com/Name-vehicles/historical reference) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to include links to sources at the end of the article.''
Centurion Mk 10
BritainV Rank
120 / 50 / 32Hull
152 / 89 / 89Turret
1 240 hp650 hpEngine power
13 km/h back34 km/h forward
12 km/h backSpeed
105 mm Royal Ordnance L7A1 cannonMain weapon
14 roundsFirst-order
two-planeStabilizer
120 000 Research
300 000 Purchase
6 710 / 9 870/9 000 / 13 239/4 800 / 7 060Repair
1 200 Aces
196 % Reward for battle
3.2 Additional armament
In the description, the first part needs to be about the history of the creation and combat usage of the vehicle, as well as its key features. In the second part, tell the reader about the ground vehicle in the game. Insert the screenshot of the vehicle. If the novice player does not remember the vehicle by name, they will immediately understand what kind of vehicle it is talking about.
Describe armour protection. Note the most well protected and key weak areas. Appreciate the layout of modules as well as the number and location of crew members. Is the level of armour protection sufficient, is the placement of modules helpfull for survival in combat?
If necessary use a visual template to indicate the most secure and weak zones of the armour.
Write about the mobility of the ground vehicle. Estimate the specific power and maneuverability as well as the maximum speed forward and backward.
Give the reader information about the characteristics of the main gun. Assess its effectiveness in a battle based on the reloading speed, ballistics and the power of shells. Do not forget about the flexibilty of the fire, that is how quickly the cannon can be aimed at the target, open fire on it and aim at another enemy. Add a link to the main article on the gun: {{main|Name of the weapon}}. Describe in general terms the ammunition available for the main gun. Give advice on how to use them and how to fill the ammunition storage.
Additional armament
Some tanks are armed with several guns in one or more turrets. Evaluate the additional weaponry and give advice on its use. Describe the ammunition available for additional weaponry. Give advice on how to use them and how to fill the ammunition storage. If there is no additional weaponry remove this subsection.
Offensive and anti-aircraft machine guns not only allow you to fight some aircraft, but also are effective against lightly armoured vehicles. Evaluate machine guns and give recommendations on its use.
Describe the tactics of playing in the vehicle, the features of using vehicles in the team and advice on tactics. Refrain from creating a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view but give the reader food for thought. Describe the most dangerous enemies and give recommendations on fighting them. If necessary, note the specifics of the game in different modes (AB, RB, SB).
Summarize and briefly evaluate the vehicle in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark its pros and cons in a bulleted list. Do not use more than 6 points for each of the characteristics. Avoid using categorical definitions such as "bad", "good" and the like - they have a substitution in the form of softer "inadequate", "effective".
Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the ground vehicle in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too big, take it to a separate article, taking a link to an article about the vehicle and adding a block "/historical reference" (example: https://wiki.warthunder.com/Name-vehicles/historical reference) and add a link to it here using the main template. Be sure to include links to sources at the end of the article.
reference to the series of the vehicles;
page on the Wikipedia;
Retrieved from "https://wiki.warthunder.com/index.php?title=Centurion_Mk_10&oldid=5825"
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Under the FIFA pressure, women in Iran are preparing to attend the Azadi Stadium in Tehran for the first time to watch the match between Iran and Cambodia scheduled for October 10, in the second phase of the World Cup qualifiers.
Under the title of conditional attendance of women at Azadi Stadium, the reformist newspaper Arman Mele said that Azadi Stadium north of Tehran Under the FIFA pressure, will be open to women next October after rehabilitating the stadium’s infrastructure, including their seating in the stands and the way of entry and exit, tickets for them, which the newspaper considered a positive step.
In an interview with Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi, cleric and secretary-general of the Association of Clerics and Teachers in Qom, he stressed that there is no objection to women attending the stadiums if the government can secure their entry and exit routes at separate gates for men so as not to face harassment.
The newspaper revealed that in late July, the Iranian Football Association has tested the entry of women to the stadium, seating distance between the women and men.
It is noteworthy that the reformist newspaper confirmed, unlike the previous times when the office holders selected women to enter the stadium, it appears that in conjunction with the opening of an electronic site to reserve tickets, will set quota dedicated to women, which gives them about 10% of the stands.
The decision to deny women the right to attend sports stadiums for the first time since the Iranian revolution of 1979, under the pretext of protecting them from the malevolent behavior of male fans. The law stipulates that women should not be allowed to play in stadiums for fear of mixing with men or women enter masquerades in men’s dress.
Gianni Infantino, president of the International Federation of Football (IFF), urged Iranian women to attend the games and sent a letter in June to the Iranian government saying: “It is disappointing that it was not possible to maintain the positive momentum similar progress has been made in allowing women to attend the Games”.
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Champion earns spot on the Columbus Business First Fast 50 list for fifth consecutive year
WESTERVILLE, OH– The Champion Companies, a full-service, multi-family investment and management firm, has been named the No. 18 fastest-growing company on the 2016 Columbus Business First Fast 50 list. This is the fifth consecutive year the company has made the Fast 50 list, ranking No. 3 in 2012, No. 5 in 2013, No. 9 in 2014 and No. 20 in 2015. This award recognizes year-over-year growth in privately-held companies based in Central Ohio.
“To be recognized for the fifth year in a row, is truly humbling,” Brian Yeager, Champion’s president and CEO, said. “We are incredibly grateful and honored to be listed among some of Central Ohio’s finest companies. Our continued growth can only be attributed to the commitment and dedication of our team members.”
The Fast 50 award is given based on three years of revenue growth with honorees’ financial results verified by accounting firm GBQ Partners. Nominees must average at least $1 million in annual sales for the three most recent fiscal years. Champion’s average sales growth in the three previous years was in the 50-99 percent range.
“It all comes down to the people,” Yeager added. “We are very fortunate to have a great team at Champion that works hard every day to support our growth.”
Co-founder and COO, Michelle Yeager-Thornton agrees that Champion has their team to thank for its continued growth and success. “It is very exciting to make the Fast 50 list for five consecutive years,” she said.
“Our company has grown leaps and bounds since its inception in 2010. From roughly 128 apartments to nearly 5,000, we are here today because of the hard work and dedication of our Champion team.”
Other 2016 Fast 50 winners include (in alphabetical order), 3 Pillar Homes, Accelerated Benefits, Acoustic Ceiling and Partition, Adept Marketing, Advanced Glass Systems, LLC, AlerStallings, Apeks Supercritical, Behal Sampson Dietz, Coastal Ridge Real Estate, Compton Construction, CoverMyMeds, Data Systems Integration Group, Inc., Davenport Aviation, Inc. DevCare Solutions, Dismas Distribution Services, DOmedia, DYNAMIT, Environmental Remediation Contractor, Excenture Business Solutions, Fast Switch, Ltd., Feazel, Fusian, Golden Reserve, Howard Hanna Realcom Realty, Hy-tek Material Handling, Inc., Improving, Juice Technologies Inc. (dba Plug Smart), Kaufman Development, King Memory LLC, Lehman Daman Construction Services, Mac Murray, Petersen & Shuster LLP, Marketing and Engineering Solutions (MES, INC), MCR Medical Supply, Inc., Medical Staffing Options LLC, MeridianSoft Inc., Palmetto Construction, Pearl Interactive Network, Pillar Technology, RevLocal, Revolution Group, Sophisticated Systems Inc., TeamBuilder Search, Test Double, The Happy Crafter, LLC (dba Simon Says Stamp), Updox, Ventech Solutions, Wolfrum Roofing & Exteriors, LLC, Xtek Partners Inc., Zipline Logistics
About The Champion Companies
Founded in 2010, Champion is a full-service, multi-family investment and management firm. Champion currently owns and manages nearly 5,000 apartments within Central Ohio, with 12 communities in the growing cities of Columbus (Easton), Delaware, Dublin, Hilliard, Lewis Center (Polaris), New Albany, Westerville and Worthington. Champion has been named a Columbus Business First Fast 50 company for five consecutive years. Champion has also been recognized for its philanthropic efforts, receiving a Medical Mutual Pillar Award for Community Service and a Columbus Business First Corporate Caring Award in 2015.
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Courage: Why Any CMO Job Description Is Incomplete Without It
Guest: Kristi Maynor Head of the U.S. CMO Practice, Egon Zehnder
The role of the Chief Marketing Officer in any company is tough simply because it requires a seemingly contradictory set of skills – the foresight and courage of a brand marketer, and the detail and systems approach of a performance marketer. How can anyone be expected to fill THAT kind of job description as a CMO? That’s the question being explored on this episode.
Drew’s guest is Kristi Maynor, Head of the U.S. CMO and Digital Transformation Practice at Egon Zehnder, one of the top recruitment and talent search companies in the world. The resumes of some of the top CMO candidates in business have passed through her hands, so if anyone can describe the kind of skills it takes to be or become a truly effective CMO, Kristi can.
Join us for this wide-ranging and provoking conversation as we dig into why courage and curiosity are some of the most important characteristics for any potential CMO and how you can take steps in your current position that position you for advancement to the prestigious yet challenging role of CMO. (You can listen to the podcast by clicking here.)
You’ll enjoy this conversation so I hope you take the time to listen.
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts – Stitcher – or Podsearch
[0:30] Courage: Easy to say but hard to demonstrate
[1:23] Kristi Maynor’s role with Egon Zehnder, one of the premier talent search agencies in the world.
[4:01] Marketers at Procter and Gamble Kristi worked with who she believes was courageous
[8:11] The top characteristic of successful CMOs: Curiosity
[12:03] The expanding role of today’s marketer and what should a CMO be responsible for?
[15:35] Who does better? A brand marketer or performance marketer?
[21:55] The role of the CMO as bridge builder and instigator of more effective integrations within the company
[27:43] Advice Kristi gives to those looking to become a CMO in the future
[29:54] Why very few CMOs become CEOs
In order to transform a company you have to exhibit courage from the moment you walk in
It’s probably fair to say that most newly-hired CMOs are walking into a situation where their new employer is struggling, at least on some level. They’ve been hired to assess the current state of things, diagnose the problems, and set a new direction that brings the company out of the down season and into a new era of success. Stepping into a situation like that requires courage – both because it’s a step into the unknown and because it will require the development of plans that take the company in an entirely new direction. Find out how Kristi Maynor suggests you cultivate and develop that kind of courage, on this episode of Renegade Thinkers Unite.
The problematic need for a CMO who is brand driven AND performance driven
As Kristi and Drew discussed the common traits Kristi has seen in some of the most effective and sought-after CMOs in the business world, it quickly became apparent that a person with a very unusual gift-mix is needed to fill this vital and company-changing role. The CMO job description demands a person who is visionary and able to communicate where the brand is headed – but at the same time able to spearhead efforts to build systems and procedures that drive the process efficiently. There aren’t many people like that, and Kristi explains what it takes to become that person and succeed, in this episode.
When working toward a CMO role, don’t focus on the title, focus on the impact you’ll be able to have
It’s undoubtedly an ego boost to anyone to be offered the role of CMO in a prestigious company. But the allure of such a high profile position pales in comparison to the potential the role provides. Kristi Maynor has seen many new CMOs step into their role with courage and lead their company to new heights. Her advice? Don’t focus on the title or position you’ve been given, focus on the impact you’ll be able to have. Keeping your eyes on the prize enables you to avoid reading your own press and accomplish the things you were hired to do – and everyone from team members to customers to board members will benefit as a result. This episode shares key insights from a woman who’s seen the impact of effective CMOs first-hand. Don’t miss it.
Connect With Kristi:
Kristi’s profile on the Egon Zehnder site
Connect with Kristi on LinkedIn
Follow Kristi on Twitter
Resources & People Mentioned
Kevin Hochman of KFC
Beth Comstock
Connect with Drew
http://renegade.com/
Meet the Guest
Kristi, based in Dallas, leads the U.S. Chief Marketing Officer practice with a focus on consumer and technology industries and an emphasis on organizations undergoing digital transformation. Kristi leads executive search for CMO, CIO, digital and e-Commerce leaders and serves as a strategic advisor to her clients, drawing on her diverse experiences working with consumer and technology companies as a marketing executive and agency leader. In addition to her search work, Kristi also provides assessment, development and cultural integration support for clients.
Prior to joining Egon Zehnder, Kristi spent significant time at the intersection of marketing and technology: helping consumer brands grow through digital leadership. With Procter & Gamble, she developed strategies for increasing trial and loyalty through emerging media solutions. She led strategic initiatives and client growth at imc2, a leading digital agency. She also worked at Mary Kay to optimize the global e-Commerce platform for faster close rates, higher retention and overall stronger consumer relationships.
Quotes from Kristi Maynor
A good CMO has to be ready to take personal risk.
The job that they will have in 18 months will be quite different given the level of disruption that we have across almost every industry, especially in consumer.
The most important element of potential especially for a marketer is curiosity, which is the insatiable desire to learn.
I think the modern marketer is someone who can balance the brand marketing aspects of a business, as well as, the performance marketing aspects.
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How the neo-liberal "you go girl" west is actually placing more women in harms way, while dumbing down man's biology
in Red Pill, News
by alexrpt October 1, 2014 120 Views
Camille Anna Paglia is an American academic and social critic. Best of all, she is a self-described dissident feminist, and has been a professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, since 1984. The New York Times has described her as “first and foremost an educator”.
Her recent piece for Time.com titled, The Modern Campus Cannot Comprehend Evil is superb in explaining America’s recent sexual assault fear mongering epidemic, and the damage it does to young women’s ability to discern against fake and very real danger.
Paglia does not hold back (entitled, “strong and independent women” beware):
Wildly overblown claims about an epidemic of sexual assaults on American campuses are obscuring the true danger to young women, too often distracted by cellphones or iPods in public places: the ancient sex crime of abduction and murder. Despite hysterical propaganda about our “rape culture,” the majority of campus incidents being carelessly described as sexual assault are not felonious rape (involving force or drugs) but oafish hookup melodramas, arising from mixed signals and imprudence on both sides.
Colleges should stick to academics and stop their infantilizing supervision of students’ dating lives, an authoritarian intrusion that borders on violation of civil liberties. Real crimes should be reported to the police, not to haphazard and ill-trained campus grievance committees.
Paglia astutely points out that the neo-liberal Western world operates under a false belief that biology is non existent, and the West’s “exceptional” value system can tweak and adjust its way towards a utopia where men are transformed into docile, sexually lobotomised puppy dogs, and women elevated into untouchable life forces.
Too many young middleclass women, raised far from the urban streets, seem to expect adult life to be an extension of their comfortable, overprotected homes. But the world remains a wilderness. The price of women’s modern freedoms is personal responsibility for vigilance and self-defense.
Current educational codes, tracking liberal-Left, are perpetuating illusions about sex and gender. The basic Leftist premise, descending from Marxism, is that all problems in human life stem from an unjust society and that corrections and fine-tunings of that social mechanism will eventually bring utopia. Progressives have unquestioned faith in the perfectibility of mankind.
The horrors and atrocities of history have been edited out of primary and secondary education except where they can be blamed on racism, sexism, and imperialism — toxins embedded in oppressive outside structures that must be smashed and remade. But the real problem resides in human nature, which religion as well as great art sees as eternally torn by a war between the forces of darkness and light.
Saddam, ISIS, Gaddafi, Assad…Western politicians and the main stream media spin machine is directly at fault for pushing a script where the world is divided between the blessed liberal good and everyone else bad dichotomy. At a granular level back, in the U.S.A., this macro world view of good and bad has been carried over to gender ideology and identity.
Liberalism lacks a profound sense of evil — but so does conservatism these days, when evil is facilely projected onto a foreign host of rising political forces united only in their rejection of Western values. Nothing is more simplistic than the now rote use by politicians and pundits of the cartoonish label “bad guys” for jihadists, as if American foreign policy is a slapdash script for a cowboy movie.
The gender ideology dominating academe denies that sex differences are rooted in biology and sees them instead as malleable fictions that can be revised at will. The assumption is that complaints and protests, enforced by sympathetic campus bureaucrats and government regulators, can and will fundamentally alter all men.
Because when you over simplify the world into black and white, elevate the goodness of one sex over the other, and continually refute biology and evolution you end up doing more harm than good, and end up placing women in real life or death scenarios.
Sex crime springs from fantasy, hallucination, delusion, and obsession. A random young woman becomes the scapegoat for a regressive rage against female sexual power: “You made me do this.” Academic clichés about the “commodification” of women under capitalism make little sense here: It is women’s superior biological status as magical life-creator that is profaned and annihilated by the barbarism of sex crime.
Misled by the naive optimism and “You go, girl!” boosterism of their upbringing, young women do not see the animal eyes glowing at them in the dark. They assume that bared flesh and sexy clothes are just a fashion statement containing no messages that might be misread and twisted by a psychotic. They do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature.
http://time.com/3444749/camille-paglia-the-modern-campus-cannot-comprehend-evil/
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Review: Money Flower
February 10, 2018 by kfangurl 193 Comments
Now this is revenge melo done right.
Interesting characters brought to life by excellent actors; a compelling backstory; great pacing; assured handling; immersive, consuming music. All of these elements come together to make Money Flower an addictive, cracktastic journey, from start to finish. Show stays gripping through to its final stretch, and even resolves its revenge story in a satisfying manner. That’s impressive stuff all-around, which makes it easy to forgive Show its few flaws.
Also, Jang Hyuk is Prowling Panther levels of superb in this. Flail.
Money Flower OST – Blind
http://k003.kiwi6.com/hotlink/a5czp1o0sp/05._Blind.mp3
The big thing that Money Flower has taught me, is never say never.
I used to think that revenge melos were simply not my thing, since I hadn’t liked any of the ones that I’d seen. Invariably, the shows had a tendency to lose steam and logic, especially towards the end. Add on the fact that I generally find revenge a pretty dark and heavy topic that I prefer not to spend my leisure hours immersed in, and it seemed perfectly reasonable to me, that I steer clear of any and all dramas that touted revenge as its main theme.
Given that starting point, it’s all the more startling, that I found myself very quickly and very thoroughly immersed in Money Flower. Essentially, watching this drama felt like watching a very languidly seductive, sensuous dance.
I simply could. not. look. away. Dang.
STUFF I LOVED
1. Overall execution
The thing that stands out most to me, with this show, is just how assured the execution is. Unlike many other dramas that tend to cycle in place in spots, and have filler scenes in spots, Money Flower always felt like it had somewhere concrete to go, and knew exactly how to get there.
I liked that Show starts right in the thick of the action, instead of with the typical childhood backstory that many melos start with, and then takes its time to reveal key pieces of information as the story unfolds.
The pacing of our story feels fast and tight. [SPOILER] For example, we begin episode 3 with Mo Hyun and Boo Cheon (Park Se Young and Jang Seung Jo) meeting by accident in the cafe, spend the majority of our episode watching them dive into the deep end of a romance, and end the episode with Mo Hyun stunned by the revelation of Boo Cheon’s true chaebol identity. [END SPOILER] There generally is very little sense of drag in this drama world, and that’s a good thing.
At the same time, despite the tight pacing, Show has a strikingly unruffled and controlled feel to it. Even when things in our story feel like they are rising up to a crescendo, there is a consistent distinct feeling of languid unhurriedness about Show itself. I liked that a whole lot.
Additionally, I consistently felt like Show was keeping me on my toes, with each cliffhanger. I often was curious to know what happened next, and I often had no idea how Show would resolve its own cliffhanger. [SPOILER] For example, at the end of episode 6, I was curious to know the result of the DNA test, and while I felt like Pil Joo would’ve probably taken care of the matter ahead of time, I just couldn’t for the life of me figure out how. [END SPOILER] That steady feeling that Show was smarter than me, was a really good one. I always felt like Show was taking me on a rollercoaster, and I felt like I could feel secure in Show’s confidence, while I simply enjoyed the thrill of the ride.
One of the most outstanding things to me, in the overall execution, is the use of music in this show. Mad kudos to the music PD, the application of the music is all very deliberate, and very, very savvy. The music – generally not complete songs, but mostly repeated riffs and instrumentals – swirls into the scene at hand, often increasing in tempo and volume, and thus bringing the emotions of the scene to a pin-point pinnacle, both for the characters and the viewers. It’s immersive, dizzying stuff, and really works to suck you in. I loved it.
Consistency & Intensity
With many dramas, the story starts to sag at some point or another. In particular, a high-tension type of story like this usually suffers because the drama is unable to sustain the dramatic tension through to the end. Not so with Money Flower.
One of the things that really impressed me with this show, is how Show maintains – and even increases! – the sense of dramatic tension, as we get into the later stretch. That’s pretty amazing, considering how Show is not short on dramatic tension even in its early episodes. What a treat, to get to Show’s later episodes, and feel like Show is actually becoming more exciting and delicious.
A compellingly dark drama world
Show does an excellent job of creating and fleshing out a twisty, dark drama world where there is dysfunction everywhere you look. What I appreciate, is that Show does this with a fairly restrained hand. Everything is more quietly chilling, than dramatically scary.
[SPOILER] A great example is in episode 14. Everyone scheming to kill everyone comes to a head this episode, with Pil Joo, Mo Hyun and Boo Cheon all in danger by episode’s end. Near the end of the episode, as the music begins to swirl, we see rolling shots of Yoo Cheon and his dad (Kang Sung and Sun Woo Jae Duk), and Mal Ran (Lee Mi Sook), and Grandpa Chairman (Lee Soon Jae), all silently, separately, sitting in the dark, waiting expectantly for news of successful death-causing. It all feels very deliberately and efficiently laid out. These are clearly messed up characters living in a messed up reality, and Show portrays this so well, without having to say very much at all. [END SPOILER]
Money Flower OST – Death Star
http://k003.kiwi6.com/hotlink/3st3ql5n7d/08._Death_star.mp3
2. Jang Hyuk as Kang Pil Joo
Jang Hyuk is the reason that I even considered dipping my previously-revenge-melo-burned toes into Money Flower. Many thanks to my dear pal Drama Fan, who took the time and trouble to persuade me that Jang Hyuk is just so magnificent in this, that I really shouldn’t miss out.
For the record, I used to think that Chuno was hands-down Jang Hyuk’s most iconic work (he is so, so breathtaking in Chuno!), and that nothing would even come close, to that level of brilliance, badassery, or sexy. Guess I was wrong, you guys. Coz it’s very possible that Jang Hyuk’s performance in this, actually tops his amazing turn in Chuno.
Jang Hyuk is completely mesmerizing as our protagonist Kang Pil Joo, and I was helpless under Pil Joo’s hypnotizing, restrained, powerful, and sometimes morally ambiguous spell.
Pil Joo the character
As a character, I found Pil Joo endlessly fascinating and completely mesmerizing. It’s thanks in equal part to the writing and to Jang Hyuk’s fantastic performance. Writer-nim created Pil Joo to be an imperfect, yet perfectly captivating character, and Jang Hyuk capably brought out Pil Joo’s various layers and facets. Altogether spellbinding, I say.
Here are some of the things about Pil Joo, that stood out to me.
He has personal power
One of the first things I noticed about Pil Joo, is that he feels powerful. Even though he is widely acknowledged as the Jang family’s dog, he is far more shrewd and resourceful than the people he actually reports to. He is measured, restrained, and calculated. He never seems flustered or rushed; he always looks like he has everything under complete control. There is smolder in his gaze, and he oozes confidence and charisma. Pil Joo often commanded my undivided attention, purely by the strength of his personal magnetism.
[SPOILER] One of the scenes that really stood out to me, is in episode 15, when Pil Joo is in the coma. He’s not powerless, even while he’s asleep. It feels like he’s a sleeping tiger while everyone else feels like headless chickens, without him to direct everything. And then, the moment he awakes, he moves to action; slowly, deliberately, like he’s a prowling panther. It’s mesmerizing just watching him put on his suit to go into battle. [END SPOILER]
He’s shrewd & well-prepared
Very quickly into my watch, it occurred to me that Pil Joo is a strategist; he doesn’t have formal hierarchical power, and bows down to the person whom he has agreed to put on the metaphorical throne, but he is shrewd, uber well-prepared, and completely unruffled and unhurried as he moves people into place – as well as off the board – as needed. He is intimately acquainted not only with the larger picture, but also the intricate details, and he controls it all. Augh. It reminded me of watching Mei Chang Su in action in Nirvana In Fire, and I was fully enthralled.
Consistently, we see that shrewdness unveiled, facet by facet, as Pil Joo demonstrates again and again, how he’s planned ahead and taken care of every single detail, in order to achieve the result that he set out to achieve.
[SPOILER] A great example of Pil Joo’s preparedness, is in episode 18. The moment he realizes that Boo Cheon had done a DNA test on him, he moves first. It’s clearly not the time he’d originally planned to reveal his identity, but he’s shrewd enough to know that he must strike first, and he just goes and does it, without batting an eye. The scene of him putting on the necklace and getting dressed, is so unhurried and calm. He’s completely unruffled and intentional, even though this is a course of action that is being provoked by Boo Cheon. I just can’t help but be impressed. [END SPOILER]
He’s got a lot of heart
As messed up as Pil Joo is, as a result of his extremely dysfunctional childhood and subsequent adult life, and as controlled and smart and shrewd as he is, he also consistently demonstrates that he has a lot of heart.
[SPOILER] We see it in the way he tenderly and wistfully cradles his father’s memorial picture. We see it in the sheen of tears in his eyes, when he’s broken the rib of the man who killed his baby brother. We see it, in the tortured wistful gazes that he keeps wearing, in Mo Hyun’s direction. And we see it, in the way he consistently shows mercy to Seo Won (Han So Hee) and her son, every time Mal Ran instructs him to get rid of the offending mother and child.
One of the moments in our story, when I felt I was truly looking at Pil Joo’s ripped up heart, is in episode 10, when he reacts to the sight of the body of his little brother. The love, regret and sorrow that he feels, is so clear to see. The tears shimmering in his eyes, reflecting the moonlight, look so poetic and so sad. And the cries that Pil Joo lets out, as he holds his brother’s remains, clothed by the coat off his own back, are so mournful, anguished, and heartwrenchingly powerful. [END SPOILER]
He’s controlled
At all times, and in all things, Pil Joo shows a great deal of restraint and control. I love how unruffled Pil Joo is; he is the epitome of cool.
[SPOILER] In episode 8, even in the face of discovering that Boo Cheon isn’t actually his blood brother, he manages to keep a fairly unreadable expression, and withdraws to think only for a short while, before being put together enough to face Mal Ran as if nothing happened.
And then in episode 18, when Pil Joo reveals his identity to Chairman Gramps, his conduct and demeanor is impeccable; he’s irreproachably polite, respectful and steady. And the single tear that escapes his eye, as he finishes his first official bow as Cheong A’s eldest grandson, is the only hint that this is a Big Deal, for him. I feel like there is so much emotion that Pil Joo has buried in his heart, that there is a hidden reservoir within, that we can only imagine the depths of. And yet, on the surface, all we can see, is steady decorum. So impressive. [END SPOILER]
He kicks ass
I truly love watching Jang Hyuk unleash his Master Level Fight Skillz, and it pleased me greatly, that we got to see Pil Joo in action, not once, but twice. As always, Jang Hyuk kills it, and Pil Joo’s Cool Quotient got bumped up even more, in my eyes.
[SPOILER] In episode 2, Pil Joo steps in to protect Mo Hyun from the 2 drunk guys, and the way he fights is Freaking Hot. So swift, effortless and matter-of-fact. And all done in a sharp suit too. Swoon. And to have that all juxtaposed immediately with him gently piggybacking her home? Double swoon.
And then, in episode 16, Pil Joo kicks ass again, when he takes down the 4 guys guarding Seo Won. He is so swift, precise and matter-of-fact. I love that he just rolls up a magazine as he saunters slowly into the place, and then just knocks them all out without even breaking a sweat. So dang cool. ❤ [END SPOILER]
He plays by his own rules
Perhaps one of the coolest things about Pil Joo, is how he plays by his own rules, even when it means disregarding the etiquette that he is expected to keep.
[SPOILER] There’s a moment in episode 14 that I just love. Yoo Cheon enters Pil Joo’s office, and condescendingly asks Pil Joo for a briefing on what his Plan B is, for Cheong A Tower. Pil Joo looks him in the eye, and simply replies, “I don’t want to.” He doesn’t even try to make excuses or come up with some cover story. He just flat out states, “I don’t want to,” and I love it. [END SPOILER]
Why do we root for Pil Joo? [SPOILERS]
One of the questions one might ask, is why one would root for Pil Joo, considering that he appears to be as scheming, crafty and morally ambiguous as the people in Cheong A that he’s working to take down.
For me personally, I think I root for Pil Joo because he’s on the defensive, while the people in Cheong A are on the offensive. In every good story, a good antagonist always helps, and in this story, the Cheong A people – especially Mal Ran and Chairman Gramps – are very well fleshed-out as antagonists. They were the ones who basically ruined Pil Joo’s life.
If Cheong A had just left him and his brother and mother alone, he wouldn’t be scheming against anyone. It doesn’t make Pil Joo righteous, certainly, and it doesn’t absolve him of the morally shady things he’s done either. But the context creates sympathy for Pil Joo, and I feel for him.
My sympathy for Pil Joo, combined with how distasteful and disgusting I found Chairman Gramps and Mal Ran in their casual murderous decisions, put me firmly on Pil Joo’s side.
Money Flower OST – A Nameless Story
http://k003.kiwi6.com/hotlink/6xu4ujb6nu/03._A_nameless_story.mp3
3 examples of Jang Hyuk’s amazing performance
One of the things I learned during my watch, is that Jang Hyuk is best appreciated in motion. There were more than several occasions when Jang Hyuk was on my screen, and I thought, “Wow, he’s amazing,” or “Gosh, he’s hot,” and tried to get a screenshot of the awesome. When I paused for the shot, though, I found that mostly, the screenshot just didn’t do him justice. Conclusion: Jang Hyuk is glorious in motion, and you just need to see him in motion, to properly appreciate how fantastic he is.
In this section, I’m gonna highlight a few examples of Jang Hyuk’s amazing acting prowess. Just bear in mind, that these stills don’t even tell half of the story.
1. Emotions surging under his skin
There is a scene in episode 3 that is quite fleeting, but which sticks in my mind for the seriously impressive control Jang Hyuk has, over his microexpressions.
Early one morning, Boo Cheon announces gleefully to Pil Joo, that he plans to sleep with Mo Hyun that night. Pil Joo smiles impassively as he gets into the car, but once the door is shut, his expression contorts with emotion. What’s impressive about this is, it’s not a full-on explosion of emotions; it feels like there is a full tsunami of emotions going on, on the inside, and it’s barely held in by the sheer force of his willpower. That tamped down, barely held-in wave of emotion, that literally strains his features at the seams, is what we see. We literally see those emotions surging under his skin. And then in just a matter of seconds, the moment passes, and Pil Joo’s expression returns to its previously impassive state. Just, masterful.
2. “You’re not wrong.”
In episode 15, Jang Hyuk gives another masterful performance, in the scene where Mo Hyun confronts Pil Joo about his feelings for her.
Pil Joo is all decorum and control on the surface, but there is a subtle sheen of tears in his eyes, that betray the emotions that run beneath. His words are businesslike and distant, but as the moment wears on, the sheen of tears become just that little bit more apparent, and we can just tell, that he isn’t telling the truth when he says that he’s long put aside any feelings that he had for her. So much subtext communicated, with so little overt expression. Impressive indeed.
3. The childlike gaze
One of the things that I found especially affecting, is a particular look that Pil Joo tends to wear, especially when he’s facing Mal Ran. It’s so clear-eyed and innocent, that I feel like I’m looking upon his inner child. I believe that’s exactly what Show is trying to convey; that beneath the shrewd, precise advisor, there is an innocent child. I love that Jang Hyuk is able to express that so effectively, simply through his gaze. Kudos.
3. Lee Mi Sook as Jung Mal Ran
Although I can’t say that Mal Ran is likable as a character, I definitely feel that she is a fascinating one. Lee Mi Sook plays Mal Ran with a gentility, elegance and sophistication that is quite regal, and underneath it, she imbues Mal Ran with a vulnerability that occasionally shows through.
Yes, Mal Ran is an antagonist in our story, and her sense of self-righteousness and vulnerability are completely misplaced. Importantly, though, it’s clear that she believes her own twisted logic, that from beginning to end, she behaved in an appropriate and acceptable manner.
I will admit that I was more fascinated with Mal Ran in the earlier episodes than in the later ones. As I got deeper into the show, I found myself starting to disdain her somewhat.
The reason I disdained Mal Ran
I’d used to think that all the hand-touching, and soft-female-relying-on-strong-man sort of thing that she was doing with Pil Joo was rooted in a true appreciation for him, and a genuine dependency and vulnerability. But, in episode 7, we see that she’s exactly the same with Secretary Oh (Park Jung Hak) – when she wants him to kill people. From the flashback in episode 7, it’s clear that that’s exactly how she used to treat Secretary Oh, when they were younger. He had been to her, all that Pil Joo is to her now.
With this side-by-side comparison, it becomes clear that Mal Ran’s modus operandi is to use her womanly charm to make her male aides feel like they are important to her, and to get them to do what she wants, even when it’s murder. On top of that, it seems that with Pil Joo rising up to be such a strong right-hand man, she’s semi-retired Secretary Oh to a corner, only to be called upon when she needs stuff done that she wants kept from Pil Joo. That feels extra cruel, considering how she’d manipulated Secretary Oh’s feelings.
Therefore, I couldn’t help but snigger a little bit, when Mal Ran rants in episode 17, that there is not one man that she is satisfied with, in Mooshimwon. Snerk. That is so telling, in terms of the kind of person she is, and how she depends on her womanly wiles to get the men around her to do her bidding and help her achieve her goals.
To put it very bluntly, it felt to me like Mal Ran made it a habit to pimp herself out to her male aides to get what she wanted. I just couldn’t respect her for that.
The extent of Mal Ran’s dysfunction
The further I progressed in my watch, the more I saw of the extent of Mal Ran’s personal brand of twisted crazy. Essentially, things got so dysfunctional that it felt surreal.
I feel that the instance that best showcases Mal Ran’s dysfunction, is in episode 20.
We see Mal Ran sobbing on her own in the car, after sending Secretary Oh away of her own volition, and it occurs to me that she doesn’t want him to go; that she has some affection for him, but she is doing it to protect Boo Cheon.
At this point, it also occurred to me that her scheming to place Boo Cheon as Chairman of Cheong A, could be a revenge scheme too, rather than a pure quest for power. Her husband had cheated on her with another woman, and the people of Cheong A group had probably all tried to manipulate her in all their power struggles as well. With Cheong A basically robbing her of any kind of truly happy life, I figured this could be her own way of really sticking it to them – by putting her own son on their throne, a son who doesn’t even have the blood of the Jang family running through his veins.
But then I realized that Mal Ran had actually poisoned Secretary Oh. Poor Secretary Oh, who’d devoted his entire life to her, because he’d been smitten with her. He’d let her seduce him, and then had followed her orders to murder innocent children, even though his conscience would be forever stricken, and then he’d obediently drunk the poisoned coffee, like a lamb being led to slaughter – by the very object of his undying affection. Shudder.
It makes everything even worse, that the “letter” that Mal Ran had placed in Secretary Oh’s breast pocket, which she’d instructed him to read only after he’d left for China, was actually his faked suicide note, designed to be found on his dead body, once the poison had taken effect. Plus, she’d hired assassins to watch over him to finish the deed, in case he didn’t end up drinking the poisoned coffee. Ugh.
And having done all that, she has the gall to sit in her car and cry.
The entire thing is just so sick and so twisted.
Money Flower OST – Poisoned Apple
http://k003.kiwi6.com/hotlink/44l5rl2zlm/17._Poisoned_apple.mp3
4. The dramatic tension between Pil Joo and Mal Ran
The air between Pil Joo and Mal Ran is.. interesting, to say the least. Lee Mi Sook and Jang Hyuk share an electric kind of chemistry, and Show capitalizes on that quite a bit.
Right away in episode 1, we see that officially she is his master, and he, the servant. But, unofficially, he offers her guidance, wisdom and support that one would expect more from an equal than a subordinate. Plus, there are hints of a romantic kind of tension that peek out at times. Like the way he put his jacket on her shoulders the moment he got out of jail, saying to the driver that he shouldn’t have brought her because it was cold. And the way he is allowed near when no one else is, when she is in despair. Also, it shows up in her tone and her manner, like the way she treats him so preciously when he was released from jail.
Show is coy about the true nature of their relationship, but we see with increasing certainty, that the tension between Mal Ran and Pil Joo has many sexual shades to it. Show isn’t ever terribly overt about it, but we get enough clues to arrive at, shall we say, a reasonable conclusion.
The circumstantial evidence
In episode 2, we see that Pil Joo does have a special relationship with Mal Ran; he is the one whom others look to, to comfort her, when something terrible happens. It’s revealed in such an unhurried way too; the way he enters the room deliberately and slowly; the way he wraps his handkerchief around her hand, scratched bloody; the way he slowly takes her into his arms; the way she leans her head on his shoulder and allows the tears to flow, as she holds him back. It feels like a rather torrid, dark pantomime, as the nature of this relationship unfolds, while we finally understand, simultaneously through flashback, the backstory behind how they are related.
In episode 8, we get Show’s most.. definitive piece of evidence, regarding this relationship. We see that Pil Joo has the kind of relationship with Mal Ran where he can open her bedroom door, even when she doesn’t respond to his knocking. That says a lot. Mal Ran wordlessly asking him to stay, also says a lot. The following shot of the door clicking shut, also says a lot. I’m pretty sure that we are supposed to believe that from this point onwards, Mal Ran is getting Pil Joo to share her bed.
The most electrifying scene
The closing scene where Pil Joo reveals his identity to Mal Ran at the end of episode 20 is truly breathtaking. Even though I’d come across a spoiler for how the scene was done, that didn’t prepare me at all, for how absolutely sensual the scene is, and how many conflicting emotions pervade the entire scene.
The scene starts with her happy expectancy, met with his cordial welcome, and that soon evolves into a completely sensual sort of dance, where Pil Joo takes Mal Ran in his arms, and growl-whispers each slow syllable next to her ear, from what feels like the deepest recesses of his throat. He takes his time with each slow caress of his arms, and each languid phrase he exhales from his lips, and the entire vibe is that of a man getting ready to make love to a woman.
All of her senses must feel tantalizingly awakened yet altogether drunk at the same time, from the seduction of his embrace – only for the entire moment to culminate, not in a sensuous kiss, but in the savored moment of his murmured reveal: he is the very Jang Eun Cheon that she’d been trying to get rid of all these years. The scene peaks, with her drowning intoxicated senses struggling to wake up to and comprehend the horror of his words, while he continues to languidly smirk into her eyes.
Oh. My. Word. What a languid yet electric rollercoaster of a scene. It’s completely brilliant, and utterly immersive.
I felt thoroughly vicariously hypnotized by the slow seduction of Pil Joo’s softly lethal confession. Daze.
Money Flower OST – Home
http://k003.kiwi6.com/hotlink/59zs9z9ywr/10._Home.mp3
STUFF THAT WAS NEUTRAL
The muted loveline
The official loveline in this show is between Pil Joo and Mo Hyun, and the treatment of the loveline is decidedly muted. So if you were hoping for an overt romance between the OTP like in Nice Guy, you’d be disappointed. There are many complications that keep Pil Joo and Mo Hyun apart, so much so that it feels wrong to even refer to them as the OTP of this show.
That said, I did feel like Pil Joo and Mo Hyun shared pretty good chemistry, and there were certain scenes where I thought their chemistry was excellent. In the mid-teen episodes in particular, I found the tension between them pretty palpable. There isn’t any hanky-panky going on; all they do is talk when they are alone together. But whenever Boo Cheon or Mal Ran walks in on them, it feels like an intrusion on a private moment.
Here’s the quick spotlight on two instances that felt especially pertinent, in this muted loveline.
The confession scene
The scene of Pil Joo telling Mo Hyun everything in episode 17, is sad. It feels like he’s getting ready to be sent to the slaughterhouse, particularly when he tells her that when she knows everything, she will regret having saved him. That’s harsh, and that shows how Pil Joo feels about himself, deep down.
Mo Hyun then turning the slaps from his face to her own, is an interesting twist that I didn’t expect. It shows the introspective kind of person Mo Hyun is; she looks at herself quite quickly, to see if any blame should be assigned to her own self, instead of instinctively piling all the blame on someone else.
And then, the scene culminates in a single, brief hug. It’s so little, on paper, but in execution, it feels full of dramatic tension and emotional depth. There are so many feelings that run so deep in both of them, and that includes feelings of deep care for each other. The moment that Pil Joo puts his arms around Mo Hyun and holds her, feels momentous.
The goodbye scene
In episode 19, the goodbye scene between Mo Hyun and Pil Joo is so thick with emotion.
Mo Hyun articulating the things that have gone unsaid between them, telling him that no matter how much he denies it, she knows how much he loves her. Her telling him she wanted to tell him to leave with her, but won’t, because she doesn’t understand the extent of his pain. Her walking up to him, and kissing him. Him, just letting her kiss him. And as she turns to walk away, he reaches for her hand, and as she turns back to look at him, he gives her this Look, and all I can see in his face, is the gaze of someone who’s willingly being left behind to die, looking upon the one he loves, who gets to leave him and live.
Augh. So intense.
Lee Soon Jae as Chairman Gramps
Aside from Mal Ran, our story’s other major antagonist is Chairman Gramps, and boy, does he fill the evil quotient well. The deeper I got into show’s run, the more astounded I found myself feeling, at Chairman Gramps’ self-righteous lack of morality.
As much as I hated him, though, I definitely appreciated his presence in our story, because when push came to shove, Chairman Gramps was a worthy adversary for Pil Joo. Pil Joo and Chairman Gramps felt like equally matched opponents, and that made this show’s later episodes more exciting than I’d originally expected – which we’ll talk more about later.
Here are just a handful of times when Chairman Gramps shocked me with his twisted way of thinking.
E12. Chairman Gramps visiting Congressman Na (Park Ji Il) in the hospital, and basically advising him, oh-so-pleasantly, to kill himself.
E18. Chairman Gramps actually disdaining Mal Ran for not being able to make Mo Hyun follow in her father’s footsteps. Meaning that he’s essentially berating Mal Ran for not killing Mo Hyun.
E18. Chairman Gramps’ blatant denial and self-righteousness in the face of the incriminating recording. He behaves as if Mo Hyun is the one at fault, for having the gall to play the recording. Like, how dare she be so rude, to even question his judgment?
E20. Chairman Gramps planning his grandson Boo Cheon’s murder, and then sitting alone in his room looking tearful. Just, wow.
STUFF I DIDN’T LOVE SO MUCH
Park Se Young as Na Mo Hyun
I’m sorry to say that I didn’t love Mo Hyun as a character, and I also felt like Park Se Young’s interpretation and delivery of her character, fell on the bland side of things.
Other than the fact that she’s the woman at the center of the dysfunctional love triangle involving Boo Cheon and Pil Joo, and is the object of Pil Joo’s wonderfully tortured wistful gazes, she wasn’t interesting to me in and of herself. To my eyes, Mo Hyun wore a slightly blank stare quite a lot of the time, and also seemed a little ditzy on occasion. I rationalized that perhaps Park Se Young purposely played Mo Hyun that way in order to create room for character turnaround later.
On the upside, there are moments in Show’s mid-to-late stretch where Mo Hyun showed more steel and therefore seemed more interesting to me. On the downside, it appeared to me that by Show’s end, we’d returned to a version of Mo Hyun that felt almost as bland as when we started out.
In the spirit of remembering the better things, here’s the quick spotlight on the times when Mo Hyun showed some steel.
E13. Mo Hyun uses Boo Cheon’s birth secret against Mal Ran, and Mal Ran gets so angry in response, that she throws a vase in frustration. That was satisfying to watch.
E20. Mo Hyun basically tells Mal Ran to mind her manners, and that she was going ahead with the divorce anyway. That was pretty great.
[END SPOILERS]
Money Flower OST – Regret
http://k003.kiwi6.com/hotlink/navsaceech/18._Regret.mp3
Show’s imperfections
As much as I enjoyed Money Flower as a whole, Show did have a handful of imperfections, to my eyes.
Certain developments didn’t feel very organic, and occasionally, Show’s logic wasn’t at its strongest, and therefore, at those times, suspension of disbelief was required in somewhat unreasonable servings.
Here’s a quick list, for the record.
E4. The relationship between Mo Hyun and Boo Cheon moves so fast that it’s hard to really believe that it’s real. First, she rejects Boo Cheon because she finds out the truth. But then, when Boo Cheon shows up with the cover story that Pil Joo has prepared, the next thing we know, she’s allowing Boo Cheon to kiss her, and then, immediately, we see her visiting his family, and Chairman Gramps is already pronouncing when the wedding will take place. That whole thing didn’t feel natural to me.
E4. I found it an interesting twist, that it was Pil Joo who had revealed the truth about his and Boo Cheon’s identities to Mo Hyun. However, I find it hard to believe that Pil Joo would have done that, in a so-called moment of weakness. From what we have been shown, Pil Joo seems way more in control of his emotions than that. Even if he had chosen to reveal the truth to her, he would have done so in a much more deliberate manner, and he would’ve had a plan, and he wouldn’t have backed away from it, like he eventually ended up doing, once Mal Ran had reminded him of his past. That plot twist felt out of character for Pil Joo, and felt like it was put in there more for the shock factor.
E4. It’s hard to believe that when young Pil Joo had tried to stab Mal Ran, that she had reacted so calmly to it. Who does that?
E13. It’s a stretch that there are more than 1,000 recordings in Congressman Na’s handphone. How much memory does he have on that thing?
E16. There’s a bit of suspension of disbelief required around Pil Joo managing to move Congressman Na back into his family home without anyone noticing. I mean, he’s a comatose invalid hooked up to a machine and a drip – how did they get him into the house without the neighbors noticing? I rationalize that they must’ve done so in the middle of the night while everyone else was asleep, but still, it’s a stretch.
SPOTLIGHT ON THE PENULTIMATE EPISODE
With this drama, I often feel like Show’s got me wound around its little finger, and that Show’s just taking its time, to wind me tighter and tighter around that finger, until I feel just about ready to snap. This entire episode felt like that, which is supremely impressive.
Most shows spend the penultimate episode simply moving things and people into place for the finale, and often, it feels like nothing much happens in the penultimate episode. Not so this penultimate episode. I feel like Show stepped further and faster than I expected it to, and it was such a thrill, to feel like Show is so daring and so sure in its footing, right down to the very last second.
I didn’t expect Mal Ran to use the secret of Boo Cheon’s birth – a card that Pil Joo’s holding against her – to her own advantage. She’s taking a shot to her own leg, in hopes that the shot will take down Pil Joo, while only injuring her. It’s crazy, and brilliant, and messed-up, and completely arresting. I couldn’t look away, this entire episode.
The poisoned champagne fakeout is also brilliant. I mean, trust Pil Joo to actually troll Mal Ran by acting like the poison’s taking effect – when the poison had been swopped out for a harmless substance, long before Mal Ran dropped it into the champagne flutes. Show even takes the chance to showcase Jang Hyuk’s staggering acting chops; not that I needed further convincing. What a great piece of meta, to have Jang Hyuk asking, “How was my acting?” (Your acting’s completely masterful, Jang Hyuk-sshi.)
And then, just as the dramatic tension is broken by the poison fakeout reveal, in comes Boo Cheon aiming his rifle right at Pil Joo, at close range – and he shoots.
Guh. I had no clue how Show was going to resolve this next episode, but I couldn’t wait to find out.
This is quite possibly the most exciting penultimate episode of a drama that I’ve seen, ever.
Money Flower OST – White Night
http://k003.kiwi6.com/hotlink/03bqo14r2o/26._White_night.mp3
THOUGHTS ON THE ENDING [SPOILERS]
Let me just preface this section by saying that I had mixed expectations, going into this finale.
On the one hand, I hadn’t ever met an ending to a revenge melo that I actually found satisfying. On the other hand, Money Flower had shown itself to be pretty different from any other revenge melo I’d ever seen. Could this show actually serve up a satisfying conclusion to its story, while still adhering to the (unspoken?) guideline, for Korean broadcasters to uphold values – such as justice, family and forgiveness – traditionally held dear by Korean society?
The short answer is, I think Show did a pretty solid job.
First, let me get the downsides out of the way.
There were several things in this finale that I didn’t like so much.
For example, while the explanation for the fakeout poisoning in the beginning of the episode was good, the entire shooting bit was changed. The same scene at the end of episode 23 had been edited to make us believe that it was Boo Cheon who’d shot the rifle. But in this episode, we see that it was Pil Joo who shot the rifle. That felt a lot less clever than Show had previously shown itself to be, and Show lost some brownie points with me on this one. It didn’t feel clever; rather, it felt like cheating, and I really didn’t like that.
Additionally, I didn’t feel Pil Joo’s stabbing towards the end of the episode was necessary, especially since it changed absolutely nothing about how Pil Joo’s story ended. It feels like Show just put it in there, to scare us a little bit, with the thought that Pil Joo might die, after having come so far in his journey. Add on the fact that we very quickly then see Pil Joo alive and well, and the stabbing felt gratuitous and redundant. That didn’t make Show appear any smarter to me, and in fact, had the opposite effect of losing Show another brownie point in my books.
I personally didn’t like that Mal Ran was written as losing her mind, even though I rationalize that she’s become a prisoner of her own mind, which in itself is a punishment. But, I also wanted Mal Ran to be completely present in her right mind, while she paid the price for all that she’d done. It just seemed like she got off sorta easy, with the fairly cushy hospital room, and the freedom to dress up, do her hair and wear makeup, and role-play at leisure with the male nurse. I’d rather have watched a scene of her in her right mind, sharing a cell with other inmates, having to eat humble pie in front of seasoned cell-mates who didn’t know or care who she was. That would’ve felt more satisfying to me.
On the upside, I like where we leave the loveline between Pil Joo and Mo Hyun. There is no happy-ever-after together for these two, but there is closure, liberation, and a quiet satisfaction, that they each don’t owe the other anything more, and will continue to care for each other – from a respectful distance. Later in the episode, we see that it is Mo Hyun who draws Pil Joo out of seclusion, to interview for a CEO position within the Cheong A group. With this turn of events, signs point to a future where their paths will likely continue to cross.
In my eyes, this is the best outcome I could have asked for, for these two. After all that has happened, it feels inappropriate to paint a picture of togetherness for Pil Joo and Mo Hyun. With this ending, respect is given all around; there isn’t an inappropriate happy ending on our screens, but their feelings for each other are duly acknowledged, and we see that they will likely have opportunities in the future, to continue to watch over each other. That feels sufficient, for me.
Boo Cheon cutting ties with Pil Joo feels appropriate as well; so much has happened between them, that it would be impossible for them to continue being friends or associates. Rather than them becoming enemies, I was content that they chose to become strangers instead.
I was rather sad that Yong Goo (Ryu Dam) cut ties with Pil Joo, though. After all, theirs was a friendship that dates way back, and in effect, feels more like a brotherhood than anything else. I rationalize that perhaps Pil Joo and Yong Goo have been through so much toxic stuff together, that perhaps Yong Goo prefers to just leave those memories behind and start over.
There is deep care and love between these two, though, and I would have much preferred to have seen Pil Joo and Yong Goo leaving together, and becoming hermits together, in Gapyeong. I can imagine these two fishing together, chopping wood together, and just hanging out together. In my head, they’d be chuckling as they ribbed each other, and their eyes would be clear and their shoulders unburdened.
In my eyes, the absolute highlight of the finale, is how Show resolves Pil Joo’s revenge. There is no cop-out; the schemers at Cheong A are brought to justice, and they all serve prison sentences for their crimes. Pil Joo serves time as well, for the crimes that he has committed in service of his revenge. That feels fair and just, and also, it gives Pil Joo a way to pay a price for his misdeeds, and satisfy his conscience.
Just because he is successful at taking down the Jangs, doesn’t mean that the societal value of justice is rejected. It is precisely because Pil Joo pays society’s prescribed price for his wrongs, that he earns a second chance at life in that very same society.
Personally, I kinda love that Pil Joo – or rather Eun Cheon – gets to show the world all over again, just how capable and amazing he is – this time, with revenge removed from the equation, and proudly bearing his own name.
I mean, he’s just too awesome and talented to be wasted as a hermit, right?
Thoroughly twisted, yet completely captivating. A must-see.
FINAL GRADE: A-
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193 thoughts on “Review: Money Flower”
Tammy Lin Gleason
Just finished this show and loved it. I was a little confused about the end and really appreciated all your comments. Thanks!
Glad you loved Money Flower too, Tammy! It really is fantastic. Thanks for enjoying the review! 😀
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This drama felt like a sageuk to me. The family/company dynamics could have easily come from the Joseon era. The family lived in a modern house, but one built in an old style. Grandpa chairman was dressed in hanbok most of the time. I can totally imagine a remake set 200 years earlier. Overall, masterful writing, directing, and acting, a must see!
@Snow Flower – in envisioning it.
Yes, this one felt like a sageuk to me as well! Which made it even cooler to watch, I feel like 🙂
Oh, my. Just when I thought that nothing could top Jang Hyuk’s performance in Chuno, here comes Money Flower…
@Snow Flower – Money Flower is a different type of intensity. It’s a subtle and slow burn. Almost opposite of Lee Dae gil’s energy. You see this character who has to hide his emotions from his enemies and yet let us, the audience, see what he’s feeling at and in that same moment. But the nuances in the performance and the acknowledgement of one actor being able to hit all the notes in the spectrum is what, I think, makes it stand out so for us Jang Hyuk fans. (But Chuno still stands as my most favorite.)
beez,
I agree with your comment. I was thinking about Jang Hyuk’s crying scenes in Chuno and Money Flower. They are so different, because the characters are different. I cannot think of any other actor with such intense presence.
@Snow Flower – There is one. I respect Jang Hyuk’s skills so much that I almost hate to say it but, it’s true. At least they’re from different generations – Yoo Ah in. As I see Jang Hyuk growing older and into more mature roles, Yoo Ah in brings the same intensity and presence for the next generation.
Totally agree about Yoo Ah In. I have seen him in Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Six Flying Dragons, Secret Love Affair, and Chicago Typewriter. In each of these dramas he created unique and unforgettable characters. Another actor from the same generation whom I find consistently impressive is Byun Yo Han. I have been a fan since I heard him sing in Six Flying Dragons. He was excellent in a supporting role in Misaeng, and memorable in Mr. Sunshine. The next generation of leading actors is great!
Oh yes, Yo han. He’s surprised me especially after watching him in Misaeng I thought he couldn’t possibly bring the weight and gravatis as the best swordsman in SFD, but I was wrong. But for me, Yoo Ah in is in a class all his own. When I consider that he never weilded a sword in SFD and ran away leaving Moo wul to fight for him and yet I never felt he was a coward; I had to constantly remind myself to stop rooting for him and remember he’s a murderer of children (but oh, the charisma!); and despite his non physical action scenes, I was always on the edge of my seat with what he would do or say next. Then there’s The Veteran and The Throne. And his last scene in Chicago Typewriter. I can’t say enough about this young man.
Snow Flower.
Oh, Chicago Typewriter! Another favorite drama with excellent performance by YAI. I loved The Throne too. I will have to check out The Veteran. Right now I am still overwhelmed by Mr. Sunshine.
Be prepared before you watch The Veteran. Yoo Ah in is the bad guy. I only recommend it to observe a great performance. (I didn’t particularly come away with anything else from the movie.) I believe The Veteran is the inspiration for Namgoong Min’s character in Remember, Son’s War.
I saw Veteran! I was very happy when YAI’s character got what he deserved!
That’s exactly my thoughts too, Snow Flower! I always thought Chuno would be Jang Hyuk’s most iconic performance ever, but Money Flower made me pause for thought, coz he’s just amazing in this! ❤
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I am convinced that at the end of the last episode Pil Joo known as Jang Eun Cheon and Mo Hyun have gone separate way. Mo Hyun is desperate to “catch” her man but Pil Joo now known as Jang Eun Cheon no longer has any interest in her. Probably this is how the scriptwriter would like the drama to end.
1) Mo Hyun realised that the person she really love is Pil Joo aka JEC and not her cheater husband. She even call out his name in her sleep ! In fact they have already met many years ago when both of them are still teenagers. Mo Hyun married Boo Cheon as she has lost all contacts with Pil Joo. When she was married to Boo Cheon she still has lingering feeling for him and evn kept some of Pil Joo’s personal belongings such as his pendant, book etc. Mo Hyun even took the initiative to tell Pil Joo that he does not owe her anymore since he has saved her father and her life and also helped them to take revenge on the Jang family so that they could move on with their their relationship. She has suffered so much at the hands of her cheater husband and mother in law. Just imagine two miscarriages. However all her attempts to rekindle with Pil Joo failed.
2) Pil Joo when out of the prison is adamant to start afresh. He has paid back all his debt to society & Mo Hyun (if any). After attending the interview for CEO for Cheong company they have showed the expression of Jang Eun Cheon. He looks so relief. Pil Joo has made the correct decision not to rekindle relationship with Mo Hyun. Mo Hyun has carried too many baggages from the past and it will make it very painful and difficult for Pil Joo to move forward and start afresh. One fatal mistake by Mo Hyun when she choose and marry a cheater and it virtually destroyed her happy life. What a blunder.
In conclusion Pil Joo (Jang Eun Cheon) is starting afresh with a new life in the corporate world and there is every signs that he will be a successful corporate figure with his proven records.. Whereas Mo Hyun will enter in the risky political arena as a rookie politician and whether she will successful no one knows as her own father a senior experienced politician also failed to gather enough votes. Best wishes.
Hi Park Se Young You Are The Best.
Is Mo Hyun really so desperate to get into marriage. She married Boo Cheon the playboy and cheater after getting to know him for such a short period. I find that Pil Joo (Jang Hyuk) especially in a western suit is much more handsome and good looking than Boo Cheon. Certainly Mo Hyun could have seen that Pil Joo is a much competence person and calling the shots and Boo Cheon is a young guy relying heavily on Pil Joo. Mo Hyun could be attracted to Boo Cheon because at that time she Boo Cheon is the eldest grandson of the Jang family and will be a heir to the Jang business whereas Pil Joo is just a “watch dog” for the Jang family. Surely it must be a real shock to her when she eventually found out that Pil Joo is the real eldest grandson of Jang family whereas her husband, Boo Cheon is not even a Jang. Well she has to pay for making such a blunder for marrying into such a toxic family. In earlier episode her mother in law , Mal Ran called her stupid girl in episode 4 and never totally accepted her. Another matter is that Mal Ran can forgive her father for “SELLING” her to the Jang family but unable to do so for Pil Joo notwithstand Pil Joo have saved her & her father. Yes Pil Joo has manipulated the marriage between Mo Hyun and Pil Joo . But can we totally blame him for it. What about Mo Hyun ? is she totally absolve of any responsibility. What about Mo Hyun ‘s own parent role in this marriage of convenience. No one pointed a gun at Mo Hyun to force her to marry Boo Cheon. It is her OWN decision. So please do not 100% blame it on Pil Joo for it. I can safely say that the very painful high price she is paying and the miserable life she is facing is due to her own doing by selecting the wrong person to be her husband. Choosing Boo Cheon who already has a mistress and is a father to a son! I am very glad in the ending that Pil has a new beginning as Jang Eun Cheon , free of guilt and burden from the past and utimately let go of Mo Hyun. I hope that Mo Hyun will learn from the painful lessons and also let go of Pil Joo. B now she is not suitbale for Pil Joo. To each their own destiny. If only Mo Hyun has selected Pil Joo instead of Boo Cheon her life will be so much better. Nothing can be worst than marrying a cheater. What a blunder she made.
@Viewer- well, you’re certainly right that Moo Hyun must take responsibility for her own choices, and you’re also correct that Pil joo is not totally at fault, but he IS guilty of manipulating the situation. How much blame we each choose to allocate to the characters is our own choice, however, you seem to have gotten some timing of the events wrong which is coloring you’re viewpoint. You blame Moo Hyun for marrying a man with a mistress as if she was aware that he had one. Also, the show clearly showed us that Moo hyun was not interested in marrying for money. In fact, because of that, Pil joo had to go to great lengths to trick Moo hyun into falling for Baby Boo.
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I come across Mo Hyun as someone that is very NAIVE and ClUELESS. Otherwise how can she is so easily “manipulated”into a marriage. What is the hurry to get marry and surely you would have done a background checking on your prospective life partner especially someone you get to know only recently and he is from a rich & powerful family . It is Mo Hyun own doing . Marrying a CHEATER is the worst thing that can happen to a woman. It ruin the life of a woman. Oh Mo Hyun……
it’s your right to think what you want in spite of what the show specifically showed us all. Even someone who didn’t watch the show can see by the beautiful poster what’s going in.
Mo Hyun must be soo naive and foolish to fall under the tricks by Pil Joo.
Remember that Mo Hyun ‘s parents are also “selling” their daughter and sacrifying their daughter’s happiness for their selfish aim of obtaining political funding from Boo Choon’s family. So who is to be blamed for the disaster marriage life and suffering of Moo Hyun. Is it Boo Choon, the cheater ? Pil Joo ? The parents ? Yes there are many parties with vested parties influencing her but ultimately Mo Hyun makes her own final decision and she must be responsible for it. In the drama Mo Hyun is paying a very high price for the wrong decision with miscarriages and possbility could no longer give birth again, cheated, divorce, heartache realizing her real love is not her husband but another man whom she has a crush in childhood, etc. I think she realized her mistake of marrying the wrong person as she repeatedly slapped her ownself until Pil Joo stopped her when the sad story of her arranged marriage was finally revealed to her.
BTW the acting skill of Park Se -Young is extremely good given the complicated character of Mo Hyun.
Mo Hyun is the most unfortunate character in the drama. There are many people who said that she is manipulated into the marriage with the cheater, Boo Cheon. I have a different view. No one can force Mo Hyun to fall in love with Boo Cheon, the cheater if she does not want to. It is her own doing and weaknesses. In earlier episodes Mo Hyun has the chance to select Pil Joo or Boo Cheon she made the blunder and the greatest mistake of her life by selecting Boo Cheon especially Pil Joo have many occassions showed up for example at her scuba diving class to show his concern on her well being but rejected outright by Mo Hyun that she is not interested to see Pil Joo! Mo Hyun is simply too naive did not do her homework before selecting cheater, Boo Cheon to be her husband. I am sure if your prospective husband is a wealthy young guf from a very rich family surely you will do some investigation on his background. If she has done so she would have discovered Boo Cheon is a CHEATER who already has a existing pregnant girlfriend. Mo Hyun is so foolish.
Ultimately Mo Hyun paid a terrible high price when her marriage fails and she also suffered tremendously with two (2) miscarriages. Only then she realised that she should have selected Pil Joo but then Pil Joo has opened informed her that he no longer love her when he give her up to Boo Cheon. She desperately wants Pil Joo and wants him to leave the Jang family and go away with her. Many occassions she should her love for Pil Joo for example when Pil Joo was in coma she visited him every day. Sinmply it is too late for her . If only she has made the right choise at the beginning. Boo Cheon is really a cheater in additional to making her girlfriend pregnant which give birth to a boy he also made arrangement gor his girlfriend to go to Long Island in USA and continued to have relationship with her eventhough at that time he is already married to Mo Hyun.
Boo CHeon and Mo Hyun are staying at Long Island USA to look after their company business at USA.
Pil Joo certainly made a very wise decision not to be romantically linke to Mo Hyun eventhough Mo Hyun successfully lured him out of retirement to reenter the corporate world with the interview for the CEO position which Pil Joo (now known as Jang Eun Cheon) fully qualified for the position.. Not surprised he will find a new beautiful wife that does not carried past baggage and totally devoted to him. Afterall Pil Joo (now Jang Eun Cheon) is still handsome, very capable, smart and wealthy ( he should still have many shares in Cheong A company). Surely we do not want Pil Joo (now known as Jang Eun Cheon) to be tainted with any future political scandal (If any) IF he is romantically linked with Mo Hyun as Mo Hyun intends to enter into the dirty world of politics. STAY AWAY from Mo Hyun. Finally bravo Pil Joo is starting a new beginning as Jang Eun Cheon as he renters the corporate world in the last Episode.
@Fair – I have to point out that S. Korea is different from the west in that scandles for the VERY rich are not easily uncovered. (It’s bit the same as when Kpop idols go on a date *gasp* or get their girlfriend pregnant *S.K. has a virtual joint heart attack*). Chabeoul’s are a another breed with different rules than the rest of society. It’s not as if she could’ve Googled Baby Boo’s personal life. Heck, his own mother and family didn’t know he had a child outside his marriage. And remember the scenes where Pil joo would have stories pulled from the internet. I don’t know how that’s possible cause here, even if you pull it, SOMEbody has captured that thing before it disappeared! But S. Korea has their own separate internet (to my limited understanding) and a smaller population so I’m thinking that’s in the realm of possibilities that the internet can be controlled that way.
Oops typo: “It’s bit the same…” should have been “It’s NOT the same…”
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It is interesting with what you say regarding Pil Joo and Mo Hyun. Despite their respective set backs, they succeeded. Successful people in the main have the ability to pick themselves up and dust themselves off every time they fail. They learn from it and move on. I see both our leads very much in this category.
I took the ending of Money Flower to be one where Pil Joo set Mo Hyun free so that they could both go on and do what they needed to do. I think at some point Mo Hyun would intersect with Pil Joo and probably convince him that “she is the one”. But, I’m probably looking at things through rose coloured glasses 😀
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For everyone here that said Chuno was a must watch…thank you so much! What a ride with Jang Hyun at the wheel! I loved every moment of the drama. Even without the ‘six packs’ this drama was perfectly acted by each performer. Wok Of Love will be marathon watched as soon as it is completed! So looking forward to it and a review from Fangirl.
YAYYYY that you loved Chuno, Georgia Peach!!! 😄😄 Jang Hyuk is truly so magnificent in it, I can totally understand Beez’s burning need to spread the love! 😉 If you haven’t yet already seen it, you can find my pretty epic review of Chuno here. Spazzy fangirling included, of course. 😍😍
I’m 3 eps into Wok of Love, and I am uncertain how I feel about it. I will likely write about it one way or the other, but just a heads-up that it’s rather wobbly right out of the gate, for me. 😛
Of course, I read your reviewof Chuno! And thank you for it. I don’t know of an actor here in the States that can bring the caliber of performance that JH brings to the screen. There is a presence in Money Flower and Chuno that rivets you to him. I’m in the process of getting to Beatiful Mind as well….
I will look forward to your view on Wok Of Love….read only after I watch it…😊
Aw, thank you for enjoying the Chuno review, Georgia Peach! I’ve got a huge soft spot for that review, because I was so mesmerized by Chuno as a whole, as well as Jang Hyuk in it. 😍😍 I absolutely agree on how riveting he is, especially when he’s allowed to play badass. ❤
I'm not sure if you've seen Fated To Love You? I didn't love all of it, but the emotional resonance that he and Jang Na Ra brought to the OTP did a lot to sweeten my watch experience. 🙂 Review is here, if you’d like to take a peek. 🙂
I’ve not watched FTLY. It is on my watch list with big JH letters beside it. I’m a huge sucker for OTPings that are memorable. So I’ll be sure to watch soon. Will do the review after I watch and will be sure to comment. I’m all alone in my drama watching….my friends aren’t interested …. I think they are idiots! LOL. It’s great to come here on your bog and spazz over a great drama watch!
Aw, you are always welcome to come spazz in these parts, Georgia Peach! 😀 I feel you, my friends aren’t all that interested in dramas either, so it’s great that all of my online friends spazz and discuss and analyze and debate more than enough to make up for it! 😉 Yay that you’ve got FTLY on your list! JH’s a little OTT in that show, because the show and the character call for it. But in spite of it all, he and Jang Na Ra manage to inject their characters and their relationship with so much emotional resonance and pathos, that they had me by the heart, by the end. ❤
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@Georgia Peach
You said “Even without the ‘six packs’ this drama was perfectly acted by each performer.”
You started out talking about Chuno but you must’ve been talking about Money Flower at this point?
Cause Chuno is all about the choco abs! Although admittedly, once I can draw my eyes away from the abs – the story, the hubris, the bromance, the frenemies, the classic star-crossed lovers handled with no cheesy rose-colored glasses, *deep breath* but I could go on and on.
Oh! And how could I forget the main course – the tour de force performance of Jang Hyuk!
Like you say… it was hard to pay attention to the plot and performances with those stunning bodies running around all over the place….but the performances did..finally..win out. So classic Korean drama! Now on to the next Jang Hyuk!
Thank you for this article! Was watching “Wok of Love” for Junho, but got utterly blindsided by the charismatic, sexy AND funny second-lead character of Doo Chil Seong, played by Jang Hyuk. Which lead me to his “Money Flower” which I am now hooked on while waiting for the new episodes of “Wok of Love.” I have no patience for melodramas but with Jang Hyuk in it, will make the exception.
OMG I am SO HAPPY that you found your way to Money Flower, coz Jang Hyuk is AH-MAY-ZING in it! 😍😍😍 He truly is so charismatic and sexy, even more so in Money Flower than in Wok of Love, I think! I hope you enjoy Money Flower as much as I did! 😀
If you’d like something a little lighter, you could also check out Fated To Love You (review here). He got to exercise his comedic chops in that one, which also turned out to be a show that packed quite a good wallop of heart. 🙂 Of course, I can’t not mention Chuno (review here), coz he’s just amazing and so fantastic in that. ❤
And just in case you're up for some Jang Hyuk gazing, I thought you might like to check out this post too. Yes, I clearly do have a huge soft spot for Jang Hyuk, heh. 😍😍😍
CHUNO!
@Cherrie – you sound like this is your first encounter with Jang Hyuk? If it is, I have just three words for you (drumroll as everyone else here knows what, I’m going to say) :
MUST SEE CHUNO!
Oh yes. Chuno. MUST. NOT. MISS.
You’ll thank us later 😉
AMEN AND AMEN❗️❗️❗️
Nightmare:)
Hello fan girl
I’d like to suggest you some of my favorite dramas:)
I really liked your review and wanna watch money flower!
I’ve watched beautiful mind and liked it too
And now my suggestions are:
-Good doctor (it’s so cute and I really loved that joo won is such a great and professional actor that can play every character like Ma Jun or Lee Kang To and even autism Park Shi On )
-Gu Family Book (also I love Love Lee Seung Gi for his good character And his great acting)
There are more nice shows but i don’t remember right now but please please please watch these two and tell us your opinion obout them
Thank You So So Much of Your nice and Complete reviews:)
Hi there Night, thanks for enjoying this review! 🙂 Also, thanks for your suggestions. I’m sorry to say that I did try both Good Doctor and Gu Family Book in the past, but didn’t quite manage to get into either show. 😛 I guess they just weren’t my kind of show? On the upside, I do have Beautiful Mind still on my list! 😅
PS: I hope you do give Money Flower a try, it really is an excellent drama! ❤
The Good Doctor was good enough that they’ve made an American remake that’s on air now. I’m enjoying the remake but despite all the realism (two doctors in bed in the first episode with no Kdrama wondering about “did they or didn’t they?”), but the “K” version was better. Something about Joo Won pulled me in and I wanted all the other characters too love him like I did. (He’s NOT one of my biases. In fact, in every other role, he annoys me.)
The K version did not allow his autistic character to operate. He only consulted and came up with brilliant solutions. In the American version, his character participates in surgery. I have a friend who is a child development social worker and she won’t watch because she says it’s unrealistic that an autistic person would be allowed to operate. Realistic or not, both shows are good but the K version struck a chord in my heart. The A version does not.
I found I lost interest (became disappointed?) in the American version half way through the first season, which is a shame because it has some of my favourite actors in it.
On the plus side, the stories were recognisable and it does have real potential. I don’t know if I will take another look though. It’s probably the pick of the American medical dramas out there at the moment.
I’ve heard very good things about Good Doctor and Joo Won in it, and that’s why I gave it a try. I generally don’t enjoy medical shows, though, so that was an additional roadblock for me. I watched about 5 eps I think, and did like it quite well, though I wasn’t terribly into it. I think Life just got busy and it fell by the wayside very easily for me, because medical shows are just not my wheelhouse. I might go back to it sometime in the future, but that’s a very vague maybe, I must admit! 😛
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I have a habit of reading books by authors (once I find an author I like, I read all their books), and now I find that I also tend to watch dramas based on actors. I marathoned through Park Bo Gum’s dramas (after Answer Me 1988 and Moonlight, I watched Hello Monster, liked it but now PBG slightly gives me the creeps eek). I then bounced to School 2013 bc I recognized Jang Na Ra, which led ted Fated to Love You bc I liked the original Taiwanese version, which was were I came across Jang Hyuk (he was so kooky in it!). I remembered your positive review on Money Flower and decided to watch, even though revenge dramas aren’t really my thing either (didn’t make it through much of Nice Guy even though my sister raved about it). And now I’m a Jang Huyk fan lol.
Holy cow this was really good! Halfway through I realized show made me feel like I was watching a modern version of NIF. I loved how smart and resourceful Pil Joo was, and it’s awesome knowing he has layers upon layers of plans to carry out his revenge and I can just sit back and enjoy the unfolding. I loved the music building up near the end of each episode where you just knew something big was going to happen.
I also did not love Mo Hyun’s character or the actress, I think she was just needed to move the plot along and a lot of things she did didn’t really make a whole lot of sense to me. And the whole Mal Ran going crazy at the end was unsatisfying. I wasn’t quite sure if she was faking it to stay out of jail, but if she really did go crazy then it’s a big cop-out and she got off easy. But I did like how they resolved it for Pil Joo so that he had a future and left it open eded with Mo Hyun.
Now that I’m on a Jang Hyuk kick… maybe Chuno next? 🙂
CHUNO! Chuno is a MUST!
YES YES YES!!! Money Flower really does have a bit of a modern NIF flavor!! I mean, it’s very different in sensibility, with MF being all dark & sensuous and all, but there definitely is a similarity in how Pil Joo and Mei Chang Su are masters of the chessboards in front of them. ❤ And the music! My word, the music was absolutely one of the MVPs of this drama. So many times, I feel like the music took the scene to a whole other level. 😍
As for Chuno, absolutely do put it on your list. I always felt that Chuno was Jang Hyuk's most iconic work. Now I'm thinking that his level of nuance and mastery is slightly more brilliant here in MF, but his performance in Chuno isn’t far behind. My tip for Chuno is, don’t think of it as a love story, and more as a story of brotherhood and personal purpose. That makes all the difference. I first watched Chuno as a drama newbie and went in expecting a love story. Which meant that I ended up hating the story direction and ending. On my second watch, though, I’d adjusted my lens, and ended up completely overwhelmed and blown away. It is truly magnificent. ❤ And Jang Hyuk’s muscle definition in Chuno is nothing short of AMAZING. ❤
And @Owl Star…THEN after watching Chuno, come back and watch Fated to Love You again (be good to also watch Robber (if you can take it. It’s not for the feint at heart) and Thank You), you’ll get a hoot at all the small meta references to things from Jang Hyuk’s career throughout FTLY, including the music. Lots of times during FTLY’s crazier moments, the theme music from Chuno plays.
But I can’t say enough about Chuno. I disagree that Money Flower is a better performance. It’s a more nuanced performance and I also think that those of us who are Jang Hyuk’s fans are probably just excited to see a role come along that he could do justice to because his role in Chuno was so very good, so very intense, that we were just glad to see him in something worthy of his talents. At least that’s what I think is going on although it’s probably arrogant for me to say how others are processing or feeling something. I personally felt his performance in Beautiful Mind was equally as good as Money Flower.
But nothing surpasses Chuno for me.
WORD OF ADVICE: Do not watch The Great Merchant. Or, if you are like me, who watches EVERYTHING one of my biases has ever appeared in even of it’s bad, watch it once you’ve seen all of Hyukie’s other projects. Merchant suffers from bad directing, bad editing and HORRIBLE stupid writing. I can’t even describe how bad it is. It’s the opposite of everything I said Chuno is. It’s Anti-Chuno.
Let me guess, you kind of liked Chuno? A little bit? 😛
Thanks for the tip about JH’s other works. I do seek out shows with my biases but I also do a quick check on any reviews available before committing (one of the perks of only watching dramas that are done airing). What NOT to watch is just as important as what to watch… will steer clear of Merchant!
Yeah. CHUNO! I *kinda* liked it. 😁
I do love a good cracky romance, but I also enjoy interesting dramas and prefer show to not dwell too much on the love story if it’s forced and not the point of the show.
I’ve seen your review on Chuno and those screencaps. I already have high expectations for JH’s muscles heh 😅
Ooh! Well then. The muscles speak for themselves. I know I was completely sold the moment Jang Hyuk and his amazing abs swaggered onto my screen. 😂
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And the whole Mal Ran going crazy at the end was unsatisfying
As far as I’m concerned, she was always crazy.
Yes, but who else good have played Mal Ran? What a performance!
So agree with all you’ve said about Money Flower, kfangirl! This is hands down THE BEST of The Best of the revenge dramas! From the execution of the screenwriting to the acting ….Superb is a shallow word to describe it. Can you tell I loved this drama? It had me on my feet screaming “don’t die”, “NOOOO”, “will you please kiss her”!
I’m disappointed you didn’t mention Jang SeungJo and his amazing portrayal of BuCheon. I felt the chemistry between JangHyuk and he was on a par with JangHyuk and Lee MiSook. JSJ was seldom off the screen and proved himself capable of standing with the acting skills of JH without looking like he was in a school play. You mentioned how PilJoo looked at MalRan…often he gazed at BC the same way. I find him a delightful cross between Kim Jaejoong and Ji Chang-wook. And that is saying something!
Let’s talk about the sexual tension between PJ and MR. It was quite obvious he seduced her often in his approach toward her. At the beginning I felt he was only toying with her to keep her interested in him on more than just a business level. But when the door closed after she took his hand….I was a bit taken aback that he would prostitute himself to that extent for his revenge. But on second thought….his hatred for her was so immence that I believe he could make love to her in order to complete her distruction when she found out who he was. He seduced her so Completely before he told her his identity. Note the girlish laugh she gave. Loved your description of that encounter! Can we say an intimate betrayal is more soul crushing than a business betrayal? I also would have liked for her to have been ‘in her right mind’…but I guess the insanity was part of her redemption. KDrama writers very often do give the foulest character some measure of redemption. Thank you writer-nim for the masterful ending!
On to the next KDrama…..after I recover from Money Flower. Chuno perhaps?
@Georgia Peach – interesting take on who seduced whom. I’ve always thought Mal ran was the seducer of a young, teenaged Pil joo as we see with her chauffeur that’s her method to use men to get what she wants. I pictured young Pil joo being surprised but going along with it (hey, he’s a teenager and she is beautiful) as it fit into his plan and he would be the ultimate user between them.
Yes, beez, PJ the ultimate user between then. My comment…an intimate betrayal trumps a business betrayal. Still, I can’t quite get in touch with the mentality or hate it took for him to have sex with her. I kept saying to PJ all through the drama….you’ll have NOTHING left of yourself when you finally get your revenge. Think that’s why I found the end of the drama satisfying. Love, love, loved this drama! Off to watch Chuno.
kjt, something is going on with how the blog sends others ‘ comments to my email lately. I can see the comment they’re replying to but not the actual text of the new comment itself until I hit “reply” which brings me into the blog and I can search for the latest comment from that person and read it here.
Oops. I’m sorry kfangirl. I’m half asleep so used to kjt’s blog that I mistakenly addressed that to her instead of you.
No worries! Thanks for sharing that – I’ve written in to WordPress support to request that they look into the issue. I hope it gets fixed soon! 🙂
Hey beez, WordPress Support came back to me and requested for some screenshots of the issue that you’re experiencing. At the moment, they suspect that it has to do with your browser or email client. Would you mind emailing me some screenshots, so that I can forward them to the Support guys? Thanks! 🙂
@kfangurl – of course. My trash had already cleaned out stuff before March 19th but I was able to find a couple of instances. Where should I email the screen shots to? I can forward the actual emails as well.
Thanks beez! You can send them to me at kfangurl [at] gmail [dot] com. Sorry, need to write in code, to hopefully sidestep spammy spiders on the world wide web! 😉
@GeorgiaPeach – I’m more jaded so I can easily understand Pil joo being able to sleep with Mal ran cause men can pretty much … (hmmm how do I say this and not be vulger?) … I can’t so I’ll leave it there with a wink and an elbow nudge. 😉
Beez, totally understand the wink and nudge. But if you practice always leaving your emotions out of everything you do…your soul and spirit are in danger. Didn’t MH express this to him at one point….his coldness. Goodness, this drama still holds my imagination!
Ahh! I’m so glad you enjoyed Money Flower too, Georgia! 😀 It really is so excellent, in so many ways.
As for Jang Seung Jo, I think that he did a very decent job of the role. I do feel that he isn’t as nuanced an actor as Jang Hyuk or Lee Mi Sook, and unfortunately, that made his delivery pale in comparison, to my eyes. I appreciated the layers that Show gave Boo Cheon the character, especially later in the show. While Jang Seung Jo portrayed Boo Cheon’s different moods well, I found that there wasn’t enough nuance. What I’m trying to say is, when Boo Cheon was wearing a dark expression, it was completely dark. And when he wore his cheerful carefree expression, it was completely light. There were no shades in between, where he demonstrated a more complex mix of emotion, and I found that a pity.
In terms of the sexual tension between Pil Joo and Mal Ran, that was indeed sizzling. As for who seduced whom, Show doesn’t spell it out. However, because Mal Ran is shown seducing Secretary Oh, and because she uses the exact same tactics with Pil Joo, I deduced that it was she who initiated the seduction with Pil Joo. Additionally, there is the context of her being the formal master in their relationship, and so, I can’t see Pil Joo making a move on her, unless she explicitly invited him to.
I love Chuno, and found Jang Hyuk MAGNIFICENT in it. 😍😍😍 Highly recommend, if you haven’t seen it! 😀
*sorry but this happens every time somebody mentions Chuno*
Muahaha! I bet the Chuno soundtrack starts playing in your head too? I do love that soundtrack. ❤
Yup. And it’s the only rap music I’ve ever liked and I can’t even understand the words.
The power of music, combined with the power of Chuno ❤️
CHUNO! And I must follow Beez on this!
Kfangirl….agree JSJ is not the nuanced actor compared to JH or LMS, however, I was willing to give him the by on it because I felt the character he played did not have a nuanced personality. All BC ever wanted was the ‘simple life’….girls, cars, fine clothes with his inheritance . He had a very uncomplicated life style until he fell pray to the massinations of his mother and PJ. Still he was that simple personality…unable to go very deep into the snake infested waters of Cheong Ah and be a player.
I’m watching Shine or Go Crazy right now. There is brilliance from Jang Hyuk even in this drama. Chuno is by all means next!
MR most definitely was the seducer of PJ and very early on. But the night he told her of his identity…I’m with the impression he swapped roles…hence her delight in the invitation and the reactions to his seductive way. Brilliant, simply brilliant!
Oh, I actually had a pretty good time with Shine Or Go Crazy.. but the ending was kind of meh, and I never got around to writing it a review 😛 Chuno is TOTALLY worth the watch, it’s so brilliant. I hope you enjoy it, when you do get to it. And I totally agree, the night Pil Joo told Mal Ran his identity, there was definitely a distinct swapping of roles. He became the seducer, and oh, how mesmerizing he is, as the seducer! 😱😍
FG, I’ve reread my first comment….and I think I need to clarify what I meant by PJ seducing MR. He toyed with her on many levels. He was the touchable untouchable. Best example…when he stepped into her presence from the shower…wrapped in the towel. He often stared into her eyes and yet would not touch her. I’ve got to let this drama go!
Finished SOGC. Hated the ending. Gaebong should have at the left with some hint of sadness on her face! Poor Wang So pined for the rest of his life….
should have at the least left….
Georgia Peach – Pil joo in a towel !? Forbidden fruit toying with Malran!? I must’ve missed that (me and my falling asleep during dramas). Do you remember what episode? I’ll definitely go back and watch that!!
OH GLORY, GIRL, YOU MISSED THAT⁉️ I’ll have to think…. and get back with you. It was in the first ten I’m pretty sure.
Beez, I must have an instinct for Jang Hyuk in a towel….didn’t think I’d find it so quick once I started looking! Episode 4 at minute 35+. It is short, but sweeeeeett! Enjoy!
You’re a peach, Georgia Peach! I did not mean for you to actually go search (but I’m so glad you did! )
*excuse me while I scamper off to watch*
Beez, you are very welcome. I so surprised myself when I found it so quickly…got to be the power of a manly chest! I just browsed through episode 5 and went back to 4….there it was!
Once I rewatched the scene, I remembered it because I had the same thoughts again that it’s not the Chuno body. But I know that’s unfair cause he still looks darn good and I don’t look how I looked ten years ago either.
Just butting in to say, the Chuno body is truly poetry in motion. ❤
Oh yes – I do think that Pil Joo toyed with Mal Ran, in that sense. It’s not spelled out, but the sense I got was that he was completely aware of his personal power and the effect he had on her, and was unhurriedly biding his time and considering his hand, each step of the way. She thought she was in control, but he was the one who was the real puppet master.
Shine Or Go Crazy didn’t have a good ending, for sure. Which is a bummer, since the earlier stretch was very watchable. I hope you’ll enjoy Chuno more – it’s excellent, and Jang Hyuk is all swaggering magnificence in it. 😍😍
Totally agree. The ultimate puppet master ❗️
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Edit of the bit that made no sense.
Then there was (for me) the slightly odd performance of Lee Hang-Na. It was the lady playing Lee Soon-Jae’s companion, wife, or whatever she was. Her character seemed out of place in the drama. But i’m not saying that’s a bad thing. The best way i can put is. she is a vegetable in a tin of mixed fruit. i couldn’t make out if her performance was good or bad. i’ll have to investigate her in something else.
update on lee hang-na, She is a very good actress. I watched her in a kbs drama special in which she is excellent,
i watched this based on reading part of your review. i thought it was excellent and give it 10/10.
I disagree with you in that i thought that both Jang Hyuk and Park Se-Young were excellent. AT first, she was just just okay, but once she started showing some steel, for me her acting got way better. I was reminded of Edward Norton in Primal Fear, in the way performance changed.
It took me a recognise how good Jang Seung-Jo was. I think it was his laughing put me off. It didn’t convince me; But when that calmed down, i began to recognise how talented he is.The other performance that stoood out for me was Joe Byeong-Gyu as the younger version of the character played by Jang Hyuk. Overall, theacting ranged from okay to pretty good. Perhaps Im Do-Gyoo was a bit weak.
Then there was (for me) the slightly odd performance of Lee Hang-Na (at least that’s wn Jang Hyuk, and Jang Seung-Jo, But there looks as if there is about 10. The latter doesn’t look any older than the actor who plays a younger version of him. The same goes for ho i think it was.). It was the lady playing Lee Soon-Jae’s companion, wife, or whatever she was. Her character seemed out of place in the drama. But i’m not saying that’s a bad thing. The best way i can put is. she is a vegetable in a tin of mixed fruit. i couldn’t make out if her performance was good or bad. i’ll have to investigate her in something else,
my favourite part of the drama were the cat and mouse encounters between Jang Hyuk and Lee Soon-Jae. Even though the latter was a descipable villain, I couldn’t help but laugh, when he got the upper hand
Thanks for mentioning the discrepancy in shooting between how it appeared in both episodes.
Another thing i had a problem with was Jang Hyuk’s character’s treatment of the character played by Han So-Hee. He threatens her by almost choking her. He gives her bribery Amoney. He saves her life, and idicates that she can tell tales if she wants to. How far was he prepared to go, when he was choking her. Did he just think, that if he showed what he was capable of, that she would take fright and run. But he never would have killed her. i guess the choking scene was to show how far the main character was willing to go to get his revenge. But when he saves her, or even more, when he says, she can do what she wants, it negates the ruthless characteristics, we are supposed to believe he is.
Pil joo’s entire character was a facade. He was not a killer despite his plans for revenge. His choking of Seo won was to save her life but she was too dumb or naive or greedy to get the message, even after being threatened by Mal ran and after seeing an actual masked killer coming for her.
I’m glad you enjoyed Money Flower, Martin! 🙂 And yes, those cat and mouse encounters between Pil Joo and Chairman Gramps was one of the highlights of the show for me as well. 🙂 In terms of Pil Joo’s behavior with Seo Won, I agree with beez; I saw it as Pil Joo giving Seo Won a way out, without blowing his own cover. He showed her mercy time and again, and like beez said, it was Seo Won who refused to understand.
thanks for confirmation,
twaambowski
This show was amazing! Cant wait to read your review of Misty and Return if you watch them. Keep up the good work
Yes, this show was amazing, I was so surprised by how good it is! ❤ Glad you enjoyed the review! I've got Misty on my list, but am likely to pass on Return. 🙂
This is such an excellent review and it expresses all my feelings about Jang Hyuk’s acting and the entire show that I haven’t been able to describe so that people understand how I feel about it (especially the last 15 minute of the final episode).
This review is so good that I can almost (but not quite) excuse the blasphemous Chuno comments.
CHUNO FOREVER!
Tee hee! Your comment made me giggle, beez!! 😂 I feel you about Chuno, I’ve always thought that Chuno was Jang Hyuk’s best work, and that nothing could ever top it. But I must admit that Money Flower’s made me think twice.. I do feel that with the time that has passed since Chuno, that Jang Hyuk’s now drawing from a deeper and more mature reservoir of emotion and experience than before. I feel an increased depth and gravitas to his delivery, and that’s what’s causing me to say that this performance quite possibly tops his performance in Chuno. Of course, Chuno is its own masterpiece, and that’s a whole other conversation 😉
I’m so glad that you enjoyed this review; I enjoyed writing it! ❤
What another amazing review: A+ from me! I thoroughly enjoyed this show, but Iam in two minds about the final episode – it’s solid as you said. Still, what s series…
Thanks for enjoying the review, Sean! 😀 And YES, this show is pretty special, isn’t it? ❤ What a ride, even though the ending could have been handled slightly differently. Still, it's the most solid ending I've come across in my limited history of watching revenge melos, so it's more than I expected, to be honest!
Han Chae Ah was originally supposed to play Mo Hyun. I really like her and it makes me wonder how she’d have handled the role, she is more age appropriate for the bulk of the drama after the 5 year gap and her affect is different. She always comes off as more street smart/wordly in her roles, even if she’s the innocent one. She has a tougher look. She might’ve added a little more depth.
Oh, that’s intriguing! I wasn’t following casting news for Money Flower, so I had no idea that Han Chae Ah was originally supposed to play Mo Hyun! That would be interesting indeed. I remember her having a lot of screen presence in Gaksital. I’d have loved to see what she would have done with Mo Hyun as a character!
http://www.dramabeans.com/2017/09/han-chae-ah-out-park-se-young-offered-money-flower/
I remember the first announcement about them working together again and i was so excited. But then when they cast Park Se Young, I was still kind of happy because I felt she had good chemistry with JH in Beautiful Mind and i liked her. So for me it worked out both ways. But I’m still not quite over having no real OTP in Money Flower, but I can live. lol
Not all stories need that. I was brainwashed by kdramas from the beginning to expect it. But I sense a shift in writing and story telling for the better with Kdrama, and lately not everything is incumbent on the romance or OTP.
I second your sense of the shift in writing in dramas.. it seems that it’s not ALWAYS about the OTP now, which is really great. I mean, I love me a good romance and all, but it can get ridiculous when EVERYTHING has to be about the romance – even in medical or police dramas! 😆 Like Doctors. It was just set dressing for the romance. Which just made everything else feel so pointless.
I know HCA is a decent actress. I do remember her screen presence in Gaksital. But, she actually did a drama with Jang Hyuk and unfortunately it was a very frustrating one. They were in Gaekju, she was the female lead but both played really dull characters. They kissed the most boring way, made love, had a baby etc and still had NO chemistry. Maybe it was the characters but it made me completely unenthusiastic about them as a couple. With Park Se Young, however, they’ve always had an interesting “tension”. I really enjoyed their love/hate dynamic in Beautiful Mind and did feel their love in Money Flower even though it was left as platonic. Too bad there wasn’t a good kiss but in their case I think I would’ve loved it. I am a actually very pleased with Park Se Young’s performance. It’s true the character was a bit hard to understand sometimes but it took a special kind of person to keep her composure after she found herself in the middle of such toxic environment. I felt her as strong and dignified even if yes, occasionally, puzzling. I’m not sure if another actress could’ve convinced me as much. I think Park Se Young is good at expressing innocence but also show a good degree of quiet classy badassery. So yeah, I like her.
Oh, that’s so interesting, that HCA and JH had no chemistry in Gaekju! I guess you never can tell with chemistry, until you put two actors together. I would’ve imagined their chemistry to be pretty interesting. But of course, I didn’t see Gaekju nor Beautiful Mind, so I have no basis for comparison, between these actresses and their respective chemistry with Jang Hyuk. 🙂
Yes, I don’t know if they would have had chemistry if the characters had been a little more interesting 😬
Gosh, I wonder too! Perhaps they would’ve sparked more if the show had called for it, or maybe they just don’t spark together, period. 🤔 In any case, I’m glad they didn’t use Money Flower as an experiment to find out! 😅
I like her too. She had a slightly similar role when she played the Queen in “Faith.” I loved the Queen. I’d definitely say Mo Hyun is a beguiling character, a quiet, steely will.
This is not a type of drama I usually watch… but Money Flower sucked me in and I was glued to the screen from the first episode till the last one. There were only few things I didn’t like (and the stabbing towards to final episode was one of them, did they originally planned it as en episode cliffhanger and then didn’t edit it out? It felt so out of place…). The story, the twists, the acting, the visuals and music… all was great.
I also liked the general ending… not only the culprits were punished, but Pil Joo managed to stop this chaebol generation ruling and start a professional management. And indeed, that he decided to apply for the CEO at the end was just the cherry on top 🙂
Anyway, thanks for the read, your analysis is again great!
PS Pil Joo was chic and smart and smexy… but I think my favourite character was Boo Cheon. I often felt like he was a lamb surrounded by wolves… and when he was hit one by one with the revelations of the horrible things his family did or planned to do, my heart was bleeding… I also liked the relationship between him and Pil Joo and I believe they truly loved each other (I was scared that their ending would be tragic… but luckily it wasn’t and the ending gave me hope that not all was lost).
I was a total KPJ and JBC shipper! I loved that conflicted bromance. My hear broke a little that they decided to become strangers but I have hope that their smirk at the end means they’ll find each other again 😋 I never saw the actor playing JBC before but I enjoyed his performance very much.
I happened to watch the actor who played Boo Cheon, in The Package. Unfortunately, he played a self-centered bad ex-husband in that, and when I realized he was also playing Boo Cheon, I had to work extra hard to not be extra prejudiced against Boo Cheon. Which was a little bit hard, considering Boo Cheon started the show doing some pretty selfish stuff. 😛
Thanks for enjoying the review, Dorotka! I know what you mean, Money Flower is SO not the type of drama that I usually watch. And yet, it sucked me right from E1, when I didn’t even really understand what was going on. It just sucked me in viscerally.
Boo Cheon was a pretty sympathetic character by the end, I agree. I believe Boo Cheon had truly believed in Pil Joo, and so he must have been shattered to realize that Pil Joo was not what he seemed. I feel like Pil Joo felt sorry for Boo Cheon, for being his mother’s son, but his focus on revenge was so great that he used Boo Cheon anyway, just like he loved Mo Hyun, but used her anyway. I feel like Pil Joo literally denied himself the luxury of having personal feelings, in the quest for revenge. I personally don’t see Boo Cheon reconciling with Pil Joo, because as much as Boo Cheon loved Pil Joo, Boo Cheon also loved his mother, despite all her crazy twisted scheming. And I think that is what would prevent Boo Cheon from making peace with Pil Joo. I personally feel like a distant truce is the maximum that Boo Cheon’s conscience would allow him.
Just finished this drama last night and am sitting reading the comments. I felt the same about BuCheon. He had his own innocence like MoHyun had hers. His change of character though once he found out PJ’s true identity and the threat he felt from that was chilling. Still there was that child like dependence on PJ that so often came out despite his bravado.
yoeda
I think the ending is more prominent if he just express to BOD something like “Hello, I’m Jang Eun Cheon”. I’m waiting for that you know since he gave PJ name to the owner. It kinda like a new beginning. But, so far it’s been a good drama.
Oh, that would’ve been perfect, yoeda! I would’ve loved to have seen him introduce himself to the Board, using his real name. That would’ve made the ending that much more satisfying, I think! 😀
I swear I thought he was going to introduce himself to the hiring board with his real name too! This drama is full mini cliff-hangers that seem to deflate. LOL
Lol. I rationalize that Show was perhaps purposely leaving certain details to our imagination? At least, that’s what I’d like to think, rather than that they didn’t think of it. 😛
Yes, I can accept that. 🙂
HyukFan
Great review Kfangurl! I couldn’t have express it better. I’m so glad Jang Hyuk has accepted this role. He has expressed it all in this drama – intelligent, charismatic, sexy, controlled yet revealing through his eyes. He’s just wonderful!
I’m glad you enjoyed the review, HyukFan!! 😀 I’m with you, I’m SO glad Jang Hyuk accepted this role.. This role showcased his talent SO WELL, and he’s just brilliant, in every single scene. I simply couldn’t get enough. ❤
prettysup
Love your review, Jang Hyuk is really amazing in Money Flower!
Thank you for enjoying the review, prettysup! 😀 And yes, Jang Hyuk truly is amazing in this. I’m SO GLAD I didn’t miss out on the awesome. ❤
If you don’t mind medical dramas, I recommend Beautiful Mind. Jang Hyuk was also amazing in there.
I also appreciate all your screencaps of Jang Hyuk in this post. Very delicious.
Hee. I’m glad you enjoyed the Jang Hyuk screencaps, Junny! He really is delicious 😍😍
I’ve got Beautiful Mind on my list. I struggle with medical dramas as a general rule, probably about as much as I tend to struggle with revenge melos, ha. So if Jang Hyuk could make me love a revenge melo in Money Flower.. maybe I might enjoy Beautiful Mind after all? 😉
I’d say give it some time so you can put some distance between Piljoo and Lee Young Oh (JHs character in Beautiful Mind) Piljoo can make anyone look unsexy next to him :p in that aspect, that’ll be a hard to top performance. However, Beautiful Mind as a drama and Lee Young Oh as a character are brilliant in their own way. LYO is also super smart and has heart (even though he supposedly has an inability to feel emotions) Take your time, but give it a chance. It really is much more than just a typical medical drama.
Ooh! That’s VERY good advice, thanks DF!! You have an excellent point. I am so enamored with Pil Joo right now, I don’t think another character would stand a chance. I’d probably want to just quit the watch and go back to Money Flower, just to get more Pil Joo on my screen. 😝 It’s probably wise to give it some time before I check out Beautiful Mind. And yes, 14 episodes is pleasantly short, for a kdrama!
Oh and on the plus side! Beautiful Mind only has 14 episodes 😋
“Essentially, watching this drama felt like watching a very languidly seductive, sensuous dance.”
– YES.. this makes me dream of pil joo , mal ran and mo hyun dancing to a sensual sta maria TANGO.. jang hyuk doing a antonio banderas /richard gere tango..
And now you make me wonder how good Jang Hyuk is, with the dancing 😉 Whatever. If he’s required to dance for a role, he WILL make it look crazy cool, that much I can be sure of. 😍😍
Well I think Jang Hyuk “fake danced” quite ok for Dance of the Dragon (not a good movie at all but he was very cute in it) He has a certain fluidity in his movements being a JKD practicioner and all. I found his dorky “dancing” in Robbers adorable too. I think if I role requires it he can learn to dance decently because if he wasn’t naturally inclined he is that persistent. Ok now I want a dance drama with Jang Hyuk lol
OH YES, he DID fake-dance for Dance of the Dragon! I thought he did pretty alright with the fake-dancing. And you’re very right, he IS, er, very good with his body. Ahem. 😋 I bet Pil Joo would be a good dancer. I mean, he’s like good at everything after all, right?? 😍
You know I love me some revenge dramas! Even if in my reality I don’t pursue revenge and wouldn’t on that level! This is your most exquisite review to date. You’ve voiced nearly all my opinions. Right down to the 1000 voice recordings! Unless South Korea has some super special Samsung, and it’s possible he put in a storage chip that can hold TB’s, it’s still a stretch.
Then again, we know how conversations go in Kdrama – “Let’s meet. We need to talk” – Drives across the country – Orders a delicious coffee/espresso/milkshake/cake/Juice that will go untouched – sits down – everyone stares – says maybe 3 sentences each – and someone storms out. I think you can hold a 1000 messages that way…
I love your thoughts on all the characters, particularly Pil Joo and Jang Hyuk’s masterful performance. He’s always striving to do better. I think he’s reached his peak here. The rest will come with age and maturity, that will add gravitas to his roles.
I think the 2 young actresses were the weakest links, partly because they were expected to act 10 – 15 years older than their actual ages. And the mistress was so smug and pouty. urrrkkk! But we aren’t supposed to like her too much so I guess she did her job.
Mo Hyun did border on bland and spacey. But those moments she pulled her tricks felt satisfying. That long droning speech to Pil Joo at the end just nearly destroyed me, I was like shut up and KISS! LOL. But alas, build me up buttercup, and you get nothing. But I’m kidding, I understand their relationship by the end was one of respect, possibly friendship, and left open for a future.
“Essentially, watching this drama felt like watching a very languidly seductive, sensuous dance.” – That’s a perfect description of Money Flower. Between the music, the clothing, and the sheer elegance of nearly every character and it has that dark and sinister undercurrent flowing through it. Like a forbidden dance.
Awww, thank you my dear! 😘 I’m glad you enjoyed the review! It’s not everyday that someone uses the word “exquisite” to describe my work, so I’m filing that away firmly in my mental treasure chest. ❤
HAHA at your scenario, of the 1000 conversations Congressman Na recorded! 😂 Although, I'd like to think that the conversations were more important than 3 sentence type things. Otherwise it would feel like such an anticlimax, to think that all that important evidence boiled down to nothing more than "we need to talk" 😂
You're right, I do think the 2 younger actresses were weak links. It felt like the more seasoned actors were acting circles around them. I found Mo Hyun so uninteresting, and Seo Won so one-dimensional. Sometimes her actions didn't make sense. Like the way she sauntered into Mooshimwon and confronted Mo Hyun. She looked spiteful and not one bit scared when she did that, but later, she explained to Boo Cheon that she was so terrified coz she felt her life was in danger. Um. I couldn't connect the dots there; it just didn't fit, to me. If she WAS terrified, she didn't look it. One way or another, the delivery of the character should have indicated the underlying emotion, and this just didn't happen here.
Nonetheless, this was a treat to watch. As you said, so elegant, so dark, and so forbidden. So well done, overall. ❤
Awww, anytime! Keep the word in your treasure chest. This entire blog is exquisite! (◕‿◕✿)
You’re right about Seo Won, her character was very uneven. And no matter how many times her life was threatened she kept putting her self and her son in danger. And they dropped the whole ball with Mo Hyun taking Boo Cheon’s child in. But I guess they dropped it because since grandpa said over his dead body that child will get in the house. So that was quashed.
I was so looking forward to Yong Goo’s threat to burn Mooshimwon to the ground. When he said that so matter-of-factly, I thought it was foreshadowing. Then later, it was HIS house and secret bat cave that got burned!! ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ
They could’ve lengthened the stabbing scene, maybe have Pil Joo in another coma, and Yong Goo’s ready to carry out his deed, but then PJ wakes up…that probably sounds like overkill too. lol.
All the good aspects overpower the bad in this drama, so it’s hard to find anything to complain about. It’s funny, I don’t see myself rewatching it. Maybe because it’s on a different level, there’s not enough cute and squee for a rewatch, but yet it’s definitely a new favorite. ♥‿♥
I’ve felt that way about a few dramas lately, I’ve added them to favorites, but because of their dark themes it’d be hard to rewatch.
I’m actually planning a rewatch very soon! Since I don’t think this drama is that dark? Maybe because of the ending. After a full rewatch I’ll probably only rewatch favorite scenes as I usually with Jang Hyuk dramas. But there are enough favorite scenes that it’ll be almost like a full rewatch 😋. Anyway, I wanted to mention that coincidentally , before I read Lady G’s comment, I used the word exquisite to describe this blog post when I attempted to reblog it on Stuck on Hyuk but then I realized the reblogging didn’t work so I deleted my comment. But that goes to show that exquisite is the best word to describe this post and the blog in general ❤️
Ahh!! Thank you, dear DF!! 😘 I’m feelin’ so exquisite right now! 😆 Seriously though, I feel the love 😍 THANK YOU. ❤
PS: It's weird that the reblogging didn't work, because other people have reblogged other posts on this blog and it's worked ok. Perhaps try refreshing the page and try again? Thanks for wanting to share this post! 😘
I will try again from my PC. Maybe its the mobile.
Oh, that’s quite possible! Also, WordPress can be a little buggy sometimes. Fingers crossed that it’ll work just fine, on your PC! 😀
True, it’s not that dark. The others I watched were, but I’d say heavy. I’d need some time to pass for a re-watch. And that’s great! 2 uses of EXQUISITE! ~(˘▾˘~) (~˘▾˘)~
Butting in here to say, your emoticons are just on another level, Lady G! Those dancing hands are just FABULOUS. 😍😍
LOL. Thanks! I wish I could say I knew all the correct key strokes, but i use a cheat text face site.
You can copy and paste.
https://textfac.es/
I only know the very basic ones. lol
Thanks for sharing the link! I just checked out the site – the site creator’s got a funny sense of humor! Loved the “shrug-whatever-I-don’t-care” sort of vibe in the remarks at the very bottom of the page. 😆
That’s my favorite! I know how to design that one without a copy paste. LOL
See, you’re already on another level 😉
D’aw!! You are so sweet! 😍 Y’know, you contribute to the blog too, so that makes your work exquisite too 😉
You’re so right about Seo Won putting her son in danger! I mean, don’t mothers instinctively work to keep their children out of danger? But she goes and saunters into Mooshimwon anyway, wearing her most pouty, annoying expression. That just didn’t feel believable to me.
Yeah, there are so many other ways that Show could’ve fleshed out some of its threads, like with Yong Goo, or the stabbing scene. But overall, it’s such a good drama that I can’t nitpick too much.
I know what you mean about not instinctively reaching for this as rewatch material. Usually, with rewatches, I tend to reach for sweeter, lighter stuff. On the other hand, I’ve watched Chuno twice, and loved it more on the second watch. So I don’t rule out watching this one again myself. I might fast forward through at least some of Seo Won’s scenes though, heh.
Thank you! And thanks for the comment on my work too. (¬‿¬)
And even after she goes waltzing in, later she’s ready to give this whole big press conference and again puts her son at risk. Ughh.
I can see myself rewatching for the “Pil Joo outsmarts everyone” scenes. heehee. I admit to rewatching the PJ fight scenes because Jang Hyuk is a fluid, precise, powerhouse. I’ve seen Chuno twice too. I generally just don’t rewatch dramas period because there’s always something new and different out there that will grab my attention. So many many dramas, so little time. And I’ve rewatched when I got my sister into kdrama.
Oh but of course! Your dream dramas are in their own special league – not everyone has the creativity and skills to birth stories and bring characters to life!
I would totally rewatch this for the “Pil Joo outsmarts everyone” scenes! And ALL of the “Jang Hyuk is hawt” scenes. 😍 And YES, the fight scenes ARE so rewatch-worthy! Each time Pil Joo got to kick ass, I found myself rewatching the scene right away. Jang Hyuk is just too good at the fighting; I can’t get enough. ❤ He takes them down so quickly that it's over before I know it, lol. But I guess that's the whole point: he's that formidable and efficient.
I rarely rewatch dramas nowadays as well.. My watch list is a mile long, and there are so many dramas I'm curious to check out. It's a rare occasion when I'll make time for a rewatch. But sometimes, it's the rewatches that really hit the spot when nothing currently airing does. Ha. So I basically save my rewatches for drama slumps and drama droughts. 😂
LOL – Jang Hyuk is “hawt” – A great reason to press rewind more than a few times. haha.
Rewatches are good for drama slumps. Or rather than full, I’ll just watch those key scenes I loved.
Muahaha! I have pressed replay MULTIPLE times, for that very reason. I just can’t help myself! 😅😍😍
Hoping to start watching this after reading your review.
YAY! I hope you’ll enjoy this one as much as I did, Martin! 😀
I avoid melo’s like the plague, but I do love Jang Hyuk. Your write up is so thorough! I saw all the spoiler warnings though and since i haven’t watched this yet I read mostly for the images 🙂
Hi there, V! 😀 I used to avoid melos too, but have since developed an appreciation for them coz sometimes they can be really good! But even while I grew to enjoy melos, I never seemed to be able to get into revenge melos – even the ones that other people raved about. Which made me rather skeptical that I would like this one. But against all my expectations, I LOVE IT. Long story short.. maybe you might like this one? 😉 Jang Hyuk is so brilliant in this! I mean, I always knew he was awesome, but he really surpassed my expectations – and then some. ❤
phl1rxd
Yes! So very glad you watched and thanks to Drama Fan for lighting the fire for this one. This drama was excellent and your review is so spot-on – all the things I felt but cannot express. Jang Hyuk was superb in this – just out-standing. In my opinion his finest role to date. Best cliffhangers ever and the music served them to us on a silver platter. Huge props to the composer/s. Sitting here writing this and listening to the OST.
There were times during certain scenes that I imagined I heard electricity crackling. The scene in episode 3 when Boo Cheon tells Pil Joo he is going to sleep with Mo Hyun is one of the top scenes that stuck out for me as well (and there were oh so many!). Did you check out that slight flush which appeared and disappeared on Jang Hyuk;s face? No words necessary – so much was conveyed in those few seconds! Loved Grandfather’s face at Pil Joo’s reveal – priceless. So good I watched just that scene a few times (I so enjoyed GrandPa being bested by Pil Joo – and that single tear!)
I also enjoyed the relationship between Pil Joo and Yong Goo and I wish may we could have gotten a little more info on that bond. I also felt that the connection was too strong to do a simple break.
The entire production was like being on a huge luxury liner with a vast ocean underneath roiling and churning. It felt dangerous, deep, exciting and full of hidden mystery and intrigue. I sincerely appreciate that you made a comparison to NIF in this review as I myself had those very same thoughts.
KFangurl – you write so beautifully and concisely and this review is no exception. Bravo to you on this fine review and Bravo to the entire production crew of this drama. It has made it into my top 5 drama list of all time.
And now you guys have convinced me to give NIF another chance.
Me too! I’m not big on historical dramas, though i love Hong Kong Palace Dramas. I think it’s the Korean Sageuks I’m not a big fan of. But Kfangurl gave NIF so many glowing reviews and mentions I will have to dive into it soon.
Yes please, ladies – please do give NIF a chance. It’s a different setting, but SO well made, SO brilliantly written, and just SO GOOD. There’s no Pil Joo in it, but the central character is a brilliant strategist too. 😉
I like brilliant Strategists. Which is why Sherlock Holmes is one of my all time favorite characters.
WELL. If you like brilliant strategists, then I have a feeling you’ll love NIF, once you actually get to it. Coz not only is the central strategist excellent, the show itself is brilliantly and very carefully written. No details go forgotten, and it all comes back to support the central plot. As a writer, I think you’d appreciate that extra! 😀
Okay, I will get started on NIF this week!
YAY!! SO PLEASED that you’re putting NIF on your schedule this week! 😀 It took me about 4 episodes to get a better sense of who’s who and what’s what, but once I got past that, everything steadily sucked me in. I was very impressed with NIF’s management of dramatic tension as well. Wave upon wave of excitement, with only a very brief lull at around the E30 mark, if memory serves. 🙂
i appreciate well-placed dramatic tension. Not drama for the sake of adding drama like a lot of dramas do for ratings or fan service, etc. I’m sure I will have to take a note of who’s who. lol
I think you’d be pleased with the handling in NIF. Nothing feels gratuitous in it. But yes, the cast is sprawling, so you will probably need some time, to remember characters and how they’re connected.
That was my issue with it. Too many characters! But if Lady G starts tweeting about I might join and we can help each other with the who is who part 😋
I’d be happy to help with who’s who stuff! 😀 Also, I happened to watch it on Viki, and had the comments turned on. That helped, coz other commenters were asking and answering who’s who stuff at similar points. That might be a way to go about it, at least until you’ve got everyone straight in your head? 🙂
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NIF? can you write the full name?
It’s Nirvana In Fire, a 2015 Chinese drama! 🙂
You will not be disappointed in watching NIF. Captivating…and Hue Gi …..so very good. Worth your time to invest in his other dramas.
Ah! I’m so glad you felt so similarly about Money Flower, phl!! 😀 The OST really is stand-out amazing, and utilized so perfectly! 😍😍😍 ALL the folks involved in the music for this show deserve an award. ❤
Hi5 that the scene in E3 stood out for you too!! I was so amazed by Jang Hyuk's delivery of the scene that I had to go back and rewatch it. Those few seconds are absolutely breathtaking. And YES, that momentary flush! How does he DO that???
I so agree, I would've loved to have known more about the relationship between Pil Joo and Yong Goo. The only indication we get, is the mention Yong Goo makes, that Pil Joo had washed his pants or something. So I surmise that they might've met as kids in foster care of some sort, and Pil Joo must've taken care of him. Given that, it just felt so wrong, that Yong Goo would cut ties with Pil Joo.. That didn't feel organic to these characters, I felt.
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your luxury liner analogy, that is SO PERFECT! ❤ And hi5 AGAIN, that we felt the NIF similarity with this one! We're like drama soulmates, almost 😘
Thank you for your kind words on the review, it's always such an encouragement, to know that the reviews are well-loved! ❤ THANK YOU!
As expected, another wonderful review, and of a complex show to boot. I can’t seem to manage even one full sentece these days, so I’m ever so impressed with these detailed write-ups you do. 🙂
Had I watched Money Flower some years ago, I would probably have been all over it. I mean, how often do you come across a well constructed Korean revenge story? Now… well, I gave up after ep 4 as I realised I had NO interest what so ever in watching bunch of awful people doing horrible things to one another. No matter how well acted the characters were. Guess I’m officially off revenge, ha.
Aw, thanks for your kind words Timescout! I guess this show inspired me extra, seeing as how I almost never seemed to run out words in this review! 😂
It’s too bad this one didn’t stick for you, since I was genuinely impressed and surprised by how much I did like it. If you gave it a 4-episode go and it didn’t work for you, you were probably wise to drop it. Dropping is always way better than rage-watching, I find! 😝 I don’t know if I am into revenge dramas now myself, but I guess I’m more open to the genre now than before. (Don’t hurt me now, Dramaland!)
Sigh. I struggle at writing even on the best of days now and then I got the blasted flu, which totally took the wind out of my sails. Still recovering.
I don’t have any problems with the “oldies” like Resurrection or Mawang but can’t seem to be able to connect with the newer revenge dramas. It feel that the characters tend to have no redeeming qualities, just overall horrible. Whereas in the older dramas they were more on the ‘very flawed but still human’ variety. 🙂
Oh, so sorry to hear you’ve got the flu, Timescout!! I feel your pain; I’ve had some terrible flus – and viral infections too – in the last year or so, and they are AWFUL to get through. I think it’s admirable that you’re still functioning, despite being under the weather! Do feel better soon, my friend ❤
I saw Mawang pretty early in my kdrama journey, and couldn't connect with it, unfortunately 😛 I was ALLL about the cute fluff for quite a while, heh. Largely because of that, basically every older revenge melo I've seen, I haven't liked. Even Story Of A Man, which so many folks raved about, didn't land very well for me. And then, the more recent revenge melos didn't stick well with me either; I didn't like Nice Guy very much, which is a show that most drama fans seemed to love. Which is why I'm really stunned to have loved Money Flower. For me, the key characters did come across as flawed but human.. but perhaps they weren't human enough for your mood or preference 🙂 I've had Resurrection on my "someday" list for a long time, but haven't gotten around to it. Mostly, it's because I want to see where UhmForce got his nickname 😉
Ah, I’m already back to work but it tends to tire me out, so I’m not up to much when I get home. At least mine was a milder version of the flu, I shudder at the thought of having got the full blast of it.
And I started out with the heavy, darker stuff. Cute fluff has never really been my thing. 😁 I’m not sure when I started disliking the Korean revenge dramas, probably a gradual thing. I used to love them, even the more grim ones. 🤔 Resurrection is great, though flawed in places. It’s definitely couple of episodes too long for one. Yup, UhmForce brought his A game. 😁
Good to know that you’re feeling better, Timescout! But yeah, those things can take a while to really blow over, so do take it easy for now!! ❤
Haha! Yes, I do get the impression that cute fluff wasn't ever really your thing. If you DO end up watching a cute fluffy show, it's the very rare, occasional thing indeed! 😉 I guess we all go through phases in our drama journeys.. Even though I used to be ALLL about the cute fluff, I find that I don't take to them as easily these days. As in, not any random cute show is going to float my boat; it's gotta actually have something solid going for it, or I get bored fast. Maybe a similar thing happened with you and Korean revenge melos..? 🤔 As for Resurrection.. I've got it stashed away already, for the day I'm finally in the mood for it. UhmForce bringing his A game sounds promising indeed 😉
Yup, we all go through phases. Our preferences and tastes tend to evolve over the years too. What looked tasty as a drama noob doesn’t necessarily look so palatable anymore when you’ve got enough drama mileage behind you. *g*
One last shout-out for Resurrection.^^ It’s basically an avenger origin story about a nice and upright lad turning to the darker side for revenge and how it affects him. And ultimately those around him. It’s not as dark as e.g. Money Flower and there are some truly good people in it too. Our avenger lucked out that way. 🙂 The leading lady got a bit too weepy for my taste but that wasn’t enough to spoil the overall quality of the drama. Not for me anyway. UhmForce looks mighty spiffy in them suits…
That’s so true!!! I mean, I remember clearly that I freaking LOVED Secret Garden when it aired, but now, I can’t even get through E1. I tried, and really disliked what I saw, eek. 😱
Heh. Resurrection lost a point in my head at “weepy leading lady” – but gained back 2 points at “UhmForce in spiffy suits” 😂😂 It sounds like it’s got a more human touch than say, Nice Guy, and that does appeal to me. Thanks for the prod, Resurrection has inched up the list thanks to you! ❤
One more for the road… 😃 Resurrection does have a pretty human touch to it. E.g show doesn’t try to demonise anyone. Appart from the gangsters the baddies, including the “big bad”, are just people, each with their own reasons for doing the things they do. And the reasons are rather mundane, which imho makes it all the more chilling.
The supporting cast is great, my faves being the fanboying secretary and the cool private detective. 😀 I also liked the 2nd leading lady. She may have looked frail but was actually pretty spunky. I lowkey shipped her with one of the detectives, ha.
Can’t close off without UhmForce can I. *g* He pretty much plays 3 characters and quite convincingly too.
Heh. You just have this way of describing dramas to me, that makes me intrigued! I’m pretty sure that’s a talent in and of itself. I am now properly interested in giving Resurrection a go, the next time I have an urge to check out an older show. Thank you! You really do help to color my drama world. ❤
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So that was a quick read. Why? You ask. Because I skipped all the Spoiler Alerts. I have been burned by revenge Melos too. I can say with all sincerity it is my LEAST liked K-drama genre. But you have me intrigued and I have added this to my short list. I will let you know what i think. Thank you as always for your excellent work – what little of it I could read. Hehe.
Lol. Yes, I can see how this would’ve been a quick read for you, if you were ninja-skipping all the spoilers, Amy! 😂 I feel you, I am exactly the same. Revenge melos are my least liked kdrama genre as well. And YET, I loved this one. So I’m super glad that you’re adding this to your shortlist to check out. I’d love to know how you like it, when you do get to it! 😀
Oops…I hit send before I finished. Well, Ill continue the idea. When KPJ “died” after getting stabbed, JEC is re-born. Liberated and free to start anew. Now, was it necessary since he had already done “karma cleansing” in jail? Maybe not, but I guess I can buy this explanation. My mom did feel it was overkill since KPJ had had so many near death encounters. So yeah, I think we all have a point 😋
I’m with your mom, it was overkill, BUT, i buy that explanation of a rebirth for Jang Eun Cheon, Mo Hyun the savior, and the end of revenge warrior Pil Joo.
I agree with her too. Because it was too many near deaths in a short period of time so it got to the point were I couldn’t feel it much. I was more upset than anything! Luckily it was just a tease.
Lol. You did way more than say, “Jang Hyuk is sexier than ever in this” but that statement really did carry a lot of weight! 😂 Thanks for getting me to watch this, it really was more amazing than I could have imagined. And Jang Hyuk is truly sexier – and more magnificent – than ever! ❤
That interpretation of the stabbing, that it was JEC's rebirth, makes sense! I do wish, though, that Show had alluded to it a little more obviously. I mean, it was over and done with so quickly, that it felt almost redundant. If they'd been clearer about that intention, I think lots more people would've reacted differently to the stabbing scene. 😛
First of all, allow me to hug myself one more time for convincing you to watch it. Although as I recall all I had to say was “Jang Hyuk is sexier than ever in this” 🤣 but anyway, I did well! I’m really happy it was cracktastic “from head to toe” lololol I want to talk a little about the last stabbing scene. I’ve seen many opinions and I sort of see all the points made. For example, my first impression was exactly the same as yours. I felt they did it to tease us. I found it amusing because for a second I did think he died. I was annoyed because it would’ve been too typical for kdrama. So when we saw him alive, I was relieved but at the same thought “Hmmm was this necessary?”. Lady G tweeted the same. But then I read someone’s interpretation at Soompi (the person’s nick is bebesious…I forgot but all the credit to her) She interpreted this scene as the death of KPJ and rebirth of JEC. When a teenager JEC tried to kill himself, NMH saved him and then KPJ was “born” with a thirst for revenge. Since it was after NMH saved him that he decided to go on that quest, instead of “reuniting” with his family through death. And now when KPJ
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Epec - James F.C. Hyde Sorgho Whiskey
Pioneering a gluten-free, 100% American-grown sorghum "whiskey like no other"
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Sorghum is the primary ingredient of history's oldest and most popular spirit, Chinese Baijiu, and now we're using it to make a brand new type of American whiskey the world has never tasted. James F.C. Hyde Sorgho® Whiskey's unique combination of flavor and aroma notes delight the palate, whether neat, on the rocks, in classic cocktails like a Manhattan or to inspire new world class cocktails. But don't just take our word for it–The Whiskey Wash gave us a 5/5 rating, a best in category.
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1 Over $2.5 million invested from over 1,000 investors in nearly a decade to get to this point in our development.
2 Distribution in 10 U.S. state including the 4 largest US spirits markets of CA, TX, FL and NY.
3 Case volume of James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey nearly tripled in 2018 vs 2017. Q4 2018 case volume exceeded ALL of 2017.
4 Two year term of 6% Convertible Note offers investors 6% capital appreciation of invested capital per year for two years, and two years of risk mitigating conversion price protection.
5 "Best in category" and 5/5 rating from The Whiskey Wash
6 Partnerships with America's sorghum growers. including National Sorghum Producers and United Sorghum Checkoff Program
7 Major investment in Delta BioRenewables, resulted in a royalty free technology license granting access to all sorghum planting, harvesting and processing technology developed by DBR over the last decade of its operation. When paired with our Sorgho Whiskey trademark affords us proprietary, defensible competitive advantages.
8 Made TV debut with "free" airtime on KSNV segment on "Great Whiskey Cocktails".
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Steve Vanechanos
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Board member of the Sweet Sorghum Association; Previously CEO of DynamicWeb, sold @ $50mm valuation
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Board of Directors - Strategic Industry Relations
World renowned Michelin 3-Star mixologist and cocktail book author. Named America’s Top Mixologist by the Food Network. Featured in dozens of publications and TV shows, and sold 100,000 book copies.
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Former Vice Chairman of the American Stock Exchange. Proud St. Johns graduate.
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Early ethanol pioneer as President/CEO of Fortune 1000 Aventine Renewable Energy. Founding member/chairman of the Renewable Fuels Association. Named “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst and Young.
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I am a proud investor in Sorgho Whiskey for several reasons.First, it's a remarkable whiskey with an uncanny smoothness accompanied by a very appealing set of flavor and aroma notes. Second, the sheer size of the opportunity. It boggles my mind, with the excellent quality of this sorghum whiskey, and with Chinese Baijiu being the world's oldest and most popular spirit made primarily from sorghum, that nobody thought to make an American sorghum whiskey before now. The sky's the limit for James F.C. Hyde Sorgho Whiskey's potential. Third, the American whiskey market is hot, especially in the premium and super premium segments, both in the U.S. and abroad. Fourth, the company did a great job of developing and protecting its intellectual property so it can maintain its competitive advantage into the foreseeable future. And lastly, the quality of the management team running the show gives me great confidence that James F.C. Hyde Sorgho Whiskey can tap the unlimited potential I see for it.
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The keys to our success have been a commitment to progress, and dedication to creating the cutting-edge of cocktails. It is with this in mind that we are beyond excited to provide our “stage” for the introduction of the revolutionary James F.C. Hyde Sorgho Whiskey.
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I tried my first bottle tonight. I usually drink single malt scotch but I love this whiskey. Completely unexpected to taste a whiskey like this from New Jersey! Great job as this is my new favorite!
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A New Category of Whiskey—100% American-Grown Sorghum
We’ve created an exceptionally smooth and rare whiskey from the gluten-free and environmentally friendly sorghum plant, one of the world’s finest natural sweeteners.
Sorghum, or sorgho, has been the primary ingredient of the oldest spirit in history, Chinese baijiu, for over 5,000 years. Today, Chinese baijiu is by far the most popular alcohol in the world, with 1.1 billion cases sold in 2016.
The American Market for Sorghum Spirits is Untapped
And we are proud to say we're one of the first sorghum whiskeys on the shelf.
In early 2016, James F.C. Hyde Sorgho Whiskey was officially approved a “whiskey,” and we are already propelling sorghum whiskey to become a rival of bourbon and rye.
Our customers LOVE the taste of James F.C. Hyde Sorgho Whiskey
"Smooth, versatile and delicious! I've recommended James F.C. Hyde to many of my friends who swear they don't like whiskey, and they find they LOVE this whiskey.
- Geri Miller (5-Star Facebook Review)
"I was a Jameson Irish Whiskey drinker until I tried James F.C. Hyde. It goes with everything, especially a good cigar. I would highly recommend this unique spirit."
- Randy McAdam (5-Star Facebook Review)
The Whiskey Market is Booming
The time has never been more ripe for a revolutionary new whiskey to enter the arena.
The global spirits market is worth $100+ billion and is growing at 4.5% annually. American whiskey (Bourbon, Tennessee, and Rye) was up 7.7% in revenue in 2016. As a sorghum spirit, we also plan to tap into the $80 billion market of Chinese baijiu.
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We're making rapid and continuous progress in the market
We've secured distribution in ten states, including the 4 largest U.S. spirits markets (California, Texas, Florida and New York). Our sales are exploding with Sorgho Whiskey volume nearly tripling in 2018 vs 2017.
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What's next for Sorgho Whiskey?
We're planning to add at least 3 additional states in 2019
We are using technology neglected by traditional whiskeys, such as social media and crowdfunding, to rapidly build up a community of brand ambassadors. Our board member, Brian Van Flandern, named America’s Top Mixologist by Food Network, will also actively promote our product by building relationships with the nation’s most prominent writers, restaurants, bars, and mixologists.
Having acquired the distiller of our Sorgho Whiskey - Jersey Artisan Distilling - we're now turning our focus and resources to build up our barrel aging inventory and to further develop the James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey brand.
Together, We'll Disrupt the Whiskey Industry
James F.C. Hyde Sorgho Whiskey is not just a whiskey like no other–a new gluten-free American whiskey of remarkable smoothness and the highest quality, made from nature's miracle crop, sorghum, and possessing unlimited and untapped potential. It is a whiskey hell bent on revolutionizing two American industries, forever changing the landscape of both 1) the American whiskey market with a new Sorgho Whiskey "category" akin to bourbon and 2) the American agricultural landscape by launching sorghum as a mainstream ingredient in the American spirit market.
Most people would be content to revolutionize ONE. Why do we think it's within our grasp to revolutionize TWO?
Here's what we see that illuminates our revolutionary vision:
- Nature's miracle crop, sorghum, is remarkably environmentally friendly, produces a spectacular gluten free new American whiskey, and is untapped in the American market, yet possesses unlimited potential.
- Sorghum is the primary ingredient of the most popular spirit on earth (Chinese baijiu, with over 1.1 billion cases sold last year).
- We've been making substantial technology investments in the sorghum seed to bottle supply chain since 2012. Those investments have gained us a royalty free license to the Sorghum Production technology used to plant, harvest, extract, clarify and dehydrate the "rare and delicate sugars" with unprecedented efficiency in terms of both volume and cost.
- America's sorghum growers, through the National Sorghum Producers & United Sorghum Checkoff Program, and at the grassroots level, are lining up behind our effort.
Call us cocky, or arrogant or simply crazy. But we believe: 1) the global economic potential for a new American Whiskey made from sorghum is near limitless and 2) if we can capitalize on that economic potential, we have intellectual property protection in place and control the strategic choke points along the supply chain, which will deter potential competitors.
Should that vision become reality, the result? A new American whiskey which will forever change the whiskey market. And a new, high value add cash market, forever improving the life of America's sorghum growers.
You can help us leave our footprint on the world. Join us and our nearly 38,000 Facebook fans in the Sorgho Whiskey Revolution. Help us get to the next level by investing your hard earned dollars. And if you appreciate great American whiskey, try Sorgho–we're confident you'll become a loyal customer, an advocate and a brand ambassador spreading the word of this revolutionary new American whiskey–James F.C. Hyde Sorgho Whiskey–a whiskey like no other.
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To pioneer a new category of American whiskey that rivals bourbon and rye. We believe sorghum will revolutionize the liquor industry, and we plan to lead the charge. Our team is led by a world renowned mixologist and business executives who have built multi-million dollar businesses. Sorgho Whiskey is already distributing in 10 states, including the 4 largest US spirits markets of CA, TX, FL and NY, and we're planning to launch in 3 more major states this year.
What is James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey?
It's the most unique and innovative American whiskey – since the Civil War, a whiskey like no other - made from American grown, gluten free sorghum. Armed with trademark protection for Sorgho Whiskey, our ambition is to catapult Sorgho Whiskey success into new whiskey category status, placing it on equal footing with bourbon whiskey, scotch whiskey, rye whiskey, etc. In that context, our James FC Hyde branded Sorgho Whiskey is the tip of the spear. The original brand launching Sorgho into the mainstream of the American whiskey market.
What is sorghum?
We like to refer to it as “nature's miracle crop”. Why would we say that? Well imagine a crop that produced both an abundance of sugar like sugarcane, AND an abundance of grain like corn, but can be grown in places neither can AND is gluten free. That's sorghum. Environmentally respectful and spartan in its use of inputs yet generous in its bounty. Biologically, sorghum bicolor, is an ancient grass (at least 10,000 years old)indigenous to dry semiarid regions in places like Africa, China, Australia and India. It is the fifth most important cereal grain on earth. Because it can grow in harsh environments, and is usually grown without fertilizer or irrigation, it is oneof the most important staple foods for millions of poor rural people in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa. It is an incredibly efficient user of sunlight, water and soil nutrients. It can grow from seed to 12' – 14' in around 100 days. Agriculturally, the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”), classifiessorghum as a grain. In 2015, the US planted over 8 million acres and harvested nearly 600 million bushels of grain (aka “milo”). First record of sorghum in the US comes from a Ben Franklin journal in 1757 in which he writes about using sorghum to make brooms. Nearly a century later, sweet sorghum entered the US in 1854 when the US Patent Office, seeking an alternative to southern grown sugar cane made with slave labor, imported seeds from China. The plan? Hand out sweet sorghum to “free state” farmers, north of the Mason – Dixon line, and have them develop a sugar industry independent ofslave labor. Three years into this effort a Massachusetts horticulturist, penned the first authoritative “best practices” book for planting, growing, harvesting and processing sweet sorghum. The book, “The Chinese Sugar Cane”, published in 1857, and the horticulturist turned author, our namesake, Mr James FC Hyde. Hyde would later become Newton MA first mayor in 1874. I would be remiss if I didn't talk about Chinese baijiu in the context of what is sorghum and its presence in spirits market? Chinese baijiu is one of the oldest spirits on earth, dating back at least 5,000 years. And shockingly to most Americans, it is the best selling spirit on earth. Its primary ingredient is sorghum. In 2016 baijue sold 1.1 billion cases globally. Second place, vodka, less than half baijiu's volume with just under 500 million cases.
How big an opportunity is Sorgho Whiskey?
First, Yogi Berra is credited with having said, “It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future”. That said, let's start with a few historical facts to consider when thinking about the potential for Sorgho Whiskey. According to the Distilled Spirits Council the “American Whiskey Boom Continues”. “American whiskey – Bourbon, Tennessee and Rye – continued to captivate U.S. consumers with volumes up 6.8 percent to 21.8 million cases and revenues up 7.7 percent to $3.1 billion” in 2016. Then consider: 1) We've developed a disruptive spirit. What we call, “The most unique and innovative American spirit since the Civil War – a whiskey like no other - made from 100% American grown sorghum”; 2) Its exceptional smoothness; its uncanny quality, it's made from one of the most environmentally friendly crops in the world, and it's gluten free; 3) We've been granted trademark protection for “Sorgho Whiskey“ and our ambition is to elevate it to new American whiskey category akin to bourbon or rye; 4) We've made substantial investment in a our Sorgho Whiskey supply chain, securing a strategic choke hold on the critical sorghum technology necessary to scale Sorgho Whiskey production to several hundred thousand cases per year; 5) While the American market for sorghum spirits is virtually untapped, sorghum is the primary ingredient used in the globe's most popular spirit, Chinese baijiu, shipping over 1.1 BILLION cases in 2016. We like to think we've exercised a lot of foresight, anticipated the evolution of the disruptive market we're developing and we've laid a solid foundation capable of supporting a tall skyscraper. If we're as successful as we expect, we expect to be acquired by one of the big guys. And because we're a whiskey company that's built on a cornerstone of intellectual property, and because our potential is nearly unlimited, we expect the acquirer to acknowledge such with an unprecedented price multiple.
How did the company get started?
We started with some early experimentation in late 2013. We already had the sorghum farm and thought we were going to make biofuel. Then these cool sugars came out and it suddenly seemed like it would be a waste to burn them in cars. It made a lot more sense for us to say we should try to make a spirit out of this. If someone can make a good spirit out of sugarcane sugar, and our sugar's better than theirs, we should be able to make a good spirit out of sorghum. We started doing some experiments with different distillers, and different leafs, and different leeching techniques. We did a bunch of that and finally settled on a formulation. It not only specified the sorghum syrup but the kind of yeast to use and the proof when it comes off the still. Then we put it in barrels. We always use new American oak, like what’s required for bourbon. With the exception of starting with corn, we follow all of same the rules as the bourbon guys. Our first label was approved as something other than whiskey. We had a legal label, bottled up some samples, and took them to an event called the Security Traders Association of New York. They were hosting a bootlegger event and it was the summer of 2015. It became our coming out party. We didn't sell anything and just shared samples. At that time we were calling the product sorghrum, a name we had trademarked. And when people asked us what it was we said it was kind of like whiskey. Mentally we had started to already position it as a whiskey. Next we applied to change our label and get into the whiskey family, and that happened very early in 2016.
What’s been happening these last 18 months since your last Wefunder campaign?
When we launched on Wefunder in July 2017, we were a company with a great new innovative product - Sorgho Whiskey (a sorghum whiskey) - with nearly unlimited potential, and a plan to build a successful national brand. But it was early in our journey. We had but limited distribution in four states (NJ, NY, MD & FL), and limited brand recognition. Since, then we've expanded into more major markets. We've added Illinois, Massachusetts, Texas, California, Kansas and Nevada. We've added hundreds of points of distribution (on and off premise accounts) throughout those states. Many, nationally recognized retail brands like Total Wine, Shop Rite and Applebee's. We've acquired the distillery - Jersey Artisan Distilling - that produces James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey and we've achieved several milestone accomplishments that are clear evidence of dramatic progress on the brand recognition front. We're beginning to appear in cocktail recipe books, and in our proudest moment as a brand, James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey made its TV debut with "free" airtime on a KSNV (NBC affiliate out of Nevada) segment on "Great Whiskey Cocktails". In short, we've made dramatic progress from being merely a great, innovative idea and product, to achieving our goal of becoming a nationally recognized craft brand. A lot of the things we said that we were going to try and make happen, we're making happen.
How have sales been?
We now have distribution in 10 U.S. states, including the 4 largest spirits markets (California, Texas, Florida and New York). As a result 2018 Q4 case volume of James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey exceed ALL of 2017 volume, and full year 2018 nearly tripled 2017. With the acquisition of Jersey Artisan Distilling behind us, we're now able to invest additional resources into marketing, selling and brand development. As a management team, we remain as committed as ever to deliver "exponential", top line revenue growth. We intend to continue that effort into the foreseeable future
Can you share your thoughts on the Valuation Cap of your offering?
Even before we began Crowdfunding - back when we depended on Reg D private placements - our valuation has been based largely on the unique potential we have to make our disruptive and trademark protected Sorgho Whiskey an entirely new whiskey category - akin to bourbon, scotch, and rye whiskeys. Success, and there are many challenges to overcome along the way, will make us a very valuable company. Considering George Clooney recently sold Casamigos tequila for nearly $1 billion, the upside is dramatic if we succeed. As we execute more and more of our business plan to turn James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey into a nationally recognized brand, we get closer to our goal. Each milestone achievment takes some risk out of our project - effectively increasing our value. We began "Offering" equity shares via Crowdfunding with an offering at Wefunder in July 2017 with a fully diluted Valuation Cap ("VC") of $3.6 million. We concluded an offering at Startengine, nearly a year later, on April 30, 2018 with a VC of $4.8125 million. Since then, in addition to having raised over $700,000 from nearly 1,000 new owners / brand ambassadors, we've acquired the distillery that produces James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey, and continue to make dramatic progress in sales growth (2018 volume nearly tripled 2017 volume), brand awareness (appearances in whiskey cocktail books and NBC Las Vegas TV segment on "Great Whiskey Cocktails") and market penetration (now available in ten states including 4 largest U.S. markets of CA, TX, FL and NY). All important milestone achievements as we strive for long term success. With our recent progress behind us, and our key goals and objectives looking forward, we believe a fair valuation to be $7.15 million, but preceded by an early bird discount valuation of $6.5 million for the first $100,000 invested. In addition, we've specifically chosen to offer a convertible note, with a 6% interest rate accrual, and a 2 year term. By doing so we are assuring investors a 6% per year appreciation of capital invested, and two years of price protection in case we have overvalued our offering price.
What is your marketing strategy going forward?
It's a long haul kind of approach. Brand building is a long deliberate exercise. What's new is the power of social media. We use a layered hybrid model. A heavy dose of online brand building / brand awareness campaigns, paired with a support the brick and mortar folks on the ground campaign. Think in military terms. The online campaign is the air force preparing the ground or battle field for the army and marines, to make their job on the ground a lot easier. It means we're running a coherent campaign. Every ad we run, has clear goals and objectives. We may not succeed with what it is we're trying to accomplish with an ad, but we know exactly why we're doing it. And every ad, complements every other ad. What does that mean in plain English. Consider a typical state - Tennessee - we're trying to break into because we perceive a home field advantage (our sorghum comes from Memphis). Even though we don't yet have a TN distributor (permitting legal on the ground sales), we're running general brand awareness ads. Purpose? Create the conditions on the ground such that a TN distributor will want to distribute James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey. Once we acquire a distributor, we'll continue with the same statewide campaign, only amped up. Purpose? Help distributor sell to retailers. As retailers come aboard, another layer is added to the campaign. We bring a layer that is geographically targeted to consumers that live in the surrounding area to the retail establishments. Purpose? To help the retailers sell Sorgho Whiskey to consumers. The case can be made, that my lack of experience and knowledge of the old formula for success in the spirit business, is an asset and not a liability. Why? Because the future path to success in this business is almost certainly dramatically different than the old formula. And I came into this with no preconceived notions about the right way to do it, only a desire to do it, an open mind and a great deal of insight into what was possible with digital marketing and advertising.
Your experience is not what one would expect from a disruptive spirit entrepreneur?
That's probably true. I'm guessing there are few other leaders who are Internet geeks, including the necessary Internet patent (granted 1999, USPTO #5884309). I'm also guessing there are few other leaders who were sitting governors of a national Stock Exchange – the American Stock Exchange, where I chaired its Technology Committee and served on its Audit and Finance Committees from 2005 – 2008. But maybe – just maybe, given the world we live in in 2019, having a heavy Internet background plus a heavy Wall street background, are big pluses when trying to launch a new spirit? If one thinks about it, launching our new Sorgho Whiskey spirit requires building a brand. Plus it requires an inventory buildup because necessary time in a barrel aging delays time to market. And both brand building and inventory accumulation require substantial capital. A leader, not so steeped in Internet technology or at home with Wall Street, the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities law would likely approach the brand building, and financing task, relying on traditional methods. But in 2019, we're living in an age in which digit brand building and marketing, with social networking (like Facebook) and search (like Google & Bing), has fundamentally altered the dynamics of advertising. We're all familiar now with the concept of something going “viral”. I'm not implying we're relying on “viral” behavior to drive our campaigns, but I point to the phenom of “viral” to illustrate the full potential of the digital world. Unknown content can go from standing start, to huge “consumer” awareness, in an accelerated fashion, at a near zero cost basis. The key, is to have a coherent strategy which takes full advantage of digital capabilities, to accomplish marketing / brand building campaign goals at an accelerated pace, and a minimal cost, relative to more traditional practices Equally as relevant is how to approach the financing challenge in 2019. Ina word, Crowdfunding. With nearly 3 years of history behind it now, its becoming clear it is the perfect tool to both raise capital, and to build a retail brand. We've not only raised $700,000+, but we've built an army of about 1,000 owners / brand loyalists / brand advocates - all contributing to our project both capital and energy / enthusiasm, and helping us gain success. In short, Crowdfunding has evolved from an interesting idea when we first approached it in 2017, into a linchpin of our going forward strategy.
What potential challenges worry you the most?
In Robert Browning's world of literature, "a man’s reach should exceed his grasp". But in the real world, if a man's got an 8' gap to cross a chasm below, his reach better not be 7'11" or tragedy will follow. The biggest worry I have, is the scope of our challenge / opportunity, and its potential to be beyond our grasp. The nature of what we're doing developing the James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey brand, requires us to drag along the developing sorghum molasses supply chain. Developing a new whiskey brand, within a new whiskey category is a pretty heavy lift. Having to drag along the supply chain to insure available raw materials adds another layer of difficulty and another potential point of failure. While I was developing ground breaking Internet technology, I followed one simple philosophy: buy what we can, invent what we must. That philosophy hasn't changed. The reality is, if we don't develop the supply chain for our raw material, nobody will, and our growth will be constrained. It's a non optional mission that goes hand in glove with success building the James FC Hyde Sorgho Brand. But if we're able to successfully build the Sorgho Whiskey brand AND carry along the supply chain, our strategic advantage in the spirits industry is unmatched. And we should expect a sales multiple even more attractive than George Clooney's Casamigos Tequila.
What does success in 2019 mean for you?
Success means achieving many of our 2019 business plan goals and objectives: It means continuing to build up our “community” of owners / brand loyalists / brand ambassadors; It means continuing our trend of exponential sales growth (nearly 300% in 2018 vs 2017); It means gaining brand recognition and traction in the 10 states we're already distributed in, with a special focus on developing the 4 largest U.S. markets (CA, TX, FL & NY); It means stimulating consumer demand and expanding brand awareness; It means adding several key markets to our distribution list (Michigan, upstate NY, Connecticut and Tennessee); It means further strengthening our relationship with America's sorghum growers, in the form of potential market development resources from United Sorghum Checkoff Program; It means continuing to build up our barrel aging inventory to support surging demand for James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey; And it means making progress utilizing our technology license to scale the production of sorghum by transplanting it to the America's Sorghum Capital - the great state of Kansas.
What are your biggest selling points as a business?
The baijiu and the sorghum point, is that the largest selling spirit on earth is made from sorghum. In the U.S. sorghum is barely known. The concept that the world's most popular spirit - baijiu - is made larely from sorghum is a well kept secret. If we can get that point across, there's a huge untapped opportunity, and there's no real competition. We've got all of these advantages to dominate the space. It's a no brainer if you're betting on futures, which is really what it's about. We'd like to think we laid the right foundation by having deep involvement, a core competency and a royalty free license for the production of sorghum molasses (the must have ingredient required to produce sorghum whiskey), and then having the intellectual property - a trademark on sorgho whiskey - assuring a defensible competitive advantage. We really like to think we've done a lot of forethought and that we've laid a lot of the foundation in preparation for building a really tall building. If we're successful I expect to get bought out, because I'm not going to run this thing. When it turns into just running the trains on time, you need another leader. You need somebody not me.
Ownership in Subsidiaries and Affiliate Companies
Presently, Epec has a proprietary interest in the following companies in Delta Bio Renewables, LLC, The Sorgho Alliance, Inc., Epic Spirits, Inc., and Jersey Artisan Distilling, Inc. More information on each entity is provided herein. 1. Delta Bio Renewables, LLC The foundation of our SCP effort began with our investment in Delta BioRenewables, LLC (“DBR”) in 2012. DBR has entered into a license agreement with Epec under which DBR and Epec collectively establishing quality standards for the sorghum syrup that can be used to make licensed Sorgho Whiskey® and DBR is required to pay Epec a 5% fee on all syrup sold for the production of licensed Sorgho Whiskey®. Since 2009, DBR's focus has been to develop technology to enable production of high volume and quality, low cost sorghum sugar/syrup. It's been doing so by first incorporating as much sugar cane automated production equipment and technologies as practical into its own sorghum sugar processing operation. Further, it has developed proprietary technology, methods, best practices and techniques that are sorghum sugar extraction/processing specific (not necessarily applicable to sugar cane industry). DBR, with our cooperation, is in the process of seeking a suitable sorghum grower to transplant its technology to further scale production. 2. The Sorgho Alliance, Inc. The Company formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, The Sorgho Alliance, Inc. (f/k/a the Sorghrum™ Alliance, Inc.), for the purpose of launching our Sorgho Whiskey® brand and to handle all future licensing opportunities of the mark to sorghum sugar producers and Sorgho Whiskey® distillers, which will then be responsible for: 1) developing product standards (for both sorghum distiller's sugar and Sorgho Whiskey® spirits); 2) licensing use of the trademark to producers of sorghum sugar and distillers of Sorgho Whiskey®; and 3) managing compliance and the enforcement of its mark and licensing agreements. The Sorgho Alliance, Inc. will receive license fees from trademark users and other companies seeking to market Sorgho Whiskey® spirit products.The Sorgho Alliance, Inc. (“SA”), on July 18, 2015, entered into a licensing agreement with Jersey Artisan Distilling, Inc.. Since then, JAD has been producing Sorgho Whiskey for us. With our acquisition of JAD, the license agreement has effectively been rendered moot 3. Epic Spirits, Inc. The Company formed Epic Spirits, Inc. (“Epic Spirits”) as a wholly-owned subsidiary to ensure that the first effort to launch the Sorgho Whiskey® spirit will be well resourced and highly dedicated. To that end, Epic Spirits will manage the production, marketing, and distribution of its own branded Sorgho Whiskey® – James F.C. Hyde Sorgho Whiskey®.4. Jersey Artisan Distilling, Inc. Jersey Artisan Distilling, Inc. (“JAD” or the “Distillery”) is a craft Distillery founded in 2011 and by its Master Distiller Brant Braue. JAD has been the exclusive producer of James F.C. Hyde Sorgho Whiskey®. JAD has produced more sorghum based whiskey than any other distillery in the U.S. The Distillery is located at 32C Pier Lane West, Fairfield, NJ 07004. On May 17, 2018, Epec completed the acquisition of JAD.
Industry Analysis and Competiton
Sales of distilled spirits reached nearly $72B in 2016, as strong growth in the whiskey segment drove demand for super-premium alcohol brands. The spirits sector saw volume growth of 2.4%, revenue growth up 4.5% and export volume growth up 6.8%. High end premium and Super Premium categories drove case growth and revenue growth. In the American whiskey segment, High End Premium revenues were up 5.7% to $1.8B as the price category’s revenue leader, Super-Premium volume sales were up 11.8% as the price category’s volume increase leader, according to The Distilled Spirits Council. Overall, American whiskey sales were up 6.8% in volume to 21.8M cases, and revenues were up 7.7% to $3.1B in sales. The Distilled Spirits Council has determined that several factors are contributing to the spirits industry’s steady growth, including: • the American Whiskey trend has plenty of room for growth, with the country trending back to historic levels of whiskey consumption.• Consumer demand for brands with authentic, interesting backstories.• Local distilleries drive interest in overall spirits category and help modernize state and local laws.• Cocktails uniquely positioned to meet adult millennials’ demand for unique experiences.• Spirits are now a fixture in popular culture and have become part of the norm. Over the past decade plus, the U.S. wine and spirits industry has undergone dramatic consolidation and realignment of brands and brand ownership. The number of major importers in the U.S. has declined significantly. Today there are eight major companies: Diageo PLC, Pernod Ricard S.A., Bacardi Limited, Brown-Forman Corporation, Beam Suntory Inc., Davide Campari Milano-S.p.A., Remy Cointreau S.A. and Constellation Brands, Inc. A proliferation of new products and new expressions of existing brands within some of these companies, such as Smooth Amber by Pernod Ricard and Westland Distillery by Remy Countreau, demonstrates strength of the industry. The beverage alcohol industry is highly competitive. We believe that we can compete on the basis of a unique product, quality, and by building brand recognition. Sorgho Whiskey® is positioned as a super premium brand – a category showing significant annual growth in revenue and volume sales, with room to grow. Our product will compete with other alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages for consumer purchases, retail shelf space, restaurant presence and wholesaler attention. We will be competing with numerous multinational producers and distributors of beverage alcohol products, many of which have greater resources than us. We have four direct competitors in the sorghum whiskey space, including:1. SS Sorghum Whiskey, distilled by Still 630.2. Southern Revival Brand Sorghum Whiskey, distilled by High Wire Distilling Co.3. Queen Jennie, distilled by Old Sugar Distillery.4. Brown Dog Sorghum Whiskey, distilled by AeppelTreow.
Of all the commercially produced and sold spirits today, we are not aware of any that require a feedstock as scarce or as expensive as sorghum sugar. Those facts alone, are enough to drive our management’s decision to position James F.C. Hyde Sorgho Whiskey® as a super-premium whiskey. Premium and Super Premium spirits of all kinds generally justify their premium pricing because of expensive production costs and supply scarcity. Some premium spirits, like Tito's, claim to distill its Vodka six times – the effect: improve product quality and add to production cost. Others, like single malt scotch producer Macallan, use extended barrel aging periods to add to production costs, improve product quality and create supply scarcity. A recent price for a bottle of Macallan 15-year-old scotch carries a suggested retail price of $100 per 750ml bottle. Also, by tracing sorghum's sugar history back to its abolitionist roots, and bringing prominent sorghum advocate, James F.C. Hyde, back to life with our brand, we are injecting a sense of ‘old and traditional’ into the whiskey – again to appeal to consumers of other super premium whiskeys. Our plan is to focus our marketing effort on a our home state of New Jersey, and neighboring New York City, while preparing the ground for other states we believe afford us a “home field advantage”. Within New Jersey our campaign will target opinion leaders in the spirits industry – while expanding our multi-tiered integrated digital advertising paired with our brick and mortar, distributor friendly strategy. Success in our test markets of New Jersey and NYC, becomes the blue print for success – in derivative form – in other home field advantage states in which ground preparation activities are presently underway.
The challenge any new consumer brand faces is the need to simultaneously stimulate consumer demand while driving product availability throughout a distribution channel. In that context, we view our marketing, advertising, brand development & brand awareness activities as part of a larger campaign to serve to stimulate consumer demand. To meet this demand, we plan to increase product availability via our increasing distributor network who will promote and place the product for retail purchase and consumption. Our go to market strategy is predicated on the unprecedented capability and value of digital advertising. From the capability perspective, social media platforms such as Facebook enables us to: 1) tailor messaging to various targeted audiences based on demographics, interests and geography; 2) build a database from the targeted audience that offered a positive response for future harvesting; and 3) execute on a cost basis that is a mere fraction of traditional media. Search advertising offers a different kind of targeting and conversion, for example by "interest" predicated on search terms, such as “sorghum whiskey” or “gluten free whiskey”—direct descriptors of our James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey®. Again at an deeply discounted cost compared to traditional marketing methods. With an exclusive focus in the U.S. Market, our campaign to drive brand awareness and demand will continue to depend on digital advertising, and on an increasingly larger scale. We will continue with Facebook as the foundation, both tapping into and growing our almost 38,000 Facebook "Like" fans. Our on the ground, brick and mortar activities are prioritized according to states in which we believe we possess some kind of Home Field Advantage ("HFA"). Examples include New Jersey, the state in which we manufacture our product, Tennessee, where our sorghum is sourced, and Kansas, the country’s leading producer of sorghum. Once a state is classified as having a HFA , we work to identify potential distributors who may be a good fit with our brand and mission. We target distributors that specialize in selling craft brands as opposed to the well-known, national brands. In pitching to distributors, our goal is to be the most distributor friendly brand in the industry. We then work to support our distributors by intensifying the relevant digital ad campaign, facilitating the movement of Sorgho Whiskey® from the distributor's warehouse to retail outlets. In addition to our integrated strategy of digital ads supporting on the ground brick and mortar distributors, we expect to do "traditional" on the ground event and activities. These include trade shows, whiskey tasting events, distributor sales force training, bartender events, and product tastings organized within retail outlets. While we believe there is still a need for these events, and there is value in them when properly utilized, we fully expect the lion's share of our marketing budget will will be invested in our integrated campaign of coordinated digital advertising supporting actual events on the ground. The United Sorghum Checkoff Program (“USCP”) represents America's sorghum growers nationally. It is a “producer-funded organization dedicated to improving the sorghum industry through research, promotion and education.” See http://www.simplysorghum.com We have been a participant in USCP'S Cooperative Branding program since 2016 and recipient of a $5,000 grant in 2016, $2,500 in 2017 and additional $5,000 in 2018. The Cooperative Branding program affords advertising grants to active participants.As our progress with James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey® has advanced, our relationship with USCP has strengthened. Witness, our recent invitation to attend the 2017 Commodity Classic in San Antonio, cosponsored by USCP, and to pour samples of our Sorgho Whiskey® in their booth. Our intention is to continue to strengthen this relationship, striving for the greatest level of advocacy we can earn from USCP. With USCP in the lead, we believe we can gain vast and endearing support within the sorghum grower community through this network. We also intend to pursue co-marketing relationships with other producers of sorghum value added products. An example is Silver Palate Kitchen of Dumont NJ, which is now marketing a cereal brand, Grain Berry, with ONYX Sorghum. We believe anybody that spreads the word of the virtue of sorghum benefits the sorghum community as a whole. Our goal is to coordinate these campaigns and activities to leverage up the value of each advertising dollar invested.
Government/Regulatory Approval and Compliance of the Distillery
The Company relies upon a third party licensed distiller –Jersey Artisan Distilling— for production and sales. Distilleries in the United States are subject to extensive federal, state and local laws and regulations, which are subject to change over time, including but not limited to the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, U.S. Customs Laws, Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the Alcoholic Beverage Control Laws of all fifty states. The U.S. Treasury Department’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (“TTB”) regulates the production, blending, bottling, sales and advertising, and transportation of alcohol products. The Distillery’s production operations are regulated by the state of New Jersey, and its sales and marketing activities are regulated by each state in which it markets products. Also, each state regulates the advertising, promotion, transportation, sale and distribution of alcohol products within its jurisdiction. The TTB Permit does not need to be renewed annually, whereas the New Jersey distiller’s license is renewed every 12-month period. The Company and JAD are also subject to U.S. regulations on the advertising, marketing and sale of beverage alcohol. Labeling of spirits is also regulated in many markets, varying from health warning labels to importer identification, alcohol strength and other consumer information. All beverage alcohol products sold in the U.S. must include warning statements related to risks of drinking beverage alcohol products. The distribution of alcohol-based beverages is also subject to extensive federal and state taxation in the U.S. The Distillery’s licenses and permits could be revoked, suspended, or denied renewal cause at any time if the government determines that the Distillery’s conduct violates applicable regulations. The Company believes that it and JAD is/are in material compliance with applicable federal, state and other regulations. However, the Company and JAD operate in a highly regulated industry which may be subject to more stringent interpretations of existing regulations. Future compliance costs due to regulatory changes could be significant. The Distillery is dependent on the following regulatory approvals:• Distillery’s TTB Basic Permit, which was first granted in 2013. • Distillery’s NJ Craft Distillery license, which was first granted in 2013. Expenditures for compliance with federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations are fairly consistent from year to year and are not material to the Company and/or JAD. Such expenditures were approximately $1,000 for JAD in 2016. No material change is expected in fiscal year 2017.Ongoing Reporting Compliance The Company has not previously been subject to the ongoing reporting requirements of Regulation Crowdfunding and, as such, has not previously failed to comply with the requirements of Rule 202.
Cash in Bank/Burn Rate
On December 30, 2018 the Company had approximately $50,000 in available cash and averages a burn rate of approximately below $15,000 per month. Our current runway is approximately three months.
Epec - James F.C. Hyde Sorgho Whiskey has financial statements ending December 31 2018. Our cash in hand is $60,858, as of December 2018. Over the three months prior, revenues averaged $16,000/month, cost of goods sold has averaged $6,000/month, and operational expenses have averaged $30,000/month.
January 1 to December 31
$75,319 +50%
-$639,500
$1,127,321 +116%
Short Term Debt
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our financial statements and the related notes and other financial information included elsewhere in this offering. Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis, including information regarding the strategy and plans for our business, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. You should review the "Risk Factors" section for a discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis.
Epec Holdings, Inc. (f/k/a Epec Biofuels Holdings, Inc.) was incorporated in the State of Florida in October 2008.
Since then, we have:
Over $2.5 million invested from over 1,000 investors in nearly a decade to get to this point in our development.
Distribution in 10 U.S. state including the 4 largest US spirits markets of CA, TX, FL and NY.
Case volume of James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey nearly tripled in 2018 vs 2017. Q4 2018 case volume exceeded ALL of 2017.
Two year term of 6% Convertible Note offers investors 6% capital appreciation of invested capital per year for two years, and two years of risk mitigating conversion price protection.
"Best in category" and 5/5 rating from The Whiskey Wash
Partnerships with America's sorghum growers. including National Sorghum Producers and United Sorghum Checkoff Program
Major investment in Delta BioRenewables, resulted in a royalty free technology license granting access to all sorghum planting, harvesting and processing technology developed by DBR over the last decade of its operation. When paired with our Sorgho Whiskey trademark affords us proprietary, defensible competitive advantages.
Historical Results of Operations
Revenues & Gross Margin. For the period ended December 31, 2018, the Company had revenues of $75,319 compared to the year ended December 31, 2017, when the Company had revenues of $50,255. Our gross margin was 45.64% in fiscal year 2018, compared to 100.0% in 2017.
Assets. As of December 31, 2018, the Company had total assets of $1,144,183, including $60,858 in cash. As of December 31, 2017, the Company had $536,491 in total assets, including $29,417 in cash.
Net Loss. The Company has had net losses of $639,500 and net losses of $415,581 for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.
Liabilities. The Company's liabilities totaled $1,127,321 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 and $520,704 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.
Liquidity & Capital Resources
To-date, the company has been financed with $1,768,775 in equity and $756,109 in convertibles.
After the conclusion of this Offering, should we hit our minimum funding target, our projected runway is 7 months before we need to raise further capital.
We plan to use the proceeds as set forth in this Form C under "Use of Funds". We don’t have any other sources of capital in the immediate future.
We will likely require additional financing in excess of the proceeds from the Offering in order to perform operations over the lifetime of the Company. We plan to raise capital in 4 months. Except as otherwise described in this Form C, we do not have additional sources of capital other than the proceeds from the offering. Because of the complexities and uncertainties in establishing a new business strategy, it is not possible to adequately project whether the proceeds of this offering will be sufficient to enable us to implement our strategy. This complexity and uncertainty will be increased if less than the maximum amount of securities offered in this offering is sold. The Company intends to raise additional capital in the future from investors. Although capital may be available for early-stage companies, there is no guarantee that the Company will receive any investments from investors.
Runway & Short/Mid Term Expenses
Epec Holdings, Inc. (f/k/a Epec Biofuels Holdings, Inc.) cash in hand is $60,858, as of December 2018. Over the last three months, revenues have averaged $16,000/month, cost of goods sold has averaged $6,000/month, and operational expenses have averaged $30,000/month, for an average burn rate of $20,000 per month. Our intent is to be profitable in 18 months.
On May 17, 2018 we acquired Jersey Artisan Distilling - the distillery that makes James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey. The results of its operations will be consolidated into Epec's.
Revenues continue to rise at a rapid pace. Expenses remain relatively flat. Inventory buildup is a substantial use of cash until we can use debt to finance it.
We expect revenues to continue to climb and expenses to remain relatively flat resulting in greater contribution margin and lower cash burn rate. However as sales grow, barreled inventory must age in advance of sales so its maturity coincides with increases in demand.
We've raised approx. $2.5 million since 2010 of which approx $700K was through reg CF crowdfunding and the remainder was Reg D private placements.
A note from Wefunder. Unlike companies on the NASDAQ, early-stage startups have little operating history. Financial analysis is not as useful when there is limited data. It's more important to predict the size of the future market. If the founder achieves their vision, will enough customers pay the company enough money?
It's also common for fast-growing startups to lose money even faster: they are investing in future growth. In these cases, it's often better to check if the Cost of User Acquisition (CAC) is lower than the Lifetime Value (LTV) of that customer. If one spends $1000 today to make $10,000 over the next five years, that may be a smart bet. Amazon is a famous example of re-investing potential profits to maximize growth over 20 years.
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EPEC Holdings Inc 12-31-18 and 17 unaudited Income Statement.pdf
EPEC Holdings Inc 12-31-18 and 17 unaudited Balance sheet.pdf
The proceeds of the Offering may be insufficient. The Company believes that the maximum offering amount of $255,000 will be sufficient to fund the Company’s operations and further development and investment in the sorghum supply chain and production cycle. However, if management’s assumptions are incorrect, or if budgeted amounts are inadequate due to cost overruns, increased operating costs, or unexpected developments, the proceeds of the Offering may be insufficient for such purpose. In such event, we would likely require additional capital investment or debt financing to fund the above-referenced needs, and there can be no certainty that we would then be able to obtain funding on favorable terms or at all. If additional capital is needed and either unavailable or cost prohibitive, our operations and growth may be limited as we may need to change our business strategy to slow the rate of, or eliminate, our expansion or reduce or curtail our operations. Also, any additional financing we undertake could impose covenants upon us that restrict our operating flexibility, and, if we issue equity securities to raise capital our existing shareholders may experience dilution and the new securities may have rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of our common stock.
We have not prepared any audited financial statements of the Company. Regulation Crowdfunding does not require us to provide audited financials in this offering. Therefore, you have no audited financial information regarding the Company’s capitalization or assets or liabilities on which to make your investment decision. If you feel the information provided is insufficient, you should not invest in the Company.
The Company has the right to extend the Offering deadline. The Company may extend the Offering deadline beyond what is currently stated herein. This means that your investment may continue to be held in escrow while the Company attempts to raise the Minimum Amount even after the Offering deadline stated herein is reached. Your investment will not be accruing interest during this time and will simply be held until such time as the new Offering deadline is reached without the Company receiving the Minimum Amount, at which time it will be returned to you without interest or deduction, or the Company receives the Minimum Amount, at which time it will be released to the Company to be used as set forth herein. Upon or shortly after release of such funds to the Company, the Securities will be issued and distributed to you.
The Securities are being offered pursuant to certain exemptions from registration for crowdfunding transactions and if any of the requirements for the exemption are violated, the Company and the investors may become subject to liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other federal and state securities laws. The Securities are being offered pursuant to an exemption from registration, which is available for crowdfunded offerings. Specifically, issuers may only sell up to approximately $1 million worth of securities within a twelve-month period. Investors in a crowdfunding offering may invest no more than their individually permitted amount within a twelve-month period. In order to avail itself of the exemption from registration, the Company must also sell the Securities through a qualified broker or funding portal. If any of the conditions for the exemption are violated, the Investors and Company may have exposure to liability under federal and state securities laws.
Negative events in the crowdfunding industry may subject the Company to reputational harm, or increased regulatory oversight, increasing the risk of financial liability and additional compliance requirements resulting from adverse regulatory actions. Any highly-publicized events or regulatory inquiries concerning potential fraudulent offerings or other schemes designed to harm investors through crowdfunding can be expected to result in negative publicity for crowdfunded companies, increased scrutiny and oversight of companies that avail themselves of the crowdfunding exemption, as well as potential new rules and regulations. This may make it more difficult to succeed with the Company’s business plan or attract new investors and may result in an increase in operational and compliance costs or otherwise limit the Company’s ability to engage in certain activities. We may also be adversely affected as a result of new or revised legislation or regulations imposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, other U.S. governmental regulatory authorities, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or other self-regulatory organizations that supervise the financial markets in general. This could impact our ability to conduct its business with third parties, obtain future financing and could decrease the pool of potential investors seeking to participate in any future crowdfunding offerings.
There is uncertainty about the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, including Regulation Crowdfunding, and its interpretation and implementations remain to be tested. We are relying on a newly created financing program (equity crowdfunding). The application of the crowdfunding exemptions and its implementation and interpretation remains to be fully tested. As a result, potential investors will not have the benefit of relying on precedent in making their investment decision and will face some uncertainty about the validity of their investment. In the event the Securities and Exchange Commission determines that we incorrectly interpreted the crowdfunding exemption in this crowdfunded offering, we may be required to offer rescission rights for these securities and this crowdfunded offering and our financial condition may be in jeopardy.
The Company is a holding company with limited operating history. We may never successfully execute our business plan and, as a result, you will lose your entire investment amount. Epec is a holding company whose subsidiaries are early stage companies with limited operating history. To date, our primary focus has been on strategic investments in the sorghum supply chain. We recently entered the market for alcohol beverages with a new product, Sorgho Whiskey®. In doing so, we may fail to successfully market and promote our business, develop our products or manage growth. Successfully marketing and promoting our product is a complex and uncertain process, dependent on the efforts of management, outside consultants and general economic conditions, among other things. Accordingly, you should consider the Company’s prospects in light of the costs, uncertainties, delays and difficulties frequently encountered by companies in the early stages of development. Investors should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties that a new company with little or no operating history will face. In particular, potential investors should consider that there is a significant risk that we will not be able to: (i) implement or execute our current business plan, or our business plan is sound; (ii) maintain our anticipated management and advisory team; (iii) raise sufficient funds in the capital markets to effectuate our business plan; (iv) control the costs of growing the business; and/or (v) attract, enter into or maintain contracts with, vendors, suppliers, and distributors. If we cannot execute any one of the foregoing, our business may fail, in which case you would lose the entire amount of your investment in the Company.
The Company has limited operating history upon which you can base your investment decision. We are an early stage venture and therefore has a limited history of performance, financials and experience managing growth for you to base your investment decisions. Our ability to generate sufficient revenue will depend upon whether we can further develop and commercialize our current products and make the transition from a start-up to an operating company. The Company’s assumptions and expectations regarding our ability to market our services and products, develop our technology and compete with large competitors may be incorrect and as such we may have difficulty growing the Company.
We depend on our independent wholesale distributors to distribute our products. The failure or inability of any of our distributors to adequately distribute our products within their territories could harm our sales and result in a decline in our results of operations. We are required by law to use state-licensed distributors or, in certain states known as “control states,” state-owned agencies performing this function, to sell our products to retail outlets, including liquor stores, bars, restaurants and national chains in the U.S. We have established relationships for our brands with a limited number of wholesale distributors; however, failure to maintain those relationships could significantly and adversely affect our business, sales and growth. We currently distribute our products in Florida, New York, New Jersey, Kansas, Massachusetts, California, Texas, Illinois, Nevada and Wyoming. If we fail to develop and maintain good relations with distributors, our products could in some instances be frozen out of one or more markets entirely. The ultimate success of our products also depends in large part on our distributors’ ability and desire to distribute our products to our desired U.S. target markets, as we rely significantly on them for product placement and retail store penetration. In addition, all of our distributors also distribute competitive brands and product lines. We cannot assure you that our U.S. alcohol distributors will continue to purchase our products, commit sufficient time and resources to promote and market our brands and product lines or that they can or will sell them to our desired or targeted markets. If they do not, our sales will be harmed, resulting in a decline in our results of operations.
We depend on a third-party suppliers to maintain the quality and cost of our products, including Sorgho Whiskey®. Jersey Artisan Distillery (the “Distillery”), a subsidiary of Epec Holdings, is dependent on third-party suppliers for key ingredients such as Sorghum Syrup, packaging materials and production inputs, and its use of natural ingredients exposes it to weather and crop reliability. In addition, since the Distillery’s production relies on the use of agricultural products, many outside factors, including weather conditions, farmers’ rotation of crops, pests, government regulations and legislation affecting agriculture, could affect quality, price and supply. Our product is also exposed to the quality of the crops of agricultural products each year, and significant failure of a crop would adversely affect its costs. Further, if suppliers increase their prices, we may not have alternative sources of supply and may not be able to raise the prices of our products to cover all or even a portion of the increased costs. Any termination or an adverse change in the terms of these supplier relationships could have a negative impact on our business.
We have a name and logo that are not well known. Our distributor’s ability to sell our brand depends on the ready acceptance by the consuming public of a trade/brand name and logo of a new spirit category–Sorgho Whiskey®. Further, any products or brands we may develop in the future are unlikely to have established extensive recognition. Competitors have developed well-known trade/brand names and logos that have, and may continue to have, superior recognition in the relevant marketplace. There can be no assurance that our product will be well received by the consuming public and relevant markets.
The Company’s obligations pursuant to future debt obligations could impair its liquidity and financial condition. The Company will require additional financings and may incur substantial debt in the future to fund all or part of its capital requirements. Any future debt obligations would impact our ability to satisfy our other obligations, execute our business plan, and raise additional working capital, if needed. As a result, we would be more vulnerable in the event of a downturn in our business prospects and have limited ability to react to changes in the Company’s industry. Further, we could be forced, in the event we were to default under any such loan agreement subjecting our assets to foreclosure, to seek protection under bankruptcy laws, which could harm our future operations and overall financial condition.
Substantial disruption to production at our manufacturing and distribution facilities could occur. A disruption in production at the Distillery’s manufacturing facility, or a disruption at the facilities of the Distillery’s suppliers or distributors, some of whom may also be Affiliates to the Company, could adversely affect the Distillery’s business, results of operations and financial condition. A disruption could occur for many reasons, including fire, natural disasters, weather, water scarcity, manufacturing problems, disease, strikes, transportation or supply interruption, government regulation, cybersecurity attacks or terrorism. Alternative facilities with sufficient capacity or capabilities may not be available, may cost substantially more or may take a significant time to start production, each of which could negatively affect the Distillery’s business, results of operations and financial condition.
The Distillery is subject to governmental regulations affecting distilleries and tasting rooms. Federal, state and local laws and regulations govern the production, distribution, and sale of spirits, including permitting, licensing, trade practices, labeling, advertising and marketing, distributor relationships, and various other matters. To operate its production facilities, the Distillery must obtain and maintain numerous permits, licenses and approvals from various governmental agencies, including the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, the Food and Drug Administration, state alcohol regulatory agencies and state and federal environmental agencies. A variety of federal, state and local governmental authorities also levy various taxes, license fees and other similar charges and may require bonds to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The Distillery’s tasting room is subject to alcohol beverage control regulations that require the Distillery to maintain a license that may be revoked or suspended for cause at any time. These alcohol beverage control regulations relate to numerous aspects of daily operations of Distillery’s tasting room, including minimum age of patrons and employees, hours of operation, advertising, trade practices, inventory control and handling, storage and dispensing of alcohol beverages. Noncompliance with such laws and regulations may result in revocation of the applicable license or permit (thereby restricting the Distillery’s ability to conduct business), assessment of additional taxes, interest and penalties, or the imposition of significant fines.
We are offering Convertible Notes and not direct equity interests in the Company. The Convertible Notes will convert into equity securities in the event that the Company: 1) sells Equity to outside investors where we raise at least $1 Million; 2) we sell all the company’s assets, merge with another company or are taken over by another company; 3) the Convertible Note's Maturity Date is realized; or 4) initial public offering. This means that investors will have to wait until a conversion event occurs to know what size stake they have in the company, or what its value might be as assessed by outside investors.
Investors in the Convertible Notes will have no voting rights, even upon conversion of the Securities into CF Shadow Series Securities. Investors will not have the right to vote upon matters of the Company even if and when their Securities are converted into CF Shadow Series Securities. Upon such conversion, CF Shadow Series Security holders will have no voting rights and even in circumstances where a statutory right to vote is provided by state law, the CF Shadow Series Security holders are required to vote with the majority of the security holders in the new round of equity financing upon which the Securities were converted. Thus, Investors will never be able to freely vote upon any director or other matters of the Company. Only those willing to entrust all decisions to others should invest.
The Distillery’s licenses are subject to revocation. The Distillery, and its products, are regulated and licensed at the federal and state levels. Revocation of federal licensing would force the Distillery to cease its current operations. Revocation of licensing by a state could force the Distillery to cease sales and marketing in that state.
We are at risk because we do not have a diversified merchandise mix. The great majority of our assets will be committed to developing and marketing a single product in a single industry under a single brand – James FC Hyde® Sorgho Whiskey®. Accordingly, because we have few other assets or products that could spread the risk of investment, our profitability will depend on the success of our sales of products under our brand name. We may, at any time, elect to discontinue use of the Sorgho Whiskey® brand name or change our products, services, or concepts.
If retailers and consumers are not willing to accept our product and pricing, we will be unable to grow our business. Our business depends largely upon the acceptance of our product by potential distributors, retailers and consumers. If we are unable to successfully market our product to these groups, we will be unable to grow our business and may face bankruptcy. A significant or sustained decline in volume or selling price of rum, whiskey and bourbon brands would likely have a negative effect on our growth and our stock price. Should we not be successful in our efforts to maintain and increase the relevance and acceptance of our brand in the minds of today’s and tomorrow’s consumer, our business and operating results could suffer.
Securities with superior rights may be offered in the future. In the future, it is likely that the Company will issue securities with rights superior to those associated with the securities purchased in the current round of funding. Those rights could include, but will not necessarily be limited to, the right to receive dividends, the right to participate in management, the right to receive preferential distributions on the sale of the Company, the right to be protected from dilution, and preemptive rights.
Demand for our product may be adversely affected by many factors, including changes in consumer preferences and trends. Consumer preferences may shift due to a variety of factors including changes in demographic and social trends, public health initiatives, product innovations, changes in vacation or leisure activity patterns and a downturn in economic conditions, which may reduce consumers’ willingness to purchase distilled spirits or cause a shift in consumer preferences toward beer, wine or non-alcoholic beverages. Our success depends in part on fulfilling available opportunities to meet consumer needs and anticipating changes in consumer preferences with successful new products, branding, and product innovations.
Our business is highly competitive. Competition presents an ongoing threat to the success of our business. Many factors may prevent us from competing successfully. We compete on the basis of product taste, quality and composition, brand image, price, service, and ability to innovate in response to consumer preferences. The global spirits industry is highly competitive and is dominated by several large, well-funded international companies. It is possible that our competitors may either respond to industry conditions or consumer trends more rapidly or effectively or resort to price competition to sustain market share, which could adversely affect our sales and profitability.
We will be competing with many large, entrenched producers who are resistant to change and new entrants into the market. Many of our competitors have established market acceptance and have far greater financial resources, experience, proven operating histories and larger staffs than we do. Our competitors may develop products that are similar to ours or that achieve greater market acceptance, may undertake more far-reaching and successful product development efforts or marketing campaigns, or may adopt more aggressive pricing policies. We expect to face strong competition from both well-established spirits companies and small, independent producers.
Our business is subject to many regulations and noncompliance is costly. The production, marketing and sale of alcoholic beverage products, including contents, labels and packaging, are subject to the rules and regulations of various federal, provincial, state and local health agencies. If a regulatory authority finds that a current or future product or production run is not in compliance with any of these regulations, our operating partners may be fined, or production may be stopped, thus adversely affecting our financial conditions and operations. Further, any legal or regulatory actions relating to the Company or its operating partners’ current or past business operations, including employee actions, licensing, disclosure, sales practices, regulatory compliance and compensation agreements, tax liabilities, or governmental or administrative investigations and proceedings in the context of the Company’s regulated sectors of activity, could materially adversely affect our results of operations and financial conditions. Any adverse publicity associated with any noncompliance may further damage our reputation and our ability to successfully market our products. Furthermore, the rules and regulations are subject to change from time to time and while we closely monitor developments in this area, we have no way of anticipating whether changes in these rules and regulations will impact our business adversely. Additional or revised regulatory requirements, whether labeling, environmental, tax or otherwise, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
There is no public trading market for the Securities and none may develop. There is no public or private market for the Securities or for any other securities we may issue and there can be no assurance that any such market would ever develop. There is, therefore, no assurance that the Securities can be resold at all, or near the offering price. Each Purchaser will be required to represent that he or she is acquiring such Securities for investment and not with a view to distribution or resale, that he or she understands that the Securities are not freely transferable and, in any event, that he or she must bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities for an indefinite period of time because the Securities have not been registered under the Act or applicable state securities laws. The Securities cannot be resold unless they are subsequently registered or an exemption from registration is available.
The Company’s securities will not be transferable for a period of one year, other than in limited circumstances. The Company’s securities are subject to restrictions on transfer. You will not be able to transfer the Company’s securities for a period of one year from the date of purchase, subject to limited exceptions including transfers to the Company, to an accredited investor, to a member of your family or in connection with death or divorce or other similar circumstances, in the discretion of the Commission or in an offering registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Thus, you should be prepared to hold any securities you purchase in this offering subject to these restrictions.
Although dependent on certain key personnel, we do not have any key man life insurance policies on such persons and does not intend to obtain such insurance in the near future. The Company is dependent upon our founders, executives, and key employees in order to conduct its operations and execute its business plan. In particular, we rely on the skills and expertise of our Master Distiller, Brant Braue, whom we believe is one of the most experienced distillers of sorghum molasses in the world, and his knowledge of our business and industry would be difficult to replace. If Mr. Braue, or one of our other founders, executive officers or significant employees terminates their relationship with the Company, we may not be able to replace their expertise, fully integrate new personnel or replicate the prior working relationships, and the loss of their services might significantly delay or prevent the achievement of our business objectives. Further, the Company has not purchased any insurance policies with respect to those individuals in the event of their death or disabilities. Therefore, in the event of death or disability of key persons, the Company will not receive any compensation and the loss of their services will negatively affect the Company and its operation.
Investors will not be entitled to any inspection rights or information other than those required by Regulation Crowdfunding. You will not have the right to inspect the books and records of the Company or receive financial or other information beyond what is required by Regulation Crowdfunding as convertible note holders are not considered shareholders. Other equity holders may have such rights. Regulation Crowdfunding requires only the provision of an annual report on Form C-AR and no additional information. This lack of information could put convertible note holders at a disadvantage compared to other security holders.
Our failure to protect our trademarks and trade secrets could compromise our competitive position and decrease the value of our brand portfolio. Our business and prospects depend, in part, on our ability to develop favorable consumer recognition of our brands and trademarks. Although we apply for registration of our brands and trademarks, they could be imitated in ways that we cannot prevent. Also, we rely on trade secrets and proprietary know-how, concepts and formulas. Our methods of protecting this information may not be adequate. Moreover, we may face claims of misappropriation or infringement of third parties’ rights that could interfere with our use of this information. Defending these claims may be costly and, if unsuccessful, may prevent us from continuing to use this proprietary information in the future and result in a judgment or monetary damages being levied against us. We do not maintain non-competition agreements with all of our key personnel or with some of our key suppliers. If competitors independently develop or otherwise obtain access to our trade secrets, proprietary know-how or recipes, the appeal, and thus the value of our brand portfolio could be reduced, negatively impacting our sales and growth potential.
The price of the securities and other terms of the offering have been arbitrarily determined by the Company. The offering price for the Securities has been determined solely and arbitrarily by the Company. No independent studies with respect to feasibility, management or marketing by a disinterested person have been considered in determining the Company’s capital requirements or plans of operations. Therefore, there can be no assurance that the capital raised will be adequate for the execution of our business plan and the other objectives of the Company or that additional capital will not be required in the future.
The price at which you purchase the Securities may not be indicative of the value of our Company. You may be unable to sell your Securities at or above your purchase price, which may result in substantial losses to you and which may include the complete loss of your investment. Without a public market, the value of the Company and the value of the Securities may fluctuate significantly in the future. The trading price, if any, of the securities upon conversion to equity that may prevail in any market that may develop in the future, for which there can be no assurance, may be higher or lower than the price you pay. Any of the risks described herein, or otherwise, could have a material adverse effect on our sales and profitability and the value of our common stock. In addition, economic conditions around the world and especially the United States as a whole, could have a negative impact on our results of operations. Accordingly, any inaccuracy in forecasting anticipated revenues and expenses could adversely affect our business. The failure to receive anticipated orders or to complete delivery in any period could adversely affect our results of operations for that period. Quarterly results are not necessarily indicative of future performance for any particular period and we may not experience revenue growth or profitability on a quarterly or an annual basis.
Although our financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, we must raise additional capital to fund our operations in order to continue as a going concern.
Artesian CPA, LLC, our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, has included an explanatory paragraph in their opinion that accompanies our reviewed consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, indicating that our current liquidity position raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our ability to remain in business is reliant on either generating sufficient cash flows, raising additional equity or debt capital, or likely a combination of the two. Even if targeted funds are raised, it is likely that we will need to raise additional funds in the near future and we cannot provide any assurance that we will be successful in doing so.
The offering materials may include forward looking statements but there can be no assurance that the results and events contemplated by forward-looking statements will, in fact, transpire. Forward-looking statements can be identified by use of terminology such as “believe,” “hope,” “may,” “anticipate,” “should,” “intend,” “plan,” “will,” “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “positioned,” “strategy” and similar expressions. You should be aware that these forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that are beyond the Company’s control. Actual results could differ significantly from these forward-looking statements. In light of these risks and uncertainties, there can be no assurance that the results and events contemplated by the forward-looking statements contained in offering materials will in fact transpire. You are cautioned to not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
Investing in startups companies is highly speculative (risky). The following is not intended to be a comprehensive list nor a substitute for discussing the risks of specific investment opportunities with your professional advisors, including your legal, tax and financial advisors. We also encourage you to read the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Bulletin which provides important information to investors interested in investing in crowdfunding offerings SEC Investor Bulletin: Crowdfunding YOU SHOULD NOT INVEST ANY FUNDS IN THIS OFFERING UNLESS YOU CAN AFFORD TO LOSE YOUR ENTIRE INVESTMENT WITHOUT A CHANGE IN YOUR LIFESTYLE.
Nevada Market Development Tethered to Untested Device
A substantial portion of present and future sales in the critically important Nevada market are tethered to a coffee dripping device being used as a James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey cocktail mixer capable of making a practical and consistent quality Old Fashioned (or other whiskey cocktails). We have limited experience with the device with but a single successful deployment with it. Should the device be unable to function as we anticipate, it will have an adverse effect on Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits in Nevada.
Ron Miller is a part-time officer. As such, it is likely that the company will not make the same progress as it would if that were not the case.
James R. Hyde is a part-time officer. As such, it is likely that the company will not make the same progress as it would if that were not the case.
Glenn Pohs is a part-time officer. As such, it is likely that the company will not make the same progress as it would if that were not the case.
Steven Relis is a part-time officer. As such, it is likely that the company will not make the same progress as it would if that were not the case.
Steven W. Heller is a part-time officer. As such, it is likely that the company will not make the same progress as it would if that were not the case.
Brian Van Flandern is a part-time officer. As such, it is likely that the company will not make the same progress as it would if that were not the case.
Our future success depends on the efforts of a small management team. The loss of services of the members of the management team may have an adverse effect on the company. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in attracting and retaining other personnel we require to successfully grow our business.
The Company is a party in a dispute with a former Jersey Artisan vendor. A suit has been filed in a county court.
The Company is a party in a dispute with a former partner in Jersey Artisan. No suit has been filed.
The Company believes the claims are without merit, has retained counsel and is vigorously defending against the claims.
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James R. Hyde Co-Vice Chairman of the Board @ Senior Director of Intercontinental Exchange 2010
Ron Miller CEO, President, & Co Vice Chairman @ Epec Holdings Inc. 2011
Steven Vanechanos Executive Chairman @ Epec Holdings Inc 2009
Glenn Pohs Director @ Managing Partner of Pohs Capital, LLC 2012
Brian Van Flandern Director @ Author 2014
Ron Miller CEO, President, Co-Vice Chairman 2011
Steven Vanechanos Executive Chairman 2009
Steven Relis CFO and Treasurer 2008
Steven W. Heller Secretary 2008
No one has over 20% voting power.
Past Equity Fundraises
$41,278 Convertible Note
11/2018 $182,600 Convertible Note
07/2018 $53,500 Convertible Note
03/2017 $356,275 Priced Round
10/2009 $25,000 Priced Round
Convertible Notes Outstanding
Valuation Cap
10/20/2017 $222,354 3.0% 0.0% $3,600,000 08/26/2018
07/31/2018 $53,500 3.0% 0.0% $4,500,000 08/01/2020
Outstanding Debts
On August 12, 2015, one of the Company’s directors, Glenn Pohs advanced $25,000 to pay for various activities of the Company. Such amounts are payable upon demand and accrue interest at 10% per annum. As of December 31, 2017 accrued and unpaid interest totaled $5,966.
As a result of the loan the Company agreed to extend the expiration date and reduce the strike price of approximately 700,000 warrants. The expiration date was extended to Dec 31, 2020 and the strike price was reduced to $.05 / share.
$50,000 6% Offering expenses including 6% Wefunder intermediary fee 30% Inventory accumulation 30% Marketing34% Working capital
$100,000 6% Offering expenses including 6% Wefunder intermediary fee5% Repayment of debt 25% Inventory accumulation 25% Marketing 39% Working capital
$255,000 6% Offering expenses including 6% Wefunder intermediary fee 5.9% Repayment of debt 25.5% Inventory accumulation25.5% Marketing31.2% Working capital5.9% Scale sorghum in Kansas
Class of Security
(or Amount)
Shadow Common B 20,000,000 6,286,614 No
Preferred 5,000,000 0 No
Common A 200,000,000 106,389,725 Yes
Form C Filing on EDGAR
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Brawl in the Burgh 2 11.16.19
Brawl in the Burgh 07.27.19
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Pittsburgh WMMA – Brawl in the Burgh!
by Ryan Middleton in Posts
When we had our inaugural fight card, Steeltown Throwdown, in April, we were hoping to represent Pittsburgh WMMA on the card. We were actually planning on Sydney Ross fighting on the card but things did not end up happening.
Women’s MMA is special. Pittsburgh WMMA is super special. Everyone knows it. Everyone asks if there are any female fights on the card. This time, at Brawl in the Burgh, that answer is a resounding YES!
Why do people love women’s MMA? Well, oftentimes, these are the fights that are the most memorable. There is something special about seeing two highly trained female athletes doing battle in the cage. This is not just coming from males, but females are just as passionate about women’s MMA.
A recent show that I was a part of prior to launching 247 FC had a couple women’s bouts and those were what everyone was talking about afterward. Actually, Sydney Ross was one of the fighters that everyone was talking about. People were so impressed by how she handled herself… and she was 18 at the time and it was her MMA debut! I’ll never forget my mom talking about how awesome that little girl was. Needless to say, my mom, who never watched MMA before in her life, is now a big fan of Pittsburgh WMMA.
Sydney is now at the ripe old age of 19 as she gets ready to do battle in her 5th MMA bout. Sydney has had her eyes set on MMA for a very long time. As a matter of fact, Sydney was absolutely heartbroken and devastated… she cried… when she heard Dana White say that women would never fight in the UFC. She was just shy of 12 years old at the time. Seems like just yesterday to an old man like me. Now I’m promoting Pittsburgh WMMA!
So Sydney will face her counterpart in Amber Blevins, who matches Syd’s 2-2 record. Just like Sydney, Amber came out of the gates fast, winning both of her first two bouts, submitting both of her foes in the first round. Then Amber faced some challenges that she came up on the short end of, and has been working on her game in the interim.
Both of these ladies have such a great future and neither one SHOULD be in a position to have a losing record, but one will walk away 3-2 and the other 2-3. Both girls will be desperate to stay on the winning side of things. I expect fireworks!
Meghan Williams is a mainstay in women’s MMA in Pittsburgh. I had the opportunity to meet and work with Meghan on that same card as well, the night that she picked up her first MMA win after losing two earlier decisions. She was finally not he winning end of one of those decisions.
Meghan is particularly excited for this fight because its the first time she gets to fight in front of the hometown fans with a ruleset that will be helpful to her… she will no longer have to wear shinguards and there is ground n pound allowed, as she now competes as an advanced amateur. She talked a lot more about that here.
Her opponent, Katie Perez, is on a tear. She won her first two fights by submission, then got caught in an armbar herself, and most recently got a HUGE win against a very highly ranked and regarded Alejandra Betancourt. This will be her first time on the Pittsburgh WMMA scene.
These two are going to be an absolute war!
Finally, we snagged another great local fighter. Even though she’s from West Virginia… Pittsburgh MMA fans have plenty of hometown love for Cheyenne Hall. Cheyenne has been applying her craft for a couple years now, and the full-time pharmacist, or as she’s known to her team, “Harmacist”, is eager to get her MMA career back on track. She has taken some Muay Thai fights but, ultimately, she desires to complete in MMA.
She is matched up against a Michigan Top Team newcomer, Mariam Salmassi. Coming from a big and tough gym like Michigan Top Team, there is little doubt that Cheyenne will have her hands full in this one!
So there you have it… our first foray into woman’s MMA and we have three huge and fantastic WMMA matches for you!
This night is going to be epic. Seriously, there are going to be people that decide they don’t have the money to go or other plans get in the way… and they are going to regret it. This is the show to be at and to check out. Just ask Meghan, Sydney and Cheyenne!
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Leagues: La Liga
La Liga Preview and U.S. T.V. Listings for Jornada 6: Oct. 2 – Oct. 3
Andy Pineda October 1, 2010 Leagues: La Liga, Uncategorized 1 Comment
The University of Seville uses the same building where the former Royal Tobacco Factory was housed, and this factory was the inspiration for the opera Carmen.
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán houses the match of the weekend, although the LFP did not grant the match with a glamorous time, as Sevilla hosts Atlético Madrid in a match where both teams will likely fight for a Champions League spot by the end of the season. Sevilla sacked Antonio Álvarez after they could not muster a convincing fight against Hércules last weekend, and Gregorio Manzano, the former Mallorca manager that many expected to be Sevilla manager before the start of this campaign, steps into the cauldron.
Although Sevilla won his first match in charge at the Signal Iduna Park against Borussia Dortmund 0-1 in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday, the ills that have ailed this team to this point have not been cured overnight with Manzano’s arrival. Frédéric Kanouté continues to fight injuries, Luís Fabiano continues to mope around and play at 70% of his capability, and the creativity in the midfield continues to lack despite their acquisitions of Luca Cigarini and Tiberio Guarente, as Sevilla misses the Brazilian playmaker Renato, stuck on the sidelines with an ankle injury.
For Atlético Madrid, their focus to reverse their mediocre domestic form from last season has affected their European play as they have earned only one point out of six from their first two UEFA Europa League matches. So while they looked less than committed against Aris and Bayer Leverkusen, Atlético Madrid will roar their engines at full blast against a direct rival for a top four finish in La Liga.
Sergio Agüero, who has suffered with a bruised knee in the past few weeks, came on as a substitute against Leverkusen and performed better than expected as he tries to recover as quickly as possible to his best form. Tomáš Ujfaluši will return at right back after his two game ban for his dangerous tackle on Lionel Messi, and with Ujfaluši back, los colchoneros will be at full strength to counter a desperate Sevilla side, if a seventh-placed team after five rounds can be desperate, that has only lost once at home to the Atleti in the last five matches.
The late Saturday kickoff provides an intriguing matchup as La Liga leaders Valencia welcomes Athletic Bilbao to the Mestalla. Los Che will want to head into the international break on top of the table, and they will want to erase the memory of their 0-1 loss at home against Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday as quickly as possible because they looked almost afraid to win despite outplaying United for most of the match.
Athletic is still crying about Fernando Amorebieta’s red card against FC Barcelona last weekend, and they will need to overlook that incident and move on as they will contend with Aritz Aduriz, Roberto Soldado or both. Aitor Ocio will likely start in place of Amorebieta, and the veteran central defender will only make his second appearance in just under a year after suffering a season-ending injury last season.
The times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and include the pregame pleasantries, although sometimes the matches on the DirecTV La Liga specific channels may not go to match coverage until right before kickoff.
Real Zaragoza vs. Sporting Gijón – 11:55 AM on ESPN Deportes/ESPN3
Real Sociedad vs. Espanyol – 1:55 PM on Gol TV HD
Valencia vs. Athletic Bilbao – 3:55 PM on Gol TV HD
Getafe vs. Hércules – 10:45 AM on DirecTV channel 477
Villarreal vs. Racing de Santander – 10:45 AM on DirecTV channel 478
Almería vs. Málaga – 10:45 AM on DirecTV channel 479
Sevilla vs. Atlético Madrid – 10:55 AM on ESPN Deportes/ESPN3
FC Barcelona vs. Mallorca – 12:55 PM on Gol TV HD
Real Madrid vs. Deportivo La Coruña – 2:55 PM on ESPN2 HD/ESPN Deportes/ESPN3
Unfortunately, the Osasuna – Levante at the Estadio Reyno de Navarra will not be shown on US TV.
andy pineda
Justin Thyme October 4, 2010
Great Blog! Love the background/touristy info mixed with the soccer reporting. The links at the top (meet the writers, home, etc…) don’t seem to work. Cheers!
You should post some places were we can catch La Liga live in the states, pubs, restaurants, bars, etc…
un salud desde mi planeta y hala Madrid!!!!
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Daniel Bryan Sets New Record At WWE Greatest Royal Rumble
Brandon Rich
Last night on April 27, 2018, Daniel Bryan who made his long-awaited in-ring WWE return as a full-time Superstar at WrestleMania after staying away from action for 3 long years, set a new record in the first-ever 50-Man Royal Rumble Match at the Greatest Royal Rumble Pay-Per-View in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Bryan participated in that match as the #1 entrant and made it to the final three thereby lasting for 1 hour 16 minutes and setting a new WWE record for longest Royal Rumble run, beating Rey Mysterio’s 2006 Royal Rumble record of 1 hour, 2 minutes and 12 seconds. Mysterio entered the 2006 Royal Rumble Match at #2 and would go on to be crowned the winner, defeating 29 other WWE Superstars.
Above is a post-match video of Daniel showing off the welts on his chest that WWE NXT Tag Team Champion Roderick Strong left on him. Bryan, who was eliminated by Big Cass, says he didn’t lose the match because he ran out of gas; he lost because he couldn’t eliminate Braun Strowman but no one else could either.
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Writing 40,000 Hammers
‘In the grim darkness of the 41st Millennium, there is only hilarious nonsense’.
Spoilers for Warhammer 40,000, Warhammer Fantasy Battle, and derived media.
The biggest fantasy here is that a sword will be of any use against… wait a minute…
(Artist: Dan Scott – info for the artist’s page greatly appreciated)
In the last of the current series of fictional worlds we shall be examining the fantastic oddball that is the Warhammer 40,000 (40k) franchise. As the name implies, it has a great deal in common with Warhammer Fantasy Battle at which we looked (briefly) last week. Some of what is covered below applies to both to some extent and, like WFB, due to the changes between editions, we will be looking primarily at the feel of the universe as created by the core books and avoiding the spin-off novels, a statement which, handily, doubles as time-saving advice for anyone considering looking at the novels.
For those who are only vaguely aware of 40k, it can best be described as a sort of alternative future sci-fi/fantasy wargame, in which the volume is turned ALL THE WAY UP TO ELEVEN.
Totally radical!
‘In fourteen light years, turn left at the ineffable horror.’
(Artist: Stephen Somers, for Fantasy Flight Games)
There are spaceships, but they are not simply means of transport. They are BARELY-UNDERSTOOD, VOID-FARING, LASER-TOTING CATHEDRALS TO THE GOD-EMPEROR OF MANKIND. Warp travel is not a means of circumventing relativity with advanced scientific knowledge, but a matter of PLUNGING THE VESSEL INTO THE BOWELS OF HELL IN ORDER TO FIND A SHORTCUT THROUGH SATAN’S BACK GARDEN. Navigation is not a matter of skill or computational power but THE SOLE PURPOSE OF A CASTE OF HIDEOUS, DEGENERATIVE MUTANTS WHO PLUG THEMSELVES DIRECTLY INTO THE SHIP. The elves are not tricksy woodland spirits or lofty, naval isolationists, but XENOPHOBIC RACIAL SUPREMACISTS OF SUCH EMOTIONAL INTENSITY AND PSYCHIC POWER THAT THEY ACCIDENTALLY BROUGHT A NEW GOD INTO EXISTENCE THROUGH THE SHEER DEPRAVITY OF THEIR DECADENCE. The orcs orks do not live in the ruins, thriving in the dross left by more sophisticated civilizations, but WAGE ETERNAL WAAAGH! AGAINST ANYTHING THAT MOVES, BLASTING THROUGH SPACE BY THE SHEER MAGNITUDE OF THEIR FIGHTINESS AND THEIR ARDENT BELIEF THAT PAINTING SOMETHING RED MAKES IT GO FASTER. And so on and so on, until the windows rattle with every sentence, and even Brian Blessed has to take a moment to see what all the noise is about.
’28 DICE OF DAKKA, WOUNDING ON A FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUR!’
(BRIAN BLESSED, NATIONAL TREASURE)
It must be working, though. Unlike WFB, 40k is still going strong, with many fans for its many table-top games, computer games, and novelizations of varying quality, and there has been little suggestion that the canon is about to be scrunched up and thrown into the bin. What is it that 40k does well that WFB did not?
Kaput Crusaders
40k envisions a fictionalized future of our own galaxy. Although it takes its cue from WFB there are important differences. Where WFB is “dark and gritty” 40k is jokingly said to be grim-dark or GRIMDARK in reference to its tagline, ‘In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war…’
An individual known only as the Emperor – who is implied to be the psychic reincarnation of the mystics, messiahs, and yogis of our own past – unifies Earth and rescues it from the brink of destruction through senseless war. To thwart the Chaos Gods, whose power he perceives and fears, he outlaws religion and, through technological ingenuity, leads mankind to the stars protected by the Space Marines; genetically and physically altered monsters who used to be men, conditioned to serve and protect the nascent dictatorship.
But, of course, because this is Warhammer, everything goes wrong, Chaos gets its claws into the Space Marines anyway, civil war erupts as loyalists and traitors mow each other down and the Emperor is struck down by his son Horus. Mortally wounded, he is interred in the Golden Throne, which keeps him alive (but, it is hinted, also prevents him from healing because GRIMDARK). The Golden Throne also makes navigation through the terrible Warp possible, like a psychic lighthouse, by sacrificing countless psykers (psychics) to it like so much kindling. In the wake of the Emperor’s interment, worship of him spreads throughout the Empire Imperium, giving rise to parallel ecclesiastical and governmental systems, corruption on a galactic scale, genocidal xenophobia and the stagnation of all scientific endeavours, lest new/alien ideas corrupt the Imperium, such that there are entire professions which revolve around murdering precisely the right number of people to keep what passes for civilization chugging along, and mounting the severed skulls where they can most effectively boost morale.
‘Commissar, are we the baddies?’
(Artist unknown)
Whereas WFB cultures refuse to co-operate because they are petty and bigoted, however, the Imperium of 40k is actually technically justified because, no matter how awful their civilization is, the universe is out to get them and deviation from the norm can cause things to become so much worse, and perhaps even precipitate dæmonic possession and the doom of entire worlds. Moreover, because it is generally easier to replace the people than it is to replace the technology, for the Imperial Bureaucracy, the choice is rarely hard.
Human society on a galactic scale is hard to make realistic in detail, and so most of the effort goes into explaining certain unifying characteristics (e.g. the Imperial Creed, the oppressive dystopias, the fear of and reliance upon psykers) and interstellar institutions. The Space Marines and Imperial Guard are the chief military forces and enforcers, for example, but there is also the Red Priesthood of Mars, whose ritualistic obsession and empirical, rather than theoretical, understanding of technology owes much to the scientists of Asimov’s Foundation series, even if their æsthetic… does not.
Technology really stalled after humanity forgot how to manage cables properly.
(From the Warhammer 40,000 fan wiki)
The æsthetic is an important part of the character of the setting; barely understood technology, blurring the lines between science, religious iconography, and magic, has centre stage. Forcefields, machine-guns, and modes of transport alike inspire awe and reverence in the benighted masses of the Imperium, and then things start to become very weird.
The Adeptus Mechanicus itself arises out of a technological stasis not unlike that of the Dune series, and the solutions to that stasis also have more than a hint of Dune about them. Navigators and psykers, although feared and even despised are essential for the Imperium’s function because only their connections to the Warp can overcome the limits of human technology; navigators make travel over the vast, interstellar distances possible, and psykers can send messages even more rapidly across those same distances. Some can even be trained to fight the forces of Chaos, although most end up torn apart mentally and/or physically in the attempt.
Naturally, there are some plot holes and oddities which arise, some of which may be due to the presence of multiple writers, and some of which are clear consequences of the genre, sharing as they do a kinship with WFB’s problems. Firstly, there is a lot of bad Latin around. The Latin is a placeholder for the fictional High Gothic tongue, but there are enough classicists around that it should not have been hard to keep all the nouns and verbs in agreement. Yet, GW never seems to bother.
In-universe, how can the tech-priests remain ignorant of so much of the theory required to do their jobs? Why are there only ever as many elves Eldar or Space Marines as there need to be? Because it is a game! Unlike WFB, however, the Imperium’s prominence in space is rather more justified than the Empire’s prominence in the Old World: there are no other human cultures, for they have all been absorbed either by the Imperium itself or by the Imperium’s enemies. The sheer scale of the Imperium allows for a certain amount of verisimilitude when ordinary humans are being shot/exploded/disintegrated/eaten, because there really could always be more. These believable details help to cover up for all the ludicrous fictions about magical mutants and space zombies.
Space Zombies and Star Vampires
The peculiar fusion of fantasy and science-fiction that is 40k allows for all sorts of inventions and re-inventions. In addition to the aforementioned space-elves (who, of course, come in different flavours: in this case, tutti-frutti and Bloody Mary) there are the Mulhorandi Nehekaran Egyptian-themed Necrons, robots inhabited by the consciousnesses of a long-extinct race of aliens uplifted by colossal “star vampires”, whose true, non-corporeal forms we never see. Fantastically advanced compared to most other civilizations in the setting, they remain contenders rather than a dominant faction only because so few are currently active and even fewer have much of a mind left after their epoch-spanning slumber.
To be fair, this is also what I feel like doing when someone wakes me up early.
The Orks return from WFB and are even more bonkers than before: each one exudes a weak psychic field and, in groups, this field is enough to make their scavenged technology work even though it clearly should not. Said technology consists of steam-powered bionics, ship-board cannon which fire goblins gretchin across empty space to land with soundless splats on enemy ships… sometimes, and they also have the most powerful red paint in the universe.
Two newcomers without any clear fantasy ancestor are the extremely omnivorous Tyranids, a swarm of constantly-evolving extra-galactic monsters who want only to devour everything, and the Tau, who are lovely and peaceful and egalitarian and who definitely would not resort to mass-sterilization and chemical coercion of dissidents in their Glorious People’s Republic.
It’s for the good. The Greater Good.
(Artist unknown, via the Warhammer 40,000 fan wiki)
Each civilization is also full of factions with their own agendas; even the Tyranid hivemind sends out genestealer infiltrators with a degree of independence to make the “main faction’s” job easier. The result is an illusion of many forces at play and, because of the huge distances and numbers involved with the galactic stage, it is easy for plans to come to fruition or be thwarted and never risk altering the status quo. Thus, the setting’s tone and character remain stable despite the illusion of change.
Reams of Chaos
Just as the Imperium is, in many ways, the default protagonist for the setting, despite how generally awful it would be to live there, Chaos remains the primary antagonist. As in WFB, the cast is comprised of Khorne, Tzeentch, Nurgle, and Slaanesh whose realms of influence roughly correspond to battle and violence, scheming and magic, pestilence and decay, and pleasure and excess respectively. The Chaos Gods were all born from the psychic echoes which living beings imprint upon the Warp, and so there are two themes occasionally touched upon as narrative possibilities. Firstly, that the Chaos Gods depend upon living beings for their continued existence and so need them to survive despite benefiting from their suffering. Secondly, that to some extent, these gods represent, or at least draw upon, some form of corresponding virtue, (e.g. valour, hope, affection, and desire) even if only a little bit, although this latter point is generally more Aristotelean pretension than cosmologically significant. Like the Dragonlance setting, the writers seem to have gone to great lengths to avoid doing some basic philosophy, with the end result that any attempt at subtle ethical discourse has all the nuance and aplomb of a custard pie to the face.
One of the many problems left over from WFB is the Khorne paradox. Khorne hates psykers and sorcerers and witches and all their psychic/sorcerous/witchy ways, and so he grants no psychic powers, nor does he have anything to do with such craven scum. Except that the only way for dæmons to enter the material realm is through psychic phenomena or sorcerous conjurations. So… how does Khorne extend his influence into this realm? Answers on a postcard, please.
‘CHISWICK! FRESH SORCERERS!’
(From Blackadder)
Similarly, the Eldar, like the Slann, can see into the future, a power which, allegedly, they use to keep their race alive, manipulating events in such a way that countless human lives might be lost to keep a handful of Eldar safe. The fact that these human lives only end up being fuel on the Chaos bonfire, or that these futures inevitably come to pass anyway, simply demonstrate that the only thing worse than not being able to predict the future is being able to predict the future, which raises the question: why bother? This, at least has the obvious answer: because it is a game. The budding writer, however, should be very careful about incorporating divination into a story: there must be some point to it, some vital clue, however obscure, that makes the whole process worthwhile. Otherwise, it is nothing more than scenery.
Plotting of Course
Of course, as with any ongoing franchise whose narrative is subordinate to the game, the composition of the world can always be shaken up a little, in much the same way that defenceless children can be held upside down and shaken until all the change falls out of their pockets.
‘GUILLIMAN’S ALIVE!?’
(From Flash Gordon)
To this end, 40k falls victim to a certain amount of gimmickry and pandering. For a civilization that has subsumed all pre-existing nationalities into an interstellar whole, the Imperium sure is full of very white people. Not only that, but the women of the future are even more bosmatic than their WFB counterparts.
‘Bosmatic’ means ‘bathykolpian’.
(From the cover of FFG’s ‘Rogue Trader’)
I suspect that the horrific dystopias of the future would not have ethnic representation or the safeguarding of human dignity as high priorities, but surely we could have moved beyond this, now? Did all those pixels give their lives to the Hawkeye Initiative for nothing?
Not all of GW’s cynical schemes need to be held in contempt, though. The original Dawn of War games – consisting of the base game, Winter Assault, Dark Crusade and NO OTHERS BECAUSE THERE WERE NO OTHERS; TO SUGGEST OTHERWISE IS A SIN – were not only great fun but gave us such fantastic characters as Gabriel Angelos, whose ham-fisted moniker we can just about overlook because of his excellent voice actor, and Sindri Myr, whose hammy acting was so good even Khorne temporarily forgot his ‘no sorcerers’ policy long enough for Azariah Kyras to pull the same stunt in DoW II. The same thing might have happened in DoW III but no-one has ever completed it so it remains a mystery for the ages.
‘So, first I attack-move, and then I activate my timed buffs, use the krak grenades on the land speeder, and then I can put my heavies in strike mode… and then… wait, why are all my dudes dying?’
(From Rock, Paper, Shotgun)
Of course, the presence of Sindri and Gabriel and a handful of others serves to highlight another problem: although the setting is full of character, many of the actual characters are not. Despite the dozens of names associated with each faction, in the grim darkness of the 41st Millennium, there are only vacuous, scowling weirdos in fabulous outfits.
Much like WFB, 40k has narrative weaknesses because it is not, primarily, a narrative exercise. Unlike WFB, the potential for all sorts of spin-offs and suspensions of disbelief is made possible by the truly immense scale of it all. Were it not for some impossibilities arising from the underlying structure of the setting, and the haste with which the novels are routinely churned out, there could be some engaging story telling. Indeed, I have it on good authority that the Gaunt’s Ghosts series bridges the gap between the broad picture and the needs of a focused narrative very well, and the success of the adaptations of Battlefield: Gothic and the Mechanicus PC game show that there is enough depth applied to a wide range of developmental facets within the 40k universe to appeal to audiences across diverse media and formats. Perhaps this is a testament to those who adapt the mechanics as much as those who interpret the lore but primarily, 40k as a setting owes its success to the triumph of its character over its coherence.
Addendum: Yesterday, Friday 13th September, Creative Assembly revealed that Mr BLESSED was going to be playing the part of Gotrek in the Gotrek and Felix FDLC for Total War: Warhammer 2. Please interpret this (almost, kind of, don’t think about it) confluence of events as a sign of my prophetic genius.
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Will Washington’s Privacy Law be Next?
Happy Data Privacy Day, 2019!
Citizen-consumer personal, private data whizzes across the internet at lightening speed in 2019. Housed in countless servers across the globe, our data is, well, constantly at risk of falling into the wrong hands. Each year, we spotlight the importance of safeguarding personal data with Data Privacy Day.
Started in Europe in 2006, now 30 countries celebrate Data Privacy Day every year. So what happened over the last year to improve the safety of private data? Check out this summary of data privacy law highlights from 2018.
North Korean WannaCry Ignites Government-Industry Collective Defense
In a Monday Wall Street Journal op-ed Thomas P. Bossert, Trump’s homeland security adviser, declared “[t]he [WannaCry] attack was widespread and cost billions, and North Korea is directly responsible.” The findings are based on evidence says Bossert, and he is backed up by UK and Microsoft.
A Washington Post Bossert quote ratchets up the call for closer government-industry cyberdefenses. “[S]ome say that defending cyberspace is impossible and that hackers are inevitable. I disagree. . . . Government and industry must work together, now more than ever, if we are serious.”
Today, US and UK officials suggested it was highly likely the Lazarus Group was backed by the North Korean government. Facebook deleted accounts associated with Lazarus last week “to make it harder for them to conduct their activities,” reports The Guardian, Facebook announced it acted with Microsoft “and other members of the security community” to disrupt the group’s activities.
A few hours ago Axious reports that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans on intervening in U.S. company cybersecurity issues when necessary.
“The Department of Homeland Security is now calling on all companies to commit to U.S. collective defense, per Jeanette Manfra, assistant secretary for the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications at DHS. But Bossert wouldn’t go so far as to say that an attack on a U.S. company constitutes an attack on the country.
DHS plans to move beyond offering voluntary assistance on cybersecurity issues and instead plans on intervening directly when necessary, per Manfra.”
Watch for much closer public-private actions to combat state-actor cyberattacks.
Whose Job is it to Protect Corporate Data Stores from State Actor Cyberattacks?
It’s hard not to notice, that constant breach of data under corporate care has become our new normal. Headlines seem almost redundant — another data breach revealed, some very tardy. In this barrage of breach announcements, we hear more about state-actors originating cyberattacks on corporate data stores. So, whose job is it to protect against foreign state attacks on corporate data stores?
“As we all have witnessed: no company, individual or even government agency is immune from these [cyber] threats.” So said Marisa Mayer, former Yahoo CEO, during her November Senate testimony on the Yahoo breach. Despite years of heading off may cyberintrusions and leveraging white hackers to test their defenses, Mayer says Yahoo still does not know exactly how “Russian agents intruded on our systems and stole our users’ data.”
Last year, North Korean hackers almost succeeded in stealing $1 billion from the New York Federal Reserve, after hacking into the Bangladesh Central Bank. The misspelling of “foundation” as “fandation” is the only thing that stopped the heist. Let’s not forget, Pyongyang Sony Pictures hack to stop release of an unflattering movie.
In 2011, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un started investing beyond cyberattack prowess for warfare, with a new focus on training hackers for theft, harassment and political-score settling. Researchers believe that 1/5th of Pyonyang cyberattacks originate from their hackers stationed in India, while other attacks are routed through Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand and other countries.
“Only stiffer enforcement and stringent penalties will help incentivize companies to properly safeguard consumer information and promptly notify them when their data has been compromised,” said Senator Nelson during the Yahoo hearing. The Senate committee chairman, added that the patchwork of state regulations on breach notifications must be replaced with a federal law.
On another front, the SEC plans to update its cybersecurity guidance for publicly traded companies, after the Equifax fiasco. Equifax discovered the attack in July but waited until September to inform shareholders. During that window, Equifax executives sold company stock. A company investigation exonerated them. A senior SEC regulator wants faster cyber intrusion notices to investors, and revision of post-breach insider trading policies.
Is federal cyber-regulation of the private sector the answer?
In a Friday the 13th London speech, DOJ’s Rod Rosenstein said law enforcement’s goal is to disrupt and deter future attacks, and punish cybercriminals. The Deputy Attorney General observed that “foreign criminals regularly break into systems to steal ideas that make our nation strong and competitive in the global marketplace.” Rosenstein recommends corporations immediately tell law enforcement when they discover a breach, in part so the company can gain access to sophisticated government tools.
What is law enforcement doing to head off these attacks before they happen?
Is Homeland Security doing enough to help corporations protect data from cyberattacks?
Ransomware attacks sure got corporate security folks’ attention this summer. WannaCry and NotPetya wreaked havoc on companies from FedEx to Merck.
SC Magazine places heaps of blame on the National Security Agency (NSA) for the these attacks. The NSA originally discovered the Microsoft security vulnerabilities, didn’t tell anyone and let their own hacking tools for the flaws get stolen by cybercriminals.
If the NSA can be hacked, how can corporations fend off nation-state and sophisticated hackers?
Then there’s the ultimate economic cyberattack — where a nation-state aims to shut down the power supply or scramble bank records with a cyberattack. The NotPetya attack gripped Ukraine’s power grid this summer. Ukraine claims Russia was behind this cyberwarfare.
Wired reports that the NotPetya October follow-on, “Black Rabbit attack” — locked hundreds of machines and hampered critical infrastructure in Russia, Ukraine, Germany and Turkey — may raise doubts about Russian involvement in NotPetya. Though one of the cybersecurity firms commenting on the situation is under F.B.I. investigation for links to Russian intelligence.
Is this a spy novel or what?
These massive destructive attacks on critical infrastructure and data manipulation worry the head of the US National Security Agency (NSA), Admiral Michael Rogers. Let’s remember that a vast swath of US critical infrastructure is run by the private sector.
How will we protect corporate data stores from nation-state and rogue cyberwarfare, let alone run-of-the-mill profit-seeking hackers?
Isn’t the private sector’s job commerce and innovation? Yet in the digital economy, corporations must also be extremely sophisticated data security companies. After all, they leverage our personal data for profit, right?
The European Union’s GDPR is about to usher in massive corporate liability for data privacy. Though “cybersecurity,” a major data breach threat, is not mentioned in the regulation.
Does the government need to take a wider role in combating state-actor cyber attacks on corporate data? What new public-private models are needed to protect corporate data stores? Whose job is it to protect against state-actor cyberattacks on the private sector?
Data Protection is Everybody’s Job
Data protection is everybody’s job today. With the perfect storm of a doubling of data every two years, juicy dark web profits for stolen personal info and crushing data breach business impacts, organizations simply have to build data protection values into the company’s culture. Read this blog for practical tips on how to do this in your organization.
Ready for New EU Data Protection?
I recently did a Guest Blog for AccessData on the sweeping new changes to the European Union data protection regulations. An end to a patchwork of national laws, bigger fines, faster breach notice and the “right to be forgotten” are just a few of the many changes businesses selling in Europe will want to know about. Be sure to check out the practical tips on how to get ready for 2018 when the new regulations go live.
Safe Harbor Chess Game Heats Up.
It is fascinating to watch this chess game unfold, with knights, bishops, kings and queens making their moves. The sudden October abolishment of the Safe Harbor framework for data flows – moving personal information like payroll data, user information and marketing data from the EU to the US — literally threw out the rules of the game. For over fifteen years, US companies have been able to self-certify, under the Commerce Department Safe Harbor program, that their data protection protocols satisfy EU laws.
That all came to an end when the European Court of Justice invalidated Safe Harbor in a case still underway calling for a halt to Facebook’s transfer of EU user information from its Irish subsidiary to Facebook US. The high court essentially agreed with complainant Max Schrems, that the Snowden revelations demonstrate that European’s private data is not safe from the prying eyes of US intelligence agencies. The ruling ricocheted simmering EU-US privacy and security policy discussions to center stage.
EU Data Protection Gets Hot.
Europeans have some of the most advanced protections for personal data, currently being updated in a massive EU modernizing effort. Keeping personal data private is a fundamental right of every person, according to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. This right has emotional roots in the transgressions of European totalitarian regimes and their secret police activities. Leaders in Germany and France were livid when they learned from the Snowden documents that US intelligence was likely tapping their personal cell phones. Over the last few years, things have heated up in EU data protection authorities’ investigations of Facebook and Google over privacy violations. This is especially true in privacy-sensitive Germany, where the DPA announced immediate investigations of former Safe Harbor companies such as the internet behemoths.
An EU Move: New Safe Harbor Rests in US Hands.
On the eve of continued Safe Harbor 2.0 negotiations in Washington DC this week, the European Commission shared its official views and guidance for US companies after the momentous high court ruling. They also made their negotiating position very clear: any new agreement must uphold the court’s ruling, “… notably as regards limitations and safeguards on access to personal data by U.S. public authorities.”
Late last week, Vĕra Jourová, the European Commissioner for Justice and Consumers and lead Safe Harbor negotiator, said she expects the U.S. to show clear conditions and limits on US intelligence access to European private data. The Commission also indicated that a solution is urgently needed, but expects negotiations to take three months – a target set earlier by the pan-EU data protection authorities group, known as the Article 29 Working Party.
Is this soon enough? US Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker tweeted on November 9th: “Safe Harbor and cross-border data flows are vital for American business. I heard a sense urgency on resolving this at #Techonomy15”. Tech company trade associations encourage policy makers to arrive at a bullet proof agreement sooner than 3 months. Many guess that more US surveillance reforms to narrow intelligence gathering, and passage of the redress rights bill giving European citizens access to US courts for privacy violations, are part of the equation to restore trust and move forward. Things like this take time. Meanwhile US companies spend time and money trying to figuring out how to stay inside the lines.
More Chess to Come.
No doubt we will see some master chess moves over the next few months. Let’s hope so – keeping the digital economy vibrant while modernizing global privacy and security policy is no easy game to play.
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January 2020 - WSL Appointed to Hyde Group Framework
WSL are very pleased to have been appointed to the Hyde Group framework. Stephen McMorris, Director of Development and Sales at Hyde said: “I am delighted that we have launched... Continue Reading »
November 2019 - Ladymead, Guildford completes
This project for Guildford Borough Council has now completed and handed over. This was previously a brownfield site with extensive hard standing, a pair of semi-detached dwellings and... Continue Reading »
November 2019 - Kilnmead Development Handover
Our work at the Kilnmead site has now completed and the development has handed over to Crawley Borough Council. This former car park site now offers 37 units... Continue Reading »
October 2019 - Sussex Yacht Club
Our sub-contractors Ace Welding have now completed the upper floor and roof steelwork and the skeleton is looking great against that unusually blue sky! The scaffolding is... Continue Reading »
September 2019 - New Boarding House, Hurstpierpoint College
We have now been formally appointed for this exciting project, and works will be underway early next month. We are collaborating with Streif UK Ltd to provide... Continue Reading »
September 2019 - Petersgate Infant School, Clanfield
The completed new block at Petersgate Infant School provides 3 new classrooms, WCs and storage areas and will raise pupil capacity to 270. Petersgate Infant School, Clanfield Continue Reading »
August 2019 - Chris Monk joins WSL as Pre-Construction Manager
We're very pleased to welcome Chris Monk who joined us in early August. Chris brings a great deal of experience in the residential sector, having held positions for... Continue Reading »
August 2019 - Handover of Petersgate Infant School, Clanfield
Thursday 22nd August saw the handover ceremony for the new classroom block at Petersgate Infant School in Clanfield. The new extension provides 3 new classrooms and WCs/storage areas,... Continue Reading »
August 2019 - Sussex Yacht Club
The structure is starting to rise from the ground - the ground floor slab is complete, ground floor concrete columns are complete, and the temporary form work is in... Continue Reading »
August 2019 - Marshall Place Handover
Our project at Marshall Place in Addlestone has now handed over. This small-scale high-specification development has been completed for Runnymede Borough Council who will now be offering the properties... Continue Reading »
August 2019 - Apple Tree Development Completed
This project of 18 units of affordable housing on the outskirts of Guildford has now been completed. It's a great-looking development comprising two blocks, parking, cycle storage, recycling... Continue Reading »
July 2019 - Glebe Surgery, Storrington
It's a busy site at the Glebe Surgery Storrington right now. Externally, tiling to the roof slopes is nearly complete, brick, block and flintwork is well underway, windows... Continue Reading »
July 2019 - Sussex Yacht Club Foundations and Plinth
The improved layout of the Sussex Yacht Club site is becoming more apparent now that we've started on the plinth for the new building. The old club house, (white... Continue Reading »
July 2019 - Hurstpierpoint College, New Boarding House
The award of the Pre-Construction Services Agreement from Hurstpierpoint College for the construction of a new boarding house on the campus. The new building will be U-shaped in... Continue Reading »
June 2019 - Chichester Lions Swimathon Update
We have now received all the sponsorship donations for the Swimathon that took place in May. Our two teams raised a fantastic total of £1,655 for our two... Continue Reading »
June 2019 - Portsmouth Academy
The Portsmouth Academy project is progressing well, with the steel frame now complete. Next up - substructure brickwork, drainage, and then installation of the pre-cast floor slabs. ... Continue Reading »
May 2019 - Crawley College STEM Building
WSL have been awarded the Pre-Construction Services contract for the new STEM facility at Crawley College. This exciting development is part of the College's Master Plan, which aims... Continue Reading »
May 2019 - Chichester Lions Swimathon
Can hardly believe that one year has passed - but Swimathon time came round again on 18th May. Chichester Lions organised the event at the Westgate Leisure... Continue Reading »
May 2019 - RICS Awards Dinner
We were very proud to attend the RICS Awards Ceremony dinner, as finalists in the South East category. The Lookout at Lepe Country Park was up against some... Continue Reading »
May 2019 - Marshall Place, Addlestone
We're delighted that the development of 10 houses at Marshall Place in Addlestone has been given a Secured By Design Gold Award. The Award is issued in recognition of... Continue Reading »
April 2019 - The Glebe Surgery, Storrington
Works on this project are progressing well under the watchful eye of our Site Manager, Gary Francis. The steel frame is up, and the poured concrete ground floor... Continue Reading »
April 2019 – Considerate Constructors Silver Award
We are proud to have received a Considerate Constructors Scheme 2019 National Site Silver Award for the Oliver's Battery School site. This recently-completed build was part of... Continue Reading »
April 2019 - Work to Begin on New Clubhouse for Sussex Yacht Club
WSL will shortly be starting on this exciting project in Shoreham. The brief is for the construction of a brand new clubhouse, at the same time facilitating Adur... Continue Reading »
April 2019 - Work Underway on Pamber Heath Development for Hastoe Housing
Hastoe Housing have selected WSL for construction of a low-density development of affordable housing on a rural exception site on the outskirts of the village of Pamber Heath. The... Continue Reading »
March 2019 - RICS Awards
We are delighted to learn that the project at Lepe Country Park has been shortlisted for an RICS Award in two categories - Tourism & Leisure and... Continue Reading »
March 2019 - Demolition Underway at Church House, Worthing
Demolition of the existing buildings at Church House is almost complete. The 1960s block of studio flats and three-bedroom house have been cleared to make way for an... Continue Reading »
February 2019 - Crawley Sites Developments
WSL have been contracted to provide a development of 15 dwellings over three sites for Crawley Borough Council’s Housing Register tenants. The site at Woolborough Road requires the... Continue Reading »
February 2019 - Hampshire Schools Refurbishment Complete
January saw the final works to Overton School near Basingstoke - the last of four school refurbishment projects undertaken for Hampshire County Council. The schools, all built during... Continue Reading »
Febuary 2019 - Work underway on the new Glebe Surgery, Storrington.
The footings are in and the steelwork is about to rise on the site of Storrington's impressive new surgery. This two and three-storey building will provide 1,400SqM GIA, plus... Continue Reading »
December 2018 - WSL Awarded Contract for Portsmouth Academy
Portsmouth City Council have awarded us the contract for the construction of a teaching block at the newly co-educational Portsmouth Academy. The detached three-storey block will enable an additional... Continue Reading »
November 2018 - WSL sign up to Crawley Borough Council's Developer & Partner Charter
WSL have always been committed to the local community and we use local companies wherever possible for the provision of tradespeople and labour to fulfil our contracts. By... Continue Reading »
November 2018 - WSL takes on CoTrain Apprentice
Meet Harvey Newman - our new Apprentice under the CoTrain Apprenticeship Scheme in partnership with CITB. Harvey will be with us for two years whilst he works towards his... Continue Reading »
Ladymead, Guildford - Flats for Housing Register tenants
The Ladymead project, awarded to WSL by Guildford Borough Council, requires the demolition of a pair of semi-detached houses and a further detached brick-built workshop. When cleared, the triangular... Continue Reading »
November 2018 - Work Begins at The Court, Warlingham
Tandridge District Council has awarded WSL the contract for the construction of 19 warden-assisted flats at The Court, Warlingham, near Croydon. The new two and three storey block... Continue Reading »
21st October 2018 - Kay runs for MacMillan
We're so proud of our fantastically fit Finance Director, Kay, for completing the Great South Run, (all 10 miles/16.1 kilometres of it!). Her achievement has raised an amazing £780.50... Continue Reading »
Petersgate Infants' School, Clanfield
The population of Clanfield has been rising steadily since the opening of Petersgate Infants' School in 1976. An earlier extension and the use of modular classrooms have helped to... Continue Reading »
October 2018 - Encouraging Youngsters Towards a Career in Construction
Business Development Manager, Nigel Fielding, and Construction Director, Kempton Cannon, attended the Redbridge School Careers Fair on Thursday 18th October. They were available from 5pm to 7pm to... Continue Reading »
October 2018 - Work Starts on Church House in the Tarring Conservation Area, Worthing
Church House, in the Tarring conservation area, is a block of 19 studio flats and a house constructed in 1966. Fifty years on, the accommodation falls short of modern... Continue Reading »
September 2018 - First Residents Move into Homes at Ockford Ridge
The Mayor of Waverley, Councillor Denise Le Gal cut the ribbon at the official opening of 16 new homes at Ockford Ridge in Godalming on Thrusday 20 September. ... Continue Reading »
September 2018 - Work Starts on Petersgate Infants' School, Clanfield
WSL have been appointed as Contractors for the expansion of Petersgate Infants' School. Temporary classrooms will be replaced by a new single-storey block containing three classrooms, pupil WCs and... Continue Reading »
August 2018 - Sussex Heritage Trust Awards 2018
W Stirland Ltd are delighted to have won the 2018 Large Scale Residential Award from Sussex Heritage Trust for the construction of the Continue Reading »
July 2018 - Handover of Oathall Community College, Haywards Heath
July saw the completion and handover of the newly refurbished Science and Maths (SAM) Block of Oathall Community College. Originally constructed in 1974 under the SCoLA school-building programme, the SAM... Continue Reading »
July 2018 - Ockford Ridge Development Handing Over
Waverley Borough Council have undertaken an ambitious investment programme to improve the Ockford Ridge Estate for the benefit of existing and future residents. As part of the regeneration... Continue Reading »
26th June 2018 - "Breaking of the Ground" at Apple Tree Site
Work on this development started in May and we were delighted to welcome Guildford Borough Council Leaders to the site today for the official "Breaking of the Ground" ceremony. Present... Continue Reading »
June 2018 - New Marketing and Business Development Manager Appointed
WSL are delighted to welcome Nigel Fielding to the Company in the role of Business Development and Marketing Manager. Nigel brings 30 years of experience in marketing and business development... Continue Reading »
24th May 2018 - Apple Tree Guildford Site Now Underway
30th April saw the start of work on this project for Guildford Borough Council. Previously a disused pub and car park, this site will now provide 18 units of... Continue Reading »
May 2018 - Marshall Place Development Underway
W Stirland have started construction on land on the western side of Marshall Place, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey. The development comprises 10 x two and three bedroom, semi-detached, high-specification... Continue Reading »
May 2018 - Kilnmead, Crawley - Affordable Housing Development
Work has commenced on this scheme of 37 affordable housing units on the site of a former car park in the centre of Crawley town. The development provides 5... Continue Reading »
15th May 2018 - Lepe Country Park Visitors' Centre and Cafe
This week saw the completion of Phase 1 of the works at Lepe Country Park, providing a new Visitors’ Centre and Cafe. The new structure has been built... Continue Reading »
May 2018 'Ivor Goodsite' visits Green Oak School, Godalming
Earlier this year, Martin Potter, our Site Manager from the Ockford Ridge Development in Godalming, Surrey, gave a talk on construction to children at nearby Green Oak School. The... Continue Reading »
12th May 2018 - The Walter Babies win Swimathon Raising £2,643!
A big cheer for our team of swimmers who won the Lions Club of Chichester Annual Swimathon. Well done to Joe Power, Bill Musa, Daniel Lambert and a... Continue Reading »
Chichester Garage Sites now completed and handed over.
W Stirland are pleased to have completed the construction of the Chichester Garage sites, and handed the development over to Hyde Housing. This project involved the clearance of five areas... Continue Reading »
W. Stirland Limited achieves ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and OHSAS 18001:2007 certification from the British Assessment Bureau
W. Stirland Limited is delighted to have achieved certification to the internationally recognised standards; ISO 9001:2015, ISO14001:2015 and OHSAS 18001:2007. This independent assessment was conducted by the British Assessment Bureau,... Continue Reading »
W. Stirland working with the Ockford Ridge Community
As well as doing a great job building new homes on Site D, W.Stirland is committed to local involvement. Contracts Manager Jonathan Bransbury, Marketing Manager Ian Moore and Site... Continue Reading »
Highland Road, Southsea
Working with a local developer, we are currently undertaking the construction of four 3-storey houses and three 2-storey houses with associated access road and car parking following the demolition... Continue Reading »
W. Stirland working with Waverley to deliver new affordable homes at Ockford Ridge
Sussex based building contractors W.Stirland Ltd, are delighted to have been appointed by Waverley Borough Council for the design and build of 16 new homes on Site D at... Continue Reading »
Beacon Heights handed over just in time for Christmas
WSL are pleased to have successfully completed the construction of 24 high quality apartments in Haywards Heath. The latest technologies have been integrated into the building to achieve these... Continue Reading »
Thakeham & Steyning Schools
W. Stirland are working with West Sussex County Council on the conversion of the former Rydon Community College in Storrington, to provide a new first School and a second... Continue Reading »
Former Rydon Community College in Storrington
Completion of Works adjoining existing Victorian Building at Linden Education Centre
W. Stirland are extremely pleased to announce the completion of a new 2-storey extension to Linden Education Centre in Aldershot, Hampshire along with the refurbishment of the existing Victorian... Continue Reading »
Completion of 6th Form College at Bohunt School
W Stirland is delighted to annouce the completion of a project at Bohunt School. Bohunt School is a secondary school with academy status located in the rural village of Liphook,... Continue Reading »
Iford & Kingston Primary School - Completed Works
W Stirland has completed a new build and refurbishment project at Iford and Kingston Church of England School in Lewes. Engaged by East Sussex County Council, the scheme consisted of... Continue Reading »
Roman Road Mixed Use Scheme Completed
We are pleased to announce that the Roman Road mixed use scheme of eight apartments plus ground floor offices has now been completed. The accommodation consists of ground floor office... Continue Reading »
W.Stirland working with Waverley to deliver new affordable homes at Ockford Ridge, Godalming
W. Stirland working with Hampshire County Council to improve Lepe Country Park
Chichester based building contractor W. Stirland Ltd has been appointed by Hampshire County Council to construct a new purpose built visitor centre at Lepe Country Park. Replacing the old centre,... Continue Reading »
W. Stirland are pleased to have been appointed to Design & Build the last remaining site available on the Southern Gate Office Village in Chichester.
W. Stirland are pleased to have been appointed to Design & Build the last remaining site available on the Southern Gate Office Village in Chichester. Block B - Southern Gate... Continue Reading »
Iron Horse Retail Development Completed
We are proud to have recently completed this mixed development for Reigate and Banstead Borough Council. The development consists of a food store and three retail units on the... Continue Reading »
Woodmansterne Primary School
W.Stirland Construction Director Kempton Cannon, assisted by Keith Short Site Manager at our nearby Merrymeet & Cedars residential development in Banstead, recently gave a talk on construction to an... Continue Reading »
Purbrook Park School - Block A Completed
Purbrook Park Comprehensive School in Waterlooville Hampshire, educates up to 840 children. We are currently undertaking a multi-phased redevelopment that will provide the following new facilities; New Build of... Continue Reading »
Appointment, Triangle Site, Merstham, Surrey
W. Stirland Ltd. has commenced works to complete the construction of the new Community Hub and shops on the Merstham Triangle site. Construction had stopped in April 2016 as... Continue Reading »
Station Road, Godalming
W.Stirland, working with Waverley Borough Council are proud to announce the completion of the design and build of 14 new council homes at Church View, Station Road, Godalming. These... Continue Reading »
Purbeck Close
W. Stirland Ltd, Chichester based building contractor, completes another successful design and build development for Raven Housing Trust. Purbeck Close consists of 10 two and three bed houses for... Continue Reading »
Sussex Heritage Trust Awards
Three of our projects have been recognised at the 2016 Sussex Heritage Trust awards. The residential development “Courtlea” at Rosemary Lane, Petworth won the “Mid-scale residential” category. Barns Green... Continue Reading »
Mayor introduces Dan to his new home
Dan Eley, who carried the Olympic Torch for Waverley and set up the Dan Eley Foundation in 2012, will be among the first tenants to take up residence at... Continue Reading »
W Stirland at 'Build Surrey'
W Stirland enjoyed a very successful afternoon at the ‘Build Surrey’ event at Kempton Park Racecourse on the 11th May. Kempton Cannon, Construction Director; Ian Pinington, Marketing Director and... Continue Reading »
Appointment, Beacon Heights
We have secured a new project with Beacon Heights Developments. The design and build project to be built in the centre of Haywards Heath consists of 24 high quality... Continue Reading »
Appointment, Roman Road
We have been appointed by Southern Development Services Ltd (Southern Housing Group) to design and construct a mixed use development at Roman Road in Hove. This new 3-storey development... Continue Reading »
Appointment, Radian
Framework success! We are delighted to have been appointed to Radian’s new 4-year framework. Back in 2012 we were appointed to the then Radian framework which was divided into... Continue Reading »
Appointment, Bohunt School
We have been appointed by Bohunt School to build a new 3-storey 6th Form Centre that will provide 22 classrooms, a learning resource centre, cafe, social area, prep room,... Continue Reading »
Appointment, The Glebe Primary School
We have won our seventh project under West Sussex County Councils ‘Construction & Property Framework’. Starting on site early in 2016 we will be extending The Glebe Primary School... Continue Reading »
Appointment, Merrymeet and Cedars
Starting in the spring we will be working again with Raven Housing Trust this time providing eight houses in Banstead, Surrey. We are already building 10 houses and a... Continue Reading »
Appointment, The Hyde Group.
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Courtlea, Petworth, handed over
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Murrells Cottages, Barnham, handed over
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Handover of Edward Bryant Primary School
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Constructionline 'Meet the Buyer' event
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Vernon Carey Jr. scored 24 points in 25 minutes playing against his hometown team for the first time, and No. 2 Duke shot a season-high 60% to beat the Miami Hurricanes 95-62 Saturday night.
It was Miami’s most lopsided home loss in Jim Larranaga’s nine seasons as coach..
Carey shot 11 for 14, and every basket drew cheers from a substantial portion of the less-than-capacity crowd. The Blue Devils freshman starred in high school in nearby Broward County, and his father played football for the Hurricanes.
Duke (13-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) won its seventh game in a row. Miami (9-4, 1-2) had a five-game winning streak snapped and lost for the first time since November.
Blue Devils freshman Cassius Stanley had 20 points in 25 minutes, and Matthew Hurt added 13 points. Carey had nine rebounds to lead Duke, which outrebounded Miami 41-24.
The Blue Devils scored 64 points in the paint. Carey, Stanley and Hurt shot a combined 25 for 33 (76%).
Duke put the clamps on Chris Lykes, Miami’s leading scorer this season. He shot 2 for 15 and totaled eight points.
Kameron McGusty led the Hurricanes with 12 points but had six turnovers.
Miami hung with Duke early and trailed 23-20 midway through the first half. But the Blue Devils made 11 of their final 13 shots before halftime, including Hurt’s 3-pointer to beat the buzzer ending the half for a 50-36 lead.
The Blue Devils came into the game leading the nation in scoring margin at 20.8, and they’ve been especially dominant lately, with their past four wins by 29, 25, 39 and 33 points.
Miami has 11 scholarship players, and lack of depth is an issue for the second season in a row. The Hurricanes trailed by 20 in the second half before their reserves produced a point.
Miami plays at No. 7 Louisville on Tuesday. The Hurricanes lost 87-74 when they met in the season opener.
Duke plays at Georgia Tech on Wednesday. The Blue Devils are 10-0 against the Yellow Jackets since 2010-11.
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Four Jazz Icons Gather in the famed Jazz club BIRDLAND in 1955 to celebrate the recent passing of one of the greatest jazz musicians Charlie Parker and the mysterious circumstances surrounding his premature death..Billie Holiday,Sarah Vaughn , Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald and the legendary Charlie Parker inhabit this musical journey chronicling the lives of the most influential musicmakers of the 20th. century; .and the conspiracy to silence them. LADIES SWING THE BLUES is a 20th century musical odyssey that sings. swings. confesses the deep truths deeply rooted in the musical landscape of jazz and blues.
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This is the 1960s chapter of the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright's decade by decade saga of ordinary African Americans in this turbulent century. It takes place in Memphis Lee's coffee shop in a Pittsburgh neighborhood that is on the brink of economic development. Focus is on the characters who hang out there: a local sage, an elderly man who imparts the secrets of life as learned from a 322 year old sage, an ex con, a numbers runner, a laconic waitress who slashed her legs to keep men away, and a retarded man who was once cheated out of a ham. With Chekhovian obliqueness, the author reveals simple truths, hopes and dreams, creating a microcosm of an era and a community on the brink of change.
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Jump is about flickering lights, vapes that fall from the sky, old homes, and a young woman who finds solace on a bridge. Judy is a millennial who is coping with the death of her mother. Fay engages in typical sibling rivalry. Grief, Suicide, and mental Illness are at the forefront of this narrative as the women navigate through the past and present. Their grieving father finds solace in the bottle as he stumbles at his attempts to reconcile with his daughter.
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SammArt Williams hit comedic play, depicts four wealthy widows Magnolia, Annie, Simone, and Lois invite the area's four most eligible bachelors to an intimate soiree for eight. Having already buried nine husbands altogether, they know that neighbors' tongues will wag like the tail of a starving dog with the key to the butcher shop; but they are willing to defy town mores and endure vicious gossip if there is a chance that they will meet “Mr. Right” tonight. The Dance on Widow's Row is a light comedy about death, dating and superstition - - or, more specifically, about how hard it can be for a woman to get a date after she's buried a few husbands.
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Bubbling Brown Sugar tells the story of Harlem in its Golden Years. Taking many of the great songs from the era, Loften Mitchell weaves an ebullient tale of a time gone by. This musical, which started a whole wave of Broadway shows by and about black composers, had its beginnings at Rosetta LeNoire's Amas Rep. It then moved on to a lengthy run on Broadway, London's West End, and both national and European tours.
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How To Send Self Destructing Messages On Viber
Self destructing messages are fast becoming a popular feature in messaging apps. The feature itself originally came from Snapchat. Messaging apps have since incorporated the same feature or a variation of it. Viber is the latest app to get a self destructing feature. The feature works only for photos and videos. Here’s how you can send self destructing messages on Viber.
Make sure you’re running the latest version of Viber. You must be running v 6.6.0 on iOS and v 6.6.0.888 on Android.
Open Viber and tap the image or camera icon to send a photo or video. Once selected, you will see a little stopwatch icon at the top next to the text tool. Tap it and select how long the image or video should be visible after it has been opened. You can set it to 1, 3, 7, and 10 seconds. Images and videos that are set to self destruct will have a stopwatch icon on them.
Your recipient will not see a preview of the image. Instead, the self destructing message will appear as a box with ‘Wink’ written on it. Your recipient will tap this box to open the image. Once the image opens, a timer starts at the top right corner to let them know how long they have to view the message.
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Once the message expires, it greys out in the chat thread and cannot be retrieved again. A user cannot save these images or videos; if a video is shared, you can’t choose the self destruct time for it. It will self destruct automatically after it has been played once i.e., the time limit on a video is equal to its length.
Self destructing messages on Viber are either images or videos. Text messages have sadly been left out of the feature which is disappointing. If you ever need to share sensitive information e.g. where you hide an extra key to your door, there’s no option to automatically remove it.
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Seven-strong team gear up for Prostate Cancer UK charity ride
A group of AFC Wimbledon supporters are gearing up to cycle from London to Amsterdam with the aim of raising money for Prostate Cancer UK, an official EFL charity.
With a month of fundraising still to go before the ride takes place, our magnificent seven have already raised a total of more than £4,300 – but they want to raise even more!
The seven – Anita Gibbons, Bruce McFadyen, Herbie Knott, Kevin Deegan, Paul Parma, Rob Crane and Sean McLaughlin – are following in the footsteps of other Dons fans who have supported the annual London to Amsterdam ride every year since it started in 2013. Visit the Prostate Cancer UK website to find out more.
You can make an online donation to show your support for the Dons cycling team by visiting their JustGiving page.
Rider Rob Crane said: “It’s going to be a tough two-day ride, leaving the velodrome at the Olympic site in Stratford and heading to Harwich to catch an overnight ferry. Then, we’ll spend the second day cycling from the Hook of Holland to Amsterdam, finishing at Ajax’s stadium.
“It’s 145 miles in total. Although the second day in the Netherlands will be a lot flatter than the first day in London and Essex, apparently the wind can whip up – and any cyclist will tell you that it always seems to be a head wind!”
The ride – backed by the English Football League and the League Managers Association – takes place on 9–11 June. This year more than 400 football fans, staff and legends of the game are taking part, including Les Ferdinand, Terry Butcher and Viv Anderson. Combined, this year they have already raised more than £250,000.
“Many people are unaware that prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. It’s a huge issue that cannot be ignored,” Rob added.
“To put it in perspective, our average attendance at AFC Wimbledon this season was around the 4,400 mark. If all the crowd had been male, 550 of them would get prostate cancer at some point during their lifetime – that’s one man in every eight.
“If you’re a man over 50 and you want to get tested – especially if you’re black, have a family history of prostate cancer or are overweight – the first step is to have a chat with your GP.”
James Beeby, director of fundraising at Prostate Cancer UK, said: “We’re delighted that Wimbledon fans have again decided to join the fight against prostate cancer and ride to raise vital funds for Prostate Cancer UK.
“Ignoring prostate cancer will not beat it, and the money raised by our fantastic riders will fund ground-breaking research to help fight the disease.
“We want to make prostate cancer a disease that the next generation of men do not fear. We thank all the riders for joining the fight.”
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Apartheid South Africa (1948-1964)
Paper One of the IB History syllabus in a sourcework paper lasting one hour.
For full details about Paper 1 options and associated resources on ActiveHistory, click here.
The IB Paper 1 (sourcework) option "Rights and Protest" requires students to cover two case studies:
Case study 1: Civil rights movement in the United States (1954-1965)
Case study 2: Apartheid South Africa (1948-1964)
The second case study explores protests against apartheid in South Africa. It focuses specifically on the years 1948-1964, beginning with the election of the National Party in 1948 and ending with the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela and his co-defendants following the Rivonia trial in 1964.
I teach this topic at the start of Year 12 as per my new IB History curriculum map.
Specified content: Apartheid South Africa (1948-1964)
A. Nature and characteristics of discrimination
"Petty Apartheid" and "Grand Apartheid" legislation
Division and "classification"; segregation of populations and amenities; creation of townships/forced removals; segregation of education; Bantustan system; impact on individuals
B. Protests and action
Non-violent protests: bus boycotts; defiance campaign, Freedom Charter
Increasing violence: the Sharpeville massacre (1960) and the decision to adopt the armed struggle
Official response: the Rivonia trial (1963-1964) and the imprisonment of the ANC leadership
C. The role and significance of key actors/groups
Key individuals: Nelson Mandela; Albert Luthuli
Key groups: the African National Congress (ANC); the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the MK (Umkhonto we Sizwe - “Spear of the Nation”)
I am always keen to spot overlaps between topics and papers to keep the pressure of content coverage to a minimum. I am therefore thinking of using the South Africa case study in Paper 2 as well as an example of an 'Authoritarian State'. I'll think more about this. Similarly, if I can take the story forward to cover the end of apartheid, then this would end the topic on a high note and provide students with a possible question in Paper 2 ('Evolution and development of democratic states').
Overview of South Africa before 1948
Timeline of events to 1948
Students are provided with a detailed timeline of events which enable them to answer key questions about the development of South Africa before the formal establishment of apartheid in 1948.
Empathy exercise: Understanding the Broderbund and the ANC
Supporting material: 1944 ANC Youth League Manifesto | 1948 National Party Platform
"In 1912 the Afrikaner Broderbund was established to protect the rights of White Boers. In 1918 the ANC was established to protect the rights of Black South Africans. Produce a press statement from each organisation dated 1944 which outlines why each group felt that it had become necessary and what its objectives are".
Factual Test | Teacher Answer Sheet
This 20 question, paper-based test is provided in the form of a 'fill the gaps' exercise. When completed and corrected, it forms a useful revision aid in itself.
Discriminatory laws passed before 1948
"Using any sources available to you, research the provisions of each of the following TEN laws passed before 1948.When you have notes on each, colour code the laws using a scheme of your choice and provide a key to make it clear how you have categorised them"
IB-style source work exercise: Why was apartheid introduced into South Africa in 1948? | Model Answers by RJ Tarr
A one-hour source work exercise in the style of the IBDP History Paper 1.
The estabishment of Apartheid
"Escape the Room: Mission Rivonia!"
"It is 1966. You are anti-apartheid fighters who have been captured after being in hiding since the Rivonia Trial of 1964. Following the assassination of Prime Minister Verwoerd, you have been discovered and placed under house arrest following a dawn raid by the police. You have been left under the watch of an armed guard while the police have headed back for reinforcements. If you go to trial there is every chance that the terrorism charges against you will result in your execution! Fortunately for you the guard has fallen asleep and it will be 45 minutes before the police return. If you can unlock the box containing the spare key you can make your escape!".
The Apartheid Laws: research, categorisation and prioritisation | Completed teacher copy
"1. Read the details about each Act and use these to complete the second column with the correct titles from this list:
Population Registration Act | Bantu Self-Government / Authorities Acts | Group Areas Act | Bantu Education Act | Separate Amenities Act | Public Safety Act |
2. Two of the ‘details’ cells have been left intentionally blank. Conduct your own research on these to complete the column.
3. Add an appropriate captioned image of your choice to complete the final column. Choose your images carefully.
4. Using the list of apartheid legislation here, identify ONE further piece of apartheid legislation passed before 1965 that strikes you as particularly important. Add a further row into your table to bring your list up to TEN key pieces of legislation."
Creative writing task: the experience of Apartheid
Students are provided with THREE possible approaches to this task, one of which is to "Produce a fictional first-person account written by a black South African looking back on their life under apartheid. The account should tell a story which allows you to illustrate the impact of the key apartheid laws. Each time the story is clearly referring to a particular law, add a detailed footnote explaining what the terms of this law were. Keep the story short and focused, but ensure that your footnotes cover a wide and detailed list of key apartheid legislation so that the finished work will be a valuable revision aid".
Factual Test: the Apartheid laws | Teacher answer sheet
A detailed factual test in the form of a 'fill the gaps' exercise. When completed and corrected, it forms a useful revision aid in itself.
The experience and impact of Apartheid
The Sophiatown removals: podcast note-taking task
Students use the BBC Witness Podcast (10 minutes) to answer a series of structured questions, including: Why were the black residents evicted from Sophiatown? How long did the process take, and how many people were affected? How did the Sophiatown get its name? How did this non-white community manage to grow up in this area of Johannesburg, where black residency was usually banned?
IB sourcework practice - in the style of question [1]
IB sourcework practice - in the style of question [2/3]
Two sourcework exercies based around conditions under the Apartheid regime.
One-hour sourcework exercise: The Sophiatown Removals | Model answers written by RJ Tarr
A full sourcework exercise, complete with teacher model answers, based around the following questions:
1. a) According to Source C, why was was there so little resistance to the Sophiatown evictions? [3 marks]
1. b) What message is conveyed by Source B? [2 marks]
2. With reference to its origin, purpose and content, analyze the value and limitations of Source A for a historian studying the reasons why the National Party favoured a policy of apartheid. [4 marks]
3. Compare and contrast what Sources C and D reveal about the lack of resistance to the Sophiatown removals. [6 marks]
4. Using the sources and your own knowledge, evaluate the reasons why there was so little effective resistance to the Sophiatown evictions. [9 marks]
Infographic challenge: Apartheid in statistics
"The impact of apartheid on black South Africans is difficult to comprehend. Your task is to take these essential statistics about apartheid and then convert them into an "infographic" (for example, using a tool like Piktochart, Canva, Infogr.am or similar."
Resistance to Apartheid
Multimedia Teacher-led lecture and decision-making exercise
This detailed multimedia presentation guides students through the development of the anti-Apartheid resistance movement. Through a series of stimulus images, written sources and video clips, students are guided through a series of decision points which reflect the issues which split the resistance movement into different groups and factions including the ANC, the PAC, MK and POQO. The entire activity is likely to take about two hours of lesson time.
The development of the anti-Apartheid resistance movement
The tasks in this worksheet accompany the teacher led multimedia lecture and decision-making exercise at ActiveHistory (above). Both the lecture, and this worksheet, will take up substantially more than one lesson. Therefore, a good strategy is to (a) Complete Task 1 before the start of the lecture; (b) Complete the ‘Initial Resistance’ section of the table overleaf after the first part of the lecture (e.g. as a homework task) and then (c) Complete the ‘Increasing Violence’ section of the table after the second and final part of the lecture.
Factual Test: The anti-apartheid resistance movement | Teacher answer sheet
Sourcework Exercise: The Sharpeville Massacre | Teacher answers
1) a. According to Source A, why was the campaign in Sharpeville so badly coordinated? [3 marks]
1) b. What is the message conveyed by Source B? [2 marks]
2) With reference to its origin, purpose and content, analyse the value and limitations of Source C for a historian studying the reasons why events at Sharpeville spiralled into tragedy. [4 marks]
3) Compare and contrast what Sources C and D reveal about the objectives of anti-apartheid campaigners in South Africa. [6 marks]
4) Using the sources and your own knowledge, evaluate the view that "Sharpeville was more a tragic accident than a deliberate attempt to shoot black Africans". [9 marks]
Anti-apartheid resistance groups: a detailed breakdown with tasks | Teacher answer sheet
Task 1: Complete the first column with the name of each group, as far as you are able to do so. Then, imagine you have 100 dollars to donate to anti-apartheid groups. Who would you split your donation between? How much would you give to each?
Task 2: Produce a diagram designed to illustrate the similarities, differences, connections and tensions between these various groups for revision purposes.
Revision Summary Sheet: anti-apartheid resistance groups
An illustrated summary sheet of the aims and objectives of various resistance groups - an ideal revision aid.
Plenary Task
Speech-writing task: a reply to the defenders of Apartheid
"Watch the following three interviews with people defending the policy of apartheid.
For each one, make notes on their essential arguments. Then, use these to help you produce a speech which will (a) summarise the arguments that have been put forward to defend apartheid by its supporters, and (b) explain why each of these arguments is incomplete and / or inaccurate."
Rights and Protest: Sample sourcework exercises and model answers in the style of IB
I have already produced a Sourcework markscheme and guidance for students document based on the IB syllabus. I share this with students from the outset of the course and they are encouraged to refer to this regularly whenever we have any sourcework practice assignments.
I am also in the process of producing a series of sourcework assignments which will enable teachers and students to practice their sourcework skills regularly throughout the studies. All of these will be in the style of the IB and I will provide model answers that can be used as follow-up discussion material in class.
Click here to view a wide range of sample sourcework exercises and model answers for "Rights and Protest"
For summer reading I recommend the following novels, memoirs and autobiographies for students prior to commencing the course. It would be good to get different students reading different books and then delivering a presentation to the class about what they learned (I might design a standard rubric for all students so we can compare and contrast how well each book deals with particular issues, for example).
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Some Key Takeaways for Marketers from CES 2017
CES,
consumer privacy,
Renowned tech expert Shelly Palmer called CES 2017 “the most important CES probably in the last 20 years.” That’s no small claim considering the groundbreaking, now ubiquitous products that have debuted at the tradeshow in the past two decades, such as DVDs, HDTVs and DVRs.
One reason he believes it was such a landmark event was that it served as a stark reminder for marketers that the velocity of data is increasing, and it will never let up from its torrid pace. Let’s look at three technology trends that emerged from the show impacting marketers in this regard.
While CES provided a glimpse at the impending arrival of a more automated economy through self-driving cars, there were also a number of technologies that are transforming consumers’ lives today. By most accounts, the one that took center stage was Amazon Alexa, the company’s voice control service. Alexa seemed to be omnipresent at the show — Palmer estimated there were more than 1,000 products touting an Alexa integration on the floor.
While it is rare for software to steal the spotlight at a traditionally hardware-dominated tradeshow, this was about more than the cool factor of having machines obey your voice. It demonstrated that the Internet of Things’ interoperability problem may have found its solution and can finally kick into gear. Palmer went as far to call Alexa “the killer app for IoT.”
Alexa makes it easy for a manufacturer to make their device “connected,” which will spur rapid adoption of voice as an interface and create new data streams. Naturally, consumers will be very sensitive about privacy concerns for voice control given it is their voice and the voices of their children calling out commands, so expect this issue to play an increasingly larger role in marketing circles. Brands looking to leverage this new technology and others like it will need to be extremely mindful of how they collect and use the data generated by these devices.
Home Hubs
Turning the home into a full-fledged hub was another trend at CES. The debut of the LG Hub Robot was Jetsons-like in its appearance, although its functionality is more limited — it promises to connect LG’s smart appliances in the home for greater efficiency.
As consumers adopt smart home technology and connected appliances, the amount of data generated in the home will be unprecedented, giving brands the opportunity to obtain a more holistic understanding of consumers. As Palmer put it, the new paradigm is “We do life and create data.” This is a strong indicator that the data economy is poised to become much stronger, and that data sharing will become more ubiquitous and necessary to create incremental value for consumers, such as having your fridge order your groceries for you.
But it’s a double-edged sword, as there will also be more opportunities for analytics to unwittingly uncover behaviors consumers may prefer to keep private. Keeping consumer trust will be paramount. They will only trust brands that adhere to the ethical use of data in their management and sharing of data.
Cord-cutting has rapidly accelerated into a full-blown phenomenon, with 1 in 4 households no longer subscribing to a pay-TV service. That number is sure to increase with the latest wireless antenna technology unveiled at CES, which allows consumers to cut the cord and still get local broadcast stations — key for watching sporting events and popular network programs.
Services like these give consumers more opportunities to control content and shut advertisers out. While advertisers are used to innovations that attempt to minimize their impact like DVRs, cord cutting is an unstoppable shift that demands an evolving strategy for TV advertising. Many advertisers have already begun experimenting with new TV ad delivery mechanisms like addressable TV. VOD has proven to be an ideal testing ground for brands, according to Acxiom’s Eric Schmitt. Watch him discuss how brands are leveraging Advanced TV to embrace omnichannel integration here.
While we will all need a few years to determine whether this was the most important CES in two decades, it certainly presented a number of exciting developments — and emerging challenges — for marketers in their continuing quest to create compelling and meaningful consumer experiences.
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Syria army commander 'poses next to dead bodies'
Prominent commander Issam Zahreddine reportedly photographed with two hanged bodies behind him, sparking anger online.
21 May 2016 18:06 GMT
Syrian commander Issam Zahreddine leads army operations in the Deir Az Zor province [Screenshot]
Syrian social media users have circulated photos online of a well-known government army commander posing next to dead bodies in the eastern Syria's Deir Az Zor province.
Tasked with leading the Syrian government's military operations in Deir Az Zor, Issam Zahreddine was reportedly photographed with two hanged bodies behind, both of which ostensibly bear the marks of torture.
Syria war: Fighting continues in Homs, Aleppo
The identity of the two killed people remains unknown, sources told Al Jazeera. They both appeared to have been cut into several pieces before being hanged.
Zahreddine's son and other soldiers reportedly appear in similar pictures that have circulated on social media in recent days.
Diala Chehade, an international criminal law expert, said that she doubts international legal action will be taken against the commander due to Russia's deep involvement in the Syrian conflict.
"The Russian participation ... in the armed conflict in Syria will make it very difficult for a veto not to object to a referral to the ICC unless a legitimate government of Syria will accept the jurisdiction of the ICC in the future," she told Al Jazeera from Beirut.
The Syrian conflict started in March 2011 as a largely unarmed uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, but it quickly evolved into a full-on civil war between government forces and rebel groups.
United Nations Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura recently estimated that 400,000 people had been killed throughout the five years of violence.
SOURCE: Al Jazeera
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Saving Lions by Killing Them
Lunes, 18/Mar/2013 Alexander N. Songorwa The New York Times
Odd as it may sound, American trophy hunters play a critical role in protecting wildlife in Tanzania. The millions of dollars that hunters spend to go on safari here each year help finance the game reserves, wildlife management areas and conservation efforts in our rapidly growing country.
This is why we are alarmed that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service is considering listing the African lion as endangered. Doing so would make it illegal for American hunters to bring their trophies home. Those hunters constitute 60 percent of our trophy-hunting market, and losing them would be disastrous to our conservation efforts.
In 2011, five animal-rights and conservation groups petitioned the Fish and Wildlife Service to list the African lion as endangered, arguing that the population had fallen dangerously low because of habitat loss, poaching, commercial hunting and new diseases associated with human encroachment. “The U.S.,” their petition said, “is by far the largest importer of hunting trophies from Tanzania.”
While that is true, the lion population in Tanzania is not endangered. We have an estimated 16,800 lions, perhaps 40 percent of all lions on the continent, the biggest population in the world. Their numbers are stable here, and while our hunting system is not perfect, we have taken aggressive efforts to protect our lions.
Tanzania has regulated hunting for decades; female and younger lions are completely protected, and the hunting of males is limited by quotas set for each hunting area in the country. We recently made it illegal to hunt male lions younger than 6 years old to ensure that reproductively active animals remained with their prides. And proposed amendments to our wildlife law would further crack down on the export of lions taken illegally, penalize hunting companies that violated our rules and reward those that complied.
Africa, of course, is endowed with a tremendous wealth of wildlife, and Tanzania has been particularly blessed. We have roughly 130,000 elephants, two of Africa’s three largest populations of wild dogs, and spectacular landscapes like the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater and Mount Kilimanjaro. We have placed nearly a third of our land in national parks, game reserves and wildlife management areas.
Of all the species found here, lions are particularly important because they draw visitors from throughout the world — visitors who support our tourism industry and economy. Many of these visitors only take pictures. But others pay thousands of dollars to pursue lions with rifles and take home trophies from what is often a once-in-a-lifetime hunt. Those hunters spend 10 to 25 times more than regular tourists and travel to (and spend money in) remote areas rarely visited by photographic tourists.
In Tanzania, lions are hunted under a 21-day safari package. Hunters pay $9,800 in government fees for the opportunity. An average of about 200 lions are shot a year, generating about $1,960,000 in revenue. Money is also spent on camp fees, wages, local goods and transportation. And hunters almost always come to hunt more than one species, though the lion is often the most coveted trophy sought. All told, trophy hunting generated roughly $75 million for Tanzania’s economy from 2008 to 2011.
The money helps support 26 game reserves and a growing number of wildlife management areas owned and operated by local communities as well as the building of roads, schools, hospitals and other infrastructure — all of which are important as Tanzania continues to develop as a peaceful and thriving democracy.
If lions are listed by the United States as an endangered species, American hunters may choose to hunt other prized species outside of Africa or simply not hunt at all. This would add further strain to our already limited budgets, undo the progress we’ve made, and undermine our ability to conserve not only our lions but all of our wildlife.
As Tanzania’s highest-ranking wildlife official, I ask on behalf of my country and all of our wildlife: do not list the African lion as endangered. Instead, help us make the most from the revenues we generate. Help us make trophy hunting more sustainable and more valuable. In short, please work with us to conserve wildlife, rather than against us, which only diminishes our capacity to protect Tanzania’s global treasures.
Alexander N. Songorwa is director of wildlife for the Tanzanian Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism.
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'Awolowo Never Understood Real Politics At Anytime' - Dr.Omololu Olunloyo -
Culled from Punch
Dr. Omololu Olunloyo, a former governor of Oyo State, tells GBENRO ADEOYE that he was not disappointed that he spent less than three months in the office as governor
First, my condolences on the loss of your mother, Alhaja Tejumola Abebi Olunloyo. Thank you very much, she lived long enough and escorted me in the journey of life long enough. I’m going to be 79 in a few months. We’re in the midst of the funeral and I hope in the next month, we will conclude the final funeral ceremony but as they say, it’s something that never will be forgotten since one has only one mother.
What major influence did she have on you? The major influence my mother had on me is to stick by one’s gun in anything that one wants to do; to determine to succeed by working hard at it and to believe that nothing is impossible. She was a very tough person, even aggressive and that is part of the attributes I inherited from her and I count it to be of very great use to me in a hostile world. She didn’t allow anybody to intimidate her, however rich they may think they are, whether inside or outside the family, and that has been my outlook too towards life.
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Nigerian Men Are Not Good In Bed - Karen Eloke
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Karen Eloke Young is from Delta State, Nigeria. she is a writer,entrepreneur and editor and she contest in MBGN six years ago but unfortunately did not win........She says Nigerian men don't know how to eat "SNAIL" (igbin Onirun)
5 Old Elderly Men Confess Openly To Killing Their Children
For the people of Idiaba Ikot Udotan in Nsit Atai local government area of Akwa Ibom State, the last Christmas was a period of communal deliverance from the bondage of witches and wizards. It was a period where five old men who claimed to be elders of the wizards’ coven, which they call Nka Ibak (wicked association) freely came out to confess their atrocities.
Nobody in the community had suspected that the very religious Sunday Charlie, Michael Charlie who are blood brothers, Edet John Tom, Noah Akpanakpan and Udo Edet Tom, have any link with the death of their own children and other evils ravaging the community since in the past 10 years.
Relief however came to the community through the mysterious death of one Miss Imaobong Charlie, a daughter of one of the wizards, who took ill immediately she returned from Aba where she went to buy some goods (ladies’ clothes) to sell during the Xmas season.
PROUD DAD: Popular Yoruba Actor, Femi Adebayo Show Off His Twins And Daughter
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DEVIL BABY ATTACK TERRIFIES NEW YORKERS
The makers of new horror film Devil’s Due weren’t content for the scares to be confined to movie theatres.
They thought up a devilishly mischievous prank that has been fraying the nerves of New Yorkers and filmed the results for a YouTube video called Devil Baby Attack.
There is absolutely no dialogue in the video – just screaming. And it’s not surprising.
Watch the 'scary' video, and let's see if the first scene startles you or not:
Devil's Due, out today, Friday January 17, starring Allison Miller, Zach Gilford and Sam Anderson and directed by Eli Roth.
Two Dads,Two Daughters, Why the Hate? Meet the gay black fathers who outraged the internet with their “typical family morning”.
It’s been nearly four months since Kordale and Kaleb, a gay black couple, began posting photos of their beautiful family on Instagram, but their honest depiction of a new modern family has finally gone viral.
The photo above showing Kordale and Kaleb’s morning routine with their two daughters sent the ever-progressive users of Twitter into an outraged, downward spiral yesterday as hateful people began spewing vitriol over the fact that two gay black men were tagging themselves as #proudfathers, #blackfathers and #gaydads.
Nun Gives Birth in Italy, Names Baby Francis
A Salvadorean nun who said she had no idea she was pregnant gave birth in Italy this week after she felt stomach cramps in her convent and was rushed to hospital, Italian media reported on Friday.
The 31-year-old mother and her baby boy, who weighs 3.5 kilograms (nine pounds), are doing well and other new mothers in Rieti hospital have begun collecting clothes and donations for her, the reports said.
"I did not know I was pregnant. I only felt a stomach pain," the nun was quoted as saying at the hospital, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.
For Sale: £1.2m Luxury Tour Bus (garage included for your Ferrari)
The Volkner Mobil Performance bus is a veritable palace on wheels which can even accommodate a low slung sports car
The mobile home is, typically, something of a dreary compromise.
Yes, you can take your accommodation with you.
But when you get to your intended scenic spot and set up camp, you’re resigned to lumbering around B-roads at 40mph to take in the sights.
Well, not any more. The 40ft-long Volkner Mobil Performance bus has space for a sporty runabout within its cavernous undercarriage.
TUNDUN ABIOLA EMBRACES THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
Tundun Abiola Atta, the daughter of the late MKO Abiola, has converted to the Christian faith. She has also dropped her Muslim name, Hawa for Victoria, a name she adopted at conversion. Sources who should know disclosed that Tundun’s decision in converting to Christianity is personal. And ever since her marriage to Atama Shaka Atta crashed last year, Tundun has become intensely involved in her Christian faith. Her words are usually laced with scriptural quotations.
It will be recalled that Tundun and Shaka got married in London in May 2009. Their marriage lasted four years. cracks were reportedly noticed in the celebrated marriage that was contracted May 2009 to be more precise at the the Claridges Hotel, Mayfair, London, according to our sources, she was said to retorted that she got to a point that she wasn’t happy, but had tried her possible best to mend it and make it work. But alas! It didn’t work out. Though very miserable, she had to move on with her life. It became a struggle sort of. So she moved in with her mom, Chief Mrs. Adebisi Abiola.
Mide Martins Denies Breakup Rumour With Hubby
Daughter of late movie queen, Funmi Martins, Mide Martins who married her heart-throb, Afeez Owo some years back woke up some weeks ago to news running viral on social media that she has left her actor/producer husband, Afeez Owo.
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Mide Martins, who already have issues for the soft-spoken actor told WG that there is no truth in the rumour that she is still in love with her husband and could and will not contemplate leaving her husband. Mide has once said she fell in love with Afeez Owo, a man who hardly takes on lead roles in movies, because the diminutive man stood by her when she needed ‘a shoulder to lean’
Afeez Owo is described by colleagues as a cerebral producer even though the man is never to be seen taking on lead roles or even a supporting lead roles. He celebrated his twentieth year in the movie industry last year.
HOW DEINDE FERNANDEZ LOST TWO WIVES WITHIN THREE MONTHS
For Ambassador Anthonio Dehinde Fernandez, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the United Nations, the last couple of months had been the most horrendous of his life. He was visited with a spate of deaths which claimed two of his former wives. The most recent was that of Beejay, his first American wife. Her death occurred in the United States a few weeks ago. The deceased, who was in her early 70's, was married to the billionaire for over three decades, and she was the mother of three of his children. While their marriage lasted, the American born lady was known to have held a special place in the life of the 82-year old celebrated businessman and ex-diplomat.
Tragically, the event of Beejay's death occurred barely three months after that of Aduke, Fenandez' second American wife, who died in Edinburgh Scotland, after a protracted battle with cancer. Aduke, was in her mid-60's, was married to Fernandez for 21 years and she was the mother of two of his children -Atinuke and Abimbola.
K1'S FORMER WIFE, JEMILAT OLOLADE MARRIES SECRETLY: HOW HER GROOM DUMPED HIS DUBLIN-BASED FIANCÉ
Credit: Beke Olabode
Five years after her marriage crashed, Jemilat Ololade Animashaun the former wife of King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, K1 De Ultimate has re-married. The marriage ceremony, which was a hush-hush affair, was witnessed by a handful of guests. Jemilat's new husband is Taiwo Onijeseku, a businessman based in the United States. The couple formalized their affair with a registry wedding at the Ikoyi Registry, Lagos, on Thursday, 16 January, 2014. The traditional and engagement ceremony is presently holding at Jemilat's family house in Surulere, Lagos.
COZA Pastor Accused Of having Sex With Church Member Given A Rolls Royce and A Million Dollars By Dr Mike Murdock! [PHOTOS]
You All Remember Pastor Fatoyinbo of COZA Who became more Famous after a Young lady, Ese Walter accused him of having sex with her.
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Dr Mike Murdock, 68 year old Wealthy Prominent and Adept Preacher GavePastor Fatoyinbo of COZA a Million-dollar Gift And Also A Rolls Royce!
Below is how a COZA member explained it on his blog.
It was such a mind-blowing, jaw-dropping, box-breaking, Heart-warming and Life-changing moment as I witnessed the most Phenomenal Moment in History, just few hours ago. The Congregation was thrown into celebration for this one-of-a-kind, Never-seen-before act of Love and unspeakable Kindness on Display.
What Makes Lagos A Model City
Written by: Seth D. Kaplan, a professorial lecturer in the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, is the author of “Betrayed: Politics, Power and Prosperity.” For Newyork-Times
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WASHINGTON — Nigeria is arguably the worst run of the world’s seven most populated countries. Despite earning hundreds of billions of dollars in oil revenue over the past decade, it is expected by 2015, by some calculations, to have the second-most destitute people in the world after India. But its largest city, Lagos, which until recently was known as one of the world’s most difficult cities to govern, seems to have turned a corner.
Even though it remains a slum-ridden and largely impoverished metropolis, with an exploding population estimated at 21 million (of Nigeria’s 170 million people), it has seen steady improvement in its governance for over a decade. The government has enhanced public transportation, cleaned up streets, upgraded the business environment and bettered the lives of its inhabitants.
The world's most ineligible bachelor: Iranian hasn't had a wash for 60 years and smokes animal faeces (but he can whip up a mean decomposed porcupine!)
He's single and he's looking for love.
But, to win his heart, you'd have to accept his rather unconventional lifestyle.
Amou Haji has not washed for 60 years, because he believes being clean will make him sick, and his favourite food is rotten porcupine.
Breaking News: Tukur, PDP chairman resigns
PDP Chairman, Bamanga Tukur
Chairman of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, may have lost his spirited battle to retain his position.
The Punch has reported that the octogenarian leader of Nigeria’s ruling party has resigned, quoting an unidentified senior member of the party’s National Working Committee.
According to the report, President Goodluck Jonathan will inform the meeting of the National Caucus of the party later Wednesday in Abuja about the development.
The paper said Tukur resigned to avoid being suspended from the party by the members of the NWC.
“If he had refused to resign, Tukur was to be suspended by about eight members of the NWC, while the National Executive Committee of the party would ratify his suspension on Thursday,” the paper said.
Credit: PM News
Are The Obamas Heading For Divorce Court?
According to a White House insider, President Obama and First lady Michelle Obama may be headed for a spectacular public divorce.
The insider told The National Enquirer that the Obama’s marriage has been strained to the breaking point.
Rumors of presidential marriage problems took on fresh legs when the Obamas vacationed with their daughters, Malia and Sasha, in Hawaii 2 weeks ago. When the president and his daughters returned to Washington D.C., Mrs. Obama stayed behind on Maui at the multimillion dollar vacation home of media tycoon Oprah Winfrey.
9ice Set To Contest For Political Office In 2015
The gongo aso crooner Abolore Akande popularly known as 9ice, announced that he will be contesting in the 2015 elections.
Well she is a Bad Gal! Rihanna reveals tan lines as she poses topless for Vogue Brazil in beach photoshoot
CREDIT: DAILY MAIL
Strutting topless on the beach, pouting Rihanna looks like she's stepped straight off the pages of a lad's mag.
But this isn't FHM she's posing for, but the highly respected fashion magazine Vogue - albeit the Brazilian edition.
The pop star was pictured in five different yet equally revealing outfits as she posed for a photographer on the Brazilian Island of Angra dos Reis.
My breasts could kill me: Porn star who had illegal 'string' implants 15 years ago to boost her career says her life has been ruined by super-sized chest
An adult film star fears her banned breast implants will kill her after her breasts ballooned to an O cup.
Elizabeth Starr had now-illegal 'string' implants 15 years ago to boost her career - but says her life has been ruined by her super-sized chest.
Doctors have recommended she face a double mastectomy rather than live with her potentially fatal implants.
But the mother-of-two, who has endured a staggering 63 corrective procedures, says she can't face more surgery despite being at risk from blood clots and infection as it would mean the end of her career.
The 43-year-old glamour model whose breasts are still growing, said: 'I was basically the victim of an experiment and I've been paying the price for it ever since.
'Back then I had a family to support and I knew getting bigger boobs would boost my career prospects.
'Now I live day to day worrying I might be struck down by infections or blood clots - it's ruined my life.'
THE LOVE STORY OF OBA SAHEED ELEGUSHI AND WIFE
Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi, Kusenla 111, the Elegushi of Ikateland, holds a special record within the Lagos social circuit. At 37, he is the youngest king in Lagos State. Fondly called King Gushi by his admirers, Elegushi ascended the throne in April 2010, following the death of his father, Oba Yekini Adeniyi Elegushi in 2009. His coronation ceremony was characterized by a colourful fanfare, which spanned several days.
Just a few months ago, Oba Elegushi and his wife, Oloori Sekinat Aramide (nee Ipaye) marked their 10th wedding anniversary. Quite unlike their wedding ceremony, which was celebrated with so much pageantry in 2003, the 10th wedding anniversary was devoid of fanfare, as the couple shunned any form of celebration. Rather, they opted for a special prayer, which was strictly a family affair.
Ex Gov Ayo Fayose Allegedly Romances KWAM 1's Baby Mama Jumoke Odofin
Ekiti State former governor, Ayo Fayose wears a visage that naturally attracts the attention of ladies. He is quite a looker and he is able to hold his own, fashion wise. So far, since he shot into limelight, Fayose has managed to maintain an almost clean record, as regards his relationship with the opposite sex is concerned. However, his affair with a Jumoke Odofin, a Lagos based lady, has proved that the astute politician is still a hot item among the womenfolk.
According to close sources, Fayose is currently involved in a steaming love affair with Jumoke Odofin, a former mistress of Fuji czar, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, K1 De Ultimate. The affair was ignited a few months ago and it has been waxing stronger by the day. Jumoke is a regular sight at Fayose's palatial home in Magodo GRA.
Nigerian Man Who Surgically Turned To Woman Talks About It - Reacts To Nigeria's New Anti-Gay Law; Shares Topless Photo Of Herself
ALAO-AKALA'S SON SET TO MARRY RASAQ OKOYA'S DAUGHTER
Former Oyo governor Adebayo Alao-Akala's son Olamiju Alao-Akala and billionaire businessman, Rasaq Okoya's daughter Hadiza Okoya, had their introduction over the weekend at the bride's father's compound at Eleganza Estate, Ajah. Their wedding will hold later in the year.
Prince Buruji Kashamu Replies Obasanjo - Says "You Have Lost Power In South West"
One of PDP’s stakeholders in Ogun State, Prince Buruji Kashamu has replied General Obasanjo’s letter. Kashamu also stated that he is not wanted in the US and Obasanjo has lost power in the South West. Find his letter below.
RE: CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO’S LETTER TO TUKUR
My attention has been drawn to yet another letter written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to the National Chairman of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, frowning at my allegedly being made the leader of the party in the South West. He called me “a wanted habitual criminal…for whom extradition has been requested by the US Government…”
Ordinarily, I would not have responded to his latest cocktail of lies having sufficiently addressed the same issue in my response to his letter to the President only a few weeks ago. However, since he has shown that he is too embittered to be assuaged by that response, I am constrained to do another.
End Time Things!
Double take! Hilarious footage of the moment a little girl meets her father's IDENTICAL TWIN for the first time
Footage of a baby girl (pictured) meeting her father's (right) identical twin brother (left) for the first time. Since being posted on Liveleak yesterday the video has over 1 million views.She hilariously exchanges fast glances back and forth between her uncle and father before she is finally given back to her dad--or is he her dad?
One adoreable little girl got a surprise when she went to her uncle's house for the first time and she realized he was her father's identical twin.
'There's two of us' her father said jokingly as he carried his bewildered daughter into the family home.
The video was taken sometime in December but became a smash hit yesterday.
The viral video has already surpassed 1 million views on Liveleak.com since it was posted just yesterday. It also has over 1,000 comments on reddit.
Lagos Lawyer, Femi Falana’s Son-In-Law Dies In Dubai
The family of Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana has been thrown into mourning after the shocking demise of Falana’s son-in-law, Oluwajuwalo in the United Arab Emirate’s Dubai.
It should be recalled that Oluwajuwalo got married to Falana’s daughter,Oluwakemi amidst pomp and fanfare in April 2013.
Oluwajuwalo, together with his wife, Foluwakemi, his mother, Funmi, and Folukemi’s younger sister, Foludele, had travelled to Dubai in December to spend the holidays. Everything was going smoothly until Oluwajuwalo suddenly fell ill in the Arabian county. In as much as doctors made valiant attempts and efforts to save his life, Oluwajulo’s health took a turn for the worse until he finally gave up the ghost on Sunday, January 9th 2014.
Aftermath Of Eating Grass: Dozens Of Pastor Lesego Daniel's Church Members fall sick (photos)
I've been looking at these pictures for some days and i cant comprehend how people go to church without their senses! Why do we have so many gullible and brainless people around?
South African Pastor Lesego Daniel of Rabboni Centre Ministries ordered his members to eat grass like goats and cows all in the name of "baptising and getting them closer to God" and few days later, it has now been revealed that dozens of church members are now ill as an aftermath.
Photos that follow show dozens of people getting sick in the toilets - an image of the bathrooms show women clutching their stomach, while the men are vomiting in the sink. A news paper reports that during a service of at least 1,000 people in a marquee Daniel screamed 'sleep' and six people went to sleep.
CBN Governor Sanusi Accuses Pastor Adeboye Of Aiding Corrupt Rogue Banker Akingbola To Evade Justice
Source: Saharareporters, New York
The governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has accused the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, of playing a role in shielding Erasmus Akingbola, the corrupt former Chief Executive Officer of InterContinental Bank PLC, from serious prosecution.
Nigerian authorities asserted that the rogue former banking executive siphoned over N200 billion from the commercial bank he ran. Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission also accused Mr. Akingbola of using his loot to buy swanky properties in Europe and other parts of the world. The former InterContinental Bank chief also reportedly manipulated his bank’s stocks in insider trading deals.
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Eddie Flores, Jr. is a distinguished entrepreneur and community philanthropist in Hawaii. He is the founder and CEO of L&L Hawaiian Barbecue, a unique restaurant concept with 200 locations worldwide. Eddie was born in Hong Kong to a Filipino father and a Chinese mother and immigrated to America with his family when he was 16. Eddie graduated from the University of Hawai'i with a bachelor's degree and also earned a master's degree from the University of Oklahoma.
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Approaches to Theatre Training: Ready, Set, Act | Editor's Note | Education | January 2008 January 1, 2008 Jim O’Quinn Leave a comment
Approaches to Theatre Training: Ready, Set, Act
Editor-in-chief Jim O’Quinn outlines the contents of this January’s annual special section on theatrical training.
By Jim O’Quinn
After focusing last January on the seldom-explored landscape of theatre-management training, and the year before on the invaluable practice of mentoring in the field, American Theatre returns in its annual special section, Approaches to Theatre Training, to the broadest, most visible and in some ways most contentious sector of the training universe: the preparation of actors for careers on the stage and beyond.
The two major articles in this section approach actor-training from opposite points of view. First, Ellen Orenstein’s “Shaping the Independent Actor” explores the perspectives of a set of distinguished master teachers, all of whom are associated with important university training programs. Then, in “For Working Actors, the Readiness Is All,” a dozen actors (counting interviewer Charlie Hensley) cast a sometimes skeptical, mostly appreciative eye on their own training and its practical implications.
Where, you may wonder, did the section’s emphasis on autonomy and self-determination come from? Ironically, the theme emerged not in Hensley’s interviews with actors—who seem fonder of viewing themselves as collaborators in a theatrical continuum than as singular, sui generis artistes—but in Orenstein’s candid and revealing conversations with teachers. “You have to bring the actor, eventually, to a place where the craft belongs to him,” declares veteran trainer William Esper, striking a note that many of his colleagues echo: In the last analysis, actors, no matter what their training backgrounds, must meet the challenge of creating a character on stage as individuals, with only their physical and psychic resources to draw upon.
In the section’s third entry, arts reporter Eliza Bent eyes two unlikely in-progress productions that tackle the ins and outs of actor-training as subject matter. “Why choose to examine the mechanics of acting through playmaking?” she wonders, and finds answers in the wise and witty devices of Austin, Tex.’s Rude Mechanicals and New York City’s Theatre MITU.
So here’s your opportunity to examine the mysterious process of acting from diametrically opposed viewpoints—that of those who break it down into an array of teachable components and that of those who fuse those components into the magic of performance. Ready, set, act. —Jim O’Quinn
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Facility Guide for Beijing Beijing Capital International Airport
Since the boarding gate check-in counters might be subject to change, please check at the airport to the day of departure.
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Area basic information
Flights operated by ANA Group will arrive at Terminal 3 of Beijing Capital International Airport.
Arrival Terminal
Lactation room
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Passengers arriving at Beijing Capital International Airport
Airport map information
On the 3rd floor of Terminal 3E, there are quarantine and immigration booths. After passing through these, take the escalator to the 2nd floor and proceed to the APM boarding area. The APM (Automated People Mover) is an unmanned shuttle that runs between Terminal 3E (arrival terminal) and Terminal 3C (arrivals floor) every two minutes. The travel time is approximately five to seven minutes. Stay on this shuttle until the final stop C (Terminal 3C). The shuttle makes an intermediate stop at D (Terminal 3D). On the 2nd floor of Terminal 3C, there is the baggage claim area and customs. After passing through these, passengers traveling onward from the airport by train, bus or taxi should proceed to the exit.
Please present your passport and immigration card.
Please present your customs declaration form at the customs if you have something to declare.
Please go to the red counter if you have items to declare or to the green counter if you do not have any items to declare.
Flights operated by ANA Group will depart from Terminal 3 of Beijing Capital International Airport.
Departure terminal
ANA International Airport Check-in Counter Opening Times
Passengers departing from Beijing Capital International Airport
On the 4th floor of Terminal 3C, there are ANA check-in and ticketing counters (D26 to D32), as well as automated check-in machines and ANA ticket counters in close vicinity. Passengers arriving by train, bus or taxi, etc., should proceed to perform the check-in procedures. You can also find an information counter and currency exchange booth on this floor. After performing the check-in procedures, take the escalator down to the 2nd floor and proceed to the APM boarding area. The APM (Automated People Mover) is an unmanned shuttle that runs between Terminal 3C (check-in counters) and Terminal 3E (boarding gates) every two minutes. The travel time is approximately five to seven minutes. Stay on this shuttle until the final stop E (Terminal 3E). The shuttle makes an intermediate stop at D (Terminal 3D). On the 2nd floor of Terminal 3E, there are quarantine, immigration, security, and customs booths. After passing through these, passengers should proceed to the boarding gate. Passengers who wish to use the Air China Lounge should take an escalator up to the 3rd floor.
Please present your passport and boarding pass.
Transfer from ANA to other airlines (domestic and international flights)
Transfer Counter
International Immigration
Passengers connecting to an international flight from Beijing
Passengers connecting from ANA international flights to Air china(CA) domestic flights.
Passengers connecting from ANA international flights to domestic flights besides Air china(CA).
Passengers connecting from ANA to an Air China (CA) or other international flight should proceed to the transfer counters on the 3rd floor of Terminal 3E and then to quarantine and international immigration. After passing through quarantine and international immigration, take the escalator for international transfers down to the 2nd floor (departures). After passing through security and customs on the 2nd floor, proceed to the boarding gate. Passengers who wish to use the Air China Lounge should take an escalator up to the 3rd floor. Passengers connecting from ANA to a China domestic flight should proceed to immigration on the 3rd floor of Terminal 3E. After passing through immigration, take the escalator down to the APM boarding area on the 2nd floor and take the shuttle to the 2nd floor of Terminal 3C. The APM (Automated People Mover) is an unmanned shuttle that runs between Terminal 3E (arrival terminal) and Terminal 3C (arrivals floor) every two minutes. The travel time is approximately five to seven minutes. On the 2nd floor of Terminal 3C, there is the baggage claim area and customs. After passing through these, passengers connecting to Air China domestic flights should proceed to the domestic flight transfer counter. Passengers connecting to domestic flights with other airlines should proceed to the respective airline's check-in counter.
When connecting to Air China domestic flights
After Immigration, please move to Terminal 3C by APM and make sure to pick up your baggage.*1
After passing the custom inspection dedicated to transit passengers, please check in your baggage again at the domestic flight connecting counter.
*1.Even when the destination of your baggage tag shows the final destination, you must pick up the baggage for customs clearance.
When connecting to domestic flights besides Air China
Passengers are requested to pass through immigration control and proceed to Terminal 3C by APM. Please make sure to pick up your checked baggage.
Please pass through the customs inspection and proceed to your airline's check-in counter. A Free Shuttle Bus is available for transfer to Terminals 1 and 2.
Passengers connecting to international flights
Please complete check-in for your flight at the transfer counter in the Arrival floor (3F). Passengers are required to pass through Immigration and take the escalator to international flight departure floor (2F).
Transfer from other airlines (domestic and international flights) to ANA
Passengers connecting from an international flight to Beijing
Passengers connecting from Air china(CA) domestic flights to ANA international flights.
Passengers connecting from domestic flights besides Air china(CA) to ANA international flights.
Passengers connecting to ANA from an Air China (CA) or other international flight should proceed to the transfer counter on the 3rd floor of Terminal 3E, and then to quarantine and international immigration. After passing through quarantine and international immigration, take the escalator for international transfers down to the 2nd floor. After passing through security and customs on the 2nd floor, proceed to the boarding gate. Passengers who wish to use the Air China Lounge should take an escalator up to the 3rd floor. Passengers connecting to ANA from a non-Air China domestic flight should proceed to the ANA check-in and ticketing counters (D26 to D32) or the nearby automated check-in machines and ANA ticket counters on the 4th floor of Terminal 3C. On the 4th floor, you can also find bus stops, taxi stands, the train station, information counters and a currency exchange booth. After performing the check-in procedures, use the escalator down to the 2nd floor and proceed to the APM boarding area. Passengers connecting from an Air China domestic flight should proceed to the domestic flight transfer counter on the 2nd floor of Terminal 3C. After performing the necessary procedures, proceed to the APM boarding area on the same floor. The APM (Automated People Mover) is an unmanned shuttle that runs between Terminal 3E (arrival terminal) and Terminal 3C (arrivals floor) every two minutes. The travel time is approximately five to seven minutes. After arriving on the 2nd floor of Terminal 3E, proceed to immigration, security, and customs. After passing through these, proceed to the boarding gate.
When connecting from Air China domestic flights
Passengers who have completed check-in for ANA flights
Please follow the connecting guidance line for international flights and take APM to proceed to Terminal 3E (boarding gates).
Passengers who have not completed check-in for ANA flights
Please come to the ANA check-in counter on the 4th floor in Terminal 3C.
If your baggage is checked in through to the final destination at domestic airports in China, it is not necessary to pick up your baggage in Beijing.
Passengers connecting from domestic flights other than Air China
Please proceed to the ANA check-in counter on the 4th floor in Terminal 3C.
Passengers connecting from international flights
Please complete check-in for your flight at the transfer counter on the Arrival floor (3F). Passengers are requested to pass through Immigration and take the escalator to the international flight departure floor (2F).
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3 Older Superheroines Who Were Way Cooler That Their Younger Self (And 2 Who Weren’t)
July 29, 2018 Comics By Vasu Sharma July 29, 2018
Ever since Old Man Logan, we have come to discover our love for octogenarian superheroes. They might have there since long but many of these characters have proved that the older and wiser at times prevail over the younger heroes or villains. Obviously, old is one thing while ancient is another as we’ve seen Old Man Logan reaching the 250-year mark, all thanks to his healing factor. Even Deadpool isn’t really young despite that fact that he does seem youthful in the comics.
Today we will talk about the superheroines who have managed to look cooler when grown really old. Being said that, here are five older superheroines who are cooler than their younger selves. (And 3 who are not)
Cooler: The Ranger Slayer
There was an alternate timeline in the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers which was known as the “World of Coinless”. In this, we see Tommy Oliver coming back to Lita’s side and helps her in conquering Earth. He even has a new name: Lord Drakkon.
After Pink ranger, Kimberly Hart failed to assassinate him, Drakkon captured and enslaved her, transforming her into the Bow of Darkness and she gets known by the name of “Ranger Slayer.” This version is extremely cool though it does make us miss the old pure hearted Kimberly.
Not as good: Raven
The Teen Titans came as an animated series in 2003 and became a success among fans in no time. The show balanced the dark and light well with characters like Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, Raven and Beast Boy.
“How long is forever” is considered as one of the darker shows where Starfire flies through a time portal into future, and her absence in the past results in embittering the rest of the team. Raven comes out as the worst among all who has gone on so far inside her head that she can’t differentiate between reality and illusion. On the plus side, we saw Robin growing up into Nightwing.
Cooler: Wonder-Woman of the 853rd Century
Wonder Woman is like a goddess among humans on Earth. Years into the future, we get too see Wonder Woman actually achieving Godhood after the Goddess of Truth recreates her from a marble statue and appoints her to keep a watch on planet Venus. She also became the member of Justice League Alpha.
Her powers are almost the same as her original version but her accessories show a major upgrade. Now her Lasso of Truth burns with righteousness and she moves around on an invisible spaceship. Sounds really cool, doesn’t it?
Not As Good: Jean Grey
Many older versions of Jean Grey have put the younger ones to shame over the years but Jean from Earth-9997 isn’t one of them. She showed up first in 1999’s Earth X and her abilities are similar to the original version.
But this version of Jean loses her telepathic powers and leaves Cyclops for Wolverine, only to lose interest in him later and quitting it. Boring, really!
Cooler: Kate Pryde
This list wouldn’t be complete without the mention of X-Men: Days of Future Past, the classic story which revealed a world in future where Sentinels had taken over the world. Most mutants are either dead or imprisoned.
The only X-Men survivors were Colossus, Wolverine, Storm and Kitty Pryde (Kate) and though Kate was then new to the team, she played the most important role in changing the past.
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Vasu Sharma
Vasu Sharma manages content and takes care of the editorial board at Animated Times. He's 22 years old and has done his masters in journalism from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.
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Joint Media Release: Delivering for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
More than 2000 Indigenous Australian families with children who need to live away from home to access secondary school will benefit from an extra $5900 per year, on average, through changes to Family Tax Benefit that passed Parliament this week.
Minister for Families and Social Services Anne Ruston said families whose children go to boarding school and were supported by ABSTUDY would now receive Family Tax Benefit payments until their children finish secondary school.
“The passage of this legislation is great news for the many families who rely on Family Tax Benefit to assist with the cost of their children’s daily incidentals while away at school as well as their essential living costs when they are at home during school holidays,” Minister Ruston said.
“The Morrison Government is committed to supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to access the best education possible as we work to close the gap in educational attainment.”
Year 12 attainment is a Closing the Gap target which is on track. The gap has narrowed 12 percentage points over the decade from 36 per cent in 2006 to 24 per cent in 2016.
Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt AM said helping families where financial circumstances may be a barrier to completing school was a practical move to help close the gap.
“Completing Year 12 can be transformational in a person’s life. Generally speaking students who complete Year 12 can expect greater employment and career opportunities,” Minister Wyatt said.
“This is why it’s vital we support the next generation of Indigenous Australians to finish school.”
The previous eligibility criteria stopped families receiving Family Tax Benefit for ABSTUDY boarding students when they turned 16 years old.
The changes that take effect from 1 January 2020 mean that Indigenous Australian families will continue receiving Family Tax Benefit until their children complete Year 12.
This $36.4 million investment builds on the ABSTUDY reforms the Government started in the 2018-19 Budget by helping Indigenous Australian families with the cost of accessing the best educational opportunities.
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Seoul Auction Hits HK for $10.1m
October 4, 2010 by Marion Maneker
Seoul Auction Pulls Out Western Art
Rising auction powerhouse, Seoul Auction, will hold a sale in Hong Kong next week with a bold mix of Asian contemporary and Western art. The sale includes work by Warhol, Renoir, Peter Halley and two Damien Hirst butterfly paintings bought (who says the Hirst market is closed at auction?) There will also be significant works by Yayoi Kusama, Lee Ufan, Liu Ye and other Asian art stars:
Seoul Auction, Korea’s leading art auction house, will hold its Modern & Contemporary Art sale on 4 October 2010 at 4 pm at Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, presenting an excellent and diversified selection of Western and Asian art. A total of 60 works by leading Western, Korean, Japanese and Chinese artists with a total estimate of HK$100 million (US$12.8 million) will be offered.Continue Reading
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Ipoh Parade
The largest mall of its kind in the historic town of Ipoh.
Ever since Ipoh Parade completed its renovation works in 2014, it has reclaimed the hearts of the Ipoh populace and its leading position as a premium shopping centre for locals and tourists alike. A retail destination and a tourist attraction, many have come to visit the mall and marvel over its unique outdoor LED entrance, officially listed in the Malaysia Book of Records as the “Biggest Outdoor LED Advertising Screen”. Home to a few exclusive labels that are not found elsewhere in the state of Perak, Ipoh Parade is also doubtlessly the entertainment nucleus of Ipoh with its karaoke booths, bowling alleys, laser tag centres, and GSC cineplex (the largest in Perak) that includes a MAXX theatre. With 215 retail units and a net lettable area of 620,861 square feet, Ipoh Parade is able to host a multitude of large-scale events in a comfortable setting for its shoppers.
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We Can Be Free of Our Sad Stories
By Quentin Greif
“The tumult of the present seems like an elegy for past youth and past summers, and there rose in her mind a curious sadness, as if time and eternity showed through skirts and waistcoats, and she saw people passing tragically to destruction”
— Virginia Woolf
In the opening shots of the HBO show Enlightened Amy Jellicoe, played by Laura Dern is shown hysterically sobbing in a bathroom stall. It’s a confusing, emotionally abrasive opening scene. Am I supposed to laugh? Empathize? As she proceeds to plough through her office in a fit of rage it is still unclear exactly what I am meant to feel and it is precisely this conflict between the caricature Amy and the relatable Amy that makes Enlightened so incredible. As she confronts the source of her rage, her boss Damon, (who she has been having an affair with and recently got her transferred when said affair soured) tries to do what men have always done to women and ignore her by getting onto an elevator. Amy refuses to be ignored as she pries the elevator doors open screaming that she will kill (that motherfucker) Damon. It’s a revenge fantasy we’ve all had and Enlightened gives it to us in these opening moments. We see the breakdown in all its gory spit-flying realness and then we are immediately dropped into the first of Amy’s many internal monologues which serves as the thread and needle throughout the series.
“I’m speaking with my true voice now, without bitterness or fear”
For me it wasn’t a boss I was having an affair with, but I did have an incredibly tough ending to a job last year and went to Cape Cod for a while. In the haze of my first real career disappointment I turned to Enlightened as a guidebook for how you can lose everything and still, somehow, keep moving forward. Enlightened provides the ultimate disgruntled employee fantasy in that (spoiler alert) Amy eventually does topple her corporate overlords and bring down the company that tore her down. In between cigarette breaks I would pour another glass of wine, start an episode of Enlightened, and laugh uproariously with a woman who wasn’t scared to show her emotions, who decided to scream and rage in the middle of her office until somebody began to listen. All of us have wanted to stand up at work and exclaim, “isn’t it crazy we do this all day?!”
“We can be free from our sad stories”
Writer Mike White, who also plays Amy’s confidante Tyler, transports us from the meltdown to a montage of Amy’s experience in an expensive looking rehab facility called Open Air and then immediately back to Southern California and into, you guessed it, a traffic jam. The cracks in her veneer start early and often. Her mother (who she must move back in with) can’t be bothered to listen to her therapy manifesto, her ex-husband begins snorting cocaine right in front of her, her former lover Damon refuses to speak with her and when she finally does talk to him, trashes her, and her corporate job tries to fire her. This is a magnified version of something we’ve all experienced. Whenever we return from time away from our lives we come back ready to make so many changes, it can feel something like trying to walk out into the ocean and being continually knocked over by wave after wave. What’s great about Amy is she won’t stop getting up. I don’t mean to make Amy sound overly precious. She can be as self-centered as the rest of us, but there is a nobility in her refusal to be knocked down.
“Everything can be transformed. Every single thing. Goodness exists. It’s all around.”
Amy often makes everyone around her immensely uncomfortable. She tries to relate with others in a way that she perceives as holistic and genuine however is often unaware or doesn’t care about what social convention dictates. Monotony can feel as if it is programmed into our DNA, but Amy won’t settle for a “this is all I can ask for” mentality. As a New Yorker I’ve become accustomed to this place that requires people to overlook the brutal realities of the society we have all implicitly bought into. Thousands of people stream by others living in abject poverty and won’t even spare a glance, in many ways cannot spare a glance, because to truly face the magnitude of that problem would make moving forward impossible. In these moments I too want to live out the credos of Amy Jellicoe, railing at anybody who will listen that we have to do something. Just stop and say, “look, please look, can’t you see?” but then I would join the ranks of those who are briskly ignored around the city each day.
“Blessed are the moments in life when the decisions are clear, when doubt shrugs and slinks away, ashamed of itself, and resolve embraces you like a long, lost lover”
Amy is all about confrontation. In episode two Amy discovers that her former assistant has taken over her office. In the previous episode this same assistant blew her off in order to go to lunch with Damon, the aforementioned ex-boss/lover. Amy must bring it up, but as is so often the case in the show she misses the mark. Her mind jumps to conspiracies believing that her former colleagues are all colluding with Damon. The show is great at showing how jobs can make communication feel so stilted. Everybody is constantly trying to deflect what they are really saying in an attempt to maintain order. Southern California becomes an overt metaphor for this reality. A place that often seems detached from nature, fully master-planned and designed with humans in mind. The overhead shots of Riverside, with its gleaming pollution filled sunsets and track homes in neat rows, remind us of the artifice Amy is up against. Rather than wanting out though Amy wants to smash it all to pieces.
“I’ve lived in a world full of not good-enough mothers. Imperfect, bad mothers. But the mother is a child, too.”
In another reality, a different show perhaps, we could see a character like Amy moving to Utah or Colorado, getting a job at a non-profit and completely starting over, but in a strike of brilliance Enlightened makes explicit what so many shows ignore- the financial realities of Amy’s existence. Despite all that Open Air has done for her Amy is deeply in debt because of her time there. Total escape is not possible even if it’s what she wants, thus she must move forward with her plan to dismantle a system so strong and so ingrained it seems impossible to overthrow. The story morphs over time into a literal David and Goliath narrative with Amy slowly pulling back the slingshot, ready to launch the rock that will take the corporation down.
“Isn’t it weird you always wake up as yourself?”
In the moments where Amy stares off into space you can almost see her mind whirring behind her yes. Often throughout the day I find myself stopping and ruminating. It’s been a part of my psychological makeup for as long as I can remember. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing the holes in the fabric, the tiny tears through which I can see what’s really going on. In these fleeting glimpses I feel like I know, like I am understanding something only I can see, and then in a rush it is gone. I must move forward, the daydream must end, the cogs must stop spinning and I must work to put the sun down on another day. During rehab Amy was able to exist in these pauses, where she felt she could really see the meaning of life. Whenever we step away from our lives we get times like this, but the day to day reality of most people’s existence does not honor these moments. In one of the show’s most heartbreaking scenes Amy begins to openly sob after realizing she cannot take a job at a homeless shelter. The imagined life of working at a non-profit away from the corporate structure breaks down and crumbles before her eyes. Most people never admit that type of realization to themselves, but Amy feels like she must. Rehab may have given her healing, but more than anything it stripped Amy of her cynicism which simultaneously is her most admirable and most difficult quality. It’s easy to move forward when we are not examining our reality, it is much harder when we stop and really begin to reckon with what the world has put in front of us.
“Everything can be transformed. Every single thing.”
I feel Amy’s pain acutely though my path has been different than hers. I have my own anchor in the form of student debt and last year I reached a point where I decided I no longer wanted to work at my full-time day job. I got an adjunct position at a community college that paid around eight-thousand dollars a semester. I sat on a park bench after landing the position and imagined a future where I made that money work somehow, but then I thought about everything else in my life. My partner, the family we are trying to build, my life in New York, my loved ones scattered across the globe: all of this forced me to realize I needed more than eight-thousand dollars. Even in order to pursue my creative passions, such as this journal, I needed to be able to thrive, to stay in this city I love so dearly. We are always making compromises. A central question of Enlightened is how far are we willing to go, how much will we compromise? And perhaps more importantly, how much choice do we even really have?
“Let’s be hopeful, you and me. We can try to do something and not just be dying. I’m so sick of dying”
It’s a shame the show was canceled where it was, but in a way it’s a fitting end to what I came to love so dearly about Enlightened. Her mission is complete, and she can begin to finally breathe. I google the show every couple of months to see if in the age of unlimited streaming services, a platform has decided to give season three a chance. I want to know what Amy’s life is like after completing something huge, what her public persona is like as a whistle blower, if her awkwardness becomes an asset finally. I like to think about all of these possibilities. Enlighted was something like a bible to me during several incredibly difficult periods in my life and only a show as gorgeously crafted with an actress as talented as Laura Dern can invoke feelings like that in people. I like to imagine Amy Jellicoe is finally happy.
Quentin Greif is a co-founder of Aptly Journal. He lives in the New York City area with his boyfriend.
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ADNOC Distribution launches flexible 'on the go' neighborhood station, rewards programme, and digital wallet
Published: 11 November 2019 - 3 p.m.
ADNOC Distribution revealed its next generation ‘ADNOC on the go’ station, which allows smaller neighborhood stations to be installed where traditional stations would be impractical.
Speaking at the unveiling of ‘ADNOC On the go’ stations at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC), ADNOC Distribution chairman and ADNOC Group CEO H.E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber said: “Our new ‘ADNOC on the go’ stations are designed to be installed in neighborhoods throughout the UAE, advancing the nation’s economic and infrastructure development. Their innovative, flexible design allows us to deliver tailor-made solutions for any location and serve customers where larger, traditional stations would not be practical. The smart technologies we are applying will enhance our customers’ journey, providing a more convenient and seamless fueling and shopping experience.”
ADNOC Distribution’s ‘ADNOC on the go’ service stations will vary in terms of size, the number of pumps and type of Oasis store.
ADNOC Distribution is planning to open 50 ‘ADNOC on the go’ stations in 2020 while continuing to grow its traditional stations network in the UAE in line with growth plans, as well as looking further afield to international markets including Saudi Arabia.
ADNOC Distribution will also upgrade all of its existing ADNOC Oasis convenience stores by the end of 2021.
It also launched ADNOC Wallet, a digital tool for customers to securely pay for their fuel and retail purchases at any ADNOC Distribution service station. Customers can top up their ADNOC Wallet with a credit or debit card and can then pay using their Emirates ID. ADNOC Wallet can be used to pay for fuel, car wash, ADNOC Lube and convenience store purchases.
It has also started ADNOC Rewards, giving customers the chance to be rewarded daily, with a wealth of promotions and offers, for fueling up and paying for services at any of its stations. It is expecated to launch by the end of 2019
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Training and supervision for track workers
The concern related to inadequate training and supervision for track workers, which the reporter believes is resulting in several serious incidents where track workers have had near misses with trains.
Rail: Passenger - metropolitan
The reporter stated that [Operator] has failed to implement adequate training and awareness of hand signalling to track workers operating in hazardous areas, opting instead to outsource the responsibility to external protection officers. The reporter believes that the protection to track workers is inadequate, which is evident by a fatal incident and several near misses in the past decade. The reporter states that [Operator] has a significantly higher number of near misses than other operators throughout Australia.
In addition, the reporter believes that the Regulator has failed in its duty to adequately investigate and/or enforce findings regarding these near misses, evident by reoccurring incidents.
Whilst the report does not provide specific information about how training inadequacies have resulted in safety incidents, [Operator] can provide a general response.
Track workers are not required to have "hand signalling" training unless they are required to carry out hand signaller duties. All track workers are required to have Rail Industry Safety Induction (RISI) training, which prepares them for working in an active rail corridor.
All rail workers, whether employees or contractors, are subject to the requirements of the [Operator] Safeworking Certification Standard and the [Operator] Safeworking Training standard.
All rail workers, whether employees or contractors, are required to be trained by Registered Training Organisations (RT0s) approved by [Operator] Organisation and Development. An assessment of competence for employees or contractors can only be carried out by [Operator] Organisation and Development.
[Operator] cannot respond to claims about the rate of incidents for other operators or the actions of the rail Regulator.
ONRSR has reviewed the information provided within REPCON Report Number: RR201800028.
ONRSR is committed to promoting rail safety throughout Australia including track worker safety. Following analysis of occurrence data and regulatory intelligence ONRSR has made track worker safety a national priority for 2017 and 2018. Throughout 2018, ONRSR has conducted a number of regulatory activities on [Operator] with a specific focus on track worker safety. In addition to this, ONRSR conducts a wide range of regulatory activities of [Operator] rail operations including announced and unannounced compliance inspections, site visits, audits, occurrence follow up enquiries and compliance investigations. This includes conducting regulatory activities on third party contractors that supply rail safety workers that work under the Safety Management System of [Operator]. Furthermore, ONRSR has recently conducted a further review of track worker safety at [Operator] and is liaising with the operator regarding the implementation of measures to enhance safety and manage risks so far as is reasonably practicable.
Regarding the reporter’s statement about the number of near misses involving the operator compared to other operators throughout Australia, ONRSR is subject to confidentiality provisions within the Rail Safety National Law (RSNL) and any publication of data we collect will be in a non-identified format and will report on industry level performance. We may provide factual information on incidents that are in the public domain but will not comment publically on individual rail transport information. Further rail safety occurrence data can be found in the ONRSR Rail Safety Report for 2016-2017 found on the ONRSR website at the following link: www.onrsr.com.au/publications/rail-safety-report.
In relation to the reporter’s statement that the regulator has failed in its duty to adequately investigate and / or enforce findings regarding near misses, ONRSR has a range of functions in order to achieve the primary objective of encourage safe rail operations, ensure compliance with the RSNL and to promote and improve national rail safety. These functions includes but is not limited to, administering the accreditation regime of rail transport operators under the RSNL, to monitor, investigation and enforce compliance with the RSNL using a risk based approach to regulation which includes [operator]. Further details of the approach used by ONRSR in rail regulation can be found in the ONRSR Way document, available on the ONRSR website at the following link: www.onrsr.com.au/publications/the-onrsr-way.
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Home » Motorsport » Ott Tanak joins Hyundai Motorsport for 2020 & 2021 WRC seasons
Ott Tanak joins Hyundai Motorsport for 2020 & 2021 WRC seasons
By Divyank Kushagra Bansal | on November 1, 2019
Tanak will form the team's lead attack pair in the 2020 WRC season with Thierry Neuville, while Dani Sordo & Sebastien Loeb will share the third Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC.
Hyundai Motorsport has confirmed that the 2019 WRC champion, Ott Tanak, will leave Toyota Gazoo Racing (his current team) for a stint with the Alzenau-based rally outfit in the 2020 & 2021 WRC seasons. The Estonian, who won his maiden WRC title this week with Toyota, will lead Hyundai's attack alongside Thierry Neuville in the 2020 WRC season, due to begin in January. Meanwhile, the third Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC will remain a shared resource between Dani Sordo & Sebastien Loeb. Meanwhile, Hyundai is still in deliberations with Andreas Mikkelsen & Craig Breen, their other two drivers, for a possible collaboration in the 2020 season.
Sharing his thoughts on the new signing, Ott Tanak said, 'I am really excited to join Hyundai Motorsport from the 2020 WRC season. The vision that Andrea (Team Director, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT) has set out is very promising and matches my own ambitions for the future. It's a big honour for me to have the opportunity to join the team at this exciting stage of our respective careers...the driver line-up is good, and I am looking forward to seeing what we can achieve together over the coming years.'
Tanak had joined the Japanese racing outfit in 2018, and this will put an end to his two-year stint with them. However, who will fill his position at Toyota still remains to be seen. As for Hyundai, they'll aim for the top spot in the upcoming seasons, as a Hyundai driver is yet to win a WRC title. However, Hyundai is on the cusp of making history as the 2019 WRC constructors' championship is still alive, & Hyundai is leading it, 18 points ahead of Toyota. The championship will conclude in Australia in a few days.
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Natarus lost
By Seth A. on February 28, 2007 8:36 AM | 4 Comments
Strangely enough, my local Alderman lost after serving the developers in his district for 30 some years. People like us (non-developers) became increasingly disenchanted with Natarus and his autocratic manner, and his (perceived) lack of responsiveness to residents in the ward. Maybe some green space will finally be included in new developments; perhaps the long rumored bike path to the lakefront will become reality; maybe nothing substantive will change. Regardless, we congratulate Brendan Reilly, and look forward to meeting him and/or his staff in the near future.
Veteran Natarus swept out | Chicago Tribune
After 35 years and nine consecutive victories, Ald. Burton Natarus was defeated Tuesday by challenger Brendan Reilly in a contest that measured whether downtown's 42nd Ward had grown tired of the colorful antics of the City Council mainstay.
With 97 percent of the precincts counted, unofficial results showed Reilly with 55 percent of the vote to Natarus' 45 percent.
Natarus, 73, had the second-longest tenure on the council, behind only Ald. Edward Burke (14th), in a ward known as the public face of the city, encompassing the Loop, North Michigan Avenue, River North, Streeterville and the Gold Coast. As alderman, Natarus had a major say in the area's development. Developers also were major contributors to his campaign fund.
Though Natarus won re-election four years ago, it was with only 56 percent of the vote. Some residents have grown critical of his demeanor—he often billed himself as the City Council's resident comedian—and questioned whether he had lost touch with the neighborhood.
In July, during the convening of county Democratic slatemakers who chose Todd Stroger to replace his ill father, John, as the nominee for County Board president, Natarus blasted delivery problems at the U.S. Postal Service, taking care to note that many “Afro-Americans” had good jobs there.
Mike over at Chicago Carless has more, including this astute comment:
But perhaps Burt's greatest miscalculation: forgetting that the thousands of new residents who in the past few years have moved into the Ward's increasingly dense forest of condo towers--built by his developer buddies with scant public oversight--may not have any idea who he is. Or have links to him. Or believe they owe him an oath of fealty. Or, really, have any idea about his previous four decades of tenure at all.
In a Ward brimming with new residents, it's unbridled hubris to keep expecting yesterday's level of blind loyalty from today's electorate. So if it was Natarus who was instrumental in revitalizing downtown's 42nd Ward and turning it into a highly attractive residential success (and it was), in the end, maybe he was just a victim of his own success.
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VennData | February 28, 2007 10:40 AM
Burton Natarus claimed after his loss that he works so hard... so many hours... all hours of the night; that's a crock.
He refused to even answer any of the three emails I've sent him over the last few years. Each one outlines the success of anti-smoking campaigns in cities all over the world, the increase in restaurant and tavern revenues, the negative health effects of second hand smoke, etc.
Whenever I got a chance to remind people forced to smell the second hand smoke I’d remind them that it is Burton Natarus who prolonged Chicago’s archaic rules.
I really believe all those signs of support for him in the restaurants around the word only served to remind people of our anti-scientific, pro-smoking Alderman.
I’ll be glad when we finally shunter those tobacco addicts out of the restaurants, taverns and bars of our city. Hopefully it will give more of them - all of them! - the strength to quit.
Good riddance to Natarus. Power to the people.
Yellow Dog Democrat | March 2, 2007 10:39 PM
Alderman-elect Brendan Reilly is already keeping his first major campaign promise: to do a better job of keeping residents informed about neighborhood issues affecting them, especially development.
Less than three days after the polls closed, and more than three months before he'll take office, Reilly's website , www.reillyforchicago.com, features an new e-mail newsletter for each of the 9 neighborhoods he'll represent.
Reilly does not have any official power over zoning decisions yet, and Crain's Chicago Business asked Reilly about rumors that Alderman Natarus might rush through pending development projects, including the Calatrava "Spire". Reilly's to-the-point response: "he urged Mr. Natarus to 'take into consideration the views of the new alderman' before doing anything."
S | March 5, 2007 11:48 PM
I live in the 42nd Ward and I was so fed up with all the election-related junk mail I was getting from Natarus. I was getting at least 2-3 pieces of mail per week for the past few weeks! Good riddance.
Striker | March 28, 2007 1:25 AM
Well it seems that Ald. Burt "Czar of the Ordinance" Natarus has seen his last hurrah. I think his time has appropriately come. The real power in the 42nd Ward for decades was the Hon. George Dunne. He was, at most, a gentleman and a smooth politician that knew how to serve, amid all his own flaws (but who doesnt have flaws?)
When Dunne passed away in May '06, Natarus was quoted saying "“What George Dunne saw in me, I don’t know,”
I bet "Gentleman George" saw ALOT in one of the most eccentric and quirky politicos this town has ever seen
Burt..thanks for the live entertainment in City Council..and the meomories..I guess
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Jasmine - Meaning of Jasmine
What does Jasmine mean?
[ 2 syll. ja-smi-ne, jas-m-ine ] The baby girl name Jasmine is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced JHAEZMihN †. Jasmine is of Old Persian origin. It is used mainly in English and French. An older form of the name is Jasamin (Old Persian). The first name is derived from the name of the fragrant flower which is used to make perfume. The flower name is itself derived via Old French from the Persian element yasmin. The first name was taken up by English speakers in the late 19th century during the period of enthusiasm for flower and plant names. In modern times, the Arabic forms such as Yasmin and Yasmine have also been adopted by English speakers. Jasmine is the feminine form of the French Jasmin.
What are the Variant Forms of Jasmine?
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Jasmine is a widely used name; it has 90 forms that are used in English and foreign languages. English forms of Jasmine include Jasamine, Jaslyn, Jaslynn, Jasmain, Jasmaine, Jasme, Jasmeen, Jasmeena, Jasmeet, Jasmen, Jasmene, Jasmina (also used in German and Slavic), Jasminda, Jasmira, Jasmit, Jasmyna, Jasmyne, Jassamayn, Jassma, Jassmain, Jassmaine, Jassmin, Jassmine, Jassmit, Jassmon, Jassmyn, Jazan, Jazman, Jazmin (also used in Spanish), and Jazmín (also used in Arabic and Spanish). Other English forms include the contracted forms Jas and Jasma, the familiar form Jassi, and the spelling variants Chazmin, Jasman, Jasmin (also used in German), Jasmon, Jasmyn, and Jazmine.
Forms used in foreign languages include Gelsomina (Italian), Jasmijn (Dutch), Jasminka (Slavic), Jazmina (Spanish), Jessamy (Hebrew), Yasamin (Iranian), and Yasemin (Turkish).
See also the related forms, the name Jasmarie and the Italian Gelsomino.
See also the related categories, plant (forest), enthusiasm (life), persian, element, perfume (smell), fragrant, french, flower, and arabic.
Jasmine is popular as a baby girl name. The name increased in popularity from the 1970s up to the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only infrequent use. At the height of its usage in 1993, 0.612% of baby girls were named Jasmine. It was #23 in rank then. The baby name has seen a drop in popularity since then. In 2018, it ranked at #136 with a usage of 0.116%, but it was nevertheless the most popular within all girl names in its family. Jasmine was used 4 times more than the 2nd ranked name, Jazmin, in 2018. Jasmine has in the last century been primarily given to baby girls. In 1989, 67 times more baby girls than boys were given the name Jasmine.
Baby names that sound like Jasmine include Jasmen, Jasmin, Jasmyn, Jasmyne, Jazmin, Jazmine, Jazmyn, Jazmyne, Jazzmin, Jachan, Jachane, Jachann, Jachanne, Jacksen, Jacksin, Jackson, Jacqueine, Jacquine, Jacson, and Jahan.
† Pronunciation for Jasmine: JH as in "joy (JH.OY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"
A famous person named Jasmine is Animated Character Princess Jasmine, born 25 November 1992.
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Rising star Sean clinches top business awards
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Awards for apprentice Sean Gallagher are like buses – just when you thought only one was going to come, two come along at once!
Not only has Sean been named as the Young Manufacturer of the Year 2012 by The Manufacturer magazine, he has also joined an elite group of top business performers who are regional winners in the EEF Future Manufacturing Awards 2012.
Both Awards reflect a busy year of top achievement for Sean, project lead managing fellow apprentices delivering inspiring innovation and also doing the day job as a Quality Engineer.
Last week Sean was one of 600 manufacturers who attended The Manufacturer magazine’s annual awards ceremony compered by Lord Digby Jones of Birmingham.
Lord Jones said: “What a pleasure it is to be among real people focusing on making money to help UK plc get on, while the media and so many organisations are obsessed with spending the stuff.” Lord Jones is widely known for his six year stint as director-general of the CBI and his passion for British industry.
On receiving the Young Manufacturer of the Year Award Sean said: “I think it is of the utmost importance to recognise young people in the business. It is the people who breed the ideas in a business, not the hierarchy, and people at all levels can breed a lot of life into a business.”
Sean’s second award is from EEF, the organisation which represents manufacturing, engineering and technology based businesses in the UK. These awards recognise excellence in enterprise, innovation, environmental performance and skills development among UK manufacturers.
He has been named winner of the EEF North West Region Outstanding Achievement by a Final Year Apprentice Award. The Award is sponsored by Semta – the Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies.
Judges recognised that throughout his apprenticeship, Sean showed great commitment with perfect attendance and punctuality and has become known for delivering work of exceptional quality and reliability with minimal supervision. It’s an approach that led to him taking on the role of Project Manager for the BedFleX entry to the Apprentice Innovation Challenge, a national BAE Systems competition.
David Ost, EEF North West Regional Director, said: “We received some extremely high quality entries for this award, but Sean’s commitment, drive and determination stood out to make him our winner. He is an inspiration to young people everywhere and has an exciting future ahead of him. I wish him continued success and best of luck in the national final.”
Now working as part of our air business Core Quality team, Sean is continuing to work as an ambassador and mentor for the apprenticeship scheme and will go forward to compete against other regional winners from across the UK in EEF’s National Awards final on 31 January 2013 in London.
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Diverse menu pays off for Sonic
By Monica Watrous
The drive-in chain claims to have the most diverse menu in the fast-food industry.
NEW YORK — A key to consistent same-store sales growth at Sonic Drive-In is what the Oklahoma City-based company considers the “most diverse menu in Q.S.R.”
“A lot of people tend to think of Sonic as a burger chain, but you can see that burgers only make up about 17% of sales,” said Steve Vaughan, executive vice-president and chief financial officer of Sonic Corp., during a presentation for analysts at the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer and Retail Conference on Nov. 18 in New York.
As the top seller of hot dogs eaten outside of the home, Sonic generates a significant portion of revenue from such items as chili cheese coney dogs and cheesy bacon pretzel dogs. Forty per cent of the drive-in’s sales comes from beverages and ice cream products, including slushes, sundaes and shakes. And now chicken represents a larger portion of the company’s business, after the chain launched a premium sandwich platform in 2012. Recently, the chain introduced a line of boneless wings in buffalo, barbecue and Asian varieties.
“If you look at the Q.S.R. industry overall, chicken and burger servings are fairly comparable,” Mr. Vaughan said. “But we still see a lot of upside in the chicken area of our business.”
Innovation has helped Sonic sustain business momentum with four consecutive years of positive same-store sales. The company stepped up its menu efforts at the beginning of 2012 by hiring a new chef to help build a stronger pipeline, enabling the chain to test market and tweak products ahead of a national roll-out.
“That’s something that I think is really helping us build this momentum over the last three or four years,” Mr. Vaughan said. “And then also the focus on the different day parts and making sure that those product promotions and also the media support the five different day parts that Sonic tends to have our business spread across.”
Promoting products across breakfast, lunch, afternoon, dinner and evening day parts helps Sonic’s franchisees manage business more efficiently.
“So you tend to see, in the afternoon when a lot of our competitors may not have a lot of business on their lot, you can see that our afternoon business makes up 23% of sales,” Mr. Vaughan said. “We also have promotions that really are targeted toward the evening, trying to make sure that late-night business is successful.”
Sonic’s breakfast menu, which is served all day, includes croissant sandwiches, french toast sticks, breakfast burritos and coffee drinks.
As a result of the varied menu, Sonic has a mixed set of competitors that includes traditional fast-food chains such as McDonald’s and Burger King, convenience stores with slush drinks and similar beverages, and ice cream brands like Dairy Queen.
“Clearly, right now, it does feel like Sonic has been taking some market share from some of that competition,” Mr. Vaughan said.
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English to Bengali Meaning :: stupendous
English to Bengali Meaning : adjective : বিস্ময়কর Details : বিস্ময়কর
Stupendous :
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Stupendous - বিস্ময়কর Stupendously :: বিস্ময়কর
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Adjective(1) so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
(1) I thought it was a stupendous idea - I still do - but I haven't heard anything more about it.(2) However, that presence, stupendous mystery as it was, was in itself no guarantee of benefit, either to celebrant or congregation.(3) To the converted, the guest list at this weekend's Canadian National Comic Book Expo is stupendous .(4) Three stupendous performances will stay in the memory.(5) Lipsey says the Treasury can claim credit for the stupendous UK policy success of the last two decades - privatisation.(6) So long as it prevails the show is thrilling and stupendous ; the moment it fails the show is a dull and dirty farce.(7) The annexe has the feel of a private house with a wood fire and stupendous views of the temples of Baalbek.(8) Perched on at least three different levels, it enjoys a stupendous view over the Nile south of Aswan city centre.(9) They are sitting on a stupendous amount of oil after all.(10) What a stupendous building, built in thanksgiving for success in war.(11) People were drawn magnetically to the windows, staring out at stupendous views in all directions.(12) By the time we got to the grand final it was just stupendous .(13) I noticed out the window an absolutely stupendous view over Westminster.(14) By walking perhaps twenty yards further there's a stupendous view over the Bristol Channel.(15) We climbed the mountain for stupendous views of the west coast.(16) But none of those truths should diminish the power of last weekend's stupendous events.
1. amazing ::
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Yamaha TDM 850/900 - Modern Classic - Buying Guide
Yamaha TDM 850/900 Review + Buyers Guide
If you’re a former sports bike owner of a certain age, you’ll remember the excitement when Yamaha unveiled the first TDM850 at the end of 1990. The men in the tuning-fork polo shirts explained that this was the road-focused, sporty version of their XTZ750 Super Tenere – a bike that dominated sales in Europe but was largely ignored in the UK. Back then we bought sports bikes and not much else. Trailies were for bearded old fellas who liked mud and Motorcycle International magazine.
But the TDM looked very interesting indeed Ok, the 849cc 10v water-cooled twin was missing a couple of cylinders for most of us, but it had a Deltabox frame, as used on Yamaha’s FZR range and their GP bikes too, a couple of cool-looking bug-eyed headlights, cast wheels, huge FZR-type brakes and a sense that this was the upright urban superbike those of us who’d already fallen head-over-heels for a TDR250 had been waiting for. Knowing how good the TDR was, surely a four-stroke, 75bhp version with added size, space and reliability had to be amazing?
Sadly, by the time it arrived, we already knew it wasn’t. Initial press reports spoke of soft power, a stiff gearbox and suspension that was a lot less sporty than we’d hoped for. Bouncing around your favourite back road, comprehensively failing to keep up with a CBR600 while desperately trying to select a gear didn’t seem so appealing, especially because the TDM cost more than Honda’s also new-for-1991 CBR600FM, which made 15bhp more, weighed 20kg less and was just as good an all-rounder without the funky styling.
Fixing the suspension was tricky, not helped by the fact that Yamaha had fitted soft forks and a shock absorber that had two springs – one for solo use and a second one unlocked by a lever for pillion riding – but no real range of adjustment. If only they’d used FZR units things would have been very different and we’d have put up with the awful gearbox (probably).
Which isn’t to say the TDM was a bad bike, just nowhere near as good as we’d all wanted it to be. It took Yamaha five years to fix it, giving the 1996 TDM some proper suspension a slightly better gearbox and a funky 270 degree firing order that supposedly made the parallel twin feel like a vee.
The 1996 bike, launched at the same time as the even more funky sporting TRX850 was a massive improvement, but by then the moment had passed. In an age where big twins were exotic, desirable and almost exclusively Italian, the off-beat Yamahas were a curiosity, but the motor’s v-twin pretensions were more Honda Transalp than Ducati 916.
But the TDM was an innovator. Fast forward 20 years and everyone makes a cast-wheeled, softly sprung roadster based on a trail bike (apart from Honda, obviously who make the Crossrunner – a road-style trailie based on a road bike). Most are pretty good too; usable, practical, highly competent and mostly, good value too. Triumph’s latest Tiger 800 revamp is a great example as is Yamaha’s own Tracer range. The TDM concept has finally been validated.
Buy one now and it’ll almost certainly need a lot of work. The 90s weren’t Yamaha’s finest hour for build quality and most TDMs ended up as hacks, blatting to work and back on a shoestring budget.
It’ll almost certainly never be a classic, but if you’re curious and find a half-decent one, a TDM should make a good project to fix up and improve for not much money. Except prices (at least asking prices) are high. Make that very high. A 20 year-old TDM850 is apparently worth the same as a FireBlade or VFR800 and more than a Fazer 1000 that’s three years newer. They’re good, but not that good. This modern classic lark can be very confusing.
The later bikes (2001-on) became 900cc, but didn’t really go much faster and the early 850s (which are still cheap, when they surface) are still the best looking and most worthy of attention… if you can find one.
Yamaha TDM 850 Specs
£2,000-£4,000
849.00 ccm (51.81 cubic inches)
Twin, four-stroke
82.00 HP (59.9 kW)) @ 7500 RPM
80.00 Nm (8.2 kgf-m or 59.0 ft.lbs) @ 6500 RPM
210.0 km/h (130.5 mph)
89.5 x 67.5 mm (3.5 x 2.7 inches)
Front wheel travel
149 mm (5.9 inches)
Rear wheel travel
110/80-ZR18
Front brakes diameter
298 mm (11.7 inches)
Rear brakes diameter
Power/weight ratio
0.4141 HP/kg
20.00 litres
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Renovating Democracy: Governing in the Age of Globalization and Digital Capitalism
1pm — Brookings Institution – Washington DC
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The rise of populism in the West and the rise of China in the East have stirred a debate about the role of democracy in the international system. The impact of globalization and digital capitalism is forcing worldwide attention to the starker divide between the “haves” and the “have-nots,” challenging how we think about the social contract. At a time when democracy is being tested internally and its role in the global order questioned, we must assess its current trajectory across regions and discuss the core challenges facing democracies in the West. Can civic participation and direct democracy be integrated into the system without empowering populism? How can governing systems in the West compete against China’s innovations and global ambitions? Can different systems of government co-exist in this age of globalization and integration, or are we facing a clash of systems?
On October 1, the Foreign Policy program at Brookings hosted Nathan Gardels and Nicolas Berggruen, authors of the new book “Renovating Democracy: Governing in the Age of Globalization and Digital Capitalism,” to discuss these themes and present findings from their research on how democratic systems work — and how they fail. Following opening remarks by Brookings Vice President and Director Bruce Jones, Washington Columnist for The Boston Globe Indira Lakshmanan moderated a conversation with the authors. Questions from the audience followed the discussion.
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Enstar moves closer to live underwriting with Torus acquisition
Enstar Group subsidiary to buy Maiden Re North America
Enstar and Stone Point complete acquisition of Torus
Torus acquisition boosts Enstar’s half-year results
Enstar Group, in conjunction with private equity firm Stone Point, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire global specialty insurer Torus Insurance Holdings in a transaction with a total consideration of $692 million. This acquisition marks another move towards live underwriting for Enstar, which previously focused on acquiring companies already in run-off.
This news comes in conjunction with the announcement that Enstar’s other acquisition aims—taking over Atrium Underwriting Group and Arden Reinsurance company—have been reached with further help from Stone Point. Should all of the transactions go through Enstar will acquire 60 percent of the companies, leaving the remaining 40 percent for Stone Point.
Newly appointed Torus group chief executive officer Dermont O’Donohoe commented: “we are very pleased with this transaction and the opportunity to join Enstar during this exciting time, as it expands into the live insurance market. We have a high regard for both Enstar and Stone Point and are confident in our collective abilities to achieve great results as a result of this deal.”
Dominic Silvester, Enstar's CEO, said: "following the recent announcement of our agreement to acquire Atrium, we are pleased to continue our expansion into 'live' underwriting through the acquisition of Torus. Torus provides us with an opportunity to acquire a large, international A- rated group of companies that both diversifies Enstar into the active market and enhances the opportunities available to our core legacy business. In addition, we are excited to be partnering with Stone Point. We have worked with them successfully in the past and we believe their expertise in the insurance industry will add tremendous value to these acquisitions."
Charles A. Davis, Stone Point's CEO, added: "Stone Point is delighted to be partnering with Enstar on the Torus and Atrium transactions. Our successful relationship with Dominic Silvester and the Enstar team dates back to 2000. We have been one of the largest shareholders of Enstar for many years and have worked with Enstar's senior management on a number of acquisitions. We look forward to joining with Enstar in these investments and working with the Torus and Atrium management teams."
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Brighton vs Leicester Prediction & Betting Tips 23/11/2019
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Brighton will welcome the top 2 leaders in the league Leicester City at the American Express Community Stadium for the England Premier League. The visitors will do its best to stay in their 2nd rank in the standings when they face Brighton in the upcoming matchup. The Blue Foxes are having a season to recall, however, their manager Brendan Rodgers must inform his players against self-satisfaction. Leicester side is on a five-game winning streak in the entire tournaments ahead of the on the road game against the host, and with the squad that dominates Arsenal coming from their last league matchup. Striker Jamie Vardy, who is one of the senior players in the team, is keen to give additional goals to his profile, and we are confident that he will be considered as a big threat to the opponent’s defenders in the field. On the other hand, Brighton had endured all kinds of problems at the back in a 3 – 1 defeat against Manchester United. However, this would be the reason why we are putting our bet in Leicester City and these current statistical analyses, past performance and conclusion will be your major basis to be with us.
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Leicester City has had one player that sent off in both of their previous on the road Premier League matches against Brighton, but still has not lost on either game.
Leicester City has six wins coming from their last seven Premier League fixtures with 1 loss, and winning the last four via an aggregate score of 15 – 1 and securing a clean sheet coming from their last three.
Leicester City only won once from their last six on the road league matches against Brighton with 2 draws and 3 losses and winning 2 – 0 in March 2018.
Brighton is targeting to win four winning streak in-ground league matches for the 1st time since April 2017 in the Championship.
Brighton didn’t win in their entire four Premier League encounters against Leicester with 1 draw and 3 losses and conceding exactly two goals for each of their three losses.
Head to Head of Brighton vs Leicester City:
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ABLI calls for change
Overcoming corruption and finding ways to harness the wisdom of women and the energy of youth have been central themes at ABLI, writes Andrew Boyd.
The 8th African Biblical Leadership Initiative (ABLI) Forum was held for the first time in the south of the continent in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland).
ABLI attracted considerable interest from the media, with coverage on national TV and the Times of Swaziland, as well as the UK.
As ever, ABLI concluded with a declaration, setting the course for the coming year.
One major theme was corruption. ABLI declared:
‘The Church is plagued with corruption as much as any other institutions. ABLI is calling on the Church to continue to be the prophetic voice and moral compass of society.’
‘Huge resources are invested in the fight against corruption and the battle is not easily won,’ said Mr Ngcebo Mbuli, of the Bible Society of Eswatini.
Young leaders, he said, are born into an atmosphere infested with fraud and corruption.
‘The Bible,’ he continued, ‘is the only book which can bring change and conviction from within a human being, which will transform institutions and nations.
‘The Bible has what the world needs to curb corruption, and the Bible has what it takes to bring up leaders full of truth and integrity.’
Another key theme was gender inequality, which is said to hold back social and economic development.
Gender inequality costs sub-Saharan Africa some US$105 billion, said ABLI Forum speaker, Rev Mfanaleni Mkhatshwa.
Rev Mkhatshwa observed that in African patriarchal societies, privilege and authority were reserved for men in family and society. Women were seen as second-class citizens.
‘Gender equality is essential to economic development,’ he said. ‘Closing the gender gap would set Africa on track for double-digit economic growth.’
ABLI recognised that the wisdom of Africa’s women must be harnessed in leadership and decision-making. Opportunities must no longer be denied to half the population of the continent.
Another principal theme was Africa’s youth, described as at a crossroads, torn between globalisation and tradition.
Six out of ten Africans are under the age of 25 and more than 40 per cent are below the age of 15.
The 2018 ABLI declaration called on churches, Christian organisations and governments to help Africa’s youth take their place as global citizens – without undermining their cultural identity.
The energy of youth must be harnessed to build, rather than burn, the continent.
Other ABLI declarations addressed the need for integrity in eldership in Africa and for Christians to commit to act as agents of change.
‘We really want to see transformation through the word of God,’ said Mr Ngcebo Mbuli, CEO of the Bible Society of Eswatini.
‘In academia, business, church and politics, we need the word of God and its values We want to see the Bible assume its rightful place everywhere in society and in the Kingdom of Eswatini.’The next ABLI Forum in 2019 will take place in Rwanda.
Author: Bible Society, 2 October 2018 (Last updated: 5 October 2018)
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Nestled on a relatively quiet, corner lot in Austin’s typically popular and crowded SoCo district is the headquarters of Fortress of Inca.
Unlike its name, the brick-and-mortar shop is no foreboding place. Next door is a soup and smoothie cafe, rated one of the best in the city (Soup Peddler, if you must know). Across the street is a vegetarian restaurant even meat eaters in the Capital of Texas call their favorite brunch locale. There’s a women-author-only bookshop around the corner. If you were unfamiliar with the area, you might think you had landed in an episode of Portlandia.
Though Fortress of Inca is found in Austin’s hip and expensive 78704 zip code (where tourists flock for music festivals and a taste of “Keep Austin Weird”), Evan Streusand, the founder of the business, is much more grounded in reality.
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He is a millennial after all, a generation raised on the abundance of the ‘90s and then released as young adults into the economic downfall of the mid-00s. Jobs were scarce for recent grads and high schoolers looking for first time gigs. Layoffs were abundant. Salaries were low. Many couldn’t even move out of mom and dad’s, much less to a new city or after their professional dreams.
But young and determined, millennials found new avenues to income. Freelancing gigs took off –– marking the dawn of the work from home jobs culture. The technology bubble boomed with new platforms, each making it easier to communicate, to work, to launch your own business.
Evan, like many of his like-minded peers, found potential here and on a trip to Peru stumbled across “these interesting shoes being made in a little workshop.” He began selling them online.
It was a side gig at first –– a test, really. Soon, he was pulling in revenue and needing ever more shoes to sell. Knowing what he was already paying the workers in the shop a continent away, Evan turned his focus not to marketing –– but to ethical production.
He wanted to get his ducks in a row, cross the Ts and dot the Is, if you will. He wanted to make sure that his business wasn’t an active player in a society or chain which often undervalues and subsequently underpays workers.
He bought a ticket and was back off to South America.
Breaking from the Traditional (and Popular) Path to Revenue
Coming hot off the great recession, brands like H&M and Zara have seen hockey stick growth. Their business models are clear: watch what is put down the runway, create something similar, at scale and much cheaper, and sell it to 10-30 year olds.
It’s a model that works well. Cheap clothes mean more customers, especially during a period of middle class disappearance. Cheap clothes at scale mean the creation of a factory-like production process, akin to the Ford assembly line model. It’s copy, repeat –– day in, day out.
But unlike the Ford assembly model which brought jobs to Americans in the mid-west and an economic boom in that region during that era, these production factories are outsourced –– most often to China.
Labor standards are poorer there. Labor regulations much looser. Items can be created at a fraction of the cost of in the U.S., and much more quickly. The shirt you buy from a fast fashion retailer may cost you $20, but the company likely paid only $5 –– with the worker who created it seeing less than even half of that return through their paycheck.
This has been the capitalistic model since the 80s. Outsource, increase margins, maintain price. What suffers for both the worker and the end customer is quality: of life and of purchase. What doubles is executive salary, marketing budgets and store footprints of these fast-growing fashion chains.
Where Altruism and Revenue Cross Paths
Today, you’d be hard pressed to turn up a Google search on the millennial generation without scores of articles commenting on their altruism, their preference for transparency, and their need for the services they use to be unparalleled in design, convenience and giving back.
In fact, a recent study conducted by research firm Kelton Global on what makes millennials convert found the following 10 trends particularly influential:
Gender leveling
The Snapchat effect
Social currency
Built for me (i.e. personalization)
Frictionless experiences
Omnipresent social
Gamified loyalty
That’s one heck of a list –– and a very different one than you’d find spurring any other generation to click “add to cart” or “check out.”
But millennials aren’t just any other generation. Those falling in the elder parts of the generation remember dial up and pagers –– a world only in its nascent form of constant contact. The younger members of this generation remember cell phones that weren’t yet also cameras or full-fledged computers, as they are now.
Wi-fi was only widely introduced in their teenage and young adults years.
Rapid change defines this generation more so than perhaps any other living –– and it seems to be members of this generation who are best equipped to tackle their deep-seated concerns.
Worker Rights Matter –– The Inherent Empathy of Employment
Adriana and Evan in Peru
“I wouldn’t want to make something that was going to be taking advantage of somebody in one place just so somebody somewhere else could benefit,” Evan said, recounting why he hopped back on a plane, and then later hired an employee specifically to travel to Peru and check up on working conditions regularly (at least 4 times a year).
Peru is already a country with strong labor regulations. Maternity leave and health insurance are basic requirements. And the pay is adequate to the work being done. After all, with such a healthy tourism industry and plenty of textile companies looking to sell alpaca wool to the more northern Western world, Peruvian workers have plenty of options in the case their current employer isn’t meeting their needs.
Here is a quick list of state requirements employers must cover for employees in Peru, as described to us by Adriana, the factory owner in Lima where Fortress of Inca’s shoes are made.
Peruvian State Employer Requirements
We pay a month extra salary per year (divided in 2 parts –– one in May and the other in November) into a special account in the bank the worker can’t touch until he or she stops working at the current company. This is so they have money when they find themselves out of work or in between jobs.
They have paid holidays every year –– half a month or a whole month depending on the job.
We pay another salary for work incentives per year –– divided in 2 parts, one in July and the other in December.
They have healthcare paid for them and the entire family until the children reach adulthood. The spouses get it throughout their lives, which includes paying them their salary while they are having treatment and they can’t work.
We pay a monthly incentive (around 15% of the minimum wage) if they have a family. It is called ‘family bonus.’ It incentives the workers to formalize the relationships and recognize their children as dependents.
They have maternity leave (three months) and for men, they also have a shorter paternity leave to care for their spouses.
We also have to retain a percent of the monthly salary (stipulated by law) to deposit every month into a state or private company (chosen by the worker) that will keep their funds until they retire, so they have some security when they are old.
If they have a flexible salary (like most of the workers who make Fortress of Inca’s shoes do), they have a weekly percent incentive that includes an extra day of work per week if they have worked the hours required. This means that they have an extra day of work fully paid each week!
How the Fortress of Inca Factory Negotiates Fair Pay
Specific to the shoe business, workers are paid per pair and the total of that per month is what is considered the monthly salary. All the law requirements build from that.
Every season, the factory has to negotiate the price per style to a price that justifies the work and time involved to make each pair. The bottom line is that if the worker doesn’t feel that they are being well paid, they will go and work some place else.
The important thing for the factories to know and understand before negotiations is to know how the employees work, so both sides can come to an agreement that works for all parties involved.
“That is what our factory does well,” wrote Adriana in an email to me when I inquired about benefits and working conditions at the factory. “We try to make beautiful shoes so the price is justified and the workers are happy.”
Adriana plays a large part in Fortress of Inca’s dedication to ethical working conditions and fair pay –– though finding the right factory and managers to work with was a bit of a process. This current factory partner supports 90 families in the ways described above –– providing enough income to support a quality lifestyle and pre-K to college education for dependents.
“Peru, despite what a lot of people probably think, is actually a pretty expensive place for us to make shoes. We could definitely be making a lot more money if we were to go to another country that had less labor regulations and where the people were getting paid a lot less,” said Evan. “It’s definitely the wages –– wages and materials –– but wages are a big reason why our shoes have to be at least a certain price point.”
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Fair Wages and Equal Rights –– For Absolutely Everyone
Ensuring ethical working conditions for your production employees is one thing –– but they aren’t the only employees working for Fortress of Inca. Back in the U.S., right there in Austin, where living expenses –– and dare we say living expectations –– are higher, Evan works hard to make salaries match those that are commensurate with living in the States.
Fair pay isn’t a one-sided coin. It isn’t a check box you can mark off. It is a commitment, reinforced over time, to providing adequate pay for skilled labor –– and a constant refusal to take advantage of the system.
“I don’t want to see people go to work all day and then have to go home and still struggle to support their families,” said Evan. “I guess my parents taught me to be a nice guy. I just don’t want to put that into the world. I don’t want to add to what is already kind of a society where people are constantly being undervalued and taken advantage of.”
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This commitment extends even to his customers. Evan’s shoes are priced in the $150 to $350 range. Similar shoes made in the very same factories are sold in New York City boutiques for up to $800, a price point Evan consciously decided against.
“A lot of other designers that make shoes in Peru, and there are quite a few pretty high-end designers,” said Evan. “A lot of them are selling shoes for $500, $600, $800 –– and a lot of that’s because it is pretty expensive to make shoes in Peru. We just felt like that’s not really fair to the customers either. We want to make shoes that are accessible to people.”
Cutting Costs in an Ethical Business Model –– It Doesn’t Come from Shipping!
It all sounds well and good, right? Why wouldn’t a business follow this model? This makes sense –– along every touchpoint.
Except for one: the bottom line.
I had to ask: “Evan, this all sounds expensive. Where do you cut costs? Shipping?”
“Let me say that it’s definitely not in shipping,” and the room bursts out in laughter. Evan continues, “I don’t pay myself as much as I could, probably. That’s one, but that’s not really the main way. The main way is things like when we need to go out and build a website, let’s say. Instead of going to some firm that’s going to charge us $10,000-20,000 to build us a site, we go with a more affordable platform.
We also usually work with freelancers. That way, a lot of the overhead is cut out and we save quite a bit of money. In that way, we’re paying one person instead of a whole company. That is something that we have definitely been able to save money on.”
Also, Evan’s team works hard. They are scrappy and smart –– and dedicated.
“We do everything ourselves, basically. We don’t pay a PR firm. We don’t really spend money on advertising. We spend a little bit, but it’s mainly on social. We see a lot of organic growth. It’s a lot of word of mouth. It’s things like that [where we cut costs]. It’s anywhere that we can. We just don’t waste money. We keep things pretty tight. We figure out the most cost-effective way to do things and that’s what we do. I don’t have a better answer than that.”
Millennial Business Leaders Forgoing Fast Fashion
It’s been said that millennials –– having grown up in the 90s, an era of middle class abundance leading to radical consumerism –– were lazy and thankless. They’ve been referred to as a generation of spoiled brats, having grown up with way too many Beanie Babies and Furbies and Tomagotchis.
Items which today, Evan explains, lay in landfills.
He admittedly doesn’t understand the fast fashion boom. Sure, the clothes are cheap, and he says he even buys something time and again –– like everyone else –– but the process itself isn’t just bad for the workers or the customers, who get cheated into buying clothes that will break down after a single wash. It’s a process that’s bad for the world.
“Do you need two hundred pairs of shoes? I know I don’t. I’d rather have less things but have them be really good than just tons of garbage. You’re going to wear those things one time. Not to mention, one thing I’ve realized as I’ve started buying very well-made shirts, whether it’s shoes or shirts or pants, I feel better when I wear things like that. If you wear something that’s well made, the materials feel better on your body, you feel better when you go out into the world, and it’s something that’s not going to fall apart after you wash it and you’re going to have it for a long time.
[For me], it’s just about the process, as a whole. The people that are making it are being treated better and the materials are being produced in a way that is less harmful for the environment. The fast fashion thing is the opposite of that. It’s just filling up the world with garbage. That’s what it feels like to me.”
And Evan isn’t alone. Three out of four millennials in a 2015 survey conducted by Nielsen said they are willing to pay extra for sustainably produced goods –– up 50% from 2014. Generation Z, those following just behind millennials, rose to 72% in the study, from 55% in 2014. And even 51% of Baby Boomers report they’d shell out more for items produced in sustainable ways.
Turns out that in an era of retail disruption –– where marketplaces run a pricing race to the bottom and consumers demand free shipping –– that the one thing shoppers are willing to spend more on are those items which have a positive impact much larger than themselves.
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Equipment donation from Jenx delivers extra ‘support’ to children
Children at Bluebell Wood Hospice have Sheffield-based Jenx and Jiraffe to thank for making their therapy sessions more comfortable.
Hillsborough-based Jenx and Jiraffe have donated over £2,500 of their pioneering equipment for children with disabilities.
For over 35 years, Jenx has been researching, designing and manufacturing pioneering developmental postural equipment that supports children who have complex postural needs. Jiraffe is the company’s UK retail division.
Its world-leading products help children fulfil their potential, supporting them through daily activities from eating, sleeping and learning to play.
Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice is the company’s nominated Charity of the Year 2019, and while members of the Charity Committee were on a visit to its North Anston site, they saw one of their own products - a therapy wedge support - in use in the Sensory Room, where children’s senses are stimulated through sight and sound.
Bluebell Wood’s physiotherapist Lesley Spencer explained how beneficial children had found the wedges, which enable them to play while lying down, and the team were inspired to further help the children of Bluebell Wood by donating additional items.
Jiraffe Divisional Director Holly Jenkins said: “Bluebell Wood is a charity close to the hearts of many at Jiraffe and Jenx. We are privileged and very proud to be able to support their incredible work and hope this donation brings lots of fun, smiles and happy memories.
“The hospice provides exceptional care and support for both children and families. This is something very close to our company mission of helping children with special postural needs to live happy and fulfilling lives.”
Lesley Spencer said: “We know first-hand how brilliant products within the Jenx range are and we are so grateful to them for this wonderful gift of three more wedges, a mat and a Ziggy support. This equipment will undoubtedly enrich our children’s lives.”
Doncaster dad Tony Critchley has already seen what a difference the equipment can make. His son Kian, 12, enjoyed using one of the new wedges during a physiotherapy session. Tony said: "Kian couldn't wait to try out one of the wedges. It meant that instead of being given hands-on stretching therapy, he could get all the stretches he needed simply by lying on his stomach to play with his soft toys.”
During their partnership, staff at Jenx and Jiraffe have also donated over 50 bags of stock to Bluebell Wood shops, held an Easter raffle, donated Easter craft items and on corporate volunteer days a number of employees have worked at the hospice.
Published: 23rd July, 2019
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The award for best sketch on this week’s Saturday Night Live definitely goes to Fred Armisen for throwing together a punk rock spoof – “The History of Punk.” It’s Sex Pistols meets Spinal Tap, touching upon the tumultuous history of England’s finest band, Ian Rubbish and the Bizarros.
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Man United reportedly closing in on two January transfers
BY Buzz Contributor
Manchester United are closing in on two January signings with Ed Woodward ready to help Ole Gunnar Solskjaer turn things around.
The Red Devils have endured a difficult campaign so far, winning two of their opening nine Premier League games but taking some solace in the Europa League, where they’ve amassed seven points from a possible nine.
And with United suffering, the Mirror claim United are closing in on the signing of Denis Zakaria.
The first signing, however, is likely to be Mario Mandzukic.
Man Utd look set to sign Juventus star Mario Mandzukic in Janaury
The Juventus star is currently out in the cold over in Turin and is yet to make a single appearance this season.
It has been agreed with the Serie A giants that he will be allowed to depart when the transfer window reopens in January.
And United, it seems, are set to bring him to Old Trafford as their replacement for Romelu Lukaku, who left for Serie A giants Inter Milan back in the summer.
A second signing reportedly in the offing is Denis Zakaria.
The midfielder has impressed for Borussia Monchengladbach in the Bundesliga this season, starring as they’ve surged to the top of the table.
Zakaria offers tenacity in the middle of the park and would be the ideal replacement for Ander Herrera, who departed the club on a free transfer back in the summer.
The 22-year-old has won 24 caps for Switzerland and could be available for £25m in January.
Whether United can force through both transfers to turn their season around, though, remains to be seen.
Republic of Ireland's Callum Robinson (right) and Switzerland's Denis Zakaria (left) battle for the ball during the UEFA Euro 2020 Qualifying Group D match at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Meanwhile, former Red Devils midfielder Paul Scholes believes the club need three ‘special’ signings to be competitive again.
“It’s a team that really lacks creativity,” Scholes said on BT Sport.
“We’re lacking on a real No 10 I think, a player that can play passes through and is capable of scoring goals as well.
“Also maybe a patrolling midfield player who can set all the play up as well, take the ball off the back four and link it through to the forward.
“And I also think they’re desperate for a No 9, I don’t think they’re good enough in the forward areas.
“But it’s the start of Ole’s rebuild, he didn’t think [Romelu] Lukaku was good enough for that, he didn’t see a place for [Alexis] Sanchez so he’s got rid of them.
“And now over the next year or so he’s got to bring and really find players, special players, in those forward areas that can win games.
“When they go up against a Chelsea, who are very good in possession, [or] Manchester City and Liverpool who are very good in possession, I don’t think United are good enough to keep possession like those teams do.
“So I think that’s why counter-attacking on Sunday [against Liverpool], goals like this, probably suited them.
“It’s when you play your Crystal Palaces and your Newcastles when you have all the possession, do you have the players that are special enough in the forward areas to win games of football? And in the midfield areas?
“At the minute it doesn’t look like they do.”
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CAIR Condemns Racist, Islamophobic, Anti-Immigrant Postcard Distributed in Idaho
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/7/19) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a racist, Islamophobic, homophobic and anti-immigrant postcard distributed in North Idaho.
The postcard depicts three human rights leaders in Coeur d’Alene, including Mayor Steve Widmyer, as clowns holding balloons that mock their dedication to building an inclusive community. Beneath the three leaders, a number of racist, Islamophobic and stereotypical caricatures of various minority communities.
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The two “Muslim” figures show a woman wearing a burqa and a man wearing a suicide vest. The other figures include an African-American man with the face of a primate, a gang member meant to represent immigrants and an offensive depiction of transgender woman.
“Intentional attempts to stigmatize minority communities and sow societal division are reprehensible and have no place in Idaho or anywhere in our nation,” said CAIR Communications Coordinator Ayan Ajeen. “America is what it is today in large part due to the contributions of minority communities.”
The Washington-based Muslim civil rights organization has reported an unprecedented spike in bigotry targeting American Muslims and members of other minority groups since the election of Donald Trump as president.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Communications Coordinator Ayan Ajeen, 202-774-0770, aajeen@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com
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Jim Balsillie, of the Council of Canadian Innovators, arrives to appear as a witness at a Commons privacy and ethics committee in Ottawa on Thursday, May 10, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Watchdog probes complaint about Canadian political parties’ data use
Centre for Digital Rights claims Liberals, Conservatives and NDP misused data and targeted ads
Canada’s competition watchdog is looking into a complaint about the data-harvesting practices of the main federal political parties.
In its complaint to the commissioner of competition, the Centre for Digital Rights flagged what it calls the large-scale misuse of big data and targeted digital advertising of the Liberal, Conservative and New Democratic parties.
The centre, established by businessman and philanthropist Jim Balsillie, released a letter Wednesday from the Competition Bureau saying it had begun an investigation of the complaint.
Information about prospective voters is helpful to political parties for everything from door-to-door canvassing to shaping platforms. In the age of algorithms and vast databases, there are new concerns about how parties use such information to track and target people.
The centre says the parties’ use of personal information undermines the trust of Canadian voters “in the marketplace of goods, services and ideas” and contravenes the prohibition on deceptive marketing in the Competition Act.
It argues that while a political party conducts “a different shade of business” from a company that sells regular products or services, it is not excluded from competition law, said Bill Hearn, a lawyer for the digital-rights centre.
The centre has also filed complaints with the federal privacy commissioner, the B.C. information and privacy commissioner, the federal telecommunications regulator and Canada’s elections commissioner. It awaits responses from those agencies.
The centre is pushing for revision of the federal privacy law covering the private sector to apply expressly to political parties, constituency associations, candidates and candidate nomination contestants.
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Even now, the centre argues, the federal parties use and disclose the personal information they collect from Canadians for purposes a reasonable person would consider contrary to their respective privacy policies, a violation of the requirements under the privacy law that people give “meaningful consent” for what happens to their data.
The digital-rights centre will “go to the courts” if privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien decides he lacks authority to investigate the complaint, Hearn said in an interview. Therrien is not the ultimate arbiter of the jurisdictional question, he said — the courts are.
An internal analysis by the privacy commissioner found last year that the major political parties failed to ensure people gave valid consent to the collection and use of their personal information.
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Home » Wafer confectionery trends: Talking texture and flavor
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Wafer confectionery trends: Talking texture and flavor
Crispy texture, neutral base for flavor innovation make wafer-based confectionery products a favorite among consumers.
Popular around the world for its unique taste and texture, Kinder Bueno is now available in the United States.
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Thin and crispy, wafers are often enjoyed while they’re sandwiching cream — but for decades, candy companies have also incorporated them into tasty, textural confections.
Kit Kat, first launched in 1937 under that name, continues to capture consumers around the globe. Nestlé says the brand is available in 80 countries, and with a handful of Kit Kat Chocolatory stores around the world, consumers have a chance to make their own wafer-based confections.
The brand continues to perform in the United States, where its licensed and manufactured by the The Hershey Co. Kit Kat, in package sizes 3.5 oz. or less, is among the Top 5 brands tracked by Chicago-based research firm IRI, pulling in $322.28 million over the year ending Nov. 3, 2019.
In the 3.5 oz. or less chocolate bar, bag or box category, Kit Kat has 7.25 percent of the market share. In the chocolate candy snack-size category, it has nearly 10 percent of the market share, generating $105.18 million over the year ending Nov. 3, 2019.
The Hershey Co. cited the texture and flavor experience as the source of its appeal.
“The chocolate coating of a Kit Kat bar surrounding the iconic wafers is what makes the sweet and crunch come together,” Hershey representatives said in an email interview. “It makes you take a break during the day to break off a piece.”
Terrance Rooney, president of Loacker USA, also pointed to taste and texture, which the company combines in products such as Loacker Classic, Quadratini and Loacker Chocolate Bars.
“Adding a coating of real chocolate to Loacker wafers creates a terrific taste experience,” he said. “The fine hazelnut cream, in combination with light, crispy wafers and and a chocolate coating make the experience so special for consumers.”
Loacker isn’t the only company to marry hazelnut, chocolate and wafers in a winning combination. Ferrero Group, maker of Ferrero Rocher wafer and hazelnut confections, also introduced the globally popular Kinder Bueno bar in the U.S. this month. It features a thin, crispy wafer, a creamy hazelnut filling and a milk chocolate shell drizzled with dark chocolate.
“It delivers a superior, premium eating experience that’s accessible to everyone every day,” Paul Chibe, president and ceo of Ferrero USA, recently told Candy Industry. “That’s something that just lends itself to being a great business here for us, a great opportunity for us.”
In addition to texture, the neutral flavor of wafers serve as an ideal base for flavor innovation.
The Kit Kat brand has a history of launching unique flavors, particularly in Asian countries such as South Korea and Japan. Among the flavors that have been available in Japan are Matcha, Cantaloupe, Pear, Passionfruit, and of course, Ruby chocolate.
At the end of November, Nestlé also launched in Japan the Chocolatory Cacao Fruit Chocolate, the first product to use Nestlé’s chocolate made entirely from the cacao fruit. It’s sweetened with dried, powdered white cacao pulp instead of sugar.
Meanwhile, in the U.S. The Hershey Co. has expanded Kit Kat offerings beyond the traditional milk chocolate variety, launching Dark and White Chocolate versions over the last few years, as well as seasonal varieties such as Pumpkin Pie.
In May 2019, Hershey announced the introduction of Kit Kat Duos, featuring a two-in-one flavor combination. The Mint + Dark Chocolate version is set to hit shelves in December, with more varieties expected in 2020.
“Kit Kat here in the U.S. is continuing to look at flavors and innovations that our consumers ask for,” Hershey said.
Loacker also plays with flavor, particularly in its range of Quadratini, bite-sized pieces featuring five wafer layers and four cream layers. In addition to Vanilla, Chocolate, Dark Chocolate and Hazelnut, Quadratini are available in Coconut, Tiramisu, Raspberry-Yoghurt, Blueberry-Yoghurt, and the newest variety, Matcha Green Tea.
“The launch (of Matcha) is off to a terrific start in the specialty and ethnic markets,” Rooney said.
Rooney also noted Loacker’s wafer chocolate bars have continued to gain momentum since their launch a few years ago. This fall, Loacker USA launched the Duality chocolate bar, featuring dual layers of chocolate – white caramel and 38% milk cocoa – melted over wafer crispies.
“For years, consumers were reaching out to Loacker with requests for a chocolate bar with our light, crispy wafers but without all the artificial colors, flavors and preservatives,” Rooney said. “Sales of the bars have doubled in the past year with much room for future growth.”
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Chuck Ferrar
Chuck Ferrar (D), candidate for Delegate, District 30A (By Matthew Cole, Staff)
Chuck Ferrar is a Democratic candidate for House of Delegates District 30A.
After representing District 6 on the Anne Arundel County Council from Dec. 2009 to Dec. 2010, he lost his bid for election to the Council in 2010.
Ferrar has owned and operated Bay Ridge Wine and Spirits in Annapolis for the last 22 years. The past president of the American Beverages Licensees Association, Ferrar is currently president of the Anne Arundel County License Beverage Association. He received the National Retailer of the Year award in 2004.
Ferrar and his wife Bev have been married for 49 years.
Owner of Bay Ridge Wine and Spirits
Q: What is the biggest issue facing the constituents in your race?
A: Uncontrolled Growth
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Q: What are your solutions to address that issue?
A: As a small business person I am pro smart growth and development,while limiting sprawl.
First, we must have a uniformed adequate facilities law that applies to both the City and County. For instance, Forest Drive is one of the main arteries in and out of the City of Annapolis. Currently there are three proposed development projects on Forest Drive that could cause major overcrowding of our roads, schools, and impact the quality of life for neighboring communities. One project in particular is Crystal Springs, which if developed as it is proposed, will bring 1,000 new residents, 74,000 square feet of restaurant space not including retail and a grocery store. That potentially adds 10,000 cars each day on Forest Drive.
In closing, Forest Drive presents a unique problem lacking uniformity because we have state and county roads that exist within the City of Annapolis. For example, Forest Drive is a county road in the City and Spa Road is a state road in the City.
Second, I would call for an immediate moratorium on development on Forest Drive until the current traffic study is completed.
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Third, we must bring the state, county and city governments together to establish a more coordinated multi-jurisdictional approach to how future projects are developed.
Q: Why are you the best candidate?
A: I served on the County Council in 2010 where I received first-hand knowledge about government, social responsibility and balancing the budget. For more than sixteen years I have worked across the aisles as an advocate for the licensed beverage industry and for various community issues in the General Assembly, as well as the City government. My twenty-three years of community service and business ownership has given me the sensitivity of understanding the sincerest needs of the constituents and small business owners. I am confident that with my in-depth knowledge and deep roots within our various communities, regardless of socio economic backgrounds, along with my strong business acumen and government knowledge, I will be a great compliment to Speaker Michael Busch and Senator John Astle. Together we will prove that accomplishments and economics matter to all communities in District 30A.
In closing, if elected on November 4th, I will be an added set of ears to listen, hands to work and a strong clear voice in the General Assembly for the people of District 30A.
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Audi AI:Trail Quattro Concept SUV Has Lunar Rover Styling, Zero Emissions, and Guardian Angels
This is one concept unlike anything you've ever imagined—or, probably, wanted from a car.
By Joey Capparella and Josh Jacquot
Audi adds to its roster of AI concept vehicles (the AI:ME and Aicon were others) with the AI:Trail Quattro off-road-style EV.
Like the earlier concepts, this one is an EV that's conceptually far along the road to autonomous driving.
It's all theoretical, of course, but Audi claims a range up to 311 miles between charges.
If the future of personal personal transportation is to be carried out by autonomous driving pods, then Audi has the off-road game nailed with its AI:Trail concept car. This all-electric, Level 4 autonomous vehicle is focused on all-terrain capability, offering a lounge-like atmosphere for adventurers.
Although its overall footprint is smaller than a Q3's, the AI:Trail's massive 33.5-inch off-road tires and almost nonexistent front and rear overhangs make it look more like a lunar rover than any SUV in Audi's portfolio. It has 13.4 inches of ground clearance and can ford water 1.6 feet deep. It's a regular Tesla/Wrangler mashup and is precisely what every overlanding hippie has always wanted.
Audi missed the boat with the hardest-core off roaders by giving the AI:Trail strut suspension rather than solid axles, but, hey, it should ride well. And its sensor-controlled tire pressure regulation, which adjusts pressure based on the terrain, will find love in off-road circles.
Instead of headlights, the AI:Trail has drones that fly ahead of the vehicle to illuminate the road or lack thereof. It also comes with a brigade of fairies and guardian angels which act as a halo of safety during extreme rock bouncing should the AI:Trail happen to channel its inner Tim Cameron while you're not behind the wheel.
Audi says that the interior is meant to evoke nature with its recycled materials and roughly grained wood. Just watch the splinters. The rear seats are removable and can be used as a sort of chair/hammock when not driving off-road is just too big a burden. There are almost no controls inside aside from a yoke-style steering wheel and a mount for a smartphone in place of a gauge cluster, and the layout is remarkably open, with huge glass areas.
Off-road, the AI:Trail isn't fully autonomous. In fact, except for some low-speed Level 3 assistance on benign gravel roads, it's not really autonomous at all. Which does make sense given that the entire endeavor of off-roading is one that's sought out by people who actually do so for the pleasure of driving. Audi, however, leaves no stone unturned when it comes to ensuring the electronic overlords are always on duty. It dedicates an array of sensors, including ultrasound, radar, optical systems, and lasers—lasers, we say!—to detecting road surfaces and obstacles, guarantying that every last bit of fun is liberated from the experience.
Audi says to expect a range between 155 and 311 miles from the AI:Trail depending on the terrain. Its lithium-ion battery propels the four-motor-equipped, 429-hp off-roader to a maximum of 81 mph. Audi presents all of this—plus the notion that the AI:Trail will be available for order through an Audi on-demand vehicle pool—with a straight face. But like the fairies and guardian angels we mentioned above, we're pretty sure they're making it up.
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , Standards, Regulations & Compliance
Consultant Thom Langford on How the Regulation Has Reframed the Global Privacy Discussion Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • June 25, 2019
Thom Langford, founder, (TL)2 Security
Even though the EU's General Data Protection Regulation went into full effect more than one year ago, there's still room for privacy improvement, says Thom Langford, founder of the consultancy (TL)2 Security.
"In my opinion, it's not as successful as I think everybody was expecting, in the sense that we put legislation in, we give plenty of notice, there's a big date that everybody works to and then, really, everybody should know what's in place," he says.
On the upside, however, GDPR has already had a demonstrable impact on the global privacy discussion, he says. "It's moving the needle in the right place, but it's not the panacea. There's no silver bullet here."
In a video interview at the recent Infosecurity Europe conference, Langford discusses:
After GDPR's first birthday: Where do we go from here?
The cultural challenge posed by privacy;
Global privacy harmonization;
Langford is the founder of (TL)2 Security. Previously, he was CISO of Publicis Groupe (see: CISO Thom Langford's Top Tips for GDPR Compliance).
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OBL 9/20: Bengals voice Dan Hoard on Sunday's game; Greg Cosell's impression of the Bills 2-0 record; A special edition of 'The Lo-Down' with Lorenzo Alexander
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Bills reporter Maddy Glab asked Murph and Steve to 'Guess that Stat' (29:00). NFL Films' Greg Cosell shared his thoughts on Conference Championship weekend (53:07). Bleacher Report's Tyler Dunne discussed his thoughts on the Bills offseason and previewed this weekend's matchups (1:36:31).
OBL 1/16: Championship weekend preview with Cynthia Frelund, John Breech, and Mike Sando
We discussed what type of receiver the Bills need this offseason. NFL Network's Cynthia Frelund gave her thoughts on this weekend's matchups (48:46). CBS Sports' John Breech discussed his bold predictions for Championship weekend (1:33:11). The Athletic's Mike Sando talked about the Pro Football Hall of Fame Centennial Class reveal and news around the league (1:52:09).
OBL 1/15: ESPN's Field Yates and Matt Bowen preview Championship weekend
We discussed who the biggest priority for the Bills to re-sign this offseason could be. ESPN's Field Yates discussed the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Centennial Class, Cody Ford's blindside block penalty and fine, the recent NFL coaching hires and this weekend's Championship matchups (49:51). ESPN's Matt Bowen talked about Panthers LB Luke Kuechly's retirement and previewed Championship weekend (1:36:25).
OBL 1/14: GMFB's Kyle Brandt talks Championship weekend; Pete Sweeney on the 2019 Chiefs
We discussed which playoff team we want the Bills to resemble. GMFB's Kyle Brandt recapped the Divisional Round weekend and previewed the NFC and AFC Championship games this weekend (53:41). Chiefs reporter Pete Sweeney talked about the Chiefs' run in the playoffs so far and discussed the AFC Championship matchup (1:34:39).
OBL 1/13: Divisional Round recap with Tennessee Sports Reporter Jon Burton and USA Today's Doug Farrar
We recapped the divisional round of the NFL playoffs and talked about how far away the Bills are from being title contenders. We were joined by Tennessee Sports Anchor Jon Burton who broke down the Titans incredible playoff run so far. USA Today's Doug Farrar hopped on in the 3rd and final hour to recap the divisional round games and look forward to next weekend's conference championships.
OBL 1/10: Phil Simms and Greg Cosell on Josh Allen's development in his second season; Lorenzo Alexander's Farewell Lo-Down
CBS Sports' Phil Simms gave his thoughts on Josh Allen's development after two seasons (28:33). NFL Films' Greg Cosell talked about how Josh Allen improved in his second year and previewed this weekend's Divisional Round matchups (52:38). Former Bills LB Lorenzo Alexander joined the show where he talked about his time in the NFL, the impact the Buffalo community has had on him and his family and his retirement plans (1:33:52).
OBL 1/9: Ross Tucker recaps Bills season; Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas; Divisional Round preview with Will Brinson
We discussed which Bills player we think will have a breakout season in 2020. Radio.com NFL Insider Ross Tucker gave his thoughts on the Bills loss to the Texans and discussed no-calls on close plays being better than the alternative (31:12). Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas shared his thoughts on the 2019 Bills and why he believes RB Devin Singletary will be a breakout player in 2020 (53:20). CBS Sports' Will Brinson previewed the matchups this weekend for the Divisional Round and talked about the latest on QB Tom Brady (1:36:57).
OBL 1/8: Can the Bills win the AFC East next season?; Field Yates on Buffalo's offseason; Joe Thomas with the latest on the Browns
Today we discussed if we expect the Bills to win the AFC East next season. ESPN's Field Yates shared his thoughts on the 2019 Bills, discussed improving the offense next season and the Divisional round of the playoffs this weekend (51:30). NFL Network analyst and former Browns OL Joe Thomas gave his thoughts on the Bills season and gave an update on the Browns' coaching search (1:30:44).
OBL 1/7: Extended edition of OBL; McDermott and Beane press conferences; Bills GM joins the show; GMFB's Kyle Brandt wraps up the Bills season; Bills Insider Chris Brown
Today's extended edition of One Bills Live included year-end press conferences from Bills head coach Sean McDermott (18:42) and GM Brandon Beane (50:54). Beane also joined the show where he discussed the 2019 season, previewed what this offseason could look like and thanked fans for their undying support all season long (1:46:39). GMFB's Kyle Brandt wrapped up the Bills 2019 season, recapped Wild Card weekend and talked about the upcoming playoff games (2:25:40). Bills Insider Chris Brown gave his biggest takeaways from McDermott and Beane's press conferences (3:06:43).
OBL 1/6: Chris Brown and Eric Wood analyze Bills-Texans
Bills Insider Chris Brown (51:30) and Bills radio color analyst Eric Wood (1:41:10) shared their takeaways from the Bills loss to the Texans on Wild Card Weekend.
OBL 1/3: The Bills are playoff bound; Bills-Texans matchup preview with Booger McFarland, Greg Cosell and Marc Vandermeer
We previewed tomorrow's Wild Card game against the Texans with ESPN's Booger McFarland (25:49), NFL Films' Greg Cosell (49:30) and the voice of the Texans Marc Vandermeer (1:34:26).
OBL 1/2: Bills-Texans Wild Card matchup preview with Chris Brown, Field Yates and Rod Woodson; The Lo-Down with Lorenzo Alexander
Bills Insider Chris Brown previewed the Bills-Texans matchup (29:23). ESPN's Field Yates discussed this weekend's game and J.J. Watt returning from injury (53:02). Bills LB Lorenzo Alexander gave his "Lo-Down" for Houston (1:32:55). Westwood One analyst and Hall of Famer Rod Woodson discussed what Wild Card Weekend could look like for the Texans and if home field advantage matters in the NFL (1:53:19).
OBL 12/31: Bills practice update; Jordan Poyer on Wild Card weekend; GMFB's Kyle Brandt; Happy New Year!
Bills Insider Chris Brown joined the show with a practice update (20:37). Bills safety Jordan Poyer discussed facing the Texans in the playoffs on Wild Card weekend (1:39:15). GMFB's Kyle Brandt gave his thoughts on the Bills heading to the playoffs and other news around the league (1:57:25).
OBL 12/30: Chris Brown recaps Sunday's game, Maddy Glab looks back on the regular season, John McClain with a look at the Texans
Houston Chronicle writer John McClain gave us an in-depth look at the Texans leading up to Saturday's wild card matchup with the Bills (51:40). Bills reporter Maddy Glab recapped some of the top moments from the Bills 2019 regular season (1:12:30). Bills Insider Chris Brown provided an injury update from Sunday's game and previewed the Texans matchup (1:37:15).
OBL 12/27: Week 17 preview with Greg Cosell; Ahmad Brooks on Tre'Davious White; The Lo-Down with Lorenzo Alexander
NFL Films' Greg Cosell discussed the key for the Bills offense during the playoffs and talked about Week 17 matchups around the league (49:31). Former Bills CB Ahmad Brooks looked back at his time in Buffalo and gave his thoughts on the 2019 Bills and CB Tre'Davious White (1:10:26). Bills LB Lorenzo Alexander joined the show with his "Lo-Down" for the Jets (1:35:42).
OBL 12/26: Dawson Knox on preparing to face the Jets, Thurman Thomas looks back on the AFC Championship win over the Raiders
Bills Hall of Fame RB Thurman Thomas discussed what he hopes to see as the team prepares for Week 17 and the postseason and looked back on the 1990 AFC Championship win over the Raiders (53:40). Bills TE Dawson Knox talked about his rookie season and the practice routine for this week's matchup against the Jets (1:18:05).
OBL 12/24: Chris Brown practice update, Michael Lombardi on Josh Allen, Torey Lovullo on his Buffalo connections
Bills Insider Chris Brown joined us with a live practice update (21:35). The Athletic's Michael Lombardi talked about what he's seen from Josh Allen and his holiday gifts for NFL teams (46:55). Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo discussed attending Bills practice and his local connections as former player and manager of the Buffalo Bisons (9:40).
OBL 12/23: Eric Wood and Chris Brown analyze Bills-Patriots and Week 17
Bills Insider Chris Brown (50:50) and Bills radio color analyst Eric Wood (1:35:45) shared their takeaways from the Bills loss to the Patriots and the outlook for Week 17 before wild card weekend.
OBL 12/20: Steve Tasker and Maddy Glab host, Greg Cosell and Kurt Warner analyze what to expect in Bills-Patriots
Steve Tasker and Bills reporter Maddy Glab discussed what the key matchup is for Bills-Patriots. NFL Films' Greg Cosell analyzed what he's seen leading into Saturday's game (50:10). NFL Network analyst Kurt Warner explained Josh Allen's progression since the Week 4 matchup (1:33:50).
OBL 12/19: Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas; Matt Chatham on the latest out of NE; The Lo-Down with Lorenzo Alexander
We discussed if the Patriots have a Tom Brady problem on their hands. Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas shared his thoughts on the Bills clinching a playoff berth and facing the Patriots on Saturday (50:28). Former Pats LB Matt Chatham discussed the latest news out of New England and gave his thoughts on the upcoming matchup against Buffalo (1:13:03). Bills LB Lorenzo Alexander joined the show with is "Lo-Down" for this weekend's game (1:35:44).
OBL 12/18: Shaq Lawson on the defense, Mike Tirico on calling Bills-Pats, Field Yates on the Bills success, Chris Brown practice update
NBC Sports broadcaster Mike Tirico discussed calling Bills-Patriots for NFL Network, the progression he's seen from the Bills under Sean McDermott and his impressions of the Bills defense (8:05). Bills Insider Chris Brown joined us with a practice update (29:55). ESPN's Field Yates explained what he saw from Bills-Steelers and gave us fantasy analysis (53:30). Bills DE Shaq Lawson recapped his season so far, the defensive effort against the Steelers, the importance of this weekend's divisional matchup with the Patriots, and the off-the-field charitable work he's done in his hometown (1:20:25).
OBL 12/17: Pete Prisco on his Bills playoff prediction; GMFB's Kyle Brandt on the prom night matchup with the Patriots; Dan Orlovsky talks Bills coaching staff
We discussed the biggest reason for the Bills to get a win in Foxborough over the Patriots this Saturday. CBS Sports' Pete Prisco shared his thoughts on the Bills clinching a playoff berth and the upcoming matchup against the Patriots (27:49). GMFB's Kyle Brandt talked about the Bills win over the Steelers, clinching a playoff spot and what a win over the Patriots this weekend would mean (48:52). ESPN's Dan Orlovsky discussed his thoughts on Buffalo's offense and coaching staff (1:35:17).
OBL 12/16: Jordan Phillips on the Bills defensive performance, Chris Brown and Eric Wood break down Bills-Steelers, Week 15 Maddy Awards
Bills DT Jordan Phillips discussed clinching a playoff spot with Sunday's win over the Steelers and the strong performance of the defense including his two sacks (27:05). Bills Insider Chris Brown (52:00) and Bills radio color analyst Eric Wood (1:36:50) shared their takeaways from the Bills 17-10 victory. Bills reporter Maddy Glab gave out her Maddy Awards for Week 15 (1:59:05).
OBL 12/13: Bills-Steelers preview with Liam McHugh, Greg Cosell and Maddy Glab; The Lo-Down with Lorenzo Alexander
NBC Sports' Liam McHugh previewed the Bills-Steelers game on Sunday (27:46). NFL Films' Greg Cosell shared his thoughts on Week 15 matchups and Lamar Jackson and the Ravens victory over the Jets (52:03). Bills reporter Maddy Glab discussed her look ahead for this weekend (1:12:22). Bills LB Lorenzo Alexander gave his "Lo-Down" for the Steelers (1:37:43).
OBL 12/12: Brother Tremaine and Terrell Edmunds; Chris Simms on the Bills being playoff contenders; Thurman Thomas on Sunday's game in Pitt
Bills Insider Chris Brown joined the show with an update from today's practice (24:27). NBC Sports' Chris Simms explained why the Bills are legitimate playoff contenders and previewed the Bills-Steelers game (36:52). Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas shared his thoughts on Sunday's loss to the Ravens and discussed why he likes this weekend's matchup against the Steelers (50:25). Bills LB Tremaine Edmunds and Steelers safety Terrell Edmunds joined the show and discussed their NFL family tree (1:46:07).
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